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[LOGO] SAFEWAY INC.
4TH & JACKSON STREETS
OAKLAND, CA 94660
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Safeway
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), will be held at the Waterfront
Plaza Hotel, 10 Washington Street, Oakland, California on Tuesday, May 10, 1994
at 10:00 a.m. for the following purposes:
1. To elect three directors of the Company to serve for a term of
three years and until their successors are elected and have qualified;
2. To consider and vote upon adoption of the 1994 Amended and Restated
Stock Option and Incentive Plan for Key Employees of Safeway Inc. (the
"Restated Plan") which amends the 1990 Amended and Restated Stock Option
Plan for Key Employees of Safeway Inc. to (a) provide for shares of Common
Stock to be issued under the Restated Plan as stock bonus awards to
executive officers and key employees of the Company, (b) provide for
limitations on the number of shares subject to options which may be granted
under the Restated Plan to any employee in any given year, (c) amend the
definition of "subsidiary" under the Restated Plan and (d) make certain
other amendments;
3. To consider and vote upon adoption of the Stock Option Plan for
Consultants of Safeway Inc., as amended;
4. To consider and vote upon adoption of the Operating Performance
Bonus Plan for Executive Officers of Safeway Inc.;
5. To consider and vote upon one stockholder proposal which is opposed
by the directors;
6. To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche as independent
auditors for fiscal year 1994; and
7. To transact such other business as may properly come before the
meeting and any adjournments thereof.
Only stockholders of record at the close of business on March 15, 1994 will
be entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting and at any and all
adjournments thereof.
Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting in person, in order to ensure
your representation, please complete, sign, date and promptly return the
enclosed proxy card. A return envelope, which requires no postage if mailed in
the United States, has been provided for your use. If you attend the Annual
Meeting and inform the Secretary of the Company in writing that you wish to vote
your shares in person, your proxy will not be used.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
MICHAEL C. ROSS, Secretary
Oakland, California
Dated: March 29, 1994
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SAFEWAY INC.
4TH & JACKSON STREETS
OAKLAND, CA 94660
PROXY STATEMENT
This Proxy Statement is furnished to the stockholders on behalf of the
Board of Directors of Safeway Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Safeway" or the
"Company"), in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Directors of
proxies for use at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company, to be held
at the Waterfront Plaza Hotel, 10 Washington Street, Oakland, California on
Tuesday, May 10, 1994, at 10:00 a.m. and at any and all adjournments thereof. It
is anticipated that the mailing to stockholders of this Proxy Statement and the
enclosed proxy will commence on March 29, 1994.
Only stockholders of record at the close of business on March 15, 1994 will
be entitled to vote at the meeting. At the close of business on March 15, 1994
there were outstanding 102,164,599 shares of the Company's common stock ("Common
Stock"). A majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock will constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business. Each share of Common Stock not in the
treasury is entitled to one vote. There is no provision in the Company's
Restated Certificate of Incorporation for cumulative voting.
If shares are not voted in person, they cannot be voted on your behalf
unless a signed proxy is given. Even if you expect to attend the Annual Meeting
in person, in order to ensure your representation, please complete, sign and
date the enclosed proxy and mail it promptly in the enclosed envelope. A
stockholder giving a proxy pursuant to the present solicitation may revoke it at
any time before it is exercised by giving a subsequent proxy or by delivering to
the Secretary of the Company a written notice of revocation prior to the voting
of the proxy at the Annual Meeting. If you attend the Annual Meeting and inform
the Secretary of the Company in writing that you wish to vote your shares in
person, your proxy will not be used. If you receive two or more proxy cards,
please complete, sign, date and return each to complete your representation. All
shares represented by each properly executed and unrevoked proxy, in the
accompanying form, will be voted unless the proxy is mutilated or otherwise
received in such form or at such time as to render it unusable.
Votes cast at the Annual Meeting will be tabulated by the persons appointed
by the Company to act as inspectors of election for the Annual Meeting. Shares
represented by proxies that reflect abstentions or "broker non-votes" (i.e.,
shares held by a broker or nominee which are represented at the meeting, but
with respect to which such broker or nominee is not empowered to vote on a
particular proposal) will be counted as shares that are present and entitled to
vote for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum. However, for purposes
of determining the outcome of any proposal as to which proxies reflect
abstentions or broker non-votes, shares represented by such proxies will be
treated as not present and not entitled to vote with respect to that proposal.
The cost of this solicitation will be borne by the Company. Solicitation
will be made by mail, by telegraph and telephone, and personally by a few
officers and regular employees of the Company who will not receive additional
compensation for solicitation. Brokers, nominees and fiduciaries will be
reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in obtaining proxies or
authorizations from the beneficial owners of the Common Stock.
The purpose of the meeting and the matters to be acted upon are set forth
in the foregoing attached Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders. As of the
date of this Proxy Statement, management knows of no other business which will
be presented for consideration at the Annual Meeting. However, if any such other
business shall properly come before the meeting, votes will be cast pursuant to
said proxies in respect of any such other business in accordance with the best
judgment of the persons acting under said proxies.
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PROPOSAL 1
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that
the Board of Directors is divided into three classes. Each year the stockholders
are asked to elect the members of a class for a term of three years or less,
depending on the class to which the Board has assigned a director not previously
elected by the stockholders. If a quorum is present in person or by proxy, the
affirmative vote of a plurality of the voting power of the shares represented at
the meeting and entitled to vote will be sufficient to elect directors.
It is intended that the shares represented by proxies, in the accompanying
form, will be voted for the election of the three nominees named below unless
authority to so vote is withheld. All of the nominees have consented to being
named herein and to serve if elected. If any of them should become unavailable
prior to the Annual Meeting, the proxy will be voted for a substitute nominee or
nominees designated by the Board of Directors, or the number of directors may be
reduced accordingly.
The nominees named below are currently directors of the Company and each
was elected by the stockholders. The Board of Directors recommends the three
nominees for election as directors. The three directors will hold office for a
three-year term ending at the Annual Meeting in 1997 and until their successors
are elected and have qualified.
The following information, which has been provided by the directors, sets
forth for each of the nominees for election to the Board of Directors and for
each director whose term continues, his name, age and principal occupation or
employment during the past five years, the name of the corporation or other
organization, if any, in which such occupation or employment is or was carried
on and the period during which such person has served as a Safeway director.
1994 NOMINEES
JAMES H. GREENE, JR., age 43, has been a member of the Board of Directors
since December 17, 1987. Mr. Greene has been a General Partner of Kohlberg
Kravis Roberts & Co. ("KKR") since January 1, 1993 and has been an executive of
KKR during the last five years. Mr. Greene is also a director of Owens-Illinois,
Inc., Owens-Illinois Group, Inc., RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp., RJR Nabisco, Inc.,
The Stop & Shop Companies, Inc., The Vons Companies, Inc. and Union Texas
Petroleum Holdings, Inc.
PAUL HAZEN, age 52, has been a member of the Board of Directors since July
18, 1990. Mr. Hazen has served as President and Chief Operating Officer and
director of Wells Fargo & Co. and its principal subsidiary, Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, since 1984. Mr. Hazen is also a director of Phelps Dodge
Corporation and Pacific Telesis Group.
HENRY R. KRAVIS, age 50, has been a member of the Board of Directors since
November 26, 1986. Mr. Kravis has been a General Partner of KKR during the last
five years. Mr. Kravis is also a director of American Re Corporation, Auto Zone,
Inc., Duracell International, Inc., Flagstar Companies, Inc., Flagstar
Corporation, IDEX Corporation, K-III Communications Corp., Owens-Illinois, Inc.,
Owens-Illinois Group, Inc., RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp., RJR Nabisco, Inc., The
Stop & Shop Companies, Inc., Union Texas Petroleum Holdings, Inc. and World
Color Press, Inc.
CONTINUING DIRECTORS
STEVEN A. BURD, age 44, has been Chief Executive Officer of the Company
since April 30, 1993 and President of the Company since October 26, 1992. He was
elected to the Board of Directors on September 7, 1993. Previously, he was the
sole owner of Burd & Associates, a management consulting firm. Mr. Burd is also
a director of The Vons Companies, Inc.
SAM GINN, age 56, has been a member of the Board of Directors since January
15, 1991. Mr. Ginn has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of Pacific Telesis Group since 1988. He has also served as that
company's President and Chief Operating Officer (1987-1988) and Vice Chairman of
the Board
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(1986-1987). Mr. Ginn is also a director of Pacific Telesis Group, Pacific Bell,
Chevron Corporation and Transamerica Corporation. In December 1993, Mr. Ginn
became Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PacTel Corporation.
At the time of the spinoff of PacTel Corporation by Pacific Telesis, he will
resign his positions with Pacific Telesis and Pacific Bell.
ROBERT I. MACDONNELL, age 56, has been a member of the Board of Directors
since November 26, 1986. Mr. MacDonnell has been a General Partner of KKR during
the last five years. Mr. MacDonnell is also a director of Auto Zone, Inc.,
Owens-Illinois, Inc., Owens-Illinois Group, Inc. and The Vons Companies, Inc.
PETER A. MAGOWAN, age 51, has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors
since November 26, 1986. He served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company
from November 26, 1986 to April 30, 1993. He also served as President of the
Company from March 27, 1988 to October 26, 1992. Previously from December 1979,
Mr. Magowan served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company's predecessor, Safeway Stores, Incorporated, a Maryland corporation. Mr.
Magowan is also a director of Caterpillar, Inc., Chrysler Corporation and The
Vons Companies, Inc. Mr. Magowan is Managing General Partner and President of
the San Francisco Giants.
GEORGE R. ROBERTS, age 50, has been a member of the Board of Directors
since July 1986. Mr. Roberts has been a General Partner of KKR during the last
five years. Mr. Roberts is also a director of American Re Corporation, Auto
Zone, Inc., Duracell International Inc., Flagstar Companies, Inc., Flagstar
Corporation, IDEX Corporation, K-III Communications Corp., Owens-Illinois, Inc.,
Owens-Illinois Group, Inc., Red Lion Properties, Inc., RJR Nabisco Holdings
Corp., RJR Nabisco, Inc., The Stop & Shop Companies, Inc., Union Texas Petroleum
Holdings, Inc. and World Color Press, Inc.
MICHAEL T. TOKARZ, age 44, has been a member of the Board of Directors
since December 17, 1987. Mr. Tokarz has been a General Partner of KKR since
January 1, 1993 and has been an executive of KKR during the last five years. Mr.
Tokarz is also a director of Flagstar Companies, Inc., Flagstar Corporation,
IDEX Corporation, K-III Communications Corp., RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp. and RJR
Nabisco, Inc.
Mr. Roberts and Mr. Kravis are first cousins. Mr. MacDonnell and Mr.
Roberts are brothers-in-law.
Messrs. Burd, Ginn and MacDonnell are in the class of directors whose term
will expire in 1995.
Messrs. Magowan, Roberts and Tokarz are in the class of directors whose
term will expire in 1996.
Under Securities Purchase Agreements dated August 11, 1986, as amended
December 1, 1987, each of two partnerships which are the principal stockholders
of Safeway and which are affiliated with KKR has the right, so long as either
owns any shares of the Common Stock, to elect at least one director to Safeway's
Board of Directors in order to substantially participate in and substantially
influence the conduct of the management of Safeway and its business. See
"Beneficial Ownership of Securities."
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BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial
ownership of Safeway's outstanding Common Stock as of March 15, 1994 by (i) each
of Safeway's directors and nominees who is a stockholder, (ii) all persons who
served as the Company's Chief Executive Officer during fiscal 1993, (iii) each
of the Company's four other most highly compensated executive officers who were
serving as executive officers at the end of fiscal 1993, (iv) all executive
officers and directors of Safeway as a group and (v) each person believed by
Safeway to own beneficially more than 5% of its outstanding shares of Common
Stock. The table does not include shares awarded subject to stockholder approval
on January 31, 1994 under the Operating Performance Bonus Plan for Executive
Officers of Safeway Inc. (see Proposal 2). Except as indicated by the notes to
the following table, the holders listed below have sole voting power and
investment power over the shares beneficially held by them. The address of KKR
Associates, SSI Equity Associates, L.P. and SSI Partners, L.P. is 9 West 57th
Street, New York, New York 10019.
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NUMBER OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY PERCENTAGE OF
NAME OF BENEFICIAL OWNER OWNED(1) CLASS(1)
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KKR Associates(2)............................ 65,000,000 63.6%
James H. Greene, Jr.(3).................... 12,000 *
Henry R. Kravis(4).........................
Robert I. MacDonnell(5)....................
George R. Roberts(6).......................
Michael T. Tokarz.......................... 5,000 *
SSI Equity Associates, L.P.(7)............... 13,928,000 12.0
FMR Corp.(8)................................. 6,932,260 6.8
Sam Ginn(9).................................. 26,042 *
Paul Hazen(9)................................ 26,042 *
Steven A. Burd(10)........................... 227,300 *
Peter A. Magowan(10)......................... 1,764,725 1.7
Kenneth W. Oder(10).......................... 96,083 *
E. Richard Jones(10)(11)..................... 511,500 *
Frithjof J. Dale(10)......................... 228,750 *
Michael C. Ross(10).......................... 36,000 *
All executive officers and directors as a
group (14 persons, excluding Messrs.
Greene, Kravis, Roberts, MacDonnell and
Tokarz)(10)................................ 3,315,081 3.2
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* Less than 1%
(1) For purposes of this table, a person or a group of persons is deemed to
have "beneficial ownership" of any shares as of a given date which such
person has the right to acquire within 60 days after such date. For
purposes of computing the percentage of outstanding shares held by each
person or group of persons named above on a given date, any security which
such person or persons has the right to acquire within 60 days after such
date is deemed to be outstanding, but is not deemed to be outstanding for
the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.
(2) The 65,000,000 shares are owned of record by two partnerships, the sole
general partner of each of which is KKR Associates, a New York limited
partnership. KKR Associates, in its capacity as general partner, may be
deemed to beneficially own such shares. Messrs. Greene, Kravis, MacDonnell,
Roberts, Tokarz, Saul A. Fox, Michael W. Michelson and Paul E. Raether, as
general partners of KKR Associates, may be deemed to share beneficial
ownership of any shares beneficially owned by KKR Associates, but disclaim
any such beneficial ownership. Messrs. Greene, Kravis, MacDonnell, Roberts
and Tokarz are members of Safeway's Board of Directors.
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(3) Represents shares owned jointly by Mr. Greene and his wife. Does not
include 5,000 shares owned by Mrs. Greene, as to which Mr. Greene disclaims
any beneficial ownership. Does not include 3,000 shares held in trust by
Mrs. Greene for the benefit of their children, as to which Mr. Greene
disclaims any beneficial ownership.
(4) Does not include 200,000 shares held by Mr. Kravis as a trustee of an
irrevocable trust created by Mr. Roberts for the benefit of his children
(the "Roberts Trust"). As co-trustee, Mr. Kravis shares the authority to
vote and dispose of the shares, but has no economic interest in such
shares.
(5) Does not include 30,000 shares held in an irrevocable trust created by Mr.
MacDonnell for the benefit of his children (the "MacDonnell Trust") with
respect to which Mr. MacDonnell disclaims any beneficial ownership.
(6) Does not include 30,000 shares held by Mr. Roberts as a trustee of the
MacDonnell Trust. As co-trustee, Mr. Roberts shares the authority to vote
and to dispose of the shares, but has no economic interest in such shares.
Does not include 200,000 shares held in the Roberts Trust with respect to
which Mr. Roberts disclaims any beneficial ownership.
(7) SSI Equity Associates, L.P. is a Delaware limited partnership, the sole
general partner of which is SSI Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership. SSI Partners, L.P., in its capacity as general partner, may be
deemed to own any shares beneficially owned by SSI Equity Associates, L.P.
Messrs. Kravis, MacDonnell, Roberts and Raether, as general partners of SSI
Partners, L.P., may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of any shares
beneficially owned by SSI Partners, L.P., but disclaim any such beneficial
ownership. Messrs. Kravis, MacDonnell and Roberts are members of Safeway's
Board of Directors.
(8) Information with respect to FMR Corp. is based on a Schedule 13G filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") reflecting beneficial
ownership of Common Stock as of December 31, 1993.
(9) Includes 15,625 shares issuable upon exercise of stock options.
(10) Includes shares issuable upon exercise of stock options as follows: Steven
A. Burd, 170,000; Peter A. Magowan, 1,100,078; Kenneth W. Oder, 80,000; E.
Richard Jones, 317,500; Frithjof J. Dale, 142,400; Michael C. Ross, 30,000;
and all executive officers and directors as a group, 2,193,687. Does not
include shares issuable upon exercise of stock options which are not
vested.
(11) Does not include 6,000 shares owned by Mr. Jones' children as to which Mr.
Jones disclaims any beneficial ownership.
BOARD MEETINGS, COMMITTEES AND COMPENSATION
The Company's Board of Directors held five meetings in fiscal 1993. Each
director, except Messrs. Kravis and Tokarz, attended 75% or more of the total
number of Board meetings and meetings of Board committees on which the director
served during the time he served on the Board or committee. The Board of
Directors has established the following standing committees: Audit Committee,
and Compensation and Stock Option Committee. There is no standing Nominating
Committee.
Audit Committee: Paul Hazen, Chairman; Sam Ginn. As directed by the Board,
the functions of the committee include recommending independent auditors to be
employed by the Company; conferring with the independent auditors regarding
their audit of the Company; reviewing the fees of such auditors and other terms
of their engagement; considering the adequacy of internal financial controls and
the results of fiscal policies and financial management of the Company; meeting
with the Company's internal auditors; reviewing with the independent and
internal auditors the results of their examinations; and recommending changes in
financial policies or procedures as suggested by the auditors. During fiscal
1993 the Audit Committee held three meetings.
