Sincerely yours, | |
Paul J. Hoeper | |
Chairman of the Board |
1. | To elect nine directors to serve until the 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; | |
2. | To approve an amendment to the Versar, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan; | |
3. | To approve the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan; | |
4. | To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as independent accountants for fiscal year 2006; and | |
5. | To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. |
By Order of the Board of Directors, | |
James C. Dobbs | |
Secretary |
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Amount and | |||||||||
Nature of | Percent | ||||||||
Beneficial | of | ||||||||
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner | Ownership | Class | |||||||
Dr. Michael Markels, Jr.(1)
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798,052 | 10.0% | |||||||
6850 Versar Center | |||||||||
Springfield, VA 22151 | |||||||||
Dr. Robert L. Durfee(1)
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746,868 | 9.3% | |||||||
6850 Versar Center | |||||||||
Springfield, VA 22151 | |||||||||
Versar Employee 401(k) Plan(2)
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754,057 | 9.4% | |||||||
6850 Versar Center | |||||||||
Springfield, VA 22151 | |||||||||
Marathon Capital Management(3)
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674,450 | 8.4% | |||||||
PO Box 77 | |||||||||
Hunt Valley, MD 21030 | |||||||||
Perritt Capital Management, Inc.(3)
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437,900 | 5.5% | |||||||
300 South Wacker Drive, Suite 288D | |||||||||
Chicago, IL 60606 | |||||||||
(1) | For a description of the nature of the beneficial ownership of Drs. Markels and Durfee, see SECURITY HOLDINGS OF MANAGEMENT. The information with respect to shares of Common Stock held by Drs. Markels and Durfee are based upon filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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(2) | All of the shares of Common Stock held by the Versar Employee 401(k) Plan (401(k) Plan) are allocated to individual 401(k) Plan participants accounts and are voted by those participants. If the participants do not vote their allocated shares, the Trustees have the power to vote those shares. The 401(k) Plan Trustees have investment power over all shares of Common Stock held by the 401(k) Plan. The 401(k) Plan Trustees are Dr. Theodore M. Prociv and Lawrence W. Sinnott. Each disclaims beneficial ownership of the Common Stock held by the 401(k) Plan solely from their position as Trustee. Such shares are not included in the ownership reported for Dr. Prociv and Mr. Sinnott. The information with respect to shares of Common Stock held by the 401(k) Plan is based upon filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and a report by the Companys stock transfer agent. |
(3) | The information with respect to Marathon Capital Management, LLC, and Perritt Capital Management, Inc., is based upon filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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Served as | ||||
Name | Director | Business Experience and Age | ||
Paul J. Hoeper
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2001 to the present | Business consultant since February 2001; Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, from May 1998 to January 2001; Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, International and Commercial Programs, from March 1996 to May 1998; President of Fortune Financial from 1994 to January 1996. Age 59 | ||
Michael Markels, Jr.
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1969 to the present | Independent consultant; Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ocean Farming, Inc. from 1995 to August 2001 and March 2002 to the present; Co-founder of the Company; Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Versar; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Versar from April 1991 to November 1993; President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board of Versar from 1969 to March 1991. Age 79 | ||
Robert L. Durfee
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1969 to the present | Independent consultant since July 2004; Co-founder of the Company; Executive Vice President of the Company from 1986 to June 2004; and President of GEOMET Technologies, LLC., a subsidiary of the Company, from 1991 to June 2004. Age 69 | ||
Theodore M. Prociv
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1999 to the present | President of Versar since November 1999; Chief Executive Officer of Versar since July 1, 2000; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army from May 1998 to October 1999; Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense from April 1994 to April 1998. Age 57 | ||
James L. Gallagher
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2000 to the present | President, Gallagher Consulting Group since September 1999; President of Westinghouse Government and Environmental Services from 1996 to 1999; Executive Vice President of Westinghouse Government and Environmental Services from 1994 to 1996; Vice President and General Manager Westinghouse Government Operations Business Unit 1992 to 1994; Age 68 | ||
Fernando V. Galaviz
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2000 to the present | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Centech Group, Inc. from 1988 to the present. Age 70 |
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Served as | ||||
Name | Director | Business Experience and Age | ||
Amoretta M. Hoeber
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2000 to the present | President, AMH Consulting since 1992; Director, Strategic Planning, TRW Federal Systems Group and TRW Environ-mental Safety Systems, Inc., from 1986 to 1992; Deputy Under Secretary U.S. Army from 1984 to 1986; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Army from 1981 to 1984. Age 63 | ||
Amir A. Metry
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2002 to the present | Business consultant since 1995; part-time Versar employee from 1995 to April 2002; Founding Principal of ERM Program Management Corp. from 1989 to 1995; and Vice President, Roy F. Weston from 1981 to 1989. Age 63 | ||
James V. Hansen
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2003 to the present | President, Jim Hansen & Associates since January 2004; A member of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) from April 2005; United States Congressman for Utahs 1st Congressional District from 1980 to 2002. Age 73 |
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Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned as | ||||||||
Individual or Group | of September 23, 2005(1) | |||||||
Number | Percent | |||||||
Michael Markels, Jr.(2)
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798,052 | 10.0% | ||||||
Robert L. Durfee(3)
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746,868 | 9.3% | ||||||
Amir A. Metry(4)
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15,626 | * | ||||||
James L. Gallagher(5)
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10,156 | * | ||||||
Fernando V. Galaviz(6)
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12,121 | * | ||||||
Amoretta M. Hoeber(7)
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12,121 | * | ||||||
Theodore M. Prociv(8)
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258,716 | 3.2% | ||||||
Paul J. Hoeper(9)
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12,121 | * | ||||||
James V. Hansen(10)
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4,868 | * | ||||||
Lawrence W. Sinnott(11)
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115,122 | 1.4% | ||||||
James C. Dobbs(12)
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94,214 | 1.2% | ||||||
Jerome B. Strauss(13)
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58,400 | * | ||||||
Paul W. Kendall(14)
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66,000 | * | ||||||
All directors and executive officers as a group
(13 persons)(15)
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2,215,176 | 27.6% | ||||||
* | Less than 1% |
(1) | For the purposes of this table, beneficial ownership has been determined in accordance with the provisions of Rule l3d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, under which, in general, a person is deemed to be the beneficial owner of a security if he or she has or shares the power to vote or to direct the voting of the security or the power to dispose or to direct the disposition of the security, or if he or she has the right to acquire beneficial ownership of the security within 60 days of September 23, 2005. | |
(2) | Includes 411,900 shares owned by adult children of Dr. Markels as to which he shares voting and investment power and 374,031 shares owned by him and his spouse. Includes 12,121 shares that may be purchased upon the exercise of stock options exercisable within 60 days after September 23, 2005. | |
(3) | Includes 34,000 shares owned by adult children of Dr. Durfee as to which he shares voting and investment power. Includes 46,903 shares that may be purchased upon the exercise of stock options exercisable within 60 days after September 23, 2005. | |
(4) | Includes 1,965 shares that may be purchased upon the exercise of stock options within 60 days after September 23, 2005. | |
(5) | Includes 1,965 shares that may be purchased upon the exercise of stock options within 60 days after September 23, 2005. | |
(6) | Includes 1,965 shares that may be purchased upon the exercise of stock options within 60 days after September 23, 2005. |
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(7) | Includes 1,965 shares that may be purchased upon the exercise of stock options within 60 days after September 23, 2005. | |
(8) | Includes 205,000 shares that may be purchased upon the exercise of stock options within 60 days after September 23, 2005. Dr. Prociv is a Trustee of the Employee 401(K) Plan and as such he has shared investment power over 754,057 shares and shared voting power over 754,057 shares held by this plan. Dr. Prociv disclaims beneficial ownership of the Plan shares solely from his position as Trustee, none of which are included in the above table. | |
(9) | Includes 1,965 shares that may be purchased upon the exercise of stock options within 60 days after September 23, 2005. |
(10) | Includes 1,965 shares that may be purchased upon the exercise of stock options within 60 days after September 23, 2005. |
(11) | Includes 14,000 shares that may be purchased upon the exercise of stock options within 60 days after September 23, 2005. Mr. Sinnott is a Trustee of the Employee 401(K) Plan and as such he has shared investment power over 754,057 shares and shared voting power over 754,057 shares held by this plan. Mr. Sinnott disclaims beneficial ownerships of the Plan shares solely from his position as Trustee, none of which are included in the above table. |
(12) | Includes 10,000 shares that may be purchased upon the exercise of stock options within 60 days after September 23, 2005. |
(13) | Includes 8,000 shares that may be purchased upon the exercise of stock options within 60 days after September 23, 2005. |
(14) | Includes 11,000 shares that may be purchased upon the exercise of stock options within 60 days after September 23, 2005. |
(15) | Excludes shares held by the Employee 401(k) Plan as described in notes (8) and (13). |
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Long-term | ||||||||||||||||||||
Annual Compensation | Compensation | |||||||||||||||||||
Awards | ||||||||||||||||||||
Securities | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other Annual | Underlying | |||||||||||||||||||
Name, Principal Position, and Fiscal Year ended | Salary | Bonus | Compensation | Options/SARs | All Other | |||||||||||||||
July 1, 2005, June 30, 2004 and June 20, 2003 | ($) | ($) | $(1) | (#) | Compensation | |||||||||||||||
Theodore M. Prociv President and Chief Executive Officer |
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2005
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$ | 288,269 | 0 | 0 | 25,000 | $ | 9,056(2) | |||||||||||||
2004
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$ | 242,691 | 0 | 0 | 50,000 | $ | 5,001(2) | |||||||||||||
2003
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$ | 234,998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $ | 6,324(2) | |||||||||||||
Lawrence W. Sinnott Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer |
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2005
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$ | 175,657 | 0 | $ | 25,270(3) | 20,000 | $ | 7,357(4) | ||||||||||||
2004
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$ | 160,000 | 0 | $ | 21,180(3) | 20,000 | $ | 3,647(4) | ||||||||||||
2003
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$ | 157,308 | 0 | 0 | 50,000 | $ | 6,610(4) | |||||||||||||
Jerome B. Strauss Senior Vice President |
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2005
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$ | 174,923 | 0 | 0 | 20,000 | $ | 5,592(5) | |||||||||||||
2004
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$ | 145,673 | $ | 5,000 | 0 | 30,000 | $ | 3,948(5) | ||||||||||||
2003
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$ | 123,385 | $ | 8,000 | 0 | 10,000 | $ | 5,478(5) | ||||||||||||
Paul W. Kendall Senior Vice President |
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2005
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$ | 154,962 | 0 | 0 | 20,000 | $ | 6,815(6) | |||||||||||||
2004
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$ | 141,567 | 0 | 0 | 30,000 | $ | 3,579(6) | |||||||||||||
2003
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$ | 134,750 | $ | 3,500 | 0 | 10,000 | $ | 5,884(6) | ||||||||||||
James C. Dobbs Senior Vice President and General Counsel |
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2005
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$ | 171,999 | 0 | 0 | 10,000 | $ | 9,298(7) | |||||||||||||
2004
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$ | 160,000 | 0 | 0 | 20,000 | $ | 5,060(7) | |||||||||||||
2003
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$ | 160,000 | 0 | 0 | 30,000 | $ | 7,793(7) | |||||||||||||
George J. Anastos Former Senior Vice President |
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2005
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$ | 180,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $ | 8,941(8) | |||||||||||||
2004
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$ | 170,000 | 0 | 0 | 20,000 | $ | 5,027(8) | |||||||||||||
2003
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$ | 170,000 | 0 | 0 | 30,000 | $ | 6,891(8) | |||||||||||||
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(1) | No amounts are shown in Other Annual Compensation column for fiscal years 2005, 2004 and 2003, other than Mr. Sinnott, because the aggregate amount of any perquisites or other personal benefits for each of the Named Executive Officers did not exceed the lesser of (i) $50,000 or (ii) 10% of combined salary and bonus in each of fiscal year 2005, 2004 and 2003 for the Named Executive Officer and the Company does not pay any other type of compensation constituting Other Annual Compensation. |
