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NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
2900 SEMICONDUCTOR DRIVE, P.O. BOX 58090
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA 95052-8090
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
SEPTEMBER 30, 1994
NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of NATIONAL
SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), will be held
at 9:00 A.M., California time, on September 30, 1994, in the Hall of Cities Room
of the Santa Clara Marriott Hotel, 2700 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara,
California, for the following purposes:
1. To elect a Board of eight Directors. If the amendment to the Company's
By-Laws to create a classified Board is approved by shareholders, the
directors will be elected to a classified Board, with 3 directors being
elected for a term of one year, 2 directors being elected for a term of
two years, and 3 directors being elected for a term of three years. In
the event such proposal is not approved, all eight directors will be
elected for a term of one year;
2. To amend Article Fourth of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to
increase the authorized Common Stock of the Company from 200,000,000
shares to 300,000,000 shares;
3. To approve an amendment to the Company's By-Laws to provide for the
classification of the Company's Board of Directors into three classes;
4. To approve the adoption of the amended and restated Employees Stock
Purchase Plan;
5. To approve the adoption of the Global Employees Stock Purchase Plan;
6. To approve the adoption of the amended and restated Stock Option Plan;
7. To approve the adoption of the Executive Officer Incentive Plan; and
8. To transact such other business as may properly come before such meeting
or any adjournments thereof.
The record date for the meeting is the close of business on August 5, 1994
and only the holders of Common Stock of the Company on that date will be
entitled to vote at such meeting or any adjournment thereof.
By Order of the Board of Directors
JOHN M. CLARK III
SECRETARY
August 15, 1994
PLEASE RETURN YOUR SIGNED PROXY
PLEASE COMPLETE AND PROMPTLY RETURN YOUR PROXY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. THIS
WILL NOT PREVENT YOU FROM VOTING IN PERSON AT THE MEETING. IT WILL, HOWEVER,
HELP ASSURE A QUORUM AND AVOID ADDED PROXY SOLICITATION COSTS.
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NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
2900 SEMICONDUCTOR DRIVE, P.O. BOX 58090
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA 95052-8090
PROXY STATEMENT FOR THE 1994 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1994
SOLICITATION OF PROXY AND REVOCABILITY
This Proxy Statement is furnished to stockholders of NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR
CORPORATION (the "Company") in connection with the solicitation by the Board of
Directors of the Company of proxies to be used at the 1994 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders of the Company to be held on September 30, 1994 or any adjournments
thereof. Proxies in the form enclosed, which are properly executed by
stockholders, returned to management, and not revoked, will be voted at such
meeting and, where specification is made on the ballot, will be so voted.
Proxies received without specification, unless revoked, will be voted for
management's proposals.
Any person giving a proxy in the form accompanying this statement has the
power to revoke it at any time prior to its exercise. A proxy may be revoked by
filing with the Secretary of the Company an instrument of revocation or a duly
executed proxy bearing a later date. It may also be revoked by attendance at the
meeting and the election to vote in person.
The Company will bear the entire cost of solicitation, including the
preparation, assembly, printing and mailing of this Proxy Statement, the
proxies, and any additional material which may be furnished to stockholders.
Copies of solicitation material will be furnished to brokerage houses,
fiduciaries, and custodians to forward to beneficial owners of stock held in
their names. Proxies may be solicited by directors, officers, or regular
employees of the Company in person or by telephone or telegraph. The Company has
retained D.F. King & Co., Inc., 77 Water Street, New York, New York 10005, to
assist in the solicitation of proxies from brokers and nominees for a fee of
approximately $12,500 plus out-of-pocket expenses, and The First National Bank
of Boston, P.O. Box 1628, Boston, Massachusetts 02105-9903 to assist in the
counting of proxies for a fee of approximately $3,600 plus out-of-pocket
expenses. August 15, 1994 is the approximate date this Proxy Statement and
accompanying proxy first will be sent to stockholders of the Company.
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ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
It is recommended that the Board of Directors for the ensuing year consist
of the eight directors who presently constitute the Board. Contingent upon the
approval at this meeting of the amendment to the Company's By-Laws to create a
classified Board, three directors will be elected for a one year term expiring
in 1995 (Class I), two directors will be elected for a two year term expiring in
1996 (Class II) and three directors will be elected for a three year term
expiring in 1997 (Class III), in each case for such term or until his respective
successor is elected and qualified. If the proposed By-Laws amendment is not
approved, all directors elected at the meeting will be elected to serve until
the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected
and qualified. If any nominee is unable or declines to serve as a director at
the time of the Annual Meeting, proxies will be voted for any nominee designated
by the present Board of Directors to fill the vacancy. It is not expected that
any nominee will be unable or unwilling to serve as a director.
The following table indicates the age, principal occupation or employment of
each nominee, the year in which each nominee became a director of the Company,
and the class to which the director is proposed to be elected.
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DIRECTOR
NOMINEE PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION DURING LAST FIVE YEARS AGE SINCE CLASS
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Peter J. Sprague........... Chairman of the Board of the Company and private venture 55 1965 III
financier(1)
Gilbert F. Amelio.......... President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company(2) 51 1991 I
Gary P. Arnold............. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Analogy, 53 1989 III
Inc.(3)
Robert Beshar.............. Attorney -- self-employed 66 1972 I
Modesto A. Maidique........ President, Florida International University(4) 54 1993 I
J. Tracy O'Rourke.......... Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Varian Associates, 59 1992 II
Inc.(5)
Charles E. Sporck.......... President and Chief Executive and Operating Officer of the 66 1967 II
Company(6)
Donald E. Weeden........... Chief Executive of Weeden & Co., L.P., security dealers(7) 64 1962 III
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(1) Mr. Sprague is a director of Pantepec International, Inc., VideOcart,
Inc., and Software Professionals Inc.
(2) Mr. Amelio joined the Company in February 1991. Prior to joining the
Company, he was President of Rockwell Communication Systems, a subsidiary
of Rockwell International Corporation which he joined in 1983 as President
of its Semiconductor Products Division. Mr. Amelio is a director of Chiron
Corporation.
(3) Mr. Arnold was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tektronix,
Inc. until October, 1992. Mr. Arnold served as Vice President, Finance and
Assistant Secretary of the Company until April 1990. Mr. Arnold is a
director of Aldus Corporation.
(4) Mr. Maidique is a director of Carnival Corporation.
(5) Mr. O'Rourke was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of
Rockwell International Corporation until February 1990. Mr. O'Rourke is a
director of Varian Associates, Inc. and General Instrument Corporation.
(6) Mr. Sporck retired from the Company in June 1991.
(7) Mr. Weeden is a director of UAS Automation Systems, Inc. and JMC Group
Inc.
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COMMITTEES AND MEETINGS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
During fiscal year 1994, the Board of Directors held eight meetings and
acted three times by consent without a meeting. All nominees for director
attended more than 75% of the aggregate number of meetings of the Board and
committees of the Board on which they served during the year.
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During fiscal 1994, the Audit Committee of the Board met three times. This
committee has the responsibility to review and approve the scope of the annual
audit; to recommend to the Board the appointment of the independent public
accountants; to interview the independent public accountants for review and
analysis of the Company's financial staff, systems, and adequacy of controls;
and to review any non-audit services of the independent public accountants.
Current members of the Audit Committee are Messrs. Arnold, Beshar and Weeden.
The Stock Option and Compensation Committee of the Board, which held five
meetings during fiscal 1994, has the responsibility for administering the
Company's various stock option plans, reviewing and evaluating the Company's
compensation programs and plans, and establishing and administering the
compensation policy and executive pay programs of the Company for the Company's
executive officers, including setting compensation, base salary, bonuses and
other incentive awards. This committee also has the responsibility to make
recommendations to the Board concerning amendments to the stock option and
certain other compensation plans and, in certain instances, to make amendments
to such plans. The current members of this committee are Messrs. Arnold, Beshar,
Maidique, O'Rourke and Sprague.
The Nominating Committee of the Board, which held no formal meetings during
fiscal 1994, has the responsibility to make recommendations to the Board with
respect to nominees to be designated by the Board for election as directors. The
members of this committee are Messrs. Maidique, O'Rourke, Sporck and Sprague.
Any stockholder who wishes to recommend a prospective nominee for the Board for
the Nominating Committee's consideration may write: Gilbert F. Amelio, President
and CEO, National Semiconductor Corporation, 1090 Kifer Road, M/S 16-100,
Sunnyvale, CA 94086-3737.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
Mr. Arnold was formerly Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
of the Company until his resignation from the Company in April 1990. Mr. Beshar
served as Secretary to the Board of Directors from 1965 to 1971.
As of August 1, 1994, Mr. Sprague is indebted to the Company in the total
amount of $482,120.78 (including interest) as a result of loans in the total
principal amount of $596,417.00 made to Mr. Sprague on October 27, 1987, July
20, 1988 and March 7, 1989. Interest charged on the loans is the prime interest
rate quoted by Chase Manhattan Bank plus one percent (1%). During the fiscal
year, the highest amount outstanding on the loans was $527,330.65 (including
interest). As security for the loans, Mr. Sprague has pledged certain stock held
by him in a privately held company.
The Company has entered into a License Agreement with Wave Systems
Corporation ("Wave") providing for the cross licensing of certain technologies
and intellectual property rights and joint development efforts. Mr. Sprague is a
director and Chief Executive Officer of Wave and owns 20.28% of the total issued
and outstanding stock of Wave. Other members of the Board also own a percentage
of Wave's issued and outstanding stock as follows: Mr. Arnold: 0.65%; Mr.
Sporck: 0.17%; and Mr. Weeden: 2.6%. No monies were exchanged between the
Company and Wave during fiscal 1994.
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS AND RELATIONS
Gilbert F. Amelio, a director and President and CEO of the Company, owns an
airplane which is used for Company business travel. During fiscal 1993 and for
part of fiscal 1994, the Company had an agreement with Mr. Amelio reimbursing
him for his authorized business use of the airplane. The Company made payments
totalling $54,179 and $21,072 during fiscal years 1993 and 1994 respectively
under this agreement. During fiscal 1994, the Company entered into a new
agreement with Mr. Amelio allowing use of the airplane on Company business by
employees other than Mr. Amelio. Under the terms of this agreement, the Company
is responsible for all direct costs associated with the operation of the
airplane and pays an hourly rental fee to Mr. Amelio when the airplane is used
on authorized Company business, whether by Mr. Amelio or others. The Company
also employs pilots for the airplane which it owns, and these pilots devote a
portion of their time to Mr. Amelio's airplane. Mr. Amelio also reimburses the
Company for costs and expenses paid by the Company that are allocable to his
personal use of the airplane. Under the revised 1994 agreement, payments by the
Company to Mr. Amelio totalled $102,997 and payments by Mr. Amelio to the
Company totalled $25,830. The Company considers the arrangement to be
economically beneficial to it.
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As of August 1, 1994, Gilbert F. Amelio is indebted to the Company in the
total amount of $400,000.00 (including interest) as a result of advances made to
Mr. Amelio on February 15, 1991 and April 11, 1991 to facilitate the purchase of
his personal residence in California. The highest amount outstanding during the
fiscal year was $470,268.18 (including interest). Until sale of his prior Texas
residence in April 1992, the advances were evidenced by an interest free note
and deed of trust executed in favor of the Company on his prior residence. Upon
sale of the residence, the prior note was replaced with a promissory note in the
principal amount of $450,000 bearing simple interest at the rate of seven
percent (7%).
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
Each non-employee director receives an annual fee of $20,000, $1,000 for
each Board meeting attended, $500 for each committee meeting attended, and
$1,000 for each committee meeting attended and not held in conjunction with a
regularly scheduled Board meeting. In addition, each director is reimbursed for
expenses incurred in connection with these meetings. During fiscal 1994, Mr.
Sprague, Chairman of the Board, received an additional chairman's fee of $75,000
and Mr. Beshar received an additional fee of $12,000 for legal services provided
to the Board.
Under the Director Stock Plan, non-employee directors automatically receive
1,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock (i) upon their date of appointment to
the Board; and (ii) on the date of each subsequent reelection to the Board by
the stockholders. During fiscal 1994, non-employee directors each were issued
1,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock on October 1, 1993.
COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
The members of the Board of Directors, the executive officers of the Company
and persons who hold more than 10 percent of the Company's Common Stock are
subject to reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, which require them to file reports with respect to their ownership
of and transactions in the Company's securities, and furnish the Company copies
of all such reports they file. Based upon the copies of those reports furnished
to the Company, and written representations that no other reports were required
to be filed, the Company believes that all reporting requirements under Section
16(a) for the fiscal year ended May 29, 1994 were met in a timely manner by its
executive officers, Board members and greater than 10 percent stockholders with
the exception of the late filing by Mr. Maidique, a director of the Company, of
one Form 4 reporting the purchase of Common Stock and the late filing by Mr.
Clark, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, of
one Form 4 reporting the automatic purchase of Common Stock under the Company's
Employees Stock Purchase Plan.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE ELECTION AS DIRECTORS OF
THE NOMINEES NAMED HEREIN. UNLESS INDICATED OTHERWISE ON THE PROXY, THE SHARES
WILL BE VOTED FOR THE ELECTION AS DIRECTORS OF SUCH NOMINEES. IN ORDER TO BE
ELECTED, A NOMINEE FOR DIRECTOR MUST BE APPROVED BY THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF AT
LEAST A MAJORITY OF THE SHARES PRESENT AND ENTITLED TO VOTE.
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT
The following tables set forth the beneficial ownership of each class of
equity securities of the Company as of June 26, 1994 by each director and
nominee, the chief executive officer and the four other most highly compensated
executive officers, and all directors and executive officers as a group:
COMMON STOCK
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AMOUNT AND NATURE OF PERCENT OF
NAME OF BENEFICIAL OWNER BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP CLASS
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Peter J. Sprague...................................................... 9,713(1) *
Gilbert F. Amelio..................................................... 204,659(2) *
Gary P. Arnold........................................................ 2,000 *
Robert Beshar......................................................... 138,260(3) *
Modesto A. Maidique................................................... 3,000 *
J. Tracy O'Rourke..................................................... 2,500 *
Charles E. Sporck..................................................... 691,594(4) *
Donald E. Weeden...................................................... 2,500(5) *
Richard M. Beyer...................................................... 6,143(6) *
R. Thomas Odell....................................................... 40,041(7) *
Kirk P. Pond.......................................................... 62,883(8) *
George M. Scalise..................................................... 24,520(9) *
All directors and executive officers as a group....................... 1,499,215(10) 1.22
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* Less than 1 percent
(1) Includes 3,000 shares owned by Mr. Sprague's wife.
(2) Includes 191,250 shares which Mr. Amelio has the right to acquire within
60 days through the exercise of stock options and 194 shares owned by a
trust of which Mr. Amelio is a beneficiary.
(3) Includes 24,510 shares owned by Mr. Beshar's adult children in respect of
which Mr. Beshar disclaims beneficial ownership.
(4) Includes 7700 shares owned by Mr. Sporck's adult children in respect of
which Mr. Sporck disclaims beneficial ownership and 450,000 shares which
Mr. Sporck has the right to acquire within 60 days through the exercise of
stock options.
(5) Includes 500 shares held by a trust of which Mr. Weeden is a beneficiary.
(6) Includes 143 shares held by a trust of which Mr. Beyer is a beneficiary
and 6,000 shares which Mr. Beyer has the right to acquire within 60 days
through the exercise of stock options.
(7) Includes 96 shares owned by Mr. Odell's minor children, 1701 shares owned
by a trust of which Mr. Odell is a beneficiary and 33,325 shares which Mr.
Odell has the right to acquire within 60 days through the exercise of
stock options.
(8) Includes 16,809 shares owned by Mr. Pond's wife, 324 shares held by a
trust of which Mr. Pond is a beneficiary and 45,750 shares which Mr. Pond
has the right to acquire within 60 days through the exercise of stock
options.
(9) Includes 192 shares owned by a trust of which Mr. Scalise is a beneficiary
and 8,500 shares which Mr. Scalise has the right to acquire within 60 days
through the exercise of stock options.
(10) Includes 20,339 shares owned by spouses and minor children, 32,210 shares
owned by adult children in respect of which beneficial ownership is
disclaimed, 14,461 shares owned by trusts of which the officer and/or
director is a beneficiary and 1,008,875 shares which can be acquired
within 60 days through the exercise of stock options.
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PREFERRED STOCK
No members of management own any of the Company's preferred stock.
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
SUMMARY OF CASH AND CERTAIN OTHER COMPENSATION
The following table provides certain summary information concerning
compensation paid or accrued by the Company and its subsidiaries, to or on
behalf of the Company' Chief Executive Officer and each of the four most highly
compensated executive officers of the Company (hereinafter referred to as the
named executive officers) for the last three fiscal years ended May 31, 1992,
May 30, 1993 and May 29, 1994:
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE(1)
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LONG TERM
COMPENSATION
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OTHER ANNUAL OPTIONS ALL OTHER
NAME AND PRINCIPAL POSITION YEAR SALARY($) BONUS($) COMPENSATION(2)(3) (#S)(4) COMPENSATION(2)(5)
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Gilbert F. Amelio 1994 $ 649,847 $ 792,015 40,000 $ 49,704
President and CEO 1993 569,539 792,000 $ 529,329 65,000 32,735
1992 511,539 299,511 150,000
Richard M. Beyer 1994 280,292 337,505(6) 211,793 10,000 19,671
President, Communications 1993 81,731 150,000 44,732 24,000 4,430
and Computing Group 1992(7)
R. Thomas Odell 1994 260,510 263,009 6,500 14,264
President, Standard 1993 254,821 250,000 12,000 9,563
Products Group 1992 239,252 125,772 27,500
Kirk P. Pond 1994 310,199 400,000 10,000 26,302
Executive Vice President 1993 295,587 300,000 15,000 15,664
and Chief Operating Officer 1992 274,516 144,955 96,000
George M. Scalise 1994 254,085 265,009 7,500 33,435
Senior Vice President and 1993 239,338 240,000 14,000 24,187
Chief Administrative 1992 156,289 63,214 30,000
Officer
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(1) As to the columns omitted, the answer is none.
(2) Pursuant to Release Nos. 33-6962 and 34-31327 issued by the Securities and
Exchange Commission on October 21, 1992, "Other Annual Compensation" and
"All Other Compensation" are not reported for fiscal 1992.
(3) In 1994, for Mr. Beyer includes $86,291 reimbursed for the payment of
taxes, and $125,502 paid in connection with relocation. In 1993, for Mr.
Amelio, includes $209,480 reimbursed for the payment of taxes, and
$319,849 paid in connection with relocation, and for Mr. Beyer, $44,732
reimbursed for the payment of taxes. Where no amount is given, the dollar
value of perquisites paid to each of the named executive officers does not
exceed the lesser of $50,000 or 10% of the total of annual salary and
bonus reported for the named executive officer.
(4) Options granted under the Stock Option Plan, as amended. Excludes options
granted under the Employees Stock Purchase Plan.
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(5) For 1994, represents (i) contributions and allocations to the Company's
defined contribution retirement plans of $29,973 for Mr. Amelio, $16,879
for Mr. Beyer, $10,540 for Mr. Odell, $18,550 for Mr. Pond and $16,098 for
Mr. Scalise and (ii) value of life insurance premiums paid by the Company
for term life insurance of $19,731 for Mr. Amelio, $2,792 for Mr. Beyer,
$3,724 for Mr. Odell, $7,752 for Mr. Pond and $17,337 for Mr. Scalise. For
1993, represents (i) contributions and allocations to the Company's
defined contribution retirement plans of $12,875 for Mr. Amelio, $2,288
for Mr. Beyer, $5,933 for Mr. Odell, $8,212 for Mr. Pond and $7,369 for
Mr. Scalise and (ii) value of insurance premiums paid by the Company for
term life insurance of $19,860 for Mr. Amelio, $2,142 for Mr. Beyer,
$3,630 for Mr. Odell, $7,452 for Mr. Pond and $16,818 for Mr. Scalise.
