Document:

Employment Agreement dated May 17, 1998

 Exhibit 10.8 
 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT among TOM STUART (the “Employee”), R. P.
SCHERER CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Cardinal Health, Inc., an Ohio corporation (“Parent”), dated as of May 17, 1998. 
 WHEREAS, the Company has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of the date hereof, with Parent and GEL Acquisition
Corp., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”); and 
 WHEREAS, the Company desires to assure itself of the benefit of the Employee’s services and experience for a period, of time following the Merger,
and the Employee is willing to enter into an agreement to that end upon the terms and conditions herein set forth. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 1. Term of Agreement. Subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, the term of employment of the Employee under this Agreement shall be for the period beginning at the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and ending on the first anniversary of the Effective Time.
Thereafter, so long as Employee is capable of performing his duties hereunder and provided this Agreement is not terminated pursuant to Section 4, this Agreement shall be automatically renewed for successive periods of one year, unless, prior
to 30 days before the termination date of any one-year period, either party notifies the other of an intention to terminate this Agreement on such termination date, in which event the Agreement shall be terminated on such date. Such term of
employment, as renewed, is hereinafter referred to as the “Employment Period.” 

 2. Services to be Rendered. 
 (a) During the term of employment of the Employee under this Agreement (and any renewals thereof) the Employee shall serve the Company as
Executive Vice President of the Company. 
 (b) The Employee agrees that he will, during the term of employment under this
Agreement (and any renewals thereof) devote his time, attention and ability to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as Executive Vice President of the Company and shall well and faithfully serve the Company and its subsidiaries and shall
exercise the powers and authorities and fulfill the responsibilities hereby conferred upon him honestly, diligently, in good faith and in the best interest of the Company and its subsidiaries and use his best efforts to promote their interests. The
Employee may, however, serve as an outside director of any other corporation provided Employee obtains the consent of the Company, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. 
 3. Compensation. 
 (a)
In full payment for services rendered to the Company under this Agreement, the Company shall pay the Employee a salary of Two Hundred Thirty Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($230,000) per year during the first year of the Employment Period (“Base
Salary”). The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) shall determine the salary to be paid to the Employee during subsequent years of the Employment Period. 
  

 2 

 (b) In addition to the compensation otherwise provided for in this Section 3, during
the term of his employment hereunder, the Employee also shall be entitled to: (i) participate in the Company’s stock option plans, in accordance with the terms thereof, as from time to time may be in effect; (ii) by resolution of the
Board, participate in the Company’s annual incentive compensation plan, in accordance with the terms thereof, as from time to time may be in effect, with a target annual bonus of 60% of his Base Salary (provided, that the bonus for the 1999
fiscal year shall not be less than 50% of his target annual bonus); (iii) participate in the Company’s retirement plans, in accordance with the terms thereof, as from time to time may be in effect; and (iv) participate in such group
life, disability, accident, hospital and medical insurance plans (“Welfare Plans”) in accordance with the terms thereof, as from time to time may be in effect; provided, that any such participation is generally appropriate to
Employee’s responsibilities hereunder; and provided, further, that benefits and terms of participation under the Welfare Plans may be changed by the Company from time to time in its sole discretion. 
 (c) The Employee shall be entitled, during the Employment Period, to vacations and fringe benefits consistent with the practices of the
Company. 
 (d) The Company shall provide the Employee, during the Employment Period, with the use of a Company-owned or
leased automobile, and will pay all taxes and insurance on said vehicle. 
 (e) The Company will reimburse the Employee for
the costs associated with relocation, pursuant to the standard relocation program in effect at the time of relocation. 
  

