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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1999.
REGISTRATION NO. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 42-0991521
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
2140 LAKE PARK BLVD., RICHARDSON, TEXAS 75080
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
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LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC.
NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTORS' COMPENSATION AND DEFERRAL PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
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CARL E. EDWARDS
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT,
GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC.
2140 LAKE PARK BLVD.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS 75080
(Name and address of agent for service)
(972) 497-5000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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COPY TO:
Andrew M. Baker
Baker & Botts, L.L.P.
2001 Ross Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75201
(214) 953-6500
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed maximum Proposed maximum
Title of securities Amount to be offering price per aggregate offering Amount of
to be registered registered share (1) price (1) registration fee
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Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share 40,000 shares $ 16.56 $ 662,400 $ 185.00
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(1) Determined in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) based on the average of
the high and low prices on the New York Stock Exchange on September 10,
1999.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Note: The document(s) containing the information concerning the Lennox
International Inc. Nonemployee Directors' Compensation and Deferral Plan (the
"Plan") required by Item 1 of Form S-8 and the statement of availability of
registrant information, Plan information and other information required by Item
2 of Form S-8 will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act"). In accordance with
Rule 428 and the requirements of Part I of Form S-8, such documents are not
being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule 424. Lennox International Inc. (the "Company")
shall maintain a file of such documents in accordance with the provisions of
Rule 428. Upon request, the Company shall furnish to the Commission or its staff
a copy or copies of any or all of the documents included in such file.
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PART II
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents heretofore filed by the Company with the
Commission are incorporated herein by reference:
(1) The Company's latest prospectus filed with the Commission on July
29, 1999 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act.
(2) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
June 30, 1999.
(3) The description of the capital stock of the Company contained in
the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-75725)
(the "S-1").
All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), subsequent to the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference and to be
a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in this Registration Statement, in an amendment
hereto or in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent
that a statement contained herein, in any subsequently filed supplement to this
Registration Statement or any document that is also incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Set forth below is a description of certain provisions of the Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the "Certificate"), the Amended and
Restated Bylaws of the Company (the "Bylaws"), Indemnification Agreements (the
"Indemnification Agreements") the
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Company has entered into with its directors and certain of its officers (the
"Indemnitees") and the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"). This
description is intended as a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the Certificate, the Bylaws and the Indemnification Agreements,
copies of which have been filed as exhibits to the Company's S-1, and by
reference to the DGCL.
Delaware General Corporation Law
Section 145(a) of the DGCL provides that a corporation may indemnify
any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the
right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at
the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with
such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a
manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was
unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides that a corporation may indemnify
any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the
person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or
is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement
of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the
person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any
claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court
of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in
view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Delaware Court of Chancery or
such other court shall deem proper.
Section 145(c) of the DGCL provides that to the extent that a present
or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits
or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section
145(a) and (b), or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person
shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
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Section 145(d) of the DGCL provides that any indemnification under
Section 145(a) and (b) (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the
corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that
indemnification of the present or former director, officer, employee or agent is
proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of
conduct set forth in Section 145(a) and (b). Such determination shall be made,
with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such
determination, (1) by a majority vote of the directors who were not parties to
such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (2) by a
committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even
though less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no such directors, or if such
directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (4)
by the stockholders.
Section 145(e) of the DGCL provides that expenses (including attorneys'
fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the
corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or
proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or
officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such
person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in
Section 145. Such expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by former
directors and officers or other employees and agents may be so paid upon such
terms and conditions, if any, as the board of directors deems appropriate.
Section 145(f) of the DGCL provides that the indemnification and
advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, Section 145 shall
not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking
indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw,
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as
to action in such person's official capacity and as to action in another
capacity while holding such office.
