¨
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Preliminary
Proxy Statement
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¨
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Confidential,
for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule
14a-6(e)(2))
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x
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Definitive
Proxy Statement
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¨
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Definitive
Additional Materials
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¨
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Soliciting
Materials under §240.14a-12
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¨
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Fee
computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and
0-11.
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1)
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Title
of each class of securities to which transaction
applies:
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2)
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Aggregate
number of securities to which transaction
applies:
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3)
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Per
unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to
Exchange Act Rule 0-11
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4)
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Proposed
maximum aggregate value of
transaction:
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5)
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Total
fee paid:
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¨
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Fee
paid previously with preliminary
materials.
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¨
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Check
box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule
O-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid
previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number,
or the Form or Schedule and the date of its
filing.
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1)
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Amount
Previously
Paid:__________________________________________
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2)
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Form
Schedule or Registration Statement
No.:_________________________
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3)
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Filing
Party:____________________________________________________
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4)
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Date
Filed:_____________________________________________________
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1.
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Election
of two directors;
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2.
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Ratification
of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Garmin’s independent
registered public accounting firm for the 2009 fiscal
year;
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3.
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Approval
of an Amendment to the Garmin Ltd. 2005 Equity Incentive
Plan;
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4.
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Approval
of an Amendment to the Garmin Ltd. 2000 Non-Employee Directors’ Option
Plan; and
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5.
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Consideration
of such other matters as may properly be brought before the Annual Meeting
or any adjournment thereof.
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April
21, 2009
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Andrew
R. Etkind
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Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary
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Page
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Proxy
Statement
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2
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Information
Concerning Solicitation and Voting
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2
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Stock
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
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5
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Proposal
One – Election of Two Directors
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7
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The
Board of Directors
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7
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Proposal
Two – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditor
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13
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Proposal
Three – Approval of an Amendment to the Garmin Ltd. 2005 Equity Incentive
Plan
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13
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Proposal
Four – Approval of an Amendment to the Garmin Ltd. 2000 Non-Employee
Directors’ Option Plan
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22
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Audit
Matters
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25
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Executive
Compensation Matters
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26
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Shareholder
Proposals
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37
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Section
16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
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38
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Householding
of Annual Meeting Materials for Broker Customers
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38
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Other
Matters
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38
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Appendix
A – Form of Proxies
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A-1
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Schedule
1 – Amended and Restated Garmin Ltd. 2005 Equity Incentive
Plan
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B-1
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Schedule
2 – Amended and Restated Garmin Ltd. 2000 Non-Employee Directors’
Option Plan
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C-1
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(1)
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the
election of two directors;
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(2)
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the
ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP (“Ernst &
Young”) to be the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm
for the 2009 fiscal year;
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(3)
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the
approval of an amendment to the Garmin Ltd. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan;
and
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(4)
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the
approval of an amendment to the Garmin Ltd. 2000 Non-Employee Directors’
Option Plan.
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Percent of
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||||||||
Name and Address
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Common Shares(1)
|
Class(2)
|
||||||
Danny
J. Bartel
Vice
President, Worldwide Sales of Garmin International,
Inc.
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123,347 |
(3)
|
* | |||||
Gary L. Burrell(4)
Shareholder
|
29,563,570 |
(5)
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14.7 | % | ||||
Ruey-Jeng Kao(6)
Shareholder
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12,944,962 | 6.4 | % | |||||
Gene
M. Betts
Director
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13,087 |
(7)
|
* | |||||
Donald
H. Eller, Ph.D.
Director
|
900,786 |
(8)
|
* | |||||
Andrew
R. Etkind
Vice
President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
|
135,576 |
(9)
|
* | |||||
Min
H. Kao, Ph.D.
Director,
Chairman and CEO
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44,017,580 |
(10)
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21.9 | % | ||||
Charles
W. Peffer
Director
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13,538 |
(11)
|
* | |||||
Clifton
A. Pemble
Director,
President and COO
|
129,176 |
(12)
|
* | |||||
Kevin
Rauckman
Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer
|
108,056 |
(13)
|
* | |||||
Thomas
A. McDonnell
Director
|
60,593 |
(14)
|
* | |||||
Directors
and Named Executive Officers as a Group
(9
persons)
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45,501,739 |
(15)
|
22.7 | % |
(1)
|
Beneficial
ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In computing the number of shares
beneficially owned by a person and the percentage ownership of that
person, shares subject to options held by that person that are currently
exercisable at the Record Date or within 60 days of such date are deemed
outstanding. The holders may disclaim beneficial ownership of any such
shares that are owned by or with family members, trusts or other entities.
Except as indicated in the footnotes to this table and pursuant to
applicable community property laws, to the Company’s knowledge, each
shareholder named in the table has sole voting power and dispositive power
with respect to the shares set forth opposite such shareholder’s
name.
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(2)
|
The
percentage is based upon the number of shares outstanding as of the Record
Date and computed as described in footnote (1)
above.
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(3)
|
Mr.
Bartel’s beneficial ownership includes 64,600 shares that may be acquired
through stock options and stock appreciation rights that are currently
exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days of the Record Date
and 271 shares that were purchased for Mr. Bartel’s account in June 2008
as a participant in the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase
Plan. The number of Common Shares reported includes 1,400
shares held in an account on which Mr. Bartel’s spouse has signing
authority, over which Mr. Bartel does not have any voting or dispositive
power. Mr. Bartel disclaims beneficial ownership of those
shares held in the account on which his spouse has signing
authority.
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(4)
|
Mr. Burrell’s
address is c/o Garmin International, Inc., 1200 East 151st
Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062.
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(5)
|
The
number of Common Shares reported includes 863,570 Common Shares held by
Judith M. Burrell, Mr. Burrell’s wife, over which Mr. Burrell
does not have any voting or dispositive power. Mr. Burrell disclaims
beneficial ownership of these shares owned by his
wife.
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(6)
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Mr. Kao’s
address is c/o Fortune Land Law Offices, 8th
Floor, 132, Hsinyi Road, Section 3, Taipei, Taiwan. Mr. Kao is the
brother of Dr. Min Kao. The information is based on Amendment No. 4
dated January 17, 2006 to a Schedule 13G dated February 9,
2001.
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(7)
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Mr. Betts’
beneficial ownership consists of 7,087 shares that may be acquired through
options that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within
60 days of the Record Date.
|
(8)
|
Dr. Eller’s
beneficial ownership includes 20,786
shares that may be acquired through options that are currently exercisable
or will become exercisable within 60 days of the Record
Date.
|
(9)
|
Mr. Etkind’s
beneficial ownership includes 1,106 shares held in the 401(k) Plan,
121,200 shares that may be acquired through stock options and stock
appreciation rights that are currently exercisable or will become
exercisable within 60 days of the Record Date, and 220 shares that were
purchased for Mr. Etkind’s account in June 2008 as a participant in the
Company’s Employee Stock Purchase
Plan.
|
(10)
|
Dr.
Kao’s address is c/o Garmin International, Inc., 1200 East 151st
Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062. Of the 44,017,580 Common Shares, (i)
10,366,188 Common Shares are held by the Min-Hwan Kao Revocable Trust
9/28/95, over which Dr. Kao has sole voting and dispositive power,
(ii) 28,443,568 Common Shares are held by revocable trusts established by
Dr. Kao’s children over which Dr. Kao has shared voting and
dispositive power, and (iii) 5,207,824 Common Shares are held by a
revocable trust established by Dr. Kao’s wife, over which
Dr. Kao does not have any voting or dispositive power. Dr. Kao
disclaims beneficial ownership of those shares owned by the revocable
trust established by his wife and by the revocable trusts established by
his children.
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(11)
|
Mr.
Peffer’s beneficial ownership includes 9,938
shares that may be acquired through options that are currently exercisable
or will become exercisable within 60 days of the Record
Date.
|
(12)
|
Mr. Pemble’s
beneficial ownership includes 120,400 shares that may be acquired through
stock options and stock appreciation rights that are currently exercisable
or will become exercisable within 60 days of the Record Date and 271
shares that were purchased for Mr. Pemble’s account in June 2008 as a
participant in the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase
Plan.
|
(13)
|
Mr. Rauckman’s
beneficial ownership includes 98,200 shares that may be acquired through
stock options and stock appreciation rights that are currently exercisable
or will become exercisable within 60 days of the Record Date and 271
shares that were purchased for Mr. Rauckman’s account in June 2008 as a
participant in the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The number of
Common Shares reported includes 5,100 Common Shares held by a revocable
trust established by Mr. Rauckman’s wife, over which
Mr. Rauckman does not have any voting or dispositive power, and 300
shares held by revocable trusts established by his children.
Mr. Rauckman disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares owned by
the revocable trusts established by his wife and
children.
|
(14)
|
Mr. McDonnell’s
beneficial ownership includes 20,593
shares that may be acquired through options that are currently exercisable
or will become exercisable within 60 days of the Record
Date.
|
(15)
|
The
number includes 462,804 shares that may be acquired through stock options
and stock appreciation rights that are currently exercisable or will
become exercisable within 60 days of the Record Date. Individuals in the
group have disclaimed beneficial ownership as to a total of 34,521,762 of
the shares listed.
|
Min
H. Kao, age 60, has served as Chairman of the Company since August 2004
and was previously Co-Chairman of the Company from August 2000 to August
2004. He has served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company since August
2002 and previously served as Co-Chief Executive Officer from August 2000
to August 2002. Dr. Kao has served as a director and officer of various
subsidiaries of the Company since August 1990. Dr. Kao holds Ph.D. and MS
degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tennessee and a
BS degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan
University.
|
||
Charles
W. Peffer, age 61, has been a director of the Company since August 2004.
Mr. Peffer was a partner in KPMG LLP and its predecessor firms from 1979
to 2002 when he retired. He served in KPMG’s Kansas City office as Partner
in Charge of Audit from 1986 to 1993 and as Managing Partner from 1993 to
2000. Mr. Peffer is a director of NPC International, Inc. and of the
Commerce Funds, a family of eight mutual
funds.
|
Gene
M. Betts, age 56, has been a director of the Company since March
2001. Mr. Betts has been the Chief Financial Officer of Embarq
Corporation since May, 2006. He previously served as Senior
Vice President-Finance at Sprint Nextel Corporation’s local
telecommunications division from August 2005 to May 2006 and as Senior
Vice President – Finance and Treasurer of Sprint Corporation from 1998
until August 2005. Mr. Betts is a Certified Public Accountant.
Prior to joining Sprint he was a partner in Arthur Young & Co. (now
Ernst & Young). Mr. Betts is a director of seven registered investment
companies in the Buffalo Funds complex.
|
||
Thomas
A. McDonnell, age 63, has been a director of the Company since March 2001.
Mr. McDonnell has been President of DST Systems, Inc. (“DST”) since
January 1973 (except for a 30-month period from October 1984 to April
1987), Chief Executive Officer of DST since 1984 and a director of DST
since 1971. He is also a director of Blue Valley Ban Corp., Commerce
Bancshares, Inc., Euronet Worldwide, Inc. and Kansas City
Southern.
|
||
Directors Serving Until the Annual General Meeting in 2011 | ||
Donald
H. Eller, age 66, has been a director of the Company since March 2001. Dr.
Eller has been a private investor since January 1997. From September 1979
to November 1982 he served as the Manager of Navigation System Design for
a division of Magnavox Corporation. From January 1984 to December 1996 he
served as a consultant on Global Positioning Systems and other navigation
technology to various U.S. military agencies and U.S. and foreign
corporations. Dr. Eller holds B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical
Engineering from the University of Texas.
|
||
Clifton
A. Pemble, age 43, has served as a director of the Company since August
2004 and has been President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company
since October 2007. He has served as a director and officer of various
subsidiaries of the Company since August 2003. He has been President and
Chief Operating Officer of Garmin International, Inc. since October
2007. Previously, he was Vice President, Engineering of Garmin
International, Inc. from 2005 to October 2007, Director of Engineering of
Garmin International, Inc. from 2003 to 2005, Software Engineering Manager
of Garmin International, Inc. from 1995 to 2002, and a Software Engineer
with Garmin International, Inc. from 1989 to 1995. Garmin International,
Inc. is a subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Pemble holds BA degrees in
Mathematics and Computer Science from MidAmerica Nazarene
University.
