EX10.31 PEP Post-Tax Agreement


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PARTNERSHIP EQUITY PROGRAM
 Participant Purchased Share, Company Matching RSUs  
and Company Matching Option Agreement


AGREEMENT, by and between CVS Caremark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and ______________(“Participant”), effective on ______________, herein after known as the “Grant Date” (this “Agreement”).
WHEREAS, Participant has been selected as an employee eligible to invest under the Company's Partnership Equity Program (the “PEP”), and has elected in the Participant’s Election Form to invest $_________  in the PEP, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the PEP and in this Agreement.
WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide Participant with written evidence acknowledging Participant's investment under the PEP through Participant Purchased Shares and the corresponding grant of Company Matching RSUs and a Company Matching Option under the PEP.
WHEREAS, the provisions of the PEP and the Company's 2010 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “ICP”) are hereby incorporated by reference and shall have the same force and effect as though fully set forth herein; Participant hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the PEP and the ICP at the time of receipt of this Agreement and agrees to be bound by such provisions (as presently in effect or hereafter amended); if any provision of this Agreement is inconsistent with a provision of the PEP or the ICP, the terms of the PEP and/or the ICP, or any successor thereto, shall control;  capitalized terms used in this Agreement but not defined herein shall have the same meanings as in the PEP, or the ICP, as the case may be; and on the Grant Date specified above, the Fair Market Value (the “FMV”) of a share of CVS Caremark Common Stock (“Stock”) equals $________, which is the closing price on such date.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as follows:


I.  PARTICIPANT PURCHASED SHARES AND COMPANY MATCHING RSUs
(A)    Participant Purchased Shares.  
		
	(i)
	The Company has received from Participant a completed Election Form pursuant to which the Participant elects to invest the amount of $__________  in Participant Purchased Shares under the PEP. Participant’s Post-Tax Investment Date must occur within thirty (30) days of the Grant Date, and Participant must provide evidence to the Company of Participant’s purchase and ownership of the Participant Purchased Shares with a value as of the Post-Tax Investment Date  equal to the elected investment amount in accordance with the PEP within thirty (30) days of the Grant Date. 


		
	(ii)
	Alternatively, Participant has demonstrated to the Company that he or she owns a sufficient number of shares of Stock in his or her own name, provided such shares of Stock are not held in a qualified 401(k) plan or in a nonqualified deferred stock compensation plan, having a FMV, on the Grant Date, at least equal to the amount elected by the Participant on the Election Form.  In such event, such shares of Stock owned by Participant shall be designated as Participant Purchased Shares for purposes of this Agreement and the PEP.


		
	(iii)
	Participant must provide to the Company on a semi-annual basis until the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Grant Date a brokerage statement or other evidence satisfactory to the Company that he or she has continued to maintain the number of Participant Purchased Shares as were owned by Participant on the Grant Date and/or the Post-Tax Investment Date.






		
	(iv)
	In accordance with the PEP, if Participant disposes of Participant Purchased Shares prior to the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Grant Date, either in whole or in part, Participant will immediately forfeit a proportionate amount of the Company Matching RSUs and Company Matching Options that are unvested as of the date of such disposition.



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(B)Crediting of Company Matching RSUs.  As of the Grant Date, the Company hereby awards the Participant, subject to the terms and conditions set forth and incorporated in this Agreement and the PEP, __________Company Matching RSUs.  
(C)Additional Transactions in Participant Accounts.  
		
	(i)
	Each Company Matching RSU represents a right to a future payment of one share of Stock, subject to applicable tax withholding.


		
	(ii)
	To the extent that dividends are declared and paid on shares of Stock while the Company Matching RSUs remain outstanding and prior to a Settlement Date (as defined below), the Company shall credit to Participant’s Matching RSU account (as applicable) an additional number of Company Matching RSUs calculated by multiplying (a) the amount of dividend per share of Stock paid by the Company’s Board of Directors by (b) the number of Company Matching RSUs held by Participant on the record date of such dividend and dividing the product by (c) the FMV of a share of Stock on such dividend payment date. 


