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SCHEDULE 14A
(RULE 14a)
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(AMENDMENT NO. )
Filed by the Registrant [X]
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Check the appropriate box:
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[ ] Preliminary Proxy Statement [ ] CONFIDENTIAL, FOR USE OF THE COMMISSION
ONLY (AS PERMITTED BY RULE 14a-6(e)(2))
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THE REYNOLDS AND REYNOLDS COMPANY
(NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
THE REYNOLDS AND REYNOLDS COMPANY
(NAME OF PERSON(S) FILING PROXY STATEMENT, IF OTHER THAN THE REGISTRANT)
Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):
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(1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies: .......
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pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount on which the
filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined): ............
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[ ] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule
0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid
previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number,
or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.
(1) Amount Previously Paid: ...............................................
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(3) Filing Party: .........................................................
(4) Date Filed: ...........................................................
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[LOGO]
THE REYNOLDS AND REYNOLDS COMPANY
115 SOUTH LUDLOW STREET
DAYTON, OHIO 45402
January 4, 2000
Dear Fellow Shareholder:
You are cordially invited to attend our Annual Meeting of Shareholders on
Thursday, February 10, 2000 at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, in the
Frederick C. Smith Auditorium located in the David H. Ponitz Sinclair Center,
Building 12, on the Sinclair Community College campus, 444 West Third Street,
Dayton, Ohio 45402. Directions to the meeting appear on the back page of this
booklet.
The notice of meeting and proxy statement following this letter describe the
business to be transacted. During the meeting we will also report on the current
activities of the Company and give you an opportunity to ask questions. We
encourage you to participate in the meeting and to allow time to visit our
demonstration and display area either before or after the meeting. The demo and
display area, which is also in the David H. Ponitz Sinclair Center, will be open
from 10:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.
Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, we urge you to sign and date the
enclosed proxy card and return it as soon as possible so that your shares will
be represented. The vote of every shareholder is important.
We look forward to welcoming you at the meeting.
Sincerely,
David R. Holmes
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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THE REYNOLDS AND REYNOLDS COMPANY
115 SOUTH LUDLOW STREET, DAYTON, OHIO 45402
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
FEBRUARY 10, 2000
To All Shareholders:
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders ("Meeting") of The Reynolds and
Reynolds Company, an Ohio corporation, will be held in the Frederick C. Smith
Auditorium located in the David H. Ponitz Sinclair Center, Building 12, on the
Sinclair Community College campus, 444 West Third Street, Dayton, Ohio 45402, on
Thursday, February 10, 2000, at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, for the
following purposes:
1. To elect four (4) Directors;
2. To approve material terms of a performance-based incentive
plan to secure deductibility of officer compensation exceeding
one million dollars;
3. To appoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditors for
the company; and
4. To transact such other business as may properly be brought
before the Meeting or any adjournment(s) thereof.
Shareholders of record at the close of business on December 17, 1999,
are entitled to vote at the Meeting or any adjournment(s) thereof.
Your attention is called to the accompanying Proxy Card and Proxy
Statement.
A copy of the company's Annual Report for its fiscal year ended
September 30, 1999, is enclosed. It is not deemed to be part of the official
Proxy soliciting material. If any shareholder fails to receive a copy of the
Annual Report, one may be obtained by writing to the Secretary of the company or
by calling the toll-free information hotline 1-888-4-REYREY (473-9739).
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Adam M. Lutynski, Secretary
Dayton, Ohio
January 4, 2000
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YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. Whether or not you plan to attend the Meeting,
please sign and return the proxy in the enclosed postage prepaid
envelope so your shares can be voted.
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PROXY STATEMENT FOR
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
THE REYNOLDS AND REYNOLDS COMPANY 115
South Ludlow Street, Dayton, Ohio 45402
TO BE HELD FEBRUARY 10, 2000
THIS PROXY STATEMENT IS ARRANGED IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER:
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GENERAL INFORMATION 3
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK 3
VOTING SECURITIES OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT 4
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS (PROPOSAL I) 5
Board Committees, Meetings, Compensation and Indemnification of Directors 7
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION 8
Summary Compensation Table 9
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Option/SAR Grants in Last Fiscal Year 10
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Aggregated Option Exercises in Last Fiscal Year and Fiscal Year-End Option Values 10
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Long-Term Incentive Plan -- Awards in Last Fiscal Year 11
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Pension Plan Table 11
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Employment and Change in Control Severance Agreements 12
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Performance Graph 14
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Report of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors on Executive Compensation 14
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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS 17
SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE 17
APPROVAL OF MATERIAL TERMS OF A PERFORMANCE-BASED (PROPOSAL II) 18
INCENTIVE PLAN
APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS (PROPOSAL III) 20
SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS 20
OTHER MATTERS 21
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GENERAL INFORMATION
This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation
of proxies by The Reynolds and Reynolds Company ("company") for its Annual
Meeting of Shareholders ("Meeting"), February 10, 2000. This solicitation is
being made by mail. The company has retained Georgeson Shareholder
Communications, Inc. to assist in its proxy solicitation. Georgeson's fee will
be $8,000 plus out-of-pocket expenses incurred on the company's behalf. The
company may also use its officers and other employees to solicit proxies from
shareholders, personally or by telephone, facsimile or letter. The costs of this
solicitation will be borne by the company. If the company requests nominees and
brokers to solicit their principals and customers for their proxies, the company
will reimburse such nominees and brokers for their reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses.
All shares represented by valid proxies received from this
solicitation, and not revoked, will be voted at the Meeting. If shareholder
directions appear on the Proxy Card, such shares will be voted according to
those directions. Unless contrary directions are given, all shares will be voted
in favor of the proposals and for the nominees for Director as described in the
accompanying Notice of Meeting and this Proxy Statement and, in the discretion
of the Appointed Proxies, upon such other matters as may properly come before
the Meeting. Any proxy may be revoked by the shareholder at any time before the
vote, by giving written notice to the company at its address provided on page 1
of this Proxy Statement or at the Meeting before any vote is taken.
Under Section 1701.55 of the Ohio Revised Code, a shareholder may
exercise cumulative voting rights in the election of Directors by giving written
notice of that desire to the President, a Vice President or the Secretary of the
company not fewer than 48 hours before the scheduled start of the Meeting. If an
announcement of the giving of such notice is made at the start of the Meeting by
the Chairman or Secretary, or by or on behalf of the shareholder giving such
notice, each shareholder shall have the right to cumulate his or her votes in
voting for Directors. In voting cumulatively, a shareholder may give one
candidate that number of votes determined by multiplying the number of his or
her shares by the number of Directors to be elected or may distribute that
number of votes among two or more candidates as he or she sees fit. If
cumulative voting is elected and no further instructions are given, the
Appointed Proxies shall, at their discretion, distribute the votes they cast
among the nominees.
The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on December 17,
1999 as the Record Date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to
receive notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting or at any adjournment(s) thereof
despite any subsequent transfers of shares. The stock transfer books of the
company will not be closed.
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
The company has two classes of authorized capital shares outstanding:
Class A Common Shares with no par value ("Class A Shares") and Class B Common
Shares with no par value ("Class B Shares"). There are 240,000,000 Class A
Shares authorized, of which 75,740,144 were issued and outstanding on December
1, 1999, and 40,000,000 Class B Shares authorized, of which 20,000,000 were
issued and outstanding on that date. In addition, the company has authorized
60,000,000 Preferred Shares ("Preferred Shares") with no par value. As of
December 1, 1999, no Preferred Shares were issued and outstanding. Class A
Shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. There is no public market for
Class B Shares.
Each holder of Class A Shares and Class B Shares is entitled to one
vote per share held of record. All shares vote as a single class except that, as
required by Ohio law, shareholders vote separately by classes in the case of
certain proposed amendments to the Amended Articles of Incorporation and certain
other specified transactions.
All properly cast votes, in person or in proxy, by shareholders of
record at the close of business on December 17, 1999 will be counted for
purposes of the proposals to be voted on at the Meeting. Abstentions and broker
non-votes will not be counted, and therefore will have no impact on the
plurality vote for Directors or the vote for the other proposals.
