DEF 14A: Definitive proxy statements
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SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON JUNE 22, 2006
TO BE HELD ON JUNE 22, 2006
To our Stockholders:
The 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of TTM Technologies, Inc. will be held at 10:00 a.m.,
local time, on Thursday, June 22, 2006 at our corporate offices located at 2630 South Harbor Blvd.,
Santa Ana, California 92704, for the following purposes:
1. | To elect one class III director for a term expiring in 2009; | ||
2. | To approve the 2006 Incentive Compensation Plan; and | ||
3. | To consider any other matters that properly come before the meeting and any postponement or adjournment thereof. |
Stockholders of record as of the close of business on April 24, 2006 are entitled to notice
of, and to vote at, the meeting and any postponement or adjournment thereof.
Whether or not you expect to be present, please sign, date, and return the enclosed proxy card
in the enclosed pre-addressed envelope as promptly as possible. No postage is required if mailed
in the United States.
By Order of the Board of Directors, | ||||
Santa Ana, California
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Steven W. Richards, Secretary | |||
April 28, 2006 |
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MEETING AND ALL STOCKHOLDERS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE MEETING IN PERSON.
THOSE STOCKHOLDERS WHO ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND ARE RESPECTFULLY URGED TO EXECUTE AND RETURN THE
ENCLOSED PROXY CARD AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE. STOCKHOLDERS WHO EXECUTE A PROXY CARD MAY
NEVERTHELESS ATTEND THE MEETING, REVOKE THEIR PROXY AND VOTE THEIR SHARES IN PERSON.
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TTM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
PROXY STATEMENT
This proxy statement contains information related to our annual meeting of stockholders to be
held on Thursday, June 22, 2006, beginning at 10:00 a.m. local time at our corporate offices
located at 2630 South Harbor Boulevard, Santa Ana, California 92704, and at any adjournments or
postponements thereof. The purpose of this proxy statement is to solicit proxies from the holders
of our common stock for use at the meeting. The approximate date that this proxy statement, the
accompanying notice of annual meeting, and the enclosed form of proxy are being sent to
stockholders is on or about April 28, 2006. You should review this information in conjunction with
our 2005 Annual Report to Stockholders, which accompanies this proxy statement.
ABOUT THE MEETING
What is the purpose of the annual meeting?
At the annual meeting, stockholders will vote on (i) the election of one class III director,
and (ii) the approval of the 2006 Incentive Compensation Plan. In addition, our management will
report on our performance during 2005 and respond to questions from our stockholders.
Who is entitled to vote at the meeting?
Only stockholders of record at the close of business on the record date, April 24, 2006, are
entitled to receive notice of the annual meeting and to vote the shares of our common stock that
they held on that date at the meeting, or any postponements or adjournments of the meeting. Each
outstanding share of common stock entitles its holder to cast one vote on each matter to be voted
upon.
Who may attend the meeting?
All stockholders as of the record date, or their duly appointed proxies, may attend the
meeting. Please note that if you hold shares in street name (that is, through a broker or other
nominee), you will need to bring a copy of a brokerage statement reflecting your stock ownership as
of the record date.
What constitutes a quorum?
The presence at the meeting, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of all of the
shares of common stock outstanding on the record date will constitute a quorum, permitting the
conduct of business at the meeting. As of the record date, 41,521,850 shares of our common stock
were outstanding. Proxies received but marked as abstentions and broker non-votes will be included
in the calculation of the number of shares considered to be present at the meeting.
If less than a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote are
represented at the meeting, a majority of the shares present at the meeting may adjourn the meeting
to another date, time, or place, and notice need not be given of the new date, time, or place if
the new date, time, or place is announced at the meeting before an adjournment is taken.
How do I vote?
If you complete and properly sign the accompanying proxy card and return it to us, it will be
voted as you direct. If you are a registered stockholder and attend the meeting, you may deliver
your completed proxy card in person. Street name stockholders who wish to vote at the meeting
will need to obtain a proxy form from the institution that holds their shares.
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Can I change my vote after I return my proxy card?
Yes. Even after you have submitted your proxy, you may change your vote at any time before
the proxy is exercised by filing with us either a notice of revocation or a duly executed proxy
bearing a later date. The powers of the proxy holders will be suspended if you attend the meeting
in person and so request, although attendance at the meeting will not by itself revoke a previously
granted proxy.
What are the boards recommendations?
Unless you give other instructions on your proxy card, the persons named as proxy holders on
the proxy card will vote in accordance with the recommendations of our board of directors. Each of
the boards recommendations is set forth together with the description of each item in this proxy
statement. In summary, the board recommends a vote for election of its nominee for director and
for approval of the 2006 Incentive Compensation Plan.
Our board of directors does not know of any other matters that may be brought before the
meeting nor does it foresee or have reason to believe that the proxy holders will have to vote for
a substitute or alternate board nominee for director. In the event that any other matter should
properly come before the meeting or any nominee for director is not available for election, the
proxy holders will vote as recommended by the board of directors or, if no recommendation is given,
in accordance with their best judgment.
What vote is required to approve each item?
Election of Director. The affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of our common stock
present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote is required for the
election of one director. A properly executed proxy marked WITHHOLD AUTHORITY with respect to
the election of that director will not be voted, although it will be counted for purposes of
determining whether there is a quorum. Stockholders do not have the right to cumulate their votes
for directors.
2006 Incentive Compensation Plan. The affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of our
common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote is
required for approval of the 2006 Incentive Compensation Plan. A properly executed proxy marked
ABSTAIN with respect to the approval of the 2006 Incentive Compensation Plan will not be voted,
although it will be counted for purposes of determining whether there is a quorum. Accordingly, an
abstention will have the effect of a negative vote. Because your broker or nominee does not have
discretionary voting power with respect to this proposal, if you do not give specific instructions
to your broker or nominee, a broker non-vote will occur with respect to this proposal and your
shares will not be voted or counted for purposes of approval of our 2006 Incentive Compensation
Plan, although your shares will be counted for purposes of determining whether there is a quorum.
Other Items. For each other item, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of our
common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote will be
required for approval. A properly executed proxy marked ABSTAIN with respect to any such matter
will not be voted, although it will be counted for purposes of determining whether there is a
quorum. Accordingly, an abstention will have the effect of a negative vote.
What are the effects of broker non-votes?
If you hold your shares in street name through a broker or other nominee, your broker or
nominee may not be permitted to exercise voting discretion with respect to some of the matters to
be acted upon. Thus, if you do not give your broker or nominee specific instructions, your shares
may not be voted on those matters. Because your broker or nominee does not have discretionary
voting power with respect to the proposal to approve our 2006 Incentive Compensation Plan, if you
do not give specific instructions to your broker or nominee on that proposal, a broker non-vote
will occur and your shares will not be voted or counted for purposes of that proposal. Shares
represented by these broker non-votes will, however, be counted in determining whether there is a
quorum.
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Who will pay for the preparation of the proxy?
We will pay the cost of preparing, assembling, and mailing the proxy statement, notice of
meeting, and enclosed proxy card. In addition to the use of mail, our employees may solicit
proxies personally and by telephone. Our employees will receive no compensation for soliciting
proxies other than their regular salaries. We may request banks, brokers, and other custodians,
nominees, and fiduciaries to forward copies of the proxy materials to the beneficial owners of our
common stock and to request authority for the execution of proxies and we may reimburse such
persons for their expenses incurred in connection with these activities.
Our principal executive offices are located at 2630 S. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana, California
92704, and our telephone number is (714) 327-3000. A list of stockholders entitled to vote at the
annual meeting will be available at our offices for a period of 10 days prior to the meeting and at
the meeting itself for examination by any stockholder.
PROPOSAL ONE
ELECTION OF DIRECTOR
Directors and Nominee
Our board of directors is divided into three classes with each class of directors serving for
a three-year term or until successors of that class have been elected and qualified. While the
number of directors is currently fixed at nine, three board seats remain vacant at this time.
These remaining board seats will remain vacant until our Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee has identified suitable candidates to fill the vacant board seats. At the annual meeting,
our stockholders will elect one class III director, who will serve a term expiring at the 2009
annual meeting, or until his successor has been duly elected and qualified.
Our board of directors has nominated Mr. John G. Mayer, who currently serves as a director, to
stand for re-election. Mr. Mayer currently serves as our class III director and, if re-elected,
will serve a three year term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2009. Messrs. James
K. Bass, Thomas T. Edman, and Robert E. Klatell serve as class I directors, and their term will
expire at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2007. Messrs. Kenton K. Alder and Richard P. Beck
serve as class II directors, and their term will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders in
2008.
Our board of directors has no reason to believe that its nominee will refuse or be unable to
accept election. However, if John G. Mayer is unable to accept election or if any other unforeseen
contingencies should arise, our board of directors may designate a substitute nominee. If our
board of directors designates a substitute nominee, the persons named as proxies will vote for the
substitute nominee designated by our board of directors.
The following table, together with the accompanying text, sets forth certain information with
respect to each of our directors.
Name | Age | Position(s) Held | ||||
Robert E. Klatell
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60 | Chairman and Director | ||||
Kenton K. Alder
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56 | Chief Executive Officer, President, and Director | ||||
James K. Bass
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49 | Director | ||||
Richard P. Beck
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73 | Director | ||||
Thomas T. Edman
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44 | Director | ||||
John G. Mayer
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55 | Director |
There are no family relationships among our directors.
Robert E. Klatell has served as our Director since September 2004 and our Chairman of the
Board since May 2005. Since December 2005, Mr. Klatell has served as Chief Executive Officer of
DICOM Group plc, a publicly held company (London Stock Exchange) that provides information capture
and communications solutions. Mr. Klatell served as a consultant to Arrow Electronics, Inc. from
January 2004 to December 2004. Mr. Klatell
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served in various executive capacities at Arrow from February 1976 to December 2003, most
recently as Executive Vice President from July 1995 to December 2003. Mr. Klatell is a member of
the board of directors of Datascope Corp. and Mediagrif Interactive Technologies Inc. Mr. Klatell
holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Williams College and a Juris Doctorate from New
York University Law School. The board has determined that Mr. Klatell is an independent director.
Kenton K. Alder has served as our Chief Executive Officer, President, and Director since March
1999. From January 1997 to July 1998, Mr. Alder served as Vice President of Tyco Printed Circuit
Group Inc., a printed circuit board manufacturer. Prior to that time, Mr. Alder served as
President and Chief Executive Officer of ElectroStar, Inc., previously a publicly held printed
circuit board manufacturing company, from December 1994 to December 1996. From January 1987 to
November 1994, Mr. Alder served as President of Lundahl Astro Circuits Inc., a predecessor company
to ElectroStar. Mr. Alder holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance and a Bachelor of Science in
Accounting from Utah State University.
James K. Bass has served as our Director since September 2000. Mr. Bass is currently the
Chief Executive Officer and a director of The New Piper Aircraft, Inc., a general aviation
manufacturing company, and has served in such capacities since September 2005. He served as the
Chief Executive Officer and a director of Suntron Corporation, a publicly held provider of high mix
electronic manufacturing services, from its incorporation in May 2001 until May 2005, and as Chief
Executive Officer of EFTC Corporation, a subsidiary of Suntron, from July 2000 until April 2001.
From 1992 to July 2000, Mr. Bass was a Senior Vice President of Sony Corporation. Prior to that,
Mr. Bass spent 15 years in various manufacturing management positions at the aerospace group of
General Electric Corporation. Mr. Bass holds a B.S.M.E. from Ohio State University. The board has
determined that Mr. Bass is an independent director.
Richard P. Beck has served as our Director since February 2001. Mr. Beck is presently
retired. From November 2001 to May 2002, Mr. Beck served as Senior Vice President of Advanced
Energy Industries, a publicly held manufacturer of power conversion systems and integrated
technology solutions. From February 1998 to November 2001, Mr. Beck served as Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of Advanced Energy Industries and continues to serve as a
director of the company and is a member of its audit committee and chairman of its nominating and
governance committee.. From March 1992 until February 1998, Mr. Beck served as Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of Advanced Energy. From November 1987 to March 1992, Mr. Beck served as
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Cimage Corporation, a computer software
company. Mr. Beck is also Chairman of the Board, a member of the audit committee, and serves on
the compensation committee and nominating and governance committee of Applied Films Corporation, a
publicly held manufacturer of flat panel display equipment. Mr. Beck holds a Bachelor of Science
in Accounting and Finance and a Master of Business Administration from Babson College. The board
has determined that Mr. Beck is an independent director and an audit committee financial expert
as described in applicable Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules.
Thomas T. Edman has served as our Director since September 2004. Mr. Edman has been employed
by Applied Films Corporation since June 1996 and has served as its President and Chief Executive
Officer since May 1998. From June 1996 until May 1998, Mr. Edman served as Chief Operating Officer
and Executive Vice President of Applied Films. From 1993 until joining Applied Films, he served as
General Manager of the High Performance Materials Division of Marubeni Specialty Chemicals, Inc., a
subsidiary of a major Japanese trading corporation. Mr. Edman serves on the board of directors of
Applied Films. Mr. Edman also serves on the national board of directors of the American
Electronics Association, a professional trade organization, and is chairman of its audit committee.
He also serves on the Governing Board of the USDC (United States Display Consortium). Mr. Edman
holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in East Asian studies (Japan) from Yale University and a Masters
degree in Business Administration from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. The
board has determined that Mr. Edman is an independent director.
John G. Mayer has served as our Director since September 2000. Mr. Mayer is presently
retired. From January 1997 to November 1999, Mr. Mayer served as Vice President of Tyco Printed
Circuit Group, Inc., a printed circuit board manufacturer. Mr. Mayer served as Chief Operating
Officer of ElectroStar, Inc., previously a publicly held printed circuit board manufacturing
company, from December 1994 to December 1996. From April 1986 to November 1994, Mr. Mayer served
as President of Electro-Etch Circuits, Inc., a predecessor company to
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ElectroStar. Mr. Mayer holds a Bachelor of Arts in History, the Arts and Letters from Yale
University and a Juris Doctor from UCLA School of Law. The board has determined that Mr. Mayer is
an independent director.
Information Relating to Corporate Governance and the Board of Directors
A majority of the members of our board of directors are independent. Our board of directors
has determined, after considering all the relevant facts and circumstances, that Messrs. Bass,
Beck, Edman, Klatell, and Mayer are independent directors, as independence is defined by the
listing standards of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD).
Our bylaws authorize our board of directors to appoint among its members one or more
committees, each consisting of one or more directors. Our board of directors has established three
standing committees: an audit committee, a compensation committee, and a nominating and corporate
governance committee. We intend to schedule each year at least two executive sessions at which
independent directors meet without the presence or participation of management.
Our board of directors has adopted charters for the audit and nominating and corporate
governance committees describing the authority and responsibilities delegated to the committee by
the board of directors. Our board of directors has also adopted a Whistle Blower Policy and a Code
of Ethics for the CEO and Senior Financial Officers. We post on our website, at
www.ttmtechnologies.com, the charters of our audit and nominating and corporate governance
committees; our Whistle Blower Policy, and Code of Ethics for the CEO and Senior Financial
Officers, and any amendments or waivers thereto; and any other corporate governance materials
contemplated by SEC or NASDAQ regulations. These documents are also available in print to any
stockholder requesting a copy in writing from our corporate secretary at our executive offices set
forth in this proxy statement. A copy of the audit committee charter is included with this proxy
statement as Annex A.
Interested parties may communicate with our board of directors or specific members of our
board of directors, including the members of our various board committees, by submitting a letter
addressed to the board of directors of TTM Technologies, Inc. c/o any specified individual director
or directors at the address listed in this proxy statement. We will forward any such letters to
the indicated directors.
Meetings of the Board of Directors
Our board of directors held seven meetings during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.
All of our directors attended more than 75% of the aggregate of (i) total number of meetings of the
board of directors held during fiscal year 2005, and (ii) the total number of meetings held by all
committees of our board of directors on which such person served during fiscal year 2005.
