exv10wawxlii






Exhibit
10(a) (xlii)


FY12 NON-U.S. AWARDS (U.K. EXPATS)




Stock Option Award and Agreement



[DATE]



Dear
                                        :



H. J. Heinz Company is pleased to advise you that, effective as of                     ,you have been
granted options (“Options”) to purchase                                 shares of H. J. Heinz Company Common Stock, at an
exercise price of $                      per share, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Third
Amended and Restated H. J. Heinz Company Fiscal Year 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), which
are hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement. The Options are also granted under and
governed by the terms and conditions of this letter agreement (“Agreement”), which shall control in
the event of a conflict with the terms and conditions of the Plan. For purposes of this Agreement,
the “Company” shall refer to H. J. Heinz Company and its Affiliated Companies (as defined in
Section 4 below) in the United States and throughout the world. Unless otherwise specifically
defined herein, all other capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the same defined
meanings as the capitalized terms in the Plan. Copies of the Plan and the Prospectus are posted
along with this Agreement.





	1.	 	The Options are Non-Statutory Options, as defined in the Plan. The Options will vest in four
equal annual installments beginning on , and will expire on __________, subject to earlier
expiration in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the Plan.






	2.	 	Subject to Sections 3 and 4 of this Agreement, the exercise period for the Options, including
the effect of the termination of your employment with the Company or a “Change in Control,”
shall be governed by and determined in accordance with Section 8(B) of the Plan; provided,
however, that in the event of termination of your employment by you for “Good Reason,” the
“Expiration Date” shall be five years after the “Date of Termination” or the date of
expiration specified in Section 1 above, whichever is sooner; and provided further, however,
that in the event termination of your employment occurs by reason of involuntary termination
without Cause, the “Expiration Date” shall be as provided in Section 8(B) of the Plan (the
90th day after the “Date of Termination”) or the date of expiration specified in
Section 1 above, whichever is sooner, unless you execute a release of claims of the Company in
the form requested by the Company, in which case your “Expiration Date” shall be five years
after the “Date of Termination” or the date of expiration specified in Section 1 above,
whichever is sooner.






	 	 	You may exercise the Options in any manner provided for in the Plan; provided, however, that
you must first obtain the approval of the Chief Executive Officer, or his designee, prior to
choosing a “net exercise” arrangement. If you are a non-U.S.-based reporting officer
pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Act of 1934 on the date of net exercise, you must
obtain the approval of the Management Development and Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company prior to choosing a “net exercise” arrangement.




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	3.	 	You agree that you shall not, during the term of your employment by the Company and for
eighteen (18) months after the date of the termination of your employment with the Company,
regardless of the reason for the termination, either directly or indirectly, solicit, take
away or attempt to solicit or take away any employee of the Company, either for your own
purpose or for any other person or entity.1 You further agree that you shall not,
during the term of your employment by the Company or at any time thereafter, use or disclose
Confidential Information (as defined in Section 4 below) except as directed by, and in
furtherance of the business purposes of, the Company. You acknowledge (i) that the
non-solicitation provision set forth in this Section 3 is essential for the proper protection
of the business of the Company; (ii) that it is essential to the protection of the Company’s
goodwill and to the maintenance of the Company’s competitive position that any Confidential
Information be kept secret and not disclosed to others; and (iii) that the breach or
threatened breach of this Section 3 will result in irreparable injury to the Company for which
there is no adequate remedy at law because, among other things, it is not readily susceptible
of proof as to the monetary damages that would result to the Company. You consent to the
issuance of any restraining order or preliminary restraining order or injunction with respect
to any conduct by you that is directly or indirectly a breach or a threatened breach of this
Section 3. In the event of any breach by you of the provisions of this Section 3, you shall
immediately return to the Company the pre-tax income resulting from any exercise of the
Options or any portion thereof by you, unless such exercise occurred more than twelve (12)
months prior to the date of the termination of your employment with the Company. In addition,
in the sole discretion of the Company, and in addition to all other rights and remedies
available to the Company at law, in equity or under this Agreement, any breach by you of the
provisions of this Section 3 will result in the forfeiture of all unexercised options granted
to you under this Agreement as of the date of such breach.






