-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, DN4Yk8PCZn3iFBJIS00C2JXiYbY7lKWjUtXey/Xnvjg1QgegXGxI4dnxJ9942cxb iHTYQF1wzjnXUTnSxpraSA== 0000950137-05-013670.txt : 20051110 0000950137-05-013670.hdr.sgml : 20051110 20051110170423 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950137-05-013670 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20051109 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20051110 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20051110 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DEVRY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000730464 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-EDUCATIONAL SERVICES [8200] IRS NUMBER: 363150143 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13988 FILM NUMBER: 051194788 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE TOWER LN STREET 2: SUITE 1000 CITY: OAKBROOK TERRACE STATE: IL ZIP: 60181 BUSINESS PHONE: 6305717700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE TOWER LANE CITY: OAKBROOK STATE: IL ZIP: 60181 8-K 1 c99901e8vk.htm CURRENT REPORT e8vk
 

 
 
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): November 9, 2005
DEVRY INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
         
DELAWARE   1-13988   36-3150143
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission   (IRS Employer
of incorporation)   File Number)   Identification No.)
     
ONE TOWER LANE    
OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL   60181
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (630) 571-7700
     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
     o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
     o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
     o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
     o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Total number of pages (excluding exhibits): 5
 
 

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DEVRY INC.
FORM 8-K INDEX
         
    Page No.
 
       
Item 1.01 – Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
    3  
 
       
Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits
    3  
 
       
Signatures
    4  
 
       
Exhibit Index
    5  

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
     On November 9, 2005, the stockholders of DeVry Inc. (the “Company”) approved the following plans at the Company’s 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: (i) the amendment and restatement of the DeVry Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan and (ii) the DeVry Inc. Incentive Plan of 2005. The descriptions of the plans are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits.
     
Exhibit
   
Number   Description
 
   
10.1
  Description of Amended and Restated DeVry Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
 
   
10.2
  Description of DeVry Inc. Incentive Plan of 2005.
 
   
10.3
  Amended and Restated DeVry Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company’s Proxy Statement dated October 5, 2005, and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 7, 2005, File No. 001-13988).
 
   
10.4
  DeVry Inc. Incentive Plan of 2005 (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Company’s Proxy Statement dated October 5, 2005, and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 7, 2005, File No. 001-13988).

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  DEVRY INC.
 
 
Date: November 9, 2005  By:    /s/ Ronald L. Taylor  
    Ronald L. Taylor   
    Chief Executive Officer   
 
     
Date: November 9, 2005  By:    /s/ Norman M. Levine  
    Norman M. Levine   
    Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit
   
Number   Description
 
   
10.1
  Description of Amended and Restated DeVry Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
 
   
10.2
  Description of DeVry Inc. Incentive Plan of 2005.
 
   
10.3
  Amended and Restated DeVry Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company’s Proxy Statement dated October 5, 2005, and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 7, 2005, File No. 001-13988).
 
   
10.4
  DeVry Inc. Incentive Plan of 2005 (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Company’s Proxy Statement dated October 5, 2005, and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 7, 2005, File No. 001-13988).

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EX-10.1 2 c99901exv10w1.htm DESCRIPTION OF AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN exv10w1
 

