File No. 333-_______
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TANDY CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 75-1047710
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
100 Throckmorton Street, Suite 1800
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
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Tandy Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (the "EDCP")
Tandy Corporation Executive Deferred Stock Plan (the "EDSP")
(Full title of the plan)
M. C. Hill, Vice President Corporate Secretary and General Counsel
Tandy Corporation
100 Throckmorton Street, Suite 1900
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
(817)-415-3924
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Proposed Proposed
Securities Amount Maximum Maximum Amount of
to be to be offering price aggregate Registration
Registered Registered (1) per share(2) offering price Fee(2)
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Common Stock, 75,000 $45.25 $ 3,339,750 $1,001.16
$1 par value
Preferred Share
Purchase Rights
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Deferred $ 5,000,000
Compensation 100%
Obligations(3)(4)
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(1) The number of shares registered has been computed on the basis of the
Issuer's estimate of the aggregate number of shares which wll be needed for
awards over the life of the EDCP and EDSP. One Preferred Share Purchase Right
automatically trades with each share of Common Stock and is evidenced by the
certificate for the Common Stock.
(2) Estimated pursuant to paragraph (h) of Rule 457 solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee based on the average of the reported high and
low sales prices for a share of Common Stock on March 11, 1998 as reported on
the New York Stock Exchange.
(3) The Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations of Tandy
Corportion to pay deferred compenstaion in the future in accordane with the
terms of the EDCP and the EDSP.
(4) Represents registration of obligations concerning $5,000,000 that may be
deferred pursuant to the EDCP and the EDSP.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents, which have been filed (File No. 1-5571) by
Tandy Corporation ("Tandy" or "Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and shall be deemed a part hereof: (a) the Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996; (b)
Tandy's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 1997,
June 30, 1997 and September 30, 1997; (c) Tandy's Current Reports on Form 8-K
filed on January 14, 1997, January 22, 1997, July 21, 1997, August 22, 1997,
November 6, 1997 and February 2, 1998; and (d) the description of Tandy's Common
Stock, par value $1.00 per share ("Common Stock") and Preferred Share Purchase
Rights contained in the prospectus forming part of Registration Statement No.
33-45180.
All documents subsequently filed by Tandy with the Commission pursuant
to Sections 13 (a), 13 (c), 14 or 15 (d) of the 1934 Act and prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in
any other subsequently filed document, that also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
The securities being registered include obligations (the
"Obligations") of the Registrant to pay compensation and common stock of the
Registrant to its executive employees who have elected to defer these items
under the EDCP and the EDSP (collectively the "Plans"). Specifically, the
Obligations consist of the following: (i) deferred base salary or bonus; (ii)
deferred delivery of stock of the Registrant acquired pursuant to a stock option
exercise; (iii) deferral of restricted stock of the Registrant; (iv) certain
matching contributions made by the Registrant in accordance with the Plans; and
(v) notional earnings on the foregoing amounts. The Registrant will maintain for
each participant in the Plan a memorandum Deferral Account and Stock Account
reflecting the particular items deferred. In addition, amounts credited to these
Accounts are earnings based upon notional investment measurements including the
Registrant's common stock and one or more external investment measures, for
example shares of mutual funds. The Obligations under the Plans are payable in
cash or shares of common stock of the Registrant in a single sum distribution or
in installments as elected by participants in accordance with the Plans. There
is no trading market for the Obligations.
If a participant dies before deferred amounts credited to his or her
Deferral Account or Stock Account have been distributed, the balance of any
deferred stock and cash in the Accounts will be paid promptly to the
participant's designated beneficiary in the manner designated by the
participant. If a participant does not designate any beneficiaries or the
beneficiaries have predeceased the participant, the balance in the Accounts will
be paid to the participant's estate.
During the participant's lifetime, the right to deferred items may
not be transferred, assigned, hypothecated or pledged to any person. Any such
attempt to transfer, assign, hypothecate or pledge the Accounts will be void.
The right of a participant to receive payment of deferred amounts
under the provision of the Plans shall be an unsecured claim against the general
assets of the Registrant. The maintenance of individual participant Accounts are
for bookkeeping purposes only. The Registrant is not obligated to acquire or set
aside any particular assets held by the Registrant, whether or not held for the
purpose of funding the Registrant's obligations hereunder. The Obligations will
not have the benefit of a negative pledge or any other affirmative or negative
covenant on the part of the Registrant.
The Obligations are not subject to redemption. The Registrant
reserves the right to modify the Plan from time to time or terminate the Plan
entirely, but no modification or termination of the Plan will operate to annul a
deferral election already in effect for the calendar year in which the
modification occurs or any preceding calendar year.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
An opinion concerning the validity of the issuance of shares of common
stock and the validity and binding nature of the Obligations has been passed
upon for the Registrant by Mark C. Hill, Vice President, Corporate Secretary and
General Counsel of the Registrant. Mr. Hill beneficially owns or has rights to
acquire under employee benefit plans, an aggregate of less than 1% of shares of
common stock of the Registrant.
Item 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law grants corporations
the power to indemnify officers and directors in terms sufficiently broad to
permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities
(including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Article XIV of the Registrant's
Restated Bylaws provides for indemnification of its directors, officers,
employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by Section 145 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law and the foregoing
Bylaw provision or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
The Registrant carries directors' and officers' liability insurance
policies under which all of the directors and executive officers of Registrant
are insured against loss imposed upon them with respect to their legal liability
for breach of their duty to Registrant. Excluded from coverage under said policy
are fines and penalties imposed by law upon such directors and officers or other
matters which may be deemed uninsurable such as material acts of active and
deliberate dishonesty committed by the insured with actual dishonest purpose and
intent. In addition, the Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements
with its directors and certain officers for indemnification to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law.
In addition, the Plans provides that the Registrant will indemnify the
members of the Organization and Compensation Committee of its Board of Directors
for all costs and expenses and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any
liability incurred in connection with defending against, responding to,
negotiation of the settlement of or otherwise dealing with any claim, cause of
action or dispute of any kind arising in connection with any actions in
administering the Plans or in authorizing or denying authorization to any
transaction thereunder.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit 3 Articles of Incorporation and By-laws. Tandy
Corporation Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended through February 14, 1992, including Certificates of
Designation for Series A Preferred Stock and Series B
Preferred Stock.
Tandy Corporation Restated Bylaws as amended and restated
through January 1, 1996.
Exhibit 4 Instruments defining the rights of security holders.
Tandy Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan.
Tandy Corporation Executive Deferred Stock Plan.
Exhibit 5 Opinion re legality.
Opinion of Mark C. Hill, Vice President, Corporate Secretary
and General Counsel, as to the legality of the securities
being registered, including consent.
Exhibit 23 Consents of experts and counsel.
Price Waterhouse LLP, Independent Accountants.
Mark C. Hill, Vice President, Corporate Secretary and
General Counsel (included in Exhibit 5).
Item 9. Undertakings.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(a)(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) to include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in the Registration Statement; and/or
(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or
any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1) (i) and (a)(1) (ii) do not
apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the
Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(4) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13 (a) or section 15(d) of
the 1934 Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(5) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause
to be delivered with the prospectus, to each person to whom the prospectus
is sent or given, the latest annual report to security holders that is
incorporated by reference in the prospectus and furnished pursuant to and
meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3 under the 1934 Act;
and, where interim financial information required to be presented by
Article 3 of Regulation S-X is not set forth in the prospectus, to deliver,
or cause to be delivered to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or
given, the latest quarterly report that is specifically incorporated by
reference in the prospectus to provide such interim financial information.
(6) The undertaking regarding indemnification of officers and
directors is included as part of Item 6, which is incorporated into Item 9
by reference.
SIGNATURES
The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Fort Worth, State of Texas, on the 12th day of
March, 1998.
Tandy Corporation
By: /S/ John V. Roach
John V. Roach, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on the 12th day of March, 1998.
Signature Title
/S/ John V. Roach Chairman of the Board and
John V. Roach Chief Executive Officer
/S/ Dwain H. Hughes Senior Vice President and
Dwain H. Hughes Chief Financial Officer
/S/ James I. Cash, Jr. Director
James I. Cash, Jr.
/S/ Ronald E. Elmquist Director
Ronald E. Elmquist
/S/ Lewis F. Kornfeld, Jr. Director
Lewis F. Kornfeld, Jr.
/S/ Jack L. Messman Director
Jack L. Messman
/S/ William G. Morton, Jr. Director
William G. Morton, Jr.
/S/ Thomas G. Plaskett Director
Thomas G. Plaskett
/S/ Leonard H. Roberts Director
Leonard H. Roberts
/S/ Alfred J. Stein Director
Alfred J. Stein
/S/ William E. Tucker Director
William E. Tucker
/S/ John A. Wilson Director
John A. Wilson
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Item.
No.
Exhibit 3 Articles of Incorporation and By-laws
Tandy Corporation Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended through February 14, 1992, including Certificates
of Designation for Series A Preferred Stock and Series B
Preferred Stock.
Tandy Corporation Bylaws as amended and restated through
January 1, 1996.
Exhibit 4 Instruments defining the rights of security holders.
Tandy Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan.
Tandy Corporation Executive Deferred Stock Plan.
Exhibit 5 Opinion re legality
Opinion of Mark C. Hill, Vice President, Corporate
Secretary and General Counsel, as to the legality of the
securities being registered, including consent.
Exhibit 23 Consents of experts and counsel.
Price Waterhouse LLP, Independent Accountants. Mark C. Hill,
Vice President, Corporate Secretary and General Counsel
(included in Exhibit 5).
EXHIBIT 3
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
TANDY CORPORATION
TANDY CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies as follows:
1. The name of the corporation is TANDY CORPORATION. The date of filing its
original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State was December
19, 1967.
2. This Restated Certificate of Incorporation restates and integrates and
does not further amend the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of
this corporation as heretofore amended or supplemented, and there is no
discrepancy between the provisions of the original Certificate of Incorporation,
as amended or supplemented, and the provisions of this Restated Certificate of
Incorporation.
3. The text of the Certificate of Incorporation as amended or supplemented
heretofore is hereby restated to read as herein set forth in full:
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
TANDY CORPORATION
FIRST: The name of the corporation (hereinafter referred to as the
"Corporation") is TANDY CORPORATION.
SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware
is located at No. 100 West 10th Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New
Castle. The registered agent in charge thereof upon whom process against the
Corporation may be served, is The Corporation Trust Company, 100 West 10th
Street, Wilmington, Delaware.
THIRD: The nature of the business of the Corporation and the objects and
purposes to be transacted, promoted and carried on by it are as follows:
(a) To carry on a general business as manufacturers and merchants, and to
manufacture, produce, finish, treat, cure, tan or otherwise process, buy, sell,
import, export and generally trade and deal in and with any and all kinds of
materials, goods, wares and merchandise.
(b) To subscribe for or cause to be subscribed for, to purchase, invest in,
acquire, hold, own, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, exchange,
distribute or otherwise dispose of the whole or any part of the shares of stock,
bonds, mortgages, debentures, notes, coupons, and other securities, obligations,
contracts, and evidences of indebtedness of any corporation, domestic or
foreign, and to issue in exchange therefor its shares of stock, bonds or other
obligations; to exercise in respect to any such shares of stock, bonds or other
securities, any and all rights, powers and privileges of individual owners or
holders, including the right to vote thereon and to aid in any manner permitted
by law any corporation or association of which any bonds or other securities or
evidences of indebtedness or stock are held by the Corporation, and to do any
acts or things designed to protect, preserve, improve or enhance the value of
any such stock, bonds or other securities or evidences of indebtedness, and to
organize or promote or facilitate the organization of subsidiary companies.
(c) To buy, lease or otherwise acquire the goodwill, franchises, rights,
and property, both real, personal and mixed, of any person, firm, association or
corporation, and to pay for the same in cash, property, stocks or bonds of the
Corporation or otherwise and to hold and use or in any manner dispose of the
whole or any part of the property so acquired; to conduct, carry on, operate,
manage, control, improve and develop the whole or any part of any business or
property so acquired, either in the name of such other person or persons, firm
or corporation, and to exercise all the powers necessary or convenient in and
about the conduct and management of such business.
(d) To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be
organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
(e) To do any and all things necessary, suitable, useful or proper in the
accomplishment of any of the purposes and powers hereinabove set forth, either
as principal or as agent, and in connection therewith to maintain offices, to
appoint agents, to make contracts, to borrow money, to acquire, hold, mortgage,
pledge, lease, sell, grant licenses with respect to or otherwise dispose of real
and personal property, and to do any and all other acts and things, all to the
same extent and as fully as natural persons might or could lawfully do in any
part of the world, but only within the limits permitted to corporations
organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
The foregoing enumeration of purposes, powers and objects shall not be
deemed to limit or restrict in any manner the general powers of the Corporation
under the General Corporation Law of Delaware or the laws of any state,
territory, district or foreign country where the Corporation may be authorized
to do business.
FOURTH: The total number of shares which the Corporation shall have
authority to issue is two hundred fifty-one million (251,000,000) of which one
million (1,000,000) shares without par value shall be Preferred Stock and two
hundred fifty million (250,000,000) shares of the par value of one dollar
($1.00) per share shall be Common Stock. The Preferred Stock shall be issued
from time to time in one or more series with such distinctive serial
designations and (a) may have such voting powers, full or limited, or may be
without voting powers; (b) may be subject to redemption at such time or times
and at such prices; (c) may be entitled to receive dividends (which may be
cumulative or noncumulative) at such rate or rates, on such conditions, and at
such times, and payable in preference to, or in such relation to, the dividends
payable on any other class or classes of stock; (d) may have such rights upon
the dissolution of, or upon any distribution of the assets of, the Corporation;
(e) may be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or
classes or of any other series of the same or any other class or classes of
stock of the Corporation, at such price or prices or at such rates of exchange,
and with such adjustments; and (f) shall have such other relative,
participating, optional or other special rights, qualifications, limitations, or
restrictions thereof, all as shall hereinafter be stated and expressed in the
resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such Preferred Stock from
time to time adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to authority so to do
which is hereby granted to and vested in the board.
Each share of Common Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote, in
person or by proxy, at any and all meetings of the stockholders of the
Corporation.
No stockholder, as such, shall have any preemptive right to subscribe for
or purchase any additional shares of stock or securities convertible into or
carrying warrants or options to acquire shares of stock of the Corporation.
Any and all right, title, interest and claim in or to any dividends
declared by the Corporation, whether in cash, stock or otherwise, which are
unclaimed by the stockholder entitled thereto for a period of six years after
the close of business on the payment date, shall be and be deemed to be
extinguished and abandoned; and such unclaimed dividends in the possession of
the Corporation, its transfer agents or other agents or depositaries, shall at
such time become the absolute property of the Corporation, free and clear of any
and all claims of any persons whatsoever.
FIFTH: The number of directors of the Corporation shall be such as from
time to time shall be fixed by or in the manner provided in the bylaws but shall
not be less than three.
SIXTH: In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by
statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized:
(a) To make, alter, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation; to
issue, sell, grant options to purchase and dispose of shares of the authorized
and previously unissued stock of any class of the Corporation and shares of its
outstanding stock of any class held in its treasury; to issue, sell and dispose
of the bonds, debentures, notes and other obligations or evidences of
indebtedness of the Corporation, including bonds, debentures, notes and other
obligations or evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation convertible into
stock of any class of the Corporation; to authorize and cause to be executed
mortgages and liens upon the real and personal property of the Corporation
including after-acquired property; to declare and pay dividends on the stock of
any class of the Corporation; to set apart out of any of the funds of the
Corporation available for dividends or otherwise a reserve or reserves for any
proper purpose and to abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was
created.
(b) To designate one or more committees, by resolution passed by a majority
of the whole board, each committee to consist of two or more of the directors of
the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in the resolution or in the
bylaws of the Corporation, shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board
of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation,
and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which
may require it, and each committee shall have such name as may be stated in the
bylaws of the Corporation or as may be determined from time to time by
resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.
(c) When and as authorized by the affirmative vote of the holders of a
majority of the stock issued and outstanding having voting power given at a
stockholders' meeting duly called for that purpose, or when authorized by the
written consent of the holders of a majority of the voting stock issued and
outstanding, to sell, lease or exchange all of the property and assets of the
Corporation, including its goodwill and its corporate franchises, upon such
terms and conditions and for such consideration, which may be in whole or in
part shares of stock in, and/or other securities of, any other corporation or
corporations, as the Board of Directors shall deem expedient and for the best
interests of the Corporation.
(d) To exercise all other corporate powers and to do all other acts and
things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, however, to the
provisions of the statutes of the State of Delaware and of this Certificate of
Incorporation and the bylaws of the Corporation.
SEVENTH: Elections of directors need not be by ballot unless the bylaws of
the Corporation shall so provide.
EIGHTH: The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or
repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the
manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon
stockholders herein are granted subject to the right reserved in this Article
EIGHTH.
4. This Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted by the Board
of Directors without a vote of the stockholders in accordance with Section 245
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said TANDY CORPORATION has caused this Certificate to
be signed by John V. Roach, its Chairman of the Board of Directors and attested
by H. C. Winn, its Secretary this 10th of December, 1982.
TANDY CORPORATION
BY: /s/ John V. Roach
Chairman of the
Board of Directors
ATTEST:
BY: /s/ H. C. Winn
Secretary
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
TANDY CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:
FIRST: That at a meeting of the Board of Directors of Tandy Corporation on
August 15, 1986, resolutions were duly adopted setting forth a proposed
amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of said Corporation, declaring
said amendment to be advisable and calling for consideration of said amendment
at the annual meeting of the stockholders of said Corporation on November 13,
1986. The resolution setting forth the proposed amendment is as follows:
RESOLVED: That the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, be amended
further by renumbering present Article EIGHTH as Article NINTH, and adding a new
Article EIGHTH thereto, reading in its entirety as follows:
"EIGHTH: The personal liability of the directors of the Corporation is
hereby eliminated to the fullest extent permitted by paragraph (7) of subsection
(b) of Section 102 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, as the same may
be amended and supplemented. No amendment to or repeal of this Article EIGHTH
shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any
director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such
director occurring prior to such amendment or repeal."