	4.	 	As used in this Section 4, the following terms shall have the respective indicated
meanings:2






	 	 	“Affiliated Company or Companies” means any person, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, or other entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the
Company.






	 	 	“Confidential Information” means technical or business information about or relating to the
Company and/or its products, processes, methods, engineering, technology, purchasing,
marketing, selling, and services not readily available to the public or generally known in
the trade, including but not limited to: inventions; ideas;
improvements; discoveries; developments; formulations; ingredients; recipes; specifications;
designs; standards; financial data; sales, marketing and distribution
plans,







 




			
	1	 	The non-solicitation and confidentiality
covenants set forth in Section 3 are indicative. The specific provisions may
differ in various international jurisdictions.
	 
	2	 	The non-competition covenant set forth in
Section 4 is indicative. The specific provisions may differ in various
international jurisdictions.




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	 	 	techniques and strategies; customer and supplier information; equipment; mechanisms;
manufacturing plans; processing and packaging techniques; trade secrets and other
confidential information, knowledge, data and know-how of the Company, whether or not they
originated with you, or information which the Company received from third parties under an
obligation of confidentiality.






	 	 	“Conflicting Product” means any product or process of any person or organization, other than
the Company, in existence or under development, (i) that competes with a product or process
of the Company upon or with which you shall have worked during the two years prior to the
termination of your employment with the Company or (ii) whose use or marketability could be
enhanced by application to it of Confidential Information acquired by you in connection with
your employment by the Company during such two year period. For purposes of this
definition, it shall be conclusively presumed that you have knowledge of information to
which you have been directly exposed through actual receipt or review of memoranda or
documents containing such information or through actual attendance at meetings at which such
information was discussed or disclosed.






	 	 	“Conflicting Organization” means any person or organization that is engaged in or about to
become engaged in research on or the development, production, marketing or selling of or the
use in production, marketing or sale of a Conflicting Product.






	 	 	In partial consideration for the Options granted to you hereunder, you agree that, for a
period of eighteen (18) months after the date of the termination of your employment with the
Company, you shall not render services, directly or indirectly, as a director, officer,
employee, agent, consultant or otherwise to any Conflicting Organization in any geographic
area or territory in which such Conflicting Organization is engaged in or about to become
engaged in the research on or the development, production, marketing or sale of or the use
in production, marketing or sale of a Conflicting Product. The foregoing limitation does
not apply to a Conflicting Organization whose business is diversified and that, as to that
part of its business to which you render services, is not engaged in the development,
production, marketing, use or sale of a Conflicting Product, provided that the Company shall
receive separate written assurances satisfactory to the Company from you and the Conflicting
Organization that you shall not render services during such period with respect to a
Conflicting Product or directly or indirectly provide or reveal Confidential Information to
such organization.






	 	 	You acknowledge and agree that the non-competitive restrictions set forth in this Section 4
are reasonable and necessary to protect the goodwill and legitimate business interests of
the Company and to prevent the disclosure of the Company’s Confidential Information and
trade secrets and, further, that you have the business experience and abilities such that
you would be able to obtain employment in a business other than with a Conflicting
Organization.






	 	 	In the event of any breach by you of the provisions of this Section 4, you shall immediately
return to the Company the pre-tax income resulting from any exercise of the Options or any
portion thereof by you, unless such exercise occurred more than twelve




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	(12)	 	months prior to the date of the termination of your employment with the Company.
In addition, in the sole discretion of the Company, and in addition to all other rights and
remedies available to the Company at law, in equity, or under this Agreement, any breach by
you of the provisions of this Section 4 will result in the forfeiture of all unexercised
options granted to you under this Agreement as of the date of such breach.
	 
	 	 	In addition to the remedies stated in the preceding Section, the Company shall, if it shall
so elect, be entitled to institute legal proceedings to obtain damages for a breach by you
of this Section 4, or to enforce the specific performance of the Agreement by you and to
enjoin you from any further violation of this Section 4, or to exercise such remedies
cumulatively or in conjunction with all other rights and remedies provided by law. You
acknowledge, however, that the remedies at law for any breach by you of the provisions of
this Section 4 may be inadequate and that the Company shall be entitled to obtain
preliminary or permanent injunctive relief without the necessity of proving actual damages
by reason of such breach or threatened breach and, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, a temporary restraining order (or similar procedural device) may be granted immediately
upon the commencement of such action.
	 