(2) | The amounts shown in this column for Dr. Prociv are comprised of the following: (i) in 2005 a payment of $3,156 for life insurance premiums on term life insurance in 2004, a payment of $2,247 for life insurance premiums on term life insurance and in 2003 a payment of $1,624 for life insurance premiums on term life insurance; and (ii) in 2005 a contribution of $5,900 to the Companys 401(k) Plan on behalf of Dr. Prociv, in 2004 a contribution of $2,754 to the Companys 401 (k) Plan on behalf of Dr. Prociv and in 2003 a contribution of $4,700 to the Companys 401(k) Plan on behalf of Dr. Prociv. |
(3) | The amount in this column for Mr. Sinnott is comprised of the following: (i) in 2005, $3,145 and in 2004, $4,305 for executive medical reimbursement; and (ii) in 2005, $22,125 and in 2004, $16,875 for educational tuition reimbursement. |
(4) | The amounts shown in this column for Mr. Sinnott are comprised of the following: (i) in 2005, a payment of $498 for life insurance premiums on term life insurance, in 2004 a payment of $324 for life insurance premiums on term life insurance and, in 2003 a payment of $318 for life insurance premiums on term life insurance; and (ii) in 2005 a contribution of $6,859 to the Companys 401(k) Plan on behalf of Mr. Sinnott, in 2004 a contribution of $3,323 to the Companys 401(k) Plan on behalf of Mr. Sinnott, and in 2003 a contribution of $6,292 to the Companys 401(k) Plan on behalf of Mr. Sinnott. |
(5) | The amounts shown in this column for Mr. Strauss are comprised of the following: (i) in 2005, a payment of $1,537 for life insurance premiums on term life insurance, in 2004 a payment of $938 for life insurance premiums on term life insurance, and in 2003 a payment of $543 for life insurance premiums on term life insurance; and (ii) in 2005, a contribution of $4,055 to the Companys 401(k) Plan on behalf of Mr. Strauss, in 2004 a contribution of $3,010 to the Companys 401 (k) Plan on behalf of Mr. Strauss, and in 2003 a contribution of $4,935 to the Companys 401(k) Plan on behalf of Mr. Strauss. |
(6) | The amounts shown in this column for Mr. Kendall are comprised of the following: (i) in 2005 a payment of $796 for life insurance premiums on term life insurance, in 2004 a payment of $643 for life insurance premiums on term life insurance and in 2003 a payment of $494 for life insurance premiums on term life insurance; and (ii) in 2005 a contribution of $6,019 to the Companys 401(k) Plan on behalf of Mr. Kendall; in 2004 a contribution of $2,936 to the Companys 401(k) Plan on behalf o f Mr. Kendall and in 2003 a contribution of $5,390 to the Companys 401(k) Plan on behalf of Mr. Kendall. |
(7) | The amounts shown in this column for Mr. Dobbs are comprised of the following: (i) in 2005 a payment of $2,541 for life insurance premiums on term life insurance, in 2004 a payment of $1,737 for life insurance premiums on term life insurance, and in 2003 a payment of $1,393 for life insurance premiums on term life insurance; and (ii) in 2005 a contribution of $6,757 to the Companys 401(k) Plan on behalf of Mr. Dobbs, in 2004 a contribution of $3,323 to the Companys 401(k) Plan on behalf of Mr. Dobbs, and in 2003 a contribution of $6,400 to the Companys 401(k) Plan on behalf of Mr. Dobbs. |
(8) | The amounts shown in this column for Dr. Anastos are comprised of the following: (i) in 2005 a payment of $1,872 for life insurance premiums on term life insurance, in 2004 a payment of $1,496 for life insurance premiums on term life insurance and in 2003 a payment of $1,122 for life insurance premiums on term life insurance; and (ii) in 2005 a contribution of $7,069 to the Companys 401(k) Plan on behalf of Mr. Anastos, in 2004 a contribution of $3,531 to the Companys 401(k) Plan on behalf of Dr. Anastos and in 2003 a contribution of $5,769 to the Companys 401(k) Plan on behalf of Dr. Anastos |
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Value at Assumed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Annual Rates of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock Price | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appreciation for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Individual Grants | Option Terms | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of | Percent of Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Securities | Options/SARs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Underlying | Granted to | Exercise or | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Options/SARs | Employees in | Base Price | Expiration | |||||||||||||||||||||
Name | Granted | Fiscal Year | $ per Share | Date | 5% ($) | 10% ($) | ||||||||||||||||||
Theodore M Prociv
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25,000 | 7.7 | % | $ | 3.82 | 09/14/2014 | $ | 60,059 | $ | 152,202 | ||||||||||||||
Lawrence W. Sinnott
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20,000 | 6.18 | % | $ | 3.82 | 09/14/2014 | $ | 48,048 | $ | 121,762 | ||||||||||||||
Jerome B. Strauss
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20,000 | 6.18 | % | $ | 3.82 | 09/14/2014 | $ | 48,048 | $ | 121,762 | ||||||||||||||
Paul W. Kendall
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20,000 | 6.18 | % | $ | 3.82 | 09/14/2014 | $ | 48,048 | $ | 121,762 | ||||||||||||||
James C. Dobbs
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10,000 | 3.09 | % | $ | 3.82 | 09/14/2014 | $ | 24,024 | $ | 60,881 | ||||||||||||||
George J. Anastos
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(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | ||||||||||||
Number of Securities | ||||||||||||||||
Shares | Underlying Unexercised | Value of Unexercised | ||||||||||||||
Acquired on | Value | Options at 07/01/05 | In-the-Money | |||||||||||||
Exercise | Realized | (#) | Options at 07/01/05 | |||||||||||||
Name | (#) | ($) | Exercisable/Unexercisable | Exercisable/Unexercisable(1) | ||||||||||||
Theodore M. Prociv
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| | 195,000/30,000 | 124,950/10,800 | ||||||||||||
Lawrence W. Sinnott
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5,000 | $ | 6,750 | 74,500/32,000 | $ | 20,620/$31,320 | ||||||||||
Jerome B. Strauss
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| | 48,000/22,000 | $ | 9,780/$10,120 | |||||||||||
Paul W. Kendall
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| | 50,000/16,000 | $ | 5,580/$9,720 | |||||||||||
James C. Dobbs
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| | 69,500/24,000 | $ | 30,940/$20,520 | |||||||||||
George Anastos
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| | 20,000/24,000 | $ | 10,980/$20,520 | |||||||||||
(1) | On July 1, 2005, the closing price of the Companys Common Stock on the American Stock Exchange was $3.16. |
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* | $100 invested on 6/30/00 in stock or index-including reinvestment of dividends. Fiscal year ending June 30. |
Cumulative Shareholders Return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last trading date in fiscal years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Versar, Inc.
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$ | 100.00 | $ | 105.78 | $ | 137.77 | $ | 137.67 | $ | 255.42 | $ | 165.12 | |||||||||||||||||||
S&P 500
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$ | 100.00 | $ | 85.17 | $ | 69.85 | $ | 70.03 | $ | 83.41 | $ | 88.65 | |||||||||||||||||||
PEER GROUP
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$ | 100.00 | $ | 116.62 | $ | 140.43 | $ | 151.28 | $ | 210.36 | $ | 273.94 | |||||||||||||||||||
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(1) Base salary; | |
(2) Annual Bonus (stock or cash); and | |
(3) Long-term incentive awards. |
| Base Salary ranges of appropriate base salaries are determined by analysis of salary data for positions of comparable responsibility within the professional services industry. Committee approval of individual salary changes is based upon performance of the executive evaluated against the Companys financial and strategic objectives and of the position of the executive in the competitive salary range. | |
| Annual Bonus bonuses are paid pursuant to an executive incentive bonus plan established each year by the Board of Directors for key employees and managers of the Company and its subsidiaries. Under the bonus plan, an incentive pool is created each fiscal year and is distributed if certain pre-established financial goals for the Company are met. Focusing on increasing profitability in fiscal year 2005, the amount of the incentive pool distributed depended solely on the extent to which the Companys consolidated net income before tax exceeds targeted amounts as set forth in the fiscal year 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan adopted by the Board of Directors on September 10, 2004. | |
| Long-Term Incentive Awards the purpose of this element of the executive compensation program is to link management pay with the long-term interest of stockholders, rather than only the performance of the Company in a single fiscal year. The Committee is currently using incentive stock options from the Companys 1996 Stock Option Plan and 2002 Stock Incentive Plan for key employees and managers. In determining annual stock option grants, the Committee bases its decision on the individuals performance or potential to improve shareholder value. |
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Theodore M. Prociv
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25,000 | |||
James C. Dobbs
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10,000 | |||
Lawrence W. Sinnott
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20,000 | |||
Jerome B. Strauss
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20,000 | |||
Paul W. Kendall
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20,000 |
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Equity Compensation Plans Approved by Security Holders
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Number of Securities to be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Options | Weighted-Average Exercise Price of Outstanding Options | Number of Securities Remaining Available for Future Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans | |||||||||
2002
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609 | $ | 3.35 | 80 | ||||||||
1996
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614 | 3.50 | 51 | |||||||||
1992
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414 | 2.29 | | |||||||||
1987
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53 | 3.18 | | |||||||||
Total
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1,690 | $ | 3.14 | 131 | ||||||||
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By Order of the Board of Directors, | |
James C. Dobbs | |
Secretary |
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(1) Administrator means (i) any person or committee to whom the Board delegates administrative discretion under the Plan, and (ii) the Board, which may exercise any and all administrative powers associated with the Plan. | |
(2) Board means the Board of Directors of the Company. | |
(3) Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. | |
(4) Common Shares means shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company. | |
(5) Company means Versar, Inc., a Delaware corporation. | |
(f) Compensation means the sums of the types and amounts of compensation determined from time to time by the Administrator in its sole discretion to be eligible to be taken into account under the Plan, provided that no such determination shall include or exclude any type or amount of compensation contrary to the requirements of Section 423 of the Code, including the equal treatment of participants having the same employer corporation. | |
(g) Continuous Status as an Employee means the absence of any interruption or termination of service as an Employee. Continuous Status as an Employee shall not be considered interrupted in the case of (i) sick leave; (ii) military leave; (iii) any other leave of absence approved by the Administrator, provided that such leave is for a period of not more than 90 days, unless reemployment upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract or statute, or unless provided otherwise pursuant to Company policy adopted from time to time; or (iv) in the case of transfers between locations of the Company or between the Company and its Designated Subsidiaries. | |
(h) Contributions means all amounts credited to the account of a participant pursuant to the Plan. | |
(i) Corporate Transaction means a sale of all or substantially all of the Companys assets, or a merger, consolidation, or other capital reorganization of the Company with or into another corporation, or any other transaction or series of related transactions in which the Companys shareholders immediately prior thereto own less than 50% of the voting shares of beneficial interest of the Company (or its successor or parent) immediately thereafter. | |
(j) Designated Subsidiaries means the Subsidiaries (or other entities with respect to sub-plans established under Section 19(d) hereof) that have been designated by the Board from time to time in its sole discretion as eligible to participate in the Plan. | |
(k) Employee means any person, including an Officer, whom the Company or one of its Designated Subsidiaries classifies as an employee for payroll tax purposes and who (i) is customarily employed by the Company or one of its Designated Subsidiaries for at least 20 hours per week, (ii) is customarily employed by the Company or one of its Designated Subsidiaries for more than five months in a calendar year, and (iii) has been employed by the Company or one of its Designated Subsidiaries for at least six (6) months. |
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(l) Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. | |
(m) Offering Date means the first business day of each Purchase Period of the Plan. | |
(n) Officer means a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. | |
(o) Plan means this 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. | |
(p) Purchase Date means the last day of each Purchase Period of the Plan, provided, however, that if such date is not a business day, the Purchase Date shall mean the immediately preceding business day. | |
(q) Purchase Period means a period of one calendar month (or such other period of up to 27 consecutive months that the Administrator may determine in its sole discretion before an Offering Date), except for the first Purchase Period set forth in Section 4(b). | |
(r) Purchase Price means with respect to a Purchase Period an amount equal to 90% of the Fair Market Value (as defined in Section 7(b) below) of a Share on the Purchase Date; provided, however, that the Administrator may before any Offering Date establish a different formula for determining the Purchase Price so long as the formula does not result in a lower Purchase Price than is allowable under Section 423(b)(6) of the Code. | |
(s) Share means one Common Share, as adjusted in accordance with Section 18 of the Plan. | |
(t) Subsidiary means a corporation (or an unincorporated entity of which the Company is a co-employer of its employees), domestic or foreign, of which not less than 50% of the voting shares are held by the Company or a Subsidiary, whether or not such corporation now exists or is hereafter organized or acquired by the Company or a Subsidiary. |
(1) Any person who is an Employee as of the date 30 days before the Offering Date of a given Purchase Period shall be eligible to participate in such Purchase Period under the Plan, subject to the requirements of Section 5(a) and the limitations imposed by Section 423(b) of the Code; provided however that eligible Employees may not participate in more than one Purchase Period at a time. | |
