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LOGO
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
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NOVEMBER 13, 1996
As a stockholder of Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company"), you are
hereby notified of and cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders of the Company to be held at The Museum of Television & Radio,
465 North Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, on Wednesday, November 13,
1996 at 9:30 a.m., local time, for the following purposes:
1. To elect six directors for the ensuing year, or until their successors
are elected and qualified;
2. To approve amendments to and restatement of the Playboy Enterprises,
Inc. 1995 Stock Incentive Plan;
3. To approve the Playboy Enterprises, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan;
4. To approve the Playboy Enterprises, Inc. Incentive Compensation Plan for
Anthony J. Lynn;
5. To approve the Playboy Enterprises, Inc. Incentive Compensation Plan for
Herbert M. Laney;
6. To ratify the selection of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. as independent
auditors for the current fiscal year; and
7. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on September 16, 1996
as the record date for the determination of holders of the Class A Common
Stock entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting. An alphabetical list
of such stockholders, their addresses and number of shares owned shall be on
display for all purposes germane to the meeting during ordinary business hours
starting at 10:00 a.m. on November 1, 1996 and ending at the close of business
on November 12, 1996 in the Company's Los Angeles offices located at 9242
Beverly Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. The list shall be available in the
office of the Company's Director of Security. The list shall also be on
display at the annual meeting.
We hope that you will be present at the meeting. If you cannot attend and
you are the owner of Class A Common Stock, please date and sign the enclosed
proxy card and return it at your earliest convenience in the envelope provided
so that your shares will be represented. The envelope requires no postage if
mailed in the United States.
October 18, 1996
By Order of the Board of Directors
LOGO
Howard Shapiro
Secretary
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PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC.
680 NORTH LAKE SHORE DRIVE
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60611
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PROXY STATEMENT
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SOLICITATION OF PROXIES
This Proxy Statement is being mailed by Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (the
"Company") to all holders of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
("Class A Stock"), and Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class
B Stock" and together with the Class A Stock, the "Common Stock") of the
Company on or about October 18, 1996 in connection with the solicitation by
the Board of Directors of the Company of proxies to be used at the annual
meeting of stockholders to be held November 13, 1996. Each proxy duly executed
and received prior to the meeting will be voted according to its terms. At any
time before the proxy is voted, it may be revoked either by giving a later
proxy, by written notification to the Secretary of the Company or by appearing
at the meeting and voting the shares. Pursuant to the Company's Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, the Class B Stock has no voting rights with
respect to any matter to be presented at the annual meeting.
The solicitation of proxies will be primarily by mail. Proxies may also be
solicited personally and by telephone by officers and full-time employees of
the Company, none of whom will receive any additional compensation for such
activity. The expenses of solicitation will be borne by the Company. Such
expenses may also include ordinary charges and expenses of brokerage houses
and other fiduciaries for forwarding documents to beneficial owners.
Only holders of record of Class A Stock as of the close of business on
September 16, 1996 will be entitled to vote at the meeting or any adjournment
thereof. As of such date, the Company had outstanding 4,748,954 shares of
Class A Stock, having one vote per share and constituting the Company's only
class of voting securities.
Properly executed proxies that are marked "abstain" or are held in "street
name" by brokers that are not voted on one or more particular proposals (if
otherwise voted on at least one proposal) will be counted for purposes of
determining whether a quorum has been achieved. Abstentions will be
disregarded in the tabulation of the voting results on the election of
directors and will be treated as a vote against all other proposals to which
they pertain. Broker non-votes will be treated neither as a vote for nor as a
vote against any proposals to which such broker non-votes apply.
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VOTING SECURITIES AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS THEREOF
As of August 31, 1996, the only party known to the Company to be the
beneficial owner of 5% or more of the Company's voting securities was:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NUMBER OF SHARES PERCENT
NAME AND ADDRESS OF CLASS A STOCK OF CLASS
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<S> <C> <C>
Hugh M. Hefner, Trustee
The Hugh M. Hefner 1991 Trust(1)
9242 Beverly Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90210............................... 3,321,836 69.95%
</TABLE>
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(1) Mr. Hefner, founder of the Company, Editor-in-Chief of Playboy magazine
and Chairman Emeritus, owns these shares through The Hugh M. Hefner 1991
Trust. Mr. Hefner has sole investment and voting power over these shares
of Class A Stock.
Mr. Hefner intends to vote his shares in accordance with the recommendations
made herein by the Board of Directors.
PROPOSAL NO. 1
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
At the meeting, six directors will be elected to serve until the next
ensuing annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors
are duly elected and qualified. The Company's bylaws allow for the election of
not fewer than five nor more than ten directors as such number may be fixed by
the Board of Directors (the "Board") from time to time. The Board is currently
comprised of seven directors and, effective as of the date of the annual
meeting, the Board intends to fix the number of directors at six. The
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Class A Stock represented
in person or by proxy is required to elect each of the nominees. Each nominee
is currently a director of the Company. If for any reason any nominee is not a
candidate at the time of election (which is not expected to occur), it is
intended that the proxies will be voted for the election of the other nominees
named and may be voted for any substituted nominees. Proxies may not be voted
for a greater number of persons than are named.
The following information is provided with respect to the nominees for
director.
CHRISTIE HEFNER
Director since 1979
Age 43
Ms. Hefner was appointed Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
of the Company in November 1988. From September 1986 to November 1988, she was
Vice Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Operating Officer. From
February 1984 to September 1986, she was President and Chief Operating
Officer; she had been President since April 1982. From January 1978 to April
1982, she was a Corporate Vice President. She joined the Company in 1975 as
Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Board. Ms. Hefner is also a member of
the Board of Directors of Sealy Corporation.
DENNIS S. BOOKSHESTER
Director since 1990
Age 57
Mr. Bookshester is presently an independent business consultant. From
December 1990 to May 1991, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Zale
Corporation, a company principally involved in the retail sale of jewelry. Mr.
Bookshester was Corporate Vice Chairman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of the Retail Group of Carson Pirie Scott & Co., positions which he held from
1984 to February 1989. In addition,
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Mr. Bookshester is a member of the Board of Directors of Evans, Inc., Amre,
Inc., Fruit of the Loom, Inc., Sundance Homes and American Gem Corporation.
Mr. Bookshester is a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees of the
Board.
DAVID I. CHEMEROW
Director since April 1996
Age 45
Mr. Chemerow has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
of ENTEX Information Services, Inc., a company principally involved in
personal computer systems integration, since April 1996. Prior to joining
ENTEX, he was Executive Vice President, Finance and Operations, and Chief
Financial Officer of the Company since 1990. From 1988 to 1990, he served as
President of Beechwood Capital Corporation, an investment company involved in
acquiring and operating businesses. Mr. Chemerow is also a member of the Board
of Directors of Dunham's Athleisure Corporation.
SOL ROSENTHAL
Director since 1985
Age 61
Mr. Rosenthal has been Of Counsel to the Los Angeles law firm of Blanc
Williams Johnston & Kronstadt, L.L.P. since May 1996. Prior to that he was a
senior partner in the law firm of Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger from 1974
through April 1996. He has served as an Arbitrator in entertainment industry
disputes since 1977 and as the Writers Guild-Association of Talent Agents
Negotiator since 1978. Mr. Rosenthal is a former member of the Board of
Governors, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, on which he served from 1990
to 1992; he is a former President of the Beverly Hills Bar Association and a
former President of the Los Angeles Copyright Society. In addition, Mr.
Rosenthal is a director of Artista Management, A.G. Mr. Rosenthal is Chairman
of the Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee of the
Board.
RICHARD S. ROSENZWEIG
Director since 1976
Age 61
Mr. Rosenzweig has been Executive Vice President of the Company since
November 1988. From May 1982 to November 1988, he was Executive Vice
President, Office of the Chairman, and from July 1980 to May 1982, he was
Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs. Before that, from January 1977 to
June 1980, he had been Executive Vice President, West Coast Operations. His
other positions with the Company have included Executive Vice President,
Publications Group, and Associate Publisher, Playboy magazine. He has been
with the Company since 1958.
SIR BRIAN WOLFSON
Director since February 1996
Age 61
Sir Brian Wolfson has been Chairman of Global Health Alternatives Inc., a
company principally involved in health products, since October 1995. He is
currently a director of Fruit of the Loom, Inc., Kepner-Tregoe Inc. and
Autotote Inc. and a governor of the Joseph H. Lauder Institute of the
University of Pennsylvania. From January 1986 to June 1995, he served as
Chairman of Wembley plc., a company engaged in the sports and entertainment
industry. From 1967 to 1970, he served as joint managing director of Granada
Group. Sir Brian Wolfson is a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees
of the Board.
COMMITTEES AND COMPENSATION
The Company has a standing Audit Committee of the Board currently comprised
of Messrs. Rosenthal (who is the Chairman) and Bookshester, Robert Kamerschen
(whose other business interests preclude him from standing for re-election at
the Annual Meeting) and Sir Brian Wolfson. It is currently anticipated that
Mr. Bookshester will assume the chairmanship of the Audit Committee after the
Annual Meeting. The principal functions of the Audit Committee are to consider
and recommend the selection of independent public accountants to audit the
Company's financial statements, to review the Company's internal accounting
policies and controls, to review with the independent accountants the scope of
their audit and their recommendations and comments
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with respect to internal controls and accounting systems, and to reinforce the
independence of the independent accountants. During fiscal year 1996, the
Audit Committee held three meetings.
The Company has a standing Compensation Committee of the Board currently
comprised of Messrs. Kamerschen (who is the Chairman), Bookshester, Rosenthal
and Wolfson. It is currently anticipated that Mr. Rosenthal will assume the
chairmanship of the Compensation Committee after the Annual Meeting. The
functions of the Compensation Committee include approving compensation, salary
or termination arrangements and all proposed contracts and transactions with
employees whose salaries and bonuses are more than $150,000 and less than
$300,000 per year (except employees who are serving as members of the Board
and the Company's Chief Financial Officer). The Compensation Committee is also
responsible for reviewing and making recommendations to the Board concerning
employee benefit programs, compensation, salary or termination arrangements
and all proposed contracts and transactions with any employee (including Mr.
Hefner) whose salary and bonus equals or exceeds $300,000 per year, and those
individuals mentioned as exceptions immediately above in regard to the
approval authority of the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee
administers the 1995 Stock Incentive Plan (the "1995 Plan") for the Company's
key employees and has the authority to determine which key employees will
receive awards thereunder. See "Approval of Amendments to and Restatement of
the Playboy Enterprises, Inc. 1995 Stock Incentive Plan." The Compensation
Committee also administers the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the
"Purchase Plan"), which is subject to stockholder approval. See "Approval of
the Playboy Enterprises, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan." The Compensation
Committee will also administer the Playboy Enterprises, Inc. Incentive
Compensation Plan for Anthony J. Lynn (the "Lynn Plan") and the Playboy
Enterprises, Inc. Incentive Compensation Plan for Herbert M. Laney (the "Laney
Plan") if such plans are approved by stockholders. See "Approval of the
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. Incentive Compensation Plan for Anthony J. Lynn" and
"Approval of the Playboy Enterprises, Inc. Incentive Compensation Plan for
Herbert M. Laney." During fiscal year 1996, the Compensation Committee held
four meetings.
The Company does not have a standing Nominating Committee. During fiscal
year 1996, the Board held six meetings. All members of the Board attended 75%
or more of the aggregate of the total number of all meetings held during the
fiscal year by the Board and the committees of which they were members during
the period they served as such.
Nonemployee directors receive an annual fee of $25,000, pro rated from the
effective date of their election and paid quarterly. An additional fee of $750
is paid for each in-person Board meeting attended by a nonemployee director.
Accordingly, for fiscal year 1996, each of Messrs. Bookshester, Kamerschen and
Rosenthal received $28,750 and Sir Brian Wolfson received $9,833. Mr. Chemerow
was not deemed to be a nonemployee director at any time during fiscal year
1996. Since October 1992, nonemployee directors have also been eligible to
participate in the Company's Deferred Compensation Plan ("DCP") for non-
employee directors, under which they may elect to defer any amount between 25%
and 100% (in 25% increments) of their annual fees and per-meeting payments.
Nonemployee directors who are former employees of the Company may also
transfer into the DCP amounts credited to a similar deferred compensation plan
for employees. The amount deferred is credited with interest each quarter
based on the preceding quarter's average composite yield on corporate bonds as
published by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. All amounts deferred and interest
credited are 100% vested immediately and are general unsecured obligations of
the Company. DCP accounts are paid in a lump sum or, in certain circumstances,
in specified installments to directors upon their death or upon termination of
service.
Each nonemployee director is also a participant in the Playboy Enterprises,
Inc. 1991 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the
"Directors' Plan"). Under the Directors' Plan, each director is granted a
nonqualified stock option to purchase shares of Class B Stock. An aggregate of
80,000 shares of Class B Stock are available for grant under the Directors'
Plan. Each option granted is exercisable in four equal annual installments
beginning on the first anniversary of the date such options were initially
granted. All of such installments are cumulative and may be exercised in whole
or in part. Options granted under the Directors' Plan generally expire ten
years after the date of grant, though they may expire earlier or be
accelerated under certain circumstances. Shares issued upon exercise of
options granted under the Directors' Plan may be either treasury shares or
newly issued shares. During fiscal year 1996, an option for 10,000 shares of
Class B Stock was granted to Sir Brian Wolfson upon his joining the Board.
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BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF COMMON STOCK
BY DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following table sets forth, as of August 31, 1996, the number and
percentage of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by each Director, by
each Executive Officer named in the Summary Compensation Table on page 9 (the
"Named Executive Officers") and by all Directors and Executive Officers as a
Group. As used in this Proxy Statement, "beneficially owned" means the sole or
shared power to vote or direct the voting of a security and/or the sole or
shared investment power with respect to a security (i.e., the power to dispose
or direct the disposition of a security).
<TABLE>
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SHARES OF PERCENT OF SHARES OF PERCENT OF
NAME OF DIRECTOR OR CLASS A CLASS A CLASS B CLASS B
NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER(1) STOCK(2) STOCK STOCK(2) STOCK
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Dennis S. Bookshester(3)............. 3,000 * 14,000 *
David I. Chemerow.................... 800 * 29,700 *
Christie Hefner(4)(5)(6)............. 72,274 1.50 304,678 1.93
Hugh M. Hefner(6).................... 3,321,836 69.95 7,965,508 51.19
Robert Kamerschen(3)(7).............. 850 * 12,950 *
Herbert M. Laney(4)(5)............... 50 * 47,650 *
Anthony J. Lynn(4)(5)................ 600 * 190,026 1.21
Sol Rosenthal(3)..................... 252 * 12,756 *
Richard S. Rosenzweig(4)(5).......... 25,365 * 101,095 *
Sir Brian Wolfson.................... 0 * 0 *
All Directors and Executive Officers
as a Group
(13 persons)(4)(5).................. 3,460,057 71.14 8,864,678 54.32
</TABLE>
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* Less than 1% of the total shares outstanding.
(1) For fiscal year 1996, in addition to Ms. Hefner and Messrs. Hefner, Laney,
Lynn and Rosenzweig, the Company's executive officers were: Howard
Shapiro, Executive Vice President, Law and Administration, General Counsel
and Secretary; Rebecca S. Maskey, Senior Vice President, Finance; Martha
O. Lindeman, Vice President, Corporate Communications and Investor
Relations; Robert B. Beleson, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing
Officer (who terminated his employment with the Company on February 16,
1996); and David I. Chemerow, Executive Vice President, Finance and
Operations, and Chief Financial Officer (who terminated his full-time
employment with the Company, and ceased to be an executive officer, on
April 5, 1996).
(2) In each case, beneficial ownership consists of sole voting and investment
power, with the exception of Mr. Kamerschen, who owns all shares of Class
A Stock and 2,950 shares of Class B Stock jointly with his wife; Mr.
Laney, who owns all shares of Class A Stock and 150 shares of Class B
Stock jointly with his wife; and Mr. Rosenthal, who owns two shares of
Class A Stock and six shares of Class B Stock as custodian for his son. As
of August 31, 1996, all Directors and Executive Officers as a Group shared
voting and investment power over 902 shares of Class A Stock and 3,106
shares of Class B Stock.
(3) Includes 10,000 shares of Class B Stock which are subject to exercisable
installments of stock option grants made pursuant to the Directors' Plan.
(4) Includes the following shares of Common Stock which are subject to
installments of stock option grants made pursuant to the Company's 1989
Stock Option Plan (the "1989 Plan"), the 1995 Plan and the Directors'
Plan, which are either exercisable, or are exercisable within 60 days of
August 31, 1996.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CLASS A CLASS B
NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER STOCK STOCK
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<S> <C> <C>
Ms. Hefner.................................................. 55,000 183,750
Mr. Laney................................................... -- 17,500
Mr. Lynn.................................................... -- 161,876
Mr. Rosenzweig.............................................. 25,000 80,000
All Directors and Executive Officers as a Group (10
persons)................................................... 115,000 611,251
</TABLE>
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(5) Includes the following shares of Class B Stock which are subject to the
vesting of restricted stock awards made pursuant to the 1995 Plan.
<TABLE>
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INITIAL UNVESTED
NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER GRANT PORTION
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<S> <C> <C>
Ms. Hefner................................................. 75,000 56,250
Mr. Laney.................................................. 30,000 22,500
Mr. Lynn................................................... 26,250 19,687
Mr. Rosenzweig............................................. 20,000 15,000
All Directors and Executive Officers as a Group (7
persons).................................................. 198,750 149,062
</TABLE>
(6) Ms. Hefner is the daughter of Mr. Hefner.
(7) Other business interests preclude Mr. Kamerschen from standing for re-
election to the Board at the Annual Meeting.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following tables set forth information regarding the compensation
received by the Company's Chief Executive Officer and the other four most
highly compensated executive officers, determined by reference to fiscal 1996
(the "Named Executive Officers"), for the last three fiscal years. The first
table ("Compensation Earned During and With Respect to Fiscal Year") reflects
salary and bonus, as well as the value of restricted stock awards and stock
options granted in prior years but which vested with respect to or through the
indicated fiscal year. The second and third tables ("Summary Compensation
Table" and "Aggregated Option Exercises in Last Fiscal Year and FY-End Option
Values") are in the format dictated by the applicable rules of the Securities
and Exchange Commission. The Summary Compensation Table reflects salary, bonus
and other cash compensation earned in the designated fiscal years as well as
stock options and restricted stock awards granted (without regard to vesting)
in such fiscal years. The third table reflects vested and unvested stock
options held as of June 30, 1996 and the value thereof as of such date.
COMPENSATION EARNED DURING AND WITH RESPECT TO FISCAL YEAR
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<CAPTION>
ANNUAL COMPENSATION VESTING OF LONG-TERM COMPENSATION
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FISCAL YEAR- FISCAL YEAR-
VALUE OF ESTIMATED END VALUE OF END VALUE OF
VESTED TAX LIABILITY CLASS A CLASS B
CLASS B WITH RESPECT STOCK STOCK
RESTRICTED TO VESTING OF UNDERLYING UNDERLYING
STOCK RESTRICTED EXERCISABLE EXERCISABLE
NAME AND PRINCIPAL SALARY BONUS AWARDS STOCK OPTIONS OPTIONS
POSITION YEAR ($) ($) (1)($) (1)($) ($)(2)(3) ($)(2)(3)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Christie Hefner........ 1996 $450,008 $337,506 $248,438 $80,618 $446,875 $1,415,469
Chairman of the Board
and Chief 1995 467,316(4) 247,006 67,969 183,750
Executive Officer 1994 448,565 15,625 9,375
Anthony J. Lynn........ 1996 499,982 380,000 86,960 30,827 1,047,274
Executive Vice
President and 1995 483,318(4) 10,938
President,
Entertainment Group 1994 432,677
Hugh M. Hefner......... 1996 399,986 160,000
Chairman Emeritus and
Editor-in- 1995 399,600(4) 98,893
Chief 1994 384,516
Richard S. Rosenzweig.. 1996 254,800 127,400 66,250 23,486 204,688 632,813
Executive Vice
President 1995 264,600(4) 81,854 32,813 89,063
1994 254,612 7,813 4,688
Herbert M. Laney....... 1996 250,000 188,782 99,375 32,247 135,938
Senior Vice President
and President, 1995 232,692(4) 33,980 25,000
Catalog Group 1994 199,039 10,313
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(1) Values of vested restricted stock awards shown in the above table are
based on the closing price of Class B Stock on August 5, 1996, the date on
which restrictions lapsed with respect to 25% of the shares as a result of
the Company's annual operating income for fiscal 1996 exceeding $7.5
million. As a result of such vesting, each of the Named Executive Officers
who held a restricted stock award became liable for payment of taxes owed
on the value of such vested shares. The Company did not withhold shares of
restricted stock to satisfy, or otherwise fund, the tax obligations
related to such vesting.
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(2) Value of stock options under the 1989 Plan and the 1995 Plan that were
exercisable as of the respective year-end are based on the difference
between the closing price of Class A Stock or Class B Stock, as
applicable, on June 30 (or the last business day) of the indicated fiscal
year and the exercise price of such option. The closing price of the Class
A Stock was $14.875 at June 28, 1996, $8.00 at June 30, 1995, and $7.00 at
June 30, 1994. The closing price of the Class B Stock was $14.75 at June
28, 1996, $7.875 at June 30, 1995 and $6.75 at June 30, 1994.
(3) The year-to-year increase in value of stock underlying exercisable options
is a function of both increases in the market price of the Common Stock
underlying options and the vesting of options. The following tables
reflect, for year-to-year increases in the value of Class A Stock and
Class B Stock underlying options, the amount of the increase attributable
to appreciation in the market price of such stock, the amount of the
increase attributable to the vesting of additional options and the total
increase as reflected in the table above.
CLASS A STOCK
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<CAPTION>
1995 TO 1996 INCREASE IN VALUE 1994 TO 1995 INCREASE IN VALUE
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APPRECIATION VESTING APPRECIATION VESTING
NAME OF STOCK OF OPTIONS TOTAL OF STOCK OF OPTIONS TOTAL
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Ms. Hefner............ $378,125 $781 $378,906 $51,563 $781 $52,344
Mr. Rosenzweig........ 171,875 0 171,875 25,000 0 25,000
</TABLE>
CLASS B STOCK
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1995 TO 1996 INCREASE IN VALUE 1994 TO 1995 INCREASE IN VALUE
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APPRECIATION VESTING APPRECIATION VESTING
NAME OF STOCK OF OPTIONS TOTAL OF STOCK OF OPTIONS TOTAL
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Ms. Hefner............ $1,134,375 $97,344 $1,231,719 $172,500 $1,875 $174,375
Mr. Lynn.............. 806,648 229,688 1,036,336 0 10,938 10,938
Mr. Rosenzweig........ 515,625 28,125 543,750 84,375 0 84,375
Mr. Laney............. 68,750 42,188 110,938 11,250 3,437 14,687
</TABLE>
(4) For fiscal year 1995, base salaries reflect compensation paid over 27 pay
periods as compared to fiscal years 1996 and 1994 in which salaries
reflected compensation paid over 26 pay periods. Base salaries in effect
for Ms. Hefner and Messrs. Hefner and Rosenzweig for fiscal year 1995 were
the same as those in effect for fiscal year 1994.
