UNITED STATES
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR SECTION 15(d)
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers |
At its meeting on April 21, 2026, the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (“Teledyne”) took the following actions with respect to compensation paid to each of the Named Executive Officers set forth below who are identified in Teledyne’s 2026 Proxy Statement, which actions were ratified by Teledyne’s Board of Directors:
(1) Effective April 1, 2026, the annual base salary of Stephen F. Blackwood, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, was increased from $640,000 to $660,000, and starting in 2026, Mr. Blackwood will be eligible to receive a stock option grant having a fair value as of the grant date equal to 95% of base salary;
(2) Effective April 1, 2026, the annual base salary of Jason VanWees, Vice Chairman, was increased from $595,000 to $613,000; and
(3) Effective April 1, 2026, the annual base salary of Melanie S. Cibik, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary, was increased from $585,000 to $603,000, and starting in 2026, Miss Cibik will be eligible to receive a stock option grant having a fair value as of the grant date equal to 90% of base salary.
Teledyne held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on April 22, 2026. At the Annual Meeting, Teledyne’s stockholders approved the Amended and Restated Teledyne Technologies Incorporated 2014 Incentive Award Plan (the “Amended Plan”), which amends and restates Teledyne’s existing Amended and Restated 2014 Incentive Award Plan (the “First Amended Plan”). The Amended Plan was adopted by Board on January 20, 2026, subject to receiving stockholder approval at the Annual Meeting.
The Amended Plan makes the following material changes to the First Amended Plan, as well as certain other administrative, clarifying and conforming changes:
| • | Increases the number of shares available by 4,000,000 shares; |
| • | Provides that the aggregate number of shares available for issuance will be reduced by 2.45 shares (reduced from 2.93 shares under the First Amended Plan) for each share subject to an award other than a stock option or stock appreciation right (a “Full Value Award”) that is granted on or after the effective date of the Amended Plan, and that the number of shares available for issuance will be increased by 2.45 shares for each share subject to a Full Value Award granted on or after the effective date of the Amended Plan that again becomes available for grant pursuant to the terms of the Amended Plan; |
| • | Extends the term of the First Amended Plan, which otherwise would have expired on February 21, 2027, such that the Amended Plan would expire in 2036, on the 10th anniversary of its approval by Teledyne’s stockholders; |
| • | Eliminates the ability to grant performance-based cash bonuses under the Amended Plan, along with the $5,000,000 annual limit on the amount of cash payable to a participant in a calendar year pursuant to awards payable in cash, although such performance-based cash bonuses may be granted outside of the Amended Plan; |
| • | Increases the annual aggregate compensation limit for non-employee directors from $750,000 per director to $1,000,000; |
| • | Removes provisions required to grant performance awards that qualified for the now-repealed “performance-based compensation” deduction limit exception under former Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code and introduces flexibility with respect to the performance criteria that may be used for performance-based awards and the adjustments that may be made to such criteria; however, the Amended Plan maintains the same individual annual award limit on the number of award shares that may be granted to a participant in a calendar year that previously applied under the First Amended Plan; |
| • | Provides that the Board or the Personnel and Compensation Committee may delegate some or all of its authority to grant awards and take other actions under the Amended Plan to any individual or body, as permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law; |
| • | Clarifies that the vesting of awards may be accelerated upon death, disability, termination of service or in connection with a change in control, notwithstanding the Amended Plan’s general one-year minimum vesting requirement, and that such accelerated awards will not be counted against the 5% of the share reserve that is not subject to the minimum vesting requirement; |
| • | Allows for the extension of the maximum 10-year term of a stock option or stock appreciation right for up to 30 days following a period during which exercise of such option or right would have violated applicable law; and |
| • | Authorizes the allocation of fractional share interests under awards under the Amended Plan to the extent approved by the Personnel and Compensation Committee. |
The terms and conditions of the Amended Plan are described in the section entitled “Item 5 on Proxy Card - Approval of Amended and Restated Teledyne Technologies Incorporated 2014 Incentive Award Plan” (the “Incentive Award Plan Proposal”) in Teledyne’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 12, 2026 (the “Proxy Statement”). The terms and conditions of the Amended Plan herein and in the Incentive Award Plan Proposal do not purport to be a complete description of the Amended Plan, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete text of the Amended Plan, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year |
At the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Teledyne, held on April 22, 2026, the stockholders of Teledyne approved an amendment and restatement of Teledyne’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation
(the “Restated Certificate”) that would allow stockholders holding no less than 25% of the combined voting power of all outstanding voting securities of Teledyne the right to call a special meeting of stockholders, subject to the requirements and procedures set forth in the Teledyne’s Bylaws, as now or hereinafter in effect (the “Special Meeting Amendments”).
The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation also includes other minor, non-substantive revisions to the Restated Certificate, principally the integration of prior amendments into the Restated Certificate and technical and conforming changes and modernizing updates. These revisions will not have a substantive impact on the rights of stockholders of Teledyne.
On January 20, 2026, the Board has approved amendments to the Bylaws (the “Bylaw Amendments”) to establish the procedural and disclosure requirements in connection with permitting stockholders who hold, in the aggregate, at least 25% of the combined voting power of all outstanding voting securities of Teledyne to call a special meeting of stockholders. The Bylaw Amendments became effective upon approval of the Special Meeting Amendment.
The requirements set forth in Bylaw Amendments include that:
| • | The requesting stockholder(s) must follow certain procedural requirements for requesting that Teledyne set a record date to determine whether the requesting stockholder(s) meet the share ownership requirement. Requesting stockholder(s) are required to hold their shares of common stock in record name to request a record date or sign a special meeting request. |
| • | Any record date or special meeting request must set forth information regarding, (1) the business proposed to be conducted at the meeting, (2) information about any director candidate nominated and (3) information with respect to the requesting stockholder(s), including the beneficial owner(s), if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, provided that only the name, address and the number of shares held of record or beneficially held is required for any requesting stockholder who has provided the demand solely in response to a proxy solicitation made pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
| • | A special meeting request will not be valid if: |
| • | The business proposed to be conducted at the meeting is identical or substantially similar to an item of business for which a record date was previously fixed, that is delivered between the 61st day after and the one-year anniversary of such record date; |
| • | An identical or substantially similar item of business was covered at the most recent annual meeting or at a special meeting held within one year prior to the date on which the request was received; or |
| • | An identical or substantially similar item of business is to be covered at a stockholder meeting called by the Board to be held within 90 days after the request is received. |
The Special Meeting Amendment and the Bylaw Amendments are further described in the section entitled “Item 4 on Proxy Card – Amendment and restatement of our Restated Certificate of Incorporation to Adopt a Stockholder Right to Call Special Meetings” in Teledyne’s Proxy Statement. A copy of the
Restated Certificate, which has been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Report and a copy of the Sixth Amended and Restated Bylaws is attached as Exhibit 3.2 to this Report, each of which is incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Special Meeting Amendments and the Bylaw Amendments set forth above are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete text of the Restated Certificate and the Sixth Amended and Restated Bylaws.
| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
(a)-(b) The 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Teledyne was held on April 22, 2026. The actions described below were taken at the Annual Meeting, for which proxies were solicited pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
1. The two nominees proposed by the Board of Directors were elected as Class III directors for a one year term expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting by the following votes:
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For | Against | Abstain | |||||||||
| Michelle A. Kumbier |
39,321,154 | 1,313,758 | 27,672 | |||||||||
| Robert A. Malone |
39,184,633 | 1,450,701 | 27,250 | |||||||||
There were 2,765,860 broker non-votes with respect to this action.
Other continuing directors include (1) Class I directors Laura A. Black, Simon M. Lorne, Vincent J. Morales, and Wesley W. von Schack, whose terms expire at the 2027 Annual Meeting, and (2) Class II directors George C. Bobb, III, Robert Mehrabian, Jane C. Sherburne and Michael T. Smith, whose terms also expire at the 2027 Annual Meeting. As previously reported, Kenneth C. Dahlberg retired from the Board of Directors immediately prior to the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
2. A proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Teledyne’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 was approved by a vote of 42,556,251 “for” versus 839,169 “against.” There were 33,024 abstentions and no broker non-votes with respect to this action.
3. The proposal to approve the non-binding advisory resolution on Teledyne’s executive compensation was approved by a vote of 38,895,426 “for” versus 1,717,586 “against.” There were 49,572 abstentions and 2,765,860 broker non-votes with respect to this action.
4. The proposal to approve an amendment and restatement of the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to adopt a stockholder right to call special meetings of stockholders was approved by a vote of 40,612,763 “for” versus 22,255 “against.” There were 27,566 abstentions and 2,765,860 broker non-votes with respect to this action.
5. The proposal to approve the Amended and Restated Teledyne Technologies Incorporated 2014 Incentive Award Plan was approved by a vote of 37,981,611 “for” versus 2,633,622 “against.” There were 47,351 abstentions and 2,765,860 broker non-votes with respect to this action.
Item 8.01. Other Events
At its meeting on April 21, 2026, the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board re-approved standing resolutions related to non-employee director compensation under the Amended Plan, subject to approval of the Amended Plan by stockholders at the 2026 Annual Meeting. The compensation arrangements for non-employee directors set forth in the standing resolutions are identical to those currently in place under First Amended Plan. A copy of the standing resolutions of the Nominating and Governance Committee is attached as Exhibit 10.2 to this report and incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the Administrative Rules of the Amended and Restated Teledyne Technologies Incorporated 2014 Incentive Award Plan Related to Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Unit Awards and Fees, which was approved by the Board of Directors of Teledyne at its meeting on January 20, 2026, is attached as Exhibit 10.3 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit 3.1 | Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated | |
| Exhibit 3.2 | Sixth Amended and Restated Bylaws of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated | |
| Exhibit 10.1 | Amended and Restated Teledyne Technologies Incorporated 2014 Incentive Award Plan† | |
| Exhibit 10.2 | Standing resolutions of the Nominating and Governance Committee related to non-employee director compensation† | |
| Exhibit 10.3 | Administrative Rules of the Amended and Restated Teledyne Technologies Incorporated 2014 Incentive Award Plan Related to Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Unit Awards and Fees† | |
| Exhibit 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL Document) | |
| † | Denotes management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED | ||
| By: | /s/ Melanie S. Cibik | |
| Melanie S. Cibik | ||
| Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary | ||
| Dated: April 22, 2026 | ||
Exhibit 3.1
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
The name of the corporation is Teledyne Technologies Incorporated. The corporation’s original Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of the State of Delaware on August 23, 1999.
This Restated Certificate of Incorporation restates and integrates and also further amends the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation, as heretofore amended and supplemented, and was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
This Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall become effective upon filing with the Delaware Secretary of State.
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ONE: The name of the corporation is Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation”).
TWO: The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19801 and the name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.
THREE: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a Corporation may be organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
FOUR: The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is One Hundred Forty Million (140,000,000) consisting of One Hundred Twenty-Five Million (125,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par value one cent ($.01) per share (the “Common Stock”), and Fifteen Million (15,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock, par value one cent ($.01) per share (the “Preferred Stock”). The term “Voting Stock” shall hereafter refer to all shares of capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.
A. Common Stock
1. Except where otherwise provided by law, by this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, or by resolution of the Board of Directors pursuant to this Article FOUR, the holders of the Common Stock issued and outstanding shall have and possess the exclusive right to notice of stockholders’ meetings and the exclusive voting rights and powers of the capital stock.
2. Subject to any preferential rights of the Preferred Stock, dividends may be paid on the Common Stock, as and when declared by the Board of Directors, out of any funds of the Corporation legally available for the payment of such dividends.
B. Preferred Stock
The Board of Directors is authorized, subject to any limitations prescribed by law, to provide for the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock in series, and by filing a certificate pursuant to the applicable law of the State of Delaware (such certificate being hereinafter referred to as a “Preferred Stock Designation”), to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series, and to fix the designation, powers (including but not limited to voting powers, if any), preferences and rights of the shares of each such series and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof. The number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Common Stock, without a vote of the holders of the Preferred Stock, or of any series thereof, unless a vote of any such holders is required pursuant to the terms of any Preferred Stock Designation.
Attached as Exhibit A is the Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated.
FIVE: The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and for further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation and of its directors and stockholders:
A. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. In addition to the powers and authority expressly conferred upon them by statute or by this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Corporation, the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation.
B. The Board of Directors may adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation. The stockholders of the Corporation may not adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation other than by the affirmative vote of a majority of the combined voting power of all outstanding voting securities of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, voting together as a single class.
C. The directors of the Corporation need not be elected by written ballot unless the Bylaws so provide.
SIX: The Corporation reserves the right to amend and repeal any provision contained in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation in the manner from time to time prescribed by the laws of the State of Delaware. All rights herein conferred are granted subject to this reservation.
SEVEN: A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or (iv) for any transaction from which such director derived any improper personal benefit. No amendment to or repeal of this Article SEVEN 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. If the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended.
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EIGHT: A. Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or an officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section C of this Article EIGHT with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
B. Right to Advancement of Expenses. The right to indemnification conferred in Section A of this Article EIGHT shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that, if the Delaware General Corporation Law requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section B or otherwise. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in Sections A and B of this Article EIGHT shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators.
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C. Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. If a claim under Section A or B of this Article EIGHT is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty (60) days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty (20) days, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and in any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article EIGHT or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.
D. Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article EIGHT shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, the Corporation’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
E. Insurance. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
F. Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation, including any subsidiary of the Corporation, to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.
G. Amendment. Any repeal or modification of this Article EIGHT shall not change the rights of any person to indemnification with respect to any action or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.
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NINE: The following provisions are inserted for the definition, limitation and regulation of actions of the stockholders of the Corporation:
A. Action to be Taken at Stockholder Meetings Only. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such stockholders and may not be effected by the written consent of such stockholders.
B. Calling of Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders, other than those required by statute, may be called only by (i) the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution approved by a majority of the directors then in office, (ii) the Chairman of the Board, (iii) the Chief Executive Officer or (iv) by the Secretary of the Corporation, following his or her receipt of one or more written demands to call a special meeting of the stockholders from stockholders of record who hold, in the aggregate, at least 25% of the combined voting power of all outstanding voting securities of the Corporation, determined in accordance with the provisions of the Bylaws of the Corporation and who otherwise comply with such other requirements and procedures set forth in the Bylaws of the Corporation, as now or hereinafter in effect. The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any previously scheduled special meeting.
Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (b) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice as provided in this Article NINE, Section B, who shall be entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Article NINE, Section B. Nominations by stockholders of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at such a special meeting of stockholders if the stockholder’s notice required by Article NINE, Section C shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the ninetieth day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the seventy-fifth day prior to such special meeting or the tenth day following the day on which a public announcement (as defined in subparagraph (e) of Article NINE, Section C) is first made of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting.
C. Notice of Nominations and Action to be Taken at an Annual Meeting. (a) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the proposal of business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders (i) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting, (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (iii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of the notice provided for in this Article NINE, Section C who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Article NINE, Section C.
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(b) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of paragraph (a) of this Article NINE, Section C, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and such business must be a proper matter for stockholder action under the Delaware General Corporation Law. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than seventy-five days nor more than ninety days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than thirty days or delayed by more than sixty days from such anniversary date, or in the case of the first annual meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders after the Corporation becomes subject to the reporting requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the ninetieth day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the sixtieth day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth (i) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); (ii) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any financial or other interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (iii) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, (1) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner and (2) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph (b) of this Article NINE, Section C to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Corporation is increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the Corporation at least eighty-five days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this Article NINE, Section C shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.
(d) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article NINE, Section C shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at an annual meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article NINE, Section C. The presiding officer of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article NINE, Section C and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this Article NINE, Section C, to declare that such defective proposed business or nomination shall be disregarded.
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(e) For purposes of this Article NINE, Section C, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or a comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article NINE, Section C, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Article NINE, Section C. Nothing in this Article NINE, Section C shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
(g) The Bylaws of the Corporation may contain additional provisions not inconsistent with this Article NINE, Section C regarding nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the proposal of business to be transacted by the stockholders. Without limiting the category of such provisions which would not be inconsistent with this Article NINE, Section C, a provision in the Bylaws of the Corporation which sets forth additional information which must be provided by a stockholder in the notice required by this Article NINE, Section C shall not be deemed to be so inconsistent.
D. Voting. The stockholders shall not have the right to cumulate their votes in the election of directors.
TEN: (A) Except as otherwise fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article FOUR hereof relating to the rights of the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Board of Directors. Each director serving as a director immediately following the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, unless he or she may be elected by the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation, shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which he or she has been elected, and until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify, subject, however, to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, or removal from office. At the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the successors to the class of directors whose terms expire at that meeting shall be elected for a three-year term expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. At the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the successors to the class of directors whose terms expire at that meeting shall be elected for a two-year term expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. At the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the successors to the class of directors whose terms expire at that meeting shall be elected for a one-year term expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. At the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and at each meeting of stockholders thereafter, each director shall be elected for a one-year term expiring at the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Each director shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which he or she is elected, and until his or her successor shall have been elected and shall qualify, subject, however, to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, or removal from office.
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(B) Except as otherwise fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article FOUR hereof relating to the rights of the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation to elect directors:
(a) In case of any increase in the number of directors, the additional director or directors, and in case of any vacancy in the Board of Directors due to death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other reason, the successors to fill the vacancies, shall be elected only by a majority of the directors then in office, even though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director and not by the stockholders, unless otherwise provided by law or by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole Board of Directors.
(b) Directors appointed in the manner provided in paragraph (a) to newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause shall hold office for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of stockholders at which their term expires.
(c) No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.
(C) Except as otherwise fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article FOUR hereof relating to the rights of the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation to elect directors, any director or directors may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the combined voting power of all outstanding voting securities of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, voting together as a single class.
ELEVEN: In addition to any other considerations which the Board of Directors, any committee thereof or any individual director lawfully may take into account in determining whether to take or refrain from taking corporate action on any matter, including making or declining to make any recommendations to the stockholders of the Corporation, the Board of Directors, any committee thereof or any individual director may in its, his or her discretion consider the long term as well as the short term best interests of the Corporation (including the possibility that these interests may best be served by the continued independence of the Corporation), taking into account and weighing as deemed appropriate the effects of such action on employees, suppliers, distributors and customers of the Corporation and its subsidiaries and the effect upon communities in which the offices or facilities of the Corporation and its subsidiaries are located and any other factors considered pertinent. This Article ELEVEN shall be deemed to grant discretionary authority to the Board of Directors, any committee thereof and each individual director, and shall not be deemed to provide to any specific constituency any right to be considered.
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TWELVE: In addition to the requirements of (i) law and (ii) the other provisions of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the affirmative vote of a majority of the combined voting power of all outstanding voting securities of the Corporation entitled to vote on the matter, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the adoption or authorization of a Fundamental Change.
As used in this Article TWELVE, “Fundamental Change” shall mean (1) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into any other corporation, (2) any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition, but excluding a mortgage or any other security device, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, (3) any merger or consolidation of a Significant Shareholder with or into the Corporation or a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Corporation, (4) any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition to the Corporation or to a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Corporation of any Common Stock of the Corporation held by a Significant Shareholder or any other assets of a Significant Shareholder which, if included with all other dispositions consummated during the same fiscal year of the Corporation by the same Significant Shareholder, would result in dispositions of assets having an aggregate fair value in excess of five percent of the total consolidated assets of the Corporation as shown on its certified balance sheet as of the end of the fiscal year preceding the proposed disposition, (5) any reclassification of Common Stock of the Corporation, or any recapitalization involving Common Stock of the Corporation, consummated within five years after a Significant Shareholder becomes a Significant Shareholder, whereby the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is reduced or any of such shares are converted into or exchanged for cash or other securities, (6) any dissolution and (7) any agreement, contract or other arrangement providing for any of the transactions described in this definition of Fundamental Change but, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Fundamental Change shall not include any merger pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended from time to time, which does not require a vote of the Corporation’s stockholders for approval.
As used in this Article TWELVE, “Significant Shareholder” shall mean any person who or which beneficially owns a number of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation, whether or not such number includes shares not then outstanding or entitled to vote, which exceeds a number equal to fifteen percent of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, any and all affiliates of such person and any and all associates and family members of such person or any such affiliate.
THIRTEEN: Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or any provision of law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, but in addition to any affirmative vote of the holders of any particular class or series of Voting Stock required by law or this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the combined voting power of all outstanding voting securities of the Corporation entitled to vote on the matter, voting together as a single class, shall be required to alter, amend, supplement or repeal, or to adopt any provision inconsistent with the purpose or intent of, paragraph B of Article FIVE and Articles SEVEN, NINE, TEN, ELEVEN, TWELVE or THIRTEEN; provided, however, that no amendment of Article TWELVE shall apply to any person who is a Significant Shareholder at the time of the adoption of such amendment.
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FOURTEEN: No officer of the Company shall have any personal liability to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as an officer except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”), as the same exists or hereafter may be amended. Any amendment, repeal or modification of this Article, or the adoption of any provision of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article, shall not adversely affect any right or protection of an officer of the Corporation with respect to act of omission occurring prior to such amendment, repeal, modification or adoption. If the DGCL is amended after the approval of this Article by the stockholders to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of officers, then the liability of an officer of the corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as so amended.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the corporation has caused this Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed by the undersigned duly authorized officer on April 22, 2026.
| TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED | ||
| By: | /s/ George C. Bobb III | |
| Name: |
George C. Bobb III | |
| Title: |
President and Chief Executive Officer | |
Attached hereto:
Exhibit A - Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated
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Exhibit A
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS
of
SERIES A JUNIOR PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK
of
TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
(Pursuant to Section 151 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law)
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that the following resolution was adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as required by Section 151 of the General Corporation Law at a meeting duly called and held on November 12, 1999.
RESOLVED, that, pursuant to the authority granted to and vested in the Board of Directors of this Corporation (hereinafter called the “Board of Directors” or the “Board”) in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors hereby creates a series of Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), of the Corporation and hereby states the designation and number of shares and fixes the relative rights, preferences, and limitations thereof as follows:
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION AND AMOUNT. The shares of such series shall be designated as “Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock” (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) and the number of shares constituting the Series A Preferred Stock shall be 1,250,000. Such number of shares may be increased or decreased by resolution of the Board of Directors; provided, that no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to a number less than the number of shares then outstanding plus the number of shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options, rights or warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of any outstanding securities issued by the Corporation convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
SECTION 2. DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS.
