UNITED STATES

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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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September 27, 2019

47827 Halyard Drive

Plymouth, Michigan 48170-2461

(734) 414-6100

Facsimile: (734) 414-4700

Dear Perceptron Shareholder:

You are cordially invited to attend the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Perceptron, Inc. (the “Company”) to be held on Monday, November 18, 2019, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time, at 47827 Halyard Drive, Plymouth, Michigan 48170-2461.

The attached notice of the meeting and Proxy Statement describe the items of business to be transacted:

(a) The election of seven directors,

(b) A non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of our named executive officers,

(c) A non-binding proposal as to the frequency with which shareholders will vote on the compensation of our named executive officers in future years,

(d) The ratification of the selection of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2020, and

(e) Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

The Board of Directors encourages you to read the Proxy Statement carefully. We have also made available a copy of our Annual Report for fiscal year 2019. We encourage you to read the Annual Report, which includes information about our business and products, as well as our audited financial statements.

After the formal business session at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, there will be a report to the shareholders on the progress of the Company along with a discussion period. I look forward to seeing you at the Annual Meeting and hope you will make plans to attend. I urge you to please vote your shares now, whether or not you plan to attend the meeting.

Sincerely,

David L. Watza

President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

NOTICE OF THE 2019 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TIME AND DATE	8:30 a.m., Eastern Time, on Monday, November 18, 2019
PLACE	Perceptron, Inc. Corporate Headquarters
	47827 Halyard Drive
	Plymouth, MI 48170-2461
ITEMS OF BUSINESS	1. To elect seven directors to serve until the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified; 2. To approve the compensation of our named executive officers; 3. To approve the frequency with which shareholders will vote on the compensation of our named executive officers in future years; 4. To ratify the selection of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2020; and 5. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournments thereof.
RECORD DATE	In order to vote, you must have been a shareholder at the close of business on September 20, 2019.
MATERIALS TO REVIEW	We are distributing our proxy materials to our stockholders primarily via the Internet under the “Notice and Access” rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).  This approach saves printing and mailing costs and reduces the environmental impact of our Annual Meeting, while providing a convenient way to access the materials and vote.  On September 30, 2019, we commenced mailing a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 20, 2019, containing instructions about how to access our proxy materials and vote online.
PROXY VOTING	It is important that your shares be represented and voted at the Annual Meeting.  If you hold your shares beneficially in street name with a broker, you should have received a vote instruction form from your bank or broker and you should follow the instructions given by that institution.  If you are a shareholder of record you can vote your shares by telephone, Internet, written proxy or attending the annual meeting.  Voting instructions are printed on your proxy card and as described in more detail in this Proxy Statement.  You can revoke a proxy at any time prior to its exercise at the Annual Meeting by following the instructions in the Proxy Statement.

A certified list of shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting will be available for examination by any shareholder during the meeting at the corporate offices at 47827 Halyard Drive, Plymouth, Michigan 48170-2461.

A copy of the 2019 Annual Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019 and Proxy Statement accompanies this notice.

By the Order of the Board of Directors

Thomas S. Vaughn

Secretary

September 27, 2019

The vote of every shareholder is important, and your cooperation in promptly voting by returning your marked, dated and signed proxy is greatly appreciated.  The proxy is revocable and will not affect your right to vote in person if you attend the meeting.  Your proxy will, however, help to assure a quorum and to avoid added proxy solicitation costs.

PERCEPTRON, INC.

2019 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

PROXY STATEMENT

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Introduction		1
Matters to Come Before the Meeting		3
Proposal 1 - Election of Directors		3
	Director Compensation for Fiscal 2019	6
	Standard Director Compensation Arrangement	7
Corporate Governance		9
	Board Leadership Structure and Board and Committee Information	9
	Board Role in Risk Oversight	12
	Shareholder Communications with the Board of Directors	12
	Code of Ethics	12
	Audit Committee Report	12
Proposal 2 - Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation		14
Proposal 3 - Advisory Vote on the Frequency of the Approval of Executive Compensation		15
Proposal 4 - Ratification of Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm		16
Share Ownership of Management and Certain Shareholders		17
	Principal Shareholders	17
	Beneficial Ownership by Directors and Executive Officers	18
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance		19
Executive Officers		19
Compensation of Executive Officers		20
	Narrative Disclosure Regarding Compensation	20
	Key Elements of Compensation for Fiscal 2019	22
	Consideration of Last Year’s Advisory Shareholder Vote on Executive Compensation	28
	Summary Compensation Table	28
	Employment Agreements	30
	Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End	31
	Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control	32
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm		35
	Policy for Pre-Approval of Audit and Non-Audit Services	35
	Fees Paid to Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	36
Shareholder Proposals and Nominees for 2019 Annual Meeting		36
	Shareholder Proposals	36
	Shareholder Nominees	37
Other Matters		37

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PROXY STATEMENT

PERCEPTRON, INC.

2019 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD AT 8:30 A.M. ON NOVEMBER 18, 2019

INTRODUCTION

This Proxy Statement and the accompanying Notice of the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, 2019 Annual Report and proxy card are furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Perceptron, Inc., a Michigan corporation (the “Company”, “we”, “us”, “our”). The proxies are being solicited for use at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (“Annual Meeting”) to be held at the Company’s corporate offices on Monday, November 18, 2019, at 8:30 a.m., Eastern Time, and at any adjournment of that meeting. The Company’s corporate offices are located at 47827 Halyard Drive, Plymouth, Michigan 48170-2461, and the Company’s telephone number is (734) 414-6100. The Company expects that this Proxy Statement and the accompanying materials will be first sent or given to shareholders on or about September 27, 2019.

Only shareholders of record of the Company’s Common Stock, $0.01 par value (the “Common Stock”) at the close of business on September 20, 2019 (the “Record Date”) will be entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting or any adjournments thereof. Shareholders of record on the Record Date are entitled to one vote per share on any matter that may properly come before the Annual Meeting. As of the Record Date, there were 9,666,841 shares of Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote. The Company has no other class of stock outstanding. The presence, either in person or by properly executed proxy, of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock is necessary to constitute a quorum at the Annual Meeting. See “Share Ownership of Management and Certain Shareholders” for a description of the beneficial ownership of the Common Stock.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Shareholder Meeting to be Held on November 18, 2019.

• The Notice of the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Proxy Statement and our 2019 Annual Report are available at http://www.proxyvote.com. The Notice of the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Proxy Statement, our 2019 Annual Report and form of proxy have been made available to you on the Internet on or about September 27, 2019, or upon your request, printed versions of these materials have been delivered to you by mail, on or about September 30, 2019.  If you requested printed versions by mail, these materials also include the proxy card or vote instruction form for the Annual Meeting.

Pursuant to rules adopted by the SEC, the Company uses the Internet as the primary means of furnishing proxy materials to shareholder.  Accordingly, the Company is sending the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) to the Company’s shareholders.  All shareholders will have the ability to access the proxy materials on the website referred to in the Notice or request a printed set of the proxy materials.  Instructions on how to access the proxy materials over the Internet or to request a printed copy may be found in the Notice.  In addition, shareholders may request to receive proxy materials in printed form by mail or electronically by email on an ongoing basis.  The Company encourages shareholders to take advantage of the availability of the proxy materials on the Internet to help reduce the environmental impact of its annual meetings.

Directors, officers and other employees of the Company may solicit, without additional compensation, proxies by any appropriate means, including personal interview, mail, telephone, courier service and facsimile transmissions.   Arrangements will also be made with brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries which are record holders of the Common Stock to forward proxy soliciting material to the beneficial owners of such shares and the Company will reimburse such record holders for their reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith.  The cost of soliciting proxies, including the preparation, assembling and mailing of the Notice of the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the Proxy Statement, the 2019 Annual Report and the accompanying proxy card, as well as the cost of forwarding such material to the beneficial owners of Common Stock, will be borne by the Company.  Only one Notice of the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Proxy Statement and Annual Report, will be delivered to multiple shareholders sharing an address unless the Company has received contrary instructions from one or more of the shareholders.  Upon written or oral request from a shareholder who shares an address with another shareholder, the Company shall deliver a separate copy of the Notice of the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Proxy Statement and 2019 Annual Report.  Shareholders can call or write the Company for a separate notice, annual report or proxy statement for the 2019 Annual Meeting or for a future meeting of shareholders at (734) 414-6100 or 47827 Halyard Drive, Plymouth, MI 48170-2461.  Similarly, those shareholders who share an address and wish to receive only one copy of the notice, annual report or proxy statement when they are receiving multiple copies can also call or write the Company at the number and address given above.

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Shares may be voted by record holders in four separate ways as follows: (i) by Internet, going to the voting site www.proxyvote.com and following the instructions outlined on the secured website by following the instructions provided on your proxy card or vote instruction form,  (ii) by telephone, following the instructions on your proxy card, (iii) by completing and mailing the written proxy, or (vi) by ballot at the Annual Meeting.  Shares represented by a duly executed proxy, unless previously revoked, will be voted at the Annual Meeting in accordance with the instructions of the shareholder thereon if the proxy is received by the Company before the close of business on November15, 2019.  Shares represented by a proxy received after this time will be voted if the proxy is received by the Company in sufficient time to permit the necessary examination and tabulation of the proxy before the vote of shareholders is taken.  IF NO INSTRUCTIONS ARE PROVIDED ON A PROXY RETURNED BY THE SHAREHOLDER, SUCH SHARES WILL BE VOTED “FOR” THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS NAMED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT,“FOR” THE APPROVAL OF THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY’S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, “FOR” THE APPROVAL OF AN ANNUAL ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY’S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERSAND “FOR” THE RATIFICATION OF THE COMPANY’S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM DESCRIBED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT.  A proxy also gives Messrs. Jay W. Freeland and David L. Watza discretionary authority, to the extent permitted by law, to vote all shares of Common Stock represented by the proxy on any other matter that is properly presented for action at the meeting, including the election of any person to the Board where a nominee named in this Proxy Statement is unable to serve or, for good cause, will not serve; however, the Board does not intend to present any other matters at the Annual Meeting.  Any proxy given pursuant to this solicitation may be revoked by the person giving it at any time before it is voted.  Proxies may be revoked by (i) filing with the Assistant Secretary of the Company, at or before the Annual Meeting, a written notice of revocation bearing a later date than the proxy, (ii) voting again by telephone or Internet since only your last vote will be counted, (iii) duly executing a subsequent proxy relating to the same shares and delivering it to the Assistant Secretary of the Company at the Company’s corporate offices at or before the Annual Meeting, or (iv) attending the Annual Meeting and voting in person, if the shareholder is a shareholder of record (although attendance at the Annual Meeting will not in and of itself constitute a revocation of a proxy).

If a shareholder owns shares through a bank or brokerage firm in street name, the shareholder’s bank or brokerage firm is required to vote the shares according to the shareholder’s instructions.  In order to vote the shares, a shareholder will need to follow the directions that the bank or brokerage firm provides.  Many banks and brokerage firms also offer the option of voting over the Internet or by telephone, instructions for which would be provided by the bank or brokerage firm on its vote instruction form.  Under the rules of The New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), if a shareholder does not give instructions to a brokerage firm, it may still be able to vote your shares with respect to certain “discretionary” matters that are deemed by the NYSE to be routine (e.g., the ratification of the appointment of independent auditors), but it will not be allowed to vote shares with respect to certain “non-discretionary” items.  If a shareholder does not provide voting instructions to a broker with respect to non-discretionary items such as the election of directors, the advisory vote on executive compensation, or on the frequency of the approval of executive compensation, the shares will not be voted for any such proposal.  In such case, the shares will be treated as “broker non-votes.”  The ratification of the Company’s independent auditors is considered a routine matter, so a bank or broker will have discretionary authority to vote such shares held in street name on that proposal.  A broker non-vote may also occur if a broker fails to vote shares for any reason.

Abstentions, broker non-votes (i.e., shares held by brokers in street name, voting on certain matters due to discretionary authority or instructions from the beneficial owners but not voting on other matters due to lack of authority to vote on such matters from the beneficial owner) and withheld votes with respect to the election of directors, are counted only for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present at the 2019 Annual Meeting.  Broker non-votes and withheld votes will be excluded entirely from the vote on the election of directors and will, therefore, have no effect on the election.  Directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast, so that only votes cast “for” directors are counted in determining which directors are elected.  The advisory vote on executive compensation and the ratification of the Company’s independent auditors require a majority of the votes cast on the matters.  For purposes of the advisory vote on the frequency of the approval of executive compensation, shareholders may select a frequency of one, two or three years, or they may abstain from voting on this proposal. The Board will view as the non-binding selection of shareholders the frequency alternative that receives the greatest number of votes. For purposes of determining the number of votes casted with respect to the advisory vote on executive compensation and the ratification of the Company’s independent auditors, only those cast “for” or “against” are included; abstentions and broker non-votes are not counted for this purpose.

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MATTERS TO COME BEFORE THE MEETING

PROPOSAL 1— ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” EACH OF THE NOMINEES

At the Annual Meeting, Shareholders will be asked to elect a Board of seven directors to hold office, in accordance with the Bylaws of the Company, until the 2020 annual meeting and until the election and qualification of their successors, or until their resignation or removal. The shares represented by properly executed proxies will be voted in accordance with the specifications made therein. PROXIES WILL BE VOTED “FOR” THE ELECTION OF SUCH NOMINEES UNLESS THE SPECIFICATION IS MARKED ON THE PROXY INDICATING THAT AUTHORITY TO DO SO IS WITHHELD. If a nominee is unable to serve or, for good cause, will not serve, the proxy confers discretionary authority to vote with respect to the election of any person to the Board. The nominees receiving a plurality of votes cast at the Annual Meeting will be elected to the Board.  Shares may not be voted cumulatively for the election of directors.

The nominees named below have been selected by the Board of the Company. Each of the nominees is currently a director of the Company. The following table sets forth information regarding the nominees for election to the Company’s Board. In addition, a description of the specific experience, qualifications, attributes and skills that led our Board to conclude that each of the nominees and each of the continuing members of the Board should serve as a director follows the biographical information of each nominee below. Mr. Bryant, was appointed to the Board and is being nominated pursuant to the Standstill Agreement, dated August 9, 2016 between the Company, Harbert Discovery Fund LP, Harbert Discovery Fund, GP, LLC, Harbert Fund Advisors Inc. and Harbert Management Corporation, as amended, (the “Standstill Agreement”).