(2) Any provisions of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding other than Section 3(c), no Employee shall be granted an option under the Plan (i) if, immediately after the grant, such Employee (or any other person whose stock would be attributed to such Employee pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) would own shares of beneficial ownership of the Company and/or hold outstanding options to purchase Shares possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of Shares of the Company or shares of common stock of any Subsidiary of the Company, or (ii) if such option would permit his or her rights to purchase Shares under all employee stock purchase plans (described in Section 423 of the Code) of the Company and its Subsidiaries to accrue at a rate that exceeds Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) of the Fair Market Value (as defined in Section 7(b) below) of such Shares (determined at the time such option is granted) for each calendar year in which such option is outstanding at any time. | |
(3) Company directors, independent contractors (the meaning of such terms to be determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion), employees of affiliates of the Company that are not corporate Subsidiaries, and Employees who are ineligible to participate pursuant to Section 3(b)(i) above may, in the sole discretion of the Administrator, be eligible to participate in any Company sub-plan or sub-plans that the Administrator may establish in accordance with Section 19(d) below. |
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(1) An eligible Employee may become a participant in the Plan by completing a subscription agreement on the form provided by the Company and filing it with the Companys Human Resources Department or the stock brokerage or other financial services firms designated or approved by the Administrator from time to time (each, a Designated Broker) prior to the applicable Offering Date, unless a later time for filing the subscription agreement is set by the Board for all eligible Employees with respect to a given Purchase Period. The subscription agreement shall set forth the percentage of the participants Compensation (subject to Section 6(a) below) to be paid as Contributions pursuant to the Plan. | |
(2) Payroll deductions shall commence on the first full payroll following the Offering Date and shall end on the last payroll paid on or prior to the last Purchase Period to which the subscription agreement is applicable, unless sooner terminated by the participant as provided in Section 10. | |
(3) A participants subscription agreement shall remain in effect for successive Purchase Periods unless modified as provided in Section 6 or terminated as provided in Section 10. |
(1) A participant shall elect to have payroll deductions made on each payday during the Purchase Period in an amount not less than one percent (1%) and not more than twenty-five percent (25%) (or such other percentage as the Administrator may establish from time to time before an Offering Date) of such participants Compensation on each payday during the Purchase Period. All payroll deductions made by a participant shall be credited to his or her account under the Plan. A participant may not make any additional payments into such account. | |
(2) A participant may discontinue his or her participation in the Plan as provided in Section 10, and may increase or decrease the rate of his or her Contributions with respect to the Purchase Period only in accordance with rules that the Administrator establishes before the Offering begins. Any change in rate shall be effective as of the beginning of the next calendar month following the date of filing of the new subscription agreement, if the agreement is filed at least ten (10) business days prior to such date and, if not, as of the beginning of the next succeeding calendar month. | |
(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent necessary to comply with Section 423(b)(8) of the Code and Section 3(b) herein, a participants payroll deductions may be decreased during any Purchase Period scheduled to end during the current calendar year to 0%. Payroll deductions shall re-commence at the rate provided in such participants subscription agreement at the beginning of the first Purchase Period that is scheduled to end in the following calendar year, unless terminated by the participant as provided in Section 10. |
(1) On the Offering Date of each Purchase Period, each eligible Employee participating in such Purchase Period shall be granted an option to purchase on the Purchase Date for the Purchase Period a number of Shares determined by dividing such Employees Contributions accumulated prior to such Purchase Date and retained in the participants account as of the Purchase Date by the applicable Purchase Price; provided however that the maximum number of Shares an Employee may purchase during each Purchase Period shall be 500 Shares (subject to any adjustment pursuant to Section 18 below, as well as to such other number of Shares as the Administrator may establish from time to time before an Offering Date), and provided further that such purchase shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 3(b) and 13. |
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(2) The fair market value of the Companys Common Shares on a given date (the Fair Market Value) shall be |
(i) the closing sales price of the Common Shares for such date (or, in the event that the Common Shares are not traded on such date, on the immediately preceding trading date), as reported by the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange, or, if such price is not reported, then on the nearest preceding trading day during which a sale occurred; or | |
(ii) if such stock is not traded on either exchange but is quoted on NASDAQ or a successor quotation system (A) the last sales price (if the stock is then listed as a National Market Issue under The Nasdaq National Market System) or (B) the mean of the bid and asked prices per-share of the Common Shares as reported by the NASDAQ or successor or, | |
(iii) in the event the Common Shares are not listed on a stock exchange or quoted on NASDAQ but is otherwise traded in the over-the-counter market, the Fair Market Value per share shall be the mean between the most recent representative bid and asked prices; or | |
(iv) if subsections (i)-(iii) do not apply, the fair market value established in good faith by the Board. |
(1) A participant may withdraw all but not less than all the Contributions credited to his or her account under the Plan at any time prior to each Purchase Date by giving written notice to the Company or the Designated Broker,in the form and manner as directed by the Company, at least five (5) days prior to the Purchase Date. All of the participants Contributions credited to his or her account will be paid to him or her promptly after receipt of his or her notice of withdrawal and his or her option for the current period will be automatically terminated, and no further Contributions for the purchase of Shares will be made during the Purchase Period. | |
(2) Upon termination of the participants Continuous Status as an Employee prior to the Purchase Date of a Purchase Period for any reason, including retirement or death, the Contributions credited to his or her account will be returned to him or her or, in the case of his or her death, to the person or persons entitled thereto under Section 13, and his or her option will be automatically terminated. A participant will have up to 30 days to transfer, to himself, to a designated beneficiary, or to a designated broker, any Shares that the Company or the Designated Broker holds for the benefit of the Participant (using a form that the Administrator provides). If within 30 days, the participants Shares are not transferred, the Administrator may, but shall not be obligated to, issue and mail a stock certificate for the Shares to the participant. | |
(3) In the event an Employee fails to remain in Continuous Status as an Employee of the Company for at least twenty (20) hours per week during the Purchase Period in which the employee is a |
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participant, he or she will be deemed to have elected to withdraw from the Plan and the Contributions credited to his or her account will be returned to him or her and his or her option terminated. | |
(4) A participants withdrawal from a Purchase Period will result in his or her becoming ineligible to participate in any Purchase Periods beginning within the next 12 months ( as well as being ineligible for the same period to participate in any succeeding employee stock purchase plan or any similar plan which may hereafter be adopted by the Company and for which such participant is otherwise eligible). If a participant withdraws from a Purchase Period, payroll deductions shall not resume at the beginning of any succeeding Purchase Period for which the participant is eligible to enroll unless the participant delivers a new subscription agreement to the Company. |
(1) The Designated Broker shall purchase all Shares on the open market; provided, however, that the number of Shares purchased pursuant to the Plan shall not exceed one million (1,000,000) (to be automatically adjusted to reflect any increase or decrease in the number of issued Shares resulting from any stock-split, reverse stock-split, stock dividend, combination, recapitalization, reclassification or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration by the Company). To the extent the Purchase Price for Shares is below Fair Market Value for any Purchase Period, the Company shall pay the Designated Broker such amounts as are necessary to subsidize the Purchase Price for Shares purchased on the open market. | |
(2) The participant shall have no interest (including no right to receive any dividends) or voting right in Shares covered by his or her option until such option has been exercised. | |
(3) Shares to be delivered to a participant under the Plan will be registered in the name of the participant or, if directed by the participant in writing, in the name of the participant and his or her spouse. |
(a) A participant may designate a beneficiary who is to receive any Shares and cash, if any, from the participants account under the Plan in the event of such participants death subsequent to the end of a Purchase Period but prior to delivery to him or her of such Shares and cash. In addition, a participant may designate a beneficiary who is to receive any cash from the Participants account under the Plan in the event of such participants death prior to the Purchase Date. If a participant is married and the designated beneficiary is not the spouse, spousal consent shall be required for such designation to be effective. Beneficiary designations under this Section 14(a) shall be made in the form and in the manner as directed by the Companys Human Resources Department. | |
(b) Such designation of beneficiary may be changed by the participant (and his or her spouse, if any) at any time by written notice in accordance with Section 14(a). In the event of the death of a participant and in the absence of a beneficiary validly designated under the Plan who is living at the time of such participants death, the Company shall deliver such Shares and/or cash to the executor or administrator of the estate of the participant, or if no such executor or administrator has been appointed (to the knowledge of the Company), the Company, in its discretion, may deliver such Shares and/or cash |
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to the spouse or to any one or more dependents or relatives of the participant, or if no spouse, dependent or relative is known to the Company, then to such other person as the Company may designate. |
(a) The Board may at any time and for any reason terminate or amend the Plan. Except as provided in Section 18, no such termination of the Plan may affect options previously granted, provided that the Plan or a Purchase Period may be terminated by the Board on a Purchase Date or by the Boards setting a new Purchase Date with respect to a Purchase Period then in progress if the Board determines |
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that termination of the Plan and/or the Purchase Period is in the best interests of the Company and the shareholders, or if continuation of the Plan and/or the Purchase Period would cause the Company to incur adverse accounting charges as a result of a change after the effective date of the Plan in the generally accepted accounting rules applicable to the Plan. Except as provided in Section 18 and in this Section 19, no amendment to the Plan shall make any change in any option previously granted that adversely affects the rights of any participant. In addition, to the extent the Administrator considers it appropriate to conform the Plan with Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, Section 423 of the Code, or any other applicable law, regulation, or stock exchange rule, the Company shall obtain stockholder approval in such a manner and to such a degree as so required. | |
(b) Without shareholder consent and without regard to whether any participant rights may be considered to have been adversely affected, the Board (or its committee) shall be entitled to change the Purchase Periods, to limit the frequency and/or number of changes in the amount withheld during a Purchase Period, to establish the exchange ratio applicable to amounts withheld in a currency other than U.S. dollars, to permit payroll withholding in excess of the amount designated by a participant in order to adjust for delays or mistakes in the Companys processing of properly completed withholding elections, to establish reasonable waiting and adjustment periods and/or accounting and crediting procedures to ensure that amounts applied toward the purchase of Common Shares for each participant properly correspond with amounts withheld from the participants Compensation, and to establish such other limitations or procedures as the Board (or its committee) determines in its sole discretion advisable that are consistent with the Plan. | |
(c) The Company may adopt rules or procedures relating to the operation and administration of the Plan to accommodate the specific requirements of local laws and procedures. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company specifically authorizes the Administrator to adopt rules and procedures regarding handling of payroll deductions, payment of interest, conversion of local currency, payroll tax, withholding procedures and handling of stock certificates which vary with local requirements. | |
(d) The Administrator may also adopt sub-plans applicable to particular Subsidiaries, or locations, which sub-plans may be designed to be outside the scope of Code Section 423. The rules of such sub-plans may take precedence over other provisions of this Plan, but unless otherwise superseded by the specific terms of such sub-plan, the provisions of this Plan shall govern the operation of such sub-plan. In addition, the Administrator may adopt rules or procedures relating to the operation and administration of the Plan to accommodate the specific requirements of local laws and procedures. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company is specifically authorized to adopt rules and procedures regarding handling of payroll deductions, payment of interest, conversion of local currency, payroll tax, withholding procedures and handling of stock certificates which vary with local requirements. |
