Shareholder Value Award Agreement (for Executive Officers)
Exhibit 10.6 Form of Shareholder Value Award under the 2002 Lilly Stock Plan (with non-compete)
Xxx Xxxxx and Company
Shareholder Value Award Agreement
(for Executive Officers)
This Shareholder Value Award has been granted on [•] (“Grant Date”) by Xxx Xxxxx and Company, an Indiana corporation, with its principal offices in Indianapolis, Indiana (“Lilly” or the “Company”), to the Eligible Individual who has received this Shareholder Value Award Agreement (the “Grantee”).
Lilly Stock Price Performance Levels:
| No Payout | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Level 5 | Level 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Final Lilly Stock Price | < $140.70 | $140.70 – $160.36 | $160.37 - $180.02 | $180.03 - $199.69 | $199.70 - $219.36 | $219.37 - $239.03 | >$239.03 | ||||||||||||||||
| Percent of Target | 0% | 50% | 75% | 100% | 125% | 150% | 175% | ||||||||||||||||
Performance Period: January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2023
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Table of Contents
Section 1. Grant of Shareholder Value Award | 3 | ||||
Section 2. Vesting | 3 | ||||
Section 3. Impact of Certain Employment Status Changes | 3 | ||||
Section 4. Change in Control | 4 | ||||
Section 5. Settlement | 5 | ||||
Section 6. Rights of the Grantee | 6 | ||||
Section 7. Prohibition Against Transfer | 6 | ||||
Section 8. Responsibility for Taxes | 6 | ||||
Section 9. Section 409A Compliance | 7 | ||||
Section 10. Xxxxxxx’s Acknowledgment | 7 | ||||
Section 11. Data Privacy | 8 | ||||
Section 12. Restrictive Covenants, Remedies, and Additional Terms and Conditions | 9 | ||||
Section 13. Governing Law and Choice of Venue | 11 | ||||
Section 14. Miscellaneous Provisions | 11 | ||||
Section 15. Compensation Recovery | 12 | ||||
Section 16. Award Subject to Acknowledgement of Acceptance | 12 | ||||
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Section 1.Grant of Shareholder Value Award
Xxx Xxxxx and Company, an Indiana corporation (“Lilly” or the “Company”), has granted to the Eligible Individual who has received this Shareholder Value Award Agreement (the “Grantee”) a Performance-Based Award (the “Shareholder Value Award” or the “Award”) with respect to the target number of shares of Xxxxx Xxxxxx Stock (the “Shares”) that the Grantee may view by logging on to the Xxxxxxx Xxxxx website at xxxx://xxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx (the "Target Number of Shares").
The Award is made pursuant to and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Amended and Restated 2002 Lilly Stock Plan (the “Plan”) and to the terms and conditions set forth in this Shareholder Value Award Agreement, including all appendices, exhibits and addenda hereto (the “Award Agreement”). In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Plan and this Award Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall govern except with respect to the provisions described in Section 12 below (in which case, the terms of the Award Agreement shall govern).
Any capitalized terms used but not defined in this Award Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
Section 2.Vesting
As soon as reasonably practicable following the end of the Performance Period, the Committee shall determine the number of Shares that are eligible to vest which shall be equal to the product of (i) the Target Number of Shares, multiplied by (ii) the Percent of Target, where:
a.“Percent of Target” shall mean the percentage set forth in the Lilly Stock Price Performance Levels table set forth on the first page of this document representing the attainment level of the Final Lilly Stock Price measured against the performance goal attainment levels set forth in the table.
b.“Final Lilly Stock Price” shall mean the average of the closing price of a share of Lilly Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange for each trading day in the last two months of the Performance Period, rounded to the nearest cent.
In the event the Grantee’s Service is terminated prior to the end of the Performance Period for any reason or in any circumstance other than as described in Section 3 below, the Award shall be forfeited.
Section 3.Impact of Certain Employment Status Changes
Unless the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, that such treatment is not advisable after consideration of Applicable Laws, the number of Shares that are eligible to vest upon a change in employment status of the Grantee during the Performance Period will be as follows:
a.Leaves of Absence. In the event the Grantee is on an approved leave of absence during the Performance Period, the number of Shares eligible to vest shall be the number determined in accordance with Section 2 above.
b.Retirement; Death; Disability. Except as otherwise provided below (including Section 12), in the event the Grantee’s Service is terminated (i) following the Retirement Vesting Date due to the Grantee’s Retirement; (ii) due to the Grantee’s death, or (iii) by reason of Grantee’s Disability, the number of Shares eligible to vest shall be the number determined in accordance with Section 2 above. For the avoidance of any doubt, the Award shall be forfeited in the event the Grantee’s Service is terminated prior to the Retirement Vesting Date due to the Grantee’s Retirement.
