As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25, 2016.

Registration Statement No. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   25-1797617

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

1201 South 2nd Street

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

  53204

(Address of Principal

Executive Offices)

  (Zip Code)

 

 

Rockwell Automation, Inc. 2012 Long-Term Incentives Plan

(Full title of the plans)

 

 

D OUGLAS M. H AGERMAN , E SQ .

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

1201 South 2nd Street

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53204

(Name and address of agent for service)

(414) 382-2000

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copy to:

M ARC A. A LPERT , E SQ .

Chadbourne & Parke LLP

1301 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019

(212) 408-5100

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one).

 

Large accelerated filer   x    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   ¨    Smaller reporting company   ¨

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 


Title of securities
to be registered
  Amount
to be
registered(1)
 

Proposed

maximum
offering price
per share(2)

 

Proposed

maximum
aggregate
offering price(2)

  Amount of
registration fee

Common Stock, par value $1 per share

  5,250,000 shares   $104.04   $546,210,000.00   $55,003.35

 

 

(1) The shares of Common Stock set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table which may be offered pursuant to this Registration Statement include, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), such additional number of shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock as may become issuable as a result of any stock splits, stock dividends or similar events.
(2) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based on the average of the high and low per share market price of the Common Stock for New York Stock Exchange–Composite Transactions on February 22, 2016.

 

 

 


Pursuant to Rule 429 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act, the prospectus related to this registration statement will be used in connection with the offer and sale of Common Stock of the Registrant previously registered under the Registrant’s Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 333-180557, 333-165727, 333-150019, 333-113041 and 333-38444).

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this registration statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-180557) filed by Rockwell Automation, Inc. on April 4, 2012 relating to the Rockwell Automation, Inc. 2012 Long-Term Incentives Plan (the “Plan”), except as expressly modified herein.

On February 2, 2016, the shareowners of Rockwell Automation, Inc. approved an amendment to the Plan previously adopted by the Board of Directors of Rockwell Automation, Inc., subject to shareowner approval, which increased by 5,000,000 shares the number of shares of Common Stock, par value $1 per share, of Rockwell Automation, Inc. available for delivery under the Plan. This registration statement registers such 5,000,000 additional shares of Common Stock and 250,000 shares relating to unexercised and undelivered portions of expired, cancelled, forfeited or otherwise terminated awards under the Plan and prior Rockwell Automation, Inc. long-term incentives plans that are available for delivery under the Plan in accordance with the terms of the Plan.

 

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PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:

 

  (a) Annual Report on Form 10-K of Rockwell Automation, Inc. (“Rockwell Automation”) for the year ended September 30, 2015;

 

  (b) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Rockwell Automation for the quarter ended December 31, 2015;

 

  (c) Current Report on Form 8-K of Rockwell Automation dated February 5, 2015; and

 

  (d) The description of Rockwell Automation’s Common Stock, par value $1 per share, which is incorporated in Rockwell Automation’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated October 30, 1996 by reference to the material under the caption “Description of New Rockwell Capital Stock” on pages 105-115 of Rockwell Automation’s Proxy Statement-Prospectus dated October 29, 1996, constituting a part of Rockwell Automation’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-14969).

All documents subsequently filed by Rockwell Automation pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we are not incorporating any document or information furnished and not filed in accordance with Commission rules. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes that statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.

 

Item 8: Exhibits.

 

4-a      Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Rockwell Automation, filed as Exhibit 3 to Rockwell Automation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002, is hereby incorporated by reference.
4-b      By-Laws of Rockwell Automation, as amended and restated effective February 2, 2016.
4-c      Copy of Rockwell Automation, Inc. 2012 Long-Term Incentives Plan, as amended and restated through February 2, 2016.
5      Opinion of Douglas M. Hagerman, Esq., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Rockwell Automation, as to the legality of any newly issued Common Stock covered by this Registration Statement.
15      Letter of Deloitte & Touche LLP regarding Unaudited Interim Financial Information.
23-a      Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm.

 

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23-b      Consent of Douglas M. Hagerman, Esq., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Rockwell Automation, contained in his opinion filed as Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement.
23-c      Consent of Chadbourne & Parke LLP.
24      Powers of Attorney authorizing certain persons to sign this Registration Statement on behalf of certain directors and officers of Rockwell Automation.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin, on the 25th day of February, 2016.

 

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC.
By  

/s/ Douglas M. Hagerman

  (Douglas M. Hagerman, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed on the 25th day of February, 2016 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:

 

Signature

  

Title

K EITH D. N OSBUSCH *   

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and a Director

B ETTY C. A LEWINE *   

Director

J. P HILLIP HOLLOMAN *   

Director

S TEVEN R. K ALMANSON *   

Director

J AMES P . K EANE *   

Director

L AWRENCE D . K INGSLEY *   

Director

___________________________

W ILLIAM T . MC C ORMICK J R .

  

Director

DONALD R . PARFET *   

Director

L ISA A. PAYNE *   

Director

T HEODORE D. C RANDALL *   

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)

D AVID M. D ORGAN *   

Vice President and Controller (principal accounting officer)

 

* By  

/s/ Douglas M. Hagerman

  (Douglas M. Hagerman, Attorney-in-fact)**

 

** By authority of the powers of attorney filed herewith.

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

    
4-a    Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Rockwell Automation, filed as Exhibit 3 to Rockwell Automation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002, is hereby incorporated by reference.
4-b    By-Laws of Rockwell Automation, as amended and restated effective February 2, 2016.
4-c    Copy of Rockwell Automation, Inc. 2012 Long-Term Incentives Plan, as amended and restated through February 2, 2016.
5    Opinion of Douglas M. Hagerman, Esq., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Rockwell Automation, as to the legality of any newly issued Common Stock covered by this Registration Statement.
15    Letter of Deloitte & Touche LLP regarding Unaudited Interim Financial Information.
23-a    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm.
23-b    Consent of Douglas M. Hagerman, Esq., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Rockwell Automation, contained in his opinion filed as Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement.
23-c    Consent of Chadbourne & Parke LLP.
24    Powers of Attorney authorizing certain persons to sign this Registration Statement on behalf of certain directors and officers of Rockwell Automation.

 

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Exhibit 4-b

BY-LAWS

OF ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC.

(As Amended and Restated Effective February 2, 2016)

ARTICLE I.

OFFICES

SECTION 1. Registered Office in Delaware; Resident Agent . The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware and the name and address of its resident agent in charge thereof are as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

SECTION 2. Other Offices . The Corporation may also have an office or offices at such other place or places either within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation requires.

ARTICLE II.

MEETINGS OF SHAREOWNERS

SECTION 1. Place of Meetings . All meetings of the shareowners of the Corporation shall be held at such place, within or without the State of Delaware, as may from time to time be designated by resolution passed by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. Annual Meeting . An annual meeting of the shareowners for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other proper business, notice of which was given in the notice of meeting, shall be held on a date and at a time as may from time to time be designated by resolution passed by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. Special Meetings . A special meeting of the shareowners for any purpose or purposes shall be called only by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies (the “Whole Board”). Business transacted at special meetings shall be confined to the purposes stated in the Corporation’s notice of the meeting or in any supplemental notice delivered by the Corporation in accordance with Section 4 of these by-laws.

SECTION 4. Notice of Meetings . Except as otherwise provided by law, written notice of each meeting of the shareowners, whether annual or special, shall be mailed, postage prepaid, not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the


meeting, to each shareowner entitled to vote at such meeting, either personally, by electronic transmission in the manner provided in Section 232 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (except to the extent prohibited by Section 232(e) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware) or by mail, at the shareowner’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. Every such notice shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which shareowners and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Notice of any adjourned meeting of the shareowners shall not be required to be given, except when expressly required by law.

SECTION 5. List of Shareowners . The Secretary shall, from information obtained from the transfer agent, prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of shareowners, a complete list of the shareowners entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each shareowner and the number of shares registered in the name of each shareowner. Such list shall be open to the examination of any shareowner, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any shareowner who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the shareowners entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list referred to in this section or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of shareowners.

SECTION 6. Quorum . At each meeting of the shareowners, the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding stock of the Corporation present either in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business except where otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these by-laws for a specified action. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President may adjourn the meeting from time to time, whether or not there is a quorum. No notice of the time and place of adjourned meetings need be given except as required by law. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum may be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at a meeting as originally called, and only those shareowners entitled to vote at the meeting as originally called shall be entitled to vote at any adjournment or adjournments thereof. The absence from any meeting of the number of shareowners required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these by-laws for action upon any given matter shall not prevent action at such meeting upon any other matter or matters which may properly come before the meeting, if the number of shareowners required in respect of such other matter or matters shall be present.

 

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SECTION 7. Organization . At every meeting of the shareowners the Chairman of the Board, or, in his absence, a director or an officer of the Corporation designated by the Board, shall act as Chairman of and preside at the meeting. The Secretary, or, in his absence, an Assistant Secretary, shall act as Secretary at all meetings of the shareowners. In the absence from any such meeting of the Secretary and the Assistant Secretaries, the Chairman may appoint any person to act as Secretary of the meeting. The Chairman shall enforce the observance of the rules of order for meetings of the shareowners and of the By-Laws of the Corporation.

SECTION 8. Notice of Shareowner Business and Nominations .

(A) Annual Meetings of Shareowners .

(1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the proposal of business to be considered by the shareowners may be made at an annual meeting of shareowners (a) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting, (b) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (c) by any shareowner of the Corporation who is a shareowner of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this by-law and at the time of the annual meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this by-law; clause (c) shall be the exclusive means for a shareowner to make nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting of shareowners and the exclusive means for a shareowner to propose business to be considered by the shareowners (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and included in the Corporation’s notice of meeting).

(2) For nominations or other such business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a shareowner pursuant to clause (c) of paragraph (A) (1) of this by-law, the shareowner must have given timely notice thereof (including, in the case of nominations, the completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by paragraph (D) of this by-law), and timely updates and supplements thereof, in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and such other business must be a proper matter for shareowner action.

(i) To be timely, a shareowner’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 90th day nor earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by the shareowner to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the date of such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to the date of such annual meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such

 

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advanced or delayed annual meeting is less than 100 days prior to the date of such annual meeting, the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. In no event shall any adjournment of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a shareowner’s notice as described above.