(A) Subject to the rights of the holders of any shares of any series of Preferred Stock (or any similar stock) ranking prior and superior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, in preference to the holders of shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Corporation and of any other junior stock, shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the first 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
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greater of (a) $1 or (b) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 100 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends and 100 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 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. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the amount to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
(B) The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (A) of this Section 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 $1 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, 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.
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SECTION 3. VOTING RIGHTS. The holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights:
(A) Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to 100 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the number of votes per share to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
(B) Except as otherwise provided herein, in any other Certificate of Designations creating a series of Preferred Stock or any similar stock, or by law, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock and any other capital stock of the Corporation having general voting rights 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 provided by law, holders of Series A 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 the Common Stock as set forth herein) 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 (as to dividends) 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 (as to dividends) 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 and in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then entitled;
(iii) redeem, 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; or
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(iv) redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of Series A Preferred Stock or any shares of stock ranking on a parity 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 and unissued shares of Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein, in the Certificate of Incorporation or in any other Certificate of Designations creating a series of Preferred Stock or any similar stock or otherwise required by law.
SECTION 6. LIQUIDATION, DISSOLUTION OR WINDING UP. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, no distribution shall be made (1) to the holders of shares of stock ranking junior (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 $100 per share, plus an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment; provided, that the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive an aggregate amount per share, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 100 times the aggregate amount to be distributed per share to holders of shares of Common Stock, or (2) to the holders of shares of stock ranking on a parity (upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Preferred Stock, except distributions made ratably on the Series A Preferred Stock and all such parity stock in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are entitled upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the aggregate amount to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under the proviso in clause (1) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
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SECTION 7. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, ETC. In case the Corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which 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 each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed into an amount per share, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 100 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. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the amount set forth in the preceding sentence with respect to the exchange or change of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
SECTION 8. NO REDEMPTION. The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable.
SECTION 9. RANK. The Series A Preferred Stock shall rank, with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets, junior to all other series of the Preferred Stock.
SECTION 10. AMENDMENT. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation shall not be amended in any manner which would materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Designations is executed on behalf of the Corporation by the undersigned duly authorized officer this 29th day of November, 1999.
| /s/ Robert Mehrabian |
| President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Exhibit 3.2
SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
ADOPTED: NOVEMBER 29, 1999
FIRST AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT: JULY 22, 2014
SECOND AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT: JANUARY 2, 2021
THIRD AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT: AUGUST 27, 2021
FOURTH AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT: DECEMBER 20, 2022
FIFTH AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT: APRIL 24, 2024
SIXTH AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT: April 22, 2026
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Page | ||||||
| ARTICLE I OFFICES | 1 | |||||
| Section 1. | Registered Office |
1 | ||||
| Section 2. | Other Offices |
1 | ||||
| ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS | 1 | |||||
| Section 1. | Place of Meetings |
1 | ||||
| Section 2. | Annual Meeting |
1 | ||||
| Section 3. | Special Meetings |
1 | ||||
| Section 4. | Notice of Meetings |
5 | ||||
| Section 5. | Quorum; Adjournment |
5 | ||||
| Section 6. | Proxies and Voting |
5 | ||||
| Section 7. | Stock List |
6 | ||||
| Section 8. | Notice of Stockholder Business |
6 | ||||
| Section 9. | Notice of Nomination for Election to the Board of Directors |
10 | ||||
| Section 10. | Additional Requirements for Valid Nomination of Candidates to Serve as Director and, if Elected, to be Seated as Directors |
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| Section 11. | Proxy Access |
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| ARTICLE III BOARD OF DIRECTORS | 23 | |||||
| Section 1. | Duties and Powers |
23 | ||||
| Section 2. | Number and Term of Office |
23 | ||||
| Section 3. | Vacancies |
22 | ||||
| Section 4. | Meetings |
25 | ||||
| Section 5. | Quorum |
25 | ||||
| Section 6. | Actions of Board Without a Meeting |
26 | ||||
| Section 7. | Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone |
26 | ||||
| Section 8. | Committees |
26 | ||||
| Section 9. | Compensation |
26 | ||||
| Section 10. | Removal |
26 | ||||
| ARTICLE IV OFFICERS | 27 | |||||
| Section 1. | General |
27 | ||||
| Section 2. | Election; Term of Office |
27 | ||||
| Section 3. | Chairman of the Board |
27 | ||||
| Section 4. | Chief Executive Officer |
27 | ||||
| Section 5. | President |
27 | ||||
| Section 6. | Vice President |
28 | ||||
| Section 7. | Secretary |
28 | ||||
| Section 8. | Assistant Secretaries |
28 | ||||
| Section 9. | Treasurer |
28 | ||||
| Section 10. |
Assistant Treasurers | 29 | ||||
| Section 11. |
Other Officers | 29 | ||||
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| ARTICLE V STOCK |
29 | |||||
| Section 1. |
Form of Certificates; Uncertificated Shares | 29 | ||||
| Section 2. |
Signatures | 29 | ||||
| Section 3. |
Lost Certificates | 29 | ||||
| Section 4. |
Transfers | 30 | ||||
| Section 5. |
Record Date | 30 | ||||
| Section 6. |
Beneficial Owners | 30 | ||||
| Section 7. |
Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation | 30 | ||||
| ARTICLE VI NOTICES |
30 | |||||
| Section 1. |
Notices | 30 | ||||
| Section 2. |
Waiver of Notice | 31 | ||||
| ARTICLE VII GENERAL PROVISIONS |
32 | |||||
| Section 1. |
Dividends | 32 | ||||
| Section 2. |
Disbursements | 32 | ||||
| Section 3. |
Corporation Seal | 32 | ||||
| ARTICLE VIII FORUM FOR ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES |
32 | |||||
| ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS |
33 | |||||
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SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
(hereinafter called the “Corporation”)
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware.
Section 2. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may determine from time to time.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors or for any other purpose shall be held at such time and place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or the officer of the Corporation calling the meeting as authorized by the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation and stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. The Board of Directors, may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as authorized by Section 211(a)(2) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Section 2. Annual Meeting. Each Annual Meeting of Stockholders shall be held on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. At an Annual Meeting, the stockholders shall elect directors, and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.
Section 3. Special Meetings.
(A) Unless otherwise required by law or the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, as the same may be amended, restated or supplemented from time to time, special meetings of the stockholders, other than those required by statute, may be called only by (i) the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution approved by a majority of the directors then in office, (ii) the Chairman of the Board, (iii) the Chief Executive Officer or (iv) by the Secretary of the Corporation, following his or her receipt of one or more written demands to call a special meeting of the stockholders, in accordance with, and subject to, this Section 3 of Article II from
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stockholders of record who hold, in the aggregate, at least 25% of the combined voting power of all outstanding voting securities of the Corporation. The notice of a special meeting shall state the purpose or purposes of the special meeting, and the business to be conducted at the special meeting shall be limited to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice. Except in accordance with this Section 3 of Article II, stockholders shall not be permitted to propose business to be brought before a special meeting of the stockholders. Stockholders who nominate persons for election to the board of directors at a special meeting must also comply with the requirements set forth in Section 9 and Section 10 of Article II.
(B) No stockholder may demand that the Secretary of the Corporation call a special meeting of the stockholders pursuant to this Section 3 of Article II unless a stockholder of record has first submitted a request in writing that the Board of Directors fix a record date (a “Demand Record Date”) for the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to demand that the Secretary of the Corporation call such special meeting, which request shall be in proper form and delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation.
(C) To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 3 of Article II, a request by a stockholder for the Board of Directors to fix a Demand Record Date shall set forth:
(1) As to each Requesting Person (as defined below), the Stockholder Information (as defined in clause (C)(1) of Section 8 of Article II, except that for purposes of this Section 3 of Article II, the term “Requesting Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in clause (C) of Section 8 of Article II);
(2) As to each Requesting Person, any Disclosable Interests (as defined in clause (C)(2) of Section 8 of Article II except that for purposes of this Section 3 of Article II the term “Requesting Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in clause (C) of Section 8 of Article II; and the disclosure in clause (3) of Section 8(C) of Article II shall be made with respect to the business proposed to be conducted at the special meeting or the proposed election of directors at the special meeting, as the case may be);
(3) As to each item of business that the Requesting Person proposes to bring before the special meeting, (A) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the special meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the special meeting and any material interest in such business of each Requesting Person, (B) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration), and (C) a reasonably detailed description of all agreements, arrangements, discussions and understandings (x) between or among any of the Requesting Persons or (y) between or among any Requesting Person and any other record or beneficial holder(s) or person(s) who have a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future of the shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder, and (D) any other information relating to such item of business that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (as so amended and inclusive of such rules and regulations, the “Exchange Act”); provided, however, that the disclosures required by this paragraph (3) shall not include any disclosures with respect to any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who is a Requesting Person solely as a result of being the stockholder directed to prepare and submit the notice required by these Bylaws on behalf of a beneficial owner; and
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(4) If directors are proposed to be elected at the special meeting, the nominee information for each person whom a Requesting Person expects to nominate for election as a director at the special meeting as set forth in Section 9 of Article II.
For purposes of this Section 3 of Article II, the term “Requesting Person” shall mean (i) the stockholder making the request to fix a Demand Record Date for the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to demand that the Secretary of the Corporation call a special meeting, (ii) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf such request is made and (iii) any affiliate of such stockholder or beneficial owner.
(D) The Board of Directors may request that any Requesting Person furnish such additional information as may be reasonably required by the Board of Directors. Such Requesting Person shall provide such additional information within ten (10) days after it has been requested by the Board of Directors.
(E) Within ten (10) days after receipt of a request to fix a Demand Record Date in proper form and otherwise in compliance with this Section 3 of Article II from any stockholder of record, the Board of Directors may adopt a resolution fixing a Demand Record Date for the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to demand that the Secretary of the Corporation call a special meeting, which date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the Demand Record Date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no resolution fixing a Demand Record Date has been adopted by the Board of Directors within the ten (10) day period after the date on which such a request to fix a Demand Record Date was received, the Demand Record Date in respect thereof shall be deemed to be the twentieth (20th) day after the date on which such a request is received. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3 of Article II to the contrary, no Demand Record Date shall be fixed if the Board of Directors determines that the demand or demands that would otherwise be submitted following such Demand Record Date could not comply with the requirements set forth in this Section 3 of Article II.
(F) Without qualification, a special meeting of the stockholders shall not be called pursuant to this Section 3 of Article II unless stockholders of record as of the Demand Record Date who hold, in aggregate, at least 25% percent of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation (the “Requisite Percentage”) timely provide one or more demands to call such special meeting in writing and in proper form to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation. Only stockholders of record on the Demand Record Date shall be entitled to demand that the Secretary of the Corporation call a special meeting of the stockholders pursuant to this Section 3 of Article II. To be timely, a stockholder’s demand to call a special meeting must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the sixtieth (60th) day following the Demand Record Date. To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 3 of Article II, a demand to call a special meeting shall set forth (i) the business proposed to be conducted at the special meeting or the proposed election of directors at the special meeting, as the case may be,
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(ii) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration), if applicable, and (iii) with respect to any stockholder or stockholders submitting a demand to call a special meeting (except for any stockholder that has provided such demand in response to a solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act by way of a solicitation statement filed on Schedule 14A (a “Solicited Stockholder”)) the information required to be provided pursuant to this Section 3 of Article II of a Requesting Person. A stockholder may revoke a demand to call a special meeting by written revocation delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at any time prior to the special meeting. If any such revocation(s) are received by the Secretary after the Secretary’s receipt of written demands from the holders of the Requisite Percentage, and as a result of such revocation(s), there no longer are unrevoked demands from the Requisite Percentage to call a special meeting, the Board of Directors shall have the discretion to determine whether or not to proceed with the special meeting.
(G) The Secretary of the Corporation shall not accept, and shall consider ineffective, a written demand from a stockholder to call a special meeting (i) that does not comply with this Section 3 of Article II, (ii) that relates to an item of business to be transacted at such meeting that is not a proper subject for stockholder action under applicable law, (iii) that includes an item of business to be transacted at such meeting that did not appear on the written request that resulted in the determination of the Demand Record Date, (iv) that relates to an item of business (other than the election of directors) that is identical or substantially similar to an item of business (a “Similar Item”) for which a record date for notice of a stockholder meeting (other than the Demand Record Date) was previously fixed and such demand is delivered between the time beginning on the sixty-first (61st) day after such previous record date and ending on the one-year anniversary of such previous record date, (v) if a Similar Item will be submitted for stockholder approval at any stockholder meeting to be held on or before the ninetieth (90th) day after the Secretary receives such demand, or (vi) if a Similar Item has been presented at the most recent annual meeting or at any special meeting held within one year prior to receipt by the Secretary of such demand to call a special meeting.
(H) After receipt of demands in proper form and in accordance with this Section 3 of Article II from a stockholder or stockholders holding the Requisite Percentage, the Board of Directors shall duly call, and determine the place, if any, date and time of, a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose or purposes and to conduct the business specified in the demands received by the Corporation. Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, the Board of Directors may submit its own proposal or proposals for consideration at such special meeting. The Board of Directors shall provide written notice of such special meeting to the stockholders in accordance with Section 4 of this Article II.
(I) Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, the Secretary shall not be required to call a special meeting pursuant to this Section 3 of Article II except in accordance with this Section 3 of Article II. If the Board of Directors shall determine that any request to fix a record date for the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to demand that the Secretary of the Corporation call a special meeting or demand to call and hold a special meeting was not properly made in accordance with this Section 3 of Article II, or shall determine that the stockholder or stockholders requesting that the Board of Directors fix such record date or submitting a demand to call the special meeting have not otherwise complied with this Section 3
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of Article II, then the Board of Directors shall not be required to fix such record date or to call and hold the special meeting. Furthermore, if none of the Requesting Persons appear or send a duly authorized agent to present the business to be presented for consideration specified in their special meeting request, the Corporation need not present such business for a vote at the special meeting, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such matter may have been received by the Corporation. In addition to the requirements of this Section 3 of Article II, each Requesting Person shall comply with all requirements of applicable law, including all requirements of the Exchange Act, with respect to any request to fix a record date for the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to demand that the Secretary of the Corporation call a special meeting.
Section 4. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of the place, date, and time of each meeting of the stockholders shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date on which the meeting is to be held, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, except as otherwise provided herein or as required from time to time by the Delaware General Corporation Law or the Certificate of Incorporation. The notice of a special meeting shall also state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.
Section 5. Quorum; Adjournment. At any meeting of the stockholders, the holders of a majority of all of the shares of the stock entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for all purposes, unless or except to the extent that the presence of a larger number may be required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation. If a quorum shall fail to attend any meeting, the chairperson of the meeting or the holders of a majority of the shares of stock entitled to vote who are present, in person or by proxy, may adjourn the meeting to another place, date, or time until a quorum shall be present or represented.
When a meeting is adjourned to another place, date or time, written notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the place, date and time thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken or are provided in any other manner permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law; provided, however, that if the date of any adjourned meeting is more than thirty (30) days after the date for which the meeting was originally noticed, or if a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, written notice of the place, date, and time of the adjourned meeting shall be given in conformity herewith. At any adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting.
The chairperson of any meeting of stockholders shall determine the order of business and the procedure at the meeting, including such regulation of the manner of voting and the conduct of discussion as seem to him or her in order. The chairperson shall have the power to adjourn the meeting to another place, if any, date and time.
Section 6. Proxies and Voting. At any meeting of the stockholders, every stockholder entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy, authorized by an instrument in writing or in such manner as may be prescribed by law, including the Delaware General Corporation Law and Rule 14a-19 promulgated under the Exchange Act, filed in accordance with the procedure established for the meeting. A proxy may be in the form of an electronic transmission which sets forth or is submitted with information from which it can be determined that the transmission was authorized by the stockholder. Any stockholder directly or indirectly soliciting proxies from other stockholders must use a proxy card color other than white, which shall be reserved for the exclusive use of the Board of Directors.
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Each stockholder shall have one vote for every share of stock entitled to vote which is registered in his name on the record date for the meeting, except as otherwise provided herein or required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation.
All voting, including on the election of directors but excepting where otherwise provided herein or required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, may be by a voice vote; provided, however, that upon demand therefor by a stockholder entitled to vote or such stockholder’s proxy, or at the discretion of the chairperson of the meeting, a stock vote shall be taken. Every stock vote shall be taken by ballots, each of which shall state the name of the stockholder or proxy voting and such other information as may be required under the procedure established for the meeting. Every vote taken by ballots shall be counted by an inspector or inspectors appointed by the Board of Directors or the chairperson of the meeting.
Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation and except as set forth in Article III, all matters shall be determined by a majority of the votes cast. For purposes of these Bylaws, a vote characterized as an abstention shall not count as a vote “cast.”
Section 7. Stock List. A complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders, arranged in alphabetical order for each class of stock and showing the address of each such stockholder and the number of shares registered in such stockholder’s name, shall be open to the examination of any such stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours for a period of at least ten (10) days ending on the date before the meeting date, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held.
This list shall presumptively determine the identity of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and the number of shares held by each of them.
Section 8. Notice of Stockholder Business.
(A) At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. Business shall be properly brought before the meeting only if it complies with this Section 8 of Article II and Article NINE, Section C of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation. Article NINE, Section C of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation states that the Bylaws may contain additional provisions regarding nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business to be transacted by the Stockholders. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be (i) specified in a notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (ii) if not specified in a notice of meeting, otherwise brought before the meeting by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder present in person who (A) (1) was a record owner of shares of the Corporation both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 8 of Article II and at the time of the meeting, (2) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (3) has
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complied with this Section 8 of Article II in all applicable respects or (B) properly made such proposal in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act. The foregoing clause (iii) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to propose business to be brought before an annual meeting of the stockholders. For purposes of this Section 8 and the following Section 9 of Article II, “present in person” shall mean that the stockholder proposing that the business be brought before the annual meeting of the Corporation, or, if the proposing stockholder is not an individual, a qualified representative of such proposing stockholder, appear at such meeting. A “qualified representative” of such proposing stockholder shall be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or any other person authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders. Stockholders seeking to nominate persons for election to the Board of Directors must comply with the requirements set forth in Article NINE, Section C of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation and Section 9 and Section 10 of Article II, and this Section 8 of Article II shall not be applicable to nominations except as expressly provided in Sections 9 and 10 of Article II; provided, however, that terms defined in this Section 8 and used in Sections 9 and 10 of Article II shall have the meaning defined in this Section 8 of Article II unless otherwise provided.
(B) Without qualification, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must (1) provide timely notice, as set forth in Article NINE, Section C of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary and (2) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 8 of Article II.
(C) To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 8 of Article II, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary pursuant to this Section 8 of Article II shall be required to meet the requirements of Article NINE, Section C of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation and shall be required to set forth:
(1) As to each Proposing Person (as defined below), (a) the name and address of such Proposing Person (including, if applicable, the name and address that appear on the Corporation’s books and records) and (b) the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned of record or beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) by such Proposing Person, except that such Proposing Person in all events shall be deemed to beneficially own any shares of any class or series of the Corporation as to which such Proposing Person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) are referred to as “Stockholder Information”);
(2) As to each Proposing Person, (a) the full notional amount of any securities that, directly or indirectly, underlie any “derivative security” (as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1(c) under the Exchange Act) that constitutes a “call equivalent position” (as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1(b) under the Exchange Act) (“Synthetic Equity Position”) and that is, directly or indirectly, held or maintained by such Proposing Person, with respect to any shares of any class or series of shares of the Corporation; provided that, for the purposes of the definition
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of “Synthetic Equity Position,” the term “derivative security” shall also include any security or instrument that would not otherwise constitute a “derivative security” as a result of any feature that would make any conversion, exercise or similar right or privilege of such security or instrument becoming determinable only at some future date or upon the happening of a future occurrence, in which case the determination of the amount of securities into which such security or instrument would be convertible or exercisable shall be made assuming that such security or instrument is immediately convertible or exercisable at the time of such determination; and, provided, further, that any Proposing Person satisfying the requirements of Rule 13d-1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act (other than a Proposing Person that so satisfies Rule 13d-1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act solely by reason of Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E)) shall not be deemed to hold or maintain the notional amount of any securities that underlie a Synthetic Equity Position held by such Proposing Person as a hedge with respect to a bona fide derivatives trade or position of such Proposing Person arising in the ordinary course of such Proposing Person’s business as a derivatives dealer, (b) any rights to dividends on the shares of any class or series of shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such Proposing Person that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (c) any material pending or threatened legal proceeding in which such Proposing Person is a party or material participant involving the Corporation or any of its officers or directors, or any affiliate of the Corporation, (d) any other material relationship between such Proposing Person, on the one hand, and the Corporation, any affiliate of the Corporation, on the other hand, (e) any direct or indirect material interest in any material contract or agreement of such Proposing Person with the Corporation, any affiliate of the Corporation or any principal competitor of the Corporation (including, in any such case, any employment agreement, collective bargaining agreement or consulting agreement) (f) a representation that such Proposing Person intends or is part of a group which intends to deliver a proxy statement or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or otherwise solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal and (g) any other information relating to such Proposing Person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies or consents by such Proposing Person in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (a) through (g) are referred to as “Disclosable Interests”); provided, however, that Disclosable Interests shall not include any such disclosures with respect to the ordinary course business activities of any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who is a Proposing Person solely as a result of being the stockholder directed to prepare and submit the notice required by these Bylaws on behalf of a beneficial owner; and
(3) As to each item of business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting, (a) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting and any material interest in such business of each Proposing Person, (b) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment), (c) a reasonably detailed description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings (x) between or among any of the Proposing Persons or (y) between or among any Proposing Person and any other record or beneficial holder(s) or person(s) who have a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future of the shares of any class or series of the Corporation or any other person
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or entity (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder and (d) any other information relating to such item of business that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that the disclosures required by this paragraph (3) shall not include any disclosures with respect to any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who is a Proposing Person solely as a result of being the stockholder directed to prepare and submit the notice required by these Bylaws on behalf of a beneficial owner.
