Exhibit 10(a)
R.R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY
2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(as adopted by the Board of Directors on January 27, 2000; as amended September
25, 2003)
I. GENERAL
1. Plan. To provide incentives to management through rewards based upon the
ownership or performance of the common stock of R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
(the "Company"), the Committee hereinafter designated, may grant cash or bonus
awards, stock options, stock appreciation rights ("SARs"), or combinations
thereof, to eligible participants, on the terms and subject to the conditions
stated in the Plan. In addition, to provide incentives to members of the Board
of Directors ("Board") who are not employees of the Company ("non-employee
directors"), such non-employee directors are hereby granted options on the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in the Plan. For purposes of the Plan,
references to employment by the Company also means employment by a
majority-owned subsidiary of the Company and employment by any other entity
designated by the Board or the Committee in which the Company has a direct or
indirect equity interest.
2. Eligibility. Officers and other key management employees of the Company, its
subsidiaries, and any other entity designated by the Board or the Committee in
which the Company has a direct or indirect equity interest, shall be eligible,
upon selection by the Committee, to receive cash or bonus awards, stock options
or SARs, either singly or in combination, as the Committee, in its discretion,
shall determine ("participants"). Non-employee directors shall receive stock
options on the terms and subject to the conditions stated in the Plan.
3. Limitation on Shares to be Issued. Subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 5 of this Article I, 8,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.25
per share ("common stock"), shall be available under the Plan, reduced by the
aggregate number of shares of common stock which become subject to outstanding
bonus awards, stock options and SARs which are not granted in tandem with or by
reference to a stock option ("free-standing SARs"). Shares subject to a grant or
award under the Plan or under any other stock incentive plan of the Company
approved by stockholders on or prior to December 31, 1999 which are not issued
or delivered by reason of the expiration, termination, cancellation or
forfeiture of all or a portion of the grant or award, or by reason of
withholding of shares to pay all or a portion of the exercise price or to
satisfy tax withholding obligations, or by reason of the delivery of shares
prior to June 30, 2003 to
pay all or a portion of the exercise price or to satisfy tax withholding
obligations, shall again be available for future grants and awards; provided,
however, that for purposes of this sentence, stock options and SARs granted in
tandem with or by reference to a stock option granted prior to the grant of such
SARs ("tandem SARs") shall be treated as one grant. To the extent that the
Company repurchased shares in the open market or otherwise prior to June 30,
2003, a number of shares having a repurchase price equal to the aggregate
proceeds received by the Company from the exercise of stock options granted by
the Company under the Plan or any other stock incentive plan of the Company
approved by stockholders on or prior to December 31, 1999 shall again be
available for future grants and awards. For the purpose of complying with
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"),
and the rules and regulations thereunder, the maximum number of shares of common
stock with respect to which options or SARs or a combination thereof may be
granted during any one-year period to any person shall be 1,000,000, subject to
adjustment as provided in Section 5 of this Article I; provided, however, that
for purposes of this sentence, stock options and tandem SARs shall be treated as
one grant. The maximum number of shares of common stock with respect to which
bonus awards, including performance awards or fixed awards in the form of
restricted stock or other form may be granted hereunder is 3,000,000 in the
aggregate, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5 of this Article I.
Shares of common stock to be issued shall be treasury stock of the Company.
4. Administration of the Plan. The Plan shall be administered by a Committee
designated by the Board of Directors (the "Committee"). Each member of the
Committee may be (i) an "outside director" within the meaning of Section 162(m)
of the Code and (ii) a "Non-Employee Director" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). The
Committee shall, subject to the terms of the Plan, select eligible participants
for grants and awards; determine the form of each grant and award, either as
cash, a bonus award, stock options or SARs or a combination thereof; and
determine the number of shares or units subject to the grant or award, the fair
market value of the common stock or units when necessary, the time and
conditions of vesting, exercise or settlement, whether dividends or dividend
equivalents accrue under any award, and all other terms and conditions of each
grant and award, including, without limitation, the form of instrument
evidencing the grant or award. The Committee may establish rules and regulations
for the administration of the Plan, interpret the Plan, and impose, incidental
to a grant or award, conditions with respect to competitive employment or other
activities not inconsistent with the Plan. All such rules, regulations,
interpretations and conditions shall be conclusive and binding on all parties.
