Executive Severance Plan
and
Summary Plan
Description
You are
considered eligible for Severance Benefits (as defined below) and
will be deemed an “eligible executive” under the
Executive Severance Plan (the “Plan”) if you meet all
of the following eligibility criteria:
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You
are a regular employee (full time or part time) of Genentech, Inc.
or one of its affiliates (collectively, the “Company”),
but Roche (as defined below) will not be considered an affiliate of
Genentech, Inc. prior to the closing of the Corporate
Transaction;
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Your employment with the Company
terminates as a result of a Covered Termination (as defined
below);
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Immediately prior to the closing of
a Corporate Transaction (as defined below), you are one of the
following: the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the
Company’s President, Product Development (the
“President”), a member of the Company’s Executive
Committee, the Company’s Executive Vice President, Research
Drug Discovery (the “EVPRDD”), a Senior Vice President
of the Company (“SVP”), the Company’s Controller
and Chief Accounting Officer (the “Controller”), the
Company’s Treasurer (the “Treasurer”), or a Vice
President of the Company; and
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You
execute the Company’s form of Agreement and Release (the
“Release”) and it becomes binding.
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However, you
will not be an eligible executive for the purposes of the Plan if
you meet any of the criteria set forth in the section entitled
“Who is not Eligible”.
Even if you
otherwise meet the eligibility criteria identified above, you are
ineligible for Severance Benefits and shall not be deemed an
eligible executive under the Plan if you meet any of the following
criteria:
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You
are classified by the Company as an independent contractor or any
other status in which you are not treated as a common law employee
of the Company for purposes of withholding taxes, regardless of
your actual status;
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You
voluntarily terminate your employment with the Company for any
reason prior to the closing of the Corporate Transaction or without
Good Reason (as defined below) after the closing of the Corporate
Transaction;
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The
Company terminates your employment for Cause (as defined below) or
your employment with the Company terminates due to your death or
disability;
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You
are eligible for benefits under the Employee Severance Plan;
or
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You
fail to comply with the terms of the signed Release.
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For purposes of
the Plan only, the following terms shall have the meanings
described below:
“ Base
Salary ” means the greater of your annual base salary, as
determined under Company policy, as in effect on (a) the date
of the closing of the Corporate Transaction or (b) the date of
your Covered Termination.
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Your willful and continued material
failure to perform the reasonable duties and responsibilities of
your position after the Company has provided you with a written
demand for performance that describes the basis for the
Company’s belief that you have not substantially performed
your duties and you have not corrected the failure within thirty
(30) days of the written demand;
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Any
act of personal dishonesty taken by you in connection with your
responsibilities as an executive of the Company and intended to
result in your substantial personal enrichment;
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Your conviction of, or plea of nolo
contendere to, a felony that the Board of Directors of the Company
reasonably believes has had or will have a material detrimental
effect on the Company’s reputation or business;
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Your breach of any fiduciary duty
owed to the Company by you that has a material detrimental effect
on the Company’s reputation or business; or
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You
being found liable in any Securities and Exchange Commission or
other civil or criminal securities law action or entering any cease
and desist order with respect to such action (regardless of whether
or not you admit or deny liability).
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“
Corporate Transaction ” means a merger of the Company
with Roche Holding Ltd. or an affiliate of Roche Holding Ltd. other
than the Company (collectively “Roche”).
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Covered Termination ” means, during the eighteen
(18)-month period commencing on the date of the closing of the
Corporate Transaction, either:
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The
Company terminates your employment without Cause; or
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You
voluntarily terminate your employment with the Company for Good
Reason within three (3) months of the initial existence of the
condition or event that constitutes Good Reason.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, your termination of employment must constitute a
“separation from service” within the meaning of
Section 409A (as defined below) in order to constitute a
Covered Termination with respect to any Severance Benefit
deemed
deferred
compensation subject to Section 409A. Generally, you will be
considered to have experienced a separation from service if,
following your termination of employment, you do not continue to
provide services to the Company or any of its affiliates at more
than twenty percent (20%) of the average level of service you
provided to the Company over the preceding three (3) years
(or, if shorter, the amount of time you have been employed by the
Company).