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(a) General. The Committee shall administer the Plan in accordance with its terms, provided that the Board may act in lieu of the Committee on any matter. The Committee shall hold meetings at such times and places as it may determine and shall make such rules and regulations for the conduct of its business as it deems advisable. In the absence of a duly appointed Committee or if the Board otherwise chooses to act in lieu of the Committee, the Board shall function as the Committee for all purposes of the Plan. | |
(b) Committee Composition. The Board shall appoint the members of the Committee. If and to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Committee may authorize one or more Reporting Persons (or other officers) to make Awards to Eligible Persons who are not Reporting Persons (or other officers whom the Committee has specifically authorized to make Awards). The Board may at any time appoint additional members to the Committee, remove and replace members of the Committee with or without Cause, and fill vacancies on the Committee however caused. |
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(c) Powers of the Committee. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have the authority, in its sole discretion: |
(i) to determine Eligible Persons to whom Awards shall be granted from time to time and the number of Shares, units, or SARs to be covered by each Award; | |
(ii) to determine, from time to time, the Fair Market Value of Shares; | |
(iii) to determine, and to set forth in Award Agreements, the terms and conditions of all Awards, including any applicable exercise or purchase price, the installments and conditions under which an Award shall become vested (which may be based on performance), terminated, expired, cancelled, or replaced, and the circumstances for vesting acceleration or waiver of forfeiture restrictions, and other restrictions and limitations; | |
(iv) to approve the forms of Award Agreements and all other documents, notices and certificates in connection therewith which need not be identical either as to type of Award or among Participants; | |
(v) to construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and any Award Agreement, to determine the meaning of their terms, and to prescribe, amend, and rescind rules and procedures relating to the Plan and its administration; | |
(vi) in order to fulfill the purposes of the Plan and without amending the Plan, modify, cancel, or waive the Companys rights with respect to any Awards, to adjust or to modify Award Agreements for changes in Applicable Law, and to recognize differences in foreign law, tax policies, or customs; and | |
(vii) to make all other interpretations and to take all other actions that the Committee may consider necessary or advisable to administer the Plan or to effectuate its purposes. |
Subject to Applicable Law and the restrictions set forth in the Plan, the Committee may delegate administrative functions to individuals who are Reporting Persons, officers, or Employees of the Company or its Affiliates. |
(d) Deference to Committee Determinations. The Committee shall have the discretion to interpret or construe ambiguous, unclear, or implied (but omitted) terms in any fashion it deems to be appropriate in its sole discretion, and to make any findings of fact needed in the administration of the Plan or Award Agreements. The Committees prior exercise of its discretionary authority shall not obligate it to exercise its authority in a like fashion thereafter. The Committees interpretation and construction of any provision of the Plan, or of any Award or Award Agreement, shall be final, binding, and conclusive. The validity of any such interpretation, construction, decision or finding of fact shall not be given de novo review if challenged in court, by arbitration, or in any other forum, and shall be upheld unless clearly arbitrary or capricious. | |
(e) No Liability; Indemnification. Neither the Board nor any Committee member, nor any Person acting at the direction of the Board or the Committee, shall be liable for any act, omission, interpretation, construction or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement. The Company and its Affiliates shall pay or reimburse any member of the Committee, as well as any Director, Employee, or Consultant who takes action in connection with the Plan, for all expenses incurred with respect to the Plan, and to the full extent allowable under Applicable Law shall indemnify each and every one of them for any claims, liabilities, and costs (including reasonable attorneys fees) arising out of their good faith performance of duties under the Plan. The Company and its Affiliates may obtain liability insurance for this purpose. |
(a) General Rule. The Committee may grant ISOs only to Employees (including officers who are Employees) of the Company or an Affiliate that is a parent corporation or subsidiary corporation within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code, and may grant all other Awards to any Eligible Person. A |
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Participant who has been granted an Award may be granted an additional Award or Awards if the Committee shall so determine, if such person is otherwise an Eligible Person and if otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Plan. | |
(b) Grant of Awards. Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall determine from the class of Eligible Persons those individuals to whom Awards under the Plan may be granted, the number of Shares subject to each Award, the price (if any) to be paid for the Shares or the Award and, in the case of Performance Awards, in addition to the matters addressed in Section 10 below, the specific objectives, goals and performance criteria that further define the Performance Award. Each Award shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement signed by the Company and, if required by the Committee, by the Participant. The Award Agreement shall set forth the material terms and conditions of the Award established by the Committee. | |
(c) Limits on Awards. During the term of the Plan, no single Participant may receive Awards that in the aggregate relate to more than 100,000 Shares. The Committee will adjust this limitation pursuant to Section 13 below. | |
(d) Replacement Awards. Subject to Applicable Laws (including any associated Stockholder approval requirements), the Committee may, in its sole discretion and upon such terms as it deems appropriate, require as a condition of the grant of an Award to a Participant that the Participant surrender for cancellation some or all of the Awards that have previously been granted to the Participant under this Plan or otherwise. An Award that is conditioned upon such surrender may or may not be the same type of Award, may cover the same (or a lesser or greater) number of Shares as such surrendered Award, may have other terms that are determined without regard to the terms or conditions of such surrendered Award, and may contain any other terms that the Committee deems appropriate. In the case of Options, these other terms may not involve an Exercise Price that is lower than the Exercise Price of the surrendered Option unless the Companys stockholders approve the grant itself or the program under which the grant is made pursuant to the Plan. |
(a) Types; Documentation. The Committee may in its discretion grant ISOs to any Employee and Non-ISOs to any Eligible Person, and shall evidence any such grants in an Award Agreement that is delivered to the Participant. Each Option shall be designated in the Award Agreement as an ISO or a Non-ISO, and the same Award Agreement may grant both types of Options. At the sole discretion of the Committee, any Option may be exercisable, in whole or in part, immediately upon the grant thereof, or only after the occurrence of a specified event, or only in installments, which installments may vary. Options granted under the Plan may contain such terms and provisions not inconsistent with the Plan that the Committee shall deem advisable in its sole and absolute discretion. | |
(b) ISO $100,000 Limitation. To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of Shares with respect to which Options designated as ISOs first become exercisable by a Participant in any calendar year (under this Plan and any other plan of the Company or any Affiliate) exceeds $100,000, such excess Options shall be treated as Non-ISOs. For purposes of determining whether the $100,000 limit is exceeded, the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to an ISO shall be determined as of the Grant Date. In reducing the number of Options treated as ISOs to meet the $100,000 limit, the most recently granted Options shall be reduced first. In the event that Section 422 of the Code is amended to alter the limitation set forth therein, the limitation of this Section 6(b) shall be automatically adjusted accordingly. | |
(c) Term of Options. Each Award Agreement shall specify a term at the end of which the Option automatically expires, subject to earlier termination provisions contained in Section 6(h) hereof; provided, that, the term of any Option may not exceed ten years from the Grant Date; provided that the term of any ISO granted to an Employee who is a Ten Percent Holder on the Grant Date shall not exceed five years from the Grant Date. |
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(d) Exercise Price. The exercise price of an Option shall be determined by the Committee in its discretion and shall be set forth in the Award Agreement, provided that (i) if an ISO is granted to an Employee who on the Grant Date is a Ten Percent Holder, the per Share exercise price shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the Grant Date, and (ii) for all other Options, such per Share exercise price shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the Grant Date. Neither the Company nor the Committee shall, without stockholder approval, allow for a repricing of Options within the meaning of the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the American Stock Exchange. | |
(e) Exercise of Option. The Committee shall in its sole discretion determine the times, circumstances, and conditions under which an Option shall be exercisable, and shall set them forth in the Award Agreement. The Committee shall have the discretion to determine whether and to what extent the vesting of Options shall be tolled during any unpaid leave of absence; provided, however, that in the absence of such determination, vesting of Options shall be tolled during any such leave approved by the Company. | |
(f) Minimum Exercise Requirements. An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share. The Committee may require in an Award Agreement that an Option be exercised as to a minimum number of Shares, provided that such requirement shall not prevent a Participant from purchasing the full number of Shares as to which the Option is then exercisable. | |
(g) Methods of Exercise. Prior to its expiration pursuant to the terms of the applicable Award Agreement, and subject to the times, circumstances and conditions for exercise contained in the applicable Award Agreement, each Option may be exercised, in whole or in part (provided that the Company shall not be required to issue fractional shares), by delivery of written notice of exercise to the secretary of the Company accompanied by the full exercise price of the Shares being purchased. In the case of an ISO, the Committee shall determine the acceptable methods of payment on the Grant Date and shall include such methods in the applicable Award Agreement. The methods of payment that the Committee may in its discretion accept or commit to accept in an Award Agreement include: |
(i) cash or check payable to the Company (in U.S. dollars); | |
(ii) other Shares that (A) are owned by the Participant who is purchasing Shares pursuant to an Option, (B) have a Fair Market Value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which the Option is being exercised, (C) were not acquired by such Participant pursuant to the exercise of an Option, unless such Shares have been owned by such Participant for at least six months or such other period as the Committee may determine, (D) are all, at the time of such surrender, free and clear of any and all claims, pledges, liens and encumbrances, or any restrictions which would in any manner restrict the transfer of such shares to or by the Company (other than such restrictions as may have existed prior to an issuance of such Shares by the Company to such Participant), and (E) are duly endorsed for transfer to the Company; | |
(iii) a cashless exercise program that the Committee may approve, from time to time in its discretion, pursuant to which a Participant may concurrently provide irrevocable instructions (A) to such Participants broker or dealer to effect the immediate sale of the purchased Shares and remit to the Company, out of the sale proceeds available on the settlement date, sufficient funds to cover the exercise price of the Option plus all applicable taxes required to be withheld by the Company by reason of such exercise, and (B) to the Company to deliver the certificates for the purchased Shares directly to such broker or dealer in order to complete the sale; | |
(iv) a promissory note in a principal amount equal to the exercise price and otherwise in a form and with such terms as are approved by the Committee or cancellation of other indebtedness, provided no executive officer or director of the Company shall be permitted to pay any portion of an Option exercise price by issuance of a promissory note; or | |
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The Company shall not be required to deliver Shares pursuant to the exercise of an Option until payment of the full exercise price therefore is received by the Company. |
(h) Termination of Continuous Service. The Committee may establish and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement the terms and conditions on which an Option shall remain exercisable, if at all, following termination of a Participants Continuous Service. The Committee may waive or modify these provisions at any time. To the extent that a Participant is not entitled to exercise an Option at the date of his or her termination of Continuous Service, or if the Participant (or other person entitled to exercise the Option) does not exercise the Option to the extent so entitled within the time specified in the Award Agreement or below (as applicable), the Option shall terminate and the Shares underlying the unexercised portion of the Option shall revert to the Plan and become available for future Awards. In no event may any Option be exercised after the expiration of the Option term as set forth in the Award Agreement. | |
The following provisions shall apply to the extent an Award Agreement does not specify the terms and conditions upon which an Option shall terminate when there is a termination of a Participants Continuous Service: |
(i) Termination other than Upon Disability, Death or Retirement or for Cause. In the event of termination of a Participants Continuous Service (other than as a result of Participants death, disability, retirement or termination for Cause), the Participant shall have the right to exercise an Option at any time within 90 days following such termination to the extent the Participant was entitled to exercise such Option at the date of such termination. | |
(ii) Disability. In the event of termination of a Participants Continuous Service as a result of his or her being Disabled, the Participant shall have the right to exercise an Option at any time within one year following such termination to the extent the Participant was entitled to exercise such Option at the date of such termination. | |
