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This excerpt taken from the CVS DEF 14A filed Mar 24, 2009.

Nonqualified Deferred Compensation

Executive officers and selected other senior employees may participate in the CVS Deferred Compensation Plan and the CVS Deferred Stock Plan, which are available to all non-store U.S. employees who meet the plan’s definition of a “highly compensated employee.” The Deferred Compensation Plan allows eligible participants to defer payment of a portion of their salary and all or a portion of their annual incentive (and in the case of executive officers, all or a portion of the LTIP cash award) as part of their personal retirement or financial planning. To qualify for participation in the Deferred Compensation Plan, an eligible employee must have deferred the maximum amount permitted into the CVS 401(k) Plan, the Future Fund. For 2008, that maximum amount was $15,500 per year. The Company provides a dollar-for-dollar match for base salary and annual cash incentive deferrals into the Future Fund and the Deferred Compensation Plan, up to a combined maximum of 5% of eligible compensation.

The investment crediting options for the Deferred Compensation Plan mirror those offered for the Future Fund. Each year, the amount of a participant’s deferred compensation account increases or decreases

 

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based on the appreciation and/or depreciation in the value of the investment crediting alternatives selected by the participant. There are no vesting requirements on deferred amounts or earnings on deferred amounts.

Executive officers and other highly-compensated Company employees are eligible to participate in the CVS Deferred Stock Plan, in which they may elect to defer settlement of restricted stock units beyond the scheduled vesting date. Dividend equivalents are reinvested during the deferral period. Of the 5 executive officers specified in the table who participate in the Plan, Messrs. Ryan and Rickard have utilized the Deferred Stock Plan the most extensively, choosing to defer substantial portions of their equity-based compensation until after their retirement from the Company.

Executive officers are not permitted to defer proceeds of stock option exercises.

Except for Mr. McLure, amounts shown in the table below, for “Cash” and “Stock” are deferred pursuant to the CVS Deferred Compensation Plan and the CVS Deferred Stock Compensation Plan, respectively, and also include $3,359,859 due from the Company upon the death of the executive under an unfunded “death benefit only” life insurance arrangement for each executive.

Amounts shown for Mr. McLure are deferred pursuant to Caremark’s capital accumulation plan, under which executives were provided a flexible spending allowance to purchase specified benefits. Any remaining balance from the allowance was deferred for a defined time period and credited to the executive’s account in the capital accumulation plan as if in a choice of investment options. Each year’s flexible spending allowance was subject to a non-competition agreement that, if violated, resulted in forfeiture of all covered allowances. In addition, the amount shown for Mr. McLure includes $1,691,581 due from the Company, which represents a pre-retirement death benefit under an unfunded “death benefit only” life insurance arrangement for Mr. McLure.

In addition, the amounts shown for Mr. McLure reflect the balance as of December 31, 2008 in his deferral account, which is more fully described following the table.

 

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This excerpt taken from the CVS DEF 14A filed Mar 28, 2008.

Nonqualified Deferred Compensation

Executive officers and selected other senior employees may participate in the CVS Deferred Compensation Plan and the CVS Deferred Stock Plan, which are available to all non-store U.S. employees who meet the plan’s definition of a “highly compensated employee.” The Deferred Compensation Plan allows eligible participants to defer payment of a portion of their salary and all or a portion of their annual incentive (and in the case of executive officers, all or a portion of the LTIP cash award) as part of their personal retirement or financial planning. To qualify for participation in the Deferred Compensation Plan, an eligible employee must have deferred the maximum amount permitted into the CVS 401(k) Plan, the Future Fund. For 2007, that maximum amount was $15,500 per year. The Company provides a dollar-for-dollar match for base salary and annual cash incentive deferrals into the Future Fund and the Deferred Compensation Plan, up to a combined maximum of 5% of eligible compensation.

The investment crediting options for the Deferred Compensation Plan mirror those offered for the Future Fund. Each year, the amount of a participant’s deferred compensation account increases or decreases based on the appreciation and/or depreciation in the value of the investment crediting alternatives selected by the participant. There are no vesting requirements on deferred amounts or earnings on deferred amounts.

Executive officers and other highly-compensated Company employees are eligible to participate in the CVS Deferred Stock Plan, in which they may elect to defer settlement of restricted stock units beyond the scheduled vesting date. Dividend equivalents are reinvested during the deferral period. Of the 5 executive officers specified in the table who participate in the Plan, Messrs. Ryan and Merlo have utilized the Deferred Stock Plan the most extensively, choosing to defer substantial portions of their equity-based compensation.

Executive officers are not permitted to defer proceeds of stock option exercises.

Except for Messrs. McLure and Spalding, amounts shown in the table below, for “Cash” and “Stock” are deferred pursuant to the CVS Deferred Compensation Plan and the CVS Deferred Stock Compensation Plan, respectively, and also include $3,528,229 due from the Company upon the death of the executive under an unfunded “death benefit only” life insurance arrangement for each executive.

Amounts shown for Messrs. McLure and Spalding are deferred pursuant to Caremark’s capital accumulation plan, under which executives were provided a flexible spending allowance to purchase specified benefits. Any remaining balance from the allowance was deferred for a defined time period and credited to the executive’s account in the capital accumulation plan as if in a choice of investment options. Each year’s flexible spending allowance was subject to a non-competition agreement that, if violated, resulted in forfeiture of all covered allowances. In addition, the amount shown for Mr. McLure includes $1,691,581 due from the Company, which represents a pre-retirement death benefit under an unfunded “death benefit only” life insurance arrangement for Mr. McLure.

In addition, the amounts shown for Mr. McLure reflect the balance as of December 29, 2007 in his deferral account, which is more fully described following the table.

 

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