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CALGON CARBON CORPORATION
CALGON CARBON CORPORATION P.O. BOX 717 PITTSBURGH, PA 15230-0717 TELEX 671 1837 CCC PGH
PANAFAX: 412-787-6713
Dear Stockholder:
You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of
Calgon Carbon Corporation at 1:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Saving Time, on
Tuesday, April 20, 1999 at the principal executive office of the Company, 400
Calgon Carbon Drive, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Information about the business of the meeting and the nominees for election as
Directors is set forth in the notice of the meeting and the Proxy Statement,
which are attached. This year you are asked to elect two Directors for the
Class of 2000 and two Directors for the Class of 2002 and to vote with respect
to a proposal to approve the readoption of the Company's Stock Option Plan to,
among other things, make restricted shares available under the Plan, to add
2,700,000 shares and to extend the Plan until January 31, 2009. As you will see
in the proxy materials, the Board of Directors has recommended that you vote
for such proposal.
It is important that your shares be represented at the meeting. Even if you
plan to attend the meeting in person, we hope that you will send a proxy voting
on the matters to be considered. Please sign, date and return your proxy in the
enclosed envelope as promptly as possible.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Thomas A. McConomy
Thomas A. McConomy
President
March 18, 1999
CALGON CARBON CORPORATION
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Calgon Carbon Corporation will be held
at the principal executive office of the Company, 400 Calgon Carbon Drive,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, April 20, 1999 at 1:00 p.m., Eastern
Daylight Saving Time, for the following purposes:
(1) To elect two Directors for the Class of 2000 and to elect two Directors
for the Class of 2002 (Proposal 1);
(2) To consider a proposal to approve the readoption of the Company's Stock
Option Plan to, among other things, make restricted shares available
under Plan, to add 2,700,000 shares and to extend the Plan until
January 31, 2009 (Proposal 2); and
(3) To transact such other business as may properly come before the
meeting.
Please refer to the accompanying Proxy Statement for a description of the
matters to be considered at the meeting.
Holders of record of the Company's Common Stock as of the close of business on
March 10, 1999 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting.
Please sign, date and return the enclosed proxy promptly in the envelope
provided, which requires no United States postage.
Joseph A. Fischette
Secretary
March 18, 1999
CALGON CARBON CORPORATION
PROXY STATEMENT
Table of Contents
Page
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Voting Securities and Record Date.......................................... 1
Security Ownership of Management and Certain Beneficial Owners............. 1
Board of Directors and Committees of the Board............................. 3
Election of Directors (Proposal 1)......................................... 5
Executive Compensation..................................................... 7
Proposal Regarding Stock Option Plan (Proposal 2).......................... 13
Independent Auditors....................................................... 23
Vote Required.............................................................. 23
Other Business............................................................. 23
Stockholder Proposals...................................................... 23
CALGON CARBON CORPORATION
PROXY STATEMENT
Annual Meeting of Stockholders
April 20, 1999
The enclosed proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors of Calgon
Carbon Corporation (the "Company") for use at the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders to be held at 1:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Saving Time, on
Tuesday, April 20, 1999 at the principal executive office of the Company, 400
Calgon Carbon Drive, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. The accompanying Notice of
Annual Meeting of Stockholders sets forth the purposes of the meeting.
The enclosed proxy may be revoked at any time before its exercise by giving
written notice of revocation to the Secretary of the Company. The shares
represented by proxies in the form solicited by the Board of Directors will be
voted at the meeting. If a choice is specified on the proxy with respect to a
matter to be voted upon, the shares represented by the proxy will be voted in
accordance with that specification. If no choice is specified, the shares will
be voted as stated below in this Proxy Statement.
It is expected that this Proxy Statement and the accompanying form of proxy
will first be mailed to stockholders on or about March 18, 1999. The Company's
Annual Report to Stockholders for 1998 is enclosed with this Proxy Statement
but does not form a part of the proxy soliciting material. The cost of
soliciting proxies will be borne by the Company. Following the original
mailing of the proxy soliciting material, regular employees of the Company may
solicit proxies by mail, telephone, telecopy, telegraph and personal
interview. The Company may also hire a proxy solicitation firm or may request
brokerage houses and other nominees or fiduciaries to forward copies of the
proxy soliciting material and 1998 Annual Report to beneficial owners of the
stock held in their names, and the Company will reimburse them for reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred in doing so.
VOTING SECURITIES AND RECORD DATE
Holders of the Company's Common Stock of record as of the close of business on
March 10, 1999 are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the meeting.
At the record date, the Company had outstanding 38,742,460 shares of Common
Stock, the holders of which are entitled to one vote per share. The Company
does not have cumulative voting.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
Management
The following table shows the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially
owned by each Director of the Company, by Thomas A. McConomy, Joseph A.
Fischette, John M. MacCrum, Benjamin F. Ward, Jr. and Jonathan H. Maurer,
executive officers of the Company, by Colin Bailey, who is no longer a
Director or an executive officer of the Company but who is named in the
summary compensation table, and by all Directors and executive officers of the
Company as a group, as of the record date. Unless otherwise indicated in the
footnotes to the table, each person named and all Directors and executive
officers as a group have sole voting power and sole investment power with
respect to the shares. As used herein, "beneficial ownership" means the sole
or shared power to vote, or to direct the voting of, a security, or the sole
or shared investment power with respect to a security (i.e., the power to
dispose of, or to direct the disposition of, the security). A person is deemed
to have "beneficial ownership" of any security that the person has the right
to acquire within 60 days after the record date.
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Number Percent
Name of Beneficial Owner of Shares of Class
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Robert W. Cruickshank(1) 9,100 *
Arthur L. Goeschel(1) 83,600 *
Thomas A. McConomy(1) 4,805,580 12.4%
Nick H. Prater(1) 3,100 *
Seth E. Schofield 2,600 *
Harry H. Weil(1)(2) 6,700 *
Robert L. Yohe 8,100 *
Joseph A. Fischette(1)(3) 152,158 *
John M. MacCrum(1)(2)(3) 125,466 *
Benjamin F. Ward, Jr.(1) 28,000 *
Jonathan H. Maurer(1) 24,100 *
Colin Bailey 1,871,924 4.8%
All directors and executive officers
as a group (13 persons)(1)(2)(3) 5,378,887 13.8%
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*Less than 1%
(1) Includes (i) 3,100 shares in the case of each of Messrs. Cruickshank,
Goeschel and Weil, 2,100 shares in the case of Mr. Prater, 1,100 shares in
the case of Mr. McConomy and 600 shares in the case of each of Messrs.
Schofield and Yohe, granted under the Company's 1993 Non-Employee
Directors' Stock Option Plan, (ii) 40,000 shares in the case of each of
Messrs. Fischette and MacCrum, 20,000 shares in the case of Mr. Ward and
24,000 shares in the case of Mr. Mauer granted under the Company's Stock
Option Plan and (iii) 173,700 shares in the case of all Directors and
executive officers as a group, in each case covered by options granted
under the aforementioned plans. The "percent of class" set forth above for
any individual and the group (but not for the other individuals listed
above) is computed as though such shares optioned to such individual or
the group, as the case may be, were outstanding.
(2) Includes 200 shares held by Mr. Weil's wife and 400 shares held by Mr.
MacCrum's wife, as to which beneficial ownership is disclaimed by Mr. Weil
and Mr. MacCrum and, as to Mr. MacCrum, includes 2,300 shares held by the
children of Mr. MacCrum.
(3) Includes 9,708, 7,366 and 30,587 shares in the case of Messrs. Fischette
and MacCrum, and all Directors and executive officers as a group,
respectively, held under the Company's Employees Growth Participation Plan
and allocated to the accounts of such executive officers. That plan was
terminated in 1990.
Other Beneficial Owners
Information as of December 31, 1998 with respect to the only person not
otherwise disclosed in the Management table and known by the Company to be the
beneficial owner of more than 5% of the Company's Stock as of the record date
is as follows:
Beneficial Ownership
of Common Stock
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Number Percent
Name and Address of Shares of Class
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ICM Asset Management, Inc. 3,433,649 8.9%
601 W. Main Avenue
Suite 600
Spokane, WA 99201
ICM Asset Management, Inc. has sole investment power over all shares. Voting
authority has been granted to it by clients owning 2,481,999 shares.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD
The business of the Company is under general supervision of a Board of
Directors as provided by the laws of Delaware, the Company's state of
incorporation. The Board of Directors has established committees to assist it,
consisting of the Executive Committee, the Compensation Committee, the Audit
Committee, the Corporate Governance Committee and the Pension Committee.
Executive Committee. The Executive Committee consists of Messrs. McConomy
(Chairman), Goeschel, Prater and Weil. The Executive Committee, during the
intervals between meetings of the Board, may exercise all the powers and
authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and
affairs of the Company.
Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee consists of Messrs.
Cruickshank (Chairman), Goeschel, Prater, Schofield, Weil and Yohe. The
Compensation Committee's overall responsibility is to determine and implement
the Company's general policies with respect to the compensation of its
executive officers. The Compensation Committee determines the base salary
payable to each executive officer, as well as the bonus, if any, payable to
each executive officer, and to certain key employees, pursuant to the Officers
Incentive Plan or otherwise. The Committee (without the participation of Mr.
Weil) also administers the Company's Stock Option Plan and has the authority
to grant options thereunder. Other matters related to the compensation of
executive officers and key employees, such as the terms of employment
contracts and certain employee benefits, are also reviewed by the Compensation
Committee.
Audit Committee. The Audit Committee consists of Messrs. Weil (Chairman),
Cruickshank, Schofield and Yohe. It is the responsibility of the Audit
Committee to review and approve the Company's consolidated financial
statements each year prior to their announcement to the public and their
distribution to the stockholders in the Annual Report. Among other things, the
Audit Committee consults separately with the Company's chief financial officer
and his staff, and with the Company's independent external auditors, as to the
proposed audit plan, any difficulties encountered in carrying out the audit
plan, significant decisions made in preparing the financial statements, any
disagreements between management and the independent auditors as to the
application of accounting principles or other matters, and the form and
content of the notes to the financial statements and Management's Discussion
and Analysis of the financial statements. The Audit Committee does not
customarily perform similar functions with respect to quarterly or other
financial statements which cover less than a full fiscal year. The Audit
Committee reviews other financial reporting and accounting matters when
requested to do so by management or the independent auditors, and satisfies
itself that the Company's system of internal controls is functioning
adequately and reliably. The Audit Committee believes that the independent
auditors are ultimately accountable to the Board of Directors and the Audit
Committee. In this connection the Audit Committee discusses with the
independent auditors the quality, as well as the acceptability, of the
Company's accounting principles as applied in its financial reporting. The
Audit Committee periodically reviews all relationships between the Company and
the independent auditors which might impact the objectivity and independence
of the independent auditors. Each year the Audit Committee evaluates the
performance of the independent auditors and recommends to the Board of
Directors the retention or, if appropriate, replacement of the independent
auditors. The Audit Committee also investigates and reports to the Board as to
any alleged breach of law or of the Company's internal policies which is
brought to its attention.
Corporate Governance Committee. The Corporate Governance Committee consists of
Messrs. Yohe (Chairman), Cruickshank, Prater and Schofield. The Corporate
Governance Committee is responsible for the functioning of the Board and its
committees, with the goal of causing the Board and its committees to
satisfactorily address the major issues related to the performance and well-
being of the Company. Among the duties of the Corporate Governance Committee
is to review the size and composition of the Board of Directors and to make
recommendations with respect to nominations for election or appointment of
Directors. The Corporate Governance Committee will consider nominees
recommended by stockholders provided that stockholders submit
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the names of nominees in writing to the Secretary of the Company together with
a statement of the nominees' qualifications. Such information should be
received no later than January 31, 2000 with respect to nominations for
election at the 2000 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Pension Committee. The Pension Committee consists of Messrs. Prater
(Chairman), Cruickshank and Schofield. The Pension Committee reviews and
approves the investments of the Company's defined benefit pension plans and
interacts with the investment manager for such plans.
Search Committee. In 1998 the Board established a special ad hoc committee,
consisting of Messrs. Yohe (Chairman), Cruickshank and Goeschel, to supervise
the search for a new chief executive officer and to make recommendations to
the Board of Directors as to the election of a suitable candidate and the
terms of his or her employment. It is expected that the search will be
concluded soon, and that this committee will then be disbanded.
During 1998, the Compensation Committee held two meetings, the Corporate
Governance Committee held three meetings, the Audit Committee held three
meetings, the Pension Committee held one meeting and the Executive Committee
did not meet. The Board of Directors held seventeen meetings during 1998.
Compensation of Directors
Board and Committee Fees. Directors who are full-time employees of the Company
or a subsidiary receive no additional compensation for services as a member of
the Board or any committee of the Board. Directors (other than the Chairman)
who are not employees of the Company receive an annual retainer of $18,000,
and the Chairman receives an annual retainer of $40,000, for Board service.
The Chairman of the Company, Thomas A. McConomy, is not receiving the annual
retainer during the period he also serves as President and Chief Executive
Officer of the Company. The retainer fees are payable in cash or Common Stock
of the Company as described below. Non-employee Directors also receive a fee
of $1,500 for each Board and committee meeting attended, and the Chairmen of
each committee receive an additional annual retainer of $3,000. No committee
meeting fees are paid for committee meetings held by telephone or on the same
day as a Board meeting.
