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 19, 2011
ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware | 000-19406 | 36-2675536 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
475 Half Day Road, Lincolnshire, Illinois | 60069 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: 847-634-6700
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
¨ | 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 240.13c-4(c)) |
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan and 2011 Short-Term Incentive Plan
On May 19, 2011, the stockholders of Zebra Technologies Corporation approved the 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan and 2011 Short-Term Incentive Plan. A description of each plan is incorporated herein by reference to Zebras proxy statement, dated April 15, 2011, for the annual meeting of stockholders held on May 19, 2011, a copy of which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Proxy Statement). A copy of the 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A to the Proxy Statement. A copy of the 2011 Short-Term Incentive Plan is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit B to the Proxy Statement.
Form of Equity Award Agreements for Non-Employee Directors
On May 19, 2011, Zebras Board of Directors approved, upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, a form of 2011 time-vested stock appreciation rights agreement for non-employee directors that was used in connection with annual grants made on May 19, 2011 under the 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan. The form of 2011 time-vested stock appreciation rights agreement for non-employee directors is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
2011 Time-Vested Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement for Non-Employee Directors. The form of 2011 time-vested stock appreciation rights agreement for non-employee directors is substantially identical to the predecessor form of 2010 time-vested stock appreciation rights agreement for non-employee directors except that the stock appreciation rights are fully vested on the grant date. If a change in control involves stockholders receiving consideration consisting of publicly traded common stock, and if the SAR agreement is assumed or a provision is made for the continuation of the SAR, then there will be a substitution of the common stock into which Zebra common stock is converted in the change in control and the SAR will continue in accordance with its terms. If the change in control does not involve stockholders receiving publicly traded common stock or the SAR agreement is not assumed or provision is not made for continuation of the SAR, then there will be a cash payment to the director representing the value of the spread over the SAR price.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
Amendment to By-laws
On May 19, 2011, the Board of Directors of Zebra approved amendments to the Amended and Restated By-laws of Zebra (the By-laws), effective immediately. The following description of the amendments is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the By-laws, as amended, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3(ii) to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2.4: Revised to (1) clarify when a stockholder nomination may be made if the number of directors to be elected at an annual meeting is increased, (2) require that a stockholder provide additional information regarding proposed business, nominees, and the stockholder, (3) provide that a stockholder proposal (other than a nomination) that is included in our proxy statement need not separately satisfy the advance notice requirements if the federal proxy rule notice requirements are met, (4) provide that the chairman of the stockholders meeting has the authority to determine if a nomination has been made in accordance with the By-laws, and (5) require that a stockholder proposal or nomination must be presented at the meeting before a vote may be taken.
Section 2.6: Applies to special meetings of stockholders and revised to (1) clarify the circumstances under which stockholders may bring business or make nominations at a special meeting, (2) provide that the chairman of the meeting has authority to determine if a nomination or any business has been made in accordance with the By-laws, and (3) require that a stockholder proposal or nomination must be presented at the meeting before a vote may be taken.
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
(a) | The Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 19, 2011. |
(b) | The Companys stockholders voted on the following proposals: |
1. | Proposal 1. Election of Class III Directors |
For the election of the following named persons named as Class III Directors of Zebra Technologies Corporation to hold office for a three-year term expiring at the 2014 Annual Meeting or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified:
Directors | For | Authority Withheld |
||||||
Anders Gustafsson |
43,433,035 | 1,318,789 | ||||||
Andrew K. Ludwick |
43,817,311 | 934,513 |
2. | Proposal 2. Approve Named Officer Compensation |
Advisory vote to approve the following resolution: Resolved, that the compensation of the named officers of Zebra Technologies Corporation, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, as described in and including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables and narrative discussion contained in this proxy statement, is approved by the stockholders of Zebra.
For | Against | Abstain | ||||||
37,633,885 | 4,479,190 | 2,638,749 |
3. | Proposal 3. Approve Frequency of Vote to Approve Named Officer Compensation |
Advisory vote on the frequency of holding an advisory vote to approve compensation of named officers of Zebra Technologies Corporation:
One Year | Two Years |
Three Years |
Abstain | |||||||||
36,425,380 | 130,710 | 5,571,633 | 2,624,101 |
4. | Proposal 4. Approve 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan |
To approve the 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan of Zebra Technoloiges Corporation:
For | Against | Abstain | ||||||
36,579,624 | 6,092,746 | 2,079,454 |
5. | Proposal 5. Approve 2011 Short-Term Incentive Plan |
To approve the 2011 Short-Term Incentive Plan of Zebra Technoloiges Corporation:
For | Against | Abstain | ||||||
40,290,766 | 2,379,644 | 2,081,414 |
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6. | Proposal 6. Approve Employee Stock Purchase Plan |
To approve the 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Zebra Technoloiges Corporation:
For | Against | Abstain | ||||||
41,820,297 | 861,562 | 2,069,965 |
7. | Proposal 7. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors |
To ratify the appointment by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent auditors of the Companys financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2011.
For | Against | Abstain | ||||||
49,398,446 | 1,303,301 | 29,817 |
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
[(d)] Exhibits. The following Exhibits are being furnished herewith:
Exhibit Number |
Description of Exhibits | |
3(ii) | Amended and Restated By-laws of Zebra Technologies Corporation effective May 19, 2011 | |
10.1. | Long-Term Incentive Plan | |
10.2 | Short-Term Incentive Plan | |
10.3 | Form of 2011 time-vested stock appreciation rights agreement for non-employee directors. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | ||||||
Date: May 20, 2011 | By: | /s/ Jim L. Kaput | ||||
Jim L. Kaput | ||||||
SVP, General Counsel and Secretary |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit |
Description of Exhibits | |||
3(ii) | Amended and Restated By-laws of Zebra Technologies Corporation effective May 19, 2011 | |||
10.1 | (1) | Long-Term Incentive Plan. + | ||
10.2 | (2) | Short-Term Incentive Plan. + | ||
10.3 | Form of 2011 time-vested stock appreciation rights agreement for non-employee directors. + |
+ | Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed as an exhibit to this Annual Report on Form 10-K. |
(1) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to Zebras proxy statement, dated April 15, 2011, for the annual meeting of stockholders held on May 19, 2011. |
(2) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit B to Zebras proxy statement, dated April 15, 2011, for the annual meeting of stockholders held on May 19, 2011. |
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Exhibit 3(ii)
AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
OF
ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
ARTICLE I
Offices
Section 1.1 The registered office shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware.
