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Philip Wm. Colburn
Chairman of the Board
March 17, 1994
Dear Stockholder:
You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting of Stockholders
which will be held at the Cleveland Marriott Society Center, 127 Public Square,
Cleveland, Ohio on Thursday, April 28, 1994 at 9:30 A.M. The purposes of the
meeting are set forth in the accompanying notice and proxy statement.
WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING, PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN
THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD IN THE ACCOMPANYING POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE.
Sincerely,
PHILIP WM. COLBURN
Chairman of the Board
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THE ALLEN GROUP INC.
25101 CHAGRIN BOULEVARD
BEACHWOOD, OHIO 44122
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON APRIL 28, 1994
March 17, 1994
TO THE COMMON STOCKHOLDERS OF
THE ALLEN GROUP INC.
Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Common Stockholders of
The Allen Group Inc. will be held at the Cleveland Marriott Society Center, 127
Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio, on Thursday, April 28, 1994, at 9:30 A.M., local
time, for the following purposes:
1. To elect a Board of 11 directors;
2. To approve the adoption of The Allen Group Inc. 1994 Non-Employee
Directors Stock Option Plan;
3. To ratify the appointment of Coopers & Lybrand as auditors for the
Company for the year ending December 31, 1994; and
4. To transact such other business as may properly come before the
meeting or any adjournment thereof.
The close of business on March 4, 1994 has been fixed as the record date
for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the
meeting or any adjournment thereof.
PLEASE SIGN AND DATE THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD AND RETURN IT PROMPTLY IN THE
ENCLOSED ENVELOPE WHICH REQUIRES NO POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES. The
giving of such proxy will not affect your right to revoke the proxy or to vote
in person if you attend the meeting.
By order of the Board of Directors
MCDARA P. FOLAN, III
Secretary
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THE ALLEN GROUP INC.
25101 CHAGRIN BOULEVARD
BEACHWOOD, OHIO 44122
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PROXY STATEMENT
March 17, 1994
The accompanying proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors of
The Allen Group Inc. (the "Company") for use at the Annual Meeting of Common
Stockholders to be held on April 28, 1994, or at any adjournment thereof. Any
proxy received pursuant to this solicitation may be revoked by the stockholder
executing it by notifying the Secretary of the Company before it is voted at the
Annual Meeting, by duly executing a proxy bearing a later date or by attending
the Annual Meeting and voting in person.
The Board of Directors has fixed March 4, 1994 as the record date for the
determination of holders of Common Stock, $1.00 par value, of the Company
("Common Stock") entitled to vote at the meeting. At the close of business on
that date, the Company had outstanding 26,009,314 shares of Common Stock
(exclusive of 3,090,959 shares held in its treasury). Each share of Common Stock
will be entitled to one vote at the meeting. Presence in person or by proxy of a
majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock will constitute a quorum.
At the Annual Meeting, the results of stockholder voting will be tabulated
by the inspectors of election appointed for the Annual Meeting. Under Delaware
law and the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and
By-Laws, as amended, properly executed proxies that are marked "abstain" or are
held in "street name" by brokers that are not voted on one or more particular
proposals (if otherwise voted on at least one proposal) will be counted for
purposes of determining whether a quorum has been achieved at the Annual
Meeting. Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote against the proposal to
which such abstention applies. Broker non-votes will not be treated as either a
vote for or a vote against any of the proposals to which such broker non-vote
applies.
This proxy statement and the accompanying proxy are first being mailed on
or about March 17, 1994.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Eleven directors are to be elected at the Annual Meeting to hold office
until the next annual meeting and until their successors have been elected and
qualified. The Board of Directors proposes election of the persons listed below,
all of whom are currently directors. It is not contemplated that any of the
nominees will be unable or unwilling to serve as a director; however, if that
should occur, the proxies will be voted for the election of such other person or
persons as are nominated by the Board of Directors, unless the Board reduces the
number of directors. The 11 nominees for director receiving a plurality of the
votes cast at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy shall be elected.
INFORMATION REGARDING NOMINEES
NAME, AGE AND DATE PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION, BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
FIRST BECAME A DIRECTOR AND OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS
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Wade W. Allen (81)............ President, WB Associates, financial and general management
April 27, 1945 consulting, Stamford, Connecticut. Mr. Allen has been
President of WB Associates since 1977. Mr. Allen was
President of Allen Electric and Equipment Company, the
predecessor of The Allen Group Inc., from 1956 to 1960.
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NAME, AGE AND DATE PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION, BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
FIRST BECAME A DIRECTOR AND OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS
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George A. Chandler (64)....... Business consultant, Princeton, New Jersey, since May 1991.
April 27, 1978 Mr. Chandler was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Advanced Aluminum Products, Inc., a manufacturer of
aluminum products for the building products industry,
Hammond, Indiana, from July 1990 to May 1991; he was a
business consultant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from November
1989 to July 1990; and he was Chairman of the Board from
July 1986 to November 1989, and President and Chief
Executive Officer from October 1985 to November 1989, of
Aqua-Chem, Inc., a manufacturer of packaged boilers and
water treatment equipment, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mr.
Chandler is also a director of Cumberland Holdings, Inc.,
DeVlieg Bullard Inc., and Kimmins Environmental Services
Corp.
Philip Wm. Colburn (65)....... Chairman of the Board, The Allen Group Inc., since December
April 29, 1975 6, 1988 and a consultant to the Company since December 31,
1991. Mr. Colburn was also Chief Executive Officer of the
Company from March 9, 1988 to February 26, 1991 and
President from March 9, 1988 to December 5, 1989. Mr.
Colburn was President, PWC Associates, management
consulting, Los Angeles, California, from June 1981 to
March 9, 1988. He had been Executive Vice President of the
Company from February 1976 to June 1981 and thereafter
until March 9, 1988 was a consultant to the Company. Mr.
Colburn is also a director of Superior Industries
International, Inc. and Earl Scheib, Inc.
Dr. Jill K. Conway (59)....... Visiting Scholar, Program in Science, Technology and Society,
April 28, 1987 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, since July 1985. Dr. Conway was President of
Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, from July 1975
to July 1985. Dr. Conway is also a director of Arthur D.
Little, Inc., Colgate-Palmolive Company, Merrill Lynch &
Co. and Nike Inc.
Albert H. Gordon (92)......... Honorary Chairman, Kidder, Peabody Group Inc., investment
December 6, 1971 bankers, New York City, since October 1986. Mr. Gordon was
Chairman of the Board of Kidder, Peabody & Co.
Incorporated, the predecessor of Kidder, Peabody Group
Inc., from 1957 to October 1986.
William O. Hunt (60).......... Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President and
September 10, 1992 director, Intellicall, Inc., a manufacturer of privately
owned pay telephones, automated operator systems and call
processing systems, Dallas, Texas, since December 1992, and
Vice Chairman of the Board and director, Hogan Systems,
Inc., a designer of integrated online application software
products for financial institutions, Dallas, Texas, since
August 1990. Mr. Hunt was Chairman of the Board, Chief
Executive Officer and President of Alliance
Telecommunications Corporation, a manufacturer of wireless
telecommunications products, Dallas, Texas, from July 1989
until its acquisition by the Company on July 30, 1992, and
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer from
February 1986 to October 1988. Mr. Hunt is also a director
of Dr. Pepper Bottling Holdings, Inc. and Michaels Stores,
Inc.
J. Chisholm Lyons (66)........ Counsel, Smith, Lyons, Torrance, Stevenson & Mayer,
October 27, 1969 barristers and solicitors, Toronto, Canada. Mr. Lyons was a
partner of the law firm for 31 years until May 1, 1993 and
has been counsel to the law firm since that date. Mr. Lyons
has been Vice Chairman of the Board of the Company since
September 1979. He was an employee of the Company from
September 1979 to September 30, 1989 and is presently a
consultant to the Company.
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NAME, AGE AND DATE PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION, BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
FIRST BECAME A DIRECTOR AND OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS
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Robert G. Paul (52)........... President and Chief Executive Officer, The Allen Group Inc.,
March 6, 1990 since February 26, 1991. Mr. Paul was President and Chief
Operating Officer of the Company from December 5, 1989 to
February 26, 1991, Senior Vice President-Finance from April
1987 to December 5, 1989, Vice President-Finance from
January 1987 to April 1987 and a Vice President from 1974
to January 1987. He was also President of the Antenna
Specialists Company division of the Company from 1978 to
June 1990.
Charles W. Robinson (74)...... Chairman, Robinson & Associates Inc., a venture capital
April 24, 1979 investment firm, Santa Fe, New Mexico, since January 1989,
Chairman, Energy Transition Corporation, energy
consultants, Santa Fe, New Mexico, since January 1979 and
President, Dyna Yacht Inc., sailboat designer, LaJolla,
California, since early 1991. Mr. Robinson is also a
director of Nike Inc.
Richard S. Vokey (65)......... Vice Chairman and director, Boston Private Bank and Trust
April 26, 1977 Company, Boston, Massachusetts, since January 1992. Mr. Vokey
was Chairman and a director of Boston Private Bank and
Trust Company from October 1986 to January 1992. Mr. Vokey
is also a director of Nuclear Metals, Inc.
William M. Weaver, Jr. (82)... Limited Partner Emeritus, Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated,
April 21, 1970 investment bankers, New York City, since February 1986. Mr.
Weaver was a general partner of Alex. Brown & Sons, the
predecessor of Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated, from 1966
until 1986.
INFORMATION REGARDING BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The business and affairs of the Company are managed under the direction of
its Board of Directors, whose members are elected annually by the stockholders.
During 1993, the Board of Directors of the Company had Audit, Management
Compensation, Stock Option and Nominating Committees. At its meeting held on
February 25, 1993, the Board of Directors dissolved the Stock Option Committee
and assigned its duties to the Management Compensation Committee.
Messrs. Allen, Chandler, Robinson and Vokey are the members of the Audit
Committee; and Dr. Conway and Messrs. Lyons, Vokey and Weaver are the members of
the Nominating Committee and were the members of the Stock Option Committee in
1993. Dr. Conway and Messrs. Lyons, Vokey and Weaver were the members of the
Management Compensation Committee in 1993. Mr. Lyons resigned as a member of the
Management Compensation Committee on November 9, 1993 because he could be deemed
to be an "inside director" under the recent tax legislation restricting the tax
deductibility of certain compensation expenses. Mr. Gordon was appointed to
replace Mr. Lyons as a member of the Management Compensation Committee by the
Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on February 24, 1994.
The Audit Committee recommends to the Board of Directors the appointment of
the independent auditors and reviews the degree of their independence from the
Company; approves the scope of the audit engagement, including the cost and
timing of the audit; reviews and approves any non-audit services rendered by the
auditors and the fees therefor; reviews with the auditors and management the
Company's policies and procedures with respect to internal accounting and
financial controls and, upon completion of an audit, the results of the audit
engagement; and reviews internal accounting and auditing procedures with the
Company's financial staff and the extent to which recommendations made by the
financial staff or by the independent auditors have been implemented.
The Management Compensation Committee recommends to the Board salaries and
incentive compensation awards for officers of the Company and its subsidiaries;
reviews and approves guidelines for the administration of incentive compensation
programs for other management employees; makes recommendations to the Board with
respect to major compensation programs; approves the granting of bonuses under
the Company's Key Management Deferred Bonus Plan (the "KMDB Plan"); and issues
the Report on Executive
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Compensation required to be included in the Company's proxy statement by the
rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Management Compensation
Committee's Report on Executive Compensation for 1993 is set forth on pages 7 to
10 of this proxy statement.
Until its dissolution in early 1993, the Stock Option Committee
administered the Company's 1970 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan (the "1970 Stock
Option Plan"), 1982 Stock Plan, as amended (the "1982 Stock Plan") and 1992
Stock Plan (the "1992 Stock Plan") and granted stock options and restricted
shares of the Company's Common Stock under such Plans. As described on the
previous page, these duties now are performed by the Management Compensation
Committee.
The Nominating Committee selects and recommends to the Board nominees for
election as directors and considers the performance of incumbent directors in
determining whether to recommend them for nomination for re-election. The
Nominating Committee has recommended all incumbent directors for re-election at
the Annual Meeting. The Nominating Committee will consider nominees recommended
by stockholders for election at the 1995 Annual Meeting of Stockholders that are
submitted prior to the end of 1994 to the Secretary of the Company at the
Company's offices, 25101 Chagrin Boulevard, Beachwood, Ohio 44122. Any such
recommendation must be in writing and must include a detailed description of the
business experience and other qualifications of the recommended nominee as well
as the signed consent of such person to serve if nominated and elected.