	 	 	You agree that if any of the provisions herein shall for any reason be determined by a court
of competent jurisdiction to be overly broad as to scope of activity, duration, or
geography, such provision shall be limited or reduced so as to be enforceable to the extent
compatible with existing law.






	5.	 	You acknowledge and agree that nothing in this Agreement or the Plan shall confer upon you
any right with respect to future awards or continuation of your employment, nor shall it
constitute an employment agreement or interfere in any way with your right or the right of the
Company to terminate your employment, with or without cause, and with or without notice,
subject to the terms of any written employment contract that you may have with the Company
that is signed by both you and an authorized representative of the Company.






	6.	 	You hereby explicitly and unambiguously consent to the collection, use and transfer, in
electronic or other form, of your personal data as described in this document by and among, as
applicable, your employer (the “Employer”), and the Company for the exclusive purpose of
implementing, administering, and managing your participation in the Plan.3 You
understand that the Company and the Employer hold certain personal information about you,
including, but not limited to, name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, social security or insurance number or
other identification number, salary, nationality, job title, any shares or directorships
held in the Company, details of all Options or any other entitlement to shares awarded,
canceled, purchased, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in your favor for the
purpose of implementing, managing and administering the Plan (collectively, “Data”). You
understand that the Data may be transferred to any third parties assisting in the
implementation, administration, and management of







 




			
	3	 	The provisions set forth in Section 6 are
indicative. The specific provisions may differ in various international
jurisdictions.




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	 	 	the Plan, that these recipients may be
located in your country or elsewhere, including outside the European Economic Area, and that
the recipient country may have different data privacy laws and protections than your
country. You understand that you may request a list with the names and addresses of any
potential recipients of the Data by contacting the General Counsel or the Secretary of the
Company. You authorize the recipients to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the
Data, in electronic or other form, for the purposes of implementing, administering, and
managing your participation in the Plan, including any requisite transfer of such Data, as
may be required to a broker or other third party with whom you deposit any shares acquired
under the Plan. You understand that the Data will be held only as long as is necessary to
implement, administer, and manage participation in the Plan. You understand that you may, at
any time, view Data, request additional information about the storage and processing of the
Data, require any necessary amendments to the Data, or refuse or withdraw the consents
herein, in any case without cost, by contacting the General Counsel or Secretary of the
Company in writing. You understand that refusing or withdrawing consent may affect your
ability to participate in the Plan. For more information on the consequences of refusing to
consent or withdrawing consent, you understand that you may contact the Plan administrator
at the Company.






	7.	 	By accepting this grant of Options, you acknowledge and agree that:






	 	(a)	 	the Plan is established voluntarily by the Company, it is discretionary in
nature and may be modified, amended, suspended or terminated by the Company at any time
unless otherwise provided in the Plan or this Agreement;






	 	(b)	 	the grant of Options is voluntary and occasional and does not create any
contractual or other right to receive future grants of shares or Options, or benefits
in lieu of shares or Options, even if shares or Options have been granted repeatedly in
the past;






	 	(c)	 	all decisions with respect to future grants, if any, will be at the sole
discretion of the Company;






	 	(d)	 	your participation in the Plan shall not create a right to further employment
with Employer and shall not interfere with the ability of Employer to terminate your
employment relationship and it is expressly agreed and understood that employment is
terminable at the will of either party, insofar as permitted by law;






	 	(e)	 	you are participating voluntarily in the Plan;






	 	(f)	 	Option grants and resulting benefits are an extraordinary item that does not
constitute compensation of any kind for services of any kind rendered to the Company or
the Employer, and are outside the scope of your employment contract, if any;




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	 	(g)	 	Option grants and resulting benefits are not part of normal or expected
compensation or salary for any purposes, including, but not limited to calculating any
severance, resignation, termination, redundancy, end of service payments, bonuses,
long-service awards, pension or retirement benefits or similar payments insofar as
permitted by law;






	 	(h)	 	in the event that you are not an employee of the Company, this grant of Options
will not be interpreted to form an employment contract or relationship with the
Company, and furthermore, this grant of Options will not be interpreted to form an
employment contract with the Employer or any Subsidiary of the Company;