In addition, to be considered timely, a shareowner’s notice shall further be updated and supplemented, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for the meeting in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date, and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

(ii) Such shareowner’s notice shall include the following:

(a) as to each person, if any, whom the shareowner proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director, (i) all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected), (ii) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among such shareowner and beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is being made, and their respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, and his or her respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including, without limitation all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if the shareowner making the nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made, if any, or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert therewith, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant, and (iii) a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by paragraph (D) of this by-law;

(b) as to any other business that the shareowner proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for

 

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conducting such business at the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the by-laws of the Corporation, the text of the proposed amendment) and any material interest in such business of such shareowner and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and

(c) as to the shareowner giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such shareowner, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of such beneficial owner, and of their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation’s stock which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and of record, by such shareowner, such beneficial owner, and their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith, (iii) any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, or any derivative or synthetic arrangement having the characteristics of a long position in any class or series of shares of the Corporation’s stock, or any contract, derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions designed to produce economic benefits and risks that correspond substantially to the ownership of any class or series of shares of the Corporation’s stock, including due to the fact that the value of such contract, derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions is determined by reference to the price, value or volatility of any class or series of shares of the Corporation’s stock, whether or not such instrument, contract or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of shares of the Corporation’s stock, through the delivery of cash or other property, or otherwise, and without regard to whether the shareowner of record, the beneficial owner, if any, or any affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith, may have entered into transactions that hedge or mitigate the economic effect of such instrument, contract or right, or any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation (any of the foregoing, a “Derivative Instrument”), directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such shareowner, the beneficial owner, if any, or any affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith, (iv) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship pursuant to which such shareowner or beneficial owner has a right to vote any shares of any security of the Corporation, (v) any agreement, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, including any repurchase or similar so-called “stock borrowing” agreement or arrangement, involving such shareowner, directly or indirectly, the purpose or effect of which is to mitigate loss to, reduce the economic risk (of ownership or otherwise) of any class or series of the shares of the Corporation by, manage the risk of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such shareowner with respect to any class or series of the shares of the Corporation, or

 

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which provides directly or indirectly the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the price or value of any class or series of the shares of the Corporation (any of the foregoing, a “Short Interest”), (vi) any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such shareowner or beneficial owner that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (vii) any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such shareowner or beneficial owner is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner of such general or limited partnership, (viii) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such shareowner or beneficial owner is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, including without limitation any such interests held by members of such shareowner’s or beneficial owner’s immediate family sharing the same household, (ix) any significant equity interests or Derivative Instruments or Short Interests in any principal competitor of the Corporation held by such shareowner or beneficial owner, (x) any direct or indirect interest of such shareowner or beneficial owner in any contract with the Corporation, an affiliate of the Corporation or any principal competitor of the Corporation (including, in any such case, any employment agreement, collective bargaining agreement or consulting agreement) and (xi) any other information relating to such shareowner and beneficial owner that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

(d) a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such shareowner and beneficial owner, if any, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by the shareowner;

(e) a representation that the shareowner is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation, entitled to vote at such meeting, and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business; and

(f) a representation as to whether the shareowner or the beneficial owner, if any, intends, or is or intends to be part of a group that intends, (i) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal and/or (ii) otherwise to solicit proxies from shareowners in support of such proposal.

The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Corporation or that could be material to a reasonable shareowner’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee.

 

 

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(3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph (A)(2) of this by-law to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Corporation is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at least 100 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a shareowner’s notice required by this by-law shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

(B) Special Meetings of Shareowners . Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of shareowners as shall have been brought before the meeting by the Corporation pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of shareowners at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (b) in the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of shareowners for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, by any shareowner of the Corporation who is a shareowner of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this by-law and at the time of the special meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this by-law; clause (b) shall be the exclusive means for a shareowner to make nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors at a special meeting of shareowners and, except as provided in clause (b), no other business may be brought by shareowners at a special meeting. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of shareowners for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such shareowner may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be), for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the shareowner’s notice required by paragraph (A)(2) of this by-law (including the completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by paragraph (D) of this by-law), and updates and supplements thereof are delivered timely. To be timely, the shareowner’s notice shall be delivered in writing to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the date of such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to the date of such special meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such special meeting is less than 100 days prior to the date of such special meeting, the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event

 

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shall any adjournment of a special meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a shareowner’s notice as described above. In addition, to be considered timely, a shareowner’s notice shall further be updated and supplemented, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for the meeting in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date, and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting, any adjournment or postponement thereof in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

(C) General .

(1) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this by-law shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of shareowners as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this by-law. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws, the Chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this by-law and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this by-law, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded.

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

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of this by-law, a shareowner shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this by-law; provided, however, that any references in this by-law to the Exchange Act or the rules promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit the separate and additional requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to this by-law.

(4) Nothing in this by-law shall be deemed to affect any rights (i) of shareowners to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement

 

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pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (ii) of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation. Subject to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, nothing in this by-law shall be construed to permit any shareowner, or give any shareowner the right, to include or have disseminated or described in the Corporation’s proxy statement any nomination of director or directors or any other business proposal.

(D) Submission of Questionnaire, Representation and Agreement . To be eligible to be a nominee for election or reelection as a director of the Corporation, a person must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under Section 8 of these by-laws) to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request), and a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such person (a) is not and will not become a party to (1) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (2) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (b) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed therein, (c) beneficially owns, or agrees to purchase if elected as a director of the Corporation, the minimum number of shares of the Corporation that the Corporation’s Director Stock Ownership Guidelines require such director to own (“Qualifying Shares”) (subject to adjustment for any stock splits or stock dividends occurring after date of such representation or agreement), will not dispose of such minimum number of shares so long as such person is a director, and has disclosed therein whether all or any portion of the Qualifying Shares were purchased with any financial assistance provided by any other person and whether any other person has any interest in the Qualifying Shares, and (d) in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply, with all applicable corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation publicly disclosed from time to time.

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meeting, except as otherwise provided by law or in these by-laws. The order of business at all meetings of the shareowners shall be as determined by the Chairman of the meeting, unless otherwise determined by a majority in interest of the shareowners present in person or by proxy at such meeting and entitled to vote thereat.

SECTION 10. Voting . Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws, each shareowner shall at every meeting of the shareowners be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by such shareowner. Any vote on stock may be given by the shareowner entitled thereto in person or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing, subscribed (or transmitted by electronic means and authenticated as provided by law) by such shareowner or by the shareowner’s attorney thereunto authorized, and delivered to the Secretary; provided, however, that no proxy shall be voted after three years from its date unless the proxy provides for a longer period. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws, at all meetings of the shareowners, all matters shall be decided by the affirmative vote (which need not be by ballot) of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter, a quorum being present.

ARTICLE III.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. General Powers . The property, affairs and business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. Number, Qualifications, Term of Office and Chairman . Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board. A director need not be a shareowner.

The directors, other than those who may be elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock or any other series or class of stock, as provided herein or in any Preferred Stock Designation, shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible. One class of directors shall be initially elected for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareowners to be held in 1997, another class shall be initially elected for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareowners to be held in 1998, and another class shall be initially elected for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareowners to be held in 1999. Members of each class shall hold office until their successors are elected and shall have qualified. At each annual meeting of the shareowners of the Corporation, commencing with the 1997 annual meeting, the successors of the class of directors whose term expires at that meeting shall be elected by a plurality vote of all votes cast at such meeting to hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareowners held in the third year following the year of their election.

 

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The Board of Directors shall choose one of its members to be the Chairman of the Board and may replace the Chairman of the Board at such time and in such manner as the Board of Directors shall determine. The Chairman of the Board may, but need not, be an officer of, or employed in an executive or other capacity by, the Corporation. The Chairman of the Board shall have such powers and duties as are set forth in these By-Laws and as may be assigned to the Chairman of the Board by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. Election of Directors . At each meeting of the shareowners for the election of directors, at which a quorum is present, the directors shall be the persons receiving the greatest number of votes cast by the holders of stock entitled to vote for such directors.

SECTION 4. Quorum and Manner of Acting . A majority of the members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting, and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors unless otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the directors present may adjourn any meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be obtained. Notice of any adjourned meeting need not be given. The directors shall act only as a board and the individual directors shall have no power as such.

SECTION 5. Place of Meetings . The Board of Directors may hold its meetings at such place or places within or without the State of Delaware as the Board may from time to time determine or as shall be specified or fixed in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.

SECTION 6. First Meeting . Promptly after each annual election of directors, the Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of organization, the election of officers and the transaction of other business, at the same place as that at which the annual meeting of shareowners was held or as otherwise determined by the Board. Notice of such meeting need not be given. Such meeting may be held at any other time or place which shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 7. Regular Meetings . Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such places and at such times as the Board shall from time to time determine. If any day fixed for a regular meeting shall be a legal holiday at the place where the meeting is to be held, then the meeting which would otherwise be held on that day shall be held at the same hour on the next succeeding business day not a legal holiday. Notice of regular meetings need not be given.

 

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SECTION 8. Special Meetings; Notice . Special meetings of the Board of Directors (i) shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Lead Director (if any) or (ii) at the written request of three directors, shall be called by the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary. Notice of each such meeting stating the time and place of the meeting shall be given to each director by mail, telephone, other electronic transmission or personally. If by mail, such notice shall be given not less than five days before the meeting; and if by telephone, other electronic transmission or personally, not less than two days before the meeting. A notice mailed at least two weeks before the meeting need not state the purpose thereof except as otherwise provided in these by-laws. In all other cases the notice shall state the principal purpose or purposes of the meeting. Notice of any meeting of the Board need not be given to a director, however, if waived by the director in writing before or after such meeting or if the director shall be present at the meeting.

SECTION 9. Organization . At each meeting of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, or, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Lead Director (if any), or in the absence of the Lead Director, the President, or in the absence of the President, a director or an officer of the Corporation designated by the Board, shall act as Chairman of and preside at the meeting. The Secretary, or, in the Secretary’s absence, any person appointed by the Chairman, shall act as Secretary of the meeting. The Chairman shall enforce the observance of the rules of order for meetings of the Board and of the By-Laws of the Corporation.

SECTION 10. Order of Business . At all meetings of the Board of Directors, business shall be transacted in the order determined by the Board.

SECTION 11. Resignations . Any director of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. The resignation of any director shall take effect at the time specified therein, and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

SECTION 12. Compensation . Each director shall be paid such compensation, if any, as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 13. Indemnification .

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that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of the Corporation or any of its majority-owned subsidiaries, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent (except in each of the foregoing situations to the extent any agreement, arrangement or understanding of agency contains provisions that supersede or abrogate indemnification under this section) of another corporation or of any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans maintained or sponsored by the Corporation, against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

(B) The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless to the fullest extent authorized by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of the Corporation or any of its majority-owned subsidiaries, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent (except in each of the foregoing situations to the extent any agreement, arrangement or understanding of agency contains provisions that supersede or abrogate indemnification under this section) of another corporation or of any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans maintained or sponsored by the Corporation, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a

 

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manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery of Delaware or such other court shall deem proper.

(C) To the extent that a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of the Corporation or any of its majority-owned subsidiaries has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (A) and (B), or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of such person in connection therewith. If any such person is not wholly successful in any such action, suit or proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters therein, the Corporation shall indemnify such person against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of such person in connection with each claim, issue or matter that is successfully resolved. For purposes of this subsection and without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.

(D) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, to the extent any person is a witness in, but not a party to, any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of the Corporation or any of its majority-owned subsidiaries, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent (except in each of the foregoing situations to the extent any agreement, arrangement or understanding of agency contains provisions that supersede or abrogate indemnification under this section) of another corporation or of any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans maintained or sponsored by the Corporation such person shall be indemnified against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of such person in connection therewith.

(E) Indemnification under subsections (A) and (B) (unless ordered by a court) shall be made only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer, trustee, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in

 

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subsections (A) and (B). Such determination shall be made (1) if a Change of Control (as hereinafter defined) shall not have occurred, (a) with respect to a person who is a present or former director or officer of the Corporation, (i) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors (as hereinafter defined), even though less than a quorum or (ii) if there are no Disinterested Directors or, even if there are Disinterested Directors, a majority of such Disinterested Directors so directs, by (x) Independent Counsel (as hereinafter defined) in a written opinion to the Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to the claimant, or (y) the shareowners of the Corporation; or (b) with respect to a person who is not a present or former director or officer of the Corporation, by the chief executive officer of the Corporation or by such other officer of the Corporation as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors; or (2) if a Change of Control shall have occurred, by Independent Counsel selected by the claimant in a written opinion to the Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to the claimant, unless the claimant shall request that such determination be made by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (in the case of a claimant who is a present or former director or officer of the Corporation) or by an officer of the Corporation authorized to make such determination (in the case of a claimant who is not a present or former director or officer of the Corporation), in which case it shall be made in accordance with clause (1) of this sentence. Any claimant shall be entitled to be indemnified against the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such claimant in cooperating with the person or entity making the determination of entitlement to indemnification (irrespective of the determination as to the claimant’s entitlement to indemnification) and, to the extent successful, in connection with any litigation or arbitration with respect to such claim or the enforcement thereof.

