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Stockholders’ Equity

Preferred Stock

Forrester has authorized 500,000 shares of $.01 par value preferred stock. The Board of Directors has full authority to issue this stock and to fix the voting powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof, including dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges and liquidation preferences and the number of shares constituting any series or designation of such series.

Treasury Stock

Through 2013, Forrester’s Board of Directors has authorized an aggregate $385.0 million to purchase common stock under its stock repurchase program including $25.0 million authorized in July 2013 and $50.0 million authorized in February 2013. The shares repurchased may be used, among other things, in connection with Forrester’s equity incentive and purchase plans. As of December 31, 2013 the Company had repurchased approximately 12.4 million shares of common stock at an aggregate cost of $329.1 million.

On April 3, 2013 the Company commenced a “modified Dutch auction” self-tender offer to repurchase up to $130 million of its common stock at a price per share within the range of $32.00 to $36.00. A “modified Dutch auction” self-tender offer allows stockholders to indicate how many shares and at what price within the company’s specified range (in increments of $0.25 per share) they wish to tender. When the tender offer expired, based upon the number of shares tendered and the prices specified by the tendering stockholders, the Company determined the purchase price, which was the lowest price per share within the range that enabled the Company to purchase up to $130 million of its common stock. The tender offer expired on May 1, 2013 and the Company purchased 2,054,732 shares of its common stock on May 7, 2013 at a purchase price of $36.00 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $74.0 million, plus approximately $1.1 million of expenses related to the tender offer.

For the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company retired 11.7 million shares of treasury stock. These retired shares are now included in the Company’s pool of authorized but unissued shares. The retired stock had a carrying value of approximately $303.0 million. The Company’s accounting policy upon the formal retirement of treasury stock is to deduct the par value of the retired stock from Common Stock and to reflect the excess of cost over par value as a deduction from Additional Paid-in Capital.

Dividends

During the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company declared and paid four quarterly dividends of $0.15 and $0.14 per share each quarter, respectively, amounting to $0.60 or $12.4 million and $0.56 per share or $12.6 million per year, respectively.

Equity Plans

Forrester maintains the following four equity incentive plans: the Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2006 Plan”), the Amended and Restated 1996 Equity Incentive Plan (the “1996 Plan”), the 2006 Stock Option Plan for Directors’, as amended (the “2006 Directors’ Plan”) and the 1996 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the “1996 Directors’ Plan”). Upon approval of the 2006 Plan and the 2006 Directors’ Plan by stockholders, no future awards under the 1996 Plan and 1996 Directors Plan could be granted or issued. In addition, upon approval of an amendment to the 2006 Plan by stockholders in 2012, no future awards under the 2006 Directors’ Plan could be granted or issued.

The 2006 Plan provides for the issuance of stock-based awards, including incentive stock options (“ISOs”), non-qualified stock options (“NSOs”), and restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to purchase up to 4,350,000 shares authorized in the 2006 Plan plus up to 2,500,000 shares returned from the 1996 Plan and 80,000 shares returned from the 2006 Directors’ Plan. Under the terms of the 2006 Plan, ISOs may not be granted at less than fair market value on the date of grant (and in no event less than par value). Options generally vest annually over four years and expire after 10 years and RSUs generally vest over three to four years, in each case sometimes subject to performance conditions in addition to the passage of time. Options and RSUs granted under the 2006 Plan immediately vest upon certain events, as described in the 2006 Plan. As of December 31, 2013, approximately 1.9 million shares were available for future grant of awards under the 2006 Plan.

The 1996 Plan provided for the issuance of stock-based awards, including ISOs and NSOs, to purchase up to 13,500,000 shares of common stock. Under the terms of the 1996 Plan, ISOs were not granted at less than fair market value on the date of grant (and in no event less than par value). ISO grants to holders of 10% of the combined voting power of all classes of Forrester stock were required to be granted at an exercise price not less than 110% of the fair market value at the date of grant. Options generally vested ratably over two to four years and expire after 10 years and were sometimes subject to performance conditions in addition to the passage of time. At December 31, 2013, approximately 50,000 options remain outstanding and are fully vested under the 1996 Plan.

The 2006 Directors’ Plan provided for the issuance of options to purchase up to 450,000 shares of common stock. Prior to the 2012 annual stockholders meeting, each non-employee director was entitled to receive an option to purchase 6,000 shares of common stock, at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the common stock upon his or her election as a director. These options vest in four equal annual installments, with the first installment vested on the date of grant. In addition, prior to the 2010 annual stockholder meeting, each non-employee director was entitled to receive an option to purchase 12,500 shares of common stock, at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the common stock on the grant date, each year immediately following Forrester’s annual stockholders’ meeting, and commencing with the 2010 annual stockholders meeting, non-employee directors were entitled to receive an option to purchase 12,000 shares immediately following the meeting. These options vest in four equal installments on the first, second, third, and fourth anniversaries of the date of grant. Options granted under the 2006 Directors’ Plan immediately vest upon certain events, as described in the 2006 Directors’ Plan. As of December 31, 2013, approximately 0.2 million options remain outstanding under the 2006 Directors Plan.

