McKESSON CORPORATION STATEMENT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS GRANTED TO OUTSIDE DIRECTORS PURSUANT TO THE 2005 STOCK PLAN (Effective July 27, 2005)
McKESSON CORPORATION
STATEMENT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO
RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS GRANTED TO
OUTSIDE DIRECTORS PURSUANT TO THE 2005 STOCK PLAN
(Effective July 27, 2005)
I. | INTRODUCTION |
The following terms and conditions shall apply to each Restricted Stock Unit Award granted under the Plan to an Outside Director eligible to participate in the Plan. This Statement of Terms and Conditions is intended to meet the requirements of Code Section 409A and any rules promulgated thereunder and is subject to the terms of the Plan. In the event of any inconsistency between this Statement of Terms and Conditions and the Plan, the Plan shall govern. Capitalized term not otherwise defined in this Statement of Terms and Conditions shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan.
II. | RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS |
1. Award Agreement. A Restricted Stock Unit Award granted to an Outside Director under the Plan shall be evidenced by a Restricted Stock Unit Agreement to be executed by the Outside Director and the Corporation setting forth the terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock Unit Award. Each Restricted Stock Unit Agreement shall incorporate by reference and be subject to this Statement of Terms and Conditions and the terms and conditions of the Plan.
2. Terms and Conditions. Restricted Stock Unit Awards granted to Outside Directors under the Plan shall contain the following terms, conditions and restrictions.
(A) Grant Date. Each Outside Director may be granted a Restricted Stock Unit Award on the date of each annual stockholders meeting.
(B) Number of Units. 2,500 Share Equivalents shall be subject to each Restricted Stock Unit Award.
(C) No Restrictions. Each Restricted Stock Unit Award granted to an Outside Director will be fully vested on the date of grant.
3. Dividend Equivalents. Dividend equivalents shall be credited in respect of Restricted Stock Units. Cash dividends shall be credited on behalf of the Outside Director to a deferred cash account (in a manner designed to comply with Code Section 409A). Stock dividends shall be converted into additional Restricted Stock Units, which will be subject to all of the terms and conditions of the underlying Restricted Stock Unit Award.
4. Assignability. An Outside Director shall not be permitted to sell, transfer, pledge, assign or encumber such Restricted Stock, other than pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as defined in the Code or Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
5. No Shareholder Rights. Neither an Outside Director nor any person entitled to exercise Outside Directors rights in the event of the Outside Directors death shall have any of the rights of a shareholder with respect to the Share Equivalents subject to a Restricted Stock Unit Award except to the extent that a book entry has been entered in the records of the Corporations transfer agent with respect to such Shares upon the payment of any Restricted Stock Unit Award as described in Section II.6.
6. Time of Payment of Restricted Stock Units. All Restricted Stock Units granted to Outside Directors shall be paid only upon the Outside Directors separation from service with the Corporation. Payment shall be made in Shares in the form of a an appropriate book entry entered in the records of the Corporations transfer agent recording the Participants unrestricted interest in the number of Shares equal to the number of Share Equivalents subject to Restricted Stock Unit Award.
III. | MISCELLANEOUS |
1. No Effect on Terms of Service with the Corporation. Nothing contained in this Statement of Terms and Conditions, the Plan or a Restricted Stock Unit Agreement shall affect the Corporations right to terminate the service of any Outside Director.
2. Grants to Outside Directors in Foreign Countries. If an Outside Director is not a United States Citizen, the Board has the full discretion to deviate from this Statement of Terms and Conditions in order to adjust a Restricted Stock Unit Award to prevailing local conditions, including custom and legal and tax requirements.
3. Information Notification. Any information required to be given under the terms of a Restricted Stock Unit Agreement shall be addressed to the Corporation in care of its Secretary at McKesson Plaza, One Post Street, San Francisco, California 94104, and any notice to be given to an Outside Director shall be addressed to him at the address indicated beneath his or her name on the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement or such other address as either party may designate in writing to the other. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been duly given when enclosed in a properly sealed envelope or wrapper addressed as aforesaid, registered or certified and deposited (postage or registration or certification fee prepaid) in a post office or branch post office regularly maintained by the United States.
4. Administrator Decisions Conclusive. All decisions of the Administrator administering the Plan upon any questions arising under the Plan, under this Statement of Terms and Conditions, or under a Restricted Stock Unit Agreement, shall be conclusive.
5. No Effect on Other Benefit Plans. Nothing herein contained shall affect an Outside Directors right, if any, to participate in and receive benefits from and in accordance with the then current provisions of any benefit plan or program offered by the Corporation.
Withholding. Each Outside Director shall agree to make appropriate arrangements with the Corporation and his or her employer for satisfaction of any applicable federal, state or local income tax withholding requirements or payroll tax requirements if any is required.
6. Successors. This Statement of Terms and Conditions and the Restricted Stock Unit Agreements shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successor or successors of the Corporation. Outside Director as used herein shall include the Outside Directors Beneficiary.
7. California Law. The interpretation, performance, and enforcement of this Statement of Terms and Conditions and all Restricted Stock Unit Agreements shall be governed by the laws of the State of California.