“Retirement” means retirement as a “retiree,” which is a person who is (A) a retired employee under The Lilly Retirement Plan; (B) a retired employee under the retirement plan or program of an Affiliate; (C) a retired employee under a retirement program specifically approved by the Committee; (D) required to retire under local law, to the extent authorized by the Company to address such local requirements or (E) otherwise determined to be a retired employee in the sole discretion of the Company.
“Retirement Vesting Date” means the date that is on or following December 31 immediately following the commencement of the Performance Period.
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“Disability” for purposes of this Award Agreement means that the Grantee would qualify to receive benefit payments under the long-term disability plan or policy, as it may be amended from time to time, of the Company or the Affiliate that employs the Grantee (the “Employer”). If the Company or the Employer does not have a long-term disability plan or policy, “Disability” means that the Grantee is unable to carry out the responsibilities and functions of the position held by the Grantee by reason of any medically determined physical or mental impairment for a period of at least ninety (90) consecutive days as determined by the Company or Employer. The Grantee shall not be considered to have incurred a Disability unless he or she furnishes proof of such impairment sufficient to satisfy the Company as it determines in its sole discretion.
c.Qualifying Termination. In the event the Grantee’s employment is subject to a Qualifying Termination (as defined below), the number of Shares eligible to vest shall be the number determined in accordance with Section 2 above, reduced proportionally for the portion of the total days during the Performance Period in which the Grantee was not in active Service.
For purposes of this Award Agreement, a “Qualifying Termination” means the termination of the Grantee's Service under any one of the following circumstances:
i.due to a plant closing or reduction in workforce (as defined below);
ii.as a result of the Grantee’s failure to locate a position within the Company or an Affiliate following the placement of the Grantee on reallocation or medical reassignment in the United States (or equivalent as determined by the Committee).
“Plant closing” means the closing of a plant site or other corporate location that directly results in termination of the Grantee’s Service.
“Reduction in workforce” means the elimination of a work group, functional or business unit or other broadly applicable reduction in job positions that directly results in termination of the Grantee’s Service.
d.Demotions, Disciplinary Actions and Misconduct. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, cancel this Shareholder Value Award or reduce the number of Shares eligible to vest, prorated according to time or other measure as determined appropriate by the Committee, if during any portion of the Performance Period the Grantee has been (i) subject to disciplinary action by the Company or (ii) determined to have committed a material violation of law or Company policy or to have failed to properly manage or monitor the conduct of an employee who has committed a material violation of law or Company policy whereby, in either case, such conduct causes significant harm to the Company, as determined in the sole discretion of the Company.
The Committee’s determination as to whether (1) a leave of absence or a transfer of employment between Lilly and an Affiliate or between Affiliates constitutes a termination of Service, (2) the Grantee’s Service has been terminated by reason of Disability or Retirement, (3) the Grantee’s Service has been terminated as a direct result of either a plant closing or a reduction in force, and (4) the Grantee's service has been terminated as a result of the failure to locate a position within the Company or an Affiliate following reallocation or medical reassignment shall be final and binding on the Grantee.
Section 4.Change in Control
The provisions of Section 13.2 of the Plan apply to this Award with the following modifications:
a.The only Change in Control event that shall result in a benefit under this Section 4 shall be the consummation of a merger, share exchange, or consolidation of the Company, as defined in Section 2.6(c) of the Plan (a “Transaction”).
b.In the event of a Transaction that occurs prior to the end of the Performance Period, the Grantee will be credited with an award of Restricted Stock Units equal to the number of Shares eligible to vest, calculated in a manner consistent with Section 2, but the Final Lilly Stock Price shall be equal to the value of Shares established for the consideration to be paid to holders of Shares in the Transaction (the “Credited RSU Award”). The Credited RSU Award shall be eligible to vest on the last day of the Performance Period, subject to the Grantee’s continued Service through the last day of the Performance Period, except as provided below:
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i.In the event that the Credited RSU Award is not converted, assumed, substituted, continued or replaced by a successor or surviving corporation, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, in connection with a Transaction, then immediately prior to the Transaction, the Credited RSU Award shall vest automatically in full.
ii.In the event that the Credited RSU Award is converted, assumed, substituted, continued or replaced by a successor or surviving corporation, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, in connection with the Transaction and the Grantee is subject to a Covered Termination (as defined below) prior to the end of the Performance Period, then immediately as of the date of the Covered Termination, the Credited RSU Award shall vest automatically in full.