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SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
The following table reflects salary, bonus and other cash compensation
earned in the last three fiscal years as well as stock options and restricted
stock awards granted (without regard to vesting) in such fiscal years.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ANNUAL COMPENSATION LONG-TERM COMPENSATION AWARDS
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SECURITIES
CLASS B UNDERLYING
RESTRICTED OPTIONS
STOCK CLASS B ALL OTHER
NAME AND PRINCIPAL SALARY BONUS AWARDS(1) STOCK COMPENSATION
POSITION YEAR ($) ($) ($) (#) ($)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Christie Hefner 1996 $450,008 $337,506 $7,721(6)
Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive
Officer
1995 467,316(2) 247,006 $684,375 75,000(3) 5,378
1994 448,565 2,803
Anthony J. Lynn 1996 499,982 380,000 7,683(6)
Executive Vice
President and
President,
Entertainment Group
1995 483,318(2) 239,531 5,578
1994 432,677 43,750(4) 6,451
Hugh M. Hefner 1996 399,986 160,000 8,075(6)
Chairman Emeritus and
Editor-in-Chief
1995 399,600(2) 98,893 5,026
1994 384,516 4,070
Richard S. Rosenzweig 1996 254,800 127,400 7,668(6)
Executive Vice
President
1995 264,600(2) 81,854 182,500 20,000(5) 4,628
1994 254,612 5,987
Herbert M. Laney 1996 250,000 188,782 7,668(6)
Senior Vice President
and President,
Catalog Group
1995 232,692(2) 33,980 273,750 30,000(5) 5,484
1994 199,039 5,377
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(1) Values of restricted stock awards under the 1995 Plan shown in the Summary
Compensation Table are based on the closing price of Class B Stock on the
date of grant. As of June 30, 1996, Ms. Hefner held 75,000 shares of
restricted Class B Stock, valued at $1,106,250; Mr. Lynn held 26,250
shares of restricted Class B Stock, valued at $387,188; Mr. Rosenzweig
held 20,000 shares of restricted Class B Stock, valued at $295,000; and
Mr. Laney held 30,000 shares of restricted Class B Stock, valued at
$442,500. Values as of June 30, 1996 of restricted Class B Stock are based
on the closing price of the Class B Stock on June 28, 1996, the last
business day of fiscal 1996. The restrictions on the stock awards will
lapse in increments of 25% of the shares at the end of any fiscal year,
beginning with fiscal year ended June 30, 1996, during which annual
operating income first equals or exceeds $7.5 million; $10.0 million;
$15.0 million; and $20.0 million. In August 1996, restrictions lapsed on
25% of the shares as a result of annual operating income for fiscal 1996
exceeding $7.5 million. Dividends are not paid on restricted Class B
Stock.
(2) For fiscal year 1995, base salaries reflect compensation paid over 27 pay
periods as compared to fiscal years 1996 and 1994 in which salaries
reflected compensation paid over 26 pay periods. Base salaries in effect
for Ms. Hefner and Messrs. Hefner and Rosenzweig for fiscal year 1995 were
the same as those in effect for fiscal year 1994.
(3) Represents two stock options granted in fiscal 1995 under the 1995 Plan.
The first option is an incentive stock option for 43,835 shares of Class B
Stock, with an exercise price of $10.0375 (110% of fair market value on
the date of grant), and an expiration date of February 6, 2000. The second
option is a non-qualified stock option for 31,165 shares of Class B Stock,
with an exercise price of $9.125 (100% of fair market value on the date of
grant), and an expiration date of February 6, 2005. Both options vest in
equal annual increments over a four-year period beginning February 6,
1996.
(4) Represents a stock option grant under the 1989 Plan which vests in equal
annual increments over a four-year period beginning June 30, 1995 and
expiring on June 30, 2004. On February 6, 1995, Mr. Lynn exchanged 26,250
options under the 1989 Plan for an equal number of shares of restricted
stock under the 1995 Plan.
(5) Represents stock option grants under the 1995 Plan which vest in equal
annual increments over a four-year period beginning February 6, 1996. The
options expire on February 6, 2005.
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(6) The amounts disclosed include:
(a) Company contributions of $3,543 on behalf of each Named Executive
Officer in fiscal year 1996 under the Company's Employees Investment
Savings Plan.
(b) Company matching contributions of the following amounts in fiscal year
1996 under the Company's Employees Investment Savings Plan on behalf of
Ms. Hefner, $4,178; Mr. Lynn, $4,140; Mr. Hefner, $4,532; Mr.
Rosenzweig, $4,125; and Mr. Laney, $4,125.
AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR AND FY-END OPTION VALUES
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NUMBER OF SECURITIES VALUE OF UNEXERCISED
UNDERLYING UNEXERCISED OPTIONS IN-THE-MONEY OPTIONS
AT FISCAL YEAR-END(#) AT FISCAL YEAR-END(1)($)
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EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE
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CLASS A CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B
STOCK STOCK STOCK STOCK STOCK STOCK STOCK STOCK
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Christie Hefner
1990 grant............. 50,000 150,000 $409,375 $1,209,375
1992 grant............. 5,000 15,000 37,500 110,625
1995 grant............. 18,750 56,250 95,469 $286,407
Anthony J. Lynn
1992 grant............. 140,000 875,000
1994 grant............. 21,876 21,874 172,274 172,258
Richard S. Rosenzweig
1990 grant............. 25,000 75,000 204,688 604,688
1995 grant............. 5,000 15,000 28,125 84,375
Herbert M. Laney
1991 grant............. 10,000 93,750
1995 grant............. 7,500 22,500 42,188 126,563
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(1) Based on a closing price for Class A Stock of $14.875 per share and for
Class B Stock of $14.75 per share on June 28, 1996 (the last business day
of fiscal 1996) as reported in the New York Stock Exchange Composite
Listing.
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REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
This report by the Compensation Committee and the Performance Graph on page
13 shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference by any general
statement which incorporates by reference this Proxy Statement into any filing
under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Acts"), and they shall not otherwise be deemed filed under such
Acts.
The Company's executive compensation programs are administered by the
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Committee"). During
fiscal year 1996, the Committee was composed of four directors who never
served as officers of the Company. Messrs. Kamerschen (who is the Chairman),
Bookshester and Rosenthal served as members of the Committee during the entire
fiscal year 1996. In April 1996, Sir Brian Wolfson was appointed to the fourth
membership seat left vacant by the departure of John R. Purcell (a former
director) in November 1995.
The Company's executive compensation programs are designed to help the
Company achieve its business objectives by:
. setting levels of compensation designed to attract and retain superior
executives in a highly competitive environment;
. providing incentive compensation that varies directly with both Company
financial performance and individual contribution to that performance;
and
. linking compensation to elements which affect short- and long-term share
performance.
Consequently, the Committee considers its primary mission to structure and
administer a range of compensation programs designed to enable the Company to
attract and retain executive talent in a highly competitive marketplace, well-
known for its individually tailored packages. The Committee periodically
evaluates the competitiveness of its executive compensation programs, using
information drawn from a variety of sources, including published survey data,
information supplied by consultants and the Company's own experience in
recruiting and retaining executives. Following are the criteria considered by
the Committee in establishing compensation programs and the factors considered
in determining the compensation of executives.
BASE SALARY
The base salaries and salary ranges for executives are determined in
relation to competitive market data and level of responsibility and are
subject to periodic review by outside executive compensation consultants.
Salary ranges are reviewed on an annual basis taking into consideration, among
other things, the financial performance of the Company, and are adjusted as
necessary. Executives' salaries are reviewed on an annual basis, and salary
changes are based upon individual performance with consideration given to each
executive's total compensation package and external market data. While some of
the companies in the peer group chosen for comparison of shareholder returns
in the Performance Graph on page 13 may be included in the surveys and
information considered by the Committee in setting executives' salaries, there
is no set peer group against which those salaries are measured. Instead, the
Committee reviews broad-based industry salary data, which typically exclude
financial services and not-for-profit companies, and when available, will
examine industry-specific data relative to a particular position. For fiscal
year 1996, the Company continued the practice of restraining base salaries and
salary grade ranges and therefore based salaries slightly above the median of
the data reported in relevant compensation surveys and other information
considered by the Committee. This is consistent with the Company's current
philosophy of focusing less on fixed compensation and more on variable
performance-based compensation in the form of short-and long-term incentives.
SHORT-TERM INCENTIVES
Executives are eligible for annual bonuses under the Company's Executive
Incentive Compensation Program (the "Program"). For fiscal year 1996,
participants could earn 15% to 75% of their respective July 1,
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1995 base salaries with this maximum opportunity level varying by salary grade
level. The total bonus amount earned is calculated based on consolidated
profitability. It may also be based in part on one or more of the following:
consolidated cash flows, group profitability, group cash flows, individual
business segment profitability or individual business segment cash flows. A
threshold level of performance is required before payments would be made.
Certain executives, including all Named Executive Officers except Mr. Lynn,
were entitled to, and did receive, payouts under the Program. Additionally,
consistent with a frequently observed practice in the highly competitive
publishing, entertainment and catalog industries, certain top executive
officers' compensation arrangements include participation by the executive in
the incremental profits above a fixed base of the business for which he or she
is responsible. Mr. Lynn has an employment agreement pursuant to which he
received profit-sharing remuneration for fiscal 1996 and he does not
participate in the Program. Mr. Laney also had an agreement pursuant to which
he received profit-sharing remuneration for the three-year period ended June
30, 1996 and he also participated in the Program for fiscal 1996. See
"Employment and Change in Control Agreements."
LONG-TERM INCENTIVES
Long-term incentive awards are provided by the shareholder-approved 1995
Plan. The 1995 Plan is more fully described in "Approval of Amendments to and
Restatement of The Playboy Enterprises, Inc. 1995 Stock Incentive Plan." The
Plan is administered by members of the Committee who, subject to the terms of
the Plan, determine which "key employees" of the Company receive options and
other awards, the number of shares of Class B Stock to be covered by each
option or other stock award, the time or times at which the options may be
exercised, the vesting of awards, the performance criteria, if any, that will
determine vesting and payouts, and other administrative functions. The
Committee has granted incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options and
restricted stock awards under the 1995 Plan. The grants are designed to
further the growth, development and financial success of the Company by
providing additional incentives to key employees and assisting them to become
owners of capital stock of the Company and thus to benefit directly from its
growth, development and financial success. Stock option grants and restricted
stock awards also enable the Company to attract and retain the services of
executives considered essential to the long-range success of the Company by
providing them with a competitive compensation package and an opportunity to
become owners of capital stock of the Company. During fiscal 1996, no stock
options or restricted stock awards were granted to Ms. Hefner or the other
Named Executive Officers. The Committee had determined that awards granted in
prior fiscal years continued to provide adequate long-term incentives.
CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER BASE SALARY AND BONUS
For fiscal year 1996, Ms. Hefner's base salary was not increased consistent
with the Company's preference for maintaining salaries of executives, placing
greater emphasis on short- and long-term incentives as a means of increasing
compensation.
Ms. Hefner's bonus payout of $337,506 was calculated according to the
Program. Ms. Hefner's maximum bonus opportunity was 75% of base salary and was
based on the Company's financial results for fiscal year 1996. Seventy-five
percent of the bonus was eligible to be earned based on achievement of
consolidated profitability targets and 25% was based on achievement of
consolidated cash flow targets. Ms. Hefner received the maximum payout under
both measures.
DEDUCTIBILITY OF COMPENSATION
In 1993, changes were made to the federal corporate income tax law that
limit the ability of public companies to deduct compensation in excess of $1
million paid annually to each of the chief executive officer and the other
four most highly compensated executive officers. There are exemptions from
this limit, including compensation that is based on the attainment of
performance goals that are established by the Committee and approved by the
Company's stockholders. It is the Committee's policy to seek to qualify
executive compensation for deductibility where practicable and to the extent
that such policy is consistent with the Company's overall objectives in
attracting, motivating and retaining its executives. In this regard, the
Company is presenting the proposed amendments to and restatement of the 1995
Plan to shareholders for approval at this year's annual meeting. These
amendments are designed to enable the Company to grant certain types of awards
(including performance awards) that qualify for the exemption from the limit.
In addition, Messrs. Lynn and Laney's special profit-sharing remuneration
arrangements have been replaced by incentive compensation plans which are
subject to stockholder approval and which are intended to qualify as
stockholder-approved performance-based compensation plans, provided that all
applicable requirements of Section 162(m) and related regulations have
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been complied with. See "Employment and Change in Control Agreements,"
"Approval of the Playboy Enterprises, Inc. Incentive Compensation Plan for
Anthony J. Lynn" and "Approval of the Playboy Enterprises, Inc. Incentive
Compensation Plan for Herbert M. Laney." These plans supersede and replace
comparable benefits previously provided through their respective employment
agreements. Finally, as it deems necessary, the Committee may consider the
deferral of payment of any nondeductible compensation to the chief executive
officer and the other four highest-paid executives until the payment of such
compensation is determined to be tax deductible by the Company. The Committee
believes that, based upon current compensation levels, compensation paid in
fiscal 1996 should be fully deductible.
Submitted by the
Compensation Committee:
Robert Kamerschen, Chairman
Dennis S. Bookshester
Sol Rosenthal
Sir Brian Wolfson
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
The members of the Compensation Committee during fiscal year 1996 were
Robert Kamerschen, Chairman, Dennis S. Bookshester, John R. Purcell (a former
director), Sol Rosenthal and Sir Brian Wolfson.
PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The following graph is a comparison of the yearly percentage change in the
Company's total shareholder return on its Class B Stock, with the cumulative
total return of the Russell 2000 Stock Index and an index of peer companies
selected by the Company consisting of companies engaged in lines of business
similar to its own. In addition to the Company, these companies are: McGraw-
Hill Inc., Meredith Corporation, Time Warner Inc., Tribune Company, Turner
Broadcasting System, Inc., (Class B Common Stock) and The Walt Disney Company.
COMPARISON OF FIVE YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN*
AMONG PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC., THE RUSSELL 2000 INDEX AND A PEER GROUP
(PERFORMANCE RESULTS THROUGH 6/30/96)
[Graph showing the following plot points through representative symbols:]
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Playboy Enterprises, Inc. $100 $131 $142 $113 $131 $246
Peer Group $100 $124 $151 $150 $189 $211
Russell 2000 $100 $115 $145 $151 $181 $224
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*$100 invested on 06/30/91 in stock or index- including reinvestment of
dividends.
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EMPLOYMENT AND CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENTS
To aid the Company in retaining its most senior executives and certain other
officers, in February 1991, the Board approved Change in Control Agreements
(the "Agreements"), which provide for the payment of specified benefits to
selected officers in the event their employment terminates after a "change in
control" (defined below) of the Company. Ms. Hefner and Messrs. Lynn and
Rosenzweig are beneficiaries of this program. Each Agreement provides that (i)
a lump-sum cash payment will be made within ten days following termination,
equal to 300% of the sum of the officer's annual base salary in effect
immediately prior to the occurrence of the change in control and the targeted
bonus for the officer's position under the Executive Incentive Compensation
Plan established for the then applicable fiscal year; (ii) the amount of the
payment would be subject to reduction so that no portion would be subject to
the excise tax provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, but
only if the officer would obtain a net after-tax benefit from such reduction;
(iii) the officer will be allowed to continue his or her participation in then
existing welfare benefit plans, such as medical insurance, for up to a year
from the effective date of termination; (iv) the officer will remain entitled
to the use of a Company-provided automobile for up to a year from the
effective date of termination, or to receive a lump-sum cash payment equal to
12 times the monthly allowance provided under the Company's Executive Car
Lease Program; (v) it will have an initial five-year term, automatically
extended on each anniversary of its execution unless the Company or the
officer gives notice that it or the officer does not wish to extend the
Agreement; and (vi) payments become due and benefits are provided if, within
18 months after a change in control, the employee is involuntarily terminated
for reasons other than death, disability or "cause" (defined below), or
voluntarily terminates employment for certain reasons. A "change in control"
is defined as (1) any liquidation or dissolution of the Company; (2) a sale,
exchange or other disposition of Playboy magazine; (3) any occurrence by which
The Hugh M. Hefner 1991 Trust and Christie Hefner (who is deemed to hold
shares beneficially owned by the Trust to the extent Ms. Hefner has sole
voting power with respect to such shares) cease, collectively, to hold at
least 50% of the Company's stock entitled to vote generally in the election of
Company directors; and (4) the merger, consolidation or reorganization of the
Company, or sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets, unless
such transaction is initiated by the Company and, as a result of the
transaction, not less than a majority of the combined voting power of the
securities of the surviving or transferee corporation is held by persons who
held not less than a majority of the combined voting power of the outstanding
voting stock of the Company immediately prior to the transaction. Under the
Agreement, "cause" is defined as conviction of a crime involving dishonesty,
fraud or breach of trust, or for willfully engaging in conduct materially
injurious to the Company. The Agreement also provides that the reasons for
which the officer may voluntarily terminate employment without forfeiture of
benefits include failure to maintain the officer in the position held prior to
the change in control, removal of the officer from the Board, assignment to
the officer of duties materially inconsistent with the authorities and
responsibilities exercised prior to the change in control, an aggregate
reduction in the officer's cash compensation, a termination or reduction in
scope or value of the officer's employee benefits, a good-faith determination
by the officer that, as a result of a change in circumstances following a
change in control, the officer is unable to carry out the authorities or
responsibilities of the officer's position, or requiring the officer to
perform duties beyond a 50-mile radius from the officer's employment
immediately prior to the change in control, or to travel at least 50% more
than was previously required in any of the three years prior to the change in
control.
Effective June 1, 1992, the Company hired Anthony J. Lynn, pursuant to an
employment contract, as President of its Entertainment Group. Mr. Lynn is
charged with the responsibility of managing the Entertainment Group's
television, home video and international operations. Mr. Lynn's employment
contract, as amended, extends through June 30, 2000, unless terminated earlier
pursuant to its terms and conditions. Mr. Lynn is to receive "Base
Compensation" ranging from $525,000 (for fiscal 1997) to a maximum of $550,000
per year during the amended term plus all benefits otherwise accorded to
senior executives of the Company in similar positions. Additionally, for years
prior to fiscal 1997, Mr. Lynn was entitled to receive under his employment
agreement "Contingent Compensation" of 5% of the amount by which specified
pretax profits for the Company's Entertainment Group exceeded $2.35 million.
Mr. Lynn's employment agreement also provided for payment of a bonus upon
consummation of an equity disposition transaction (as defined in the
agreement). Mr. Lynn's entitlement to profit-sharing remuneration for years
after fiscal year 1996 and his entitlement to a bonus resulting from an equity
disposition transaction will be governed by the terms of the Lynn Plan, which
is subject
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to stockholder approval. See "Approval of the Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
Incentive Compensation Plan for Anthony J. Lynn."
During the term of the contract, management shall also recommend to the
Compensation Committee the grant of options to Mr. Lynn should such grants be
made generally to other members of senior management. On February 6, 1995, Mr.
Lynn exchanged 26,250 options which had been granted under the 1989 Plan for
an equal number of shares of restricted stock under the 1995 Plan.
Upon termination of his employment, Mr. Lynn is entitled to receive all or a
portion of his Base Compensation and benefits, depending on the date and
circumstances of such termination. If the Company terminates Mr. Lynn without
cause, he is entitled to receive a one-time payment equal to his Base
Compensation in the year in which such termination occurs. The Lynn Plan also
contains provisions regarding the payment of compensation thereunder resulting
from termination of Mr. Lynn's employment.
Effective July 1, 1993, Herbert M. Laney was named President of the
Company's catalog operations. Pursuant to an agreement related to Mr. Laney's
employment, Mr. Laney received in fiscal 1996 a bonus equal to 5% of the
amount by which cumulative profits of the Catalog Group from 1994 through 1996
(adjusted for comparability) exceeded $14,663,000. Mr. Laney's special profit-
sharing remuneration arrangement was replaced by the Laney Plan, an incentive
compensation plan which is subject to stockholder approval. See "Approval of
the Playboy Enterprises, Inc. Incentive Compensation Plan for Herbert M.
Laney." In addition, Mr. Laney is entitled to receive a full year's severance
if his employment is terminated for any reason other than cause.
TRANSACTIONS WITH MANAGEMENT
The Company owns a 29-room mansion (the "Mansion") located on 5 1/2 acres in
Los Angeles, which is used for various corporate activities, including serving
as a valuable location for video production and magazine photography, business
meetings, enhancing the Company's image, charitable functions and a wide
variety of promotional and marketing purposes. The Mansion generates
substantial publicity and recognition, which increases public awareness of the
Company and its products and services. Facilities at the Mansion include a
tennis court, swimming pool, gymnasium and other recreational facilities as
well as extensive film, video, sound and security systems. The Mansion also
includes accommodations for guests and serves as Mr. Hefner's office and the
residence for his family (the "Hefner Family"). The Mansion has a full-time
staff which maintains it, serves in various capacities at the functions held
there and provides the Hefner Family, their guests, and the Company's guests
with meals, beverages and other services.
Under a 1979 lease entered into with the Company, the annual rent for the
Hefner Family's basic Mansion accommodations, and the Mansion's facilities,
utilities and attendant services is to be determined by independent expert
appraisals based on comparable hotel accommodations. In addition, Mr. Hefner
is required to pay the sum of the per unit value of nonbusiness meals,
beverages and other benefits received by the Hefner Family and any of their
personal guests. Standard food and beverage unit values are determined by
independent expert appraisals based on fair market values. Valuations for both
basic accommodations and standard food and beverage units are to be
reappraised every three years, with annual adjustments made on the basis of
appropriate consumer price index figures in other years. Mr. Hefner is also
responsible for the cost of all improvements in any Hefner Family
accommodations, including capital expenditures, that are in excess of normal
maintenance for those areas. During fiscal year 1996, no such improvements
were made, and consequently no such payments were required.
Usage of services and benefits is recorded through a system initially
developed by the auditing and consulting firm of Price Waterhouse and now
administered (with appropriate modifications approved by the Audit and
Compensation Committees of the Board) by the Company. The lease, effective as
of July 1, 1979, had an initial term ending June 30, 1981, and continues for
ensuing 12-month periods unless terminated by either party. The monthly rent
charged during fiscal year 1996 included the appraised rent and the per unit
value of other benefits described above. Within three months after the end of
the Company's fiscal year, the actual
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monthly charge for all such benefits is finally determined for the fiscal
year. Mr. Hefner pays or receives credit for any difference between the actual
amount and the amount paid. The sum of the actual rent and such other benefits
payable by Mr. Hefner for fiscal year 1996 was calculated to have averaged
$47,950 per month. Effective July 1, 1996, the estimated monthly charge is
$48,990.
The Company purchased the Mansion in 1971 for $1,050,000 and in the
intervening years has made substantial capital improvements at a cost of
approximately $12,160,000 through fiscal year 1996 (including approximately
$2,445,000 to bring the Hefner Family accommodations to a standard similar to
the Mansion's common areas). The Mansion is included in the Company's
financial statements as of June 30, 1996 at a cost, including all improvements
and after accumulated depreciation, of approximately $2,910,000. The Company
receives rent from Mr. Hefner (see above) and pays all operating costs of the
Mansion, which were approximately $3,940,000 in fiscal year 1996 (net of rent
received from Mr. Hefner), including depreciation, taxes and security charges
related to the protection of the Mansion, employees located there, business
guests, the Hefner Family and other visitors.
In June 1993, William A. Marovitz, Ms. Hefner's spouse since July 1995,
brought an opportunity to the Company to participate in one or more
applications for gaming licenses in Greece. Over the next two years, Mr.
