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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 3, 2021

 

 

HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Florida

0-21835

59-2754337

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

7456 Sixteenth Street East, Sarasota, Florida

 

34243

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (941) 362-1200

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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

 

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

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

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

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

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock $.001 Par Value

 

HLIO

 

The NASDAQ Global Select Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.


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

Appointment of Jason Morgan

On June 4, 2021, the Board of Directors of Helios Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”), appointed Jason Morgan as President, Cartridge Valve Technology (“CVT”).

Mr. Morgan, 47, has been with the Company since 2018, first serving as Vice President of Global Tax and subsequently as Interim Chief Financial Officer of CVT and as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of CVT since November 2020, where he has been responsible for managing CVT’s global operations. Mr. Morgan brings over 25 years of domestic and international corporate, M&A, and operating accounting experience across the retail, life sciences, industrial finance and technology industries. He began his career in 1995 in public accounting at Van Buren & Company and continued his career in various progressive roles at Dollar General, Akyma Pharmaceuticals, Caterpillar, Wal-Mart Stores and most recently at Asurion, a privately held Information Technology and Services company where he served as Senior Director International Tax before joining the Company. He earned his Bachelor of Applied Sciences (B.A.Sc.) degree in Business Administration & Accounting from Tennessee Technological University in 1995.

There are no family relationships between Mr. Morgan and any director or executive officer of the Company, and Mr. Morgan has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

In connection with Mr. Morgan’s appointment, the Company and Mr. Morgan will enter into the Company’s standard Executive Officer Continuity Agreement, as well as our Executive Officer Severance Agreement (the “Severance Agreement”) on the Effective Date. The Severance Agreement provides for certain benefits to be paid to Mr. Morgan in connection with a termination of employment that does not occur in connection with a change in ownership or control of the Company. Pursuant to the terms of the Severance Agreement, upon an “Involuntary Termination of Employment” (as defined in the Severance Agreement), Mr. Morgan is entitled to a continuation of his annual base salary for 12 months, a payment equal to 100% of the target value at the time of grant of his current year short-term incentive award, and continuing medical benefits, at Company expense, for Mr. Morgan and his family for a period of 12 months. In addition, Mr. Morgan will enter into the Company’s standard form Indemnification Agreement.

Copies of each of the Executive Officer Continuity Agreement, Executive Office Severance Agreement and Indemnification Agreement are filed hereto as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3, respectively, and the foregoing descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the applicable agreement.

Amended and Restated Executive Officer Severance Agreement with Josef Matosevic

On June 4, 2021, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company approved the Amended and Restated Executive Officer Severance Agreement with Josef Matosevic (the “Amended Severance Agreement”). The Amended Severance Agreement amends and restates the Executive Officer Severance Agreement made and entered into as of June 1, 2020, by and between the Company and Mr. Matosevic.

The Amended Severance Agreement modifies the compensation Mr. Matosevic is entitled to upon Involuntary Termination of Employment as follows:

 

Increases the continuation of Mr. Matosevic’s base salary and continuing medical benefits to 24 months from 18 and 12 months, respectively;

 

Increases the payment of his current year short-term incentive award from 150% to 200% of target value;

 

Provides for immediate vesting of outstanding stock options and an extended period of a maximum of one year (three months in the case of incentive stock options) to exercise all previously granted but unvested and/or unexercised options;

 

Provides for the immediate vesting and payment of all time-based restricted stock units (“RSUs”) that are outstanding as of the date of termination; and

 

Provides for the immediate vesting and payment of all performance-based RSUs at 100% of target which are outstanding on the date of termination with respect to which the performance term has not been completed, provided that any performance-based RSUs granted in the same calendar year as the termination shall vest on a pro rata basis in accordance with the formula provided in the Amended Severance Agreement only if Mr. Matosevic has worked six months or more in the year of termination.


In addition, the Amended Severance Agreement amended the eligibility requirements for severance by reducing the permitted radius for relocating the Company’s offices without Mr. Matosevic’s consent to 50 miles from 75 miles.

A copy of the Amended Severance Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.4 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended Severance Agreement.

Board Member Resignation

On June 3, 2021, Gregory C. Yadley, a director of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) notified the Company of his decision to resign, effective June 30, 2021. Mr. Yadley advised the Company that his decision to resign did not result from any disagreement with the Board or the Company, but was made in the best interest of the Company in light of the voting results of the recent annual meeting of shareholders regarding his reelection.  The Board extends a sincere thank you to Mr. Yadley for his many years of service to the Company and its stakeholders.

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

One June 4, 2021, the Board of Directors approved an amendment to the Company’s Bylaws to update the Company’s physical address. The Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws became effective June 4, 2021.

A copy of the Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws are attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Three proposals described fully in the Company’s 2021 Proxy Statement were presented for approval at the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) held on June 3, 2021. As of the record date, 32,233,465 shares of common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 29,668,694 shares of common stock were represented in person or by proxy; therefore, a quorum was present.

The shareholders of the Company voted on the following three matters:

Proposal 1. Election of Directors

Josef Mastosevic and Gregory Yadley were elected as Directors to serve for a term expiring on the date of the Company’s 2024 annual meeting. Josef Matosevic, Gregory C. Yadley and Kennon Guglielmo were previously elected to serve as Directors for a term expiring on the date of the Company’s 2021 annual meeting. Dr. Guglielmo was not nominated for reelection. All Directors serve until their respective successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation, removal from office or death. The votes cast for and withheld were as follows:

Director

For

Against

Withhold

Broker Non Votes

Josef Matosevic

27,386,905

1,133,403

28,577

1,119,809

Gregory C. Yadley

13,267,945

15,264,130

16,910

1,119,709

Proposal 2. Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The proposal to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm to audit the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ending January 1, 2022, as disclosed in the 2021 Proxy Statement, received the following votes:

For

29,564,985

Against

99,396

Abstain

4,313

Broker Non-Votes

N/A


 

Proposal 3. Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

The proposal to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the 2021 Proxy Statement, received the following votes:

For

23,733,776

Against

4,805,501

Abstain

9,608

Broker Non-Votes

1,119,809

Item 8.01Other Events

On June 7, 2021, the Registrant issued the press releases attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, announcing the appointment of Mr. Morgan and a $0.09 per share cash dividend on its common stock, payable on July 20, 2021, to shareholders of record as of July 5, 2021.

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)Exhibits

3.1

 

Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws dated June 4, 2021.

 

 

 

10.1+

 

Executive Officer Continuity Agreement (previously filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed June 18, 2019, and incorporated herein by reference).

 

 

 

10.2+

 

Executive Officer Severance Agreement (previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed June 18, 2019, and incorporated herein by reference).

 

 

 

10.3+

 

Indemnification Agreement (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 23, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference).