(F) If a Change of Control shall not have occurred, or if a Change of Control shall have occurred and a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent requests pursuant to clause (2) of the second sentence in subsection (E) that the determination whether the claimant is entitled to indemnification be made by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (in the case of a claimant who is a present or former director or officer of the Corporation) or by an officer of the Corporation authorized to make such determination (in the case of a claimant who is not a present or former director or officer of the Corporation), the claimant shall be conclusively presumed to have been determined pursuant to subsection (E) to be entitled to indemnification if (1) in the case of a claimant who is a present or former director or officer of the Corporation, (a)(i) within fifteen days after the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors following receipt by the Corporation of the request therefor, the Board of Directors shall not have resolved by majority vote of the Disinterested Directors to submit such determination to (x) Independent Counsel for its determination or (y) the shareowners for their determination at the next annual meeting, or any special meeting that may be held earlier, after such receipt, and (ii) within sixty days after receipt by the Corporation of the request therefor (or within ninety days after such receipt if the Board of Directors in good faith

 

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determines that additional time is required by it for the determination and, prior to expiration of such sixty-day period, notifies the claimant thereof), the Board of Directors shall not have made the determination by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, or (b) after a resolution of the Board of Directors, timely made pursuant to clause (a)(i)(y) above, to submit the determination to the shareowners, the shareowners meeting at which the determination is to be made shall not have been held on or before the date prescribed (or on or before a later date, not to exceed sixty days beyond the original date, to which such meeting may have been postponed or adjourned on good cause by the Board of Directors acting in good faith), or (2) in the case of a claimant who is not a present or former director or officer of the Corporation, within sixty days after receipt by the Corporation of the request therefor (or within ninety days after such receipt if an officer of the Corporation authorized to make such determination in good faith determines that additional time is required for the determination and, prior to expiration of such sixty-day period, notifies the claimant thereof), an officer of the Corporation authorized to make such determination shall not have made the determination; provided, however, that this sentence shall not apply if the claimant has misstated or failed to state a material fact in connection with his or her request for indemnification. Such presumed determination that a claimant is entitled to indemnification shall be deemed to have been made (I) at the end of the sixty-day or ninety-day period (as the case may be) referred to in clause (1)(a)(ii) or (2) of the immediately preceding sentence or (II) if the Board of Directors has resolved on a timely basis to submit the determination to the shareowners, on the last date within the period prescribed by law for holding such shareowners meeting (or a postponement or adjournment thereof as permitted above).

(G) Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in defending a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding to a present or former director or officer of the Corporation, promptly after receipt of a statement from the claimant requesting such advance or advances from time to time stating in reasonable detail the expenses incurred, and to a person who is not a present or former director or officer of the Corporation as authorized by the chief executive officer of the Corporation or such other officer of the Corporation as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors; provided that in each case the Corporation shall have received an undertaking by or on behalf of the present or former director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this section.

(H) The Board of Directors shall establish reasonable procedures for the submission of claims for indemnification pursuant to this section, determination of the entitlement of any person thereto and review of any such determination. Such procedures shall be set forth in an appendix to these by-laws and shall be deemed for all purposes to be a part hereof.

 

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(I) For purposes of this section,

(1) “Change of Control” means any of the following:

(i) The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) (a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of either (i) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Corporation (the “Outstanding Corporation Common Stock”) or (ii) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Corporation Voting Securities”); provided, however, that for purposes of this subparagraph (a), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control: (w) any acquisition directly from the Corporation, (x) any acquisition by the Corporation, (y) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Corporation or any corporation controlled by the Corporation or (z) any acquisition pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of subsection (c) of this Paragraph 13(I)(1); or

(ii) Individuals who, as of November 4, 1998, constitute the Board of Directors (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to that date whose election, or nomination for election by the Corporation’s shareowners, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board of Directors; or

(iii) Consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation or the acquisition of assets of another entity (a “Corporate Transaction”), in each case, unless, following such Corporate Transaction, (i) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Corporation Common Stock and Outstanding Corporation Voting Securities immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 60% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the

 

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combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Corporation or all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction, of the Outstanding Corporation Common Stock and Outstanding Corporation Voting Securities, as the case may be, (ii) no Person (excluding any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Corporation or such corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Corporate Transaction and (iii) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board of Directors, providing for such Corporate Transaction; or

(iv) Approval by the Corporation’s shareowners of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation.

(2) “Disinterested Director” means a director of the Corporation who is not and was not a party to an action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent.

(3) “Independent Counsel” means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that (i) is experienced in matters of corporation law; (ii) neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent the Corporation, the director, officer, trustee, employee or agent claiming indemnification or any other party to the action, suit, or proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification under this section, in any matter material to the Corporation, the claimant or any such other party; and (iii) would not, under applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, have a conflict of interest in representing either the Corporation or such director, officer, trustee, employee or agent in an action to determine the Corporation’s or such person’s rights under this section.

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any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, by-laws, agreement, vote of shareowners or Disinterested Directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and (ii) cannot be terminated by the Corporation, the Board of Directors or the shareowners of the Corporation with respect to a person’s service prior to the date of such termination. Any amendment, modification, alteration or repeal of this by-law or of any of the procedures established by the Board of Directors pursuant to subsection (H) hereof that in any way diminishes, limits, restricts, adversely affects or eliminates any right of an indemnitee or his or her successors to indemnification, advancement of expenses or otherwise shall be prospective only and shall not in any way diminish, limit, restrict, adversely affect or eliminate any such right with respect to any actual or alleged state of facts, occurrence, action or omission then or previously existing, or any action, suit or proceeding previously or thereafter brought or threatened based in whole or in part upon any such actual or alleged state of facts, occurrence, action or omission. The rights conferred upon indemnitees in this by-law shall be contract rights that vest at the time of such person’s service to or at the request of the Corporation and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person.

(K) No indemnification shall be payable pursuant to this section with respect to any action against the Corporation commenced by an officer, trustee, director, employee or agent unless the Board of Directors shall have authorized the commencement thereof or unless and to the extent that this section or the procedures established pursuant to subsection (H) shall specifically provide for indemnification of expenses relating to the enforcement of rights under this section and such procedures.

ARTICLE IV.

COMMITTEES

SECTION 1. Appointment and Powers . The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the Whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of two or more directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in said resolution or in these by-laws and not inconsistent with Section 141 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended, shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.

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shall have qualified, or until he or she ceases to be a director or until he or she shall have resigned or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided. Any vacancy in a committee shall be filled by the vote of a majority of the Whole Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting thereof.

SECTION 3. Alternates . The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the Whole Board, designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.

SECTION 4. Organization . Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, each committee shall appoint a chairman. Each committee shall keep a record of its acts and proceedings and report the same from time to time to the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5. Resignations . Any regular or alternate member of a committee may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time of the receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein, and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

SECTION 6. Removal . Any regular or alternate member of a committee may be removed with or without cause at any time by resolution passed by a majority of the Whole Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

SECTION 7. Meetings . Regular meetings of each committee, of which no notice shall be necessary, shall be held on such days and at such places as the chairman of the committee shall determine or as shall be fixed by a resolution passed by a majority of all the members of such committee. Special meetings of each committee will be called by the Secretary at the request of any two members of such committee, or in such other manner as may be determined by the committee. Notice of each special meeting of a committee shall be mailed to each member thereof at least two days before the meeting or shall be given personally or by telephone or other electronic transmission at least one day before the meeting. Every such notice shall state the time and place, but need not state the purposes of the meeting. No notice of any meeting of a committee shall be required to be given to any alternate.

SECTION 8. Quorum and Manner of Acting . Unless otherwise provided by resolution of the Board of Directors, a majority of a committee (including alternates when acting in lieu of regular members of such committee) shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of those present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such committee. The members of each committee shall act only as a committee and the individual members shall have no power as such.

 

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SECTION 9. Compensation . Each regular or alternate member of a committee shall be paid such compensation, if any, as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE V.

OFFICERS

SECTION 1. Officers . The officers of the Corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents (one or more of whom may be Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents or otherwise as may be designated by the Board), a Secretary and a Treasurer, all of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. The Board of Directors may also from time to time elect such other officers as it deems necessary.

SECTION 2. Term of Office . Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified in his or her stead, or until his or her death or until he or she shall have resigned or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.

SECTION 3. Additional Officers; Agents . The President may from time to time appoint and remove such additional officers and agents as may be deemed necessary. Such persons shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as in these by-laws provided or as the President may from time to time prescribe. The Board of Directors or the President may from time to time authorize any officer to appoint and remove agents and employees and to prescribe their powers and duties.

SECTION 4. Salaries . Unless otherwise provided by resolution passed by a majority of the Whole Board, the salaries of all officers elected by the Board of Directors shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5. Removal . Except where otherwise expressly provided in a contract authorized by the Board of Directors, any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the vote of a majority of the Board at any regular or special meeting or, except in the case of an officer elected by the Board, by any superior officer upon whom the power of removal may be conferred by the Board or by these by-laws.

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President or the Secretary. Any other officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the President. Any such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein, and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

SECTION 7. Vacancies . A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, or otherwise, shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the manner provided in these by-laws for regular election or appointment to such office.

SECTION 8. President . The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, shall have general and overall charge of the business and affairs of the Corporation and of its officers. He shall keep the Board of Directors appropriately informed on the business and affairs of the Corporation.

SECTION 9. Executive and Senior Vice Presidents . One or more Executive or Senior Vice Presidents shall, subject to the control of the President, have lead accountability for components or functions of the Corporation as and to the extent designated by the President. Each Executive or Senior Vice President shall keep the President appropriately informed on the business and affairs of the designated components or functions of the Corporation.

SECTION 10. Vice Presidents . The Vice Presidents shall perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to them or any of them by the President.

SECTION 11. Secretary . The Secretary shall keep or cause to be kept in books provided for the purpose the minutes of the meetings of the shareowners, of the Board of Directors and of any committee constituted pursuant to Article IV of these by-laws. The Secretary shall be custodian of the corporate seal and see that it is affixed to all documents as required and attest the same. The Secretary shall perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her.

SECTION 12. Assistant Secretaries . At the request of the Secretary, or in his or her absence or disability, the Assistant Secretary designated by him or her shall perform all the duties of the Secretary and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Secretary. The Assistant Secretaries shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them.

SECTION 13. Treasurer . The Treasurer shall have charge of and be responsible for the receipt, disbursement and safekeeping of all funds and securities of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall deposit all such funds in the name of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall be selected in

 

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accordance with the provisions of these by-laws. From time to time and whenever requested to do so, the Treasurer shall render statements of the condition of the finances of the Corporation to the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall perform all the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her.

SECTION 14. Assistant Treasurers . At the request of the Treasurer, or in his or her absence or disability, the Assistant Treasurer designated by him or her shall perform all the duties of the Treasurer and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Treasurer. The Assistant Treasurers shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them.

SECTION 15. Certain Agreements . The Board of Directors shall have power to authorize or direct the proper officers of the Corporation, on behalf of the Corporation, to enter into valid and binding agreements in respect of employment, incentive or deferred compensation, stock options, and similar or related matters, notwithstanding the fact that a person with whom the Corporation so contracts may be a member of its Board of Directors. Any such agreement may validly and lawfully bind the Corporation for a term of more than one year, in accordance with its terms, notwithstanding the fact that one of the elements of any such agreement may involve the employment by the Corporation of an officer, as such, for such term.

ARTICLE VI.

AUTHORIZATIONS

SECTION 1. Contracts . The Board of Directors, except as in these by-laws otherwise provided, may authorize any officer, employee or agent of the Corporation to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

SECTION 2. Loans . No loan shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation and no negotiable paper shall be issued in its name, unless authorized by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. Checks, Drafts, etc . All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, employee or employees, of the Corporation as shall from time to time be determined in accordance with authorization of the Board of Directors.

