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SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )
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Section240.14a-12
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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(Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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(Name of person(s) filing proxy statement)
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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD OCTOBER 27, 1994
TO THE SHAREHOLDERS:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of SEAGATE
TECHNOLOGY, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, will be held on
Thursday, October 27, 1994 at 10:00 a.m., local time, at The Fairmont Hotel,
Fairmont Plaza, 170 South Market Street, San Jose, California 95113 for the
following purposes:
1. To elect directors to serve for the ensuing year and until their
successors are elected.
2. To approve an amendment of the Employee Stock Purchase Plan to
increase the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance
thereunder by 2,000,000 shares.
3. To ratify and approve the Company's Performance-Based Executive
Compensation Plan.
4. To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent
auditors of the Company for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995.
5. To transact such other business as may properly come before the
meeting or any adjournment thereof.
The foregoing items of business are more fully described in the Proxy
Statement accompanying this Notice.
Only shareholders of record at the close of business on September 2, 1994
are entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting.
All shareholders are cordially invited to attend the meeting in person.
However, to assure your representation at the meeting, you are urged to mark,
sign, date and return the enclosed Proxy as promptly as possible in the
postage-prepaid envelope enclosed for that purpose. Any shareholder attending
the meeting may vote in person even if he or she has returned a Proxy.
Sincerely,
Donald L. Waite
Secretary
Scotts Valley, California
September 22, 1994
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT.
IN ORDER TO ASSURE YOUR REPRESENTATION AT THE MEETING,
YOU ARE REQUESTED TO COMPLETE, SIGN AND DATE THE ENCLOSED PROXY
AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE AND RETURN IT IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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PROXY STATEMENT
INFORMATION CONCERNING SOLICITATION AND VOTING
GENERAL
The enclosed Proxy is solicited on behalf of SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INC. (the
"Company") for use at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held Thursday,
October 27, 1994 at 10:00 a.m., local time, or at any adjournment thereof, for
the purposes set forth herein and in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting
of Shareholders. The Annual Meeting will be held at The Fairmont Hotel, Fairmont
Plaza, 170 South Market Street, San Jose, California 95113. The Company's
principal executive offices are located at 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley,
California 95066, and its telephone number at that location is (408) 438-6550.
These proxy solicitation materials and the Annual Report to Shareholders for
the fiscal year ended July 1, 1994, including financial statements, were first
mailed on or about September 22, 1994 to all shareholders entitled to vote at
the meeting.
RECORD DATE AND PRINCIPAL SHARE OWNERSHIP
Shareholders of record at the close of business on September 2, 1994 are
entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting. The Company has one series of
Common Shares outstanding, designated Common Stock, $.01 par value. At the
record date, 72,735,133 shares of the Company's Common Stock were issued and
outstanding. No shares of the Company's Preferred Stock were outstanding.
REVOCABILITY OF PROXIES
Any proxy given pursuant to this solicitation may be revoked by the person
giving it at any time before its use by delivering to the Company a written
notice of revocation or a duly executed proxy bearing a later date or by
attending the meeting and voting in person.
VOTING AND SOLICITATION
Every shareholder voting for the election of directors (Proposal One) may
cumulate such shareholder's votes and give one candidate a number of votes equal
to the number of directors to be elected multiplied by the number of shares held
by such shareholder, or distribute such shareholder's votes on the same
principle among as many candidates as the shareholder may select, provided that
votes cannot be cast for more than seven (7) candidates. However, no shareholder
shall be entitled to cumulate votes unless the candidate's name has been placed
in nomination prior to the voting and the shareholder, or any other shareholder,
has given notice at the meeting, prior to the voting, of the intention to
cumulate the shareholder's votes. On all other matters, each share of Common
Stock has one vote. A quorum comprising the holders of the majority of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock on the record date must be present or
represented for the transaction of business at the Annual Meeting. Abstentions
and broker non-votes will be counted in establishing the quorum.
The cost of soliciting votes will be borne by the Company. The Company has
retained Chemical Bank to provide proxy solicitation services in connection with
the meeting at an estimated cost of $6,000. In addition, the Company may
reimburse brokerage firms and other persons representing beneficial owners of
shares for their expenses in forwarding solicitation material to such beneficial
owners. Proxies may also be solicited by certain of the Company's directors,
officers and regular employees, without additional compensation, personally or
by telephone or telegram.
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP BY PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial
ownership of Common Stock of the Company as of September 2, 1994 by (i) each
person known by the Company to own beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock, (ii) each director of the Company, (iii) each of the
executive officers named in the table under "Executive Compensation and Other
Matters -- Executive Compensation -- Summary Compensation Table" and (iv) all
directors and executive officers as a group:
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<CAPTION>
APPROXIMATE
COMMON STOCK PERCENT
NAME OWNED OWNED(1)
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<S> <C> <C>
FMR Corp................................................ 9,275,100 12.8%
82 Devonshire St.
Boston, MA 02109
Wellington Capital Management........................... 7,084,500 9.7
75 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
Alan F. Shugart (2)..................................... 512,063 *
Robert A. Kleist (3).................................... 97,430 *
Kenneth E. Haughton (4)................................. 50,321 *
Gary B. Filler (5)...................................... 10,821 *
Lawrence Perlman (5).................................... 10,414 *
Laurel L. Wilkening (6)................................. 9,998 *
Thomas P. Stafford (5).................................. 6,873 *
Donald L. Waite (7)..................................... 68,955 *
Bernardo A. Carballo (5)................................ 68,750 *
Brendan C. Hegarty (8).................................. 28,739 *
Ronald D. Verdoorn (5).................................. 20,494 *
All directors and executive officers as a group
(16 persons) (9)...................................... 1,063,414 1.4
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* Less than 1%
(1) Applicable percentage of ownership is based on 72,735,133 shares of Common
Stock outstanding as of September 2, 1994 together with applicable options
for such shareholder. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with
the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and includes voting
and investment power with respect to shares. Shares of Common Stock subject
to options currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days after
September 2, 1994 are deemed outstanding for computing the percentage
ownership of the person holding such options, but are not deemed
outstanding for computing the percentage of any other person.
(2) Includes 179,750 shares of Common Stock which may be acquired within 60
days after September 2, 1994 through the exercise of stock options.
(3) Includes 50,621 shares of Common Stock which may be acquired within 60 days
after September 2, 1994 through the exercise of stock options.
(4) Includes 37,621 shares of Common Stock which may be acquired within 60 days
after September 2, 1994 through the exercise of stock options.
(5) Represents shares of Common Stock which may be acquired within 60 days
after September 2, 1994 through the exercise of stock options.
(6) Includes 9,798 shares of Common Stock which may be acquired within 60 days
after September 2, 1994 through the exercise of stock options.
(7) Includes 52,975 shares of Common Stock which may be acquired within 60 days
of September 2, 1994 through the exercise of stock options and excludes
2,941 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Company's 6
3/4% Convertible Subordinated Debentures held by Donald L. Waite at a
conversion price of $42.50 per share.
(8) Includes 28,125 shares of Common Stock which may be acquired within 60 days
after September 2, 1994 through the exercise of stock options.
(9) Includes 646,691 shares of Common Stock which may be acquired within 60
days of September 2, 1994 through the exercise of stock options.
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SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS TO BE PRESENTED AT NEXT ANNUAL MEETING
Proposals of shareholders which are intended to be presented by such
shareholders at the Company's 1995 Annual Meeting must be received by the
Secretary of the Company at the Company's principal executive offices no later
than May 25, 1995 in order that they may be included in the proxy statement and
form of proxy relating to that meeting.
PROPOSAL ONE
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
GENERAL
A board of seven (7) directors is to be elected at the meeting. Unless
otherwise instructed, the proxy holders will vote the proxies received by them
for Management's seven (7) nominees named below, all of whom are presently
directors of the Company. In the event that any Management nominee is unable or
declines to serve as a director at the time of the Annual Meeting, the proxies
will be voted for any nominee who shall be designated by the present Board of
Directors to fill the vacancy. In the event that additional persons are
nominated for election as directors, the proxy holders intend to vote all
proxies received by them in such a manner (in accordance with cumulative voting)
as will assure the election of as many of the nominees listed below as possible,
and, in such event, the specific nominees to be voted for will be determined by
the proxy holders. The Company is not aware of any nominee who will be unable or
will decline to serve as a director. The term of office for each person elected
as a director will continue until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders or
until his or her successor has been elected and qualified.
VOTE REQUIRED
If a quorum is present and voting, the seven nominees receiving the highest
number of votes will be elected to the Board of Directors. Abstentions and
broker non-votes are not counted in the election of directors.