SECOND: That thereafter the annual meeting of the stockholders of said
Corporation was held, upon notice in accordance with Section 222 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware at which meeting the necessary number
of shares as required by statute were voted in favor of the amendment.
THIRD: That said amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the
provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Tandy Corporation has caused this Certificate to
be signed by John V. Roach, its President, and attested by H. C. Winn, its
Secretary, this 19th day of November, 1986.
TANDY CORPORATION
BY: /s/John V. Roach
President
ATTEST:
BY: /s/ H. C. Winn
Secretary
Certificate of Designation
of
Certificate of Incorporation
of
Tandy Corporation
Pursuant to Section 151
of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware
It is hereby certified that:
1. The name of the corporation is Tandy Corporation (hereinafter called the
"Corporation");
2. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the "Certificate of
Incorporation"), is hereby amended so that the designation and number of shares
of the class and series acted upon in the following resolution, and the relative
rights, preferences and limitations of such class and series, are as stated in
such resolution;
3. No shares of the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (as
defined below) have been issued; and
4. The following resolution was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of
the Corporation as required by Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware at a meeting duly called and held on June 22, 1990:
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority granted to and vested in the Board
of Directors of this Corporation in accordance with the provisions of the
Certificate of Incorporation, with respect to the Series of Preferred Stock, no
par value, of the Corporation authorized by the Board of Directors on August 13,
1986, designated the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, the
resolutions of the Board of Directors are hereby amended such that the
designation and amount of the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock and
the powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special
rights of the shares of such series, and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions thereof are as follows:
Section 1. Designation, Par Value and Amount. The shares of such a series
shall be designated as "Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock"
(hereinafter referred to as "Series A Preferred Stock"), the shares of such
series shall be with no par value, and the number of shares constituting such
series shall be 100,000; provided, however, that, if more than a total of
100,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be issuable upon the exercise
of Rights (the "Rights") issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated Rights
Agreement, dated as of June 22, 1990, between the Corporation and The First
National Bank of Boston, as Rights Agent (as amended from time to time) (the
"Rights Agreement"), the Board of Directors of the Corporation, pursuant to
Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, shall
direct by resolution or resolutions that a certificate be properly executed,
acknowledged and filed providing for the total number of shares of Series A
Preferred Stock authorized to be issued to be increased (to the extent that the
Certificate of Incorporation then permits) to the largest number of whole shares
(rounded up to the nearest whole number) issuable upon exercise of the Rights.
Section 2. Dividends and Distributions.
(A) Subject to the prior and superior rights of the holders of any shares
of any series of Preferred Stock ranking prior and superior to the shares of
Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of
Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared
by the Board of Directors out of assets legally available for the purpose,
quarterly dividends payable in cash on the fifteenth day of March, June,
September and December in each year (each such date being referred to herein as
a "Quarterly Dividend Payment Date"), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend
Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of
Series A Preferred Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent)
equal to the greater of (a) $50 or (b) 1000 times the aggregate per share amount
of all cash dividends, and 1000 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in
kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions other than a dividend
payable in shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Corporation
(the "Common Stock") or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock
(by reclassification or otherwise), declared on the Common Stock since the
immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, or, with respect to the
first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or
fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock.
(B) The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the Series
A Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (A) above immediately after it
declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock (other than a dividend
payable in shares of Common Stock); provided that, in the event no dividend or
distribution shall have been declared on the Common Stock during the period
between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date and the next subsequent Quarterly
Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $50 per share on the Series A Preferred
Stock shall nevertheless be payable on such subsequent Quarterly Dividend
Payment Date.
(C) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding shares
of Series A Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next
preceding the date of issue of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock, unless
the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date for the first
Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on such shares shall
begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or unless the date of
issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date
for the determination of holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock entitled
to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date,
in either of which events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative
from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall
not bear interest. Dividends paid on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock in
an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and
payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis
among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a
record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A Preferred
Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared
thereon, which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to the date
fixed for the payment thereof.
Section 3. Voting Rights. The holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock
shall have the following voting rights:
(A) Each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof
to 1000 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the
Corporation.
(B) Except as otherwise provided herein or by law, the holders of shares of
Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock shall vote
together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the
Corporation.
(C) Except as set forth herein (or as otherwise required by applicable
law), holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall have no general or special
voting rights and their consent shall not be required for taking any corporate
action.
Section 4. Certain Restrictions.
(A) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions
payable on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2 are in arrears,
thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether
or not declared, on shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding shall have
been paid in full, the Corporation shall not:
(i) declare or pay dividends, or make any other distributions, on any
shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock;
(ii) declare or pay dividends, or make any other distributions, on any
shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Preferred Stock, except dividends
paid ratably on the Series A Preferred Stock and all such parity stock on which
dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which
the holders of all such shares are then entitled;
(iii) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration shares of
any stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock, provided that the
Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any
such junior stock in exchange for shares of any stock of the Corporation ranking
junior (either as to dividends or upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up)
to the Series A Preferred Stock;
(iv) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares
of Series A Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either
as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series
A Preferred Stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer made in writing or
by publication (as determined by the Board of Directors) to all holders of such
shares upon such terms as the Board of Directors, after consideration of the
respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of
the respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will result in
fair and equitable treatment among the respective series or classes.
(B) The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the Corporation to
purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock of the
Corporation unless the corporation could, under paragraph (A) of this Section 4,
purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.
Section 5. Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series A Preferred Stock
purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever
shall be retired and canceled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such
shares shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued shares of
Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock
to be created by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors, subject to
the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein, in the Certificate
of Incorporation, in any other Certificate of Amendment creating a series of
Preferred Stock or as otherwise required by law.
Section 6. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.
(A) With respect to any liquidation, dissolution or winding up (voluntary
or otherwise) of the Corporation, no distribution shall be made to the holders
of shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock unless, prior
thereto, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have received
$1000 per share, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and
distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment (the
"Series A Liquidation Preference"). Following the payment of the full amount of
the Series A Liquidation Preference, no additional distributions shall be made
to the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the
holders of shares of Common Stock shall have received an amount per share (the
"Capital Adjustment") equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Series
A Liquidation Preference by (ii) 1000 (such number in clause (ii), the
"Adjustment Number"). Following the payment of the full amount of the Series A
Liquidation Preference and the Capital Adjustment in respect of all outstanding
shares of Series A Preferred Stock and Common Stock, respectively, holders of
Series A Preferred Stock and holders of Common Stock shall receive their ratable
and proportionate share of the remaining assets to be distributed in the ratio
of the Adjustment Number to 1 with respect to such Preferred Stock and Common
Stock, on a per share basis, respectively.
(B) In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available
to permit payment in full of the Series A Liquidation Preference and the
liquidation preferences of all other series of preferred stock, if any, which
rank on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock, then such remaining assets
shall be distributed ratably to the holders of Series A Preferred Stock and the
holders of such parity shares in proportion to their respective liquidation
preferences. In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets
available to permit payment in full of the Capital Adjustment, then such
remaining assets shall be distributed ratably to the holders of Common Stock.
Section 7. Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the Corporation shall enter
into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the
shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or
securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case the shares of
Series A Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or
changed in an amount per share equal to 1000 times the aggregate amount of
stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case
may be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is changed or
exchanged.
Section 8. No Redemption. The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not
be redeemable.
Section 9. Ranking. The Series A Preferred Stock shall rank junior to all
other series of the Corporation's Preferred Stock as to the payment of dividends
and the distribution of assets, unless the terms of any such series shall
provide otherwise.
Section 10. Amendment. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation
shall not be further amended in any manner which would materially alter or
change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series A Preferred Stock
so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of
two-thirds or more of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, voting
together as a single class.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Designation is executed on
behalf of the Corporation by its Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
and President and attested by its Senior Vice President and Secretary this 22nd
day of June, 1990.
/s/ John V. Roach
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John V. Roach
Chairman of the Board
Chief Executive Officer and President
Attest:
/s/ Herschel C. Winn
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Herschel C. Winn
Senior Vice President
and Secretary
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS
OF
SERIES B TESOP CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
of
TANDY CORPORATION
Pursuant to Section 151 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
We, John V. Roach, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President and
Herschel C. Winn, Senior Vice President and Secretary, respectively, of Tandy
Corporation (the "Company"), a corporation organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Delaware, in accordance with the provisions of Section 151 of
the Delaware General Corporation Law, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that, pursuant to the
authority conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company, as amended, the Board of Directors authorized the
series of Preferred Stock hereinafter provided for and established the voting
powers thereof and adopted the following resolution creating a series of one
hundred thousand (100,000) shares of Preferred Stock, without par value,
designated as Series B TESOP Convertible Preferred Stock:
RESOLVED: That pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of Directors
of the Company in accordance with the provisions of its Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended, a series of Preferred Stock of the Company be, and it
hereby is, created, and that the designation and amount thereof and the voting
powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special
rights of the shares of such series, and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions thereof are as follows:
Section 1. Designation and Amount; Special Purpose Restricted Transfer
Issue.
(A) The shares of this series of Preferred Stock shall be designated as
Series B TESOP Convertible Preferred Stock ("Series B Preferred Stock") and the
number of shares constituting such series shall be one hundred thousand
(100,000) shares.
(B) Shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be issued only to a trustee
acting on behalf of an employee stock ownership plan or other employee benefit
plan of the Company. In the event of any transfer of shares of Series B
Preferred Stock to any person other than the issuance of Series B Preferred
Stock to any such plan trustee, the shares of Series B Preferred Stock so
transferred, upon such transfer and without any further action by the Company or
the holder, shall be automatically converted into shares of Common Stock (as
defined herein) on the terms otherwise provided for the conversion of shares of
Series B Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 5
hereof and no such transferee shall have any of the voting powers, preferences
and relative, participating, optional or other special rights ascribed to shares
of Series B Preferred Stock hereunder but, rather, only the powers and rights
pertaining to the Common Stock into which such shares of Series B Preferred
Stock shall be so converted; provided, however, that the pledge of Series B
Preferred stock by an employee stock ownership plan or other employee benefit
plan of the Company shall not constitute a transfer for the purposes of this
Section 1. Certificates representing shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be
legended to reflect the ongoing provisions. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this paragraph (B) of Section 1, shares of Series B Preferred
Stock (i) may be converted into shares of Common Stock as provided by Section 5
hereof and the shared of Common Stock issued upon such conversion may be
transferred by the holder thereof as permitted by law and (ii) shall be
redeemable by the Company upon the terms and conditions provided by Sections 6,
7 and 8 hereof.
Section 2. Dividends and Distributions.
(A) Subject to the provisions for adjustment hereinafter set forth, the
holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive,
when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally
available therefor, cash dividends ("Preferred Dividends") in an amount per
share equal to $75.00 per share per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears,
one-half on June 30 and one-half on December 31 of each year (each a "Dividend
Payment Date") commencing on December 31, 1990, to holders of record at the
start of business on such Dividend Payment Date; provided, however, that if as
of a given Dividend Payment Date $37.50 is less than an amount (the "Common
Stock Equivalent Dividend") equal to (i) the aggregate amount of all cash
dividends (excluding an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of an
Extraordinary Distribution made during such period as defined in paragraph (G)
of Section 9) declared per share of Common Stock since the immediately preceding
Dividend Payment Date multiplied by (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock
into which such shares of Series B Preferred Stock was convertible at the time
each such dividend was declared (including, without limitation, any and all
adjustments as provided in Section 9 hereof), then the Preferred Dividend
payable for such period shall equal the Common Stock Equivalent Dividend amount.
In the event that any Dividend Payment Date shall fall on any day other than a
"business day" (as hereinafter defined), the dividend payment due on such
Dividend Payment Date shall be paid on the business day immediately preceding
such Dividend Payment Date. Preferred Dividends shall begin to accrue on
outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock from the date of issuance of such
shares of Series B Preferred Stock. Preferred Dividends shall accrue on a daily
basis whether or not the Company shall have earnings or surplus at the time.
Preferred Dividends accrued after the date of issuance thereof on the shares of
Series B Preferred Stock for any period less than a full semi-annual period
between Dividend Payment Dates shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
of twelve 30-day months. A proportional dividend shall accrue for the period
from the date of issuance until December 31, 1990 and shall be calculated based
on the fixed Preferred Dividend amount. Accrued but unpaid Preferred Dividends
shall cumulate as of the Dividend Payment Date on which they first become
payable, but no interest shall accrue on accumulated but unpaid Preferred
Dividends.
(B) So long as any Series B Preferred Stock shall be outstanding, no
dividend shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment on any other series
of stock ranking on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividends,
unless there shall also be or have been declared and paid or set apart for
payment on the Series B Preferred Stock, like dividends for all dividend payment
periods of the Series B Preferred Stock ending on or before the dividend payment
date of such parity stock, ratably in proportion to the respective amounts of
dividends accumulated and unpaid through such dividend payment period on the
Series B Preferred Stock and accumulated and unpaid or payable on such parity
stock through the dividend payment period on such parity stock next preceding
such dividend payment date. In the event that full cumulative dividends on the
Series B Preferred Stock have not been declared and paid or set apart for
payment when due, the Company shall not declare or pay or set apart for payment
any dividends or make any other distributions on, or make any payment on account
of the purchase, redemption or other retirement of, any other class of stock or
series thereof of the Company ranking, as to dividends or as to distributions in
the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, junior to
the Series B Preferred Stock until full cumulative dividends on the Series B
Preferred Stock shall have been paid or declared and set aside for payment;
provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to (i) any dividend
payable solely in any shares of any stock ranking, as to dividends and as to
distributions in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the
Company, junior to the Series B Preferred stock, or (ii) the acquisition of
shares of any stock ranking, as to dividends or as to distributions in the event
of a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, junior to the Series
B Preferred Stock in exchange solely for shares of any other stock ranking as to
dividends and as to distributions in the event of a liquidation, dissolution, or
winding-up of the Company, junior to the Series B Preferred stock.
Section 3. Voting Rights. The holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock
shall have the following voting rights:
(A) The holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to vote on
all matters submitted to a vote of the holders of Common Stock of the Company,
voting together with the holders of Common Stock as one class. Each share of the
Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to the number of votes equal to the
number of shares of Common Stock into which such shares of Series B Preferred
Stock could be converted on the record date for determining the stockholders
entitled to vote, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of a vote; it being
understood that whenever the "Conversion Price" (as defined in Section 5 (A)
hereof) is adjusted as provided in Section 9 hereof, the voting rights of the
Series B Preferred Stock shall also be similarly adjusted.
(B) Except as otherwise required by law or set forth herein, holders of
Series B Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights and their consent
shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with
holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for the taking of any corporate
action.
(C) The Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of the Company
or this Resolution (including, without limitation, any such alteration,
amendment or repeal effected by any merger or consolidation in which the Company
is a surviving or resulting corporation) shall not be amended in any manner that
would materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of
the Series B Preferred Stock so as to affect the holders thereof adversely
without the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds of the outstanding
shares of Series B Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class.
Section 4. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.
(A) Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding
up of the Company, the holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to
receive out of the assets of the Company which remain after satisfaction in full
of all valid claims of creditors of the Company and which are available for
payment to stockholders and subject to the rights of the holders of any stock of
the Company ranking senior to or on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock
in respect of distributions upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Company, before any amount shall be paid or distributed among the holders of
Common Stock or any other shares ranking junior to the Series B Preferred Stock
in respect of distributions upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Company, liquidating distributions in the amount of $1,000 per share (the
"Liquidation Price"), plus an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends
thereon to the date fixed for distribution, and no more. If, upon any
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the amounts payable with
respect to the Series B Preferred Stock and any other parity stock ranking as to
any such distribution on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock are not paid
in full, the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock and such other stock shall
share ratably in any distribution of assets in proportion to the full respective
preferential amounts to which they are entitled. After payment of the full
amounts to which they are entitled as provided by the foregoing provisions of
this Section 4(A), the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall not
be entitled to any further right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the
Company.
(B) Neither the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into any
other corporation, nor the merger or consolidation of any other corporation with
or into the Company, nor the sale, transfer or lease of all or any portion of
the assets of the Company, shall be deemed to be a dissolution, liquidation or
winding up of the affairs of the Company for purposes of this Section 4, but the
holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be entitled in the event
of any such merger or consolidation to the rights provided by Section 8 hereof.
(C) Written notice of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution
or winding up of the Company, stating the payment date or dates when, and the
place or places where, the amounts distributable to holders of Series B
Preferred Stock in such circumstances shall be payable, shall be given by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than twenty (20) days prior
to any payment date stated therein, to the holders of Series B Preferred Stock,
at the address shown on the books of the Company or any transfer agent for the
Series B Preferred Stock.
Section 5. Conversion into Common Stock.
(A) A holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled, at
any time (but not after the close of business on a date fixed for redemption of
such shares pursuant to Sections 6, 7 and 8 hereof), to cause any or all of such
shares to be converted into shares of Common Stock, initially at a conversion
rate equal to the ratio of (i) $1,000 to (ii) the amount which (A) initially
shall be equal to 125% of the Fair Market Value (as defined herein) of the
Common Stock on the date of issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock, and (B)
shall be adjusted as hereinafter provided (such amount, as it may be so adjusted
from time to time, is hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Conversion
Price").