Each grant and award shall be evidenced by a written instrument and no grant or
award shall be valid until an agreement is executed by the Company and such
grant or award shall be effective as of the effective date set forth in the
agreement.
The Committee may delegate some or all of its power and authority hereunder
to the Chief Executive Officer or other executive officer of the Company as the
Committee deems appropriate; provided, however, that the Committee may not
delegate its power and authority with regard to (i) the selection for
participation in the Plan of (A) a participant who is a "covered employee"
within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the
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Code or who, in the Committee's judgment, is likely to be a covered employee at
any time during the period a grant or award hereunder to such participant would
be outstanding or (B) an officer or other person subject to Section 16 of the
Exchange Act or (ii) decisions concerning the timing, pricing or amount of a
grant or award to a participant, officer or other person described in clause (i)
above. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum. The acts of the
Committee shall be either (i) acts of a majority of the members of the Committee
present at any meeting at which a quorum is present or (ii) acts approved in
writing by all of the members of the Committee without a meeting.
5. Adjustments. In the event of any stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination, exchange
of shares, liquidation, spin-off or other similar change in capitalization or
event, or any distribution to holders of common stock other than a regular cash
dividend, the number and class of securities available under the Plan, the
number and class of securities subject to each outstanding bonus award, the
number and class of securities subject to each outstanding stock option and the
purchase price per security and the terms of each outstanding SAR shall be
appropriately adjusted by the Committee, such adjustments to be made in the case
of outstanding stock options and SARs without an increase in the aggregate
purchase price or base price. If any such adjustment would result in a
fractional security being (i) available under the Plan, such fractional security
shall be disregarded, or (ii) subject to an outstanding grant or award under the
Plan, the Company shall pay the holder thereof, in connection with the first
vesting, exercise or settlement of such grant or award, in whole or in part,
occurring after such adjustment, an amount in cash determined by multiplying (i)
the fraction of such security (rounded to the nearest hundredth) by (ii) the
excess, if any, of (A) the fair market value on the vesting, exercise or
settlement date over (B) the exercise or base price, if any, of such grant or
award; provided, however, that if the fair market value of such fractional
security immediately after such adjustment is less than the fair market value of
one share of common stock immediately prior to such adjustment, such fractional
security shall be disregarded and no payment shall be made.
6. Effective Date and Term of Plan. The Plan shall be submitted to the
stockholders of the Company for approval at the 2000 annual meeting of
stockholders and, if approved, shall become effective on the date of such
stockholder approval. The Plan shall terminate on the date on which shares are
no longer available for grants or awards under the Plan, unless terminated prior
thereto by action of the Board, except that Section III 1.(b), Automatic Options
for Non-Employee Directors shall terminate on December 31, 2009. No further
grants or awards shall be made under the Plan after termination, but termination
shall not affect the rights of any participant under any grants or awards made
prior to termination.
7. Amendments. The Plan may be amended or terminated by the Board in any respect
except that no amendment may be made without stockholder approval if stockholder
approval is required by applicable law, rule or regulation, including Section
162(m) of the Code, or such amendment would increase (subject to Section 5 of
this Article I) the number of shares available under the Plan. No amendment may
impair the rights of a holder of an outstanding grant or award without the
consent of such holder.
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II. BONUS AWARDS
1. Form of Award. Bonus awards, whether performance awards or fixed awards, may
be made to eligible participants in the form of (i) cash, whether in an absolute
amount or as a percentage of compensation, (ii) stock units, each of which is
substantially the equivalent of a share of common stock but for the power to
vote and, subject to the Committee's discretion, the entitlement to an amount
equal to dividends or other distributions otherwise payable on a like number of
shares of common stock, (iii) shares of common stock issued to the participant
but forfeitable and with restrictions on transfer in any form as hereinafter
provided or (iv) any combination of the foregoing.
2. Performance Awards. (a) Awards may be made in terms of a stated potential
maximum dollar amount, percentage of compensation or number of units or shares,
with such actual amount, percentage or number to be determined by reference to
the level of achievement of corporate, sector, business unit, division,
individual or other specific performance goals over a performance period of not
less than one nor more than ten years, as determined by the Committee.