During 1993, the Board of Directors of the Company held six meetings, the
Audit Committee held two meetings, the Management Compensation Committee held
four meetings, the Stock Option Committee held one meeting, and the Nominating
Committee held one meeting. Except for Dr. Conway, all of the directors attended
75 percent or more of the meetings held by the Board of Directors and by the
Committees on which they served during 1993.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
Mr. Lyons, a member of the Management Compensation Committee until his
resignation from such Committee on November 9, 1993, and a member of the Stock
Option Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company until its dissolution
on February 25, 1993, has been Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the
Company since September, 1979. Prior to an amendment to the Company's By-Laws
adopted by the Board of Directors on September 10, 1992, the Vice Chairman was
an officer of the Company.
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Each director of the Company (other than Messrs. Colburn and Lyons, who are
consultants to the Company, and Mr. Paul, who is an employee of the Company) is
paid $15,000 per year for his or her services as a director and $1,000 for each
meeting of the Board of Directors attended. Each member of the Audit Committee
is paid $2,000 per year, each member of the Management Compensation Committee
(other than Mr. Lyons when he was a member of the Committee) is paid $3,000 per
year, and each member of the Nominating Committee (other than Mr. Lyons) is paid
$1,000 per year, for his or her services as such member, and each such Committee
member (other than Mr. Lyons) is paid $500 for each meeting of a Committee
attended. Members of the Stock Option Committee received no fees as such
members. Directors are not paid fees for their participation in meetings by
conference telephone or for actions by unanimous written consent. Each director
and Committee member is reimbursed for travel and related expenses incurred in
attending meetings.
The Board of Directors is proposing that the stockholders approve The Allen
Group Inc. 1994 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan (the "Directors Option
Plan") at the Company's 1994 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The purpose of the
Directors Option Plan is to attract, retain and compensate highly qualified
individuals who are not current employees of the Company as members of the Board
of Directors. If approved by the stockholders, the Directors Option Plan will
provide that each year, on the first Friday following the Company's Annual
Meeting of Stockholders, each individual elected, reelected or continuing as a
director who is not a current or former employee of the Company automatically
will receive a nonqualified stock option for 1,000 shares of Common Stock of the
Company. The Directors Option Plan also will permit discretionary grants to
directors who are not current employees of, but were previously employed by, the
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Company. The proposal for approval and description of the Directors Option Plan
is set forth on pages 23 to 27 of this proxy statement.
The Company maintains a Matching Gift Program for the benefit of the
directors of the Company. Pursuant to the Matching Gift Program, the Company
will match, in amounts not to exceed $1,500 per year for each director, gifts to
charitable organizations made by the directors.
Mr. Colburn was employed as Chief Executive Officer of the Company until
February 26, 1991, and as Chairman of the Board of the Company pursuant to an
employment agreement that was entered into in 1988 and that extended through
December 31, 1991. The agreement provided that the Company would continue to
provide Mr. Colburn and his spouse, through his post-employment consulting
period, medical and hospitalization benefits at least equal to the benefits they
were entitled to while he was an employee of the Company and would provide life
insurance coverage on Mr. Colburn for his life in an amount equal to not less
than his average annual earnings during the three years of highest annual
earnings in the 10 consecutive years immediately preceding his termination date,
limited to whatever amount was available under the Company's group life
insurance coverage. Mr. Colburn's employment agreement was amended in February
1992 to provide that the Company will continue to provide Mr. Colburn and his
spouse medical and hospitalization benefits for their lives at least equal to
the benefits they were entitled to as of the date of such amendment and will
provide life insurance coverage on Mr. Colburn for his life in an amount equal
to five times his 1991 salary, which is the amount of life insurance that the
Company provided to Mr. Colburn while he was an employee of the Company and the
same level of life insurance that the Company provides to all its officers and
key employees. (The Company is fulfilling its obligations to provide such life
insurance benefits to Mr. Colburn pursuant to the terms of a Split Dollar
Insurance Agreement between the Company and Mr. Colburn.)
Mr. Colburn's employment agreement provides for mandatory arbitration of
all disputes relating to his employment agreement, his post-employment
consulting agreement described below or his supplemental pension benefit
agreement described on page 16 hereof and requires the Company to pay all
reasonable legal expenses incurred by Mr. Colburn in connection with resolution
of disputes under the agreements.
Pursuant to an agreement entered into in 1976, and subsequently amended,
Mr. Colburn provided post-employment consulting services to the Company for
several years prior to March 9, 1988, when he became Chief Executive Officer of
the Company, and has provided and will continue to provide post-employment
consulting services to the Company for the period that commenced upon
termination of his employment, which was December 31, 1991, when he elected not
to extend his employment agreement, through October 31, 1997. The agreement
provides for the payment by the Company to Mr. Colburn annually, during the
consulting period, of $248,605, increased each June 30 during the consulting
period for increases in the consumer price index, and, except after a "Change in
Control" of the Company (which is defined as it is in the severance agreements
described on page 17 of this proxy statement), reduced to the extent of any
benefits paid to him prior to January 1, 1994 under his supplemental pension
benefit agreement described on page 16 hereof but not reduced by any benefits
paid to him under The Allen Group Inc. Corporate Retirement Plan. During 1992,
the Company paid Mr. Colburn $260,246 in consulting fees and furnished him an
automobile at the Company's expense. In addition, during the consulting period,
the Company will provide Mr. Colburn with furnished office space and secretarial
services while he is performing consulting services. During the consulting
period, Mr. Colburn is required to furnish consulting services to the Company
for up to 34 percent of his time each year, except when he is engaged in
governmental service or charitable work, during which periods consulting
services and compensation will be suspended, and he has agreed not to engage in
or be employed by any business in competition with the Company during the term
of his agreement. If the Company breaches any material provision of the
consulting agreement and such breach continues for at least 30 days after notice
to the Company, all benefits under the consulting agreement become
nonforfeitable and the Company will pay Mr. Colburn an amount equal to the
present value of all remaining consulting compensation for the remaining
consulting period.
Pursuant to an agreement entered into in September 1989, as amended in
1990, Mr. Lyons provides post-employment consulting services to the Company for
the period that commenced upon termination of his employment, which was
September 30, 1989, through September 30, 1992 and continuing thereafter for
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successive periods of 12 months each, unless either the Company or Mr. Lyons
gives at least three months' notice to the contrary. No such notice was given by
either party in 1993. The agreement provides for the payment by the Company to
Mr. Lyons annually, during the consulting period, of $25,000. In addition,
during the consulting period, the Company includes Mr. Lyons in the Company's
life, medical and hospitalization and disability insurance benefit plans and
furnishes him an automobile at the Company's expense. During the consulting
period, Mr. Lyons is required to furnish consulting services to the Company for
up to 10 percent of his time each year, and he has agreed not to engage in or be
employed by any business in competition with the Company during the term of his
agreement.
The Company also has entered into supplemental pension benefits agreements
with Messrs. Colburn and Lyons. For a description of the terms of these
agreements, see "EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND TRANSACTIONS WITH MANAGEMENT --
Retirement Plans" on pages 14 to 16 of this proxy statement.
For additional information with respect to the directors of the Company,
see "EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND TRANSACTIONS WITH MANAGEMENT" on pages 7 to 20,
and "STOCK OWNERSHIP -- Directors and Officers" on pages 21 to 23, of this proxy
statement.
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND TRANSACTIONS WITH MANAGEMENT
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
PURSUANT TO THE PROXY RULES PROMULGATED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION DESIGNED TO ENHANCE DISCLOSURE OF CORPORATIONS' POLICIES TOWARD
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION, MR. WEAVER (CHAIRMAN), DR. CONWAY AND MESSRS. GORDON AND
VOKEY, AS MEMBERS OF THE MANAGEMENT COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY (THE "COMPENSATION COMMITTEE"), SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING
REPORT OUTLINING THE COMPANY'S COMPENSATION PLANS AND POLICIES AS THEY PERTAIN
TO ROBERT G. PAUL, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE COMPANY, AND THE
OTHER EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY:
The Company's executive compensation plans have been designed to attract,
retain and reward high caliber executives who will formulate and execute the
business plans of the Company in a manner that will provide the stockholders of
the Company with a satisfactory return while assuring that the Company's
executive compensation levels are fair and appropriate to both its executives
and its stockholders. With these goals in mind, the Company's compensation plans
and policies have been designed to ensure that total executive compensation is
linked significantly to the performance of the Company, as measured by both the
operating performance of the Company and the increase in the value of its
shares. Although the Compensation Committee recognizes that improvement in
operating performance and higher stock prices do not necessarily move in tandem
over the short term, it believes that the two measurements will correlate over
the long term.
The Compensation Committee also believes that stock ownership by the
Company's executive officers, encouraged by equity-based compensation plans,
aligns the interests of the executive officers with those of the stockholders of
the Company. Accordingly, the Compensation Committee does not plan to pay
above-average base salaries to its executive officers. The Committee does expect
to utilize performance-oriented and equity-based compensation to reward
outstanding performance.
By receiving some equity-based compensation during their term of employment
by the Company, executive officers of the Company should become larger holders
of Company stock. The use of equity-based compensation is intended to strengthen
their identification with the stockholders of the Company and make increasing
stockholder value a continuing focus for the Company's management group. The
Compensation Committee believes that the use of equity-based compensation,
combined with a focus on the operating performance of the Company, will have a
long-term impact on improving the Company's financial results and increasing its
stockholder value.
STOCK OWNERSHIP GUIDELINES
In early 1994, the Compensation Committee established stock ownership
guidelines for key executives of the Company. These guidelines provide that
executive officers should hold shares of the Company's Common Stock in varying
amounts as a multiple of salary, ranging from a minimum of five times annual
salary for the Chief Executive Officer to one time annual salary for key
executives below the Vice President level.
Although some executives are already at or above the prescribed levels, we
recognize that newer employees or those recently promoted may require some
period of time to achieve these levels. Therefore, the guidelines have provided
for a transition period of from three to 10 years for the suggested levels to be
met. The Compensation Committee intends to monitor each executive's progress
towards these guidelines and will consider the executives' progress towards
achieving these guidelines when deciding on future stock option awards and
equity grants.
MEASURING PERFORMANCE
The evaluation of the performance of the key executive officer group, and
the Chief Executive Officer in particular, is primarily based on measurable
criteria and, to a lesser extent, certain subjective criteria. The measurable
criteria include both the total return to stockholders, determined by changes in
the stock price and dividends paid, and the financial performance of the
business, determined by the amount of earnings per share, the return on equity
and the rate of increase in earnings per share.
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Because of the dynamic nature of many of the Company's businesses and the
desire to focus on long-term objectives, these criteria are measured over
one-year, three-year and five-year periods. When evaluating performance with
regard to an increase in base salary, the Compensation Committee assigns more
weight to longer-term results, I.E., three and five-year comparisons, than to
the results of a single year. They also consider comparisons of salaries for
similar positions in companies of comparable size, as well as changes in the
cost of living. When determining an annual incentive bonus, the Compensation
Committee places more weight on the performance of the year just completed, with
significantly less weight on the three and five-year results.
The Company has had a significant tax-loss carry-forward which has been
fully utilized during 1993. Therefore, the Company's earnings performance has
been reviewed on both pre-tax earnings per share and after-tax earnings per
share when evaluating the Company's and the Chief Executive Officer's
performance. For comparative purposes, the Compensation Committee plans to
review the after-tax earnings per share for 1994 and future years against fully
taxed earnings per share for pre-1994 years.
The pre-tax and after-tax earnings from continuing operations in 1993 of
$33.0 million and $29.5 million, respectively, were higher than any year in the
Company's history. The one-year growth rate of pre-tax and after-tax earnings
from continuing operations of 29% and 35%, respectively, were substantial, and
the three-year and five-year growth rates were even higher. The continuing
operations return on average stockholders equity in 1993 of 18.6% pre-tax and
16.7% after-tax represented the first year that the Company met its goal of an
18% pre-tax return which it established in early 1988 (at that time, the Company
was losing money and had never achieved an 18% annual pre-tax return on equity
in its history).
At year end 1993, the Company's Common Stock price was $18.125,
representing a one-year increase in stockholder value, based on stock price and
dividends, of 35%. The longer-term performance saw the three-year average annual
increase in stockholder value equal 54%, and the five-year annual average equal
25%. These increases compare favorably with the industry indices used on the
performance graph set forth on page 19 of this proxy statement.
The subjective criteria utilized by the Board and Compensation Committee in
evaluating the performance of the Company, the Chief Executive Officer and all
other key executives of the Company, include but are not necessarily limited to:
(i) the success of the Company in implementing and achieving its
corporate strategic goals and the strategic goals of its
individual businesses;
(ii) the success in the development of management depth; and
(iii) the development and maintenance of timely communication and
credibility with its stockholders, financial analysts and other
outside audiences.
