UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 6, 2012
EDGEWATER TECHNOLOGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 000-20971 | 71-0788538 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File No.) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
200 Harvard Mill Square, Suite 210
Wakefield, Massachusetts 01880
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (781) 246-3343
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ITEM 5.02 | DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS |
At the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the Annual Meeting) of Edgewater Technology, Inc. (the Company) on June 6, 2012, the Companys stockholders approved the Edgewater Technology, Inc. 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the 2012 Plan). The Companys Compensation Committee and Board of Directors adopted the 2012 Plan effective April 16, 2012, subject to stockholder approval.
The purpose of the 2012 Plan is to attract and retain highly-qualified officers, directors, key employees and other key individuals and to motivate these individuals to serve the Company and to expend maximum effort to improve the Companys operations. Total equity awards under the 2012 Plan are limited to a maximum of 1,100,000 authorized shares of Company common stock.
The provisions of the 2012 Plan are described in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting under Item 2- Approval of the Proposed 2012 Omnibus Plan, which description is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference. The description of the 2012 Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the 2012 Plan, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated herein by reference.
On June 6, 2012, the Companys Compensation Committee also approved for use under the 2012 Plan a form of non-qualified stock option agreement for employees and a form of non-qualified stock option agreement for non-employee directors. The forms of option agreement describe, among other things, the methods of exercise for the options and the treatment of the options upon termination of service. If an optionees service is terminated without cause within six months of a change in control transaction, the option vests in full and is exercisable for a period of three months following any such termination. The description of the option forms is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the option forms, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.3 and 99.4 and incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 5.07 | SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS |
On June 6, 2012, the Company held its 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the Annual Meeting). A copy of the press release issued by the Company in connection with the Annual Meeting is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.5 and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
At the Annual Meeting, the Companys stockholder voted:
1. | to elect the seven (7) candidates listed as nominees in the Companys Proxy Statement dated April 25, 2012 (the Proxy Statement), who are Paul Flynn, Paul Guzzi, Nancy Leaming, Michael Loeb, Daniel OConnell, Shirley Singleton and Wayne Wilson, and who will serve until the Companys 2013 Annual Meeting or until their successors are duly elected and qualified; |
2. | to approve the Edgewater Technology, Inc. 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan; |
3. | to approve (on a nonbinding, advisory basis) named executive officer compensation; and |
4. | to ratify the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Companys independent registered public accountants to audit the accounts of Edgewater for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012. |
The voting results are set forth in Exhibit 99.6 and are incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 9.01 | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS |
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit Number |
Description of Exhibit |
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99.1 | Text of Item 2 Approval of the Proposed 2012 Omnibus Plan from the Companys Proxy Statement for the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. | |
99.2 | Edgewater Technology, Inc. 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan. | |
99.3 | Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Employee) under the 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan. | |
99.4 | Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Non-Employee Director) under the 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan. | |
99.5 | Edgewater Technology, Inc. Press Release dated June 8, 2012. | |
99.6 | Report of Matters Voted Upon by Stockholders. |
SIGNATURES:
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: June 8, 2012
EDGEWATER TECHNOLOGY, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Timothy R. Oakes | |
Name: Timothy R. Oakes | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
Exhibit 99.1
ITEM 2 APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED 2012 OMNIBUS PLAN
General
This section provides a summary of the terms of Edgewaters 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the 2012 Omnibus Plan) and the proposal to approve the plan.
The Companys Board and Compensation Committee adopted the 2012 Omnibus Plan in April 2012, subject to approval from our stockholders at the Annual Meeting. We are asking our stockholders to approve the 2012 Omnibus Plan because we believe that the plan is essential to our continued success. The purpose of the 2012 Omnibus Plan is to attract and retain highly-qualified officers, directors, key employees and other key individuals and to motivate these individuals to serve Edgewater and to expend maximum effort to improve Edgewaters business results and earnings by providing these individuals an opportunity to acquire or increase a direct proprietary interest in Edgewaters operations and future success. We believe that a grant under the 2012 Omnibus Plan will be a valuable incentive for the participants in the plan and will ultimately benefit stockholders by aligning more closely the interests of 2012 Omnibus Plan participants with those of our stockholders.
If our stockholders approve the 2012 Omnibus Plan, the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the 2012 Omnibus Plan will be 1,100,000. As of April 16, 2012, 3,781,003 shares of Common Stock were subject to outstanding awards under other Edgewater equity incentive and stock option plans.
As of April 16, 2012, the closing price of our Common Stock was $4.14 per share.
Because participation and the types of awards under the 2012 Omnibus Plan are subject to the discretion of the Compensation Committee, the benefits or amounts that will be received by any participant or groups of participants if the 2012 Omnibus Plan is approved are not currently determinable. As of April 16, 2012, there were five named executive officers, 389 employees and six non-employee directors who were eligible to participate in the 2012 Omnibus Plan.
2012 Omnibus Plan Highlights
Some of the key features of the 2012 Omnibus Plan that reflect Edgewaters commitment to effective management of incentive compensation are as follows:
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Plan Limits . Total awards under the 2012 Omnibus Plan in general are limited to a maximum of 1,100,000 authorized shares. |
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Limits on Full Value Awards . Every share subject to an award of restricted stock or restricted stock units will reduce the number of shares available for issuance by 1.63 shares, or on a one-for-1.63 (1:1.63) basis. To the extent we grant restricted stock or restricted stock units, those awards will, therefore, exhaust our authorized plan shares more quickly than other awards which exhaust authorized shares on a one-for-one (1:1) basis. Consequently, if we were to only award restricted stock or restricted stock units (which is not our intent) the maximum number of shares of restricted stock or restricted stock units that could be issued is 674,846. |
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No Liberal Share Recycling Provisions . The 2012 Omnibus Plan provides that only shares covering awards that are forfeited, expire, are canceled or are settled in cash will again be available for issuance under the 2012 Omnibus Plan. The following shares will not be added back to the aggregate plan limit: (i) shares tendered in payment of the exercise price, (ii) shares we withhold to satisfy tax withholding obligations, (iii) shares we repurchase using proceeds from stock option exercises and (iv) stock appreciation rights (SARs) that are settled in stock. |
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No Repricing . Stock option and SAR repricing (including reducing the exercise price of stock options or replacing an award with cash or another award type) is prohibited without stockholder approval under the 2012 Omnibus Plan. |
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Option Exercise Price . Under the 2012 Omnibus Plan, the exercise price of stock options and SARs may not be lower than fair market value on the date of grant, except for stock options and SARs granted in respect of stock options and SARs substituted for or assumed in connection with the acquisition of another company. |
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Vesting Periods . Our current practice is to grant all of our equity awards subject to a scheduled vesting period of at least three years, except under unusual circumstances. We expect to follow the same practice under the 2012 Omnibus Plan. |
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Limitation on Amendments . No amendments to the 2012 Omnibus Plan that will materially increase the benefits under the plan or that will materially increase the aggregate number of shares that may be issued under the plan can be made without stockholder approval. |
Description of the 2012 Omnibus Plan
A description of the provisions of the 2012 Omnibus Plan is set forth below. This summary is qualified in its entirety by the detailed provisions of the 2012 Omnibus Plan. A copy of the 2012 Omnibus Plan has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with this Proxy Statement and is attached hereto as Appendix A. Any stockholder who wishes to obtain a printed copy of the 2012 Omnibus Plan may do so by written request to the Secretary at our principal executive offices set forth above.
Administration
In general, the 2012 Omnibus Plan will be administered by the Compensation Committee. The members of the Compensation Committee qualify as outside directors within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, qualify as non-employee directors under Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act and comply with the independence requirements of the NASDAQ Stock Market. Subject to the terms of the plan, the Compensation Committee may select participants to receive awards, determine the types of awards and terms and conditions of awards, and interpret provisions of the plan. Members of the Compensation Committee serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may also appoint one or more separate committees, each composed of one or more directors who need not satisfy the independence requirements described above, but one of whom must be our chief executive officer, which may administer the 2012 Omnibus Plan with respect to employees or other service providers who are not officers or directors. In this regard, the Board intends to authorize our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer to make certain stock option awards under the 2012 Omnibus Plan, within specified limits, as incentives to non-executive officers in connection with new/recent hire and retention initiatives.
Common Stock Reserved for Issuance under the Plan
The Common Stock issued or to be issued under the 2012 Omnibus Plan consists of authorized but unissued shares or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, issued shares that have been reacquired by us. If any shares covered by an award under the 2012 Omnibus Plan are not purchased, are canceled or are forfeited, or if an award is settled in cash or otherwise terminates without delivery of any Common Stock, then the number of shares of Common Stock will, to the extent of any such forfeiture, cancellation or termination, again be available for making awards under the 2012 Omnibus Plan. These shares that are again available for grant under the 2012 Omnibus Plan will be counted in the same fashion that the shares under the original award were counted against the limits under the 2012 Omnibus Plan. The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the 2012 Omnibus Plan will not be increased by any shares tendered or award surrendered in connection with the purchase of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of an option or any shares of Common Stock deducted from an award payment in connection with our tax withholding obligations.
Eligibility
Awards may be made under the 2012 Omnibus Plan to employees of or consultants to Edgewater or any of its affiliates, including any such employee who is an officer or director of Edgewater or of any affiliate, and to any other individual whose participation in the plan is determined to be in Edgewaters best interests by the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee.
Amendment or Termination of the Plan
The Board of Directors may terminate or amend the plan at any time and for any reason. The 2012 Omnibus Plan shall terminate in any event ten years after its effective date. Amendments will be submitted for stockholder approval to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code or other applicable laws, rules or regulations. In addition, amendments that will increase the benefits under the 2012 Omnibus Plan or that will increase dilution of stockholders must be submitted for stockholder approval.
Options
The 2012 Omnibus Plan permits the granting of options to purchase shares of Common Stock intended to qualify as incentive stock options under the Internal Revenue Code and stock options that do not qualify as incentive stock options.
The exercise price of each stock option may not be less than 100% of the fair market value of our Common Stock on the date of grant. The fair market value is generally determined as the closing price of the Common Stock on the date of grant. In the case of certain 10% stockholders, if any, who receive incentive stock options, the exercise price may not be less than 110% of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of grant. An exception to these requirements is made for options that we grant in substitution for options held by employees of companies that we acquire. In such a case the exercise price is adjusted to preserve the economic value of the employees stock option from his or her former employer.
The term of each stock option is fixed by the Compensation Committee and may not exceed 10 years from the date of grant. The Compensation Committee determines at what time or times each option may be exercised and the period of time, if any, after retirement, death, disability or termination of employment during which options may be exercised. Options may be made exercisable in installments. The exercisability of options may be accelerated by the Compensation Committee.
In general, an optionee may pay the exercise price of an option by cash, check, by tendering shares of Common Stock, or by means of a broker-assisted cashless exercise.
No amendment or modification may be made to an outstanding stock option or stock appreciation right that would be treated as a repricing under the rules of the stock exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed (currently the NASDAQ Stock Market), including replacement with cash or another award type, without the approval of our stockholders.
Stock options and stock appreciation rights granted under the 2012 Omnibus Plan may not be sold, transferred, pledged or assigned other than by will or under applicable laws of descent and distribution. However, we may permit limited transfers of non-qualified options for the benefit of immediate family members of grantees to help with tax or estate planning concerns.
Other Awards
The Compensation Committee may also award:
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Shares of unrestricted stock, which are shares of Common Stock at no cost or for a purchase price determined by the Compensation Committee which are free from any restrictions under the plan. Unrestricted shares of Common Stock may be issued to participants in recognition of past services or other valid consideration, and may be issued in lieu of cash compensation to be paid to participants. |
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Restricted stock, which are shares of Common Stock subject to restrictions. |
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Restricted stock units, which are rights to receive Common Stock subject to restrictions. |
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Dividend equivalent rights, which are rights entitling the recipient to receive credits for dividends that would be paid if the recipient had held a specified number of shares of Common Stock. |
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Stock appreciation rights, which are a right to receive a number of shares or, in the discretion of the Compensation Committee, an amount in cash or a combination of shares and cash, based on the increase in the fair market value of the shares underlying the right during a stated period specified by the Compensation Committee. |
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Performance and annual incentive awards, ultimately payable in Common Stock or cash, as determined by the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee may grant multi-year and annual incentive awards subject to achievement of specified goals tied to business criteria (described below). The Compensation Committee may specify the amount of the incentive award as a percentage of these business criteria, a percentage in excess of a threshold amount or as another amount which need not bear a strictly mathematical relationship to these business criteria. The Compensation Committee may modify, amend or adjust the terms of each award and performance goal. Awards to individuals who are covered under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, or who the Compensation Committee designates as likely to be covered in the future, will comply with the requirement that payments to such employees qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code to the extent that the Compensation Committee so designates. Such employees include the chief executive officer and the three other highest compensated executive officers (other than the chief financial officer) determined at the end of each year (the covered employees). |
Effect of Certain Corporate Transactions
Certain change of control transactions involving us, such as a sale of Edgewater, may cause awards granted under the 2012 Omnibus Plan to vest, unless the awards are continued or substituted for in connection with the change of control transaction.