For purposes of this Award Agreement, “Covered Termination” shall mean a termination of Service as described in Sections 3(b) and (c), Xxxxxxx’s termination of Service without Cause or the Grantee’s resignation for Good Reason. “Cause” and “Good Reason” shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Xxx Xxxxx and Company 2007 Change in Control Severance Pay Plan for Select Employees (as amended from time to time) or any successor plan or arrangement thereto.
c.If the Grantee is entitled to receive stock of the acquiring entity or successor to the Company as a result of the application of this Section 4, then references to Shares in this Award Agreement shall be read to mean stock of the successor or surviving corporation, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, as and when applicable.
Section 5.Settlement
a.Except as provided below, the Award shall be paid to the Grantee as soon as practicable, but in no event later than sixty (60) days, following the last day of the Performance Period.
b.If the Award vests pursuant to Section 4(b)(i), the Award shall be paid to the Grantee immediately prior to the Transaction, provided that if the Award is considered an item of non-qualified deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code (“NQ Deferred Compensation”) and the Transaction does not constitute a “change in control event,” within the meaning of the U.S. Treasury Regulations (a “409A CIC”), then the Award shall be paid in cash (calculated based on the value of the Shares established for the consideration to be paid to holders of Shares in the Transaction) on the earliest of the date that the Grantee experiences a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code (a “Section 409A Separation”) (subject to the six (6) month delay described in Section 5(c) below if Grantee is a “specified employee”), the date of the Grantee’s death and the date set forth in Section 5(a) above.
c.If the Award vests pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii), the Award shall be paid to the Grantee as soon as practicable, but in no event later than sixty (60) days, following the date the Grantee is subject to a Covered Termination, provided that if the Award is NQ Deferred Compensation, (i) the Award shall be paid within sixty (60) days following the date the Grantee experiences a Section 409A Separation, and (ii) if the Grantee is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code as of the payment date, the Award shall instead be paid on the earliest of (1) the first day following the six (6) month anniversary of the Grantee’s Section 409A Separation and (2) the date of the Grantee’s death.
d.At the time of settlement provided in this Section 5, Lilly shall issue or transfer Shares or the cash equivalent, as contemplated under Section 5(e) below, to the Grantee. In the event the Grantee is entitled to a fractional Share, the fraction may be paid in cash or rounded, in the Committee’s discretion.
e.At any time prior to the end of the Performance Period or until the Award is paid in accordance with this Section 5, the Committee may, if it so elects, determine to pay part or all of the Award in cash in lieu of issuing or transferring Shares. The amount of cash shall be calculated based on the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the last day of the Performance Period in the case of payment pursuant to Section 5(a) and on the date of payment in the case of a payment pursuant to Section 5(c).
f.In the event of the death of the Grantee, the payments described above shall be made to the successor of the Grantee.
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Section 6.Rights of the Grantee
a.No Shareholder Rights. The Shareholder Value Award does not entitle the Grantee to any rights of a shareholder of Lilly until such time as the Shareholder Value Award is settled and Shares are issued or transferred to the Grantee.
b.No Trust; Xxxxxxx’s Rights Unsecured. Neither this Award Agreement nor any action in accordance with this Award Agreement shall be construed to create a trust of any kind. The right of the Grantee to receive payments of cash or Shares pursuant to this Award Agreement shall be an unsecured claim against the general assets of the Company.
Section 7.Prohibition Against Transfer
The right of a Grantee to receive payments of Shares and/or cash under this Award may not be transferred except to a duly appointed guardian of the estate of the Grantee or to a successor of the Grantee by will or the applicable laws of descent and distribution and then only subject to the provisions of this Award Agreement. A Grantee may not assign, sell, pledge, or otherwise transfer Shares or cash to which he or she may be entitled hereunder prior to transfer or payment thereof to the Grantee, and any such attempted assignment, sale, pledge or transfer shall be void.
Section 8.Responsibility for Taxes
a.Regardless of any action Lilly and/or the Employer takes with respect to any or all income tax (including federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax), social insurance, payroll tax, fringe benefits tax, payment on account or other tax related items related to the Grantee’s participation in the Plan and legally applicable to the Grantee (“Tax Related Items”), the Grantee acknowledges that the ultimate liability for all Tax Related Items is and remains the Grantee’s responsibility and may exceed the amount actually withheld by Xxxxx or the Employer. The Grantee further acknowledges that Xxxxx and the Employer (i) make no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax Related Items in connection with any aspect of the Award, including the grant of the Shareholder Value Award, the vesting of the Shareholder Value Award, the transfer and issuance of any Shares, the receipt of any cash payment pursuant to the Award, the receipt of any dividends and the sale of any Shares acquired pursuant to this Award; and (ii) do not commit to and are under no obligation to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the Award to reduce or eliminate the Grantee’s liability for Tax Related Items or achieve any particular tax result. Furthermore, if the Grantee becomes subject to Tax Related Items in more than one jurisdiction, the Grantee acknowledges that the Company and/or the Employer (or former employer, as applicable) may be required to withhold or account for Tax Related Items in more than one jurisdiction.