The corporate executives are paid annual bonuses commensurate with the
Compensation Committee's evaluation of the Company's performance as described
above. The annual performance bonuses for the senior managers who are
responsible for specific operating businesses within the Company and its
subsidiaries are based primarily on the annual operating profits of their
individual businesses as measured against their profit plans. Some non-financial
objectives, mutually established by those executives and the Company's senior
officers at the beginning of each year, are also evaluated. Consistent with
previous years, bonuses for 1993 could have ranged from zero to 75% of salary.
The largest bonus in 1993 was 74% of salary, and the average bonus for this
group was 44%.
COMPENSATION ACTIONS
As a result of the positive response from stockholder groups, the
Compensation Committee has expanded its use of the restricted stock plan
described in last year's proxy statement. On November 30, 1993, the Committee
designated seven additional executives who were awarded a total of 133,500
restricted shares of the Company's Common Stock. These shares will vest 25% on
December 31, in each of the years 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003, unless accelerated
vesting is achieved. Accelerated vesting based on achieving certain stock
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price and earnings per share targets cannot begin until 1997, and shares will
then vest only when the following targets are reached:
90-DAY AVERAGE THREE-YEAR
STOCK PRICE AVERAGE EARNINGS PER SHARE
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VESTING PERCENT VESTING TARGET VESTING PERCENT VESTING TARGET
- --------------- -------------- --------------- --------------
12 1/2% $ 39 12 1/2% $ 2.00
12 1/2 43 12 1/2 2.25
12 1/2 47 12 1/2 2.50
12 1/2 52 12 1/2 2.75
In exchange for receiving restricted shares of the Company's Common Stock
under the 1992 Stock Plan, these executives agreed to forego normal salary
increases and any stock option grants for a period of two years. When salary
reviews resume for this group of executive officers, any increases in salary
awarded will not include an element of makeup, thus permanently reducing the
fixed cash compensation of this group of executive officers. The number of
restricted shares per individual was determined primarily by the value of what
the executive was foregoing in compensation as well as the Company's desire for
the executive to own stock in the Company and limit the amount of fixed cash
compensation.
During 1993, the Compensation Committee amended the Company's Key
Management Deferred Bonus Plan, which has been in place since 1977. The KMDB
Plan as originally established for executives of the Company provided a bonus
pool based on 10% of the pre-tax earnings of the Company in excess of a 10%
after-tax return on stockholder's equity. This bonus pool was paid out to the
participants, in cash, in five equal annual installments, provided that the
participant continued as an employee of the Company. In 1992, the KMDB Plan was
amended to raise the return on the stockholder's equity threshold from 10% to
12% and to provide that payments under the KMDB Plan could be made in cash,
restricted stock or a combination of cash and restricted stock.
In 1993, the Compensation Committee reduced the maximum award from its
historic rate of 50% to 30% of salary plus annual bonus. In 1993, the Company's
return on stockholder's equity exceeded the threshold of 12% established by the
KMDB Plan. Accordingly, each of the Named Executive Officers listed in the
Summary Compensation Table set forth on page 11 of this proxy statement received
an award under the KMDB Plan computed at 30% of their respective salary and
bonus. If the cap of 30% had not been established for 1993, the payout would
have been at 50% of salary and bonus.
For 1993, the Compensation Committee decided that 60% of any award for 1993
under the KMDB Plan would be paid in restricted shares of Common Stock of the
Company and the remaining 40% would be paid in cash. The Compensation Committee
established this 60/40 ratio with the expectation that the cash would be
utilized by the participating executives to pay taxes on the receipt of their
cash and stock compensation, thereby encouraging them to retain their shares and
increase their ownership of Company stock.
BASIS FOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S COMPENSATION
Mr. Paul, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, did not
receive a salary increase in 1993 and will not receive one in 1994. This
two-year salary freeze was part of the 1992 performance-oriented restricted
stock plan grant. Under the same restricted stock agreement, Mr. Paul was
precluded from receiving any stock options in 1992 or 1993. On January 1, 1992,
when Mr. Paul's salary was last reviewed, it was established at a point below
the market average, based on a study done by an outside consultant using a large
group of public corporations of comparable size in terms of sales.
Mr. Paul's annual performance bonus for 1993, which was paid in cash in
early March 1994, was 80% of his base salary. His employment contract states
that his performance bonus can range from 0% to 80% of base salary. Mr. Paul's
bonus was based on the Company's overall results as outlined in this report.
These results were indicative of the fact that the significant progress made in
previous years was continued during 1993 in terms of enhanced stockholder value,
increased earnings and increased return on equity.
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Mr. Paul's grant under the KMDB Plan for 1993 was $189,000, consisting of
$75,597 and 5,352 shares of restricted stock, representing 30% of his salary
plus bonus. In accordance with the KMDB Plan, this percentage was the same for
all participants.
COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 162(M) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, enacted in 1993, generally
disallows a tax deduction to a public corporation for compensation over $1
million paid to the corporation's chief executive officer and four other most
highly compensated executive officers. Qualifying performance-based compensation
will not be subject to the cap if certain requirements are met. The Compensation
Committee and the Board of Directors intend to structure the compensation of its
executive officers in a manner that should ensure that the Company does not lose
any tax deductions because of the $1 million compensation limit.
The Compensation Committee does not expect that this cap should cause the
Company to lose any tax deductions in the foreseeable future. The Company's
salaries for its highest paid executives are set at levels equal to or below the
average for companies of comparable size and, when added to annual bonus awards,
do not approach $1 million. The Company has been an early proponent of using
more equity-based compensation, which can often be designed to ensure that their
tax deductibility is not compromised. In addition, the Compensation Committee
enacted two specific changes during 1993 to protect the future deductibility of
its compensation expenses.
As a result of the definition of an "inside Director" under Section 162(m),
one member of the Compensation Committee, who could be considered an "inside
Director" under Section 162(m), resigned from the Compensation Committee. In his
place, another "outside Director" was appointed so the Compensation Committee
now consists of four outside Directors. This change in the composition of the
Compensation Committee is intended to allow future stock option grants and
performance-oriented compensation plans to be instituted without limiting tax
deductibility under Section 162(m).
The November 30, 1993 restricted stock grants to seven individuals contain
both time-based vesting and provisions for performance-based acceleration, and
therefore are subject to the $1 million cap. These restricted stock grants,
however, include provisions to ensure that the amount vested in any one year
will not place the individual's earnings over the $1 million cap. Thus, no tax
deduction will be lost to the Company as a result of these restricted stock
grants.
Respectfully submitted,
William M. Weaver, Jr., Chairman
Dr. Jill K. Conway
Albert H. Gordon
Richard S. Vokey
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ANNUAL AND LONG-TERM COMPENSATION
The following table sets forth the annual and long-term compensation paid
or accrued by the Company and its subsidiaries to those persons who were (i) the
chief executive officer and (ii) the other four most highly compensated
executive officers of the Company (collectively, the "Named Executive
Officers"), for services rendered by them in all capacities in which they served
the Company and its subsidiaries during 1991, 1992 and 1993. The number of
restricted shares and options reported in the Summary Compensation Table set
forth below (and the footnotes thereto), the Option/SAR Grants In Last Fiscal
Year Table set forth on page 13 of this proxy statement, and the Aggregated
Option/SAR Exercises In Last Fiscal Year And Fiscal Year-End Option/SAR Values
Table set forth on page 14 of this proxy statement have been adjusted, to the
extent applicable, for the 10 percent stock dividend declared by the Board of
Directors of the Company on December 3, 1991 and paid January 17, 1992 to the
holders of the Company's Common Stock of record on December 23, 1991, and for
the two-for-one stock split declared by the Board of Directors of the Company on
September 9, 1993 and paid October 18, 1993 to the holders of the Company's
Common Stock of record on September 30, 1993.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
LONG-TERM COMPENSATION
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ANNUAL COMPENSATION SECURITIES
------------------------------------- RESTRICTED UNDERLYING
OTHER ANNUAL STOCK OPTIONS/ ALL OTHER
NAME AND PRINCIPAL POSITION YEAR SALARY BONUS(B) COMPENSATION AWARDS(E) SARS(#) COMPENSATION(I)
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Robert G. Paul 1993 $350,000 $355,957 (c) $113,403(f) -0- $ 66,615
President and Chief 1992 350,000 295,848 (c) 940,408(g) -0- 66,802
Executive Officer 1991 292,292 300,749 (c) 143,750(h) 110,000 54,896
Robert A. Youdelman 1993 210,000 166,327 (c) 60,473(f) -0- 40,065
Senior Vice
President--Finance 1992 210,000 154,716 (c) 585,258(g) -0- 40,103
and Chief Financial Officer 1991 210,000 187,536 (c) 86,875(h) 11,000 42,557
Frank J. Hyson 1993 173,000 156,400 (c) 52,930(f) -0- 44,188
Vice President 1992 173,000 57,690 (c) 323,731(g) -0- 44,181
1991 173,000 41,754 (c) -0- -0- 46,176
James L. LePorte, III 1993 135,000 91,805 (c) 36,445(f) -0- 13,270
Vice President and 1992 135,000 84,811 $ 37,623(d) 370,688(g) -0- 13,294
Controller 1991 135,000 98,703 (c) 52,125(h) -0- 14,622
Erik H. van der Kaay 1993(a) 186,667 59,362 (c) 39,538(f) 8,000 31,768
Vice President
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(a) Mr. van der Kaay became an executive officer of the Company on February 25,
1993. Under the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules regarding the
disclosure of executive compensation, no information is required to be
provided for prior years during which Mr. van der Kaay was not an executive
officer.
(b) Amounts listed as bonuses for each of the respective fiscal years include
(i) annual performance bonuses earned by the Named Executive Officers with
respect to such fiscal year and (ii) the cash portion of bonuses awarded
under the Company's KMDB Plan to the Named Executive Officers for such
fiscal year, even though the payment of the cash portion of such bonuses is
paid in five equal annual installments on September 15 of each year
commencing in the year following the year with respect to which such award
is made and even though the right to any unpaid portions of such bonuses
will be forfeited upon termination of employment for certain reasons
enumerated in the Plan.
(c) Aggregate amount of such compensation is less than the lesser of $50,000 or
10 percent of the total annual salary and bonus reported for such Named
Executive Officer under "Salary" and "Bonus" for such fiscal year.
(d) Other Annual Compensation includes $35,070 paid to Mr. LePorte pursuant to
the Company's relocation policy relating to the move of the Company's
corporate headquarters from Melville, New York to Cleveland, Ohio during
1992.
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(e) The dollar values of the restricted stock awards are based on the closing
market price of the Company's Common Stock on the date of such awards. At
December 31, 1993, the Named Executive Officers held 237,032 restricted
shares of the Company's Common Stock in the aggregate, which are subject to
forfeiture under certain circumstances for periods up to 10 years with an
aggregate value (calculated by multiplying the number of restricted shares
held by $18.125, the closing market price of the Company's Common Stock on
December 31, 1993) of $4,948,705 as follows: Mr. Paul (101,248 shares with a
value of $1,835,120), Mr. Youdelman (60,378 shares with a value of
$1,094,351), Mr. Hyson (29,692 shares with a value of $538,168), Mr. LePorte
(35,370 shares with a value of $641,081) and Mr. van der Kaay (46,344 shares
with a value of $839,985). Dividends are paid on restricted shares of the
Company's Common Stock at the same rate as paid on other outstanding shares
of the Company's Common Stock.
(f) On February 23, 1994, the named Executive Officers were awarded the
following numbers of restricted shares of the Company's Common Stock under
the 1992 Stock Plan, which restricted shares constituted 60 percent of the
bonus awarded for 1993 to each Named Executive Officer under the Company's
KMDB Plan: Mr. Paul (5,352), Mr. Youdelman (2,854), Mr. Hyson (2,498), Mr.
LePorte (1,720) and Mr. van der Kaay (1,866). These restricted shares of the
Company's Common Stock will vest in five equal annual installments on
September 15 of each year commencing in 1994, provided that the right to
receive any such restricted shares which are not vested will be forfeited
upon termination of employment for certain reasons enumerated in the KMDB
Plan.
(g) On April 28, 1992, the Named Executive Officers (exclusive of Mr. van der
Kaay) were awarded the following number of restricted shares of the
Company's Common Stock under the 1992 Stock Plan: Mr. Paul (70,000), Mr.