(6) For 1994, includes $50,000 bonus paid on relocation, and for 1993,
includes $50,000 sign-on bonus.
(7) Mr. Beyer joined the Company in fiscal 1993.
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STOCK OPTIONS
The following table contains information concerning the grant of stock
options in fiscal 1994 to the named executive officers:
OPTION GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
INDIVIDUAL GRANTS
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% OF TOTAL OPTIONS
OPTIONS GRANTED TO EXERCISE OR GRANT DATE
GRANTED EMPLOYEES IN FISCAL BASE PRICE EXPIRATION PRESENT VALUE
NAME (#)(1) YEAR(2) ($/SH)(3) DATE ($)(4)
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Gilbert F. Amelio................................ 40,000 1.73 $ 20.50 9/30/03 $ 519,552
Richard M. Beyer................................. 10,000 .43 20.50 9/30/03 129,888
R. Thomas Odell.................................. 6,500 .28 20.50 9/30/03 84,427
Kirk P. Pond..................................... 10,000 .43 20.50 9/30/03 129,888
George M. Scalise................................ 7,500 .33 20.50 9/30/03 97,416
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(1) Options granted under the Stock Option Plan during fiscal 1994. Options
are granted at fair market value at date of grant exercisable in a series
of four equal and successive annual installments over the optionee's
period of service with the Company, measured from the grant date, with the
first installment exercisable one year from the grant date. Each option
has a maximum term of ten years and one day, subject to earlier
termination in the event of the optionee's termination of employment with
the Company. Does not include options granted under the Company's
Employees Stock Purchase Plan.
(2) A total of 2,311,000 options were granted to employees, including
executive officers, during fiscal 1994.
(3) The exercise price may be paid in cash, in shares of common stock valued
at fair market value on the exercise date or in a combination of cash and
stock. The Stock Option and Compensation Committee (the "Committee") may
permit payment of all or part of applicable withholding taxes due upon
exercise of the option by withholding of shares, valued at the fair market
value of the Company's Common Stock on the date of exercise, otherwise
issuable upon exercise of the option. The Committee may also grant options
in exchange for the cancellation of options previously granted and the
purchase price of shares subject to such new options, which will be as
determined by the Committee, may be lower than the exercise price of the
cancelled options.
(4) Represents grant date valuation computed under the Black-Scholes option
pricing model adapted for use in valuing stock options. The actual value,
if any, that may be realized will depend on the excess of the stock price
over the exercise price on the date the option is exercised, so there can
be no assurance that the value realized will be at or near the value
estimated by the Black-Scholes model. Grant date values were determined
based in part on the following assumptions: risk free rate of return of
7%, no dividend yield, time of exercise of ten years, discount for vesting
restrictions of 3% per year, and annualized volatility of 46% (based on
historical stock prices for five years preceding the grant date).
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OPTION EXERCISES
The following table provides information with respect to the named executive
officers concerning the exercise of options during the last fiscal year and
unexercised options held as of the end of the fiscal year:
AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR AND
FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION VALUES(1)
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NUMBER OF
UNEXERCISED VALUE OF UNEXERCISED
OPTIONS AT IN-THE-MONEY OPTIONS
FY-END (#) AT FY-END ($)(3)
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SHARES ACQUIRED REALIZED EXERCISABLE/ EXERCISABLE/
NAME ON EXERCISE (#) ($)(2) UNEXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE
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Gilbert F. Amelio.................. 200,000 $ 2,775,000 191,250/263,750 $2,073,281/2,228,594
Richard M. Beyer................... 0 6,000/28,000 42,750/128,250
R. Thomas Odell.................... 75,900 1,164,113 33,325/60,075 460,403/666,434
Kirk P. Pond....................... 50,000 1,118,750 45,750/65,250 846,375/671,656
George M. Scalise.................. 0 18,500/33,000 342,250/610,500
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(1) Excludes any shares that can be acquired under the Company's Employees
Stock Purchase Plan.
(2) Market value of the underlying shares based on the opening price of the
Company's Common Stock on the date of exercise less the exercise price.
(3) Represents the difference between $18.50, the market price of the
Company's Common Stock at fiscal year end, and the exercise price.
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LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLANS
The following table provides information with respect to the named executive
officers concerning awards made under the Company's Performance Award Plan, the
Company's only plan for long term incentive compensation during fiscal 1994. The
Performance Award Plan was adopted during fiscal 1993 and to date no payouts
have been made under the plan.
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLANS -- AWARDS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
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PERFORMANCE
OR OTHER ESTIMATED FUTURE PAYOUTS
PERIOD UNDER NON-STOCK
NUMBER OF UNTIL PRICE-BASED PLANS(3)
SHARES, UNITS MATURATION -----------------------------------
OR OTHER RIGHTS OR THRESHOLD TARGET MAXIMUM
NAME (#)(1) PAYOUT(2) (#) (#) (#)
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Gilbert F. Amelio................................. 40,000 3-5 years 4,000 40,000 80,000
Richard M. Beyer.................................. 9,500 3-5 years 950 9,500 19,000
R. Thomas Odell................................... 8,500 3-5 years 850 8,500 17,000
Kirk P. Pond...................................... 10,000 3-5 years 1,000 10,000 20,000
George M. Scalise................................. 8,500 3-5 years 850 8,500 17,000
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(1) Denominated in Performance Award Plan units.
(2) The Performance Award Plan cycle runs from three to five fiscal years
depending on achievement of target goals.
(3) Payouts of awards are tied to achieving specified levels on both return on
equity and increases in size of equity. The target amount will be earned
if 100% of the targeted return on equity and increase in size of equity is
achieved. The threshold amount will be earned at achievement of 80% of the
targeted return and increase in size of equity and the maximum amount will
be earned at achievement of 200% of the targeted return and increase in
size of equity. Estimated future payouts are shown in number of
Performance Award Plan units that would be awarded if the threshold,
target or maximum levels were achieved; the dollar value of any award will
be based on the average fair market value of the Company's Common Stock at
the time awards are actually determined.
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EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND CHANGE-IN-CONTROL
ARRANGEMENTS
The Company has traditionally not used employment contracts for its
executive officers or entered into special compensatory plans or arrangements
for compensation of executive officers upon termination of employment or change
in control of the Company. Upon termination of employment, executive officers
are entitled to receive the same benefits as any other terminating employee,
including payment of accrued vacation. Executive officers whose employment is
terminated by the Company by reason of lay-off have received under Company
practice salary and benefits for six months to one year after the date of
lay-off. In addition, directors, the president and other officers at the vice
president or higher level appointed by the Board who retire from the Company may
continue to participate in the Company's group medical and dental plans after
retirement. As of the fiscal year ended May 29, 1994, six retired officers were
participants. Amounts paid by the Company under this program during fiscal 1994
total $48,842.
The Board has adopted a retirement policy for members of the Board of
Directors providing for the payment of the annual director's fee for a period of
one half of the number of years the director served on the Board. Pursuant to
that policy, the Company entered into a consulting agreement during fiscal year
1994 with Harry H. Wetzel, who retired from the Board at the 1993 Annual
Meeting, providing for the payment of $20,000 per year for eight years.
STOCK OPTION AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT ON
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The Stock Option and Compensation Committee (the "Committee") of the Board
of Directors has furnished the following report on executive compensation:
COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY
Under the supervision of the Stock Option and Compensation Committee of the
Board of Directors, the Company has implemented compensation policies, plans and
programs designed to enhance the profitability of the Company and stockholder
value by closely aligning the financial interests of the Company's senior
managers with those of its stockholders. As a general rule, base salaries are
set at levels competitive to the semiconductor industry with increases
thereafter determined primarily by individual performance. Annual and longer
term incentive compensation programs are used to attract and retain executive
officers and other key employees and to motivate them to perform to the full
extent of their ability. Both types of incentive compensation are variable and
closely related to corporate, business unit and individual performance in a
manner that is intended to encourage a continuing focus on profitability and
stockholder value.
In evaluating the performance and setting the incentive compensation of the
Company's executive officers, the Committee has taken particular note of
management's strategic repositioning of the Company, restructuring of the
Company through consolidation of worldwide manufacturing capacity, and
redirection of the Company's focus and objectives. The Committee has also taken
into account management's commitment to the long term success of the Company
through development of a vision for the Company and improvements in metrics used
for guiding critical business decisions, new product development programs,
strategic planning processes, focused research and development spending, and
expanded employee training.
Based on its evaluation of these factors, the Committee believes that the
executive management of the Company is dedicated to achieving and maintaining
significant improvements in long term financial performance and that the
compensation policies, plans and programs the Company has implemented have
contributed and will contribute to achieving the desired management focus.
Compensation for each of the officers identified in the proxy statement
("Named Officers"), as well as other individuals designated by the Board as
officers subject to Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
("Exchange Act") ("Executive Officers"), consists of a base salary and annual
and long-term incentive compensation. The base salaries are fixed at levels
competitive to those paid to senior executives with comparable qualifications,
experience and responsibilities at other large companies in the semiconductor
industry. Along with all other employees, Executive Officers are reviewed once a
year at the end of the
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fiscal year and annual salary increases are made based on individual performance
and management responsibilities. Annual and longer-term incentive compensation
is more variable and closely tied to the Company's success in achieving
significant performance goals for the fiscal years in question. With the
exception of stock options, incentives paid in the past are not considered in
measuring current incentive performance. More specific information on each of
these compensation elements follows.
SALARIES
At the end of each fiscal year, all Executive Officers (excluding Mr.
Amelio, President and CEO) are reviewed by Mr. Amelio and, where applicable,
their manager using the same review standards applied to all employees in the
Company. The review made in fiscal 1994 for performance in fiscal year 1993
covered results achieved on specific performance objectives, and evaluation of
position performance characteristics and peer, subordinate and internal customer
feedback. Specific performance objectives vary depending on the Executive
Officer's position and responsibilities (i.e., an operations manager may be
given an objective of achieving a certain profit target for the manager's
business unit operation while the chief financial officer may be given an
objective of implementing certain financial control systems). Position
performance characteristics reviewed in fiscal 1994 included
technical/functional skills; execution/productivity; customer focus/ quality;
communications/interpersonal skills; team participation; innovation/problem
solving; and leadership/employee development, with each position performance
characteristic weighted equally. The Executive Officer's manager then makes a
recommendation as to salary, including salary increases, based on the manager's
performance judgment. The Committee reviews independently these recommendations
and approves, with any modifications it deems appropriate, the annual salary,
including salary increases, for the Executive Officers (other than Mr. Amelio).
Industry, peer group and national survey results may also be factored into
salary determinations, particularly for Executive Officers who are new to their
positions, but the Committee has not considered them to be the principal factors
in setting salaries for the Executive Officers.
With respect to Mr. Amelio, the Committee reviews and fixes the base salary
of Mr. Amelio separately based on the Committee's assessment of his performance
and its expectations as to his future contributions in leading the Company and
its businesses. Competitive compensation data is considered a primary factor in
setting Mr. Amelio's salary. No base salary increase was given to Mr. Amelio
during fiscal year 1994. An increase of 20% was, however, given to Mr. Amelio in
fiscal 1993. That salary increase was intended to bring his total cash
compensation (based on salary and expected incentives) to what was perceived to
be the middle of the range for chief executive officer compensation for
semiconductor manufacturers of comparable size (a group that is substantially
similar to the semiconductor manufacturers included in the peer group line in
the stock performance graph). The Committee will next review Mr. Amelio's salary
during fiscal 1995 in conjunction with the review process performed after the
end of fiscal year 1994.
INCENTIVE COMPENSATION
KEY EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PLAN
Annual incentive compensation for fiscal 1994 was awarded under the Key
Employee Incentive Plan ("KEIP") which was first adopted by the Company in
fiscal 1992. Under the KEIP, incentive awards are calculated at the end of the
fiscal year, with the amount of the award based upon achievement of corporate
and business unit financial performance measures and upon accomplishments of
specific strategic and management objectives. Participants include Executive
Officers as well as other key employees of the Company. At the beginning of the
fiscal year, the Committee reviewed and approved, making such modifications as
it deemed necessary, the recommendations of Mr. Amelio and the Company's finance
department for: (i) overall financial performance measures applicable to all
KEIP participants, including Executive Officers; (ii) the strategic and
management goals of the Company's Executive Officers which, to foster teamwork,
were the same for all Executive Officers; and (iii) the specific weights
assigned to the Executive Officers' financial, strategic and management goals.
Financial goals for fiscal 1994 were based on the Company's return on net assets
(profit before income tax and average net assets, with performance measured
against targets set for the end of each fiscal half and the end of the fiscal
year) and the weight assigned to financial goals was 60% of the total weight.
Strategic and management goals came from each of the
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Company's six critical business issues. Strategic goals assigned to all
Executive Officers included, inter alia, improvements in customer satisfaction,
execution of a global logistics program, reductions in the number of product
offerings and quality accidents, implementation of an image campaign, and
creation of a tool package for profitability analysis. Management goals assigned
to all Executive Officers included, inter alia, improvements in the management
ratio, improvements in delivery performance, use of new product review and
research and development tracking systems in all businesses, achievement of
payroll and asset productivity goals, and management of the breakeven point as a
percentage of sales. Strategic goals accounted for 25% of the total weight, and
management goals accounted for 15% of the total weight. The Committee also set
target incentive levels, which established the expected value, as a percentage
of base salary, of a KEIP award at a performance rating of 100%. Actual awards
can range from 0% to 200% of the target incentive. At the end of the fiscal
year, the Committee reviewed the performance of the Executive Officers
(including Mr. Amelio) against the collective goals, and the results of this
review process were used by the Committee to determine the total performance
score, which was the same for each Executive Officer, including Mr. Amelio. The
Committee also took into account, making such adjustments as it deemed
necessary, Mr. Amelio's recommendations for discretionary increases and
decreases in the actual amount awarded each Executive Officer to reflect
assessment of individual performances during the fiscal year.
Mr. Amelio's management and strategic goals were the same as those for all
the other Executive Officers. In determining Mr. Amelio's KEIP award for fiscal
1994, in addition to its assessment of the performance of all of the Executive
Officers against the specific goals, the Committee considered its own evaluation
of the performance of Mr. Amelio and the Company during the year. In fiscal
1994, the Company earned $264.0 million on revenues of $2295.4 million, a
continued and substantial improvement in net income compared to the $130.3
earned in fiscal 1993 on revenues of $2013.7 million. The Committee believes
that the continued improvement is in large part a direct result of the actions
taken by Mr. Amelio and the Executive Officers to focus their management of the
Company on achieving and maintaining significant improvement in long-term
financial performance.
The KEIP awards for fiscal 1994 (which appear as "Bonus" in the Summary
Compensation Table) were established by the Committee at the same percentage of
the target incentive for each Executive Officer, including Mr. Amelio,
reflecting the performance of the Executive Officers on the strategic and
management goals, as well as the Committee's evaluation of the Company's
performance against the financial goals established at the beginning of the
year. Discretionary increases and decreases were then added to the actual amount
awarded to reflect individual performance evaluations. This approach of setting
the same goals and awarding the same performance ratings for all the Executive
Officers was specifically designed to encourage teamwork among the Executive
Officers by cutting across functional lines to focus on overall corporate
success. The Committee also believes that it serves as a useful tool for
measuring Mr. Amelio's management skills.
PERFORMANCE AWARD PLAN
The Performance Award Plan ("Performance Plan") was adopted during fiscal
1993. The Performance Plan provides for the award of stock and/or cash based on
performance units assigned to participants at the start of Performance Plan
cycles running from three to five fiscal years and the achievement of
performance goals during that cycle. The Committee is responsible for the
administration of the Performance Plan. For fiscal 1994 and based on the
recommendations of the Company's senior human resources executive management,
the Committee selected only the Executive Officers for participation in the
Performance Plan. Target awards, expressed as a number of performance units,
were assigned by the Committee to the participants and are shown for the Named
Officers in the Long Term Incentive Plans table. The number of performance units
assigned to each Executive Officer was based on a calculation of salary
multiples and a desired stock price, with the intention that a certain portion
of the compensation package should be paid in stock. The Committee also approved
performance goals and triggering performance goals for the Performance Plan
cycle commencing in fiscal 1994, with both goals set in terms of the Company's
return on and size of stockholder equity. The triggering performance goal
"triggers" the payout of the award if it is met in either the third or fourth
year of the five year Performance Plan cycle. At the time awards are determined,
the number of performance units awarded, as a percentage of the target award,
will be determined by the
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Company's actual performance against the stated goals. No participant can
receive more than 200% of the number of target award performance units. No
awards have been paid yet under the Performance Plan because the first
Performance Plan cycle is not yet complete.
The Committee has the sole power and discretion to pay Performance Plan
awards in Company Common Stock, or as a combination of stock and cash, with the
cash portion not to exceed 50% of the total award unless the Committee
determines, due to extenuating circumstances, that it is more appropriate to pay
awards entirely in cash. The actual value of a performance unit will be based on
the average fair market value of the Company's common stock for the forty-five
days prior to the award determination date. It is intended however, that
Performance Plan awards will be paid in Company stock to the greatest extent
possible. The Committee intends that participants who receive awards under the
Performance Plan will receive a reduced number of stock options under the
Company's stock option programs, while keeping the percentage of compensation
paid based on the Company's stock value roughly equal to that used in the past.
The Committee believes that grants of performance units will successfully focus
the Company's Executive Officers on building long term profitability and
stockholder value.
STOCK OPTIONS
For many years, the Company has provided stock options as an incentive to
its executives and key employees to promote the growth and profitability of the
Company. Stock options have always been viewed as a major means to attract and
retain highly qualified executives and key personnel and have always been a
major component of the compensation package, consistent with practices
throughout the semiconductor industry.
The Committee is responsible for the administration of the Company's stock
option programs. Option grants are made under the Stock Option Plan, as amended,
at the fair market price on date of grant and have historically become
exercisable in equal installments over a four year term, expiring up to ten
years and one day after the date of grant. The Committee believes stock options
are a competitive necessity in the semiconductor industry.
In fixing the grants of stock options to Executive Officers, including the
Named Officers other than Mr. Amelio, the Committee reviewed with Mr. Amelio the
recommended individual awards, taking into account prior option grants still
outstanding, and, more importantly, the respective scope of accountability,
strategic and operational goals, anticipated performance requirements and
contributions of each Executive Officer, as well as formulae for salary
multiples and option valuation under the Black-Scholes valuation method that are
designed to value the total compensation package. The award to Mr. Amelio was
fixed separately and was based, among other things, on prior option grants still
outstanding, and, more importantly, on a review of his total compensation
package and the Committee's perception of his past and expected future
contributions to the Company's achievement of its long-term performance goals.
As noted above, the Committee intends that the number of stock options granted
annually to Executive Officers will decrease over time as awards are made under
the Performance Award Plan, and the number of stock options actually granted in
the last two years to the Executive Officers has decreased accordingly.
LIMITATION ON DEDUCTIBILITY OF CERTAIN COMPENSATION FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX
PURPOSES
The Onmibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (the "1993 Act") precludes the
Company from taking a deduction in fiscal 1995 or subsequent years for
compensation in excess of $1 million for the chief executive officer or any of
its four other highest-paid officers. Certain performance-based compensation,
however, is specifically exempt from the deduction limit. The Committee has been
following this matter closely. Following a review of the Company's executive
compensation programs in light of the requirements of the 1993 Act, the
Committee approved certain changes in the programs to provide for the continued
deductibility of executive compensation.
The Board, upon the Committee's recommendation, has adopted, subject to
approval by stockholders, the Executive Officer Incentive Plan ("EOIP"),
effective for awards made in 1995 for performance in fiscal 1995. The EOIP
replaces the KEIP for Executive Officers and establishes performance criteria
that must be met before incentive payments will be made. The Committee believes
that the criteria specified in the EOIP
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for the Executive Officers will provide clear and objective incentives for the
Company's management. A detailed description of the EOIP appears in the Proxy
statement and the text of the EOIP is included as an Exhibit.
