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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 31, 1999
File No. 333-______
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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PICTURETEL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 04-2835972
(State or Other Jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.)
100 Minutemen Road
Andover, Massachusetts 01810
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
1999 EQUITY PLAN
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(Full Title of the Plan)
W. Robert Kellegrew, Esq.
General Counsel
PictureTel Corporation
100 Minutemen Road
Andover, Massachusetts 01810
(978) 292-5000
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title Of Securities Amount Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Amount Of
To Be To Be Offering Price Per Aggregate Offering Registration
Registered Registered Share (1) Price (1) Fee
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Common Stock,
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Par Value $.01 3,000,000 shares $ 5.625 $16,875,000 $4,691.25
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(1) ESTIMATED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CALCULATING THE REGISTRATION FEE
PURSUANT TO RULE 457(H) ON THE BASIS OF THE HIGH AND LOW PRICES OF
PICTURETEL CORPORATION COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01, REPORTED ON THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECURITIES DEALERS, INC. AUTOMATED QUOTATIONS
NATIONAL MARKET SYSTEM ON AUGUST 25, 1999.
EXHIBIT INDEX ON PAGE II-6
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
PictureTel Corporation (the "Registrant" or the "Company") hereby
incorporates the following documents herein by reference:
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1998, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on March 31, 1999
pursuant to Section 13 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act.")
(b) Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended April 4,
1999 and July 4, 1999, as filed with the Commission pursuant
to Section 13 under the Exchange Act, on May 19, 1999 and
August 18, 1999, respectively.
(c) Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 under the Exchange Act, on January 25,
1999.
(d) Form of the Registrant's Common Stock Certificate
(Incorporated by Reference to Exhibit 4(b) to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-8, No. 33-36315, as filed
with the Commission on August 10, 1990.)
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13(a), Section 13(c), Section 14 and Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by
reference from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not applicable.
Item 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Not applicable.
Item 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as
amended, provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the
fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person
acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person's
conduct was unlawful. Section 145 further provides that a corporation similarly
may indemnify any such person serving in any such capacity who was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action or suit by or in the right of the
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corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, against expenses actually and
reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action
or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the
corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any
claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court
of Chancery or such other court in which such action or suit was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in
view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such
other court shall deem proper.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended,
permits a corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a provision
eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation
or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, provided, however, that such provision shall not eliminate or limit
the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty
to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good
faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
(iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (relating to
unlawful payment of dividends and unlawful stock purchase and redemption) or
(iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit.
The Registrant's Third Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides
that the Registrant's directors shall not be liable to the Registrant or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except to the extent and only to the extent that exculpation from liabilities is
not permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law as in effect at the
time such liability is determined.
Item 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
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Item 8. EXHIBITS.
Exhibit
3.1. Third Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
(Incorporated by Reference to Exhibit 3.1.4 of the Registrant's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 27,
1992).
3.2. Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant (Incorporated by
Reference to Exhibit 1 to the Registrant's Current Report on
Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on September 14, 1994).
5. Opinion of Ropes & Gray.
10.1. 1999 Equity Plan
23.1. Consent of Ropes & Gray (See Exhibit 5).
23.2. Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
24. Power of Attorney (Included on Signature Page).
Item 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales
are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by
Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of
the Registration Statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration
Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii)
above shall not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrant pursuant
to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall
be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.
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(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
Registration Statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers
and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense
of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it
is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Andover, The Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, on this 31st day of August, 1999.
PICTURETEL CORPORATION
By: /s/ Arthur L. Fatum
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Name: Arthur L. Fatum
Title: Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Dated: August 31, 1999
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated. Each person whose signature appears below
hereby authorizes and constitutes W. Robert Kellegrew and Bruce R. Bond, and
each of them singly, his true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them, to
execute in the name and on behalf of such person in the capacities indicated
below any and all amendments (including any post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, making such changes in this Registration
Statement as the Registrant deems appropriate, and hereby ratifies and confirms
his signature as it may be signed by said attorneys, or any of them, to any and
all such amendments.
SIGNATURE CAPACITY IN WHICH SIGNED DATE
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August 31, 1999
/s/ Bruce R. Bond Chairman of the Board,
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Bruce R. Bond Officer (Principal Executive
Officer)
August 31, 1999
/s/ Arthur L. Fatum Vice President and Chief
- --------------------------- Financial Officer (Principal
Arthur L. Fatum Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
August 31, 1999
/s/ Norman E. Gaut Director
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Norman E. Gaut
August 31, 1999
/s/ David B. Levi Director
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David B. Levi
August 31, 1999
/s/ Robert T. Knight Director
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Robert T. Knight
Director
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Enzo Torresi
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EXHIBIT INDEX
NUMBER TITLE OF EXHIBIT
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3.1. Third Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant (Incorporated by Reference to Exhibit
3.1.4 of the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June 27, 1992).
3.2. Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant
(Incorporated by Reference to Exhibit 1 to the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with
the Commission on September 14, 1994)
5. Opinion of Ropes & Gray
10.1 1999 Equity Plan
23.1. Consent of Ropes & Gray (See Exhibit 5).
23.2. Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
24. Power of Attorney (Included on Signature Page).
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ROPES & GRAY
ONE INTERNATIONAL PLACE
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02110-2624
(617) 951-7000
FAX: (617) 951-7050
ONE FRANKLIN SQUARE
1301 K STREET, N.W.
30 KENNEDY PLAZA SUITE 800 EAST
PROVIDENCE, RI 02903-2358 WASHINGTON, DC 20005-3333
(401) 455-4400 (202) 626-3900
FAX: (401) 455-4401 FAX: (202) 626-3961
August 31, 1999
Picturetel Corporation
100 Minutemen Road
Andover, MA 01810
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This opinion is being furnished to you in connection with a
registration statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the registration of 3,000,000 shares of
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "Shares"), of PictureTel
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company").