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depositories as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate, or as may be designated by any officer or officers of the Corporation to whom such power may be delegated by the Board, and for the purpose of such deposit the officers and employees who have been authorized to do so in accordance with the determinations of the Board may endorse, assign and deliver checks, drafts, and other orders for the payment of money which are payable to the order of the Corporation.

SECTION 5. Proxies . Except as otherwise provided in these by-laws or in the Certificate of Incorporation, and unless otherwise provided by resolution of the Board of Directors, the President or any other officer may from time to time appoint an attorney or attorneys or agent or agents of the Corporation, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation to cast the votes which the Corporation may be entitled to cast as a shareowner or otherwise in any other corporation any of whose stock or other securities may be held by the Corporation, at meetings of the holders of the stock or other securities of such other corporations, or to consent in writing to any action by such other corporation, and may instruct the person or persons so appointed as to the manner of casting such vote or giving such consent, and may execute or cause to be executed in the name and on behalf of the Corporation and under its corporate seal, or otherwise, all such written proxies or other instruments as he may deem necessary or proper in the premises.

ARTICLE VII.

SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

SECTION 1. Certificates of Stock . Certificates for shares of the stock of the Corporation shall be in such form as shall be approved by the Board of Directors. They shall be numbered in the order of their issue, by class and series, and shall be signed by the President or a Vice President, and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Corporation. If such certificate is countersigned (1) by a transfer agent other than the Corporation or its employee, or (2) by a registrar other than the Corporation or its employee, any other signature on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue.

SECTION 2. Record Ownership . A record of the name and address of the holder of each certificate, the number of shares represented thereby and the date of issuance thereof shall be made on the Corporation’s books. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share of stock as the holder in fact thereof and accordingly shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as required by law.

 

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SECTION 3. Transfer of Stock . Shares of stock shall be transferable on the books of the Corporation by the person named in the certificate for such stock in person or by such person’s attorney or other duly constituted representative upon surrender of such certificate with an assignment endorsed thereon or attached thereto duly executed and with such guarantee of signature as the Corporation may reasonably require.

SECTION 4. Lost, Destroyed and Mutilated Certificates . The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such person’s legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.

SECTION 5. Transfer Agent and Registrar; Regulations . The Corporation shall, if and whenever the Board of Directors shall so determine, maintain one or more transfer offices or agencies, each in charge of a transfer agent designated by the Board of Directors, where the shares of the stock of the Corporation shall be directly transferable, and also one or more registry offices, each in charge of a registrar designated by the Board of Directors, where such shares of stock shall be registered, and no certificate for shares of the stock of the Corporation, in respect of which a registrar and transfer agent shall have been designated, shall be valid unless countersigned by such transfer agent and registered by such registrar. The Board of Directors may also make such additional rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation.

SECTION 6. Fixing Record Date . For the purpose of determining the shareowners entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareowners or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed (1) the record date for determining shareowners entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareowners shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held and (2) the record date for determining shareowners for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution

 

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relating thereto. A determination of shareowners of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareowners shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

SECTION 7. Examination of Books by Shareowners . The Board of Directors shall, subject to the laws of the State of Delaware, have power to determine from time to time, whether and to what extent and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Corporation, or any of them, shall be open to the inspection of the shareowners; and no shareowner shall have any right to inspect any book or document of the Corporation, except as conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, unless and until authorized so to do by resolution of the Board of Directors or of the shareowners of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII.

NOTICE

SECTION 1. Manner of Giving Written Notice . Any notice in writing required by law or by these by-laws to be given to any person may be delivered personally, may be transmitted by electronic means or may be given by depositing the same in the post office or letter box in a postpaid envelope addressed to such person at such address as appears on the books of the Corporation. Notice by mail shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be mailed, and notice by other means shall be deemed given when actually delivered (and in the case of notice transmitted by electronic means, when authenticated if and as required by law).

SECTION 2. Waiver of Notice . Whenever any notice is required to be given to any person, a waiver thereof by such person in writing or transmitted by electronic means (and authenticated if and as required by law), whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.

ARTICLE IX.

SEAL

The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal” and “Delaware”.

 

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ARTICLE X.

FISCAL YEAR

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on the first day of October in each year.

ARTICLE XI

EXCLUSIVE FORUM

Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s shareowners, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law or the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws (as either may be amended from time to time), or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine will be a state court located within the State of Delaware (or, if no state court located within the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware). If any action the subject matter of which is within the scope of the preceding sentence is filed in a court other than a court located within the State of Delaware (a “Foreign Action”) in the name of any shareowner, such shareowner will be deemed to have consented to (x) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located within the State of Delaware in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the preceding sentence and (y) having service of process made upon such shareowner in any such action by service upon such shareowner’s counsel in the Foreign Action as agent for such shareowner. Any person or entity owning, purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation will be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article XI.

 

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(a)APPENDIX

PROCEDURES FOR SUBMISSION AND DETERMINATION

OF CLAIMS FOR INDEMNIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 13 OF THE BY-LAWS.

SECTION 1. Purpose . The Procedures for Submission and Determination of Claims for Indemnification Pursuant to Article III, Section 13 of the by-laws (the “Procedures”) are to implement the provisions of Article III, Section 13 of the by-laws of the Corporation (the “by-laws”) in compliance with the requirement of subsection (H) thereof.

SECTION 2. Definitions . For purposes of these Procedures:

(A) All terms that are defined in Article III, Section 13 of the by-laws shall have the meanings ascribed to them therein when used in these Procedures unless otherwise defined herein.

(B) “Expenses” include all attorneys’ fees, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, or being or preparing to be a witness in, a Proceeding; and shall also include such retainers as counsel may reasonably require in advance of undertaking the representation of an indemnitee in a Proceeding.

(C) “Indemnitee” includes any person who was or is, or is threatened to be made, a witness in or a party to any Proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of the Corporation or any of its majority-owned subsidiaries, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent (except in each of the foregoing situations to the extent any agreement, arrangement or understanding of agency contains provisions that supersede or abrogate indemnification under Article III, Section 13 of the by-laws) of another corporation or of any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans maintained or sponsored by the Corporation.

(D) “Proceeding” includes any action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, administrative hearing or any other proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, except one initiated by an Indemnitee unless the Board of Directors shall have authorized the commencement thereof.


SECTION 3. Submission and Determination of Claims .

(A) To obtain indemnification or advancement of Expenses under Article III, Section 13 of the by-laws, an Indemnitee shall submit to the Secretary of the Corporation a written request therefor, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to the Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to permit a determination as to whether and what extent the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses, as the case may be. The Secretary shall, promptly upon receipt of a request for indemnification, advise the Board of Directors (if the Indemnitee is a present or former director or officer of the Corporation) or the officer of the Corporation authorized to make the determination as to whether an Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification (if the Indemnitee is not a present or former director or officer of the Corporation) thereof in writing if a determination in accordance with Article III, Section 13(E) of the by-laws is required.

(B) Upon written request by an Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Section 3(A) hereof a determination with respect to the Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto in the specific case, if required by the by-laws, shall be made in accordance with Article III, Section 13(E) of the by-laws, and, if it is so determined that the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, payment to the Indemnitee shall be made within ten days after such determination. The Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person, persons or entity making such determination, with respect to the Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person, persons or entity upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to the Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination.

(C) If entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Article III, Section 13(E) of the by-laws, the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 3(C). If a Change of Control shall not have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and the Corporation shall give written notice to the Indemnitee advising the Indemnitee of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. If a Change of Control shall have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Indemnitee (unless the Indemnitee shall request that such selection be made by the Board of Directors, in which event the immediately preceding sentence shall apply), and the Indemnitee shall give written notice to the

 

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Corporation advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. In either event, the Indemnitee or the Corporation, as the case may be, may, within seven days after such written notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the Corporation or to the Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection. Such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Article III, Section 13 of the by-laws, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. If such written objection is made, the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until a court has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within twenty days after the next regularly scheduled Board of Directors meeting following submission by the Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 3(A) hereof, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected to, either the Corporation or the Indemnitee may petition the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or other court of competent jurisdiction for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by the Corporation or the Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the Court or by such other person as the Court shall designate, and the person with respect to whom an objection is favorably resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Article III, Section 13(E) of the by-laws. The Corporation shall pay any and all reasonable fees and expenses (including without limitation any advance retainers reasonably required by counsel) of Independent Counsel incurred by such Independent Counsel in connection with acting pursuant to Article III, Section 13(E) of the by-laws, and the Corporation shall pay all fees and expenses (including without limitation any advance retainers reasonably required by counsel) incident to the procedures of Article III, Section 13(E) of the by-laws and this Section 3(C), regardless of the manner in which Independent Counsel was selected or appointed. Upon the delivery of its opinion pursuant to Article III, Section 13 of the by-laws or, if earlier, the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 4(A)(3) of these Procedures, Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).

(D) If a Change of Control shall have occurred, in making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification under the by-laws, the person, persons or entity making such determination shall presume that an Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under the by-laws if the Indemnitee has submitted a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 3(A) hereof, and the Corporation shall have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption in connection with the making by any person, persons or entity of any determination contrary to that presumption.

 

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SECTION 4. Review and Enforcement of Determination .

(A) In the event that (1) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Article III, Section 13(G) of the by-laws, (2) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to Article III, Section 13(C) or (D) of the by-laws within ten days after receipt by the Corporation of written request therefor, (3) a determination is made pursuant to Article III, Section 13(E) of the by-laws that an Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under the by-laws, (4) the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Article III, Section 13(E) of the by-laws and such determination shall not have been made and delivered in a written opinion within ninety days after receipt by the Corporation of the written request for indemnification, or (5) payment of indemnification is not made within ten days after a determination has been made pursuant to Article III, Section 13(E) of the by-laws that an Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification or within ten days after such determination is deemed to have been made pursuant to Article III, Section 13(F) of the by-laws, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication in an appropriate court of the State of Delaware, or in any other court of competent jurisdiction, of the Indemnitee’s entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of Expenses. Alternatively, the Indemnitee, at his or her option, may seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association. The Indemnitee shall commence such proceeding seeking an adjudication or an award in arbitration within one year following the date on which the Indemnitee first has the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to this Section 4(A). The Corporation shall not oppose the Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration.

(B) In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Article III, Section 13(E) of the by-laws that an Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 4 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial, or arbitration, on the merits and the Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination. If a Change of Control shall have occurred, the Corporation shall have the burden of proving in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 4 that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses, as the case may be.

 

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(C) If a determination shall have been made or deemed to have been made pursuant to Article III, Section 13(E) or (F) of the by-laws that an Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Corporation shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 4, absent (1) a misstatement or omission of a material fact in connection with the Indemnitee’s request for indemnification, or (2) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.

(D) The Corporation shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 4 that the procedures and presumptions of these Procedures are not valid, binding and enforceable, and shall stipulate in any such judicial proceeding or arbitration that the Corporation is bound by all the provisions of these Procedures.

(E) In the event that an Indemnitee, pursuant to this Section 4, seeks to enforce the Indemnitee’s rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, Article III, Section 13 of the by-laws or these Procedures in a judicial proceeding or arbitration, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to recover from the Corporation, and shall be indemnified by the Corporation against, any and all expenses (of the types described in the definition of Expenses in Section 2 of these Procedures) actually and reasonably incurred in such judicial proceeding or arbitration, but only if the Indemnitee prevails therein. If it shall be determined in such judicial proceeding or arbitration that the Indemnitee is entitled to receive part but not all of the indemnification or advancement of Expenses sought, the expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with such judicial proceeding or arbitration shall be appropriately prorated.