The Board, upon the Committee's recommendation, has also adopted, subject to
approval by stockholders, the Restated Stock Option Plan which is intended to
make options granted under the Plan qualify as performance-based compensation
exempt from the deduction limit. A detailed description of the Stock Option Plan
appears in the Proxy Statement and the text of the Stock Option Plan is also
included as an Exhibit.
Should stockholders approve the EOIP, the Company will have, with the
Performance Plan, incentive programs that more directly and quantitatively link
executive compensation specifically to Company and individual performance. The
Committee believes the EOIP, the Stock Option Plan and the Performance Plan
(which the Committee believes already qualifies as performance-based
compensation) will all qualify as performance-based compensation under the
proposed regulations issued under the 1993 Act, allowing the Company to deduct
compensation paid to Executive Officers under these plans.
Submitted by members of the Stock Option and Compensation Committee:
Gary P. Arnold -- Chairman
Robert Beshar Modesto A. Maidique Peter J. Sprague J. Tracy O'Rourke
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COMPANY STOCK PRICE PERFORMANCE
The following graph shows a five-year comparison of cumulative total
stockholder returns for the Company, the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index and
Standard & Poor's Electronics (Semiconductors) Industry Index from May 31, 1989
through May 29, 1994. A three year comparison of the Company to these indices
beginning May 31, 1991 and ending May 29, 1994 is also included to correspond to
the three years of data included in the Summary Compensation Table. The total
stockholder return assumes $100 invested at the beginning of the period in the
Company's Common Stock, the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index and Standard &
Poor's Electronics (Semiconductors) Industry Index. It also assumes reinvestment
of all dividends.
COMPARISON OF FIVE YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN* AMONG NSC,
S&P 500 INDEX AND S&P ELECTRONICS (SEMICONDUCTORS) INDUSTRY INDEX
[GRAPHIC]
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1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
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YEARS ENDING MAY
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NSC $ 100.00 $ 104.84 $ 90.32 $ 135.48 $ 188.71 $ 250.00
S&P 500 $ 100.00 $ 116.61 $ 130.37 $ 143.21 $ 159.84 $ 166.64
Peer Group $ 100.00 $ 134.72 $ 134.76 $ 137.87 $ 281.40 $ 324.56
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* $100 invested on 5/31/89 in stock or index, including reinvestment of
dividends
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COMPARISON OF THREE YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN* AMONG NSC,
S&P 500 INDEX AND S&P ELECTRONICS (SEMICONDUCTORS) INDUSTRY INDEX
[GRAPHIC]
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1991 1992 1993 1994
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YEARS ENDING MAY
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NSC $ 100.00 $ 150.00 $ 208.93 $ 276.79
S&P 500 $ 100.00 $ 109.85 $ 122.61 $ 127.83
Peer Group $ 100.00 $ 102.30 $ 208.81 $ 240.83
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* $100 invested on 5/31/91 in stock or index, including reinvestment of
dividends
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in any of the Company's
previous filings under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 that might incorporate future filings, including this Proxy Statement,
in whole or in part, the preceding Stock Option and Compensation Committee
Report on Executive Compensation and the preceding Company Stock Price
Performance Graphs shall not be incorporated by reference into any such filings;
nor shall such Report or Graphs be incorporated by reference into any future
filings.
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AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
TO INCREASE AUTHORIZED CAPITAL
The Company is presently authorized to issue 200,000,000 shares of Common
Stock, $.50 par value per share. As of May 29, 1994 of the 200,000,000 shares
authorized, 122,800,095 shares were issued and outstanding, 26,935,361 shares
were reserved for issuance under the Company's various benefit plans, and
12,169,185 shares were reserved for issuance upon conversion of the Company's
$32.50 Convertible Preferred Shares, leaving a balance available for issuance of
38,095,359. If stockholders approve the adoption of the Restated Option Plan,
Restated Employees Stock Purchase Plan, and the Global Employees Stock Purchase
Plan, an additional 15,000,000 shares of Common Stock will be reserved for
issuance under the plans, reducing the balance available for issuance to
23,095,359. Other than stock purchase rights issued pursuant to a dividend
distribution declared on August 5, 1988, which entitles holders to purchase one
one-thousandth of a share of the Company's Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock in certain circumstances, the Company's Common Stock has no
preemptive or other subscription rights, and there are no conversion rights or
redemption or sinking fund provisions with respect to such shares.
The Board of Directors of the Company at a meeting held July 14, 1994
adopted resolutions to amend, subject to stockholder approval, Article FOURTH of
the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to authorize an additional
100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.50 per share. Other than
increasing the authorized shares of Common Stock from 200,000,000 to
300,000,000, the amendment in no way changes the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation.
Other than the 15,000,000 shares to be reserved for issuance for the stock
plans discussed above, the Company has no specific plans, arrangements, or
understandings for the issuance of the additional shares of Common Stock. The
additional authorized shares would be available for raising additional capital,
employee benefit plans, acquisitions, stock splits, and other purposes, at the
discretion of the Board of Directors of the Company without, in most cases, the
delays and expenses attendant to obtaining further stockholder approval, thus
enabling the Company to provide needed flexibility for future financial and
capital requirements so that proper advantage could be taken of propitious
market conditions.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION. AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF AT LEAST A MAJORITY OF THE
OUTSTANDING SHARES IS NECESSARY FOR APPROVAL.
AMENDMENT OF THE BY-LAWS TO PROVIDE
FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE DIRECTORS
INTO THREE CLASSES
The By-Laws of the Company currently provide that all directors are to be
elected annually to serve for a term of approximately one year from annual
meeting to annual meeting. The Board of Directors of the Company at a meeting
held July 14, 1994, adopted resolutions to amend, subject to stockholder
approval, Sections 2 and 3 of Article III of the By-Laws of the Company to
provide for the division of the Board into three classes of directors serving
staggered three-year terms with each class being as nearly equal in number as
possible. As a result, approximately one-third of the Board of Directors would
be elected each year. Initially, members of all three classes will be first
elected at the 1994 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Directors then elected to
the first class would serve until the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held
in 1995. Directors initially elected to the second and third classes would serve
until the Annual Meetings to be held in 1996 and 1997 respectively. Commencing
with the election of directors to the first class in 1995, each class of
directors elected at an Annual Meeting would be elected to three-year terms. Any
vacancies or newly created directorships, however occurring, may be filled by a
vote of the majority of the Directors then remaining in office. Vacancies may
also be filled by a plurality vote of stockholders unless the vacancy has been
previously filled by the Board of Directors. Once elected, a Director filling a
vacancy or a newly created directorship will hold office for the term expiring
at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders for the term of the class to which they
have been elected expires.
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The Board of Directors has devoted considerable time in the last year to
studying and developing corporate governance and board policies. The proposal to
create a classified board is an integral part of those policies. The Board of
Directors believes that the amendments to create a classified board are in the
best interests of the Company and its stockholders. Board classification will
help lend continuity and stability to the management of the Company and will
assure continuity and stability in the Board's leadership and policies.
Following the adoption of the classified board structure, at any given time
approximately two thirds of the members of the Board of Directors will have had
prior experience as directors of the Company. The Board believes that this will
facilitate long-range planning, strategy and policy, because it will enhance the
likelihood of continuity and stability in the composition of the Board and its
policies. The Board of Directors believes that this, in turn, will permit the
Board to more effectively represent the interests of all stockholders.
With a classified Board of Directors, it will generally take a stockholder
two Annual Meetings of Stockholders (rather than one) to elect a majority of the
Board of Directors. As a result, a classified board may discourage proxy
contests for the election of directors or purchases of a substantial block of
stock because its provisions could operate to prevent obtaining control of the
Board in a relatively short period of time. Although this would provide the
Board with more time to evaluate any takeover or control proposal and thus
enable it to better protect the interests of the Company and the remaining
stockholders in the event someone obtains voting control of a majority of the
Company's stock, this is not the reason why the Board is recommending Board
classification. Classification is recommended because the Board believes it will
enhance the quality and stability of the Board and will provide better
opportunity for review of Board member performance.
The information concerning the current nominees for election as directors at
the Annual Meeting and the classes to which they would be elected is set forth
under the caption "Election of Directors." If the proposal to adopt a classified
board is not approved and implemented, all directors elected at the Annual
Meeting will serve for a one-year term.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE BY-LAWS AMENDMENTS. AN
AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF AT LEAST A MAJORITY OF THE OUTSTANDING SHARES IS NECESSARY
FOR APPROVAL.
ADOPTION OF THE EMPLOYEES STOCK PURCHASE PLAN, AS RESTATED
For many years, the Company has provided a stock purchase plan to its U.S.
employees to encourage a proprietary interest in the Company by eligible
employees and to provide an incentive for them to exert maximum efforts for the
success of the Company. The Company's Board of Directors, subject to stockholder
approval, has adopted and restated the Stock Purchase Plan, as amended through
April 22, 1994 ("Restated Purchase Plan"). The principal differences between the
Restated Purchase Plan and the 1977 Employees Stock Purchase Plan previously
approved by stockholders ("Old Plan") are (i) the number of shares authorized
for issuance under the Restated Purchase Plan is increased from 14,950,000 to
19,950,000; (ii) the plan termination date is eliminated; (iii) quarterly
instead of annual offerings are instituted; and (iv) stock is purchased
automatically by the employee at the end of the quarter at a price equal to 85%
of the lower of its fair market value at the beginning and end of a quarterly
payroll deduction period. In contrast, the Old Plan provided for a 14-month
purchase period during which the employee could exercise discretion in the
timing of the purchase and the price of the stock was the lower of 100% of fair
market value on the date of the annual offering or 85% of fair market value on
the date of purchase. Stockholders are being asked to approve the adoption of
the Restated Purchase Plan.
The full text of the Restated Purchase Plan appears as Exhibit A hereto. The
principal features of the Restated Purchase Plan are outlined below and should
be read in conjunction with Exhibit A.
DESCRIPTION OF THE RESTATED PURCHASE PLAN
The Restated Purchase Plan is administered by a committee of the Board of
Directors made up of directors who are not eligible to participate in the
Restated Purchase Plan and have not been so eligible for at least one year prior
to serving on the committee. At present, that committee is the Stock Option and
Compensation Committee (the "Committee").
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Employees eligible to participate in the Restated Purchase Plan consist of
all persons employed by the Company and any subsidiaries designated by the
Committee for participation in the Restated Purchase Plan on the day enrollment
forms are due prior to start of a quarterly purchase period. Historically, this
plan has only been offered to employees located in the United States. The
Restated Purchase Plan has no restrictions on length of service or number of
hours worked that affect eligibility for participation. There will be four
quarterly purchase periods each calendar year, which will coincide with the four
quarters of the calendar year ending December 31. In order to be eligible to
participate in a quarterly purchase period, the required enrollment and payroll
deduction authorization forms must be filed by the specified due date.
Participants may designate payroll deductions in whole percentages at a rate not
to exceed ten percent (10%) of eligible earnings and the rate selected will
continue in effect from purchase period to purchase period unless the
participant elects a different rate by filing the appropriate form by the due
date for which the new rate is to become effective. Earnings eligible for
payroll deductions include base salary, sales commissions, overtime pay, lead
premiums and shift differential pay.
At the end of the quarterly purchase period, participants will receive a
report indicating the amount of the participants' payroll deductions during the
period, the amount of those deductions applied to the purchase of the $.50 par
value common stock of the Company ("Common Stock"), the purchase price per share
in effect for the quarterly period and the amount of deductions (if any) carried
over to the next period.
At the end of the quarterly purchase period, the employee's payroll
deductions will be applied automatically to the purchase of the Common Stock at
a price per share which is lesser than eighty-five percent (85%) of the fair
market value of the Common Stock on the first and last days of the quarterly
purchase period. The fair market value on the relevant day is the opening price
of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the date in question (or
if there has been no trading on that date, then on the first previous day when
there is trading.) The number of shares actually purchasable per participant for
the quarterly period will be the number of whole shares obtained by dividing the
amount of payroll deductions by the purchase price in effect for the period. Any
amounts remaining will be held for the purchase of Common Stock in the next
quarterly purchase period. In contrast to the Old Plan, interest will not be
credited to the accounts of participants.
At any time during the quarterly period, a participant may cancel but not
reduce the payroll deduction and receive a refund of the amounts deducted from
earnings. The participant is not eligible to rejoin during the quarterly period
and must re-enroll should the participant want to resume participation in a
subsequent quarterly period. If the participant's employment terminates in the
quarterly period, participation terminates and all sums previously collected
during the quarterly period will be refunded.
No more 19,950,000 shares of Common Stock may be issued under the Restated
Purchase Plan. Such shares may be unissued shares, reacquired shares or shares
bought on the market. In the event there is any change in the shares of the
Company by reason of stock dividend, stock split-ups, recapitalization resulting
in share split-ups, or combinations or exchanges of shares, or otherwise,
appropriate adjustments in the number of shares available for purchase, as well
as the shares subject to purchase rights and the purchase price thereof, shall
be made, but no fractional shares shall be subject to purchase and, upon any
adjustment, each purchase right shall be adjusted down to the nearest full
share.
No employee will be able to purchase stock under the Restated Purchase Plan,
if such employee, immediately after the purchase, would own stock possessing 5%
or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of
the Company. In addition, no employee will be able to purchase Common Stock
having a value in excess of $25,000 during any one calendar year.
Participants do not have the right to assign or transfer their rights to
purchase the Common Stock under the Restated Purchase Plan. All amounts held by
the Company or a subsidiary in payroll deduction accounts under the Restated
Purchase Pan may be used for any corporate purpose of the Company or a
subsidiary.
The Board has authority to amend the Restated Purchase Plan subject to the
limitation that no amendment may be made without stockholder approval which will
increase the number of shares issuable for purchase under the Restated Purchase
Plan, alter the purchase price formula so as to reduce the purchase
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price, materially increase benefits accruing to participants or materially
modify the requirements for eligibility. The Board may at any time suspend or
terminate the Restated Purchase Plan, but no such action may adversely affect
the participant's rights and obligations with respect to purchase rights at that
time outstanding under the Restated Purchase Plan.
The principal differences between the Restated Purchase Plan and the Old
Plan are in the terms relating to timing of payroll deductions and purchase and
mechanisms for setting the purchase price per share of Common Stock. In contrast
to the Restated Purchase Plan, the Old Plan provided that offerings were made
annually in which options to purchase Common Stock through payroll deductions
were granted to employees of the Company or its designated subsidiaries who had
been continuously employed during the 28 days preceding the option grant date.
The option price per share was not less than 100% of fair market value on the
date of grant or 85% of fair market value on the date of exercise. Each eligible
employee was entitled to purchase the full number of shares that could be
purchased at the option price on the grant date with an amount, subject to
certain limitations, equal to 10% of basic annual compensation. The expiration
date of the options granted under each offering was not less than 13 months or
more than 27 months from the date the options were granted. The term of an
option consisted of three sequential periods: (1) during a one month Offering
Period beginning on the date of grant, each eligible employee desiring to
participate could so elect by authorizing payroll deductions for the number of
full shares (up to the maximum covered by the option) for which participation
was elected; (2) during a 12 month Payroll Deduction Period, the authorized
payroll deductions were made, which would aggregate, with interest thereon, at
least the amount required to purchase the number of shares for which the
eligible employee had elected to participate; (3) during an Exercise Period of
14 months immediately following the Payroll Deduction Period, each participating
employee could exercise the option, in whole or in part, at any one time. Simple
interest at rates ranging from 3% to 6% per annum was credited to the accounts
of participants at the end of the Payroll Deduction Period and additional
interest was paid at the same rate during the Exercise Period until the option
was exercised or cancelled.
TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE RESTATED PURCHASE PLAN
The Restated Purchase Plan is intended to qualify as an employee stock
purchase plan under Section 423 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time (the "Code"). Under present law, a participant will
not be deemed to have received any compensation for Federal income tax purposes
at either the start of the quarterly purchase period or the subsequent purchase
of Common Stock at the end of the quarterly period.
Participants will recognize taxable income in the year in which there is a
disposition of the Common Stock purchased under the Restated Purchase Plan. If
the Common Stock is not disposed of until at least two years after the start
date of the quarterly purchase period in which the Common Stock was acquired (a
"qualifying disposition"), the participant will realize ordinary income in the
year of the qualifying disposition equal to the lesser of (i) the amount by
which the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of the qualifying
disposition exceeds the purchase price or (ii) 15% of the fair market value of
the Common Stock on the start date of the quarterly purchase period in which the
Common Stock was acquired. The amount of ordinary income will be added to the
basis in the stock and any additional gain recognized upon the qualifying
disposition will be a long term capital gain. If the fair market value on the
date of the qualifying disposition is less than the purchase price paid for the
stock, no ordinary income will be recognized and any loss recognized will be a
long term capital loss.
If the Common Stock is disposed of at any time within two years from the
start date of the quarterly purchase period in which it was acquired, (a
"disqualifying disposition"), the participant will recognize ordinary income in
the year of the disqualifying disposition equal to the amount by which the fair
market value of the Common Stock on the purchase date exceeded the purchase
price. The amount of the ordinary income will be added to the basis in the
stock, and any resulting gain or loss recognized upon the disposition will be a
capital gain or loss. The capital gain or loss will be long-term if the stock
has been held for more than one year.
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If the participant disposes of Common Stock acquired under the Restated
Purchase Plan in a disqualifying disposition, the Company will be entitled to a
deduction for U.S. Federal income tax purposes in an amount equal to the
ordinary income recognized by the participant. The Company is not entitled to
any deduction when the stock is disposed of in a qualifying disposition. The
deductibility of capital losses realized by participants upon disposition may be
limited by the Code. Although the Tax Reform Act of 1986 eliminated the special
long term capital gain deduction so that the entire gain on disposition of stock
acquired under the Restated Purchase Plan will be taxed at ordinary income tax
rates, 1990 amendments to the Code have made 28% the maximum tax rate applicable
to net long term capital gains.
SUMMARY OF BENEFITS UNDER THE RESTATED PURCHASE PLAN
It is not possible to determine the number of shares of Common Stock that
will in the future be purchased under the Restated Purchase Plan by any
particular individual. The following table sets forth the number of shares under
option and purchased during the last two annual offerings under the Old Plan:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 1992 OFFERING DECEMBER 1993 OFFERING
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PER SHARE PER SHARE
# OF EXERCISE # OF EXERCISE
NAME AND POSITION SHARES PRICE(1) SHARES PRICE(1)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Gilbert F. Amelio
President and CEO 1904 $ 13.125 1666 $ 15.00
Richard M. Beyer
President, Communications & Computing Group -- -- 1666 15.00
R. Thomas Odell
President, Standard Products Group 1904 13.125 1666 15.00
Kirk P. Pond
Chief Operating Officer 1904 13.125 1666 15.00
George M. Scalise
Chief Administrative Officer 1838 13.125 1666 15.00
All other Executive Officers as a group 5618 13.125 7832 15.00
All other employees, including current officers who are not Executive
Officers 796836 13.125 934773 15.00
Outside directors are not eligible for participation in the Restated Purchase Plan.
<FN>
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(1) or 85% of market value on date of exercise, if lower.
</TABLE>
As of May 29, 1994, 2,765 employees were participating in the Old Plan,
options to purchase 1,171,920 shares of Common Stock were outstanding under the
Old Plan, 11,209,299 shares had been issued pursuant to options exercised under
the Old Plan, and 2,568,781 shares were available for future grants and
purchases (not including the 5,000,000 additional shares subject to approval by
stockholders). The approximate number of employees in the U.S. eligible to
participate in the first quarterly purchase period under the Restated Purchase
Plan is 7,922.