No dividend may be declared or paid on either class of shares unless a
dividend shall be simultaneously declared and paid on both classes. Any dividend
declared and paid on Class A Shares shall be in a per share amount of 20 times
the dividend simultaneously declared and paid on the Class B Shares. In the
event of the liquidation of the company, any distribution made with respect to
the Class A Shares shall be in a per share amount of 20 times the distribution
made with respect to each Class B Share. Neither class of shares has any
preemptive rights.
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Each Class B Share may at any time, at the option of the holder
thereof, be converted into 1/20th of a Class A Share. Class B Shares surrendered
for conversion are canceled and may not be reissued. All outstanding Class B
Shares are subject to an agreement under which they may not, unless previously
converted into Class A Shares, be transferred to anyone except the wife,
children and grandchildren (including any trust of which they are the
beneficiaries) of Richard H. Grant, Jr., Chairman of the company's Steering
Committee.
VOTING SECURITIES OF CERTAIN
BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
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Number of shares outstanding on
December 1, 1999, except as noted
below were: 75,740,144(1) 100.0 20,000,000 100.0 95,740,144(1) 100.0
The following are the only persons
known by the company to own
beneficially more than 5% of either
class of voting security on December
1, 1999:
Richard H. Grant, III 178,683(2) .04 20,000,000 100.0 20,178,683(2) 20.1
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Director and Private Investor
800 Germantown Street
Dayton, Ohio 45407
FMR Corp. 4,018,380(3) 5.3 4,018,380(3) 4.2
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Harris Associates L.P. 5,013,650(4) 6.6 5,013,650(4) 5.2
Two N. LaSalle Street, Suite 500
Chicago, Illinois 60602
On December 1, 1999, the shares
beneficially owned by all executive
officers and Directors as a group 3,163,371(5) 1.9 20,000,000 100.0 23,163,371(5) 22.4
(16 persons) were:
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(1) Does not include 16,444,556 Class A Shares held in treasury.
(2) Richard H. Grant, III has sole voting and sole investment power with
regard to 33,540 Class A Shares held in his own name. The total
includes 145,143 Class A Shares as to which Mr. Grant holds options
exercisable within 60 days. The amount excludes 12,776 Class A Shares
held by Mrs. Grant as to which Mr. Grant disclaims beneficial
ownership. This amount does not include 1,000,000 Class A Shares into
which his 20,000,000 Class B Shares are convertible at a 20-to-1 ratio.
(3) FMR Corp. has sole dispositive power (but not the power to receive
dividends or sale proceeds) over 4,018,380 shares held by two
wholly-owned subsidiaries: Fidelity Management and Research Company
(4,017,500 shares) and Fidelity Management Trust Company (880 shares).
It also has sole voting power over 880 shares. Voting power over the
4,017,500 shares resides with the respective Boards of Trustees of the
different Fidelity Funds in which the shares are held. (Information
from Schedule 13(G) for month-end November 1999.)
(4) Harris Associates L.P. has sole voting power over 5,013,650 shares. It
also has sole dispositive power over 838,450 shares and shared
dispositive power over 4,175,200 shares.
(5) Includes 1,709,454 Class A Shares as to which such persons may exercise
options within the next 60 days. See the table of Director and Director
Nominees on pages 5 and 6 and the footnotes thereto for the number of
Class A Shares beneficially owned by each Director, Director Nominee
and certain officers. The number of Class A Shares beneficially owned
by Mr. Robert C. Nevin, President, Automotive Group, is 430,614
(including 351,972 Class A Shares as to which Mr. Nevin may exercise
options within the next 60 days). The number of Class A Shares
beneficially owned by Mr. Rodney A. Hedeen, President, Information
Solutions Group, is 310,917 (including 211,210 Class A Shares as to
which Mr. Hedeen may exercise options within the next 60 days). The
individual holdings of Messrs. Nevin and Hedeen each equal less than 1%
of the issued and outstanding Class A or Class B Shares.
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PROPOSAL I
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors of the company has fixed the number of Directors
to constitute the full Board at eleven and proposes that four Directors be
elected for a three-year term expiring in 2003.
The Board has recommended and nominated JAMES L. ARTHUR, CLEVE L.
KILLINGSWORTH, JR., DALE L. MEDFORD, AND LLOYD G. WATERHOUSE each for a
three-year term.
Gayle B. Price, Jr., a Director whose term expires in 2000, has elected
to retire after having served with distinction for the past twenty-three years.
The company is most grateful for his service and wishes him much success in his
retirement.
The enclosed Proxy will be voted FOR electing the four nominees unless
a specification is made to withhold such vote. Since the number of Directors has
been fixed at eleven, the election of four Directors for new terms shall, in
accordance with the company's Consolidated Code of Regulations, be decided by
plurality vote.
If any nominee shall cease to be a candidate for election for any
reason, the Proxy will be voted for a substitute nominee designated by the Board
of Directors and for the other nominees. The Board of Directors currently has no
reason to believe that any nominee will not remain a candidate for election as a
Director or will be unwilling to serve as a Director if elected.
Following is certain information about the new nominee, each
nominee-incumbent and those Directors whose terms of office will continue after
the Meeting.
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NOMINEES FOR TERMS EXPIRING IN 2003
DIRECTOR
NAME AGE PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION AND FIVE YEAR EMPLOYMENT HISTORY SINCE CLASS A(1)
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James L. Arthur 64 A private consultant in high technology industry 1998 2,113(2)
since May, 1996, and Chairman of Board of CoCreate, a
CAD company; Chairman of Board of HPMP, a medical
devices company; Board member of PT Cipta Cakra
Murdaya, a financing company. Each company is a
Hewlett-Packard subsidiary. Prior thereto, Senior
Vice President and General Manager Customer Support,
Hewlett-Packard Company which designs, manufactures
and services equipment and systems for measurement,
computation and communications.
Cleve L. Killingsworth, Jr. 47 President and Chief Executive Officer, Health 1997 2,730(4)
Alliance Plan, and Executive Vice President for
Insurance, Henry Ford Health System, Michigan's
largest managed care plan, since January 1998; prior
thereto, President, Central East Division, Kaiser
Permanente, from March 1996 to January 1998; and
President of Ohio Region, Kaiser Permanente, from
August 1994 to March 1996. (3)
Dale L. Medford 49 Corporate Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial 1991 211,914 (5)
Officer.
Lloyd G. Waterhouse 48 President and Chief Operating Officer since May 1999; ---- 40,000(6)
prior thereto, General Manager of E-Business Services
for IBM Corporation from July 1998 to May 1999;
General Manager of Marketing & Business Development
for IBM Global Services from 1996 to July 1998; and
Director of Strategy for IBM from 1994 - 1995.
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DIRECTORS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE IN 2002
DIRECTOR
NAME AGE PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION AND FIVE YEAR EMPLOYMENT HISTORY SINCE CLASS A(1)
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Dr. David E. Fry 56 President and Chief Executive Officer, Northwood 1987 5,943 (7)
University, a private graduate and
undergraduate university.
Richard H. Grant, III 60 Private Investor. 1960 178,683 (8)
David R. Holmes 59 Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer 1987 997,315(10)
since May 1999; prior thereto, Chairman of the
Board, President and Chief Executive Officer. (9)
DIRECTORS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE IN 2001
DIRECTOR
NAME AGE PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION AND FIVE YEAR EMPLOYMENT HISTORY SINCE CLASS A(1)
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Richard H. Grant, Jr. 86 Chairman of the Steering Committee. 1939 734,302(11)
Allan Z. Loren 61 Executive Vice President and Chief Information 1996 2,825 (13)
Officer, American Express Company, a diversified
worldwide travel, financial and network services
company. (12)
Philip A. Odeen 64 Effective January 1, 2000, Executive Vice President, 1998 5,613(15)
TRW Washington Operations; prior thereto, Executive
Vice President and General Manager TRW Systems &
Information Technology Group from January 1998 to
December 31, 1999; President and Chief Executive
Officer, BDM International, Inc., a multinational
information technology company. (14)
Donald K. Peterson 50 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, 1998 2,613(16)
Lucent Technologies, one of the world's leading
designers, developers and manufacturers of
telecommunications systems, software and products,
since February 1996; prior thereto, Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer, AT&T Communications
Services Group from September 1995 to February 1996;
President, Nortel Communications Systems from 1992 to
1994.