SECTION 5. Amendments . These Procedures may be amended at any time and from time to time in the same manner as any by-law of the Corporation in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation and the by-laws; provided, however, that any amendment, modification, alteration or repeal of these Procedures that in any way diminishes, limits, restricts, adversely affects or eliminates any right of an indemnitee or his or her successors to indemnification, advancement of expenses or otherwise shall be prospective only and shall not in any way diminish, limit, restrict, adversely affect or eliminate any such right with respect to any actual or alleged state of facts, occurrence, action or omission then or previously existing, or any action, suit or proceeding previously or thereafter brought or threatened based in whole or in part upon any such actual or alleged state of facts, occurrence, action or omission.

 

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EXHIBIT 4-c

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC.

2012 LONG-TERM INCENTIVES PLAN

(as amended and restated through February 2, 2016)

Section 1: Purpose

The purpose of the Plan is to promote the interests of the Corporation and its shareowners by providing incentive compensation opportunities to assist in (i) attracting, motivating and retaining Employees and Prospective Employees and (ii) aligning the interests of Employees and Prospective Employees participating in the Plan with the interests of the Corporation’s shareowners.

Section 2: Definitions

As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the respective meanings specified below.

 

  a. “Available Stock” means the aggregate number of shares of Stock available for delivery pursuant to the Plan

 

  b. “Award” means an award granted pursuant to Section 4.

 

  c. “Award Agreement” means a document described in Section 6 setting forth the terms and conditions applicable to an Award granted to a Participant.

 

  d. “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation, as it may be comprised from time to time.

 

  e. “Cause” means (i) the willful and continued failure of the Participant to perform substantially the Participant’s duties with the Corporation or one of its affiliates (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness), after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to the Participant by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation which specifically identifies the manner in which the Board of Directors or Chief Executive Officer believes that the Participant has not substantially performed the Participant’s duties, or (ii) the willful engaging by the Participant in illegal conduct or gross misconduct which is materially and demonstrably injurious to the Corporation. For purposes of this definition, no act or failure to act, on the part of the Participant, shall be considered “willful” unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by the Participant in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the Participant’s action or omission was in the best interests of the Corporation. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors or upon the instructions of the Chief Executive Officer or a senior officer of the Corporation or based upon the advice of counsel for the Corporation shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by the Participant in good faith and in the best interests of the Corporation. The cessation of employment of the Participant shall not be deemed to be for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to the Participant a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than three-quarters of the entire membership of the Board of Directors at a meeting of the Board of Directors called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice is provided to the Participant and the Participant is given an opportunity, together with counsel, to be heard before the Board of Directors), finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors, the Participant is guilty of the conduct described in clause (i) or (ii) above, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.


  f. “Change of Control” means any of the following:

 

  (i) The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) (a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 30% or more of either (A) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Corporation (the “Outstanding Rockwell Common Stock”) or (B) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Rockwell Voting Securities”); provided, however, that for purposes of this subparagraph (i), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control: (w) any acquisition directly from the Corporation, (x) any acquisition by the Corporation, (y) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Corporation or any corporation controlled by the Corporation or (z) any acquisition pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (A), (B) and (C) of subsection (iii) of this Section 2(f); or

 

  (ii) Individuals who, as of October 1, 2011, constitute the Board of Directors (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to that date whose election, or nomination for election by the Corporation’s shareowners, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board of Directors; or

 

  (iii)

Consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation or the acquisition of assets of another entity (a “Corporate Transaction”), in each case, unless, following such Corporate Transaction, (A) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Rockwell Common Stock and Outstanding Rockwell Voting Securities immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 60% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Corporation or all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction, of the Outstanding Rockwell Common Stock and Outstanding Rockwell Voting Securities, as the case may be, (B) no Person (excluding any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Corporation or such corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 30% or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation except to the extent that

 

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  such ownership existed prior to the Corporate Transaction and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board of Directors, providing for such Corporate Transaction; or

 

  (iv) Approval by the Corporation’s shareowners of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation.

 

  g. “Change of Control Good Reason” means any of the following:

 

  (i) a material diminution in the Participant’s base compensation, target bonus opportunity or eligibility to receive long-term incentives;

 

  (ii) a material diminution in the Participant’s authority, duties, or responsibilities;

 

  (iii) a material diminution in the authority, duties or responsibilities of the supervisor to whom the Participant is required to report, including a requirement that the Participant report to a corporate officer or employee instead of reporting directly to the Board of Directors; or

 

  (iv) a material change in the geographic location at which the Participant must perform services.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Award that is subject to and not exempt from Section 409A, clause (i) above shall instead read as follows: “(i) a material diminution in the Participant’s base compensation;”.

For purposes of this definition, a Participant shall not be deemed to have incurred a termination of employment for a Change of Control Good Reason unless:

 

  (i) the condition constituting a Change of Control Good Reason occurs during the period commencing with the date of the Change of Control and ending on the second anniversary of the date of the Change of Control; and

 

  (ii) the Participant provides written notice to the Corporation of the existence of the condition constituting a Change of Control Good Reason within ninety (90) days of the initial existence of the condition constituting a Change of Control Good Reason and the Corporation or one of its affiliates is given thirty (30) days to cure such condition.

 

  h. “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

  i. “Committee” means the Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Board of Directors, as it may be comprised from time to time.

 

  j. “Corporation” means Rockwell Automation, Inc. and any successor thereto.

 

  k. “Covered Employee” means a covered employee within the meaning of Code Section 162(m)(3).

 

  l. “Dividend Equivalent” means an amount equal to the amount of cash dividends payable with respect to a share of Stock after the date specified in an Award Agreement with respect to an Award settled in Stock or an Award of Restricted Stock Units; provided, however , that no Dividend Equivalents shall be paid in respect of Awards of Options, SARs or Performance Shares.

 

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  m. “Employee” means an individual who is an employee or a leased employee of, or a consultant to, the Corporation or a Subsidiary, but excludes members of the Board of Directors who are not also employees of the Corporation or a Subsidiary.

 

  n. “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and any successor statute, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

  o. “Executive Officer” means an Employee who is an executive officer of the Corporation as defined in Rule 3b-7 under the Exchange Act as it may be amended from time to time.

 

  p. “Fair Market Value” means the closing sale price of the Stock as reported in the New York Stock Exchange—Composite Transactions (or if the Stock is not then traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the closing sale price of the Stock on the stock exchange or over-the-counter market on which the Stock is principally trading) on the date of a determination (or on the next preceding day the Stock was traded if it was not traded on the date of a determination).

 

  q. “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option (or an option to purchase Stock granted pursuant to any other plan of the Corporation or a Subsidiary) intended to comply with Code Section 422.

 

  r. “Non-Qualified Stock Option” means an Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.

 

  s. “Option” means an option to purchase Stock granted pursuant to Section 4(a).

 

  t. “Participant” means any Employee or Prospective Employee who has been granted an Award.

 

  u. “Performance Formula” means, for a Performance Period, one or more objective formulas or standards established by the Committee for purposes of determining whether or the extent to which an Award has been earned based on the level of performance attained with respect to one or more Performance Goals. Performance Formulas may vary from Performance Period to Performance Period and from Participant to Participant and may be established on a stand-alone basis, in tandem or in the alternative.

 

  v. “Performance Goal” means the level of performance, whether absolute or relative to a peer group or index, established by the Committee as the performance goal with respect to a Performance Measure. Performance Goals may vary from Performance Period to Performance Period and from Participant to Participant and may be established on a stand-alone basis, in tandem or in the alternative.

 

  w.

“Performance Measure” means one or more of the following selected by the Committee to measure the performance of the Corporation, a business unit (which may but need not be a Subsidiary) of the Corporation or both for a Performance Period: basic or diluted earnings per share; revenue; sales; operating income; earnings before or after interest, taxes, depreciation or amortization; return on capital; return on invested capital; return on equity; return on assets; return on net assets; return on sales; cash flow; operating cash flow; free cash flow; working

 

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  capital; stock price; and total shareowner return. Each such measure, to the extent applicable, shall be determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as consistently applied by the Corporation and, if so determined by the Committee at the time the Award is granted and to the extent permitted under Code Section 162(m), adjusted to omit the effects of extraordinary items, gain or loss on the disposal of a business, unusual or infrequently occurring events and transactions and cumulative effects of changes in accounting principles. Performance Measures may vary from Performance Period to Performance Period and from Participant to Participant and may be established on a stand-alone basis, in tandem or in the alternative.

 

  x. “Performance Period” means one or more periods of time (of not less than one fiscal year of the Corporation), as the Committee may designate, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Goals will be measured for the purpose of determining a Participant’s rights in respect of an Award.

 

  y. “Performance Share” means an Award denominated in Stock granted pursuant to Section 4(f).

 

  z. “Performance Unit” means an Award denominated in cash granted pursuant to Section 4(e).

 

  aa. “Plan” means this 2012 Long-Term Incentives Plan as adopted by the Corporation and in effect from time to time.

 

  bb. “Prior Plans” means the Rockwell Automation, Inc. 2008 Long-Term Incentives Plan and the Rockwell Automation, Inc. 2000 Long-Term Incentives Plan, each as amended.

 

  cc. “Prospective Employee” means an individual who at the time of the grant of an Award has been extended an offer of employment with the Corporation or a Subsidiary but who has not yet accepted said offer and become an Employee.

 

  dd. “Restricted Stock” means an Award of Stock subject to restrictions granted pursuant to Section 4(c).

 

  ee. “Restricted Stock Unit” means an Award denominated in Stock granted pursuant to Section 4(d).

 

  ff. “SAR” means a stock appreciation right with respect to Stock granted pursuant to Section 4(b).

 

  gg. “Section   409A” means Code Section 409A, including any regulations and other guidance issued thereunder by the Department of the Treasury and/or the Internal Revenue Service.

 

  hh. “Section 409A Change of Control” means a Change of Control that meets the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5).

 

  ii. “Separation from Service” has the meaning set forth in Section 409A.

 

  jj. “Stock” means shares of Common Stock, par value $1 per share, of the Corporation or any security of the Corporation issued in substitution, exchange or lieu thereof.

 

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  kk. “Subsidiary” means (i) any corporation or other entity in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, has ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions of such corporation or other entity and (ii) any corporation or other entity in which the Corporation has a significant equity interest and which the Committee has determined to be considered a Subsidiary for purposes of the Plan.

Section 3: Eligibility

The Committee may grant one or more Awards to any Employee or Prospective Employee designated by it to receive an Award.

Section 4: Awards

The Committee may grant any one or more of the following types of Awards, and any such Award may be granted by itself, together with another Award that is linked and alternative to the Award with which it is granted or together with another Award that is independent of the Award with which it is granted:

 

  a. Options. An Option is an option to purchase a specified number of shares of Stock exercisable at such time or times and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine consistent with the provisions of the Plan, including the following:

 

  (i) The exercise price per share of an Option shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value on the date the Option is granted, and no Option may be exercisable more than 10 years after the date the Option is granted.

 

  (ii) The exercise price of an Option shall be paid in cash or, at the discretion of the Committee, in Stock valued at the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise, by withholding shares of Stock for which the Option is exercisable valued at the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise or through any combination of the foregoing.

 

  (iii) No fractional shares of Stock will be issued or accepted. The Committee may impose such other conditions, restrictions and contingencies with respect to shares of Stock delivered pursuant to the exercise of an Option as it deems desirable.

 

  (iv) Incentive Stock Options shall be subject to the following additional provisions:

 

  A. No grant of Incentive Stock Options to any one Employee shall cover a number of shares of Stock whose aggregate Fair Market Value (determined on the date the Option is granted), together with the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined on the respective date of grant of any Incentive Stock Option) of the shares of Stock covered by any Incentive Stock Options that have been previously granted under the Plan or any other plan of the Corporation or any Subsidiary and that are exercisable for the first time during the same calendar year, exceeds $100,000 (or such other amount as may be fixed as the maximum amount permitted by Code Section 422(d)); provided, however, that, if such limitation is exceeded, the Incentive Stock Options granted in excess of such limitation shall be treated as Non-Qualified Stock Options.