(D) A Proposing Person shall update and supplement its notice to the Corporation of its intent to propose business at an annual or special meeting, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 8 of Article II shall be true and correct as of the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of such record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting, if practicable, or any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). For the avoidance of doubt, the obligation to update and supplement as set forth in this paragraph or any other Section of these Bylaws shall not limit the Corporation’s rights with respect to any deficiencies in any notice provided by a stockholder, extend any applicable deadlines hereunder or enable or be deemed to permit a stockholder who has previously submitted notice hereunder to amend or update any proposal or to submit any new proposal, including by changing or adding matters, business or resolutions proposed to be brought before a meeting of the stockholders.
(E) Notwithstanding anything in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an annual meeting that is not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 8 of Article II and Article NINE, Section C of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation. The chairperson of the annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine that the business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 8 of Article II and Article NINE, Section C of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.
(F) Other than with respect to clause (A)(2) of this Section 8 of Article II, this Section 8 of Article II is expressly intended to apply to any business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting of stockholders other than any proposal made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act and included in the Corporation’s proxy statement. In addition to the requirements of this Section 8 of Article II with respect to any business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting, each Proposing Person shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to any such business. This Section 8 of Article II shall not be deemed to affect the rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
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(G) For purposes of this Section 8 of Article II, the term “Proposing Person” shall mean (i) the stockholder providing the notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting, (ii) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the business proposed to be brought before the annual meeting is made and (iii) any participant (as defined in paragraphs (a)(ii)-(vi) of Instruction 3 to Item 4 of Schedule 14A) with such stockholder in such solicitation or associate (within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act for purposes of these Bylaws) of such stockholder or beneficial owner.
(H) For purposes of these Bylaws, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
Section 9. Notice of Nomination for Election to the Board of Directors.
(A) Nominations of any person for election to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting or at a special meeting (but only if the election of directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling such special meeting) may be made at such meeting only as set forth in Article NINE, Section C of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, as supplemented by this Section 9 of Article II of the Bylaws. Article NINE, Section C of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation states that the Bylaws may contain additional provisions regarding nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business to be transacted by the Stockholders. Such Nominations may be made (1) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, including by any committee or persons authorized to do so by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws, or (2) by a stockholder present in person (a)(i) who was a beneficial owner of shares of the Corporation both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 9 of Article II and at the time of the meeting, (ii) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (iii) has complied with this Section 9 or the following Section 10 of Article II as to such notice and nomination or (b) pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 14a-11, and, in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b) above, pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 14a-19. The foregoing clause (2) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to propose any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board of Directors to be considered by the stockholders at an annual meeting or special meeting. For purposes of this Section 9 of Article II, “present in person” shall mean that the stockholder nominating any person for election to the Board of Directors at the meeting of the Corporation, or a qualified representative of such stockholder, appear at such meeting. A “qualified representative” of such proposing stockholder shall be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or any other person authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders. The foregoing clause (ii) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting or special meeting.
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(B) (1) Without qualification, for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting or special meeting in lieu of an annual meeting (whether such nomination is made pursuant to Rule 14a-11 or otherwise), the stockholder must provide timely notice thereof in writing and in proper form as set forth in Article NINE, Section C of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation.
(2) Without qualification, if the election of directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling a special meeting, then for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board of Directors at a special meeting (other than a nomination pursuant to Rule 14a-11 with respect to a special meeting in lieu of an annual meeting), the stockholder must (i) provide timely notice thereof in writing and in proper form as set forth in Article NINE, Section C of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, to the Secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation, (ii) provide the information with respect to such stockholder and its candidate for nomination as required by this Section 9 and the following Section 10 of Article II and (iii) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 9 of Article II.
(3) In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or special meeting or the public announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described in the Certificate of Incorporation.
(C) To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 9, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary pursuant to this Section 9 shall be required to meet the requirements of Article NINE, Section C of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation and shall be required to set forth:
(1) As to each Nominating Person (as defined below), the Stockholder Information (as defined in Provision(C)(1) of Section 8 of Article II, except that for purposes of this Section 9 of Article II the term “Nominating Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in clause (C)(1) of Section 8 of Article II);
(2) As to each Nominating Person, any Disclosable Interests (as defined in clause (C)(2) of Section 8 of Article II), except that for purposes of this Section 9 of Article II the term “Nominating Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in clause (C) of Section 8 of Article II and the disclosure with respect to the business to be brought before the meeting in Section clause (C)(2) of Section 8 of Article II shall be made with respect to the election of directors at the meeting;
(3) As to each Nominating Person, a representation that such Proposing Person intends or is part of a group which intends (i) to deliver a proxy statement or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to elect any nominee as Director and (ii) solicit proxies from holders of shares representing at least 67% of the voting power entitled to vote on the election of directors in support of director nominees other than nominees of the Board of Directors in accordance with Rule 14a-19; and
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(4) As to each person whom a Nominating Person proposes to nominate for election as a director, (a) all information with respect to such candidate for nomination that would be required to be set forth in a stockholder’s notice pursuant to this Section 9 and the following Section 10 of Article II if such candidate for nomination were a Nominating Person, (b) all information relating to such candidate for nomination that is required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14(a) under the Exchange Act (including such candidate’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement and accompanying proxy card relating to the Corporation’s next meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected as a nominee and to serving as a director for a full term if elected), (c) a description of any direct or indirect material interest in any material contract or agreement between or among any Nominating Person, on the one hand, and each candidate for nomination or his or her respective associates or any other participants in such solicitation, on the other hand, including, without limitation, all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 under Regulation S-K if such Nominating Person were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the candidate for nomination were a director or executive officer of such registrant, and (d) a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement as provided in clause (A) of Section 10 of Article II.
For purposes of this Section 9 of Article II, the term “Nominating Person” shall mean (i) the stockholder providing the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting, (ii) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting is made and (iii) any associate of such stockholder or beneficial owner or any other participant in such solicitation.
(D) A stockholder providing notice of any nomination (other than pursuant to Rule 14a-11) proposed to be made at a meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 9 of Article II shall be true and correct as of the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of such record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). For the avoidance of doubt, the obligation to update and supplement as set forth in this paragraph or any other Section of these Bylaws shall not limit the Corporation’s rights with respect to any deficiencies in any notice provided by a stockholder, extend any applicable deadlines hereunder or enable or be deemed to permit a stockholder who has previously submitted notice hereunder to amend or update any nomination or to submit any new nomination.
(E) In addition to the requirements of this Section 9 of Article II with respect to any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting, each Nominating Person shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to any such nominations. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 9 of Article II, unless otherwise required by law, (i) no Nominating Person shall solicit proxies in support of director nominees
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other than the Corporation’s nominees unless such Nominating Person has complied with Rule 14a-19 promulgated under the Exchange Act in connection with the solicitation of such proxies, including the provision to the Corporation of notices required thereunder in a timely manner and (ii) if any Nominating Person (1) provides notice pursuant to Rule 14a-19(b) promulgated under the Exchange Act and (2) subsequently fails to comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(2) and Rule 14a-19(a)(3) promulgated under the Exchange Act, including the provision to the Corporation of notices required thereunder in a timely manner, or fails to timely provide reasonable evidence sufficient to satisfy the Corporation that such Nominating Person has met the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(3) promulgated under the Exchange Act in accordance with the following sentence, then the Corporation shall disregard any proxies or votes solicited for the Nominating Person’s candidates. If any Nominating Person provides notice pursuant to Rule 14a-19(b) promulgated under the Exchange Act, such Nominating Person shall deliver to the Corporation, no later than seven (7) business days prior to the applicable meeting, reasonable evidence that it has met the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(3) promulgated under the Exchange Act.
(F) A Nominating Person may only nominate such number of persons for election to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting or at a special meeting as are subject to election by stockholders at the applicable annual meeting or special meeting.
Section 10. Additional Requirements for Valid Nomination of Candidates to Serve as Director and, if Elected, to be Seated as Directors.
(A) To be eligible to be a nominee for election as a director of the Corporation at an annual or special meeting, a candidate must be nominated in the manner prescribed in Article NINE, Section C of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation and Section 9 of Article II. In addition, the Board of Directors may require the candidate for nomination, whether nominated by the Board of Directors or by a stockholder of record, to have previously delivered (in accordance with the time period prescribed for delivery in a notice to such candidate given by or on behalf of the Board of Directors) to the Secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation (i) a completed written questionnaire (in a form provided by the Corporation) with respect to the background, qualifications, stock ownership and independence of such proposed nominee and (ii) a written representation and agreement (in a form provided by the Corporation) that such candidate for nomination (a) is not and, if elected as a director during his or her term of office, will not become a party to (I) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given and will not give any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such proposed nominee, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) or (II) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such proposed nominee’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such proposed nominee’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (b) is not, and will not become a party to, any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director, (c) if elected as a director of the Corporation, will comply with all applicable corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality, stock ownership and trading and other policies and guidelines of the Corporation applicable to directors and in effect during such person’s term in office as a director (and, if requested by any candidate for nomination, the Secretary shall provide to such candidate for nomination all such policies and guidelines then in effect) and (d) if elected as a director of the Corporation, all communications with the Corporation will be true and correct in all material respects.
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(B) The Board of Directors may also require any proposed candidate for nomination as a Director to furnish such other information as may reasonably be requested by the Board of Directors in writing prior to the meeting of stockholders at which such candidate’s nomination is to be acted upon. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Board of Directors may request such other information in order for the Board of Directors to determine the eligibility of such candidate for nomination to be an independent director of the Corporation or to comply with the Director qualification standards and additional selection criteria in accordance with the Corporation’s Corporate Governance Guidelines. Such other information shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (or any other office specified by the Corporation in any public announcement) not later than five (5) business days after the request by the Board of Directors has been delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Nominating Person.
(C) Any candidate nominated by the Board of Directors shall further update and supplement any information provided to the Corporation, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided pursuant to this Section 10 of Article II shall be true and correct as of the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). For the avoidance of doubt, the obligation to update and supplement as set forth in this paragraph or any other Section of these Bylaws shall not limit the Corporation’s rights with respect to any deficiencies in any notice provided by a stockholder, extend any applicable deadlines hereunder or enable or be deemed to permit a stockholder who has previously submitted notice hereunder to amend or update any nomination or to submit any new proposal, including by changing or adding nominees, matters, business or resolutions proposed to be brought before a meeting of the stockholders.
(D) No person shall be eligible for nomination as a director of the Corporation unless such candidate for nomination and the Nominating Person seeking to place such candidate’s name in nomination has complied with Article NINE, Section C of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation and Section 9 and this Section 10 of Article II. The chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine that a nomination was not properly made in accordance with Article NINE, Section C of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation and Section 9 and this Section 10 of Article II, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare such determination to the meeting, the defective nomination shall be disregarded and any ballots cast for the nominee in question (but in the case of any form of ballot listing other qualified nominees, only the ballots cast for the nominee in question) shall be void and of no force or effect.
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(E) Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, except as provided in Section 3 of Article III, no person shall be eligible to be seated as a director of the Corporation unless nominated and elected in accordance with this Section 10 of Article II.
Section 11. Proxy Access.
(A) Subject to the provisions of this Section 11 of Article II, if any Eligible Stockholder (as defined below) or group of up to 20 Eligible Stockholders submits to the Corporation a Proxy Access Notice (as defined below) that complies with this Section 11 of Article II and such Eligible Stockholder or group of Eligible Stockholders otherwise satisfies all the terms and conditions of this Section 11 of Article II (such Eligible Stockholder or group of Eligible Stockholders, a “Nominating Stockholder”), the Corporation shall include in its proxy statement or on its form of proxy and ballot, as applicable (collectively, “proxy materials”), for any annual meeting of stockholders, in addition to any persons nominated for election by the Board of Directors or any committee thereof:
(1) the name of any person or persons nominated by such Nominating Stockholder for election to the Board of Directors at such annual meeting of stockholders who meets the requirements of this Section 11 of Article II (a “Nominee”);
(2) disclosure about the Nominee and the Nominating Stockholder required under the rules of the Commission or other applicable law to be included in the proxy materials;
(3) subject to the other applicable provisions of this Section 11 of Article II, a written statement, not to exceed 500 words, that is not contrary to any of the Commission’s proxy rules, including Rule 14a-9 under the Exchange Act (a “Supporting Statement”), included by the Nominating Stockholder in the Proxy Access Notice intended for inclusion in the proxy materials in support of the Nominee’s election to the Board of Directors; and
(4) any other information that the Corporation or the Board of Directors determines, in its discretion, to include in the proxy materials relating to the nomination of the Nominee, including, without limitation, any statement in opposition to the nomination and any of the information provided pursuant to this Section 11 of Article II.
(B) Maximum Number of Nominees.
(1) The Corporation shall not be required to include in the proxy materials for an annual meeting of stockholders more Nominees than the greater of two or that number of directors constituting 20% of the total number of directors of the Corporation on the last day on which a Proxy Access Notice may be submitted pursuant to this Section 11 of Article II (rounded down to the nearest whole number) (the “Maximum Number”). In no event shall the Maximum Number of Nominees exceed one half of the class of directors whose term expires at such annual meeting of stockholders. The Maximum Number for a particular annual meeting shall be reduced by: (A) the number of Nominees who are subsequently withdrawn or that the Board of Directors itself decides to nominate for election at such annual meeting of stockholders (including, without
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limitation, any person who is or will be nominated by the Board of Directors pursuant to any agreement or understanding with one or more stockholders to avoid such person being formally proposed as a Nominee), and (B) the number of incumbent directors who had been Nominees with respect to any of the preceding two annual meetings of stockholders and whose reelection at the upcoming annual meeting of stockholders is being recommended by the Board of Directors (including, without limitation, any person who was nominated by the Board of Directors pursuant to any agreement or understanding with one or more stockholders to avoid such person being formally proposed as a Nominee). In the event that one or more vacancies for any reason occurs on the Board of Directors after the deadline set forth in Section 11(D) of Article II but before the date of the annual meeting of stockholders, and the Board of Directors resolves to reduce the size of the Board of Directors in connection therewith, the Maximum Number shall be calculated based on the number of directors as so reduced.
(2) Any Nominating Stockholder submitting more than one Nominee for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials shall rank such Nominees based on the order that the Nominating Stockholder desires such Nominees to be selected for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials in the event that the total number of Nominees submitted by Nominating Stockholders exceeds the Maximum Number. In the event that the number of Nominees submitted by Nominating Stockholders exceeds the Maximum Number, the highest ranking Nominee from each Nominating Stockholder will be included in the Corporation’s proxy materials until the Maximum Number is reached, going in order from largest to smallest of the number of shares of common stock of the Corporation owned by each Nominating Stockholder as disclosed in each Nominating Stockholder’s Proxy Access Notice. If the Maximum Number is not reached after the highest ranking Nominee of each Nominating Stockholder has been selected, this process will be repeated as many times as necessary until the Maximum Number is reached. If, after the deadline for submitting a Proxy Access Notice as set forth in Section 11(D) of Article II, a Nominating Stockholder ceases to satisfy the requirements of this Section 11 of Article II or withdraws its nomination or a Nominee ceases to satisfy the requirements of this Section 11 of Article II or becomes unwilling or unable to serve on the Board of Directors, whether before or after the mailing of definitive proxy materials, then the nomination shall be disregarded, and the Corporation: (A) shall not be required to include in its proxy materials the disregarded Nominee and (B) may otherwise communicate to its stockholders, including without limitation by amending or supplementing its proxy materials, that the Nominee will not be included as a Nominee in the proxy materials and the election of such Nominee will not be voted on at the annual meeting of stockholders.
(C) Eligibility of Nominating Stockholder.
(1) An “Eligible Stockholder” is a person who has either (A) been a record holder of the shares of common stock used to satisfy the eligibility requirements in this Section 11(C) of Article II continuously for the three-year period specified in Subsection (ii) below or (B) provides to the Secretary of the Corporation, within the time period referred to in Section 11(D) of Article II, evidence of continuous ownership of such shares for such three-year period from one or more securities intermediaries in a form that satisfies the requirements as established by the Commission for a stockholder proposal under Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule).
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(2) An Eligible Stockholder or group of up to 20 Eligible Stockholders may submit a nomination in accordance with this Section 11 of Article II only if the person or each member of the group, as applicable, has continuously owned at least the Minimum Number (as defined below) of shares of the Corporation’s outstanding common stock throughout the three-year period preceding and including the date of submission of the Proxy Access Notice, and continues to own at least the Minimum Number through the date of the annual meeting of stockholders. Two or more funds that are (A) under common management and investment control, (B) under common management and funded primarily by a single employer or (C) a “group of investment companies,” as such term is defined in Section 12(d)(1)(G)(ii) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (two or more funds referred to under any of clause (A), (B) or (C), collectively a “Qualifying Fund”) shall be treated as one Eligible Stockholder. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of a nomination by a group of Eligible Stockholders, any and all requirements and obligations for an individual Eligible Stockholder that are set forth in this Section 11 of Article II, including the minimum holding period, shall apply to each member of such group; provided, however, that the Minimum Number shall apply to the ownership of the group in the aggregate. Should any stockholder withdraw from a group of Eligible Stockholders at any time prior to the annual meeting of stockholders, the group of Eligible Stockholders shall only be deemed to own the shares held by the remaining members of the group.
(3) The “Minimum Number” of shares of the Corporation’s common stock means three percent (3%) of the number of outstanding shares of common stock as of the most recent date for which such amount is given in any filing by the Corporation with the Commission prior to the submission of the Proxy Access Notice.
(4) For purposes of this Section 11 of Article II, an Eligible Stockholder “owns” only those outstanding shares of the common stock of the Corporation as to which the Eligible Stockholder possesses both:
(i) the full voting and investment rights pertaining to the shares; and
(ii) the full economic interest in (including the opportunity for profit and risk of loss on) such shares;
provided, that the number of shares calculated in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii) shall not include any shares: (1) sold by such Eligible Stockholder or any of its affiliates in any transaction that has not been settled or closed, (2) borrowed by such Eligible Stockholder or any of its affiliates for any purpose or purchased by such Eligible Stockholder or any of its affiliates pursuant to an agreement to resell, or (3) subject to any option, warrant, forward contract, swap, contract of sale, other derivative or similar agreement entered into by such Eligible Stockholder or any of its affiliates, whether any such instrument or agreement is to be settled with shares, cash or other property based on the notional amount or value of outstanding shares of the Corporation, in any such case which instrument or agreement has, or is intended to have, the purpose or effect of: (w) reducing in any manner, to any extent or at any time in the future, such Eligible Stockholder’s or any of its affiliates’ full right to vote or direct the voting of any such shares, and/or (x) hedging, offsetting, or altering to any degree, gain or loss arising from the full economic ownership of such shares by such Eligible Stockholder or any of its affiliates. An
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Eligible Stockholder “owns” shares held in the name of a nominee or other intermediary so long as the Eligible Stockholder retains the right to instruct how the shares are voted with respect to the election of directors and possesses the full economic interest in the shares. An Eligible Stockholder’s ownership of shares shall be deemed to continue during any period in which the Eligible Stockholder has delegated any voting power by means of a proxy, power of attorney, or other similar instrument or arrangement that is revocable at any time by the Eligible Stockholder. An Eligible Stockholder’s ownership of shares shall be deemed to continue during any period in which the Eligible Stockholder has loaned such shares; provided that the Eligible Stockholder has the power to recall such loaned shares on no more than three business days’ notice and includes in the Proxy Access Notice an agreement that it will (y) promptly recall such loaned shares upon being notified that any of its Nominees will be included in the Corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to this Section 11 of Article II and (z) continue to hold such recalled shares (including the right to vote such shares) through the date of the annual meeting of stockholders. The terms “owned,” “owning” and other variations of the word “own” shall have correlative meanings. Each Nominating Stockholder shall furnish any other information that may reasonably be required by the Board of Directors to verify such stockholder’s continuous ownership of at least the Minimum Number during the three-year period referred to above.
(5) No person may be in more than one group constituting a Nominating Stockholder, and if any person appears as a member of more than one group, it shall be deemed to be a member of the group that owns the greatest aggregate number of shares of the Corporation’s common stock as reflected in the Proxy Access Notice, and no shares may be attributed as owned by more than one person constituting a Nominating Stockholder under this Section 11 of Article II.