NOMINEES
The names of the nominees, each of whom is currently a director of the
Company, and certain information about them are set forth below:
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DIRECTOR
NAME OF NOMINEE AGE PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION SINCE
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Alan F. Shugart............... 63 President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and 1979
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company
Gary B. Filler................ 53 Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Diamond 1985
Multimedia Systems Inc. (multimedia and graphics company)
Kenneth E. Haughton........... 66 Consultant, Engineering 1986
Robert A. Kleist.............. 66 President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Printronix, 1981
Inc. (computer printer manufacturer)
Lawrence Perlman.............. 56 Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive 1989
Officer of Ceridian Corp. (formerly Control Data Corporation)
(information services and defense electronics company)
Thomas P. Stafford............ 63 Vice Chairman of Stafford, Burke and Hecker, Inc. (a consulting 1988
firm)
Laurel L. Wilkening........... 49 Chancellor, University of California, Irvine 1993
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Except as set forth below, each of the nominees has been engaged in his or
her principal occupation described above during the past five years. There is no
family relationship between any director or executive officer of the Company.
Mr. Shugart has been President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company
since September 1991 and has been Chief Executive Officer since the Company's
inception in 1979. Mr. Shugart also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors
of the Company from inception until September 1991 and was reappointed Chairman
of the Board of Directors in October 1992. Mr. Shugart is also currently a
Director of Valence Technology, Inc.
Mr. Filler was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company from
September 1991 until October 1992. From October 1990 until September 1991, Mr.
Filler served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr.
Filler has been Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Diamond
Multimedia Systems Inc. since August 1994. From February 1994 until June 1994 he
served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at ASK Group,
Inc., a computer systems company. From June 1993 to January 1994, Mr. Filler was
a business consultant and private investor. From December 1989 to May 1993, Mr.
Filler served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
of Burke Industries, a manufacturer of rubber products for military and
industrial usage. Prior to that he was Executive Vice President and later
President of Genesis Electronics Corporation, a manufacturer of voice
communications equipment, from December 1987 to November 1989.
Dr. Haughton was Vice President of Engineering of DaVinci Graphics, a
computer plotter manufacturer from May 1990 to August 1991 and was an
engineering consultant from May 1989 to May 1990. Dr. Haughton is also a
director of Solectron Corporation.
Mr. Perlman became President and Chief Executive Officer of Ceridian Corp.
in January 1990 and was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ceridian
Corp. in November 1992. Mr. Perlman previously held several executive positions
at Control Data Corporation including Chairman of the Board of Directors and
Chief Executive Officer of Imprimis Technology Incorporated ("Imprimis"). Mr.
Perlman is also a Director of Inter-Regional Financial Group, Inc., Computer
Network Technology Corporation and the Valspar Corporation.
General Stafford, a former astronaut, also serves as Director of
Allied-Signal Corporation, Pacific Scientific, Inc., Tremont, Inc., CMI, Inc.,
Fisher Scientific International, Inc., Wackenhut, Inc. and Wheelabrator
Technologies, Inc.
Dr. Wilkening has served as Chancellor of the University of California,
Irvine since July 1993. From September 1988 to June 1993 she was Provost and
Vice President of Academic Affairs at the University of Washington. From May
1991 to January 1993, Dr. Wilkening also served as Chair of the Space Policy
Advisory Board of the National Space Counsel.
BOARD MEETINGS AND COMMITTEES
The Board of Directors of the Company held a total of eleven meetings during
fiscal 1994. No director attended fewer than 75% of the meetings of the Board of
Directors and committees thereof, if any, upon which such director served. The
Board of Directors has an Audit Committee and an Executive Personnel and
Organization Committee.
The Audit Committee, which consisted of directors Filler, Wilkening and
Haughton during fiscal 1994, met twice during the fiscal year. The Audit
Committee reviews and approves the scope of the audit performed by the Company's
independent auditors as well as the Company's accounting principles and internal
accounting controls. In fiscal 1994 the Board of Directors as a whole
recommended engagement of the Company's independent auditors.
The Executive Personnel and Organization Committee, which consisted of
directors Kleist, Stafford and Perlman during fiscal 1994, met four times during
the fiscal year. This Committee reviews the organization of senior management,
including succession planning, recommends to the Board of
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Directors candidates for nomination to the Board, administers the Company's
stock option and stock purchase plans and reviews and approves the Company's
compensation policies and distributions to officers under the Company's
Performance-Based Executive Compensation Plan. The Executive Personnel and
Organization Committee will consider nominees to the Board of Directors
recommended by shareholders. Shareholders making such recommendations should
follow the procedures outlined above under "Information Concerning Solicitation
and Voting -- Shareholder Proposals to be Presented at Next Annual Meeting."
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
During fiscal 1994, Mr. Shugart, President, Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Operating Officer of the Company participated in deliberations of the
Executive Personnel and Organization Committee concerning executive
compensation, other than deliberations concerning his own compensation.
PROPOSAL TWO
AMENDMENT OF THE EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN TO INCREASE
THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK RESERVED
FOR ISSUANCE THEREUNDER
In June 1981 the Board of Directors adopted, and in September 1981 the
shareholders approved, the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Purchase Plan")
under which a total of 800,000 shares of Common Stock were reserved for
issuance. In 1987 the Board of Directors approved and the shareholders ratified
an amendment of the Purchase Plan to change the method of calculating the number
of shares to be issued to each participant at the end of each offering period.
In each of 1988, 1990, and 1991, the Board of Directors approved, and the
shareholders ratified, amendments of the Purchase Plan to increase the number of
shares reserved for issuance thereunder by 1,000,000 shares, 1,000,000 shares
and 2,000,000 shares, respectively, to a total of 4,800,000 shares. In August
1994, the Board of Directors approved an amendment of the Purchase Plan to
increase the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder by an additional
2,000,000 shares to 6,800,000 shares, subject to approval by the shareholders at
this Annual Meeting.
As of September 2, 1994, a total of 4,010,606 shares had been issued to
employees at an average purchase price of $9.07 per share pursuant to twenty-six
(26) offerings under the Purchase Plan and 2,789,394 shares, of which 2,000,000
shares are subject to shareholder approval at this Annual Meeting, remained
available for future issuance.
The Board of Directors believes that in order to attract and retain
qualified employees for the Company, it is necessary to continue to allow
employees to purchase Common Stock under the Purchase Plan. The Board of
Directors further believes that the remaining shares in the Purchase Plan are
insufficient for such purpose.
VOTE REQUIRED
The affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Common Stock
represented either in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the meeting
will be required to approve the amendment of the Purchase Plan. An abstention
would thus have the effect of a vote against Proposal Two and a broker non-vote
would have no effect on the outcome.
THE COMPANY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE
AMENDMENT TO THE PURCHASE PLAN.
SUMMARY OF THE PURCHASE PLAN
The essential features of the Purchase Plan, as amended, are outlined below.
PURPOSE
The purpose of the Purchase Plan is to provide employees of the Company and
those majority-owned subsidiaries of the Company which are designated by the
Board of Directors to participate in
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the Purchase Plan with an opportunity to purchase Common Stock of the Company
through accumulated payroll deductions. The Purchase Plan is intended to qualify
under Sections 421 and 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code").
ADMINISTRATION
The Purchase Plan provides for administration by the Board of Directors of
the Company or a committee appointed by the Board. All questions of
interpretation or application of the Purchase Plan are determined by the Board
of Directors or its appointed committee, and its decisions are final and binding
upon all participants. No charges for administrative or other costs may be made
against the payroll deductions of a participant in the Purchase Plan. Members of
the Board receive no additional compensation for their services in connection
with the administration of the Purchase Plan.
OFFERING DATES
The Purchase Plan is implemented by one offering during each six-month
period. Each such offering period is of 26 weeks duration. The offering periods
commence on approximately March 15 and September 15 of each year. The Board of
Directors has the power to alter the duration of the offering periods without
shareholder approval.
ELIGIBILITY
Any person who has been employed by the Company for at least 30 days prior
to the first day of an offering period (or by any of its majority-owned
subsidiaries designated from time to time by the Board of Directors) is eligible
to participate in the Purchase Plan. Eligible employees become participants in
the Purchase Plan by delivering to the Company's payroll office a subscription
agreement authorizing payroll deductions. An employee who becomes eligible to
participate in the Purchase Plan after the commencement of an offering may not
participate in the Purchase Plan until the commencement of the next offering.
PURCHASE PRICE
The price at which shares are sold to participating employees is eighty-five
percent (85%) of the lower of the fair market value per share of the Common
Stock on (i) the first day of the offering period or (ii) the last day of the
offering period. The fair market value of the Common Stock on a given date is
determined by reference to the closing sales price on the Nasdaq National
Market.
PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE; PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS
The purchase price of the shares is accumulated by payroll deductions over
the offering period. The deductions may not exceed 10%, or such other rate as
may be determined from time to time by the Board, of a participant's
compensation. A participant may discontinue his participation in the Purchase
Plan but may not increase or decrease the rate of payroll deductions at any time
during the offering period. Payroll deductions shall commence on the first
payday following the offering date and shall continue at the same rate until the
end of the offering period unless sooner terminated as provided in the Purchase
Plan.
PURCHASE OF STOCK; EXERCISE OF OPTION
By executing a subscription agreement to participate in the Purchase Plan,
the employee is entitled to have shares placed under option to him or her. The
maximum number of shares placed under option to a participant in an offering is
that number arrived at by dividing the amount of his or her compensation which
he or she has elected to have withheld for the offering period by the lower of
(i) 85% of the fair market value of a share of Common Stock at the beginning of
the offering period, or (ii) 85% of the fair market value of a share of Common
Stock on the last day of the offering period as long as the total number of
shares issued to a participant for any offering period does not exceed a number
determined by dividing $12,500 by the market value of a share of Common Stock at
the beginning of the offering period. Unless the employee's participation is
discontinued, the option for the purchase of shares will be exercised
automatically at the end of the offering period at the applicable price.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, no employee shall be permitted to subscribe
for shares under the Purchase Plan if, immediately after the grant of the
option, the employee would own, and/or hold outstanding options to purchase, 5%
or more of the voting stock or value of all classes of stock of the Company.
Furthermore, if the number of shares which would otherwise be placed under
option at the beginning of an offering period exceeds the number of shares then
available under the Purchase Plan, a pro rata allocation of the shares remaining
shall be made in as equitable a manner as is practicable.
WITHDRAWAL
While each participant in the Purchase Plan is required to sign a
subscription agreement authorizing payroll deductions, the participant's
interest in a given offering may be terminated in whole, but not in part, by
signing and delivering to the Company a notice of withdrawal from the Purchase
Plan. Such withdrawal may be elected at any time prior to the end of the
applicable offering period. Any withdrawal by the employee during a given
offering automatically terminates the employee's interest in that offering.
TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
Termination of a participant's employment for any reason, including
retirement or death, cancels his or her participation in the Purchase Plan
immediately. In such event, the payroll deductions credited to the participant's
account will be returned without interest to such participant, or, in the case
of death, to the person or persons entitled thereto as specified by the employee
in the subscription agreement.
CAPITAL CHANGES
In the event of any changes in the capitalization of the Company, such as
stock splits or stock dividends, resulting in an increase or decrease in the
number of shares of Common Stock, effected without receipt of consideration by
the Company, appropriate adjustments will be made by the Company in the shares
subject to purchase and in the purchase price per share.
NONASSIGNABILITY
No rights or accumulated payroll deductions of an employee under the
Purchase Plan may be pledged, assigned, or transferred for any reason and any
such attempt may be treated by the Company as an election to withdraw from the
Purchase Plan.
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE PURCHASE PLAN
The Board of Directors may at any time amend or terminate the Purchase Plan,
except that such termination shall not affect options previously granted nor may
any amendment make any change in an option granted prior thereto which adversely
affects the rights of any participant. No amendment may be made to the Purchase
Plan without prior approval of the shareholders of the Company if such amendment
would increase the number of shares reserved under the Purchase Plan, materially
modify the eligibility requirements, or materially increase the benefits which
may accrue to participants under the Purchase Plan.
CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX INFORMATION
The Purchase Plan, and the right of participants to make purchases
thereunder, is intended to qualify under the provisions of Sections 421 and 423
of the Code. Under these provisions, no income will be taxable to a participant
until the shares purchased under the Plan are sold or otherwise disposed of.
Upon sale or other disposition of the shares, the participant will generally be
subject to tax and the amount of the tax will depend upon the holding period. If
the shares are sold or otherwise disposed of more than two years from the first
day of the offering period and more than one year from the date the shares are
purchased, the participant will recognize ordinary income measured as the lesser
of (a) the excess of the fair market value of the shares at the time of such
sale or disposition over the purchase price, or (b) an amount equal to 15% of
the fair market value of the shares as of the first day of the offering period.
Any additional gain will be treated as long-term capital gain. If the shares are
sold or otherwise disposed of before the expiration of these holding periods,
the participant will recognize ordinary income generally measured as the excess
of the fair market value of the shares on
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the date the shares are purchased over the purchase price. Any additional gain
or loss on such sale or disposition will be long-term or short-term capital gain
or loss, depending on the holding period. The Company is not entitled to a
deduction for amounts taxed as ordinary income or capital gain to a participant
except to the extent that it is entitled to a deduction for ordinary income
recognized by participants upon a sale or disposition of shares prior to the
expiration of the holding period(s) described above.
The foregoing is only a summary of the effect of federal income taxation
upon the participant and the Company with respect to the shares purchased under
the Purchase Plan. Reference should be made to the applicable provisions of the
Code. In addition, the summary does not discuss the tax consequences of a
participant's death or the income tax laws of any state or foreign country in
which the participant may reside.
PARTICIPATION IN THE PURCHASE PLAN
Participation in the Purchase Plan is voluntary and is dependent on each
eligible employee's election to participate and his or her determination as to
the level of payroll deductions. Accordingly, future purchases under the
Purchase Plan are not determinable. Non-employee directors are not eligible to
participate in the Purchase Plan.
The following table sets forth certain information regarding shares
purchased during the fiscal year ended July 1, 1994 by each of the executive
officers named in the table under "Executive Compensation and Other Matters --
Executive Compensation -- Summary Compensation Table" who participated in the
Purchase Plan, all current executive officers as a group and all other employees
who participated in the Purchase Plan as a group:
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<CAPTION>
NUMBER OF
NAME OF INDIVIDUAL SHARES DOLLAR
OR IDENTITY OF GROUP AND POSITION PURCHASED(#) VALUE($)(1)
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Alan F. Shugart, Chairman, President, Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer.... 1,552 $ 13,635
Bernardo A. Carballo, Senior Vice President,
Sales, Marketing and Product Line Management..... -- --
Brendan C. Hegarty, Senior Vice President and
Chief Technical Officer, Components.............. -- --
Ronald D. Verdoorn, Senior Vice President,
Manufacturing Operations......................... -- --
Donald L. Waite, Senior Vice President, Finance
and Chief Financial Officer...................... 1,552 13,635
All Current Executive Officers as a group (10
Persons)......................................... 6,945 61,288
Non-Executive Officer Directors as a Group........ * *
All Other Employees as a Group.................... 552,043 4,938,341
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* Not eligible to participate in the Purchase Plan.
(1) Market value of shares on date of purchase, minus the purchase price under
the Purchase Plan.
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PROPOSAL THREE
RATIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF
PERFORMANCE-BASED EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders are being asked to ratify and
approve the adoption of the Company's Performance-Based Executive Compensation
Plan (the "Plan"). The Plan is intended to provide the Company's executive
officers with financial incentives to meet and exceed pre-determined goals for
the Company's profitability as measured by return on assets ("ROA"). This
proposal solicits approval of the shareholders for the purpose of qualifying
awards under the Plan to the Company's
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executives as allowable deductions in computing the Company's federal income
tax. If the Plan is approved by the shareholders, the Company's federal income
tax deduction will be maximized with respect to Plan payments made to the
Company's Chief Executive Officer and its other executive officers. No payments
may be made pursuant to the Plan if the Plan is not approved by the shareholders
at the Annual Meeting.
Under a recently enacted amendment to the Internal Revenue Code, the United
States Congress voted to deny a deduction for federal income tax purposes to
publicly held corporations to the extent that compensation paid to the
corporation's chief executive officer and to each of its next four most highly
compensated executive officers exceeds $1.0 million. These deduction limits do
not apply, however, to certain types of "performance-based" compensation that
meet the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, which
requirements include approval by the shareholders of the material terms under
which the compensation is payable. The following is a summary of the principal
features of the Plan.
Under the Plan, cash awards are paid to eligible participants for the
achievement of pre-determined ROA objectives. Eligibility is determined
quarterly in the discretion of the Executive Personnel and Organization
Committee of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Committee"), which is
responsible for administration of the Plan. Eligible participants in the Plan
are the executive and non-executive officers of the Company whose
responsibilities significantly influence Company financial performance. For
fiscal year 1995, the participants in the Plan include the five individuals
named in the table below, the Company's other five executive officers and each
of the Company's non-executive officers. Participation in future years will be
at the discretion of the Committee, but it currently is expected that each of
the Company's executive and non-executive officers will participate each year.