Compensation and Stock Option Committee: Sam Ginn, Chairman; James H.
Greene, Jr., Paul Hazen and Robert I. MacDonnell. The functions of the committee
are to review new or modified programs in the areas of executive salary and
incentive compensation, deferred compensation and stock plans; to review direct
and indirect compensation matters; and to review management's compensation
actions for executive officers and other key personnel. During fiscal 1993 the
Compensation and Stock Option Committee held four meetings.
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Director Compensation: Directors who are not employees of the Company or
its subsidiaries were paid an annual fee of $25,000 in fiscal 1993. The Chairman
of each Board Committee is paid an additional annual fee of $5,000. Each outside
director is paid a Board attendance fee of $1,250 and a committee attendance fee
of $1,000. See "Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation" for
a description of fees paid to KKR by the Company for management, consulting and
financial services.
On April 18, 1991, the stockholders approved the Outside Director Equity
Purchase Plan (the "Director Plan"), which generally provides for the grant to
"Outside Directors" (as defined in the Director Plan) of options to purchase
shares of Common Stock of the Company and requires Outside Directors to purchase
shares of Common Stock as a condition to membership on the Board. Mr. Ginn and
Mr. Hazen each has purchased 10,417 shares of Common Stock. In connection with
such purchases, Mr. Ginn and Mr. Hazen each delivered to Safeway a full recourse
note in the amount of $99,900. Each note matures in 2001 and bears interest at
8.87% per annum.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND TRANSACTIONS
In 1993, Safeway made payments totaling approximately $392,500 for the
direct or indirect benefit of the San Francisco Giants. Mr. Magowan, Chairman of
the Board of the Company, is the Managing General Partner and President of the
San Francisco Giants. Such payments were made in connection with advertising,
promotional events, ticket purchases and marketing programs involving the San
Francisco Giants and Safeway. It is anticipated that similar expenditures in the
approximate of amount of $300,000 will be made in 1994.
Mr. Magowan resigned from his position as Chief Executive Officer of the
Company effective April 30, 1993 and has continued as Chairman of the Board of
the Company. The Company has agreed to employ Mr. Magowan at his current salary
($737,500 annually) until December 31, 1994, after which he will receive a
monthly salary of $42,500 ($510,000 annually) until his retirement on April 30,
1997. Mr. Magowan will continue to receive insurance benefits, and he received
in 1994 a prorated bonus under the Company's operating performance and capital
performance bonus programs with respect to the first four months of 1993. The
Company paid Mr. Magowan $125,000 at the end of 1993 and will pay $125,000 at
the end of 1994 with regard to contingent incentive bonuses pertaining to his
performance previous to 1993 under the Company's bonus programs. Upon
retirement, Mr. Magowan will be entitled to receive retirement benefits in
accordance with the terms of the Company's retirement plans.
From December 1986 through December 1989, certain members of management
(the "Management Investors") purchased shares of Common Stock and/or acquired
options to purchase an aggregate of 9,636,000 shares of Common Stock. The
Management Investors paid, and stock options held by the Management Investors
are exercisable primarily at, $2.00 per share. Each such Management Investor
also entered into a subscription agreement with Safeway, pursuant to which all
shares of Common Stock held by such Management Investor are subject to certain
restrictions on transfer and certain repurchase rights and obligations under
certain circumstances, primarily relating to such Management Investor's
termination of employment.
In 1991, Robert H. Kinnie, who at that time was Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer of Safeway's Canadian subsidiary, Canada Safeway Limited
("CSL"), agreed to move to California and serve as Safeway's Executive Vice
President and Chief Operations Officer -- Retail. In order to facilitate Mr.
Kinnie's relocation from Canada to California, Safeway made certain secured
loans to Mr. Kinnie. In connection with the purchase of Mr. Kinnie's residence
in California, Safeway made loans aggregating $1,650,000 evidenced by three
secured promissory notes in the amount of $1,100,000, $385,000 and $165,000,
respectively. The $1,100,000 note had a maturity date in April 2002 and bore no
interest unless certain events of default set forth in the note occurred, at
which time the note would begin to bear interest at 10% per annum. The $385,000
note had a maturity date in April 2002 and bore interest at 7.95% per annum. The
$165,000 note had a maturity date in December 1996 and bore interest at 7.88%
per annum. In addition, during fiscal 1993, Mr. Kinnie owed $43,515 to Safeway
pursuant to a secured promissory note which was executed to cancel a promissory
note by Mr. Kinnie to CSL. The note had a maturity date in December 1996 and
bore interest at
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7.88% per annum. Also during fiscal 1993, Mr. Kinnie owed $637,115 to Safeway
pursuant to two secured promissory notes executed in connection with the
purchase of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the above-described subscription
agreement and a non-qualified stock option agreement. One note in the amount of
$61,667 was due in equal annual installments through November 1995 and bore
interest at 7.16% per annum, and the other note in the amount of $575,449 was
due in December 1996 and bore interest at 7.88% per annum. Certain tax
obligations arose out of Mr. Kinnie's purchase of Common Stock in Canada in 1991
through the exercise of stock options, as well as his departure from Canada
after exercise. In connection with these tax obligations, Safeway loaned Mr.
Kinnie $2,330,360 in April 1992. The loan was secured by a pledge of Mr.
Kinnie's Common Stock, bore interest at a rate of 7.0% per annum and was due in
December 1996. In June 1993, Mr. Kinnie resigned from his positions as Executive
Vice President and Chief Operations Officer--Retail and became an employee of
CSL. In connection therewith, all principal and interest with respect to the
foregoing loans was repaid, with the exception of $517,229 which was forgiven
with respect to the $1,100,000 note, and the cost of such forgiveness was borne
by CSL. During fiscal 1993, the largest aggregate amount of indebtedness
outstanding for Mr. Kinnie was $4,660,900 (plus accrued interest), and as of
March 15, 1994, Mr. Kinnie was not indebted to the Company.
During 1991 Safeway also requested that Donald P. Wright, an executive
officer of CSL, relocate to California to accept the position of Senior Vice
President--Real Estate and Engineering of Safeway. In order to facilitate Mr.
Wright's relocation to California, Safeway made certain secured loans to Mr.
Wright. In connection with his purchase of a residence in California, Mr. Wright
owed Safeway, as of March 15, 1994, $80,000 (plus accrued interest) under two
promissory notes in the amount of $34,900 and $45,100, respectively. Each note
matures in January 1997 and bears interest at 8.0% per annum. During fiscal
1993, the largest aggregate amount of indebtedness outstanding for Mr. Wright
was $80,000 (plus accrued interest).
In May 1993, the Company entered into a Loan Agreement with Lyman C.
Gordon, Senior Vice President of the Company, pursuant to which the Company
loaned Mr. Gordon $75,000 under a promissory note in connection with Mr.
Gordon's purchase of Company common stock. The note matures in May 1998 and
bears interest at 5.46% per annum. During fiscal 1993, the largest aggregate
amount of indebtedness outstanding for Mr. Gordon was $75,000 (plus accrued
interest), and Mr. Gordon remained indebted to the Company for this amount as of
March 15, 1994.
In April 1993, the Company hired Mr. Ross as Senior Vice President,
Secretary and General Counsel and in November 1993 loaned Mr. Ross $170,000 for
expenses incurred by him in connection with his relocation from Los Angeles,
California to the Company's headquarters in Oakland, California. The loan is
secured by Mr. Ross' new residence, bears no interest and is due 15 days after
the date of sale of Mr. Ross' prior residence. During fiscal 1993, the largest
aggregate amount of indebtedness outstanding for Mr. Ross was $170,000, and Mr.
Ross remained indebted to the Company for this amount as of March 15, 1994.
See COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION for
additional relationships and transactions.
COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), requires the Company's officers and directors, and persons who
own more than ten percent of a registered class of the Company's equity
securities, to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership (Forms 3, 4
and 5) of Common Stock with the SEC and the New York Stock Exchange. Officers,
directors and greater-than-ten-percent holders are required to furnish the
Company with copies of all such forms which they file.
To the Company's knowledge, based solely on the Company's review of copies
of such reports or written representations from certain reporting persons that
no Forms 5 were required to be filed by those persons, the Company believes that
during fiscal 1993 all filing requirements applicable to its officers,
directors, greater-than-ten-percent beneficial owners and other persons subject
to Section 16 of the Exchange Act were complied with except that Patrick Totman
filed one report late covering one transaction.
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following Summary Compensation Table shows compensation paid by the
Company for services rendered during fiscal years 1993, 1992 and 1991 for all
persons who served as the Chief Executive Officer during fiscal 1993 and the
four most highly compensated executive officers of the Company who were serving
as executive officers at the end of fiscal 1993.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
LONG-TERM COMPENSATION
-------------------------
ANNUAL COMPENSATION AWARDS PAYOUTS
----------------------------- ---------- ------------
OTHER ANNUAL SECURITIES LTIP ALL OTHER
NAME AND SALARY BONUS COMPENSATION UNDERLYING PAYOUTS COMPENSATION
PRINCIPAL POSITION YEAR ($) ($)(A) ($)(B) OPTIONS(#) ($)(C) ($)(B)(D)
- ---------------------------- ----- ------ ----- ------------ ---------- ------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Peter A. Magowan............ 1993 738 243 -- -- 125 --
Chairman and former CEO 1992 731 -- -- -- -- 5
1991 702 319 60,000 243
Steven A. Burd.............. 1993 550 545 -- -- -- --
President and CEO 1992 106 -- -- 600,000 -- 755
1991 -- -- -- --
Kenneth W. Oder............. 1993 365 465 60(e) -- -- --
Executive Vice President 1992 -- -- -- 400,000 -- --
1991 -- -- -- --
E. Richard Jones............ 1993 358 307 -- -- 93 --
Executive Vice President 1992 342 -- -- -- -- 2
1991 326 161 25,000 113
Frithjof J. Dale............ 1993 260 206 -- -- 49 --
Group Vice President 1992 254 -- -- -- -- --
1991 235 107 25,000 33
Michael C. Ross............. 1993 168 235 -- 200,000 -- --
Senior Vice President, 1992 -- -- -- -- -- --
Secretary and General 1991 -- -- -- --
Counsel
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(a) Represents the dollar value of the cash and stock bonuses earned by the
named individual during the fiscal year indicated. Includes cash signing
bonuses of $100,000 paid to each of Mr. Oder and Mr. Ross.
(b) Information for years prior to fiscal 1992 is not required to be disclosed
under applicable SEC rules.
(c) Long-term incentive plan compensation awards were paid based on operating
performance during the three fiscal years preceding the time of payment.
(d) Represents all other compensation for fiscal 1992 and 1993. These amounts
consist of payments of split dollar life insurance premiums in fiscal 1992
for Mr. Magowan and Mr. Jones and payment of consulting fees for Mr. Burd
for services rendered to the Company in fiscal 1992 prior to his being
elected President of the Company.
(e) Represents a transfer allowance paid to Mr. Oder for fiscal 1993.
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COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
Messrs. Ginn, Greene, Hazen and MacDonnell served as members of the
Compensation and Stock Option Committee (the "Committee") of the Company's Board
of Directors during fiscal 1993. Mr. Greene was a Vice President and Assistant
Secretary of the Company from August 1986 to November 1986. No other member of
the Committee is a current or former officer or employee of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries.
Safeway holds an 80% interest in Property Development Associates, a
California general partnership formed in 1987 ("PDA"). The general partners of
PDA are Pacific Resources Associates, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
("PRA"), which is a company controlled by an affiliate of KKR, and Safeway U.S.
Holdings, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Safeway. PDA was organized to
purchase, manage and dispose of certain Safeway facilities, primarily those
which are no longer used in Safeway's retail grocery business. During 1993, the
Company contributed to PDA seven properties no longer used in the Company's
retail grocery business which had an aggregate net book value of $2.5 million,
and PRA made a corresponding capital contribution in cash to retain its
proportionate ownership interest in PDA. Also during 1993, Safeway paid PDA $2.0
million for reimbursement of expenses related to management and real estate
services provided by PDA in connection with certain of Safeway's properties no
longer used in the retail grocery business. No gains or losses were recognized
on these transactions in the financial statements. At year-end 1993, PDA held
239 properties which were recorded at an aggregate net book value of $111.2
million. The accounts of PDA are consolidated with those of the Company, and a
minority interest of $19.3 million is included in accrued claims and other
liabilities in the Company's consolidated balance sheet at year end 1993.
Mr. MacDonnell and Mr. Greene are General Partners of KKR. KKR provides
management, consulting and financial services to Safeway for an annual
management fee. Such services include, but are not necessarily limited to,
advice and assistance concerning any and all aspects of the operation, planning
and financing of Safeway, as needed from time to time. In 1993, the Company paid
KKR a management fee of $885,780 and reimbursed expenses in the amount of
$21,050.
Messrs. Ginn and Hazen each purchased 10,417 shares of Common Stock of the
Company pursuant to the Director Plan which requires Outside Directors to
purchase shares of Common Stock as a condition to membership on the Board. In
connection with such purchases, Messrs. Ginn and Hazen each delivered to the
Company a full recourse note in the amount of $99,900. Each note matures in 2001
and bears interest at 8.87% per annum. Each of Messrs. Ginn and Hazen remained
indebted to the Company for such amount (plus accrued interest) as of March 15,
1994.
* * * * *
The following Report of the Compensation and Stock Option Committee and
Stock Performance Graph are not to be deemed to be "soliciting material" or to
be "filed" with the SEC or subject to Regulation 14A or 14C or to the
liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act except to the extent the Company
specifically requests that such information be treated as soliciting material or
specifically incorporates it by reference into any filing under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION AND STOCK OPTION COMMITTEE
The Company's policies with respect to the compensation of executive
officers, which policies are approved by the Compensation and Stock Option
Committee, are (1) to base a significant portion (up to approximately 50%) of
total yearly compensation of executive officers on the performance of the
Company and the individual performances of the executive officers, (2) to award
the Company performance-based portions of compensation only when overall Company
performance reaches pre-established levels, and (3) to pay base salaries and
award stock options to executive officers within ranges of competitive
compensation practices of various industry groups and comparable size companies
while taking into account the Company's and each individual executive officer's
performance.
The relationship of Company performance to the compensation of executive
officers, including the Chief Executive Officer ("CEO"), is as follows.
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The Company undertakes an annual planning process which culminates in the
adoption and approval of an operating plan for the Company. The operating plan
includes a target level for Company operating performance for the following
year. The specific elements of Company operating performance that are relevant
to compensation determinations are sales, operating profit and working capital.
No operating performance-based compensation is awarded to executive officers,
including the CEO, unless an operating performance threshold based upon target
level performance is met. If the threshold is met, operating performance-based
compensation of up to 80% of the CEO's base salary is awarded based upon the
extent to which Company performance exceeds the threshold. If the threshold is
met, executive officers other than the CEO are eligible to receive operating
performance-based compensation subject to the operating performance and up to a
maximum percentage of each such executive officer's base salary, which maximum
percentage ranges from 48% to 100%. The amount of operating performance-based
compensation awarded to such executive officers may be reduced by the CEO and is
based on individual, participant-specific performance factors, and the amount of
a particular individual's award cannot exceed the maximum percentage for such
individual.
When awarded, operating performance-based compensation is divided into two
components: (1) a cash bonus ranging from 70% to 80% of the award, and (2) a
stock bonus subject to restrictions on sale ranging from 20% to 30% of the
award. The percentages of the award made as a cash bonus and a stock bonus vary
within these ranges based on the officer's position. Based on actual operating
results in 1993, Company performance exceeded the threshold of operating
performance and, accordingly, operating performance-based compensation was
awarded to the CEO and other executive officers.
In addition to operating performance-based compensation, the most senior
executive officers who are responsible for making capital investment decisions,
including the CEO, are also eligible for capital performance-based compensation,
payment of which is contingent on new capital investments of the Company
achieving targeted rates of return established at the outset of each new capital
investment project. Capital performance is measured for the first and third
years following completion of a particular project. If capital performance
thresholds are met, compensation of up to 15% of the executive officer's base
salary is awarded based upon the extent to which capital performance exceeded
the thresholds as to each of the two years' measurements. Based on the results
of the measured projects, the CEO and certain other executive officers earned a
capital performance-based bonus in 1993 with respect to measured first and third
year projects.
Base salaries are evaluated annually for all executive officers, including
the CEO. Competitive compensation practices are reviewed by position and various
industry groups, and this competitive data is used to determine appropriate
ranges of base salary levels and annual increases to attract and retain
qualified executives. All grocery companies whose executive pay practices were
surveyed for this purpose in 1993 are included in the peer group identified in
footnote (b) to the Stock Performance Graph set forth elsewhere in this proxy
statement, except for those companies whose common stock was not publicly traded
for the period covered by the Stock Performance Graph. The Company's executive
compensation levels generally are at the median of or lower than the executive
compensation levels of the companies surveyed. Annual base salary increases for
executive officers, including the CEO, are also based in part on overall
corporate performance and individual performance. A Company-wide salary freeze
was imposed for 1993, and therefore the CEO's base salary was not increased
during 1993.
Stock option grants are considered annually by the Committee for all
executive officers, including the CEO. A primary consideration in granting stock
options is to encourage members of management to hold significant equity
ownership in the Company. The aggregated option exercise table shows stock
options owned by the individuals named in the Summary Compensation Table. The
amounts of annual stock option grants are derived based upon review of
competitive compensation practices, with respect to the same or similar
executive positions, overall corporate performance and individual performance.