Section 145(g) of the DGCL provides that a corporation shall have the
power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at
the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person
in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or
not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such
liability under Section 145.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL provides that the liability of a director
may not be limited or eliminated for the breach of such director's duty of
loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, for such director's intentional
acts or omissions not in good faith, for such director's concurrence in or vote
for an unlawful payment of a dividend or unlawful stock purchase or redemption
or for any improper personal benefit derived by the director from any
transaction.
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The Certificate
Article Eighth of the Certificate provides that a director of the
Company shall not be liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such
exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL
as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. Any repeal or modification of
Article Eighth shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director
of the Company existing thereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring
prior to such repeal or modification.
The Bylaws
Article VI of the Bylaws provides that each person who at any time
shall serve or shall have served as a director or officer of the Company, or any
person who, while a director or officer of the Company, is or was serving at the
request of the Company as a director or officer of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be entitled to (a)
indemnification and (b) the advancement of expenses incurred by such person from
the Company as, and to the fullest extent, permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL
or any successor statutory provision, as from time to time amended. The Company
may indemnify any other person, to the same extent and subject to the same
limitations specified in the immediately preceding sentence, by reason of the
fact that such other person is or was an employee or agent of the Company or
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.
The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted
pursuant to, Article VI shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to
which any person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be
entitled under any bylaw of the Company, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person's
official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such
office. All rights to indemnification under Article VI shall be deemed to be
provided by a contract between he Company and the director, officer, employee or
agent who served in such capacity at any time while the bylaws of he Company and
other relevant provisions of the DGCL and other applicable law, if any, are in
effect. Any repeal or modification thereof shall not affect any rights or
obligations then existing. Without limiting the provisions of Article VI, the
Company is authorized from time to time, without further action by the
stockholders of the Company, to enter into agreements with any director or
officer of the Company providing such rights of indemnification as the Company
may deem appropriate, up to the maximum extent permitted by law. Any agreement
entered into by the Company with a director may be authorized by the other
directors, and such authorization shall not be invalid on the basis that similar
agreements may have been or may thereafter be entered into with other directors.
Insurance
The Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person
who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or
was serving at the request of the
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Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability
asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity,
or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the Company would
have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the
applicable provisions of Article VI of the Bylaws or the DGCL.
Indemnification Agreements
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements (the
"Indemnification Agreements") with its directors and certain of its executive
officers (collectively, the "Indemnitees"). Under the terms of the
Indemnification Agreements, the Company has generally agreed to indemnify, and
advance expenses to, each Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law on the date of the agreements and to such greater extent as
applicable law may thereafter permit. In addition, the Indemnification
Agreements contain specific provisions pursuant to which the Company has agreed
to indemnify each Indemnitee (i) if such person is, by reason of his or her
status as a director, nominee for director, officer, agent or fiduciary of the
Company or of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise with which such person was serving at the
request of the Company (any such status being referred to as a "Corporate
Status") made or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution mechanism,
investigation or other proceeding (each, a "Proceeding"), other than a
proceeding by or in the right of the Company; (ii) if such person is, by reason
of his or her Corporate Status, made or threatened to be made a party to any
Proceeding brought by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in
its favor, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim,
issue or matter in such Proceeding as to which such Indemnitee shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the Company if applicable law prohibits such
indemnification, unless and only to the extent that a court shall otherwise
determine; (iii) against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such
person or on his or her behalf in connection with any Proceeding to which such
Indemnitee was or is a party by reason of his or her Corporate Status and in
which such Indemnitee is successful, on the merits or otherwise; (iv) against
expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person or on his or her behalf
in connection with a Proceeding to the extent that such Indemnitee is, by reason
of his or her Corporate Status, a witness or otherwise participates in any
Proceeding at a time when such person is not a party in the Proceeding; and (v)
against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in any judicial
adjudication of or any award in arbitration to enforce his or her rights under
the Indemnification Agreements.