Description of Amended and Restated DeVry Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
EXHIBIT 10.1
Administration
      The ESPP is administered by the Company, which has final authority to decide any question of interpretation of the ESPP or rights arising thereunder. The Company pays all expenses of the ESPP. The Company has hired an independent, third-party administrator to maintain the records of the ESPP.
Shares Reserved for Issuance
      The ESPP reserves 200,000 shares for issuance pursuant to employee purchases through payroll deductions under the ESPP, subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders at the 2005 Annual Meeting.
Eligibility
      Except as described below, all employees of the Company and certain designated subsidiaries who customarily work more than 20 hours per week and more than five months during each year are eligible to participate in the ESPP as of any enrollment date after their first day of employment. Employees who are ineligible to participate in the ESPP include those (1) who are prohibited by the laws and regulations of the country of their residence or employment from participating in the ESPP, as determined by the Company, or to whom the Company may not offer or sell Common Stock under the ESPP, (2) who are executive officers or for whom the Company makes filings pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or (3) who own or would be deemed to own five percent or more of the voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company. Rights to purchase shares under the ESPP are not transferable.
Purchase of Shares
      The ESPP provides for monthly purchase dates on the last business day of each month (the “Purchase Date”). Each eligible employee may elect to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to the ESPP by filing a payroll deduction authorization. Shares may be purchased under the ESPP only through payroll deductions of not more than 10% of an employee’s base salary plus bonuses and commissions. On the Purchase Date, the amounts withheld by payroll deduction for the period beginning on the first business day following the most recent Purchase Date and ending on the next Purchase Date (the “Purchase Period”) are applied to purchase shares for the employee from the Company, provided the employee is employed by the Company on the Purchase Date. If the employee is not employed by the Company on the Purchase Date, then the employee’s accumulated payroll deductions are returned to the employee.
      The purchase price for the shares (the “Purchase Price”) is 95% of the fair market value of a Common Share on the Purchase Date. No participant may purchase Common Shares in any calendar year having an aggregate value (determined at time of purchase) exceeding $25,000. An employee may increase or decrease, or cease, payroll deductions by submitting an appropriate form to the Company at least 10 days before the date a paycheck is issued; provided, however, only one change is allowed in any Purchase Period.
Issuance and Delivery of Shares
      Shares purchased by employees under the ESPP are delivered by the Company to, and held by, the third-party administrator on behalf of the purchasing employees.
Amendments
      The Board of Directors may amend the ESPP, except that, without the approval of the stockholders of the Company, the ESPP may not be amended to increase the number of reserved shares. The Board of Directors may terminate the ESPP at any time.
Tax Consequences
      The following description is a summary of the federal income tax consequences to the Company and employees participating in the ESPP. Applicable state, local and foreign tax consequences may differ.
      The ESPP is intended to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” within the meaning of Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code. Under the Internal Revenue Code, employees are not taxed on income or gain with respect to the ESPP either at the first day of the Purchase Period or at the Purchase Date. If an employee disposes of the shares purchased under the ESPP more than one year after the Purchase Date and more than two years after the beginning of the Purchase Period, the employee will be required to report as ordinary compensation income for the taxable year of disposition an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the gain on the disposition of the shares or (2) the purchase price discount (five percent) applied to the fair market value of the shares on the first day of the Purchase Period. Any gain on the disposition in excess of the amount treated as ordinary compensation income will be capital gain. In the case of such a disposition, the Company will not be entitled to any deduction from income.
      If an employee disposes of shares purchased under the ESPP (including by way of gift, but not death, bequest or inheritance) within either the one-year or the two-year holding periods described above (a “disqualifying disposition”), the employee will be required to report the excess of the fair market value of the shares on the Purchase Date over the Purchase Price as ordinary compensation income for the year of disposition. Any difference between the fair market value of the shares on the Purchase Date and the disposition price will be capital gain or loss, either short-term or long-term depending upon the employee’s holding period for the shares. In the event of a disqualifying disposition, the Company will be entitled to a deduction from income in the year of such disposition equal to the amount that the employee is required to report as ordinary compensation income. The Company will treat any transfer of record ownership of shares as a disposition, unless it is notified to the contrary.
      The ESPP is not subject to any of the provisions of ERISA nor is it qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
EX-10.2 3 c99901exv10w2.htm DESCRIPTION OF INCENTIVE PLAN OF 2005 exv10w2
 