The Committee sets the ROA performance objective which must be achieved
prior to the payment of any award. For purposes of the Plan, ROA is the
cumulative annualized net income of the Company as of the end of each fiscal
quarter divided by the average total assets of the Company since the beginning
of the fiscal year, taking into account certain exclusions from total assets
(e.g., cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, deferred tax debits and
certain strategic investments), and excluding any significant nonrecurring items
that are specified by the Committee. The Company's net income and total assets
are each determined in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
In setting the performance objective for a fiscal quarter, the Committee
establishes a threshold ROA objective and payout levels for differing ROA
levels, with payouts increasing as performance increases. After the end of each
fiscal quarter, and prior to any payment being made under the Plan, the
Committee certifies to the Board of Directors the level of ROA that was
achieved. Participants are eligible to receive an award only if the ROA
objective is achieved. However, under no circumstances may the maximum award
payable to any participant under the Plan for any fiscal year exceed
$2.0 million.
Under the Plan, 60% of the award is paid in cash. The remaining 40% is
deferred and may be used solely to satisfy the exercise price of certain stock
options granted under the Company's 1991 Incentive Stock Option Plan. As a
result, 40% of each payment earned is at risk to the participant until stock
options held by such participant vest and are exercised. If a participant's
employment with the Company is terminated prior to the end of a fiscal quarter,
the Plan provides that he or she shall not be eligible for an award for that
fiscal quarter and any deferred accumulated payments relating to unvested stock
options are forfeited.
The Committee may amend the Plan at any time; however, in doing so, the
requirements of Section 162(m) must be met in order that payments made to the
Company's executive officers thereunder remain eligible as deductible
compensation expense to the Company for federal income tax purposes.
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PARTICIPATION IN PERFORMANCE-BASED EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
Given that payments under the Plan are determined by comparing the actual
ROA of the Company to the quarterly performance objective established by the
Committee, it is not possible to conclusively state the amount of benefits which
will be paid under the Plan in any year. Instead, the following table sets forth
the amounts that were received by each of the following persons and groups for
the last completed fiscal year when the Plan was first implemented.
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DOLLAR VALUE ($)
NAME OF INDIVIDUAL ----------------------------------
OR IDENTITY OF GROUP AND POSITION CASH DEFERRED TOTAL
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Alan F. Shugart, Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Operating Officer........................................................ $ 334,200 $ 222,700 $ 556,900
Bernardo A. Carballo, Senior Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Product
Line Management.......................................................... 222,600 148,500 371,100
Brendan C. Hegarty, Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer,
Components............................................................... 212,000 141,400 353,400
Ronald D. Verdoorn, Senior Vice President, Manufacturing Operations....... 222,600 148,500 371,100
Donald L. Waite, Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial
Officer.................................................................. 222,600 148,500 371,100
All Current Executive Officers as a Group (10 Persons).................... 2,219,400 1,480,600 3,700,000
Non-Executive Officer Directors as a Group................................ * * *
All Other Employees as a Group............................................ 2,665,100 1,759,000 4,424,100
<FN>
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* Not eligible to participate in the Plan.
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VOTE REQUIRED
The affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Common Stock
represented and voting, in person or by proxy, at the meeting will be required
to approve the adoption of the Plan. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have
no effect on the outcome of Proposal Three.
THE COMPANY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE
ADOPTION OF THE PERFORMANCE-BASED EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN.
PROPOSAL FOUR
RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors has selected Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors,
to audit the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1995 and recommends that shareholders vote for ratification
of such appointment. Notwithstanding the selection, the Board, in its
discretion, may direct the appointment of new independent auditors at any time
during the year, if the Board feels that such a change would be in the best
interests of the Company and its shareholders. In the event of a negative vote
on ratification, the Board of Directors will reconsider its selection.
Ernst & Young LLP has audited the Company's financial statements annually
since 1980. Representatives of Ernst & Young LLP are expected to be present at
the meeting with the opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so and
are expected to be available to respond to appropriate questions.
THE COMPANY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE
RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP AS INDEPENDENT AUDITORS.
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND OTHER MATTERS
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
The following Summary Compensation Table sets forth certain information
regarding the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the
four other most highly compensated executive officers of the Company.
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LONG TERM
COMPENSATION
AWARDS
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ANNUAL COMPENSATION SECURITIES
-------------------------------- UNDERLYING
OTHER ANNUAL OPTIONS
FISCAL SALARY BONUS COMPENSATION GRANTED
NAME AND PRINCIPAL POSITION YEAR ($)(1) ($) ($) (#)
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Alan F. Shugart .................................. 1994 $603,858 $334,200 $222,700(4) 120,000
Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and 1993 550,000 411,000 -- 60,000
Chief Operating Officer 1992 550,000 204,000 * 314,500
Bernardo A. Carballo (2) ......................... 1994 329,128 222,600 148,500(4) 40,000
Senior Vice President, Sales, Marketing and 1993 300,019 273,000 -- 20,000
Product Line Management 1992 263,391 136,000 * 122,500
Brendan C. Hegarty ............................... 1994 365,544 212,000 141,400(4) 40,000
Senior Vice President and Chief Technical 1993 350,000 273,000 -- 20,000
Officer, Components 1992 350,000 136,000 * 2,500
Ronald D. Verdoorn (3) ........................... 1994 328,932 222,600 241,702(5) 40,000
Senior Vice President, Manufacturing Operations 1993 300,019 273,000 64,909(6) 20,000
1992 257,316 136,000 * 111,975
Donald L. Waite .................................. 1994 383,447 222,600 148,500(4) 40,000
Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief 1993 357,936 273,000 -- 20,000
Financial Officer 1992 354,095 136,000 * 54,800
<FN>
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* Under the transition rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, no
disclosure is required for "Other Annual Compensation" and "All Other
Compensation" for fiscal year 1992.
(1) Fiscal year 1994 included 27 bi-weekly pay periods while fiscal years 1993
and 1992 included 26 bi-weekly pay periods.
(2) Mr. Carballo became an executive officer of the Company upon being promoted
to Senior Vice President in September 1991. Information provided for Mr.
Carballo for fiscal year 1992 includes all compensation earned by Mr.
Carballo in his then-current positions with the Company.
(3) Mr. Verdoorn became an executive officer of the Company upon being promoted
to Senior Vice President in November 1991. Information provided for Mr.
Verdoorn for fiscal year 1992 includes all compensation earned by Mr.
Verdoorn in his then-current positions with the Company.
(4) Represents deferred payments under the Performance-Based Executive
Compensation Plan. See "Proposal Three -- Ratification and Approval of
Performance-Based Executive Compensation Plan."
(5) Represents deferred payments under the Performance-Based Executive
Compensation Plan of $148,500, equalization allowance of $62,592,
relocation allowance of $17,548 and automobile allowance of $13,062.
(6) Represents relocation expenses of $59,017 and automobile allowance of
$5,892.
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OPTION GRANTS IN FISCAL 1994
The following table provides information concerning each grant of options to
purchase the Company's Common Stock made during fiscal year 1994 to the persons
named in the Summary Compensation Table:
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POTENTIAL REALIZABLE
INDIVIDUAL GRANTS VALUE AT ASSUMED
--------------------------------------------------- ANNUAL RATES OF
NUMBER OF % OF TOTAL STOCK
SECURITIES OPTIONS PRICE APPRECIATION
UNDERLYING GRANTED TO FOR
OPTIONS EMPLOYEES EXERCISE OR OPTION TERM(1)
GRANTED IN FISCAL BASE PRICE EXPIRATION --------------------
NAME (#)(2) YEAR ($/SH)(3)(4) DATE 5%($) 10%($)
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Alan F. Shugart.................... 30,000 1.04% $19.250 08/04/03 $363,187 $ 920,387
30,000 1.04% $22.750 10/28/03 $429,221 $1,087,729
30,000 1.04% $22.125 01/20/04 $417,429 $1,057,847
30,000 1.04% $25.875 04/27/04 $488,179 $1,237,143
Bernardo A. Carballo............... 10,000 0.35% $19.250 08/04/03 $121,062 $ 306,795
10,000 0.35% $22.750 10/28/03 $143,074 $ 362,576
10,000 0.35% $22.125 01/20/04 $139,143 $ 352,616
10,000 0.35% $25.875 04/27/04 $162,726 $ 412,381
Brendan C. Hegarty................. 10,000 0.35% $19.250 08/04/03 $121,062 $ 306,795
10,000 0.35% $22.750 10/28/03 $143,074 $ 362,576
10,000 0.35% $22.125 01/20/04 $139,143 $ 352,616
10,000 0.35% $25.875 04/27/04 $162,726 $ 412,381
Ronald D. Verdoorn................. 10,000 0.35% $19.250 08/04/03 $121,062 $ 306,795
10,000 0.35% $22.750 10/28/03 $143,074 $ 362,576
10,000 0.35% $22.125 01/20/04 $139,143 $ 352,616
10,000 0.35% $25.875 04/27/04 $162,726 $ 412,381
Donald L. Waite.................... 10,000 0.35% $19.250 08/04/03 $121,062 $ 306,795
10,000 0.35% $22.750 10/28/03 $143,074 $ 362,576
10,000 0.35% $22.125 01/20/04 $139,143 $ 352,616
10,000 0.35% $25.875 04/27/04 $162,726 $ 412,381
<FN>
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(1) Potential realizable value is based on the assumption that the Common Stock
of the Company appreciates at the annual rate shown (compounded annually)
from the date of grant until the expiration of the ten year option term.