Committees of the Board of Directors
Audit Committee. The audit committee reviews and monitors our corporate financial reporting
and our external audit, including, among other things, our control functions, the results and scope
of the annual audit, and other services provided by our independent registered public accounting
firm and our compliance with legal requirements that have a significant impact on our financial
reports. The audit committee also consults with our management and our independent registered
public accounting firm regarding the preparation of financial statements and, as appropriate,
initiates inquiries into aspects of our financial affairs. In addition, the audit committee has
the responsibility to consider and recommend the appointment of, and to pre-approve services
provided by, and fee arrangements with, our independent registered public accounting firm. The
current members of the audit committee are Messrs. Bass, Beck, and Mayer, each of whom is an
independent director of our company under the NASD listing standards rules as well as under rules
adopted by the SEC pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The board of directors has
determined that Mr. Beck, who serves as chairman of the audit committee, qualifies as an audit
committee financial expert in accordance with applicable rules and regulations of the SEC. The
audit committee held ten meetings during fiscal year 2005.
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The nominating and corporate governance
committee oversees the structure and makeup of the board and oversees the management continuity
planning processes. It establishes, monitors, and recommends the purpose, structure, and
operations of the various
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committees of the board, the criteria and qualifications for membership of each committee, and
recommends whether rotations or term limits are appropriate for the chair or committee members of
the various committees. In addition, the nominating and corporate governance committee recommends
individuals to stand for election as directors and recommends directors to serve on each committee
as a member or as chair of the committee. It also oversees and approves the management continuity
planning process, including reviewing and evaluating the succession plans relating to the chief
executive officer and other executive officer positions. Finally, the nominating and corporate
governance committee reviews and makes recommendations regarding our governing documents (including
our certificate of incorporation and the bylaws) and our corporate governance principles. The
nominating and corporate governance committee currently consists of three members, Messrs. Beck,
Klatell, and Bass. The nominating and corporate governance committee held one meeting during
fiscal year 2005.
Compensation Committee. The compensation committee provides a general review of our
compensation and benefit plans to ensure that they meet corporate objectives. In addition, the
compensation committee reviews the chief executive officers recommendations on compensation of our
officers and adopting and changing major compensation policies and practices, and reports its
recommendations to the whole board of directors for approval and authorization. The compensation
committee administers our stock plans and is currently comprised of Messrs. Edman, Klatell, and
Mayer. The compensation committee held six meetings during fiscal year 2005.
Director Compensation and Other Information
Our non-employee directors receive the following compensation: an annual cash retainer of
$20,000, a $1,500 payment per board meeting, a $750 payment for each committee meeting, and
reimbursement of expenses relating to the board meetings. In addition, our Chairman of the Board
receives an annual cash retainer of $15,000, and the chairmen of our various board committees
receive annual cash retainers as follows: $9,000 to the audit committee chairman, $4,000 to the
compensation committee chairman, and $3,000 to the nominating and corporate governance committee
chairman.
Upon election, each non-employee director receives an option to purchase 20,000 shares of our
common stock. At each annual meeting of stockholders, each non-employee director who has served as
a director for the previous six months receives an option to purchase 4,000 shares of our common
stock. The options provided to the non-employee directors expire on the grant dates tenth
anniversary and vest over a three or four year period.
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table shows the amount of each class of common stock beneficially owned as of
March 31, 2006, by (a) each of our directors and nominees for director, (b) each of our named
executive officers, (c) all of our directors and current executive officers as a group, and (d)
each person known by us to own beneficially more than five percent of our outstanding common stock.
Beneficial Ownership Table
Shares Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||||
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (1) | Number | Percent (2) | ||||||||||
Directors and Executive Officers: |
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Kenton K. Alder (3) |
1,006,314 | 2.4 | % | |||||||||
Steven W. Richards (4) |
112,938 | * | ||||||||||
O. Clay Swain (5) |
332,001 | * | ||||||||||
Shane S. Whiteside (6) |
384,001 | * | ||||||||||
Daniel L. Felsenthal (7) |
38,969 | * | ||||||||||
James K. Bass (7) |
28,000 | * | ||||||||||
Richard P. Beck (8) |
29,000 | * | ||||||||||
Thomas T. Edman (7) |
20,000 | * | ||||||||||
Robert E. Klatell (7) |
20,000 | * | ||||||||||
John G. Mayer (7) |
28,000 | * | ||||||||||
All directors and executive officers as
a group (10 persons) (9) |
1,999,223 | 4.6 | % | |||||||||
5% Stockholders: |
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Royce & Associates, LLC (10) |
5,065,300 | 12.2 | % | |||||||||
FMR Corp. (11) |
3,873,168 | 9.3 | % | |||||||||
Wasatch Advisors, Inc. (12) |
2,349,463 | 5.7 | % | |||||||||
Barclays Global Investors, NA (13) |
2,303,668 | 5.6 | % | |||||||||
Mac-Per-Wolf Company (14) |
2,206,715 | 5.3 | % |
* | Represents less than 1% of our outstanding common stock. | |
(1) | Except as otherwise indicated, the address of each person listed on the table is 2630 S. Harbor Blvd, Santa Ana, CA, 92704. | |
(2) | We have determined beneficial ownership in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC. In computing the number of shares beneficially owned by a person and the percentage ownership of that person, we have included the shares of common stock subject to options and warrants held by that person that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days after March 31, 2006, but we have not included those shares for purposes of computing percentage ownership of any other person. We have assumed unless otherwise indicated that the persons and entities named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares beneficially owned, subject to community property laws where applicable. Beneficial ownership is based on 41,521,850 shares of our common stock outstanding as of March 31, 2006. | |
(3) | Includes 750 shares held by Mr. Alders children and 936,595 shares issuable upon exercise of vested stock options. | |
(4) | Includes 112,438 shares issuable upon exercise of vested stock options. | |
(5) | Includes 331,001 shares issuable upon exercise of vested stock options. | |
(6) | Includes 344,001 shares issuable upon exercise of vested stock options. | |
(7) | Represents shares issuable upon exercise of vested stock options. | |
(8) | Includes 24,000 shares issuable upon exercise of vested stock options. | |
(9) | Includes 1,883,004 shares issuable upon exercise of vested stock options. | |
(10) | The information is as reported on Schedule 13G filed on February 1, 2006 with the SEC by Royce & Associates, LLC (Royce), an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The address for Royce is 1414 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019. |
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(11) | The information is as reported on Schedule 13G filed on February 14, 2006 with the SEC by FMR Corp. (FMR). The address for FMR is 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109. Fidelity Management & Research Company (Fidelity), a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR Corp. and an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, is the beneficial owner of 3,805,168 shares or 9.164% of the companys common stock as a result of acting as investment adviser to various investment companies registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The ownership of one investment company, Fidelity Small Cap Stock Fund, amounted to 3,805,168 shares of the companys common stock. Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR Corp., through its control of Fidelity, and the funds each has sole power to dispose of the 3,805,168 shares owned by the Funds. Members of the family of Edward C. Johnson 3d, Chairman of FMR Corp., are the predominant owners, directly or through trusts, of Series B shares of common stock of FMR Corp., representing 49% of the voting power of FMR Corp. The Johnson family group and all other Series B shareholders have entered into a shareholders voting agreement under which all Series B shares will be voted in accordance with the majority vote of Series B shares. Accordingly, through their ownership of voting common stock and the execution of the shareholders voting agreement, members of the Johnson family may be deemed, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a controlling group with respect to FMR Corp. Neither FMR Corp. nor Edward C. Johnson 3d, Chairman of FMR Corp., has the sole power to vote or direct the voting of the shares owned directly by the Fidelity Funds, which power resides with the Funds Boards of Trustees. Fidelity carries out the voting of the shares under written guidelines established by the Funds Boards of Trustees. Fidelity Management Trust Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR Corp. and a bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, is the beneficial owner of 68,000 shares of the companys common stock as a result of its serving as investment manager of the institutional account(s). Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR Corp., through its control of Fidelity Management Trust Company, each has sole dispositive power over 68,000 shares and sole power to vote or to direct the voting of 68,000 shares owned by the institutional account(s) as reported above. | |
(12) | The information is as reported on Schedule 13G filed on February 14, 2006 with the SEC by Wasatch Advisors, Inc. (Wasatch), an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The address for Wasatch is 150 Social Hall Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. | |
(13) | The information is as reported on Schedule 13G filed on January 27, 2006 with the SEC by Barclays Global Investors, NA (Barclays) and certain affiliates of Barclays, including Barclays Global Fund Advisors, Barclays Global Investors, Ltd., and Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust and Banking Company Limited. The address for Barclays is 45 Fremont Street, San Francisco, California 94105. | |
(14) | The information is as reported on Schedule 13G filed on February 15, 2006 with the SEC by Mac-Per-Wolf Company, filing on behalf of its two subsidiaries, PWMCO, LLC, a broker dealer registered under Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act and an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and Perkins, Wolf, McDonnell and Company, LLC, an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The address for Mac-Per-Wolf Company is 311 S. Wacker Dr., Suite 6000, Chicago, Illinois 60606. |
SECTION 16(A) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our directors, officers, and persons who own more
than 10% of a registered class of our securities to file reports of ownership and changes in
ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Directors, officers, and greater than 10%
stockholders are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms
they file.
Based solely upon our review of the copies of such forms that we received during the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2005, and written representations that no other reports were required, we
believe that each person who at any time during such fiscal year was a director, officer, or
beneficial owner of more than 10% of our common stock complied with all Section 16(a) filing
requirements during fiscal year 2005.
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following table sets forth information for the fiscal years indicated concerning the
compensation earned by our Chief Executive Officer and our four next most highly compensated
executive officers whose aggregate compensation exceeded $100,000 in fiscal year 2005.
Summary Compensation Table
Long-Term Compensation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Annual Compensation | Awards | Payouts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other Annual | Securities | LTIP | All Other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Compensation | Underlying | Payouts | Compensation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name and Principal Position | Year | Salary($) | Bonus($) | ($)(1) | Options(#) | ($) | ($)(2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Kenton K. Alder |
2005 | 336,538 | ¾ | ¾ | 69,500 | ¾ | 2,100 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Chief Executive Officer, |
2004 | 292,596 | 324,000 | (4) | ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | 1,650 | ||||||||||||||||||||
President, and Director |
2003 | 272,500 | 75,000 | (5) | ¾ | 210,000 | ¾ | 2,411 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stacey M. Peterson (3) |
2005 | 161,830 | ¾ | ¾ | 19,000 | ¾ | 2,118 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Former Chief
Financial Officer and Secretary |
2004 | 186,230 | 166,250 | (4) | ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | 1,315 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2003 | 176,000 | 40,300 | (5) | ¾ | 110,000 | ¾ | 1,218 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Steven W. Richards |
2005 | 136,077 | ¾ | ¾ | 19,000 | ¾ | 2,100 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Chief
Financial Officer, Vice President, and Secretary |
2004 | 108,874 | 74,000 | (4) | ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | 1,217 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2003 | 104,043 | 17,300 | (5) | ¾ | 40,000 | ¾ | 1,040 | |||||||||||||||||||||
O. Clay Swain |
2005 | 178,058 | ¾ | ¾ | 38,000 | ¾ | 2,155 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Senior Vice President, Sales |
2004 | 161,714 | 145,250 | (4) | ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | 816 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2003 | 150,080 | 37,300 | (5) | ¾ | 110,000 | ¾ | ¾ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Shane S. Whiteside |
2005 | 221,135 | ¾ | ¾ | 38,000 | ¾ | 2,100 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Senior Vice
President and Chief Operating Officer |
2004 | 218,269 | 185,500 | (4) | ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | 1,641 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2003 | 210,914 | 40,500 | (5) | ¾ | 110,000 | ¾ | 1,502 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Daniel L. Felsenthal |
2005 | 141,346 | ¾ | ¾ | 17,500 | ¾ | 2,074 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Vice President, Finance and |
2004 | 137,192 | 80,000 | (4) | ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | 1,542 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Controller |
2003 | 110,596 | 17,000 | (5) | ¾ | 42,500 | ¾ | 779 |
(1) | Except as otherwise provided in this table, no amounts for perquisites and other personal benefits received by any of the named executive officers are shown because the aggregate dollar amounts were lower than the reporting requirements established by the rules of the SEC. | |
(2) | Represents matching contributions by us under our 401(K) plan. | |
(3) | Ms. Peterson served as our Chief Financial Officer and Secretary until August 2005. | |
(4) | Represents a bonus paid in 2005 based on our performance in 2004. | |
(5) | Represents a bonus paid in 2004 based on our performance in 2003. |
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Stock Option Grants
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to stock options granted to
the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table during the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2005. These options were granted under our Amended and Restated Management Stock
Option Plan and have a term of 10 years. The options may terminate earlier if the optionholder
stops providing services to us.
The percentage of total options in the following table was calculated based on options to
purchase an aggregate of 641,700 shares of our common stock granted to our employees in fiscal year
2005.
OPTION GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
Individual Grants | Potential Realizable | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of | Percent of | Value at Assumed | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Securities | Total Options | Annual Rates of | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Underlying | Granted to | Stock Price Appreciation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Options | Employees in | Exercise | Expiration | for Option Term(2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Name | Granted(#)(1) | Fiscal Year | Price($/Sh) | Date | 5% | 10% | ||||||||||||||||||
Kenton K. Alder |
17,375 | (3) | 2.7 | % | $ | 8.98 | 01/27/2015 | $ | 98,125 | $ | 248,668 | |||||||||||||
17,375 | 2.7 | % | 7.77 | 05/05/2015 | 84,903 | 215,161 | ||||||||||||||||||
17,375 | 2.7 | % | 6.86 | 08/03/2015 | 74,960 | 189,962 | ||||||||||||||||||
17,375 | 2.7 | % | 8.67 | 11/03/2015 | 94,737 | 240,083 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stacey M. Peterson (4) |
9,500 | 1.5 | % | 8.98 | 01/27/2015 | | | |||||||||||||||||
9,500 | 1.5 | % | 7.77 | 05/05/2015 | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Steven W. Richards |
4,750 | (3) | 0.7 | % | 8.98 | 01/27/2015 | 26,826 | 67,981 | ||||||||||||||||
4,750 | 0.7 | % | 7.77 | 05/05/2015 | 23,211 | 58,821 | ||||||||||||||||||
4,750 | 0.7 | % | 6.86 | 08/03/2015 | 20,493 | 51,932 | ||||||||||||||||||
4,750 | 0.7 | % | 8.67 | 11/03/2015 | 25,899 | 65,634 | ||||||||||||||||||
O. Clay Swain |
9,500 | (3) | 1.5 | % | 8.98 | 01/27/2015 | 53,651 | 135,962 | ||||||||||||||||
9,500 | 1.5 | % | 7.77 | 05/05/2015 | 46,422 | 117,642 | ||||||||||||||||||
9,500 | 1.5 | % | 6.86 | 08/03/2015 | 40,985 | 103,864 | ||||||||||||||||||
9,500 | 1.5 | % | 8.67 | 11/03/2015 | 51,799 | 131,269 | ||||||||||||||||||
Shane S. Whiteside |
9,500 | (3) | 1.5 | % | 8.98 | 01/27/2015 | 53,651 | 135,962 | ||||||||||||||||
9,500 | 1.5 | % | 7.77 | 05/05/2015 | 46,422 | 117,642 | ||||||||||||||||||
9,500 | 1.5 | % | 6.86 | 08/03/2015 | 40,985 | 103,864 | ||||||||||||||||||
9,500 | 1.5 | % | 8.67 | 11/03/2015 | 51,799 | 131,269 | ||||||||||||||||||
Daniel L. Felsenthal |
4,375 | (3) | 0.7 | % | 8.98 | 01/27/2015 | 24,708 | 62,614 | ||||||||||||||||
4,375 | 0.7 | % | 7.77 | 05/05/2015 | 21,378 | 54,177 | ||||||||||||||||||
4,375 | 0.7 | % | 6.86 | 08/03/2015 | 18,875 | 47,832 | ||||||||||||||||||
4,375 | 0.7 | % | 8.67 | 11/03/2015 | 23,855 | 60,453 |
(1) | Unless otherwise noted, 25% of the options granted will vest and become exercisable on each anniversary of the date of grant. | |
(2) | Potential gains are net of the exercise price, but before taxes associated with the exercise. Amounts represent hypothetical gains that could be achieved for the respective options if exercised at the end of the option term. The assumed 5% and 10% rates of stock price appreciation are provided in accordance with the rules of the SEC and do not represent our estimate or projection of the future price of our companys common stock. Actual gains, if any, on stock option exercises will depend upon the future market prices of our common stock. | |
(3) | Shares vested and became exercisable on September 14, 2005. | |
(4) | None of these options will vest or become exercisable as a result of Ms. Petersons resignation in August 2005. |
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Stock Option Exercises and Values for Fiscal 2005
The following table sets forth information with respect to our executive officers named in the
Summary Compensation Table concerning options exercised in 2005 and unexercised options held by
them as of the end of such fiscal year:
AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
AND FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION VALUES
AND FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION VALUES
Shares | Number of Securities | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Acquired | Underlying Unexercised | Value of Unexercised | ||||||||||||||||||||||
on | Options at December 31, 2005 | In-The-Money Options at | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise | Value | (#) | December 31, 2005 ($) (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
(#) | Realized ($) | Exercisable | Unexercisable | Exercisable | Unexercisable | |||||||||||||||||||
Kenton K. Alder |
160,969 | $ | 1,258,544 | 446,729 | 76,125 | $ | 641,394 | $ | 244,498 | |||||||||||||||
Stacey M. Peterson (2) |
54,710 | 416,558 | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Steven W. Richards |
| | 83,488 | 28,250 | 182,545 | 116,235 | ||||||||||||||||||
O. Clay Swain |
15,800 | 132,007 | 266,652 | 38,500 | 457,106 | 112,950 | ||||||||||||||||||
Shane S. Whiteside |
20,000 | 100,000 | 286,426 | 44,500 | 754,371 | 152,790 | ||||||||||||||||||
Daniel L. Felsenthal |
| | 32,875 | 27,125 | 52,668 | 105,158 |
(1) | The closing sale price per share for our common stock as reported by the Nasdaq National Market on December 30, 2005, was $9.40. The option value is calculated by multiplying (a) the positive difference, if any, between $9.40 and the option exercise price by (b) the number of shares of common stock underlying the option. | |
(2) | Ms. Peterson resigned as an officer of the company effective August 2005. |
Employment Agreements and Change of Control Arrangements
Effective December 1, 2005, we entered into a new employment agreement with Kenton K. Alder,
our Chief Executive Officer. Pursuant to the agreement, Mr. Alder will continue to serve as our
President and Chief Executive Officer for an initial term expiring December 1, 2008, which initial
term shall be automatically renewed for additional one-year terms unless timely notice of
non-renewal is given by either us or Mr. Alder. The agreement provides that Mr. Alder will receive
a base salary of $350,000, which may be increased from time to time at the discretion of our board
of directors. In addition, if Mr. Alders employment is terminated by (1) us without cause (as
defined in the agreement) or (2) by Mr. Alder for good reason (as defined in the agreement), Mr.
