UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

November 5, 2008

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

MONOTYPE IMAGING HOLDINGS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-33612   20-3289482

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File No.)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

500 Unicorn Park Drive

Woburn, Massachusetts 01801

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 970-6000

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

See Item 5.02, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(e) On November 5, 2008, the Compensation Committee (the “ Compensation Committee ”) of the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. (the “ Company ”) approved an amendment to the Company’s 2008 Executive Incentive Compensation Program (the “ 2008 Executive Bonus Plan ”). The 2008 Executive Bonus Plan had previously required that payments would be made to Executives (as defined therein) following approval of such payments by the Compensation Committee and receipt by the Company of audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2008. While the Company anticipated that such payments would be made on or prior to March 15, 2009, in order to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States, as amended, the 2008 Executive Bonus Plan has been amended to specifically provide that such payments, if any, shall be made to Executives between January 1 and March 15, 2009. A copy of the 2008 Executive Bonus Plan, as amended, is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

(a) On November 5, 2008, the Board approved Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Amended and Restated By-laws (the “ Restated By-laws ”), which amendment became effective immediately. The amendment revises Article I, Section 2 of the Restated By-laws to (i) eliminate the notice as a means to properly bring business before an annual meeting of stockholders, (ii) further clarify that the advance notice by-law provisions apply to all stockholder proposals and nominations, and (iii) require stockholders who provide advance notice of proposals or nominations to disclose additional information as part of such notice, including information as to whether the stockholder has entered into any hedging, derivative or other transactions with respect to the Company’s securities and whether the stockholder will deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of, in the case of a proposal, at least the percentage of the Company’s voting shares required under applicable law to approve the proposal or, in the case of a nomination or nominations, at least the percentage of the Company’s voting shares sufficient to elect such nominee or nominees. Additionally, the amendment revises (i) Article I, Section 3 of the Restated By-Laws to further clarify that stockholder proposals and nominations shall not be brought before a special meeting of the stockholders and (ii) Article I, Section 4 to clarify that electronic transmissions of notices to stockholders, waivers of such notices and, to the extent permitted, participation by stockholders in an annual meeting of stockholders via remote communication are permitted.

The above descriptions of the changes reflected in the Restated By-laws are qualified in their entirety by Amendment No. 1 to the Restated By-laws itself, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference .

 

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

  3.1    Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated By-laws of Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc.
10.1    Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. 2008 Executive Incentive Compensation Program, as amended

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

  MONOTYPE IMAGING HOLDINGS INC.
November 7, 2008   By:  

/s/ Scott E. Landers

    Scott E. Landers
    Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary (Principal Financial Officer)

 

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Exhibit 3.1

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

OF

MONOTYPE IMAGING HOLDINGS INC.

Sections 2, 3 and 4 of Article I of the Amended and Restated By-laws of Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. (the “Corporation”) is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

2. Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.

 

  (a) Annual Meetings of Stockholders.

(i) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be brought before an Annual Meeting (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (b) by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this By-law, who is entitled to vote at the meeting, who is present (in person or by proxy) at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this By-law. For the avoidance of doubt, for a stockholder to bring nominations or business before an Annual Meeting (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 (or any successor rule) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), such stockholder must comply with the notice and other procedures set forth in Article I, Section 2 of this By-law and this shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to bring such nominations or business properly before an Annual Meeting. In addition to the other requirements set forth in this By-law, for any proposal of business to be considered at an Annual Meeting, it must be a proper subject for action by stockholders of the Corporation under Delaware law.

(ii) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an Annual Meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (b) of Article I, Section 2(a)(i) of this By-law, the stockholder (x) must have given Timely Notice (as defined below) thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation, (y) have provided any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this By-law and (z) together with the beneficial owner(s), if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, have acted in accordance with the representations set forth in the Solicitation Statement required by this By-law. To be timely, a stockholder’s written notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 90th day nor earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s Annual


Meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the Annual Meeting is advanced by more than 30 days before or delayed by more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such Annual Meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such Annual Meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made (such notice within such time periods shall be referred to as “Timely Notice”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided herein, for the first Annual Meeting following the initial public offering of common stock of the Corporation, a stockholder’s notice shall be timely if delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to the scheduled date of such Annual Meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such Annual Meeting is first made or sent by the Corporation. Such stockholder’s Timely Notice shall set forth:

(A) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director, all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected);

(B) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting, any material interest in such business of such stockholder and of any other Proposing Person (as defined below);

(C) (i) the name and address of the stockholder giving the notice, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and the names and addresses of the other Proposing Persons (if any); (ii) as to each Proposing Person the following information: (a) the class or series and number of all shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially or of record by such Proposing Person or any of its affiliates or associates (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act), including any shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation as to which such Proposing Person or affiliate or associate has a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future, (b) all Synthetic Equity Interests in which such Proposing Person or any of its affiliates or associates, directly or indirectly,

 

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holds an interest including a description of the material terms of each such Synthetic Equity Interest, including without limitation, identification of the counterparty to each such Synthetic Equity Interest and disclosure, for each such Synthetic Equity Interest, as to (x) whether or not such Synthetic Equity Interest conveys any voting rights, directly or indirectly, in such shares to such Proposing Person, (y) whether or not such Synthetic Equity Interest is required to be, or is capable of being, settled through delivery of such shares and (z) whether or not such Proposing Person and/or, to the extent known, the counterparty to such Synthetic Equity Interest has entered into other transactions that hedge or mitigate the economic effect of such Synthetic Equity Interest, (c) any proxy (other than a revocable proxy given in response to a public proxy solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Exchange Act), agreement, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which such Proposing Person has or shares a right to vote any shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, (d) any rights to dividends or other distributions on the shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation owned beneficially by such Proposing Person that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, and (e) any performance-related fees (other than an asset based fee) that such Proposing Person is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation or any Synthetic Equity Interests (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (a) through (e) are referred to, collectively, as “Material Ownership Interests”); and (iii) a description of the material terms of all agreements, arrangements or understandings (whether or not in writing) entered into by any Proposing Person or any of its affiliates or associates (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act) with any other person for the purpose of acquiring, holding, disposing or voting of any shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation;

(D) (i) a description of all agreements, arrangements or understandings by and among any of the Proposing Persons, including with any proposed nominees, pertaining to the nomination(s) or other business proposed to be brought before the meeting of stockholders, and (ii) identification of the names and addresses of other stockholders (including beneficial owners) known by any of the Proposing Persons to support such nominations or other business proposal(s), and to the extent known the class and number of all shares of the Corporation’s capital stock owned beneficially or of record by such other stockholder(s) or other beneficial owner(s); and

 

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(E) a statement whether or not the stockholder giving the notice and/or the other Proposing Person(s), if any, will deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of, in the case of a proposal, at least the percentage of voting power of all of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation required under applicable law to approve the proposal or, in the case of a nomination or nominations, at least the percentage of voting power of all of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation reasonably believed by such stockholder or Proposing Person to be sufficient to elect the nominee or nominees proposed to be nominated by such stockholder (such statement, the “Solicitation Statement”).

For purposes of this Article I of these By-laws, the term “Proposing Person” shall mean the following persons: (1) the stockholder providing the notice of nominations or business proposed to be brought before an Annual Meeting and (2) the beneficial owner(s), if different, on whose behalf the nominations or business proposed to be brought before the Annual Meeting is made.

For purposes of this Article I of these Bylaws, the term “Synthetic Equity Interest” shall mean any transaction, agreement or arrangement (or series of transactions, agreements or arrangements), including, without limitation, any derivative, swap, hedge, repurchase or so-called “stock borrowing” agreement or arrangement, the purpose or effect of which is to, directly or indirectly: (a) give a person or entity economic benefit and/or risk similar to ownership of shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, in whole or in part, including due to the fact that such transaction, agreement or arrangement provides, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit or avoid a loss from any increase or decrease in the value of any shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, (b) mitigate loss to, reduce the economic risk of or manage the risk of share price changes for, any person or entity with respect to any shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, (c) in any manner otherwise provide the opportunity to profit or avoid a loss from any decrease in the value of any shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, or (d) increase or decrease the voting power of any person or entity with respect to any shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation.

(iii) A stockholder providing Timely Notice of nominations or business proposed to be brought before an Annual Meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information (including, without limitation, the Material Ownership Interests information) provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this By-law shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to such Annual Meeting, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to the Secretary at the

 

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principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the fifth (5th) business day after the record date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than the close of business on the eighth (8th) business day prior to the date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting).