In early 1999, the Corporate Governance Committee recommended and the Board
adopted a change in the directors' compensation program. The meeting
attendance fees and cash retainers for committee chairmen were not changed. In
addition to the annual retainer of $18,000, however, a "phantom stock" plan
was adopted, which will provide each non-employee director with phantom stock
with a value upon issuance of $7,000 each year. No actual stock of the Company
will be issued under this plan. Instead, each director will be credited on the
day following the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, in an account maintained for
the purpose, with the fair market value of shares of the Company's Common
Stock equal to $7,000. Directors will be paid (either quarterly or annually)
an amount equal to the cash dividends which would have been paid if the
phantom stock were actual Common Stock. As the actual fair market value of the
Company's Common Stock changes, the credited value of the director's phantom
stock will change accordingly. When the director leaves the Board for any
reason, including death or disability, the director will be entitled to be
paid, in cash, the entire amount then credited in the account.
The Corporate Governance Committee also recommended, and the Board adopted,
reinstatement of the 1993 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan. That Plan
is described below.
1997 Directors' Fee Plan. The 1997 Directors' Fee Plan provides Directors with
payment alternatives for retainer (but not meeting) fees payable as a member
of the Board or as the Chairman of any committee. Pursuant to the Plan,
Directors are permitted to receive their retainer fees in a current payment of
cash or in a current payment of shares of Common Stock of the Company based
upon the fair market value of the Common Stock upon the date of payment of the
fee, or to defer payment of the retainer fees for subsequent payment of shares
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Common Stock pursuant to a stock deferral election. Payment of Common Stock
placed in a deferred stock account will be made in the calendar year following
the calendar year during which a Director ceases to be a Director of the
Company, including by reason of death or disability.
1993 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan. The 1993 Non-Employee
Directors' Stock Option Plan, as amended in 1997, provides for an annual grant
on the day following the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of option shares equal
to a number of shares which will result in a Black-Scholes calculated value of
$35,000 on the date of grant. The options vest and become exercisable six
months after the date of grant and, in general, expire ten years after the
date of grant. There are previously issued options outstanding under the pre-
1997 Plan, all of which have option prices in excess of the fair market value
of the Common Stock on December 31, 1998.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS (PROPOSAL 1)
The Board of Directors, acting pursuant to the bylaws of the Company, has
determined that the number of Directors constituting the full Board of
Directors shall be seven at the present time. It is possible that the Board
will choose to expand the Board during 1999 and to add the new CEO of the
Company to the Board. The Board is to be divided into three classes of nearly
equal size. One such class is elected every year at the Annual Meeting for a
term of three years. In February 1998, Colin Bailey resigned as President and
Chief Executive Officer and as a Director of the Company. Due to resignations
and retirements from the Board, including Mr. Bailey, at present the Class of
2000 does not have any members. The Corporate Governance Committee has divided
the Class of 1999 into two classes, nominating two Directors for election in
the Class of 2000 and two Directors for election in the Class of 2002.
The Board of Directors has, upon recommendation of the Corporate Governance
Committee, nominated Harry H. Weil and Robert L. Yohe for reelection as
Directors in the Class of 2000, and Nick H. Prater and Seth E. Schofield for
reelection as Directors in the Class of 2002, and each of them has agreed to
serve if elected. Messrs. Weil and Yohe will hold office until the 2000 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders and Messrs. Prater and Schofield will hold office
until the 2002 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or in any case until the
Director's prior death, disability, resignation or removal. Proxies are
solicited in favor of these nominees and will be voted for them unless
otherwise specified.
If any nominee becomes unable or unwilling to serve as a Director, it is
intended that the proxies will be voted for the election of such other person,
if any, as shall be designated by the Board of Directors.
Information concerning the nominees for Director and the other Directors who
will continue in office after the meeting is set forth below, together with
information concerning the Company's executive officers who are not Directors.
Name Age Position with the Company
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Class of 2002
Nick H. Prater 70 Director
Seth E. Schofield 59 Director
Class of 2001
Robert W. Cruickshank 53 Director
Arthur L. Goeschel 77 Director
Thomas A. McConomy 65 Director and President and CEO
Class of 2000
Harry H. Weil 65 Director
Robert L. Yohe 62 Director
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Name Age Position with the Company
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Executive Officers
Joseph A. Fischette 52 Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary
Clarence Kenney 55 Interim Chief Financial Officer
John M. MacCrum 51 Senior Vice President
Jonathan H. Maurer 43 Senior Vice President--Manufacturing
Dennis J. Sulick 55 Vice President--Acquisition Companies
Benjamin F. Ward, Jr. 55 Senior Vice President--Technology
Mr. Fischette has been an executive officer of the Company, and Mr. MacCrum
has been a key employee or an executive officer of the Company, since 1985.
Mr. Ward has been Senior Vice President--Technology since August 1997. Prior
thereto Mr. Ward was Research Director of Westvaco Corp., a pulp, paper and
chemical manufacturer. Mr. Maurer has been Senior Vice President--
Manufacturing since March 1998. Prior thereto, he was Vice President--
Manufacturing of the Company from November 1994 until March 1998, and Plant
Manager of the Big Sandy Plant of the Company prior to November 1994. Mr.
Sulick has been Vice President--Acquisition Companies since December 1997.
Prior thereto, he was Vice President--Americas Business Units from October
1996 until December 1997, Business Director of Industrial Business Units from
June 1995 until September 1996 and Executive Director Sales of the Company
prior to June 1995. Mr. Kenney was appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer
in February 1999, following the resignation of William P. Mooney, Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior thereto, Mr. Kenney was
Controller of the Company. A permanent chief financial officer is expected to
be selected after the hiring of a new chief executive officer.
Mr. McConomy has been a Director of the Company since its formation in 1985.
He retired as President effective July 1, 1994 but remains Chairman of the
Board. Upon Mr. Bailey's resignation in February 1998, Mr. McConomy was
elected President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. McConomy is
also a director of Equitable Resources, Inc.
Mr. Cruickshank has been a Director of the Company since November 1985. In
1994 Mr. Cruickshank became President of R.W. Cruickshank & Co. Prior thereto
he was Chairman of the Board of Wiltek, Inc. and a private investor for more
than the past five years. He is also a director of New Canaan Bank & Trust
Company and Friedmans, Inc.
Mr. Goeschel has been a Director of the Company since its formation in 1985.
Mr. Goeschel is a retired president of Calgon Corporation, formerly a
subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. Mr. Goeschel is a director of the Dreyfus-
Laurel Mutual Funds.
Mr. Prater has been a Director of the Company since August 1990. Until June
1990, when he retired, Mr. Prater was President and Chief Executive Officer of
Mobay Corporation (now called Bayer Corporation), a chemical producer. He is
also a director of Harsco Corp. and Koppers Industries, Inc.
Mr. Schofield has been a Director of the Company since December 1995. Since
February 1996, Mr. Schofield has been the Chairman of Base International, a
provider of corporate protection and security. From June 1992 until January
1996, when he retired, Mr. Schofield was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of USAir Group, a major air carrier. Mr. Schofield is also a director of USX
Corporation.
Mr. Weil has been a Director of the Company since its formation in 1985. Mr.
Weil is counsel to the law firm of Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, which provides
legal services to the Company. Mr. Weil is also a director of Erie Indemnity
Company and Erie Family Life Insurance Company.
Mr. Yohe has been a Director of the Company since December 1995. Until March
1994, when he retired, Mr. Yohe was Vice Chairman of Olin Corporation, a
producer of chemicals, microelectronic materials, metals,
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sporting ammunition and defense and aerospace products. Prior thereto he was
Executive Vice President of Olin Corporation. Mr. Yohe is also a director of
Airgas, Inc., Marsulex, Inc., LaRoche Industries, Inc. and The Middleby
Corporation.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
In 1985 the Board of Directors created a Compensation Committee, consisting of
at least three Directors who are not employees of the Company. One of the
functions of the Compensation Committee is to review at least annually, and
more often if circumstances warrant an interim review, the compensation of the
Company's executive officers and the plans or formulas from which such
compensation is derived. The Compensation Committee then makes recommendations
to the full Board of Directors as to such matters (except for the grant of
options under the Company's Stock Option Plan, which is done by the Committee
alone). In order to permit grants under the Stock Option Plan to satisfy Rule
16b-3, Mr. Weil does not participate in stock compensation decisions by the
Committee.
Set forth below is the report of the members of the Compensation Committee,
Messrs. Cruickshank (Chairman), Goeschel, Prater, Schofield, Weil and Yohe, as
to the Committee's recommendations for the compensation of the Company's
executive officers applicable to 1998.
Compensation Committee Report on Executive Compensation
General policies with respect to executive compensation
and the relationship between compensation and performance
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The Compensation Committee's policies with respect to executive compensation
are intended to achieve three principal goals. First, they are intended to
create base compensation levels sufficient to attract and retain talented and
dedicated executive officers. To accomplish this, the Committee periodically
compares the Company's base salary levels with those currently being paid for
similar positions by other companies. The Committee also reviews the total
compensation package available to executive officers, to make sure it remains
competitive.
Second, the compensation policies are intended to provide a direct link
between performance during the year (both the performance of the Company as a
whole and the performance of the individual officer) and a significant part of
the officer's compensation. This is done through cash bonuses available to
executive officers based on the Company's performance as a whole and the
officer's performance as an individual. In the past, these bonuses have ranged
from a high of 100% of salary to a low of zero.
Third, the compensation policies are intended to provide executive officers
with the opportunity to acquire a significant equity stake in the Company,
through granting them stock options at full market prices and with delayed
vesting provisions. These options will become and remain important assets if,
and only if, the market price of the Common Stock increases over the period of
the options. Short-term price fluctuations up and down will not be as
important to optionees as long-term growth. In this respect, therefore, the
interests of the executive officers will be aligned directly with the
interests of the stockholders in increasing stockholder value.
Compensation policies applied to executive officers in 1997
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The compensation of the Company's executive officers has three main
components: base salary, bonus and stock options.
Salary. Base salaries for the Company's executive officers are designed to be
at levels at or slightly lower than those of executive officers of comparable
companies under the so-called "Hay point" system. This system was designed
some years ago by The Hay Group, Inc., an independent salary consulting firm,
and it has been adopted in various forms by many companies. It enables the
Company to compare its compensation to the compensation
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paid for similar positions by all companies participating in the Hay system,
and by those companies in the same industry sector as the Company. Under this
system, a certain number of "Hay points" is assigned to each executive
position, depending on factors such as the relative importance of the
executive's functions to the overall results of the Company, the number and
complexity of functions performed by the executive, the number of employees
reporting to the executive, the levels of supervision, if any, over the
executive and similar factors. Once established, the number of Hay points
applicable to a particular position is unlikely to change unless there is a
significant change in the duties and responsibilities associated with that
position.
In associating particular levels of salary with particular numbers of Hay
points, the Compensation Committee is guided primarily by information as to
competitive salaries from The Hay Group, Inc. The other companies compared
with the Company for this purpose are selected by The Hay Group, Inc., not by
the Company, and are not necessarily the same as those used for the
Performance Graph in the Proxy Statement. The Compensation Committee does not
engage The Hay Group, Inc. to make this comparison every year, and did not do
so in 1997 or 1998. The Committee also considers the present and projected
cash position of the Company, and the availability to the executive officers
of additional forms of compensation described below. This consideration is
done at the Committee's discretion and not on any formula or objective basis.
The Committee's general philosophy is that salary levels for the Company's
executive officers should be somewhat less than the median salaries paid by
other companies for comparable positions, so that the potential compensation
of an executive officer in a particular year will be more heavily weighted
toward incentive compensation, such as bonus and stock options, than toward a
fixed salary. In this way, the executive officer's compensation may vary from
year to year and will be strongly influenced by the results achieved by the
Company, therein creating shareholder value.
The base salaries of Messrs. Fischette, MacCrum and Ward for 1998 were the
same as those in effect for 1997. Mr. Maurer's base salary was significantly
increased in April 1998 when he was promoted to Senior Vice President--
Manufacturing and assumed responsibility for all of the Company's domestic
manufacturing operations. The Committee believed this increase properly
reflected Mr. Maurer's increased duties and responsibilities.
Bonus. The Officers Incentive Plan provides a bonus pool from which cash
bonuses may be awarded to officers, including executive officers. The plan
provides three factors for determining the total amount of bonuses that may be
awarded to all participants in the plan for any year (the "bonus pool"). First
is the Company's performance during the year against a "return on assets"
objective, which is the average of the Company's actual return on assets for
the five years prior to the award year. Second is the Company's performance
during the year against an "earnings per share" objective, set by the Board of
Directors at the beginning of the year. Third, the individual performance of
each participant during the year is assessed by the chief executive officer
and the Committee. The Company performance factors of return on assets and
earnings per share are each weighted 40%, and the performance of the
participants is weighted 20%. The Committee may apply a discount factor, which
can be as much as 15%.
The bonus pool cannot exceed 100% of the annualized salaries of all the
participants, measured at year-end. The maximum bonus for any individual
participant is 100% of the participant's salary. The Committee also retains
discretion under the plan to grant bonuses different from the amounts
calculated on an objective basis under the plan, so long as the bonus pool is
not exceeded, or to eliminate bonuses altogether. For 1998, only the
performance of the individual participants resulted in any bonus pool.