Marovitz actively pursued that and other gaming opportunities on the Company's
behalf. In June 1994, the independent members of the Company's Board of
Directors, in recognition of Mr. Marovitz' substantial time and effort on
gaming matters, approved a compensation arrangement for all of his gaming-
related activities to date and all of his future activities relating to gaming
opportunities in Greece. In consideration for past and future services, the
Company paid Mr. Marovitz $125,000 in February 1995. In addition, should the
Greek-gaming initiatives result in the opening of a gaming operation in which
the Company has an interest, the independent members of the Board agreed to
pay Mr. Marovitz a success fee of: (1) $25,000 on the date of such opening;
and (2) $100,000 on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of such
opening date, provided that such gaming operations are ongoing on the date of
payment. The Company was part of a consortium (the "Consortium"), which Mr.
Marovitz was instrumental in putting together, that applied for a gaming
license on the island of Rhodes, Greece in June 1995. In November 1995 the
Greek government notified the Consortium that the application for the gaming
license had been granted. The Company has a licensing relationship with, and
owns a minority equity interest in, the Consortium. The Consortium executed a
contract with the government to operate the casino in October 1996 and expects
the casino to open in calendar 1997. Mr. Marovitz has continued to be very
involved in government regulatory negotiations and to travel to Greece to
assist in the project. He has received no additional compensation. During
fiscal year 1995, the Company formed a gaming subsidiary to represent the
Company's interest in the Consortium. Director Dennis S. Bookshester and
Senior Vice President, Finance, Rebecca S. Maskey were appointed to serve on
the Board of the Consortium. For Mr. Bookshester's service on that Board, the
other members of the Company's Board approved an annual retainer of $5,000 and
an in-person per meeting fee of $1,250. Accordingly, for fiscal year 1996, Mr.
Bookshester received $5,000. Ms. Maskey will not be entitled to any additional
compensation related to her service on the Board of the Consortium. This
project is the Company's first re-entry into the casino gaming business.
PROPOSAL NO. 2
APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS TO AND RESTATEMENT OF
THE PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC. 1995 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
In October 1996 the Board of Directors unanimously approved and adopted,
subject to stockholder approval, amendments to and restatement of the Playboy
Enterprises, Inc. 1995 Stock Incentive Plan (the "1995 Plan", and, as amended
and restated, the "Restated 1995 Plan") to (i) increase by 600,000 the maximum
number of shares of Class B Stock available under the 1995 Plan, (ii) permit
the issuance of certain awards that would be exempt from the $1 million
deduction limit set forth under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code
(the "Code") and (iii) make other technical amendments prompted by Section
162(m) and changes to Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. The affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of Class A Stock
represented in person or by proxy is required for approval of the Restated
1995 Plan. The following
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summary of the principal provisions of the Restated 1995 Plan and the 1995
Plan is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by the
terms of such plans.
RESTATED 1995 PLAN
Section 162(m) of the Code disallows a publicly held corporation's deduction
for compensation in excess of $1 million (per taxable year) paid to the
corporation's chief executive officer and other four most highly compensated
executives unless certain exceptions are satisfied. One of these exceptions
allows for the deduction of performance-based compensation in excess of $1
million where a number of criteria are satisfied. These criteria include (i)
payment only on satisfaction of one or more pre-established, non-
discretionary, objective performance goals; (ii) awards being granted at the
discretion of a compensation committee comprised of two or more "outside
directors"; (iii) shareholder approval after disclosure of material terms; and
(iv) payment of awards only after certification by the compensation committee
that material terms were satisfied.
Under the 1995 Plan, stock options are the only awards that may qualify as
performance-based compensation under Section 162(m). Other awards under the
1995 Plan (i.e., restricted stock, deferred stock, performance awards and
stock payments) cannot currently qualify for the performance-based
compensation exception. The Board of Directors has therefore decided to seek
stockholder approval for the Restated 1995 Plan, which contains provisions
which will allow compensation granted pursuant to the Restated 1995 Plan to
qualify for tax deductibility under Section 162(m) of the Code.
The Restated 1995 Plan permits issuance of awards that are intended to
qualify for an exemption under Section 162(m) as well as continuing to permit
awards that do not qualify for the exemption. The ability to issue qualified
awards is accomplished by introduction of an exclusive list of performance
criteria ("Performance Criteria") from which to structure a formula under
which Section 162(m) Restricted Stock, Section 162(m) Performance Awards,
Section 162(m) Stock Payments and Section 162(m) Deferred Stock may vest.
Performance Criteria means objective, performance criteria measured in terms
of one or more of the following objectives, described as such objectives
relate to Company-wide objectives or objectives that are related to the
performance of the individual employee or of the Subsidiary, division,
department or function within the Company or Subsidiary in which the
participant is employed: market or book value; earnings per share; market
share; operating profit; net income; cash flow; return on capital, assets or
equity; margins; shareholder return; sales or product volume growth;
productivity improvement; or costs or expenses. The Committee, in its
discretion, may modify the Performance Criteria for any award if it determines
that a change in the business, operations, corporate structure or capital
structure of the Company, or the manner in which it conducts its business, or
other events or circumstances render the Performance Criteria to be
unsuitable, provided that such modification will not cause the award to fail
to qualify for the performance-based compensation exception to Section 162(m)
of the Code.
The Restated 1995 Plan also incorporates an absolute maximum limit of $1
million (per employee in any calendar year) on Section 162(m) Performance
Awards granted in the form of a cash bonus or other performance or incentive
awards expressed as cash awards.
In addition, the Restated 1995 Plan increases the limit on stock-based
awards above the current 150,000 shares per calendar year limit to 250,000
shares and increases by 600,000 shares the maximum number of shares issuable
pursuant to the plan.
The following summary describes the 1995 Plan (as currently in effect) and
notes the provisions affected by the Restated 1995 Plan.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE 1995 PLAN
The principal purposes of the 1995 Plan are to provide incentives for key
employees of the Company and its subsidiaries through the grant or issuance of
options, restricted stock and other awards, thereby giving them incentives to
enhance the Company's growth, development and financial success, and to remain
in the Company's employ.
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Under the 1995 Plan, not more than 1,203,000 shares of Class B Stock are
authorized for issuance upon exercise of options and other awards, or upon
issuance of restricted or deferred stock awards. Under the Restated 1995 Plan,
not more than 1,803,000 shares of Class B Stock would be authorized for
issuance. The maximum number of shares which may be subject to options, rights
or other awards granted under the 1995 Plan to any individual in any calendar
year cannot exceed 150,000. Under the Restated Plan, such maximum number would
be increased from 150,000 to 250,000. If any portion of an option, restricted
stock grant or other award terminates or lapses unexercised or unvested, or is
cancelled, the shares which were subject to the unexercised portion of such
option, restricted stock or other award, will again be available for issuance
under the 1995 Plan. On September 16, 1996, the closing price of a share of
Class B Stock on the New York Stock Exchange was $12.50. The Restated 1995
Plan also provides that an employee may not be granted during any calendar
year Section 162(m) Performance Awards in an amount in excess of $1 million if
such Section 162(m) Performance Awards are cash bonuses or other types of
performance or incentive awards expressed as cash awards.
The shares available under the 1995 Plan upon exercise of options, and other
awards, and for issuance as restricted or deferred stock, may be either
previously authorized but unissued shares or treasury shares. The 1995 Plan
provides that the Committee shall make appropriate and equitable adjustments
in the number and kind of shares subject to the 1995 Plan, to maximum share
amounts included therein and to outstanding grants thereunder in the event of
a stock split, stock dividend or certain other types of recapitalizations or
reclassifications.
ELIGIBILITY
Options, restricted stock and other awards under the 1995 Plan may be
granted to individuals who are then officers or other employees of the Company
or any of its present or future subsidiaries and who are determined by the
Committee to be key employees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Hugh M. Hefner
is not eligible to receive options under the 1995 Plan. The number of
individuals eligible to receive awards under the 1995 Plan cannot be
determined because the Compensation Committee determines whether an employee
is eligible to receive an award. Through September 16, 1996, approximately 50
individuals had received awards under the 1995 Plan. More than one option,
restricted stock grant or other award may be granted to a key employee.
ADMINISTRATION
The Restated 1995 Plan is administered by a committee of the Board of
Directors comprised of persons who are both non-employee directors within the
meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and outside directors within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code (the
"Committee"). The Committee is authorized to determine which employees are key
employees to whom options, restricted stock and other awards are to be granted
and to determine the number of shares to be subject thereto and the terms and
conditions thereof, consistent with the terms of the 1995 Plan. The Committee
is also authorized to adopt, amend and revoke rules relating to the
administration of the 1995 Plan.
AWARDS UNDER THE 1995 PLAN
The 1995 Plan provides that the Committee may grant or issue stock options,
restricted stock, deferred stock, performance awards, stock payments and other
stock-related benefits, or any combination thereof. Each grant or issuance
will be set forth in a separate agreement with the person receiving the award
and will indicate the type, amount, terms and conditions of the award. As a
condition to the grant of an option, the Committee may require a key employee
to surrender for cancellation another award previously granted to the
employee.
Nonqualified stock options ("NQSOs") provide for the right to purchase Class
B Stock at a specified price which may not be less than fair market value of
such stock at the end of the business day immediately preceding the day such
option is granted, and usually will become exercisable (in the discretion of
the Committee) in one or more installments after the grant date. NQSOs may be
granted for any term specified by the Committee, provided that the term of any
NQSOs cannot exceed ten years.
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Incentive stock options ("ISOs") are designed to comply with the provisions
of the Code, and will be subject to restrictions contained in the Code,
including exercise prices equal to at least 100% of fair market value of the
Class B Stock on the grant date and a ten year restriction on their term. ISOs
granted to holders of 10% or more of the Company's voting capital stock must
have an exercise price equal to at least 110% of fair market value of the
Class B Stock on the grant date and can not extend beyond five years. ISOs may
be subsequently modified to disqualify them from treatment as an incentive
stock option. Incentive stock options that first become exercisable in any
year may not exceed $100,000 in value of underlying stock, measured at the
grant date, and any excess amount will be considered NQSOs.
Restricted stock may be granted to participants subject to such restrictions
as may be determined by the Committee. Restricted stock may not be sold, or
otherwise transferred or pledged, until restrictions are removed or expire.
Restrictions may be based on duration of employment, Company performance,
individual performance or other factors. Recipients of restricted stock
awards, unlike recipients of options, may have voting rights and receive
dividends prior to the time when the restrictions lapse. Unless provided
otherwise by the Committee, if no consideration (other than services) was paid
by the restricted stockholder upon issuance, a restricted stockholder's rights
in unvested restricted stock shall lapse upon termination of employment for
any reason at any time or prior to any date the Committee may establish. If a
participant gives consideration other than services for restricted stock, the
Company will generally have a right to repurchase the shares of restricted
stock upon termination of employment at a price equal to the participants's
purchase price. The Committee may also, within its discretion, provide that a
restricted stockholder's rights in unvested restricted stock shall lapse upon
a Change of Control (as defined under "Acceleration of Vesting and Expiration
of Options" below).
Deferred stock may be awarded to participants, typically without payment of
consideration, but subject to vesting conditions based on continued employment
or on performance criteria established by the Committee. Like restricted
stock, deferred stock may not be sold, or otherwise transferred or
hypothecated, until vesting conditions are removed or expire. Unlike
restricted stock, deferred stock will not be issued until the deferred stock
award has vested, and recipients of deferred stock generally will have no
voting or dividend rights prior to the time when vesting conditions are
satisfied.
Performance awards may be granted by the Committee to participants. These
awards may be paid in cash or in Class B Stock or in a combination of cash and
Class B Stock. Performance awards may include "phantom" stock awards that
provide for payments based upon increases in the price of the Class B Stock
over a predetermined period. Performance awards may also include bonuses which
may be granted by the Committee and which may be payable in cash or in Class B
Stock or in a combination of cash and Class B Stock.
Stock payments may be granted by the Committee in the form of shares of
Class B Stock or an option or other right to purchase shares of Class B Stock
as part of a deferred compensation arrangement in lieu of all or any part of
compensation, including salary, bonuses and commissions, that would otherwise
be payable to a key employee in cash.
The Restated 1995 Plan establishes four new categories of awards which may
be granted under the Plan: Section 162(m) Restricted Stock, Section 162(m)
Deferred Stock, Section 162(m) Performance Awards and Section 162(m) Stock
Payments. Each such award is similar to its "generic" category described above
except as follows:
Section 162(m) Restricted Stock may not vest unless one or more specified
Performance Criteria established by the Committee has been achieved.
Section 162(m) Deferred Stock may not vest until one or more specified
Performance Criteria established by the Committee has been achieved.
Section 162(m) Performance Awards may not vest unless one or more
specified Performance Criteria established by the Committee has been
achieved.
Section 162(m) Stock Payments may not vest unless one or more specified
Performance Criteria established by the Committee has been achieved.
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DELIVERY OF EXERCISE PRICE OF OPTIONS
The exercise or purchase price for all options and other rights to acquire
Class B Stock, together with any applicable tax required to be withheld, may
be paid (a) in cash or by certified or cashiers check at the time of exercise
or purchase, (b) in shares of Class B Stock owned by the optionee (or issuable
upon exercise of the option) and having a fair market value on the date of
exercise equal to the aggregate exercise price of the shares to be purchased,
(c) with the approval of the Committee, by delivery of a full recourse
promissory note, or (d) any combination of the foregoing. The Committee may
also permit the use of a "cashless exercise" procedure which permits the
optionee to deliver an exercise notice to a broker-dealer, who then sells the
option shares, delivers the exercise price and withholding taxes to the
Company and delivers the excess funds, less commission and withholding taxes,
to the optionee.
ACCELERATION OF VESTING AND EXPIRATION OF OPTIONS
Options granted under the 1995 Plan will generally expire (i) ten years from
the date the option was granted or (ii) three months from the employee's
termination of employment as a result of such employee's retirement, or such
employee's being discharged not for cause unless the employee dies within said
three-month period; or (iii) the effective date of (a) a termination of
employment for cause, (b) the employee's resignation, or (c) a Change of
Control specified in clause (iii) of the definition of such term; or (iv) one
year from the employee's termination of employment as a result of the
employee's disability, unless the optionee dies within said one-year period;
or (v) one year from the date of the optionee's death. The Committee may
provide for different expiration terms for any option.
The 1995 Plan provides that in the event of a Change of Control of the
Company specified in clause (iii) of the definition of such term, all vested
installments of the option and the next installment (if any) of such option
that is unvested on the effective date of such Change of Control will become
immediately exercisable as of a date specified by the Committee. The 1995 Plan
also provides that if an optionee is terminated without cause less than one
year after a Change of Control specified in clause (i) or (ii) of the
definition of such term, unless the terms of an option specifically exclude
such right, the optionee shall have the right to exercise such optionee's
option with respect to all vested installments of such option, and with
respect to the next installment (if any) of such option that was unvested on
the date of such termination of employment.
For purposes of the 1995 Plan, a "Change of Control" means the occurrence of
any of the following events: (i) except in a transaction described in clause
(iii) below, Hugh M. Hefner, Christie Hefner, the Hugh M. Hefner 1991 Trust
(for so long as Hugh M. Hefner and Christie Hefner are joint trustees or one
of them is sole trustee), and the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation (for so long as
Hugh M. Hefner and Christie Hefner are joint trustees or one of them is sole
trustee) cease collectively to own a majority of the total number of votes
that may be cast for the election of directors of the Company; or (ii) a sale
of Playboy magazine by the Company; or (iii) the liquidation or dissolution of
the Company, or any merger, consolidation or other reorganization involving
the Company unless (x) the merger, consolidation or other reorganization is
initiated by the Company, and (y) is one in which the stockholders of the
Company immediately prior to such reorganization become the majority
stockholders of a successor or ultimate parent corporation of the Company
resulting from such transaction and (z) in connection with such event,
provision is made for an assumption of outstanding options and rights or a
substitution thereof of a new option or right in such successor or ultimate
parent of substantially equivalent value.
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
The 1995 Plan may be wholly or partially amended or otherwise modified,
suspended or terminated at any time or from time to time by the Board,
provided that (i) no such amendment or modification will be effective if it
would cause the 1995 Plan to fail to meet the applicable requirements of Rule
16b-3, and (ii) no amendment or modification which would require stockholder
approval under Rule 16b-3 will be effective until such stockholder approval is
obtained. The Restated 1995 Plan may be wholly or partially amended, modified,
suspended or terminated at any time or from time to time by the Board of
Directors, provided that no such
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amendment or modification may increase the maximum number of shares available
for issuance thereunder (except for adjustments described above) or change the
types of employees eligible to partcipate therein. Neither the amendment,
suspension nor termination of the 1995 Plan shall, without the consent of the
holder of an option, restricted stock or award, alter or impair any rights or
obligations under any such option, restricted stock or award. No option,
restricted stock or other award may be granted during any period of suspension
nor after termination of the 1995 Plan, and in no event may any option be
granted under the 1995 Plan after the expiration of ten years from the date
the 1995 Plan is approved by the Company's stockholders.
TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS
The options, restricted stock awards, deferred stock awards, performance
awards, stock payments and interest under the 1995 Plan may not be transferred
under any circumstances, and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null
and void and of no effect; provided that such restrictions on transferability
shall not prevent transfers by will or by the applicable laws of descent and
distribution or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as defined by
the Code or Title I of ERISA, or the rules thereunder, and transfers of shares
acquired upon exercise of any option, award or right under the 1995 Plan will
be permitted to the extent permitted by Rule 16b-3 as then in effect. The
Restated 1995 Plan leaves the transferability of all awards to the discretion
of the Committee.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
The Plan specifies that the Company may make loans to 1995 Plan participants
to enable them to exercise options, purchase shares or realize the benefits of
other awards granted under the 1995 Plan. The terms and conditions of such
loans, if any are made, are to be set by the Committee and approved by the
Company.
The dates on which options or other awards under the 1995 Plan first become
exercisable or vest will be set forth in individual stock option agreements or
other agreements setting forth the terms of the awards.
FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
The following is a brief summary of certain of the federal income tax
consequences of certain transactions under the 1995 Plan based on federal
income tax laws in effect on September 1, 1996. This summary is not intended
to be exhaustive and does not describe state or local tax consequences.
TAX CONSEQUENCES TO PARTICIPANTS
Nonqualified Stock Options. In general: (i) no income will be recognized by
an optionee at the time a NQSO is granted; (ii) at the time of exercise of a
NQSO, ordinary income will be recognized by the optionee in an amount equal to
the difference between the option price paid for the shares and the fair
market value of the shares if they are nonrestricted on the date of exercise;
and (iii) at the time of sale of shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of a
NQSO, any appreciation (or depreciation) in the value of the shares after the
date of exercise will be treated as either short-term or long-term capital
gain (or loss) depending on how long the shares have been held.
Incentive Stock Options. No income generally will be recognized by an
optionee upon the grant or exercise of an ISO. If shares of Class B Stock are
issued to an optionee pursuant to the exercise of an ISO and no disqualifying
disposition of the shares is made by the optionee within two years after the
date of grant or within one year after the transfer of the shares to the
optionee, then upon the sale of the shares any amount realized in excess of
the option price will be taxed to the optionee as long-term capital gain and
any loss sustained will be a long-term capital loss.
If shares acquired upon the exercise of an ISO are disposed of prior to the
expiration of either holding period described above, the optionee generally
will recognize ordinary income in the year of disposition in an amount equal
to any excess of the fair market value of the shares at the time of exercise
(or, if less, the amount realized
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on the disposition of the shares if a sale or exchange) over the option price
paid for the shares. Any further gain (or loss) realized by the optionee
generally will be taxed as short-term or long-term capital gain (or loss)
depending on the holding period.
Restricted Stock. A recipient of restricted stock (including Section 162(m)
Restricted Stock) generally will be subject to tax at ordinary income rates on
the fair market value of the shares of restricted stock (reduced by any amount
paid by the recipient for such shares) at such time as the shares are no
longer subject to a risk of forfeiture or restrictions on transfer for
purposes of Section 83 of the Code. However, a recipient who so elects under
Section 83(b) of the Code within 30 days of the date of transfer of the shares
will have taxable ordinary income on the date of transfer of the shares equal
to the excess of the fair market value of the shares (determined without
regard to the risk of forfeiture or restrictions on transfer) over any
purchase price paid for the shares. If a Section 83(b) election has not been
made, any dividends received with respect to shares of restricted stock that
are subject at that time to a risk of forfeiture or restrictions on transfer
generally will be treated as compensation that is taxable as ordinary income
to the recipient.
Deferred Stock. No income generally will be recognized upon the grant of
deferred stock (including Section 162(m) Deferred Stock). The recipient of a
deferred stock grant generally will be subject to tax at ordinary income rates
on the fair market value of nonrestricted shares of Class B Stock on the date
that such shares are transferred to the participant under the grant, reduced
by any amount paid by the participant, and the capital gains/loss holding
period for such shares will also commence on such date.
Performance Awards. No income generally will be recognized upon the grant of
a performance award (including a Section 162(m) Performance Award). Upon
payment in respect of the earn-out of performance awards, the recipient
generally will be required to include as taxable ordinary income in the year
of receipt an amount equal to the amount of cash received and the fair market
value of any nonrestricted shares of Class B Stock received.
Stock Payment and Section 162(m) Stock Payment. A participant who elects to
receive shares of Class B Stock in lieu of other compensation generally will
recognize ordinary income at the time the shares are received in an amount
equal to the fair market value of the shares. A participant who elects to
receive NQSOs in lieu of other compensation generally will be taxed as
described above in the case of a recipient of NQSOs.
TAX CONSEQUENCES TO THE COMPANY OR SUBSIDIARY
To the extent that an employee recognizes ordinary income in the
circumstances described above, the Company or the subsidiary for which the
employee performs services will be entitled to a corresponding deduction
provided that, among other things, the income meets the test of
reasonableness, is an ordinary and necessary business expense, is not an
"excess parachute payment" within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and
is not disallowed by Section 162(m) of the Code.
1995 PLAN BENEFITS DURING FISCAL 1996
The types of awards which may be granted in the future are subject to the
discretion of the Committee and, therefore, cannot be determined. No executive
officer received awards under the 1995 Plan during fiscal 1996. Other
employees received under the 1995 Plan during fiscal 1996 stock options for
30,000 shares of Class B Stock and restricted stock awards covering 20,000
shares of Class B Stock.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE "FOR" APPROVAL OF
THE AMENDMENTS TO AND RESTATEMENT OF THE PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC. 1995 STOCK
INCENTIVE PLAN.
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PROPOSAL NO. 3
APPROVAL OF THE PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
In April 1996, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted, subject to
stockholder approval, the Playboy Enterprises, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase
Plan (as amended, the "Purchase Plan"), which authorizes the purchase by
certain employees of the Company of up to 50,000 shares of Class B Stock. In
October 1996, the Board of Directors adopted amendments to and restatement of
the Purchase Plan which modified certain participation mechanics and made
technical revisions prompted by changes to Rule 16b-3 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The affirmative vote of a majority of the
shares of Class A Stock represented in person or by proxy is required for the
approval of the Purchase Plan. All subscriptions for, and purchases of, Class
B Stock under the Purchase Plan will be null and void unless the Purchase Plan
is approved by the Company's stockholders by April 1997. The following summary
of the principal provisions of the Purchase Plan is not intended to be
exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Purchase Plan.