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(1) Shares owned beneficially on December 1, 1999.
The individual holdings of each Director equal less than 1% of the
issued and outstanding Class A or Class B Shares, except for Richard H.
Grant, Jr. and Richard H. Grant, III whose holdings are specifically
described in Footnotes 7 and 10 below and, in the case of Richard H.
Grant, III, the table under VOTING SECURITIES OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL
OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT on page 4.
Richard H. Grant, III is the son of Richard H. Grant, Jr., and they may
be deemed to be "control persons" with respect to the company; however,
each disclaims any beneficial ownership of the Class A Shares or Class
B Shares held by the other.
(2) Mr. Arthur has sole voting and sole investment power with regard to
1,500 shares held in his own name. The 2,113 shares include 613 Class A
Shares as to which Mr. Arthur holds options exercisable within 60 days.
(3) Mr. Killingsworth also serves as a director of RGS Energy Group, Inc.
(4) Mr. Killingsworth has sole voting and sole investment power with regard
to 1,070 shares held in his own name. The 2,730 shares include 1,660
Class A Shares as to which Mr. Killingsworth holds options exercisable
within 60 days.
(Footnotes continued on following page)
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(5) Mr. Medford has sole voting and sole investment power with regard to
89,034 shares held in his own name. The 211,914 shares include 122,880
Class A Shares as to which Mr. Medford holds options exercisable within
60 days.
(6) Mr. Waterhouse has sole voting and sole investment power with regard to
the 40,000 Class A Shares held in his own name.
(7) Dr. Fry has sole voting and sole investment power with regard to 800
Class A Shares held in his own name. The 5,943 shares include 5,143
Class A Shares as to which Dr. Fry holds options exercisable within 60
days.
(8) See Note 2 to the table under VOTING SECURITIES OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL
OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT on page 4.
(9) Mr. Holmes also serves as a director of DPL Inc. and NCR Corporation.
(10) Mr. Holmes has sole voting and sole investment power with regard to
268,294 Class A Shares. The 997,315 shares include 13,406 Class A
Shares, 11,263 Class A Shares and 11,102 Class A Shares held in the
names of his three sons; 910 Class A Shares and 910 Class A Shares held
by his two daughters-in-law; and 691,430 Class A Shares as to which Mr.
Holmes holds options exercisable within 60 days. This amount (997,315)
excludes 10,278 Class A Shares held by Mrs. Holmes as to which Mr.
Holmes disclaims beneficial ownership.
(11) Richard Grant, Jr. has sole voting and sole investment power with
regard to 1,622 Class A Shares held in his own name. He also has sole
voting and sole investment power with regard to 732,680 Class A Shares
held in a trust for his benefit. The 734,302 shares exclude 39,682
Class A Shares held by Mrs. Grant as to which Mr. Grant disclaims
beneficial ownership.
(12) Mr. Loren also serves as a director of Venator Group, Inc. and Hershey
Foods Corporation.
(13) Mr. Loren's 2,825 shares represent options exercisable within 60 days.
(14) Mr. Odeen also serves as a director of Washington Gas Light Company.
(15) Mr. Odeen has sole voting and sole investment power with regard to
5,000 shares held in his own name. The 5,613 shares include 613 Class A
Shares as to which Mr. Odeen holds options exercisable within 60 days.
(16) Mr. Peterson has sole voting and sole investment power with regard to
2,000 shares held in his own name. The 2,613 shares include 613 Class A
Shares as to which Mr. Peterson holds options exercisable within 60
days.
BOARD COMMITTEES, MEETINGS, COMPENSATION
AND INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors has established Audit, Compensation, Investment
and Finance Committees.
The Audit Committee (Messrs. Fry (Chairman), Arthur, Killingsworth,
Loren, Peterson and Price) meets with the company's independent public
accountants, internal auditors, Chief Executive Officer and financial management
executives to review the scope and results of audits, as well as recommendations
made by those persons with respect to internal and external accounting controls
and specific accounting and financial reporting issues. During the last fiscal
year, this Committee met four times.
The Compensation Committee (Messrs. Odeen (Chairman), Fry, Loren and
Price) formulates and oversees the company's various upper management incentive
compensation programs, reviews for budget purposes specific recommendations on
general compensation levels for upper management, establishes compensation for
key executive officers and supervises the company's stock option plans. During
the last fiscal year, this Committee met three times.
The Investment Committee (Messrs. Medford (Chairman), Grant, Jr. and
Holmes) makes investment decisions for the company's retirement plan trust fund.
During the last fiscal year, this Committee met four times.
The Finance Committee (Messrs. Grant, Jr. (Chairman), Holmes and
Medford) oversees contributions to the company's retirement plan trust fund,
reviews company debt limits and cash position and recommends stock repurchases
and public stock offerings. During the last fiscal year, this Committee did not
meet.
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The company does not have a standing nominating or other similar
committee.
During the fiscal year ended September 30, 1999, the Board of Directors
met five times and all Directors attended 75% or more of the aggregate number of
meetings of the Board and committees of which they were members.
Non-employee Directors receive an annual fee of $22,500 plus $1,000 for
each Board of Directors Meeting attended and, on October 1 of each year, options
to purchase that number of Class A Shares which represent a fair market value of
$40,000 (adjusted annually for increases in the consumer price index).
Non-employee Directors who serve on a committee receive an additional $500 for
each committee meeting attended. Committee Chairmen receive an additional $1,500
per year. No Director who is an employee of the company receives any
compensation for services as a Director or committee member.
The company has an Indemnification Agreement with each Director which
indemnifies the Director to the fullest extent permitted by law. The agreements
cover any and all fees, expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and settlement
amounts paid in any matter relating to the Director's role as a Director,
officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the company or when serving as the
company's representative with respect to another entity. A Director would not be
entitled to indemnification in connection with a proceeding initiated by that
Director prior to a Change in Control (as defined in the Indemnification
Agreements) unless such proceeding was authorized or consented to by the
company's Board of Directors.
The Indemnification Agreements provide for the prompt advancement of
all expenses incurred in connection with any proceeding subject to the
Director's obligation to repay (at the company's request) those advances if it
is determined later that the Director is not entitled to indemnification.
If a) it is determined that a Director is not entitled to
indemnification under applicable law; and b) the Director challenges that
determination in court, the Indemnification Agreements provide that, subject to
applicable law, the challenging Director is entitled to indemnification for, and
advancement of, all fees and expenses incurred in any such proceeding.
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR ELECTING JAMES L. ARTHUR,
CLEVE L. KILLINGSWORTH, JR., DALE L. MEDFORD AND LLOYD G. WATERHOUSE
EACH FOR A TERM OF THREE (3) YEARS.
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following tables and narrative text discuss the compensation paid
to the company's Chief Executive Officer and the company's four other most
highly compensated executive officers during the fiscal year ended September 30,
1999, and the two prior fiscal years.
(Tables on following pages)
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SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
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ANNUAL COMPENSATION LONG-TERM COMPENSATION
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OTHER
ANNUAL ALL OTHER
COMPEN- OPTION LTIP COMPEN-
NAME AND SALARY BONUS SATION AWARDS PAYOUTS SATION
PRINCIPAL POSITION YEAR ($) ($) ($) (#) ($) ($)(2)
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David R. Holmes 1999 620,000 415,163 50,942(1) 84,120 620,000 43,817
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Chairman of the Board 1998 541,025 556,636 322,000 541,025 45,121
And Chief Executive Officer 1997 480,575 277,784 226,640 480,575 43,436
Lloyd G. Waterhouse 1999 208,333 162,500 400,000 187,500 27
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President and Chief
Operating Officer
(Effective 5-1-99)
Robert C. Nevin 1999 313,024 233,913 99,120 250,419 47,438
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President, 1998 303,907 310,702 31,000 243,126 45,529
Automotive Group 1997 295,056 194,674 22,360 236,045 40,716
Rodney A. Hedeen 1999 281,188 152,150 99,120 224,950 11,111
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President, 1998 268,750 198,640 21,000 215,000 11,441
Information Solutions Group 1997 233,600 148,663 5,520 173,493 11,078
Dale L. Medford 1999 287,064 192,224 98,160 200,945 14,384
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Vice President, 1998 249,490 244,214 19,800 174,643 16,326
Corporate Finance and 1997 224,541 118,563 7,560 157,179 14,667
Chief Financial Officer
</TABLE>
(1) Includes amounts for tax preparation services, donations, car allowance
and personal use of the Company aircraft valued at $37,950.