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Name, Age and Status	Position, Principal Occupations and Other Directorships
Jay W. Freeland, 50, Director and Director Nominee	Director since December 2018 and Chairman of the Board since May 2019.  Mr. Freeland served as President and Chief Executive Officer of FARO Technologies, Inc. (“FARO”) from December 2006 until December 2015 and as a Director of FARO from February 2006 until December 2015. Mr. Freeland was a Co-Chief Executive Officer of FARO from January 2006 until December 2006 and served as President and Chief Operating Officer of FARO from November 2004 until January 2006. FARO is a publicly traded global technology company that designs, develops, manufactures, markets and supports software driven, three-dimensional measurement, imaging and realization systems. From April 2003 until November 2004, Mr. Freeland was the Founder & President of Freeland Solutions, LLC, a strategy and management consulting firm. From July 1991 until April 2003, Mr. Freeland held various positions with General Electric Company and its affiliates, including Vice President – Global Sales, Marketing & Commercial Operations – GE Energy Rentals and President and Chief Operating Officer of GE Harris Energy Control Systems, LLC. Mr. Freeland brings extensive executive, financial management, sales, international operations, business development and strategic planning expertise and experience to the Board, as well as extensive knowledge and experience in the metrology industry.
John F. Bryant, 35, Director and Director Nominee	Director since August 2016.  Mr. Bryant has been a Director and Co-Portfolio Manager of the Harbert Discovery Fund GP, LLC, an investment management firm that serves as the General Partner of Harbert Discovery Fund, LP, since 2014.  Prior to joining Harbert, from 2007 until 2012, Mr. Bryant served as Vice President of BlackRock, Inc., a multinational investment corporation, where he focused on developing, seeding, and launching new proprietary investment funds. Mr. Bryant brings extensive financial capital market and investment management experience to the Board.
Sujatha Kumar, 54, Director and Director Nominee	Director since September 2019. Ms. Kumar has served as Founder and President of Ayatis LLC, a privately held consulting firm assisting technology and large industrial companies on strategy, technology and operational improvements since October 2013. Since February 2018, she has served as a Technology Advisor to Knightsgate Ventures, a venture capital fund, advising in technology matters for its portfolio companies and evaluating new investment opportunities for the fund. From January 2013 to September 2013, Ms. Kumar served as President of Mangan Software Solutions, a technology consulting subsidiary of Mangan, Inc. Prior to that, she was Global Director of Advanced Solutions for Honeywell Process Solutions, a provider of industrial automation and control solutions, from January 2011 to January 2013, Vice President and General Manager of the Americas for Matrikon International, a supplier of open platform communication products for control automation, from March 2008 to December 2011, Director of the North America Euriware Division of Areva, a consultancy and systems integration provider, and from September 2002 to December 2005, Chief Information Officer of FCI, a manufacturer of electronic components  for consumer, data, communications and automotive markets, based in Paris, France. Ms. Kumar brings extensive executive level domestic and international experience directing high-growth technology companies to the Board, as well as business development, marketing, commercialization, organizational and strategic planning expertise and experience.

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C. Richard Neely, Jr., 65, Director and Director Nominee	Director since 2014.  Mr. Neely was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Intermolecular, Inc., an intellectual property development and services company, from October 2013 until April 2017.  From August 2012 to June 2013, Mr. Neely was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Tessera Technologies Inc., a company that develops, invests in, licenses and delivers innovative miniaturization technologies and products for next-generation electronic devices.  Mr. Neely served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Supply Chain at Livescribe, Inc. from February 2011 to August 2012 and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. from 2005 to January 2011.  Mr. Neely served as a director of one other public company, Aviza Technology, Inc., during the past five years. Mr. Neely’s extensive financial and executive management experience and financial expertise provide important insight to the Board.
James A. Ratigan, 71, Director and Director Nominee	Director since August 2016.  Mr. Ratigan was a director of Perceptron from 1989 to 1996 and from 2003 to 2013.  Since December 2018, Mr. Ratigan has served as a Managing Director of IFMOI Consulting Services, LLC, a privately held consulting firm that provides part-time and interim financial and accounting management services.  Mr. Ratigan has served as an Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at Delaware Valley University since 2015.   Prior to that, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Nitric BioTherapeutics, Inc., a privately held specialty pharmaceutical, drug delivery systems and biotechnology company, from 2005 to 2014.   From August 2003 to April 2006, Mr. Ratigan was an independent consultant providing consultative services to two specialty pharmaceutical companies, a biotechnology company and a private equity firm.  Mr. Ratigan was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Orapharma, Inc. from June 1997 to August 2003, a publicly-held specialty pharmaceutical company that was acquired by Johnson and Johnson, Inc.  He served as Perceptron’s Chief Operating Officer from May 1994 to April 1996 and Chief Financial Officer from December 1993 to June 1996. Mr. Ratigan holds a B.S. in Accounting and Finance from LaSalle University, and is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Ratigan’s historical knowledge of the Company and its operations, including his previous experience serving on the Company’s Board, his extensive financial and executive management experience and financial expertise, provide important insight to the Board.
William C. Taylor, 70, Director and Director Nominee	Director since August 2016.  Mr. Taylor has served as President of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (the “EDPA”), a private, statewide organization that works to attract and retain business and industry and address other critical issues affecting economic development such as workforce development, since 2009.  Prior to joining the EDPA, Mr. Taylor worked for Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc., where he served as President and CEO from 1999 to 2009 and Vice President Operations from 1993 to 1999.  Prior to joining Mercedes-Benz, Mr. Taylor served as the Vice President Manufacturing of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada from 1987 to 1993 and held various roles with Ford Motor Company Canada from 1969 to 1987. Mr. Taylor’s automotive background, knowledge of global operations and executive management bring important expertise to the Board.

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David L. Watza, 53, Director and Director Nominee Director since June 2018.  President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer since November 2016.  Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Company from October 2015 to November 2016. From July 2005 until September 2015 Mr. Watza was employed at TriMas Corporation, and its subsidiaries, where he held a number of positions including serving as the Vice President of Corporate Development and Treasury with responsibility for acquisitions, divestures, and global treasury operations from March 2015 until September 2015, Vice President Finance, Business Planning & Analytics with responsibility for strategic planning, annual operating planning and forecasting, and certain company-wide information technology initiatives from June 2013 until March 2015, division Finance Officer for Cequent APEA in Australia from March 2011 until June 2013, and division Finance Officer and Vice President of Finance for Cequent Performance Products from July 2005 until March 2011.   Mr. Watza brings to the Board significant operational, financial and leadership experience gained through his experience as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and as an executive at TriMas.

Director Compensation for Fiscal 2019

The following table provides information as to compensation paid by the Company for services rendered in all capacities to the Company and its subsidiaries during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019 (“fiscal 2019”) by the members of our Board of Directors, other than Mr. Watza, whose compensation is described under “Compensation of Executive Officers.” All payments to members of the Board of Directors set forth in the table are made pursuant to the standard director compensation arrangements described under “Standard Director Compensation Arrangements.”

DIRECTOR COMPENSATION FOR FISCAL 2019

Name	Fees Earned or Paid ($)(1)	Stock Options ($)(2)(3)	Total ($)(2)
Jay W. Freeland	74,500	31,280	105,780
John F. Bryant	83,250	0	83,250
W. Richard Marz(4)	121,250	0	121,250
C. Richard Neely, Jr.	87,500	0	87,500
Robert S. Oswald(5)	28,250	0	28,250
James A. Ratigan	79,500	0	79,500
William C. Taylor	90,000	0	90,000

(1) Each non-management director, except for Mr. Marz, elected to use a portion or all of their cash retainer and meeting fees for the June 1, 2019 quarterly payment to purchase shares of Common Stock at the fair market value of Common Stock on the date of purchase pursuant to the Directors Stock Purchase Rights Option described under “Matters To Come Before the Meeting – Proposal 1 – Election of Directors – Standard Director Compensation Arrangements” with Messrs. Freeland, Bryant, Neely, Ratigan and Taylor purchasing 4,091, 5,549, 1,429, 1,317, and 2,942 shares of Common Stock, respectively.  

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(2) At June 30, 2019, the members of our Board of Directors, other than Mr. Watza, held the following aggregate number of stock options and did not hold any restricted stock awards:

Name	Stock Options
Jay W. Freeland	8,000
John F. Bryant	8,000
W. Richard Marz	125,570
C. Richard Neely, Jr.	17,570
James A. Ratigan	8,000
William C. Taylor	8,000

(3) Represents the full grant date fair value associated with stock option awards awarded prior to the end of fiscal 2019 calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, excluding any forfeiture reserves recorded for these awards. There can be no assurance that the stock option award amounts shown above will ever be realized.  The assumptions we used to calculate these amounts are included in Note 19 to our audited consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2019. See “Standard Director Compensation Arrangements” below for a description of these stock option awards.

(4) Effective September 14, 2019, Mr. Marz resigned from the Board of Directors.

(5) On December 7, 2018, Mr. Oswald resigned from the Board of Directors.

Standard Director Compensation Arrangements

Our standard compensation arrangements for our Board of Directors who are not our employees (the “Eligible Directors”) include the following retainers:

Type of Compensation	Director	Non-Executive Board Chair
Board Annual Retainer	$45,000	$100,000
Committee Chair Annual Retainers:
Audit and Management Development	$8,000	$0
Nominating	$5,000	$0
Committee Members Annual Retainers Per Committee	$3,000	$0

Additional retainer fees of $35,000 and $2,500 for each of Messrs. Marz and Taylor, respectively, were paid in fiscal 2019.  Additionally, each non-management director received an additional retainer fee of $11,500 for the June 1, 2019 payment.  The annual retainers identified above are typically paid quarterly on September 1, December 1, March 1 and June 1 (and in the case of Ms. Kumar, October 1, 2019).  All Eligible Directors, other than a non-executive Board Chair, also receive $1,250 for each Board meeting attended.  Directors are reimbursed for their out-of-pocket expenses incurred in attending Board and committee meetings.

Eligible Directors are also eligible to participate in the First Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan (“2004 Stock Plan”).  The Management Development, Compensation and Stock Option Committee (the “Management Development Committee”) or, if there is no such committee or similar committee, the Board, administers the 2004 Stock Plan.  Unless otherwise specified in the 2004 Stock Plan, the Management Development Committee has the power to select the recipients of awards under the 2004 Stock Plan, including Eligible Directors, and has broad power to determine the terms of awards and to change such terms in various ways subsequent to grant.  The 2004 Stock Plan permits grants to Eligible Directors of non-qualified stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance share awards, including cash, and deferred stock units at any time prior to August 27, 2023.  Except for a single incentive stock option grant of 10,000 options, the Management Development Committee has only awarded non-qualified stock options and restricted stock grants under the 2004 Stock Plan.

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The exercise price for a non-qualified stock option will be not less than 100% of the fair market value of Common Stock on the date of grant.  Fair market value means, for purposes of determining the value of Common Stock on the grant date, the closing sale price of the Common Stock on The NASDAQ Stock Market’s Global Market (“NASDAQ Global Market”) on the grant date.  Such options generally will vest one-third on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date and become immediately exercisable in the event that the Eligible Director is re-nominated for election to the Board, but is not re-elected or, following a Change in Control, the Eligible Director’s service on the Board is terminated by the Company, he is not re-nominated by the Company to serve on the Board, or voluntarily resigns from the Board at the request of the Company.  All options granted under the 2004 Stock Plan are exercisable for a period of ten years from the date of grant, unless earlier terminated due to the termination of the Eligible Director’s service as a director of the Company.  During fiscal 2019, in conjunction with his appointment as a member of the Board, Mr. Freeland received a grant of 8,000 stock options at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the Company’s Common Stock as of January 2, 2019. In September 2019, in conjunction with her appointment as a member of the Board, Ms. Kumar received a grant of 8,000 stock options at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the Company’s Common Stock as of October 1, 2019.

During fiscal 2019, no Eligible Directors received a restricted stock award under the 2004 Stock Plan.  In the event of a failure of the Eligible Director to be reelected to the Board after being re-nominated for election by the Board, or following a Change in Control of the Company, a termination by the Company of the Eligible Director’s membership on the Board, or failure to re-nominate the Eligible Director for election to the Board, or voluntary resignation by the Eligible Director from the Board at the request of the Board, the shares of restricted stock that an Eligible Director holds shall become fully vested and non-forfeitable and all restrictions shall lapse.

The exercisability of options and the vesting of restricted stock awards under the 2004 Stock Plan is accelerated in the event of the occurrence of certain Changes in Control of the Company.  See “Compensation of Executive Officers - Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control” for the definition of Change in Control of the Company.

The 2004 Stock Plan also permits Eligible Directors to purchase shares of Common Stock through the 2004 Stock Plan in exchange for all or a portion of the cash fees payable to them for serving as a director of the Company (“Directors Stock Purchase Rights Option”).  

Directors’ fees are typically payable in cash on September 1, December 1, March 1 and June 1 of each year, however, each director can elect to receive the Company’s stock in lieu of cash for all or a portion of the earned retainer. On each of these dates, we determine the number of shares of Common Stock each Eligible Director who has elected to participate in the Directors Stock Purchase Rights Option has earned on that date.  This determination is made by dividing all director’s fees payable on each of those dates that the Eligible Director has elected to exchange for Common Stock, by the fair market value of the Common Stock on that date.  Any portion of the director’s fees payable on each of those dates that the Eligible Director has not elected to receive in Common Stock will be paid to the Eligible Director in cash.  The fair market value of the Common Stock will be determined by using the closing price of the Common Stock on the NASDAQ Global Market on the grant date (the first day of the month in which the quarterly payment date for directors’ fees falls).  We will issue share certificates for all shares of Common Stock purchased in a calendar year within 5 business days of the above payment dates, unless an Eligible Director requests to receive his or her share certificate at another time by sending written notice to the Company.

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Board Leadership Structure and Board and Committee Information

The Company’s Board consists of six independent directors and one management director, Mr. Watza.  The Board is responsible for direction of the overall affairs of the Company.  The Board has established three standing committees, being 1) the Audit Committee, 2) the Management Development, Compensation and Stock Option Committee (the “Management Development Committee”), and 3) the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the “Nominating Committee”), as further detailed below.  Each of the committees is comprised solely of independent directors and each committee has a different chair.  The Company believes that it is beneficial to have a non-executive Chairman who is responsible for leading the Board.  The Company also believes that a predominantly independent Board, mixed with the experience of its management director, constitutes a leadership structure that is most appropriate for the Company and its shareholders at this time because it supports strategy development and execution and facilitates information flow between senior management and the Board.  The Board retains the authority to modify this structure to best address the Company’s unique circumstances as and when appropriate.  

Our directors are elected to serve until their successors are elected.  The Board, and each committee thereof, meets formally from time to time and also takes action by consent resolutions.  During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019, the Board met a total of forty-two times.  All of the current directors who are standing for re-election attended at least 75% of the total meetings of the Board, and of any committee on which they served, held during the period in fiscal 2019 in which they served as directors or members of any such committees.  Our policy is that each director is strongly encouraged to attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders if reasonably possible.  All of the directors attended the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

Chairman.  Mr. Freeland has been elected by the directors to serve as Chairman of the Board.  The Chairman provides leadership to enhance the Board’s effectiveness, presides over meetings of the directors, and serves as liaison between the Board and management.  The Chairman is responsible for determining when to hold executive sessions held by the independent directors.