 3 

 (f) In consideration of the Employee’s agreement to continue to serve the Company
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement following the Effective Time, the Company shall pay the Employee the sum of $300,000, in the following installments: (i) one-sixth upon the Effective Time; (ii) one-sixth upon the first anniversary
of the Effective Time; (ii) one-third upon the second anniversary of the Effective Time; and (iii) one-third upon the third anniversary of the Effective Time; provided, in each case, that the Employee remains employed hereunder on the date
the installment is to be paid. 
 4. Disability, Death and Termination. 
 (a) In the event of the Employee’s inability to perform the principal duties of his job at the Company due to physical or mental
condition, as determined by a physician (“Permanent Incapacitating Disability”) for any consecutive period of at least one year with or without accommodation, the Company may, at its election, terminate the Employee’s employment
hereunder. The date of Permanent Incapacitating Disability shall be on the last day of such period. In the event of any such termination, the Company shall be obligated (i) for compensation earned by the Employee hereunder, but not yet paid,
prior to such termination, and (ii) to pay the Employee each month, for twenty-four consecutive months, an amount equal to the monthly Termination Benefit (the “Disability Benefit”); provided, however, that the amount of the
Disability Benefit shall be reduced by any amounts received by the Employee in respect of the Employee’s disability from any employee benefit or disability plans maintained by the Company. 
 (b) The obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall terminate upon the death of the Employee. 
  

 4 

 (c) If any of the following events should occur: 
 (1) the Employee voluntarily terminates employment with the Company without Good Reason before retirement (which for purposes of this
Agreement shall be determined at or over the age of 55 or at any earlier date approved by the Company), or 
 (2) the Company
terminates the Employee’s employment for Cause, 
 the Company’s obligations hereunder shall terminate and no further payments of any kind (other
than in respect of compensation earned by the Employee as determined hereunder prior to such termination) shall thereafter be made by the Company to the Employee hereunder. 
 For purposes of the foregoing, “Cause” means: 
 (i) any act or acts of the Employee constituting a felony (or its equivalent) under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or
any foreign jurisdiction; 
 (ii) any material breach by the Employee of any employment agreement with the Company or the
policies of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or the willful and persistent (after written notice to the Employee) failure or refusal of the Employee to perform his duties of employment or comply with any lawful directives of the Board of
Directors of the Company; 
 (iii) a course of conduct amounting to gross neglect, willful misconduct or dishonesty; or

 (iv) any misappropriation of material property of the Company by the Employee or any misappropriation of a corporate or
business opportunity of the Company by the Employee. 
 For purposes of the foregoing, “Good Reason” means:

 (i) any material reduction by the Company of such Employee’s duties, responsibilities or titles; 
 (ii) any involuntary removal of such Employee from any position previously held (except in connection with a promotion or a termination
for Cause, death or disability, or the voluntary termination by the Employee other than for Good Reason); 
  

 5 

 (iii) such other reasons (including nonemployment-related reasons) as may be approved by
the Company, in its sole discretion, from time to time. 
 (d) If the Company terminates the Employee’s employment
without Cause, if the Employee voluntarily terminates employment with the Company for Good Reason, or if the Company notifies the Employee of its intention to terminate this Employment Agreement pursuant to Section 1 hereof, the Company shall:

 (1) pay the Employee a monthly amount, for twenty-four consecutive months after termination (the “Termination
Benefit”), equal to one twelfth of the Employee’s annual average Base Salary as computed by the Company for the prior twenty-four consecutive months, or if the Employee has not been employed for twenty-four consecutive months, for the
number of consecutive months employed, preceding the date of termination (such prior period, the “Prior Period”) until the Termination Benefit is paid in full; 
 (2) pay the Employee, on each of the first two anniversaries of the date of termination, an amount equal to the average of the annual
bonuses paid to the Employee during the Prior Period; 
 (3) pay the Employee the amounts provided for in Section 3(f),
to the extent not previously paid, as and when they are required to be paid thereunder; and 
 (4) provide Employee with
benefits in accordance with Section 3(b)(iv) and Section 3(d) for a period of twenty-four consecutive months after termination. 
 5. Confidentiality. For purposes of this Agreement, “proprietary information” shall mean any information relating to the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries that has not previously been publicly released by
duly authorized representatives of the Company and shall include (but shall not be limited to) Company information encompassed in all research, product development, designs, plans, formulations and formulating techniques, proposals, marketing and
sales plans, financial information, costs, pricing information, strategic business plans, customer information, and all methods, concepts, or ideas in or reasonably related to the business of the Company. 
  