Section 1.2 The corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
Meetings of Stockholders
Section 2.1 All meetings of the stockholder for the election of directors shall be held at such place, if any, within or without the State of Delaware as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. Meetings of stockholders for any other purpose may be held at such time and place, if any, within or without the States of Delaware, as shall be stated by the board of directors in its notice of the meeting.
Section 2.2 An annual meeting of the stockholders, for the election of directors to succeed those whose terms expire and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held at such place, if any, on such date, and at such time as the Board of Directors shall each year fix.
Section 2.3 Except as otherwise required by law, written notice of the annual meeting stating the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting) shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not fewer than 10 or more than 60 days before the date of the meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting.
Section 2.4
(1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business to be transacted by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders (a) pursuant to the corporations notice of such meeting (or any supplement thereto), (b) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, or (c) by any stockholder of record of the corporation (the Record Stockholder) at the time of the giving of the notice required in the following paragraph, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who has complied with the notice procedures set forth in this section. For the avoidance of doubt, clause (c) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or propose business (except as otherwise expressly provided in any applicable rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (such act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the Exchange Act).
(2) For nominations or business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a Record Stockholder pursuant to clause (c) of the foregoing paragraph, (a) the Record Stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the corporation, (b) any such business (other than nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors) must be a proper matter for stockholder action under Delaware law, and (c) the Record Stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf any such proposal or nomination is
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made, must have acted in accordance with the representations set forth in the Solicitation Statement required by these By-laws. To be timely, a Record Stockholders notice shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not less than 60 or more than 90 days prior to the one-year anniversary (the Anniversary) of the date on which the corporation first mailed its proxy materials for the preceding years annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that, subject to the last sentence of this paragraph, if the meeting is convened more than 30 days prior to or delayed by more than 30 days after the anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting, notice by the Record Stockholder to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the later of (i) the 90th day before such annual meeting or (ii) the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. Notwithstanding anything in the preceding sentence to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors at the annual meeting is increased effective after the time period for which nominations would otherwise be due under this clause (2) of this Section 2.4 and there is no public announcement naming the nominees for the additional directorships or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the corporation at least 10 days before the last day a Record Stockholder may deliver a notice of nomination in accordance with the preceding sentence, a Record Stockholders notice required by this by-law shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the corporation. In no event shall an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a Record Stockholders notice.
(3) Such Record Stockholders notice shall set forth:
a. if such notice pertains to the nomination of directors, as to each person whom the Record Stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director all information relating to such person as would be required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for the election of such nominees as directors pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, and such persons written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected. The corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as the corporation may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the corporation;
b. as to any business that the Record Stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of such business, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the By-laws of the corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting, any material interest in such business of such Record Stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, and a description of all agreements, arrangements, understandings between such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder; and
c. as to (1) the Record Stockholder giving the notice and (2) the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (each, a party):
(i) the name and address of each such party as they appear on the corporations books;
(ii) (A) the class, series, and number of shares of the corporation that are owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record by each such party, (B) any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the corporation, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of capital stock of the corporation or otherwise (a Derivative Instrument) directly or indirectly owned beneficially by each such party, and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the corporation, (C) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship pursuant to which either party has a right to vote, directly or indirectly, any shares of any security of the corporation, (D) any short interest in any security of the corporation held by each such party (for purposes of this Section 2.4, a person shall be deemed to have a short interest in a security if such person directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has the
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opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject security), (E) any rights to dividends on the shares of the corporation owned beneficially directly or indirectly by each such party that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the corporation, (F) any proportionate interest in shares of the corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which either party is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner, (G) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the nomination or proposal between or among such party, any of their respective affiliates or associates, and any others acting in concert with any of the foregoing, including, in the case of a nomination, the nominee, (H) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination and (I) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that each such party is directly or indirectly entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice, including without limitation any such interests held by members of each such partys immediate family sharing the same household (which information set forth in this paragraph shall be supplemented by such stockholder or such beneficial owner, as the case may be, not later than ten (10) days after the record date for the meeting to disclose such ownership as of the record date);
(iii) any other information relating to each such party that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act; and
(iv) a statement whether or not each such party intends or is part of a group which intends to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of, in the case of a proposal, at least the percentage of voting power of all of the shares of capital stock of the corporation required under applicable law to carry the proposal or, in the case of a nomination or nominations, at least the percentage of voting power of all of the shares of capital stock of the corporation reasonably believed by the Record Stockholder or beneficial holder, as the case may be, to be sufficient to elect the nominee or nominees proposed to be nominated by the Record Stockholder and/or otherwise to solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination (such statement, a Solicitation Statement).
(4) A person shall not be eligible for election or re-election as a director at an annual meeting unless (i) the person is nominated by a Record Stockholder in accordance with Section 2.4(1)(c) or (ii) the person is nominated by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or a committee thereof. Only such business shall be conducted at an annual meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.4. The foregoing notice requirements of clauses (1)-(3) of this Section 2.4 shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder with respect to business other than a nomination if the stockholder has notified the corporation of his, her or its intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting in compliance with applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and such stockholders proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, the chairman of the meeting shall have the power and the duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting has been made in accordance with the procedures set forth in these By-laws (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies or votes in support of such stockholders nominee or proposal in compliance with such stockholders representation as required by clause (3)(c)(iv) of this Section 2.4) and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with these By-laws, to declare that such defectively proposed business or nomination shall not be presented for stockholder action at the meeting and shall be disregarded. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.4, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation to present a nomination or proposed business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the corporation. For purposes of this Section 2.4, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.
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(5) For purposes of these By-laws, public announcement shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press, PR Newswire, Business Wire or a 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.