“ Good
Reason ” means the occurrence of one or more of the
following without your written consent:
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A
fifteen percent (15%) or more reduction in your total annual cash
compensation opportunity (base salary and target bonus opportunity
collectively) as compared to your total annual cash compensation
opportunity immediately prior to the closing of the Corporate
Transaction;
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A
change in your principal work location resulting in a new one-way
commute that is more than fifty (50) miles greater than your
one-way commute prior to the change in your principal work
location, regardless of whether you receive an offer of relocation
benefits; or
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A
material reduction in your authority, duties and/or
responsibilities as compared to your authority, duties and/or
responsibilities in effect immediately prior to the completion of
the Corporate Transaction (for example, but not by way of
limitation, this determination will include an analysis of whether
you maintain at least the same level, scope and type of duties and
responsibilities with respect to the management, strategy,
operations and business of the combined entity resulting from such
transaction, taking the Company, Roche and their respective parent
corporations, subsidiaries and other affiliates, together as a
whole).
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Section 409A ” means Section 409A of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the final
regulations and any guidance promulgated thereunder.
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Severance Benefits ” means the Severance Benefit Pay,
vesting acceleration, Company-paid Health Continuation Coverage,
and transitional outplacement benefits as described
below.
Form of
Severance Benefit Pay:
If you are an
eligible executive under the Plan, the Company will pay you, at the
time specified below in the section entitled “Timing of
Severance Benefit Pay,” a lump sum cash severance payment
(“Severance Benefit Pay”) determined as
follows:
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(a)
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three (3) times your Base
Salary; plus
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(b)
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the
average of your actual corporate regular bonus paid for the three
(3) calendar years (or for the number of calendar years you have
been employed if less than three (3) years) prior to the year
in which your
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Covered Termination occurs expressed
as a percentage of your average base salary for the same period
multiplied by the value determined in (a).
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Other Executive Committee Members
(including the President): The sum of:
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(a)
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two
(2) times your annual Base Salary; plus
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(b)
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the
average of your actual corporate regular bonus paid for the three
(3) calendar years (or for the number of calendar years you have
been employed if less than three (3) years) prior to the year
in which your Covered Termination occurs expressed as a percentage
of your average base salary for the same period multiplied
by the value determined in (a).
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The
EVPRDD and Senior Vice Presidents: The number of weeks of Severance
Benefit Pay provided to you will be based on your length of service
with the Company and your job level classification (as set by the
Company) as of the date of the closing of the Corporate Transaction
or the date of your Covered Termination, whichever results in the
highest number of weeks of Severance Benefit Pay, as determined by
the chart below. Specifically, the amount of your Severance Benefit
Pay will be equal to (a) the number of weeks as determined
under the chart below multiplied by (b) your Rate of
Pay (as defined below). Your length of service is determined by the
number of years of completed continuous service with the Company
beginning with your most recent hire date through the first day of
your Covered Termination. If you complete a partial year of service
of at least six (6) months and one (1) day, the Company
will round your length of service up to the next full year of
service. If you complete a partial year of service of six
(6) months or less, the Company will round your length of
service down to the last full year of service.
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Weeks of Base Pay
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Years of Service
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The
Controller, the Treasurer, and Vice Presidents: Fifty-two
(52) weeks multiplied by your Rate of Pay.
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For purposes of
this section, your Rate of Pay for one (1) week, which is used
to determine Severance Benefit Pay for the EVPRDD, Senior Vice
Presidents, the Controller, the Treasurer and Vice Presidents, is
equal to the sum of the following:
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value of one (1) week of your Base Salary,
plus
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the
average of your actual corporate bonus (including your regular and
key contributor bonuses, as applicable) or commissions (including
any incremental sales bonus) paid for the three (3) calendar
years (or for the number of calendar years you have been employed
if less than three (3)
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years) prior to the year in which
your Covered Termination occurs expressed as a percentage of your
average base salary for the same period multiplied by the
value determined in (a).
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If you have not
yet received a corporate regular bonus because you were hired after
September 30, 2007 and thus were ineligible to receive the
2007 regular corporate bonus, your Rate of Pay will be calculated
as if you had received a bonus for 2007 equal to the average
corporate regular bonus in 2007 for your job level classification
(subject to proration for a partial year of service). If you
received a prorated bonus in the prior three years (or were deemed
to receive a prorated bonus under the preceding sentence) because
you were hired mid-year, your Rate of Pay will be calculated using
your actual paid base salary for the year in which you received the
prorated bonus so that your Rate of Pay is not unfairly reduced
because you received a prorated bonus.
Lump Sum
Payment Reductions:
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Your Severance Benefit Pay will be
reduced by legally required and authorized deductions, including,
but not limited to, applicable income, employment and other tax
withholding obligations, and will not be eligible for 401(k) plan
elective or matching contributions or allocations under the
supplemental plan.
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Payments for which you are eligible
under the Plan will be reduced by any amounts you owe to the
Company for any reason, except for home loans or relocation
loans.