These numbers are calculated based on the requirements promulgated by the
Securities and Exchange Commission and do not reflect the Company's
estimate of future stock price growth.
(2) All stock options granted in fiscal year 1994 are exercisable starting one
year after the date of grant, with 25% of the shares covered thereby
becoming exercisable at that time and with an additional 25% of the option
shares becoming exercisable at the end of each year thereafter, with full
vesting occurring on the fourth anniversary of the date of grant. Optionees
are permitted, with certain limitations, to exercise stock options as to
unvested shares, but Common Stock purchased thereby is subject to
repurchase by the Company until such vesting conditions are met. Under the
1991 Incentive Stock Plan, the Board retains discretion to modify the
terms, including the price, of outstanding options.
(3) Options were granted at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of
the Company's Common Stock, as determined by reference to the closing price
reported on the Nasdaq National Market on the last trading day prior to the
date of grant.
(4) Exercise price and tax withholding obligations may be paid in cash, by
delivery of already-owned shares subject to certain conditions, or pursuant
to a cashless exercise procedure under which the optionee provides
irrevocable instructions to a brokerage firm to sell the purchased shares
and to remit to the Company, out of the sale proceeds, an amount equal to
the exercise price plus all applicable withholding taxes.
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AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
AND FISCAL YEAR END OPTION VALUES
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the exercise of
stock options in the last fiscal year by the persons named in the Summary
Compensation Table and the value of options held by such individuals at the end
of the fiscal year.
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<CAPTION>
NUMBER OF SECURITIES
SHARES UNDERLYING UNEXERCISED VALUE OF UNEXERCISED
ACQUIRED OPTIONS AT FISCAL YEAR END IN-THE-MONEY OPTIONS
ON (#) AT FISCAL YEAR END ($)(1)
EXERCISE VALUE REALIZED --------------------------- --------------------------
NAME (#) ($)(1) EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE
- ----------------------------------- --------- -------------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Alan F. Shugart.................... 284,000 $4,446,750 172,250 366,250 $1,159,781 $1,801,781
Bernardo A. Carballo............... 40,000 551,500 66,250 118,750 538,031 587,969
Brendan C. Hegarty................. 193,125 2,561,406 5,625 148,750 17,578 1,199,219
Ronald D. Verdoorn................. 34,693 598,578 17,994 117,313 156,059 739,765
Donald L. Waite.................... 13,700 97,613 50,475 103,550 503,953 502,581
<FN>
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(1) Market value of the Company's Common Stock at the exercise date or fiscal
year end, as the case may be, minus the exercise price.
</TABLE>
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS AND CHANGE-OF-CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS
The Company currently has no employment contracts with any of the executive
officers named in the "Summary Compensation Table" above and the Company has no
compensatory plan or arrangement with such executive officers where the amount
to be paid exceeds $100,000 and which are activated upon resignation,
termination or retirement of any such executive officer upon a change of control
of the Company. The Company's 1991 Incentive Stock Option Plan (the "1991 Plan")
provides that in the event of a "change of control" of the Company, the Board of
Directors may, in its discretion, provide that (i) all options granted under the
1991 Plan that are outstanding as of the date of such change of control will
become immediately vested and fully exercisable and (ii) to the extent
exercisable and vested, the value of all outstanding options, unless otherwise
determined by the Board prior to any change of control, will be cashed out at
the change of control price reduced by the exercise price applicable to such
options.
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Non-employee members of the Board of Directors receive an annual retainer of
$30,000 and a fee of $3,000 per Board meeting attended (excluding telephone
Board meetings), and $1,500 per Committee meeting attended, if such meeting is
on a day other than the day of a meeting of the Board of Directors. The person
serving as the Chairman of the Audit Committee receives an additional annual
retainer of $8,000. The person serving as Chairman of the Executive Personnel
and Organization Committee receives an additional annual retainer of $8,000. The
Company also reimburses the directors for certain expenses incurred by them in
their capacities as directors or in connection with attendance at Board
meetings.
The Company's Directors' Option Plan (the "Directors' Plan") provides for
the grant of non-statutory options to purchase shares of the Company's Common
Stock to non-employee directors. Under the Directors' Plan the timing of option
grants, amount of the grants, exercise price and restrictions on exercise of the
options are established in the plan. The exercise price of options granted under
the Director's Plan may not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the
Common Stock. The options become exercisable cumulatively for 1/48th of the
shares subject to the option at the end of each full month that the optionee
remains a director following the date of grant. Options granted under the
Directors' Plan expire five years from the date of grant and may be exercised
only while the optionee is serving as a member of the Company's Board of
Directors, within six months after termination by death or disability or within
three months after termination as a director except by death or disability.
Pursuant to the Directors' Plan, each new non-employee director is granted an
option to purchase 40,000 shares of Common Stock upon the date on which such
person first becomes
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a director. On November 1 of each year, each non-employee director is granted an
additional option to purchase 10,000 shares of Common Stock; provided, however,
that no such additional grant is made to a non-employee director who has
received an initial option grant in the preceding six months. Upon appointment
to the Board of Directors on August 5, 1993, Dr. Wilkening was granted an option
to purchase 40,000 shares at an exercise price of $19.625 per share. On November
1, 1993, each of the non-employee directors (other than Dr. Wilkening), Messrs.
Kleist, Filler, Stafford and Perlman and Dr. Haughton was granted an option to
purchase 10,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock at an exercise price of
$22.25 per share.
REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE PERSONNEL AND ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
The Executive Personnel and Organization Committee (the "Committee") of the
Board of Directors reviews and approves the Company's executive compensation
policies. The Committee invites all members of the Board of Directors to observe
its meetings and directors who are not members of the Committee generally do so.
The following is the report of the Committee describing compensation policies
and rationale applicable to the Company's executive officers with respect to the
compensation paid to such executive officers for the fiscal year ended July 1,
1994.
The Company's executive compensation policies are designed (i) to provide
competitive levels of overall compensation in order to attract and retain the
most qualified executives in the industry, (ii) to motivate executive officers
to achieve the Company's business objectives and (iii) to reward executive
officers for their achievements on behalf of the Company. To achieve these
goals, the Committee and the Board of Directors has established an executive
compensation program primarily consisting of three integrated components -- Base
Salary, Performance-Based Awards and Stock Options.
BASE SALARY. The base salary component of total compensation is designed to
compensate executives competitively within the industry and the marketplace. In
this regard the Committee considers competitive data obtained from national
executive compensation surveys, a given officer's level of responsibility, past
performance and historical salary level and input from the Company's senior
management. In arriving at fiscal 1994 base salaries, the Committee considered
data from three surveys, one of which contained data concerning computer and
computer peripheral companies and the other two of which contained data
concerning a broad set of industries. The Committee, together with an
independent outside consultant (Frederick W. Cook & Associates), analyzed survey
data for companies of similar revenue size and developed base salary structural
guidelines. The Committee established the fiscal 1994 base salaries of the
Company's executive officers at the beginning of the fiscal year, except in the
instance of one executive officer hired during the fiscal year. The base salary
of the Company's executive officers increased by an average of 8.8% of the base
salary levels in fiscal 1993. In making salary decisions, the Committee
exercised its discretion and judgment based on all of the factors described
above and, although the Committee generally targets base salary levels at the
50th percentile of the survey data, no specific formula was applied to determine
the weight of each of the factors.
The Chief Executive Officer's (the "CEO") base salary for fiscal 1994 was
$603,858, reflecting a salary increase of 9.1% over fiscal 1993. In setting the
CEO's fiscal 1994 salary, the Committee considered the Company's fiscal 1993
results, the CEO's individual performance and contribution, the survey data
described above and the CEO's historical salary level. The Company's fiscal 1993
results were judged by the Committee to be excellent: the Company experienced a
sales increase of 5.9% and an earnings increase of 204.3%. The CEO's individual
contributions to the Company were his leadership role in establishing and
retaining a strong management team and his strategic focus on the business to
position it for growth and diversification. Finally, the Committee compared the
CEO's base salary to the survey data and considered the fact that the CEO's base
salary had remained unchanged since October 1990. In making its salary decision
with respect to the CEO, the Committee exercised its discretion and judgment
based on the above factors, and no specific formula was applied to determine the
weight of each factor.