In addition, under the terms of the Indemnification Agreements, the
Company has agreed to pay all reasonable expenses incurred by or on behalf of an
Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding, whether brought by or in the right
of the Company or otherwise, in advance of any determination with respect to
entitlement to indemnification and within 15 days after the receipt by the
Company of a written request from such Indemnitee for such payment. In the
Indemnification Agreements, each Indemnitee has agreed that he or she will
reimburse and repay the Company for any expenses so advanced to the extent that
it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be
indemnified by the Company against such expenses.
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The Indemnification Agreements also include provisions that specify the
procedures and presumptions which are to be employed to determine whether an
Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification thereunder. In some cases, the nature
of the procedures specified in the Indemnification Agreements varies depending
on whether there has occurred a "Change in Control" (as defined in the
Indemnification Agreements) of the Company.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTIONS FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
4.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as
amended (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the S-1 and incorporated
herein by reference)
4.2 Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (filed as Exhibit
3.2 to the S-1 and incorporated herein by reference)
4.3 Specimen of certificate representing Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share, of the Company (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the
S-1 and incorporated herein by reference)
4.4 Lennox International Inc. Nonemployee Directors' Compensation
and Deferral Plan
5 Opinion of Baker & Botts, L.L.P.
23.1 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
23.2 Consent of Baker & Botts, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5)
24 Power of Attorney (included on the execution page of this
Registration Statement)
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
(a) The Company hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of this Registration
Statement (or the most recent post-effective
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amendment thereof), which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if
the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation
of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration
Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do
not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
the termination of the offering.
(b) The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company
has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid
by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
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director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Richardson, State of
Texas, on this 13th day of September, 1999.
LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC.
By: /s/ John W. Norris, Jr.
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John W. Norris, Jr.
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned directors
and officers of Lennox International Inc., a Delaware corporation, which is
filing a Registration Statement on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, hereby
constitutes and appoints John W. Norris, Jr., Carl E. Edwards, Jr. and Clyde W.
Wyant, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign and file any and all
amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, it being understood that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, shall have full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, and that each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that
said attorneys-in-fact as agents or any of them, or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on September 13, 1999.
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/s/ John W. Norris, Jr. Chairman of the Board
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John W. Norris, Jr. (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Clyde W. Wyant Executive Vice President,
- ---------------------------------- Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Clyde W. Wyant (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ John J. Hubbuch Vice President, Controller
- ---------------------------------- and Chief Accounting Officer
John J. Hubbuch (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Linda G. Alvarado Director
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Linda G. Alvarado
/s/ David H. Anderson Director
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David H. Anderson
/s/ Richard W. Booth Director
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Richard W. Booth
/s/ Thomas W. Booth Director
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Thomas W. Booth
/s/ David V. Brown Director
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David V. Brown
/s/ James J. Byrne Director
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James J. Byrne
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/s/ Janet K. Cooper Director
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Janet K. Cooper
/s/ John E. Major Director
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John E. Major
/s/ Donald E. Miller Director
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Donald E. Miller
Director
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Terry D. Stinson
/s/ Richard L. Thompson Director
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Richard L. Thompson
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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4.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended (filed as Exhibit
3.1 to the S-1) and incorporated herein by reference)
4.2 Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the S-1 and
Incorporated herein by reference)
4.3 Specimen of certificate representing Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of
the Company (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the S-1 and incorporated herein by reference)
4.4 Lennox International Inc. Nonemployee Directors' Compensation and Deferral Plan
5 Opinion of Baker & Botts, L.L.P.
23.1 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
23.2 Consent of Baker & Botts, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5)
24 Power of Attorney (included on the execution page of this Registration Statement)
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EXHIBIT 4.4
LENNOX INTERNATIONAL, INC.
NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTORS' COMPENSATION
AND DEFERRAL PLAN
JANUARY 1, 1999
I. OBJECTIVE AND PURPOSE:
The purpose of the NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTORS' COMPENSATION AND
DEFERRAL PLAN, (the "Plan") is to provide a procedure whereby members of the
Board of Directors of LENNOX INTERNATIONAL, INC. (the "Company") who are not
also employees of the Company may enter into a contractual agreement to receive
all or part of the annual cash retainer payable by the Company to the Directors
on account of their services as Directors (excluding fees payable to Directors
for services as members of one or more committees of the Board) in the form of
common stock of the Company, and, to the extent not taken in stock, to defer 25
percent or more of the cash retainer to the Director's termination of service on
the Board of Directors.