We have acted as counsel to the Company and are familiar with the
actions taken by the Company in connection with the Company's 1999 Equity Plan
(the "Plan"). For purposes of this opinion we have examined the Plan and such
other documents as we deemed appropriate.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have
been duly authorized and when the Shares have been issued and sold and
consideration received therefor by the Company in accordance with the terms of
the Plan and the votes of the Board of Directors of the Company, they will be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Ropes & Gray
Ropes & Gray
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PICTURETEL CORPORATION
1999 EQUITY PLAN
1. PURPOSE
The purpose of the 1999 Equity Plan (the "Plan") is to advance the
interests of PictureTel Corporation (the "Company") by enhancing its ability to
(a) attract and retain employees who are in a position to make significant
contributions to the success of the Company and its subsidiaries: (b) reward
employees for such contributions: (c) encourage employees to take into account
the long-term interests of the Company through ownership of shares of common
stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company ("Stock"); and (d) attract
other persons or entities who are in a position to make a significant
contribution to the success of the Company.
The Plan is intended to accomplish these goals by enabling the Company
to grant Awards to selected eligible employees. Awards may be in the form of
Options, Stock Appreciation Rights (as described in Section 6.2), Restricted
Stock or Unrestricted Stock Awards (as described in Section 6.3), Deferred Stock
Awards (as described in Section 6.4), Performance Awards (as described in
Section 6.5), Loans or Supplemental Grants (as described in Section 6.6), or
combinations thereof.
2. ADMINISTRATION
The Plan will be administered by a committee of at least two persons
(the "Committee") appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company (the
"Board"), all of the members of which Committee must be disinterested
non-employee directors within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act") and "outside directors" within the meaning
of Section 162(m)(4)(C)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code") (the "Outside Directors"). If any member of the Committee is not an
Outside Director, or a non-employee director, a sub-committee (the
"Sub-Committee") consisting solely of the non-employee directors and Outside
Directors shall administer the Plan in connection with Awards to "officers" of
the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the 1934 Act or with respect
to any Award intended to be exempt under Section 162(m)(3) of the Code. Any
references to the Committee in this Plan shall also mean the Sub-Committee.
Alternatively, the Board may serve as the Committee so long as a majority of the
members of the Board are disinterested persons within the meaning of Rule 16b-3.
The Committee will have authority, not inconsistent with the express
provisions of the Plan and in addition to other authority granted under the
Plan, (a) to grant Awards at such time or times as it may choose; (b) determine
the size of each Award, including the number of shares of Stock subject to the
Award; (c) determine the type or types of each Award: (d) determine the terms
and conditions of each Award; (e) waive compliance by a Participant (as defined
below) with any obligations to be performed by the Participant under an Award
and waive any term or condition of an Award; (f) with the consent of the
Participant, cancel an existing Award in whole or in part and grant the
Participant another Award in its place; (g) prescribe the form or forms of
instruments that are required under the Plan, including any written notices and
elections required of Participants, or are deemed appropriate by the Committee,
and change such forms from time to time; (h) adopt, amend and rescind rules and
regulations for the administration of the Plan; and (i) interpret the Plan and
decide any questions and settle all controversies and disputes that may arise in
connection with the Plan. Such determinations and actions of the Committee, and
all other determinations and actions of the Committee made or taken under
authority granted by any provision of the Plan, will be conclusive and will bind
all parties. A majority of the members of the Committee will constitute a
quorum, and all determinations of the Committee must be made by a majority of
its members. In the case of any Award intended to be eligible for the
performance-based compensation exception under Section 162(m), the Committee
shall exercise its discretion consistent with qualifying the Award for such
exception.
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3. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PLAN
The Plan will become effective on the date on which it is approved by
the stockholders of the Company.
No awards shall be granted under the Plan after the completion of three
(3) years from the date on which the Plan was approved by the stockholders of
the Company, but awards previously granted may extend beyond that date.
4. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 8.6 below, the aggregate
number of shares of Stock that may be delivered under the Plan will be
3,000,000. If any Award requiring exercise by the Participant for delivery of
Stock terminates without having been exercised in full, or if any Award payable
in Stock or cash is satisfied in cash rather than Stock, the number of shares of
Stock as to which such Award was not exercised or for which cash was substituted
will be available for future grants. Shares of Restricted Stock that have been
forfeited in accordance with the terms of the applicable Award and shares held
back, in satisfaction of the exercise price or tax withholding requirements,
from shares that would otherwise be delivered pursuant to an Award shall also be
available for future grants. The number of shares of Stock delivered under an
Award shall be determined net of any previously acquired Shares tendered by the
participant in payment of the exercise price or of withholding taxes.
Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 8.6 below, no one
individual participating in the Plan may be granted stock options for more than
500,000 shares of Stock in the aggregate in any fiscal year.
Stock delivered under the Plan may be either authorized but unissued
stock or previously issued Stock acquired by the Company and held in treasury.
No fractional shares of stock will be delivered under the Plan.
5. ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
Those eligible to be selected to receive Awards under the Plan will be
(i) persons in the employ of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
("Employees") who, in the opinion of the Committee, are in a position to make a
significant contribution to the success of the Company or its subsidiaries, and
(ii) such other persons or entities who, in the opinion of the Committee or the
Board, are in a position to make a significant contribution to the success of
the Company or its Subsidiaries ("Participants"). A "subsidiary" for purposes of
the Plan will be a corporation in which the Company owns directly or indirectly,
stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes
of stock. Eligibility for ISO's is further limited to those individuals whose
employment status would qualify them for the tax treatment described in Sections
421 and 422 of the Code.
6. TYPES OF AWARDS
6.1 Options.
(a) Nature of Options. An Option is an Award entitling the recipient on
exercise thereof to purchase Stock at a specified exercise price.
Both "incentive stock options," as defined in Section 422 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and Options that are not
incentive stock options, may be granted under the Plan. Any Option intended to
qualify as an incentive stock option will be referred to in the Plan as an
"ISO." Instruments evidencing ISOs must contain such provisions as are required
under applicable provisions of the Code. Once an ISO has been granted, no action
by the
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Committee that would cause the Option to lose its status under the Code as an
incentive stock option will be effective without the consent of the Option
holder.
(b) Exercise Price. The exercise price of an Option will be determined
by the Committee subject to the following:
(1) The exercise price of an Option that is not an ISO may not be less
than 100% of the fair market value per share of the Stock at the effective date
of the grant.
(2) The exercise price of an ISO may be any amount which is not be less
than 100% (110% in the case of an ISO granted to a ten-percent shareholder) of
the fair market value per share of the Stock at the effective date of the grant.
A "ten-percent shareholder" is any person who at the time of grant owns directly
or indirectly, or is deemed to own by reason of the attribution rules of section
425(d) of the Code, Stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting
power of all classes of stock of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries.
(3) In no case may the exercise price paid for Stock that is part of an
original issue of authorized Stock be less than the par value per share of the
Stock.
(4) The Committee may not reduce the exercise price of an Option at any
time after the time of grant with or without the consent of the Participant,
thereby prohibiting the cancellation of higher priced and the reissue of lower
priced Options, i.e. reprice options.
(c) Duration of Options. The latest date on which an Option may be
exercised will be the tenth anniversary (fifth anniversary, in the case of an
ISO granted to a ten-percent shareholder) of the day immediately preceding the
date the Option was granted, or such earlier date as may have been specified by
the Committee at the time the Option was granted.
(d) Exercise of Options. An option will become exercisable at such time
or times, and on such conditions, as the Committee may specify. The Committee
may at any time accelerate the time at which all or any part of the Option may
be exercised. Any exercise of an Option must be in writing, signed by the proper
person and delivered or mailed to the Company, accompanied by (1) any documents
required by the Committee and (2) payment in full in accordance with paragraph
(e) below or the number of shares for which the Option is exercised. If desired,
the Committee may provide for vesting prior to the date the Option becomes
exercisable.
(e) Payment for Stock. Stock purchased on exercise of an Option must be
paid for as follows: (1) in cash or by check (acceptable to the Company in
accordance with guidelines established for this purpose), bank draft or money
order payable to the order of the Company or (2) if so permitted by the
instrument evidencing the Option (or in the case of an Option which is not an
ISO, by the Committee at or after grant of the Option, (i) through the delivery
of shares of Stock which have been outstanding for at least six months (unless
the Committee expressly approves a shorter period) and which have a fair market
value on the last business day preceding the date of exercise equal to the
exercise price, or (ii) by delivery of a promissory note of the Option holder to
the Company, payable on such terms as are specified by the Committee (provided
that, if the Stock delivered upon exercise of the Option is an original issue of
authorized Stock, at least so much of the exercise price as represents the par
value of such Stock must be paid in cash), or (iii) by delivery of an
unconditional and irrevocable undertaking by a broker to deliver promptly to the
Company sufficient funds to pay the exercise price, or (iv) by any combination
of the permissible forms of payment.
(f) Discretionary Payments. If the market price of shares of Stock
subject to an Option (other than an Option which is in tandem with a Stock
Appreciation Right as described in Section 6.2 below) exceeds the exercise price
of the Option at the time of its exercise, the Committee may cancel the Option
and cause the Company to pay in cash or in shares of Common Stock (at a price
per share equal to the fair market value per share) to the person exercising the
Option an
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amount equal to the difference between the fair market value of the Stock which
would have been purchased pursuant to the exercise (determined on the date the
Option is canceled) and the aggregate exercise price which would have been paid.
The Committee may exercise its discretion to take such action only if it has
received a written request from the person exercising the Option, but such a
request will not be binding on the Committee.
(g) Reload Awards. The Committee may provide that upon the exercise of
an Award through the tender of previously owned shares of Stock, the participant
or other person exercising the Award will automatically receive a new Award of
like kind covering the number of shares of Stock tendered in payment of the
exercise price of the first Award.
6.2. Stock Appreciation Rights.
(a) Nature of Stock Appreciation Rights. A Stock Appreciation Right is
an Award entitling the recipient on exercise of the Right to receive an amount,
in cash or Stock or a combination thereof (such form to be determined by the
Committee), determined in whole or in part by reference to appreciation in Stock
value.
In general, a Stock Appreciation Right entitles the Participant to
receive, with respect to each share of Stock as to which the Right is exercised,
the excess of the share's fair market value on the date of exercise over its
fair market value on the date the Right was granted. However, the Committee may
provide at the time of grant that the amount the recipient is entitled to
receive will be adjusted upward or downward under rules established by the
Committee to take into account the performance of the Stock in comparison with
the performance of other stocks or an index of other stocks.