 

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  B. No Incentive Stock Option may be granted under the Plan after November 2, 2021.

 

  C. No Incentive Stock Option may be granted to any Participant who on the date of grant is not an employee of the Corporation or a corporation that is a subsidiary of the Corporation within the meaning of Code Section 424(f).

 

  (v) No Option may be exercisable as to one-third of the shares of Stock underlying such Option before the first anniversary of the date the Option was granted, as to an additional one-third of the shares of Stock underlying such Option before the second anniversary of the date the Option was granted, and as to the balance of the shares of Stock underlying such Option before the third anniversary of the date the Option was granted, except, in each case, in the event of death, disability, retirement or a Change of Control.

 

  b. Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs). A SAR is the right to receive a payment measured by the excess of the Fair Market Value of a specified number of shares of Stock on the date on which the Participant exercises the SAR over the grant price of the SAR determined by the Committee, which shall be exercisable at such time or times and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine consistent with the provisions of the Plan, including the following:

 

  (i) The grant price of a SAR shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock covered by the SAR on the date the SAR is granted, and no SAR may be exercisable more than 10 years after the date the SAR is granted.

 

  (ii) SARs may be (A) freestanding SARs or (B) tandem SARs granted in conjunction with an Option, either at the time of grant of the Option or at a later date, and exercisable at the Participant’s election instead of all or any part of the related Option.

 

  (iii) The payment to which the Participant is entitled on exercise of a SAR may be in cash, in Stock valued at the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise or partly in cash and partly in Stock (as so valued), as the Committee may determine.

 

  (iv) No SAR may be exercisable as to one-third of the shares of Stock underlying such SAR before the first anniversary of the date the SAR was granted, as to an additional one-third of the shares of Stock underlying such SAR before the second anniversary of the date the SAR was granted, and as to the balance of the shares of Stock underlying such SAR before the third anniversary of the date the SAR was granted, except, in each case, in the event of death, disability, retirement or a Change of Control.

 

  c.

Restricted Stock. Restricted Stock is Stock that is issued to a Participant subject to such restrictions on transfer and such other restrictions on incidents of ownership as the Committee may determine, which restrictions shall lapse at such time or times or upon the occurrence of such event or events as the Committee may determine, including but not limited to the achievement, over a specified period of time, of one or more specific goals with respect to performance of the Corporation, a business unit (which may but need not be a Subsidiary) of the Corporation or that Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Award of Restricted Stock that is subject to restrictions that lapse solely over a specified period of time, no restrictions may lapse as to any portion of such Award before the first anniversary of the date such Award was granted, as to two-thirds of such Award before the second

 

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  anniversary of the date such Award was granted, and as to one-third of such Award before the third anniversary of the date such Award was granted, except, in each case, in the event of death, disability, retirement or a Change of Control. Subject to the specified restrictions, the Participant as owner of those shares of Restricted Stock shall have the rights of the holder thereof, except that the Committee may provide at the time of the Award that any dividends or other distributions paid with respect to that Stock while subject to those restrictions shall not be payable or shall be accumulated, with or without interest, or reinvested in Stock and held subject to the same restrictions as the Restricted Stock and such other terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine. Shares of Restricted Stock shall be deemed beneficially owned by the Participant and, at the Corporation’s sole discretion, shall be held in book-entry form subject to the Corporation’s instructions, in a nominee account for the Corporation or shall be evidenced by a certificate, which shall bear an appropriate restrictive legend, shall be subject to appropriate stop-transfer orders and shall be held in custody by the Corporation until the restrictions on those shares of Restricted Stock lapse.

 

  d. Restricted Stock Unit. A Restricted Stock Unit is an Award of a right to receive at a specified future date an amount based on the Fair Market Value of a specified number of shares of Stock on the payout date, subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may establish, including but not limited to the achievement, over a specified period of time, of one or more specific goals with respect to performance of the Corporation, a business unit (which may but need not be a Subsidiary) of the Corporation or the Participant to whom the Restricted Stock Units are granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Award of Restricted Stock Units that provides for payout based solely on the passage of a specified period of time, no payout of such Award may be made as to any portion of such Award before the first anniversary of the date such Award was granted, as to two-thirds of such Award before the second anniversary of the date such Award was granted, and as to one-third of such Award before the third anniversary of the date such Award was granted, except, in each case, in the event of death, disability, retirement or a Change of Control. Restricted Stock Units that become payable in accordance with their terms and conditions shall be paid out in Stock, in cash based on the Fair Market Value of the Stock underlying the Restricted Stock Units on the payout date (or at the sole discretion of the Committee, the day immediately preceding that date) or partly in cash (as so based) and partly in Stock, as the Committee may determine. Any person who holds Restricted Stock Units shall have no ownership interest in any shares of Stock to which such Restricted Stock Units relate until and unless payment with respect to such Restricted Stock Units is actually made in shares of Stock. The Committee may provide for no deemed accumulation of Dividend Equivalents or for the deemed accumulation of Dividend Equivalents in cash, with or without interest, or the deemed reinvestment of Dividend Equivalents in Stock held subject to the same conditions as the Restricted Stock Unit and/or such other terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine.

 

  e.

Performance Units. A Performance Unit is an Award denominated in cash, the amount of which may be based on the achievement, over a specified period of time, of one or more specific goals with respect to performance of the Corporation, a business unit (which may but need not be a Subsidiary) of the Corporation or the Participant to whom the Performance Units are granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Award of Performance Units that provides for payout based solely on the achievement of one or more specific performance goals, no payout of such Award may be made as to any portion of such Award before the first anniversary of the date such Award was granted, except in the event of death,

 

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  disability, retirement or a Change of Control. The amount that may be paid to any one Participant with respect to Performance Units shall not exceed $5 million for any one Performance Period. Performance Units that become payable in accordance with their terms and conditions shall be paid out in cash, in Stock valued at the Fair Market Value on the payout date (or at the sole discretion of the Committee, the day immediately preceding that date) or partly in cash and partly in Stock (as so valued), as the Committee may determine.

 

  f. Performance Shares. A Performance Share is an Award of a right to receive at a specified future date an amount based on the Fair Market Value of a specified number of shares of Stock on the payout date, subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may establish, including but not limited to the achievement, over a specified period of time, of one or more specific goals with respect to performance of the Corporation, a business unit (which may but need not be a Subsidiary) of the Corporation or the Participant to whom the Performance Shares are granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Award of Performance Shares that provides for payout based solely on the achievement of one or more specific performance goals, no payout of such Award may be made as to any portion of such Award before the first anniversary of the date such Award was granted, except in the event of death, disability, retirement or a Change of Control. Performance Shares that become payable in accordance with their terms and conditions shall be paid out in Stock, in cash based on the Fair Market Value of the Stock underlying the Performance Shares on the payout date (or at the sole discretion of the Committee, the day immediately preceding that date) or partly in cash (as so based) and partly in Stock, as the Committee may determine. Any person who holds Performance Shares shall have no ownership interest in any shares of Stock to which such Performance Shares relate until and unless payment with respect to such Performance Shares is actually made in shares of Stock.

 

  g. Performance Compensation Awards.

 

  (i) The Committee may, at the time of grant of an Award (other than an Option or SAR) designate such Award as a “Performance Compensation Award” in order that such Award constitute qualified performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m); provided, however, that no Performance Compensation Award may be granted to (x) a Prospective Employee or (y) an Employee who on the date of grant is a leased employee of, or a consultant to, the Corporation or a Subsidiary. With respect to each such Performance Compensation Award, the Committee shall (on or before the 90 th day of the applicable Performance Period or such other period as may be required by Code Section 162(m)) establish, in writing, a Performance Period, Performance Measure(s), Performance Goal(s) and Performance Formula(s). Once established for a Performance Period, such items shall not be amended or otherwise modified if and to the extent such amendment or modification would cause the compensation payable pursuant to the Award to fail to constitute qualified performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m).

 

  (ii)

A Participant shall be eligible to receive payment in respect of a Performance Compensation Award only to the extent that the Performance Goal(s) for that Award are achieved and the Performance Formula as applied against such Performance Goal(s) determines that all or some portion of such Participant’s Award has been earned for the Performance Period. As soon as practicable after the close of each Performance Period, the Committee shall review and determine whether, and to what extent, the Performance Goal(s) for the Performance

 

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  Period have been achieved and, if so, determine the amount of the Performance Compensation Award earned by the Participant for such Performance Period based upon such Participant’s Performance Formula. The Committee shall then determine the actual amount of the Performance Compensation Award to be paid to the Participant and, in so doing, may in its sole discretion decrease, but not increase, the amount of the Award otherwise payable to the Participant based upon such performance. The maximum Performance Compensation Award for any one Participant for any one Performance Period shall be determined in accordance with Sections 4(e) and 5(h), as applicable.

 

  h. Deferrals. The Committee may require or permit Participants to defer the issuance or vesting of shares of Stock or the settlement of Awards under such rules and procedures as it may establish under the Plan. The Committee may also provide that deferred settlements include the payment or crediting of interest on the deferral amounts or the payment or crediting of Dividend Equivalents on deferred settlements in shares of Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no deferral will be permitted if it will result in the Plan becoming an “employee pension benefit plan” under Section 3(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), that is not otherwise exempt under Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA. In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intent of the Corporation that any deferral made under this Section 4(h) shall (A) satisfy the requirements for exemption under Section 409A or (B) satisfy the requirements of Section 409A.

 

  i. Other Section 409A Provisions. In addition to the provisions related to the deferral of Awards under the Plan set forth in Section 4(h) and notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the following provisions shall apply to Awards:

 

  (i) To the extent not otherwise set forth in the Plan, it is the intent of the Corporation that the Award Agreement for each Award shall set forth (or shall incorporate by reference to the Corporation’s Deferred Compensation Plan) such terms and conditions as are necessary to (A) satisfy the requirements for exemption under Section 409A or (B) satisfy the requirements of Section 409A.

 

  (ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is the intent of the Corporation that any payment of dividends on Restricted Stock or any payment of Dividend Equivalents on Restricted Stock Units shall (A) satisfy the requirements for exemption under Section 409A or (B) satisfy the requirements of Section 409A, including without limitation, to the extent necessary, the establishment of a separate written arrangement providing for the payment of such dividends or Dividend Equivalents.

 

  (iii) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Corporation makes no representation that the Plan or any Award will be exempt from or comply with Section 409A and makes no undertaking to preclude Section 409A from applying to the Plan or any Award.

 

  (iv)

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, in the case of any Award that is subject to and not exempt from Section 409A to the extent that payment is made on account of a “Change of Control”, “retirement”, “termination of employment” or “disability”, (A) all references to “Change of Control” (other than the references in Section 10(a)(ii)(x)) shall instead refer to “Change of Control that constitutes a “Section 409A Change of Control”, (B) all references to “retirement” shall instead refer to “retirement that constitutes a Separation from

 

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  Service”, (C) all references to a Participant’s employment being terminated shall instead be to the Participant’s Separation from Service, and (D) all references to “disability” shall instead refer to a “disability” that meets the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(4)(i).

 

  (v) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, in the case of any Award that is subject to and not exempt from Section 409A, if any payment with respect to such Award is payable to a Participant who is a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i)) and such payment is subject to the six month delay in payment pursuant to Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, such payment shall be delayed until six months after the Participant’s Separation from Service (or earlier death) in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A.

Section 5: Stock Available under Plan

 

  a. Subject to the adjustment provisions of Section 9 and the provisions of this Section 5, the aggregate number of shares of Available Stock shall be 11.8 million plus any shares of Stock subject to awards granted under the Prior Plans that may be available again for delivery pursuant to this Section 5.