For 1998 the available bonus pool, as calculated under the plan, was
approximately $272,000. The Committee awarded bonuses aggregating $214,000,
which was less than the total amount of bonuses awarded for 1997. Of this
amount, a total of $125,000 was awarded to Messrs. Fischette, MacCrum, Maurer
and Ward.
Stock options. Under the terms of the Company's Stock Option Plan adopted in
1985, the Compensation Committee alone (excluding Mr. Weil) determines that
identity of the optionees, the number of shares to be covered by each option,
the period of time over which the options will become vested, the rate of
vesting and
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other terms and conditions of individual options. In determining whether to
grant any options, the Committee takes into account the number of options
already outstanding, the market price of the Company's Common Stock, the
results achieved by the Company (such as earnings, cash flow, return on equity
and other measures) and its prospects in the future. Potential dilution which
could result from the exercise of options in the future is considered, as is
the desirability of more closely linking the rewards of the optionees to
increases in the market price of the stock.
These matters are at the discretion of the Committee, and are not determined
by any formula or weighting of particular factors. The Committee believes that
such a link provides an additional incentive to achieve results which are
valued by the market, and which thus may benefit stockholders through an
increased market price.
In determining whether to grant options to a particular individual, the
Committee considers, again in its discretion, the level of responsibility of
the individual within the Company, the effect which successful efforts by the
individual may have on the overall results of the Company, the need to provide
incentive compensation comparable to that available from other companies which
may compete for the individual's services, and the number of unexercised
options and shares of the Company's Common Stock already held by the
individual.
There were no options granted to Messrs. Fischette, MacCrum, Maurer or Ward in
1998.
The Stock Option Plan makes stock appreciation rights, payable in cash,
available for grant, but the Committee has not granted any. If the amendments
to the Stock Option Plan are adopted by stockholders, the Stock Option Plan
will also have restricted shares available for grant. Except possibly in
connection with the hiring of a new CEO for the Company, the Committee does
not presently intend to issue restricted shares in the immediate future.
Compensation of the chief executive officer in 1998
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The Company's former chief executive officer, Colin Bailey, resigned in early
1998. To replace him on a temporary basis while the Company searched for a
permanent replacement and reviewed other strategic alternatives, the Board of
Directors asked Mr. McConomy, who had preceded Mr. Bailey in the office, to
assume Mr. Bailey's duties and responsibilities. Mr. McConomy did so, under an
agreement providing for a salary at the annualized rate of $420,000. Mr.
McConomy is not eligible for a bonus, and received no stock options. While
serving as chief executive officer he no longer receives any additional
compensation as Chairman of the Board. Mr. McConomy's previously-accrued
pension rights are not affected. The Compensation Committee believed these
arrangements were appropriate under the circumstances. The search for a new
chief executive officer is ongoing, and is expected to be concluded in the
spring of 1999.
Tax policy
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If an executive officer's compensation from the Company were to exceed $1
million in any taxable year (which the Committee does not now expect), the
excess over $1 million, with certain exceptions, would not be deductible by
the Company, under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended. The Committee is aware of this rule, and will take it into account if
the $1 million limit is ever applicable. One exception to the disallowance of
such deductions under Section 162(m) involves compensation paid pursuant to
stockholder-approved compensation plans that are performance-based. The
amendments being made to certain of the provisions in the Company's Stock
Option Plan, for which stockholder approval is being requested, are intended
to cause grants of stock options under such plan to be eligible for this
performance-based exception (so that compensation upon exercise of such
options should be deductible under the Code). Payments of cash compensation to
executives (and certain other benefits which could be awarded under the plan,
such as restricted stock) are not at present eligible for this performance-
based exception.
ROBERT W. CRUICKSHANK SETH E. SCHOFIELD
ARTHUR L. GOESCHEL HARRY H. WEIL
NICK H. PRATER ROBERT L. YOHE
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Summary Compensation Table
Annual Compensation
------------------------- All Other
Name and Principal
Position Year Salary ($) Bonus ($) Compensation ($)(1)
- ------------------ ---- ---------- --------- -------------------
Thomas A. McConomy 1998 361,308 0 5,195
President and Chief
Executive
Officer(2)
John M. MacCrum 1998 220,500 35,000 423
Senior Vice President 1997 214,375 29,911 423
1996 210,000 85,680 330
Benjamin F. Ward, Jr. 1998 205,008 30,000 1,395
Senior Vice President(3) 1997 79,375 24,401 85,967
Joseph A. Fischette 1998 195,896 25,000 348
Senior Vice President, 1997 192,376 26,533 348
General Counsel and
Secretary 1996 190,000 79,675 282
Jonathan H. Maurer 1998 178,710 35,000 290
Senior Vice President 1997 144,852 41,002 0
1996 138,076 28,576 44,429
Colin Bailey(4) 1998 62,500 0 596,558
1997 375,000 50,861 1,557
1996 359,585 146,711 2,592
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(1) Consists only of premiums paid by the Company on term life insurance
policies on the lives of the named individuals, except for (i) Mr. Ward,
which includes in 1997 taxable reimbursed relocation expenses of $85,967,
(ii) Mr. Maurer, which includes in 1996 taxable reimbursed relocation
expenses of $44,429 and (iii) Mr. Bailey, which includes in 1998 a final
settlement payment upon termination of his employment contract of
$598,558.
(2) Mr. McConomy became employed as President and Chief Executive Officer in
February 1998.
(3) Mr. Ward became employed in August 1997.
(4) Mr. Bailey left the employ of the Company effective February 18, 1998.
Aggregated Option Exercises in Last Fiscal Year and FY-End Option Values
Value of
Unexercised
Number of Securities In-the-Money
Shares Underlying Unexercised Options
Acquired on Value Options at FY-End (#) at FY-End ($)(1)
Exercise Realized ------------------------- -------------------------
Name (#) ($) Exercisable Unexercisable Exercisable Unexercisable
- ---- ----------- -------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -------------
Thomas McConomy......... 0 $ 0 1,100 0 $0 $0
Joseph Fischette........ 0 0 40,000 10,000 0 0
John MacCrum............ 0 0 40,000 10,000 0 0
Jonathan H. Maurer...... 0 0 24,000 6,000 0 0
Benjamin F. Ward, Jr.... 0 0 20,000 40,000 0 0
Colin Bailey............ 0 0 0 0 0 0
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(1) Based upon the exercise price of the options and the fair market value of
the Common Stock of the Company as of December 31, 1998.
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Employment Agreements
All the executive officers of the Company have entered into employment
agreements with the Company. The agreements (other than the agreement of Mr.
McConomy) generally provide for continued employment of the officers through
December 31, 1999, with automatic one year renewals, unless prior notice of
non-renewal is provided. However, the agreements may be terminated by the
Company for cause or in some cases for unsatisfactory performance. The
agreements provide for a base salary and for bonus compensation as determined
by the Company. The agreements contain change in control provisions pursuant
to which, if a change in control (as defined in the agreements) occurs, (i)
the term of the employment agreement is extended by a period of one to three
years after the change in control, (ii) the employee may only be discharged
for cause, and not based solely on the performance of such employee, and (iii)
the employee is permitted to terminate employment on a date which is within
the period beginning on the first anniversary of such change in control and
ending on the second anniversary. Severance is payable (or not payable) or set
forth in the individual agreements, but in any case if an employee is
otherwise terminated or an employee terminates his or her employment as
provided in (iii) above, the Company is required to pay severance compensation
to the employee for up to 36 months (or, if earlier, until the employee is
employed by another employer for compensation at least equal to 90% of his
prior compensation) equal to his or her monthly compensation (including salary
but not bonuses) for the calendar year immediately prior to termination. In
addition, for such period the employee will receive equivalent benefits as
were provided at the time of termination. The agreements also contain
confidentiality and non-compete provisions.
Mr. McConomy's agreement provides for his employment at will by the Company.
Mr. McConomy agrees to provide sixty days prior notice of his intention to
terminate his employment. The agreement provides for a payment of salary but
not for payment of bonuses or stock options. There are no change of control
provisions in the agreement. Mr. McConomy's agreement also contains
confidentiality and non-compete provisions.
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
Harry H. Weil, a member of the Compensation Committee, is counsel to the law
firm of Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, which provides legal services to the
Company.
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Performance Graph
Comparison of Five-Year Cumulative Total Return*
Among Calgon Carbon's Common Stock, S&P 500 Composite Index
and S&P Chemicals-Specialty Composite Index
[GRAPH APPEARS HERE]
Measurement period S&P 500 S&P Chemicals
(Fiscal year Covered) Calgon Carbon Index (Specialty)
Measurement PT--
12/31/93 $100 $100 $100
FYE 12/31/94 $ 77.96 $101.32 $ 87.30
FYE 12/31/95 $100.57 $139.40 $114.74
FYE 12/31/96 $105.44 $171.40 $117.69
FYE 12/31/97 $ 95.02 $228.59 $145.73
FYE 12/31/98 $ 68.73 $293.91 $124.11
* Assumes that the value of the investment in Calgon Carbon Common
Stock and each index was $100 on December 31, 1993 and that all
dividends were reinvested.
Pension Benefits
The Company's Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees is a non-contributory
defined benefit pension plan. In addition, the Company has a Supplemental
Retirement Plan, which is applicable to certain employees selected by the
Board of Directors, designed to supplement retirement benefits under the
Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees which have been limited by various
Internal Revenue Code provisions. At present no executive officers participate
in such Supplemental Retirement Plan. Mr. McConomy does not participate in the
Company's Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees. The following table shows
the estimated annual pension benefits which would be payable under the above-
stated plans in the form of a single life annuity, for various levels of
average annual compensation and years of service, based upon retirement at age
65 in the calendar year 1998, before any reduction to take account of benefits
payable by the Company's former owner, Merck & Co., Inc. (by agreement with
Merck, benefits payable under Company plans are reduced by the benefit amounts
payable to the individual by Merck, which are computed utilizing a 2.5%
compensation increase assumption).
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Average annual
compensation for highest
five consecutive years Annual benefits for years of service (1)
in 10-year period -----------------------------------------------------
preceding retirement 15 years 20 years 25 years 30 years 35 years
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$150,000 $ 32,925 $ 43,900 $ 54,875 $ 65,850 $ 76,825
200,000 44,550 59,400 74,250 89,100 103,950
250,000 56,175 74,900 93,625 112,350 131,075
300,000 67,800 90,400 113,000 135,600 158,200
350,000 79,425 105,900 132,375 158,850 185,325
400,000 91,050 121,400 151,750 182,100 212,450
450,000 102,675 136,900 171,125 205,350 239,575
500,000 114,300 152,400 190,500 228,600 266,700
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(1) Under Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the amount of
annual benefits which may be paid under the Retirement Plan for Salaried
Employees to any employee may not exceed $130,000 during 1999 and during
1998 and under Section 401(a)(17) of the Code the amount of annual
compensation of each employee taken into account under such plan for any
year may not exceed $160,000 during 1999 and during 1998. These
limitations have not been reflected in the table.
Other than the reduction with respect to Merck benefits discussed above, the
benefits payable under the plans are not subject to any deduction for Social
Security or other offset amounts. Covered compensation for purposes of the
chart above includes salary and incentive awards which are reported in the
"bonus" column of the summary compensation table. As of December 31, 1998,
Messrs. Fischette, MacCrum, Ward, Maurer and Bailey had 19, 29, 1, 8 and 11
years of service, respectively, under the plans. Mr. Bailey was also covered
by a pension plan applicable to certain of the Company's foreign employees
with respect to his years of service in the Company's Belgian and other
European operations. Pursuant to the formula used to calculate the benefits
payable to Mr. Bailey for such service he is entitled to an annual amount upon
retirement equal to the greater of (a) .5% of his average compensation up to
the parallel average Belgian state pension ceiling, plus 1.5% of such
compensation in excess of this ceiling, for the period he was covered by the
plan, and (b) two times Mr. Bailey's own contributions to the plan plus
interest at 4% per year. In Mr. Bailey's case the latter calculation would
apply.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
A Form 3 was filed late with respect to Messrs. Jonathan H. Maurer, William P.
Mooney and Dennis J. Sulick when they were appointed executive officers in
1998. In making this disclosure, the Company has relied solely on written
representations of its directors and executive officers and copies of the
reports that they have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
APPROVAL OF READOPTION AND
AMENDMENT OF STOCK OPTION PLAN (PROPOSAL 2)
The Company's Stock Option Plan (the "Stock Option Plan") was originally
adopted by the Company's Board of Directors on January 10, 1985. On February
1, 1999, the Board of Directors made certain amendments (the "Amendments") to
the Stock Option Plan (as so amended, the "Amended Plan") as described below.
The affirmative vote of the stockholders of the Company on or prior to January
31, 2000 is required for approval of the readoption and amendment of the Stock
Option Plan.
If the stockholders of the Company do not approve the Amendments as proposed
in this proxy statement (i) the Stock Option Plan shall remain in effect
without including the Amendments, and (ii) as required in connection
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with the approval of the Amendments pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), as described below, no further
grants under the Stock Option Plan would be made to the Chief Executive
Officer or any of the other four highest compensated executive officers of the
Company.
The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR approval of readoption and
amendment of the Stock Option Plan.