Description of DeVry Inc. Incentive Plan of 2005

EXHIBIT 10.2

Shares Available for Issuance
      The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the 2005 Plan will not exceed 3,000,000 (subject to the adjustment provisions discussed below). The 3,000,000 new shares represent 4.3% of the currently outstanding shares of Common Stock.
      The number of shares that may be issued under the 2005 Plan for Benefits other than stock options and SARs will not exceed a total of 2,000,000 shares (subject to the adjustment provisions discussed below).
Administration and Eligibility
      The 2005 Plan will be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Committee”) which consists of two or more directors, each of whom will satisfy the requirements established for administrators acting under plans intended to qualify for exemption under Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”), for outside directors acting under plans intended to qualify for exemption under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code and with any applicable requirements established by the New York Stock Exchange. The Committee will approve the aggregate Benefits and the individual Benefits for the most senior elected officers and non-employee directors. The Committee will delegate its authority to grant Benefits to other Participants to the Chief Executive Officer or other designated officers in accordance with the terms of the 2005 Plan. The Chief Executive Officer or such other officers authorized to select employees to receive such option shares and other awards will provide written notice of all such action to the Committee.
      No Participant may receive in any calendar year: (i) stock options relating to more than 150,000 shares, (ii) restricted stock or restricted stock units relating to more than 50,000 shares, (iii) SARs relating to more than 125,000 shares, or (iv) performance shares relating to more than 50,000 shares. No non-employee director may receive in any calendar year stock options relating to more than 15,000 shares or restricted stock units relating to more than 5,000 shares. (Each of the above limits is subject to the adjustment provisions discussed below.) The maximum amount that may be earned under performance cash awards by any Participant who is a covered employee within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (“Covered Employee”) in any calendar year may not exceed $1,000,000.
Benefits
Stock Options
      Stock options granted to Participants (“Optionees”) may be either incentive stock options (“ISOs”) or nonqualified stock options (“NSOs”). NSOs and ISOs are collectively referred to as “Stock Options.” The exercise price of any ISO must be equal to or greater than the fair market value of the shares on the date of the grant. The terms of a Stock Option cannot exceed 10 years.
      For purposes of the 2005 Plan, fair market value shall be determined in such manner as the Committee may deem equitable, or as required by applicable law or regulation. Generally, fair market value means the closing price on the last trading day preceding the day of the transaction, as reported for the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions in The Wall Street Journal.
      At the time of grant, the Committee, Chief Executive Officer or other designated officer will determine when Options are exercisable and when they expire.
      Payment for shares purchased upon exercise of a Stock Option must be made in full at the time of purchase. Payment may be made in cash, by the transfer to the Company of shares owned by the Participant having a fair market value on the date of transfer equal to the option exercise price (or certification of ownership of such shares) or in such other manner as may be authorized by the Committee.


 

