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Exhibit 10.1

 

 

CONSULTING AGREEMENT

 

 

This Consulting Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of  November 2, 2011 between AptarGroup, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Peter Pfeiffer (the “Consultant”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to obtain the benefit of the Consultant’s knowledge and experience by retaining the Consultant, and the Consultant desires to accept such position, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and agreements contained herein, the adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Consultant hereby agree as follows:

 

1.         Term of Agreement.  The Company hereby agrees to retain the Consultant as a consultant, and the Consultant hereby agrees to be retained by the Company, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereof for the period commencing on January 1, 2012 (the “Effective Date”) and ending on the date which is the second annual anniversary of the Effective Date, unless earlier terminated pursuant to Section 5 hereof (the “Consulting Period”).

 

2.         Consulting Services.  During the Consulting Period, the Consultant shall be available to perform consulting services with respect to the businesses conducted by the Company.  Such consulting services shall be related to such matters as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company may designate from time to time.  The Consultant shall comply with reasonable requests for the Consultant’s consulting services and shall devote reasonable time and reasonable best efforts, skill and attention to the performance of such consulting services, including travel reasonably required in the performance of such consulting services; provided, however, that the Consultant shall not be required to devote more than 72 hours during any calendar quarter during the Consulting Period to the performance of such consulting services.

 

3.         Independent Contractor Status.  The Consultant shall perform the consulting services described in Section 2 hereof as an independent contractor without the power to bind or represent the Company for any purpose whatsoever.  The Consultant shall not, by virtue of being a consultant hereunder, be eligible to receive any employee benefits for which officers or other employees of the Company are eligible at any time.  The Consultant hereby acknowledges the Consultant’s separate responsibility for all federal and state withholding taxes, Federal Insurance Contribution Act taxes and workers’ compensation and unemployment compensation taxes, if applicable, and agrees to indemnify and hold the Company harmless from any claim or liability therefor.

 

4.         Compensation.  As compensation for the consulting services to be performed by the Consultant hereunder, the Company shall pay the Consultant a consulting fee

 

 

at the rate of $450,000 per annum, payable in equal monthly installments.  The Company shall reimburse the Consultant, in accordance with the Company’s policies and procedures, for all proper expenses incurred by the Consultant in providing consulting services hereunder.

 

5.         Termination.

 

(a)        This Agreement may be terminated at any time by the Consultant on 30 days prior written notice to the Company.  In the event of such termination by the Consultant, the Company shall pay to the Consultant any accrued and unpaid consulting fee payable to the Consultant pursuant to Section 4 hereof and shall reimburse the Consultant for expenses incurred by the Consultant pursuant to Section 4 hereof prior to the date of such termination.

 

(b)        This Agreement may be terminated at any time by the Company upon written notice to the Consultant in the event that the Consultant shall breach any covenant contained in Section 2, 6, 7 or 8 hereof.

 

6.         Noncompetition; Nonsolicitation.

 

(a)        The Consultant acknowledges that during the Consulting Period the Consultant will become familiar with trade secrets and other confidential information concerning the Company and its subsidiaries and that the Consultant’s services will be of special, unique and extraordinary value to the Company and its subsidiaries.

 

(b)        The Consultant agrees that during the Consulting Period the Consultant shall not in any manner, directly or indirectly, through any person, firm or corporation, alone or as a member of a partnership or as an officer, director, stockholder, investor or employee of or consultant to any other corporation or enterprise or otherwise, engage or be engaged, or assist any other person, firm, corporation or enterprise in engaging or being engaged, in any business that manufactures or sells Competing Products in any geographic area in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is then conducting such business.  “Competing Product” means any dispensing system including pumps, closures, aerosol valves and pharmaceutical dispensing devices, including nasal spray pumps, metered valves, dose counters and dry powder devices.

 

(c)        The Consultant further agrees that during the Consulting Period the Consultant shall not (i) in any manner, directly or indirectly, induce or attempt to induce any employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to terminate or abandon his or her employment for any purpose whatsoever or (ii) in connection with any business to which Section 6(b) applies, call on, service, solicit or otherwise do business with any customer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries except as is necessary to perform properly the Consultant’s duties under this Agreement.

 

(d)        Nothing in this Section 6 shall prohibit the Consultant from being (i) a stockholder in a mutual fund or a diversified investment company or (ii) a passive owner of not more than two percent of the outstanding stock of any class of a corporation, any securities of which are publicly traded, so long as the Consultant has no active participation in the business of such corporation.  