The Board believes that the Restated Purchase Plan will result in increased
participation by employees in the plan, because enrollment will be on a
quarterly basis and employees will be able to make participation decisions on a
quarterly rather than on an annual basis, thus allowing for the plan to be more
flexible for individual financial situations. The Restated Purchase Plan will
also not penalize unnecessarily new employees, who under the Old Plan might have
had to wait until up to a year after the first day of employment to participate
in a purchase plan. Increased participation is desirable because the Board
believes it will further employee identity with the Company and encourage a
proprietary interest in the Company.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ADOPTION OF THE RESTATED
PURCHASE PLAN. AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF AT LEAST A MAJORITY OF THE SHARES PRESENT
AND ENTITLED TO VOTE IS NECESSARY FOR APPROVAL.
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ADOPTION OF THE GLOBAL EMPLOYEES STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
As discussed in the materials above concerning the Stock Purchase Plan, the
Company for many years has provided a stock purchase plan to employees located
in the United States to encourage a proprietary interest in the Company and to
provide an incentive for them to exert maximum efforts for the success of the
Company. Historically, the Stock Purchase Plan has only been offered to U.S.
employees because the favorable tax treatment provided by Section 423 of the
U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the "Code") is
only available in the U.S. The Company's Board of Directors, subject to
stockholder approval, has adopted the Global Employees Stock Purchase Plan
("Global Purchase Plan"), which is to be offered to employees at the Company's
international locations. The Global Purchase Plan is the first stock purchase
plan to be offered to Company employees at international locations. The Board
believes that the Global Purchase Plan will further global employee
identification with the Company, encourage a proprietary interest in the Company
and provide an incentive for international employees to exert maximum efforts
for the success of the Company. The Board also believes that an international
stock purchase plan such as the Global Purchase Plan is a competitive necessity
in the global marketplace.
As proposed, the Global Purchase Plan would operate in much the same way as
the Restated Purchase Plan that stockholders are also being asked to approve so
that there is as much parity as possible in the plans offered to employees
around the world. Offerings and enrollment would be on a quarterly basis and the
stock would be purchased automatically at the end of the quarter at a price to
the employee equal to 85% of the lower of its fair market value at the beginning
and end of the quarterly period. However, the stock purchased for the account of
the employee would be held for the employee by a Fiduciary in an offshore trust.
This allows employees located in countries that do not permit direct stock
ownership to participate in a Company stock plan. In addition, the Global
Purchase Plan provides that the participant's employing company would be
responsible for paying the difference between the purchase price set by the
terms of the plan and the fair market value of the stock at the time of the
purchase. This is because the discount offered under the U.S. Stock Purchase
Plan is not subject to U.S. taxation; there is no comparable tax treatment
available on an international basis.
The full text of the Global Purchase Plan appears as Exhibit B hereto. The
principal features of the Global Purchase Plan are outlined below and should be
read in conjunction with Exhibit B.
DESCRIPTION OF THE GLOBAL PURCHASE PLAN
The Global Purchase Plan is to be administered by the participating local
companies in accordance with terms, conditions and provisions as may be adopted
by the Stock Option and Compensation Committee (the "Committee").
Employees eligible to participate in the Global Purchase Plan consist of all
persons employed by international subsidiaries of the Company that have adopted
the Global Purchase Plan on the day enrollment forms are due prior to the start
of a quarterly purchase period. There are no restrictions on length of service
or number of hours worked that affect eligibility for participation. There will
be four quarterly purchase periods each calendar year, which will coincide with
the four quarters of the calendar year ending December 31. In order to be
eligible to participate in a quarterly purchase period, the required enrollment
and payroll deduction authorization forms must be filed by the participant by
the specified due date. Participants may designate payroll deductions in whole
percentages at a rate not to exceed ten percent (10%) of eligible earnings per
pay period. The deduction rate selected will continue in effect from purchase
period to purchase period unless a different rate is elected by filing the
appropriate form by the due date for forms for the quarterly period for which
the new rate is to become effective. Earnings eligible for payroll deductions
include basic or regular guaranteed compensation determined in accordance with
the policies and procedures of the local employing company. Once payroll
deductions are made, the amounts withheld will be sent by the employing company
to the Fiduciary.
At the end of the quarterly purchase period, the employee's payroll
deductions will be applied automatically by the Fiduciary to the purchase of the
$.50 par value common stock of the Company (the "Common Stock"). The price per
share paid by the employee will be the lesser of eighty-five percent (85%) of
the fair
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market value of the Common Stock on the first and last days of the quarterly
purchase period. The fair market value on the relevant day is the opening price
of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the date in question (or
if there has been no trading on that date, then on the first previous day when
there is trading.) The number of shares actually purchasable per participant for
the quarterly period will be the number of whole shares obtained by dividing the
amount of payroll deductions by the purchase price paid by the participant that
is in effect for the period. The employing company will contribute an amount to
the purchase of the stock that is the difference between the fair market value
of the stock on the purchase date and the price actually paid by the
participant. The employer's contribution will be remitted to the Fiduciary,
which will use the payroll deductions combined with the employer's contribution
to purchase the Common Stock either directly from the Company or on the open
market. Once purchased, the stock will either be returned to the Fiduciary to be
held in trust for the participant, or, if permitted by local law and the
participant has so elected, issued in the name of the participant and sent to
the participant. Fractional shares will not be purchased and any employee
deductions remaining at the end of the quarterly period will be held for the
purchase of Common Stock in the next quarterly purchase period.
Once a participant has an account with the Fiduciary, the account will be
maintained for the participant, regardless of whether the participant has any
payroll deductions during a particular quarterly period. The participant may
instruct the Fiduciary at any time to sell on specified sale dates (the 5th and
20th of each calendar month) any or all shares of Common Stock held for the
participant's account. The proceeds for such sales will be sent directly to the
participant. The participant may also request the Fiduciary to have the stock
held for the participant's account reissued to the participant in the form of a
stock certificate (if direct stock ownership is permitted by local law). Any
interest earned on the funds held by the Fiduciary will be applied first to the
payment of plan administrative expenses and secondly to reduce the share of the
employing company's contribution to the purchase price.
At any time during the quarterly period, a participant may cancel but not
reduce the payroll deduction and receive a refund of the amounts deducted from
earnings. The participant is not eligible to restart payroll deductions during
the quarterly period and must refile enrollment forms should the participant
want to resume payroll deductions in a subsequent quarterly period. If the
participant's employment terminates in the quarterly period, payroll deductions
cease and no further shares of Common Stock may be purchased for the
participant. Upon termination of employment, the participant may: (i) request
that the Fiduciary sell the stock held for the participant's account and remit
the proceeds to the participant; or (ii) if permitted by local law, receive a
stock certificate in the full amount of the number of shares previously held for
the participant's account. A participant may also elect to maintain the account
with the Fiduciary, provided there are at least fifty shares of Common Stock in
the account.
No more than 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock are authorized for the Global
Purchase Plan. Such shares may be unissued shares, reacquired shares or shares
bought on the open market. In the event there is any change in the shares of the
Company by reason of stock dividend, stock split-ups, recapitalization resulting
in share split-ups, or combinations or exchanges of shares, or otherwise,
appropriate adjustments in the number of shares available for purchase, as well
as the shares subject to purchase and the purchase price thereof, shall be made,
but no fractional shares shall be subject to purchase and, upon any adjustment,
each right to purchase stock shall be adjusted down to the nearest full share.
No employee will be able to purchase stock through the Global Purchase Plan
if such employee, immediately after the purchase, would own or be deemed the
beneficial owner of stock possessing 5% or more of the total combined voting
power or value of all classes of stock of the Company. In addition, no employee
will be able to purchase or have the Fiduciary purchase on the participant's
account Common Stock having a value in excess of $25,000 during any one calendar
year.
Participants do not have the right to assign or transfer their rights to
purchase Common Stock under the Global Purchase Plan. Participants are permitted
to instruct the Fiduciary on how to vote the Common Stock allocated to their
accounts.
The Company has the authority to amend the Global Purchase Plan subject to
the limitation that no amendment may be made without stockholder approval which
will increase the number of shares authorized
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for the Global Purchase Plan, alter the purchase price formula, materially
increase benefits accruing to participants or materially modify the requirements
for participation. The Global Purchase Plan may be suspended or terminated at
any time, but no such action shall reduce the number of shares previously
credited to a participant's account, or otherwise materially or substantially
diminish a participant's rights with respect to those shares.
TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE GLOBAL PURCHASE PLAN
The Global Purchase Plan does not qualify as an employee stock purchase plan
under Section 423 of the Code. Accordingly, the Company will not be entitled to
take a tax deduction in the U.S. for any income realized by employees
participating in the plan. Since the Global Purchase Plan will only be offered
to Company employees at international locations who are not U.S. citizens or
residents, the tax consequences associated with the plan will vary from location
to location, depending on local laws. As a general rule, the portion of the
stock price paid by the employing company will be treated as compensation income
to the employee and, as such, will be subject to withholding for both income and
social tax purposes. The Global Purchase Plan does provide that the additional
withholding obligation can be applied to reduce the number of shares the
participant would otherwise be entitled to or the additional withholding may be
taken from the participant's pay over the next three pay periods. The local
employing company is entitled to take a tax deduction in the local jurisdiction
for the portion of the purchase price paid by the employer. Taxation of capital
gains varies significantly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction (some countries do
not even tax capital gains) and it is not possible to make any general statement
about capital gain tax treatment under the Global Purchase Plan.
SUMMARY OF BENEFITS UNDER THE GLOBAL PURCHASE PLAN
It is not possible to determine the number of shares that will in the future
be purchased under the Global Purchase Plan by any particular individual.
Reference in the preceding section to the chart provided to show shares
purchased under the U.S. Stock Purchase Plan will show participation under the
previous purchase plan offered in the U.S. Directors and Executive Officers of
the Company are not eligible to participate in the Global Purchase Plan. The
approximate number of employees at international locations who may be able to
participate in the Global Purchase Plan is 15,000. While it is not possible to
accurately predict the number of shares that will be purchased by international
employees under the Global Purchase Plan, the Company estimates that no more
than 90,000 shares will be purchased per year during the first few years of plan
operation. This estimate will fluctuate based on participation levels, Company
performance and price performance of the Company's Common Stock.
The Global Purchase Plan is the first stock purchase plan to be offered to
Company employees at locations outside the United States. The Board believes
that the Global Purchase Plan will encourage identification of all employees
with the Company and that an international stock purchase plan such as the
Global Purchase Plan is a competitive necessity in the global market place.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ADOPTION OF THE GLOBAL
PURCHASE PLAN. AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF AT LEAST A MAJORITY OF THE SHARES PRESENT
AND ENTITLED TO VOTE IS NECESSARY FOR APPROVAL.
ADOPTION OF THE STOCK OPTION PLAN, AS RESTATED
For several years, the Company has provided stock options as an incentive to
its executives and key employees to promote the growth and profitability of the
Company. Management views stock options as a major means to attract and retain
highly qualified executives and key personnel upon whose judgment, skill, and
initiative the Company's success is largely dependent. In addition, stock
options are considered a competitive necessity in the semiconductor industry.
The Company's Board of Directors, subject to stockholder approval, has
adopted and restated the Stock Option Plan, as amended through April 22, 1994
("Restated Plan"). The principal differences between the Restated Plan and the
1977 Stock Option Plan previously approved by stockholders ("Old Plan") are (i)
the number of shares reserved for issuance is increased from 27,754,929 shares
to 32,754,929 shares, (ii) the plan
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termination date is eliminated, (iii) the maximum number of options that can be
granted to an individual during any one fiscal year is set at 500,000; and (iv)
the Stock Option and Compensation Committee is permitted (but not required) to
grant transferable options in certain circumstances. Stockholders are being
asked to approve the adoption of the Restated Plan.
The full text of the Restated Plan appears as Exhibit C hereto. The
principal features of the Restated Plan are outlined below and should be read in
conjunction with Exhibit C.
DESCRIPTION OF THE RESTATED PLAN
The Restated Plan authorizes the grant of options to purchase up to
32,754,929 shares of the Company's $.50 par value Common Stock to eligible
employees of the Company and its subsidiaries. As of May 29, 1994 (all numbers
include shares issued and options granted under the Old Plan) 12,856,967 shares
had been issued under the Restated Plan, 12,023,327 shares were subject to
options outstanding held by 3,408 employees, and 2,874,635 shares were available
for additional option grants (excluding the 5,000,000 shares subject to approval
by stockholders). As of such date, the outstanding options under the Restated
Plan had an average exercise price of $8.627, expiration dates ranging from
August 1, 1994 to April 20, 2004, and the market value per share of stock was
$18.50 per share. The reservation of the additional shares is contingent upon
approval by stockholders holding a majority of the Company's shares present and
voting at the Annual Meeting, although options may be granted, but not
exercised, prior to and subject to such stockholder approval. The shares issued
upon the exercise of options granted may be previously unissued shares,
reacquired shares or shares bought on the market.
The Old Plan was initially adopted by the Company's stockholders on
September 23, 1977 with an original termination date no later than March 14,
1987. The Old Plan was amended and readopted by the Board on April 13, 1985 and
the readopted Old Plan was approved by the Company's stockholders on October 25,
1985. The Old Plan now terminates no later than March 14, 1995, but the Restated
Plan will not have a termination date. The Restated Plan now under consideration
was approved by the Board on April 22, 1994.
The Restated Plan is administered by a committee of the Board appointed by a
majority of the Board. The committee consists of not less than three members of
the Board, none of whom are eligible to participate in the Restated Plan and
have not been eligible for at least one year prior to serving on the committee.
The committee currently administering the Restated Plan is the Stock Option and
Compensation Committee ("Committee") and the present members of the Committee
are Messrs. Arnold, Beshar, Maidique, O'Rourke and Sprague. The Committee has
sole authority and discretion, subject to the provisions of the Restated Plan,
to determine the individuals to whom and the dates on which options will be
granted, the dates on which options will become exercisable, the dates on which
options will expire, the type of options to be granted, whether the option will
be transferable, the number of shares to be subject to each option, and the
purchase price of such shares. The purchase price under each option granted
shall in no instance be less than 100% of fair market value on the date of
grant. Options may be granted only to key employees (including executive
officers) of the Company and its subsidiaries, as selected by the Committee. A
director of the Company is not eligible to be granted an option unless the
director is also an employee of the Company and/or of any subsidiary. Options
granted to executive officers that are intended to be exempt from application of
Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act")
cannot be transferable except by will or the laws of descent and distribution,
and during the lifetime of the executive officer to whom an option is granted,
only the executive officer may exercise it. Options that are transferable can
only be transferred to family members or trusts for the benefit of family
members and all terms of the option remain in effect once an option has been
transferred. No person may be granted more than 500,000 options during any one
fiscal year of the Company.
The purchase price for all shares purchased pursuant to options exercised
must be either paid in full in cash, or paid in full, with the consent of the
Committee, in Common Stock of the Company valued at fair market value on the
date of exercise or a combination of cash and Common Stock. The Committee may
permit the payment of all or part of applicable withholding taxes due upon
exercise of an option by withholding of shares, valued at the fair market value
of the Company's Common Stock on the date of
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exercise, otherwise issuable upon exercise of the option. The Restated Plan also
provides that options may be granted in exchange for the cancellation of options
previously granted under the Restated Plan or under any other stock option plan
of the Company, and the purchase price of shares subject to such new options,
which will be as determined by the Committee, may be lower than the exercise
price of the cancelled options.
Subject to the Restated Plan provisions, all options granted are exercisable
on such terms and conditions as the Committee prescribes, except that the term
of an option may not exceed ten years and one day and an option may not be
exercised under any circumstance, including death, unless the employee has
remained in the continuous employment of the Company (or a subsidiary) for six
months following the option grant date. The Committee can prescribe, for
example, that an option be exercisable in full six months following the grant
date, or it can prescribe that an option be exercised in installments over some
longer period time.
Each option granted under the Restated Plan is to be evidenced by a stock
option agreement between the Company and the employee. In the event of any
change in the shares of the Company through the declaration of a stock dividend
or a stock split-up or through recapitalization resulting in share split-ups, or
combinations or exchanges of shares, or otherwise, the number of shares
available for grant of options, as well as the shares subject to any outstanding
option and the exercise price thereof, shall be appropriately adjusted by the
Committee.
Under the Restated Plan, an employee may, upon termination for any reason
other than retirement, permanent disability, or death exercise an option at any
time within three months after such termination to the extent such employee was
entitled to exercise the option at the date of termination, but not after
expiration of the option term. In the event of termination of employment by
retirement or permanent disability, the option may be exercised in accordance
with its terms at any time within five years after the termination, but not
after expiration of the option term. In the event an employee dies while
employed by the Company, the employee's legal representative may exercise the
option in accordance with its terms and conditions at any time within five years
after the employee's death, but not after expiration of the option term. If the
employee dies during the three months following termination for any reason other
than retirement or permanent disability, the employee's legal representative may
exercise the option at any time within a period of one year after the employee's
death to the extent that the employee was entitled to exercise the option at
date of death, but not after expiration of the option term. Furthermore, the
Committee may reinstate any portion of any option previously granted if within
90 days following termination the employee is recalled to the active payroll.
In the event the Company is merged into or acquired by another entity in a
transaction involving a change in control, the Committee has the authority, but
not the obligation, to accelerate vesting of any outstanding options. The
Committee may also ask the Board to negotiate, as part of any agreement
involving a sale or merger of the Company or any similar transaction, terms
providing protection for employees holding options under the Restated Plan.
The Board may amend, modify or terminate the Restated Plan for the purpose
of meeting or addressing any changes in legal requirements or any other purpose
permitted by law. Stockholder approval will be sought for plan amendments if it
is determined to be required or advisable under Securities and Exchange
Commission or Internal Revenue Service Regulations, applicable stock exchange
rules, or other applicable laws or regulations.
TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE RESTATED PLAN
Options granted and to be granted under the Restated Plan are either: (i)
incentive stock options within the meaning of Section 422A of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code,") or (ii) options which are neither
incentive stock options nor qualified stock options within the meaning of
Section 422 of the Code ("non-qualified stock options").
An employee will not be deemed to have received any compensation for Federal
income tax purposes upon the grant of a non-qualified stock option but will
realize taxable ordinary income at the time of exercise in the amount of excess,
if any, of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of exercise
over the
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exercise price. The basis for determination of gain or loss upon any subsequent
disposition of shares acquired upon the exercise of a non-qualified stock option
will be the amount paid for such shares, plus any ordinary income recognized as
a result of the exercise of such option. If the employee holds such shares for
more than one year following the date taxable income is realized as a result of
the exercise of the option, any gain realized upon disposition will be taxed to
the employee as long-term capital gain. If an employee exercises a non-qualified
stock option and makes payment with shares of the Company's Common Stock,
neither the employee nor the Company will recognize gain or loss for the number
of shares equally exchanged at the time of exericse. However, the additional
shares transferred to the employee will cause him to realize, at the time of
exercise, taxable ordinary income in an amount equal to the fair market value of
the additional shares transferred to the employee less any cash paid by the
employee. The exchange of shares acquired by an employee through a prior
exercise of a qualified stock option, an incentive stock option, or under the
Company's Stock Purchase Plan does not constitute a premature disposition of
such shares. The Company will be entitled to deduction for Federal income tax
purposes in an amount equal to the ordinary income, if any, recognized by the
employee upon the exercise of the option.
An employee will not be deemed to have received any compensation for Federal
income tax purposes either at the time of grant or at the time of exercise of an
incentive stock option. If an employee exercises an incentive stock option and
does not dispose of such shares within two years from the date of the granting
of such option nor within one year after the transfer of the shares to the
employee, any gain realized upon disposition will be taxed to the employee as
long-term capital gain. In such case the Company will not be entitled to a
deduction for Federal income tax purposes in connection with either the grant or
the exercise of the option. However, if the employee disposes of the shares
other than as described above, any gain realized will be taxed as ordinary
income in an amount equal to the difference between the exercise price and
either the value of the shares at the time of exercise or the sales price,
whichever is less; and the excess, if any, of the sales price over the value of
the shares at the time of exercise will be treated as long-term capital gain if
the employee held such shares for more than one year following exercise of the
option. If an employee exercises an incentive stock option and makes payment
with shares of the Company's Common Stock, generally neither the employee nor
the Company will recognize gain or loss at the time of exercise. However, if an
employee exercises an incentive stock option after March 15, 1982 and makes
payment with shares acquired through a prior exercise of a qualified stock
option, an incentive stock option, or under the Company's Stock Purchase Plan,
that exchange will constitute a premature disposition of such shares unless the
shares tendered have been held for the period required by the Code. The Company
will be entitled to a deduction for Federal income tax purposes in an amount
equal to the ordinary income, if any, recognized by the employee upon
disposition of the shares.
