Exhibit 10.2

Baxter International Inc.

Equity Plan

adopted as of October 28, 2015

 

1. Purpose

This Equity Plan (the “Plan”) has been adopted by the Compensation Committee
(the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Baxter
International Inc. (“Baxter”) and by the Board.

 

2. Participants

Participants in this Plan (each a “Participant”) shall be select employees of
Baxter or its subsidiaries (the “Company”) to whom the Committee may make awards
of stock options (each an “Option”) and performance share units (each a “PSU,”
and together with Options, “Awards”) under this Plan; provided, that for certain
Participants (including the Chief Executive Officer of Baxter), awards under
this Plan must be approved by the Board in accordance with the terms of the
Committee’s charter and applicable federal and state securities and tax law.
References herein to “Committee” shall be deemed to refer to the Board with
respect to any such Participants.

 

3. Awards

Awards shall be made pursuant to and for the purposes stated in the Company’s
2015 Incentive Pan (the “Program”) and identified in the individual grant
materials provided to the Participant (the “Grant”). Such Grant materials
consist of a communication letter to Participants notifying them of their
Awards. All Awards granted hereunder shall be subject to the Company’s Executive
Compensation Recoupment Policy. Each Award shall be granted as of the date
approved and as provided in the Grant (the “Grant Date”). The purchase price for
each Share subject to an Option shall be the Fair Market Value of a share of
common stock (the “Common Stock”), par value $1.00, of Baxter (each a “Share”)
on the Grant Date. The terms of each Award will be as set forth in this Plan.
Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this Plan shall have
the meanings set forth in the Program. Options are not intended to qualify as
Incentive Stock Options within the meaning of section 422 of the United States
Internal Revenue Code, as amended (the “Code”).

 

4. Options

4.1. Options shall become exercisable as follows: (i) one-third on March 3,
2017, (ii) one-third on March 3, 2018, and (iii) the remainder on March 3, 2019.
After Options become exercisable (in each case, in whole or in part) and until
they expire, the Options may be exercised in whole or in part, in the manner
specified by the Committee. If Options would become exercisable on a date that
is not a business day, they will become exercisable on the next business day. A
business day is any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the New York
Stock Exchange. Under no circumstances may Options be exercised after they have
expired. Shares may be used to pay the purchase price for Shares to be acquired
upon exercise of Options or fulfill any tax withholding obligation, subject to
any requirements or restrictions specified by the Committee.

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4.2. If a Participant’s employment with the Company terminates before the
Participant’s Options become exercisable, the Options will expire when the
Participant’s employment with the Company terminates, except (i) in connection
with a Qualifying Retirement or death or disability (each as outlined below) or
(ii) if the Participant is rehired by the Company within ninety days of
termination, in which case the Participant shall be construed to have been
continuously employed by the Company for purposes of vesting and exercise.

4.3. If a Participant’s employment with the Company terminates after the
Participant’s Options become exercisable, the Options will not expire
immediately but will remain exercisable. Subject to Section 4.6 and except in
the event of a Qualifying Retirement (as provided in Section 4.4), the Options
will expire ninety days after the Participant’s employment with the Company
terminates. If the Participant dies or becomes disabled during the ninety-day
period, the Options will expire on the fifth anniversary of the termination
date.

4.4. If the employment of a Participant who is at least 65 years of age, or at
least 55 years of age with at least 10 years of employment with the Company, is
terminated other than for Cause or by reason of the Participant’s death or
disability (a “Qualifying Retirement”) then (i) if the date of such termination
is after December 31, 2016, the Options shall continue to vest as provided in
Section 4.1, or (ii) if the date of such termination is on or prior to
December 31, 2016, a portion of the Options shall continue to vest as provided
in Section 4.1, which portion shall be determined as follows: (# shares covered
by Option award) * (# of months worked, rounded to nearest whole month) / 14.
Subject to Section 4.6, the Participant’s Options (whether vesting pursuant to
(i) or (ii) or previously vested) shall expire on the fifth anniversary of the
termination date.

4.5 If the employment of a Participant is terminated due to death or disability,
then (i) if the date of such termination is after December 31, 2016, the Options
shall vest immediately, or (ii) if the date of such termination is on or prior
to December 31, 2016, a portion of the Options shall vest immediately, which
portion shall be determined as follows: (# shares covered by Option award) * (#
of months worked, rounded to nearest whole month) / 14. Subject to Section 4.6,
such Options will expire on the fifth anniversary of the termination date.

4.6. Options that have not previously expired will expire at the close of
business on the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date. If Options would expire on
a date that is not a business day, they will expire at the close of business on
the last business day preceding that date.

4.7. Except as the Committee may otherwise provide, Options may only be
exercised by the Participant, the Participant’s legal representative, or a
person to whom the Participant’s rights in the Options are transferred by will
or the laws of descent and distribution.

