Pfizer Inc. 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 27, 2016 (October 26, 2016)

PFIZER INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
1-3619
13-5315170
(State or other Jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

235 East 42nd Street
New York, New York
(Address of principal executive offices)

  
10017
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

(212) 733-2323

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

Modification of Total Shareholder Return Units

On October 26, 2016, the Compensation Committee approved the modification of current outstanding grants of total shareholder return units awards (TSRUs), to permit a holder who is "retiree eligible" (at least age 55 with at least 10 years of service), to elect to exercise and convert his/her TSRUs when vested, into profit units (PTUs). The value received upon the election and conversion is calculated by taking the change in stock price (20 trading day average ending on the exercise date (Election Price)) less the grant price plus accumulated dividends from the grant date, times the number of TSRUs exercised.  This value is divided by the Election Price to determine the number of PTUs. The PTUs will be entitled to earn Dividend Equivalent Units (DEUs), and the PTUs and DEUs will be settled in Pfizer common stock on the TSRUs original settlement date (i.e., the fifth or seventh anniversary of grant), and will be subject to all of the terms and conditions of the original grant including forfeiture provisions.

 

     

 

SIGNATURE

Under the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the authorized undersigned.

   
PFIZER INC.
     
   
By: /s/  Margaret M. Madden
Margaret M. Madden
   
Title: Vice President and Corporate Secretary
Dated: October 27, 2016             Chief Governance Counsel