(b) Grant of Stock of Appreciation Rights. Stock Appreciation Rights
may be granted in tandem with, or independently of, Options granted under the
Plan. A Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with an Option that is not an
ISO might be granted either at or after the time the Option is granted. A Stock
Appreciation Right granted in tandem with an ISO may be granted only at the time
the Option is granted.
(c) Rules Applicable to Tandem Awards. When Stock Appreciation Rights
are granted in tandem with Options, the following will apply:
(1) The Stock Appreciation Right will be exercisable only at such time
or times, and to the extent, that the related Option is exercisable and will be
exercisable in accordance with the procedure required for exercise of the
related Option.
(2) The Stock Appreciation Right will terminate and no longer be
exercisable upon the termination or exercise of the related Option, except that
a Stock Appreciation Right granted with respect to less than the full number of
shares covered by an Option will not be reduced until the number of shares as to
which the related Option has been exercised or has terminated exceeds the number
of shares not covered by the Stock Appreciation Right.
(3) The Option will terminate and no longer be exercisable upon the
exercise of the related Stock Appreciation Right.
(4) The Stock Appreciation Right will be transferable only with the
related Option.
(5) A Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with an ISO may be
exercised only when the market price of the Stock subject to the Option exceeds
the exercise price of such option.
(d) Exercise of Independent Stock Appreciation Rights. A Stock
Appreciation Right not granted in tandem with an Option will become exercisable
at such time or times, and on such
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conditions, as the Committee may specify. The Committee may at any time
accelerate the time at which all or any part of the Right may be exercised.
Any exercise of an independent Stock Appreciation Right must be in
writing, signed by the proper person and delivered or mailed to the Company,
accompanied by any other documents required by the Committee.
6.3. Restricted and Unrestricted Stock.
(a) Nature of Restricted Stock Award. A Restricted Stock Award entitles
the recipient to acquire shares of Stock subject to the restrictions described
in paragraph (d) below ("Restricted Stock") for a price which may not be less
than the fair market value per share of the Stock on the effective date of the
grant.
(b) Acceptance of Award. A Participant who is granted a Restricted
Stock Award will have no rights with respect to such Award unless, within sixty
days (or such shorter period as the Committee may specify) following the date of
the Award, the Participant accepts the Award by written instrument delivered or
mailed to the Company accompanied by payment in full of the specified purchase
price, if any, of the shares covered by the Award. Payment may be by certified
or bank check or other instrument acceptable to the Committee.
(c) Rights as a Stockholder. A Participant who receives Restricted
Stock will have all the rights of a stockholder with respect to the Stock,
including voting and dividend rights, subject to the restrictions described in
paragraph (d) below and any other conditions imposed by the Committee at the
time of grant. Unless the Committee otherwise determines, certificates
evidencing shares of Restricted Stock will remain in the possession of the
Company until such shares are free of all restrictions under the Plan.
(d) Restrictions. Except as otherwise specifically provided by the
Plan, until these restrictions lapse, Restricted Stock may not be sold,
assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of, and if
the Participant ceases to be an Employee for any reason, must be offered to the
Company for purchase for the amount of cash paid for the Stock, or forfeited to
the Company if no cash was paid. The restrictions will lapse at such time or
times, and on such conditions, as the Committee may specify. The Committee may
at any time accelerate the time at which the restrictions on all or any part of
the shares will lapse.
(e) Notice of Election. Any Participant making an election under
Section 83(b) of the Code with respect to Restricted Stock must provide a copy
thereof to the Company within ten days of the filing of such election with the
Internal Revenue Service.
(f) Other Awards Settled with Restricted Stock. The Committee may, at
the time any Award described in this Section 6 is granted, provide that any or
all the Stock delivered pursuant to the Award will be Restricted Stock.
(g) Unrestricted Stock. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, sell
to any Participant shares of Stock free of restrictions under the Plan for a
price that may not be less than the fair market value per share of the Stock on
the effective date of the grant.
6.4 Deferred Stock.
(a) Nature of Deferred Stock Award. A Deferred Stock Award entitles the
recipient to receive shares of Deferred Stock at the same price as Restricted or
Unrestricted Stock, which is Stock to be delivered in the future. Delivery of
the Stock will take place at such time or times, and on such conditions, as the
Committee may specify. The Committee may at any time accelerate the time at
which delivery of all or any part of the Stock will take place.
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(b) Other Awards Settled with Deferred Stock. The committee may at the
time any Award described in this Section 6 is granted, provide that, at the time
Stock would otherwise be delivered pursuant to the Award, the Participant will
instead receive an instrument evidencing the Participant's right to future
delivery of Deferred Stock.
6.5 Performance Awards; Performance Goals
(a) Nature of Performance Awards. A Performance Award entitles the
recipient to receive, without payment, an amount, in cash or Stock or a
combination thereof (such form to be determined by the Committee), following the
attainment of Performance Goals. Performance Goals may be related to personal
performance, corporate performance, departmental performance or any other
category of performance deemed by the Committee to be important to the success
of the Company. The Committee will determine the Performance Goals, the period
or period during which performance is to be measured and all other terms and
conditions applicable to the Award.