An employee will not be in receipt of an item of "tax preference" for
purposes of the minimum tax imposed by Section 55 of the Code upon the grant or
exercise of a non-qualified stock option. Although, the Tax Reform Act of 1986
eliminated the special long-term capital gain deduction so that the entire gain
on disposition of stock acquired under the Restated Plan is taxed at ordinary
income tax rates, 1990 amendments to the Code have made 28% the maximum tax rate
applicable to net long term capital gains.
In order for compensation realized by any of the executive officers named in
the Summary Compensation Table ("Named Executive Officers") to be deductible by
the Company, IRS regulations require any option plan to state the maximum number
of options that can be granted during a fiscal year. The Restated Plan now has a
limit of 500,000 options per fiscal year; while the Company does not expect to
grant this number of options on a regular basis, the Company does expect that
this would be the maximum number of options that would be necessary to recruit
an outstanding top executive.
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SUMMARY OF BENEFITS UNDER THE RESTATED PLAN
It is not possible to state the number of options that might be granted in
the future to any particular individual. The following table sets forth the
number of options granted during the last fiscal year:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NUMBER OF OPTIONS
NAME AND POSITION GRANTED GRANT PRICE
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<S> <C> <C>
Gilbert F. Amelio 40,000 $ 20.50
President and CEO
Richard M. Beyer 10,000 20.50
President, Communications & Computing Group
R. Thomas Odell 6,500 20.50
President, Standard Products Group
Kirk P. Pond 10,000 20.50
Chief Operating Officer
George M. Scalise 7,500 20.50
Chief Administrative Officer
All other Executive Officers as a group 47,000 20.50
All other employees including current officers who are not Executive 68,600 16.50
Officers 1,842,300 20.50
159,000 18.125
120,000 18.375
Outside directors are not eligible for participation in the Restated Plan.
<FN>
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Further information on options granted to the Named Executive Officers in the
last fiscal year also appears in the section on Executive Compensation.
</TABLE>
The Board believes that stock options are a competitive necessity in the
semiconductor industry to attract and retain employees with the skill,
intelligence, education and experience on whose the Company's success is largely
dependent. Stock options are used by the Company as a major element of the
compensation package for many different levels of employees because they foster
a proprietary identification with the Company and encourage them to exert
maximum efforts for its success.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ADOPTION OF THE RESTATED
OPTION PLAN. AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF AT LEAST A MAJORITY OF THE SHARES PRESENT
AND ENTITLED TO VOTE IS NECESSARY FOR APPROVAL.
ADOPTION OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER INCENTIVE PLAN
The Company has maintained the Key Employee Incentive Plan and its
predecessor, the Key Employee Bonus Plan (collectively, "KEIP") as an integral
part of its compensation program for key employees, including officers, for many
years. The Board of Directors is submitting the Executive Officer Incentive Plan
("EOIP"), a version of the KEIP made available only to officers ("Executive
Officers") subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"), to stockholders for approval in order to
enable the Company to qualify payments under the EOIP as deductible for federal
income tax purposes. The KEIP continues in effect for other officers and key
employees. In 1993, the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") was amended to add
Section 162(m), which places a limit of $1,000,000 on the amount of compensation
that may be deducted by the Company in any tax year with respect to certain of
the Company's highest paid executives. However, certain performance based
compensation that has been approved by stockholders is not subject to the
deduction limit. In order to maximize the amount of incentive compensation paid
to Executive Officers that is deductible under new Section 162(m) of the Code,
the
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Company is requesting stockholders to approve the EOIP at this Annual Meeting.
Incentives paid under the EOIP are based on objective criteria established prior
to or shortly after the beginning of the fiscal year and make executive pay
variable dependent on the financial performance of the Company.
The full text of the EOIP appears as Exhibit D hereto. The principal
features of the EOIP are outlined below and should be read in conjunction with
Exhibit D.
DESCRIPTION OF THE EOIP
The purpose of the EOIP is to motivate and reward executives for good
performance and to allow the Company's compensation expense to vary with the
Company's financial performance. Only Executive Officers of the Company may
participate in the EOIP, which is administered by the Stock Option and
Compensation Committee ("Committee") of the Board of Directors. The present
members of the committee are Messrs. Arnold, Beshar, Maidique, O'Rourke and
Sprague. Prior to or shortly after the beginning of each fiscal year, the
Committee determines which Executive Officers are to participate in the EOIP for
the fiscal year, the incentive level assigned to each participant, and the
performance goals applicable to the fiscal year.
Performance goals are based on one or more business criteria specified in
the EOIP. These business criteria include financial criteria, such as net
income, earnings per share and return on net assets, as well as management and
strategic criteria, such as market share increases, reduction in product returns
and cycle time reductions.
The Committee establishes the specific performance goals based on the
business criteria and assigns weights to the goals. For fiscal 1995, 50% of the
performance goals are financial goals based on profit before tax and revenue
growth. The balance of the performance goals are management and strategic goals
focusing on certain areas where improvements are deemed necessary. The Committee
has the option to make awards dependent on attainment of one or more different
performance goals provided the goals, when established, are stated as
alternatives to one another.
At the end of the fiscal year, the Committee reviews the performance of the
participants against the established performance goals. Awards may only be paid
after the Committee has certified in writing that the performance goal has been
attained. The Committee may reduce but not increase the amount of an award
otherwise payable to a participant upon attainment of the performance goals. The
maximum award payable under the EOIP to any participant for any fiscal year
shall be the lesser of $2 million or 200% of the participant's annualized base
renumeration at the end of the fiscal year. Awards are paid in cash after the
end of the fiscal year and participants have the option to defer payment of all
or part of the award until a later date.
Participants whose employment is terminated by retirement, death or
disability during a fiscal year are entitled to receive all or a portion of the
award otherwise payable under the EOIP. Participants whose employment is
terminated for other reasons during the fiscal year are not entitled to receive
an EOIP award for that fiscal year.
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SUMMARY OF BENEFITS UNDER THE EOIP
Amounts paid under the EOIP will vary depending on individual and Company
performance. The following table sets forth the amounts paid under the KEIP for
the last fiscal year:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME AND POSITION KEIP AWARD
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<S> <C>
Gilbert F. Amelio $ 792,015
President and CEO
Richard M. Beyer 287,505
President, Communications & Computing Group
R. Thomas Odell 263,009
President, Standard Products Group
Kirk P. Pond 400,000
Chief Operating Officer
George M. Scalise 265,009
Chief Administrative Officer
All other Executive Officers as a Group 3,912,007
All other employees, including current officers who are not Executive Officers 23,599,958
</TABLE>
FEDERAL TAX ISSUES AND OTHER INFORMATION
An award under the EOIP constitutes ordinary income taxable to a participant
in the year to which the award relates. Subject to the provisions of Section
162(m) of the Code of 1986, as amended, and proposed regulations promulgated
thereunder, the Company generally will be entitled to a corresponding deduction
for the year to which awards under the EOIP relate (or, to the extent deferred,
for the year in which paid). As mentioned above, 1993 amendments to the Code
limit the allowable deduction for compensation paid or accrued with respect to
the chief executive officer and the four other most highly compensated officers
of a publicly held corporation at the end of each fiscal year (commencing with
fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 1994) to no more than $1,000,000
per year. Pursuant to proposed Internal Revenue Service regulations published in
December 1993, certain types of compensation are excluded from this deduction
limit, including payments subject to the attainment of objective performance
goals and satisfaction of disinterested director and stockholder approval
requirements.
Awards under the EOIP meet the performance-based compensation requirement
because the awards are paid upon meeting the minimum performance goals based on
objective business criteria established by the Committee for each fiscal year.
The plan's administration by the Committee, as limited by EOIP provisions
governing the Committee's discretion in making awards to participants, meets the
second requirement. The submission of the EOIP to stockholders for approval and
the EOIP provisions (i) limiting maximum awards, and (ii) precluding the
Committee from exercising its discretion to increase awards to participants are
intended to qualify awards made for fiscal 1995 and thereafter so as to preserve
the Company's federal tax deduction, if and when awards are paid under the EOIP.
When stockholders approve the EOIP, the Company intends to deduct, as
performance-based compensation, the amounts of any awards paid under the EOIP to
the chief executive officer and the four other most highly compensated officers
of the Company, as well as all other Executive Officers, in determining the
Company's federal income tax liability.
The Board believes that the EOIP effectively motivates the Executive
Officers to perform and exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company and
makes a large part of the compensation package dependent of objective business
and performance based criteria.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ADOPTION OF THE EXECUTIVE
OFFICER INCENTIVE PLAN. AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF AT LEAST A MAJORITY OF THE SHARES
PRESENT AND ENTITLED TO VOTE IS NECESSARY FOR APPROVAL.
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OUTSTANDING CAPITAL STOCK, QUORUM AND VOTING
The Common Stock of the Company is its only class of voting Capital Stock.
The Company's Common Stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the
Pacific Stock Exchange. The record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the
meeting is the close of business on August 5, 1994. At the close of business on
that date, the Company had issued and outstanding shares of Common
Stock, $.50 par value and the closing price of the Company's Common Stock as
reported in the Wall Street Journal composite transactions was $ .
The following table sets forth the known ownership of more than 5% of the
Company's outstanding Common Stock as of June 26, 1994.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
AMOUNT AND
NATURE OF
NAME AND ADDRESS OF BENEFICIAL PERCENT OF
BENEFICIAL OWNER OWNERSHIP CLASS
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<S> <C> <C>
Common Stock:
FMR Corporation
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109............................................ 16,959,293(1) 13.80
The Capital Group, Inc.
333 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071.................................................. 11,495,820(2) 9.36
The TCW Group, Inc.
865 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017.................................................. 6,991,835(3) 5.69
<FN>
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(1) Includes 225,984 shares of which FMR Corporation has sole voting power and
16,959,293 shares of which FMR Corporation has sole dispositive power. The
information concerning shares owned is from a Schedule 13-G dated June 10,
1994.
(2) Includes 1,044,500 shares of which The Capital Group, Inc. has sole voting
power and 11,495,820 shares of which The Capital Group, Inc. has sole
dispositive power. The information concerning the shares owned is from a
Schedule 13-G dated March 9, 1994.
(3) Includes 6,991,835 shares of which The TCW Group, Inc. has sole voting and
dispositive power. The information concerning the shares owned is from a
Schedule 13-G dated February 6, 1994.
</TABLE>
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The presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the
issued and outstanding shares of the Common Stock of the Company is necessary to
constitute a quorum at the 1994 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Each holder of
Common Stock is entitled to one vote for each share held. Unless authority to
vote for any director is withheld in the proxy, votes will be cast in favor of
election of all nominees. Proxies which withhold authority to vote as to
specific directors shall be deemed to cast votes for those directors not so
specified. If no vote is marked with respect to any matter, the shares will be
voted in accordance with the Board of Directors' recommendations. Abstentions
and broker non-votes are included in the determination of a quorum but neither
abstentions nor broker non-votes are counted in determining the number of shares
voted on proposals presented to stockholders.
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board has selected the accounting firm of KPMG Peat Marwick to continue
to serve as the Company's independent auditors for the fiscal year ending May
28, 1995. Management has not followed the practice of presenting the selection
of auditors to the stockholders for approval. A representative of KPMG Peat
Marwick is expected to attend this meeting and will be available to respond to
stockholders' questions or make a statement if he or she desires to do so.
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Audit services provided by KPMG Peat Marwick in fiscal 1994 included the
examination of the Company's consolidated financial statements for the year
ended May 29, 1994, the review of various filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, and statutory audits of certain foreign subsidiaries.
The audit services provided to the Company by KPMG Peat Marwick were
approved by the Audit Committee of the Board prior to being rendered. Other
specific services were approved by officers of the Company after a determination
that none of such services would affect KPMG Peat Marwick's independence as
auditors of the Company's financial statements based upon guidelines previously
approved by the Audit Committee.
STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS
Stockholders may present proposals for inclusion in the proxy statement and
form of proxy to be used in connection with the 1995 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders of the Company, provided that such proposals are received in
writing by the Company no later than April 15, 1995, and provided that such
proposals are otherwise in compliance with applicable law and regulations.
ANNUAL REPORT
This Proxy Statement has been preceded or accompanied by the Annual Report
for the fiscal year ended May 29, 1994. Stockholders are referred to such report
for financial and other information about the activities of the Company, but
except for those pages specifically incorporated in this Proxy Statement, such
report is not to be deemed a part of the proxy soliciting material.
FORM 10-K
THE COMPANY WILL PROVIDE WITHOUT CHARGE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM A COPY OF
THIS PROXY STATEMENT IS DELIVERED, ON THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF ANY SUCH PERSON, A
COPY OF THE COMPANY'S ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION (NOT INCLUDING EXHIBITS TO THE FORM 10-K). WRITTEN REQUESTS
FOR SUCH COPIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO INVESTOR RELATIONS, MAIL STOP 10-397,
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, 2900 SEMICONDUCTOR DRIVE, P.O. BOX 58090,
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA 95052-8090.
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
According to the provisions of Schedule 14A under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the following document or portion thereof is incorporated by
reference: "Executive Officers of the Registrant" from Part I of the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 29, 1994.
OTHER MATTERS
Management knows of no other matters which will be brought before the
meeting. If any such matters are properly brought before the meeting, however,
the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy will vote in accordance with
their best judgment.
Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, please date, sign and return
the enclosed proxy at your earliest convenience in the enclosed postpaid
envelope.
JOHN M. CLARK III
SECRETARY
August 15, 1994
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EXHIBIT A
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
EMPLOYEES STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(AS AMENDED AND RESTATED THROUGH APRIL 22, 1994)
1. TITLE OF PLAN
The title of this plan is the National Semiconductor Corporation Employees
Stock Purchase Plan, hereinafter referred to as "Plan," and formerly known as
the National Semiconductor Corporation 1977 Employees Stock Purchase Plan.
2. PURPOSE
The Plan is intended to encourage ownership of Common Stock of the
Corporation by all Eligible Employees and to provide incentives for them to
exert maximum efforts for the success of the Corporation. By extending to
Eligible Employees the opportunity to acquire proprietary interests in the
Corporation and to participate in its success, the Plan may be expected to
benefit the Corporation and its shareholders by making it possible for the
Corporation to attract and retain qualified employees. The Plan is intended to
qualify as an employee stock purchase plan under Section 423 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code").
3. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Plan:
(a) "Base Compensation" means the basic or regular salary, plus all
sales commissions, overtime, lead premiums and shift differential income
received from the Corporation and/or Subsidiaries.
(b) "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
(c) "Committee" means the Committee of the Board described under Section
5(a).
(d) "Common Stock" means the $.50 par value common stock of the
Corporation.
(e) "Corporation" means National Semiconductor Corporation.
(f) "Eligible Employee" means any employee eligible to participate in
the Plan under the terms of Section 6.
(g) "Plan Administrator" means the General Counsel of the Corporation or
such other person as may be designated by the General Counsel.
(h) "Participation Period" means a period during which contributions may
be made toward the purchase of Common Stock under the Plan, as determined
pursuant to Section 6.
(i) "Subsidiary" means any corporation in which the Corporation
controls, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the
combined voting power of all classes of stock and which has been designated
by the Committee as a corporation whose employees may participate in this
Plan.
4. STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
The total number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued under the
Plan is 19,950,000, which may be unissued shares, reacquired shares, or shares
bought on the market.
5. ADMINISTRATION
(a) The Plan shall be administered by the Committee which shall be appointed
by a majority of the whole Board. The Committee shall be constituted to permit
the Plan to comply with Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 and any successor rule and shall initially consist of not less than
three members of the Board, all of whom are ineligible for benefits under the
Plan and none of whom has been so eligible for at least one year prior to
serving on such Committee.
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(b) The Committee shall have the plenary power, subject to and within the
limits of the express provisions of the Plan:
(i) to construe and interpret the Plan and to establish, amend, and
revoke rules and regulations for its administration. The Committee, in the
exercise of this power, shall generally determine all questions of policy
and expediency that may arise, may correct any defect, or supply any
omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any instrument
associated with the Plan in a manner and to the extent it shall deem
necessary or expedient to make the Plan fully effective;
(ii) to the extent not provided in this Plan, to establish the terms
under which Common Stock may be purchased.
6. ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
The persons eligible to participate in the Plan (Eligible Employees) shall
consist of all persons employed by the Corporation and/or a Subsidiary on the
day that enrollment forms are due prior to commencement of a Participation
Period. Directors of the Corporation who are not full-time or part-time
employees of the Corporation and/or a Subsidiary are not eligible to participate
in the Plan.
There will be four (4) quarterly Participation Periods each calendar year,
and they will coincide with the four quarters of the calendar year ending
December 31. In order to participate in the Plan for a particular Participation
Period, an Eligible Employee must complete the required enrollment forms and
file such forms with the Plan Administrator no later than the due date
prescribed by the Plan Administrator. The enrollment forms will include a
payroll deduction authorization directing the Corporation to make payroll
deductions from the participant's Base Compensation, designated in whole
percentages, at a rate not to exceed ten percent (10%) of such earnings per pay
period, for purposes of acquiring Common Stock under the Plan. The deduction
will continue in effect from Participation Period to Participation Period,
unless the participant ceases participation in the Plan or elects a different
rate by filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator on the due date
designated by the Plan Administrator prior to the first day of the Participation
Period for which the new rate is to become effective. Payroll deductions,
however, will automatically cease upon termination of the participant's right to
purchase Common Stock under this Plan.
At the close of each Participation Period, each participant in the Plan will
receive a report indicating the amount of the participant's contributions to the
Plan during such Participation Period, the amount of the contributions applied
to the purchase of Common Stock for such Participation Period, the purchase
price per share in effect for such Participation Period and the amount of the
contributions (if any) carried over to the next Participation Period. Each
participant will also receive an annual statement after the end of each calendar
year which consolidates such information for the four (4) Participation Periods
occurring within that year.
7. TERMS AND CONDITIONS
An Eligible Employee who participates in this Plan for a particular
Participation Period will have the right to acquire Common Stock upon the terms
and conditions summarized below and must enter into an agreement with the
Corporation setting forth such terms and conditions and such other provisions,
not inconsistent with the Plan, as the Committee may deem advisable.
(a) PURCHASE PRICE. The purchase price per share will be the LESSER of (i)
eighty-five percent (85%) of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the
date the Participation Period commences or (ii) eighty-five percent (85%) of the
fair market value of the Common Stock on the date the purchase right is
exercised.
The fair market value of a share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall
be the opening price of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the
date in question (or if there shall be no trading on such date, then on the
first previous date on which there is trading).
(b) NUMBER OF SHARES. The number of shares purchasable per participant per
Participation Period will be the number of whole shares obtained by dividing the
amount collected from the participant through
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payroll deductions during that Participation Period by the purchase price in
effect for such period. Other than the limitations contained in Section 7(k),
the Plan does not state a maximum or minimum number of shares that may be
purchased by any Eligible Employee.
(c) PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS. The amounts collected from a participant through
payroll deductions will be credited to the participant's individual account
maintained on the Corporation's books, but no separate account will actually be
established to hold such amounts. Interest will not be paid on the outstanding
balance credited to the book account. The amounts collected from each
participant may be commingled with the general assets of the Corporation and may
be used for any corporate purpose.