(b) In no event shall any participant receive a payment with respect to any
performance award if the minimum threshold performance goals requirement
applicable to the payment is not achieved during the performance period.
(c) If the Committee desires that compensation payable pursuant to any
performance award be "qualified performance-based compensation" within the
meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, then with respect to such performance
award, for any calendar year no participant shall receive stock units or shares
of common stock in excess of 100,000 stock units or shares of common stock or a
cash award in excess of the then fair market value of 100,000 shares of common
stock, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5 of Article I.
(d) The Committee retains sole discretion to reduce the amount of or
eliminate any payment otherwise payable to a participant with respect to any
performance award. The Committee may exercise such discretion by establishing
conditions for payments with respect to performance awards in addition to the
performance goals, including the achievement of financial, strategic or
individual goals, which may be objective or subjective, as it deems appropriate.
(e) For purposes of the Plan, "performance goals" means the objectives
established by the Committee which shall be satisfied or met during the
applicable performance period as a condition to a participant's receipt of all
or a part of a performance-based award under the Plan. The performance goals
shall be tied to one or more of the following business criteria, determined with
respect to the Company or the applicable sector, business unit or division: net
sales, cost of sales, gross profit, earnings from operations, earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA"), earnings before
income taxes, earnings before interest and taxes, cash flow measures, return on
equity, return on assets, return on net assets employed, net income per common
share (basic or diluted), EVA (Economic Value Added, which represents the
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cash operating earnings of the Company after deducting a charge for capital
employed) or any other similar criteria established by the Committee for the
applicable performance period. In the discretion of the Committee, the Committee
may amend or adjust the performance goals or other terms or conditions of an
outstanding award in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events. If the
Committee desires that compensation payable pursuant to any award subject to
performance goals be "qualified performance-based compensation" within the
meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, the performance goals (i) shall be
established by the Committee no later than 90 days after the beginning of the
applicable performance period (or such other time designated by the Internal
Revenue Service) and (ii) shall satisfy all other applicable requirements
imposed under Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 162(m) of the Code,
including the requirement that such performance goals be stated in terms of an
objective formula or standard.
3. Fixed Awards. Awards may be made which are not contingent on the achievement
of specific objectives, but are contingent on the participant's continuing in
the Company's employ for a period specified in the award.
4. Rights with Respect to Restricted Shares. If shares of restricted common
stock are subject to an award, the participant shall have the right, unless and
until such award is forfeited or unless otherwise determined by the Committee at
the time of grant, to vote the shares and to receive dividends thereon from the
date of grant and the right to participate in any capital adjustment applicable
to all holders of common stock; provided, however, that a distribution with
respect to shares of common stock, other than a regular quarterly cash dividend,
shall be deposited with the Company and shall be subject to the same
restrictions as the shares of common stock with respect to which such
distribution was made.
During the restriction period, a certificate or certificates representing
restricted shares shall be registered in the holder's name or the name of a
nominee of the Company and may bear a legend, in addition to any legend which
may be required under applicable laws, rules or regulations, indicating that the
ownership of the shares of common stock represented by such certificate is
subject to the restrictions, terms and conditions of the Plan and the agreement
relating to the restricted shares. All such certificates shall be deposited with
the Company, together with stock powers or other instruments of assignment
(including a power of attorney), each endorsed in blank with a guarantee of
signature if deemed necessary or appropriate, which would permit transfer to the
Company of all or a portion of the shares of common stock subject to the award
in the event such award is forfeited in whole or in part. Upon termination of
any applicable restriction period, including, if applicable, the satisfaction or
achievement of applicable objectives, and subject to the Company's right to
require payment of any taxes, the requisite number of shares of common stock
shall be delivered to the holder of such award.
5. Rights with Respect to Stock Units. If stock units are credited to a
participant pursuant to an award, then, subject to the Committee's discretion,
amounts equal to dividends and other distributions otherwise payable on a like
number of shares of common stock after the crediting of the units (unless the
record date for such dividends or other distributions
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precedes the date of grant of such award) shall be credited to an account for
the participant and held until the award is forfeited or paid out and interest
shall be credited on the account at a rate determined by the Committee.