Options issued under the 1996 Directors’ Plan were granted at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the common stock at the time of grant, each year immediately following Forrester’s annual stockholders’ meeting. These options vested in four equal installments on the first, second, third, and fourth anniversaries of the date of grant. At December 31, 2013, approximately 13,000 options remain outstanding and are fully vested under the 1996 Directors’ Plan.

Stock Options

Stock option activity for the year ended December 31, 2013 is presented below (in thousands, except per share data and contractual term):


	Number of Shares			Weighted - Average Exercise Price Per Share		Weighted - Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)		Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding at December 31, 2012		1,936		$	29.03
Granted		531			35.34
Exercised		(626	)		25.93
Forfeited		(107	)		32.86

Outstanding at December 31, 2013		1,734		$	31.85		7.05	$	11,129

Exercisable at December 31, 2013		784		$	28.80		5.06	$	7,416

Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2013		1,663		$	31.73		6.97	$	10,878

The total intrinsic value of options exercised during 2013, 2012 and 2011 was $6.1 million, $3.5 million and $4.1 million, respectively.

Restricted Stock Units

Restricted stock units (“RSUs”) represent the right to receive one share of Forrester common stock when the restrictions lapse and the vesting conditions are met, and are valued on the date of grant based upon the value of the Company’s stock on the date of grant less the present value of dividends expected to be paid during the requisite service period. Shares of Forrester’s common stock will be delivered to the grantee upon vesting, subject to a reduction of shares for payment of withholding taxes. The weighted average grant date fair value for RSUs granted in 2013, 2012 and 2011 was $34.58, $33.88 and $33.15, respectively. The value of RSUs vested and converted to common stock, based on the value of Forrester’s common stock on the date of vesting, was $2.4 million, $1.6 million and $0.4 million during 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

In 2009, the Company issued to its employees 95,496 performance-based RSUs. The vesting of the RSUs was subject to performance criteria and would vest at 100% or 40% on April 1, 2012, or the RSUs could be forfeited, depending on whether specified revenue growth and certain operating margin targets related to full year 2011 performance were achieved. Based on 2011 financial performance, 40% of the then outstanding RSUs vested on April 1, 2012. Compensation expense in 2010 and 2009 was recognized based on an estimate of 100% vesting of the RSUs and in 2011 the Company modified it assessment of vesting to the 40% level.

In 2010, the Company issued to its employees approximately 63,000 performance-based RSUs. The vesting of the RSUs was subject to performance criteria and would vest at 100% or 40% on April 1, 2013, or the RSUs could be forfeited, depending on whether specified revenue growth and certain operating margin targets related to full year 2012 performance were achieved. Based on 2012 financial performance the RSUs were forfeited as of April 1, 2013. Compensation expense in 2010 was recognized based on an estimate of 100% vesting of the RSUs and in 2011 the Company modified its assessment of vesting to a zero percent level.

In 2011, the Company issued to its employees approximately 71,000 performance-based RSUs. The vesting of the RSUs is subject to performance criteria and will vest at 100% or 40% on April 1, 2014, or the RSUs could be forfeited, depending on whether specified revenue growth and certain operating margin targets related to full year 2013 performance are achieved. Based on 2013 financial performance the RSUs will be forfeited as of April 1, 2014. Compensation expense was not recognized in 2013, 2012 and 2011 based on an estimate of zero percent vesting of the RSUs.

RSU activity for the year ended December 31, 2013 is presented below (in thousands, except per share data):


	Number of Shares			Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at December 31, 2012		301		$	32.98
Granted		207			34.58
Vested		(67	)		32.91
Forfeited		(69	)		31.60

Unvested at December 31, 2013		372		$	34.14

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Stock Purchase Plan”) provides for the issuance of up to 1.5 million shares of common stock and as of December 31, 2013 approximately 0.3 million shares remain available for issuance. With certain limited exceptions, all employees of Forrester whose customary employment is more than 20 hours per week, including officers and directors who are employees, are eligible to participate in the Stock Purchase Plan. Purchase periods under the Stock Purchase Plan are generally six months in length and commence on each successive March 1 and September 1. Stock purchased under the Stock Purchase Plan is required to be held for one-year before it is able to be sold. During each purchase period the maximum number of shares of common stock that may be purchased by an employee is limited to the number of shares equal to $12,500 divided by the fair market value of a share of common stock on the first day of the purchase period. An employee may elect to have up to 10% deducted from his or her compensation for the purpose of purchasing shares under the Stock Purchase Plan. The price at which the employee’s shares are purchased is the lower of: a) 85% of the closing price of the common stock on the day that the purchase period commences, or b) 85% of the closing price of the common stock on the day that the purchase period terminates.

Prior to 2012 purchase periods commenced on each successive January 1 and July 1. Shares purchased by employees under the Stock Purchase Plan are as follows (in thousands, except per share data):


	Shares		Purchase
Purchase Period Ended	Purchased		Price
February 28. 2013		26	$	23.34
August 31, 2013		27	$	23.42
August 31, 2012		23	$	24.88
June 30, 2011		51	$	28.02
December 31, 2011		50	$	28.08