6.6 Loans and Supplemental Grants.
(a) Loans. The Company may make a loan to a Participant ("Loan"),
either on the date of or after the grant of any Award to the Participant. A Loan
may be made either in connection with the purchase of Stock under the Award or
with the payment of any Federal, state and local income tax with respect to
income recognized as a result of the Award. The Committee will have full
authority to decide whether to make a Loan and to determine the amount, terms
and conditions of the Loan, including the interest rate (which may be zero),
whether the Loan is to be secured or unsecured or with or without recourse
against the borrower, the terms on which the Loan is to be repaid and the
conditions, if any, under which it may be forgiven. However, no Loan may have a
term (including extensions) exceeding ten years in duration.
(b) Supplemental Grants. In connection with any Award, the Committee
may at the time such Award is made or at a later date, provide for and grant a
cash award to the Participant ("Supplemental Grant") not to exceed an amount
equal to (1) the amount of any federal, state and local income tax on ordinary
income for which the Participant will be liable with respect to the Award, plus
(2) an additional amount on a grossed-up basis necessary to make the Participant
whole after tax, discharging all the Participant's income tax liabilities
arising from all payments under this Section 6. Any payments under this
subsection (b) will be made at the time the Participant incurs Federal income
tax liability with respect to the Award.
7. EVENTS AFFECTING OUTSTANDING AWARDS
7.1 Retirement.
The following will apply if a Participant ceases to be an Employee by reason of
retirement with consent of the Company (a) after attainment of age 65, (b) prior
to attainment of age 65 in the case of ISO's or (c) prior to attainment of age
65 in the case of all other Awards only if the Committee so specifies at or
prior to such retirement.
(a) Subject to paragraph (c) below each Option and Stock Appreciation
Right held by the Participant when the Participant's employment ended will
immediately become exercisable in full and will continue to be exercisable until
the earlier of (1) the first anniversary of the date on which such employment
ended or (2) the date on which the Award would have terminated had the
Participant remained an Employee. If the Participant dies after such
Participant's employment has ended, the Award may be exercised within such
limits by the Participant's executor or administrator or by the person or
persons to whom the Award is transferred by will or the applicable laws descent
and distribution (the Participant's "legal representative").
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(b) Subject to paragraph (c) below each share of Restricted Stock held
by the Participant when the Participant's employment ended will immediately
become free of the restrictions.
(c) If when the Participant's employment ended the exercise of an
Option or Stock Appreciation Right or lapse of restrictions on Restricted Stock
was subject to performance or other conditions (other than conditions relating
to the mere passage of time and continued employment) which had not been
satisfied at such time, the Committee may remove or modify such conditions or
provide that the Participant will receive the benefit of the Award if and when
the conditions are subsequently satisfied. If the Committee does not take such
action, however, such Award will terminate as of the date on which the
Participant's employment ended.
(d) Any payment or benefit under a Deferred Stock Award, Performance
Award, or Supplemental Grant to which the Participant has not become irrevocably
entitled will be forfeited and the Award canceled as of the date on which the
Participant's employment ended unless otherwise provided in the instrument
evidencing the Award or otherwise agreed to by the Committee.
7.2 Death and Disability.
If a Participant ceases to be an Employee by reason of death or total
and permanent disability (as determined by the Committee), the following will
apply:
(a) All Options then held by the Participant that are not otherwise
exercisable, shall have the exercise rights thereto accelerated so that for each
full year of service with the Company, no less than twenty-five (25) percent of
the aggregate number of shares granted and outstanding shall be exercisable as
of the termination date (not to exceed one hundred (100) percent of the
aggregate number of shares); all option shares not accelerated under the
foregoing formula terminate as of the termination date. Any Awards that are so
exercisable will continue to be exercisable until the earlier of (1) the first
anniversary of the date on which the Participant's employment ended or (2) the
date on which the Award would have terminated had the Participant remained an
Employee. If the Participant has died, the Participant's legal representative
may exercise the Award within such limits.
(b) All Stock Appreciation Rights held by the Participant that are not
exercisable on the thirtieth day after the termination of the Participant's
employment will terminate as of such date. Any Awards that are so exercisable
will continue to be exercisable until the earlier of (1) the first anniversary
of the date on which the Participant's employment ended or (2) the date on which
the Award would have terminated had the Participant remained an Employee. If the
Participant has died, the Participant's legal representative may exercise the
Award within such limits.
(c) All Restricted Stock held by the Participant when the Participant's
employment ended must be transferred to the Company (and, in the event the
certificates representing such Restricted Stock are held by the Company, such
Restricted Stock will be so transferred without any further action by the
Participant) in accordance with Section 6.3 above.
(d) Any payment or benefit under a Deferred Stock Award, Performance
Award, or Supplemental Grant to which the Participant has not become irrevocably
entitled will be forfeited and the Award canceled as of the date on which the
Participant's employment ended, unless otherwise provided in the instrument
evidencing the Award or otherwise agreed to by the Committee.
7.3 Other Termination of Employment
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If a Participant ceases to be an Employee for any reason other than
those specified in Sections 7.1 or 7.2 above, the following will apply:
(a) All Options and Stock Appreciation Rights held by the Participant
that were not exercisable when his or her employment ended will then terminate.
Any Awards that were so exercisable will continue to be exercisable until the
earlier of (1) the date which is three months after the date on which his or her
employment ended and (2) the date on which the Award would have terminated had
the Participant remained an Employee, unless employment was terminated for
cause, in which event any Awards that were so exercisable shall then terminate.
The Committee may, in its discretion, extend the exercise period beyond such
three-month period.