A summary of the Amended Plan is provided below, but the summary is qualified
in its entirety by the full text of the Amended Plan, which is set forth as
Exhibit A to this Proxy Statement.
Amendments. The description of the Amended Plan provided below includes the
Stock Option Plan as amended by the Amendments. In general, the Amendments
were adopted to (i) add 2,700,000 shares of Common Stock to the Stock Option
Plan, (ii) extend the termination date of the Stock Option Plan until January
31, 2009, (iii) add the ability to issue restricted shares and restricted
performance shares under the Stock Option Plan, (iv) permit the grant of stock
options and stock appreciation rights, along with restricted performance
shares, under the Stock Option Plan to qualify for the "performance-based"
exception to the limit on executive officer compensation deductibility under
Section 162(m) of the Code, and therefore permit compensation arising upon
exercise of the options or stock appreciation rights or the award of
restricted performance shares to be deductible by the Company, as described
below and (v) make other minor technical and conforming changes.
There have not been any shares added to the Stock Option Plan since its
initial approval in 1985. At present, there are only approximately 254,540
shares remaining under the Stock Option Plan and available for grant. The
Amendments increase the number of shares available by 2,700,000 shares and
extend the expiration date of the Stock Option Plan until January 31, 2009.
The Amendments also add the ability for the Compensation Committee to award
restricted shares or restricted performance shares under the Stock Option
Plan. The Company believes that it needs the flexibility to have such stock
compensation features available to it, especially in connection with
attracting a new Chief Executive Officer and a new Chief Financial Officer to
the Company.
The last principal amendment to the Stock Option Plan is to include the
necessary provisions to allow grants of stock options and stock appreciation
rights, and awards of restricted performance shares, to qualify for an
exception to the limits on deductibility under Section 162(m) of the Code.
Section 162(m) of the Code disallows federal income tax deductions to a
company for compensation paid to the Chief Executive Officer and any of the
other four highest compensated executive officers in excess of $1 million in
any taxable year, subject to certain exceptions. One exception involves
compensation paid pursuant to shareholder-approved compensation plans that are
performance based. The Amended Plan has been structured so that compensation
arising from the exercise of non-statutory stock options, from the exercise of
stock appreciation rights, from the disqualifying disposition of shares
acquired upon the exercise of incentive stock options, from stock appreciation
rights granted at the time the related option is granted and from the vesting
of certain performance restricted shares, should be performance based within
the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code. Restricted share awards that are
not performance-related are not at present eligible for this performance-based
exception and, if granted to any of such five officers, may be subject to the
limits of Section 162(m) of the Code.
General. The purposes of the Amended Plan are to encourage eligible employees
of the Company and its subsidiaries, including officers who are employees, to
increase their efforts to make the Company and each subsidiary more
successful, to provide an additional inducement for such employees to remain
with the Company or a subsidiary, to reward such employees by providing an
opportunity to acquire shares of the Company's Common Stock on favorable terms
and to provide a means through which the Company may attract able persons
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to enter the employ of the Company or one of it subsidiaries. The eligible
employees are those employees of the
Company or any subsidiary who share responsibility for the management, growth
or protection of the business of the Company or any subsidiary.
Stock options (with or without stock appreciation rights) may be granted and
restricted or restricted performance shares may be awarded to any person
conditional upon such person becoming an employee of the Company or one of its
subsidiaries, but any such options or rights or restricted or restricted
performance shares are deemed granted as of the date such person becomes such
an employee and become null and void unless that occurs before a date
specified by the Company and not more than six months after the Company grants
such options or rights or restricted or restricted performance shares. The
Amended Plan provides for the grant of "incentive stock options" pursuant to
Section 422 of the Code, "nonstatutory stock options", i.e., stock options
which do not qualify under Section 422 or 423 of the Code, or both types of
stock options (but not in tandem). Additionally, alternative or non-
alternative stock appreciation rights may be granted together with stock
options. The Amended Plan also provides for the award of restricted or
restricted performance shares.
Originally under the Amended Plan there were (as adjusted to reflect stock
splits and distributions by the Company) 4,138,640 shares available to be
issued and delivered upon the exercise of stock options or stock appreciation
rights. As of February 1, 1999, after adjustment to reflect the transfer of
100,000 available shares to the 1993 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option
Plan, the remaining aggregate number of shares available under the Plan is
946,040 (consisting of 691,500 shares reserved for outstanding stock options
and 254,540 shares available for stock options which have not yet been
granted). After the Amendments, the aggregate number of shares of the
Company's Common Stock which may be issued upon exercise of the stock options
or stock appreciation rights and pursuant to which restricted or restricted
performance share awards may be made under the Amended Plan would be 2,954,540
shares. The maximum number of shares as to which stock options may be granted
and as to which shares may be awarded pursuant to restricted or restricted
performance share awards under the Amended Plan to any one employee from
February 1, 1999 through the duration of the Plan is 700,000 shares.
Authorized but unissued or reacquired shares may be issued or delivered. The
Stock Option Plan currently provides that no stock options or stock
appreciation rights could be granted subsequent to February 10, 2003. The
Amended Plan extends such date to January 31, 2009.
In the event that any outstanding stock option is cancelled by mutual consent
or terminates or expires for any reason without having been exercised in full,
the shares of Common Stock not purchased under the stock option are again
available for purposes of the Amended Plan, except that to the extent that
alternative stock appreciation rights granted in conjunction with a stock
option are exercised and the related stock option is surrendered, the
aggregate number of shares which may be issued or delivered under the Amended
Plan is reduced by the number of shares issued or delivered in payment of such
alternative stock appreciation rights. If any shares of Common Stock are
forfeited to the Company pursuant to the restrictions applicable to restricted
or restricted performance shares awarded under the Amended Plan, the number of
shares so forfeited are again available for purposes of the Amended Plan. The
Amended Plan also contains antidilution provisions which provide in certain
events for proportionate adjustments in the number of shares of Common Stock
which may be offered under the Amended Plan.
Administration. The Amended Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee
of the Board of Directors (see "Board of Directors and Committees of the
Board," above). None of the members of the Compensation Committee is eligible
to participate in the Amended Plan. Members of the Compensation Committee are
selected by the Board and may be removed by the Board at any time.
Subject to the provisions of the Amended Plan, the Compensation Committee has
full and final authority, in its discretion, to grant the incentive stock
options or nonstatutory stock options (with or without stock appreciation
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rights) under the Amended Plan, to award restricted or restricted performance
shares and to determine the employees to whom each grant or award is made and
the number of shares covered thereby. In determining the eligibility of any
employee, as well as in determining the number of shares covered by each grant
or award, the Compensation Committee considers the position and
responsibilities of the employee being considered, the nature and value to the
Company or a subsidiary of his or her services, his or her present and/or
potential contribution to the success of the Company or a subsidiary and such
other factors as the Compensation Committee may deem relevant.
The Compensation Committee also has the power to interpret the Amended Plan
and to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures in connection with the
operations of the Amended Plan as it deems necessary and advisable in its
administration of the Amended Plan.
Terms of Stock Options. The option price for each stock option granted under
the Amended Plan is determined by the Compensation Committee, in its
discretion, but may not be less than 100%, in the case of incentive stock
options, or 80%, in the case of nonstatutory stock options, of the fair market
value of the shares of Common Stock covered by the stock option on the date of
grant, except that in the case of an incentive stock option granted to an
individual who, immediately prior to such grant, owns actually or
constructively, pursuant to the rules contained in Section 424(d) of the Code,
stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all
classes of stock of the Company or any subsidiary (a "10% Employee"), the
option price may be not less than 110% of fair market value on the date of
grant. Fair market value for all purposes under the Amended Plan is the mean
between the publicly reported highest and lowest sales prices per share of
Common Stock of the Company, currently measured as quoted in the New York
Stock Exchange Composite transactions listing in The Wall Street Journal, on
the date as of which fair market value is determined. As of March 10, 1999,
the fair market value of a share of Common Stock of the Company, as so
computed, was $5.97.
No incentive stock option may be exercised after the expiration of ten years
from the date of grant (five years in the case of a 10% Employee), and no
nonstatutory stock option may be exercised after the expiration of ten years
from the date of grant. An exercisable stock option may be exercised in whole
or in part. Otherwise, stock options granted under the Amended Plan may be
exercised at such times, in such amounts and subject to such restrictions as
shall be determined, in its discretion, by the Compensation Committee.
The option price for each stock option is payable in full in cash at the time
of exercise; however, in lieu of cash the person exercising the stock option
may, if authorized by the Compensation Committee at the time of grant in the
case of an incentive stock option or at any time in the case of a nonstatutory
stock option, pay the option price in whole or in party by delivering to the
Company shares of Common Stock having a fair market value on the date of
exercise of the stock option equal to the option price for the shares being
purchased, or, if so provided in the stock option agreement, the optionee may
pay that portion of the option price which exceeds the aggregate par value of
the shares being purchased in whole or in part with secured or unsecured
promissory notes of the optionee maturing in less than one year. The option
price is payable at such time or times as the Compensation Committee, in its
discretion, determines. Payment of the option price with shares does not
increase the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued or
delivered under the Amended Plan.
If the person exercising a stock option participates in a broker or other
agent-sponsored exercise or financing program, the Company will cooperate with
all reasonable procedures of the broker or other agent to permit participation
by the person exercising the stock option in the exercise or financing
program, but the exercise of the stock option shall not be deemed to occur and
no shares of the Common Stock will be issued until the Company has received
full payment in cash for the option price from the broker or other agent.
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The aggregate fair market value (determined as of the time the incentive stock
options are granted) of the shares of Common Stock under all plans of the
Company or a subsidiary employing the optionee are exercisable for the first
time by an employee during any calendar year may not exceed $100,000. If the
date on which any incentive stock options may first be exercised would be
accelerated pursuant to any provision of the Amended Plan or any stock option
agreement, or amendment thereto, and the acceleration of such exercise date
would result in a violation of this $100,000 restriction, then,
notwithstanding any such provision, the exercise date of such incentive stock
options will be accelerated only to the extent, if any, that does not result
in a violation of the $100,000 restriction, and in such event the exercise
date of the incentive stock options with the lowest option price would be
accelerated first.
Notwithstanding any provision of the Amended Plan or any stock option
agreement or an amendment thereto, any optionee who has made a hardship
withdrawal from the Company's Thrift/Savings Plan is prohibited, for a period
of twelve (12) months following such hardship withdrawal, from exercising any
stock option granted under the Amended Plan in such a manner and to the extent
that the exercise of such stock option would result in an employee elective
contribution or an employee contribution to an employer plan within the
meaning of Treasury Regulation (S) 1.401(k)-1(d)(2)(iii)(B)(3) or any
successor regulation thereto.
Unless the Compensation Committee determines otherwise in a stock option
agreement, or amendment thereto, the following provisions of this paragraph
apply in the event of any termination of employment, except that the preceding
paragraph applies in any event if the exercise date of any incentive stock
option would be accelerated. If the employment of an optionee who is not a
Disabled Optionee (as defined in the Amended Plan) is voluntarily terminated
with the consent of the Company or a subsidiary and the Company consents to
such exercise, or if an optionee retires under any retirement plan of the
Company or a subsidiary, any then outstanding incentive stock option held by
the optionee is exercisable (but only to the extent the incentive stock option
was exercisable on the date of termination of employment) at any time prior to
the expiration of the incentive stock option or within three months after the
date of termination of employment, whichever is the shorter period. If the
employment of an optionee who holds a nonstatutory stock option is voluntarily
terminated with the consent of the Company or a subsidiary and the Company
consents to such exercise, or if such optionee retires under any retirement
plan of the Company or a subsidiary, any then outstanding nonstatutory stock
option held by the optionee is exercisable (but only to the extent the
nonstatutory stock option was exercisable on the date of termination of
employment) at any time prior to the expiration of the nonstatutory stock
option or within one year after the date of termination of employment,
whichever is the shorter period. If the employment of an optionee is
voluntarily terminated with such consent and such termination occurs because
the optionee is a Disabled Optionee, any then outstanding incentive stock
option held by the optionee is exercisable (but only to the extent the
incentive stock option was exercisable on the date of termination of
employment) at any time prior to the expiration of the incentive stock option
or within one year after the date of termination of employment, whichever is
the shorter period. In the event of the death of an optionee either during
employment or after termination of employment during period when a stock
option is exercisable as provided in the three preceding sentences, any
outstanding stock option held by the optionee at the time of death is
exercisable in whole or in part (whether or not so exercisable on the date of
the death of the optionee) by the person or persons entitled to do so under
the Will of the optionee or, if the optionee fails to make testamentary
disposition of the stock option or dies intestate, by the legal representative
of the optionee, in either case at any time prior to the expiration of the
stock option or within one year after the date of death, whichever is the
shorter period. If the employment of an optionee terminates for any other
reason, the rights of the optionee under any then outstanding stock option and
stock appreciation rights shall terminate at the time of such termination of
employment.
The antidilution provisions contained in the Amended Plan also provide in
certain events for proportionate adjustments in the number of shares covered
by outstanding stock options and in the option price of outstanding stock
options.
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No stock option or stock appreciation right granted under the Amended Plan is
transferable other than by Will or by the laws of descent and distribution,
and a stock option or stock appreciation right may be exercised during an
optionee's lifetime only by the optionee.