(B) Any holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock desiring to convert
such shares into shares of Common Stock shall surrender the certificate or
certificates representing the shares of Series B Preferred Stock being
converted, duly assigned or endorsed for transfer to the Company (or accompanied
by duly executed stock powers relating thereto), at the principal executive
office of the Company or the offices of the transfer agent for the Series B
Preferred Stock or such office or offices in the continental United States of an
agent for conversion as may from time to time be designated by notice to the
holders of the Series B Preferred Stock by the Company or the transfer agent for
the Series B Preferred Stock, accompanied by written notice of conversion. Such
notice of conversion shall specify (i) the number of shares of Series B
Preferred Stock to be converted and the name or names in which such holder
wishes the certificate or certificates for Common Stock and for any shares of
Series B Preferred Stock not to be so converted to be issued, and (ii) the
address to which such holder wishes delivery to be made of such new certificates
to be issued upon such conversion.
(C) Upon surrender of a certificate representing a share or shares of
Series B Preferred Stock for conversion, the Company shall issue and send by
hand delivery (with receipt to be acknowledged) or by first class mail, postage
prepaid, to the holder thereof or to such holder's designee, at the address
designated by such holder, a certificate or certificates for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which such holder shall be entitled upon conversion.
In the event that there shall have been surrendered a certificate or
certificates representing shares of Series B Preferred Stock, only part of which
are to be converted, the Company shall issue and deliver to such holder or such
holder's designee a new certificate or certificates representing the number of
shares of Series B Preferred Stock which shall not have been converted.
(D) The issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock upon a conversion
of shares of Series B Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock made at the
option of the holder thereof shall be effective as of the earlier of (i) the
delivery to such holder or such holder's designee of the certificates
representing the shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof or (ii)
the commencement of business on the second business day after the surrender of
the certificate or certificates for the shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be
converted, duly assigned or endorsed for transfer to the Company (or accompanied
by duly executed stock powers relating thereto) as provided by this Resolution.
On and after the effective day of conversion, the person or persons entitled to
receive the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all
purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock, but no
allowance or adjustment shall be made in respect of dividends payable to holders
of Common Stock in respect of any period prior to such effective date. The
Company shall not be obligated to pay any dividends which shall have been
declared and shall be payable to holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock
on a Dividend Payment Date if such Dividend Payment Date for such dividend shall
coincide with or be on or subsequent to the effective date of conversion of such
shares.
(E) The Company shall not be obligated to deliver to holders of Series B
Preferred Stock any fractional share or shares of Common Stock issuable upon any
conversion of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock, but in lieu thereof may
make a cash payment in respect thereof in any manner permitted by law.
(F) The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its
authorized and unissued Common Stock, or Common Stock held as Treasury Stock,
solely for issuance upon the conversion of shares of Series B Preferred Stock as
herein provided, free from any preemptive rights, such number of shares of
Common Stock as shall from time to time be issuable upon the conversion of all
the shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding. Nothing contained
herein shall preclude the Company from issuing shares of Common Stock held in
its treasury upon the conversion of shares of Series B Preferred Stock into
Common Stock pursuant to the terms hereof. The Company shall prepare and shall
use its best efforts to obtain and keep in force such governmental or regulatory
permits or other authorizations as may be required by law, and shall comply with
all requirements as to registration or qualification of the Common Stock, in
order to enable the Company lawfully to issue and deliver to each holder of
record of Series B Preferred Stock such number of shares of its Common Stock as
shall form time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all shares of
Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding and convertible into shares of Common
Stock.
(G) The Company has entered into an Amended Restated Shareholder Rights
Agreement dated as of June 22, 1990 (the "Rights Agreement") governing the
issuance to holders of Common Stock of rights to purchase capital stock or other
securities of the Company. Whenever the Company shall issue shares of Common
Stock as contemplated by this Section 5, the Company shall comply with the terms
of the Rights Agreement or any successor rights agreement and applicable
resolutions of the Board of Directors relating to rights dividends with respect
to the issuance of rights together with the issuance of such shares of Common
Stock.
Section 6. Redemption At the Option of the Company.
(A) The Series B Preferred Stock shall be redeemable, in whole or in part,
at the option of the Company at any time after July 1, 1994, or on or before
July 1, 1994 if permitted by paragraph (D) of this Section 6, at the following
redemption prices per share, expressed as a percentage of the Liquidation Price
per share:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
During the Twelve-
Month Period Price Per
Beginning July 1, Share
1990 107.50%
1991 106.75%
1992 106.00%
1993 105.25%
1994 104.50%
1995 103.75%
1996 103.00%
1997 102.25%
1998 101.50%
1999 100.75%
2000 100.00%
</TABLE>
and thereafter at $1,000 per share, plus, in each case, an amount equal to all
accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to the date fixed for redemption. Payment
of the redemption price shall be made by the Company in cash or shares of Common
Stock, or a combination thereof, as permitted by paragraph (E) of this Section
6. From and after the date fixed for redemption, dividends on shares of Series B
Preferred Stock called for redemption will cease to accrue, such shares will no
longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights in respect of such shares of
the Company shall cease, except the right to receive the redemption price. If
less than all of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock are to be
redeemed, the Company shall either redeem a portion of the shares of each holder
determined pro rata based on the number of shares held by each holder or shall
select the shares to be redeemed, by lot, as may be determined by the Board of
Directors of the Company.
(B) Unless otherwise required by law, notice of redemption for any
redemption made pursuant to this Section 6 will b sent to the holders of Series
B Preferred Stock at the address shown on the books of the Company or any
transfer agent for the Series B Preferred Stock by first class mail, postage
prepaid, mailed not less than twenty (20) days nor more than sixty (60) days
prior to the redemption date. Each such notice shall state: (i) the redemption
date; (ii) the total number of shares of the Series B Preferred Stock to be
redeemed and, if fewer than all the shares held by such holder are to be
redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder; (iii) the
redemption price; (iv) the place or places where certificates for such shares
are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; (v) that dividends on
the shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue on such redemption date; and (vi)
the conversion rights of the shares to be redeemed, the period within which
conversion rights may be exercised (which shall be no less than twenty (20)
days), and the Conversion Price and number of shares of Common Stock issuable
upon conversion of a share of Series B Preferred Stock on the date such notice
is sent. The foregoing notice provisions may be amended, if necessary, so as to
comply with the optional redemption provisions for preferred stock as
"qualifying employer securities" or "employer securities" within the meaning of
Sections 4975(e)(8) and 409(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the "Code"), or under any successor provision thereof or as "qualifying
employer securities" under Section 407(d)(5) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA") or under any successor provision
thereof. Upon surrender of the certificates for any shares so called for
redemption and not previously converted (properly endorsed or assigned for
transfer, if the Board of Directors of the Company shall so require and the
notice shall so state), such shares shall be redeemed by the Company at the date
fixed for redemption and at the redemption price set forth in this Section 6.
(C) (i) In the event of a change in the federal tax laws of the United
States of America (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder), or any
change in the application, enforcement or interpretation in respect of such
laws, regulations or rulings, including any of the foregoing taken by a court of
competent jurisdiction, which has the effect of precluding the Company from
claiming any of the tax deductions for dividends paid on the Series B Preferred
Stock (other than a change treating the dividends as a preference item for
purposes of determining alternative minimum tax) when such dividends are used as
provided under Section 404(k)(2) of the Code and in effect on the date shares of
Series B Preferred Stock are initially issued, or (ii) upon a determination by
the Internal Revenue Service that the Company's employee stock ownership plan
(the "Plan"), as amended, or any successor plan is not qualified under Sections
401(a), 401(k) and 4975(e)(7) of the Code, the Company may, in its sole
discretion and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in paragraph (A) of this
Section 6, elect to redeem such shares for the amount payable in respect of the
shares upon liquidation of the Company pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notice of
such redemption shall be provided in accordance with the procedures set forth in
paragraph (B) of this Section 6, provided, however, that notice of redemption
for any redemption made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph 6(C) shall be
mailed not more than ninety (90) days after the later to occur of (i) the
effective date, or (ii) the date of enactment, of the change permitting such
redemption.
(D) If the Company terminates or partially terminates the Plan, then,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in paragraph (A) of this Section 6, the
Company may elect to redeem and all of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock at
any time prior to July 1, 1994, on the terms and conditions set forth in
paragraphs (A) and (B) of this Section 6.
(E) The Company shall make payment of the redemption price required upon
redemption of shares of Series B Preferred Stock in cash, or if the Company so
elects, in shares of Common Stock, or in a combination of such shares and cash,
any such shares to be valued for such purposes at their Fair Market Value (as
defined in paragraph (G) of Section 9 hereof). Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary (including Section 7 hereof), in the event that the company
elects, by a resolution of its Board of Directors, to make payment of all future
redemption prices solely in cash or solely in shares of Common Stock of the
Company and notifies the holders of Series B Preferred Stock of such election,
all such payments thereafter shall be made in compliance with such election and
such election shall be irrevocable.
Section 7. Other Redemption Rights.
For consideration as provided in paragraph (E) of Section 6, shares of
Series B Preferred Stock shall be redeemed by the Company at a redemption price
equal to the greater of the Fair Market Value (as hereinafter defined) or the
Liquidation Price of the Series B Preferred Stock plus an amount equal to all
accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to the date fixed for redemption, at the
option of the holder, at any time and from time to time upon notice to the
Company given not less than five (5) business days prior to the date fixed by
the holder in such notice for such redemption, when and to the extent necessary
(i) for such holder to provide for distributions required to be made to
participants under, or to satisfy an investment election provided to
participants in accordance with, the Plan, or any successor Plan, (ii) for such
holder to make payment of principal, interest or premium due and payable
(whether as scheduled or upon acceleration) on indebtedness of the trust under
such Plan or any indebtedness incurred by the holder or the benefit of the Plan,
or (iii) when and if it shall be established to the satisfaction of the holder
that the Plan has not initially been determined by the Internal Revenue Service
to be qualified as an employee stock ownership plan within the meaning of
Sections 401(a) or 4975(e)(7) of the Code, respectively.
Section 8. Consolidation, Merger, etc.
(A) In the event that the Company shall consummate any consolidation,
merger or similar business transaction, however named, pursuant to which the
outstanding shares of Common Stock are by operation of law exchanged solely for
or changed, reclassified or converted solely into stock of any successor or
resulting company (including the Company) that constitutes "employer securities"
with respect to a holder of Series B Preferred Stock (within the meaning of
Section 409 (1) of the Code) and "qualifying employer securities" (within the
meaning of Section 407(d)(5) of ERISA, or any successor provisions of law) and,
if applicable, for a cash payment in lieu of fractional shares, if any, the
shares of Series B Preferred Stock of such holder shall be assumed and shall
become preferred stock of such successor or resulting company, having in respect
of such company insofar as possible the same powers, preferences and relative,
participating, optional or other special rights (including the redemption rights
provided by Sections 6, 7 and 8 hereof), and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions thereon, that the Series B preferred Stock had immediately prior to
such transaction, except that after such transaction each share of the Series B
Preferred Stock shall be convertible, otherwise on the terms and conditions
provided by Sections 5 and 7 hereof, into the number and kind of qualifying
employer securities so receivable by a holder of the number of shares of Common
Stock into which such shares of Series B Preferred Stock could have been
converted immediately prior to such transaction if such holder of Common Stock
failed to exercise any rights of election to receive any kind or amount of
stock, securities, cash or other property (other than such qualifying employer
securities and a cash payment, if applicable, in lieu of fractional shares;
receivable upon such transaction (provided that, if the kind or amount of
qualifying employer securities receivable upon such transaction is not the same
for each non-electing share of Common Stock, then the kind and amount of
qualifying employer securities receivable upon such transaction for each
non-electing share of Common Stock shall be the kind and amount so receivable
per share by a plurality of the non-electing shares of Common Stock). The rights
of the Series B Preferred Stock as preferred stock of such successor or
resulting company shall successively be subject to adjustments pursuant to
Section 9 hereof after any such transaction as nearly equivalent to the
adjustments provided for by such section prior to such transaction. The Company
shall not merger, consolidation or similar transaction unless all then
outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be assumed and
authorized by the successor or resulting company as aforesaid.
(B) In the event that the Company shall consummate any consolidation or
merger or similar transaction, however named, pursuant to which the outstanding
shares of Common Stock are by operation of law exchanged for or changed,
reclassified or converted into other stock or securities or cash or any other
property, or any combination thereof, other than any such consideration which is
constituted solely of qualifying employer securities (as referred to in
paragraph (A) of this Section 8) and cash payments, if applicable, in lieu of
fractional shares, outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall, without
any action on the part of the Company or any holder thereof (but subject to
paragraph (C) of this Section 8), be automatically converted by virtue of such
merger, consolidation or similar transaction immediately prior to such
consummation into the number of shares of Common Stock into which such shares of
Series B Preferred Stock could have been converted at such time so that each
share of Series B Preferred Stock shall, be virtue of such transaction and on
the same terms as apply to the holders of Common Stock, be converted into or
exchanged for the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash or other property
(payable in like kind) receivable by a holder of the number of shares of Common
Stock into which such shares of Series B Preferred Stock could have been
converted immediately prior to such transaction if such holder of Common Stock
failed to exercise any rights of election as to the kind or amount of stock,
securities, cash or other property receivable upon such transaction (provided
that, if the kind or amount of stock, securities, cash or other property
receivable upon such transaction is not the same for each non-electing share of
Common Stock, then the kind and amount of stock, securities, cash or other
property receivable upon such transaction for each non-electing share of Common
Stock shall be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the
non-electing shares of Common Stock).
(C) In the event the Company shall enter into any agreement providing for
any consolidation, merger, or similar transaction described in paragraph (B) of
this Section 8, then the Company shall as soon as practicable thereafter (and in
any event at least ten (10) business days before consummation of such
transaction) give notice of such agreement and the material terms thereof to
each holder of Series B Preferred Stock and each such holder shall have the
right to elect, by written notice to the Company, to receive, upon consummation
of such transaction (if and when such transaction is consummated), from the
Company or the successor of the Company, out of funds legally available
therefor, in redemption and retirement of such Series B Preferred Stock, a cash
payment equal to the amount payable in respect of shares of Series B Preferred
Stock upon redemption pursuant to paragraph (A) of Section 6 hereof. No such
notice of redemption shall be effective unless given to the Company prior to the
close of business on the second business day prior to consummation of such
transaction, unless the Company of the successor of the Company shall waive such
prior notice, but any notice of redemption so given prior to such time may be
withdrawn by notice of withdrawal given to the Company prior to the close of
business on the second business day prior to consummation of such transaction.
Section 9. Anti-dilution Adjustments.
(A) In the event the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while
any of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, (i) pay a
dividend or make a distribution in respect of the Common Stock in shares of
Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iii)
combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares,
in each case whether by reclassification of shares, recapitalization of the
Company (including a recapitalization effected by a merger or consolidation to
which Section 8 hereof does not apply; or otherwise, subject to the provisions
of subparagraphs E and F of this Section 9, the Conversion Price in effect
immediately prior to such action shall be adjusted by multiplying such
Conversion Price by the fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares
of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event and the denominator of
which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such
event. An adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph 9(A) shall be given effect,
upon payment of such a dividend or distribution, as of the record date for the
determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution
(on a retroactive basis) and in the case of a subdivision or combination shall
become effective immediately as of the effective date thereof.
(B) In the event that the Company shall, at any time or from time to time
while any of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, issue to
holders of shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution, including by
way of a reclassification of shares or a recapitalization of the Company, any
right or warrant to purchase shares of Common Stock (but not including as such a
right or warrant (i) any security convertible into or exchangeable for shares of
Common Stock or (ii) any rights issued pursuant to or governed by the Rights
Agreement or any successor rights agreement thereto) at a purchase price per
share less than the Fair Market Value (as hereinafter defined) of a share of
Common Stock on the date of issuance of such right or warrant, then, subject to
the provisions of paragraphs (E) and (F) of this Section 9, the Conversion Price
shall be adjusted by multiplying such Conversion Price by the fraction, the
numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately before such issuance of rights or warrants plus the number of shares
of Common Stock which could be purchased at the Fair Market Value of a share of
Common Stock at the time of such issuance for the maximum aggregate
consideration payable upon exercise in full of all such rights or warrants and
the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately before such issuance of rights or warrants plus the
maximum number of shares of Common Stock that could be acquired upon exercise in
full of all such rights and warrants.
(C) In the event the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while
any of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, issue, sell or
exchange shares of Common Stock (other than pursuant to (i) any right or warrant
to purchase or acquire shares of Common Stock (including as such a right or
warrant any security convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common
Stock), (ii) any rights issued pursuant to or governed by the Rights Agreement
or any successor rights agreement, and (iii) any employee or director incentive
or benefit plan or arrangement, including any employment, severance or
consulting agreement, of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company heretofore
or hereafter adopted) for a consideration having a Fair Market Value of Common
Stock on the date of such issuance, sale or exchange less than the Fair Market
Value of such shares of Common Stock on the date of such issuance, sale or
exchange, then, subject to the provisions of paragraphs (E) and (F) of this
Section 9, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying such Conversion
Price by the fraction the numerator of which shall be the sum of (i) the Fair
Market Value of all the shares of Common Stock outstanding on the day
immediately preceding the first public announcement of such issuance, sale or
exchange plus (ii) the Fair Market Value of the consideration received by the
Company in respect of such issuance, sale or exchange of shares of Common Stock,
and the denominator of which shall be the product of (i) the Fair Market Value
of a share of Common Stock on the day immediately preceding the first public
announcement of such issuance, sale or exchange multiplied by (ii) the sum of
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such day plus the number of
shares of Common Stock so issued, sold or exchanged by the Company. In the event
the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while any shares of Series B
Preferred Stock are outstanding, issue, sell or exchange any right or warrant to
purchase or acquire shares of Common Stock (including as such a right or warrant
any security convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock), other
than any such issuance (i) to holders of shares of Common Stock as a dividend or
distribution (including by way of a reclassification of shares or a
recapitalization of the Company), (ii) of rights issued pursuant to or governed
by the Rights Agreement or any successor rights agreement thereto, and (iii)
pursuant to any employee or director incentive or benefit plan or arrangement
(including any employment, severance or consulting agreement) of the Company or
any subsidiary of the Company heretofore or hereafter adopted, for a
consideration having a Fair Market Value on the date of such issuance, sale or
exchange less than the Non-Dilutive Amount (as hereinafter defined), then,
subject to the provisions of paragraphs (E) and (F) of this Section 9, the
Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying such Conversion Price by the
fraction the numerator of which shall be the sum of (i) the Fair Market Value of
all the shares of Common Stock outstanding on the day immediately preceding the
first public announcement of such issuance, sale or exchange plus (ii) the Fair
Market Value of the consideration received by the Company in respect of such
issuance, sale or exchange of such right or warrant plus (iii) the Fair Market
Value at the time of such issuance of the consideration which the Company would
receive upon exercise in full of all such rights or warrants, and the
denominator of which shall be the product of (i) the Fair Market Value of a
share of Common Stock on the day immediately preceding the first public
announcement of such issuance, sale or exchange multiplied by (ii) the sum of
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such day plus the maximum
number of shares of Common Stock which could be acquired pursuant to such right
or warrant at the time of the issuance, sale or exchange of such right or
warrant (assuming shares of Common Stock could be acquired pursuant to such
right or warrant at such time).