 

  b. Each share of Stock issued or delivered pursuant to any Award (other than an Option or SAR) granted under this Plan shall, for purposes of Section 5(a), reduce the number of shares of Available Stock by two and twenty one hundredths (2.20) shares of Stock for each such share of Stock. Each share of Stock issued or delivered pursuant to any Option or SAR granted under this Plan shall, for purposes of Section 5(a), reduce the number of shares of Available Stock by one share of Stock for each such share of Stock.

 

  c. For purposes of this Section 5, if an Award (other than a Dividend Equivalent) is denominated in shares of Stock, the number of shares of Stock covered by such Award, or to which such Award relates (or in the case of Restricted Stock Units or Performance Shares, the maximum number of shares of Stock deliverable pursuant thereto), shall be counted on the date of grant of such Award against the aggregate number of shares of Available Stock.

 

  d. For purposes of this Section 5, Dividend Equivalents denominated in shares of Stock, dividends on Restricted Stock receivable in shares of Stock and Awards not denominated, but potentially payable, in shares of Stock shall be counted against the aggregate number of shares of Available Stock in such amount (subject to Section 5(b)) and at such time as the Dividend Equivalents, dividends and such Awards are settled in shares of Stock.

 

  e. For purposes of this Section 5, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Awards that operate in tandem with (whether granted simultaneously with or at a different time from), or that are substituted for, other Awards or awards granted under the Prior Plans may only be counted once against the aggregate number of shares of Available Stock, and the Committee shall adopt procedures, as it deems appropriate, in order to avoid double counting.

 

  f.

For purposes of this Section 5, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary (other than as provided in the following sentence and in the last sentence of Section 7), (i) any shares of Stock covered by or related to Awards or awards granted under the

 

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  Prior Plans that terminate by expiration, forfeiture, cancellation, or otherwise without the issuance or delivery of such shares of Stock, are settled in cash in lieu of shares of Stock, or are exchanged with the Committee’s permission, prior to the issuance of shares of Stock, for Awards not involving shares of Stock, shall be available again for delivery pursuant to the Plan and (ii) with respect to any Award described in Section 5(c)(other than an Option or SAR), upon exercise, settlement or payment thereof with shares of Stock in an amount less than the number of shares of Stock counted on the date of grant against the aggregate number of shares of Available Stock, a number of shares of Stock equal to such deficit shall be available again on the date of such exercise, settlement or payment for delivery pursuant to the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) shares of Stock that are delivered to or withheld by the Corporation to pay all or any portion of the exercise price or withholding taxes under Awards or awards granted under the Prior Plans shall not be made available again for delivery pursuant to the Plan, (y) shares of Stock that are repurchased by the Corporation with Option proceeds shall not be added back to the Available Stock and (z) there shall be no adjustment to the number of shares of Available Stock upon the exercise or settlement of SARs in whole or in part in shares of Stock, regardless of the number of shares of Stock issued or delivered in connection with such exercise or settlement, and the number of shares of Available Stock will be reduced by the number of shares of Stock covered by the SAR on the date the SAR was granted.

 

  g. For purposes of this Section 5, any shares of Stock that are delivered by the Corporation, and any Awards that are granted by, or become obligations of, the Corporation, through the assumption by the Corporation or a Subsidiary of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by an acquired company, shall not be counted against the aggregate number of shares of Available Stock.

 

  h. Subject to the adjustment provisions of Section 9, no single Participant shall receive Awards, in any fiscal year of the Corporation, in the form of (i) Options or SARs that would result in the number of shares of Stock that relate to Options, SARs and options to purchase Stock or stock appreciation rights under any other plan of the Corporation or a Subsidiary granted to such Participant during such fiscal year exceeding 900,000 shares; and (ii) Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Performance Shares that would result in the number of shares of Stock granted as Restricted Stock, deliverable in payment of Restricted Stock Units or Performance Shares granted and granted as restricted stock or deliverable in payment of restricted stock units or performance shares granted under any other plan or program of the Corporation or a Subsidiary to such Participant during such fiscal year exceeding 450,000 shares.

 

  i. The Stock that may be delivered on grant, exercise or settlement of an Award under the Plan may consist, in whole or in part, of shares held in treasury or authorized but unissued shares. At all times the Corporation will reserve and keep available a sufficient number of shares of Stock to satisfy the requirements of all outstanding Awards made under the Plan.

Section 6: Award Agreements

Each Award under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Each Award Agreement shall set forth the terms and conditions applicable to the Award, including but not limited to (i) provisions for the time at which the Award becomes exercisable or otherwise vests; (ii) provisions for the treatment of the Award in the event of the termination of a Participant’s status as an Employee; (iii) any special provisions applicable in the event of an occurrence of a

 

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Change of Control, as determined by the Committee consistent with the provisions of the Plan; and (iv) in the Committee’s sole discretion, any additional provisions as may be necessary to (A) satisfy the requirements for exemption under Section 409A or (B) satisfy the requirements of Section 409A.

Section 7: Amendment and Termination

The Board of Directors may at any time amend, suspend or terminate the Plan, in whole or in part; provided, however, that, without the approval of the shareowners of the Corporation, no such action shall (i) increase the number of shares of Available Stock as set forth in Section 5 (other than adjustments pursuant to Section 9), (ii) change the class of persons eligible to participate in the Plan, (iii) amend Section 4(a)(v) to allow for accelerated exercisability of Awards of Options described in such clause, (iv) amend Section 4(b)(iv) to allow for accelerated exercisability of Awards of SARs described in such clause, (v) amend the second sentence of Section 4(c) to allow for accelerated lapses of restrictions on Awards of Restricted Stock described in such sentence, (vi) amend the second sentence of Section 4(d) to allow for accelerated payouts of Awards of Restricted Stock Units described in such sentence, (vii) amend the second sentence of Section 4(e) to allow for accelerated payouts of Awards of Performance Units described in such sentence, (viii) amend the second sentence of Section 4(f) to allow for accelerated payouts of Awards of Performance Shares described in such sentence, or (ix) materially increase the benefits accruing to Participants under the Plan, or otherwise be effective to the extent that such approval is necessary to comply with any tax or regulatory requirement applicable to the Plan, including applicable requirements of the New York Stock Exchange; and provided, further, that, subject to Section 9, no such action shall impair the rights of any holder of an Award without the holder’s consent. The Committee may, subject to the Plan, at any time alter or amend any or all Award Agreements to the extent permitted by applicable law; provided, however, that, subject to Section 9, (A) no such alteration or amendment shall impair the rights of any holder of an Award without the holder’s consent and (B) without the approval of the shareowners of the Corporation, no such alteration or amendment shall accelerate (x) the exercisability of an Award of Options or SARs, (y) the lapse of restrictions on an Award of Restricted Stock or (z) the payout of an Award of Restricted Stock Units, Performance Units or Performance Shares, except, in each case described in this clause (B), in the event of death, disability, retirement or a Change of Control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Board of Directors nor the Committee shall (except pursuant to Section 9) amend the Plan or any Award Agreement to reprice any Option or SAR whose exercise price is above the then Fair Market Value of the Stock subject to the Award, whether by decreasing the exercise price, canceling the Award and granting a substitute Award, repurchasing the Award for cash, or otherwise.

Section 8: Administration

 

  a. The Plan and all Awards shall be administered by the Committee.

 

  b. Any member of the Committee who, at the time of any proposed grant of one or more Awards, is not both an “outside director” as defined for purposes of Code Section 162(m) and a “Non-Employee Director” as defined in Rule 16b-3(b)(3)(i) under the Exchange Act shall abstain from and take no part in the Committee’s action on the proposed grant.

 

  c.

The Committee shall have full and complete authority, in its sole and absolute discretion, (i) to exercise all of the powers granted to it under the Plan, (ii) to construe, interpret and implement the Plan and any related document, (iii) to prescribe, amend and rescind rules relating to the Plan, (iv) to make all determinations necessary or advisable in administering the Plan, and (v) to correct

 

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  any defect, supply any omission and reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan. The actions and determinations of the Committee on all matters relating to the Plan and any Awards will be final and conclusive. The Committee’s determinations under the Plan need not be uniform and may be made by it selectively among Employees or Prospective Employees who receive, or who are eligible to receive, Awards under the Plan, whether or not such persons are similarly situated.

 

  d. The Committee and others to whom the Committee has delegated such duties shall keep a record of all their proceedings and actions and shall maintain all such books of account, records and other data as shall be necessary for the proper administration of the Plan.

 

  e. The Corporation shall pay all reasonable expenses of administering the Plan, including but not limited to the payment of professional fees.

 

  f. It is the intent of the Corporation that the Plan and Awards hereunder satisfy, and be interpreted in a manner that satisfy: (i) in the case of Participants who are or may be Executive Officers, the applicable requirements of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, so that such persons will be entitled to the benefits of Rule 16b-3, or other exemptive rules under Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and will not be subjected to avoidable liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; (ii) in the case of Performance Compensation Awards to Covered Employees, the applicable requirements of Code Section 162(m); and (iii) either the requirements for exemption under Section 409A or the requirements of Section 409A. If any provision of the Plan or of any Award Agreement would otherwise frustrate or conflict with the intent expressed in this Section 8(f), that provision to the extent possible shall be interpreted and deemed amended so as to avoid such conflict. To the extent of any remaining irreconcilable conflict with such intent and to the extent legally permitted, such provision shall be deemed void as to the applicable Participant.

 

  g. The Committee may appoint such accountants, counsel, and other experts as it deems necessary or desirable in connection with the administration of the Plan.

 

  h. The Committee may delegate, and revoke the delegation of, all or any portion of its authority and powers under the Plan to the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, except that the Committee may not delegate any discretionary authority with respect to Awards granted to the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation or substantive decisions or functions regarding the Plan or Awards to the extent inconsistent with the intent expressed in Section 8(f) or to the extent prohibited by applicable law.

Section 9: Adjustment Provisions

 

  a.

In the event of any change in or affecting the outstanding shares of Stock by reason of a stock dividend or split, merger or consolidation (whether or not the Corporation is a surviving corporation), recapitalization, reorganization, combination or exchange of shares or other similar corporate changes or an extraordinary dividend in cash, securities or other property, the Board of Directors shall make such amendments to the Plan and outstanding Awards and Award Agreements and make such equitable and other adjustments and take such actions thereunder as are applicable under the circumstances. Such equitable adjustments as they relate to outstanding Awards shall be required to ensure that the intrinsic value of each outstanding Award immediately after any of the aforementioned events is equal to the intrinsic value of each outstanding Award immediately prior to any of such aforementioned events.

 

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  Such amendments, adjustments and actions shall include, without limitation, as applicable, changes in the number of shares of Available Stock, the maximum number of shares of Stock that may be granted or delivered as or in payment of Awards to any single Participant pursuant to the Plan, including those that are then covered by outstanding Awards, the number of shares of Stock subject to outstanding Awards, the Option exercise price under outstanding Options and the SAR grant price under outstanding SARs, and accelerating the vesting of outstanding Awards.

 

  b. The existence of the Plan and the Awards granted hereunder shall not affect or restrict in any way the right or power of the Board of Directors or the shareowners of the Corporation to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in its capital structure, any merger or consolidation of the Corporation, any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock ahead of or affecting the Stock or the rights thereof, the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, any dividend of Stock, cash, securities or other property, or any other corporate act or proceeding.