 

 

 

10.4+

 

Amended and Restated Executive Officer Severance Agreement, dated as of June 4, 2021, by and between Helios Technologies, Inc. and Josef Matosevic.

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release dated June 7, 2021 announcing the appointment of Jason Morgan as a new corporate officer.

 

 

 

99.2

 

Press release dated June 7, 2021 announcing the declaration of the quarterly cash dividend.

 

 

 

104

 

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

 

 

+

 

Executive management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.



 

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

 

 

 

Dated: June 7, 2021

 

By:

/s/ Tricia L. Fulton

 

 

 

Tricia L. Fulton

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

 

Set forth below are the Bylaws of Helios Technologies, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Corporation”), as adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation effective as of June 4, 2021.  

 

ARTICLE I

Offices

Section 1.Registered Office.  The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Florida is 7456 16th Street, Sarasota, Florida 34243.

Section 2.Other Offices.  The Corporation also may have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Florida as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

ARTICLE II

Meetings of Shareholders

Section 1.Place of Meetings.  Meetings of the Shareholders for the election of Directors or for any other purpose shall be held at such time and place, either within or without the State of Florida, as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. The Board of Directors may determine, in its sole discretion, to hold the meeting solely by means of remote communication.

If authorized by the Board of Directors, and subject to any guidelines and procedures adopted by the Board of Directors, shareholders not physically present at a meeting of shareholders and holders of proxies representing shareholders not physically present at that meeting may, by means of remote communication, participate in, and be deemed present and vote at, a meeting of shareholders, whether held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication.

Section 2.Annual Meetings.  The Annual Meetings of Shareholders shall be held on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting.  Written notice of the Annual Meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting, and means of remote communication, if any, shall be given to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting.

Section 3.Special Meeting.  Special Meetings of Shareholders may be called by the Chairman, the President, a majority of the Board of Directors and shall be called if the holders of

 

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fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be considered at the proposed meeting sign, date and deliver a written demand or several such written demands for the special meeting describing the purpose or purposes for the meeting to the Corporation’s Secretary.  Only business within the purpose or purposes described in the special meeting notice may be conducted at such special meeting.  Written notice of a Special Meeting must state the place, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communication, if any, and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called and shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting.  

Section 4.Quorum.  Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Articles of Incorporation, the holders of a majority of the capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders for the transaction of business.  If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote thereof, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented.  At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed.  If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each shareholder entitled to vote at the meeting.

Section 5.Voting.  If a quorum exists, (i) action on a matter (other than the election of directors) is approved if the votes cast favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action, unless the Articles of Incorporation or Florida law requires a greater number of affirmative votes, and (ii) each shareholder represented at a meeting of shareholders shall be entitled to cast one vote for each share of the capital stock entitled to vote thereat held by such shareholder.  Such votes may be cast in person or by proxy but no proxy shall be voted on or after three (3) years from its date, unless such proxy provides for a longer period.  The Board of Directors, in its discretion, or the officer of the Corporation presiding at a meeting of shareholders, in his or her discretion, may require that any votes cast at such meeting shall be cast by written ballot.

Section 6.List of Shareholders Entitled to Vote.  The officer of the Corporation who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of shareholders, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each shareholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each shareholder.  Such list shall be open to the examination of any shareholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) 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 shareholder of the Corporation who is present.

Section 7.Stock Ledger.  The stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by

 

 

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Section 6 of this Article II or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of shareholders.

Section 8.Notice of Business.  At any annual meeting of shareholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (b) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or to the direction of the Board of Directors, or (c) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by a shareholder who is a shareholder of record at the time of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 8 of this Article II and who shall be entitled to vote at such meeting.  If the outstanding shares of the capital stock are held by more than thirty (30) shareholders, then no action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders of the Corporation may be taken by written consent without a meeting of such shareholders.

In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a shareholder, the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation.  To be timely, a shareholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the anniversary of the date of the proxy statement relating to the prior year’s annual meeting of shareholders.  A shareholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the shareholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting, (ii) the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting, (iii) the name and record address of the shareholder proposing such business, (iv) the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by the shareholder, (v) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the shareholder and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by the shareholder and any material interest of the shareholder in such business, and (vi) a representation that the shareholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to bring such business before the meeting.

Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at the annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 8 of this Article II; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 8 of this Article II shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any shareholder of any business properly brought before the annual meeting in accordance with said procedure.

The officer of the Corporation presiding at the annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8 of this Article II, and if he or she should so determine, shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8 of this Article II, a shareholder also shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 8 of this Article II.

 

 

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ARTICLE III

Directors

Section 1.Number of Directors.  The number of Directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in office.  The Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes, designated Class I, Class II and Class III.  Each class shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-third of the total number of Directors constituting the entire Board of Directors.  Each Director shall be elected for a three-year term.  If the number of Directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of Directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, but in no case shall a decrease in the number of Directors shorten the term of any incumbent Director.

Section 2.Nomination of Directors.  Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as Directors.  Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors at the annual meeting may be made at a meeting of shareholders by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, by any nominating committee or person appointed by the Board of Directors or by any shareholder of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of Directors at the meeting who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Article III.  Such nominations, other than those made by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation.  To be timely, a shareholder’s notice shall be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than one hundred and twenty (120) days nor more than one hundred and fifty (150) days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that in the event that less than one hundred and twenty (120) days’ notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to shareholders, notice by the shareholder to be timely must be received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made, whichever first occurs.  Such shareholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the shareholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a Director, (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (ii) the principal  occupation or employment of the person, (iii) the class and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by the person, (iv) any other information relating to the person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations for proxies for election of Directors pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (v) the consent of the person to serve as a Director of the Corporation, if so elected; and (b) as to the shareholder giving the notice (i) the name and record address of shareholder, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by the shareholder, (iii) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the shareholder and each proposed nominee and any other person pursuant to which the nominations are to be made, (iv) a representation that the shareholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the persons named, and (v) certain other information.  The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as reasonably may be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as Director of the Corporation.  No person shall be eligible for election as a Director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth herein.

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foregoing procedure, and if he or she should so determine, shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.

Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, any vacancy on the Board of Directors that results from an increase in the number of Directors may be filled by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, provided that a quorum is present, and any other vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled by a majority of the Directors then in office, even if less than a quorum is present, or by a sole remaining Director.  The term of a Director elected to fill a vacancy expires at the next meeting of the shareholders at which Directors are elected.

Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, any Director or the entire Board of Directors, may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause by an affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of voting stock.

Section 3.Duties and Powers.  The business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.

Section 4.Meetings.  The Board of Directors of the Corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Florida.  Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors.  Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman, if there be one, the President or by a majority of the Board of Directors.  Notice of a special meeting must be given at least two (2) days prior to the date of the meeting by written notice pursuant to the notice provisions of these Bylaws.  The notice of a special meeting need not describe the purpose of the special meeting.