(D) To nominate a Nominee, the Nominating Stockholder must, no earlier than 150 calendar days and no later than 120 calendar days before the date of the Corporation’s proxy materials released to stockholders in connection with the previous year’s annual meeting of stockholders, submit to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation all of the following information and documents (collectively, the “Proxy Access Notice”):
(1) A Schedule 14N (or any successor form) relating to the Nominee, completed and filed with the Commission by the Nominating Stockholder as applicable, in accordance with the Commission’s rules;
(i) A written notice of the nomination of such Nominee that includes the following additional information, agreements, representations and warranties by the Nominating Stockholder (including each group member):
(ii) the information, representations and agreements required with respect to the nomination of directors pursuant to Section 9 of Article II of these Bylaws and Article NINE, Section C of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation;
(iii) the details of any relationship that existed within the past three years and that would have been described pursuant to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14N (or any successor item) if it existed on the date of submission of the Schedule 14N;
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(iv) a representation and warranty that the Nominating Stockholder did not acquire, and is not holding, securities of the Corporation for the purpose or with the effect of influencing or changing control of the Corporation;
(v) a representation and warranty that the Nominee’s candidacy or, if elected, Board of Directors membership, would not violate the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or any applicable state or federal law or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Corporation’s common stock is traded;
(vi) a representation and warranty that the Nominee:
(a) does not have any direct or indirect material relationship with the Corporation and otherwise would qualify as an “independent director” under the rules of the primary stock exchange on which the Corporation’s common stock is traded and any applicable rules of the Commission;
(b) would meet the audit committee independence requirements under the rules of the Commission and of the principal stock exchange on which the Corporation’s common stock is traded;
(c) would qualify as a “non-employee director” for the purposes of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule);
(d) is not and has not been, within the past three years, an officer, director, affiliate or representative of a competitor, as defined under Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, as amended, and if the Nominee has held any such position during this period, details thereof; and
(e) is not and has not been subject to any event specified in Rule 506(d)(1) of Regulation D (or any successor rule) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Item 401(f) of Regulation S-K (or any successor rule) under the Exchange Act, without reference to whether the event is material to an evaluation of the ability or integrity of the Nominee;
(vii) a representation and warranty that the Nominating Stockholder satisfies the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 11(C) of Article II, has provided evidence of ownership to the extent required by Section 11(C)(1) of Article II, and such evidence of ownership is true, complete and correct in all respects;
(viii) a representation and warranty that the Nominating Stockholder intends to continue to satisfy the eligibility requirements described in Section 11(C) of Article II through the date of the annual meeting of stockholders;
(ix) a statement as to whether or not the Nominating Stockholder intends to continue to hold the Minimum Number of shares for at least one year following the annual meeting of stockholders, which statement may also include a description as to why such Nominating Stockholder is unable to make the foregoing statement;
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(x) a representation and warranty that the Nominating Stockholder will not engage in or support, directly or indirectly, a “solicitation” within the meaning of Rule 14a-1(l) (without reference to the exception in Section 14a-1(l)(2)(iv)) (or any successor rules) with respect to the annual meeting of stockholders, other than a solicitation in support of the Nominee or any nominee of the Board of Directors;
(xi) a representation and warranty that the Nominating Stockholder will not use any proxy card other than the Corporation’s proxy card in soliciting stockholders in connection with the election of a Nominee at the annual meeting of stockholders;
(xii) if desired by the Nominating Stockholder, a Supporting Statement;
(xiii) in the case of a nomination by a group, the designation by all group members of one group member that is authorized to act on behalf of all group members with respect to matters relating to the nomination, including withdrawal of the nomination;
(xiv) in the case of any Eligible Stockholder that is a Qualifying Fund consisting of two or more funds, documentation demonstrating that the funds are eligible to be treated as a Qualifying Fund and that each such fund comprising the Qualifying Fund otherwise meets the requirements set forth in this Section 11 of Article II; and
(xv) a representation and warranty that the Nominating Stockholder has not nominated and will not nominate for election any individual as director at the annual meeting of stockholders other than its Nominee(s).
(2) An executed agreement pursuant to which the Nominating Stockholder (including each group member) agrees:
(i) to comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in connection with the nomination, solicitation and election;
(ii) to file with the Commission any solicitation or other communication with the Corporation’s stockholders relating to any Nominee or one or more of the Corporation’s directors or director nominees, regardless of whether any such filing is required under any law, rule or regulation or whether any exemption from filing is available for such materials under any law, rule or regulation;
(iii) to assume all liability stemming from an action, suit or proceeding concerning any actual or alleged legal or regulatory violation arising out of any communication by the Nominating Stockholder with the Corporation, its stockholders or any other person in connection with the nomination or election of directors, including, without limitation, the Proxy Access Notice;
(iv) to indemnify and hold harmless (jointly and severally with all other group members, in the case of a group member) the Corporation and each of its directors, officers and employees individually against any liability, loss, damages, expenses, demands, claims or other costs (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred in connection with any threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding, whether legal, administrative or investigative, against the Corporation or any of its directors, officers or employees arising out of any nomination submitted by the Nominating Stockholder (including, without limitation, relating to any breach or alleged breach of its obligations, agreements, representations or warranties) pursuant to this Section 11 of Article II;
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(v) in the event that (i) any information included in the Proxy Access Notice, or any other communication by the Nominating Stockholder (including with respect to any group member) with the Corporation, its stockholders or any other person in connection with the nomination or election of directors ceases to be true and accurate in all material respects (or omits a material fact necessary to make the statements made not misleading), or (ii) the Nominating Stockholder (including any group member) fails to continue to satisfy the eligibility requirements described in Section 11(C) of Article II, the Nominating Stockholder shall promptly (and in any event within 48 hours of discovering such misstatement, omission or failure) (x) in the case of clause (i) above, notify the Corporation and any other recipient of such communication of the misstatement or omission in such previously provided information and of the information that is required to correct the misstatement or omission, and (y) in the case of clause (ii) above, notify the Corporation why, and in what regard, the Nominating Stockholder fails to comply with the eligibility requirements described in Section 11(C) of Article II (it being understood that providing any such notification referenced in clauses (x) and (y) above shall not be deemed to cure any defect or limit the Corporation’s rights to omit a Nominee from its proxy materials as provided in this Section 11); and
(3) An executed agreement by the Nominee:
(i) to provide to the Corporation a completed copy of the Corporation’s director questionnaire and such other information as the Corporation may reasonably request;
(ii) that the Nominee (i) consents to be named in the proxy materials as a nominee and, if elected, to serve on the Board of Directors and (ii) has read and agrees to adhere to the Corporation’s Corporate Governance Guidelines and any other Corporation policies and guidelines applicable to directors generally; and
(iii) that the Nominee is not and will not become a party to (1) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director of the Corporation that has not been disclosed to the Corporation in writing, (2) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity as to how the Nominee would vote or act on any issue or question as a director (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation in writing, or (3) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with the Nominee’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with its fiduciary duties under applicable law or with the Corporation’s Corporate Governance Guidelines and any other Corporation policies and guidelines applicable to directors generally.
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(iv) The information and documents required by this Section 11(D) of Article II shall be: (x) provided with respect to and executed by each group member, in the case of information applicable to group members; and (y) provided with respect to the persons specified in Instruction 1 to Items 6(c) and (d) of Schedule 14N (or any successor item) if and to the extent applicable to a Nominating Stockholder or group member. The Proxy Access Notice shall be deemed submitted on the date on which all the information and documents referred to in this Section 11(D) of Article II (other than such information and documents contemplated to be provided after the date the Proxy Access Notice is provided) have been delivered to or, if sent by mail, received by the Secretary of the Corporation. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting of stockholders or the public announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a Proxy Access Notice pursuant to this Section 11 of Article II.
(E) Exceptions and Clarifications.
(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 11 of Article II, (x) the Corporation may omit from its proxy materials any Nominee and any information concerning such Nominee (including a Nominating Stockholder’s Supporting Statement), (y) any nomination shall be disregarded, and (z) no vote on such Nominee will occur (notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation), and the Nominating Stockholder may not, after the last day on which a Proxy Access Notice would be timely, cure in any way any defect preventing the nomination of the Nominee, if:
(i) the Corporation receives a notice pursuant to Section 9 of Article II of these Bylaws and Article NINE, Section C of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation that a stockholder intends to nominate a candidate for director at the annual meeting of stockholders;
(ii) the Nominating Stockholder or the designated lead group member, as applicable, or any qualified representative thereof, does not appear at the annual meeting of stockholders to present the nomination submitted pursuant to this Section 11 of Article II or the Nominating Stockholder withdraws its nomination prior to the annual meeting of stockholders;
(iii) the Board of Directors determines that such Nominee’s nomination or election to the Board of Directors would result in the Corporation violating or failing to be in compliance with the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or any applicable law, rule or regulation to which the Corporation is subject, including any rules or regulations of any stock exchange on which the Corporation’s common stock is traded;
(iv) the Nominee was nominated for election to the Board of Directors pursuant to this Section 11 of Article II at one of the Corporation’s two preceding annual meetings of stockholders and (i) its nomination was withdrawn or (ii) such Nominee became ineligible to serve as a Nominee or as a Director; or
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(v) (i) the Nominating Stockholder fails to continue to satisfy the eligibility requirements described in Section 11(C) of Article II, (ii) any of the representations and warranties made in the Proxy Access Notice cease to be true, complete and correct in all material respects (or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made therein not misleading), (iii) the Nominee becomes unwilling or unable to serve on the Board of Directors or (iv) the Nominating Stockholder or the Nominee materially violates or breaches any of its agreements, representations or warranties in this Section 11 of Article II;
(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 11 of Article II, the Corporation may omit from its proxy materials, or may supplement or correct, any information, including all or any portion of the Supporting Statement included in the Proxy Access Notice, if: (A) such information is not true and correct in all material respects or omits a material statement necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (B) such information directly or indirectly impugns the character, integrity or personal reputation of, or, without factual foundation, directly or indirectly makes charges concerning improper, illegal or immoral conduct or associations with respect to, any person; or (C) the inclusion of such information in the proxy materials would otherwise violate the Commission’s proxy rules or any other applicable law, rule or regulation. Once submitted with a Proxy Access Notice, a Supporting Statement may not be amended, supplemented or modified by the Nominee or Nominating Stockholder.
(i) For the avoidance of doubt, the Corporation may solicit against, and include in the proxy materials its own statement relating to, any Nominee.
(ii) This Section 11 of Article II provides the exclusive method for a stockholder to include nominees for election to the Board of Directors in the Corporation’s proxy materials (including, without limitation, any proxy card or written ballot).
(iii) The interpretation of, and compliance with, any provision of this Section 11 of Article II, including the representations, warranties and covenants contained herein, shall be determined by the Board of Directors or, in the discretion of the Board of Directors, one or more of its designees, in each case acting in good faith.
ARTICLE III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1. Duties and Powers. The business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
Section 2. Number and Term of Office. The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than four (4) and not more than twelve (12) members. Subject to the foregoing sentence, the number of directors shall be fixed and may be changed from time to time by resolution duly adopted by a majority of the directors then in office, except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
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Except as provided in Section 3 of this Article III, each director shall be elected by the vote of the majority of the votes cast with respect to the director at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present, provided that if as of the close of the applicable notice period set forth in Article NINE of the Certificate of Incorporation, the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected, the directors shall be elected by the vote of a plurality of the shares represented in person or by proxy at any such meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. For purposes of this Section 2, a majority of the votes cast means that the number of shares voted “for” a director must exceed the number of votes cast against that director. The Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board of Directors has established procedures under which any incumbent director who is not elected shall offer to tender his or her resignation to the Board of Directors. The Nominating and Governance Committee will make a recommendation to the Board of Directors on whether to accept or reject the resignation, or whether other action should be taken. The Board of Directors will act on the Nominating and Governance Committee’s recommendation and publicly disclose its decision and the rationale behind it within 90 days from the date of the certification of the election results. If such incumbent director’s resignation is not accepted by the Board of Directors, such director shall continue to serve until the next meeting of stockholders at which he or she would otherwise face re-election (or such earlier date as determined by the Board of Directors) and until his or her successor is duly elected, or his or her earlier resignation or removal. If a director’s resignation is accepted by the Board of Directors pursuant to this Section 2, or if a nominee for director is not elected and the nominee is not an incumbent director, then the Board of Directors in its sole discretion may fill any resulting vacancy pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of this Article III or may decrease the size of the Board of Directors pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 of this Article III. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.
Each director serving as a director immediately following the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, unless he or she may be elected by the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation, shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which he or she has been elected, and until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify, subject, however, to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, or removal from office. At the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the successors to the class of directors whose terms expire at that meeting shall be elected for a three-year term expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. At the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the successors to the class of directors whose terms expire at that meeting shall be elected for a two-year term expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. At the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the successors to the class of directors whose terms expire at that meeting shall be elected for a one-year term expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. At the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and at each meeting of stockholders thereafter, each director shall be elected for a one-year term expiring at the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Each director shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which he or she is elected, and until his or her successor shall have been elected and shall qualify, subject, however, to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, or removal from office. This paragraph of Article III, Section 2 is also contained in Article TEN, Section (A) of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, and accordingly, may be altered, amended or repealed only to the extent and at the time the comparable Certificate Article is altered, amended or repealed.
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Section 3. Vacancies. Except as otherwise fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article FOUR of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation relating to the rights of the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation to elect directors:
(A) In case of any increase in the number of directors, the additional director or directors, and in case of any vacancy in the Board of Directors due to death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other reason, the successors to fill the vacancies, shall be elected by a majority of the directors then in office, even though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director.
(B) Directors appointed in the manner provided in paragraph (A) to newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause shall hold office for a term expiring at the next Annual Meeting of stockholders at which their term expires and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal.
(C) No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.
The foregoing provisions of this Article III, Section 3 are also contained in Article TEN, Section (B) of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, and accordingly, may be altered, amended or repealed only to the extent and at the time the comparable Certificate Article is altered, amended or repealed.
Section 4. Meetings. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. The first meeting of each newly-elected Board of Directors shall be held immediately following the Annual Meeting of Stockholders and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to be given the newly-elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board, the President or a majority of the directors then in office. Notice thereof stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each director either by mail not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the date of the meeting, by telephone, electronic mail, telegram or facsimile transmission on twenty-four (24) hours’ notice, or on such shorter notice as the person or persons calling such meeting may deem necessary or appropriate in the circumstances. Meetings may be held at any time without notice if all the directors are present or if all those not present waive such notice in accordance with Section 2 of Article VI of these Bylaws.
Section 5. Quorum. Except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws (including Section 11 of this Article III), at all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the directors then in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
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Section 6. Actions of Board Without a Meeting. Unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.
Section 7. Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone. Unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 7 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 8. Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of any such committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, and in the absence of a designation by the Board of Directors of an alternate member to replace the absent or disqualified member, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any committee, to the extent allowed by law and provided in the Bylaw or resolution establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority 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. Each committee shall keep regular minutes and report to the Board of Directors when required.
Section 9. Compensation. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors. The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.
Section 10. Removal. Any director or directors may be removed from office only as provided in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation.
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ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section 1. General. The officers of the Corporation shall be appointed by the Board of Directors and shall consist of a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, such number of Vice Presidents as the Board of Directors shall elect from time to time, a Secretary, a Treasurer (or a position with the duties and responsibilities of a Treasurer) and such other officers and assistant officers (if any) as the Board of Directors may elect from time to time. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws otherwise provide.
Section 2. Election; Term of Office. The Board of Directors at its first meeting held after each Annual Meeting of stockholders shall elect a Chairman of the Board or a President, or both, a Secretary and a Treasurer (or a position with the duties and responsibilities of a Treasurer), and may also elect at that meeting or any other meeting, such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary or appropriate. Each officer of the Corporation shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors together with the powers and duties customarily exercised by such officer; and each officer of the Corporation shall hold office until such officer’s successor is elected and qualified or until such officer’s earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. The Board of Directors may remove any officer at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of directors then in office.
Section 3. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors and shall have such other duties and powers as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time. The Board of Directors may also designate a Vice Chairman, who need not be a member of the Board and may be designated as an officer of the Corporation. The Vice Chairman shall, during the absence or inability to act of the Chairman of the Board, have the powers and perform the duties of the Chairman of the Board, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as shall be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board.
Section 4. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general charge and control over the affairs of the Corporation, subject to the Board of Directors, shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried out, shall report thereon to the Board of Directors, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as shall be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors.
Section 5. President. The President shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. The President shall have and exercise such further powers and duties as may be specifically delegated to or vested in the President from time to time by these Bylaws or the Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board, or in the event of the inability of or refusal to act by the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board, or if the Board of Directors has not designated a Chairman or Vice Chairman, the President shall perform the duties of the Chairman of the Board, and, when so acting, shall have all of the powers and be subject to all of the restrictions upon the Chairman of the Board.
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Section 6. Vice President. In the absence of the President or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, the Vice President (or in the event there be more than one vice president, the vice presidents in the order designated by the Board of Directors, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the President and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. The Vice Presidents shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President may from time to time prescribe.
Section 7. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of stockholders and record all the proceedings thereat in a book or books to be kept for that purpose; the Secretary shall also perform like duties for the standing and special committees when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the President. If the Secretary shall be unable or shall refuse to cause to be given notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and if there be no Assistant Secretary, then either the Board of Directors or the President may choose another officer to cause such notice to be given. The Secretary shall have custody of the seal of the Corporation and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, if there be one, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by the signature of the Secretary or by the signature of any such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his or her signature. The Secretary shall see that all books, reports, statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed, as the case may be.
Section 8. Assistant Secretaries. Except as may be otherwise provided in these Bylaws, Assistant Secretaries, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the President, or the Secretary, and shall have the authority to perform all functions of the Secretary, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Secretary.
Section 9. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities, shall keep complete and accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, and shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects of the Corporation in its name and to its credit in such banks and other depositories as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation, taking proper vouchers and receipts for such disbursements. The Treasurer shall, when and if required by the Board of Directors, give and file with the Corporation a bond, in such form and amount and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors, for the faithful performance of his or her duties as Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board of Directors or the President shall from time to time prescribe.
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Section 10. Assistant Treasurers. Except as may be otherwise provided in these Bylaws, Assistant Treasurers, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the President, or the Treasurer, and shall have the authority to perform all functions of the Treasurer, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Treasurer.
Section 11. Other Officers. Such other officers as the Board of Directors may choose shall perform such duties and have such powers as may be assigned to them from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to any officer of the Corporation the power to choose such other officers and to prescribe their respective duties and powers.
ARTICLE V
STOCK
Section 1. Form of Certificates; Uncertificated Shares. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates; provided, that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board of Directors, every holder of stock in the Corporation represented by a certificate, and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares of stock in the Corporation, shall be entitled to have a certificate signed in the name of the Corporation (i) by the Chairman of the Board or the President or a Vice President and (ii) by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by such holder in the Corporation.
Section 2. Signatures. Any or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
Section 3. Lost Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as the Board of Directors shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
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Section 4. Transfers. Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by law and in these Bylaws. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation only by the person named in the certificate or in the Corporation’s books as the registered owner of uncertificated shares or by such person’s attorney lawfully constituted in writing and upon the surrender of the certificate (if any) therefor, which shall be cancelled before a new certificate shall be issued.
Section 5. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
Section 6. Beneficial Owners. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and 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 provided by law.
Section 7. Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation. Powers of attorney, proxies, waivers of notice of meeting, consents and other instruments relating to securities owned by the Corporation may be executed in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President or the Secretary and any such officer may, in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, take all such action as any such officer may deem advisable to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of security holders of any corporation in which the Corporation may own securities and at any such meeting shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and power incident to the ownership of such securities and which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation might have exercised and possessed if present. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.
ARTICLE VI
NOTICES
Section 1. Notices. Whenever written notice is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to be given to any director, member of a committee or stockholder, such notice may be given in writing directed to such director, member of a committee or stockholder, at such person’s address (or by electronic transmission directed to the stockholder’s electronic mail address, as applicable), as it appears on the records of the Corporation and such notice shall be deemed to be given (i) if mailed, at the time when the notice shall be deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid (ii) if delivered by courier service, the earlier of when the notice is received or left at such stockholder’s address or (iii) if
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given by electronic mail, when directed to such stockholder’s electronic mail address unless the stockholder has notified the Corporation in writing or by electronic transmission of an objection to receiving notice by electronic mail. A notice by electronic mail must include a prominent legend that the communication is an important notice regarding the Corporation. Written notice may also be given personally or by telegram, facsimile transmission, electronic mail, telex or cable and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time of receipt thereof if given personally or at the time of transmission thereof if given by telegram, facsimile transmission, electronic mail, telex or cable.
Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice or electronic transmission to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, the Corporation may give a notice by electronic mail in accordance with the first paragraph of this section without obtaining the consent required by this paragraph.
Any notice given pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall be deemed given (i) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (ii) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and (iii) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a notice may not be given by an electronic transmission from and after the time that (1) the Corporation is unable to deliver by such electronic transmission two (2) consecutive notices given by the Corporation and (2) such inability becomes known to the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or to the transfer agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice, provided, however, the inadvertent failure to discover such inability shall not invalidate any meeting or other action.
An affidavit of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or of the transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
Section 2. Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws to be given to any director, member or a committee or stockholder, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.
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ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting or by any Committee of the Board of Directors having such authority at any meeting thereof, and may be paid in cash, in property, in shares of the capital stock or in any combination thereof. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, deems proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for any proper purpose, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve.
Section 2. Disbursements. All notes, checks, drafts and orders for the payment of money issued by the Corporation shall be signed in the name of the Corporation by such officers or such other persons as the Board of Directors may designate from time to time.
Section 3. Corporation Seal. The corporate seal, if the Corporation shall have a corporate seal, shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware”. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
ARTICLE VIII
FORUM FOR ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES
Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, (a) the Court of Chancery (the “Chancery Court”) of the State of Delaware (or, in the event that the Chancery Court does not have jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware or other state courts of the State of Delaware) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action, suit or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action, suit or proceeding asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director or officer of the Corporation to the Corporation or to the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action, suit or proceeding arising pursuant to any provision of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws (as either may be amended from time to time) or (iv) any action, suit or proceeding asserting a claim against the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine; and (b) subject to the preceding provisions of this Article VIII, the federal district courts of the United States of America shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause or causes of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including all causes of action asserted against any defendant to such complaint. If any action the subject matter of which is within the scope of clause (a) of the immediately preceding sentence is filed in a court other than the courts in the State of Delaware (a “Foreign Action”) in the name of any stockholder, such stockholder shall be deemed to have consented to (x) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in the State of Delaware in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the provisions of clause (a) of the immediately preceding sentence and (y) having service of process made upon such stockholder in any such action by service upon such stockholder’s counsel in the Foreign Action as agent for such stockholder.
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Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any security of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to this Article VIII. This provision is intended to benefit and may be enforced by the Corporation, its officers and directors, the underwriters to any offering giving rise to such complaint, and any other professional or entity whose profession gives authority to a statement made by that person or entity who has prepared or certified any part of the documents relating to the offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Article VIII shall not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Exchange Actor any other claim for which the federal courts of the United States have exclusive jurisdiction.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
Except as otherwise specifically provided in the particular Article of these Bylaws to be altered, amended or repealed, these Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed and new Bylaws may be adopted at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of the stockholders, provided notice of the proposed change was given in the notice of the meeting.
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Exhibit 10.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
2014 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN
ARTICLE 1.