 6 

 The Employee agrees to regard and preserve as confidential all proprietary information pertaining to the
Company’s business that has been or may be obtained by the Employee in the course of his employment with the Company, whether he has such information in his memory or in writing or other physical form. The Employee will not, without prior
written authority from the Company to do so, use for his benefit or purposes, or disclose to any other person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity, either during the term of his employment hereunder or thereafter, any proprietary
information connected with the business or developments of the Company, except as required in connection with the performance by the Employee of his duties and responsibilities as an employee of the Company. This provision shall not apply after the
proprietary information has been voluntarily disclosed to the public, independently developed and disclosed by others, or otherwise enters the public domain through lawful means. 
 6. Removal of Documents or Objects. The Employee agrees not to remove from the premises of the Company, except as an employee of the Company in
pursuit of the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or except as specifically permitted in writing by the Company, any document (regardless of the medium on which it is recorded), object, computer program, computer source code, object
code or data (the “Documents”) containing or reflecting any proprietary information of the Company. The Employee recognizes that all such Documents, whether developed by him or by someone else, are the exclusive property of the Company.

  

 7 

 7. Non-Competition. The Employee agrees that during the term of his employment hereunder and for a
period of two years after such term of employment terminates or is terminated, he will not in any way, directly or indirectly, manage, operate, control, solicit officers or employees of the Company, accept employment, a directorship or a consulting
position with or otherwise advise or assist or be connected with or own or have any other interest in or right with respect to (other than through ownership of not more than one percent of the outstanding shares of a corporation’s stock which
is listed on a national securities exchange) any enterprise which competes or shall compete with the Company, by engaging in or otherwise carrying on the research, development, manufacture or sale of any product of any type developed, manufactured
or said by the Company or any subsidiary thereof, whether now or hereafter (to the extent that any such product is under consideration by the Board of Directors of the Company at the time the Employee’s employment terminates or is terminated).

 8. Corporate Opportunities. The Employee agrees that during the Employment Period he will not take any action which might divert
from the Company or any subsidiary of the Company any opportunity which would be within the scope of any of the present or future businesses of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (which future businesses are then under consideration by the Board
of Directors of the Company), the loss of which has or would have had, in the reasonable judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, an adverse effect upon the Company, unless the Board of Directors of the Company has given prior written
approval. 
 9. Relief. It is understood and agreed by and between the parties hereto that the service to be rendered by the Employee
hereunder, and the rights and privileges granted to the Company by the Employee hereunder, are of a special, unique, extraordinary and intellectual 
  

 8 

 
character, which gives them a peculiar value, the loss of which cannot be reasonably or adequately compensated in damages in any action at law, and that a
breach by the Employee of any of the provisions contained in this Agreement will cause the Company great irreparable injury and damage. 
 The Employee hereby expressly agrees that the Company shall be entitled to the remedies of injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief to prevent a breach of this Agreement by the Employee. The Employee further expressly
agrees that in the event the Employee breaches the non-competition provisions of Section 7 of this Agreement or the confidentiality provisions of Section 5 of this Agreement, the balance of any payments due under this Agreement shall be
forfeited by the Employee. 
 The provisions of this Section 9 shall not, however, be construed as a waiver of any of the rights which
the Company may have for damages or otherwise. 
 10. Warranty. The Employee hereby warrants that he is free to enter into this
Agreement and to render his services pursuant hereto. 
 11. Non-Assignability. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement
may not be assigned by either the Company or the Employee. 
 12. Withholding. The Company shall have the right to withhold the amount
of taxes, which in the determination of the Company, are required to be withheld under law with respect to any amount due or paid under this Agreement. 
  