No stock options were granted to the CEO during 1993.
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During 1993, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code") was amended to
include a provision which denies a deduction to any publicly held corporation
for compensation paid to any "covered employee" (defined as the CEO and the
Company's other four most highly compensated officers, as of the end of a
taxable year) to the extent that the compensation exceeds $1 million in any
taxable year of the corporation beginning after 1993. Compensation which is
payable pursuant to written binding agreements entered into before February 18,
1993 and compensation which constitutes "performance-based compensation" is
excludable in applying the $1 million limit. It is the Company's policy to
qualify compensation paid to its top executives, in a manner consistent with the
Company's compensation policies, for deductibility under the new law in order to
maximize the Company's income tax deductions.
Sam Ginn
James H. Greene, Jr.
Paul Hazen
Robert I. MacDonnell
STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The following graph compares the yearly percentage change in the Company's
cumulative total shareholder return on its common stock to that of the S&P 500
and a group of peer companies in the retail grocery industry.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Measurement Period
(Fiscal Year Covered) Safeway S&P 500 Peer Group(b)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Apr. 27, 1990(a) 100 100 100
Dec. 28, 1990 102.06 101 104.82
Dec. 27, 1991 148.45 129 127.67
Dec. 31, 1992 107.22 143 130.40
Dec. 31, 1993 175.26 157 123.85
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(a) Prior to April 27, 1990, the Company's stock was not publicly held.
(b) The peer group companies are: The Kroger Co., American Stores Co., Safeway
Inc., The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc., Winn-Dixie Stores,
Inc., Albertson's Inc., Food Lion, Inc., The Vons Companies, Inc., Giant
Food, Inc., Fred Meyer, Inc., The Penn Traffic Company, Bruno's, Inc.,
Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc., Hannaford Bros. Co., Weis Markets, Inc.
and Eagle Food Centers.
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OPTION GRANTS IN 1993 FISCAL YEAR
The following table sets forth information concerning individual grants of
stock options made during fiscal 1993 to each of the individuals identified in
the Summary Compensation Table.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
POTENTIAL REALIZABLE
INDIVIDUAL GRANTS VALUE AT ASSUMED
-------------------------------------------------------------- ANNUAL RATES
NUMBER OF % OF TOTAL OF STOCK PRICE
SECURITIES OPTIONS APPRECIATION
UNDERLYING GRANTED TO FOR OPTION TERM(B)
OPTIONS EMPLOYEES EXERCISE PRICE EXPIRATION ---------------------
NAME GRANTED(#) IN FISCAL 1993 ($/SHARE) DATE 5% ($) 10% ($)
---- ---------- -------------- -------------- ---------- --------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Peter A. Magowan......... -- --
Steven A. Burd........... -- --
Kenneth W. Oder.......... -- --
E. Richard Jones......... -- --
Frithjof J. Dale......... -- --
Michael C. Ross.......... 200,000(a) 18.54% 13.50 4/12/08 2,913,200 8,578,600
</TABLE>
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(a) Options vest at a rate of 15% per year beginning with the first anniversary
of the date of grant through the sixth anniversary of the date of grant,
with the remaining 10% becoming exercisable on the seventh anniversary of
the date of the grant. Upon the occurrence of a "Change of Control" of the
Company (as defined in the individual stock option agreement), options shall
become exercisable as to all shares covered thereby, notwithstanding that
such options may not have fully vested at such time.
(b) The assumed annual rates of appreciation in the table are shown for
illustrative purposes only pursuant to applicable SEC requirements. Actual
values realized on stock options are dependent on actual future performance
of the Company's stock, among other factors. Accordingly, the amounts shown
may not necessarily be realized.
AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES DURING 1993
FISCAL YEAR AND 1993 FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION VALUES
The following table sets forth information concerning exercise of stock
options during fiscal 1993 by each of the individuals identified in the Summary
Compensation Table and the value of unexercised options at the end of fiscal
1993.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NUMBER OF SECURITIES
UNDERLYING VALUE OF UNEXERCISED
UNEXERCISED OPTIONS IN-THE-MONEY OPTIONS
SHARES VALUE AT 1993 YEAR-END(#) AT 1993 YEAR-END($)(B)
ACQUIRED ON REALIZED EXERCISABLE/ EXERCISABLE/
NAME EXERCISE(#) ($)(A) UNEXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE
---- ----------- -------- -------------------- ----------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Peter A. Magowan............ 75,000 1,425,000 1,200,078 22,303,877
97,000 574,875
Steven A. Burd.............. -- -- 170,000 3,272,500
600,000 6,000,000
Kenneth W. Oder............. -- -- 80,000 800,000
320,000 3,200,000
E. Richard Jones............ -- -- 317,500 5,992,813
17,500 59,063
Frithjof J. Dale............ 40,000 750,000 142,400 2,494,170
31,250 167,344
Michael C. Ross............. -- -- 0 0
200,000 1,550,000
</TABLE>
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(a) Value realized is (i) the fair market value of the stock at the date of
exercise less the exercise price of the options exercised multiplied by (ii)
the number of shares represented by such options.
(b) Potential unrealized value is (i) the fair market value at fiscal 1993
year-end ($21.25 per share) less the exercise price of "in-the-money,"
unexercised options times (ii) the number of shares represented by such
options.
PENSION PLANS
Pension benefits are paid to executive officers under the Employee
Retirement Plan, a qualified defined benefit pension plan, and the Retirement
Restoration Plan. The Retirement Restoration Plan, which became effective on
January 1, 1994, replaced the Company's Senior Executive Supplemental Retirement
Plan. The Retirement Restoration Plan provides benefits to certain employees,
including the individuals named in the Summary Compensation Table, that cannot
be paid under the qualified Retirement Plan due to Internal Revenue Code
limitations on the amount of compensation that may be recognized and the amount
of benefits that may be paid.
The Employee Retirement Plan and the Retirement Restoration Plan
(collectively, the "Retirement Plans") provide benefits under a formula
generally based on years of service, age at retirement date, and the employee's
highest 60-month average compensation out of the 120 consecutive months
preceding retirement. Unreduced benefits under the formula are payable as early
as age 62, and reduced early retirement benefits are available at ages 55
through 61.
The following table illustrates the total estimated annual benefits payable
as of December 31, 1993 from the Retirement Plans (assuming for purposes of
calculation that the Retirement Restoration Plan was then in effect) to persons
in specified remuneration and years of credited service classifications. The
benefits shown in the table are based on the Retirement Plans' final average
earnings benefit formula, retirement at age 65, and payment in the form of a
single life annuity.
PENSION PLAN TABLE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ANNUAL FINAL YEARS OF CREDITED SERVICE UNDER PLANS
AVERAGE EARNINGS --------------------------------------------------------------------
USED FOR PLANS 15 20 25 30 35
---------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$ 100,000................... $ 20,040 $ 26,720 $ 33,400 $ 40,080 $ 46,760
200,000................... 41,790 55,720 69,650 83,580 97,510
300,000................... 63,540 84,720 105,900 127,080 148,260
400,000................... 85,290 113,720 142,150 170,580 199,010
500,000................... 107,040 142,720 178,400 214,080 249,760
600,000................... 128,790 171,720 214,650 257,580 300,510
800,000................... 172,290 229,720 287,150 344,580 402,010
1,000,000................... 215,790 287,720 359,650 431,580 503,510
1,500,000................... 324,540 432,720 540,900 649,080 757,260
</TABLE>
Remuneration under the final average earnings formula illustrated in the
foregoing table includes pay earned from full-time employment, contingent pay
and pay for part-time employment, but excludes any special pay made solely in
the discretion of the employer and stock options. Remuneration under this final
average earnings formula for the individuals named in the Summary Compensation
Table generally corresponds with the aggregate of the earned salary, plus
bonuses and long-term compensation for each such person. Credited years of
service as of December 31, 1993 under the final average earnings formula for the
six individuals named in the Summary Compensation Table were: S. A. Burd, none;
F. J. Dale, 16; E. R. Jones, 10; P. A. Magowan, 25; K. W. Oder, none; M. C.
Ross, none.
In addition to benefits provided under the final average earnings benefit
formula, the Retirement Plans provide retirement benefits under an account
balance feature. The normal form of benefit under this feature is a life annuity
commencing at age 65, and early retirement benefits are available at ages 55 and
greater. The
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annual account balance benefit at age 65 is equal to 12% of an employee's
accumulated account balance. Additions to an employee's account balance are
based on the employee's salary, exclusive of bonuses and other contingent or
special pay, and interest in accordance with an interest index. Estimated annual
retirement benefits under the account balance feature for the individuals named
in the Summary Compensation Table, other than Mr. Magowan, are shown below, and
assume a 3% annual interest index factor and no increases in salary.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME YEAR REACHING AGE 65 ESTIMATED ANNUAL BENEFIT
---- -------------------- ------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
S. A. Burd................... 2014 $ 76,934
F. J. Dale................... 2009 48,152
E. R. Jones.................. 2009 62,057
K. W. Oder................... 2012 44,005
M. C. Ross................... 2013 31,543
</TABLE>
Mr. Magowan's retirement benefits are specified in an individual agreement
with the Company. Upon his retirement in 1997, Mr. Magowan will receive
retirement benefits in accordance with the terms of the Employee Retirement Plan
of $70,089 per year, and $558,906 per year from the Company.
PROPOSAL 2
ADOPTION OF 1994 AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE
PLAN FOR KEY EMPLOYEES OF SAFEWAY INC.
As of January 31, 1994, the Board of Directors, subject to stockholder
approval, adopted the 1994 Amended and Restated Stock Option and Incentive Plan
for Key Employees of Safeway Inc. (the "Restated Plan"). The Restated Plan is an
amendment and restatement of the Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan for Key
Employees of Safeway Inc. which was adopted on July 18, 1990 and approved by the
Company's stockholders on April 18, 1991 (the "1990 Plan"). The Restated Plan
contains amendments to the 1990 Plan which (a) provide for shares of Common
Stock to be issued under the Restated Plan as stock bonus awards to executive
officers and key employees of the Company, (b) provide for limitations on the
number of shares and shares subject to options which may be awarded or granted
under the Restated Plan to any employee in any given year, (c) amend the
definition of "subsidiary" under the Restated Plan, (d) provide that the stock
option agreements evidencing an option shall include terms and conditions as may
be required in order for such options to qualify as performance-based
compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code and (e) provide that a
"termination of employment" for purposes of the Restated Plan shall not occur if
an employee becomes a consultant rather than an employee.
A maximum of 18,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company is currently
authorized to be issued upon exercise of options granted under the Plan. As of
January 1, 1994, 2,330,991 shares remained issuable under the Plan and
13,012,370 shares were subject to outstanding options.
The 1990 Plan does not provide for the grant of stock bonus awards. Bonuses
paid under the Company's operating performance bonus plans for executive
officers and key employees have in the past been paid in cash. These bonus plans
have been amended to provide that a portion of the bonus award shall be paid in
bonus stock. The Board believes that the amendment to provide for shares to be
issued under the Restated Plan as stock bonus awards to executive officers and
key employees is desirable in that it continues encouragement of a long-term
outlook for management while at the same time increasing management ownership of
the Company's stock.
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The table below sets forth information with respect to stock bonuses
awarded, subject to stockholder approval of the Restated Plan, on January 31,
1994 to the individuals named in the Summary Compensation Table, to all
executive officers as a group and to all non-executive officers as a group. No
stock bonuses were awarded to directors who are not executive officers, other
than Mr. Magowan.
NEW PLAN BENEFITS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME AND POSITION DOLLAR VALUE(A)($) NUMBER OF SHARES
----------------- ------------------ ----------------
<S> <C> <C>
Peter A. Magowan, Chairman................. 58,999 2,878
Steven A. Burd, President and CEO.......... 132,000 6,439
Kenneth W. Oder, Executive Vice
President................................ 109,491 5,341
E. Richard Jones, Executive Vice
President................................ 71,771 3,501
Frithjof J. Dale, Group Vice President..... 37,433 1,826
Michael C. Ross, Senior Vice President,
Secretary and General Counsel............ 30,279 1,477
Executive Group............................ 568,443 27,729
Non-Executive Officer Employee Group....... 323,813 15,796
</TABLE>
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(a) Based on the closing price per share of the Company's Common Stock of $20.50
as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on January 31, 1994.
The Board approved the amendments limiting the number of shares and shares
subject to options which may be awarded or granted in any one year in order to
satisfy the requirements for qualified performance-based compensation under the
Internal Revenue Service's proposed regulations under Section 162(m) of the
Code. Such proposed regulations provide that performance-based compensation that
satisfies certain requirements will not be subject to the limitation on
deductibility of executive compensation set forth in Section 162(m) of the Code.
Other amendments are contained in the Restated Plan so that shares subject to
options will qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of
the Code.
The term "subsidiary" under the Plan is currently defined generally as any
corporation in which the Company possesses 50% or more of the voting power of
all classes of stock. With respect to bonus stock, nonqualified stock options
granted on or after January 31, 1994 and any other non-qualified stock options
and incentive stock options granted at any time which are designated by the
Committee (as defined below) in its sole discretion, the amendment contained in
the Restated Plan broadens the definition of "subsidiary" to also include any
other entity in which the Company has a substantial ownership interest and which
has been so designated by the Committee in its absolute discretion. The Board
believes that this amendment to the definition of "subsidiary" is desirable in
that it permits the Company the ability to grant options under the Restated Plan
to a broader group of persons who can contribute to the future growth and
success of the Company and permits the Company to transfer employees to such
other entities without such transfers resulting in a termination of employment
under the Restated Plan.
DESCRIPTION OF THE RESTATED PLAN AND SAR PLANS
The following information includes summaries of certain provisions of the
Restated Plan and the Share Appreciation Rights Plans of Canada Safeway Limited
and Lucerne Foods Limited (the "SAR Plans"). This information does not purport
to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the provisions
of the Restated Plan and the SAR Plans. Copies of the Restated Plan and the SAR
Plans will be available at the Annual Meeting and may also be obtained by making
written request of the Company's Secretary.
General Nature and Purposes. The purpose of the Restated Plan and the SAR
Plans is to further the growth, development and financial success of the Company
by providing additional incentives to its key employees and to enable the
Company to obtain and retain services of the type of professional, technical and
managerial employees considered essential to the long-range success of the
Company. Safeway's stock option program is offered to approximately 3,000
employees throughout the Company. Management believes that granting options to
more line managers rewards performance while also enabling Safeway to continue
to
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recruit and develop top quality employees. Safeway considers broad employee
ownership of its shares a key to its long-term success and believes that its
stock option program is the most inclusive in the industry.
Under the Restated Plan, 18,000,000 shares of Common Stock are authorized
for issuance upon exercise of options granted or as stock bonus awards. Terms of
the stock options and stock bonus awards are provided for in separate stock
option or stock bonus award agreements. The Restated Plan allows for the grant
of "incentive" and "non-qualified" options which are exercisable at not less
than the "fair market value" of the Common Stock at date of grant. Options or
stock bonus awards may be granted under the Restated Plan through July 18, 2000,
unless it is terminated earlier by the Board. Options granted before termination
of the Restated Plan will remain exercisable in accordance with their respective
terms after termination of the Restated Plan.
Administration of the Restated Plan. The Restated Plan is administered by
the Compensation and Stock Option Committee of the Board (the "Committee")
consisting of at least three non-employee directors, appointed (and removable)
from time to time by the Board. No person is eligible to serve on the Committee
unless he is then a "disinterested person" within the meaning of paragraph
(d)(3) of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act ("Rule 16b-3"). Options may not be
granted pursuant to the Restated Plan, as amended, to any member of the
Committee during the term of his membership on the Committee.
In addition to administering the Restated Plan, the Committee is also
authorized to interpret the Restated Plan and options and stock awards issued
thereunder and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and
application of the Restated Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret,
amend or revoke any such rules. The Board may at any time exercise any and all
rights and duties of the Committee under the Restated Plan except with respect
to matters which under Rule 16b-3 or Section 162(m) (or any regulations or rules
issued thereunder) are required to be determined in the absolute discretion of
the Committee. The costs of administration are paid by the Company. The Board or
the Committee may at any time suspend or terminate the Restated Plan subject to
rights under options and stock bonus awards previously granted, and may amend or
modify the Restated Plan except that stockholder approval is generally required
to increase the maximum number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Restated
Plan, to increase the number of shares subject to options which may be granted
to any employee in any given year under the Restated Plan and for certain other
matters.
Grant of Options. Any key employee of the Company, any parent corporation
of the Company, any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity
which is a subsidiary of the Company (which term includes any such entity in
which the Company has a substantial ownership interest and has been so
designated by the Committee) is eligible to be granted options under the
Restated Plan. There are approximately 3,000 employees who currently participate
in the Restated Plan. The Committee has the absolute discretion to determine (i)
which employees are key employees and select from among such key employees those
who should be granted options; (ii) subject to the limits set forth in the
Restated Plan, the number of shares to be subject to such options and whether
such options are to be incentive stock options or non-qualified options; and
(iii) the terms and conditions of such options. Subject to Section 162(m) of the
Code and Rule 16b-3, the Committee may delegate certain powers relating to the
granting of options as it deems appropriate to executive officers of the Company
including the power to determine the number of shares subject to options,
whether such options are to be incentive stock options or non-qualified options
and to determine the terms and conditions of such options.
The Restated Plan provides that options covering not more than 500,000
shares may be granted to any executive officer of the Company in any year or to
any employee (other than an executive officer) in the year of his or her hiring,
and options covering not more than 200,000 shares may be granted to any employee
(other than an executive officer) in any subsequent year (the "Award Limit").