b.Prior to the applicable taxable or tax withholding event, as applicable, the Grantee shall pay or make adequate arrangements satisfactory to Lilly and/or the Employer to satisfy all Tax Related Items.
i.If the Shareholder Value Award is paid to the Grantee in cash in lieu of Shares, the Grantee authorizes the Company and/or the Employer, or their respective agents, at their discretion, to satisfy any obligation for Tax Related Items by withholding from the cash amount paid to the Grantee pursuant to the Award or from the Grantee’s wages or other cash compensation paid to the Grantee by the Company and/or the Employer.
ii.If the Shareholder Value Award is paid to the Grantee in Shares and the Grantee is not subject to the short-swing profit rules of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, the Grantee authorizes Xxxxx and/or the Employer, or their respective agents, at their discretion, to (A) withhold from the Grantee’s wages or other cash compensation paid to the Grantee by the Company and/or the Employer, (B) arrange for the sale of Shares to be issued upon settlement of the Award (on the Grantee’s behalf and at the Grantee’s direction pursuant to this authorization or such other authorization as the Grantee may be required to provide to Lilly or its designated broker in order for such sale to be effectuated) and withhold from the proceeds of such sale, (C) withhold in Shares otherwise issuable to the Grantee pursuant to this Award, and/or (D) apply any other method of withholding determined by the Company and, to the extent required by Applicable Laws or the Plan, approved by the Committee.
iii.If the Shareholder Value Award is paid to the Grantee in Shares and the Grantee is subject to the short-swing profit rules of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, Xxxxx will withhold in Shares
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otherwise issuable to the Grantee pursuant to this Award, unless the use of such withholding method is prevented by Applicable Laws or has materially adverse accounting or tax consequences, in which case the withholding obligation for Tax Related Items may be satisfied by one or a combination of the methods set forth in Section 8(b)(ii)(A) and (B) above.
c.Depending on the withholding method, Lilly and/or the Employer may withhold or account for Tax Related Items by considering applicable statutory or other withholding rates, including minimum or maximum rates in the jurisdiction(s) applicable to the Grantee. In the event of over-withholding, the Grantee may receive a refund of any over-withheld amount in cash (without interest and without entitlement to the equivalent amount in Shares). If the obligation for Tax Related Items is satisfied by withholding Shares, for tax purposes, the Grantee will be deemed to have been issued the full number of Shares to which he or she is entitled pursuant to this Award, notwithstanding that a number of Shares are withheld to satisfy the obligation for Tax Related Items.
x.Xxxxx may refuse to deliver Shares or any cash payment to the Grantee if the Grantee fails to comply with the Grantee’s obligation in connection with the Tax Related Items as described in this Section 8.
Section 9.Section 409A Compliance
To the extent applicable, it is intended that this Award comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and the Treasury Regulations and other guidance issued thereunder (“Section 409A”) and this Award shall be interpreted and applied by the Committee in a manner consistent with this intent in order to avoid the imposition of any additional tax under Section 409A.