II. PLAN ADMINISTRATION:
The Plan will be administered by the Company's Board of
Directors (the "Board"). Full power to interpret, construe and administer the
Plan shall, except as otherwise provided in this Plan, be vested in the Board.
All actions of the Board shall be by majority vote. The expense of administering
the Plan shall be borne by the Company and shall not be charged against benefits
payable hereunder. No member of the Board may participate in any decision
affecting his particular participation, benefits or any other right or
obligation affecting him hereunder.
III. ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION:
Directors of the Company who are not full-time employees of
the Company are eligible to participate in the Plan. Amounts subject to deferral
will be evidenced by an individual Deferred Compensation Agreement (the
"Agreement") between the Company and the individual Director. Each such
Agreement shall indicate the amount to be deferred and the Beneficiary or
Beneficiaries to receive payment in the event of the Director's death.
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IV. ELECTIONS:
The annual retainer paid to a Director by the Company shall be
paid in equal quarterly installments in the form of common stock of the Company
("Shares") and in cash in such proportions as may be elected hereunder by the
Director; provided, however, that a minimum amount each year, currently $5,000,
and as hereafter established by the Board, shall be paid to the Director in
Shares. The number of whole Shares to be transferred to a Director each quarter
shall be determined by dividing the amount of the retainer to be paid in Shares
that quarter by the fair market value of a Share as of the last business day
preceding the date of such determination. For this purpose, fair market value
shall mean the value determined most recently by an independent appraiser if
shares are not then publicly traded, or the closing price on the principal stock
exchange on which such Shares are listed, if Shares are then publicly traded.
Prior to the beginning of a calendar year, or prior to the beginning of his
tenure if the Director begins service during a year, the Director may elect to
defer payment of at least 25 percent, and up to the entire amount of the annual
cash retainer to be paid to such Director for services to be rendered in his
capacity as a Director during the calendar year. The Director shall execute his
Agreement to participate in the Plan on a form provided by the Board. An
election to defer a cash retainer shall be irrevocable once made, and it shall
continue to be effective in succeeding years unless revoked or revised at least
30 days prior to the beginning of any calendar year.
V. MAINTENANCE OF ACCOUNT:
The Company shall credit to an account established on the
Company's books in the name of each participating Director the amount elected to
be deferred for each year by the Director. Interest shall be credited to each
such account on a monthly basis at an annual rate equal to the prime rate
charged by the Company's lenders plus one percent per annum.
VI. DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS UNDER THE PLAN:
Subject to the terms and conditions mentioned below, the value
of a Director's account under the Plan shall be paid in a cash lump sum as soon
as practicable following the Director's termination of service as a director of
the Company. If the Director has elected, on a form provided by the Board, not
later than the calendar year prior to such Director's termination, his payments
shall be in the form of annual installments over a period of three years,
beginning as soon as practicable following the termination of the Participant's
directorship with the Company.
(a) Attainment of Age 70.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, upon
a Director's attainment of age 70, the value of his account shall be
paid, in a lump sum or installments, as previously elected by the
Director.
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(b) Death of a Director.
In the event that a Director shall die at any time
prior to the complete distribution of all amounts payable to him under
the Plan, the remaining unpaid value of his account shall be paid to
the Beneficiary or Beneficiaries designated by the Director, or in the
absence of any such designation, to his estate.
(c) Acceleration of Payment.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
value of a Director's account shall be paid to him in a lump sum as
soon as practicable following: (1) his termination of service due to
disability; (2) a Change of Control (as defined in Exhibit A hereto) of
the Company or (3) a severe financial hardship of the Director, as
determined in the sole discretion of the Board.