Section 5.Quorum.  Except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the entire Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors.  If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the Directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

Section 6.Actions of the Board.  Unless otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all the members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.

Section 7.Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone.  Unless otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of a conference telephone or similar

 

 

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communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 7 of Article III shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 8.Committees.  The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the entire Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the Directors of the Corporation.  The Board of Directors may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of any such committee.  In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, and in the absence of a designation by the Board of Directors of an alternate member to replace the absent or disqualified member, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he, she or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member.  Any committee, to the extent allowed by law and provided in the resolution establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation.  Each committee shall keep regular minutes and report to the Board of Directors when required.

Section 9.Compensation.  The Directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at such meeting of the Board of Directors and/or a stated salary as Director.  No such payment shall preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.  Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.

Section 10.Interested Directors.  No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its Directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association, or other organization in which one or more of its Directors or officers are Directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the Director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his, her or their votes are counted for such purpose if (a) the fact of such relationship or interest is disclosed or known to the Board of Directors or committee which authorizes, approves, or ratifies the contract or transaction by a vote or consent sufficient for the purpose without counting the votes or consents of such interested Directors; (b) the fact of such relationship or interest is disclosed or known to the shareholders entitled to vote and they authorize, approve, or ratify such contract or transaction by vote or written consent; or (c) the contract or transaction is fair and reasonable as to the Corporation at the time it is authorized by the Board of Directors, a committee, or the shareholders.

ARTICLE IV

Officers

Section 1.General.  The officers of the Corporation shall be appointed by the Board of Directors and shall include a Chairman, a President, and a Secretary.  The Board of Directors, in its discretion, also may appoint a Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Treasurer, and one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries and other officers.  Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.  The officers of the Corporation need not be shareholders of the Corporation nor, except in the case of

 

 

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the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, need such officers be Directors of the Corporation.

Section 2.Appointment.  The Board of Directors shall appoint the officers of the Corporation, who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors; and all officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal.  Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors.  Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors.  The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

Section 3.Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation.  Powers of attorney, proxies, waivers of notice of meeting, consents and other instruments relating to securities owned by the Corporation may be executed in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation by the President or any Vice President and any such officer may, in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, take all such actions as any such officer may deem advisable to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of security holders of any corporation in which the Corporation may own securities and at any such meeting shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to the ownership of such securities and which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation might have exercised and possessed if present.  The Board of Directors may, by resolution, from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.

Section 4.Chairman.  The Chairman, if present, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors.  The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall also perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors.

Section 5.Vice Chairman.  In the absence or disability of the Chairman, or if there be none, the Vice Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the Board of Directors.  The Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors also shall perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors.

Section 6.President.  The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation unless the Board of Directors shall resolve otherwise, and, as such, shall have general supervision and direction of the business and affairs of the Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect.  In the absence or disability of the Chairman and the Vice Chairman, or if there be none, the President shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the Board of Directors.  The President also shall perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors.

Section 7.Vice President.  At the request of the President or in his or her absence or in the event of his or her inability or refusal to act (and if there be no Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors), the Vice President or the Vice Presidents if there is more than one (in the order designated by the Board of Directors) shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President.  Each Vice

 

 

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President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors from time to time may prescribe.  If there is no Vice President, the Board of Directors shall designate the officer of the Corporation who, in the absence of the President or in the event of the inability or refusal of the President to act, shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all powers of and be subject to the restrictions upon the President.

 

 

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Section 8.Secretary.  The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of shareholders and record all the proceedings thereat in a book or books to be kept for that purpose; the Secretary also shall perform like duties of the standing committees when required.  The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the President or the Board of Directors, under whose supervision he or she shall be.  If the Secretary shall be unable or shall refuse to cause to be given notice of all meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and if there be no Assistant Secretary, then either the President or the Board of Directors may choose another officer to cause such notice to be given.  The Secretary shall have responsibility for authenticating records of the Corporation and have custody of the seal of the Corporation and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, if there be one, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by the signature of the Secretary or by the signature of any such Assistant Secretary.  The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his or her signature.  The Secretary shall see that all books, reports, statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed, as the case may be.

Section 9.Treasurer.  The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors.  The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation.  If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office and for the restoration to the Corporation in case of his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his or her possession or under his or her control belonging to the Corporation.

Section 10.Assistant Secretaries.  Except as may be otherwise provided in these Bylaws, Assistant Secretaries, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the President, any Vice President, if there be one, or the Secretary, and in the absence of the Secretary or in the event of his or her disability or refusal to act, shall perform 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.

Section 11.Other Officers.  Such other officers as the Board of Directors may choose shall perform such duties and have such powers from time to time may be assigned to them by the President or the Board of Directors, as the case may be.  The Board of Directors may delegate to any other officer of the Corporation the power to choose such other officers and to prescribe their respective duties and powers.

 

 

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ARTICLE V

Stock

Section 1.Form of Certificates.  Every holder of stock in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed, in the name of the Corporation (i) by the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or a Vice President, and (ii) by the Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned in the Corporation.

Section 2.Signatures.  Where a certificate is countersigned by (i) a transfer agent other than the Corporation or its employee, or (ii) 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 issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

Section 3.Lost Certificates.  The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed.  When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his or her legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as the Board of Directors shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

Section 4.Transfers.  Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by law and in these Bylaws.  Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation only by the person named as the owner of the stock in the Corporation’s books and records or by his, her or its attorney lawfully constituted in writing and, if such stock is represented by a stock certificate, upon the surrender of the certificate therefor.

Section 5.Record Date.  In order that the Corporation may determine the shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders 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 seventy (70) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than seventy (70) days prior to any other action.  A determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date, which it must do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after the date fixed for the original meeting.

 

 

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Section 6.Beneficial Owners.  The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by law.

ARTICLE VI

Notices

Section 1.Notices.  Whenever written notice is required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to be given to any Director, member of a committee or shareholder, such notice may be given by mail, addressed to such Director, member of a committee or shareholder, at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail.  Written notice may also be given personally or by electronic facsimile, electronic transmission, or telegram, telex or cable.  Written notices may be delivered personally, by mail, telegram, telecopy, electronic transmission or nationally recognized overnight courier service (such as Federal Express, UPS, Emery or Purolator) to each Director at his or her address.  Such notice shall be effective upon the earliest of (a) receipt, (b) five days after its deposit in the United States mail, as evidenced by the postmark, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed, or (c) the day after its deposit with such an overnight courier service, marked for next day delivery.  Such written notice shall include the date, time and place of the meeting.  

Section 2.Waivers of Notice.  Whenever any notice is required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to be given to any Director, member of a committee or shareholder, a waiver thereof in writing, signed, by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.