Adjustments for Stock Dividends and Similar Events
Under the 2012 Omnibus Plan, appropriate adjustments will be made in outstanding awards and the number of shares available for issuance under the 2012 Omnibus Plan, including the individual limitations on awards, to reflect stock splits and other similar events.
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code
Section 162(m) of the Code (Section 162(m)) limits publicly-held companies such as Edgewater, to an annual deduction for federal income tax purposes of $1.0 million for compensation paid to their covered employees. However, performance-based compensation is excluded from this limitation. The 2012 Omnibus Plan is designed to permit the Compensation Committee to grant awards that qualify as performance-based for purposes of satisfying the conditions of Section 162(m).
To qualify as performance-based:
(i) | the compensation must be paid solely on account of the attainment of one or more pre-established, objective performance goals; |
(ii) | the performance goal under which compensation is paid must be established by a committee consisting solely of two or more directors who qualify as outside directors for purposes of the exception; |
(iii) | the material terms under which the compensation is to be paid must be disclosed to and subsequently approved in a separate vote by stockholders of the corporation before payment is made; and |
(iv) | the Compensation Committee must certify in writing before payment of the compensation that the performance goals and any other material terms were in fact satisfied. |
In the case of compensation attributable to stock options, the performance goal requirement (summarized in (i) above) is deemed satisfied, and the certification requirement (summarized in (iv) above) is inapplicable, if the grant or award is made by the Compensation Committee; the plan under which the option is granted states the maximum number of shares with respect to which options may be granted during a specified period to an employee; and under the terms of the option, the amount of compensation is based solely on an increase in the value of the Common Stock after the date of grant.
Under the 2012 Omnibus Plan, one or more of the following business criteria, on a consolidated basis, and/or with respect to specified subsidiaries or business units (except with respect to the total stockholder return and earnings per share criteria), may be used by the Compensation Committee in establishing performance goals:
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Net earnings, operating earnings, pretax earnings, or earnings (or loss) per share; |
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Earnings or losses, including earnings or losses before taxes, earnings or losses before interest and taxes, earnings or losses before interest, taxes and depreciation, or earnings or losses before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or earnings or losses before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation, and other similar adjustments to earnings or losses; |
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Sales or revenue, or sales or revenue growth, whether in general, by type of service, or by type of customer; |
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Net income (or loss) before or after taxes and before or after allocation of corporate overhead and bonus; |
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Operating income (or loss) before or after taxes; |
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Gross, cash or operating margins; |
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Gross profit; |
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Share price, including growth measures and total stockholder return and appreciation in and/or maintenance of the price of the shares of the Common Stock, or any publicly traded securities of, Edgewater; |
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Return measures, including return on assets or net assets, capital (including total capital or invested capital), investment, equity, sales or net sales, or revenue; |
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Cash flow, including operating cash flow, free cash flow, cash flow return on equity, cash flow return on investment, and cash flow per share (before or after dividends); |
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Economic value added models or equivalent metrics; |
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Productivity ratios; |
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Expense targets; |
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Market share; |
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Financial ratio targets or working capital targets; |
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Year-end cash; |
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Reductions in cost; |
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Improvements in or attainment of expense levels or working capital levels; |
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Stockholder equity; |
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Implementation, completion or attainment of measurable objectives with respect to development, projects, recruiting and maintaining personnel, and strategic and operational initiatives; |
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Completion of acquisitions of businesses or companies; |
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Completion of divestitures and asset sales; and |
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Any combination of any of the foregoing business criteria. |
Business criteria may be measured on an absolute or relative basis and on a GAAP or non-GAAP basis.
Under the Internal Revenue Code, a director is an outside director of Edgewater if he or she is not a current employee; is not a former employee who receives compensation for prior services (other than under a qualified retirement plan); has not been an officer of Edgewater; and does not receive, directly or indirectly (including amounts paid to an entity that employs the director or in which the director has at least a five percent ownership interest), remuneration from Edgewater in any capacity other than as a director.
The maximum number of shares of Common Stock subject to options or stock appreciation rights that can be awarded under the 2012 Omnibus Plan to any person is 200,000 per year (300,000 in the year that the person is first employed by the Edgewater). The maximum number of shares of Common Stock that can be awarded under the 2012 Omnibus Plan to any person, other than pursuant to an option or stock appreciation right, is 50,000 per year (100,000 in the year that the person is first employed by Edgewater). The maximum amount that may be earned as an annual incentive award or other cash award in any twelve-month period by any one person is $1,000,000 and the maximum amount that may be earned as a performance award or other cash award in respect of a performance period by any one person is $2,000,000.
Federal Income Tax Consequences
Non-Qualified Options. The grant of an option will not be a taxable event for the grantee or Edgewater. Upon exercising a non-qualified option, a grantee will recognize ordinary income in an amount equal to the difference between the exercise price and the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of exercise. Upon a subsequent sale or exchange of shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of a non-qualified option, the grantee will have taxable capital gain or loss, measured by the difference between the amount realized on the disposition and the tax basis of the shares of Common Stock (generally, the amount paid for the shares plus the amount treated as ordinary income at the time the option was exercised).
If we comply with applicable reporting requirements and with the restrictions of Section 162(m), we will be entitled to a business expense deduction in the same amount and generally at the same time as the grantee recognizes ordinary income.
A grantee who has transferred a non-qualified stock option to a family member by gift will realize taxable income at the time the non-qualified stock option is exercised by the family member. The grantee will be subject to withholding of income and employment taxes at that time. The family members tax basis in the shares of Common Stock will be the fair market value of the shares of Common Stock on the date the option is exercised. The transfer of vested non-qualified stock options will be treated as a completed gift for gift and estate tax purposes. Once the gift is completed, neither the transferred options nor the shares acquired on exercise of the transferred options will be includable in the grantees estate for estate tax purposes.
Incentive Stock Options. The grant of an option will not be a taxable event for the grantee or for Edgewater. A grantee will not recognize taxable income upon exercise of an incentive stock option (except that the alternative minimum tax may apply), and any gain realized upon a disposition of our Common Stock received pursuant to the exercise of an incentive stock option will be taxed as long-term capital gain if the grantee holds the shares of Common Stock for at least two years after the date of grant and for one year after the date of exercise (the holding period requirement). We will not be entitled to any business expense deduction with respect to the exercise of an incentive stock option, except as discussed below.
For the exercise of an option to qualify for the foregoing tax treatment, the grantee generally must be our employee or an employee of our subsidiary from the date the option is granted through a date within three months before the date of exercise of the option.
If all of the foregoing requirements are met except the holding period requirement mentioned above, the grantee will recognize ordinary income upon the disposition of the Common Stock in an amount generally equal to the excess of the fair market value of the Common Stock at the time the option was exercised over the option exercise price (but not in excess of the gain realized on the sale). The balance of the realized gain, if any, will be capital gain. We will be allowed a business expense deduction to the extent the grantee recognizes ordinary income, subject to our compliance with Section 162(m) and to certain reporting requirements.
Restricted Stock. A grantee who is awarded restricted stock will not recognize any taxable income for federal income tax purposes in the year of the award, provided that the shares of Common Stock are subject to restrictions (that is, the restricted stock is nontransferable and subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture). However, the grantee may elect under Section 83(b) of the Code to recognize compensation income in the year of the award in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of the award (less the purchase price, if any), determined without regard to the restrictions. If the grantee does not make such a Section 83(b) election, the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date the restrictions lapse (less the purchase price, if any) will be treated as compensation income to the grantee and will be taxable in the year the
restrictions lapse and dividends paid while the Common Stock is subject to restrictions will be subject to withholding taxes. If we comply with applicable reporting requirements and with the restrictions of Section 162(m), we will be entitled to a business expense deduction in the same amount and generally at the same time as the grantee recognizes ordinary income.
Restricted Stock Units. There are no immediate tax consequences of receiving an award of restricted stock units under the 2012 Omnibus Plan. A grantee who is awarded restricted stock units will be required to recognize ordinary income in an amount equal to the fair market value of shares issued to such grantee at the end of the restriction period or, if later, the payment date. If we comply with applicable reporting requirements and with the restrictions of Section 162(m), we will be entitled to a business expense deduction in the same amount and generally at the same time as the grantee recognizes ordinary income.
Dividend Equivalent Rights . Participants who receive dividend equivalent rights will be required to recognize ordinary income in an amount distributed to the grantee pursuant to the award. If we comply with applicable reporting requirements and with the restrictions of Section 162(m), we will be entitled to a business expense deduction in the same amount and generally at the same time as the grantee recognizes ordinary income.
Stock Appreciation Rights . There are no immediate tax consequences of receiving an award of stock appreciation rights under the 2012 Omnibus Plan. Upon exercising a stock appreciation right, a grantee will recognize ordinary income in an amount equal to the difference between the exercise price and the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of exercise. If we comply with applicable reporting requirements and with the restrictions of Section 162(m), we will be entitled to a business expense deduction in the same amount and generally at the same time as the grantee recognizes ordinary income.
Performance and Annual Incentive Awards. The award of a performance or annual incentive award will have no federal income tax consequences for us or for the grantee. The payment of the award is taxable to a grantee as ordinary income. If we comply with applicable reporting requirements and with the restrictions of Section 162(m), we will be entitled to a business expense deduction in the same amount and generally at the same time as the grantee recognizes ordinary income.
Unrestricted Common Stock . Participants who are awarded unrestricted Common Stock will be required to recognize ordinary income in an amount equal to the fair market value of the shares of Common Stock on the date of the award, reduced by the amount, if any, paid for such shares. If we comply with applicable reporting requirements and with the restrictions of Section 162(m), we will be entitled to a business expense deduction in the same amount and generally at the same time as the grantee recognizes ordinary income.
Section 280G. To the extent payments which are contingent on a change in control are determined to exceed certain Code limitations on golden parachutes, they may be subject to a 20% nondeductible excise tax and our deduction with respect to the associated compensation expense may be disallowed in whole or in part.
Section 409A. We intend for awards granted under the plan to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. To the extent a grantee would be subject to the additional 20% tax imposed on certain nonqualified deferred compensation plans as a result of a provision of an award under the plan, the provision will be deemed amended to the minimum extent necessary to avoid application of the 20% additional tax.
Vote Required
If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present or represented and entitled to vote and cast on the matter will be required to approve the proposed 2012 Omnibus Plan. Broker non-votes and abstentions will have no effect on the outcome of the vote.
Recommendation of the Board
Our Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the approval of the proposed 2012 Omnibus Plan.
Exhibit 99.2
EDGEWATER TECHNOLOGY, INC.
2012 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
Edgewater Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), sets forth herein the terms of its 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the Plan), as follows:
1. | PURPOSE |
The Plan is intended to enhance the Companys and its Affiliates (as defined herein) ability to attract and retain highly qualified officers, directors, key employees, and other persons, and to motivate such persons to serve the Company and its Affiliates and to expend maximum effort to improve the business results and earnings of the Company, by providing to such persons an opportunity to acquire or increase a direct proprietary interest in the operations and future success of the Company. To this end, the Plan provides for the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units (or RSUs), unrestricted stock, dividend equivalent rights, and cash awards. Any of these awards may, but need not, be made as performance incentives to reward attainment of annual or long-term performance goals in accordance with the terms hereof. Stock options granted under the Plan may be non-qualified stock options or incentive stock options, as provided herein, except that stock options granted to outside directors and any consultants or advisers providing services to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company shall in all cases be non-qualified stock options.
2. | DEFINITIONS |
For purposes of interpreting the Plan and related documents (including Award Agreements), the following definitions shall apply:
2.1 Administrator means the Board or, where pursuant to Section 3.2 the Board has delegated its authority to the Committee or one or more directors of the Company, the Committee or such directors.
2.2 Affiliate means, with respect to any person or entity (such as the Company), any company or other trade or business that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such person or entity (such as the Company) within the meaning of Rule 405 of Regulation C under the Securities Act, including, without limitation, any subsidiary of such entity (such as a Subsidiary). For purposes of granting stock options or stock appreciation rights, an entity may not be considered an Affiliate if it results in noncompliance with Code Section 409A. Such noncompliance with Code Section 409A may result where stock options or stock appreciation rights are issued by an entity that is not in the chain of entities, including the Company, in which each entity has a controlling interest in another entity in the chain, ending with the entity for which the Service Provider provides direct services on the date of grant of such stock option or stock appreciation right.