PURPOSE
The Purchase Plan is intended to advance the interests of the Company and
its stockholders by allowing employees of the Company and certain of its
subsidiaries the opportunity to purchase shares of the Company's Class B
Stock. The Purchase Plan is intended to constitute an "employee stock purchase
plan" within the meaning of Section 423 of the Code. See "Federal Income Tax
Consequences."
ADMINISTRATION
The Purchase Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board
of Directors (the "Committee"). The Committee has the authority to (i)
interpret and construe the Purchase Plan and any
subscriptions thereunder, (ii) establish policies, procedures and rules
related to the operation and administration of the Purchase Plan, (iii)
designate from time to time the subsidiaries of the Company whose employees
will be eligible to participate in the Purchase Plan, (iv) make adjustments in
the price and the number and kind of shares which may be purchased under the
Purchase Plan under the circumstances described below under "Adjustments," and
(v) subject to certain limitations, amend the provisions of the Purchase Plan.
The interpretation and construction by the Committee of any provision of the
Purchase Plan or of any subscription thereunder will be final.
RULES
The Committee may adopt rules applicable to the administration of the
Purchase Plan. Such rules may address minimum payroll deductions and other
matters, including the delivery of reports to participants, related to the
operation of the Purchase Plan.
AGGREGATE SHARES AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE
Subject to adjustment as described below, up to 50,000 aggregate shares of
Class B Stock may be purchased under the Purchase Plan. If the number of
shares which may be purchased on any Purchase Date exceeds the number of
shares available to be purchased under the Purchase Plan, the shares available
to be purchased will be made available for purchase on a pro rata basis among
subscriptions. Shares of Class B Stock sold pursuant to the Purchase Plan
shall be authorized but unissued or reacquired shares.
ELIGIBILITY
Each employee of the Company (or a subsidiary designated by the Committee)
who works customarily 20 or more hours per week may participate in the
Purchase Plan by subscribing to purchase shares of Class B Stock.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no employee may subscribe to purchase shares
if, immediately after such subscription, such employee would own stock
possessing 5% or more of the total combined voting power or value of all
classes of stock of the Company or of any subsidiary of the Company. For
purposes of making this determination, an employee is considered as owning the
stock owned, directly or indirectly, by or for the employee's brothers and
sisters, spouse, ancestors, and lineal descendants. Also, stock owned,
directly or indirectly, by or for a corporation, partnership, estate, or that
is considered as being owned proportionately by or for its shareholders,
partners, or beneficiaries is considered as owned by the employee. In
addition, an employee is considered as owning stock which the employee may
purchase under outstanding options. A "subsidiary" is
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defined under the Purchase Plan as any corporation in which the Company
directly or indirectly owns or controls more than 50% of the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock issued by the corporation. As of
September 16, 1996, approximately 685 employees were eligible to participate
in the Purchase Plan.
Shares of Class B Stock may be purchased only by subscribing employees who
have legal capacity as determined under applicable state law or, in the event
of the employee's legal incapacity, by his or her guardian or legal
representative acting in a fiduciary capacity on behalf of the employee under
state law or court supervision.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS
Beginning with July 1, 1996, each eligible employee may subscribe to
purchase shares of Class B Stock by completing a written agreement (a
"Subscription") provided by the Committee and submitting it as directed by the
Committee. Pursuant to a Subscription, an eligible employee designates any
whole dollar amount to be withheld from such employee's compensation in each
pay period and used to purchase shares of Class B Stock on the next Purchase
Date, provided that (i) the whole dollar amount (on an annualized basis)
cannot exceed 10% of his or her gross regular earnings (on an annualized
basis), (ii) the maximum number of shares of Class B Common Stock which can be
purchased by any one employee on any Purchase Date cannot exceed 1,000 shares
of Class B Stock, and (iii) the Committee may establish minimum payroll
deductions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Subscription will permit the
rights of an employee to purchase (under all of the Company's employee stock
purchase plans) shares of the Company's stock to accrue at a rate which
exceeds $25,000 of fair market value (determined on the Subscription Date,
which is generally defined as the first business day of each fiscal quarter
or, if later, the date a participant first becomes an employee) in any
calendar year. Once an employee submits a Subscription, the employee will
remain a participant in the Purchase Plan on the same terms provided in such
Subscription until such employee provides a new Subscription or withdraws from
the Purchase Plan in accordance with the provisions described below. The form
of Subscription may contain other terms which do not conflict with the terms
of the Purchase Plan.
PURCHASE OF STOCK; PRICE AND PAYMENT
The purchase of shares of Class B Stock will take place automatically on the
last business day of each fiscal quarter during which the Purchase Plan is in
effect (the "Purchase Date"). Unless a participant has withdrawn from the
Purchase Plan, shares of Class B Stock shall be purchased to the extent of
amounts withheld from the participant's compensation. The purchase price of
shares purchased under the Purchase Plan will be an amount equal to 85% of the
fair market value of such stock on the applicable Purchase Date. During such
time as the Class B Stock is traded on the NYSE, the fair market value per
share shall be the closing price of the Class B Stock (as reported in the
record of Composite Transactions for NYSE-listed securities and printed in The
Wall Street Journal) on such Purchase Date or on the next regular business day
on which the Class B Stock is traded if no shares of Class B Stock are traded
on the Purchase Date. As of September 16, 1996, the closing price of the Class
B Stock on the NYSE was $12.50. Fractional shares may be purchased under the
Purchase Plan and credited to participant accounts; however, the Company shall
have the right to pay cash in lieu of any fractional shares of Common Stock to
be distributed from an employee's account.
The purchase price will be payable in full in U.S. dollars derived by
withholdings from participants' compensation. A participant can terminate
withholdings related to the Purchase Plan at any time. In addition, a
participant may, once each quarter, change the amount withheld from his or her
compensation by submitting a written request to the Company at least 10
business days before any Purchase Date.
CANCELLATION AND WITHDRAWAL
A participant may cancel any Subscription in whole or in part and obtain a
refund of amounts withheld from his or her compensation by submitting a
written request to the Company at least 10 business days before a Purchase
Date. All unused payments credited to his or her account will be refunded
within a reasonable time after the Company's receipt of such notice. Any
cancellation of a subscription in whole will constitute a withdrawal under the
Purchase Plan.
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TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
If a participant retires or becomes disabled, accumulated payments in his or
her account upon such retirement or disability will be used to purchase shares
of Class B Stock on the next Purchase Date, unless the Company is otherwise
notified in writing. In addition, he or she may elect to continue making
payments equal to the rate of payroll deductions made before such retirement
or disability until the first Purchase Date following such retirement or
disability. If a participant dies, the participant's designated beneficiary or
legal representative may exercise the same elections available to a
participant who retires or becomes disabled. If a participant ceases to be
employed by the Company or a participating subsidiary for any other reason,
the participant may elect in writing to have all accumulated payments in his
or her account at the time of termination applied to purchase shares of Class
B Stock on the next Purchase Date following such termination. In the absence
of such written election, all unused payments credited to his or her account
will be refunded within a reasonable period of time.
NO INTEREST
No interest will accrue on any amounts withheld from an employee's
compensation.
TRANSFERABILITY
Neither payments credited to an employee's account nor any rights to
subscribe to purchase shares of Class B Stock under the Purchase Plan may be
transferred by a participant except by the laws of descent and distribution.
Any such attempted transfer will be ineffective; however, the Company may
choose to treat an attempted transfer as an election to withdraw from
participation in the Purchase Plan.
ADJUSTMENTS
The Committee may make or provide for such adjustments in the purchase price
and in the number and kind of shares of Class B Stock or other securities
covered by outstanding subscriptions or the maximum shares specified above in
"Terms of Subscriptions" as the Committee in its sole discretion exercised in
good faith, may determine is equitably required to prevent dilution or
enlargement of the rights of employees which would otherwise result from any
stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares, recapitalization, or other
change in the capital structure of the Company, any merger, consolidation,
spin-off, split-off, spin-out, split-up, separation, reorganization, partial
or complete liquidation, or other distribution of assets, issuance of rights
or warrants to purchase stock or any other corporate transaction or event
having an effect similar to any of the foregoing. In the event of any such
transaction or event having an effect similar to the foregoing, the Committee,
in its discretion, may also provide in substitution for any or all outstanding
Subscriptions under the Purchase Plan such alternative consideration as it, in
good faith, may determine to be equitable in the circumstances.
RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER
An employee shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any Class
B Stock covered by his or her Subscription until the Purchase Date following
payment in full. Except as described in "Adjustments" above, no adjustment
will be made to the Purchase Plan or to outstanding Subscriptions for
dividends (ordinary or extraordinary, whether in cash, securities or other
property), or distributions or other rights for which the record date occurs
prior to such purchase.
AMENDMENT
The Committee may from time to time amend the Purchase Plan. Except for the
adjustments described above, without the approval of the stockholders of the
Company, no such amendment can (i) increase the total number of shares
available for issuance under the Purchase Plan, or (ii) materially modify the
requirements as to eligibility for participation in the Purchase Plan.
DURATION
Employees may subscribe for shares under the Purchase Plan until April 25,
2006. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may terminate or suspend
the Purchase Plan if at any time less than 5% of the eligible employees are
participating in the Purchase Plan.
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FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
The following is a brief summary of the federal income tax consequences that
may occur based on the federal income tax laws in effect on September 1, 1996.
This summary is not intended to be exhaustive and does not describe state or
local tax consequences.
TAX CONSEQUENCES TO EMPLOYEES
The Purchase Plan is intended to qualify as an "employee stock purchase
plan" within the meaning of Section 423 of the Code. Assuming the Purchase
Plan qualifies under Section 423 of the Code, participants will not recognize
income for federal income tax purposes either upon, subscriptions under the
Purchase Plan or upon purchases of shares thereunder. All tax consequences of
purchasing shares under the Purchase Plan are deferred until the participant
sells or otherwise disposes of the shares or dies.
If the shares are held more than two years from the applicable Subscription
Date and more than one year from the applicable Purchase Date, the participant
will be taxed on the sale of such shares at long-term capital gains rates,
except to the extent that the participant realizes ordinary income under
Section 423(c) of the Code in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 15% of the
fair market value of the shares on the Subscription Date or (ii) the amount by
which the fair market value of the shares at the time of the sale exceeds the
purchase price.
If a participant should die owning shares acquired under the Purchase Plan,
he or she will be deemed to have disposed of his or her shares on the date of
death and will realize ordinary income to the extent of the ordinary income
component described in the preceding paragraph, but no capital gain will
result until the time of a subsequent sale, when the amount of gain will
typically be equal to the excess of the selling price over the fair market
value of the shares on the date of death or the alternative valuation date for
federal estate tax purposes.
If shares acquired under the Purchase Plan are sold, exchanged or otherwise
disposed of before the end of the required holding periods described above,
the participant will, in the usual case, realize ordinary income at the time
of disposition equal to the excess of the fair market value of the shares on
the applicable Purchase Date over the purchase price of the shares. Any
additional gain on the sale or disposition should be taxable as capital gains,
long-term or short-term, depending on the holding period.
TAX CONSEQUENCES TO THE COMPANY
To the extent that an employee of the Company or any subsidiary realizes
ordinary income because he or she did not hold the stock more than two years
from the applicable Subscription Date and more than one year from the
applicable Purchase Date, the Company or its subsidiary generally will be
entitled to a corresponding deduction in the year in which the disposition
occurs. Otherwise, no deduction is allowable to the Company with respect to
shares acquired under the Purchase Plan.
PURCHASE PLAN BENEFITS
The number of shares of Class B Stock which may be purchased in the future
by employees is dependent on each employee's decision as to the extent, if
any, to participate in the Purchase Plan and, therefore, cannot be determined.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE "FOR" APPROVAL OF
THE PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN.
PROPOSAL NO. 4
APPROVAL OF THE PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC.
INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN FOR ANTHONY J. LYNN
The Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee have unanimously
approved and adopted, subject to stockholder approval, the Playboy
Enterprises, Inc. Incentive Compensation Plan for Anthony J. Lynn (the "Lynn
Plan"), which provides Mr. Lynn with the opportunity to receive compensation
based on the performance of the Company's Entertainment Group. The Lynn Plan
also provides Mr. Lynn with a cash bonus in the event
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of certain dispositions of the equity or assets of the Entertainment Group.
The Lynn Plan replaces similar provisions previously included in Mr. Lynn's
employment agreement. See "Employment and Change in Control Agreements." The
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors established the terms of the
compensation under the Lynn Plan. Compensation under the Lynn Plan is
generally structured to qualify as performance-based compensation under
Section 162(m) of the Code, provided that all applicable requirements of
Section 162(m) and related regulations are complied with. The affirmative vote
of a majority of the shares of Class A Stock represented in person or by proxy
is required for approval of the Lynn Plan. The following summary of the
principal provisions of the Lynn Plan is not intended to be exhaustive and is
qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Lynn Plan.
PURPOSE
The principal purposes of the Lynn Plan are to enable the Company to further
the Company's growth, development and financial success by providing
additional incentives to Mr. Lynn through incentive compensation and to enable
the Company to obtain and retain the services of Mr. Lynn, who is considered
essential to the long range success of the Company, by providing him with an
opportunity to participate in incentive compensation arrangements which will
reflect the Company's growth, development and financial success.
ADMINISTRATION
The Lynn Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors, which is authorized to interpret the Lynn Plan and to adopt rules
for the administration, interpretation and application of the Lynn Plan,
consistent with the terms of the Lynn Plan. The Compensation Committee is also
authorized to interpret, amend or revoke any such rules relating to the
administration of the Lynn Plan.
CONTINGENT COMPENSATION
The Lynn Plan entitles Mr. Lynn to receive contingent compensation for each
fiscal year ("Contingent Compensation") equal to 5% of the amount by which the
Entertainment's Group's Pre-tax Profits for such fiscal year exceed $2.35
million; provided that if the sum of $550,000 ($525,000 for fiscal year 1997)
plus such fiscal year's Contingent Compensation equals $2,000,000, any
additional Contingent Compensation payable to Mr. Lynn for such fiscal year
will equal 2.5% of the amount by which the Entertainment Group's Pre-tax
Profits exceed $2.35 million. The Entertainment Group's Pre-tax Profits is
defined under the Lynn Plan as the amount, if any, by which the total net
revenues of the Entertainment Group, including its subsidiaries and the
Group's pro-rata share of revenues derived from all controlled affiliates,
exceeds all reasonable and applicable operating expenses attributable to same,
in accordance with "Generally Accepted Accounting Principles" computed
consistent with methods utilized by the Company and the Company's outside
auditors in the preparation of the Company's audited financial statements. In
computing the Pre-tax Profits of the Entertainment Group for any fiscal year,
there shall be allowed all fair and reasonable allocation of items of revenue
and expenses between divisions, subsidiaries and affiliates of the Company,
including, but not limited to, intercompany sales, expenses such as rents,
occupancy, general administrative and personnel salaries, MIS, insurance,
employee benefits costs, security, payroll processing, legal and tax advisory
fees, depreciation, profit sharing and auditing expenses. In addition, the
effect of any One Time Gain or Loss (defined below) accounted for as part of
the Entertainment Group shall be amortized evenly over four years, beginning
in the month of occurrence, for purposes of calculating Pre-tax Profits for
any fiscal year, regardless of how the transaction is accounted for under
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. A "One Time Gain or Loss" is a gain
or loss resulting from a transaction not in the ordinary course of business
and which does not result in an Equity Bonus (as described below). Profits or
losses from any other fiscal year shall not, except as described above for One
Time Gains or Losses, be carried over or back to any other fiscal year or
otherwise be taken into consideration in computing the Pre-tax Profits of a
particular fiscal year.
Contingent Compensation for each fiscal year will be paid on or before the
date which is five business days after the earlier of (i) the date on which
the Company's outside auditors complete their field work for the Company with
regard to such fiscal year; or (ii) the date on which such outside auditors
approve the release of the annual earnings of the Company for such fiscal
year; or (iii) 90 days after the end of such fiscal year.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, Mr. Lynn will not receive Contingent
Compensation with respect to any fiscal year until after the Compensation
Committee certifies that the performance goals and any other material terms
necessary for Mr. Lynn to receive such Contingent Compensation have been
satisfied. The Company will deliver to Mr. Lynn a detailed accounting setting
forth the Company's determination of the Entertainment Group's Pre-tax Profits
for each fiscal year concurrently with payment of the Contingent Compensation
for such fiscal year.
The Lynn Plan entitles Mr. Lynn to receive Contingent Compensation for the
1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 fiscal years, and for each fiscal year after fiscal
year 2000 unless notice is given by the Compensation Committee to Mr. Lynn
that the provisions of the Lynn Plan pertaining to Contingent Compensation
will not apply to the specified fiscal year after fiscal year 2000.
If Mr. Lynn's employment is terminated "for cause," Mr. Lynn will receive
all Contingent Compensation payable with respect to all periods prior to the
fiscal year during which the Company notifies Mr. Lynn that his employment is
terminated. If Mr. Lynn's employment is terminated because of Mr. Lynn's death
or disability, he (or his estate or personal representative, as applicable)
will receive all unpaid Contingent Compensation payable with respect to all
periods prior to the fiscal year during which such death or disability occurs
plus a prorated percentage of the Contingent Compensation for such fiscal
year. If Mr. Lynn's employment is terminated by the Company without cause, he
will receive 100% of the Contingent Compensation to which Mr. Lynn would have
been entitled for and only for the year in which such termination occurs,
reduced by amounts payable to Mr. Lynn pursuant to Mr. Lynn's 1992 Change in
Control Agreement. See "Employment and Change in Control Agreements."
The amount of Contingent Compensation to be received by Mr. Lynn under the
Lynn Plan can only be determined in the future pursuant to the formula
described above. However, in fiscal year 1996 Mr. Lynn earned $380,000 under a
similar arrangement contained in his employment agreement and based on the
Entertainment Group's Pre-tax Profits during such fiscal year.
EQUITY BONUS
If the Company directly or indirectly sells, transfers or otherwise disposes
of an equity interest in Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. ("PEGI") or all or
a portion of the assets comprising the Playboy Entertainment Group operations
(except sales of assets or operations that contributed less than 25% of the
Group's total Pre-tax Profits in the immediately preceding fiscal year or less
than a 25% equity interest) to a third party (including a sale to the public)
during Mr. Lynn's employment or within three (3) months following the
termination of Mr. Lynn's employment (an "Equity Disposition Transaction"),
then Mr. Lynn will receive a one-time Equity Bonus equal to the product of EB
Pre-tax Profits times the Remaining Term. EB Pre-tax Profits is defined in the
Lynn Plan as (i) in the case of the sale, transfer or other disposition of an
equity interest in PEGI entitling Mr. Lynn to an Equity Bonus, the total Pre-
tax Profits of PEGI for the fiscal year immediately preceding the Equity
Disposition Transaction times the fully-diluted percentage equity interest in
PEGI acquired by the third party, and (ii) in the case of a sale, transfer or
other disposition of all or a portion of the assets comprising the
Entertainment Group entitling Mr. Lynn to an Equity Bonus, that portion of the
Pre-tax Profits of the Entertainment Group generated or attributable to such
assets for the fiscal year immediately preceding the Equity Disposition
Transaction. Remaining Term is defined in the Lynn Plan as the lesser of (i)
three (3) or (ii) the number arrived at by dividing the number of full months
remaining in Mr. Lynn's employment term, as established by the Committee, by
12. The Equity Bonus will be paid in cash promptly following the closing of
the Equity Disposition Transaction. However, Mr. Lynn will not be awarded the
Equity Bonus until after the Compensation Committee certifies that the
performance goals and any other material terms necessary for Mr. Lynn to
receive such Equity Bonus have been satisfied. The payment of the Equity
Bonus, if any, will be in addition to any Contingent Compensation payable to
Mr. Lynn under the Lynn Plan.
The Equity Bonus will be payable only in connection with an Equity
Distribution which constitutes a bona fide transfer of an equity interest in
PEGI or a bona fide sale of assets and will not be payable in connection with
any other transaction (whether in the form of joint ventures, co-productions
or otherwise) which represents a financing transaction. The Company is
prohibited from structuring a transaction which would otherwise qualify
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as a sale or distribution of an equity interest in PEGI or a sale of assets of
the Entertainment Group as a financing transaction for the purpose of
frustrating the provisions of the Lynn Plan.
The amount of Equity Bonus, if any, which may be received by Mr. Lynn under
the Lynn Plan can only be determined in the future pursuant to the formula
described above. Mr. Lynn would not have earned any Equity Bonus in fiscal
year 1996 had the Lynn Plan been in effect.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE "FOR" APPROVAL OF
THE PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC. INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN FOR ANTHONY J. LYNN.
PROPOSAL NO. 5
APPROVAL OF THE PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC.
INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN FOR HERBERT M. LANEY
The Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee have unanimously
approved and adopted, subject to stockholder approval, the Playboy
Enterprises, Inc. Incentive Compensation Plan for Herbert M. Laney (the "Laney
Plan") which entitles Mr. Laney to receive incentive compensation based on the
performance of the Company's Catalog Group. The Laney Plan replaces similar
provisions previously included in Mr. Laney's employment agreement. See
"Employment and Change in Control Agreements." The Compensation Committee of
the Board of Directors established the terms of Contingent Compensation (as
defined below) under the Laney Plan. Compensation under the Laney Plan is
generally structured to qualify as performance-based compensation under
Section 162(m) of the Code, provided that all applicable requirements of
Section 162(m) and related regulations are complied with. The affirmative vote
of a majority of the shares of Class A Stock represented in person or by proxy
is required for approval of the Laney Plan. The following summary of the
principal provisions of the Laney Plan is not intended to be exhaustive and is
qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Laney Plan.
The principal purposes of the Laney Plan are to further the Company's
growth, development and financial success by providing additional incentives
to Mr. Laney through incentive compensation and to enable the Company to
obtain and retain the services of Mr. Laney, who is considered essential to
the long range success of the Company, by providing him with an opportunity to
participate in incentive compensation arrangements which reflect the Company's
growth, development and financial success.
The Laney Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee, which is
authorized to interpret the Laney Plan and to adopt rules for the
administration, interpretation and application of the Laney Plan, consistent
with the terms thereof. The Compensation Committee is also authorized to
interpret, amend or revoke any such rules relating to the administration of
the Laney Plan.
The Laney Plan entitles Mr. Laney to receive a sum equal to 5% on all pre-
tax operating profits earned by the Catalog Group in excess of $15,732,000
(three times the fiscal 1996 operating profits of the Catalog Group) based on
cumulative profits achieved over a 3-year period from fiscal year 1997 through
fiscal year 1999 (the "Contingent Compensation"). Mr. Laney will not receive
the Contingent Compensation unless he is employed by the Company through
fiscal year 1999. Furthermore, Mr. Laney will not receive the Contingent
Compensation until after the Compensation Committee certifies that the
performance goals and any other material terms necessary for Mr. Laney to
receive such Contingent Compensation have been satisfied. The amounts to be
received under the Laney Plan can only be determined in the future pursuant to
the formula described above. However, in fiscal year 1996, Mr. Laney earned
$98,880 under a similar arrangement based on the Catalog Group's cumulative
operating profits from fiscal year 1994 through fiscal year 1996.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE "FOR" APPROVAL OF
THE PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC. INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN FOR HERBERT M.
LANEY.
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PROPOSAL NO. 6
INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
The Board of Directors, upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee, has
determined that Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. should continue to serve as auditors
for the Company for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997. The Board of
Directors recommends that the holders of the Company's Class A Stock vote FOR
ratification of this selection.