PURPOSE
The purpose of the Amended and Restated Teledyne Technologies Incorporated 2014 Incentive Award Plan, as further amended and restated herein (the “Plan”) is to promote the success and enhance the value of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated by linking the personal interests of the members of the Board, Employees, and Consultants to those of Company stockholders and by providing such individuals with an incentive for outstanding performance to generate superior returns to Company stockholders. The Plan is further intended to provide flexibility to the Company in its ability to motivate, attract, and retain the services of members of the Board, Employees, and Consultants upon whose judgment, interest, and special effort the successful conduct of the Company’s operation is largely dependent. The Plan amends and restates in its entirety the Amended and Restated Teledyne Technologies Incorporated 2014 Incentive Award Plan (the “First Amended Plan”).
ARTICLE 2.
DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION
Wherever the following terms are used in the Plan they shall have the meanings specified below, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The singular pronoun shall include the plural where the context so indicates.
2.1 “Administrative Rules Related to Non-Employee Director Stock Compensation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.6.
2.2 “Administrator” shall mean the entity that conducts the general administration of the Plan as provided in Article 11. With reference to the duties of the Committee under the Plan which have been delegated to one or more persons pursuant to Section 11.6, or as to which the Board has assumed, the term “Administrator” shall also refer to such person(s) unless the Committee or the Board has revoked such delegation or the Board has terminated the assumption of such duties.
2.3 “Applicable Accounting Standards” shall mean Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States, International Financial Reporting Standards or such other accounting principles or standards as may apply to the Company’s financial statements under United States federal securities laws from time to time.
2.4 “Award” shall mean an Option, a Restricted Stock award, a Restricted Stock Unit award, a Dividend Equivalents award, a Deferred Stock award, a Stock Payment award or a Stock Appreciation Right, which may be awarded or granted under the Plan, including prior to the Effective Date (collectively, “Awards”).
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2.5 “Award Agreement” shall mean any written notice, agreement, terms and conditions, contract or other instrument or document evidencing an Award, including through electronic medium, which shall contain such terms and conditions with respect to an Award as the Administrator shall determine consistent with the Plan.
2.6 “Award Limit” shall mean the limit set forth in the first sentence of Section 3.3.
2.7 “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
2.8 “Board Approval Date” shall mean January 20, 2026, the date on which this amendment and restatement of the First Amended Plan was approved and adopted by the Board, subject to the approval of the Company’s stockholders.
2.9 “Change in Control” shall mean and includes each of the following:
(a) A transaction or series of transactions (other than an offering of Common Stock to the general public through a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission) whereby any “person” or related “group” of “persons” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) (other than the Company, any of its subsidiaries, an employee benefit plan maintained by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or a “person” that, prior to such transaction, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company) directly or indirectly acquires beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of securities of the Company possessing more than 30% of the total combined voting power of the Company’s securities outstanding immediately after such acquisition; or
(b) During any period of two consecutive years, individuals who, at the beginning of such period, constitute the Board together with any new Director(s) (other than a Director designated by a person who shall have entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in Section 2.9(a) or Section 2.9(c)) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Directors then still in office who either were Directors at the beginning of the two-year period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof; or
(c) The consummation by the Company (whether directly involving the Company or indirectly involving the Company through one or more intermediaries) of (x) a merger, consolidation, reorganization, or business combination or (y) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets in any single transaction or series of related transactions or (z) the acquisition of assets or stock of another entity, in each case other than a transaction:
(i) Which results in the Company’s voting securities outstanding immediately before the transaction continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the Company or the person that, as a result of the transaction, controls, directly or indirectly, the Company or owns, directly or indirectly, all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or otherwise succeeds to the business of the Company (the Company or such person, the “Successor Entity”)) directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the combined voting power of the Successor Entity’s outstanding voting securities immediately after the transaction, and
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(ii) After which no person or group beneficially owns voting securities representing 30% or more of the combined voting power of the Successor Entity; provided, however, that no person or group shall be treated for purposes of this Section 2.9(c)(ii) as beneficially owning 30% or more of the combined voting power of the Successor Entity solely as a result of the voting power held in the Company prior to the consummation of the transaction; or
(d) The Company’s stockholders approve a liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
In addition, if a Change in Control constitutes a payment event with respect to any Award which provides for the deferral of compensation and is subject to Section 409A of the Code, the transaction or event described in subsection (a), (b), (c) or (d) with respect to such Award also constitutes a “change in control event,” as defined in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(5) to the extent required by Section 409A.
The Committee shall have full and final authority, which shall be exercised in its sole discretion, to determine conclusively whether a Change in Control of the Company has occurred pursuant to the above definition, and the date of the occurrence of such Change in Control and any incidental matters relating thereto; provided that any exercise of authority in conjunction with a determination of whether a Change in Control is a “change in control event” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5) shall be consistent with such regulation.
2.10 “Code” shall mean the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, together with the Treasury Regulations and official guidance promulgated thereunder, whether issued prior or subsequent to the grant of any Award.
2.11 “Committee” shall mean the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board (or any successor thereof), or another committee or subcommittee of the Board, appointed as provided in Section 12.1.
2.12 “Common Stock” shall mean the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share.
2.13 “Company” shall mean Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, a Delaware corporation.
2.14 “Consultant” shall mean any consultant or adviser that qualifies as a consultant under the applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission for registration of shares on a Form S-8 Registration Statement.
2.15 “Deferred Stock” shall mean a right to receive Common Stock awarded under Section 8.3.
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2.16 “Director” shall mean a member of the Board, or as applicable, a member of the board of directors of a Subsidiary.
2.17 “Director Limit” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.
2.18 “Disability” shall mean that the Holder is either (a) unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve months, or (b) by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Company. For purposes of this Plan, a Holder shall be deemed to have incurred a Disability if the Holder is determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security Administration or in accordance with the applicable disability insurance program of the Company’s, provided that the definition of “disability” applied under such disability insurance program complies with the requirements of this definition.
2.19 “Dividend Equivalent” shall mean a right to receive the equivalent value (in cash or Common Stock) of dividends paid on Common Stock, awarded under Section 8.1.
2.20 “DRO” shall mean a domestic relations order as defined by the Code or Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, or the rules thereunder.
2.21 “Effective Date” shall mean, for purposes of the Plan (as amended and restated by the Board on the Board Approval Date), the date on which the Plan is approved by the Company’s stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the First Amended Plan shall remain in effect on its existing terms unless and until the Plan (as amended and restated) is approved by the Company’s stockholders.
2.22 “Eligible Individual” shall mean any person who is an Employee, a Consultant or a Non-Employee Director, as determined by the Committee.
2.23 “Employee” shall mean any officer or other employee (as defined in accordance with Section 3401(c) of the Code) of the Company or of any Subsidiary.
2.24 “Equity Restructuring” shall mean a nonreciprocal transaction between the Company and its stockholders, such as a stock dividend, stock split, spin-off, rights offering or recapitalization through a large, nonrecurring cash dividend, that affects the number or kind of Shares (or other securities of the Company) or the share price of Common Stock (or other securities) and causes a change in the per share value of the Common Stock underlying outstanding Awards.
2.25 “Exchange Act” shall mean the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
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2.26 “Fair Market Value” shall mean, as of any given date, the value of a share of Common Stock determined as follows:
(a) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange (such as the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global Market and the Nasdaq Global Select Market) or national market system, its Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for a share of Common Stock as quoted on such exchange or system for such date or, if there is no closing sales price for a share of Common Stock on the date in question, the closing sales price for a share of Common Stock on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists, as reported in on the New York Stock Exchange or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable, such as The Wall Street Journal;
(b) If the Common Stock is regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but closing sales prices are not reported, its Fair Market Value shall be the mean of the high bid and low asked prices for such date or, if there are no high bid and low asked prices for a share of Common Stock on such date, the high bid and low asked prices for a share of Common Stock on the last preceding date for which such information exists, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; or
(c) If the Common Stock is neither listed on an established stock exchange or a national market system nor regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer, its Fair Market Value shall be established by the Administrator in good faith.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for U.S. and non-U.S. federal, state, and local tax reporting and withholding purposes, fair market value may be determined by the Administrator in accordance with uniform and nondiscriminatory standards adopted by it from time to time consistent with applicable law.
2.27 “First Amended Plan” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 1.
2.28 “Fractional Share Interest” shall mean an interest in a share of Common Stock allocated to a Holder pursuant to an Award and facilitated by the Company’s designated broker, providing for such rights with respect to a share of Common Stock as shall be specified by the Administrator.
2.29 “Full Value Award” means any Award other than an Option, Stock Appreciation Right or other Award for which the Holder pays the intrinsic value existing as of the date of grant (whether directly or by forgoing a right to receive a payment from the Company or any Subsidiary).
2.30 “Greater Than 10% Stockholder” shall mean an individual then owning (within the meaning of Section 424(d) of the Code) more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Subsidiary or parent corporation thereof (as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code).
2.31 “Holder” shall mean a person who has been granted an Award.
2.32 “Incentive Stock Option” shall mean an option that is intended to qualify as an incentive stock option and conforms to the applicable provisions of Section 422 of the Code.
2.33 “Non-Employee Director” shall mean a Director of the Company who is not an Employee.
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2.34 “Non-Qualified Stock Option” shall mean an Option that is not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option.
2.35 “Option” shall mean a right to purchase Shares at a specified exercise price, granted under Article 5. An Option shall be either a Non-Qualified Stock Option or an Incentive Stock Option; provided, however, that Options granted to Non-Employee Directors and Consultants shall be Non-Qualified Stock Options.
2.36 “Performance Criteria” shall mean the criteria (and adjustments) that the Administrator selects for an Award for purposes of establishing the Performance Goal or Performance Goals for a Performance Period, determined as follows:
(a) The Performance Criteria that shall be used to establish Performance Goals may include any of the following, in each case on a GAAP or non-GAAP basis, if applicable, or such other applicable criteria as selected by the Administrator, in its discretion: (i) net earnings (either before or after (A) interest, (B) taxes, (C) depreciation and (D) amortization), (ii) gross or net sales or revenue (either including or excluding intercompany sales), (iii) net income (either before or after taxes), (iv) operating income or profit (earnings from continuing operations before interest and taxes), (v) cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow and free cash flow), (vi) return on assets, (vii) return on investment or working capital, (viii) return on stockholders’ equity, (ix) return on sales, (x) gross or net profit or operating margin, (xi) costs, (xii) funds from operations, (xiii) expense, (xiv) working capital and managed working capital (including as a percentage of revenue), (xv) earnings per share, (xvi) price per share of Common Stock (including total shareholder return and total shareholder return percentile ranking), (xvii) regulatory body approval for commercialization of a product, (xviii) implementation or completion of critical projects, (xix) market share, (xx) reductions in inventory, (xxi) inventory turns and on-time delivery performance, (xxii) levels of accounts receivable and inventory and (xxiii) economic value added (the amount, if any, by which net operating profit after tax exceeds a reference cost of capital), any of which may be measured with respect to any one or more of its Subsidiaries and divisions and either in absolute terms or as compared to any incremental increase or decrease or as compared to results of a peer group or a business plan.
(b) The Administrator may, in its sole discretion, at the time of grant, or unless otherwise required by applicable law, at any time thereafter, specify in the Award that one or more adjustments shall be made to one or more of the Performance Goals. Such adjustments may include one or more of the following, or such other applicable adjustments as approved by the Administrator, in its discretion: (i) items related to a change in accounting principle; (ii) items relating to financing activities; (iii) expenses for restructuring or productivity initiatives; (iv) other non-operating items; (v) items related to acquisitions; (vi) items attributable to the business operations of any entity acquired by the Company during the Performance Period; (vii) items related to the disposal of a business or segment of a business; (viii) items related to discontinued operations that do not qualify as a segment of a business under United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”); (ix) items attributable to any stock dividend, stock split, combination or exchange of shares occurring during the Performance Period; or (x) any other items of significant income or expense which are determined to be appropriate adjustments; (xi) items relating to unusual or extraordinary corporate transactions, events or developments, (xii) items related to amortization of acquired intangible assets; (xiii) items that are outside the scope of the Company’s core, on-going business activities; or (xiv) items relating to any other unusual or nonrecurring events or changes in applicable laws, accounting principles or business conditions.
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2.37 “Performance Goals” shall mean, for a Performance Period, one or more goals established in writing by the Administrator for the Performance Period based upon one or more Performance Criteria. Depending on the Performance Criteria used to establish such Performance Goals, the Performance Goals may be expressed in terms of overall Company performance or the performance of a division, business unit, or an individual, or as otherwise determined appropriate by the Administrator, in its discretion.
2.38 “Performance Period” shall mean one or more periods of time, which may be of varying and overlapping durations, as the Administrator may select, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Goals will be measured for the purpose of determining a Holder’s right to, and the payment of, any Award that is subject to the satisfaction of one or more Performance Goals.
2.39 “Plan” shall mean this Amended and Restated Teledyne Technologies Incorporated 2014 Incentive Award Plan, as it may be amended or restated from time to time.
2.40 “Restricted Stock” shall mean Common Stock awarded under Article 7 that is subject to certain restrictions and may be subject to risk of forfeiture or repurchase.
2.41 “Restricted Stock Units” shall mean the right to receive Common Stock awarded under Section 8.4.
2.42 “Securities Act” shall mean the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
2.43 “Shares” shall mean shares of Common Stock.
2.44 “Stock Appreciation Right” shall mean a stock appreciation right granted under Article 9.
2.45 “Stock Payment” shall mean (a) a payment in the form of Shares, or (b) an option or other right to purchase Shares, as part of a bonus, deferred compensation or other arrangement, awarded under Section 8.2.
2.46 “Subsidiary” means any entity (other than the Company), whether domestic or foreign, in an unbroken chain of entities beginning with the Company if each of the entities other than the last entity in the unbroken chain beneficially owns, at the time of the determination, securities or interests representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of securities or interests in one of the other entities in such chain.
2.47 “Substitute Award” shall mean an Award granted under the Plan upon the assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding equity awards previously granted by a company or other entity in connection with a corporate transaction, such as a merger, combination, consolidation or acquisition of property or stock; provided, however, that in no event shall the term “Substitute Award” be construed to refer to an award made in connection with the cancellation and repricing of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right. The terms of Substitute Awards may vary from the terms set forth in the Plan to the extent the Administrator deems appropriate to conform, in whole or part, to the provisions of the Awards in substitution for which they are granted.
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2.48 “Termination of Service” shall mean,
(a) As to a Consultant, the time when the engagement of a Holder as a Consultant to the Company or a Subsidiary is terminated for any reason, with or without cause, including, without limitation, by resignation, discharge, death or retirement, but excluding terminations where there is a simultaneous commencement of employment with the Company or any Subsidiary or service as a Non-Employee Director.
(b) As to a Non-Employee Director, the time when a Holder who is a Non-Employee Director ceases to be a Director for any reason, including, without limitation, a termination by resignation, failure to be elected, death or retirement, but excluding any Termination of Service where there is simultaneous employment by the Company (or a Subsidiary) of such person.
(c) As to an Employee, the time when the employee-employer relationship between a Holder and the Company or any Subsidiary is terminated for any reason, including, without limitation, a termination by resignation, discharge, death, disability or retirement; but excluding: (i) terminations where there is a simultaneous reemployment or continuing employment of a Holder by the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) terminations which are followed by the simultaneous establishment of a consulting relationship by the Company or a Subsidiary with the former employee, (iii) a termination where the former employee continues as a Non-Employee Director and (iv) at the sole discretion of the Administrator, terminations which result in a temporary severance of the employee-employer relationship.
The Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine the effect of all matters and questions relating to Termination of Service, including, without limitation, the question of whether a Termination of Service resulted from a discharge for cause and all questions of whether particular leaves of absence constitute a Termination of Service; provided, however, that, with respect to Incentive Stock Options, unless the Administrator otherwise provides in the terms of the Award Agreement or otherwise, a leave of absence, change in status from an employee to an independent contractor or Non-Employee Director or other change in the employee-employer relationship shall constitute a Termination of Service if, and to the extent that, such leave of absence, change in status or other change interrupts employment for the purposes of Section 422(a)(2) of the Code. For purposes of the Plan, a Holder’s employee-employer relationship or consultancy relations shall be deemed to be terminated in the event that the Subsidiary employing or contracting with such Holder ceases to remain a Subsidiary following any merger, sale of stock or other corporate transaction or event (including, without limitation, a spin-off).
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ARTICLE 3.
SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
3.1 Number of Shares.
(a) Subject to Section 12.2 and Sections 3.1(b)—(c), the aggregate number of Shares which may be issued or transferred pursuant to Awards under the Plan is the sum of (i) 4,000,000 Shares, and (ii) the number of Shares which, as of the Effective Date, are available for issuance under the First Amended Plan.
(b) The aggregate number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan shall be reduced by (i) 2.93 Shares for each Share subject to any Full Value Award that is granted prior to the Effective Date1 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, each Share subject to any Full Value Award that is granted prior to the Effective Date, but which becomes vested and/or settled following the Effective Date) and (ii) 2.45 Shares for each Share subject to any Full Value Award that is granted on or after the Effective Date.
(c) If any Shares subject to an Award are forfeited or expire or such Award is settled in cash (in whole or in part), the Shares subject to such Award shall, to the extent of such forfeiture, expiration or cash settlement, again be available for future grants of Awards under the Plan in accordance with Section 3.1(e). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the following Shares shall not be added back to the Shares authorized for grant under Section 3.1(a) and shall not be available for future grants of Awards: (i) Shares tendered by a Holder or withheld by the Company in payment of the exercise price of an Option; (ii) Shares tendered by the Holder or withheld by the Company to satisfy any tax withholding obligation with respect to an Award settled in Shares; (iii) Shares subject to a Stock Appreciation Right that are not issued in connection with the stock settlement of the Stock Appreciation Right on exercise thereof; and (iv) Shares purchased on the open market with the cash proceeds from the exercise of Options. Any Shares repurchased by the Company under Section 7.4 at the same price paid by the Holder so that such Shares are returned to the Company shall again be available for Awards. The payment of Dividend Equivalents in cash in conjunction with any outstanding Awards shall not be counted against the Shares available for issuance under the Plan. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 3.1(c), no Shares may again be optioned, granted or awarded if such action would cause an Incentive Stock Option to fail to qualify as an incentive stock option under Section 422 of the Code.
(d) Substitute Awards shall not reduce the Shares authorized for grant under the Plan. Additionally, in the event that a company acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary or with which the Company or any Subsidiary combines has shares available under a pre-existing plan approved by stockholders and not adopted in contemplation of such acquisition or combination, the shares available for grant pursuant to the terms of such pre-existing plan (as adjusted, to the extent appropriate, using the exchange ratio or other adjustment or valuation ratio or formula used in such acquisition or combination to determine the consideration payable to the holders of common stock of the entities party to such acquisition or combination) may be used for Awards under the Plan and shall not reduce the Shares authorized for grant under the Plan; provided that Awards using such available Shares shall not be made after the date awards or grants could have been made under the terms of the pre-existing plan, absent the acquisition or combination, and shall only be made to individuals who were not employed by or providing services to the Company or its affiliates immediately prior to such acquisition or combination.
| 1 | 2.22 Shares for Full Value Awards granted prior to April 26, 2017, the effective date of the First Amended Plan. |
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(e) Any Shares that again become available for grant pursuant to this Section 3.1 shall be added back as: (i) one Share if such Shares were subject to an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right, (ii) 2.93 Shares if such Shares were subject to a Full Value Award granted prior to the Effective Date2 or (iii) 2.45 Shares if such Shares were subject to a Full Value Award granted on or after the Effective Date.
3.2 Stock Distributed. Any Common Stock distributed pursuant to an Award may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued Common Stock, treasury Common Stock or Common Stock purchased on the open market.
3.3 Limitation on Number of Shares Subject to Awards. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, and subject to Section 12.2, the maximum aggregate number of Shares with respect to one or more Awards that may be granted to any one person during any calendar year shall be 750,000. In addition, notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, the sum of any cash compensation earned and the grant date fair value (determined as of the date of grant under Applicable Accounting Standards) of all Awards granted to any Non-Employee Director under the Plan during any calendar year shall not exceed the amount equal to $1,000,000 (the “Director Limit”).
3.4 Award Vesting Limitations. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, but subject to Section 12.2 of the Plan, Awards granted under the Plan after the Effective Date shall vest no earlier than the first anniversary of the date the Award is granted; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, Awards that result in the issuance of an aggregate of up to five percent (5%) of the Shares available pursuant to Section 3.1(a) as of the Effective Date (the “Five Percent Pool”) may be granted to any one or more Eligible Individuals without respect to such minimum vesting provisions. Nothing in this Section 3.4 shall preclude the Administrator from taking action, in its sole discretion, to accelerate the vesting of any Award in connection with or following a Holder’s death, disability, Termination of Service or the consummation of a Change in Control or from granting Awards that contain rights to accelerated vesting in any of the foregoing circumstances, and in either case, any such vesting shall not count against the Five Percent Pool.
ARTICLE 4.
GRANTING OF AWARDS
4.1 Participation. The Administrator may, from time to time, select from among all Eligible Individuals, those to whom an Award shall be granted and shall determine the nature and amount of each Award, consistent with the requirements of the Plan. Except as provided in Section 4.6 regarding the grant of Awards pursuant to the Administrative Rules Related to Non-Employee Director Stock Compensation, no Eligible Individual shall have any right to be granted an Award pursuant to the Plan.
| 2 | 2.22 Shares for Full Value Awards granted prior to April 26, 2017, the effective date of the First Amended Plan |
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4.2 Award Agreement. Each Award shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Award Agreements evidencing Incentive Stock Options shall contain such terms and conditions as may be necessary to meet the applicable provisions of Section 422 of the Code.
4.3 Limitations Applicable to Section 16 Persons. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Plan, and any Award granted or awarded to any individual who is then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, shall be subject to any additional limitations set forth in any applicable exemptive rule under Section 16 of the Exchange Act (including any amendment to Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act) that are requirements for the application of such exemptive rule. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Plan and Awards granted or awarded hereunder shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such applicable exemptive rule.
4.4 At-Will Employment. Nothing in the Plan or in any Award Agreement hereunder shall confer upon any Holder any right to continue in the employ of, or as a Director or Consultant for, the Company or any Subsidiary, or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company and any Subsidiary, which rights are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge any Holder at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in a written agreement between the Holder and the Company or any Subsidiary.