2.3 Annual Incentive Award means an Award made subject to attainment of performance goals (as described in Section 14 ) over a performance period of up to one year (the Companys fiscal year, unless otherwise specified by the Committee).
2.4 Award means a grant of an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Unrestricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Dividend Equivalent Right, Performance Share, Performance Unit or cash award under the Plan.
2.5 Award Agreement means the agreement between the Company and a Grantee that evidences and sets out the terms and conditions of an Award.
2.6 Benefit Arrangement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15 hereof.
2.7 Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.
2.8 Cause means, as determined by the Administrator and unless otherwise provided in an applicable agreement with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company, that a termination of Service shall have taken place as a result of (i) any act of personal dishonesty by a Grantee in connection with his or her responsibilities as a Service Provider and intended to result in substantial personal enrichment to the Grantee, (ii) the Grantees willful act constituting Gross Misconduct and which is injurious to the Company, or (iii) a Grantees conviction or plea of a felony which the Administrator reasonably believes had or will have a material detrimental effect on the Companys reputation or business.
2.9 Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as now in effect or as hereafter amended.
2.10 Committee means a committee of, and designated from time to time by resolution of, the Board (including the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors), which shall be constituted as provided in Section 3.2 .
2.11 Company means Edgewater Technology, Inc.
2.12 Corporate Transaction means the occurrence of any of the following: (i) any person or group of persons (as defined in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) together with its Affiliates, excluding employee benefit plans of the Company, is or becomes, directly or indirectly, the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act) of securities of the Company representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Companys then outstanding securities; or (ii) a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation or entity is consummated regardless of which entity is the survivor, other than 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 being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or its parent) at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; or (iii) the Company is completely liquidated or all or substantially all of the Companys assets are sold.
2.13 Covered Employee means a Grantee who is a covered employee within the meaning of Section 162(m)(3) of the Code.
2.14 Disability means the Grantee is unable to perform each of the essential duties of such Grantees position by reason of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment which is potentially permanent in character or which can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months; provided, however, that, with respect to rules regarding expiration of an Incentive Stock Option following termination of the Grantees Service, Disability shall mean the Grantee is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.
2.15 Dividend Equivalent Right means a right, granted to a Grantee under Section 13 hereof, to receive cash, Stock, other Awards or other property equal in value to dividends paid with respect to a specified number of shares of Stock, or other periodic payments.
2.16 Effective Date means June 6, 2012, the date the Plan was approved by the stockholders.
2.17 Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as now in effect or as hereafter amended.
2.18 Fair Market Value means the value of a share of Stock, determined as follows: if on the Grant Date the Stock is listed on an established national or regional stock exchange, or is publicly traded on an established securities market, the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock shall be the closing price of the Stock on such exchange or in such market (if there is more than one such exchange or market the Administrator shall determine the appropriate exchange or market) on the Grant Date (or if there is no such reported closing price, the Fair
Market Value shall be the mean between the high and low sale prices on such trading day) or, if no sale of Stock is reported for such trading day, on the next preceding day on which any sale shall have been reported. If the Stock is not listed on such an exchange, quoted on such system or traded on such a market, Fair Market Value shall be the value of the Stock as determined by the Administrator by the reasonable application of a reasonable valuation method in a manner consistent with Code Section 409A.
2.19 Family Member means a person who is a spouse, former spouse, child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother, sister, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, of the Grantee, any person sharing the Grantees household (other than a tenant or employee), a trust in which any one or more of these persons have more than fifty percent of the beneficial interest, a foundation in which any one or more of these persons (or the Grantee) control the management of assets, and any other entity in which one or more of these persons (or the Grantee) own more than fifty percent of the voting interests.
2.20 Grant Date means, as determined by the Administrator, the latest to occur of (i) the date as of which the Administrator approves an Award, (ii) the date on which the recipient of an Award first becomes eligible to receive an Award under Section 6 hereof, or (iii) such other date as may be specified by the Administrator in the Award.
2.21 Grantee means a person who receives or holds an Award under the Plan.
2.22 Gross Misconduct means (i) theft or damage of Company property; (ii) use, possession, sale or distribution of illegal drugs; (iii) being under the influence of alcohol or drugs (except to the extent medically prescribed) while on duty or on Company premises; (iv) involvement in activities representing conflicts of interest; (v) improper disclosure of confidential information; (vi) conduct endangering, or likely to endanger, the health or safety of another Service Provider; or (vii) falsifying or misrepresenting information on Company records.
2.23 Incentive Stock Option means an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, or the corresponding provision of any subsequently enacted tax statute, as amended from time to time.
2.24 Non-qualified Stock Option means an Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.
2.25 Option means an option to purchase one or more shares of Stock pursuant to the Plan.
2.26 Option Price means the exercise price for each share of Stock subject to an Option.
2.27 Other Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15 hereof.
2.28 Outside Director means a member of the Board who is not an officer or employee of the Company.
2.29 Performance Award means an Award made subject to the attainment of performance goals (as described in Section 14 ) over a performance period of up to five (5) years.
2.30 Performance-Based Compensation means compensation under an Award that is intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 162(m) for certain performance-based compensation paid to Covered Employees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Plan shall be construed to mean that an Award which does not satisfy the requirements for performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m) does not constitute performance-based compensation for other purposes, including Code Section 409A.
2.31 Performance Measures means measures as described in Section 14 on which the performance goals are based and which are approved by the Companys shareholders pursuant to this Plan in order to qualify Awards as Performance-Based Compensation.
2.32 Performance Period means the period of time during which the performance goals must be met in order to determine the degree of payout and/or vesting with respect to an Award.
2.33 Performance Share means an Award under Section 14 herein and subject to the terms of this Plan, denominated in Shares, the value of which at the time it is payable is determined as a function of the extent to which corresponding performance criteria have been achieved.
2.34 Performance Unit means an Award under Section 14 herein and subject to the terms of this Plan, denominated in units, the value of which at the time it is payable is determined as a function of the extent to which corresponding performance criteria have been achieved. Unless otherwise stated as payable in shares of Stock, each Performance Unit is valued at one dollar.
2.35 Plan means this Edgewater Technology, Inc. 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
2.36 Purchase Price means the purchase price for each share of Stock pursuant to a grant of Restricted Stock or Unrestricted Stock.
2.37 Reporting Person means a person who is required to file reports under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.
2.38 Restricted Stock means shares of Stock, awarded to a Grantee pursuant to Section 10 hereof.
2.39 Restricted Stock Unit or RSU means a bookkeeping entry representing the equivalent of one share of Stock awarded to a Grantee pursuant to Section 10 hereof.
2.40 SAR Exercise Price means the per share exercise price of a SAR granted to a Grantee under Section 9 hereof.
2.41 SEC means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.
2.42 Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as now in effect or as hereafter amended.
2.43 Service means service as a Service Provider to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company. Unless otherwise stated in the applicable Award Agreement, a Grantees change in position or duties shall not result in interrupted or terminated Service, so long as such Grantee continues to be a Service Provider to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company. Subject to the preceding sentence, whether a termination of Service shall have occurred for purposes of the Plan shall be determined by the Administrator, which determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.
2.44 Service Provider means an employee, officer or director of the Company or an Affiliate of the Company, or a consultant or adviser (who is a natural person) currently providing services to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.
2.45 Stock means the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company.
2.46 Stock Appreciation Right or SAR means a right granted to a Grantee under Section 9 hereof.
2.47 Subsidiary means any subsidiary corporation of the Company within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code.
2.48 Substitute Awards means Awards granted under the Plan in connection with a corporate transaction, such as a merger, combination, consolidation, or acquisition of property or stock, upon assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by a company or other entity acquired by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or with which the Company or any Affiliate of the Company combines.
2.49 Ten Percent Stockholder means an individual who owns more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of outstanding stock of the Company, its parent or any of its Subsidiaries. In determining stock ownership, the attribution rules of Section 424(d) of the Code shall be applied.
2.50 Unrestricted Stock means an Award pursuant to Section 11 hereof.
3. | ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN |
3.1. | Board. |
The Board shall have such powers and authorities related to the administration of the Plan as are consistent with the Companys certificate of incorporation and by-laws and applicable law. The Board shall have full power and authority to take all actions and to make all determinations required or provided for under the Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement, and shall have full power and authority to take all such other actions and make all such other determinations not inconsistent with the specific terms and provisions of the Plan that the Board deems to be necessary or appropriate to the administration of the Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement. All such actions and determinations shall be by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board present at a meeting or by unanimous consent of the Board executed in writing in accordance with the Companys certificate of incorporation and by-laws and applicable law. The interpretation and construction by the Board of any provision of the Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement shall be final, binding and conclusive.
3.2. | Committee. |
The Board from time to time may delegate to the Committee such powers and authorities related to the administration and implementation of the Plan, as set forth in Section 3.1 above and other applicable provisions, as the Board shall determine, consistent with the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Company and applicable law.
(i) Except as provided in Subsection (ii) and except as the Board may otherwise determine, the Committee, if any, appointed by the Board to administer the Plan shall consist of two or more Outside Directors of the Company who: (a) qualify as outside directors within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and who (b) qualify as non-employee directors within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 (or its successor) under the Exchange Act and who (c) comply with the independence requirements of the stock exchange on which the Common Stock is listed.
(ii) The Board may also appoint one or more separate committees of the Board, each composed of one or more directors of the Company who need not be Outside Directors, but one of whom must be the Chief Executive Officer (or functional equivalent), who may administer the Plan with respect to employees or other Service Providers who are not officers or directors of the Company, may grant Awards under the Plan to such employees or other Service Providers, and may determine all terms of such Awards.
In the event that the Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement entered into hereunder provides for any action to be taken by or determination to be made by the Board, such action may be taken or such determination may be made by an Administrator if the power and authority to do so has been delegated to such Administrator by the Board as provided for in this Section. Unless otherwise expressly determined by the Board, any such action or determination by the Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive. To the extent permitted by law, the Committee may delegate its authority under the Plan to a member of the Board.
3.3. | Terms of Awards. |
Subject to the other terms and conditions of the Plan or any restrictive delegation of authority by the Board or any Committee, the Administrator shall have full and final authority to:
(i) designate Grantees,
(ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be made to a Grantee,
(iii) determine the number of shares of Stock to be subject to an Award,
(iv) establish the terms and conditions of each Award (including, but not limited to, the exercise price of any Option, the nature and duration of any restriction or condition (or provision for lapse thereof) relating to the vesting, exercise, transfer, or forfeiture of an Award or the shares of Stock subject thereto, the treatment of an Award in the event of a change of control, and any terms or conditions that may be necessary to qualify Options as Incentive Stock Options),
(v) prescribe the form of each Award Agreement evidencing an Award, and
(vi) subject to Section 3.4 , amend, modify, or supplement the terms of any outstanding Award. Such authority specifically includes the authority, in order to effectuate the purposes of the Plan but without amending the Plan, to modify Awards to eligible individuals who are foreign nationals or are individuals who are employed outside the United States to recognize differences in local law, tax policy, or custom. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment, modification or supplement of any Award shall, without the consent of the Grantee, impair the Grantees rights under such Award or give rise to a modification for purposes of Code Section 409A. A change in the terms of an Award that directly or indirectly reduces the exercise price of the Award will generally be treated as a modification for purposes of Code Section 409A.
The Company may retain the right in an Award Agreement to cause a forfeiture of the gain realized by a Grantee on account of actions taken by the Grantee in violation or breach of or in conflict with any employment agreement, non-competition agreement, any agreement prohibiting solicitation of employees or clients of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company thereof or any confidentiality obligation with respect to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company thereof or otherwise in competition with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company thereof, to the extent specified in such Award Agreement applicable to the Grantee. In addition, the Company may annul an Award if the Grantee is an employee of the Company or an Affiliate of the Company thereof and is terminated for Cause as defined in the applicable Award Agreement or the Plan, as applicable.
If the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to the material noncompliance of the Company, as a result of misconduct, with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws, the individuals subject to automatic forfeiture under Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and any Grantee who knowingly engaged in the misconduct, was grossly negligent in engaging in the misconduct, knowingly failed to prevent the misconduct or was grossly negligent in failing to prevent the misconduct, shall be obligated if so required by the Administrator, to reimburse the Company for the amount of any payment in settlement of an Award earned or accrued during the twelve-(12)month period following the first public issuance or filing with the SEC (whichever first occurred) of the financial document embodying such financial reporting requirement.