	 	(i)	 	the future value of the shares is unknown, may increase or decrease from the
date of grant or exercise of the Options, and cannot be predicted with certainty; and






	 	(j)	 	in consideration of this grant of Options, no claim or entitlement to
compensation or damages shall arise from termination of this grant of Options or
diminution in value of this grant of Options resulting from termination of your
employment by the Company or the Employer (for any reason whatsoever) and you
irrevocably release the Company and the Employer from any such claim that may arise;
if, notwithstanding the foregoing, any such claim is found by a court of competent
jurisdiction to have arisen, then, by accepting the terms of this Agreement, you shall
be deemed irrevocably to have waived any entitlement to pursue such claim.






	8.	 	This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to its choice of law provisions.






	9.	 	Regardless of any action the Company or your Employer takes with respect to any or all income
tax, social insurance, payroll tax, payment on account, or other tax-related withholding
(collectively, “Tax-Related Items”), you acknowledge and agree that the ultimate liability for
all Tax-Related Items legally due by you is and remains your responsibility and that the
Company and or the Employer (i) make no representations nor undertakings regarding the
treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect of this grant of Options,
including the grant, vesting and exercise of Options, delivery of shares and/or cash related
to such Options or the subsequent sale of any shares acquired pursuant to such Options and
(ii) do not commit to structure the terms or any aspect of this grant of Options to reduce or
eliminate your liability for Tax-Related Items.4 You shall pay the Company or the
Employer any amount of Tax-Related Items that the Company or the Employer may be required to
withhold as a result of your participation in the Plan or your receipt of Options that cannot
be satisfied by the means described below. Further, if you are subject to tax in more than one
jurisdiction, you acknowledge that the Company and/or
Employer (or former Employer, as applicable) may be required to withhold or account for
Tax-Related Items in more than one jurisdiction. The Company may refuse to deliver the
            shares if you fail to comply with your obligations in connection with the Tax-Related Items.







 




			
	4	 	The tax provisions set forth in Section 9 are
indicative. The specific provisions may differ in various international
jurisdictions.




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	 	 	Prior to the taxable or tax withholding event, as applicable, you shall pay, or make
adequate arrangements satisfactory to the Company or to the Employer to satisfy, all
Tax-Related Items. In this regard, you authorize the Company or Employer to withhold all
applicable Tax-Related Items legally payable by you by (i) withholding from your wages or
other cash compensation paid by the Company and/or Employer; and/or (ii) withholding from
proceeds of the sale of shares acquired upon settlement of the Options (e.g. through
cashless exercise), either through a voluntary sale or through a sale arranged by the
Company (on your behalf pursuant to this authorization), to the extent permitted by the Plan
administrator.
	 
	 	 	You acknowledge and understand that you should consult a tax adviser regarding your tax
obligations.
	 
	10.	 	You understand that your award and future awards of stock options, if any, granted to you
under the Plan or any future plans (collectively, the “Plans”) are subject to your on-line
acceptance of the Agreement. You understand that you will not be able to exercise any of
these Options until you accept on-line this Agreement.
	 
	11.	 	Awards under the Plan are available to employees only during the course of their employment
relationship in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan.
	 
	12.	 	The Award and any vesting of any award ceases upon termination of employment for any reason
except as may otherwise be explicitly provided in the Plan or any written agreement entered
into by you and the Company, including the Agreement.
	 
	13.	 	The Plan and the Agreement govern all aspects of the Award, and the provisions of the Plan
are summarized in the Plan prospectus. Additional copies of the Plan documents may be
obtained from the Company. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Plan is subject to
U.S. law, and the interpretation of the Plan and your rights under the Plan will be governed
by applicable U.S. law as specified in the Agreement.




You acknowledge that you have read and understand the foregoing.








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This grant of Options is subject to your on-line acceptance of the terms and conditions of this




Agreement through the Fidelity website.




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	H.J. HEINZ COMPANY

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	William R. Johnson

Chairman of the Board, President and

Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 



	 	 	 

	Accepted:

	 	Signed electronically
	 
	 	 
	Date:

	 	Acceptance Date







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