(b) All Restricted Stock held by the Participant when the Participant's
employment ended must be transferred to the Company (and, in the event the
certificates representing such Restricted Stock are held by the Company, such
Restricted Stock will be so transferred without any further action by the
Participant) in accordance with Section 6.3 above.
(c) Any payment or benefit under a Deferred Stock Award, Performance
Award, or Supplemental Grant to which the Participant has not become irrevocably
entitled will be forfeited and the Award canceled as of the date of such
termination of employment unless otherwise provided in the instrument evidencing
the Award or otherwise agreed to by the Committee.
(d) All Options and SARs held by the participant whose cessation of
employment or other service relationship is determined by the Committee in its
sole discretion to result from cause, namely reasons which cast such discredit
on the Participant as to justify immediate termination of the Award shall
immediately terminate upon such cessation.
For purposes of this Section 7.3, an Employee's employment will not be
considered to have ended (1) in the case of sick leave or other bona fide leave
of absence approved for purposes of the Plan by the Committee, so long as the
Employee's right to reemployment is guaranteed either by statute or by contract,
or (2) in the case of a transfer of employment between the company and a
subsidiary or between subsidiaries, or to the employment of a corporation (or a
parent or subsidiary corporation of such corporation) issuing or assuming an
Award in a transaction to which section 425(a) of the Code applies.
Unless the Committee expressly provides otherwise, a Participant's
"employment or other service relationship with the Company and its Subsidiaries"
will be deemed to have ceased, in the case of an employee Participant, upon the
termination of the Participant's employment with the Company or its Subsidiaries
(whether or not the Participant continues in the service of the Company or its
Subsidiaries in some capacity other than that of an employee of the Company or
its Subsidiaries), and in the case of any other Participant, when the service
relationship in respect of which the Award was granted terminates (whether or
not the Participant continues in the service of the Company or its Subsidiaries
in some other capacity).
7.4 (A) Change in Control Provision
As used herein, a Change in Control and related definitions shall have
the meanings as set forth in Section 7.4 (C) below.
Immediately prior to the occurrence of a Change in Control:
(a) Each Option and Stock Appreciation Right shall automatically become
fully exercisable unless the Committee shall otherwise expressly provide at the
time of grant.
(b) Restrictions and conditions on Restricted Stock, Deferred Stock,
Performance Units and Other Stock-based Awards shall automatically be deemed
waived to the extent, if any, specified (whether at or after time of grant) by
the Committee.
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In addition to the foregoing and Sections 6.1(d), 6.2(c) and (d),
6.3(d) and 6.4(a), the Committee may at any time prior to or after a Change in
Control accelerate the exercisability of any Options and Stock Appreciation
Rights and may waive restrictions, limitations and conditions on Restricted
Stock, Deferred Stock, Performance Units and Other Stock-based Awards to the
extent it shall in its sole discretion determine.
7.4 (B) Certain Corporate Transactions.
(a) In the event of a consolidation or merger in which the Company is
not the surviving corporation or which results in the acquisition of
substantially all the Company's outstanding Stock by a single person or entity
or by a group of persons and/or entities acting in concert, or in the event of
the complete liquidation of the Company or the sale or transfer of substantially
all of the Company's assets (a "Covered Transaction"), all outstanding Options
will terminate as of the effective date of the Covered Transaction, provided
that at least twenty (20) days prior to the effective date of any such merger,
consolidation, liquidation or sale of assets, but subject to Paragraphs (c) and
(d) below, the Committee shall make all outstanding Options exercisable
immediately prior to consummation of such Covered Transaction (to the extent
that such Options are not exercisable immediately prior to the consummation of
the Covered Transaction pursuant to Section 7.4 (A)).
(b) Subject to Paragraphs (c) and (d) below, the Committee may, in its
sole discretion, prior to the effective date of the Covered Transaction, (1)
remove the restrictions from each outstanding share of Restricted Stock, (2)
cause the Company to make any payment and provide any benefit under each
outstanding Deferred Stock Award, Performance Award, and Supplemental Grant
which would have been made or provided with the passage of time had the
transaction not occurred and the Participant remained an employee, and (3)
forgive all or any portion of the principal of or interest on a loan.
(c) If an outstanding Option or Other Award is subject to performance
or other conditions (other than conditions relating the mere passage of time and
continued employment) which will not have been satisfied at the time of the
Covered Transaction, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, remove such
conditions. If it does not do so however, such Option or Other Award will
terminate, because the conditions have not been satisfied, as of the date of the
Covered Transaction notwithstanding Paragraph (a) and (b) above.
(d) With respect to an outstanding Option or Other Award held by the
participant who, following the Covered Transaction, will be employed by a
corporation which is a surviving or acquiring corporation in such transaction or
an affiliate of such a corporation, the Committee may, in lieu of the action of
the Committee described in Paragraphs (a) or (b) above or in addition to any
Option being exercisable immediately prior to consummation of the Covered
Transaction pursuant to Section 7.4 A. above, arrange to have such surviving or
acquiring corporation or affiliate assume the Option or Other Award or grant to
the Participant a replacement or substitute Option or other Award on such terms
as the Committee determines. In the case of an assumed, replacement or
substitute Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option, the requirements of
Section 424 (a) of the Code shall be satisfied except as otherwise provided by
the Committee.
7.4 (C) Change in Control and Related Definitions.