SARs
      The Committee, Chief Executive Officer or other designated officer has the authority to grant SARs to Participants and to determine the number of shares subject to each SAR, the term of the SAR, the time or times at which the SAR may be exercised, and all other terms and conditions of the SAR. A SAR is a right, denominated in shares, to receive, upon exercise of the right, in whole or in part, without payment to the Company an amount, payable in shares, in cash or a combination thereof, that is equal to the excess of: (i) the fair market value of Common Stock on the date of exercise of the right; over (ii) the fair market value of Common Stock on the date of grant of the right multiplied by the number of shares for which the right is exercised.
Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units
      Restricted Stock consists of shares which are transferred by the Company to a Participant, subject to substantial risk of forfeiture and to restrictions on their sale or other transfer by the Participant. Restricted Stock Units are the right to receive shares at a future date in accordance with the terms of such grant upon the attainment of certain conditions specified by the Committee which are subject to substantial risk of forfeiture and restrictions on their sale or other transfer by the Participant. The Committee, Chief Executive Officer or other designated officer determines the eligible Participants to whom, and the time or times at which, grants of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units will be made, the number of shares or units to be granted, the time or times within which the shares covered by such grants will be subject to forfeiture, the time or times at which the restrictions will terminate, and all other terms and conditions of the grants. Restrictions or conditions could include, but are not limited to, the attainment of performance goals (as described below), continuous service with the Company, the passage of time or other restrictions or conditions.
Performance Stock
      A Participant who is granted Performance Stock has the right to receive shares or cash equal to the fair market value of such shares at a future date in accordance with the terms of such grant and upon the attainment of performance goals specified by the Committee.
      The award of Performance Stock to a Participant will not create any rights in such Participant as a stockholder of the Company until the issuance of Common Stock with respect to an award.
Performance Cash Awards
      A Participant who is granted Performance Cash Awards has the right to receive a payment in cash upon the attainment of performance goals specified by the Committee. The Committee may substitute shares of Common Stock for the cash payment otherwise required to be made pursuant to a Performance Cash Award.
Performance Goals
      Awards of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Stock, Performance Cash Awards and other incentives under the 2005 Plan shall be made subject to the attainment of performance goals relating to one or more business criteria within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, including, but not limited to: cash flow; cost; ratio of debt to debt plus equity; profit before tax; economic profit; earnings before interest and taxes; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization; earnings per share; operating earnings; economic value added; ratio of operating earnings to capital spending; free cash flow; net profit; net sales, sales growth; price of the Common Stock; return on net assets, equity, or stockholders’ equity; market share; or total return to stockholders (“Performance Criteria”). Awards of Stock Options under the 2005 Plan may be made subject to attainment of such performance goals.
      Any Performance Criteria may be used to measure the performance of the Company as a whole or any business unit of the Company and may be measured relative to a peer group or index. Any Performance Criteria may be adjusted to include or exclude special items as described below.


 

Annual Management Incentive Awards
      The Committee has the authority to grant Management Incentive Awards to designated executive officers of the Company or any subsidiary.
      Management Incentive Awards will be paid out of an incentive pool equal to five percent of the Company’s consolidated operating earnings for each calendar year. The Committee will allocate an incentive pool percentage to each designated Participant for each calendar year. In no event may the incentive pool percentage for any one Participant exceed 20% of the total pool. For purposes of the 2005 Plan, “consolidated operating earnings” will mean the consolidated earnings before income taxes of the Company, computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, but shall exclude the effects of special items. Special items include: (i) gains or losses on the disposition of a business, (ii) changes in tax or accounting regulations or laws, or (iii) the effect of a merger or acquisition, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Participant’s incentive award then will be determined by the Committee based on the Participant’s allocated portion of the incentive pool subject to adjustment in the sole discretion of the Committee. In no event may the portion of the incentive pool allocated to a Participant who is a Covered Employee be increased in any way, including as a result of the reduction of any other Participant’s allocated portion.
Stock Awards
      The Committee, Chief Executive Officer or other designated officer may award shares of Common Stock to Participants without payment therefor, as additional compensation for service to the Company or a subsidiary. Stock awards may be subject to other terms and conditions, which may vary from time to time and among employees, as the Committee determines to be appropriate. However, an outright grant of stock will not be made unless it is offered in exchange for cash compensation that has otherwise already been earned by the recipient.
Cash Awards
      A cash award consists of a monetary payment made by the Company to an employee as additional compensation for his or her services to the Company or a subsidiary. A cash award may be made in tandem with another Benefit or may be made independently of any other Benefit. Cash awards may be subject to other terms and conditions, which may vary from time to time and among employees, as the Committee, Chief Executive Officer or other designated officer determines to be appropriate.
Amendment of the 2005 Plan
      The Board or the Committee has the right and power to amend the 2005 Plan, provided, however, that neither the Board nor the Committee may amend the 2005 Plan in a manner which would impair or adversely affect the rights of the holder of a Benefit without the holder’s consent. No material amendment of the Plan shall be made without stockholder approval.
Termination of the 2005 Plan
      The Board may terminate the 2005 Plan at any time. Termination will not in any manner impair or adversely affect any Benefit outstanding at the time of termination. No award shall be made more than ten years after the adoption of the Plan by the Board of Directors.
Committee’s Right to Modify Benefits
      Any Benefit granted may be modified, forfeited, or canceled, in whole or in part, by the Committee if and to the extent permitted in the 2005 Plan, or applicable agreement entered into in connection with a Benefit grant or with the consent of the Participant to whom such Benefit was granted. The Committee may grant Benefits on terms and conditions different than those specified in the 2005 Plan to comply with the laws and regulations of any foreign jurisdiction, or to make the Benefits more effective under such laws and regulations.


