-----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, TGtN9A1K93SE29UBhJs7G3akLBmA11moxdHdDmVX7zZmQAHOId5JlPoi7dHsbfwD 3SY+30JwOUA5eob2Zwj9LA== 0001193125-07-121330.txt : 20070523 0001193125-07-121330.hdr.sgml : 20070523 20070523123917 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-07-121330 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 9 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070523 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070523 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070523 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FISERV INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000798354 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER PROCESSING & DATA PREPARATION [7374] IRS NUMBER: 391506125 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WI FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-14948 FILM NUMBER: 07873187 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 255 FISERV DR STREET 2: PO BOX 979 CITY: BROOKFIELD STATE: WI ZIP: 53045 BUSINESS PHONE: 4148795000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 255 FISERV DRIVE CITY: BROOKFIELD STATE: WI ZIP: 53045 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): May 23, 2007

 


Fiserv, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 


 

Wisconsin   0-14948   39-1506125

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

255 Fiserv Drive, Brookfield, Wisconsin 53045

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

(262) 879-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 


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:

 

¨ 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))

 



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

At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Fiserv, Inc. (the “Company”) on May 23, 2007 (the “Annual Meeting”), the shareholders of the Company approved the Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). A copy of the Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Under the terms of the Plan, the Company may make grants of stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance shares, performance units, restricted stock, restricted stock units, dividend equivalent units, incentive cash awards and other equity-based awards to its employees, officers and directors. The Plan provides that 10,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock are reserved for issuance under the Plan. The Plan is described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting. Because awards under the Plan to the Company’s executive officers will be made in the future at the discretion of the compensation committee of the board of directors, the Company currently cannot determine the amounts payable to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer or named executive officers.

Forms of the restricted stock agreements and stock option agreements that the Company may use to make grants under the Plan are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.2-10.5 and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders of the Company approved an amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to allow its by-laws to provide for a majority voting standard for the election of directors in uncontested elections. On May 23, 2007, the Company filed the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation (the “Amendment”) with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions and, shortly thereafter, filed Restated Articles of Incorporation (the “Restated Articles”). The Amendment and the Restated Articles are filed herewith as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

Also on May 23, 2007, effective as of the filing of the Amendment, the Company amended and restated its by-laws. The by-laws now provide that each director will be elected by the majority of the votes cast with respect to that director’s election at any meeting of shareholders for the election of directors, other than a contested election. A majority of the votes cast will mean that the number of votes cast “for” a director’s election exceeds the number of votes cast “withheld” with respect to that director’s election. In a contested election, each director will be elected by a plurality of the votes cast with respect to that director’s election at the meeting.

The by-laws further provide that, in an uncontested election of directors, any nominee for director who is already serving as a director and receives a greater number of votes “withheld” from his or her election than votes “for” his or her election (a “Majority Against Vote”) will promptly tender his or her resignation. The nominating and corporate governance committee of the board of directors will then promptly consider the resignation submitted by a director receiving a Majority Against Vote, and the committee will recommend to the board whether to accept the tendered resignation or reject it.

The board of directors will act on the committee’s recommendation no later than 90 days following the date of the shareholders’ meeting where the election occurred. In considering the committee’s recommendation, the board will consider the factors considered by the committee and such additional information and factors the board believes to be relevant. Following the board’s decision, the Company will promptly file a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission that sets forth the board’s decision whether to accept the resignation as tendered, including a full explanation of the process by which the decision was reached, and, if applicable, the reasons for rejecting the tendered resignation.

Any director who tenders a resignation pursuant to this provision will not participate in the committee recommendation or the board consideration regarding whether to accept the tendered resignation. The by-laws also set forth a procedure for acting if a majority of the members of the committee receive Majority Against Votes at the same election.

The Amended and Restated By-laws are filed herewith as Exhibit 3.3, and are incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are being filed herewith:

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

  3.1

   Amendment to Articles of Incorporation

  3.2

   Restated Articles of Incorporation

  3.3

   Amended and Restated By-laws

10.1

   Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan

10.2

   Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (Non-Employee Director) under the Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan

10.3

   Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (Employee) under the Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan

10.4

   Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Non-Employee Director) under the Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan

10.5

   Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Employee) under the Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan


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.

 

    FISERV, INC.
Date: May 23, 2007   By:  

/s/ Thomas J. Hirsch

    Thomas J. Hirsch
    Executive Vice President,
    Chief Financial Officer,
    Treasurer and Assistant Secretary


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

  3.1

   Amendment to Articles of Incorporation

  3.2

   Restated Articles of Incorporation

  3.3

   Amended and Restated By-laws

10.1

   Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan

10.2

   Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (Non-Employee Director) under the Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan

10.3

   Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (Employee) under the Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan

10.4

   Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Non-Employee Director) under the Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan

10.5

   Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Employee) under the Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan
EX-3.1 2 dex31.htm AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION Amendment to Articles of Incorporation

EXHIBIT 3.1

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TO

RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

FISERV, INC.

1. The name of the Corporation is Fiserv, Inc.

2. The Corporation’s Restated Articles of Incorporation are hereby amended to add the following Article IX:

ARTICLE IX

The By-laws of the Corporation may provide that, to the extent provided in such By-laws, each director of the Corporation shall be elected by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast with respect to the director at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present, subject to the terms and conditions set forth within such By-laws. For purposes of clarity, the provisions of the foregoing sentence do not apply to vacancies or newly created directorships filled by a vote of the Board of Directors.

3. The amendment to the Corporation’s Restated Articles of Incorporation in the foregoing paragraph 2 was submitted to the Corporation’s shareholders by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and was adopted by such shareholders on May 23, 2007 in accordance with Section 180.1003 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law.

4. The Corporation’s Restated Articles of Incorporation are hereby amended to delete Article IV and replace it with the following:

ARTICLE IV

The street address of the Corporation’s registered office is 25 W Main St., Madison, Wisconsin 53703. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at that office is CSC-Lawyers Incorporating Service Company.

5. The amendment to the Corporation’s Restated Articles of Incorporation in the foregoing paragraph 4 was adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on May 23, 2007 in accordance with Section 180.1002 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law.

Executed on behalf of the Corporation on the 23rd day of May, 2007.

 

FISERV, INC.
By:  

/s/ Charles W. Sprague

  Charles W. Sprague
  Executive Vice President, General Counsel,
  Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary

This document was drafted by, and after filing should be returned to, John K. Wilson, Foley & Lardner LLP, 777 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202.

EX-3.2 3 dex32.htm RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION Restated Articles of Incorporation

EXHIBIT 3.2

RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

FISERV, INC.

Pursuant to Section 180.1007 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, these Restated Articles of Incorporation of Fiserv, Inc. shall supercede and take the place of the existing Restated Articles of Incorporation and any amendments thereto:

ARTICLE I

The name of the corporation is Fiserv, Inc.

ARTICLE II

The Corporation is incorporated under the provisions of Chapter 180 of the Wisconsin Statutes.

ARTICLE III

The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 475,000,000 shares, of which 450,000,000 shares shall be designated Common Stock, having a par value of $.01 per share; and 25,000,000 shares shall be designated as Preferred Stock, having no par value per share. Authority is hereby vested in the Board of Directors from time to time to issue the Preferred Stock as Preferred Stock in one or more series of any number of shares and, in connection with the creation of such series, to fix, by resolution providing for the use of shares thereof, the voting rights, if any; the designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of such series in respect to the rate of dividend, the price, the terms and conditions of redemption; the amounts payable upon such series in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation; sinking fund provisions for the redemption or purchase of such series of shares; and, if the shares of any series are issued with the privilege of conversation, the terms and conditions on which such series of shares may be converted. In addition to the foregoing, to the full extent now or hereafter permitted by Wisconsin law, in connection with each issue thereof, the Board of Directors may at its discretion assign to any series of the Preferred Stock such other terms, conditions, restrictions, limitations, rights and privileges as it may deem appropriate. The aggregate number of preferred shares issued and not cancelled of any and all preferred series shall not exceed the total number of shares of Preferred Stock hereinabove authorized. Each series of Preferred Stock shall be distinctively designated by letter or descriptive words or both.

Section 1. Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock: Number of Shares. There is designated a series of Preferred Stock titled as “Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock,” no par value per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), and the authorized number of shares constituting the Series A Preferred Stock shall be 3,000,000. Such number of authorized shares may be increased or decreased, from time to time, by resolution of the Board, provided, however, that no such decrease shall reduce the number of authorized shares of the Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding, plus the number of such shares then reserved for issuance upon the exercise of any outstanding options, warrants or rights or the exercise of any conversion or exchange privilege contained in any outstanding security issued by the Corporation.


Section 2. Dividends and Distributions.

(A) Subject to the rights of the holders of shares of any other series of Preferred Stock (or shares of any other class of capital stock of the Corporation) ranking senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, in preference to the holders of shares of Common Stock and of any other class of capital stock of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board out of funds legally available therefor, such dividends, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 100 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 100 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non cash dividends or other distributions other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise), declared on the Common Stock. In the event the Company shall at any time after February 23, 1998 (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the amount to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

(B) The Board shall declare, out of funds legally available therefor, a dividend or distribution on the Series A Preferred Stock, as provided in paragraph (A) of the Section 2, immediately after it has declared a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock).

Section 3. Voting Rights. In addition to any other voting rights required by applicable law, the holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights:

(A) Each share of the Series A Preferred stock shall entitle the holder thereof to 100 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders of the Corporation. The multiple of 100 (the “Voting Multiple”) set forth in the preceding sentence shall be adjusted from time to time as hereinafter provided in this paragraph (A). In the event that the Corporation shall at any time after the effective date of this Resolution of the Board (“Resolution”) (i) declare or pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or (ii) effect a subdivision, combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then, in each case, the Voting Multiple thereafter applicable to the determination of the number of votes per share to which the holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled shall be the Voting Multiple in effect immediately prior to such even multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.


(B) Except as otherwise provided in the Resolution, in any other resolution establishing another series of Preferred Stock (or any series of any other class of capital stock of the Corporation) or by applicable law, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, the holders of the Common Stock and the holders of any class of capital stock of the Corporation having general voting rights shall vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders of the Corporation.

(C) Except as otherwise provided in the Resolution or by applicable law, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights and their consent shall not be required (except to the extent provided in paragraph (B) of the Section 3 for the taking of any corporate action.

Section 4. Certain Restrictions.

(A) Whenever dividends or other distributions payable on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2 are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall not:

(i) Declare or pay dividends or make any other distributions on any shares of any class of capital stock of the Corporation ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation) to the Series A Preferred Stock;

(ii) Declare or pay dividends, or make any other distributions, on any shares of any class of capital stock of the Corporation ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation) with the Series A Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series A Preferred Stock and all such parity stock on which dividends are accrued and unpaid in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then entitled;

(iii) Redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of any class of capital stock of the Corporation ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation) to the Series A Preferred Stock, except that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of such junior stock in exchange for other shares of any class of capital stock of the Corporation ranking junior (both as to dividends and upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation) to the Series A Preferred Stock; or

(iv) Purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of the Series A Preferred Stock or any shares of any class of capital stock of the Corporation ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation) with the Series A Preferred Stock, or redeem any shares of such parity stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication to the holders of all such shares upon such terms and conditions as the Board, after taking into consideration the respective annual dividend rates and the other relative powers, preferences and rights of the respective series and classes of such shares, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective holders of shares of all such series and classes.


(B) The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the Corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of any class of capital stock of the Corporation unless the Corporation could, under paragraph (A) of this Section 4, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.

Section 5. Required Shares. Any shares of the Series A Preferred Stock purchased of otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever shall be retired and cancelled promptly after such purchase or acquisition. All such cancelled shares shall thereupon become authorized and unissued shares Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of any new series of Preferred Stock, subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth in the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, from time to time, in any other resolution establishing another series of Preferred Stock (or any series of any other class of capital stock of the Corporation) or in any applicable law.

Section 6. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. Upon any liquidation (whether voluntary or otherwise), dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, no distribution shall be made (a) to the holders of shares of any class of capital stock of the Corporation ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation) to the Series A Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holder of each outstanding share of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have received an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment, plus an amount equal to the greater of (i) $1.00, and (ii) an aggregate amount, subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided in this Section 6, equal to 100 times the aggregate per share amount to be distributed to the holders of Common Stock, or (b) to the holders of shares of any class of capital stock of the Corporation ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation) with the Series A Preferred Stock, except distributions made ratably on the Series A Preferred Stock and all such parity stock in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are entitled upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up. In the event that the Corporation shall at any time after the effective date of this Resolution (a) declare or pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or (b) effect a subdivision, combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then, in each such case, the aggregate amount per share to which the holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock would have been entitled to receive immediately prior to such event pursuant to clause (a)(ii) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such aggregate per share amount by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

Section 7. Consolidation, Merger, etc. In the event that the Corporation shall be a party to any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the outstanding shares of Common Stock are converted or changed into or exchanged for other capital stock, securities, cash or other property, or any combination thereof, then, in each such case, each share of the Series A Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly converted or changed into or exchanged for an aggregate amount, subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided in this Section 7, equal to 100 times the aggregate amount of capital stock, securities, cash and/or other property


(payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is being converted or changed or exchanged. In the event that the Corporation shall at any time after the effective date of this Resolution declare or pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock or effect a subdivision, combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then, in each such case, the aggregate amount per share to which the holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock would have been entitled to receive immediately prior to such event pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such aggregate per share amount by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

Section 8. No Redemption. The shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable at any time.

Section 9. Rank. Unless otherwise provided in the resolution establishing another series of Preferred Stock after the effective date of this Resolution, the Series A Preferred Stock shall rank, as to the payment of dividends and the making of any other distribution of assets of the Corporation, senior to the Common Stock, but junior to all other series of the Preferred Stock.

Section 10. Amendments. The Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation shall not be amended in any manner which would materially alter or change the powers, preferences and rights of the Series A Preferred Stock so as to adversely affect any thereof without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, voting separately as a single class.

Section 11. Fractional Shares. Fractional shares of the Series A Preferred Stock may be issued, but, unless the Board shall otherwise determine, only in multiples of one one-hundredth of a share. The holder of any fractional share of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive dividends, participate in distributions, exercise voting rights and have the benefit of all other powers, preferences and rights relating to the Series A Preferred Stock in the same proportion as such fractional share bears to a whole share.

ARTICLE IV

The street address of the Corporation’s registered office is 25 W Main St., Madison, Wisconsin 53703. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at that office is CSC-Lawyers Incorporating Service Company.

ARTICLE V

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful business for which corporations may be organized under the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law.


ARTICLE VI

In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Wisconsin, the Board of Directors of the Corporation is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter or repeal the By-laws of the Corporation, subject to the power of the shareholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any By-law made by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE VII

The terms of the Board of Directors shall be staggered by dividing the total number of directors into three groups, in accordance with Section 180.0806 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law.

ARTICLE VIII

Any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without vote, if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those shareholders who have not consented in writing.

ARTICLE IX

The By-laws of the Corporation may provide that, to the extent provided in such By-laws, each director of the Corporation shall be elected by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast with respect to the director at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present, subject to the terms and conditions set forth within such By-laws. For purposes of clarity, the provisions of the foregoing sentence do not apply to vacancies or newly created directorships filled by a vote of the Board of Directors.


The undersigned, the duly elected and acting Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary of Fiserv, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation, in accordance with Section 180.1007 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY THAT:

 

  1. The name of the Corporation is Fiserv, Inc.

 

  2. The foregoing Restated Articles of Incorporation do not contain any amendment to the Corporation’s Restated Articles of Incorporation requiring shareholder approval, and were adopted by the Corporation’s Board of Directors on May 23, 2007.

Executed on behalf of the Corporation on the 23rd day of May, 2007.

 

FISERV, INC.

/s/ Charles W. Sprague

Charles W. Sprague
Executive Vice President, General Counsel,
Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary

This document was drafted by, and after filing should be returned to, John K. Wilson, Foley & Lardner LLP, 777 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202.

EX-3.3 4 dex33.htm AMENDMENT AND RESTATED BY-LAWS Amendment and Restated By-laws

EXHIBIT 3.3

BY-LAWS

OF

FISERV, INC.

Incorporated under the Laws of the

State of Wisconsin

 

      Adopted as of December 31, 1992; Amended and Restated as of March 25, 1999; Amended as of February 16, 2000; Amended on September 17, 2003; Amended and Restated as of February 18, 2004; Amended and Restated as of May 23, 2007.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page
ARTICLE I    OFFICES    1
ARTICLE II    MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS    1
Section 1    Place of Meetings    1
Section 2    Annual Meeting    1
Section 3    Special Meetings    1
Section 4    Notice of Meetings    5
Section 5    Notice of Shareholder Business and Nomination of Directors    6
Section 6    Fixing of Record Date    9
Section 7    List of Shareholders    11
Section 8    Quorum; Postponement; Adjournments    12
Section 9    Voting    12
Section 10    Proxies    13
Section 11    Action without a Meeting    14
Section 12    Acceptance of Instruments Showing Shareholder Action    17
Section 13    Conduct of Meetings    18
ARTICLE III    BOARD OF DIRECTORS    19
Section 1    Powers    19
Section 2    Election and Term    19
Section 3    Number    20
Section 4    Tenure and Qualifications    21
Section 5    Nominations for Election to the Board of Directors    21
Section 6    Quorum and Manner of Acting    21
Section 7    Organization Meeting    21
Section 8    Regular Meetings    21
Section 9    Special Meetings; Notice    21
Section 10    Resignations    22
Section 11    Vacancies    22
Section 12    Committees    22
Section 13    Compensation of Directors    22
Section 14    Action without a Meeting    23
Section 15    Telephonic Participation in Meetings    23
ARTICLE IV    OFFICERS    23
Section 1    Principal Officers    23
Section 2    Election and Term of Office    23
Section 3    Other Officers    23
Section 4    Removal    23
Section 5    Resignations    24
Section 6    Vacancies    24
Section 7    Chairman of the Board    24

 

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Section 8    President    24
Section 9    Vice President    24
Section 10    Treasurer    24
Section 11    Secretary    24
Section 12    Salaries    24
ARTICLE V    INDEMNIFICATION    25
ARTICLE VI    SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER    25
Section 1    Certificate for Stock    25
Section 2    Stock Certificate Signature    25
Section 3    Stock Ledger    25
Section 4    Cancellation    26
Section 5    Registrations of Transfers of Stock    26
Section 6    Regulations    26
Section 7    Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Certificates    26
Section 8    Record Dates    26
ARTICLE VII    MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS    27
Section 1    Corporate Seal    27
Section 2    Voting of Stocks Owned by the Corporation    27
Section 3    Dividends    27
ARTICLE VIII    AMENDMENTS    27

 

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BY-LAWS

OF

FISERV, INC.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Wisconsin shall be located in the City of Brookfield, County of Waukesha. The Corporation may establish or discontinue, from time to time, such other offices within or without the State of Wisconsin as may be deemed proper for the conduct of the Corporation’s business.

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Place of Meetings. All meetings of shareholders shall be held at such place or places, within or without the State of Wisconsin, as may from time to time be fixed by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board, or as shall be specified in the respective notices, or waivers of notice, thereof. Any meeting may be postponed or adjourned pursuant to Section 8 of this Article II to reconvene at any place designated by vote of the Board of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board.

Section 2. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) shall be held on such date and at such place as may be fixed by the Board of Directors. In fixing a meeting date for any Annual Meeting, the Board of Directors may consider such factors as it deems relevant within the good faith exercise of its business judgment. At each Annual Meeting, the shareholders shall elect individuals to the Board of Directors in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Corporation. At any such Annual Meeting, only other business properly brought before the Annual Meeting in accordance with Section 5 of this Article II may be transacted.

Section 3. Special Meetings.

(a) A special meeting of the shareholders (a “Special Meeting”) may be called only by (i) a majority of the Board of Directors, (ii) the Chairman of the Board or (iii) the President. The President shall call a Special Meeting upon the demand, in accordance with this Section 3, of the holders of record representing at least 10% of all the votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be considered at the Special Meeting.