(D) In the event the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while
any of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, make an
Extraordinary Distribution (as hereinafter defined) in respect of the Common
Stock, whether by dividend, distribution, reclassification of shares or
recapitalization of the Company (including a recapitalization or
reclassification effected by a merger or consolidation to which Section 8 hereof
does not apply) or effect a Pro Rata Repurchase (as hereinafter defined) of
Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such
Extraordinary Distribution or Pro Rata Repurchase shall, subject to paragraphs
(E) and (F) of this Section 9, be adjusted by multiplying such Conversion Price
by the fraction, the numerator of which is (i) the product of (x) the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such Extraordinary
Distribution or Pro Rata Repurchase multiplied by (y) the Fair Market Value (as
herein defined) of a share of Common Stock on the day before the ex-dividend
date with respect to an Extraordinary Distribution which is paid in cash and on
the distribution date with respect to an Extraordinary Distribution which is
paid other than in cash, or on the applicable expiration date (including all
extensions thereof) of any tender offer which is a Pro Rata Repurchase, or on
the date of purchase with respect to any Pro Rata Repurchase which is not a
tender offer, as the case may be, minus (ii) the Fair Market Value of the
Extraordinary Distribution or the aggregate purchase price of the Pro Rata
Repurchase, as the case may be, and the denominator of which shall be the
product of (A) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
before such Extraordinary Dividend or Pro Rata Repurchase minus, in the case of
a Pro Rata Repurchase, the number of shares of Common Stock repurchased by the
Company multiplied by (B) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on
the day before the ex-dividend date with respect to an Extraordinary
Distribution which is paid in cash and on the distribution date with respect to
an Extraordinary Distribution which is paid other than in cash or on the
applicable expiration date (including all extensions thereof) of any tender
offer which is a Pro Rata Repurchase or on the date of purchase with respect to
any Pro Rata Repurchase which is not a tender offer, as the case may be. The
Company shall send each holder of Series B Preferred Stock (i) notice of its
intent to make any dividend or distribution and (ii) notice of any offer by the
Company to make a Pro Rata Repurchase, in each case at the same time as, or as
soon as practicable after, such offer is first communicated (including by
announcement of a record date in accordance with the rules of any stock exchange
on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading) to holders of Common
Stock. Such notice shall indicate the intended record date and the amount and
nature of such dividend or distribution, or the number of shares subject to such
offer for a Pro Rata Repurchase and the purchase price payable by the Company
pursuant to such offer, as well as the Conversion Price and the numbers of
shares of Common Stock into which a share of Series B Preferred Stock may be
converted at such time.
(E) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 9, the Company
shall not be required to make any adjustment of the Conversion Price unless such
adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent (1%) in
the Conversion Price. Any lesser adjustment shall be carried forward and shall
be made no later than the time of, and together with, the next subsequent
adjustment which, together with any adjustment or adjustments so carried
forward, shall amount to an increase or decrease of at least one percent (1%) in
the Conversion Price.
(F) If the Company shall make any dividend or distribution on the Common
Stock or issue any Common Stock, other capital stock or other security of the
Company or any rights or warrants to purchase or acquire any such security,
which transaction does not result in an adjustment to the Conversion Price
pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 9, the Board of Directors
of the Company shall consider whether such action is of such a nature that an
adjustment to the Conversion Price should equitably be made in respect of such
transaction. If in such case the Board of Directors of the Company determines
that an adjustment to the Conversion Price should be made, an adjustment shall
be made effective as of such date, as determined by the Board of Directors of
the Company, which adjustment shall in no event adversely effect the powers,
preferences or special rights of the Series B Preferred Stock as set forth
herein. The determination of the Board of Directors of the Company as to whether
an adjustment to the Conversion Price should be made pursuant to the foregoing
provisions of this paragraph 9(F), and, if so, as to what adjustment should be
made and when, shall be final and binding on the Company and all stockholders of
the Company. The Company shall be entitled to make such additional adjustments
in the Conversion Price, in addition to those required by the foregoing
provisions of this Section 9, as shall be necessary in order that any dividend
or distribution in shares of capital stock of the Company, subdivision,
reclassification or combination of shares of stock of the Company or any
recapitalization of the Company shall not be taxable to holders of the Common
Stock.
(G) For purposes of this Resolution, the following definitions shall apply:
The term "business day" shall mean each day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a
day on which state or federally chartered banking institutions in New York, New
York or Fort Worth, Texas are not required to be open.
"Extraordinary Distribution" shall mean any dividend or other distribution
to holders of Common stock (effected while any of the shares of Series B
Preferred Stock are outstanding) (i) of cash, where the aggregate amount of such
cash dividend or distribution together with the amount of all cash dividends and
distributions made during the preceding period of 12 months, when combined with
the aggregate amount of all Pro Rata Repurchases (for this purpose, including
only that portion of the aggregate purchase price of such Pro Rata Repurchase
which is in excess of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock repurchased as
determined on the applicable expiration date, including all extensions thereof,
of any tender offer or exchange offer which is a Pro Rata Repurchase, or the
date of purchase with respect to any other Pro Rata Repurchase which is not a
tender offer or exchange offer made during such period), exceeds ten percent
(10%) of the aggregate Fair Market Value of all shares of Common Stock
outstanding on the record date for determining the shareholders entitled to
receive such Extraordinary Distribution and (ii) of any shares of capital stock
of the Company (other than shares of Common Stock), other securities of the
Company (other than securities of the type referred to in paragraph (B) of this
Section 9), evidences of indebtedness of the Company or any other person or any
other property (including shares of any subsidiary of the Company), or any
combination thereof. The Fair Market Value of an Extraordinary Distribution for
purposes of paragraph (D) of this Section 9 shall be the sum of the Fair Market
Value of such Extraordinary Distribution plus the amount of any cash dividends
which are not Extraordinary Distributions made during such twelve month period
and not previously included in the calculation of an adjustment pursuant to
paragraph (D) of this Section 9.
"Fair Market Value" shall mean, as to shares of Common Stock or any other
class of capital stock or securities of the Company or any other issuer which
are publicly traded, the average of the Current Market Prices (as hereinafter
defined) of such shares or securities for each day of the Adjustment Period (as
hereinafter defined). "Current Market Price" of publicly traded shares of Common
Stock or any other class of capital stock or other security of the Company or
any other issuer for a day shall mean (i) for purposes of Sections 6 and 7
hereof, the mean between the highest and lowest reported sales price on such day
and (ii) for all other purposes hereof, the last reported sales price, regular
way, or, in case no sale takes place on such day, the average of the reported
closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case as reported on the New
York Stock Exchange Composite Tape or, if such security is not listed or
admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, on the principal national
securities exchange on which such security is listed or admitted to trading or,
if not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, on the
NASDAQ National Market System or, if such security is not quoted on such
National Market System, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on each
such day in the over-the-counter market as reported by NASDAQ or, if bid and
asked prices for such security on each such day shall not have been reported
through NASDAQ, the average of the bid and asked prices for such day as
furnished by any New York Stock Exchange member firm regularly making a market
in such security selected for such purpose by the Board of Directors of the
Company or a committee thereof on each trading day during the Adjustment Period.
"Adjustment Period" shall mean the period of five (5) consecutive trading
days, selected by the Board of Directors of the Company or a committee thereof
in a manner determined by such Board of Directors or committee to be most
favorable to the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock, during the twenty (20)
trading days preceding, and including, the date as of which the Fair Market
Value of a security is to be determined. The "Fair Market Value" of any security
(except with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock) which is not publicly
traded or of any other property shall mean the fair value thereof as determined
by an independent investment banking or appraisal firm experienced in the
valuation of such securities or property selected in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company or a committee thereof, or, if no such investment
banking or appraisal firm is in the good faith judgment of the Board of
Directors or such committee available to make such determination, as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company or such committee. The
"Fair Market Value" of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be the value
determined by an independent appraisal firm appointed by the Trustee, provided
that in determining such value, such appraisal firm shall not take into account
any accrued but unpaid Preferred Dividends.
"Non-Dilutive Amount" in respect of an issuance, sale or exchange by the
Company of any right or warrant to purchase or acquire shares of Common Stock
(including any security convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common
Stock) shall mean the remainder of (i) the product of the Fair Market value of a
share of Common Stock on the day preceding the first announcement of such
issuance, sale or exchange multiplied by the maximum number of shares of Common
Stock which could be acquired on such date upon the exercise in full of such
rights and warrants (including upon the conversion or exchange of all such
convertible or exchangeable securities), whether or not exercisable (or
convertible or exchangeable) at such date, minus (ii) the aggregate amount
payable to the Company pursuant to such right or warrant to purchase or acquire
such maximum number of shares of Common Stock; provided, however, that in no
event shall the Non-Dilutive Amount be less than zero. For purposes of the
foregoing sentence, in the case of a security convertible into or exchangeable
for shares of Common Stock, the amount payable pursuant to a right or warrant to
purchase or acquire shares of Common Stock shall be the Fair Market Value of
such security on the date of the issuance, sale or exchange of such security by
the Company.
"Pro Rata Repurchase" shall mean any purchase of shares of Common Stock by
the Company or any subsidiary thereof, whether for cash, shares of capital stock
of the Company, other securities of the Company, evidences of indebtedness of
the Company or any other person or any other property (including shares of a
subsidiary of the Company), or any combination thereof, effected while any of
the shares of Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, pursuant to any tender
offer or exchange offer subject to Section 13(e) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or any successor provision of law, or
pursuant to any other offer available to substantially all holders of Common
Stock; provided, however, that no purchase of shares by the Company or any
subsidiary thereof made in open market transactions shall be deemed a Pro Rata
Repurchase. For purposes of this paragraph 9(G), shares shall be deemed to have
been purchased by the Company or any subsidiary thereof "in open market
transactions" if they have been purchased substantially in accordance with the
requirements of Rule 10b-18 as in effect under the Exchange Act, on the date
shares of Series B Preferred Stock are initially issued by the Company or on
such other terms and conditions as the Board of Directors of the Company or a
committee thereof shall have determined are reasonably designed to prevent such
purchases from having a material effect on the trading market for the Common
Stock.
(H) Whenever an adjustment to the Conversion Price and the related voting
rights of the Series B Preferred Stock is required pursuant to this Resolution,
the Company shall forthwith place on file with the transfer agent for the Common
Stock and the Series B Preferred Stock if there be one, and with the Secretary
of the Company, a statement signed by two officers of the Company stating the
adjusted Conversion Price determined as provided herein and the resulting
conversion ratio, and the voting rights (as appropriately adjusted), of the
Series B Preferred Stock. Such statement shall set forth in reasonable detail
such facts as shall be necessary to show the reason and the manner of computing
such adjustment, including any determination of Fair Market Value involved in
such computation. Promptly after each adjustment to the Conversion Price and the
related voting rights of the Series B Preferred Stock, the Company shall mail a
notice thereof and of the then prevailing conversion ratio to each holder of
shares of the Series B Preferred Stock.
Section 10. Ranking; Attributable Capital and Adequacy of Surplus;
Retirement of Shares.
(A) The Series B Preferred Stock shall rank senior to (i) the Common Stock
as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets on liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company, and (ii) the Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock as to the payment of dividends and the
distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up. Unless
otherwise provided in the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company,
as amended, or a Certificate of Designations relating to a subsequent series of
Preferred Stock, without par value, of the Company, the Series B Preferred Stock
shall rank junior to all other subsequent series of the Company's Preferred
Stock, without par value, as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of
assets on liquidation, dissolution or winding up.
(B) The capital of the Company allocable to the Series B Preferred Stock
for purposes of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "Corporation Law")
shall be $1.00 per share. In addition to any vote of stockholders required by
law, the vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series B
Preferred Stock shall be required to increase the par value of the Common Stock
or otherwise increase the capital of the Company allocable to the Common Stock
for the purpose of the Corporation Law if, as a result thereof, the surplus of
the Company for purposes of the Corporation Law would be less than the amount of
Preferred Dividends that would accrue on the then outstanding shares of Series B
Preferred Stock during the following three years.
(C) Any shares of Series B Preferred Stock acquired by the Company by
reason of the conversion or redemption of such shares as provided by this
Resolution, or otherwise so acquired, shall be retired as shares of Series B
Preferred Stock and restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of
preferred Stock, without par value, of the Company, undesignated as to series,
and may thereafter be reissued as part of a new series of such Preferred Stock
as permitted by law.
Section 11. Miscellaneous.
(A) All notices referred to herein shall be in writing, and all notices
hereunder shall be deemed to have been given upon the earlier of receipt thereof
or three (3) business days after the mailing thereof if sent by registered mail
(unless first-class mail shall be specifically permitted for such notice under
the terms of this Resolution) with postage prepaid, addressed: (i) if to the
Company, to its office at 1800 One Tandy Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76102,
(Attention: Herschel C. Winn, Senior Vice President and Secretary) or the
transfer Agent for the Series B Preferred Stock, or other agent of the Company
designated as permitted by this Resolution or (ii) if to any holder of the
Series B Preferred Stock or Common Stock, as the case may be, to such holder at
the address of such holder as listed in the stock record books of the Company
(which may include the records of any transfer agent for the Series B Preferred
Stock or Common Stock, as the case may be) or (iii) to such other address as the
Company or any such holder, as the case may be, shall have designated by notice
similarly given.
(B) The term "Common Stock" as used in this Resolution means the Company's
Common Stock of $1.00 par value, as the same exists at the date of filing of a
Certificate of Designations relating to Series B Preferred Stock, or any other
class of stock resulting from successive changes or reclassifications of such
Common Stock consisting solely of changes in par value. In the event that, at
any time as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to Section 9 of this
Resolution, the holder of any share of the Series B Preferred Stock upon
thereafter surrendering such shares for conversion shall become entitled to
receive any shares or other securities of the Company other than shares of
Common Stock, the Conversion Price in respect of such other shares or securities
so receivable upon conversion of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall
thereafter be adjusted, and shall be subject to further adjustment from time to
time, in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the
provisions with respect to Common Stock contained in Section 9 hereof, and the
provisions of Sections 1 through 8 and 10 and 11 of this Resolution with respect
to the Common Stock shall apply on like or similar terms to any such other
shares or securities.
(C) The Company shall pay any and all stock transfer and documentary stamp
taxes that may be payable in respect of any issuance or delivery of shares of
Series B Preferred Stock or shares of Common Stock or other securities issued on
account of Series B Preferred Stock pursuant hereto or certificates representing
such shares or securities. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay
any such tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the
issuance or delivery of shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Common Stock or
other securities in a name other than that in which the shares of Series B
Preferred Stock with respect to which such shares or other securities are issued
or delivered were registered, or in respect of any payment to any person with
respect to any such shares or securities other than a payment to the registered
holder thereof, and shall not be required to make any such issuance, delivery or
payment unless and until the person otherwise entitled to such issuance,
delivery or payment has paid to the Company the amount of any such tax or has
established, to the satisfaction of the Company, that such tax has been paid or
is not payable.
(D) In the event that a holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall
not be written notice designate the name in which shares of Common Stock to be
issued upon conversion of such shares should be registered or to whom payment
upon redemption of shares of Series B Preferred Stock should be made or the
address to which the certificate or certificates representing such shares, or
such payment, should be sent, the Company shall be entitled to register such
shares, and make such payment, in the name of the holder of such Series B
Preferred Stock as shown on the records of the Company and to send the
certificate or certificates representing such shares, or such payment, to the
address of such holder shown on the records of the Company.
(E) Unless otherwise provided in the Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
as amended, of the Company, all payments in the form of dividends, distributions
on voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up or otherwise
made upon the shares of Series B Preferred Stock and any other stock ranking on
a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock with respect to such dividend or
distribution shall be made pro rata, so that amounts paid per share on the
Series B Preferred Stock and such other stock shall in all cases bear to each
other the same ratio that the required dividends, distributions or payments, as
the case may be, then payable per share on the shares of the Series B Preferred
Stock and such other stock bear to each other.
(F) The Company may appoint, and from time to time discharge and change, a
transfer agent for the Series B Preferred Stock. Upon any such appointment or
discharge of a transfer agent, the Company shall send notice thereof by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, to each holder of record of Series B
Preferred Stock.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed and subscribed this
Certificate of Designations and have affixed the seal of the Company hereto and
do affirm the foregoing as true under the penalties of perjury this 29th day of
June, 1990.