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Name
|
Fees
Earned or
Paid in
Cash
($)
|
Stock
Awards
($)
|
SAR/Option
Awards
($) 1
|
Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
|
Change in
Pension
Value &
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
($)
|
All Other
Compensation
($)
|
Total
($)
|
||||||||||||||||||
Gene
Betts
|
$ | 68,500 | $ | 37,151 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 105,651 | |||||||||||||
Donald
Eller
|
$ | 68,500 | $ | 37,151 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 105,651 | |||||||||||||
Thomas
McDonnell
|
$ | 63,500 | $ | 35,492 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 98,992 | |||||||||||||
Charles
Peffer
|
$ | 73,500 | $ | 41,019 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 114,519 |
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·
|
Although
there is no overall increase in the maximum number of shares available for
issuance under the plan, the plan has been amended to increase the limit
of restricted shares, restricted stock units and performance shares that
may be issued under the plan from 2 million to 3
million.
|
|
·
|
We
modified the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan such that all types of awards
eligible to be granted may become exercisable, vested or paid based on the
achievement of performance goals (rather than only the lapse of time) and
such that the awards are intended to qualify as "performance-based
compensation" under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986. In addition we have expanded the list of eligible
business criteria upon which such performance-based goals under the 2005
Equity Incentive Plan may be based.
|
|
·
|
Unless
completed as part of a broader corporate transaction or reorganization, we
have limited our ability to substitute or replace stock options or stock
appreciation rights if such an action would constitute a repricing of the
stock option or stock appreciation
right.
|
|
·
|
We
have expanded our ability to modify the terms of outstanding equity awards
in connection with a Change of Control, separation, spin-off, sale of a
material portion of our assets or a "going-private"
transaction.
|
|
(i)
|
Earnings
(either in the aggregate or on a per-share
basis);
|
|
(ii)
|
Operating
profit (either in the aggregate or on a per-share
basis);
|
|
(iii)
|
Operating
income (either in the aggregate or on a per-share
basis);
|
|
(iv)
|
Net
earnings on either a LIFO or FIFO basis (either in the aggregate or on a
per-share basis);
|
|
(v)
|
Net
income or loss (either in the aggregate or on a per-share
basis);
|
|
(vi)
|
Ratio
of debt to debt plus equity;
|
|
(vii)
|
Net
borrowing;
|
|
(viii)
|
Credit
quality or debt ratings;
|
|
(ix)
|
Inventory
levels, inventory turn or
shrinkage;
|
|
(x)
|
Cash
flow provided by operations (either in the aggregate or on a per-share
basis);
|
|
(xi)
|
Free
cash flow (either in the aggregate or on a per-share
basis);
|
|
(xii)
|
Reductions
in expense levels, determined either on a Company-wide basis or in respect
of any one or more business units;
|
|
(xiii)
|
Operating
and maintenance cost management and employee
productivity;
|
|
(xiv)
|
Gross
margin;
|
|
(xv)
|
Return
measures (including return on assets, equity, or
sales);
|
|
(xvi)
|
Productivity
increases;
|
|
(xvii)
|
Share
price (including attainment of a specified per-share price during the
relevant performance period; growth measures and total shareholder return
or attainment by the shares of a specified price for a specified period of
time);
|
(xviii)
|
Where
applicable, growth or rate of growth of any of the above business
criteria;
|
|
(xix)
|
Strategic
business criteria, consisting of one or more objectives based on meeting
specified revenue, market share, market penetration, geographic business
expansion goals, objectively identified project milestones, production
volume levels, cost targets, and goals relating to acquisitions or
divestitures;
|
|
(xx)
|
Achievement
of business or operational goals such as market share and/or business
development; and/or
|
|
(xxi)
|
Accomplishment
of mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, public offerings or similar
extraordinary business
transactions.
|
Name and Position
|
Number of
Options
|
Number of SARs
|
Number of RSUs
|
Number of
Performance Shares
|
||||||||||||
Min
H. Kao, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
|
-0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | ||||||||||||
Clifton
A. Pemble, President and Chief Operating Officer
|
-0- | 137,000 | 20,000 | 10,000 | ||||||||||||
Kevin
S. Rauckman, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
|
-0- | 97,000 | 15,000 | 6,000 | ||||||||||||
Andrew
R. Etkind, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
|
-0- | 97,000 | 15,000 | 6,000 | ||||||||||||
Danny
J Bartel, Vice President of Worldwide Sales
|
-0- | 73,500 | 12,000 | 5,000 | ||||||||||||
All
Executive Officers as a Group
|
-0- | 404,500 | 62,000 | 27,000 | ||||||||||||
All
Non-Executive Directors as a Group
|
-0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | ||||||||||||
All
Non-Executive Officer Employees as a Group
|
-0- | 7,128,500 | 981,800 | -0- |
|
·
|
We
have increased the number of shares reserved for delivery under the
Amended and Restated Directors' Plan from 100,000 to
250,000.
|
|
·
|
We
changed the definition of "Change of Control" such that the shareholder
approval alone of any merger, reorganization, consolidation or similar
transaction will not be sufficient to constitute a Change of
Control. The new definition requires the consummation of such a
transaction for there to be a Change of Control. As discussed
below, the occurrence of a Change of Control can accelerate the vesting
and payout of awards granted under the Amended and Restated Directors'
Plan.
|
|
·
|
Unless
completed as part of a broader corporate transaction or reorganization, we
have limited our ability to substitute or replace stock options if such an
action would constitute a repricing of the stock
option.
|
|
·
|
We
have expanded our ability to modify the terms of outstanding option awards
in connection with a Change of Control, separation, spin-off, sale of a
material portion of our assets or a "going-private"
transaction.
|
|
·
|
We
have amended the plan to allow the Board, from time-to-time, to modify the
annual grant formula pursuant to which annual grants of options to
directors will be made.
|
|
·
|
We
have extended the term of the plan such that it will expire on the earlier
of June 5, 2019 or the date all of the plan’s shares have been
delivered.
|
Name
|
Options
Granted
(Number
Of
Shares)
|
|||
All
current outside directors (4 persons)
|
84,420 |
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Audit
Fees
|
$ | 2,355 | $ | 1,705 | ||||
Audit
Related Fees
|
$ | 356 | $ | 230 | (a)(b) | |||
Tax
Fees
|
$ | 119 | $ | 108 | (b)(c) | |||
All
Other Fees
|
$ | 2 | $ | 2 | (d) | |||
Total:
|
$ | 2,832 | $ | 2,045 |
§
|
Provide
fair, reasonable and competitive compensation to executives in order to
attract, motivate and retain a highly qualified executive
team.
|
§
|
Reward
executives for individual performance and
contribution.
|
§
|
Provide
incentives to executives to enhance shareholder
value.
|
§
|
Reward
executives for long-term, sustained individual and Company
performance.
|
§
|
Provide
executive compensation that is internally equitable among the executives
and equitable in relation to the broader Garmin employee
population.
|
§
|
For
non-management directors, provide fair, reasonable and competitive
compensation to attract and retain highly qualified, independent
professionals to represent Garmin
shareholders.
|
|
·
|
Three-year
total shareholder returns
|
|
·
|
Three-year
net income growth
|
|
·
|
Three-year
revenue growth
|
Amgen
|
eBay
|
QUALCOMM
|
Yahoo!
|
Apple
Computer
|
Genzyme
|
Sprint
Nextel
|
|
Applied
Materials
|
Gilead
Sciences
|
Sirius
Satellite Radio
|
|
Celgene
|
Honeywell
|
Staples
|
|
CheckFree
|
Intel
|
Starbucks
|
|
Cisco
Systems
|
Medimmune
|
Sun
Microsystems
|
Advanced
Medical Optics
|
Crown
Castle International
|
Millipore
|
Sprint
Nextel
|
|||
Advanced
Micro Devices
|
Cubic
Corp
|
Motorola
|
Sun
Microsystems
|
|||
Agilent
Technologies
|
Dell
|
National
Semiconductor
|
Texas
Instruments
|
|||
American
Standard Cos
|
Eastman
Kodak
|
NCR
|
US
Cellular
|
|||
Apple
|
Embarq
|
Nike
|
Verizon
Wireless
|
|||
Applied
Materials
|
EMC
|
Nortel
Networks
|
Xerox
|
|||
Avaya
|
Emerson
Electric
|
Perkin
Elmer
|
||||
Avery
Dennison
|
GTECH
|
Plexus
|
||||
Beckman
Coulter
|
Harman
International
|
QUALCOMM
|
||||
Black
& Decker
|
Intel
|
Qwest
Communications
|
||||
Cincinnati
Bell
|
Lexmark
International
|
Seagate
Technology
|
||||
Cisco
Systems
|
Microsoft
|
Sony
Ericsson Mobile
|
Name:
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
|||||||||
Dr.
Kao
|
$ | 270,001 | $ | 320,201 | $ | 500,011 | ||||||
Mr.
Pemble
|
$ | 260,001 | $ | 310,002 | $ | 500,503 | ||||||
Mr.
Rauckman
|
$ | 225,001 | $ | 300,001 | $ | 400,001 | ||||||
Mr.
Etkind
|
$ | 250,001 | $ | 300,002 | $ | 400,002 | ||||||
Mr.
Bartel
|
$ | 180,012 | $ | 230,001 | $ | 350,002 |
Operating Income Growth
|
Amount of Bonus
|
|
Less
than 0%
|
No
Bonus Eligible to be Paid
|
|
Between
0% and 0.499%
|
50%
of Individual Bonus Target
|
|
Between
0.500% and 1.499%
|
60%
of Individual Bonus Target
|
|
Between
1.500% and 2.499%
|
70%
of Individual Bonus Target
|
|
Between
2.500% and 3.499%
|
80%
of Individual Bonus Target
|
|
Between
3.500% and 4.499%
|
90%
of Individual Bonus Target
|
|
Between
4.500% and 5.499%
|
100%
of Individual Bonus Target
|
|
Between
5.500% and 6.499%
|
110%
of Individual Bonus Target
|
|
Between
6.500% and 7.499%
|
120%
of Individual Bonus Target
|
|
Between
7.500% and 8.499%
|
130%
of Individual Bonus Target
|
|
Between
8.500% and 9.499%
|
140%
of Individual Bonus Target
|
|
9.500%
or above
|
150%
of Individual Bonus
Target
|
Name:
|
2006 SARs
|
2007 SARs
|
2008 SARs
|
|||||||||
Mr.
Pemble
|
$ | 803,800 | $ | 1,559,600 | $ | 461,500 | ||||||
Mr.
Rauckman
|
$ | 602,850 | $ | 1,222,550 | $ | 369,200 | ||||||
Mr.
Etkind
|
$ | 602,850 | $ | 1,222,550 | $ | 369,200 | ||||||
Mr.
Bartel
|
$ | 451,575 | $ | 1,011,150 | $ | 276,900 |
Name:
|
2008 RSUs
|
|||
Mr.
Pemble
|
$ | 391,800 | ||
Mr.
Rauckman
|
$ | 293,850 | ||
Mr.
Etkind
|
$ | 293,850 | ||
Mr.
Bartel
|
$ | 235,080 |
Name:
|
2008 Performance Shares
|
|||
Mr.
Pemble
|
$ | 195,900 | ||
Mr.
Rauckman
|
$ | 117,540 | ||
Mr.
Etkind
|
$ | 117,540 | ||
Mr.
