1. | The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation & Leadership Development Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), or such other committee as may be designated by the Board (the “Committee”). The Committee shall consist of not less than three (3) members of the Board who are “Non-Employee Directors” as defined in Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”), as amended, or any successor rule or definition adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or such other number of Non-Employee Directors required from time to time by such rule or any successor rule adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, to be appointed by the Board from time to time and to serve at the discretion of the Board. The Committee may establish such regulations, provisions, and procedures within the terms of the Plan as, in its opinion, may be advisable for the administration and operation of the Plan, and may designate the Secretary of the Company or other employees of the Company to assist the Committee in the administration and operation of the Plan and may grant authority to such persons to execute documents on behalf of the Committee. The Committee shall report to the Board on the administration of the Plan not less than once each year. |
2. | Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have authority: (i) to allow Participants the right to elect to receive fees for services as a Director in either cash or an equivalent amount of whole shares of Common Stock, Restricted Shares, or RSUs of the Company, or partly in cash and partly in whole shares of the Common Stock, Restricted Shares, or RSUs of the Company, subject to such conditions or restrictions, if any, as the Committee may determine; (ii) to grant Participants Restricted Shares, subject to such conditions or restrictions, if any, as the Committee may determine; (iii) to grant RSUs, subject to such conditions or restrictions, if any, as the Committee may determine; (iv) to grant Participants Stock Options, subject to such conditions or restrictions, if any, as the Committee may determine; (v) to grant Participants SARs, subject to such conditions or restrictions, if any, as the Committee may determine; (vi) to make all other determinations it deems necessary or advisable for administering the Plan; and (vii) to provide for special terms for any RSUs, Restricted Shares, Stock Options, SARs, or other awards granted to Participants who are foreign nationals or who reside outside of the United States of America in order to fairly accommodate for differences in local law, tax policy, or custom and to approve such supplements to, or amendments, restatements or alternative versions of the Plan as the Committee may consider necessary or appropriate for such purposes (without affecting the terms of the Plan for any purpose); and to make all other determinations it deems necessary or advisable for administering the Plan. |
1. | Unless otherwise authorized by the shareholders, or as provided in this Article D or Article G of the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of shares available for award under the Plan shall be the shares that were authorized to be awarded under The Procter & Gamble 2003 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Plan (the “2003 Plan”), but that were not awarded under the 2003 Plan (approximately 694,730 shares in total). |
2. | In addition to the shares authorized for award by Paragraph 1 of this Article D, any shares awarded under the Plan or the 2003 Plan, that terminate by expiration, forfeiture, cancellation, or otherwise without issuance of shares shall be available for award under the Plan. |
1. | The exercise price for all stock options and stock appreciation rights shall be established by the Committee at the time of their grant and shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of grant. |
2. | Upon the exercise of stock appreciation rights, the Participant shall be entitled to receive a redemption differential for each such stock appreciation right which shall be the difference between the then fair market value of one share of Common Stock and the exercise price of one stock appreciation right then being exercised. As determined by the Committee, the redemption differential may be paid in cash, Common Stock to be valued at its fair market value on the date of exercise, any other mode of payment deemed appropriate by the Committee, or any combination thereof. |
3. | All stock options and stock appreciation rights granted hereunder shall have a maximum life of no more than ten (10) years from the date of grant and shall not be exercisable within one (1) year from the date of grant, except in the case of death of a Participant. |
4. | In the case of death of a Participant, the persons to whom the Stock Options or SARs have been transferred by will or the laws of descent and distribution shall have the privilege of exercising remaining Stock Options or SARs or parts thereof, whether or not exercisable on the date of death of such Participant, at any time prior to the expiration date of such Stock Options or SARs. |
5. | Stock Options are not transferable other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. For the purpose of exercising Stock Options or SARs after the death of the Participant, the duly appointed executors and administrators of the estate of the deceased Participant shall have the same rights with respect to the Stock Options and SARs as legatees or distributees would have after distribution to them from the Participant’s estate, subject in all respects to Article J hereof. |
6. | If a Participant ceases to be a Director while holding unexercised Stock Options or SARs, such Stock Options or SARs are then void, except in the case of (i) death, in which case such Stock Options or SARS may be transferred in accordance with this Article F and Article J hereof, (ii) disability, (iii) retirement at the end of a term, (iv) retirement after attaining the age of sixty nine (69), (v) resignation from the Board following a Participant’s retirement from a principal employer in good standing under the terms of that employer’s retirement plan, or (vi) resignation from the Board for reasons of antitrust laws or the Company’s conflict of interest, corporate governance or continued service policies. |