/s/ John V. Roach
John V. Roach
Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
ATTEST:
/s/ Herschel C. Winn
Herschel C. Winn
Secretary
TANDY CORPORATION BYLAWS
RESTATED AS OF
JANUARY 1, 1996
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
SECTION 1. Registered Office. The Registered office of the Corporation in
the State of Delaware shall be located in the City of Wilmington, County of New
Castle, State of Delaware, and the name of the resident agent in charge thereof
shall be The Corporation Trust Company.
SECTION 2. Other Offices. The principal office shall be at 1800 One Tandy
Center, Fort Worth, Texas. The Corporation may also have offices at other places
as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the
Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
SECTION 1. Place of Meeting. All meetings of the stockholders for the
election of directors shall be held at such place within or without the State of
Delaware as the Board of Directors may designate, provided that at least ten
(10) days' notice must be given to the stockholders entitled to vote thereat of
the place so fixed. Until the Board of Directors shall designate otherwise the
annual meeting of stockholders and the election of directors shall take place at
the office of the Corporation at 1800 One Tandy Center, Fort Worth, Texas.
Meetings of stockholders for any other purpose may be held at such place and
time as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting.
SECTION 2. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the stockholders for the
year 1993 shall be held on October 7, 1993, at 10:00 A.M., or on such other date
and at such other time as shall be designated by the Board of Directors and
stated in the notice of the meeting. The annual meeting of the stockholders
shall be held on the Third Thursday in May of each year beginning with the year
1994, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next business
day following, at 10:00 A.M., or on such other date and at such other time as
shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in
the notice of the meeting. At such annual meetings the stockholders shall elect
a Board of Directors by a plurality vote and shall transact such other business
as may properly be brought before the meeting.
SECTION 3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any
purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or the Certificate
of InCorporation, may be called by the Chairman of the Board or the President,
and shall be called by the Secretary at the request in writing of a majority of
the Board of Directors. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the
proposed meeting.
SECTION 4. Notice. Written or printed notice of every meeting of
stockholders, annual or special, stating the time and place thereof, and, if a
special meeting, the purpose or purposes in general terms for which the meeting
is called, shall not be less than ten (10) days before such meeting be served
upon or mailed to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat, at his address as
it appears upon the books of the Corporation or, if such stockholder shall have
filed with the Secretary of the Corporation a written request that notices
intended for him be mailed to some other address, then to the address designated
in such request.
SECTION 5. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the
Certificate of Incorporation, the presence in person or by proxy at any meeting
of stockholders of the holders of a majority of the shares of the capital stock
of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat shall be
requisite and shall constitute a quorum. If, however, such majority shall not be
represented at any meeting of the stockholders regularly called, the holders of
a majority of the shares present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote
thereat shall have power to adjourn the meeting to another time, or to another
time and place, without notice other than announcement of adjournment at the
meeting, and there may be successive adjournments for like cause and in like
manner until the requisite amount of shares entitled to vote at such meeting
shall be represented. At such adjourned meeting at which the requisite amount of
shares entitled to vote thereat shall be represented, any business may be
transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally
notified.
SECTION 6. Votes. Proxies. At each meeting of stockholders every
stockholder shall have one vote for each share of capital stock entitled to vote
which is registered in his name on the books of the Corporation on the date on
which the transfer books were closed, if closed, or on the date set by the Board
of Directors for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such
meeting. At each such meeting every stockholder shall be entitled to vote in
person, or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by such
stockholder and bearing a date not more than three years prior to the meeting in
question, unless said instrument provides for a longer period during which it is
to remain in force.
At all meetings of the stockholders, a quorum being present, all matters
shall be decided by majority vote of the shares of stock entitled to vote held
by stockholders present in person or by proxy, except as otherwise required by
the Certificate of Incorporation or the laws of the State of Delaware. Unless so
directed by the chairman of the meeting, or required by the laws of the State of
Delaware, the vote thereat on any question need not be by ballot.
On a vote by ballot, each ballot shall be signed by the stockholder voting,
or in his name by his proxy, if there be such proxy, and shall state the number
of shares voted by him and the number of votes to which each share is entitled.
On a vote by ballot, the chairman shall appoint two inspectors of election, who
shall first take and subscribe an oath or affirmation faithfully to execute the
duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to
the best of their ability and who shall take charge of the polls and after the
balloting shall make a certificate of the result of the vote taken; but no
director or candidate for the office of director shall be appointed as such
inspector.
SECTION 7. Stock List. At least ten (10) days before every election of
directors, a complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at such election,
arranged in alphabetical order, with the residence of each and the number of
voting shares held by each shall be prepared by the Secretary. Such list shall
be open at the place where the election is to be held for said ten (10) days, to
the examination of any stockholder entitled to vote at that election and shall
be produced and kept at the time and place of election during the whole time
thereof, and subject to the inspection of any stockholder who may be present.
SECTION 8. Notice of Stockholder Proposals.
(a) At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be
conducted, and only such proposals shall be acted upon, as shall have been
brought before the annual meeting (i) by, or at the direction of, the Board of
Directors or (ii) by any stockholder of record of the Corporation who complies
with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 8 of these Bylaws. For a
proposal to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the
stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of
the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder's notice must be delivered to, or
mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Corporation not
less than sixty (60) days nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the scheduled
annual meeting, regardless of any postponements, deferrals or adjournments of
that meeting to a later date; provided, however, that if less than seventy (70)
days' notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the scheduled annual
meeting is given or made, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so
delivered or received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th)
day following the earlier of the day on which such notice of the date of the
scheduled annual meeting was mailed or the day on which such public disclosure
was made. A stockholder's notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each
matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (i) a brief
description of the proposal desired to be brought before the annual meeting and
the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (ii) the name
and address, as they appear on the Corporation's books, of the stockholder
proposing such business and any other stockholders known by such stockholder to
be supporting such proposal, (iii) the class and number of shares of the
Corporation's stock which are beneficially owned by the stockholder on the date
of such stockholder notice and by any other stockholders known by such
stockholder to be supporting such proposal on the date of such stockholder
notice, and (iv) any financial interest of the stockholder in such proposal.
(b) If the presiding officer of the annual meeting determines that a
stockholder proposal was not made in accordance with the terms of this Section
8, he shall so declare at the annual meeting and any such proposal shall not be
acted upon at the annual meeting.
(c) This provision shall not prevent the consideration and approval or
disapproval at the annual meeting of reports of officers, directors and
committees of the Board of Directors, but, in connection with such reports, no
business shall be acted upon at such annual meeting unless stated, filed and
received as herein provided.
(d) Any stockholder seeking to bring a proposal before an annual meeting of
the Corporation shall continue to be subject, to the extent applicable, to the
requirements of Section 14(a) of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, and the
regulations thereunder, as well as the requirements of this Section 8.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
SECTION 1. Number. The business and property of the Corporation shall be
conducted and managed by a Board of Directors consisting of not less than three
(3) or more than fourteen (14) members, none of whom need be a stockholder.
The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall initially be composed of
three (3) directors, but the Board may at any time by resolution increase or
decrease the number of directors to not more than fourteen (14) or less than
three (3). The vacancies resulting from any such increase in the Board of
Directors, or an increase resulting from an amendment of this Section, shall be
filled as provided in Section 3 of this ARTICLE III.
SECTION 2. Term of Office. Except as otherwise provided by law such
director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders, and
until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his earlier death or
resignation.
SECTION 3. Vacancies. If any vacancy shall occur among the directors, or if
the number of directors shall at any time be increased, the directors in office,
although less than a quorum, by a majority vote may fill the vacancies or newly
created directorships, or any such vacancies or newly created directorships may
be filled by the stockholders at any meeting. When one or more directors shall
resign from the Board of Directors, effective at a future date, a majority of
the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have
power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when
such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so
chosen shall hold office as herein provided in the filling of other vacancies.
SECTION 4. Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at
such place within or without the State of Delaware as may from time to time be
fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board,
or the CEO as may be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of any meeting.
A regular meeting of the Board of Directors may be held without notice
immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders at the place where such
annual meeting is held. Regular meetings of the Board may also be held without
notice at such time and place as shall from time to time be determined by
resolution of the Board of Directors.
Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of
the Board, the CEO or the Secretary and shall be called by the Secretary on the
written request of two members of the Board of Directors. Notice of any special
meeting shall be given to each director at least (a) twelve (12) hours before
the meeting by telephone or by being personally delivered or sent by telex,
telecopy, telegraph, or similar means or (b) three (3) days before the meeting
if delivered by mail to the director's residence or usual place of business.
Such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States
mail so addressed, with postage prepaid, or when transmitted if sent by telex,
telecopy, telegraph or similar means. Neither the business to be transacted at,
nor the purpose of, any special meeting of the Board of Directors needs to be
specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.
Members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of such
Board by means of conference telephone or similar communication equipment by
means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and
participation in the meeting pursuant hereto shall constitute presence in person
at such meeting.
Any director may waive notice of any meeting by a writing signed by the
director entitled to the notice and filed with the minutes or corporate records.
The attendance at or participation of the director at a meeting shall constitute
waiver of notice of such meeting, unless the director at the beginning of the
meeting or promptly upon his arrival objects to holding the meeting or
transacting business at the meeting.
SECTION 5. Quorum. A majority, but not less than two (2), of the directors
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If at any meeting of
the Board of Directors there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of
those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice other
than announcement of the adjournment at the meeting, and at such adjourned
meeting at which a quorum is present any business may be transacted which might
have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.
SECTION 6. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses, if any,
of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors, a fixed sum for
attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and/or a stated fee as
director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the
Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members
of the Executive Committee and/or of other committees may be allowed like
compensation and reimbursement of expenses for attending committee meetings.
SECTION 7. Chairman. From its members, the Board of Directors will elect a
chairman to preside over meetings of the shareholders and of the Board. The
Chairman may simultaneously serve as any Officer of the Corporation set forth in
Article V. The Board may elect one or more Vice Chairmen. In the absence of the
Chairman or a Vice Chairman, if any, the Board shall designate a person to
preside at such meetings. The director's fee of the Chairman and the Vice
Chairman, if any, will be set by the Board.
SECTION 8. Director Nominations. Nominations for the election of directors
may be made by the Board of Directors or a nominating committee appointed by the
Board of Directors or by any stockholder entitled to vote in the election of
directors generally. However, any stockholder entitled to vote in the election
of directors generally may nominate one or more persons for election as
directors at a meeting only if written notice of such stockholder's intent to
make such nomination or nominations has been given, either by personal delivery
or by United States mail, postage prepaid, to the Secretary of the Corporation
not later than (i) with respect to an election to be held at an annual meeting
of stockholders, ninety (90) days prior to the first anniversary date of the
immediately preceding annual meeting, and (ii) with respect to an election to be
held at a special meeting of stockholders for the election of directors, the
close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the date on which notice of
such meeting is first given to stockholders. Each such notice shall set forth:
(a) the name and address of the stockholder who intends to make the nomination
and of the person or persons to be nominated: (b) a representation that the
stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote
at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to
nominate the person or persons specified in the notice; (c) a description of all
arrangements or understandings between the stockholder and each nominee and any
other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the
nomination or nominations are to be made by the stockholder; (d) such other
information regarding each nominee proposed by such stockholder as would be
required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules
of the Securities and Exchange Commission as then in effect; and (e) the consent
of each nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation if so elected. The
presiding officer of the meeting may refuse to acknowledge the nomination of any
person not made in compliance with the foregoing procedure.
ARTICLE IV
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND OTHER COMMITTEES
SECTION 1. Executive Committee. The Board of Directors may, by resolution
passed by a majority of the whole Board, appoint an Executive Committee of two
(2) or more members, to serve during the pleasure of the Board of Directors, to
consist of such directors as the Board of Directors may from time to time
designate. The Chairman of the Executive Committee shall be designated by the
Board of Directors.
SECTION 2. Procedure. The Executive Committee, by a vote of a majority of
its members, shall fix its own times and places of meeting, shall determine the
number of its members constituting a quorum for the transaction of business, and
shall prescribe its own rules of procedure, no change in which shall be made
save by a majority vote of its members. Members of the Executive Committee or
any other committee may participate in a meeting of such Committee by means of
conference telephone or similar communication equipment by means of which all
persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in
the meeting pursuant hereto shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
SECTION 3. Powers. During the intervals between the meetings of the Board
of Directors, the Executive Committee shall possess and may exercise all the
powers of the Board of Directors in the management and direction of the business
and affairs of the Corporation, to the extent permitted by law.
SECTION 4. Minutes. The Executive Committee shall keep regular minutes of
its proceedings and all action by the Executive Committee shall be reported to
the Board of Directors at its next meeting. Such action shall be subject to
review by the Board of Directors, provided that no rights of third parties shall
be affected by such review.
SECTION 5. Other Committees. From time to time the Board of Directors, by
the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Board of Directors, may appoint
other committees for any purpose or purposes, and such committees shall have
such powers as shall be conferred by the resolution of appointment, and as shall
be permitted by law.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
SECTION 1. Officers. The Board of Directors shall elect, as officers, a
Chief Executive Officer ("CEO"), a President, a Treasurer and a Secretary, and
in their discretion one or more of the following officers: Executive Vice
Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, and
Assistant Treasurers. Such officers shall be elected annually by the Board of
Directors at its first meeting following the annual meeting of stockholders, and
each shall hold office until the corresponding meeting of the Board of Directors
in the next year and until his successor shall have been duly elected and
qualified, or until he shall have died or resigned or shall have been removed in
the manner provided herein. The powers and duties of two or more offices may be
exercised and performed by the same person, except the offices of CEO and
Secretary.
SECTION 2. Vacancies. Any vacancy in any office may be filled for the
unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors at any regular or
special meeting.
SECTION 3. Chief Executive Officer The Chief Executive Officer shall be the
chief executive officer (CEO) of the Corporation. Subject to the direction of
the Board of Directors, he shall have and exercise direct charge of and general
supervision over the business and affairs of the Corporation and shall perform
such other duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the Board of
Directors.
SECTION 4. President. The President shall perform such duties as the Board
of Directors may prescribe. In the absence or disability of the CEO, the
President shall perform and exercise the powers of the CEO. In addition, the
President shall perform such duties as from time to time may be delegated to him
by the CEO.
SECTION 5. Executive Vice Presidents. The Executive Vice Presidents shall
perform such duties as the Board of Directors may prescribe. In the absence or
disability of the CEO and President, the Executive Vice Presidents in the order
of their seniority or in such order as may be specified by the Board of
Directors, shall perform the duties of CEO. In addition, the Executive Vice
Presidents shall perform such duties as may from time to time be delegated to
them by the CEO.
SECTION 6. Senior Vice Presidents. The Senior Vice Presidents shall perform
such duties as the Board of Directors may prescribe. In the absence or
disability of the CEO, President, and the Executive Vice Presidents, the Senior
Vice Presidents in the order of their seniority or in such other order as may be
specified by the Board of Directors, shall perform the duties and exercise the
powers of the President. In addition, the Senior Vice Presidents shall perform
such duties as from time to time may be delegated to them by the CEO.
SECTION 7. Vice Presidents. The Vice Presidents shall perform such duties
as the Board of Directors may prescribe. In the absence or disability of the
CEO, President, the Executive Vice Presidents and the Senior Vice Presidents,
the Vice Presidents in the order of their seniority or in such other order as
may be specified by the Board of Directors, shall perform the duties and
exercise the powers of the President. In addition, the Vice Presidents shall
perform such duties as may from time to time be delegated to them by the CEO.
SECTION 8. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have charge of and be responsible
for all funds, securities, receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, and
shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, in the name of the Corporation, all
moneys or other valuable effects in such banks, trust companies or other
depositaries as shall, from time to time, be selected by the Board of Directors;
he may endorse for collection on behalf of the Corporation, checks, notes and
other obligations; he may sign receipts and vouchers for payments made to the
Corporation; singly or jointly with another person as the Board of Directors may
authorize, he may sign checks of the Corporation and pay out and dispose of the
proceeds under the direction of the Board of Directors; he shall cause to be
kept correct books of account of all the business and transactions of the
Corporation, shall see that adequate audits thereof are currently and regularly
made, and shall examine and certify the accounts of the Corporation; he shall
render to the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the
Board, the Vice Chairman, the CEO or to the President, whenever requested, an
account of the financial condition of the Corporation; he may sign with the
Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the CEO, the President or
a Vice President, certificates of stock of the Corporation; and, in general,
shall perform all the duties incident to the office of a treasurer of a
Corporation, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him
by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 9. Assistant Treasurers. The Assistant Treasurers in order of their
seniority shall, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the
duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other
duties as the CEO, or the Board of Directors shall prescribe.
SECTION 10. Secretary. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings
of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors in books provided for the
purpose; he shall see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the
provisions of law and these Bylaws; he shall be custodian of the records and of
the corporate seal or seals of the Corporation; he shall see that the corporate
seal is affixed to all documents, the execution of which, on behalf of the
Corporation, under its seal, is duly authorized and when the seal is so affixed
he may attest the same; he may sign, with the Chairman of the Board, the Vice
Chairman, the CEO, the President or a Vice President, certificates of stock of
the Corporation; and in general he shall perform all duties incident to the
office of a secretary of a corporation, and such other duties as from time to
time may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors or the CEO.
SECTION 11. Assistant Secretaries. The Assistant Secretaries in order of
their seniority shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform
the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other
duties as the CEO, or the Board of Directors shall prescribe.
SECTION 12. Subordinate Officers. The Board of Directors may appoint such
subordinate officers as it may deem desirable. Each such officer shall hold
office for such period, have such authority and perform such duties as the Board
of Directors may prescribe. The Board of Directors may, from time to time,
authorize any officer to appoint and remove subordinate officers and to
prescribe the powers and duties thereof.
