-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, C4R1Ndu/ieFzpGJgBIWy/J23tMqZ2A7MdVR5g4MWr9du3NM4ZBbRv5JKuN9oWywM M6/7D8TNhQoVm3ZoB+syGA== 0000200406-05-000140.txt : 20051108 0000200406-05-000140.hdr.sgml : 20051108 20051108104037 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000200406-05-000140 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 FILED AS OF DATE: 20051108 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20051108 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20051108 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000200406 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 221024240 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 0103 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129542 FILM NUMBER: 051185070 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE JOHNSON & JOHNSON PLZ CITY: NEW BRUNSWICK STATE: NJ ZIP: 08933 BUSINESS PHONE: 7325242454 S-8 1 seightnovseven.txt As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 8, 2005 Registration No. 333- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 Johnson & Johnson (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) New Jersey 22-1024240 (State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.) One Johnson & Johnson Plaza New Brunswick, New Jersey 08933 (Address of Principal Executive (Zip Code) Offices) Johnson & Johnson Executive Bonus Plan (Full Title of the Plan) Douglas K. Chia One Johnson & Johnson Plaza New Brunswick, New Jersey 08933 (Name and Address of Agent For Service) (732) 524-0400 (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service) CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE Title of Amount to Proposed Proposed Amount of Each Class be Maximum Maximum Registration of Registered Offering Price Aggregate Fee (3) Securities (1) Per Share (2) Offering of Price to be Registered Common 10,000,000 $60.67 $606,650,000 $71,402.71 Stock of shares the par value of One Dollar ($1.00) each (1) This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable pursuant to terms of the Executive Bonus Plan providing for an increase in the amount of shares of Common Stock to be issued thereunder (without the receipt of consideration) to prevent dilution resulting from stock dividends, stock splits, recapitalizations or any other similar transaction effected by the Registrant. (2) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The offering price per share is based on the average of the high ($61.33) and the low ($60.00) prices per share on November 4, 2005 based on composite trading data published in The Wall Street Journal. (3) Amount of the Registration Fee was calculated pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act, and was determined by multiplying the proposed maximum aggregate offering price by 0.0001177. PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS Item 1. Plan Information. The information required by Item 1 is included in documents sent or given to participants in the plans covered by this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information. The written statement required by Item 2 is included in documents sent or given to participants in the plans covered by this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated herein by reference: (a) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2005. (b) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended April 3, 2005 (c) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended July 3, 2005. (d) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended October 2, 2005. (e) The description of the Common Stock of the Registrant set forth in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on August 7, 2001, as amended (Registration No. 333- 67020). All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("the Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Item 4. Description of Securities. Not applicable. Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. Not applicable. Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. The New Jersey Business Corporation Act (the "NJBCA") provides that a New Jersey corporation has the power to indemnify a director or officer against his or her expenses and liabilities in connection with any proceeding involving the director or officer by reason of his or her being or having been a director or officer, other than a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, if such a director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; and with respect to any criminal proceeding, such director or officer had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The indemnification and advancement of expenses shall not exclude any other rights, including the right to be indemnified against liabilities and expenses incurred in proceedings by or in the right of the corporation, to which a director or officer may be entitled under a certificate of incorporation, by-law, agreement, vote of shareholders, or otherwise; provided, that no indemnification shall be made to or on behalf of a director or officer if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer establishes that his or her acts or omissions (a) were in breach of his or her duty of loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders, (b) were not in good faith or involved a knowing violation of law or (c) resulted in receipt by the director or officer of an improper personal benefit. The Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that, to the full extent that the laws of the State of New Jersey permit the limitation or elimination of the liability of directors or officers, no director or officer of the Registrant shall be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for damages for breach