 9 

 13. Notices. All notices and other communications which are required or may be given under this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given if delivered personally or sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid: 
  

	 	(a)	If to the Company, to it at: 

 R. P. Scherer Corporation

 2301 West Big Beaver Road 
 Troy, Michigan 48084 
 Attention: Secretary 
 With a copy to: 
 Cardinal Health, Inc. 
 5555 Glendon Court 
 Dublin, Ohio 43016

 Attention: General Counsel 
 (b) If to the Employee, to him at such address as set forth in the signature page hereof or as he shall otherwise have specified by notice in writing to the Company. 
 14. Governmental Regulation. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed so as to require the commission of any act contrary to law and
wherever there is any conflict between any provision of this Agreement and any statute, law, ordinance, order or regulation, the latter shall prevail, but in such event any such provision of this Agreement shall be curtailed and limited only to the
extent necessary to bring it within the legal requirements. 
 15. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Michigan. Any suit, action or proceeding against the Employee with respect to this Agreement, or any judgment entered by any court in respect of any hereof, may be brought in any court of
competent jurisdiction in the State of Michigan and the Employee hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts for the 

  

 10 

 
purpose of any such suit, action, proceeding or judgment. The Employee hereby irrevocably waives any objections which he may now or hereafter have to the
laying of the venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement brought in any court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Michigan, and hereby further irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or
proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in any inconvenient forum. No suit, action or proceeding against the Company with respect to this Agreement may be brought in any court, domestic or foreign, or before any similar domestic or
foreign authority other than in a court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Michigan, and the Employee hereby irrevocably waives any right which he may otherwise have had to bring such an action in any other court, domestic or foreign, or
before any similar domestic or foreign authority. The Company hereby submits to the jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of any such suit, action or proceeding. The Employee irrevocably waives his right to trial by jury with regard to any
suit, action, or proceeding with respect to this Agreement; provided, however, that if such waiver of the right to jury trial shall be held unenforceable, the invalidity or unenforceability of this provision shall not impair the validity or
enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement. 
 16. Entire Agreement; Amendment; Termination. From and after the Effective
Time, this Agreement shall set forth the entire understanding of the parties in respect of the subject matter contained herein and shall supersede all prior agreement, arrangements and understandings relating to the subject matter. This Agreement
may only be amended by a written agreement signed by both parties hereto or their duly authorized representatives. If the Merger Agreement is terminated without the Effective Time having occurred, then this Agreement shall be null and void and of no
effect ab initio. 
  

 11 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

  

			
	R. P. SCHERER CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	/s/ Aleksandar Erdeljan
	Title:	 	 

  

			
	
	/s/ Tom Stuart
	 Tom Stuart
 Address:

  

			
	CARDINAL HEALTH, INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/
	Title:	 	Exec. V.P.

  

 12Amendment, dated August 10, 2006, to Employment Agreement dated May 17, 1998

 Exhibit 10.9 
  

			
	

	  	 Cardinal Health
 Pharmaceutical Technologies and Services
 14 Schoolhouse Road
 Somerset, NJ 08873
 732-537-6400
  
