Exhibit 10.1





Exhibit 10.1




AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORPORATION

COMPENSATION POLICY FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS

(Effective November 11, 2010)




AmerisourceBergen Corporation (the “Corporation”) has established this Compensation
Policy for Non-Employee Directors (the “Policy”) to provide each member of the
Corporation’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) who is not an employee of the Corporation (a
“Non-Employee Director”) with compensation for services performed as a Non-Employee
Director, the terms of which are hereinafter set forth.




	1.	 	COMPENSATION





(a) Generally. Each Non-Employee Director will receive an annual award of cash and
equity-based compensation for each year of service beginning each February 1 and ending the
following January 31 (each a “Service Period”). The mix of cash and equity-based
compensation for the Service Period in which services are provided must be elected by each
Non-Employee Director and such election received by the Corporation prior to the December 31
preceding the Service Period, or within 30 days of initial appointment or election to the Board, as
the case may be. If a Non-Employee Director does not file an election form with respect to a
Service Period by the specified date, the Non-Employee Director will be deemed to have elected to
receive the compensation in the manner elected by the Non-Employee Director in his or her last
valid election, or if there had been no prior election, will be deemed to have elected to receive
the maximum annual cash retainer. When an election is made with respect to a Service Period, the
Non-Employee Director may not revoke or change that election with respect to such Service Period.
The mix of cash and equity-based compensation is subject to the following:



(i) Annual Cash Retainer. To the extent not elected to be paid in the form of restricted
stock, restricted stock units, stock options and/or deferred pursuant to Section 2 below, an annual
cash retainer will be paid to each Non-Employee Director. The Chairman of the Board shall be
eligible to earn a maximum annual cash retainer of $90,000. Non-Employee Directors not serving as
the Chairman of the Board shall receive a maximum annual cash retainer of $60,000. Payment of the
annual cash retainer will be made in equal quarterly installments in advance.




(1) Election to Receive Equity Awards in Lieu of Annual Cash Retainer. A
Non-Employee Director may elect to forego 50% or more of the annual retainer
compensation payable to the Non-Employee Director for a Service Period; provided
that a newly-elected Non-Employee Director may elect to forego 50% or more of the
retainer compensation payable to such Non-Employee Director for the period beginning
on the date such Non-Employee Director first becomes a Non-Employee Director and
ending the next succeeding January 31. An election to forego annual retainer
compensation must be made on a form provided by the Secretary of the Corporation for
such purpose and before such time described above in Section 1(a). A Non-Employee
Director who elects to forego 50% or more of their annual retainer compensation may
elect to receive either (A) an award of restricted stock (or, at the discretion of
the Board, restricted stock units (“RSUs”)) for shares of the Corporation’s
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having a Fair Market Value1 of 125% of the amount of the foregone
retainer compensation, or (B) an option award to purchase a number of Shares such
that the Fair Value of such option award, measured as of the date of grant, is 150%
of the foregone annual retainer. Stock option awards made pursuant to this Section
shall be made annually on February 1 (or if February 1 is not a trading day, the
first trading day thereafter) and “Fair Value” for this purpose shall be
determined based on a binomial method of valuation, as determined by the Governance
and Nominating Committee in good faith. Restricted stock awards and RSU awards
under this Section will be made quarterly at such time the foregone retainer
compensation would otherwise be payable. The number of Shares subject to a
restricted stock award or RSU award under this Section shall be determined as the
quotient of (x) 125% of the amount of the foregone quarterly retainer compensation
divided by (y) the Fair Market Value per Share measured as of the date of grant.




(ii) Meeting Fees.



(1) Board Meetings. The Chairman of the Board shall receive $7,500 for each Board meeting
attended in person. Non-Employee Directors not serving as Chairman of the Board shall receive
$3,000 for each Board meeting attended in person.



(2) Committee Meetings. The Chairman of the Audit and Corporate Responsibility Committee and
the Chairman of the Compensation and Succession Planning Committee shall each receive $5,000 for
each committee meeting attended in person. The Chairman of the Governance and Nominating Committee
shall receive $3,000 for each committee meeting attended in person. Non-Employee Directors (not
serving as Chairman) serving on a committee shall receive $1,500 for each committee meeting
attended in person.



(3) For each meeting attended telephonically, a Non-Employee Director shall receive 50% of the
in-person meeting fee.



(iii) Annual Equity Award. Each Non-Employee Director who is elected or has been elected to
serve as a member of the Board for the one-year period beginning on the date of the annual meeting
of stockholders shall be granted an option to purchase a number of Shares
such that the Fair Value (as defined above) of such option award, measured as of the date of
such annual meeting, is $100,000.