7. | Upon the exercise of a Stock Option, payment in full of the exercise price shall be made by the Participant. The exercise price may be paid for by the Participant either in cash, shares of Common Stock to be valued at their fair market value on the date of exercise, any other mode of payment deemed appropriate by the Committee, or a combination thereof. In addition to payment of the exercise price, the Committee may authorize the Company to charge a reasonable administrative fee for the exercise of any stock option. |
1. | The Committee may grant Common Stock, Restricted Shares, or RSUs to Participants under the Plan subject to such conditions or restrictions, if any, as the Committee may determine. |
2. | The shares granted under this Article H shall be valued at the closing price for Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the day of the grant to a Participant. All shares granted shall be full shares, rounded up to the nearest whole share. |
1. | The Board may, at any time, repeal the Plan, or may amend it, except that no such amendment may amend this paragraph, increase the total aggregate number of shares subject to the Plan, or alter the persons eligible to receive shares under the Plan. Participants and the Company shall be bound by any such amendments as of their effective dates, but if any outstanding grants are materially affected adversely, notice thereof shall be given to Participants holding such grants and such amendments shall not be applicable without such Participant’s written consent. If the Plan is repealed in its entirety, all theretofore granted shares subject to conditions or restrictions granted pursuant to the Plan shall continue to be subject to such conditions or restrictions. Notwithstanding this or any other provision of this Plan, Stock Options and SARs may not be re-priced or re-valued to reduce the exercise price of outstanding Stock Options or SARs or to cancel outstanding Stock Options or SARs in exchange for cash, other awards or Stock Options or SARs with an exercise price that is less than the exercise price of the original Stock Options or SARs, except in accordance with Article G hereof. |
2. | The maximum number of shares with respect to which stock options, Common Stock, RSUs, or restricted shares may be granted to any Participant in any calendar year shall not exceed 10,000. |
3. | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, Stock Options and SARs granted hereunder shall vest immediately, and any conditions or restrictions on Common Stock, Restricted Stock, or RSUs shall lapse, upon a “Change in Control.” A “Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following: |
(a) | An acquisition (other than directly from the Company) of any voting securities of the Company (the “Voting Securities”) by any “Person” (as the term person is used for purposes of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the 1934 Act), immediately after which such Person has “Beneficial Ownership” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act) of twenty percent (20%) or more of the then outstanding shares or the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities; provided, however, in determining whether a Change in Control has occurred pursuant to this Section 2(a), shares or Voting Securities which are acquired in a “Non-Control Acquisition” (as hereinafter defined) shall not constitute an acquisition which would cause a Change in Control. A “Non-Control Acquisition” shall mean an acquisition by (i) an employee benefit plan (or a trust forming a part thereof) maintained by (A) the Company or (B) any corporation or other Person of which a majority of its voting power or its voting equity securities or equity interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company (for purposes of this definition, a “Related Entity”), (ii) the Company or any Related Entity, or (iii) any Person in connection with a “Non-Control Transaction” (as hereinafter defined); |
(b) | The individuals who, as of January 1, 2014 are members of the Board (the “Incumbent Board”), cease for any reason to constitute at least half of the members of the Board; or, following a Merger (as hereinafter defined) which results in a Parent Corporation (as hereinafter defined), the board of directors of the ultimate Parent Corporation; provided, however, that if the election, or nomination for election by the Company’s common shareholders, of any new director was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Board, such new director shall, for purposes of the Plan, be considered as a member of the Incumbent Board; provided further, however, that no individual shall be considered a member of the Incumbent Board if such individual initially assumed office as a result of either an actual or threatened “Election Contest” (as described in Rule 14a-11 promulgated under the 1934 Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board (a “Proxy Contest”) including by reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle any Election Contest or Proxy Contest; or |
(c) | The consummation of: |
(A) | the shareholders of the Company, immediately before such Merger own directly or indirectly immediately following such Merger at least fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of (x) the corporation resulting from such Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”) if fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Surviving Corporation is not Beneficially Owned, directly or indirectly by another Person (a “Parent Corporation”), or (y) if there is one or more Parent Corporations, the ultimate Parent Corporation; |
(B) | the individuals who were members of the Incumbent Board immediately prior to the execution of the agreement providing for such Merger constitute at least half of the members of the board of directors of (x) the Surviving Corporation, if there is no Parent Corporation, or (y) if there is one or more Parent Corporations, the ultimate Parent Corporation; and |
(C) | no Person other than (1) the Company, (2) any Related Entity, (3) any employee benefit plan (or any trust forming a part thereof) that, immediately prior to such Merger was maintained by the Company or any Related Entity, or (4) any Person who, immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or reorganization had Beneficial Ownership of twenty percent (20%) or more of the then outstanding Voting Securities or shares, has Beneficial Ownership of twenty percent (20%) or more of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities or common stock of (x) the Surviving Corporation if there is no Parent Corporation, or (y) if there is one or more Parent Corporations, the ultimate Parent Corporation; |