(b) To enable the Corporation to determine the shareholders entitled to demand a Special Meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date to determine the

 

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shareholders entitled to make such a demand (the “Demand Record Date”). The Demand Record Date shall not precede the date on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution fixing the Demand Record Date and shall not be more than ten days after the date on which the resolution fixing the Demand Record Date is adopted by the Board of Directors. Any shareholder of record entitled to demand a Special Meeting who is seeking to have shareholders demand a Special Meeting shall, by sending written notice to the Secretary at the principal offices of the Corporation, by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, request the Board of Directors to fix a Demand Record Date. The Board of Directors shall promptly, but in all events within ten days after the date on which a valid request to fix a Demand Record Date is received and verified, adopt a resolution fixing the Demand Record Date and shall make a public announcement of such Demand Record Date. If no Demand Record Date has been fixed by the Board of Directors within ten days after the date on which such request is received and verified by the Secretary at the principal offices of the Corporation, then the Demand Record Date shall be the tenth day after the first date on which a valid written request to set a Demand Record Date is received and verified by the Secretary at the principal offices of the Corporation. To be valid, such written request shall set forth the purpose or purposes for which the Special Meeting is to be held, shall be signed by one or more shareholders of record and by the beneficial owner or owners, if any, on whose behalf the request is made, shall bear the date of signature of each such shareholder and any such beneficial owner and shall set forth all information about each such shareholder and any such beneficial owner that would be required to be set forth in a shareholder’s notice described in Section 5(a)(ii) of this Article II as if the notice related to an Annual Meeting.

(c) For a shareholder or shareholders to demand a Special Meeting, a written demand or demands for a Special Meeting by the holders of record as of the Demand Record Date of shares representing at least 10% of all the votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be considered at the Special Meeting, calculated as if the Demand Record Date were the record date for the Special Meeting, must be delivered to the Secretary at the principal offices of the Corporation. To be valid, each written demand by a shareholder for a Special Meeting shall set forth the specific purpose or purposes for which the Special Meeting is to be held (which purpose or purposes shall be limited to the purpose or purposes set forth in the written request to set a Demand Record Date received by the Corporation pursuant to the foregoing Section 3(b)), shall be signed by one or more persons who as of the Demand Record Date are shareholders of record and by the beneficial owners, if any, on whose behalf the demand is made, shall bear the date of signature of each such shareholder and any such beneficial owner, shall set forth the name and address of each such shareholder (as they appear in the Corporation’s books) and any such beneficial owner signing such demand and the class and number of shares of the Corporation that are owned of record and/or beneficially by each such shareholder and any such beneficial owner, shall be sent to the Secretary at the principal offices of the Corporation, by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, and shall be received by the Secretary at the principal offices of the Corporation within seventy days after the Demand Record Date.

 

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(d) The Corporation shall not be required to call a Special Meeting upon shareholder demand unless, in addition to the documents required by the foregoing Section 3(c), the Secretary receives a written agreement, which may require furnishing of a bond, signed by each Soliciting Shareholder (as defined below) pursuant to which each Soliciting Shareholder, jointly and severally, agrees to pay the Corporation’s costs of holding the Special Meeting, including the costs of preparing and mailing proxy materials for the Corporation’s own solicitation, provided that if each of the resolutions introduced by any Soliciting Shareholder at such meeting is adopted, and each of the individuals nominated by or on behalf of any Soliciting Shareholder for election as a director at such meeting is elected, then the Soliciting Shareholders shall not be required to pay such costs. For purposes of these By-Laws, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below:

(i) “Affiliate” of any Person (as defined herein) shall mean any Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such first Person.

(ii) “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of Wisconsin are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

(iii) “Participant” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 14a-12 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

(iv) “Person” shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity.

(v) “Proxy” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 14a-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

(vi) “Solicitation” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 14a-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

(vi) “Soliciting Shareholder” shall mean, with respect to any Special Meeting demanded by a shareholder or shareholders, each of the following Persons:

(A) if the number of shareholders signing the demand or demands of meeting delivered to the Secretary at the principal offices of the Corporation pursuant to the foregoing Section 3(c) is ten or fewer, each Person signing any such demand; or

(B) if the number of shareholders signing the demand or demands of meeting delivered to the Corporation pursuant to the foregoing Section 3(c) is more than ten, each Person who either (I) was a Participant in any Solicitation of such demand or demands or (II) at the time of the delivery to the Secretary at the principal offices of the Corporation of the documents described in the foregoing Section 3(c) had engaged or intends to engage in any Solicitation of Proxies for use at such Special Meeting (other than a Solicitation of Proxies on behalf of the Corporation).

 

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A “Soliciting Shareholder” shall also mean each Affiliate of a Soliciting Shareholder described in clause (A) or (B) above who is a member of such Soliciting Shareholder’s “group” for purposes of Rule 13d-5(b) under the Exchange Act, and any other Affiliate of such a Soliciting Shareholder, if a majority of the directors then in office determines, reasonably and in good faith, that such Affiliate should be required to sign the written notice described in the foregoing Section 3(c) and/or the written agreement described in this Section 3(d) to prevent the purposes of this Section 3 from being evaded.

(e) Except as provided in the following sentence, any Special Meeting shall be held at such date and hour as may be designated by whichever of the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board shall have called such meeting. In the case of any Special Meeting called by the Chairman of the Board upon the demand of shareholders (a “Demand Special Meeting”), such meeting shall be held at such date and hour as may be designated by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the date of any Demand Special Meeting shall be not more than seventy days after the Meeting Record Date (as defined in Section 6(a) of this Article II); and provided further that in the event that the directors then in office fail to designate a date and hour for a Demand Special Meeting within ten days after the date that valid written demands for such meeting by the holders of record as of the Demand Record Date of shares representing at least 10% of all the votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be considered at the Special Meeting, calculated as if the Demand Record Date were the record date for the Special Meeting, are delivered to the Corporation (the “Delivery Date”), then such meeting shall be held at 10:00 A.M., local time, on the 100th day after the Delivery Date or, if such 100th day is not a Business Day, on the first preceding Business Day. In fixing a meeting date for any Special Meeting, the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board may consider such factors as it, he or she deems relevant within the good faith exercise of its, his or her business judgment, including, without limitation, the nature of the action proposed to be taken, the facts and circumstances surrounding any demand for such meeting and any plan of the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board to call an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting for the conduct of related business.

(f) The Corporation may engage regionally or nationally recognized independent inspectors of elections to act as an agent of the Corporation for the purpose of promptly performing a ministerial review of the validity of any purported written demand or demands for a Special Meeting received by the Secretary. For the purpose of permitting the inspectors to perform such review, no purported demand shall be deemed to have been delivered to the Corporation until the earlier of (i) five Business Days following receipt by the Secretary of such purported demand and (ii) such date as the independent inspectors certify to the Corporation that the valid demands received by the Secretary represent at least 10% of all the votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be considered at the Special Meeting, calculated as if the Demand Record Date were the record date for the Special Meeting. Nothing contained in this Section 3(f) shall in any way be construed to suggest or imply that the Board of Directors or any shareholder

 

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shall not be entitled to contest the validity of any demand, whether during or after such five Business Day period, or to take any other action (including, without limitation, the commencement, prosecution or defense of any litigation with respect thereto).

Section 4. Notice of Meetings.

(a) Written notice stating the place, day and hour of an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting shall be delivered not less than ten days nor more than seventy days before the date of the meeting (unless a different date is required by law or the Articles of Incorporation), by or at the direction of the Chairman of the Board or the Secretary, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting and to such other persons as are required by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law. In the event of any Demand Special Meeting, such notice of meeting shall be sent prior to the later of (x) the two days after the Meeting Record Date for such Demand Special Meeting and (y) thirty days after the Delivery Date. For purposes of this Section 4, notice by “electronic transmission” (as defined in the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law) is written notice. Written notice pursuant to this Section 4 shall be deemed to be effective (a) when mailed, if mailed postpaid and addressed to the shareholder’s address shown in the Corporation’s current record of shareholders or (b) when electronically transmitted to the shareholder in a manner authorized by the shareholder.

(b) In the case of any Special Meeting, (i) the notice of meeting shall describe any business that the Board of Directors shall have theretofore determined to bring before the meeting and (ii) in the case of a Demand Special Meeting, the notice of meeting (A) shall describe any business set forth in the statement of purpose of the demands received by the Corporation in accordance with Section 3 of this Article II, (B) shall contain all of the information required in the notice received by the Corporation in accordance with Section 5(b) of this Article II and (C) shall describe any business that the Board of Directors shall have theretofore determined to bring before the Demand Special Meeting. Except as otherwise provided in these By-Laws, in the Articles of Incorporation or in the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, the notice of an Annual Meeting need not include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.

(c) If any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting is adjourned to a different date, time or place, then the Corporation shall not be required to give notice of the new date, time or place if the new date, time or place is announced at the meeting before adjournment; provided, however, that if a new Meeting Record Date for an adjourned meeting is or must be fixed, then the Corporation shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to persons who are shareholders as of the new Meeting Record Date.

 

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Section 5. Notice of Shareholder Business and Nomination of Directors.

 

(a) Annual Meetings.

(i) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business to be considered by the shareholders may be made at an Annual Meeting (A) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting, (B) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (C) by any shareholder of the Corporation who (1) is a shareholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 5, (2) is entitled to vote with respect to such nomination or other business at the meeting under the Articles of Incorporation and (3) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 5.

(ii) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an Annual Meeting by a shareholder pursuant to the foregoing Section 5(a)(i)(C), the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary. To be timely, a shareholder’s notice shall be received by the Secretary at the principal offices of the Corporation not less than forty-five days nor more than seventy days prior to the first annual anniversary of the date set forth in the Corporation’s proxy statement for the immediately preceding Annual Meeting as the date on which the Corporation first mailed or intended to mail definitive proxy materials for the immediately preceding Annual Meeting (the “Anniversary Date”); provided, however, that if the date for which the Annual Meeting is called more than thirty days before or more than thirty days after the first annual anniversary of the immediately preceding Annual Meeting, then notice by the shareholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 100 th day prior to the date of such Annual Meeting and not later than the later of (A) the 75 th day prior to the date of such Annual Meeting or (B) the 10 th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such Annual Meeting is first made. In no event shall the announcement of an adjournment of an Annual Meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholder notice as described above. Such shareholder’s notice shall be signed by the shareholder of record who intends to make the nomination or introduce the other business and by the beneficial owner or owners, if any, on whose behalf the shareholder is acting, shall bear the date of signature of such shareholder and any such beneficial owner and shall set forth: (I) the name and address of such shareholder (as they appear on the Corporation’s books) and any such beneficial owner; (II) the class and number of shares of the Corporation that are owned of record and/or beneficially by such shareholder and any such beneficial owner; (III) a representation that such shareholder is a holder of record of shares of the Corporation entitled to vote under the Articles of Incorporation at such meeting with respect to such nomination or other business and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to make such nomination or introduce such other business; (IV) in the case of any proposed nomination for election or re-election as a director, (1) the name and residence address of the person or persons to be nominated, (2) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such shareholder and any such beneficial owner and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination is to be made by such shareholder and any such beneficial owner,

 

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(3) such other information regarding each nominee proposed by such shareholder and any such beneficial owner as would be required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for elections of directors, or would be otherwise required to be disclosed, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, including any information that would be required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to Regulation 14A had the nominee been nominated by the Board of Directors and (4) the written consent of each nominee to be named in a proxy statement and to serve as a director of the Corporation if so elected; (V) in the case of any proposed removal of a director, (1) the names of the directors to be removed and (2) the reasons of such shareholder and any such beneficial owner for asserting that such directors should be removed; and (VI) in the case of any other business that such shareholder and any such beneficial owner propose to bring before the meeting, (1) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting and, if such business includes a proposal to amend these By-Laws, the language of the proposed amendment, (2) the reasons of such shareholder and any such beneficial owner for conducting such business at the meeting and (3) any material interest in such business of such shareholder and any such beneficial owner.

(iii) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of the foregoing Section 5(a)(ii) to the contrary, if the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors is increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the Corporation at least forty-five days prior to the Anniversary Date, then a shareholder’s notice required by this Section 5 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be received by the Secretary at the principal offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

(b) Special Meetings. Only such business shall be conducted at a Special Meeting as shall have been described in the notice of meeting sent to shareholders pursuant to the foregoing Section 4. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a Special Meeting at which directors are to be elected pursuant to such notice of meeting (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any shareholder of the Corporation who (A) is a shareholder of record at the time of giving of such notice of meeting, (B) is entitled to vote with respect to such nominations at the meeting under the Articles of Incorporation and (C) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 5. Any shareholder permitted to nominate persons for election to the Board of Directors pursuant to clause (ii) of the preceding sentence who desires to nominate persons for election to the Board of Directors at such a Special Meeting shall cause a written notice to be received by the Secretary at the principal offices of the Corporation not earlier than ninety days prior to such Special Meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (I) the 60th day prior to such Special Meeting and (II) the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of such Special Meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. Such written notice shall be signed by the shareholder of record who intends to make the nomination and by the beneficial owner or owners, if any, on

 

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whose behalf the shareholder is acting, shall bear the date of signature of such shareholder and any such beneficial owner and shall set forth: (1) the name and address of such shareholder (as they appear in the Corporation’s books) and any such beneficial owner; (2) the class and number of shares of the Corporation that are owned of record and/or beneficially by such shareholder and any such beneficial owner; (3) a representation that such shareholder is a holder of record of shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to make the nomination specified in the notice; (4) the name and residence address of the person or persons to be nominated; (5) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such shareholder and any such beneficial owner and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination is to be made by such shareholder and any such beneficial owner; (6) such other information regarding each nominee proposed by such shareholder and any such beneficial owner as would be required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for elections of directors, or would be otherwise required to be disclosed, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, including any information that would be required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to Regulation 14A had the nominee been nominated by the Board of Directors; and (7) the written consent of each nominee to be named in a proxy statement and to serve as a director of the Corporation if so elected.

(c) General.

(i) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 5 shall be eligible to be elected as directors at an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting. Only such business shall be conducted at an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting as shall have been brought before such meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 5. The chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 5 and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this Section 5, to declare that such defective proposal shall be disregarded.

(ii) For purposes of this Section 5, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5, a shareholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 5. Nothing in this Section 5 shall be deemed to limit the Corporation’s obligation to include shareholder proposals in its proxy statement if such inclusion is required by Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act

 

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Section 6. Fixing of Record Date.

(a) The Board of Directors may fix in advance a date not less than ten days and not more than seventy days prior to the date of an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of, or to vote at, such meeting (the “Meeting Record Date”). In the case of any Demand Special Meeting, (i) the Meeting Record Date shall be not later than the 30 th day after the Delivery Date and (ii) if the Board of Directors fails to fix the Meeting Record Date within thirty days after the Delivery Date, then the close of business on such 30 th day shall be the Meeting Record Date. The shareholders of record on the Meeting Record Date shall be the shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting. When a determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall be applied to any adjournment thereof unless the Board of Directors fixes a new Meeting Record Date and except as otherwise required by law. A new Meeting Record Date must be set if a meeting is adjourned to a date more than one hundred twenty days after the date fixed for the original meeting.

(b) The Board of Directors may also fix in advance a date as the record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to take any other action or determining shareholders for any other purpose other than those set forth in Section 3(a) of this Article II and the foregoing Section 6(a). Such record date shall not be more than seventy days prior to the date on which the particular action, requiring such determination of shareholders, is to be taken. If the Board of Directors does not fix a record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive a share dividend or distribution (other than a distribution involving a purchase, redemption or other acquisition of the Corporation’s shares), then the close of business on the date on which the resolution of the Board of Directors is adopted declaring the dividend or distribution shall be the record date.

(c) In order that the Corporation may determine the shareholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date to determine the shareholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting (the “Consent Record Date”). The Consent Record Date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the Consent Record Date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and such date shall not be more than ten days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the Consent Record Date is adopted by the Board of Directors. Any shareholder of record seeking to have the shareholders express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall, by sending written notice to the Secretary of the Corporation by hand or by certified registered mail, return receipt requested, request the Board of Directors to fix a Consent Record Date. The Board of Directors shall promptly, but in all events within ten days after the date on which such a valid request is received and verified, adopt a resolution fixing the Consent Record Date and shall make a public announcement of such Consent Record Date. If no Consent Record Date has been fixed by the Board of Directors within

 

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ten days after the date on which such a request is received and verified by the Secretary, then the Consent Record Date shall be the 10th day after the first date on which a valid written request to set a Consent Record Date is received and verified by the Secretary. To be valid, such written request shall comply with each of the following:

(i) Such written request shall be signed by one or more shareholders of record and by the beneficial owners or owners, if any, on whose behalf the shareholder or shareholders are acting, shall bear the date of signature of each such shareholder and any such beneficial owner and shall set forth: (A) the name and address, as they appear on this Corporation’s books, of each such shareholder and any such beneficial owner who seeks to have the shareholders express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting; (B) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are owned of record and/or beneficially by each such shareholder and any such beneficial owner; (C) a representation that each such shareholder is a holder of record of shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders; (D) the manner in which each such shareholder and any such beneficial owner intend to comply with Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act in seeking to have the shareholders express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting; (E) in the case of any such shareholder and any such beneficial owner seeking to elect or re-elect a director by the shareholders expressing consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, (1) the name and residence address of the person or persons each such shareholder and any such beneficial owner are seeking to elect or re-elect as a director, (2) a description of all arrangements or understandings between each such shareholder and any such beneficial owner and each person such shareholder and any such beneficial owner are seeking to elect or re-elect as a director and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which such shareholder and any such beneficial owner are seeking to elect or re-elect such person as a director, (3) such other information regarding each person such shareholder and any such beneficial owner are seeking to elect or re-elect as a director as would be required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for elections of directors, or would be otherwise required to be disclosed, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, including any information that would be required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to Regulation 14A had such person been nominated by the Board of Directors and (4) the written consent of each such person to serve as a director of the Corporation if so elected; (F) in the case of any such shareholder and any such beneficial owner seeking to remove a director by the shareholders expressing consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, (1) the names of the director(s) each such shareholder and any such beneficial owner are seeking to remove and (2) the reasons of each such shareholder and any such beneficial owner for asserting that such director(s) may be removed for cause; and (G) in the case of any such shareholder and any such beneficial owner seeking to authorize or take any other corporate action by the shareholders expressing consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, (1) a brief description of the corporate action desired to be authorized or taken and, if such corporate action includes an amendment to these By-Laws, the language of the proposed amendment, (2) the reasons of each such shareholder and any such beneficial owner for authorizing or taking such corporate action and (3) any material interest in such corporate action of each such shareholder and any such beneficial owner.

 

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(ii) Such written request shall be accompanied by a written agreement, which may require furnishing of a bond, signed by each Consent Soliciting Shareholder (as defined below) pursuant to which each Consent Soliciting Shareholder, jointly and severally, agrees to pay the Corporation’s costs relating to such Consent Soliciting Shareholder seeking to have the shareholders express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, including the costs of preparing and mailing proxy materials for the Corporation’s own solicitation, provided that if the Consent Soliciting Shareholder obtains the requisite number of shares subject to valid and unrevoked Consents (as defined in Section 11(b) of this Article II) to express the corporate action referred to therein in accordance with these By-Laws, then the Consent Soliciting Shareholders shall not be required to pay such costs. For purposes of these By-Laws, “Consent Soliciting Shareholder” shall mean each of the following Persons: (A) if the number of shareholders signing the Consent or Consents is ten or fewer, each Person signing any such Consents; or (B) if the number of shareholders signing the Consent or Consents is more than ten, each Person who either (1) was a Participant in any Solicitation of such consent or consents or (2) at the time of the delivery to the Corporation of the documents described in this Section 6(c) had engaged or intends to engage in any Solicitation of Consents and/or Proxies for expressing consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting (other than a Solicitation of Consents and/or Proxies on behalf of the Corporation).

A “Consent Soliciting Shareholder” shall also mean each Affiliate of a Consent Soliciting Shareholder described in clause (A) or (B) above who is a member of such Consent Soliciting Shareholder’s “group” for purposes of Rule 13d-5(b) under the Exchange Act, and any other Affiliate of such a Consent Soliciting Shareholder, if a majority of the directors then in office determine, reasonably and in good faith, that such Affiliate should be required to sign the written notice described in the foregoing Section 6(c)(i) and/or the written agreements described in this Section 6(c)(ii) and the following Section 6(c)(iii) to prevent the purposes of this Section 6(c) and Section 11 of this Article II from being evaded.

(iii) Such written request shall be accompanied by a written agreement signed by each Consent Soliciting Shareholder pursuant to which each Consent Soliciting Shareholder agrees to deliver to any inspectors of election engaged by the Corporation pursuant to Section 11(d) of this Article II within two Business Days after receipt all Consents and revocations thereof received by such Consent Soliciting Shareholder or such Consent Soliciting Shareholder’s proxy solicitor or other designated agent in connection with such Consent Soliciting Shareholder seeking to have the shareholders express written consent to corporate action without a meeting.