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PERFORMANCE-BASED AWARDS. All executive officers, including the CEO,
participate in the Company's Performance-Based Executive Compensation Plan. The
Performance-Based Executive Compensation Plan compensates executive officers in
the form of quarterly awards. See "Proposal Three -- Ratification and Approval
of Performance-Based Executive Compensation Plan" for a description of the
Performance-Based Executive Compensation Plan. Awards under the Performance-
Based Executive Compensation Plan are intended to reflect the Committee's belief
that a significant portion of the annual compensation of each executive officer
should be contingent upon the performance of the Company and the individual
contribution of each executive officer. As described under Proposal Three above,
awards under the Performance-Based Executive Compensation Plan, including the
CEO's, are contingent upon attainment of specific Company profitability
performance objectives as measured by the Company's return on assets ("ROA"),
with the performance objectives established by the Committee early in the fiscal
year. The actual payout varies with Company performance such that above-average
performance results in above-average compensation and below-average performance
results in below-average compensation. Under the Performance-Based Executive
Compensation Plan, 60% of the award is paid in cash. The remaining 40% is
deferred and may be used solely to satisfy the exercise price of certain stock
options granted under the Company's 1991 Incentive Stock Option Plan. As a
result, 40% of each award earned is at risk to the executive officer until stock
options held by such executive officer vest and are exercised. If a
participant's employment with the Company is terminated prior to the end of a
fiscal quarter, the Performance-Based Executive Compensation Plan provides that
he or she shall not be eligible for an award for that fiscal quarter and any
deferred accumulated payments relating to unvested stock options are forfeited.
In fiscal 1994, the total awards, including the deferred portion, under the
Performance-Based Executive Compensation Plan represented approximately 48% of
the CEO's total cash compensation, including deferred compensation, and ranged
from 48% to 61% of the total cash compensation, including deferred compensation,
of the other executive officers. Based upon the Company's earnings performance
during fiscal 1994, awards were made to executive officers in each of the four
fiscal quarters.
The Committee believes that the Performance-Based Executive Compensation
Plan provides an excellent link between the Company's earnings performance and
the incentives paid to executives.
STOCK OPTIONS. The grant of stock options to executive officers creates a
direct link between compensation and long-term increases in shareholder value.
The Committee believes that stock option grants provide an incentive that
focuses the executive officers' attention on managing the Company from the
perspective of an owner with an equity stake in the business. Options are
subject to vesting provisions to encourage executive officers to remain employed
with the Company. With respect to executive officers, stock option grants
normally occur on a quarterly basis. The size of each option grant is based upon
the executive officer's responsibilities, relative position with the Company and
the Committee's judgment with respect to the executive's impact on shareholder
value. During fiscal 1994, the CEO received four quarterly stock option grants
of 30,000 shares, one executive officer received four quarterly grants of 7,000
shares and the remaining executive officers received four grants of 10,000
shares each.
IMPACT OF SECTION 162(M) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. The Committee has
considered the potential impact of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code
on the compensation paid to the Company's executive officers. Section 162(m)
disallows a tax deduction for any publicly-held corporation for individual
compensation exceeding $1.0 million in any taxable year for any of the executive
officers named in the proxy statement, unless compensation is performance-based.
In general, it is the Company's policy to qualify, to the maximum extent
possible, its executives' compensation for deductibility under applicable tax
laws. As a result, the Committee has submitted the Performance-Based Executive
Compensation Plan to the shareholders for ratification and approval in order to
qualify for deductibility the compensation realized in connection with payments
under this plan. (See Proposal Three). In addition, at the 1993 Annual Meeting
of Shareholders, the shareholders approved certain amendments to the 1991
Incentive Stock Option Plan to preserve the Company's ability to deduct the
compensation expense relating to stock options granted under such plan.
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In approving the amount and form of compensation for the Company's executive
officers, the Committee will continue to consider all elements of the cost to
the Company of providing such compensation, including the potential impact of
Section 162(m).
Members of the Executive Personnel and Organization Committee:
Robert A. Kleist, Lawrence Perlman, Thomas P. Stafford
PERFORMANCE GRAPH
Set forth below is a line graph comparing the annual percentage change in
the cumulative return to the shareholders of the Company's Common Stock with the
cumulative return of the S&P 500 Index (the "S&P 500") and of a peer group
constructed by the Company (the "Peer Group") for the period commencing July 1,
1989 and ending on June 30, 1994. The Peer Group is composed of Conner
Peripherals, Inc., Komag, Inc., Maxtor Corporation, Micropolis Corporation,
Quantum Corporation, Read-Rite Corporation and Western Digital Corporation.
Returns for the Peer Group are weighted based on market capitalization at the
beginning of each fiscal year.
EDGAR REPRESENTATION OF DATA POINTS USED IN PRINTED GRAPHIC
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Jun-89 Jun-90 Jun-91 Jun-92 Jun-93 Jun-94
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Seagate 100 107 57 112 120 149
Peer Group 100 194 109 134 90 113
S&P 500 100 116 125 142 161 163
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(1) The graph assumes that $100 was invested on July 1, 1989 in the Company's
Common Stock and in the S&P 500 and Peer Group, and that all dividends were
reinvested. No dividends have been declared or paid on the Company's Common
Stock. Shareholder returns over the indicated period should not be
considered indicative of future shareholder returns.
(2) The Company operates on a 52/53 week fiscal year which ends on the Friday
closest to June 30. Accordingly the last trading day of the Company's fiscal
year may vary. For consistent presentation and comparison to the S&P 500 and
Peer Group shown herein, the Company has calculated its stock performance
graph assuming a June 30 year end.
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The information contained above under the captions entitled "Report of the
Executive Personnel and Organization Committee of the Board of Directors" and
"Performance Graph" shall not be deemed to be "soliciting material" or to be
"filed" with the Securities and Exchange Commission, nor shall such information
be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent that the Company
specifically incorporates it by reference into such filing.
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CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH MANAGEMENT
The Company chartered aviation services from Monterey Airplane Company, a
company 100% owned by Alan F. Shugart, Chairman of the Board of Directors,
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, and his wife,
during the fiscal year ended July 1, 1994 in the aggregate amount of $1,142,352.
The Company believes that the terms of such transactions were no less favorable
than those which could be obtained from entities unrelated to the Company.
COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires the Company's
executive officers and directors, and persons who own more than ten percent of a
registered class of the Company's equity securities to file reports of ownership
and changes in ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Executive officers,
directors and greater than ten percent stockholders are required by SEC
regulation to furnish the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they
file. Based solely in its review of the copies of such forms received by it, or
written representations from certain reporting persons, the Company believes
that, during the period from July 3, 1993 to July 1, 1994, all filing
requirements applicable to its executive officers and directors were complied
with.
OTHER MATTERS
The Company knows of no other matters to be submitted at the meeting. If any
other matters properly come before the meeting, it is the intention of the
persons named in the enclosed form of Proxy to vote the shares they represent as
the Board of Directors may recommend.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dated: September 22, 1994
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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Restated August 6, 1987)
(As Amended Through October 27, 1994)
The following constitutes the provisions of the Employee Stock Purchase
Plan (herein called the "Plan") of Seagate Technology (herein called the
"Company").
1. PURPOSE. The purpose of the Plan is to provide employees of the
Company and its Designated Subsidiaries (as defined in paragraph 2(f)) with an
opportunity to purchase Common Stock of the Company through payroll deductions.
It is the intention of the Company that the Plan qualify as an "Employee Stock
Purchase Plan" under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the
"Code"). The provisions of the Plan shall, accordingly, be construed so as to
extend and limit participation in a manner consistent with the requirements of
that section of the Code.
2. DEFINITIONS.
(a) "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(b) "Common Stock" means the Common Stock, no par value, of the
Company.
(c) "Compensation" means base pay, excluding all other emoluments
such as amounts attributable to overtime, shift premium, incentive compensation,
bonuses and commissions; except that commissions paid with respect to the
Company's sales activities shall be treated as a part of base pay. The Board or
its Committee (as defined in Paragraph 13) may specifically direct the
inclusions of any excluded item of compensation in a manner consistent with the
requirements of Section 423 of the Code, as provided in
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Paragraph 1, but subject to the limitations contained in Paragraph 19 hereof.
(d) "Employee" means any person, including an officer, who is
employed by the Company or one of its Designated Subsidiaries.
(e) "Subsidiary" means any corporation, domestic or foreign, in which
the Company owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the voting shares.