(2) The 1999 amounts disclosed in this column include:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ABOVE MARKET
DEFINED IMPUTED INTEREST INTEREST ON TOTAL
CONTRIBUTION ON SPLIT DOLLAR DEFERRED OTHER
NAME PLANS ($) LIFE INSURANCE ($)(1) COMPENSATION ($)(2) COMPENSATION ($)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
David R. Holmes 2,991 20,309 20,517 43,817
Lloyd G. Waterhouse 0 27 0 27
Robert C. Nevin 2,991 19,870 24,577 47,438
Rodney A. Hedeen 2,991 8,120 0 11,111
Dale L. Medford 2,991 6,105 5,288 14,384
</TABLE>
(1) Each participant pays the term equivalent premium on the split dollar
policy and the company pays the remainder of the premium. At
termination of the policy, all premium payments made by the company are
reimbursed. Interest was imputed on the amount receivable from the
participant at the company's short-term investment rate.
(Footnotes continued on following page)
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(2) The named executives (except Mr. Hedeen and Mr. Waterhouse) entered
into Deferred Compensation Agreements with the company whereby income
was deferred for four years in order to provide individual retirement
benefits at age 65 of up to $100,000 per year for a fixed term of 15
years. The deferrals were completed as of September 30, 1989. Benefits
payable are reduced for early retirement, and upon retirement lump sum
distributions are available at the participant's discretion. The
amounts presented represent the above market interest earned on the
funds deferred and were calculated assuming a 15-year payment stream at
age 65.
OPTION/SAR GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
INDIVIDUAL GRANTS(1)
---------------------------------------------------------------
POTENTIAL REALIZABLE
% OF TOTAL VALUE AT ASSUMED ANNUAL
OPTIONS RATES OF STOCK PRICE
GRANTED TO APPRECIATION FOR
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN EXERCISE OR OPTION TERM
OPTIONS FISCAL YEAR BASE PRICE EXPIRATION -------------------------
NAME GRANTED(2) (%) ($/SHARE)(2) DATE 5%($) 10%($)
- -------------------- ------------- ---------------- ------------- ---------- ---------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
David R. Holmes 84,120 1.64 17.44 10/01/08 922,279 2,337,559
Lloyd G. Waterhouse 200,000 3.89 23.07 05/01/09 2,899,276 7,349,637
200,000 3.89 0.01 05/01/09 7,511,276 11,961,637
Robert C. Nevin 24,120 .47 17.44 10/01/08 264,448 670,256
75,000 1.46 21.94 08/11/09 1,034,541 2,622,017
Rodney A. Hedeen 24,120 .47 17.44 10/01/08 264,448 670,256
75,000 1.46 21.94 08/11/09 1,034,541 2,622,017
Dale L. Medford 23,160 .45 17.44 10/01/08 253,923 643,579
75,000 1.46 21.94 08/11/09 1,034,541 2,622,017
</TABLE>
(1) No Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) were awarded in the 1999 fiscal
year.
(2) Grants, other than Mr. Waterhouse's grants of 400,000 shares, Mr.
Nevin's grant of 75,000 shares, Mr. Hedeen's grant of 75,000 shares and
Mr. Medford's grant of 75,000 shares, were made on October 1, 1998,
with the exercise price equal to the fair market value ($17.44) on that
date. Mr. Waterhouse's grants of 400,000 shares were made on May 1,
1999 with the exercise price equal to the fair market value ($23.07) on
that date for 200,000 of the shares and with the exercise price of $.01
for the other 200,000 shares. The 75,000 share grants for Mr. Nevin,
Mr. Hedeen and Mr. Medford were made on August 11, 1999 with the
exercise price equal to the fair market value ($21.94) on that date.
Options vest 25% annually beginning October 1, 1999, except for Mr.
Waterhouse's 400,000 shares of which 200,000 (exercise price of $23.07)
vest 50% on May 1, 2002 and 50% on May 1, 2004, and the other 200,000
(exercise price of $0.01) vest 25% annually beginning May 1, 2000; and
Mr. Nevin's, Mr. Hedeen's and Mr. Medford's 75,000 share grants which
vest 100% on August 11, 2004.
AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
AND FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION VALUES
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
VALUE OF
NUMBER OF UNEXERCISED
UNEXERCISED IN-THE-MONEY
SHARES OPTIONS AT OPTIONS AT
ACQUIRED FY-END FY-END
ON REALIZED EXERCISABLE/ EXERCISABLE/
EXERCISE VALUE UNEXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE
NAME (#) ($) (#) ($)
- ----------------------- ---------- ---------- ------------------- ---------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
David R. Holmes 18,000 197,125 635,840/1,011,340 4,310,833/2,717,198
Lloyd G. Waterhouse 0 0 0/400,000 0/4,010,500
Robert C. Nevin 52,884 663,333 330,482/133,170 2,198,277/76,248
Rodney A. Hedeen 0 0 196,510/119,670 1,510,421/68,992
Dale L. Medford 135,360 1,406,820.15 107,370/119,670 562,425/68,837
</TABLE>
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LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN -- AWARDS
IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ESTIMATED FUTURE PAYOUTS UNDER
NON-STOCK PRICE-BASED PLANS
PERFORMANCE OR ----------------------------------------------------
OTHER OTHER PERIOD THRESHOLD TARGET MAXIMUM
NAME RIGHTS UNTIL PAYOUT ($) ($) ($)
- ------------------------- ----------- ------------------ -------------- -------------- ---------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
David R. Holmes (1) (1) 0 310,000 620,000
Lloyd G. Waterhouse (1) (1) 0 225,000 450,000
Robert C. Nevin (1) (1) 0 125,210 250,419
Rodney A. Hedeen (1) (1) 0 112,475 224,950
Dale L. Medford (1) (1) 0 100,472 200,945
</TABLE>
(1) Participants in the Intermediate Plan (including Mr. Holmes who
participates in his own substantially similar plan), which is considered
a long-term incentive plan, are determined strictly by grade level
within the company. No formal awards are made and there are no vested
rights. Annual amounts paid to participants are dependent upon the
company's three year average return on equity. The periods considered in
the calculation are the most recent fiscal year and the preceding two
years. The potential annual payout amounts reported here were calculated
using fiscal year 1999 salaries. The payout for fiscal year 1999 is
included in the LTIP Payout column of the Summary Compensation Table.
Additional information on the Intermediate Plan appears on page 16.