 

 

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(e)        If, at any time of enforcement of this Section 6, a court or an arbitrator holds that the restrictions stated herein are unreasonable under circumstances then existing, the parties hereto agree that the maximum period, scope or geographical area reasonable under such circumstances shall be substituted for the stated period, scope or area and that the court or arbitrator shall be allowed to revise the restrictions contained herein to cover the maximum period, scope and area permitted by law.  This Agreement shall not authorize a court or arbitrator to increase or broaden any of the restrictions in this Section.

 

7.         Confidentiality.  The Consultant shall not, at any time during the Consulting Period, make use of or disclose, directly or indirectly, any (i) trade secret or other confidential or secret information of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries or (ii) other technical, business, proprietary or financial information of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries not available to the public generally or to the competitors of the Company or to the competitors of any of its subsidiaries (“Confidential Information”), except to the extent that such Confidential Information (a) becomes a matter of public record or is published in a newspaper, magazine or other periodical available to the general public, other than as a result of any act or omission of the Consultant, (b) is required to be disclosed by any law, regulation or order of any court or regulatory commission, department or agency, provided that the Consultant gives prompt notice of such requirement to the Company to enable the Company to seek an appropriate protective order, or (c) is necessary to perform properly the Consultant’s duties under this Agreement.  Promptly following the termination of the Consulting Period, the Consultant shall surrender to the Company all records, memoranda, notes, plans, reports, computer tapes and software and other documents and data which constitute Confidential Information which the Consultant may then possess or have under the Consultant’s control (together with all copies thereof).

 

8.         Inventions.  The Consultant hereby assigns to the Company the Consultant’s entire right, title and interest in and to all discoveries and improvements, patentable or otherwise, trade secrets and ideas, writings and copyrightable material, which may be conceived by the Consultant or developed or acquired by the Consultant during the Consulting Period, which may pertain directly or indirectly to the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.  The Consultant agrees to disclose fully all such developments to the Company upon its request, which disclosure shall be made in writing promptly following any such request.  The Consultant shall, upon the Company’s request, execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company all instruments and do all other acts which are necessary or desirable to enable the Company or any of its subsidiaries to file and prosecute applications for, and to acquire, maintain and enforce, all patents, trademarks and copyrights in all countries.

 

9.         Enforcement.  The parties hereto agree that the Company and its subsidiaries would be damaged irreparably in the event that any provision of Section 6, 7 or 8 of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with its terms or were otherwise breached and that money damages would be an inadequate remedy for any such nonperformance or breach.  Accordingly, the Company and its successors and permitted assigns shall be entitled, in addition to other rights and remedies existing in their favor, to an injunction or injunctions to prevent any breach or threatened breach of any of such provisions and to enforce such provisions specifically (without posting a bond or other security).  The Consultant agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Illinois in any action by the Company to enforce an arbitration award

 

 

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against the Consultant or to obtain interim injunctive or other relief pending an arbitration decision.

 

10.       Representations.  The Consultant represents and warrants to the Company that (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Consultant does not and will not conflict with, breach, violate or cause a default under any contract, agreement, instrument, order, judgment or decree to which the Consultant is a party or by which the Consultant is bound, (ii) the Consultant is not a party to or bound by any employment agreement, noncompetition agreement or confidentiality agreement with any other person or entity and (iii) upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, this Agreement shall be the valid and binding obligation of the Consultant, enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

11.       Survival.  Sections 7, 8 and 9 of this Agreement shall survive and continue in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms, notwithstanding any termination of the Consulting Period.

 

12.       Arbitration.  Any dispute or controversy between the Company and the Consultant, whether arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the breach of this Agreement, or otherwise, shall be settled by arbitration in Chicago, Illinois administered by the American Arbitration Association, with any such dispute or controversy arising under this Agreement being so administered in accordance with its Commercial Rules then in effect, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.  The arbitrator shall have the authority to award any remedy or relief that a court of competent jurisdiction could order or grant, including, without limitation, the issuance of an injunction.  However, either party may, without inconsistency with this arbitration provision, apply to any court having jurisdiction over such dispute or controversy and seek interim provisional, injunctive or other equitable relief until the arbitration award is rendered or the controversy is otherwise resolved.  Except as necessary in court proceedings to enforce this arbitration provision or an award rendered hereunder, or to obtain interim relief, neither a party nor an arbitrator may disclose the existence, content or results of any arbitration hereunder without the prior written consent of the Company and the Consultant.  The Company and the Consultant acknowledge that this Agreement evidences a transaction involving interstate commerce.  Notwithstanding any choice of law provision included in this Agreement, the United States Federal Arbitration Act shall govern the interpretation and enforcement of this arbitration provision.