Each grant of a stock option or stock appreciation right must be confirmed by
a stock option agreement, or amendment to an existing agreement, between the
Company and the optionee which sets forth the terms of the stock option or
stock appreciation right.
Stock Appreciation Rights. Stock appreciation rights granted together with a
nonstatutory stock option may be granted either at the time the nonstatutory
stock option is granted or at any time thereafter during the term of such
stock option. Stock appreciation rights granted together with an incentive
stock option may only be granted at the time such incentive stock option is
granted.
If non-alternative stock appreciation rights are granted together with a stock
option, such stock appreciation rights entitle the person or persons who are
entitled to exercise the related stock option, upon exercise of the related
stock option, or any portion thereof, to receive from the Company (in addition
to the shares to be received upon exercise of the related stock option) that
number of shares of Common Stock having an aggregate fair market value on the
date of exercise of the related stock option equal to the excess of the fair
market value of one share of Common Stock over the option price per share
payable pursuant to the related stock option times the number of shares
covered by the related stock option, or portion thereof, which is exercised.
No fractional shares are issued or delivered but instead cash is paid in lieu
of any fractional shares. The Compensation Committee has authority, in its
discretion, to determine at any time that all or any part of the obligation of
the Company with respect to non-alternative stock appreciation rights (other
than those granted together with incentive stock options) will be paid in
cash.
If alternative stock appreciation rights are granted together with a stock
option, such stock appreciation rights entitle the person or persons who are
entitled to exercise the related stock option to surrender unexercised the
related stock option, or any portion thereof, and to receive from the Company
in exchange therefor that number of shares of Common Stock having an aggregate
fair market value, on the date of exercise of the alternative stock appreciate
rights, equal to the excess of the fair market value of one share of Common
Stock on such date of exercise over the option price per share payable
pursuant to the related stock option times the number of shares covered by the
related stock option, or portion thereof, which is surrendered. Alternative
stock appreciation rights granted together with an incentive stock option are
not exercisable, however, unless the fair market value per share of the Common
Stock on the date of exercise exceeds the option price per share payable
pursuant to such incentive stock option. No fractional shares are issued or
delivered but instead, except as provided below, cash is paid in lieu of any
fractional shares. The Compensation Committee has authority, in its
discretion, to determine at any time that all or any part of the obligation of
the Company with respect to alternative stock appreciation rights will be paid
in cash.
Restricted and Restricted Performance Shares. Restricted and restricted
performance share awards are subject to such restrictions (including
restrictions on the right of the awardee to sell, assign, transfer or encumber
the shares awarded while such shares are subject to restrictions) as the
Committee may impose thereon and are subject to forfeiture to the extent
events (which may, in the discretion of the Committee, include termination of
employment and/or performance-based events) specified by the Committee occur
prior to the time the restrictions lapse.
Each restricted or restricted performance share award must be confirmed by an
agreement between the Company and the awardee, which sets forth the number of
restricted or restricted performance shares awarded, the
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restrictions imposed thereon, the duration of such restrictions, the
performance criteria, if any, the events the occurrence of which would cause a
forfeiture of the restricted or restricted performance shares and such other
terms and conditions as the Committee in its discretion deems appropriate.
Following a restricted or restricted performance share award and prior to the
lapse of the applicable restrictions, share certificates representing the
restricted or restricted performance shares are held by the Company in escrow.
Except in certain circumstances, the Committee, in its discretion, may
determine that dividends and other distributions on the shares held in escrow
shall not be paid to the awardee until the lapse or termination of the
applicable restrictions. Unless otherwise provided, in its discretion, by the
Committee, any such dividends or other distributions shall not bear interest.
Upon the lapse of the applicable restrictions (and not before such time), the
share certificates representing the restricted or restricted performance
shares and unpaid dividends, if any, are delivered to the awardee. From the
date a restricted share or restricted performance share award is effective,
however, the awardee is a shareholder with respect to all the shares
represented by the share certificates for the restricted or restricted
performance shares and has all the rights of a shareholder with respect to the
restricted or restricted performance shares, including the right to vote the
restricted or restricted performance shares, subject only to the preceding
provisions of this paragraph and the restrictions imposed by the Committee.
With respect to restricted performance shares, the Committee, in its
discretion, may award the restricted performance shares, which shall be earned
by an awardee based on the level of performance over a specified time by the
Company, a subsidiary or subsidiaries, any branch, department or other portion
thereof, or by an awardee individually, as determined by the Committee. The
performance targets to be met by awardees may be expressed in terms of Common
Stock fair market value, revenues, net profit and/or earnings per share,
percentage of profitability which are return on assets or return on equity,
asset growth or maintenance, ratio of capital to assets or such other similar
level or levels of accomplishment by the Company, a subsidiary or
subsidiaries, any branch, department or other portion thereof, or by an
awardee individually, as may be established or revised from time to time by
the Committee.
The Committee will in connection with the grant of restricted performance
shares set forth a performance period, a performance target, and/or a minimum
target as described in the Amended Plan. A performance target and/or minimum
target will be established by the Committee not later than 90 days after the
commencement of the performance period to which it relates (or not later than
after 25% of the performance period has expired, if less), provided that any
such target will always be established when the outcome is substantially
uncertain.
An awardee will earn the restricted performance shares in full by meeting the
performance target for the performance period, in addition to meeting any time
vesting requirements determined by the Committee. If the minimum target is not
met, no performance shares will be earned by the awardee. If the minimum
target is attained but the performance target is not attained, the portion of
the restricted performance shares earned by the awardee shall be such portion
as is established by the Committee at the time of grant.
Shares which do not vest due to failure to meet performance targets will be
forfeited. It is intended that the compensation received by awardees of
restricted performance shares will qualify as performance-based compensation
under Section 162(m) of the Code.
Amended Plan Benefits. From time to time grants of incentive stock options
have been made under the Amended Plan. No grants of nonstatutory stock options
or stock appreciation rights have yet been made. The following table sets
forth the number of options granted to the following persons or groups under
the Amended Plan and not exercised, forfeited or returned to the Company
through February 1, 1999. A portion of the options which have been granted may
not have yet vested pursuant to the terms of the stock option agreements with
respect to such options.
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Amended Plan Benefits
Number of
Name and Position Stock Options
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Thomas A. McConomy................................................ 0
Joseph A. Fischette............................................... 50,000
John M. MacCrum................................................... 50,000
Benjamin F. Ward, Jr.............................................. 60,000
Jonathan H. Maurer................................................ 30,000
Current executive officers, as a group............................ 235,000
Employees, not including current executive officers, as a group... 456,500
Miscellaneous. The Board of Directors may alter or amend the Amended Plan at
any time except that, without approval of the stockholders of the Company, no
alteration or amendment may (i) increase the total number of shares which may
be issued or delivered under the Amended Plan, (ii) make any changes in the
class of employees eligible to be granted incentive stock options under the
Amended Plan, (iii) change the maximum number of shares as to which stock
options may be granted and as to which restricted or restricted performance
shares may be awarded to any employee under the Amended Plan, (iv) extend the
periods set forth in the Amended Plan during which stock options or stock
appreciation rights may be granted or restricted or restricted performance
shares awarded beyond January 31, 2009 or (v) be made if stockholder approval
of the amendment is at the time required for stock options or restricted or
restricted performance shares under the Amended Plan to qualify for the
exemption from Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "1934 Act") provided by Rule 16b-3 or by the rules of the New
York Stock Exchange or any stock exchange on which the Common Stock may then
be listed. In addition, no termination or amendment of the Amended Plan may,
without the written consent of the holder of a stock option or stock
appreciation right theretofore granted under the Amended Plan, adversely
affect the rights of such holder with respect thereto.
The Board of Directors may also terminate the Amended Plan at any time, but
termination of the Amended Plan would not terminate any outstanding stock
options or stock appreciation rights granted or cause the forfeiture of any
restricted or restricted performance shares awarded under the Amended Plan.
If an employee who has been granted stock options or stock appreciation rights
or awarded restricted or restricted performance shares under the Amended Plan
engages in the operation or management of a business, whether as owner,
partner, officer, director, employee or otherwise and whether during or after
termination of employment, which is in competition with the Company or any of
its subsidiaries, the Compensation Committee may in its discretion immediately
terminate all stock options and stock appreciation rights or cause the
forfeiture of restricted or restricted performance shares held by such person.
Neither the adoption of the Amended Plan nor any action of the Board of
Directors or the Compensation Committee shall be deemed to give any employee
any right to be granted a stock option or stock appreciation rights or awarded
restricted or restricted performance shares under the Amended Plan and nothing
in the Amended Plan or in any stock option or stock appreciation rights
granted or restricted or restricted performance share awarded under the
Amended Plan or in any stock option or restricted or restricted performance
share agreement confers any right upon any employee to continue in the employ
of the Company or any subsidiary or interfere in any way with the rights of
the Company or any subsidiary to terminate the employment of any employee at
any time.
The Amended Plan contains no provision prohibiting the grant of stock options
by the Compensation Committee upon the condition that outstanding stock
options granted at a higher option price be surrendered for cancellation.
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Certain outstanding stock options granted under the Amended Plan may from time
to time have option prices in excess of the market price per share of the
Company's Common Stock. It is possible, therefore, that the Compensation
Committee may grant stock options under the Amended Plan exercisable at the
fair market value of shares of Common Stock on the date of grant upon the
condition that outstanding stock options with a higher option price granted
under the Amended Plan be surrendered for cancellation.
Federal Income Tax Consequences
The following is a brief summary of the principal Federal income tax
consequences of the grant and exercise of incentive stock options and
nonstatutory stock options and the making of restricted and restricted
performance share awards under present law.
Incentive Stock Options. An optionee does not recognize any taxable income for
Federal income tax purposes upon receipt of an incentive stock option or
generally, at the time of exercise of an incentive stock option. The exercise
of an incentive stock option, however, generally does result in an increase in
an optionee's taxable income for alternative minimum tax purposes.
If an optionee exercises an incentive stock option and does not dispose of the
shares received in a subsequent "disqualifying disposition" (generally, a
sale, gift or other transfer within two years after the date of grant of the
incentive stock option or within one year after the shares are transferred to
the optionee), upon disposition of the shares any amount realized in excess of
the optionee's tax basis in the shares disposed of is treated as a long-term
capital gain, and any loss is treated as a long-term capital loss. In the
event of a "disqualifying disposition," the difference between the fair market
value of the shares received on the date of exercise and the option price
(limited, in the case of a taxable sale or exchange, to the excess of the
amount realized upon disposition over the optionee's tax basis in the shares)
is treated as compensation received by the optionee in the year of
disposition. Any additional gain is taxable as a capital gain and any loss as
a capital loss, which is long-term or short-term depending on whether the
shares were held for more than one year. Under proposed regulations, special
rules apply in determining the compensation income recognized upon a
disqualifying disposition if the option price of the incentive stock option is
paid with shares of Common Stock. If shares of Common Stock received upon the
prior exercise of an incentive stock option are transferred to the Company in
payment of the option price of an incentive stock option within either of the
periods referred to above, the transfer is considered a "disqualifying
disposition" of the shares transferred, but under proposed regulations, only
compensation income determined as stated above, and no capital gain or loss,
is recognized.
Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is entitled to a deduction
with respect to shares received by an optionee upon exercise of an incentive
stock option and not disposed of in a "disqualifying disposition." If an
amount is treated as compensation received by an optionee because of a
"disqualifying disposition," the Company or one of its subsidiaries generally
is entitled to a deduction in the same amount for compensation paid, subject
to the "Limits on Deductions/Other Tax Matters" below.
Nonstatutory Stock Options. An optionee generally does not recognize any
taxable income for Federal income tax purposes upon receipt of a nonstatutory
stock option. Upon the exercise of a nonstatutory stock option the amount by
which the fair market value of the shares received, determined as of the date
of exercise, exceeds the option price is treated as compensation received by
the optionee in the year of exercise. If the option price of a nonstatutory
stock option is paid in whole or in part in shares, no income, gain or loss is
recognized by the optionee on the receipt of shares equal in value on the date
of exercise to the shares delivered in payment of the option price. The fair
market value of the remainder of the shares received upon exercise of the
nonstatutory stock option, determined as of the date of exercise, less the
amount of cash, if any, paid upon exercise is treated as compensation income
received by the optionee on the date of exercise of the stock option.
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The Company or one of its subsidiaries generally is entitled to a deduction
for compensation paid in the same amount that is treated as compensation
received by the optionee upon exercise of a nonstatutory stock option, subject
to the "Limits on Deductions/Other Tax Matters" below.
Stock Appreciation Rights. An optionee does not recognize any taxable income
for Federal income tax purposes upon receipt of alternative or non-alternative
stock appreciation rights. Upon the exercise of alternative or non-alternative
stock appreciate rights, the fair market value of shares received, determined
as of the date of exercise, is treated as compensation received by the
optionee in the year of exercise.
Any cash received by an optionee in lieu of shares following the exercise of
alternative or non-alternative stock appreciation rights is treated as
compensation received by the optionee and is taxable in the year of exercise.
In each instance that an amount is treated as compensation received by the
optionee, the Company or one of its subsidiaries generally is entitled to a
corresponding deduction in the same amount for compensation paid.