The Board has delegated certain authority to an Audit Committee, a Management Development Committee and a Nominating Committee to assist it in executing its duties.  The Board has adopted charters for each of these Committees.  The charters are available on our website at www.perceptron.com.  The Board determined that all of the directors, other than Mr. Watza, are “independent directors” as defined in Marketplace Rule 4200(a)(15) of The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (“NASDAQ”).

The composition and principal functions of each Committee are as follows:

Audit Committee.  The Audit Committee is comprised of three outside members of the Board. Members of the Audit Committee prior to December 7, 2018 were: Messrs. Neely, who served as Chairman, Oswald and Ratigan.  Subsequent to December 7, 2018, members of the Audit Committee were Messrs. Neely, who serves as Chairman, Ratigan and Taylor.  The Board determined that all of the members of the Audit Committee are independent as required by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and NASDAQ listing standards for audit committee members.  In addition, the Board determined that both Messrs. Neely and Ratigan qualify as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by applicable SEC rules and that each of the Audit Committee members satisfies all other qualifications for Audit Committee members set forth in the applicable NASDAQ rules.  The Audit Committee held eight meetings in fiscal 2019.

On November 3, 2014 the Board approved and adopted the Audit Committee’s revised charter.  The Audit Committee’s primary responsibilities include the following:

(i) oversee the Company’s financial reporting process on behalf of the Board;

(ii) review, appoint, compensate, retain and oversee the accounting firm to be appointed as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm;

(iii) review in advance the nature and extent of all services provided to the Company by its independent registered public accounting firm;

(iv) review the independence of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm;

(v) review the scope, purpose and procedures of the audit;

(vi) review the Company’s annual earnings press release, the audited financial statements and the proposed footnotes to be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K with management and the auditors;

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(vii) report annually to the Board whether the Audit Committee recommends to the Board that the audited financial statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for filing with the SEC;

(viii) review with such auditors its experience, findings and recommendations upon completion of the audit and receive from the auditors their required communications under generally accepted auditing standards;

(ix) review the Company’s quarterly earnings releases and financial statements with management and the auditors;

(x) review the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for filing with the SEC;

(xi) review the Company’s proxy statement when authority is delegated by the Board;

(xii) review the adequacy of the Company’s internal accounting procedures and financial controls and management’s report on internal control over financial reporting required by applicable SEC rules;

(xiii) oversee compliance by the Company with legal and regulatory requirements;

(xiv) establish procedures for receipt, retention and handling of complaints and concerns regarding financial matters;

(xv) act as the Qualified Legal Compliance Committee;

(xvi) review and approve any related party transactions;

(xvii) monitor the Company’s risk management activities; and

(xviii) review and reassess annually the adequacy of the Audit Committee’s charter and performance.

Management Development, Compensation and Stock Option Committee.  The Management Development Committee is comprised of three outside members of the Board. Members of the Management Development, Committee prior to December 7, 2018 were: Messrs. Taylor who serves as Chairman, and Neely.  Subsequent to December 7, 2018, members of the Management Development Committee are Messrs. Taylor who serves as Chairman, Bryant and Freeland.  The Board determined that all members of the Management Development Committee are independent as required by the NASDAQ listing standards for compensation committees responsible for determining compensation of executive officers.  The committee held nine meetings in fiscal 2019.

On November 11, 2014, the Board approved and adopted the Management Development Committee’s revised charter.  The Management Development Committee’s primary responsibilities include the following:

(i) review the Company’s compensation programs and policies;

(ii) establish and administer the compensation programs and policies for the Company’s CEO and other officers and key employees under its purview;

(iii) administer the Company’s stock-based compensation plans;

(iv) review and recommend compensation for service on the Board;

(v) provide a compensation committee report for inclusion in the Company’s proxy statement;

(vi) monitor the Company’s succession planning; and

(vii) review and reassess annually the adequacy of the Management Development Committee’s charter and performance.

Seven employees are currently under the purview of the Management Development Committee, including all of the current executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table included herein.  Mr. Watza participates in meetings of the Management Development Committee and makes recommendations with respect to the annual compensation of employees under the Committee’s purview.  The Management Development Committee separately determines the compensation of Mr. Watza in executive session.  Pursuant to its charter, the Management Development Committee is authorized to retain its own compensation consultants and outside legal, accounting, and other advisers at the Company’s expense.  Such consultants and advisers report directly to the Management Development Committee and the Committee has the sole authority to hire and fire any compensation consultants or advisers.  The Management Development Committee does not delegate its authority to such consultants or advisers.  In fiscal 2019, the Management Development Committee engaged the services of Rahmberg, Stover and Associates, LLC (“Rahmberg”), a compensation consulting firm, and has considered such firm’s input in evaluating compensation trends and best practices, identifying peer group companies and benchmarking compensation data, and other aspects of administering the Company’s executive compensation program and equity compensation programs.  Rahmberg serves at the discretion of the Management Development Committee.

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Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.  The Nominating Committee is comprised of three outside members of the Board. Members of the Nominating Committee prior to December 7, 2018 were: Messrs. Oswald, who serves as the Chairman, and Bryant.  Subsequent to December 7, 2018, members of the Nominating Committee are: Messrs. Bryant, who serves as the Chairman, Freeland and Neely.  The Board determined that all members of the Nominating Committee are independent as required by the NASDAQ listing standards for nominating committee members.  The committee held five meetings in fiscal 2019.

On November 12, 2007, the Board approved and adopted the Nominating Committee’s revised charter.  The Nominating Committee’s primary responsibilities include the following:

(i) establish criteria for the selection of new Board members;

(ii) conduct searches and interviews for individuals qualified to become Board members;

(iii) make recommendations to the Board regarding director nominees to stand for election as directors at each annual meeting of shareholders or to fill vacancies on the Board;

(iv) recommend to the Board the directors to serve on the standing committees of the Board and the structure and functions of such committees;

(v) develop policies and procedures for Board consideration of shareholder recommendations of Board nominees and handling of shareholder proposals;

(vi) develop a process for shareholders to communicate with the Board;

(vii) advise the Board on corporate governance matters, including development, review and assessment of corporate governance principles;

(viii) oversee the Board and committee self-evaluation process;

(ix) evaluate independence of each Board member; and

(x) review and reassess annually the adequacy of the Nominating Committee’s charter and performance.

The Nominating Committee may use various methods to identify director candidates, including recommendations from existing Board members, management, shareholders, professionals and other sources outside the Company, which could include third-party search firms.  The Nominating Committee will evaluate and screen the list of potential nominees and narrow the list to individuals they believe best satisfy the needs of the Company.  The Nominating Committee will conduct interviews and gather additional information concerning the individuals, as they deem appropriate.  Based on the foregoing, the Nominating Committee will recommend to the Board the number of members of the Board to be elected at the next annual meeting of shareholders of the Company and the persons to be nominated for election to the Board.  Director candidates need not possess any specific minimum qualifications.  Rather, a candidate’s suitability for nomination and election to the Board will be evaluated in light of the portfolio of skills, experience, perspective and background required for the effective functioning of the Board.  While the Company does not have a formal written diversity policy, the Nominating Committee believes it is important to consider diversity of race, ethnicity, gender, age, education, cultural background and professional experience in evaluating candidates relating to the Company’s business in an effort to promote balanced deliberation and consideration of matters presented to the Board.  Among the desired qualities that the Nominating Committee will consider are: (i) high ethical character; (ii) practical intelligence and judgment, an inquiring mind and a good range of problem solving skills; (iii) independence; (iv) ability to work in a collaborative culture; (v) high-level leadership experience and personal achievement; (vi) sufficient personal commitment and time to devote to responsibilities as a director; and (vii) capacity and desire to represent the balanced best interests of the shareholders as a whole.  In making its recommendations, the Nominating Committee will take into consideration the tenure of any director who has served on the Board for over ten years. Generally, the Nominating Committee will not recommend candidates who have reached age 75.

The Nominating Committee will consider candidates recommended by shareholders using the same procedures and standards utilized for evaluating candidates recommended by other sources except that the Nominating Committee will not consider a director nominee proposed by a shareholder if (i) the shareholder does not submit the required information timely; (ii) the shareholder or group of shareholders proposing the director nominee do not beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than 5% of the Common Stock, with the Common Stock used to satisfy this requirement owned for at least one year prior to the date of the recommendation, or (iii) the shareholder proposes as the nominee himself or herself, or an affiliate or affiliated party.  See “Shareholder Proposals and Nominees for 2020 Annual Meeting – Shareholder Nominees” for a description of the procedures to be used by shareholders to submit recommendations of possible director nominees to the Nominating Committee.

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Board Role in Risk Oversight

The Company’s management team is responsible for identifying and monitoring the material risks facing the Company, while the Board is responsible for oversight of management’s efforts with respect to risk, which oversight occurs at both the Board and the committee level.  For example, the Audit Committee focuses on financial and accounting exposures and compliance; the Management Development Committee monitors risks arising from compensation policies and practices; and the Nominating Committee oversees risks associated with the Company’s fiduciary responsibilities, which include board membership, board structure and corporate governance.  Management provides regular updates throughout the year regarding the management of the risks they oversee.

The Company’s risk structure allows the Company’s independent directors to exercise effective oversight of the actions of management, led by Mr. Watza as President and Chief Executive Officer, in identifying the risks and implementing effective risk management policies and controls.

Shareholder Communications with the Board of Directors

Shareholders desiring to communicate with the Board or any individual director may send communications to the Board in writing by mail addressed to the Board of Directors or an individual director, c/o Assistant Secretary, Perceptron, Inc., 47827 Halyard Drive, Plymouth, MI 48170-2461 or by e-mail addressed to boardofdirectors@perceptron.com.

Code of Ethics and Corporate Governance Guidelines

We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (“Code of Ethics”) that applies to the Company’s directors, executive officers and other employees. We have also adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines which, together with our articles of incorporation, bylaws, and charters for the Audit Committee, Management Development Committee and Nominating Committee, form the framework for the effective governance of the Company. The Code of Ethics and Corporate Governance Guidelines are available on our website at www.perceptron.com.  Shareholders may also obtain a written copy of the Code of Ethics and Corporate Governance Guidelines, without charge, by sending a written request to the Investor Relations Department, Perceptron, Inc., 47827 Halyard Drive, Plymouth, Michigan 48170-2461.  We will disclose any amendments to, or waivers from, the provisions of the Code of Ethics or the Corporate Governance Guidelines applicable to the directors or executive officers on the Company’s website.

Certain information relating to corporate governance matters can be viewed at www.perceptron.com, free of charge, including our (i) charters for the Audit Committee, Management Development Committee and Nominating Committee, (ii) Code of Ethics and (iii) Corporate Governance Guidelines.  We intend to post additional information on this website from time to time as the Board adopts or revises policies and procedures.  The information found on our website is not part of this or any report we file with, or furnish to, the SEC.

Audit Committee Report

In accordance with its charter, which was approved and adopted by the Board on November 3, 2014, the Audit Committee provides assistance to the Board in fulfilling its responsibility to the shareholders, potential shareholders and investment community relating to corporate accounting, reporting practices of the Company and the quality and integrity of the accounting policies, internal controls and financial reports of the Company.  In doing so, it is the responsibility of the Audit Committee to maintain free and open communication between the Board, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and the financial management of the Company.

The Company’s management is primarily responsible for the preparation, presentation and integrity of the Company’s financial statements.  The Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, BDO USA, LLP, is responsible for performing an independent audit of the Company’s financial statements and expressing an opinion as to the conformity of the financial statements with generally accepted accounting principles.

The Audit Committee received from the independent registered public accounting firm and reviewed a formal written statement describing all relationships between the firm and the Company that might bear on the firm’s independence consistent with the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) regarding the independent registered public accounting firm’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and has discussed with the auditors any relationships that may impact their objectivity and independence and satisfied itself as to the auditors’ independence.

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The Audit Committee discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the matters required to be discussed by applicable requirements of the PCAOB and Securities and Exchange Commission, and, with and without management present, discussed and reviewed the results of the independent registered public accounting firm’s examination of the financial statements, their evaluation of the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting, and the overall quality of the Company’s accounting and financial reporting.

The Audit Committee reviewed and discussed with management and the independent registered public accounting firm the audited financial statements of the Company as of and for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019, including the quality of accounting principles and significant judgments affecting the financial statements and the results of BDO’s independent audit described above.

The members of the Audit Committee are not engaged in the practice of auditing or accounting.  In performing its functions, the Audit Committee necessarily relies on the work and assurances of the Company’s management and the independent registered public accounting firm.

Based on the above-mentioned reviews and discussions with management and the independent registered public accounting firm and in light of its role and responsibilities, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board that the Company’s audited financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019 be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2019 for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Further, the Audit Committee approved the engagement of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020.

AUDIT COMMITTEE:	C. Richard Neely, Jr.
	James A. Ratigan
	William C. Taylor

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PROPOSAL 2 — ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” PROPOSAL 2

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, or the Dodd-Frank Act, provides shareholders with the opportunity to vote to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.  This advisory vote is commonly known as “Say-on-Pay.”  Accordingly, the Board is asking our shareholders to indicate their support for the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in this Proxy Statement.

At the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, our shareholders expressed a preference that advisory votes on executive compensation be held on an annual basis.  Consistent with this preference, the Board determined to implement an advisory vote on executive compensation on an annual basis until the next required vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on the compensation of executive officers, to be held at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

This proposal is not intended to address the specific item of compensation, but rather the overall compensation of our named executive officers and the Company’s executive compensation program and practices.  Please read the “Compensation of Executive Officers,” together with the related compensation tables and narrative disclosure, below, for a detailed explanation of the Company’s executive compensation program and practices.

The Board is asking our shareholders to vote “FOR” the following non-binding resolution:

“Resolved, that the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Narrative Disclosure Regarding Compensation and the related compensation tables and narrative disclosure, in the Proxy Statement is hereby approved on an advisory basis.”

Required Vote

The approval of this proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the matter.  As an advisory vote, the result will not be binding on the Board; however, the Management Development Committee, which is comprised solely of independent directors, will consider the outcome of the vote when evaluating the effectiveness of the Company’s compensation policies and practices.

PROXIES WILL BE VOTED “FOR” THE APPROVAL OF THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY’S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED ON THE PROXY.

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PROPOSAL 3 – ADVISORY VOTE ON THE FREQUENCY

OF THE APPROVAL OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” AN ANNUALADVISORY VOTE

The Dodd-Frank Act also provides shareholders with an opportunity to indicate, on a non-binding advisory basis, how frequently the Company should seek an advisory “Say-on-Pay” vote.  Accordingly, the Board is asking our shareholders to express their preference as to the frequency with which the Company should present the “Say-on-Pay” vote to shareholders.  Shareholders may select a frequency of one, two or three years, or they may abstain from voting.