(iii) Retirement. In the event of termination of a Participants Continuous Service as a result of Participants retirement, the Participant shall have the right to exercise the Option at any time within six months following such termination to the extent the Participant was entitled to exercise such Option at the date of such termination. | |
(iv) Death. In the event of the death of a Participant during the period of Continuous Service since the Grant Date of an Option, or within thirty days following termination of the Participants Continuous Service, the Option may be exercised, at any time within one year following the date of the Participants death, by the Participants estate or by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance, but only to the extent the right to exercise the Option had vested at the date of death or, if earlier, the date the Participants Continuous Service terminated. | |
(v) Cause. If the Committee determines that a Participants Continuous Service terminated due to Cause, the Participant shall immediately forfeit the right to exercise any Option, and it shall be considered immediately null and void. |
(i) Reverse Vesting. The Committee in its sole and absolute discretion may allow a Participant to exercise unvested Options, in which case the Shares then issued shall be Restricted Shares having analogous vesting restrictions to the unvested Options. |
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(a) Grants. The Committee may in its discretion grant Share Appreciation Rights to any Eligible Person, in any of the following forms: |
(i) SARs related to Options. The Committee may grant SARs either concurrently with the grant of an Option or with respect to an outstanding Option, in which case the SAR shall extend to all or a portion of the Shares covered by the related Option. An SAR shall entitle the Participant |
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who holds the related Option, upon exercise of the SAR and surrender of the related Option, or portion thereof, to the extent the SAR and related Option each were previously unexercised, to receive payment of an amount determined pursuant to Section 7(e) below. Any SAR granted in connection with an ISO will contain such terms as may be required to comply with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder. | |
(ii) SARs Independent of Options. The Committee may grant SARs which are independent of any Option subject to such conditions as the Committee may in its discretion determine, which conditions will be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. | |
(iii) Limited SARs. The Committee may grant SARs exercisable only upon or in respect of a Change in Control or any other specified event, and such limited SARs may relate to or operate in tandem or combination with or substitution for Options or other SARs, or on a stand-alone basis, and may be payable in cash or Shares based on the spread between the exercise price of the SAR, and (A) a price based upon or equal to the Fair Market Value of the Shares during a specified period, at a specified time within a specified period before, after or including the date of such event, or (B) a price related to consideration payable to Companys stockholders generally in connection with the event. |
(b) Exercise Price. The per Share exercise price of an SAR shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee, shall be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, and shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of one Share. The exercise price of an SAR related to an Option shall be the same as the exercise price of the related Option. The exercise price of an SAR shall be subject to the special rules on pricing contained in Sections 6(d). Neither the Company nor the Committee shall, without stockholder approval, allow for a repricing of SARs within the meaning of federal securities laws or the rules and regulations of the American Stock Exchange. | |
(c) Exercise of SARs. Unless the Award Agreement otherwise provides, an SAR related to an Option will be exercisable at such time or times, and to the extent, that the related Option will be exercisable; provided that the Award Agreement shall not, without the approval of the stockholders of the Company, provide for a vesting period for the exercise of the SAR that is more favorable to the Participant than the exercise period for the related Option. An SAR may not have a term exceeding ten years from its Grant Date. An SAR granted independently of any other Award will be exercisable pursuant to the terms of the Award Agreement. Whether an SAR is related to an Option or is granted independently, the SAR may only be exercised when the Fair Market Value of the Shares underlying the SAR exceeds the exercise price of the SAR. | |
(d) Effect on Available Shares. All SARs to be settled in shares of the Companys stock shall be counted in full against the number of shares available for award under the Plan, regardless of the number of shares actually issued upon settlement of the SARs. | |
(e) Payment. Upon exercise of an SAR related to an Option and the attendant surrender of an exercisable portion of any related Award, the Participant will be entitled to receive payment of an amount determined by multiplying |
(i) the excess of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise of the SAR over the exercise price per Share of the SAR, by | |
(ii) the number of Shares with respect to which the SAR has been exercised. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an SAR granted independently of an Option (i) may limit the amount payable to the Participant to a percentage, specified in the Award Agreement but not exceeding one-hundred percent (100%), of the amount determined pursuant to the preceding sentence, and (ii) shall be subject to any payment or other restrictions that the Committee may at any time impose in its discretion, including restrictions intended to conform the SARs with Section 409A of the Code. |
(f) Form and Terms of Payment. Subject to Applicable Law, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, settle the amount determined under Section 7(e) above solely in cash, solely in Shares |
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(valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of exercise of the SAR), or partly in cash and partly in Shares. In any event, cash shall be paid in lieu of fractional Shares. Absent a contrary determination by the Committee, all SARs shall be settled in cash as soon as practicable after exercise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in an Award Agreement, determine the maximum amount of cash or Shares or combination thereof that may be delivered upon exercise of an SAR. | |
(g) Termination of Employment or Consulting Relationship. The Committee shall establish and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement the terms and conditions on which an SAR shall remain exercisable, if at all, following termination of a Participants Continuous Service. The provisions of Section 6(h) above shall apply to the extent an Award Agreement does not specify the terms and conditions upon which an SAR shall terminate when there is a termination of a Participants Continuous Service. |
8. | Restricted Shares and Restricted Share Units. |
(a) Grants. The Committee may in its discretion grant restricted shares (Restricted Shares) to any Eligible Person and shall evidence such grant in an Award Agreement that is delivered to the Participant and that sets forth the number of Restricted Shares, the purchase price for such Restricted Shares (if any), and the terms upon which the Restricted Shares may become vested. In addition, the Company may in its discretion grant the right to receive Shares after certain vesting requirements are met (Restricted Share Units) to any Eligible Person and shall evidence such grant in an Award Agreement that is delivered to the Participant which sets forth the number of Shares (or formula, that may be based on future performance or conditions, for determining the number of Shares) that the Participant shall be entitled to receive upon vesting and the terms upon which the Shares subject to a Restricted Share Unit may become vested. The Committee may condition any Award of Restricted Shares or Restricted Share Units to a Participant on receiving from the Participant such further assurances and documents as the Committee may require to enforce the restrictions. | |
(b) Vesting and Forfeiture. The Committee shall set forth in an Award Agreement granting Restricted Shares or Restricted Share Units, the terms and conditions under which the Participants interest in the Restricted Shares or the Shares subject to Restricted Share Units will become vested and non-forfeitable. Except as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement or the Committee otherwise determines, upon termination of a Participants Continuous Service for any other reason, the Participant shall forfeit his or her Restricted Shares and Restricted Share Units; provided that if a Participant purchases the Restricted Shares and forfeits them for any reason, the Company shall return the purchase price to the Participant only if and to the extent set forth in an Award Agreement. | |
(c) Issuance of Restricted Shares Prior to Vesting. The Company shall issue stock certificates that evidence Restricted Shares pending the lapse of applicable restrictions, and that bear a legend making appropriate reference to such restrictions. Except as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement or the Committee otherwise determines, the Company or a third party that the Company designates shall hold such Restricted Shares and any dividends that accrue with respect to Restricted Shares pursuant to Section 8(e) below. | |
(d) Issuance of Shares upon Vesting. As soon as practicable after vesting of a Participants Restricted Shares (or Shares underlying Restricted Share Units) and the Participants satisfaction of applicable tax withholding requirements, the Company shall release to the Participant, free from the vesting restrictions, one Share for each vested Restricted Share (or issue one Share free of the vesting restriction for each vested Restricted Share Unit), unless an Award Agreement provides otherwise. No fractional shares shall be distributed, and cash shall be paid in lieu thereof. | |
(e) Dividends Payable on Vesting. Whenever Shares are released to a Participant under Section 8(d) above pursuant to the vesting of Restricted Shares or the Shares underlying Restricted Share Units are issued to a Participant pursuant to Section 8(d) above, such Participant shall receive (unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement), with respect to each Share released or issued, an amount equal to any cash dividends (plus, in the discretion of the Committee, simple interest at a rate as |
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the Committee may determine) and a number of Shares equal to any stock dividends, which were declared and paid to the holders of Shares between the Grant Date and the date such Share is released or issued. | |
(f) Section 83(b) Elections. A Participant may make an election under Section 83(b) of the Code (the Section 83(b) Election) with respect to Restricted Shares. If a Participant who has received Restricted Share Units provides the Committee with written notice of his or her intention to make Section 83(b) Election with respect to the Shares subject to such Restricted Share Units, the Committee may in its discretion convert the Participants Restricted Share Units into Restricted Shares, on a one-for-one basis, in full satisfaction of the Participants Restricted Share Unit Award. The Participant may then make a Section 83(b) Election with respect to those Restricted Shares. Shares with respect to which a Participant makes a Section 83(b) Election shall not be eligible for deferral pursuant to Section 9 below. | |
(g) Deferral Elections. At any time within the thirty-day period (or other shorter or longer period that the Committee selects) in which a Participant who is a member of a select group of management or highly compensated employees (within the meaning of the Code) receives an Award of either Restricted Shares or Restricted Share Units, the Committee may permit the Participant to irrevocably elect, on a form provided by and acceptable to the Committee, to defer the receipt of all or a percentage of the Shares that would otherwise be transferred to the Participant upon the vesting of such Award. If the Participant makes this election, the Shares subject to the election, and any associated dividends and interest, shall be credited to an account established pursuant to Section 9 hereof on the date such Shares would otherwise have been released or issued to the Participant pursuant to Section 8(d) above. |
9. | Deferred Share Units. |
(a) Elections to Defer. The Committee may permit any Eligible Person who is a Director, Consultant or member of a select group of management or highly compensated employees (within the meaning of the Code) to irrevocably elect, on a form provided by and acceptable to the Committee (the Election Form), to forego the receipt of cash or other compensation (including the Shares deliverable pursuant to any Award other than Restricted Shares for which a Section 83(b) Election has been made), and in lieu thereof to have the Company credit to an internal Plan account (the Account) a number of deferred share units (Deferred Share Units) having a Fair Market Value equal to the Shares and other compensation deferred. These credits will be made at the end of each calendar month during which compensation is deferred. Each Election Form shall take effect on the first day of the next calendar year (or on the first day of the next calendar month in the case of an initial election by a Participant who is first eligible to defer hereunder) after its delivery to the Company, subject to Section 8(g) regarding deferral of Restricted Shares and Restricted Share Units and to Section 10(e) regarding deferral of Performance Awards, unless the Company sends the Participant a written notice explaining why the Election Form is invalid within five business days after the Company receives it. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence: (i) Election Forms shall be ineffective with respect to any compensation that a Participant earns before the date on which the Company receives the Election Form, and (ii) the Committee may unilaterally make awards in the form of Deferred Share Units, regardless of whether or not the Participant foregoes other compensation. | |
(b) Vesting. Unless an Award Agreement expressly provides otherwise, each Participant shall be 100% vested at all times in any Shares subject to Deferred Share Units. | |
(c) Issuances of Shares. The Company shall provide a Participant with one Share for each Deferred Share Unit in five substantially equal annual installments that are issued before the last day of each of the five calendar years that end after the date on which the Participants Continuous Service terminates, unless |
(i) the Participant has properly elected a different form of distribution, on a form approved by the Committee, that permits the Participant to select any combination of a lump sum and annual |
