As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2018

Registration No. 333-

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549



FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933



CIGNA CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware
 
82-4991898
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

900 Cottage Grove Road
Bloomfield, Connecticut 06002
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

Cigna Long-Term Incentive Plan
HealthSpring, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan
Cigna Corporation Director Equity Plan
Cigna Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005
Cigna Supplemental 401(k) Plan
Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005 for Directors of Cigna Corporation
Cigna Corporation Stock Plan
Express Scripts Holding Company 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan
Express Scripts, Inc. 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan
Medco Health Solutions, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan
Accredo Health, Incorporated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan
Express Scripts, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005
(Full title of the plans)

Nicole S. Jones, Esq.
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Cigna Corporation
900 Cottage Grove Road
Bloomfield, Connecticut 06002
(860) 226-6000
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ☒
Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☐
Smaller reporting company ☐

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐



CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 
 
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered (1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price Per Share (2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price (2)
Amount of
Registration
Fee
 
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
45,394,226(3)
$195.92
$8,893,409,866
$1,077,882
 
Deferred Compensation Obligations
54,500,000(4)
$54,500,000
$54,500,000
$6,606

 
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement also covers such additional shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), of Cigna Corporation (formerly known as Halfmoon Parent, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) that become issuable under the plans listed in footnote 3 below by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or other similar transaction that results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based, in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act, on the average of the high and low prices of Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on December 19, 2018.

 
(3)
Represents 34,682,282 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Cigna Long-Term Incentive Plan, 140,744 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the HealthSpring, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan, 378,405 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Cigna Corporation Director Equity Plan, 26,283 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Cigna Corporation Stock Plan, 1,967,891 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Express Scripts Holding Company 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan, 2,953,610 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Express Scripts, Inc. 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan, 2,291,782 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Medco Health Solutions, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan, 120,050 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Accredo Health, Incorporated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan, and 2,833,180 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Express Scripts, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005 (the “Express Scripts Deferred Compensation Plan”), which plans were assumed by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 8, 2018, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of June 27, 2018 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Cigna Holding Company (formerly known as Cigna Corporation) (“Legacy Cigna”), a Delaware corporation, Express Scripts Holding Company, a Delaware corporation (“Express Scripts”), the Company, Halfmoon I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company prior to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and Halfmoon II, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company prior to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

  (4)
Represents unfunded and unsecured obligations of the Company to pay deferred compensation in the future (“Deferred Compensation Obligations”), including $40,000,000 of Deferred Compensation Obligations under the Cigna Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005, $10,000,000 of Deferred Compensation Obligations under the Cigna Supplemental 401(k) Plan, $2,000,000 of Deferred Compensation Obligations under the Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005 for Directors of Cigna Corporation, and $2,500,000 of Deferred Compensation Obligations under the Express Scripts Deferred Compensation Plan, which plans were assumed by the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.


EXPLANATORY NOTE

On December 20, 2018, in accordance with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 8, 2018, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of June 27, 2018 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Cigna Holding Company (formerly known as Cigna Corporation), a Delaware corporation (“Legacy Cigna”), Express Scripts Holding Company, a Delaware corporation (“Express Scripts”), Halfmoon Parent, Inc. (now known as Cigna Corporation), a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Legacy Cigna prior to the Mergers (as defined below) (“the Company”), Halfmoon I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company prior to the Mergers (“Merger Sub 1”), and Halfmoon II, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company prior to the Mergers (“Merger Sub 2” and, together with Merger Sub 1, the “Merger Subs”), (a) Merger Sub 1 merged with and into Legacy Cigna (the “Cigna Merger”), with Legacy Cigna surviving the Cigna Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and (b) Merger Sub 2 merged with and into Express Scripts (the “Express Scripts Merger” and, together with the Cigna Merger, the “Mergers”), with Express Scripts surviving the Express Scripts Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. As a result of the Mergers, Legacy Cigna and Express Scripts became direct wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company.

In connection with the Mergers, the Company assumed the plans set forth on the cover page of this Registration Statement and all obligations of Legacy Cigna and Express Scripts under such plans.

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The information required by Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act, and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference

The following documents previously filed by the Company, Legacy Cigna and Express Scripts with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated herein by reference (other than any such documents or portions thereof that are furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, unless otherwise indicated therein, including any exhibits included with such Items):

(1)    the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on September 21, 2018 and December 20, 2018;

(2)    Legacy Cigna’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, filed with the Commission on February 28, 2018;

(3)    Legacy Cigna’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2018, June 30, 2018 and September 30, 2018, filed with the Commission on May 3, 2018, August 2, 2018 and November 1, 2018, respectively;

(4)    Legacy Cigna’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 8, 2018, March 13, 2018, March 15, 2018, April 12, 2018, April 23, 2018, April 30, 2018, July 2, 2018, August 7, 2018, August 8, 2018, August 9, 2018, August 10, 2018, August 13, 2018, August 24, 2018, September 17, 2018, September 21, 2018, September 27, 2018, November 21, 2018, December 10, 2018 and December 20, 2018;

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(5)    Express Scripts’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, filed with the Commission on February 27, 2018;

(6)    Express Scripts’ Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2018, June 30, 2018 and September 30, 2018, filed with the Commission on May 2, 2018, August 1, 2018 and October 31, 2018, respectively;

(7)    Express Scripts’ Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 26, 2018, March 8, 2018, March 9, 2018, April 24, 2018, May 14, 2018, July 2, 2018, August 10, 2018, August 13, 2018, August 24, 2018, September 18, 2018, November 21, 2018 and December 20, 2018; and

(8)    the description of the Company’s capital stock contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed with the Commission on May 16, 2018 (Registration No. 333-224960), or any registration statement or report subsequently filed under the Exchange Act of the purpose of updating such description.

All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement (other than any such documents or portions thereof that are furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, unless otherwise indicated therein, including any exhibits included with such Items), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained or incorporated by reference herein or in any subsequently filed document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4.
Description of Securities

Not applicable.

Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

The validity of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock and the issuance of Deferred Compensation Obligations under the Cigna Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005, the Cigna Supplemental 401(k) Plan, and the Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005 for Directors of Cigna Corporation will be passed on for the Registrant by Amy C. Cook, Assistant Corporate Secretary and Managing Counsel – Securities, Governance and Treasury of the Company.  Ms. Cook owns shares of the Registrant's Common Stock, is eligible to receive awards under the Cigna Long-Term Incentive Plan, and is eligible to participate in the Cigna Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005 and the Cigna Supplemental 401(k) Plan.

The validity of the issuance of the Deferred Compensation Obligations under the Express Scripts Deferred Compensation Plan will be passed on for the Registrant by Julia Brncic, Senior Vice President, Chief Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company. 

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Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers

The Company is incorporated in Delaware. Under Section 145 of the DGCL, a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation (or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise) against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. In the case of an action brought by or in the right of a corporation, the corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any such threatened, pending or completed action by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation (or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise) only against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent the appropriate court finds that, in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court shall deem proper.

The Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that its directors and officers will be indemnified by the Company to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware law as it now exists or may in the future be amended, against all expenses, liabilities and losses incurred in connection with their service as a director or officer on behalf of the Company.

As permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Company provides that a director of the Company shall not be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for such liability as is expressly not subject to limitation under the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended to further limit or eliminate such liability.

The Company will indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any person who is now, or has previously been, (1) an officer or director of Legacy Cigna or Express Scripts or any of their respective subsidiaries or (2) serving at the request of Legacy Cigna or Express Scripts as an officer or director of or in any similar capacity with another corporation, joint venture or other enterprise or general partner of any partnership or a trustee of any trust, which we refer to as an indemnified person, in connection with any claim, demand, action, suit, proceeding, subpoena or investigation based directly or indirectly (in whole or in part) on, or arising directly or indirectly (in whole or in part) out of, the fact that such indemnified person is or was an officer or director of Legacy Cigna or Express Scripts, as applicable, or any of their respective subsidiaries, or is or was serving at the request of Legacy Cigna or Express Scripts as an officer or director of or in any similar capacity with another corporation, joint venture or other enterprise or general partner of any partnership or a trustee of any trust. In the event of any such proceeding, each indemnified person will be entitled to an advancement of expenses incurred in defense of such proceeding, to the extent set forth in the organizational documents of Legacy Cigna or Express Scripts, as applicable.

Item 7.
Exemption From Registration Claimed

Not applicable.

Item 8.
Exhibits

Exhibit
Number
 
Exhibit Title
 
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cigna Corporation, effective as of December 20, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Cigna Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K12B filed with the Commission on December 20, 2018).
     
 
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Cigna Corporation, effective as of  December 20, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Cigna Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K12B filed with the Commission on  December 20, 2018).

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Cigna Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated effective as of April 26, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Cigna Holding Company’s Form 8-K, filed May 1, 2017).
     
 
HealthSpring, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan.
     
 
Cigna Corporation Director Equity Plan.
     
 
Cigna Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005, effective as of January 1, 2005.
     
 
Cigna Supplemental 401(k) Plan effective January 1, 2010.
     
 
Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005 for Directors of Cigna Corporation, amended and restated effective April 28, 2010.
     
 
Express Scripts Holding Company 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Express Scripts Holding Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for its 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed March 21, 2016).
     
 
Express Scripts, Inc. 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended and restated effective April 2, 2012).
     
 
Medco Health Solutions, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended and restated effective April 2, 2012).
     
 
Accredo Health, Incorporated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan
     
 
Express Scripts, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005 (as amended and restated effective December 20, 2018).
     
 
Opinion of Amy C. Cook, Managing Counsel — Securities, Governance & Treasury and Assistant Corporate Secretary of Cigna Corporation.
     
 
Opinion of Julia Brncic, Senior Vice President, Chief Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Cigna Corporation.
     
 
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (independent registered public accounting firm).
     
 
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (independent registered public accounting firm).
     
 
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page to Form S-8).

Item 9.
Undertakings

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement; and

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(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement:

Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

(2)   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3)   To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer of controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bloomfield, State of Connecticut, as of this 20 th day of December 2018.

 
CIGNA CORPORATION
     
 
By
/s/ Nicole S. Jones
   
Nicole S. Jones
   
Executive Vice President and General Counsel


SIGNATURES

Each of the undersigned officers and directors of the Company hereby constitutes and appoints Nicole S. Jones as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, severally, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, in his or her name and on his or her behalf, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power of authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, thereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of this 20 th day of December 2018.

Signature
 
Title
     
/s/ David M. Cordani
 
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
David M. Cordani
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
     
/s/ Eric P. Palmer
 
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Eric P. Palmer
 
(Principal Financial Officer)
     
/s/ Mary T. Agoglia Hoeltzel
 
Senior Vice President, Tax and Chief Accounting Officer
Mary T. Agoglia Hoeltzel
 
(Principal Accounting Officer)
     
/s/ William J. DeLaney
 
Director
William J. DeLaney
   
     
/s/ Eric J. Foss
 
Director
Eric J. Foss
   
     
/s/ Elder Granger
 
Director
Elder Granger
   


/s/ Isaiah Harris, Jr.
 
Chairman of the Board
Isaiah Harris, Jr.
   
     
/s /Roman Martinez IV
 
Director
Roman Martinez IV
   
     
/s/ Kathleen M. Mazzarella
 
Director
Kathleen M. Mazzarella
   
     
/s/ Dr. Mark B. McClellan
 
Director
Dr. Mark B. McClellan
   
     
/s/ John M. Partridge
 
Director
John M. Partridge
   
     
/s /William L. Roper
 
Director
William L. Roper
   
     
/s /Eric C. Wiseman
 
Director
Eric C. Wiseman
   
     
/s/ Donna F. Zarcone
 
Director
Donna F. Zarcone
   

/s/ William D. Zollars
 
Director
William D. Zollars
   



Exhibit 4.4

 

HEALTHSPRING, INC.

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

2006 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

Section 1.

Purpose

1

 

Section 2.

Definitions

1

 

Section 3.

Administration

5

 

Section 4.

Shares Available For Awards

6

 

Section 5.

Eligibility

7

 

Section 6.

Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights

7

 

Section 7.

Restricted Shares And Restricted Share Units

9

 

Section 8.

Performance Awards

11

 

Section 9.

Other Stock-Based Awards

12

 

Section 10.

Non-Employee Director Awards

12

 

Section 11.

Provisions Applicable To Covered Officers And Performance Awards

12

 

Section 12.

Separation from Service

14

 

Section 13.

Change In Control

14

 

Section 14.

Amendment And Termination

15

 

Section 15.

General Provisions

16

 

Section 16.

Term Of The Plan

19

 

 



 

HEALTHSPRING, INC.

AMENDED AND RESTATED

2006 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

 

 

Section 1.                                  Purpose.

 

This plan shall be known as the “HealthSpring, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan” (the “Plan”).  The purpose of the Plan is to promote the interests of HealthSpring, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), its Subsidiaries and its stockholders by (i) attracting and retaining key officers, employees, and directors of, and consultants to, the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates; (ii) motivating such individuals by means of performance-related incentives to achieve long-range performance goals; (iii) enabling such individuals to participate in the long-term growth and financial success of the Company; (iv) encouraging ownership of stock in the Company by such individuals; and (v) linking their compensation to the long-term interests of the Company and its stockholders.  With respect to any awards granted under the Plan that are intended to comply with the requirements of “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Plan shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with such requirements.

 

Section 2.                                  Definitions.

 

As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

(a)        “Acquiror” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)  hereof.

 

(b)        “Affiliate” shall mean (i) any entity that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by the Company, (ii) any entity in which the Company has a significant equity interest, (iii) an affiliate of the Company, as defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, and (iv) any entity in which the Company has at least twenty percent (20%) of the combined voting power of the entity’s outstanding voting securities, in each case as designated by the Board as being a participating employer in the Plan.

 

(c)        “Assumed Award” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)  hereof.

 

(d)        “Award” shall mean any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Share, Restricted Share Unit, Performance Award, or Other Stock-Based Award granted under the Plan, whether singly, in combination or in tandem, to a Participant by the Committee (or the Board) pursuant to such terms, conditions, restrictions and/or limitations, if any, as the Committee (or the Board) may establish.

 

(e)        “Award Agreement” shall mean any written agreement, contract or other instrument or document evidencing any Award, which may, but need not, be executed or acknowledged by a Participant.

 

(f)        “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(g)        “Cause” shall mean, unless otherwise defined in the applicable Award Agreement, with respect to a Participant, one or more of the following: (i) the conviction of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude; (ii) the commission of any act or omission involving material dishonesty or fraud with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) reporting to work under the influence of illegal drugs or the use of illegal drugs (whether or not at the workplace); (iv) repeated conduct causing the

 



 

Company or any of its Subsidiaries substantial public disgrace or disrepute or substantial economic harm; (v) the continued and repeated failure to perform substantially the duties of his or her employment after 30 days’ notice from the Company, such notice setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of such failure, and in the event the Participant fails to cure such failure within 30 days of notice from the Company, if such failure is capable of being cured; (vi) breach of fiduciary duty or engaging in gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (vii) any other material breach of any employment, severance or similar agreement which is not cured within 30 days after written notice thereof to the Participant.  Any determination of Cause for purposes of the Plan or any Award shall be made by the Committee in its sole discretion.  Any such determination shall be final and binding on a Participant.

 

(h)        “Change in Control” shall mean any of the following events:

 

(i)         any person or entity, including a “group” as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act other than the Company or a wholly-owned subsidiary thereof or any employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, becomes the beneficial owner of the Company’s securities having 35% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of the Company that may be cast for the election of directors of the Company (other than as a result of an issuance of securities initiated by the Company in the ordinary course of business);

 

(ii)        as the result of, or in connection with, any cash tender or exchange offer, merger or other business combination or contested election, or any combination of the foregoing transactions, less than a majority of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of the Company or any successor company or entity entitled to vote generally in the election of the directors of the Company or such other corporation or entity after such transaction are held in the aggregate by the holders of the Company’s securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Company immediately prior to such transaction;

 

(iii)       during any period of two (2) consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of any such period constitute the Board cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, unless the election, or the nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, of each director of the Company first elected during such period was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3rds) of the directors of the Company then still in office who were (i) directors of the Company at the beginning of any such period, and (ii) not initially (a) appointed or elected to office as result of either an actual or threatened election and/or proxy contest by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board, or (b) designated by a Person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in (i) or (ii) above or (iv) or (v) below;

 

(iv)       a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

 

(v)        the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any Person (other than a transfer to a Subsidiary).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Award that is subject to Section 409A of the Code, “Change in Control” shall have a meaning consistent with Section 1.409A-3(i)(5) of the U.S. Treasury Regulations.

 

 

 

(i)         “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

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(j)        “Committee” shall mean a committee of the Board composed of not less than two Non-Employee Directors, at least two of whom shall be (i) a “non-employee director” for purposes of Exchange Act Section 16 and Rule 16b-3 thereunder, and (ii) an “outside director” for purposes of Section 162(m) and the regulations promulgated thereunder, and each of whom shall be “independent” within the meaning of the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange.

 

(k)       “Consultant” shall mean any consultant to the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.

 

(l)         “Covered Officer” shall mean at any date (i) any individual who, with respect to the previous taxable year of the Company, was a “covered employee” of the Company within the meaning of Section 162(m); provided, however, that the term “Covered Officer” shall not include any such individual who is designated by the Committee, in its discretion, at the time of any Award or at any subsequent time, as reasonably expected not to be such a “covered employee” with respect to the taxable year of the Company in which the applicable Award will be paid or vested, as applicable, and (ii) any individual who is designated by the Committee, in its discretion, at the time of any Award or at any subsequent time, as reasonably expected to be such a “covered employee” with respect to the current taxable year of the Company or with respect to the taxable year of the Company in which any applicable Award will be paid or vested.

 

(m)      “Director” shall mean a member of the Board.

 

(n)        “Disability” shall mean, unless otherwise defined in the applicable Award Agreement, a disability that would qualify as a total and permanent disability under the Company’s then current long-term disability plan.

 

(o)        “Employee” shall mean a current or prospective officer or employee of the Company or of any Subsidiary or Affiliate.

 

(p)        “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

(q)        “Fair Market Value” with respect to the Shares on any date shall mean (i) the reported closing sales price of the Shares on the New York Stock Exchange, or any other such exchange or market as is the principal trading market for the Shares, on such date, or in the absence of reported sales on such date, the closing sales price on the immediately preceding date on which sales were reported or (ii) in the event there is no public market for the Shares on such date, the fair market value as determined, in good faith and by the application of a reasonable valuation method, by the Board or the Committee in its sole discretion; provided, that for purposes of a sale of a Share as of any date, including pursuant to a Change in Control, “Fair Market Value” shall mean the actual sale price on that date.

 

(r)        “Good Reason” shall mean, unless otherwise defined in the applicable Award Agreement, if a Participant resigns from his or her employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with one or more of the following events: (i) a reduction of 10% or more of the Participant’s base salary; (ii) a reduction of 10% or more of the Participant’s annual target bonus opportunity; (iii) any material reduction to the nature or scope of the Participant’s responsibilities, which is not cured within 30 days after written notice thereof by the Participant to the Company; or (iv) a requirement by the Company, without the Participant’s consent, to relocate the Participant to a location that is greater than 50 miles from the location of the office in which the Participant primarily performs his or her duties of employment at the time of such relocation; provided that written notice of the Participant’s resignation for Good Reason must be delivered to the Company within 45 days after the occurrence of any such event in

 

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order for the Participant’s resignation with Good Reason to be effective hereunder.  For purpose of this definition, the term “Company” shall also include any Acquiror following a Change in Control.

 

(s)        “Grant Price” shall mean the price established at the time of grant of an SAR pursuant to Section 6 used to determine whether there is any payment due upon exercise of the SAR.

 

(t)        “Incentive Stock Option” shall mean an option to purchase Shares from the Company that is granted under Section 6 of the Plan and that is intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision thereto.

 

(u)        “Non-Employee Director” shall mean a member of the Board who is not an officer, employee or consultant of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate.

 

(v)        “Non-Qualified Stock Option” shall mean an option to purchase Shares from the Company that is granted under Sections 6 or 10 of the Plan and is not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option.

 

(w)       “Option” shall mean an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

 

(x)        “Option Price” shall mean the purchase price payable to purchase one Share upon the exercise of an Option.

 

(y)        “Other Stock-Based Award” shall mean any Award granted under Sections 9 or 10 of the Plan.  For purposes of the share limitations of Section 4.1 hereof, Other Stock-Based Awards that are not settled in cash shall be treated as a Restricted Share Award if the amounts payable thereunder will be determined by reference to the full value of a Share (as opposed to reference to the appreciation of Shares above a certain threshold).

 

(z)        “Participant” shall mean any Employee, Director, Consultant or other person who receives an Award under the Plan.

 

(aa)      “Performance Award” shall mean any Award granted under Section 8 of the Plan.  For purposes of the share limitations of Section 4.1 hereof, a Performance Award that is not settled in cash shall be treated as a Restricted Share Award if the amounts payable thereunder will be determined by reference to the full value of a Share (as opposed to reference to the appreciation of Shares above a certain threshold).

 

(bb)      “Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or political subdivision thereof or other entity.

 

(cc)      “Restricted Share” shall mean any Share granted under Sections 7 or 10 of the Plan.

 

(dd)      “Restricted Share Unit” shall mean any unit granted under Sections 7 or 10 of the Plan.

 

(ee)      “Retirement” shall mean, unless otherwise defined in the applicable Award Agreement, retirement of a Participant from the employ or service of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates in accordance with the terms of the applicable Company retirement plan or, if a Participant is not covered by any such plan, retirement on or after such Participant’s 65th birthday.

 

(ff)       “SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.

 

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(gg)      “Section 16” shall mean Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder and any successor provision thereto as in effect from time to time.

 

(hh)      “Section 162(m)” shall mean Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and any successor provision thereto as in effect from time to time.

 

(ii)        “Separation from Service” shall mean a “separation from service” as defined in Section 409A of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(jj)       “Shares” mean shares of the common stock, $0.01 par value, of the Company.

 

(kk)     “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” shall mean a stock appreciation right granted under Sections 6 or 10 of the Plan that entitles the holder to receive, with respect to each Share encompassed by the exercise of such SAR, the amount determined by the Committee and specified in an Award Agreement.  In the absence of such a determination, the holder shall be entitled to receive, with respect to each Share encompassed by the exercise of such SAR, the excess of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise over the Grant Price.

 

(ll)        “Subsidiary” shall mean any Person (other than the Company) of which 50% or more of its voting power or its equity securities or equity interest is owned directly or indirectly by the Company.

 

(mm)   “Substitute Awards” shall mean Awards granted solely in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by a company acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines.

 

Section 3.                                  Administration.

 

3.1       Authority of Committee.   The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Board; provided, however, with respect to Awards to Non-Employee Directors, all references in the Plan to the Committee shall be deemed to be references to the Board.  Subject to the terms of the Plan and applicable law, and in addition to other express powers and authorizations conferred on the Committee by the Plan, the Committee shall have full power and authority in its discretion to: (i) designate Participants; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to a Participant; (iii) determine the number of Shares to be covered by, or with respect to which payments, rights or other matters are to be calculated in connection with Awards; (iv) determine the timing, terms, and conditions of any Award; (v) accelerate the time at which all or any part of an Award may be settled or exercised; (vi) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be settled or exercised in cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards or other property, or canceled, forfeited or suspended and the method or methods by which Awards may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited or suspended; (vii) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards, other property, and other amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the holder thereof or of the Committee; (viii) interpret and administer the Plan and any instrument or agreement relating to, or Award made under, the Plan; (ix) except to the extent prohibited by Section 6.2 , amend or modify the terms of any Award at or after grant; (x) establish, amend, suspend or waive such rules and regulations and appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; (xi) make all determinations under the Plan concerning any Participant’s Separation from Service with the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate; and (xii) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan, subject to the exclusive authority of the Board under Section 14 hereunder to amend or terminate the Plan.  The exercise of an Option or SAR or the

 

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receipt of an Award shall be effective only if an Award Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Company following the grant of the Option or other Award.

 

3.2      Committee Discretion Binding.  Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions under or with respect to the Plan or any Award shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made at any time and shall be final, conclusive, and binding upon all Persons, including the Company, any Subsidiary or Affiliate, any Participant and any holder or beneficiary of any Award.  A Participant or other holder of an Award may contest a decision or action by the Committee with respect to such person or Award only on the grounds that such decision or action was arbitrary or capricious or was unlawful, and any review of such decision or action shall be limited to determining whether the Committee’s decision or action was arbitrary or capricious or was unlawful.

 

3.3      Delegation.  Subject to the terms of the Plan and applicable law, the Committee may delegate to one or more officers or managers of the Company or of any Subsidiary or Affiliate, or to a Committee of such officers or managers, the authority, subject to such terms and limitations as the Committee shall determine, to grant Awards to or to cancel, modify or waive rights with respect to, or to alter, discontinue, suspend or terminate Awards held by Participants who are not officers or directors of the Company for purposes of Section 16 or who are otherwise not subject to such Section.

 

3.4      No Liability .  No member of the Board or Committee shall be liable for any action taken or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award granted hereunder.

 

Section 4.                                  Shares Available For Awards.

 

4.1      Shares Available.  Subject to the provisions of Section 4.2 hereof, the stock to be subject to Awards under the Plan shall be the Shares of the Company and the maximum number of Shares with respect to which new Awards may be granted under the Plan after the Effective Date shall be the sum of (i) 3,250,000 and (ii) the number of Shares available for grant under the Plan as of the end of the day that is the Effective Date of the amendment and restatement of this Plan. The number of Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options may be granted after the Effective Date shall be no more than 1,000,000.  The number of Shares with respect to which Restricted Shares and Restricted Share Units may be granted after the Effective Date shall be no more than 1,750,000.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, after the Effective Date, any Shares covered by an Award granted under this Plan, or to which such an Award relates, are forfeited, or if such an Award is settled for cash or otherwise terminates, expires unexercised or is canceled without the delivery of Shares, then the Shares covered by such Award, or to which such Award relates, or the number of Shares otherwise counted against the aggregate number of Shares with respect to which Awards may be granted, to the extent of any such settlement, forfeiture, termination, expiration or cancellation, shall again become Shares with respect to which Awards may be granted.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Option or SAR is exercised, in whole or in part, by tender of Shares or if the Company’s tax withholding obligation with respect to any Award is satisfied by withholding Shares, the number of Shares deemed to have been issued under the Plan for purposes of the limitations set forth in this Section 4.1 shall be the number of Shares that were subject to the Award, or portion thereof, and not the net number of Shares actually issued; any SARs to be settled in Shares shall be counted in full against the number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan, regardless of the number of Shares actually issued upon the settlement of the SAR.  Subject to any adjustment as provided in Section 4.2 hereof, no Participant may receive grants of Options or SARs under the Plan in any calendar year that, taken together, related to more than 625,000 Shares.

 

4.2      Adjustments.  Without limiting the discretion of the Committee as provided in Section 13 hereof, in the event that the Committee determines that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares, other securities or other property and other than a regular cash dividend),

 

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recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of Shares or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase Shares or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction or event affects the Shares, then the Committee shall in an equitable and proportionate manner (and, as applicable, in such manner as is consistent with Sections 162(m), 422 and 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder) either: (a) adjust any or all of (1) the aggregate number of Shares or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or property) with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan; (2) the number of Shares or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or property) subject to outstanding Awards under the Plan, provided that the number of shares subject to any Award shall always be a whole number; (3) the grant or exercise price with respect to any Award under the Plan; and (4) the limits on the number of Shares that may be granted to Participants under the Plan in any calendar year; (b) provide for an equivalent award in respect of securities of the surviving entity of any merger, consolidation or other transaction or event having a similar effect; or (c) make provision for a cash payment to the holder of an outstanding Award.  Any such adjustments to outstanding Awards shall be effected in a manner that precludes the material enlargement of rights and benefits under such Awards.

 

4.3      Substitute Awards.   Any Shares issued by the Company as Substitute Awards in connection with the assumption or substitution of outstanding grants from any acquired corporation shall not reduce the Shares available for Awards under the Plan.

 

4.4      Sources of Shares Deliverable Under Awards.  Any Shares delivered pursuant to an Award may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued Shares or of issued Shares which have been reacquired by the Company.

 

Section 5.                                  Eligibility.

 

Any Employee, Director or Consultant shall be eligible to be designated a Participant; provided, however, that Non-Employee Directors shall only be eligible to receive Awards granted consistent with Section 10 .

 

Section 6.                                  Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

6.1      Grant.  Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have sole and complete authority to determine the Participants to whom Options and SARs shall be granted, the number of Shares subject to each Award, the exercise price and the conditions and limitations applicable to the exercise of each Option and SAR.  An Option may be granted with or without a related SAR.  An SAR may be granted with or without a related Option.  The grant of an Option or SAR shall occur when the Committee by resolution, written consent or other appropriate action determines to grant such Option or SAR for a particular number of Shares to a particular Participant at a particular Option Price or Grant Price, as the case may be, or such later date as the Committee shall specify in such corporate action or an applicable equity award policy.  The Committee shall have the authority to grant Incentive Stock Options and to grant Non-Qualified Stock Options.  In the case of Incentive Stock Options, the terms and conditions of such grants shall be subject to and comply with such rules as may be prescribed by Section 422 of the Code, as from time to time amended, and any regulations implementing such statute.  A person who has been granted an Option or SAR under this Plan may be granted additional Options or SARs under the Plan if the Committee shall so determine; provided, however, that to the extent the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted) of the Shares with respect to which all Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by an Employee during any calendar year (under all plans described in Section 422(d) of the Code of the Employee’s employer corporation and its parent and Subsidiaries) exceeds $100,000 such Options shall be treated as Non-Qualified Stock Options.

 

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6.2      Price.  The Committee in its sole discretion shall establish the Option Price at the time each Option is granted and the Grant Price at the time each SAR is granted.  Except in the case of Substitute Awards, the Option Price of an Option may not be less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant of such Option.  Except in the case of Substitute Awards, the Grant Price of an SAR may not be less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant of such SAR.  In the case of Substitute Awards or Awards granted in connection with an adjustment provided for in Section 4.2 hereof in the form of Options or SARs, such grants shall have an Option Price (or Grant Price) per Share that is intended to maintain the economic value of the Award that was replaced or adjusted as determined by the Committee.  Notwithstanding the foregoing and except as required by the provisions of Section 4.2 hereof, the Committee shall not have the power to (i) amend the terms of previously granted Options to reduce the Option Price of such Options, (ii) amend the terms of previously granted SARs to reduce the Grant Price of such SARs, (iii) cancel such Options and grant substitute Options with a lower Option Price than the cancelled Options, or (iv) cancel such SARs and grant substitute SARs with a lower Grant Price than the cancelled SARs, in each case without the approval of the Company’s stockholders.

 

6.3      Term.  Subject to the Committee’s authority under Section 3.1 and the provisions of Section 6.4 , each Option and SAR and all rights and obligations thereunder shall expire on the date determined by the Committee and specified in the Award Agreement.  The Committee shall be under no duty to provide terms of like duration for Options or SARs granted under the Plan.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject to Section 6.4(a)  hereof, no Option or SAR shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date such Option or SAR was granted.

 

6.4      Exercise.

 

(a)        Each Option and SAR shall be exercisable at such times and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may, in its sole discretion, specify in the applicable Award Agreement or thereafter.  The Committee shall have full and complete authority to determine whether an Option or SAR will be exercisable in full at any time or from time to time during the term of the Option or SAR, or to provide for the exercise thereof in such installments, upon the occurrence of such events and at such times during the term of the Option or SAR as the Committee may determine.  An Award Agreement may provide that the period of time over which an Option, other than an Incentive Stock Option, or SAR may be exercised shall be automatically extended if on the scheduled expiration of such Award, the Participant’s exercise of such Award would violate applicable securities law; provided, however, that during the extended exercise period the Option or SAR may only be exercised to the extent such Award was exercisable in accordance with its terms immediately prior to such scheduled expiration date; provided further, however, that such extended exercise period shall end not later than thirty (30) days after the exercise of such Option or SAR first would no longer violate such laws.

 

(b)        The Committee may impose such conditions with respect to the exercise of Options, including without limitation, any relating to the application of federal, state or foreign securities laws or the Code, as it may deem necessary or advisable.  The exercise of any Option granted hereunder shall be effective only at such time as the sale of Shares pursuant to such exercise will not violate any state or federal securities or other laws.

 

(c)        An Option or SAR may be exercised in whole or in part at any time, with respect to whole Shares only, within the period permitted thereunder for the exercise thereof, and shall be exercised by written notice of intent to exercise the Option or SAR, delivered to the Company at its principal office, and payment in full to the Company at the direction of the Committee of the amount of the Option Price for the number of Shares with respect to which the Option is then being exercised.

 

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(d)        Payment of the Option Price shall be made in (i) cash or cash equivalents, (ii) at the discretion of the Committee, by transfer, either actually or by attestation, to the Company of unencumbered Shares previously acquired by the Participant, valued at the Fair Market Value of such Shares on the date of exercise (or next succeeding trading date, if the date of exercise is not a trading date), together with any applicable withholding taxes, such transfer to be upon such terms and conditions as determined by the Committee, (iii) by a combination of (i) and (ii), or (iv) by any other method approved or accepted by the Committee in its sole discretion, including, if the Committee so determines, (x) a cashless (broker-assisted) exercise that complies with applicable laws or (y) withholding Shares (net-exercise) otherwise deliverable to the Participant pursuant to the Option having an aggregate Fair Market Value at the time of exercise equal to the total Option Price.  Until the Participant has been issued the Shares subject to such exercise, he or she shall possess no rights as a stockholder with respect to such Shares.  The Company reserves, at any and all times in the Company’s sole discretion, the right to establish, decline to approve or terminate any program or procedures for the exercise of Options by shall mean of a method set forth in subsection (iv) above, including with respect to one or more Participants specified by the Company notwithstanding that such program or procedures may be available to other Participants.

 

(e)        At the Committee’s discretion, the amount payable as a result of the exercise of an SAR may be settled in cash, Shares or a combination of cash and Shares.  A fractional Share shall not be deliverable upon the exercise of a SAR but a cash payment will be made in lieu thereof.

 

6.5      Separation from Service.   Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, an Option or SAR may be exercised only to the extent that it is then exercisable, and if at all times during the period beginning with the date of granting such Award and ending on the date of exercise of such Award the Participant is an Employee, Director or Consultant, and shall terminate immediately upon a Separation from Service by the Participant.  Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, an Option or SAR shall cease to be exercisable upon a Separation from Service of the Participant.  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.5 to the contrary, the Committee may determine in its discretion that an Option or SAR may be exercised following any such Separation from Service, whether or not exercisable at the time of such separation; provided, however, that in no event may an Option or SAR be exercised after the expiration date of such Award specified in the applicable Award Agreement, except as provided in Section 6.4(a) .

 

6.6      Ten Percent Stock Rule.  Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Plan, if at the time an Option is otherwise to be granted pursuant to the Plan, the optionee or rights holder owns directly or indirectly (within the meaning of Section 424(d) of the Code) Shares of the Company possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of Stock of the Company or its parent or Subsidiary or Affiliate corporations (within the meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code), then any Incentive Stock Option to be granted to such optionee or rights holder pursuant to the Plan shall satisfy the requirement of Section 422(c)(5) of the Code, and the Option Price shall be not less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of the Shares of the Company, and such Option by its terms shall not be exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years from the date such Option is granted.

 

Section 7.                                  Restricted Shares And Restricted Share Units.

 

7.1      Grant.

 

(a)        Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have sole and complete authority to determine the Participants to whom Restricted Shares and Restricted Share Units shall be granted, the number of Restricted Shares and/or the number of Restricted Share Units to be granted to each Participant, the duration of the period during which, and the conditions under

 

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which, the Restricted Shares and Restricted Share Units may be forfeited to the Company, and the other terms and conditions of such Awards.  The Restricted Share and Restricted Share Unit Awards shall be evidenced by Award Agreements in such form as the Committee shall from time to time approve, which agreements shall comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions provided hereunder and any additional terms and conditions established by the Committee that are consistent with the terms of the Plan.

 

(b)        Each Restricted Share and Restricted Share Unit Award made under the Plan shall be for such number of Shares as shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement containing the terms of such Restricted Share or Restricted Share Unit Award.  Such agreement shall set forth a period of time during which the grantee must remain in the continuous employment (or other service-providing capacity) of the Company in order for the forfeiture and transfer restrictions to lapse.  If the Committee so determines, the restrictions may lapse during such restricted period in installments with respect to specified portions of the Shares covered by the Restricted Share or Restricted Share Unit Award.  The Award Agreement may also, in the discretion of the Committee, set forth performance or other conditions that will subject the Shares to forfeiture and transfer restrictions.  The Committee may, at its discretion, waive all or any part of the restrictions applicable to any or all outstanding Restricted Share and Restricted Share Unit Awards.