Bartel
|
$ | 97,950 |
Name & Principal Position
|
|
Year
|
Salary ($)
|
Bonus ($)
1
|
Stock
Awards
($)
2
|
SARs/Option
Awards
($) 3
|
Non-Equity
Incentive
Plan
Compensation
($)
|
All Other
Compensation
($) 4
|
Total
($)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Min
H. Kao
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chairman
& Chief Executive Officer
|
2006
|
$ | 270,001 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 22,500 | $ | 79,335 | $ | 371,836 | |||||||||||||||
2007
|
$ | 320,201 | $ | 25,000 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 77,698 | $ | 422,899 | ||||||||||||||||
2008
|
$ | 500,011 | $ | 203 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 80,001 | $ | 580,215 | ||||||||||||||||
Clifton
A. Pemble
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
President
& Chief Operation Officer
|
2006
|
$ | 260,001 | $ | 50,000 | $ | - | $ | 222,128 | $ | 21,667 | $ | 27,510 | $ | 581,306 | |||||||||||||||
2007
|
$ | 310,002 | $ | 100,000 | $ | - | $ | 784,149 | $ | - | $ | 22,992 | $ | 1,217,143 | ||||||||||||||||
2008
|
$ | 500,503 | $ | 203 | $ | 3,219 | $ | 1,335,549 | $ | - | $ | 23,569 | $ | 1,863,043 | ||||||||||||||||
Kevin
S. Rauckman
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chief
Financial Officer & Treasurer
|
2006
|
$ | 225,001 | $ | 40,000 | $ | - | $ | 170,947 | $ | 18,750 | $ | 24,010 | $ | 478,708 | |||||||||||||||
2007
|
$ | 300,001 | $ | 80,000 | $ | - | $ | 604,498 | $ | - | $ | 22,992 | $ | 1,007,491 | ||||||||||||||||
2008
|
$ | 400,001 | $ | 203 | $ | 2,414 | $ | 1,037,895 | $ | - | $ | 23,549 | $ | 1,464,062 | ||||||||||||||||
Andrew
R. Etkind
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vice
President, General Counsel & Secretary
|
2006
|
$ | 250,001 | $ | 50,000 | $ | - | $ | 181,473 | $ | 20,833 | $ | 27,760 | $ | 530,067 | |||||||||||||||
2007
|
$ | 300,002 | $ | 90,000 | $ | - | $ | 633,701 | $ | - | $ | 30,742 | $ | 1,054,445 | ||||||||||||||||
2008
|
$ | 400,002 | $ | 203 | $ | 2,414 | $ | 1,059,942 | $ | - | $ | 28,903 | $ | 1,491,464 | ||||||||||||||||
Danny
J. Bartel
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vice
President, Worldwide Sales
|
2006
|
$ | 180,012 | $ | 30,000 | $ | - | $ | 103,417 | $ | 15,001 | $ | 24,010 | $ | 352,440 | |||||||||||||||
2007
|
$ | 230,001 | $ | 72,188 | $ | - | $ | 405,447 | $ | - | $ | 26,742 | $ | 734,378 | ||||||||||||||||
2008
|
$ | 350,002 | $ | 203 | $ | 1,931 | $ | 727,361 | $ | - | $ | 27,251 | $ | 1,106,748 |
All
Other
|
All
Other
|
|
|
Grant Date
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
|
Option
|
Exercise
|
|
Fair
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Estimated
Future
Payouts
|
Estimated
Future
Payouts
|
Awards:
|
Awards:
|
or
Base
|
Closing
|
Value
of
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Under
Non-Equity Incentive
Plan
|
Under
Equity Incentive
Plan
|
Number
of
|
Number
of
|
Price
of
|
Market
|
Stock
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards1
|
Awards2
|
Shares
of
|
Securities
|
Option
|
Price
on
|
and
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Threshold
|
Target
|
Max-
|
Threshold
|
Target
|
Maximum
|
Stock
or
|
Underlying
|
Awards
|
Grant
|
Option
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name
|
Grant Date
|
($)
|
($)
|
imum
($)
|
(#)
|
(#)
|
(#)
|
Units (#)3
|
Options (#) 4
|
($/Sh) 5
|
Date 6
|
Awards 7
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Min
H. Kao
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clifton
A. Pemble
|
6/6/2008
|
25,000 | $ | 50.97 | $ | 51.34 | $ | 461,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/12/2008
|
20,000 | — | $ | 19.59 | $ | 391,800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/12/2008
|
10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | $ | 19.59 | $ | 195,900 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/12/2008
|
$ | 62,500 | $ | 125,000 | $ | 187,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kevin
S. Rauckman
|
6/6/2008
|
20,000 | $ | 50.97 | $ | 51.34 | $ | 369,200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/12/2008
|
15,000 | — | $ | 19.59 | $ | 293,850 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/12/2008
|
6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | $ | 19.59 | $ | 117,540 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/12/2008
|
$ | 40,000 | $ | 80,000 | $ | 120,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrew
R. Etkind
|
6/6/2008
|
20,000 | $ | 50.97 | $ | 51.34 | $ | 369,200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/12/2008
|
15,000 | — | $ | 19.59 | $ | 293,850 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/12/2008
|
6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | $ | 19.59 | $ | 117,540 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/12/2008
|
$ | 40,000 | $ | 80,000 | $ | 120,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danny
J. Bartel
|
6/6/2008
|
15,000 | $ | 50.97 | $ | 51.34 | $ | 276,900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/12/2008
|
12,000 | — | $ | 19.59 | $ | 235,080 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/12/2008
|
5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | $ | 19.59 | $ | 97,950 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/12/2008
|
$ | 35,000 | $ | 70,000 | $ | 105,000 |
Option
Awards
|
Stock
Awards
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name
|
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Exercisable
|
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Unexercisable
|
Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Unearned
Options
(#)
|
Option
Exercise
Price
($)
|
Option
Expiration
Date
|
Number
of
Shares
or
Units of
Stock
That
Have
Not
Vested
(#)
|
Market
Value
of
Shares
or
Units
of
Stock
That
Have
Not
Vested
($)
|
Equity
Incentive
Plan Awards:
Number
of
Unearned
Shares,
Units or
Other
Rights Not
Vested
(#)
|
Equity
Incentive Plan
Awards:
Market or
Payout
Value of
Unearned Shares,
Units
or Other
Rights
That Have
Not
Vested
($)
5
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Min
H. Kao
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clifton
A. Pemble
|
12,000 | (1) | - | - | $ | 10.38 |
12/21/2011
|
- | - | 20,000 | (3) | $ | 387,800 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
20,000 | (1) | - | - | $ | 14.90 |
12/26/2012
|
- | - | 10,000 | (4) | $ | 193,900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20,000 | (1) | - | - | $ | 27.27 |
12/23/2013
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19,200 | (1) | 4,800 | - | $ | 19.94 |
9/23/2014
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7,200 | (2) | 4,800 | - | $ | 21.59 |
6/23/2015
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9,000 | (2) | 6,000 | - | $ | 30.66 |
12/16/2015
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8,000 | (2) | 12,000 | - | $ | 46.15 |
6/9/2016
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8,000 | (2) | 12,000 | - | $ | 51.07 |
12/5/2016
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4,000 | (2) | 16,000 | - | $ | 63.31 |
6/8/2017
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5,000 | (2) | 20,000 | - | $ | 105.33 |
12/4/2017
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- | (2) | 25,000 | - | $ | 50.97 |
6/6/2018
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kevin
S. Rauckman
|
10,000 | (1) | - | - | $ | 10.38 |
12/21/2011
|
- | - | 15,000 | (3) | $ | 290,850 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
15,000 | (1) | - | - | $ | 14.90 |
12/26/2012
|
- | - | 6,000 | (4) | $ | 116,340 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15,000 | (1) | - | - | $ | 27.27 |
12/23/2013
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16,000 | (1) | 4,000 | - | $ | 19.94 |
9/23/2014
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6,000 | (2) | 4,000 | - | $ | 21.59 |
6/23/2015
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7,200 | (2) | 4,800 | - | $ | 30.66 |
12/16/2015
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6,000 | (2) | 9,000 | - | $ | 46.15 |
6/9/2016
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6,000 | (2) | 9,000 | - | $ | 51.07 |
12/5/2016
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3,000 | (2) | 12,000 | - | $ | 63.31 |
6/8/2017
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4,000 | (2) | 16,000 | - | $ | 105.33 |
12/4/2017
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- | (2) | 20,000 | - | $ | 50.97 |
6/6/2018
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrew
R. Etkind
|
20,000 | (1) | - | - | $ | 7.00 |
12/7/2010
|
- | - | 15,000 | (3) | $ | 290,850 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
9,000 | (1) | - | - | $ | 10.38 |
12/21/2011
|
- | - | 6,000 | (4) | $ | 116,340 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17,000 | (1) | - | - | $ | 14.90 |
12/26/2012
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17,000 | (1) | - | - | $ | 27.27 |
12/23/2013
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16,000 | (1) | 4,000 | - | $ | 19.94 |
9/23/2014
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6,000 | (2) | 4,000 | - | $ | 21.59 |
6/23/2015
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7,200 | (2) | 4,800 | - | $ | 30.66 |
12/16/2015
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6,000 | (2) | 9,000 | - | $ | 46.15 |
6/9/2016
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6,000 | (2) | 9,000 | - | $ | 51.07 |
12/5/2016
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3,000 | (2) | 12,000 | - | $ | 63.31 |
6/8/2017
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4,000 | (2) | 16,000 | - | $ | 105.33 |
12/4/2017
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- | (2) | 20,000 | - | $ | 50.97 |
6/6/2018
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danny
J. Bartel
|
7,000 | (1) | - | - | $ | 10.38 |
12/21/2011
|
- | - | 12,000 | (3) | $ | 232,680 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10,000 | (1) | - | - | $ | 14.90 |
12/26/2012
|
- | - | 5,000 | (4) | 96,950 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
10,000 | (1) | - | - | $ | 27.27 |
12/23/2013
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8,000 | (1) | 2,000 | - | $ | 19.94 |
9/23/2014
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3,000 | (2) | 2,000 | - | $ | 21.59 |
6/23/2015
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3,600 | (2) | 2,400 | - | $ | 30.66 |
12/16/2015
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4,000 | (2) | 6,000 | - | $ | 46.15 |
6/9/2016
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5,000 | (2) | 7,500 | - | $ | 51.07 |
12/5/2016
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3,000 | (2) | 12,000 | - | $ | 63.31 |
6/8/2017
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3,000 | (2) | 12,000 | - | $ | 105.33 |
12/4/2017
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- | (2) | 15,000 | - | $ | 50.97 |
6/6/2018
|
- | - | - | - |
Name
|
Voluntary
|
For Cause
|
Death
|
Disability
|
Without
Cause
|
Change in
Control
|
||||||||||||||||||
Min H. Kao
|
$ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||||||||
Clifton
A. Pemble
|
$ | - | $ | - | $ | 575,100 | $ | 575,100 | $ | - | $ | 575,100 | ||||||||||||
Kevin
S. Rauckman
|
$ | - | $ | - | $ | 402,570 | $ | 402,570 | $ | - | $ | 402,570 | ||||||||||||
Andrew
R. Etkind
|
$ | - | $ | - | $ | 402,570 | $ | 402,570 | $ | - | $ | 402,570 | ||||||||||||
Danny
J. Bartel
|
$ | - | $ | - | $ | 325,890 | $ | 325,890 | $ | - | $ | 325,890 |
By
Order of the Board of Directors,
|
|
April
21, 2009
|
Andrew
R. Etkind
|
Vice
President, General Counsel and
Secretary
|
Proposals -
The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the
nominees listed in Proposal 1, a vote FOR Proposal 2,
a vote FOR Proposal 3
and a vote FOR Proposal
4.
|
1.
|
Election
of Directors:
|
For
|
Withhold
|
For
|
Withhold
|
||||||
01 –
Min H. Kao
|
¨
|
¨
|
|
02 –
Charles W. Peffer
|
¨
|
¨
|
|||||
Term
expiring in 2012
|
term
expiring in 2012
|
||||||||||
2.
|
Ratification
of the appointment of Ernst & Young
|
For
|
Against
|
Abstain
|
|||||||
LLP
as Garmin’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2009
fiscal year.
|
¨
|
¨
|
¨
|
||||||||
|
|||||||||||
|
|||||||||||
3.
|
Approval
of Amendment to the Garmin Ltd. 2005
|
For
|
Against
|
Abstain
|
|||||||
Equity
Incentive Plan.
|
¨
|
¨
|
¨
|
||||||||
5.
|
In
their discretion, the Proxies are authorized
|
||||||||||
4.
|
Approval
of Amendment to the Garmin Ltd. 2000
|
For
|
Against
|
Abstain
|
to
vote with respect to any other matters that
|
||||||
Non-Employee
Directors’ Option Plan.
|
¨
|
¨
|
¨
|
may
properly come before the Annual General Meeting or any adjournment
thereof, including matters incident to its
conduct.
|
|
Authorized
Signatures – This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. –
Date and Sign Below
|
/ /
|
Electronic
Voting Instructions
You
can vote by Internet or telephone!
Available
24 hours a day, 7 days a week!
Instead of mailing your proxy, you may choose one of the two
|
||||
voting
methods outlined below to vote your proxy.
|
||||
VALIDATION
DETAILS ARE LOCATED BELOW IN THE
TITLE
BAR
|
||||
Proxies
submitted by the Internet or telephone must be
received
by 1:00 a.m., Central Time, on June 4, 2009.
|
||||
Vote
by Internet
|
||||
|
Ÿ
|
log
onto the Internet and go to
|
||
www.investorvote.com
|
||||
|
Ÿ
|
Follow
the steps outlined on the secured website
|
||
Vote by Telephone
|
||||
|
Ÿ
|
Call
toll free 1-800-652-VOTE (8683) within the United States, Canada &
Puerto Rico any time on a touch tone telephone. There is NO CHARGE to you for the
call.
|
||
|
Ÿ
|
Follow
the instructions provided by the recorded
message.
|
Proposals -
The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the
nominees listed in Proposal 1, a vote FOR Proposal 2,
a vote FOR Proposal 3
and a vote FOR Proposal
4.
|
1.
|
Election
of Directors:
|
For
|
Withhold
|
For
|
Withhold
|
||||||
01 –
Min H. Kao
|
¨
|
¨
|
|
02 –
Charles W. Peffer
|
¨
|
¨
|
|||||
Term
expiring in 2012
|
term
expiring in 2012
|
||||||||||
2.
|
Ratification
of the appointment of Ernst & Young
|
For
|
Against
|
Abstain
|
|||||||
LLP
as Garmin’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2009
fiscal year.
|
¨
|
¨
|
¨
|
||||||||
|
|||||||||||
|
|||||||||||
3.
|
Approval
of Amendment to the Garmin Ltd. 2005
|
For
|
Against
|
Abstain
|
|||||||
Equity
Incentive Plan.
|
¨
|
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5.
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In
their discretion, the Proxies are authorized
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4.
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Approval
of Amendment to the Garmin Ltd. 2000
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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to
vote with respect to any other matters that
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Non-Employee
Directors’ Option Plan.