Furthermore, if the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to the material noncompliance of the Company with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws, and the Company has adopted a policy for the recovery of erroneously awarded compensation in accordance with rules promulgated by the SEC under Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, any current or former executive officer of the Company who received any Awards under the Plan during the three-year period preceding the date on which the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement, based on the erroneous data, shall reimburse the Company in accordance with such policy and rules for any incentive-based compensation in excess of what would have been paid to such executive officer under the accounting restatement.
3.4. | No Repricing. |
Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, no amendment or modification may be made to an outstanding Option or SAR, including, without limitation, by replacement of Options or SARs with cash or other award type, that would be treated as a repricing under the rules of the stock exchange on which the Stock is listed, in each case, without the approval of the stockholders of the Company, provided, that, appropriate adjustments may be made to outstanding Options and SARs pursuant to Section 5.3 or Section 17 and may be made to make changes to achieve compliance with applicable law, including Internal Revenue Code Section 409A.
3.5. | No Liability. |
No Administrator shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award or Award Agreement.
3.6. | Share Issuance/Book-Entry. |
Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, the issuance of the Stock under the Plan may be evidenced in such a manner as the Administrator, in its discretion, deems appropriate, including, without limitation, book-entry registration or issuance of one or more Stock certificates.
4. | STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN |
4.1. | Number of Shares Available for Awards. |
Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 17 hereof, the number of shares of Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall be equal to one million and one hundred thousand (1,100,000), all of which may be granted as Incentive Stock Options. Stock issued or to be issued under the Plan shall be authorized but unissued shares or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, issued shares that have been reacquired by the Company.
4.2. | Adjustments in Authorized Shares. |
The Administrator shall have the right to substitute or assume Awards in connection with mergers, reorganizations, separations, or other transactions to which Section 424(a) of the Code applies. The number of shares of Stock reserved pursuant to Section 4 shall be increased by the corresponding number of Awards assumed and, in the case of a substitution, by the net increase in the number of shares of Stock subject to Awards before and after the substitution. No substitution or assumption shall be made if the same would be treated as a grant of new stock right or a change in the form of payment for purposes of Code Section 409A. A change in the terms of an Award that directly or indirectly reduces the exercise price of the Award will generally be treated as the grant of a new stock right.
4.3. | Share Usage. |
Shares covered by an Award shall be counted as used as of the Grant Date. Any shares of Stock that are subject to Awards of Options shall be counted against the limit set forth in Section 4.1 as one (1) share for every one (1) share subject to an Award of Options. With respect to SARs, the number of shares subject to an award of SARs will be counted against the aggregate number of shares available for issuance under the Plan regardless of the number of shares actually issued to settle the SAR upon exercise. Any shares that are subject to Awards other than Options or Stock Appreciation Rights shall be counted against the limit set forth in Section 4.1 as 1.63 shares for every one (1) share granted. If any shares covered by an Award granted under the Plan are not purchased or are forfeited or expire, or if an Award otherwise terminates without delivery of any Stock subject thereto or is settled in cash in lieu of shares, then the number of shares of Stock counted against the aggregate number of shares available under the Plan with respect to such Award shall, to the extent of any such forfeiture, termination or expiration, again be available for making Awards under the Plan in the same amount as such shares were counted against the limit set forth in Section 4.1 . The number of shares of Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall not be increased by (i) any shares of Stock tendered or withheld or Award surrendered in connection with the purchase of shares of Stock upon exercise of an Option as described in Section 12.2 , or (ii) any shares of Stock deducted or delivered from an Award payment in connection with the Companys tax withholding obligations as described in Section 18.3 .
5. | EFFECTIVE DATE, DURATION AND AMENDMENTS |
5.1. | Effective Date. |
The Plan shall be effective as of the Effective Date.
5.2. | Term. |
The Plan shall terminate automatically ten (10) years after the Effective Date and may be terminated on any earlier date as provided in Section 5.3 .
5.3. | Amendment and Termination of the Plan. |
The Board may, at any time and from time to time, amend, suspend, or terminate the Plan as to any shares of Stock as to which Awards have not been made. An amendment shall be contingent on approval of the Companys stockholders to the extent stated by the Board, required by applicable law or required by applicable stock exchange listing requirements. No Awards shall be made after termination of the Plan. No amendment, suspension, or termination of the Plan shall, without the consent of the Grantee, impair rights or obligations under any Award theretofore awarded under the Plan.
6. | AWARD ELIGIBILITY AND LIMITATIONS |
6.1. | Service Providers and Other Persons. |
Subject to this Section 6 , Awards may be made under the Plan to: (i) any Service Provider to the Company or of any Affiliate of the Company, including any Service Provider who is an officer or director of the Company, or of any Affiliate of the Company, as the Administrator shall determine and designate from time to time and (ii) any other individual whose participation in the Plan is determined to be in the best interests of the Company by the Administrator.
6.2. | Successive Awards and Substitute Awards. |
An eligible person may receive more than one Award, subject to such restrictions as are provided herein. Notwithstanding Sections 8.1 and 9.1 , the Option Price of an Option or the grant price of a SAR that is a Substitute Award may be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the original date of grant; provided, that, the Option Price or grant price is determined in accordance with (i) the principles of Code Section 424 and the regulations thereunder; and (ii) Section 4.2 hereof.
6.3. | Limitation on Shares of Stock Subject to Awards and Cash Awards. |
During any time when the Company has a class of equity security registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act:
(i) the maximum number of shares of Stock subject to Options or SARs that can be awarded under the Plan to any person eligible for an Award under Section 6 hereof is two hundred thousand (200,000) per twelve-month period; provided, however, the maximum number of shares of Stock subject to Options or SARs that can be awarded under the Plan to any person eligible for an Award under Section 6 in the year that the person is first employed by the Company is three hundred thousand (300,000);
(ii) the maximum number of shares that can be awarded under the Plan, other than pursuant to Options or SARs, to any person eligible for an Award under Section 6 hereof is fifty thousand (50,000) per twelve-month period; provided, however, the maximum number of shares of Stock subject to Awards other than Options or SARs that can be awarded under the Plan to any person eligible for an Award under Section 6 in the year that the person is first employed by the Company is one hundred thousand (100,000); and
(iii) the maximum amount that may be earned as an Annual Incentive Award or other cash Award in any twelve-month period by any person eligible for an Award shall be one million dollars ($1,000,000) and the maximum amount that may be earned as a Performance Award or other cash Award in respect of a performance period by any person eligible for an Award shall be two million dollars ($2,000,000).
The preceding limitations in this Section 6.3 are subject to adjustment as provided in Section 17 hereof.
7. | AWARD AGREEMENT |
Each Award granted pursuant to the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, in such form or forms as the Administrator shall from time to time determine. Award Agreements granted from time to time or at the same time need not contain similar provisions but shall be consistent with the terms of the Plan. Each Award Agreement evidencing an Award of Options shall specify whether such Options are intended to be Non-qualified Stock Options or Incentive Stock Options, and in the absence of such specification such options shall be deemed Non-qualified Stock Options.
8. | TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS |
8.1. | Option Price. |
The Option Price of each Option shall be fixed by the Administrator and stated in the Award Agreement evidencing such Option. Except in the case of Substitute Awards, the Option Price of each Option shall be at least the Fair Market Value on the Grant Date of a share of Stock; provided , however , that in the event that a Grantee is a Ten Percent Stockholder, the Option Price of an Option granted to such Grantee that is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option shall be not less than 110 percent of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the Grant Date. In no case shall the Option Price of any Option be less than the par value of a share of Stock.
8.2. | Vesting. |
Subject to Sections 8.3 and 17.3 hereof, each Option granted under the Plan shall become exercisable at such times and under such conditions as shall be determined by the Administrator and stated in the Award Agreement. For purposes of this Section 8.2 , fractional numbers of shares of Stock subject to an Option shall be rounded down to the next nearest whole number.
8.3. | Term. |
Each Option granted under the Plan shall terminate, and all rights to purchase shares of Stock thereunder shall cease, upon the expiration of ten years from the date such Option is granted, or under such circumstances and on such date prior thereto as is set forth in the Plan or as may be fixed by the Administrator and stated in the Award Agreement relating to such Option; provided , however , that in the event that the Grantee is a Ten Percent Stockholder, an Option granted to such Grantee that is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option shall not be exercisable after the expiration of five years from its Grant Date. If on the day preceding the date on which a Grantees Options would otherwise terminate, the Fair Market Value of shares of Stock underlying a Grantees Options is greater than the Option Price of such Options, the Company shall, prior to the termination of such Options and without any action being taken on the part of the Grantee, consider such Options to have been exercised by the Grantee. The Company shall deduct from the shares of Stock deliverable to the Grantee upon such exercise the number of shares of Stock necessary to satisfy payment of the Option Price and all withholding obligations.
8.4. | Termination of Service. |
Each Award Agreement shall set forth the extent to which the Grantee shall have the right to exercise the Option following termination of the Grantees Service. Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Administrator, need not be uniform among all Options issued pursuant to the Plan, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination of Service.
8.5. | Limitations on Exercise of Option. |
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, in no event may any Option be exercised, in whole or in part, prior to the date the Plan is approved by the stockholders of the Company as provided herein or after the occurrence of an event referred to in Section 17 hereof which results in termination of the Option.
8.6. | Method of Exercise. |
Subject to the terms of Article 12 and Section 18.3 , an Option that is exercisable may be exercised by the Grantees delivery to the Company of notice of exercise on any business day, at the Companys principal office, on the form specified by the Company. Such notice shall specify the number of shares of Stock with respect to which the Option is being exercised and shall be accompanied by payment in full of the Option Price of the shares for which the Option is being exercised plus the amount (if any) of federal and/or other taxes which the Company may, in its judgment, be required to withhold with respect to an Award.
8.7. | Rights of Holders of Options. |
Unless otherwise stated in the applicable Award Agreement, an individual holding or exercising an Option shall have none of the rights of a stockholder (for example, the right to receive cash or dividend payments or distributions attributable to the subject shares of Stock or to direct the voting of the subject shares of Stock) until the shares of Stock covered thereby are fully paid and issued to him or her. Except as provided in Section 17 hereof, no adjustment shall be made for dividends, distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date of such issuance.
8.8. | Delivery of Stock Certificates. |
Promptly after the exercise of an Option by a Grantee and the payment in full of the Option Price, such Grantee shall be entitled to the issuance of a stock certificate or certificates or, as provided in Section 3.6 , a book entry registration evidencing his or her ownership of the shares of Stock subject to the Option.
8.9. | Transferability of Options. |
Except as provided in Section 8.10 , during the lifetime of a Grantee, only the Grantee (or, in the event of legal incapacity or incompetency, the Grantees guardian or legal representative) may exercise an Option. Except as provided in Section 8.10 , no Option shall be assignable or transferable by the Grantee to whom it is granted, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
8.10. | Family Transfers. |
If authorized in the applicable Award Agreement, a Grantee may transfer, not for value, all or part of an Option which is not an Incentive Stock Option to any Family Member. For the purpose of this Section 8.10 , a not for value transfer is a transfer which is (i) a gift, (ii) a transfer under a domestic relations order in settlement of marital property rights; or (iii) a transfer to an entity in which more than fifty percent of the voting interests are owned by Family Members (or the Grantee) in exchange for an interest in that entity. Following a transfer under this Section 8.10 , any such Option shall continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable immediately prior to transfer. Subsequent transfers of transferred Options are prohibited except to Family Members of the original Grantee in accordance with this Section 8.10 or by will or the laws of descent and distribution. The events of termination of Service of Section 8.4 hereof shall continue to be applied with respect to the original Grantee, following which the Option shall be exercisable by the transferee only to the extent, and for the periods specified, in Section 8.4 .
8.11. | Limitations on Incentive Stock Options. |
An Option shall constitute an Incentive Stock Option only (i) if the Grantee of such Option is an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (ii) to the extent specifically provided in the related Award Agreement; and (iii) to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time the Option is granted) of the shares of Stock with respect to which all Incentive Stock Options held by such Grantee become exercisable for the first time during any calendar year (under the Plan and all other plans of the Grantees employer and its Affiliates) does not exceed $100,000. This limitation shall be applied by taking Options into account in the order in which they were granted.
8.12. | Notice of Disqualifying Disposition. |
If any Grantee shall make any disposition of shares of Stock issued pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option under the circumstances described in Code Section 421(b) (relating to certain disqualifying dispositions), such Grantee shall notify the Company of such disposition within ten (10) days thereof.
9. | TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS |
9.1. | Right to Payment and Grant Price. |
A SAR shall confer on the Grantee to whom it is granted a right to receive, upon exercise thereof, the excess of (A) the Fair Market Value of one share of Stock on the date of exercise over (B) the grant price of the SAR as determined by the Administrator. The Award Agreement for a SAR shall specify the grant price of the SAR, which shall be at least the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of grant. SARs may be granted in conjunction with all or part of an Option granted under the Plan or at any subsequent time during the term of such Option, in conjunction with all or part of any other Award or without regard to any Option or other Award; provided that a SAR that is granted subsequent to the Grant Date of a related Option must have a SAR Price that is no less than the Fair Market Value of one share of Stock on the SAR Grant Date.
9.2. | Other Terms. |
The Administrator shall determine at the date of grant or thereafter, the time or times at which and the circumstances under which a SAR may be exercised in whole or in part (including based on achievement of performance goals and/or future service requirements), the time or times at which SARs shall cease to be or become exercisable following termination of Service or upon other conditions, the method of exercise, method of settlement, form of consideration payable in settlement, method by or forms in which Stock will be delivered or deemed to be delivered to Grantees, whether or not a SAR shall be in tandem or in combination with any other Award, and any other terms and conditions of any SAR.
9.3. | Term. |
Each SAR granted under the Plan shall terminate, and all rights thereunder shall cease, upon the expiration of ten years from the date such SAR is granted, or under such circumstances and on such date prior thereto as is set forth in the Plan or as may be fixed by the Administrator and stated in the Award Agreement relating to such SAR.
9.4. | Transferability of SARS. |
Except as provided in Section 9.5 , during the lifetime of a Grantee, only the Grantee (or, in the event of legal incapacity or incompetency, the Grantees guardian or legal representative) may exercise a SAR. Except as provided in Section 9.5 , no SAR shall be assignable or transferable by the Grantee to whom it is granted, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
9.5. | Family Transfers. |
If authorized in the applicable Award Agreement, a Grantee may transfer, not for value, all or part of a SAR to any Family Member. For the purpose of this Section 9.5 , a not for value transfer is a transfer which is (i) a gift, (ii) a transfer under a domestic relations order in settlement of marital property rights; or (iii) a transfer to an entity in which more than fifty percent of the voting interests are owned by Family Members (or the Grantee) in exchange for an interest in that entity. Following a transfer under this Section 9.5 , any such SAR shall continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable immediately prior to transfer. Subsequent transfers of transferred SARs are prohibited except to Family Members of the original Grantee in accordance with this Section 9.5 or by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
10. | TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF RESTRICTED STOCK AND RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS |
10.1. | Grant of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units. |
Awards of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units may be made for no consideration (other than par value of the shares which is deemed paid by Services already rendered).
10.2. | Restrictions. |
At the time a grant of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units is made, the Administrator may, in its sole discretion, establish a period of time (a restricted period) applicable to such Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units. Each Award of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units may be subject to a different restricted period. The Administrator may, in its sole discretion, at the time a grant of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units is made, prescribe restrictions in addition to or other than the expiration of the restricted period, including the satisfaction of corporate or individual performance objectives, which may be applicable to all or any portion of the Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units as described in Article 14 . Neither Restricted Stock nor Restricted Stock Units may be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of during the restricted period or prior to the satisfaction of any other restrictions prescribed by the Administrator with respect to such Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units.
10.3. | Restricted Stock Certificates. |
The Company shall issue, in the name of each Grantee to whom Restricted Stock has been granted, stock certificates representing the total number of shares of Restricted Stock granted to the Grantee, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Grant Date. The Administrator may provide in an Award Agreement that either (i) the Secretary of the Company shall hold such certificates for the Grantees benefit until such time as the Restricted Stock is forfeited to the Company or the restrictions lapse, or (ii) such certificates shall be delivered to the Grantee, provided , however , that such certificates shall bear a legend or legends that comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and makes appropriate reference to the restrictions imposed under the Plan and the Award Agreement. In the alternative, as provided in Section 3.6 , the Company may make a book entry registration evidencing a Grantees ownership of shares of Restricted Stock.
10.4. | Rights of Holders of Restricted Stock. |
Unless the Administrator otherwise provides in an Award Agreement, holders of Restricted Stock shall have the right to vote such Stock and the right to receive any dividends declared or paid with respect to such Stock. The Administrator may provide that any dividends paid on Restricted Stock must be reinvested in shares of Stock, which may or may not be subject to the same vesting conditions and restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock. All distributions, if any, received by a Grantee with respect to Restricted Stock as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, combination of shares, or other similar transaction shall be subject to the restrictions applicable to the original Grant.
10.5. | Rights of Holders of Restricted Stock Units. |
10.5.1. Voting | and Dividend Rights. |
Holders of Restricted Stock Units shall have no rights as stockholders of the Company. The Administrator may provide in an Award Agreement evidencing a grant of Restricted Stock Units that the holder of such Restricted Stock Units shall be entitled to receive, upon the Companys payment of a cash dividend on its outstanding Stock, a cash payment for each Restricted Stock Unit held equal to the per-share dividend paid on the Stock. Such Award Agreement may also provide that such cash payment will be deemed reinvested in additional Restricted Stock Units at a price per unit equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date that such dividend is paid. No rights of a Restricted Stock Unit issued hereunder shall be directly or indirectly contingent upon the exercise of a Stock right.
10.5.2. Creditors | Rights. |
A holder of Restricted Stock Units shall have no rights other than those of a general creditor of the Company. Restricted Stock Units represent an unfunded and unsecured obligation of the Company, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable Award Agreement.
10.6. | Termination of Service. |
Unless the Administrator otherwise provides in an Award Agreement or in writing after the Award Agreement is issued, upon the termination of a Grantees Service, any Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units held by such Grantee that have not vested, or with respect to which all applicable restrictions and conditions have not lapsed, shall immediately be deemed forfeited. Upon forfeiture of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, the Grantee shall have no further rights with respect to such Award, including but not limited to any right to vote Restricted Stock or any right to receive dividends with respect to shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units.
10.7. | Purchase of Restricted Stock. |
The Grantee shall be required, to the extent required by applicable law, to purchase the Restricted Stock from the Company at a Purchase Price equal to the greater of (i) the aggregate par value of the shares of Stock represented by such Restricted Stock or (ii) the Purchase Price, if any, specified in the Award Agreement relating to such Restricted Stock. The Purchase Price shall be payable in a form described in Section 12 or, in the discretion of the Administrator, in consideration for past or future Services rendered to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.
10.8. | Delivery of Stock. |
Upon the expiration or termination of any restricted period and the satisfaction of any other conditions prescribed by the Administrator, the restrictions applicable to shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units settled in Stock shall lapse, and, unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, a stock certificate for such shares shall be delivered, free of all such restrictions, to the Grantee or the Grantees beneficiary or estate, as the case may be. Neither the Grantee, nor the Grantees beneficiary or estate, shall have any further rights with regard to a Restricted Stock Unit once the share of Stock represented by the Restricted Stock Unit has been delivered.
11. | TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF UNRESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS |
The Administrator may, in its sole discretion, grant (or sell at par value or such other higher purchase price determined by the Administrator) an Unrestricted Stock Award to any Grantee pursuant to which such Grantee may receive shares of Stock free of any restrictions (Unrestricted Stock) under the Plan. Unrestricted Stock Awards may be granted or sold as described in the preceding sentence in respect of past services and other valid consideration, or in lieu of, or in addition to, any cash compensation due to such Grantee.
12. | FORM OF PAYMENT FOR OPTIONS AND RESTRICTED STOCK |
12.1. | General Rule. |
Payment of the Option Price for the shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of an Option or the Purchase Price for Restricted Stock shall be made in cash or in cash equivalents acceptable to the Company.
12.2. | Surrender of Stock. |
To the extent the Award Agreement so provides, payment of the Option Price for shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of an Option or the Purchase Price for Restricted Stock may be made all or in part through the tender or attestation to the Company of shares of Stock, which shall be valued, for purposes of determining the extent to which the Option Price or Purchase Price has been paid thereby, at their Fair Market Value on the date of exercise or surrender.
12.3. | Cashless Exercise. |
With respect to an Option only (and not with respect to Restricted Stock), to the extent permitted by law and to the extent the Award Agreement so provides, payment of the Option Price for shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of an Option may be made all or in part by delivery (on a form acceptable to the Administrator) of an irrevocable direction to a licensed securities broker acceptable to the Company to sell shares of Stock and to deliver all or part of the sales proceeds to the Company in payment of the Option Price and any withholding taxes described in Section 18.3 .
12.4. | Other Forms of Payment. |
To the extent the Award Agreement so provides, payment of the Option Price for shares purchased pursuant to exercise of an Option or the Purchase Price for Restricted Stock may be made in any other form that is consistent with applicable laws, regulations and rules, including, without limitation, Service.
13. | TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT RIGHTS |
13.1. | Dividend Equivalent Rights. |
A Dividend Equivalent Right is an Award entitling the recipient to receive credits based on cash distributions that would have been paid on the shares of Stock specified in the Dividend Equivalent Right (or other award to which it relates) if such shares had been issued to and held by the recipient. A Dividend Equivalent Right may be granted hereunder to any Grantee. The terms and conditions of Dividend Equivalent Rights shall be specified in the grant. Dividend equivalents credited to the holder of a Dividend Equivalent Right may be paid currently or may be deemed to be reinvested in additional shares of Stock, which may thereafter accrue additional equivalents. Any such reinvestment shall be at Fair Market Value on the date of reinvestment. Dividend Equivalent Rights may be settled in cash or Stock or a combination thereof, in a single installment or installments, all determined in the sole discretion of the Administrator. A Dividend Equivalent Right granted as a component of another Award may provide that such Dividend Equivalent Right shall be settled upon exercise, settlement, or payment of, or lapse of restrictions on, such other award, and that such Dividend Equivalent Right shall expire or be forfeited or annulled under the same conditions as such other award. A Dividend Equivalent Right granted as a component of another Award may also contain terms and conditions different from such other award. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Dividend Equivalent Right shall be directly or indirectly contingent upon the exercise of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right.
13.2. | Termination of Service. |
Except as may otherwise be provided by the Administrator either in the Award Agreement or in writing after the Award Agreement is issued, a Grantees rights in all Dividend Equivalent Rights or interest equivalents shall automatically terminate upon the Grantees termination of Service for any reason.
14. | TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PERFORMANCE SHARES, PERFORMANCE UNITS, PERFORMANCE AWARDS AND ANNUAL INCENTIVE AWARDS |
14.1. | Grant of Performance Units/Performance Shares. |
Subject to the terms and provisions of this Plan, the Administrator, at any time and from time to time, may grant Performance Units and/or Performance Shares to Participants in such amounts and upon such terms as the Committee shall determine. The Award Agreement evidencing any Performance Unit and/or Performance Share that does not fall within an exception to Code Section 409A shall include appropriate acceleration, deferral, and timing limitations required to comply with Code Section 409A.
14.2. | Value of Performance Units/Performance Shares. |
Each Performance Unit shall have an initial value that is established by the Administrator at the time of grant. The Administrator shall set performance goals in its discretion which, depending on the extent to which they are met, will determine the value and/or number of Performance Units/Performance Shares that will be paid out to the Participant.
14.3. | Earning of Performance Units/Performance Shares. |
Subject to the terms of this Plan, after the applicable Performance Period has ended, the holder of Performance Units/Performance Shares shall be entitled to receive payout on the value and number of Performance Units/Performance Shares earned by the Participant over the Performance Period, to be determined as a function of the extent to which the corresponding performance goals have been achieved.
14.4. | Form and Timing of Payment of Performance Units/Performance Shares. |
Payment of earned Performance Units/Performance Shares shall be as determined by the Administrator and as evidenced in the Award Agreement. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may pay earned Performance Units/Performance Shares in the form of cash or in shares (or in a combination thereof) equal to the value of the earned Performance Units/Performance Shares at the close of the applicable Performance Period, or as soon as practicable after the end of the Performance Period. Any Shares may be granted subject to any restrictions deemed appropriate by the Committee. The determination of the Committee with respect to the form of payout of such Awards shall be set forth in the Award Agreement pertaining to the grant of the Award.
14.5. | Performance Conditions. |
The right of a Grantee to exercise or receive a grant or settlement of any Award, and the timing thereof, may be subject to such performance conditions as may be specified by the Administrator. The Administrator may use such business criteria and other measures of performance as it may deem appropriate in establishing any performance conditions. If and to the extent required under Code Section 162(m), any power or authority relating to an Award intended to qualify under Code Section 162(m), shall be exercised by the Committee.