(d) TERMINATION OF PURCHASE RIGHTS. A participant may, through
notification to the Plan Administrator by the due date specified by the Plan
Administrator prior to the close of the Participation Period, terminate his or
her outstanding purchase right and receive a refund of the amounts deducted from
his or her earnings under the terminated right. The participant will not be
eligible to rejoin the Participation Period following the termination of the
purchase right and will have to re-enroll in the Plan should such individual
wish to resume participation in a subsequent Participation Period.
(e) TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. If a participant ceases to be an employee
for any reason during a Participation Period, his or her outstanding purchase
right will immediately terminate and all sums previously collected from the
participant under the terminated right will be refunded.
(f) EXERCISE. Each outstanding purchase right will be exercised
automatically on the last day of the Participation Period. The exercise of the
purchase right is to be effected by applying the amount credited to each
participant's account on the exercise date to the purchase of whole shares of
Common Stock at the purchase price in effect for the Participation Period. Any
amount remaining in the participant's account after such application will be
held for the purchase of Common Stock in the next Participation Period.
(g) PRORATION OF PURCHASE RIGHT. Should the total number of shares of
Common Stock for which the outstanding purchase rights are to be exercised on
any particular date exceed the number of shares then available for issuance
under the Plan, the available shares will be allocated pro-rata on a uniform and
non-discriminatory basis, and any amounts credited to the accounts of
participants will, to the extent not applied to the purchase of Common Stock, be
promptly refunded.
(h) RIGHTS AS STOCKHOLDER. A participant will have no rights as a
stockholder with respect to shares subject to any purchase right held by such
individual under the Plan until that right is exercised. No adjustments will be
made for any dividends or distributions for which the record date is prior to
such exercise date.
(i) RECEIPT OF STOCK. As soon as practicable after the end of the
Participation Period, the participant will be entitled to receive either a stock
certificate for the number of purchased shares or confirmation from a captive
broker utilized by the Corporation that the participant's account at the captive
broker has been credited with the number of purchased shares.
(j) ASSIGNABILITY. No purchase right granted to a participant will be
assignable or transferable and will be exercisable only by the participant.
(k) LIMITATIONS. Payroll deductions for purchase rights during a calendar
year shall cease when such deductions for a participant exceed $25,000 (or such
other maximum as may be prescribed from time to time by the Code) in accordance
with the provisions of Section 423(b) (8) of the Code. No participant shall be
granted a right to purchase Common Stock under this plan:
(i) if such participant, immediately after his or her election to
purchase the Common Stock, would own stock possessing more than five percent
of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the
Corporation, computed in accordance with Section 423(b)(3) of the Code;
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(ii) if under the terms of the Plan the rights of the participant to
purchase stock under this and all other qualified employee stock purchase
plans of the Corporation would accrue at a rate that exceeds $25,000 of fair
market value of the Common Stock (determined at the time such right is
granted) for each calendar year for which such right is outstanding at any
time.
(l) NO RIGHT TO CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT. Nothing in this Plan or in any
purchase right under the Plan shall confer on any participating employee any
right to continue in the employ of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or
to interfere in any way with the right of the Corporation or any of its
Subsidiaries to terminate his or her employment at any time.
(m) LIMITS FOR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. Commencing on the date that the
Securities and Exchange Commission determines as the final effective date for
registrants to implement conforming amendments to require compliance with new
rules issued under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, ("Exchange Act") relating to employee benefit plans, each participant
subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act ("Executive Officer") who ceases
participation in the Plan may not renew participation in the Plan until the next
quarterly enrollment period that is at least six (6) months from the date of the
Executive Officer's decision to cease participation. Executive officers must
satisfy such other limitations as the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems
necessary to comply with the rules of the Exchange Act.
8. ADJUSTMENT IN NUMBER OF SHARES AND IN PURCHASE PRICE
In the event there is any change in the shares of the Corporation through
the declaration of stock dividends or a stock split-up, or through
recapitalization resulting in share split-ups, or combinations or exchanges of
shares, or otherwise, appropriate adjustments in the number of shares available
for purchase, as well as the shares subject to purchase right and purchase price
thereof, shall be made, provided that no fractional shares shall be subject to
purchase and each purchase right shall be adjusted down to the nearest full
share.
9. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN
The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the Plan, subject to
the limitations, however, that except as provided in Section 8 (relating to
adjustments upon changes in stock), no amendment shall be made, except upon
approval of the shareholders of the Corporation, which will:
(a) Increase the number of shares issuable under the Plan,
(b) Alter the purchase price formula so as to reduce the purchase price,
(c) Otherwise materially increase the benefits accruing to participants
under the Plan, or
(d) Materially modify the requirements for eligibility to participate in
the Plan.
The rights and obligations with respect to purchase rights at any time
outstanding under the Plan may not be altered or impaired by any amendment of
the Plan.
10. TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF PLAN
The Board may at any time suspend or terminate the Plan, but no such action
may adversely affect the participant's rights and obligations with respect to
purchase rights at the time outstanding under the Plan. No Participation Period
may commence while the Plan is suspended or after it is terminated.
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EXHIBIT B
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
GLOBAL EMPLOYEES STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
1. TITLE OF PLAN
The title of this plan is the National Semiconductor Corporation Global
Employees Stock Purchase Plan, hereinafter referred to as "Plan" or "GESPP."
2. PURPOSE
The Plan is intended to encourage ownership of Common Stock of the
Corporation by employees of the Corporation's Subsidiaries located outside the
United States and to provide incentives for them to exert maximum efforts for
the success of the Corporation on a consolidated basis. By extending to
employees the opportunity to acquire proprietary interests in the Corporation
and to participate in its success, the Plan may be expected to benefit the
Corporation and its shareholders by making it possible for the Corporation to
attract and retain qualified employees on a worldwide basis.
3. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Plan:
(a) "Base Compensation" means the basic or regular guaranteed
compensation as determined in accordance with the policies and procedures of
the employing Company, but excluding other forms of renumeration such as
salary continuance, severance benefits, redundancy pay, termination
indemnities and other post employment benefits.
(b) "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
(c) "Committee" means the Stock Option and Compensation Committee of the
Board.
(d) "Common Stock" means the $.50 par value common stock of the
Corporation.
(e) "Company" means each Subsidiary with operations outside the United
States that has adopted the GESPP.
(f) "Company's Share" or "Company Share" means, with respect to Common
Stock purchased on behalf of participants on an Investment Date for a
Participation Period, the excess of (whichever is applicable) the (1) actual
purchase price of the Common Stock on the Investment Date, if the Common
Stock is purchased on the New York Stock Exchange, or (2) the opening price
of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange if the Common Stock is
acquired from the Corporation or the GESPP Fund over the lesser of
eighty-five percent (85%) of the New York Stock Exchange opening price for
the Common Stock on the first (1st) business day on the New York Stock
Exchange coincident with or next following the first day of the calendar
quarter for the applicable Investment Date, or (whichever is applicable) (1)
eighty-five percent (85%) of the actual purchase price for such Common Stock
on such Investment Date if the Common Stock is purchased on the New York
Stock Exchange, or (2) eighty-five percent (85%) of the opening price for
the Common Stock as of the Investment Date on the New York Stock Exchange if
the Common Stock is acquired from the Corporation or the GESPP Fund.
(g) "Corporation" means National Semiconductor Corporation.
(h) "Eligible Employee" means, as determined by the employing Company,
any individual who is employed on a regular basis by the Company and is on
the payroll of the Company, but excluding any employees who (1) are United
States citizens or residents, (2) are not permitted to participate by reason
of local law or regulation, (3) are considered 5% (five percent) owners of
the Corporation by reason of Section 423 of the United States Internal
Revenue Code, (4) by reason of Section 16 of the United States Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 are required to report their trading in Common Stock,
(5) directors of the Corporation who are not full time or part time
employees of a Company, or (6) are otherwise excluded by the Company under
uniform and consistent rules.
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(i) "Fiduciary" means the fiduciary holding the GESPP Fund.
(j) "GESPP Fund" or "Fund" means the fund held under the GESPP Fund
Agreement.
(k) "GESPP Fund Agreement" means the National Semiconductor Corporation
Global Employees Stock Purchase Plan Master Fund Agreement between the
Fiduciary and the NS Principal establishing the GESPP Fund.
(l) "Investment Date" means, with respect to a Participation Period, (1)
the last business day of each calendar quarter both on the New York Stock
Exchange and in the country in which the Fiduciary is sited if Common Stock
is purchased from the Corporation or from the GESPP Fund, or (2) such last
business day of the next following calendar month, if Common Stock is
purchased on the New York Stock Exchange.
(m) "NS Principal" means the sponsor of the GESPP and the Company that
is signatory to the GESPP Fund Agreement.
(n) "Participation Period" means, with respect to a calendar quarter,
the period commencing on the first (1st) day of a Pay Period coincident with
or next preceding the first day of the calendar quarter and ending with the
last day of the Pay Period coincident with or next preceding the last day of
the corresponding calendar quarter.
(o) "Pay Period" means the pay period used by a Company from time to
time.
(p) "Sales Date" means the fifth (5th) and twentieth (20th) days of each
calendar month, or if either date is not a business day on the New York
Stock Exchange and in the country in which the Fiduciary is sited, the next
preceding date that is such a business day.
(q) "Sales Price" means, with respect to each share of Common Stock sold
on a Sales Date, (1) the actual sales price for the Common Stock on a Sales
Date, if the Common Stock is sold on the New York Stock Exchange, or (2) the
opening price for a share of Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange if
the Common Stock is sold to the Corporation or to the GESPP Fund.
(r) "Share Transaction Date" means the Investment Date, the Sales Date,
or both, as the context may require.
(s) "Share Value" means the average price per share of Common Stock net
of share transaction costs purchased by the Fiduciary on an Investment Date
for purposes of any investment in Common Stock, or the average price per
share of Common Stock net of transaction costs sold by the Fiduciary for
purposes of any sales of Common Stock on a Sales Date, as the case may be;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that for purposes of written statements of account and
monthly valuations, the Share Value shall be the opening price per share of
Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on each Sales Date.
(t) "Subsidiary" means any corporation in which the Corporation
controls, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the
combined voting power of all classes of stock and which has been designated
by the Committee as a corporation whose employees may participate in this
Plan.
4. STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
The total number of shares of Common Stock which may be acquired by the
Fiduciary for the account of Plan participants or by participants directly under
the Plan is 5,000,000, which may be unissued shares, reacquired shares, or
shares bought on the market.
5. ADMINISTRATION -- GENERAL PROVISIONS
(a) The Plan shall be administered by each participating Company in
accordance with such terms, conditions and provisions as may be adopted by the
Committee from time to time.
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(b) The Committee shall have the plenary power, subject to and within the
limits of the express provisions of this Plan:
(i) to construe and interpret the Plan and to establish, amend, and
revoke rules and regulations for its administration. The Committee, in the
exercise of this power, shall generally determine all questions of policy
and expediency that may arise, may correct any defect, or supply any
omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any instrument
associated with the Plan in a manner and to the extent it shall deem
necessary or expedient to make the Plan fully effective.
(ii) to the extent not provided in this Plan, to establish the terms
under which Common Stock may be purchased by the Fund or participants.
6. PARTICIPATION
(a) After the Plan is adopted by the employing Company, each Eligible
Employee in the Company shall be eligible for participation in the Plan at the
next practicable Participation Period. Membership in the Plan shall be wholly
voluntary.
(b) Written application forms for participation shall include at a minimum
(1) a payroll deduction authorization specifying the amount of payroll
deductions, (2) a beneficiary designation, (3) an agreement to be bound by all
of the applicable terms and conditions of the Plan, the GESPP Fund Agreement and
any rules established thereunder, (4) a specification of the employee's tax
residence and citizenship, (5) an agreement that information obtained in
connection with the employee's Plan participation may be communicated outside
the country in which he or she is employed, (6) a statement requesting treaty
protection for purposes of any applicable United States withholding taxes on
cash dividends, if any, earned on the Common Stock and, solely for such
purposes, an agreement that the employee's identity may be disclosed to the
taxing agency of the United States and the country in which the employee resides
or is employed, (7) to the extent applicable, whether an employee will make a
net or gross withholding election, (8) to the extent applicable, an election to
have the shares purchased on behalf of the participant on the Investment Date
for the Participation Period distributed to the participant in the form of a
share certificate evidencing the number of whole shares so purchased, (9) a
notice that the employee's participation will continue unchanged in the Plan
unless the employee terminates from service or notifies the Company in writing
that the employee wishes to change participation, and (10) any other information
deemed necessary or desirable by the Company. The Company shall periodically
notify employees of the Plan and shall furnish enrollment applications when
requested by employees and take other necessary or appropriate action to enroll
Eligible Employees.
(c) The Plan participation of an employee shall cease when he or she is no
longer an Eligible Employee, terminates from service, upon payment to the
participant of his or her entire account, or upon the participant's death.
(d) The Company shall establish and maintain for all participants an account
showing the employee's interest under the Plan, designated in shares of Common
Stock, including separate accounts showing (1) the portion of the account
attributable to payroll deductions and (2) the portion of the account
attributable to the Company's Share, and all other relevant data pertaining
thereto. Each participant shall be furnished with a written statement of the
value of the account and the value of each other separate interest semiannually
and upon any distribution to the participant.
(e) No person shall be entitled to any right, title or interest in or to any
GESPP Fund assets or Common Stock except at the time and upon the applicable
terms and conditions expressly set forth in the Plan and the GESPP Fund
Agreement.
7. PARTICIPANT PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS
(a) A participant may make payroll deductions under the Plan only through
payroll deductions authorized by the participant. A participant may elect
payroll deductions under the Plan of up to ten percent (10%) of the
participant's Base Compensation for a Participation Period in multiples of one
percent (1%); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, no participant may purchase more than US
$25,000 worth of Common Stock each
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calendar year, as determined with reference to the opening price of the Common
Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the first date of each Participation
Period during the calendar year (or the next preceding business day on the New
York Stock Exchange if that date is not a business day). The Company shall pay
to the GESPP Fund the payroll deductions for each Participation Period. Once a
participant has enrolled, participation shall be on a continuing basis at the
level selected by the participant until changed by the participant or until the
Plan has otherwise terminated.
(b) The participant may change the election for the rate of payroll
deductions, or resume making payroll deductions as of the first (1st) day of any
Participation Period by filing with the Company the appropriate forms before the
final entry date for the Participation Period.
(c) A participant may temporarily suspend all payroll deductions as of the
first (1st) day of the first reasonably practicable Pay Period, without
terminating participation in the Plan, by filing the prescribed election form
with the Company. Payroll deductions shall be automatically suspended during the
period of time that the participant (1) is no longer an Eligible Employee, (2)
ceases to receive Base Compensation or (3) remains employed after the
termination of the Plan with respect to the participant. A participant whose
payroll deductions have been suspended may resume making payroll deductions only
in accordance with Section 6(b).
(d) No later than is practicable with respect to each Investment Date for
each Participation Period, the Company shall deliver to the Fiduciary all
payroll deductions in cash for Pay Periods included in that Participation
Period.
8. COMPANY'S SHARE
(a) The Company shall contribute an amount to the GESPP Fund on behalf of
each participant who makes payroll deductions for a Participation Period equal
to the Company's Share for that Participation Period; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no
Company Share shall be made for a Participation Period on behalf of any
participant who is not employed by the Company on the last day of the
Participation Period. The Company's Share for a Participation Period shall be
paid to the GESPP Fund in the same manner and at the same time as the
corresponding payroll deductions, or as soon as administratively practicable
thereafter.
(b) In those countries where participants incur current tax and/or social
charges liability on the Company's Share when paid to the GESPP Fund and local
law permits the Company to withhold such liability from current pay, a
participant may make an election no more than once a year to either have
withholding taken from pay earned during a maximum of three (3) Pay Periods, to
the maximum extent permitted by law that is administratively practicable, or
from the Company Share attributable to the participant, thus resulting in a
smaller number of shares of Common Stock being allocated to the participant's
account.
9. INVESTMENT OF FUNDS
(a) All amounts received under the Plan for a Participation Period,
including payroll deductions and the amount of the Company Share, shall be
delivered to the Fiduciary and initially held in an unallocated account, to be
invested and reinvested in Common Stock on the corresponding Investment Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or other provisions of the Plan to the contrary,
in the event a participant is not employed by the Company on the last day of a
Participation Period or has ceased making payroll deductions during the
Participation Period, (1) no Common Stock will be purchased on behalf of the
participant for the corresponding Participation Period, (2) no Company Share
shall be made on behalf of the participant and (3) the Company shall return all
payroll deductions made by the participant for the Participation Period (but no
interest on such deductions).
(b) If allowed by the laws of the country, for each Participation Period, a
participant may elect to receive a share certificate evidencing the number of
whole shares purchased on behalf of the participant on the corresponding
Investment Date. In the event a participant makes such an election, the share
certificate shall be distributed to the participant as soon as practicable after
the Investment Date.
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(c) Any cash reserves shall be invested in a short-term interest bearing
current account maintained by the Fiduciary. Any cash awaiting investment in
Common Stock that is not denominated in U.S. dollars when received by the
Fiduciary shall be converted by the Fiduciary into cash denominated in U.S.
dollars no later than the end of the business day in the country of the
Fiduciary coincident with or next following the day such amounts are received.
Any currency exchange involving cash reserves may be made through the currency
exchange facilities of the Fiduciary unless and until NS Principal notifies the
Fiduciary to the contrary.
(d) If the Fiduciary advises NS Principal that it is not reasonably able to
prudently purchase or liquidate the necessary number of shares of Common Stock
on any Share Transaction Date, the number of shares purchased or liquidated with
respect to any participant who filed an election requesting the purchase or
liquidation of shares on a participant's behalf shall be reduced in proportion
to the ratio which the aggregate number of shares which the Fiduciary determines
may prudently be purchased or liquidated on the Share Transaction Date bears to
the aggregate number of shares which are otherwise to be purchased or liquidated
on behalf of all participants on that Share Transaction Date.
10. VALUATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF PARTICIPANTS' ACCOUNTS
(a) Participants' accounts will be valued on a monthly basis. Such valuation
shall be conclusive and binding upon all persons having an interest in the GESPP
Fund.
(b) All amounts received by the Fiduciary shall be held in an unallocated
account and invested by the Fiduciary in cash reserves until applied on the
Investment Date for the Participation Period towards the acquisition of Common
Stock. As of that Investment Date, the Common Stock so acquired shall be
credited to the participant's account unless the participant has made an
election to receive a share certificate for the corresponding Participation
Period.
(c) Cash reserves shall be separately valued and all earnings on cash
reserves shall be credited to the corresponding unallocated account and no
earnings on cash reserves shall be credited to any participant's account.
(d) In valuing Common Stock as of any date, the Share Value shall be
determined on that date. The value of any account as of any date, if expressed
in the monetary units of a specific currency shall, to the extent necessary, be
determined by applying the Fiduciary's applicable closing currency exchange
conversion rate on the date, or if not feasible, by applying a similarly
objective standard.
(e) The earnings on the portion of the unallocated account in the GESPP Fund
invested in cash reserves shall be used to pay the expenses of administering the
Plan. Any residual taxes or expenses shall be equitably allocated among the
constituent separate accounts for each country.
(f) Brokerage fees, transfer taxes and any other expenses incident to the
purchase or sale of Common Stock by the Fiduciary shall be deemed to be part of
the cost of the purchase or sale of the Common Stock unless the Corporation, NS
Principal or the Company elects to pay such fees, taxes or other expenses.
11. SALES OF SHARES
(a) A participant may elect to sell shares from his or her account and the
Share Value derived from the Sales Price for such sale shall be paid as soon as
practicable after the applicable Sales Date, by filing an election with the
Company.
(b) The participant's sales request shall specify the number of whole shares
the participant wishes to be liquidated and the proceeds therefrom paid to him
or her. The number of shares the participant has selected shall then be
liquidated (or such lesser number that may be liquidated by reason of Section
9(d)) on the applicable Sales Date. The cash amount paid to the participant
shall be the Share Value for the shares liquidated for the Sales Price on the
Sales Date.