The Committee may require as a condition to the grant of an option to an
employee that the employee surrender for cancellation some or all of the
unexercised options which have been previously granted to the employee. 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,
contain such other terms as the Committee deems
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appropriate and will be exercisable in accordance with its terms without regard
to the number of shares, price, option period or any other term or condition of
the surrendered option.
Exercise of Options. Options under the Restated Plan are exercisable in
installments in such amounts (which may be cumulative) as the Committee shall
provide in the terms of each stock option agreement. The exercisability of
options may be accelerated in the event of a change of control of the Company.
Subject to the following, the expiration date, maximum number of shares
purchasable, conditions to exercise and other provisions of individual stock
option agreements are established by the Committee at the time of grant. Non-
qualified option terms may not exceed fifteen years (ten years for "incentive
stock options"). No portion of an option which is unexercisable upon the
termination of employment for any reason may thereafter become exercisable.
Generally, options which are exercisable upon termination of an optionee's
employment with the Company or its subsidiaries expire three months following
such termination. However, options may be exercised up until the expiration one
year after termination of employment due to an optionee's death, disability or
retirement at age 55 or older in accordance with the Company's retirement
policies (unless earlier terminated by reason of the optionee's willful
misconduct), if permitted by the Company either in granting new options or
amending previously granted options.
The exercise prices of options are fixed by the Committee, but may not be
less than 100% of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of
grant. To exercise an option, the optionee must deliver to the Company a written
notice of exercise and full payment for the shares. The option price may be paid
in cash, or, with the Committee's consent, by tendering shares of the Company's
Common Stock, by any other form of payment which is approved by the Committee
and is consistent with the Restated Plan or applicable law, or by any
combination of the three.
Non-Assignability. Options may be transferred only by will or by the laws
of descent and distribution and during a participant's lifetime are exercisable
only by the participant.
Bonus Stock Awards. Stock bonuses awarded to any executive officer under
the Operating Performance Bonus Plan for Executive Officers of Safeway Inc.
(described in Proposal 4 below) and under any other operating performance bonus
plan for key employees shall be awarded as bonus stock under the Restated Plan.
Each share of bonus stock shall be valued at 100% of the fair market value of a
share of Common Stock on the date such bonus stock is awarded. Bonus stock shall
be issued pursuant to a written agreement which shall contain such terms and
conditions as the Committee shall determine, consistent with the Restated Plan,
including, but not limited to, such terms and conditions as may be required in
order for the bonus stock to qualify as performance-based compensation as
described in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code.
Rights of Holders of Bonus Stock. Holders of bonus stock shall have all
the rights of a stockholder with respect to such shares, subject to the
restrictions in the individual bonus stock agreements, including the right to
vote the shares and to receive all dividends and other distributions paid or
made with respect to the shares. In the absolute discretion of the Committee,
however, any extraordinary distributions may be subject to the restrictions
described below.
Restrictions on Bonus Stock. All shares of bonus stock issued under the
Restated Plan shall, in the terms of each individual bonus stock agreement, be
subject to such restrictions as the Committee shall provide. Such restrictions
may include restrictions on sale and other dispositions of the bonus stock and
restrictions based on duration of employment with the Company. After the bonus
stock is issued, the Committee may in its discretion remove any or all of the
restrictions imposed by the terms of the bonus stock agreement. Bonus stock may
not be sold or encumbered until all restrictions on such bonus stock are
terminated or expire.
Custody of Bonus Stock. The Secretary of the Company or such other escrow
holder as the Committee may appoint shall, if requested by the Committee, retain
physical custody of each certificate representing bonus stock until all of the
restrictions imposed under the bonus stock agreement with respect to the shares
evidenced by such certificate expire or shall have been removed.
Adjustments Upon Change in Capitalization. If the outstanding shares of
Common Stock of the Company subject to options 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 merger, consolidation, recapitalization, reclassifica-
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tion, stock split, stock dividend, combination of shares or otherwise, the
Committee will make an appropriate and equitable adjustment in the number and
kind of shares as to which all outstanding options, or portions thereof then
unexercised, will be exercisable, to the end that after such event the
optionee's proportionate interests will be maintained as before the occurrence
of such event, and the Committee shall make appropriate adjustments in the
number and kind of shares for the purchase of which options may be granted and
in the number and kind of shares of bonus stock which may be awarded, including
adjustments of the limitations on the maximum number and kind of shares which
may be issued on exercise of options and of the Award Limit.
Description of the Canadian Stock Option Program. In order to benefit from
certain provisions of Canadian federal income tax law, options granted to
Canadian employees under the Canadian program will be granted pursuant to both
the Restated Plan and one of the SAR Plans. Although the method of grant of
options to Canadian employees differs from grants to U.S. employees, the
Canadian options are intended to have the same economic value to the recipients
as options granted to U.S. employees. The terms of the SAR Plans are generally
the same as those of the Restated Plan and are designed to operate in
conjunction with the Restated Plan. Grants of options under the Canadian program
work as follows: each Canadian employee selected to receive an option will be
granted pursuant to a single agreement (i) a right (issued pursuant to the
Restated Plan) to purchase shares of Common Stock of the Company at the fair
market value on the date of purchase (a "Stock Right"), and (ii) an undertaking
(issued pursuant to one of the SAR Plans) by either CSL or Lucerne Foods Ltd.
("Lucerne") pursuant to which CSL or Lucerne will pay on the participant's
behalf that portion of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of
purchase which exceeds the fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the
date of grant of the aforementioned stock purchase right (a "SAR", together with
a Stock Right, an "Option"). Accordingly, when a Canadian employee exercises an
Option, to receive shares of Common Stock he or she pays the same amount per
share as U.S. employees, which is generally the fair market value on the date of
grant of the Option. Generally, SARs which are exercisable upon a termination of
the participating employee's employment with the Company or any of its
subsidiaries expire three months following such termination. However, SARs may
be exercised up until the expiration of the term of the SARs (which is the same
as the expiration of the term of the related Stock Right) after termination of
employment due to the participating employee's death, disability or retirement
at age 55 or older in accordance with the Company's retirement policies, unless
earlier terminated by reason of the optionee's willful misconduct, if permitted
by the Company.
U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
The Restated Plan is neither a qualified pension, profit sharing or stock
bonus plan under Section 401(a) of the Code nor an "employee benefit plan"
subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended ("ERISA"). The following discussion is a general summary of the
material U.S. Federal income tax consequences to U.S. participants in the
Restated Plan. The discussion is based on the Code, regulations thereunder and
rulings and decisions now in effect, all of which are subject to change. The
summary does not discuss all aspects of federal income taxation that may be
relevant to a particular participant in light of such participant's personal
investment circumstances. A discussion of the income tax consequences to
Canadian employees under Canadian law follows.
Non-Qualified Stock Options. Holders of non-qualified options do not
realize income as a result of the grant of the options, but normally realize
ordinary income upon exercise of the option to the extent that the fair market
value of the shares on the date of exercise of the option exceed the aggregate
option exercise price paid. Subject to Section 162(m) of the Code, the Company
(or other employer corporation) is entitled to a deduction in the same amount at
the time of exercise of the option. The Company (or other employer corporation)
is generally required to withhold taxes on the ordinary income realized by an
optionee upon the exercise of a non-qualified option. An optionee's basis for
the stock for purposes of determining the optionee's gain or loss on subsequent
disposition of the shares generally will be the fair market value of the stock
on the date of exercise of the option.
Incentive Stock Options. Holders of incentive stock options will not be
considered to have received taxable income upon either the grant of the option
or its exercise; however, generally the amount by which the
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fair market value of the shares at the time of exercise exceeds the option price
shall be includable in the holder's alternative minimum taxable income upon
exercise unless the stock acquired is not transferable or is subject to a
substantial risk of forfeiture, in which case no amount is included in
alternative minimum taxable income until the stock is transferable or there is
no longer a substantial risk of forfeiture. If an incentive stock option is
disposed of in the same year it is exercised, and the amount realized is less
than the stock's fair market value at the time of exercise, the amount
includable in alternative minimum taxable income does not exceed the amount
realized on the sale or exchange of the stock, less the taxpayer's basis in such
stock. Upon the sale or other taxable disposition of the shares, long-term
capital gain will normally be recognized in the full amount of the difference
between the amount realized and the option exercise price if disposition of the
shares takes place after at least (i) two years from the date of grant of the
option and (ii) one year from the date of transfer of the shares to the optionee
upon exercise. If the shares are sold or otherwise disposed of before the end of
the one-year or two-year periods, the difference between the option exercise
price and the fair market value of the shares on the date on which the option is
exercised will be taxed as ordinary income. The balance of the gain, if any,
will be taxable as capital gain. If the shares are disposed of before the
expiration of the one-year or two-year periods and the amount realized is less
than the fair market value of the shares at the date of exercise, the employee's
ordinary income is limited to the amount realized less the option exercise price
paid. Subject to Section 162(m) of the Code, the Company (or other employer
corporation) will be entitled to a tax deduction in regard to an incentive stock
option only to the extent the optionee has ordinary income upon sale or other
disposition of the shares received upon exercise of the option.
The tax consequences resulting from the exercise of an option through
delivery of already-owned shares of Common Stock are not completely certain. In
published rulings, the Internal Revenue Service has taken the position that (i)
to the extent an equivalent value of shares is acquired upon such exercise, an
optionee will recognize no gain and the optionee's basis in the shares acquired
upon such exercise will be equal to the optionee's basis in the surrendered
shares, and (ii) that any additional shares acquired upon such exercise will be
compensation to the optionee taxable under the rules described above (as if no
amount had been paid for such shares) and that the optionee's basis in any such
additional shares will be their then fair market value.
Bonus Stock. The tax consequences of the Bonus Plan under current federal
law are summarized in the following discussion, which deals with the general tax
principles applicable to the Bonus Plan, and is intended for general information
only. State and local income taxes are not discussed, and may vary depending on
individual circumstances and from locality to locality.
Upon the award of bonus stock, the holder of bonus stock will generally
realize ordinary income in the amount of the fair market value of such bonus
stock on the date of the award of such bonus stock. Subject to Section 162(m) of
the Code, the Company will be entitled to a tax deduction equal to such amount.
CANADIAN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
The following discussion is a general summary of the material Canadian
federal income tax consequences to Canadian resident participants in the
Restated Plan and the SAR Plans. The discussion is based upon the Income Tax Act
(Canada), the Income Tax Regulations, the published administrative policies of
Revenue Canada, and the Company's understanding of the administrative practice
of Revenue Canada, all of which are subject to change. The summary does not
discuss all aspects of Canadian federal income tax that may be relevant to a
particular participant in light of such participant's personal investment
circumstances, nor does it address provincial income tax consequences.
The Restated Plan and each of the SAR Plans will effectively be treated for
Canadian federal income tax purposes together as a single stock option plan,
pursuant to which the employees are granted rights to acquire shares of Common
Stock at a price equal to the fair market value of the shares on the date of
purchase. In the taxation year in which the employee exercises options to
acquire Common Stock, the amount paid in connection with such exercise by CSL or
Lucerne pursuant to the SAR Plans will be required to be included in computing
the employee's income from employment. Provided the Common Stock qualifies as a
share prescribed by Section 6204 of the Income Tax Regulations, the employee
will be entitled to deduct one-quarter of this amount in computing his or her
taxable income. As in the case of stock option plans, neither
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CSL nor Lucerne will be entitled to deduct, in computing their income for tax
purposes, amounts paid pursuant to the SAR Plans.
BOARD RECOMMENDATION
The Board unanimously recommends a vote FOR the approval of the adoption of
the Restated Plan. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of shares
present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the meeting is necessary
to approve the adoption of the Restated Plan. Unless otherwise instructed,
proxies will be voted FOR approval of adoption of the Restated Plan.
PROPOSAL 3
ADOPTION OF THE STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR CONSULTANTS OF SAFEWAY INC.
At the Annual Meeting, stockholders are being asked to approve the adoption
of the Stock Option Plan for Consultants of Safeway Inc., as amended (the
"Consultants Plan"). The Consultants Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors
on October 25, 1992, and the First Amendment thereto was adopted by the Board of
Directors as of January 31, 1994. The Board is seeking stockholder approval of
the Consultants Plan in order to permit options granted under the Consultants
Plan to satisfy the requirements for qualified performance-based compensation
under the Internal Revenue Service's proposed regulations under Section 162(m)
of the Code.
The table below sets forth information with respect to stock options
granted under the Consultants Plan to the individuals named in the Summary
Compensation Table and to all executive officers as a group. Such grants were
made when such persons were serving as consultants and prior to their employment
by the Company. No grants have been made under the Consultants Plan to directors
of the Company.
NEW PLAN BENEFITS
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NUMBER OF SHARES
NAME AND POSITION UNDERLYING OPTIONS
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Peter A. Magowan, Chairman.......................... --
Steven A. Burd, President and CEO................... --
Kenneth W. Oder, Executive Vice President........... 400,000(a)
E. Richard Jones, Executive Vice President.......... --
Frithjof J. Dale, Group Vice President.............. --
Michael C. Ross, Senior Vice President, Secretary
and General Counsel............................... --
Executive Group..................................... 500,000
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(a) Mr. Oder's options were granted on October 26, 1992 with an exercise price
per share equal to the then-current fair market value of a share of Common
Stock ($11.25). Such options vest at a rate of 20% per year beginning with
the first anniversary of the date of grant and expire 15 years after the
date of grant. Upon the occurrence of a "Change of Control" of the Company
(as defined in the individual stock option agreement), options shall become
exercisable as to all shares covered thereby, notwithstanding that such
options may not have fully vested at such time. As of March 15, 1994, the
fair market value of a share of Common Stock was $24.625.
DESCRIPTION OF THE CONSULTANTS PLAN
The following information includes summaries of certain provisions of the
Consultants Plan. This information does not purport to be complete and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the provisions of the Consultants
Plan. Copies of the Consultants Plan will be available at the Annual Meeting and
may also be obtained by making written request of the Company's Secretary.
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The purpose of the Consultants Plan is to enable the Company to obtain and
retain the services of the type of professional, technical and managerial
consultants considered essential to the long-range success of the Company by
providing and offering them an opportunity to become owners of capital stock of
the Company pursuant to the exercise of non-qualified stock options.
Under the Consultants Plan, 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock are authorized
for issuance upon exercise of options outstanding under the Consultants Plan.
Options covering not more than 400,000 shares may be granted in any year to any
consultant under the Consultants Plan (the "Consultants Award Limit"). As of
March 15, 1994 no shares had been issued on exercise of options granted under
the Consultants Plan, 500,000 shares were subject to outstanding options and
500,000 shares remained available for the grant of new options under the
Consultants Plan.
The Consultants Plan is not a qualified pension, profit sharing or stock
bonus plan under Section 401(a) of the Code and is not subject to any of the
provisions of ERISA.
Administration. The Consultants Plan is administered by the Committee,
consisting of at least three persons (or such smaller number as may be permitted
under Rule 16b-3) appointed by the Board. No person is eligible to serve on the
Committee unless such person is then a "disinterested person" within the meaning
of paragraph (d)(3) of Rule 16b-3. No options under the Consultants Plan may be
granted to any member of the Committee during the term of his membership on the
Committee.
Eligibility and Awards Under the Consultants Plan. Any consultant of the
Company or of any corporation which is a parent corporation or subsidiary of the
Company is eligible to be granted options under the Consultants Plan.
Subject to the Consultants Award Limit, the Committee has absolute
discretion to select which consultants will be granted options, the number of
shares subject to options under each grant, and the terms and conditions of such
options. The Committee may delegate certain powers relating to the granting of
options to executive officers of the Company, including the power to determine
the number of shares to be subject to options and the terms and conditions of
such options; provided, however, that the Committee shall not delegate any
powers that are required to be exercised by the Committee under Rule 16b-3 or
Section 162(m) of the Code, or any regulations or rules issued thereunder.
The Committee may require as a condition of a grant of any option to such
consultant that the consultant surrender for cancellation some or all of the
unexercised options which have previously been granted to the consultant. An
option the grant of which is conditioned on such surrender may have an option
price lower (or higher) than the option price of the surrendered option, cover a
different number of shares as the surrendered option, and be exercisable in
accordance with the terms established by the Committee, without regard to the
option period or any other term or condition of the surrendered option.
The Consultants Plan provides for the Committee to make appropriate
adjustments in the number and kind of shares subject to the Consultants Plan and
to outstanding grants thereunder in the event of a stock split, stock dividend
or certain other types of recapitalizations. Only non-qualified stock options
(i.e., options which do not qualify as "incentive stock options" under Section
422 of the Code) may be granted under the Consultants Plan.
Exercisability and Termination. Options become exercisable at such times
and in such installments as the Committee shall provide in the terms of each
individual option; provided, however, that the Committee may accelerate the time
at which such option or portion thereof may be exercised. No portion of an
option which is unexercisable at the consultant's termination of service shall
thereafter become exercisable.
No option may be exercised to any extent by anyone after the first to occur
of the following events: (i) the expiration of fifteen years and one day from
the date the option was granted; (ii) the expiration of three months from the
date of the optionee's termination of service for any reason other than such
optionee's death, disability or retirement on or after age 55 in accordance with
the Company's retirement policies, as then in effect; or (iii) the engagement by
the optionee in willful misconduct which injures the Company, any parent
corporation or any subsidiary.
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Payment for Shares. To exercise an option, the optionee must deliver to the
Secretary of the Company a written notice of exercise, full payment (in cash or
other consideration as permitted by the Committee) of the exercise price for the
shares with respect to which such option or portion is thereby exercised,
payment of any amount the Company is required to withhold for federal, state
and/or local tax purposes, and any additional representations, documents or
proof of the right of exercise that may be required by the Committee or the
Consultants Plan.