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¨
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¨
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¨
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may
properly come before the Annual General Meeting or any adjournment
thereof, including matters incident to its
conduct.
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Non-Voting
Items
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Electronic
Voting Instructions
You
can vote by Internet or telephone!
Available
24 hours a day, 7 days a week!
Instead of mailing your proxy, you may choose one of the two
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voting
methods outlined below to vote your voting
instructions.
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VALIDATION
DETAILS ARE LOCATED BELOW IN THE
TITLE
BAR
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Proxies
submitted by the Internet or telephone must be
received
by 1:00 a.m., Central Time, on June 4, 2009.
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Vote by Internet | ||||
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Log
onto the Internet and go to
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www.investorvote.com
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Follow
the steps outlined on the secured website
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Vote by Telephone
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Ÿ
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Call
toll free 1-800-652-VOTE (8683) within the United States, Canada &
Puerto Rico any time on a touch tone telephone. There is NO CHARGE to you for the
call.
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Follow
the instructions provided by the recorded
message.
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Proposals -
The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the
nominees listed in Proposal 1, a vote FOR Proposal 2,
a vote FOR Proposal 3
and a vote FOR Proposal
4.
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1.
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Election
of Directors:
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For
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Withhold
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For
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Withhold
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01 –
Min H. Kao
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02 –
Charles W. Peffer
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Term
expiring in 2012
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term
expiring in 2012
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2.
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Ratification
of the appointment of Ernst & Young
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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LLP
as Garmin’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2009
fiscal year.
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3.
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Approval
of Amendment to the Garmin Ltd. 2005
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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Equity
Incentive Plan.
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5.
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In
their discretion, the Proxies are authorized
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4.
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Approval
of Amendment to the Garmin Ltd. 2000
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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to
vote with respect to any other matters that
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Non-Employee
Directors’ Option Plan.
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¨
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¨
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¨
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may
properly come before the Annual General Meeting or any adjournment
thereof, including matters incident to its
conduct.
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Non-Voting
Items
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Article
1. Establishment, Objectives and Duration
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B-4
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1.1.
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Establishment
and Amendment of the Plan
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B-4
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1.2.
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Objectives
of the Plan
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B-4
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1.3.
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Duration
of the Plan
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B-4
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Article
2. Definitions
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B-4
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Article
3. Administration
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B-11
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3.1.
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Board
and Plan Committee
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B-11
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3.2.
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Powers
of the Board
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B-12
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Article
4. Shares Subject to the Plan
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B-14
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4.1.
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Number
of Shares Available.
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B-14
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4.2.
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Adjustments
in Authorized Shares.
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B-15
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4.3.
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Newly
Issued Shares
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B-15
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Article
5. Eligibility and General Conditions of Awards
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B-15
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5.1.
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Eligibility
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B-15
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5.2.
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Grant
Date
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B-15
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5.3.
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Maximum
Term
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B-15
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5.4.
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Award
Agreement
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B-16
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5.5.
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Restrictions
on Share Transferability
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B-16
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5.6.
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Termination
of Affiliation
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B-16
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5.7.
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Nontransferability
of Awards.
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B-18
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5.8.
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Section
162(m) Performance Awards.
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B-19
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Article
6. Stock Options
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B-22
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6.1.
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Grant
of Options
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B-22
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6.2.
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Award
Agreement
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B-22
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6.3.
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Option
Price
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B-22
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6.4.
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Grant
of Incentive Stock Options
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B-23
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6.5.
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Exercise
of Options
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B-24
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Article
7. Stock Appreciation Rights
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B-25
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7.1.
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Grant
of SARs
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B-25
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7.2.
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SAR
Award Agreement
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B-26
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7.3.
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Exercise
of SARs
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B-26
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7.4.
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Expiration
of SARs
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B-26
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7.5.
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Payment
of SAR Amount
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B-26
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Article
8. Restricted Shares and Bonus Shares
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B-26
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8.1.
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Grant
of Restricted Shares
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B-26
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8.2.
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Bonus
Shares
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B-27
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8.3.
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Award
Agreement
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B-27
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8.4.
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Consideration
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B-27
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8.5.
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Effect
of Forfeiture
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B-27
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8.6.
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Escrow;
Legends
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B-27
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Article
9. Restricted Stock Units (f/k/a "Deferred
Shares")
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B-28
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9.1.
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Grant
of Restricted Stock Units
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B-28
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9.2.
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Award
Agreement
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B-28
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9.3.
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Crediting
Restricted Stock Units
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B-28
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9.4.
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Settlement
of RSU Accounts
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B-28
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Article
10. Performance Units and Performance Shares
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B-29
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10.1.
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Grant
of Performance Units and Performance Shares
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B-29
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10.2.
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Value/Performance
Goals
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B-29
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10.3.
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Payment
of Performance Units and Performance Shares
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B-29
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10.4.
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Form
and Timing of Payment of Performance Units and Performance
Shares
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B-29
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Article
11. Beneficiary Designation
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B-30
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Article
12. Rights of Employees
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B-30
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12.1.
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Employment
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B-30
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12.2.
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Participation
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B-30
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Article
13. Amendment, Modification, and Termination
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B-30
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13.1.
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Amendment,
Modification, and Termination
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B-30
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13.2.
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Adjustments
Upon Certain Unusual or Nonrecurring Events
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B-30
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13.3.
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Awards
Previously Granted
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B-31
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13.4.
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Adjustments
in Connection with Change of Control
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B-31
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13.5.
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Prohibition
on Repricings
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B-32
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Article
14. Withholding
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B-32
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14.1.
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Mandatory
Tax Withholding.
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B-32
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14.2.
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Notification
under Code Section 83(b)
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B-33
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Article
15. Equity Incentive Plans of Foreign
Subsidiaries
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B-33
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Article
16. Additional Provisions
|
B-33
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16.1.
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Successors
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B-33
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16.2.
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Gender
and Number
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B-33
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16.3.
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Severability
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B-33
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16.4.
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Requirements
of Law
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B-34
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16.5.
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Securities
Law Compliance.
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B-34
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16.6.
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No
Rights as a Shareholder.
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B-34
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16.7.
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Nature
of Payments
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B-35
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16.8.
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Military
Service
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B-35
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16.9.
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Governing
Law
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B-35
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Article
1.
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Establishment,
Objectives and Duration
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1.1
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Establishment and
Amendment of the Plan . The Board of Directors (the
"Board") of Garmin Ltd., a Cayman Islands company (the "Company"),
established the Garmin Ltd. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") on
March 1, 2005. The Company's shareholders approved the Plan on
June 3, 2005, effective as of June 3, 2005 (the "Effective
Date"). In 2006, the Company effected a two-for-one stock split
of the Company's common Shares (the "Stock Split"). Subject to
approval of the shareholders of the Company, the Board adopted this
amended and restated plan effective June 5, 2009 with certain amendments
reflecting the Stock Split, updated changes in the law and an expanded
type of performance-based awards eligible to be granted under the
Plan.
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1.2
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Objectives of the
Plan . The Plan is intended to allow employees of the
Company and its Subsidiaries to acquire or increase equity ownership in
the Company, or to be compensated under the Plan based on growth in the
Company's equity value, thereby strengthening their commitment to the
success of the Company and stimulating their efforts on behalf of the
Company, and to assist the Company and its Subsidiaries in attracting new
employees and retaining existing employees. The Plan is also
intended to optimize the profitability and growth of the Company through
incentives which are consistent with the Company's goals; to provide
incentives for excellence in individual performance; and to promote
teamwork.
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1.3
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Duration of the
Plan . The Plan shall commence on the Effective Date and
shall remain in effect, subject to the right of the Board to amend or
terminate the Plan at any time pursuant to Article 13 hereof, until all
Shares subject to it shall have been purchased or acquired according to
the Plan's provisions.
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2.1
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"Article " means
an Article of the Plan.
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2.2
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"Award " means
Options, Restricted Shares, Bonus Shares, SARs, Restricted Stock Units,
Performance Units or Performance Shares granted under the
Plan.
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2.3
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" Award
Agreement " means a written agreement by which an Award is
evidenced.
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2.4
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" Beneficial
Owner " has the meaning specified in Rule 13d-3 of the SEC under
the Exchange Act.
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2.5
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"Board " has the
meaning set forth in Section 1.1.
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2.6
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"Bonus Shares "
means Shares that are awarded to a Grantee without cost and without
restrictions in recognition of past performance (whether determined by
reference to another employee benefit plan of the Company or otherwise) or
as an incentive to become an employee of the Company or a
Subsidiary.
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2.7
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" Business
Criteria " has the meaning set forth in Section
5.8(c).
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2.8
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"Cause " means,
unless otherwise defined in an Award
Agreement,
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(a)
|
a
Grantee's conviction of, plea of guilty to, or plea of nolo contendere to
a felony or other crime that involves fraud, dishonesty or moral
turpitude,
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(b)
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any
willful action or omission by a Grantee which would constitute grounds for
immediate dismissal under the employment policies of the Company or the
Subsidiary by which Grantee is employed, including but not limited to
intoxication with alcohol or illegal drugs while on the premises of the
Company or any Subsidiary, or violation of sexual harassment laws or the
internal sexual harassment policy of the Company or the Subsidiary by
which Grantee is employed,
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(c)
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a
Grantee's habitual neglect of duties, including but not limited to
repeated absences from work without reasonable excuse,
or
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(d)
|
a
Grantee's willful and intentional material misconduct in the performance
of his duties that results in financial detriment to the Company or any
Subsidiary;
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2.9
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" Change of
Control " means, unless otherwise defined in an Award Agreement,
any one or more of the following:
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(a)
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any
Person other than (i) a Subsidiary, (ii) any employee benefit plan (or any
related trust) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) any
Excluded Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 35% or more of the common
shares of the Company or of Voting Securities representing 35% or more of
the combined voting power of the Company (such a person or group, a "35% Owner "),
except that (i) no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred
solely by reason of such beneficial ownership by a corporation with
respect to which both more than 60% of the common shares of such
corporation and Voting Securities representing more than 60% of the
aggregate voting power of such corporation are then owned, directly or
indirectly, by the persons who were the direct or indirect owners of the
common shares and Voting Securities of the Company immediately before such
acquisition in substantially the same proportions as their ownership,
immediately before such acquisition, of the common shares and Voting
Securities of the Company, as the case may be and (ii) such corporation
shall not be deemed a 35% Owner; or
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(b)
|
the
Incumbent Directors (determined using the Effective Date as the baseline
date) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the
directors of the Company then serving;
or
|
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(c)
|
the
consummation by the Company (whether directly involving the Company or
indirectly involving the Company through one or more intermediaries) of a
merger, reorganization, consolidation, or similar transaction, or the sale
or other disposition of all or substantially all (at least 40%) of the
consolidated assets of the Company or a plan of liquidation of the Company
(any of the foregoing transactions, a " Reorganization
Transaction ") which is not an Exempt Reorganization
Transaction.
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2.10
|
" Change of Control
Period " has the meaning set forth in Section
5.6(c).
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2.11
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" Change of Control
Value " means the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of a
Change of Control.
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2.12
|
"Code " means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and
regulations and rulings thereunder. References to a particular
section of the Code include references to successor provisions of the Code
or any successor statute.
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2.13
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"Company " has
the meaning set forth in Section
1.1.
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2.14
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"Disabled " or
"Disability "
means an individual (i) 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 twelve (12) months or (ii)
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 twelve (12) months, receiving income
replacement benefits for a period of not less than 3 months under a
Company-sponsored accident and health plan. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, with respect to an Incentive Stock Option, "Disability" means a
permanent and total disability, within the meaning of Code Section
22(e)(3), as determined by the Board in good faith, upon receipt of
medical advice from one or more individuals, selected by the Board, who
are qualified to give professional medical
advice.
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2.15
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"Effective Date
" has the meaning set forth in Section
1.1.
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2.16
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" Eligible
Person " means any employee (including any officer) of the Company
or any Subsidiary, including any such employee who is on an approved leave
of absence or has been subject to a disability which does not qualify as a
Disability.
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2.17
|
"Exchange Act "
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. References to a
particular section of the Exchange Act include references to successor
provisions.
|
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2.18
|
" Excluded
Person " means any Person who, along with such Person's Affiliates
and Associates (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 of the General
Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act) is the Beneficial Owner of
15% or more of the Shares outstanding as of the Effective
Date.
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2.19
|
" Exempt Reorganization
Transaction " means a Reorganization Transaction which (i) results
in the Persons who were the direct or indirect owners of the outstanding
common shares and Voting Securities of the Company immediately before such
Reorganization Transaction becoming, immediately after the consummation of
such Reorganization Transaction, the direct or indirect owners of both
more than 60% of the then-outstanding common shares of the Surviving
Corporation and Voting Securities representing more than 60% of the
aggregate voting power of the Surviving Corporation, in substantially the
same respective proportions as such Persons' ownership of the common
shares and Voting Securities of the Company immediately before such
Reorganization Transaction, or (ii) after such transaction, more than 50%
of the members of the board of directors of the Surviving Corporation were
Incumbent Directors at the time of the Board's approval of the agreement
providing for the Reorganization Transaction or other action of the Board
approving the transaction (or whose election or nomination was approved by
a vote of at least two-thirds of the members who were members of the Board
at that time).