After careful consideration, the Board has determined that a “Say-on-Pay” vote that occurs every year is the most appropriate alternative for the Company. In reaching this conclusion, the Board believes that an annual “Say-on-Pay” vote will allow shareholders to provide the Board and the Management Development Committee with more meaningful and direct input into the Company’s executive compensation philosophy, policies and programs.  The Board believes an annual advisory vote will also foster more useful communication with shareholders by providing shareholders with a clear and timely means to express any concerns and questions.  Nonetheless, shareholders are not being asked to approve or disapprove of the Board’s recommendation, but rather to indicate their own choice as among the frequency alternatives.

Required Vote

The Board will view as the selection of shareholders the frequency alternative that receives the greatest number of votes.  As an advisory vote, the result will not be binding on the Board; however, the Board will consider the outcome of this proposal when determining the frequency of future “Say-on-Pay” votes.

PROXIES WILL BE VOTED “FOR” THE APPROVAL OF AN ANNUAL ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY’S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED ON THE PROXY.

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PROPOSAL 4 — RATIFICATION OF COMPANY’S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” PROPOSAL 3

As provided in its charter, the Audit Committee selects our independent registered public accounting firm, reviews the scope of the annual audit and approves all audit and non-audit services permitted under applicable law to be performed by the independent registered public accounting firm.  The Audit Committee has evaluated the performance of BDO USA, LLP (“BDO”) and has selected them as our independent registered public accounting firm to audit our consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020.  BDO has served as our independent registered public accounting firm since January 7, 2013. You are requested to ratify the Audit Committee’s appointment of BDO.  Representatives of BDO are expected to be present at the annual meeting and will be given the opportunity to make a statement, if they desire to do so, and to respond to appropriate questions from shareholders present at the meeting.

A majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting is required for ratification.  However, by NASDAQ and SEC rules, selection of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm is the direct responsibility of the Audit Committee. Therefore, if shareholders fail to ratify the selection, the Audit Committee will seek to understand the reasons for such failure and will take those views into account in this and future appointments.  Even if the current selection is ratified by shareholders, the Audit Committee reserves the right to appoint a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time during the fiscal year if the Audit Committee determines that such change would be in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders.

Additional information regarding the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm can be found under “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm”.

Required Vote

Ratification of the Company’s independent auditors requires a majority of the votes cast on the matter.

PROXIES WILL BE VOTED “FOR” THE RATIFICATION OF THE COMPANY’S INDEPENDENT AUDITORS UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED ON THE PROXY.

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SHARE OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN SHAREHOLDERS

Principal Shareholders

The following table sets forth information with respect to beneficial ownership of the Common Stock by each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of our outstanding Common Stock.  The number of shares reported is as of the dates indicated in the footnotes below.  The percentage of class is based on 9,666,841 shares of Common Stock outstanding on September 20, 2019.  The information has been furnished by each such person.

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner	Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership(1)	Percent of Class
Ariel Investments, LLC   200 E. Randolph Dr., Suite 2900   Chicago, IL 60601	1,638,116(2)		16.9
Harbert Discovery Fund, LP, Harbert Discovery Fund GP, LLC, Harbert Fund Advisors, Inc., Harbert Management Corporation, Jack Bryant, Kenan Lucas and Raymond Harbert   2100 Third Avenue North, Suite 600   Birmingham, AL 35203	999,227(3)		10.3
Royce & Associates, LLC   745 Fifth Avenue   New York, NY 10151	733,580(4)		7.6
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP   Palisades West, Building One   6300 Bee Cave Road   Austin, TX 78746	687,197(5)		7.1
Renaissance Technologies LLC and Renaissance Technologies Holdings Corporation   800 Third Avenue   New York, New York 10022	613,130(6)		6.3
Punch & Associates Investment Management, Inc.   7701 France Ave. So., Suite 300   Edina, MN 55435	585,644(7)		6.1

(1) Unless otherwise indicated below, each shareholder listed has sole voting and sole investment power with respect to all shares beneficially owned by such person.

(2) Based upon a Holding Report on Schedule 13F-HR, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2019 by Ariel Investments, LLC (“Ariel”), which disclosed that Ariel owned 1,638,116 shares as of June 30, 2019.  In its statement on Schedule 13G, filed with the SEC on August 8, 2019, Ariel reported that it had shared power to dispose of 1,116,933 shares and shared power to vote 1,075,133 shares of Common Stock.  Further, based upon its statement on Schedule 13G, the shares of Common Stock are beneficially owned by accounts which are advised by Ariel and none of which own more than 5% of the shares of Common Stock.

(3) Based upon a Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on June 17, 2019 jointly by (i) Harbert Discovery Fund, LP (“Harbert LP”), (ii) Harbert Discovery Fund GP, LLC (“Harbert GP”), (iii) Harbert Fund Advisors, Inc. (“HFA”), (iv) Harbert Management Corporation (“HMC”), (v) Jack Bryant, (vi) Kenan Lucas and (vii) Raymond Harbert, which disclosed that each of Harbert LP, Harbert GP, Jack Bryant and Kenan Lucas has shared power to dispose of and to vote 987,091 shares of Common Stock and that each of HFA, HMC and Raymond Harbert has shared power to dispose of and to vote 999,227 shares of Common Stock.

(4) Based upon a Holding Report on Schedule 13F-HR, filed with the SEC on August 12, 2019 by Royce & Associates LP (“Royce”), which disclosed that Royce owned 733,580 shares as of June 30, 2019. In its statement on Schedule 13G, filed with the SEC on January 16, 2019, Royce reported that it had sole power to dispose of and vote 902,430 shares of Common Stock.

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(5) Based upon a Holding Report on Schedule 13F-HR, filed with the SEC on August 13, 2019 by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (“Dimensional”), which disclosed that Dimensional owned 687,197 shares as of June 30, 2019.  In its statement on Schedule 13G with the SEC on February 8, 2019, Dimensional reported that it had sole power to dispose of 709,650 shares and sole power to vote 695,916 shares of Common Stock.  Further, based upon its statement on Schedule 13G, the shares of Common Stock are beneficially owned by investment companies, trusts and accounts which are advised by Dimensional and none of which own more than 5% of the shares of Common Stock.  Dimensional disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock.

(6) Based upon a Holding Report on Schedule 13F-HR, filed with the SEC on August 12, 2019 by Renaissance Technologies LLC (“Renaissance”), which stated that Renaissance owned 613,130 shares as of June 30, 2019.  In their statement on Schedule 13G, filed with the SEC on February 13, 2019, Renaissance and its majority owner, Renaissance Technologies Holdings Corporation, had the sole power to dispose of and vote 582,000 shares and shared power to dispose of 15,400 shares of Common Stock.  Further, based upon its statement on Schedule 13G, the shares of Common Stock are beneficially owned by accounts which are advised by Renaissance and none of which own more than 5% of the shares of Common Stock.

(7) Based upon a Holding Report on Schedule 13F-HR, filed with the SEC on August 14, 2019 by Punch & Associates Investment Management, Inc. (“Punch”), which disclosed that Punch owned 585,644 shares as of June 30, 2019.  In its statement on Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 14, 2019, Punch reported that it has sole power to dispose of and to vote 566,584 shares of Common Stock.

Beneficial Ownership by Directors and Executive Officers

The following table sets forth information with respect to beneficial ownership of the Common Stock by each of our directors and director nominees, the persons named in the Summary Compensation Table and by all our directors and executive officers as a group as of September 20, 2019, unless otherwise indicated.  The information as to each person has been furnished by such person and, except as where otherwise indicated, each person has sole voting power and sole investment power with respect to all shares beneficially owned by such person.

Name of Beneficial Owner	Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership(1)		Percent of Class
John C. Bryant(2)(3)		1,010,664		10.45
Jay W. Freeland(2)		6,868	*
Sujatha Kumar(2)		-	*
C. Richard Neely, Jr.(2)(4)		29,989	*
James A. Ratigan(2)(5)		20,765	*
William C. Taylor(2)(6)		23,120	*
David L. Watza(2)(7)		197,629		2.01
Richard J. Van Valkenburg(8)		58,277	*
All current executive officers and directors as a group (8 persons)(9)		1,347,312		13.63

* Less than 1% of class

(1) To the best of the Company’s knowledge, based on information reported by such directors and officers or contained in the Company’s shareholder records.

(2) Serves as a member of the Board of the Company.

(3) Based upon a Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on June 17, 2019 jointly by (i) Harbert Discovery Fund, LP (“Harbert LP”), (ii) Harbert Discovery Fund GP, LLC (“Harbert GP”), (iii) Harbert Fund Advisors, Inc. (“HFA”), (iv) Harbert Management Corporation (“HMC”), (v) Jack Bryant, (vi) Kenan Lucas and (vii) Raymond Harbert, which disclosed that each of Harbert LP, Harbert GP, Jack Bryant and Kenan Lucas has shared power to dispose of and to vote 987,091 shares of Common Stock and that each of HFA, HMC and Raymond Harbert has shared power to dispose of and to vote 999,227 shares of Common Stock.  Includes 15,573 shares of Common Stock received in lieu of a portion of annual Board Compensation and held in an affiliated brokerage account for the benefit of the investors of Harbert Discovery Fund, LP.  Includes options to purchase 8,000 shares of Common Stock, which are presently exercisable or which are exercisable within 60 days of September 20, 2019.

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(4) Includes options to purchase 17,570 shares of Common Stock, which are presently exercisable or which are exercisable within 60 days of September 20, 2019.

(5) Includes options to purchase 8,000 shares of Common Stock, which are presently exercisable or which are exercisable within 60 days of September 20, 2019.

(6) Includes options to purchase 8,000 shares of Common Stock, which are presently exercisable or which are exercisable within 60 days of September 20, 2019.

(7) Includes options to purchase 163,333 shares of Common Stock, which are presently exercisable or which are exercisable within 60 days of September 20, 2019.

(8) Includes 25,000 shares of Common Stock that the reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership.  Includes options to purchase 14,708 shares of Common Stock, which are presently exercisable or which are exercisable within 60 days of September 20, 2019.

(9) Includes options to purchase 219,611 shares of Common Stock, which are presently exercisable or which are exercisable within 60 days of September 20, 2019.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Under the securities laws of the United States, our directors, executive (and certain other) officers and any persons holding more than ten percent of the Common Stock are required to report their ownership of the Common Stock and any changes in that ownership to the SEC.  Directors, officers and greater than ten percent shareholders are required by the SEC to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file.  Specific due dates for these reports have been established and we are required to report in this proxy statement any failure to file by these dates during our last fiscal year.  To our knowledge, all of these filing requirements were satisfied during our last fiscal year by our officers, directors and ten percent shareholders, except that Mr. Watza failed to timely file a Form 4 reporting the surrender of 741 shares of Common Stock to the Company in order to satisfy withholding tax obligations. and Mr. Freeland failed to timely file a Form 4 reporting the grant of options to purchase 8,000 shares of Common Stock due to administrative errors.  In making this statement, we have relied solely on the representations of our directors, officers and ten percent shareholders and copies of the reports that have been filed with the SEC.

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The executive officers listed below were appointed by the Board and serve in the capacities indicated.  Executive officers are normally appointed annually by the Board and serve at the pleasure of the Board.

Name and Age	Position and Principal Occupations
David L. Watza, 53	President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer since November 2016.  Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Company from October 2015 to November 2016.  Mr. Watza's business experience is described under "Proposal 1 - Election of Directors.”
Richard J. Van Valkenburg, 51	Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing since December 2016.  Mr. Van Valkenburg served as Director of Sales - Americas from February 2016 to December 2016 and Strategic Account Manager-General Motors from February 2009 to February 2016 and Strategic Account Manager - Chrysler from July 2000 to February 2009.   He also served as Application Engineer, Project Manager and Project Engineer from September 1996 to July 2000.

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COMPENSATION OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Narrative Disclosure Regarding Compensation

Executive Summary.  This Narrative Disclosure Regarding Compensation (“NDC”) is intended to provide information about our compensation objectives and policies for our principal executive officer, our principal financial officer and our other named executive officers (the “NEOs”) included in the Summary Compensation Table that follows this discussion.  This NDC is intended to place in perspective the compensation information contained in the tables that follow this discussion.

During fiscal 2019, the Management Development Committee, after reviewing the Company’s executive compensation programs, determined to not change the principal components of our programs as discussed below.  This approach was supported by the results of the advisory vote by shareholders of the Company at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on December 7, 2018 at which the “Say on Pay” Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation was approved by 88.1% of the shareholders voting on the proposal.

General Philosophy.  Our objective is to provide a superior return to shareholders. To support this objective, we believe that we must attract, retain and motivate top quality executive talent.  Our executive compensation program is a critical tool in this process.

Our executive compensation program consists of five components:

• Base salary;

• Annual cash incentive opportunities;

• Long-term incentives represented by stock-based awards;

• Employee benefits; and

• Severance and change in control benefits.

Our compensation philosophy at all levels of the organization emphasizes performance-based compensation.  This is particularly true of our executive compensation program, which has been designed to link executive compensation to Company performance through at-risk compensation opportunities, providing significant reward to executives who contribute to our success.  A significant portion of our NEOs and other executives’ potential annual cash compensation is tied to our revenue and profitability goals.  We provide long-term incentives to our team through periodic stock awards.  Through stock awards to our NEOs and other executives, we have tied a significant portion of their future compensation potential to the creation of long-term shareholder value.  Further, we believe that stock-based incentives for team members, in addition to providing an incentive for their continued employment, more closely align their interests with those of the Company and its shareholders.  

Our approach to NEO base salaries is to ensure that they are competitive so that they are effective in attracting and retaining a high-quality executive team.  Similarly, in designing our employee benefit programs and severance and change in control benefits, we strive to offer benefits consistent with the general practice of comparable companies.

We believe that compensation should be simple, straightforward and easily understood by the recipients.  As a result, our incentive compensation programs have generally been tied to a limited number of key Company-wide performance metrics that can be objectively measured.  

We continue to implement a corporate strategy designed to leverage our leading technologies and market position to accelerate the next evolution of growth of the Company as well as increase diversification across industries.  The main components of our strategy are: to continue to invest in engineering capabilities, focus on our core automotive technologies and customers, tenaciously pursue cost efficiencies and prudently manage our working capital. 

In the coming years, we will continue to revise and refine our executive and non-executive compensation programs to properly motivate our executives and team to implement this strategy.  We will directly reward them for growth on a Company-wide basis.

Equity Ownership Guidelines.  The Management Development Committee determined to implement equity ownership guidelines for our executive team. In August 2017, the Board determined that the Chief Executive Officer and other NEOs should hold shares equal to one-times and one-half-times their base salaries, respectively.  This will be accomplished by requiring these executives to retain at least 25% of the net shares of Common Stock acquired upon the vesting or exercise of any equity incentive awards, after deducting the number of shares of Common Stock that were withheld or sold to pay applicable taxes and/or exercise price, until the executive has met the ownership guidelines.  This requirement will be measured each year at June 30^th.  At June 30, 2019, all members of the executive team had complied with this requirement.