In limited circumstances, with the consent of the Committee, the exercise
price for an option, and the amount required to be withheld for federal, state
and/or local tax purposes upon exercise of an option, may be paid, in whole or
in part, with shares of Common Stock of the Company owned by the optionee.
Amendment and Termination. The Consultants Plan may be amended, modified or
terminated by the Board, except that stockholder approval is required to modify
the Consultants Award Limit, modify the eligibility requirements or reduce the
minimum option price. Amendments of the Consultants Plan will not, without the
consent of the optionee, affect such person's rights under an award previously
granted, unless the award itself otherwise expressly so provides. No option may
be granted during any period of suspension or after termination of the
Consultants Plan, and in no event may any option be granted under the
Consultants Plan after October 25, 2002.
Miscellaneous Provisions. The Committee may provide by the terms of any
option that such option cannot be exercised after the merger or consolidation of
the Company with or into another corporation, the acquisition by another
corporation or person of all or substantially all of the Company's assets or 80%
or more of the Company's then outstanding voting stock, or the liquidation or
dissolution of the Company; however, if the Committee so provides, it may, in
its absolute discretion, provide, either by the terms of such option or by
resolution adopted prior to the occurrence of such merger, consolidation,
acquisition, liquidation or dissolution, that, for some period of time prior to
such event, such option shall be exercisable as to all shares covered thereby.
Federal Income Tax Consequences. For a discussion of the tax consequences
of the Consultants Plan under current federal law, see the discussion of "U.S.
Federal Income Tax Consequences -- Non-Qualified Stock Options" under Proposal 2
(and for purposes of the Consultants Plan, all references in such discussion to
"employees" shall apply to consultants).
BOARD RECOMMENDATION
The Board unanimously recommends a vote FOR the approval of the adoption of
the Consultants Plan. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of
shares present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the meeting is
necessary to approve the adoption of the Consultants Plan. Unless otherwise
instructed, proxies will be voted FOR approval of adoption of the Consultants
Plan.
PROPOSAL 4
ADOPTION OF THE OPERATING PERFORMANCE BONUS
PLAN FOR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
At the Annual Meeting, stockholders are being asked to approve the adoption
of the Operating Performance Bonus Plan for Executive Officers of Safeway Inc.
(the "Bonus Plan"). There are currently 11 executive officers eligible to
participate in the Bonus Plan. The Board is seeking stockholder approval of the
Bonus Plan in order for bonuses paid under the Bonus Plan to satisfy the
requirements for qualified performance-based compensation under the Internal
Revenue Service's proposed regulations under Section 162(m) of the Code.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE BONUS PLAN
The following information includes summaries of certain provisions of the
Bonus Plan. This information does not purport to be complete and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to the provisions of the Bonus Plan. Copies of the
Bonus Plan will be available at the Annual Meeting and may also be obtained by
making written request of the Company's Secretary.
Bonus Awards to CEO.
Eligibility. The CEO shall be eligible for a bonus award for each fiscal
year in an amount not to exceed 80% of the amount determined by multiplying his
regular weekly base salary rate as of the first day of such fiscal year by the
number of weeks during such year that he served as CEO.
Business Criteria. The CEO's bonus shall be based on a preestablished
performance target which shall include three components which shall be based on
(i) same store sales, (ii) income and (iii) working capital, respectively. For
purposes of such goal, planned same store sales and income shall include all
Company operations.
Bonus Amount. The bonus award for the CEO shall be based on the
achievement of specified levels above the performance target. Prior to the
payment of a bonus award to the CEO, the Committee must certify in writing the
level of the performance goals attained by the Company.
Bonus Awards to Executive Officers.
Eligibility. Each executive officer of the Company (except the CEO) shall
be eligible for a bonus award for each fiscal year in an amount equal to a
preestablished percentage, determined in the discretion of the Committee but
ranging from 40% to 100%, of the amount determined by multiplying his regular
weekly base salary rate as of the first day of such fiscal year by the number of
weeks during such year that he served as an executive officer.
Business Criteria. Each executive officer's bonus shall be based on a
preestablished performance target which shall include three components which
shall be based on (i) same store sales, (ii) income and (iii) working capital,
respectively. For purposes of such goal, planned same store sales and income
shall include all Company operations.
Bonus Amount. The bonus award for any executive officer shall be based on
the achievement of specified levels above the performance target; provided,
however, the CEO, in his discretion, may reduce the amount payable to any
executive officer. Prior to the payment of a bonus award to an executive
officer, the Committee must certify in writing the level of the performance
goals attained by the Company.
Bonus Awards to Executive Vice President -- Supply.
Eligibility. The Executive Vice President -- Supply shall be eligible for
an additional bonus award for each fiscal year in an amount not to exceed 40% of
the amount determined by multiplying his regular weekly base salary rate as of
the first day of such fiscal year by the number of weeks during such year that
he served as Executive Vice President -- Supply.
Business Criteria. The Executive Vice President -- Supply's bonus shall be
based on a preestablished performance target which shall include four components
which shall be based on (i) total Supply Division earnings, (ii) plant
performance, (iii) Glencourt profit contribution and (iv) working capital
turnover, respectively. Each of the components shall be based on all Supply
Division operations.
Bonus Amount. In calculating the bonus award to be paid to the Executive
Vice President -- Supply, the relative weight given to each component is as
follows: (i) 30% to total supply earnings, (ii) 30% to plant performance, (iii)
30% to Glencourt profit contribution and (iv) 10% to working capital turnover.
The bonus award for the Executive Vice President -- Supply shall be based on the
achievement of specified levels above the performance target. Prior to the
payment of a bonus award to the Executive Vice President -- Supply, the
Committee must certify in writing the level of the performance goals attained by
the Supply Division.
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Method of Payment. Each bonus award shall be divided into two components, a
cash bonus and a stock bonus. The amount of the cash bonus ranges from 70% to
80% of the amount of the bonus award and the amount of the stock bonus ranges
from 20% to 30% of the amount of the bonus award, as determined by the Committee
in its discretion. Stock bonuses shall be awarded in accordance with the
provisions of the 1994 Amended and Restated Stock Option and Incentive Plan for
Key Employees of Safeway Inc. (see Proposal 2).
Amendment. The Bonus Plan may be wholly or partially amended or otherwise
modified, suspended or terminated at any time or from time to time by the Board.
However, to the extent required by Section 162(m) with respect to bonus awards
which the Committee determines should qualify as performance-based compensation
as described in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code, no action of the Board may
modify the performance targets, target bonus awards, or the percentages to be
used to determine such bonus awards after the commencement of the fiscal year
with respect to which such bonus awards relate.
BOARD RECOMMENDATION
The Board unanimously recommends a vote FOR the approval of the adoption of
the Bonus Plan. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of shares
present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the meeting is necessary
to approve the adoption of the Bonus Plan. Unless otherwise instructed, proxies
will be voted FOR approval of adoption of the Bonus Plan.
PROPOSAL 5
STOCKHOLDER PROPOSAL
Mrs. Evelyn Y. Davis, 2600 Virginia Ave., N.W. #215, Washington, D.C.
20037, who is the owner of 200 shares of Common Stock, has given notice that she
intends to present for action at the Annual Meeting the following resolution:
RESOLVED: That the shareholders recommend that the Board take the
necessary step that Safeway specifically identify by name and corporate
title in all future proxy statements those executive officers, not
otherwise so identified, who are contractually entitled to receive in
excess of $100,000 annually as a base salary, together with whatever
other additional compensation, bonuses and other cash payments were due
them.
The following statement was submitted in support of such resolution:
REASONS: In support of such proposed Resolution it is clear that the
shareholders have a right to comprehensively evaluate the management in
the manner in which the Corporation is being operated and its resources
utilized. At present only a few of the most senior executive officers
are so identified, and not the many other senior executive officers who
should contribute to the ultimate success of the Corporation. Through
such additional identification the shareholders will then be provided an
opportunity to better evaluate the soundness and efficacy of the overall
management.
If you AGREE, please mark your proxy FOR this resolution.
BOARD RECOMMENDATION
The Board of Directors recommends a vote against this proposal for the
following reasons:
The Company provides in the Summary Compensation Table and elsewhere in
this proxy statement comprehensive compensation information with respect to the
Company's most highly compensated executive officers. In addition, the report of
the Compensation Committee discusses in detail the Chief Executive Officer's
compensation and the compensation policies applicable to the Company's executive
officers in general. The foregoing executive compensation disclosure complies
with the rules and regulations of the SEC. Those rules and regulations have been
the subject of substantial debate within the investment community and were
recently revised to provide for more extensive disclosure in response to
investors' views.
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The Board does not believe that the additional disclosure which is being
suggested would provide information which would assist stockholders in assessing
the Company's compensation program, its operations or the effectiveness of
management in responding to the competitive environment in which the Company
operates. Moreover, there are currently no contracts requiring the Company to
compensate any executive officer at any specified salary; therefore, adoption of
the proposal would not result in any additional disclosure at this time. The
Board believes that any further expansion of the disclosure of compensation
information should be instituted by the SEC and, in order to avoid placing the
Company at a competitive disadvantage, be applied uniformly to all corporations.
The Board unanimously recommends a vote AGAINST the adoption of this
stockholder proposal. The affirmative vote of holders of a majority of shares
present in person or by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on this matter
is necessary to approve the adoption of this stockholder proposal. Unless
otherwise instructed, proxies will be voted AGAINST approval of adoption of this
stockholder proposal.
PROPOSAL 6
SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors, acting on the recommendation of its Audit
Committee, has selected the firm of Deloitte & Touche, which has served as
independent auditors since 1987, to conduct an audit, in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards, of the Company's consolidated financial
statements for the 52-week fiscal year ending December 31, 1994. A
representative of that firm is expected to be present at the Annual Meeting to
respond to appropriate questions and will be given an opportunity to make a
statement if he so desires. Neither the firm nor any of its partners has any
direct financial interest or any indirect financial interest in the Company or
any of its subsidiaries, other than as independent auditors. This selection is
being submitted for ratification at the meeting. If not ratified, the selection
will be reconsidered by the Board, although the Board of Directors will not be
required to select different independent auditors for the Company. Unless
otherwise instructed, proxies will be voted FOR ratification of the selection of
Deloitte & Touche.
GENERAL
STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS
Stockholder proposals for presentation at the 1995 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders must be received at the Company's principal executive offices on or
before November 29, 1994. The Company's Bylaws provide that stockholders
desiring to bring any other business before the stockholders at an annual
meeting must notify the Secretary of the Company thereof in writing 50 to 75
days before the meeting (or, if less than 65 days' notice or prior public
disclosure of the meeting date is given, within 15 days after such notice was
mailed or publicly disclosed, whichever first occurs). Such notice must set
forth (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the
annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual
meeting, (ii) the proposing stockholder's name and record address, (iii) the
class and number of shares of Company stock beneficially owned by the
stockholder, and (iv) any material interest of the stockholder in such business.
ANNUAL REPORT
The Company's Annual Report to Stockholders for the year ended January 1,
1994 is being mailed to all stockholders of record with this Proxy Statement.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MICHAEL C. ROSS, Secretary
Dated: March 29, 1994
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STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR
CONSULTANTS OF
SAFEWAY INC.
Safeway Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the
State of Delaware hereby adopts this Stock Option Plan for Consultants of
Safeway Inc. The purpose of this Plan is to enable the Company to obtain and
retain the services of the type of professional, technical and managerial
consultants considered essential to the long-range success of the Company by
providing and offering them an opportunity to become owners of capital stock of
the Company pursuant to the exercise of non-qualified stock options.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever the following terms are used in this Plan, they shall
have the meaning specified below unless the context clearly indicates to the
contrary. The masculine pronoun shall include the feminine and neuter and the
singular shall include the plural, where the context so indicates.
Section 1.1 - Board
"Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
Section 1.2 - Code
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
Section 1.3 - Committee
"Committee" shall mean the Stock Option Committee of the
Board, appointed as provided in Section 6.1.
Section 1.4 - Common Stock
"Common Stock" shall mean the Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share, of the Company.
Section 1.5 - Company
"Company" shall mean Safeway Inc.
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Section 1.6 - Consultant
"Consultant" shall mean any person who renders services to the
Company, a Parent Corporation or a Subsidiary as a consultant or as an adviser,
whether as an independent contractor or an employee of an employer, and who is
not an Employee or a Director as of the date an Option is granted to him or her
under the Plan.
Section 1.7 - Director
"Director" shall mean a member of the Board.
Section 1.8 - Disability
"Disability" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 22(e)
of the Code.
Section 1.9 - Employee
"Employee" shall mean any employee (as defined in accordance
with the Regulations and Revenue Rulings then applicable under Section 3401(c)
of the Code) of the Company, or of any corporation which is then a Parent
Corporation or a Subsidiary, whether such employee is so employed at the time
this Plan is adopted or becomes so employed subsequent to the adoption of this
Plan.
Section 1.10 - Officer
"Officer" shall mean an officer of the Company, any Parent
Corporation or any Subsidiary.
Section 1.11 - Option
"Option" shall mean a non-qualified option to purchase Common
Stock of the Company, granted under the Plan.
Section 1.12 - Optionee
"Optionee" shall mean a Consultant to whom an Option is
granted under the Plan.
Section 1.13 - Parent Corporation
"Parent Corporation" shall mean any corporation in an unbroken
chain of corporations ending with the Company if each of the corporations other
than the Company 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 1.14 - Plan
"Plan" shall mean this Stock Option Plan for Consultants of
Safeway Inc.
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Section 1.15 - Secretary
"Secretary" shall mean the Secretary of the Company.
Section 1.16 - Securities Act
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
Section 1.17 - 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 1.19 - Termination of Service
"Termination of Service" shall mean the time when the
engagement of Optionee as a Consultant to the Company, a Parent Corporation or
a Subsidiary is terminated for any reason, with or without cause, including
without limitation, resignation, discharge, death or retirement; provided that
when such termination is simultaneously accompanied by commencement of
employment with the Company, a Parent Corporation or a Subsidiary, no
Termination of Service shall then occur and Termination of Service with respect
to such Optionee shall then mean Termination of Employment with respect to such
employment. The Committee, in its absolute discretion, shall determine all
questions relating to Termination of Service.
Section 1.20 - Termination of Employment
"Termination of Employment" shall mean the time when the
employee-employer relationship between the Optionee and the Company, a Parent
Corporation or a Subsidiary is terminated for any reason, with or without
cause, including, but not by way of limitation, a termination by resignation,
discharge, death or retirement, but excluding terminations where there is a
simultaneous reemployment by the Company, a Parent Corporation or a Subsidiary.
The Committee, in its absolute discretion, 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 a Termination of
Employment resulted from a discharge for good cause, and all questions of
whether particular leaves of absence constitute Terminations of Employment.
ARTICLE II
SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN
Section 2.1 - Shares Subject to Plan
The shares of stock subject to Options shall be shares of the
Company's Common Stock. The aggregate number of such shares which may be
issued upon exercise of Options shall not exceed 1,000,000.
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Section 2.2 - Unexercised Options
If any Option expires or is cancelled without having been
fully exercised, the number of shares subject to such Option but as to which
such Option was not exercised prior to its expiration or cancellation may again
be optioned hereunder, subject to the limitations of Section 2.1.
Section 2.3 - Changes in Common Stock
In the event that the outstanding shares of Common Stock of
the Company are hereafter changed into or exchanged for a different number or
kind of shares or other securities of the Company, or of another corporation,
by reason of reorganization, merger, consolidation, recapitalization,
reclassification, stock split-up, stock dividend, combination of shares or
otherwise, appropriate adjustments shall be made by the Committee in the number
and kind of shares for the purchase of which Options may be granted, including
adjustments of the limitations in Section 2.1 on the maximum number and kind of
shares which may be issued on exercise of Options.
ARTICLE III
GRANTING OF OPTIONS
Section 3.1 - Eligibility
Any Consultant of the Company or of any corporation which is
then a Parent Corporation or a Subsidiary shall be eligible to be granted
Options.
Section 3.2 - Granting of Options
(a) The Committee shall from time to time, in its absolute
discretion:
(i) Select from among Consultants (including those
to whom Options have been previously granted under the Plan) such of
them as in its opinion should be granted Options;
(ii) Determine the number of shares to be subject to
such Options granted to such selected Consultants; and
(iii) Determine the terms and conditions of such
Options, consistent with the Plan.
Notwithstanding the above, the Committee may delegate certain
powers relating to the granting of Options as it deems appropriate to executive
officers of the Company including the power to determine the number of shares
to be subject to Options (subject to a maximum amount set by the Committee) and
the terms and conditions of such Options; provided, however, that the Committee
shall not delegate any powers that are required to be exercised by the
Committee under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or any rules promulgated thereunder.
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(b) Upon the selection of a Consultant to be granted an Option,
the Committee shall instruct the Secretary to issue such Option and may impose
such conditions on the grant of such Option as it deems appropriate. 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 a Consultant that the Consultant surrender for
cancellation some or all of the unexercised Options 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 the surrendered Option.
ARTICLE IV
TERMS OF OPTIONS
Section 4.1 - Option Agreement
Each Option shall be evidenced by a written Stock Option
Agreement, which shall be executed by the Optionee and an authorized Officer of
the Company and which shall contain such terms and conditions as the Committee
shall determine, consistent with the Plan.
Section 4.2 - Option Price
(a) The price of the shares subject to each Option shall be
set by the Committee; provided, however, that the price per share of an Option
shall be not less than the lesser of 100% of the fair market value of such
shares on the date such Option is granted or the average of the fair market
values of such shares on the five most recent trading days prior to the date
that such Option is granted.