(6) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.4, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to matters set forth in this Section 2.4; provided however, that any references in these By-laws to the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to this Section 2.4 (including paragraph (1)(c) hereof), and compliance with paragraph (1)(c) of this Section 2.4 shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than, as provided in the third sentence of paragraph (4), business other than nominations brought properly under and in compliance with Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act, as may be amended from time to time). Nothing in this Section 2.4 shall be deemed to affect any rights (a) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals or nominations in the corporations proxy statement pursuant to applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act or (b) of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the certificate of incorporation.
Section 2.5 Special meetings of the stockholders, other than those required by statute, may be called and conducted in the manner provided in the corporations Certificate of Incorporation. The Board of Directors may postpone or reschedule any previously scheduled special meeting.
Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or if called by holders of Common Stock in accordance with, and only in accordance with, the Certificate of Incorporation, such business as is called for by the holders of shares of the corporations Common Stock representing at least 66-2/3% of the votes entitled to be cast generally in the election of directors. The notice of such special meeting shall include the purpose for which the meeting is called.
Section 2.6 Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof (or stockholders pursuant to Article 5(a) of the certificate of incorporation) or (b) provided that the Board of Directors (or stockholders pursuant to Article 5(a) of the certificate of incorporation) has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this paragraph, who shall be entitled to vote at the meeting and who delivers a written notice to the Secretary setting forth the information set forth in Section 2.4(3)(a) and 2.4(3)(c) of this Article II. The proposal by stockholders of other business to be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders may be made only in accordance with Article 5(a) of the certificate of incorporation. Nominations by stockholders of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at such a special meeting of stockholders only if such Record Stockholders notice required by the preceding sentence shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a Record Stockholders notice. Except as otherwise expressly provided under the Exchange Act, a person shall not be eligible for election or reelection as a director at a special meeting unless the person is nominated (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by a Record Stockholder in accordance with the notice procedures set forth in this Article II.
Except as otherwise provided by law, the chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty (a) to determine whether a nomination proposed to be brought before the special meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.6 (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies or votes in support of such stockholders nominee or proposal in compliance with such stockholders representation as required by clause (3)(c)(iv) of Section 2.4) and
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(b) if any proposed nomination was not made or proposed in compliance with this Section 2.6, to declare that such nomination shall be disregarded. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the special meeting of stockholders of the corporation to present a nomination, such nomination shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the corporation. For purposes of this Section 2.6, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of Sections 2.5 and 2.6, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to matters set forth in Sections 2.5 and 2.6; provided however, that any references in these By-laws to the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to nominations to be considered pursuant to this Section 2.6, and compliance with this Section 2.6 shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations at a special meeting. Nothing in Sections 2.5 or 2.6 shall be deemed to affect any rights (a) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the corporations proxy statement pursuant the Exchange Act or (b) of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the certificate of incorporation.
Section 2.7 Written notice of a special meeting stating the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting) shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not fewer than 10 or more than 60 days before the date of the meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting.
Section 2.8 In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the stockholder entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance herewith at the adjourned meeting.
In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders 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 (other than action by consent in writing without a meeting), the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to such other action. If no such record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
Section 2.9 The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least 10 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of
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shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of meeting or (ii) during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the corporation. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.
Section 2.10 The holders of a majority of the voting power of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the certificate of incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be represent or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall, by a majority in voting power thereof, have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented; provided that, if the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if a new record date is fixed by the directors, a new notice shall be transmitted to the stockholders. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented any business may be transacted at the meeting as originally notified.
Section 2.11 Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, each stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by such stockholder, but no proxy shall be voted on after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. At any meeting of the stockholders, every stockholder entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy authorized by an instrument in writing or by a transmission permitted by law filed in accordance with the procedure established for the meeting. Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission created pursuant to this paragraph may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used; provided that, such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission. All voting, excepting where otherwise required by law, may be by a voice vote.
The corporation may, and to the extent required by law, shall, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. The corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting may, and to the extent required by law, shall, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. Every vote taken by ballots shall be counted by an inspector or inspectors appointed by the chairman of the meeting. All elections shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast, and except as otherwise required by law, by the certificate of incorporation, these By-laws, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the corporation, or applicable law or pursuant to any regulation applicable to the corporation or its securities, all other matters shall be determined by a majority of the votes cast affirmatively or negatively.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in these By-laws, (x) the non-binding advisory vote with respect to executive compensation pursuant to Section 14A(a)(1) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast thereon, and (y) the non-binding advisory vote, pursuant to Section 14A(a)(2) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, with respect to the determination as to whether the vote described in the preceding clause (x) shall occur every one (1), two (2) or three (3) years shall be decided by a plurality of the votes cast; provided that for purposes of any vote required pursuant to this sentence, neither abstentions nor broker non-votes shall count as votes cast.
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Section 2.12 The chairman of the board of directors shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders. In the absence or inability to act of the chairman, the vice chairman, the chief executive officer, president or a vice president (in that order) shall preside, and in their absence or inability to act another person designated by one of them shall preside. The secretary of the corporation shall act as secretary of each meeting of the stockholders. In the event of his absence or inability to act, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint a person who need not be a stockholder to act as secretary of the meeting.
Section 2.13 The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the person presiding over the meeting. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the person presiding over any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such presiding person, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the presiding person of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the presiding person of the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. The presiding person at any meeting of stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a matter or business was not properly brought before the meeting and if such presiding person should so determine, such presiding person shall so declare to the meeting and any such matter or business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the person presiding over the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.
Section 2.14 (a) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. Any stockholder of record seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take corporate action by written consent shall, by written notice to the Secretary, request that the Board of Directors fix a record date. The Board of Directors shall promptly, but in all events within ten (10) days after the date on which such written notice is received, adopt a resolution fixing the record date (unless a record date has previously been fixed by the Board of Directors pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 2.14(a)). If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 2.14(a) or otherwise within ten (10) days after the date on which such written notice is received, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, shall be the first date after the expiration of such ten (10) day time period on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware, its principal place of business, or to any officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 2.14(a), the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting if prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law shall be at the close of business on the date on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
(b) In the event of the delivery, in the manner provided by this Section 2.14 and applicable law, to the corporation of written consent or consents to take corporate action and/or any related revocation or revocations, the corporation shall engage independent inspectors of elections for the purpose of performing promptly a ministerial review of the validity of the consents and revocations. For the purpose of permitting the inspectors to perform such review, no action by written consent and without a meeting shall be effective until such inspectors have completed their review, determined that the requisite number of valid and unrevoked consents delivered to the
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corporation in accordance with this Section 2.14 and applicable law have been obtained to authorize or take the action specified in the consents, and certified such determination for entry in the records of the corporation kept for the purpose of recording the proceedings of meetings of stockholders. Nothing contained in this Section 2.14(b) shall in any way be construed to suggest or imply that the Board of Directors or any stockholder shall not be entitled to contest the validity of any consent or revocation thereof, whether before or after such certification by the independent inspectors, or to take any other action (including, without limitation, the commencement, prosecution or defense of any litigation with respect thereto, and the seeking of injunctive relief in such litigation).