Section 10.Xxxxxxx’s Acknowledgment
In accepting this Award, the Grantee acknowledges, understands and agrees that:
a.the Plan is established voluntarily by Xxxxx, it is discretionary in nature and it may be modified, amended, suspended or terminated by Xxxxx at any time, as provided in the Plan;
b.the Award is voluntary and occasional and does not create any contractual or other right to receive future Performance-Based Awards, or benefits in lieu thereof, even if Performance-Based Awards have been granted in the past;
c.all decisions with respect to future Performance-Based Awards or other awards, if any, will be at the sole discretion of the Committee;
d.the Grantee’s participation in the Plan is voluntary;
e.the Award and any Shares subject to the Award are not intended to replace any pension rights or compensation;
f.the Award and any Shares subject to the Award, and the income and value of same, are not part of normal or expected compensation for any purpose, including but not limited to, calculating any severance, resignation, termination, redundancy, dismissal, end of service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, holiday pay, leave pay, pension or welfare or retirement benefits or similar mandatory payments;
g.neither the Award nor any provision of this Award Agreement, the Plan or the policies adopted pursuant to the Plan, confer upon the Grantee any right with respect to employment or continuation of current employment, and in the event that the Grantee is not an employee of Lilly or any subsidiary of Lilly, the Award shall not be interpreted to form an employment contract or relationship with Xxxxx or any Affiliate;
h.the future value of the underlying Shares is unknown, indeterminable and cannot be predicted with certainty;
i.no claim or entitlement to compensation or damages shall arise from forfeiture of the Award resulting from the Grantee ceasing to provide employment or other services to Lilly or the Employer (for any reason whatsoever, whether or not later found to be invalid or in breach of local labor laws in the jurisdiction where the Grantee is employed or the terms of Grantee’s employment agreement, if any);
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j.for purposes of the Award, the Grantee’s employment will be considered terminated as of the date he or she is no longer actively providing services to the Company or an Affiliate and the Grantee’s right, if any, to earn and be paid any portion of the Award after such termination of employment or services (regardless of the reason for such termination and whether or not such termination is later found to be invalid or in breach of employment laws in the jurisdiction where the Grantee is employed or the terms of the Grantee’s employment agreement, if any) will be measured by the date the Grantee ceases to actively provide services and will not be extended by any notice period (e.g., active service would not include any contractual notice period or any period of “garden leave” or similar period mandated under employment laws in the jurisdiction where the Grantee is employed or the terms of the Grantee’s employment agreement, if any); the Committee shall have the exclusive discretion to determine when the Grantee is no longer actively providing services for purposes of the Award (including whether the Grantee may still be considered to be actively providing services while on a leave of absence) in accordance with Section 409A;
k.unless otherwise provided in the Plan or by the Committee in its discretion, the Award and the benefits evidenced by this Award Agreement do not create any entitlement to have the Award or any such benefits transferred to, or assumed by, another company nor to be exchanged, cashed out or substituted for, in connection with any corporate transaction affecting the Shares;
l.the Grantee is solely responsible for investigating and complying with any laws applicable to him or her in connection with the Award; and
m.the Company has communicated share ownership guidelines that apply to the Grantee, and the Grantee understands and agrees that those guidelines may impact any Shares subject to, or issued pursuant to the Award.
Section 11.Data Privacy
a.Data Collection and Usage. The Company and the Employer may collect, process and use certain personal information about the Grantee, and persons closely associated with the Grantee, including, but not limited to, the Grantee’s name, home address and telephone number, email address, date of birth, social insurance number, passport or other identification number (e.g., resident registration number), salary, nationality, job title, any shares of stock or directorships held in the Company, details of all Shareholder Value Awards or any other entitlement to shares of stock awarded, canceled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in the Grantee’s favor (“Data”), for the purposes of implementing, administering and managing the Plan. The legal basis, where required, for the processing of Data is the Grantee’s consent. Where required under Applicable Laws, Data may also be disclosed to certain securities or other regulatory authorities where the Company’s securities are listed or traded or regulatory filings are made and the legal basis, where required, for such disclosure are the Applicable Laws.
b.Stock Plan Administration Service Providers. The Company transfers Data to Bank of America Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and/or its affiliated companies (“Xxxxxxx Xxxxx”), an independent service provider, which is assisting the Company with the implementation, administration and management of the Plan. In the future, the Company may select a different service provider and share Data with such other provider serving in a similar manner. The Grantee may be asked to agree on separate terms and data processing practices with the service provider, with such agreement being a condition to the ability to participate in the Plan. The Company may also transfer Data to KPMG, an independent service provider, which is also assisting the Company with certain aspects of the implementation, administration and management of the Plan. In the future, the Company may select a different service provider and share Data with such other provider serving in a similar manner.
c.International Data Transfers. The Company and its service providers are based in the United States. The Grantee’s country or jurisdiction may have different data privacy laws and protections than the United States. The Company’s legal basis, where required, for the transfer of Data is Xxxxxxx’s consent.
d.Data Retention. The Company will hold and use the Data only as long as is necessary to implement, administer and manage the Grantee’s participation in the Plan, or as required to comply with legal or regulatory obligations, including under tax and security laws.
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e.Voluntariness and Consequences of Consent Denial or Withdrawal. Participation in the Plan is voluntary and the Grantee is providing the consents herein on a purely voluntary basis. If the Grantee does not consent, or if the Grantee later seeks to revoke the Grantee’s consent, the Grantee’s salary from or employment and career with the Employer will not be affected; the only consequence of refusing or withdrawing the Grantee’s consent is that the Company would not be able to grant this Award or other awards to the Grantee or administer or maintain such awards.