(c) The Share Value based on the Sales Price to be paid to a participant who
has requested a sale of shares shall be made in a cash lump sum payment as soon
as practicable after the applicable Sales Date. In no event may a participant
who is still employed receive any portion of such payment in the form of a share
certificate.
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(d) The cash amount to be paid to a participant (or in the case of the
participant's death, his or her beneficiary) under Sections 10 or 11, shall be
converted, if necessary, into the appropriate currency for the country of the
participant's employment on the applicable Sales Date, if the currency exchange
is effected by the Fiduciary. If any necessary currency exchange is not effected
by the Fiduciary, the conversion shall occur as soon as practicable after the
Sales Date.
12. SPECIAL RULES UPON AND AFTER TERMINATION FROM SERVICE
(a) Upon termination from service during a Pay Period, a participant (or
upon his or her death, his or her beneficiary) may receive payment for his or
her account as soon as possible after the first practicable Sales Date following
the calendar month during which such Pay Period ends. Upon or after termination
from Service, any cash reserves (but no interest on such cash reserves) not
invested in Common Stock on the Investment Date next preceding the Sales Date on
which the entirety of the participant's account is to be distributed to the
participant (or his or her beneficiary in the event of the participant's death)
shall be credited to the participant's account as of such Sales Date.
(b) Upon termination from service, a participant has the option to keep his
or her account in effect, provided the total number of shares in the account is
more than fifty (50). Upon termination from service, and if permitted by
applicable law, a participant (but not the participant's beneficiary in the
event of the participant's death) may elect a one-time share distribution by
filing an election with the Company. A share distribution shall consist of (1) a
share certificate evidencing the number of whole shares credited to the
participant's account, as of the applicable Sales Date and (2) the cash Share
Value of any fractional share liquidated for the Sales Price, or cash reserves
credited to the participant's account as of such Sales Date.
(c) If a participant has fifty (50) or fewer shares credited to his or her
account upon or after termination from service and if the participant does not
elect a share distribution in accordance with Section 12(b), the participant
shall automatically receive a cash lump sum payment for his or her entire
account. If a participant dies while in service or after his or her termination
from service, then at the first practicable Sales Date thereafter following
notice to the Company of the participant's death, the participant's beneficiary
shall automatically receive a cash lump sum payment for the participant's entire
account. For purposes of this Section, the cash lump sum payment shall be in an
amount equal to the sum of (1) the aggregate Share Value obtained by liquidating
all remaining shares credited to the participant's account for the Sales Price
on the applicable Sales Date and (2) any cash reserves credited to such
participant's account as of such Sales Date.
13. RIGHTS AND RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO SHARES
(a) All shares (including any fractional shares) held in the GESPP Fund
shall be voted by the Fiduciary at the direction of participants in accordance
with rules adopted by NS Principal.
(b) In the event any transaction which is evidenced by the filing of a
Statement on Schedule 14D-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission under
the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or in the event of any other
similar transaction (a "Tender Offer"), including, but not limited to, a
"self-tender", then, all, any part or none of the Common Stock (including any
fractional shares) held in the GESPP Fund shall be tendered and sold or
exchanged pursuant to such Tender Offer by the Fiduciary at the direction of
participants in accordance with rules adopted by NS Principal. Each participant
shall have the right to direct the Fiduciary to tender and sell or exchange,
pursuant to such Tender Offer, all, any part or none of that number of shares
credited to the participant's account as of the Sales Date next preceding the
date the Fiduciary is notified of the initiation of such Tender Offer.
(c) Shares held or distributed by the Fiduciary may include such legends or
may be subject to such terms, conditions, stop-transfer orders or other
restrictions on transferability as NS Principal may reasonably require in order
to assure compliance with the applicable (1) securities or other laws or
regulations of any country or (2) the terms of the Plan or the GESPP Fund
Agreement. Each person who has shares distributed to him or her from the GESPP
Fund shall be issued a certificate for the shares which shall be registered in
the name of the recipient, and may bear an appropriate legend reciting the
terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such shares and may be subject
to appropriate stop-transfer orders.
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(d) The Corporation, NS Principal and each Company shall take all reasonable
actions to assure that, as of each Sales Date, the Fiduciary has an accurate
list of all participants and the number of shares credited to their accounts.
The Corporation, NS Principal and each Company agree to render any reasonably
necessary and appropriate assistance that the Fiduciary requests to assure a
proper distribution of any cash dividends, an accurate and confidential
collection and tabulation of voting directions and, for purposes of Section
13(b), a timely tender by the Fiduciary in accordance with such directions,
including, but not limited to, reasonable compliance with applicable securities
or other laws or regulations for each applicable country.
(e) The number of shares authorized for the Plan and participants' accounts
shall be equitably adjusted in the event of any changes in the outstanding
shares of the Corporation by reason of any share dividend or split,
recapitalization, rights issue, merger, consolidation, spin-off, reorganization,
combination or exchange of shares or other similar corporate change.
(f) The Plan shall not affect in any way the right or power of the
Corporation or its shareholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments,
recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Corporation's capital
structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Corporation, or
any issue of stock or shares or of options, warrants or rights to purchase stock
or shares or of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stocks whose
rights are superior to or affect shares or the rights thereof or which are
convertible into or exchangeable for shares, or the dissolution or liquidation
of the Corporation, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or
business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar
character or otherwise.
14. DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARIES
(a) If and to the extent it supersedes any laws of general application of a
country that specifies the persons or entities who are to receive payment for a
participant's account upon a participant's death, then the participant shall
file with the Company on the prescribed beneficiary designation form, a
designation of one or more persons as the beneficiary who shall be entitled to
receive the amount, if any, payable under the Plan upon his or her death. A
participant may from time to time revoke or change the beneficiary designation
without the consent of any prior beneficiary by filing a new designation form
with the Company. The last such designation form received by the Company shall
be controlling provided it is received by the Company prior to the participant's
death.
(b) If no designation meeting the requirements of Section 14(a) is effective
at the time of a participant's death, or if no beneficiary survives the
participant, the amount, if any, payable under the Plan upon the participant's
death shall be paid to the participant's spouse or if the participant has no
spouse, then to his or her estate.
(c) The Company may require and rely upon such proof of death and such other
evidence of the right of any person to receive any amount payable under the Plan
as the Company may deem appropriate. If the Company is in doubt as to the right
of any person to receive such amount, the Company may direct the Fiduciary to
pay such amount into any court of appropriate jurisdiction and such payment
shall be a complete discharge of the liability of the Plan, the GESPP Fund and
any Company therefor.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, in the event the laws of
general application of a country would override any beneficiary designation,
then a participant's beneficiary designation shall automatically be the persons
or entities that are entitled to receive payment for the participant's account
upon the participant's death under the applicable laws of the country.
15. ADMINISTRATION -- SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
(a) Each Company shall have general responsibility for the administration
and interpretation of the Plan for its employees and NS Principal shall have
overall responsibility for the operation of the Plan in all countries. In the
case of any inconsistency or conflict between a decision, determination,
construction or interpretation by NS Principal and the Company, the decision,
determination, construction or interpretation by NS Principal shall control
unless NS Principal elects otherwise.
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(b) The Fiduciary shall have responsibility for the management and control
of the assets of the GESPP Fund. NS Principal shall periodically review the
performance and methods of the Fiduciary under the Plan and may appoint and
remove or change any such Fiduciary.
(c) NS Principal or the Company may engage such certified public accountants
or legal counsel, and make use of such agents and clerical or other personnel,
as NS Principal or the Company shall require or may deem advisable for purposes
of meeting their responsibilities under the Plan. NS Principal or the Company
may rely upon the written opinion of such counsel and such accountants or such
other experts to which it reasonably delegates responsibilities. NS Principal or
the Company may delegate to any such agent its authority to perform any of its
responsibilities hereunder; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such delegation shall be
subject to revocation at any time at the discretion of NS Principal or the
Company, as the case may be.
(d) No employee, officer or member of the Board or equivalent governing body
of the Corporation, NS Principal or any NS Company shall be personally liable by
reason of any contract or other instrument duly executed by him or her, or on
his or her behalf, in respect of the Plan, nor for any mistake of judgment made
in good faith.
16. ADOPTION AND WITHDRAWAL BY PARTICIPATING NS COMPANIES
(a) Any Company may adopt the Plan by appropriate corporate or other action
with the consent of NS Principal.
(b) Any Company may withdraw from its participation in the Plan by giving NS
Principal and the Fiduciary prior notice specifying a withdrawal date which
shall be a Sales Date at least sixty (60) days (or such shorter period as NS
Principal may consent to) subsequent to the date such notice is received by NS
Principal. NS Principal may terminate any Company's participation in the Plan,
as of any withdrawal date it specifies, for any reason, including, but not
limited to, the failure of the Company to pay the proper Company Share to the
GESPP Fund or to take appropriate action to assure compliance with any other
provision of the Plan, the GESPP Fund Agreement or with any applicable
requirements of any country or agency. Notice of any withdrawal of a Company
from the GESPP by NS Principal shall be given to the Fiduciary and the
withdrawing Company. The transfer of a Company or a division, facility,
operation or trade or business of a Company to an entity that is not an NS
Company, with respect to a group of participants, shall be treated as a
withdrawal of a participating Company for purposes of this Section without
further action by NS Principal or any Company.
(c) Upon the withdrawal of any participating Company, no further payroll
deductions or corresponding Company Share on behalf of affected participants
shall be made for Pay Periods ending after the withdrawal date, and no amount
shall thereafter be payable under the Plan to or in respect of any affected
participants except as provided herein. Any rights of participants or employees
who had been or are employed by other NS Companies shall be unaffected by such
withdrawal and any transfers, distributions or other dispositions of the assets
of the GESPP Fund attributable to the employees of a withdrawing Company shall
constitute a complete discharge of all liabilities under the Plan and the GESPP
Fund with respect to such Company's participation in the Plan and with respect
to any affected participant or beneficiary.
(d) Upon a Company's withdrawal from the Plan, NS Principal may direct that
the accounts of affected participants continue to be maintained under the Plan
as if such withdrawal had not occurred, or, after payment of or provision for
expenses and charges and appropriate adjustment of the accounts of all such
participants as described in Section 17 (as if the withdrawal date were the
termination date), the value of such Accounts may be paid from the GESPP Fund in
the manner described in Section 17.
17. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN, GESPP FUND AND GESPP FUND AGREEMENT
(a) NS Principal and the Corporation reserve the right at any time, either
prospectively or retroactively, to amend, suspend or terminate the Plan, any
contributions thereunder or the GESPP Fund, in whole or in part, and for any
reason and without the consent of any participant, beneficiary or Company. The
Company reserves the right, with the consent of NS Principal and the
Corporation, at any time either
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prospectively or retroactively, to amend or suspend the Plan with respect to its
employees working in a country, or any contributions thereunder, in whole or in
part, and for any reason without the consent of any participant or beneficiary.
No amendment may be made except upon approval of the shareholders of the
Corporation which will increase the number of shares authorized for the Plan,
alter the purchase price formula for stock purchased under the Plan, otherwise
materially increase the benefits accruing to Plan participants or materially
modify the requirements for Plan participation. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
and except as provided in Sections 16 and 17, no action shall reduce the number
of shares credited to any participant's account prior to such action, nor
otherwise materially and substantially diminish any participant's rights with
respect to shares credited to his or her account under the Plan prior to such
action, as determined by NS Principal or the Company with NS Principal's
consent, as the case may be. Prompt notice specifying the adoption date and
effective date of any amendment, modification, suspension or termination of the
Plan shall be given by the Corporation, NS Principal or the Company, whichever
adopts the action, to the others, the Fiduciary and to all Companies.
(b) Upon complete termination of the Plan by NS Principal for all NS
Companies, no further payroll deductions or corresponding Company Share shall be
made for Pay Periods ending after the effective date of termination (the
"termination date"), and no amount shall thereafter be payable under the Plan
except as provided herein. Transfers, distributions or other dispositions of the
assets of the GESPP Fund as provided in this Section shall constitute a complete
discharge of all liabilities under the Plan and the GESPP Fund.
(c) Upon complete termination of the Plan, final valuation of the GESPP Fund
and each constituent part shall be made in a manner consistent with the
provisions of Section 10, to the extent it is practicable, and such provisions
shall be applied as if the termination date was a Sales Date following the
participant's request for a share distribution upon termination from service.
(d) Subject to receipt of such legal determinations, approvals or
notifications as NS Principal may deem necessary or advisable for a country with
the advice of the Company, as soon as practicable after the final valuation of
the Fund as provided herein, the entire balance of the account of each
participant in service shall be distributed to the participant (or, in the case
of the participant's intervening death, his or her beneficiary) in a lump sum
payment, in cash or shares, at the election of NS Principal, and in accordance
with such other uniform terms and conditions as may be established by the
Company.
18. GENERAL LIMITATIONS AND PROVISIONS
(a) Each participant shall bear all risks in connection with any decrease in
the value of the assets of the GESPP Fund and the participant's account. Neither
NS Principal, the Corporation nor the Company, nor any employee, officer or
director thereof, shall be liable or responsible therefor.
(b) Any NS Company may cause to be made, as a condition prior to any payment
in connection with the Plan, appropriate arrangements for the withholding of any
taxes or social charges required for a country.
(c) The separate account for a country maintained as a constituent part of
the GESPP Fund shall be the sole source of payment under the Plan for that
country and the Corporation and NS Principal shall not have any responsibility
for payment. Each person who shall claim the right to any payment under the Plan
shall be entitled to look only to the employing Company for such payment and
shall not have any right, claim or demand therefor against the GESPP Fund, the
Corporation or NS Principal, or any employee, officer, director or agent
thereof.
(d) Nothing contained in the Plan shall give any employee the right to be
retained in the employment of any NS Company or affect the right of any employer
to dismiss any employee and the adoption and maintenance of the Plan shall not
constitute an inducement to, or condition of, the employment of any employee.
(e) No amount payable at any time under the Plan shall be subject in any
manner to alienation in any form or of any kind subject to the debts or
liabilities of any person, and any attempt to so alienate or subject any such
amount, whether presently or thereafter payable, shall be void. If any person
shall, or attempt to, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, attach, charge
or otherwise encumber any amount payable under the
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Plan or any part thereof or if, by reason of his or her bankruptcy or other
event happening at any such time, such amount would be made subject to his or
her debts or liabilities or would otherwise not be enjoyed by him or her, then
the Company, if it so elects, may direct that such amount be withheld and that
the same or any part thereof be paid or applied to or for the benefit of such
person, his or her spouse, children or other dependents, or any of them, in such
manner and proportion as the Company may deem proper.
(f) The Company with consent of NS Principal may make such rules as deemed
appropriate for handling payment of accounts to lost participants or
beneficiaries.
(g) The GESPP Fund Agreement constitutes a part of the Plan. Any and all
rights accruing to any person under the Plan shall be subject to the terms of
the GESPP Fund Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, in no event
shall any part of any constituent separate account of the GESPP Fund be used for
or diverted to any purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of
corresponding participants and their beneficiaries under the Plan for that
country.
(h) If any Company Share or payroll deduction is paid by mistake of fact or
law, an amount shall be returned upon the direction of the Company to the
Fiduciary as soon as practicable in accordance with rules adopted by the NS
Principal.
(i) All elections, designations, requests, notices, instructions and other
transmittals or communications from any person to the Corporation, NS Principal
or any Company required or permitted under the Plan shall be in writing, and
communications will be deemed received under the rules established for the Plan
for receipt of communications made in accordance with such procedures and forms
as such companies respectively may establish.
(j) Except as otherwise expressly required under the laws of a country, the
Plan and all rights thereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the state of Delaware, United States of America. Should any
provision of this Plan be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
unlawful or unenforceable for a country, such determination shall in no way
affect the application of that provision in any other country, or any of the
remaining provisions of the Plan.
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EXHIBIT C
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
STOCK OPTION PLAN
(AS AMENDED AND RESTATED THROUGH APRIL 22, 1994)
1. TITLE OF PLAN
The title of this Plan is the National Semiconductor Corporation Stock
Option Plan, hereinafter referred to as the "Plan", and formerly known as the
National Semiconductor Corporation 1977 Stock Option Plan.
2. PURPOSE
The Plan is intended to align the interests of eligible key employees of
National Semiconductor Corporation (hereinafter called the "Corporation") and
its subsidiaries (as hereinafter defined) with the interests of the stockholders
of the Corporation and to provide incentives for such employees to exert maximum
efforts for the success of the Corporation. By extending to key employees the
opportunity to acquire proprietary interests in the Corporation and to
participate in its success, the Plan may be expected to benefit the Corporation
and its stockholders by making it possible for the Corporation to attract and
retain the best available talent and by rewarding key management and technical
personnel for their part in increasing the value of the Corporation's shares. It
is further intended that options granted pursuant to this Plan may be incentive
stock options under Section 422A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the "Code"), or may be options which are not incentive stock options
(hereinafter called "non-qualified stock options").
3. STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
There will be reserved for issue upon the exercise of options granted under
the Plan 32,754,929 shares of the Corporation's $.50 par value Common Stock,
subject to adjustment as provided in Paragraph 8, which may be unissued shares,
reacquired shares, or shares bought on the market. If any option which shall
have been granted shall expire or terminate for any reason (including, but not
limited to, cancellation by agreement in exchange for the grant of new option(s)
under the Plan) without having been exercised in full, the unpurchased shares
shall again become available for the purposes of the Plan (unless the Plan shall
have been terminated).
4. ADMINISTRATION
(a) The Plan shall be administered by a committee of the Board of Directors
of the Corporation (the "Committee") which shall be appointed by a majority of
the whole Board. The Committee shall be constituted to permit the Plan to comply
with (i) Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
("Exchange Act") and any successor rule and (ii) IRS regulations issued under
Section 162(m) of the Code, and shall initially consist of not less than three
members of the Board, all of whom are ineligible for benefits under the Plan and
none of whom has been so eligible for at least one year prior to serving on such
Committee.
(b) The Committee shall have the plenary power, subject to and within the
limits of the express provisions of the Plan:
(i) To determine from time to time which of the eligible persons shall
be granted options under the Plan; the time or times (during the term of the
option) within which all or portions of each option may be exercised and the
number of shares for which an option or options shall be granted to each of
them. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no person may be granted more than
500,000 options during any one fiscal year of the Corporation.
(ii) To construe and interpret the Plan and options granted under it,
and to establish, amend, and revoke rules and regulations for its
administration. The Committee, in the exercise of this power, shall
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generally determine all questions of policy and expediency that may arise,
may correct any defect, or supply any omission or reconcile any
inconsistency in the Plan or in any option agreement in a manner and to the
extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan fully
effective.
(iii) To prescribe the terms and provisions of each option granted
(which need not be identical).
(iv) To determine whether options granted shall be incentive stock
options or non-qualified stock options.
(v) To determine whether options granted shall be transferable without
consideration to immediate family members or family trusts for the benefit
of optionee's immediate family members. As used herein, "immediate family"
means parents, spouses and children.
(c) The Committee may grant new options in exchange for the cancellation of
stock options previously granted under the Plan or under any other stock option
plan of the Corporation, and the purchase price of such new options shall be as
determined by the Committee (and such purchase price may be lower than the
purchase price of the cancelled options).
5. ELIGIBILITY
Options may be granted only to regular salaried officers and key employees
of the Corporation and its subsidiaries. The term "subsidiary" corporation shall
mean any corporation in which the Corporation controls, directly or indirectly,
fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of all classes of
stock. A director of the Corporation shall not be eligible for the benefits of
the Plan unless such person also is a regular salaried employee of the
Corporation and/or of any subsidiary.