Section 7. List of Shareholders. It shall be the duty of the Secretary or other officer of the Corporation who shall have charge of the stock ledger to prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of the shareholders, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote thereat, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each shareholder and the number of shares registered in his name. Such list shall be open to the examination of any shareholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during

 

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ordinary business hours, for a period beginning two Business Days after notice of the meeting is given for which the list was prepared and continuing to the date of 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 be kept and produced at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and subject to the inspection of any shareholders who may be present. The original or duplicate ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such list or the books of the Corporation or to vote in person or by proxy at such meeting.

Section 8. Quorum; Postponement; Adjournments.

(a) Shares entitled to vote as a separate voting group may take action on a matter at an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting only if a quorum of those shares exists with respect to that matter. Except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, these By-Laws or in the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on a matter by the voting group shall constitute a quorum of that voting group for action on that matter. Once a share is represented for any purpose at an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting, other than for the purpose of objecting to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting, it is considered present for purposes of determining whether a quorum exists for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of the meeting unless a new Meeting Record Date is or must be set for the adjourned meeting.

(b) The Board of Directors acting by resolution may postpone and reschedule any previously scheduled Annual Meeting or Special Meeting; provided, however, that a Demand Special Meeting shall not be postponed beyond the 100th day following the Delivery Date. Any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting may be adjourned from time to time, whether or not there is a quorum, (i) at any time, upon a resolution by shareholders if the votes cast in favor of such resolution by the holders of shares of each voting group entitled to vote on any matter theretofore properly brought before the meeting exceed the number of votes cast against such resolution by the holders of shares of each such voting group or (ii) at any time prior to the transaction of any business at such meeting, by the Chairman of the Board or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that a Demand Special Meeting adjourned pursuant to clause (ii) must be reconvened on or before the 100 th day following the Delivery Date. No notice of the time and place of adjourned meetings need be given except as required by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed.

Section 9. Voting. Every shareholder of record who is entitled to vote shall at every meeting of the shareholders be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by him on the record date; except, however, that shares of its own stock belonging to the Corporation or to another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such other corporation is held by the Corporation, shall neither be

 

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entitled to vote nor counted for quorum purposes. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as limiting the right of the Corporation to vote its own stock held by it in a fiduciary capacity. If a quorum exists, then action on a matter, other than the election of directors, by a voting group is approved if the votes cast within the voting group favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action, unless the Articles of Incorporation, these By-Laws or the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law requires a greater number of affirmative votes. Each director shall be elected as provided in Section 2 of Article III. Unless demanded by a shareholder of the Corporation present in person or by proxy at any meeting of the shareholders and entitled to vote thereat or so directed by the chairman of the meeting or required by law, the vote thereat on any question need not be by written ballot. On a vote by written ballot, each ballot shall be signed by the shareholder voting, or in his name by his proxy, if there be such proxy, and shall state the number of shares voted by him and the number of votes to which each share is entitled.

Section 10. Proxies. At any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting, a shareholder entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy. A shareholder entitled to vote at any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting, or to express consent or dissent in writing to any corporate action without a meeting, may authorize another person to act for the shareholder by appointing the person as a proxy. The means by which a shareholder or the shareholder’s authorized officer, director, employee, agent or attorney-in-fact may authorize another person to act for the shareholder by appointing the person as proxy include:

(a) Appointment of a proxy in writing by signing or causing the shareholder’s signature to be affixed to an appointment form by any reasonable means, including, without limitation, by facsimile signature.

(b) Appointment of a proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of an electronic transmission of the appointment to the person who will be appointed as proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service organization or like agent authorized to receive the transmission by the person who will be appointed as proxy. Every electronic transmission shall contain, or be accompanied by, information that can be used to reasonably determine that the shareholder transmitted or authorized the transmission of the electronic transmission. Any person charged with determining whether a shareholder transmitted or authorized the transmission of the electronic transmission shall specify the information upon which the determination is made.

An appointment of a proxy is effective when a signed appointment form or an electronic transmission of the appointment is received by the inspector of election or the officer or agent of the Corporation authorized to tabulate votes. Unless the appointment form or electronic transmission states that the proxy is irrevocable and the appointment is coupled with an interest, a proxy may be revoked at any time before it is voted, either by written notice filed with the Secretary or the secretary of the meeting or by oral notice given by the shareholder to the presiding officer during the meeting. The presence of a shareholder who has made an effective proxy appointment shall not of itself constitute a revocation. A proxy appointment is valid for eleven months unless a different period is expressly provided in the appointment. The Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board and the President each shall have the power and authority to make rules as to the validity and sufficiency of proxies.

 

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Section 11. Action without a Meeting.

(a) Any action required to be taken at any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting or any action which may be taken at any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those shareholders who have not consented in writing.

(b) To be valid, each expression of consent to corporate action in writing (a “Consent”) shall be in writing; shall set forth the specific corporate action to be taken (which corporate action or actions shall be limited to the action or actions set forth in the written request to set a Consent Record Date received by the Corporation pursuant to Section 6(c) of this Article II); shall be signed by one or more persons who as of the Consent Record Date are shareholders of record (or their duly authorized proxies); shall bear the date of signature of each such shareholder (or their duly authorized proxies); shall set forth the name and address, as they appear in the Corporation’s books, of each shareholder signing such Consent and the class and number of shares of the Corporation that are owned of record by each such shareholder; in the case of a Person who is not a shareholder of record, shall be accompanied by a proxy or proxies evidencing each such Person’s appointment as a proxy for the applicable shareholder of record; and shall be sent to the inspectors of elections engaged by the Corporation pursuant to the following Section 11(d) in accordance with the provisions of the following Section 11(e). Without limiting the foregoing, no Consent shall be valid unless, within seventy days after the applicable Consent Record Date fixed pursuant to Section 6(c) of this Article II, Consents representing the requisite number of shares subject to valid and unrevoked Consents to express such corporate action are delivered to the Corporation pursuant to this Section 11; provided, however, that if the Corporation or a Consent Soliciting Shareholder (whichever is soliciting Consents) has requested a Preliminary Consent Report that is pending on such 70th day pursuant to the following Section 11(f), then such Consents shall be valid if Consents representing the requisite number of shares subject to valid and unrevoked Consents to express such corporate action are delivered to the Corporation pursuant to this Section 11 at such time as such inspectors issue the Final Consent Report relating to the pending Preliminary Consent Report pursuant to the following Section 11(g) or Section 11(h). The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to make rules that are not inconsistent with the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law as to the validity of Consents and revocations thereof.

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11(g) or Section 11(h) or (ii) seventy days after the applicable Consent Record Date fixed pursuant to Section 6(c) of this Article II by written notice delivered to (A) the Secretary, (B) any Consent Soliciting Shareholder, (C) to a proxy solicitor or other agent designated by the Corporation or any Consent Soliciting Shareholder and/or (D) the inspectors of elections engaged by the Corporation pursuant to the following Section 11(d).

(d) Within three Business Days after a Consent Record Date fixed pursuant to Section 6(c) of this Article II, the Corporation shall (i) engage regionally or nationally recognized independent inspectors of elections to act as agent of the Corporation for the purpose of promptly performing a ministerial review of the validity of Consents and revocations thereof and (ii) provide notice to each Consent Soliciting Shareholder of the identity of such inspectors and the manner in which such Consent Soliciting Shareholder may deliver Consents and revocations thereof to such inspectors pursuant to the following Section 11(e). Except as provided in Section 6(c)(ii) of this Article II, the cost of retaining inspectors of election shall be borne by the Corporation.

(e) The Corporation, the Consent Soliciting Shareholders and their respective proxy solicitors or other designated agents shall deliver Consents and revocations thereof to the inspectors within two Business Days after receipt. As soon as the inspectors receive Consents and/or revocations thereof, the inspectors shall review the Consents and revocations thereof and shall maintain a count of the number of shares subject to valid and unrevoked Consents. The inspectors shall keep such count confidential and shall not reveal the count to any Person; provided, however, that, as soon as practicable after a written request therefor by the Corporation or a Consent Soliciting Shareholder, the inspectors shall issue a report (a “Consent Report”) to the Corporation and the Consent Soliciting Shareholders stating: (i) the number of shares subject to valid Consents; (ii) the number of shares subject to valid revocations of Consents; (iii) the number of shares subject to valid and unrevoked Consents; (iv) the number of shares subject to invalid Consents; (v) the number of shares subject to invalid revocations of Consents; (vi) whether, based on their count, the requisite number of shares subject to valid and unrevoked Consents has been obtained to express the corporate action specified in the Consents; and (vii) the latest date the inspectors received Consents and revocations thereof that the inspectors reflected in such report (the “Report Date”).

(f) As soon as practicable after a written request therefor by the Corporation or a Consent Soliciting Shareholder (whichever is soliciting Consents), notice of which request shall be given to the Corporation and any parties opposing the solicitation of Consents, if any, which request shall state that the Corporation or the Consent Soliciting Shareholders, as the case may be, have a good faith belief that the requisite number of shares subject to valid and unrevoked Consents to express the corporate action specified in the Consents has been received in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation and these By-Laws, the inspectors shall issue and deliver to the Corporation and the Consent Soliciting Shareholders a preliminary Consent Report (the “Preliminary Consent Report”); provided, however, that neither the Corporation nor the Consent Soliciting Shareholders may request a Preliminary Consent Report after the 70 th day after the applicable Consent Record Date fixed pursuant to Section 6(c) of this Article II. Unless

 

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the Corporation and the Consent Soliciting Shareholders shall agree to a shorter or longer period, the Corporation and the Consent Soliciting Shareholders shall have two Business Days after receipt of the Preliminary Consent Report to review the Consents and revocations thereof and to advise the inspectors and the opposing parties in writing as to whether they intend to challenge the Preliminary Consent Report.

(g) If no written notice of an intention to challenge a Preliminary Consent Report is received within two Business Days after receipt of the Preliminary Consent Report by the Corporation and the Consent Soliciting Shareholders and either (i) the date that is two Business Days after such receipt of such Preliminary Consent Report (the “Cut-Off Date”) is more than seventy days after the applicable Consent Record Date fixed pursuant to Section 6(c) of this Article II or (ii) the Cut-Off Date is not more than seventy days after the applicable Consent Record Date fixed pursuant to Section 6(c) of this Article II and the requisite number of shares subject to valid and unrevoked Consents to express the corporate action specified in the Consents was obtained, then the inspectors shall as promptly as practicable issue to the Corporation and the Consent Soliciting Shareholders their final Consent Report (a “Final Consent Report”), which shall contain the information included in the Preliminary Consent Report, plus all changes in the vote totals as a result of Consents and revocations thereof received after the Preliminary Consent Report Report Date to the time of issuance of the Final Consent Report, if such Consents and revocations thereof are received within seventy days after the applicable Consent Record Date fixed pursuant to Section 6(c) of this Article II, and a certification as to whether the requisite number of shares subject to valid and unrevoked Consents to express the corporate action specified in the Consents was obtained. If the Cut-Off Date is not more than seventy days after the applicable Consent Record Date fixed pursuant to Section 6(c) of this Article II and the requisite number or shares subject to valid and unrevoked Consents to express the corporate action specified in the Consents was not obtained, then the inspectors shall as promptly as practicable issue a Consent Report to the Corporation and the Consent Soliciting Shareholders and a certification that the requisite number of shares subject to valid and unrevoked Consents to express the corporate action specified in the Consents was not obtained, and the Corporation or the Consent Soliciting Shareholders (whichever is soliciting Consents) shall have the right to request again a Preliminary Consent Report in accordance with the provisions of the foregoing Section 11(f).

(h) If the Corporation or the Consent Soliciting Shareholders issue written notice to the inspectors and the Corporation or the Consent Soliciting Shareholders, as the case may be, of an intention to challenge a Preliminary Consent Report within two Business Days after receipt of the Preliminary Consent Report by the Corporation and the Consent Soliciting Shareholders, then a challenge session shall be scheduled by the inspectors as promptly as practicable, at which the Corporation and the Consent Soliciting Shareholders shall have the right to object to the validity of Consents and revocations thereof. A transcript of the challenge session shall be recorded by a certified court reporter. Following completion of the challenge session, if either (i) the date on which the challenge session is completed (the “Completion Date”) is more than seventy days after the applicable Consent Record Date fixed pursuant to Section 6(c) of this

 

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Article II or (ii) the Completion Date is not more than seventy days after the applicable Consent Record Date fixed pursuant to Section 6(c) of this Article II and the requisite number of shares subject to valid and unrevoked Consents to express the corporate action specified in the Consents was obtained, then the inspectors shall as promptly as practicable issue to the Corporation and the Consent Soliciting Shareholders a Final Consent Report, which shall contain the information included in the Preliminary Consent Report, plus all changes in the vote totals as a result of the challenge and, if such Consents and revocations thereof are received within seventy days after the applicable Consent Record Date fixed pursuant to Section 6(c) of this Article II, Consents and revocations thereof received after the Preliminary Consent Report Report Date to the time of issuance of the Final Report, and a certification as to whether the requisite number of shares subject to valid and unrevoked Consents to express the corporate action specified in the Consents was obtained. If the Completion Date is not more than seventy days after the applicable Consent Record Date fixed pursuant to Section 6(c) of this Article II and the requisite number of shares subject to valid and unrevoked Consents to express the corporate action specified in the Consents was not obtained, then the inspectors shall as promptly as practicable issue a Consent Report to the Corporation and the Consent Soliciting Shareholders and a certification that the requisite number of shares subject to valid and unrevoked Consents to express the corporate action specified in the Consents was not obtained, and the Corporation or the Consent Soliciting Shareholders (whichever is soliciting Consents) shall have the right to request again a Preliminary Consent Report in accordance with the provisions of the foregoing Section 11(f).

(j) Simultaneously with the delivery of any Final Consent Report to the Corporation pursuant to the foregoing Section 11(g) or Section 11(4), the inspectors shall deliver all valid and unrevoked Consents to the Corporation, which shall constitute delivery of such Consents to the Corporation for purposes of Section 180.0704 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law and the Articles of Incorporation. A copy of any Final Consent Report shall be included in the book in which the proceedings of meetings of shareholders are recorded.

(k) As to any Consent, if, prior to the issuance of a Final Consent Report and delivery of Consents to the Corporation, all Consent Soliciting Shareholders notify the Corporation and the inspectors in writing that such Consent Soliciting Shareholders no longer desire to express consent to the corporate actions specified in the Consents, then the Consents shall be deemed abandoned, and the inspectors shall not issue a Final Consent Report or deliver such Consents to the Corporation.

Section 12. Acceptance of Instruments Showing Shareholder Action. If the name signed on a vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment corresponds to the name of a shareholder, the Corporation, acting in good faith, may accept the vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment and give it effect as the act of a shareholder. If the name signed on a vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment does not correspond to the name of a shareholder, the Corporation, acting in good faith, may accept the vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment and give it effect as the act of the shareholder if any of the following apply:

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(b) The name purports to be that of a personal representative, administrator, executor, guardian or conservator representing the shareholder and, if the Corporation requests, evidence of fiduciary status acceptable to the Corporation is presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment.

(c) The name signed purports to be that of a receiver or trustee in bankruptcy of the shareholder and, if the Corporation requests, evidence of this status acceptable to the Corporation is presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment.

(d) The name signed purports to be that of a pledgee, beneficial owner, or attorney-in-fact of the shareholder and, if the Corporation requests, evidence acceptable to the Corporation of the signatory’s authority to sign for the shareholder is presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment.

(e) Two or more persons are the shareholders as co-tenants or fiduciaries and the name signed purports to be the name of at least one of the co-owners and the person signing appears to be acting on behalf of all co-owners.

The Corporation may reject a vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment if the Secretary or other officer or agent of the Corporation who is authorized to tabulate votes, acting in good faith, has reasonable basis for doubt about the validity of the signature on it or about the signatory’s authority to sign for the shareholder.

Section 13. Conduct of Meetings. The Chairman of the Board or, in his or her absence, the President or, in the President’s absence, a Vice President designated by the Board of Directors, shall call any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting to order and shall act as chairman of the meeting, and the Secretary shall act as secretary of all meetings of the shareholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the presiding officer may appoint any other person to act as secretary of the meeting. The Board of Directors may, to the extent not prohibited by law, adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations or procedures and to do such acts as, in the judgment of the chairman of the meeting, are appropriate for the proper conduct of an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may to the extent not prohibited by law include, without limitation, the following: (a) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (b) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (c) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to shareholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and

 

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constituted proxies (which shall be reasonable in number) or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine; (d) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; (e) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants; (f) rules and procedures regarding the execution of election ballots before or after the time fixed for the commencement of the meeting; (g) the appointment of an inspector of election or an officer or agent of the Corporation authorized to tabulate votes; and (h) rules and procedures to facilitate the conduct of, and participation in, the meeting by electronic means.

ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 1. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of the Board of Directors.

Section 2. Election and Term.

(a) The Board of Directors shall be divided into three groups, which are hereby designated as Group One, Group Two and Group Three. The term of office of the initial Group One Directors shall expire at the next annual meeting of shareholders; the term of office of the initial Group Two Directors shall expire at the second succeeding annual meeting of shareholders; and the term of office of the initial Group Three Directors shall expire at the third succeeding annual meeting of shareholders. At each annual shareholders meeting held thereafter, Directors to replace those whose terms expire at such annual meeting shall be elected to hold office until the third succeeding annual meeting and until their successors are elected and qualify, or until they sooner die, resign or are removed. Acceptance of the office of Director may be expressed orally or in writing, and attendance at a meeting shall constitute such acceptance.

(b) Except as provided in this Section 2, each Director shall be elected by the majority of the votes cast with respect to that Director’s election at any meeting of shareholders for the election of Directors at which a quorum is present and the election is not a Contested Election. For purposes of this Section 2, a majority of votes cast shall mean that the number of votes cast “for” a Director’s election exceeds the number of votes cast “withheld” with respect to that Director’s election. Abstentions will not be counted as votes cast with respect to that Director’s election. If at the close of the notice periods set forth in Section 5 of Article II, the Chairman of the Board determines that the number of persons properly nominated to serve as Directors of the Corporation exceeds the number of Directors to be elected (a “Contested Election”), each Director shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast with respect to that Director’s election at the meeting at which a quorum is present.

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or her election less than the number of votes cast “withheld” with respect to his or her election (a “Majority Against Vote”) will promptly tender his or her resignation to the Chairman of the Board following certification of the shareholder vote. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors will promptly consider the resignation submitted by such director, and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will make a recommendation to the Board of Directors as to whether to accept the tendered resignation or to reject it. In considering whether to accept or reject the tendered resignation, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider all factors deemed relevant by the members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, including, without limitation, the stated reasons why shareholders “withheld” votes for election from such Director, the length of service and qualifications of the Director whose resignation has been tendered and the Director’s contributions to the Corporation. The Board of Directors will act on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s recommendation no later than 90 days following the date of the meeting of shareholders at which the election occurred. In considering the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s recommendation, the Board of Directors will consider the factors considered by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and such additional information and factors the Board of Directors believes to be relevant. Following the Board of Directors’ decision, the Corporation will promptly publicly disclose in a Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Board of Directors’ decision whether to accept the resignation as tendered, including a full explanation of the process by which the decision was reached and, if applicable, the reasons for rejecting the tendered resignation. Any Director who tenders a resignation pursuant to this provision will not participate in the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee recommendation or Board of Directors consideration regarding whether or not to accept the tendered resignation. If a majority of the members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee received Majority Against Votes at the same election, then the independent Directors who are on the Board of Directors who did not receive Majority Against Votes or who were not standing for election will appoint a committee of the Board of Directors among themselves for the purpose of considering the tendered resignations and will recommend to the Board of Directors whether to accept or reject them. This committee of the Board of Directors may, but need not, consist of all of the independent Directors who did not receive Majority Against Votes or who were not standing for election.

(d) If a Director’s resignation is accepted by the Board of Directors pursuant to this Section 2, or if a nominee for Director is not elected and the nominee is not an incumbent Director whose term would otherwise have expired at the time of the election if a successor had been elected, then the Board of Directors may fill the resulting vacancy pursuant to the provisions of Section 11 of Article III of these By-Laws or may decrease the size of the Board of Directors pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of Article III of these By-Laws.