Alder would be entitled to receive an amount in cash equal to 18 months of his base salary. In the
event of a change in control (as defined in the agreement), the vesting of any stock options held
by Mr. Alder that are assumed by the acquirer would be immediately accelerated if Mr. Alders
employment is terminated by the acquirer for cause or by Mr. Alder for good reason within 12 months
after the change in control.
Effective December 1, 2005, we entered into executive change in control severance agreements
with each of Steven W. Richards, our Chief Financial Officer; O. Clay Swain, our Senior Vice
President Marketing; and Shane S. Whiteside, our Chief Operating Officer. Under the terms of the
agreements, if the executives employment is terminated by (1) us without cause (as defined in
the agreements) during a pending change in control (as defined in the agreements) or within 12
months following a change in control (as defined in the agreements) or (2) by the executive for
good reason (as defined in the agreements) within 12 months following a change in control, the
executive would be entitled to receive an amount in cash equal to 12 months of the executives
annual base salary. In addition, the vesting of any stock options assumed by the acquirer would be
accelerated.
Incentive Plans
Cash Incentive Compensation Plan
Effective January 1, 2000, we established a cash incentive compensation plan to provide a
means of retaining and attracting capable employees and increasing the incentive to key employees
to maximize the value of our company. Eligible employees receive a portion of a bonus pool,
determined by our board of directors and equal
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to a percentage of our earnings before interest and taxes, or EBIT, as defined in the plan.
The bonus pool percentage ranges from 1.0% to 5.0% of our EBIT, and is based upon achieving target
levels of EBIT. The term of the agreement is for a one-year period with the bonuses payable no
later than March 15th of the succeeding year. Upon a participants termination of employment
without cause or resignation for good reason, the participant will be entitled to a pro rata
portion of the bonus for the year in which employment is terminated. Upon a termination for cause
or a resignation without good reason, participants forfeit all rights to receive their cash
incentive bonus.
2000 Equity Compensation Plan
In September 2000, we adopted a new equity compensation plan. The purpose of the equity
compensation plan is to attract, motivate, and retain officers, employees, and consultants and
reward such individuals for their contribution to our success. The plan provides for the grant of a
variety of equity-based awards including, without limitation, stock options, incentive stock
options, restricted stock, stock awards, and stock appreciation rights. Awards under the plan may
constitute qualified performance-based compensation as defined in Section 162(m) of the Internal
Revenue Code. A maximum of 3,547,158 shares can be issued over the life of this plan. In
connection with our initial public offering in September 2000, we granted our employees an
aggregate of 70,832 shares. The stock awards were fully vested as of the date of grant. No other
awards have been granted under our 2000 Equity Compensation Plan. As of March 31, 2006, 70,832
shares of common stock have been issued as stock awards under the 2000 Equity Compensation Plan,
and there were no outstanding options to acquire any shares of common stock under the 2000 Equity
Compensation Plan. As of that date, an additional 3,476,326 shares of common stock were available
for grant under the 2000 Equity Compensation Plan.
Amended and Restated Management Stock Option Plan
In 2004, we approved, and our stockholders approved, amendments to our Management Stock Option
Plan. The plan provides for the grant of stock options and incentive stock options to our key
employees and consultants for the purpose of encouraging them to continue their association with us
and to acquire a proprietary stake in the company and its future growth. Awards under this plan
may constitute qualified performance-based compensation as defined in Section 162(m) of the
Internal Revenue Code. A maximum of 5,547,158 shares of our common stock can be issued over the
life of this plan. As of March 31, 2006, 2,165,103 shares of common stock have been issued upon
exercise of options granted under the Management Option Plan, and there were outstanding options to
acquire 2,764,360 shares of common stock under the Management Option Plan with a weighted average
exercise price of $10.00 and a weighted average term of 7.0 years. As of that date, an additional
617,695 shares of common stock were available for grant under the Management Option Plan.
401(K) Plan
We and our subsidiaries sponsor a defined contribution plan intended to qualify under Section
401 of the Internal Revenue Code, or a 401(k) plan. All non-union employees are eligible to
participate in the plan on the first of the month following 90 days of employment. Participants may
elect to make pre-tax contributions to the plan subject to a statutorily prescribed annual limit.
Participants are fully vested in their contributions and the investment earnings. At our
discretion, we make matching contributions to the 401(k) plan based upon employee contributions and
profit sharing as provided for in the plan. Contributions by the participants to the 401(k) plan,
and the income earned on these contributions, are generally not taxable to the participants until
withdrawn.
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Equity Compensation Plan Information
The following table sets forth information with respect to our common stock that may be issued
upon the exercise of stock options, warrants, and rights under our Amended and Restated Management
Stock Option Plan and our 2000 Equity Compensation Plan as of December 31, 2005.
(c) | ||||||||||||
Number of Securities | ||||||||||||
(a) | Remaining Available for | |||||||||||
Number of Securities | (b) | Future Issuance Under | ||||||||||
to be Issued Upon | Weighted Average | Equity Compensation | ||||||||||
Exercise of | Exercise Price of | Plans (Excluding | ||||||||||
Outstanding Options, | Outstanding Options, | Securities Reflected in | ||||||||||
Plan Category | Warrants, and Rights | Warrants, and Rights | Column (a)) | |||||||||
Equity Compensation
Plans Approved by
Stockholders |
2,910,294 | $ | 9.45 | 4,136,876 | ||||||||
Equity Compensation
Plans Not Approved
by Stockholders |
| | | |||||||||
Total |
2,910,294 | $ | 9.45 | 4,136,876 | ||||||||
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Report of the Compensation Committee
The following Report on Executive Compensation and the Report of the Audit Committee and
performance graph included elsewhere in this proxy statement do not constitute soliciting material
and should not be deemed filed or incorporated by reference in any other filing of ours under the
Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent that we
specifically incorporate this Report or the performance graph by reference therein.
Under rules established by the Securities and Exchange Commission, we are required to provide
a report explaining the rationale and considerations that led to fundamental compensation decisions
affecting our executive officers (including the executive officers named in the Summary
Compensation Table above) during the past fiscal year. The report of our compensation committee is
set forth below.
Kenton K. Alder became our President and Chief Executive Officer in March 1999. In December
2005, the compensation committee approved a new three-year employment agreement with Mr. Alder that
provides for a base salary of $350,000 (subject to adjustment by our board), which the committee
believes to be consistent with industry parameters. The employment agreement also provides
customary benefits. Because certain targeted financial performance goals were not achieved in
2005, Mr. Alder did not receive a bonus for 2005. The compensation committee believes that the
attributes of Mr. Alders compensation provide appropriate performance-based incentives.
The compensation committees general philosophy with respect to the compensation of our other
executive officers has been to recommend competitive compensation programs designed to attract and
retain key executives critical to our long-term success and to recognize an individuals
contribution and personal performance. Because certain targeted financial performance goals were
not achieved in 2005, none of our executive officers received a bonus for 2005. In addition, we
maintain stock option plans designed to attract and retain executive officers and other employees
and to reward them for delivering long-term value to us.
The compensation committee reviews all components of compensation for our Chief Executive
Officer and our other executive officers, including salary, bonus, stock options, perquisites, and
potential severance and change in control payment obligations. A tally sheet setting forth such
components of compensation was prepared and reviewed by the compensation committee in 2005. When
the compensation committee considers any component of the Chief Executive Officers or other named
executive officers compensation, the compensation committee also takes into consideration the
other components of such officers total compensation in its decisions.
The compensation committee typically makes its compensation decisions in a multi-step process.
First, the compensation committee reviews and analyzes the Chief Executive Officers or other
executive officers proposed compensation in the context of all components of total compensation
for such officer. The compensation committee then has additional time between committee meetings
to review compensation survey and other data and to request and review additional information and
raise additional questions. The discussion is then continued at one or more subsequent committee
meetings, after which the compensation committee then votes.
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, generally disallows a federal
income tax deduction to public companies for certain compensation in excess of $1 million paid to a
corporations chief executive officer or any of its four other most highly compensated executive
officers. Qualifying performance-based compensation will not be subject to the deduction limit if
certain requirements are met. We have structured our equity-based compensation plans (i.e.,
obtained stockholder approval of plans) to qualify the compensation income deemed to be received
upon the exercise of stock options granted under the plans as performance-based compensation. We
are not currently subject to the limitations of Section 162(m) because none of our executive
officers received cash payments from us during 2005 in excess of $1 million.
Dated as of April 24, 2006:
Thomas J. Edman
Robert E. Klatell
John G. Mayer
Robert E. Klatell
John G. Mayer
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Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, our compensation committee consisted of
Messrs. Edman, Klatell, and Mayer. None of these individuals had any contractual or other
relationships with us during such fiscal year except as directors. No interlocking relationship
exists between any member of our compensation committee and any member of any other companys board
of directors or compensation committee.
Report of the Audit Committee
The board of directors has appointed an audit committee consisting of three independent
directors. All members of the audit committee are able to read and understand fundamental
financial statements, including our balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement. At
least one member of the audit committee has past employment experience in finance or accounting,
requisite professional certification in accounting, or other comparable experience or background
which results in the individuals financial sophistication, including being or having been a chief
executive officer, chief financial officer, or other senior officer with financial oversight
responsibility. Our board of directors has determined that Messrs. Bass, Beck, and Mayer are
independent directors, as defined by Rule 4200(a)(14) of the NASDs listing standards and that Mr.
Beck, chairman, qualifies as an audit committee financial expert.
The primary responsibility of the audit committee is to assist the companys board of
directors in fulfilling its responsibility to oversee managements conduct of the companys
financial reporting process, including overseeing the financial reports and other financial
information provided by the company to governmental or regulatory bodies (such as the Securities
and Exchange Commission), the public, and other users thereof; the companys systems of internal
accounting and financial controls; and the annual independent audit of the companys financial
statements.
Management has the responsibility for the financial statements and the reporting process,
including the systems of internal controls. The independent registered public accountants are
responsible for auditing the financial statements and expressing an opinion on the conformity of
those audited financial statements with generally accepted accounting principles.
In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, the audit committee reviewed the audited
financial statements with management and the independent auditors. The audit committee discussed
with the independent registered public accounting firm the matters required to be discussed by
Statement of Auditing Standards No. 61. This included a discussion of the auditors judgments as
to the quality, not just the acceptability, of the companys accounting principles and such other
matters as are required to be discussed with the audit committee under generally accepted auditing
standards. In addition, the audit committee received from the independent registered public
accounting firm written disclosures and the letter required by Independence Standards Board
Standard No. 1. The audit committee also discussed with the independent registered public
accounting firm the auditors independence from management and the company, including the matters
covered by the written disclosures and letter provided by the independent registered public
accounting firm.
The audit committee discussed with the companys independent registered public accounting firm
the overall scope and plans for their audits. The audit committee met with the independent
registered public accounting firm, with and without management present, to discuss the results of
their examinations, their evaluations of the company, the internal controls, and the overall
quality of the financial reporting. The audit committee held ten meetings during the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2005.
Based on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the audit committee recommended to the
board of directors, and the board of directors approved, that the audited financial statements be
included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 for filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
This report has been furnished by the audit committee to the companys board of directors.
James K. Bass
Richard P. Beck
John G. Mayer
Richard P. Beck
John G. Mayer
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PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The following graph compares, for the period from September 21, 2000 to December 31, 2005, the
cumulative total stockholder return on our common stock against the cumulative total return of:
| the Nasdaq Composite Index; and | ||
| a peer group consisting of us and two other publicly traded printed circuit board companies that we have selected. |
The graph assumes $100 was invested in our common stock on September 21, 2000, the date on
which our common stock became registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as
a result of our initial public offering, and an investment in each of the peer group and the Nasdaq
Composite Index, and the reinvestment of all dividends. The companies included in the peer group
are Sanmina Corporation (Nasdaq NM: SANM) and Merix Corporation (Nasdaq NM: MERX).
COMPARISON OF 5 YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN*
AMONG TTM TECHNOLOGIES, INC., THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET (U.S.) INDEX,
AND A PEER GROUP
AMONG TTM TECHNOLOGIES, INC., THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET (U.S.) INDEX,
AND A PEER GROUP
* $100 invested on 12/31/00 in stock or index-including reinvestment of dividends.
Fiscal year ending December 31.
Fiscal year ending December 31.
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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
During fiscal 2005, there were no transactions or series of similar transactions to which we
were or are a party that involved an amount exceeding $60,000 and in which any of our directors,
executive officers, holders of more than 5% of any class of our voting securities, or any member of
the immediate family of any of the foregoing persons, had or will have a direct or indirect
material interest.
RELATIONSHIP WITH INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
KPMG LLP was our independent registered public accountants for the years ended December 31,
2004 and 2005 and will serve in that capacity for the 2006 fiscal year unless the audit committee
deems it advisable to make a substitution. We anticipate that representatives of KPMG LLP will
attend the annual meeting, will have the opportunity to make a statement if they desire, and will
be available to respond to appropriate questions.