of any duty owed to the Registrant or its stockholders. The By-laws of the Registrant provide that to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of New Jersey, the Registrant shall indemnify any person (an "Indemnitee") who was or is involved in any manner (including, without limitation, as a party or witness) in any threatened, pending or completed investigation, claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative, legislative or investigative (including, without limitation, any action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the Registrant to procure a judgment in its favor) (a "Proceeding"), or who is threatened with being so involved, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Registrant or, while serving as a director or officer of the Registrant, is or was at the request of the Registrant also serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (including, without limitation, any employee benefit plan), against all expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding, provided that, there shall be no indemnification under the By-laws with respect to any settlement or other nonadjudicated disposition of any threatened or pending Proceeding unless the Registrant has given its prior consent to such settlement or disposition. The right of indemnification created by the By-laws shall be a contract right enforceable by an Indemnitee against the Registrant, and it shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which an Indemnitee may otherwise be entitled. The indemnification provisions of the By-laws shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and legal representatives of an Indemnitee and shall be applicable to Proceedings commenced or continuing after the adoption of the By-laws, whether arising from acts or omissions occurring before or after such adoption. No amendment, alteration, change, addition or repeal of or to the By-laws shall deprive an Indemnitee of any rights under the By-laws with respect to any act or omission of such Indemnitee occurring prior to such amendment, alteration, change, addition or repeal. The foregoing summary is subject to the full provisions of the NJBCA and the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws. Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed. Not applicable. Item 8. Exhibits. See Index to Exhibits. Item 9. Undertakings. (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. (h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in New Brunswick, New Jersey on this 8th day of November, 2005. JOHNSON & JOHNSON By: /s/ Douglas K. Chia Douglas K. Chia Assistant Secretary POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael H. Ullmann and Douglas K. Chia, and each of them, his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post- effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his/her substitute or substitutes, may all fully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been duly signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date /s/ W. C. Weldon Chairman, Board of November 3, 2005 W. C. Weldon Directors; Chief Executive Officer; Director (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ R. J. Darretta Vice Chairman, Board November 1,2005 R. J. Darretta of Directors; Chief Financial Officer; Director (Principal Financial Officer) /s/ S. J. Cosgrove Controller (Principal November 3, 2005 S. J. Cosgrove Accounting Officer) /s/ M. S. Coleman Director November 1, 2005 M. S. Coleman /s/ J. G. Cullen Director November 1, 2005 J. G. Cullen /s/ M. M. E. Johns Director November 3, 2005 M. M. E. Johns /s/ A. D. Jordan Director November 3, 2005 A. D. Jordan /s/ A. G. Langbo Director November 3, 2005 A. G. Langbo /s/ S. L. Lindquist Director November 1, 2005 S. L. Lindquist /s/ L. F. Mullin Director November 1, 2005 L. F. Mullin /s/ C. A. Poon Vice Chairman, Board November 2, 2005 C. A. Poon of Directors; Director /s/ S. S Reinemund Director November 3, 2005 S. S Reinemund /s/ D. Satcher Director November 1, 2005 D. Satcher INDEX TO EXHIBITS Number Description 4 Johnson & Johnson Executive Bonus Plan. 23 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. 24 Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages of this Registration Statement). EX-4 2 seightexhibitfour.txt JOHNSON & JOHNSON EXECUTIVE BONUS PLAN - 9 - Johnson & Johnson Executive Bonus Plan 1. Purposes. The purposes of the Johnson & Johnson Executive Bonus Plan (the "Plan") are to attract and retain highly qualified individuals as executives; to obtain from each the best possible performance; and to underscore to them the importance of achieving business objectives. The Plan, as set forth herein, supersedes prior versions of the Johnson & Johnson Executive Bonus Plan, but it does not replace or amend the Johnson & Johnson Executive Incentive Plan. 2. Definitions. For purposes of the Plan: "Award" means (i) a dollar-denominated bonus awarded to an Eligible Employee pursuant to the Plan with respect to a Year and (ii) solely for the purpose set forth in Section 8(a) hereof, any payment identified in Appendix A hereto. "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Corporation. "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. "Committee" means the Management Compensation Committee of the Corporation. "Common Stock" means the common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Corporation. "Corporation" means Johnson & Johnson, a New Jersey corporation. "Eligible Employee" means an individual who is not an Executive Officer but who, at any time during the Year for which an Award is made, is on the active payroll of (i) the Corporation, (ii) any of the Corporation's domestic or international subsidiaries and affiliated entities, (iii) a