A "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred if the
conditions set forth in any one of the following paragraphs shall have been
satisfied:
(a) Any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or
indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 25% or more of the
combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities; or
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(b) During any period of not more than two consecutive years
individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board and any new
director (other than a director designated by a Person who has entered into an
agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in Clause (a), (b),
or (c) of Section 7.4 (C)) whose election by the Board or nomination for
election by the Company's stockholders was approved by a vote of at least
two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors
at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was
previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof;
or
(c) The shareholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation
of the Company with any other corporation, other than
(1) A merger or consolidation which would result in the voting
securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to
represent (either by remaining outstanding or being converted into voting
securities of the surviving entity) 60% or more of the combined voting power of
the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding
immediately after such merger or consolidation, or
(2) A merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization
of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no person acquires 25% or more
of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities; or
(d) The shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete
liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the
Company of all or substantially all the Company's assets.
"Person" shall have the meaning given in Section 3 (a) (9) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as modified and used in Sections 13 (d) and 14
(d) thereof; however, a Person shall not include
(1) The Company or any controlled subsidiary,
(2) A trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee
benefit plan of the Company or
(3) A corporation or other entity owned, directly or indirectly, by the
shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their
ownership of stock of the Company.
"Beneficial Owner" shall have the meaning defined in Rule 13d-3 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended from time to time.
7.5 Other Termination Events.
If a Participant, other than an Employee Participant, ceases to be
affiliated with the Company by reason of the termination of the agreement or
other arrangement with the Company pursuant to which such Participant provides
services or products or otherwise is making a contribution to the Company, then
(a) Unless otherwise provided in the instrument evidencing the Award
granted to the Participant, all Options and Stock Appreciation Rights held by
the Participant that were not exercisable when such arrangement terminated or
expired will then terminate, and any of such Awards that were so exercisable
shall continue to be exercisable until the earlier of (1) the date which is
three months after the date on which such arrangement terminated or (2) the date
on which such Award would have terminated had the Participant remained
affiliated with the Company pursuant to the agreement or other arrangement. The
Committee may, in its discretion,
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in the granting instrument or at any later time, extend the exercise period
beyond such three-month period.
(b) Unless otherwise provided in the instrument evidencing the Award
granted to the Participant, all Restricted Stock held by the Participant when
the arrangement with the Participant ended must be transferred to the Company
(and, in the event the certificates representing such Restricted Stock are held
by the Company, such Restricted Stock will be so transferred without any further
action by the Participant) in accordance with Section 6.3 above.
(c) Any payment or benefit under a Deferred Stock Award, Performance
Award, or Supplemental Grant to which the Participant has not become irrevocably
entitled will be forfeited and the Award canceled as of the date of such
termination unless otherwise provided in the instrument evidencing the Award or
otherwise agreed to be the Committee.
Unless the Committee expressly provides otherwise, a Participant's
"employment or other service relationship with the Company and its Subsidiaries"
will be deemed to have ceased, in the case of an employee Participant, upon the
termination of the Participant's employment with the Company or its Subsidiaries
(whether or not the Participant continues in the service of the Company or its
Subsidiaries in some capacity other than that of an employee of the Company or
its Subsidiaries), and in the case of any other Participant, when the service
relationship in respect of which the Award was granted terminates (whether or
not the Participant continues in the service of the Company or its Subsidiaries
in some other capacity).
8. GENERAL PROVISIONS
8.1 Documentation of Awards.
Written instruments prescribed by the Committee from time to time will
evidence awards. Such instruments may be in the form of agreements, to be
executed by both the Participant and the Company, or certificates, letters or
similar instruments, which need not be executed by the Participant but
acceptance of which will evidence agreement to the terms thereof.
8.2 Rights as a Stockholder: Dividend Equivalents.
Except as specifically provided by the Plan, the receipt of an Award
will not give a Participant rights as a stockholder: the Participant will obtain
such rights, subject to any limitations imposed by the Plan or the instrument
evidencing the Award, upon actual receipt of Stock. However, the Committee may,
on such conditions as it deems appropriate, provide that a Participant will
receive a benefit in lieu of cash dividends that would have been payable on any
or all Stock subject to the Participant's Award had such Stock been outstanding.
Without limitation, the Committee may provide for payment to the Participant of
amounts representing such dividends, either currently or in the future, or for
the investment of such amounts on behalf of the Participant.
8.3 Conditions on Delivery of Stock.
The Company will not be obligated to deliver any shares of Stock
pursuant to the Plan or to remove restriction from shares previously delivered
under the Plan (a) until all conditions of the Award have been satisfied or
removed. (b) Until, in the opinion of the Company's counsel, all applicable
federal and state laws and regulation have been complied with, (c) if the
outstanding Stock is at the time listed on any stock exchange, until the shares
to be delivered have been listed or authorized to be listed on such exchange
upon official notice of notice of issuance, and (d) until all other legal
matters in connection with the issuance and delivery of such shares have been
approved by the Company's counsel. If the sale of Stock has not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company may require, as a
condition to exercise of the Award, such representations or agreements as
counsel for the Company may consider
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appropriate to avoid violation of such Act and may require that the certificates
evidencing such Stock bear an appropriate legend restricting transfer.
If the Participant's legal representative exercises an Award, the
Company will be under no obligation to deliver Stock pursuant to such exercise
until the Company is satisfied as to the authority of such representative.
8.4 Tax Withholding.
The Company will withhold from any cash payment made pursuant to an
Award an amount sufficient to satisfy all federal, state and local withholding
tax requirements (the "withholding requirements").