 

7.2      Delivery of Shares and Transfer Restrictions.

 

(a)        At the time of a Restricted Share Award, a certificate representing the number of Shares awarded thereunder may, in the Company’s discretion, be registered in the name of or otherwise on behalf of the grantee.  Such certificate, if any, shall be held by the Company or any custodian appointed by the Company for the account of the grantee subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, and shall bear such a legend setting forth the restrictions imposed thereon as the Committee, in its discretion, may determine.  The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may, in its discretion, provide that a Participant’s ownership of Restricted Shares prior to the lapse of any transfer restrictions or any other applicable restrictions shall, in lieu of such certificates, be evidenced by a “book entry” ( i.e ., a computerized or manual entry) in the records of the Company or its designated agent, and any confirmation and account statements sent to the Participant with respect to such book-entry Shares may bear the restrictive legend referenced in the preceding sentence.  Such records of the Company or such agent shall, absent manifest error, be binding on all Participants who receive Restricted Share Awards evidenced in such manner.  The holding of Restricted Shares by the Company or such an escrow holder, or the use of book entries to evidence the ownership of Restricted Shares, in accordance with this Section 7.2(a) , shall not affect the rights of Participants as owners of the Restricted Shares awarded to them, nor affect the restrictions applicable to such shares under the Award Agreement or the Plan, including the transfer restrictions.

 

(b)        Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, the grantee shall have all rights of a stockholder with respect to the Restricted Shares, including the right to receive dividends and the right to vote such Shares, subject to the following restrictions: (i) unless otherwise determined by the Board or Committee, cash and Share dividends shall be automatically reinvested in additional Shares which shall be treated as Restricted Shares under this Section 7 ; (ii) the grantee shall not be entitled to delivery of the stock certificate until the expiration of the restricted period and the fulfillment of any other restrictive conditions set forth in the Award Agreement with respect to such Shares; (iii) none of the Shares may be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise encumbered or disposed of during such restricted period or until after the fulfillment of any such other restrictive conditions; and (iv) except as otherwise determined by the Committee at or after grant, all of the Shares shall be forfeited and all rights of the grantee to such Shares shall terminate, without further obligation on the part of the Company, unless the grantee remains in the continuous employment of the Company for the entire restricted period in relation to which such Shares were granted and unless any other restrictive conditions relating to the Restricted Share

 

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Award are met.  Restricted Share Units shall be subject to similar transfer restrictions as Restricted Share Awards, except that no Shares are actually awarded to a Participant who is granted Restricted Share Units on the date of grant, and, except as provided in Section 15.2 below, such Participant shall have no rights of a stockholder with respect to such Restricted Share Units until the restrictions set forth in the applicable Award Agreement have lapsed.

 

7.3      Termination of Restrictions.  At the end of the restricted period and provided that any other restrictive conditions of the Restricted Share Award are met, or at such earlier time as otherwise determined by the Committee, all restrictions set forth in the Award Agreement relating to the Restricted Share Award or in the Plan shall lapse as to the restricted Shares subject thereto, and a stock certificate for the appropriate number of Shares, free of the restrictions and restricted stock legend, shall be delivered to the Participant or the Participant’s beneficiary or estate, as the case may be (or, in the case of book-entry Shares, such restrictions and restricted stock legend shall be removed from the confirmation and account statements delivered to the Participant or the Participant’s beneficiary or estate, as the case may be).

 

7.4      Payment of Restricted Share Units.  Each Restricted Share Unit shall have a value equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share.  Restricted Share Units shall be paid in cash, Shares, other securities or other property, as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee, upon the lapse of the restrictions applicable thereto, or otherwise in accordance with the applicable Award Agreement.  Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, a Participant shall receive dividend rights in respect of any vested Restricted Stock Units at the time of any payment of dividends to stockholders on Shares payable as provided in Section 15.2 .  Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, dividend equivalents shall not be paid in respect of Restricted Share Units that are not yet vested.  Except as otherwise determined by the Committee at or after grant, Restricted Share Units may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise encumbered or disposed of, and all Restricted Share Units and all rights of the grantee to such Restricted Share Units shall terminate, without further obligation on the part of the Company, unless the grantee remains in continuous employment of the Company for the entire restricted period in relation to which such Restricted Share Units were granted and unless any other restrictive conditions relating to the Restricted Share Unit Award are met.

 

Section 8.                                  Performance Awards.

 

8.1      Grant.  The Committee shall have sole and complete authority to determine the Participants who shall receive a Performance Award, which shall consist of a right that is (i) denominated in cash or Shares (including but not limited to Restricted Shares and Restricted Share Units), (ii) valued, as determined by the Committee, in accordance with the achievement of such performance goals during such performance periods as the Committee shall establish, and (iii) payable at such time and in such form as the Committee shall determine.

 

8.2      Terms and Conditions.  Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, the Committee shall determine the performance goals to be achieved during any performance period, the length of any performance period, the amount of any Performance Award and the amount and kind of any payment or transfer to be made pursuant to any Performance Award, and may amend specific provisions of the Performance Award; provided, however, that such amendment may not adversely affect existing Performance Awards made within a performance period commencing prior to implementation of the amendment.

 

8.3      Payment of Performance Awards.  Performance Awards may be paid in a lump sum or in installments following the close of the performance period or, in accordance with the procedures established by the Committee, on a deferred basis.  Except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or by Section 13 hereof, Separation from Service prior to the end of any performance period, other than for reasons of death or Disability, will result in the forfeiture of the Performance Award, and no payments will be made.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may in its discretion, waive any performance goals and/or other terms and conditions relating to a Performance Award.  A Participant’s rights to any Performance Award may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise encumbered or disposed of in any manner, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and/or except as the Committee may determine at or after grant.

 

Section 9.                                  Other Stock-Based Awards.

 

The Committee shall have the authority to determine the Participants who shall receive an Other Stock-Based Award, which shall consist of any right that is (i) not an Award described in Sections 6 or 7 above and (ii) an Award of Shares or an Award denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to, Shares (including, without limitation, securities convertible into Shares), as deemed by the Committee to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan.  Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, the Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of any such Other Stock-Based Award.

 

Section 10.                          Non-Employee Director Awards.

 

10.1    Annual Compensation. The Board may provide that all or a portion of a Non-Employee Director’s annual retainer, meeting fees and/or other awards or compensation as determined by the Board, be payable (either automatically or at the election of a Non-Employee Director) in the form of Non-Qualified Stock Options, Restricted Shares, Restricted Share Units and/or Other Stock-Based Awards, including unrestricted Shares.  The Board shall determine the terms and conditions of any such Awards, including the terms and conditions which shall apply upon a termination of the Non-Employee Director’s service as a member of the Board, and shall have full power and authority in its discretion to administer such Awards, subject to the terms of the Plan and applicable law.

 

10.2    Other Awards. The Board may also grant Awards to Non-Employee Directors pursuant to the terms of the Plan, including any Award described in Sections 6 , 7 or 9 above.

 

Section 11.                          Provisions Applicable To Covered Officers And Performance Awards.

 

11.1    Scope. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, unless the Committee determines that a Performance Award to be granted to a Covered Officer should not qualify as “performance-based compensation” for purposes of Section 162(m), Performance Awards granted to Covered Officers shall be subject to the terms and provisions of this Section 11 .

 

11.2    Performance Goals. The Committee may grant Performance Awards to Covered Officers based solely upon the attainment of performance targets related to one or more performance goals selected by the Committee from among the goals specified below.  For the purposes of this Section 11 , performance goals shall be limited to one or more of the following Company, Subsidiary, operating unit, business segment or division financial performance measures:

 

(a)                                 earnings before any one or more of the following: interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and stock compensation expense;

 

(b)                                operating income or profit;

 

(c)                                 operating efficiencies and selling, general and administrative expense;

 

(d)                                return on equity, assets, capital, capital employed or investment;

 

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(e)                                 net income;

 

(f)                                  earnings per Share;

 

(g)                                 financial ratios;

 

(h)                                utilization management;

 

(i)                                    membership or membership months;

 

(j)                                    gross profit;

 

(k)                                medical loss ratios;

 

(l)                                    stock price or total stockholder return;

 

(m)                            provider network growth;

 

(n)                                debt reduction;

 

(o)                                strategic business objectives, consisting of one or more objectives based on meeting specified enrollment targets, member-based goals or initiatives (including member satisfaction goals), expense targets or measures, employee headcount targets, business expansion goals (including project management and implementation goals), and goals relating to acquisitions or divestitures; or

 

(p)                                any combination thereof.

 

Each goal may be expressed on an absolute and/or relative basis, may be based on or otherwise employ comparisons based on internal targets, the past performance of the Company or any Subsidiary, operating unit, business segment or division of the Company and/or the past or current performance of other companies, and in the case of earnings-based measures, may use or employ comparisons relating to capital, stockholders’ equity and/or Shares outstanding, or to assets or net assets.  The Committee may appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance under criteria set forth in this Section 11.2 to exclude any of the following events that occurs during a performance period:  (i) asset impairments or write-downs, (ii) litigation or claim judgments or settlements, (iii) the effect of changes in tax law, accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results, (iv) accruals for reorganization and restructuring programs, (v) any extraordinary non-recurring items as described in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 and/or in management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Company’s annual report to stockholders for the applicable year, and (vi) the effect of adverse or delayed federal, state or local governmental or regulatory action; provided that the Committee commits to make any such adjustments within the 90 day period set forth in Section 11.4 below.

 

11.3    Annual Limits. With respect to any Covered Officer, the maximum number of Shares in respect of which all Performance Awards may be granted under Section 8 of the Plan in any year is 350,000 and the maximum amount of all Performance Awards that are settled in cash and that may be granted under Section 8 of the Plan in any year is $5,000,000.00.

 

11.4    Other Provisions. To the extent necessary to comply with Section 162(m), with respect to grants of Performance Awards, no later than 90 days following the commencement of each performance period (or such other time as may be required or permitted by Section 162(m) of the Code), the Committee

 

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shall, in writing, (1) select the performance goal or goals applicable to the performance period, (2) establish the various targets and bonus amounts which may be earned for such performance period, and (3) specify the relationship between performance goals and targets and the amounts to be earned by each Covered Officer for such performance period.  Following the completion of each performance period, the Committee shall certify in writing whether the applicable performance targets have been achieved and the amounts, if any, payable to Covered Officers for such performance period.  In determining the amount earned by a Covered Officer for a given performance period, subject to any applicable Award Agreement, the Committee shall have the right to reduce (but not increase) the amount payable at a given level of performance to take into account additional factors that the Committee may deem relevant in its sole discretion to the assessment of individual or corporate performance for the performance period.

 

11.5    Intent. Unless otherwise expressly stated in the relevant Award Agreement, each Award granted to a Covered Officer under the Plan is intended to be performance-based compensation within the meaning of Section 162(m).  Accordingly, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, if any provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement relating to such an Award does not comply or is inconsistent with Section 162(m), such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such requirements, and no provision shall be deemed to confer upon the Committee discretion to increase the amount of compensation otherwise payable to a Covered Officer in connection with any such Award upon the attainment of the performance criteria established by the Committee.

 

Section 12.                          Separation from Service.

 

The Committee shall have the full power and authority to determine the terms and conditions that shall apply to any Award upon a Participant’s Separation from Service with the Company, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, including a Separation from Service by the Company with or without Cause, by a Participant voluntarily, or by reason of death, Disability or Retirement, and may provide such terms and conditions in the Award Agreement or in such rules and regulations as it may prescribe.

 

Section 13.                          Change In Control.

 

Unless otherwise provided by the Committee at or after grant, in an Award Agreement, by resolution or by a contractual agreement between the Company and a Participant, the following shall apply in the event of a Change in Control:

 

(a)         Assumption, Continuation or Substitution.  In the event of a Change in Control, the Company, the surviving, continuing, successor, or purchasing corporation or other business entity or parent thereof, as the case may be (the “ Acquiror” ), may, without the consent of any Participant, either assume or continue the Company’s rights and obligations under each or any Award or portion thereof outstanding immediately prior to the Change in Control or substitute for each or any such outstanding Award or portion thereof a substantially equivalent award with respect to the Acquiror’s stock, as applicable (an “ Assumed Award ”). For purposes of this paragraph, an Award denominated in Shares shall be considered assumed only if, following the Change in Control, (i) the Assumed Award (as adjusted, if applicable, pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof) confers the right to receive, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, for each Share subject to the Award immediately prior to the Change in Control, the consideration (whether stock, cash, other securities or property or a combination thereof) to which a holder of a share of stock on the effective date of the Change in Control was entitled; provided, however, that if such consideration is not solely common stock of the Acquiror, the Committee may, with the consent of the Acquiror, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise or settlement of the Award, for each Share subject to the Award, to consist solely of common stock of the Acquiror equal in Fair Market Value to the per share consideration received by holders of Shares pursuant to the Change in Control, and (ii) the Assumed Award provides that if, within one year

 

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following a Change in Control, a Participant Separates from Service with the Acquiror by reason of (A) death; (B) Disability; (C) Retirement; (D) for Good Reason by the Participant; or (E) involuntary termination by the Acquiror for any reason other than for Cause, all outstanding Awards of such Participant shall vest, become immediately exercisable and payable (and remain so for such period as to give the Participant a reasonable opportunity to exercise such Award in connection with and following his Separation from Service) and have all restrictions lifted.

 

(b)        Other Accelerated Vesting .  The Committee may provide in any Award Agreement, or, in the event of a Change in Control, may take such actions as it deems appropriate to provide, for the acceleration of the exercisability, vesting and/or settlement in connection with such Change in Control of each or any outstanding Award or portion thereof upon such conditions as the Committee shall determine.  In the event of a Change in Control, and without the consent of any Participant, the Committee may, in its discretion, provide that for a period of at least fifteen (15) days prior to the Change in Control, any Options or Stock Appreciation Rights shall be exercisable as to all Shares subject thereto and that upon the occurrence of the Change in Control, such Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights shall terminate and be of no further force and effect.

 

(c)        Cash-Out of Awards . The Committee may, in its discretion and without the consent of any Participant, determine that, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, each or any Award or a portion thereof outstanding immediately prior to the Change in Control and not previously exercised or settled shall be canceled in exchange for a payment with respect to each vested Share (and each unvested Share, if so determined by the Committee) subject to such canceled Award in (i) cash, (ii) stock of the Company or of a corporation or other business entity a party to the Change in Control, or (iii) other property which, in any such case, shall be in an amount having a value equal to the consideration to be paid per Share in the Change in Control, reduced by the exercise or purchase price per share, if any, under such Award (which payment may, for the avoidance of doubt, be $0, in the event the per share exercise or purchase price of an Award is greater than the per share consideration in connection with the Change in Control).

 

(d)        Performance Awards. The Committee may, in its discretion, provide that in the event of a Change in Control, (i) any outstanding Performance Awards relating to performance periods ending prior to the Change in Control which have been earned but not paid shall become immediately payable, (ii) all then-in-progress performance periods for Performance Awards that are outstanding shall end, and either (A) any or all Participants shall be deemed to have earned an award equal to the relevant target award opportunity for the performance period in question, or (B) at the Committee’s discretion, the Committee shall determine the extent to which performance criteria have been met with respect to each such Performance Award, and (iii) the Company shall cause to be paid to each Participant such partial or full Performance Awards, in cash, Shares or other property as determined by the Committee, within thirty (30) days of such Change in Control, based on the Change in Control consideration, which amount may be zero if applicable.

 

(e)        Other Awards.   Any Award or portion thereof which is neither assumed or continued by the Acquiror in connection with the Change in Control, nor exercised or settled as of the time of consummation of the Change in Control shall terminate and cease to be outstanding effective as of the time of consummation of the Change in Control.

 

Section 14.                          Amendment And Termination.

 

14.1    Amendments to the Plan.  The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time; provided that no such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation or termination shall be made without stockholder approval if such approval is necessary to

 

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comply with any tax or regulatory requirement for which or with which the Board deems it necessary or desirable to comply.

 

14.2    Amendments to Awards.  Subject to the restrictions of Section 6.2 , the Committee may waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate, any Award theretofore granted, prospectively or retroactively; provided that, except as otherwise provided in the Plan, any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancellation or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant or any holder or beneficiary of any Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the affected Participant, holder or beneficiary.

 

14.3    Adjustments of Awards Upon the Occurrence of Certain Unusual or Nonrecurring Events.  The Committee is hereby authorized to make equitable and proportionate adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events (and shall make such adjustments for the events described in Section 4.2 hereof) affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or Affiliate, or the financial statements of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, or of changes in applicable laws, regulations or accounting principles in accordance with the Plan; provided that any such adjustments that affect Awards subject to Sections 162(m), 423 or 409A of the Code shall only be made as permitted thereby (except as otherwise determined by the Committee).

 

Section 15.                          General Provisions.

 

15.1    Limited Transferability of Awards.  Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, an Award Agreement or by the Committee at or after grant, no Award shall be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Participant, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution.  No transfer of an Award by will or by laws of descent and distribution shall be effective to bind the Company unless the Company shall have been furnished with written notice thereof and an authenticated copy of the will and/or such other evidence as the Committee may deem necessary or appropriate to establish the validity of the transfer.  No transfer of an Award for value shall be permitted under the Plan.

 

15.2    Dividend Equivalents.  In the sole and complete discretion of the Committee, an Award may provide the Participant with dividends or dividend equivalents, payable in cash, Shares, other securities or other property on a current or deferred basis.  All dividend or dividend equivalents which are not paid currently may, at the Committee’s discretion, accrue interest, be reinvested into additional Shares, or, in the case of dividends or dividend equivalents credited in connection with Performance Awards, be credited as additional Performance Awards and paid to the Participant if and when, and to the extent that, payment is made pursuant to such Award.  The total number of Shares available for grant under Section 4 shall not be reduced to reflect any dividends or dividend equivalents that are reinvested into additional Shares or credited as Performance Awards.

 

15.3    Compliance with Section 409A of the Code.  No Award (or modification thereof) shall provide for deferral of compensation that does not comply with Section 409A of the Code unless the Committee, at the time of grant, specifically provides that the Award is not intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, if one or more of the payments or benefits received or to be received by a Participant pursuant to an Award would cause the Participant to incur any additional tax or interest under Section 409A of the Code, the Committee may reform such provision without the consent of the Participant to maintain to the maximum extent practicable the original intent of the applicable provision without violating the provisions of Section 409A of the Code.  Although the Company intends to administer the Plan so that Awards will be exempt from, or will comply with, the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, the Company does not warrant that any Award under the Plan will qualify for favorable tax treatment under Section 409A of the Code or any other

 

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provision of federal, state, local or foreign law.  The Company shall not be liable to any Participant for any tax, interest, or penalties that Participant might owe as a result of the grant, holding, vesting, exercise, or payment of any Award under the Plan.

 

15.4    No Rights to Awards.  No Person shall have any claim to be granted any Award, and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants or holders or beneficiaries of Awards.  The terms and conditions of Awards need not be the same with respect to each Participant.

 

15.5    Share Certificates.  All certificates for Shares or other securities of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate delivered under the Plan pursuant to any Award or the exercise thereof shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan or the rules, regulations and other requirements of the SEC or any state securities commission or regulatory authority, any stock exchange or other market upon which such Shares or other securities are then listed, and any applicable Federal or state laws, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

 

15.6    Withholding.  A Participant may be required to pay to the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate and the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate shall have the right and is hereby authorized to withhold from any Award, from any payment due or transfer made under any Award or under the Plan, or from any compensation or other amount owing to a Participant the amount (in cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards or other property) of any applicable withholding or other tax-related obligations in respect of an Award, its exercise or any other transaction involving an Award, or any payment or transfer under an Award or under the Plan and to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such taxes.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee may in its discretion permit a Participant to satisfy or arrange to satisfy, in whole or in part, the tax obligations incident to an Award by: (a) electing to have the Company withhold Shares or other property otherwise deliverable to such Participant pursuant to the Award (provided, however, that the amount of any Shares so withheld shall not exceed the amount necessary to satisfy required federal, state local and foreign withholding obligations using the minimum statutory withholding rates for federal, state, local and/or foreign tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that are applicable to supplemental taxable income) and/or (b) tendering to the Company Shares owned by such Participant (or by such Participant and his or her spouse jointly) and purchased or held for the requisite period of time as may be required to avoid the Company’s or the Affiliates’ or Subsidiaries’ incurring an adverse accounting charge, based, in each case, on the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the payment date as determined by the Committee.  All such elections shall be irrevocable, made in writing, signed by the Participant, and shall be subject to any restrictions or limitations that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.

 

15.7     Award Agreements.  Each Award hereunder shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall be delivered to the Participant and may specify the terms and conditions of the Award and any rules applicable thereto.  In the event of a conflict between the terms of the Plan and any Award Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall prevail.  The Committee shall, subject to applicable law, determine the date an Award is deemed to be granted.  The Committee or, except to the extent prohibited under applicable law, its delegate(s) may establish the terms of agreements or other documents evidencing Awards under this Plan and may, but need not, require as a condition to any such agreement’s or document’s effectiveness that such agreement or document be executed by the Participant, including by electronic signature or other electronic indication of acceptance, and that such Participant agree to such further terms and conditions as specified in such agreement or document.  The grant of an Award under this Plan shall not confer any rights upon the Participant holding such Award other than such terms, and subject to such conditions, as are specified in this Plan as being applicable to such type of Award (or to all Awards) or as are expressly set forth in the agreement or other document evidencing such Award.

 

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15.8    No Limit on Other Compensation Arrangements.  Nothing contained in the Plan shall prevent the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate from adopting or continuing in effect other compensation arrangements, which may, but need not, provide for the grant of Options, Restricted Shares, Restricted Share Units, Other Stock-Based Awards or other types of Awards provided for hereunder.

 

15.9    No Right to Employment.  The grant of an Award shall not be construed as giving a Participant the right to be retained in the employ of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate.  Further, the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate may at any time dismiss a Participant from employment, free from any liability or any claim under the Plan, unless otherwise expressly provided in an Award Agreement.

 

15.10  No Rights as Stockholder.  Subject to the provisions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, no Participant or holder or beneficiary of any Award shall have any rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares to be distributed under the Plan until such person has become a holder of such Shares.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with each grant of Restricted Shares hereunder, the applicable Award Agreement shall specify if and to what extent the Participant shall not be entitled to the rights of a stockholder in respect of such Restricted Shares.

 

15.11  Governing Law.  The validity, construction and effect of the Plan and any rules and regulations relating to the Plan and any Award Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to conflicts of laws principles.

 

15.12  Severability.  If any provision of the Plan or any Award is, or becomes, or is deemed to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any Person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable laws, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, Person or Award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

 

15.13  Other Laws.  The Committee may refuse to issue or transfer any Shares or other consideration under an Award if, acting in its sole discretion, it determines that the issuance or transfer of such Shares or such other consideration might violate any applicable law or regulation (including applicable non-U.S. laws or regulations) or entitle the Company to recover the same under Exchange Act Section 16(b), and any payment tendered to the Company by a Participant, other holder or beneficiary in connection with the exercise of such Award shall be promptly refunded to the relevant Participant, holder or beneficiary.

 

15.14  No Trust or Fund Created.  Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate and a Participant or any other Person.  To the extent that any Person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate pursuant to an Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate.

 

15.15  No Fractional Shares.  No fractional Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Committee shall determine whether cash, other securities or other property shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional Shares or whether such fractional Shares or any rights thereto shall be canceled, terminated or otherwise eliminated.

 

15.16  Headings.  Headings are given to the sections and subsections of the Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference.  Such headings shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of the Plan or any provision thereof.

 

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Section 16.                          Term Of The Plan.

 

16.1    Effective Date.  The Plan shall be effective, and will amend and restate the previous plan in its entirety as set forth herein, effective as of May 27, 2010 (the “Effective Date”), provided it has been approved by the Board and by the Company’s stockholders.

 

16.2    Expiration Date.  No new Awards shall be granted under the Plan after the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date.  Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or in an applicable Award Agreement, any Award granted hereunder may, and the authority of the Board or the Committee to amend, alter, adjust, suspend, discontinue or terminate any such Award or to waive any conditions or rights under any such Award shall, continue after the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date.

 

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Exhibit 4.5
CIGNA CORPORATION
DIRECTORS EQUITY PLAN
Article 1. Establishment and Purposes
1.1 Purpose. The CIGNA Corporation Directors Equity Plan (the “Plan”) is intended to (a) encourage ownership of the Company’s common stock by members of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) who are not employees or officers of the Company and thereby align such directors’ interests more closely with the interests of the shareholders of the Company, and (b) enhance the Company’s ability to attract and retain directors of outstanding competence.
1.2 Establishment. CIGNA Corporation has adopted this CIGNA Corporation Directors Equity Plan, effective as of [January 1, 2010] (the “Effective Date”), subject to stockholder approval.
Article 2. Definitions
Whenever used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below, and, when the defined meaning is intended, the term is capitalized:
2.1 “Administrator” means the Board or any committee or subcommittee authorized to administer the Plan pursuant to Section 3.1.
2.2 “Award” means any Shares, Deferred Stock Units, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Stock Options granted to a Participant pursuant to the provisions of the Plan. Stock Options granted pursuant to the Plan do not qualify as incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Code.
2.3 Award Agreement ” means a written or electronic document or agreement setting forth the terms and conditions of a specific Award. An Award Agreement (including any amendment thereto) may be in the form of an agreement to be executed by both the Participant and the Company (or an authorized representative of the Company) or terms, certificates, program documents, notices or similar instruments as approved and designated as being an Award Agreement (or amendment or portion thereof) by the Administrator.
2.4 “Board Fees” means annual retainer fees payable to a Director at such rate as shall be established by the Board from time to time for serving as a member of the Board and, if and to the extent provided by the Administrator, may include fees payable to a Director for serving as Board chair or vice-chair and/or as chair, vice-chair or member of a committee of the Board.
2.5 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

 


 

2.6 “Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.25 per share, of the Company.
2.7 “Company” means CIGNA Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and any successors or companies into which CIGNA Corporation may merge.
2.8 “Deferred Compensation Plan” means the Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005 for Directors of CIGNA Corporation (effective January 1, 2005), or any successor plan.
2.9 “Deferred Stock Unit” or “DSU” means a unit that represents a right to receive one Share, or a cash payment equal to the Fair Market Value of one Share.
2.10 “Director” means a member of the Board who is neither an employee nor an officer of the Company.
2.11 “Equity Grant” means an award of Common Stock or Deferred Stock Units.
2.12 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
2.13 “Fair Market Value” means, unless the Administrator provides otherwise, as of any date, the closing price of a share of Common Stock as reported on the Composite Tape (or any method of publishing stock prices determined by the Administrator) as of the close of the regular trading session on the New York Stock Exchange. If the Composite Tape (or any alternative source) is not published on that date, the determination will be made on the next preceding date of publication. In the absence of reported Common Stock sales, the Administrator will determine Fair Market Value by taking into account all facts and circumstances the Administrator deems relevant, subject to the requirements of Code Section 409A.
2.14 “Participant” means any person who is eligible for an Award under the Plan in consideration for his or her service as a Director.
2.15 “Restricted Stock” means an award of Shares made under the Plan, the grant, issuance, retention, vesting and/or transferability of which is subject to such conditions as are expressed in an Award Agreement.
2.16 “Restricted Stock Unit” or “RSU” means an award granted to a Participant pursuant to which Shares or cash in lieu thereof may be issued in the future on such terms and conditions as are specified in or determined pursuant to an Award Agreement.
2.17 “Share” means a share of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 7.2.
2.18 “Stock Option” means a right granted under the Plan to purchase a number of Shares at such exercise price, at such times, and on such other terms and conditions as are specified in or determined pursuant to an Award Agreement.

 

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2.19 “Year” means a calendar year.
Article 3. Administration
3.1 Administrator of the Plan. The Plan shall be administered by the full Board. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Board may appoint one or more committees, and the Board and any such committee may appoint a subcommittee, composed of one or more directors of the Company, and may delegate to any such (sub)committee all or any of the authority of the Administrator as set forth in Section 3.2 and to take all or any other actions determined appropriate to administer the Plan or any aspect of it. Any action by any such (sub)committee within the scope of such delegation shall be deemed for all purposes to have been taken by the Board. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan, the Board may at any time limit the authority of any (sub)committee to administer the Plan.
3.2 Authority of the Administrator. Subject to the express provisions of the Plan and the delegation of any responsibilities by the Board, the Administrator shall be authorized and empowered to do all things necessary or desirable in connection with the administration of the Plan, including, without limitation: (a) to prescribe, amend and waive rules relating to the Plan and to define terms not otherwise defined herein; (b) to establish the terms and conditions of Awards made under the Plan and to prescribe the form of documentation used to evidence any Awards hereunder; (c) to establish and verify the extent of satisfaction of any conditions to receipt or vesting of Awards; (d) to determine whether, and the extent to which, adjustments are required pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof; (e) to interpret and construe the Plan, any rules and regulations under the Plan and the terms and conditions of any Awards hereunder, and to make exceptions to any procedural provisions in good faith and for the benefit of the Company; (f) to amend (subject to the provisions of Section 9.1 herein) the terms and conditions of the Plan, any Awards and any agreement entered into under the Plan; and (g) to make other determinations which may be necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.
3.3 Decisions Binding. All decisions, determinations and interpretations by the Board or, except as to the Board, the committee arising under the Plan, any rules and regulations under the Plan or the terms and conditions of any Awards hereunder, including questions of construction and interpretation, shall be final, conclusive, and binding on all persons claiming benefits under the Plan and shall be given the maximum possible deference allowed by law. The Board and the Administrator may consider such factors as it deems relevant, in its sole and absolute discretion, in making such decisions, determinations and interpretations including, without limitation, the recommendations or advice of any officer or other employee of the Company and such attorneys, consultants and accountants as it may select.
Article 4. Participation
4.1 Participation. Any person who is a Director shall be eligible to receive Awards under the Plan.

 

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Article 5. Deferred Stock Units; Equity Grants in Lieu of Cash Board Fees
5.1 Deferred Stock Units. DSUs represent an unfunded and unsecured obligation of the Company, except as otherwise provided for by the Administrator, with each DSU being a bookkeeping entry representing an amount equivalent to one Share. DSUs may be granted at any time and from time to time prior to the termination of the Plan to Participants as determined by the Administrator. Each award of DSUs shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Subject to such terms and conditions as the Administrator may establish, a DSU may be settled through the delivery of a Share or through the payment in cash of an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share as of the date for which the amount of such payment is determined, as established by the Administrator.
5.2 Payment of Board Fees in Equity. Subject to such terms and conditions as may be established from time to time by the Administrator, including without limitation any minimum standards or requirements for participation established by the Administrator, a Director may receive Equity Grants in lieu of all or a portion of the cash Board Fees otherwise payable to such Director each Year (or, if applicable, any portion thereof) for his or her service as a Director. The number of Shares subject to any Equity Grant made pursuant to this Section 5.2 shall be determined by dividing the amount of Board Fees to be paid or awarded in the form of Equity Grants, as determined by the Administrator or elected by the Director, by the Fair Market Value of a Share as of the date such Equity Grant is made. The date on which Equity Grants are made shall be determined by or pursuant to rules established by the Administrator.
5.3 Settlement of Outstanding DSUs. Subject to such terms and conditions as the Administrator may establish, a Director may elect to have his or her outstanding DSUs granted or credited prior to 2010 (including any dividend equivalents thereon) in respect of Board Fees treated as Awards for purposes of this Plan and distributed in Shares.
5.4 Voting Rights. Participants who receive Awards under this Article 5 shall have no voting rights with respect to Shares of Common Stock or Shares underlying DSUs and dividend equivalents unless and until such Shares are reflected as issued and outstanding shares on the Company’s stock ledger.
5.5 Dividend Equivalents. Unless provided otherwise by the Administrator, any DSUs awarded under this Article 5 and any Shares awarded under this Article 5, the receipt of which is deferred pursuant to a Deferred Compensation Plan, as well as any dividend equivalent Shares accrued pursuant to this Section 5.5, shall until paid or distributed to a Participant accrue dividend equivalent Shares. Dividend equivalent Shares represent the right to receive additional Shares and shall be credited as of the dividend payment date for Shares. Unless otherwise provided by the Administrator or, if allowed, elected by a Participant, Shares shall be issued in payment and satisfaction of dividend equivalents on the date that the Equity Grants as to which such dividend equivalents accrued are paid or distributed.
5.6 Deferral Opportunity . The Administrator may permit deferrals of awards under this Plan in accordance with such terms and conditions as it specifies. Any deferral election shall be made in accordance with, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in, the Deferred Compensation Plan.

 

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Article 6. Other Awards
6.1 Restricted Stock
(a) Restricted Stock Award. Restricted Stock may be granted at any time and from time to time prior to the termination of the Plan to Participants as determined by the Administrator. Each award of Restricted Stock shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement.
(b) Award Agreement. Each Award Agreement evidencing an award of Restricted Stock shall contain provisions regarding (a) the number of Shares subject to such award of Restricted Stock or a formula for determining such, (b) the purchase price of the Shares, if any, and the means of payments, (c) the length of the restrictive period over which the Restricted Stock shall vest or may ratably vest, if any, (d) forfeiture provisions, if any, (e) restrictions on the transferability of the Shares, if any, and (f) such further terms and conditions, in each case not inconsistent with the Plan as may be determined from time to time by the Administrator. Shares subject to any Restricted Stock award shall not be transferable within less than one (1) year from the date of grant, except upon such separation of service events as specified by the Administrator. Shares issued under an award of Restricted Stock may be issued in the name of the Participant and held by the Participant or held by the Company, in each case as the Administrator may provide.
(c) Voting Rights. Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, Participants holding shares of Restricted Stock granted hereunder may exercise full voting rights with respect to those shares during the period of restrictions.
(d) Dividends and Distributions. Participants in whose name Restricted Stock is granted shall be entitled to receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to those Shares, unless determined otherwise by the Administrator. The Administrator will determine whether any such dividends or distributions will be automatically reinvested in additional shares of Restricted Stock and subject to the same restrictions on transferability as the Restricted Stock with respect to which they were distributed or whether such dividends or distributions will be paid in cash and whether such cash payments will be made currently or deferred.
6.2 Restricted Stock Units
(a) RSU Award. RSUs may be granted at any time and from time to time prior to the termination of the Plan to Participants as determined by the Administrator. Each grant of RSUs shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement.

 

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(b) Award Agreement. Each Award Agreement evidencing an award of RSUs shall contain provisions regarding (a) the number of RSUs subject to such award or a formula for determining such, (b) the purchase price of the Shares, if any, and the means of payments, (c) the length of the restrictive period over which the RSUs shall vest or may ratably vest, if any, (d) forfeiture provisions, if any, (e) restrictions on the transferability of the RSUs, and (f) such further terms and conditions, in each case not inconsistent with the Plan as may be determined from time to time by the Administrator. No shares shall be issued or cash paid in settlement of an RSU within less than one (1) year from the date of grant, except upon such separation of service events as specified by the Administrator.
(c) Bookkeeping Entry. A RSU is a bookkeeping entry representing an amount equivalent to one Share. RSUs represent an unfunded and unsecured obligation of the Company, except as otherwise provided for by the Administrator. Subject to such terms and conditions as the Administrator may establish, a RSU may be settled through the delivery of a Share or through the payment in cash of an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share as of the date for which the amount of such payment is determined, as established by the Administrator.
(d) Voting Rights. Participants shall have no voting rights with respect to Shares underlying RSUs unless and until such Shares are reflected as issued and outstanding shares on the Company’s stock ledger.
(e) Dividend Equivalents. Participants who are granted RSUs shall be entitled to dividend equivalents only to the extent provided by the Administrator. The Administrator will determine whether any such dividend equivalents will be automatically reinvested in additional RSUs and subject to the same terms and conditions as the RSUs with respect to which they were distributed or whether such dividend equivalents will be paid in cash and whether such cash payments will be made currently or deferred.
6.3 Stock Options
(a) Stock Option Awards. Stock Options may be granted at any time and from time to time prior to the termination of the Plan to Participants as determined by the Administrator. No Participant shall have any rights as a shareholder with respect to any Shares subject to a Stock Option hereunder until said Shares have been issued. Each Stock Option shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement.
(b) Award Agreement. Each Award Agreement evidencing a Stock Option shall contain provisions regarding (a) the number of Shares which may be issued upon exercise of the Stock Option, (b) the excercise price of the Shares and the means of payment for the Shares, (c) the term of the Stock Option, (d) such terms and conditions of exercisability as may be determined from time to time by the Administrator, (e) restrictions on the transfer of the Stock Option and forfeiture provisions, and (f) such further terms and conditions, in each case not inconsistent with the Plan, as may be determined from time to time by the Administrator.