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2.20
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" Fair Market
Value " means, unless otherwise determined or provided by the Board
in the circumstances, (A) with respect to any property other than Shares,
the fair market value of such property determined by such methods or
procedures as shall be established from time to time by the Board, and (B)
with respect to Shares, (i) the last sale price (also referred to as the
closing price) of a Share on such U.S. securities exchange as the Shares
are then traded, for the applicable date, (ii) if such U.S. securities
exchange is closed for trading on such date, or if the Shares do not trade
on such date, then the last sales price used shall be the one on the date
the Shares last traded on such U.S. securities exchange, or (iii) in the
event that there shall be no public market for the Shares, the fair market
value of the Shares as determined in good faith by the Board using a
method consistently applied. Notwithstanding the above, for all
Options, SARs and Deferred Shares (RSUs) granted before June 5, 2009, Fair
Market Value for purposes of establishing Option Prices, Exercise Prices
or values of Shares, respectively, was established based on the average of
the high and low trading prices on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (or, if
no sale of Shares was reported for such date, on the next preceding date
on which a sale of Shares was
reported).
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2.21
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" Freestanding
SAR " means any SAR that is granted independently of any
Option.
|
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2.22
|
"Good Reason "
means any action by the Company or the Subsidiary employing a Grantee
which results in any of the following without the Grantee's
consent: (a) a material diminution or other material adverse
change in the Grantee's position, authority or duties, (b) requiring the
Grantee to be based at any office or location more than 50 miles from the
location where he or she was previously based, (c) a material diminution
in the Grantee's compensation in the aggregate, other than a diminution
applicable to all similarly situated employees. A Grantee shall
not have Good Reason to terminate his or her position unless, (1) within
60 days following the event or circumstance set forth above in (a), (b) or
(c), the Grantee notifies the Company of such event or circumstance, (2)
the Grantee gives the Company 30 days to correct the event or
circumstance, and (3) the Company does not correct, in all material
respects, such event or
circumstance.
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2.23
|
"Grant Date "
has the meaning set forth in Section
5.2.
|
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2.24
|
"Grantee " means
an individual who has been granted an
Award.
|
|
2.25
|
"Including " or
"includes
" mean "including, without limitation," or "includes, without limitation",
respectively.
|
|
2.26
|
" Incumbent
Directors " means, as of any specified baseline date, individuals
then serving as members of the Board who were members of the Board as of
the date immediately preceding such baseline date; provided that any
subsequently-appointed or elected member of the Board whose election, or
nomination for election by shareholders of the Company or the Surviving
Corporation, as applicable, was approved by a vote or written consent of a
majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Directors shall
also thereafter be considered an Incumbent Director, unless the initial
assumption of office of such subsequently-elected or appointed director
was in connection with (i) an actual or threatened election contest,
including a consent solicitation, relating to the election or removal of
one or more members of the Board, (ii) a "tender offer" (as such term is
used in Section 14(d) of the Exchange Act), or (iii) a proposed
Reorganization Transaction.
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2.27
|
"Option " means
an option granted under Article 6 of the Plan, including an incentive
stock option.
|
|
2.28
|
"Option Price "
means the price at which a Share may be purchased by a Grantee pursuant to
an Option.
|
|
2.29
|
"Option Term "
means the period beginning on the Grant Date of an Option and ending on
the expiration date of such Option, as specified in the Award Agreement
for such Option and as may, consistent with the provisions of the Plan, be
extended from time to time by the Board prior to the expiration date of
such Option then in effect.
|
|
2.30
|
" Performance
Award " means any Award that will be issued, granted, vested,
exercisable or payable, as the case may be, upon the achievement of one or
more Business Criteria, as set forth in Section
5.8.
|
|
2.31
|
" Performance
Period " has the meaning set forth in Section
10.2.
|
|
2.32
|
" Performance
Share" or " Performance
Unit " has the meaning set forth in
Article 10.
|
|
2.33
|
" Period of
Restriction " means the period during which the transfer of
Restricted Shares is limited in some way (based on the passage of time,
the achievement of performance goals, or upon the occurrence of other
events as determined by the Board) or the Shares are subject to a
substantial risk of forfeiture, as provided in Article
8.
|
|
2.34
|
"Person " shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange
Act and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a "group" as
defined in Section 13(d) thereof.
|
|
2.35
|
"Plan " has the
meaning set forth in Section 1.1.
|
|
2.36
|
"Plan Committee
" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.1.
|
|
2.37
|
" Reorganization
Transaction " has the meaning set forth in Section
2.8(c).
|
|
2.38
|
" Restricted
Shares " means Shares that are issued as an Award under the Plan
that is subject to Restrictions.
|
|
2.39
|
" Restricted Stock
Units" (f/k/a " Deferred
Shares ") means units awarded to Grantees pursuant to Article 9
hereof, which are convertible into Shares at such time as such units are
no longer subject to Restrictions as established by the
Board. Restricted Stock Units are the same as "Deferred Shares"
previously referred to and granted under the Plan prior to this Amended
and Restated Plan becoming
effective.
|
|
2.40
|
"Restriction "
means any restriction on a Grantee's free enjoyment of the Shares or other
rights underlying Awards, including (a) that the Grantee or other holder
may not sell, transfer, pledge, or assign a Share or right, and (b) such
other restrictions as the Board may impose in the Award Agreement
(including, without limitation, any restriction on the right to vote such
Share, and the right to receive any dividends). Restrictions may be based
on the passage of time or the satisfaction of performance criteria or the
occurrence of one or more events or conditions, and shall lapse separately
or in combination upon such conditions and at such time or times, in
installments or otherwise, as the Board shall specify. Awards subject to a
Restriction shall be forfeited if the Restriction does not lapse prior to
such date or the occurrence of such event or the satisfaction of such
other criteria as the Board shall
determine.
|
|
2.41
|
"Rule 16b-3 "
means Rule 16b-3 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act, together
with any successor rule, as in effect from time to
time.
|
|
2.42
|
"SAR " means a
stock appreciation right and includes both Tandem SARs and Freestanding
SARs.
|
|
2.43
|
"SAR Term "
means the period beginning on the Grant Date of a SAR and ending on the
expiration date of such SAR, as specified in the Award Agreement for such
SAR and as may, consistent with the provisions of the Plan, be extended
from time to time by the Board prior to the expiration date of such SAR
then in effect.
|
|
2.44
|
"SEC " means the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor
thereto.
|
|
2.45
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"Section "
means, unless the context otherwise requires, a Section of the
Plan.
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2.46
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" Section 16
Person " means a person who is subject to obligations under Section
16 of the Exchange Act with respect to transactions involving equity
securities of the Company.
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2.47
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"Share " means a
common share, $0.005 par value, of the
Company.
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2.48
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"Subsidiary "
means with respect to any Person, (a) any corporation of which more than
50% of the Voting Securities are at the time, directly or indirectly,
owned by such Person, and (b) any partnership or limited liability company
in which such Person has a direct or indirect interest (whether in the
form of voting power or participation in profits or capital contribution)
of more than 50%. Solely with respect to a grant of an
incentive stock option under the requirements of Section 422 of the Code,
"Subsidiary" means a "subsidiary corporation" as defined in Section 424(f)
of the Code.
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2.49
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" Substitute
Option " has the meaning set forth in Section
6.3.
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2.50
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" Surviving
Corporation " means the corporation resulting from a Reorganization
Transaction or, if Voting Securities representing at least 50% of the
aggregate voting power of such resulting corporation are directly or
indirectly owned by another corporation, such other
corporation.
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"Tandem SAR "
means a SAR that is granted in connection with, or related to, an Option,
and which requires forfeiture of the right to purchase an equal number of
Shares under the related Option upon the exercise of such SAR; or
alternatively, which requires the cancellation of an equal amount of SARs
upon the purchase of the Shares subject to the
Option.
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2.52
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" Tax
Withholding " has the meaning set forth in Section
14.1(a).
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2.53
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" Termination of
Affiliation " occurs on the first day on which an individual is for
any reason no longer providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary
in the capacity of an employee, or with respect to an individual who is an
employee of a Subsidiary, the first day on which such Subsidiary ceases to
be a Subsidiary. A Termination of Affiliation shall have the
same meaning as a "separation from service" under Code Section
409A(2)(A)(i).
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2.54
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" Voting
Securities " of a corporation means securities of such corporation
that are entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, but not
including any other class of securities of such corporation that may have
voting power by reason of the occurrence of a
contingency.
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3.1
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Board and Plan
Committee . Subject to Article 13, and to Section 3.2,
the Plan shall be administered by the Board, or a committee of the Board
appointed by the Board to administer the Plan (" Plan Committee
"). To the extent the Board considers it desirable for
transactions relating to Awards to be eligible to qualify for an exemption
under Rule 16b-3, the Plan Committee shall consist of two or more
directors of the Company, all of whom qualify as "non-employee directors"
within the meaning of Rule 16b-3. To the extent the Board
considers it desirable for compensation delivered pursuant to Awards to be
eligible to qualify for an exemption from the limit on tax deductibility
of compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Plan Committee shall
consist of two or more directors of the Company, all of whom shall qualify
as "outside directors" within the meaning of Code Section
162(m). The number of members of the Plan Committee shall from
time to time be increased or decreased, and shall be subject to such
conditions, including, but not limited to having exclusive authority to
make certain grants of Awards or to perform such other acts, in each case
as the Board deems appropriate to permit transactions in Shares pursuant
to the Plan to satisfy such conditions of Rule 16b-3 or Code Section
162(m) as then in effect.
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3.2
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Powers of the
Board . Subject to the express provisions of the Plan,
the Board has full and final authority and sole discretion as
follows:
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(a)
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taking
into consideration the reasonable recommendations of management, to
determine when, to whom and in what types and amounts Awards should be
granted and the terms and conditions applicable to each Award, including
the Option Price, the Option Term, the Restrictions, the benefit payable
under any SAR, Performance Unit or Performance Share and whether or not
specific Awards shall be granted in connection with other specific Awards,
and if so whether they shall be exercisable cumulatively with, or
alternatively to, such other specific
Awards;
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(b)
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to
determine the amount, if any, that a Grantee shall pay for Restricted
Shares, whether and on what terms to permit or require the payment of cash
dividends thereon to be deferred, when Restrictions on Restricted Shares
(including Restricted Shares acquired upon the exercise of an Option)
shall lapse and whether such shares shall be held in
escrow;
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(c)
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to
construe and interpret the Plan and to make all determinations necessary
or advisable for the administration of the
Plan;
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(d)
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to
make, amend, and rescind rules relating to the Plan, including rules with
respect to the exercisability and nonforfeitability of Awards and lapse of
Restrictions upon the Termination of Affiliation of a
Grantee;
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(e)
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to
determine the terms and conditions of all Award Agreements (which need not
be identical) and, with the consent of the Grantee, to amend any such
Award Agreement at any time, among other things, to permit transfers of
such Awards to the extent permitted by the Plan; provided that the consent
of the Grantee shall not be required for any amendment which (A) does not
adversely affect the rights of the Grantee, or (B) is necessary or
advisable (as determined by the Board) to carry out the purpose of the
Award as a result of any new or change in existing applicable
law;
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(f)
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to
cancel, with the consent of the Grantee, outstanding Awards and to grant
new Awards in substitution therefore; provided that any replacement grant
that would be considered a repricing shall be subject to shareholder
approval;
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(g)
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to
accelerate the exercisability (including exercisability within a period of
less than six months after the Grant Date) of, and to accelerate or waive
any or all of the terms, conditions or Restrictions applicable to, any
Award or any group of Awards for any reason and at any time, including in
connection with a Termination of
Affiliation;
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(h)
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subject
to Section 5.3, to extend the time during which any Award or group of
Awards may be exercised;
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(i)
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to
make such adjustments or modifications to Awards to Grantees who are
working outside the United States as are advisable to fulfill the purposes
of the Plan or to comply with applicable local law, and to authorize
foreign Subsidiaries to adopt plans as provided in Article
15;
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(j)
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to
delegate to any member of the Board or committee of Board members such of
its powers as it deems appropriate, including the power to subdelegate,
except that only a member of the Board of Directors of the Company (or a
committee thereof) may grant Awards from time to time to specified
categories of Eligible Persons in amounts and on terms to be specified by
the Board; provided that no such grants shall be made other than by the
Board or the Plan Committee to individuals who are then Section 16 Persons
or other than by the Plan Committee to individuals who are then or are
deemed likely to become a "covered employee" within the meaning of Code
Section 162(m);
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(k)
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to
delegate to officers, employees or independent contractors of the Company
matters involving the routine administration of the Plan and which are not
specifically required by any provision of this Plan to be performed by the
Board of Directors of the Company;
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(l)
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to
delegate its duties and responsibilities under the Plan with respect to
foreign Subsidiary plans, except its duties and responsibilities with
respect to Section 16 Persons, and (A) the acts of such delegates shall be
treated hereunder as acts of the Board and (B) such delegates shall report
to the Board regarding the delegated duties and
responsibilities;
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(m)
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to
correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency,
and construe and interpret the Plan, the rules and regulations, any Award
Agreement or any other instrument entered into or relating to an Award
under the Plan, and to make all determinations, including factual
determinations, necessary or advisable for the administration of the
Plan;
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(n)
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to
impose such additional terms and conditions upon the grant, exercise or
retention of Awards as the Board may, before or concurrently with the
grant thereof, deem appropriate, including limiting the percentage of
Awards which may from time to time be exercised by a Grantee;
and
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(o)
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to
take any other action with respect to any matters relating to the Plan for
which it is responsible.