 

13.       Notices.  All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given when (i) delivered personally or by overnight courier to the following address of the other party hereto (or such other address for such party as shall be specified by notice given pursuant to this Section) or (ii) sent by facsimile to the following facsimile number of the other party hereto (or such other facsimile number for such party as shall be specified by notice given pursuant to this Section), with the confirmatory copy delivered by overnight courier to the address of such party pursuant to this Section:

 

If to the Company, to:

 

 

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AptarGroup, Inc.

475 West Terra Cotta Avenue, Suite E

Crystal Lake, IL 60014

Attn:  Chief Financial Officer

Fax:  815-477-0481

 

If to the Consultant, to:

 

To the home address of the Consultant (on record with the Company).

 

 

14.       Severability.  Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement or the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction, but this Agreement shall be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.

 

15.       Entire Agreement.  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and preempts any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or between the parties, written or oral, which may have related in any manner to the subject matter hereof.

 

16.       Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall be enforceable by the Consultant and its successors and assigns, and by the Company and its successors and assigns.

 

17.       Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Illinois without regard to principles of conflict of laws.

 

18.       Amendment and Waiver.  The provisions of this Agreement may be amended or waived only by the written agreement of the Company and the Consultant, and no course of conduct or failure or delay in enforcing the provisions of this Agreement shall affect the validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement.

 

19.       Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in two counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and both of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

 

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

 

 

	
 
    	
APTARGROUP, INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name: Leo Guthart
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Signature: /s/ Leo   Guthart
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title: Director,   Chairman of the Audit Committee
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
PETER PFEIFFER
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name: Peter Pfeiffer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Signature: /s/ Peter   Pfeiffer
    

 

 

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APTARGROUP, INC.
 STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
 FOR EMPLOYEES

 

AptarGroup, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby grants to _______________ (the “Employee”) as of ___________, _____ (the “Option Date”), pursuant to the provisions of the AptarGroup, Inc. 2011 Stock Awards Plan (the “Plan”), a non-qualified option to purchase from the Company (the “Option”) __________ shares of its Common Stock, $.01 par value (“Stock”), at the price of $_____  per share upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth below.  Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Plan.

 

1.         Option Subject to Acceptance of Agreement.

 

The Option shall become null and void unless the Employee shall accept this Agreement by executing it in the space provided below and returning it to the Company.

 

2.         Time and Manner of Exercise of Option.

 

2.1.      Maximum Term of Option.  In no event may the Option be exercised, in whole or in part, after __________, _______ (the “Expiration Date”).

 

2.2.      Exercise of Option.  (a)  The Option shall become exercisable (i) on ____________, ____ with respect to [one-third] of the number of shares subject to the Option on the Option Date, (ii) on ____________, ____ with respect to an additional [one-third] of the number of shares subject to the Option on the Option Date, (iii) on ____________, ____ with respect to the remaining [one-third] of the number of shares subject to the Option on the Option Date, or (iv) as otherwise provided pursuant to this Section 2.2.

 

(b)       If the Employee’s employment by the Company terminates by reason of retirement, the Option shall continue to be exercisable and become exercisable in accordance with Section 2.2(a) and may thereafter be exercised by the Employee or the Employee’s Legal Representative from the effective date of the Employee’s termination of employment until the Expiration Date.  For purposes of this Agreement, “retirement” shall mean retirement either (i) at or after age 55 after a minimum of ten years of employment with the Company or (ii) at or after age 65.  For purposes of this Section 2.2(b) only, employment with an entity or business acquired by the Company shall be deemed to be employment with the Company.

 

(c)        If the Employee’s employment by the Company terminates by reason of permanent disability or death, the Option shall become fully exercisable and may thereafter be exercised by the Employee or the Employee’s Legal Representative, in the case of permanent disability, or the Employee’s Legal Representative or Permitted Transferees, in the case of death, in each case for a period of three years from the effective date of the Employee’s termination of employment or until the Expiration Date, whichever period is shorter.  For purposes of this Agreement, “permanent disability” shall mean that the Employee either (i) is unable to engage in 

 

 

any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, or (ii) by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, is receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than six (6) months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Employee’s employer.

