Stock Ownership Guidelines
(As adopted December 2, 2010)
To more closely align the interests of the Company’s officers and directors with
the interests of the Company’s shareholders, the Company’s board of directors believes
that the Company’s named executive officers (as defined pursuant to Section 402
of Regulation S-K) and directors should own and hold common stock of the Company
in an amount determined by the multiples set forth below:
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Title
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Multiple
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Chief Executive Officer
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6 times annual base salary
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Chief Financial Officer
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2 times annual base salary
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Other Named Executive Officers
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1 times annual base salary
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Non-employee Directors
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5 times annual cash retainer
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The multiple used to calculate the ownership requirements for all non-employee directors
is based on the then current annual cash retainer payable to non-employee directors
and does not include any special retainers paid for service as the chairman of a
committee of the Board of Directors. For the avoidance of doubt, the Chairman of
the Board of Directors’ multiple will be based on the annual cash retainer payable
to him for service as the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Current officers and non-employee directors must achieve the guidelines within five
years from the implementation of such guidelines. Newly elected officers and non-employee
directors must achieve the guidelines within five years from the date of their initial
election.
Shares counted toward the ownership requirement include all shares beneficially
owned by an officer or director, as such term is defined under Rule 13d-3 under
the Exchange Act of 1934, excluding shares that would be deemed to be beneficially
owned as a result of the ownership of stock options.
To facilitate compliance with the guidelines, fifty percent of the net after-tax
profit shares acquired by the Chief Executive Officer and each Named Executive Officer
through equity compensation programs (e.g., stock option exercises, earned performance
shares and vested restricted shares) will be held until such officer satisfies the
ownership guidelines. For these purposes “net profit shares” are the shares remaining
after payment of any exercise price and taxes owed at the exercise of any option
or stock appreciation right, vesting of restricted stock or earnout of performance
shares. If the Chief Executive Officer or any of the Named Executive Officers fails
to comply with the guidelines within five years, one hundred percent of such officer’s
net after-tax profit shares acquired through equity compensation programs will be
held until such officer meets the ownership guidelines.