 www.cardinal.com

 August 10, 2006 
 Tom Stuart 
 [Home Address] 
 Dear Tom: 
 This letter is to confirm our agreement with respect to your new position with Cardinal Health, and related modifications to certain terms of your Employment Agreement
dated May 17, 1998 (the “Employment Agreement”). 
 Effective July 31, 2006, you will assume the new position of Senior Vice President,
Innovation, Strategy and Corporate Development for Cardinal Health PTS. As discussed, prior to and to the extent required after assuming your new position, you will assist in the transition of your current responsibilities and oversee the conclusion
of certain strategies and customer-specific initiatives. 
 It is acknowledged that as a result of the pending elimination of your present position as
President, Oral Technologies, you have the right to voluntarily terminate with “Good Reason” and be entitled to the compensation and benefits specified in your Employment Agreement. It is agreed, however, that within a period of 12 months
beginning from August I, 2006, you will have the right to provide notice of voluntary termination of your employment with the Company for Good Reason due to such elimination, provided that any such notice of voluntary termination is not given sooner
than January 31, 2007. Any notice of termination by you, or by the Company in the case of termination other than for Cause, shall be given 30 days in advance of the effective date of such termination (by way of example, notice provided
July 31, 2007 would take effect August 30, 2007). If you choose to exercise this right, you will receive the compensation and benefits specified in Section 4(d) of the Employment Agreement; provided that the bonus payments pursuant to
Section 4(d)(2) of the Employment Agreement will be as determined therein, but each such payment will not be less than 45% of your Base Salary in effect at the date of notification of termination. 
 After the 12-month period ending July 31, 2007, your right to provide notice of voluntary termination for Good Reason due to the elimination of your position as
President, Oral Technologies will cease. Furthermore, we have agreed that after July 31, 2007, clause (ii) of the “Good Reason” definition in Section 4 of the Employment Agreement shall no longer include changes in position
to a generally equivalent level of rank and responsibility (provided that any such change does not involve relocation). 

 We have also agreed that the benefits under Sections 4(d)(1), 4(d)(2) and 4(d)(4) of the Employment Agreement shall be
reduced if (a) after July 3I, 2007, you provide notice of voluntary termination of your employment with the Company for Good Reason or (b) the Company terminates your Employment Agreement without Cause at any time after the vesting of
the stock options granted to you pursuant to the August 23, 2004 Cardinal Health, Inc. Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement. In either such event, the payments under Section 4(d)(1) of the Employment Agreement shall be reduced to twelve
months, the payment under Section 4(d)(2) of the Employment Agreement shall be one payment based on the average of bonuses paid over the then prior two years, and the benefits under Section 4(d)(4) of the Employment Agreement shall be
reduced to twelve months. For purposes of clarity, in the event of a termination of your employment by the Company without Cause prior to the vesting of your August 23, 2004 stock option grant, you will receive the benefits described in
Section 4(d) of the Employment Agreement (for purposes of clarity, without any of the reductions described herein). 
 We have discussed Section 7,
Non-Competition, of the Employment Agreement, and this letter also serves to clarify what is intended under the Employment Agreement in light of the organizational changes within PTS and your new position. The term “Company” shall include
Cardinal Health 409, Inc. (fka R.P. Scherer Corporation) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries (including without limitation Cardinal Health PTS LLC). Enterprises deemed as competing shall be those engaged in competition with the Company’s
contract manufacturing or packaging businesses. However, customers of the Company who provide contract manufacturing or packaging services and are not generally recognized as competitors of the Company will not be regarded as competing enterprises
for purposes of the Employment Agreement, so long as you would not in any way be employed by or within or provide assistance to such contract manufacturing or packaging services offerings. In addition, in the event of a termination of your
employment where you receive the benefits under Section 4(d) of the Employment Agreement for the shortened twelve-month period described in the preceding, the term of the restrictions in Section 7 of the Employment Agreement shall be
reduced to the term of employment plus one year after such termination. 
 If you agree with the foregoing, please acknowledge this by signing below and
returning a copy of this letter to me and Harry Weininger. 
  

					
			
	/s/ Joe Papa	 		 	8/15/06
	Joe Papa, President & CEO	 		 	DATE

  

					
			
	/s/ Thomas J. Stuart	 		 	8/17/06
	Thomas J. Stuart	 		 	DATE

 cc: Harry F. Weininger 
  

 2

Source: [{"source": "alea-institute/alea-institute/kl3m-data-edgar-agreements/train-00138-of-00352.parquet"}, [{"source": "alea-institute/alea-institute/kl3m-data-edgar-agreements/train-00138-of-00352.parquet"}]]