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(ii) the Company received the Participants distribution election form at the time the Participant elects to defer the receipt of cash or other compensation pursuant to Section 9(a), provided that such election may be changed through any subsequent election that (i) is delivered to the Administrator at least one year before the date on which distributions are otherwise scheduled to commence pursuant to the Participants election, and (ii) defers the commencement of distributions by at least five years from the originally scheduled commencement date. |
Fractional shares shall not be issued, and instead shall be paid out in cash. |
(d) Crediting of Dividends. Whenever Shares are issued to a Participant pursuant to Section 9(c) above, such Participant shall also be entitled to receive, with respect to each Share issued, a cash amount equal to any cash dividends (plus simple interest at a rate of five percent per annum, or such other reasonable rate as the Committee may determine), and a number of Shares equal to any stock dividends which were declared and paid to the holders of Shares between the Grant Date and the date such Share is issued. | |
(e) Emergency Withdrawals. In the event a Participant suffers an unforeseeable emergency within the contemplation of this Section and Section 409A of the Code, the Participant may apply to the Company for an immediate distribution of all or a portion of the Participants Deferred Share Units. The unforeseeable emergency must result from a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the Participant, the Participants spouse, or a dependent (within the meaning of Section 152(a) of the Code) of the Participant, casualty loss of the Participants property, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable conditions beyond the control of the Participant. Examples of purposes which are not considered unforeseeable emergencies include post-secondary school expenses or the desire to purchase a residence. In no event will a distribution be made to the extent the unforeseeable emergency could be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise, or by liquidation of the Participants nonessential assets to the extent such liquidation would not itself cause a severe financial hardship. The amount of any distribution hereunder shall be limited to the amount necessary to relieve the Participants unforeseeable emergency plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the distribution. The Committee shall determine whether a Participant has a qualifying unforeseeable emergency and the amount which qualifies for distribution, if any. The Committee may require evidence of the purpose and amount of the need, and may establish such application or other procedures as it deems appropriate. | |
(f) Unsecured Rights to Deferred Compensation. A Participants right to Deferred Share Units shall at all times constitute an unsecured promise of the Company to pay benefits as they come due. The right of the Participant or the Participants duly-authorized transferee to receive benefits hereunder shall be solely an unsecured claim against the general assets of the Company. Neither the Participant nor the Participants duly-authorized transferee shall have any claim against or rights in any specific assets, shares, or other funds of the Company. |
(a) Performance Units. Subject to the limitations set forth in paragraph (c) hereof, the Committee may in its discretion grant Performance Units to any Eligible Person and shall evidence such grant in an Award Agreement that is delivered to the Participant which sets forth the terms and conditions of the Award. | |
(b) Performance Compensation Awards. Subject to the limitations set forth in paragraph (c) hereof, the Committee may, at the time of grant of a Performance Unit, designate such Award as a Performance Compensation Award in order that such Award constitutes qualified performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m), in which event the Committee shall have the power to grant such Performance Compensation Award upon terms and conditions that qualify it as qualified performance-based compensation within the meaning of Code Section 162(m). With |
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respect to each such Performance Compensation Award, the Committee shall establish, in writing within the time required under Code Section 162(m), a Performance Period, Performance Measure(s), and Performance Formula(e) (each such term being hereinafter defined). | |
A Participant shall be eligible to receive payment in respect of a Performance Compensation Award only to the extent that the Performance Measure(s) for such Award is achieved and the Performance Formula(e) as applied against such Performance Measure(s) determines that all or some portion of such Participants Award has been earned for the Performance Period. As soon as practicable after the close of each Performance Period, the Committee shall review and certify in writing whether, and to what extent, the Performance Measure(s) for the Performance Period have been achieved and, if so, determine and certify in writing the amount of the Performance Compensation Award to be paid to the Participant and, in so doing, may use negative discretion to decrease, but not increase, the amount of the Award otherwise payable to the Participant based upon such performance. | |
(c) Limitations on Awards. The maximum Performance Unit Award including any performance Compensation Award, that Participants may receive in the aggregate for any one Performance Period shall not exceed 100,000 Shares. The Committee shall have the discretion to provide in any Award Agreement that any amounts earned in excess of these limitations will be credited as Deferred Share Units. Any amounts for which payment to the Participant is deferred pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be paid to the Participant in a future year or years not earlier than, and only to the extent that, the Participant is either not receiving compensation in excess of these limits for a Performance Period, or is not subject to the restrictions set forth under Section 162(b) of the Code. | |
(d) Definitions. |
(i) Performance Formula means, for a Performance Period, one or more objective formulas or standards established by the Committee for purposes of determining whether or the extent to which an Award has been earned based on the level of performance attained or to be attained with respect to one or more Performance Measure(s). Performance Formulae may vary from Performance Period to Performance Period and from Participant to Participant and may be established on a stand-alone basis, in tandem or in the alternative. | |
(ii) Performance Measure means one or more of the following selected by the Committee to measure Company, Affiliate, and/or business unit performance for a Performance Period, whether in absolute or relative terms (including, without limitation, terms relative to a peer group or index): basic, diluted, or adjusted earnings per share; sales or revenue; earnings before interest, taxes, and other adjustments (in total or on a per share basis); basic or adjusted net income; returns on equity, assets, capital, revenue or similar measure; economic value added; working capital; total stockholder return; and product development, product market share, research, licensing, litigation, human resources, information services, mergers, acquisitions, sales of assets of Affiliates or business units. Each such measure shall be, to the extent applicable, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as consistently applied by the Company (or such other standard applied by the Committee) and, if so determined by the Committee, and in the case of a Performance Compensation Award, to the extent permitted under Code Section 162(m), adjusted to omit the effects of extraordinary items, gain or loss on the disposal of a business segment, unusual or infrequently occurring events and transactions and cumulative effects of changes in accounting principles. Performance Measures may vary from Performance Period to Performance Period and from Participant to Participant, and may be established on a stand-alone basis, in tandem or in the alternative. | |
(iii) Performance Period means one or more periods of time (of not less than one fiscal year of the Company), as the Committee may designate, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Measure(s) will be measured for the purpose of determining a Participants rights in respect of an Award. |
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(e) Deferral Elections. At any time prior to the date that is at least six months before the close of a Performance Period (or shorter or longer period that the Committee selects) with respect to an Award of either Performance Units or Performance Compensation, the Committee may permit a Participant who is a member of a select group of management or highly compensated employees (within the meaning of the Code) to irrevocably elect, on a form provided by and acceptable to the Committee, to defer the receipt of all or a percentage of the Shares that would otherwise be transferred to the Participant upon the vesting of such Award. If the Participant makes this election, the Shares subject to the election, and any associated interest and dividends, shall be credited to an account established pursuant to Section 9 hereof on the date such Shares would otherwise have been released or issued to the Participant pursuant to Section 10(a) or Section 10(b) above. |
(a) General. As a condition to the issuance or distribution of Shares pursuant to the Plan, the Participant (or in the case of the Participants death, the person who succeeds to the Participants rights) shall make such arrangements as the Company may require for the satisfaction of any applicable federal, state, local or foreign withholding tax obligations that may arise in connection with the Award and the issuance of Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue any Shares until such obligations are satisfied. If the Committee allows the withholding or surrender of Shares to satisfy a Participants tax withholding obligations, the Committee shall not allow Shares to be withheld in an amount that exceeds the minimum statutory withholding rates for federal and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes. | |
(b) Default Rule for Employees. In the absence of any other arrangement, an Employee shall be deemed to have directed the Company to withhold or collect from his or her cash compensation an amount sufficient to satisfy such tax obligations from the next payroll payment otherwise payable after the date of the exercise of an Award. | |
(c) Special Rules. In the case of a Participant other than an Employee (or in the case of an Employee where the next payroll payment is not sufficient to satisfy such tax obligations, with respect to any remaining tax obligations), in the absence of any other arrangement and to the extent permitted under Applicable Law, the Participant shall be deemed to have elected to have the Company withhold from the Shares or cash to be issued pursuant to an Award that number of Shares having a Fair Market Value determined as of the applicable Tax Date (as defined below) or cash equal to the amount required to be withheld. For purposes of this Section 11, the Fair Market Value of the Shares to be withheld shall be determined on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined under the Applicable Law (the Tax Date). | |
(d) Surrender of Shares. If permitted by the Committee, in its discretion, a Participant may satisfy the minimum applicable tax withholding and employment tax obligations associated with an Award by surrendering Shares to the Company (including Shares that would otherwise be issued pursuant to the Award) that have a Fair Market Value determined as of the applicable Tax Date equal to the amount required to be withheld. In the case of Shares previously acquired from the Company that are surrendered under this Section 11, such Shares must have been owned by the Participant for more than six months on the date of surrender (or such longer period of time the Company may in its discretion require). | |
(e) Income Taxes and Deferred Compensation. Participants are solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may arise in connection with Awards (including any taxes arising under Section 409A of the Code), and the Company shall not have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold any Participant harmless from any or all of such taxes. The Administrator shall have the discretion to organize any deferral program, to require deferral election forms, and to grant or to unilaterally modify any Award in a manner that (i) conforms with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code with respect to compensation that is deferred and that vests after December 31, 2004, (ii) that voids any Participant election to the extent it would violate Section 409A of the Code, and (iii) for any distribution election that would violate Section 409A of the Code, to make distributions pursuant to the Award at the earliest to occur of a distribution event that is allowable under Section 409A of the Code or |
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any distribution event that is both allowable under Section 409A of the Code and is elected by the Participant, subject to any valid second election to defer, provided that the Administrator permits second elections to defer in accordance with Section 409A(a)(4)(C). The Administrator shall have the sole discretion to interpret the requirements of the Code, including Section 409A, for purposes of the Plan and all Awards. |
(a) General. Except as set forth in this Section 12, or as otherwise approved by the Committee, Awards may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred or disposed of in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution. The designation of a beneficiary by a Participant will not constitute a transfer. An Award may be exercised, during the lifetime of the holder of an Award, only by such holder, the duly-authorized legal representative of a Participant who is Disabled, or a transferee permitted by this Section 12. | |
(b) Limited Transferability Rights. Notwithstanding anything else in this Section 12, the Committee may in its discretion provide in an Award Agreement that an Award other than an ISO may be transferred, on such terms and conditions as the Committee deems appropriate, either (i) by instrument to the Participants Immediate Family (as defined below), (ii) by instrument to an inter vivos or testamentary trust (or other entity) in which the Award is to be passed to the Participants designated beneficiaries, or (iii) by gift to charitable institutions. Any transferee of the Participants rights shall succeed and be subject to all of the terms of this Award Agreement and the Plan. Immediate Family means any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, and shall include adoptive relationships. |
(a) Changes in Capitalization. The Committee shall equitably adjust the number of Shares covered by each outstanding Award, and the number of Shares that have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but as to which no Awards have yet been granted or that have been returned to the Plan upon cancellation, forfeiture, or expiration of an Award, as well as the price per Share covered by each such outstanding Award, to reflect any increase or decrease in the number of issued Shares resulting from a stock-split, reverse stock-split, stock dividend, combination, recapitalization or reclassification of the Shares, or any other increase or decrease in the number of issued Shares effected without receipt of consideration by the Company. In the event of any such transaction or event, the Committee may provide in substitution for any or all outstanding Options under the Plan such alternative consideration (including securities of any surviving entity) as it may in good faith determine to be equitable under the circumstances and may require in connection therewith the surrender of all Options so replaced. In any case, such substitution of securities shall not require the consent of any person who is granted Options pursuant to the Plan. Except as expressly provided herein, or in an Award Agreement, if the Company issues for consideration shares of stock of any class or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, the issuance shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be required to be made with respect to the number or price of Shares subject to any award. | |
