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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): February 7, 2019



Philip Morris International Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


 
 
 
 
 
Virginia
 
1-33708
 
13-3435103
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)


 
 
 
120 Park Avenue, New York, New York
 
10017-5592
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (917) 663-2000
(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.
(e) Equity Awards. Named executive officers of Philip Morris International Inc. (the "Company") receive 40% of their targeted equity award in the form of restricted stock units, or RSUs, and 60% in the form of performance share units, or PSUs. Accordingly, on February 7, 2019, the Compensation and Leadership Development Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Committee”) approved the grants of RSUs and PSUs under the Philip Morris International Inc. 2017 Performance Incentive Plan to the Company's named executive officers in the amounts indicated below:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Name
RSUs
 
 
PSUs
 
 
 
 
 
André Calantzopoulos
49,310
 
 
73,960
 
Marc Firestone
15,240
 
 
22,850
 
Martin G. King
6,890
 
 
10,330
 
Jacek Olczak
15,960
 
 
23,940
 
Miroslaw Zielinski
11,430
 
 
17,140
 

The foregoing awards of RSUs are due to vest on February 16, 2022. The form of the RSU agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

The foregoing awards of PSUs are due to vest on February 16, 2022 at the end of a three-year (2019-2021) performance cycle only to the extent performance goals pre-established and pre-weighted by the Committee are achieved. The form of the PSU agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.














Annual Incentive Compensation Awards. On February 7, 2019, the Committee approved annual incentive compensation awards for 2018, payable in cash, to the Company's named executive officers, in the amounts indicated below:

 
 
 
 
 
Name
Annual Incentive Award

 
 
 
 
CHF

 
US$

(a)
André Calantzopoulos
2,299,850

 
2,295,549.28

 
Marc Firestone
1,071,010

 
1,069,007.21

 
Martin G. King
574,600

 
573,525.50

 
Jacek Olczak
1,020,010

 
1,018,102.58

 
Miroslaw Zielinski
803,260

 
801,757.90

 
(a)

Annual incentive compensation awards are converted to U.S. dollars using the average conversion rate on February 7, 2019 of CHF1.00 = $0.99813.

The annual incentive compensation awards were set based on a pre-established matrix formula employing six performance measures.

Base Salaries. The Committee made no changes to the base salaries of the named executive officers from the previously disclosed levels, except that Mr Olczak's base salary was increased from CHF 1,020,006 (approximately $1,018,098.59) to CHF 1,200,000 (approximately $1,197,756) effective April 1, 2019.1 

The Company will provide additional information regarding the compensation of its named executive officers in the Company’s proxy statement for the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which will be issued in March 2019.

Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
 
10.1
10.2

1 Using the average conversion rate on February 7, 2019 of CHF1.00 = $0.99813.







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


 
 
 
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC.
 
 
By:
 
/S/ JERRY WHITSON
Name:
 
Jerry Whitson
Title:
 
Deputy General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary
DATE: February 12, 2019