UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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SCHEDULE 14A
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ADEPT TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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ADEPT TECHNOLOGY, INC.
SUPPLEMENT TO NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING AND PROXY STATEMENT
Annual Meeting
This proxy supplement provides updated information with respect to the 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Adept Technology, Inc. to be held on Friday, November 7, 2008, at 8:00 a.m., Pacific Time, at Hilton Pleasanton at The Club, Executive Boardroom, 7050 Johnson Drive, Pleasanton, California 94588 for the purposes set forth in the Notice of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders dated September 24, 2008.
Election of Directors (Proposal One)
On November 4, 2008, the Board of Directors of Adept approved the discontinuation of Mr. Robert H. Bucher’s service as Executive Chairman of the Board employed by Adept and elected Michael P. Kelly, currently serving as Lead Independent Director, to serve as Chairman of the Board. Robert H. Bucher will remain a non-Chairman member of the Adept Board of Directors and a nominee for election to the Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Voting and Quorum; Vote Required
The election of directors at the annual meeting requires the affirmative vote of a plurality of the votes cast at the annual meeting. Only six nominees were proposed for election to the Board, and no nominations by stockholders for election as directors have been made in the manner required by the Adept Bylaws as discussed under “Stockholder Proposals and Nominations” below in the proxy statement.
Approval of 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Proposal Two)
At the annual meeting, Adept stockholders are being asked to approve the adoption of Adept’s 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (referred to as the 2008 ESPP). On November 4, 2008, the Board of Directors of Adept approved the amendment of the 2008 ESPP to clarify the shares authorized for issuance and remove the “evergreen” provision providing for the annual increase of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the 2008 ESPP in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 50,000 shares of Common Stock, (ii) 3% of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock on the immediately preceding June 30th (last day of the prior fiscal year) or (iii) a lesser amount as determined by the Board. The 2008 ESPP, as submitted for approval by the stockholder of the Company at its 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders now authorizes issuance of shares of common stock in a fixed amount (totaling approximately 633,400 shares), subject to adjustment as contemplated by the 2008 ESPP.
Specifically, Section 13(a) of the Adept Technology, Inc. 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan was amended and replaced in its entirety to read as follows:
13.Stock.
(a) Subject to adjustment upon changes in capitalization of the Company as provided in Section 19 hereof, the maximum number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock which shall be made available for sale under the Plan shall be 200,000 shares, plus any shares of Common Stock that were authorized for issuance under the Company’s 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Prior Plan”) that, as of September 1, 2008, remained unissued under the Prior Plan.
Proxies already returned by stockholders will remain valid and will be voted at the Annual Meeting unless revoked. Unless otherwise directed in the proxy those proxies, and any proxies returned before the Annual Meeting, will be voted for the 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended. Stockholders may revoke any previously delivered proxy at any time before it is voted at the Annual Meeting by sending a written revocation, by submitting another proxy on a later date, by attending the Annual Meeting and voting in person or, in the case of stockholders whose shares are voted through a bank or broker, by contacting the bank or brokerage firm. Attendance at the meeting will not, by itself, be sufficient to revoke a proxy.
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