A representative of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. will be present at the annual
meeting and will be available to respond to appropriate questions from
stockholders. The representative will be allowed to make a statement regarding
appropriate issues, should he or she wish to do so. The fees and expenses
incurred by the Company for the fiscal year 1996 annual audit as performed by
Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. was estimated to be approximately $190,000. The final
cost of the fiscal year 1995 annual audit performed by Coopers & Lybrand
L.L.P. was $195,000 with all expenses included.
SECTION 16(A) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires
the Company's officers and directors and persons who own more than 10% of a
registered class of the Company's equity securities to file reports of
ownership and changes in ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC") and the New York and Pacific Stock Exchanges. Officers, directors and
greater than 10% beneficial owners are required by SEC regulations to furnish
the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. Based solely on
the Company's review of the copies of such forms received by it, or written
representations from certain reporting persons that no other reports were
required during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1996, all of the Company's
officers, directors and greater than 10% beneficial owners complied with all
Section 16(a) filing requirements, with the exception of Mr. Laney, who filed
a Form 3 (Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities) two days
later than required.
STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR THE 1997 ANNUAL MEETING
Proposals of stockholders intended to be presented at the 1997 annual
meeting must be received by the Company no later than June 20, 1997 to be
considered for inclusion in its proxy statement and form of proxy relating to
that meeting. Such proposals should be addressed to the Secretary, Playboy
Enterprises, Inc., 680 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60611, and,
while not required, should be submitted by Certified Mail-Return Receipt
Requested to curtail controversy as to the date of receipt.
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION
A copy of the Company's Annual Report to Stockholders, including financial
statements and a substantial portion of the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K for fiscal year 1996, is being mailed to each stockholder herewith. A
COPY OF THE COMPANY'S COMPLETE ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K AND A LIST OF ALL
EXHIBITS THERETO WILL BE SUPPLIED WITHOUT CHARGE TO ANY STOCKHOLDER UPON
WRITTEN REQUEST TO HOWARD SHAPIRO, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, AT THE COMPANY'S
PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES, 680 NORTH LAKE SHORE DRIVE, 15th FLOOR, CHICAGO,
ILLINOIS 60611.
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OTHER BUSINESS
As of the date of this Proxy Statement, management knows of no other
business that will be presented for consideration at the annual meeting.
However, if other proper matters are presented at the meeting, it is the
intention of the proxy holders named in the enclosed form of proxy to take
such action as shall be in accordance with their best judgment. All matters to
be voted upon by stockholders require a majority vote of the shares of Class A
Stock represented in person or by proxy. The quorum requirement for convening
the meeting is a majority of the outstanding Class A Stock.
By Order of the Board of Directors
Chicago, Illinois
October 18, 1996
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PROXY PROXY
PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC.
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 13, 1996
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints CHRISTIE HEFNER and HOWARD
SHAPIRO, and each of them, as Proxies, each with full power of substitution, to
vote for the undersigned all of the shares of Class A Common Stock of PLAYBOY
ENTERPRISES, INC. registered in the name of the undersigned, as of September
16, 1996, at the annual meeting of stockholders of said corporation to be held
November 13, 1996 and at any and all adjournments thereof, upon the following
matters, which are more fully described in the Proxy Statement.
The right to revoke this proxy at any time before it is voted is reserved.
When properly executed, this proxy will be voted or withheld in accordance with
the specifications made herein. IF NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, THIS PROXY WILL BE
VOTED FOR THE ELECTION OF MS. HEFNER AND MESSRS. BOOKSHESTER, CHEMEROW,
ROSENTHAL, ROSENZWEIG AND WOLFSON, "FOR" THE APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS TO AND
RESTATEMENT OF THE PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC. 1995 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN, "FOR"
THE APPROVAL OF THE PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN,
"FOR" THE APPROVAL OF THE PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC. INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
FOR ANTHONY J. LYNN, "FOR" THE APPROVAL OF THE PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC.
INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN FOR HERBERT M. LANEY AND "FOR" THE RATIFICATION OF
THE SELECTION OF COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND MAIL THIS PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE.
(Continued and to be signed on reverse side.)
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PLEASE MARK VOTE IN OVAL IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER USING DARK INK ONLY.
[ ]
1. Election of Directors
Nominees: D. Bookshester, D. Chemerow, For Withheld
C. Hefner, S. Rosenthal, R. Rosenzweig, [_] [_]
B. Wolfson. TO WITHHOLD AUTHORITY TO
VOTE FOR ONE OR MORE (BUT LESS THAN ALL)
NOMINEES, WRITE SUCH NOMINEE(S) NAME BELOW
AND MARK "FOR" TO THE RIGHT.
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2. To approve amendments to and restatement of
the Playboy Enterprises, Inc. 1995 Stock For Against Abstain
Incentive Plan. [_] [_] [_]
3. To approve the Playboy Enterprises, Inc. For Against Abstain
Employee Stock Purchase Plan. [_] [_] [_]
4. To approve the Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
Incentive Compensation Plan for Anthony J. For Against Abstain
Lynn. [_] [_] [_]
5. To approve the Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
Incentive Compensation Plan for Herbert M. For Against Abstain
Laney. [_] [_] [_]
6. To ratify the selection of Coopers &
Lybrand L.L.P. as independent auditors
of the Company for the fiscal year ending For Against Abstain
June 30, 1997. [_] [_] [_]
7. The Proxies are authorized to vote in their discretion upon such other
matters as may properly come before the meeting.
Signature(s)__________________________________ Dated: __________________, 1996
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THE SIGNATURE TO THIS PROXY SHOULD CONFORM EXACTLY TO THE NAME AS SHOWN. WHEN
SHARES ARE HELD BY JOINT TENANT, ALL SUCH TENANTS MUST SIGN.
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APPENDIX B
AMENDED AND RESTATED
PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC.
1995 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
Playboy Enterprises, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of
the State of Delaware (the "Company"), hereby adopts this Amended and Restated
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. 1995 Stock Incentive Plan.
The purposes of this Plan are as follows:
(1) To further the growth, development and financial success of the
Company by providing additional incentives to certain of its key employees
through the ownership of Company stock and/or rights which recognize such
growth, development and financial success.
(2) To enable the Company to obtain and retain the services of key
employees considered essential to the long-range success of the Company by
providing and offering them an opportunity to own stock in the Company and/or
rights which will reflect the growth, development and financial success of the
Company.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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Whenever the following terms are used in this Plan they shall have the
meaning specified below, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
Section 1.1 - Board. "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
Section 1.2 - Change of Control. "Change of Control" shall mean the occurrence
of any of the following events: (i) except in a transaction described in clause
(iii) below, Hugh M. Hefner, Christie Hefner, the Hugh M. Hefner 1991 Trust (for
so long as Hugh M. Hefner and Christie Hefner are joint trustees or one of them
is sole trustee), and the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation (for so long as Hugh M.
Hefner and Christie Hefner are joint trustees or one of them is sole trustee)
cease collectively to own a majority of the total number of votes that may be
cast for the election of directors of the Company; or (ii) a sale of Playboy
magazine by the Company; or (iii) the liquidation or dissolution of the Company,
or any merger, consolidation or other reorganization involving the Company
unless (x) the merger, consolidation or other reorganization is initiated by the
Company, and (y) is one in which the stockholders of the Company immediately
prior to such reorganization become the majority stockholders of a successor or
ultimate parent corporation of the Company resulting from such reorganization
and (z) in connection with such event, provision is made for an assumption of
outstanding Options and rights or a substitution thereof of a new Option or
right in such successor or ultimate parent of substantially equivalent value.
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Section 1.3 - Code. "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
Section 1.4 - Committee. "Committee" shall mean a committee of the Board of
Directors comprised of persons who are both non-employee directors within the
meaning of Rule 16b-3 which has been adopted by the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as such rule
or its equivalent is then in effect ("Rule 16b-3") and "outside directors"
within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.
Section 1.5 - Common Stock. "Common Stock" shall mean the Class B Common Stock,
par value $.01 per share, of the Company.
Section 1.6 - Company. "Company" shall mean Playboy Enterprises, Inc., a
Delaware Corporation.
Section 1.7 - Deferred Stock. "Deferred Stock" shall mean Common Stock awarded
under Article VII of the Plan.
Section 1.8 - Director. "Director" shall mean a member of the Board.
Section 1.9 - Employee. "Employee" shall mean any officer or other employee (as
defined in accordance with the Regulations and Revenue Rulings then applicable
under Section 3401(c) of the Code) of the Company or any Subsidiary.
Section 1.10 - ERISA. "ERISA" shall mean the Employment Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended.
Section 1.11 - Exchange Act. "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
Section 1.12 - Grantee. "Grantee" shall mean an Employee granted a Performance
Award, Stock Payment, Section 162(m) Performance Award, Section 162(m) Stock
Payment, or an award of Deferred Stock or Section 162(m) Deferred Stock, under
this Plan.
Section 1.13 - Incentive Stock Option. "Incentive Stock Option" shall mean an
Option which conforms to the applicable provisions of Section 422 of the Code
and which is designated as an Incentive Stock Option by the Committee.
Section 1.14 - Non-Qualified Option. "Non-Qualified Option" shall mean an
Option which is not designated as an Incentive Stock Option by the Committee.
Section 1.15 - Officer. "Officer" shall mean an officer of the Company.
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Section 1.16 - Option. "Option" shall mean a stock option granted under Article
III of this Plan. An Option granted under this Plan shall, as determined by the
Committee, be either a Non-Qualified Stock Option or an Incentive Stock Option.
Section 1.17 - Optionee. "Optionee" shall mean an Employee to whom an Option is
granted under the Plan.
Section 1.18 - Performance Award. "Performance Award" shall mean a cash bonus,
stock bonus or other performance or incentive award that is paid in cash, Common
Stock or a combination of both, awarded under Article VII of this Plan.
Section 1.18A - Performance Criteria. "Performance Criteria" shall mean
objective, performance criteria established pursuant to this Plan with respect
to awards of Section 162(m) Restricted Stock, Section 162(m) Performance Awards,
Section 162(m) Stock Payments and Section 162(m) Deferred Stock. Performance
Criteria shall be measured in terms of one or more of the following objectives,
described as such objectives relate to corporation-wide objectives or objectives
that are related to the performance of the individual Employee or of the
Subsidiary, division, department or function with the Company or Subsidiary in
which the participant is employed:
(i) market value;
(ii) book value;
(iii) earnings per share;
(iv) market share;
(v) operating profit;
(vi) net income;
(vii) cash flow;
(viii) return on capital;
(ix) return on assets;
(x) return on equity;
(xi) margins;
(xii) shareholder return;
(xiii) sales or product volume growth;
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(xiv) productivity improvement; or
(xv) costs or expenses.
Each grant of Section 162(m) Restricted Stock, Section 162(m) Performance
Awards, Section 162(m) Stock Payments, and Section 162(m) Deferred Stock shall
specify the Performance Criteria to be achieved, a minimum acceptable level of
achievement below which no payment or award will be made, and a formula for
determining the amount of any payment or award to be made if performance is at
or above the minimum acceptable level but fall short of full achievement of the
specified Performance Criteria.
If the Committee determines that a change in the business, operations, corporate
structure or capital structure of the Company, or the manner in which it
conducts its business, or other events or circumstances render the Performance
Criteria to be unsuitable, the Committee may modify such Performance Criteria or
the related minimum acceptable level of achievement, in whole or in part, as the
Committee deems appropriate and equitable; provided, however, that no such
modification shall be made if the effect would be to cause the award to fail to
qualify for the performance-based compensation exception to Section 162(m) of
the Code. In addition, at the time the award subject to Performance Criteria is
made and performance goals established, the Committee is authorized to determine
the manner in which the Performance Criteria will be calculated or measured to
take into account certain factors over which the Employees have no or limited
control including market related changes in inventory value, changes in industry
margins, changes in accounting principles, and extraordinary charges to income.
Section 1.19 - Plan. "Plan" shall mean the Amended and Restated Playboy
Enterprises, Inc. 1995 Stock Incentive Plan.
Section 1.20 - Restricted Stock. "Restricted Stock" shall mean Common Stock
awarded under Article VII of this Plan.
Section 1.21 - Restricted Stockholder. "Restricted Stockholder" shall mean an
Employee granted an award of Restricted Stock under Article VI of this Plan.
Section 1.22 - Secretary. "Secretary" shall mean the Secretary of the Company.
Section 1.22A - Section 162(m) Deferred Stock. "Section 162(m) Deferred Stock"
shall mean Common Stock awarded under Article VII-A of this Plan.
Section 1.22B - Section 162(m) Performance Award. "Section 162(m) Performance
Award" shall mean a cash bonus, stock bonus, or other performance or incentive
award that is paid in cash, Common Stock or a combination of both, awarded under
Article VII-A of this Plan.
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Section 1.22C - Section 162(m) Restricted Stock. "Section 162(m) Restricted
Stock" shall mean Common Stock awarded under Section VI-A of this Plan.
Section 1.22D - Section 162(m) Restricted Stockholder. "Section 162(m)
Restricted Stockholder" shall mean an Employee granted an award of Section
162(m) Restricted Stock under Article VI-A of this Plan.
Section 1.22E - Section 162(m) Stock Payment. "Section 162(m) Stock Payment"
shall mean (i) a payment in the form of Common Stock, or (ii) an option or other
right to purchase shares of Common Stock, as part of a deferred compensation
arrangement, made in lieu of all or any portion of the compensation, including
without limitation, salary, bonuses and commissions, that would otherwise become
payable to a key Employee in cash, awarded under Article VII-A of this Plan.
Section 1.23 - Securities Act. "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended.
Section 1.24 - Stock Payment. "Stock Payment" shall mean (i) a payment in the
form of shares of Common Stock, or (ii) an option or other right to purchase
shares of Common Stock, as part of a deferred compensation arrangement, made in
lieu of all or any portion of the compensation, including without limitation,
salary, bonuses and commissions, that would otherwise become payable to a key
Employee in cash, awarded under Article VII of this Plan.
Section 1.25 - Subsidiary. "Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation in an
unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company if each of the
corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain then owns
stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes
of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.
Section 1.26 - Termination of Employment. "Termination of Employment" shall
mean the time when the employee-employer relationship between the Optionee,
Grantee, Restricted Stockholder, or Section 162(m) Restricted Stockholder and
the Company or any Subsidiary is terminated, voluntarily or involuntarily, for
any reason, with or without Cause (as defined below), including, but not by way
of limitation, a termination by resignation, discharge, death, disability or
retirement, but excluding any termination where there is a simultaneous
reemployment by the Company or a Subsidiary. The Committee, subject to the
definition of Cause below, shall determine the effect of all other matters and
questions relating to Termination of Employment, including, but not by way of
limitation, the question of whether particular leaves of absence constitute
Terminations of Employment; provided, however, that, with respect to Incentive
Stock Options, a leave of absence shall constitute a Termination of Employment
if, and to the extent that, such leave of absence interrupts employment for the
purposes of Section 422(a)(2) of the Code and the then applicable regulations
and revenue rulings under said Section. For purposes of the Plan, "Cause" shall
mean an Employee's (a) gross negligence in the performance of the
responsibilities of such Employee's office or
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position; (b) any act of dishonesty or moral turpitude materially adversely
affecting the Company or the Company's reputation; (c) commission of any other
willful or intentional act that could reasonably be expected to injure
materially the reputation, business or business relationships of the Company or
any Subsidiary; or (d) conviction of a felony or of any crime involving moral
turpitude, fraud or misrepresentation.
ARTICLE II
SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN
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Section 2.1 - Shares Subject to Plan
(a) The shares of stock subject to Options, or awards of Restricted
Stock, Section 162(m) Restricted Stock, Performance Awards, Section 162(m)
Performance Awards, Deferred Stock, Section 162(m) Deferred Stock, Stock
Payments, or Section 162(m) Stock Payments shall be Common Stock. The aggregate
number of shares which may be issued upon exercise of such Options or rights or
upon any such awards under the Plan shall not exceed 1,803,000 shares of Common
Stock.
(b) The maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may be subject
to Options, rights or other awards granted under the Plan to any Employee in any
calendar year shall not exceed 250,000, and the method of counting such shares
shall conform to any requirements applicable to performance-based compensation
under Section 162(m) of the Code. The shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of such Options or rights or upon any such awards may be either
previously authorized but unissued shares or treasury shares.
(c) With regard to Section 162(m) Performance Awards that are cash
bonuses or other performance or incentive awards expressed as cash awards
(without regard to whether such bonuses or awards are ultimately paid in the
form of cash, stock, or a combination of both as described in Section 7.7A), an
Employee may not be granted during any calendar year such Section 162(m)
Performance Awards in an amount in excess of $1,000,000.
Section 2.2 - Unexercised Options and Awards
If any Option, or other right to acquire shares of Common Stock under
any other award under this Plan, expires or is cancelled without having been
fully exercised (including Restricted Stock, Section 162(m) Restricted Stock or
any other award that is forfeited before applicable vesting requirements are met
or transfer restrictions have lapsed), the number of shares subject to such
Option or other right but as to which such Option or other right was not
exercised (or vested or delivered without restriction, as the case may be) prior
to its expiration or cancellation may again be optioned, granted or awarded
hereunder, subject to the limitations of Section 2.1.
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Section 2.3 - Adjustments in Outstanding Options or Rights
Subject to Section 4.2(c), in the event that the outstanding shares of
the Common Stock subject to Options or other rights are changed into or
exchanged for a different number or kind of shares of the Company or other
securities of the Company by reason of a recapitalization, reclassification,
stock split, stock dividend or combination of shares or similar transaction, the
Committee shall make an appropriate and equitable adjustment in the number and
kind of shares as to which all outstanding Options or rights, or portions
thereof then unexercised, shall be exercisable, so that the Optionee's,
Grantee's, Restricted Stockholder's or Section 162(m) Restricted Stockholder's
proportionate interest shall be maintained. Such adjustment shall be made
without change in the total price applicable to the unexercised portion of the
Option or right (except for any change in the aggregate price resulting from
rounding-off of share quantities or prices) and with any necessary corresponding
adjustment in price per share; provided, however, that, in the case of Incentive
Stock Options, each such adjustment shall be made in such manner as not to
constitute a "modification" within the meaning of Section 424(h)(3) of the Code.
Any such adjustment made by the Committee shall be final and binding upon all
Optionees, Grantees, Restricted Stockholders, Section 162(m) Restricted
Stockholders, the Company or any Subsidiary, their representatives and all other
interested persons. Such adjustments will also be made in determining Section
2.1 limitations on maximum number and kind of shares which may be issued on
exercise of Options, Restricted Stock, Section 162(m) Restricted Stock or other
awards. The shares of Class B Common Stock reserved under this Plan will be
reduced as Options, Restricted Stock, Section 162(m) Restricted Stock or other
awards are granted or issued so that the aggregate number of any single Class of
Stock will never exceed the total amount of shares authorized under the Plan.
ARTICLE III
GRANTING OF OPTIONS
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Section 3.1 - Eligibility
Any key Employee of the Company or a Subsidiary except Hugh M. Hefner
shall be eligible to be granted Options.
Section 3.2 - Qualification of Incentive Stock Options.
No Incentive Stock Option shall be granted unless such Option, when
granted, qualifies as an "incentive stock option" under Section 422 of the Code.
Without limitation of the foregoing, no person shall be granted an Incentive
Stock Option under this Plan if such person, at the time the Incentive Stock
Option is granted, owns stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the
total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company unless such
Incentive Stock Option conforms to the applicable provisions of Section 422 of
the Code.
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Section 3.3 - Granting of Options
(a) The Committee shall from time to time, in its absolute
discretion:
(i) Determine which Employees are "key Employees" and
select from among the key Employees (including those to whom Options
and/or rights have been previously granted under the Plan or any other
stock option or other plan of the Company) such of them as in its
opinion should be granted Options; and
(ii) Determine for each Employee the number of shares to be
subject to such Options; and
(iii) Determine whether such Options are to be Incentive
Stock Options or Non-Qualified Options; and
(iv) Determine the terms and conditions of such Options,
consistent with the Plan.
(b) Upon the selection of a key Employee to be granted an Option, the
Committee shall instruct the Secretary or other authorized officer to execute
and deliver a Stock Option Agreement, and may impose such conditions on the
grant of such Option as it deems appropriate, not inconsistent with this Plan.
Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, the Committee may, in
its discretion and on such terms as it deems appropriate, require as a condition
on the grant of an Option to an Employee that the Employee surrender for
cancellation some or all of the unexercised Options, awards of Restricted Stock,
Section 162(m) Restricted Stock, Deferred Stock or Section 162(m) Deferred
Stock, Performance Awards, Section 162(m) Performance Awards, Stock Payments or
Section 162(m) Stock Payments or other rights which have been previously granted
to him. An Option, the grant of which is conditioned upon such surrender may
have an Option price lower (or higher) than the Option price of the surrendered
Option, may cover the same (or a lesser or greater) number of shares as the
surrendered Option, may contain such other terms as the Committee deems
appropriate and shall be exercisable in accordance with its terms, without
regard to the number of shares, price, Option period or any other term or
condition of such surrendered Option or award.
(c) Stock Option Agreements evidencing Incentive Stock Options shall
contain such terms and conditions as may be necessary to meet the applicable
provisions of Section 422 of the Code. Any Incentive Stock Option granted under
this Plan may be modified by the Committee to disqualify such option from
treatment as an "incentive stock option" under Section 422 of the Code.
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ARTICLE IV
TERMS OF OPTIONS
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Section 4.1 - Option Price
(a) The price of the shares subject to each Non-Qualified Option
shall not be less than 100% of the fair market value of such shares at the end
of the business day immediately preceding the day such Option is granted.
(b) For purposes of the Plan, the fair market value ("Fair Market
Value") of a share of the Company's Common Stock as of a given date shall be:
(i) the closing price of a share of such class of the Company's Common Stock on
the principal exchange on which shares of the Company's Common Stock are then
trading, if any, on the day previous to such date, or, if shares were not traded
on the day previous to such date, then on the next preceding trading day during
which a sale occurred; or (ii) if such Common Stock is not traded on an exchange
but is quoted on NASDAQ or a successor quotation system, (1) the last sales
price (if the Company's Common Stock is then listed as a National Market Issue
under the NASD National Market System) or (2) the mean between the closing
representative bid and asked prices (in all other cases) for the Company's
Common Stock on the day previous to such date as reported by NASDAQ or such
successor quotation system; or (iii) if such Common Stock is not publicly traded
on an exchange and not quoted on NASDAQ or a successor quotation system, the
mean between the closing bid and asked prices for the Company's Common Stock, on
the day previous to such date, as determined in good faith by the Committee; or
(iv) if the Company's Common Stock is not publicly traded, the fair market value
established by the Committee acting in good faith.
(c) The price of the shares subject to Incentive Stock Options shall
not be less than the greater of (i) 100% of the Fair Market Value of a share of
Common Stock on the date the Incentive Stock Option is granted, or (ii) 110% of
the fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the date such Incentive
Stock Option is granted in the case of an individual then owning (within the
meaning of section 424(d) of the Code) more than 10% of the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Subsidiary.