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The Role of the Management Development Committee and Chief Executive Officer in the Compensation Process.  The Management Development Committee is responsible for the planning, review and administration of our executive compensation program and stock-based executive compensation programs.  During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019, all members of this Committee were non-employee directors of the Company.  The Management Development Committee generally meets in conjunction with regularly scheduled Board meetings and between Board meetings at the request of the Chief Executive Officer or the Management Development Committee.

The Management Development Committee generally reviews the components of executive compensation on an annual basis to determine whether there should be any adjustments in base salary, to establish the annual cash incentive plan, to establish a long term equity incentive plan, to determine if other stock-based incentives should be granted and to review the terms of our other executive compensation programs.  Each year the Chief Executive Officer presents an evaluation of the performance of the NEOs and other executive team members to the Management Development Committee.  Based upon this evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer makes recommendations to the Management Development Committee regarding compensation for the NEOs and other executives, other than himself.  The Chief Executive Officer may make recommendations regarding changes in a particular NEO or other executive’s compensation more frequently than annually as a result of changes in circumstances, such as the assumption of increased executive level responsibilities.  The Management Development Committee considers the recommendations of the Chief Executive Officer, as well as the other information provided to them by the Company, and then establishes compensation for the NEOs and other executives, either annually or periodically as the need arises.

The Management Development Committee independently assesses the performance of the Chief Executive Officer.  Based upon that assessment, the performance of the Company and the Management Development Committee’s decisions regarding the compensation of the other NEOs and executives, the Management Development Committee independently establishes the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer, without any recommendations from or participation by the Chief Executive Officer in that process.

The Management Development Committee has not established a set percentage relationship between the size of the Chief Executive Officer’s compensation package as compared to the other NEOs.  However, historically one of the factors considered by the Management Development Committee in setting the Chief Executive Officer’s compensation is the level of compensation awarded to the other NEOs for each element of compensation.

The base salary, annual cash incentive opportunity, stock-based incentives and other compensation terms for new executive officers are established by the Management Development Committee based upon the executive’s qualifications, position and level of responsibility as compared with our other executives, our profitability and other factors, such as assessments of individual performance and market practices, and, in the case of executive officers other than the Chief Executive Officer, upon the recommendation of the Chief Executive Officer.

The Chief Executive Officer typically proposes the terms of an annual cash incentive plan and equity incentive plan to the Management Development Committee for consideration.  The Committee revises the plans as it deems appropriate and approves the final plans, usually in the first quarter of the fiscal year.

The Management Development Committee generally reviews all elements of compensation as a whole in establishing executive compensation.  It does not have a pre-set formula for the proper mix of the elements, other than the annual cash incentive and equity incentive plans.  In the case of our annual cash incentive and equity incentive plans, each of our NEOs and other executives has a set target percentage of his or her base salary that can be earned as an annual cash incentive and an equity incentive for achievement of Company-wide performance metrics.

The Role of Risk Assessment in Compensation Planning.  As part of its process of developing and implementing the Company’s compensation programs for both executive and non-executive team members, the Management Development Committee considers whether the programs being proposed have the potential to create risks that could have a material adverse effect on the Company.  The Management Development Committee believes that the Company’s compensation programs have been structured with an appropriate balance between providing strong compensation-related incentives to the team to drive revenue and profit growth, without encouraging them to take excessive risks to achieve growth.  For instance, while the Company uses performance-based compensation at all levels of its compensation program, base salary still represents the largest single portion of all team members’ cash compensation.  This encourages team members to take appropriate risks to achieve established goals but tempered by the need to maintain the Company’s long-term established business assets and value.  Further, Company revenue and operating income targets used in incentive plans are based upon the Company’s operating budget for the fiscal year generally developed by the executives and the team and approved by the Company’s Board of Directors.  By setting targets in this fashion, the Management Development Committee strives to set realistic targets to drive reasonably achievable growth.  

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In addition, the amount that can be earned by the executives and the team under this plan are capped at a percentage of the team member’s base salary, discouraging risk taking to achieve performance levels significantly above the expected levels of performance.

Key Elements of Compensation for Fiscal 2019

Base Salary.  The Management Development Committee recognizes the importance of a competitive compensation structure in retaining and attracting valuable senior executives.  Executive salary levels are reviewed and established annually.  The salaries received by our executives generally reflect their levels of responsibility, our profitability and other factors, such as assessments of individual performance and market practices.

In April 2018, the Management and Development Committee approved a 4% merit increase for Mr. Watza, which coincided with merit increases for all U.S.-based employees and set his salary at $338,000.  The Management Development Committee set his base salary at a level they viewed as commensurate with amounts paid to his predecessors.  The Management Development Committee did not approve any increases in Mr. Watza’s base salary since then.

In connection with the appointment of Mr. Van Valkenburg as Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing in December 2016, his base salary was set at $215,000.  In March 2017, the Management Development Committee approved a merit increase for Mr. Van Valkenburg and set his salary at $220,000, which coincided with merit increases for all U.S.-based employees.  In April 2018, the Management Development Committee approved a 4.5% merit increase for Mr. Van Valkenburg, which coincided with merit increases for all U.S.-based employees and set his salary at $230,000. The Management Development Committee did not approve any increases in Mr. Van Valkenburg’s base salary since then.

Annual Non-Equity Incentive Plan.  Our executives and director-level team members are eligible for annual cash incentive opportunities.  Generally, at the beginning of each fiscal year, the Management Development Committee develops a cash incentive plan applicable to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, the other NEOs and our other executives and director-level team members.

In the case of our annual cash incentive, each of our executives and director-level team members, including the NEOs, typically has a set target percentage of their base salary that can be earned as an annual cash profit sharing incentive for achievement of Company-wide performance metrics and individual strategic goals.

For fiscal 2019, the Management Development Committee adopted the Fiscal 2019 Executive Short Term Incentive Plan, which applied to Mr. Watza, the other NEOs, our other executives and director-level team members.  Under the Fiscal 2019 Executive Short Term Incentive Plan, participants could earn annual incentive cash compensation at the direction of the Management Development Committee, to be paid from a bonus pool funded under the terms of the plan. The amount of the bonus pool available for payment to the Company’s key executives was to be determined based upon the Company’s achievement of specific results with respect to corporate revenue and operating income targets for fiscal 2019.  The weightings of these targets for fiscal 2019 were as follows:

Fiscal 2018 Targets	Weighting
Company Revenue	50%
Company Operating Income Before Incentive Compensation	50%

The financial targets include progressive threshold (90% of target for Company Revenue and 75% for Company Operating Income Before Incentive Compensation), target and maximum (110% of target for Company Revenue and 150% of target for Company Operating Income Before Incentive Compensation) performance level incentive objectives.  The Management Development Committee could adjust the calculation of the Company Revenue target and the Company Operating Income Before Incentive Compensation target to account for unforeseen, unanticipated, unusual and/or non-ordinary course events and issues. Furthermore, the Company’s Operating Income Before Incentive Compensation had to be at least 75% of the target level under the Company’s Fiscal 2019 Operating Budget for any bonus pool to be funded under the Executive Short Term Incentive Plan.

If the threshold objectives were met, the Company would fund a bonus pool under the Fiscal 2019 Executive Short Term Incentive Plan. The bonus pool amount would be calculated as follows: the aggregate predetermined participation levels of all participants, which is a percentage of base salary of each participant (55% for Mr. Watza and 35% for the other executive officers), multiplied by the Percentage of the Bonus Target Earned.  The Percentage of the Bonus Target Earned is calculated as follows:  (i) Percentage of Company Revenue Bonus Target Earned multiplied by 0.50 plus (ii)

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Percentage of Company Operating Income Before Incentive Compensation Bonus Target multiplied by 0.50. The bonus pool amount could have been between 0% (assuming the threshold objective was not met) and 175% (assuming the maximum objectives were met) of the aggregate predetermined participation levels of all participants, with a bonus pool amount of 100% of the aggregate predetermined participation levels of all participants if the target objectives were met.

The aggregate payouts under the Fiscal 2019 Executive Short Term Incentive Plan payable to all participants could not exceed the bonus pool amount. The amount of the bonus pool to be received by Mr. Watza and the other executives was to be determined at the discretion of the Management Development Committee based upon the Company’s financial performance, the participant’s base salary, his or her predetermined participation level and his or her achievement of individual performance objectives. Participating team members under the Fiscal 2019 Executive Short Term Incentive Plan had to be employed on or before December 31, 2018 in order to be eligible. Participating team members hired between July 1, 2018 and December 31, 2018, were eligible for a pro-rata portion of their individual participation level. Participating team members had to be employed by the Company at the date of the payouts, except as otherwise provided under any severance agreement applicable to the participant.  See “Compensation of Executive Officers – Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control.”  The Management Development Committee reserved the right to increase, decrease or eliminate any payout under the Fiscal 2019 Executive Short Term Incentive Plan for any participant, including to provide for no payout even if the financial performance targets or strategic objectives were achieved by the participant.

After completion of fiscal 2019, the Management Development Committee determined the extent to which the specified goals relating to the financial targets were achieved.  Our fiscal 2019 Revenue and Operating Income Before Incentive Compensation for purposes of the Fiscal 2018 Executive Short Term Incentive Plan were approximately 0% and 0%, respectively, of the target thresholds.  Accordingly, no bonus pool was funded under the Fiscal 2019 Executive Short Term Incentive Plan and so no bonus was payable to Mr. Watza or the other executives under that plan.

Long Term Equity Incentive Plan.  Our executives and director-level team members are eligible for equity incentive opportunities.  Generally, at the beginning of each fiscal year, the Management Development Committee develops an equity incentive plan applicable to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, the other NEOs and our other executives and director-level team members.

Under the Fiscal 2019 Executive Long Term Incentive Plan (the “Executive Long Term Incentive Plan”), the Company’s key executives, including the named executive officers, can earn incentive restricted stock units and performance share award units under the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan. The equity awards granted under the Executive Long Term Incentive Plan were targeted to be 50% in the form of restricted stock units and 50% in the form of performance share award units.

The equity awards were granted on December 20, 2018. The specific number of shares of restricted stock units and the specific target number of performance share award units that each participant receives was determined by dividing an award amount denominated in dollars by the closing price of the Company’s Common Stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market’s Global Market on the date the restricted stock units and performance share award units were awarded.  The award amount is equal to a predetermined percentage of the participant’s base salary (40% for our President and Chief Executive Officer and 30% for the other executives, with Mr. Watza and the other NEO receiving a grant of 9,400 and 4,800 of restricted stock units, respectively, and 9,400 and 4,800 of performance share award units, respectively).

The restricted stock units vest on October 1, 2019, October 1, 2020 and October 1, 2021, provided the participant remains employed with the Company on each of the relevant vesting dates. The restricted stock units will become fully vested in the event a successor corporation refuses to assume the restricted stock units or the participant’s employment is terminated without Cause (as defined in the award agreement) in connection with or within three years following a Change in Control of the Company (as defined in the award agreement).

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Subject to the Company’s achievement of specified results with respect to corporate revenue and operating income targets for planyears 2019, 2020 and 2021 (the “Performance Measures”), 33-1/3% of the performance share award units vest based upon the achievement of Performance Measures for plan year 2019 (the “Fiscal 2019 Tranche”), 33-1/3% based upon the achievement of Performance Measures for plan year 2020 and 33-1/3% based upon the achievement of Performance Measures for plan year 2021, provided the participant remains employed with the Company on each of the relevant vesting dates. Plan year 2019 is from October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019, plan year 2020 is from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020 and plan year 2021 is from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021.  The Performance Measures were set at the date of grant based upon the Company’s 3 Year Long Range Plan. The weightings of the Performance Measures for determining the number of performance share award units that will vest for each participant in plan years 2019, 2020 and 2021wereas follows:

Fiscal 2018 Targets	Weighting
Company Revenue	50%
Company Operating Income Before Incentive Compensation	50%

The financial targets included in the Performance Measures include progressive threshold (90% of target for Company Revenue and 75% for Company Operating Income Before Incentive Compensation), target and maximum (110% of target for Company Revenue and 150% of target for Company Operating Income Before Incentive Compensation) performance level incentive objectives.  Furthermore, the Company’s Operating Income Before Incentive Compensation must be at least 75% of the performance target level for any performance share award units to vest under the Executive Long Term Incentive Plan.

Under the Fiscal 2019 Executive Long Term Incentive Plan, the value of the performance share award units that could be earned by Mr. Watza ranged from 0% (assuming the threshold objectives were not met) to 65% (assuming the maximum objectives were met) of base salary, with a grant date value of 40% of base salary if both of the target financial performance objectives are met.  Under the Fiscal 2019 Executive Long Term Incentive Plan, the grant date value of the equity award that could be earned by the Company’s other executives ranged from 0% (assuming the threshold objectives were not met) to 48.8% (assuming the maximum objectives were met) of base salary, with a grant date value of 30% of base salary if both of the target financial performance objectives are met.

Participating team members under the Fiscal 2019 Executive Long Term Incentive Plan had to be employed on or before December 31, 2018 in order to be eligible. Participating team members hired between July 1, 2018 and December 31, 2018 were eligible for a pro-rata portion of their individual participation level.  Participating team members have to be employed by the Company at each vesting date, except as otherwise provided under any severance agreement applicable to the participant.  See “Compensation of Executive Officers – Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control.”  The Management Development Committee reserved the right to increase, decrease or eliminate any performance share award units under the Fiscal 2019 Executive Long Term Incentive Plan for any participant, even if the financial performance targets were achieved.

The Management Development Committee will determine the extent to which the specified goals relating to the financial targets were achieved for the Plan Year 2019 Tranche by December 1, 2019.  

Stock-Based Incentives.  The 2004 Stock Plan permits the Management Development Committee to grant stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance share awards and deferred stock units, in addition to incentive and non-qualified stock options.  

In November 2016, in connection with Mr. Watza being named as President and Chief Executive Officer, he was awarded a non-qualified option to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, under the Company’s 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, with a grant date effective December 1, 2016.  On October 2, 2017, Mr. Watza received another grant of non-qualified stock options to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock that the Company had committed to grant in connection with Mr. Watza’s appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer.  These grants are at levels commensurate with those made to his predecessors.

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The options granted to Mr. Watza become exercisable in three equal annual installments, beginning one year from their date of initial grant, at an exercise price equal to 100% of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of grant.  The options expire ten years from the date of grant, or if earlier, one year after the executive’s death or permanent disability or three months after the executive’s termination of employment.  In addition, any portion of these options that is not exercisable becomes exercisable immediately upon a Change in Control of the Company as described under “Compensation of Executive Officers – Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control.”  All of the options granted were non-qualified stock options.

Under the terms of the Plan Year 2019 Executive Long Term Incentive Plan, Mr. Watza and the other NEOs, received an award of restricted stock units and had the opportunity to earn performance share award units under the 2004 Stock Plan as described above under “Compensation of Executive Officers – Narrative Disclosure Regarding Compensation – Key Elements of Compensation for Fiscal 2019 – Long Term Equity Incentive Plan.”    