(c) Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days after the earliest dated written consent received in accordance with this Section 2.14, a valid written consent or valid written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take such action are delivered to the corporation in the manner prescribed in this Section 2.14 and applicable law, and not revoked.
ARTICLE III
Directors
Section 3.1 The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors consisting of not less than 2 nor more than 11 directors. The exact number shall be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors in office at the time of adoption of such resolution.
Section 3.2 Directors shall be elected and serve in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. Any vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors and newly created directorships shall be filled in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 3.3 Except as otherwise provided by law, directors may be removed only in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.
Meetings of the Board of Directors
Section 3.4 The board of directors of the corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Members of the board of directors may participate in any such meeting by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 3.5 The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held immediately following the adjournment of the annual meeting of the stockholders at the same place as such annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present. In the event such meeting is not held at such time and place, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors, or as shall be specified in a written waiver signed by all of the directors.
Section 3.6 Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the board.
Section 3.7 Special meetings of the board may be called by the chairman, chief executive officer, or president on at least one days notice to each director, either personally, or by courier, telephone, telefax, mail or telegram. Special meetings shall be called by the chairman, chief executive officer, or president in like manner and on like notice at the written request of one-half or more of the directors comprising the board stating the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is requested. Notice of any meeting of the board of directors for which a notice is required may be waived in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time of such meeting, and such waiver shall be equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance of a director at any such meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice thereof, except where a director attends a meeting for the
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express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because such meeting is not lawfully convened. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any meeting of the board of directors for which a notice is required need be specified in the notice, or waiver of notice, of such meeting. The chairman shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors. In the absence or inability to act of the chairman, the chief executive officer, the vice chairman, the president or a vice president (in that order) shall preside, and in their absence or inability to act another director designated by one of them shall preside.
Section 3.8 At all meetings of the board a majority of the whole Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute or by the certificate of incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
Section 3.9 Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the board of directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee.
Committees of Directors
Section 3.10 The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation. The board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he, she or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent provided in the resolution of the board of directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.
Section 3.11 Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and shall file such minutes and all written consents executed by its members with the secretary of the corporation. Each committee may determine the procedural rules for meeting and conducting its business and shall act in accordance therewith, except as otherwise provided herein or required by law. Adequate provision shall be made for notice to members of all meetings; one-third of the members shall constitute a quorum unless the committee shall consist of one or two members, in which event one member shall constitute a quorum; and all matters shall be determined by a majority vote of the members present; provided that if a committee member abstains due to a conflict of interest, the action of the remaining members, even if less than a quorum, shall constitute committee action. Action may be taken by any committee without a meeting if all members thereof consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of such committee. Members of any committee of the board of directors may participate in any meeting of such committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating may hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Compensation of Directors
Section 3.12 In the discretion of the board of directors, the directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the board of directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the board of directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.
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ARTICLE IV
Notices
Section 4.1 Whenever, under applicable law or the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, notice is required to be given to any director or stockholder, unless otherwise provided by applicable law, in the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, such notice may be given in writing, by courier or mail, addressed to such director or stockholder, at his or her address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with freight or postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall have been deposited with such courier or in the United States mail. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, and except as prohibited by applicable law, any notice to stockholders given by the corporation under any provision of applicable law, the certificate of incorporation, or these By-laws shall be effective if given by a single written notice to stockholders who share an address if consented to by the stockholders at that address to whom such notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the corporation. Any stockholder who fails to object in writing to the corporation, within sixty (60) days of having been given written notice by the corporation of its intention to send the single notice permitted under this Section 4.1, shall be deemed to have consented to receiving such single written notice. Notice to directors may be given by telecopier, telephone or other means of electronic transmission.
Section 4.2 Whenever any notice is required to be given under applicable law or the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, directors, or members of a committee of directors need be specified in a waiver of notice.
ARTICLE V
Officers
Section 5.1 The officers of the corporation shall be appointed by the board of directors and shall include a chief executive officer (who may or may not be the president), a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may appoint a chairman, who may be the chief executive officer of the corporation, or a non-executive independent director. The chairman shall have the duties assigned by the board of directors from time to time. The board of directors may also appoint one or more vice-chairmen, a president, vice-presidents, assistant vice-presidents, assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws otherwise provide. The board of directors may also designate persons as officers of divisions of the corporation, but such persons shall not be officers of the corporation.
Section 5.2 The board of directors shall appoint annually a chief executive officer, a secretary, a treasurer and such other officers as the board of directors shall deem desirable.
Section 5.3 The board of directors may also appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board.
Section 5.4 The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are appointed and qualify or until their earlier resignation or removal. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Board, without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract to which such officer is a party. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the board of directors.
Section 5.5 The chief executive officer of the corporation shall have the authority to designate employees of the corporation to have the title of Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Assistant Treasurer or
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Assistant Secretary. Any employee so designated shall have the powers and duties determined by the officer making such designation. The persons upon whom such titles are conferred shall not be deemed officers of the corporation unless appointed by the Board of Directors.