(b) Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of the dissolution or liquidation of the Company other than as part of a Change of Control, each Award will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such action, subject to the ability of the Committee to exercise any discretion authorized in the case of a Change in Control. | |
(c) Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control, the Committee may in its sole and absolute discretion and authority, without obtaining the approval or consent of the Companys |
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stockholders or any Participant with respect to his or her outstanding Awards, take one or more of the following actions: |
(i) arrange for or otherwise provide that each outstanding Award shall be assumed or a substantially similar award shall be substituted by a successor corporation or a parent or subsidiary of such successor corporation (the Successor Corporation); | |
(ii) accelerate the vesting of Awards so that Awards shall vest (and, to the extent applicable, become exercisable) as to the Shares that otherwise would have been unvested and provide that repurchase rights of the Company with respect to Shares issued upon exercise of an Award shall lapse as to the Shares subject to such repurchase right; | |
(iii) arrange or otherwise provide for the payment of cash or other consideration to Participants in exchange for the satisfaction and cancellation of outstanding Awards; or | |
(iv) make such other modifications, adjustments or amendments to outstanding Awards or this Plan as the Committee deems necessary or appropriate, subject however to the terms of Section 15(a) below. |
Notwithstanding the above, in the event a Participant holding an Award assumed or substituted by the Successor Corporation in a Change in Control is Involuntarily Terminated by the Successor Corporation in connection with, or within 12 months following consummation of, the Change in Control, then any assumed or substituted Award held by the terminated Participant at the time of termination shall accelerate and become fully vested (and exercisable in full in the case of Options and SARs), and any repurchase right applicable to any Shares shall lapse in full, unless an Award Agreement provides for a more restrictive acceleration or vesting schedule or more restrictive limitations on the lapse of repurchase rights or otherwise places additional restrictions, limitations and conditions on an Award. The acceleration of vesting and lapse of repurchase rights provided for in the previous sentence shall occur immediately prior to the effective date of the Participants termination, unless an Award Agreement provides otherwise. |
(d) Certain Distributions. In the event of any distribution to the Companys stockholders of securities of any other entity or other assets (other than dividends payable in cash or stock of the Company) without receipt of consideration by the Company, the Committee may, in its discretion, appropriately adjust the price per Share covered by each outstanding Award to reflect the effect of such distribution. |
(a) Modification, Extension, and Renewal of Awards. Within the limitations of the Plan, the Committee may modify an Award to accelerate the rate at which an Option or SAR may be exercised (including without limitation permitting an Option or SAR to be exercised in full without regard to the installment or vesting provisions of the applicable Award Agreement or whether the Option or SAR is at the time exercisable, to the extent it has not previously been exercised), to accelerate the vesting of any Award, to extend or renew outstanding Awards or to accept the cancellation of outstanding Awards to the extent not previously exercised. However, the Committee may not cancel an outstanding option that is underwater for the purpose of reissuing the option to the participant at a lower exercise price or granting a replacement Award of a different type, without stockholder approval. Notwithstanding the foregoing provision, no modification of an outstanding Award shall materially and adversely affect such Participants rights thereunder, unless either the Participant provides written consent or there is an express Plan provision permitting the Committee to act unilaterally to make the modification. |
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(b) Substitution of Options. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions or limits under the Plan, in the event the Company or an Affiliate acquires (whether by purchase, merger or otherwise) all or substantially all of outstanding capital stock or assets of another corporation or in the event of any reorganization or other transaction qualifying under Section 424 of the Code, the Committee may, in accordance with the provisions of that Section, substitute Options for options under the plan of the acquired company provided (i) the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the shares subject to an option immediately after the substitution over the aggregate option price of such shares is not more than the similar excess immediately before such substitution and (ii) the new option does not give persons additional benefits, including any extension of the exercise period. |
(a) Authority to Amend or Terminate. Subject to Applicable Laws, the Board may from time to time amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan. | |
(b) Effect of Amendment or Termination. No amendment, suspension, or termination of the Plan shall materially and adversely affect Awards already granted unless either it relates to an adjustment pursuant to Section 13 above, or it is otherwise mutually agreed between the Participant and the Committee, which agreement must be in writing and signed by the Participant and the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may amend the Plan to eliminate provisions which are no longer necessary as a result of changes in tax or securities laws or regulations, or in the interpretation thereof. |
(a) U.S. Securities Laws. This Plan, the grant of Awards, and the exercise of Options and SARs under this Plan, and the obligation of the Company to sell or deliver any of its securities (including, without limitation, Options, Restricted Shares, Restricted Share Units, Deferred Share Units, and Shares) under this Plan shall be subject to all Applicable Law. In the event that the Shares are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), or any applicable state securities laws prior to the delivery of such Shares, the Company may require, as a condition to the issuance thereof, that the persons to whom Shares are to be issued represent and warrant in writing to the Company that such Shares are being acquired by him or her for investment for his or her own account and not with a view to, for resale in connection with, or with an intent of participating directly or |
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indirectly in, any distribution of such Shares within the meaning of the Act, and a legend to that effect may be placed on the certificates representing the Shares. | |
(b) Other Jurisdictions. To facilitate the making of any grant of an Award under this Plan, the Committee may provide for such special terms for Awards to Participants who are foreign nationals or who are employed by the Company or any Affiliate outside of the United States of America as the Committee may consider necessary or appropriate to accommodate differences in local law, tax policy or custom. The Company may adopt rules and procedures relating to the operation and administration of this Plan to accommodate the specific requirements of local laws and procedures of particular countries. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company is specifically authorized to adopt rules and procedures regarding the conversion of local currency, taxes, withholding procedures and handling of stock certificates which vary with the customs and requirements of particular countries. The Company may adopt sub-plans and establish escrow accounts and trusts as may be appropriate or applicable to particular locations and countries. |
(a) Each Award under the Plan is intended to align the Participants long-term interest with those of the Company. If the Participant engages in certain activities discussed below, either during employment or after employment with the Company terminates for any reason, the Participant is acting contrary to the long-term interests of the Company. Accordingly, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Award Agreement, the Company may terminate any outstanding, unexercised, unexpired, unpaid, or deferred Awards (Termination), rescind any exercise, payment or delivery pursuant to the Award (Rescission), or recapture any Common Stock (whether restricted or unrestricted) or proceeds from the Participants sale of Shares issued pursuant to the Award (Recapture), if the Participant does not comply with the conditions of subsections (b) and (c) hereof (collectively, the Conditions). | |
(b) A Participant shall not, without the Companys prior written authorization, disclose to anyone outside the Company, or use in other than the Companys business, any proprietary or confidential information or material, as those or other similar terms are used in any applicable patent, confidentiality, inventions, secrecy, or other agreement between the Participant and the Company with regard to any such proprietary or confidential information or material. | |
(c) Pursuant to any agreement between the Participant and the Company with regard to intellectual property (including but not limited to patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, |
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inventions, developments, improvements, proprietary information, confidential business and personnel information), a Participant shall promptly disclose and assign to the Company or its designee all right, title, and interest in such intellectual property, and shall take all reasonable steps necessary to enable the Company to secure all right, title and interest in such intellectual property in the United States and in any foreign country. | |
(d) Upon exercise, payment, or delivery of cash or Common Stock pursuant to an Award, the Participant shall certify on a form acceptable to the Company that he or she is in compliance with the terms and conditions of the Plan and, if a severance of Continuous Service has occurred for any reason, shall state the name and address of the Participants then-current employer or any entity for which the Participant performs business services and the Participants title, and shall identify any organization or business in which the Participant owns a greater-than-five-percent equity interest. | |
(e) If the Company determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that (i) a Participant has violated any of the Conditions or (ii) during his or her Continuous Service, or within one year after its termination for any reason, a Participant (a) has rendered services to or otherwise directly or indirectly engaged in or assisted, any organization or business that, in the judgment of the Company in its sole and absolute discretion, is or is working to become competitive with the Company; (b) has solicited any non-administrative employee of the Company to terminate employment with the Company; or (c) has engaged in activities which are materially prejudicial to or in conflict with the interests of the Company, including any breaches of fiduciary duty or the duty of loyalty, or material breach or failure to comply with any Company policy applicable to Participant, then the Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion, impose a Termination, Rescission, and/or Recapture with respect to any or all of the Participants relevant Awards, Shares, and the proceeds thereof. | |
(f) Within ten days after receiving notice from the Company of any such activity, the Participant shall deliver to the Company the Shares acquired pursuant to the Award, or, if Participant has sold the Shares, the gain realized, or payment received as a result of the rescinded exercise, payment, or delivery; provided, that if the Participant returns Shares that the Participant purchased pursuant to the exercise of an Option (or the gains realized from the sale of such Common Stock), the Company shall promptly refund the exercise price, without earnings, that the Participant paid for the Shares. Any payment by the Participant to the Company pursuant to this Section 25 shall be made either in cash or by returning to the Company the number of Shares that the Participant received in connection with the rescinded exercise, payment, or delivery. It shall not be a basis for Termination, Rescission or Recapture if after termination of a Participants Continuous Service, the Participant purchases, as an investment or otherwise, stock or other securities of such an organization or business, so long as (i) such stock or other securities are listed upon a recognized securities exchange or traded over-the-counter, and (ii) such investment does not represent more than a five percent (5%) equity interest in the organization or business. | |
(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, the Company has sole and absolute discretion not to require Termination, Rescission and/or Recapture, and its determination not to require Termination, Rescission and/or Recapture with respect to any particular act by a particular Participant or Award shall not in any way reduce or eliminate the Companys authority to require Termination, Rescission and/or Recapture with respect to any other act or Participant or Award. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to impose obligations on the Participant to refrain from engaging in lawful competition with the Company after the termination of employment that does not violate subsections (b) or (c) of this Section, other than any obligations that are part of any separate agreement between the Company and the Participant or that arise under applicable law. | |
(h) All administrative and discretionary authority given to the Company under this Section shall be exercised by the most senior human resources executive of the Company or such other person or committee (including without limitation the Committee) as the Committee may designate from time to time. | |
(i) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section, if any provision of this Section is determined to be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law, such provision will be applied to the maximum |