SECTION 13. Compensation. The Board of Directors shall have power to fix
the compensation of all officers of the Corporation. It may authorize any
officer, upon whom the power of appointing subordinate officers may have been
conferred, to fix the compensation of such subordinate officers.
SECTION 14. Removal. Any officer of the Corporation may be removed, with or
without cause, by a majority vote of the Board of Directors at a meeting called
for that purpose.
SECTION 15. Bonds. The Board of Directors may require any officer of the
Corporation to give a bond to the Corporation, conditional upon the faithful
performance of his duties, with one or more sureties and in such amounts as may
be satisfactory to the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VI
CERTIFICATES OF STOCK
SECTION 1. Form and Execution of Certificates. The interest of each
stockholder of the Corporation shall be evidenced by a certificate or
certificates for shares of stock in such form as may be prescribed from time to
time by law and by the Board of Directors. The certificates of stock of each
class and series now authorized or which may hereafter be authorized by the
Certificate of Incorporation shall be consecutively numbered and signed by
either the Chairman of the Board or the CEO or the President or a Vice President
together either with the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or
an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation, and may be countersigned and
registered in such manner as the Board of Directors may prescribe, and shall
bear the corporate seal or a printed or engraved facsimile thereof. Where any
such certificate is signed by a transfer agent or transfer clerk and by a
registrar, the signatures of any such Chairman of the Board, CEO, President,
Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Secretary or Assistant Secretary
upon such certificate may be facsimiles engraved or printed. In case any officer
or officers who shall have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures
shall have been placed upon, such certificate or certificates shall have ceased
to be such, whether because of death, resignation or otherwise, before such
certificate or certificates shall have been issued and delivered, such
certificate or certificates may nevertheless be issued and delivered with the
same effect as if such officer or officers had not ceased to be such at the date
of its issue and delivery.
SECTION 2. Transfer of Shares. The shares of the stock of the Corporation
shall be transferred on the books of the Corporation by the holder thereof in
person or by his attorney lawfully constituted, upon surrender for cancellation
of certificates for the same number of shares, with an assignment and power of
transfer endorsed thereon or attached thereto, duly executed, with such proof or
guaranty of the authenticity of the signature as the Corporation or its agents
may reasonably require. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of
record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof and
accordingly shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or
interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person whether or not
it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly
provided by law.
SECTION 3. Closing of Transfer Books and Record Dates. The Board of
Directors may in its discretion prescribe in advance a period not exceeding
fifty (50) days prior to the date of any meeting of the stockholders or prior to
the last day on which the 3consent or dissent of stockholders may be effectively
expressed for any purpose without a meeting, during which no transfer of stock
on the books of the Corporation may be made; or in lieu of prohibiting the
transfer of stock, may fix in advance a time not more than fifty (50) days prior
to the date of any meeting of stockholders or prior to the last day on which the
consent or dissent of stockholders may be effectively expressed for any purpose
without a meeting, as the time as of which stockholders entitled to notice of
and to vote at such a meeting or whose consent or dissent is required or may be
expressed for any purpose, as the case may be, shall be determined; and all
persons who were holders of record of voting stock at such time and no others
shall be entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting or to express their
consent or dissent, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any
stock on the books of the Corporation after any record date fixed as aforesaid.
The Board of Directors may also, in its discretion, fix in advance a date not
exceeding fifty (50) days preceding the date fixed for the payment of any
dividend or the making of any distribution, or for the delivery of evidence of
rights, or evidences of interests arising out of any issuance, change,
conversion or exchange of capital stock, as a record date for the determination
of the stockholders entitled to receive or participate in any such dividend,
distribution, rights or interests, notwithstanding any transfer of any stock on
the books of the Corporation after any record date fixed as aforesaid, or, at
its option, in lieu of so fixing a record date, may prescribe in advance a
period not exceeding fifty (50) days prior to the date for such payment,
distribution or delivery during which no transfer of stock on the books of the
Corporation may be made.
SECTION 4. Lost or Destroyed Certificates. In case of the loss or
destruction of any outstanding certificate of stock, a new certificate may be
issued upon the following conditions:
The owner of said certificate shall file with the Secretary of the
Corporation an affidavit giving the facts in relation to the ownership, and in
relation to the loss or destruction of said certificate, stating its number and
the number of shares represented thereby; such affidavit to be in such form and
contain such statements as shall satisfy the Chairman of the Board and Secretary
that said certificate has been accidentally destroyed or lost, and that a new
certificate ought to be issued in lieu thereof. Upon being so satisfied, the
Chairman of the Board and Secretary shall require such owner to file with the
Secretary a bond in such penal sum and in such form as they may deem advisable,
and with a surety or sureties approved by them, to indemnify and save harmless
the Corporation from any claim, loss, damage or liability which may be
occasioned by the issuance of a new certificate in lieu thereof, or if they deem
it appropriate, to waive the requirement to secure a bond with a surety. Upon
such bond being so filed, a new certificate for the same number of shares shall
be issued to the owner of the certificate so lost or destroyed; and the transfer
agent and registrar of stock, if any, shall countersign and register such new
certificate upon receipt of a written order signed by the said Chairman of the
Board and Secretary, and thereupon the Corporation will save harmless said
transfer agent and registrar in the premises. The CEO or the President or any
Vice President may act hereunder in the stead of the Chairman of the Board, and
an Assistant Secretary in the stead of the Secretary. In case of the surrender
of the original certificate, in lieu of which a new certificate has been issued,
or the surrender of such new certificate, for cancellation, the bond of
indemnity given as a condition of the issue of such new certificate may be
surrendered. A new certificate may be issued without requiring any bond when in
the judgment of the Board of Directors it is proper to do so.
ARTICLE VII
CHECKS, NOTES, ETC.
SECTION 1. Execution of Checks, Notes, etc. All checks and drafts on the
Corporation's bank accounts and all bills of exchange and promissory notes, and
all acceptances, obligations and other instruments for the payment of money,
shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents, as shall be
thereunto authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 2. Execution of Contracts, Assignments, etc. All contracts,
agreements, endorsements, assignments, transfers, stock powers, or other
instruments (except as provided in Sections 1 and 3 of this Article VII) shall
be signed by the CEO, the President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice
President, or Vice President and by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary or
the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, or by such other officer or officers,
agent or agents, as shall be thereunto authorized from time to time by the Board
of Directors.
SECTION 3. Execution of Proxies. The Chairman of the Board, the CEO,
President, or a Vice President of the Corporation may authorize from time to
time the signature and issuance of proxies to vote upon shares of stock of other
companies standing in the name of the Corporation. All such proxies shall be
signed in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board, the CEO,
President or a Vice President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.
ARTICLE VIII
WAIVERS AND CONSENTS
SECTION 1. Waivers. Whenever under the provisions of any law or under the
provisions of the Certificate of InCorporation of the Corporation or these
Bylaws, the Corporation, or the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, is
authorized to take any action after notice to stockholders or the directors or
the members of such committee, or after the lapse of a prescribed period of
time, such action may be taken without notice and without the lapse of any
period of time if, at any time before or after such action be completed, such
requirements be waived in writing by the person or persons entitled to said
notice or entitled to participate in the action to be taken, or, in the case of
a stockholder, by his attorney thereunto authorized.
SECTION 2. Consents. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any
meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee of the Board of Directors
may be taken without a meeting, if prior to such action a written consent
thereto is signed by all members of the Board of Directors or of such committee
as the case may be, and such written consent is filed with the minutes of
proceedings of the Board of Directors or of such committee.
ARTICLE IX
DIVIDENDS AND RESERVE FUNDS
SECTION 1. Dividends. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the
Certificate of InCorporation, the Board of Directors may declare dividends out
of the surplus of the Corporation at such times and in such amounts as it may
from time to time designate.
SECTION 2. Reserve Funds. Before crediting net profits to the surplus in
any year, there may be set aside out of the net profits of the Corporation for
that year such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time in its
absolute discretion may deem proper as a reserve fund or funds to meet
contingencies or for equalizing dividends or for repairing or maintaining any
property of the Corporation or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors
shall deem conducive to the interests of the Corporation.
ARTICLE X
INSPECTION OF BOOKS
The Board of Directors shall determine from time to time whether, and if
allowed when and under what conditions and regulations, the accounts and books
of the Corporation (except such as may by statute be specifically open to
inspection) or any of them shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders;
and the stockholders' rights in this respect are and shall be restricted and
limited accordingly.
ARTICLE XI
FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on the thirty first day of
December each year commencing with December 31, 1992, unless another date shall
be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors. After such date is fixed, it
may be changed for future fiscal years at any time or from time to time by
further resolution of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE XII
SEAL
The corporate seal shall be circular in form and shall contain the name of
the Corporation, the state of incorporation, and the words "Corporate Seal".
ARTICLE XIII
AMENDMENTS
SECTION 1. By Stockholders. These Bylaws may be amended by a majority vote
of the stock entitled to vote and present or represented at any annual or
special meeting of the stockholders at which a quorum is present or represented,
if notice of the proposed amendment shall have been contained in the notice of
the meeting.
SECTION 2. By Directors. Except as otherwise specifically provided in the
Bylaws, if any, adopted by the stockholders, these Bylaws may be amended by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors, at any regular meeting
or special meeting thereof, if notice of the proposed amendment shall have been
contained in the notice of such meeting. If any Bylaw regulating an impending
election of directors is adopted or amended or repealed by the Board of
Directors, there shall be set forth in the notice of the next meeting of the
stockholders for the election of directors the Bylaws so adopted or amended or
repealed together with a concise statement of the changes made.
ARTICLE XIV
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS,
EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS
The Corporation shall indemnify and reimburse each person, and his heirs,
executors or administrators, who is made or is threatened to be made a party to
any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, by reason of the fact that he was or is a director, officer,
employee or agent of the Corporation or was or is serving at the request of the
Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another Corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses
(including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement,
actually or reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding and shall advance the expenses incurred by any officer or director in
defending any such action, suit or proceeding to the full extent permitted by
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as it may be
amended or supplemented from time to time. Such right of indemnification or
advancement of expenses of any such person shall not be deemed exclusive of any
other rights to which he may be entitled under any statute, bylaw, agreement,
vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action
in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such
office.
The foregoing provisions of this Article XIV shall be deemed to be a
contract between the Corporation and each person who serves in any capacity
specified therein at any time while this bylaw is in effect, and any repeal or
modification thereof shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing
with respect to any state of facts then or theretofore existing or any action,
suit or proceeding theretofore or thereafter brought based in whole or in part
upon any such state of facts.
Exhibit 4
TANDY CORPORATION
EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
Effective as of April 1, 1998
ARTICLE I
Purpose
1.1 General. The purpose of the Plan is to attract, motivate, and retain
top management employees of the Company by providing an opportunity and
an incentive for each individual to defer the receipt of compensation
otherwise payable currently and to accumulate earnings thereon on a
tax-deferred basis.
1.2 Unfunded Plan. The Plan is intended to be an unfunded plan for purposes
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and
maintained primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation
for a select group of management or highly compensated employees.
ARTICLE II
Definitions
The following capitalized terms used in the Plan shall have the respective
meanings set forth in this Article:
2.1 12% Match. "12% Match" means the amount credited to a Participant's Stock
Account by reason of an elective deferral under section 6.1 hereof.
2.2 Board. "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
2.3 Bonus Deferral Election. "Bonus Deferral Election" means an election to
defer payment of an annual bonus, if any, in the form(s) provided by the
Committee subject to the requirements and terms of Article IV hereof.
2.4 Committee. "Committee" means a committee of the Board consisting of at
least two (2) members, all of whom are Disinterested Directors appointed by
the Board to administer the Plan and to perform the functions set forth
herein.
2.5 Common Stock. "Common Stock" means the common stock, par value of $1.00 per
share, of the Company.
2.6 Company. "Company" means Tandy Corporation, a Delaware corporation, or any
successor entity thereto, including without limitation, the transferee of
all or substantially all of the stock or assets of the Company.
2.7 Deferral Account. "Deferral Account" means the notional account established
and maintained for each Participant in accordance with Article VI hereof,
for bookkeeping purposes only, to measure the value of elective deferrals
made under the Plan and the earnings thereon. Amounts credited to the
Deferral Account shall be expressed in dollars and cents.
2.8 Deferral Election. "Deferral Election" means a Salary Deferral Election or
a Bonus Deferral Election as defined under this Article II.
2.9 Disability. "Disability" means the suffering from a physical or mental
condition which, in the opinion of the Committee based upon appropriate
medical advice and examination and in accordance with rules applied
uniformly to all employees of the Company, totally and permanently prevents
the Participant from performing the customary duties of his or her regular
job with the Company.
2.10 Disinterested Director. "Disinterested Director" means a director of the
Company who is a "Non-Employee Director" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
2.11 Dividend Equivalent. "Dividend Equivalent" means the amount equal to the
cash dividend payable on a single share of Common Stock.
2.12 Fair Value. "Fair Value" means the average of the high and low sale prices
of a share of Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange for any day (or
if Common Stock was not traded on such day, the most recent preceding
trading day).
2.13 Participant. "Participant" means any individual who is eligible to
participate in the Plan as provided in ----------- section 4.1 hereof.
2.14 Payment Election. "Payment Election" means an election to determine the
time and manner of payments hereunder in the form(s) provided by the
Committee subject to the requirements and terms of Article VIII hereof.
2.15 Plan. "Plan" means the Tandy Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation
Plan, as from time to time amended. ----
2.16 Plan Year. "Plan Year" means the period beginning on the effective date of
the Plan and ending on December 31 --------- and thereafter any calendar
year.
2.17 Salary Deferral Election. "Salary Deferral Election" means an election to
defer payment of base salary in the form(s) provided by the Committee
subject to the requirements and terms of Article IV hereof.
2.18 Stock Account. "Stock Account" means the notional account established and
maintained for each Participant in accordance with Article VII hereof, for
bookkeeping purposes only, to measure the value of any 12% Match and the
Dividend Equivalents thereon. Amounts credited to the Stock Account shall
be expressed in the form of Stock Units and fractional Stock Units.
2.19 Stock Unit. "Stock Unit" means a unit of account which is deemed to equal a
single share of Common Stock. ----------
2.20 Unforeseeable Emergency. "Unforeseeable Emergency" means an immediate
financial need of the Participant resulting from extraordinary and
unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the
control of the Participant as determined by the Committee.
ARTICLE III
Administration
3.1 Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee which shall
hold meetings at such times as may be necessary for the proper
administration of the Plan. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan,
the Committee shall have full power to construe and interpret the Plan,
establish and amend rules and regulations for its administration, and
perform all other acts relating to the Plan, including the delegation
of administrative responsibilities that it believes reasonable and
proper.
3.2 Duties. The Committee, or any person or entity designated by the
Committee, shall be responsible for the administration of the Plan
including but not limited to determination of eligibility, receiving
deferral elections, provision of investment choices, distribution of
benefits hereunder, maintenance of account balances, calculation of
hypothetical investment returns and any other duties concerning the
day-to-day operation of the Plan.
3.3 Adjudication. Any decision made, or action taken, by the Committee or
the Board arising out of, or in connection with, the interpretation and
administration of the Plan, including but not limited to the
adjudication of claims and payment of benefits hereunder, shall be
final and conclusive.
3.4 Indemnification. No member of the Committee or its delegate shall be
liable for any action, failure to act, determination or interpretation
made in good faith with respect to this Plan or any transaction
hereunder, except for liability arising from his or her own willful
misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard of his or her
duties. The Company hereby agrees to indemnify each member of the
Committee for all costs and expenses and, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, any liability incurred in connection with defending
against, responding to, negotiation for the settlement of or otherwise
dealing with any claim, cause of action or dispute of any kind arising
in connection with any actions in administering this Plan or in
authorizing, denying authorization to, or failing to authorize any
transaction hereunder.
ARTICLE IV
Participation
4.1 Eligibility. Participation in the Plan shall be limited to any employee
of the Company and its subsidiaries who is either an officer of the
Company or a division officer on the effective date of the Plan or who
is otherwise selected by the Committee, in its sole discretion, to
participate in the Plan.
4.2 Filing an Election.
(a) A Salary Deferral Election shall be effective for a Plan Year
if the Participant files an executed Salary Deferral Election
with the Committee by December 15th of the Plan Year
immediately preceding such Plan Year, provided however, for
the initial Plan Year, a Participant may file an executed
Salary Deferral Election with the Committee by March 27, 1998
which shall solely cover salary paid on or after April 1 of
such Plan Year.
(b) A Bonus Deferral Election shall be effective for the Plan Year
for which the bonus, if any, is earned if the Participant
files an executed Bonus Deferral Election with the Committee
by September 30th of such Plan Year.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (during any Plan Year) any
employee of the Company or its subsidiaries is hired or
promoted into the classification of employees eligible to
participate in the Plan described in Section 4.1, then such
employee shall become a Participant in the Plan on the first
day of the second month following such employee's date of hire
or date of promotion ("Initial Eligibility Date") and he may
file a Deferral Election for the Plan Year including his
Initial Eligibility Date subject to the following:
(1) Salary Deferral Election. The Participant must file
the Salary Deferral Election no later than 10 days
prior to his Initial Eligibility Date and the Salary
Deferral Election shall solely cover salary paid on
or after his Initial Eligibility Date through the
last day of such Plan Year.
(2) Bonus Deferral Election. The Participant may file a
Bonus Deferral Election subject to the terms and
conditions otherwise described in this Section 4.2
and the Plan.
4.3 Irrevocable. A Deferral Election shall be irrevocable once filed with
the Committee except as provided in Articles VIII, XI, and XII hereof.
ARTICLE V
Compensation Subject to Deferral
5.1 Base Salary. With respect to the base salary otherwise payable to a
Participant during the Plan Year for which a Salary Deferral Election
is in effect, the dollar amount or percentage of salary specified on
such Salary Deferral Election shall be deferred in accordance with the
terms prescribed therein; provided however that such Salary Deferral
Election shall be for no more than 80% of the Participant's salary,
unless otherwise permitted by the Committee.