 

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(c) Stock Option Price. The exercise price per share of the Shares subject to each Stock Option granted under the Plan shall equal or exceed 100 percent of the Fair Market Value of such Shares on the date the Stock Option is granted.
(d) Minimum Vesting. No Stock Option shall be exercisable within less than one (1) year from the date of grant, except upon such separation of service events as specified by the Administrator.
(e) Stock Option Term . The “Term” of each Stock Option granted under the Plan shall not exceed ten (10) years from the date of its grant.
(f) Stock Option Exercise
(1)  Partial Exercise. An exercisable Stock Option may be exercised in whole or in part. However, a Stock Option shall not be exercisable with respect to fractional Shares and the Administrator may require, by the terms of the applicable Award Agreement, a partial exercise to include a minimum number of Shares.
(2)  Manner of Exercise . All or a portion of an exercisable Stock Option shall be deemed exercised upon delivery to the representative of the Company designated for such purpose by the Administrator all of the following: (i) notice of exercise in such form as the Administrator authorizes specifying the number of Shares to be purchased by the Participant, (ii) payment or provision for payment of the exercise price for such number of Shares, (iii) such representations and documents as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or advisable to effect compliance with all applicable provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any other federal, state or foreign securities laws or regulations, and (iv) such other representations and documents as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or advisable. Unless provided otherwise by the Administrator, no Participant shall have any right as a shareholder with respect to any Shares purchased pursuant to any Stock Option until the registration of Shares in the name of such person, and no adjustment shall be made for dividends (ordinary or extraordinary, whether in cash, securities or other property) or distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such Shares are so registered.
(3)  Payment of Exercise Price. To the extent authorized by the Administrator, the exercise price of a Stock Option may be paid in the form of one of more of the following, either through the terms of the applicable Award Agreement or at the time of exercise of a Stock Option: (i) cash or certified or cashiers’ check, (ii) Shares that have been held by the Participant for such period of time as the Administrator may specify, (iii) other property deemed acceptable by the Administrator, (iv) a reduction in the number of Shares or other property otherwise issuable pursuant to such Stock Option, or (v) any combination of (i) through (iv).

 

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(g) No Repricing; No Automatic Option Grants (Reloads). Without prior approval of stockholders, the Administrator may not:
(1)  Cancel a previously granted Stock Option in exchange for cash or a replacement Award with a lower (or no) exercise price;
(2)  Provide for any automatic grant of a new Stock Option upon a Participant’s exercise of any Stock Option granted under the Plan; or
(3)  Amend a Stock Option to lower the exercise price, except for adjustments required or otherwise made under Article 7.2, or take any other action that could constitute a repricing.
Article 7. Shares Subject to the Plan
7.1 Number of Shares. Subject to adjustment as provided in this Article 7, the aggregate number of Shares issued pursuant to the Plan shall not exceed an aggregate of 500,000 shares of Common Stock. The aggregate number of Shares issued under the Plan at any time shall equal the number of Shares actually issued upon grant or settlement of an Award and pursuant to dividend equivalents, less any Shares retained or returned to the Company upon cash settlement, cancellation, expiration or forfeiture of an Award or from dividend equivalents and less any Shares retained by or delivered to the Company by or on behalf of a Participant (either actually or by attestation) in payment or satisfaction of any purchase price or tax obligation respecting an Award. Shares may be issued from authorized but unissued shares or out of shares held in the Company’s treasury, or both.
7.2 Adjustment and Changes in Shares. If the outstanding securities of the class then subject to the Plan are increased, decreased or exchanged for or converted into cash, property or a different number or kind of shares or securities, or if cash, property or shares or securities are distributed in respect of such outstanding securities, in either case as a result of a reorganization, reclassification, dividend (other than a regular, periodic cash dividend) or other distribution, stock split, reverse stock split, spin-off or the like, then the maximum number and type of shares or other securities that may be issued under the Plan and that are subject to outstanding Awards (including awards of Common Stock the receipt of which has been deferred) shall be appropriately adjusted. The Administrator shall determine in its sole discretion the appropriate adjustment to be effected pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence and in doing so shall take into account the provisions of any applicable Award Agreement. In addition, in connection with any such change in the class of securities then subject to the Plan, the Administrator shall make equitable adjustments in the number and type of shares or other securities or cash or other property that may be acquired pursuant to stock options and stock grants theretofore awarded under the Plan and the exercise price of such stock options or price, if any, of such stock grants; however no adjustment to an option shall be made in a manner that will be treated under Code Section 409A as the grant of a new option.

 

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Article 8. Term of the Plan
Unless earlier suspended or terminated by the Board, no Award may be initially awarded after the tenth anniversary of the date the Plan is approved by the Company’s shareholders.
Article 9. Miscellaneous
9.1 Amendment and Termination. The Board may from time to time amend the Plan; provided, however, that no amendment may without shareholder approval (a) materially increase the benefits accruing to participants under the Plan, (b) materially increase the number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued under the Plan, or (c) materially modify the requirements as to eligibility for participation in the Plan. In addition, except for an amendment adopted pursuant to Section 9.6, no amendment or alteration to the Plan shall be made which would in any material manner adversely affect any Participant’s rights to any Award or Shares theretofore accrued or granted to him or her hereunder, without the consent of the Participant.
9.2 Compliance with Securities Laws, Listing Requirements, and Other Laws and Obligations. The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any shares of Common Stock under the Plan, (a) until, in the opinion of the Company’s counsel, all applicable federal and state laws and regulations have been complied with, (b) if the outstanding Common Stock is at the time listed on any stock exchange, or quoted on any automated quotation system, until the shares to be delivered have been listed or authorized to be listed or quoted on such exchange or system upon official notice of issuance, and (c) until all other legal matters in connection with the issuance and delivery of such shares have been approved by the Company’s counsel. If the sale of Common Stock has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company may require, as a condition to the payment of Common Stock, such representations or agreements as counsel for the Company may consider appropriate to avoid violation of such Act and may require that the certificates evidencing such Stock bear an appropriate legend restricting transfer. In addition, the Company may, in its discretion, withhold a portion of the Shares that otherwise would be issued under the Plan to a Participant or make other such arrangements as it determines appropriate to satisfy Federal, state and local withholding tax requirements, if any.
9.3 Successors. All obligations of the Company under the Plan shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company.
9.4 Applicable Law. The Plan shall be construed and enforced according to the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to Delaware conflict of laws rules, to the extent not preempted by federal law, which shall otherwise control.

 

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9.5 Severability. In the event any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.
9.6 Compliance with Code Section 409A. To the extent that a benefit under the Plan is subject to the requirements of Code Section 409A, it is intended that the Plan, as applied to that benefit, comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A, and the Plan shall be so administered and interpreted. The Administrator may make any changes required to conform the Plan and any option agreements or other grants with applicable Code provisions and regulations relating to deferral of compensation under Code Section 409A.

 

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Exhibit 4.6

 

CIGNA DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN OF 2005

(Effective as of January 1, 2005)

Due to requirements imposed by Internal Revenue Code Section 409A, CIGNA is freezing the CIGNA Deferred Compensation Plan (Amended and Restated as of October 24, 2001) as of December 31, 2004 and adopting this new plan — the CIGNA Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005, effective as of January 1, 2005.  The frozen CIGNA Deferred Compensation Plan will continue to apply to amounts that were deferred on or before December 31, 2004 and earnings thereon.  This new plan will apply to amounts that are deferred after December 31, 2004 and earnings thereon.

 

ARTICLE 1

Definitions

 

These terms have the following meanings under the Plan.

 

1.1                                Account ” — the separate bookkeeping account established for a Participant that represents the Company’s unfunded, unsecured obligation to make future payments to the Participant.

 

1.2                                Administrator ” — the person or committee charged with responsibility for administration of the Plan.

 

1.3          “Affiliate” — the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

 

1.4                                “Beneficial Owner” and “Beneficially Owned” — the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

 

1.5                                Beneficiary ” — the person or trust designated in writing under the Plan by the Participant to receive payment of his/her remaining Account balance after Participant’s death.

 

1.6          “ Board Committee ” — the People Resources Committee of the Board of Directors, or any successor committee.

 

1.7          “ Board of Directors ” — the board of directors of CIGNA Corporation.

 

1.8          “ Change of Control ” — any of these events:

 

(a)                                  a corporation, person or group acting in concert, as described in Exchange Act Section 14(d)(2), holds or acquires beneficial ownership within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act of a number of preferred or

 

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common shares of CIGNA Corporation having 25% or more of the combined voting power of CIGNA Corporation’s then outstanding securities; or

 

(b)                                  there is consummated a merger or consolidation of CIGNA Corporation or any direct or indirect subsidiary of CIGNA Corporation with any other corporation, other than:

 

(1)           a merger or consolidation immediately following which the individuals who constituted the Board of Directors immediately prior thereto constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the entity surviving such merger or consolidation or the ultimate parent thereof, or

 

(2)           a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of CIGNA Corporation (or similar transaction) in which no Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of CIGNA Corporation (not including in the securities Beneficially Owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from CIGNA Corporation or its Affiliates) representing 25% or more of the combined voting power of the CIGNA Corporation’s then outstanding securities; or

 

(c)                                   a change occurs in the composition of the Board of Directors at any time during any consecutive 24-month period such that the Continuity Directors cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors.  For purposes of the preceding sentence “Continuity Directors” shall mean those members of the Board of Directors who either: (1) were directors at the beginning of such consecutive 24-month period; or (2) were elected by, or on nomination or recommendation of, at least a majority of the Board of Directors (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of CIGNA Corporation); or

 

(d)                                  the shareholders of CIGNA Corporation approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of CIGNA Corporation or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by CIGNA Corporation of all or substantially all of CIGNA Corporation’s assets, other than a sale or disposition by CIGNA Corporation of all or substantially all of CIGNA Corporation’s assets immediately following which the individuals who constituted the Board of Directors immediately prior thereto constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the entity to which such assets are sold or disposed or any parent thereof.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the common stock of CIGNA Corporation immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions

 

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continue to have   substantially the same proportionate ownership in an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of CIGNA Corporation immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.

 

1.9                                CIGNA Stock ” — the common stock of CIGNA Corporation.

 

1.10        “ Code ” — the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

1.11                         Company ” — CIGNA Corporation and each Subsidiary that has been authorized by the Chief Executive Officer of CIGNA Corporation to participate in the Plan.

 

1.12                         Corporate Committee ” — the CIGNA Corporation Corporate Benefit Plan Committee, or any successor committee.

 

1.13                         Deferral Election ” — the form described in Section 2.3 by which a Participant specifies amounts and items of compensation to be deferred.

 

1.14                         Deferred Cash ” — compensation deferred under the Plan that would otherwise have been paid to a Participant in cash.

 

1.15                         Deferred CIGNA Stock   — compensation deferred under the Plan that would otherwise have been paid to a Participant in shares of CIGNA Stock.

 

1.16                         ERISA ” — the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

1.17                         Exchange Act ” — the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

1.18                         Participant ” — an employee of a Company who elects to participate in the Plan in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

1.19                         Payment Election ” — the form described in Section 4.3 by which a Participant specifies the method and time of payment of compensation deferred under the Plan.

 

1.20                         Performance-based Compensation   — compensation as defined under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(e).

 

1.21                         “Person” — the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except that such term shall not include (a) CIGNA Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of CIGNA Corporation or any of its Affiliates, (c) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (d) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of CIGNA

 

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Corporation in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of CIGNA Corporation.

 

1.22                         Plan ” — the CIGNA Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005 (Effective as of January 1, 2005), as it may be amended or restated.

 

1.23                         Separation from Service ” — a Participant’s death, retirement or other termination of employment, from the Participant’s employer or service recipient within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h).  For this purpose, the level of reasonably anticipated, permanently reduced, bona fide services that will be treated as a Separation from Service is 30%.  Generally, a Participant’s Separation from Service occurs when the Participant’s level of services to CIGNA Corporation and its affiliates is reduced by 70% or more.

 

1.24                         Stock Plan ” — a plan or program that provides for payment of compensation in the form of shares of CIGNA Stock.

 

1.25                         Subsidiary ” — a corporation (or a partnership, joint venture or other unincorporated entity) of which more than 50% of the combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote (or more than 50% of the capital, equity or profits interest) is owned directly or indirectly by CIGNA Corporation; provided that such corporation (or other entity) is included in CIGNA Corporation’s consolidated financial statements under generally accepted accounting principles.

 

1.26                         Valuation Date ” — the last day of each month.

 

ARTICLE 2

Participation; Deferral Elections

 

2.1          Eligibility.   The Plan is intended primarily to provide deferred compensation for a select group of management and highly compensated employees.  The Corporate Committee shall determine which Company employees are eligible to participate in the Plan.

 

2.2          Participation.    An eligible employee becomes a Participant by making a Deferral Election described in Section 2.3.

 

2.3          Deferral Election.

 

(a)                                  A Deferral Election specifies the amounts and items of compensation a Participant elects to defer under the Plan for a particular calendar year.  The Administrator shall determine which items or categories of compensation may be deferred under the Plan.  The Deferral Election must be timely (as described in Section 2.3(b)) and in a form permitted or required

 

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by the Administrator.  The Administrator may permit or require electronic forms.  The Administrator shall determine whether a Deferral Election form is sufficiently complete and timely and may reject any form that is incomplete and/or untimely.

 

(b)           To be timely, a Deferral Election must be received by the Administrator no later than:

 

 

(1)                                  Six months before the end of the applicable performance period, for a deferral of Performance-based Compensation, provided that:

 

(A) the Participant performs services for the Company continuously from the later of:

 

(i) the beginning of the applicable performance period, or

 

(ii) the date the applicable performance criteria are established

 

through the date the Deferral Election is made, and

 

(B) the Deferral Election is made before the amount of the Performance-based Compensation is both first calculable and substantially certain to be paid;

 

(2)                                  December 31 of the year before the year in which the Participant performs services in exchange for the compensation to be deferred, for compensation other than Performance-based Compensation; or

 

 

(3)                                  The 30th calendar day after the date a Company employee first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan, provided such employee is not already eligible to participate in a plan that would be aggregated with the Plan under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(c)(2), and further provided that such employee was not eligible to participate in the Plan, or any other plan that would be aggregated with the Plan under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(c)(2), at any time during the 24-month period ending on the date such employee again became eligible to participate in the Plan.  A Deferral Election by a newly eligible employee shall apply only to compensation for services the employee performs after the Administrator receives the Deferral Election.

 

However, the Administrator may establish different deadlines to the extent permitted by Code Section 409A and the regulations thereunder.

 

(c)                                   An employee who makes a Deferral Election must also make a Payment Election (described in Section 4.3) applicable to such Deferral Election.  If a Participant makes more than one Deferral Election in a year, the Administrator may require that the Payment Election applicable to the first Deferral Election shall apply to any later Deferral Election in that year.  The Payment Election must be received by the Administrator by the Deferral Election deadline stated in Section 2.3(b).  The Administrator shall determine when a

 

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Deferral Election and Payment Election become irrevocable, but in no event shall a Deferral Election or a Payment Election become irrevocable later than the applicable deadline set forth in Section 2.3(b) above.

 

(d)                                  The Administrator may require Participants to make new Deferral Elections for each new calendar year.

 

(e)                                   Deferral Elections under this Plan shall apply only to compensation payable on or after January 1, 2005 and only to the extent such compensation is:

 

(1)                                  For services performed for the Company on or after January 1, 2005; or

 

(2)                                  Compensation for which a Deferral Election may otherwise be made under transition rules promulgated pursuant to Code Section 409A.

 

2.4           Cancellation of Deferral Elections.   The Plan Administrator may cancel the Deferral Election of a Participant who incurs a disability.  Any cancellation under this section must occur by the later of the end of the calendar year in which the Participant incurs the disability or the 15 th  day of the third month after the date the Participant incurs the disability.  For purposes of this section, “disability” shall have the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(xii).

 

ARTICLE 3

Deferred Compensation Account

 

3.1          General.   The Administrator shall establish and maintain an Account for each Participant.  The Administrator shall credit to the Account any compensation deferred by a Participant under the Plan.  The Administrator shall also credit (or debit) to the Account any hypothetical income (or losses) on the deferred compensation.  The credit for deferred compensation shall be effective as of the date the compensation would have otherwise been paid to the Participant.  The credit (or debit) for hypothetical income (or losses) shall be as provided in Section 3.3 or 3.4, as applicable.

 

3.2          Account Balance.   The balance of each Participant’s Account shall include compensation deferred by the Participant under this Plan and hypothetical income (or losses).  The Account balance shall be reduced by any payments under Article 4.  The Administrator shall determine each Participant’s Account balance as of each Valuation Date.  The Administrator shall provide each Participant an Account statement at least annually.

 

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3.3          Hypothetical Investment of Deferred Cash.

 

(a)                                  Deferred Cash shall be treated as invested in one or more hypothetical investments described in Section 3.3(b).  The Administrator shall credit (or debit) to the Participant’s Account as of each Valuation Date hypothetical income (or losses) based on the performance of the applicable hypothetical investment.  The credit (or debit) shall be applied against the balance of Participant’s Account on the immediately preceding Valuation Date. The Administrator shall have authority to adopt, and from time to time change, rules and procedures for crediting (or debiting) hypothetical income (or losses) as to any amount of Deferred Cash that has been credited to a Participant’s Account for less than the entire month ending on the Valuation Date.

 

(b)                                  The Corporate Committee shall determine at least one hypothetical investment for Deferred Cash and may provide some or all Plan Participants with options for more than one hypothetical investment.  The Corporate Committee may add or eliminate hypothetical investments at any time, but any such action shall apply to the balance of a Participant’s Account no earlier than the Valuation Date immediately after the Corporate Committee changes hypothetical investments.  The Administrator shall have authority to adopt rules and procedures by which a Participant with a choice of more than one hypothetical investment may change hypothetical investment elections, provided that a Participant shall not be able to make changes more than once each calendar quarter.

 

(c)                                   If a Change of Control occurs, the annual income earned on at least one hypothetical fixed return guaranteed principal investment must be not less than 50 basis points over the Ten-year Constant Treasury Maturity Yield as reported by the Federal Reserve Board, based upon the November averages for the preceding year.

 

3.4          Hypothetical Investment of Deferred CIGNA Stock.   Deferred CIGNA Stock shall be credited to Participant’s Account as a number of shares of hypothetical CIGNA Stock.  The number shall initially be the same number of shares that would have been issued to the Participant but for the deferral.  After the initial credit, the number shall be adjusted as appropriate to reflect stock dividends, splits and reclassifications in accordance with the terms of the applicable Stock Plan.  Deferred CIGNA Stock may not be deemed invested in any other hypothetical investment.  An amount equal to the dividends which would otherwise be paid on shares of Deferred CIGNA Stock shall be credited to the Participant’s Account as Deferred Cash, as of the applicable dividend payment date, and deemed invested under Section 3.3.  The Administrator shall take necessary action to avoid deferral or issuance of fractional shares of CIGNA Stock.

 

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ARTICLE 4

Payment of Deferred Compensation

 

4.1          General.   The Company shall pay amounts credited to Participant’s Account balance according to the Participant’s Payment Elections or under the other applicable provisions of Article 4.  Deferred CIGNA Stock shall be paid only in shares of CIGNA Stock issued under the applicable Stock Plan.  The applicable Stock Plan is the plan under which the shares would have previously been issued but for the Participant’s deferral, or a successor plan.

 

4.2          Payment Methods and Timing.

 

(a)                                  (1)                                  Subject to the conditions in Section 4.2(b) through (f), the Administrator shall have the authority to determine the payment methods and timing permitted under the Plan; any such payment methods and timing shall comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A.

 

(2)                                  Payment events under the Plan may include a Participant’s Separation from Service, a specified date before a Participant’s Separation from Service, a Participant’s unforeseeable emergency (as described in Section 4.4), the Participant’s death (as described in Section 4.5), or other payment events specified by the Administrator, to the extent permitted by Code Section 409A.  A payment upon a Participant’s unforeseeable emergency or death shall supersede any elected specified date or Separation from Service payment for the amount distributed by reason of unforeseeable emergency or death.

 

(3)                                  Payment methods under the Plan may include lump sum and periodic payments.

 

(b)                                  A Participant who makes a specified date Payment Election must also make a Separation from Service Payment Election that will apply instead of the specified date Payment Election if the Participant has a Separation from Service before the elected specified date of payment.

 

(c)                                   If the payments are to begin as a result of a Participant’s Separation from Service then, subject to the other provisions of Article 4, payment shall be made (or begin) in July of the year following the year of the Participant’s Separation from Service.

 

(d)                                  If a payment method provides for periodic payments, payments shall be made annually each July, over the elected period not to exceed 15 years.  The balance of a Participant’s Account shall be paid, in all events, no later than July 31 st  of the 15th year after the year of the Participant’s Separation from Service.

 

(e)                                   To the extent there is not in effect at Participant’s Separation from Service a valid Payment Election for an amount, that amount shall be paid in a single lump sum in July of the year

 

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following the year of the Participant’s Separation from Service.

 

(f)                                    Periodic payments under this Plan shall not be suspended if the Participant is rehired by the Company.

 

4.3                                Payment Election.

 

(a)                                  Subject to Section 4.2, a Payment Election must specify the payment method that shall apply to Participant’s deferred compensation and either the time of payment or the time payments are to begin.

 

(b)                                  A Payment Election must be in a form permitted or required by the Administrator.  The Administrator may permit or require electronic forms.  The Administrator shall determine whether a Payment Election form is sufficiently complete and timely and may reject any form that is incomplete and/or untimely.

 

(c)                                   A Participant may make separate Payment Elections for Deferred Cash and Deferred CIGNA Stock.

 

4.4                                Unforeseeable Emergency Payment.

 

(a)                                  If the Administrator, after considering a Participant’s written request, determines that the Participant has an unforeseeable emergency, as defined under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(3), that is beyond the Participant’s control and of such a substantial nature that immediate payment of Deferred Cash or issuance of Deferred CIGNA Stock is warranted, the Administrator in its sole and absolute discretion may direct that all or a portion of the Participant’s Account be paid to the Participant.  The amount of the payment shall be limited to the amount deemed necessary by the Administrator to satisfy the emergency need.  The payment shall be made in a single lump sum within 90 days following the Administrator’s approval of Participant’s written request for an unforeseeable emergency payment.

 

(b)                                  The Administrator shall cancel the Deferral Election of a Participant who receives a payment under Section 4.4(a) or a payment for an unforeseeable emergency, as defined under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(3), under a predecessor to this Plan.  The cancellation shall be effective as of the date of the payment.  To resume deferrals, the Participant must make a new Deferral Election in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.3.

 

4.5          Payments of a Deceased Participant’s Account.

 

(a)                                  Upon the death of a Participant the Administrator shall pay any remaining portion of Participant’s Account in a single lump sum payment to Participant’s Beneficiary.  The

 

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Administrator may establish rules and procedures for designation of beneficiaries and shall make determinations regarding the existence and identity of beneficiaries and the validity of beneficiary designations.  A Participant may designate more than one beneficiary.

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding Section 4.5(a), the Administrator shall pay Participant’s Account in a single lump sum payment to the Participant’s estate if:

 

(1)                                  The Participant dies without having a valid beneficiary designation in effect;

 

(2)                                  The Participant’s designated Beneficiary died before the Participant died; or

 

(3)                                  The Participant’s designated Beneficiary cannot be found after what the Administrator determines has been a reasonably diligent search.

 

(c)                                   The Administrator shall make any payments described in Section 4.5(a) and (b) during the 90 day period beginning January 1 of the year following the year the Participant dies.

 

ARTICLE 5

General Provisions

 

5.1          Participant’s Rights Unsecured.   The right of a Participant (or Beneficiary) to receive payments under the Plan represents an unsecured claim against the general assets of the Company that employs the Participant at the time that the compensation deferred otherwise would have been paid, or against the general assets of any successor company that assumes (or in case Participant transfers to employment with a different Company, is assigned) the liabilities of that Company.  No Company guarantees or is liable for payments to any Participant employed by any other Company.  Participant’s Account represents a mere promise by a Company to make payments in the future.  The Plan at all times shall be considered entirely unfunded for both tax purposes and for purposes of Title I of ERISA.

 

5.2          Assignability.   Except as otherwise permitted by applicable law,   no right to receive Plan payments shall be transferable or assignable by a Participant or Beneficiary or subject in any manner to anticipation, sale, alienation, pledge, encumbrance, attachment or garnishment by creditors of a Participant or Beneficiary, any such attempt shall be void and of no force or effect.

 

5.3          Administration.   CIGNA Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer shall appoint the Administrator.  Except as otherwise provided by the Plan, the Administrator shall administer the Plan and shall have authority to adopt administrative rules and regulations. The Administrator may, by contract, designation or other arrangement, provide for others to perform ministerial duties and record keeping.  If the Administrator is also a Participant, the Corporate Committee (and not the Administrator) shall take any action under the Plan related to that Participant.

 

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5.4          Administrative Discretion.    The Administrator and Corporate Committee shall, as to the responsibilities allocated to them separately under the Plan, have the sole and absolute discretion to interpret, construe and implement the provisions of the Plan, including any disputed or ambiguous terms; to make determinations relating to eligibility and benefits; and to make findings of fact.  Their determinations shall be final and binding on all parties.

 

5.5          Amendment.   The Plan may be amended, restated, modified, or terminated by the Board of Directors or the Board Committee.  No amendment, restatement, modification, or termination shall reduce, impair or adversely affect the balance of a Participant’s Account as of the Valuation Date immediately preceding such action.

 

5.6          Tax Withholding.    To the extent required by the law in effect at the time a Plan payment is made, the Administrator shall take appropriate action to withhold taxes from the payment.

 

5.7          Corporate Reorganization.   If a company that employs a Participant ceases to be a Subsidiary and retains liabilities and responsibility for a Participant’s Account, then the Corporate Committee and Administrator shall have no further liability or responsibility for that Account or any legal obligation toward Participant after the company ceases to be a Subsidiary.  That company shall designate a governing committee and plan administrator, as appropriate, to assume liability and responsibility for administration of the Account as of the date the company ceases to be a Subsidiary.

 

5.8          Section 409A Compliance .  It is intended that the Plan comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A, and the Plan shall be so administered and interpreted.  Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, the Code Section 409A transition relief opportunities adopted by Board Committee Resolutions dated December 8, 2005 are incorporated by reference into this Plan.

 

5.9           Interpretation.   All statutory or regulatory references in this Plan shall include successor provisions.

 

5.10         Claims Procedure .

 

(a)                                  Filing a Claim for Benefits .  This paragraph 5.10(a) shall apply to any claim for a benefit under the Plan.  A Participant or Beneficiary or an authorized representative of a Participant or Beneficiary (“Claimant”) shall notify the Administrator or its delegate of a claim for benefits under the Plan.  Such request may be in any form adequate to give reasonable notice to the Administrator or its delegate and shall set forth the basis of such claim and shall authorize the Administrator or its delegate to conduct such examinations as may be necessary to determine the validity of the claim and to take such steps as may be necessary to facilitate the payment of any benefits to which the Claimant may be entitled under the Plan.  The Administrator shall make all determinations as to the right of any person to a benefit under the Plan.

 

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If the Administrator requires more than 90 days to process a claim because of special circumstances, an extension may be obtained by notifying the Claimant within 90 days of the date the claim was submitted that a decision on the claim will be delayed, what circumstances have caused the delay, and when a decision can be expected.  The extension period shall not exceed an additional 90 days;  provided, however, that in the event the Claimant fails to submit information necessary to decide a claim, such period shall be tolled from the date on which the extension notice is sent to the Claimant until the date on which the Claimant responds to the request for additional information.

 

(b)                                  Denial of Claim .  If the Administrator denies in whole or in part any claim for benefits under the Plan by any Claimant, the Administrator shall, within a reasonable period, furnish the Claimant with written or electronic notice of the denial.  The notice of the denial shall set forth, in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant:

 

(1)                                  The specific reason or reasons for the denial;

 

(2)                                  Specific reference to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based;

 

(3)                                  A description of any additional material or information necessary for the Claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and

 

(4)                                  A description of the Plan’s review procedures and the time limits applicable to such procedures, including a statement of the Claimant’s right to bring a civil action under ERISA Section 502(a) following an adverse benefit determination on review.

 

(c)                                   Appeals Procedure.   This paragraph 5.10(c) shall apply to all appeals of denied claims under the Plan.  A Claimant may request a review of a denied claim.  Such request shall be made in writing and shall be presented to the Administrator not more than sixty (60) days after receipt by the Claimant of written or electronic notice of the denial of the claim.  The Claimant shall be provided, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, and other information relevant to the Claimant’s claim for benefits.  The Claimant shall also have the opportunity to submit comments, documents, records, and other information relating to the claim for benefits, and the Administrator shall take into account all such information submitted without regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial benefit determination. The Administrator shall make its decision on review not later than sixty (60) days after receipt of the Claimant’s request for review, unless special circumstances require an extension of time, in which case a decision shall be rendered as soon as possible, but not later than 120 days after receipt of the request for review;  provided, however, in the event the Claimant fails to submit information necessary to make a benefit determination on review, such period shall be tolled from the date on which the extension notice is sent to the Claimant until the date on which the Claimant responds to the request for additional

 

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information.  The decision on review shall be written or electronic and, in the case of an adverse determination, shall include specific reasons for the decision, in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant, and specific references to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the decision is based.  The decision on review shall also include (i) a statement that the Claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, or other information relevant to the Claimant’s claim for benefits; and (ii) a statement describing any voluntary appeal procedures offered by the Plan, and a statement of the Claimant’s right to bring an action under ERISA Section 502(a).

 

(d)                                  The Plan’s claims procedure shall be administered in accordance with the applicable regulations of the U.S. Department of Labor.

 

(e)                                   A Claimant shall have no right to bring any action in any court regarding a claim for benefits under the Plan prior to the Claimant filing a claim for benefits and exhausting the Claimant’s rights to review under this Section 5.10 in accordance with the time frames set forth herein.

 

5.11         Controlling Law .  This Plan shall be construed and enforced according to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to Pennsylvania conflict of laws rules, to the extent not preempted by federal law, which shall otherwise control.


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Amendment to
Cigna Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005
(Effective as of January 1, 2005)

The Cigna Deferred Compensation Plan (Effective as of January 1, 2005) (the “Plan”) is amended effective October 17, 2018 as follows:


1.
Section 3.3(c) of the Plan is replaced in its entirety with the following:


(c)
If (1) a Change of Control occurs and (2) the Cigna 401(k) Plan Fixed Income Fund is no longer available as a hypothetical investment option following such Change of Control, then the annual income earned on at least one hypothetical fixed return guaranteed principal investment must be not less than 50 basis points over the Ten-year Constant Treasury Maturity Yield as reported by the Federal Reserve Board, based upon the November averages for the preceding year.



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Exhibit 4.7
CIGNA SUPPLEMENTAL 401(k) PLAN
(Effective as of January 1, 2010)
CIGNA Corporation is adopting the CIGNA Supplemental 401(k) Plan (“Plan”), effective as of January 1, 2010, to provide Participants certain benefits not available under the CIGNA 401(k) Plan.
ARTICLE 1
Definitions
These terms have the following meanings under the Plan.
1.1   4 01(k) Plan — the CIGNA 401(k) Plan, or any successor plan.
1.2   Account — the separate bookkeeping account established for a Participant that represents the Company’s unfunded, unsecured obligation to make future payments to the Participant.
1.3 Affiliate — the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act.
1.4   Beneficial Owner and Beneficially Owned — the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.
1.5   Beneficiary — the same person or persons who receive payment of Participant’s 401(k) Plan account balance after Participant’s death under the terms of the 401(k) Plan.
1.6   Board Committee — the People Resources Committee of the Board of Directors, or any successor committee.
1.7   Board of Directors — the board of directors of CIGNA Corporation.
1.8   Change of Control — any of these events:
  (a)   a corporation, person or group acting in concert, as described in Exchange Act Section 14(d)(2), holds or acquires beneficial ownership within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act of a number of preferred or common shares of CIGNA Corporation having 25% or more of the combined voting power of CIGNA Corporation’s then outstanding securities; or
  (b)   there is consummated a merger or consolidation of CIGNA Corporation or any direct or indirect subsidiary of CIGNA Corporation with any other corporation, other than:
  (1)   a merger or consolidation immediately following which the individuals who constituted the Board of Directors immediately prior thereto constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the entity surviving such merger or consolidation or the ultimate parent thereof, or
  (2)   a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of CIGNA Corporation (or similar transaction) in which no Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of CIGNA Corporation (not including in the securities Beneficially Owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from CIGNA Corporation or its Affiliates) representing 25% or more of the combined voting power of the CIGNA Corporation’s then outstanding securities; or

 


 

  (c)   a change occurs in the composition of the Board of Directors at any time during any consecutive 24-month period such that the Continuity Directors cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors. For purposes of the preceding sentence “Continuity Directors” shall mean those members of the Board of Directors who either: (1) were directors at the beginning of such consecutive 24-month period; or (2) were elected by, or on nomination or recommendation of, at least a majority of the Board of Directors (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of CIGNA Corporation); or
  (d)   the shareholders of CIGNA Corporation approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of CIGNA Corporation or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by CIGNA Corporation of all or substantially all of CIGNA Corporation’s assets, other than a sale or disposition by CIGNA Corporation of all or substantially all of CIGNA Corporation’s assets immediately following which the individuals who constituted the Board of Directors immediately prior thereto constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the entity to which such assets are sold or disposed or any parent thereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the common stock of CIGNA Corporation immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of CIGNA Corporation immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.
1.9   Code — the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
1.10   Company — CIGNA Corporation and each Subsidiary that has been authorized by the Chief Executive Officer of CIGNA Corporation to participate in the Plan.

 

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1.11   Corporate Committee — the CIGNA Corporation Corporate Benefit Plan Committee, or any successor committee.
1.12   Deferred Compensation Plan — the CIGNA Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005 (Effective as of January 1, 2005), as it may be amended or restated.
1.13   Eligible Earnings — “Eligible Earnings” as defined under the 401(k) Plan.
 
1.14   ERISA — the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
 
1.15   Exchange Act — the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
1.16   Participant — an employee of a Company who becomes eligible to participate in the Plan in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan.
1.17   Person — the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except that such term shall not include (a) CIGNA Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of CIGNA Corporation or any of its Affiliates, (c) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (d) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of CIGNA Corporation in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of CIGNA Corporation.
1.18   Plan — the CIGNA Supplemental 401(k) Plan (Effective as of January 1, 2010), as it may be amended or restated.
1.19   Plan Administrator — the person or committee charged with responsibility for administration of the Plan.
1.20   Plan Year — the calendar year January 1 to December 31.
1.21   Retirement — A Participant’s termination of employment, after appropriate notice to the Company, on or after the later of Participant’s 55 th birthday or the date Participant completes five years of Company service, as calculated under the service-counting rules used to determine eligibility for benefits under the Company’s medical plan for retirees.
1.22   Separation from Service — a Participant’s death, retirement or other termination of employment, from the Participant’s employer or service recipient within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h). For this purpose, the level of reasonably anticipated, permanently reduced, bona fide services that will be treated as a Separation from Service is 30%. Generally, a Participant’s Separation from Service occurs when the Participant’s level of services to CIGNA Corporation and its affiliates is reduced by 70% or more.

 

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1.23   Subsidiary — a corporation (or a partnership, joint venture or other unincorporated entity) of which more than 50% of the combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote (or more than 50% of the capital, equity or profits interest) is owned directly or indirectly by CIGNA Corporation; provided that such corporation (or other entity) is included in CIGNA Corporation’s consolidated financial statements under generally accepted accounting principles.
1.24   Valuation Date — the date(s) to be determined by the Plan Administrator for valuing Accounts, provided that the last business day of each month shall be a Valuation Date.
ARTICLE 2
Participation; Non-Elective Deferrals
2.1 Eligibility. The Plan is intended primarily to provide deferred compensation for a select group of management and highly compensated employees. Any Company employee who meets the eligibility rules described in Section 2.2 shall be eligible to participate in the Plan and become a Participant.
2.2 Participation. Any Company employee who, for any Plan Year starting after December 31, 2009, meets the requirements described in sub-Sections (a) and (b) below shall be eligible to participate in the Plan for that Plan Year, shall become a Participant as of that Plan Year, and shall remain a Participant until his/her Account is completely paid under Article 4. To be eligible to participate in the Plan for any Plan Year, a Company employee must:
(a)   Either:
  (1)   Defer, under the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan, Eligible Earnings otherwise payable during the Plan Year; or
  (2)   Receive compensation during the Plan Year that would qualify as Eligible Earnings but for the fact that it exceeds the limit on includable compensation under Code section 401(a)(17); and
(b)   Be employed by the Company on the last day of the Plan Year, unless the employee’s termination of employment during the Plan Year is on account of death or Retirement.
The Plan Administrator shall establish an Account for each Participant under the Plan as of the first Plan Year that he or she becomes a Participant.

 

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2.3   Non-Elective Deferral. As of December 31 of each Plan Year, a non-elective deferral shall be credited to the Account of a Participant who, for that Plan Year, meets the eligibility rules described in Section 2.2. The credit shall equal the sum of:
(a)   1.5% of the amount of the Participant’s otherwise Eligible Earnings for the Plan Year that Participant has deferred under the Deferred Compensation Plan; and
(b)   1.5% of the amount of compensation Participant receives during the Plan Year, to the extent such compensation would have been Eligible Earnings under the 401(k) Plan but for the fact that such compensation was in excess of the compensation limit under Code section 401(a)(17) for that year.
Any compensation that is used as the basis for a credit under paragraph (a) shall not be used as the basis for a credit under paragraph (b).
ARTICLE 3
Deferred Compensation Account
3.1   Account Credits.
(a)   The Plan Administrator shall establish and maintain an Account for each Participant. The Plan Administrator shall credit to the Participant’s Account any non-elective deferrals in accordance with Section 2.3. Such credit shall be made effective as of January 1 of the year following the Plan Year to which the non-elective deferral is attributable.
(b)   The Plan Administrator shall also credit to the Participant’s Account any hypothetical income on the deferred compensation. The credit for hypothetical income shall be as provided in Section 3.3.
3.2   Account Balance. The balance of each Participant’s Account shall include non-elective deferred compensation credited to the Participant under this Plan and any related hypothetical income. The Plan Administrator shall determine each Participant’s Account balance as of each Valuation Date. The Plan Administrator shall provide each Participant an Account statement at least annually, and such statement may be delivered electronically.
3.3   Hypothetical Investment of Account.
(a)   A Participant’s Account shall be treated as invested in the hypothetical investment described in Section 3.3(b). The Plan Administrator shall credit to the Participant’s Account hypothetical income based on the performance of the applicable hypothetical investment. The Plan Administrator shall have authority to adopt, and from time to time change, the rules and procedures for crediting hypothetical income, provided that hypothetical income shall be credited no less than once each month.
(b)   The hypothetical investment under the Plan shall be a rate of return equal to the interest rate under the 401(k) Plan’s Fixed Income Fund, or a successor fund that provides a positive rate of return determined in advance. The Corporate Committee shall determine the applicable hypothetical investment if there is no such successor fund.