 

(d)          If the Employee’s employment by the Company terminates for any reason other than retirement, permanent disability or death, the Option shall be exercisable only to the extent that it was exercisable on the effective date of the Employee’s termination of employment and may thereafter be exercised by the Employee or the Employee’s Legal Representative for a period of one year from the effective date of the Employee’s termination of employment or until the Expiration Date, whichever period is shorter.  The portion of the Option, if any, which is not vested as of the effective date of the Employee’s termination of employment shall be forfeited and cancelled by the Company.

 

(e)          If the Employee dies prior to the Expiration Date following termination of employment by reason of retirement, the Option shall become fully exercisable and may thereafter be exercised by the Employee’s Legal Representative or Permitted Transferees, as the case may be, for a period of one year from the date of death or until the Expiration Date, whichever is shorter.  If the Employee dies prior to the Expiration Date during the one-year period following termination of employment for any reason other than retirement or permanent disability, the Option shall be exercisable only to the extent that it was exercisable on the date of such death and may thereafter be exercised by the Employee’s Legal Representative or Permitted Transferees, as the case may be, for a period of one year from the date of death or until the Expiration Date, whichever period is shorter.

 

(f)           (1)       In the event of a Change in Control (as defined in Appendix A), the Option shall immediately become exercisable in full.

 

(2)       In the event of a Change in Control pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of Appendix A, the Board of Directors (as constituted prior to such Change in Control) may, in its discretion (subject to existing contractual arrangements), require that the Option, in whole or in part, be surrendered to the Company by the Employee and be immediately cancelled by the Company, and provide for the Employee to receive a cash payment from the Company in an amount equal to the number of shares of Stock subject to the Option immediately prior to such cancellation (but after giving effect to any adjustment pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Plan in respect of any transaction that gives rise to such Change in Control), multiplied by the excess, if any, of (i) the greater of (A) the highest per share price offered to holders of common stock in any transaction whereby the Change in Control takes place and (B) the Market Value of a share of Stock on the date on which such Change of Control occurs over (ii) the exercise price.

 

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(3)       In the event of a Change in Control pursuant to paragraph (3) or (4) of Appendix A, the Board of Directors (as constituted prior to such Change in Control) may, in its discretion (subject to existing contractual arrangements):

 

(i)                                  require that shares of stock of the corporation resulting from such Change in Control, or a parent corporation thereof, be substituted for some or all of the shares of Stock subject to the Option, with an appropriate and equitable adjustment to the exercise price of such Option, as determined by the Board of Directors, such adjustment to be made without an increase in the aggregate purchase price; and/or

 

(ii)                              require the Option, in whole or in part, to be surrendered to the Company by the Employee, and to be immediately cancelled by the Company, and provide for the Employee to receive (a) a cash payment in an amount not less than the amount determined by multiplying the number of shares of Stock subject to the Option immediately prior to such cancellation (but after giving effect to any adjustment pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Plan in respect of any transaction that gives rise to such Change in Control), by the excess, if any, of the highest per share price offered to holders of common stock in any transaction whereby the Change in Control takes place over the exercise price, (b) shares of stock of the corporation resulting from such Change in Control, or a parent corporation thereof, having a Market Value not less than the amount determined under clause (a) above or (c) a combination of a payment of cash pursuant to clause (a) above and the issuance of shares pursuant to clause (b) above.

 

(4)       The Company may, but is not required to, cooperate with the Employee if the Employee is subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), to assure that any cash payment or substitution in accordance with this Section 2.2(f) to the Employee is made in compliance with Section 16 and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

2.3.      Method of Exercise.  Subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, the Option may be exercised by the Employee (i) by giving written notice to the Company specifying the number of whole shares of Stock to be purchased and accompanied by payment therefor in full in cash and (ii) by executing such documents as the Company may reasonably request.  The purchase price of the shares being purchased may be paid in cash on behalf of the Employee by a broker-dealer acceptable to the Company to whom the Employee has submitted an irrevocable notice of exercise; provided, however, that the Committee shall have sole discretion to disapprove of an election to use a broker-dealer.  No shares of Stock shall be issued until the full purchase price has been paid.

