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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 3, 2021



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.)



Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:




Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))




Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class                     Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, no par value PM New York Stock Exchange
1.875% Notes due 2021 PM21B New York Stock Exchange
4.125% Notes due 2021 PM21 New York Stock Exchange
2.900% Notes due 2021 PM21A New York Stock Exchange
2.625% Notes due 2022 PM22A New York Stock Exchange
2.375% Notes due 2022 PM22B New York Stock Exchange
2.500% Notes due 2022 PM22 New York Stock Exchange
2.500% Notes due 2022 PM22C New York Stock Exchange
2.625% Notes due 2023 PM23 New York Stock Exchange
2.125% Notes due 2023 PM23B New York Stock Exchange
3.600% Notes due 2023 PM23A New York Stock Exchange



Title of each class                     Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
2.875% Notes due 2024 PM24 New York Stock Exchange
2.875% Notes due 2024 PM24C New York Stock Exchange
0.625% Notes due 2024 PM24B New York Stock Exchange
3.250% Notes due 2024 PM24A New York Stock Exchange
2.750% Notes due 2025 PM25 New York Stock Exchange
3.375% Notes due 2025 PM25A New York Stock Exchange
2.750% Notes due 2026 PM26A New York Stock Exchange
2.875% Notes due 2026 PM26 New York Stock Exchange
0.125% Notes due 2026 PM26B New York Stock Exchange
3.125% Notes due 2027 PM27 New York Stock Exchange
3.125% Notes due 2028 PM28 New York Stock Exchange
2.875% Notes due 2029 PM29 New York Stock Exchange
3.375% Notes due 2029 PM29A New York Stock Exchange
0.800% Notes due 2031 PM31 New York Stock Exchange
3.125% Notes due 2033 PM33 New York Stock Exchange
2.000% Notes due 2036 PM36 New York Stock Exchange
1.875% Notes due 2037 PM37A New York Stock Exchange
6.375% Notes due 2038 PM38 New York Stock Exchange
1.450% Notes due 2039 PM39 New York Stock Exchange
4.375% Notes due 2041 PM41 New York Stock Exchange
4.500% Notes due 2042 PM42 New York Stock Exchange
3.875% Notes due 2042 PM42A New York Stock Exchange
4.125% Notes due 2043 PM43 New York Stock Exchange
4.875% Notes due 2043 PM43A New York Stock Exchange
4.250% Notes due 2044 PM44 New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
                                                
         Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
  






Item 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers1

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 3 2021, the Compensation and Leadership Development Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Committee”) approved the awards 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, with a grant date of February 4, 2021:
Name RSUs PSUs
André Calantzopoulos 56,130 84,200
Emmanuel Babeau 19,670 29,500
Martin G. King 7,210 10,820
Jacek Olczak 21,460 32,180
The foregoing awards of RSUs are due to vest on February 21, 2024. The form of the RSU agreement as well as the RSU agreements for Messrs. Babeau and King are attached as Exhibits 10.1, 10.3 and 10.4, respectively, to this Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

The foregoing awards of PSUs are due to vest on February 21, 2024 at the end of a three-year (2021-2023) performance cycle only to the extent performance goals pre-established and pre-weighted by the Committee are achieved. The form of the PSU agreement as well as the PSU agreements for Messrs. Babeau and King are attached as Exhibits 10.2, 10.5 and 10.6, respectively, to this Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.












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1 Messrs. Marc Firestone and Miroslaw Zielinski retired during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, and their early retirement agreements and releases are described in the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2020 and May 1, 2020, respectively.