6. Vesting and Resultant Events. The Committee may, in its discretion, provide
for early vesting of an award in the event of the participant's death, permanent
and total disability or retirement. At the time of vesting, (i) the award (and
any dividend equivalents, other distributions and interest which have been
credited), if in units, shall be paid to the participant either in shares of
common stock equal to the number of units, in cash equal to the fair market
value of such shares, or in such combination thereof as the Committee shall
determine, (ii) the award, if a cash bonus award, shall be paid to the
participant either in cash, or in shares of common stock with a then fair market
value equal to the amount of such award, or in such combination thereof as the
Committee shall determine and (iii) shares of restricted common stock issued
pursuant to an award shall be released from the restrictions.
III. STOCK OPTIONS
1. Grants. (a) Options for Eligible Participants. Options to purchase shares of
common stock of the Company may be granted to such eligible participants as may
be selected by the Committee. These options may, but need not, constitute
"incentive stock options" under Section 422 of the Code. To the extent that the
aggregate fair market value (determined as of the date of grant) of shares of
common stock with respect to which options designated as incentive stock options
are exercisable for the first time by an optionee during any calendar year
(under the Plan or any other plan of the Company, or any parent or subsidiary)
exceeds the amount (currently $100,000) established by the Code, such options
shall not constitute incentive stock options.
(b) Automatic Options for Non-Employee Directors. The Company shall grant
an option to purchase shares of common stock of the Company on the date of the
2000 annual meeting of stockholders and, thereafter, annually on the date of the
Company's annual meeting of stockholders to each individual who immediately
following such meeting on such date is a non-employee director. The number of
shares of common stock subject to an option granted to a non-employee director
pursuant to this Section 1(b) (a "Director Option") shall equal the number
determined by (i) multiplying (A) the then current annual cash retainer fee
payable to a non-employee director by (B) 2.5, and (ii) dividing that product by
100% of the fair market value of a share of common stock on the date of grant of
such option. A Director Option shall become exercisable in whole or in part on
the earlier to occur of (i) the date which is the first anniversary of the date
the Director Option is granted (the date of grant being hereafter referred to as
the "Option Date") or (ii) the day immediately preceding the date of the first
annual meeting of stockholders of the Company next following the Option Date.
Subject to Section 4 of this Article III, a Director Option shall expire on the
first business day preceding the date of the tenth anniversary of the date of
grant.
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(c) Elective Options for Non-Employee Directors. Each non-employee director
may from time to time elect, in accordance with procedures to be specified by
the Committee, to receive in lieu of all or part of (i) the annual cash retainer
fee for services as a director of the Company, any fees for attendance at
meetings of the Board or any committee of the Board and any fees for serving as
a member or chairman of any committee of the Board that would otherwise be
payable to such non-employee director ("Fees") or (ii) the annual phantom stock
award granted to such non-employee director pursuant to the Retirement Benefits
and Phantom Stock Grants for Directors Policy ("Retirement Benefit"), an option
to purchase shares of Common Stock, which option shall have a value (as
determined in accordance with the Black-Scholes stock option valuation method)
as of the date of grant of such option equal to the amount of such Fees or
Retirement Benefit. An option granted to a non-employee director pursuant to
this Section 1(c) shall be a Director Option and shall become exercisable in
full on the date which is the first anniversary of the date the Director Option
is granted.
2. Number of Shares and Purchase Price. The number of shares of common stock
subject to an option and the purchase price per share of common stock
purchasable upon exercise of the option shall be determined by the Committee;
provided, however, that the purchase price per share of common stock shall not
be less than 100% of the fair market value of a share of common stock on the
date of grant of the option, including a Director Option; provided further, that
if an incentive stock option shall be granted to any person who, on the date of
grant of such option, owns capital stock possessing more than ten percent of the
total combined voting power of all classes of capital stock of the Company (or
of any parent or subsidiary) (a "Ten Percent Holder"), the purchase price per
share of common stock shall be the price (currently 110% of fair market value)
required by the Code in order to constitute an incentive stock option.