Section 10: Miscellaneous

 

  a. Change of Control. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of the grant of an Award, and except as is necessary to satisfy the requirements for exemption under Section 409A or the requirements of Section 409A:

 

  (i) in the case of all Awards (other than Awards granted to Executive Officers), upon a Change of Control, all outstanding Options and SARs will become vested and exercisable; all restrictions on Restricted Stock will lapse; all performance goals applicable to Awards will be deemed achieved at levels determined by the Committee and all other terms and conditions met; all Performance Units, Restricted Stock Units and Performance Shares will be paid out as promptly as practicable; and all other Awards will be delivered or paid; and

 

  (ii) in the case of Awards granted to Executive Officers, (x) if (A) a Change of Control occurs, (B) all such Awards that are outstanding are assumed or substituted with comparable awards by the successor corporation in such Change of Control or its parent corporation and (C) within two years of such Change of Control the Executive Officer’s employment is terminated (1) by reason of death or disability, (2) by the Executive Officer for a Change of Control Good Reason or (3) by the Corporation other than for Cause or (y) if (A) a Change of Control occurs and (B) all such Awards that are outstanding are not assumed or substituted with comparable awards by the successor corporation in such Change of Control or its parent corporation, all outstanding Options and SARs (and, in the case of clause (x), any substituted awards of options or stock appreciation rights) will become vested and exercisable; all restrictions on Restricted Stock (and, in the case of clause (x), any substituted awards of restricted stock) will lapse; all performance goals applicable to Awards (and, in the case of clause (x), any substituted awards) will be deemed achieved at levels determined by the Committee and all other terms and conditions met; all Performance Units, Restricted Stock Units and Performance Shares (and, in the case of clause (x), any substituted awards of performance units, restricted stock units or performance shares) will be paid out as promptly as practicable; and all other Awards (and, in the case of clause (x), any other substituted awards) will be delivered or paid.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Award that is subject to and not exempt from Section 409A, any payment of amounts or delivery of shares under such Awards will be paid promptly and in any event within ninety (90) days of such Change of Control in the case of subclauses (i) and (ii)(y) above and within ninety (90) days of the Participant’s Separation from Service in the case of clause (ii)(x) above.

 

  b. Nonassignability. Except as otherwise provided by the Committee, no Award shall be assignable or transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution; provided, however , that under no circumstances shall an Award be transferrable for value or consideration to the Participant.

 

  c. Other Payments or Awards. Nothing contained in the Plan shall be deemed in any way to limit or restrict the Corporation or a Subsidiary from making any award or payment to any person under any other plan, arrangement or understanding, whether now existing or hereafter in effect.

 

  d. Payments to Other Persons. If payments are legally required to be made to any person other than the person to whom any payment is provided to be made under the Plan, then payments shall be made accordingly; provided however, to the extent that such payments would cause an Award to fail to satisfy the requirements for exemption under Section 409A or the requirements of Section 409A, the Committee may determine in its sole discretion not to make such payments in such manner. Any such payment shall be a complete discharge of the liability hereunder.

 

  e. Unfunded Plan. The Plan shall be unfunded. No provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement shall require the Corporation or a Subsidiary, for the purpose of satisfying any obligations under the Plan, to purchase assets or place any assets in a trust or other entity to which contributions are made or otherwise to segregate any assets, nor shall the Corporation or a Subsidiary maintain separate bank accounts, books, records or other evidence of the existence of a segregated or separately maintained or administered fund for such purposes. Participants shall have no rights under the Plan other than as unsecured general creditors of the Corporation or a Subsidiary, except that insofar as they may have become entitled to payment of additional compensation by performance of services, they shall have the same rights as other employees under generally applicable law.

 

  f. Limits of Liability. Any liability of the Corporation or a Subsidiary to any Participant with respect to an Award shall be based solely upon contractual obligations created by the Plan and the Award Agreement related thereto. Neither the Corporation or its Subsidiaries, nor any member of the Board of Directors or of the Committee, nor any other person participating in any determination of any question under the Plan, or in the interpretation, administration or application of the Plan, shall have any liability to any party for any action taken, or not taken, in good faith under the Plan.

 

  g.

Rights of Employees and Prospective Employees. Status as an eligible Employee or Prospective Employee shall not be construed as a commitment that any Award shall be made under the Plan to such eligible Employee or Prospective Employee or to eligible Employees or Prospective Employees generally. Nothing contained in the Plan or in any Award Agreement shall confer upon any Employee or Prospective Employee any right to continue in the employ or other service of the Corporation or a Subsidiary or constitute any contract of employment or limit in any way the right of the Corporation or a Subsidiary to change such person’s compensation or other benefits or to terminate the employment or other service of

 

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  such person with or without cause. A transfer of an Employee from the Corporation to a Subsidiary, or vice versa, or from one Subsidiary to another, and a leave of absence, duly authorized by the Corporation, shall not be deemed a termination of employment or other service; provided, however, that, to the extent that Section 409A is applicable to an Award, Section 409A’s definition of “separation of service”, to the extent contradictory, may apply to determine when a Participant becomes entitled to a distribution upon termination of employment.

 

  h. Rights as a Shareowner.   Except as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement for shares of Restricted Stock, a Participant shall have no dividend or other rights as a shareowner with respect to any Stock covered by an Award until the date the Participant becomes the holder of record thereof. Except as provided in Section 9, no adjustment shall be made for dividends or other rights, unless the Award Agreement specifically requires such adjustment.

 

  i. Withholding. Applicable taxes, to the extent required by law, shall be withheld in respect of all Awards. A Participant may satisfy the withholding obligation by paying the amount of any taxes in cash or, with the approval of the Committee, shares of Stock may be delivered to the Corporation or deducted from the payment to satisfy the obligation in full or in part. The amount of the withholding and the number of shares of Stock to be delivered to the Corporation or deducted in satisfaction of the withholding requirement shall be determined by the Corporation with reference to the Fair Market Value of the Stock when the withholding is required to be made; provided, however, that the amount of withholding to be paid in respect of Options exercised through the cashless method in which shares of Stock for which the Options are exercised are immediately sold may be determined by reference to the price at which said shares are sold. The Corporation shall have no obligation to deliver any Stock pursuant to the grant or settlement of any Award until it has been reimbursed for all required withholding taxes.

 

  j. Section Headings. The section headings contained herein are for the purpose of convenience only, and in the event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than the section headings, shall control.

 

  k. Construction. In interpreting the Plan, the masculine gender shall include the feminine, the neuter gender shall include the masculine or feminine, and the singular shall include the plural unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Any reference to a statutory provision or a rule under a statute shall be deemed a reference to that provision or any successor provision unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

 

  l. Invalidity. If any term or provision contained herein or in any Award Agreement shall to any extent be invalid or unenforceable, such term or provision will be reformed so that it is valid, and such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or part thereof.

 

  m. Applicable Law. The Plan, the Award Agreements and all actions taken hereunder or thereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the conflict of law principles thereof.

 

  n.

Compliance with Laws. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan or in any Award Agreement to the contrary, the Corporation shall not be required to sell, issue or deliver shares of Stock hereunder or thereunder if the sale, issuance or delivery thereof would constitute a violation by the Participant or the Corporation of any provisions of any law or regulation of any governmental authority or any national

 

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  securities exchange; and as a condition of any sale or issuance the Corporation may require such agreements or undertakings, if any, as the Corporation may deem necessary or advisable to assure compliance with any such law or regulation.

 

  o. Supplementary Plans. The Committee may authorize supplementary plans applicable to Employees or Prospective Employees subject to the tax laws of one or more countries other than the United States and providing for the grant of Non-Qualified Stock Options, SARs, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Units or Performance Shares to such Employees or Prospective Employees on terms and conditions, consistent with the Plan, determined by the Committee, which may differ from the terms and conditions of other Awards pursuant to the Plan for the purpose of complying with the conditions for qualification of Awards for favorable treatment under foreign tax laws. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, Options granted under any supplementary plan shall include provisions that conform with Sections 4(a)(i), (ii), (iii) and (v); SARs granted under any supplementary plan shall include provisions that conform with Section 4(b); Restricted Stock granted under any supplementary plan shall include provisions that conform with Section 4(c); Restricted Stock Units granted under any supplementary plan shall include provisions that conform with Section 4(d); Performance Units granted under any supplementary plan shall include provisions that conform with Section 4(e) and Performance Shares granted under any supplementary plan shall include provisions that conform with Section 4(f).

 

  p. Effective Date and Term. The Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors on November 2, 2011 and will become effective upon approval by the Corporation’s shareowners. The Plan shall remain in effect until all Awards under the Plan have been exercised or terminated under the terms of the Plan and applicable Award Agreements; provided, however, that Awards under the Plan may be granted only within ten (10) years from the effective date of the Plan.

 

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Exhibit 5

February 25, 2016

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

1201 South 2 nd Street

Milwaukee, WI 53204

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Rockwell Automation, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and am delivering this opinion in connection with the filing by the Company of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), 5,250,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Company (the “Common Shares”) that may be issued pursuant to the Rockwell Automation, Inc. 2012 Long-Term Incentives Plan (the “Plan”).

I have examined such documents, records and matters of law as I have deemed necessary as a basis for this opinion. On the basis of the foregoing, and having regard for legal considerations that I deem relevant, I am of the opinion that when the Registration Statement becomes effective under the Act, any newly issued Common Shares delivered pursuant to the Plan will, when so delivered, be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

I express no opinion herein as to any laws other than the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the Federal laws of the United States.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Douglas M. Hagerman

Douglas M. Hagerman

Exhibit 15

February 25, 2016

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

1201 South 2 nd Street

Milwaukee, WI

We have reviewed, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the unaudited interim financial information of Rockwell Automation, Inc. and subsidiaries for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2015, and 2014, and have issued our report dated February 3, 2016. As indicated in such reports, because we did not perform an audit, we expressed no opinion on that information.

We are aware that our report referred to above, which was included in your Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2015, is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

We also are aware that the aforementioned report, pursuant to Rule 436(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, is not considered a part of the Registration Statement prepared or certified by an accountant or a report prepared or certified by an accountant within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of that Act.

 

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Exhibit 23-a

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated November 17, 2015, relating to the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule of Rockwell Automation, Inc. and the effectiveness of Rockwell Automation Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Rockwell Automation, Inc. for the year ended September 30, 2015.

 

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
February 25, 2016

Exhibit 23-c

CONSENT OF COUNSEL

We hereby consent to the reference to this firm and to the inclusion of the summary of our advice under the caption “Tax Consequences” in the Prospectus related to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by Rockwell Automation, Inc.

/s/ Chadbourne & Parke LLP

Chadbourne & Parke LLP

1301 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019

February 25, 2016

Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

I, the undersigned Director and/or Officer of Rockwell Automation, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby constitute and appoint DOUGLAS M. HAGERMAN and THEODORE D. CRANDALL, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power to them and each of them to sign for me, and in my name and in the capacity or capacities indicated below, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 and any and all amendments (including supplements and post-effective amendments) for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, securities to be sold pursuant to the Rockwell Automation, Inc. 2012 Long-Term Incentives Plan.

 

Signature    Title   Date

/s/ Keith D. Nosbusch

        Keith D. Nosbusch

  

Chairman of the Board, President

and Chief Executive Officer

(principal executive officer)

  February 3, 2016

/s/ Betty C. Alewine

          Betty C. Alewine

   Director   February 3, 2016

/s/ J. Phillip Holloman

          J. Phillip Holloman

   Director   February 3, 2016

/s/ Steven R. Kalmanson

       Steven R. Kalmanson

   Director   February 3, 2016

/s/ James P. Keane

            James P. Keane

   Director   February 3, 2016

/s/ Lawrence D. Kingsley

        Lawrence D. Kingsley

   Director   February 3, 2016

 

    William T. McCormick, Jr.

   Director   February       , 2016


Signature    Title   Date

/s/ Donald R. Parfet

          Donald R. Parfet

   Director   February 3, 2016

/s/ Lisa A. Payne

             Lisa A. Payne

   Director   February 3, 2016

/s/ Theodore D. Crandall

         Theodore D. Crandall

  

Senior Vice President and Chief

Financial Officer

(principal financial officer)

  February 3, 2016

/s/ Douglas M. Hagerman

       Douglas M. Hagerman

  

Senior Vice President, General

Counsel and Secretary

  February 3, 2016

/s/ David M. Dorgan

            David M. Dorgan

  

Vice President and Controller

(principal accounting officer)

  February 3, 2016