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4.1
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Number of Shares
Available.
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(a)
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Plan Limit.
Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.2, the number of Shares
hereby reserved for delivery under the Plan is ten million (10,000,000)
Shares. The maximum number of Shares that may be delivered
pursuant to the exercise of Options (including incentive stock options
under Code Section 422) or SARs is ten million (10,000,000 Shares. The
maximum number of Shares that may be delivered as Restricted Shares or
pursuant to Performance Units or Restricted Stock Units is three million
(3,000,000) Shares. The maximum number of Bonus Shares that may
be awarded is one million (1,000,000) Shares. If any Shares
subject to an Award granted hereunder are forfeited or an Award or any
portion thereof otherwise terminates or is settled without the issuance of
Shares, the Shares subject to such Award, to the extent of any such
forfeiture, termination or settlement, shall again be available for grant
under the Plan. The Board may from time to time determine the
appropriate methodology for calculating the number of Shares issued
pursuant to the Plan.
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(b)
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Individual Limit. No
individual Grantee may be granted Options, SARs, Restricted Shares,
Restricted Stock Units, Bonus Shares, Performance Units or Performance
Shares in Shares, or in any combination thereof, relating to an aggregate
number of Shares under the Plan that exceeds two million (2,000,000)
Shares in any 5-year period. If a previously granted Option,
SAR, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Unit, or Performance Share is
forfeited, canceled or repriced, such forfeited, canceled or repriced
Award as the case may be, shall continue to be counted against the maximum
number of Shares subject to Awards that may be delivered to any Grantee
under this Section 4.1(b).
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4.2
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Adjustments in
Authorized Shares.
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(a)
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Adjustment
Principle. In the event that the Board determines that
any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares,
other securities, or other property), recapitalization, share split,
reverse share split, subdivision, consolidation or reduction of capital,
reorganization, merger, scheme of arrangement, split-up, spin-off or
combination involving the Company or repurchase or exchange of Shares or
other rights to purchase Shares or other securities of the Company, or
other similar corporate transaction or event affects the Shares such that
any adjustment is determined by the Board to be appropriate in order to
prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits
intended to be made available under the Plan, then the Board shall, in
such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust any or all of (i) the number
and type of Shares (or other securities or property of the Company or any
Person that is a party to a Reorganization Transaction with the Company)
with respect to which Awards may be granted, (ii) the number and type of
Shares (or other securities or property of the Company or any Person that
is a party to a Reorganization Transaction with the Company) subject to
outstanding Awards, and (iii) the grant or exercise price with respect to
any Award or, if deemed appropriate, make provision for a cash payment to
the holder of an outstanding Award or the substitution of other property
for Shares subject to an outstanding Award; provided, that the number of
Shares subject to any Award denominated in Shares shall always be a whole
number.
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(b)
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Example. By
way of illustration, and not by way of limitation, the following
illustrates how the foregoing adjustment principles would apply in the
context of a stock split: Assume a Grantee holds an Option to
purchase 1,000 shares of Company stock at an Option Price of $50 per
share. Assume further that the Company completes a two-for-one
stock split such that every stockholder on the requisite record date
receives two shares of Company stock for every one share held on the
record date. Pursuant to the adjustment principles set forth
above in Section 4.2(a), the Grantee's Option would be adjusted such that,
after such adjustment, the Grantee would hold an Option to purchase 2,000
shares of Company stock at an Option Price of $25 per
share. All other terms and conditions of the Option would
remain the same. Similar adjustment principles would apply to
SARs, Performance Shares, Performance Units, Bonus Shares and Deferred
Shares. This Section 4.2(b) is for illustrative purposes only,
assumes hypothetical facts, and shall not, under any event or
circumstance, be interpreted as the adjustment outcome with respect to
specific factual situations.
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4.3
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Newly Issued
Shares . Shares delivered in connection with Awards may
only be newly issued Shares.
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5.1
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Eligibility
. The Board may grant Awards to any Eligible Person, whether or
not he or she has previously received an
Award.
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5.2
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Grant Date
. The Grant Date of an Award shall be the date on which the
Board grants the Award or such later date as specified by the Board (i) in
the Board's resolutions or minutes addressing the Award grants or (ii) in
the Award Agreement.
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5.3
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Maximum Term
. Subject to the following proviso, the Option Term or other
period during which an Award may be outstanding shall not extend more than
10 years after the Grant Date, and shall be subject to earlier termination
as herein specified.
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5.4
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Award Agreement
. To the extent not set forth in the Plan, the terms and
conditions of each Award (which need not be the same for each grant or for
each Grantee) shall be set forth in an Award
Agreement.
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5.5
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Restrictions on Share
Transferability . The Board may include in the Award
Agreement such restrictions on any Shares acquired pursuant to the
exercise or vesting of an Award as it may deem advisable, including
restrictions under applicable federal securities
laws.
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5.6
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Termination of
Affiliation . Except as otherwise provided in an Award
Agreement (including an Award Agreement as amended by the Board pursuant
to Section 3.2), and subject to the provisions of Section 13.1, the extent
to which the Grantee shall have the right to exercise, vest in, or receive
payment in respect of an Award following Termination of Affiliation shall
be determined in accordance with the following provisions of this Section
5.6.
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(a)
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For Cause
. If a Grantee has a Termination of Affiliation for
Cause:
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(b)
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On Account of Death or
Disability . If a Grantee has a Termination of
Affiliation on account of death or
Disability:
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(c)
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Change of Control
Period . If a Grantee has a Termination of Affiliation
during the period (" Change of Control
Period ") commencing on a Change of Control and ending on the first
anniversary of the Change of Control, which Termination of Affiliation is
initiated by the Company or a Subsidiary other than for Cause, or
initiated by the Grantee for Good Reason,
then
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(d)
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Any Other
Reason . If a Grantee has a Termination of Affiliation
for any reason other than for Cause, death or Disability, and other than
under the circumstances described in Section 5.6(c),
then:
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5.7
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Nontransferability of
Awards.
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(a)
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Except
as provided in Section 5.7(c) below, each Award, and each right under any
Award, shall be exercisable only by the Grantee during the Grantee's
lifetime, or, if permissible under applicable law, by the Grantee's
guardian or legal representative.
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(b)
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Except
as provided in Section 5.7(c) below, no Award (prior to the time, if
applicable, Shares are issued in respect of such Award), and no right
under any Award, may be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or
otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Grantee otherwise than by will or
by the laws of descent and distribution and any such purported assignment,
alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance shall be
void and unenforceable against the Company or any Subsidiary; provided,
that the designation of a beneficiary shall not constitute an assignment,
alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or
encumbrance.
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(c)
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To
the extent and in the manner permitted by the Board, and subject to such
terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Board, a Grantee may
transfer an Award to (a) a 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 of the Grantee, (including adoptive relationships), (b)
any person sharing the Grantee's household (other than a tenant or
employee), (c) a trust in which persons described in (a) or (b) have more
than 50% of the beneficial interest, (d) a foundation in which persons
described in (a) or (b) or the Grantee own more than 50% of the voting
interests; provided such transfer is not for value. The
following shall not be considered transfers for value: (i) a
transfer under a domestic relations order in settlement of marital
property rights; and (ii) a transfer to an entity in which more than 50%
of the voting interests are owned by persons described in (a) or (b) above
or the Grantee, in exchange for an interest in that
entity.
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5.8
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Section 162(m)
Performance Awards.
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(a)
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General . Any
type of Award that is eligible to be granted under the Plan may be granted
to officers and employees as awards intended to satisfy the requirements
of "performance-based compensation" within the meaning of Section 162(m)
of the Code ("
Performance Awards "). The grant, vesting,
exercisability or payment of Performance Awards may depend on the degree
of achievement of one or more performance goals relative to a
preestablished target level or levels using one or more of the Business
Criteria set forth below.
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(b)
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Class . The
eligible class of persons to receive Performance Awards shall be any
hourly or salaried officer or employee of the Company or one of its
subsidiaries. The Plan Committee approving Performance Awards
or making any certification required pursuant to Section 5.8(c) must be
constituted as provided for in Section 3.1 for awards that are intended as
performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the
Code.
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(c)
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Performance
Goals . The specific performance goals for Performance
Awards shall be, on an absolute or relative basis, established based on
one or more of the following business criteria (" Business
Criteria ") for the Company on a segregated or consolidated basis
or for one or more of the Company's subsidiaries, segments, divisions, or
business units, as selected by the Plan
Committee:
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(i)
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Earnings
(either in the aggregate or on a per-Share
basis);
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(d)
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Flexibility as to
Timing, Weighting, Applicable Business Unit . For Awards
intended to comply with the performance-based exception to Code Section
162(m), the Plan Committee shall set the Business Criteria within the time
period prescribed by Section 162(m) of the Code. The levels of performance
required with respect to Business Criteria may be expressed in absolute or
relative levels and may be based upon a set increase, set positive result,
maintenance of the status quo, set decrease or set negative result.
Business Criteria may differ for Awards to different Grantees. The Plan
Committee shall specify the weighting (which may be the same or different
for multiple objectives) to be given to each performance objective for
purposes of determining the final amount payable with respect to any such
Award. Any one or more of the Business Criteria may apply to a Grantee, to
the Company as a whole, to one or more Subsidiaries or to a department,
unit, division or function within the Company, within any one or more
Subsidiaries or any one or more joint ventures of which the Company is a
party, and may apply either alone or relative to the performance of other
businesses or individuals (including industry or general market
indices).
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(e)
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Discretion to
Adjust . The Plan Committee shall have the discretion to
adjust the determinations of the degree of attainment of the
pre-established performance goals; provided, however, that Awards which
are designed to qualify for the performance-based exception under Code
Section 162(m) may not (unless the Plan Committee determines to amend the
Award so that it no longer qualifies for such performance-based exception)
be adjusted upward. The Plan Committee shall retain the discretion to
adjust such Awards downward. The Plan Committee may not, unless the Plan
Committee determines to amend the Award so that it no longer qualifies for
the performance-based exception, delegate any responsibility with respect
to Awards intended to qualify for such performance-based exception. All
determinations by the Plan Committee as to the achievement of the Business
Criteria shall be certified in writing prior to payment of the
Award.
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(f)
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Alteration of
Performance Measures . In the event that applicable laws
allow an Award to qualify for the performance-based exception to Code
Section 162(m) even if the Plan Committee alters the governing Business
Criteria without obtaining shareholder approval, the Plan Committee shall
have sole discretion to make such changes without obtaining shareholder
approval.
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6.1
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Grant of
Options . Subject to the terms and provisions of the
Plan, Options may be granted to any Eligible Person in such number, and
upon such terms, and at any time and from time to time as shall be
determined by the Board. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Board may grant to any Eligible Person, or permit any
Eligible Person to elect to receive, an Option in lieu of or in
substitution for any other compensation (whether payable currently or on a
deferred basis, and whether payable under this Plan or otherwise) which
such Eligible Person may be eligible to receive from the Company or a
Subsidiary, which Option may have a value (as determined by the Board
under Black-Scholes or any other option valuation method) that is equal to
or greater than the amount of such other
compensation.
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6.2
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Award Agreement
. Each Option grant shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement
that shall specify the Option Price, the Option Term, the number of shares
to which the Option pertains, the time or times at which such Option shall
be exercisable and such other provisions as the Board shall
determine.
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6.3
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Option Price
. The Option Price of an Option under this Plan shall be
determined by the Board, and shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market
Value of a Share on the Grant Date; provided, however ,
that any Option (" Substitute
Option ") that is (x) granted to a Grantee in connection with the
acquisition ("Acquisition "),
however effected, by the Company of another corporation or entity (" Acquired
Entity ") or the assets thereof, (y) associated with an option to
purchase shares of stock or other equity interest of the Acquired Entity
or an affiliate thereof (" Acquired Entity
Option ") held by such Grantee immediately prior to such
Acquisition, and (z) intended to preserve for the Grantee the economic
value of all or a portion of such Acquired Entity Option, shall be granted
such that such option substitution is completed in conformity with the
rules set forth in Section 424(a) of the
Code.