 

      The Committee may require a Participant to have amounts or shares of Common Stock that otherwise would be paid or delivered to the Participant as a result of the exercise or settlement of an award under the 2005 Plan credited to a deferred compensation or stock unit account established for the Participant by the Committee on the Company’s books of account.
      Neither the Board nor the Committee may cancel any outstanding Stock Option for the purpose of reissuing the option to the Participant at a lower exercise price, or reduce the option price of an outstanding option.
Change in Control
      Except as otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of grant of an award, upon a Change in Control of the Company, all performance goals shall be deemed achieved at target levels and all other terms and conditions met; all outstanding Stock Options and SARs shall become vested and exercisable; all restrictions on Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall lapse; all Performance Stock shall be delivered; all Performance Cash Awards and Restricted Stock Units shall be paid out as promptly as practicable; all Annual Management Incentive Awards shall be paid out based on the consolidated operating earnings of the immediately preceding year or such other method of payment as may be determined by the Committee at the time of award or thereafter but prior to the Change in Control; and all Other Stock or Cash Awards shall be delivered or paid.
      A “Change in Control” shall mean: (i) the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (or any transaction having a similar effect); (ii) the consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other entity other than (A) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting interests of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting interests of the surviving entity) at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting interests of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (B) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction); or (iii) the acquisition, other than from the Company, by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 25% or more of the then outstanding voting interests of the Company but excluding, for this purpose, any such acquisition by the Company or any of its affiliates, or by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or any of its affiliates.
Adjustments
      In the event of any change affecting the shares of Common Stock by reason of stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, spin-off, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, reorganization, share combination, exchange of shares, stock rights offering, liquidation, extraordinary cash dividend, disaffiliation of a subsidiary or similar event, the Committee shall make such adjustments (if any) as it deems appropriate and equitable, in its discretion, to outstanding awards to reflect such event, including without limitation, (1) adjustments in the aggregate number or class of shares which may be distributed under the Plan, the maximum number of shares which may be made subject to an award in any calendar year and in the number, class and option price or other price of shares subject to the outstanding awards granted under the Plan, (2) the substitution of other property (including, without limitation, other securities) for the stock covered by outstanding awards, and (3) in connection with any disaffiliation of a subsidiary, arrangement for the assumption, or replacement with new awards, of awards held by Participants employed by the affected subsidiary by the entity that controls the subsidiary following the disaffiliation.
      In the event of any merger, consolidation, or reorganization of the Company with or into another corporation which results in the Company’s outstanding securities being converted into or exchanged for different securities, cash, or other property, there shall be substituted on an equitable basis as determined by the Committee, for each share of common stock subject to a Benefit, the number and kind of shares of stock,


 