Section 5.6
(a) Chief Executive Officer. The chief executive officer shall, subject to the oversight of the board of directors, have and provide general supervision, direction and control of the corporations business and its officers and, if there is no president, active management of the business of the corporation; shall see that the resolutions and directions of the board of directors are carried into effect except in those instances in which that responsibility is specifically assigned to some other person by the board of directors; and, in general, shall discharge all duties incident to the office of the chief executive officer and such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors from time to time. Except in those instances in which the authority to execute is expressly delegated to another officer or agent of the corporation or a different mode of execution is expressly prescribed by the board of directors or these by-laws, the chief executive officer may execute for the corporation certificates for its shares, and any contracts, deeds, mortgages, bonds, or other instruments which the board of directors has authorized to be executed, and may accomplish such execution either under or without the seal of the corporation and either individually or with the secretary, any assistant secretary, or any other officer thereunto authorized by the board of directors, according to the requirements of the form of the instrument. The chief executive officer may vote all securities which the corporation is entitled to vote except as and to the extent such authority shall be vested in a different officer or agent of the corporation by the board of directors.
(b) President. The president shall, subject to the oversight of the board of directors and the supervisory powers of the chief executive officer (if there is a chief executive officer other than the president), have responsibility for the active management of the business of the corporation; and, in general, shall discharge all duties incident to the office of the president and such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors from time to time. The president shall possess the power to sign all certificates, contracts and other instruments which may be authorized by the board of directors, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation.
Section 5.7 The vice-presidents shall perform such duties and have such powers as the board of directors or the chief executive officer may from time to time prescribe. A vice-president may execute contracts on behalf of the corporation pertaining to the normal course of his or her duties. In the absence of the chief executive officer or in the event of his or her inability to act, the president, the vice-president (or in the event there be more than one vice-president, the vice-presidents in the order designated, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the chief executive officer, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the chief executive officer.
Section 5.8 The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of the board of directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He or she shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or chief executive officer, under whose supervision he or she shall be. The secretary shall have custody of the corporate seal of the corporation and he or she, or an assistant secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of such assistant secretary.
The board of directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his or her signature.
Section 5.9 The assistant secretary, or if there be more than one, the assistant secretaries in the order determined by the board of directors (or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election), shall, in the absence of the secretary or in the event of his or her inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise
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the powers of the secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.
Section 5.10 The treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. He or she shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the board of the directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the chief executive officer and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all of his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. If required by the board of directors, he or she shall give the corporation a bond (which shall be renewed every six years) in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the board of directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his or her possession or under his or her control belonging to the corporation.
Section 5.11 The assistant treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the assistant treasurers in the order determined by the board of directors (or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election), shall, in the absence of the treasurer or in the event of his or her inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.
ARTICLE VI
Section 6.1 Right to Indemnification. The corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person (a Covered Person) who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a proceeding), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or executive officer of the corporation or, while a director or executive officer of the corporation, is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys fees) reasonably incurred by such Covered Person. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 6.3, the corporation shall be required to indemnify a Covered Person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such Covered Person only if the commencement of such proceeding (or part thereof) by the Covered Person was authorized in the specific case by the Board of Directors of the corporation.
Section 6.2 Prepayment of Expenses. The corporation shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that, to the extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Covered Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VI or otherwise.
Section 6.3 Claims. If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of such proceeding) or advancement of expenses under this Article VI is not paid in full within thirty (30) days after a written claim therefor by the Covered Person has been received by the corporation, the Covered Person may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by law. In any such action the corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.
Section 6.4 Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any Covered Person by this Article VI shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such Covered Person may have or hereafter acquire under any
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statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
Section 6.5 Other Sources. The corporations obligation, if any, to indemnify or to advance expenses to any Covered Person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such Covered Person may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit enterprise.
Section 6.6 Amendment or Repeal. Any right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses of any Covered Person arising hereunder shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to or repeal of these bylaws after the occurrence of the act or omission that is the subject of the civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought.
Section 6.7 Other Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. This Article VI shall not limit the right of the corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action
Section 6.8 Executive Officers. For purposes of this Article VI, executive officer has the meaning set forth in Rule 3b-7 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
ARTICLE VII
Certificates of Stock
Section 7.1 Certificates shall represent the shares of the corporation, provided that the board of directors of the corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the board of directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the corporation by, (i) the chairperson or vice-chairperson of the board of directors, or the chief executive officer or vice-president, and (ii) the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation, representing the number of shares registered in certificate form.
Section 7.2 Where a certificate is countersigned (1) by a transfer agent other than the corporation or its employee, or (2) by a registrar other than the corporation or its employee, any other signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
Section 7.3 Subject to the foregoing, certificates for stock of the corporation shall be in such form as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.
Lost Certificates
Section 7.4 The board of directors may direct a new certificate or certificates or uncertificated shares to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates or uncertificated shares, the board of directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his or her legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation or its transfer agent or registrar with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
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Transfers of Stock
Section 7.5 No transfer of stock shall be valid as against the corporation for any purpose until such transfer has been entered on the stock records of the corporation by an entry showing from and to whom such stock is transferred. Transfers of stock shall be made on the stock records of the corporation and (i) with respect to stock represented by a certificate, upon surrender of the previously issued certificate which is outstanding and not canceled, duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, and (ii) with respect to uncertificated shares, upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the record holder thereof and compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form. Subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation and these by-laws, the board of directors may prescribe such additional rules and regulations as it may deem appropriate relating to the issue, transfer and registration of shares of the corporation.
Registered Stockholders
Section 7.6 The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on the stock records of the corporation as the owner of shares to receive dividends and to vote as such owner and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on the stock records of the corporation as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
ARTICLE VIII
Conflict of Interests
Section 8.1 No contract or transaction between the corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association, or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the board of committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his, her or their votes are counted for such purpose, if:
(1) | The material facts as to his relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the board of directors or the committee, and the board or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or |
(2) | The material facts as to his or her relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or |
(3) | The contract or transaction is fair as to the corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified, by the board of directors, a committee thereof, or the stockholders. |
Section 8.2 Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the board of directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.
ARTICLE IX
General Provisions
Dividends
Section 9.1 Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, if any, may be declared by the board of directors at any regular or special meeting,
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pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock or rights to acquire the same, subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation.
Section 9.2 Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it is created.
Checks
Section 9.3 All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate.
Fiscal Year
Section 9.4 The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.
Seal
Section 9.5 The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or otherwise reproduced.