Section 4.2 - Commencement of Exercisability; Change of Control
(a) Subject to the provisions of Sections 4.2(b) and 9.3, Options
shall become exercisable at such times and in such installments (which may be
cumulative) as the Committee shall provide in the terms of each individual
Option; provided, however, that by a resolution adopted after an Option is
granted the Committee may, on such terms and conditions as it may determine to
be appropriate and subject to Sections 4.2(b) and 9.3 and except in connection
with a Change of Control, accelerate the time at which such Option or any
portion thereof may be exercised; provided further, that, to the extent
necessary for this Plan to meet the requirements of Rule 16b-3, no Option
granted
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hereunder shall be exercisable for at least six months (or such other period as
may be specified in said Rule) after such Option is granted.
(b) No portion of an Option which is unexercisable at Termination of
Employment shall thereafter become exercisable, except as may be otherwise
provided by the Committee either in the Stock Option Agreement or in a
resolution adopted following the grant of the Option. Except as limited by
requirements of Section 422 of the Code and regulations and rulings thereunder
applicable to Incentive Stock Options, the Committee may extend the term of any
outstanding Option in connection with any Termination of Employment of the
Optionee, or amend any other term or condition of such Option relating to such a
termination.
(c) If an Optionee is terminated without Cause less than one (1) year
after a Change of Control specified in clause (i) or (ii) of the definition
thereof, unless the terms of any Option specifically exclude such right, the
Optionee shall have the right to exercise such Optionee's Option until
expiration thereof pursuant to Section 4.3(a)(ii) with respect to all vested
installments of such Option, and with respect to the next installment (if any)
of such Option that was unvested on the date of such Termination of Employment.
Not less than ninety (90) days prior to the effective date of any
Change of Control specified in clause (iii) of the definition of such term, the
Committee shall give the Employee notice of such event if the Option has then
neither been fully exercised nor become unexercisable under Section 4.3, and
shall specify in such notice a date prior to the effective date of such event
when this Option shall be exercisable with respect to all vested installments
thereof, and with respect to the next installment (if any) of such Option that
is unvested on the date of such Change of Control.
(d) To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of stock with
respect to which "incentive stock options" (within the meaning of Section 422 of
the Code, but without regard to Section 422(d) of the Code) are exercisable for
the first time by an Optionee during any calendar year (under the Plan and all
other incentive stock option plans of the Company and any subsidiary) exceeds
$100,000, such Options shall be treated as Non-Qualified Options to the extent
required by Section 422 of the Code. The rule set forth in the preceding
sentence shall be applied by taking Options into account in the order in which
they were granted. For purposes of this Section 4.2(d), the Fair Market Value
of stock shall be determined as of the time the Option with respect to such
stock is granted.
Section 4.3 - Expiration of Options
(a) Unless an Option expires earlier pursuant to the terms of a Stock
Option Agreement, each Option may be exercised any time until the first of the
following events, after which such Option will become unexercisable:
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(i) The expiration of ten (10) years from the date the Option was
granted if the Employee is still employed by the Company or any Subsidiary;
or
(ii) The expiration of three (3) months from the Employee's
Termination of Employment if such Termination of Employment results from
such Employee's retirement, or such Employee's being discharged not for
Cause, unless the Employee dies within said three-month period; or
(iii) The effective date of (i) a Termination of Employment for
Cause, (ii) the Employee's resignation, or (iii) a Change of Control
specified in clause (iii) of the definition of such term; or
(iv) In the case of an Optionee who is disabled (within the
meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code), the expiration of one (1) year
from the date of the Optionee's Termination of Employment; provided,
however, that this subsection (iv) shall not apply if the Optionee dies
within said one-year period; or
(v) One (1) year from the date of the Optionee's death.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 4.3(a), the Committee shall
provide, in the terms of each individual Option, when such Option expires and
becomes unexercisable; and (without limiting the generality of the foregoing)
the Committee may provide in the terms of individual Options that said Options
expire immediately upon a Termination of Employment for any reason.
(c) The term of any Incentive Stock Option shall not be more than
five (5) years from such date if the Incentive Stock Option is granted to an
individual then owning (within the meaning of Section 424(d) of the Code) more
than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of capital stock of
the Company or any Subsidiary.
Section 4.4 - No Right to Continued Employment
Nothing in this Plan or in any Stock Option Agreement hereunder shall
confer upon any Optionee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or
any Subsidiary or as a director of the Company, or shall interfere with or
restrict in any way the rights of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries, which
are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge any Optionee at any time for any
reason whatsoever, with or without Cause.
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ARTICLE V
EXERCISE OF OPTIONS
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Section 5.1 - Person Eligible to Exercise
(a) Subject to 5.1(b), during the lifetime of the Optionee, only such
Optionee (or the spouse or former spouse of such Optionee following transfer of
the Option pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as defined by the
Code or Title I of ERISA, or the rules thereunder) may exercise an Option (or
any portion thereof) granted to such Optionee. After the death of the Optionee,
any exercisable portion of an Option may, within the time frame allowed, be
exercised by his personal representative or by any person empowered to do so
under the deceased Optionee's will or under the then applicable laws of descent
and distribution. To the extent Rule 16b-3 as then in effect permits transfers
of Options other than as provided in this Section 5.1(a), the Committee may by
resolution amend this Section 5.1(a) or the terms of outstanding options to
reflect such other transfer limitation requirements, in the Committee's
discretion.
(b) Should the Optionee be determined under applicable law to have
become a disabled person or the equivalent thereof, the Option may, prior to the
time when the Option becomes unexercisable under the Plan or the applicable
Stock Option Agreement, be exercised by the Optionee's guardian or by any other
person empowered to do so under applicable laws of guardianship. For purposes
of this section 5.1(b), "disabled person" shall mean a person who (i) because of
mental deterioration or physical incapacity is not fully able to manage such
person's person or estate or (ii) is mentally ill and who because of such
person's mental illness is not fully able to manage such person's person or
estate.
Section 5.2 - Partial Exercise
An exercisable Option may be exercised in whole or in part. However,
an Option shall not be exercisable with respect to fractional shares and the
Committee may require that, by terms of the Option, a partial exercise be with
respect to a minimum number of shares.
Section 5.3 - Manner of Exercise
All or a portion of an exercisable Option shall be deemed exercised
upon delivery of all of the following to the Secretary of the Company or the
Secretary's office:
(a) A written notice signed by the Optionee (or other person then
entitled to exercise such Option or portion), stating that such Option or
portion thereof is being exercised and such notice complies with all applicable
rules established by the Committee; and
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(b) Payment in full for the exercised shares:
(i) In cash or by certified or cashier's check; or
(ii) In shares of the same class of the Company's Common Stock
owned by the Optionee. These shares must be duly endorsed for transfer to
the Company and will be credited at the Fair Market Value on the date of
delivery; or
(iii) With the consent of the Committee and at the sole discretion
of the Company, by a full recourse promissory note bearing interest (at no
less than such rate as shall then preclude the imputation of interest under
the Code or successor provision) and payable upon such terms as may be
prescribed by the Committee. The Committee may also prescribe the form of
such note and the security to be given for such note. No Option may,
however, be exercised by delivery of a promissory note or by a loan from
the Company when or where such loan or other extension of credit is
prohibited by law; or
(iv) Any combination of the consideration provided in the
foregoing subsections (i), (ii), and (iii); or
(v) To the extent permitted by law (including then existing
interpretations of Rule 16b-3) a "cashless exercise procedure" satisfactory
to the Committee which permits the Optionee to deliver an exercise notice
to a broker-dealer, who then sells the Option shares, delivers the exercise
price and withholding taxes to the Company and delivers the excess funds
less commission and withholding taxes to the Optionee; and
(c) Such representations and documents as the Committee, in its
absolute discretion, deems necessary or advisable to effect compliance with all
applicable provisions of the Securities Act and any other federal or state
securities laws or regulations. The Committee may, in its absolute discretion,
also take whatever additional actions it deems appropriate to effect such
compliance including, without limitation, placing legends on share certificates
and issuing stop-transfer orders to transfer agents and registrars; and
(d) Appropriate proof of the right of such person or persons to
exercise the option or portion thereof in the event that the Option or portion
thereof shall be exercised pursuant to Section 5.1 by any person or persons
other than the Optionee; and
(e) Full payment of all amounts which, under federal, state or local
law, it is required to withhold upon exercise of the Option. With the consent
of the Committee, (i) shares of the Company's Common Stock owned by the Employee
duly endorsed for transfer or (ii) subject to the timing requirements of Section
5.4, shares of the Company's Common Stock issuable to the Employee upon exercise
of the Option, valued in
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accordance with Section 4.1(b) of the Plan at the date of Option exercise, may
be used to make all or part of such payment.
Section 5.4 - Certain Timing Requirements
At the discretion of the Committee shares of Common Stock issuable to
the Optionee upon exercise of the Option may be used to satisfy the Option
exercise price or the tax withholding consequences of such exercise, in the case
of persons subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act and to the extent such
limitation is required by Rule 16b-3, as then in effect, only (i) during the
period beginning on the third business day following the date of release of the
quarterly or annual summary statement of sales and earnings of the Company and
ending on the twelfth business day following such date or (ii) pursuant to an
irrevocable written election by the Optionee to use shares of Common Stock
issuable to the Optionee upon exercise of the Option to pay all or part of the
Option price or the withholding taxes made at least six months prior to the
payment of such Option price or withholding taxes.
Section 5.5 - Additional Conditions to Issuance of Stock Certificates
The shares of Common Stock issuable and deliverable upon the exercise
of an Option shall be fully paid and non-assessable. In addition to
satisfaction of the conditions specified in Sections 5.3 and 5.4, the Company
shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificate or certificates for
shares of stock purchased upon the exercise of any Option or portion thereof
prior to fulfillment of all of the following conditions:
(a) The completion of any registration or other qualification of such
shares under any state or federal law or under the rulings or regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission or of any other governmental regulatory body,
which the Committee shall, in its absolute discretion, deem necessary or
advisable; and
(b) The obtaining of any approval or other clearance from any state
or federal governmental agency which the Committee shall, in its absolute
discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable; and
(c) The lapse of such reasonable period of time following the
exercise of the Option as the Committee or Board may establish from time to time
for reasons of administrative convenience.
Section 5.6 - Rights as Stockholders
The holders of Options shall not be, nor have any of the rights or
privileges of, stockholders of the Company in respect of any shares purchasable
upon the exercise of any part of an Option unless and until certificates
representing such shares have been issued by the Company to such holders or the
Company's stock record books reflect the Optionee as a stockholder pursuant to
any book entry procedure approved by the Secretary.
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The Committee, in its absolute discretion, may impose such other
restrictions on the transferability of the shares purchasable upon the exercise
of an Option as it deems appropriate. Any such other restriction shall be set
forth in the respective Stock Option Agreement and may be referred to on the
certificates evidencing such shares. The Committee may require the Employee to
give the Company prompt notice of any disposition of shares of Common Stock,
acquired by exercise of an Incentive Stock Option, within (i) two years from the
date of granting such Option or (ii) one year after the transfer of such shares
to such Employee. The Committee may direct that the certificates evidencing
shares acquired by exercise of an Option refer to such requirement to give
prompt notice of disposition.
ARTICLE VI
AWARD OF RESTRICTED STOCK
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Section 6.1 - Award of Restricted Stock
(a) The Committee shall from time to time, in its absolute
discretion:
(i) Select from among the key Employees (including Employees
who have previously received other awards under this Plan or any other
stock option plan of the Company) such of them as in its opinion should be
awarded Restricted Stock; and
(ii) Determine the purchase price, if any, and other terms and
conditions applicable to such Restricted Stock, consistent with this Plan.
(b) In all cases, legal consideration meeting the requirements of
Delaware law shall be required for each issuance of Restricted Stock.
(c) Upon the selection of a key Employee to be awarded Restricted
Stock, the Committee shall instruct the Secretary of the Company to issue such
Restricted Stock and may impose such conditions on the issuance of such
Restricted Stock as it deems appropriate.
Section 6.2 - Restricted Stock Agreement
Restricted Stock shall be issued only pursuant to a written Restricted
Stock Agreement, which shall be executed by the selected key Employee and an
authorized officer of the Company and which shall contain such terms and
conditions as the Committee shall determine, consistent with this Plan.
Section 6.3 - No Right to Continued Employment
Nothing in this Plan or in any Restricted Stock Agreement hereunder
shall confer on any Restricted Stockholder any right to continue in the employ
of the
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Company or any Subsidiary or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the
rights of the Company and any Subsidiary, which are hereby expressly reserved,
to discharge any Restricted Stockholder at any time for any reason whatsoever,
with or without good cause.
Section 6.4 - Rights as Stockholders
Upon delivery of any shares of Restricted Stock that are certificated
to the escrow holder pursuant to Section 6.7, and upon issuance thereof, if
uncertificated, the Restricted Stockholder shall have, unless otherwise provided
by the Committee, all the rights of a stockholder with respect to said shares,
subject to the restrictions in the Restricted Stock Agreement, including the
right to receive all dividends and other distributions paid or made with respect
to the shares; provided, however, that in the discretion of the Committee, any
extraordinary distribution with respect to the Common Stock shall be subject to
the restrictions set forth in Section 6.5.
Section 6.5 - Restrictions
All shares of Restricted Stock issued under this Plan (including any
shares received by holders thereof with respect to shares of Restricted Stock as
a result of stock dividends, stock splits or any other form of recapitalization)
shall, in the terms of each individual Restricted Stock Agreement, be subject to
such restrictions as the Committee shall provide, which restrictions may
include, without limitation, restrictions concerning voting rights and
transferability and restrictions based on duration of employment with the
Company or a Subsidiary, Company performance, individual performance, or a
change of control; provided, however, that by a resolution adopted after the
Restricted Stock is issued, the Committee may, on such terms and conditions as
it may determine to be appropriate, remove any or all of the restrictions
imposed by the terms of the Restricted Stock Agreement. Restricted Stock may
not be sold or encumbered until all restrictions are terminated or expire.
Unless provided otherwise by the Committee, if no consideration (other than
services) was paid by the Restricted Stockholder upon issuance, a Restricted
Stockholder's rights in unvested Restricted Stock shall lapse upon Termination
of Employment for any reason at any time or prior to any date the Committee may
establish.
Section 6.6 - Repurchase of Restricted Stock
If consideration (other than services) was paid for Restricted Stock,
the Committee shall provide in the terms of each individual Restricted Stock
Agreement that the Company shall have the right to repurchase from the
Restricted Stockholder the Restricted Stock then subject to restrictions under
the Restricted Stock Agreement immediately upon a Termination of Employment at a
cash price per share equal to the price paid by the Restricted Stockholder for
such Restricted Stock or such other price as may be specified in the Restricted
Stock Agreement; provided, however, that provision may be made in the Restricted
Stock Agreement in the Committee's discretion that no such right of repurchase
shall exist in the event of a Termination of Employment without
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Cause, or following a Change in Control of the Company or because of the
Restricted Stockholder's retirement, death or disability, or otherwise.
Section 6.7 - Escrow
The Secretary of the Company or such other escrow holder as the
Committee may appoint shall retain physical custody of each certificate
representing Restricted Stock until all of the restrictions imposed under the
Restricted Stock Agreement with respect to the shares evidenced by such
certificate expire or shall have been removed (or the Secretary shall establish
book entry procedures sufficient to prevent unauthorized transfers of the
Restricted Stock).
Section 6.8 - Legend
In order to enforce the restrictions imposed upon shares of Restricted
Stock hereunder, the Committee shall cause a legend or legends to be placed on
certificates representing all certificated shares of Restricted Stock that are
still subject to restrictions under Restricted Stock Agreements, or stop
transfer instructions with respect to book entry procedures, which legend,
legends or instructions shall make appropriate reference to the conditions
imposed hereby.
ARTICLE VI-A
AWARD OF SECTION 162(m) RESTRICTED STOCK
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Section 6.1A - Award of Section 162(m) Restricted Stock
(a) The Committee shall from time to time, in its absolute discretion:
(i) Select from among the key Employees (including Employees who
have previously received other awards under this Plan or any other stock
option plan of the Company) such of them as in its opinion should be
awarded Section 162(m) Restricted Stock; and
(ii) Determine the purchase price, if any, and other terms and
conditions applicable to such Section 162(m) Restricted Stock, consistent
with this Plan.
(b) In all cases, legal consideration meeting the requirements of
Delaware law shall be required for each issuance of Section 162(m) Restricted
Stock.
(c) Upon the selection of a key Employee to be awarded Section 162(m)
Restricted Stock, the Committee shall instruct the Secretary of the Company to
issue such Section 162(m) Restricted Stock and may impose such conditions on the
issuance of such Section 162(m) Restricted Stock as it deems appropriate.
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Section 6.2A - Section 162(m) Restricted Stock Agreement
Section 162(m) Restricted Stock shall be issued only pursuant to a
written Section 162(m) Restricted Stock Agreement, which shall be executed by
the selected key Employee and an authorized officer of the Company and which
shall contain such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine,
consistent with this Plan.
Section 6.3A - No Right to Continued Employment
Nothing in this Plan or in any Section 162(m) Restricted Stock
Agreement hereunder shall confer on any Section 162(m) Restricted Stockholder
any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any Subsidiary or shall
interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company and any
Subsidiary, which are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge any Section 162(m)
Restricted Stockholder at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without
good cause.
Section 6.4A - Rights as Stockholders
Upon delivery of any shares of Section 162(m) Restricted Stock that
are certificated to the escrow holder pursuant to Section 6.7A, and upon
issuance thereof, if uncertificated, the Section 162(m) Restricted Stockholder
shall have, unless otherwise provided by the Committee, all the rights of a
stockholder with respect to said shares, subject to the restrictions in the
Section 162(m) Restricted Stock Agreement, including the right to receive all
dividends and other distributions paid or made with respect to the shares;
provided, however, that in the discretion of the Committee, any extraordinary
distribution with respect to the Common Stock shall be subject to the
restrictions set forth in Section 6.5A.
Section 6.5A - Restrictions
All shares of Section 162(m) Restricted Stock issued under this Plan
(including any shares received by holders thereof with respect to shares of
Section 162(m) Restricted Stock as a result of stock dividends, stock splits or
any other form of recapitalization) shall, in the terms of each individual
Section 162(m) Restricted Stock Agreement, be subject to such restrictions as
the Committee shall provide, which restrictions may include, without limitation,
restrictions concerning voting rights and transferability. The Section 162(m)
Restricted Stock Agreement shall provide that a Section 162(m) Restricted
Stockholder's rights in Section 162(m) Restricted Stock shall not vest unless
one or more specified Performance Criteria established by the Committee shall
have been achieved. Section 162(m) Restricted Stock may not be sold or
encumbered until all restrictions are terminated or expire. Unless provided
otherwise by the Committee, if no consideration (other than services) was paid
by the Section 162(m) Restricted Stockholder upon issuance, a Section 162(m)
Restricted Stockholder's rights in unvested Section 162(m) Restricted Stock
shall lapse upon Termination of Employment for any reason at any time or prior
to any date the Committee may establish.
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Section 6.6A - Repurchase of Section 162(m) Restricted Stock
If consideration (other than services) was paid for Section 162(m)
Restricted Stock, the Committee shall provide in the terms of each individual
Section 162(m) Restricted Stock Agreement that the Company shall have the right
to repurchase from the Section 162(m) Restricted Stockholder the Section 162(m)
Restricted Stock then subject to restrictions under the Section 162(m)
Restricted Stock Agreement immediately upon a Termination of Employment at a
cash price per share equal to the price paid by the Section 162(m) Restricted
Stockholder for such Section 162(m) Restricted Stock or such other price as may
be specified in the Section 162(m) Restricted Stock Agreement; provided,
however, that provision may be made in the Section 162(m) Restricted Stock
Agreement in the Committee's discretion that no such right of repurchase shall
exist in the event of a Termination of Employment without Cause, or following a
Change in Control of the Company or because of the Section 162(m) Restricted
Stockholder's retirement, death or disability, or otherwise.
Section 6.7A - Escrow
The Secretary of the Company or such other escrow holder as the
Committee may appoint shall retain physical custody of each certificate
representing Section 162(m) Restricted Stock until all of the restrictions
imposed under the Section 162(m) Restricted Stock Agreement with respect to the
shares evidenced by such certificate expire or shall have been removed (or the
Secretary shall establish book entry procedures sufficient to prevent
unauthorized transfers of the Section 162(m) Restricted Stock).
Section 6.8A - Legend
In order to enforce the restrictions imposed upon shares of Section
162(m) Restricted Stock hereunder, the Committee shall cause a legend or legends
to be placed on certificates representing all certificated shares of Section
162(m) Restricted Stock that are still subject to restrictions under Section
162(m) Restricted Stock Agreements, or stop transfer instructions with respect
to book entry procedures, which legend, legends or instructions shall make
appropriate reference to the conditions imposed hereby.
ARTICLE VII
PERFORMANCE AWARDS, DEFERRED STOCK, STOCK PAYMENTS
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Section 7.1 - Performance Awards
Any key Employee selected by the Committee may be granted one or more
Performance Awards. The value of such Performance Awards may be linked to the
market value, book value, net profits or other measure of the value of Common
Stock or other specific performance criteria determined to be appropriate by the
Committee, in
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each case on a specified date or dates or over any period or periods determined
by the Committee, or may be based upon the appreciation in the market value,
book value, net profits or other measure of the value of a specified number of
shares of Common Stock over a fixed period or periods determined by the
Committee. In making such determinations, the Committee shall consider (among
such other factors as it deems relevant in light of the specific type of award)
the contributions, responsibilities and other compensation of the particular key
Employee.
Section 7.2 - Stock Payments
Any key Employee selected by the Committee may receive Stock Payments
in the manner determined from time to time by the Committee. The number of
shares shall be determined by the Committee and may be based upon the Fair
Market Value, book value, net profits or other measure of the value of Common
Stock or other specific performance criteria determined appropriate by the
Committee, determined on the date such Stock Payment is made or on any date
thereafter.
Section 7.3 - Deferred Stock
Any key Employee selected by the Committee may be granted an award of
Deferred Stock in the manner determined from time to time by the Committee. The
number of shares of Deferred Stock shall be determined by the Committee and may
be linked to the market value, book value, net profits or other measure of the
value of Common Stock or other specific performance criteria, in each case on a
specified date or dates or over any period or periods determined by the
Committee. Common Stock underlying a Deferred Stock award will not be issued
until the Deferred Stock award has vested, pursuant to a vesting schedule or
performance criteria set by the Committee. Unless otherwise provided by the
Committee, a Grantee of Deferred Stock shall have no rights as a Company
stockholder with respect to such Deferred Stock until such time as the award has
vested and the Common Stock underlying the award has been issued.
Section 7.4 - Performance Award Agreement, Deferred Stock Agreement, Stock
Payment Agreement
Each Performance Award, Deferred Stock Award and/or Stock Payment
shall be evidenced by a written agreement, which shall be executed by the
Grantee and an authorized Officer of the Company and which shall contain such
terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine, consistent with this
Plan.
Section 7.5 - Term
The term of a Performance Award Agreement, Deferred Stock Award and/or
Stock Payment shall be set by the Committee in its discretion.
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Section 7.6 - Exercise Upon Termination of Employment
A Performance Award, Deferred Stock Award and/or Stock Payment is
exercisable or payable only while the Grantee is an Employee; provided that the
Committee may determine that the Performance Award, Deferred Stock Award and/or
Stock Payment may be exercised or paid subsequent to Termination of Employment
without Cause, or following a Change in Control of the Company, or because of
the Grantee's retirement, death or disability, or otherwise.
Section 7.7 - Payment
Payment of the amount determined under Section 7.1 above shall be in
cash, in Common Stock or a combination of both, as determined by the Committee.