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Section 4. Tenure and Qualifications. Each Director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders in the year in which such Director’s term expires and until his successor shall have been elected, or until his prior death, resignation or removal for cause only. A Director may be removed from office for cause only by affirmative vote of eighty percent (80%) of the outstanding shares entitled to vote for the election of such Director, taken at an annual meeting or a special meeting of shareholders called for that purpose, and any vacancy so created may be filled by the affirmative vote of eighty percent (80%) of such shares. Directors need not be residents of the State of Wisconsin or shareholders of the Corporation.

Section 5. Nominations for Election to the Board of Directors. Nominations for elections to the Board of Directors may be made by the Board of Directors or by any shareholder of any outstanding class of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote for election of Directors at a meeting of shareholders in accordance with Section 5 of Article II.

Section 6. Quorum and Manner of Acting. Unless otherwise provided by law, the presence of fifty-one percent (51%) of the whole Board of Directors shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the Directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present. Notice of any adjourned meeting need not be given. At all meetings of Directors, a quorum being present, all matters shall be decided by the affirmative vote of the majority of the Directors present, except as otherwise required by law. The Board of Directors may hold its meetings at such place or places within or without the State of Wisconsin as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or as shall be specified in the respective notices, or waivers of notice, thereof.

Section 7. Organization Meeting. Immediately after each annual meeting of shareholders for the election of Directors the Board of Directors shall meet at the place of the annual meeting of shareholders for the purpose of organization, the election of officers and the transaction of other business. Notice of such meeting need not be given. If such meeting is held at any other time or place, notice thereof must be given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors, subject to a waiver of such notice, in the manner set forth in Section 180.0823 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, by all Directors who may not have received such notice.

Section 8. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Wisconsin, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. After there has been such determination, and notice thereof has been once given to each member of the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided for special meetings, regular meetings may be held without further notice being given.

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to him at his residence or usual place of business, at least five days before the date on which the meeting is to be held, or shall be sent to him at such place by telegraph, cable, radio or wireless, or be delivered personally or by telephone, not later than the day before the day on which such meeting is to be held. Each such notice shall state the time and place of the meeting and, as may be required, the purposes thereof. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors need not be given to any Director if he shall sign a written waiver thereof either before or after the time stated therein for such meeting, or if he shall be present at the meeting. Unless limited by law, the Articles of Incorporation, these By-laws or the terms of the notice thereof, any and all business may be transacted at any meeting without the notice thereof having specifically identified the matters to be acted upon.

Section 10. Resignations. Any Director of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Chairman of the Board, if any, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. The resignation of any Director shall take effect upon receipt of notice thereof or at such later time as shall be specified in such notice; and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

Section 11. Vacancies. Any newly created directorships and vacancies occurring in the Board by reason of death, resignation, retirement or disqualification may be filled by (a) a majority of the Directors then in office or (b) the action of the holders of record of the majority of the issued and outstanding stock of the Corporation (i) present in person or by proxy at a meeting of holders of such stock and entitled to vote thereon or (ii) by a consent in writing in the manner contemplated in Section 11 of Article II. The Director so chosen, whether selected to fill a vacancy or elected to a new directorship, shall hold office until the next meeting of shareholders at which the election of directors is in the regular order of business, and until his successor has been elected and qualifies, or until he sooner dies, resigns or is removed.

Section 12. Committees. There may be an Executive Committee. There shall be an Audit Committee composed of independent directors. There shall be a Compensation Committee composed of independent directors. The Board of Directors by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the number of directors then in office may create one or more additional committees. Each committee shall have two or more members who shall, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, each committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise such power and authority as the Board of Directors shall specify.

Section 13. Compensation of Directors. Directors, as such, shall not receive any stated salary for their services, but, by resolution of the Board, a specific sum fixed by the Board plus expenses may be allowed for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation or any parent or subsidiary corporation thereof in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

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Section 14. Action without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the Board, and such written consent is filed with the minutes or proceedings of the Board.

Section 15. Telephonic Participation in Meetings. Members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation shall constitute presence in persons at such meeting.

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

Section 1. Principal Officers. The Board of Directors shall elect a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and may in addition elect a Chairman of the Board, one or more Vice Presidents and such other officers as it deems fit; the President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, the Chairman of the Board, if any, and the Vice Presidents, if any, being the principal officers of the Corporation. One person may hold, and perform the duties of, any two or more of said offices.

Section 2. Election and Term of Office. The principal officers of the Corporation shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at the organization meeting thereof. Each such officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been elected and shall qualify, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal.

Section 3. Other Officers. In addition, the Board may elect, or the Chairman of the Board, if any, or the President may appoint, such other officers as they deem fit. Any such other officers so chosen shall be subordinate officers and shall hold office for such period, have such authority and perform such duties as the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, if any, or the President may from time to time determine.

Section 4. Removal. Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, at any time, by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors at any regular meeting of the Board, or at any special meeting of the Board called for that purpose, at which a quorum is present.

Section 5. Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Chairman of the Board, if any, the President, the Secretary or the Board of Directors. Any such resignation shall take effect upon receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein; and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

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Section 6. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the manner prescribed in these By-laws for election or appointment to such office for such term.

Section 7. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if one be elected, shall preside, if present, at all meetings of the shareholders and the Board of Directors, and shall have and perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors.

Section 8. President. The President shall have the general powers and duties of supervision and management usually vested in the office of President of a corporation. In the absence or non-election of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if present thereat, he shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and at all meetings of the Board of Directors. Except as the Board of Directors shall authorize the execution thereof in some other manner, he shall execute bonds, mortgages, and other contracts on behalf of the Corporation, and shall cause the seal to be affixed to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed the seal shall be attested by the signature of the Secretary or the Treasurer.

Section 9. Vice President. Each Vice President shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him by the directors.

Section 10. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have charge and custody of, and be responsible for, all funds and securities of the Corporation. He shall exhibit at all reasonable times his books of account and records to any of the Directors of the Corporation upon application during business hours at the office of the Corporation where such books and records shall be kept; when requested by the Board of Directors, he shall render a statement of the condition of the finances of the Corporation at any meeting of the Board or at the annual meeting of shareholders; he shall receive, and give receipt for, moneys due and payable to the Corporation from any source whatsoever; in general, he shall perform all the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall give such bond, if any, for the faithful discharge of his duties as the Board of Directors may require.

Section 11. Secretary. The Secretary, if present, shall act as secretary at all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the shareholders and keep the minutes thereof in a book or books to be provide for that purpose; he shall see that all notices required to be given by the Corporation are duly given and served; he shall have charge of the stock records of the Corporation; he shall see that all reports, statements and other documents required by law are properly kept and filed; and in general he shall perform all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or the Board of Directors.

Section 12. Salaries. The salaries of the principal officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, and the salaries of any other officers may be fixed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or, if no Chairman of the Board shall have been elected, the President.

 

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ARTICLE V

INDEMNIFICATION

The Corporation shall to the fullest extent permitted or required by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, including any amendments thereto (but in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent such amendment permits or requires the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than prior to such amendment), indemnify its Directors and officers against any and all liabilities, and advance any and all reasonable expenses, incurred thereby in any proceedings to which any such Director or officer is a Party because he or she is or was a Director or officer of the Corporation. The Corporation shall also indemnify an employee who is not a Director or officer to the same extent as provided by the Corporation to its Directors and officers. The rights to indemnification granted hereunder shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to indemnification against liabilities or the advancement of expenses which a Director, officer or employee may be entitled to under any written agreement, Board of Directors resolution, vote of shareholders, the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law or otherwise. All capitalized terms used in this Article V and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning set forth in Section 180.0850 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law.

ARTICLE VI

SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

Section 1. Certificate for Stock. Every shareholder of the Corporation shall be entitled to a certificate or certificates, to be in such form as the Board of Directors shall prescribe, certifying the number of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation owned by him. No certificate shall be issued for partly paid shares.

Section 2. Stock Certificate Signature. The certificates for such stock shall be numbered in the order in which they shall be issued and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board, if any, or the President and the Secretary or Treasurer of the Corporation and its seal shall be affixed thereto. If such certificate is countersigned (1) by a transfer agent other than the Corporation or its employee, or (2) by a registrar other than the Corporation or its employee, the signatures of such officers of the Corporation may be facsimiles. In case any officer of the Corporation who has signed, or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon, any such certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer at the date of issue.

Section 3. Stock Ledger. A record shall be kept by the Secretary or by any other officer, employee or agent designated by the Board of Directors of the name of each person, firm or corporation holding capital stock of the Corporation, the number of shares represented by, and the respective dates of, each certificate for such capital stock, and in case of cancellation of any such certificate, the respective dates of cancellation.

 

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Section 4. Cancellation. Every certificate surrendered to the Corporation for exchange or registration of transfer shall be cancelled, and no new certificate or certificates shall be issued in exchange for any existing certificate until such existing certificate shall have been so cancelled, except, subject to Section 7 of this Article VI, in cases provided for by applicable law.

Section 5. Registrations of Transfers of Stock. Registrations of transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered holder thereof, or by his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation or with a transfer clerk or a transfer agent appointed as in Section 6 of this Article VI provided, and on surrender of the certificate or certificates for such shares properly endorsed and the payment of all taxes thereon. The person in whose name shares of stock stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof for all purposes as regards the Corporation.

Section 6. Regulations. The Board of Directors may make such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient, not inconsistent with the Articles of Incorporation or these By-laws, concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates for shares of the stock of the Corporation. It may appoint, or authorize any principal officer or officers to appoint, one or more transfer clerks or one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars, and may require all certificates of stock to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

Section 7. Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Certificates. Before any certificates for stock of the Corporation shall be issued in exchange for certificates which shall become mutilated or shall be lost, stolen or destroyed, proper evidence of such loss, theft, mutilation or destruction shall be procured for the Board of Directors, if it so requires.

Section 8. Record Dates. For the purpose of determining 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 date as a record date for any such determination of shareholders. Such record date shall not be more than sixty or less than ten days before the date of such meeting, or more than sixty days prior to any other action.

 

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ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 1. Corporate Seal. The Board of Directors shall provide a corporate seal, which shall be in the form of a circle and shall bear the name of the Corporation and words and figures showing that it was incorporated in the State of Wisconsin in the year 1992. The Secretary shall be the custodian of the seal. The Board of Directors may authorize a duplicate seal to be kept and used by any other officer.

Section 2. Voting of Stocks Owned by the Corporation. The Board of Directors may authorize any person on behalf of the Corporation to attend, vote and grant proxies to be used at any meeting of shareholders of any corporation (except the Corporation) in which the Corporation may hold stock.

Section 3. Dividends. Subject to the provisions of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law and the Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may, out of funds legally available therefor, at any regular or special meeting declare dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation as and when they deem expedient. Before declaring any dividend there may be set apart out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Directors from time to time in their discretion deem proper for working capital or as a reserve fund to meet contingencies or for equalizing dividends or for such other purposes as the Board of Directors shall deem conducive to the interests of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

AMENDMENTS

These By-laws of the Corporation may be altered, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors or by the affirmative vote of the holders of record of eighty percent (80%) of the issued and outstanding stock of the Corporation (a) present in person or by proxy at a meeting of holders of such stock and entitled to vote thereon or (b) by a consent in writing in the manner contemplated in Section 11 of Article II, provided , however , that notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal is contained in the notice of such meeting. By-laws, whether made or altered by the shareholders or by the Board of Directors, shall be subject to alteration or repeal by the shareholders as in this Article VIII.

 

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EX-10.1 5 dex101.htm OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN Omnibus Incentive Plan

Exhibit 10.1

FISERV, INC.

2007 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

1.    Purpose and Effective Date.

(a)    Purpose.  The Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan has two complementary purposes: (i) to attract and retain outstanding individuals to serve as officers, directors, employees and consultants; and (ii) to increase shareholder value. The Plan will provide participants incentives to increase shareholder value by offering the opportunity to acquire shares of the Company’s common stock, receive monetary payments based on the value of such common stock, or receive other incentive compensation, on the potentially favorable terms that this Plan provides.

(b)    Effective Date.  This Plan will become effective, and Awards may be granted under this Plan, on and after the date that the Plan is approved by the Company’s shareholders (the “Effective Date”). If the Company’s shareholders approve this Plan, then the Fiserv, Inc. Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan will terminate on the Effective Date and the Fiserv, Inc. Executive Incentive Compensation Plan will terminate on December 31, 2007, and no new awards may be granted under such plans after their respective termination dates; provided that each such plan shall continue to govern awards outstanding as of the date of such plan’s termination and such awards shall continue in force and effect until terminated pursuant to their terms.

2.    Definitions.  Capitalized terms used in this Plan have the following meanings:

(a)    “Administrator” means the Committee with respect to employee Participants and the Board with respect to Director Participants.

(b)    “Affiliate” and “Associate” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining those individuals to whom an Option or Stock Appreciation Right may be granted, the term “Affiliate” means any entity that, directly or through one or more intermediaries, is controlled by, controls, or is under common control with the Company within the meaning of Code Sections 414(b) or (c); provided that, in applying such provisions, the phrase “at least 20 percent” shall be used in place of “at least 80 percent” each place it appears therein.

(c)    “Award” means a grant of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Shares, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Dividend Equivalent Units, an Annual Incentive Award, a Long-Term Incentive Award, or any other type of award permitted under the Plan.

(d)    “Beneficial Owner” means a Person who owns any securities

(i) which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, (A) securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase, or (B) securities issuable upon exercise of preferred stock purchase rights issued pursuant to the terms of the Company’s Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated as of February 24, 1998, as amended from time to time, or any successor to such Rights Agreement, or any similar stock purchase rights that the Company may authorize and issue in the future, at any time before the issuance of such securities; or

(ii)    which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates, directly or indirectly, has the right to vote or dispose of or has “beneficial ownership” of (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), including pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, any security under this clause (ii) as


a result of an agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such security if the agreement, arrangement or understanding: (A) arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given to such Person in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable rules and regulations under the Act and (B) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report); or

(iii)    which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person with which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has had any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except pursuant to a revocable proxy as described in clause (ii) above) or disposing of any voting securities of the Company.

(e)    “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

(f)    “Cause” means, except as otherwise determined by the Administrator and set forth in an Award agreement: (i) if a Participant is subject to an employment, retention or similar agreement with the Company or an Affiliate that includes a definition of “Cause,” such definition; and (ii) for all other Participants, (A) conviction of a felony or a plea of no contest to a felony, (B) willful misconduct that is materially and demonstrably detrimental to the Company or an Affiliate, (C) willful refusal to perform duties consistent with a Participant’s office, position or status with the Company or an Affiliate (other than as a result of physical or mental disability) after being requested to do so by a person or body with the authority to make such request, or (D) other conduct or inaction that the Administrator determines in its discretion constitutes Cause.

(g)    “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(i)    any Person (other than (A) the Company or its subsidiaries, (B) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under any employee benefit plan of the Company or its subsidiaries, (C) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, (D) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock in the Company (“Excluded Persons”) or (E) unless otherwise determined by the Board or the Committee, a Person which has acquired Stock in the ordinary course of business for investment purposes only and not with the purpose or effect of changing or influencing the control of the Company, or in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purpose or effect (“Investment Intent”), as demonstrated by the filing by such Person of a statement on Schedule 13G (including amendments thereto) pursuant to Regulation 13D under the Exchange Act, as long as such Person continues to hold such Stock with an Investment Intent) is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Company or its Affiliates pursuant to express authorization by the Board of Directors that refers to this exception) representing 20% or more of either the then outstanding shares of Stock of the Company or the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities; or

(ii)    the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors of the Company then serving: (A) individuals who, on the Effective Date, constituted the Board of Directors; and (B) any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Company) whose appointment or election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors on the Effective Date or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved (collectively the “Continuing Directors”); provided, however, that individuals who are appointed to the Board of Directors pursuant to or in accordance with the terms of an agreement relating to a merger, consolidation, or share exchange involving the Company (or any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company) shall not be Continuing Directors for purposes of this Agreement until after such individuals are first nominated for election by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the then Continuing Directors and are thereafter elected as directors by shareholders of the Company at a meeting of shareholders held following consummation

 

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of such merger, consolidation, or share exchange; provided further, that in the event the failure of any such persons appointed to the Board of Directors to be Continuing Directors results in a Change in Control, the subsequent qualification of such persons as Continuing Directors shall not alter the fact that a Change in Control occurred; or

(iii)    the shareholders of the Company approve a merger, consolidation or share exchange of the Company with any other corporation or approve the issuance of voting securities of the Company in connection with a merger, consolidation or share exchange of the Company (or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company) pursuant to applicable stock exchange requirements, other than (A) a merger, consolidation or share exchange which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or share exchange continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof) at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation or share exchange, or (B) a merger, consolidation or share exchange effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no Person (other than an Excluded Person) is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Company or its Affiliates after the Effective Date, pursuant to express authorization by the Board of Directors that refers to this exception) representing 20% or more of either the then outstanding shares of Stock or the Company or the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities; or

(iv)    the shareholders of the Company approve of a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (in one transaction or a series of related transactions within any period of 24 consecutive months), other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an entity at least 75% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by persons in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no “Change in Control of the Company” shall be deemed to have occurred if there is consummated any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the holders of the Stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to own, directly or indirectly, in the same proportions as their ownership in the Company, an entity that owns all or substantially all of the assets or voting securities of the Company immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.

If an Award is considered deferred compensation subject to the provisions of Code Section 409A, and if a payment under such Award is triggered upon a “Change of Control,” then the foregoing definition shall be deemed amended as necessary to comply with Code Section 409A, and the Administrator may include such amended definition in the Award agreement issued with respect to such Award.

(h)    “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any reference to a specific provision of the Code includes any successor provision and the regulations promulgated under such provision.

(i)    “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board (or a successor committee with the same or similar authority).

(j)    “Company” means Fiserv, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation, or any successor thereto.

(k)    “Director” means a member of the Board, and “Non-Employee Director” means a Director who is not also an employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries.

(l)    “Disability” has the meaning given in Code Section 22(e)(3), except as otherwise determined by the Administrator and set forth in an Award agreement. The Administrator shall make the determination of Disability and may request such evidence of disability as it reasonably determines.

 

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(m)    “Dividend Equivalent Unit” means the right to receive a payment, in cash or Shares, equal to the cash dividends or other distributions paid with respect to a Share.

(n)    “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Any reference to a specific provision of the Exchange Act includes any successor provision and the regulations and rules promulgated under such provision.

(o)    “Fair Market Value” means, per Share on a particular date: (i) the last sales price on such date on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, as reported in The Wall Street Journal, or if no sales of Stock occur on the date in question, on the last preceding date on which there was a sale on such market; (ii) if the Shares are not listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, but are traded on another national securities exchange or in an over-the-counter market, the last sales price (or, if there is no last sales price reported, the average of the closing bid and asked prices) for the Shares on the particular date, or on the last preceding date on which there was a sale of Shares on that exchange or market; or (iii) if the Shares are neither listed on a national securities exchange nor traded in an over-the-counter market, the price determined by the Administrator.

(p)    “Incentive Award” means the right to receive a cash payment to the extent Performance Goals are achieved, and shall include “Annual Incentive Awards” as described in Section 10 and “Long-Term Incentive Awards” as described in Section 11.

(q)    “Option” means the right to purchase Shares at a stated price for a specified period of time.

(r)    “Participant” means an individual selected by the Administrator to receive an Award.

(s)    “Performance Goals” means any goals the Administrator establishes that relate to one or more of the following with respect to the Company or any one or more of its Subsidiaries, Affiliates or other business units: net sales; cost of sales; revenue; gross income; net income; operating income; income from continuing operations; earnings (including before taxes, and/or interest and/or depreciation and amortization); earnings per share (including diluted earnings per share); price per share; cash flow; net cash provided by operating activities; net cash provided by operating activities less net cash used in investing activities; net operating profit; ratio of debt to debt plus equity; return on shareholder equity; return on capital; return on assets; operating working capital; average accounts receivable; economic value added; customer satisfaction; operating margin; profit margin; sales performance; sales quota attainment; new sales; cross/integrated sales; client engagement; client acquisition; net promoter score; internal revenue growth; and client retention. As to each Performance Goal, the relevant measurement of performance shall be computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, if applicable; provided that, the Administrator may, at the time of establishing the Performance Goal(s), exclude the effects of (i) extraordinary, unusual and/or non-recurring items of gain or loss, (ii) gains or losses on the disposition of a business, (iii) changes in tax or accounting regulations or laws, or (iv) the effect of a merger or acquisition. In the case of Awards that the Administrator determines will not be considered “performance based compensation” under Code Section 162(m), the Administrator may establish other Performance Goals not listed in this Plan. Where applicable, the Performance Goals may be expressed, without limitation, in terms of attaining a specified level of the particular criterion or the attainment of an increase or decrease (expressed as absolute numbers or a percentage) in the particular criterion or achievement in relation to a peer group or other index. The Performance Goals may include a threshold level of performance below which no payment will be made (or no vesting will occur), levels of performance at which specified payments will be paid (or specified vesting will occur), and a maximum level of performance above which no additional payment will be made (or at which full vesting will occur).