3. Exercise of Options. The period during which options granted hereunder (other
than Director Options) may be exercised shall be determined by the Committee;
provided, however, that no stock option shall be exercised later than ten years
after its date of grant; provided further, that if an incentive stock option
shall be granted to a Ten Percent Holder, such option shall not be exercisable
more than five years after its date of grant. The Committee may, in its
discretion, establish performance measures which shall be satisfied or met as a
condition to the grant of an option or to the exercisability of all or a portion
of an option. The Committee shall determine whether an option shall become
exercisable in cumulative or non-cumulative installments and in part or in full
at any time. An exercisable option, or portion thereof, may be exercised only
with respect to whole shares of common stock.
An option may be exercised (i) by giving written notice to the Company
specifying the number of whole shares of common stock to be purchased and
accompanied by payment therefor in full (or arrangement made for such payment to
the Company's satisfaction) either (A) in cash, (B) in previously owned whole
shares of common stock (which the optionee has held for at least six months
prior to delivery of such shares or which the optionee purchased on the open
market and for which the optionee has good title free and clear of all liens and
encumbrances) having a fair market value, determined as of the date of exercise,
equal to the aggregate purchase price
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payable by reason of such exercise, (C) in cash by a broker-dealer acceptable to
the Company to whom the optionee has submitted an irrevocable notice of exercise
or (D) a combination of (A) and (B), (ii) if applicable, by surrendering to the
Company any SARs which are canceled by reason of the exercise of the option and
(iii) by executing such documents as the Company may reasonably request. The
Committee shall have sole discretion to disapprove of an election pursuant to
any of clauses (B)-(D). Any fraction of a share of common stock which would be
required to pay such purchase price shall be disregarded and the remaining
amount due shall be paid in cash by the optionee. No shares of common stock
shall be delivered until the full purchase price therefor has been paid.
4. Termination of Employment or Service. Subject to the requirements of the
Code, all of the terms relating to the exercise, cancellation or other
disposition of an option upon a termination of employment with the Company or
service on the Board, as the case may be, of the holder of such option, whether
by reason of disability, retirement, death or any other reason, shall be
determined by the Committee; provided, however, that the expiration date of an
option may never be extended beyond the original expiration date of such option.
IV. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
1. Grants. Free-standing SARs entitling the grantee to receive cash or shares of
common stock having a fair market value equal to the appreciation in market
value of a stated number of shares of common stock from the date of grant to the
date of exercise of such SARs, or in the case of tandem SARs, from the date of
grant of the related stock option to the date of exercise of such tandem SARs,
may be granted to such participants as may be selected by the Committee. The
holder of a tandem SAR may elect to exercise either the option or the SAR, but
not both. Tandem SARs shall be automatically canceled upon exercise of the
related stock option.
2. Number of SARs and Base Price. The number of SARs subject to a grant shall be
determined by the Committee. Any tandem SAR related to an incentive stock option
shall be granted at the same time that such incentive stock option is granted.
The base price of a tandem SAR shall be the purchase price per share of common
stock of the related option. The base price of a free-standing SAR shall be
determined by the Committee; provided, however, that such base price shall not
be less than 100% of the fair market value of a share of common stock on the
date of grant of such SAR.
3. Exercise of SARs. The agreement relating to a grant of SARs may specify
whether such grant shall be settled in shares of common stock (including
restricted shares of common stock) or cash or a combination thereof. Upon
exercise of an SAR, the grantee shall be paid the excess of the then fair market
value of the number of shares of common stock to which the SAR relates over the
base price of the SAR. Such excess shall be paid in cash or in shares of common
stock having a fair market value equal to such excess or in such combination
thereof as the Committee shall determine. The period during which SARs granted
hereunder may be exercised shall be determined by the Committee;
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provided, however, no SAR shall be exercised later than ten years after the date
of its grant; and provided, further, that no tandem SAR shall be exercised if
the related option has expired or has been canceled or forfeited or has
otherwise terminated. The Committee may, in its discretion, establish
performance measures which shall be satisfied or met as a condition to the grant
of an SAR or to the exercisability of all or a portion of an SAR. The Committee
shall determine whether an SAR may be exercised in cumulative or non-cumulative
installments and in part or in full at any time. An exercisable SAR, or portion
thereof, may be exercised, in the case of a tandem SAR, only with respect to
whole shares of common stock and, in the case of a free-standing SAR, only with
respect to a whole number of SARs. If an SAR is exercised for restricted shares
of common stock, the restricted shares shall be issued in accordance with
Section 4 of Article II and the holder of such restricted shares shall have such
rights of a stockholder of the Company as determined pursuant to such Section.