In the case of an Award pursuant to which Stock may be delivered, the
Committee will have the right to require that the Participant or other
appropriate person remit to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy the
withholding requirements, or make other arrangements satisfactory to the
Committee with regard to such requirements, prior to the delivery of any Stock.
If and to the extent that such withholding is required, the Committee may permit
the Participant or such other person to elect at such time and in such manner as
the Committee provides to have the Company hold back from the shares to be
delivered, or to deliver to the Company, Stock having a value calculated to
satisfy the withholding requirement. The Committee may also, but need not,
permit a Participant to tender previously owned shares of Stock in satisfaction
of tax withholding requirements on any Award.
If at the time an ISO is exercised the Committee determines that the
Company could be liable for withholding requirements with respect to a
disposition of the Stock received upon exercise, the Committee may require as a
condition of exercise that the person exercising the ISO agree (a) to inform the
Company promptly of any disposition (within the meaning of section 425(c) of the
Code) of Stock received upon exercise, and (b) to give such security as the
Committee deems adequate to meet the potential liability of the Company for the
withholding requirements and to augment such security from time to time in any
amount reasonably deemed necessary by the Committee to preserve the adequacy of
such security.
8.5 Nontransferability of Awards.
No Award (other than an Award in the form of an outright transfer of
cash or unrestricted Stock) may be transferred other than by will or by the laws
of descent and distribution, and during an employee's lifetime an Award
requiring exercise may be exercised only by the Participant (or in the event of
the Participant's incapacity, the person or persons legally appointed to act on
the Participant's behalf).
8.6 Adjustments in the Event of Certain Transactions.
(a) In the event of a stock dividend, stock split or combination of
shares, recapitalization or other change in the Company's capitalization, or
other distribution to common stockholders other than normal cash dividends, the
Committee will make any appropriate adjustments to the maximum number of shares
that may be delivered under the Plan under Section 4 above, and adjustments in
the maximum share limits in Section 4 provided, that no such adjustment shall be
made to the maximum share limits described in Section 4 or otherwise to an Award
intended to be eligible for the performance-based exception under Section 162(m)
of the Code, except to the extent consistent with that exception, nor shall any
change (without the consent of the Participant) be made to ISO's except to the
extent consistent with their continued qualification under Section 422 of the
Code..
(b) In any event referred to in paragraph (a), the Committee will also
make any appropriate adjustments to the number and kind of shares of stock or
securities subject to Awards
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then outstanding or subsequently granted, any exercise prices relating to Awards
and any other provision of Awards affected by such change. The Committee may
also make such adjustments to take into account material changes in law or in
accounting practices or principles, mergers, consolidations, acquisitions,
dispositions or similar corporate transactions, or any other event, if it is
determined by the Committee that adjustments are appropriate to avoid distortion
in the operation of the Plan.
8.7. Employment or Other Rights.
Neither the adoption of the plan nor the grant of Awards will confer
upon any person any right to continued employment with the Company or any
subsidiary or affect in any way the right of the Company or subsidiary to
terminate an employment relationship at any time. Except as specifically
provided by the Committee in any particular case, the loss of existing or
potential profit in Awards granted under the Plan will not constitute an element
of damages in the event of termination of an employment or other service
relationship even if the termination is in violation of an obligation of the
Company to the Participant.
8.8. Fair Market Value.
For purposes of the Plan, fair market value of a share of Stock on any
date will be the price at the close of the most recent trading day in the
over-the-counter market with respect to such Stock, as reported by the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotations System or such
other similar system then in use; or, if on any such date such Stock is not
quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices
with respect to such Stock, as furnished by a professional market maker making a
market in such Stock selected by the Committee; or if such prices are not
available, the fair market value of such Stock as of such date as determined in
good faith by the Committee; or, where necessary in order to achieve the
intended Federal income tax result, the value of a share of Stock as determined
by the Committee in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Code.
8.9 Deferral of Payments.
The Committee may agree at any time, upon request of the Participant,
to defer the date on which any payment under an Award will be made.
8.10. Past Services as Consideration.
Where a Participant purchases Stock under an Award for a price equal to
the par value of the Stock the Committee may determine that such price has been
satisfied by past services rendered by the Participant.
9. EFFECT, DISCONTINUANCE, CANCELLATION, AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
Neither adoption of the Plan nor the grant of Awards to a Participant
will affect the Company's right to grant to such Participant awards that are not
subject to the Plan, to issue to such Participant Stock as a bonus or otherwise,
or to adopt other plans or arrangements under which Stock be issued to
Employees.
The Committee may at any time discontinue granting Awards under the
Plan. The Board may at any time or times amend the Plan or any outstanding Award
for any purpose which may at the time be permitted by law, or may at any time
terminate the Plan as to any further grants of Awards, provided that (except to
the extent expressly required or permitted by the Plan) no such amendment will,
without the approval of the stockholders of the Company effectuate a change for
which stockholder approval is required in order for the Plan to continue to
qualify under Section 422 of the Code and for Awards to be eligible for the
performance-based exception under Section
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162(m) of the Code, and no amendment or termination of the Plan may adversely
affect the rights of any Participant (without the Participant's consent) under
any Award previously granted.
10. GOVERNING LAW.
The Plan shall be construed in accordance with the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware.
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EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February 12, 1999 relating to the
financial statements, which appears in the 1998 Annual Report to Shareholders of
PictureTel Corporation, which is incorporated by reference in PictureTel
Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998.
We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated February
12, 1999 relating to the financial statement schedule, which appears in such
Annual Report on Form 10-K.
/s/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
August 31, 1999