(t)    “Performance Shares” means the right to receive Shares to the extent Performance Goals are achieved.

(u)    “Performance Unit” means the right to receive a payment valued in relation to a unit that has a designated dollar value or the value of which is equal to the Fair Market Value of one or more Shares, to the extent Performance Goals are achieved.

 

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(v)    “Person” has the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof.

(w)    “Plan” means this Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as may be amended from time to time.

(x)    “Restricted Stock” means a Share that is subject to a risk of forfeiture or restrictions on transfer, or both a risk of forfeiture and restrictions on transfer.

(y)    “Restricted Stock Unit” means the right to receive a payment equal to the Fair Market Value of one Share.

(z)    “Retirement” means, except as otherwise determined by the Administrator and set forth in an Award agreement, with respect to employee Participants, termination of employment from the Company and its Affiliates (for other than Cause): (i) on or after attainment of age fifty-five (55) and completion of twenty-five (25) years of service with the Company and its Affiliates; (ii) on or after attainment of age sixty-two (62) and completion of ten (10) years of service with the Company and its Affiliates; or (iii) on or after attainment of age sixty-five (65); provided that, with respect to Director Participants, “Retirement” means the Director’s resignation or failure to be re-elected on or after attainment of age sixty-two (62) and completion of six (6) years of service with the Company as a director.

(aa)    “Section 16 Participants” means Participants who are subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

(bb)    “Share” means a share of Stock.

(cc)    “Stock” means the Common Stock of the Company, par value of $0.01 per share.

(dd)    “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means the right to receive a payment equal to the appreciation of the Fair Market Value of a Share during a specified period of time.

(ee)    “Subsidiary” means any corporation, limited liability company or other limited liability entity in an unbroken chain of entities beginning with the Company if each of the entities (other than the last entities in the chain) owns the stock or equity interest possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock or other equity interests in one of the other entities in the chain.

3.     Administration.

(a)    Administration.   In addition to the authority specifically granted to the Administrator in this Plan, the Administrator has full discretionary authority to administer this Plan, including but not limited to the authority to: (i) interpret the provisions of this Plan, (ii) prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to this Plan, (iii) correct any defect, supply any omission, or reconcile any inconsistency in any Award or agreement covering an Award in the manner and to the extent it deems desirable to carry this Plan into effect, and (iv) make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of this Plan. All Administrator determinations shall be made in the sole discretion of the Administrator and are final and binding on all interested parties.

(b)    Delegation to Other Committees or Officers.  To the extent applicable law permits, the Board may delegate to another committee of the Board, or the Committee may delegate to one or more officers of the Company, any or all of their respective authority and responsibility as an Administrator of the Plan; provided that no such delegation is permitted with respect to Stock-based Awards made to Section 16 Participants at the time any such delegated authority or responsibility is exercised unless the delegation is to another committee of the Board consisting entirely of Non-Employee Directors. If the Board or the Committee has made such a delegation, then all references to the Administrator in this Plan include such other committee or one or more officers to the extent of such delegation.

 

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(c)    Indemnification.  The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Board and the Committee, and each officer or member of any other committee to whom a delegation under Section 3(b) has been made, as to any acts or omissions with respect to this Plan or any Award to the maximum extent that the law and the Company’s by-laws permit.

4.    Eligibility.  The Administrator may designate any of the following as a Participant from time to time, to the extent of the Administrator’s authority: any officer or other employee of the Company or its Affiliates; an individual that the Company or an Affiliate has engaged to become an officer or employee; a consultant who provides services to the Company or its Affiliates; or a Director, including a Non-Employee Director. The Administrator’s granting of an Award to a Participant will not require the Administrator to grant an Award to such individual at any future time. The Administrator’s granting of a particular type of Award to a Participant will not require the Administrator to grant any other type of Award to such individual.

5.    Types of Awards.  Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator may grant any type of Award to any Participant it selects, but only employees of the Company or a Subsidiary may receive grants of incentive stock options within the meaning of Code Section 422. Awards may be granted alone or in addition to, in tandem with, or in substitution for any other Award (or any other award granted under another plan of the Company or any Affiliate).

6.    Shares Reserved under this Plan.

(a)    Plan Reserve.  Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 17, an aggregate of 10,000,000 Shares are reserved for issuance under this Plan. The Shares reserved for issuance may be either authorized and unissued Shares or shares reacquired at any time and now or hereafter held as treasury stock.

(b)    Aggregate Award Limits.  Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 17, the Company may issue only an aggregate of 2,500,000 Shares upon the exercise of incentive stock options and may issue only an aggregate of 4,000,000 Shares pursuant to “full-value awards.” For this purpose, a full-value award includes Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units (valued in relation to a Share), and any other similar Award under which the value of the Award is measured as the full value of a Share, rather than the increase in the value of a Share.

(c)    Replenishment of Shares Under this Plan.  The aggregate number of Shares reserved under Section 6(a) shall be depleted by the number of Shares with respect to which an Award is granted. If, however, an Award lapses, expires, terminates or is cancelled without the issuance of Shares under the Award, or if Shares are forfeited under an Award, or if Shares are issued under any Award and the Company subsequently reacquires them pursuant to rights reserved upon the issuance of the Shares, then such Shares may again be used for new Awards under this Plan under Section 6(a) and Section 6(b), but such Shares may not be issued pursuant to incentive stock options.

(d)    Participant Limitations.  Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 17, no Participant may be granted Awards that could result in such Participant:

 

  (i) receiving Options for, and/or Stock Appreciation Rights with respect to, more than 500,000 Shares during any fiscal year of the Company;

 

  (ii) receiving Awards of Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Units relating to more than 120,000 Shares during any fiscal year of the Company;

 

  (iii) receiving Awards of Performance Shares, and/or Awards of Performance Units the value of which is based on the Fair Market Value of Shares, for more than 120,000 Shares during any fiscal year of the Company;

 

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  (iv) receiving Awards of Performance Units, the value of which is not based on the Fair Market Value of Shares, for more than $3,000,000 during any fiscal year of the Company;

 

  (v) receiving other Stock-based Awards pursuant to Section 13 relating to more than 120,000 Shares during any fiscal year of the Company;

 

  (vi) receiving an Annual Incentive Award in any single fiscal year of the Company that would pay more than $3,000,000; or

 

  (vii) receiving a Long-Term Incentive Award in any single fiscal year of the Company that would pay more than $6,000,000.

In all cases, determinations under this Section 6(d) should be made in a manner that is consistent with the exemption for performance based compensation that Code Section 162(m) provides.

7.    Options.  Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator will determine all terms and conditions of each Option, including but not limited to: (i) whether the Option is an “incentive stock option” which meets the requirements of Code Section 422, or a “nonqualified stock option” which does not meet the requirements of Code Section 422; (ii) the number of Shares subject to the Option; (iii) the exercise price, which may not be less than the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to the Option as determined on the date of grant; (iv) the terms and conditions of exercise; and (v) the term, except that an Option must terminate no later than ten (10) years after the date of grant. In all other respects, the terms of any incentive stock option should comply with the provisions of Code section 422 except to the extent the Administrator determines otherwise. If an Option that is intended to be an incentive stock option fails to meet the requirements thereof, the Option shall automatically be treated as a nonqualified stock option to the extent of such failure.

8.    Stock Appreciation Rights.  Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator will determine all terms and conditions of each SAR, including but not limited to: (a) whether the SAR is granted independently of an Option or relates to an Option; (b) the number of Shares to which the SAR relates; (c) the grant price, provided that the grant price shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to the SAR as determined on the date of grant; (d) the terms and conditions of exercise or maturity; (e) the term, provided that an SAR must terminate no later than ten (10) years after the date of grant; and (f) whether the SAR will be settled in cash, Shares or a combination thereof. If an SAR is granted in relation to an Option, then unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, the SAR shall be exercisable or shall mature at the same time or times, on the same conditions and to the extent and in the proportion, that the related Option is exercisable and may be exercised or mature for all or part of the Shares subject to the related Option. Upon exercise of any number of SAR, the number of Shares subject to the related Option shall be reduced accordingly and such Option may not be exercised with respect to that number of Shares. The exercise of any number of Options that relate to an SAR shall likewise result in an equivalent reduction in the number of Shares covered by the related SAR.

9.    Performance and Stock Awards.  Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator will determine all terms and conditions of each award of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares or Performance Units, including but not limited to: (a) the number of Shares and/or units to which such Award relates; (b) whether, as a condition for the Participant to realize all or a portion of the benefit provided under the Award, one or more Performance Goals must be achieved during such period as the Administrator specifies; (c) whether the restrictions imposed on Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units shall lapse, and all or a portion of the Performance Goals subject to an Award shall be deemed achieved, upon a Participant’s death, Disability or Retirement; (d) with respect to Performance Units, whether to measure the value of each unit in relation to a designated dollar value or the Fair Market Value of one or more Shares; and (e) with respect to Restricted Stock Units and Performance Units, whether to settle such Awards in cash, in Shares, or a combination thereof.

10.    Annual Incentive Awards.  Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator will determine all terms and conditions of an Annual Incentive Award, including but not limited to the Performance Goals, performance

 

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period, the potential amount payable, and the timing of payment, subject to the following: (a) the Administrator must require that payment of all or any portion of the amount subject to the Annual Incentive Award is contingent on the achievement of one or more Performance Goals during the period the Administrator specifies, although the Administrator may specify that all or a portion of the Performance Goals subject to an Award are deemed achieved upon a Participant’s death, Disability or Retirement, or such other circumstances as the Administrator may specify; and (b) the performance period must relate to a period of one fiscal year of the Company except that, if the Award is made in the year this Plan becomes effective, at the time of commencement of employment with the Company or on the occasion of a promotion, then the Award may relate to a period shorter than one fiscal year.

11.    Long-Term Incentive Awards.  Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator will determine all terms and conditions of a Long-Term Incentive Award, including but not limited to the Performance Goals, performance period, the potential amount payable, and the timing of payment, subject to the following: (a) the Administrator must require that payment of all or any portion of the amount subject to the Long-Term Incentive Award is contingent on the achievement of one or more Performance Goals during the period the Administrator specifies, although the Administrator may specify that all or a portion of the Performance Goals subject to an Award are deemed achieved upon a Participant’s death, Disability or Retirement, or such other circumstances as the Administrator may specify; and (b) the performance period must relate to a period of more than one fiscal year of the Company.

12.    Dividend Equivalent Units.  Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator will determine all terms and conditions of each award of Dividend Equivalent Units, including but not limited to whether: (a) such Award will be granted in tandem with another Award; (b) payment of the Award be made currently or credited to an account for the Participant which provides for the deferral of such amounts until a stated time; and (c) the Award will be settled in cash or Shares; provided that any Dividend Equivalent Units granted in connection with an Option, Stock Appreciation Right or other “stock right” within the meaning of Code Section 409A shall be set forth in a written arrangement that is separate from such Award, and to the extent the payment of such dividend equivalents is considered deferred compensation, such written arrangement shall comply with the provisions of Code Section 409A.

13.    Other Stock-Based Awards.  Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator may grant to Participants other types of Awards, which may be denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, Shares, either alone or in addition to or in conjunction with other Awards, and payable in Stock or cash. Without limitation, such Award may include the issuance of shares of unrestricted Stock, which may be awarded in payment of director fees, in lieu of cash compensation, in exchange for cancellation of a compensation right, as a bonus, or upon the attainment of Performance Goals or otherwise, or rights to acquire Stock from the Company. The Administrator shall determine all terms and conditions of the Award, including but not limited to, the time or times at which such Awards shall be made, and the number of Shares to be granted pursuant to such Awards or to which such Award shall relate; provided that any Award that provides for purchase rights shall be priced at 100% of Fair Market Value on the date of the Award.

14.    Transferability.  Awards are not transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, unless and to the extent the Administrator allows a Participant to: (a) designate in writing a beneficiary to exercise the Award or receive payment under an Award after the Participant’s death; or (b) transfer an Award for no consideration.

15.    Termination and Amendment of Plan; Amendment, Modification or Cancellation of Awards.

(a)    Term of Plan.  Unless the Board earlier terminates this Plan pursuant to Section 15(b), this Plan will terminate when all Shares reserved for issuance have been issued. If the term of this Plan extends beyond ten (10) years from the Effective Date, no incentive stock options may be granted after such time unless the shareholders of the Company have approved an extension of this Plan.

 

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(b)    Termination and Amendment.  The Board or the Committee may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or terminate this Plan at any time, subject to the following limitations:

(i)    the Board must approve any amendment of this Plan to the extent the Company determines such approval is required by: (A) action of the Board, (B) applicable corporate law, or (C) any other applicable law;

(ii)    shareholders must approve any amendment of this Plan to the extent the Company determines such approval is required by: (A) Section 16 of the Exchange Act, (B) the Code, (C) the listing requirements of any principal securities exchange or market on which the Shares are then traded, or (D) any other applicable law; and

(iii)    shareholders must approve any of the following Plan amendments: (A) an amendment to materially increase any number of Shares specified in Section 6(a) or the limits set forth in Section 6(d) (except as permitted by Section 17), or (B) an amendment that would diminish the protections afforded by Section 15(e).

(c)    Amendment, Modification or Cancellation of Awards.  Except as provided in Section 15(e) and subject to the requirements of this Plan, the Administrator may modify, amend or cancel any Award, or waive any restrictions or conditions applicable to any Award or the exercise of the Award; provided that any modification or amendment that materially diminishes the rights of the Participant, or the cancellation of the Award, shall be effective only if agreed to by the Participant or any other person(s) as may then have an interest in the Award, but the Administrator need not obtain Participant (or other interested party) consent for the adjustment or cancellation of an Award pursuant to the provisions of Section 17 or the modification of an Award to the extent deemed necessary to comply with any applicable law, the listing requirements of any principal securities exchange or market on which the Shares are then traded, or to preserve favorable accounting or tax treatment of any Award for the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless determined otherwise by the Administrator, any such amendment shall be made in a manner that will enable an Award intended to be exempt from Code Section 409A to continue to be so exempt, or to enable an Award intended to comply with Code Section 409A to continue to so comply.

(d)    Survival of Authority and Awards.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the authority of the Board and the Administrator under this Section 15 and to otherwise administer the Plan will extend beyond the date of this Plan’s termination. In addition, termination of this Plan will not affect the rights of Participants with respect to Awards previously granted to them, and all unexpired Awards will continue in force and effect after termination of this Plan except as they may lapse or be terminated by their own terms and conditions.

(e)    Repricing and Backdating Prohibited.  Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, and except for the adjustments provided in Section 17, neither the Administrator nor any other person may decrease the exercise price for any outstanding Option or SAR after the date of grant nor allow a Participant to surrender an outstanding Option or SAR to the Company as consideration for the grant of a new Option or SAR with a lower exercise price. In addition, the Administrator may not make a grant of an Option or SAR with a grant date that is effective prior to the date the Administrator takes action to approve such Award.

(f)    Foreign Participation.  To assure the viability of Awards granted to Participants employed or residing in foreign countries, the Administrator may provide for such special terms as it may consider necessary or appropriate to accommodate differences in local law, tax policy or custom. Moreover, the Administrator may approve such supplements to, or amendments, restatements or alternative versions of, this Plan as it determines is necessary or appropriate for such purposes. Any such amendment, restatement or alternative versions that the Administrator approves for purposes of using this Plan in a foreign country will not affect the terms of this Plan for any other country. In addition, all such supplements, amendments, restatements or alternative versions must comply with the provisions of Section 15(b)(ii).

(g)    Code Section 409A.  The provisions of Code Section 409A are incorporated herein by reference to the extent necessary for any Award that is subject to Code Section 409A to comply therewith.

 

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16.    Taxes.

(a)    Withholding.  In the event the Company or an Affiliate of the Company is required to withhold any Federal, state or local taxes or other amounts in respect of any income recognized by a Participant as a result of the grant, vesting, payment or settlement of an Award or disposition of any Shares acquired under an Award, the Company may deduct (or require an Affiliate to deduct) from any payments of any kind otherwise due the Participant cash, or with the consent of the Committee, Shares otherwise deliverable or vesting under an Award, to satisfy such tax obligations. Alternatively, the Company may require such Participant to pay to the Company, in cash, promptly on demand, or make other arrangements satisfactory to the Company regarding the payment to the Company of the aggregate amount of any such taxes and other amounts. If Shares are deliverable upon exercise or payment of an Award, the Committee may permit a Participant to satisfy all or a portion of the Federal, state and local withholding tax obligations arising in connection with such Award by electing to (a) have the Company withhold Shares otherwise issuable under the Award, (b) tender back Shares received in connection with such Award, or (c) deliver other previously owned Shares; provided that the amount to be withheld may not exceed the total minimum federal, state and local tax withholding obligations associated with the transaction to the extent needed for the Company to avoid an accounting charge. If an election is provided, the election must be made on or before the date as of which the amount of tax to be withheld is determined and otherwise as the Committee requires. In any case, the Company may defer making payment or delivery under any Award if any such tax may be pending unless and until indemnified to its satisfaction.

(b)    No Guarantee of Tax Treatment.  Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan, the Company does not guarantee to any Participant or any other Person with an interest in an Award that (i) any Award intended to be exempt from Code Section 409A shall be so exempt, (ii) any Award intended to comply with Code Section 409A or Code Section 422 shall so comply, (iii) any Award shall otherwise receive a specific tax treatment under any other applicable tax law, nor in any such case will the Company or any Affiliate indemnify, defend or hold harmless any individual with respect to the tax consequences of any Award.

17.    Adjustment Provisions; Change of Control.

(a)    Adjustment of Shares.  If: (i) the Company shall at any time be involved in a merger or other transaction in which the Shares are changed or exchanged; (ii) the Company shall subdivide or combine the Shares or the Company shall declare a dividend payable in Shares, other securities (other than preferred stock purchase rights issued pursuant to the terms of the Company’s Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated as of February 24, 1998, as amended from time to time, or any successor to such Rights Agreement, or any similar stock purchase rights that the Company may authorize and issue in the future) or other property; (iii) the Company shall effect a cash dividend the amount of which, on a per Share basis, exceeds ten percent (10%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share at the time the dividend is declared, or the Company shall effect any other dividend or other distribution on the Shares in the form of cash, or a repurchase of Shares, that the Board determines by resolution is special or extraordinary in nature or that is in connection with a transaction that the Company characterizes publicly as a recapitalization or reorganization involving the Shares; or (iv) any other event shall occur, which, in the case of this clause (iv), in the judgment of the Board or Committee necessitates an adjustment to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under this Plan, then the Administrator shall, in such manner as it may deem equitable to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under this Plan, adjust as applicable: (A) the number and type of Shares subject to this Plan (including the number and type of Shares described in Sections 6(a), (b) and (d)) and which may after the event be made the subject of Awards; (B) the number and type of Shares subject to outstanding Awards; (C) the grant, purchase, or exercise price with respect to any Award; and (D) to the extent such discretion does not cause an Award that is intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m) to lose its status as such, the Performance Goals of an Award. In each case, with respect to Awards of incentive stock options, no such adjustment may be authorized to the extent that such authority would cause this Plan to violate Code Section 422(b). Without limitation, in the event of any reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination or other similar corporate transaction or event,

 

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whether or not constituting a Change of Control (other than any such transaction in which the Company is the continuing corporation and in which the outstanding Stock is not being converted into or exchanged for different securities, cash or other property, or any combination thereof), the Administrator may substitute, on an equitable basis as the Administrator determines, for each Share then subject to an Award and the Shares subject to this Plan (if the Plan will continue in effect), the number and kind of shares of stock, other securities, cash or other property to which holders of Stock are or will be entitled in respect of each Share pursuant to the transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a stock dividend (other than a stock dividend declared in lieu of an ordinary cash dividend) or subdivision or combination of the Shares (including a reverse stock split), if no action is taken by the Administrator, adjustments contemplated by this subsection that are proportionate shall nevertheless automatically be made as of the date of such stock dividend or subdivision or combination of the Shares.