PENSION PLAN TABLE (1)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEARS OF SERVICE (2)
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REMUNERATION 10 15 20 25 30
- -------------------- ---------- --------- -------- ---------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$ 300,000 $ 45,000 $ 67,500 $ 90,000 $112,500 $135,000
400,000 60,000 90,000 120,000 150,000 180,000
500,000 75,000 112,500 150,000 187,500 225,000
600,000 90,000 135,000 180,000 225,000 270,000
700,000 105,000 157,500 210,000 262,500 315,000
800,000 120,000 180,000 240,000 300,000 360,000
900,000 135,000 202,500 270,000 337,500 405,000
1,000,000 150,000 225,000 300,000 375,000 450,000
1,100,000 165,000 247,500 330,000 412,500 495,000
1,200,000 180,000 270,000 360,000 450,000 540,000
1,300,000 195,000 292,500 390,000 487,500 585,000
1,400,000 210,000 315,000 420,000 525,000 630,000
1,500,000 225,000 337,500 450,000 562,500 675,000
1,600,000 240,000 360,000 480,000 600,000 720,000
1,700,000 255,000 382,500 510,000 637,500 765,000
1,800,000 270,000 405,000 540,000 675,000 810,000
1,900,000 285,000 427,500 570,000 712,500 855,000
2,000,000 300,000 450,000 600,000 750,000 900,000
2,100,000 315,000 472,500 630,000 787,500 945,000
2,200,000 330,000 495,000 660,000 825,000 990,000
</TABLE>
(1) This table sets forth the annual retirement benefits payable under the
company's qualified pension plan and the non-qualified Supplemental
Retirement Plan ("Supplemental Plan") upon retirement at age 65 based
on an employee's final average annual compensation. Compensation as
defined in the plans includes Salary, Bonus and Long-Term Incentive
Plan payments. The qualified pension benefits are reduced by 1.67% of
monthly primary Social Security benefits multiplied by years of
credited service up to a maximum of 30 years. The Supplemental Plan
provides benefits to participants who would lose benefits because of
legislative limits imposed on qualified plans or because of their
participation in the company's Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation
Plan. Additional benefits provided under the Supplemental Plan for
participants with employment agreements are not included in the table
but are discussed below with employment agreements. Participation in
the Supplemental Plan requires approval by the Board. Optional payment
forms of actuarial equivalence are also available.
(Footnotes continued on following page)
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(2) Respective years of service for purposes of the qualified plan as of
September 30, 1999, for the persons named in the Summary Compensation
Table are: Mr. Holmes, 14; Mr. Waterhouse, 0; Mr. Nevin, 13; Mr.
Hedeen, 13; and Mr. Medford, 25.
In addition to the plans discussed above, the company also provides
compensation or death benefits generally payable over 10 years,
beginning at the earlier of retirement or death of the officer. The
compensation benefit is equal to either 100%, 150% or 200% of the
current year's total cash compensation depending upon the respective
officer's grade level. The company generally insures against its
obligations through the purchase of life insurance policies on the
lives of such officers.
EMPLOYMENT AND CHANGE IN CONTROL
SEVERANCE AGREEMENTS
Effective May 1, 1999 Mr. Waterhouse entered into an Employment
Agreement to serve as the company's President and Chief Operating Officer for a
term of five years. His agreement includes many of the elements found in the
agreements of the company's other principal executive officers and those
elements will be described below. Mr. Waterhouse's agreement did include two
special grants of non-qualified stock options. The first is a grant of 200,000
shares at fair market value as of May 1, 1999, 50% of which become exercisable
on May 1, 2002 and 50% on May 1, 2004. The second is a grant of 200,000 shares
at $0.01 which becomes exercisable in 25% units on May 1 of years 2000 through
2003. The final grant, to be made on May 1, 2000, is for 100,000 shares at fair
market value, 50% of which become exercisable on each May 1, 2003 and May 1,
2005.
Messrs. Holmes, Waterhouse, Nevin and Hedeen have Employment Agreements
by which they each agree to remain employed by the company until, respectively,
August 17, 2003, May 1, 2004, September 30, 2001 and February 1, 2001 at
respective annual base salaries of $640,000, $500,000, $297,220, and $250,000
which may not be reduced without the individual's consent or resolution by
arbitration. These base salaries may be increased from time to time consistent
with the recommendations of the Compensation Committee and as approved by the
Board of Directors.
Mr. Holmes' retirement benefit at age 59 (8/10/99) is 65% of final
average annual compensation. Thereafter, it increases by an additional 1% of
final average annual compensation for each additional twelve-month period of
employment. Mr. Waterhouse's retirement benefit at age 62 (10/16/13) is 60% of
final average annual compensation plus 1% additional for each twelve-month
period between age 62 through age 65. Mr. Waterhouse also has an early
retirement benefit of 40% of final average annual compensation if he remains
continuously employed by the company until May 1, 2009. Mr. Nevin's retirement
benefit at age 59 (11/04/99) is 56% of final average annual compensation plus 1%
for each additional twelve-month period of employment. Mr. Hedeen's retirement
benefits are those provided under the company-sponsored qualified and
non-qualified programs in which he participates.
The Employment Agreements of Messrs. Holmes, Waterhouse and Nevin also
provide for certain disability and death benefits, including retirement benefits
as described above in case of permanent disability. The Agreements also provide
for continued medical coverage of the surviving spouses for a period which ends
at the earlier of the spouse's death or 42 months after the employee's death.
Mr. Hedeen's coverage in the case of death or disability is that provided under
the company-sponsored programs in which he participates. During the terms of the
Agreements and for two years after the respective terminations of them, or the
cessation of payments made under them (whichever is later), each of Messrs.
Holmes, Waterhouse, Nevin and Hedeen shall not compete directly or indirectly
with the company. However, if the company does not renew the agreements of Mr.
Waterhouse or Mr. Hedeen, the respective non-competition restriction shall
continue for only one year.
All four Agreements generally provide that if the employee is
discharged by the company before the expiration date other than for cause (as
defined in the Agreements), or if the company fails to renew the Agreements
other than for cause, the employee shall be entitled to receive (i) payments
equal to the employee's Annual Compensation Value (as defined in the
Agreements), reduced by 70% of compensation from subsequent employment
(reduction does not apply to Mr. Hedeen) (a) for two years (for Mr. Nevin, the
lesser of two years or the number of months then remaining in the term of his
Agreement and for Mr. Holmes the number of months then remaining in the term of
his Agreement) from the date of termination of employment with respect to
discharge before the expiration of the Agreements, or (b) for one year from the
expiration of the Agreements in the case of non-renewal (non-renewal benefit
does not apply to Mr. Nevin and Mr. Holmes); (ii) credit for certain amounts of
additional service under the Supplemental Plan (iii) continuing coverage under
company-sponsored medical benefits programs ending at the earlier of employee's
securing other employment or two years from termination; (iv)
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reimbursement of up to $20,000 in out-placement fees; and (v) required payments
under the employee's (except for Messrs. Waterhouse and Hedeen) Deferred
Compensation Agreement. These Employment Agreements also contain "change in
control" severance provisions described below.
Effective August 17, 1998, Dale L. Medford and two other officers
entered into Change in Control Severance Agreements with the company. These are
not employment agreements. If an "escrow funding event" occurs before August 17,
2003, the Agreements provide that the three officers will receive the benefits
described in the following paragraph in the event of a Change in Control
Termination.
The Employment Agreements and the Change in Control Severance
Agreements may require the company to fund an escrow immediately in the event of
a "change in control" (as defined in such Agreements) of the company. Funding is
required upon the occurrence of any "escrow funding event," as defined in such
Agreements. The Agreements also provide that: (i) the employee will be entitled
to receive the escrowed amount upon a Change in Control Termination that occurs
within 24 months of a change in control; (ii) the employee will receive an
additional 24 months of service credit under the Supplemental Plan following a
Change in Control Termination; (iii) the payments to be made upon a Change in
Control Termination include a payment equal to three times the employee's annual
salary in effect at the date of termination or immediately prior to the change
in control (whichever is higher) and his average bonus with respect to the three
calendar years preceding the year in which his termination of employment occurs;
(iv) if the total amount of any payments payable to the employee upon the
termination of the employee's employment or upon a change in control (whether or
not pursuant to the severance provisions) would be subject to an excise tax as
"parachute payments" pursuant to Sections 280G and 4999 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, the amount of the severance payments under the severance
provisions will be reduced to avoid such excise tax, but only if the net effect
of such reduction is to increase the net after tax income to the executive; and
(v) the amount paid into escrow shall be the amount described in clause (iii) as
may be limited pursuant to clause (iv) and for periodic adjustment of such
amount.
The company estimates that if Messrs. Holmes, Waterhouse, Nevin,
Hedeen and Medford had been terminated on December 1, 1999, following a change
in control of the company, the total severance payments by the company to the
officers under their respective Agreements would have been $12,552,174. If such
termination were to occur, the non-competition restrictions in the respective
Employment Agreements are void and non-binding.