Restricted Shares. An awardee does not recognize any taxable income for
Federal income tax purposes in the year of the award, provided the shares are
subject to restrictions (that is, they are nontransferable and subject to a
substantial risk of forfeiture). However, the awardee may elect under Section
83(b) of the Code to recognize compensation income in the year of the award in
an amount equal to the fair market value of the shares on the date of the
award, determined without regard to the restrictions. If the awardee does not
make a Section 83(b) election, the fair market value of the shares on the date
the restrictions lapse is treated as compensation income to the awardee and is
taxable in the year the restrictions lapse. The Company or one of its
subsidiaries generally is entitled to a deduction for compensation paid in the
same amount that is treated as compensation income to the awardee, subject to
the "Limits on Deductions/Other Tax Matters" below.
Limits on Deductions/Other Tax Matters. The exercise by an optionee of a stock
option or the lapse of restrictions on restricted stock following the
occurrence of a change in control event, as may be contained in an employment
agreement with an optionee, in certain circumstances may result in (i) a 20%
Federal excise tax (in addition to Federal income tax) to the optionee or the
awardee on all or a portion of the Common Stock or cash resulting from the
exercise or the restricted shares on which the restrictions lapse and (ii) the
loss of a compensation deduction which would otherwise be allowable to the
Company or one of its subsidiaries as explained above.
Section 162(m) of the Code disallows a compensation deduction for compensation
paid to the Chief Executive Officer and any of the other four highest
compensated officers in excess of $1 million each in any taxable year, except
that compensation that is performance-based may be excluded from this
deduction limitation. (The $1 million deduction limit is reduced by the amount
of any compensation deduction disallowed under the immediately preceding
paragraph.) With respect to awards granted after the Amendments, the Amended
Plan has been structured so that compensation arising from the exercise of
nonstatutory stock options, the disqualifying disposition of shares acquired
upon exercise of incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights granted at
the time the related option is granted or the vesting of restricted
performance shares based on the performance goals or measures set forth in the
Plan should be performance-based within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the
Code. Restricted share awards, restricted performance shares based in whole or
in part on any goal or measure other than the performance goals set forth in
the Plan (or if the Committee fails to certify attainment of the performance
goals prior to paying such award), and stock appreciation rights granted after
the related option is granted are not at present eligible for this
performance-based exception and, if granted to any of such five officers, may
be subject to the limits of Section 162(m) of the Code.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP audited the Company's annual financial statements
for 1998. Representatives of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP are expected to be
present at the Annual Meeting. They will have the opportunity to make
statements if they desire to do so and will be available to respond to
appropriate questions.
VOTE REQUIRED
The two nominees for election as Directors in the Class of 2000 and the two
nominees for election as directors in the Class of 2002 at the Annual Meeting
who receive the greatest number of votes cast for the election of Directors of
their respective class at that meeting by the holders of the Company's Common
Stock, present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled
to vote at that meeting, a quorum being present, shall become Directors at the
conclusion of the tabulation of votes. The affirmative vote of the holders of
a majority of the votes cast of the Company's Common Stock, present in person
or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote at that meeting, a
quorum being present, is necessary to approve the actions proposed in
proposal 2 of the accompanying Notice of 1999 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Under Delaware law and the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation and
By-laws, the total number of votes cast "for" or "against" will be counted for
purposes of determining the minimum number of affirmative votes required for
approval of proposal 2 and the total number of votes cast "for" any of these
matters will be counted for purposes of determining whether sufficient
affirmative votes have been cast. An abstention from voting on a matter by a
stockholder present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting or any
broker non-vote shall not be counted in such voting.
OTHER BUSINESS
The Board of Directors does not know of any other business to be presented to
the Annual Meeting of Stockholders. If any other matters properly come before
the meeting, however, the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy will
vote the proxy in accordance with their best judgment.
STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS
If any stockholder wishes to present a proposal to be acted upon at the 2000
Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the proposal must be received by the Secretary
of the Company by November 18, 1999 to be considered for inclusion in the
Company's Proxy Statement and form of proxy relating to the 2000 Annual
Meeting. The 2000 Annual Meeting is tentatively scheduled for April 18, 2000.
In connection with the 2000 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, if the Company
does not receive notice of a matter or proposal to be considered (whether or
not the proponent thereof intends to include such matter or proposal in the
Proxy Statement of the Company) on or before February 2, 2000, then the
persons appointed by the Board of Directors to act as the proxies for such
Annual Meeting will be allowed to use their discretionary voting authority
with respect to any such matter or proposal at such Annual Meeting, if such
matter or proposal is raised at such Annual Meeting.
Joseph A. Fischette
Secretary
March 18, 1999
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Exhibit A
CALGON CARBON CORPORATION
STOCK OPTION PLAN
(As amended and restated through February 1, 1999)
The purposes of the Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") are to encourage eligible
employees of Calgon Carbon Corporation (the "Company") and any other
corporation in the Chain, as defined below, including officers who are
employees, to increase their efforts to make the Company and each Subsidiary
more successful, to provide an additional inducement for such individuals to
remain with the Company or a Subsidiary, to reward such individuals by
providing the opportunity to acquire Common Stock of the Company ("Common
Stock") on favorable terms and to provide a means through which the Company
may attract able persons to enter the employ of the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries. The "Chain" shall mean all corporations in an unbroken chain of
corporations including the Company, in which each of the corporations other
than the last corporation in the chain owns stock possessing at least fifty
percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of
stock in one of the other corporations in the chain. "Subsidiary" shall mean
any corporation in the Chain directly or indirectly controlled by the Company.
SECTION 1
Administration
The Plan shall be administered by a Committee (the "Committee") appointed by
the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") and consisting of not less
than two members of the Board, each of whom at the time of appointment to the
Committee and at all times during service as a member of the Committee shall
be (i) "Non-Employee Directors" as then defined under Rule 16b-3 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or any
successor Rule and (ii) an "outside director" under Section 162(m)(4)(C) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code"), or any successor provision.
The Committee shall interpret the Plan and prescribe such rules, regulations
and procedures in connection with the operations of the Plan as it shall deem
to be necessary and advisable for the administration of the Plan consistent
with the purposes of the Plan. All questions of interpretation and application
of the Plan, or as to grants or awards under the Plan, shall be subject to the
determination of the Committee which shall be final and binding.
The Committee shall keep records of action taken at its meetings, a majority
of the Committee shall constitute a quorum at any meeting and the acts of a
majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present,
or acts approved in writing by a majority of the Committee, shall be the acts
of the Committee.
SECTION 2
Eligibility
Those employees ("Key Employees") of the Company or any Subsidiary
(including, but not limited to, covered employees as defined in Section
162(m)(3) of the Code, or any successor provision) who are important to the
management, growth or protection of the business of the Company or any
Subsidiary shall be eligible to receive stock options (with or without stock
appreciation rights) and to receive restricted or restricted performance share
awards as described herein.
Stock options (with or without stock appreciation rights) may be granted and
restricted or restricted performance shares may be awarded to any person
conditional upon such person's becoming a Key Employee of
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the Company or any Subsidiary, but any such options or rights or restricted or
restricted performance shares shall
be deemed granted or awarded as of the date such person becomes such a Key
Employee and shall be null and void unless that occurs before a date specified
by the Committee and not more than six months after the Committee acts to
grant such options or rights or award such restricted or restricted
performance shares.
Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have full and
final authority, in its discretion, to grant stock options (with or without
stock appreciation rights) and to award restricted or restricted performance
shares as described herein and to determine the individuals to whom any such
grant or award shall be made and the number of shares to be covered by each
stock option. In determining the eligibility of any individual, as well as in
determining the number of shares covered by each grant of a stock option or
award of restricted or restricted performance shares, the Committee shall
consider the position and the responsibilities of the individual being
considered, the nature and value to the Company or a Subsidiary of his or her
services, his or her present and/or potential contribution to the success of
the Company or a Subsidiary and such other factors as the Committee may deem
relevant.
SECTION 3
Shares Available under the Plan
The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which was originally
available under the Plan, as adjusted to reflect stock splits and
distributions by the Company, was 4,138,640 shares. Immediately prior to the
date of the amendment and restatement of the Plan, after adjustment to reflect
the transfer of 100,000 available shares to the 1993 Directors' Stock Option
Plan, the remaining aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which may be
issued or delivered under the Plan upon exercise of stock options is 946,040
shares (consisting of 691,500 shares reserved for outstanding stock options
and 254,540 shares available for stock options which have not yet been granted
or for awards of restricted or restricted performance shares), subject to
adjustment and substitution as set forth in Section 6. As of the date of the
amendment and restatement, an additional 2,700,000 shares are available under
the Plan, subject to adjustment and substitution as set forth in Section 6.
In addition, if non-alternative stock appreciation rights are granted
together with any stock option with the effect provided in Section 5(D)(1), up
to one additional share of Common Stock may be issued or delivered under the
Plan in payment of such stock appreciation rights for each share issued or
delivered upon the exercise of such stock option. If alternative stock
appreciation rights are granted together with any stock option with the effect
provided in Section 5(D)(2), upon the exercise of any such alternative stock
appreciation rights in lieu of the related stock option, the number of shares
which may be issued or delivered under the Plan upon the exercise of stock
options as provided in the first sentence of this paragraph shall be reduced
by the number of shares, if any, issued or delivered in payment of such
alternative stock appreciation rights. The shares which may be issued or
delivered under the Plan may be either authorized but unissued shares or
treasury shares or partly each, as shall be determined by the Board.
Except as provided in the preceding paragraph, if any stock option granted
under the Plan is cancelled by mutual consent or terminates or expires for any
reason without having been exercised in full, the number of shares subject to
such stock option shall again be available for the purposes of the Plan. If
shares of Common Stock are forfeited to the Company pursuant to the
restrictions applicable to restricted or restricted performance shares awarded
under the Plan, the shares so forfeited shall again be available for purposes
of the Plan. To the extent any restricted performance shares are not earned,
the number of shares shall again be available for purposes of the Plan.
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SECTION 4
Grant of Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights
and Awards of Restricted or Restricted Performance Shares
The Committee shall have authority, in its discretion, (a) to grant
"incentive stock options" pursuant to Section 422 of the Code to grant
"nonstatutory stock options" (stock options which do not qualify under Section
422 or Section 423 of the Code) or to grant both types of stock options (but
not in tandem), (b) to award restricted shares and (c) to award restricted
performance shares, all as provided herein. The Committee shall also have
authority, in its discretion, to grant alternative or non-alternative stock
appreciation rights together with stock options with the effect provided in
Section 5(D).
Stock appreciation rights granted together with a nonstatutory stock option
may be granted either at the time such stock option is granted or at any time
thereafter during the term of such stock option. Stock appreciation rights
granted together with an incentive stock option may only be granted at the
time such incentive stock option is granted.
From February 1, 1999 through the duration of the Plan, the maximum number
of shares as to which stock options (with or without stock appreciation
rights) may be granted and as to which restricted or restricted performance
shares may be awarded under the Plan to any one employee is 700,000 shares,
subject to adjustment and substitution as set forth in Section 6. For the
purposes of this limitation, any adjustment or substitution made pursuant to
Section 6 with respect to the maximum number of shares set forth in the
preceding sentence shall also be made with respect to any shares subject to
stock options or restricted or restricted performance share awards previously
granted under the Plan to such employee.
Notwithstanding any other provision contained in the Plan or in any
agreement referred to in Section 5(G), but subject to the last two sentences
of this paragraph, the aggregate fair market value, determined as provided in
Section 5(H) on the date of grant, of the shares with respect to which
incentive stock options are exercisable for the first time by a grantee during
any calendar year under all plans of the Company employing such grantee, any
parent or subsidiary corporation of such corporation and any predecessor
corporation of any such corporation shall not exceed $100,000. Any purported
grants of incentive stock options in excess of such $100,000 shall be deemed
to be grants of nonstatutory stock options. If the date on which one or more
of such incentive stock options could first be exercised would be accelerated
pursuant to any provision of the Plan or any stock option agreement, and the
acceleration of such exercise date would result in a violation of the
limitation set forth in the second preceding sentence, then, notwithstanding
any such violation, but subject to the provisions of the next succeeding
sentence, the exercise dates of such incentive stock options shall
nevertheless be accelerated with the exercise dates of the incentive stock
options with the lowest option prices being accelerated to the earliest such
dates and with any remaining options being converted in whole or in part to
nonstatutory stock options. A grantee may, with the consent of the Committee,
choose not to accelerate the exercise date of any such incentive stock options
which would violate the $100,000 limitation set forth in the first sentence of
this paragraph by indicating his or her decision to do so in writing to the
Committee within 10 days after such acceleration would have otherwise become
effective.
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SECTION 5
Terms and Conditions of Stock Options and
Stock Appreciation Rights
Stock options and stock appreciation rights granted under the Plan shall be
subject to the following terms and conditions:
(A) The purchase price at which each stock option may be exercised (the
"option price") shall be such price as the Committee, in its discretion,
shall determine but shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%), in
the case of incentive stock options, or eighty percent (80%), in the case
of nonstatutory stock options, of the fair market value per share of the
shares of Common Stock covered by the stock option on the date of grant,
except that in the case of an incentive stock option granted to an
individual who, immediately prior to such grant owns stock possessing more
than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of
stock of the Company or any Subsidiary (a "Ten Percent Employee"), the
option price shall be not less than 110% of such fair market value on the
date of grant. For purposes of this Section 5(A), the fair market value of
the Common Stock shall be determined as provided in Section 5(H). For
purposes of this Section 5(A), an individual shall be considered as owning
not only shares of Common Stock owned individually but also all shares that
are at the time owned, directly or indirectly, by or for the spouse,
ancestors, lineal descendants and brothers and sisters (whether by the
whole or half blood) of such individual, and shall also be considered as
owning proportionately any shares owned, directly or indirectly, by or for
any corporation, partnership, estate or trust in which such individual
shall be a shareholder, partner or beneficiary.