joint venture operation of the Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliated entities, or (iv) a partner in such a joint venture who is assigned to such joint venture. "Executive Officer" means the Chairman and any Vice Chairman of the Board and any other officer of the Corporation who has been designated as part of the Office of the Chairman or elected a Member of the Executive Committee of the Corporation. "Fair Market Value" on any date means the average of the high and low sales prices, on such date, of shares of Common Stock on the principal securities exchange on which such shares are traded or, if there are no such sales on such date, then the average of the high and low sales prices of such shares on the date or dates that the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, to be appropriate. "LTIP" means the Johnson & Johnson Long-Term Incentive Plan as in effect from time to time. "Plan" means the Johnson & Johnson Executive Bonus Plan as set forth herein and as amended from time to time. "Share Election" means an election by an Eligible Employee in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 hereof to reduce the percentage of the Award for a Year that is payable in cash and to receive, in lieu of any such cash, shares of Common Stock with a Fair Market Value (determined as of a date designated by the Committee) equal to the dollar amount of the Award that the Eligible Employee elects not to receive in cash. "Year" means the calendar year. 3. Administration. (a) Authority of Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall have all of the powers vested in it by the terms of the Plan, including the authority (subject to the restrictions imposed by the Plan): to select the Eligible Employees to be granted Awards; to determine the nature, size, and terms of each Award; to determine the time when Awards are to be granted and any conditions that must be satisfied before an Award is granted; to determine whether any conditions applicable to an Award have been met; and to determine the guidelines and/or procedures for the payment of Awards. (b) Interpretation of Plan. The Committee shall have full power and authority to administer and interpret the Plan and to adopt or establish such rules, regulations, agreements, guidelines, procedures, and instruments that are not inconsistent with the Plan and that, in the Committee's opinion, may be necessary or advisable for the administration and operation of the Plan. The Committee's interpretations of the Plan, and all actions taken and determinations made by the Committee pursuant to the powers vested in it hereunder, shall be conclusive and binding on all persons, including the Corporation, its subsidiaries, its shareholders, and all Eligible Employees. (c) Delegation of Authority. To the extent not prohibited by law, the Committee may delegate its authority hereunder to one or more of its members or other persons. (d) Execution of Documents and Provision of Assistance. The Committee may designate employees of the Corporation to execute documents on behalf of the Committee or otherwise to assist the Committee in the administration and operation of the Plan. (e) Uniformity Not Required. The terms and conditions that apply to Awards, including, but not limited to, Share Elections, need not be uniform among all Awards, among all Awards of the same type, among all Awards granted to the same Eligible Employee, or among all Awards granted at the same time. 4. Eligibility. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Committee may, from time to time, select from all Eligible Employees those to whom Awards shall be granted for each Year and shall determine the nature, size, and terms of each Award. 5. Awards. (a) General. Subject to the provisions of this Section 5, an Award to an Eligible Employee for a Year shall be paid in cash, in shares of Common Stock, or in a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as determined by the Committee. Each Award to an Eligible Employee shall be paid entirely in cash unless the Committee requires such Eligible Employee to receive all or part of such Award in shares of Common Stock pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5(a) or such Eligible Employee makes a Share Election with respect to such Award. If the Committee determines that an Eligible Employee shall receive all or part of an Award for a Year in shares of Common Stock, the Eligible Employee may not make a Share Election with respect to any portion of such Award that is payable in cash. (b) Share Election. Subject to the provisions of this Section 5, the Committee may allow an Eligible Employee to elect to reduce the percentage of the Award for a Year that is payable in cash and to receive, in lieu of any such cash, shares of Common Stock with a Fair Market Value (determined as of a date designated by the Committee) equal to the dollar amount of the Award that the Eligible Employee elects not to receive in cash. (c) Permissible Elections. A Share Election with respect to an Award for a Year must designate the percentage of such Award that the Eligible Employee elects to forgo receiving in cash. The Committee may provide that a Share Election shall not be effective unless such Share Election (i) designates a percentage that the Committee permits and (ii) causes the Eligible Employee to receive at least a specified minimum number of shares of Common Stock. (d) Election Procedure. The Committee may require any Share Election to be made in such manner and form and by such date as the Committee shall specify. A Share Election shall become irrevocable on the date specified by the Committee. A Share Election that fails to conform to the requirements specified by the Committee shall have no