ARTICLE VII

General Provisions

Section 1.Dividends.  Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock.  Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, deems proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for any proper purpose, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve.

Section 2.Disbursements.  All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed or signed by facsimile by each officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

Section 3.Fiscal Year.  The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

 

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Section 4.Corporate Seal.  The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Florida.”  The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

ARTICLE VIII

Indemnification

Section 1.Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Article VIII or the Florida Business Corporation Act, the Corporation shall indemnify each individual who is a party to a proceeding because the individual is or was a Director or officer against liability incurred in the proceeding if:

(a)The Director or officer acted in good faith;

(b)The Director or officer acted in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation; and

(c)In the case of any criminal proceeding, the Director or officer had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

(2)The conduct of a Director or officer with respect to an employee benefit plan for a purpose the Director or officer reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the participants in, and the beneficiaries of, the plan is conduct that satisfies the requirement of subsection (1)(b) of this Section 1.

(3)The termination of a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, does not, of itself, create a presumption that the Director or officer did not meet the relevant standard of conduct described in this section.

(4)Unless ordered by a court under applicable provisions of the Florida Business Corporation Act, the Corporation may not indemnify a Director or an officer in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation except for expenses and amounts paid in settlement not exceeding, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, the estimated expense of litigating the proceeding to conclusion, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such proceeding, including any appeal thereof, where such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation.

Section 2. Mandatory indemnification.  The Corporation shall indemnify an individual who is or was a Director or officer who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the individual was a party because he or she is or was a Director or officer of the Corporation against expenses incurred by the individual in connection with the proceeding.

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(1)The Corporation may, before final disposition of a proceeding, advance funds to pay for or reimburse expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding by an individual who is a party to the proceeding because that individual is or was a Director or an officer if the Director or officer delivers to the Corporation a signed written undertaking of the Director or officer to repay any funds advanced if:

(a)The Director or officer is not entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 2 of this Article VIII; and

(b)It is ultimately determined under Section 4 of this Article VIII or Section 5 of this Article VIII that the Director or officer has not met the relevant standard of conduct described in Section 1 of this Article VIII or the Director or officer is not entitled to indemnification under Section 9 of this Article VIII.

(2)The undertaking required by subsection (1)(b) of this Section 3 must be an unlimited general obligation of the Director or officer but need not be secured and may be accepted without reference to the financial ability of the Director or officer to make repayment.

(3)Authorizations under this Section 3 must be made:

(a) By the Board of Directors:

 

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If there are two or more qualified directors, by a majority vote of all of the qualified directors (a majority of whom shall for such purpose constitute a quorum) or by a majority of the members of a committee appointed by such vote and comprised of two or more qualified directors; or

 

2.

If there are fewer than two qualified directors, by the vote necessary for action by the Board of Directors under Section 5 of Article III, Quorum, in which case Directors who are not qualified directors may participate in such vote; or

(b)By the shareholders, but shares owned by or voted under the control of a Director or officer who at the time of the authorization is not a qualified director or is an officer who is a party to the proceeding may not be counted as a vote in favor of the authorization.

Section 4. Court-ordered indemnification and advance for expenses.

(1)Unless the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation provide otherwise, notwithstanding the failure of the Corporation to provide indemnification, and despite any contrary determination of the Board of Directors or of the shareholders in the specific case, a Director or officer of the Corporation who is a party to a proceeding because he or she is or was a Director or officer may apply for indemnification or an advance for expenses, or both, to a court having jurisdiction over the Corporation which is conducting the proceeding, or to a circuit court of competent jurisdiction. After receipt of an application and after giving any notice it considers necessary, the court may:

 

 

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(a)Order indemnification if the court determines that the Director or officer is entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 2 of this Article VIII;

(b)Order indemnification or advance for expenses if the court determines that the Director or officer is entitled to indemnification or advance for expenses pursuant to a provision authorized by subsection (1) of Section 8 of this Article VIII; or

(c)Order indemnification or advance for expenses if the court determines, in view of all the relevant circumstances, that it is fair and reasonable to indemnify the Director or officer or to advance expenses to the Director or officer, even if he or she has not met the relevant standard of conduct set forth in Section 1 of this Article VIII, has failed to comply with Section 3 of this Article VIII, or was adjudged liable in a proceeding referred to in Section 9 of this Article VIII. If the Director or officer was adjudged liable, indemnification shall be limited to expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding.

(2)If the court determines that the Director or officer is entitled to indemnification under subsection (1)(a) of this Section 4 or to indemnification or advance for expenses under subsection (1)(b) of this Section 4, it shall also order the Corporation to pay the Director’s or officer’s expenses incurred in connection with obtaining court-ordered indemnification or advance for expenses. If the court determines that the Director or officer is entitled to indemnification or advance for expenses under subsection (1)(c) of this Section 4, it may also order the Corporation to pay the Director’s or officer’s expenses to obtain court-ordered indemnification or advance for expenses.

Section 5. Determination and authorization of indemnification.

(1)Unless ordered by a court under Section 4 of this Article VIII, the Corporation may not indemnify a Director or officer under Section 1 of this Article VIII unless authorized for a specific proceeding after a determination has been made that indemnification is permissible because the Director or officer has met the relevant standard of conduct set forth in Section 1 of this Article VIII.

(2)The determination shall be made:

(a)If there are two or more qualified directors, by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of all of the qualified directors, a majority of whom shall for such purposes constitute a quorum, or by a majority of the members of a committee of two or more qualified directors appointed by such a vote; or

(b)By independent special legal counsel:

 

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Selected in the manner prescribed by paragraph (a); or

 

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If there are fewer than two qualified directors, selected by the Board of Directors, in which selection directors who are not qualified directors may participate; or

 

 

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(c)By the shareholders, but shares owned by or voted under the control of a Director or officer who, at the time of the determination, is not a qualified director or an officer who is a party to the proceeding may not be counted as votes in favor of the determination.

(3)Authorization of indemnification shall be made in the same manner as the determination that indemnification is permissible, except that if the determination of permissibility has been made by independent special legal counsel under Section 5(2)(b), any authorization of indemnification associated with such determination shall be made by either such independent special legal counsel or by those who otherwise would be entitled to select independent special legal counsel under Section 5(2)(b).

Section 6.[Intentionally Omitted].

Section 7.Insurance.  The Corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of and for the benefit of an individual who is or was a Director or officer of the Corporation, or who, while a Director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the Corporation’s request as a Director, officer, manager, member, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another domestic or foreign corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise or entity, against liability asserted against or incurred by the individual in that capacity or arising from his or her status as a Director or officer, whether or not the Corporation would have power to indemnify or advance expenses to the individual against the same liability under this chapter.

Section 8.Variation by Corporate Action.