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PERFORMANCE GRAPH
FISCAL YEARS 1994 THROUGH 1999
Comparison of Five Year Cumulative Total Return Among The Reynolds and Reynolds
Company,
S&P 500 Index and a Composite of Two Indices
[LINE GRAPH]
9-30-94 9-30-95 9-30-96 9-30-97 9-30-98 9-30-99
Reynolds and Reynolds 100 139 213 161 150 175
The S&P 500 100 130 156 219 239 306
Composite Peer Group 100 138 169 239 256 395
Illustrates the value of $100 invested at Sept. 30, 1994
assuming reinvestments of dividends.
The graph compares the cumulative total shareholder return on a $100
investment in the company's Class A Shares for the last five fiscal years with
the cumulative total return on $100 invested in each of (i) the S&P 500 Index
and (ii) a composite of two indices. The composite index is comprised of the S&P
Computer Software and Services Index and a self-constructed business forms index
and is adjusted each year to reflect the percent of the company's revenues from
products and services represented by each index. The company selected the
following business forms companies for its self-constructed index: American
Business Products, Inc., Ennis Business Forms, Inc., Moore, Ltd., New England
Business Services, Inc., Standard Register Company and Wallace Computer
Services, Inc. The graph assumes all investments were made at market value on
September 30, 1994, and the reinvestment of all dividends.
REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Committee
---------
The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors consists entirely
of non-employee, independent Directors. The Committee reviews, recommends and
approves changes to the company's compensation policies and programs applicable
to the company's officers and senior personnel.
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Compensation Policy and Objectives
----------------------------------
The Committee's primary goal is unchanged from last year: to ensure
that the compensation provided to executives is linked to the company's business
strategies and objectives, thereby aligning the financial interests of senior
management with those of the shareholders. Beyond that, our priorities are to
ensure that the executive compensation programs enable the company to attract,
retain and motivate the high caliber executives required for the success of the
business. These objectives are achieved through a variety of compensation
programs, summarized below, which support both the current and long-term
performance of the business.
Base Salary
- -----------
Base salaries for executive officers are determined by evaluating the
responsibilities of the position and comparing them with other executive
positions in the marketplace. From time to time the company's compensation
consultant surveys senior executive salaries from a representative sampling
(approximately 20) of companies in the computer services and business forms
industries. The company's pay grade levels are then set at approximately the
competitive mid-range. Each of the executive officers is assigned a pay grade
based on that competitive market- place data. Individual salaries may then vary
somewhat below or above the mid-range, based upon the individual's performance
and contribution to company success, tenure on the job and internal equity.
Annual salary adjustments are determined by individual performance during the
fiscal year and paid from a budget for officer salary increases approved by the
Committee. In addition, during fiscal 1997 the Committee asked its compensation
consultant to review officer salary levels. Based on the consultant's report,
the Committee awarded increases to certain grade levels to bring them up to the
mid-point of the competitive range over a period of two years. As a result,
effective January 1, 1999, base salary levels for executive officers increased
an average of 9%. This paragraph applies to all executives except those whose
employment agreements may contain terms, which vary from these provisions. See
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS, pages 12 and 13.
ANNUAL INCENTIVES
The company's Chief Executive Officer ("CEO"), participates in a
separate, performance-based, incentive plan approved by the shareholders in
February, 1996 ("CEO Plan"). The terms of the CEO Plan are substantially similar
to the annual and intermediate compensation plans for the other officers. The
purpose of this CEO Plan is to qualify all CEO compensation in excess of $1
million for deductibility under the applicable provisions of the Internal
Revenue Code. Because of the need to expand participation in a special
shareholder-approved plan to secure the deductibility of executive compensation
in excess of $1 million for executives in addition to the CEO, the Committee
encourages all shareholders to study PROPOSAL II (pages 18 to 20) in this proxy
statement and to approve the plan proposed there for the reasons stated.
Officers may earn annual bonuses under two plans. The first is the
Annual Plan based on performance against financial targets established by the
Committee. Since 1987, the company has used corporate return on equity ("ROE")
as its primary measure of corporate performance. During fiscal 1996, the
Committee introduced growth in revenue and growth in operating income as
additional measures for determining annual bonuses. Although the combinations
varied by group, overall, ROE was originally weighted more heavily than the
growth components in determining annual bonuses. However, for fiscal year 1999
the Committee altered that weighting to place a greater emphasis on growth. As a
consequence, the new weightings are 50% ROE, 25% growth in revenue and 25%
growth in operating income. At the group level, other measures of performance
for the annual bonus include revenue growth, operating income growth and return
on net assets. In addition, the Committee approves adjustments to the bonus
formula as may be necessary from time to time to insure against unmerited
windfalls or penalties due to accounting changes or other non-operating factors.
The company believes that linking executive pay principally to corporate ROE and
growth directly ties the executive's interests and rewards to those of the
shareholders. Under the structure of the Annual Plan in effect for fiscal 1999,
no bonus is paid until a threshold corporate ROE of 10% or a 5% growth in
revenue or operating income is achieved; maximum payout requires a combination
of a 28% ROE and 15% growth in revenue and operating income. The annual bonus
payout can range between 0% of annual salary to 90% of annual salary. During
fiscal 1999, the company achieved ROE slightly above 28%. Beginning with fiscal
1999, the Company adopted American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
(AICPA) Statement of Position (SOP) 97-2 "Software Revenue Recognition." That
adoption would have artificially impacted bonus achievement for 1999 negatively
and bonus achievement for 2000 positively. To eliminate those artificial peaks
and valleys, the Committee approved the calculation of bonus achievement for
both years prior to the effect of AICPA-SOP 97-2.
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As so adjusted, 1999 showed a 6% increase in revenue and a 6% growth in
operating income. Due to the new 50% weighting of the growth components, the
annual bonus payout for the named executive officers (including Mr. Holmes
under his substantially similar but separate plan) decreased compared to fiscal
1998 and averaged 52.1% of annual salary.
The second is the personal performance bonus. This plan is designed to
reward all officers for the achievement of financial and non-financial goals
which are agreed upon by the officer and the officer's superior. In the case of
Mr. Holmes, this Committee in consultation with him agrees upon his annual
goals. Examples of financial goals have been ROE, revenue growth, return on net
assets and operating income. Examples of non-financial goals have been market
share growth, total quality measures, customer satisfaction and the
strengthening of a key organizational process. With the exception of Mr. Holmes,
Mr. Waterhouse and the division presidents, whose personal performance bonuses
are determined by the Compensation Committee during its year-end review, all
other executive officers have their personal performance bonus determined by the
respective individual to whom they report during individual year-end
evaluations. Depending on an individual's performance against goals, this bonus
can range between 0% to 20% of annual salary. For fiscal 1999 this personal
performance bonus for the named executive officers ranged from 10% to 15% of
annual salary.
LONG-TERM INCENTIVES
Stock Options
-------------
To further align the interests of shareholders and management, the
company grants stock options annually to all officers (approximately 80). The
exercise price is the fair market value of the stock on the date of the grant.
The options have a ten-year life and are not exercisable during the first year
after the grant. Thereafter, on each of the first four anniversaries of the
grant, twenty-five percent of the options become exercisable. The Committee
assigns a percentage to the salary midpoint of each individual officer grade
level. To determine the number of shares on which options will be granted, the
assigned percentage is multiplied by the salary mid-point and the result is
divided by the fair market value of the company's stock on October 1. During
fiscal 1999, the percentages ranged from 58% of salary to 188% of salary at the
CEO level. The Committee regularly engages a consultant to determine the
competitiveness of the annual grant.
Such stock options provide incentive for the creation of shareholder
value, since the full benefit of the compensation package cannot be realized
unless an appreciation in the price of the company's common shares occurs over a
specified number of years.