Audit Fees
The following is a summary of fees, all of which were approved by the audit committee for
audit and other professional services during the period from January 1, 2004 through December 31,
2005:
2004 | 2005 | |||||||
Audit fees |
$ | 1,156,000 | $ | 780,000 | ||||
Audit-related fees |
| | ||||||
Tax fees |
86,900 | 60,000 | ||||||
All other fees |
| | ||||||
Total |
$ | 1,242,000 | 840,000 | |||||
Audit fees are fees that we paid to KPMG for the audits of our annual financial statements
and managements assessment of internal control over financial reporting included in the Form 10-K,
reviews of financial statements included in Forms 10-Q, and fees related to public offering
filings.
Pre-Approval Policy for Independent Registered Public Accountants Fees
In 2003, our audit committee adopted a formal policy concerning pre-approval of all services
to be provided by our independent registered public accountants. The policy requires that all
proposed services to be provided by KPMG LLP must be pre-approved by the audit committee before any
services are performed. This policy includes all audit, tax and consulting services that KPMG LLP
may provide to our company. In evaluating whether to engage KPMG LLP for non-audit services, our
audit committee considers whether the performance of services other than audit services is
compatible with maintaining the independence of KPMG LLP.
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PROPOSAL TWO
APPROVAL OF 2006 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
Our board of directors has approved a proposal to adopt a new incentive compensation plan, the
2006 Incentive Compensation Plan, or the 2006 Plan, subject to approval by our stockholders. The
full text of the 2006 Plan is included as Annex B to this proxy statement. If approved by
our stockholders, the 2006 Plan will be used to provide stock-based incentive compensation to our
eligible employees, directors, and independent contractors. Our board of directors believes that
the fundamental objectives of a long-term incentive compensation program are to align the interests
of management and the stockholders and to create long-term stockholder value. Our board of
directors believes that the adoption of the 2006 Plan increases our ability to achieve these
objectives by allowing for several different forms of long-term incentive awards, which will help
us recruit, reward, motivate, and retain talented personnel. Recent changes in the equity
compensation accounting rules, which became effective for us on January 1, 2006, also make it
important for us to have greater flexibility under the 2006 Plan than under our existing
compensation plans, as competitive equity compensation practices may change materially in
connection with the new equity compensation accounting rules.
Key terms of the 2006 Plan include:
| We will increase the shares available for grant under our equity compensation plans by a net amount of 3,000,000 shares of our common stock. In addition, we will transfer any available share reserves under the 2000 Plan and the Management Plan to the 2006 Plan as of the date of stockholder approval of the 2006 Plan so that they may be available for future grants under the 2006 Plan. | ||
| We will no longer make grants under 2000 Plan or the Management Plan. | ||
| The 2006 Plan permits the grant of stock based awards other than stock options, including the grant of full value awards such as restricted stock, stock units, and performance shares. | ||
| The 2006 Plan explicitly prohibits repricing of options without stockholder approval. | ||
| The 2006 Plan will permit the qualification of awards under the plan (payable in either stock or cash) as performance-based compensation within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code.) See Federal Income Tax Information below for a more detailed discussion of the application of Section 162(m). | ||
| Any shares not issued in connection with awards outstanding under the 2000 Plan and the Management Plan will become available for issuance under the 2006 Plan. As of March 31, 2006, 2,764,360 shares of our common stock are issuable upon exercise of outstanding options (as described in more detail below under the section heading Shares Available for Awards). |
As of March 31, 2006, an aggregate of 2,764,360 shares of our common stock are issuable upon
exercise of outstanding options and we have available 4,094,021 shares for issuance under our 2000
Plan and the Management Plan. Our board of directors has approved the 2006 Plan, subject to
approval from our stockholders at the annual meeting. If the 2006 Plan is approved by our
stockholders, no further grants will be made under our 2000 Plan and our Management Plan, and any
shares available for grants under those plans will become available for grant under the 2006 Plan.
If the 2006 Plan is not approved by our stockholders at our annual meeting, our existing plans will
remain in effect. Our board of directors recommends a vote FOR the proposal to approve the 2006
Plan.
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Description of the 2006 Plan
The material features of the 2006 Plan are outlined below. This summary is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the complete text of the 2006 Plan. Stockholders are urged to read the
actual text of the 2006 Plan in its entirety, which is set forth as Annex B to this proxy
statement.
Awards
The terms of the 2006 Plan provide for the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights,
restricted stock, stock units, bonus stock, dividend equivalents, other stock related awards, and
performance awards that may be settled in cash, stock, or other property.
Shares available for awards
The total number of shares of our common stock that may be subject to awards under the 2006
Plan is equal to 3,000,000 shares, plus (i) any shares available for issuance and not subject to an
award under the 2000 Plan or the Management Plan, (ii) the number of shares with respect to which
awards granted under the 2006 Plan, 2000 Plan, and the Management Plan terminate without the
issuance of the shares or where the shares are forfeited or repurchased; (iii) with respect to
awards granted under the 2006 Plan, 2000 Plan and the Management Plan, the number of shares which
are not issued as a result of the award being settled for cash or otherwise not issued in
connection with the exercise or payment of the award; and (iv) the number of shares that are
surrendered or withheld in payment of the exercise price of any award or any tax withholding
requirements in connection with any award granted under the 2006 Plan, 2000 Plan and the Management
Plan.
Limitations on awards
The 2006 Plan imposes individual limitations on certain awards, in part to comply with Section
162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Under these limitations, no more than 1,000,000
shares of our common stock reserved for issuance under the 2006 Plan may be granted to an
individual during any fiscal year pursuant to any stock options or stock appreciation rights
granted under the 2006 Plan and no more than 1,000,000 shares of our common stock reserved for
issuance under the 2006 Plan may be granted to an individual during any fiscal year pursuant to all
awards other than stock options or stock appreciation rights granted under the 2006 Plan. The
maximum amount that may be earned by any one participant as a performance award (payable in cash)
or other cash award is $5,000,000 per calendar year. No outstanding options may be repriced
without stockholder approval (that is, we cannot amend an outstanding option to lower the exercise
price or exchange an outstanding option for a new option with a lower exercise price without
stockholder approval). In addition, the 2006 Plan prohibits us from exchanging an outstanding
option with an exercise price above the then current fair market value of our common stock for
cash, other awards, or other property.
Capitalization adjustments
In the event that a dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, shares of common stock,
or other property), recapitalization, forward or reverse split, reorganization, merger,
consolidation, spin-off, combination, repurchase, share exchange, liquidation, dissolution, or
other similar corporate transaction or event affects our common stock or our other securities or
the securities of any other issuer, so that an adjustment, substitution, or exchange is determined
to be appropriate by the plan administrator, then the plan administrator is authorized to adjust
any or all of the following as the plan administrator deems appropriate: (1) the kind and number of
shares available under the 2006 Plan, (2) the kind and number of shares subject to limitations on
awards described in the preceding paragraph, (3) the kind and number of shares subject to all
outstanding awards, (4) the exercise price, grant price, or purchase price relating to any award,
and (5) other affected terms of awards.
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Eligibility
The persons eligible to receive awards under the 2006 Plan consist of officers, directors,
employees, and independent contractors. However, incentive stock options may be granted under the
2006 Plan only to our employees, including our officers who are employees.
Administration
Our board of directors will administer the 2006 Plan unless it delegates administration of the
2006 Plan to one or more committees of our board of directors. Together, our board of directors
and any committee(s) delegated to administer the 2006 Plan are referred to as the plan
administrator. If a committee is delegated to administer the 2006 Plan, then the committee members
may be non-employee directors as defined by Rule 16b-3 of the Securities Exchange Act, outside
directors for purposes of Section 162(m), and independent as defined by Nasdaq or any other
national securities exchange on which any of our securities may be listed for trading in the
future. Subject to the terms of the 2006 Plan, the plan administrator is authorized to select
eligible persons to receive awards, determine the type and number of awards to be granted and the
number of shares of our common stock to which awards will relate, specify times at which awards
will be exercisable or may be settled (including performance conditions that may be required as a
condition thereof), set other terms and conditions of awards, prescribe forms of award agreements,
interpret and specify rules and regulations relating to the 2006 Plan, and make all other
determinations that may be necessary or advisable for the administration of the 2006 Plan. The
plan administrator may amend the terms of outstanding awards, in its discretion. Any amendment
that adversely affects the rights of the award recipient, however, must receive the approval of
such recipient.
Stock options and stock appreciation rights
The plan administrator is authorized to grant stock options, including both incentive stock
options and non-qualified stock options. In addition, the plan administrator is authorized to
grant stock appreciation rights, which entitle the participant to receive the appreciation in our
common stock between the grant date and the exercise date of the stock appreciation right. The
plan administrator determines the exercise price per share subject to an option and the grant price
of a stock appreciation right. The per share exercise price of an incentive stock option, however,
must not be less than the fair market value of a share of common stock on the grant date. The plan
administrator generally will fix the maximum term of each option or stock appreciation right, the
times at which each stock option or stock appreciation right will be exercisable, and provisions
requiring forfeiture of unexercised stock options or stock appreciation rights at or following
termination of employment or service, except that no incentive stock option may have a term
exceeding ten years. Stock options may be exercised by payment of the exercise price in any form
of legal consideration specified by the plan administrator, including cash, shares (including
cancellation of a portion of the shares subject to the award), outstanding awards or other property
having a fair market value equal to the exercise price. Options may also be exercisable in
connection with a broker-assisted sales transaction (a cashless exercise) as determined by the
plan administrator. The plan administrator determines methods of exercise and settlement and other
terms of the stock appreciation rights.
Restricted Stock and Stock Units
The plan administrator is authorized to grant restricted stock and stock units. Restricted
stock is a grant of shares of common stock, which may not be sold or disposed of and which may be
forfeited in the event of certain terminations of employment or service, prior to the end of a
restricted period specified by the plan administrator. A participant granted restricted stock
generally has all of the rights of one of our stockholders, unless otherwise determined by the plan
administrator. An award of a stock unit confers upon a participant the right to receive shares of
common stock at the end of a specified period, and may be subject to possible forfeiture of the
award in the event of certain terminations of employment prior to the end of a specified period.
Prior to settlement, an award of a stock unit carries no voting or dividend rights or other rights
associated with share ownership, although dividend equivalents may be granted, as discussed below.
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Dividend Equivalents
The plan administrator is authorized to grant dividend equivalents conferring on participants
the right to receive, currently or on a deferred basis, cash, shares of common stock, other awards,
or other property equal in value to dividends paid on a specific number of shares of common stock
or other periodic payments. Dividend equivalents may be granted alone or in connection with
another award, may be paid currently or on a deferred basis and, if deferred, may be deemed to have
been reinvested in additional shares of common stock, awards or otherwise as specified by the plan
administrator. Currently, there are no outstanding dividend equivalent awards, either with other
outstanding awards under any of our incentive compensation plans or as stand-alone awards.
Bonus Stock and Awards in Lieu of Cash Obligations
The plan administrator is authorized to grant shares of common stock as a bonus free of
restrictions for services performed for us or to grant shares of common stock or other awards in
lieu of our obligations to pay cash under the 2006 Plan or other plans or compensatory
arrangements, subject to such terms as the plan administrator may specify.
Other Stock Based Awards
The plan administrator is authorized to grant awards under the 2006 Plan that are denominated
or payable in, valued by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to shares of common stock.
Such awards might include convertible or exchangeable debt securities, other rights convertible or
exchangeable into shares of common stock, purchase rights for shares of common stock, awards with
value and payment contingent upon our performance or any other factors designated by the plan
administrator, and awards valued by reference to the book value of shares of our common stock or
the value of securities of or the performance of specified subsidiaries or business units. The
plan administrator determines the terms and conditions of such awards.
Performance Awards
The right of a participant to exercise or receive a grant or settlement of an award, and the
timing thereof, may be subject to such performance conditions, including subjective individual
goals, as may be specified by the plan administrator. In addition, the 2006 Plan authorizes
specific performance awards, which represent a conditional right to receive cash, shares of our
common stock, or other awards upon achievement of certain pre-established performance goals and
subjective individual goals during a specified fiscal year. Performance awards granted to persons
whom the plan administrator expects will, for the year in which a deduction arises, be covered
employees (as defined below) may, if and to the extent intended by the plan administrator, be
subject to provisions that should qualify such awards as performance based compensation not
subject to the limitation on tax deductibility by us under Section 162(m). For purposes of Section
162(m), the term covered employee means our chief executive officer and our four highest
compensated officers as of the end of a taxable year as disclosed in our SEC filings. If and to
the extent required under Section 162(m), any power or authority relating to a performance award
intended to qualify under Section 162(m) is to be exercised by a committee which will qualify under
Section 162(m), rather than our board of directors.
Subject to the requirements of the 2006 Plan, the plan administrator will determine
performance award terms, including the required levels of performance with respect to specified
business criteria, the corresponding amounts payable upon achievement of such levels of
performance, termination and forfeiture provisions, and the form of settlement. One or more of the
following business criteria based on our consolidated financial statements, and/or those of its
affiliates, or for its business units (except with respect to the total shareholder return and
earnings per share criteria), will be used by the plan administrator in establishing performance
goals for performance awards designed to comply with the performance-based compensation exception
to Section 162(m): (1) earnings per share; (2) revenues or gross margins; (3) cash flow; (4)
operating margin; (5) return on net assets, investment, capital, or equity; (6) economic value
added; (7) direct contribution; (8) net income; pretax earnings; earnings before interest and
taxes; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization; earnings after interest
expense and before extraordinary or special items; operating income; income before interest income
or expense, unusual items and income taxes, local, state or federal and excluding budgeted and
actual bonuses which might be paid under any of our ongoing bonus plans; (9) working capital; (10)
management of fixed costs or variable costs; (11) identification
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or consummation of investment opportunities or completion of specified projects in accordance
with corporate business plans, including strategic mergers, acquisitions or divestitures; (12)
total stockholder return; and (13) debt reduction. For covered employees, the performance goals
and the determination of their achievement shall be made in accordance with Section 162(m). The
plan administrator is authorized to adjust performance conditions and other terms of awards in
response to unusual or nonrecurring events, or in response to changes in applicable laws,
regulations, or accounting principles.
Other Terms of Awards
Awards may be settled in the form of cash, shares of our common stock, other awards, or other
property in the discretion of the plan administrator. Awards under the 2006 Plan are generally
granted without a requirement that the participant pay consideration in the form of cash or
property for the grant (as distinguished from the exercise), except to the extent required by law.
The plan administrator may require or permit participants to defer the settlement of all or part of
an award in accordance with such terms and conditions as the plan administrator may establish,
including payment or crediting of interest or dividend equivalents on deferred amounts, and the
crediting of earnings, gains, and losses based on deemed investment of deferred amounts in
specified investment vehicles. The plan administrator is authorized to place cash, shares of our
common stock, or other property in trusts or make other arrangements to provide for payment of our
obligations under the 2006 plan. The plan administrator may condition any payment relating to an
award on the withholding of taxes and may provide that a portion of any shares of our common stock
or other property to be distributed will be withheld (or previously acquired shares of our common
stock or other property be surrendered by the participant) to satisfy withholding and other tax
obligations. Awards granted under the 2006 plan generally may not be pledged or otherwise
encumbered and are not transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, or
to a designated beneficiary upon the participants death, except that the plan administrator may,
in its discretion, permit transfers of awards subject to any applicable legal restrictions.
Acceleration of Vesting; Change in Control
The plan administrator, in its discretion, may accelerate the vesting, exercisability, lapsing
of restrictions, or expiration of deferral of any award, including if we undergo a change in
control, as defined in the 2006 Plan. In addition, the plan administrator may provide that the
performance goals relating to any performance-based award will be deemed to have been met upon the
occurrence of any change in control. The award agreement may provide for the vesting of an award
upon a change of control, including vesting if a participant is terminated by us or our successor
without cause or terminates for good reason.
To the extent we undergo a corporate transaction (as defined in the 2006 Plan), the 2006 Plan
provides that outstanding awards may be assumed, substituted for or continued in accordance with
their terms. If the awards are not assumed, substituted for or continued, to the extent
applicable, such awards will terminate immediately prior to the close of the corporate transaction.