4.5 Foreign Holders. In order to comply with the laws in other countries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate or have Employees, Non-Employee Directors or Consultants, or facilitate compliance with the requirements of any foreign stock exchange or local laws, or qualify Awards for preferable tax treatment, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall have the power and authority to: (a) determine which Eligible Individuals outside the United States are eligible to participate in the Plan; (b) set different terms and conditions of any Award granted to Eligible Individuals outside the United States provided such terms are not contrary to any provision of the Plan; (c) establish subplans to the extent necessary or advisable (any such subplans shall be attached to the Plan as appendices); provided, however, that no such subplans shall increase the share limitations contained in Sections 3.1 and 3.3 nor be contrary to any other material provision of the Plan; and (d) take any action, before or after an Award is made, that it deems advisable to obtain approval or comply with any necessary local governmental regulatory exemptions or approvals or listing requirements of any such foreign stock exchange. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may not take any actions hereunder, and no Awards shall be granted, that would violate the Code, the Exchange Act, the Securities Act or any other securities law or governing statute or any other applicable law.
4.6 Non-Employee Director Awards. The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may provide that Awards granted to Non-Employee Directors shall be granted pursuant to a written nondiscretionary formula established by the Administrator (the “Administrative Rules Related to Non-Employee Director Stock Compensation”), subject to the limitations of the Plan. The Administrative Rules Related to Non-Employee Director Stock Compensation shall set forth the type of Award(s) to be granted to Non-Employee Directors, the number of Shares to be subject to Non-Employee Director Awards, the conditions on which such Awards shall be granted, become exercisable and/or payable and expire, and such other terms and conditions as the Administrator shall determine in its sole discretion. The Administrative Rules Related to Non-Employee Director Stock Compensation may be modified by the Administrator from time to time in its sole discretion.
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4.7 Stand-Alone and Tandem Awards. Awards granted pursuant to the Plan may, in the sole discretion of the Administrator, be granted either alone, in addition to, or in tandem with, any other Award granted pursuant to the Plan. Awards granted in addition to or in tandem with other Awards may be granted either at the same time as or at a different time from the grant of such other Awards.
ARTICLE 5.
GRANTING OF OPTIONS
5.1 Granting of Options to Eligible Individuals.
(a) The Administrator shall from time to time, in its sole discretion, and, subject to applicable limitations of the Plan:
(i) Select from among the Eligible Individuals (including Eligible Individuals who have previously received Awards under the Plan) such of them as in its opinion should be granted Options;
(ii) Determine the number of Shares to be subject to such Options granted to the selected Eligible Individuals (subject to the Award Limit);
(iii) Subject to Section 5.2, determine whether such Options are to be Incentive Stock Options or Non-Qualified Stock Options; and
(iv) Determine the terms and conditions of such Options, consistent with the Plan;
(b) Upon the selection of an Eligible Individual to be granted an Option, the Administrator shall instruct the Secretary of the Company to issue the Option and may impose such conditions on the grant of the Option as it deems appropriate.
5.2 Qualification of Incentive Stock Options. No Incentive Stock Option shall be granted to any person who is not an Employee. No person who qualifies as a Greater Than 10% Stockholder may be granted an Incentive Stock Option unless such Incentive Stock Option conforms to the applicable provisions of Section 422 of the Code. Any Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan may be modified by the Administrator, with the consent of the Holder, to disqualify such Option from treatment as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code. To the extent that the aggregate fair market value of stock with respect to which “incentive stock options” (within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, but without regard to Section 422(d) of the Code) are exercisable for the first time by a Holder during any calendar year under the Plan, and all other plans of the Company and any Subsidiary or parent corporation thereof (each as defined in Section 424(f) and 424(e) of the Code, respectively), exceeds $100,000, the Options shall be treated as Non-Qualified Stock Options to the extent required by Section 422 of the Code. The rule set forth in the preceding sentence shall be applied by taking Options and other “incentive stock options” into account in the order in which they were granted and the fair market value of stock shall be determined as of the time the respective options were granted.
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5.3 Option Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Common Stock subject to each Option shall be set by the Administrator, but shall be based on a price that shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date the Option is granted (or, as to Incentive Stock Options, on the date the Option is modified, extended or renewed for purposes of Section 424(h) of the Code). In addition, in the case of Incentive Stock Options granted to a Greater Than 10% Stockholder, such price shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date the Option is granted (or the date the Option is modified, extended or renewed for purposes of Section 424(h) of the Code).
5.4 Option Term. The term of each Option shall be set by the Administrator in its sole discretion; provided, however, that the term shall not be more than ten (10) years from the date the Option is granted, or five (5) years from the date an Incentive Stock Option is granted to a Greater Than 10% Stockholder. The Administrator shall determine the time period, including the time period following a Termination of Service, during which the Holder has the right to exercise the vested Options, which time period may not extend beyond the term of the Option term. Except as limited by requirements of Section 409A or Section 422 of the Code, the Administrator may extend the term of any outstanding Option, and may extend the time period during which vested Options may be exercised, in connection with any Termination of Service of the Holder, and may amend any other term or condition of such Option relating to such a Termination of Service. Further, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, to the extent permitted by and in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(5)(v)(C)(1), the Administrator may extend the maximum term of a Non-Qualified Option as may be necessary to allow for the exercise of such Non-Qualified Option for up to thirty (30) days following a period during which the exercise would have violated an applicable federal, state, local or foreign law.
5.5 Option Vesting.
(a) The period during which the right to exercise, in whole or in part, an Option vests in the Holder shall be set by the Administrator and the Administrator may determine that an Option may not be exercised in whole or in part for a specified period after it is granted. Such vesting may be based on service with the Company or any Subsidiary, any of the Performance Criteria, or any other criteria selected by the Administrator. At any time after grant of an Option, the Administrator may, in its sole discretion and subject to whatever terms and conditions it selects, accelerate the period during which an Option vests.
(b) No portion of an Option which is unexercisable at a Holder’s Termination of Service shall thereafter become exercisable, except as may be otherwise provided by the Administrator either in the Award Agreement or by action of the Administrator following the grant of the Option.
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5.6 Substitute Awards. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article 5 to the contrary, in the case of an Option that is a Substitute Award, the price per share of the shares subject to such Option may be less than the Fair Market Value per share on the date of grant, provided, that the excess of: (a) the aggregate Fair Market Value (as of the date such Substitute Award is granted) of the shares subject to the Substitute Award, over (b) the aggregate exercise price thereof does not exceed the excess of: (x) the aggregate fair market value (as of the time immediately preceding the transaction giving rise to the Substitute Award, such fair market value to be determined by the Administrator) of the shares of the predecessor entity that were subject to the grant assumed or substituted for by the Company, over (y) the aggregate exercise price of such shares.
5.7 Substitution of Stock Appreciation Rights. The Administrator may provide in the Award Agreement evidencing the grant of an Option that the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall have the right to substitute a Stock Appreciation Right for such Option at any time prior to or upon exercise of such Option; provided, that such Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercisable with respect to the same number of Shares for which such substituted Option would have been exercisable and shall also have the same exercise price, vesting schedule and remaining term as the substituted Option.
ARTICLE 6.
EXERCISE OF OPTIONS
6.1 Partial Exercise. An exercisable Option may be exercised in whole or in part. However, unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, an Option shall not be exercisable with respect to fractional Shares and the Administrator may require that, by the terms of the Option, a partial exercise be with respect to a minimum number of Shares.
6.2 Manner of Exercise. All or a portion of an exercisable Option shall be deemed exercised upon delivery of all of the following to the Secretary of the Company, or such other person or entity designated by the Administrator, or his, her or its office, as applicable:
(a) A notice (including notice through electronic medium) complying with the applicable rules established by the Administrator stating that the Option, or a portion thereof, is exercised. The notice shall be signed by the Holder or other person then entitled to exercise the Option or such portion of the Option (unless the exercise is made through an electronic medium);
(b) Such representations and documents as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or advisable to effect compliance with all applicable provisions of the Securities Act and any other federal, state or foreign securities laws or regulations. The Administrator may, in its sole discretion, also take whatever additional actions it deems appropriate to effect such compliance including, without limitation, placing legends on share certificates or applicable book entries evidencing shares and issuing stop-transfer notices to agents and registrars;
(c) In the event that the Option shall be exercised pursuant to Section 10.3 by any person or persons other than the Holder, appropriate proof of the right of such person or persons to exercise the Option; and
(d) Full payment of the exercise price and applicable withholding taxes to the Secretary of the Company for the Shares with respect to which the Option, or portion thereof, is exercised, in a manner permitted by Section 10.1 and 10.2.
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6.3 Notification Regarding Disposition. The Holder shall give the Company prompt notice of any disposition of Shares acquired by exercise of an Incentive Stock Option which occurs within (a) two years from the date of granting (including the date the Option is modified, extended or renewed for purposes of Section 424(h) of the Code) such Option to such Holder, or (b) one year after the transfer of such Shares to such Holder.
ARTICLE 7.
AWARD OF RESTRICTED STOCK
7.1 Award of Restricted Stock.
(a) The Administrator is authorized to grant Restricted Stock to Eligible Individuals, and shall determine the terms and conditions, including the restrictions applicable to each award of Restricted Stock, consistent with the Plan, and may impose such conditions on the issuance of such Restricted Stock as it deems appropriate.
(b) The Administrator shall establish the purchase price, if any, and form of payment for Restricted Stock. In all cases, legal consideration shall be required for each issuance of Restricted Stock.
7.2 Rights as Stockholders. Subject to Section 7.4, upon issuance of Restricted Stock, the Holder shall have, unless otherwise provided by the Administrator, all the rights of a stockholder with respect to said Shares, subject to the restrictions in his or her Award Agreement, including the right to receive all dividends and other distributions paid or made with respect to the Shares; provided, however, that, in the sole discretion of the Administrator, any extraordinary distributions with respect to the Common Stock shall be subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 7.3. Without limiting the foregoing, except in connection with a spin-off or other similar event or as otherwise permitted in Section 12.2 with respect to a share of Restricted Stock, dividends that are paid prior to vesting of shares of Restricted Stock shall only be paid out to the Holder only to the extent that the applicable vesting conditions are subsequently satisfied and the shares of Restricted Stock vest.
7.3 Restrictions. All shares of Restricted Stock (including any shares received by Holders thereof with respect to shares of Restricted Stock as a result of stock dividends, stock splits or any other form of recapitalization) shall, in the terms of each individual Award Agreement, be subject to such restrictions and vesting requirements as the Administrator shall provide. Such restrictions may include, without limitation, restrictions concerning voting rights and transferability and such restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such times and pursuant to such circumstances or based on such criteria as selected by the Administrator, including, without limitation, criteria based on the Holder’s duration of employment, directorship or consultancy with the Company, the Performance Criteria, Company performance, individual performance or other criteria selected by the Administrator. By action taken after the Restricted Stock is issued, the Administrator may, on such terms and conditions as it may determine to be appropriate, accelerate the vesting of such Restricted Stock by removing any or all of the restrictions imposed by the terms of the Award Agreement. Restricted Stock may not be sold or encumbered until all restrictions are terminated or expire.
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7.4 Repurchase or Forfeiture of Restricted Stock. If no price was paid by the Holder for the Restricted Stock, upon a Termination of Service during the applicable restriction period, the Holder’s rights in unvested Restricted Stock then subject to restrictions shall lapse, and such Restricted Stock shall be surrendered to the Company and cancelled without consideration. If a price was paid by the Holder for the Restricted Stock, upon a Termination of Service during the applicable restriction period, the Company shall have the right to repurchase from the Holder the unvested Restricted Stock then subject to restrictions at a cash price per share equal to the price paid by the Holder for such Restricted Stock or such other amount as may be specified in the Award Agreement. The Administrator in its sole discretion may provide that upon certain events, including a Change in Control, the Holder’s death, retirement or disability or any other specified Termination of Service or any other event, the Holder’s rights in unvested Restricted Stock shall not lapse, such Restricted Stock shall vest and, if applicable, the Company shall not have a right of repurchase.
7.5 Certificates for Restricted Stock. Restricted Stock granted pursuant to the Plan may be evidenced in such manner as the Administrator shall determine. Certificates or book entries evidencing shares of Restricted Stock must include an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock, and the Company may, in its sole discretion, retain physical possession of any stock certificate until such time as all applicable restrictions lapse.
7.6 Section 83(b) Election. If a Holder makes an election under Section 83(b) of the Code to be taxed with respect to the Restricted Stock as of the date of transfer of the Restricted Stock rather than as of the date or dates upon which the Holder would otherwise be taxable under Section 83(a) of the Code, the Holder shall be required to deliver a copy of such election to the Company promptly after filing such election with the Internal Revenue Service along with proof of the timely filing thereof with the Internal Revenue Service.
ARTICLE 8.
AWARD OF DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS, DEFERRED STOCK, STOCK PAYMENTS, RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS
8.1 Dividend Equivalents.
(a) Dividend Equivalents may be granted by the Administrator based on dividends declared on the Common Stock, to be credited as of dividend payment dates during the period between the date an Award is granted to a Holder and the date such Award vests, is exercised, is distributed or expires, as determined by the Administrator. Such Dividend Equivalents shall be converted to cash or additional Shares by such formula and at such time and subject to such limitations as may be determined by the Administrator. In addition, Dividend Equivalents with respect to an Award that are based on dividends paid prior to the vesting of such Award shall be paid out to the Holder only to the extent that the applicable vesting conditions are subsequently satisfied and the Award vests.
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(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Dividend Equivalents shall be payable with respect to Options or Stock Appreciation Rights.
8.2 Stock Payments. The Administrator is authorized to make Stock Payments to any Eligible Individual. The number or value of Shares of any Stock Payment shall be determined by the Administrator and may be based upon one or more Performance Criteria or any other specific criteria, including service to the Company or any Subsidiary, determined by the Administrator. Shares underlying a Stock Payment that is subject to a vesting schedule or other conditions or criteria set by the Administrator shall not be issued until those conditions have been satisfied. Unless otherwise provided by the Administrator, a Holder of a Stock Payment shall have no rights as a Company stockholder with respect to such Stock Payment until such time as the Stock Payment has vested and the Shares underlying the Award have been issued to the Holder. Stock Payments may but are not required to be made in lieu of base salary, bonus, fees or other cash compensation otherwise payable to such Eligible Individual.
8.3 Deferred Stock. The Administrator is authorized to grant Deferred Stock to any Eligible Individual. The number of shares of Deferred Stock shall be determined by the Administrator and may be based on one or more Performance Criteria or other specific criteria, including service to the Company or any Subsidiary, as the Administrator determines, in each case on a specified date or dates or over any period or periods determined by the Administrator. Common Stock underlying a Deferred Stock award will not be issued until the Deferred Stock award has vested, pursuant to a vesting schedule or other conditions or criteria set by the Administrator. Unless otherwise provided by the Administrator, a Holder of Deferred Stock shall have no rights as a Company stockholder with respect to such Deferred Stock until such time as the Award has vested and the Common Stock underlying the Award has been issued to the Holder.
8.4 Restricted Stock Units. The Administrator is authorized to grant Restricted Stock Units to any Eligible Individual. The number and terms and conditions of Restricted Stock Units shall be determined by the Administrator. The Administrator shall specify the date or dates on which the Restricted Stock Units shall become fully vested and nonforfeitable, and may specify such conditions to vesting as it deems appropriate, including conditions based on one or more Performance Criteria or other specific criteria, including service to the Company or any Subsidiary, in each case on a specified date or dates or over any period or periods, as the Administrator determines. The Administrator shall specify, or permit the Holder to elect, the conditions and dates upon which the Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units which shall be issued, which dates shall not be earlier than the date as of which the Restricted Stock Units vest and become nonforfeitable and which conditions and dates shall be subject to compliance with Section 409A of the Code. On the distribution dates, the Company shall issue to the Holder one unrestricted, fully transferable share of Common Stock for each vested and nonforfeitable Restricted Stock Unit.
8.5 Term. The term (if any) of a Dividend Equivalent award, Deferred Stock award, Stock Payment award and/or Restricted Stock Unit award shall be set by the Administrator in its sole discretion.
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8.6 Exercise or Purchase Price. The Administrator may establish the exercise or purchase price (if any) of a shares of Deferred Stock, shares distributed as a Stock Payment award or shares distributed pursuant to a Restricted Stock Unit award.
8.7 Exercise upon Termination of Service. A Dividend Equivalent award, Deferred Stock award, Stock Payment award and/or Restricted Stock Unit award is exercisable or distributable only while the Holder is an Employee, Director or Consultant, as applicable. The Administrator, however, in its sole discretion may provide that the Dividend Equivalent award, Deferred Stock award, Stock Payment award and/or Restricted Stock Unit award may be exercised or distributed subsequent to a Termination of Service in certain events, including a Change in Control, the Holder’s death, retirement or disability or any other specified Termination of Service.
ARTICLE 9.
AWARD OF STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
9.1 Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights. A Stock Appreciation Right may be granted: (a) in connection and simultaneously with the grant of an Option, or (b) independent of an Option. A Stock Appreciation Right shall be subject to such terms and conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as the Administrator shall impose; provided, that the term of any Stock Appreciation Right shall not exceed ten (10) years. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent permitted by and in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(5)(v)(C)(1), the Administrator may extend the maximum term of a Stock Appreciation Right as may be necessary to allow for the exercise of such Stock Appreciation Right for up to thirty (30) days following a period during which the exercise would have violated an applicable federal, state, local or foreign law.
9.2 Coupled Stock Appreciation Rights.
(a) A Coupled Stock Appreciation Right (“CSAR”) shall be related to a particular Option and shall be exercisable only when and to the extent the related Option is exercisable.
(b) A CSAR may be granted to the Holder for no more than the number of shares subject to the simultaneously granted Option to which it is coupled.
(c) A CSAR shall entitle the Holder (or other person entitled to exercise the Option pursuant to the Plan) to surrender to the Company unexercised a portion of the Option to which the CSAR relates (to the extent then exercisable pursuant to its terms) and to receive from the Company in exchange therefor an amount determined by multiplying (i) the difference obtained by subtracting the exercise price per share of the CSAR from (ii) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of exercise of the CSAR by the number of Shares with respect to which the CSAR shall have been exercised, subject to any limitations the Administrator may impose.
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9.3 Independent Stock Appreciation Rights.
(a) An Independent Stock Appreciation Right (“ISAR”) shall be unrelated to any Option and shall have a term set by the Administrator in its sole discretion, which term shall not be more than ten years following the date of grant of the ISAR. An ISAR shall be exercisable in such installments as the Administrator may determine. An ISAR shall cover such number of Shares as the Administrator may determine. The exercise price per share of Common Stock subject to each ISAR shall be set by the Administrator, but shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date the ISAR is granted. An ISAR is exercisable only while the Holder is an Employee, Non-Employee Director or Consultant; provided, that the Administrator may determine that the ISAR may be exercised subsequent to Termination of Service or following a Change in Control, or because of the Holder’s retirement, death or disability, or termination without cause, or otherwise to the extent not inconsistent with the terms of any employment agreement or other commitments made by the Company.
(b) An ISAR shall entitle the Holder (or other person entitled to exercise the ISAR pursuant to the Plan) to exercise all or a specified portion of the ISAR (to the extent then exercisable pursuant to its terms) and to receive from the Company an amount determined by multiplying (i) the difference obtained by subtracting the exercise price per share of the ISAR from the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of exercise of the ISAR by (ii) the number of Shares with respect to which the ISAR shall have been exercised, subject to any limitations the Administrator may impose.
9.4 Payment. Payment of the amounts determined under Section 9.2(c) and 9.3(b) above shall be in cash, Shares (based on its Fair Market Value as of the date the Stock Appreciation Right is exercised), or a combination of both, as determined by the Administrator.
ARTICLE 10.
ADDITIONAL TERMS OF AWARDS
10.1 Payment. The Administrator shall determine the methods by which payments by any Holder with respect to any Awards granted under the Plan shall be made, including, without limitation: (a) cash or check, (b) Shares (including, in the case of payment of the exercise price of an Award, Shares issuable pursuant to the exercise of the Award) or Shares held for such period of time as may be required by the Administrator in order to avoid adverse accounting consequences, in each case, having a Fair Market Value on the date of delivery equal to the aggregate payments required, (c) delivery of a notice that the Holder has placed a market sell order with a broker with respect to Shares then issuable upon exercise or vesting of an Award, and that the broker has been directed to pay a sufficient portion of the net proceeds of the sale to the Company in satisfaction of the aggregate payments required, provided, that payment of such proceeds is then made to the Company upon settlement of such sale, or (d) other property acceptable to the Administrator. The Administrator shall also determine the methods by which Shares shall be delivered or deemed to be delivered to Holders. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, no Holder who is a Director or an “executive officer” of the Company within the meaning of Section 13(k) of the Exchange Act shall be permitted to make payment with respect to any Awards granted under the Plan, or continue any extension of credit with respect to such payment with a loan from the Company or a loan arranged by the Company in violation of Section 13(k) of the Exchange Act.
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10.2 Tax Withholding. The Company or any Subsidiary shall have the authority and the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Holder to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, local and foreign taxes (including the Holder’s FICA or employment tax obligation) required by law to be withheld with respect to any taxable event concerning a Holder arising as a result of the Plan. The Administrator may in its sole discretion and in satisfaction of the foregoing requirement or in satisfaction of any additional tax withholding, cause the Company to, or allow a Holder to elect to have the Company, withhold Shares otherwise issuable under an Award (or allow the surrender of Shares). The number of Shares which may be so withheld or surrendered shall be limited to the number of shares which have a Fair Market Value on the date of withholding or repurchase no greater than the aggregate amount of such liabilities based on the maximum individual statutory withholding rates for the applicable jurisdiction. The Administrator shall determine the fair market value of the Common Stock, consistent with applicable provisions of the Code or other applicable law, for tax withholding obligations due in connection with a broker-assisted cashless Option or Stock Appreciation Right exercise involving the sale of shares to pay the Option or Stock Appreciation Right exercise price or any tax withholding obligation.