 

2.4.      Termination of Option.  In no event may the Option be exercised after it terminates as set forth in this Section 2.4.  The Option shall terminate, to the extent not exercised pursuant to Section 2.3 or earlier terminated pursuant to Section 2.2, on the Expiration Date.

 

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2.5       Termination of Option and Forfeiture of Option Gain.  (a)  If at any time prior to the earliest to occur of (i) the Expiration Date, (ii) the date which is one year after the effective date of the Employee’s termination of employment for any reason other than death and (iii) the date which is six months after the Employee exercises any portion of the Option, the Employee:

 

(1)       directly or indirectly (whether as principal, agent, independent contractor, partner or otherwise) engages in any type of or accepts employment with or renders services to any Competing Entity or takes any action inconsistent with the fiduciary relationship of an employee to the employee’s employer; provided, that, following a termination of employment, the Employee may accept employment with a Competing Entity, the businesses of which are diversified, and which with respect to one or more of its businesses considered separately is not a Competing Entity, provided, that the Company, prior to the Employee’s accepting such employment, shall receive written assurances satisfactory to the Company from such Competing Entity and from the Employee that the Employee will not render services directly or indirectly in connection with any Competing Product or be employed in a position where the Employee could use or disclose confidential information of the Company or an Affiliate or of any customer or client of the Company or an Affiliate in connection with the Employee’s employment responsibilities to the benefit of a Competing Entity; or

 

(2)       directly or indirectly induces or attempts to induce any employee, agent or customer of the Company or any Affiliate to terminate such employment, agency or business relationship; or

 

(3)       directly or indirectly, for the Employee or any Competing Entity, sells or offers for sale, or assists in any way in the sale of, Competing Products to any customer or client of the Company or any Affiliate, upon which the Employee has called or which the Employee has supervised while an employee of the Company or an Affiliate; or

 

(4)       directly or indirectly engages in any activity which is contrary, inimical or harmful to the interests of the Company or an Affiliate, including but not limited to (x) violations of Company policies, including the Company’s insider trading and confidentiality policies and (y) disclosure or misuse of any confidential information or trade secrets of the Company or an Affiliate,

 

then the Option shall terminate automatically on the date the Employee engages in such activity and the Employee shall pay the Company, within five business days of receipt by the Employee of a written demand therefor, an amount in cash determined by multiplying the number of shares of Stock purchased pursuant to each exercise of the Option (without reduction for any shares of Stock delivered by the Employee or withheld by the Company in satisfaction of the purchase price or any tax withholding obligations) by the difference between (A) the Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of such exercise and (B) the purchase price per share of Stock set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.  For purposes of this Agreement, “Competing Entity” means any business entity, regardless of its form (e.g. corporations, partnerships, sole 

 

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proprietorships, trusts and joint ventures), which sells any Competing Product anywhere worldwide which the Company or its Affiliates is engaged in business; and “Competing Product” means any dispensing system including pumps, closures, aerosol valves and pharmaceutical dispensing devices, including nasal spray pumps, metered valves, dose counters and dry powder devices.

 

(b)       The Employee may be released from the Employee’s obligations under Section 2.5(a) only if and to the extent the Committee determines in its sole discretion that such a release is in the best interests of the Company.

 

(c)        The Employee agrees that by executing this Agreement the Employee authorizes the Company and its Affiliates to deduct any amount or amounts owed by the Employee pursuant to Section 2.5(a) from any amounts payable by the Company or any Affiliate to the Employee, including, without limitation, any amount payable to the Employee as salary, wages, vacation pay or bonus.  This right of setoff shall not be an exclusive remedy and the Company’s or an Affiliate’s election not to exercise this right of setoff with respect to any amount payable to the Employee shall not constitute a waiver of this right of setoff with respect to any other amount payable to the Employee or any other remedy.

 

3.         Additional Terms and Conditions of Option.

 

3.1.      Nontransferability of Option.  The Option may not be transferred by the Employee other than (i) by will or the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to beneficiary designation procedures approved by the Company or (ii) a transfer without value to a “family member” (as defined in Form S-8) if approved by the Committee.  Except to the extent permitted by the foregoing sentence, during the Employee’s lifetime the Option is exercisable only by the Employee or the Employee’s Legal Representative.  Except to the extent permitted by the foregoing, the Option may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated, encumbered or otherwise disposed of (whether by operation of law or otherwise) or be subject to execution, attachment or similar process.  Upon any attempt to so sell, transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate, encumber or otherwise dispose of the Option, the Option and all rights hereunder shall immediately become null and void.