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If you are an
eligible executive under the Plan, you will be entitled to
accelerated vesting as to one hundred percent (100%) of the then
unvested portion of all of your outstanding options to purchase
Company common stock granted or assumed under the Company’s
equity plans or assumed plans (“Company Options”) as of
the date of your Covered Termination, including, without
limitation, outstanding Company Options, outstanding awards to
acquire Roche equity securities following an assumption or
substitution of the Company Options by Roche, or any other rights
substituted by Roche for Company Options, in connection with the
Corporate Transaction.
Company-paid
Health Continuation Coverage:
If you are an
eligible executive under the Plan, you may be eligible for
continued health insurance coverage under COBRA after your Covered
Termination. For COBRA purposes, the date of the “qualifying
event” for you and any eligible spouse or dependents that
were covered under the Company’s health care plans
immediately prior to the date of your Covered Termination will be
the last day of the month in which your Covered Termination occurs
(your “Loss of Coverage Date”).
You ordinarily
must pay the full cost of COBRA coverage. However, if you make a
valid election under COBRA to continue your health coverage, the
Company will (for a limited time) pay the cost of such coverage for
you and any eligible spouse or dependents that were covered under
the Company’s health care plans immediately prior to the date
of your Covered Termination as follows (“Company-paid Health
Continuation Coverage”):
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CEO: You will receive Company-paid
Health Continuation Coverage for a period of three (3) years from
your Loss of Coverage Date.
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Other Executive Committee Members
(including the President): You will receive Company-paid Health
Continuation Coverage for a period of two (2) years from your
Loss of Coverage Date.
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The
EVPRDD and Senior Vice Presidents: You will receive Company-paid
Health Continuation Coverage for the same number of weeks as your
Severance Benefit Pay from your Loss of Coverage Date. For example,
if you qualify for the equivalent of
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seventy-eight (78) weeks of
Severance Benefit Pay, you will also receive Company-paid Health
Continuation Coverage for seventy-eight (78) weeks.
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The
Controller, the Treasurer, and Vice Presidents: You will receive
Company-paid Health Continuation Coverage for fifty-two
(52) weeks from your Loss of Coverage Date.
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The maximum
coverage period to which you are entitled under COBRA will run
concurrently with your period of Company-paid Health Continuation
Coverage. If the period of your Company-paid Health Continuation
Coverage is less than the maximum coverage period to which you are
entitled under COBRA, you may continue your health coverage after
the period of your Company-paid Health Continuation Coverage for
the remainder of the COBRA period at your own cost. For example, if
the maximum coverage period to which you are entitled under COBRA
is eighteen (18) months and you are entitled to fifty-two
(52) weeks of Company-paid Health Continuation Coverage, you
may continue your health coverage after the fifty-two
(52) weeks of Company-paid Health Continuation Coverage for
the remaining approximately six (6) months of your COBRA
period at your own cost.
For the sake of
clarity, any period of Company-paid Health Continuation Coverage to
which you are entitled that is in excess of your maximum COBRA
coverage period will be considered COBRA coverage for purposes of
the Plan, and you will be entitled to Company-paid Health
Continuation Coverage for the entire period set forth above,
subject to the following sentence. Company-paid Health Continuation
Coverage will stop for you if you become eligible to obtain
comparable health care benefits from another employer.
Transitional
Outplacement Benefits:
If you are an
eligible executive under the Plan, you will be provided
transitional outplacement benefits for as long as you are actively
seeking employment during the period of time beginning on the date
of your Covered Termination and ending one hundred and eighty
(180) calendar days thereafter, through a firm designated by
the Company; provided that the total cost of your transitional
outplacement benefits may not exceed the following dollar
amounts:
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CEO
and other Executive Committee Members (including the President):
$8,000.
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EVPRDD, Senior Vice Presidents, the Controller, the Treasurer, and
Vice Presidents: $6,000.
