PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARD
SUBPLAN
OF THE 2002 OMNIBUS
LONG-TERM COMPENSATION PLAN
2004-2005 PERFORMANCE
PERIOD
EASTMAN CHEMICAL
COMPANY
PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARD
SUBPLAN
OF THE 2002 OMNIBUS
LONG-TERM COMPENSATION PLAN
2004-2005 PERFORMANCE
PERIOD
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Preconditions to
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No Rights as
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Adjustment of
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EASTMAN CHEMICAL
COMPANY
PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARD
SUBPLAN
OF THE 2002 OMNIBUS
LONG-TERM COMPENSATION PLAN
2004-2005 PERFORMANCE
PERIOD
Section 1.
Background . Under Section 11 of the Eastman Chemical Company
2002 Omnibus Long-Term Compensation Plan (the "Plan"), the
"Committee" (as defined in the Plan), may, among other things,
award shares of the $.01 par value common stock ("Common Stock") of
Eastman Chemical Company (the "Company") to "Employees" (as defined
in the Plan), and such awards may take the form of performance
shares, which are contingent upon the attainment of certain
performance objectives during a specified period, and subject to
such other terms, conditions, and restrictions as the Committee
deems appropriate. The purpose of this Performance Share Award
Subplan (this "Subplan") is to set forth the terms of the grant of
performance shares for the 2004-2005 Performance Period specified
herein, effective as of January 1, 2004 (the "Effective Date").
(a) The
following definitions shall apply to this Subplan:
(i)
"Actual
Grant Amount" means the number of shares of Common Stock to which a
participant is entitled under this Subplan, calculated in
accordance with Section 6 of this Subplan.
(ii)
"Award
Amount" means the performance shares awarded to the participant
under this Subplan at the beginning of the Performance Period.
(iii)
"Award
Payment Date" means the date the Compensation Committee approves
the payout of Common Stock covered by an award under this Subplan
to a participant.
(iv)
"Comparison
Group" is the group of companies comprising the "Materials Sector"
from Standard and Poor’s Super Composite 1500 Index,
identified as Global Industry Classification Standard ("GICS")
15.
(v)
"Cost of
Capital" reflects the cost of debt and the cost of equity,
expressed as a percentage, reflecting the percentage of interest
charged on debt and the percentage of expected return on
equity.
(vi)
"Earnings
from Continuing Operations" shall be defined as the total sales of
the Company minus the costs of all operations of any nature used to
produce such sales, including taxes, plus after-tax interest
associated with the Company's capital debt.
(vii)
"Maximum
Deductible Amount" means the maximum amount deductible by the
Company under Section 162(a), taking into consideration the
limitations under Section 162(m), of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, or any similar or successor provisions
thereto.
(viii)
"Participation Date" means April 2, 2004.
(ix)
Performance
Period" means January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2005.
(x)
"
"Performance Year" means one of the two
calendar years in the Performance Period.
(xi)
"Return on
Capital" shall mean the return produced by funds invested in the
Company and shall be determined as Earnings from Continuing
Operations, as defined in Section 2.a.(vi), divided by the Average
Capital Employed. Average Capital Employed shall be derived by
adding the Company's capital debt plus equity at the close of the
last day of the year preceding the Performance Year, to the
Company's capital debt plus equity at the close of the last day of
the present Performance Year, with the resulting sum being divided
by two. Capital debt is defined as the sum of borrowing by the
Company due within one year and long-term borrowing, as designated
on the Company's balance sheet. The resulting ratio shall be
multiplied by One Hundred (100) in order to convert such to a
percentage. Such percentage shall be calculated to the third place
after the decimal point (i.e., xx.xxx%), and then rounded to the
second place after the decimal point (i.e., xx.xx%).
(xii)
"Target
Award Range" means, with respect to any eligible Employee, the
number of performance shares within the range specified on Exhibit
A hereto for the Salary Grade applicable to such Employee.
(xiii)
"TSR" means
total stockholder return, as reflected by the sum of (A) change in
stock price (measured as the difference between (I) the average of
the closing prices of a company’s common stock on the New
York Stock Exchange, or of the last sale prices or closing prices
of such stock on another national trading exchange, as applicable,
in the period beginning on the tenth trading day preceding the
beginning of the Performance Period and ending on the tenth trading
day of the Performance Period and (II) the average of such closing
or last sale prices for such stock in the period beginning on the
tenth trading day preceding the end of the Performance Period and
ending on the tenth trading day following the end of the
Performance Period) plus (B) dividends declared, assuming
reinvestment of dividends, and expressed as a percentage return on
a stockholder’s hypothetical investment.
(b) Any
capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Subplan
shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Plan.
Section 3.
Administration . This Subplan shall be administered by the
Committee. The Committee shall have authority to interpret this
Subplan, to prescribe rules and regulations relating to this
Subplan, and to take any other actions it deems necessary or
advisable for the administration of this Subplan, and shall retain
all general authority granted to it under Section 3 of the
Plan. At the end of the Performance Period, the Committee shall
approve Actual Grant Amounts awarded to participants under this
Subplan.
Section 4.
Eligibility . The Employees who are eligible to participate in
this Subplan are those Employees who, as of the Participation Date,
are at Salary Grade 53 and above. These Salary Grades generally
include Employees who, as of the Participation Date, have been
designated as "officers" of the Company for purposes of Section 16
of the Exchange Act, and held positions with the Company considered
carrying responsibilities and functions generally associated with a
vice-president-level position. Employees who are promoted during
the Performance Period to a position that would meet the above
criteria, but who do not hold such position as of the Participation
Date, are not eligible to participate in this Subplan.
Section 5. Form
of Awards . Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and
this Subplan, Awards under this Subplan shall be paid in the form
of unrestricted shares of Common Stock, except for conversions to
cash and deferrals under Section 9 of this Subplan, and except that
if a participant is entitled to any fraction of a share of Common
Stock, as a result of Section 10 of this Subplan or otherwise, then
in lieu of receiving such fraction of a share, the participant
shall be paid a cash amount representing the market value, as
determined by the Committee, of such fraction of a share at the
time of payment.
Section 6. Size
of Awards .
(a)
Target Award Range. Exhibit A hereto shows by Salary Grade
the Target Award Range. The Salary Grade to be used in determining
the size of any Award Amount to a participant under this Subplan
shall be the Salary Grade applicable to the position held by the
participant on the Participation Date. The actual size of the Award
Amount to the participant shall be determined based on an
assessment by his or her senior management, of the
participant’s past performance and potential for
contributions to the Company’s future long term success.
Based on this assessment, the participant may receive no award, the
target award amount, or any amount within the Target Award Range to
the nearest 10 performance shares. Each member of senior management
will have a performance share budget, based on the cumulative award
targets for their reports, which must be balanced for their
organizations.
(b)
Actual Grant Amount. Subject to the Committee’s
authority to adjust the Actual Grant Amount described in Section
12, the Actual Grant Amount awarded to the participant at the end
of the Performance Period is determined by applying a multiplier to
the participant’s Award Amount. The multiplier shall be
determined by comparing Company performance relative to two
measures:
(i)
The
Company's TSR during the Performance Period relative to the TSRs of
the companies in the Comparison Group during the Performance
Period. The Company and each company in the Comparison Group
shall be ranked by TSR, in descending order, with the company
having the highest TSR during the Performance Period being ranked
number one. The Comparison Group shall further be separated into
quintiles (first 20%, second 20%, etc.) and the Company's position,
in relation to the Comparison Group, shall be expressed as a
pos