4.8. A transfer of employment within the Company will not constitute a
termination of employment within the meaning of the Plan.

 

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4.9. A transfer of employment to a company that assumes an Option or issues a
substitute option in a transaction to which Section 424 of the Code applies will
not constitute a termination of employment within the meaning of the Plan.

4.10. Except to the extent that it would cause the Option to be subject to
Section 409A of the Code, the Committee may, in its sole discretion and without
receiving permission from any Participant, substitute stock appreciation rights
(“SARs”) for any or all outstanding Options. Upon the grant of substitute SARs,
the related Options replaced by the substitute SARs shall be cancelled. The
grant price of the substitute SARs shall be equal to the Option Price of the
related Options, the term of the substitute SARs shall not exceed the term of
the related Options, and the terms and conditions applicable to the substitute
SARs shall otherwise be substantially the same as those applicable to the
related Options replaced by the substitute SARs. Upon exercise, the SARs will be
settled in Shares.

 

5. Performance Share Units

 

5.1. The PSUs will be earned 50% under Section 5.1(a) and 50% under
Section 5.1(b) as follows:

5.1(a). The PSUs earned under this subsection (a) will be earned based on the
rank of Baxter’s growth in shareholder value (“GSV”) relative to the GSV of
companies in the healthcare peer group selected by the Committee on or prior to
the date hereof (the “GSV PSUs”). GSV will be measured over a three-year period
beginning with the Grant Date and ending on December 31, 2018 (the “GSV
Performance Period”).

The GSV PSUs will pay out in shares of Common Stock in a range of 0% to 200% of
the number of GSV PSUs awarded to the Participant as follows:

 

Baxter’s Percent Rank

   Percentage of Target Grant Earned

85 percent or above

   200%

75 percent

   150%

60 percent

   100%

25 percent

   25%

Below 25 percent

   0%

The GSV PSUs will pay out linearly between each set of data points. GSV will be
measured based on the average closing stock prices over the last twenty days of
the GSV Performance Period (plus reinvested dividends) divided by average
closing stock prices over the twenty trading days prior to the beginning of the
GSV Performance Period.

5.1(b). The PSUs earned under this subsection (b) will be earned based on a
return on capital measure for the Company to be selected by the Committee for
the Company’s executive officers generally for 2016 compensation (the “Return on
Capital PSUs”). The Committee will also determine, with respect to the Return on
Capital PSUs, the frequency with which the return on capital measure will be
measured for the period beginning January 1, 2016 and ending on December 31,
2018 (the “Return on Capital Performance Period” and together with the GSV
Performance Period, the “Performance Periods”). If there is more than one
measurement period within the Return on Capital Performance Period, the Return
on Capital RSUs will be allocated

 

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on a pro rata basis across the measurement periods. For each measurement period,
the Committee will set a target return on capital performance within the first
ninety (90) days of each measurement period and assess annual performance
against that target after the conclusion of that measurement period, which shall
be finalized in accordance with Section 5.1(c). If there is more than one
measurement period within the Return on Capital Performance Period, Return on
Capital PSUs for each measurement period shall be deemed earned at such time but
shall not vest until the end of the three-year Return on Capital Performance
Period. The use of the term “earned” in this context shall not be construed to
imply that the Participant has completed any portion of the service required to
receive a payment with respect to the ROIC PSUs until the end of the vesting
period.

For each measurement period, the Committee will establish the range of shares of
Common Stock into which the Return on Capital PSUs awarded to the Participant
will pay out based on the return on capital achieved by the Company during such
measurement period; provided, that such range shall be the same range
established by the Committee for executive officers generally for 2016
compensation.

5.1(c). Following the end of the Performance Periods, the Committee shall
determine the PSU payout, which determination shall be final and binding. Shares
of Common Stock earned will be delivered or otherwise made available to the
Participant as soon as practical after the Committee makes its determination but
not later than the March 15 after the end of the Performance Periods. PSUs will
only be settled in shares of Common Stock. Any other settlement modality shall
be considered an exception, which would have to be approved separately by the
Committee.

5.2. If a Participant’s employment with the Company terminates before the end of
the Performance Periods, any unvested PSUs shall be forfeited on the effective
date of termination, except (i) in connection with a Qualifying Retirement or
death or disability (each as outlined below), or (ii) if the Participant is
rehired by the Company within ninety days of termination, in which case the
Participant shall be construed to have been continuously employed by the Company
for purposes of vesting.

5.3. If the employment of a Participant terminates in a Qualifying Retirement
then (i) if the date of such termination is after December 31, 2016, the PSUs
will remain eligible for payout at the end of the Performance Periods on the
terms provided in Section 5.1, or (ii) if the date of such termination is on or
prior to December 31, 2016, a portion of the unearned PSUs shall remain eligible
for payout at the end of the Performance Periods on the terms provided in
Section 5.1, which portion shall be determined as follows: (# PSUs awarded) *
(# of months worked, rounded to nearest whole month) / 14.