f.Data Subject Rights. The Grantee understands that data subject rights regarding the processing of Data vary depending on Applicable Laws and that, depending on where the Grantee is based and subject to the conditions set out in such Applicable Laws, the Grantee may have, without limitation, the right to (i) inquire whether and what kind of Data the Company holds about the Grantee and how it is processed, and to access or request copies of such Data, (ii) request the correction or supplementation of Data about the Grantee that is inaccurate, incomplete or out-of-date in light of the purposes underlying the processing, (iii) obtain the erasure of Data no longer necessary for the purposes underlying the processing, (iv) request the Company to restrict the processing of the Grantee’s Data in certain situations where the Grantee feels its processing is inappropriate, (v) object, in certain circumstances, to the processing of Data for legitimate interests, and to (vi) request portability of the Grantee’s Data that the Grantee has actively or passively provided to the Company or the Employer (which does not include data derived or inferred from the collected data), where the processing of such Data is based on consent or the Grantee’s employment and is carried out by automated means. In case of concerns, the Grantee understands that he or she may also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent local data protection authority. Further, to receive clarification of, or to exercise any of, the Grantee’s rights, the Grantee understands that he or she should contact his or her local human resources representative.
g.Declaration of Consent. By accepting the Award and indicating consent via the Company’s online acceptance procedure, the Grantee is declaring that he or she agrees with the data processing practices described herein and consents to the collection, processing and use of Data by the Company and the transfer of Data to the recipients mentioned above, including recipients located in countries which do not adduce an adequate level of protection from a European (or other non-U.S.) data protection law perspective, for the purposes described above.
Section 12.Restrictive Covenants, Remedies, and Additional Terms and Conditions
a.Restrictive Covenants. In consideration of the Grantee’s receipt of the Award from Xxxxx, the Grantee agrees that during the Grantee’s employment with Xxxxx or an Affiliate that the Grantee provided services to or had access to confidential information concerning (“Covered Affiliate”) and for twelve (12) months immediately following the end of the Grantee’s employment (regardless of reason), the Grantee will not directly or indirectly, on a worldwide basis, engage in any of the following activities:
i.Work for, advise, manage, act as an agent, employee or consultant for, or otherwise provide any services, in a Competitively-Sensitive Capacity, to: (a) any person or entity engaged in research, development, production, sale, or distribution of a product or service competitive with or substantially similar to any product or service in research, development or design, or manufactured, produced, sold, or distributed by Lilly or a Covered Affiliate; or (b) any person or entity that otherwise competes or intends to compete with Xxxxx or a Covered Affiliate.
ii.Directly or indirectly solicit, urge, divert, induce, or seek to induce any of Lilly’s (or Covered Affiliate’s) independent contractors, subcontractors, business partners, distributors, brokers, consultants, sales representatives, customers, vendors, suppliers or any other person with whom Xxxxx or Covered Affiliate has a business relationship and with whom the Grantee interacted during the Grantee’s employment with Xxxxx or Covered Affiliate to terminate their relationship with, or representation of, Xxxxx or Covered Affiliate or to cancel, withdraw, reduce, limit or in any manner modify any such person's business with, or representation of, Lilly or a Covered Affiliate.
The Grantee acknowledges and agrees that any Xxxxx Affiliate is an intended third-party beneficiary of this Award Agreement, which may be enforced by Xxxxx or any such Affiliate, either singularly or jointly.
For purposes of this Award Agreement, “Competitively-Sensitive Capacity” means: (i) the same or similar capacity or function in which the Grantee worked for Lilly or a Covered Affiliate at any time
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during the two (2) years immediately preceding the end of the Grantee’s employment; (ii) any officer, director, executive or senior management capacity or function; (iii) any research and development capacity or function; (iv) any sales management or business development management capacity or function; (v) any ownership capacity (except the Grantee may own as a passive investment up to 2% of any publicly traded securities); and/or (vi) any other capacity or function in which there is a material risk that the Grantee likely would inevitably use or disclose trade secrets and/or confidential information Lilly or a Covered Affiliate. For purposes of clarity, if a competing business has multiple divisions, lines or segments, some of which are not competitive with the business of Lilly, including its Covered Affiliates, nothing in this Award Agreement will prohibit the Grantee from being employed by, working for or assisting only that division, line or segment of such competing business that is not competitive with the business of Lilly or a Covered Affiliate, provided the Grantee is not involved in a Competitively-Sensitive Capacity in the research, development, manufacture, provision or sale of any products that compete with any products of Lilly or a Covered Affiliate.
The Grantee and Xxxxx acknowledge and agree that the worldwide geographic scope of the foregoing covenants is reasonable and necessary given, among other things, that: (a) absent the restrictions, the Grantee could utilize Lilly’s (or its Affiliates) trade secrets and/or confidential information and compete with Xxxxx or Affiliate from virtually anywhere; and (b) such scope is the only way for Lilly and its Affiliates to protect their trade secrets and confidential information. In the event the Grantee violates any of the restrictive covenants contained herein, their duration will automatically be extended by the length of time during which the Grantee was in violation of any of the restrictive covenants.