other securities, cash, or other property to which holders of Common Stock of the Company are entitled pursuant to the transaction.
Substitution and Assumption of Benefits
      Either the Board or the Committee may authorize the issuance of Benefits in connection with the assumption of, or substitution for, outstanding benefits previously granted to individuals who become employees of the Company or any subsidiary as the result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, or reorganization other than a Change in Control, upon such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate.
Reusage
      If a Stock Option granted under the 2005 Plan expires or is terminated, surrendered or canceled without having been fully exercised, if Restricted Stock is forfeited, or if Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares or SARs are forfeited or terminated without the issuance of all of the shares subject thereto, the shares covered by such Benefits will again be available for use under the 2005 Plan. Shares covered by a Benefit granted under the 2005 Plan would not be counted as used unless and until they are actually issued and delivered to a Participant. Any Shares covered by a SAR shall be counted as used only to the extent Shares are actually issued to the Participant upon exercise of the SAR. Shares covered by a Benefit granted under the 2005 Plan that is settled in cash will not be counted as used.
Federal Income Tax Consequences
      The Company has been advised by counsel that the federal income tax consequences as they relate to Benefits are as follows:
ISOs
      An optionee does not generally recognize taxable income upon the grant or upon the exercise of an ISO. Upon the sale of ISO shares, the Optionee recognizes income in an amount equal to the difference, if any, between the exercise price of the ISO shares and the fair market value of those shares on the date of sale. The income is taxed at long-term capital gains rates if the Optionee has not disposed of the stock within two years after the date of the grant of the ISO and has held the shares for at least one year after the date of exercise and the Company is not entitled to a federal income tax deduction. The holding period requirements are waived when an Optionee dies.
      The exercise of an ISO may in some cases trigger liability for the alternative minimum tax.
      If an Optionee sells ISO shares before having held them for at least one year after the date of exercise and two years after the date of grant, the Optionee recognizes ordinary income to the extent of the lesser of: (i) the gain realized upon the sale, or (ii) the difference between the exercise price and the fair market value of the shares on the date of exercise. Any additional gain is treated as long-term or short-term capital gain depending upon how long the Optionee has held the ISO shares prior to disposition. In the year of disposition, the Company receives a federal income tax deduction in an amount equal to the ordinary income which the Optionee recognizes as a result of the disposition.
NSOs
      An Optionee does not recognize taxable income upon the grant of an NSO. Upon the exercise of such a Stock Option, the Optionee recognizes ordinary income to the extent the fair market value of the shares received upon exercise of the NSO on the date of exercise exceeds the exercise price. The Company receives an income tax deduction in an amount equal to the ordinary income that the Optionee recognizes upon the exercise of the Stock Option.


 

Restricted Stock
      A Participant who receives an award of Restricted Stock does not generally recognize taxable income at the time of the award. Instead, the Participant recognizes ordinary income in the first taxable year in which his or her interest in the shares becomes either: (i) freely transferable, or (ii) no longer subject to substantial risk of forfeiture. The amount of taxable income is equal to the fair market value of the shares.
      A Participant may elect to recognize the income at the time he or she receives Restricted Stock in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Restricted Stock (less any cash paid for the shares) on the date of the award.
      The Company receives a compensation expense deduction in an amount equal to the ordinary income recognized by the Participant in the taxable year in which restrictions lapse (or in the taxable year of the award if, at that time, the Participant had filed a timely election to accelerate recognition of income).
Other Benefits
      In the case of an exercise of an SAR or an award of Restricted Stock Units, Performance Stock, Performance Units, or Common Stock or cash, the Participant will generally recognize ordinary income in an amount equal to any cash received and the fair market value of any shares received on the date of payment or delivery. In that taxable year, the Company will receive a federal income tax deduction in an amount equal to the ordinary income which the Participant has recognized.
Million Dollar Deduction Limit
      Under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, the Company may not deduct compensation of more than $1,000,000 that is paid to an individual who, on the last day of the taxable year, is either the Company’s chief executive officer or is one of the four other most highly-compensated officers for that taxable year as reported in the Company’s proxy statement. The limitation on deductions does not apply to certain types of compensation, including qualified performance-based compensation. The Company believes that Benefits in the form of Stock Options, Performance Stock, Performance Cash Awards, SARs, performance-based Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units and cash payments under Management Incentive Awards under the 2005 Plan constitute qualified performance-based compensation and, as such, will be exempt from the $1,000,000 limitation on deductible compensation.
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