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6.4
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Grant of Incentive
Stock Options . At the time of the grant of any Option
to an Eligible Person who is an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary,
the Board may designate that such option shall be made subject to
additional restrictions to permit it to qualify as an "incentive stock
option" under the requirements of Section 422 of the Code. Any
option designated as an incentive stock
option:
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(a)
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shall
not be granted to a person who owns shares (including shares treated as
owned under Section 424(d) of the Code) possessing more than 10% of the
total combined voting power of all classes of shares of the
Company;
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(b)
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shall
be for a term of not more than 10 years from the Grant Date, and shall be
subject to earlier termination as provided herein or in the applicable
Award Agreement;
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(c)
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shall
not have an aggregate Fair Market Value (determined for each incentive
stock option at its Grant Date) of Shares with respect to which incentive
stock options are exercisable for the first time by such Grantee during
any calendar year (under the Plan and any other employee stock option plan
of the Grantee's employer or any parent or Subsidiary thereof ("Other Plans
")), determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 422 of the
Code, which exceeds $100,000 (the " $100,000
Limit");
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(d)
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shall,
if the aggregate Fair Market Value of a Share (determined on the Grant
Date) with respect to the portion of such grant which is exercisable for
the first time during any calendar year ("Current Grant
") and all incentive stock options previously granted under the Plan and
any Other Plans which are exercisable for the first time during a calendar
year (" Prior
Grants ") would exceed the $100,000 Limit, be exercisable as
follows:
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(e)
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shall
be granted within 10 years from the earlier of the date the Plan is
adopted or the date the Plan is approved by the shareholders of the
Company;
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(f)
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shall
require the Grantee to notify the Board of any disposition of any Shares
issued pursuant to the exercise of the incentive stock option under the
circumstances described in Section 421(b) of the Code (relating to certain
disqualifying dispositions), within 10 days of such disposition;
and
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(g)
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shall
by its terms not be assignable or transferable other than by will or the
laws of descent and distribution and may be exercised, during the
Grantee's lifetime, only by the Grantee; provided, however, that the
Grantee may, to the extent provided in the Plan in any manner specified by
the Board, designate in writing a beneficiary to exercise such incentive
stock option after the Grantee's
death.
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6.5
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Exercise of
Options . Options shall be exercised by the delivery of
a written notice of exercise to the Company or its designee, setting forth
the number of Shares with respect to which the Option is to be exercised,
accompanied by full payment for the Shares made by cash, personal check or
wire transfer or, subject to the approval of the Board pursuant to
procedures approved by the Board,
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(a)
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through
the sale of the Shares acquired on exercise of the Option through a
broker-dealer to whom the Grantee has submitted an irrevocable notice of
exercise and irrevocable instructions to deliver promptly to the Company
the amount of sale or loan proceeds sufficient to pay for such Shares,
together with, if requested by the Company, the amount of federal, state,
local or foreign withholding taxes payable by Grantee by reason of such
exercise,
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(b)
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through
simultaneous sale through a broker of Shares acquired on exercise, as
permitted under Regulation T of the Federal Reserve
Board,
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(c)
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by
delivery to the Company of certificates representing the number of Shares
then owned by the Grantee, the Fair Market Value of which equals the
purchase price of the Shares purchased in connection with the Option
exercise, properly endorsed for transfer to the Company; provided however,
that Shares used for this purpose must have been held by the Grantee for
such minimum period of time as may be established from time to time by the
Board; and provided further that the Fair Market Value of any Shares
delivered in payment of the purchase price upon exercise of the Options
shall be the Fair Market Value as of the exercise date, which shall be the
date of delivery of the certificates for the Stock used as payment of the
exercise price. For purposes of this Section 6.5(c), in lieu of
actually surrendering to the Company the stock certificates representing
the number of Shares then owned by the Grantee, the Board may, in its
discretion permit the Grantee to submit to the Company a statement
affirming ownership by the Grantee of such number of Shares and request
that such Shares, although not actually surrendered, be deemed to have
been surrendered by the Grantee as payment of the exercise price,
or
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(d)
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by
a "net exercise" arrangement pursuant to which the Company will not
require a payment of the Option Price but will reduce the number of Shares
upon the exercise by the largest number of whole shares that has a Fair
Market Value on the date of exercise that does not exceed the aggregate
Option Price. With respect to any remaining balance of the
aggregate option price, the Company will accept a cash payment from the
Grantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a "net exercise" arrangement will
not be an eligible exercise method for incentive stock options unless and
until the Company and its advisors conclude that such method of exercise
may be utilized without resulting in a disqualification of the incentive
stock option.
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7.1
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Grant of SARs
. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan, SARs may be
granted to any Eligible Person at any time and from time to time as shall
be determined by the Board in its sole discretion. The Board
may grant Freestanding SARs or Tandem SARs, or any combination
thereof.
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(a)
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Number of
Shares. The Board shall
have complete discretion to determine the number of SARs granted to any
Grantee, subject to the limitations imposed in this Plan and by applicable
law.
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(b)
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Exercise Price and
Other Terms . All SARs shall be granted with an exercise
price no less than the Fair Market Value of the underlying Shares of Stock
on the SARs' Grant Date. The Board, subject to the provisions
of this Plan, shall have complete discretion to determine the terms and
conditions of SARs granted under this Plan. The exercise price
per Share of Tandem SARs shall equal the exercise price per Share of the
related Option.
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7.2
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SAR Award
Agreement . Each SAR granted under the Plan shall be
evidenced by a written SAR Award Agreement which shall be entered into by
the Company and the Grantee to whom the SAR is granted and which shall
specify the exercise price per share, the SAR Term, the conditions of
exercise, and such other terms and conditions as the Board in its sole
discretion shall determine.
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7.3
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Exercise of
SARs . SARs shall be exercised by the delivery of a
written notice of exercise to the Company or its designee, setting forth
the number of Shares over which the SAR is to be
exercised. Tandem SARs (a) may be exercised with respect to all
or part of the Shares subject to the related Option upon the surrender of
the right to exercise the equivalent portion of the related Option; (b)
may be exercised only with respect to the Shares for which its related
Option is then exercisable; and (c) may be exercised only when the Fair
Market Value of the Shares subject to the Option exceeds the Option Price
of the Option. The value of the payment with respect to the
Tandem SAR may be no more than 100% of the difference between the Option
Price of the underlying Option and the Fair Market Value of the Shares
subject to the underlying Option at the time the Tandem SAR is
exercised.
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7.4
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Expiration of
SARs . A SAR granted under this Plan shall expire on the
date set forth in the SAR Award Agreement, which date shall be determined
by the Board in its sole discretion. Unless otherwise
specifically provided for in the SAR Award agreement, a Tandem SAR granted
under this Plan shall be exercisable at such time or times and only to the
extent that the related Option is exercisable. The Tandem SAR
shall terminate and no longer be exercisable upon the termination or
exercise of the related Options, except that Tandem SARs granted with
respect to less than the full number of shares covered by a related Option
shall not be reduced until the exercise or termination of the related
Option exceeds the number of Shares not covered by the
SARs.
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7.5
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Payment of SAR
Amount . Upon exercise of a SAR, a Grantee shall be
entitled to receive payment from the Company in an amount determined by
multiplying (i) the positive difference between the Fair Market Value of a
Share on the date of exercise over the exercise price per Share by (ii)
the number of Shares with respect to which the SAR is
exercised. The payment upon a SAR exercise shall be solely in
whole Shares of equivalent value. Fractional Shares shall be
rounded down to the nearest whole Share with no cash consideration being
paid upon exercise.
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8.1
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Grant of Restricted
Shares . Subject to the terms and provisions of the
Plan, the Board, at any time and from time to time, may grant Restricted
Shares to any Eligible Person in such amounts as the Board shall
determine.
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8.2
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Bonus Shares
. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Board may grant Bonus
Shares to any Eligible Person, in such amount and upon such terms and at
any time and from time to time as shall be determined by the
Board. Bonus Shares shall be Shares issued without any
Restriction.
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8.3
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Award Agreement
. Each grant of Restricted Shares shall be evidenced by an
Award Agreement, which shall specify the Restrictions and the Period(s) of
Restriction, the number of Restricted Shares granted, and such other
provisions as the Board shall determine. The Board may impose
such Restrictions on any Restricted Shares as it may deem advisable,
including Restrictions based upon the achievement of specific performance
goals (Company-wide, divisional, Subsidiary or individual), time-based
Restrictions on vesting or Restrictions under applicable securities laws;
provided that in all cases, the Restricted Shares shall be subject to a
minimum two-year graduated vesting schedule (50% each year), except, if as
provided in the Award Agreement, in the event of death, disability, Change
of Control, Termination of Affiliation with Good Reason, or Termination of
Affiliation by the Employer other than for
Cause.
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8.4
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Consideration
. The Board shall determine the amount, if any, that a Grantee
shall pay for Restricted Shares or Bonus Shares. Such payment
shall be made in full by the Grantee before the delivery of the shares and
in any event no later than 10 business days after the Grant Date for such
shares.
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8.5
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Effect of
Forfeiture . If Restricted Shares are forfeited, and if
the Grantee was required to pay for such shares or acquired such
Restricted Shares upon the exercise of an Option, the Grantee shall be
deemed to have resold such Restricted Shares to the Company at a price
equal to the lesser of (x) the amount paid by the Grantee for such
Restricted Shares, or (y) the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of
such forfeiture. The Company shall pay to the Grantee the
required amount as soon as is administratively practical. Such
Restricted Shares shall cease to be outstanding, and shall no longer
confer on the Grantee thereof any rights as a shareholder of the Company,
from and after the date of the event causing the forfeiture, whether or
not the Grantee accepts the Company’s tender of payment for such
Restricted Shares.
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8.6
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Escrow; Legends
. The Board may provide that the certificates for any
Restricted Shares or Bonus Shares shall be represented by, at the option
of the Board, either book entry registration or by a stock certificate or
certificates. If the shares of Restricted Shares are
represented by a certificate or certificates, such shares (x) shall be
held (together with a stock power executed in blank by the Grantee) in
escrow by the Secretary of the Company until such Restricted Shares become
nonforfeitable or are forfeited or (y) shall bear an appropriate legend
restricting the transfer of such Restricted Shares. If any
Restricted Shares become nonforfeitable and are represented by
certificates, the Company shall cause certificates for such Shares to be
issued without such legend.
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9.1
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Grant of Restricted
Stock Units . Subject to and consistent with the
provisions of the Plan and Code Sections 409A(a)(2), (3) and (4), the
Board, at any time and from time to time, may grant Restricted Stock Units
to any Eligible Person, in such amount and upon such terms as the Board
shall determine. A Grantee shall have no voting rights in Restricted Stock
Units.
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9.2
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Award Agreement
. Each grant of Restricted Stock Units shall be evidenced by an
Award Agreement that shall specify the Restrictions, the number of Shares
subject to the Restricted Stock Units granted, and such other provisions
as the Plan Committee shall determine in accordance with the Plan and Code
Section 409A. The Plan Committee may impose such Restrictions
on Restricted Stock Units, including time-based Restrictions, Restrictions
based on the achievement of specific performance goals, time-based
Restrictions following the achievement of specific performance goals,
Restrictions based on the occurrence of a specified event, and/or
restrictions under applicable securities laws; provided that in all cases
the Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to a minimum two-year
graduated vesting schedule (50% each year), except, if as provided in the
Award Agreement, in the event of death, Disability, Change of Control,
Termination of Affiliation with Good Reason, or Termination of Affiliation
by the Employer other than for
Cause.
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9.3
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Crediting Restricted
Stock Units . The Company shall establish an account
(" RSU
Account ") on its books for each Eligible Person who receives a
grant of Restricted Stock Units. Restricted Stock Units shall be credited
to the Grantee's RSU Account as of the Grant Date of such Restricted Stock
Units. RSU Accounts shall be maintained for recordkeeping purposes only
and the Company shall not be obligated to segregate or set aside assets
representing securities or other amounts credited to RSU Accounts. The
obligation to make distributions of securities or other amounts credited
to RSU Accounts shall be an unfunded, unsecured obligation of the
Company.
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9.4
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Settlement of RSU
Accounts . The Company shall settle an RSU Account by
delivering to the holder thereof (which may be the Grantee or his or her
Beneficiary, as applicable) a number of Shares equal to the whole number
of Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units then credited to the
Grantee's RSU Account (or a specified portion in the event of any partial
settlement); provided that any fractional Shares underlying Restricted
Stock Units remaining in the RSU Account on the Settlement Date shall be
distributed in cash in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share
as of the Settlement Date multiplied by the remaining fractional
Restricted Share Unit. The "Settlement Date" for all Restricted
Stock Units credited to a Grantee's RSU Account shall be the date when
Restrictions applicable to an Award of Restricted Stock Units have
lapsed.