The Management Development Committee does not have a set time of the year in which it makes discretionary equity awards under the 2004 Stock Plan, nor does it make such awards every year.  

The Management Development Committee periodically reviews the various stock-based incentive alternatives available to the Company under the 2004 Stock Plan as part of its development of a program to provide appropriate long-term incentives to the executive team and more closely align their interests with the Company and its shareholders.  Historically, the Management Development Committee used grants of non-qualified stock options as the Company’s principal long-term stock incentive program for the executive team. More recently, the Management Development Committee also has used restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit awards and performance share unit awards to the executive team, members of the Board of Directors and other team members.  We have increased our use of these other forms of awards in order to reduce the number of shares being issued by the Company as equity incentive awards.  Because recipients of these types of awards are not required to pay an exercise price to realize the benefits of the award, as compared to stock option grants where they are required to do so, we are able to award fewer shares to participants than if we granted stock options, yet provide participants with equivalent value to a stock option grant.  In the future, the Management Development Committee plans to use a combination of stock option grants, restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit awards and performance share units.

The Management Development Committee has generally provided for stock options grants, restricted stock awards and restricted stock unit awards to become exercisable immediately upon a Change in Control of the Company. Prior to the adoption of the Fiscal 2018 Executive Long Term Incentive Plan, the Management Development Committee used a single trigger structure for acceleration of vesting of stock option grants, restricted stock awards and restricted stock unit awards upon a Change in Control of the Company so that vesting occurs upon the occurrence of the Change of Control. They believe this provided executives with the appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders, without concern for their own personal interests, and to provide for continuity of management during the pendency of a transaction that could result in a Change in Control of the Company.

The Management Development Committee designed the restricted stock unit awards starting with the Fiscal 2018 Executive Long Term Incentive Plan to use a double trigger structure for acceleration of vesting of the awards upon a Change in Control of the Company.  Under the double trigger structure, accelerated vesting of awards requires both a Change in Control and qualified termination of employment or non-assumptions of awards. Similarly, the Management Development Committee designed the performance share unit awards starting with the Fiscal 2018 Executive Long Term Incentive Plan to provide that, upon a Change in Control of the Company, the performance requirements will be eliminated and any unvested portion of the award will vest, at the target number of shares subject to the original grant, in annual tranches at the anniversary date of the date of grant, based upon the year in which the tranche would have vested based upon achievement of the performance targets, if the holder of the award is employed as of such date or, if earlier, a qualified termination of employment or non-assumption of the award. The Committee used these provisions for the Fiscal 2019 Executive Long Term Incentive Plan and currently intends to use these provisions for all future grants under the 2004 Stock Plan.

Employee Benefits.  We believe it is important to the retention of our team members that we maintain a competitive benefit package at all levels within the Company.  Further, we believe a well-designed employee benefit program further promotes the creation of value for our shareholders by enhancing job productivity by encouraging our team members to maintain a healthy lifestyle and providing a reasonable level of financial support in the event of an illness, injury or death.

All of our team members, including the NEOs and our other executives, receive customary benefits such as medical, dental and vision plans, short and long-term disability and group life insurance.  In addition, the NEOs and certain other executives receive enhanced life insurance (in lieu of group life) and supplemental long-term executive disability benefits, commensurate with their higher compensation levels.

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We also maintain a 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (the “401(k) Plan”) in which all team members employed in the United States, including the NEOs and our other executives, are eligible to participate on the same basis.  All team members are eligible to contribute up to 75% of their salaries on a pre-tax basis to the 401(k) Plan.  For calendar year 2019, the annual maximum contribution limit is $19,000 for employees under 50 years of age and $25,000 for employees 50 years of age or older.  In addition, the Board of Directors may authorize the Company, from time to time, to match a portion of the team members’ contributions to the 401(k) Plan.  In fiscal year 2019, the Company contributed a match of 25% of each team member’s voluntary contribution to the 401(k) Plan up to the first 8% of a team member’s compensation.  

To facilitate the performance of their management responsibilities, we provide certain key employees selected perquisites and other personal benefits, such as an automobile expense allowance and, when key employees join us, relocation benefits, such as temporary housing and reimbursements of travel costs prior to relocation.

Severance Agreements.  The Board, upon recommendation of the Management Development Committee, authorized the implementation of formal severance agreements for the Company’s executive officers beginning in fiscal 2005.  The terms of the severance agreements are described under “Compensation of Executive Officers – Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control.”  The Board determined it appropriate to formalize the Company’s general severance policies and practices for its executive team and at the same time institute enhanced severance arrangements payable in the event of a termination of the executive’s employment following a change in control of the Company.  The Board and Management Development Committee believe that the enhanced severance arrangements are necessary in order to provide executives with the appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders, without concern for their own personal interests, and to provide for continuity of management during the pendency of a transaction that could result in a change in control of the Company. The Management Development Committee, in developing its recommendations to the Board, consulted with an outside compensation consultant hired by the Committee and the Company’s outside legal counsel.  Based upon the foregoing, the Management Development Committee believes that the severance agreements contain terms and conditions which are comparable to those used by other companies that are similar in size to the Company.

The NEOs have all entered into our standard executive agreement not to compete, restricting the executive’s right to compete with us for the longer of twelve months following the termination of employment or the period post-termination during which we are required to make payments to the executive, and standard employee proprietary information and inventions agreement, containing confidentiality provisions and a two-year post-termination restriction on soliciting our employees.  We have the right to cease all further payments under the NEO’s severance agreement in the event that the NEO violates the executive non-competition agreement.  The NEOs must sign a standard release to receive payments under the severance agreements, including standard non-disparagement provisions.

Payments under the severance agreements, when aggregated with any other “parachute payments” (defined under Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) as compensation that becomes payable or accelerated due to a Change in Control) payable under any of our other plans, agreements or policies, are capped so as to not be treated as “excess parachute payments” under Code Sections 280G and 4999.  See “Compensation of Executive Officers – Narrative Disclosure Regarding Compensation – Golden Parachute Excise Tax” below for a further discussion of our policy with respect to golden parachute amounts.

Deductibility of Executive Compensation.  Code Section 162(m) restricts the deductibility of executive compensation paid to the chief executive officer, chief financial officer and any of the three most highly compensated executive officers (other than the chief executive officer and chief financial officer) at the end of the fiscal year to the extent such compensation (including gains from the exercise of certain stock options) exceeds $1,000,000 in any year.  There are exceptions to the limitation for performance-based compensation that was granted pursuant to a written binding contract in effect on November 2, 2017 that has not been materially modified since and is based on nondiscretionary, pre-established performance measures.  The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “TCJA”) eliminated the Code Section 162(m) performance exceptions for any compensation awarded or materially modified after November 2, 2017.

Prior to the TCJA, our Board established certain restrictions on the granting of options under the 2004 Stock Plan so that compensation realized in connection with the stock-based grants under the 2004 Stock Plan could be structured to be exempt from the restrictions on deductibility under Section 162(m).  Therefore, certain stock option grants in effect on November 2, 2017 are still exempt under Code Section 162(m).  For instance, the 2004 Stock Plan restricts stock grants to any participant in any fiscal year as follows: (i) up to 200,000 shares of Common Stock may be subject to stock option grants, (ii) up to 200,000 shares of Common Stock may be subject to stock appreciation right grants, (iii) up to 200,000 shares of Common Stock may be subject to restricted stock awards, (iv) up to 200,000 shares of Common Stock may be

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subject to restricted stock units and (v) up to 200,000 shares of Common Stock may be subject to performance share awards.  It is important to note that while these restrictions allow the Management Development Committee continuing discretion in establishing executive officer compensation, they do limit such discretion by restricting the size of stock awards which the Management Development Committee may grant to any single individual.  The permitted size of the stock awards to a single individual was established based on the determination of the maximum number of shares which would be required to be granted in any fiscal year to retain or attract a chief executive officer of the Company.  While the restricted stock awards under the 2004 Stock Plan were not designed to be exempt from the restrictions on deductibility under Section 162(m), they have been small enough in number to not likely result in payments to any executive officer in any year which would be subject to such restrictions.

We do not believe that other components of our current compensation program are likely to result in payments to any executive officer in any year which would be subject to the restriction on deductibility under Section 162(m).  Accordingly, we believe that we have taken appropriate actions to preserve the deductibility of most of the annual performance bonuses and long-term performance incentive awards the Management Development Committee is likely to award in any given year.  We will continue to evaluate the advisability of qualifying future executive compensation programs for deductibility under the Code.

The Management Development Committee recognizes the need to retain flexibility to make compensation decisions that may not be deductible under Section 162(m) to enable us to attract, retain and motivate highly qualified executives.  It has the authority to approve non-deductible compensation in appropriate circumstances.  

Stock Awards Expense.  We are required under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 718 “Compensation – Stock Compensation” to record compensation expense associated with stock awards to our employees, including the NEOs, as more fully discussed in Note 19 to our audited consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019.  As discussed above, the Management Development Committee does consider the impact of FASB ASC Topic 718 in determining to use stock awards as our principal long-term incentive program for the executive team.  Further, the Management Development Committee does consider the amount of compensation expense required to be recorded in determining the size of stock awards to the Chief Executive Officer and the aggregate awards made to the remainder of the executive team and team members generally.

Golden Parachute Excise Tax.  Code Section 280G imposes tax penalties on golden parachute payments associated with a Change in Control of the Company if they exceed a specified level.  These penalties include a 20% excise tax on part of the income received by executives with excess payments, and the elimination of a portion of our tax deduction when these excess payments are triggered.  Payments under our severance agreements and from the acceleration of the exercisability of our stock options and vesting of our restricted stock, restricted stock units and performance share units  in the event of a Change in Control of the Company are potentially subject to these tax penalties.  Currently, payments under our severance agreements are capped at an amount that will not trigger the excise tax.  There is no similar limitation on the acceleration of the exercisability of stock options and vesting of other stock awards since we believe it is unlikely that the acceleration of options and vesting of other stock awards alone would cause an executive to exceed the specified level.  The Management Development Committee recognizes the need to retain flexibility to make compensation decisions that may cause payments to executives to exceed the levels specified in Code Section 280G to enable us to attract, retain and motivate highly qualified executives.  It therefore has the authority to approve compensation that would exceed the specified level or to remove the cap contained in the severance agreements in appropriate circumstances.  However, in the event that any payment by the Company to any executive officer is subject to excise taxes pursuant to Code Section 280G, the Company’s policy is that it will not reimburse the executive officer for any such excise taxes.

Deferred Compensation.  We have also structured our executive compensation program with the intention that it complies with or be exempt from Code Section 409A which may impose additional taxes on our executives for certain types of deferred compensation that are not in compliance with or exempt from Code Section 409A.

Because the Company’s policy is to either comply with or exempt payments from Code Section 409A, it does not generally assume responsibility for any additional tax, interest, or penalties under Code Section 409A. Also, because of ambiguities and uncertainties as to the application and interpretation of Code Section 409A and the related regulations and guidance, no assurance can be given that compensation intended by us to comply with or be exempt from Code Section 409A will in fact do so.

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Consideration of Last Year’s Advisory Shareholder Vote on Executive Compensation

At the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, approximately 88.1% of the votes cast by the shareholders were voted to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as discussed and disclosed in the 2018 Proxy Statement.  The Board and the Management Development Committee appreciate and value the views of our shareholders.  In considering the results of this advisory vote on executive compensation, the Management Development Committee concluded that the compensation paid to our named executive officers and the Company’s overall pay practices enjoy shareholder support and did not make any material changes to the executive compensation program in response to the shareholder vote.

Going forward, future advisory votes on executive compensation will serve as an additional tool to guide the Board and the Management Development Committee in evaluating the alignment of the Company’s executive compensation program with the interests of the Company and its shareholders.  Shareholders may communicate with the Board, the Management Development Committee or individual directors regarding the Company’s executive compensation program by submitting such communications in writing to Perceptron, Inc., Attention: Board of Directors (or the Management Development Committee or the individual director(s)), 47827 Halyard Drive, Plymouth, Michigan 48170-2461.  Such communications should be sent by overnight or certified mail, return receipt requested.  Alternatively, such communications may be sent by email to boardofdirectors@perceptron.com. Such communications will be delivered directly to the Board, the Management Development Committee or the individual director(s), as designated on such communication.

At the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, our shareholders expressed a preference that advisory votes on executive compensation be held on an annual basis.  Consistent with this preference, the Board determined to implement an advisory vote on executive compensation on an annual basis until the next required vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on the compensation of executive officers, to be held at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

Summary Compensation Table

The following table sets forth certain information as to compensation paid by us for services rendered in all capacities to the Company and its subsidiaries during fiscal 2019 and 2018 to (i) persons serving as our Chief Executive Officer at any time during fiscal 2019, (ii) persons serving as our Chief Financial Officer at any time during fiscal 2019, and (iii) persons serving as our executive officers at any time during fiscal 2019, (collectively, the “named executive officers” or “NEOs”).  Please see the Narrative Disclosure Regarding Compensation for additional detail regarding the Company’s compensation philosophy, practices and fiscal 2019 compensation decisions.

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SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

Name and Principal Position	Fiscal Year	Salary ($)		Bonus ($)		Stock Awards ($)(1)	Option Awards ($)(2)		Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)(3)		All Other Compensation ($)(4)		Total
David L. Watza, President,	2019		338,000		-	135,548(6)		-		-		31,126	$	504,674
Chief Executive Officer and	2018		328,000		-	130,380(7)	396,235(8)			288,681		27,211	$	1,170,507
Chief Financial Officer(5)
Richard J. Van Valkenburg	2019		230,000		-	69,216(6)		-		-		25,756	$	324,972
Vice President, Global Sales	2018		222,308		-	65,985(7)		-		124,355		24,544	$	437,192
and Marketing(9)

(1) Represents the full grant date fair value associated with restricted stock awards, restricted stock units awards, and performance share award units calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, excluding any forfeiture reserves recorded for these awards.  There can be no assurance that the FASB ASC Topic 718 restricted stock award, restricted stock units award and performance share award units award amounts shown above will ever be realized.  The assumptions we used to calculate these amounts are included in Note 19 to our audited consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2019.  The restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit awards and performance share award units become vested and risk of forfeiture and other restrictions lapse under certain circumstances in the event of a change in control as described under “Compensation of Executive Officers – Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control.”  

(2) Represents the full grant date fair value associated with stock option awards, calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, excluding any forfeiture reserves recorded for these awards.  There can be no assurance that the FASB ASC Topic 718 option award amounts shown above will ever be realized.  The assumptions we used to calculate these amounts are included in Note 19 to our audited consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2019.  Except as otherwise set forth in the footnotes below, one-third of the option awards generally become exercisable on each anniversary of the date of grant if the executive’s services or employment has not terminated on or prior to such date. The options become exercisable under certain circumstances in the event of a change in control as described under “Compensation of Executive Officers – Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control.”  These options expire ten years from their date of grant or, if earlier, one year after the optionee’s death or permanent disability or three months after the optionee’s termination of employment.  All of the options granted were non-qualified stock options.