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extent permitted by applicable law, and shall automatically be deemed amended in a manner consistent with its objectives to the extent necessary to conform to any limitations required under applicable law. Furthermore, if any provision of this Section is illegal under any applicable law, such provision shall be null and void to the extent necessary to comply with applicable law. | |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject to any contrary terms set forth in any Award Agreement, this Section shall not be applicable: (i) to any Participant who is not, on the Award Date, an Employee of the Company or its Affiliates; and (ii) to any Participant from and after his or her termination of Continuous Service after a Change in Control. |
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Affiliate means, with respect to any Person (as defined below), any other Person that directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by or under common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, control, when used with respect to any Person, means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person or the power to elect directors, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms affiliated, controlling and controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing. | |
Applicable Law means the legal requirements relating to the administration of options and share-based plans under applicable U.S. federal and state laws, the Code, any applicable stock exchange or automated quotation system (including the American Stock Exchange) rules or regulations, and the applicable laws of any other country or jurisdiction where Awards are granted, as such laws, rules, regulations and requirements shall be in place from time to time. | |
Award means any award made pursuant to the Plan, including awards made in the form of an Option, an SAR, a Restricted Share, a Restricted Share Unit, a Deferred Share Unit and a Performance Award, or any combination thereof, whether alternative or cumulative, authorized by and granted under this Plan. | |
Award Agreement means any written document setting forth the terms of an Award that has been authorized by the Committee. The Committee shall determine the form or forms of documents to be used, and may change them from time to time for any reason. | |
Board means the Board of Directors of the Company. | |
Cause for termination of a Participants Continuous Service will exist if the Participant is terminated from employment or other service with the Company or an Affiliate for any of the following reasons: (i) the Participants willful failure to substantially perform his or her duties and responsibilities to the Company or deliberate violation of a material Company policy; (ii) the Participants commission of any material act or acts of fraud, embezzlement, dishonesty, or other willful misconduct; (iii) the Participants material unauthorized use or disclosure of any proprietary information or trade secrets of the Company or any other party to whom the Participant owes an obligation of nondisclosure as a result of his or her relationship with the Company; or (iv) Participants willful and material breach of any of his or her obligations under any written agreement or covenant with the Company. | |
The Committee shall in its discretion determine whether or not a Participant is being terminated for Cause. The Committees determination shall, unless arbitrary and capricious, be final and binding on the Participant, the Company, and all other affected persons. The foregoing definition does not in any way limit the Companys ability to terminate a Participants employment or consulting relationship at any time, and the term Company will be interpreted herein to include any Affiliate or successor thereto, if appropriate. | |
Change in Control means any of the following: |
(a) The acquisition in one or more transactions by any Person (as the term person is used for purposes of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 1934 Act)), of Beneficial Ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act) of forty percent (40%) or more of the combined voting power of the Companys then |
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outstanding voting securities (the Voting Securities), provided, however, that for purposes of this definition, Voting Securities acquired directly from the Company by any Person shall be excluded from the determination of such Persons Beneficial Ownership of Voting Securities (but such Voting Securities shall be included in the calculation of the total number of Voting Securities then outstanding); or | |
(b) The individuals who are members of the Incumbent Board, cease for any reason to constitute at least two-thirds of the Board; or | |
(c) Approval by the stockholders of the Company of (i) a merger or consolidation involving the Company if the stockholders of the Company immediately before such merger or consolidation do not own, directly or indirectly, immediately following such merger or consolidation, more than sixty percent (60%) of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the corporation resulting from such merger or consolidation in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Voting Securities immediately before such merger or consolidation, or (ii) a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or an agreement for the sale or other disposition of all or subsequently all of the assets of the Company. | |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur solely because forty percent (40%) or more of the then outstanding Voting Securities is acquired by (i) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under one or more employee benefit plans maintained by the Company or any of its Affiliates, or (ii) any corporation, which, immediately prior to such acquisition, is owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in the same proportion as their ownership of stock in the Company immediately prior to such acquisition. | |
Moreover, notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur solely because any Person (the Subject Person) acquired Beneficial Ownership of more than the permitted amount of the outstanding Voting Securities as a result of the acquisition of Voting Securities by the Company which, by reducing the number of Voting Securities outstanding, increases the proportional number of shares Beneficially Owned by the Subject Person, provided, that if a Change in Control would occur (but for the operation of this sentence) as a result of the acquisition of Voting Securities by the Company, and after such share acquisition by the Company, the Subject Person becomes the Beneficial Owner of any additional Voting Securities which increases the percentage of the then outstanding Voting Security Beneficially Owned by the Subject Person, then a Change in Control shall occur. |
Code means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. | |
Committee means the Compensation Committee or one or more other committees or subcommittees comprised of at least three directors of the Board appointed by the Board to administer the Plan in accordance with Section 4 above. With respect to any decision involving an Award intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee shall consist of Directors of the Company who are outside directors within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code. With respect to any decision relating to a Reporting Person, the Committee shall consist of Directors who are non-employee directors within the meaning of Rule 16b-3. | |
Company means Versar, Inc., a Delaware corporation; provided, however, that in the event the Company reincorporates to another jurisdiction, all references to the term Company shall refer to the Company in such new jurisdiction. | |
Consultant means any person, including an advisor, who is engaged by the Company or any Affiliate to render services and is compensated for such services. | |
Continuous Service means the absence of any interruption or termination of service as an Employee, Director, or Consultant. Continuous Service shall not be considered interrupted in the case of: (i) sick leave; (ii) military leave; (iii) any other leave of absence approved by the Committee, provided that such leave is for a period of not more than 90 days, unless reemployment upon the expiration of such |
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leave is guaranteed by contract or statute, or unless provided otherwise pursuant to Company policy adopted from time to time; (iv) changes in status from Director to advisory director or emeritus status; or (iv) in the case of transfers between locations of the Company or between the Company, its Affiliates or their respective successors. Changes in status between service as an Employee, Director, and a Consultant will not constitute an interruption of Continuous Service. | |
Deferred Share Units mean Awards pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan. | |
Director means a member of the Board, or a member of the board of directors of an Affiliate. | |
Disabled means a condition under which a Participant |
(a) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, or | |
(b) is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, received income replacement benefits for a period of not less than 3 months under an accident or health plan covering employees of the Company. |
Eligible Person means any Consultant, Director or Employee and includes non-Employees to whom an offer of employment has been extended. | |
Employee means any person whom the Company or any Affiliate classifies as an employee (including an officer) for employment tax purposes. The payment by the Company of a directors fee to a Director shall not be sufficient to constitute employment of such Director by the Company. | |
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. | |
Fair Market Value means, as of any date (the Determination Date) means: (i) the closing price of a Share on the American Stock Exchange (the Exchange), on the Determination Date, or, if shares were not traded on the Determination Date, then on the nearest preceding trading day during which a sale occurred; or (ii) if such stock is not traded on the Exchange but is quoted on NASDAQ or a successor quotation system, (A) the last sales price (if the stock is then listed as a National Market Issue under The Nasdaq National Market System) or (B) the mean between the closing representative bid and asked prices (in all other cases) for the stock on the Determination Date as reported by NASDAQ or such successor quotation system; or (iii) if such stock is not traded on the Exchange or quoted on NASDAQ but is otherwise traded in the over-the-counter, the mean between the representative bid and asked prices on the Determination Date; or (iv) if subsections (i)-(iii) do not apply, the fair market value established in good faith by the Board. | |
Grant Date has the meaning set forth in Section 14 of the Plan. | |
Incentive Share Option or ISO hereinafter means an Option intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, as designated in the applicable Award Agreement. | |
Incumbent Board shall mean the individuals who as of September 7, 2005 are members of the Board and any individual becoming a director subsequent to September 7, 2005 whose election, or nomination for election by the Companys stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board; provided, however, that any individual who is not a member of the Incumbent Board at the time he or she becomes a member of the Board shall become a member of the Incumbent Board upon the completion of two full years as a member of the Board; provided, further, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, no individual shall be considered a member of the Incumbent Board if such individual initially assumed office (i) as a result of either an actual or threatened election contest (within the meaning of Rule 14a-11 promulgated under the 1934 Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person |
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other than the Board (a Proxy Contest), or (ii) with the approval of the other Board members, but by reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle a Proxy Contest. | |
Involuntary Termination means termination of a Participants Continuous Service under the following circumstances occurring on or after a Change in Control: (i) termination without Cause by the Company or an Affiliate or successor thereto, as appropriate; or (ii) voluntary termination by the Participant within 60 days following (A) a material reduction in the Participants job responsibilities, provided that neither a mere change in title alone nor reassignment to a substantially similar position shall constitute a material reduction in job responsibilities; (B) an involuntary relocation of the Participants work site to a facility or location more than 50 miles from the Participants principal work site at the time of the Change in Control; or (C) a material reduction in Participants total compensation other than as part of an reduction by the same percentage amount in the compensation of all other similarly-situated Employees, Directors or Consultants. | |
Non-ISO means an Option not intended to qualify as an ISO, as designated in the applicable Award Agreement. | |
Option means any stock option granted pursuant to Section 6 of the Plan. | |
Participant means any holder of one or more Awards, or the Shares issuable or issued upon exercise of such Awards, under the Plan. | |
Performance Awards mean Performance Units and Performance Compensation Awards granted pursuant to Section 10. | |
Performance Compensation Awards mean Awards granted pursuant to Section 10(b) of the Plan. | |
Performance Unit means Awards granted pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Plan which may be paid in cash, in Shares, or such combination of cash and Shares as the Committee in its sole discretion shall determine. | |
Person means any natural person, association, trust, business trust, cooperative, corporation, general partnership, joint venture, joint-stock company, limited partnership, limited liability company, real estate investment trust, regulatory body, governmental agency or instrumentality, unincorporated organization or organizational entity. | |
Plan means this Versar, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan. | |
Reporting Person means an officer, Director, or greater than ten percent stockholder of the Company within the meaning of Rule 16a-2 under the Exchange Act, who is required to file reports pursuant to Rule 16a-3 under the Exchange Act. | |
Restricted Shares mean Shares subject to restrictions imposed pursuant to Section 8 of the Plan. | |
Restricted Share Units mean Awards pursuant to Section 8 of the Plan. | |
Rule 16b-3 means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, as amended from time to time, or any successor provision. | |
SAR or Share Appreciation Right means Awards granted pursuant to Section 7 of the Plan. | |
Share means a share of common stock of the Company, as adjusted in accordance with Section 13 of the Plan. | |
Ten Percent Holder means a person who owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Affiliate. |
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PLEASE COMPLETE, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. | x VOTES MUST BE INDICATED (X) IN BLACK OR BLUE INK. |
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Michael Markets, Jr., Robert L. Durfee, Theodore M. Prociv, Paul J. Hoeper, James L. Gallagher, Amoretta M. Hoeber, Fernando V. Galaviz, Amir A. Metry and James V. Hansen | |
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(4) | Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as independent accountants for fiscal year 2006. | o | o | o | ||||||
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