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If the closing
of a Corporate Transaction occurs while you remain an employee of
the Company, you will be paid your earned and accrued bonus, if
any, under the 2008 Bonus Plan at the time the 2008 bonus otherwise
would have been paid, regardless of whether you remain employed
with the Company through such date unless, following the closing of
a Corporate Transaction, your employment is voluntarily or
involuntarily terminated under circumstances that would not
otherwise constitute a Covered Termination. If the closing of a
Corporate Transaction occurs prior to the end of the
Company’s 2008 fiscal year, the applicable corporate
performance goals that would have been measured as of the end of
such year will be deemed achieved (the “Annual Corporate
Performance Goals”). The amount of the 2008 Bonus Plan pool
will be determined based on (i) the deemed achievement of the
Annual Corporate Performance Goals and (ii) the actual
year-to-date achievement of any applicable performance goals other
than the Annual Corporate Performance Goals. If the 2008 Bonus Plan
pool equals or exceeds the predetermined 2008 Bonus Plan maximum
payout, your 2008 bonus will equal the percentage of base salary
used for the 2007 Bonus Plan recommended payout for your 2008 job
level classification. If the 2008 Bonus Plan pool is less than the
predetermined 2008 Bonus Plan maximum payout, your 2008 bonus will
equal the percentage of base salary used for the 2007 Bonus Plan
recommended payout for your 2008 job level classification reduced
proportionately as appropriate. Once the percentage of base salary
is determined in accordance with the foregoing, such percentage
will be applied to the greater of your annual base salary as in
effect on December 31, 2008 or the date of the Corporate
Transaction. For example: In 2008, an employee’s job level
classification is D1. In 2007, the percentage of base salary used
for the 2007 Bonus Plan recommended payout for a D1 was 36%. If the
employee’s salary is $150,000 on the date of the Corporate
Transaction (and his/her salary is not increased for the remainder
of 2008), the employee will receive a 2008 bonus payout of $54,000
if the 2008 Bonus Plan pool equals or exceeds the predetermined
2008 Bonus Plan maximum payout.
The severance
provisions of the Plan, together with any benefits payable to you
under the Genentech, Inc. Executive Retention Plan (the
“Retention Plan”) upon a Covered Termination, are
intended to be and are exclusive and in lieu of any other rights or
remedies to which you may otherwise be entitled, either at law,
tort, or contract, in equity, or under the Plan, in the event of
any termination of your employment. You will be entitled to no
benefits, compensation or other payments or rights upon a
termination of employment that constitutes a Covered Termination
other than those benefits expressly set forth herein and in the
Retention Plan and those benefits required to be provided by law,
subject to the following sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if you are entitled to any benefits other than the benefits under
the Plan by operation of applicable law, your benefits under the
Plan shall be reduced by the value of the benefits you receive by
operation of applicable law, as determined by the Company in its
discretion.
To qualify for
the Severance Benefits described above, you must execute and not
revoke during any applicable revocation period the Release, in the
form attached to the Plan as Exhibit A with any
additional revisions as required by law. The Release is an
agreement, signed by you and the Company, in which you agree to
give up any and all claims, actions or lawsuits against the Company
that relate to your employment with the Company. You will be given
a copy of this Release no later than the date of your Covered
Termination. The Release will include specific information
regarding the amount of time you will have to consider the terms of
the Release and return the signed agreement to the Company. In no
event will the period to return the Release be longer than sixty
(60) days following your Covered Termination, inclusive of any
revocation period set forth in the Release.
Timing of
Severance Benefit Pay:
If your Covered
Termination occurs on or before October 15 of a calendar year,
you will receive your Severance Benefit Pay on or before
December 31 of that calendar year, except as otherwise
provided in the section below entitled “Delay in Payment
Timing in Certain Limited Circumstances”. If your Covered
Termination occurs after October 15, you will receive your
Severance Benefit Pay on the later of (a) the second payroll
date in the calendar year next following the calendar year of your
Covered Termination or (b)
the first
payroll date following the date your Release becomes effective,
except as otherwise provided in the section below entitled
“Delay in Payment Timing in Certain Limited
Circumstances”.
Delay in
Payment Timing in Certain Limited Circumstances:
In certain
circumstances, the Company may need to delay the payment of your
Severance Benefits under the Plan. If the Company determines that
you are a “specified employee” within the meaning of
Section 409A at the time of your Covered Termination, then to
the extent delayed commencement of any portion of the benefits to
which you are entitled pursuant to the Plan, when considered
together with any other payments or benefits that are considered
deferred compensation under Section 409A (together, the
“Deferred Compensation Separation Benefits”), is
required to avoid a prohibited distribution under
Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, such benefits will be
delayed until the first payroll date that occurs on or after the
date that is six (6) months and one (1) day after the date of
your Covered Termination. All subsequent Deferred Compensation
Separation Benefits will be payable in accordance with the payment
schedule applicable to each payment or benefit. You generally will
be a specified employee only if (among other things) you own at
least one percent (1%) of the Company’s stock or are
considered an officer of the Company. The Company will inform you
if it determines that you are a specified employee at the time of
your Covered Termination. If you die following your Covered
Termination but prior to the six (6) month anniversary of your
Covered Termination, th
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