(3) Represents cash incentive payments earned under our Fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017 Executive Short Term Incentive Plans.  The plans provide for annual cash incentive payments based on annual Company revenue and operating income performance goals for the applicable fiscal year.

(4) “All Other Compensation” in fiscal 2019 is comprised of (i) contributions made by us to the accounts of the named executives under our 401(k) Plan with respect to fiscal 2019 as follows: Mr. Watza $11,305 and Mr. Van Valkenburg $7,699, (ii) contributions made by us to the accounts of the named executives under our Health Savings Account with respect to fiscal 2019 as follows: Mr. Watza $6,950 and Mr. Van Valkenburg $7,200, (iii) the dollar value of any life insurance premiums we paid in fiscal 2019 with respect to term life insurance for the benefit of the named executives, (iv) the dollar value of any supplemental executive disability insurance premiums we paid in fiscal 2019 for the benefit of the named executives, and (v) the dollar value of a monthly automobile allowance to the named executives.

(5) Mr. Watza was appointed as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer on October 5, 2015 and President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer on November 17, 2016.

(6) The full grant date fair value was determined assuming achievement of the performance goals was at target levels.  If the highest level of performance conditions were met for each of the three fiscal years set under the Fiscal 2019 Executive Long Term Incentive Plan, the full grant date fair value associated with performance award units during fiscal 2019 under such plan, calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, excluding any forfeiture reserves recorded for these awards, would have been as follows: Mr. Watza $118,605 and Mr. Van Valkenburg $60,564.  Pursuant to the Fiscal 2019 Executive Long Term Incentive Plan, Mr. Watza and Mr. Van Valkenburg received a grant of 9,400 and 4,800, respectively, of restricted stock units of Common Stock as well as 9,400 and 4,800, respectively of performance stock units of Common Stock under the 2004 Stock Plan.  The restricted stock units

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vest 33-1/3% on October 1, 2019, 33-1/3% October 1, 2020 and 33-1/3% October 1, 2021, provided the participant remains employed with the Company on each of the relevant vesting dates. Subject to the Company’s achievement of specified results with respect to corporate revenue and operating income targets for plan years 2019, 2020 and 2021 (the “Performance Measures”), performance share award units vest 33-1/3% based upon the achievement of Performance Measures for plan year 2019 (the “Plan Year 2019 Tranche”), 33-1/3% based upon the achievement of Performance Measures for plan year 2020 and 33-1/3% based upon the achievement of Performance Measures for plan year 2021, provided the participant remains employed with the Company on each of the relevant vesting dates.The Management Development Committee will determine the extent to which the specified goals relating to the financial targets were achieved for the Plan Year 2019 Tranche by December 1, 2019.  See “Compensation of Executive Officers – Narrative Disclosure Regarding Compensation – Key Elements of Compensation for Fiscal 2019 – Long Term Equity Incentive Plan”.  Plan year 2019 is from October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019, plan year 2020 is from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020 and plan year 2021 is from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021.

(7) The full grant date fair value was determined assuming achievement of the performance goals was at target levels.  If the highest level of performance conditions were met for each of the three fiscal years set under the Fiscal 2018 Executive Long Term Incentive Plan, the full grant date fair value associated with performance award units during fiscal 2018 under such plan, calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, excluding any forfeiture reserves recorded for these awards, would have been as follows: Mr. Watza $114,083 and Mr. Van Valkenburg $57,741.  Pursuant to the Fiscal 2018 Executive Long Term Incentive Plan, Mr. Watza and Mr. Van Valkenburg received a grant of 8,200 and 4,150, respectively, of restricted stock units of Common Stock as well as 8,200 and 4,150, respectively of performance stock units of Common Stock under the 2004 Stock Plan.  The restricted stock units vest 33-1/3% on the first anniversary of the grant date, 33-1/3% on the second anniversary of the grant date and 33-1/3% on the third anniversary of the grant date, provided the participant remains employed with the Company on each of the relevant vesting dates.  Subject to the Company’s achievement of specified results with respect to corporate revenue and operating income targets for fiscal years 2018, 2019 and 2020 (the “Performance Measures”), performance share award units vest 33-1/3% based upon the achievement of Performance Measures for fiscal 2018 (the “Fiscal 2018 Tranche”), 33-1/3% based upon the achievement of Performance Measures for fiscal 2019 (the “Fiscal 2019 Tranche”) and 33-1/3% based upon the achievement of Performance Measures for fiscal 2020, provided the participant remains employed with the Company on each of the relevant vesting dates.  Messrs. Watza and Van Valkenburg vested in 4,414 and 2,234, respectively, of performance share award units in the Fiscal 2018 Tranche based upon the level of the corporate revenue and operating income goals established under the Fiscal 2018 Executive Long Term Equity Incentive Plan and did not vest in any performance share award units in the Fiscal 2019 Tranche based upon the level of corporate revenue and operating income goals established under the Fiscal 2018 Executive Long Term Equity Incentive Plan.  

(8) On each of December 1, 2016 and October 2, 2017, Mr. Watza received options to purchase 100,000 shares under two grants of the Company’s Common Stock, under the Company’s 2004 Stock Plan, committed to by the Company in connection with his appointment as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

(9) Mr. Van Valkenburg was appointed as an executive officer of the Company on August 30, 2017.

Employment Agreements

None of our executive officers has an employment agreement with us, other than the agreements discussed under “Compensation of Executive Officers – Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control.”

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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End

The following table provides information with respect to unexercised options and unearned shares held by the NEOs as of June 30, 2019.

OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT 2019 FISCAL YEAR-END

	Option Awards(1)							Stock Awards(2)
Name	Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Exercisable		Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Unexercisable		Option Exercise Price ($)		Option Expiration Date(3)	Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested (#)	Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested ($)(4)		Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested (#)	Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market Value or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested ($)(4)
David L. Watza		33,333	66,666(5)			7.95	10/2/2027	9,400(6)		41,830	3,525(7)		15,686
		66,666	33,333(8)			6.65	12/1/2026	5,467(9)		24,328	1,025(10)		4,561
		30,000		-		7.95	11/2/2025	5,346(11)		23,790
Richard J. Van Valkenburg		13,333	6,667(12)			6.72	1/3/2027	4,800(6)		21,360	1,800(7)		8,010
		1,000		-		10.55	9/3/2023	2,767(9)		12,313	518(10)		2,305
		375		-		5.70	9/4/2022	2,912(11)		12,958

(1) The option award becomes immediately exercisable under certain circumstances in the event of a change in control as described under “Compensation of Executive Officers – Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control.”

(2) The restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit awards and performance share unit awards become immediately vested and risk of forfeiture and other restrictions lapse under certain circumstances in the event of a change in control as described under “Compensation of Executive Officers – Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control.”

(3) Options expire on the date indicated or, if earlier, one year after the optionee’s death or permanent disability or three months after the optionee’s termination of employment.

(4) Market value was determined by multiplying the number of shares that have not vested by the closing market price of the Common Stock on June 30, 2019.

(5) One half of these shares will vest on each of October 2, 2019 and 2020 if the executive’s services or employment have not terminated on or prior to such date.

(6) One third of these shares will vest on each of October 1, 2019, October 1, 2020 and October 1, 2021 if the executive’s services or employment have not terminated on or prior to such date.

(7) As discussed under “Compensation of Executive Officers – Narrative Disclosure Regarding Compensation – Key Elements of Compensation for Fiscal 2019 – Long Term Equity Incentive Plan,” the performance stock award units under the Fiscal 2019 Executive Long Term Incentive Plan identified in the table above are based on the assumption that the Company would achieve at the threshold level for each of the two performance goals during plan year 2019 (“Plan Year 2019 Tranche”) as well as plan years 2020 and 2021 and using the closing price of our Common Stock

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as of December 20, 2018 of $7.21.  Pursuant to the terms of the Fiscal 2019 Executive Long Term Incentive Plan, Messrs. Watza and Van Valkenburg, received 9,400 and 4,800, respectively, of performance stock award units under the 2004 Stock Plan on December 20, 2018. Subject to the Company’s achievement of specified results with respect to corporate revenue and operating income targets for plan year 2019 as well as plan years 2020 and 2021 (the “Performance Measures”), performance share award units vest 33-1/3% based upon the achievement of Performance Measures for plan year 2019, 33-1/3% based upon the achievement of Performance Measures for plan year2020 and 33-1/3% based upon the achievement of Performance Measures for plan year 2021, provided the participant remains employed with the Company onthe date the Management Development Committee determines whether the Performance Measures were achieved. The Management Development Committee will determine the extent to which the specified goals relating to the financial targets were achieved for the Plan Year 2019 Tranche by December 1, 2019 under the Fiscal 2019 Executive Long Term Equity Incentive Plan.

(8) These shares become fully vested on December 1, 2019 if the executive’s services or employment have not terminated on or prior to such date.

(9) One half of these shares will vest on each of October 2, 2019 and 2020 if the executive’s services or employment have not terminated on or prior to such date.

(10) These performance stock award units under the Fiscal 2018 Executive Long Term Incentive Plan are based on the assumption that the Company would achieve at the threshold level for each of the two performance goals during fiscal 2020 and using the closing price of our Common Stock as of October 2, 2017 of $7.95. These performance stock award units vest based upon the achievement of Performance Measures for fiscal 2020, provided the participant remains employed with the Company on the date the Management Development Committee determines whether the Performance Measures were achieved.

(11) These shares will vest on September 7, 2020 if the executive’s services or employment have not terminated on or prior to such date.

(12) These shares become fully vested on January 3, 2020 if the executive’s services or employment have not terminated on or prior to such date.

Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control

We have entered into a severance agreement with Messrs. Watza and Van Valkenburg. Under the terms of Mr. Watza’s severance agreement, in the event that we terminate his employment without “Cause” (provided such termination constitutes a “separation from service” under Code Section 409A), he will be paid an amount of cash severance equal to one times his current annual base salary, as in effect immediately prior to his termination, a prorated portion of any bonus he would have earned for the year of termination had Mr. Watza been employed at the end of the applicable bonus period, and continuation of Company-provided health, welfare and automobile benefits for one year or, if earlier, his date of death.  Under the terms of Mr. Van Valkenburg’s severance agreement, in the event that we terminate his employment without “Cause” (provided such termination constitutes a “separation from service” under Code Section 409A), he will be paid an amount of cash severance equal to one-half his current annual base salary, as in effect immediately prior to his termination, a prorated portion of any bonus he would have earned for the year of termination had Mr. Van Valkenburg been employed at the end of the applicable bonus period, and continuation of Company-provided health, welfare and automobile benefits for six months or, if earlier, his date of death.  All severance payments and benefits will be paid or provided over the period during which we are required to provide the benefit.

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The severance agreements also provide that, if the employment of our executive officers is terminated for any reason other than death, disability or Cause (provided such termination constitutes a “separation from service” under Code Section 409A), or he resigns for “Good Reason,” six months prior to or within two years after a “Change in Control,” in lieu of the severance described in the prior paragraph, (i) in the case of Mr. Watza,he will be entitled to an amount of severance equal to two times his current annual base salary, as in effect immediately prior to his termination, a prorated portion of his target bonus for the year of termination, based on the number of days worked in the year of termination, continuation of Company-provided health benefits for two years or, if earlier, his date of death, automobile benefits for one year or, if earlier, his date of death, other welfare benefits for two years and continued coverage under director and officer liability insurance policies for six years and (ii) in the case of Mr. Van Valkenburg,he will be entitled to an amount of severance equal to one times his current annual base salary, as in effect immediately prior to his termination, a prorated portion of his target bonus for the year of termination, based on the number of days worked in the year of termination, continuation of Company-provided health benefits for one year or, if earlier, his date of death, automobile benefits for one year or, if earlier, his date of death, other welfare benefits for one year and continued coverage under director and officer liability insurance policies for six years.  Base salary and bonus severance payments and other benefits will be provided over the period during which we are required to provide the benefit.  To the extent that any severance payments would not be exempt from Code Section 409A and the executive is determined to be a “specified employee” as defined under Code Section 409A, then such payments will be suspended for six months from the date of the executive’s termination of employment.  Suspended payments will be paid in a lump-sum, plus interest at the prime rate, plus two percent, at the end of the suspension period.  The special severance expires three years from the date of the severance agreement, except that such expiration date shall be extended for consecutive one year periods, unless, at least 180 days prior to the expiration date, we notify Mr. Watza in writing that we are not extending the term of these provisions.

Each of our executive officers have entered into our standard executive agreement not to compete, restricting his right to compete with us for the longer of twelve months or the period in which we are required to make payments to the executive, and standard employee proprietary information and inventions agreement, containing confidentiality provisions and a two-year restriction on soliciting our employees.  We have the right to cease all further payments under the executive officer’s severance agreement in the event that the executive officer violates the executive non-competition agreement.  The executive officer must sign a standard release to receive payments under the severance agreements, including standard non-disparagement provisions.

Payments under the severance agreements, when aggregated with any other “golden parachute” amounts (defined under Code Section 280G as compensation that becomes payable or accelerated due to a Change in Control) payable under this agreement or any of our other plans, agreements or policies, shall not exceed the golden parachute cap under Code Sections 280G and 4999.

Outstanding agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2018 relating to stock options granted and restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards under the 2004 Stock Plan to each of the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table, as well as stock options granted and restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards under the 2004 Stock Plan to our other officers entered into prior to fiscal year 2018, provide that such options become immediately exercisable and such restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards become immediately vested in the event of a Change in Control. Outstanding agreements entered into during or after fiscal year 2018 relating to stock options, restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards under the 2004 Stock Plan to each of the executive officers and our other officers will be subject to a double trigger structure, whereby accelerated vesting of the award would require both a Change in Control and qualified termination of employment or non-assumption of awards. Similarly, outstanding award agreements entered into during or after fiscal year 2018 relating to performance share unit awards under the 2004 Stock Plan provide that, upon a Change in Control of the Company, the performance requirements will be eliminated and any unvested portion of the award will vest, at the target number of shares subject to the original grant, in annual tranches at the anniversary date of the date of grant, based upon the year in which the tranche would have vested based upon achievement of the performance targets of the holder, if the holder of the award of the award is employed as of such date or, if earlier, a qualified termination of employment or non-assumption of the award. See “Compensation of Executive Officers – Narrative Disclosure Regarding Compensation – Key Elements of Compensation for Fiscal 2019 – Stock – Based Incentives.”

“Change in Control” for purposes of the severance agreements and the 2004 Stock Plan is generally defined as:

• A merger of the Company in which the Company is not the survivor,

• A share exchange transaction in which our shareholders own less than 50% of the stock of the survivor,

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• The sale or transfer of all or substantially all of our assets, or

• Any person, or group of persons who agree to act together to acquire, hold, vote or dispose of the Common Stock, acquires more than 50% of the Common Stock.