(f) "Designated Subsidiaries" means the Subsidiaries which have been
designated by the Board from time to time in its sole discretion as eligible to
participate in the Plan.
(g) "Offering Date" means the first day of each offering period of
the Plan.
(h) "Termination Date" means the last day of each offering period of
the Plan.
3. ELIGIBILITY.
(a) GENERAL RULE. Any employee, as defined in paragraph 2, who has
been employed by the Company or one of its Designated Subsidiaries for at least
30 days prior to the Offering Date shall be eligible to participate in the Plan,
subject to the limitations imposed by Section 423(b) of the Code.
(b) EXCEPTIONS. Any provisions of the Plan to the contrary
notwithstanding, no employee shall be granted an option under the Plan if,
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(i) immediately after the grant, such employee (or any other person whose
stock ownership would be attributed to such employee pursuant to
Section 425(d) of the Code) would own shares and/or hold outstanding
options to purchase shares possessing five percent (5%) or more of
the total combined voting power or value of all classes of shares of
the Company or of any subsidiary of the Company, or
(ii) the rate of withholding under such option would permit the employee's
rights to purchase shares under all employee stock purchase plans of
the Company and its subsidiaries to accrue (i.e., become exercisable)
at a rate which exceeds Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($12,500)
of fair market value of such shares (determined at the time such
option is granted) for each offering period.
4. OFFERINGS. The Plan shall be implemented by one offering during each
six month period of the Plan, commencing on September 24, 1981, the date of
effectiveness with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 relating to its initial public offering and
continuing thereafter until terminated in accordance with paragraph 19 hereof.
5. PARTICIPATION.
(a) An eligible employee may become a participant in the Plan by
completing a subscription agreement authorizing payroll deductions on the form
provided by the Company and filing it with
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the Company's payroll office not less than 15 days prior to the applicable
Offering Date, unless a later time for filing the subscription agreement is set
by the Board for all eligible employees with respect to a given offering.
(b) Payroll deductions for a participant shall commence with the
first payroll following the Offering Date, or the first payroll following the
date of valid filing of the subscription agreement, whichever is later, and
shall end on the Termination Date of the offering, unless sooner terminated by
the participant as provided in paragraph 10.
6. PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS.
(a) At the time a participant files his subscription agreement, he
shall elect to have payroll deductions made on each payday during the offering
period at a rate not exceeding ten percent (10%), or such other maximum rate as
may be determined from time to time by the Board, of the Compensation which he
would otherwise receive on such payday, provided that the aggregate of such
payroll deductions during the offering period shall not exceed ten percent
(10%), or such other maximum percentage as may be determined from time to time
by the Board, of the Compensation which he would otherwise have received during
said offering period.
(b) All payroll deductions authorized by a participant shall be
credited to his account under the Plan. A participant may not make any
additional payments into such account.
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(c) A participant may discontinue his participation in the Plan as
provided in paragraph 10, but may not decrease or increase the rate of his
payroll deductions during the offering period.
7. GRANT OF OPTION.
(a) On each Offering Date, each participant shall be granted an
option to purchase (at the option price) the number of full shares of the
Company's Common Stock arrived at by dividing such participant's total payroll
deductions accumulated during such offering period by the lower of (i) eighty-
five percent (85%) of the fair market value of a share of the Company's Common
Stock at the Offering Date, or (ii) eighty-five percent (85%) of the fair market
value of a share of the Common Stock of the Company at the Termination Date,
subject to the limitations set forth in paragraphs 3(b) and 12 hereof. The fair
market value of a share of the Company's Common Stock shall be determined as
provided in paragraph 7(b) herein.
(b) The option price per share of such shares shall be the lower of:
(i) 85% of the fair market value of a share of the Common Stock of the Company
at the Offering Date; or (ii) 85% of the fair market value of a share of the
Common Stock of the Company at the Termination Date. The fair market value of
the Company's Common Stock on said dates shall be determined by the Company's
Board of Directors, based upon such factors as the Board determines relevant;
provided, however, that if there is a public market for
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the Common Stock, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock on a given
date shall be the reported bid price for the Common Stock as of such date; or,
in the event that the Common Stock is listed on a stock exchange, the fair
market value of a share of Common Stock shall be the closing price on the
exchange as of such date.
8. EXERCISE OF OPTION. Unless a participant withdraws from the Plan as
provided in paragraph 10, his option for the purchase of shares will be
exercised automatically at the Termination Date, and the minimum number of full
shares subject to option will be purchased for him at the applicable option
price with the accumulated payroll deductions in his account. During his
lifetime, a participant's option to purchase shares hereunder is exercisable
only by him.
9. DELIVERY. As promptly as practicable after the Termination Date of
each offering, the Company shall arrange the delivery to each participant, as
appropriate, of a certificate representing the shares purchased upon exercise of
his option. Any cash remaining to the credit of a participant's account under
the Plan after a purchase by him of shares at the Termination Date of each
offering period shall be returned to said participant.
10. WITHDRAWAL; TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.
(a) A participant may withdraw all, but not less than all, the
payroll deductions credited to his account under the Plan at any time prior to
the Termination Date by giving written notice
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to the Company on a form provided for such purpose. All of the participant's
payroll deductions credited to his account will be paid to him as soon as
practicable after receipt of his notice of withdrawal, and his option for the
current offering period will be automatically cancelled, and no further payroll
deductions for the purchase of shares will be made during such offering period.
(b) Upon termination of the participant's employment for any reason,
including retirement or death, the payroll deductions accumulated in his account
will be returned to him as soon as practicable after such termination or, in the
case of his death, to the person or persons entitled thereto under paragraph 14,
and his option will be automatically cancelled.
(c) A participant's withdrawal from an offering will not have any
effect upon his eligibility to participate in a succeeding offering or in any
similar plan which may hereafter be adopted by the Company.
11. INTEREST. No interest shall accrue on the payroll deductions of a
participant in the Plan.
12. STOCK.
(a) The maximum number of shares of the Company's Common Stock which
shall be reserved for sale under the Plan shall be 6,800,000 shares, subject to
further adjustment upon changes in capitalization of the Company as provided in
paragraph 18. The shares to be sold to participants in the Plan may be, at the
election of the Company, either treasury shares or shares authorized
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but unissued. If the total number of shares which would otherwise be subject to
options granted pursuant to paragraph 7(a) hereof at the Offering Date exceeds
the number of shares then available under the Plan (after deduction of all
shares for which options have been exercised or are then outstanding), the
Company shall make a pro rata allocation of the shares remaining available for
option grant in as uniform and equitable a manner as is practicable. In such
event, the Company shall give written notice of such reduction of the number of
shares subject to the option to each participant affected thereby and shall
return any excess funds accumulated in each participant's account as soon as
practicable after the termination date of such offering period.
(b) The participant will have no interest or voting right in shares
covered by his option until such option has been exercised.
(c) Shares to be delivered to a participant under the Plan will be
registered in the name of the participant or in the name of the participant and
his spouse.
13. ADMINISTRATION. The Plan shall be administered by the Board of
Directors of the Company or a committee (the "Committee") appointed by the
Board. The administration, interpretation or application of the Plan by the
Board or the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all
participants. Members of the Board or the Committee who are eligible employees
are permitted to participate in the Plan, provided that:
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(a) Members of the Board who are eligible to participate in the Plan
may not vote on any matter affecting the administration of the Plan or the grant
of any option pursuant to the Plan.
(b) No member of the Board who is eligible to participate in the Plan
may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the
Board during which action is taken with respect to the granting of options
pursuant to the Plan.
(c) If a Committee is established to administer the Plan, no member
of the Board who is eligible to participate in the Plan may be a member of the
Committee.
14. DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY.
(a) A participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary who
is to receive shares and/or cash, if any, from the participant's account under
the Plan in the event of such participant's death at a time when cash or shares
are held for his account.
(b) Such designation of beneficiary may be changed by the participant
at any time by written notice. In the event of the death of a participant in
the absence of a valid designation of a beneficiary who is living at the time of
such participant's death, the Company shall deliver such shares and/or cash to
the executor or administrator of the estate of the participant; or if no such
executor or administrator has been appointed (to the knowledge of the Company),
the Company, in its discretion, may deliver such shares and/or cash to the
spouse or to any one or more dependents
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or relatives of the participant; or if no spouse, dependent or relative is known
to the Company, then to such other person as the Company may designate.
15. TRANSFERABILITY. Neither payroll deductions credited to a
participant's account nor any rights with regard to the exercise of an option or
to receive shares under the Plan may be assigned, transferred, pledged or
otherwise disposed of in any way (other than by will, the laws of descent and
distribution, or as provided in paragraph 14 hereof) by the participant. Any
such attempt at assignment, transfer, pledge or other disposition shall be
without effect, except that the Company may treat such act as an election to
withdraw funds in accordance with paragraph 10.