Youdelman (44,000), Mr. Hyson (24,000) and Mr. LePorte (28,000). These
restricted shares of the Company's Common Stock will vest 25 percent on
January 1, in each of the years 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002, unless
accelerated vesting is achieved. Accelerated vesting based on achieving
certain stock price and earnings per share targets cannot begin until the
year 1995, and such shares will then vest only when the following targets
have been reached:
90-DAY AVERAGE THREE-YEAR
STOCK PRICE AVERAGE EARNINGS PER SHARE
- --------------------------------- ----------------------------------
VESTING PERCENT VESTING TARGET VESTING PERCENT VESTING TARGET
- --------------- -------------- --------------- --------------
12 1/2% $18.50 12 1/2% $ 1.25
12 1/2 20.50 12 1/2 1.35
12 1/2 22.50 12 1/2 1.50
12 1/2 24.50 12 1/2 1.625
On February 24, 1993, the Named Executive Officers (exclusive of Mr. van der
Kaay) were awarded the following numbers of restricted shares of the
Company's Common Stock under the 1992 Stock Plan, which restricted shares
constituted 60 percent of the bonus awarded for 1992 to each Named Executive
Officer under the Company's KMDB Plan: Mr. Paul (6,060), Mr. Youdelman
(3,422), Mr. Hyson (2,164) and Mr. LePorte (2,062). These restricted shares
of the Company's Common Stock will vest in five equal annual installments on
September 15 of each year commencing in 1993, provided that the right to
receive any such restricted shares which are not vested will be forfeited
upon termination of employment for certain reasons enumerated in the KMDB
Plan.
(h) During 1991, the following Named Executive Officers (exclusive of Mr. van
der Kaay) were awarded the following number of restricted shares of the
Company's Common Stock under the 1982 Stock Plan: Mr. Paul (22,000), Mr.
Youdelman (11,000) and Mr. LePorte (6,600). The restrictions on these
restricted shares of the Company's Common Stock lapse in installments equal
to one-fifth of the original number of restricted shares (as such number may
be adjusted under the 1982 Stock Plan). Restrictions on the first and second
such installments lapsed on April 1, 1992 and April 1, 1993, respectively;
restrictions on the third such installment will lapse on April 1, 1994,
which is the first day of April immediately following the fiscal year for
which the Company reported net income (excluding extraordinary and other
non-operating gains and losses) ("Net Income") in excess of $.605 per share
of the Company's Common Stock; restrictions on the fourth such installment
will lapse on the first day of April (subsequent to the lapse of
restrictions on the third such installment) immediately following the fiscal
year for which the Company reports Net Income in excess of $.665 per share
of the Company's Common Stock; and restrictions on
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the fifth such installment will lapse on the first day of April (subsequent
to the lapse or restrictions on the fourth such installment) immediately
following the fiscal year for which the Company reports Net Income in excess
of $.732 per share of the Company's Common Stock.
(i) All Other Compensation includes $1,200 made as matching Company
contributions for each of the Named Executive Officers under the Company's
Employee Before-Tax Savings Plan for each of 1993, 1992 and 1991, as
applicable. In addition, All Other Compensation includes (i) the following
insurance premiums paid by the Company with respect to term life insurance
for the benefit of the Named Executive Officers during 1993, 1992 and 1991,
respectively, as applicable: Mr. Paul ($180, $180 and $2,844), Mr. Youdelman
($180, $180 and $2,494), Mr. Hyson ($180, $180 and $2,065), Mr. LePorte
($180, $180 and $1,508) and Mr. van der Kaay ($180 in 1993), and (ii) the
following amounts equal to the full dollar value of the remainder of the
premiums paid by the Company in connection with life insurance policies
issued pursuant to the Split Dollar Insurance Agreements between the Company
and the following Named Executive Officers during 1993, 1992 and 1991,
respectively, as applicable: Mr. Paul ($65,235, $65,422 and $50,852), Mr.
Youdelman ($38,685, $38,723 and $38,863), Mr. Hyson ($42,808, $42,801 and
$42,911), Mr. LePorte ($11,890, $11,914 and $11,914 and Mr. van der Kaay
($30,388 for 1993). The premiums paid by the Company in connection with the
life insurance policies issued pursuant to such Split Dollar Insurance
Agreements set forth in the preceding sentence generally will be recovered
in full by the Company upon the cancellation or purchase by a Named
Executive Officer of any such life insurance policy or the payment of any
death benefits under any such life insurance policy.
OPTIONS GRANTED IN 1993
The following table sets forth information with respect to grants of
options to purchase shares of the Company's Common Stock to the Named Executive
Officers during 1993 pursuant to the Company's 1992 Stock Plan.
OPTION/SAR GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
INDIVIDUAL GRANTS
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PERCENT OF POTENTIAL REALIZABLE VALUE AT
NUMBER OF TOTAL ASSUMED ANNUAL RATES OF STOCK
SECURITIES OPTIONS/SARS PRICE APPRECIATION FOR OPTION
UNDERLYING GRANTED TO EXERCISE OF TERM(b)
OPTIONS/SARS EMPLOYEES IN BASE PRICE EXPIRATION -----------------------------
NAME GRANTED (#) FISCAL YEAR ($/SH) DATE 5% 10%
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Robert G. Paul 0 -- -- -- -- --
Robert A. Youdelman 0 -- -- -- -- --
Frank J. Hyson 0 -- -- -- -- --
James L. LePorte, III 0 -- -- -- -- --
Erik H. van der Kaay 8,000(a) 21% $ 15.125 2/26/03 $ 76,096 $192,840
[FN]
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(a) This option is exercisable 50 percent on February 24, 1995, 25 percent on
February 24, 1996 and 25 percent on February 24, 1997. If Mr. van der Kaay's
employment by the Company or any of its subsidiaries terminates for any
reason, this option may be exercised within three months after such
termination of employment. If Mr. van der Kaay dies within such three-month
period or if the termination of his employment is due to his death, this
option may be exercised within one year after his death. This option
contains a tandem stock appreciation right providing that the Company will,
if requested by the optionee prior to the exercise thereof and if approved
by the Compensation Committee, purchase that portion of the option which is
then exercisable at a price equal to the difference between the exercise
price and the market price of the shares. The purchase price may be paid by
the Company in either cash or Common Stock of the Company, or any
combination thereof, as the Compensation Committee may determine. In
addition, this option contains a tandem limited stock appreciation right
exercisable six months after grant and immediately after a " Change in
Control" of the Company (which is defined as it is in the severance
agreements described on page 17 of this proxy statement). Pursuant to this
tandem limited stock appreciation right, the Company will purchase the
option for cash at a price
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equal to the difference between the exercise price and the "market value"
(as defined in the 1992 Stock Plan) of the shares covered by the option.
Such market value generally is defined to relate to the highest market value
of the Company's Common Stock during the period in which the circumstances
giving rise to the exercise of the limited stock appreciation right
occurred.
(b) The dollar amounts set forth in the columns are the result of calculations
of the 5% and 10% rates set forth in the Securities and Exchange
Commission's rules regarding the disclosure of executive compensation, and
therefore are not intended to forecast possible future appreciation of the
Company's Common Stock. Actual gains, if any, on the exercise of this option
is dependent on the future performance of the Company's Common Stock, as
well as Mr. van der Kaay's continued employment throughout the vesting
period.
OPTION EXERCISES AND 1993 YEAR-END VALUES
The following table sets forth information with respect to (i) options to
purchase shares of the Company's Common Stock granted under the Company's 1970
Stock Option Plan, 1982 Stock Plan and 1992 Stock Plan, respectively, which were
exercised by the Named Executive Officers during 1993, and (ii) unexercised
options to purchase shares of the Company's Common Stock granted under the
Company's 1970 Stock Option Plan, 1982 Stock Plan and 1992 Stock Plan,
respectively, to the Named Executive Officers and held by them at December 31,
1993.
AGGREGATED OPTION/SAR EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR AND
FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION/SAR VALUES
NUMBER OF SECURITIES
UNDERLYING UNEXERCISED VALUE OF UNEXERCISED IN-THE-
OPTIONS/SARS MONEY OPTIONS/SARS AT FISCAL
SHARES AT FISCAL YEAR-END (#) YEAR-END(b)
ACQUIRED ON VALUE ----------------------------- -----------------------------
NAME EXERCISE (#) REALIZED(B) EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE
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Robert G. Paul 11,000 $179,104 132,000 55,000 $1,590,000 $634,376
Robert A. Youdelman 4,550 47,736 40,700 5,500 477,688 56,563
Frank J. Hyson 2,888 40,134 28,600 --0-- 299,751 --0--
James L. LePorte, III (a) -- 38,226 2,750 472,216 34,844
Erik H. van der Kaay (a) -- 17,875 17,625 185,938 123,688
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(a) Named Executive Officer did not exercise any options to purchase shares of
the Company's Common Stock during 1993.
(b) The dollar values are calculated by determining the difference between the
fair market value of the shares of the Company's Common Stock underlying the
options and the exercise price of such options at exercise or at December
31, 1993, as applicable.
RETIREMENT PLANS
Participants in The Allen Group Inc. Corporate Retirement Plan (the
"Retirement Plan") consist of a majority of the full-time employees of the
Company and its subsidiaries in the United States, including the Named Executive
Officers, and Messrs. Colburn and Lyons as former employees of the Company. The
Retirement Plan generally provides a retirement benefit based upon the
participant's years of credited service and his or her final average earnings,
with final average earnings consisting of the sum of (i) the average of the
salaries of the participant during the five years of highest salaries of the
participant in the 10 years preceding the participant's retirement or
termination date, including in such salaries the salary the participant would
have earned in the absence of any salary reductions made on a divisional or
corporate-wide basis, and (ii) the average of the performance bonuses and
overtime earnings of the participant during the five years of highest aggregate
bonuses and overtime earnings of the participant in the 10 years preceding the
participant's retirement or termination date. Retirement benefits are payable
either as a straight life annuity, a joint and survivor annuity or in other
optional forms. Normal retirement is at age 65, but certain early retirement
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benefits may be payable to participants who have attained age 55 and completed
10 years of continuous service, and survivor benefits may be payable to the
surviving spouse of a vested participant who dies prior to early or normal
retirement. A participant's benefit under the Retirement Plan vests after five
years of credited service, all benefits funded by the Company are based upon
actuarial computations, and no contributions are made by participants.
The following table shows estimated annual benefits payable under the
Retirement Plan to participants in specified compensation (final average
earnings) and years-of-service classifications on a straight life annuity basis,
assuming normal retirement at age 65 in 1994 and application of the current U.S.
social security covered compensation base, and includes amounts attributable to
the supplemental pension agreements entered into by the Company with certain
former and current officers of the Company, including the Named Executive
Officers.
YEARS OF SERVICE(b)
FINAL AVERAGE -----------------------------------------------------------------------
EARNINGS(a) 10 15 20 25 30 35
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$125,000.............. $15,659 $23,489 $ 31,319 $ 39,149 $ 46,978 $ 54,808
150,000.............. 19,034 28,552 38,069 47,586 57,103 66,620
175,000.............. 22,409 33,614 44,819 56,024 67,228 78,433
200,000.............. 25,784 38,677 51,569 64,461 77,353 90,245
225,000.............. 29,159 43,739 58,319 72,899 87,478 102,058
250,000.............. 32,534 48,802 65,069 81,336 97,603 113,870
300,000.............. 39,284 58,927 78,569 98,211 117,853 137,495
350,000.............. 46,034 69,052 92,069 115,086 138,103 161,120
400,000.............. 52,784 79,177 105,569 131,961 158,353 184,745
450,000.............. 59,534 89,302 119,069 148,836 178,603 208,370
500,000.............. 66,284 99,427 132,569 165,711 198,853 231,995
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(a) The current final average earnings for the Named Executive Officers during
1993 are $478,738 for Mr. Paul, $312,100 for Mr. Youdelman, $247,192 for Mr.
Hyson, $177,600 for Mr. LePorte and $249,286 for Mr. van der Kaay. The
calculation of the foregoing amounts includes the amounts shown under
"Salary" and "Bonus" (exclusive of bonuses awarded under the Company's KMDB
Plan) in the Summary Compensation Table set forth on page 11 of this proxy
statement.
(b) Years of credited service under the Retirement Plan for the Named Executive
Officers are 24 for Mr. Paul, 17 for Mr. Youdelman, 21 for Mr. Hyson, 13 for
Mr. LePorte and 3 for Mr. van der Kaay.