To the extent the agreement or award under the 2004 Stock Plan is subject to Code Section 409A, the event shall not be considered a Change in Control unless it is also a change in ownership, effective control or in the ownership of a substantial portion of assets of the Company, within the meaning of Code Section 409A.

“Cause” is generally defined as the executive’s:

• Personal dishonesty in connection with the performance of services for the Company,

• Willful misconduct in connection with the performance of services for the Company,

• Conviction for violation of any law involving (A) imprisonment that interferes with performance of duties or (B) moral turpitude,

• Repeated and intentional failure to perform stated duties, after written notice is delivered identifying the failure, and it is not cured within 10 days,

• Breach of a fiduciary duty to the Company,

• Breach of executive agreement not to compete or employee proprietary information and inventions agreement, or

• Prior to Change in Control, engaging in activities detrimental to interests of the Company that have a demonstrable adverse effect on the Company.

“Good Reason” is generally defined as the occurrence of any of the following events without the executive’s written consent, if the executive terminates employment within one year following the occurrence of such event:

• Material diminution in the executive’s position, duties, responsibilities or status with the Company immediately prior to the Change in Control,

• Material diminution in the executive’s base salary in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control which shall be a reduction in such base salary in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control which shall be a reduction in such base salary of five (5%) percent or more unless a greater reduction is required by Code Section 409A to constitute an “involuntary separation” from service,

• Material required relocation of the executive’s principal place of employment which shall be a relocation of more than 50 miles from his or her place of employment prior to the Change in Control unless a relocation of a greater distance is required by Code Section 409A to constitute an “involuntary separation” from service, or

• Breach of any provision in the severance agreements.

The payments and services to each NEO under the provisions of their severance agreements, stock option agreements and restricted stock agreements in the event of their termination of their employment with the Company and/or a Change in Control of the Company are estimated to aggregate the following amounts.  The estimate assumes that the termination of employment and/or Change in Control occurred on June 30, 2019, except as otherwise noted.

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ESTIMATED AGGREGATE PAYMENTS UNDER SEVERANCE, STOCK OPTION

AND RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENTS UPON TERMINATION OF

EMPLOYMENT AND/OR CHANGE IN CONTROL

	Type of Payment Benefit	Prior to Change in Control				Following Change in Control(1)
		Retirement, Voluntary Termination by NEO or For Cause Termination by Company		Involuntary Termination Without Cause By Company(2)		No Termination of Employment		Voluntary Termination by NEO, Without Good Reason, or For Cause Termination by Company		Voluntary Termination by NEO, For Good Reason, or Involuntary Termination By Company, Other Than For Cause(3)
David L. Watza	Cash Payment	$	-	$	338,000	$	-	$	-	$	861,000
	Stock Options(4)	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
	Stock Awards(5)	$	-	$	-	$	23,790	$	23,790	$	143,939
	Benefits	$	-	$	29,063	$	-	$	-	$	58,126
	Total	$	-	$	367,063	$	23,790	$	23,790	$	1,063,065
Richard J. Van Valkenburg	Cash Payment	$	-	$	115,000	$	-	$	-	$	310,500
	Stock Options(4)	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
	Stock Awards(5)	$	-	$	-	$	12,958	$	12,958	$	74,145
	Benefits	$	-	$	13,931	$	-	$	-	$	27,863
	Total	$	-	$	128,931	$	12,958	$	12,958	$	412,508

(1) In preparing the above estimates, we assumed that stock awards would be assumed by the successor company upon a change in control. If the stock awards were not assumed upon a change in control, Messrs. Watza and Van Valkenberg would receive a payment of $143,939 and $74,145, respectively, as a result of the vesting of stock awards, regardless of whether their employment is terminated or the reason for the employment termination.

(2) In preparing the above estimates we assumed that the annual bonus was payable at the same level as the bonus was earned for fiscal 2019, valued the executive life insurance and automobile benefits at the actual cost incurred by the Company in fiscal 2019 for such benefits, and valued the health and welfare plan benefits, other than executive life insurance, at the cost of COBRA coverage for that employee as of June 30, 2019.

(3) In preparing the above estimates we assumed that the executive would receive his or her full target bonus for the year of termination, valued the executive life insurance and automobile benefits at the actual cost incurred by the Company in fiscal 2019 for such benefits, and valued the health and welfare plan benefits, other than executive life insurance, at the cost of COBRA coverage for that employee as of June 30, 2019.

(4) Calculated by multiplying the number of shares underlying unexercisable options the exercisability of which is accelerated, and the exercise price of which is less than such closing price, by $4.45, the closing price of the Common Stock on the NASDAQ Global Market on June 30, 2019, less the exercise price of such option.  

(5) Calculated by multiplying the number of unearned shares of restricted stock, restricted stock units and performance stock units (based on the target number of shares subject to the original grant), the vesting of which is accelerated, by $4.45, the closing price of the Common Stock on the NASDAQ Global Market on June 30, 2019.

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Policy for Pre-Approval of Audit and Non-Audit Services

The Audit Committee has adopted a policy regarding audit and non-audit services that may be provided by our independent registered public accounting firm.  The policy sets forth the procedures and conditions pursuant to which services proposed to be performed by the independent registered public accounting firm must be pre-approved.  The policy provides that the Audit Committee will consider whether services to be performed by the independent registered public accounting firm are consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence.  In particular, the policy expressly names all services the independent registered public accounting firm may not perform and, in the case of other services, requires the Audit Committee to consider whether the independent registered public accounting firm is the best positioned to provide the most effective and efficient service.

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The policy provides that the Audit Committee will review and pre-approve annually, and periodically thereafter as required, the services proposed to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm in the categories of audit services, audit related services, tax services and all other services.  In addition, the Audit Committee is to determine the appropriate ratio of audit, audit related and tax services to all other services.  The Audit Committee has delegated to the chairman of the Audit Committee and, if he or she is unavailable, another member of the Audit Committee, authority to pre-approve audit and non-audit services proposed to be performed by the independent registered public accounting firm not previously approved by the Audit Committee.  Under the policy, the Audit Committee is to be informed on a timely basis of services actually rendered by the independent registered public accounting firm, including those pre-approved by a member of the Audit Committee.  The Chief Financial Officer of the Company is to immediately report to the Chairman of the Audit Committee any breach of the policy.

All of the services described below under audit fees, audit-related fees, tax fees and all other fees arising in fiscal 2019 and 2018 were approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to its pre-approval policies and procedures prior to the service being provided.  None of the audit-related fees or tax fees described below arising in fiscal 2019 and 2018 were approved by the Audit Committee after the initiation of such services pursuant to an exemption from the SEC’s requirements relating to approval of these types of services by the Audit Committee prior to the provision of the service under Section 2.01(c)(7)(i)(C) of SEC Regulation S-X.

Fees Paid to Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Audit Fees.  The aggregate fees and expenses billed by BDO for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual consolidated financial statements and internal controls over financial reporting, reviews of the quarterly consolidated financial statements included in our Forms 10-Q and audit services provided in connection with other regulatory filings were $471,300 in fiscal 2019 and $463,200 in fiscal 2018.

Audit-Related Fees.  BDO did not render any audit-related services to the Company in fiscal 2019 or fiscal 2018.

Tax Fees.  BDO did not render any tax related services to the Company in fiscal 2019 or fiscal 2018.

All Other Fees.  BDO did not render any other services for the Company in fiscal 2019 or fiscal 2018.

The Audit Committee of the Board does not consider the provision of the services described above by BDO to be incompatible with the maintenance of BDO’s independence.

SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS AND NOMINEES FOR 2020 ANNUAL MEETING

Shareholder Proposals

Shareholder proposals intended to be presented at the 2020 annual meeting which are eligible for inclusion in our proxy statement for that meeting under Rule 14a-8 promulgated under the Exchange Act, must be received by the Secretary of the Company at 47827 Halyard Drive, Plymouth, MI 48170-2461, no later than May 30, 2020 in order to be considered for inclusion in our proxy statement relating to that meeting.  In order to curtail controversy as to the date on which a proposal was received by us, it is suggested that proposals be submitted by certified mail, return receipt requested.

Our Bylaws provide that, in order for shareholder proposals to be properly brought before the 2020 annual meeting, written notice of such proposal, along with the information required by Article I, Section 10 of our Bylaws, must be received by the Secretary of the Company at our principal executive offices no earlier than the close of business on August 20, 2020 and no later than September 19, 2020.  If the annual meeting is advanced by more than 30 days or delayed by more than 70 days from the anniversary date of the 2019 annual meeting, the notice must be delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 90th day prior to the 2020 annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the 60th day prior to the 2020 annual meeting or, if later, the 10th day following the day on which a public announcement of the date of the 2020 annual meeting is first made by the Company.

We expect the persons named as proxies for the 2020 annual meeting to use their discretionary voting authority, to the extent permitted by law, with respect to any proposal considered untimely at the 2020 annual meeting.

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Only persons who are shareholders, both as of the giving of notice and the date of the shareholder meeting, and who are eligible to vote at the shareholder meeting are eligible to propose business to be brought before a shareholder meeting.  The proposing shareholder (or his qualified representative) must attend the shareholder meeting in person and present the proposed business in order for the proposed business to be considered.

Shareholder Nominees

Shareholders desiring to recommend candidates for consideration and evaluation by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee for the 2020 annual meeting should submit such recommendations in writing to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, c/o Assistant Secretary, Perceptron, Inc., 47827 Halyard Drive, Plymouth, MI 48170-2461 no later than April 30, 2020.  The recommendation should be accompanied by the following:  (i) the name, address, e-mail address (if any), and telephone number of the shareholder, the number of shares of the Common Stock beneficially owned by the shareholder and proof of the shareholder’s beneficial ownership of the Common Stock by one of the means set forth in Rule 14a-8(b)(2) promulgated under the Exchange Act; (ii) the name, address, e-mail address (if any) and telephone number of the proposed nominee and the number of shares of the Common Stock beneficially owned by the nominee; (iii) a detailed description of the proposed nominee’s business, professional, public, academic, scientific or technological experience and other qualifications for Board membership, including the name and address of other businesses for which the proposed nominee has provided services, or for which he or she has served as a director, in the last five years, a description of the proposed nominee’s specific experience in such position and the proposed nominee’s academic achievements; (iv) a description of any potential conflicts between the interests of the Company and its shareholders and the proposed nominee; (v) a written agreement by the proposed nominee to serve as a member of the Company’s Board if nominated and elected; and (vi) a written representation by the shareholder and the proposed nominee that the proposed nominee is not an affiliate or affiliated party with respect to the shareholder.  The Assistant Secretary will forward any recommendations to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.  The nominating shareholder and proposed nominee may be requested to provide additional information regarding the shareholder or the proposed nominee and to attend one or more interviews, in each case, as requested by the Board or Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Shareholders proposing director nominees at the 2020 annual meeting of shareholders must provide written notice of such intention, along with the other information required by Article 1, Section 10 of our Bylaws, to the Secretary of the Company at our principal executive offices no earlier than the close of business on August 20, 2020 and no later than September 18, 2020.  If the annual meeting is advanced by more than 30 days or delayed by more than 70 days from the anniversary date of the 2019 annual meeting, the notice must be delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 90th day prior to the 2020 annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the 60th day prior to the 2020 annual meeting or, if later, the 10th day following the day on which a public announcement of the date of the 2020 annual meeting is first made by the Company.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the number of directors to be elected is increased and there is no public disclosure regarding such increase or naming all of the nominees for director at least 70 days prior to the first anniversary of the prior year’s annual meeting, then shareholder notice with regard to nomination of directors shall be considered timely if received by the Secretary of the Company no later than the 10th day following public disclosure of the increase in the number of directors to be elected.  A proponent must also update the information provided in or with the notice at the times specified by our Bylaws.  Nomination notices which do not contain the information required by our Bylaws or which are not delivered in compliance with the procedure set forth in our Bylaws will not be considered at the shareholder meeting.

Only persons who are shareholders both as of the giving of notice and the date of the shareholder meeting and who are eligible to vote at the shareholder meeting are eligible to nominate directors.  The nominating shareholder (or his qualified representative) must attend the shareholder meeting in person and present the proposed nominee in order for the proposed nominee to be considered.

See “Corporate Governance – Board Leadership Structure and Board and Committee Information – Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee” for a description of the standards used by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee to evaluate candidates recommended by shareholders.

OTHER MATTERS

At the date of this Proxy Statement, the Board is not aware of any matters to be presented for action at the Annual Meeting other than those described above.  However, if any other matters requiring a shareholder vote properly come before the meeting, it is the intention of the persons named in the accompanying proxy to vote such proxy in accordance with their best judgment, to the extent permitted by law, on such matters.

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VOTE BY INTERNET - www.proxyvote.com Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form. ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF FUTURE PROXY MATERIALS If you would like to reduce the costs incurred by our company in mailing proxy materials, you can consent to receiving all future proxy statements, proxy cards and annual reports electronically via e-mail or the Internet. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the instructions above to vote using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access proxy materials electronically in future years. VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903 Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions. VOTE BY MAIL Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717. PERCEPTRON, INC. 47827 HALYARD DRIVE PLYMOUTH, MI 48170-2461 ATTN: ASSISTANT SECRETARY E84874-P28730 PERCEPTRON, INC. To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark "For All Except" and write the number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line below. For All Except For All Withhold All The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following: ! ! ! 1. Election of Directors  Nominees:  01) John F. Bryant  02) Jay W. Freeland  03) Sujatha Kumar  04) C. Richard Neely, Jr. 05) James A. Ratigan 06) William C. Taylor 07) David L. Watza For  Against Abstain The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2 and 4 and every 1 Year for proposal 3. ! ! ! 2. A non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of our named executive officers. Abstain 3 Years 1 Year 2 Years ! ! ! ! 3. A non-binding vote on the frequency of shareholder advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers. Abstain For Against ! ! ! 4. The ratification of the selection of BDO USA, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2020. NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name by authorized officer.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting: The 2019 Annual Report, Notice and Proxy Statement are available at www.proxyvote.com. E84875-P28730 PERCEPTRON, INC. Annual Meeting of Shareholders November 18, 2019 at 8:30 AM This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors The undersigned hereby appoints Jay W. Freeland and David L. Watza, or either of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side, all of the shares of Common Stock of PERCEPTRON, INC. that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held at 8:30 AM, Eastern Time, on Monday, November 18, 2019, at Perceptron, Inc. Corporate Headquarters, 47827 Halyard Drive, Plymouth, MI 48170-2461 and any adjournment or postponement thereof. In their discretion, to the extent permitted by law, the proxies are also authorized to vote upon all such other matters as may properly come before the meeting, including the election of any person to the Board of Directors where a nominee named in the Proxy Statement is unable to serve or, for good cause, will not serve. This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein. If no such direction is made, this proxy will be voted in accordance with the Board of Directors' recommendations. Continued and to be signed on reverse side