The plan administrator may, in its discretion, either cancel the outstanding awards in exchange
for a cash payment or vest all or part of the award contingent on the corporate transaction. With
respect to a corporate transaction after which our stockholders immediately prior to the corporate
transaction own 90% or more of the successor company after the corporate transaction, awards under
the 2006 Plan must be assumed, continued, or substituted for.
Amendment and Termination
Our board of directors may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the 2006 Plan or
the plan administrators authority to grant awards without further stockholder approval, except
stockholder approval will be obtained for any amendment or alteration if such approval is deemed
necessary and advisable by our board of directors. Unless earlier terminated by our board of
directors, the 2006 Plan will terminate on the earlier of (1) ten years after the later of (x) the
adoption by our board of directors of the 2006 Plan and (y) the approval of an increase in the
number of shares reserved under the 2006 Plan by our board of directors (contingent upon such
increase being approved by our stockholders) and (2) such time as no shares of our common stock
remain available for issuance under the 2006 Plan and no further rights or obligations with respect
to outstanding awards are outstanding under the 2006 Plan. Amendments to the 2006 Plan or any
award require the consent of the affected participant if the amendment has a material adverse
effect on the participant.
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Federal Income Tax Consequences of Awards
The information set forth below is a summary only and does not purport to be complete. In
addition, the information is based upon current federal income tax rules and therefore is subject
to change when those rules change. Moreover, because the tax consequences to any recipient may
depend on his or her particular situation, each recipient should consult the recipients tax
adviser regarding the federal, state, local, and other tax consequences of the grant or exercise of
an award or the disposition of stock acquired as a result of an award. The 2006 Plan is not
qualified under the provisions of Section 401(a) of the Code and is not subject to any of the
provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
Nonqualified Stock Options
Generally, there is no taxation upon the grant of a nonqualified stock option where the option
is granted with an exercise price per share equal to the fair market value of the underlying stock
on the grant date. On exercise, an optionee will recognize ordinary income equal to the excess, if
any, of the fair market value on the date of exercise of the stock received over the exercise price
paid. If the optionee is our employee or an employee of one of our affiliates, that income will be
subject to employment taxes and withholding tax. The optionees tax basis in those shares will be
equal to their fair market value on the date of exercise of the option, and the optionees capital
gain holding period for those shares will begin on that date.
Subject to the requirement of reasonableness, the provisions of Section 162(m) and the
satisfaction of a tax reporting obligation, we will generally be entitled to a tax deduction equal
to the taxable ordinary income realized by the optionee.
Incentive Stock Options
The 2006 Plan provides for the grant of stock options that qualify as incentive stock
options, which are referred to as ISOs, as defined in Section 422 of the Code. Under the Code, an
optionee generally is not subject to ordinary income tax upon the grant or exercise of an ISO. In
addition, if the optionee holds a share received on exercise of an ISO for at least two years from
the date the option was granted and at least one year from the date the option was exercised, which
is referred to as the Required Holding Period, the difference, if any, between the amount realized
on a sale or other taxable disposition of that share and the holders tax basis in that share will
be long-term capital gain or loss.
If, however, an optionee disposes of a share acquired on exercise of an ISO before the end of
the Required Holding Period, which is referred to as a Disqualifying Disposition, the optionee
generally will recognize ordinary income in the year of the Disqualifying Disposition equal to the
excess, if any, of the fair market value of the share on the date the ISO was exercised over the
exercise price. However, if the sales proceeds are less than the fair market value of the share on
the date of exercise of the option, the amount of ordinary income recognized by the optionee will
not exceed the gain, if any, realized on the sale. If the amount realized on a Disqualifying
Disposition exceeds the fair market value of the share on the date of exercise of the option, that
excess will be short-term or long-term capital gain, depending on whether the holding period for
the share exceeds one year.
For purposes of the alternative minimum tax, the amount by which the fair market value of a
share of stock acquired on exercise of an ISO exceeds the exercise price of that option generally
will be an adjustment included in the optionees alternative minimum taxable income for the year in
which the option is exercised. If, however, there is a Disqualifying Disposition of the share in
the year in which the option is exercised, there will be no adjustment for alternative minimum tax
purposes with respect to that share. If there is a Disqualifying Disposition in a later year, no
income with respect to the Disqualifying Disposition is included in the optionees alternative
minimum taxable income for that year. In computing alternative minimum taxable income, the tax
basis of a share acquired on exercise of an ISO is increased by the amount of the adjustment taken
into account with respect to that share for alternative minimum tax purposes in the year the option
is exercised.
We are not allowed an income tax deduction with respect to the grant or exercise of an
incentive stock option or the disposition of a share acquired on exercise of an incentive stock
option after the Required Holding
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Period. If there is a Disqualifying Disposition of a share, however, we are allowed a
deduction in an amount equal to the ordinary income includible in income by the optionee, subject
to Section 162(m) and provided that amount is reasonable, and either the employee includes that
amount in income or we timely satisfy our reporting requirements with respect to that amount.
Stock Awards
Generally, the recipient of a stock award will recognize ordinary compensation income at the
time the stock is received equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the stock
received over any amount paid by the recipient in exchange for the stock. If, however, the stock
is not vested when it is received (for example, if the employee is required to work for a period of
time in order to have the right to sell the stock), the recipient generally will not recognize
income until the stock becomes vested, at which time the recipient will recognize ordinary
compensation income equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the stock on the date
it becomes vested over any amount paid by the recipient in exchange for the stock. A recipient
may, however, file an election with the Internal Revenue Service, within 30 days of his or her
receipt of the stock award, to recognize ordinary compensation income, as of the date the recipient
receives the award, equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the stock on the date
the award is granted over any amount paid by the recipient in exchange for the stock. If the
recipient is our employee or an employee of one of our affiliates, any income recognized will be
subject to employment taxes and withholding tax.
The recipients basis for the determination of gain or loss upon the subsequent disposition of
shares acquired from stock awards will be the amount paid for such shares plus any ordinary income
recognized either when the stock is received or when the stock becomes vested.
Subject to the requirement of reasonableness, the provisions of Section 162(m) and the
satisfaction of a tax reporting obligation, we will generally be entitled to a tax deduction equal
to the taxable ordinary income realized by the recipient of the stock award.
Stock Appreciation Rights
We may grant stock appreciation rights separate from any other award, which is referred to as
stand-alone stock appreciation rights, or in tandem with options, which is referred to as tandem
stock appreciation rights, under the 2006 Plan.
With respect to stand-alone stock appreciation rights, where the rights are granted with a
strike price equal to the fair market value of the underlying stock on the grant date and where the
recipient may only receive the appreciation inherent in the stock appreciation rights in shares of
our common stock, the recipient will recognize ordinary compensation income equal to the fair
market value of the stock on the day the right is exercised and the shares of our common stock are
delivered. If the recipient may receive the appreciation inherent in the stock appreciation rights
in cash and the stock appreciation right has been structured to conform to the requirements of
Section 409A of the Code, the cash will be taxable as ordinary compensation income to the recipient
at the time that the cash is received.
We have not granted and do not plan to grant any tandem stock appreciation rights, due to the
adverse tax consequences of such awards under Section 409A of the Code.
Subject to the requirement of reasonableness, the provisions of Section 162(m), and the
satisfaction of a tax reporting obligation, we will generally be entitled to a tax deduction equal
to the taxable ordinary income realized by the recipient of the stock appreciation right.
Stock Units
Generally, the recipient of a stock unit structured to conform to the requirements of Section
409A of the Code or an exception to Section 409A of the Code will recognize ordinary compensation
income at the time the stock is delivered equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of
the shares of our common stock received
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over any amount paid by the recipient in exchange for the shares of our common stock. To
conform to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, the shares of our common stock subject to
a stock unit award may only be delivered upon one of the following events: a fixed calendar date,
separation from service, death, disability or a change of control. If delivery occurs on another
date, unless the stock units qualify for an exception to the requirements of Section 409A of the
Code, in addition to the tax treatment described above, there will be an additional twenty percent
excise tax and interest on any taxes owed.
The recipients basis for the determination of gain or loss upon the subsequent disposition of
shares acquired from stock units will be the amount paid for such shares plus any ordinary income
recognized when the stock is delivered.
Subject to the requirement of reasonableness, the provisions of Section 162(m) and the
satisfaction of a tax reporting obligation, we will generally be entitled to a tax deduction equal
to the taxable ordinary income realized by the recipient of the stock award.
Dividend Equivalents
Generally, the recipient of a dividend equivalent award will recognize ordinary compensation
income at the time the dividend equivalent award is received equal to the fair market value of any
payments received under the dividend equivalent award. Subject to the requirement of
reasonableness, the provisions of Section 162(m) and the satisfaction of a tax reporting
obligation, we will generally be entitled to a tax deduction equal to the taxable ordinary income
realized by the recipient of the dividend equivalent.
Section 162 Limitations
Section 162(m) denies a deduction to any publicly held corporation for compensation paid to
certain covered employees in a taxable year to the extent that compensation to such covered
employee exceeds $1 million. It is possible that compensation attributable to stock awards, when
combined with all other types of compensation received by a covered employee from us, may cause
this limitation to be exceeded in any particular year. For purposes of Section 162(m), the term
covered employee means our chief executive officer and our four highest compensated officers as
of the end of a taxable year as disclosed in our SEC filings.
Certain kinds of compensation, including qualified performance-based compensation, are
disregarded for purposes of the Section 162(m) deduction limitation. In accordance with Treasury
regulations issued under Section 162(m), compensation attributable to certain stock awards will
qualify as performance-based compensation if the award is granted by a committee of our board of
directors consisting solely of outside directors and the stock award is granted (or exercisable)
only upon the achievement (as certified in writing by the committee) of an objective performance
goal established in writing by the committee while the outcome is substantially uncertain, and the
material terms of the 2006 Plan under which the award is granted is approved by stockholders. A
stock option or stock appreciation right may be considered performance-based compensation as
described in the previous sentence or by meeting the following requirements: the incentive
compensation plan contains a per-employee limitation on the number of shares for which stock
options and stock appreciation rights may be granted during a specified period, the material terms
of the plan are approved by the shareholders, and the exercise price of the option or right is no
less than the fair market value of the stock on the date of grant.
New Plan Benefits
Except as described below, the following table sets forth information concerning the benefits
or amounts under the 2006 Plan that we have estimated will be received by the persons indicated on
an annualized basis. Because such benefits or amounts are not determinable, we have allocated such
amounts based on what the persons indicated would have received had the 2006 Plan been in effect in
fiscal 2005.
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Number | ||||||
Name and Position | Dollar Value ($) | of Units | ||||
Kenton K. Alder |
Fair market value on date of grant | 69,500 | ||||
Steven W. Richards |
Fair market value on date of grant | 19,000 | ||||
O. Clay Swain |
Fair market value on date of grant | 38,000 | ||||
Shane S. Whiteside |
Fair market value on date of grant | 38,000 | ||||
Daniel L. Felsenthal |
Fair market value on date of grant | 17,500 | ||||
Executive officers as a group |
Fair market value on date of grant | 182,000 | ||||
Non-executive directors as a group |
Fair market value on date of grant | 20,000 | ||||
All non-executive employees as a group |
Fair market value on date of grant | 420,700 |
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2005 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
We have mailed with this proxy statement a copy of our annual report to each stockholder of
record as of April 24, 2006. If a stockholder requires an additional copy of our annual report, we
will provide one, without charge, on the written request of any such stockholder addressed to our
Secretary at TTM Technologies, Inc., 2630 South Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana, California 92704.
STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR THE 2007 ANNUAL MEETING
We must receive stockholder proposals that are intended to be presented at our annual meeting
of stockholders to be held during calendar year 2007 no later than December 29, 2006, in order to
be included in the proxy statement and form of proxy relating to such meeting. Pursuant to Rule
14a-4 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, we intend to retain discretionary authority to
vote proxies with respect to stockholder proposals for which the proponent does not seek to have us
include the proposed matter in the proxy statement for the annual meeting to be held during
calendar year 2007, except in circumstances where (a) we receive notice of the proposed matter no
later than December 29, 2006, and (b) the proponent complies with the requirements set forth in
Rule 14a-4.
OTHER MATTERS
As of the date of this proxy statement, we know of no matter that will be presented for
consideration at the annual meeting other than the election of directors and the approval of the
Reincorporation. If, however, any other matter should properly come before the annual meeting for
action by stockholders, proxies in the enclosed form returned to us will be voted in accordance
with the recommendation of the board of directors or, in the absence of such a recommendation, in
accordance with the judgment of the proxy holder.
By Order of the Board of Directors, |
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Steven W. Richards, Secretary | ||||
Santa Ana, California
April 28, 2006
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ANNEX A
TTM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER
AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER
Organization
There shall be a committee of the board of directors of TTM Technologies, Inc. to be known as the
Audit Committee. The Audit Committee shall be comprised of at least three directors, none of whom
shall be employees of the company and each of whom shall be free from any relationship that would
interfere with the exercise of his or her independent judgment, as determined by the Board of
Directors and in accordance with the independence requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market
(Nasdaq) and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The
members of the Audit Committee shall also be able to read and understand the financial statements
of the company and otherwise comply with the experience requirements of the Nasdaq and SEC rules
and regulations.
Statement of Policy
The Audit Committee shall provide assistance to the corporate directors in fulfilling their
responsibility to the shareholders, potential shareholders, and investment community relating to
corporate accounting, reporting practices of the company, and the quality and integrity of the
financial reports of the company. In so doing, it is the responsibility of the Audit Committee to
maintain free and open means of communication between the directors, the independent auditors, and
the financial management of the company. The Audit Committee shall also establish procedures, and
maintain easy access to the Audit Committee, for all employees and consultants to the company to
voice concerns and report potential misconduct to the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee shall
have a clear understanding with management and the independent auditors that the independent
auditors are to report directly to the Audit Committee, and that the independent auditors are
ultimately accountable to the Board and the Audit Committee, as representatives of the companys
shareholders.
Responsibilities
In carrying out its responsibilities, the Audit Committee believes its policies and procedures
should remain flexible, in order to best react to changing conditions and to ensure to the
directors and shareholders that the corporate accounting and financial reporting practices of the
company are in accordance with all requirements and are of the highest quality.