The Grantee acknowledges and agrees that during the course of Xxxxxxx’s employment with Xxxxx or a Covered Affiliate, the Grantee will become intimately familiar with confidential information and trade secrets key to its unique competitive advantage. The Grantee also acknowledges and agrees that Xxxxx’x (and Covered Affiliate’s) confidential information and trade secrets will retain continuing vitality throughout and beyond the one-year restricted period. And the Grantee acknowledges and agrees that, should the Grantee leave Xxxxx or Covered Affiliate and, near the Grantee’s departure from Xxxxx or Covered Affiliate, work with another person or entity that engages in business activities similar to those of Xxxxx and/or Covered Affiliate, it would be highly likely, if not inevitable, that the Grantee would rely on confidential information of Xxxxx and/or Covered Affiliate in the course of the Grantee’s work, either consciously or subconsciously, harming Xxxxx and any Covered Affiliates. For these and other reasons, the Grantee agrees that the restrictions above are reasonably necessary to protect Xxxxx’x and its Covered Affiliate’s legitimate business interests, and do so by creating a specific amount of time after the Grantee’s employment ends during which the Grantee will not be able to engage or prepare to engage in the activities above.
The Grantee and Xxxxx further acknowledge and agree that if any particular covenant or provision is determined to be unreasonable or unenforceable for any reason, including, without limitation, the time period, geographic area, and/or scope of activity covered by any restrictive covenant, such covenant or provision will automatically be deemed reformed so that the contested covenant or provision will have the closest effect permitted by applicable law to the original form and will be given effect and enforced as so reformed to whatever extent would be reasonable and enforceable under applicable law. Any court interpreting any restrictive covenant provision of this Award Agreement will, if necessary, reform any such provision to make it enforceable under applicable law.
This Award Agreement is intended, among other things, to supplement (and not supersede) all applicable statutes protecting trade secrets and the duties the Grantee owes to Lilly and/or Covered Affiliates under the common law, as well as any other non-competition, non-solicitation, or confidentiality provisions that the Grantee agreed to in the past, including those in the Grantee’s Employee Confidentiality and Invention Agreement, each of which remains in full force and effect, or that the Grantee agrees to in the future.
The Grantee acknowledges that a breach by the Grantee of this Award Agreement will give rise to irreparable injury to Xxxxx and Covered Affiliates and money damages will not be adequate relief for such injury. As a result, the Grantee agrees that Xxxxx (including any third party beneficiary) will be entitled to obtain equitable or injunctive relief without having to post any bond or other security to restrain or prohibit any such breach or threatened breach, in addition to any other remedies which may be available, including the recovery of monetary damages from the Grantee.
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b.Remedies. If the Company determines that the Grantee has violated any applicable provisions of this Section 12, in addition to injunctive relief and damages, the Grantee agrees and covenants that: (i) the Award settled shall be immediately rescinded; (ii) the Grantee shall automatically forfeit any rights the Grantee may have with respect to the Award as of the date of such determination, including the rights to continue to be eligible to vest or receive a payment under the Award; and (iii) the foregoing remedies set forth in this Section 12 shall not be Xxxxx’x exclusive remedies. Xxxxx reserves all other rights and remedies available to it at law or in equity.
In addition, the Company reserves the right to impose other requirements on the Award and any Shares acquired under the Plan, to the extent the Company determines it is necessary or advisable for legal or administrative reasons, and to require the Grantee to execute any additional agreements or undertakings that may be necessary to accomplish the foregoing. Without limitation to the foregoing, the Grantee agrees that the Shareholder Value Award and any benefits or proceeds the Grantee may receive hereunder shall be subject to forfeiture and/or repayment to the Company to the extent required to comply with any requirements imposed under Applicable Laws or any compensation recovery policy of the Company that reflects the provisions of Applicable Laws.
Section 13.Governing Law and Choice of Venue
The validity, construction, and enforcement of this Award Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Indiana, U.S.A. without regard to laws that might cause other law to govern under applicable principles of conflict of laws or cause the application of substantive law of any jurisdiction other than Indiana. For purposes of litigating any dispute that arises under this Award Agreement, the parties hereby submit to and consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the State of Indiana, and agree that such litigation shall be conducted exclusively in the courts having appropriate subject matter jurisdiction in of Xxxxxx County, Indiana, or the federal courts for the United States for the Southern District of Indiana, and no other courts, where this Award is granted and/or to be performed.