Prior to the exercise of an SAR for shares of common stock, including restricted
shares, the holder of such SAR shall have no rights as a stockholder of the
Company with respect to the shares of common stock subject to such SAR.
A tandem SAR may be exercised (i) by giving written notice to the Company
specifying the number of whole SARs which are being exercised, (ii) by
surrendering to the Company any options which are canceled by reason of the
exercise of such SAR and (iii) by executing such documents as the Company may
reasonably request. A free-standing SAR may be exercised (i) by giving written
notice to the Company specifying the whole number of SARs which are being
exercised and (ii) by executing such documents as the Company may reasonably
request.
4. Termination of Employment. Subject to the requirements of the Code, all of
the terms relating to the exercise, cancellation or other disposition of an SAR
upon a termination of employment with the Company of the holder of such SAR,
whether by reason of disability, retirement, death or any other reason, shall be
determined by the Committee; provided, however, that the expiration date of an
SAR may never be extended beyond the original expiration date of such SAR.
V. OTHER
1. Non-Transferability of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights. No option or
SAR shall be transferable other than (i) by will, the laws of descent and
distribution or pursuant to beneficiary designation procedures approved by the
Company or (ii) as otherwise set forth in the agreement relating to such option
or SAR. Each option or SAR may be exercised during the participant's lifetime
only by the participant or the participant's guardian, legal representative or
similar person or the permitted transferee of the participant. Except as
permitted by the second preceding sentence, no option or SAR may be sold,
transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated, encumbered or otherwise disposed
of (whether by operation of law or otherwise) or be subject to execution,
attachment or similar process. Upon any attempt to so sell, transfer, assign,
pledge, hypothecate, encumber or otherwise dispose of any option or SAR, such
award and all rights thereunder shall immediately become null and void.
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2. Tax Withholding. The Company shall have the right to require, prior to the
issuance or delivery of any shares of common stock or the payment of any cash
pursuant to a grant or award hereunder, payment by the holder thereof of any
Federal, state, local or other taxes which may be required to be withheld or
paid in connection therewith. An agreement may provide that (i) the Company
shall withhold whole shares of common stock which would otherwise be delivered
to a holder, having an aggregate fair market value determined as of the date the
obligation to withhold or pay taxes arises in connection therewith (the "Tax
Date"), or withhold an amount of cash which would otherwise be payable to a
holder, in the amount necessary to satisfy any such obligation or (ii) the
holder may satisfy any such obligation by any of the following means: (A) a cash
payment to the Company, (B) delivery to the Company of previously owned whole
shares of common stock (which the holder has held for at least six months prior
to the delivery of such shares or which the holder purchased on the open market
and for which the holder has good title, free and clear of all liens and
encumbrances) having an aggregate fair market value determined as of the Tax
Date, equal to the amount necessary to satisfy any such obligation, (C)
authorizing the Company to withhold whole shares of common stock which would
otherwise be delivered having an aggregate fair market value determined as of
the Tax Date or withhold an amount of cash which would otherwise be payable to a
holder, equal to the amount necessary to satisfy any such liability, (D) in the
case of the exercise of an option, a cash payment by a broker-dealer acceptable
to the Company to whom the optionee has submitted an irrevocable notice of
exercise or (E) any combination of (A), (B) and (C); provided, however, that the
Committee shall have sole discretion to disapprove of an election pursuant to
any of clauses (B)-(E). An agreement relating to a grant or award hereunder may
not provide for shares of common stock to be withheld having an aggregate fair
market value in excess of the minimum amount of taxes required to be withheld.
Any fraction of a share of common stock which would be required to satisfy such
an obligation shall be disregarded and the remaining amount due shall be paid in
cash by the holder.