6. TERMS OF OPTION AND OPTION AGREEMENTS
Each option shall be evidenced by a written Stock Option Agreement which may
expressly identify the options as incentive stock options or as non-qualified
stock options, and be in such form and contain such provisions as the Committee
shall from time to time deem appropriate; provided, however, that the grant of a
non-qualified option pursuant to this Plan shall in no way be construed to be an
alternative to the right of an employee to purchase stock pursuant to any
incentive stock option heretofore or hereafter granted to an employee pursuant
to any stock option plans now in existence or hereafter adopted by the
Corporation. The terms of the option agreements need not be identical, but each
option agreement shall include, by appropriate language, or be subject to, the
substance of all of the applicable following provisions:
(a) The purchase price under each option granted shall be as determined
by the Committee but shall in no instance be less than 100% of fair market
value on the date of grant. The fair market value on the date of grant shall
be the opening price of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on
such date (or if there shall be no trading on such date, then on the first
previous date on which there is such trading).
(b) The maximum term of any incentive stock option shall be ten years
from the date it was granted.
(c) The maximum term of any non-qualified stock option shall be ten
years and one day from the date it was granted.
(d) An option may not be exercised to any extent, either by the person
to whom it was granted or by the grantee's transferee, or by any person
after the grantee's death, unless the person to whom the option was granted
has remained in the continuous employ of the Corporation, or of a
subsidiary, for not less than six months from the date when the option was
granted. Otherwise, each option shall be exercisable as determined by the
Committee.
(e) The Corporation, during the terms of options granted under the Plan,
at all times will keep available the number of shares of stock required to
satisfy such options.
(f) The Corporation will seek to obtain from each regulatory commission
or agency having jurisdiction such authority as may be required to issue and
sell shares of stock to satisfy such options.
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Inability of the Corporation to obtain from any such regulatory commission
or agency authority which counsel for the Corporation deems necessary for
the lawful issuance and sale of its stock to satisfy such options shall
relieve the Corporation from any liability for failure to issue and sell
stock to satisfy such options pending the time when such authority is
obtained or is obtainable.
(g) Neither a person to whom an option is granted nor his or her
transferee, legal representative, heir, legatee, or distributee, shall be
deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with
respect to, any shares subject to such option unless and until he or she has
exercised his or her option pursuant to the terms thereof.
(h) In order to be exempt under Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the
option may not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent or
distribution, and during the lifetime of the person to whom the option is
granted he or she alone may exercise it.
(i) An option shall terminate and may not be exercised if the person to
whom it is granted ceases to be continuously employed by the Corporation, or
by a subsidiary of the Corporation, except (subject nevertheless to the last
sentence of this subparagraph (h)): (1) if the grantee's continuous
employment is terminated for any reason other than (i) retirement, (ii)
permanent disability, or (iii) death, the grantee or the grantee's
transferee may exercise the option to the extent that the grantee was
entitled to exercise such option at the date of such termination at any time
within a period of three (3) months following the date of such termination,
or if the grantee shall die within the period of three (3) months following
the date of such termination without having exercised such option, the
option may be exercised within a period of one year following the grantee's
death by the grantee's transferee or the person or persons to whom the
grantee's rights under the option pass by will or by the laws of descent or
distribution but only to the extent exercisable at the date of such
termination; (2) if the grantee's continuous employment is terminated by (i)
retirement, (ii) permanent disability, or (iii) death, the option may be
exercised in accordance with its terms and conditions at any time within a
period of five (5) years following the date of such termination by the
grantee or the grantee's transferee, or in the event of the grantee's death,
by the persons to whom the grantee's rights under the option shall pass by
will or by the laws of descent or distribution; (3) if the grantee's
continuous employment is terminated and within a period of ninety (90) days
thereafter the grantee is recalled to the active payroll, the Committee may
reinstate any portion of the option previously granted but not exercised.
Nothing contained in this subparagraph (h) is intended to extend the stated
term of the option and in no event may an option be exercised by anyone
after the expiration of its stated term.
(j) Option agreements evidencing incentive stock options shall contain
such terms and provisions as may be necessary to render them incentive stock
options pursuant to Section 422A of the Code and the Income Tax Regulation
thereunder, as the same or any successor statute or regulations may at the
time be in effect.
(k) Nothing in this Plan or in any option granted hereunder shall confer
on any optionee any right to continue in the employ of the Corporation or
any of its subsidiaries, or to interfere in any way with the right of the
Corporation or any of its subsidiaries to terminate his or her employment at
any time.
7. TIME OF GRANTING OPTION
The Committee shall determine the date on which options are granted under
the Plan. All options granted must be approved at a meeting of the Committee by
a majority of the members of the Committee. If an option agreement is not
executed by an employee and returned to the Corporation on or prior to ninety
(90) days after the date the option is granted (or such earlier date as the
Committee may specify), such option shall terminate.
8. ADJUSTMENT IN NUMBER OF SHARES AND IN OPTION PRICE
In the event there is any change in the shares of the Corporation through
the declaration of stock dividends or a stock split-up, or through
recapitalization resulting in share split-ups, or combinations or exchanges of
shares, or otherwise, the number of shares available for option, as well as the
shares subject to any option and the option price thereof, shall be
appropriately adjusted by the Committee.
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9. PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE AND WITHHOLDING TAXES
(a) The purchase price for all shares purchased pursuant to options
exercised must be either paid in full in cash, or paid in full, with the consent
of the Committee, in Common Stock of the Corporation valued at fair market value
on the date of exercise or a combination of cash and Common Stock. Fair market
value on the date of exercise is the opening price of the Common Stock on the
New York Stock Exchange on such date, or if there shall be no trading on such
date, then on the first previous date on which there was such trading.
(b) The Committee may permit the payment of all or part of the applicable
withholding taxes due upon exercise of an option, up to the highest marginal
rates then in effect, by the withholding of shares otherwise issuable upon
exercise of the option. Option shares withheld in payment of such taxes shall be
valued at the fair market value of the Corporation's Common Stock on the date of
exercise as defined herein.
10. CHANGE IN CONTROL
In the event the Corporation is merged into or acquired by another entity in
a transaction involving a change in control, the Committee shall have the
complete authority and discretion, but not the obligation, to accelerate the
vesting of any outstanding options granted hereunder. The Committee may also ask
the Board of Directors to negotiate, as part of any agreement involving a sale
or merger of the Corporation, a sale of substantially all the Corporation's
assets or similar transaction, terms providing protection for employees holding
options under the Plan.
11. AMENDMENT, SUSPENSION, OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN
(a) The Board may amend, modify, suspend or terminate the Plan for the
purpose of meeting or addressing any changes in legal requirements or for any
other purpose permitted by law. The Board will seek stockholder approval of an
amendment if determined to be required by or advisable under regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission or the Internal Revenue Service, the rules of
any stock exchange on which the Corporation's stock is listed, or other
applicable law or regulation.
(b) The Plan shall continue in effect until all shares available for
issuance under the Plan have been issued. An option may not be granted while the
Plan is suspended or after it is terminated.
(c) The rights and obligations under any options granted while the Plan is
in effect shall not be altered or impaired by amendment, suspension or
termination of the Plan, except with the consent of the person to whom the
option was granted or the grantee's transferee or to whom rights under an option
shall have passed by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.
12. EFFECTIVE DATE
The Plan, as amended and restated, shall become effective on April 22, 1994,
subject to approval by the stockholders of the Corporation within twelve (12)
months after said date.
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EXHIBIT D
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
EXECUTIVE OFFICER INCENTIVE PLAN
(AS ADOPTED EFFECTIVE MAY 29, 1994)
1. OBJECTIVES
The National Semiconductor Corporation Executive Officer Incentive Plan (the
"Plan") is designed to retain executives and reward them for making major
contributions to the success and profitability of the Company. These objectives
are accomplished by making incentive Awards under the Plan and providing
participants with a proprietary interest in the growth and performance of the
Company.
2. DEFINITIONS
(a) AWARD -- The Award to a Plan participant pursuant to terms and
conditions of the Plan.
(b) AWARD AGREEMENT -- An agreement between the Company and a participant
that sets forth the terms, conditions and limitations applicable to an Award.
(c) BOARD -- The Board of Directors of National Semiconductor Corporation.
(d) CODE -- The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
(e) COMMITTEE -- The Stock Option and Compensation Committee of the Board,
or such other committee of the Board that is designated by the Board to
administer the Plan. The Committee shall be constituted to permit the Plan to
comply with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code and any regulations
issued thereunder and shall initially consist of not less than three members of
the Board.
(f) COMPANY -- National Semiconductor Corporation ("NSC") and any other
corporation in which NSC controls, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%)
or more of the combined voting power of all classes of voting securities.
(g) EXECUTIVE OFFICER -- Any officer of the Company subject to the
reporting requirements of Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
("Exchange Act").
3. ELIGIBILITY
Only Executive Officers are eligible for participation in the Plan.
4. ADMINISTRATION
The Plan shall be administered by the Committee which shall have full power
and authority to construe, interpret and administer the Plan. Each decision of
the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all persons. Prior to
the beginning of each fiscal year, the committee shall: (i) determine which
Executive Officers are in positions in which they are likely to make substantial
long term contributions to the Company's success and therefore participate in
the Plan for the fiscal year; and (ii) to which Award level each participant is
assigned.
5. PERFORMANCE GOALS
(a) The Committee shall establish performance goals applicable to a
particular fiscal year prior to its start, provided, however, that such goals
may be established after the start of the fiscal year but while the outcome of
the performance goal is substantially uncertain if such a method of establishing
performance goals is permitted under proposed or final regulations issued under
Code Section 162 (m).
(b) Each performance goal applicable to a fiscal year shall identify one or
more business criteria that is to be monitored during the fiscal year. Such
business criteria include any of the following:
Net income
Earnings per share
Debt reduction
Return on investment
Return on net assets
Operating ratio
Quality improvements
Market share
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Profit before tax
Size of equity
Reduction in product returns
Strategic positioning programs
Compensation/review program improvements
Business/information systems improvements
Cash flow
Stockholder return
Revenue
Revenue growth
Manufacturing improvements and/or efficiencies
Return on equity
Cycle time reductions
Customer satisfaction improvements
Return on research and development investment
Customer request date performance
Human resource excellence programs
New product releases
(c) The Committee shall determine the target level of performance that must
be achieved with respect to each criteria that is identified in a performance
goal in order for a performance goal to be treated as attained.
(d) The Committee may base performance goals on one or more of the foregoing
business criteria. In the event performance goals are based on more than one
business criteria, the Committee may determine to make Awards upon attainment of
the performance goal relating to any one or more of such criteria, provided the
performance goals, when established, are stated as alternatives to one another.
6. AWARDS
(a) The Committee shall make Awards only in the event the Committee
certifies in writing prior to payment of the Award that the performance goal or
goals under which the Award is to be paid has or have been attained.
(b) The maximum Award payable under this Plan to any participant for any
fiscal year shall be the lesser of $2 million (two million dollars) or 200% of
the participant's annualized base renumeration at the end of the fiscal year.
(c) The Committee in its sole and absolute discretion may reduce but not
increase the amount of an Award otherwise payable to a participant upon
attainment of the performance goal or goals established for a fiscal year.
(d) A participant's performance must be satisfactory, regardless of Company
performance, before he or she may be paid an incentive Award.
(e) To the extent permitted under regulations issued under Code Section
162(m), in the event the performance goals for a fiscal year are attained, the
Committee, in its discretion, may grant all or such portion of an incentive
Award for the year as it deems advisable to a participant (or his or her
beneficiary in the case of his death) who is employed or who is promoted to an
Executive Officer position covered by this Plan during the year, or whose
employment is terminated during the fiscal year, or who suffers a permanent
disability.
7. PAYMENT OF AWARDS
(a) Each participant shall be paid the Award solely in cash as soon as
practicable following grant of the Award by the Committee.
(b) Prior to the end of the fiscal year, each participant may elect to have
the payment of all or a portion of his or her incentive Award, if any, for the
year deferred until the earliest to occur of his or her retirement, death,
disability, resignation, termination of employment or other date selected by the
participant. The election shall be irrevocable and shall be made on a form
prescribed by the Committee. The election shall apply only to that fiscal year.
If a participant has not made an election, any incentive Award for that year
shall be paid pursuant to Section 7(a).
(c) The Company shall establish and maintain book entry accounts for each
participant who has elected deferral. Interest shall accrue on the deferred
incentive Award to the date of distribution, and shall be credited to the
participant deferred accounts annually at the time Awards are paid until payment
is
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actually made. Interest will be set at the rate for long term A-rated corporate
bonds, as reported by the investment banking firm of Salomon Brothers Inc. of
New York City (or such other investment banking firm as the Committee may
specify during the first week of each calendar year). The interest rate will be
reset at the beginning of each calendar year.
(d) The deferred incentive Awards are an unfunded obligation of the Company.
(e) At the time of termination of employment by reason of retirement or
disability of a participant who has elected to defer an incentive Award, the
participant may irrevocably elect to have the balance of his or her deferred
Award plus accrued interest paid to him or her in periodic, annual installments
over a period of ten (10) years. Payments shall commence or be made annually on
a day that is within thirty (30) days of the anniversary date following the
participant's retirement or disability.
(f) The Committee, in its sole discretion, may accelerate the payment of the
unpaid balance of a participant's deferred Award upon its determination that the
participant has incurred a severe and unexpected financial hardship. The
Committee in making its determination may consider such factors and require such
information as it deems appropriate.
8. TAX WITHHOLDING
The Company shall have the right to deduct applicable taxes from any Award
payment.
9. AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION, SUSPENSION OR DISCONTINUANCE OF THIS PLAN
The Committee may amend, modify, suspend or terminate the Plan for the
purpose of meeting or addressing any changes in legal requirements or for any
other purpose permitted by law. The Committee will seek stockholder approval of
an amendment if determined to be required by or advisable under regulations of
the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Internal Revenue Service, the
rules of any stock exchange on which the Company's stock is listed or other
applicable law or regulation. No amendment, suspension, termination or
discontinuance may impair the right of a participant or his or her designated
beneficiary to receive any Award accrued prior to the later of the date of
adoption or the effective date of such amendment, suspension, termination or
discontinuance.
10. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
If the employment of a participant terminates, other than pursuant to
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 10, all unpaid Awards shall be cancelled
immediately, unless the Award Agreement provides otherwise.
(a) RETIREMENT -- When a participant's employment terminates as a result of
retirement, the Committee may permit Awards to continue in effect beyond the
date of retirement in accordance with the applicable Award Agreement and the
vesting of any Award may be accelerated.
(b) DEATH OR DISABILITY OF A PARTICIPANT.
(i) In the event of a participant's death, the participant's estate or
beneficiaries shall have a period up to the expiration date specified in the
Award Agreement within which to receive any outstanding Award held by the
participant under such terms as may be specified in the applicable Award
Agreement. Rights to any such outstanding Awards shall pass by will or the
laws of descent and distribution in the following order: (a) to
beneficiaries so designated by the participant; if none, then (b) to a legal
representative of the participant; if none, then (c) to the persons entitled
thereto as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. Awards so
passing shall be made at such times and in such manner as if the participant
were living.
(ii) In the event a participant is disabled, Awards and rights to any
such Awards may be paid to the participant.
(iii) After the death or disability of a participant, the Committee may
in its sole discretion at any time (a) terminate restrictions in Award
Agreements; (b) accelerate any or all installments and rights; and (c)
instruct the Company to pay the total of any accelerated payments in a lump
sum to the participant, the participant's estate, beneficiaries or
representative.
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(iv) In the event of uncertainty as to interpretation of or
controversies concerning this paragraph (b) of Section 10, the Committee's
determinations shall be binding and conclusive.
11. CANCELLATION AND RESCISSION OF AWARDS
Unless the Award Agreement specifies otherwise, the Committee may cancel any
unpaid Awards at any time if the participant is not in compliance with all other
applicable provisions of the Award Agreement and the Plan. Awards may also be
cancelled if the Committee determines that the participant has at any time
engaged in activity harmful to the interest of or in competition with the
Company.
12. NONASSIGNABILITY
No Award or any other benefit under the Plan shall be assignable or
transferable by the participant during the participant's lifetime.
13. UNFUNDED PLAN
The Plan shall be unfunded. Although bookkeeping accounts may be established
with respect to participants, any such accounts shall be used merely as a
bookkeeping convenience. The Company shall not be required to segregate any
assets that may at any time be represented by cash, nor shall the Plan be
construed as providing for such segregation, nor shall the Company nor the Board
nor the Committee be deemed to be a trustee of any Award under the Plan. Any
liability of the Company to any participant with respect to an Award under the
Plan shall be based solely upon any contractual obligations that may be created
by the Plan and any Award Agreement; no such obligation of the Company shall be
deemed to be secured by any pledge or other encumbrance on any property of the
Company. Neither the Company nor the Board nor the Committee shall be required
to give any security or bond for the performance of any obligation that may be
created by the Plan.
14. NO RIGHT TO CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT
Nothing in this Plan shall confer upon any employee any right to continue in
the employ of the Company or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the
right of the Company to discharge an employee at any time for any reason
whatsoever, with or without good cause.
15. EFFECTIVE DATE
The Plan shall become effective on May 29, 1994. The Committee may terminate
or suspend the Plan at any time. No awards may be made while the Plan is
suspended or after it is terminated.
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PROXY
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
1994 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS, SEPTEMBER 30, 1994
The undersigned acknowledges receipt of (a) Notice of 1994 Annual Meeting
of the Stockholders of the Company to be held on September 30, 1994,
(b) accompanying Proxy Statement, and (c) Annual Report of the Company for
its fiscal year ended May 29, 1994. Peter J. Sprague, Gilbert F. Amelio, and
John M. Clark III, or any of them, with power of substitution and revocation,
are hereby appointed Proxies of the undersigned to vote all stock of National
Semiconductor Corporation (the "Company") which the undersigned is entitled
to vote at the 1994 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in the Hall
of Cities Room of the Santa Clara Marriott Hotel, 2700 Mission College
Boulevard, Santa Clara, California on September 30, 1994 or any adjournment
thereof, with all powers which the undersigned would possess if personally
present, upon such business as may properly come before the meeting or any
adjournment thereof.
THE COMPANY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A FOR VOTE ON EACH ITEM AND
SHARES WILL BE SO VOTED UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED.
CONTINUED, AND TO BE SIGNED, ON REVERSE SIDE
SEE REVERSE SIDE
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/X/ Please mark votes as in this example.
THIS PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN
BY THE UNDERSIGNED STOCKHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE
VOTED IN FAVOR OF EACH PROPOSAL.
1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS NOMINEES:
Peter J. Sprague, Gilbert F. Amelio, Gary P. Arnold, Robert Bashar, Modesto
A. Maldique, J. Tracy O'Rourke, Charles E. Sporck, Donald E. Weeden.
For / / Withheld / /
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Instruction: to withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee,
write that nominee's name in the space provided above.
2. To approve an amendment to Article FOURTH of the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation to increase the authorized Common Stock of the Company from
200,000,000 shares to 300,000,000 shares.
For / / Against / / Abstain / /
3. To approve an amendment to the Company's By-laws to provide for the
classification of the Company's Board of Directors into three classes.
For / / Against / / Abstain / /
4. To approve the adoption of the amended and restated Employees Stock
Purchase Plan.
For / / Against / / Abstain / /
5. To approve the adoption of the Global Employees Stock Purchase Plan.
For / / Against / / Abstain / /
6. To approve the adoption of the amended and restated Stock Option Plan.
For / / Against / / Abstain / /
7. To approve the adoption of the Executive Officer Incentive Plan.
For / / Against / / Abstain / /
In their discretion the Proxies are authorized to vote on such other matters as
may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
MARK HERE FOR ADDRESS CHANGE AND NOTE AT LEFT / /
Signature:_______________________________________________Date________________
Signature:_______________________________________________Date________________
PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME APPEARS. IF ACTING AS ATTORNEY, EXECUTOR,
TRUSTEE, OR IN REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY, SIGN NAME AND TITLE.
