Washington, D.C. 20549
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
SL INDUSTRIES, INC.
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SUPPLEMENT TO PROXY STATEMENT DATED MAY 26, 2011
Reference is made to the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders of SL Industries, Inc. (the “Company”), dated May 2, 2011 (the “Original Notice”), with respect to the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to be held on June 8, 2011, at 10:00 A.M., local time, at the offices of Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky LLP located at 65 East 55th Street, New York, New York 10022 (the “Meeting”), and the Proxy Statement and Proxy Card of the Company with respect to the Meeting which accompanied such Original Notice.
The purpose of this supplement is to advise you of a change to Proposal No. 2 set forth in the Original Notice, the Proxy Statement and the Proxy Card. Proposal No. 2 originally proposed that the Company’s 2008 Incentive Stock Plan (the “2008 Plan”) be amended solely to increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.20 par value per share (the “Common Stock”) subject to the 2008 Plan from 315,000 shares to 450,000 shares (the “Reserved Share Amendment”). Since the date of the mailing of the Original Notice, Proxy Statement and Proxy Card, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) has determined that in addition to increasing the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the 2008 Plan, that the 2008 Plan also be amended to require shareholder approval prior to the reduction of the exercise price of any outstanding options or stock appreciation rights, any repricing through cancellations and re-grants of new options or stock appreciation rights, or any cancellation of outstanding options or stock appreciation rights with an exercise price above the current stock price in exchange for cash or other securities (the “Repricing Amendment”). Accordingly, in addition to the Reserved Share Amendment described in the Proxy Statement that accompanied the Original Notice, the Board proposes to effect the Repricing Amendment by amending Section 14 of 2008 Plan as set forth in Exhibit A hereto.
Any Proxy Card that is voted in favor of Proposal No. 2 will now be deemed a vote in favor of both the Reserved Share Amendment and the Repricing Amendment. We have enclosed an updated Proxy Card. If you have already delivered a properly executed Proxy Card, you do not need to do anything with the enclosed Proxy Card unless you wish to change your vote. If you have previously returned a Proxy Card and wish to change your vote on Proposal No. 2 (or on any other proposals to be submitted to shareholders at the Meeting) you may do so at any time prior to the time of the Meeting, by either completing and returning a new Proxy Card, by giving notice of revocation in writing to the Secretary of the Company, or by voting in person at the Meeting. We have provided on the following page a Revised Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
| Sincerely yours, |
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| LOUIS J. BELARDI |
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Mount Laurel, New Jersey May 26, 2011 | |
SL INDUSTRIES, INC.
520 Fellowship Road,
Suite A-114
Mount Laurel, New Jersey 08054
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REVISED-NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To Be Held June 8, 2011
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To The Holders of Our Common Stock:
We invite you to attend our annual shareholders’ meeting on June 8, 2011 at the offices of Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky LLP, 65 East 55th Street, New York, New York 10022 at 10:00 A.M., Eastern Time. At the meeting, you will hear an update on our operations, have a chance to meet some of our directors and executives, and vote on the following matters:
1. | To elect five (5) directors until the next annual meeting in 2012 or until their successors have been elected and qualified; |
2. | To approve an amendment of the Company’s 2008 Incentive Stock Plan to (a) increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.20 par value per share (the “Common Stock”) subject to the 2008 Incentive Stock Plan from 315,000 shares to 450,000 shares, and (b) require shareholder approval prior to the reduction of the exercise price of any outstanding options or stock appreciation rights, any repricing through cancellations and re-grants of new options or stock appreciation rights, or any cancellation of outstanding options or stock appreciation rights with an exercise price above the current stock price in exchange for cash or other securities; |
3. | To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2011; and |
4. | Any other matters that properly come before the meeting. |
The proxy statement included in the original Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders of SL Industries, Inc., dated May 2, 2011, as amended by the supplement dated May 26, 2011, tells you more about the agenda and procedures for the meeting. It also describes how our Board of Directors operates and gives personal information about our director nominees. The revised notice and supplement to proxy statement are being mailed to our shareholders on or about May 27, 2011.
Only record holders of SL Industries, Inc. Common Stock at the close of business on May 2, 2011 will be entitled to vote on the foregoing matters at the annual meeting. Even if you only own a few shares of Common Stock, we want your shares to be represented at the annual meeting. Your vote is important regardless of the number of shares you own. I urge you to complete, sign, date and return your proxy card promptly in the enclosed envelope.
We have also provided you with the exact place and time of the meeting if you wish to attend in person.
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| LOUIS J. BELARDI |
| Secretary |
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Mount Laurel, New Jersey May 26, 2011 | |
Exhibit A
Section 14 of the 2008 Plan shall be amended and restated in its entirety to require shareholder approval prior to the reduction of the exercise price of any outstanding options or stock appreciation rights, any repricing through cancellations and re-grants of new options or stock appreciation rights, or any cancellation of outstanding options or stock appreciation rights with an exercise price above the current stock price in exchange for cash or other securities, and read as follows:
“14. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION, SECTION 409A OF THE CODE.
The Board may amend, suspend, or terminate the Plan, except that no amendment shall be made that would impair the rights of any Optionee or Grantee under any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock or Equity Incentive theretofore granted without the Optionee or Grantee’s consent, and except that no amendment shall be made which, without the approval of the stockholders of the Company would:
(a) materially increase the number of shares that may be issued under the Plan, except as is provided in Section 10;
(b) materially increase the benefits accruing to the Optionees or Grantees under the Plan;
(c) materially modify the requirements as to eligibility for participation in the Plan;
(d) decrease the exercise price of an Incentive Option to less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per share of Stock on the date of grant thereof or the exercise price of a Nonqualified Option to less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per share of Stock on the date of grant thereof;
(e) extend the term of any Option beyond that provided for in Section 5(b); or
(f) except in connection with a corporate transaction involving the Company (including, without limitation, any stock dividend, distribution (whether in the form of cash, Common Stock, other securities or other property), stock split, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, change in control, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of Common Stock or other securities, or similar transaction(s), or any capital change of the Company set forth in Section 10 hereof): (a) amend the terms of outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights to reduce the exercise price of such outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights; (b) cancel outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights in exchange for Options or Stock Appreciation Rights with an exercise price that is less than the exercise price of the original Options or Stock Appreciation Rights; or (c) cancel outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights with an exercise price above the current stock price in exchange for cash or other securities.
Subject to the forgoing, the Committee may amend the terms of any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock or Equity Incentive theretofore granted, prospectively or retrospectively, but no such amendment shall impair the rights of any Optionee or Grantee without the Optionee or Grantee’s consent.
It is the intention of the Board that the Plan comply strictly with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code and Treasury Regulations and other Internal Revenue Service guidance promulgated thereunder (the “Section 409A Rules) and the Committee shall exercise its discretion in granting Options, Stock Appreciation Rights or Restricted Stock hereunder (and the terms of such grants), accordingly. The Plan and any grant of an Option, Stock Appreciation right or Restricted Stock hereunder may be amended from time to time (without, in the case of an Award, the consent of the Participant) as may be necessary or appropriate to comply with the Section 409A Rules.”