3. Acceleration Upon Change in Control. If while (i) any performance award or
fixed award granted under Article II is outstanding or (ii) any stock option
granted under Article III of the Plan or SAR granted under Article IV of the
Plan is outstanding --
(a) any "person," as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(9) of the
Exchange Act, as modified and used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) thereof (but
not including (i) the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) a trustee or
other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, (iii) an underwriter temporarily
holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (iv) a
corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the
Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock
of the Company) (hereinafter a "Person") is or becomes the beneficial
owner, as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, directly or
indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities
beneficially owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the
Company or its affiliates, excluding an acquisition resulting from the
exercise of a conversion or exchange privilege in respect of outstanding
convertible or
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exchangeable securities) representing 50% or more of the combined voting
power of the Company's then outstanding securities; or
(b) during any period of two (2) consecutive years beginning January
1, 2000, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the
Board and any new director (other than a director designated by a Person
who has entered into any agreement with the Company to effect a transaction
described in Clause (a), (c) or (d) of this Section) whose election by the
Board or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders was approved
by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in
office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose
election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for
any reason to constitute a majority thereof; or
(c) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation
of the Company with any other corporation, other than (i) 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 or acquiring entity), in combination with the ownership of any
trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit
plan of the Company, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the
voting securities of the Company or such surviving or acquiring entity
outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (ii) a
merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the
Company (or similar transaction) in which no Person acquires more than 50%
of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities;
or
(d) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete
liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by
the Company of all or substantially all the Company's assets,
(any of such events being hereinafter referred to as a "Change in Control"),
then from and after the date on which public announcement of the acquisition of
such percentage shall have been made, or the date on which the change in the
composition of the Board set forth above shall have occurred, or the date of any
such stockholder approval of a merger, consolidation, plan of complete
liquidation or an agreement for the sale of the Company's assets as described
above occurs (the applicable date being hereinafter referred to as the
"Acceleration Date"), (i) with respect to such performance awards, the highest
level of achievement specified in the award shall be deemed met and the award
shall be immediately and fully vested, (ii) with respect to such fixed awards,
the period of continued employment specified in the award upon which the award
is contingent shall be deemed completed and the award shall be immediately and
fully vested and (iii) with respect to such options and SARs, all such options
and SARs, whether or not then exercisable in whole or in part, shall be fully
and immediately exercisable.
4. Restrictions on Shares. Each grant and award made hereunder shall be subject
to the requirement that if at any time the Company determines that the listing,
registration or
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qualification of the shares of common stock subject thereto upon any securities
exchange or under any law, or the consent or approval of any governmental body,
or the taking of any other action is necessary or desirable as a condition of,
or in connection with, the delivery of shares thereunder, such shares shall not
be delivered unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent, approval
or other action shall have been effected or obtained, free of any conditions not
acceptable to the Company. The Company may require that certificates evidencing
shares of common stock delivered pursuant to any grant or award made hereunder
bear a legend indicating that the sale, transfer or other disposition thereof by
the holder is prohibited except in compliance with the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
5. No Right of Participation or Employment. No person (other than non-employee
directors to the extent provided in Article III) shall have any right to
participate in the Plan. Neither the Plan nor any grant or award made hereunder
shall confer upon any person any right to continued employment by the Company,
any subsidiary or any affiliate of the Company or affect in any manner the right
of the Company, any subsidiary or any affiliate of the Company to terminate the
employment of any person at any time without liability hereunder.
6. Rights as Stockholder. No person shall have any right as a stockholder of the
Company with respect to any shares of common stock or other equity security of
the Company which is subject to a grant or award hereunder unless and until such
person becomes a stockholder of record with respect to such shares of common
stock or equity security.
7. Governing Law. The Plan, each grant and award hereunder and the related
agreement, and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant thereto, to
the extent not otherwise governed by the Code or the laws of the United States,
shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware and construed in
accordance therewith without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws.
8. Foreign Participants. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the
contrary the Committee may, with a view to both promoting achievement of the
purposes of the plan and complying with provisions of laws in countries outside
the United States in which the Company or its subsidiaries operate or have
employees, determine which persons outside the United States shall be eligible
to participate in the Plan on such terms and conditions different from those
specified in the Plan as may in the judgement of the Committee be necessary or
advisable and, to that end, the Committee may establish sub-plans, modified
option exercise procedures and other terms and procedures.
9. Approval of Plan. The Plan and all grants and awards made hereunder shall be
null and void if the adoption of the Plan is not approved by the affirmative
vote of a majority of the shares of common stock present in person or
represented by proxy at the 2000 annual meeting of stockholders.
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