ARTICLE X
Forum
Section 10.1 Unless the corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, other employee or agent of the corporation to the corporation or the corporations stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the corporations certificate of incorporation, as amended and restated from time to time, and the corporations bylaws, or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine, in each such case subject to said Court of Chancery having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants therein. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article X.
ARTICLE XI
Amendments
Section 11.1 These by-laws may be altered, amended, or repealed or new by-laws may be adopted only in the manner provided in the corporations certificate of incorporation.
(Dated as of May 19, 2011)
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Exhibit 10.3
STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
This STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this SAR Agreement), dated as of May 19, 2011 (the Grant Date), is between ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the Company), and (the Participant), relating to a stock appreciation right granted under the 2011 Zebra Technologies Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan (the Plan). Capitalized terms used in this SAR Agreement without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Plan.
1. | Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights. |
(a) | Grant. Subject to the provisions of this SAR Agreement and pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, the Company hereby grants to the Participant as of the Grant Date a stock appreciation right (the SAR) covering shares (the SAR Shares) of the Companys Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the Stock), at a price of per share (the SAR Price). The SAR is not issued in tandem with an Option. This SAR Agreement shall be null and void unless the Participant accepts this SAR Agreement by either (i) electronically accepting this SAR Agreement through the Companys electronic delivery and acceptance process operated by e*Trade or (ii) executing this SAR Agreement in the space provided below and returning it to the Company not later than 30-days following the Grant Date. |
(b) | Term of the SAR. The SAR shall expire on the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Grant Date (the Expiration Date). |
(c) | Nontransferability. The SAR shall be nontransferable, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, or as otherwise permitted under the Plan. |
2. | Vesting of the SAR. |
(a) | Fully Vested. One hundred percent (100%) of the SAR Shares shall be exercisable as of the Grant Date; provided, however, that in the event the Participant is removed from service on the Board for cause, any unexercised portion of the SAR as of the effective date of the Participants termination of service shall be forfeited. |
(b) | Termination of Service. In the event the Participants service on the Board is terminated for any reason other than removal for cause, any unexercised portion of the SAR as of the effective date of the Participants termination of service shall remain exercisable until the earlier of: |
(i) | the Expiration Date; or |
(ii) | one (1) year after the date of the Participant is removed from service on the Board. |
3. | Exercise of SAR. |
(a) | Notice of Exercise. Prior to the Expiration Date, the vested portion of the SAR may be exercised, in whole or in part, by delivering written notice to the Company in accordance with Section 0 hereof and in such form as the Company may require from time to time. Such notice of exercise shall specify the number of SAR Shares to be exercised. |
(b) | Payment. As of the date of exercise of the SAR, the Company shall settle the exercised portion of the SAR as provided in Section 6.6 of the Plan. The amount of the payment for each SAR Share exercised shall equal (i) the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of exercise, less (ii) the SAR Price for each such exercised SAR Share. The exercised SAR shall be settled in whole shares of Stock, and cash for the value of a fractional share of Stock. |
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(c) | Payment of Taxes. If the Company is obligated to withhold an amount on account of any tax imposed as a result of the exercise of the SAR, the Participant shall be required to remit such amount to the Company, as provided in Section 9.10 of the Plan. Alternatively, subject to Company approval, the Participant may elect to withhold a portion of the SAR exercise payment equal to the minimum statutory tax that would be imposed on the exercise, as provided under Section 9.10 of the Plan. The Participant acknowledges and agrees that the Participant is responsible for the tax consequences associated with the grant of the SAR and its exercise. |
(d) | Death Prior to Exercise. In the event of the Participants death prior to the exercise of any vested portion of the SAR, the Participants beneficiary or estate may exercise the vested SAR. |
4. Compliance with Federal and State Law. The Company reserves the right to delay the Participants exercise of any portion of the SAR if (a) the Companys issuance of Stock upon such exercise would violate any applicable federal or state securities laws or any other applicable laws or regulations, or (b) the Company reasonably determines that payment of such SAR portion would not be deductible under Code Section 162(m). The Participant may not sell or otherwise dispose of any portion of the SAR in violation of any applicable law. The Company may postpone issuing and delivering any Stock in payment for the exercise of such portion of the SAR for so long as the Company reasonably determines to be necessary to satisfy the following:
(i) | its completing or amending any securities registration or qualification of the Stock or it or the Participant satisfying any exemption from registration under any federal or state law, rule, or regulation; |
(ii) | its receiving proof it considers satisfactory that a person seeking to exercise the SAR after the Participants death is entitled to do so; and |
(iii) | the Participant complying with any federal, state, or local tax withholding obligations. |
5. Change in Control. Subject to Section 9.8 of the Plan:
(a) Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, in the event of a Change in Control pursuant to Section 2.5(c) or (d) of the Plan in connection with which (i) holders of Shares receive consideration consisting solely of shares of common stock that are registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act (and disregarding the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares) and (ii) this SAR Agreement is assumed or provision is made for the continuation of this SAR Agreement, then subject to Section 4.3 of the Plan, this SAR Agreement shall continue in accordance with its terms, and there shall be substituted for each SAR Share then subject to this SAR Agreement, the number and class of shares into which each outstanding Share shall be converted pursuant to such Change in Control. In the event of any such substitution, the SAR Price shall be appropriately adjusted by the Board or Committee (whose determination shall be final, binding and conclusive), such adjustments to be made without an increase in the aggregate SAR Price.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event of a Change in Control pursuant to Section 2.5(a) or (b) of the Plan, or in the event of a Change in Control pursuant to Section 2.5(c) or (d) of the Plan as to which Section 5(a) above does not apply, this grant shall be surrendered to the Company by the Participant, and this grant shall immediately be canceled by the Company, and the Participant shall receive, within 10 days following the effective date of the Change in Control, a cash payment from the Company in an amount equal to the number of SAR Shares then subject to this SAR, multiplied by the excess, if any, of the greater of (i) the highest per Share price offered to stockholders of the Company in any transaction whereby the Change in Control takes place or (ii) the Fair Market Value of a Share on the effective date of the Change in Control, over the SAR Price.