In carrying out these responsibilities, the Audit Committee will:
| Meet quarterly to review company financial information, prior to the release of such information to the public. | ||
| Have sole authority to hire and terminate the independent auditors. | ||
| Have sole responsibility for all functions of the independent auditors, who shall report to the Committee. | ||
| Negotiate, execute and deliver the engagement letter to be entered into between the company and the independent auditors, and establish the compensation to be received by the independent auditors. | ||
| Evaluate on a periodic basis the independent auditors to be engaged to audit the financial statements of the company and its divisions and subsidiaries. | ||
| Have the sole authority to approve non-audit services to be performed by the independent auditors, but only as permitted by the Nasdaq rules and the rules and regulations of the SEC, which authority the Audit Committee may delegate to one or more members of the Audit Committee. |
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| Meet with the independent auditors and financial management of the company to review the scope of the proposed audit for the current year and the audit procedures to be utilized, and at the conclusion thereof review such audit, including any comments or recommendations of the independent auditors. | ||
| Review with the independent auditors, the companys internal auditor, if applicable, and financial and accounting personnel, the adequacy and effectiveness of the accounting, financial and disclosure controls of the company, and elicit any recommendations for the improvement of such internal control procedures or particular areas where new or more detailed controls or procedures are desirable. | ||
| Review the companys quarterly and annual financial statements, Managements Discussion and Analysis sections of Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q with management and the independent auditors, as well as reserves and estimates and the assumptions therefore and all significant correcting adjustments identified by the independent auditors or disagreements between management and the independent auditors, to determine that the independent auditors are satisfied with the disclosure and content of the financial statements to be presented to the shareholders. | ||
| Review the companys critical accounting policies and practices and alternative treatments of financial information with management and the independent auditors. Discuss with the independent auditors matters required to be discussed under Statement of Auditing Standards No. 100 and their judgment of the quality. | ||
| Approve new or material changes in the Companys accounting principles, practices and policies on assumptions. | ||
| Provide sufficient opportunity for the independent auditors to meet with the members of the Audit Committee without members of management present. Among the items to be discussed in these meetings are the independent auditors evaluation of the companys financial, accounting, and auditing personnel, and the cooperation that the independent auditors received during the course of the audit, including their access to all requested records, data and information. | ||
| Receive written statements from the independent auditors delineating all relationships between the independent auditors and the company consistent with Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1, and consider and discuss with the auditors any disclosed relationships or services that could affect the auditors objectivity and independence, and if so determined by the Audit Committee, take appropriate action to resolve issues regarding the independence of the auditors. | ||
| Review from time to time the companys accounting and financial human resources and succession planning for those functions. | ||
| Investigate any matter brought to its attention within the scope of its duties, with the power to retain and pay for, out of company funds, outside counsel and other advisors for this purpose if, in its judgment, that is appropriate. | ||
| Review and approve related party transactions as such term is used by SFAS No. 57 or by rules of Nasdaq or the SEC, as required by any ethics policy adopted by the Board or the Audit Committee or as otherwise required to be disclosed in the companys financial statements or periodic filings with the SEC. It is managements responsibility to bring such related party transactions to the attention of the members of the Audit Committee. | ||
| Review company press releases containing pro forma financial information for the purpose of ensuring that such press releases properly disclose financial information presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, adequately disclose how such pro forma information differs from financial information presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and do not |
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give undue prominence to such pro forma information or otherwise provide misleading presentations of the companys results of operations or financial condition. | |||
| Have the sole authority to approve the hiring of any employee who is employed by the independent auditor, or has been employed by the independent auditor within the five years prior to the date of determination whether or not to hire such employee. | ||
| Establish and maintain procedures for, and a policy of, open access to the members of the Audit Committee by the employees and consultants to the company to enable the employees and consultants to bring to the attention of the Audit Committee concerns held by such employees and consultants regarding the financial reporting of the company, and to report potential misconduct to the Audit Committee. | ||
| Prepare the report required by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission to be included in the companys annual proxy statement and approve certifications required by the Nasdaq. | ||
| Review and assess the adequacy of this charter annually and recommend any proposed changes to the Board for approval. | ||
| Submit the minutes of all meetings of the Audit Committee to, or discuss the matters discussed at each committee meeting with, the board of directors. | ||
| Perform such other functions and to have such power as it may deem necessary or advisable in the efficient and lawful discharge of the foregoing. |
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ANNEX B
TTM Technologies, Inc.
2006 Incentive Compensation Plan
1. Purpose. The purpose of this Plan is to assist the Company and its Related
Entities in attracting, motivating, retaining and rewarding high-quality Employees, officers,
Directors and Consultants by enabling such persons to acquire or increase a proprietary interest in
the Company in order to strengthen the mutuality of interests between such persons and the
Companys shareholders, and providing such persons with annual and long-term performance incentives
to expend their maximum efforts in the creation of shareholder value. The Plan is intended to
qualify certain compensation awarded under the Plan for tax deductibility under Section 162(m) of
the Code (as hereafter defined) to the extent deemed appropriate by the Plan Administrator.
2. Definitions. For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall be defined as set
forth below.
(a) 2000 Plan Award means a stock award granted under the 2000 Equity Compensation
Plan.
(b) Applicable Laws means the requirements relating to the administration of equity
compensation plans under U.S. state corporate laws, U.S. federal and state securities laws, the
Code, the rules and regulations of any stock exchange upon which the Common Stock is listed and the
applicable laws of any foreign country or jurisdiction where Awards are granted under the Plan.
(c) Award means any award granted pursuant to the terms of this Plan, including an
Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Stock Unit, Stock granted as a bonus or in lieu
of another award, Dividend Equivalent, Other Stock-Based Award or Performance Award, together with
any other right or interest, granted to a Participant under the Plan.
(d) Award Agreement means the written agreement evidencing an Award granted under
the Plan.
(e) Beneficiary means the person, persons, trust or trusts which have been
designated by a Participant in his or her most recent written beneficiary designation filed with
the Plan Administrator to receive the benefits specified under the Plan upon such Participants
death or to which Awards or other rights are transferred if and to the extent permitted under
Section 10(b) hereof. If, upon a Participants death, there is no designated Beneficiary or
surviving designated Beneficiary, then the term Beneficiary means the person, persons, trust or
trusts entitled by will or the laws of descent and distribution to receive such benefits.
(f) Beneficial Owner, Beneficially Owning and Beneficial
Ownership shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act
and any successor to such Rule.
(g) Board means the Companys Board of Directors.
(h) Cause shall, with respect to any Participant, have the meaning specified in the
Award Agreement. In the absence of any definition in the Award Agreement, Cause shall have the
equivalent meaning or the same meaning as cause or for cause set forth in any employment,
consulting, change in control or other agreement for the performance of services between the
Participant and the Company or a Related Entity or, in the absence of any such definition in such
agreement, such term shall mean (i) the failure by the Participant to perform his or her duties as
assigned by the Company (or a Related Entity) in a reasonable manner, (ii) any violation or breach
by the Participant of his or her employment, consulting or other similar agreement with the Company
(or a Related Entity), if any, (iii) any violation or breach by the Participant of his or her
confidential information and invention assignment, non-competition, non-solicitation,
non-disclosure and/or other similar agreement with the Company or a Related Entity, if any, (iv)
any act by the Participant of dishonesty or bad faith with respect to the Company (or a Related
Entity), (v) any material violation or breach by the Participant of the Companys or a Related
Entitys policy for employee conduct, if any, (vi) use of alcohol, drugs or other similar
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manner that adversely affects the Participants work performance, or (vii) the commission by the
Participant of any act, misdemeanor, or crime reflecting unfavorably upon the Participant or the
Company or any Related Entity. The good faith determination by the Plan Administrator of whether
the Participants Continuous Service was terminated by the Company for Cause shall be final and
binding for all purposes hereunder.
(i) Change in Control means and shall be deemed to have occurred on the earliest of
the following dates:
(i) the date on which any person (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Exchange Act) obtains beneficial ownership (as defined in Rule 13d 3 of the Exchange Act) or a
pecuniary interest in thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the Voting Stock;
(ii) the consummation of a merger, consolidation, reorganization or similar transaction other
than a transaction: (1) (a) in which substantially all of the holders of Companys Voting Stock
hold or receive directly or indirectly fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting stock of the
resulting entity or a parent company thereof, in substantially the same proportions as their
ownership of the Company immediately prior to the transaction; or (2) in which the holders of
Companys capital stock immediately before such transaction will, immediately after such
transaction, hold as a group on a fully diluted basis the ability to elect at least a majority of
the directors of the surviving corporation (or a parent company);
(iii) there is consummated a sale, lease, exclusive license or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, other than a
sale, lease, license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of
the Company and its Subsidiaries to an entity, fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting
power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of the Company in substantially
the same proportions as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale, lease,
license or other disposition; or
(iv) individuals who, on the date this Plan is adopted by the Board, are Directors (the
Incumbent Board) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Directors;
provided, however, that if the appointment or election (or nomination for election) of any new
Director was approved or recommended by a majority vote of the members of the Incumbent Board then
still in office, such new member shall, for purposes of this Plan, be considered as a member of the
Incumbent Board.
For purposes of determining whether a Change in Control has occurred, a transaction includes
all transactions in a series of related transactions, and terms used in this definition but not
defined are used as defined in the Plan. The term Change in Control shall not include a sale of
assets, merger or other transaction effected exclusively for the purpose of changing the domicile
of the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Plan, the definition of Change in
Control (or any analogous term) in an individual written agreement between the Company and the
Participant shall supersede the foregoing definition with respect to Awards subject to such
agreement (it being understood, however, that if no definition of Change in Control or any
analogous term is set forth in such an individual written agreement, the foregoing definition shall
apply).
(j) Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time,
including regulations thereunder and successor provisions and regulations thereto.
(k) Committee means a committee designated by the Board to administer the Plan with
respect to at least a group of Employees, Directors or Consultants.
(l) Company means TTM Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
(m) Consultant means any person (other than an Employee or a Director, solely with
respect to rendering services in such persons capacity as a director) who is engaged by the
Company or any Related Entity to render consulting or advisory services to the Company or such
Related Entity.
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(n) Continuous Service means uninterrupted provision of services to the Company or
any Related Entity in the capacity as either an officer, Employee, Director or Consultant.
Continuous Service shall not be considered to be interrupted in the case of (i) any approved leave
of absence, (ii) transfers among the Company, any Related Entities, or any successor entities, in
the capacity as either an officer, Employee, Director or Consultant or (iii) any change in status
as long as the individual remains in the service of the Company or a Related Entity in the capacity
as either an officer, Employee, Director, Consultant (except as otherwise provided in the Award
Agreement). An approved leave of absence shall include sick leave, military leave, or any other
authorized personal leave.
(o) Corporate Transaction means the occurrence, in a single transaction or in a
series of related transactions, of any one or more of the following events:
(i) a sale, lease, exclusive license or other disposition of a substantial portion of the
consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as determined by the Plan Administrator,
in its discretion;
(ii) a sale or other disposition of more than twenty percent (20%) of the outstanding
securities of the Company; or
(iii) a merger, consolidation, reorganization or similar transaction, whether or not the
Company is the surviving corporation.
(p) Covered Employee means an Eligible Person who is a Covered Employee as specified
in Section 7(d) of the Plan.
(q) Director means a member of the Board or the board of directors of any Related
Entity.
(r) Disability means a permanent and total disability (within the meaning of Section
22(e) of the Code), as determined by a medical doctor satisfactory to the Plan Administrator.
(s) Dividend Equivalent means a right, granted to a Participant under Section 6(g)
hereof, to receive cash, Shares, other Awards or other property equal in value to dividends paid
with respect to a specified number of Shares or other periodic payments.
(t) Effective Date means the effective date of this Plan, which shall be the date
this Plan is adopted by the Board, subject to the approval of the shareholders of the Company.
(u) Eligible Person means each officer, Director, Employee or Consultant. The
foregoing notwithstanding, only employees of the Company, any Parent or any Subsidiary shall be
Eligible Persons for purposes of receiving Incentive Stock Options. An Employee on leave of
absence may be considered as still in the employ of the Company or a Related Entity for purposes of
eligibility for participation in the Plan.
(v) Employee means any person, including an officer or Director, who is an employee
of the Company or any Related Entity. The payment of a directors fee by the Company or a Related
Entity shall not be sufficient to constitute employment by the Company.
(w) Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to
time, including rules thereunder and successor provisions and rules thereto.
(x) Executive Officer means an executive officer of the Company as defined under the
Exchange Act.
(y) Fair Market Value means the fair market value of Shares, Awards or other
property as determined by the Plan Administrator, or under procedures established by the Plan
Administrator. Unless otherwise determined by the Plan Administrator, the Fair Market Value of
Shares as of any given date, after which the Shares are publicly traded on a stock exchange or
market, shall be the closing sale price per share reported on a consolidated basis for stock listed
on the principal stock exchange or market on which Shares is traded
on the date as
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of which such value is being determined or, if there is no sale on that date, then on the last
previous day on which a sale was reported.
(z) Good Reason shall, with respect to any Participant, have the meaning specified
in the Award Agreement. In the absence of any definition in the Award Agreement, Good Reason
shall have the equivalent meaning (or the same meaning as good reason or for good reason) set
forth in any employment, consulting, change in control or other agreement for the performance of
services between the Participant and the Company or a Related Entity or, in the absence of any such
definition in such agreement(s), such term shall mean (i) the assignment to the Participant of any
duties inconsistent in any material respect with the Participants position (including status,
offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities as assigned by
the Company (or a Related Entity) or any other action by the Company (or a Related Entity) which
results in a material diminution in such position, authority, duties or responsibilities, excluding
for this purpose an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action not taken in bad faith and which
is remedied by the Company (or a Related Entity) promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by
the Participant; (ii) any failure by the Company (or a Related Entity) to comply with its
obligations to the Participant as agreed upon, other than an isolated, insubstantial and
inadvertent failure not occurring in bad faith and which is remedied by the Company (or a Related
Entity) promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Participant; (iii) the Companys (or
Related Entitys) requiring the Participant to be based at any office or location more than fifty
(50) miles from the location of employment as of the date of Award, except for travel reasonably
required in the performance of the Participants responsibilities; (iv) any purported termination
by the Company (or a Related Entity) of the Participants Continuous Service otherwise than for
Cause, as defined in Section 2(f), death, or by reason of the Participants Disability as defined
in Section 2(o); or (v) any reduction in the Participants base salary (unless such reduction is
part of Company-wide reduction that affects a majority of the persons of comparable level to the
Participant).
(aa) Incentive Stock Option means any Option intended to be designated as an
incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision
thereto.
(bb) Management Plan Award means a stock award granted under the Management Stock
Option Plan.
(cc) Non-Employee Director means a Director of the Company who is not an Employee.
(dd) Non-Qualified Stock Option means any Option that is not intended to be
designated as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code or any
successor provision thereto.
(ee) Option means a right, granted to a Participant under Section 6(b) hereof, to
purchase Shares or other Awards at a specified price during specified time periods.
(ff) Other Stock-Based Awards means Awards granted to a Participant pursuant to
Section 6(h) hereof.
(gg) Parent means any corporation (other than the Company), whether now or hereafter
existing, in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Company, if each of the corporations
in the chain (other than the Company) owns stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the
combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in the chain.
(hh) Participant means a person who has been granted an Award under the Plan which
remains outstanding, including a person who is no longer an Eligible Person.
(ii) Performance Award means a right, granted to an Eligible Person under Sections
6(h) or 7 hereof, to receive Awards based upon performance criteria specified by the Plan
Administrator.
(jj) Performance Period means that period established by the Plan Administrator at
the time any Performance Award is granted or at any time thereafter during which any performance
goals specified by the Plan Administrator with respect to such Award are to be measured.
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(kk) Person has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange
Act and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, and shall include a group as defined in Section
12(d) thereof.
(ll) Plan means this TTM Technologies, Inc. 2006 Incentive Compensation Plan.
(mm) Plan Administrator means the Board or any Committee delegated by the Board to
administer the Plan. There may be different Plan Administrators with respect to different groups
of Eligible Persons.
(nn) Related Entity means any Parent, Subsidiary and any business, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or other entity designated by the Plan Administrator in
which the Company, a Parent or a Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, holds a substantial ownership
interest.
(oo) Restricted Stock means Stock granted to a Participant under Section 6(d)
hereof, that is subject to certain restrictions, including a risk of forfeiture.
(pp) Rule 16b 3 and Rule 16a 1(c)(3) means Rule 16b 3 and Rule 16a
1(c)(3), as from time to time in effect and applicable to the Plan and Participants, promulgated by
the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
(qq) Share means a share of the Companys Common Stock, and the share of such other
securities as may be substituted (or resubstituted) for Stock pursuant to Section 10(c) hereof.
(rr) Stock means the Companys Common Stock, and such other securities as may be
substituted (or resubstituted) for the Companys Common Stock pursuant to Section 10(c) hereof.
(ss) Stock Appreciation Right means a right granted to a Participant pursuant to
Section 6(c) hereof.
(tt) Stock Unit means a right, granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 6(e)
hereof, to receive Shares, cash or a combination thereof at the end of a specified period of time.
(uu) Subsidiary means any corporation (other than the Company), whether now or
hereafter existing, in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company, if each of the
corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing fifty
percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the
other corporations in such chain.
(vv) Voting Stock means the stock of the Company with a right to vote for the
election of Directors.
3. Administration.
(a) Administration by Board. The Board shall administer the Plan unless and until the
Board delegates administration to a Committee, as provided in Section 3(c). The Board and/or
Committee(s) administering the Plan shall be the Plan Administrator.