(1)The indemnification provided pursuant to Section 1 of this Article VIII and Section 2 of this Article VIII and the advancement of expenses provided pursuant to Section 3 of this Article VIII are not exclusive, and the Corporation may, by a provision in its Articles of Incorporation or any agreement, or by vote of shareholders or disinterested Directors, or otherwise, obligate itself in advance of the act or omission giving rise to a proceeding to provide any other or further indemnification or advancement of expenses to any of its Directors or officers. Any such obligatory provision shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements for authorization referred to in Section 3(3) and Section 5(3) of this Article VIII. Any such provision that obligates the Corporation to provide indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by law shall be deemed to obligate the Corporation to advance funds to pay for or reimburse expenses in accordance with Section 3 to the fullest extent permitted by law, unless the provision specifically provides otherwise.

(2)A right of indemnification or to advance for expenses created by this Article VIII and by subsection (1) of this Section 8 and in effect at the time of an act or omission may not be eliminated or impaired with respect to such act or omission by an amendment of the Articles of Incorporation or bylaws or a resolution of the Directors or shareholders, adopted after the occurrence of such act or omission, unless, in the case of a right created under subsection (1) of this Section 8, the provision creating such right and in effect at the time of such act or omission explicitly authorizes such elimination or impairment after such act or omission has occurred.

 

 

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(3)Any provision pursuant to subsection (1) of this Section 8 shall not obligate the Corporation to indemnify or advance for expenses to a Director or officer of a predecessor of the Corporation, pertaining to conduct with respect to the predecessor, unless otherwise specifically provided.

(4)Subject to subsection (2) of this Section 8, the Corporation may, by a provision in its Articles of Incorporation, limit any of the rights to indemnification or advance for expenses created by or pursuant to this chapter.

(5)This Article VIII does not limit the Corporation’s power to pay or reimburse expenses incurred by a Director, an officer, an employee, or an agent in connection with appearing as a witness in a proceeding at a time when he or she is not a party.

(6) This Article VIII does not limit the Corporation’s power to indemnify, advance expenses to, or provide or maintain insurance on behalf of or for the benefit of an individual who is or was an employee or agent.

Section 9.Overriding restrictions on indemnification.

(1)Unless ordered by a court under subsection (1)(c) of Section 4 of this Article VIII, the Corporation may not indemnify a Director or officer under Section 1 or Section 8 of this Article VIII or advance expenses to a Director or officer under Section 3 or Section 8 of this Articles VIII if a judgment or other final adjudication establishes that his or her actions, or omissions to act, were material to the cause of action so adjudicated and constitute:

(a)Willful or intentional misconduct or a conscious disregard for the best interests of the Corporation in a proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor or in a proceeding by or in the right of a shareholder;

(b)A transaction in which a Director or officer derived an improper personal benefit;

(c)A violation of the criminal law, unless the Director or officer had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; or

(d)In the case of a Director, a circumstance under which the liability provisions of Section 607.0834 of the Florida Business Corporation Act are applicable.

(2)The Corporation may provide indemnification or advance expenses to a Director or an officer only as allowed by ss. 607.0850-607.0859 of the Florida Business Corporation Act.

Section 10. Definitions. For purposes of this Article VIII, the following terms shall have the following definitions:

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(2)“Corporation” includes, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a merger, so that any person who is or was a director or officer of a constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of a constituent corporation as a director or officer, member, manager, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another domestic or foreign corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise or entity, is in the same position under this section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he or she would have been with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

(3)“Director” or “officer” means an individual who is or was a director or officer, respectively, of the Corporation or who, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the Corporation’s request as a director or officer, manager, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another domestic or foreign corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or another enterprise or entity. A director or officer is considered to be serving an employee benefit plan at the Corporation’s request if the individual’s duties to the Corporation or such plan also impose duties on, or otherwise involve services by, the individual to the plan or to participants in or beneficiaries of the plan. The term includes, unless the context otherwise requires, the estate, heirs, executors, administrators, and personal representatives of a director or officer.

(4)“Expenses” includes reasonable attorney fees, including those incurred in connection with any appeal.

(5)“Liability” means the obligation to pay a judgment, settlement, penalty, fine (including an excise tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan), or reasonable expenses incurred with respect to a proceeding.

(6)“Party” means an individual who was, is, or is threatened to be made, a defendant or respondent in a proceeding.

(7)“Proceeding” means any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative, or investigative and whether formal or informal.

(8)A “qualified director” is a director who, at the time action is to be taken under this Article VIII Section 607.0853 or s. 607.0855:

(a)Is not a party to the proceeding;

(b)Is not a director as to whom a transaction is a director’s conflict of interest transaction, which transaction is challenged in the proceeding; and

(c)Does not have a material relationship with a director who is disqualified by virtue of not meeting the requirements of subparagraph (a) or subparagraph (b).

 

 

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(9)“Serving at the Corporation’s request” includes any service as a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation that imposes duties on such persons, including duties relating to an employee benefit plan and its participants or beneficiaries.

ARTICLE IX

Amendments

The Corporation’s Board of Directors may amend or repeal these Bylaws unless:  (a) the Articles of Incorporation or law reserves the power to amend the Bylaws generally, or a particular Bylaw provision exclusively, to the shareholders; or (b) the shareholders, in amending or repealing the Bylaws generally or a particular Bylaw provision, provide expressly that the Board of Directors may not amend or repeal the Bylaws or that Bylaw provision.

The Corporation’s shareholders may amend or repeal the Corporation’s Bylaws even though the Bylaws also may be amended or repealed by its Board of Directors.

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.4

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED EXECUTIVE OFFICER SEVERANCE AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED EXECUTIVE OFFICER SEVERANCE AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) made and entered into as of the 4th day of June, 2021, by and between HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Florida corporation, along with its affiliates and subsidiaries (together, the “Company”) and Josef Matosevic (“Executive”) amends and restates in its entirety the Executive Officer Severance Agreement made and entered into as the 1st day of June, 2020 by and between the Company and Executive.  

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, Executive is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company; and

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to provide severance benefits to Executive in the event of an involuntary terminations of Executive’s employment, as specified herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and the agreements of the parties contained herein, the parties do hereby agree as follows:

1.Purpose and Intent.  The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) desires to provide certain protections to the Executive in the event of an involuntary termination of his or her employment that does not occur in connection with a change in ownership or control of the Company.  Accordingly, the Board has determined that appropriate steps should be taken to enter into an agreement to provide such protections to the Executive.  This Agreement is not intended to alter materially the compensation and benefits that Executive could reasonably expect in the absence of an “Involuntary Termination of Employment” (as defined below in Section 4) and, accordingly, this Agreement, although taking effect upon the parties’ execution hereof, will be operative only upon an Involuntary Termination of Employment.