 





	 	 	 
	1	 	For purposes of this Policy, Fair Market Value means:
(i) if the Shares are publicly traded, then the Fair Market Value per Share
shall be determined as follows: (x) if the principal trading market for the
Shares is a national securities exchange or the Nasdaq National Market, the
price per share at the close of regular trading on the relevant date (or, if
the relevant date is not a day in which the Shares are being traded, then the
last such date before the relevant date), or (y) if the Shares are not
principally traded on such exchange or market, the mean between the last
reported “bid” and “asked” prices of Shares on the relevant date (or, if the
relevant date is not a date upon which a sale was reported, as reported on
Nasdaq or, if not so reported, as reported by the National Daily Quotation
Bureau, Inc. or as reported in a customary financial reporting service, as
applicable, then the last such date before the relevant date) and as the
Committee determines; (ii) if the Shares are not publicly traded or, if
publicly traded, are not subject to reported transactions or “bid” or “asked”
quotations as set forth above, the Fair Market Value per Share shall be as
determined by the Governance and Nominating Committee.



 


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(iv) Initial Equity Awards.



(1) Restricted Shares. Each Non-Employee Director who first becomes a member of the Board
shall be granted a restricted stock award for Shares having a Fair Market Value of $50,000. The
number of Shares subject to such restricted stock award shall be determined as the quotient of (A)
$50,000 divided by (B) the Fair Market Value per Share on the date the award is granted, rounded to
the nearest whole Share.



(2) Stock Options. In its discretion, the Governance and Nominating Committee may also
provide for one or more grants of options to any Non-Employee Director who becomes a Non-Employee
Director at a time other than on the date of the annual meeting of stockholders to reflect the
pro-rata portion of the $100,000 Fair Value reflecting the portion of such Non-Employee Director’s
service on the Board for the one-year period scheduled to end at the next succeeding annual
meeting.




(b) Terms of Equity Awards.



(i) All stock option, restricted stock and RSU awards made to Non-Employee Directors shall be
made under and pursuant to the AmerisourceBergen Corporation Equity Incentive Plan (the “Equity
Plan”)) and applicable Award Agreement2, and such awards will only be made to the
extent that Shares remain available for issuance under the Equity Plan. In the event of a conflict
between any term of this Policy and the terms of the Equity Plan or Award Agreement, the terms of
the Plan and Award Agreement shall control.



(ii) The vesting period applicable to an award of restricted stock or RSUs shall be the
three-year period commencing on the date of grant. Stock option awards shall vest over three
years, with one-third of the option vesting on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of
the date of grant and shall only be exercisable pursuant to the terms set forth in the Equity Plan
and applicable Award Agreement. The vesting of an award may be accelerated upon certain events as
described in the applicable Award Agreement. Unless otherwise provided for in an Award Agreement,
if a Non-Employee Director’s service on the Board terminates due to Voluntary Retirement, (1) the
Non-Employee Director’s stock options shall continue to vest and become exercisable according to
the schedule set forth in the applicable Award Agreement as if his service on the Board continued,
and (2) the Non-Employee Director’s restricted stock and RSUs shall continue to vest and any RSUs
will be delivered according to the schedule set forth in the applicable Award Agreement or deferral
election as if his service on the Board continued. For purposes of this Policy, “Voluntary
Retirement” means any voluntary
termination of service on the Board by a Non-Employee Director after reaching age sixty-two
(62) and completing five years (sixty (60) full months) of continuous service on the Board.


 





	 	 	 
	2	 	For purposes of this Policy, Award Agreement means a
written agreement or certificate granting an award of stock options, restricted
stock or RSUs. An Award Agreement shall contain such terms and conditions as
the Governance and Nominating Committee deems appropriate and that are not
inconsistent with the terms of the Equity Plan.



 


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(iii) The exercise price of each stock option grant shall be the closing price of a Share on
the applicable date of grant.



(c) Prescription Drug Benefit. Non-Employee Directors participate in the Directors’ PAID
Prescription Plan, which covers 100% of prescription drugs with no co-pay or co-insurance. The
benefit is fully paid by the Corporation.



(d) Education Reimbursement Benefit. Non-Employee Directors are encouraged to attend
continuing education courses relevant to their service on the Board and are reimbursed by the
Corporation for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with such continuing education courses.




	2.	 	DEFERRAL ELECTIONS





(a) Cash Retainer and Fees. A Non-Employee Director may elect to defer any annual cash
retainer and meeting fees payable with respect to a Service Period in accordance with the
AmerisourceBergen Corporation 2001 Deferred Compensation Plan, incorporated herein by reference.
The Non-Employee Director must file the deferral election form no later than the December 31
preceding the Service Period; provided however, that newly-elected Non-Employee Directors may elect
to defer retainer and meeting fees within 30 days of initial appointment or election to the Board
with respect to the retainer and fees that relate to service performed after the election. When a
deferral election is made with respect to a Service Period, the Non-Employee Director may not
revoke or change that election with respect to such Service Period.



(b) Restricted Stock Units. The Non-Employee Director may elect to defer settlement of Shares
payable with respect to any restricted stock units that will be granted to the Non-Employee
Director with respect to a Service Period, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Policy, the restricted stock unit deferral election form as adopted by the Corporation from time to
time, Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and the
regulations thereunder, and the Equity Plan and applicable Award Agreement.