 

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(c)   If a Change of Control occurs:
  (1)   For a three-year period beginning on the effective date of a Change of Control, the Company (and any successor) shall neither terminate the Plan nor stop or reduce the rate of non-elective deferrals described in Section 2.3; and
  (2)   The hypothetical investment rate of return under Section 3.3 shall be no less than the greater of (A) the rate described in Section 3.3(b) or (B) the Ten-year Constant Treasury Maturity Yield as reported by the Federal Reserve Board, based upon the November averages for the preceding year, plus 50 basis points.
3.4   Vesting. A Participant shall be vested in his or her Account balance to the extent he or she is vested in his or her account under the 401(k) Plan.
ARTICLE 4
Payment of Benefits
4.1   Time and Form of Payment.
(a)   Vested amounts credited to Participant’s Account balance under Section 3.1 shall be paid to the Participant in three installment payments made annually in July beginning in July of the year following the Participant’s Separation from Service.
(b)   However, if a Participant’s Account balance on the date of Separation from Service is $100,000 or less, payment shall be made in a single lump sum in July of the year following the Participant’s Separation from Service.
4.2   Payments of a Deceased Participant’s Account.
(a)   Upon the death of a Participant, the Plan Administrator shall pay any remaining portion of Participant’s vested Account balance in a single lump sum payment to Participant’s Beneficiary.
(b)   The Plan Administrator shall make any payments described in Section 4.2(a) during the 90-day period beginning January 1 of the year following the year the Participant dies. This Section 4.2 shall only serve to accelerate, and in no event shall delay, the payment of any remaining portion of a Participant’s Account upon that Participant’s death.

 

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4.3   Domestic Relations Orders. A person shall not qualify for a benefit under this Plan solely because he or she is entitled to a benefit under the 401(k) Plan by reason of a “qualified domestic relations order” (as defined in ERISA Section 206). Notwithstanding Section 5.2, the Plan Administrator shall comply with the terms of a qualified domestic relations order (within the meaning of Code Section 414(p)) that specifically assigns to another person all or part of a Participant’s or a Beneficiary’s rights to benefits under this Plan.
ARTICLE 5
General Provisions
5.1   Participant’s Rights Unsecured. The right of a Participant (or Beneficiary) to receive payments under the Plan represents an unsecured claim against the general assets of the Company that employs the Participant at the time that the compensation deferred otherwise would have been paid, or against the general assets of any successor company that assumes (or in case Participant transfers to employment with a different Company, is assigned) the liabilities of that Company. No Company guarantees or is liable for payments to any Participant employed by any other Company. Participant’s Account represents a mere promise by a Company to make payments in the future. The Plan at all times shall be considered entirely unfunded for both tax purposes and for purposes of Title I of ERISA.
 
5.2   Assignability. Except as otherwise permitted by applicable law, no right to receive Plan payments shall be transferable or assignable by a Participant or Beneficiary or subject in any manner to anticipation, sale, alienation, pledge, encumbrance, attachment or garnishment by creditors of a Participant or Beneficiary, and any such attempt shall be void and of no force or effect.
 
5.3   Administration. The Chair of the Corporate Committee shall appoint the Plan Administrator. Except as otherwise provided by the Plan, the Plan Administrator shall administer the Plan and shall have authority to adopt administrative rules and regulations. The Plan Administrator may, by contract, designation or other arrangement, provide for others to perform ministerial duties and record keeping.
 
5.4   Administrative Discretion. The Plan Administrator and Corporate Committee shall, as to the responsibilities allocated to them separately under the Plan, have the sole and absolute discretion to interpret, construe and implement the provisions of the Plan, including any disputed or ambiguous terms; to make determinations relating to eligibility and benefits; and to make findings of fact. Their determinations shall be final and binding on all parties. If the Plan Administrator is also a Participant, the Chair of the Corporate Committee (and not the Plan Administrator) shall make determinations under the Plan related to the Plan Administrator as Participant.
 
5.5   Amendment. The Plan may be amended, restated, modified, or terminated by the Board of Directors or the Board Committee. No amendment, restatement, modification, or termination shall reduce the balance of a Participant’s Account as of the Valuation Date immediately preceding such action.

 

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5.6   Tax Withholding. The Company or other payor may withhold from a benefit payment under the Plan or a Participant’s wages in order to meet any federal, state, or local withholding obligations with respect to a payment or accrual under the Plan. The Company may also accelerate and pay a portion of a Participant’s benefits in a lump sum equal to the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (“FICA”) tax imposed and the income tax withholding related to such FICA amounts.
 
5.7   Corporate Reorganization. If a company that employs a Participant ceases to be a Subsidiary and retains liabilities and responsibility for a Participant’s Account, then the Corporate Committee and Plan Administrator shall have no further liability or responsibility for that Account or any legal obligation toward Participant after the company ceases to be a Subsidiary. That company shall designate a governing committee and plan Plan Administrator, as appropriate, to assume liability and responsibility for administration of the Account as of the date the company ceases to be a Subsidiary.
 
5.8   Section 409A Compliance. It is intended that the Plan comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A, and the Plan shall be so administered and interpreted.
 
5.9   Interpretation. All statutory or regulatory references in this Plan shall include successor provisions.
 
5.10   Claims Procedure.
(a)   Filing a Claim for Benefits . This paragraph 5.10(a) shall apply to any claim for a benefit under the Plan. A Participant or Beneficiary or an authorized representative of a Participant or Beneficiary (“Claimant”) shall notify the Plan Administrator or its delegate of a claim for benefits under the Plan. Such request may be in any form adequate to give reasonable notice to the Plan Administrator or its delegate and shall set forth the basis of such claim and shall authorize the Plan Administrator or its delegate to conduct such examinations as may be necessary to determine the validity of the claim and to take such steps as may be necessary to facilitate the payment of any benefits to which the Claimant may be entitled under the Plan. The Plan Administrator shall make all determinations as to the right of any person to a benefit under the Plan.
 
    If the Plan Administrator requires more than 90 days to process a claim because of special circumstances, an extension may be obtained by notifying the Claimant within 90 days of the date the claim was submitted that a decision on the claim will be delayed, what circumstances have caused the delay, and when a decision can be expected. The extension period shall not exceed an additional 90 days; provided, however, that in the event the Claimant fails to submit information necessary to decide a claim, such period shall be tolled from the date on which the extension notice is sent to the Claimant until the date on which the Claimant responds to the request for additional information.

 

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(b)   Denial of Claim . If the Plan Administrator denies in whole or in part any claim for benefits under the Plan by any Claimant, the Plan Administrator shall, within a reasonable period, furnish the Claimant with written or electronic notice of the denial. The notice of the denial shall set forth, in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant:
  (1)   The specific reason or reasons for the denial;
  (2)   Specific reference to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based;
  (3)   A description of any additional material or information necessary for the Claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and
  (4)   A description of the Plan’s review procedures and the time limits applicable to such procedures, including a statement of the Claimant’s right to bring a civil action under ERISA Section 502(a) following an adverse benefit determination on review.
(c)   Appeals Procedure . This paragraph 5.10(c) shall apply to all appeals of denied claims under the Plan. A Claimant may request a review of a denied claim. Such request shall be made in writing and shall be presented to the Plan Administrator not more than 60 days after receipt by the Claimant of written or electronic notice of the denial of the claim. The Claimant shall be provided, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, and other information relevant to the Claimant’s claim for benefits. The Claimant shall also have the opportunity to submit comments, documents, records, and other information relating to the claim for benefits, and the Plan Administrator shall take into account all such information submitted without regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial benefit determination. The Plan Administrator shall make its decision on review not later than 60 days after receipt of the Claimant’s request for review, unless special circumstances require an extension of time, in which case a decision shall be rendered as soon as possible, but not later than 120 days after receipt of the request for review; provided, however, in the event the Claimant fails to submit information necessary to make a benefit determination on review, such period shall be tolled from the date on which the extension notice is sent to the Claimant until the date on which the Claimant responds to the request for additional information. The decision on review shall be written or electronic and, in the case of an adverse determination, shall include specific reasons for the decision, in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant, and specific references to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the decision is based. The decision on review shall also include (i) a statement that the Claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, or other information relevant to the Claimant’s claim for benefits; and (ii) a statement describing any voluntary appeal procedures offered by the Plan, and a statement of the Claimant’s right to bring an action under ERISA Section 502(a).
(d)   The Plan’s claims procedure shall be administered in accordance with the applicable regulations of the U.S. Department of Labor.
(e)   A Claimant shall have no right to bring any action in any court regarding a claim for benefits under the Plan prior to the Claimant filing a claim for benefits and exhausting the Claimant’s rights to review under this Section 5.10 in accordance with the time frames set forth herein.
5.11 Controlling Law. This Plan shall be construed and enforced according to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to Pennsylvania conflict of laws rules, to the extent not preempted by federal law, which shall otherwise control.

 

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EXHIBIT 4.8   DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN OF 2005 FOR DIRECTORS OF CIGNA CORPORATION

(Amended and Restated Effective April 28, 2010)

Due to requirements imposed by Internal Revenue Code Section 409A, CIGNA froze the Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors of CIGNA Corporation (Amended and Restated as of January 1, 1997) as of December 31, 2004 and adopted this new plan — the Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005 for Directors of CIGNA Corporation, effective as of January 1, 2005. The frozen Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors continues to apply to amounts that were deferred on or before December 31, 2004 and earnings thereon. This plan applies to amounts that are deferred after December 31, 2004 and earnings thereon. Due to the adoption of the CIGNA Corporation Directors Equity Plan, this plan is being amended and restated effective April 28, 2010 in order to address deferrals of CIGNA Common Stock.

Article I. Definitions

The following are defined terms wherever they appear in the Plan.

1.1

“Administrator” shall mean the person, or committee, appointed by the Chief Executive Officer of CIGNA Corporation, and charged with responsibility for administration of the Plan.

1.2

“Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

1.3

“Annual Credit Amount” shall mean an amount set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.

1.4

“Beneficial Owner” and “Beneficially Owned” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

1.5

“Board of Directors” or “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of CIGNA Corporation.

1.6

“Change of Control” shall mean any of these events:

(a)

A corporation, person or group acting in concert, as described in Exchange Act Section 14(d)(2), holds or acquires beneficial ownership within the meaning of Rule 13d3 promulgated under the Exchange Act of a number of preferred or common shares of CIGNA Corporation having 25% or more of the combined voting power of CIGNA Corporation’s then outstanding securities; or,

(b)

There is consummated a merger or consolidation of CIGNA Corporation or any direct or indirect subsidiary of CIGNA Corporation with any other corporation, other than:

(1)

A merger or consolidation immediately following which the individuals who constituted the Board of Directors immediately prior thereto constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the entity surviving such merger or consolidation or the ultimate parent thereof, or

(2)

A merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of CIGNA Corporation (or similar transaction) in which no Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of CIGNA Corporation (not including in the securities Beneficially Owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from CIGNA Corporation or its Affiliates) representing 25% or more of the combined voting power of CIGNA Corporation’s then outstanding securities; or,

(c)

A change occurs in the composition of the Board of Directors at any time during any consecutive 24month period such that the Continuity Directors cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors. For purposes of the preceding sentence “Continuity Directors” shall mean those members of the Board of Directors who either: (1) were directors at the beginning of such consecutive 24month period; or (2) were elected by, or on nomination or recommendation of, at least a majority of the Board of Directors (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of CIGNA Corporation); or

(d)

The shareholders of CIGNA Corporation approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of CIGNA Corporation or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by CIGNA Corporation of all or substantially all of CIGNA Corporation’s assets, other than a sale or disposition by CIGNA Corporation of all or substantially all of CIGNA Corporation’s assets immediately following which the individuals who constituted the Board of Directors immediately prior thereto constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the entity to which such assets are sold or disposed or any parent thereof.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the common stock of CIGNA Corporation immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of CIGNA Corporation immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.

1.7

“CIGNA Common Stock” or “Common Stock” or “Stock” shall mean the common stock of CIGNA Corporation, par value of $0.25 per share.

1.8

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

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1.9

“Committee” shall mean the Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors of CIGNA Corporation, or the successor to such committee.

1.10

“Deferral Election” shall mean the form described in Section 2.3 by which a Participant specifies amounts and items of compensation to be deferred into the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account.

1.11

“Deferred Cash” shall mean compensation deferred under the plan that would otherwise have been paid to a Participant as cash.

1.12

“Deferred Common Stock” shall mean compensation deferred under the Plan that would otherwise have been paid to a Participant in shares of CIGNA Common Stock.

1.13

“Deferred Compensation Account” shall mean the separate account established under the Plan for each Participant, as described in Section 3.1.

1.14

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

1.15

“Mandatory Stock Accounts” shall mean (a) the portion of a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account that, for amounts deferred in 2005, was required to be treated as invested in hypothetical Common Stock, and (b) a Participant’s Restricted Deferred Compensation Account.

1.16

“Participant” shall mean each individual who as a non-employee director of CIGNA Corporation participates in the Plan in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan.

1.17

“Payment Election” shall mean the form described in Section 4.2 by which a Participant specifies the method of payment of compensation deferred under the Plan.

1.18

“Person” shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except that such term shall not include (a) CIGNA Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, (b) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of CIGNA Corporation or any of its Affiliates, (c) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (d) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of CIGNA Corporation in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of CIGNA Corporation.

1.19

“Plan” shall mean the Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005 for Directors of CIGNA Corporation, as it may be amended or restated from time to time by the Board of Directors.

1.20

“Restricted Deferred Compensation Account” shall mean the separate account established under the Plan for a Participant pursuant to Section 5.1.

1.21

“Separation from Service” shall mean a Participant’s separation from service, within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h). Generally, a Participant shall have a Separation from Service when that Participant ceases to serve as a member of the Board or to otherwise provide services to CIGNA Corporation or its affiliates.

1.22

“Stock Plan” means the CIGNA Corporation Directors Equity Plan or such successor plan or program that provides for payment of compensation to non-employee Directors of CIGNA Corporation in the form of shared of CIGNA Common Stock.

1.23

“Valuation Date” shall mean the last day of each month.

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Article II. Participation

2.1 Eligibility to Participate in the Plan

The individuals who are eligible to participate in the Plan are those persons who serve as non-employee directors of CIGNA Corporation.

2.2 Participation in the Plan

An eligible director becomes a Participant by making a Deferral Election described in Section 2.3.

2.3 Deferral Election

(a)

A Deferral Election specifies the amounts and items of compensation a Participant elects to defer under the Plan for a particular calendar year. The Administrator shall determine which items or categories of compensation may be deferred under the Plan. The Deferral Election must be timely (as described in Section 2.3(b)) and in a form permitted or required by the Administrator. The Administrator may permit or require electronic forms. The Administrator shall determine whether a Deferral Election form is sufficiently complete and timely and may reject any form that is incomplete and/or untimely.

(b)

To be timely, a Deferral Election must be received by the Administrator no later than:

(1)

December 31 of the year before the year in which the Participant performs services in exchange for the compensation to be deferred; or

(2)

For a newly-elected director, the day before the date upon which active service as a director of CIGNA Corporation begins.

However, the Administrator may establish different deadlines to the extent permitted by Code Section 409A and the regulations thereunder.

(c)

A Participant who makes a Deferral Election must also make a Payment Election (described in Section 4.3) applicable to such Deferral Election. The Payment Election must be received by the Administrator by the applicable Deferral Election deadline stated in Section 2.3(b). The Administrator shall determine when a Deferral Election and Payment Election become irrevocable, but in no event shall a Deferral Election or a Payment Election become irrevocable later than the applicable deadline set forth in Section 2.3(b).

(d)

The Administrator may require Participants to make a new Deferral Election for each new calendar year.

(e)

Deferral Elections under this Plan shall apply only to compensation payable on or after January 1, 2005 and only to the extent such compensation is:

(1)

For services performed by the Participant for CIGNA Corporation on or after January 1, 2005; or

(2)

For services for which a Deferral Election may otherwise be made under transition rules promulgated pursuant to Code Section 409A.

2.4 Cancellation of Deferral Elections

The Administrator may cancel the Deferral Election of a Participant who incurs a disability. Any cancellation under this Section 2.4 must occur by the later of the end of the calendar year in which the Participant incurs the disability or the 15 th day of the third month after the date the Participant incurs the disability. For purposes of this Section 2.4, “disability” shall have the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(xii).

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Article III. Compensation deferred

3.1 Deferred Compensation Account

A Deferred Compensation Account shall be established for each director when the director becomes a Participant. Unless the Administrator establishes rules and procedures that provide otherwise, compensation deferred under the Plan (other than compensation deferred under Article V) shall be credited to the Deferred Compensation Account as of the date such compensation would have otherwise been paid to the Participant. Hypothetical income on deferred compensation shall be credited to the Deferred Compensation Account as provided in Section 3.3 below.

3.2 Balance of Deferred Compensation Account

The balance of each Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account shall include compensation deferred under this Plan, plus amounts credited to the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account pursuant to Section 5.3, plus income, hypothetical dividends and gains credited with respect to hypothetical investments. Losses from hypothetical investments shall reduce the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account balance. The balance of each Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account shall be determined as of each Valuation Date.

3.3 Hypothetical Investment of Deferred Cash

(a)

General. Compensation deferred under the Plan which would have been paid in cash shall be assumed to be invested, without charge, in one or more hypothetical investment vehicles as are specified from time to time by the Committee. With respect to such hypothetical investment:

(1)

Cash compensation deferred shall be deemed to earn income under the hypothetical investment vehicle. The Administrator shall credit such income to the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account, pursuant to Section 3.5 below.

(2)

The Committee, in its sole discretion, may provide Plan Participants with options for one or more additional hypothetical investment vehicles for investment of cash compensation deferred under the Plan, with respect to which:

(A)

A Participant may modify an election of hypothetical investment and may make any transfers between and among hypothetical investments, through a written request to the Administrator; provided that;

(B)

Only one such modification or transfer shall be allowed during any calendar quarter;

(C)

Any such modification or transfer shall be effective in the second calendar month following receipt of the request by the Administrator; and

(D)

Such modifications and transfers will be in accordance with rules and procedures adopted by the Administrator.

(b)

Mandatory Stock Accounts.

(1)

Compensation deferred under the Plan into a Participant’s Mandatory Stock Accounts shall be deemed to be invested, hypothetically and without charge, in whole shares of hypothetical Common Stock which shall be subject to adjustment in order to reflect Common Stock dividends, splits, and reclassification. Except in the event of a Change of Control, amounts in the Participant’s Mandatory Stock Accounts must remain invested in hypothetical Common Stock and no other investment vehicle available hereunder may be substituted therefor until the January following the Participant’s Separation from Service. Thereafter, intra-Plan transfers may be made only in accordance with Section 3.3(a) above; provided that all such intra-Plan transfers occurring within six months after the Participant’s Separation from Service shall be subject to approval by the Administrator to ensure compliance with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

(2)

Amounts equal to cash dividends which would have been paid on shares of Common Stock shall be deemed paid on whole shares of hypothetical Common Stock in the Participant’s Mandatory Stock Accounts. Such amounts shall be credited to the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account and shall be hypothetically invested in accordance with Section 3.3(a) unless the Participant elects to have such amounts invested in one or more of the other hypothetical investment vehicles specified from time to time by the Committee.

(c)

In the event of a Change of Control, the Committee shall provide Participants with the option for investment in at least one hypothetical investment vehicle, the annual income earned on which must be not less than 50 basis points over the Ten-Year Constant Treasury Maturity Yield as reported by the Federal Reserve Board, based upon the November averages for the preceding year.

3.4 Deferred Common Stock

Deferred Common Stock shall be credited to a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account as a number of shares of hypothetical Common Stock. The number shall initially be the same number of shares that would have been issued to the Participant but for the deferral. After the initial credit, the number shall be adjusted as appropriate to reflect stock dividends, splits and reclassifications in accordance with the terms of the Stock Plan. Deferred Common Stock may not be deemed invested in any other hypothetical investment vehicle. An amount equal to the dividends which would otherwise be paid on shares of Deferred Common Stock shall be credited to the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account as Deferred Cash as of the applicable dividend payment date, and deemed invested in accordance with Section 3.3(a), unless the Participant elects to have such amounts invested in one or more of the other hypothetical investment vehicles specified from time to time by the Committee.

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3.5 Time of Hypothetical Investment

Hypothetical investment results on a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account shall be credited in accordance with rules and procedures adopted by the Administrator.

3.6 Statement of Account

The Administrator shall provide each Participant a statement of the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account at least annually.

Article IV. Payment of Deferred Compensation

4.1 Payment of Deferred Compensation

(a)

The Administrator shall pay amounts from the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account, according to the Participant’s applicable Payment Election or under other applicable provisions of this Article IV.

(b)

Deferred Common Stock shall be paid only in shares of CIGNA Corporation Common Stock issued under the Stock Plan. Deferred cash deferred into the Deferred Compensation Account and earnings thereon shall be paid to the Participant in cash pursuant to Section 4.1(a).

4.2 Payment Methods and Timing

(a)

(1) Subject to the conditions in Section 4.2(b) through (e), the Administrator shall have the authority to determine the payment methods and timing permitted under the Plan; any such payment methods and timing shall comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A.

(2) Payment events under the Plan may include a Participant’s Separation from Service, a Participant’s Unforeseeable Emergency (as described in Section 4.4), the Participant’s death (as described in Section 4.5), or other payment events specified by the Administrator, to the extent permitted by Code Section 409A. A payment upon a Participant’s Unforeseeable Emergency or death shall supersede any elected Separation from Service payment for the amount distributed by reason of Unforeseeable Emergency or death.

(3) Payment methods under the Plan may include lump sum and periodic payments.

(b)

If a method of payment provides for periodic payments, the payments shall be made annually each January, over the elected period not to exceed 15 (fifteen) years. The balance of a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account and Restricted Deferred Compensation Account shall be paid, in all events, no later than January 31st of the fifteenth calendar year after the Participant’s Separation from Service.

(c)

If payments are to commence after Separation from Service, payment shall be made (or begin) in January of the year following the year of the Participant’s Separation from Service.

(d)

If there is not in effect as of Participant’s Separation from Service a valid Payment Election for an amount, that amount shall be paid in a single lump sum in January of the year following the year of the Participant’s Separation from Service.

(e)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.2, if, as of the date of a Participant’s Separation from Service, the Participant is a specified employee, within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(i), payment shall be made (or begin) on the later of the January of the year following the year of the Participant’s Separation from Service or the seventh month after the month of the Participant’s Separation from Service date.

4.3 Payment Election

(a)

Subject to Section 4.2, a Payment Election must specify the payment method that shall apply to Participant’s deferred compensation and the time of payment or the time payments are to begin.

(b)

A Payment Election must be in a form permitted or required by the Administrator. The Administrator may permit or require electronic forms. The Administrator shall determine whether a Payment Election form is sufficiently complete and timely and may reject any form that is incomplete and/or untimely.

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4.4 Unforeseeable Emergency Payment

(a)

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, if the Committee, after consideration of a Participant’s application, determines that the Participant has an unforeseeable emergency, as defined under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(3), beyond the Participant’s control, and of such a substantial nature that immediate payment of Deferred Cash or issuance of Deferred Common Stock is warranted, the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion may direct that all or a portion of the balance of the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account be paid to the Participant. The amount of any such distribution shall be limited to the amount deemed necessary by the Committee to satisfy the emergency need. The payment shall be made in a single lump sum within 90 days following the Committee’s approval of the Participant’s application for an unforeseeable emergency payment.

(b)

The Administrator shall cancel the Deferral Election of a Participant who receives a payment for an unforeseeable emergency, as defined under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(3), under this Plan or a predecessor to this Plan. The cancellation shall be effective as of the date of the unforeseeable emergency payment. To resume deferrals of compensation under this Plan, the Participant must execute a new Deferral Election in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.3.

4.5 Payments of a Deceased Participant’s Account

(a)

If a Participant dies before the Administrator has paid the Participant’s entire Deferred Compensation Account and Restricted Deferred Compensation Account, the Administrator shall pay the remaining Deferred Compensation Account balance and Restricted Deferred Compensation Account balance in a single lump sum payment to the person(s) or trust(s) designated in writing by the Participant as the Participant’s beneficiary(ies) under the Plan. The Administrator is authorized to establish rules and procedures for designations of beneficiaries and shall have the sole discretion to make determinations regarding the existence and identity of beneficiaries and the validity of beneficiary designations.

(b)

Notwithstanding Section 4.5(a), the Administrator shall pay the Deferred Compensation Account balance and Restricted Deferred Compensation Account balance in a single lump sum payment to the Participant’s estate if:

(1)

The Participant dies without having a valid beneficiary designation in effect;

(2)

The Participant’s designated beneficiary has predeceased the Participant; or

(3)

The Participant’s designated beneficiary cannot be found after what the Administrator determines, in the Administrator’s sole discretion, has been a reasonably diligent search.

(c)

The Administrator shall make any payments described in Section 4.5(a) and (b) during the 90 day period immediately following the date of the Participant’s death.

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Article V. Restricted Deferred Compensation Accounts

5.1 Establishment of Restricted Deferred Compensation Accounts

(a)

A Restricted Deferred Compensation Account was established for each person serving as a director of CIGNA Corporation on December 31, 1996 except directors who (1) if they had retired on or before December 31, 1996, would have satisfied the eligibility requirements (“Eligibility Requirements”) under Section 1 of the Retirement and Consulting Plan for Directors of CIGNA Corporation (the “Retirement Plan”) and (2) did not waive their rights under the Retirement Plan on or before December 31, 1996. As of January 1, 1997, the present value of the accrued benefits under the Retirement Plan of each Participant for whom a Restricted Deferred Compensation Account had been established was credited to that Participant’s Restricted Deferred Compensation Account. The credited amounts are deemed to be invested and remain invested thereafter, hypothetically and without charge, in whole shares of hypothetical Common Stock. The number of whole hypothetical Common Shares credited to the Restricted Deferred Compensation Accounts was determined by using the average closing price for CIGNA Common Stock as reported on the Composite tape (or successor means of publishing stock prices) for the ten (10) business days prior to January 1, 1997.

(b)

A Restricted Deferred Compensation Account was established for each person first elected to the Board of Directors of CIGNA Corporation after December 31, 1996 and before April 28, 2005.

5.2 Annual Credit Amount

Beginning in 1997 and in each year thereafter through 2005, on the last business day of the month during which CIGNA’s Corporation’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders is held, the Annual Credit Amount will be credited to the Restricted Deferred Compensation Account of each Participant who is then a director of CIGNA Corporation for whom such an account has been established pursuant to Section 5.1. That amount shall be assumed to be invested and remain invested thereafter, hypothetically and without charge, in whole shares of hypothetical Common Stock. The number of whole shares shall be determined by dividing the Annual Credit Amount by the average closing price for CIGNA Common Stock (as reported on the Composite tape or successor means of publishing stock prices) for the last ten (10) business days of the month during which CIGNA Corporation’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders is held.

This Plan shall only apply to the Annual Credit Amount credited to Restricted Deferred Compensation Accounts in 2005.

5.3 Dividends and Adjustments

Hypothetical dividends on hypothetical shares described in Section 5.2 shall be credited to the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account and be invested and adjusted as provided in Section 3.3(b)(2).

5.4 Time of Payment

Payments of the balance in the Restricted Deferred Compensation Account shall: be made in cash; be made (or begin) in the January of the year following the year in which the Participant’s Separation from Service occurs; and be made in accordance with the Participant’s applicable Payment Election or, if applicable, Section 4.2(d) of this Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, as of the date of a Participant’s Separation from Service, the Participant is a specified employee, within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(i), payment shall be made (or begin) on the later of the January of the year following the year of the Participant’s Separation from Service or the seventh month after the month of the Participant’s Separation from Service date. If a Participant dies before the entire balance in the Participant’s Restricted Deferred Compensation Account has been paid to the Participant, the Administrator shall pay such balance pursuant to Section 4.5 of this Plan.

5.5 Statement of Restricted Deferred Compensation Account

The Administrator shall provide each Participant a statement of the Participant’s Restricted Deferred Compensation Account at least annually. The balance in the Participant’s Restricted Deferred Compensation Account shall be calculated in accordance with Section 3.2 of the Plan.

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Article VI. General provisions

6.1 Committee Membership

A Participant who is also a member of the Committee shall take no part in any decision pertaining to any action under the plan related to such Participant.

6.2 Participant’s Rights Unsecured

The right of any Participant (or beneficiary) to receive payments under the provisions of the Plan represents an unsecured claim against the general assets of CIGNA Corporation, or against the general assets of any successor company which assumes the liabilities of CIGNA Corporation.

6.3 Assignability

Except as otherwise permitted by applicable law, no right to receive payments hereunder shall be transferable or assignable by a Participant. Any attempted assignment or alienation of payments hereunder shall be void and of no force or effect.

6.4 Administration

Except as otherwise provided herein, the Plan shall be administered by the Administrator who shall have the authority to adopt rules and regulations for carrying out the Plan, and who shall interpret, construe and implement the provisions of the Plan. The Administrator may, by contract, designation or other arrangement, provide for others to perform ministerial duties and record keeping.

6.5 Amendment

The Plan may be amended, restated, modified, or terminated by the Board of Directors. No amendment, restatement, modification, or termination shall reduce, impair or adversely affect the dollar value of a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account balance or Restricted Deferred Compensation Account balance as of the Valuation Date immediately preceding such action.

6.6 Section 409A Compliance

It is intended that the Plan comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A, and the Plan shall be so administered and interpreted. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, the 409A transition relief opportunities adopted by Board Resolution dated December 8, 2005 are incorporated by reference into this Plan.

6.7 Section 16 Compliance

If the Administrator determines that, in order to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act, it is necessary for the Board rather than the Committee to take any action which the Plan authorizes the Committee to take, the Administrator shall request the Board to do so.

6.8 Construction

The masculine gender where appearing in the Plan shall be deemed to include the feminine gender. The singular shall be deemed to include the plural; and the plural the singular.

6.9 Interpretation

All statutory or regulatory references in this Plan shall include successor provisions.

6.10 Controlling Law

This Plan shall be construed and enforced according to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to Pennsylvania conflict of laws rules, to the extent not preempted by federal law, which shall otherwise control.


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Amendment to
Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005 for Directors of Cigna Corporation, amended and restated effective April 28, 2010

The Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005 for Directors of Cigna Corporation, amended and restated effective April 28, 2010 (the “Plan”) is amended effective October 17, 2018 as follows:


1.
Section 3.3(c) of the Plan is replaced in its entirety with the following:


(c)
If (1) a Change of Control occurs and (2) the Cigna 401(k) Plan Fixed Income Fund is no longer available as a hypothetical investment option following such Change of Control, then the annual income earned on at least one hypothetical fixed return guaranteed principal investment must be not less than 50 basis points over the Ten-year Constant Treasury Maturity Yield as reported by the Federal Reserve Board, based upon the November averages for the preceding year.

 





Exhibit 4.10

Express Scripts, Inc. 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan

(as amended and restated effective April 2, 2012)

1. Establishment and Purpose. Express Scripts, Inc. previously established, effective June 1, 2011, an incentive compensation plan known as the “Express Scripts, Inc. 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan” (“Plan”). This document is an amendment and restatement of the Express Scripts, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan in effect as of April 2, 2012 and reflects, among other things, the assumption of the Plan by Express Scripts Holding Company. The purpose of the Plan is to motivate key personnel to produce a superior return to the stockholders of the Company and its Affiliates by offering such individuals an opportunity to realize stock appreciation, by facilitating stock ownership, and by rewarding them for achieving a high level of corporate performance. This Plan is also intended to facilitate recruiting and retaining key personnel of outstanding ability.

2. Definitions. The capitalized terms used in this Plan have the meanings set forth below.

(a) “Affiliate” means any corporation that is a Subsidiary of the Company and, for purposes other than the grant of Incentive Stock Options, any limited liability company, partnership, corporation, joint venture, or any other entity in which the Company or any such Subsidiary owns an equity interest.

(b) “Agreement” means a written contract entered into between the Company or an Affiliate and a Participant or, in the discretion of the Committee, a written certificate issued by the Company or an Affiliate to a Participant, in either case, containing or incorporating the terms and conditions of an Award in such form (not inconsistent with this Plan) as the Committee approves from time to time, together with all amendments thereof, which amendments may be made unilaterally by the Company (with the approval of the Committee) unless such amendments are deemed by the Committee to be materially adverse to the Participant and are not required as a matter of law, or such other relevant written contract entered into between the Company or an Affiliate and a Participant and approved by the Committee.

(c) “Associate” means any full-time or part-time employee (including an officer or director who is also an employee) of the Company or an Affiliate. Except with respect to grants of Incentive Stock Options, “Associate” shall also include any Non-Employee Director serving on the Company’s Board of Directors. References in this Plan to “employment” and related terms (except for references to “employee” in this definition of “Associate” or in Section 7(a)(i)) shall include the providing of services as a Non-Employee Director. Except as specifically provided herein with respect to Non-Employee Directors serving on the Company’s Board of Directors, the term “Associate” shall not include an individual who is determined in good faith by the Company to be an independent contractor. If, for any period of time, an individual has been determined in good faith by the Company not to be a common-law employee, and a court or government agency subsequently makes a determination that the individual was in fact a common-law employee during that period of time, then (i) such determination shall not entitle the individual to any retroactive rights under the Plan, and (ii) the individual’s prospective rights under the Plan shall be determined solely in accordance with the terms of the Plan.

(d) “Award” means a grant made under this Plan in the form of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares or any Other Award, whether singly, in combination or in tandem.

(e) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.



(f) “Cause” shall mean the willful failure by a Participant to perform his duties with the Company, a Parent or a Subsidiary or the willful engaging in conduct which is injurious to the Company, a Parent or any Subsidiary, monetarily or otherwise, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

(g) “Change in Control” shall mean any of the following:

(i) Individuals who constitute the Incumbent Board cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board;

(ii) More than 25% of the (x) combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (“Outstanding Company Voting Securities”) or (y) the then outstanding Shares of Stock (“Outstanding Company Common Stock”) is directly or indirectly acquired or beneficially owned (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor rule thereto) by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), provided, however, that the following acquisitions and beneficial ownership shall not constitute Changes in Control pursuant to this paragraph 2(f)(ii);

(A) any acquisition or beneficial ownership by the Company or a Subsidiary, or

(B) any acquisition or beneficial ownership by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or one of more of its Subsidiaries.

(iii) Consummation of a reorganization, merger, share exchange or consolidation (a “Business Combination”), unless in each case following such Business Combination,

(A) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors or other governing body, as the case may be, of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, an entity that as a result of such transaction owns the Company through one or more subsidiaries);

(B) no individual, entity or group (excluding any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, more than 25% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors or other governing body of the entity resulting from such Business Combination, except to the extent that such individual, entity or group owned more than 25% of the Outstanding Company Common Stock or Outstanding Company Voting Securities prior to the Business Combination; and

(C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors or other governing body of the entity resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, approving such Business Combination.



(iv) The Company shall sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (in one transaction or a series of transactions).

(v) The stockholders of the Company shall approve a plan to liquidate or dissolve the Company and the Company shall commence such liquidation or dissolution.

(h) “Change in Control Date” shall mean, in the case of a Change in Control defined in clauses (i) through (iv) of the definition thereof, the date on which the event occurs, and in the case of a Change in Control defined in clause (v) of the definition thereof, the date on which the Company shall commence such liquidation or dissolution.

(i) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time, or any successor statute.

(j) “Committee” means the committee of directors appointed by the Board to administer this Plan. In the absence of a specific appointment, “Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board.

(k) “Company” means Express Scripts Holding Company, a Delaware corporation, or any successor to all or substantially all of its businesses by merger, consolidation, purchase of assets, share exchange, reorganization or otherwise.

(l) “Disability” means that the Participant has suffered physical or mental incapacity of such nature as to prevent him from engaging in or performing the principal duties of his customary employment or occupation on a continuing or sustained basis, provided that, if a Participant has entered into an employment agreement with the Company, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may determine to substitute the definition set forth in such agreement. All determinations as to the date and extent of disability of any Participant shall be made by the Committee upon the basis of such evidence as it deems necessary or desirable.

(m) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; “Exchange Act Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act or any successor regulation.