VII. ASSIGNMENT:
No Director or Beneficiary of a Director shall have any right
to assign, pledge, hypothecate, anticipate or in any way create a lien upon any
amounts payable hereunder. No amounts payable hereunder shall be subject to
assignment or transfer or otherwise be alienable, either by voluntary or
involuntary act or by operation of law, or subject to attachment, execution,
garnishment, sequestration or other seizure under any legal, equitable or other
process, or be liable in any way for the debts or defaults of a Director.
VIII. WITHHOLDING:
Any taxes required to be withheld from payments to a Director
hereunder shall be deducted and withheld by the Company.
IX. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION:
This Plan may be amended in whole or in part, prospectively or
retroactively, by action of the Company's Board of Directors and may be
terminated at any time by action of the Board of Directors; provided, however,
that no such amendment or termination shall reduce any amount payable hereunder
to the extent such amount accrued prior to the date of amendment or termination.
X. RIGHTS TO PARTICIPATION:
The Company's sole obligation to Directors and their
Beneficiaries shall be to make payment as provided hereunder and in any
Agreement. All payments shall be made from the general assets of the Company and
no Director shall have any right hereunder to any specific assets of the
Company.
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XI. BINDING PROVISIONS:
All of the provisions of this Plan shall be binding upon all
persons who shall be entitled to any benefits hereunder, and their heirs and
personal representatives.
XII. EFFECTIVE DATE:
This Plan shall be effective for compensation earned
commencing January 1, 1999.
XIII. GOVERNING LAW:
This Plan and all determinations made and actions taken
pursuant hereto shall be governed by the law of the State of Texas and shall be
construed accordingly.
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EXHIBIT A
As used in this Exhibit A, the terms set forth below shall have the
following respective meanings:
"Beneficial Owner" shall mean, with reference to any
securities, any Person if:
(i) such Person is the "beneficial owner" of (as
determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations
under the Exchange Act, as in effect on the date of this Agreement)
such securities; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed
the "Beneficial Owner" of, or to "beneficially own," any security under
this subsection (i) as a result of an agreement, arrangement or
understanding to vote such security if such agreement, arrangement or
understanding: (x) arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent
given in response to a public (i.e., not including a solicitation
exempted by Rule 14a-2(b)(2) of the General Rules and Regulations under
the Exchange Act) proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and
in accordance with, the applicable provisions of the General Rules and
Regulations under the Exchange Act and (y) is not then reportable by
such Person on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable
or successor report); or
(ii) such Person is a member of a group (as that term
is used in Rule 13d- 5(b) of the General Rules and Regulations under
the Exchange Act) that includes any other Person that beneficially owns
such securities;
provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the "Beneficial Owner" of,
or to "beneficially own" any security held by a Norris Family Trust with respect
to which such Person acts in the capacity of trustee, personal representative,
custodian, administrator, executor or other fiduciary; provided, further, that
nothing in this definition shall cause a Person engaged in business as an
underwriter of securities to be the Beneficial Owner of, or to "beneficially
own," any securities acquired through such Person's participation in good faith
in a firm commitment underwriting until the expiration of forty days after the
date of such acquisition. For purposes hereof, "voting" a security shall include
voting, granting a proxy, consenting or making a request or demand relating to
corporate action (including, without limitation, a demand for a stockholder
list, to call a stockholder meeting or to inspect corporate books and records)
or otherwise giving an authorization (within the meaning of Section 14(a) of the
Exchange Act) in respect of such security.
The terms "beneficially own" and "beneficially owning" shall
have meanings that are correlative to this definition of the term "Beneficial
Owner."