5.2 Annual Bonus. With respect to the annual bonus, if any, that is earned
by a Participant during the Plan Year for which a Bonus Deferral
Election is in effect, the dollar amount or percentage of annual bonus
specified on such Bonus Deferral Election shall be deferred in
accordance with the terms prescribed therein; provided however that
such Bonus Deferral Election shall be for no more than 80% of the
Participant's bonus, unless otherwise permitted by the Committee.
ARTICLE VI
Elective Deferrals
6.1 Elective Deferral. Amounts deferred under Article V hereof with respect
to each Plan Year of participation in the Plan shall be credited to the
Participant's Deferral Account if, as, and when such amounts would
otherwise have been paid to the Participant.
6.2 Vesting. Except as provided in section 8.7 hereof, each Participant
shall have a nonforfeitable and fully vested right to the amounts
credited in such Participant's Deferral Account.
6.3 Investment Choices. Each Participant shall be entitled to direct the
deemed investment of the amounts credited to such Participant's
Deferral Account in any of the investment choices or combination of
investment choices as may be offered by the Committee from time to time
in accordance with the rules, regulations and procedures established by
the Committee. The Committee may add or remove investment choices at
its sole discretion; provided, however, no amount shall be subject to
forfeiture solely by reason of a removal of an investment choice in
accordance with section 6.3 hereof.
6.4 Investment Earnings. Each Participant's Deferral Account shall be
credited with earnings and losses in accordance with such Participant's
investment choice(s). Earnings and losses shall begin to accrue with
respect to amounts credited to a Participant's Deferral Account under
section 6.1 in accordance with the procedures established by the
Committee.
ARTICLE VII
Matching Contributions
7.1 12% Match. As soon as administratively feasible after the amounts
deferred by a Participant under section 6.1 hereof are credited to the
Participant's Deferral Account, such Participant's Stock Account shall
be credited with the number of Stock Units (including fractions
thereof) equal to
(a) twelve percent of such amount deferred under section 6.1,
divided by
(b) the Fair Value (for the day the relevant deferral was made)
of a share of Common Stock.
7.2 Vesting. Each Participant shall have a nonforfeitable and fully vested
right to the amounts credited in such Participant's Stock Account.
7.3 Dividend Equivalents. With respect to any cash dividend paid on Common
Stock, each Participant's Stock Account shall be credited (as soon as
administratively feasible after such dividend is paid) with the number
of Stock Units (including fractions thereof) equal to
(a) the product of the number of Stock Units credited to
the Stock Account on the record date for such dividend
(including Stock Units credited as of the record date)
times the Dividend Equivalent, divided by
(b) the Fair Value (for the day on which such dividend was
paid) of a share of Common Stock.
7.4 Change in Capitalization. In the event of a stock dividend, stock
split, merger, consolidation or other recapitalization of the Company
affecting the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the number
of Stock Units credited to a Participant's Stock Account shall be
appropriately adjusted on the same basis as specified by the Committee.
7.5 Section 16(b). Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary,
Participants who are actually or potentially subject to section 16(b)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, shall be subject to
any procedures adopted by the Committee, including without limitation
the delay of any payment from a Participant's Stock Account.
ARTICLE VIII
Distributions
8.1 Filing an Election. With each Deferral Election, a Participant must
file a Payment Election that provides for the method of payment for
amounts deferred under the Deferral Election. Such Payment Election
shall be irrevocable except that if a Participant originally elects
payment in the form of a single sum, such Participant may change such
election to an election for periodic payments, provided, however, that
such Participant may elect to make this change only once, that such
periodic payments commence on the same day that the single sum would
have otherwise been paid and that such election change is filed with
the Committee before the first day of the Plan Year immediately
preceding the Plan Year in which payment of the single sum was to be
made.
8.2 Timing of Payment. With respect to (a) amounts deferred under Article V
hereof for any Plan Year and the net earnings thereon and (b) the 12%
Match credited by reason of such deferral and the Dividend Equivalents
thereon, payment of such amounts credited under the Plan shall be made
to the Participant in the time and manner specified on the applicable
Deferral Election. Notwithstanding the foregoing and any payment
election made by a Participant, if a Participant's employment with the
Company is terminated for any reason prior to the Participant's 55th
birthday, then the Participant shall receive in a single sum all the
benefits due the Participant hereunder valued as of the first business
day of February immediately following the calendar year in which his
termination of employment occurs and paid as soon as administratively
feasible on or after such day.
8.3 Form of Payment.
(a) Any payment from a Participant's Deferral Account shall be made in
the form of cash.
(b) Any payment of Stock Units from a Participant's Stock Account
shall be made with a corresponding number of whole shares of
Common Stock and, if applicable, payment of any fractional
Stock Units shall be made in cash.
8.4 Account Balance. Upon payment to a Participant under this Article VIII,
such Participant's Deferral Account and Stock Account shall be reduced
by the cash amounts and Stock Units distributed or forfeited (under
section 8.7) from the respective accounts.
8.5 Death or Disability.
(a) In the event of the Participant's death, the balance of such
Participant's Deferral Account and Stock Account shall be paid
to the Participant's designated beneficiary or, if no
beneficiary has been designated, to the Participant's estate
in a single sum as soon as administratively feasible after the
first business day of February following the calendar year of
the Participant's death.
(b) In the event of the Participant's Disability, the balance of
such Participant's Deferral Account and Stock Account shall be
paid to the Participant (or the Participant's legal
representative) in the manner prescribed by the Committee at
its sole discretion.
8.6 Distribution for Unforeseeable Emergency. Notwithstanding any provision
to the contrary, in the event of an Unforeseeable Emergency a
Participant shall be entitled to early payment of all or part of the
balance of such Participant's Deferral Account and Stock Account to the
extent reasonably needed to satisfy the Unforeseeable Emergency need.
An application for an early payment under this section 8.6 shall be
made in accordance with the procedures and requirements adopted by the
Committee.
8.7 Early Distribution. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, a
Participant shall be entitled to payment of all or part of the balance
of such Participant's Deferral Account prior to the date of
distribution specified in the applicable Payment Election in accordance
with the procedures and requirements adopted by the Committee;
provided, however, six percent of the early payment amount otherwise
payable from the Deferral Account shall be forfeited and the
Participant shall have no right or entitlement whatsoever with respect
to such forfeited amount.
8.8 Valuation of Distributions. Any distribution to be made in cash shall
be based on the value of the Participant's Deferral Account as of the
valuation date (described below). Any distribution to be made in the
form of Common Stock shall be based on the number of Stock Units
credited to the Participant's Stock Account as of the valuation date
(described below) and, if applicable, any distribution to be made in
cash because of fractional shares shall be based on the Fair Value as
of the applicable valuation date.
(a) Valuation Date for Distributions for Unforeseeable Emergency,
Early Distribution and Disability. If the Participant (or his
beneficiary) is entitled to a distribution under section
8.5(b), section 8.6, or section 8.7, then the Committee shall
choose for such Participant the valuation date (or dates) for
such distribution (or distributions) and such distribution (or
distributions) shall occur as soon as administratively
feasible after such valuation date (or dates).
(b) Change in Control. If the Participant (or his beneficiary) is
entitled to a distribution under Article XI, then the day of
the Change in Control shall be the valuation date.
(c) Valuation Date for All Other Distributions. The valuation date
for all other distributions shall be the first business day of
February of the calendar year during which such distribution
is made.
8.9 162(m) Deduction Limitation. In the event the Company would be denied a
deduction for amounts otherwise payable in any Plan Year to a
Participant under this Article VIII by reason of the application of
section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the
Committee, in its sole discretion, may reduce any payment otherwise due
to such Participant (but not below zero) to the extent necessary to
avoid such application of section 162(m) and such amount not paid and
the net earnings or Dividend Equivalents thereon shall be paid to the
Participant in the earliest Plan Year(s) in which payment may be made
without application of section 162(m).
ARTICLE IX
Statement of Accounts
Statements shall be sent no less frequently than annually to each Participant
(or such Participant's estate, beneficiary or legal representative).
ARTICLE X
Beneficiary Designation
Each Participant shall have the right, at any time, to designate any individual
or entity as such Participant's designated beneficiary. A beneficiary
designation shall be made, and may only be amended or revoked, by the
Participant by filing a written designation with the Committee or its designee
in accordance with the procedures adopted by the Committee. Any such beneficiary
designation shall apply to all benefits under this Plan and the Tandy
Corporation Executive Deferred Stock Plan.
ARTICLE XI
Change in Control
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan or in any Payment
Election, if a "Change in Control" (as defined in the Tandy Corporation 1997
Incentive Stock Plan) of the Company occurs, then (a) effective on the date of
the Change in Control, all Deferral Elections shall become null and void and no
more deferrals shall be accepted under the Plan and (b) within two weeks of the
date of the Change in Control, the Committee shall pay to each Participant (or
his beneficiary) in a single sum the value of his or her Deferral Account, if
any, in cash and Stock Account, if any, in shares of Common Stock.
ARTICLE XII
Amendment or Termination
The Board or the Committee may (in its sole discretion) amend, modify or
terminate the Plan at any time for any or no reason; provided, however, no
amendment, modification or termination shall, without the consent of the
Participant, adversely affect such Participant's right to payment from the
Participant's vested balance under the Deferral Account and the Stock Account as
of the date of such amendment, modification or termination.
ARTICLE XIII
Miscellaneous
13.1 Unsecured Right. Any right to receive a payment under the Plan shall be
no greater than that of an unsecured general creditor of the Company.
No amount payable under the Plan may be assigned, transferred,
encumbered or subject to any legal process for the payment of any claim
against a Participant. No Participant shall have the right to exercise
any of the rights or privileges of a shareholder with respect to the
Stock Units credited to such Participant's Stock Account. The Committee
may, but need not, establish a grantor trust (commonly referred to as a
"rabbi trust") to hold assets of the Company that may, but need not, be
used to pay benefits hereunder.
13.2 No Right to Continued Employment. Participation in the Plan shall not
give any employee any right to remain in the employ of the Company or
any subsidiary or affiliate thereof.
13.3 Withholding. The Company shall withhold to the extent required by law
all applicable income and other taxes from amounts deferred or paid
under the Plan.
13.4 Governing Law, Jurisdiction, and Venue. The Plan shall be construed,
governed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of
Texas, without reference to rules relating to conflicts of law, except
to the extent preempted by federal law. Any action arising out of or
relating to the Plan, the Company, Participants, or any transaction
under the Plan shall be brought in state or federal courts located in
Tarrant County, Texas.
13.5 Compliance with Other Laws. The Committee may, from time to time,
impose additional restrictions upon Participants as it deems necessary,
advisable or appropriate in order to comply with applicable federal and
state securities laws, or other federal laws.
TANDY CORPORATION
EXECUTIVE DEFERRED STOCK PLAN
Effective as of April 1, 1998
ARTICLE I
Purpose
1.1 General. The purpose of the Plan is to attract, motivate and retain top
management employees of the Company by providing an opportunity and an
incentive for each individual to defer the receipt of compensation
otherwise payable currently and to accumulate earnings thereon on a
tax-deferred basis.
1.2 Unfunded Plan. The Plan is intended to be an unfunded plan for purposes
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and
maintained primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation
for a select group of management or highly compensated employees.
ARTICLE II
Definitions
The following capitalized terms used in the Plan shall have the respective
meanings set forth in this Article:
2.1 12% Match. "12% Match" means the amount credited to a Participant's Stock
Account by reason of an elective deferral as prescribed by section 7.1
hereof.
2.2 25% Match. "25% Match" means the amount credited to a Participant's Stock
Account by reason of an elective deferral as prescribed by section 7.3
hereof.
2.3 Board. "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
2.4 Bonus Deferral Election. "Bonus Deferral Election" means an election to
defer payment of an annual bonus, If any, in the form(s) provided by the
Committee subject to the requirements and terms of Article IV hereof.
2.5 Committee. "Committee" means a committee of the Board consisting of at
least two (2) members, all of whom are Disinterested Directors appointed by
the Board to administer the Plan and to perform the functions set forth
herein.
2.6 Common Stock. "Common Stock" means the common stock, par value of $1.00 per
share, of the Company.
2.7 Company. "Company" means Tandy Corporation, a Delaware corporation, or any
successor entity thereto, including without limitation, the transferee of
all or substantially all of the stock or assets of the Company.
2.8 Deferral Election. "Deferral Election" means a Salary Deferral Election,
Bonus Deferral Election, Option Deferral Election, or Restricted Stock
Deferral Election as defined under this Article II. 2.9 Disability.
"Disability" means the suffering from a physical or mental condition which,
in the opinion of the Committee based upon appropriate medical advice and
examination and in accordance with rules applied uniformly to all employees
of the Company, totally and permanently prevents the Participant from
performing the customary duties of his or her regular job with the Company.
2.10 Disinterested Director. "Disinterested Director" means a director of the
Company who is a "Non-Employee Director" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
2.11 Dividend Equivalent. "Dividend Equivalent" means the amount equal to the
cash dividend payable on a single share of Common Stock.
2.12 Fair Value. "Fair Value" means the average of the high and low sale prices
of a share of Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on any day (or if
Common Stock was not traded on such day, the most recent preceding trading
day).
2.13 Mature Common Stock. "Mature Common Stock" means Common Stock that has been
held by the Participant for at least six months and is "mature" as provided
for in Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 97-5, as amended.
2.14 Option Deferral Election. "Option Deferral Election" means an election to
defer the receipt of Profit Shares otherwise transferable to the
Participant upon exercise of a Stock Option in the form(s) provided by the
Committee subject to the requirements and terms of Article IV hereof.
2.15 Participant. "Participant" means any individual who is eligible to
participate in the Plan as provided in section 4.1 hereof.
2.16 Payment Election. "Payment Election" means an election to determine the
time and manner of payments hereunder in the form(s) provided by the
Committee subject to the requirements and terms of Article VIII hereof.
2.17 Plan. "Plan" means the Tandy Corporation Executive Deferred Stock Plan, as
from time to time amended.
2.18 Plan Year. "Plan Year" means the period beginning on the effective date of
the Plan and ending on December 31 and thereafter any calendar year.
2.19 Profit Shares. "Profit Shares" means (1) the total number of Common Stock
shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of a Stock Option, minus (2) the
number of Mature Common Shares used to exercise the Stock Option.
2.20 Purchase Price. "Purchase Price" means the pre-determined purchase price
for a single share of Common Stock under a Stock Option.
2.21 Restricted Stock. "Restricted Stock" means Common Stock granted to an
employee of the Company subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture until a
date on which certain service-based requirements are satisfied.
2.22 Restricted Stock Deferral Election. "Restricted Stock Deferral Election"
means an election to defer compensation in the amount of nonvested
Restricted Stock in the form(s) provided by the Committee subject to the
requirements and terms of Article IV hereof.
2.23 Salary Deferral Election. "Salary Deferral Election" means an election to
defer payment of base salary in the form(s) provided by the Committee
subject to the requirements and terms of Article IV hereof.
2.24 Stock Account. "Stock Account" means the notional account established and
maintained for each Participant in accordance with Article VI and Article
VII hereof, for bookkeeping purposes only. Amounts credited to the Stock
Account shall be expressed in the form of Stock Units and fractional Stock
Units.
2.25 Stock Option. "Stock Option" means a nonqualified stock option granted to
an employee of the Company to purchase a pre-determined number of shares of
Common Stock at the designated Purchase Price.
2.26 Stock Unit. "Stock Unit" means a unit of account which is deemed to equal a
single share of Common Stock.
2.27 Unforeseeable Emergency. "Unforeseeable Emergency" means an immediate
financial need of the Participant resulting from extraordinary and
unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the
control of the Participant as determined by the Committee.
ARTICLE III
Administration
3.1 Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee which shall
hold meetings at such times as may be necessary for the proper
administration of the Plan. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan,
the Committee shall have full power to construe and interpret the Plan,
establish and amend rules and regulations for its administration, and
perform all other acts relating to the Plan, including the delegation
of administrative responsibilities that it believes reasonable and
proper.
3.2 Duties. The Committee, or any person or entity designated by the
Committee, shall be responsible for the administration of the Plan
including but not limited to determination of eligibility, receiving
deferral elections, provision of investment choices, distribution of
benefits hereunder, maintenance of account balances, calculation of
hypothetical investment returns and any other duties concerning the
day-to-day operation of the Plan.
3.3 Adjudication. Any decision made, or action taken, by the Committee or
the Board arising out of, or in connection with, the interpretation and
administration of the Plan, including but not limited to the
adjudication of claims and payment of benefits hereunder, shall be
final and conclusive.
3.4 Indemnification. No member of the Committee or its delegate shall be
liable for any action, failure to act, determination or interpretation
made in good faith with respect to this Plan or any transaction
hereunder, except for liability arising from his or her own willful
misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard of his or her
duties. The Company hereby agrees to indemnify each member of the
Committee for all costs and expenses and, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, any liability incurred in connection with defending
against, responding to, negotiation for the settlement of or otherwise
dealing with any claim, cause of action or dispute of any kind arising
in connection with any actions in administering this Plan or in
authorizing, denying authorization to, or failing to authorize any
transaction hereunder.
ARTICLE IV
Participation
4.1 Eligibility. Participation in the Plan shall be limited to any employee
of the Company and its subsidiaries who is either an officer of the
Company or a division officer on the effective date of the Plan or who
is otherwise selected by the Committee, in its sole discretion, to
participate in the Plan.
4.2 Filing an Election.
(a) A Salary Deferral Election shall be effective for a Plan Year if
the Participant files an executed Salary Deferral Election with
the Committee by December 15th of the Plan Year immediately
preceding such Plan Year, provided however, for the initial Plan
Year, a Participant may file an executed Salary Deferral Election
with the Committee by March 27, 1998 which shall solely cover
salary paid on or after April 1 of such Plan Year.