(n) “Fair Market Value” as of any date means, unless otherwise expressly provided in this Plan:

(i) (A) the closing sales price of a Share on the composite tape for New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) listed shares, or if Shares are not quoted on the composite tape for NYSE listed shares, on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or any similar system then in use or, (B) if clause (i)(A) is not applicable, the mean between the closing “bid” and the closing “asked” quotation of a Share on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or any similar system then in use, or (C) if the Shares are not quoted on the NYSE composite tape or the Nasdaq Global Select Market or any similar system then in use, the closing sale price of a Share on the principal United States securities exchange registered under the Exchange Act on which the Shares are listed, in any case on the specified date, or, if no sale of Shares shall have occurred on that date, on the immediately preceding day on which a sale of Shares occurred, or



(ii) if clause (i) is not applicable, what the Committee determines in good faith to be 100% of the fair market value of a Share on that date.

In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, if such determination of Fair Market Value is not consistent with the then current regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, Fair Market Value shall be determined in accordance with said regulations. The determination of Fair Market Value shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 13(f) hereof.

(o) “Fundamental Change” means a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, a sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company, a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into any other corporation, regardless of whether the Company is the surviving corporation, or a statutory share exchange involving capital stock of the Company.

(p) “Incentive Stock Option” means any Option designated as such and granted in accordance with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or any successor to such section.

(q) “Incumbent Board” means the group of directors consisting of (i) those individuals who, as of the effective date of the Plan, constituted the Board of Directors of Express Scripts, Inc.; and (ii) any individuals who become directors subsequent to such effective date whose appointment, election or nomination for election by the stockholders of the Company was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board. The Incumbent Board shall exclude any individual whose initial assumption of office occurred (i) as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person (other than a solicitation of proxies by the Incumbent Board) or (ii) with the approval of the Incumbent Board but by reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle a proxy contest.

(r) “Non-Employee Director” means a director of the Company who is not an employee of the Company, a Parent or a Subsidiary.

(s) “Non-Qualified Stock Option” means an Option other than an Incentive Stock Option.

(t) “Option” means a right to purchase Stock (or, if the Committee so provides in an applicable Agreement, Restricted Stock), including both Non-Qualified Stock Options and Incentive Stock Options.

(u) “Other Award” means an Award of Stock, an Award based on Stock other than Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Performance Shares, or a cash-based Award.

(v) “Parent” means a “parent corporation,” as that term is defined in Section 424(e) of the Code, or any successor provision.

(w) “Participant” means an Associate to whom an Award is made.

(x) “Performance Period” means the period of time as specified in an Agreement over which Awards are to vest or be earned.

(y) “Performance Shares” means a contingent award of a specified number of Performance Shares, with each Performance Share equivalent to one or more Shares or a fractional Share or a Unit expressed in terms of one or more Shares or a fractional Share, as specified in the applicable Agreement, a variable percentage of which may vest or be earned depending upon the extent of achievement of specified performance objectives during the applicable Performance Period.



(z) “Plan” means this 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and in effect from time to time.

(aa) “Restricted Stock” means Stock granted under Section 10 hereof so long as such Stock remains subject to one or more restrictions.

(bb) “Restricted Stock Units” means Units of Stock granted under Section 10 hereof.

(cc) “Retirement” shall mean, except as otherwise provided in an Agreement, termination of employment after either (i) attainment of age 65, or (ii) the normal retirement age specified in the provisions of a retirement plan maintained by the Company for its employees generally.

(dd) “Senior Executive” means any Associate who is an employee of the Company and whose base salary is determined by reference to Salary Grades M3 and above (as such salary grades are in effect on the effective date of this Plan), or, if the Company modifies its salary grades after such effective date, in the most nearly comparable salary grades for senior executives of the Company under such modified system as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

(ee) “Share” means a share of Stock.

(ff) “Stock” means the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (as such par value may be adjusted from time to time) or any securities issued in respect thereof by the Company or any successor to the Company as a result of an event described in Section 13(f).

(gg) “Stock Appreciation Right” means a right, the value of which is determined relative to appreciation in value of Shares pursuant to an Award granted under Section 8 hereof.

(hh) “Subsidiary” means a “subsidiary corporation,” as that term is defined in Section 424(f) of the Code, or any successor provision.

(ii) “Successor” with respect to a Participant means the legal representative of an incompetent Participant and, if the Participant is deceased, the legal representative of the estate of the Participant or the person or persons who may, by bequest or inheritance, or under the terms of an Award or forms submitted by the Participant to the Committee under Section 13(h) hereof, acquire the right to exercise an Option or Stock Appreciation Right or receive cash and/or Shares issuable in satisfaction of an Award in the event of a Participant’s death.

(jj) “Term” means the period during which an Option or Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised or the period during which the restrictions placed on Restricted Stock or any other Award are in effect.

(kk) “Unit” means a bookkeeping entry that may be used by the Company or an Affiliate to record and account for the grant of Stock, Units of Stock, Stock Appreciation Rights and Performance Shares expressed in terms of Units of Stock until such time as the Award is paid, canceled, forfeited or terminated.



(ll) “Vice President” means any Associate who is an employee of the Company or an Affiliate and whose base salary is determined by reference to Salary Grades M1 through and including M2 (as such salary grades are in effect on the effective date of this Plan), or, if the Company modifies its salary grades after such effective date, in the most nearly comparable salary grades for vice presidents of the Company under such modified system as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

Except when otherwise indicated by the context, reference to the masculine gender shall include, when used, the feminine gender and any term used in the singular shall also include the plural.

3. Administration.

(a) Authority of Committee. The Committee shall administer this Plan or delegate its authority to do so as provided in Section 3(c) hereof. The Committee shall have exclusive power (acting alone or, to the extent the Committee deems appropriate for purposes of Exchange Act Rule 16b-3, in conjunction with the full Board), subject to the limitations contained in this Plan, to make Awards and to determine when and to whom Awards will be granted, and the form, amount and other terms and conditions of each Award, subject to the provisions of this Plan. The Committee, subject to the limitations contained in this Plan, may determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances Awards may be settled, paid or exercised in cash, Shares or other Awards or other property, or canceled, forfeited or suspended. The Committee shall have the authority to interpret this Plan and any Award or Agreement made under this Plan, to establish, amend, waive and rescind any rules and regulations relating to the administration of this Plan, to determine the terms and provisions of any Agreement entered into hereunder (not inconsistent with this Plan), and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of this Plan. The Committee may correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in this Plan or in any Award in the manner and to the extent it shall deem desirable. All determinations of the Committee in the administration of this Plan, as described herein, shall be final, binding and conclusive, including, without limitation, as to any adjustments pursuant to Section 13(f). A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for any meeting of the Committee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in administering this Plan with respect to Awards for Non-Employee Directors, the Board shall exercise the powers of the Committee.

(b) Limitations. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Committee shall not have the right, without stockholder approval, to (i) reduce or decrease the purchase price for an outstanding Option or Stock Appreciation Right, (ii) cancel an outstanding Option or Stock Appreciation Right for the purpose of replacing or re-granting such Option or Stock Appreciation Right with a purchase price that is less than the original purchase price, (iii) extend the expiration date of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right, (iv) deliver payment in exchange for the cancellation of an Option, the purchase price of which exceeds the Fair Market Value of the Shares underlying such Option, (v) modify, amend, or waive the terms and conditions of Awards to persons who are considered “reporting persons” for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, other than on account of death, disability, retirement, Change in Control, or a termination of employment in connection with a business transfer, or (vi) waive or amend any terms, conditions, restrictions, or limitations on an Award to a person who is not a “reporting person” for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the terms and conditions which are modified, amended, or waived, relate to no more than five percent (5%) of the number of Shares initially available under the Plan.

(c) Delegation of Authority. The Committee may delegate all or any part of the administration of this Plan to one or more committees, or to senior managers of the Company, and may authorize further delegation by such committees to senior managers of the Company, in each case to the extent permitted by Delaware law; provided that, determinations regarding the timing, pricing, amount and terms of any Award to a “reporting person” for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act shall be made only by the Committee; and provided further that, no such delegation may be made that would cause Awards or other transactions under this Plan to cease to be exempt from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or cause an Award intended to qualify for favorable treatment under Section 162(m) of the Code not to qualify for, or to cease to qualify for, the favorable treatment under Section 162(m) of the Code. Any such delegation may be revoked by the Committee at any time.



(d) Board Authority. Any authority granted to the Committee may also be exercised by the Board or another committee of the Board, except to the extent that the grant or exercise of such authority would cause any Award intended to qualify for favorable treatment under Section 162(m) of the Code to cease to qualify for the favorable treatment under Section 162(m) of the Code. To the extent that any permitted action taken by the Board conflicts with action taken by the Committee, the Board action shall control. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the extent the Board has delegated any authority under this Plan to another committee of the Board, such authority shall not be exercised by the Committee unless expressly permitted by the Board in connection with such delegation.

(e) Awards for Non-Employee Directors. The Board (which may delegate the determination to a Committee of the Board) may from time to time determine that each individual who is elected or appointed to the office of director as a Non-Employee Director receive an Award (other than Incentive Stock Options) as compensation, in whole or in part, for such individual’s services as a director. In determining the level and terms of such Awards for Non-Employee Directors, the Board may consider such factors as compensation practices of comparable companies with respect to directors, consultants’ recommendations, and such other information as the Board may deem appropriate.

4. Shares Available; Maximum Payouts.

(a) Shares Available. The maximum number of Shares available for Awards under the Plan shall be Thirty Million (30,000,000), including Awards made pursuant to the Plan prior to this amendment and restatement. Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights awarded shall reduce the number of shares available for Awards by one share for every one share subject to such Award; provided that Stock Appreciation Rights that may be settled only in cash shall not reduce the number of Shares available for Awards. Awards of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, and Other Awards settled in Shares shall reduce the number of Shares available for Awards by one Share for every one Share awarded, up to twenty percent (20%) of the total number of Shares available; beyond that, Restricted Stock Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, and Other Awards settled in Shares shall reduce the number of Shares available for Awards by three Shares for every one Share awarded. Restricted Stock Units that may be settled only in cash shall not reduce the number of Shares available for Awards. Shares issued under this Plan may be authorized and unissued shares or issued shares held as treasury shares. Shares purchased on the open market shall not increase the Shares available under the Plan.

(b) Shares Not Applied to Limitations. The following will not be applied to the Share limitations of subsection 4(a) above: (i) dividends or dividend equivalents paid in cash in connection with outstanding Awards, (ii) Awards which by their terms may be settled only in cash, (iii) any Shares subject to an Award under the Plan which Award is forfeited, cancelled, terminated, expires or lapses for any reason, and (iv) Shares and any Awards that are granted through the settlement, assumption, or substitution of outstanding awards previously granted, or through obligations to grant future awards, as the result of a merger, consolidation, or acquisition of the employing company with or by the Company. If a Participant tenders previously owned Shares or has the Company withhold Shares in satisfaction of any tax withholding requirement or payment of the purchase price of an Award, such Shares tendered or withheld will not be available again for an Award under the Plan; provided, however, that any Shares so used to satisfy tax withholdings for Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, or Other Awards may again be used for an Award under this Plan.



(c) Award Limitations. No Participant may receive any combination of Awards relating to more than 1,000,000 Shares in the aggregate, or a cash-based bonus Award with a value that exceeds $10,000,000 in the aggregate, in any fiscal year of the Company under this Plan (subject to adjustment under Section 13(f) hereof).

5. Eligibility. Awards may be granted under this Plan to any Associate at the discretion of the Committee.

6. General Terms of Awards.

(a) Awards. Awards under this Plan may consist of Options (either Incentive Stock Options or Non-Qualified Stock Options), Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Shares, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, or Other Awards.

(b) Amount of Awards. Each Agreement shall set forth the number of Shares of Restricted Stock, Stock, Stock Units, or Performance Shares, or the amount of cash, subject to such Agreement, or the number of Shares to which the Option applies or with respect to which payment upon the exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right is to be determined, as the case may be, together with such other terms and conditions applicable to the Award (not inconsistent with this Plan) as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

(c) Term. Each Agreement, other than those relating solely to Awards of Stock without restrictions, shall set forth the Term of the Award and any applicable Performance Period, as the case may be, but in no event shall the Term of an Award or the Performance Period be longer than ten years after the date of grant; provided, however, that the Committee may, in its discretion, grant Awards with a longer term to Participants who are located outside the United States. An Agreement with a Participant may permit acceleration of vesting requirements and of the expiration of the applicable Term upon such terms and conditions as shall be set forth in the Agreement, which may, but, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Plan, need not, include, without limitation, acceleration resulting from the occurrence of the Participant’s death or Disability. Acceleration of the Performance Period of Performance Shares and other performance-based Awards shall be subject to Section 9(b) or Section 12 hereof, as applicable.

(d) Agreements. Each Award under this Plan shall be evidenced by an Agreement setting forth the terms and conditions, as determined by the Committee, that shall apply to such Award, in addition to the terms and conditions specified in this Plan.

(e) Transferability. Except as otherwise permitted by the Committee, during the lifetime of a Participant to whom an Award is granted, only such Participant (or such Participant’s legal representative) may exercise an Option or Stock Appreciation Right or receive payment with respect to any other Award. Except as otherwise permitted by the Committee, no Award of Restricted Stock (prior to the expiration of the restrictions), Restricted Stock Units, Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Shares or Other Award (other than an award of Stock without restrictions) may be sold, assigned, transferred, exchanged, or otherwise encumbered, and any attempt to do so (including pursuant to a decree of divorce or any judicial declaration of property division) shall be of no effect. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, an Agreement may provide that an Award shall be transferable to a Successor in the event of a Participant’s death.

(f) Termination of Employment. The extent to which the Participant shall have the right to exercise and/or retain an Award following termination of the Participant’s employment with the Company or its Affiliates, shall be as set forth in an Agreement. Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee, shall be included in the Agreement, need not be uniform among Awards issued pursuant to this Plan, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination.



(g) Change in Control. The treatment of Awards upon a Change in Control shall be set forth in an Agreement; provided, however, that in no event may the vesting of any Award be accelerated as a result of a Change in Control until on or after the Change in Control Date. In the event the terms of the relevant Agreement and the terms of this Section 6(g) should conflict, the terms of this Section shall govern.

(h) Rights as Stockholder. A Participant shall have no right as a stockholder with respect to any securities covered by an Award until the date the Participant becomes the holder of record.

(i) Performance Conditions. The Committee may require the satisfaction of certain performance goals as a condition to the grant or vesting of any Award provided under the Plan.

7. Stock Options.

(a) Terms of All Options.

(i) Grants. Each Option shall be granted pursuant to an Agreement as either an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock Option. Only Non-Qualified Stock Options may be granted to Associates who are not employees of the Company or an Affiliate. In no event may Options known as reload options be granted hereunder.

(ii) Purchase Price. The purchase price of each Share subject to an Option shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Agreement, but shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Share as of the date the Option is granted. The purchase price of the Shares with respect to which an Option is exercised shall be payable in full at the time of exercise, provided that, to the extent permitted by law and in accordance with rules adopted by the Committee, Participants may simultaneously exercise Options and sell the Shares thereby acquired pursuant to a brokerage or similar relationship and use the proceeds from such sale to pay the purchase price of such Shares. The purchase price may be paid in cash or, if the Committee so permits, through delivery or tender to the Company of Shares held, either actually or by attestation, by such Participant (in each case, such Shares having a Fair Market Value as of the date the Option is exercised equal to the purchase price of the Shares being purchased pursuant to the Option) or through a net or cashless form of exercise as permitted by the Committee, or, if the Committee so permits, a combination thereof, unless otherwise provided in the Agreement. Further, the Committee, in its discretion, may approve other methods or forms of payment of the purchase price, and establish rules and procedures therefor.

(iii) Exercisability. Each Option shall be exercisable in whole or in part on the terms provided in the Agreement. An Option that vests solely on the basis of the passage of time (and not on the basis of any performance standards) shall not vest more rapidly than ratably over a period of approximately three years from the grant date beginning on or about the first anniversary of the Option grant date. An Option that vests based on performance standards may, in the discretion of the Committee, vest as rapidly as immediate vesting on or about the first anniversary of the Option grant date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, vesting of an Option may be accelerated upon the occurrence of certain events as provided in the applicable Agreement. In no event shall any Option be exercisable at any time after its Term. When an Option is no longer exercisable, it shall be deemed to have lapsed or terminated.



(b) Incentive Stock Options. In addition to the other terms and conditions applicable to all Options:

(i) the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date the Option is granted) of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options held by an individual first become exercisable in any calendar year (under this Plan and all other incentive stock options plans of the Company and its Affiliates) shall not exceed $100,000 (or such other limit as may be required by the Code), if such limitation is necessary to qualify the Option as an Incentive Stock Option, and to the extent an Option or Options granted to a Participant exceed such limit such Option or Options shall be treated as Non-Qualified Stock Options;

(ii) an Incentive Stock Option shall not be exercisable and the Term of the Award shall not be more than ten years after the date of grant (or such other limit as may be required by the Code) if such limitation is necessary to qualify the Option as an Incentive Stock Option;

(iii) the Agreement covering an Incentive Stock Option shall contain such other terms and provisions which the Committee determines necessary to qualify such Option as an Incentive Stock Option; and

(iv) notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan if, at the time an Incentive Stock Option is granted, the Participant owns (after application of the rules contained in Section 424(d) of the Code, or its successor provision) Shares possessing more than ten percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or its subsidiaries, (A) the option price for such Incentive Stock Option shall be at least 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to such Incentive Stock Option on the date of grant and (B) such Option shall not be exercisable after the date five years from the date such Incentive Stock Option is granted.

8. Stock Appreciation Rights.

(a) Grant. An Award of a Stock Appreciation Right shall entitle the Participant, subject to terms and conditions determined by the Committee, to receive upon exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right all or a portion of the excess of (i) the Fair Market Value of a specified number of Shares as of the date of exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right over (ii) a specified price which shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such Shares as of the date of grant of the Stock Appreciation Right (“purchase price”). A Stock Appreciation Right may be granted in connection with a previously or contemporaneously granted Option, or independent of any Option. If issued in connection with an Option, the Committee may impose a condition that exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right cancels the Option with which it is connected and exercise of the connected Option cancels the Stock Appreciation Right. Each Stock Appreciation Right may be exercisable in whole or in part on the terms provided in the applicable Agreement. No Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercisable at any time after its Term. When a Stock Appreciation Right is no longer exercisable, it shall be deemed to have lapsed or terminated. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Agreement, upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, payment to the Participant (or to his or her Successor) shall be made in the form of cash, Stock or a combination of cash and Stock (as determined by the Committee if not otherwise specified in the Award) as promptly as practicable after such exercise. The Agreement may provide for a limitation upon the amount or percentage of the total appreciation on which payment (whether in cash and/or Stock) may be made in the event of the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right.



(b) Exercisability. Each Stock Appreciation Right shall vest in whole or in part on the terms provided in the Agreement. A Stock Appreciation Right that vests solely on the basis of the passage of time (and not on the basis of any performance standards) shall not vest more rapidly than ratably over a period of approximately three years from the grant date beginning on or about the first anniversary of the Stock Appreciation Right grant date. A Stock Appreciation Right that vests based on performance standards may, in the discretion of the Committee, vest as rapidly as immediate vesting on the first anniversary of the Option grant date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the vesting of a Stock Appreciation Right may be accelerated upon the occurrence of certain events as provided in the applicable Agreement. In no event shall any Stock Appreciation Right be exercisable at any time after its Term. When a Stock Appreciation Right is no longer exercisable, it shall be deemed to have lapsed or terminated.

9. Performance Shares.

(a) Initial Award. An Award of Performance Shares shall entitle a Participant (or a Successor) to future payments based upon the achievement of performance targets established in writing by the Committee. Payment shall be made in cash or Stock, or a combination of cash and Stock, as determined by the Committee. Such performance targets shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. The Agreement may establish that a portion of the maximum amount of a Participant’s Award will be paid for performance which exceeds the minimum target but falls below the maximum target applicable to such Award. The Agreement shall also provide for the timing of such payment.

(b) Acceleration and Adjustment. The applicable Agreement may permit an acceleration of the Performance Period and an adjustment of performance targets and payments with respect to some or all of the Performance Shares awarded to a Participant, upon such terms and conditions as shall be set forth in the Agreement, upon the occurrence of certain events, which may, but need not, include without limitation a Fundamental Change, the Participant’s death or Disability, a change in accounting practices of the Company or its Affiliates, a reclassification, stock dividend, stock split or stock combination, or other event as provided in Section 13(f) hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Award subject to this Section 9 shall vest or be earned no more rapidly than immediate vesting on the first anniversary of the Award grant date, except as may be provided in the applicable Agreement.

(c) Valuation. To the extent that payment of a Performance Share is made in cash, a Performance Share earned after conclusion of a Performance Period shall have a value equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share on the last day of such Performance Period.

(d) Voting; Dividends. Participants holding Performance Shares shall have no voting rights with respect to such Awards and shall have no dividend rights with respect to Shares subject to such Performances Shares other than as the Committee so provides, in its discretion, in an Agreement; provided, that, any such dividends shall be subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Committee may establish with respect to the Performance Shares and shall be payable only at the same time as the underlying Performance Shares may become earned, vested, and payable.

10. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards.

(a) Grant. All or any part of any Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Award may be subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be established by the Committee, and set forth in the applicable Agreement, which may include, but are not limited to, continuous service with the Company, a requirement that a Participant pay a purchase price for such Award, the achievement of specific performance goals, and/or applicable securities laws restrictions. During any period during which an Award of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units is restricted and subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, (i) Participants holding Restricted Stock Awards may exercise full voting rights with respect to such Shares and shall be entitled to receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to such Shares while they are so restricted and (ii) Participants holding Restricted Stock Units shall have no voting rights with respect to such Awards and shall have no dividend rights with respect to Shares subject



to such Restricted Stock Units other than as the Committee so provides, in its discretion, in an Agreement. Any dividends or dividend equivalents may be paid currently or may be credited to a Participant’s account and may be subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Committee may establish.

(b) Vesting. An Award of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units that vests solely on the basis of the passage of time (and not on the basis of any performance standards) shall not vest more rapidly than ratably over a period of approximately three years from the grant date beginning on or about the first anniversary of the Award grant date, or, in the case of a Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units Award that vests based on performance standards, such Award may, in the discretion of the Committee, vest as rapidly as immediate vesting on the first anniversary of the Award grant date; provided, however, that up to five percent (5%) of the Shares initially available under the Plan may be granted as Restricted Stock Awards that vest more rapidly than ratably over such three-year period or immediately following such one-year period, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the vesting of a Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units Award may be accelerated upon the occurrence of certain events as provided in the applicable Agreement.

11. Other Awards. The Committee may from time to time grant Other Awards under this Plan, including without limitation those Awards pursuant to which a cash bonus award may be made or pursuant to which Shares may be acquired in the future, such as Awards denominated in Stock, Stock Units, securities convertible into Stock and phantom securities. The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine, and provide in the applicable Agreement for, the terms and conditions of such Awards provided that such Awards shall not be inconsistent with the terms and purposes of this Plan. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, direct the Company to issue Shares subject to restrictive legends and/or stop transfer instructions which are consistent with the terms and conditions of the Award to which such Shares relate. In addition, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, issue such Other Awards subject to the performance criteria under Section 12 hereof.

12. Performance-Based Awards.

(a) Application to Covered Employee. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, if the Committee determines at the time any Award is granted to a Participant that such Participant is, or is likely to be as of the end of the tax year in which the Company would claim a tax deduction in connection with such Award, a “covered employee” within the meaning of Section 162(m)(3) of the Code, then the Committee may provide that this Section 12 is applicable to such Award. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may provide, in its discretion, that an Award granted to any other Participant is subject to this Section 12, to the extent the Committee deems appropriate, whether or not Section 162(m) of the Code is or would be applicable with respect to such Participant.

(b) Performance Goals. Awards under the Plan may be made subject to the achievement of performance goals established by the Committee relating to one or more business criteria (“Performance Criteria”) pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Code. Performance Criteria may be applied to the Company, an Affiliate, a Parent, a Subsidiary, division, business unit, corporate group or individual or any combination thereof and may be measured in absolute levels or relative to another company or companies, a peer group, an index or indices or Company performance in a previous period. Performance may be measured annually or cumulatively over a longer period of time. Performance Criteria that may be used to establish performance goals are: earnings or earnings per share before income tax (profit before taxes), net earnings or net earnings per share (profit after tax), compound annual growth in earnings per share, inventory, total or net operating asset turnover, operating income, total stockholder return, compound stockholder return, return on equity, average return on invested capital, pre-tax and pre-interest expense return on average invested capital, which may be expressed on a current value basis, sales



growth, operating or profit margins, market share or market penetration, successful transition of the Company’s clients to new claim adjudication platforms, achievement goals related to of post-merger integrations goals, achievement of goals related to customer service, satisfaction or retention, achievement of employee diversity satisfaction or turnover goals, and achievement of general sales, marketing, operating or workplan goals. Performance will be evaluated by excluding the effect of any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring items that occur during the applicable Performance Period. The performance goals for each Participant and the amount payable if those goals are met shall be established in writing for each specified period of performance by the Committee no later than 90 days after the commencement of the period of service to which the performance goals relate and while the outcome of whether or not those goals will be achieved is substantially uncertain. However, in no event will such goals be established after 25% of the period of service to which the goals relate has elapsed. The performance goals shall be objective. Such goals and the amount payable for each performance period if the goals are achieved shall be set forth in the applicable Agreement. Following the conclusion or acceleration of each Performance Period, the Committee shall determine the extent to which (i) Performance Criteria have been attained, (ii) any other terms and conditions with respect to an Award relating to such Performance Period have been satisfied, and (iii) payment is due with respect to a performance-based Award. No amounts shall be payable to any Participant for any Performance Period unless and until the Committee certifies that the Performance Criteria and any other material terms were in fact satisfied.

(c) Adjustment of Payment. With respect to any Award that is subject to this Section 12, the Committee may adjust downwards, but not upwards, the amount payable pursuant to such Award. The applicable Agreement may permit an acceleration of the Performance Period and an adjustment of performance targets and payments with respect to some or all of the performance-based Award(s) awarded to a Participant, upon such terms and conditions as shall be set forth in the Agreement, upon the occurrence of certain events, which may, but need not, include without limitation a Fundamental Change, the Participant’s death or Disability, a change in accounting practices of the Company or its Affiliates, a reclassification, stock dividend, stock split or stock combination, or other event as provided in Section 13(f) hereof; provided, however, that any such acceleration or adjustment shall be made only to the extent and in a manner consistent with Section 162(m) of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Award subject to this Section 12 shall vest or be earned no more rapidly than immediate vesting on the first anniversary of the Award grant date, except as may be provided in the applicable Agreement.

(d) Other Restrictions. The Committee shall have the power to impose such other restrictions on Awards subject to this Section 12 as it may deem necessary or appropriate to ensure that such Awards satisfy all requirements for “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code, or any successor provision thereto.

13. General Provisions.

(a) Effective Date of this Plan. This Plan originally became effective as of June 1, 2011 after approval and ratification by the holders of common stock of Express Scripts, Inc. at its annual meeting held on May 4, 2011. This amendment and restatement is effective April 2, 2012 and was approved and ratified on March 29, 2012 by the holders of the Company’s common stock.

(b) Duration of this Plan; Date of Grant. This Plan shall remain in effect until June 1, 2021 or until all Shares subject to the Plan shall have been purchased or acquired according to the Plan’s provisions, whichever occurs first, unless this Plan is sooner terminated pursuant to Section 13(e) hereof. The date and time of approval by the Committee of the granting of an Award shall be considered the date and time at which such Award is made or granted, or such later effective date as determined by the Committee, notwithstanding the date of any Agreement with respect to such Award; provided, however,



that the Committee may grant Awards other than Incentive Stock Options to Associates or to persons who are about to become Associates, to be effective and deemed to be granted on the occurrence of certain specified contingencies, provided that if the Award is granted to a non-Associate who is about to become an Associate, such specified contingencies shall include, without limitation, that such person becomes an Associate.

(c) Right to Terminate Employment. Nothing in this Plan or in any Agreement shall confer upon any Participant who is an employee of the Company the right to continue in the employment of the Company or any Affiliate or affect any right which the Company or any Affiliate may have to terminate or modify the employment of the Participant with or without cause.

(d) Tax Withholding. The Company shall withhold from any payment of cash or Stock to a Participant or other person under this Plan an amount sufficient to cover any required withholding taxes, including the Participant’s social security and Medicare taxes (FICA) and federal, state and local income tax with respect to income arising from payment of the Award. The Company shall have the right to require the payment of any such taxes before issuing any Stock pursuant to the Award. In lieu of all or any part of a cash payment from a person receiving Stock under this Plan, the Committee may, in the applicable Agreement or otherwise, permit a person to cover all or any part of the required withholdings, and to cover any additional withholdings up to the amount needed to cover the person’s full FICA and federal, state and local income tax with respect to income arising from payment of the Award, through a reduction of the numbers of Shares delivered to such person or a delivery or tender to the Company of Shares held by such person, in each case valued in the same manner as used in computing the withholding taxes under applicable laws.

(e) Amendment, Modification and Termination of this Plan. Except as provided in this Section 13(e), the Board may at any time amend, modify, terminate or suspend this Plan. Except as provided in this Section 13(e), the Committee may at any time alter or amend any or all Agreements under this Plan to the extent permitted by law and subject to the requirements of Section 2(b), in which event, as provided in Section 2(b), the term “Agreement” shall mean the Agreement as so amended. Amendments are subject to approval of the stockholders of the Company only as required by applicable law or regulation, or if the amendment increases the total number of shares available under this Plan. No termination, suspension or modification of this Plan may materially and adversely affect any right acquired by any Participant (or a Participant’s legal representative) or any Successor or permitted transferee under an Award granted before the date of termination, suspension or modification, unless otherwise provided in an Agreement or otherwise or required as a matter of law. It is conclusively presumed that any adjustment for changes in capitalization provided for in Sections 9(b), 12(c) or 13(f) hereof does not adversely affect any right of a Participant or other person under an Award.

(f) Adjustment for Changes in Capitalization. Appropriate adjustments in the aggregate number and type of securities that may be issued, represented, and available for Awards under this Plan, in the limitations on the number and type of securities that may be issued to an individual Participant, in the number and type of securities and amount of cash subject to Awards then outstanding, in the Option purchase price as to any outstanding Options, in the purchase price as to any outstanding Stock Appreciation Rights, and, subject to Sections 9(b) and 12(c) hereof, in outstanding Performance Shares and payments with respect to outstanding Performance Shares, and comparable adjustments, if applicable, to any outstanding Other Award, automatically shall be made to give effect to adjustments made in the number or type of Shares through a Fundamental Change, divestiture, distribution of assets to stockholders (other than ordinary cash dividends), reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, stock combination or exchange, rights offering, spin-off or other relevant change, provided that fractional Shares shall be rounded to the nearest whole Share, for which purpose one-half share shall be rounded down to the nearest whole Share.



(g) Other Benefit and Compensation Programs. Payments and other benefits received by a participant under an Award shall not be deemed a part of a Participant’s regular, recurring compensation for purposes of any termination, indemnity or severance pay laws and shall not be included in, nor have any effect on, the determination of benefits under any other employee benefit plan, contract or similar arrangement provided by the Company or an Affiliate, unless expressly so provided by such other plan, contract or arrangement or the Committee determines that an Award or portion of an Award should be included to reflect competitive compensation practices or to recognize that an Award has been made in lieu of a portion of competitive cash compensation.

(h) Beneficiary Upon Participant’s Death. To the extent that the transfer of a participant’s Award at death is permitted by this Plan or under an Agreement, (i) a Participant’s Award shall be transferable to the beneficiary, if any, designated on forms prescribed by and filed with the Committee and (ii) upon the death of the Participant, such beneficiary shall succeed to the rights of the Participant to the extent permitted by law and this Plan. If no such designation of a beneficiary has been made, the Participant’s legal representative shall succeed to the Awards, which shall be transferable by will or pursuant to laws of descent and distribution to the extent permitted by this Plan or under an Agreement.

(i) Unfunded Plan. This Plan shall be unfunded and the Company shall not be required to segregate any assets that may at any time be represented by Awards under this Plan. Neither the Company, its Affiliates, the Committee, nor the Board shall be deemed to be a trustee of any amounts to be paid under this Plan nor shall anything contained in this Plan or any action taken pursuant to its provisions create or be construed to create a fiduciary relationship between the Company and/or its Affiliates, and a Participant or Successor. To the extent any person acquires a right to receive an Award under this Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of the Company.

(j) Limits of Liability.

(i) Any liability of the Company to any Participant with respect to an Award shall be based solely upon contractual obligations created by this Plan and the Agreement.

(ii) Except as may be required by law, neither the Company nor any member or former member of the Board or the Committee, nor any other person participating (including participation pursuant to a delegation of authority under Section 3(c) hereof) in any determination of any question under this Plan, or in the interpretation, administration or application of this Plan, shall have any liability to any party for any action taken, or not taken, in good faith under this Plan.

(iii) To the full extent permitted by law, each member and former member of the Committee and each person to whom the Committee delegates or has delegated authority under this Plan shall be entitled to indemnification by the Company against any loss, liability, judgment, damage, cost and reasonable expense incurred by such member, former member or other person by reason of any action taken, failure to act or determination made in good faith under or with respect to this Plan.

(k) Compliance with Applicable Legal Requirements. The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver a certificate for Shares distributable pursuant to this Plan unless the issuance of such certificate complies with all applicable legal requirements including, without limitation, compliance with the provisions of applicable state securities laws, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and in effect from time to time or any successor statute, the Exchange Act and the requirements of the exchanges, if any, on which the Company’s Shares may, at the time, be listed.



(l) Deferrals and Settlements. The Committee may require or permit Participants to elect to defer the issuance of Shares or the settlement of Awards in cash under such rules and procedures as it may establish under this Plan. It may also provide that deferred settlements include the payment or crediting of interest on the deferral amounts.

14. Substitute Awards. Awards may be granted under this Plan from time to time in substitution for Awards held by employees of other corporations who are about to become Associates, or whose employer is about to become a Subsidiary of the Company, as the result of a merger or consolidation of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company with another corporation, the acquisition by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company of all or substantially all the assets of another corporation or the acquisition by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company of at least 50% of the issued and outstanding stock of another corporation. The terms and conditions of the substitute Awards so granted may vary from the terms and conditions set forth in this Plan to such extent as the Board at the time of the grant may deem appropriate to conform, in whole or in part, to the provisions of the Awards in substitution for which they are granted, but with respect to Awards which are Incentive Stock Options, no such variation shall be permitted which affects the status of any such substitute option as an Incentive Stock Option.

15. Governing Law. To the extent that federal laws do not otherwise control, this Plan and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant to this Plan shall be governed by the laws of Delaware, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws, and construed accordingly.

16. Severability. In the event any provision of this Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of this Plan, and this Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.

17. Prior Plans. Notwithstanding the adoption of this Plan by the Board and approval of this Plan by the Company’s stockholders as provided by Section 13(a) hereof, the Express Scripts, Inc. 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2000 Plan”), shall remain in effect, but grants pursuant to the 2000 Plan shall not be made after the effective date of this Plan. All grants and awards that were made under the 2000 Plan shall be governed by the terms of the 2000 Plan. For the avoidance of doubt, each grant and award that was made under the terms of the Express Scripts, Inc. 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan outstanding as of April 2, 2012 has been assumed under this Plan as amended and restated and, to the extent applicable, such grants and awards that represented awards in respect of common stock of Express Scripts, Inc. shall, upon such assumption, represent awards in respect of Shares of the Company.

18. Deferred Compensation. If any Award would be considered deferred compensation as defined under Code Section 409A and would fail to meet the requirements of Code Section 409A, then such Award shall be null and void.




Exhibit 4.11

MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC.

2002 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

(As amended and restated May 15, 2003, March 14, 2011, and April 2, 2012

and approved by shareholders on May 31, 2005, May 24, 2011, and March 29, 2012)


1. Purpose

The 2002 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) was previously established effective June 17, 2002. This document is an amendment and restatement of the Medco Health Solutions, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan in effect as of April 2, 2012 and reflects, among other things, the assumption of the Plan by Express Scripts Holding Company (the “Company”). The purpose of the Plan is to encourage employees of the Company, its parent, if any, its subsidiaries, its affiliates and its joint ventures to acquire Common Stock in the Company (“Common Stock”). It is believed that the Plan will serve the interests of the Company and its stockholders because it allows employees to have a greater personal financial interest in the Company through ownership of, or the right to acquire its Common Stock, which in turn will stimulate employees’ efforts on the Company’s behalf, and maintain and strengthen their desire to remain with the Company or one of its related entities. It is believed that the Plan will also assist in the recruitment of employees.

2. Administration

The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Committee”). A Director of the Company may serve on the Committee only if he or she (i) is a “Non-Employee Director” for purposes of Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and (ii) satisfies the requirements of an “outside director” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). The Committee shall be responsible for the administration of the Plan including, without limitation, determining which Eligible Persons receive Incentives, the types of Incentives they receive under the Plan, the number of shares covered by Incentives granted under the Plan, and the other terms and conditions of such Incentives. Determinations by the Committee under the Plan including, without limitation, determinations of the Eligible Persons, the form, amount and timing of Incentives, the terms and provisions of Incentives and the writings evidencing Incentives, need not be uniform and may be made selectively among Eligible Persons who receive, or are eligible to receive, Incentives hereunder, whether or not such Eligible Persons are similarly situated.