(iv) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph (a)(ii) of this By-law to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Corporation is increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the Corporation at least 85 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s Annual Meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this By-law shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

 

  (b) General .

(i) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the provisions of this By-law shall be eligible for election and to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at an Annual Meeting as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this By-law. The Board of Directors or a designated committee thereof shall have the power to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made in accordance with the provisions of this By-law. If neither the Board of Directors nor such designated committee makes a determination as to whether any stockholder proposal or nomination was made in accordance with the provisions of this By-law, the presiding officer of the Annual Meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether the stockholder proposal or nomination was made in accordance with the provisions of this By-law. If the Board of Directors or a designated committee thereof or the presiding officer, as applicable, determines that any stockholder proposal or nomination was not made in accordance with the provisions of this By-law, such proposal or nomination shall be disregarded and shall not be presented for action at the Annual Meeting.

(ii) For purposes of this By-law, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

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(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this By-law, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this By-law. Nothing in this By-law shall be deemed to affect any rights of (i) stockholders to have proposals included in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 (or any successor rule) under the Exchange Act and, to the extent required by such rule, have such proposals considered and voted on at an Annual Meeting or (ii) the holders of any series of undesignated preferred stock to elect directors under specified circumstances.

3. Special Meetings . Except as otherwise required by statute and subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of Undesignated Preferred Stock, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Board of Directors acting pursuant to a resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in office. Only those matters set forth in the notice of the special meeting may be considered or acted upon at a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation and stockholder proposals of other business shall not be brought before a special meeting of stockholders to be considered by the stockholders unless such special meeting is held in lieu of an annual meeting of stockholders in accordance with Article I, Section 1 of these By-laws, in which case such special meeting in lieu thereof shall be deemed an Annual Meeting for purposes of these By-laws and the provisions of Article I, Section 2 of these By-laws shall govern such special meeting.

4. Notice of Meetings; Adjournments . A notice of each Annual Meeting stating the hour, date and place, if any, of such Annual Meeting and the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, shall be given not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days before the Annual Meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat by delivering such notice to such stockholder or by mailing it, postage prepaid, addressed to such stockholder at the address of such stockholder as it appears on the Corporation’s stock transfer books. Without limiting the manner by which notice may otherwise be given to stockholders, any notice to stockholders may be given by electronic transmission in the manner provided in Section 232 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”).

 

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Notice of all special meetings of stockholders shall be given in the same manner as provided for Annual Meetings, except that the notice of all special meetings shall state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting has been called.

Notice of an Annual Meeting or special meeting of stockholders need not be given to a stockholder if a waiver of notice is executed, or waiver of notice by electronic transmission is provided, before or after such meeting by such stockholder or if such stockholder attends such meeting, unless such attendance was for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting was not lawfully called or convened.

The Board of Directors may postpone and reschedule any previously scheduled Annual Meeting or special meeting of stockholders and any record date with respect thereto, regardless of whether any notice or public disclosure with respect to any such meeting has been sent or made pursuant to Section 2 of this Article I of these By-laws or otherwise. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment, postponement or rescheduling of any previously scheduled meeting of stockholders commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice under Section 2 of this Article I of these By-laws.

When any meeting is convened, the presiding officer may adjourn the meeting if (a) no quorum is present for the transaction of business, (b) the Board of Directors determines that adjournment is necessary or appropriate to enable the stockholders to consider fully information which the Board of Directors determines has not been made sufficiently or timely available to stockholders, or (c) the Board of Directors determines that adjournment is otherwise in the best interests of the Corporation. When any Annual Meeting or special meeting of stockholders is adjourned to another hour, date or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting other than an announcement at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken of the hour, date and place, if any, to which the meeting is adjourned and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting; provided, however, that if the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote thereat and each stockholder who, by law or under the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (as the same may hereafter be amended and/or restated, the “Certificate”) or these By-laws, is entitled to such notice.

Adopted and effective as of November 5, 2008.

 

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Exhibit 10.1

MONOTYPE IMAGING HOLDINGS INC.