Pursuant to an agreement entered into in June 1991 with Mr. Paul, and
agreements entered into with the other Named Executive Officers in February
1992, the Company will provide annual pension benefits to each of the Named
Executive Officers, supplemental to the annual benefits paid to them under the
Retirement Plan, in an amount determined in accordance with the Retirement Plan
but without giving effect to limits imposed by the Internal Revenue Code and
regulations of the Internal Revenue Service on the amount of compensation that
may be used in determining benefits for, and the amount of benefits that may be
paid to, an individual under a Federal income tax qualified plan, such as the
Retirement Plan. The annual supplemental pension benefit for each Named
Executive Officer will be reduced by any amounts paid to him annually under the
Retirement Plan and, after reduction by any amounts paid to him annually under
the Retirement Plan, will not exceed $95,000 for Mr. Paul and $50,000 for each
of the other Named Executive Officers. Under Mr. Paul's supplemental pension
benefit agreement, if, after Mr. Paul ceases to be Chief Executive Officer, the
Company's bank indebtedness is accelerated, the Company breaches any material
provision of his agreement and such breach continues for at least 30 days after
notice to the Company, or the consolidated tangible net worth of the Company
falls below $90 million, provided that such tangible net worth at the time he
ceases to be Chief Executive Officer is at least $130 million or, if such
tangible net worth at the time he ceases to be Chief Executive Officer is less
than $130 million, the tangible net worth of the Company declines by $40
million, the Company will pay him an amount equal to the present value of his
supplemental pension benefits under his agreement. Similarly, under each of the
other Named Executive Officer's agreements, if the Company breaches any material
provision of any such agreement and such breach continues for at least 30 days
after notice to the Company, or the Company makes a general assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or
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if any proceeding under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code is instituted by or against the
Company and, if instituted against the Company, is consented to or acquiesced in
by it or the Company fails to use its best efforts to obtain the dismissal
thereof for 60 days, or if a receiver or trustee in bankruptcy is appointed for
the Company, the Company will pay each Named Executive Officer affected thereby
an amount equal to the present value of his supplemental pension benefits under
his agreement.
Pursuant to an agreement entered into in 1983, and subsequently amended,
with Mr. Colburn, the Company currently provides annual pension benefits to Mr.
Colburn, supplemental to the annual benefits paid to him under the Retirement
Plan and as social security benefits, in an amount equal to $189,528, with an
equivalent annual benefit payable to Mr. Colburn's spouse for her life after his
death. Pursuant to such agreement, this amount is based upon (i) his final
average earnings, as defined in the Retirement Plan but during the year of
highest salary and performance bonus in the four years preceding his termination
date, which was December 31, 1991 when Mr. Colburn elected not to extend his
employment agreement with the Company, and (ii) 36 years of service as an
employee and as a director of the Company, but is subject to a cap of $150,000
adjusted for increases in the consumer price index each year after 1988 until
his normal retirement date in January 1994. If the consolidated tangible net
worth of the Company falls below $90 million, if the Company's bank indebtedness
is accelerated or if the Company breaches any material provision of Mr.
Colburn's supplemental pension benefit agreement or post-employment consulting
agreement described on page 5 hereof and such breach continues for at least 30
days after notice to the Company, the Company will pay him an amount equal to
the present value of his supplemental pension benefits under his agreement.
Pursuant to an agreement entered into in 1983, as amended, with Mr. Lyons,
the Company provides annual pension benefits to Mr. Lyons, supplemental to the
annual benefits paid to him under the Retirement Plan, in an amount based upon
(i) his final average earnings, as defined in the Retirement Plan but during the
three years of highest salaries and performance bonuses in the 10 years
preceding his termination date, which was September 30, 1989 (when his
employment as an officer of the Company terminated), and (ii) his number of
years of service as a director, prior to becoming an officer, of the Company
plus his number of years of credited service under the Retirement Plan. The
annual supplemental pension benefit is reduced by the amount paid to Mr. Lyons
annually under the Retirement Plan and his annual social security offset as
defined in such Plan. If the consolidated tangible net worth of the Company
falls below $90 million, if the Company's bank indebtedness is accelerated or if
the Company breaches any material provision of Mr. Lyons' supplemental pension
benefit agreement or his post-employment consulting agreement described on pages
5 to 6 hereof and such breach continues for at least 30 days after notice to the
Company, the Company will pay him an amount equal to the present value of his
supplemental pension benefits under his agreement. The annual benefit payable to
Mr. Lyons under his supplemental pension benefit agreement, exclusive of amounts
payable under the Retirement Plan and social security benefits, is $34,064,
based upon his final average earnings and 20 years of service under his
agreement, with an annual benefit of $17,032 payable to Mr. Lyons' spouse for
her life after his death.
EMPLOYMENT, TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND CHANGE OF CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS
Robert G. Paul is employed as President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company pursuant to an employment agreement entered into in June 1991, which
provides for a term of employment extending through December 31, 1993 and
thereafter continuing for successive periods of 12 months each, unless either
the Company or Mr. Paul gives at least three months' notice to the contrary. No
such notice was given by either party in 1993. The agreement provides for an
annual salary of $300,000 commencing February 26, 1991, which amount was
increased to $350,000 effective as of January 1, 1992, and is subject to such
further future increases as the Board of Directors deems appropriate. The
Company may terminate Mr. Paul's employment for "Cause" (as defined in such
agreement), or in the event of his disability, and he may terminate his
employment for "Good Reason" (as defined in such agreement), such as his not
being elected, or his being assigned duties other than those of, President and
Chief Executive Officer of the Company, a significant adverse alteration in the
nature or status of his responsibilities or the conditions of his employment, a
reduction of his salary (except for across-the-board salary reductions similarly
affecting all management personnel of the Company), a relocation of Mr. Paul by
more than 25 miles, the failure by the Company to
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continue any material compensation or benefit plan or the Company giving notice
to Mr. Paul that his employment agreement is not continuing for any period of 12
months after December 31, 1993.
In the event of Mr. Paul's disability, the Company will continue to pay him
his salary until the expiration of the term of his employment agreement and,
thereafter, will pay him benefits equal to the maximum amount currently provided
by the Company's long-term disability plan which is 60 percent of salary up to a
maximum of $150,000 per year, until the earlier of his normal retirement date or
commencement of benefits under the Retirement Plan.
If the Company terminates Mr. Paul's employment other than for "Cause" or
his disability, or if Mr. Paul terminates his employment for "Good Reason", the
Company will pay him an amount equal to his salary for two years, plus all
awards made to him under the Company's KMDB Plan, and will provide his life,
disability, accident, medical and hospitalization insurance benefits for a
period of two years after such termination. In addition, if termination of Mr.
Paul's employment is disputed and the dispute is ultimately resolved in his
favor, the Company may be obligated to pay his salary through the date of final
resolution of the dispute.
If the Company terminates Mr. Paul's employment other than for "Cause" or
his disability, or if Mr. Paul terminates his employment for "Good Reason"
following a "Change in Control" of the Company (which is defined as it is in the
severance agreements described below), the Company will pay him an amount equal
to 2.99 times his average annual taxable compensation from the Company during
the five years preceding termination of employment, plus all awards made to him
under the Company's KMDB Plan, and will pay him an amount equal to the present
value of his supplemental pension benefits under his supplemental pension
benefit agreement described on page 15 hereof and an amount equal to the excess
of the "Fair Market Value" (as defined in Mr. Paul's employment agreement), on
the date of termination, over the option price of the shares subject to each
stock option held by him, whether or not exercisable at the time, in exchange
for surrender of the option.
Mr. Paul's employment agreement provides for mandatory arbitration of all
disputes relating to Mr. Paul's employment agreement or his supplemental pension
benefit agreement described on page 15 hereof and requires the Company to pay
all reasonable legal expenses incurred by Mr. Paul in connection with resolution
of disputes under the agreements.
The Company has severance agreements with each of the Named Executive
Officers, other than Mr. Paul, and two other executive officers, which provide
severance benefits if the Company terminates the employee's employment other
than for "Cause" (as defined in such severance agreements) or disability before
or after a "Change in Control" of the Company or if the employee terminates his
employment for "Good Reason" after a "Change in Control". A "Change in Control"
of the Company is defined as (i) the acquisition of more than 30 percent of the
outstanding Common Stock of the Company by any person or group of related
persons, (ii) the change in a majority of the directors of the Company during a
consecutive two-year period, unless the election of each new director was
approved by at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were
directors at the beginning of such period, (iii) the stockholders approve a
merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than
(a) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the
Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by
remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the
surviving entity) more than 80 percent of the combined voting power of the
voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding
immediately after such merger or consolidation or (b) a merger or consolidation
effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction)
in which no person acquires more than 30 percent of the combined voting power of
the Company's then outstanding securities, or (iv) the stockholders approve a
plan of complete liquidation or an agreement for the sale or disposition of all
or substantially all of the Company's assets. "Good Reason" includes the
assignment of duties inconsistent with the employee's position with the Company,
a significant adverse alteration in the nature or status of the employee's
responsibilities or the conditions of his employment, a reduction of the
employee's salary (except for across-the-board salary reductions similarly
affecting all management personnel of the Company), a relocation of the employee
by more than 25 miles or the failure by the Company to continue any material
compensation or benefit plan. Severance payments under the agreements will be
six months' salary plus an additional month for each full year of service but in
no event more than 18 months' salary, and will be paid in
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normal pay periods, except that upon termination after a "Change in Control",
the Company will pay the employee in a lump sum six months' salary plus an
additional month for each full year of service with a maximum of 18 months'
salary plus 50 percent, plus all awards under the Company's KMDB Plan and an
amount equal to the excess of the "Fair Market Value" (as defined in such
severance agreements), on the date of termination, over the option price of the
shares subject to each stock option held by him, except previously issued
incentive stock options, whether or not exercisable at the time, in exchange for
surrender of the option. Life, disability, accident and health insurance
benefits will continue during the period of severance payments. Severance
payments in excess of the base amount of six months' salary will be reduced by
any compensation received by the employee from other employment (other than self
employment) prior to a "Change in Control", and all severance payments and all
insurance benefits will be discontinued if the employee engages in competition
with the Company or engages in conduct which is injurious to the Company, prior
to a "Change in Control."
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PERFORMANCE GRAPH
Set forth below is a line graph comparing the yearly percentage change in
the cumulative total stockholder return of the Company's Common Stock against
(i) the cumulative total return of the S&P Composite -- 500 Stock Index, (ii)
the S&P Automobile Parts -- After Market Index, and (iii) the S&P Communications
- -- Equipment/Manufacturers Index for the period of five fiscal years commencing
January 1, 1988 and ended December 31, 1993. The five-year cumulative return of
the Company's Common Stock is compared against both the S&P Automobile Parts --
After Market Index and the S&P Communications -- Equipment/Manufacturers Index
because the Company derives a significant portion of its gross revenues from
each of these industry groups. The comparisons in this graph are required by the
proxy rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and are not
intended to forecast future performance of the Company's Common Stock.
COMPARISON OF FIVE-YEAR CUMULATIVE RETURN*
COMPANY'S COMMON STOCK, S&P COMPOSITE-500 STOCK INDEX, S&P AUTOMOBILE PARTS --
AFTER MARKET INDEX AND S&P COMMUNICATIONS -- EQUIPMENT/MANUFACTURERS INDEX
S&P
S&P COMMUNICATIONS -
S&P AUTOMOBILE EQUIPMENT/
MEASUREMENT PERIOD THE ALLEN COMPOSITE - 500 PARTS - AFTER MANUFACTURERS
(FISCAL YEAR COVERED) GROUP INC. STOCK INDEX MARKET INDEX INDEX
1988 100 100 100 100
1989 80 132 107 144
1990 83 128 79 161
1991 162 166 145 249
1992 225 179 182 269
1993 304 197 212 258
<FN>
* Assumes that the value of the investment in the Company's Common Stock and
each index was $100 on December 31, 1988 and that all dividends on the
Company's Common Stock and on each stock included in each index were
reinvested.
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TRANSACTIONS WITH EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
On July 30, 1992, the Company acquired Alliance Acquisition Corporation
("Alliance") and its wholly owned subsidiary, Alliance Telecommunications
Corporation ("ATC"), for an initial purchase price of approximately $43.8
million, consisting of approximately $21.6 million in cash, 270,877 shares of
the Company's Common Stock, with a value of approximately $5.8 million on July
30, 1992, and approximately $16.4 million of the Company's Convertible
Subordinated Debentures, Series A and B, Due 1999 (the "Debentures"). (The
Series B Debentures are subject to offset under certain circumstances.) Pursuant
to the Amended and Restated Agreement for Merger dated as of July 7, 1992 (the
"Merger Agreement"), and the related Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of
July 7, 1992 (the "Plan of Merger"), between the Company, Allen
Telecommunications Corporation, a newly formed Delaware corporation and wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company ("Allensub"), and Alliance, Allensub was merged
with Alliance to accomplish this acquisition. Alliance is the surviving
corporation of the merger and remains in existence as a wholly owned subsidiary
of the Company under the name "Allen Telecom Group, Inc."
Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement and the Plan of Merger, (i)
William O. Hunt exchanged 202,738 shares of Alliance's Common Stock in
consideration of $3,497,237.82 in cash, 54,568 shares of the Company's Common
Stock, $2,691,457.78 of the Series A Debentures and $755,088.22 of the Series B
Debentures, and (ii) William O. Hunt, as custodian for Connie Alice Hunt under
the Texas Uniform Gift to Minors Act, exchanged 1,259 shares of Alliance's
Common Stock in consideration of $21,736.31 in cash, 338 shares of the Company's
Common Stock, $16,713.91 of the Series A Debentures and $4,964.70 of the Series
B Debentures. During 1993, Mr. Hunt individually and as a custodian for Connie
Alice Hunt under the Texas Uniform Gift to Minors Act, converted all of his
Debentures into shares of the Company's Common Stock pursuant to the terms of
the Debentures. Mr. Hunt, individually and as custodian for Connie Alice Hunt
under the Texas Uniform Gift to Minors Act, also may earn additional purchase
price consideration in the form of additional Series A Debentures based on the
attainment of Net Sales (as defined in the Plan of Merger) above specified
minimum levels by ATC's Base Business and Microcell Business (both as defined in
the Plan of Merger) during the period from July 1, 1992 through December 31,
1994.
Immediately after the consummation of the acquisition of Alliance by the
Company, and pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Mr. Hunt entered
into a Noncompetition Agreement with the Company and Alliance (the
"Noncompetition Agreement"). In exchange for his agreement not to compete with
the Company and Alliance in their "Core Business" (as defined in the
Noncompetition Agreement) for a period of five years, the Company agreed to pay
Mr. Hunt an aggregate consideration of $1,017,500. Pursuant to the terms of the
Noncompetition Agreement, Mr. Hunt received $203,500 on each of July 30, 1992
and 1993, and will receive the balance of the consideration in three equal
installments of $203,500, without interest, on each of July 30, 1994, 1995 and
1996.
Boston Private Bank and Trust Company, of which bank Richard S. Vokey is
Vice Chairman and director, is one of four investment advisors to the Company's
Retirement Plan.
Kidder, Peabody Group Inc. ("Kidder, Peabody"), of which Albert H. Gordon
is Honorary Chairman, and its predecessor, Kidder, Peabody & Co. Incorporated,
of which Mr. Gordon was Chairman of the Board until October 1986, have performed
investment banking services for the Company for the past several years,
including 1993.
Smith, Lyons, Torrance, Stevenson & Mayer, of which firm J. Chisholm Lyons
formerly was a partner and currently is counsel, has been retained by the
Company for many years, including 1993 and 1994, to perform legal services for
the Company and its Canadian subsidiaries.
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, of which firm Margaret Kennedy, the
spouse of Robert G. Paul, is a partner, has been retained by the Company for
several years, including 1993 and 1994, to perform legal services for the
Company and its subsidiaries. The Company paid $78,823 in fees and expenses to
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff in 1993 for the performance of legal
services for the Company and its subsidiaries.
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STOCK OWNERSHIP
PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS
The following table sets forth information as of March 4, 1994 with respect
to the only persons known to the Company to be the beneficial owners (for
purposes of the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission) of more than 5%
of the outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock as of that date.
AMOUNT
AND
NATURE OF
BENEFICIAL PERCENT
NAME AND ADDRESS OF BENEFICIAL OWNERS OWNERSHIP OF CLASS
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Gabelli Funds, Inc. ............................. 1,608,102(a) 6.2%
GAMCO Investors, Inc.
Gabelli & Company, Inc.
One Corporate Center
Rye, New York 10580-1432
<FN>
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(a) Gabelli Funds, Inc. and its related companies held sole investment power
over an aggregate of 1,605,802 shares of the Company's Common Stock and sole
voting power over an aggregate of 1,486,002 of such shares of Common Stock,
and held shared investment power and shared voting power over an aggregate
of 2,300 shares of the Company's Common Stock, as of November 15, 1993,
based on their joint Schedule 13D, as amended, filed under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. Mr. Mario Gabelli is the majority stockholder and
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Gabelli
Funds, Inc. and the chief investment officer for each of the related
companies. Gabelli Funds, Inc. is the majority stockholder of GAMCO
Investors, Inc. and Gabelli Securities, Inc., and Gabelli Securities, Inc.
is the sole stockholder of Gabelli & Company, Inc. Mr. Gabelli is also chief
investment officer of GAMCO Investors, Inc., which is one of four investment
advisors to the Company's Retirement Plan. During 1993, the Retirement Plan
paid or accrued fees aggregating $54,645 to GAMCO Investors, Inc. for
services rendered during 1993, and during 1994 additional fees have accrued
to that firm.
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
The following table sets forth information as of March 4, 1994 with respect
to shares of Common Stock of the Company beneficially owned (for purposes of the
rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission) by each director and each Named
Executive Officer and by all directors and current executive officers of the
Company as a group, except that the information with respect to shares held by
the trustee under the Employee Before-Tax Savings Plan is as of February 15,
1994 (the most recent practicable date for such information).
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AMOUNT AND
NATURE OF
BENEFICIAL PERCENT
NAME OF BENEFICIAL OWNER OWNERSHIP OF CLASS
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Wade W. Allen................................ 109,830 (a) *
George A. Chandler........................... 13,252 (b) *
Philip Wm. Colburn........................... 214,962 (c) *
Dr. Jill K. Conway........................... 9,240 (b) *
Albert H. Gordon............................. 21,100 (b) *
William O. Hunt.............................. 40,000 (d) *
Frank J. Hyson............................... 78,446 (e) *
James L. LePorte, III........................ 85,860 (f) *
J. Chisholm Lyons............................ 35,408 (g) *
Robert G. Paul............................... 377,741 (h) 1.4%
Charles W. Robinson.......................... 11,980 (b) *
Erik H. van der Kaay......................... 68,461 (i) *
Richard S. Vokey............................. 12,000 *
William M. Weaver, Jr........................ 13,200 (b) *
Robert A. Youdelman.......................... 140,415 (j) *
All directors and executive officers as a
group (17 persons)........................... 1,324,713 (k) 5.0%
<FN>
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* Less than 1%.
(a) Includes 104,592 shares owned directly; and 5,238 shares owned by Mr. Allen's spouse, of
which Mr. Allen disclaims beneficial ownership.
(b) Includes shares owned directly and 8,800 shares issuable upon exercise of stock options
that are exercisable as of March 4, 1994 or become exercisable within 60 days thereafter.
(c) Includes 78,562 shares owned directly; 26,400 restricted shares of Common Stock awarded
under the Company's 1982 Stock Plan; and 110,000 shares issuable upon exercise of stock
options that are exercisable as of March 4, 1994 or become exercisable within 60 days
thereafter.
(d) These shares are owned by B&G Partnership Ltd., a Texas limited partnership, which is
owned jointly by Mr. Hunt and his spouse.
(e) Includes 15,212 shares owned directly; 2,444 shares held by the trustee under the
Company's Employee Before-Tax Savings Plan; 32,190 restricted shares of Common Stock
awarded under the Company's 1982 Stock Plan and 1992 Stock Plan; and 28,600 shares
issuable upon exercise of stock options that are exercisable as of March 4, 1994 or
become exercisable within 60 days thereafter.
(f) Includes 4,226 shares owned directly; 6,318 shares held by the trustee under the
Company's Employee Before-Tax Savings Plan; 37,090 restricted shares of Common Stock
awarded under the 1982 Stock Plan and 1992 Stock Plan; and 38,226 shares issuable upon
exercise of stock options that are exercisable as of March 4, 1994 or become exercisable
within 60 days thereafter.
(g) Includes 3,014 shares owned directly; 7,040 restricted shares of Common Stock awarded
under the Company's 1982 Stock Plan; 22,000 shares issuable upon exercise of stock
options that are exercisable as of March 4, 1994 or become exercisable within 60 days
thereafter; and 3,354 shares owned by Mr. Lyons' spouse, of which Mr. Lyons disclaims
beneficial ownership.
(h) Includes 96,726 shares owned directly; 8,515 shares held by the trustee under the
Company's Employee Before-Tax Savings Plan; 106,600 restricted shares of Common Stock
awarded under the Company's 1982 Stock Plan and 1992 Stock Plan; 159,500 shares issuable
upon exercise of stock options that are exercisable as of March 4, 1994 or become
exercisable within 60 days thereafter; and 6,400 shares owned by Mr. Paul's spouse, of
which Mr. Paul disclaims beneficial ownership.
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(i) Includes 1,380 shares owned directly; 996 shares held by the trustee under the Company's
Employee Before-Tax Savings Plan; 48,210 restricted shares of Common Stock awarded under
the Company's 1982 Stock Plan and 1992 Stock Plan; 17,875 shares issuable upon exercise
of stock options that are exercisable as of March 4, 1994 or become exercisable within 60
days thereafter.
(j) Includes 31,410 shares owned directly; 5,073 shares held by the trustee under the
Company's Employee Before-Tax Savings Plan; 63,232 restricted shares of Common Stock
awarded under the Company's 1982 Stock Plan; and 1992 Stock Plan; and 40,700 shares
issuable upon exercise of stock options that are exercisable as of March 4, 1994 or
become exercisable within 60 days thereafter.
(k) Includes 439,799 shares owned by directors and executive officers; 25,970 shares held for
executive officers by the trustee under the Company's Before-Tax Savings Plan; 368,343
restricted shares of Common Stock awarded under the Company's 1982 Stock Plan and 1992
Stock Plan; 490,601 shares issuable to directors and executive officers upon exercise of
stock options that are exercisable as of March 4, 1994 or become exercisable within 60
days thereafter.
ADOPTION OF THE ALLEN GROUP INC.
1994 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION PLAN
At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders will be requested to approve the
1994 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan. The Board of Directors of the
Company adopted the Directors Option Plan, subject to stockholder approval, on
February 24, 1994.
The purpose of the Directors Option Plan is to attract, retain and
compensate highly qualified individuals who are not current employees of the
Company as members of the Board of Directors of the Company and to enable them
to increase their ownership of shares of Common Stock. In the view of the Board
of Directors, the Directors Option Plan will be beneficial to the Company and
its stockholders since it will allow these directors to have a greater personal
financial stake in the Company through the ownership of Company stock, in
addition to underscoring their common interest and identification with
stockholders in increasing the value of Company stock.
The following is a summary description of the terms of the Directors Option
Plan and is qualified in its entirety by express reference to the Directors
Option Plan, which is set forth as Exhibit A to this proxy statement.
ADMINISTRATION
The Directors Option Plan will be administered by the Management
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, consisting of not less than
two directors of the Company. Each member of the Compensation Committee at the
time of designation and service must be a "disinterested person" within the
meaning of Rule 16b-3 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 ("Rule 16b-3").
The Committee will be authorized to interpret the Directors Option Plan and may
at any time adopt such rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan
as it deems advisable. If the Compensation Committee is at any time succeeded by
another committee of the Board of Directors, such other committee shall
thereafter administer the Directors Option Plan and, during any period that the
administering committee is for any reason unable to act, the Board of Directors
may act in its place and perform any or all of its functions.
SHARES SUBJECT TO DIRECTORS OPTION PLAN; ELIGIBILITY
The total number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which options
may be granted under the Directors Option Plan may not exceed 250,000 subject to
adjustment, together with the exercise price of options, to reflect any change
in the Company's outstanding shares by reason of stock dividends, stock splits,
recapitalizations, mergers, consolidations or other similar events affecting the
number or kind of outstanding shares. Shares issued upon exercise of options
granted under the Directors Option Plan may be either authorized and previously
unissued shares or issued shares which have been reacquired by the Company. The
shares covered by outstanding options that expire unexercised or are forfeited
will again be available for future grant as stock options under the Directors
Option Plan. All members of the Board of Directors who are not current employees
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries at the time of option award
("Non-Employee Directors") will be eligible to participate in the Directors
Option Plan.
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TYPES OF AWARDS
The Directors Option Plan provides that each year, on the first Friday
following the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders, each Non-Employee
Director who previously has not been employed by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries automatically will receive an option to purchase 1,000 shares of
Common Stock ("Formula Awards"). No Non-Employee Director who previously has
been employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries will be eligible to
receive Formula Awards under the Directors Option Plan. In addition, the
Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, may at any time grant options to
purchase Common Stock to Non-Employee Directors who previously have been
employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries ("Discretionary Awards"). The
Compensation Committee will determine which directors eligible to receive
Discretionary Awards shall receive options, the number of shares subject to such
options and the timing of such Discretionary Awards. No Non-Employee Director
who is eligible to receive Formula Awards and no director who is a member of the
Compensation Committee, during the time of his or her service as such, will be
eligible to receive Discretionary Awards under the Directors Option Plan.