16. USE OF FUNDS. All payroll deductions received or held by the Company
under the Plan may be used by the Company for any corporate purpose, and the
Company shall not be obligated to segregate such payroll deductions.
17. REPORTS. Individual accounts will be maintained for each participant
in the Plan. Statements of account will be given to participating employees
semi-annually as soon as practicable following the Termination Date, which
statements will set forth the amounts of payroll deductions, the per share
purchase price, the number of shares purchased and the remaining cash balance,
if any.
18. ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION. Subject to any required
action by the shareholders of the Company, the number of shares of Common Stock
covered by each option under the Plan
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which has not yet been exercised and the number of shares of Common Stock which
have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but have not yet been placed
under option (collectively, the "Reserves"), as well as the price per share of
Common Stock covered by each option under the Plan which has not yet been
exercised, shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the
number of issued shares of Common Stock resulting from a stock split or the
payment of a stock dividend (but only on the Common Stock) or any other increase
or decrease in the number of shares of Common Stock effected without receipt of
consideration by the Company; provided, however, that conversion of any
convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been "effected
without receipt of consideration". Such adjustment shall be made by the Board,
whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive.
Except as expressly provided herein, no issue by the Company of shares of stock
of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall
affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the
number or price of shares of Common Stock subject to option.
The Board may, if it so determines in the exercise of its sole discretion,
also make provision for adjusting the Reserves, as well as the price per share
of Common Stock covered by each outstanding option, in the event that the
Company effects one or more reorganizations, recapitalizations, rights offerings
or other increases or reductions of shares of its outstanding Common Stock, and
in the
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event of the Company being consolidated with or merged into any other
corporation.
19. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION. The Board of Directors of the Company may
at any time terminate or amend the Plan. No such termination will affect
options previously granted, nor may an amendment make any change in any option
theretofore granted which adversely affects the rights of any participant, nor
may an amendment be made without prior approval of the shareholders of the
Company if such amendment would:
(a) Increase the number of shares that may be issued under the Plan;
(b) Materially modify the requirements as to eligibility for
participation in the Plan; or
(c) Materially increase the benefits which may accrue to participants
under the Plan.
20. NOTICES. All notices or other communications by a participant to the
Company in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have been duly given when
received in the form specified by the Company at the location, or by the person,
designated by the Company for the receipt thereof.
21. SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL. Continuance of the Plan shall be subject to
approval by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding
shares of the Company present or represented and entitled to vote thereon, which
approval shall be:
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(a) (1) solicited substantially in accordance with Section 14(a) of
the Securities Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act") and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, or (2) solicited after the Company has furnished in
writing to the holders entitled to vote substantially the same information
concerning the Plan as that which would be required by the rules and regulations
in effect under Section 4(a) of the Act at the time such information is
furnished; and
(b) obtained at or prior to the first annual meeting of shareholders
held subsequent to the first registration of Common Stock under Section 12 of
the Act.
In the case of approval by written consent, the shares "present
or represented" shall mean all outstanding shares.
22. CONDITIONS UPON ISSUANCE OF SHARES. Shares shall not be issued with
respect to an option unless the exercise of such option and the issuance and
delivery of such shares pursuant thereto shall comply with all applicable
provisions of law, domestic or foreign, including, without limitation, the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the requirements
of any stock exchange upon which the shares may then be listed, and shall be
further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such
compliance.
As a condition to the exercise of an option and if required by applicable
securities laws, the Company may require the participant
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for whose account the option is being exercised to represent and warrant at the
time of any such exercise that the shares are being purchased only for
investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such shares
if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation is required
by any of the aforementioned applicable provisions of law.
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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
______ Original Application
______ Change in Payroll Deduction Rate
______ Change of Beneficiary(ies)
1. ___________________________________ hereby elects to participate in the
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") and subscribes
to purchase shares of the Company's Common Stock in accordance with this
Agreement and the Plan.
2. I hereby authorize payroll deductions from each paycheck in the amount of
______% of my base pay in accordance with the Plan.
3. I understand that said payroll deductions shall be accumulated for the
purchase of shares in accordance with the Plan, and that shares will be
purchased for me automatically at the end of the offering period unless I
withdraw from the Plan by giving written notice to the Company.
4. I understand that prior to the delivery of any shares I will receive a copy
of the Company's most recent prospectus which describes the Plan. A copy
of the complete "Seagate Technology Employee Stock Purchase Plan" is on
file with the Company.
5. Shares purchased for me under the Plan should be issued in the name(s) of:
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
6. I understand that if I dispose of any shares received by me pursuant to the
Plan within 2 years after the first day of the offering period during which
I purchased such shares or within 1 year after the date on which such
shares were delivered to me, I may be treated for federal income tax
purposes as having received ordinary income at the time of such disposition
in an amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of the shares at
the time such shares were delivered to me over the option price paid for
the shares. I HEREBY AGREE TO NOTIFY THE COMPANY IN WRITING WITHIN 30 DAYS
AFTER THE DATE OF ANY SUCH DISPOSITION. However, if I dispose of such
shares at any time after the expiration of the 2-year and 1-year holding
periods, I understand that I will be treated for federal income tax
purposes as having received income only at the time of such disposition,
and that such income will be taxed as
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ordinary income only to the extent of an amount equal to the lesser of (1)
the excess of the fair market value of the shares at the time of such
disposition over the amount paid for the shares under the option, or (2)
the excess of the fair market value of the shares over the option price,
measured as if the option had been exercised on the first day of the
offering period during which I purchased such shares. The remainder of the
gain, if any, recognized on such disposition will be taxed at capital gains
rates.
7. I hereby agree to be bound by the terms of the Plan. The effectiveness of
this Subscription Agreement is dependent upon my eligibility to participate
in the Plan.
8. In the event of my death, I hereby designate the following as my
beneficiary(ies) to receive all payments and shares due me under the Plan:
NAME: (Please print) ________________________________________
First Middle Last
______________________ ________________________________________
Relationship
________________________________________
Address
NAME: (Please print) ________________________________________
First Middle Last
______________________ ________________________________________
Relationship
________________________________________
Address
Date: ____________________ ______________________________
Signature of Employee
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
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I do not wish to participate in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Date: ___________________ _____________________________________
Signature of Employee
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This Proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
1994 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
October 27, 1994
The undersigned shareholder of SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INC., a Delaware
corporation, hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Annual Meeting of
Shareholders and Proxy Statement, each dated September 22, 1994, and hereby
appoints Alan F. Shugart, Gary B. Filler and Robert A. Kleist, and each of them,
proxies and attorneys-in-fact, with full power to each of substitution, on
behalf and in the name of the undersigned, to represent the undersigned at the
1994 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INC. to be held on
October 27, 1994 at 10:00 a.m., local time, at The Fairmont Hotel, Fairmont
Plaza, 170 South Market Street, San Jose, California 95113, and at any
adjournment or adjournments thereof, and to vote all shares of Common Stock
which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if then and there personally
present, on the matters set forth below:
1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS:
/ / FOR all nominees listed below / / WITHHOLD
(except as indicated)
If you wish to withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee,
strike a line through that nominee's name in the list below:
Alan F. Shugart; Robert A. Kleist; Gary B. Filler; Kenneth E.
Haughton; Thomas P. Stafford; Lawrence Perlman; Laurel L. Wilkening.
2. PROPOSAL TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT OF THE EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK RESERVED FOR ISSUANCE
THEREUNDER BY 2,000,000 SHARES:
/ / FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN
3. PROPOSAL TO RATIFY AND APPROVE THE PERFORMANCE-BASED EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION PLAN:
/ / FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN
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4. PROPOSAL TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF ERNST & YOUNG AS THE INDEPENDENT
AUDITORS OF THE COMPANY FOR FISCAL 1995:
/ / FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN
and, in their discretion, upon such other matter or matters which may properly
come before the meeting or any adjournment or adjournments thereof.
THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED OR, IF NO CONTRARY DIRECTION IS INDICATED,
WILL BE VOTED FOR THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS, FOR THE AMENDMENT TO THE 1981
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN, FOR THE RATIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF THE
PERFORMANCE-BASED EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN AND FOR THE RATIFICATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT OF ERNST & YOUNG AS INDEPENDENT AUDITORS AND AS SAID PROXIES DEEM
ADVISABLE ON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.
Dated: __________________, 1994
_______________________________
Signature
_______________________________
Signature
(This Proxy should be marked, dated and signed by the shareholder(s) exactly as
his or her name appears hereon, and returned promptly in the enclosed envelope.
Persons signing in a fiduciary capacity should so indicate. If shares are held
by joint tenants or as community property, both should sign.)