14.6. | Performance Awards or Annual Incentive Awards Granted to Designated Covered Employees. |
If and to the extent that the Administrator determines that an Award to be granted to a Grantee who is designated by the Committee as likely to be a Covered Employee should qualify as performance-based compensation for purposes of Code Section 162(m), the grant, exercise and/or settlement of such Award shall be contingent upon achievement of pre-established performance goals and other terms set forth in this Section 14.6 .
14.6.1. Performance | Goals Generally. |
The performance goals for such Awards shall consist of one or more business criteria and a targeted level or levels of performance with respect to each of such criteria, as specified by the Committee consistent with this Section 14.6 . Performance goals shall be objective and shall otherwise meet the requirements of Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder including the requirement that the level or levels of performance targeted by the Committee result in the achievement of performance goals being substantially uncertain. The Committee may determine that such Awards shall be granted, exercised and/or settled upon achievement of any one performance goal or that two or more of the performance goals must be achieved as a condition to grant, exercise and/or settlement of such Awards. Performance goals may differ for Awards granted to any one Grantee or to different Grantees.
14.6.2. Timing | For Establishing Performance Goals. |
Performance goals shall be established not later than the earlier of (i) 90 days after the beginning of any performance period applicable to such Awards and (ii) the day on which 25% of any performance period applicable to such Awards has expired, or at such other date as may be required or permitted for performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m).
14.6.3. Settlement | of Awards; Other Terms. |
Settlement of such Awards shall be in cash, Stock, other Awards or other property, in the discretion of the Committee. The Committee may, in its discretion, reduce the amount of a settlement otherwise to be made in connection with such Awards. The Committee shall specify the circumstances in which such Performance or Annual Incentive Awards shall be paid or forfeited in the event of termination of Service by the Grantee prior to the end of a performance period or settlement of Awards.
14.6.4. Performance | Measures. |
The performance goals upon which the payment or vesting of an Award to a Covered Employee that is intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation shall be limited to the following Performance Measures:
(a) | net earnings; |
(b) | operating earnings; |
(c) | pretax earnings; |
(d) | earnings (or loss) per share; |
(e) | share price, including growth measures and total stockholder return and appreciation in and/or maintenance of the price of the shares of Stock or any publicly traded securities of the Company; |
(f) | earnings (or losses), including earnings or losses before taxes, earnings (or losses) before interest and taxes, earnings (or losses) before interest, taxes and depreciation, earnings (or losses) before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or earnings (or losses) before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation, and other similar adjustments to earnings (or losses); |
(g) | sales or revenue, or sales or revenue growth, whether in general, by type of product or service, or by type of customer; |
(h) | net income (or loss) before or after taxes and before or after allocation of corporate overhead and bonus; |
(i) | operating income (or loss) before or after taxes; |
(j) | gross, cash or operating margins; |
(k) | gross profits; |
(l) | return measures, including return on assets or net assets, capital (including total capital or invested capital), investment, equity, sales or net sales, or revenue; |
(m) | cash flow, including operating cash flow, free cash flow, cash flow return on equity, cash flow return on investment, and cash flow per share (before or after dividends); |
(n) | economic value added models or equivalent metrics; |
(o) | productivity ratios; |
(p) | expense targets; |
(q) | market share; |
(r) | financial ratio targets or financial ratios as provided in credit agreements of the Company and its subsidiaries; |
(s) | working capital targets; |
(t) | year-end cash; |
(u) | reductions in cost; |
(v) | improvement in or attainment of expense levels or working capital levels; |
(w) | shareholder equity; |
(x) | implementation, completion or attainment of measurable objectives with respect to research, development, products or projects, recruiting and maintaining personnel, and strategic and operational initiatives; |
(y) | completion of acquisitions of businesses or companies; |
(z) | completion of divestitures and asset sales; and |
(aa) | any combination of any of the foregoing business criteria. |
Any Performance Measures may be used to measure the performance of the Company, any Subsidiary, and/or any Affiliate of the Company as a whole or any business unit of the Company, any Subsidiary, and/or any Affiliate of the Company or any combination thereof, as the Committee may deem appropriate, and any of the above Performance Measures may be compared to the performance of a group of comparator companies, or published or special index that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate, or the Company may compare any Performance Measures against various stock market indices. Performance measures may be measured on an absolute or relative basis and on a GAAP (United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) or non-GAAP basis. The Committee also has the authority to provide for accelerated vesting of any Award based on the achievement of performance goals pursuant to the Performance Measures specified in this Section 14 .
14.6.5. Evaluation | of Performance. |
The Committee may provide in any such Award that any evaluation of performance may include or exclude any of the following events that occur during a Performance Period: (a) asset write-downs; (b) litigation or claim judgments or settlements; (c) the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles, or other laws or provisions affecting reported results; (d) any reorganization and restructuring programs; (e) extraordinary nonrecurring items as described in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 and/or in managements discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Companys annual report to shareholders for the applicable year; (f) acquisitions or divestitures; and (g) foreign exchange gains and losses. To the extent such inclusions or exclusions affect Awards to Covered Employees, they shall be prescribed in a form that meets the requirements of Code Section 162(m) for deductibility.
14.6.6. Adjustment | of Performance-Based Compensation. |
Awards that are intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation may not be adjusted upward. The Administrator shall retain the discretion to adjust such Awards downward, either on a formula or discretionary basis, or any combination as the Committee determines.
14.6.7. Administrator | Discretion. |
In the event that applicable tax and/or securities laws change to permit Administrator discretion to alter the governing Performance Measures without obtaining shareholder approval of such changes, the Administrator shall have sole discretion to make such changes without obtaining shareholder approval provided the exercise of such discretion does not violate Code Section 409A. In addition, in the event that the Committee determines that it is advisable to grant Awards that shall not qualify as Performance-Based Compensation, the Committee may make such grants without satisfying the requirements of Code Section 162(m) and base vesting on Performance Measures other than those set forth in Section 14.6.4 .
14.7. | Status of Section Awards Under Code Section 162(m). |
It is the intent of the Company that Awards under Section 14.6 hereof granted to persons who are designated by the Committee as likely to be Covered Employees within the meaning of Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder shall, if so designated by the Committee, constitute qualified performance-based compensation within the meaning of Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder. Accordingly, the terms of Section 14.6 , including the definitions of Covered Employee and other terms used therein, shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder. The foregoing notwithstanding, because the Committee cannot determine with certainty whether a given Grantee will be a Covered Employee with respect to a fiscal year that has not yet been completed, the term Covered Employee as used herein shall mean only a person designated by the Committee, at the time of grant of an Award, as likely to be a Covered Employee with respect to that fiscal year. If any provision of the Plan or any agreement relating to such Awards does not comply or is inconsistent with the requirements of Code Section 162(m) or regulations thereunder, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such requirements.
15. | PARACHUTE LIMITATIONS |
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan or of any other agreement, contract, or understanding heretofore or hereafter entered into by a Grantee with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, except an agreement, contract, or understanding that expressly addresses Section 280G or Section 4999 of the Code (an Other Agreement), and notwithstanding any formal or informal plan or other arrangement for the direct or indirect provision of compensation to the Grantee (including groups or classes of Grantees or beneficiaries of which the Grantee is a member), whether or not such compensation is deferred, is in cash, or is in the form of a benefit to or for the Grantee (a Benefit Arrangement), if the Grantee is a disqualified individual, as defined in Section 280G(c) of the Code, any Option, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Share or Performance Unit held by that Grantee and any right to receive any payment or other benefit under this Plan shall not become exercisable or vested (i) to the extent that such right to exercise, vesting, payment, or benefit, taking into account all other rights, payments, or benefits to or for the Grantee under this Plan, all Other Agreements, and all Benefit Arrangements, would cause any payment or benefit to the Grantee under this Plan to be considered a parachute payment within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code as then in effect (a Parachute Payment) and (ii) if, as a result of receiving a Parachute Payment, the aggregate after-tax amounts received by the Grantee from the Company under this Plan, all Other Agreements, and all Benefit Arrangements would be less than the maximum after-tax amount that could be received by the Grantee without causing any such payment or benefit to be considered a Parachute Payment. In the event that the receipt of any such right to exercise, vesting, payment, or benefit under this Plan, in conjunction with all other rights, payments, or benefits to or for the Grantee under any Other Agreement or any Benefit Arrangement would cause the Grantee to be considered to have received a Parachute Payment under this Plan that would have the effect of decreasing the after-tax amount received by the Grantee as described in clause (ii) of the preceding sentence, then the Grantee shall have the right, in the Grantees sole discretion, to designate those rights, payments, or benefits under this Plan, any Other Agreements, and any Benefit Arrangements that should be reduced or eliminated so as to avoid having the payment or benefit to the Grantee under this Plan be deemed to be a Parachute Payment; provided, however, that in order to comply with Code Section 409A, the reduction or elimination will be performed in the order in which each dollar of value subject to an Award reduces the Parachute Payment to the greatest extent.
16. | REQUIREMENTS OF LAW |
The Company shall not be required to sell or issue any shares of Stock under any Award if the sale or issuance of such shares would constitute a violation by the Grantee, any other individual exercising an Option, or the Company of any provision of any law or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation any federal or state securities laws or regulations. If at any time the Company shall determine, in its discretion, that the listing, registration or qualification of any shares subject to an Award upon any securities exchange or under any governmental regulatory body is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the issuance or purchase of shares hereunder, no shares of Stock may be issued or sold to the Grantee or any other individual exercising an Option pursuant to such Award unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Company, and any delay caused thereby shall in no way affect the date of termination of the Award. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in connection with the Securities Act, upon the exercise of any Option or any SAR that may be settled in shares of Stock or the delivery of any shares of Stock underlying an Award, unless a registration statement under such Act is in effect with respect to the shares of Stock covered by such Award, the Company shall not be required to sell or issue such shares unless the Administrator has received evidence satisfactory to it that the Grantee or any other individual exercising an Option may acquire such shares pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Any determination in this connection by the Administrator shall be final, binding, and conclusive. The Company may, but shall in no event be obligated to, register any securities covered hereby pursuant to the Securities Act. The Company shall not be obligated to take any affirmative action in order to cause the exercise of an Option or a SAR or the issuance of shares of Stock pursuant to the Plan to comply with any law or regulation of any governmental authority. As to any jurisdiction that expressly imposes the requirement that an Option (or SAR that may be settled in shares of Stock) shall not be exercisable until the shares of Stock covered by such Option (or SAR) are registered or are exempt from registration, the exercise of such Option (or SAR) under circumstances in which the laws of such jurisdiction apply shall be deemed conditioned upon the effectiveness of such registration or the availability of such an exemption.
17. | EFFECT OF CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION |
17.1. | Changes in Stock. |
If the number of outstanding shares of Stock is increased or decreased or the shares of Stock are changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company on account of any recapitalization, reclassification, stock split, reverse split, combination of shares, exchange of shares, stock dividend or other distribution payable in capital stock, or other increase or decrease in such shares effected without receipt of consideration by the Company occurring after the Effective Date, the number and kinds of shares for which grants of Options and other Awards may be made under the Plan, including, without limitation, the limits set forth in Sections 4.1 and 6.3 , shall be adjusted proportionately and accordingly by the Company. In addition, the number and kind of shares for which Awards are outstanding shall be adjusted proportionately and accordingly so that the proportionate interest of the Grantee immediately following such event shall, to the extent practicable, be the same as immediately before such event. Any such adjustment in outstanding Options or SARs shall not change the aggregate Option Price or SAR Exercise Price payable with respect to shares that are subject to the unexercised portion of an outstanding Option or SAR, as applicable, but shall include a corresponding proportionate adjustment in the Option Price or SAR Exercise Price per share. The conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as an increase in shares effected without receipt of consideration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of any distribution to the Companys stockholders of securities of any other entity or other assets (including an extraordinary dividend but excluding a non-extraordinary dividend of the Company) without receipt of consideration by the Company, the Company shall, in such manner as the Company deems appropriate, adjust (i) the number and kind of shares subject to outstanding Awards and/or (ii) the exercise price of outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights to reflect such distribution.
17.2. | Reorganization in Which the Company Is the Surviving Entity Which does not Constitute a Corporate Transaction. |
Subject to Section 17.3 hereof, if the Company shall be the surviving entity in any reorganization, merger, or consolidation of the Company with one or more other entities which does not constitute a Corporate Transaction, any Option or SAR theretofore granted pursuant to the Plan shall pertain to and apply to the securities to which a holder of the number of shares of Stock subject to such Option or SAR would have been entitled immediately following such reorganization, merger, or consolidation, with a corresponding proportionate adjustment of the Option Price or SAR Exercise Price per share so that the aggregate Option Price or SAR Exercise Price thereafter shall be the same as the aggregate Option Price or SAR Exercise Price of the shares remaining subject to the Option or SAR immediately prior to such reorganization, merger, or consolidation. Subject to any contrary language in an Award Agreement evidencing an Award, any restrictions applicable to such Award shall apply as well to any replacement shares received by the Grantee as a result of the reorganization, merger or consolidation. In the event of a transaction described in this Section 17.2, Restricted Stock Units shall be adjusted so as to apply to the securities that a holder of the number of shares of Stock subject to the Restricted Stock Units would have been entitled to receive immediately following such transaction.