Stock Ownership Guidelines
--------------------------
The Compensation Committee maintains suggested stock ownership
guidelines for the fifty-six highest ranking officers of the company. These
guidelines specify an appropriate level of ownership of company stock as a
multiple of the officer's annual base salary. These multiples range from a high
of 4.25 times annual salary (in the case of Mr. Holmes) to a low of 1.5 times
annual salary. The Committee thought it appropriate to permit the officers to
achieve these ownership guidelines over a ten-year period in increments of 10%
per year. To encourage steady progress toward meeting the guidelines, the
Committee determined that if an officer owns a quantity of shares sufficient to
meet the ownership guidelines for that year the officer would be granted options
on 20% more shares in addition to the officer's standard stock option grant for
that year. If, for example, the standard stock option grant for that year were
one hundred shares, the officer would receive options on twenty additional
shares of stock for having met the guidelines for that year. As of September 1,
1999, stock ownership among the fifty-six officers stood at approximately
1,007,000 shares representing a market value of approximately $22.1 million. The
Committee believes that these guidelines will have the positive effect of
further aligning the interests of the officer group with those of all other
shareholders.
Special Growth Stock Option Grant
---------------------------------
In August, 1999, after consultation with an outside advisor, the
Committee made a special, one-time, non-qualified stock option grant to company
officers. The 1999 special growth option consists of a single grant ranging in
size between 5,000 and 75,000 shares at fair market value as of August 11, 1999
($21.94). The grant is not exercisable until August 11, 2004. However, if the
company achieves 10% internal growth (acquisitions are not
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included during the first twelve months following the respective acquisition)
in any one of the first five fiscal years following the grant, then 20% of the
original grant will vest immediately and the vested shares will be replaced
with an equal number of options at the then-current fair market value. The
Committee believes this specific incentive (like the adjustment in the annual
bonus to reward profitable growth) will over time promote the sustained
top-line profitable growth which investors value. Neither Mr. Holmes nor Mr.
Waterhouse participates in this Special Growth Option grant.
Intermediate Incentive Compensation
-----------------------------------
Certain senior officers, including all named executive officers (except
Mr. Holmes who participates in a substantially similar plan), also participate
in an Intermediate Incentive Compensation Plan. This plan, which is paid
annually, is based on a three-year average return on equity, and is designed to
focus and reward senior management for producing consistent longer-term
financial results. For fiscal 1999 the payout from the CEO Plan (for Mr. Holmes)
and from the Intermediate Incentive Compensation Plan for the other named
executive officers ranged from 70% to 100% of annual salary.
CEO COMPENSATION
Mr. Holmes served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
from August 1990 through April 1999, and since May 1999 as Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer. Under his leadership fiscal 1999 saw the company
achieve record revenues exceeding 1998's performance by 5%. Net income was up
19% and earnings per share increased 20%. The company achieved a 28.3% ROE
during fiscal 1999 representing an improvement over the 26.8% ROE for 1998. Mr.
Holmes' 1999 compensation of $1,706,105 (as shown in the Summary Compensation
Table on page 9) included a market-priced base salary of $620,000. Under the CEO
Plan he is eligible for annual and intermediate incentive compensation, the
performance standards of which are substantially similar to those in the annual
and intermediate compensation plans for other named executive officers. Despite
the company's improved performance over fiscal 1998, Mr. Holmes' annual bonus
actually decreased $126,268 from $448,431 in fiscal 1998 to $322,163 in fiscal
1999. This 28% decrease reflects the new 50% weighting of the growth components
set by the Committee. Following its year-end evaluation of his performance, the
Committee awarded a personal performance bonus of $93,000 to Mr. Holmes. On
October 1, 1998, the Committee awarded Mr. Holmes an annual stock option grant
for 84,120 Class A Shares which was based on the formula (explained above)
applicable to his position.
SUMMARY
The Committee believes that a high caliber, motivated management team
is critical to sustained business success.
As in prior years, in 1999 a significant portion (approximately 66%) of
the total compensation potential for the named executive officers was "at risk"
and payable based on individual and corporate performance-based variables that
will motivate and focus management on those issues that drive the success of the
company. The Committee intends to continue its performance-based pay policy,
which links executive rewards to shareholder returns.
THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
Dr. David E. Fry Gayle B. Price, Jr.
Allan Z. Loren Philip A. Odeen, Chairman
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
No Executive Officer or Director is or has been indebted to the company
during the last fiscal year in excess of $60,000. Additionally, during the last
fiscal year, the company did not enter into any transactions or establish any
business relationships with related parties required to be disclosed.
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SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
There were no late filings during Fiscal 1999.
PROPOSAL II
PROPOSAL TO APPROVE MATERIAL TERMS OF A PERFORMANCE-
BASED INCENTIVE PLAN TO SECURE DEDUCTIBILITY OF
OFFICER COMPENSATION EXCEEDING ONE MILLION DOLLARS
Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m) ("Section 162(m)") prevents public
companies from deducting for tax purposes amounts of annual compensation above
$1 million if that compensation is paid to any of its officers whose
compensation is reported in the proxy statement. Compensation, including stock
options, which is paid pursuant to the terms of a plan or structure which meets
the requirements of Section 162(m) is not subject to the $1 million deduction
limitation.
In the proxy statement dated January 4, 1996, the Board of Directors
presented to the shareholders and at the annual meeting held on February
15, 1996, the shareholders approved, the material terms of a performance-based
incentives plan created solely for the company's Chief Executive Officer (the
"CEO Plan"). The CEO Plan was designed to meet the requirements of Section
162(m) and consequently, to allow the company to make payments to the Chief
Executive Officer (the "CEO") in accordance with the CEO Plan and to deduct for
tax purposes amounts of annual compensation above $1 million. At the time the
CEO Plan was adopted and approved, the CEO was the only officer of the company
with the potential to earn annual compensation in excess of $1 million. Today,
it is foreseeable that certain other executive officers of the company may earn
annual compensation in excess of $1 million. Accordingly, the company has
adopted a new performance-based incentives plan (the "New Incentives Plan") and
seeks shareholder approval of the material terms of the New Incentives Plan.
The New Incentives Plan is identical in terms and conditions to the CEO
Plan except that the eligible participants in the New Incentives Plan include,
in addition to the CEO, any other executive officer of the company permitted to
be included under Section 162(m). The New Incentives Plan is substantially
similar to the annual (including the personal performance bonus portion) and
intermediate incentive compensation plans currently in place for the company's
executive officers. Under the New Incentives Plan, current thresholds to
trigger payment and maximum amounts payable to participants are as set forth
under the CEO Plan and substantially similar plans for other executive officers
described on pages 14-16. These thresholds and maximum amounts can be amended
at the beginning of each fiscal year by the Compensation Committee.
Participants in the New Incentives Plan will not be permitted to participate in
any annual and intermediate incentive compensation plans in place for other
officers. Participants of the New Incentives Plan may receive other
compensation outside of the New Incentives Plan as determined by the
Compensation Committee, including stock options. Shareholder approval of the
New Incentives Plan will allow payments to be made pursuant to the New
Incentives Plan to be deductible for tax purposes by the company. Upon adoption
of the New Incentives Plan, the CEO Plan will be terminated, and the CEO will
participate in the New Incentives Plan. If the New Incentives Plan is approved,
the CEO and other eligible executives will begin participation in the New
Incentives Plan beginning with fiscal year 2000, which began October 1, 1999.
The material terms of the New Incentives Plan are: (1) officers
eligible to participate in the New Incentives Plan; (2) business criteria on
which the performance incentives will be based; and (3) maximum amounts of
compensation payable to each officer if the highest performance is achieved.
Eligible Officers
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Officers eligible to participate in the New Incentives Plan include
those officers who are "Covered Employees," as that term is defined in Section
162(m). "Covered Employees" include the following:
(1) the company's Chief Executive Officer or an individual acting
in such capacity; and
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(2) employees required to be reported to shareholders under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by reason that such employee
is among the four highest compensated officers of the company
for the taxable year (other than the Chief Executive Officer).
Business Criteria
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The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors establishes the
annual and intermediate incentives based on certain business criteria. For the
annual portion of the New Incentives Plan, the measurement will be based on
corporate return on equity, growth in revenue and growth of operating income.
For the personal performance bonus portion of the Annual Plan, additional
criteria may be used as described on page 16. For the intermediate portion of
the New Incentives Plan, the measurement will be based on a rolling three-year
average corporate return on equity. See also the table set forth on page 19
below.