6. | Confidentiality, Non-Solicitation and Non-Compete. The Participant agrees to, understands and acknowledges the following: |
(a) | Confidential Information. The Participant will be furnished, use or otherwise have access to certain Confidential Information of the Company and/or a Subsidiary. For purposes of this SAR Agreement, Confidential Information means any and all financial, technical, commercial or other information concerning the business and affairs of the Company and/or a Subsidiary that is confidential and proprietary to the Company and/or a Subsidiary, including without limitation: |
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(i) | information relating to the Companys or Subsidiarys past and existing customers and vendors and development of prospective customers and vendors, including specific customer product requirements, pricing arrangements, payment terms, customer lists and other similar information; |
(ii) | inventions, designs, methods, discoveries, works of authorship, creations, improvements or ideas developed or otherwise produced, acquired or used by the Company and/or a Subsidiary; |
(iv) | the Companys or Subsidiarys proprietary programs, processes or software, consisting of, but not limited to, computer programs in source or object code and all related documentation and training materials, including all upgrades, updates, improvements, derivatives and modifications thereof and including programs and documentation in incomplete stages of design or research and development; |
(v) | the subject matter of the Companys or Subsidiarys patents, design patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress, manuals, operating instructions, training materials, and other industrial property, including such information in incomplete stages of design or research and development; and |
(vi) | other confidential and proprietary information or documents relating to the Companys or Subsidiarys products, business and marketing plans and techniques, sales and distribution networks and any other information or documents that the Company reasonably regards as being confidential. |
The Company and its Subsidiaries devote significant financial, human and other resources to the development of products, customer base and the general goodwill associated with their business, and the Company and its Subsidiaries diligently maintain the secrecy and confidentiality of their Confidential Information. Each and every component of the Confidential Information is sufficiently secret to derive economic value from its not being generally known to other persons. While serving on the Board and thereafter, the Participant will hold in the strictest confidence and not use in any manner which is detrimental to the Company or its Subsidiaries or disclose to any individual or entity any Confidential Information, except as may be required by the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with the Participants service on the Board.
All Company Materials are and will be the sole property of the Company and/or Subsidiary. The Participant agrees that during and after his or her service on the Board, the Participant will not remove any Company Materials from the business premises of the Company or a Subsidiary or deliver any Company Materials to any person or entity outside the Company or a Subsidiary, except as the Participant is required to do so in connection with performing the duties as a member of the Board. The Participant further agrees that, immediately upon the termination of his or her service on the Board for any reason, or during the Participants tenure as a member of the Board if so requested by the Company, the Participant will return all Company Materials and other physical property, and any reproduction thereof, excepting only the Participants copy of this Agreement. For purposes of this SAR Agreement, Company Materials means documents or other media or tangible items that contain or embody Confidential Information or any other information concerning the business, operations or future/strategic plans of the Company and/or any Subsidiary, whether such documents have been prepared by the Participant or by others.
(b) | Non-Solicitation and Non-Compete. Notwithstanding any provision of this SAR Agreement, if at any time prior to the date that is one year after the date of exercise of all or any portion of the SAR, the Participant, directly or indirectly: |
(i) | breaches or violates Section 6(a) of this SAR Agreement; or |
(ii) | employs, recruits or solicits for employment any person who is (or was within the six (6) months prior to the date the Participants service on the Board terminated) an employee of the Company and/or any Subsidiary; |
(iii) | accepts employment, serves on the board of directors of, or engages in a competing business that may require contact, solicitation, interference or diverting of any of the Companys or any Subsidiarys customers, or that may result in the disclosure, divulging, |
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or other use of Confidential Information or Company Materials acquired during the Participants service on the Board; or |
(iv) | solicits or encourages any customer, vendor or potential customer or vendor of the Company or any Subsidiary with whom the Participant had contact while serving on the Board to terminate or otherwise alter his, her or its relationship with the Company or any Subsidiary. The Participant understands that any person or entity that the Participant contacted during the twelve (12) months prior to the date of the Participants termination of service on the Board for the purpose of soliciting sales from such person or entity shall be regarded as a potential customer of the Company to whom the Company or a Subsidiary has a protectable proprietary interest; |
the SAR shall terminate automatically on the date the Participant engages in such activity and the Participant shall pay the Company, within five business days of receipt by the Participant of a written demand therefor, an amount in cash determined by multiplying the number of Shares as to which the SAR was exercised within the one-year period described above by the difference between (i) the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of such exercise and (ii) the SAR Price per SAR (without reduction for any Shares withheld by the Company pursuant to Section 3(c)).