17.3. | Corporate Transaction in which Awards are not Assumed. |
Upon the occurrence of a Corporate Transaction in which outstanding Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Units and Restricted Stock are not being assumed or continued :
(i) all outstanding shares of Restricted Stock shall be deemed to have vested, and all Restricted Stock Units shall be deemed to have vested and the shares of Stock subject thereto shall be delivered, immediately prior to the occurrence of such Corporate Transaction, and
(ii) either of the following two actions shall be taken:
(A) fifteen days prior to the scheduled consummation of a Corporate Transaction, all Options and SARs outstanding hereunder shall become immediately exercisable and shall remain exercisable for a period of fifteen days, or
(B) the Administrator may elect, in its sole discretion, to cancel any outstanding Awards of Options, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, and/or SARs and pay or deliver, or cause to be paid or delivered, to the holder thereof an amount in cash or securities having a value (as determined by the Administrator acting in good faith), in the case of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, equal to the formula or fixed price per share paid to holders of shares of Stock and, in the case of Options or SARs, equal to the product of the number of shares of Stock subject to the Option or SAR (the Award Shares) multiplied by the amount, if any, by which (I) the formula or fixed price per share paid to holders of shares of Stock pursuant to such transaction exceeds (II) the Option Price or SAR Exercise Price applicable to such Award Shares.
With respect to the Companys establishment of an exercise window, (i) any exercise of an Option or SAR during such fifteen-day period shall be conditioned upon the consummation of the event and shall be effective only immediately before the consummation of the event, and (ii) upon consummation of any Corporate Transaction, the Plan and all outstanding but unexercised Options and SARs shall terminate. The Administrator shall send notice of an event that will result in such a termination to all individuals who hold Options and SARs not later than the time at which the Company gives notice thereof to its stockholders.
17.4. | Corporation Transaction in which Awards are Assumed. |
The Plan, Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Units and Restricted Stock theretofore granted shall continue in the manner and under the terms so provided in the event of any Corporate Transaction to the extent that provision is made in writing in connection with such Corporate Transaction for the assumption or continuation of the
Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Units and Restricted Stock theretofore granted, or for the substitution for such Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Units and Restricted Stock for new common stock options and stock appreciation rights and new common stock units and restricted stock relating to the stock of a successor entity, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, with appropriate adjustments as to the number of shares (disregarding any consideration that is not common stock) and option and stock appreciation right exercise prices.
17.5. | Adjustments. |
Adjustments under this Section 17 related to shares of Stock or securities of the Company shall be made by the Administrator, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive. No fractional shares or other securities shall be issued pursuant to any such adjustment, and any fractions resulting from any such adjustment shall be eliminated in each case by rounding downward to the nearest whole share. The Administrator shall determine the effect of a Corporate Transaction upon Awards other than Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Units and Restricted Stock, and such effect shall be set forth in the appropriate Award Agreement. The Administrator may provide in the Award Agreements at the time of grant, or any time thereafter with the consent of the Grantee, for different provisions to apply to an Award in place of those described in Sections 17.1 , 17.2 , 17.3 and 17.4 . This Section 17 does not limit the Companys ability to provide for alternative treatment of Awards outstanding under the Plan in the event of change of control events that are not Corporate Transactions.
17.6. | No Limitations on Company. |
The making of Awards pursuant to the Plan shall not affect or limit in any way the right or power of the Company to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations, or changes of its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, or liquidate, or to sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.
18. | GENERAL PROVISIONS |
18.1. | Disclaimer of Rights. |
No provision in the Plan or in any Award or Award Agreement shall be construed to confer upon any individual the right to remain in the employ or service of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, or to interfere in any way with any contractual or other right or authority of the Company either to increase or decrease the compensation or other payments to any individual at any time, or to terminate any employment or other relationship between any individual and the Company. In addition, notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan to the contrary, unless otherwise stated in the applicable Award Agreement, no Award granted under the Plan shall be affected by any change of duties or position of the Grantee, so long as such Grantee continues to be a director, officer, consultant or employee of the Company or an Affiliate of the Company. The obligation of the Company to pay any benefits pursuant to this Plan shall be interpreted as a contractual obligation to pay only those amounts described herein, in the manner and under the conditions prescribed herein. The Plan shall in no way be interpreted to require the Company to transfer any amounts to a third party trustee or otherwise hold any amounts in trust or escrow for payment to any Grantee or beneficiary under the terms of the Plan.
18.2. | Nonexclusivity of the Plan. |
Neither the adoption of the Plan nor the submission of the Plan to the stockholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations upon the right and authority of the Administrator to adopt such other incentive compensation arrangements (which arrangements may be applicable either generally to a class or classes of individuals or specifically to a particular individual or particular individuals) as the Administrator in its discretion determines desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock options otherwise than under the Plan.
18.3. | Withholding Taxes and Tax Liability. |
The Company or an Affiliate of the Company, as the case may be, shall have the right to deduct from payments of any kind otherwise due to a Grantee any federal, state, or local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to the vesting of or other lapse of restrictions applicable to an Award or upon the issuance of any shares of Stock upon the exercise of an Option or pursuant to an Award. At the time of such vesting, lapse, or exercise, the Grantee shall pay to the Company or such Affiliate, as the case may be, any amount that the Company or such Affiliate may reasonably determine to be necessary to satisfy such withholding obligation. Subject to the prior approval of the Company or such Affiliate, which may be withheld by the Company or such Affiliate, as the case may be, in its sole discretion, the Grantee may elect to satisfy such obligations, in whole or in part, (i) by causing the Company or such Affiliate to withhold shares of Stock otherwise issuable to the Grantee or (ii) by delivering to the Company or such Affiliate shares of Stock already owned by the Grantee. The shares of Stock so delivered or withheld shall have an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to such withholding obligations. The Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock used to satisfy such withholding obligation shall be determined by the Company or such Affiliate as of the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined. A Grantee who has made an election pursuant to this Section 18.3 may satisfy his or her withholding obligation only with shares of Stock that are not subject to any repurchase, forfeiture, unfulfilled vesting, or other similar requirements. The maximum number of shares of Stock that may be withheld from any Award to satisfy any federal, state or local tax withholding requirements upon the exercise, vesting, lapse of restrictions applicable to such Award or payment of shares pursuant to such Award, as applicable, cannot exceed such number of shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the minimum statutory amount required by the Company to be withheld and paid to any such federal, state or local taxing authority with respect to such exercise, vesting, lapse of restrictions or payment of shares. Notwithstanding any withholding undertaken by the Company, the Service Provider remains liable for the Service Providers portion of any and all state and federal income taxes, social security taxes, Medicare taxes, and other wage-related taxes. The Company makes no representation regarding any tax consequences in connection with any Award issued hereunder and has not undertaken the obligation to draft the Plan to minimize Service Providers tax liability resulting from such Award.
18.4. | Captions. |
The use of captions in this Plan or any Award Agreement is for the convenience of reference only and shall not affect the meaning of any provision of the Plan or such Award Agreement.
18.5. | Other Provisions. |
Each Award granted under the Plan may contain such other terms and conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion.
18.6. | Number and Gender. |
With respect to words used in this Plan, the singular form shall include the plural form, the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender, etc., as the context requires.
18.7. | Severability. |
If any provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement shall be determined to be illegal or unenforceable by any court of law in any jurisdiction, the remaining provisions hereof and thereof shall be severable and enforceable in accordance with their terms, and all provisions shall remain enforceable in any other jurisdiction.
18.8. | Governing Law. |
The validity and construction of this Plan and the instruments evidencing the Awards hereunder shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, other than any conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of this Plan and the instruments evidencing the Awards granted hereunder to the substantive laws of any other jurisdiction.
18.9. | Code Section 409A. |
The Administrator intends to comply with Code Section 409A, or an exemption to Code Section 409A, with regard to Awards hereunder that constitute nonqualified deferred compensation within the meaning of Code Section 409A. To the extent that the Administrator determines that a Grantee would be subject to the additional 20% tax imposed on certain nonqualified deferred compensation plans pursuant to Code Section 409A as a result of any provision of any Award granted under this Plan, such provision shall be deemed amended to the minimum extent necessary to avoid application of such additional tax. The nature of any such amendment shall be determined by the Administrator.
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Adopted by the Board of Directors of Edgewater Technology, Inc. as of April 16, 2012 and approved by the Companys stockholders on June 6, 2012.
Exhibit 99.3
EDGEWATER TECHNOLOGY, INC.
2012 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
(Employee)
THIS STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (this Agreement) evidences a grant made on [TBD] (the Date of Grant), by Edgewater Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), to [Insert Employee Name] (the Grantee), an employee of [Insert Subsidiary Name], a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the Subsidiary), pursuant to and in accordance with the Edgewater Technology, Inc. 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the Plan).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the grant of the Option (as defined below) is being made pursuant to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Plan; and
WHEREAS, capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Plan.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE , it is agreed by and between the parties as follows:
1. Grant of Stock Option . The Company hereby grants to the Grantee a non-qualified stock option (the Option) to purchase [Insert Amount] (XX,XXX) shares of common stock (the Shares) of the Company at a price of $[TBD] per share in the manner and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions hereinafter provided.
2. Time of Exercise of the Option .
(a) Subject to Paragraph 2(b) below, the aforesaid Option may be exercised as follows:
[TBD]
(b) Unless otherwise determined by the committee established to administer the Plan (the Committee), in the event that the Grantee is a covered employee (as defined in Section 162(m)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code)), the Option shall not be exercisable by such Grantee in any taxable year to the extent that the exercise of the Option would cause the Grantees total compensation to exceed the limits for deductible compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code for the taxable year.
3. Method of Exercise .
(a) The Option shall be exercised by a written notice delivered in person, mailed electronically, or mailed by prepaid registered or certified mail, directed to the Secretary of the Company, at the Companys principal place of business, specifying the number of Shares to be exercised pursuant to the Option. Such notice shall include payment to the Company: (a) in cash, certified check, bank draft, wire transfer, or postal or express money order payable to the order of the Company, (b) by delivery of Shares held by the Grantee longer than six months, or (c) through a broker in accordance with Section 12.3 of the Plan and the procedures permitted by Regulation T of the Federal Reserve Board, for an amount equal to the Option price of such Shares and any income tax which may be required to be withheld pursuant to Section 12 of the Plan.
(b) Following exercise, the Grantee or permitted transferee under Paragraph 5 will receive the number of Shares as set forth in Paragraph 1, after adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends or other change of the value of the Option by the Company.
(c) Promptly following exercise of the Option, the Company shall issue such Shares to the Grantee or permitted transferee, provided that if any law or regulation requires the Company to take any action with respect to the Shares specified in such notice before the delivery thereof, then the date of such delivery shall be extended for the period necessary to take such action.
4. Termination of the Option .
(a) Termination without Cause . Upon termination of the Grantees employment with the Subsidiary for any reason other than Cause (as defined in the Plan), death, Disability (as defined in the Plan) or retirement, the Grantee may exercise the Option during the three (3) month period following such termination of employment, but only to the extent of the number of the Shares for which the Option was exercisable immediately prior to such termination of employment.
(b) Death or Disability . Upon termination of the Grantees employment with the Subsidiary on account of death or Disability, the Grantee may exercise the Option during the one year period following such termination of employment, but only to the extent of the number of the Shares for which the Option was exercisable immediately prior to such termination of employment.
(c) Retirement . Upon termination of the Grantees employment with the Subsidiary on account of retirement after attainment of age 65, the Grantee may exercise the Option in accordance with the original Option term following such termination of employment, but only to the extent of the number of the Shares for which the Option was exercisable immediately prior to such termination of employment.
(d) Cause . Upon termination of the Grantees employment with the Subsidiary for Cause, the Option shall immediately terminate.
(e) Violation of Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation, Confidentiality and/or Non-Disclosure Agreement. The Option shall immediately terminate upon the date the Grantee breaches the terms of any non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality and/or non-disclosure agreement to which he or she is a party with the Company and/or the Subsidiary.
(f) [TBD], being [TBD] years from the Date of Grant.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Option shall not remain exercisable beyond its original term.