The Committee shall have the responsibility of construing and interpreting the Plan, including the right to construe disputed or doubtful Plan provisions, and of establishing, amending and construing such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or desirable for the proper administration of the Plan including adopting sub-plans and special rules to facilitate compliance or achieve desirable tax results or other Company objectives for grants made to employees outside the U.S. and to determine the consequences of termination of employment or other relationships for grants made to non-employee directors, independent contractors, leased employees or consultants when the grants are made. In addition, as to any Performance Share Award not intended to constitute “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, at any time prior to the end of an Award Period (as defined in Section 9), the Committee may revise the Performance Goals and the computation of payment if unforeseen events occur which have a substantial effect on the performance of the Company, its parent, subsidiary, division, affiliate or joint venture of the Company and which, in the judgment of the Committee, make the application of the Performance Goals (as defined in Section 9) unfair (as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee) unless a revision is made. Any decision or action taken or to be taken by the Committee, arising out of or in connection with the construction, administration, interpretation and effect of the Plan and of its


rules and regulations, shall, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, be within its absolute discretion (except as otherwise specifically provided herein) and shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the Company, all Eligible Persons and any person claiming under or through any Eligible Person.

The Committee may delegate any or all of its power and authority hereunder to the Chief Executive Officer or President and such other officers as the Committee deems appropriate; provided, however, that the Committee may not delegate its authority with regard to (i) any matter or action affecting an officer subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act; (ii) any matter related to Incentives intended to be qualified under Section 162(m) of the Code; or (iii) any matter or action related to grants of Incentives to Non-Employee Directors.

For the purpose of this section and all subsequent sections, the Plan shall be deemed to include this Plan and any sub-plans which, in the aggregate, shall constitute one Plan governed by the terms set forth herein.

3. Eligibility

 

  (a) Employees . Any person employed by the Company, its parent, if any, or its subsidiaries, its affiliates and its joint ventures, including officers, whether or not directors of the Company, and employees of a joint venture partner or affiliate of the Company who provide services to the joint venture with such partner or affiliate (each such person, an “Employee”), shall be eligible to participate in the Plan if designated by the Committee (“Eligible Persons”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, an individual who was an employee of Express Scripts, Inc. or its subsidiaries as of April 2, 2012 shall not be an Employee eligible to be designated as an Eligible Person by reason of such employment or continued employment with the Company thereafter.

 

  (b) Non-employees . The term “Employee” shall not include a non-employee director or a person hired as an independent contractor, leased employee or consultant, provided, however, that the Committee may determine that any such person is eligible to receive Incentives under the Plan (and, if such a determination is made as to any such person, such person shall be an Eligible Person under the Plan). Such person shall not participate in this Plan except to the extent that the Committee so determines, even if such person is subsequently determined to be an “employee” by any governmental or judicial authority.

 

  (c)

No Right To Continued Employment . Nothing in the Plan shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company, its parent, its subsidiaries, its affiliates or its joint ventures to terminate the employment of any participant at any time, nor confer upon any participant the right to continue in the employ of the Company, its parent, its subsidiaries, its affiliates or its joint ventures. No Eligible Person shall have a right to receive an Incentive or any other benefit under this Plan or having been granted an Incentive or other benefit, to receive any additional Incentive or other benefit. Neither the award of an Incentive nor any benefits arising under such Incentives shall constitute an employment contract with the Company, its parent, its subsidiaries, its affiliates or its joint ventures, and accordingly, this Plan and the


benefits hereunder may be terminated at any time in the sole and exclusive discretion of the Company without giving rise to liability on the part of the Company, its parent, its subsidiaries, its affiliates or its joint ventures for severance (except as otherwise required under applicable local law). Except as may be otherwise specifically stated in any other employee benefit plan, policy or program, or as required under applicable local law, neither any Incentive under this Plan nor any amount realized from any such Incentive shall be treated as compensation for any purposes of calculating an employee’s benefit under any such plan, policy or program.

4. Term of the Plan

This Plan was initially adopted by Medco Health Solutions, Inc. effective on June 17, 2002 and originally approved by shareholders of Medco Health Solutions, Inc. on July 21, 2003. The Plan was extended pursuant to the amendments and restatements made on March 14, 2011 such that no Incentive shall be granted under the Plan after May 24, 2021, but the term and exercise of Incentives granted theretofore may extend beyond that date. This amendment and restatement is effective upon the consummation of that certain merger involving the Company, Express Scripts, Inc. and Medco Health Solutions, Inc. on April 2, 2012 and was approved by Express Scripts, Inc. as the sole shareholder of the Company on March 29, 2012. For the avoidance of doubt, each grant and award that was made under the terms of the Medco Health Solutions, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan outstanding as of April 2, 2012 has been assumed under this Plan as amended and restated and, to the extent applicable, such grants and awards that represented awards in respect of common stock of Medco Health Solutions, Inc. shall, upon such assumption, represent awards in respect of Common Stock of the Company, appropriately adjusted.

5. Incentives

 

  (a) Types of Incentives . Incentives under the Plan may be granted in any one or a combination of (i) Incentive Stock Options; (ii) Nonqualified Stock Options; (iii) Stock Appreciation Rights; (iv) Restricted Stock Grants, (v) Performance Shares, (vi) Share Awards and (vii) Phantom Stock Awards (Incentive Stock Options and Nonqualified Stock Options shall be referred to collectively as “Stock Options” and together with Restricted Stock Grants, Performance Shares, Share Awards and Phantom Stock Awards shall be referred to collectively as “Incentives”) Incentives other than Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights are “Full Value Awards.” All Incentives shall be subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and to such other terms and conditions as may be established by the Committee.

 

  (b) No Repricing . Except in connection with a corporate transaction involving the company (including, without limitation, any stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, or exchange of shares), the terms of outstanding awards may not be amended to reduce the option price of outstanding Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights or cancel outstanding Stock Options or in exchange for cash, other awards or Stock Options or with an option price that is less than the option price of the original Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights without stockholder approval.


6. Shares Available for Incentives

 

  (a) Shares Available . Subject to the provisions of Section 6(c), the maximum number of shares of Common Stock of the Company that may be issued under the Plan as of April 2, 2012 is thirteen million, nine hundred forty two thousand, eight hundred ninety four (13,942,894) which is the equivalent of the number of shares of common stock of Medco Health Solutions, Inc. that was available under the Medco Health Solutions, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan as of April 2, 2012, adjusted to reflect Common Stock of the Company.

For all grants made after December 31, 2010, the share reserve shall be reduced by (1) one common share for each common share issued with respect to a Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right; and (b) 2.16 common shares for each common share issued with respect to Full Value Awards. Upon the exercise of a stock-settled Stock Appreciation Right, the number of shares subject to the Award that are then being exercised shall be counted against the maximum aggregate number of shares that may be issued under the Plan, on the basis of one share for every share subject thereto, regardless of the actual number of shares used to settle the Stock Appreciation Right upon exercise.

In addition to the foregoing, the following shares of Common Stock related to Incentives under this Plan may again be used for the grant of Incentives under the Plan: (i) shares related to Incentives paid in cash; (ii) shares related to Incentives that expire, are forfeited or cancelled or terminate for any other reason without issuance of shares of Common Stock; and (iii) any shares of Common Stock related to Incentives that are assumed, converted or substituted as a result of the acquisition of another company by the Company or a combination of the Company with another company. Regardless of when Incentives are granted, effective January 1, 2011, shares tendered in payment of the option price or grant price for Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights or shares withheld from Incentives (including Full Value Awards) for tax payments or withholding for taxes shall not be added back into the Plan.

Shares under this Plan may be delivered by the Company from its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock or from issued and reacquired Common Stock held as treasury stock, or both. In no event shall fractional shares of Common Stock be issued under the Plan.

 

  (b) Limit on an Individual’s Incentives . In any calendar year, no Eligible Person may receive (i) Incentives (including Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights) covering more than two million, six hundred ninety four thousand, seven hundred seventy three (2,694,773) shares of the Company’s Common Stock (such number of shares shall be adjusted in accordance with Section 6(c)), or (ii) any Incentive if such person owns more than ten percent of the stock of the Company within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, or (iii) any Incentive Stock Option, as defined in Section 422 of the Code, which would result in such person receiving a grant of Incentive Stock Options for stock that would have an aggregate fair market value in excess of $100,000, determined as of the time that the Incentive Stock Option is granted, that would be exercisable for the first time by such person during any calendar year.


  (c) Adjustment of Shares . In the event of a reorganization, recapitalization, stock split, stock dividend, combination of shares, merger, consolidation, rights offering, spin off, split off, split up or other event identified by the Committee, the Committee shall make such adjustments, if any, as it may deem appropriate in (i) the number and kind of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan, (ii) the number and kind of shares subject to outstanding Incentives, and (iii) the option price/grant price of Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights. For the purposes of (i) and (ii) above, fractions of a share will be rounded down to the nearest whole share (other than for Incentive Stock Options). Any such determination shall be final, binding and conclusive on all parties. Without limiting the foregoing, the shares available under this Plan were adjusted effective April 2, 2012 as reflected in Section 6(a) hereof, and all other references to numbers of shares, including with respect to previously granted awards, share limits and share reductions, are similarly adjusted effective April 2, 2012 as determined by the Committee and such adjustments shall be deemed to be incorporated herein, in each case, to the extent appropriate.

 

  (d) Minimum Vesting for Full Value Awards . With respect to at least 95% of Full Value Awards (other than Performance Share Awards) granted after December 31, 2010, vesting of such Incentives will occur over a minimum of three years from the grant date. For Performance Share Awards, at least 95% of these Incentives granted after December 31, 2010 will vest over a minimum of one year from the grant date.

7. Stock Options

The Committee may grant options qualifying as Incentive Stock Options as defined in Section 422 of the Code to employees of the Company or a parent or subsidiary corporation within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code, and options other than Incentive Stock Options (“Nonqualified Options”) (collectively “Stock Options”). Such Stock Options shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and such other terms and conditions as the Committee may prescribe:

 

  (a) Stock Option Price . The option price per share with respect to each Stock Option shall be determined by the Committee, but shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock (as defined below) on the date the Stock Option is granted, as determined by the Committee. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, “Fair Market Value” shall mean the closing stock price of a share of Common Stock, as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (or any other reporting system selected by the Committee, in its sole discretion) on the date as of which the determination is being made or, if no sale of shares of Common Stock is reported on this date, on the next preceding day on which there were sales of shares of Common Stock reported.

 

  (b) Period of Stock Option . The period of each Stock Option shall be fixed by the Committee, provided that the period for all Stock Options shall not exceed ten (10) years from the grant. The Committee may, subsequent to the granting of any Stock Option, extend the term thereof, but in no event shall the extended term exceed ten years from the original grant date.


  (c) Exercise of Stock Option and Payment Therefore . No shares shall be issued until full payment of the option price has been made. The option price may be paid in cash or, if the Committee determines, in shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock. If the Committee approves the use of shares of Common Stock as a payment method, the Committee shall establish such conditions as it deems appropriate for the use of Common Stock to exercise a Stock Option. Stock Options awarded under the Plan shall be exercised through such procedure or program as the Committee may establish or define from time to time, which may include a designated broker that must be used in exercising such Stock Options.

 

  (d) First Exercisable Date . The Committee shall determine how and when shares covered by a Stock Option may be purchased. The Committee may establish waiting periods, the dates on which Stock Options become exercisable or “vested” and, subject to paragraph (b) of this section, exercise periods. The Committee may accelerate the exercisability of any Stock Option or portion thereof.

 

  (e) Termination of Employment . Unless determined otherwise by the Committee, upon the termination of a Stock Option grantee’s employment (for any reason other than gross misconduct), outstanding Stock Options which were not exercisable at the date of such termination shall be immediately forfeited upon termination. The Committee, however, in its discretion, may provide that any Stock Options outstanding but not yet exercisable upon the termination of a Stock Option grantee’s employment may become exercisable in accordance with a schedule determined by the Committee. Such Stock Options shall expire unless exercised within such period of time after the date of termination of employment as may be established by the Committee, but in no event later than the expiration date of the Stock Option.

 

  (f) Termination Due to Misconduct . If a Stock Option grantee’s employment is terminated for gross misconduct, as determined by the Company, all outstanding Stock Options (regardless of whether vested or not upon termination) shall expire upon the date of such termination.

 

  (g) Limits on Incentive Stock Options . Except as may otherwise be permitted by the Code, an Eligible Person may not receive a grant of Incentive Stock Options for stock that would have an aggregate fair market value in excess of $100,000 (or such other amount as the Internal Revenue Service may decide from time to time), determined as of the time that the Incentive Stock Option is granted, that would be exercisable for the first time by such person during any calendar year. All shares that have been authorized to be issued under the Plan may be used for the grant of Incentive Stock Options.


8. Stock Appreciation Rights

The Committee may, in its discretion, grant a right to receive the appreciation in the fair market value of shares of Common Stock (“Stock Appreciation Right”) either singly or in combination with an underlying Stock Option granted hereunder. Such Stock Appreciation Right shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and such other terms and conditions as the Committee may prescribe:

 

  (a) Time and Period of Grant . If a Stock Appreciation Right is granted with respect to an underlying Stock Option, it may be granted at the time of the Stock Option grant or at any time thereafter but prior to the expiration of the Stock Option grant. If a Stock Appreciation Right is granted with respect to an underlying Stock Option, at the time the Stock Appreciation Right is granted the Committee may limit the exercise period for such Stock Appreciation Right, before and after which period no Stock Appreciation Right shall attach to the underlying Stock Option. In no event shall the exercise period for a Stock Appreciation Right granted with respect to an underlying Stock Option exceed the exercise period for such Stock Option. If a Stock Appreciation Right is granted without an underlying Stock Option, the term of the Stock Appreciation Right shall be set by the Committee, but in no event shall exceed ten (10) years from the grant.

 

  (b) Value of Stock Appreciation Right . If a Stock Appreciation Right is granted with respect to an underlying Stock Option, the grantee will be entitled to surrender the Stock Option which is then exercisable and receive in exchange an amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date the election to surrender is received by the Company in accordance with exercise procedures established by the Company over the Stock Option price multiplied by the number of shares covered by the Stock Option which is surrendered. If a Stock Appreciation Right is granted without an underlying Stock Option, the grantee will receive upon exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right an amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date the election to surrender such Stock Appreciation Right is received by the Company in accordance with exercise procedures established by the Company over the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of grant multiplied by the number of shares covered by the grant of the Stock Appreciation Right. All Stock Appreciation Rights shall have a grant price that is not less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date the Stock Appreciation Right is granted.

 

  (c) Payment of Stock Appreciation Right . Payment of a Stock Appreciation Right shall be in the form of shares of Common Stock, cash or any combination of shares and cash. The form of payment upon exercise of such a right shall be determined by the Committee either at the time of grant of the Stock Appreciation Right or at the time of exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right.

9. Performance Share Awards

The Committee may grant awards under which payment may be made in shares of Common Stock, cash or any combination of shares and cash if the performance of the Company or its parent, if any, or any subsidiary, affiliate or joint venture of the Company or based on an individual grantee’s performance, team, division or group performance or any other defined group that the Committee determines during the Award Period meets certain goals established by the Committee (“Performance Share Awards”). Such Performance Share Awards shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and such other terms and conditions as the Committee may prescribe:


  (a) Award Period and Performance Goals . The Committee shall determine and include in a Performance Share Award grant the period of time for which a Performance Share Award is made (“Award Period”). The Committee shall also establish performance objectives (“Performance Goals”) to be met by the Company, its parent, if any, subsidiary, affiliate or joint venture of the Company or individual grantee or team, division or group determined by the Committee during the Award Period as a condition to payment of the Performance Share Award. The Performance Goals may include any one or more of the following Company measures, as interpreted by the Committee, which (to the extent applicable) will be determined in accordance with GAAP: earnings per share; net-new sales; new named sales; client retention; client satisfaction; employee satisfaction; member satisfaction; revenue performance; corporate earnings performance; return on assets; return on equity; return on invested capital; cash flow; cash balances; market value added; economic value added; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization; mail and total prescription volumes; mail penetration rate; cost and expense controls; drug trend management; clinical program effectiveness; generic dispensing rates; specialty segment performance; covered lives; productivity and growth in new markets, products and/or services. Performance Measures may be measured before or after taking taxes into consideration, in the discretion of the Committee. The Performance Goals may include minimum and optimum objectives or a single set of objectives. In determining attainment of Performance Goals, the Committee will exclude unusual or infrequently occurring items, charges for restructurings (employee severance liabilities, asset impairment costs, and exit costs), discontinued operations, extraordinary items and the cumulative effect of changes in accounting treatment, and may determine no later than ninety (90) days after the commencement of any applicable Award Period to exclude other items, each determined in accordance with GAAP (to the extent applicable) and as identified in the financial statements, notes to the financial statements or discussion and analysis of management. If the Committee desires that compensation payable pursuant to any Performance Share Award be qualified performance-based compensation within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code for covered employees, the Performance Goals (i) shall be established by the Committee no later than the end of the first quarter of the Award Period (or such other time designated by the United States Internal Revenue Service) and (ii) shall satisfy all other applicable requirements imposed under United States Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 162(m) of the Code, including the requirement that such Performance Goals be stated in terms of an objective formula or standard.

 

  (b)

Payment of Performance Share Awards . The Committee shall establish the method of calculating the amount of payment to be made under a Performance Share Award if the Performance Goals are met, including the fixing of a maximum payment. The Performance Share Award shall be expressed in terms of shares of Common Stock and referred to as “Performance Shares.” After the completion of an Award Period, the performance of the Company, its parent, if any, subsidiary,


affiliate or joint venture of the Company or individual grantee or team, division or group (whichever is relevant under the terms of the Performance Share Award) shall be measured against the Performance Goals, and the Committee shall determine, in accordance with the terms of such Performance Share Award, whether all, none or any portion of a Performance Share Award shall be paid. The Committee, in its discretion, may elect to make payment in shares of Common Stock, cash or a combination of shares and cash. Any cash payment shall be based on the Fair Market Value of Performance Shares at the end of the Award Period.

 

  (c) Requirement of Employment . A grantee of a Performance Share Award must remain in the employ of the Company, its parent, if any, subsidiary, affiliate or joint venture until the completion of the Award Period in order to be entitled to payment under the Performance Share Award; provided that the Committee may, in its discretion, provide for a full or partial payment where such an exception is deemed equitable. However, to the extent that the Performance Share Award is intended to constitute performance-based compensation, the Committee shall only make exceptions in the event that the covered employee’s employment terminates due to death, disability or upon a change of control provided payments are not made until after the completion of the Award Period and certification that the Performance Goals have been attained as required pursuant to Section 162(m).

 

  (d) Dividend Equivalents . Dividend equivalents shall not be paid during the Award Period and may only be paid on vested Performance Shares to the extent determined by the Committee.

10. Restricted Stock Grants

The Committee may award shares of Common Stock to an Eligible Person, which shares shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and such other terms and conditions as the Committee may prescribe (“Restricted Stock Grant”):

 

  (a) Requirement of Employment . A grantee of a Restricted Stock Grant must remain in the employment of the Company or its parent, if any, its subsidiaries, its affiliates and its joint ventures during a period designated by the Committee (“Restriction Period”) in order to retain the shares under the Restricted Stock Grant. If the grantee’s employment with the Company or its parent, if any, its subsidiaries, its affiliates and its joint ventures terminates prior to the end of the Restriction Period, the Restricted Stock Grant shall terminate and the shares of Common Stock shall be returned immediately to the Company provided that the Committee may, at the time of the grant, provide for the employment restriction to lapse with respect to a portion or portions of the Restricted Stock Grant at different times during the Restriction Period. The Committee may, in its discretion, also provide for such complete or partial exceptions to the employment restriction as it deems equitable.

 

  (b) Restrictions on Transfer and Legend on Stock Certificates . During the Restriction Period, the grantee may not sell, assign, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of the shares of Common Stock. Each certificate for shares of Common Stock issued hereunder shall contain a legend giving appropriate notice of the restrictions in the grant.


  (c) Escrow Agreement . The Committee may require the grantee to enter into an escrow agreement providing that the certificates representing the Restricted Stock Grant will remain in the physical custody of an escrow holder until all restrictions are removed or expire.

 

  (d) Lapse of Restrictions . All restrictions imposed under the Restricted Stock Grant shall lapse upon the expiration of the Restriction Period if the conditions as to employment set forth above have been met. The grantee shall then be entitled to have the legend removed from the certificates and/or request shares to be transferred to him or her from the escrow holder, if any.

 

  (e) Dividends . The Committee shall, in its discretion, at the time of the Restricted Stock Grant, provide that any dividends declared on the Common Stock during the Restriction Period shall either be (i) paid to the grantee as soon as practicable after the dividend is declared, or (ii) accumulated for the benefit of the grantee and paid to the grantee only after the expiration of the Restriction Period.

 

  (f) Performance Goals . The Committee may designate whether any Restricted Stock Grant is intended to be “performance-based compensation” as that term is used in Section 162(m) of the Code. Any such Restricted Stock Grant designated to be “performance-based compensation shall be conditioned on the achievement of one or more Performance Goals (as defined in Section 9(a)), to the extent required by Section 162(m).

11. Other Share-Based Awards

 

  (a) Share Awards . The Committee may grant an award of shares of common stock (a “Share Award”) to any Eligible Person on such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion.

 

  (b) Phantom Stock Awards . The Committee may, in its discretion, grant a right representing a number of hypothetical shares, including restricted stock units (a “Phantom Stock Award”), to any Eligible Person on such terms and conditions, including whether payment of such Phantom Stock Award will be in cash or shares, as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion.

12. Transferability

Each Incentive, other than Nonqualified Options, granted under the Plan shall not be transferable or assignable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the grantee’s lifetime only by the grantee. Nonqualified Options shall not be transferable or assignable by the recipient, and may not be made subject to execution, attachment or similar procedures, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a domestic relations order within the meaning of Rule 16a-12 under the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee, in its discretion, may adopt rules permitting the transfer, solely as gifts


during the grantee’s lifetime, of Stock Options (other than Incentive Stock Options) to trusts or family partnerships for the benefit of immediate family members, but in no event will awards be transferable for value or consideration. For this purpose, immediate family member means the grantee’s spouse, parent, child, stepchild, grandchild and the spouses of such family members. The terms of a Stock Option shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the beneficiaries, executors, administrators, heirs and successors of the grantee.

13. Discontinuance or Amendment of the Plan

The Board of Directors may discontinue the Plan at any time and may from time to time amend or revise the terms of the Plan as permitted by applicable statutes, except that it may not, without the consent of the grantees affected, revoke or alter, in a manner unfavorable to the grantees of any Incentives hereunder, any Incentives then outstanding, nor may the Board amend the Plan without stockholder approval where the absence of such approval would cause the Plan to fail to comply with Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, or any other requirement of applicable law or regulation.

14. No Constraint on Corporate Action

Nothing in the Plan shall be construed (i) to limit, impair or otherwise affect the Company’s right or power to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations or changes of its capital or business structure, or to merge or consolidate, or dissolve, liquidate, sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets, or (ii) except as provided in Section 13, to limit the right or power of the Company, its parent, or any subsidiary, affiliate or joint venture to take any action which such entity deems to be necessary or appropriate.

15. Withholding Taxes

The Company and its parent, if any, its subsidiaries, its affiliates and its joint ventures shall be entitled to collect income taxes, social insurance contributions, payment on account amounts, any local taxes and any other taxes related to the grant, vesting or exercise of Incentives or acquisition or sale of shares acquired under the Plan legally due by grantee and required to be withheld by the Company (or one of its affiliates) or grantee’s employer (“Tax Withholding Amounts”) by any of the following methods: (i) withholding from shares of Common Stock or cash issuable or due under the Incentive; (ii) withholding from compensation, salary, bonuses or any other amounts due to grantee; or (iii) forcing shares of Common Stock to be sold that are issued pursuant to Incentives and using the proceeds to cover the Tax Withholding Amounts. In addition and in accordance with any applicable administrative guidelines it establishes, the Committee may allow a grantee to pay the Tax Withholding Amounts by withholding from any payment of Common Stock due as a result of such Incentive, or by permitting the grantee to deliver to the Company, shares of Common Stock having a fair market value, as determined by the Committee, equal to the amount of the Tax Withholding Amounts. Regardless of when Incentives are granted, effective January 1, 2011, shares tendered in payment of the option price or grant price for Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights or withheld from Incentives (including Full Value Awards) for tax payments or withholding for taxes shall not be added back into the Plan.


16. Compliance with Section 16

With respect to Eligible Persons subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act (“Section 16 Officers”), transactions under the Plan are intended to comply with all applicable conditions of Rule 16b-3 or its successor under the Exchange Act. To the extent that compliance with any Plan provision applicable solely to the Section 16 Officers is not required in order to bring a transaction by such Section 16 Officer into compliance with Rule 16b-3, it shall be deemed null and void as to such transaction, to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Committee and its delegees. To the extent any provision of the Plan or action by the Plan administrators involving such Section 16 Officers is deemed not to comply with an applicable condition of Rule 16b-3, it shall be deemed null and void as to such Section 16 Officers, to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Plan administrators.

17. Use of Proceeds

The proceeds received by the Company from the sale of stock under the Plan shall be added to the general funds of the Company and shall be used for such corporate purposes as the Board of Directors shall direct.

18. Change in Control

Unless otherwise provided in an award agreement, or for Incentives that do not constitute deferred compensation under Section 409A of the Code, unless determined by the Committee in its discretion, in the event of a Change in Control (as defined below), each Incentive outstanding as of the Change in Control shall be assumed, continued, or substituted with a new Incentive that has: (i) an intrinsic value equivalent to that of the original Incentive; and (ii) terms at least as beneficial to the grantee as those contained in the original award agreement. If within two years following a Change in Control, a grantee is terminated for any reason (or constructively terminated as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion) except for “Cause” (as defined below) all of the grantee’s outstanding Incentives which have not vested shall immediately vest and become exercisable (if applicable) and all restrictions on such awards or shares shall immediately lapse.

For purposes of this Section 18, the term “Cause” shall mean that a grantee: (i) has been convicted of, or entered a plea of nolo contendere to, a crime that constitutes a felony under U.S. Federal or state law or equivalent under any applicable foreign law; (ii) has engaged in willful gross misconduct in the performance of the grantee’s duties to the Company or a parent, subsidiary or affiliate; or (iii) has committed a material breach of any written agreement with the Company or any parent, subsidiary or affiliate with respect to confidentiality, noncompetition, nonsolicitation or similar restrictive covenant. The Committee shall have the discretion of determining whether a grantee has been terminated for Cause for the purposes of this Section 18.


A “Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence during the term of the Plan of any one of the following events:

 

  (a) An acquisition (other than directly from the Company) of any shares of Common Stock or other voting securities of the Company by any “Person” (for purposes of this Section only, as the term “person” is used for purposes of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act), immediately after which such Person has “Beneficial Ownership” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of forty percent (40%) or more of either (i) the then outstanding shares of Common Stock or (ii) the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote for the election of directors (the “Voting Securities”); provided, however, in determining whether a Change in Control has occurred, shares of Common Stock 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); or

 

  (b) The individuals who, immediately after the acquisition or transaction, are members of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Incumbent Board”), (i) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company, or (ii) following a Merger (as hereinafter defined), do not constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of (x) the Surviving Corporation (as hereinafter defined), 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 a Parent Corporation, or (y) if there is one or more Parent Corporations, the ultimate Parent Corporation (as hereinafter defined); provided, however, that if the election, or nomination for election by the Company’s common stockholders, of any new director was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the Incumbent Board, such new director shall, for purposes of this 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 an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board of Directors of the Company (a “Proxy Contest”), including by reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle any Proxy Contest; or

 

  (c) The consummation of:

 

  (i) A merger, consolidation or reorganization with or into the Company or a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company or in which securities of the Company are issued (a “Merger”), unless the Merger is a “Non-Control Transaction.” A “Non-Control Transaction” shall mean:


  (A) the stockholders of the Company immediately before such Merger own directly or indirectly immediately following the Merger at least fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding common stock and 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 corporation (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 the Merger, constitute at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of, (x) 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 a 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 or another corporation that is a party to the agreement of Merger, (2) any Related Entity, or (3) any employee benefit plan (or any trust forming a part thereof) that, immediately prior to the Merger, was maintained by the Company or any Related Entity, or (4) any Person who, immediately prior to the Merger had Beneficial Ownership of forty percent (40%) or more of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock or Voting Securities, has Beneficial Ownership, directly or indirectly, of forty percent (40%) or more of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities or common stock of (x) 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 a Parent Corporation, or (y) if there is one or more Parent Corporations, the ultimate Parent Corporation.

 

  (ii) A complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

 

  (iii) The sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole to any Person (other than a transfer to a Related Entity or under conditions that would constitute a Non-Control Transaction with the disposition of assets being regarded as a Merger for this purpose or the distribution to the Company’s stockholders of the stock of a Related Entity or any other assets).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur solely because any Person (the “Subject Person”) acquired Beneficial Ownership of more than the permitted amount of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock or Voting Securities as a result of the acquisition of shares of Common Stock or Voting Securities by the Company which, by reducing the number of shares of Common Stock or Voting Securities then outstanding, increases the


proportional number of shares Beneficially Owned by the Subject Persons; provided, that if a Change in Control would occur (but for the operation of this sentence) as a result of the acquisition of shares of Common Stock or Voting Securities by the Company, and after such share acquisition by the Company, the Subject Person becomes the Beneficial Owner of any additional shares of Common Stock or Voting Securities which increases the percentage of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock or Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by the Subject Person, then a Change in Control shall occur.

Also, notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any Incentive constitutes a deferral of compensation subject to Code Section 409A, and if that Incentive provides for a change in the time or form of payment upon a Change in Control, then no Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred upon an event described in this Section 18 unless the event would also constitute a change in ownership or effective control of, or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of, the Company under Code Section 409A.

19. Governing Law

The Plan, and all agreements hereunder, shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws.


ADDENDUM

TO THE

MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC.

2002 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

This addendum is intended to cause the Medco Health Solutions, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) to meet the requirements of a written plan as described in Q&A 21 of Internal Revenue Service Notice 2005-1 with respect to restricted stock units, performance shares or other share based awards subject to deferral (“Stock Units”) granted under the Plan. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Plan.

1. Deferrals of Stock Units Permitted

 

  (a) Receipt of stock or other payment pursuant to the conversion of a Stock Unit granted under the Plan may be deferred at the election of a grantee beyond the taxable year in which the Stock Unit vests and becomes non-forfeitable provided permitted by the Committee.

 

  (b) This deferral program is intended to meet the requirements of an unfunded “top-hat” plan maintained primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees, within the meaning of Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA. No grantee shall be permitted to make a deferral election if such grantee’s participation in the deferral program would cause the Plan to fail to be treated as a top-hat plan.

 

  (c) Stock Units granted to members of the Board of Directors are not affected by this Addendum.

2. Deferral Period

 

  (a) The deferral may be until any of the following:

 

  (i) six months after the date of a grantee’s separation from service,

 

  (ii) the date the participant becomes disabled (within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(C) of Code),

 

  (iii) death,

 

  (iv) a specified date (or pursuant to a fixed schedule),

 

  (v) to the extent provided in regulations, a change in the ownership or effective control of the Company, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company, or

 

  (vi) the occurrence of an unforeseeable emergency (as defined in Section 409A of the Code or the regulations promulgated thereunder).


3. No Acceleration

Acceleration of the deferral period elected by the grantee shall not be permitted, except as provided in regulations promulgated under Section 409A of the Code.

4. Deferral Elections

Deferral elections shall be made in compliance with Section 409A of the Code. In accordance with IRS Notice 2005-1, deferral elections with respect to Stock Units outstanding but unvested as of March 15, 2005 may be made on or before March 15, 2005. Changes in the time and form of payments with respect to Stock Units for which an initial deferral is in effect shall be permitted in accordance with Section 409A(a)(4)(C) of the Code, the terms of which shall be incorporated into this Addendum.

5. Compliance with Section 409A

Awards granted under the Plans are intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. In order to comply with Section 409A, Stock Units granted under the Plans to employees who are not participants in the 2006 Executive Severance Plan at the time of grant shall be administered such that a separation from service of the grantee does not result in deferred compensation as defined in Section 409A unless the recipient has made a voluntary deferral election. As a result, Stock Units shall be converted and paid as soon as practicable following the date on which the Stock Units vest and become non-forfeitable. Stock Units granted under the Plans to employees who are participants in the 2006 Executive Severance Plan shall be administered such that a separation from service of the grantee does not result in the acceleration of payment of a Stock Unit. As a result, Stock Units shall not be converted and paid prior to the “Vesting Date” specified on the Term Sheet issued in respect of the award. The purpose of the prior sentence is to document that, except in the case of death or termination Within Two Years following a Change in Control, Stock Units granted to a participant in the 2006 Executive Severance Plan are paid on a date certain unless the recipient has made a specific deferral election in writing.

6. Transition Relief

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Stock Units that have become vested on or before October 22, 2008 and have not been paid as of such date, shall, if held by an employee who is not a participant in the Executive Severance Plan, be paid on or about February 24, 2009. This provision has been added as of October 22, 2008 and is intended to comply with the 409A transition guidance.

7. Change in Control Provisions

In order to comply with Section 409A in connection with the payment of any Stock Units following or in connection with a “Change in Control,” the following applies:

 

  (a) The definition of Change in Control in Section 18 of the Plan shall apply for purposes of determining the extent to which an Incentive has vested.

 

  (b) Any payment provisions applicable to a Stock Unit that are conditioned upon the occurrence of a Change in Control shall only apply if the Change in Control is also a change in the ownership or effective control, or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5).

Exhibit 4.12

 

ACCREDO HEALTH, INCORPORATED

2002 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

 

As amended and restated effective August 18, 2005

to reflect the merger (the “Merger”) of Accredo Health, Incorporated with and into a

subsidiary of Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (“Medco”)

 

ARTICLE I

PURPOSE

 

1.1. GENERAL. The purpose of the Accredo Health, Incorporated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is to promote the success, and enhance the value, of Accredo Health, Incorporated (the “Corporation”), and its parent company Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (“Medco”) by linking the personal interests of its employees to those of Medco’s stockholders and by providing such persons with an incentive for outstanding performance. The Plan is further intended to provide flexibility to the Corporation in its ability to motivate, attract, and retain the services of employees upon whose judgment, interest, and special effort the successful conduct of the Corporation’s operation is largely dependent. Accordingly, the Plan permits the grant of incentive awards from time to time to selected employees.

 

ARTICLE 2

EFFECTIVE DATE

 

2.1. EFFECTIVE DATE. The Plan became effective as of the date it was first approved by both the Corporation’s board and its stockholders. The Plan was subsequently amended and as amended approved by the Corporation’s stockholders on November 22, 2004. In connection with the merger of the Corporation with and into a subsidiary of Medco, the plan was assumed by Medco and shares of Medco Common Stock were substituted for shares of the Corporation, effective as of August 18, 2005.

 

ARTICLE 3

DEFINITIONS

 

3.1. DEFINITIONS. When a word or phrase appears in this Plan with the initial letter capitalized, and the word or phrase does not commence a sentence, the word or phrase shall generally be given the meaning ascribed to it in this Section or in Section 1.1 unless a clearly different meaning is required by the context. The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:

 

(a) “Award” means any Option, Restricted Stock Award, or any other right or interest relating to Stock or cash, granted to a Participant under the Plan.

 

(b) “Award Agreement” means any written agreement, contract, or other instrument or document evidencing an Award.


(c) “Board” means the Board of Directors of Medco Health Solutions, Inc.

 

(d) “Cause” as a reason for a Participant’s termination of employment shall have the meaning assigned such term in the employment agreement, if any, between such Participant and the Corporation or an affiliated company, provided, however that if there is no such employment agreement in which such term is defined, “Cause” shall mean any of the following acts by the Participant, as determined by the Board: gross neglect of duty, prolonged absence from duty without the consent of the Corporation, intentionally engaging in any activity that is in conflict with or adverse to the business or other interests of the Corporation, or willful misconduct, misfeasance or malfeasance of duty which is reasonably determined to be detrimental to the Corporation.

 

(e) “Change in Control” means and includes:

 

(1) The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the 1934 Act) (a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act) of 25% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of Medco entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Corporation Voting Securities”); provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection (1), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control: (i) any acquisition by a Person who is on the Effective Date the beneficial owner of 25% or more of the Outstanding Corporation Voting Securities, (ii) any acquisition directly from Medco, (iii) any acquisition by the Medco, (iv) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by Medco or any corporation controlled by Medco, or (v) any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of subsection (3) of this definition; or

 

(2) Individuals who, as of the Effective Time, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Time whose election, or nomination for election by Medco’s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board; or

 

(3) Consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Medco (a “Business Combination”), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination, (i) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were

 

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the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Corporation Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns Medco or all or substantially all of Medco’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Corporation Voting Securities, and (ii) no Person (excluding any corporation resulting from such Business Combination or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of Medco or such corporation resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination, and (iii) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination; or

 

(4) Approval by the stockholders of Medco of a complete liquidation or dissolution of Medco.