To the extent any payment under this Article VII is effected in Common Stock, it
shall be made subject to satisfaction of all provisions of Sections 5.3 and 5.5.
Section 7.8 - No Right to Continued Employment
Nothing in this Plan or in any agreement hereunder shall confer on any
Grantee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any Subsidiary or
shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company and any
Subsidiary, which are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge any Grantee at any
time for any reason whatsoever, with or without good cause.
ARTICLE VII-A
SECTION 162(m) PERFORMANCE AWARDS, SECTION
162(m) DEFERRED STOCK, SECTION 162(m) STOCK PAYMENTS
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Section 7.1A - Section 162(m) Performance Awards
Any key Employee selected by the Committee may be granted one or more
Section 162(m) Performance Awards. The right to a Section 162(m) Performance
Award shall not vest unless one or more specified Performance Criteria
established by the Committee shall have been achieved.
Section 7.2A - Section 162(m) Stock Payments
Any key Employee selected by the Committee may be granted one or more
Section 162(m) Stock Payments. The right to a Section 162(m) Stock Payment
shall not vest unless one or more specified Performance Criteria established by
the Committee shall have been achieved.
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Section 7.3A - Section 162(m) Deferred Stock
Any key Employee selected by the Committee may be granted an award of
Section 162(m) Deferred Stock. An award of Section 162(m) Deferred Stock shall
not vest unless one or more specified Performance Criteria established by the
Committee shall have been achieved. Common Stock underlying a Section 162(m)
Deferred Stock award will not be issued until the Section 162(m) Deferred Stock
award has vested. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, a Grantee of
Section 162(m) Deferred Stock shall have no rights as a Company stockholder with
respect to such Section 162(m) Deferred Stock until such time as the award has
vested and the Common Stock underlying the award has been issued.
Section 7.4A - Section 162(m) Performance Award Agreement, Section 162(m)
Deferred Stock Agreement, Section 162(m) Stock Payment Agreement
Each Section 162(m) Performance Award, Section 162(m) Deferred Stock
Award and/or Section 162(m) Stock Payment shall be evidenced by a written
agreement, which shall be executed by the Grantee and an authorized Officer of
the Company and which shall contain such terms and conditions as the Committee
shall determine, consistent with this Plan.
Section 7.5A - Term
The term of a Section 162(m) Performance Award Agreement, Section
162(m) Deferred Stock Award and/or Section 162(m) Stock Payment shall be set by
the Committee in its discretion.
Section 7.6A - Exercise Upon Termination of Employment
A Section 162(m) Performance Award, Section 162(m) Deferred Stock
Award and/or Section 162(m) Stock Payment is exercisable or payable only while
the Grantee is an Employee; provided that the Committee may determine that the
Section 162(m) Performance Award, Section 162(m) Deferred Stock Award and/or
Section 162(m) Stock Payment may be exercised or paid following a Change in
Control of the Company, or because of the Grantee's death or disability.
Section 7.7A - Payment
Payment of the amount determined under Section 7.1A above shall be in
cash, in Common Stock or a combination of both, as determined by the Committee.
To the extent any payment under this Article VII-A is effected in Common Stock,
it shall be made subject to satisfaction of all provisions of Sections 5.3 and
5.5.
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Section 7.8A - No Right to Continued Employment
Nothing in this Plan or in any agreement hereunder shall confer on any
Grantee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any Subsidiary or
shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company and any
Subsidiary, which are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge any Grantee at any
time for any reason whatsoever, with or without good cause.
ARTICLE VIII
ADMINISTRATION
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Section 8.1 - Duties and Powers of Committee
It shall be the duty of the Committee to conduct the general
administration of the Plan in accordance with its provisions. The Committee
shall have the power to interpret the Plan and the agreements pursuant to which
Options, awards of Restricted Stock, Deferred Stock, Section 162(m) Restricted
Stock or Section 162(m) Deferred Stock, Performance Awards, Stock Payments,
Section 162(m) Performance Awards, or Section 162(m) Stock Payments are granted
and awarded and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and
application of the Plan as are consistent herewith and to interpret, amend or
revoke any such rules. Options, awards of Section 162(m) Restricted Stock,
Section 162(m) Deferred Stock, Section 162(m) Performance Awards and Section
162(m) Stock Payments are intended to qualify as performance-based compensation
under Section 162(m) of the Code, and the Committee shall grant or award such
Options, rights or other awards in a manner consistent with the rules governing
performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code. Any such
interpretations and rules in regard to Incentive Stock Options shall be
consistent with the basic purpose of the Plan to grant "incentive stock options"
within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code. In its absolute discretion, the
Board may at any time and from time to time exercise any and all rights and
duties of the Committee under this Plan except with respect to matters which
under Rule 16b-3 or Section 162(m) of the Code, or any regulations or rules
issued thereunder, are required to be determined in the sole discretion of the
Committee.
Section 8.2 - Majority Rule
The Committee shall act by a majority of its members in attendance at
a meeting at which a quorum is present or by a memorandum or other written
instrument signed by all members of the Committee.
Section 8.3 - Compensation; Professional Assistance; Good Faith Actions
Members of the Committee shall receive such compensation for their
services as members as may be determined by the Board. All expenses and
liabilities
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incurred by members of the Committee in connection with the administration of
the Plan shall be borne by the Company. The Committee may employ attorneys,
consultants, accountants, appraisers, brokers or other persons. The Committee,
the Company and its Officers and Directors shall be entitled to rely upon the
advice, opinions or valuations of any such persons. All actions taken and all
interpretations and determinations made by the Committee in good faith shall be
final and binding upon all Optionees, Grantees, Restricted Stockholders, Section
162(m) Restricted Stockholders, the Company and all other interested persons.
No member of the Committee shall be personally liable for any action,
determination, or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or
the Options or other awards, and all members of the Committee shall be fully
protected by the Company in respect to any such action, determination or
interpretation.
ARTICLE IX
OTHER PROVISIONS
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Section 9.1 - Options and Other Rights Are Not Transferable
Except as the Committee may otherwise provide, no Options, Restricted
Stock Awards, Deferred Stock Awards, Performance Awards, Stock Payments, Section
162(m) Restricted Stock Awards, Section 162(m) Deferred Stock Awards, Section
162(m) Performance Awards, or Section 162(m) Stock Payments or interest under
this Plan or part thereof shall be liable for the debts, contracts or
engagements of any Optionee, Grantee, Restricted Stockholder, Section 162(m)
Restricted Stockholder or their respective successors in interest or shall be
subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge,
encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary
or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment
or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any
attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect; provided,
however, that nothing in this Section 9.1 shall prevent transfers by will or by
the applicable laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a qualified
domestic relations order as defined by the Code or Title I of ERISA, or the
rules thereunder.
Section 9.2 - Amendment, Suspension or Termination of the Plan; Modification of
Options
The Plan may be wholly or partially amended or otherwise modified,
suspended or terminated at any time or from time to time by the Board; provided,
however, that no such amendment or modification may (i) increase the maximum
number of shares specified in Section 2.1(a) (except that adjustments authorized
by Section 2.3 of the Plan shall not be limited by this provision) or (ii)
change the Employees eligible to participate in the Plan. Neither the
amendment, suspension nor termination of the Plan shall, without the consent of
the holder of an Option, Restricted Stock, Section 162(m) Restricted Stock or
award, alter or impair any rights or obligations under any such Option,
Restricted Stock, Section 162(m) Restricted Stock or award. No
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Option, Restricted Stock, Section 162(m) Restricted Stock or award may be
granted during any period of suspension nor after termination of the Plan, and
in no event may any Option be granted under this Plan after the expiration of
ten years from the date the Plan is approved by the Company's stockholders under
Section 9.3. An Option, Restricted Stock, Section 162(m) Restricted Stock or
award shall be subject in all events to the condition that, if at any time the
Board shall determine, in its discretion, that the listing, registration or
qualification of any of the Company's securities upon any securities exchange or
under any law, regulation or other requirement of any governmental authority is
necessary or desirable, or that any consent or approval from any governmental
authority is necessary or desirable, then the Board may modify the terms of any
Option, Restricted Stock, Section 162(m) Restricted Stock or other award granted
under the Plan, without the consent of the Optionee, Grantee, Restricted
Stockholder or Section 162(m) Restricted Stockholder in any manner which the
Board deems necessary or desirable in order to improve the Company's ability to
obtain such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval.
Section 9.3 - Approval of Plan by Stockholders
The Plan shall become effective as of the date of Board approval (the
"Effective Date"), subject to the approval of the Company's stockholders within
12 months after the Effective Date; provided, however, that notwithstanding
anything herein or in any award agreement to the contrary, all Section 162(m)
Performance Awards, Section 162(m) Stock Payments, Section 162(m) Restricted
Stock, and Section 162(m) Deferred Stock awarded prior to such stockholder
approval shall be void if such approval has not been obtained at the end of said
12-month period.
Section 9.4 - Effect of Plan Upon Other Option and Compensation Plans
The adoption of this Plan shall not affect any other compensation or
incentive plans in effect for the Company or any Subsidiary. Nothing in this
Plan shall be construed to limit the right of the Company or any Subsidiary (a)
to establish any other forms of incentives or compensation for employees of the
Company or any Subsidiary or (b) to grant or assume options otherwise than under
this Plan in connection with any proper corporate purpose, including, but not by
way of limitation, the grant or assumption of options in connection with the
acquisition by purchase, lease, merger, consolidation or otherwise, of the
business, stock or assets of any corporation, firm or association.
Section 9.5 - No Obligation to Register
The Company shall not be deemed, by reason of the granting of any
Option or any other award hereunder, to have any obligation to register the
shares of Common Stock subject to such Option or award under the Securities Act
or to maintain in effect any registration of such shares which may be made at
any time under the Securities Act.
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Section 9.6 - Tax Withholding
The Company shall be entitled to require payment in cash or deduction
from other compensation payable to each Optionee, Grantee, Restricted
Stockholder or Section 162(m) Restricted Stockholder of any sums required by
federal, state or local tax law to be withheld with respect to the issuance,
vesting or exercise of any Option, Restricted Stock, Deferred Stock, Performance
Award, Stock Payment, Section 162(m) Restricted Stock, Section 162(m) Deferred
Stock, Section 162(m) Performance Award, or Section 162(m) Stock Payment.
Section 9.7 - Loans
The Committee may permit, in its discretion, and subject to the
Company's approval, the extension by the Company of one or more loans to key
Employees in connection with the exercise or receipt of an Option, Performance
Award, Stock Payment, Section 162(m) Performance Award, or Section 162(m) Stock
Payment granted under this Plan, or the issuance of Restricted Stock, Deferred
Stock, Section 162(m) Restricted Stock, or Section 162(m) Deferred Stock awarded
under this Plan. The terms and conditions of any such loan shall be set by the
Committee, subject to the Company's approval.
Section 9.8 - Limitations Applicable to Section 16 Persons and Performance-Based
Compensation
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, any Option,
Performance Award, Stock Payment, Section 162(m) Performance Award, or Section
162(m) Stock Payment granted, or Restricted Stock, Deferred Stock, Section
162(m) Restricted Stock, or Section 162(m) Deferred Stock awarded, to a key
Employee who is then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, shall be subject
to any additional limitations set forth in any applicable exemptive rule under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act (including any amendment to Rule 16b-3 of the
Exchange Act) that are requirements for the application of such exemptive rule,
and this Plan shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such
limitations. Furthermore, notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, any
Option, right or award intended to qualify as performance-based compensation as
described in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code shall be subject to any additional
limitations set forth in Section 162(m) of the Code (including any amendment to
Section 162(m) of the Code) or any regulations or rulings issued thereunder that
are requirements for qualification as performance-based compensation as
described in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code, and this Plan shall be deemed
amended to the extent necessary to conform to such requirements.
Section 9.9 - Compliance with Laws
This Plan, the granting and vesting of Options, Restricted Stock
awards, Deferred Stock awards, Performance Awards, Stock Payments, Section
162(m) Restricted Stock awards, Section 162(m) Deferred Stock awards, Section
162(m) Performance
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Awards, or Section 162(m) Stock Payments under this Plan and the issuance and
delivery of shares of Common Stock and the payment of money under this Plan or
under Options, Performance Awards, Stock Payments, Section 162(m) Performance
Awards, or Section 162(m) Stock Payments granted or Restricted Stock, Deferred
Stock, Section 162(m) Restricted Stock, or Section 162(m) Deferred Stock awarded
hereunder are subject to compliance with all applicable federal and state laws,
rules and regulations (including but not limited to state and federal securities
laws and federal margin requirements) and to such approvals by any listing,
regulatory or governmental authority as may, in the opinion of counsel for the
Company, be necessary or advisable in connection therewith. Any securities
delivered under this Plan shall be subject to such restrictions, and the person
acquiring such securities shall, if requested by the Company, provide such
assurances and representations to the Company as the Company may deem necessary
or desirable to assure compliance with all applicable legal requirements. To
the extent permitted by applicable law, the Plan, Options, Restricted Stock
awards, Deferred Stock awards, Performance Awards, Stock Payments, Section
162(m) Restricted Stock awards, Section 162(m) Deferred Stock awards, Section
162(m) Performance Awards, or Section 162(m) Stock Payments granted or awarded
hereunder shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such
laws, rules and regulations.
Section 9.10 - Transfer Restrictions
To the extent required for compliance of the Plan with any applicable
provisions of Rule 16b-3, shares acquired upon exercise of any Option, award or
right under this Plan may not be sold or otherwise transferred for at least six
months (or such other period as provided in such Rule) after such acquisition.
Section 9.11 - Titles
Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve
as a basis for interpretation or construction of the Plan.
Section 9.12 - Governing Law
The laws of the State of Delaware shall govern the interpretation,
validity, administration, enforcement and performance of the terms of this
Agreement regardless of the law that might be applied under principles of
conflicts of laws.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Plan was duly adopted by the Board
of Directors of Playboy Enterprises, Inc. on __________, 199_.
Executed on this ____ day of ____________, 199_.
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Assistant Secretary
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Plan was duly approved by the
shareholders of Playboy Enterprises, Inc. on __________, 199_.
Executed on this ____ day of ____________, 199_.
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Secretary
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APPENDIX C
PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC.
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
SECTION 1. PURPOSE.
This Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") is intended to advance the
interests of Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company") and its stockholders by
allowing employees of the Company and those subsidiaries of the Company that
participate in the Plan the opportunity to purchase shares of the Company's
Class B Common Stock ("Class B Common Stock"). It is intended that the Plan
will constitute an "employee stock purchase plan" within the meaning of Section
423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the
"Code").
SECTION 2. ADMINISTRATION.
The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee (the
"Committee") of the Board of Directors. The majority of the Committee shall
constitute a quorum, and the action of (a) a majority of the members of the
Committee present at any meeting at which a quorum is present or (b) all members
acting unanimously by written consent, shall be the acts of the Committee.
The interpretation and construction by the Committee of any provision of
the Plan or of any subscription to purchase shares under it shall be final. The
Committee may establish any policies or procedures which in the discretion of
the Committee are relevant to the operation and administration of the Plan and
may adopt rules for the administration of the Plan. The Committee will, from
time to time, designate the subsidiaries (as defined below) of the Company whose
employees will be eligible to participate in the Plan. No member of the
Committee shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith
with respect to the Plan or any subscription to purchase shares under it. For
purposes of this Plan, the term "subsidiary" means any corporation in which the
Company directly or indirectly owns or controls more than 50 percent of the
total combined voting power of all classes of stock issued by the corporation.
SECTION 3. ELIGIBILITY.
Each employee of the Company or of a participating subsidiary of the
Company whose customary employment is a minimum of 20 hours per week may
subscribe to purchase shares of Class B Common Stock under the terms of the
Plan, except that no employee may subscribe to purchase shares on the
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immediately preceding Subscription Date (as defined below), such employee would
own stock possessing 5 percent or more of the total combined voting power or
value of all classes of stock of the Company or of any subsidiary of the
Company. For purposes of this paragraph, stock ownership of an individual shall
be determined under the rules of Section 424(d) of the Code.
For purposes of the Plan:
(a) The term "Subscription Date" means the first business day of each
fiscal quarter of the Company during which the Plan is effective or, in the case
of a participant who is not an employee of the Company or a participating
subsidiary of the Company as of a particular Subscription Date, the date
thereafter on which such participant became an employee of the Company or a
participating subsidiary of the Company. The first Subscription Date under the
Plan will be July 1, 1996.
(b) The term "Purchase Date" means the last business day of the fiscal
quarter in which the related Subscription Date occurs.
SECTION 4. PARTICIPATION.
(a) An eligible employee shall evidence his or her agreement to subscribe
for shares by completing a written agreement (the "Subscription and
Authorization Form") provided by the Committee and filing it as directed by the
Committee. A Subscription and Authorization Form will take effect within a
reasonable time after it has been filed with the Company. Once an employee
provides the Committee with the Subscription and Authorization Form, he or she
continues as a participant in the Plan on the terms provided in such form until
he or she provides a new form or withdraws from the Plan.
(b) In the Subscription and Authorization Form, an eligible employee shall
designate any whole dollar amount to be withheld from such employee's
compensation in each pay period and used to purchase shares of Common Stock on
the next Purchase Date, subject to the following limitations: (i) the whole
dollar amount (on an annualized basis) shall not exceed 10 percent of his or her
compensation (as defined below) on an annualized basis; (ii) the maximum number
of shares of Class B Common Stock which can be purchased by any one employee on
any Purchase Date shall not exceed 1,000 shares of the Class B Common Stock; and
(iii) the Committee may establish from time to time minimum payroll deductions.
For purposes of this Plan, the term "compensation" means gross regular earnings.
SECTION 5. STOCK.
The stock purchased under the Plan shall be shares of authorized but
unissued or reacquired Class B Common Stock.
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Subject to the provisions of Section 6(h), the aggregate number of shares which
may be purchased under the Plan shall not exceed 50,000 shares of Class B Common
Stock. In the event that the dollar amount of shares subscribed for in any
quarter exceeds the number of shares available to be purchased under the Plan,
the shares available to be purchased shall be allocated on a pro rata basis
among the subscriptions.
SECTION 6. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Subscriptions shall be evidenced by a Subscription and Authorization Form
in such form as the Committee shall from time to time approve, provided that all
employees subscribing to purchase shares shall have the same rights and
privileges (except as otherwise provided in Section 4(b) and subparagraph (d)
below), and provided further that such subscriptions shall comply with and be
subject to the following terms and conditions:
(a) Purchase Price. The purchase price shall be an amount equal to 85
percent of the fair market value of such stock on the Purchase Date. During
such time as the Class B Common Stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange,
the fair market value per share shall be the closing price of the Class B Common
Stock (as reported in the record of Composite Transactions for New York Stock
Exchange listed securities and printed in The Wall Street Journal) on such
Purchase Date (or on the next regular business date on which shares of the Class
B Common Stock of the Company shall be traded in the event that no shares of the
Class B Common Stock shall have been traded on the Purchase Date). Subject to
the foregoing, the Committee shall have full authority and discretion in fixing
the purchase price.
(b) Medium and Time of Payment. The purchase price shall be payable in
full in United States dollars, pursuant to uniform policies and procedures
established by the Committee. The funds required for such payment will be
derived by withholding from an employee's compensation. An employee shall have
the right at any time to terminate the withholding from his or her compensation
of amounts to be paid toward the purchase price. An employee shall have the
right, one time in each quarter, to change the amount so withheld, by submitting
a written request to the Company at least 10 business days before any Purchase
Date. An employee shall have the right to cancel his or her subscription in
whole or in part and to obtain a refund of amounts withheld from his or her
compensation by submitting a written request to the Company at least 10 business
days before any Purchase Date. Any cancellation of a subscription in whole will
constitute a withdrawal under Section 4(a) of the Plan. Such amounts shall
thereafter be paid to the employee within a reasonable period of time.
(c) No Interest on Employee Funds. No interest shall accrue on any amounts
withheld from an employee's compensation.
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(d) Accrual Limitation. No subscription shall permit the rights of an
employee to purchase stock under all "employee stock purchase plans" (as defined
in the Code) of the Company to accrue, under the rules set forth in Section
423(b)(8) of the Code, at a rate which exceeds $25,000 of fair market value of
such stock (determined at the time of subscription) for each calendar year.
(e) Termination of Employment. If an employee who has subscribed for
shares ceases to be employed by the Company or a participating subsidiary before
any applicable Purchase Date:
i. Because of retirement or disability, he or she may elect to
continue making payments equal to the rate of payroll deductions made before
retirement or disability until the first Purchase Date following retirement or
disability; or otherwise the accumulated payment in his or her account at the
time of retirement or disability will be applied to purchase shares at the
applicable purchase price on the first Purchase Date following such retirement
or disability, unless the Company is otherwise notified in writing.
ii. For any other reason, he or she may elect to have the accumulated
payment in his or her account at the time of termination applied to purchase
shares at the applicable purchase price on the first Purchase Date following
such termination; or otherwise the total unused payments credited to his or her
account on the date of termination will be refunded within a reasonable time
without interest, unless the Company is otherwise notified in writing.
(f) Transferability. Neither payments credited to an employee's account
nor any rights to subscribe to purchase shares of Class B Common Stock under the
Plan may be transferred by an employee except by the laws of descent and
distribution. Any such attempted transfer will be without effect, except that
the Company may treat such act as an election by the employee to withdraw in
accordance with Section 6(b). Shares of Class B Common Stock may be purchased
under the Plan only by subscribing employees who have legal capacity as
determined under applicable state law or, in the event of the employee's legal
incapacity, by his or her guardian or legal representative acting in a fiduciary
capacity on behalf of the employee under state law or court supervision.
(g) Death and Designation of Beneficiary. An employee may file with the
Company a written designation of beneficiary and may change such designation of
beneficiary at any time by written notice to the Company. On the death of an
employee, the elections provided on termination of employment for retirement or
disability may be exercised by the employee's beneficiary, executor,
administrator, or other legal representative.
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(h) Adjustments. The Committee may make or provide for such adjustments in
the purchase price and in the number or kind of shares of the Class B Common
Stock or other securities covered by outstanding subscriptions, or specified in
the second sentence of Section 5 of the Plan, as the Committee in its sole
discretion, exercised in good faith, may determine is equitably required to
prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of employees that would otherwise
result from (i) any stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares,
recapitalization or other change in the capital structure of the Company; (ii)
any merger, consolidation, spin-off, split-off, spin-out, split-up, separation,
reorganization, partial or complete liquidation, or other distribution of
assets, issuance of rights or warrants to purchase stock; or (iii) any other
corporate transaction or event having an effect similar to any of the foregoing.
Moreover, in the event of any such transaction or event, the Committee, in its
discretion, may provide in substitution for any or all outstanding subscriptions
under this Plan such alternative consideration as it, in good faith, may
determine to be equitable in the circumstances.
(i) Rights as a Stockholder. An employee shall have no rights as a
stockholder with respect to any Class B Common Stock covered by his or her
subscription until the Purchase Date following payment in full. No adjustment
shall be made for dividends (ordinary or extraordinary, whether in cash,
securities or other property) or distributions or other rights for which the
record date is prior to the date of such purchase, except as provided in Section
6(h) of the Plan.
(j) Fractional Shares. Fractional shares may be purchased under the Plan
and credited to an account for the employee. The Company, however, shall have
the right to pay cash in lieu of any fractional shares of Class B Common Stock
to be distributed from an employee's account under the Plan.