5. Rights Prior to Exercise of Option . This grant of the Option is non-transferable by the Grantee, except as provided in this Paragraph 5. In the event of the Grantees death, the Option may be exercised by the Grantees legal representative. The Grantee may also transfer the Option to the Grantees immediate family members, or such specified entity created for the exclusive benefit of the Grantees immediate family members, pursuant to such terms and conditions as determined by the Committee; provided, that the Grantee receives no consideration for the transfer of the Option and the transferred Option shall continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable to the Option immediately before the transfer. Any Option holder shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to the Option or the Shares subject to the Option.
6. Subject to the Plan . The Option shall be in all respects limited and conditioned as provided in the Plan. In addition, exercise of the Option shall be subject to the Grantee making any representations to such matters as the Board of Directors of the Company, in its discretion, may determine from time to time to be necessary or advisable to evidence compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or state or other securities laws, rules or regulations with respect to the registration or exemption from registration of any offer or sale of the Companys securities pursuant to the Plan.
Neither this Agreement nor the Plan shall be construed as giving the Grantee any right to be retained in the employ of the Company and/or the Subsidiary and neither shall be construed as limiting in any way the Companys and/or the Subsidiarys right to terminate or change the terms of the Grantees employment.
The Company makes no representation regarding any tax consequences in connection with this Agreement and has not undertaken the obligation to minimize Grantees tax liability resulting from this Agreement.
7. Change in Control . If the Grantees employment by the Subsidiary is terminated without Cause within six (6) months after a Corporate Transaction (as defined in the Plan), then the Option shall become 100% exercisable for a period of three (3) months following any such termination.
8. Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation, Confidentiality and/or Non-Disclosure . If the Grantee breaches any non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality and/or non-disclosure agreement in effect with the Company and/or the Subsidiary, then the Option shall immediately terminate, and the Company and/or the Subsidiary shall require that the Grantee pay to the Company (in Shares or cash) an amount equal to any Option gain arising from the exercise of the Option during the forfeiture period. The forfeiture period is the period beginning on the date that is six months before the Grantees termination of employment or service with the Company and its subsidiary and ending upon the termination of such non-competition agreement. The Option gain is the amount by which the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of the Committees determination (or the date of any earlier sale or other disposition of the Shares covered by the Option, if greater) exceeds the exercise price of the Option.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.
EDGEWATER TECHNOLOGY, INC. | ||
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[TBD], Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
ATTEST:
[TBD], Corporate Secretary
THE GRANTEE: I accept the grant as set forth above and I understand the consequences of a violation of a non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality and/or non-disclosure agreement as set forth in Section 8 above. |
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Exhibit 99.4
EDGEWATER TECHNOLOGY, INC.
2012 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
(Non-Employee Director)
THIS STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (this Agreement) evidences a grant made on [TBD] (the Date of Grant), by Edgewater Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), to [Non-Employee Director] (the Grantee), a non-employee director of the Company, pursuant to and in accordance with the Edgewater Technology, Inc. 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the Plan).
RECITALS
WHEREAS , the grant of the Option (as defined below) is being made pursuant to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Plan; and
WHEREAS, capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Plan.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE , it is agreed by and between the parties as follows:
1. Grant of Stock Option . The Company hereby grants to the Grantee a non-qualified stock option (the Option) to purchase [Insert Amount] (XX,XXX) shares of common stock (the Shares) of the Company at a price of $[TBD] per share in the manner and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions hereinafter provided.
2. Time of Exercise of the Option .
The aforesaid Option may be exercised as follows:
[TBD]
3. Method of Exercise .
(a) The Option shall be exercised by a written notice delivered in person, mailed electronically, or mailed by prepaid registered or certified mail, directed to the Secretary of the Company, at the Companys principal place of business, specifying the number of Shares to be exercised pursuant to the Option. Such notice shall include payment to the Company: (a) in cash, certified check, bank draft, wire transfer, or postal or express money order payable to the order of the Company, (b) by delivery of Shares held by the Grantee longer than six months, or (c) through a broker in accordance with Section 12.3 of the Plan and the procedures permitted by Regulation T of the Federal Reserve Board, for an amount equal to the Option price of such Shares and any income tax which may be required to be withheld pursuant to Section 12 of the Plan.
(b) Following exercise, the Grantee or permitted transferee under Paragraph 5 will receive the number of Shares as set forth in Paragraph 1, after adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends or other change of the value of the Option by the Company.
(c) Promptly following exercise of the Option, the Company shall issue such Shares to the Grantee or permitted transferee, provided that if any law or regulation requires the Company to take any action with respect to the Shares specified in such notice before the delivery thereof, then the date of such delivery shall be extended for the period necessary to take such action.
4. Termination of the Option .
(a) Termination without Cause . Upon termination of the Grantees director relationship with the Company for any reason other than Cause (as defined in the Plan), death or Disability (as defined in the Plan), the Grantee may exercise the Option during the three (3) month period following termination of such relationship, but only to the extent of the number of the Shares for which the Option was exercisable immediately prior to termination of such relationship.
(b) Death or Disability . Upon termination of the Grantees director relationship with the Company on account of death or Disability, the Grantee may exercise the Option during the one year period following termination of such relationship, but only to the extent of the number of the Shares for which the Option was exercisable immediately prior to termination of such relationship.
(c) Cause . Upon termination of the Grantees director relationship with the Company for Cause, the Option shall immediately terminate.
(d) Violation of Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation, Confidentiality and/or Non-Disclosure Agreement. The Option shall immediately terminate upon the date the Grantee breaches the terms of any non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality and/or non-disclosure agreement to which he or she is a party with the Company.
(e) [TBD], being [TBD] years from the Date of Grant.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Option shall not remain exercisable beyond its original term.
5. Rights Prior to Exercise of Option . This grant of the Option is non-transferable by the Grantee, except as provided in this Paragraph 5. In the event of the Grantees death, the Option may be exercised by the Grantees legal representative. The Grantee may also transfer the Option to the Grantees immediate family members, or such specified entity created for the exclusive benefit of the Grantees immediate family members, pursuant to such terms and conditions as determined by the Committee (as defined in the
Plan); provided, that the Grantee receives no consideration for the transfer of the Option and the transferred Option shall continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable to the Option immediately before the transfer. Any Option holder shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to the Option or the Shares subject to the Option.
6. Subject to the Plan . The Option shall be in all respects limited and conditioned as provided in the Plan. In addition, exercise of the Option shall be subject to the Grantee making any representations to such matters as the Board of Directors of the Company, in its discretion, may determine from time to time to be necessary or advisable to evidence compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or state or other securities laws, rules or regulations with respect to the registration or exemption from registration of any offer or sale of the Companys securities pursuant to the Plan.
Neither this Agreement nor the Plan shall be construed as giving the Grantee any right to be retained as a director of the Company.
The Company makes no representation regarding any tax consequences in connection with this Agreement and has not undertaken the obligation to minimize Grantees tax liability resulting from this Agreement.
7. Change in Control . If the Grantees director relationship with the Company is terminated without Cause within six (6) months after a Corporate Transaction (as defined in the Plan), then the Option shall become 100% exercisable for a period of three (3) months following any such termination.
8. Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation, Confidentiality and/or Non-Disclosure . If the Grantee breaches any non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality and/or non-disclosure agreement in effect with the Company, then the Option shall immediately terminate, and the Company shall require that the Grantee pay to the Company (in Shares or cash) an amount equal to any Option gain arising from the exercise of the Option during the forfeiture period. The forfeiture period is the period beginning on the date that is six months before the Grantees termination of service with the Company and ending upon the termination of such non-competition agreement. The Option gain is the amount by which the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of the Committees determination (or the date of any earlier sale or other disposition of the Shares covered by the Option, if greater) exceeds the exercise price of the Option.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.
EDGEWATER TECHNOLOGY, INC. | ||
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[TBD], Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
ATTEST:
[TBD], Corporate Secretary
THE GRANTEE: I accept the grant as set forth above and I understand the consequences of a violation of a non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality and/or non-disclosure agreement as set forth in Section 8 above. |
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Exhibit 99.5
EDGEWATER TECHNOLOGY, INC.
HOLDS 2012 ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
Wakefield, MA, June 8, 2012 Edgewater Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: EDGW, www.edgewater.com, Edgewater or the Company), a strategic consulting firm that brings a synergistic blend of business advisory and product-based consulting services to its clients, today announced that the Company held its Annual Stockholders Meeting on June 6, 2012 in Wakefield, Massachusetts.
The meeting was held for the following purposes:
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To elect seven directors to serve until the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; |
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To approve a proposed Edgewater Technology, Inc. 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the Plan); |
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To approve (on a non-binding advisory basis) named executive officer compensation; |
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To ratify the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Companys independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012; and |
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To transact any other business that may properly come before the Annual Meeting. |
The elected seven board members include:
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Shirley Singleton, Chairman, President and CEO of Edgewater; |
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Paul Flynn, Executive Vice President and Commercial Loan Officer of Peoples United Bank; |
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Paul Guzzi, President and CEO of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce; |
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Nancy Leaming, former CEO and President of Tufts Health Plan; |
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Michael Loeb, President and CEO of Loeb Enterprises; |
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Daniel OConnell, President and CEO of Massachusetts Competitive Partnership; and |
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Wayne Wilson, former President and COO of PC Connection, Inc. |
Approximately 87% of all issued and outstanding shares were represented at the Annual Stockholders Meeting and each nominee described above received at least 91% of the votes cast to elect directors.
Additionally, stockholders approved the 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan, approved the Companys named executive officer compensation and ratified the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Companys independent registered public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2012.
The Companys next Annual Meeting is tentatively planned to be held in June 2013.
About Edgewater
Edgewater is a strategic consulting firm that brings a synergistic blend of advisory and product-based consulting services to our client base. Headquartered in Wakefield, MA, we typically go to market both vertically by industry and horizontally by product and technology specialty and provide our clients with a wide range of business and technology offerings. We work with clients to reduce costs, improve process and increase revenue through the judicious use of technology.
Edgewater provides services under brand names such as Edgewater Technology, Edgewater Ranzal and Edgewater Fullscope. To learn more, visit www.edgewater.com or call 800-410-4014.
Exhibit 99.6
Edgewater Technology, Inc.
2012 Annual Meeting
Report of Matters Voted Upon by Stockholders
1. | The 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Edgewater Technology, Inc. (the Company) was held at the Sheraton Colonial Boston North Hotel & Conference Center, One Audubon Road, Wakefield, Massachusetts, on June 6, 2012 commencing at 10:00 a.m. pursuant to notice properly given (the Annual Meeting). |
2. | At the close of business on April 16, 2012, the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, the outstanding voting securities of the Company were 11,347,518 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value. Each of the outstanding shares was entitled to one vote on the matters to come before the Annual Meeting. |
3. | At the Annual Meeting 9,900,645, or 87%, of the Companys issued and outstanding shares of common stock were represented in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. |
4. | At the Annual Meeting, each of the following nominees for director received the respective number of votes set forth opposite his or her name, constituting a plurality of the votes cast, and was duly elected as a director of the Company. |
Number of | Number of Votes | Broker | ||||||||||
Nominee |
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Shirley Singleton |
7,100,747 | 383,082 | 2,416,816 | |||||||||
Paul E. Flynn |
6,801,502 | 682,327 | 2,416,816 | |||||||||
Paul Guzzi |
7,101,600 | 382,229 | 2,416,816 | |||||||||
Nancy L. Leaming |
6,795,710 | 688,119 | 2,416,816 | |||||||||
Michael Loeb |
7,101,781 | 382,048 | 2,416,816 | |||||||||
Daniel OConnell |
6,801,002 | 682,827 | 2,416,816 | |||||||||
Wayne Wilson |
6,802,551 | 681,278 | 2,416,816 |
5. | The following table states the tally of the votes cast to approve the proposed Edgewater Technology, Inc. 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan. |
Votes FOR |
Votes AGAINST |
Votes ABSTAINING |
Broker Non-Votes |
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4,354,876 |
3,126,373 | 2,579 | 2,416,816 |
6. | The following table states the tally of the votes cast to approve (on a non-binding, advisory basis) the Companys named executive officer compensation. |
Votes FOR |
Votes AGAINST |
Votes ABSTAINING |
Broker Non-Votes |
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4,718,716 |
360,436 | 2,404,677 | 2,416,816 |
7. | The following table states the tally of the votes cast to ratify the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as Edgewaters independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012. |
Votes FOR |
Votes AGAINST |
Votes ABSTAINING |
Broker Non-Votes |
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9,888,745 |
3,052 | 8,848 | 0 |