 

(f) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

(g) “Committee” means the committee of the Board described in Article 4.

 

(h) “Corporation” means Accredo Health, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation.

 

(i) “Covered Employee” means a covered employee as defined in Code Section 162(m)(3).

 

(j) “Disability” shall mean any illness or other physical or mental condition of a Participant that renders the Participant incapable of performing his customary and usual duties for the Corporation, or any medically determinable illness or other physical or mental condition resulting from a bodily injury, disease or mental disorder which, in the judgment of the Committee, is permanent and continuous in nature. The Committee may require such medical or other evidence as it deems necessary to judge the nature and permanency of the Participant’s condition. Notwithstanding the above, with respect to an Incentive Stock Option, Disability shall mean Permanent and Total Disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

 

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(k) “Effective Date” has the meaning assigned such term in Section 2.1.

 

(l) “Fair Market Value”, with respect to grants made after the effective time of the Merger, shall mean the average (mean) of the highest and lowest sales prices of a share of Common Stock, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange (or any other reporting system selected by the Committee, in its sole discretion) on the date as of which the determination is being made or, if no sale of shares of Common Stock is reported on this date, on the next preceding day on which there were sales of shares of Common Stock reported. Prior to the effective time of the Merger, Fair Market Value means on any date, (i) if the Stock is listed on a securities exchange or is traded over the Nasdaq National Market, the closing sales price on such exchange or over such system on such date or, in the absence of reported sales on such date, the closing sales price on the immediately preceding date on which sales were reported, or (ii) if the Stock is not listed on a securities exchange or traded over the Nasdaq National Market, the mean between the bid and offered prices as quoted by Nasdaq for such date, provided that if the Stock is not quoted on Nasdaq or it is determined that the fair market value is not properly reflected by such Nasdaq quotations, Fair Market Value will be determined by such other method as the Committee determines in good faith to be reasonable.

 

(m) “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option that is intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision thereto.

 

(n) “Medco” means Medco Health Solutions, Inc.

 

(o) “Non-Qualified Stock Option” means an Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.

 

(p) “Option” means a right granted to a Participant under Article 7 of the Plan to purchase Stock at a specified price during specified time periods. An Option may be either an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

 

(q) “Other Stock-Based Award” means a right, granted to a Participant that relates to or is valued by reference to Stock or other Awards relating to Stock.

 

(r) “Parent” means a corporation which owns or beneficially owns a majority of the outstanding voting stock or voting power of the Corporation. Notwithstanding the above, with respect to an Incentive Stock Option, Parent shall have the meaning set forth in Section 424(e) of the Code.

 

(s) “Participant” means a person who, as an employee, officer, consultant or director of the Corporation or any Subsidiary, has been granted an Award under the Plan.

 

(t) “Plan” means the Accredo Health, Incorporated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

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(u) “Restricted Stock Award” means Stock granted to a Participant under Article 8 that is subject to certain restrictions and to risk of forfeiture.

 

(v) “Retirement” means a Participant’s voluntary termination of employment with the Corporation, Parent or Subsidiary after attaining age 55.

 

(w) “Stock” means the $.01 par value common stock of Medco and such other securities of Medco as may be substituted for Stock pursuant to Article 10.

 

(x) “Subsidiary” means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity of which a majority of the outstanding voting stock or voting power is beneficially owned directly or indirectly by the Corporation. Notwithstanding the above, with respect to an Incentive Stock Option, Subsidiary shall have the meaning set forth in Section 424(f) of the Code.

 

(y) “1933 Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

 

(z) “1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

ARTICLE 4

ADMINISTRATION

 

4.1. COMMITTEE. The Plan shall be administered by a committee appointed by the Board (which Committee shall consist of two or more directors) or, at the discretion of the Board from time to time, the Plan may be administered by the Board. The Committee shall consist of two or more members of the Board. It is intended that the directors appointed to serve on the Committee shall be “non-employee directors” (within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act) and “outside directors” (within the meaning of Code Section 162(m) and the regulations thereunder) to the extent that Rule 16b-3 and, if necessary for relief from the limitation under Code Section 162(m) and such relief is sought by Medco, Code Section 162(m), respectively, are applicable. However, the mere fact that a Committee member shall fail to qualify under either of the foregoing requirements shall not invalidate any Award made by the Committee which Award is otherwise validly made under the Plan. The members of the Committee shall be appointed by, and may be changed at any time and from time to time in the discretion of, the Board. During any time that the Board is acting as administrator of the Plan, it shall have all the powers of the Committee hereunder, and any reference herein to the Committee (other than in this Section 4.1) shall include the Board.

 

4.2. ACTION BY THE COMMITTEE. For purposes of administering the Plan, the following rules of procedure shall govern the Committee. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum. The acts of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present, and acts approved unanimously in writing by

 

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the members of the Committee in lieu of a meeting, shall be deemed the acts of the Committee. Each member of the Committee is entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any report or other information furnished to that member by any officer or other employee of the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary, the Corporation’s independent certified public accountants, or any executive compensation consultant or other professional retained by the Corporation to assist in the administration of the Plan.

 

4.3. AUTHORITY OF COMMITTEE. Except as provided below, the Committee has the exclusive power, authority and discretion to:

 

(a) Designate Participants;

 

(b) Determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to each Participant;

 

(c) Determine the number of Awards to be granted and the number of shares of Stock to which an Award will relate;

 

(d) Determine the terms and conditions of any Award granted under the Plan, including but not limited to, the exercise price, grant price, or purchase price, any restrictions or limitations on the Award, any schedule for lapse of forfeiture restrictions or restrictions on the exercisability of an Award, and accelerations or waivers thereof, based in each case on such considerations as the Committee in its sole discretion determines;

 

(e) Accelerate the vesting or lapse of restrictions of any outstanding Award, based in each case on such considerations as the Committee in its sole discretion determines;

 

(f) Determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances an Award may be settled in, or the exercise price of an Award may be paid in, cash, Stock, other Awards, or other property, or an Award may be canceled, forfeited, or surrendered;

 

(g) Prescribe the form of each Award Agreement, which need not be identical for each Participant;

 

(h) Decide all other matters that must be determined in connection with an Award;

 

(i) Establish, adopt or revise any rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or advisable to administer the Plan;

 

(j) Make all other decisions and determinations that may be required under the Plan or as the Committee deems necessary or advisable to administer the Plan;

 

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(k) Amend the Plan or any Award Agreement as provided herein; and

 

(l) Adopt such modifications, procedures, and subplans as may be necessary or desirable to comply with provisions of the laws of non-U.S. jurisdictions in which the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary may operate, in order to assure the viability of the benefits of Awards granted to participants located in such other jurisdictions and to meet the objectives of the Plan.

 

Notwithstanding the above, the Board or the Committee may and hereby does expressly delegate to the Chief Executive Officer of Medco all of the Committee’s authority under subsections (a), (b) and (c) above; provided that such delegation shall be limited to a number of Awards specified by the Committee; and provided further that no officer may grant Awards to himself or to eligible Participants who, at the time of grant, are or are anticipated to become, either (i) Covered Employees or (ii) persons subject to the insider trading restrictions of Section 16 of the 1934 Act.

 

4.4. DECISIONS BINDING. The Committee’s interpretation of the Plan, any Awards granted under the Plan, any Award Agreement and all decisions and determinations by the Committee with respect to the Plan are final, binding, and conclusive on all parties.

 

ARTICLE 5

SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

(Post-Merger)

 

5.1. NUMBER OF SHARES. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10.1, the aggregate number of shares of Stock reserved and available for Awards shall be 5,711,695, of which not more than 10% may be granted as Awards of Restricted Stock. As of the Effective Time, Awards under the Plan were outstanding with respect to 3,775,093 shares.

 

5.2. LAPSED AWARDS. To the extent that an Award is canceled, terminates, expires or lapses for any reason, any shares of Stock subject to the Award will again be available for the grant of an Award under the Plan.

 

5.3. STOCK DISTRIBUTED. Any Stock distributed pursuant to an Award may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued Stock, treasury Stock or Stock purchased on the open market.

 

5.4. LIMITATION ON AWARDS. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary (but subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10.1), the maximum number of shares of Stock with respect to one or more Options that may be granted during any one calendar year under the Plan to any one Participant shall be 467,135. The maximum fair market value (measured as of the date of grant) of any Restricted Stock Awards that may be received by any one Participant (less any consideration paid by the Participant for such Award) during any one calendar year under the Plan shall be $2,000,000.

 

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ARTICLE 6

ELIGIBILITY

 

6.1. GENERAL. Awards may be granted only to individuals who are employees of the Corporation or a Subsidiary.

 

ARTICLE 7

STOCK OPTIONS

 

7.1. GENERAL. The Committee is authorized to grant Options to Participants on the following terms and conditions:

 

(a) EXERCISE PRICE. The exercise price per share of Stock under an Option shall be determined by the Committee, provided that the exercise price for any Option shall not be less than the Fair Market Value as of the date of the grant.

 

(b) TIME AND CONDITIONS OF EXERCISE. The Committee shall determine the time or times at which an Option may be exercised in whole or in part, subject to Section 7.1(e). The Committee also shall determine the performance or other conditions, if any, that must be satisfied before all or part of an Option may be exercised or vested. The Committee may waive any exercise or vesting provisions at any time in whole or in part based upon factors as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion so that the Option becomes exercisable or vested at an earlier date. The Committee may permit an arrangement whereby receipt of Stock upon exercise of an Option is delayed until a specified future date.

 

(c) PAYMENT. The Committee shall determine the methods by which the exercise price of an Option may be paid, the form of payment, including, without limitation, cash, shares of Stock, or other property (including “cashless exercise” arrangements), and the methods by which shares of Stock shall be delivered or deemed to be delivered to Participants; provided, however, that if shares of Stock are used to pay the exercise price of an Option, such shares must have been held by the Participant for at least six months.

 

(d) EVIDENCE OF GRANT. All Options shall be evidenced by a term sheet summarizing the terms and conditions of the Award. The summary shall include such provisions, not inconsistent with the Plan, as may be specified by the Committee.

 

(e) EXERCISE TERM. In no event may any Option be exercisable for more than ten years from the date of its grant.

 

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7.2. INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS. The terms of any Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan must comply with the following additional rules:

 

(a) EXERCISE PRICE. The exercise price per share of Stock shall be set by the Committee, provided that the exercise price for any Incentive Stock Option shall not be less than the Fair Market Value as of the date of the grant.

 

(b) EXERCISE. In no event may any Incentive Stock Option be exercisable for more than ten years from the date of its grant.

 

(c) LAPSE OF OPTION. An Incentive Stock Option shall lapse under the earliest of the following circumstances; provided, however, that the Committee may, prior to the lapse of the Incentive Stock Option under the circumstances described in paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) below, provide in writing that the Option will extend until a later date, but if the Option is exercised after the dates specified in paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) below, it will automatically become a Non-Qualified Stock Option:

 

(1) The Incentive Stock Option shall lapse as of the option expiration date set forth in the Award summary.

 

(2) The Incentive Stock Option shall lapse ten years after it is granted, unless an earlier time is set in the Award Agreement.

 

(3) If the Participant terminates employment for any reason other than as provided in paragraph (4) or (5) below, the Incentive Stock Option shall lapse, unless it is previously exercised, three months after the Participant’s termination of employment; provided, however, that if the Participant’s employment is terminated by the Corporation for Cause or by the Participant without the consent of the Corporation, the Incentive Stock Option shall (to the extent not previously exercised) lapse immediately.

 

(4) If the Participant terminates employment by reason of his Disability, the Incentive Stock Option shall lapse, unless it is previously exercised, one year after the Participant’s termination of employment.

 

(5) If the Participant dies while employed, or during the three-month period described in paragraph (3) or during the one-year period described in paragraph (4) and before the Option otherwise lapses, the Option shall lapse one year after the Participant’s death. Upon the Participant’s death, any exercisable Incentive Stock Options may be exercised by the Participant’s beneficiary, determined in accordance with Section 9.5.

 

Unless the exercisability of the Incentive Stock Option is accelerated as provided in Article 9, if a Participant exercises an Option after termination of employment, the Option may be exercised only with respect to the shares that were otherwise vested on the Participant’s termination of employment.

 

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(d) INDIVIDUAL DOLLAR LIMITATION. The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the time an Award is made) of all shares of Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are first exercisable by a Participant in any calendar year may not exceed $100,000.00.

 

(e) TEN PERCENT OWNERS. No Incentive Stock Option shall be granted to any individual who, at the date of grant, owns stock possessing more than ten percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary unless the exercise price per share of such Option is at least 110% of the Fair Market Value per share of Stock at the date of grant and the Option expires no later than five years after the date of grant.

 

(f) EXPIRATION OF INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS. No Award of an Incentive Stock Option may be made pursuant to the Plan after the day immediately prior to the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date.

 

(g) RIGHT TO EXERCISE. During a Participant’s lifetime, an Incentive Stock Option may be exercised only by the Participant or, in the case of the Participant’s Disability, by the Participant’s guardian or legal representative.

 

(h) DIRECTORS. The Committee may not grant an Incentive Stock Option to a non-employee director. The Committee may grant an Incentive Stock Option to a director who is also an employee of the Corporation or Parent or Subsidiary but only in that individual’s position as an employee and not as a director.

 

ARTICLE 8

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

 

8.1. GRANT OF RESTRICTED STOCK. The Committee is authorized to make Awards of Restricted Stock to Participants in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as may be selected by the Committee. All Awards of Restricted Stock shall be evidenced by a Restricted Stock Award Agreement.

 

8.2. ISSUANCE AND RESTRICTIONS. Restricted Stock shall be subject to such restrictions on transferability and other restrictions as the Committee may impose (including, without limitation, limitations on the right to vote Restricted Stock or the right to receive dividends on the Restricted Stock). These restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such times, under such circumstances, in such installments, upon the satisfaction of performance goals or otherwise, as the Committee determines at the time of the grant of the Award or thereafter.

 

8.3. FORFEITURE. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of the grant of the Award or thereafter, upon termination of employment during the applicable restriction period or upon failure to satisfy a performance goal during the applicable restriction period, Restricted Stock that is at that time subject to restrictions

 

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shall be forfeited and reacquired by Medco; provided, however, that the Committee may provide in any Award Agreement or summary that restrictions or forfeiture conditions relating to Restricted Stock will be waived in whole or in part in the event of terminations resulting from specified causes, and the Committee may in other cases waive in whole or in part restrictions or forfeiture conditions relating to Restricted Stock.

 

8.4. CERTIFICATES FOR RESTRICTED STOCK. Restricted Stock granted under the Plan may be evidenced in such manner as the Committee shall determine. If certificates representing shares of Restricted Stock are registered in the name of the Participant, certificates must bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock.

 

ARTICLE 9

PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO AWARDS

 

9.1. STAND-ALONE, TANDEM, AND SUBSTITUTE AWARDS. Awards granted under the Plan may, in the discretion of the Committee, be granted either alone or in addition to, in tandem with, or in substitution for, any other Award granted under the Plan. If an Award is granted in substitution for another Award, the Committee may require the surrender of such other Award in consideration of the grant of the new Award. Awards granted in addition to or in tandem with other Awards may be granted either at the same time as or at a different time from the grant of such other Awards.

 

9.2. TERM OF AWARD. The term of each Award shall be for the period as determined by the Committee, provided that in no event shall the term of any Incentive Stock Option exceed a period of ten years from the date of its grant (or, if Section 7.2(e) applies, five years from the date of its grant).

 

9.3. FORM OF PAYMENT FOR AWARDS. Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable law or Award Agreement, payments or transfers to be made by the Corporation or a Parent or Subsidiary on the grant or exercise of an Award may be made in such form as the Committee determines at or after the time of grant, including without limitation, cash, Stock, other Awards, or other property, or any combination, and may be made in a single payment or transfer, in installments, or on a deferred basis, in each case determined in accordance with rules adopted by, and at the discretion of, the Committee.

 

9.4. LIMITS ON TRANSFER. No right or interest of a Participant in any unexercised or restricted Award may be pledged, encumbered, or hypothecated to or in favor of any party other than the Corporation or a Parent or Subsidiary, or shall be subject to any lien, obligation, or liability of such Participant to any other party other than the Corporation or a Parent or Subsidiary. No unexercised or restricted Award shall be assignable or transferable by a Participant other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution or, except in the case of an Incentive Stock Option and only to the extent specifically authorized by the Committee, pursuant to a domestic relations order that would satisfy Section 414(p)(1)(A) of the Code if such Section applied to an Award under the Plan; provided, however, that the Committee may (but need not) permit other

 

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transfers where the Committee concludes that such transferability (i) does not result in accelerated taxation, (ii) does not cause any Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option to fail to be described in Code Section 422(b), and (iii) is otherwise appropriate and desirable, taking into account any factors deemed relevant, including without limitation, any state or federal tax or securities laws or regulations applicable to transferable Awards. Nothing in this Section 9.4 shall obligate the Committee to allow transfers pursuant to a domestic relations order.

 

9.5. BENEFICIARIES. Notwithstanding Section 9.4, a Participant may, in the manner and to the extent determined by the Committee, designate a beneficiary to exercise the rights of the Participant and to receive any distribution with respect to any Award upon the Participant’s death. A beneficiary, legal guardian, legal representative, or other person claiming any rights under the Plan is subject to all terms and conditions of the Plan and any Award Agreement applicable to the Participant, except to the extent the Plan and Award Agreement otherwise provide, and to any additional restrictions deemed necessary or appropriate by the Committee. If no beneficiary has been designated or survives the Participant, payment shall be made to the Participant’s estate. Subject to the foregoing, a beneficiary designation may be changed or revoked by a Participant at any time provided the change or revocation is filed with the Committee. Nothing in this Section 9.5 shall obligate the Committee to allow beneficiary designations.

 

9.6. STOCK CERTIFICATES. All Stock issuable under the Plan is subject to any stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee deems necessary or advisable to comply with federal or state securities laws, rules and regulations and the rules of any national securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Stock is listed, quoted, or traded. The Committee may place legends on any Stock certificate to reference restrictions applicable to the Stock.

 

9.7. ACCELERATION UPON DEATH, RETIREMENT OR DISABILITY. Except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, summary of terms or Rules and Regulations adopted by the Committee, upon the Participant’s death, Retirement or Disability during his employment or service as a consultant or director, all outstanding Options shall become fully exercisable and all restrictions on outstanding Restricted Stock Awards shall lapse. Any Option shall thereafter continue or lapse in accordance with the other provisions of the Plan and the Award Agreement. To the extent that this provision causes Incentive Stock Options to exceed the dollar limitation set forth in Section 7.2(d), the excess Options shall be deemed to be Non-Qualified Stock Options.

 

9.8. ACCELERATION UPON A CHANGE IN CONTROL. Except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, summary of terms or Rules and Regulations adopted by the Committee, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, all outstanding Options shall become fully exercisable and all restrictions on outstanding Awards shall lapse. To the extent that this provision causes Incentive Stock Options to exceed the dollar limitation set forth in Section 7.2(d), the excess Options shall be deemed to be Non-Qualified Stock Options.

 

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9.9. ACCELERATION FOR ANY OTHER REASON. Regardless of whether an event has occurred as described in Section 9.7 or 9.8 above, the Committee may in its sole discretion at any time determine that all or a portion of a Participant’s Options shall become fully or partially exercisable, and/or that all or a part of the restrictions on all or a portion of the outstanding Restricted Stock Awards shall lapse, in each case, as of such date as the Committee may, in its sole discretion, declare. The Committee may discriminate among Participants and among Awards granted to a Participant in exercising its discretion pursuant to this Section 9.10.

 

9.10. EFFECT OF ACCELERATION. If an Award is accelerated under Section 9.8 or 9.9, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide (i) that the Award will expire after a designated period of time after such acceleration to the extent not then exercised, (ii) that the Award will be settled in cash rather than Stock, (iii) that, if the Award will be assumed by another party to a transaction giving rise to the acceleration or otherwise be equitably converted or substituted in connection with such transaction, (iv) that the Award may be settled by payment in cash or cash equivalents equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the underlying Stock, as of a specified date associated with the transaction, over the exercise price of the Award, or (v) any combination of the foregoing. The Committee’s determination need not be uniform and may be different for different Participants whether or not such Participants are similarly situated.

 

9.11. PERFORMANCE GOALS. The Committee may determine that any Award granted pursuant to this Plan to a Participant (including, but not limited to, Participants who are Covered Employees) shall be determined solely on the basis of (a) the achievement by the Corporation or a Parent or Subsidiary of a specified target return, or target growth in return, on equity or assets, (b) the achievement by the Corporation or a Parent or Subsidiary of a specified target total stockholder return (stock price appreciation plus reinvested dividends), or target growth in total stockholder return, (c) the Corporation’s, Parent’s or Subsidiary’s stock price, (d) the achievement by an individual or a business unit of the Corporation, Parent or Subsidiary of a specified target, or target growth in, revenues, net income or earnings per share, or (e) any combination of the goals set forth in (a) through (d) above. If an Award is made on such basis, the Committee shall establish goals prior to the beginning of the period for which such performance goal relates (or such later date as may be permitted under Code Section 162(m) or the regulations thereunder) and the Committee has the right for any reason to reduce (but not increase) any Award, notwithstanding the achievement of a specified goal. Any payment of an Award granted with performance goals shall be conditioned on the written certification of the Committee in each case that the performance goals and any other material conditions were satisfied.

 

9.14. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. Whether military, government or other service or other leave of absence shall constitute a termination of employment shall be determined in each case by the Committee at its discretion, and any determination by the Committee shall be final and conclusive. A termination of employment shall not occur (i) in a circumstance in which a Participant transfers from the Corporation to one of its Parents or Subsidiaries, transfers from a Parent or Subsidiary to the Corporation, or

 

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transfers from one Parent or Subsidiary to another Parent or Subsidiary, or (ii) in the discretion of the Committee as specified at or prior to such occurrence, in the case of a spin-off, sale, or disposition of the Participant’s employer from the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary. To the extent that this provision causes Incentive Stock Options to extend beyond three months from the date a Participant is deemed to be an employee of the Corporation, a Parent or Subsidiary for purposes of Section 424(f) of the Code, the Options held by such Participant shall be deemed to be Non-Qualified Stock Options.

 

ARTICLE 10

CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

10.1. GENERAL. In the event of a corporate transaction involving the Corporation (including, without limitation, any stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination or exchange of shares), the authorization limits under Section 5.1 and 5.4 shall be adjusted proportionately, and the Committee may adjust Awards to preserve the benefits or potential benefits of the Awards. Action by the Committee may include: (i) adjustment of the number and kind of shares which may be delivered under the Plan; (ii) adjustment of the number and kind of shares subject to outstanding Awards; (iii) adjustment of the exercise price of outstanding Awards; and (iv) any other adjustments that the Committee determines to be equitable. In addition, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide (i) that Awards will be settled in cash rather than Stock, (ii) that Awards will become immediately vested and exercisable and will expire after a designated period of time to the extent not then exercised, (iii) that Awards will be assumed by another party to a transaction or otherwise be equitably converted or substituted in connection with such transaction, (iv) that outstanding Awards may be settled by payment in cash or cash equivalents equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the underlying Stock, as of a specified date associated with the transaction, over the exercise price of the Award, or (v) any combination of the foregoing. The Committee’s determination need not be uniform and may be different for different Participants whether or not such Participants are similarly situated. Without limiting the foregoing, in the event a stock dividend or stock split is declared upon the Stock, the authorization limits under Section 5.1 and 5.4 shall be increased proportionately, and the shares of Stock then subject to each Award shall be increased proportionately without any change in the aggregate purchase price therefor.

 

ARTICLE 11

AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION

 

11.1. AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION. Subject to Section 11.2, the Board or the Committee may, at any time and from time to time, amend, modify or terminate the Plan without stockholder approval; provided, however, that the Board or Committee may condition any amendment or modification on the approval of stockholders of the Corporation if such approval is necessary or deemed advisable with respect to tax, securities, or other applicable laws, policies, or regulations; and provided further that the last sentence of Section 11.2 may not be amended or modified without stockholder approval.

 

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11.2. AWARDS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED. No termination, amendment, or modification of the Plan shall adversely affect any Award previously granted under the Plan, without the written consent of the Participant. At any time and from time to time, the Committee may amend, modify or terminate any outstanding Award without approval of the Participant; provided, however, that:

 

(a) subject to the terms of the applicable Award Agreement, such amendment, modification, or termination shall not, without the Participant’s consent, reduce or diminish the value of such Award determined as if the Award had been exercised, vested, cashed in or otherwise settled on the date of such amendment or termination;

 

(b) the original term of any Option may not be extended without the prior approval of the stockholders of Medco; and

 

(c) except as otherwise provided in Article 10, the exercise price of any Option may not be reduced, directly or indirectly, without the prior approval of the stockholders of Medco.

 

ARTICLE 12

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

12.1. NO RIGHTS TO AWARDS. No Participant or any eligible participant shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan, and neither the Corporation, Medco nor the Committee is obligated to treat Participants or eligible participants uniformly.

 

12.2. NO STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS. No Award gives the Participant any of the rights of a stockholder of Medco unless and until shares of Stock are in fact issued to such person in connection with such Award.

 

12.3. WITHHOLDING. The Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary shall have the authority and the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the Corporation, an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, and local taxes (including the Participant’s FICA obligation) required by law to be withheld with respect to any taxable event arising as a result of the Plan. With respect to withholding required upon any taxable event under the Plan, the Committee may, at the time the Award is granted or thereafter, require or permit that any such withholding requirement be satisfied, in whole or in part, by withholding from the Award shares of Stock having a Fair Market Value on the date of withholding equal to the minimum amount (and not any greater amount) required to be withheld for tax purposes, all in accordance with such procedures as the Committee establishes.

 

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12.4. NO RIGHT TO CONTINUED SERVICE. Nothing in the Plan or any Award Agreement shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary to terminate any Participant’s employment or status as an officer, director or consultant at any time, nor confer upon any Participant any right to continue as an employee, officer, director or consultant of the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary.

 

12.5. UNFUNDED STATUS OF AWARDS. The Plan is intended to be an “unfunded” plan for incentive and deferred compensation. With respect to any payments not yet made to a Participant pursuant to an Award, nothing contained in the Plan or any Award Agreement shall give the Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary.

 

12.6. INDEMNIFICATION. To the extent allowable under applicable law, each member of the Committee shall be indemnified and held harmless by Medco from any loss, cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by such member in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit, or proceeding to which such member may be a party or in which he may be involved by reason of any action or failure to act under the Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid by such member in satisfaction of judgment in such action, suit, or proceeding against him provided he gives Medco an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he undertakes to handle and defend it on his own behalf. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled under Medco’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any power that Medco may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.

 

12.7. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER BENEFITS. No payment under the Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, savings, profit sharing, group insurance, welfare or benefit plan of the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary unless provided otherwise in such other plan.

 

12.8. EXPENSES. The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Corporation and its Parents or Subsidiaries.

 

12.9. TITLES AND HEADINGS. The titles and headings of the Sections in the Plan are for convenience of reference only, and in the event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than such titles or headings, shall control.

 

12.10. GENDER AND NUMBER. Except where otherwise indicated by the context, any masculine term used herein also shall include the feminine; the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural.

 

12.11. FRACTIONAL SHARES. No fractional shares of Stock shall be issued and the Committee shall determine, in its discretion, whether cash shall be given in lieu of fractional shares or whether such fractional shares shall be eliminated by rounding up.

 

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12.12. GOVERNMENT AND OTHER REGULATIONS. The obligation of Medco to make payment of awards in Stock or otherwise shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by government agencies as may be required. Medco shall be under no obligation to register under the 1933 Act, or any state securities act, any of the shares of Stock issued in connection with the Plan. The shares issued in connection with the Plan may in certain circumstances be exempt from registration under the 1933 Act, and the Corporation may restrict the transfer of such shares in such manner as it deems advisable to ensure the availability of any such exemption.

 

12.13. GOVERNING LAW. To the extent not governed by federal law, the Plan and all Award Agreements shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Tennessee.

 

12.14. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS. Each Award Agreement may contain such other terms and conditions as the Committee may determine; provided that such other terms and conditions are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Plan.

 

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Exhibit 4.13

EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.

EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

OF 2005

(As amended and restated effective December 20, 2018)


TABLE OF CONTENTS

   
PAGE
1.
PURPOSE
1
2.
DEFINITIONS
1
 
2.1
Accounting Date.
1
 
2.2
Base Compensation.
1
 
2.3
Basic Company Credit.
1
 
2.4
Beneficiary.
2
 
2.5
Board.
2
 
2.6
Bonus Compensation.
2
 
2.7
Business Day.
2
 
2.8
Cigna.
2
 
2.9
Closing.
2
 
2.10
Code.
2
 
2.11
Committee.
2
 
2.12
Common Stock.
2
 
2.13
Common Stock Fund.
3
 
2.14
Company.
3
 
2.15
Company Credits.
3
 
2.16
Compensation.
3
 
2.17
Compensation Account(s).
3
 
2.18
Credit Date.
3
 
2.19
Deferred Bonus.
3
 
2.20
Deferred Compensation.
3
 
2.21
Disability.
4
 
2.22
Effective Date.
4
 
2.23
Election.
4
 
2.24
Employee.
4
 
2.25
Fair Market Value.
4
 
2.26
In-Service Account.
4
 
2.27
Merger Agreement
5
 
2.28
Newly Eligible Participant.
5
 
2.29
Participant.
5
 
2.30
Past Service Credit.
5
 
2.31
Plan.
5
 
2.32
Plan Year.
5
 
2.33
Retirement.
5
 
2.34
Retention Account.
5
 
2.35
Retention Agreement.
5
 
2.36
Retention Credit
6
 
2.37
Retirement Account.
6
 
2.38
Service Year.
6
 
2.39
Special Bonus.
6
 
2.40
Stock Unit(s).
6
 
2.41
Termination.
6

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3.
ADMINISTRATION
6
4.
ELIGIBILITY
7
5.
PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS
7
6.
ELECTION TO PARTICIPATE
8
 
6.1
In General.
8
 
6.2
Investment Alternatives For Existing Balances.
10
7.
COMPANY CREDITS AND SPECIAL AND DEFERRED BONUSES
10
 
7.1
Vesting.
10
 
7.2
Forfeiture.
11
8.
DISTRIBUTION
11
 
8.1
Retirement Account.
11
 
8.2
In-Service Account.
11
 
8.3
Termination or Disability.
12
 
8.4
Death.
12
 
8.5
Retention Accounts.
12
 
8.6
Form of Distribution.
12
9.
FINANCIAL HARDSHIP
13
10.
BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION
14
11.
UNSECURED GENERAL CREDITOR STATUS OF EMPLOYEE
14
12.
SHARES; ADJUSTMENTS IN EVENT OF CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION
14
13.
INALIENABILITY OF BENEFITS
15
14.
CLAIMS PROCEDURE
15
15.
GOVERNING LAW
18
16.
AMENDMENTS
18
17.
TIME FOR PAYMENT
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.

EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN OF 2005

1.             PURPOSE

The purpose of this Express Scripts, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005 (the “Plan”) is to provide eligible key employees of the Company with an opportunity to defer compensation to be earned by them from the Company as a means of saving for retirement or other future purposes and to provide such employees with competitive retirement and capital accumulation benefits.  In addition, the Plan is intended to provide eligible key employees additional incentive to remain employed by the Company and to attract certain executive-level employees.

Express Scripts, Inc. previously adopted the Express Scripts, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2003 (“Prior Plan”).  Effective December 31, 2004, Express Scripts, Inc. amended the Prior Plan to cease future deferrals thereunder after December 31, 2004, and the Prior Plan is intended to be grandfathered for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.  Effective January 1, 2005, Express Scripts, Inc. set forth in a separate document the terms of the Plan, which apply to amounts deferred or that first become vested hereunder after December 31, 2004.  Express Scripts Holding Company then assumed, amended and restated the Plan on April 2, 2012 and further amended the Plan in April and November 2018, respectively.  This document reflects Cigna’s assumption, amendment and restatement of the Plan effective as of December 20, 2018.  The Plan and the Prior Plan shall continue to be set forth in separate documents, and this amendment and restatement of the Plan does not amend the Prior Plan that is intended to be grandfathered for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.  The Prior Plan and the Plan shall be considered one plan set forth in two separate documents.

2.             DEFINITIONS

The following definitions shall be applicable throughout the Plan:

2.1          Accounting Date .

“Accounting Date” means each Business Day on which a calculation concerning a Participant’s Compensation Account is performed, or as otherwise defined by the Committee.

2.2          Base Compensation .

“Base Compensation” means Compensation other than Bonus Compensation.

2.3          Basic Company Credit .

“Basic Company Credit” means an amount, if any, credited to a Participant’s Retirement Account as described in Section 7.

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2.4          Beneficiary .

“Beneficiary” means the person or persons designated by the Participant in accordance with Section 10, or if no person or persons are so designated, the estate of a deceased Participant.

2.5          Board .

“Board” means the Board of Directors of Express Scripts Holding Company or its designee; provided that at and following the Closing “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of Cigna or its designee.

2.6          Bonus Compensation .

“Bonus Compensation” means payments under the Company’s Annual Bonus Plan or any successor thereto to the extent such payments constitute “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(e). To the extent that a portion of a payment under the Company’s Annual Bonus Plan does not constitute “performance-based compensation”, such portion shall be considered Base Compensation and any Election that relates to Base Compensation will apply to such portion.

2.7          Business Day .

“Business Day” means a day on which the Nasdaq Global Select Market is open for trading activity.

2.8          Cigna .

“Cigna” means Cigna Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and, where context requires, each of its subsidiaries.

2.9          Closing .

“Closing” means the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

2.10        Code .

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

2.11        Committee .

“Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or its designee.

2.12        Common Stock .

“Common Stock” means the common stock, $0.01 par value, of Express Scripts Holding Company or, at and following the Closing, the common stock, $0.01 par value, of Cigna, and any securities into which such common stock is converted in a merger, recapitalization or similar transaction.

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2.13        Common Stock Fund .

“Common Stock Fund” means that investment option, approved by the Committee, in which a Participant’s Compensation Accounts may be deemed to be invested and may earn income (or incur losses) based on a hypothetical investment in Common Stock (including notional interests resulting from the provisions of the Merger Agreement).

2.14        Company .

“Company” means Express Scripts Holding Company, its divisions, subsidiaries and affiliates.   Following the Closing, Cigna shall be an affiliate of Express Scripts Holding Company solely with respect to those Employees who were eligible to participate in the Plan immediately prior to the Closing.

2.15        Company Credits .

“Company Credits” means amounts credited as either Basic Company Credits or Past Service Credits by the Company to Compensation Accounts, in the sole discretion of the Committee, pursuant to Section 7.

2.16        Compensation .

“Compensation” means all (a) salary, commissions, payments under the Company’s Annual Bonus Plan (but not expense or other reimbursement or allowances) currently payable by the Company to a Participant and (b) compensation in the form of Common Stock which the Employee may elect to convert to Stock Units if permitted by, and in accordance with, the terms of the grant of such compensation.  For purposes of this Plan, the Committee may determine the amounts that will be considered Compensation with respect to any Participant.

2.17        Compensation Account(s) .

“Compensation Account(s)” means the Retirement Account, the In-Service Account and/or the Retention Account.

2.18        Credit Date .

“Credit Date” means each date on which Deferred Compensation is credited to Compensation Accounts in accordance with rules prescribed by the Committee.

2.19        Deferred Bonus .

“Deferred Bonus” means an amount, if any, designated as such by the Committee and credited to a Participant’s Compensation Account.

2.20        Deferred Compensation .

“Deferred Compensation” means the Compensation elected by the Participant to be deferred pursuant to the Plan.

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2.21        Disability .

“Disability” means the Participant (a) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, or (b) is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than 3 months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Company.

2.22        Effective Date .

“Effective Date” means the effective date of the Plan, January 1, 2005.

2.23        Election .

“Election” means a Participant’s delivery of a written notice of election to the Committee or its designee electing to defer payment of a specified percentage of his or her Compensation (in accordance with rules prescribed by the Committee), either until Retirement, death or such other time as further permitted by the Committee.

2.24        Employee .

“Employee” means an individual classified by the Committee as a full-time, regular salaried employee of the Company.

2.25        Fair Market Value .

“Fair Market Value” means, as of any specified date, the closing sales price of a share of Common Stock, as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on that date (or, if there are no sales on that date, the last preceding date on which there was a sale), or, in the event the Common Stock is listed on a different principal established stock exchange, the closing sales price of a share of Common Stock, as reported on such exchange on that date (or, if there are no sales on that date, the last preceding date on which there was a sale).  In the absence of any listing of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or on any established stock exchange, Fair Market Value means the fair market value of the Common Stock on any specified date as determined in good faith by the Committee.