2008 Executive Incentive Compensation Program

I. Overview

The compensation philosophy of Monotype Imaging is to pay competitive base salaries and to provide the potential to significantly overachieve market average compensation through incentive compensation if performance of both the organization and the individual exceed expectations. Base compensation and total compensation targets are set based on area market survey data.

II. Incentive Compensation Goals

 

   

Provide significant compensation to Executives to exceed annual EBITDA targets.

 

   

Provide incentive to Executives to achieve individual goals that have a direct relationship to Monotype Imaging’s organizational success.

 

   

Motivate exceptional performance at all organizational levels

 

   

Pay for performance. No guarantees of bonus if performance does not warrant.

 

   

Significant differentiation in bonus payments between less than expected performance and exceptional performance.

III. Eligibility

 

   

Employees who, for purposes of compensation, are classified by the President and Chief Executive Officer or the Compensation Committee as “Executives” for FY 2008, unless the Compensation Committee determines that any such Executive shall be eligible for incentive compensation under an alternative Company plan.

 

   

Executives hired after January 1, 2008 will be prorated based on date of hire.

 

   

An Executive must be employed by the Company on December 31, 2008 to be eligible to receive any incentive compensation payment under this plan.


IV. Total Incentive Compensation Pool

The total incentive compensation pool available to Executives under this plan is based on the Company’s achievement of specific EBITDA targets established by the Board of Directors for 2008. At each pre-determined EBITDA percentage achievement, an incentive compensation pool is established as follows:

 

   

90 – 99.99% of EBITDA target = $450,000

 

   

100 – 104.99% of EBITDA target = $900,000

 

   

105% of EBITDA target = $1,200,000

 

   

105.1% of EBITDA target and higher = $1,200,000 plus 18% of each incremental EBITDA dollar, capped at $1,500,000

Calculation of the incentive compensation pool at each level is based upon the number of Executives on the date this plan is approved by the Compensation Committee. If the Compensation Committee determines that the total number of Executives participating in this plan increased during 2008, the Compensation Committee may, but is not required to, adjust the incentive compensation pool at any or all levels.

V. Individual Incentive Compensation for Executives

 

   

An Executive’s individual target incentive compensation is 40% of his or her base salary.

 

   

An Executive’s actual incentive compensation can range from 0-60% of his or her base salary; provided that in the event the Company achieves 105.1% or more of its EBITDA target, the incentive compensation that may be paid to an Executive is not capped.

 

   

Actual incentive compensation payments to an Executive will depend on (i) the satisfaction of the Company’s EBITDA targets, (ii) the satisfaction of the Executive’s individual pre-determined performance objectives, and (iii) the Executive’s overall performance during 2008.

 

   

The satisfaction of the individual performance objectives of the President and Chief Executive Officer, and his overall performance in 2008, will be reviewed by the Compensation Committee.

 

   

The satisfaction of the individual performance objectives, and overall performance in 2008, of all other Executives will be reviewed by the President and Chief Executive Officer, together with the Executive’s supervisor.


   

All bonus recommendations will be made by the President and Chief Executive Officer to the Compensation Committee for approval.

VI. Payments

Payments will be made to Executives following approval of such payments by the Compensation Committee and receipt by the Company of audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2008; provided, however, that such payments, if any, shall be made to Executives between January 1st and March 15th of 2009. In the event that there is a subsequent change in the Company’s audited financial statements that impacts whether the bonus targets were satisfied, Executives will be required to repay to the Company any amount that was paid based solely on the satisfaction of a bonus target that was not, after such change, satisfied. While the Compensation Committee shall have no discretion to determine whether or not the repayment obligations shall be enforced, the final amounts to be repaid by each Executive shall be determined by the Compensation Committee.

VII. Plan Guidelines

 

   

Total Executive incentive compensation pool is amount budgeted and accrued for plan year 2008.

 

   

Organization must achieve 90% of EBITDA target in order for any incentive compensation to be paid under this plan.

 

   

The Compensation Committee will make the final determination on all Executive bonus payments.

 

   

Although it is the intent of the Company to continue this compensation plan through FY2008, any Monotype Imaging compensation plan may be changed, amended, modified or terminated at the sole discretion of the Compensation Committee.

 

   

No Monotype Imaging compensation plan represents a contract of employment, implied or otherwise.