"Change of Control" shall mean any of the following occurring
on or after the effective date of the Plan:
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(i) Any Person (other than an Exempt Person) shall
become the Beneficial Owner of 35% or more of the shares of Common
Stock then outstanding or 35% or more of the combined voting power of
the Voting Stock of the Company then outstanding; provided, however,
that no Change of Control shall be deemed to occur for purposes of this
subsection (i) if such Person shall become a Beneficial Owner of 35% or
more of the shares of Common Stock or 35% or more of the combined
voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company solely as a result of
(x) an Exempt Transaction or (y) an acquisition by a Person pursuant to
a reorganization, merger or consolidation, if, following such
reorganization, merger or consolidation, the conditions described in
clauses (x), (y) and (z) of subsection (iii) of this definition are
satisfied;
(ii) Individuals who, as of the effective date of the
Plan, constitute the Board (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason
to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that
any individual becoming a director subsequent to the effective date of
the Plan whose election, or nomination for election by the Company's
shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the
directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as
though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board; provided,
further, that there shall be excluded, for this purpose, any such
individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of any
actual or threatened election contest that is subject to the provisions
of Rule 14a-11 under the Exchange Act;
(iii) Approval by the shareholders of the Company of
a reorganization, merger or consolidation, in each case, unless,
following such reorganization, merger or consolidation, (x) more than
65% of the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation
resulting from such reorganization, merger or consolidation and the
combined voting power of the then outstanding Voting Stock of such
corporation is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by all or
substantially all of the Persons who were the Beneficial Owners of the
outstanding Common Stock immediately prior to such reorganization,
merger or consolidation (ignoring, for purposes of this clause (x), the
first proviso in the definition of "Beneficial Owner" set forth above)
in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately
prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation of the
outstanding Common Stock, (y) no Person (excluding any Exempt Person or
any Person beneficially owning, immediately prior to such
reorganization, merger or consolidation, directly or indirectly, 35% or
more of the Common Stock then outstanding or 35% or more of the
combined voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company then
outstanding) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 35% or more of
the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation
resulting from such reorganization, merger or consolidation or the
combined voting power of the then outstanding Voting Stock of such
corporation and (z) at least a majority of the members of the board of
directors of the corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger
or consolidation were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the
execution of the initial agreement or initial action by the Board
providing for such reorganization, merger or consolidation; or
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(iv) Approval by the shareholders of the Company of
(x) a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company, unless such
liquidation or dissolution is approved as part of a plan of liquidation
and dissolution involving a sale or disposition of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company to a corporation with respect to
which, following such sale or other disposition, all of the
requirements of clauses (y)(A), (B) and (C) of this subsection (iv) are
satisfied, or (y) the sale or other disposition of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company, other than to a corporation, with
respect to which, following such sale or other disposition, (A) more
than 65% of the then outstanding shares of common stock of such
corporation and the combined voting power of the Voting Stock of such
corporation is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by all
or substantially all of the Persons who were the Beneficial Owners of
the outstanding Common Stock immediately prior to such sale or other
disposition (ignoring, for the purposes of this clause (y)(A), the
first proviso in the definition of "Beneficial Owner" set forth above)
in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately
prior to such sale or other disposition, of the outstanding Common
Stock, (B) no Person (excluding any Exempt Person and any Person
beneficially owning, immediately prior to such sale or other
disposition, directly or indirectly, 35% or more of the Common Stock
then outstanding or 35% or more of the combined voting power of the
Voting Stock of the Company then outstanding) beneficially owns,
directly or indirectly, 35% or more of the then outstanding shares of
common stock of such corporation and the combined voting power of the
then outstanding Voting Stock of such corporation and (C) at least a
majority of the members of the board of directors of such corporation
were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the
initial agreement or initial action of the Board providing for such
sale or other disposition of assets of the Company.
"Common Stock" shall mean the common stock, par value $.01 per
share, of the Company.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.