(b)    Issuance or Assumption.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, and without affecting the number of Shares otherwise reserved or available under this Plan, in connection with any merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, or reorganization, the Administrator may authorize the issuance or assumption of awards under this Plan upon such terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate.

(c)    Change of Control.  If the Participant has in effect an employment, retention, change of control, severance or similar agreement with the Company or any Affiliate that discusses the effect of a Change of Control on the Participant’s Awards, then such agreement shall control. In all other cases, unless provided otherwise in an Award agreement, in the event of a Change of Control:

(i)    The successor or purchaser in the Change of Control transaction may assume an Award or provide a substitute award with similar terms and conditions, and preserving the same benefits, as the Award it is replacing.

(ii)    If the successor or purchaser in the Change of Control transaction does not assume the Awards or issue replacement awards as provided in clause (i), then unless otherwise determined by the Board prior to the date of the Change of Control, immediately prior to the date of the Change of Control:

(A)    each Option or SAR that is then held by a Participant who is employed by or in the service of the Company or an Affiliate shall become immediately and fully vested, and all Options and SARs shall be cancelled on the date of the Change of Control in exchange for a cash payment equal to the excess of the Change of Control price of the Shares covered by the Option or SAR that is so cancelled over the purchase or grant price of such Shares under the Award;

(B)    Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units that are not then vested shall vest;

(C)    all Performance Shares and/or Performance Units that are earned but not yet paid shall be paid in cash in an amount equal to the value of the Performance Share and/or Performance Unit, and all Performance Shares and Performance Units for which the performance period has not expired shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment equal to the product of the value of the Performance Share and/or Performance Unit and a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of whole months that have elapsed from the beginning of the performance period to which the Award is subject to the date of the Change of Control and the denominator of which is the number of whole months in the performance period;

(D)    all Annual and Long-Term Incentive Awards that are earned but not yet paid shall be paid, and all Annual and Long-Term Incentive Awards that are not yet earned shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment in an amount determined by taking the product of: (1) the amount that would have been due under such Award(s) if the Performance Goals (as measured at the time of the Change of Control) were to continue to be achieved at the same rate through the end of the performance period; and (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of whole months that have elapsed from the beginning of the performance period to which the Award

 

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is subject to the date of the Change of Control and the denominator of which is the number of whole months in the performance period; and

(E)    all Dividend Equivalent Units that are not vested shall vest and be paid in cash, and all other Awards that are not vested shall vest and if an amount is payable under such vested Award, such amount shall be paid in cash based on the value of the Award.

If the value of an Award is based on the Fair Market Value of a Share, Fair Market Value shall be deemed to mean the per share Change of Control price. The Administrator shall determine the per share Change of Control price paid or deemed paid in the Change of Control transaction.

Except as otherwise expressly provided in any agreement between a Participant and the Company or an Affiliate, if the receipt of any payment by a Participant under the circumstances described above would result in the payment by the Participant of any excise tax provided for in Section 280G and Section 4999 of the Code, then the amount of such payment shall be reduced to the extent required to prevent the imposition of such excise tax.

18.    Miscellaneous.

(a)    Other Terms and Conditions.   The grant of any Award may also be subject to other provisions (whether or not applicable to the Award granted to any other Participant) as the Administrator determines appropriate, including, without limitation, provisions for:

(i)    the payment of the purchase price of Options by delivery of cash or other Shares or other securities of the Company (including by attestation) having a then Fair Market Value equal to the purchase price of such Shares, or by delivery (including by fax) to the Company or its designated agent of an executed irrevocable option exercise form together with irrevocable instructions to a broker dealer to sell or margin a sufficient portion of the Shares and deliver the sale or margin loan proceeds directly to the Company to pay for the exercise price;

(ii)    restrictions on resale or other disposition of Shares; and

(iii)    compliance with federal or state securities laws and stock exchange requirements.

(b)    Employment and Service.  The issuance of an Award shall not confer upon a Participant any right with respect to continued employment or service with the Company or any Affiliate, or the right to continue as a Director. Unless determined otherwise by the Administrator, for purposes of the Plan and all Awards, the following rules shall apply:

(i)    a Participant who transfers employment between the Company and its Affiliates, or between Affiliates, will not be considered to have terminated employment;

(ii)    a Participant who ceases to be a Non-Employee Director because he or she becomes an employee of the Company or an Affiliate shall not be considered to have ceased service as a Director with respect to any Award until such Participant’s termination of employment with the Company and its Affiliates;

(iii)    a Participant who ceases to be employed by the Company or an Affiliate and immediately thereafter becomes a Non-Employee Director, a non-employee director of an Affiliate, or a consultant to the Company or any Affiliate shall not be considered to have terminated employment until such Participant’s service as a director of, or consultant to, the Company and its Affiliates has ceased; and

(iv)    a Participant employed by an Affiliate will be considered to have terminated employment when such entity ceases to be an Affiliate.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of an Award that is subject to Code Section 409A, if a Participant’s termination of employment or service triggers the payment of compensation under such Award, then the Participant will be deemed to have terminated employment or service upon his or her “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A.

(c)    No Fractional Shares.  No fractional Shares or other securities may be issued or delivered pursuant to this Plan, and the Administrator may determine whether cash, other securities or other property will be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional Shares or other securities, or whether such fractional Shares or other securities or any rights to fractional Shares or other securities will be canceled, terminated or otherwise eliminated.

(d)    Unfunded Plan.  This Plan is unfunded and does not create, and should not be construed to create, a trust or separate fund with respect to this Plan’s benefits. This Plan does not establish any fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Participant or other person. To the extent any person holds any rights by virtue of an Award granted under this Plan, such rights are no greater than the rights of the Company’s general unsecured creditors.

(e)    Requirements of Law and Securities Exchange.  The granting of Awards and the issuance of Shares in connection with an Award are subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan or any award agreement, the Company has no liability to deliver any Shares under this Plan or make any payment unless such delivery or payment would comply with all applicable laws and the applicable requirements of any securities exchange or similar entity, and unless and until the Participant has taken all actions required by the Company in connection therewith. The Company may impose such restrictions on any Shares issued under the Plan as the Company determines necessary or desirable to comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations or the requirements of any national securities exchanges.

(f)    Governing Law.  This Plan, and all agreements under this Plan, will be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Wisconsin, without reference to any conflict of law principles. Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Plan, any Award or any award agreement, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect of this Plan, any Award or any award agreement, may only be heard in a “bench” trial, and any party to such action or proceeding shall agree to waive its right to a jury trial.

(g)    Limitations on Actions.  Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Plan, any Award or any award agreement, must be brought within one year (365 days) after the day the complaining party first knew or should have known of the events giving rise to the complaint.

(h)    Construction.  Whenever any words are used herein in the masculine, they shall be construed as though they were used in the feminine in all cases where they would so apply; and wherever any words are used in the singular or plural, they shall be construed as though they were used in the plural or singular, as the case may be, in all cases where they would so apply. Title of sections are for general information only, and this Plan is not to be construed with reference to such titles.

(i)    Severability.  If any provision of this Plan or any award agreement or any Award (a) is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or as to any person or Award, or (b) would disqualify this Plan, any award agreement or any Award under any law the Administrator deems applicable, then such provision should be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Administrator, materially altering the intent of this Plan, award agreement or Award, then such provision should be stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or Award, and the remainder of this Plan, such award agreement and such Award will remain in full force and effect.

 

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EX-10.2 6 dex102.htm FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT (NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR) Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (Non-Employee Director)

EXHIBIT 10.2

FISERV, INC.

2007 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

FORM OF

RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

(NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR)

Director: [First Name][Last Name]

Grant Date: [Grant Date]

Number of Shares of Restricted Stock Subject to this Agreement: [Number of Shares]

Pursuant to the Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), the Board of Directors of Fiserv, Inc. (the “Company”) has granted you shares of Restricted Stock, the terms and conditions of which are set out below and in the Plan. Any capitalized term used in this Restricted Stock Agreement (this “Agreement”) without definition has the meaning set forth in the Plan. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall govern.

 

1. Date of Award. The Restricted Stock is granted to you on the date set forth above (the “Grant Date”).

 

2. Restrictions. Except as otherwise provided herein, you may not sell, transfer, pledge, assign, encumber or otherwise alienate or hypothecate the Restricted Stock until the date of release (each, a “Release Date”) determined as follows: 20% of the shares of Restricted Stock shall be released on each anniversary of the Grant Date until all of the shares of Restricted Stock are released. The Board, in its sole discretion, may at any time accelerate the Release Date with respect to all or a portion of the Restricted Stock. On the applicable Release Date, the Shares that are released shall be free of the restrictions above and, subject to Section 4, be freely transferable by you.

 

3. Escrow. Certificates for shares of Restricted Stock shall be issued in your name as soon as practicable following the Grant Date, but shall be held in escrow by the Company, as escrow agent. The Company will give you a receipt for the Restricted Stock held in escrow and you will give the Company a stock power for such Restricted Stock duly endorsed in blank, which will be used if the Restricted Stock is forfeited in whole or in part. Unless earlier forfeited as provided herein, the certificates for Restricted Stock shall cease to be held in escrow and such certificates shall be delivered to you or, in the event of your death, to your estate, as soon as practicable after the applicable Release Date. You agree that, in lieu of issuing or delivering physical stock certificates to you, the Company may deliver Shares to you electronically.

 

4. Non-competition.

 

  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision in the Plan or this Agreement, you agree that, while you are a Director and for a period of 12 months thereafter, you will not, directly or

 

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  indirectly, on your behalf or on behalf of any other individual, association or entity, as agent or otherwise:

 

  (i) contact any of the clients of any Fiserv Group Company (as hereinafter defined) for whom you directly performed any services or had any direct business contact for the purpose of soliciting business or inducing such client to acquire any product or service that at any time during the term of this Agreement is provided or under development by the Fiserv Group Company for whom you directly performed any services from any entity other than a Fiserv Group Company;

 

  (ii) contact any of the clients or prospective clients of any Fiserv Group Company whose identity or other client specific information you discovered or gained access to as a result of your access to any Fiserv Group Company’s confidential information for the purpose of soliciting or inducing any of such clients or prospective clients to acquire any project or service that at any time during the term of this Agreement is provided or under development by the Fiserv Group Company to whose confidential information you had access from any entity other than a Fiserv Group Company;

 

  (iii) use any Fiserv Group Company’s confidential information to solicit, influence or encourage any clients or potential clients of any Fiserv Group Company to divert or direct their business to you or any other person, association or entity by or with whom you are employed, associated, engaged as agent or otherwise affiliated; or

 

  (iv) encourage, induce or entice any employee of any Fiserv Group Company with access to or possession of confidential information of any Fiserv Group Company to leave any Fiserv Group Company’s employment where it is reasonably likely that such employee will use such confidential information to solicit, influence or encourage clients or potential clients of such Fiserv Group Company to divert or direct their business to you or any other person, association or entity by or with whom such employee will become employed, associated, engaged as agent or otherwise affiliated.

 

  (b) You expressly acknowledge that damages alone may not be an adequate remedy for any breach by you of the covenants or agreements set forth in Section 4(a) and that the Company, in addition to any other remedies it may have, shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief, including specific performance, with respect to any actual or threatened breach by you of any said covenants and your right to retain any Stock under this Agreement shall terminate immediately. “Fiserv Group Company” means the Company and any “affiliate” company (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933).

 

  (c) The Company may cancel, rescind, suspend, withhold or otherwise limit or restrict any portion of the Restricted Stock at any time if you are not in compliance with all applicable provisions of this Agreement and the Plan, or if you engage in any of the activities listed in Section 4(a). In addition, failure to comply with the provisions of Section 4(a) prior to and during the 12 months after any release of Shares pursuant to all or any part of this Agreement shall cause such release to be rescinded. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the remedies and damages available to the Company in the event of a failure to comply with the provisions of Section 4(a) are not limited by this Section 4(c). The Company will

 

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  notify you in writing of any such rescission within 24 months after such release. Within 10 days after receiving such notice from the Company, you will pay to the Company, as a result of the release of Restricted Stock, an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Restricted Stock on the applicable Release Date.

 

5. Termination of Service.

 

  (a) If you cease to be a Director for any reason, Restricted Stock will be free of restrictions to the same extent that it was free of restrictions on the date you ceased to be a Director, and the remaining Restricted Stock for which a Release Date has not occurred under Section 2 will be released from restrictions under Section 2 as follows:

 

Minimum Age When

No Longer A Director

  

Reason No Longer

A Director

  

Minimum
Years

of Service

   Remaining
Restricted Stock
for which
Restrictions Will
be Released

Not applicable

   Death or Disability    6    100%

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   Any reason    6    100%
All other combinations of minimum age, reason and minimum years of service.    0%

 

  (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if your service as a Director is terminated for Cause, all Restricted Stock for which a Release Date has not occurred under Section 2 prior to such termination shall be forfeited to the Company on the date on which such termination occurs.

 

  (c) If a Change of Control of the Company occurs, the provisions of Section 17(c) of the Plan shall apply to the Restricted Stock.

 

6. Certificate Legend. Each certificate for shares of Restricted Stock may bear the following legend:

“THE SHARES OF STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE, AND THE SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER OF THE SHARES OF STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE, WHETHER VOLUNTARY, INVOLUNTARY OR BY OPERATION OF LAW, IS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE FISERV, INC. 2007 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN AND A RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT BETWEEN FISERV, INC. AND THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF. A COPY OF SUCH PLAN AND SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE SECRETARY OF FISERV, INC.”

When the restrictions imposed by Sections 2 and 4 hereof terminate, you shall be entitled to have the foregoing legend removed from the certificates representing such Restricted Stock.

 

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7. Voting Rights; Dividends and Other Distributions.

 

  (a) While the Restricted Stock is subject to restrictions under Section 2 and prior to any forfeiture thereof, you may exercise full voting rights for the Restricted Stock registered in your name and held in escrow hereunder.

 

  (b) While the Restricted Stock is subject to the restrictions under Section 2 and prior to any forfeiture thereof, you shall be entitled to receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to the Restricted Stock. If any such dividends or distributions are paid in Stock, such Stock shall be subject to the same terms, conditions and restrictions as the Restricted Stock with respect to which they were paid, including the requirement that Restricted Stock be held in escrow pursuant to Section 3 hereof.

 

  (c) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, you shall have, with respect to the Restricted Stock, all other rights of a holder of Stock.

 

8. Securities Representations. You acknowledge receipt of the Prospectus under the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-            ) with respect to the Plan filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You understand that if you are an officer, director, 10% shareholder or are otherwise an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933) of the Company, you may not sell or otherwise dispose of any Shares acquired except pursuant to a registration statement meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 or an exemption from the registration requirements of such Act. You represent and agree that you will comply with all applicable laws and Company policies relating to the Plan and the award of Restricted Stock and the disposition of Shares, including without limitation Federal and state securities and “blue sky” laws.

 

9. Tax Representations. You represent and warrant that you understand the Federal, state and local income tax consequences of the award of Restricted Stock to you, the lapse of the restrictions on the Restricted Stock, and the subsequent sale or other disposition of any Restricted Stock. In addition, you understand and agree that, when the Restricted Stock is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, as defined under Section 83 of the Code (e.g., when you meet the minimum age and years of service criteria under Section 5(a), even though you are a continuing Director), you realize gross income that is taxable to you. In addition, you understand and agree that you are solely responsible for the payment of any Federal, state or local income tax imposed upon or attributable to you in connection with such lapse, sale or disposition.

 

10. General Provisions.

 

  (a) Neither the Plan nor this Agreement confers upon you any right to continue to serve as a Director.

 

  (b) This Agreement and the Plan contain the entire agreement between the Company and you relating to the Restricted Stock and supersede all prior agreements or understandings relating thereto.

 

  (c) This Agreement may only be modified, amended or cancelled as provided in the Plan.

 

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  (d) If any one or more provisions of this Agreement shall be found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

  (e) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Wisconsin, without regard to conflict of law provisions.

 

  (f) The Company agrees, and you agree, to be subject to and bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Plan. The Plan Prospectus is accessible on the Company’s administrative agent’s website in the “forms library” (www.netbenefits.fidelity.com) and a paper copy is available upon request.

 

  (g) Prior to the applicable Release Date, the Restricted Stock is transferable only by will or the laws of descent and distribution or as otherwise provided in the Plan and this Agreement. In addition, by accepting this award, you agree not to sell any Restricted Stock at a time when applicable Company policies or an agreement between the Company and its underwriters prohibit a sale.

 

  (h) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successor or assign of the Company and to any heir, distributee, executor, administrator or legal representative entitled by law to your rights hereunder.

 

  (i) You understand that, under the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, you may forfeit the Restricted Stock in certain circumstances, including, without limitation, if you violate the provisions of Section 4 prior to, or within 12 months after, the Release Date applicable to the Restricted Stock.

By selecting the “I accept” box on the website of our administrative agent, you acknowledge your acceptance of, and agreement to be bound by the terms of, this Agreement and the Plan.

Your acceptance of the terms of this Agreement and the Plan through our administrative agent’s website is a condition to your receipt of Shares on the Release Date.

 

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EX-10.3 7 dex103.htm FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT (EMPLOYEE) Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (Employee)

EXHIBIT 10.3

FISERV, INC.

2007 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

FORM OF

RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

(EMPLOYEE)

Employee: [First Name][Last Name]

Grant Date: [Grant Date]

Number of Shares of Restricted Stock Subject to this Agreement: [Number of Shares]

Pursuant to the Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Fiserv, Inc. (the “Company”) has granted you shares of Restricted Stock, the terms and conditions of which are set out below and in the Plan. Any capitalized term used in this Restricted Stock Agreement (this “Agreement”) without definition has the meaning set forth in the Plan. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall govern.

 

1. Date of Award. The Restricted Stock is granted to you on the date set forth above (the “Grant Date”).

 

2. Restrictions. Except as otherwise provided herein, you may not sell, transfer, pledge, assign, encumber or otherwise alienate or hypothecate the Restricted Stock until the date of release (each, a “Release Date”) determined as follows: 50% of the shares of Restricted Stock shall be released on the third anniversary of the Grant Date and 50% shall be released on the fourth anniversary of the Grant Date. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may at any time accelerate the Release Date with respect to all or a portion of the Restricted Stock. On the applicable Release Date, the Shares that are released shall be free of the restrictions above and, subject to Section 4, be freely transferable by you.

 

3. Escrow. Certificates for shares of Restricted Stock shall be issued in your name as soon as practicable following the Grant Date, but shall be held in escrow by the Company, as escrow agent. The Company will give you a receipt for the Restricted Stock held in escrow and you will give the Company a stock power for such Restricted Stock duly endorsed in blank, which will be used if the Restricted Stock is forfeited in whole or in part. Unless earlier forfeited as provided herein, the certificates for Restricted Stock shall cease to be held in escrow and such certificates shall be delivered to you or, in the event of your death, to your estate, as soon as practicable after the applicable Release Date. You agree that, in lieu of issuing or delivering physical stock certificates to you, the Company may deliver Shares to you electronically.

 

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4. Confidential Information, Non-competition, and Related Covenants.

 

  (a) Definitions.

 

  (i) “Fiserv” means the Company, its direct and indirect subsidiaries, affiliated entities, successors, and assigns.

 

  (ii) “Confidential Information” means all trade secrets, Innovations (as defined below), confidential or proprietary business information and data, computer software, and database technologies or technological information, formulae, templates, algorithms, designs, process and systems information, processes, intellectual property rights, marketing plans, client lists and specifications, pricing and cost information and any other confidential information of Fiserv or its clients, vendors or subcontractors that relates to the business of Fiserv or to the business of any client, vendor or subcontractor of Fiserv or any other party with whom Fiserv agrees to hold information in confidence, whether patentable, copyrightable or protectable as a trade secret or not, except (A) information that is, at the time of disclosure, in the public domain or that is subsequently published or otherwise becomes part of the public domain through no fault of yours; or (B) information that is disclosed by you under order of law or governmental regulation; provided, however, that you agree to notify Fiserv upon receipt of any request for disclosure as soon as possible prior to any such disclosure so that appropriate safeguards may be maintained.

 

  (iii) “Competing Product or Service” means any product or service that is sold in competition with, or is being developed and that will compete with, a product or service developed, manufactured, or sold by Fiserv. For purposes of this Section 4, Competing Products or Services as to you are limited to products and/or services with respect to which you participated in the development, planning, testing, sale, marketing or evaluation on behalf of Fiserv during any part of your employment with Fiserv, or after the termination of your employment, during any part of the 24 months preceding the termination of your employment with Fiserv, or for which you supervised one or more Fiserv employees, units, divisions or departments in doing so.