2.Term of Agreement.  This Agreement shall be effective upon the execution by the parties, and shall remain in effect until the date Executive’s employment by the Company is terminated; provided, however, that if Executive experiences an Involuntary Termination of Employment, the term shall continue in effect until all payments and benefits have been made or provided to Executive under this Agreement.

3.Eligibility for Severance.  Executive becomes eligible to receive Severance (as defined below in Section 5) under this Agreement upon an Involuntary Termination of Employment, provided that the Executive:

(a)performs all transition and other matters required of the Executive by the Company prior to Executive’s Involuntary Termination of Employment;

 

(b)returns to the Company any property of the Company which has come into the Executive’s possession;

 

 

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(c)returns (and does not thereafter revoke), within sixty (60) days from the date of termination, a signed original general release in a form acceptable to the Company, in its sole and absolute discretion (the “Release”), under which the Executive, among other things, release and discharges the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates from all claims and liabilities, including without limitation, claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Equal Pay Act, ERISA, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, Section 1981 of U.S.C. Title 42, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, and the Older Workers’ Benefit Protection Act of 1990; and

 

(d)complies with the restrictive covenants set forth in any other agreement between the Company and Executive.  Executive shall forfeit, and repay if already paid by the Company, the Severance, if he or she violates any of these restrictive covenants.

 

4.Involuntary Termination.  For purposes of this Agreement, an Involuntary Termination of Employment shall be deemed to occur if:

 

(a)there has been an actual termination by the Company of Executive’s employment, other than (i) “For Cause” (as defined in Section 7 below), (ii) Executive’s death, (iii) on account of an accident or illness which renders Executive unable, for a period of at least six (6) consecutive months, to perform the essential functions of his or her job notwithstanding the provision of reasonable accommodation by the Company; or (iv) a Termination in Connection with a Change in Control, as defined in the Executive Continuity Agreement between Executive and Company dated June 9, 2020.

(b)the Company reduces Executive’s salary (except in the case of a reduction of no more than ten percent (10%) that applies to all similarly-situated executives of the Company), reduces reward opportunities (which will be evaluated in light of the performance requirements therefor), reduces other compensation, deprives Executive of any material fringe benefit, a material diminution in Executive’s authority, duties, or responsibilities, a material diminution in the authority, duties, or responsibilities of the person to whom Executive is required to report, a material diminution in the budget over which Executive retains authority, or a relocation of Executive’s primary office more than fifty (50) miles from his or her then current office location, but not closer to his or her principal residence (each, a “Good Reason” event), without his or her prior express written approval; provided that the Executive must notify the Company of such event in writing within thirty (30) days of its occurrence, specifying the circumstance that the Executive claims constitutes Good Reason, at which time the Company will then have fifteen (15) days to cure such Good Reason event, and if the Company fails to do so, the Executive must provide a notice of termination within ten (10) days of the expiration of the fifteen-day cure period in order for his or her resignation to constitute a resignation for Good Reason and qualify under this subsection (b); or

(c)any material breach by the Company of any provision of this Agreement.

 

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5.Compensation Upon an Involuntary Termination of Employment.  

(a)Subject to the terms of this Agreement, including but not limited to the satisfaction of the requirements in Section 3, upon an Involuntary Termination of Employment during the term of this Agreement, Executive shall be entitled to receive the following payments and benefits (the “Severance”):

 

(i)

continuation of Executive’s annual base salary at the time of termination for the twenty four (24) month period following the date of the Involuntary Termination of Employment, payable according to the Company’s normal payroll cycle ;

 

(ii)

two hundred percent (200%) of the target value at the time of grant of the annual short-term incentive compensation award to the Executive, if any, granted during the current fiscal year or, if the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors has not yet met to consider the annual short-term incentive compensation award to the Executive for the current fiscal year, then the target value at the time of grant of the annual short-term incentive compensation award to the Executive, if any, granted during the immediately preceding fiscal year, payable within fifteen (15) days following the expiration of the period in which the Executive has the right to revoke the Release described in Section 3(c);

 

(iii)

immediate vesting of and an extended period of one year (three months in the case of incentive stock options), but in no event beyond the maximum term of the option, following the date of such termination in which to exercise all previously granted but unvested and/or unexercised options to acquire Company stock which are outstanding on the date of termination;

 

(iv)

immediate vesting and lapse of all forfeiture provisions relating to, and restrictions on transfer of, all previously issued shares of restricted Company stock which are outstanding on the date of termination;

 

(v)

immediate vesting and payment (subject to any special timing of payment provisions necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code) of all time-based restricted stock units granted to Executive which are outstanding on the date of termination;

 

(vi)

immediate vesting and payment (subject to any special timing of payment provisions necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code) of all performance-based restricted stock units (at 100% of target) granted to Executive which are outstanding on the date of termination but with respect to which the performance term has not been completed; except that (A) any performance-based restricted stock units which have been granted during the calendar year which includes the date of termination and with respect to which the date of termination occurs at least six (6) months from the first day of the performance period shall vest on a pro rata basis with the number of units vesting determined by multiplying the number of performance-based restricted stock units (at 100% of target) by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of full months from the first day of the performance term through the date of termination and the denominator of which  is

 

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the number of full months in the performance term and (B) any performance-based restricted stock units which have been granted during the calendar year which includes the date of termination and with respect to which the date of termination occurs less than six (6) months from the first day of the performance period shall be forfeited; and    

 

(vii)

continuing medical, dental, life, disability and hospitalization benefits as elected by the Executive under the Company’s employee benefit plans after termination pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (“COBRA”), at Company expense, for Executive and his or her family as then in effect, for a period of twenty four (24) months following the date of termination.

The employer contribution for COBRA coverage will not be provided to the Executive, however, to the extent that the Company reasonably determines that doing so would subject the Company to the excise tax under Section 4980D of the Code (as a result of discriminatory coverage under an insured health plan).  Except as required by law, under no circumstances shall the Company have the right to delay payment of any amounts due under this Agreement.  

(b)Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Agreement by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment or benefit provided for in this Agreement be reduced by any amounts earned or accrued through the date of termination or by any amounts to which Executive shall be entitled by law (nor shall payment hereunder be deemed in lieu of such amounts), by any retirement benefits after the date of termination, or otherwise.

(c)Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, all payments required to be made by the Company hereunder to Executive or his or her estate or beneficiaries shall be subject to the withholding of such amounts, if any, relating to tax and other payroll deductions as the Company may reasonably determine it should withhold pursuant to applicable law or regulation.  In lieu of withholding such amounts, the Company may accept other provisions to the end that it has sufficient funds to pay all taxes required to be withheld in respect of any of such payments.

6.Tax Matters.  

(a)Section 409A of the Code.