Section 14.Miscellaneous Provisions
a.Notices and Electronic Delivery and Participation. Any notice to be given by the Grantee or successor Grantee shall be in writing, and any notice shall be deemed to have been given or made only upon receipt thereof by the Corporate Secretary of Lilly at Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana 46285, U.S.A. Any notice or communication by Lilly in writing shall be deemed to have been given in the case of the Grantee if mailed or delivered to the Grantee at any address specified in writing to Lilly by the Grantee and, in the case of any successor Xxxxxxx, at the address specified in writing to Lilly by the successor Xxxxxxx. In addition, Xxxxx may, in its sole discretion, decide to deliver any documents related to the Award and participation in the Plan by electronic means or request the Grantee’s consent to participate in the Plan by electronic means. By accepting this Award, the Grantee hereby consents to receive such documents by electronic delivery and agrees to participate in the Plan through an on-line or electronic system established and maintained by Xxxxx or a third party designated by Xxxxx.
b.Language. The Grantee acknowledges that he or she is proficient in the English language, or has consulted with an advisor who is sufficiently proficient in English, so as to allow the Grantee to understand the terms and conditions of this Award Agreement. If the Grantee has received this Award Agreement or any other document related to the Plan translated into a language other than English and if the meaning of the translated version is different than the English version, the English version will control.
c.Waiver. The waiver by Xxxxx of any provision of this Award Agreement at any time or for any purpose shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of the same or any other provision of this Award Agreement at any subsequent time or for any other purpose.
d.Severability and Section Headings. If one or more of the provisions of this Award Agreement shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions shall be deemed null and void; however, to the extent permissible by law, any provisions which could be deemed null and void shall first be construed, interpreted or revised retroactively to permit this Award Agreement to be construed so as to xxxxxx the intent of this Award Agreement and the Plan.
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The section headings in this Award Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of, or germane to, the interpretation or construction of this instrument.
e.No Advice Regarding Grant. Xxxxx is not providing any tax, legal or financial advice, nor is Xxxxx making any recommendations regarding the Grantee’s participation in the Plan or the Grantee’s acquisition or sale of the underlying Shares. The Grantee should consult with his or her own personal tax, legal and financial advisors regarding the Grantee’s participation in the Plan before taking any action related to the Plan.
Section 15.Compensation Recovery
At any time during the three years following the date on which the number of Shares eligible to vest under this Award has been determined under Section 2 above, the Company reserves the right to and, in appropriate cases, will seek restitution of all or part of any Shares that have been issued or cash that has been paid pursuant to this Award if:
a.(i) the number of Shares or the amount of the cash payment was calculated based, directly or indirectly, upon the achievement of financial results that were subsequently the subject of a restatement of all or a portion of the Company’s financial statements, (ii) the Grantee engaged in intentional misconduct that caused or partially caused the need for such a restatement; and (iii) the number of Shares or the amount of cash payment that would have been issued or paid to the Grantee had the financial results been properly reported would have been lower than the number of Shares actually issued or the amount of cash actually paid; or
b.the Grantee has been determined to have committed a material violation of law or Company policy or to have failed to properly manage or monitor the conduct of an employee who has committed a material violation of law or Company policy whereby, in either case, such misconduct causes significant harm to the company.
Furthermore, in the event the number of Shares issued or cash paid pursuant to this Award is determined to have been based on materially inaccurate financial statements or other Company performance measures or on calculation errors (without any misconduct on the part of the Grantee), the Company reserves the right to and, in appropriate cases, will (A) seek restitution of the Shares or cash paid pursuant to this Award to the extent that the number of Shares issued or the amount paid exceeded the number of Shares that would have been issued or the amount that would have been paid had the inaccuracy or error not occurred, or (B) issue additional Shares or make additional payment to the extent that the number of Shares issued or the amount paid was less than the correct amount.
This Section 15 is not intended to limit the Company’s power to take such action as it deems necessary to remedy any misconduct, prevent its reoccurrence and, if appropriate, based on all relevant facts and circumstances, punish the wrongdoer in a manner it deems appropriate.
Section 16.Award Subject to Acknowledgement of Acceptance
Notwithstanding any provisions of this Award Agreement, the Award is subject to acknowledgement of acceptance by the Grantee prior to 4:00 PM (EDT) [•], through the website of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, the Company’s stock plan administrator. If the Grantee does not acknowledge acceptance of the Award prior to 4:00 PM (EDT) [•], the Award will be cancelled, subject to the Committee’s discretion for unforeseen circumstances.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Lilly has caused this Award Agreement to be executed in Indianapolis, Indiana, by its proper officer.
XXX XXXXX AND COMPANY
By: _________________________
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