10.3 Transferability of Awards.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.3(b):
(i) No Award under the Plan may be sold, pledged, assigned or transferred in any manner other than: (A) by will or the laws of descent and distribution, (B) subject to the consent of the Administrator, pursuant to a DRO, unless and until such Award has been exercised, (C) to an inter vivos trust with respect to which the Holder is treated as the owner under Sections 671 through 677 of the Code (except to the extent that Section 16 of the Exchange Act limits a Holder’s right to make such transfers) or (D) the Shares underlying such Award have been issued, and all restrictions applicable to such Shares have lapsed;
(ii) No Award or interest or right therein shall be liable for the debts, contracts or engagements of the Holder or the Holder’s successors in interest or shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect, except to the extent that such disposition is permitted by Section 10.3(a)(i); and
(iii) During the lifetime of the Holder, only the Holder may exercise an Award (or any portion thereof) granted to the Holder under the Plan, unless it has been disposed of pursuant to a DRO; after the death of the Holder, any exercisable portion of an Award may, prior to the time when such portion becomes unexercisable under the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement, be exercised by the Holder’s personal representative or by any person empowered to do so under the deceased Holder’s will or under the then applicable laws of descent and distribution.
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(b) Notwithstanding Section 10.3(a), the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may determine to permit a Holder to transfer an Award other than an Incentive Stock Option to any one or more Permitted Transferees (as defined below), subject to the following terms and conditions: (i) an Award transferred to a Permitted Transferee shall not be assignable or transferable by the Permitted Transferee other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution; (ii) an Award which is transferred to a Permitted Transferee shall continue to be subject to all the terms and conditions of the Award as applicable to the original Holder (other than the ability to further transfer the Award); and (iii) the Holder and the Permitted Transferee shall execute any and all documents requested by the Administrator, including, without limitation documents to (A) confirm the status of the transferee as a Permitted Transferee, (B) satisfy any requirements for an exemption for the transfer under applicable federal, state and foreign securities laws and (C) evidence the transfer. For purposes of this Section 10.3(b), “Permitted Transferee” shall mean, with respect to a Holder, any “family member” of the Holder, as defined in the instructions to Form S-8 under the Securities Act, or to trusts or partnerships for such family members.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 10.3(a), a Holder may, in the manner determined and to the extent permitted by the Administrator, designate a beneficiary to exercise the rights of the Holder and to receive any distribution with respect to any Award upon the Holder’s death. A beneficiary, legal guardian, legal representative, or other person claiming any rights pursuant to the Plan is subject to all terms and conditions of the Plan and any Award Agreement applicable to the Holder, except to the extent the Plan and Award Agreement otherwise provide, and to any additional restrictions deemed necessary or appropriate by the Administrator. If the Holder is married and resides in a community property state, a designation of a person other than the Holder’s spouse as his or her beneficiary with respect to more than 50% of the Holder’s interest in the Award shall not be effective without the prior written consent of the Holder’s spouse. If no beneficiary has been designated or survives the Holder, payment shall be made to the person entitled thereto pursuant to the Holder’s will or the laws of descent and distribution. Subject to the foregoing, a beneficiary designation may be changed or revoked by a Holder at any time provided the change or revocation is filed with the Administrator.
10.4 Conditions to Issuance of Shares.
(a) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificates or make any book entries evidencing Shares pursuant to the exercise of any Award, unless and until the Board has determined, with advice of counsel, that the issuance of such Shares is in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations of governmental authorities and, if applicable, the requirements of any exchange on which the Shares are listed or traded, and the Shares are covered by an effective registration statement or applicable exemption from registration. In addition to the terms and conditions provided herein, the Board or the Committee may require that a Holder make such reasonable covenants, agreements, and representations as the Board, in their sole discretion, deems advisable in order to comply with any such laws, regulations, or requirements.
(b) All Common Stock certificates delivered pursuant to the Plan and all Shares issued pursuant to book entry procedures are subject to any stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Administrator deems necessary or advisable to comply with federal, state, or foreign securities or other laws, rules and regulations and the rules of any national securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed, quoted, or traded. The Administrator may place legends on any Common Stock certificate or book entry to reference restrictions applicable to the Common Stock.
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(c) The Administrator shall have the right to require any Holder to comply with any timing or other restrictions with respect to the settlement, distribution or exercise of any Award, including a window-period limitation, as may be imposed in the sole discretion of the Administrator.
(d) Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, no fractional Shares shall be issued and the Administrator shall determine, in its sole discretion, whether cash shall be given in lieu of fractional Shares or whether such fractional Shares shall be eliminated by rounding down.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, unless otherwise determined by the Administrator or required by any applicable law, rule or regulation, the Company shall not deliver to any Holder certificates evidencing Shares issued in connection with any Award and instead such Shares shall be recorded in the books of the Company (or, as applicable, its transfer agent or stock plan administrator).
10.5 Forfeiture and Claw-Back Provisions. Pursuant to its general authority to determine the terms and conditions applicable to Awards under the Plan, the Administrator shall have the right to provide, in an Award Agreement or otherwise, or to require a Holder to agree by separate written or electronic instrument, that:
(a) (i) any proceeds, gains or other economic benefit actually or constructively received by the Holder upon any receipt or exercise of the Award, or upon the receipt or resale of any Common Stock underlying the Award, must be paid to the Company, and (ii) the Award shall terminate and any unexercised portion of the Award (whether or not vested) shall be forfeited, if (x) a Termination of Service occurs prior to a specified date, or within a specified time period following receipt or exercise of the Award, or (y) the Holder at any time, or during a specified time period, engages in any activity in competition with the Company, or which is inimical, contrary or harmful to the interests of the Company, as further defined by the Administrator or (z) the Holder incurs a Termination of Service for “cause” (as such term is defined in the sole discretion of the Administrator, or as set forth in a written agreement relating to such Award between the Company and the Holder); and
(b) All Awards (including any proceeds, gains or other economic benefit actually or constructively received by the Holder upon any receipt or exercise of any Award or upon the receipt or resale of any Shares underlying the Award) shall be subject to the provisions of any claw-back policy implemented by the Company, including, without limitation, any claw-back policy adopted to comply with the requirements of applicable law, including without limitation the Company’s Compensation Recoupment (Clawback) Policy, to the extent set forth in such claw-back policy and/or in the applicable Award Agreement.
10.6 Prohibition on Repricing. Subject to Section 12.2, the Administrator shall not, without the approval of the stockholders of the Company, (a) authorize the amendment of any outstanding Option or Stock Appreciation Right to reduce its price per share, or (b) cancel any Option or Stock Appreciation Right in exchange for cash or another Award when the Option or Stock Appreciation Right price per share exceeds the Fair Market Value of the underlying Shares. Furthermore, for purposes of this Section 10.6, except in connection with a corporate transaction
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involving the Company (including, without limitation, any stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination or exchange of shares), the terms of outstanding Awards may not be amended to reduce the exercise price per share of outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights or cancel outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights in exchange for Options or Stock Appreciation Rights with an exercise price per share that is less than the exercise price per share of the original Options or Stock Appreciation Rights without the approval of the stockholders of the Company.
ARTICLE 11.
ADMINISTRATION
11.1 Administrator. The Committee (or another committee or a subcommittee of the Board assuming the functions of the Committee under the Plan) shall administer the Plan (except as otherwise permitted herein) and shall consist solely of two or more Non-Employee Directors appointed by and holding office at the pleasure of the Board, each of whom is intended to qualify as both a “non-employee director” as defined by Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act or any successor rule and an “independent director” under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (or other securities exchange or automated quotation system on which Shares are listed, quoted or traded); provided, that any action taken by the Committee shall be valid and effective, whether or not members of the Committee at the time of such action are later determined not to have satisfied the requirements for membership set forth in this Section 11.l or otherwise provided in any charter of the Committee. Except as may otherwise be provided in any charter of the Committee, appointment of Committee members shall be effective upon acceptance of appointment. Committee members may resign at any time by delivering written notice to the Board. Vacancies in the Committee may only be filled by the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the full Board, acting by a majority of its members in office, shall conduct the general administration of the Plan with respect to Awards granted to Non-Employee Directors and, with respect to such Awards, the terms “Administrator” and “Committee” as used in the Plan shall be deemed to refer to the Board, and (b) the Board or Committee may delegate its authority hereunder to the extent permitted by Section 11.6.
11.2 Duties and Powers of Committee. It shall be the duty of the Committee to conduct the general administration of the Plan in accordance with its provisions. The Committee shall have the power to interpret the Plan and the Award Agreement, and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith, to interpret, amend or revoke any such rules and to amend any Award Agreement provided that the rights or obligations of the holder of the Award that is the subject of any such Award Agreement are not materially and adversely affected by such amendment, unless the consent of the Holder is obtained or such amendment is otherwise permitted under Section 10.5 or Section 12.10. Any such grant or award under the Plan need not be the same with respect to each Holder. Any such interpretations and rules with respect to Incentive Stock Options shall be consistent with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code. In its sole discretion, the Board may at any time and from time to time exercise any and all rights and duties of the Committee under the Plan except with respect to matters which under Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act or any successor rule, or any regulations or rules issued thereunder, or the rules of the New York Stock Exchange or any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Shares are listed, quoted or traded are required to be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee.
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11.3 Action by the Committee. Unless otherwise established by the Board or in any charter of the Committee, a majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum and the acts of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present, and acts approved in writing by all members of the Committee in lieu of a meeting, shall be deemed the acts of the Committee. Each member of the Committee is entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any report or other information furnished to that member by any officer or other employee of the Company or any Subsidiary, the Company’s independent certified public accountants, or any executive compensation consultant or other professional retained by the Company to assist in the administration of the Plan.
11.4 Authority of Administrator. Subject to any specific designation in the Plan, the Administrator has the exclusive power, authority and sole discretion to:
(a) Designate Eligible Individuals to receive Awards;
(b) Determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to each Holder;
(c) Determine the number of Awards to be granted and the number of Shares to which an Award will relate;
(d) Determine the terms and conditions of any Award granted pursuant to the Plan, including, but not limited to, the exercise price, grant price, purchase price, any Performance Criteria, any restrictions or limitations on the Award, any schedule for vesting, lapse of forfeiture restrictions or restrictions on the exercisability of an Award, and accelerations or waivers thereof, and any provisions related to non-competition and recapture of gain on an Award, based in each case on such considerations as the Administrator in its sole discretion determines;
(e) Determine whether, to what extent, and pursuant to what circumstances an Award may be settled in, or the exercise price of an Award may be paid in cash, Common Stock, other Awards, or other property, or an Award may be canceled, forfeited, or surrendered;
(f) Prescribe the form of each Award Agreement, which need not be identical for each Holder;
(g) Decide all other matters that must be determined in connection with an Award;
(h) Establish, adopt, or revise any rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or advisable to administer the Plan;
(i) Interpret the terms of, and any matter arising pursuant to, the Plan or any Award Agreement;
(j) Make all other decisions and determinations that may be required pursuant to the Plan or as the Administrator deems necessary or advisable to administer the Plan; and
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(k) Accelerate wholly or partially the vesting or lapse of restrictions of any Award or portion thereof at any time after the grant of an Award, subject to whatever terms and conditions it selects and Section 3.4 and Section 12.2.
11.5 Decisions Binding. The Administrator’s interpretation of the Plan, any Awards granted pursuant to the Plan, any Award Agreement and all decisions and determinations by the Administrator with respect to the Plan are final, binding, and conclusive on all parties.
11.6 Delegation of Authority. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Board or Committee may from time to time delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Board or one or more officers of the Company or to any other person or body the authority to grant or amend Awards or to take any other administrative actions pursuant to this Article 11; provided, however, that in no event shall the Board or Committee delegate the authority to grant awards to, or amend awards held by individuals who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and in no event will any individual who is delegated authority hereunder have authority to grant or amend an Award to, or held by, himself or herself; provided further, that any delegation of administrative authority shall only be permitted to the extent it is permissible under applicable law. Any delegation hereunder shall be subject to the restrictions and limits that the Board or Committee specifies at the time of such delegation, and the Board may at any time rescind the authority so delegated or appoint a new delegatee. At all times, the delegatee appointed under this Section 11.6 shall serve in such capacity at the pleasure of the Board and the Committee, as applicable, and the Board or the Committee may abolish any committee at any time and/or re-vest in itself any previously delegated authority.
ARTICLE 12.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
12.1 Amendment, Suspension or Termination of the Plan. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 12.1, the Plan may be wholly or partially amended or otherwise modified, suspended or terminated at any time or from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Committee. However, without approval of the Company’s stockholders given within twelve (12) months before or after the action by the Administrator, no action of the Administrator may, except as provided in Section 12.2, (i) increase the limits imposed in Section 3.1 on the maximum number of Shares which may be issued under the Plan, increase the Award Limit or increase the Director Limit, (ii) decrease the exercise price of any outstanding Option or Stock Appreciation Right granted under the Plan, or (iii) take any action prohibited under Section 10.6. Except as provided in Section 10.5 and Section 12.10, no amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan shall, without the consent of the Holder, materially impair any rights or obligations under any Award theretofore granted or awarded, unless the Award itself otherwise expressly so provides or unless the Administrator determines that such action is necessary or advisable to comply with applicable laws. No Awards may be granted or awarded during any period of suspension or after termination of the Plan, and in no event may any Award be granted under the Plan after the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Expiration Date”); provided, however, that in no event may an Incentive Stock Option be granted after the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Board Approval Date. Any Awards that are outstanding on the Expiration Date shall remain in force according to the terms of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.
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12.2 Changes in Common Stock or Assets of the Company, Acquisition or Liquidation of the Company and Other Corporate Events.
(a) In the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or exchange of shares, merger, consolidation or other distribution (other than normal cash dividends) of Company assets to stockholders, or any other change affecting the shares of the Company’s stock or the share price of the Company’s stock other than an Equity Restructuring, the Administrator shall make equitable adjustments, if any, to reflect such change with respect to (i) the aggregate number and kind of shares that may be issued under the Plan (including, but not limited to, adjustments of the limitations in Sections 3.1 and 3.3 on the maximum number and kind of shares which may be issued under the Plan, adjustments of the Award Limit or Director Limit, and adjustments of the manner in which shares subject to Full Value Awards will be counted); (ii) the number and kind of Shares (or other securities or property) subject to outstanding Awards; (iii) the number and kind of Shares (or other securities or property) for which automatic grants are subsequently to be made to new and continuing Non-Employee Directors pursuant to Section 4.6; (iv) the terms and conditions of any outstanding Awards (including, without limitation, any applicable performance targets or criteria with respect thereto); and (iv) the grant or exercise price per share for any outstanding Awards under the Plan.
(b) In the event of any transaction or event described in Section 12.2(a) or any unusual or nonrecurring transactions or events affecting the Company, any affiliate of the Company, or the financial statements of the Company or any affiliate, or of changes in applicable laws, regulations or accounting principles, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, and on such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, either by the terms of the Award or by action taken prior to the occurrence of such transaction or event and either automatically or upon the Holder’s request, is hereby authorized to take any one or more of the following actions whenever the Administrator determines that such action is appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan or with respect to any Award under the Plan, to facilitate such transactions or events or to give effect to such changes in laws, regulations or principles.
(i) To provide for either (A) termination of any such Award in exchange for an amount of cash, if any, equal to the amount that would have been attained upon the exercise of such Award or realization of the Holder’s rights (and, for the avoidance of doubt, if as of the date of the occurrence of the transaction or event described in this Section 12.2 the Administrator determines in good faith that no amount would have been attained upon the exercise of such Award or realization of the Holder’s rights, then such Award may be terminated by the Company without payment) or (B) the replacement of such Award with other rights or property selected by the Administrator in its sole discretion having an aggregate value not exceeding the amount that could have been attained upon the exercise of such Award or realization of the Holder’s rights had such Award been currently exercisable or payable or fully vested;
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(ii) To provide that such Award be assumed by the successor or survivor corporation, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, or shall be substituted for by similar options, rights or awards covering the stock of the successor or survivor corporation, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, with appropriate adjustments as to the number and kind of shares and prices;
(iii) To make adjustments in the number and type of shares of the Company’s stock (or other securities or property) subject to outstanding Awards and/or in the terms and conditions of (including the grant or exercise price), and the criteria included in, outstanding Awards and Awards which may be granted in the future;
(iv) To provide that such Award shall be exercisable or payable or fully vested with respect to all Shares covered thereby, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement; and
(v) To provide that the Award cannot vest, be exercised or become payable after such event.
(c) In connection with the occurrence of any Equity Restructuring, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Sections 12.2(a) and 12.2(b):
(i) The number and type of securities subject to each outstanding Award and the exercise price or grant price thereof, if applicable, shall be equitably adjusted. The adjustments provided under this Section 12.2(c) shall be nondiscretionary and shall be final and binding on the affected Holder and the Company.
(d) The Administrator shall make such equitable adjustments, if any, as the Administrator in its sole discretion may deem appropriate to reflect such Equity Restructuring with respect to the aggregate number and kind of shares that may be issued under the Plan (including, but not limited to, adjustments of the limitations in Section 3.1 on the maximum number and kind of shares which may be issued under the Plan, adjustments of the Award Limit or Director Limit, and adjustments of the manner in which shares subject to Full Value Awards will be counted).
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, in the event of a Change in Control, each outstanding Award shall continue in effect or be assumed or an equivalent Award substituted by the successor corporation or a parent or subsidiary of the successor corporation. In the event that the successor corporation refuses to assume or substitute for the Award, the Administrator may cause any or all of such Awards to become fully exercisable immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction and all forfeiture restrictions on any or all of such Awards to lapse. If an Award is exercisable in lieu of assumption or substitution in the event of a Change in Control, the Administrator shall notify the Holder that the Award shall be fully exercisable for a period of fifteen (15) days from the date of such notice (or such other period of time as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion) contingent on the occurrence of the Change in Control, and the Award shall terminate on the Change in Control. For the purposes of this Section 12.2(c), an Award shall be considered assumed if, following the Change in Control, the Award confers the right to purchase or receive, for each share of Common Stock subject to the Award immediately prior to the Change in Control, the consideration (whether stock, cash, or other securities or property) received in the Change in Control by holders of Common Stock for each share held on the effective date of the transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares); provided, however,
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that if such consideration received in the Change in Control was not solely common stock of the successor corporation or its parent, the Administrator may, with the consent of the successor corporation, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of the Award, for each share of Common Stock subject to an Award, to be solely common stock of the successor corporation or its parent equal in fair market value to the per share consideration received by holders of Common Stock in the Change in Control.
(f) The Administrator may, in its sole discretion, include such further provisions and limitations in any Award, agreement or certificate or book entry evidencing shares, as it may deem equitable and in the best interests of the Company that are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan.
(g) No adjustment or action described in this Section 12.2 or in any other provision of the Plan shall be authorized to the extent that such adjustment or action would cause the Plan to violate Section 422(b)(1) of the Code. Furthermore, no such adjustment or action shall be authorized to the extent such adjustment or action would result in short-swing profits liability under Section 16 or violate the exemptive conditions of Rule 16b-3 unless the Administrator determines that the Award is not to comply with such exemptive conditions.
(h) The existence of the Plan, the Award Agreement and the Awards granted hereunder shall not affect or restrict in any way the right or power of the Company or the stockholders of the Company to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in the Company’s capital structure or its business, any merger or consolidation of the Company, any issue of stock or of options, warrants or rights to purchase stock or of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stocks whose rights are superior to or affect the Common Stock or the rights thereof or which are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, or the dissolution or liquidation of the company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.
(i) No action shall be taken under this Section 12.2 which shall cause an Award to fail to comply with Section 409A of the Code, to the extent applicable to such Award.
(j) In the event of any pending stock dividend, stock split, combination or exchange of shares, merger, consolidation or other distribution (other than normal cash dividends) of Company assets to stockholders, or any other change affecting the Shares or the share price of the Common Stock including any Equity Restructuring, for reasons of administrative convenience, the Company in its sole discretion may refuse to permit the exercise of any Award during a period of 30 days prior to the consummation of any such transaction.
12.3 Approval of Plan by Stockholders. The Plan (as amended and restated) will be submitted for the approval of the Company’s stockholders within twelve (12) months after the date of the Board’s initial adoption of the Plan (as amended and restated). Awards may be granted or awarded under the Plan (as amended and restated) and subject to the terms and conditions of the First Amended Plan following the Board’s adoption of the Plan (as amended and restated) unless and until the Plan (as amended and restated) receives stockholder approval. Awards granted from and after stockholder approval of the Plan (as amended and restated) will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan (as amended and restated). If the Plan (as amended and restated) is not approved by stockholders within twelve (12) months after its adoption by the Board, then the First Amended Plan shall continue on its existing terms and conditions and the Plan (as amended and restated) shall be of no force or effect.
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12.4 No Stockholders Rights. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Holder shall have none of the rights of a stockholder with respect to Shares covered by any Award until the Holder becomes the record owner of such Shares.
12.5 Paperless Administration. In the event that the Company establishes, for itself or using the services of a third party, an automated system for the documentation, granting or exercise of Awards, such as a system using an internet website or interactive voice response, then the paperless documentation, granting or exercise of Awards by a Holder may be permitted through the use of such an automated system.
12.6 Effect of Plan upon Other Compensation Plans. Except as set forth in Section 12.3, the adoption of the Plan shall not affect any other compensation or incentive plans in effect for the Company or any Subsidiary. Nothing in the Plan shall be construed to limit the right of the Company or any Subsidiary: (a) to establish any other forms of incentives or compensation for Employees, Directors or Consultants of the Company or any Subsidiary, or (b) to grant or assume options or other rights or awards otherwise than under the Plan in connection with any proper corporate purpose including without limitation, the grant or assumption of options in connection with the acquisition by purchase, lease, merger, consolidation or otherwise, of the business, stock or assets of any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm or association.
12.7 Compliance with Laws. The Plan, the granting and vesting of Awards under the Plan and the issuance and delivery of Shares and the payment of money under the Plan or under Awards granted or awarded hereunder are subject to compliance with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules and regulations (including but not limited to state, federal and foreign securities law and margin requirements) and to such approvals by any listing, regulatory or governmental authority as may, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, be necessary or advisable in connection therewith. Any securities delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such restrictions, and the person acquiring such securities shall, if requested by the Company, provide such assurances and representations to the Company as the Company may deem necessary or desirable to assure compliance with all applicable legal requirements. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Plan and Awards granted or awarded hereunder shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such laws, rules and regulations.