(b) Powers of the Plan Administrator. The Plan Administrator shall have the power,
subject to, and within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan:
(i) To determine from time to time which of the persons eligible under the Plan shall be
granted Awards; when and how each Award shall be granted; what type or combination of types of
Award shall be granted; the provisions of each Award granted (which need not be identical),
including the time or times when a person shall be permitted to receive Shares or cash pursuant to
an Award; and the number of Shares or amount of cash with respect to which an Award shall be
granted to each such person.
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(ii) To construe and interpret the Plan and Awards granted under it, and to establish, amend
and revoke rules and regulations for its administration. The Plan Administrator, in the exercise
of this power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any Award
Agreement, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan
fully effective.
(iii) To amend the Plan or an Award as provided in Section 10(e).
(iv) To terminate or suspend the Plan as provided in Section 10(e).
(v) To adopt such modifications, procedures, and subplans as may be necessary or desirable to
comply with provisions of the laws of foreign countries in which the Company or Related Entities
may operate to assure the viability of the benefits from Awards granted to Participants performing
services in such countries and to meet the objectives of the Plan.
(vi) Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as the Plan Administrator
deems necessary or appropriate to promote the best interests of the Company and that are not in
conflict with the provisions of the Plan.
(c) Delegation to Committee.
(i) General. The Board may delegate administration of the Plan to a Committee or
Committees of more members of the Board, and the term Committee shall apply to any person or
persons to whom such authority has been delegated. If administration is delegated to a Committee,
the Committee shall have, in connection with the administration of the Plan, the powers theretofore
possessed by the Board, to the extent delegated by the Board, including the power to delegate to a
subcommittee any of the administrative powers the Committee is authorized to exercise, subject,
however, to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be adopted
from time to time by the Board. The Board may abolish the Committee at any time and revest in the
Board the administration of the Plan.
(ii) Section 162(m) and Rule 16b-3 Compliance. In the discretion of the Board, the
Committee may consist solely of two or more Outside Directors, in accordance with Section 162(m)
of the Code, and/or solely of two or more Non-Employee Directors, in accordance with Rule 16b 3.
In addition, the Plan Administrator may delegate to a committee of two or more members of the Board
the authority to grant Awards to Eligible Persons who are either (a) not then Covered Employees and
are not expected to be Covered Employees at the time of recognition of income resulting from such
Award, (b) not persons with respect to whom the Company wishes to comply with Section 162(m) of the
Code or (c) not then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
(d) Effect of Plan Administrators Decision. All determinations, interpretations and
constructions made by the Plan Administrator shall be made in good faith and shall not be subject
to review by any person and shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons.
(e) Arbitration. Any dispute or claim concerning any Award granted (or not granted)
pursuant to the Plan or any disputes or claims relating to or arising out of the Plan shall be
fully, finally and exclusively resolved by binding and confidential arbitration conducted pursuant
to the rules of Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc. (JAMS) in the nearest city in
which JAMS conducts business to the city in which the Participant is employed by the Company. The
Company shall pay all arbitration fees. In addition to any other relief, the arbitrator may award
to the prevailing party recovery of its attorneys fees and costs. By accepting an Award, the
Participant and the Company waive their respective rights to have any such disputes or claims tried
by a judge or jury.
(f) Limitation of Liability. The Board and any Committee(s), and each member thereof,
who act as the Plan Administrator, shall be entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any report
or other information furnished to him or her by any officer or Employee, the Companys independent
auditors, Consultants or any other agents assisting in the administration of the Plan. Members of
the Board and any Committee(s), and any officer or Employee acting at the direction or on behalf of
the Board and any Committee(s), shall not be personally liable for
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any action or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to the Plan, and shall, to the
extent permitted by law, be fully indemnified and protected by the Company with respect to any such
action or determination.
4. Shares Issuable Under the Plan.
(a) Number of Shares Available for Issuance Under Plan. Subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 10(c) hereof, the total number of Shares reserved and available for issuance in
connection with Awards shall be 3,000,000 Shares. In addition, any shares available for issuance
under the 2000 Equity Compensation Plan and the Management Stock Option Plan that are not subject
to an outstanding award under the 2000 Equity Compensation Plan and the Management Stock Option
Plan as of the date of shareholder approval of this Plan shall become available for issuance under
this Plan, and shall no longer be available for issuance under the 2000 Equity Compensation Plan
and the Management Stock Option Plan, as applicable. Any Shares issued under the Plan may consist,
in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued shares or treasury shares.
(b) Availability of Shares Not Issued pursuant to Awards.
(i) If any Shares subject to an Award or to a 2000 Plan Award or Management Plan Award are
forfeited, expire or otherwise terminate without issuance of such Shares or any Award, 2000 Plan
Award or Management Plan Award is settled for cash or otherwise does not result in the issuance of
all or a portion of the Shares subject to such Award, 2000 Plan Award or Management Plan Award, the
Shares shall, to the extent of such forfeiture, expiration, termination, cash settlement or
non-issuance, be available for Awards under the Plan, subject to Section 4(b)(iv) below.
(ii) If any Shares issued pursuant to an Award, 2000 Plan Award or Management Plan Award are
forfeited back to or repurchased by the Company, including, but not limited to, any repurchase or
forfeiture caused by the failure to meet a contingency or condition required for the vesting of
such shares, then the Shares forfeited or repurchased shall revert to and become available for
issuance under the Plan, subject to Section 4(b)(iv) below.
(iii) In the event that any Option or other Award granted hereunder is exercised through the
withholding of Shares from the Award by the Company or withholding tax liabilities arising from
such Option or other Award are satisfied by the withholding of Shares from the Award by the
Company, then only the number of Shares issued net of the Shares withheld shall be counted as
issued for purposes of determining the maximum number of Shares available for grant under the Plan,
subject to Section 4(b)(iv) below. In the event that any 2000 Plan Award or Management Plan Award
is exercised through the withholding of Shares by the Company from the 2000 Plan Award or the
Management Plan Award or withholding tax liabilities arising from such 2000 Plan Award or
Management Plan Award are satisfied by the withholding of Shares from the 2000 Plan Award or
Management Plan Award by the Company, then Shares withheld shall become available for issuance
under the Plan, subject to Section 4(b)(iv) below.
(iv) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4(b) to the contrary, solely for purposes of
determining whether Shares are available for the grant of Incentive Stock Options, the maximum
aggregate number of Shares that may be granted under this Plan through Incentive Stock Options
shall be determined without regard to any Shares restored pursuant to this Section 4(b) that, if
taken into account, would cause the Plan, for purposes of the grant of Incentive Stock Options, to
fail the requirement under Code Section 422 that the Plan designate a maximum aggregate number of
shares that may be issued.
(c) Application of Limitations. The limitation contained in this Section 4 shall
apply not only to Awards that are settled by the delivery of Shares but also to Awards relating to
Shares but settled only in cash (such as cash-only Stock Appreciation Rights). The Plan
Administrator may adopt reasonable counting procedures to ensure appropriate counting, avoid double
counting (as, for example, in the case of tandem or substitute awards) and may make adjustments if
the number of Shares actually delivered differs from the number of shares previously counted in
connection with an Award.
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5. Eligibility; Per-Person Award Limitations. Awards may be granted under the Plan
only to Eligible Persons.
In any one calendar year, an Eligible Person may not be granted Options or Stock Appreciation
Rights under which more than 1,000,000 Shares could be received by the Participant, subject to
adjustment as provided in Section 10(c). In any one calendar year, an Eligible Person may not be
granted Awards (other than an Option or Stock Appreciation Right) under which more than 1,000,000
Shares could be received by the Participant in any one calendar year, subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 10(c). In addition, the maximum dollar value payable in cash to any one
Participant with respect to Performance Awards is $5,000,000 per calendar year.
6. Terms of Awards.
(a) General. Awards may be granted on the terms and conditions set forth in this
Section 6. In addition, the Plan Administrator may impose on any Award or the exercise thereof, at
the date of grant or thereafter (subject to Section 10(e)), such additional terms and conditions,
not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the Plan Administrator shall determine,
including terms requiring forfeiture of Awards in the event of termination of the Participants
Continuous Service and terms permitting a Participant to make elections relating to his or her
Award. The Plan Administrator shall retain full power and discretion to accelerate, waive or
modify, at any time, any term or condition of an Award that is not mandatory under the Plan.
(b) Options. The Plan Administrator is authorized to grant Options to any Eligible
Person on the following terms and conditions:
(i) Stock Option Agreement. Each grant of an Option shall be evidenced by an Award
Agreement. Such Award Agreement shall be subject to all applicable terms and conditions of the
Plan and may be subject to any other terms and conditions which are not inconsistent with the Plan
and which the Plan Administrator deems appropriate for inclusion in the Award Agreement. The
provisions of the various Award Agreements entered into under the Plan need not be identical.
(ii) Number of Shares. Each Award Agreement shall specify the number of Shares that
are subject to the Option and shall provide for the adjustment of such number in accordance with
Section 10(c) hereof. The Award Agreement shall also specify whether the Stock Option is an
Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock Option.
(iii) Exercise Price.
(A) In General. Each Award Agreement shall state the price at which Shares subject to
the Option may be purchased (the Exercise Price), which shall be, with respect to Incentive Stock
Options, not less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the date of grant. In the
case of Non-Qualified Stock Options, the Exercise Price shall be determined in the sole discretion
of the Plan Administrator; provided, however, that notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan,
any Non-Qualified Stock Option granted with a per Share exercise price less than the per Share Fair
Market Value on the date of grant shall be structured to avoid the imposition of any excise tax
under Code Section 409A, unless otherwise specifically determined by the Plan Administrator.
(B) Ten Percent Shareholder. If a Participant owns or is deemed to own (by reason of
the attribution rules applicable under Section 424(d) of the Code) more than 10% of the combined
voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, any Incentive
Stock Option granted to such Employee must have an exercise price per Share of at least 110% of the
Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant.
(iv) Time and Method of Exercise. The Plan Administrator shall determine the time or
times at which or the circumstances under which an Option may be exercised in whole or in part
(including based on achievement of performance goals and/or future service requirements), the time
or times at which Options shall cease to be or become exercisable following termination of
Continuous Service or upon other conditions, the methods by which the exercise price may be paid or
deemed to be paid (including, in the discretion of the Plan
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Administrator, a cashless exercise procedure), the form of such payment, including, without
limitation, cash, Stock, net exercise, other Awards or awards granted under other plans of the
Company or a Related Entity, other property (including notes or other contractual obligations of
Participants to make payment on a deferred basis) or any other form of consideration legally
permissible, and the methods by or forms in which Stock will be delivered or deemed to be delivered
to Participants.
(v) Termination of Service. Subject to earlier termination of the Option as otherwise
provided in the Plan and unless otherwise provided by the Plan Administrator with respect to an
Option and set forth in the Award Agreement, an Option shall be exercisable after a Participants
termination of Continuous Service only during the applicable time period determined in accordance
with this Section and thereafter shall terminate and no longer be exercisable:
(A) Death or Disability. If the Participants Continuous Service terminates because
of the death or Disability of the Participant, the Option, to the extent unexercised and
exercisable on the date on which the Participants Continuous Service terminated, may be exercised
by the Participant (or the Participants legal representative or estate) at any time prior to the
expiration of twelve (12) months (or such other period of time as determined by the Plan
Administrator, in its discretion) after the date on which the Participants Continuous Service
terminated, but in any event only with respect to the vested portion of the Option and no later
than the date of expiration of the Options term as set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing
such Option (the Option Expiration Date).
(B) Termination for Cause. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the
contrary, if the Participants Continuous Service is terminated for Cause, the Option shall
terminate and cease to be exercisable immediately upon such termination of Continuous Service.
(C) Other Termination of Service. If the Participants Continuous Service terminates
for any reason, except Disability, death or Cause, the Option, to the extent unexercised and
exercisable by the Participant on the date on which the Participants Continuous Service
terminated, may be exercised by the Participant at any time prior to the expiration of three (3)
months (or such longer period of time as determined by the Plan Administrator, in its discretion)
after the date on which the Participants Continuous Service terminated, but in any event only with
respect to the vested portion of the Option and no later than the Option Expiration Date.
(vi) Incentive Stock Options. The terms of any Incentive Stock Option granted under
the Plan shall comply in all respects with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code. If and to
the extent required to comply with Section 422 of the Code, Options granted as Incentive Stock
Options shall be subject to the following special terms and conditions:
(1) The Option shall not be exercisable more than ten years after the date such Incentive
Stock Option is granted; provided, however, that if a Participant owns or is deemed to own (by
reason of the attribution rules of Section 424(d) of the Code) more than 10% of the combined voting
power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary and the Incentive Stock
Option is granted to such Participant, the Incentive Stock Option shall not be exercisable (to the
extent required by the Code at the time of the grant) for no more than five years from the date of
grant; and
(2) If the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date the Incentive Stock Option
is granted) of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan and
all other option plans of the Company, its Parent or any Subsidiary are exercisable for the first
time by a Participant during any calendar year in excess of $100,000, then such Participants
Incentive Stock Option(s) or portions thereof that exceed such $100,000 limit shall be treated as
Non-Qualified Stock Options (in the reverse order in which they were granted, so that the last
Incentive Stock Option will be the first treated as a Non-Qualified Stock Option). This paragraph
shall only apply to the extent such limitation is applicable under the Code at the time of the
grant.
(c) Stock Appreciation Rights. The Plan Administrator is authorized to grant Stock
Appreciation Rights to Participants on the following terms and conditions:
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(i) Agreement. Each grant of a Stock Appreciation Right shall be evidenced by an
Award Agreement. Such Award Agreement shall be subject to all applicable terms and conditions of
the Plan and may be subject to any other terms and conditions which are not inconsistent with the
Plan and which the Plan Administrator deems appropriate for inclusion in the Award Agreement. The
provisions of the various Award Agreements entered into under the Plan need not be identical.
(ii) Right to Payment. A Stock Appreciation Right shall confer on the Participant to
whom it is granted a right to receive, upon exercise thereof, the excess of (A) the Fair Market
Value of one share of stock on the date of exercise over (B) the grant price of the Stock
Appreciation Right as determined by the Plan Administrator.
(iii) Other Terms. The Plan Administrator shall determine at the date of grant or
thereafter, the time or times at which and the circumstances under which a Stock Appreciation Right
may be exercised in whole or in part (including based on achievement of performance goals and/or
future service requirements), the time or times at which Stock Appreciation Rights shall cease to
be or become exercisable following termination of Continuous Service or upon other conditions, the
form of payment upon exercise of Shares, cash or other property, the method of exercise, method of
settlement, form of consideration payable in settlement (either cash, Shares or other property),
method by or forms in which Stock will be delivered or deemed to be delivered to Participants,
whether or not a Stock Appreciation Right shall be in tandem or in combination with any other
Award, and any other terms and conditions of any Stock Appreciation Right. Stock Appreciation
Rights may be either freestanding or in tandem with other Awards. Notwithstanding any other
provision of the Plan, unless otherwise exempt from Section 409A of the Code or otherwise
specifically determined by the Plan Administrator, each Stock Appreciation Right shall be
structured to avoid the imposition of any excise tax under Section 409A of the Code.
(d) Restricted Stock. The Plan Administrator is authorized to grant Restricted Stock
to any Eligible Person on the following terms and conditions:
(i) Grant and Restrictions. Restricted Stock shall be subject to such restrictions on
transferability, risk of forfeiture and other restrictions, if any, as the Plan Administrator may
impose, or as otherwise provided in this Plan. The terms of any Restricted Stock granted under the
Plan shall be set forth in a written Award Agreement which shall contain provisions determined by
the Plan Administrator and not inconsistent with the Plan. The restrictions may lapse separately
or in combination at such times, under such circumstances (including based on achievement of
performance goals and/or future service requirements), in such installments or otherwise, as the
Plan Administrator may determine at the date of grant or thereafter. Except to the extent
restricted under the terms of the Plan and any Award Agreement relating to the Restricted Stock, a
Participant granted Restricted Stock shall have all of the rights of a shareholder, including the
right to vote the Restricted Stock and the right to receive dividends thereon (subject to any
mandatory reinvestment or other requirement imposed by the Plan Administrator). During the
restricted period applicable to the Restricted Stock, subject to Section 10(b) below, the
Restricted Stock may not be sold, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, margined or otherwise
encumbered by the Participant.