"Exempt Person" shall mean (i) the Company, any subsidiary of
the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary of the
Company, and any Person organized, appointed or established by the Company for
or pursuant to the terms of any such plan and (ii) any Person who is shown under
the caption "Principal and Selling Stockholders" in the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 related to the initial public offering of the Common Stock
as beneficially owning (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the General
Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, as in effect on the date of this
Agreement) five percent or more of the Common Stock unless and until such Person
individually becomes the Beneficial Owner, other than as a result of a
distribution from a Norris Family Trust, of an amount of Common Stock that is
103% or more of the amount of such Common Stock beneficially owned by such
Person on the date the Registration Statement is declared effective by the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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"Exempt Transaction" shall mean an increase in the percentage
of the outstanding shares of Common Stock or the percentage of the combined
voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company beneficially owned
by any Person solely as a result of a reduction in the number of shares of
Common Stock then outstanding due to the repurchase of Common Stock by the
Company, unless and until such time as such Person shall purchase or otherwise
become the Beneficial Owner of additional shares of Common Stock constituting 3%
or more of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock or additional Voting
Stock representing 3% or more of the combined voting power of the then
outstanding Voting Stock.
"Norris Family Trust" shall mean any trust, estate,
custodianship or other fiduciary arrangement (collectively, a "Family Entity")
formed, owned, held, or existing primarily for the benefit of the lineal
descendants of D.W. Norris, but only if such Family Entity shall not at any time
hold Common Stock or Voting Stock of the Company with the primary purpose of
effecting with respect to the Company (i) an extraordinary corporate
transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation (ii) a sale or
transfer of a material amount of assets, (iii) any material change in
capitalization, (iv) any other material change in business or corporate
structure or operations, (v) changes in corporate charter or bylaws, or (vi) a
change in the composition of the Board or of the members of senior management.
"Person" shall mean any individual, firm, corporation,
partnership, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity.
"Voting Stock" shall mean, with respect to a corporation, all
securities of such corporation of any class or series that are entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors of such corporation (excluding any class
or series that would be entitled so to vote by reason of the occurrence of any
contingency, so long as such contingency has not occurred).
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EXHIBIT 5
BAKER & BOTTS, L.L.P.
2001 Ross Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75201
September 13, 1999
Lennox International Inc.
2140 Lake Park Blvd.
Richardson, Texas 75080
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As set forth in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") to be filed by Lennox International Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), relating to
40,000 shares (the "Shares") of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share
("Common Stock"), of the Company, that may be issued pursuant to the Lennox
International Inc. Nonemployee Directors' Compensation and Deferral Plan (the
"Plan"), certain legal matters in connection with the Shares are being passed
upon for the Company by us. At your request, this opinion is being furnished to
you for filing as Exhibit 5 to the Registration Statement.
In our capacity as counsel to the Company in the connection
referenced above, we have examined the Company's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws, each as amended to date, and the
Plan, and have examined the originals, or copies certified or otherwise
identified, of corporate records of the Company, including minute books of the
Company as furnished to us by the Company, certificates of public officials and
of representatives of the Company, statutes and other instruments and documents
as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed.
We have assumed that all signatures on all documents examined
by us are genuine, that all documents submitted to us as originals are
authentic, that all documents submitted to us as copies are true and correct
copies of the originals thereof and that all information submitted to us was
accurate and complete. In addition, we have assumed for purposes of paragraph 2
below that the consideration received by the Company for the Shares will not be
less than the par value of the Shares.
Based upon our examination as aforesaid, and subject to the
assumptions, qualifications, limitations and exceptions herein set forth, we are
of the opinion that:
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Lennox International Inc. -2- September 13, 1999
1. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and validly
existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
2. When issued and sold from time to time in accordance with
the provisions of the Plan for consideration calculated pursuant to the
terms and provisions of the Plan, the Shares will be duly authorized by
all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
The opinions set forth above are limited to the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and no opinion is expressed herein as
to matters governed by the law of any other jurisdiction.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit
to the Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/ BAKER & BOTTS, L.L.P.
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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference in this registration statement of our reports dated February 18, 1999,
included in Lennox International Inc.'s registration statement on Form S-1
(Registration No. 333-75725), and to all references to our Firm included in or
made a part of this registration statement.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Dallas, Texas
September 10, 1999