5.4. If the employment with the Company of a Participant is terminated due to
death or disability, the PSUs shall vest as follows: (i) if the date of such
termination is after December 31, 2016, any unearned Return on Capital PSUs and
any GSV PSUs shall pay out at 100% of the Target Grant (as depicted in the table
in Section 5.1(a) and the related table to be established by the Committee in
accordance with Section 5.1(b)), in addition to payment of any earned ROIC PSUs,
within the later of (A) sixty days of death or disability and (B) sixty days of
the establishment of the related Target Grant, or (ii) if the date of such
termination is on or prior to December 31, 2016, a portion of the unearned PSUs
shall pay out as provided in (i), which portion shall be determined as follows:
(# PSUs awarded) * (# of months worked, rounded to nearest whole month) / 14.

 

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5.4. The PSUs shall not be transferable and may not be sold, assigned, pledged,
hypothecated or otherwise encumbered.

5.5. A transfer of employment within the Company will not constitute a
termination of employment within the meaning of the Plan.

5.6. Until the shares of Common Stock have been delivered or otherwise made
available as provided in Section 5.1, the Participant shall not be treated as a
shareholder as to those shares of Common Stock relating to the
PSUs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Participant shall be permitted to
receive additional PSUs with respect to the PSUs based upon the dividends and
distributions paid on shares of Common Stock to the same extent as if each PSU
were a share of Common Stock (without adjustment prior to vesting for payment
levels set forth in the table in Section 5.1(a) and the related table to be
established by the Committee in accordance with Section 5.1(b)), which
additional PSUs shall be determined in amount and value in the Company’s
discretion and shall be delivered or made available at the same time and to the
same extent as the PSUs to which they relate or as otherwise determined by the
Company.

5.7. To the extent required by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, no
PSUs that become payable to a specified employee (as defined in the Baxter
International Inc. and Subsidiaries Deferred Compensation Plan) by reason of a
separation from service shall be paid until the first day of the seventh month
following the separation from service, and the PSUs shall be otherwise
interpreted and administered in accordance with Section 409A.

 

6. Change in Control

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Program or this Plan (and in lieu of
vesting at the times otherwise provided in the Program), if the termination of
employment of a Participant occurs upon or within twenty-four (24) months
following a Change in Control by reason of (a) termination by the Company for
reasons other than for Cause or (b) termination by the Participant for Good
Reason, then (i) all Awards shall become immediately vested and exercisable, and
(ii) in the case of PSUs, all performance targets shall be deemed to be met at
100% of the Target Grant (consistent with the table in Section 5.1(a) and the
related table to be established by the Committee in accordance with
Section 5.1(b)), as may be equitably increased in the discretion of the
Committee to reflect actual performance through the date of the Change in
Control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Company’s consent is
required to consummate a Change of Control transaction prior to the
establishment of return of capital and related targets in accordance with
Section 5.1(b), the Committee shall establish such targets, and otherwise
satisfy its obligations under Section 5.1(b) with respect to the Return on
Capital PSUs, prior to providing such consent.

 

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7. Additional Definitions

For purposes of the Plan, the following capitalized terms shall have the
meanings provided below.

“Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under
Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Cause” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Change in Control
Agreement.

“Change in Control” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Change in
Control Agreement.

“Change in Control Agreement” means the change in control agreement to be
entered into between the Company and the Participant on or about the Grant Date
that provides for benefits upon termination for good reason or cause in
connection with a change in control of Baxter.

“Good Reason” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Participant’s
Change in Control Agreement.

“Person” shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d) thereof, except that such term shall not include (i) Baxter or any of its
subsidiaries, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an
employee benefit plan of Baxter or any of its Affiliates, (iii) an underwriter
temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or
(iv) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of Baxter
in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of Baxter.

 

8. Withholding

Except as otherwise provided by the Committee, all Awards (including the payout
of Awards) under the Plan are subject to withholding of all applicable taxes,
which withholding obligations may be satisfied, with the consent of the
Committee, through the surrender of Shares that the Participant already owns or
to which a Participant is otherwise entitled under the Plan; provided, however,
with the consent of the Committee, previously-owned Shares that have been held
by the Participant or Shares to which the Participant is entitled under the Plan
may only be used to satisfy the minimum tax withholding required by applicable
law (or other rates that will not have a negative accounting impact).

 

9. Program Controls

Except as specifically provided in the Plan, in the event of any inconsistency
between the Plan and the Program, the Program will control, but only to the
extent such Program provisions will not violate the provisions of section 409A
of the Code.

 

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