 

3.2.      Withholding Taxes.  As a condition precedent to any exercise of the Option, the Employee shall, upon request by the Company, pay to the Company (or shall cause a broker-dealer on behalf of the Employee in accordance with Section 2.3 to pay to the Company) in addition to the purchase price of the shares, such amount of cash as the Company may be required, under all applicable federal, state, local or other laws or regulations, to withhold and pay over as income or other withholding taxes (the “Required Tax Payments”) with respect to such exercise of the Option.  If the Employee shall fail to advance the Required Tax Payments after request by the Company, the Company may, in its discretion, deduct any Required Tax Payments from any amount then or thereafter payable by the Company to the Employee.

 

3.3.      Compliance with Applicable Law.  The Option is subject to the condition that if the listing, registration or qualification of the shares subject to the Option upon any 

 

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securities exchange or under any law, or the consent or approval of any governmental body, or the taking of any other action is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the purchase or delivery of shares hereunder, the Option may not be exercised, in whole or in part, unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained.  The Company agrees to make every reasonable effort to effect or obtain any such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval.

 

3.4.      Delivery of Certificates.  Upon the exercise of the Option, in whole or in part, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered one or more certificates representing the number of shares purchased against full payment therefor.  The Company shall pay all original issue or transfer taxes and all fees and expenses incident to such delivery, except as otherwise provided in Section 3.2.

 

3.5.      Option Confers No Rights as Stockholder.  The Employee shall not be entitled to any privileges of ownership with respect to shares of Stock subject to the Option unless and until purchased and delivered upon the exercise of the Option, in whole or in part, and the Employee becomes a stockholder of record with respect to such delivered shares; and the Employee shall not be considered a stockholder of the Company with respect to any such shares not so purchased and delivered.

 

3.6.      Option Confers No Rights to Continued Employment.  In no event shall the granting of the Option or its acceptance by the Employee give or be deemed to give the Employee any right to continued employment by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company.

 

3.7.      Decisions of Board or Committee.  The Board of Directors of the Company or the Committee shall have the right to resolve all questions which may arise in connection with the Option or its exercise.  Any interpretation, determination or other action made or taken by the Board of Directors or the Committee regarding the Plan or this Agreement shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

3.8.      Company to Reserve Shares.  The Company shall at all times prior to the expiration or termination of the Option reserve and keep available, either in its treasury or out of its authorized but unissued shares of Stock, the full number of shares subject to the Option from time to time.

 

3.9.      Agreement Subject to the Plan.  This Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Plan (including the adjustment provision set forth in Section 6(b) thereof), and shall be interpreted in accordance therewith.  The Employee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan.

 

4.         Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

4.1.      Meaning of Certain Terms.  As used herein, (a) employment by the Company shall include employment by an Affiliate of the Company, (b) the term “Permitted Transferee” shall include any transferee (i) pursuant to a transfer permitted under Section 6(a) of the Plan and Section 3.1 hereof or (ii) designated pursuant to Section 6(e) of the Plan on the

 

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AptarGroup, Inc. 2011 Stock Awards Plan Beneficiary Designation Form attached hereto as Exhibit A, and (c) the term “Legal Representative” shall include a guardian, administrator, executor or other person acting in a similar capacity.

 

4.2.      Successors.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successor or successors of the Company and any person or persons who shall, upon the death of the Employee, acquire any rights hereunder in accordance with this Agreement or the Plan.

 

4.3.      Notices.  All notices, requests or other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be made in writing by (a) actual delivery to the party entitled thereto, (b) mailing to the last known address of the party entitled thereto, via certified or registered mail, return receipt requested or (c) telecopy with confirmation of receipt.  The notice shall be deemed to be received, in case of actual delivery, on the date of its actual receipt by the party entitled thereto, in case of mailing, on the tenth calendar day following the date of such mailing, and, in the case of telecopy, on the date of confirmation of receipt.

 

4.4.      Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by, and interpreted in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of Delaware.

 

4.5.      Reports Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The Company files periodic and current reports and proxy statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  These documents are available, free of charge, on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov) and on the Company’s website (www.aptargroup.com, under Investor Relations / “Annual Report & Proxy” and “SEC Filings”), as soon as reasonably practicable after the material is filed with, or furnished to, the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Any of these documents is available to the Employee in paper format, without charge, upon written or oral request to the Company’s Investor Relations Department located at 475 West Terra Cotta Avenue, Suite E, Crystal Lake, Illinois, 60014, U.S.A., phone number 1-815-477-0424 or at the Human Resource Department at the Employee’s work site.