OPTION PRICE AND PAYMENT
The purchase price per share of Common Stock for which each option is
exercisable will be equal to 100 percent of the fair market value of the Common
Stock covered thereby on the date of grant. For purposes of the Directors Option
Plan, "fair market value" is defined as the last sale price of Common Stock on
the day next preceding the date of grant on which there was a sale as reported
on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape, or if the Common Stock is no
longer traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the fair market value on the date
of grant as determined by the Compensation Committee in accordance with
applicable law and regulations. At March 9, 1994, the last sale price of the
Company's Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape was $15.50.
The option price must be paid in full upon exercise either in cash or in shares
of Common Stock with a fair market value equal to the purchase price, or a
combination of cash and shares of Common Stock which in the aggregate are equal
in value to such option price.
EXERCISABILITY AND TERM OF OPTIONS
Subject to certain acceleration provisions in the event of cessation of
service as a director as described below, each option granted under the
Directors Option Plan will be exercisable 50 percent after two years from date
of grant, 75 percent after three years from date of grant and 100 percent after
four years from date of grant. Options granted under the Directors Option Plan
will expire 10 years from the date of grant, except as described below in
connection with cessation of service as a director, and may not be transferable
by the optionee other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution
and may be exercised during an optionee's lifetime only by the optionee or his
or her legal representative. If a Non-Employee Director subsequently becomes an
employee of the Company while remaining a member of the Board of Directors, any
options held under the Directors Option Plan by such individual at the time of
his or her commencement of employment will not be affected thereby.
CESSATION OF SERVICE
Upon the death of an optionee at any time or upon cessation of such
optionee's service as a director of the Company six months or more after the
date of grant, all of the then outstanding Formula Award options of such
optionee will become immediately exercisable. If an optionee's service as a
director ceases for any reason, such exercisable Formula Award options may be
exercised by the optionee within three months after such cessation of service.
If an optionee dies within such three-month period, or if cessation of his or
her service is due to such optionee's death, such Formula Award options may be
exercised at any time within one year after such death by the optionee's
executor or administrator or by his or her distributee to whom such Formula
Award options may have been transferred by will or by the laws of descent and
distribution. The Directors Option Plan also provides that, if upon an
optionee's cessation of service the optionee is or becomes an employee or a
senior management consultant to the Company and/or its subsidiaries, such
Formula Award options may be exercised by the optionee during the period ending
on the earliest of (i) the ninetieth (90th) day following the date that the
optionee permanently ceases to render employment or consulting services to the
Company and/or its subsidiaries, for any reason other than cessation by reason
of death, or (ii) the date
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that is one year after the date described in clause (i) if the optionee ceases
to render employment or consulting services on account of his or her death (in
which case such option may be exercised by the optionee's executor or
administrator or by his or her distributee to whom the option may have been
transferred by will or by the laws of descent and distribution). With respect to
Discretionary Awards, the Directors Option Plan provides that the effects of
cessation of an optionee's service as a director on the exercisability of such
optionee's Discretionary Award options will be determined by the Compensation
Committee and may be no more favorable than those set forth in the Directors
Option Plan with respect to Formula Award options.
AMENDMENT, SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION
The Board of Directors may amend, suspend or terminate the Directors Option
Plan at any time except that (i) no amendment which requires stockholder
approval in order for the exemptions available under Rule 16b-3 to continue to
be applicable will be effective unless it is approved by the stockholders, and
(ii) amendments revising the amount, pricing or timing of Formula Awards may not
be made more frequently than every six months unless necessary to comply with
the Internal Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act. No amendment, suspension or termination of the Directors
Option Plan may adversely affect any option previously granted under the
Directors Option Plan without the written consent of the optionee to whom such
grant was made.
DURATION
If approved by the stockholders, the Directors Option Plan will become
effective immediately following the 1994 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The
Directors Option Plan will terminate on the first Saturday following the 2003
Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and no option may be granted under the Directors
Option Plan after such date. Termination of the Directors Option Plan, however,
will not affect outstanding options which have been granted prior to its
termination, and the terms of the Directors Option Plan will continue to apply
to such options.
FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
The following discussion of the federal income tax consequences of grants
and exercises under the Directors Option Plan is based on an analysis of the
Code as currently in effect, existing laws, judicial decisions and
administrative rulings and regulations, all of which are subject to change. In
addition to being subject to the federal income consequences described below, an
individual who receives a grant of options also may be subject to state and/or
local income taxes in the jurisdiction in which he or she resides.
All options granted under the Directors Option Plan will be non-statutory
options not intended to qualify under Section 422 of the Code. In general, the
optionee will not realize income upon grant of the option, but at the time of
exercise will realize ordinary income for federal income tax purposes in an
amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of the shares acquired over
the option price. If, however, the Common Stock so received is subject to a
"substantial risk of forfeiture" under Section 83 of the Code, and if a timely
special election is not made by the optionee in accordance with Section 83,
compensation should be realized and subject to federal income tax only at the
time the shares are no longer subject to such "substantial risk of forfeiture."
Pursuant to the new short-swing profit rules under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, in effect since May 1, 1991, the purchase of Common Stock upon exercise
of an option by a director no longer will be deemed a purchase triggering a
six-month period of potential short-swing profit liability. Therefore, the
shares acquired upon such exercise will not be considered subject to a
"substantial risk of forfeiture" under Section 83 of the Code by reason of the
short-swing profit rules, provided that such shares are not disposed of during
the six-month period following the date of the grant of the option. Accordingly,
the taxable event for the exercise of an option granted under the Directors
Option Plan that has been outstanding for at least six months ordinarily will be
the date of exercise. If an option is exercised within six months after the date
of grant, taxation ordinarily would be deferred until the date six months after
the date of grant, unless the director files a Section 83(b) election to be
taxed on the date of exercise. The Company generally will be entitled to an
income tax deduction at the time the optionee realizes income and at the amount
of ordinary income realized by the optionee.
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DIRECTORS OPTION PLAN BENEFITS
As required by proxy rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange
Commission regarding compensation plans subject to stockholder action, the
following table sets forth the number of Formula Award options that will be
received on April 29, 1994 (the first Friday after the Annual Meeting) by (i)
each of the Named Executive Officers, (ii) all current executive officers as a
group, (iii) all current directors who are not executive officers as a group
(assuming the current directors are re-elected by the stockholders at the Annual
Meeting), and (iv) all employees, including all current officers who are not
executive officers, as a group, if the Directors Option Plan is approved by the
stockholders at the Annual Meeting.
NEW PLAN BENEFITS
The Allen Group Inc.
1994 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan
NUMBER OF
FORMULA AWARD
NAME AND POSITION OPTIONS
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Robert G. Paul
President and Chief Executive Officer -0-
Robert A. Youdelman
Senior Vice President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer -0-
Frank J. Hyson
Vice President -0-
James L. LePorte, III
Vice President and Controller -0-
Erik H. van der Kaay
Vice President -0-
Executive Group -0-
Non-Executive Director Group(a) 8,000
Non-Executive Officer Employee Group -0-
<FN>
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(a) The Non-Employee Directors eligible to receive Formula Awards are Dr. Conway
and Messrs. Allen, Chandler, Gordon, Hunt, Robinson, Vokey and Weaver. The
number of Formula Award options that will be granted under the Directors
Option Plan to eligible Non-Employee Directors in years subsequent to 1994
is not determinable at this time, except that Non-Employee Directors who
previously have not been employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries
automatically will receive an option to purchase 1,000 shares of Common
Stock on the first Friday following each of the Company's Annual Meetings of
Stockholders during the duration of the Directors Option Plan.
The Non-Employee Directors eligible to receive Discretionary Awards are
Philip Wm. Colburn, Chairman of the Board, and J. Chisholm Lyons, Vice Chairman
of the Board. If the Directors Option Plan is approved by the stockholders at
the Annual Meeting, the Compensation Committee intends to grant Discretionary
Award options to Messrs. Colburn and Lyons, although the amount and timing of
such Discretionary Award options have not yet been determined by the
Compensation Committee.
For additional information with respect to the compensation of the
directors of the Company and their ownership of the Company's Common Stock, see
"ELECTION OF DIRECTORS - Compensation of Directors" on pages 1 to 6, and "STOCK
OWNERSHIP - Directors and Officers" on pages 21 to 23, of this proxy statement.
VOTE REQUIRED
The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Common
Stock which are represented in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the
Annual Meeting is required to approve the 1994 Non-Employee Directors Stock
Option Plan, provided that a majority of the outstanding shares is voted with
respect thereto.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE FOR APPROVAL OF THE
ADOPTION OF THE 1994 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION PLAN.
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RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors has appointed the firm of Coopers & Lybrand as the
independent auditors to audit the books and accounts of the Company for the year
ending December 31, 1994, and is requesting ratification of such appointment by
the stockholders at the Annual Meeting. Coopers & Lybrand has served in this
capacity since 1967. Should this appointment not be ratified by the holders of a
majority of the shares voting in person or by proxy at the meeting, the Board of
Directors will consider appointing other auditors to audit the books and
accounts of the Company. Representatives of Coopers & Lybrand are expected to be
present at the meeting with the opportunity to make a statement, if they desire
to do so, and to be available to respond to appropriate questions.
OTHER MATTERS
Management of the Company knows of no matters other than those referred to
above to be voted upon at the Annual Meeting. However, if any other matters are
properly presented to the meeting, it is the intention of the persons named in
the accompanying proxy to vote such proxy in accordance with their judgment on
such matters.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Company will bear the expense of proxy solicitation. Directors,
officers and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries may solicit proxies
by telephone, telegraph or in person (but will receive no additional
compensation for such solicitation). The Company also has retained W. F. Doring
& Co. Inc., Jersey City, New Jersey, to assist in the solicitation of proxies in
the same manner at an anticipated fee of approximately $2,500, plus
out-of-pocket expenses. In addition, brokerage houses and other custodians,
nominees and fiduciaries will be requested to forward the soliciting material to
beneficial owners and to obtain authorizations for the execution of proxies, and
if they in turn so request, the Company will reimburse such brokerage houses and
other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for their expenses in forwarding such
material.
Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as trustee under the Company's Employee
Before-Tax Savings Plan, will vote shares of the Company's Common Stock held in
the Plan in accordance with the written instructions, which it is required to
request, received from the participants in whose accounts the shares are held,
whether or not vested, and, in accordance with the terms of the Plan, it will
vote all shares for which it does not receive voting instructions in the same
proportions as it votes the shares for which it does receive instructions.
ANNUAL REPORT
The Annual Report, including financial statements, of the Company for the
year 1993 is enclosed herewith but is not a part of the proxy soliciting
material.
STOCKHOLDERS' PROPOSALS
Proposals of stockholders intended to be presented at the 1995 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders must be received by the Company for inclusion in its
proxy statement relating to that meeting no later than November 17, 1994. Such
proposals should be directed to the Secretary of the Company at the Company's
offices, 25101 Chagrin Boulevard, Beachwood, Ohio 44122.
By order of the Board of Directors
MCDARA P. FOLAN, III
Secretary
Dated: March 17, 1994
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EXHIBIT A
THE ALLEN GROUP INC.
1994 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION PLAN
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1. PURPOSE. The purpose of The Allen Group Inc. 1994 Non-Employee
Directors Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") is to attract, retain and compensate
highly qualified individuals who are not current employees of The Allen Group
Inc. (the "Company") as members of the Board of Directors and to enable them to
increase their ownership of shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value, of the
Company ("Common Stock"). The Plan will be beneficial to the Company and its
stockholders since it will allow these directors to have a greater personal
financial stake in the Company through the ownership of Company stock, in
addition to underscoring their common interest and identification with
stockholders in increasing the value of Company stock.
2. SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN. The total number of shares of Common Stock with
respect to which options may be granted under the Plan shall not exceed 250,000
(as adjusted pursuant to Section 7 hereof). Shares issued upon exercise of
options granted under the Plan may be either authorized and previously unissued
shares, issued shares which have been reacquired by the Company, or any
combination thereof. In the event that any option granted under the Plan shall
terminate, expire or, with the consent of the optionee, be canceled as to any
shares of Common Stock, without having been exercised in full, new options may
be granted with respect to such shares without again being charged against the
maximum share limitations set forth above in this Section 2.