12.8 Titles and Headings, References to Sections of the Code and the Exchange Act. The titles and headings of the Sections in the Plan are for convenience of reference only and, in the event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than such titles or headings, shall control. References to sections of the Code and the Exchange Act shall include any amendment or successor thereto.
12.9 Governing Law. The Plan and any agreements hereunder shall be administered, interpreted and enforced under the internal laws of the State of Delaware without regard to conflicts of laws thereof.
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12.10 Section 409A. To the extent that the Administrator determines that any Award granted under the Plan is subject to Section 409A of the Code (“Section 409A”), the Award Agreement evidencing such Award shall incorporate the terms and conditions required by Section 409A. In that regard, to the extent any Award is subject to Section 409A and such Award is payable on account of a Holder’s Termination of Service, then (i) such Award shall be paid only to the extent such termination of service qualifies as a “separation from service” as defined in Section 409A, and (b) if such Award is payable to a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A then, to the extent required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Section 409A, such Award shall not be paid until the date that is six (6) months and one day after such “separation from service” (or such other Section 409A-compliant date provided under the terms of the applicable Award Agreement), except to the extent that earlier distribution would not result in such Holder’s incurring interest or additional tax under Section 409A. To the extent applicable, the Plan and Award Agreements shall be interpreted in accordance with Section 409A. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in the event that the Administrator determines that any Award may be subject to Section 409A, the Administrator may adopt such amendments to the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement or adopt other policies and procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other actions, that the Administrator determines are necessary or appropriate to (a) exempt the Award from Section 409A and/or preserve the intended tax treatment of the benefits provided with respect to the Award, or (b) comply with the requirements of Section 409A and thereby avoid the application of any penalty taxes under such Section. The Company makes no representations or warranties as to the tax treatment of any Award under Section 409A or otherwise. The Company shall have no obligation under this Section 12.10 or otherwise to take any action (whether or not described herein) to avoid the imposition of taxes, penalties or interest under Section 409A with respect to any Award and neither the Administrator, the Company nor any of the Company’s employees, director or representatives shall have any liability to any Holder with respect to this Section 12.10.
12.11 No Rights to Awards. No Eligible Individual or other person shall have any claim to be granted any Award pursuant to the Plan, and neither the Company nor the Administrator is obligated to treat Eligible Individuals, Holders or any other persons uniformly.
12.12 Unfunded Status of Awards. The Plan is intended to be an “unfunded” plan for incentive compensation. With respect to any payments not yet made to a Holder pursuant to an Award, nothing contained in the Plan or any Award Agreement shall give the Holder any rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the Company or any Subsidiary.
12.13 Indemnification. To the extent allowable pursuant to applicable law, each member of the Committee or of the Board shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company from any loss, cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by such member in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit, or proceeding to which he or she may be a party or in which he or she may be involved by reason of any action or failure to act pursuant to the Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid by him or her in satisfaction of judgment in such action, suit, or proceeding against him or her; provided he or she gives the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he or she undertakes to handle and defend it on his or her own behalf. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled pursuant to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.
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12.14 Fractional Share Interests. Awards over Fractional Share Interests may be granted and Fractional Share Interests may be allocated to a Holder’s account under the Plan through an arrangement facilitated by the Company’s designated broker if and to the extent determined by the Administrator. Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrator may authorize the allocation of Fractional Share Interests in connection with the withholding or sale of shares of Common Stock to satisfy any tax withholding obligations pursuant to Section 10.2 and/or the payment of the exercise price of an Option pursuant to Section 6.2(d). To the extent the Administrator has determined that Fractional Share Interests may be granted and/or allocated to a Holder’s account, the Administrator shall specify in the Award Agreement or such other Plan-related documentation any rights the Holder shall have as a stockholder with respect to shares of Common Stock underlying the Fractional Share Interests. Further, to the extent the Administrator has determined that Fractional Share Interests may be granted and/or allocated to a Holder’s account, references in the Plan to shares of Common Stock shall include Fractional Share Interests when used in the context of shares underlying Awards or issuable pursuant to Awards, unless otherwise expressly provided or otherwise suggested by the context. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in the Plan, no fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued by the Company (whether in certificate or book entry form) in connection with any Fractional Share Interests. Any such Fractional Share Interests, as facilitated by the Company’s designated broker, may be recorded in the books of such designated broker for purposes of providing holders of Fractional Share Interests with such rights of stockholders with respect to shares of Common Stock as may be specified in the Award Agreement or other Plan-related documentation.
12.15 Relationship to other Benefits. No payment pursuant to the Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, savings, profit sharing, group insurance, welfare or other benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in writing in such other plan or an agreement thereunder.
12.16 Expenses. The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company and its Subsidiaries.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Plan was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated on January 20, 2026.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Plan was approved by the stockholders of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated on April 22, 2026.
Executed on this 22nd day of April, 2026.
| /s/ Melanie S. Cibik |
| Corporate Secretary |
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Exhibit 10.2
RESOLUTIONS
OF THE NOMINATING AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
APRIL 21, 2026
Standing Resolutions for Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Unit Grants
WHEREAS, on January 20, 2026, the Board of Directors adopted, subject to approval of the stockholders of the Corporation, the Amended and Restated Teledyne Technologies Incorporated 2014 Incentive Award Plan (the “Amended Plan”), and Administrative Rules of the Amended and Restated Teledyne Technologies 2014 Incentive Award Plan Related to Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Unit Awards And Fees (the “Rules”).
RESOLVED, that, in accordance with Section VI of the Rules, in the event the stockholders of the Corporation approve the Amended Plan at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Corporation:
(a) Commencing with the Corporation’s 2026 Annual Meeting, on the date of the Corporation’s Annual Meeting for each year, each incumbent non-employee director shall be automatically granted an award of restricted stock units subject to the terms and conditions specified in the Rules, in an amount of restricted stock units equal to $210,000 divided by the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Amended Plan) of a share of common stock on the date of grant, rounded down to the nearest whole unit share; and
(b) Each person who becomes a non-employee director for the first time on a date after an Annual Meeting date, shall be automatically granted an award of restricted stock units subject to the terms and conditions specified in the Rules, effective as of the date such person becomes a non-employee director, in an amount of restricted stock units equal to $105,000 divided by the Fair Market Value (as defined in Amended Plan) of a share of common stock on the date of grant, rounded down to the nearest whole unit share.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that any previous deferral election made by a director under the Administrative Rules of the Teledyne Technologies 2014 Incentive Award Plan Related to Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Unit Awards and Fees (the “Prior Rules”), shall apply to awards made pursuant to the Rules under the Amended Plan;
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the foregoing resolution shall remain in effect until modified or rescinded by further action of the Committee.
Standing Resolutions for Non-Employee Director Retainer Payments
RESOLVED, that, in accordance with Section XIII of the Rules and consistent with resolutions previously adopted by this Committee under the Prior Rules, in the event the stockholders of the Corporation approve the Amended Plan at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Corporation:
| (1) | each Non-Employee Director shall be entitled to receive an annual Director’s Retainer Fee Payment of $110,000, to be paid in two equal amounts on the first business day of January and July of each calendar year; |
| (2) | the Chair of the Audit Committee shall receive an additional annual Retainer Fee Payment of $25,000, to be paid on the first business day of January of each calendar year; |
| (3) | the Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee shall receive an additional annual Retainer Fee Payment of $15,500, to be paid on the first business day of January of each calendar year; |
| (4) | the Chair of the Personnel and Compensation Committee shall receive an additional annual Retainer Fee Payment of $20,000, to be paid on the first business day of January of each calendar year; and |
| (5) | the Lead Director shall receive an additional annual Director’s Retainer Fee Payment of $40,000, to be paid on the first business day of January of each calendar year. |
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the foregoing resolution shall remain in effect until modified or rescinded by further action of the Committee.
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Exhibit 10.3
TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES OF THE AMENDED AND RESTATED TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES 2014 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN RELATED TO NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARDS AND FEES
(as adopted on January 20, 2026 and effective April 22, 2026)
I. Purpose
These Administrative Rules of the Amended and Restated Teledyne Technologies Incorporated 2014 Incentive Award Plan Related to Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Unit Awards and Fees (the “Rules”) are intended to help the Corporation attract and retain highly qualified individuals to serve as Non-Employee Directors of the Corporation and to align further the interests of the Non-Employee Directors with the interests of the Corporation’s stockholders by paying a substantial portion of Non-Employee Director compensation in the form of Restricted Stock Units
II. Definitions
The following definitions apply:
(1) “Administrator” means the Committee, or its delegates, which shall initially include the Corporation’s Secretary.
(2) “Award” means a grant of Restricted Stock Units under these Rules.
(3) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
(4) “Change in Control” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Plan.
(5) “Committee” means the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board.
(6) “Compensation Year” means each calendar year or portion thereof during which these Rules are in effect.
(7) “Corporation” means Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, or its successors.
(8) “Director” means a member of the Board.
(9) “Director’s Retainer Fee Payment” means the dollar value of that portion of the annual retainer fee payable by the Corporation to a Non-Employee Director for serving as a Director and for serving as the chair of the Board or any committee of the Board or as Lead Director of the Board as of a particular Payment Date, as established by the Board and in effect from time to time.
(10) “Effective Date” means the date the stockholders of the Corporation approve the Plan.
(11) “Non-Employee Director” means any member of the Board who is not an employee of the Corporation or any affiliate of the Corporation.
(12) “Participant” means each Non-Employee Director to whom an Award is granted under these Rules.
(13) “Payment Date” means the first business day of January and July of each Compensation Year on which the Director’s Retainer Fee Payment for serving as a Director is paid by the Corporation and the first business day of January of each Compensation Year on which the Director’s Retainer Fee Payment for serving as the Lead Director of the Board or any committee of the Board is paid by the Corporation.
(14) “Plan” means the ’Amended and Restated Teledyne Technologies Incorporated 2014 Incentive Award Plan, as amended and restated by the Board as of January 20, 2026, subject to the approval of the Company’s stockholders, as may be further amended from time to time.
(15) “Restricted Period” means the period of time an Award is subject to restrictions as set forth in Section VII.
(16) “Restricted Stock Unit” means a stock unit granted under these Rules with a value equal to the value of a share and subject to restrictions on transfer and potential forfeiture during the applicable Restricted Period.
(17) “Section 409A” means Section 409A of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any Treasury Regulations and other Internal Revenue Service guidance thereunder, as each may be amended from time to time.
(18) “Separation of Service” means the termination of a participant’s service on the Board for any reason, including death or disability, other than for removal as provided in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, provided that such termination of service qualifies as a “separation from service” as defined in Section 409A. A leave of absence or an interruption in service (including an interruption during military service) authorized or acknowledged by the Board shall not be deemed a Separation of Service for the purposes of these Rules.
(19) “Share” means a share of common stock of the Corporation, $0.01 par value.
III. Administration
The Committee has ultimate authority to administer these Rules, including authority to grant or amend Awards; to determine, subject to the limitations contained in these Rules, the terms and conditions of Awards; and to construe and interpret provisions of these Rules. Subject to the oversight of the Board, the Administrator or its delegate has authority to establish procedures and forms, and to take other actions assigned to the Administrator under these Rules.
IV. Effective Date; Term
These Rules have been approved by the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board and shall be effective as of the Effective Date. These Rules shall terminate without further action upon the earlier of (a) the tenth anniversary of the effective date of the Plan, and (b) the first date upon which no shares of Common Stock remain available for issuance under these Rules.
V. Available Shares
The shares to be offered under the Plan pursuant to these Rules shall consist of the Corporation’s authorized but unissued Shares or treasury shares that are available to be offered under the Plan.
VI. Grants of Awards; Eligibility
Subject to the terms and conditions of these Rules, the Committee may grant Restricted Stock Units on or after the Effective Date under these Rules at such times, in such amounts, and upon such terms and conditions as the Committee determines. The Committee may establish standing resolutions for this purpose. Awards under these Rules may only be made to a person who, at the time of grant, is serving as a Non-Employee Director.
VII. Restrictions on Transfer; Forfeiture
(1) Unless the Committee specifies otherwise in an Award, the Restricted Period for an Award under these Rules will commence on the date the Award is granted and will expire on the earliest to occur of the following:
(a) one year from the date of grant of the Award;
(b) upon the participant’s Separation of Service; or
(c) upon a Change in Control.
(2) Awards may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, or otherwise disposed of or encumbered prior to the settlement of Awards as provided in Section X. The designation of a beneficiary pursuant to Section XII will not be considered a disposition or encumbrance for this purpose.
(3) If the participant ceases to be a member of the Board and the Restricted Period for the participant’s Awards does not expire as provided in paragraph (1) of this Section, all the participant’s Awards under these Rules will be forfeited and all right, title, and interest of the participant to receive any shares or amounts in connection with such Awards will terminate without further obligation on the part of the Corporation.
VIII. Stockholder Status; Dividends and Dividend Equivalents
During the Restricted Period, a participant to whom Restricted Stock Units are credited will not be a stockholder of the Corporation with respect to such units. However, the Corporation will credit each Restricted Stock Unit with dividend equivalents corresponding in amount and timing to cash dividends that would be payable with respect to an outstanding share. Dividend equivalents will be paid in cash or, if the Committee so determines with respect to any Awards granted in a subsequent Compensation Year, will be deemed to be reinvested in additional Restricted Stock Units, and in either case, will be subject to the same vesting requirements, and will be paid to the participant at the same time, as the Awards to which they are attributable.
IX. Form of Awards
During the Restricted Period, Restricted Stock Units will be evidenced by book-entry credits in records maintained by or on behalf of the Corporation. Restricted Stock Units will represent only an unfunded and unsecured contractual right to receive shares, if any, payable in settlement of the Award.
X. Settlement of Awards
(1) Restricted Stock Units will be settled in shares. If and when the Restricted Period expires with respect to an Award of Restricted Stock Units, the Corporation will, subject to Section XIV and the provisions of this Section X below, deliver one share free of restriction in settlement of each unit to or for the account of the participant, or the participant’s estate, or designated beneficiary, if applicable, within thirty (30) days after the expiration of the Restricted Period, and in any case by December 31 of the calendar year in which the end of the Restricted Period occurs, unless the participant has elected to defer the date of issuance as provided below.
(2) Subject to any conditions deemed appropriate from time to time by the Committee (including suspension of the right to elect deferrals or to make changes to any existing deferral election) and the provisions of this Section X below, a participant may elect to defer the date on which shares are issued to such participant under subsection X.(1) above using the form attached as Exhibit A (or any successor form approved by the Administrator). Any such election with respect to any Award must be made by, and may not be revoked after, December 31 of the Compensation Year before the Award is granted; provided, however, that in the case of a Non-Employee Director who first becomes eligible to receive an Award under these Rules (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-2(a)(7)), any such election with respect to an Award to be granted in the same Compensation Year for services rendered after the date of such deferral election may be made within thirty (30) days after the Non-Employee Director becomes eligible, and may not be revoked after such date.
(3) Shares will be delivered in certificate or book-entry form and cash (including dividends or dividend equivalents) will be paid by check, wire transfer, or direct deposit, in each case in accordance with the procedures of the Administrator or its delegate in effect at the time.
(4) The issuance or delivery of any shares may be postponed by the Corporation for such period as may in the determination of the Administrator be required to comply with any applicable requirements under the federal securities laws (including, without limitation, the exemptions provided in Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), any applicable listing requirements of any national securities exchange, or any other requirements or exemptions applicable to the issuance or delivery of such shares. The Corporation will not be obligated to issue or deliver any shares if the issuance or delivery would constitute a violation of any provision of any law or of any regulation of any governmental authority or any national securities exchange.
(5) Awards granted under these Rules constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” which are intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A and Section 12.10 of the Plan is incorporated herein by reference. These Rules and all documents and agreements relating to Awards shall be interpreted and administered in accordance with Section 409A. Notwithstanding any provision of these Rules and any other documents and agreements relating to the Awards to the contrary, the Committee may adopt such amendments to these Rules and such other documents and agreements or adopt other policies and procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other actions, that the Committee determines are necessary or appropriate to comply with the requirements of Section 409A.
XI. Change in Capitalization; Adjustments
If a stock split, stock dividend, merger, or other relevant change in capitalization occurs, the Administrator will adjust the terms of outstanding Awards, including the number of Restricted Stock Units credited to a participant’s account or the securities issuable in settlement of such units, as well as the maximum number of shares issuable under Section V, as appropriate to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of Non-Employee Directors under these Rules. Any new shares or securities issued with respect to outstanding Restricted Stock Units will be delivered to and held by or on behalf of the Corporation, and will be subject to the same provisions, restrictions, and requirements as such Restricted Stock Unit.
XII. Beneficiary Designation
Participants may designate a beneficiary to whom shares under these Rules may be delivered or paid on the death of the participant, provided that such designation will only be given effect if the designation is expressly authorized as a non-testamentary transfer under applicable laws of descent and distribution as determined by the Administrator. Beneficiary designations will be subject to such forms, requirements, and procedures as the Administrator may establish.
XIII. Payment of Director’s Fees
The Director’s Retainer Fee Payment shall be paid to each Non-Employee Director, as of each Payment Date, as set forth in these Rules and subject to such other payment policies and procedures as the Administrator or its delegate may establish from time to time.
XIV. Withholding Taxes
The Corporation has the right, in its sole discretion, to deduct or withhold at any time shares or cash subject to or otherwise deliverable or payable in connection with an Award (including cash payable as dividends or dividend equivalents) or any Director’s Retainer Fee Payment as may in the determination of the Administrator be necessary to satisfy any required withholding or similar taxes with respect to such Awards. Withheld shares may be retained by the Corporation or sold on behalf of the participant, as determined by the Administrator.
XV. Amendments to the Rules
(1) The Board or Administrator may from time to time amend or cease granting Awards under these Rules.
(2) An amendment of these Rules will, unless the amendment provides otherwise, be immediately and automatically effective for all outstanding Awards.
(3) The Board or Administrator may amend any outstanding Award under these Rules, provided the Award, as amended, contains only such terms and conditions as would be permitted or required for a new Award under these Rules.
XVI. General Provisions
(1) The Administrator or its delegate is authorized to establish forms of agreement between the Corporation and each participant to evidence Awards under these Rules, and to require execution of such agreements as a condition to a participant’s receipt of an Award.
(2) The grant of an Award under these Rules does not give a participant any right to remain a director of the Corporation.
(3) These Rules will be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware and the United States of America, without regard to any conflict of law rules.
EXHIBIT A-1
TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT
DEFERRAL ELECTION
FOR RSU AWARDS GRANTED IN
COMPENSATION YEAR [_______]
The following election constitutes an election by the undersigned (“you”) to defer payment of vested benefits and recognition of income pursuant to the Restricted Stock Unit Award (“RSU Award”) to be made to you by Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (“Company”) after the [___] Annual Meeting of Stockholders under the Company’s Administrative Rules of the Amended and Restated Teledyne Technologies Incorporated 2014 Incentive Award Plan Related to Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Unit Awards and Fees (the “Rules”). This Deferral Election must be entered into prior to and may not be revoked after [_________] with respect to your [_______] RSU Award. Capitalized terms used but not defined have the meanings set forth in the Rules.
You understand you are not obligated to make a Deferral Election in the manner offered on this Deferral Election form. If you do not make a Deferral Election on this form, subject to the terms of the Rules, the date on which the Shares subject to vested Restricted Stock Units will be issued to you will be within thirty (30) days after the earliest to occur of the following:
(a) one year from the date of grant of the RSU Award;
(b) upon your Separation of Service; or
(c) upon a Change in Control.
If you make a Deferral Election on this form, the Shares underlying your vested RSUs will be distributed to you (or your heirs or estate) earlier than the date(s) you elect in the event of (1) your death prior to the elected distribution date(s), or (2) a Change in Control.
By signing this Deferral Election form you agree to defer the date on which the Shares subject to your vested RSU Award will be issued to you so that the Shares underlying your vested RSU Award will be issued to you on the date of your Separation of Service.
Your Deferral Election shall become irrevocable as of [30 days from initial eligibility for a new director/December 31 of the year prior to the year the RSU is granted for existing directors]. The Company shall have sole discretion to revise the terms of this election form, or the procedures with respect to making this election or any election change, to the extent the Company deems it helpful or appropriate to comply with applicable law.
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EXHIBIT A-2
TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT
DEFERRAL ELECTION (Indefinite Term)
FOR RSU AWARDS
The following election constitutes an election by the undersigned (“you”) to defer payment of vested benefits and recognition of income pursuant to Restricted Stock Unit Awards (“RSU Awards”) to be made to you by Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (“Company”) beginning with RSU Awards made after the ______ Annual Meeting of Stockholders under the Company’s Administrative Rules of the Amended and Restated Teledyne Technologies Incorporated 2014 Incentive Award Plan Related to Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Unit Awards and Fees (the “Rules”). This Deferral Election must be entered into prior to and may not be revoked after December 31, _______ and will apply to all RSU Awards made to you beginning with your _ RSU Awards. Capitalized terms used but not defined have the meanings set forth in the Rules.
You understand you are not obligated to make a Deferral Election in the manner offered on this Deferral Election form. If you do not make a Deferral Election on this form, subject to the terms of the Rules, the date on which the Shares subject to vested Restricted Stock Units will be issued to you will be within thirty (30) days after the earliest to occur of the following:
(a) one year from the date of grant of the RSU Award;
(b) upon your Separation of Service; or
(c) upon a Change in Control.
By signing this Deferral Election form you agree to defer the date on which the Shares subject to your vested RSU Awards will be issued to you so that the Shares underlying your vested RSU Awards will be issued to you on the date of your Separation of Service.
If you make a Deferral Election on this form, the Shares underlying your vested RSUs will be distributed to you (or your heirs or estate) earlier than the date(s) you elect in the event of (1) your death prior to the elected distribution date(s), or (2) a Change in Control.
Your Deferral Election shall become irrevocable with respect to the RSU Awards covered by this Deferral Election, except for such changes that are permitted by the Rules and Section 409A. The Company shall have sole discretion to revise the terms of this election form, or the procedures with respect to making this election or any election change, to the extent the Company deems it helpful or appropriate to comply with applicable law.
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