(B) The option price shall be payable in cash; provided, however, that in
lieu of cash a grantee may, if authorized by the Committee at the time of
grant, in the case of an incentive stock option, or at any time, in the
case of a nonstatutory stock option, pay the option price in whole or in
part by tendering to the Company shares of Common Stock owned by the
grantee and having a fair market value on the date of exercise of the stock
option, determined as provided in Section 5(H), equal to the option price
for the shares being purchased (except that (i) any portion of the option
price representing a fraction of a share shall in any event be paid in cash
and (ii) no shares of Common Stock which have been held for less than six
months may be delivered in payment of the option price of a stock option),
or, if so provided in the option agreement referred to in Section 5(G), the
grantee may pay that portion of the option price which exceeds the
aggregate par value of the shares being purchased in whole or in part with
secured or unsecured promissory notes of the grantee maturing in less than
one year. The option price shall be payable at such time or times as the
Committee, in its discretion, shall determine. Delivery of shares, if
authorized, may also be accomplished through the effective transfer to the
Company of shares held by a broker or other agent. The Company will also
cooperate with any person exercising a stock option who participates in a
cashless exercise program of a broker or other agent under which all or
part of the shares received upon exercise of the stock option are sold
through the broker or other agent or under which the broker or other agent
makes a loan to such person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the
Committee, in its discretion, shall otherwise determine at the time of
grant in the case of an incentive stock option, or at any time in the case
of a nonstatutory stock option, the exercise of the stock option shall not
be deemed to occur and no shares of Common Stock will be issued by the
Company upon exercise of the stock option until the Company has received
payment of the option price in full. The date of exercise of a stock option
shall be determined under procedures established by the Committee, and as
of the date of exercise the person exercising the stock option shall be
considered for all purposes to be the owner of the shares with respect to
which the stock option has been exercised. Payment of the option price with
shares shall not increase the number of shares of Common Stock which may be
issued or delivered under the Plan as provided in Section 3.
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(C) No nonstatutory stock option shall be exercisable after the
expiration of ten years from the date of grant. No incentive stock option
shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten years (five years, in the
case of a Ten Percent Employee) from the date of grant. Subject to this
Section 5(C) and Sections 5(F), 5(G) and 5(I), and the other provisions of
the Plan, stock options may be exercised at such times, in such amounts and
subject to such restrictions as shall be determined, in its discretion, by
the Committee.
(D)(1) If non-alternative stock appreciation rights are granted together
with a stock option, such stock appreciation rights shall entitle the
person or persons who are entitled to exercise the related stock option,
upon exercise of the related stock option, or any portion thereof, to
receive from the Company (in addition to the shares to be received upon
exercise of the related stock option) that number of shares of Common Stock
having an aggregate fair market value, determined as provided in Section
5(H), on the date of exercise of the related stock option equal to the
excess of the fair market value of one share of Common Stock over the
option price per share payable pursuant to the related stock option times
the number of shares covered by the related stock option, or portion
thereof, which is exercised. No fractional shares shall be issued or
delivered but instead cash shall be paid in lieu of any fractional shares.
The Committee shall have authority, in its discretion, to determine at any
time that all or any part of the obligation of the Company with respect to
nonalternative stock appreciation rights (other than those granted together
with incentive stock options) shall be paid in cash.
(2) If alternative stock appreciation rights are granted together
with a stock option, such stock appreciation rights shall entitle the
person or persons who are entitled to exercise the related stock option
to surrender unexercised the related stock option, or any portion
thereof, and to receive from the Company in exchange therefor that
number of shares of Common Stock having an aggregate fair market value,
determined as provided in Section 5(H), on the date of exercise of the
alternative stock appreciation rights equal to the excess of the fair
market value of one share of Common Stock on such date of exercise over
the option price per share payable pursuant to the related stock option
times the number of shares covered by the related stock option, or
portion thereof, which is surrendered. Alternative stock appreciation
rights granted together with an incentive stock option shall not be
exercisable, however, unless the fair market value per share of the
Common Stock on the date of exercise, determined as provided in Section
5(H), exceeds the option price per share payable pursuant to such
incentive stock option. No fractional shares shall be issued or
delivered but instead, except as provided below, cash shall be paid in
lieu of any fractional shares. The Committee shall have authority, in
its discretion, to determine at any time that all or any part of the
obligation of the Company with respect to alternative stock
appreciation rights shall be paid in cash.
(E) No stock option or stock appreciation rights shall be transferable by
the grantee other than by Will, or if the grantee dies intestate, by the
laws of descent and distribution of the state of domicile of the grantee at
the time of death, and each stock option and stock appreciation right shall
be exercisable during the lifetime of the grantee only by the grantee.
(F) Unless otherwise determined by the Committee and provided in the
stock option agreement referred to in Section 5(G) or an amendment thereto:
(i) If the employment of a grantee who is not a Disabled Grantee as
defined in clause (ii) below is voluntarily terminated with the consent
of the Company or a Subsidiary and the Company consents to such
exercise, or if a grantee retires under any retirement plan of the
Company or a Subsidiary, any then outstanding incentive stock option
held by such grantee shall be exercisable (to the extent exercisable on
the date of termination of employment) by such grantee at any time
prior to the
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expiration date of such incentive stock option or within three months
after the date of termination of employment, whichever is the shorter
period;
(ii) If the employment of a grantee who is disabled within the
meaning of Section 422(c)(6) (formerly Section 422A(c)(7)) of the Code
(a "Disabled Grantee") is voluntarily terminated with the consent of
the Company or a Subsidiary, any then outstanding incentive stock
option held by such Disabled Grantee shall be exercisable (to the
extent exercisable on the date of termination of employment) by such
Disabled Grantee at any time prior to the expiration date of such
incentive stock option or within one year after the date of termination
of employment, whichever is the shorter period;
(iii) If the employment of a grantee who holds a nonstatutory stock
option is voluntarily terminated with the consent of the Company or a
Subsidiary and the Company consents to such exercise, or if such
grantee retires under any retirement plan of the Company or a
Subsidiary, any then outstanding nonstatutory stock option held by such
grantee shall be exercisable (to the extent exercisable on the date of
termination of employment) by such grantee at any time prior to the
expiration date of such nonstatutory stock option or within one year
after the date of termination of employment, whichever is the shorter
period; and
(iv) Following the death of a grantee, either during employment or
after termination of employment during a period when a stock option is
exercisable as provided in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above, any
outstanding stock option held by the grantee at the time of death shall
be exercisable in whole or in part (whether or not so exercisable on
the date of the death of the grantee but subject to the provisions of
Section 4) by the person or persons entitled to do so under the Will of
the grantee, or, if the grantee shall fail to make testamentary
disposition of such stock option or shall die intestate, by the legal
representative of the grantee, in either case at any time prior to the
expiration date of such stock option or within one year after the date
of death, whichever is the shorter period.
If the employment of a grantee terminates for any reason other than as
set forth above in this Section 5(F), the rights of such grantee under any
then outstanding stock option and stock appreciation rights shall terminate
at the time of such termination of employment. In addition, if a grantee
engages in the operation or management of a business, whether as owner,
partner, officer, director, employee or otherwise, and whether during or
after termination of employment by the Company or a Subsidiary, which is
then in competition with the Company or a Subsidiary, the Committee may in
its discretion immediately terminate all stock options and stock
appreciation rights held by such grantee.
Whether termination of employment is a voluntary termination with consent
of the Company or a Subsidiary and whether a grantee is disabled within the
meaning of Section 422(c)(6) of the Code shall be determined in each case
by the Committee and any such determination by the Committee shall be final
and binding.
(G) All stock options and stock appreciation rights shall be confirmed by
a stock option agreement, or amendment thereto, which shall be executed by
the President or any Vice President on behalf of the Company and by the
individual to whom such stock options or stock appreciation rights are
granted. The provisions of such agreements need not be identical.
(H) Fair market value of the Common Stock shall be the mean between the
following prices, as applicable, for the date as of which fair market value
is to be determined as quoted in The Wall Street Journal (or in such other
reliable publication as the Committee, in its discretion, may determine to
rely upon): (a) if the Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock
Exchange, the highest and lowest sales
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prices per share of the Common Stock as quoted in the NYSE Composite
Transactions listing for such date, (b) if the Common Stock is not listed
on such exchange, the highest and lowest sales prices per share of Common
Stock for such date on (or on any composite index including) the principal
United States securities exchange registered under the Exchange Act on
which the Common Stock is listed or (c) if the Common Stock is not listed
on any such exchange, the highest and lowest sales prices per share of the
Common Stock for such date on the National Association of Securities
Dealers Automated Quotations System or any successor system then in use
("NASDAQ"). If there are no such sale price quotations for the date as of
which fair market value is to be determined but there are such sale price
quotations within a reasonable period both before and after such date, then
fair market value shall be determined by taking a weighted average of the
means between the highest and lowest sales prices per share of the Common
Stock as so quoted on the nearest date before and the nearest date after
the date as of which fair market value is to be determined. The average
should be weighted inversely by the respective numbers of trading days
between the selling dates and the date as of which fair market value is to
be determined. If there are no such sale price quotations on or within a
reasonable period both before and after the date as of which fair market
value is to be determined, then fair market value of the Common Stock shall
be the mean between the bona fide bid and asked prices per share of Common
Stock as so quoted for such date on NASDAQ, or if none, the weighted
average of the means between such bona fide bid and asked prices on the
nearest trading date before and the nearest trading date after the date as
of which fair market value is to be determined, if both such dates are
within a reasonable period. The average is to be determined in the manner
described above in this Section 5(H). If the fair market value of the
Common Stock cannot be determined on the basis previously set forth in this
Section 5(H) on the date as of which fair market value is to be determined,
the Committee shall in good faith determine the fair market value of the
Common Stock on such date. Fair market value shall be determined without
regard to any restriction other than a restriction which, by its terms,
will never lapse.
(I) The obligation of the Company to issue shares of the Common Stock
under the Plan shall be subject to (i) the effectiveness of a registration
statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to
such shares, if deemed necessary or appropriate by counsel for the Company,
(ii) the condition that the shares shall have been listed (or authorized
for listing upon official notice of issuance) upon each stock exchange, if
any, on which the shares of Common Stock may then be listed and (iii) all
other applicable laws, regulations, rules and orders which may then be in
effect.
(J) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5 or any other
provision of the Plan or any stock option agreement or an amendment
thereto, any grantee who has made a hardship withdrawal from the Calgon
Carbon Corporation Thrift/Savings Plan shall be prohibited, for a period of
twelve (12) months following such hardship withdrawal, from exercising any
stock option granted under the Plan in such a manner and to the extent that
the exercise of such stock option would result in an employee elective
contribution or an employee contribution to an employer plan within the
meaning of Treasury Regulation (S) 1.401(k)-1(d)(2)(iii)(B)(3) or any
successor regulation thereto.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 5 and the other
provisions of the Plan, any stock option or stock appreciation rights granted
under the Plan shall be subject to such other terms and conditions as the
Committee shall deem advisable.
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SECTION 5A
Terms and Conditions of Restricted and
Restricted Performance Share Awards
Restricted and restricted performance share awards shall be evidenced by a
written agreement in a form prescribed by the Committee, in its discretion,
which shall set forth the number of shares of the Common Stock awarded, the
restrictions imposed thereon (including, without limitation, restrictions on
the right of the grantee to sell, assign, transfer or encumber such shares
while such shares are subject to other restrictions imposed under this Section
5A), the duration of such restrictions, events (which may, in the discretion
of the Committee, include termination of employment or performance-based
events) the occurrence of which would cause a forfeiture of the restricted or
restricted performance shares and such other terms and conditions as the
Committee in its discretion deems appropriate. Restricted and restricted
performance share awards shall be effective only upon execution of the
applicable restricted or restricted performance share agreement on behalf of
the Company by the Chief Executive Officer (if other than the President), the
President or any Vice President, and by the awardee. The provisions of such
agreements need not be identical. Awards of restricted or restricted
performance shares shall be effective on the date determined, in its
discretion, by the Committee.
Following a restricted or restricted performance share award and prior to
the lapse or termination of the applicable restrictions, the share
certificates representing the restricted or restricted performance shares
shall be held by the Company in escrow together with related stock powers in
blank signed by the grantee. Except as provided in Section 6, the Committee,
in its discretion, may determine that dividends and other distributions on the
shares held in escrow shall not be paid to the awardee until the lapse or
termination of the applicable restrictions. Unless otherwise provided, in its
discretion, by the Committee, any such dividends or other distributions shall
not bear interest. Upon the lapse or termination of the applicable
restrictions (and not before such time), the share certificates representing
the restricted or restricted performance shares and unpaid dividends, if any,
shall be delivered to the grantee. From the date a restricted or restricted
performance share award is effective, the grantee shall be a shareholder with
respect to all the shares represented by the share certificates for the
restricted or restricted performance shares and shall have all the rights of a
shareholder with respect to the restricted or restricted performance shares,
including the right to vote the restricted or restricted performance shares
and to receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to the
restricted or restricted performance shares, subject only to the preceding
provisions of this paragraph and the other restrictions imposed by the
Committee.