(c) | Remedies for Violation. |
(i) | Injunctive Action. The Participant acknowledges that if he or she violates the terms of this Section 0, the injury that would be suffered by the Company and/or a Subsidiary as a result of a breach of the provisions of this SAR Agreement (including any provision of Section 00 or 0 hereof) would be irreparable and that an award of monetary damages to the Company and/or a Subsidiary for such a breach would be an inadequate remedy. Consequently, the Company and/or its Subsidiary will have the right, in addition to any other rights it may have, to obtain injunctive relief to restrain any breach or threatened breach or otherwise to specifically enforce any provision of this SAR Agreement, and the Company and/or Subsidiary will not be obligated to post bond or other security in seeking such relief. Without limiting the Companys or Subsidiarys rights under this Section 0 or any other remedies of the Company or Subsidiary, if the Participant breaches any of the provisions of Section 00 or 0 hereof, the Participant, without any further action by the Company or the Participant, shall forfeit, as of the first day of any such violation, all right, title and interest to this SAR Agreement. |
(ii) | Attorneys Fees; Set-off Right. In addition to the rights available to the Company and its Subsidiaries under Section 00(i) hereof, if the Participant violates the terms of this Section 0 at any time, the Participant shall reimburse the Company for any fees and expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary in enforcing the Companys or a Subsidiarys rights under this Section 0. By accepting this SAR grant, the Participant hereby consents to a deduction from any amounts the Company or any Subsidiary owes to the Participant from time to time (including amounts owed to the Participant as wages or other compensation, fringe benefits, or vacation pay, as well as any other amounts owed to the Participant by the Company or any Subsidiary), unless such amount is subject to Section 409A of the Code, to the extent of any amounts that the Participant owes the Company under this Section 0. In addition to any injunctive relief sought under Section 00(i) hereof and whether or not the Company or any Subsidiary elects to make any set-off in whole or in part, if the Company or any Subsidiary does not recover by means of set-off the full amount the Participant owes to the Company or any Subsidiary, calculated as set forth in this Section 00(ii), the Participant agrees to immediately pay the unpaid balance to the Company or any Subsidiary. |
(d) | Enforceability of Restrictive Covenants. The scope and duration of the restrictive covenants contained in this SAR Agreement are reasonable and necessary to protect a legitimate, protectable interest of the Company and its Subsidiaries. |
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(e) | Written Acknowledgement by Participant. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may require the Participant, as a condition to the exercise of this SAR, to acknowledge in writing that the Participant has not engaged, and is not in the process of engaging, in any of the activities described in this Section 0. |
7. | Miscellaneous Provisions. |
(a) | No Service or Employment Rights. No provision of this SAR Agreement or of the SAR granted hereunder shall give the Participant any right to continue to serve on the Board or in the service or employ of the Company or any Subsidiary, create any inference as to the length of employment or service of the Participant, affect the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the employment or service of the Participant, with or without Cause, or give the Participant any right to participate in any employee welfare or benefit plan or other program (other than the Plan) of the Company or any Subsidiary. |
(b) | Stockholder Rights. Until the SAR shall have been duly exercised into Stock and such Stock has been officially recorded as issued on the Companys official stockholder records, no person or entity shall be entitled to vote, receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of such Stock, and adjustments for dividends or otherwise shall be made only if the record date thereof is subsequent to the date such shares are recorded and after the date of exercise and without duplication of any adjustment. |
(c) | Plan Document Governs. The SAR is granted pursuant to the Plan, and the SAR and this SAR Agreement are in all respects governed by the Plan and subject to all of the terms and provisions thereof, whether such terms and provisions are incorporated in this SAR Agreement by reference or are expressly cited. Any inconsistency between the SAR Agreement and the Plan shall be resolved in favor of the Plan. The Participant hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan. |
(d) | Beneficiary Designation. The Participant may, from time to time, in accordance with procedures set forth by the Committee, name any beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or successively) to whom any benefit under this SAR Agreement is to be paid in case of his or her death before he or she receives any or all of such benefit. Each such designation shall revoke all prior designations by the Participant, shall be in a form prescribed by the Company, and will be effective only when filed by the Participant in writing with the Committee during the Participants lifetime. In the absence of any such designation, benefits remaining unpaid at the Participants death shall be paid to the Participants estate or exercised by the Participants estate. |
(e) | Administration. This SAR Agreement and the rights of the Participant hereunder are subject to all the terms and conditions of the Plan, as the same may be amended from time to time, as well as to such rules and regulations as the Committee may adopt for administration of the Plan. It is expressly understood that the Committee is authorized to administer, construe, and make all determinations necessary or appropriate to the administration of the Plan and this SAR Agreement, all of which shall be binding upon the Participant. |
(f) | No Vested Right in Future Awards. The Participant acknowledges and agrees (by executing this SAR Agreement) that the granting of the SAR under this SAR Agreement is made on a fully discretionary basis by the Company and that this SAR Agreement does not lead to a vested right to further SAR or other awards in the future. |
(g) | Use of Personal Data. By executing this SAR Agreement, the Participant acknowledges and agrees to the collection, use, processing and transfer of certain personal data, including his or her name, compensation, nationality, job title, position, and details of all past Awards and current Awards outstanding under the Plan (Data), for the purpose of managing and administering the Plan. The Participant is not obliged to consent to such collection, use, processing and transfer of personal data, but a refusal to provide such consent may affect his or her ability to participate in the Plan. The Company, or its Subsidiaries, may transfer Data among themselves or to third parties as necessary for the purpose of implementation, administration and management of the Plan. These various recipients of Data may be located elsewhere throughout the world. The Participant authorizes these various recipients of Data to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for the purposes of implementing, administering and managing the Plan. The Participant may, |
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at any time, review Data with respect to the Participant and require any necessary amendments to such Data. The Participant may withdraw his or her consent to use Data herein by notifying the Company in writing; however, the Participant understands that by withdrawing his or her consent to use Data, the Participant may affect his or her ability to participate in the Plan. |
(h) | Severability. In the event that any provision of this SAR Agreement (including, without limitations, the provisions of Section 6 hereof) are held to be unenforceable under applicable law to any extent, such provision(s) shall, to that extent, be excluded from this SAR Agreement and the balance of the SAR Agreement shall be interpreted as if such provision(s) were so excluded to that extent and shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms. |
(i) | Waiver; Cumulative Rights. The failure or delay of either party to require performance by the other party of any provision hereof shall not affect its right to require performance of such provision unless and until such performance has been waived in writing. Each and every right hereunder is cumulative and may be exercised in part or in whole from time to time. |
(j) | Notices. Any notice which either party hereto may be required or permitted to give the other shall be in writing and may be delivered personally or by mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the Secretary of the Company, at its then corporate headquarters, and the Participant at the Participants address (including any electronic mail address) as shown on the Companys records, or to such other address as the Participant, by notice to the Company, may designate in writing from time to time. The Participant hereby consents to electronic delivery of any notices that may be made hereunder. |
(k) | Counterparts. This SAR Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but both of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument. |
(l) | Successors and Assigns. This SAR Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon each successor and assign of the Company. All obligations imposed upon the Participant, and all rights granted to the Company hereunder, shall be binding upon the Participants heirs, legal representatives and successors. |
(m) | Governing Law. This SAR Agreement and the SAR granted hereunder shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to provisions thereof regarding conflict of laws. |
(n) | Entire Agreement. This SAR Agreement, together with the Plan, constitute the entire obligation of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall supersede any prior expressions of intent or understanding with respect to this transaction. |
(o) | Amendment. Any amendment to this SAR Agreement shall be in writing and signed by an executive officer of the Company or the Director of Compensation and Benefits. |
(p) | Headings. The headings contained in this SAR Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this SAR Agreement. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this SAR Agreement to be duly executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized, and the Participant has hereunto set his or her hand, all as of the day and year first above written.
ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Anders Gustafsson | |
Name: | Anders Gustafsson | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
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