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10.1
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Grant of Performance
Units and Performance Shares . Subject to the terms of
the Plan, Performance Units or Performance Shares may be granted to any
Eligible Person in such amounts and upon such terms, and at any time and
from time to time, as the Board shall determine. Each grant of
Performance Units or Performance Shares shall be evidenced by an Award
Agreement which shall specify the terms and conditions applicable to the
Performance Units or Performance Shares, as the Board
determines.
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10.2
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Value/Performance
Goals . Each Performance Unit shall have an initial
value that is established by the Board at the time of grant, that is equal
to the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date. The
Board shall set the Business Criteria which, depending on the extent to
which they are met, will determine the number or value of Performance
Units or Performance Shares that will be paid to the
Grantee. For purposes of this Article 10, the time period
during which the performance goals must be met shall be called a " Performance
Period ." The Board shall have complete discretion to
establish the performance goals.
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10.3
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Payment of Performance
Units and Performance Shares . Subject to the terms of
this Plan, after the applicable Performance Period has ended, the holder
of Performance Units or Performance Shares shall be entitled to receive a
payment based on the number and value of Performance Units or Performance
Shares earned by the Grantee over the Performance Period, determined as a
function of the extent to which the corresponding performance goals have
been achieved.
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10.4
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Form and Timing of
Payment of Performance Units and Performance Shares
. Payment of earned Performance Units or Performance Shares
shall be made in a lump sum following the close of the applicable
Performance Period. The Board may cause earned Performance
Units or Performance Shares to be paid in cash or in Shares (or in a
combination thereof) which have an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to
the value of the earned Performance Units or Performance Shares at the
close of the applicable Performance Period. Such Shares may be
granted subject to any restrictions deemed appropriate by the
Board. The form of payout of such Awards shall be set forth in
the Award Agreement pertaining to the grant of the
Award.
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12.1
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Employment
. Nothing in the Plan shall interfere with or limit in any way
the right of the Company to terminate any Grantee's employment at any
time, nor confer upon any Grantee the right to continue in the employ of
the Company.
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12.2
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Participation
. No employee shall have the right to be selected to receive an
Award, or, having been so selected, to be selected to receive a future
Award.
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13.1
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Amendment,
Modification, and Termination . Subject to the terms of
the Plan, the Board of Directors of the Company may at any time and from
time to time, alter, amend, suspend or terminate the Plan in whole or in
part without the approval of the Company's shareholders, except to the
extent the Board of Directors of the Company determines it is desirable to
obtain approval of the Company's shareholders, to retain eligibility for
exemption from the limitations of Code Section 162(m), to have available
the ability for Options to qualify as ISOs, to comply with the
requirements for listing on any exchange where the Company's Shares are
listed, or for any other purpose the Board of Directors of the Company
deems appropriate.
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13.2
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Adjustments Upon
Certain Unusual or Nonrecurring Events . The Board may
make adjustments in the terms and conditions of Awards in recognition of
unusual or nonrecurring events (including the events described in Section
4.2) affecting the Company or the financial statements of the Company or
of changes in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles,
whenever the Board determines that such adjustments are appropriate in
order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential
benefits intended to be made available under the
Plan.
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13.3
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Awards Previously
Granted . Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Plan to the contrary (but subject to Section 2.8 and Section 13.2), no
termination, amendment or modification of the Plan shall adversely affect
in any material way any Award previously granted under the Plan, without
the written consent of the Grantee of such Award. Any
adjustment, modification, extension or renewal of an Option shall be
effected such that the Option is either exempt from, or is compliant with,
Code section 409A.
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13.4
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Adjustments in
Connection with Change of Control . In the event the
Company undergoes a Change of Control or in the event of a separation,
spin-off, sale of a material portion of the Company's assets or any "going
private" transaction under Rule 13e-3 promulgated pursuant to the Exchange
Act and in which a Change of Control does not occur, the Board, or the
board of directors of any corporation assuming the obligations of the
Company, shall have the full power and discretion to prescribe and amend
the terms and conditions for the exercise, or modification, of any
outstanding Awards granted hereunder in the manner as agreed to by the
Board as set forth in the definitive agreement relating to the
transaction. Without limitation, the Board or Plan Committee
may:
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(a)
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remove
restrictions on Restricted Shares and Restricted Stock
Units;
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(b)
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modify
the performance requirements for any other
Awards;
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(c)
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provide
that Options or other Awards granted hereunder must be exercised in
connection with the closing of such transactions, and that if not so
exercised such Awards will expire;
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(d)
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provide
for the purchase by the Company of any such Award, upon the Grantee's
request, for an amount of cash equal to the amount that could have been
attained upon the exercise of such Award or realization of the Grantee's
rights had such Award been currently exercisable or
payable;
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(e)
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make
such adjustment to any such Award then outstanding as the Board deems
appropriate to reflect such Change of
Control;
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(f)
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cause
any such Award then outstanding to be assumed, or new rights substituted
therefore, by the acquiring or surviving corporation after such Change of
Control. Any such determinations by the Board may be made
generally with respect to all Participants, or may be made on a
case-by-case basis with respect to particular
Participants.
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13.5
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Prohibition on
Repricings . Except in connection with a corporate
transaction involving the Company (including, without limitation, any
stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary cash dividend,
recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up,
spin-off, combination, or exchange of shares), the terms of outstanding
Awards may not be amended to reduce the exercise price of outstanding
Options or SARs or cancel outstanding Options or SARs in exchange for
cash, other Awards or Options or SARs with an exercise price that is less
than the exercise price of the original Options or SARs without
stockholder approval.
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14.1
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Mandatory Tax
Withholding.
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(a)
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Whenever
under the Plan, Shares are to be delivered upon exercise or payment of an
Award, or upon the lapse of Restrictions on an Award, or any other event
with respect to rights and benefits hereunder (the exercise date, date
such Restrictions lapse or such payment of any other benefit or right
occurs hereinafter referred to as the "Tax Date "),
the Company shall be entitled to require and may accommodate the Grantee's
request if so requested, to satisfy all federal, state, local and foreign
tax withholding requirements, including Social Security and Medicare
("FICA ")
taxes related thereto (" Tax
Withholding "), by one or a combination of the following
methods:
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(i)
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Payment
of an amount in cash equal to the amount to be
withheld;
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(b)
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Any
Grantee who makes a disqualifying disposition of an incentive stock option
granted under the Plan or who makes an election under Section 83(b) of the
Code shall remit to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy all
resulting Tax Withholding; provided that, in lieu of or in addition to the
foregoing, the Company shall have the right to withhold such Tax
Withholding from compensation otherwise due to the Grantee or from any
Shares or other payment due to the Grantee under the
Plan.
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14.2
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Notification under
Code Section 83(b) . If the Grantee, in connection with
the exercise of any Option, or the grant of Restricted Shares, makes the
election permitted under Section 83(b) of the Code to include in such
Grantee's gross income in the year of transfer the amounts specified in
Section 83(b) of the Code, then such Grantee shall notify the Company of
such election within 10 days of filing the notice of the election with the
Internal Revenue Service, in addition to any filing and notification
required pursuant to regulations issued under Section 83(b) of the
Code. The Board may, in connection with the grant of an Award
or at any time thereafter prior to such an election being made, prohibit a
Grantee from making the election described
above.
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16.1
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Successors
. All obligations of the Company under the Plan with respect to
Awards granted hereunder shall be binding on any successor to the Company,
whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or
indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise of all or
substantially all of the business or assets of the
Company.
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16.2
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Gender and
Number . Except where otherwise indicated by the
context, any masculine term used herein also shall include the feminine;
the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the
plural.
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16.3
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Severability
. If any part of the Plan is declared by any court or
governmental authority to be unlawful or invalid, such unlawfulness or
invalidity shall not invalidate any other part of the Plan. Any
Section or part of a Section so declared to be unlawful or invalid shall,
if possible, be construed in a manner which will give effect to the terms
of such Section or part of a Section to the fullest extent possible while
remaining lawful and valid.
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16.4
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Requirements of
Law . The granting of Awards and the issuance of Shares
under the Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and
regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or stock
exchanges as may be required. Notwithstanding any provision of
the Plan or any Award, Grantees shall not be entitled to exercise, or
receive benefits under, any Award, and the Company shall not be obligated
to deliver any Shares or other benefits to a Grantee, if such exercise or
delivery would constitute a violation by the Grantee or the Company of any
applicable law or regulation.
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16.5
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Securities Law
Compliance.
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(a)
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If
the Board deems it necessary to comply with any applicable securities law,
or the requirements of any stock exchange upon which Shares may be listed,
the Board may impose any restriction on Shares acquired pursuant to Awards
under the Plan as it may deem advisable. All certificates for
Shares delivered under the Plan pursuant to any Award or the exercise
thereof shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other
restrictions as the Board may deem advisable under the rules, regulations
and other requirements of the SEC, any stock exchange upon which Shares
are then listed, any applicable securities law, and the Board may cause a
legend or legends to be placed on any such certificates to refer to such
restrictions. If so requested by the Company, the Grantee shall
represent to the Company in writing that he or she will not sell or offer
to sell any Shares unless a registration statement shall be in effect with
respect to such Shares under the Securities Act of 1933 or unless he or
she shall have furnished to the Company evidence satisfactory to the
Company that such registration is not
required.
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(b)
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If
the Board determines that the exercise of, or delivery of benefits
pursuant to, any Award would violate any applicable provision of
securities laws or the listing requirements of any stock exchange upon
which any of the Company's equity securities are then listed, then the
Board may postpone any such exercise or delivery, as applicable, but the
Company shall use all reasonable efforts to cause such exercise or
delivery to comply with all such provisions at the earliest practicable
date.
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16.6
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No Rights as a
Shareholder . A Grantee shall not have any rights as a
shareholder with respect to the Shares (other than Restricted Shares)
which may be deliverable upon exercise or payment of such Award until such
shares have been delivered to him or her. Restricted Shares, whether held
by a Grantee or in escrow by the Secretary of the Company, shall confer on
the Grantee all rights of a shareholder of the Company, except as
otherwise provided in the Plan or Award Agreement. Unless otherwise
determined by the Board at the time of a grant of Restricted Shares, any
cash dividends that become payable on Restricted Shares shall be deferred
and, if the Board so determines, reinvested in additional Restricted
Shares. Except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, any share
dividends and deferred cash dividends issued with respect to Restricted
Shares shall be subject to the same restrictions and other terms as apply
to the Restricted Shares with respect to which such dividends are issued.
The Board may provide for payment of interest on deferred cash
dividends.
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16.7
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Nature of
Payments . Awards shall be special incentive payments to
the Grantee and shall not be taken into account in computing the amount of
salary or compensation of the Grantee for purposes of determining any
pension, retirement, death or other benefit under (a) any pension,
retirement, profit-sharing, bonus, insurance or other employee benefit
plan of the Company or any Subsidiary or (b) any agreement between (i) the
Company or any Subsidiary and (ii) the Grantee, except as such plan or
agreement shall otherwise expressly
provide.
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16.8
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Military
Service . Awards shall be administered in accordance
with Section 414(u) of the Code and the Uniformed Services Employment and
Reemployment Rights Act of 1994.
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16.9
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Governing Law
. The Plan and the rights of any Grantee receiving an Award
thereunder shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with and
governed by the laws of the State of Kansas without giving effect to the
principles of the conflict of laws to the
contrary.
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(a)
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any
Person other than (i) a Subsidiary, (ii) any employee benefit plan (or any
related trust) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) any
Excluded Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 35% or more of the common
shares of the Company or of Voting Securities representing 35% or more of
the combined voting power of the Company (such a person or group, a “35% Owner”),
except that (i) no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred
solely by reason of such beneficial ownership by a corporation with
respect to which both more than 60% of the common shares of such
corporation and Voting Securities representing more than 60% of the
aggregate voting power of such corporation are then owned, directly or
indirectly, by the persons who were the direct or indirect owners of the
common shares and Voting Securities of the Company immediately before such
acquisition in substantially the same proportions as their ownership,
immediately before such acquisition, of the common shares and Voting
Securities of the Company, as the case may be and (ii) such corporation
shall not be deemed a 35% Owner; or
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(b)
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the
Incumbent Directors (determined using the Original Effective Date as the
baseline date) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of
the directors of the Company then serving;
or
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(c)
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the
consummation by the Company (whether directly involving the Company or
indirectly involving the Company through one or more intermediaries) of a
merger, reorganization, consolidation, or similar transaction, or the sale
or other disposition of all or substantially all (at least 40%) of the
consolidated assets of the Company or a plan of liquidation of the Company
(any of the foregoing transactions, a “ Reorganization
Transaction”) which is not an Exempt Reorganization
Transaction.
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Time Elapsed After Grant Date
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Percentage of Option Exercisable
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Less
than 1 year
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0 | % | ||
1
year but less than 2 years
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33-1/3 | % | ||
2
years but less than 3 years
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66-2/3 | % | ||
3
years or more
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100 | % |