Neither this Section 5A nor any other provision of the Plan shall preclude
an awardee from transferring or assigning restricted or restricted performance
shares to (i) the trustee of a trust that is revocable by such awardee alone,
both at the time of the transfer or assignment and at all times thereafter
prior to such awardee's death or (ii) the trustee of any other trust to the
extent approved in advance by the Committee in writing. A transfer or
assignment of restricted or restricted performance shares from such trustee to
any person other than such awardee shall be permitted only to the extent
approved in advance by the Committee in writing, and restricted or restricted
performance shares held by such trustee shall be subject to all of the
conditions and restrictions set forth in the Plan and in the applicable
agreement as if such trustee were a party to such agreement.
With respect to restricted performance shares, the Committee, in its
discretion, may award restricted performance shares which shall be earned by a
grantee based on the level of performance over a specified period of time by
the Company, a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, any branch, department or other
portion thereof or the grantee individually, as determined by the Committee.
For the purposes of the grant of restricted performance shares, the following
definitions shall apply:
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(i) "Performance Period" shall mean an accounting period of the Company
or a Subsidiary of not less than one year, as determined by the Committee
in its discretion.
(ii) "Performance Target" shall mean that level of performance
established by the Committee which must be met in order for the restricted
performance shares to be fully earned. The Performance Target may be
expressed in terms of Common Stock fair market value, revenues, net profit
and/or earnings per share, percentage of profitability which are return on
assets or return on equity, asset growth or maintenance, ratio of capital
to assets or such other similar level or levels of accomplishment by the
Corporation, a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, any division, branch, department
or other portion thereof or the grantee individually as may be established
or revised from time to time by the Committee.
(iii) "Minimum Target" shall mean a minimal level of performance
established by the Committee which must be met before any part of the
restricted performance shares is earned. The Minimum Target may be the same
as or less than the Performance Target in the discretion of the Committee.
A Performance Target and/or Minimum Target will be established not later
than 90 days after the commencement of the Performance Period to which it
relates (or not later than after 25 percent of the Performance Period has
expired, if less), provided that any such target must be established when the
outcome is substantially uncertain.
A grantee shall earn the restricted performance shares in full by meeting
the Performance Target for the Performance Period (in addition to any time
vesting requirements determined by the Committee). If the Minimum Target has
not been attained at the end of the Performance Period, no part of the
restricted performance shares shall have been earned by the grantee. If the
Minimum Target is attained but the Performance Target is not attained, the
portion of the restricted performance shares earned by the grantee shall be
such portion as is established by the Committee at the time of grant.
Shares which do not vest due to failure to meet performance targets will be
forfeited. Awards of restricted performance shares by the Committee need not
be made every year.
It is intended that any compensation received by grantees of restricted
performance shares will qualify as performance-based compensation under
Section 162(m) of the Code and this portion of Section 5A shall be interpreted
consistently with that intention.
SECTION 6
Adjustment and Substitution of Shares
If a dividend or other distribution shall be declared upon the Common Stock
payable in shares of Common Stock, (i) the number of shares of Common Stock
then subject to any outstanding stock options, (ii) the number of shares of
the Common Stock which may be issued under the Plan but are not subject to
outstanding stock options and (iii) the maximum number of shares as to which
stock options may be granted and as to which restricted or restricted
performance shares may be awarded under the Plan to any employee under Section
4 on the date fixed for determining the stockholders entitled to receive such
stock dividend or distribution shall be adjusted by adding thereto the number
of shares which would have been distributable thereon if such shares had been
outstanding on the date fixed for determining the shareholders entitled to
receive such stock dividend or distribution. Shares of Common Stock so
distributed with respect to any restricted or restricted performance shares
held in escrow, shall also be held by the Company in escrow and shall be
subject to the same restrictions as are applicable to the restricted or
restricted performance shares on which they were distributed.
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If the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be changed into or
exchangeable for a different number or kind of shares of stock or other
securities of the Company or another corporation, whether through
reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, stock split-up,
combination of shares, merger or consolidation, then there shall be
substituted for each share of Common Stock subject to any then outstanding
stock option or stock appreciation rights, for each share of Common Stock
which may be issued or delivered under the Plan but not then subject to an
outstanding stock option or stock appreciation rights and for the maximum
number of shares as to which stock options may be granted and as to which
restricted or restricted performance shares may be awarded under the Plan to
any employee under Section 4, the number and kind of shares of stock or other
securities into which each outstanding share of Common Stock shall be so
changed or for which each such share shall be exchangeable. Unless otherwise
determined by the Committee, in its discretion, any such stock or securities,
as well as any cash or other property, into or for which any restricted or
restricted performance shares held in escrow shall be changed or exchangeable
in any such transaction shall also be held by the Company in escrow and shall
be subject to the same restrictions as are applicable to the restricted or
restricted performance shares in respect of which such stock, securities, cash
or other property was issued or distributed.
In case of any adjustment or substitution as provided for in this Section 6,
the aggregate option price for all shares subject to each then outstanding
stock option prior to such adjustment or substitution shall be the aggregate
option price for all shares of stock or other securities (including any
fraction) to which such shares shall have been adjusted or which shall have
been substituted for such shares. Any new option price shall be carried to at
least three decimal places with the last decimal place rounded upwards to the
nearest whole number.
If the outstanding shares of the Common Stock shall be changed in value by
reason of any spin-off, split-off or split-up, or dividend in partial
liquidation, dividend in property other than cash or extraordinary
distribution to holders of the Common Stock, (i) the Committee shall make any
adjustments to any then outstanding stock option or stock appreciation right
which it determines are equitably required to prevent dilution or enlargement
of the rights of grantees which would otherwise result from any such
transaction and (ii) unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in its
discretion, any stock, securities, cash or other property distributed with
respect to any restricted or restricted performance shares held in escrow or
for which any restricted or restricted performance shares held in escrow shall
be exchanged in any such transaction shall also be held by the Company in
escrow and shall be subject to the same restrictions as are applicable to the
restricted or restricted performance shares in respect of which such stock,
securities, cash or other property was distributed or exchanged.
No adjustment or substitution provided for in this Section 6 shall require
the Company to issue or sell a fraction of a share or other security.
Accordingly, all fractional shares or other securities which result from any
such adjustment or substitution shall be eliminated and not carried forward to
any subsequent adjustment or substitution. Owners of restricted or restricted
performance shares held in escrow shall be treated in the same manner as
owners of Common Stock not held in escrow with respect to fractional shares
created by an adjustment or substitution of shares, except that, unless
otherwise determined by the Committee, in its discretion, any cash or other
property paid in lieu of a fractional share shall be subject to restrictions
similar to those applicable to the restricted or restricted performance shares
exchanged therefor.
If any such adjustment or substitution provided for in this Section 6
requires the approval of shareholders in order to enable the Company to grant
incentive stock options or to comply with Section 162(m) of the Code, then no
such adjustment or substitution shall be made without prior shareholder
approval. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any incentive stock
option, if the effect of any such adjustment or substitution would be to cause
the stock option to fail to continue to qualify as an incentive stock option
or to cause a modification, extension or renewal of such stock option within
the meaning of Section 424 of the Code, the Committee may elect that such
adjustment or substitution not be made but rather shall use reasonable efforts
to effect such other
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adjustment of each then outstanding stock option as the Committee in its
discretion shall deem equitable and which will not result in any
disqualification, modification, extension or renewal (within the meaning of
Section 424 of the Code) of any such incentive stock option.
SECTION 7
Effect of the Plan on the Rights of Employees and Employer
Neither the adoption of the Plan nor any action of the Board or the
Committee shall be deemed to give any employee any right to be granted a stock
option or stock appreciation rights or to be awarded restricted or restricted
performance shares under the Plan. Nothing in the Plan, in any stock option or
stock appreciation rights granted under the Plan, in any restricted or
restricted performance shares awarded under the Plan or in any stock option
agreement shall confer any right upon any employee to continue in the employ
of the Company or any Subsidiary or interfere in any way with the rights of
the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the employment of any employee at
any time.
SECTION 8
Amendment and Termination
The right to amend the Plan at any time and from time to time and the right
to terminate the Plan are hereby specifically reserved to the Board; provided
always that no such termination shall terminate any outstanding stock options
or stock appreciation rights granted or restricted or restricted performance
shares awarded under the Plan and provided further that no such amendment of
the Plan shall, without stockholder approval (a) increase the total number of
shares which may be issued or delivered under the Plan, (b) make any changes
in the class of employees eligible to receive stock options, stock
appreciation rights or awards of restricted or restricted performance shares,
(c) change the maximum number of shares as to which stock options may be
granted and as to which restricted or restricted performance shares may be
awarded to any employee under Section 4 of the Plan, (d) extend the periods
set forth in this Plan during which stock options or stock appreciation rights
may be granted or restricted or restricted performance shares awarded beyond
January 31, 2009 or (e) be made if stockholder approval of the amendment is at
the time required for stock options or restricted or restricted performance
shares under the Plan to qualify for the exemption from Section 16(b) of the
Exchange Act provided by Rule 16b-3 or by the rules of the New York Stock
Exchange or any stock exchange on which the Common Stock may then be listed.
No amendment or termination of the Plan shall, without the written consent of
the holder of a stock option, stock appreciation rights or restricted or
restricted performance shares theretofore granted under the Plan, adversely
affect the rights of such holder with respect thereto.
SECTION 9
Withholding
Income, excise or employment taxes may be required to be withheld by the
Company or a Subsidiary in connection with the grant or exercise of a stock
option or stock appreciation right, upon a "disqualifying disposition" of the
shares acquired upon exercise of an incentive stock option, at the time
restricted or restricted performance shares are granted or vest or upon the
receipt by the grantee of cash in payment of dividends on restricted or
restricted performance shares which have not vested. Any taxes required to be
withheld by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries upon the receipt by the
grantee of cash in payment of dividends may be satisfied by the Company by
withholding the taxes required to be withheld from the cash the grantee would
otherwise receive. The Company will request that the grantee pay any
additional amount required to be withheld directly to the Company in cash. If
a grantee does not pay any taxes required to be withheld by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries within ten days after a request for the payment of such
taxes, the Company or such Subsidiary may withhold such taxes from any
compensation to which the grantee is entitled.
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SECTION 10
Effective Date and Duration of Plan
The effective date and date of adoption of the Plan shall be January 10,
1985, the date of adoption of the Plan by the Board. The effective date of the
readoption and the amendment and restatement of the Plan shall be February 1,
1999, provided that the amendment and restatement is approved by the
stockholders at a meeting of stockholders duly called, convened and held on or
prior to January 31, 2000, at which a quorom representing a majority of the
outstanding voting stock of the Company is, either in person or by proxy,
present and voting on the Plan. No stock option granted under the Plan on or
after February 1, 1999 may be exercised until after such approval; provided,
that the foregoing shall not apply to stock options or stock appreciation
rights granted with shares which were available under the Plan prior to the
amendment and restatement of the Plan on February 1, 1999. No stock option or
stock appreciation rights may be granted and no restricted or restricted
performance shares may be awarded under the Plan subsequent to January 31,
2009.
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CALGON CARBON CORPORATION
Proxy Solicited on Behalf of the Board of Directors of
the Company for Annual Meeting of the Stockholders April 20, 1999
Thomas A. McConomy and Joseph A. Fischette, or either of them, are hereby
P appointed proxies for the undersigned, with full power of substitution, to
vote all the shares of Common Stock of Calgon Carbon Corporation (the
R "Company") which the undersigned may be entitled to vote at the Annual
Meeting of Stockholders of the Company scheduled for April 20, 1999, and at
O any adjournment thereof, as directed on the reverse side of this proxy card
and, in their discretion, on any other matters which may properly come
X before the meeting.
Y THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS and will be
voted as specified on the reverse side hereof. If not specified, the shares
represented by this proxy will be voted FOR proposals 1 and 2.
--Director with term expiring in 2000
Harry H. Weil (2000)
Robert L. Yohe (2000)
--Director with term expiring in 2002
Nick H. Prater (2002)
Seth E. Schofield (2002) -----------
SEE REVERSE
SIDE
Please mark, sign and date this proxy card on the reverse side -----------
hereof and return it in the enclosed envelope.
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Annual Meeting of Stockholders
of
Calgon Carbon Corporation
April 20, 1999
1:00 P.M.
Company's Office
400 Calgon Carbon Drive
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Please mark your
[ X ] votes as in this
example.
This proxy when properly executed will be voted in the manner directed
herein. If no direction is made, this proxy will be voted FOR proposals 1 and 2.
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The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR proposals 1 and 2.
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1. To elect FOR WITHHELD The nominees are:
Directors. [ ] [ ] Harry H. Weil (2000)
Robert L. Yohe (2000)
Nick H. Prater (2002)
Seth E. Schofield (2002)
For, except vote withheld from the following nominee(s):
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2. To approve the readoption and FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
amendment of the Company's [ ] [ ] [ ]
Stock Option Plan.
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YES NO
I plan to attend the annual meeting. [ ] [ ]
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