		
	(iii)
	Provided, however, that if such dividend is paid prior to the Vesting Date of the Company Matching RSUs, as set forth in Section I (D) below, Participant shall not be entitled to any payment in respect of such dividend unless Participant is still employed by the Company on such dividend payment date.


		
	(iv)
	Participant hereby agrees that, prior to the Settlement Date, the Company may withhold from the dividend equivalent amounts described in Section I(C)(ii) amounts sufficient to satisfy the applicable tax withholding in respect of such dividend equivalent payments, as applicable.


(D)    Vesting of Company Matching RSUs.  Subject to the terms and conditions of the PEP and this Agreement, and to Participant’s continued employment through such date, the Company Matching RSUs, and the dividend equivalent amounts attributed to same, shall vest on the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Grant Date.
(E)    Settlement.     
		
	(i)
	A “Settlement Date” shall mean the date shares of Stock are delivered to Participant pursuant to this Agreement.


		
	(ii)
	Within fifteen (15) days following the earliest of the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Grant Date, Participant’s death, termination of employment due to Participant’s total and permanent disability (as defined in the Company’s Long-Term Disability Plan, or, if not defined in such plan, as defined by the Social Security Administration), or a Change in Control, Participant shall be entitled to receive and the Company shall deliver to Participant the total number of shares of Stock (giving effect to Sections I(C)(ii) and I(C)(iv)) underlying the Company Matching RSUs vested as of such date.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no shares of Stock shall be delivered upon termination of employment unless such termination of employment is considered a “separation from service” (within the meaning given of Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(h) or successor guidance thereto).


		
	(iii)
	Subject to the rules promulgated by the Committee, the terms of the CVS Caremark Deferred Stock Compensation Plan and Section 409A, Participant may elect to defer settlement of Company Matching RSUs covered by this Agreement.  










II.    COMPANY MATCHING OPTION
(A)    Grant of Option.  The Company hereby awards and evidences the grant to Participant, subject to the terms and conditions incorporated in this Agreement, the right, and option, to purchase from the Company _________shares of Stock, with an exercise price per share of Stock equal to the FMV of a share of Stock on the Grant Date, such Company Matching Option to be exercised as hereinafter provided. The Company Matching Option is a nonqualified option as defined in the ICP.
(B)    Term of Company Matching Option.  The term of this Company Matching Option shall be for a period of ten (10) years from the Grant Date, subject to the earlier termination of the Company Matching Option, as set forth in the ICP and in this Agreement.
(C)     Vesting and Exercise of Company Matching Option.    
		
	 (i)  
	Prior to its expiration or termination, and except as otherwise provided herein, the Company Matching Option shall vest and may be exercised by Participant, provided Participant has maintained continuous 



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employment with the Company or a subsidiary of the Company from the Grant Date until the applicable vesting date, within the following time limitations: 
		
	a. 
	On or after three (3) years from the Grant Date, the Company Matching Option shall be vested and may be exercised as to one-third (1/3) of the shares of Stock subject to the Company Matching Option;


		
	b.
	On or after four (4) years from the Grant Date, the Company Matching Option shall be vested and may be exercised as to an aggregate of two-thirds (2/3) of the shares of Stock subject to the Company Matching Option; and


		
	c.
	On or after five (5) years from the Grant Date, the Company Matching Option shall be vested and may be exercised as to all of the shares of Stock subject to the Company Matching Option.


		
	(ii)  
	The Company Matching Option, subject to the provisions of the ICP, shall be exercised by submitting a request to exercise to the Company’s stock option administrator, in accordance with the Company’s current exercise policies and procedures, specifying the number of shares of Stock to be purchased, which number may not be less than one hundred (100) shares of Stock (unless the number of shares of Stock purchased is the total balance which is then exercisable).  Unless the Company, in its discretion, establishes “cashless exercise” procedures and permits Participant entitled to exercise the Company Matching Option to utilize such “cashless exercise” procedures, Participant so exercising all or part of this Company Matching Option shall, at the time of exercise, tender to the Company cash or cash equivalent for the aggregate exercise price of the shares of Stock Participant has elected to purchase or certificates for shares of Stock of the Company already owned by Participant for at least six (6) months with an aggregate FMV at least equal to the aggregate exercise price of the shares of Stock Participant has elected to purchase, or a combination of the foregoing. 