Annual Incentive Compensation Awards. The Committee approved annual incentive compensation awards for 2020, payable in cash, to the Company's named executive officers, as indicated below:


Name CHF
US$ (a)
André Calantzopoulos 2,967,320 3,289,156
Emmanuel Babeau* 994,950 1,102,862
Marc Firestone** 963,910 1,068,456
Martin G. King 684,450 758,685
Jacek Olczak 1,620,000 1,795,705
* Pro-rated reflecting commencement of employment on May 1, 2020.
** Pro-rated through early retirement date of October 31, 2020 pursuant to the terms of the early retirement agreement and release described in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2020.
(a) Annual incentive compensation awards are converted to U.S. dollars using the conversion rate on February 4, 2021 of CHF 1.00 = $1.10846.


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

As set forth in the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 10, 2020, Mr. André Calantzopoulos, who is currently serving as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, will become Executive Chairman of the Board effective immediately before the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 5, 2021 (the “Annual Meeting”) and will remain an employee of the Company. Mr. Jacek Olczak, who is currently serving as the Company's Chief Operating Officer, will succeed Mr. Calantzopoulos as Chief Executive Officer effective immediately after the Annual Meeting.

In connection with the foregoing, on February 3, 2021, the Committee approved the following changes to the compensation of Messrs. Olczak and Calantzopoulos, effective May 5, 2021:

Mr. Olczak will be promoted to salary grade 28. His base salary will be increased to CHF 1,350,000 (approximately $1,501,592).2 Mr. Olczak’s annual incentive compensation award target will be at 200% of his new base salary. His equity award target will be at 600% of his new base salary (40% in the form of RSUs and 60% in the form of PSUs). Mr. Olczak’s stock ownership requirement will increase from 5 to 10 times his base salary.

Recognizing the fact that, while he will fully assist in the management transition, Mr. Calantzopoulos will no longer have management responsibility of the Company, he will be removed from the Company's salary grade structure, and his base salary will be reduced from CHF 1,570,010 (approximately $1,746,306) to CHF 1,000,000 (approximately $1,112,290).2 He will no longer be eligible for annual incentive compensation awards. Reflecting his role in assisting the Chief Executive Officer in long-term strategy, Mr. Calantzopoulos will remain eligible for equity compensation awards with a target of 300% of his new base salary (40% in the form of RSUs and 60% in the form of PSUs), compared to his current target of 600%. His stock ownership requirement will be maintained at 10 times his base salary.

Compensation for Messrs. Calantzopoulos and Olczak for 2021 will be pro-rated to reflect the different positions held by each of them during the year.

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2 Using the conversion rate on February 3, 2021 of CHF 1.00 = $1.11229.



The Company will provide additional information regarding the compensation of its named executive officers in the Company’s proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, which will be issued in March 2021.

Election of Directors

Mr. Bonin Bough (age 43) was appointed to the Board of Directors effective February 4, 2021. He was appointed to the Finance and Consumer Relationships and Regulation Committees of the Board.

Mr. Bough will be compensated for his service on the Company’s Board of Directors pursuant to the existing non-employee director compensation programs. These compensation programs are described in detail in the Company’s proxy statement dated March 26, 2020, and filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on such date.


Item 5.03.
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

Amendments to By-Laws

Effective February 4, 2021, the Board of Directors of the Company amended Article II, Section 2, of the Company’s amended and restated by-laws in its entirety by deleting the current text that states “Effective immediately prior to the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall be ten” and replacing such text with the following:

The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than eight (8) and not more than fourteen (14) directors as fixed from time to time solely by resolution of a majority of the total number of directors then in office, though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors. Any decrease in the number of directors shall be effective at the time of the next succeeding annual meeting of the shareholders unless there shall be vacancies in the Board of Directors, in which case such decrease may become effective at any time prior to the next succeeding annual meeting to the extent of the number of such vacancies.

The amended and restated by-laws are attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.


Item 7.01.
Regulation FD Disclosure.


On February 9, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Bonin Bough to the Board of Directors.

The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.











Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)
Exhibits


104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document and contained in Exhibit 101).












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/ DARLENE QUASHIE HENRY
Name: Darlene Quashie Henry
Title: Vice President, Associate General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
DATE: February 9, 2021



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