(b) A Bonus Deferral Election shall be effective for the Plan Year
for which the bonus, if any, is earned if the Participant files
an executed Bonus Deferral Election with the Committee by
September 30th of such Plan Year.
(c) An Option Deferral Election shall be effective for a specific
Stock Option (or portion thereof) if the Participant files an
executed Option Deferral Election with the Committee at least six
months prior to the exercise of the relevant Stock Option. Once
filed, an Option Deferral Election shall remain in effect until
the day that is 6 months prior to the last day of the term of the
relevant Stock Option and the Participant shall not be able to
exercise the specific Stock Option during the period beginning on
the day the Option Deferral Election is filed and ending on the
sixth month anniversary of such day. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any Option Deferral Election shall become null and
void with respect to the unexercised portion of any Stock Option
if the Participant's employment is terminated (either voluntarily
or involuntarily) or there is a Change in Control as defined in
Article XII.
(d) A Restricted Stock Deferral Election shall be effective for a
specific Restricted Stock grant if the Participant files an
executed Restricted Stock Deferral Election with the Committee at
least six months prior to the date the relevant Restricted Stock
would otherwise vest.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (during any Plan Year) any
employee of the Company or its subsidiaries is hired or promoted
into the classification of employees eligible to participate in
the Plan described in Section 4.1, then such employee shall
become a Participant in the Plan on the first day of the second
month following such employee's date of hire or date of promotion
("Initial Eligibility Date") and he may file a Deferral Election
for the Plan Year including his Initial Eligibility Date subject
to the following:
(1) Salary Deferral Election. The Participant must file
the Salary Deferral Election no later than 10 days
prior to his Initial Eligibility Date and the Salary
Deferral Election shall solely cover salary paid on
or after his Initial Eligibility Date through the
last day of such Plan Year.
(2) Bonus Deferral Election. The Participant may file a
Bonus Deferral Election subject to the terms and
conditions otherwise described in this Section 4.2
and the Plan.
(3) Option Deferral Election. The Participant may file an
Option Deferral Election any time prior to or after
his Initial Eligibility Date. Such Option Deferral
Election shall be subject to the terms and conditions
otherwise described in this Section 4.2 and the Plan.
(4) Restricted Stock Deferral Election. The Participant
may file a Restricted Stock Deferral Election any
time prior to or after his Initial Eligibility Date.
Such Restricted Stock Deferral Election shall be
subject to the terms and conditions otherwise
described in this Section 4.2 and the Plan.
4.3 Irrevocable. A Deferral Election shall be irrevocable once filed with
the Committee except as provided in Articles IX, XII, and XIII hereof.
ARTICLE V
Compensation Subject to Deferral
5.1 Base Salary. With respect to the base salary otherwise payable to a
Participant during the Plan Year for which a Salary Deferral Election
is in effect, the dollar amount or percentage of salary specified on
such Salary Deferral Election shall be deferred in accordance with the
terms prescribed therein; provided however that such Salary Deferral
Election shall be for no more than 80% of the Participant's salary,
unless otherwise permitted by the Committee.
5.2 Annual Bonus. With respect to the annual bonus, if any, that is earned
by a Participant during the Plan Year for which a Bonus Deferral
Election is in effect, the dollar amount or percentage of annual bonus
specified on such Bonus Deferral Election shall be deferred in
accordance with the terms prescribed therein; provided however that
such Bonus Deferral Election shall be for no more than 80% of the
Participant's bonus, unless otherwise permitted by the Committee.
5.3 Profit Shares from Stock Option.
(a) With respect to a Stock Option exercised by a Participant for
which an Option Deferral Election is in effect, the payment of
Profit Shares otherwise transferable to the Participant shall
be deferred in accordance with the terms prescribed therein.
(b) If the Option Deferral Election is only with respect to a
portion of a particular Stock Option, then any shares
attributable to the exercise of the Stock Option shall first
be deemed to be Profit Shares subject to the Option Deferral
Election.
(c) Any Option Deferral Election shall require the Participant to
pay the aggregate Purchase Price payable pursuant to the
exercise of the Stock Option (or portion thereof) subject to
the Option Deferral Election, with shares of Mature Common
Stock (with any fractional shares to be paid in cash).
5.4 Restricted Stock.
(a) With respect to any Restricted Stock for which a Restricted
Stock Deferral Election is in effect, the Participant shall
relinquish such number of shares of Restricted Stock to the
Company on the day such Restricted Stock Deferral Election is
filed with the Committee and the Participant shall be entitled
to an allocation of Stock Units under section 6.1 with respect
to such Restricted Stock in accordance with the terms
prescribed therein.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any restrictions which would
otherwise apply to the Restricted Stock pursuant to any other
agreements between the Company and the Participant shall
continue to apply to the deferred amounts unless and until such
restrictions lapse in accordance with the terms of such other
agreement, except as otherwise provided by the Committee.
ARTICLE VI
Elective Deferrals
6.1 Elective Deferral. As and when cash amounts and/or Common Stock shares
which are deferred under Article V hereof would otherwise have been
paid to the Participant (or, in the case of Restricted Stock, as and
when such shares are relinquished to the Company), the Participant's
Stock Account shall be credited, as soon as administratively feasible,
with the number of Stock Units (including fractions thereof) equal to
the sum of:
(a) the cash amounts deferred divided by the Fair Value (for the day
the relevant deferral was made) of the Common Stock; and
(b) the number of shares of Common Stock deferred (plus, in the case
of Restricted Stock, the amount of any accrued dividends on such
shares of Restricted Stock divided by the Fair Value [for the day
the relevant deferral was made] of the Common Stock).
6.2 Vesting.
(a) Each Participant shall have a nonforfeitable and fully vested
right with respect to the Stock Units allocated to the
Participant's Stock Account (and the Dividend Equivalents
thereon) pursuant to a Salary Deferral Election, a Bonus
Deferral Election, or an Option Deferral Election.
(b) The Stock Units allocated to a Participant's Stock Account
(and the Dividend Equivalents thereon) pursuant to a
Restricted Stock Deferral Election shall become vested as
provided in section 5.4(b).
ARTICLE VII
Matching Contributions
7.1 12% Match. As and when Stock Units are credited to the Participant's Stock
Account by reason of a Salary Deferral Election or a Bonus Deferral
Election for a Plan Year under Article VI hereof, the Participant's Stock
Account shall be credited with an additional number of Stock Units
(including fractions thereof) equal to twelve percent of such Stock Units
credited for elective deferrals under Article VI hereof.
7.2 Vesting for 12% Match. Each Participant shall have a nonforfeitable and
fully vested right to the 12% Match and the Dividend Equivalents thereon
under Article VIII hereof.
7.3 25% Match. If Stock Units are credited to the Participant's Stock Account
by reason of a Salary Deferral Election or a Bonus Deferral Election for a
Plan Year under Article VI hereof and payment of all of the Stock Units is
deferred (a) until after the end of the fifth Plan Year which follows the
Plan Year during which such elective deferrals are initially made or (b)
until the earlier of (1) after the end of such fifth Plan Year or (2) the
Participant's termination of employment, the Participant's Stock Account
shall be credited with an additional number of Stock Units (including
fractions thereof) equal to twenty-five percent of such Stock Units
initially credited for elective deferrals under Article VI hereof.
7.4 Vesting for 25% Match.
(a) Twenty percent of the 25% Match and the Dividend Equivalents
thereon under Article VIII hereof shall vest on the last day
of the initial Plan Year during which the 25% Match is
credited. An additional twenty percent of the 25% Match and
the Dividend Equivalents thereon shall vest on the last day of
each succeeding Plan Year until one-hundred percent of the 25%
Match and the Dividend Equivalents thereon become
nonforfeitable and fully vested on the last day of fourth Plan
Year which follows the Plan Year during which the 25% Match is
credited.
(b) If a Participant's employment with the Company is terminated
for any reason other than death or Disability, the non-vested
portion of any 25% Match and the Dividend Equivalents thereon
shall be forfeited on the date of such termination and the
Participant's rights with respect to such forfeited amount
shall be null and void thereafter.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of the
Participant's death or Disability while an employee of Tandy
or any of its subsidiaries or in the event of a Change in
Control (as defined in Article XII), any 25% Match and the
Dividend Equivalents thereon credited to the Participant's
Stock Account shall become fully vested and nonforfeitable
immediately.
ARTICLE VIII
Maintenance of Stock Accounts
8.1 Dividend Equivalents. With respect to any cash dividend paid on Common
Stock, each Participant's Stock Account shall be credited (as soon as
administratively feasible after such dividend is paid) with the number
of Stock Units (including fractions thereof) equal to
(a) the product of the number of Stock Units credited to the Stock
Account on the record date for such dividend (including Stock
Units credited as of the record date) times the Dividend
Equivalent, divided by
(b) the Fair Value (for the day such dividend was paid) of a share of
Common Stock.
8.2 Change in Capitalization. In the event of a stock dividend, stock
split, merger, consolidation or other recapitalization of the Company
affecting the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the number
of Stock Units credited to a Participant's Stock Account shall be
appropriately adjusted on the same basis as specified by the Committee.
8.3 Section 16(b). Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary,
Participants who are actually or potentially subject to section 16(b)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, shall be subject to
any procedures adopted by the Committee, including without limitation
the delay of any payment from a Participant's Stock Account.
ARTICLE IX
Distributions
9.1 Filing an Election. With each Deferral Election, a Participant must
file a Payment Election that provides for the method of payment for
amounts deferred under the Deferral Election. Such Payment Election
shall be irrevocable except that if a Participant originally elects
payment in the form of a single sum, such Participant may change such
election to an election for periodic payments, provided, however, that
such Participant may elect to make this change only once, that such
periodic payments commence on the same day that the single sum would
have otherwise been paid and that such election change is filed with
the Committee before the first day of the Plan Year immediately
preceding the Plan Year in which payment of the single sum was to be
made.
9.2 Timing of Payment. With respect to (a) amounts deferred under Article V
hereof for any Plan Year and the Dividend Equivalents thereon and (b)
the 12% Match and any 25% Match credited by reason of such deferral and
the Dividend Equivalents thereon, payment of the vested portion of such
amounts credited under the Plan shall be made to the Participant in the
time and manner specified on the applicable Deferral Election.
Notwithstanding the foregoing and any payment election made by a
Participant, if a Participant's employment with the Company is
terminated for any reason prior to the Participant's 55th birthday,
then the Participant shall receive in a single sum all vested benefits
due the Participant hereunder valued as of the first business day of
February immediately following the calendar year in which his
termination of employment occurs and paid as soon as administratively
feasible after such day.
9.3 Form of Payment.
Any payment of Stock Units from a Participant's Stock Account shall be
made with a corresponding number of whole shares of Common Stock and,
if applicable, payment of any fractional Stock Units shall be made in
cash.
9.4 Stock Account Balance. Upon payment to a Participant under this Article
IX or forfeiture pursuant to section 5.4(b) or section 7.4, such
Participant's Stock Account shall be reduced by the number of Stock
Units distributed or forfeited from the Stock Account.
9.5 Death or Disability.
(a) In the event of the Participant's death, the vested balance of
such Participant's Stock Account shall be paid to the
Participant's designated beneficiary or, if no beneficiary has
been designated, to the Participant's estate in a single sum
as soon as soon as administratively feasible after the first
business day of February following the calendar year of the
Participant's death.
(b) In the event of the Participant's Disability, the vested
balance of such Participant's Stock Account shall be paid to
the Participant (or the Participant's legal representative) in
the manner prescribed by the Committee at its sole discretion.
9.6 Distribution for Unforeseeable Emergency. Notwithstanding any provision
to the contrary, in the event of an Unforeseeable Emergency a
Participant shall be entitled to early payment of all or part of the
vested balance of such Participant's Stock Account to the extent
reasonably needed to satisfy the Unforeseeable Emergency need. An
application for an early payment under this section 9.6 shall be made
in accordance with the procedures and requirements adopted by the
Committee.
9.7 Valuation of Distributions. Any distribution to be made in the form of
Common Stock shall be based on the number of Stock Units credited to
the Participant's Stock Account as of the valuation date (described
below) and, if applicable, any distribution to be made in cash because
of fractional shares shall be based on the Fair Value as of the
applicable valuation date.
(a) Valuation Date for Distributions for Unforeseeable Emergency
or Disability. If the Participant (or his beneficiary) is
entitled to a distribution under section 9.5(b) or section
9.6, then the Committee shall choose for such Participant the
valuation date (or dates) for such distribution (or
distributions) and such distribution (or distributions) shall
occur as soon as administratively feasible after such
valuation date (or dates).
(b) Change in Control. If the Participant (or his beneficiary) is
entitled to a distribution under Article XII, then the day of
the Change in Control shall be the valuation date.
(c) Valuation Date for All Other Distributions. The valuation date
for all other distributions shall be the first business day of
February of the calendar year during which such distribution
is made.
9.8 162(m) Deduction Limitation. In the event the Company would be denied a
deduction for amounts otherwise payable in any Plan Year to a
Participant under this Article IX by reason of the application of
section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the
Committee, in its sole discretion, may reduce any payment otherwise due
to such Participant (but not below zero) to the extent necessary to
avoid such application of section 162(m) and such amount not paid and
the Dividend Equivalents thereon shall be paid to the Participant in
the earliest Plan Year(s) in which payment may be made without
application of section 162(m).
ARTICLE X
Statement of Accounts
Statements shall be sent no less frequently than annually to each Participant
(or such Participant's estate, beneficiary or legal representative).
ARTICLE XI
Beneficiary Designation
Each Participant shall have the right, at any time, to designate any individual
or entity as such Participant's designated beneficiary. A beneficiary
designation shall be made, and may only be amended or revoked, by the
Participant by filing a written designation with the Committee or its designee
in accordance with the procedures adopted by the Committee. Any such beneficiary
designation shall apply to all benefits under this Plan and the Tandy
Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan.
ARTICLE XII
Change in Control
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan or in any Payment
Election, if a "Change in Control" (as defined in the Tandy Corporation 1997
Incentive Stock Plan) of the Company occurs, then (a) effective on the date of
the Change in Control, all amounts credited under the Plan shall become vested
and nonforfeitable, (b) effective on the date of the Change in Control, all
Deferral Elections shall become null and void and no more deferrals shall be
accepted under the Plan and (c) within two weeks of the date of the Change in
Control, the Committee shall pay to each Participant (or his beneficiary) in a
single sum the value of his or her Stock Account in shares of Common Stock.
ARTICLE XIII
Amendment or Termination
The Board or the Committee may amend, modify or terminate the Plan at any time
for any or no reason; provided, however, no amendment, modification or
termination shall, without the consent of the Participant, adversely affect such
Participant's right to payment from the Participant's vested balance under the
Stock Account as of the date of such amendment, modification or termination.
ARTICLE XIV
Miscellaneous
14.1 Unsecured Right. Any right to receive a payment under the Plan shall be
no greater than that of an unsecured general creditor of the Company.
No amount payable under the Plan may be assigned, transferred,
encumbered or subject to any legal process for the payment of any claim
against a Participant. No Participant shall have the right to exercise
any of the rights or privileges of a shareholder with respect to the
Stock Units credited to such Participant's Stock Account. The Committee
may, but need not, establish a grantor trust (commonly referred to as a
"rabbi trust") to hold assets of the Company that may, but need not, be
used to pay benefits hereunder.
14.2 No Right to Continued Employment. Participation in the Plan shall not
give any employee any right to remain in the employ of the Company or
any subsidiary or affiliate thereof.
14.3 Withholding. The Company shall withhold to the extent required by law
all applicable income and other taxes from amounts deferred or paid
under the Plan.
14.4 Governing Law, Jurisdiction, and Venue. The Plan shall be construed,
governed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of
Texas, without reference to rules relating to conflicts of law, except
to the extent preempted by federal law. Any action arising out of or
relating to the Plan, the Company, Participants, or any transaction
under the Plan shall be brought in state or federal courts located in
Tarrant County, Texas.
14.5 Compliance with Other Laws. The Committee may, from time to time,
impose additional restrictions upon Participants as it deems necessary,
advisable or appropriate in order to comply with applicable federal and
state securities laws, or other federal laws.
Exhibit 5
March 12, 1998
Tandy Corporation
100 Throckmorton Street
Suite 1800
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am the Vice President, Corporate Secretary and General Counsel of Tandy
Corporation (the "Company") and have assisted with the filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission'), under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), of a Registration Statement of Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement') for the purpose of registering 75,000 shares of common
stock, $1.00 par value, of the Company (the "Shares") and $5,000,000 in deferred
compensation obligations (the "Obligations"), which represent unsecured
obligations of the Company to pay deferred compensation to selected executive
employees of the Company in the future, all in accordance with the terms of the
Tandy Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan and the Tandy Corporation
Executive Deferred Stock Plan (collectively the "Plans"). In such capacity, I
have examined the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended,
the Restated By-laws of the Company, the Plans, and such other documents of the
Company as I have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of the
opinion expressed herein.
Based upon the foregoing, in my opinion, (i) the Shares, when issued by the
Company in accordance with the provisions of the Plans, will be validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable, and (ii) the Obligations will be valid and
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms,
except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other
laws of general applicability or relating to or affecting enforcement of
creditors' rights or by general equity principles.
I consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement and to the use of my name wherever appearing in the Registration
statement and any amendment thereto.
Very truly yours,
/S/ Mark C. Hill
Mark C. Hill
Vice President, Corporate Secretary and
General Counsel
Exhibit 23
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February 19, 1997, except as to the
treasury stock repurchase program described in Note 11 as to which the date is
March 3, 1997, appearing on page 29 of Tandy Corporation's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996.
Price Waterhouse LLP
Fort Worth, Texas
March 12, 1998