(b) For purposes of the Plan, the fair market value of a
share of the Company's stock as of a given date shall be: (i) the closing price
of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on such date or, if shares
were not traded on such date, then on the next preceding trading day during
which a sale occurred; or (ii) if such stock is not traded on an exchange but
is quoted on NASDAQ or a successor quotation system, (1) the last sales price
(if the 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 stock on such date as reported by NASDAQ or
such successor quotation system; or (iii) if such 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 stock, on such date, as
determined in good faith by the Committee; or (iv) if the Company's stock is
not publicly traded, the fair market value established by the Committee acting
in good faith. In determining the fair market value of the Company's Common
Stock under subsection 1(b)(i) of this Section 4.2, the Committee may rely on
the closing price as reported in the New York Stock Exchange composite
transactions published in the Western Edition of the Wall Street Journal.
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Section 4.3 - Commencement of Exercisability
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 4.3(b), 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 Section 4.3(b), accelerate the time at which such
Option or any portion thereof may be exercised.
(b) No portion of an Option which is unexercisable at
Termination of Service shall thereafter become exercisable.
Section 4.4 - Expiration of Options
(a) No Option may be exercised to any extent by anyone after
the first to occur of the following events:
(i) The expiration of fifteen years and one day
from the date the Option was granted; or
(ii) The expiration of three months from the date of
the Optionee's Termination of Service for any reason other than such
Optionee's death, Disability, or retirement on or after age 55 in
accordance with the Company's retirement policies, as then in effect;
or
(iii) The engagement by the Optionee in willful
misconduct which injures the Company, any Parent Corporation or any
Subsidiary.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 4.4(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 Service for any
reason.
Section 4.5 - Reservation of Rights to Terminate Consulting Services
Nothing in this Plan or in any Stock Option Agreement
hereunder shall confer upon any Optionee any right to continue in his
engagement as a Consultant to, or in the subsequent employ of, the Company, any
Parent Corporation or any Subsidiary or shall interfere with or restrict in any
way the rights of the Company, its Parent Corporations and its Subsidiaries,
which are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge any Optionee as a Consultant
or Employee at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause.
Section 4.6 - Adjustments in Outstanding Options
In the event that the outstanding shares of the stock subject
to Options 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 merger,
consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification, stock split-up, stock
dividend, combination of shares or otherwise, the Committee shall make an
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appropriate and equitable adjustment in the number and kind of shares as to
which all outstanding Options, or portions thereof then unexercised, shall be
exercisable, to the end that after such event the Optionee's proportionate
interest shall be maintained as before the occurrence of such event. Such
adjustment in an outstanding Option shall be made without change in the total
price applicable to the Option or the unexercised portion of the Option (except
for any change in the aggregate price resulting from rounding-off of share
quantities or prices) and with any necessary corresponding adjustment in Option
price per share. Any such adjustment made by the Committee shall be final and
binding upon all Optionees, the Company and all other interested persons.
Section 4.7 - Merger, Consolidation, Acquisition,
Liquidation or Dissolution
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4.6, in its absolute
discretion, and on such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, the
Committee may provide by the terms of any Option that such Option cannot be
exercised after the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another
corporation, the acquisition by another corporation or person of all or
substantially all of the Company's assets or 80% or more of the Company's then
outstanding voting stock or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; and
if the Committee so provides, it may, in its absolute discretion and on such
terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, also provide, either by the terms
of such Option or by a resolution adopted prior to the occurrence of such
merger, consolidation, acquisition, liquidation or dissolution, that, for some
period of time prior to such event, such Option shall be exercisable as to all
shares covered thereby, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section
4.3(a), Section 4.3(b) and/or any installment provisions of such Option.
ARTICLE V
EXERCISE OF OPTIONS
Section 5.1 - Person Eligible to Exercise
During the lifetime of the Optionee, only he may exercise an
Option granted to him, or any portion thereof. After the death of the
Optionee, any exercisable portion of an Option may, prior to the time when such
portion becomes unexercisable under Section 4.4 or Section 4.7, 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.
Section 5.2 - Partial Exercise
At any time and from time to time prior to the time when any
exercisable Option or exercisable portion thereof becomes unexercisable under
Section 4.4 or Section 4.7, such Option or portion thereof may be exercised in
whole or in part; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to
issue fractional shares and the Committee may, by the terms of the Option,
require any partial exercise to be with respect to a specified minimum number
of shares.
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Section 5.3 - Manner of Exercise
An exercisable Option, or any exercisable portion thereof, may
be exercised solely by delivery to the Secretary or his office of all of the
following prior to the time when such Option or such portion becomes
unexercisable under Section 4.4 or Section 4.7:
(a) Notice in writing signed by the Optionee or other person
then entitled to exercise such Option or portion, stating that such Option or
portion is exercised, such notice complying with all applicable rules
established by the Committee; and
(b) (i) Full payment (in cash or by check) for the
shares with respect to which such Option or portion is thereby exercised; or
(ii) Subject to the Committee's consent, shares of
Common Stock owned by the Optionee duly endorsed for transfer to the
Company with a fair market value (as determinable under Section
4.2(b)) on the date of delivery equal to the aggregate Option price of
the shares with respect to which such Option or portion is thereby
exercised; or
(iii) Subject to the Committee's consent, full
payment in any other form approved by the Committee, consistent with
applicable law and the Plan; or
(iv) Any combination of the consideration provided
in the foregoing subsections (i), (ii) and (iii); and
(c) On or prior to the date the same is required to be
withheld:
(i) Full payment (in cash or by check) of any
amount that must be withheld by the Company for federal, state and/or
local tax purposes; or
(ii) Subject to the Committee's consent, full
payment by delivery to the Company of shares of the Common Stock owned
by the Optionee duly endorsed for transfer to the Company by the
Optionee or other person then entitled to exercise such Option or
portion with an aggregate fair market value (as determinable under
Section 4.2(b)) equal to the amount that must be withheld by the
Company for federal, state and/or local tax purposes; or
(iii) Subject to the Committee's consent, full
payment by retention by the Company of shares of Common Stock to be
issued pursuant to such Option exercise with an aggregate fair market
value (as determinable under Section 4.2(b)) equal to the amount that
must be withheld by the Company for federal, state and/or local tax
purposes; or
(iv) Any combination of payments provided for in the
foregoing subsections (i), (ii) or (iii);
provided that if and to the extent required by Rule 16b-3 promulgated
under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
("Rule 16b-3"), an election to make full payment by the means
described in Section 5.3(c)(ii) or 5.3(c)(iii) shall be made more
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than six months after grant of the Option and either (x) made and the
Option exercised only during the period beginning on the third
business day following the date of release of quarterly or annual
summary statements of sales and earnings of the Company and ending on
the twelfth business day following such date, or (y) irrevocably made
more than six months prior to the date the amount of tax to be
withheld is determined in the case of Sections 5.3(c)(ii) and
5.3(c)(iii); and
(d) 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
(e) 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, appropriate proof of the right of such person or persons to exercise
the Option or portion thereof.
Section 5.4 - Conditions to Issuance of Stock Certificates
The shares of stock issuable and deliverable upon the exercise
of an Option, or any portion thereof, may be either previously authorized but
unissued shares or issued shares which have then been reacquired by the
Company. 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 admission of such shares to listing on all stock
exchanges on which such class of stock is then listed; and
(b) 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 any other governmental
regulatory body, which the Committee shall, in its absolute discretion, deem
necessary or advisable; and
(c) 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
(d) The payment to the Company (or other employer
corporation) of all amounts which it is required to withhold under federal,
state or local law in connection with the exercise of the Option; and
(e) The lapse of such reasonable period of time following the
exercise of the Option as the Committee may establish from time to time for
reasons of administrative convenience.
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Section 5.5 - 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.
Section 5.6 - Transfer Restrictions
The Committee, in its absolute discretion, may impose such
restrictions on the transferability of the shares purchasable upon the exercise
of an Option as it deems appropriate. Any such restriction shall be set forth
in the respective Stock Option Agreement and may be referred to on the
certificates evidencing such shares.
ARTICLE VI
ADMINISTRATION
Section 6.1 - Stock Option Committee
(a) The Stock Option Committee shall consist of at least
three persons (or such smaller number as may be permitted under Rule 16b-3
which has been adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, if and as such Rule is then in effect ("Rule
16b-3")) appointed by and holding office during the pleasure of the Board. No
Options may be granted to any member of the Committee during the term of his
membership on the Committee. No person shall be eligible to serve on the
Committee unless he is then a "disinterested person" within the meaning of
paragraph (d)(3) of Rule 16b-3.
(b) Appointment of Committee members shall be effective upon
acceptance of appointment. Committee members may resign at any time by
delivering written notice to the Board. Vacancies in the Committee shall be
filled by the Board.
Section 6.2 - 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 Options and to adopt such
rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as are
consistent therewith and to interpret, amend or revoke any such rules. 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 the Plan.
Section 6.3 - Majority Rule
The Committee shall act by a majority of its members in
office. The Committee may act either by vote at a meeting or by a memorandum
or other written instrument signed by a majority of the Committee.
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Section 6.4 - 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 incurred by members of the Committee in connection with the
administration of the Plan shall be borne by the Company. The Committee may,
with the approval of the Board, 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, 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, and
all members of the Committee shall be fully protected by the Company in respect
to any such action, determination or interpretation.
ARTICLE VII
OTHER PROVISIONS
Section 7.1 - Options Not Transferable
No Option or interest or right therein or part thereof shall
be liable for the debts, contracts or engagements of the Optionee or his
successors in interest or shall be subject to disposition by transfer,
alienation, 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 7.1
shall prevent transfers by will or by the applicable laws of descent and
distribution.
Section 7.2 - Amendment, Suspension or
Termination of the Plan
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. Neither the amendment, suspension nor termination of the Plan shall,
without the consent of the holder of the Option, impair any rights or
obligations under any Option theretofore granted. No Option 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 adopted by the Board.
Section 7.3 - 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, any Parent
Corporation or any Subsidiary. Nothing in this Plan shall be construed to
limit the right of the Company, any Parent Corporation or any Subsidiary
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(a) to establish any other forms of incentives or compensation for consultants
or employees of the Company, any Parent Corporation 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 7.4 - Titles
Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to
serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of the Plan.
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FIRST AMENDMENT TO
STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR
CONSULTANTS OF
SAFEWAY INC.
Safeway Inc., a Delaware corporation, hereby adopts this First
Amendment to the Stock Option Plan for Consultants of Safeway Inc. (the
"Plan").
1. The Plan shall be amended to add Section 1.1 which shall
read in its entirety as follows:
Section 1.1 - Award Limit
"Award Limit" shall mean 400,000 shares of Common Stock
or, as the context may require, Options to acquire more than
400,000 shares of Common Stock.
2. Section 2.1 of the Plan shall be amended to read in its
entirety as follows:
Section 2.1 - Shares Subject to Plan
The shares of stock subject to Options shall be
shares of the Company's Common Stock. The aggregate number of
such shares which may be issued upon exercise of Options shall
not exceed 1,000,000. No individual shall receive Options for
more than the Award Limit during any calendar year. To the
extent required by Section 162(m) of the Code, Options which
are canceled continue to be counted against the Award Limit and
if, after grant of an Option, the price of shares subject to
such Option is reduced, the transaction is treated as a
cancellation of the Option and a grant of a new Option and
both the Option deemed to be canceled and the Option deemed to
be granted are counted against the Award Limit.
3. Section 2.3 of the Plan shall be amended to read in its
entirety as follows:
Section 2.3 - Changes in Common Stock
In the event that the outstanding shares of
Common Stock of the Company are hereafter changed into or
exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other
securities of the Company, or of another corporation, by reason
of reorganization, merger, consolidation, recapitalization,
reclassification, stock split-up, stock dividend, combination
of shares or otherwise, appropriate adjustments shall be made by
the Committee in the number and kind of shares for the purchase
of which Options may be granted, including adjustments of the
limitations in Section 2.1 on the maximum number and kind of
shares which may be issued on exercise of Options and of the
Award Limit set forth in Section 1.1.
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4. Section 3.2(a)(ii) of the Plan shall be amended to read in
its entirety as follows:
(ii) Subject to the Award Limit, determine the
number of shares to be subject to such Options granted to such
selected Consultants; and
5. Section 6.2 of the Plan shall be amended to read in its
entirety as follows:
Section 6.2 - 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 Stock Option Agreements and to
adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and
application of the Plan and the Stock Option Agreements as
are consistent therewith and to interpret, amend or revoke any
such rules. 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 the Plan except with respect to
matters which under Section 162(m) are required to be
determined in the absolute discretion of the Committee.
6. Section 7.2 of the Plan shall be amended to read in its
entirety as follows:
Section 7.2 - Amendment, Suspension or Termination of the Plan
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. However, to the extent required by
the Code, no action of the Board may, except as provided in
Section 2.3, modify the Award Limit, modify the eligibility
requirements of Section 3.1 and 6.1, reduce the minimum Option
price requirements of Section 4.2 or otherwise amend the Plan
in a manner requiring stockholder approval as a matter of
Section 162(m) of the Code or other applicable law, regulation
or rule without approval of the Company's shareholders given
within 12 months before or after the action by the Board.
Neither the amendment, suspension nor termination of the Plan
shall, without the consent of the holder of the Option, impair
any rights or obligations under any Option theretofore granted.
No Option 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 adopted by the Board.
7. The Plan shall be amended to add Section 7.5 which shall
read in its entirety as follows:
Section 7.5 - Approval of Plan by Stockholders.
This Plan shall be submitted for the approval
of the Company's stockholders.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing amendment to the Plan was
duly adopted by the Board of Directors of Safeway Inc. as of _____________,
1994.
Executed on this ____ day of ___________, 1994.
______________________________
Secretary
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1994 AMENDED AND RESTATED
STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN FOR
KEY EMPLOYEES OF SAFEWAY INC.
Safeway Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of
Delaware (and the successor to Safeway Stores, Incorporated) hereby adopts this
1994 Amended and Restated Stock Option and Incentive Plan for Key Employees of
Safeway Inc. The Plan was originally adopted in 1986 and was amended and
restated on July 18, 1990. The Plan was further amended effective October 10,
1991 and December 13, 1991. 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 who
have been or will be given responsibility for the management or administration
of the Company's business affairs, by assisting them to become owners of
capital stock of the Company and thus to benefit directly from its growth,
development and financial success.
(2) To enable the Company to obtain and retain the services of the
type of professional, technical and managerial employees considered essential
to the long-range success of the Company by providing and offering them an
opportunity to become owners of capital stock of the Company under options,
including options that are intended to qualify as "incentive stock options"
under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever the following terms are used in this Plan, they shall have
the meaning specified below unless the context clearly indicates to the
contrary. The masculine pronoun shall include the feminine and neuter and the
singular shall include the plural, where the context so indicates.
Section 1.1 - Award Limit
(a) With respect to executive officers of the Company and with
respect to Employees (other than executive officers of the Company) solely for
their year of hire, "Award Limit" shall mean 500,000 shares of Common Stock or,
as the context may require, Options to acquire 500,000 shares of Common Stock.
(b) With respect to Employees other than executive officers of the
Company for each year after their year of hire, "Award Limit" shall mean
200,000 shares of Common Stock or, as the context may require, Options to
acquire 200,000 shares of Common Stock.
Section 1.2 - Board
"Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
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Section 1.3 - Bonus Plan
"Bonus Plan" shall mean collectively The Operating Performance Bonus
Plan for Executive Officers of Safeway Inc. and the Operating Performance Bonus
Plan for Key Employees of Safeway, Inc.
Section 1.4 - Bonus Stock
"Bonus Stock" shall mean Common Stock awarded pursuant to Article VI
of this Plan.
Section 1.5 - Bonus Stockholder
"Bonus Stockholder" shall mean an Executive to whom Bonus Stock has
been awarded under this Plan.
Section 1.6 - Code
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Section 1.7 - Committee
"Committee" shall mean the Stock Option Committee of the Board,
appointed as provided in Section 8.1.
Section 1.8 - Common Stock
"Common Stock" shall mean the Common Stock, par value $.01 per share,
of the Company.
Section 1.9 - Company
"Company" shall mean Safeway Inc.
Section 1.10 - Consultant
"Consultant" shall mean any person who is not an Employee and who
renders services to the Company, or any entity which is then a Parent
Corporation or a Subsidiary, as a consultant or as an adviser, whether as an
independent contractor or an employee of an employer, and whether such person
renders such services at the time this Plan is adopted or renders such services
subsequent to the adoption of this Plan.
Section 1.11 - Director
"Director" shall mean a member of the Board.
Section 1.12 - Disability
"Disability" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 22(e)(3) of
the Code.
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Section 1.13 - Employee
"Employee" shall mean any employee (as defined in accordance with the
regulations and revenue rulings then applicable under Section 340l(c) of the
Code) of the Company, or of any entity which is then a Parent Corporation or a
Subsidiary, whether such employee is so employed at the time this Plan is
adopted or becomes so employed subsequent to the adoption of this Plan.
Section 1.14 - Executive
"Executive" shall mean any Employee eligible for a bonus award under
the Bonus Plan.
Section 1.15 - Fair Market Value
"Fair Market Value" of a share of Common Stock as of any given date
shall mean: (i) the closing price of the Common Stock on the New York Stock
Exchange on such date or, if shares were not traded on such date, then on the
next preceding trading day during which a sale occurred; or (ii) if such stock
is not traded on an exchange but is quoted on NASDAQ or a successor quotation
system, (1) the last sales price (if the 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 stock
on such date as reported by NASDAQ or such successor quotation system; or (iii)
if such 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 stock, on such date, as determined in good faith by the Committee; or
(iv) if the Company's stock is not publicly traded, the fair market value
established by the Committee acting in good faith. In determining the Fair
Market Value of the Company's Common Stock under subsection (i) of this Section
1.16, the Committee may rely on the closing price as reported in the New York
Stock Exchange composite transactions published in the Western Edition of the
Wall Street Journal.