(D)    Company Matching Option Expiration.  The Company Matching Option shall be  exercisable only as provided above and shall expire at the close of business on the tenth (10th) anniversary of its Grant Date or such earlier expiration date as described in Section III below.


III.    TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND CHANGE IN CONTROL
		
	(A)
	Except as provided in Sections III(B)-(G) below, if, for any reason, Participant’s employment with the Company and any subsidiary of the Company terminates, all Company Matching RSUs and the Company Matching Option to the extent not then vested in accordance with Sections I(D) and II(C)(i) above shall be immediately forfeited.






(B)    In the event Participant’s employment with the Company and any subsidiary of the Company terminates by reason of death, Company Matching RSUs and the Company Matching Option will vest in full as of the date of death, and the Company Matching Option shall be exercisable by the Participant’s executor, administrator, personal representative or any person or persons who acquired the Company Matching Option directly from the Participant by bequest or inheritance during the twelve (12) month period following the date of death, as long as no government regulations or rules are violated by such accelerated vesting or exercise period; provided, however, that no Company Matching Option will be exercisable beyond its original term.
(C)    In the event Participant’s employment with the Company and any subsidiary of the Company terminates by reason of total and permanent disability (as defined in the Company’s Long-Term Disability Plan, or, if not defined in such plan, as defined by the Social Security Administration), the Company Matching RSUs and the Company Matching Option shall vest on a pro rata basis as follows:  
		
	(i)
	the Company Matching RSUs shall be vested as of Participant’s employment termination date (which is the last day that the Participant is employed by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company) shall be equal to the number of Company Matching RSUs multiplied by the following fraction:  (A) the numerator shall be the whole number of months elapsed since the Grant Date and (B) the denominator shall be sixty (60).  For purposes of this calculation, the number of months in the numerator in sub-section (A) above shall include any partial month in which Participant has worked.  For example, if the time elapsed between the Grant Date and the Separation Date is eight months and five days, the numerator in sub-section (A) above shall be nine.


		
	(ii)
	the Company Matching Option shall be vested as of Participant’s employment termination date with respect to the number of shares of Stock subject to the Company Matching Option multiplied by the 



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following fraction: (A) the numerator shall be the whole number of months elapsed since the Grant Date and (B) the denominator shall be sixty (60).  For purposes of this calculation, the number of months in the numerator in sub-section (A) above shall include any partial month in which Participant has worked.   For example, if the time elapsed between the Grant Date and the Separation Date is eight months and five days, the numerator in sub-section (A) above shall be nine.
		
	(iii)
	the vested portion of the Company Matching Option shall be exercisable during the twelve (12) month period following Participant’s employment termination date, as long as no government regulations or rules are violated by such accelerated vesting or exercise period; provided, however, that the Company Matching Option shall not be exercisable beyond its original term.


(D)    Termination of Employment without Cause.  In the event that Participant’s employment with the Company and any subsidiary of the Company terminates and Participant receives severance pay pursuant to a written agreement with the Company, Participant’s Company Matching RSUs and the Company Matching Option to the extent not vested at the time of the Participant’s employment termination date but scheduled to vest during the severance period specified in the agreement providing for severance pay shall continue to vest and settle in accordance with the schedule set forth in Section I(D) and Section II(C)(i), respectively, of this Agreement. Participant will be responsible for any applicable withholding taxes that may become due as of Participant’s employment termination date. All Company Matching RSUs and the Company Matching Option to the extent not scheduled to vest during the specified severance period shall be forfeited as of the Participant’s employment termination date. To the extent vested, the Company Matching Option shall be exercisable on or before the ninetieth (90th) day following the last day of the severance period, as long as no government regulations or rules are violated by such continued vesting or exercise period; provided, however, that the Company Matching Option shall not be exercisable beyond its original term.     
(E)    Retirement.   “Qualified Retirement” shall mean termination of employment after attainment of age fifty-five (55) with at least ten (10) years of continuous service, or attainment of age sixty (60) with at least five (5) years of continuous service, provided that:  (i) if Participant elects to terminate his or her employment voluntarily, Participant has provided the Company with at least twelve (12) months advance notice of his or her retirement date or such other term of advance notice as is determined by the Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company; or (ii) if the Company elects to terminate Participant’s employment, then such termination is without cause.   
		