 

  (iv) “Competitor” means an individual, business or any other entity or enterprise engaged or having publicly announced its intent to engage in the sale or marketing of any Competing Product or Service.

 

  (v) “Innovations” means all developments, improvements, designs, original works of authorship, formulas, processes, software programs, databases, and trade secrets, whether or not patentable, copyrightable or protectable as trade secrets, that you, either by yourself or jointly with others, create, modify, develop, or implement during the period of your employment with Fiserv that relate in any way to Fiserv’s business.

 

  (vi) “Moral Rights” means any rights to claim authorship of a work of authorship, to object to or prevent the modification of any such work of authorship, or to

 

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  withdraw from circulation or control the publication or distribution of any such work of authorship.

 

  (vii) “Client” means any person, association or entity (A) for which you directly performed services or for which you supervised others in performing services with Fiserv, during any part of your employment with Fiserv, or after the termination of your employment, during any part of the 24 months preceding the termination of your employment with Fiserv; or (B) about which you have Confidential Information as a result of your employment with Fiserv.

 

  (viii) “Prospective Client” means any client with which Fiserv was in active business discussions or negotiations at any time during any part of your employment with Fiserv, or after the termination of your employment, during any part of the 24 months preceding the termination of your employment with Fiserv, in which you participated or for which you directly performed services or for which you supervised others in performing services with Fiserv; or (B) about which you have Confidential Information as a result of your employment with Fiserv.

 

  (b) During your employment, Fiserv will provide you with Confidential Information relating to Fiserv, its business and clients, the disclosure or misuse of which would cause severe and irreparable harm to Fiserv. You agree that all Confidential Information is and shall remain the sole and absolute property of Fiserv. Upon the termination of your employment for any reason, you shall immediately return to Fiserv all documents and materials that contain or constitute Confidential Information, in any form whatsoever, including but not limited to, all copies, abstracts, electronic versions, and summaries thereof. You further agree that, without the written consent of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, or, in the case of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, without the written approval of the Board:

 

  (i) You will not disclose, use, copy or duplicate, or otherwise permit the use, disclosure, copying or duplication of any Confidential Information of Fiserv, other than in connection with the authorized activities conducted in the course of your employment with Fiserv. You agree to take all reasonable steps and precautions to prevent any unauthorized disclosure, use, copying or duplication of Confidential Information.

 

  (ii) All Innovations are and shall remain the sole and absolute property of Fiserv. You will provide all assistance requested by Fiserv, at its expense, in the preservation of its interest in any Innovations in any country, and hereby assign and agree to assign to Fiserv all rights, title and interest in and to all worldwide patents, patent applications, copyrights, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights in any Innovation. You also assign and agree to assign to Fiserv, or, where applicable, to waive, which waiver shall inure to the benefit of Fiserv and its assigns, all Moral Rights in any Innovation.

 

  (c)

You agree that, without the written consent of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, or, in the case of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, without the written approval of the Board, you shall not engage in any of the conduct described in subsections (i) or (ii), below, either directly or indirectly, or as an employee, contractor, consultant, partner, officer, director or stockholder, other than a stockholder of less than 5% of the equities of a

 

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publicly traded corporation, or in any other capacity for any person, firm, partnership or corporation:

 

  (i) During the time of your employment with Fiserv, you will not (A) perform duties as or for a Competitor, Client or Prospective Client of Fiserv’s; or (B) participate in the inducement of or otherwise encourage Fiserv employees, clients, or vendors to currently and/or prospectively breach, modify, or terminate any agreement or relationship they have or had with Fiserv;

 

  (ii) For a period of 12 months following the termination of your employment with Fiserv, you will not (A) perform duties as or for a Competitor, Client or Prospective Client of Fiserv that are the same as or similar to the duties performed by you for Fiserv at any time during any part of the 24 month period preceding the termination of your employment with Fiserv; (B) participate in the inducement of or otherwise encourage Fiserv employees, clients, or vendors to currently and/or prospectively breach, modify, or terminate any agreement or relationship they have or had with Fiserv during any part of the 24 month period preceding the termination of your employment with Fiserv; or (C) participate voluntarily or provide assistance or information to any person or entity either negotiating with Fiserv involving a Competing Product or Service, or concerning a potential or existing business or legal dispute with Fiserv, including, but not limited to, litigation, except as may be required by law

No provision of these subsections (i) and (ii) shall apply to restrict your conduct, or trigger any reimbursement obligations under this Agreement, in any jurisdiction where such provision is, on its face, unenforceable and/or void as against public policy, unless the provision may be construed or deemed amended to be enforceable and compliant with public policy, in which case the provision will apply as construed or deemed amended.

 

  (d) You acknowledge and agree that compliance with this Section 4 is necessary to protect the Company, and that a breach of any of this Section 4 will result in irreparable and continuing damage to the Company for which there will be no adequate remedy at law. In the event of a breach of this Section 4, or any part thereof, the Company, and its successors and assigns, shall be entitled to injunctive relief and to such other and further relief as is proper under the circumstances. The Company shall institute and prosecute proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction either in law or in equity to obtain damages for any such breach of this Section 4, or to enjoin you from performing services in breach of Section 4(c), during the term of employment and for a period of 12 months following the termination of employment. You hereby agree to submit to the jurisdiction of any Court of competent jurisdiction in any disputes that arise under this Agreement.

 

  (e) You further agree that, in the event of your breach of this Section 4, the Company shall also be entitled to recover the value of any amounts previously paid or payable or shares delivered or deliverable to you pursuant to any Fiserv bonus program, this Agreement, and any other Fiserv plan or arrangement pursuant to which you received equity or the right to purchase equity in the Company.

 

  (f) You agree that the terms of this Agreement shall survive the termination of your employment with the Company.

 

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  (g) YOU HAVE READ THIS SECTION 4 AND AGREE THAT THE CONSIDERATION PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY IS FAIR AND REASONABLE AND FURTHER AGREE THAT GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE TO THE COMPANY OF ITS CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION, THE POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS ON YOUR ACTIVITIES ARE LIKEWISE FAIR AND REASONABLE.

 

5. Termination of Employment.

 

  (a) If you cease to be a full-time employee of either the Company or any Subsidiary for any reason, including because the Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary, Restricted Stock will be free of restrictions to the same extent that it was free of restrictions on the date you ceased to be a full-time employee, and the remaining Restricted Stock for which a Release Date has not occurred under Section 2 will be forfeited except as indicated below.

 

Minimum Age

When No Longer a

Full-Time Employee

  

Reason No Longer

A Full-Time

Employee

  

Minimum

Years of
Service

   Percentage of Remaining
Unreleased Restricted
Stock to be Retained for
Each Remaining Release
Date Under Section 2

Not applicable

   Death * or Disability    6
7
8
9
10
   20%
40%
60%
80%
100%

55

   Retirement    25    100%

62

   Retirement    6    20%
      7    40%
      8    60%
      9    80%
      10    100%

65

   Retirement    0    100%

All other combinations of minimum age, reason and minimum years of service

   0%

* In the event of death of the employee only, all restrictions in Section 2 on Restricted Stock that was retained in accordance with this table will lapse immediately.

 

  (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if your employment is terminated for Cause, all Restricted Stock for which a Release Date has not occurred under Section 2 prior to such termination shall be forfeited to the Company on the date on which such termination occurs.

 

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  (c) If a Change of Control of the Company occurs, the provisions of Section 17(c) of the Plan shall apply to the Restricted Stock. If the successor or purchaser in the Change of Control has assumed the Company’s obligations with respect to the Restricted Stock or provided a substitute award as contemplated by Section 17(c)(i) of the Plan and, within 12 months following the occurrence of the Change of Control, you are terminated without Cause or you terminate your employment for Good Reason (as hereinafter defined), the Restricted Stock or such substitute award shall become fully vested, and any restrictions thereon shall terminate, and the provisions of Section 4 shall no longer apply, as of the time immediately prior to such termination of employment. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” means your suffering any of the following events without your consent: (i) significant or material lessening of your responsibilities; (ii) a reduction in your annual base salary or a material reduction in the level of incentive compensation for which you have been eligible during the two years immediately prior to the occurrence of the Change of Control and/or a material adverse change in the conditions governing receipt of such incentive compensation from those that prevailed prior to the occurrence of the Change of Control; or (iii) the Company’s requiring you to be based anywhere other than within 50 miles of your place of employment at the time of the occurrence of the Change of Control, except for reasonably required travel to an extent substantially consistent with your business travel obligations.

 

  (d) For purposes of this Agreement, an employee of the Company, if also serving as a Director, will not be deemed to have terminated employment for purposes of this Agreement until his or her service as a Director ends.

 

6. Certificate Legend. Each certificate for shares of Restricted Stock may bear the following legend:

“THE SHARES OF STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE, AND THE SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER OF THE SHARES OF STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE, WHETHER VOLUNTARY, INVOLUNTARY OR BY OPERATION OF LAW, IS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE FISERV, INC. 2007 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN AND A RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT BETWEEN FISERV, INC. AND THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF. A COPY OF SUCH PLAN AND SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE SECRETARY OF FISERV, INC.”

When the restrictions imposed by Sections 2 and 4 hereof terminate, you shall be entitled to have the foregoing legend removed from the certificates representing such Restricted Stock.

 

7. Voting Rights; Dividends and Other Distributions.

 

  (a) While the Restricted Stock is subject to restrictions under Section 2 and prior to any forfeiture thereof, you may exercise full voting rights for the Restricted Stock registered in your name and held in escrow hereunder.

 

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  (b) While the Restricted Stock is subject to the restrictions under Section 2 and prior to any forfeiture thereof, you shall be entitled to receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to the Restricted Stock. If any such dividends or distributions are paid in Stock, such Stock shall be subject to the same terms, conditions and restrictions as the Restricted Stock with respect to which they were paid, including the requirement that Restricted Stock be held in escrow pursuant to Section 3 hereof.

 

  (c) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, you shall have, with respect to the Restricted Stock, all other rights of a holder of Stock.

 

8. Securities Representations. You acknowledge receipt of the Prospectus under the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-          ) with respect to the Plan filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You understand that if you are an officer, director, 10% shareholder or are otherwise an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933) of the Company, you may not sell or otherwise dispose of any Shares acquired except pursuant to a registration statement meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 or an exemption from the registration requirements of such Act. You represent and agree that you will comply with all applicable laws and Company policies relating to the Plan and the award of Restricted Stock and the disposition of Shares, including without limitation Federal and state securities and “blue sky” laws.

 

9. Tax Representations.

 

  (a) You represent and warrant that you understand the Federal, state and local income tax consequences of the award of Restricted Stock to you, the lapse of the restrictions on the Restricted Stock, and the subsequent sale or other disposition of any Restricted Stock. In addition, you understand and agree that, when the Restricted Stock is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, as defined under Section 83 of the Code (e.g., when you meet the minimum age and years of service criteria under Section 5(a), even though you remain employed), or upon the making of an election under Section 83(b) of the Code you thereby realize gross income (if any) taxable as compensation, the Company will be required to withhold Federal, state and local taxes on the full amount of the compensation income realized by you. Accordingly, you hereby agree to provide the Company with cash funds or Stock (subject to Section 9(b)) equal in value to the Federal, state and local taxes and other amounts required to be withheld by the Company or its Subsidiary in respect of any such compensation income or make other arrangements satisfactory to the Company regarding such payment. All matters with respect to the total amount to be withheld shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

 

  (b) If you do not make an election under Section 83(b) of the Code with respect to the Restricted Stock awarded hereunder, you may satisfy the Company’s withholding tax requirements by electing to have the Company withhold for its own account the number of Shares otherwise deliverable to you from escrow hereunder or to deliver to the Company Shares on the date the tax is to be determined, in each case, having an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date the tax is to be determined equal to the minimum amount required to be withheld. The election must be made in writing in accordance with such rules and regulations and in such form as the Committee may determine. If the number of shares so determined shall include a fractional share, then you shall deliver cash in lieu of such fractional share.

 

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10. General Provisions.

 

  (a) Neither the Plan nor this Agreement confers upon you any right to continue to be employed by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or limits in any respect any right of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to terminate your employment at any time, without liability.

 

  (b) This Agreement and the Plan contain the entire agreement between the Company and you relating to the Restricted Stock and supersede all prior agreements or understandings relating thereto.

 

  (c) This Agreement may only be modified, amended or cancelled as provided in the Plan.

 

  (d) If any one or more provisions of this Agreement shall be found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

  (e) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Wisconsin, without regard to conflict of law provisions.

 

  (f) The Company agrees, and you agree, to be subject to and bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Plan. The Plan Prospectus is accessible on the Company’s administrative agent’s website in the “forms library” (www.netbenefits.fidelity.com) and a paper copy is available upon request.

 

  (g) Prior to the applicable Release Date, the Restricted Stock is transferable only by will or the laws of descent and distribution or as otherwise provided in the Plan and this Agreement. In addition, by accepting this award, you agree not to sell any Restricted Stock at a time when applicable Company policies or an agreement between the Company and its underwriters prohibit a sale.

 

  (h) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successor or assign of the Company and to any heir, distributee, executor, administrator or legal representative entitled by law to your rights hereunder.

 

  (i) You understand that, under the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, you may forfeit the Restricted Stock in certain circumstances, including, without limitation, if you violate the provisions of Section 4 prior to, or within 12 months after, the Release Date applicable to the Restricted Stock.

By selecting the “I accept” box on the website of our administrative agent, you acknowledge your acceptance of, and agreement to be bound by the terms of, this Agreement and the Plan.

Your acceptance of the terms of this Agreement and the Plan through our administrative agent’s website is a condition to your receipt of Shares on the Release Date.

 

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EX-10.4 8 dex104.htm FORM OF NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR) Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Non-Employee Director)

EXHIBIT 10.4

FISERV, INC.

2007 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

FORM OF

NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

(NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR)

Optionee: [First Name] [Last Name]

Grant Date: [Grant Date]

Exercise Price: [Exercise Price]

Number of Shares Subject to the Option: [Number of Shares]

Pursuant to the Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), the Board of Directors of Fiserv, Inc. (the “Company”) has granted to you an Option, the terms and conditions of which are set out below and in the Plan. Any capitalized term used in this Stock Option Agreement (this “Agreement”) without definition has the meaning set forth in the Plan. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall govern.

 

1. Date of Grant; Type of Option. The Option is granted to you on the date set forth above (the “Grant Date”). As a “non-qualified stock option,” the Option will not be treated by you or the Company as an “incentive stock option,” as defined in Section 422 of the Code.

 

2. Termination of Option. Your right to exercise the Option (and to purchase the Shares subject to the Option (the “Option Shares”)) shall expire and terminate in all events on the earlier of (a) the close of business on the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date or (b) the date upon which exercise is no longer permitted as provided in Section 6 hereof.

 

3. Option Price. The purchase price to be paid upon the exercise of the Option is the exercise price per Option Share set forth above.

 

4. Provisions Relating to Exercise.

 

  (a) The Option vests and becomes exercisable with respect to 20% of the Option Shares on each anniversary of the Grant Date until the Option is fully vested and exercisable.

 

  (b) Once you become entitled to exercise any part of the Option (and to purchase Option Shares) as provided in Section 4(a) hereof, that right will continue until the date on which the Option expires and terminates pursuant to Section 2 hereof. The right to purchase Option Shares under the Option is cumulative, so that if the full number of Option Shares purchasable in a period is not purchased, the balance may be purchased at any time or from time to time thereafter during the term of the Option.

 

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  (c) The Board, in its sole discretion, may at any time accelerate the time at which the Option becomes exercisable by you with respect to the Option Shares.

 

  (d) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, you agree that while you are a Director, and for a period of 12 months thereafter, you will not, directly or indirectly, on your behalf or on behalf of any other individual, association or entity, as agent or otherwise:

 

  (i) contact any of the clients of any Fiserv Group Company (as hereinafter defined) for whom you directly performed any services or had any direct business contact for the purpose of soliciting business or inducing such client to acquire any product or service that at any time during the term of this Agreement is provided or under development by the Fiserv Group Company for whom you directly performed any services from any entity other than a Fiserv Group Company;

 

  (ii) contact any of the clients or prospective clients of any Fiserv Group Company whose identity or other client specific information you discovered or gained access to as a result of your access to any Fiserv Group Company’s confidential information for the purpose of soliciting or inducing any of such clients or prospective clients to acquire any project or service that at any time during the term of this Agreement is provided or under development by the Fiserv Group Company to whose confidential information you had access from any entity other than a Fiserv Group Company;

 

  (iii) use any Fiserv Group Company’s confidential information to solicit, influence or encourage any clients or potential clients of any Fiserv Group Company to divert or direct their business to you or any other person, association or entity by or with whom you are employed, associated, engaged as agent or otherwise affiliated; or

 

  (iv) encourage, induce or entice any employee of any Fiserv Group Company with access to or possession of confidential information of any Fiserv Group Company to leave any Fiserv Group Company’s employment where it is reasonably likely that such employee will use such confidential information to solicit, influence or encourage clients or potential clients of such Fiserv Group Company to divert or direct their business to you or any other person, association or entity by or with whom such employee will become employed, associated, engaged as agent or otherwise affiliated.

 

  (e) You expressly acknowledge that damages alone may not be an adequate remedy for any breach by you of the covenants or agreements set forth in Section 4(d) and that the Company, in addition to any other remedies it may have, shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief, including specific performance, with respect to any actual or threatened breach by you of any said covenants and your right to exercise the Option shall terminate immediately. “Fiserv Group Company” means the Company and any “affiliate” company (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933).

 

  (f)

The Company may cancel, rescind, suspend, withhold or otherwise limit or restrict any unexpired, unpaid or deferred part of the Option at any time if you are not in compliance with all applicable provisions of this Agreement and the Plan, or if you engage in any of the

 

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activities listed in Section 4(d). In addition, failure to comply with the provisions of Section 4(d) prior to and during the 12 months after any exercise, payment or delivery of Option Shares pursuant to all or any part of this Agreement shall cause such exercise, payment or delivery to be rescinded. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the remedies and damages available to the Company in the event of a failure to comply with the provisions of Section 4(d) are not limited by this Section 4(f). The Company will notify you in writing of any such rescission within 24 months after such exercise, payment or delivery. Within 10 days after receiving such notice from the Company, you will pay to the Company, as a result of the rescinded exercise, payment or delivery of Option Shares, an amount equal to the difference between the Fair Market Value of such Option Shares on the date of exercise and the amount you paid to obtain such Option Shares.

 

5. Exercise of Option. To exercise the Option, you must complete the transaction through our administrative agent’s website at www.netbenefits.fidelity.com or call its toll free number at (800) 544-9354, specifying the number of Option Shares being purchased as a result of such exercise, together with payment of the full exercise price for the Option Shares being purchased. In no event may a fraction of a share be exercised or acquired. You must also pay any taxes or other amounts required to be withheld as provided in Section 8 of this Agreement.

 

6. Termination.

 

  (a) If you cease to be a Director for any reason, the Option may be exercised to the same extent that you were entitled to exercise the Option on the date you ceased to be a Director and had not previously done so, and the remaining Option Shares that are not then vested under Section 4(a) will become exercisable as follows:

 

Minimum Age When

No Longer a Director

  

Reason No Longer

A Director

  

Minimum

Years of Service

   Remaining Option
Shares that are
Exercisable

Not applicable

   Death or Disability    6    100%

62

   Any Reason    6    100%

All other combinations of minimum age, reason and years of service.

   0%

If you cease to be a Director by reason of death, Disability or Retirement, you are (or in the event of your death or Disability resulting in judicial appointment of a guardian ad litem, administrator or other legal representative, the executor or administrator of your estate, any person who shall have acquired the Option through bequest or inheritance or such guardian ad litem, administrator or other legal representative is) entitled to exercise the Option per the terms contained herein within one year after you cease to be a Director. Otherwise, you are (or such guardian ad litem, administrator or other legal representative is) entitled to exercise the Option per the terms contained herein within 30 days after you cease to be a Director. If you die within such exercise periods, your executor or the administrator of your estate or your beneficiary may exercise the Option within one year after your death. For purposes of this Section 6, “Retirement” means the cessation of service as a Director for any reason other than death, Disability or Cause at or after you have attained the age of 62 and served at least six years on the Board.

 

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  (b) Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Section 6 to the contrary, in no event may the Option be exercised to any extent by anyone after the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date.