Section 1.16 - Incentive Stock Option
"Incentive Stock Option" shall mean an Option which qualifies under
Section 422 of the Code and which is designated as an Incentive Stock Option by
the Committee.
Section 1.17 - Non-Qualified Option
"Non-Qualified Option" shall mean an Option which is not an Incentive
Stock Option.
Section 1.18 - Officer
"Officer" shall mean an officer of the Company, any Parent Corporation
or any Subsidiary.
Section 1.19 - Option
"Option" shall mean an option to purchase Common Stock of the Company,
granted under the Plan. "Options" includes both Incentive Stock Options and
Non-Qualified Options.
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Section 1.20 - Optionee
"Optionee" shall mean an Employee to whom an Option is granted under
the Plan.
Section 1.21 - Parent Corporation
"Parent Corporation" shall mean any corporation in an unbroken chain
of corporations ending with the Company if each of the corporations other than
the Company 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 1.22 - Plan
"Plan" shall mean this 1994 Amended and Restated Stock Option and
Incentive Plan for Key Employees of Safeway Inc.
Section 1.23 - Secretary
"Secretary" shall mean the Secretary of the Company.
Section 1.24 - Securities Act
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Section 1.25 - Subsidiary
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) below, with respect to
Incentive Stock Options and with respect to Nonqualified Stock Options granted
before January 31, 1994, "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.
(b) With respect to Bonus Stock, Nonqualified Stock Options granted on
or after January 31, 1994 and, if the Committee shall so determine in its
absolute discretion, with respect to Non-Qualified Stock Options granted before
such date which are designated by the Committee and with respect to Incentive
Stock Options granted at any time which are designated by the Committee,
"Subsidiary" shall mean (i) 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 and (ii) any other entity in which the Company
has a substantial ownership interest and which has been so designated by the
Committee in its absolute discretion; provided, however, that if the Committee
so designates an Incentive Stock Option, to the extent required by Section 422
of the Code and the then applicable regulations and revenue rulings, such
Incentive Stock Option shall thereafter be deemed to be a Nonqualified Stock
Option.
Section 1.26 - Termination of Employment
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"Termination of Employment" shall mean the time when the employee-
employer relationship between the Optionee or Bonus Stockholder and the
Company, a Parent Corporation or a Subsidiary is terminated for any reason,
with or without cause, including, but not by way of limitation, a termination
by resignation, discharge, death or retirement, but, except with respect to
Incentive Stock Options as required by Section 422(a)(2) of the Code and the
then applicable regulations and revenue rulings under said Section, excluding
terminations where there is a simultaneous reemployment by the Company, a
Parent Corporation or a Subsidiary; provided, however, that with respect to
Bonus Stock, Nonqualified Stock Options granted on or after January 31, 1994
and, if the Committee shall so determine in its absolute discretion, with
respect to Non-Qualified Stock Options granted before such date which are
designated by the Committee and with respect to Incentive Stock Options granted
at any time which are designated by the Committee, when such termination is
simultaneously accompanied by commencement of an engagement of the Optionee or
Bonus Stockholder as a Consultant to the Company, a Parent Corporation or a
Subsidiary, no Termination of Employment shall then occur and Termination of
Employment with respect to such Optionee or Bonus Stockholder shall then mean
Termination of Service with respect to such employment; provided, however, that
if the Committee so designates an Incentive Stock Option, to the extent
required by Section 422 of the Code and the then applicable regulations and
revenue rulings, such Incentive Stock Option shall thereafter be deemed to be a
Nonqualified Stock Option. The Committee, in its absolute discretion, 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
a Termination of Employment resulted from a discharge for good cause, and all
questions 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.
Section 1.27 - Termination of Service
"Termination of Service" shall mean the time when the engagement of
Optionee or Bonus Stockholder as a Consultant to the Company, a Parent
Corporation or a Subsidiary is terminated for any reason, with or without
cause, including without limitation, resignation, discharge, death or
retirement; provided that, except with respect to Incentive Stock Options as
required by Section 422(a)(2) of the Code and the then applicable regulations
and revenue rulings under said Section, when such termination is simultaneously
accompanied by commencement of employment with the Company, a Parent
Corporation or a Subsidiary, no Termination of Service shall then occur and
Termination of Service with respect to such Optionee or Bonus Stockholder shall
thereafter mean Termination of Employment with respect to such employment. The
Committee, in its absolute discretion, shall determine all questions relating
to Termination of Service.
ARTICLE II
SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN
Section 2.1 - Shares Subject to Plan
(a) The shares of stock subject to Options and awarded as Bonus Stock
shall be shares of the Company's Common Stock. The aggregate number of such
shares which may be issued upon exercise of Options or as Bonus Stock shall not
exceed 18,000,000 (8,000,000 of which were authorized under
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the original Plan (prior to first amendment and restatement of the Plan on July
18, 1990), 6,000,000 of which were authorized by the first amendment and
restatement of the Plan on July 18, 1990 and 4,000,000 of which were authorized
by the Plan as amended on October 10, 1991.
(b) No individual shall receive Options for more than the Award Limit
during any calendar year. To the extent required by Section 162(m) of the
Code, options which are canceled continue to be counted against the Award Limit
and if, after grant of an Option, the price of shares subject to such Option is
reduced, the transaction is treated as a cancellation of the Option and a grant
of a new Option and both the Option deemed to be canceled and the Option deemed
to be granted are counted against the Award Limit.
Section 2.2 - Unexercised Options
If any Option expires or is cancelled without having been fully
exercised, the number of shares subject to such Option but as to which such
Option was not exercised prior to its expiration or cancellation may again be
optioned hereunder, subject to the limitations of Section 2.1.
Section 2.3 - Changes in Common Stock
In the event that the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the
Company are hereafter changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind
of shares or other securities of the Company, or of another corporation, by
reason of reorganization, merger, consolidation, recapitalization,
reclassification, stock split-up, stock dividend, combination of shares or
otherwise, appropriate adjustments shall be made by the Committee in the number
and kind of shares for the purchase of which Options may be granted and in the
number and kind of shares of Bonus Stock which may be awarded, including
adjustments of the limitations in Section 2.1 on the maximum number and kind of
shares which may be issued on exercise of Options and of the Award Limit set
forth in Section 1.1.
ARTICLE III
GRANTING OF OPTIONS
Section 3.1 - Eligibility
Any key Employee of the Company or of any corporation which is then a
Parent Corporation or a Subsidiary shall be eligible to be granted Options,
except as provided in Section 3.2.
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.
Section 3.3 - Granting of Options
(a) The Committee shall from time to time, in its absolute discretion:
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(i) Determine which Employees are key Employees and select
from among the key Employees (including those to whom Options have
been previously granted under the Plan) such of them as in its opinion
should be granted Options; and
(ii) Subject to the Award Limit, determine the number of
shares to be subject to such Options granted to such selected key
Employees, and determine whether such Options are to be Incentive
Stock Options or Non-Qualified Options; and
(iii) Determine the terms and conditions of such Options,
consistent with the Plan, including, but not limited to such terms and
conditions as may be required in order for such Options to qualify as
performance-based compensation as described in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of
the Code.
Notwithstanding the above, the Committee may delegate certain powers
relating to the granting of Options as it deems appropriate to executive
officers of the Company including the power to determine the number of shares
to be subject to Options (subject to a maximum amount set by the Committee),
whether such Options are to be Incentive Stock Options or Non-Qualified Options
and to determine the terms and conditions of such Options; provided, however,
that the Committee shall not delegate any powers that are required to be
exercised by the Committee under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, or any rules promulgated thereunder, or Section 162(m) of
the Code, or any regulations or rules issued thereunder.
(b) Upon the selection of an Employee to be granted an Option, the
Committee shall instruct the Secretary to issue such Option and may impose such
conditions on the grant of such Option as it deems appropriate. Without
limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, the Committee may, in its
absolute 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 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 the surrendered Option.
ARTICLE IV
TERMS OF OPTIONS
Section 4.1 - Option Agreement
Each Option shall be evidenced by a written Stock Option Agreement,
which shall be executed by the Optionee and an authorized Officer of the
Company and which shall contain such terms and conditions as the Committee
shall determine, consistent with the Plan, including, but not limited to, such
terms and conditions as may be required in order for such Options to qualify as
performance-based compensation as described in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the
Code. Stock Option Agreements evidencing Incentive Stock Options shall contain
such terms and conditions as may be necessary to qualify such Options as
"incentive stock options" under Section 422 of the Code.
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Section 4.2 - Option Price
The price of the shares subject to each Option shall be set by the
Committee; provided, however, that (i) the price per share of a Non-Qualified
Option shall be not less than the lesser of 100% of the Fair Market Value of
such shares on the date such Option is granted or the average of the Fair
Market Values of such shares on the five most recent trading days prior to the
date that such Option is granted, and (ii) the price per share of an Incentive
Stock Option shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such
shares on the date such Option is granted; provided, further, that, in the case
of an Incentive Stock Option 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 stock of the Company, any Subsidiary or any
Parent Corporation, the price per share shall not be less than 110% of the Fair
Market Value of such shares on the date such Option is granted.
Section 4.3 - Commencement of Exercisability
(a) Subject to the provisions of Sections 4.3(b), 4.3(c) 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 no Option shall be exercisable by
any Optionee who is then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act within the
period ending six months after the date the Option is granted and provided,
further, 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 4.3(b), 4.3(c) and 9.3, accelerate the time at which such
Option or any portion thereof may be exercised.
(b) No portion of an Option which is unexercisable at Termination of
Employment shall thereafter become exercisable.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, in the case of
an Incentive Stock Option, the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the
time the Incentive Stock Option is granted) of the shares of the Company's
stock with respect to which "incentive stock options" (within the meaning of
Section 422 of the Code) are exercisable for the first time by the Optionee
during any calendar year (under the Plan and all other incentive stock option
plans of the Company, any Subsidiary and any Parent Corporation) shall not
exceed $100,000.
Section 4.4 - Expiration of Options
(a) No Option may be exercised to any extent by anyone after the
first to occur of the following events:
(i) In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, (1) the
expiration of ten years from the date the Option was granted or (2) in
the case of an Optionee owning (within the meaning of Section 424(d)
of the Code), at the time the Incentive Stock Option was granted, more
than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of
the Company, any Subsidiary or any Parent Corporation, the expiration
of five years from the date the Incentive Stock Option was granted; or
(ii) In the case of a Non-Qualified Option, the expiration of
fifteen years and one day from the date the Option was granted; or
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(iii) The expiration of three months from the date of the
Optionee's Termination of Employment for any reason other than such
Optionee's death, Disability, or retirement; or
(iv) The expiration of one year from the date of the
Optionee's Termination of Employment by reason of the Optionee's
death, Disability or retirement on or after age 55 in accordance with
the Company's retirement policies, as then in effect; or
(v) The engagement by the Employee in willful misconduct
which injures the Company, any Parent Corporation or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 4.4(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.
Section 4.5 - Consideration
In consideration of the granting of the Option, the Optionee shall
agree, in the written Stock Option Agreement, to remain in the employ of the
Company, a Parent Corporation or a Subsidiary for a period of at least one year
after the Option is granted. 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, any Parent Corporation or any Subsidiary or shall
interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company, its Parent
Corporations and its Subsidiaries, which are hereby expressly reserved, to
discharge any Optionee at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without
cause.
Section 4.6 - Adjustments in Outstanding Options
In the event that the outstanding shares of the stock subject to
Options 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 merger,
consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification, stock split-up, stock
dividend, combination of shares or otherwise, the Committee shall make an
appropriate and equitable adjustment in the number and kind of shares as to
which all outstanding Options, or portions thereof then unexercised, shall be
exercisable, to the end that after such event the Optionee's proportionate
interest shall be maintained as before the occurrence of such event. Such
adjustment in an outstanding Option shall be made without change in the total
price applicable to the Option or the unexercised portion of the Option (except
for any change in the aggregate price resulting from rounding-off of share
quantities or prices) and with any necessary corresponding adjustment in Option
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,
the Company and all other interested persons.
Section 4.7 - Merger, Consolidation, Acquisition, Liquidation or Dissolution
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4.6, in its absolute
discretion, and on such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, the
Committee may provide by the terms of any Option that such Option cannot be
exercised after the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another
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corporation, the acquisition by another corporation or person of all or
substantially all of the Company's assets or 80% or more of the Company's then
outstanding voting stock or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; and
if the Committee so provides, it may, in its absolute discretion and on such
terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, also provide, either by the terms
of such Option or by a resolution adopted prior to the occurrence of such
merger, consolidation, acquisition, liquidation or dissolution, that, for some
period of time prior to such event, such Option shall be exercisable as to all
shares covered thereby, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section
4.3(a), Section 4.3(b) and/or any installment provisions of such Option.
ARTICLE V
EXERCISE OF OPTIONS
Section 5.1 - Person Eligible to Exercise
During the lifetime of the Optionee, only he may exercise an Option
granted to him, or any portion thereof. After the death of the Optionee, any
exercisable portion of an Option may, prior to the time when such portion
becomes unexercisable under Section 4.4 or Section 4.7, 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.
Section 5.2 - Partial Exercise
At any time and from time to time prior to the time when any
exercisable Option or exercisable portion thereof becomes unexercisable under
Section 4.4 or Section 4.7, such Option or portion thereof may be exercised in
whole or in part; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to
issue fractional shares and the Committee may, by the terms of the Option,
require any partial exercise to be with respect to a specified minimum number
of shares.
Section 5.3 - Manner of Exercise
An exercisable Option, or any exercisable portion thereof, may be
exercised solely by delivery to the Secretary or his office of all of the
following prior to the time when such Option or such portion becomes
unexercisable under Section 4.4 or Section 4.7:
(a) Notice in writing signed by the Optionee or other person then
entitled to exercise such Option or portion, stating that such Option
or portion is exercised, such notice complying with all applicable
rules established by the Committee; and
(b) (i) Full payment (in cash or by check) for the shares with
respect to which such Option or portion is thereby exercised;
or
(ii) Subject to the Committee's consent, shares of Common
Stock owned by the Optionee duly endorsed for transfer to the
Company with a Fair Market Value on the date of delivery equal
to the aggregate Option price of the shares with respect to
which such Option or portion is thereby exercised; or
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(iii) Subject to the Committee's consent, full payment in any
other form approved by the Committee, consistent with
applicable law and the Plan; or
(iv) Any combination of the consideration provided in the
foregoing subsections (i), (ii) and (iii); and
(c) On or prior to the date the same is required to be withheld:
(i) Full payment (in cash or by check) of any amount that
must be withheld by the Company for federal, state and/or
local tax purposes; or
(ii) Subject to the Committee's consent, full payment by
delivery to the Company of shares of the Common Stock owned by
the Optionee duly endorsed for transfer to the Company by the
Optionee or other person then entitled to exercise such Option
or portion with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the
amount that must be withheld by the Company for federal, state
and/or local tax purposes; or
(iii) Subject to the Committee's consent, full payment by
retention by the Company of shares of Common Stock to be
issued pursuant to such Option exercise with an aggregate Fair
Market Value equal to the amount that must be withheld by the
Company for federal, state and/or local tax purposes; or
(iv) Any combination of payments provided for in the
foregoing subsections (i), (ii) or (iii);
provided that if and to the extent required by Rule 16b-3 promulgated
under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
("Rule 16b-3"), an election to make full payment by the means
described in Section 5.3(c)(ii) or 5.3(c)(iii) shall be made more than
six months after grant of the Option and either (x) made and the
Option exercised only during the period beginning of the third
business day following the date of release of quarterly or annual
summary statements of sales and earnings of the Company and ending on
the twelfth business day following such date, or (y) irrevocably made
more than six months prior to the date the amount of tax to be
withheld is determined in the case of Sections 5.3(c)(ii) and
5.3(iii); and
(d) 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
(e) 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, appropriate proof of the right of such person or persons
to exercise the Option or portion thereof.
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Section 5.4 - Conditions to Issuance of Stock Certificates
The shares of stock issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of an
Option, or any portion thereof, may be either previously authorized but
unissued shares or issued shares which have then been reacquired by the
Company. 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 admission of such shares to listing on all stock exchanges on
which such class of stock is then listed; and
(b) 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 any other
governmental regulatory body, which the Committee shall, in its
absolute discretion, deem necessary or advisable; and
(c) 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
(d) The payment to the Company (or other employer corporation) of all
amounts which it is required to withhold under federal, state or local
law in connection with the exercise of the Option; and
(e) The lapse of such reasonable period of time following the
exercise of the Option as the Committee may establish from time to
time for reasons of administrative convenience.
Section 5.5 - 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.
Section 5.6 - Transfer Restrictions
The Committee, in its absolute discretion, may impose such
restrictions on the transferability of the shares purchasable upon the exercise
of an Option as it deems appropriate. Any such 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 stock, acquired
by exercise of an Incentive Stock Option, within two years from the date of
granting such Option or 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 Incentive Stock Option refer to such requirement to
give prompt notice of disposition.
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ARTICLE VI
AWARD OF BONUS STOCK
Section 6.1 - Award of Bonus Stock
Stock bonuses awarded to any Executive under the Bonus Plan shall be
awarded as Bonus Stock pursuant to this Article VI.