	(i)
	In the event Participant’s termination of employment qualifies as a Qualified Retirement, Participant may exercise the Company Matching Option to the extent vested as of Participant’s retirement date, at any time within two (2) years after Participant’s retirement date, but not beyond the original term of the Company Matching Option. To the extent unvested as of the retirement date, the Company Matching Option shall be forfeited.  The Committee shall have the authority in its sole discretion to make any interpretations, determinations, and/or take any administrative actions with respect to whether Participant has experienced a Qualified Retirement.  


		
	(ii)
	Company Matching RSUs that are unvested as of the Participant’s retirement date are forfeited as of the retirement date.


		
	(iii)
	In the event Participant’s termination of employment qualifies as a Qualified Retirement and Participant also enters into a severance agreement with the Company, the terms of Section III(D) shall apply with respect to the vesting and settlement of the Company Matching RSUs and the Company Matching Option.


(F)    The provisions of Section 10 of the ICP, or any successor thereto, shall apply in the event of a Change in Control.
(G)    For purposes of this Section III, transfer of employment by Participant from the Company to a subsidiary of the Company, transfer among or between subsidiaries, transfer from a subsidiary to the Company or any other continuation of employment with the Company or a subsidiary after termination by a related entity shall not be treated as termination of employment.


IV.      NON-COMPETITION.     The grant of RSUs pursuant to this Agreement is expressly subject to and contingent upon the requirement that the Participant shall have fully executed and delivered to the Company the CVS Caremark Corporation Restrictive Covenant Agreement provided by the Company; provided that the Company in its sole discretion may waive such requirement if Participant is currently a party to another agreement with the Company setting forth restrictive covenants, such as non-competition, non-disclosure, and/or non-solicitation obligations.  The applicable agreement containing the restrictive covenants the Company requires in connection with this Award, whether previously executed or required to be executed in connection with this Award, is hereafter referred to as the “Restrictive Covenant Agreement”.  

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If the Company intends to require Participant to execute and deliver a new Restrictive Covenant Agreement in connection with the Award hereunder, the Company shall provide such Restrictive Covenant Agreement to Participant and Participant agrees to execute and deliver such agreement by the deadline set forth by the Company, which shall be no less than ten days from the date it is provided to Participant.  If Participant is currently subject to a Restrictive Covenant Agreement, Participant hereby affirms his or her agreement and intent to be bound by the restrictions in the Restrictive Covenant Agreement and to comply with all of its provisions.  
Participant agrees that failure to execute and return the Restrictive Covenant Agreement, if required, shall result in the immediate and irrevocable forfeiture of the RSU Award hereunder and any right to receive dividend equivalents or Shares with respect thereto.  Further, if Participant violates any provision of the applicable Restrictive Covenant Agreement, any unvested RSUs will be immediately and irrevocably forfeited, and no payment of any kind, including dividend equivalents or Shares, shall be payable with respect thereto.  This Section shall not constitute the Company’s exclusive remedy for Participant’s violation of the Restrictive Covenant Agreement, and the Company may seek all available legal or equitable remedies in the event of Participant’s violation or threatened violation of the Restrictive Covenant Agreement, including injunctive relief.