effect, and any Award for which such Share Election was made shall be paid entirely in cash. (e) No Right to Award. An Eligible Employee shall not be entitled to an Award merely because he or she is allowed to make (or actually makes) a Share Election. Likewise, an Eligible Employee shall not be ineligible for an Award merely because he or she is not allowed to make (or does not make) a Share Election. (f) Source of Shares. If the Committee determines, pursuant to the provisions of Section 5(a) hereof, that all or part of an Award shall be paid in shares of Common Stock, such shares shall be paid from the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock authorized to be issued under the terms of the LTIP and shall be issued in accordance with, and subject to, the terms of the LTIP. By contrast, if an Eligible Employee makes a Share Election, any shares issued as a result of such Share Election shall not be issued pursuant to the LTIP and shall not be subject to the terms of the LTIP. (g) Evidence of Interest in Shares. Each share of Common Stock issued or transferred pursuant to the Plan shall be evidenced by an interest in such share registered in the name of the applicable Eligible Employee on the books and records of the Corporation or its designee (or by a physical certificate if such a certificate is issued with respect to such share). (h) Date of Issuance. The date when interests in, or certificates evidencing, shares of Common Stock are issued or transferred to an Eligible Employee as part of an Award (and therefore the first date when such Eligible Employee may transfer any such shares) may occur after the date on which the Eligible Employee first acquires a beneficial interest in such shares. 6. Payment. (a) Discretionary Awards. An Eligible Employee shall not have any right to an Award until the Award is approved in accordance with the provisions of Section 6(b) hereof. (b) Authorization. An Award may not be paid hereunder until and unless (i) the Committee approves such Award, and (ii) the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board approves either such Award or the fund, pool, or reserve from which such Award is to be paid. (c) Timing. If the requirements imposed by the provisions of Section 6(b) hereof are satisfied, then except as otherwise determined by the Committee, each Award for a Year shall be paid after the end of such Year and on or before the March 15th next following the end of such Year. (d) Installments. An Award may be paid in installments. For example, an Eligible Employee may acquire a beneficial interest in the portion of an Award that is payable in shares of Common Stock before the Eligible Employee receives the cash portion of such Award. 7. Adjustments. In the event of any merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split, combination, exchange of shares or other change in corporate structure affecting any class of Common Stock, the Committee shall make such adjustments to the class and aggregate number of shares to be delivered under the Plan as the Committee may determine to be appropriate. 8. Miscellaneous. (a) Other Payments. Any payment identified in Appendix A hereto shall be treated as an Award solely for the purpose of applying the provisions of Section 5 hereof to such payment; provided that in applying the provisions of Section 5 hereof to any such payment, the Committee shall take into account the provisions of Sections 2, 3, 7, 8, and 9 hereof. (b) Rights as Shareholder. An Eligible Employee shall have no rights as a holder of shares of Common Stock with respect to Awards hereunder unless and until interests in, or certificates evidencing, shares of Common Stock are issued or transferred to such Eligible Employee. (c) No Assignment or Transfer. No Award or any rights or interests therein shall be transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Once interests in, or certificates evidencing, shares of Common Stock are issued or transferred to an Eligible Employee, such shares of Common Stock may be freely transferred, assigned, pledged, or otherwise subjected to lien, subject to the restrictions imposed by the Securities Act of 1933, Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Corporation's Insider Trading policy, as such policy may be amended from time to time. (d) Withholding Taxes. The Corporation shall have the right to deduct from all Awards paid in cash any federal, state, local, or foreign taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to such Awards and, with respect to Awards paid in shares of Common Stock, to require the payment (through withholding from the Eligible Employee's salary or otherwise) of any such taxes; provided that, except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all such taxes shall be withheld, to the extent permissible and practicable, from the portion of such Award that is payable in cash before it is withheld or paid from any other source. (e) International Employees. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the power and authority (i) to modify the terms and conditions of the Plan insofar as such terms and conditions govern Awards to Eligible Employees who are employed outside the United States, (ii) to establish subplans and other Award terms, conditions, and procedures to the extent such actions may be necessary or advisable to comply with provisions of the laws and regulations of, and/or to conform to the payroll cycles in, countries other than the United States, and (iii) to designate the foreign exchange rate(s) used to determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued or transferred to an Eligible Employee who is not compensated in United States currency and who receives shares of Common Stock rather than cash pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 hereof. (f) Currency and Other Restrictions. The obligations of the Corporation to deliver Awards in cash or shares of Common Stock shall be subject to currency and other restrictions imposed by any government. (g) Limitations on Rights. Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as giving any person any right to be retained in the employ of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, and the Plan shall not interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates to terminate any person's employment at any time. Except as set forth herein, no employee shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award under the Plan. By accepting an Award, the Eligible Employee acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Award shall be governed exclusively by the terms and conditions of the Plan (and, to the extent provided by Section 5(f) hereof, the LTIP), (ii) Awards are not a constituent part of salary and the Eligible Employee is not entitled, under the terms and conditions of employment or by accepting or being granted Awards under the Plan, to have Awards granted to him or her in the future under the Plan or any other plan, (iii) the value of Awards received under the Plan shall be excluded from the calculation of termination indemnities or other severance payments, and (iv) the Eligible Employee shall seek all necessary approval under, make all required notifications under, and comply with all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the ownership of shares of Common Stock and currency and exchange laws, rules, and regulations. (h) Costs and Expenses. The cost and expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Corporation and shall not be charged to any Award or to any Eligible Employee. (i) Fractional Shares. Fractional shares of Common Stock shall not be issued or transferred under an Award, but the Committee may direct that cash be paid in lieu of fractional shares or other fractional units or the Committee may round off fractional shares or units, in its discretion. (j) Funding of Plan. The Corporation shall not be required to establish or fund any special or separate account or to make any other segregation of assets to assure the payment of any Award under the Plan. (k) Successors. All obligations of the Corporation under the Plan with respect to Awards granted hereunder shall be binding on any successor to the Corporation, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Corporation. (l) Gender and Number. Except where otherwise indicated by the context, any masculine term used herein also shall include the feminine, any feminine term used herein shall include the masculine, and the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural. (m) Severability. If any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included. (n) Requirements of Law. The granting of Awards and the issuance or transfer of shares of Common Stock under the Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required. (o) Rules of Construction. Whenever any provision of the Plan refers to any law, rule, or regulation, such provision shall be deemed to refer to the law, rule, or regulation currently in effect and, when and if such law, rule, or regulation is subsequently amended or replaced, to the amended or successor law, rule, or regulation. The term "including" shall be deemed to include the words "including without limitation." (p) Governing Law. All questions pertaining to the construction, interpretation, regulation, validity, and effect of the provisions of the Plan shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey without giving effect to conflict of laws principles, except to the extent superseded by federal law. 9. Duration. (a) Effective Date and Term. The Plan was approved by the Committee on August 30, 2005. The Plan became effective as of September 1, 2005, and shall remain in effect until such time as it is terminated by the Committee. (b) Termination and Amendment. The Committee may at any time terminate or from time to time amend the Plan in whole or in part, but no such action shall adversely affect any rights or obligations with respect to any Awards granted prior to the date of such termination or amendment except to the extent that the Committee reasonably determines that such termination or amendment is necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable law (including the provisions of the Code and the regulations thereunder) or the rules and regulations of any stock exchange on which Common Stock is listed or quoted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the Corporation's shareholders shall have first approved the amendment, no amendment to the Plan shall be effective if shareholder approval of the amendment is required by either applicable law or the rules of the principal securities exchange on which shares of Common Stock are traded. APPENDIX A EX-23 3 seightexhibittwentythree.txt CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM EXHIBIT 23 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Johnson & Johnson of our report dated February 28, 2005 relating to the financial statements, management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in the Johnson & Johnson 2004 Annual Report to Shareholders, which is incorporated by reference in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 2, 2005. We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated March 11, 2005 relating to the financial statement schedule, which appears in such Annual Report on Form 10-K. /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP New York, New York November 8, 2005 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----