Section 6.2 - Value of Bonus Stock
Each share of Bonus Stock shall be valued at 100% of the Fair Market
Value of a share of Common Stock on the date such Bonus Stock is awarded.
Section 6.3 - Terms of Bonus Stock
The Committee shall from time to time, in its absolute discretion,
determine the terms and conditions applicable to such Bonus Stock, consistent
with this Plan.
Section 6.4 - Issuance of Bonus Stock
Upon the determination of the number of shares of Bonus Stock which
the Executive shall receive pursuant to the Bonus Plan and Section 6.2(b), the
Committee shall instruct the Secretary of the Company to issue such Bonus Stock
and may impose such conditions on the issuance of such Bonus Stock as it deems
appropriate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, bonus
stock to be awarded from time to time to an executive officer of Canada Safeway
Limited or Lucerne Foods Ltd. may be first issued to either or both of such
subsidiaries for distribution to such executive officer.
ARTICLE VII
TERMS OF BONUS STOCK
Section 7.1 - Bonus Stock Agreement
Bonus Stock shall be issued only pursuant to a written Bonus Stock
Agreement, which shall be executed by the Executive and an authorized officer
of the Company and which shall contain such terms and conditions as the
Committee shall determine, consistent with this Plan, including, but not
limited to, such terms and conditions as may be required in order for the Bonus
Stock to qualify as performance-based compensation as described in Section
162(m)(4)(C) of the Code if the Committee determines, in its absolute
discretion, that the award of Bonus Stock should so qualify.
Section 7.2 - Rights as Stockholders
Upon delivery of the shares of Bonus Stock to the Bonus Stockholder
or, if applicable, the escrow holder pursuant to Section 7.4, the Bonus
Stockholder shall have all the rights of a stockholder with respect to said
shares, subject to the restrictions in his Bonus Stock Agreement, including the
right to vote the shares and to receive all dividends and other distributions
paid or made with respect to the shares; provided, however, that in the
absolute discretion of the Committee, any extraordinary
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distributions with respect to the Common Stock shall be subject to the
restrictions set forth in Section 7.3.
Section 7.3 - Restriction
All shares of Bonus Stock issued under this Plan (including any shares
received by holders thereof with respect to shares of Bonus Stock as a result
of stock dividends, stock splits or any other form of recapitalization) shall,
in the terms of each individual Bonus Stock Agreement, be subject to such
restrictions as the Committee shall provide, which restrictions may include,
without limitation, restrictions on sale and other dispositions of the Bonus
Stock and restrictions based on duration of employment with the Company;
provided however, that by a resolution adopted after the Bonus 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
Bonus Stock Agreement, except with respect to Bonus Stock which the Committee
determines, pursuant to Section 7.1, should qualify as performance-based
compensation as described in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code. Bonus Stock may
not be sold or encumbered until all restrictions on such Bonus Stock are
terminated or expire.
Section 7.4 - Custody of Stock
The Secretary of the Company or such other escrow holder as the
Committee may appoint may, if requested by the Committee, retain physical
custody of each certificate representing Bonus Stock until all of the
restrictions imposed under the Bonus Stock Agreement with respect to the shares
evidenced by such certificate expire or shall have been removed.
Section 7.5 - Legend
In order to enforce the restrictions imposed upon shares of Bonus
Stock hereunder, the Committee shall cause a legend or legends to be placed on
certificates representing all shares of Bonus Stock that are still subject to
restrictions under Bonus Stock Agreements, which legend or legends shall make
appropriate reference to the conditions imposed thereby.
ARTICLE VIII
ADMINISTRATION
Section 8.1 - Stock Option Committee
(a) The Stock Option Committee shall consist of at least three
persons (or such smaller number as may be permitted under Rule 16b-3 which has
been adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, if and as such Rule is then in effect ("Rule 16b-3"))
appointed by and holding office during the pleasure of the Board. No Options
or Bonus Stock may be granted to any member of the Committee during the term of
his membership on the Committee. No person shall be eligible to serve on the
Committee unless he is then a "disinterested person" within the meaning of Rule
16b-3.
(b) Appointment of Committee members shall be effective upon
acceptance of appointment. Committee members may resign at any time by
delivering written notice to the Board. Vacancies in the Committee shall be
filled by the Board.
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Section 8.2 - 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, the Stock Option Agreements and the
Bonus Stock Agreements, and to adopt such rules for the administration,
interpretation and application of the Plan, the Stock Option Agreements and the
Bonus Stock Agreements as are consistent therewith and to interpret, amend or
revoke any such rules. 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 the Plan
except with respect to matters which under Rule 16b-3 or Section 162(m) are
required to be determined in the absolute discretion of the Committee.
Section 8.3 - Majority Rule
The Committee shall act by a majority of its members in office. The
Committee may act either by vote at a meeting or by a memorandum or other
written instrument signed by a majority of the Committee.
Section 8.4 - 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 incurred by members of the Committee in connection with the
administration of the Plan shall be borne by the Company. The Committee may,
with the approval of the Board, 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 and Bonus 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,
the Options or the Bonus Stock, 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
Section 9.1 - Options Not Transferable
No Option or interest or right therein or part thereof shall be liable
for the debts, contracts or engagements of the Optionee or his successors in
interest or shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, 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.
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Section 9.2 - Amendment, Suspension or Termination of the Plan
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.
However, to the extent required by Rule 16b-3 or the Code, no action of the
Board may, except as provided in Section 2.3, increase any limit imposed in
Section 2.1 on the maximum number of shares which may be issued on exercise of
Options or as Bonus Stock, modify the Award Limit, modify the eligibility
requirements of Section 3.1 and 6.1, reduce the minimum Option price
requirements of Section 4.2 or extend the limit imposed in this Section 9.2 on
the period during which Options and Bonus Stock may be granted or otherwise
amend the Plan in a manner requiring stockholder approval as a matter of
Regulation 16b-3, Section 162(m) of the Code or other applicable law,
regulation or rule without approval of the Company's stockholders given within
12 months before or after the action by the Board. Neither the amendment,
suspension nor termination of the Plan shall, without the consent of the holder
of the Option or Bonus Stockholder, impair any rights or obligations under any
Option or Bonus Stock theretofore granted. No Option or Bonus Stock may be
granted during any period of suspension nor after termination of the Plan, and
in no event may any Option or Bonus Stock be granted under this Plan after the
first to occur of the following events:
(a) The expiration of ten years from the date the Plan is adopted by
the Board; or
(b) The expiration of ten years from the date the Plan is approved by
the Company's stockholders under Section 9.3.
Section 9.3 - Approval of Plan by Stockholders
The original Plan was approved by the Company's stockholders in 1986.
The first Amended and Restated Plan was approved by the Company's stockholders
in 1990. The Plan was further amended effective October 10, 1991 and December
13, 1991 and, to the extent required by applicable law, such amendments were
approved by the Company's shareholders in 1992. The 1994 Amended and Restated
Plan shall be submitted for the approval of the Company's stockholders within
12 months after the date of the Board's initial adoption of the 1994 Amended
and Restated Plan. Options may be granted under the first Amended and Restated
Plan, as amended in 1991, until the Company's stockholders approve the 1994
Amended and Restated Plan. In addition, Options and Bonus Stock may be granted
under the 1994 Amended and Restated Plan prior to such stockholder approval;
provided, however, that Options granted under the 1994 Amended and Restated
Plan after the adoption of the 1994 Amended and Restated Plan by the Board but
prior to such stockholder approval shall not be excisable prior to the time
when the Plan is approved by the stockholders; provided, further, that if
stockholder approval of Options and Bonus Stock granted under the 1994 Amended
and Restated Plan after adoption has not been obtained at the end of said
12-month period, all such Options and Bonus Stock shall thereupon be cancelled
and become null and void.
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, any Parent Corporation or any
Subsidiary. Nothing in this Plan shall be construed to limit the right of the
Company, any Parent Corporation or any Subsidiary (a) to establish any other
forms of incentives or compensation for employees of the Company, any Parent
Corporation or any Subsidiary or (b) to grant or assume options or other rights
otherwise than under this Plan in
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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 - Titles
Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve
as a basis for interpretation or construction of the Plan.
* * * *
I hereby certify that the foregoing Amended and Restated Plan was duly
adopted by the Board of Directors of Safeway Inc. as of January 31, 1994.
Executed on this ____ day of ____________, 1994.
_____________________________
Secretary
* * * *
I hereby certify that the foregoing Amended and Restated Plan was duly
approved by the stockholders of Safeway Inc. on __________ __, 1994.
Executed on this ____ day of ____________, 1994.
_____________________________
Secretary
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THE OPERATING PERFORMANCE BONUS PLAN
FOR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF SAFEWAY INC.
Safeway Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby
adopts The Operating Performance Bonus Plan for Executive Officers of Safeway
Inc. (the "Plan"). The objectives of the Plan are to motivate and reward
executives to produce results that increase shareholder value and to encourage
individual and team behavior that helps the Company achieve both short and
long-term corporate objectives.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 - Base Compensation. "Base Compensation" shall mean
the Participant's regular weekly base salary rate as of the first day of the
year, excluding moving expenses, bonus pay and other payments which are not
considered part of regular weekly salary rate, multiplied by the number of
weeks the Participant is eligible, including up to six weeks of Paid Leave of
Absence.
Section 1.2 - Paid Leave of Absence. "Paid Leave of Absence"
shall mean a period of time during which a Participant performs no duties due
to an illness, incapacity (including disability), layoff, jury duty, military
duty or a leave of absence for which the Participant is so paid or so entitled
to payment by the Company, whether direct or indirect, but excluding vacation
time.
Section 1.3 - Participant. "Participant" shall mean any of the
Chief Executive Officer ("CEO"), the Executive Vice President - Supply and any
Executive Officer.
ARTICLE II
BONUS AWARDS
Section 2.1 - CEO. For each fiscal year the Compensation
Committee (the "Committee") shall establish a performance target which shall
include three components of overall Company performance: (i) same store sales,
(ii) operating profit and (iii) working capital. Achievement of specified
levels above the performance target will result in an award not to exceed 80%
of Base Compensation, paid in accordance with Article III. Prior to the
payment of a bonus award the Committee must certify the level of performance
attained by the Company during the year to which such bonus award relates.
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Section 2.2 - Executive Officers. Each Executive Officer
(including the Executive Vice President - Supply, but excluding the CEO) is
eligible for this bonus award. Achievement of specified levels above the
performance target described under Section 2.1 will result in bonus awards not
to exceed 40% for some and up to 100% of other Executive Officers' Base
Compensation, as previously established by the Committee. At the CEO's
discretion, however, the CEO may reduce the amount payable to any Executive
Officer, paid in accordance with Article III. Prior to the payment of a bonus
award the Committee must certify the level of performance attained by the
Company during the year to which such bonus award relates.
Section 2.3 - Executive Vice President - Supply. For each fiscal
year the Committee shall establish a performance target which shall include
four components of performance for the Supply Division: (i) total Supply
Division income, (ii) plant performance, (iii) Glencourt income contribution
and (iv) working capital turnover. Achievement of specified levels above the
performance target will result in an award not to exceed 40% of Base
Compensation, paid in accordance with Article III. Prior to the payment of a
bonus award the Committee must certify the level of performance attained by the
Supply Division during the year to which such bonus award relates.
ARTICLE III
PAYMENT OF BONUS AWARD
Section 3.1 - Form of Payment. Each bonus award shall be divided
into two components, a cash bonus and a stock bonus. The amount of cash bonus
shall be between 70% and 80% of the bonus award and the amount of stock bonus
shall be between 20% and 30% of the bonus award. Stock bonuses shall be paid
in accordance with the provisions of the 1994 Amended and Restated Stock Option
and Incentive Plan for Key Employees of Safeway Inc.
Section 3.2 - Timing of Payment. Each bonus award shall be paid
as soon as practicable after the end of the fiscal year to which such bonus
award relates.
ARTICLE IV
SECTION 162(m)
Section 4.1 - Qualified Performance Based Compensation. The
Committee, in it discretion, may determine whether a bonus award should qualify
as performance-based compensation as described in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") and may take such
actions which it may deem necessary to ensure that such bonus award will so
qualify.
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Section 4.2 - Performance Goals. With respect to any bonus award
which the Committee determines should qualify as performance-based
compensation, any of the performance targets described in Sections 2.1 and 2.3,
if applicable to such bonus award, shall be established before the first day of
the fiscal year to which such bonus award relates, except as may be otherwise
provided under Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code.
ARTICLE V
TRANSFERS AND TERMINATIONS
Section 5.1 - Transfers. For a Participant who moves from one
Executive Officer position to another during a year, the bonus award for the
year will be the sum of the pro-rata bonus awards calculated for each position.
Section 5.2 - Terminations. Except as provided in Section 5.1 or
as otherwise provided by the Committee, a Participant who, whether voluntarily
or involuntarily, is terminated, demoted, transferred or otherwise ceases to be
an Executive Officer at any time during a year shall not be eligible to receive
a partial year bonus award, except when the reason for leaving the position is
for reasons of health or retirement; provided, however, that with respect to a
Participant who leaves for reasons of health or retirement, the Committee or
the CEO, in their discretion, may determine that such participant shall not
receive a partial year bonus award.
ARTICLE VI
ADMINISTRATION
Section 6.1 - Compensation Committee
(a) The Committee shall consist of at least two persons
appointed by and holding office at the pleasure of the Board.
(b) Appointment of Committee members shall be effective upon
acceptance of appointment. Committee members may resign at any time by
delivering written notice to the Board. Vacancies in the Committee shall be
filled by the Board.
Section 6.2 - 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 to adopt such rules for the administration,
interpretation and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to
interpret, amend or revoke any such rules. 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 the Plan except with respect to matters which
under Section 162(m) of the Code are required to be determined in the sole and
absolute discretion of the Committee.
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Section 6.3 - Majority Rule. The Committee shall act by a
majority of its members in office. The Committee may act either by vote at a
meeting or by a memorandum or other written instrument signed by a majority of
the Committee.
ARTICLE VII
OTHER PROVISIONS
Section 7.1 - Amendment, Suspension or Termination of the Plan.
This Plan does not constitute a promise to pay and may be wholly or partially
amended or otherwise modified, suspended or terminated at any time or from time
to time by the Board. However, to the extent required by Section 162(m) with
respect to bonus awards which the Committee determines should qualify as
performance-based compensation as described in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the
Code, no action of the Board may modify the performance targets described in
Sections 2.1 and 2.3 if applicable to such bonus awards, after the commencement
of the year with respect to which such bonus awards relate.
Section 7.2 - Approval of Plan by Stockholders. This Plan shall
be submitted for the approval of the Company's stockholders.
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PROXY
SAFEWAY INC.
PROXY - FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING - MAY 10, 1994
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
The undersigned, having received the Notice of Meeting and Proxy
Statement dated March 29, 1994, appoints Steven A. Burd and Michael C. Ross,
and each or any of them as Proxies, with full power of substitution, to
represent and vote all the shares of Common Stock which the undersigned may be
entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held at the
Waterfront Plaza Hotel, 10 Washington Street, Oakland, California on Tuesday,
May 10, 1994, at 10:00 a.m. or at any and all adjournments thereof, with all
powers which the undersigned would possess if personally present.
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER
DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THE PROXY WILL BE
VOTED ''FOR'' ALL NOMINEES LISTED UNDER ITEM (1), ''FOR'' THE PROPOSALS
DESCRIBED IN ITEMS (2), (3), (4) AND (6) AND ''AGAINST'' THE PROPOSAL DESCRIBED
IN ITEM (5), ALL OF SAID ITEMS BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE NOTICE OF
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND THE ACCOMPANYING PROXY STATEMENT. IF ANY OF
THE NAMED NOMINEES SHOULD BECOME UNAVAILABLE PRIOR TO THE ANNUAL MEETING, THE
PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR ANY SUBSTITUTE NOMINEE OR NOMINEES DESIGNATED BY THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE UNDERSIGNED RATIFIES AND CONFIRMS ALL THAT SAID PROXIES
OR THEIR SUBSTITUTES MAY LAWFULLY DO BY VIRTUE HEREOF.
CONTINUED AND TO BE SIGNED ON REVERSE SIDE
SEE REVERSE SIDE
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/X/ PLEASE MARK VOTES AS IN THIS EXAMPLE.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE AGAINST PROPOSAL 5
AND FOR PROPOSALS 2, 3, 4 AND 6.
1. Election of Directors
Nominees: James H. Greene, Jr., Paul Hazen, Henry R. Kravis
FOR ALL NOMINEES / / WITHHELD FROM ALL NOMINEES / /
/ / ______________________________________________________________
For all nominees except as noted above
MARK HERE FOR ADDRESS CHANGE AND NOTE BELOW / /
2. Adoption of 1994 Amended and Restated Stock Option and Incentive Plan for
Key Employees to permit issuance of stock awards, provide limitations on
number of options which may be granted to any employee in any given year and
amend definition of ''subsidiary''.
FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN / /
3. Adoption of Stock Option Plan for Consultants.
FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN / /
4. Adoption of Operating Performance Bonus Plan for Executive Officers.
FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN / /
5. Stockholder proposal on disclosure of executive compensation.
FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN / /
6. Appointment of Deloitte & Touche as independent auditors for fiscal year
1994.
FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN / /
7. In accordance with the judgments of the proxies, upon such other business
as may properly come before the meeting and at any and all adjourments
thereof.
Please date and sign exactly as name appears hereon. Joint owners should each
sign. The full title or capacity of any person signing for a corporation,
partnership, trust or estate should be indicated.
Signature:_______________________________________ Date_______________________
Signature:_______________________________________ Date_______________________