 

 

(i)

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Agreement is intended to be interpreted and applied so that the payments and benefits set forth herein shall either be exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) or shall comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, and, accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted, this Agreement shall be interpreted to be exempt from or in compliance with Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or elsewhere to the contrary, a termination of employment of Executive shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision of this Agreement providing for the payment of any amounts or benefits that constitute “non-qualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Code Section 409A upon or following a termination of Executive’s employment unless such termination is also a “separation from service” within the

 

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meaning of Code Section 409A and, for purposes of any such provision of this Agreement, references to a “termination,” “termination of employment” or like terms shall mean “separation from service” and the date of such separation from service shall be the date of an Involuntary Termination of Employment for purposes of any such payment or benefits.

 

 

(ii)

To the extent that the Company determines that any provision of this Agreement would cause Executive to incur any additional tax or interest under Section 409A of the Code, the Company shall be entitled to reform such provision to attempt to comply with or be exempt from Section 409A of the Code through good faith modifications. To the extent that any provision hereof is modified in order to comply with Section 409A of the Code, such modification shall be made in good faith and shall, to the maximum extent reasonably possible, maintain the original intent and economic benefit to the Executive and the Company without violating the provisions of Section 409A of the Code.

 

 

(iii)

Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement or elsewhere to the contrary, if on the date of Executive’s termination of employment with the Company  Executive is deemed to be a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, any payments or benefits due upon a termination of Executive’s employment under any arrangement that constitutes a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code (whether under this Agreement, any other plan, program, payroll practice or any equity grant) and which do not otherwise qualify under the exemptions under Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1 (including without limitation, the short-term deferral exemption and the permitted payments under Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii)(A)), shall be delayed and paid or provided to Executive in a lump sum (whether they would have otherwise been payable in a single sum or in installments in the absence of such delay) on the earlier of (A) the date which is six (6) months and one (1) day after the Executive’s “separation from service” (as such term is defined in Section 409A of the Code) for any reason other than death, and (B) the date of Executive’s death, and any remaining payments and benefits shall be paid or provided in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for such payment or benefit.

 

 

(iv)

For purposes of the application of Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(b)(4) (or any successor provision), each payment under this Agreement to Executive (including any installment payments) shall be deemed a separate payment.

 

 

(v)

In no event may Executive, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of any payment to be made under this Agreement or otherwise which constitutes a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. If the period for signing and returning or revoking the Release designated by the Company extends into a later taxable year, any payments that are subject to Code Section 409A and contingent upon the Release will be made (or begin) in the later taxable year.

 

 

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(vi)

With respect to any expense, reimbursement or in-kind benefit provided pursuant to this Agreement that constitutes a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, (A) the expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits provided to Executive must be incurred during the Executive’s employment with the Company or the term of this Agreement (or applicable survival period), (B) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits provided to the Executive during any calendar year will not affect the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits provided to Executive in any other calendar year, (C) the reimbursements for expenses for which Executive is entitled to be reimbursed shall be made on or before the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the applicable expense is incurred, and (D) the right to payment or reimbursement or in-kind benefits hereunder may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit.

 

(b)Section 280G of the Code. If any payments or benefits otherwise payable to the Executive under this Agreement are determined to be in connection with a change in ownership or control (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.280G-1) and would, when combined with any other payments or benefits the Executive becomes entitled to receive that are contingent on the same change in ownership or control (such payments and benefits to be referred to as “Parachute Payments”) would: (i) constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code; and (ii) but for this sentence, be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), then the payments and benefits payable to the Executive under this Agreement shall be reduced to the largest amount which can be paid to Executive without triggering the Excise Tax, but only if and to the extent that such reduction would result in Executive retaining larger aggregate after-tax payments (the “Reduced Amount”). Any determination of the Excise Tax or the Reduced Amount required under this Section 6(b) shall be made in writing by the Company’s independent public accountants, whose determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and the Executive for all purposes.  For purposes of making the calculations required by this Section 6(b), the accountants may make reasonable assumptions and approximations concerning applicable taxes and may rely on reasonable, good faith interpretations concerning the application of Sections 280G and 4999 of the Code.  The Company and the Executive shall furnish such information and documents as the accountants may reasonably request in order to make a determination under this Section 6(b). The Company shall bear all costs the accountants may reasonably incur in connection with any calculations contemplated by this Section 6(b).

 

7.Definition of “For Cause”.  The termination of Executive’s employment by the Company shall be deemed “For Cause” if it results from (a) the commission of an act of fraud, embezzlement, theft or proven dishonesty, or any other illegal act or practice (whether or not resulting in criminal prosecution or conviction), including theft or destruction of property of the Company, or any other act or practice which the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) shall, in good faith, deem to have resulted in the recipient’s becoming unbondable under the Company’s fidelity bond; (b) the willful engaging in misconduct which is deemed by the Board, in good faith, to be materially injurious to the Company, monetarily or otherwise, including, but not limited to, improperly disclosing trade secrets or other confidential or sensitive business information and data about the Company and competing with the Company, or soliciting employees, consultants or customers of the Company in violation of law or any employment or

 

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other agreement to which the recipient is a party; (c) the continued failure or habitual neglect by the Executive to perform his or her duties with the Company; or (d) other disregard of the Company’s Bylaws, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, or other rules or policies of the Company or any subsidiary, or conduct evidencing willful or wanton disregard of the interests of the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, no act or failure to act by the recipient shall be deemed “willful” unless done or omitted to be done by the Executive not in good faith and without reasonable belief that the Executive’s action or omission was in the best interest of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Executive has entered into an employment agreement that is binding as of the date of such event, and if such employment agreement defines “Cause,” then the definition of “Cause” in such agreement shall apply. The determination of whether the Executive has engaged in an act that constitutes Cause shall be made by the Board, which prior to making such determination shall provide written notice of the event of Cause to the Executive and allow the Executive a reasonable opportunity to cure such event.

8.Miscellaneous.

(a)Intent.  This Agreement is made by the Company in order to induce Executive to remain in the Company’s employ, with the Company’s acknowledgment and intent that it will be relied upon by Executive, and in consideration of the services to be performed by Executive from time to time hereafter.  However, this Agreement is not an agreement to employ Executive for any period of time or at all.  This Agreement is intended only as an agreement to provide Executive with specified compensation and benefits if there is an Involuntary Termination of Employment.

(b)Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida.  Any action brought by a party to this Agreement shall be brought and maintained in a court of competent jurisdiction in Sarasota County, Florida.

(c)Assumption of Agreement.  The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume expressly and agree in writing to perform this Agreement.  Failure of the Company to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall require the Company to pay to Executive compensation from the Company in the same amount and on the same terms as Executive would be entitled hereunder in the event of an Involuntary Termination of Employment, except that for purposes of implementing the foregoing, the date on which any such succession becomes effective shall be deemed to be the date on which Executive shall receive such compensation from the Company.  As used in this Agreement, “Company” shall mean the Company as herein above defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law or otherwise.