3. ADMINISTRATION. The Plan shall be administered by the Management
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, or any successor Committee
(the "Committee"), which shall be appointed by the Board of Directors of the
Company and shall consist of such number of directors, not less than two, as
shall be determined by the Board, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board,
and each of whom shall at the time of designation and service be a
"disinterested person" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, or any successor provision at the time in effect ("Rule
16b-3"). Vacancies occurring in the membership of the Committee shall be filled
by appointment by the Board of Directors. If for any reason the Committee is
unable to perform its functions and duties under the Plan, the Board of
Directors may perform any such functions and duties.
The Committee, from time to time, may adopt rules and regulations for
carrying out the provisions and purposes of the Plan. The interpretation and
construction by the Committee of any provisions of, and the determination of any
questions arising under, the Plan, any such rule or regulation, or any agreement
evidencing options under the Plan, shall be final, binding and conclusive on all
persons interested in the Plan. The Secretary of the Company shall be authorized
to implement the Plan in accordance with its terms and to take such actions of a
ministerial nature as shall be necessary to effectuate the intent and purposes
hereof. The validity, construction and effect of the Plan and any rules and
regulations relating to the Plan shall be determined in accordance with the laws
of the State of Delaware without regard to its conflicts of law principles.
4. ELIGIBILITY. All members of the Company's Board of Directors who are
not current employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries at the time of
option award ("Non-Employee Directors") are eligible to participate in the Plan.
5. TYPES OF OPTIONS.
(a) FORMULA AWARDS. Options to purchase 1,000 shares of Common Stock
(as adjusted pursuant to Section 7 hereof) shall be granted automatically
to each Non-Employee Director who previously has not been employed by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries each year on the first Friday following
the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders (hereinafter referred to as
"Formula Awards"). No Non-Employee Director who previously has been
employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries shall be eligible to
receive Formula Awards under the Plan.
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(b) DISCRETIONARY AWARDS. The Committee, in its sole discretion,
shall determine the Non-Employee Directors who previously have been
employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries to whom options (other
than Formula Awards) shall be granted, the time or times when they shall be
granted and the number of shares to be covered by each option so granted
(hereinafter referred to as "Discretionary Awards"). No Non-Employee
Director who is eligible to receive Formula Awards and no director who is a
member of the Committee, during the time of his or her service as such,
shall be eligible to receive Discretionary Awards under the Plan.
(c) NON-STATUTORY STOCK OPTIONS. All options granted under the Plan
shall be non-statutory options not intended to qualify under Section 422 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). Each option
granted under the Plan shall provide that such option will not be treated
as an "incentive stock option," as that term is defined in Section 422(b)
of the Code.
6. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS. All options approved by the Committee
under the Plan shall be evidenced by stock option agreements in writing
(hereinafter referenced to as "option agreements"), in such form as the
Committee may from time to time approve, executed on behalf of the Company by
the Chairman of the Board or President of the Company. Each option agreement
shall be subject to the Plan, and, in addition to such other terms and
conditions as the Committee may deem desirable, shall provide in substance as
follows:
(a) PURCHASE PRICE. The purchase price per share of Common Stock for
which each option is exercisable shall be equal to 100% of the Fair Market
Value of a share of Common Stock as of the date such option is granted
("Fair Market Value"). Such Fair Market Value shall be the last sale price
of Common Stock on the date next preceding such date as reported on the New
York Stock Exchange Composite Tape or, in the event that no sale shall have
taken place on the New York Stock Exchange on such next preceding day, the
last sale price of Common Stock on the next preceding day on which there
was a sale as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape, or if
the Common Stock is no longer traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the
fair market value on such date as determined by the Committee in accordance
with applicable law and regulations. The option price shall be subject to
adjustment as provided in Section 7 hereof.
(b) EXERCISABILITY AND TERM OF OPTIONS. Subject to Section 6(c)
hereof, each option granted under the Plan shall be exercisable 50 percent
after two years from date of grant, 75 percent after three years from date
of grant and 100 percent after four years from date of grant. Each option
granted under the Plan shall expire 10 years from the date of grant and
shall be subject to earlier termination as hereinafter provided. If a
Non-Employee Director subsequently becomes an employee of the Company while
remaining a member of the Board of Directors, any options held under the
Plan by such individual at the time of such commencement of employment
shall not be affected thereby.
(c) CESSATION OF SERVICE. Except as hereinafter set forth, no option
shall be exercisable after the date of cessation of an optionee's service
as a director of the Company. Upon the death of an optionee at any time or
upon cessation of service six months or more after the date of grant, all
of the then outstanding Formula Award options of such optionee shall become
immediately exercisable. If an optionee's service ceases for any reason,
such exercisable Formula Award options may be exercised by the optionee
within three months after such cessation of service. If an optionee shall
die within such three-month period, or if cessation of his or her service
shall have been due to such optionee's death, such Formula Award options
may be exercised at any time within one year after such death by the
optionee's executor or administrator or by his or her distributee to whom
such Formula Award options may have been transferred by will or by the laws
of descent and distribution. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, if upon an optionee's cessation of service the optionee is or
becomes an employee or a senior management consultant to the Company and/or
its subsidiaries, such Formula Award options may be exercised by the
optionee during the period ending on the earliest of (i) the ninetieth
(90th) day following the date that the optionee permanently ceases to
render employment or consulting services to the Company and/or its
subsidiaries, for any reason other than cessation by reason of death, or
(ii) the date that is one year after the date described in clause (i) if
the optionee ceases to render employment or consulting services on account
of his or her death (in which case such option may be exercised by the
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optionee's executor or administrator or by his or her distributee to whom
the option may have been transferred by will or by the laws of descent and
distribution). The effects of cessation of an optionee's service as a
director on the exercisability of a Discretionary Award option shall be
determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, and shall be set forth
in the option agreement evidencing such Discretionary Award option;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the cessation of service terms with respect to any
Discretionary Award option shall be no more favorable than those set forth
herein with respect to Formula Award options. The foregoing provisions
shall not extend the period during which an option may be exercised beyond
the date it expires by its terms.
(d) MANNER OF EXERCISE. Each option agreement shall provide that any
option therein granted shall be exercisable only by giving in each case
written notice of exercise, accompanied by full payment of the purchase
price either (i) in cash (including check, bank draft or money order, or
wire or other transfer of funds, or advice of credit to the Company), or
(ii) in shares of Common Stock with a fair market value equal to the
purchase price or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock which in
the aggregate are equal in value to such purchase price. At the discretion
of the Committee, the option agreement may provide that shares of Common
Stock may be issued in the name of the optionee and another person jointly
with the right of survivorship.
(e) NONTRANSFERABILITY. Each option agreement shall provide that any
option therein granted is not transferable by the optionee other than by
will or by the laws of descent and distribution and that, during the
lifetime of the optionee, such option may be exercised only by the optionee
or such optionee's legal representative.
(f) WITHHOLDING OF TAXES. It shall be a condition to the obligation
of the Company to issue or transfer shares of Common Stock upon the
exercise of an option that the optionee pay to the Company, upon its
demand, such amount, if any, as may be requested by the Company for the
purpose of satisfying its liability to withhold federal, state or local
income or other taxes incurred by reason of the exercise of such option or
the transfer of shares upon such exercise. If the amount requested is not
paid, the Company may refuse to issue or transfer shares of Common Stock
upon exercise of the option.
7. ADJUSTMENT UPON CHANGES IN STOCK. The Board of Directors shall make or
provide for such adjustments in the option price and in the number or kind of
shares or other securities covered by outstanding options as the Board of
Directors in its sole discretion, exercised in good faith, shall determine is
equitably required to prevent dilution or enlargement of rights of optionees
that would otherwise result from (a) any stock dividend, stock split,
combination of shares, issuance of rights or warrants to purchase stock,
recapitalization or other changes in the capital structure of the Company, (b)
any merger, consolidation, reorganization or partial or complete liquidation, or
(c) any other corporate transaction or event having an effect similar to any of
the foregoing. The Board of Directors also shall make or provide for such
adjustments in the number or kind of shares of the Company's Common Stock or
other securities which may be acquired pursuant to options granted under this
Plan and the number of such securities to be awarded to each optionee as the
Board of Directors in its sole discretion, exercised in good faith, shall
determine is appropriate to reflect any transaction or event described in the
preceding sentence. The determination of the Board of Directors as to what
adjustments shall be made, and the extent thereof, shall be final, binding and
conclusive.
8. FRACTIONAL SHARES. No fractional shares shall be issued pursuant to
options granted hereunder, and any fractional share resulting from an adjustment
pursuant to Section 7 hereof shall be eliminated.
9. GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS. The Plan, the grant and exercise of options
hereunder, and the Company's obligation to sell and deliver shares of stock
pursuant to any such exercise, shall be subject to all applicable federal and
state laws, rules and regulations and to such approvals by any regulatory or
government agency as shall be required. The Company shall not be required to
issue or deliver any certificate or certificates for shares of its Common Stock
prior to (a) the admission of such shares to listing on any stock exchange on
which the stock shall then be listed and (b) the completion of any registration
or other qualification of such shares under any state or federal law or rulings
or regulations of any government body, which the Company shall, in its sole
discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable.
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10. TERM OF THE PLAN. The Plan shall become effective immediately
following approval by the stockholders of the Company at its 1994 Annual Meeting
of Stockholders. The period during which option grants shall be made under the
Plan shall terminate on the first Saturday following the 2003 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders. Termination of the Plan, however, shall not affect outstanding
options which have been granted prior to such termination, and all unexpired
options shall continue in full force and operation after termination of the
Plan, except as they shall lapse or terminate by their own terms and conditions,
and the terms of the Plan shall continue to apply to such options.
11. AMENDMENT, SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN. The Board of
Directors at any time and from time to time may amend, suspend or terminate the
Plan; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (a) no amendment which requires stockholder
approval in order for the exemptions available under Rule 16b-3 to continue to
be applicable shall be effective unless the same shall be approved by the
stockholders of the Company entitled to vote thereon, and (b) amendments
revising the amount, price or timing of Formula Awards shall not be made more
frequently than once every six months unless necessary to comply with the Code,
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or the rules thereunder. Without
the written consent of the optionee, no amendment, suspension or termination of
the Plan shall adversely affect any option previously granted under the Plan,
but it shall be conclusively presumed that any adjustment or change as provided
in Section 7 does not adversely affect any such right.
12. COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 16B-3. The Plan is intended to comply with Rule
16b-3 as in effect prior to May 1, 1991. Notwithstanding the previous sentence,
the Committee may elect at any time to have Rule 16b-3 as in effect after May 1,
1991 apply to the Plan.
13. NO RIGHT TO CONTINUE AS DIRECTOR. Neither the Plan, nor the granting
of an option nor any other action taken pursuant to the Plan, shall constitute
or be evidence of any agreement or understanding, express or implied, that a
director has a right to continue as a director for any period of time, or at any
particular rate of compensation.
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THE ALLEN GROUP INC.
PROXY PROXY
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING TO BE HELD ON APRIL 28, 1994
The undersigned hereby appoints Philip Wm. Colburn, William M.
Weaver, Jr. and Wade W. Allen, and each of them (with full power of
substitution), as proxies of the undersigned to vote all stock of The
Allen Group Inc. which the undersigned may be entitled to vote at the
Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on April 28, 1994 at 9:30
A.M., and at any adjournment thereof, as designated on the reverse
side hereof, and in their discretion, the proxies are authorized
to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the
Annual Meeting.
/ / CHECK HERE FOR ADDRESS CHANGE.
NEW ADDRESS: ______________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
PLEASE SIGN AND DATE THIS PROXY ON THE REVERSE SIDE AND RETURN IT
PROMPTLY IN THE ACCOMPANYING ENVELOPE.
PLEASE MARK VOTE IN OVAL IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER USING DARK INK ONLY.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSALS 1, 2 AND 3.
1. Election of Directors, Nominees: W. W. Allen, G. A. Chandler, P. Wm.
Colburn, J. K. Conway, A. H. Gordon, W. O. Hunt, J. C. Lyons, R. G. Paul,
C. W. Robinson, R. S. Vokey and W. M. Weaver, Jr.
/ / FOR / / WITHHOLD / / FOR ALL (Except Nominee(s)
written below)
_________________________
2. Approval of adoption of 1994 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan.
/ / FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN
3. Ratification of appointment of Coopers & Lybrand as auditors for the year
ending December 31, 1994.
/ / FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN
THIS PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER
DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED STOCKHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS
MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR PROPOSALS 1, 2, AND 3.
Dated ___________________________ , 1994
Signature(s)________________________________________
____________________________________________________.
Please sign exactly as name appears hereon. Joint
owners should each sign personally. Executors,
administrators, trustees, attorneys, guardians and
officers signing for corporations or partnerships
should give full title as such.