(i) The Non-Employee Director may elect to defer settlement of 100% of the restricted stock
units that the Non-Employee Director elected to receive with respect to a Service Period pursuant
to Section 1(a)(i)(1) above by filing a completed restricted stock unit deferral election form with
the Secretary of the Corporation. The Non-Employee Director must file the deferral election form
no later than the December 31 preceding the Service Period that includes the date of grant of the
applicable RSU award; provided however, that newly-elected Non-Employee Directors may elect to
defer settlement of restricted stock units within 30 days of initial appointment or election to the
Board with respect to restricted stock units that relate to service performed after the election.
When a deferral election is made with respect to a Service Period, the Non-Employee Director may
not revoke or change that election with respect to such Service Period. The Non-Employee Director
must irrevocably elect the specified date(s) and increment(s) with respect to which the
Non-Employee Director will receive the Shares associated
with the settlement of the restricted stock units that the Non-Employee Director has elected
to defer (the “Settlement Date”) as provided under the deferral election form in accordance
with such form. In the event that the Non-Employee Director fails to elect a Settlement Date,
settlement of the restricted stock units, to the extent vested, will occur on the date of the
Non-Employee Director’s “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code
and Treasury Regulations thereunder (a “Separation from Service”).


 


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(ii) Subject to subsection (iii) below, the Non-Employee Director shall receive payment of the
Shares on the Settlement Date(s) elected by the Non-Employee Director (or the date of the
Non-Employee Director’s Separation from Service in the event that the Non-Employee Director fails
to elect a Settlement Date) pursuant to the deferral election form described above, and only to the
extent that such Shares vested.



(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no deferred Shares subject to an RSU
award shall be paid to the Non-Employee Director during the 6-month period following the
Non-Employee Director’s Separation from Service if the Non-Employee Director is a “specified
employee” at the time of such Separation from Service (as determined by the Corporation in
accordance with Section 409A of the Code). If the payment of such deferred Shares is delayed as a
result of the previous sentence, then on the first business day following the end of such 6-month
period (or such earlier date upon which such amount can be paid under Section 409A of the Code
without resulting in a prohibited distribution, including as a result of the Non-Employee
Director’s death), the Corporation shall deliver to the Non-Employee Director the RSU Shares that
would have otherwise been delivered to the Non-Employee Director during such period.




	3.	 	EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT





The Non-Employee Director will be reimbursed for reasonable out-of-pocket travel expenses
incurred in connection with attendance at Board and committee meetings, director education programs
and other Board related activities in accordance with the Corporation’s plans or policies as in
effect from time to time. To the extent that any such reimbursements are deemed to constitute
compensation to the Non-Employee Director, such amounts shall be reimbursed no later than December
31 of the year following the year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of any expense
reimbursements that constitute compensation in one year shall not affect the amount of expense
reimbursements constituting compensation that are eligible for reimbursement in any subsequent
year, and the Non-Employee Director’s right to such reimbursement of any such expenses shall not be
subject to liquidation or exchange for any other benefit.




	4.	 	OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENTS





In the first year after election to the Board, each Non-Employee Director must achieve and
maintain ownership of stock equal in value (based on the Fair Market Value of Shares) to one times
their applicable annual retainer. In the second year after election to the Board, each
Non-Employee Director must achieve and maintain ownership of stock equal in value to two times
their applicable annual retainer. In the third year after election to the Board, each Non-Employee
Director must achieve and maintain ownership of stock equal in value to three times
their applicable annual retainer. In the fourth year after election to the Board, each
Non-Employee Director must achieve and maintain ownership of stock equal in value to four times
their applicable annual retainer. From and after the fifth year following election to the Board,
each Non-Employee Director must maintain ownership of stock equal in value to at least five times
their applicable annual retainer. The Board may consider unusual market conditions when assessing
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	5.	 	TAXES





In connection with the payment of compensation, grant or exercise of any equity award or the
lapse of restrictions on any equity award contemplated by this Policy, the Corporation shall have
the right to require the Non-Employee Director to take any action deemed necessary to protect its
interests with respect to tax liabilities. The Corporation shall not be obligated to make any
delivery or transfer of Shares until the Non-Employee Director has complied, to the Corporation’s
satisfaction, with any withholding requirement, or until the Corporation has been indemnified to
its satisfaction for any applicable tax, charge or assessment. The Corporation may deduct from
other compensation payable by the Corporation the amount of any withholding taxes due with respect
to any equity award.




	6.	 	AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION





This Policy may be amended or terminated by the Board at any time. A termination or amendment
of this Policy that occurs after an equity award is granted shall not materially impair the rights
of a Non-Employee Director unless the Non-Employee Director consents. The termination of this
Policy shall not impair the power and authority of the Governance and Nominating Committee with
respect to an outstanding equity award.




	7.	 	EFFECTIVE DATE






This Policy is approved by the Board of Directors effective as of November 11, 2010.



Adopted by the Board effective as of November 11, 2010




Amended by the Board on May 13, 2011





 


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