03/27/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/27/2026 14:10
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On March 23, 2026, the Compensation and Talent Committee (the "Committee") of the Board of Directors of MiniMed Group, Inc. (the "Company") approved the MiniMed Severance Pay Plan for Executives (the "Severance Plan") and applicable severance benefit practices and levels that would be applicable to the Company's named executive officers and the MiniMed Group, Inc. Change of Control Severance Plan (the "COC Severance Plan"). Each of the Company's named executive officers is a participant in the COC Severance Plan and is eligible to participate in the Severance Plan.
MiniMed Severance Pay Plan for Executives
Certain executives of the Company at the Vice President level and above, including each named executive officer, are eligible to participate in the Severance Plan following an eligible termination of employment. Payment of any such benefits is subject to the participant's execution and non-revocation of a release of claims, and satisfaction of applicable conditions.
In connection with the adoption of the Severance Plan, the Committee also approved certain severance practices and levels that would be applicable to the Company's named executive officers under the Severance Plan upon an eligible termination of employment not in connection with a change of control. Upon such a termination, subject to the execution and non-revocation of a release of claims and satisfaction of applicable conditions under the Severance Plan, each named executive officer would be entitled to receive: (i) a lump-sum cash severance payment equal to two times the sum of the named executive officer's annual base salary and target annual bonus and (ii) a lump-sum cash payment equivalent to the cost of 24 months of continued medical and dental coverage under COBRA. The named executive officer would not be entitled to any additional or continued vesting of equity awards under the Severance Plan, except in the case such named executive officer is retirement-eligible.
MiniMed Group, Inc. Change of Control Severance Plan
The COC Severance Plan provides that, for a three year period following a change of control, each named executive officer is entitled to continued employment on terms no less favorable than those in effect during the 90-day period immediately preceding the change of control. If, during such three-year period, the named executive officer is terminated without cause or resigns for good reason, subject to an effective release of claims, the named executive officer is entitled to receive: (i) a pro-rated annual bonus for the year of termination, based on the higher of (x) the named executive officer's average annual bonus paid over the immediately preceding three years (excluding any bonus paid by Medtronic plc or under a Medtronic plc incentive plan) or (y) the named executive officer's most recently paid annual bonus (the higher of (x) and (y), the "Highest Annual Bonus"), (ii) a lump-sum cash payment equal to three times the sum of the named executive officer's annual base salary and Highest Annual Bonus, (iii) benefits under the Company's tax qualified retirement plan and any excess or supplemental retirement plan calculated assuming that the named executive officer's employment had continued for three additional years, and (iv) continued health care and life insurance benefits for three years at the same after-tax cost to the named executive officer as in effect prior to the date of termination. The COC Severance Plan also provides that if the severance payments and benefits under the plan would trigger an excise tax for the named executive officer under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, such named executive officer's severance payments and benefits will be either reduced to a level at which the excise tax is not triggered or paid in full (which would then be subject to the excise tax), whichever results in the better net after-tax position for such named executive officer.
The descriptions of the Severance Plan and the COC Severance Plan set forth under this Item 5.02 do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Severance Plan and the COC Severance Plan, as adopted on March 23, 2026, copies of which will be filed as exhibits to the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending April 24, 2026.