The financial measurements used in performance goals shall exclude the
effects of changes in accounting standards and non-recurring unusual events,
specified by the Compensation Committee, such as write-offs, capital gains and
losses and acquisitions and dispositions of businesses. However, the
Compensation Committee retains the discretion to reduce performance-based
incentive awards as a result of such events and to interpret the New Incentives
Plan or any award in accordance with its terms.
Maximums
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The annual performance-based award, the personal performance bonus
portion of the Annual Plan and intermediate performance-based award payable in
any year to a Covered Employee will be a maximum of 90%, 20% and 100% of the
Covered Employee's base salary, respectively. Awards paid will be based on a
percentage of the Covered Employee's base salary at the end of the performance
period. Each Covered Employee's base salary may be changed from time to time.
However, the annual and intermediate incentive payouts for each Covered Employee
will not exceed:
for the CEO, $1,125,000 or $1,250,000 in any year, respectively.
for the President and Chief Operating Officer, $878,000 or $975,500 in
any year, respectively.
The table below shows the range of annual and intermediate
performance-based compensation each Covered Employee could earn for the periods
shown if the threshold and maximum levels of performance for the business
criteria are satisfied. For any incentive payments to be made, the company must
achieve certain threshold levels of performance.
NEW INCENTIVES PLAN BENEFITS
FISCAL 2000 PERFORMANCE-BASED COVERED EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PLAN
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
2000 Annual Incentive(1) 2000 Intermediate Incentive(1)
--------------------------------- --------------------------------
Annual Plan Personal Performance Bonus
---------------- ---------------- ---------------- --------------- ---------------- ---------------
Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum
-------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------ -------- ------- -------- ------ --------
% of $ % of $ % of $ % of $ % of $ % of $
Name, Position Salary Salary Salary Salary Salary Salary
- ----------------------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------ -------- ------- -------- ------ --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
David R. Holmes, 0% 0 90% 594,432 0% 0 20% 132,096 0% 0 100% 660,480
Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive
Officer
- ----------------------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------ -------- ------- -------- ------ --------
Lloyd G. Waterhouse, 0% 0 90% 464,400 0% 0 20% 103,200 0% 0 90% 464,400
President and Chief
Operating Officer
- ----------------------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------ -------- ------- -------- ------ --------
</TABLE>
(1) Base salary effective 1/1/00.
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Approval of these material terms requires the affirmative vote of a majority of
the shares present or represented and entitled to vote at the Meeting.
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE FOR THE PROPOSAL TO
APPROVE THE MATERIAL TERMS OF A PERFORMANCE-BASED INCENTIVE PLAN TO
ASSURE DEDUCTIBILITY OF COVERED EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION.
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PROPOSAL III
APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors recommends that Deloitte
& Touche LLP be appointed as independent auditors of the company for one year.
Representatives of Deloitte & Touche LLP are expected to be present at the
Annual Meeting and will have the opportunity to make statements if they so
desire and will be available to respond to appropriate questions.
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR APPOINTMENT OF DELOITTE &
TOUCHE LLP AS INDEPENDENT AUDITORS FOR THE COMPANY.
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SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS
Proposals of shareholders intended to be presented at the 2001 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders must be received by the company by September 5, 2000,
for inclusion in the company's Proxy Statement and Proxy relating to the 2001
Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
Shareholder nominations of persons to be elected to the Board of
Directors at the February 15, 2001 Annual Meeting must be delivered to or mailed
and received at the principal executive offices of the company no earlier than
November 15, 2000, and no later than December 15, 2000.
OTHER MATTERS
Management does not intend to present to the Meeting any matters other
than those described above. It does not know of anything that will be presented
by other parties. However, if any other matters shall properly come before the
Meeting, the Appointed Proxies intend to vote on such matters according to their
discretion and best judgment.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ADAM M. LUTYNSKI, SECRETARY
Dayton, Ohio
January 4, 2000
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THE REYNOLDS AND REYNOLDS COMPANY
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
Frederick C. Smith Auditorium
David H. Ponitz Sinclair Center/Building 12
Sinclair Community College Campus
444 West Third Street
Dayton, Ohio 45402
FEBRUARY 10, 2000
11:00 A.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME
(Demonstration & Display Area
open from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)
DIRECTIONS TO SINCLAIR CENTER:
From I-75 - Northbound or Southbound:
Take the Third Street exit and travel east on Third Street
to Perry Street.
Turn right on Perry Street and travel south one block to Fourth Street.
Turn right on Fourth Street.
The entrance to the underground parking garage in the Sinclair
Center will be on your right. After entering garage, stay to the right
(northeast) and look for Sinclair Center North Entrance sign.
Go through double doors to elevator or stairs.
Take elevator or stairs to the first floor of Sinclair
Center/Building 12.
(PARKING PASSES WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE MEETING.)
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THE REYNOLDS AND REYNOLDS COMPANY
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
Frederick C. Smith Auditorium
David H. Ponitz Sinclair Center/Building 12
Sinclair Community College Campus
444 West Third Street
Dayton, Ohio 45402
FEBRUARY 10, 2000
11:00 a.m. EASTERN STANDARD TIME
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THE REYNOLDS AND REYNOLDS COMPANY
PROXY FOR ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS, FEBRUARY 10, 2000
The undersigned hereby appoints David R. Holmes and Adam M. Lutynski,
or either of them ("Appointed Proxies"), with power of substitution to each, to
vote all shares of the undersigned at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
("Meeting") of The Reynolds and Reynolds Company to be held on Thursday,
February 10, 2000 at 11:00 a.m. EST, or at any adjournment(s) thereof.
THIS PROXY, SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WILL BE
VOTED AS DIRECTED. IF NO DIRECTION TO THE CONTRARY IS INDICATED, IT WILL BE
VOTED FOR THE ELECTION OF THE NAMED NOMINEES AS DIRECTORS, THE APPROVAL OF
MATERIAL TERMS OF A PERFORMANCE-BASED INCENTIVE PLAN AND FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP AS AUDITORS FOR THE COMPANY. IF CUMULATIVE VOTING IS
ELECTED AND NO FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS ARE GIVEN, VOTES CAST PURSUANT TO THIS
PROXY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE ABOVE NOMINEES AT THE DISCRETION OF THE
APPOINTED PROXIES.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR ELECTING EACH OF THE
NOMINEES AND FOR PROPOSALS II AND III.
PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN AND MAIL THIS PROXY IN THE ENCLOSED POSTAGE-PAID
ENVELOPE
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[LOGO] REYNOLDS
& REYNOLDS(R)
Please detach here
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I. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: [ ] FOR electing (01) James L. Arthur,
(02) Cleve L. Killingsworth, Jr.,
(03) Dale L. Medford and (04) Lloyd G.
Waterhouse each for a three-year term.
[ ] WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to vote for (01) James
L. Arthur, (02) Cleve L. Killingsworth,
Jr., (03) Dale L. Medford and (04) Lloyd
G. Waterhouse.
_________________________________________
(Instruction: To withhold authority
to vote for any individual nominee,
write the number(s) of the nominee(s)
in the box to the right.) _________________________________________
II. Proposal to approve material terms of a performance-based incentive plan
to secure deductibility of officer compensation exceeding one million
dollars.
[ ] FOR [ ] AGAINST [ ] ABSTAIN
III. Proposal to appoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditors.
[ ] FOR [ ] AGAINST [ ] ABSTAIN
If any other business is brought before the Meeting or any adjournment(s)
thereof, this Proxy will be voted in the discretion of the Appointed Proxies.
The undersigned ratifies all that the Appointed Proxies, or their substitutes,
may lawfully do by virtue hereof, and revokes any proxies previously given to
vote at the Meeting or adjournment(s).
Address Change? Mark Box [ ]
Indicate changes below: Dated ______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
Signature(s) in Box
Please sign exactly as name(s)
appear to the left. When
signing in fiduciary or
representative capacity,
please add your full title. If
shares are registered in more
than one name, all holders
must sign. If signature is for
a corporation, the handwritten
signature and title of an
authorized officer are
required, together with the
full corporate name.