V.    MISCELLANEOUS.
(A)    Withholding Tax.  Participant may be subject to withholding taxes as a result of the exercise of the Company Matching Option or settlement of Company Matching RSUs.  Except as may otherwise be elected by Participant, the number of shares of Stock to be delivered by the Company to Participant shall be reduced by the smallest number of shares of Stock having a FMV at least equal to the dollar amount of federal, state or local tax withholding required to be withheld by the Company with respect to such exercise or settlement.  Any shares of Stock so withheld or tendered will be valued as of the date they are withheld or tendered.  In lieu of having the number of shares of Stock underlying the applicable award reduced, Participant may elect to pay to the Company in cash, promptly when the amount of such obligations become determinable, all applicable federal, state, local and foreign withholding taxes that result from each such exercise or settlement. Such election may be made electronically or in writing at any time prior to the exercise date or Settlement Date, as applicable.
(B)    Recoupment.  This Award  under the ICP shall be subject to the terms of the Company’s Recoupment Policy as it exists from time to time, which may require Participant to immediately repay to the Company the value of any pre-tax economic benefit that he or she may derive from the Award. By accepting this Award, Participant acknowledges that the Company’s Recoupment Policy has been made available for Participant’s reference.
(C)    Certain Terms and Conditions of the PEP.  Participant acknowledges and agrees that the terms and conditions of the PEP preclude all transfers of Participant Purchased Shares, all Company Matching RSUs, and the Company Matching Option, except in limited circumstances in the event of Participant’s death, impose a risk of forfeiture on Company Matching RSUs and the Company Matching Option, relieve the Company of certain obligations unless and until laws and regulations have been complied with, provide for adjustments to Participant Purchased Shares, Company Matching RSUs, and the Company Matching Option upon the occurrence of certain events, and specify the state law which shall govern this Agreement, without giving effect to principles of conflict of laws.
(D)    Binding Agreement.  This Agreement shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, and successors of the parties.  In particular, Participant's heirs, executors, administrators, and successors shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the PEP, ICP, and this Agreement, and the Company may require any such person to execute an agreement or other documents acknowledging and agreeing to such terms and conditions as a condition precedent to any transfer of rights hereunder or shares of Stock issuable under the PEP, including upon exercise of the Company Matching Option, into the name of any such person.
(E)    Integration Clause; Amendments to Agreement.  This Agreement, together with the PEP and the ICP, constitutes the entire Agreement between the parties with respect to the PEP, and supersedes any prior agreements or documents with respect thereto.  This Agreement may be amended, but no amendment or other change which may impose any additional obligation upon the Company or materially impair the rights of Participant under the PEP shall be valid unless contained in a writing signed by the party to be bound thereby.
(F)    Employment.  Neither the execution and delivery hereof nor the granting of the Company Matching RSUs or the Company Matching Option evidenced hereby shall constitute or be evidence of any agreement or understanding, expressed or implied, on the part of the Company or its subsidiaries to employ Participant for any specific period.

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(G)    Acceptance of Award.    Acceptance may be submitted either electronically, if available, or in writing. The Company Matching Option may not be exercised unless and until the Company has received acceptance by the Participant of the terms and conditions set forth herein.  
(H)    Company Matching RSUs.  Company Matching RSUs do not represent an equity interest in the Company and do not carry any voting rights.  Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, Participant shall have no rights of a shareholder with respect to the RSUs until the related shares of Stock have been delivered to Participant.
(I)    Section 409A.    The Company intends that this Agreement not violate any applicable provision of, or result in any additional tax or penalty under, Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), as amended, and that to the extent any provisions of this Agreement do not comply with Code Section 409A the Company will make such changes in order to comply with Code Section 409A to the extent it considers reasonable.  In all events, the provisions of CVS Caremark Corporation’s 409A Universal Definitions Document are hereby incorporated by reference and to the extent required to avoid a violation of the applicable rules under Section 409A by reason of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, payment of any amounts subject to Section 409A of the Code shall be delayed until the first business day of the seventh month immediately following the employment termination date. For purposes of any provision of this Agreement providing for the payment of any amounts or benefits upon or following a termination of employment, references to the “termination of employment” (and corollary terms) shall be construed to refer to “separation from service” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(h)). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representations as to the tax treatment or consequences of any payment made hereunder, and Participant, by accepting this Award, acknowledges that Participant shall be solely responsible for same.
(J)    Notices.  Any notice hereunder to the Company shall be addressed to One CVS Drive, Woonsocket, RI 02895, Attention: Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer, and any notice required to be given hereunder to Participant shall be addressed to Participant at his or her address as shown on the records of the Company, subject to the right of either party to designate in writing some other address for notices.


            By:      s/Lisa G. Bisaccia        
                    Senior Vice President
Chief Human Resources Officer 
CVS CAREMARK CORPORATION










Accepted by:        ________________________________________________
[NAME]




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[Employee ID #]




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