(k) Other Provisions. The Subscription and Authorization Form authorized
under the Plan shall contain such other provisions as the Committee may deem
advisable, provided that no such provisions may in any way be in conflict with
the terms of the Plan.
SECTION 7. TERM OF PLAN.
Eligible employees may subscribe for shares under the Plan within a period
of ten years from the date the Plan is adopted by the Board of Directors;
provided, however, that the Committee may terminate or suspend the Plan if at
any time there are less than 5 percent of the eligible employees participating
in the Plan.
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SECTION 8. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN.
The Plan may be amended from time to time by the Committee, but without
further approval of the stockholders, no such amendment shall (a) increase the
aggregate number of shares of Class B Common Stock that may be issued and sold
under the Plan (except that adjustments authorized by Section 6(h) of the Plan
shall not be limited by this provision) or (b) materially modify the
requirements as to eligibility for participation in the Plan.
SECTION 9. APPROVAL OF STOCKHOLDERS.
The Plan shall take effect upon adoption by the Board of Directors;
provided, however, that any subscriptions and purchases under the Plan shall be
null and void unless the Plan is approved by a vote of the holders of a majority
of the total number of outstanding shares of voting stock of the Company present
in person or by proxy at a meeting at which a quorum is present in person or by
proxy, which approval must occur within the period of 12 months after the date
the Plan is adopted by the Board of Directors.
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APPENDIX D
PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC.
INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN FOR ANTHONY J. LYNN
Playboy Enterprises, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of
the State of Delaware (the "Company"), hereby adopts this Playboy Enterprises,
Inc. Incentive Compensation Plan for Anthony J. Lynn (the "Plan"). The
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the
"Committee") and the Board of Directors of the Company have approved the terms
and conditions reflected in the Plan. The purposes of the Plan are as follows:
(1) To further the growth, development and financial success of the
Company by providing additional incentives to Anthony J. Lynn ("Employee")
through incentive compensation.
(2) To enable the Company to obtain and retain the services of
Employee who is considered essential to the long-range success of the Company by
providing and offering him an opportunity to participate in incentive
compensation arrangements which will reflect the growth, development and
financial success of the Company.
Section 1 - 1997 Contingent Compensation and Post-1997 Contingent
Compensation.
(a) Employee shall receive contingent compensation for the 1997 fiscal
year ("1997 Contingent Compensation"), computed as follows:
(i) Employee shall receive a sum equal to 5% of the amount by which
the 1997 Pre-tax Profits of the Playboy Entertainment Group for the 1997 fiscal
year (July 1 through June 30) exceeds the Profits Base; provided, however, if
the sum of $525,000 plus 1997 Contingent Compensation equals $2,000,000, any
additional 1997 Contingent Compensation payable to Employee will be equal to
2.5% of the amount by which the 1997 Pre-tax Profits of the Playboy
Entertainment Group exceeds the Profits Base.
(ii) The Profits Base is defined as $2,350,000.
(iii)(A) "1997 Pre-tax Profits" of the Playboy Entertainment Group for
the 1997 fiscal year shall be the amount, if any, by which the total net
revenues of the Playboy Entertainment Group, including its subsidiaries and the
Group's pro-rata share of revenues derived from all controlled affiliates
exceeds all reasonable and applicable operating expenses attributable to same,
in accordance with "Generally Accepted Accounting Principles" computed
consistent with methods utilized by the Company in the 1992 fiscal year and used
by the Company's outside auditors in the preparation of the Company's audited
financial statements.
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(B) In computing the 1997 Pre-tax Profits of the Playboy Entertainment
Group for the 1997 fiscal year, there shall be allowed all fair and reasonable
allocation of items of revenue and expenses between divisions, subsidiaries and
affiliates of the Company, including, but not limited to, inter company sales,
expenses such as rents, occupancy, general administrative and personnel
salaries, MIS, insurance, employee benefits costs, security, payroll processing,
legal and tax advisory fees, depreciation, profit sharing and auditing expenses.
(C) Further, the effect of any One Time Gains or Losses accounted for
as part of the Playboy Entertainment Group shall be amortized evenly over four
(4) years, beginning in the month of occurrence, for purposes of calculating
1997 Pre-tax Profits, regardless of how the transaction is accounted for under
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. A "One Time Gain or Loss" is a gain
or loss resulting from a transaction not in the ordinary course of business and
which does not result in a 1997 Equity Bonus or a Post-1997 Equity Bonus under
Section 2 of this Plan.
(D) In no event shall profits or losses, except as described in
Section 1(a)(iii)(C), from any fiscal year be carried over or back to any other
fiscal year or otherwise taken into consideration in computing the 1997 Pre-tax
Profits.
(iv) The 1997 Contingent Compensation to which Employee is entitled
shall be paid on or before the date which is five business days after the
earlier of:
(A) The date on which the Company's outside auditors complete their
field work for the Company with regard to the 1997 fiscal year; or
(B) The date on which such outside auditors approve the release of the
annual earnings of the Company for the 1997 fiscal year; or
(C) 90 days after the end of the 1997 fiscal year.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 1(a)(iv) to the contrary, Employee
shall not be paid 1997 Contingent Compensation until after the Committee
certifies in writing that the performance goals and any other material terms
specified herein and necessary for Employee to receive such 1997 Contingent
Compensation have been satisfied.
(v) The Company shall, concurrently with payment to Employee of the
1997 Contingent Compensation to which he is entitled hereunder, deliver and
render to Employee a detailed accounting (certified by the Chief Financial
Officer of the
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Company) setting forth therein the Company's determination of the 1997 Pre-tax
Profits of the Playboy Entertainment Group.
(vi) 1997 Contingent Compensation, if any, due to Employee following
the termination of Employee's employment with the Company shall be governed
solely by the provisions of Section 1(c).
(b) Employee shall receive annual contingent compensation ("Post-1997
Contingent Compensation") for each of the fiscal years during the Section 1(b)
Term, computed as follows:
(i) Employee shall receive a sum equal to 5% of the amount by which
the Pre-tax Profits of the Playboy Entertainment Group for each fiscal year
(July 1 through June 30) during the Section 1(b) Term exceeds the Profits Base;
provided, however, once the sum of $550,000 plus Post-1997 Contingent
Compensation equals $2,000,000 in any fiscal year, any additional Post-1997
Contingent Compensation payable to Employee in such fiscal year will be equal to
2.5% of the amount by which the Pre-tax Profits of the Playboy Entertainment
Group in such fiscal year exceeds the Profits Base. Each fiscal year shall be
deemed a separate accounting period for purposes of computing Post-1997
Contingent Compensation for such fiscal year.
(ii) The Profits Base is defined as $2,350,000.
(iii)(A) "Pre-tax Profits" of the Playboy Entertainment Group for any
fiscal year shall be the amount, if any, by which the total net revenues of the
Playboy Entertainment Group, including its subsidiaries and the Group's pro-rata
share of revenues derived from all controlled affiliates exceeds all reasonable
and applicable operating expenses attributable to same, in accordance with
"Generally Accepted Accounting Principles" computed consistent with methods
utilized by the Company and used by the Company's outside auditors in the
preparation of the Company's audited financial statements.
(B) In computing the Pre-tax Profits of the Playboy Entertainment
Group for any fiscal year, there shall be allowed all fair and reasonable
allocation of items of revenue and expenses between divisions, subsidiaries and
affiliates of the Company, including, but not limited to, inter company sales,
expenses such as rents, occupancy, general administrative and personnel
salaries, MIS, insurance, employee benefits costs, security, payroll processing,
legal and tax advisory fees, depreciation, profit sharing and auditing expenses.
(C) Further, the effect of any One Time Gains or Losses accounted for
as part of the Playboy Entertainment Group shall be amortized evenly over four
(4) years, beginning in the month of occurrence, for purposes of calculating
Pre-tax Profits, regardless of how the transaction is accounted for under
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Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. A "One Time Gain or Loss" is a gain
or loss resulting from a transaction not in the ordinary course of business and
which does not result in a 1997 Equity Bonus or a Post-1997 Equity Bonus under
Section 2 of this Plan.
(D) In no event shall profits or losses, except as described in
Section 1(b)(iii)(C), from any fiscal year be carried over or back to any other
fiscal year or otherwise taken into consideration in computing the Pre-tax
Profits for any other fiscal year.
(iv) The Post-1997 Contingent Compensation for each fiscal year to
which Employee is entitled shall be paid on or before the date which is (5)
business days after the earlier of:
(A) The date on which the Company's outside auditors complete their
field work for the Company with regard to such fiscal year; or
(B) The date on which such outside auditors approve the release of the
annual earnings of the Company for such fiscal year; or
(C) 90 days after the end of such fiscal year.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 1(b)(iv) to the contrary, Employee
shall not be paid Post-1997 Contingent Compensation for a fiscal year until
after the Committee certifies in writing that the performance goals and any
other material terms specified herein and necessary for Employee to receive such
Post-1997 Contingent Compensation have been satisfied.
(v) The Company shall, concurrently with payment to Employee of the
Post-1997 Contingent Compensation for each fiscal year to which he is entitled
hereunder, deliver and render to Employee a detailed accounting (certified by
the Chief Financial Officer of the Company) setting forth therein the Company's
determination of the Pre-tax Profits of the Playboy Entertainment Group for each
such fiscal year.
(vi) This Section 1(b) shall be in effect for the 1998, 1999 and 2000
fiscal years, and for each fiscal year thereafter unless and until notice is
given by the Committee to Employee that this Section 1(b) shall not apply to the
specified fiscal year following the 2000 fiscal year ("Section 1(b) Term").
Such notice shall be in writing and delivered no later than 30 calendar days
prior to the commencement of the relevant fiscal year.
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(vii) Post-1997 Contingent Compensation, if any, due to Employee
following the termination of Employee's employment with the Company shall be
governed solely by the provisions of Section 1(c).
(c) (i) If Employee's employment with the Company is effectively
terminated for "cause" as provided for under any then existing employment
agreement between Employee and the Company, then Employee shall only be entitled
to receive, and the Company shall unconditionally pay to Employee, all 1997
Contingent Compensation or Post-1997 Contingent Compensation, as the case may
be, payable with respect to all periods prior to the fiscal year ("Section 1(c)
Termination Year") during which the Company notifies Employee that his
employment with the Company is so terminated.
(ii) If Employee's employment with the Company is effectively
terminated on account of Employee's disability as provided under any then
existing employment agreement between Employee and the Company, or otherwise as
provided in the Company's long-term disability policy, or on account of
Employee's death, then Employee (or Employee's estate or personal
representative, as applicable) shall only be entitled to receive, and the
Company shall unconditionally pay to Employee (or Employee's estate or personal
representative, as applicable), the following amounts:
(A) All unpaid Post-1997 Contingent Compensation and 1997 Contingent
Compensation, as the case may be, payable with respect to all periods prior to
the Section 1(c) Termination Year during which the Company notifies Employee
that his employment with the Company is so terminated, or Employee's death, as
the case may be, plus
(B) That percentage of the 1997 Contingent Compensation or Post-1997
Contingent Compensation, as the case may be, otherwise payable to Employee for
the Section 1(c) Termination Year equal to the fraction, the numerator of which
is the number of calendar days from the beginning of the Section 1(c)
Termination Year through the effective date of termination and the denominator
of which is 365.
(iii) If Employee's employment with the Company is terminated by the
Company without cause as defined under any then existing employment agreement
between Employee and the Company, then Employee shall only be entitled to
receive, and the Company shall pay to Employee, 100% of the 1997 Contingent
Compensation or Post-1997 Contingent Compensation, as the case may be, to which
Employee would have been entitled for and only for the Section 1(c) Termination
Year (based upon the actual 1997 Pre-tax Profits or Pre-tax Profits, as the case
may be, of the Playboy Entertainment Group for such fiscal year). Any amounts
payable to Employee pursuant to this Section 1(c)(iii) will be
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reduced by any amounts paid to Employee pursuant to Employee's Change in Control
Severance Agreement dated as of June 1, 1992.
Section 2 - 1997 Equity Bonus and Post-1997 Equity Bonus.
(a) Employee shall be entitled to a bonus for the 1997 fiscal year
("1997 Equity Bonus") in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) In the event that the Company directly or indirectly sells,
transfers or otherwise disposes of an equity interest in Playboy Entertainment
Group, Inc. ("PEGI") (or all or a portion of the assets comprising the Playboy
Entertainment Group operations) (except sales of assets or operations that
contributed less than 25% of the Group's total Pre-tax Profits in the fiscal
year immediately preceding the fiscal year in which such sale, transfer or
disposition occurs ("Measuring Year") or less than a 25% equity interest) to a
third party (including a sale to the public) ("1997 Disposition") during the
1997 fiscal year and such 1997 Disposition occurs either (A) while Employee is
employed by the Company or (B) within three (3) months after he is no longer
employed by the Company (a "1997 Equity Disposition Transaction"), then Employee
shall be entitled to a one-time 1997 Equity Bonus, as defined in Section
2(a)(ii) of this Plan. The 1997 Equity Bonus will be paid to Employee in cash
promptly following the closing date of the 1997 Equity Disposition Transaction.
However, Employee shall not be paid the 1997 Equity Bonus until after the
Committee certifies in writing that the performance goals and any other material
terms specified herein and necessary for Employee to receive such 1997 Equity
Bonus have been satisfied.
(ii) The 1997 Equity Bonus shall be computed by multiplying 1997 EB
Pre-Tax Profits times the Remaining Term. "1997 EB Pre-Tax Profits" means (A)
in the case of the sale, transfer or other disposition of an equity interest in
PEGI entitling Employee to a 1997 Equity Bonus hereunder, the total Pre-tax
Profits of PEGI for the Measuring Year times the fully-diluted percentage equity
interest in PEGI acquired by the third party, and (B) in the case of a sale,
transfer or other disposition of all or a portion of the assets comprising the
Playboy Entertainment Group entitling Employee to a 1997 Equity Bonus hereunder,
that portion of the Pre-tax Profits of Playboy Entertainment Group generated or
attributable to such assets for the Measuring Year. "Remaining Term" means the
lesser of (A) three (3) or (B) the number arrived at by dividing the number of
full months remaining in Employee's employment term, as established by the
Committee, by 12.
(iii) It is the express intent of the Plan that the 1997 Equity Bonus
shall only be payable in connection with a
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1997 Equity Disposition Transaction which constitutes a bona fide transfer of an
equity interest in PEGI or a bona fide sale of assets, and shall not be payable
in connection with any other transaction (whether in the form of joint ventures,
co-productions or otherwise) which represents a financing transaction. In no
event shall the Company structure a transaction which would otherwise constitute
a sale or disposition of an equity interest in PEGI or a sale of assets as a
financing transaction for the purposes of frustrating the provisions of this
Section 2(a)(iii).
(iv) The payment of the 1997 Equity Bonus, if any, will be in addition
to any 1997 Contingent Compensation or Post-1997 Contingent Compensation payable
to Employee under Section 1 of this Plan.
(b) Employee shall be entitled to a bonus ("Post-1997 Equity Bonus")
for all fiscal years beginning with or after the 1998 fiscal year in accordance
with the following provisions:
(i) In the event that the Company directly or indirectly sells,
transfers or otherwise disposes of an equity interest in PEGI (or all or a
portion of the assets comprising the Playboy Entertainment Group operations)
(except sales of assets or operations that contribute less than 25% of the
Group's total Pre-tax Profits in the Measuring Year or less than a 25% equity
interest) to a third party (including a sale to the public) ("Post-1997
Disposition") after June 30, 1997 and such Post-1997 Disposition occurs either
(A) while Employee is employed by the Company or (B) within three (3) months
after he is no longer employed by the Company (an "Equity Disposition
Transaction"), then Employee shall be entitled to a one-time Post-1997 Equity
Bonus, as defined in Section 2(b)(ii) of this Plan. The Post-1997 Equity Bonus
will be paid to Employee in cash promptly following the closing date of the
Equity Disposition Transaction. However, Employee shall not be paid the Post-
1997 Equity Bonus until after the Committee certifies in writing that the
performance goals and any other material terms specified herein and necessary
for Employee to receive such Post-1997 Equity Bonus have been satisfied.
(ii) The Post-1997 Equity Bonus shall be computed by multiplying Post-
1997 EB Pre-Tax Profits times the Remaining Term. "Post-1997 EB Pre-Tax
Profits" means (A) in the case of the sale, transfer or other disposition of an
equity interest in PEGI entitling Employee to a Post-1997 Equity Bonus
hereunder, the total Pre-tax Profits of PEGI for the Measuring Year times the
fully-diluted percentage equity interest in PEGI acquired by the third party,
and (B) in the case of a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or a portion
of the assets comprising the Playboy Entertainment Group entitling Employee to a
Post-1997 Equity Bonus hereunder, that portion of the Pre-tax Profits of Playboy
Entertainment Group generated or attributable to such assets for the Measuring
Year.
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(iii) It is the express intent of the Plan that the Post-1997 Equity
Bonus shall only be payable in connection with an Equity Disposition Transaction
which constitutes a bona fide transfer of an equity interest in PEGI or a bona
fide sale of assets, and shall not be payable in connection with any other
transaction (whether in the form of joint ventures, co-productions or otherwise)
which represents a financing transaction. In no event shall the Company
structure a transaction which would otherwise constitute a sale or disposition
of an equity interest in PEGI or a sale of assets as a financing transaction for
the purposes of frustrating the provisions of this Section 2(b)(iii).
(iv) The payment of the Post-1997 Equity Bonus, if any, will be in
addition to any 1997 Contingent Compensation or Post-1997 Contingent
Compensation payable to Employee under Section 1 of this Plan.
Section 3 - Approval of Plan by Stockholders. The Plan will be
submitted for the approval by the Company's stockholder prior to the end of the
Company's 1997 fiscal year. The Plan shall not take effect unless and until the
Plan receives such stockholder approval.
Section 4 - Administration.
(a) It shall be the duty of the Committee to conduct the general
administration of the Plan in accordance with its provisions. The Committee
shall have the power to interpret the Plan and to adopt rules for the
administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as are consistent
herewith and to interpret, amend or revoke any such rules.
(b) The Committee shall act by a majority of its members in attendance
at a meeting at which a quorum is present or by a memorandum or other written
instrument signed by all members of the Committee.
(c) Members of the Committee shall receive such compensation for their
services as members as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the
Company. All expenses and liabilities incurred by members of the Committee in
connection with the administration of the Plan shall be borne by the Company.
The Committee may employ attorney, consultants, accountants, appraisers, brokers
or other persons. The Committee, the Company and its officers and directors
shall be entitled to rely upon the advice, opinions or valuations of any such
persons. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by
the Committee in good faith shall be final and binding upon Employee, the
Company and all other interested persons. No member of the Committee shall be
personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good
faith with respect to the Plan or awards thereunder, and all
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members of the Committee shall be fully protected by the Company in respect to
such action, determination or interpretation.
Section 5 - Tax Withholding. The Company shall be entitled to require
payment in cash or deduction from other compensation payable to Employee of any
sums required by federal, state or local tax law to be withheld with respect to
the payment or vesting of any award hereunder.
Section 6 - Titles. Titles are provided herein for convenience only
and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of the Plan.
Section 7 - Governing Law. The laws of the State of Delaware shall
govern the interpretation, validity, administration, enforcement and performance
of the terms of this Agreement regardless of the law that might be applied under
principles of conflicts of laws.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Plan was duly adopted by the Board of
Directors of Playboy Enterprises, Inc. on ___________________, 199__.
Executed on this ____ day of ______________, 199__.
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Assistant Secretary
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Plan was duly approved by the
shareholders of Playboy Enterprises, Inc. on ____________________, 199__.
Executed on this ____ day of _______________, 199__.
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APPENDIX E
PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC.
INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN FOR HERBERT M. LANEY
Playboy Enterprises, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of
the State of Delaware (the "Company"), hereby adopts this Playboy Enterprises,
Inc. Incentive Compensation Plan for Herbert M. Laney (the "Plan"). The
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the
"Committee") and the Board of Directors of the Company have approved the terms
and conditions reflected in the Plan by action taken on April 25, 1996. The
purposes of the Plan are as follows:
(1) To further the growth, development and financial success of the
Company by providing additional incentives to Herbert M. Laney ("Employee")
through incentive compensation.
(2) To enable the Company to obtain and retain the services of
Employee who is considered essential to the long-range success of the Company by
providing and offering him an opportunity to participate in incentive
compensation arrangements which will reflect the growth, development and
financial success of the Company.
Section 1 - Contingent Compensation. Employee shall receive a sum
equal to 5% on all pre-tax operating profits earned by the Catalog Group in
excess of the fiscal 1996 operating profits of the Group based on cumulative
profits achieved over a three year period from Fiscal Year 1997 through Fiscal
Year 1999 (the "Contingent Compensation"). (By way of example, if Fiscal Year
1996 operating profits for the Group are $5,521,000, Employee would be entitled
to 5% of the cumulative profits in excess of $16,563,000.) Employee shall not
be entitled to the Contingent Compensation unless he is employed by the Company
through Fiscal Year 1999. Furthermore, Employee shall not be paid the
Contingent Compensation until after the Committee certifies in writing that the
performance goals and any other material terms necessary for Employee to receive
such Contingent Compensation have been satisfied.
Section 2 - Approval of Plan by Stockholders. The Plan will be
submitted for the approval of the Company's stockholders prior to the end of the
Company's 1997 fiscal year. The Plan shall not take effect unless and until the
Plan receives such stockholder approval.
Section 3 - Administration.
(i) It shall be the duty of the Committee to conduct the general
administration of the Plan in accordance with its provisions. The Committee
shall have the power to interpret the Plan and to adopt rules for the
administration, interpretation
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and application of the Plan as are consistent herewith and to interpret, amend
or revoke any such rules.
(ii) The Committee shall act by a majority of its members in
attendance at a meeting at which a quorum is present or by a memorandum or other
written instrument signed by all members of the Committee.
(iii) Members of the Committee shall receive such compensation for
their services as members as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the
Company. All expenses and liabilities incurred by members of the Committee in
connection with the administration of the Plan shall be borne by the Company.
The Committee may employ attorneys, consultants, accountants, appraisers,
brokers or other persons. The Committee, the Company and its Officers and
Directors shall be entitled to rely upon the advice, opinions or valuations of
any such persons. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations
made by the Committee in good faith shall be final and binding upon Employee,
the Company and all other interested persons. No member of the Committee shall
be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in
good faith with respect to the Plan or awards thereunder, and all members of the
Committee shall be fully protected by the Company in respect to such action,
determination or interpretation.
Section 4 - Tax Withholding. The Company shall be entitled to require
payment in cash or deduction from other compensation payable to Employee of any
sums required by federal, state or local tax law to be withheld with respect to
the payment or vesting of any award hereunder.
Section 5 - Titles. Titles are provided herein for convenience only
and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of the Plan.
Section 6 - Governing Law. The laws of the State of Delaware shall
govern the interpretation, validity, administration, enforcement and performance
of the terms of this Agreement regardless of the law that might be applied under
principles of conflicts of laws.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Plan was duly adopted by the Board of
Directors of Playboy Enterprises, Inc. on ___________________, 199__.
Executed on this ____ day of ______________, 199__.
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Assistant Secretary
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Plan was duly approved by the
shareholders of Playboy Enterprises, Inc. on ____________________, 199__.
Executed on this ____ day of _______________, 199__.
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Secretary
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