2.26        In-Service Account .

“In-Service Account” means the account or accounts to which a Participant elects to contribute Deferred Compensation and, to the extent permitted in an award as described in Section 5, Special Bonuses and/or Deferred Bonuses, and from which, pursuant to Section 8.2, distributions are made.  The portion of any In-Service Account which was not vested under the Prior Plan as of December 31, 2004 shall be hypothetically transferred and credited to the In-Service Account under this Plan and shall be subject to the vesting provisions hereunder from the date first credited under the Prior Plan.

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2.27        Merger Agreement

“Merger Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated March 8, 2018, by and among the Company, Cigna and certain other parties.

2.28        Newly Eligible Participant .

“Newly Eligible Participant” shall mean an Employee who has been determined eligible to participate in the Plan for the first time during the applicable Plan Year or an Employee who has experienced a Termination and is re-hired and becomes eligible to participate in the Plan again whether during the same Plan Year or a subsequent Plan Year.

2.29        Participant .

“Participant” means an Employee selected by the Committee to be eligible to participate in the Plan.

2.30        Past Service Credit .

“Past Service Credit” means an amount, if any, credited to a Participant’s Retirement Account as described in Section 7.

2.31        Plan .

“Plan” means this Express Scripts, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005, as amended from time to time.

2.32        Plan Year .

“Plan Year” means the annual period commencing January 1 and ending the following December 31.

2.33        Retirement .

“Retirement” means a Participant’s termination of employment after attaining age 55 and having a combination of full years of age plus Service Years totaling at least 65.

2.34        Retention Account .

“Retention Account” means the account to which Retention Credits are posted and from which, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the applicable Retention Agreement, distributions are made.

2.35        Retention Agreement .

“Retention Agreement” means the retention agreement entered into by an Employee and Cigna, effective and conditioned upon the Closing, which sets forth the amount of the Retention Credit.

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2.36        Retention Credit

“Retention Credit” means the amount of the “Deferred Compensation Account” (as such term is defined in the applicable Retention Agreement) specified in the respective Participant’s Retention Agreement which shall be credited to the applicable Participant’s Retention Account.

2.37        Retirement Account .

“Retirement Account” means the account to which a Participant elects to contribute Deferred Compensation and to which Company Credits, Special Bonuses and/or Deferred Bonuses (subject to any election described in Section 5) are made, and from which, pursuant to Section 8.1, distributions are made.  The portion of any Retirement Account which was not vested under the Prior Plan as of December 31, 2004 shall be hypothetically transferred and credited to the Retirement Account under this Plan and shall be subject to the vesting provisions hereunder from the date first credited under the Prior Plan.

2.38        Service Year .

“Service Year” means, as designated by the Committee, such year or portion thereof during which the services have been rendered by a Participant for which Compensation is payable.

2.39        Special Bonus .

“Special Bonus” means an amount, if any, designated as such by the Committee and credited to a Participant’s Compensation Account.

2.40        Stock Unit(s) .

“Stock Unit(s)” means the share equivalents credited to the Common Stock Fund of a Participant’s Compensation Account in accordance with Sections 5, 6 and 7.

2.41        Termination .

“Termination” means termination of services as an Employee for any reason other than Retirement.  Such determination of whether a Termination has occurred shall be made in a manner consistent with Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and other guidance issued thereunder to avoid adverse tax consequences thereunder.

3.             ADMINISTRATION

Full power and authority to construe, interpret and administer the Plan shall be vested in the Committee.  This power and authority includes, but is not limited to, selecting which Employees are eligible to participate in the Plan, selecting Compensation eligible for deferral, selecting investment indices, establishing the level of Company Credits (if any) to the Plan, establishing deferral terms and conditions, receiving and approving beneficiary designation forms, and adopting modifications, amendments and procedures as may be deemed necessary, appropriate or convenient by the Committee.  Decisions of the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties.  The Committee, in its sole discretion, may delegate day-to-day administration of the Plan to an employee or employees of the Company or to a third-party administrator.  Any such employee or employees of the Company or third-party administrator delegated the day-to-day administration of the Plan by the Committee shall be referred to as the “Plan Administrator.”  The Committee may also rely on outside counsel, independent accountants or other consultants or advisors for advice and assistance in fulfilling its administrative duties under the Plan.

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4.             ELIGIBILITY

Employees at the vice-president level or higher shall be eligible to participate in the Plan commencing on the first date they are employed by the Company in such capacity; provided that if such date is on or after November 1 in any Plan Year or if such Employee already participates in a deferred compensation arrangement that would be aggregated with this Plan for purposes of Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and guidance issued thereunder, such Employee shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan until the following January 1.  Employees of Cigna or former employees of Cigna who are transferred from Cigna to the Company following the Closing shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan.  For the avoidance of doubt, Employees who are eligible to participate in the Plan as of immediately prior to the Closing shall remain eligible to participate in the Plan so long as they are an Employee, even if they experience a transfer of employment to Cigna following the Closing.

Employees who have entered into Retention Agreements which provide for Retention Credits shall be eligible to participate in the Plan pursuant to the terms and conditions established by the Committee.

The Committee shall have the ability to impose restrictions on the eligibility of new Employees as it considers appropriate.

5.             PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS

Upon a Participant’s initial election to participate in the Plan, there shall be established a Retirement Account and an In-Service Account, as designated by the Participant, to which there shall be credited any Deferred Compensation on or after January 1, 2005 with respect to services performed subsequent to such election as of each Credit Date.  In addition, Company Credits, if any, made pursuant to Section 7 shall be allocated to a Participant’s Retirement Account in accordance with rules prescribed by the Committee.  Retention Credits shall be credited to the applicable Participant’s Retention Account in accordance with the rules prescribed by the Committee and in accordance with the terms of the applicable Retention Agreement.  Each such Compensation Account shall be credited (or debited) on each Accounting Date with income (or loss) based upon a hypothetical investment in any one or more of the investment options available under the Plan, as prescribed by the Committee for the particular Compensation credited, which may include a Common Stock Fund.  A Participant may make separate investment elections for each type of Compensation Account (one with respect to his or her Retirement Account, one with respect to his or her In-Service Accounts and, if applicable, one with respect to his or her Retention Account); provided, however, that earnings and losses on Deferred Compensation and/or Retention Credits, as applicable, which relates to Compensation which would have been paid (absent the Election) in Common Stock shall initially be measured by reference to a hypothetical investment in the Common Stock Fund and shall be further subject to the terms of the grant of such Compensation.

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A Participant’s Special Bonus and/or Deferred Bonus, if any, to the extent not yet deferred and vested under the Prior Plan as of December 31, 2004, shall be credited to the Participant’s Retirement Account, unless the Agreement or award providing for such bonus(es) provides that the Participant may elect to credit any or all of such amounts to his or her In-Service Account and the Participant so elects prior to the Plan Year in which such bonus(es) is earned and otherwise in accordance with rules prescribed by the Committee.

Each Participant at any time may have no more than two In-Service Accounts under this Plan and the Prior Plan, in the aggregate.

If all or any portion of a Participant’s Compensation Account(s) is measured by a hypothetical investment in the Common Stock Fund, that portion of the Participant’s Compensation Account(s) shall be credited on the first day of the calendar quarter following each Credit Date with Stock Units equal to the number of shares of Common Stock (including fractions of a share) that could have been purchased with the amount of such Deferred Compensation and/or Retention Credits, as applicable, (plus earnings and less losses determined in accordance with the next sentence) at the Fair Market Value on such first day of such calendar quarter.  For the period between such Credit Date and the first day of such calendar quarter, earnings and losses shall be measured by reference to a hypothetical investment selected by the Committee.  As of any date for the payment of cash dividends on the Common Stock, the portion of the Participant’s Compensation Account(s) invested in the Common Stock Fund as of the dividend record date shall be credited with additional Stock Units calculated by dividing (i) the product of (a) the dollar value of the dividend declared in respect of a share of Common Stock multiplied by (b) the number of Stock Units credited to the Participant’s Compensation Account(s) as of the dividend record date by (ii) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the dividend payment date.

6.             ELECTION TO PARTICIPATE

6.1          In General .

Any Employee selected by the Committee to participate in the Plan may elect to do so by delivering to the Committee or its designee an Election on a form prescribed by the Committee, designating the Compensation Account to which the Deferred Compensation is to be credited, electing the timing and form of distribution (if applicable), and setting forth the manner in which such Deferred Compensation shall be invested in accordance with Section 5.  A Participant’s initial Election must be filed at such time as designated by the Committee, but in no event later than the day immediately preceding the first day of the Plan Year to which such Election relates.  A Participant may submit a new Election for any subsequent year in order to change the election previously made.  Such subsequent Election must be filed at such time as designated by the Committee, but in no event later than 15 days preceding the first day of the Plan Year to which such subsequent Election relates.  If a specific election has not been made with respect to any Plan Year, the Election (if any) effective with respect to the immediately preceding Plan Year shall remain in effect.  An effective Election may not be revoked or modified during a Plan Year with respect to that Plan Year.

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Subject to Section 4, newly employed or eligible Employees who are eligible to participate in the Plan may elect to participate for the current Plan Year within the first 30 days after commencing employment or becoming eligible.  Such election shall be effective on the first day of the month following the end of such 30-day period and shall apply only with respect to Compensation earned after the effective date of such election.  Elections for subsequent Plan Years shall be made in accordance with the preceding paragraph.

An Employee who is party to a Retention Agreement shall be deemed to be a Participant in the Plan.  Upon the establishment of a Retention Account, the Participant may select his or her investment elections, which shall apply to all amounts credited to such Retention Account, consistent with the terms and conditions determined by the Committee.

Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.1, Section 4 or otherwise in the Plan to the contrary, beginning with the 2019 Plan Year:

(i)            A Participant who is not a Newly Eligible Participant shall make separate Elections with respect to Base Compensation and Bonus Compensation. For Elections relating to Base Compensation, the Election must be filed no later than the day immediately preceding the first day of the Plan Year to which such Election relates. For Elections relating to Bonus Compensation, the Election must be filed no later than six months before the end of the performance period for which the Bonus Compensation is earned (and in no event later than the date on which the amount of the Bonus Compensation becomes readily ascertainable); and

(ii)          A Newly Eligible Participant who is eligible to participate in the Plan may elect to participate for the current Plan Year within the first 30 days after commencing employment or becoming eligible. Such election shall be effective on the first day of the month following the end of such 30-day period and shall apply only to Base Compensation earned after the effective date of such Election. A Newly Eligible Participant is not eligible to make an election with respect to Bonus Compensation in his or her first year of eligibility or re-eligibility to participate in the Plan. Elections relating to both Base Compensation and Bonus Compensation for subsequent Plan Years shall be made in accordance with the paragraph above; and

(iii)         Nothing herein (or otherwise in the Plan) shall be construed to limit the Committee (or to the extent delegated, its delegate’s) ability to impose further restrictions on any Participant’s (including, for the avoidance of doubt any Newly Eligible Participant’s) ability to make elections under the Plan as it considers appropriate.

If a specific election has not been made with respect to any Plan Year, the Election (if any) effective with respect to the immediately preceding Plan Year shall remain in effect.

For the avoidance of doubt, any deferral election in effect under the Plan immediately prior to this amendment and restatement shall continue and be recognized as an Election hereunder for the year or other applicable period to which it relates.  In addition, the amount deemed credited to an account under the Plan immediately prior to this amendment and restatement shall be credited to the applicable Compensation Account(s) hereunder.

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6.2          Investment Alternatives For Existing Balances .

A Participant may elect to change an existing selection as to the investment alternatives in effect with respect to an existing Compensation Account (in increments prescribed by the Committee) as often, and with such restrictions, as determined by the Committee.

7.             COMPANY CREDITS AND SPECIAL AND DEFERRED BONUSES

In the sole discretion of the Committee, in a given Plan Year the Company may credit a specified percentage of a Participant’s Compensation to the Participant’s Retirement Account as a Basic Company Credit.  The Committee, in its sole discretion, may cause the Company to credit such Basic Company Credit for all or any portion of the Participants in the Plan in such Plan Year.  Further, the Committee may cause the Company to credit a Deferred Bonus and/or a Special Bonus to recognize significant efforts by Plan Participants as the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.  In addition, the Committee may cause the Company to credit a Past Service Credit to recognize past service as the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.  Such Basic Company Credit, Past Service Credit, Special Bonus and Deferred Bonus, if any, shall be credited to a Participant’s Retirement Account (except as provided in any election described in Section 5) and shall be subject to the limitations determined appropriate by the Committee, including the limitation contained in Section 8.3 and the limitations described below in this Section 7.

7.1          Vesting .

A Participant’s Deferred Compensation shall be immediately one-hundred percent (100%) nonforfeitable upon being credited to such Participant’s Retirement or In-Service Account; provided, however, that Deferred Compensation which relates to restricted shares of Common Stock shall vest in accordance with the terms of the restricted stock agreement to which they relate.

A Participant’s Basic Company Credit for a Plan Year shall become nonforfeitable three (3) years after the end of the Plan Year to which such Basic Company Credit relates.

A Participant’s Past Service Credit shall be fifty-percent (50%) nonforfeitable upon being credited to his or her Retirement Account.  The remaining fifty-percent (50%) shall become nonforfeitable as follows: one (1) year after the end of the Plan Year in which the Past Service Credit is credited to the Participant’s Retirement Account, the Participant shall be one-third (1/3) vested in the remaining fifty percent (50%); two (2) years after the end of the Plan Year in which the Past Service Credit is credited to the Participant’s Retirement Account, the Participant shall be two-thirds (2/3) vested in the remaining fifty percent (50%); and three (3) years after the end of the Plan Year in which the Past Service Credit is credited to the

Participant’s Retirement Account, the Participant shall be one-hundred percent (100%) vested in the remaining fifty percent (50%).  A Participant’s Special Bonus and/or Deferred Bonus shall become vested in accordance with the terms of the Agreement or award providing for such bonus(es).

Except with respect to Retention Credits, upon a Participant’s Termination for any reason other than death, Disability or Retirement, he or she shall forfeit any nonvested benefits.  Except as otherwise provided in an award, a Participant shall have a one-hundred percent (100%) nonforfeitable right to Basic Company Credits, Past Service Credits, Special Bonuses and Deferred Bonuses upon becoming eligible for Retirement or upon Termination due to death or Disability.

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For the avoidance of doubt, amounts credited under this Plan prior to April 2, 2012 shall be subject to the vesting and forfeiture provisions of this Plan after such date.

Amounts credited to this Plan with respect to any Retention Credit shall vest, if applicable, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable Retention Agreement.

7.2          Forfeiture .

Upon a Participant’s Termination or Retirement, the Company reserves the right to withhold payment of a portion of a Participant’s Retirement Account attributable to Basic Company Credits, Past Service Credits, Special Bonuses and/or Deferred Bonuses made under Section 7 (and earnings thereon) in the event the Committee determines that the Participant has violated the Company’s standard noncompetition and nondisclosure agreement or any other employment agreement executed by the Participant, or otherwise acts against the interests of the Company, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.  Forfeiture of any Retention Credit or portion thereof, if applicable, shall be determined in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable Retention Agreement.

8.             DISTRIBUTION

8.1          Retirement Account .

In the event of a Participant’s Retirement, the Participant’s Retirement Account shall be distributed at the time and in the manner elected by the Participant in his or her Election.  If no Election is made by a Participant as to the timing of distribution or form of payment of his or her Retirement Account, upon the Participant’s Retirement such account shall be paid in a single lump sum.  A Participant may change this election to provide for a later distribution date; provided, that such election is filed in accordance with rules established by the Committee, and (a) such election shall not take effect until at least 12 months after the date on which such election is properly filed, (b) the first payment with respect to which such election is made shall be deferred for a period of not less than 5 years from the date such payment would otherwise have been made, and (c) any election related to a payment that was otherwise to be made at a specified time may not be made less than 12 months prior to the date of the first scheduled payment.  Subject to the foregoing, the Election most recently accepted by the Committee shall govern the payout of any benefits under a Retirement Account under the Plan.

8.2          In-Service Account .

Deferred Compensation, Special Bonuses and/or Deferred Bonuses credited to a Participant’s In-Service Account shall be distributed at the time and in the manner elected by the Participant in his or her Election.  A Participant may extend the deferral period by notifying the Company in accordance with the terms of the Plan and procedures established by the Committee.  A previously elected deferral period for an In-Service Account may be extended only one time; provided, that such election is filed in accordance with rules established by the Committee, and (a) such election shall not take effect until at least 12 months after the date on which such election is properly filed, (b) the first payment with respect to which such election is made shall be deferred for a period of not less than 5 years from the date such payment would otherwise have been made, and (c) any election related to a payment that was otherwise to be made at a specified time may not be made less than 12 months prior to the date of the first scheduled payment.  Subject to the foregoing, the Election most recently accepted by the Committee shall govern the payout of any benefits under an In-Service Account under the Plan.

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8.3          Termination or Disability .

In the event of a Participant’s Termination or Disability, the Participant’s vested Retirement and/or In-Service Accounts shall be distributed in a single lump sum to such Participant 30 days after his or her Termination or Disability.  Upon Termination, all unvested amounts under any Retirement and/or In-Service Accounts shall be immediately forfeited and removed from such Compensation Accounts.

8.4          Death .

In the event of the Participant’s death (a) while in the employment of the Company or (b) after the Participant’s Termination but prior to the payment of such Participant’s Retirement and/or In-Service Accounts pursuant to Section 8.3, the Company shall pay the following amounts to the Participant’s Beneficiary in a single lump sum 30 days after the Participant’s date of death:

(1)        the remaining amounts, if any, in a Participant’s In-Service Account; and

(2)        the amounts in the Participant’s Retirement Account.

In the event of the Participant’s death following Retirement, the Company shall pay the amount in the Participant’s Retirement Account to the Participant’s Beneficiary in the form and at the time elected by the Participant pursuant to Section 6.1.

8.5          Retention Accounts .

Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, funds from a Retention Account shall be distributed in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable Retention Agreement.

8.6          Form of Distribution .

Distribution of a Participant’s Compensation Accounts shall be made in cash; provided that, any amounts in a Participant’s Compensation Accounts (other than a Participant’s Retention Account) invested in the Common Stock Fund shall be distributed to the Participant in whole shares of Common Stock with fractional shares paid in cash.  Distribution of a Participant’s Retention Account shall be made in cash in all cases and regardless of whether all or any portion of such Retention Account is invested in the Common Stock Fund.

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When required, the Company shall withhold from any distribution of cash or Common Stock to a Participant or other person under this Plan an amount sufficient to cover any required withholding taxes, including the Participant’s social security and Medicare taxes (FICA) and federal, state and local income tax with respect to income arising from payment of the Award.  The Company shall have the right to require the payment of any such taxes before issuing any Common Stock comprising a part of such distribution.  In lieu of all or any part of a cash payment from a person receiving Common Stock under this Plan, the Committee may permit a person to cover all or any part of the required withholdings, and to cover any additional withholdings up to the amount needed to cover the person’s full FICA and federal, state and local income tax with respect to income arising from payment the Common Stock portion of such distribution, through a reduction of the numbers of shares of Common Stock delivered to such person or a delivery or tender to the Company of other shares of Common Stock held by such person, in each case valued in the same manner as used in computing the withholding taxes under applicable laws.

9.             FINANCIAL HARDSHIP

Upon the written request of a Participant or a Participant’s legal representative and a finding that continued deferral will result in an unforeseeable financial emergency to the Participant, the Committee (in its sole discretion) may authorize (a) the payment of all or a part of a Participant’s Compensation Accounts representing Deferred Compensation and earnings thereon in a single lump sum prior to his or her ceasing to be a Participant, or (b) a Participant to cease contributing Deferred Compensation to the Plan during a Plan Year.  It is intended that the Committee’s determinations as to whether the Participant has suffered an “unforeseeable financial emergency” shall be made consistent with the requirements under Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and guidance thereunder.  An “unforeseeable financial emergency” means a severe financial hardship to the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, the Participant’s beneficiary or the Participant’s dependent (as defined in Code Section 152, without regard to Sections 152(b), (b)(2) and (d)(1)(B)); loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty; or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant.  Any amounts distributed with respect to an emergency shall not exceed the amounts necessary to satisfy such emergency plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the distribution, after taking into account the extent to which such hardship is or may be relieved by the cancellation of the Participant’s deferral election under this Plan or through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or by liquidation of the Participant’s assets (to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship).  The Committee may adopt procedures for determining when a hardship situation exists, including the use of independent advisors to make such determinations.

Any Participant receiving a hardship distribution may have no further amounts deferred pursuant to an Election under this Plan for a period of one year from the date of such distribution, and any subsequent deferral Election may only begin at the beginning of a subsequent Plan Year and in accordance with the procedures in Section 6.  The Participant shall not repay to the Company amounts distributed pursuant to this Section 9.

10.            BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

A Participant may designate one or more persons (including a trust) to whom or to which payments are to be made if the Participant dies before receiving distribution of all amounts due under the Plan.  A Beneficiary designation made under the Prior Plan shall apply to this Plan, unless subsequently changed as provided herein.  A Participant may, at any time, elect to change the designation of a Beneficiary.  A designation of Beneficiary will be effective only after the signed designation of Beneficiary is filed with the Committee or its designee while the Participant is alive and will cancel all designations of Beneficiary signed and filed earlier, including any designations of Beneficiary made under the Prior Plan.  If the Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary as provided above or if all of a Participant’s Beneficiaries predecease him or her and he or she fails to designate a new Beneficiary, the remaining unpaid amounts shall be paid in one lump sum to the estate of such Participant.  If all Beneficiaries of the Participant die after the Participant but before complete payment of all amounts due hereunder, the remaining unpaid amounts shall be paid in one lump sum to the estate of the last to die of such Beneficiaries.

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11.            UNSECURED GENERAL CREDITOR STATUS OF EMPLOYEE

The payments to Participants and their Beneficiaries hereunder shall be made from the general corporate assets of the Company.  No person shall have any interest in any such assets by virtue of the provisions of this Plan.  The Company’s obligation hereunder shall be an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay money in the future.  To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company under the provisions hereof, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company; no such person shall have nor acquire any legal or equitable right, interest or claim in or to any property or assets of the Company.  Any accounts maintained under this Plan shall be hypothetical in nature and shall be maintained for bookkeeping purposes only.  Neither the Plan nor any account shall hold any actual funds or assets.

12.            SHARES; ADJUSTMENTS IN EVENT OF CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION

An aggregate of 100,000 split-adjusted shares of common stock of Express Scripts, Inc. were initially allocated to the Prior Plan and reserved for the distribution of Compensation Accounts as described in Section 8.6 thereof.  An additional 750,000 shares of Express Scripts, Inc. common stock were subsequently allocated to the Prior Plan, subject to adjustment under Section 12 thereof.  Any shares allocated under the terms of the Prior Plan shall be deemed allocated under this Plan since the Prior Plan and this Plan are considered one plan set forth in two separate documents.  Effective April 2, 2012, as a result of the assumption of the Plan by Express Scripts Holding Company, the shares of common stock of Express Scripts, Inc. were replaced with shares of Common Stock of the Company and an aggregate of 5,893,208 shares of Common Stock of the Company remained available under the Plan, including any shares allocated under the Prior Plan, as adjusted and subject to adjustment hereunder.  The Company may, in its discretion, use shares held in the Treasury under this Plan in lieu of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock.

In the event of any change in the outstanding Common Stock of the Company by reason of any stock split, share dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, reorganization, combination, or exchange or reclassification of shares, split-up, split-off, spin-off, liquidation or other similar change in capitalization, or any distribution to common shareholders other than cash dividends, the number or kind of shares or Stock Units that may be credited under the Plan shall be automatically adjusted so that the proportionate interest of the Participants shall be maintained as before the occurrence of such event.  Such adjustment shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes of the Plan.

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13.            INALIENABILITY OF BENEFITS

The interests of the Participants and their Beneficiaries under the Plan may not in any way be voluntarily or involuntarily transferred, alienated or assigned, nor subject to attachment, execution, garnishment or other such equitable or legal process.  A Participant or Beneficiary cannot waive the provisions of this Section 13.

14.            CLAIMS PROCEDURE

Any Participant, Beneficiary or any other person claiming benefits, eligibility, participation or any other right or interest under this Plan may file a written claim setting forth the basis of the claim with the Plan Administrator.  A written notice of the Plan Administrator’s disposition of any such claim shall be furnished to the claimant within a reasonable time (not to exceed ninety (90) days) after the claim is received by the Plan Administrator.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Plan Administrator may have additional time (not to exceed ninety (90) days) to decide the claim if special circumstances exist, provided that he advises the claimant, in writing and prior to the end of the initial ninety (90) day period, of the special circumstances giving rise to the need for additional time and the date on which he expects to decide the claim.  If the claim is denied, in whole or in part, the notice of disposition shall include the specific reason for the denial, identify the specific provisions of the Plan upon which the denial is based, describe any additional material or information necessary to perfect the claim, explain why that material or information is necessary and describe the Plan’s review procedures, including the timeframes thereunder for a claimant to file a request for review and for the Committee to decide the claim.  The notice shall also include a statement advising the claimant of his right to bring a civil action if his claim is denied, in whole or in part, upon review.

Within sixty (60) days after receiving the written notice of the Plan Administrator’s disposition of the claim, the claimant may request, in writing, review by the Committee of the Plan Administrator’s decision regarding his claim.  Upon written request, the claimant shall be entitled to a review meeting with the Committee to present reasons why the claim should be allowed.  The claimant or his authorized representative may submit a written statement in support of his claim, together with such comments, information and material relating to the claim, as he deems necessary or appropriate.  The claimant or his duly authorized representative shall be provided, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records and other information which are relevant to the claimant’s claim and its review.  If the claimant does not request review within sixty (60) days after receiving written notice of the Plan Administrator’s disposition of the claim, the claimant shall be deemed to have accepted the Plan Administrator’s written disposition.

The Committee shall make its decision on review and provide written notice thereof to the claimant within a reasonable time (not to exceed sixty (60) days) after the claim is received by the Committee.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may have additional time (not to exceed sixty (60) days) to decide the claim if special circumstances exist provided that the Committee advises the claimant, in writing, prior to the end of the initial sixty (60) day period, of the special circumstances giving rise to the need for additional time and the date on which it expects to decide the claim.  In no event shall the Committee have more than one hundred twenty (120) days following its receipt of the claimant’s request for review to provide the claimant with written notice of its decision.  The Committee shall have the right to request of and receive from claimant such additional information, documents or other evidence as the Committee may reasonably require.  In the event that the Committee requests such additional information from the claimant, the period for making the benefit determination on review shall not take into account the period beginning on the date on which the Committee notifies the claimant in writing of the need for additional information and ending on the date on which the claimant responds to the request for additional information.

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If the claim is denied upon review, in whole or in part, the notice of disposition shall include the specific reason for the denial, identify the specific provision of the Plan upon which the denial is based, include a statement advising the claimant of his right to receive, upon written request and free of charge, reasonable access to and copies of all documents, records and other information which are relevant to the claimant’s claim and include a statement advising the claimant of his right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of the Act if his claim is denied, in whole or in part, upon review.

Notwithstanding anything herein, in the case of a benefit contingent on a finding of a Participant’s Disability by the Plan, the provisions of this paragraph shall apply.  The Plan will render a determination within forty-five (45) days after its receipt of the claim.  If, prior to the end of such 45-day period, the Plan determines that, due to matters beyond its control, a decision cannot be rendered, the period for making the determination may be extended for up to thirty (30) days.  In such case, the Plan shall notify the claimant, prior to the expiration of such 45-day period, of the circumstances requiring an extension and the date by which the Plan expects to render a decision.  If, prior to the end of the first 30-day extension period, the Plan determines that, a decision cannot be rendered within that extension period, due to matters beyond its control, the period for making the determination may be extended for up to an additional thirty (30) days.  The Plan shall notify the claimant, prior to the expiration of the first 30-day extension period, of the circumstances requiring the extension and the date by which the Plan expects to render a decision.  If an extension of time is necessary due to the claimant’s failure to submit all the necessary information, the claimant shall be afforded forty-five (45) days within which to provide the specified information.  The period for making the benefit determination shall be tolled from the date on which the Plan sends notification of an extension to the claimant until the date on which the claimant responds to the request for information. Within one hundred eighty (180) days after receiving the written notice of an adverse disposition of the claim, the claimant may request in writing, and shall be entitled to, a review of the original disposition.  The decision on appeal will be made by a Plan fiduciary who is neither the individual who made the initial disposition nor the subordinate of that individual and no deference will be given to the original disposition. The determination will be based solely on the written record and will take into account all comments, documents, records and other information submitted by the claimant relating to the claim and without regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial benefit determination.   If the appeal of an adverse Disability determination is based in whole or in part on a medical judgment, the Plan shall consult with a health care professional who has appropriate training and experience in the field of medicine involved in the medical judgment.  Such health care professional shall be an individual who is neither an individual who was consulted in connection with the disposition that is the subject of the appeal nor the subordinate of any such individual.  Upon request from claimant, the names of the medical or vocational experts whose advice was obtained on behalf of the Plan will be provided without regard to whether their advice was relied upon in making the benefit determination. The claimant will be provided with any new or additional evidence considered, relied on, or generated by the Plan in connection with the claim as soon as possible and sufficiently in advance of the deadline by which the Plan must render its decision to allow claimant the opportunity to respond to the additional evidence. Before issuing an adverse disposition on appeal based on a new or additional rationale, the Plan shall provide the evidence or rationale to the claimant (free of charge) and allow the claimant a reasonable time to respond.  A decision on review shall be rendered in writing by the Plan within a reasonable period of time, but ordinarily not more than forty-five (45) days after receipt of the claimant’s request for review by the Plan, unless the Plan determines that special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the claim.  If the Plan determines that an extension is necessary, written notice of the extension shall be furnished to the claimant prior to the termination of the initial forty-five (45) period.  In no event shall such extension exceed a period of forty-five (45) days from the end of the initial period.  The extension notice shall indicate the special circumstances requiring an extension of time and the date by which the Plan expects to render the determination on review.  If an extension is due to a claimant’s failure to submit information necessary to decide the claim, the claimant shall have forty-five (45) days within which to provide the specified information, and the period for making the benefit determination on review shall be tolled from the date on which notification of the extension is sent to the claimant until the date on which the claimant responds to the request for additional information. Notification of the adverse disposition of a claim or appeal shall include (i) any internal rules, guidelines, protocols, standards or other similar criterion which was relied upon in making the determination or a statement that such rules, guidelines, protocols, standards or similar criteria do not exist; (ii) an explanation of any scientific or clinical judgment for the determination, applying the terms of the Plan to the claimant’s medical circumstances, or a statement that such explanation will be provided free of charge upon request, and (iii) a discussion of the decision. If the claimant does not request a review within one hundred eighty (180) days after receiving written notice of the original’s disposition of the claim, the claimant shall be deemed to have accepted the original written disposition.

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For purposes of this Section, a document, record or information will be considered “relevant’ if it (a) was relied upon by the Plan Administrator or Committee, as applicable, in making the benefit decision, (b) was submitted, considered or generated in the course of making such decision, even if it was not relied upon in making those decisions, or (c) demonstrates compliance with the administrative processes and safeguards established by the Plan to insure that the terms of the Plan have been followed and applied consistently.

To the extent permitted by law, a decision on review by the Committee shall be binding and conclusive upon all persons whomsoever.  Completion of the claims procedure described in this Section shall be a mandatory precondition that must be complied with prior to commencement of a legal or equitable action in connection with the Plan by a person claiming rights under the Plan, or by another person claiming rights through such a person.  The Committee may, in its sole discretion, waive these procedures as a mandatory precondition to such an action.

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15.            GOVERNING LAW

The provisions of this plan shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Missouri, except to the extent preempted by Federal law.

16.            AMENDMENTS

The Committee or its designee may amend, alter or terminate this Plan at any time without the prior approval of the Board; provided, however, that the Committee or its designee may not, without approval by the Board, materially increase the benefits accruing to Participants under the Plan.

17.            TIME FOR PAYMENT

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that a Participant is determined to be a specified employee in accordance with Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and other guidance issued thereunder for purposes of any payment on termination of employment under this Plan, such payment(s) shall be made or begin, as applicable, on the first payroll date which is more than six months following the date of separation from service, to the extent required to avoid the adverse tax consequences to the Participant under Section 409A of the Code.

All payments due and payable under the Plan on a fixed date shall be deemed to be made upon such fixed date if such payment is made on such date or a later date within the same calendar year or, if later, by the fifteenth day of the third calendar month following the specified date (provided the Participant is not entitled, directly or indirectly, to designate the taxable year of the payment).  In addition, a payment is treated as made upon a fixed date under the Plan if the payment is made no earlier than 30 days before the designated payment date and the service provider is not permitted, directly or indirectly, to designate the taxable year of the payment.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this amendment and restatement to the Plan is effective as of December 20, 2018.


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Exhibit 5.1


Amy C. Cook
Managing Counsel – Securities, Governance & Treasury
and Assistant Corporate Secretary

December 20, 2018

Dear Sir or Madam:

I have acted as counsel to Cigna Corporation (formerly known as Halfmoon Parent, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the filing and preparation by the Company of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement,” which term does not include any other document or agreement whether or not specifically referred to therein or attached as an exhibit or schedule thereto) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to the issuance of (i) up to 45,394,226 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) issuable from time to time pursuant to awards granted in accordance with the terms of the Cigna Long-Term Incentive Plan, the HealthSpring, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan, the Cigna Corporation Director Equity Plan, the Cigna Corporation Stock Plan, the Express Scripts Holding Company 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan, the Express Scripts, Inc. 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan, the Medco Health Solutions, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan, the Accredo Health, Incorporated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan, and the Express Scripts, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005 (collectively, the “Stock Plans”), and (ii) up to $52,000,000 of unfunded and unsecured obligations of the Company to pay deferred compensation in the future (“Deferred Compensation Obligations”) under the Cigna Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005, the Cigna Supplemental 401(k) Plan and the Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005 for Directors of Cigna Corporation (collectively, the “Deferred Compensation Plans” and, together with the Stock Plans, the “Plans”),  which Plans were assumed by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 8, 2018, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of June 27, 2018 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Cigna Holding Company (formerly known as Cigna Corporation), a Delaware corporation, Express Scripts Holding Company, a Delaware corporation, the Company, Halfmoon I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company prior to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and Halfmoon II, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company prior to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

In rendering this opinion, I have examined the Plans, the Merger Agreement, the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws, each as amended through the date hereof, and such corporate records, documents, or certificates of public officials and of officers of the Company and other documents and instruments as I have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis of this opinion.  I have also made such inquiries of such officers and representatives as I have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinion hereafter set forth.  In such examination, I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, the conformity to original documents of documents submitted to me as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such documents.


Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and assuming that (i) the Registration Statement becomes effective under the Securities Act and (ii) the Shares and Deferred Compensation Obligations will be issued in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable Plan, I am of the opinion that (a) the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable when so delivered pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable Plan and (b) the Deferred Compensation Obligations will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equity principles.

The opinions expressed herein are limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended, the federal laws of the United States of America, to the extent applicable, and, with respect to the Deferred Compensation Obligations, the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, I do not admit that I am in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Amy C. Cook


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Exhibit 5.2


Julia Brncic
Senior Vice President, Chief Counsel
and Corporate Secretary

December 20, 2018

Dear Sir or Madam:

I have acted as counsel to Cigna Corporation (formerly known as Halfmoon Parent, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the filing and preparation by the Company of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement,” which term does not include any other document or agreement whether or not specifically referred to therein or attached as an exhibit or schedule thereto) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to the issuance of up to $2,500,000 of unfunded and unsecured obligations of the Company to pay deferred compensation in the future (“Deferred Compensation Obligations”) under the Express Scripts, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan of 2005 (the “Express Scripts Deferred Compensation Plan”), which plan was assumed by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 8, 2018, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of June 27, 2018 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Cigna Holding Company (formerly known as Cigna Corporation), a Delaware corporation, Express Scripts Holding Company, a Delaware corporation, the Company, Halfmoon I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company prior to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and Halfmoon II, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company prior to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

In rendering this opinion, I have examined the Express Scripts Deferred Compensation Plan, the Merger Agreement, the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws, each as amended through the date hereof, and such corporate records, documents, or certificates of public officials and of officers of the Company and other documents and instruments as I have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis of this opinion.  I have also made such inquiries of such officers and representatives as I have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinion hereafter set forth.  In such examination, I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, the conformity to original documents of documents submitted to me as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such documents.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and assuming that (i) the Registration Statement becomes effective under the Securities Act and (ii) the Deferred Compensation Obligations will be issued in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Express Scripts Deferred Compensation Plan, I am of the opinion that the Deferred Compensation Obligations will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equity principles.


The opinions expressed herein are limited to the federal laws of the United States of America and the laws of the State of Missouri, in each case to the extent applicable.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, I do not admit that I am in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Julia Brncic
Julia Brncic
Senior Vice President, Chief Counsel
and Corporate Secretary


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Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Cigna Corporation of our reports dated February 28, 2018   relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedules and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appear in Cigna Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Hartford, Connecticut
December 19, 2018




Exhibit 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S‑8 of Cigna Corporation of our report dated February 27, 2018 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Express Scripts Holding Company's Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the year ended December 31, 2017.
 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

St. Louis, Missouri

December 19, 2018