 

  (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that your service as a Director is terminated for Cause, the Option, whether or not vested or exercisable, shall terminate immediately. In addition, if your service as a Director is terminated other than for Cause but the Administrator later determines that it could have been terminated for Cause if all facts had been known at the time it was terminated, the Option, whether or not vested or exercisable, will terminate immediately on the date of such determination. For the sake of clarity, in the event that your service as a Director was terminated for Cause, there shall be no acceleration of vesting or exercisability under Section 6(a).

 

  (d) If a Change of Control of the Company occurs, the provisions of Section 17(c) of the Plan shall apply to the Option.

 

7. Securities Representations.

 

  (a) You acknowledge receipt of the Prospectus under the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-          ) with respect to the Plan filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You understand that if you are an officer, director, 10% shareholder or are otherwise an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933) of the Company, you may not resell any shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of the Option except pursuant to a registration statement meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 or an exemption from the registration requirements of such Act. You represent and agree that you will comply with all applicable laws and Company policies relating to the Plan and the grant and exercise of the Option and the disposition of the Option Shares, including without limitation Federal and state securities and “blue sky” laws.

 

  (b) The Company may affix appropriate legends upon the certificates for the Option Shares and may issue such “stop transfer” instructions to its transfer agent in respect of such shares as it determines, in its discretion, to be necessary or appropriate to (i) prevent a violation of, or to perfect an exemption from, the registration requirements of the Securities Act, or (ii) implement the provisions of the Plan or any agreement between the Company and you with respect to such Option Shares.

 

8. Tax Representations. You represent and warrant that you understand the Federal, state and local income tax consequences of the award of the Option to you, the exercise of the Option and purchase of Option Shares, and the subsequent sale or other disposition of any Option Shares. In addition, you understand and agree that, you are solely responsible for the payment of any Federal, state or local income tax imposed upon or attributable to you in connection with such exercise, sale or disposition.

 

9. General Provisions.

 

  (a) Neither the Plan nor this Agreement confers upon you any right to continue to serve as a Director.

 

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  (b) This Agreement and the Plan contain the entire agreement between the Company and you relating to the Option and supersede all prior agreements or understandings relating thereto.

 

  (c) This Agreement may only be modified, amended or cancelled as provided in the Plan.

 

  (d) If any one or more provisions of this Agreement shall be found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

  (e) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Wisconsin, without regard to conflict of law provisions.

 

  (f) The Company agrees, and you agree, to be subject to and bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Plan. The Plan Prospectus is accessible on the Company’s administrative agent’s website in the “forms library” (www.netbenefits.fidelity.com) and a paper copy is available upon request.

 

  (g) The Option is not transferable otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and may be exercised, during your lifetime, only by you or your legal representatives.

 

  (h) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successor or assign of the Company and to any heir, distributee, executor, administrator or legal representative entitled by law to your rights hereunder.

 

  (i) You shall not have the rights of a shareholder with respect to any shares of Stock to be acquired upon exercise of the Option until the stock certificate representing such shares is issued.

 

  (j) You understand that, under the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, the Company may cancel or rescind the Option in certain circumstances, including, without limitation, if you violate the provisions of Section 4 prior to, or within 12 months after, the exercise of any Option Shares.

By selecting the “I accept” box on the website of our administrative agent, you acknowledge your acceptance of, and agreement to be bound by the terms of, this Agreement, and the Plan.

Your acceptance of the terms of this Agreement and the Plan through our administrative agent’s website is a condition to your ability to exercise your Option.

 

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EX-10.5 9 dex105.htm FORM OF NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (EMPLOYEE) Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Employee)

EXHIBIT 10.5

FISERV, INC.

2007 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

FORM OF

NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

(EMPLOYEE)

Optionee: [First Name][Last Name]

Grant Date: [Grant Date]

Exercise Price: [Exercise Price]

Number of Shares Subject to the Option: [Number of Shares]

Pursuant to the Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Fiserv, Inc. (the “Company”) has granted to you an Option, the terms and conditions of which are set out below and in the Plan. Any capitalized term used in this Stock Option Agreement (this “Agreement”) without definition has the meaning set forth in the Plan. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall govern.

 

1. Date of Grant; Type of Option. The Option is granted to you on the date set forth above (the “Grant Date”). As a “non-qualified stock option,” the Option will not be treated by you or the Company as an “incentive stock option,” as defined in Section 422 of the Code.

 

2. Termination of Option. Your right to exercise the Option (and to purchase the Shares subject to the Option (the “Option Shares”)) shall expire and terminate in all events on the earlier of (a) the close of business on the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date or (b) the date upon which exercise is no longer permitted as provided in Section 7 hereof.

 

3. Option Price. The purchase price to be paid upon the exercise of the Option is the exercise price per Option Share set forth above.

 

4. Provisions Relating to Exercise.

 

  (a) The Option vests and becomes exercisable with respect to 20% of the Option Shares on the Grant Date and with respect to an additional 20% of the Option Shares on each anniversary of the Grant Date until the Option is fully vested and exercisable.

 

  (b) Once you become entitled to exercise any part of the Option (and to purchase Option Shares) as provided in Section 4(a) hereof, that right will continue until the date on which the Option expires and terminates pursuant to Section 2 hereof. The right to purchase Option Shares under the Option is cumulative, so that if the full number of Option Shares purchasable in a period is not purchased, the balance may be purchased at any time or from time to time thereafter during the term of the Option.

 

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  (c) The Committee, in its sole discretion, may at any time accelerate the time at which the Option becomes exercisable by you with respect to the Option Shares.

 

5. Confidential Information, Non-competition and Related Covenants.

 

  (a) Definitions.

 

  (i) “Fiserv” means the Company, its direct and indirect subsidiaries, affiliated entities, successors, and assigns.

 

  (ii) “Confidential Information” means all trade secrets, Innovations (as defined below), confidential or proprietary business information and data, computer software, and database technologies or technological information, formulae, templates, algorithms, designs, process and systems information, processes, intellectual property rights, marketing plans, client lists and specifications, pricing and cost information and any other confidential information of Fiserv or its clients, vendors or subcontractors that relates to the business of Fiserv or to the business of any client, vendor or subcontractor of Fiserv or any other party with whom Fiserv agrees to hold information in confidence, whether patentable, copyrightable or protectable as a trade secret or not, except (A) information that is, at the time of disclosure, in the public domain or that is subsequently published or otherwise becomes part of the public domain through no fault of yours; or (B) information that is disclosed by you under order of law or governmental regulation; provided, however, that you agree to notify Fiserv upon receipt of any request for disclosure as soon as possible prior to any such disclosure so that appropriate safeguards may be maintained.

 

  (iii) “Competing Product or Service” means any product or service that is sold in competition with, or is being developed and that will compete with, a product or service developed, manufactured, or sold by Fiserv. For purposes of this Section 5, Competing Products or Services as to you are limited to products and/or services with respect to which you participated in the development, planning, testing, sale, marketing or evaluation on behalf of Fiserv during any part of your employment with Fiserv, or after the termination of your employment, during any part of the 24 months preceding the termination of your employment with Fiserv, or for which you supervised one or more Fiserv employees, units, divisions or departments in doing so.

 

  (iv) “Competitor” means an individual, business or any other entity or enterprise engaged or having publicly announced its intent to engage in the sale or marketing of any Competing Product or Service.

 

  (v) “Innovations” means all developments, improvements, designs, original works of authorship, formulas, processes, software programs, databases, and trade secrets, whether or not patentable, copyrightable or protectable as trade secrets, that you, either by yourself or jointly with others, create, modify, develop, or implement during the period of your employment with Fiserv that relate in any way to Fiserv’s business.

 

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  (vi) “Moral Rights” means any rights to claim authorship of a work of authorship, to object to or prevent the modification of any such work of authorship, or to withdraw from circulation or control the publication or distribution of any such work of authorship.

 

  (vii) “Client” means any person, association or entity (A) for which you directly performed services or for which you supervised others in performing services with Fiserv, during any part of your employment with Fiserv, or after the termination of your employment, during any part of the 24 months preceding the termination of your employment with Fiserv; or (B) about which you have Confidential Information as a result of your employment with Fiserv.

 

  (viii) “Prospective Client” means any client with which Fiserv was in active business discussions or negotiations at any time during any part of your employment with Fiserv, or after the termination of your employment, during any part of the 24 months preceding the termination of your employment with Fiserv, in which you participated or for which you directly performed services or for which you supervised others in performing services with Fiserv; or (B) about which you have Confidential Information as a result of your employment with Fiserv.

 

  (b) During your employment, Fiserv will provide you with Confidential Information relating to Fiserv, its business and clients, the disclosure or misuse of which would cause severe and irreparable harm to Fiserv. You agree that all Confidential Information is and shall remain the sole and absolute property of Fiserv. Upon the termination of your employment for any reason, you shall immediately return to Fiserv all documents and materials that contain or constitute Confidential Information, in any form whatsoever, including but not limited to, all copies, abstracts, electronic versions, and summaries thereof. You further agree that, without the written consent of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, or, in the case of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, without the written approval of the Board:

 

  (i) You will not disclose, use, copy or duplicate, or otherwise permit the use, disclosure, copying or duplication of any Confidential Information of Fiserv, other than in connection with the authorized activities conducted in the course of your employment with Fiserv. You agree to take all reasonable steps and precautions to prevent any unauthorized disclosure, use, copying or duplication of Confidential Information.

 

  (ii) All Innovations are and shall remain the sole and absolute property of Fiserv. You will provide all assistance requested by Fiserv, at its expense, in the preservation of its interest in any Innovations in any country, and hereby assign and agree to assign to Fiserv all rights, title and interest in and to all worldwide patents, patent applications, copyrights, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights in any Innovation. You also assign and agree to assign to Fiserv, or where applicable, to waive, which waiver shall inure to the benefit of Fiserv and its assigns, all Moral Rights in any Innovation.

 

  (c)

You agree that, without the written consent of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or, in the case of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, without the written approval of the Board, you shall not engage in any of the conduct described in subsections (i) or (ii), below, either directly or indirectly, or as an employee, contractor, consultant, partner,

 

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officer, director or stockholder, other than a stockholder of less than 5% of the equities of a publicly traded corporation, or in any other capacity for any person, firm, partnership or corporation:

 

  (i) During the time of your employment with Fiserv, you will not (A) perform duties as or for a Competitor, Client or Prospective Client of Fiserv’s; or (B) participate in the inducement of or otherwise encourage Fiserv employees, clients, or vendors to currently and/or prospectively breach, modify, or terminate any agreement or relationship they have or had with Fiserv;

 

  (ii) For a period of 12 months following the termination of your employment with Fiserv, you will not (A) perform duties as or for a Competitor, Client or Prospective Client of Fiserv that are the same as or similar to the duties performed by you for Fiserv at any time during any part of the 24 month period preceding the termination of your employment with Fiserv; (B) participate in the inducement of or otherwise encourage Fiserv employees, clients, or vendors to currently and/or prospectively breach, modify, or terminate any agreement or relationship they have or had with Fiserv during any part of the 24 month period preceding the termination of your employment with Fiserv; or (C) participate voluntarily or provide assistance or information to any person or entity either negotiating with Fiserv involving a Competing Product or Service, or concerning a potential or existing business or legal dispute with Fiserv, including, but not limited to, litigation, except as may be required by law

No provision of these subsections (i) and (ii) shall apply to restrict your conduct, or trigger any reimbursement obligations under this Agreement, in any jurisdiction where such provision is, on its face, unenforceable and/or void as against public policy, unless the provision may be construed or deemed amended to be enforceable and compliant with public policy, in which case the provision will apply as construed or deemed amended.

 

  (d) You acknowledge and agree that compliance with this Section 5 is necessary to protect the Company, and that a breach of any of this Section 5 will result in irreparable and continuing damage to the Company for which there will be no adequate remedy at law. In the event of a breach of this Section 5, or any part thereof, the Company, and its successors and assigns, shall be entitled to injunctive relief and to such other and further relief as is proper under the circumstances. The Company shall institute and prosecute proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction either in law or in equity to obtain damages for any such breach of this Section 5, or to enjoin you from performing services in breach of Section 5(c), during the term of employment and for a period of 12 months following the termination of employment. You hereby agree to submit to the jurisdiction of any court of competent jurisdiction in any disputes that arise under this Agreement.

 

  (e) You further agree that, in the event of your breach of this Section 5, the Company shall also be entitled to recover the value of any amounts previously paid or payable or the value of any shares delivered or deliverable to you pursuant to any Fiserv bonus program, this Agreement, and any other Fiserv plan or arrangement pursuant to which you received equity or the right to purchase equity in the Company.

 

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  (f) You agree that the terms of this Agreement shall survive the termination of your employment with the Company.

 

  (g) YOU HAVE READ THIS SECTION 5 AND AGREE THAT THE CONSIDERATION PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY IS FAIR AND REASONABLE AND FURTHER AGREE THAT GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE TO THE COMPANY OF ITS CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION, THE POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS ON YOUR ACTIVITIES ARE LIKEWISE FAIR AND REASONABLE.

 

6. Exercise of Option. To exercise the Option, you must complete the transaction through our administrative agent’s website at www.netbenefits.fidelity.com or call its toll free number at (800) 544-9354, specifying the number of Option Shares being purchased as a result of such exercise, together with payment of the full exercise price for the Option Shares being purchased. In no event may a fraction of a share be exercised or acquired. You must also pay any taxes or other amounts required to be withheld as provided in Section 9 of this Agreement.

 

7. Termination of Employment.

 

  (a) If you cease to be a full-time employee of either the Company or any Subsidiary for any reason, including because the Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary, the Option may be exercised to the same extent that you were entitled to exercise the Option on the date you ceased to be a full-time employee, and had not previously done so, and the remaining Option Shares that are not then vested under Section 4(a) will become exercisable as follows:

 

Minimum Age When

No Longer a Full-

Time Employee

  

Reason No Longer

A Full-Time

Employee

  

Minimum

Years of Service

   Remaining Option
Shares that are
Exercisable

Not applicable

   Death or Disability    6
7
8
9
10
   20%
40%
60%
80%
100%

55

   Retirement    25    100%

62

   Retirement    6
7
8
9
10
   20%
40%
60%
80%
100%

65

   Retirement    0    100%

All other combinations of minimum age, reason and minimum years of service

   0%

If you cease to be a full-time employee by reason of death, Disability, or Retirement, you are (or in the event of your death or Disability resulting in judicial appointment of a guardian ad litem, administrator or other legal representative, the executor or administrator

 

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of your estate, any person who shall have acquired the Option through bequest or inheritance or such guardian ad litem, administrator or other legal representative is) entitled to exercise the Option per the terms contained herein within one year after you cease to be a full-time employee. Otherwise, you are (or such guardian ad litem, administrator or other legal representative is) entitled to exercise the Option per the terms contained herein within 30 days after you cease to be a full-time employee. If you die within such exercise periods, your executor or the administrator of your estate or your beneficiary may exercise the Option within one year after your death. For purposes of this Section 7, “Retirement” means the cessation of employment for any reason other than death, Disability or Cause: at age 55 or older with 25 years of service; at age 62 or older with at least six years of service; or at age 65 or older.

 

  (b) Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Section 7 to the contrary, in no event may the Option be exercised to any extent by anyone after the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date.

 

  (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that your employment is terminated for Cause, the Option, whether or not vested or exercisable, shall terminate immediately. In addition, if your employment is terminated other than for Cause but the Administrator later determines that it could have been terminated for Cause if all facts had been known at the time it was terminated, the Option, whether or not vested or exercisable, will terminate immediately on the date of such determination. For the sake of clarity, in the event that your employment was terminated for Cause, there shall be no acceleration of vesting or exercisability under Section 7(a).

 

  (d) If a Change of Control of the Company occurs, the provisions of Section 17(c) of the Plan shall apply to the Option. If the successor or purchaser in the Change of Control has assumed the Company’s obligations with respect to the Option or provided a substitute award as contemplated by Section 17(c)(i) of the Plan and within 12 months following the occurrence of the Change of Control you are terminated without Cause or you terminate your employment for Good Reason (as hereinafter defined), notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7(c) of this Agreement, the Option shall become fully vested and exercisable with respect to all Option Shares covered by the Option as of the time immediately prior to such termination of employment and notwithstanding any other provision hereof (except Section 7(b)), the Option shall become exercisable by you for 30 days following such termination (or such longer period as is otherwise specified in Section 7(a)) and the provisions of Section 5 shall cease immediately to apply. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” means your suffering any of the following events without your consent: (i) significant or material lessening of your responsibilities; (ii) a reduction in your annual base salary or a material reduction in the level of incentive compensation for which you have been eligible during the two years immediately prior to the occurrence of the Change of Control and/or a material adverse change in the conditions governing receipt of such incentive compensation from those that prevailed prior to the occurrence of the Change of Control; or (iii) the Company’s requiring you to be based anywhere other than within 50 miles of your place of employment at the time of the occurrence of the Change of Control, except for reasonably required travel to an extent substantially consistent with your business travel obligations.

 

  (e)

For purposes of this Agreement, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, if also serving as a Director, will not be deemed to have terminated employment for purposes of

 

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this Agreement until his service as a Director ends, and his years of service will be deemed to include years of service as a Director.

 

8. Securities Representations.

 

  (a) You acknowledge receipt of the Prospectus under the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-            ) with respect to the Plan filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You understand that if you are an officer, director, 10% shareholder or are otherwise an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933) of the Company, you may not resell any shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of the Option except pursuant to a registration statement meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 or an exemption from the registration requirements of such Act. You represent and agree that you will comply with all applicable laws and Company policies relating to the Plan and the grant and exercise of the Option and the disposition of the Option Shares, including without limitation Federal and state securities and “blue sky” laws.

 

  (b) The Company may affix appropriate legends upon the certificates for the Option Shares and may issue such “stop transfer” instructions to its transfer agent in respect of such shares as it determines, in its discretion, to be necessary or appropriate to (i) prevent a violation of, or to perfect an exemption from, the registration requirements of the Securities Act, or (ii) implement the provisions of the Plan or any agreement between the Company and you with respect to such Option Shares.

 

9. Tax Representations. You represent and warrant that you understand the Federal, state and local income tax consequences of the award of the Option to you, the exercise of the Option, and purchase of Option Shares and the subsequent sale or other disposition of any Option Shares. In addition, you understand and agree that, when you exercise the Option and thereby realize gross income (if any) taxable as compensation in respect of such exercise, the Company will be required to withhold Federal, state and local taxes on the full amount of the compensation income realized by you and may also be required to withhold other amounts as a result of such exercise. Accordingly, at or prior to the time that you exercise the Option, you hereby agree to provide the Company with cash funds equal to the total Federal, state and local taxes and other amounts required to be withheld by the Company or its Subsidiary in respect of any such compensation income or make other arrangements satisfactory to the Company regarding such payment. All matters with respect to the total amount to be withheld as a result of the exercise of the Option shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

 

10. General Provisions.

 

  (a) Neither the Plan nor this Agreement confers upon you any right to continue to be employed by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or limit, in any respect, any right of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to terminate your employment at any time, without liability.

 

  (b) This Agreement and the Plan contain the entire agreement between the Company and you relating to the Option and supersede all prior agreements or understandings relating thereto.

 

  (c) This Agreement may only be modified, amended or cancelled as provided in the Plan.

 

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  (d) If any one or more provisions of this Agreement shall be found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

  (e) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Wisconsin, without regard to conflict of law provisions.

 

  (f) The Company agrees, and you agree, to be subject to and bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Plan. The Plan Prospectus is accessible on the Company’s administrative agent’s website in the “forms library”  (www.netbenefits.fidelity.com) and a paper copy is available upon request.

 

  (g) The Option is not transferable otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and may be exercised, during your lifetime, only by you or your legal representatives.

 

  (h) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successor or assign of the Company and to any heir, distributee, executor, administrator or legal representative entitled by law to your rights hereunder.

 

  (i) You shall not have the rights of a shareholder with respect to any shares of Stock to be acquired upon exercise of the Option until the stock certificate representing such shares is issued.

 

  (j) You understand that, under the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, the Company may cancel or rescind the Option in certain circumstances, including, without limitation, if you violate the provisions of Section 5 prior to, or within 12 months after, the exercise of any Option Shares.

By selecting the “I accept” box on the website of our administrative agent, you acknowledge your acceptance of, and agreement to be bound by the terms of, this Agreement, and the Plan.

Your acceptance of the terms of this Agreement and the Plan through our administrative agent’s website is a condition to your ability to exercise your Option.

 

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