 

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4.6.      Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in two counterparts each of which shall be deemed an original and both of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
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Peter Pfeiffer
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
President and Chief Executive Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
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Appendix A
    
	
 
    	
to AptarGroup, Inc.
    
	
 
    	
Stock Option Agreement
    
	
 
    	
for Employees
    

 

For purposes of this Agreement, “Change in Control” shall mean:

 

(1)       the acquisition by any individual, entity or group (a “Person”), including any “person” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, of beneficial ownership within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, of more than 50% of either (i) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (ii) the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control: (A) any acquisition directly from the Company (excluding any acquisition resulting from the exercise of a conversion or exchange privilege in respect of outstanding convertible or exchangeable securities unless such outstanding convertible or exchangeable securities were acquired directly from the Company), (B) any acquisition by the Company, (C) any acquisition by an employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by the Company or (D) any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a reorganization, merger or consolidation involving the Company, if, immediately after such reorganization, merger or consolidation, each of the conditions described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of subsection (3) of this Appendix A shall be satisfied; and provided, further that, for purposes of clause (B), if any Person (other than the Company or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by the Company) shall become the beneficial owner of more than 50% of the Outstanding Company Common Stock or more than 50% of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities by reason of an acquisition by the Company and such Person shall, after such acquisition by the Company, become the beneficial owner of any additional shares of the Outstanding Company Common Stock or any additional Outstanding Company Voting Securities and such beneficial ownership is publicly announced, such additional beneficial ownership shall constitute a Change in Control;

 

(2)       individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority  of such Board; provided, however, that any individual who becomes a director of the Company subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders, was approved by the vote of at least  a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be deemed to have been a member of the Incumbent Board; and provided, further, that no individual who was initially elected as a director of the Company as a result of an actual or threatened solicitation by a Person other than the Board for the purpose of opposing a solicitation by any other Person with respect to the election or removal of directors or any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any Person other than the Board shall be deemed to have been a member of the Incumbent Board;

 

 

(3)       consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation unless, in any such case, immediately after such reorganization, merger or consolidation, (i) 50% or more of the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger or consolidation and 50% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the individuals or entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation and in substantially the same proportions relative to each other as their ownership, immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (ii) no Person (other than the Company, any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or the corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger or consolidation (or any corporation controlled by the Company) and any Person which beneficially owned, immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the Outstanding Company Common Stock or the Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the then outstanding shares of common stock of such corporation or more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors and (iii) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger or consolidation were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement or action of the Board providing for such reorganization, merger or consolidation; or

 

(4)       consummation of (i) a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or (ii) the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company other than to a corporation with respect to which, immediately after such sale or other disposition, (A) 50% or more of the then outstanding shares of common stock thereof and 50% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities thereof entitled to vote generally in the election of directors is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such sale or other disposition and in substantially the same proportions relative to each other as their ownership, immediately prior to such sale or other disposition, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (B) no Person (other than the Company, any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or such corporation (or any corporation controlled by the Company) and any Person which beneficially owned, immediately prior to such sale or other disposition, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the Outstanding Company Common Stock or the Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the then outstanding shares of common stock thereof or more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities thereof entitled to vote generally in the election of directors and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors thereof were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of

 

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the execution of the initial agreement or action of the Board providing for such sale or other disposition.

 

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Exhibit A
    
	
 
    	
to AptarGroup, Inc.
    
	
 
    	
Stock Option Agreement
    
	
 
    	
For Employees
    

 

APTARGROUP, INC.

 

2011 Stock Awards Plan

 

BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION FORM

 

You may designate a primary beneficiary and a secondary beneficiary.  You can name more than one person as a primary or secondary beneficiary.  For example, you may wish to name your spouse as primary beneficiary and your children as secondary beneficiaries.  Your secondary beneficiary(ies) will receive nothing if any of your primary beneficiaries survive you.  All primary beneficiaries will share equally unless you indicate otherwise.  The same rule applies for secondary beneficiaries.

 

Designate Your Beneficiary(ies):

 

	
 
    	
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I certify that my designation of beneficiary set forth above is my free act and deed.

 

 

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
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