(d)Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, Executive’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.  If Executive should die while any amount would still be payable to Executive hereunder if Executive had continued to live, all such amounts, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to Executive’s devisee, legatee or other designee or, if there is no such designee, to Executive’s estate.

 

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(e)Notices.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any notice, demand or payment required or permitted to be given or paid shall be deemed duly given or paid only if personally delivered or sent by United States mail and shall be deemed to have been given when personally delivered or three (3) days after having been deposited in the United States mail, certified mail, return receipt requested, properly addressed with postage prepaid.  All notices or demands shall be effective only if given in writing.  For the purpose hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto (until notice of a change thereof is given as provided in this Section 8(e), shall be as follows:

The Company:

Melanie M. Nealis, Esq.

Chief Legal & Compliance Officer

Helios Technologies, Inc.

7456 Sixteenth Street East

Sarasota, FL 34243

 

Executive:

Josef Matosevic

2031 Harbour Watch Circle

Tarpon Springs, FL 34689

 

(f)Severability.  In the event any provision in this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, such provision shall be severed from the rest of this Agreement and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

(g)Entirety.  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous agreement or understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.

(h)Non-Exclusivity of Rights.  Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit Executive’s continuing or future participation in any benefit, bonus, incentive or other plan or program provided by the Company (except for any severance or termination policies, plans, programs or practices) and for which Executive may qualify, nor shall anything in this Agreement limit or reduce such rights as Executive may qualify, nor shall anything in this Agreement limit or reduce such rights as Executive may have under any other agreements with the Company (except for any severance or termination agreement).  Amounts that are vested benefits or that Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under any plan or program of the Company shall be payable in accordance with such plan or program, except as explicitly modified by this Agreement.

(i)Amendment.  This Agreement may be amended only by a written instrument signed by the Company and Executive, which makes specific reference to this Agreement.

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

EXECUTIVE

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

By:

 

Tricia L. Fulton

 

Josef Matosevic

Chief Financial Officer

 

President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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Exhibit 99.1

NEWS

RELEASE

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Helios Technologies Appoints New President of CVT

 

SARASOTA, FL, June 7, 2021 —Helios Technologies, Inc. (NasdaqHLIO) (“Helios” or the “Company) a global leader in highly engineered motion control and electronic controls technology for diverse end markets, announced today that Jason Morgan has been appointed to the corporate officer position of President, CVT (Cartridge Valve Technology) effective June 4, 2021.  

Mr. Morgan joined Helios Technologies in 2018 in the position of Vice President of Global Tax. He rapidly advanced through roles of increasing responsibility, including Interim CFO for Sun Hydraulics LLC.  He became Senior Vice President and Managing Director of CVT in November 2020 where he has been responsible for managing CVT’s global operations.

Josef Matosevic, President and Chief Executive Officer of Helios Technologies, commented, “Among our shared values is developing and leveraging the deep talent that is within the Helios organization and establishing an optimal structure that will be the force multiplier for effective execution of our augmented strategy.  We are very pleased to recognize Jason’s considerable contributions to Helios in a relatively short time. He has quickly earned this promotion to the role of President, CVT. With over 25 years of domestic and international corporate, M&A, and operating accounting expertise, coupled with a vital technical knowledge of customer requirements, Jason brings significant depth to this critical role. As we deepen our market reach with our product offerings and expand the markets we serve, he will be valuable in our efforts to advance our technologies and accelerate growth.”

 

 

Mr. Morgan began his career in 1995 in public accounting at Van Buren & Company. He has a breadth of experience in the retail, life sciences, industrial finance and technology industries both domestic and international. He has held a variety of progressively challenging roles at businesses that included Dollar General, Akyma Pharmaceuticals, Caterpillar Financial Services Corp, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Asurion, a privately held Information Technology and Services company.  He earned his Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) degree in Business Administration & Accounting from Tennessee Technological University in 1995.

Mr. Morgan commented, “I am humbled by the opportunity to guide the incredibly talented global CVT team here at Helios. As we move forward into smarter components and more intelligent control systems, we are looking beyond cartridge valve design and at opportunities in systems and more highly integrated electro-hydraulic solutions. We expect to see rapid growth in these areas as more customers demand digital controls, smart hydraulics and greater integration with linked technologies. We are in the early stages of our mission to diversify the Company’s products and end markets and I look forward to further advancing CVT’s best-in-class technology suite as we continue to drive competitive advantages through innovation and responsiveness.”

About Helios Technologies
Helios Technologies is a global leader in highly engineered motion control and electronic controls technology for diverse end markets, including construction, material handling, agriculture, energy, recreational vehicles, marine, health and wellness.  Helios sells its products to customers in over 85 countries around the world. Its strategy for growth is to be the leading provider in niche markets, with premier products and solutions through innovative product development and acquisition.  The company has paid a cash dividend to its shareholders every quarter since becoming a public company in 1997. For more information please visit: www.heliostechnologies.com.

For more information, contact:
Tania Almond

 

Deborah Pawlowski

Vice President, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications

Kei Advisors LLC

(941) 362-1333

(716) 843-3908

tania.almond@HLIO.com

dpawlowski@keiadvisors.com

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Helios Technologies | 1500 West University Parkway | Sarasota, FL 34243 | 941-362-1200

 

 

Exhibit 99.2

NEWS

RELEASE

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Helios Technologies Declares
99th Sequential Quarterly Cash Dividend

Sarasota, FL, June 7, 2021 — Helios Technologies (NasdaqHLIO) (“Helios” or the “Company”) a global leader in highly engineered motion control and electronic controls technology for diverse end markets, announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.09 per common share. Helios Technologies has declared ninety-nine consecutive quarterly dividends to its stockholders beginning with the first quarter 1997.

The dividend will be payable on July 20, 2021 to stockholders of record as of July 5, 2021. Helios Technologies has approximately 32.2 million shares of common stock outstanding.

 

About Helios Technologies
Helios Technologies is a global leader in highly engineered motion control and electronic controls technology for diverse end markets, including construction, material handling, agriculture, energy, recreational vehicles, marine, health and wellness. Helios sells its products to customers in over 85 countries around the world. Its strategy for growth is to be the leading provider in niche markets, with premier products and solutions through innovative product development and acquisition. The company has paid a cash dividend to its shareholders every quarter since becoming a public company in 1997. For more information please visit: www.heliostechnologies.com.

For more information, contact:
Tania Almond

Vice President, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications

(941) 362-1333

tania.almond@HLIO.com

 

Deborah Pawlowski
Kei Advisors LLC
(716) 843-3908
dpawlowski@keiadvisors.com

 

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Helios Technologies | 1500 West University Parkway | Sarasota, FL 34243 | 941-362-1200