(ii) Forfeiture. Except as otherwise determined by the Plan Administrator, upon
termination of a Participants Continuous Service during the applicable restriction period, the
Participants Restricted Stock that is at that time subject to a risk of forfeiture that has not
lapsed or otherwise been satisfied shall be forfeited to or reacquired by the Company; provided
that the Plan Administrator may provide, by rule or regulation or in any Award Agreement or may
determine in any individual case, that restrictions or forfeiture conditions relating to Restricted
Stock shall be waived in whole or in part in the event of terminations resulting from specified
causes, and the Plan Administrator may in other cases waive in whole or in part the forfeiture of
Restricted Stock.
(iii) Certificates for Shares. Restricted Stock granted under the Plan may be
evidenced in such manner as the Plan Administrator shall determine. If certificates representing
Restricted Stock are registered in the name of the Participant, the Plan Administrator may require
that such certificates bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions and
restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock, that the Company retain physical possession of
the certificates, that the certificates be kept with an escrow agent and that the Participant
deliver a stock power to the Company, endorsed in blank, relating to the Restricted Stock.
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(iv) Dividends and Splits. As a condition to the grant of an Award of Restricted
Stock, the Plan Administrator may require that any cash dividends paid on a share of Restricted
Stock be automatically reinvested in additional shares of Restricted Stock or applied to the
purchase of additional Awards under the Plan. Unless otherwise determined by the Plan
Administrator, Shares distributed in connection with a stock split or stock dividend, and other
property distributed as a dividend, shall be subject to restrictions and a risk of forfeiture to
the same extent as the Restricted Stock with respect to which such Shares or other property has
been distributed.
(e) Stock Units. The Plan Administrator is authorized to grant Stock Units to
Participants, which are rights to receive Shares, cash or other property, or a combination thereof
at the end of a specified time period, subject to the following terms and conditions:
(i) Award and Restrictions. Satisfaction of an Award of Stock Units shall occur upon
expiration of the time period specified for such Stock Units by the Plan Administrator (or, if
permitted by the Plan Administrator, as elected by the Participant). In addition, Stock Units
shall be subject to such restrictions (which may include a risk of forfeiture) as the Plan
Administrator may impose, if any, which restrictions may lapse at the expiration of the time period
or at earlier specified times (including based on achievement of performance goals and/or future
service requirements), separately or in combination, in installments or otherwise, as the Plan
Administrator may determine. The terms of an Award of Stock Units shall be set forth in a written
Award Agreement which shall contain provisions determined by the Plan Administrator and not
inconsistent with the Plan. Stock Units may be satisfied by delivery of Stock, cash equal to the
Fair Market Value of the specified number of Shares covered by the Stock Units, or a combination
thereof, as determined by the Plan Administrator at the date of grant or thereafter. Prior to
satisfaction of an Award of Stock Units, an Award of Stock Units carries no voting or dividend or
other rights associated with share ownership. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan,
unless otherwise exempt from Section 409A of the Code or otherwise specifically determined by the
Plan Administrator, each Stock Unit shall be structured to avoid the imposition of any excise tax
under Section 409A of the Code.
(ii) Forfeiture. Except as otherwise determined by the Plan Administrator, upon
termination of a Participants Continuous Service during the applicable time period thereof to
which forfeiture conditions apply (as provided in the Award Agreement evidencing the Stock Units),
the Participants Stock Units (other than those Stock Units subject to deferral at the election of
the Participant) shall be forfeited; provided that the Plan Administrator may provide, by rule or
regulation or in any Award Agreement or may determine in any individual case, that restrictions or
forfeiture conditions relating to Stock Units shall be waived in whole or in part in the event of
terminations resulting from specified causes, and the Plan Administrator may in other cases waive
in whole or in part the forfeiture of Stock Units.
(iii) Dividend Equivalents. Unless otherwise determined by the Plan Administrator at
date of grant, any Dividend Equivalents that are granted with respect to any Award of Stock Units
shall be either (A) paid with respect to such Stock Units at the dividend payment date in cash or
in Shares of unrestricted Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such dividends or
(B) deferred with respect to such Stock Units and the amount or value thereof automatically deemed
reinvested in additional Stock Units, other Awards or other investment vehicles, as the Plan
Administrator shall determine or permit the Participant to elect.
(f) Bonus Stock and Awards in Lieu of Obligations. The Plan Administrator is
authorized to grant Shares as a bonus or to grant Shares or other Awards in lieu of Company
obligations to pay cash or deliver other property under the Plan or under other plans or
compensatory arrangements, provided that, in the case of Participants subject to Section 16 of the
Exchange Act, the amount of such grants remains within the discretion of the Plan Administrator to
the extent necessary to ensure that acquisitions of Shares or other Awards are exempt from
liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act. Shares or Awards granted hereunder shall be
subject to such other terms as shall be determined by the Plan Administrator.
(g) Dividend Equivalents. The Plan Administrator is authorized to grant Dividend
Equivalents to any Eligible Person entitling the Eligible Person to receive cash, Shares, other
Awards, or other property equal in value to dividends paid with respect to a specified number of
Shares, or other periodic payments. Dividend Equivalents may be awarded on a free-standing basis
or in connection with another Award. The terms of
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an Award of Dividend Equivalents shall be set forth in a written Award Agreement which shall
contain provisions determined by the Plan Administrator and not inconsistent with the Plan. The
Plan Administrator may provide that Dividend Equivalents shall be paid or distributed when accrued
or shall be deemed to have been reinvested in additional Stock, Awards, or other investment
vehicles, and subject to such restrictions on transferability and risks of forfeiture, as the Plan
Administrator may specify. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, unless otherwise
exempt from Section 409A of the Code or otherwise specifically determined by the Plan
Administrator, each Dividend Equivalent shall be structured to avoid the imposition of any excise
tax under Section 409A of the Code.
(h) Performance Awards. The Plan Administrator is authorized to grant Performance
Awards to any Eligible Person payable in cash, Shares, other property, or other Awards, on terms
and conditions established by the Plan Administrator, subject to the provisions of Section 7 if and
to the extent that the Plan Administrator shall, in its sole discretion, determine that an Award
shall be subject to those provisions. The performance criteria to be achieved during any
Performance Period and the length of the Performance Period shall be determined by the Plan
Administrator upon the grant of each Performance Award. Except as provided in this Plan or as may
be provided in an Award Agreement, Performance Awards will be distributed only after the end of the
relevant Performance Period. The performance goals to be achieved for each Performance Period
shall be conclusively determined by the Plan Administrator and may be based upon the criteria set
forth in Section 7(b), or in the case of an Award that the Plan Administrator determines shall not
be subject to Section 7 hereof, any other criteria that the Plan Administrator, in its sole
discretion, shall determine should be used for that purpose. The amount of the Award to be
distributed shall be conclusively determined by the Plan Administrator. Performance Awards may be
paid in a lump sum or in installments following the close of the Performance Period or, in
accordance with procedures established by the Plan Administrator, on a deferred basis.
(i) Other Stock-Based Awards. The Plan Administrator is authorized, subject to
limitations under applicable law, to grant to any Eligible Person such other Awards that may be
denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, or
related to, Shares, as deemed by the Plan Administrator to be consistent with the purposes of the
Plan, including, without limitation, convertible or exchangeable debt securities, other rights
convertible or exchangeable into Stock, purchase rights for Stock, Awards with value and payment
contingent upon performance of the Company or any other factors designated by the Plan
Administrator, and Awards valued by reference to the book value of Stock or the value of securities
of or the performance of specified Related Entities or business units. The Plan Administrator
shall determine the terms and conditions of such Awards. The terms of any Award pursuant to this
Section shall be set forth in a written Award Agreement which shall contain provisions determined
by the Plan Administrator and not inconsistent with the Plan. Stock delivered pursuant to an Award
in the nature of a purchase right granted under this Section 6(h) shall be purchased for such
consideration (including without limitation loans from the Company or a Related Entity), paid for
at such times, by such methods, and in such forms, including, without limitation, cash, Stock,
other Awards or other property, as the Plan Administrator shall determine. Cash awards, as an
element of or supplement to any other Award under the Plan, may also be granted pursuant to this
Section 6(h). Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, unless otherwise exempt from
Section 409A of the Code or otherwise specifically determined by the Plan Administrator, each such
Award shall be structured to avoid the imposition of any excise tax under Section 409A of the Code.
7. Tax Qualified Performance Awards.
(a) Covered Employees. A Committee, composed in compliance with the requirements of
Section 162(m) of the Code, in its discretion, may determine at the time an Award is granted to an
Eligible Person who is, or is likely to be, as of the end of the tax year in which the Company
would claim a tax deduction in connection with such Award, a Covered Employee, that the provisions
of this Section 7 shall be applicable to such Award.
(b) Performance Criteria. If an Award is subject to this Section 7, then the lapsing
of restrictions thereon and the distribution of cash, Shares or other property pursuant thereto, as
applicable, shall be contingent upon achievement of one or more objective performance goals.
Performance goals shall be objective and shall otherwise meet the requirements of Section 162(m) of
the Code and regulations thereunder including the requirement that the level or levels of
performance targeted by the Committee result in the achievement of performance goals being
substantially uncertain. One or more of the following business criteria for the Company,
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on a consolidated basis, and/or for Related Entities, or for business or geographical units of the
Company and/or a Related Entity (except with respect to the total stockholder return and earnings
per share criteria), shall be used by the Committee in establishing performance goals for such
Awards: (1) earnings per share; (2) revenues or gross margins; (3) cash flow; (4) operating margin;
(5) return on net assets, investment, capital, or equity; (6) economic value added; (7) direct
contribution; (8) net income; pretax earnings; earnings before interest and taxes; earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization; earnings after interest expense and before
extraordinary or special items; operating income; income before interest income or expense, unusual
items and income taxes, local, state or federal and excluding budgeted and actual bonuses which
might be paid under any ongoing bonus plans of the Company; (9) working capital; (10) management of
fixed costs or variable costs; (11) identification or consummation of investment opportunities or
completion of specified projects in accordance with corporate business plans, including strategic
mergers, acquisitions or divestitures; (12) total stockholder return; and (13) debt reduction. Any
of the above goals may be determined on an absolute or relative basis or as compared to the
performance of a published or special index deemed applicable by the Committee including, but not
limited to, the Standard & Poors 500 Stock Index or a group of companies that are comparable to
the Company. The Committee shall exclude the impact of an event or occurrence which the Committee
determines should appropriately be excluded, including without limitation (i) restructurings,
discontinued operations, extraordinary items, and other unusual or non-recurring charges, (ii) an
event either not directly related to the operations of the Company or not within the reasonable
control of the Companys management, or (iii) a change in accounting standards required by
generally accepted accounting principles.
(c) Performance Period; Timing For Establishing Performance Goals. Achievement of
performance goals in respect of such Performance Awards shall be measured over a Performance
Period, as specified by the Committee. Performance goals shall be established not later than
ninety (90) days after the beginning of any Performance Period applicable to such Performance
Awards, or at such other date as may be required or permitted for performance-based compensation
under Section 162(m) of the Code.
(d) Adjustments. The Committee may, in its discretion, reduce the amount of a
settlement otherwise to be made in connection with Awards subject to this Section 7, but may not
exercise discretion to increase any such amount payable to a Covered Employee in respect of an
Award subject to this Section 7. The Committee shall specify the circumstances in which such
Awards shall be paid or forfeited in the event of termination of Continuous Service by the
Participant prior to the end of a Performance Period or settlement of Awards.
(e) Committee Certification. Within a reasonable period of time after the performance
criteria have been satisfied (but no later than three (3) months after the satisfaction of the
performance criteria), in order to meet the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code, the
Committee shall certify, by resolution or other appropriate action in writing, that the performance
criteria and any other material terms previously established by the Committee or set forth in the
Plan, have been satisfied to the extent necessary to qualify as performance based compensation
under Section 162(m) of the Code. To the extent that the performance criteria have been satisfied,
but the Committee has not certified such result within three (3) months after such satisfaction,
then the Participant shall receive the payment provided for under the Participants Award.
8. Certain Provisions Applicable to Awards or Sales.
(a) Stand-Alone, Additional, Tandem and Substitute Awards. Awards granted under the
Plan may, in the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be granted either alone or in addition to,
in tandem with or in substitution or exchange for, any other Award or any award granted under
another plan of the Company, any Related Entity or any business entity to be acquired by the
Company or a Related Entity or any other right of a Participant to receive payment from the Company
or any Related Entity. Such additional, tandem, and substitute or exchange Awards may be granted
at any time. If an Award is granted in substitution or exchange for another Award or award, the
Plan Administrator shall require the surrender of such other Award or award in consideration for
the grant of the new Award. In addition, Awards may be granted in lieu of cash compensation,
including in lieu of cash amounts payable under other plans of the Company or any Related Entity.
(b) Form and Timing of Payment Under Awards; Deferrals. Subject to the terms of the
Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, payments to be made by the Company or a Related Entity
upon the exercise
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of an Option or other Award or settlement of an Award may be made in such forms as the Plan
Administrator shall determine, including, without limitation, cash, other Awards or other property,
and may be made in a single payment or transfer, in installments or on a deferred basis. The
settlement of any Award may be accelerated, and cash paid in lieu of Shares in connection with such
settlement, in the discretion of the Plan Administrator or upon occurrence of one or more specified
events (in addition to a Change in Control). Installment or deferred payments may be required by
the Plan Administrator (subject to Section 10(g) of the Plan) or permitted at the election of the
Participant on terms and conditions established by the Plan Administrator. Payments may include,
without limitation, provisions for the payment or crediting of a reasonable interest rate on
installment or deferred payments or the grant or crediting of Dividend Equivalents or other amounts
in respect of installment or deferred payments denominated in Shares.
(c) Exemptions from Section 16(b) Liability. It is the intent of the Company that
this Plan comply in all respects with applicable provisions of Rule 16b 3 or Rule 16a 1(c)(3) to
the extent necessary to ensure that neither the grant of any Awards to nor other transaction by a
Participant who is subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act is subject to liability under Section
16(b) thereof (except for transactions acknowledged in writing to be non-exempt by such
Participant). Accordingly, if any provision of this Plan or any Award Agreement does not comply
with the requirements of Rule 16b 3 or Rule 16a 1(c)(3) as then applicable to any such transaction,
such provision will be construed or deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to the
applicable requirements of Rule 16b 3 or Rule 16a 1(c)(3) so that such Participant shall avoid
liability under Section 16(b).
(d) Code Section 409A. If and to the extent that the Plan Administrator believes that
any Awards may constitute a nonqualified deferred compensation plan under Section 409A of the
Code, the terms and conditions set forth in the Award Agreement for that Award shall be drafted in
a manner that is intended to comply with, and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with, the
applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the
Participant and the Company.
(e) No Option Repricing. Other than pursuant to Section 10(c), without approval of
the Companys shareholders, the Plan Administrator shall not be permitted to (A) lower the exercise
price per Share of an Option after it is granted, (B) cancel an Option when the exercise price per
Share exceeds the Fair Market Value of the underlying Shares in exchange for another Award or cash,
or (C) take any other action with respect to an Option that may be treated as a repricing.
9. Change in Control; Corporate Transaction.
(a) Change in Control.
(i) The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, accelerate the vesting, exercisability,
lapsing of restrictions or expiration of deferral of any Award, including upon a Change in Control.
In addition, the Plan Administrator may provide in an Award Agreement that the performance goals
relating to any Award will be deemed to have been met upon the occurrence of any Change in Control.
(ii) In addition to the terms of Sections 9(a)(i) above, the effect of a change in control,
may be provided (1) in an employment, compensation or severance agreement, if any, between the
Company or any Related Entity and the Participant, relating to the Participants employment,
compensation or severance with or from the Company or such Related Entity or (2) in the Award
Agreement.
(b) Corporate Transactions. In the event of a Corporate Transaction, any surviving
corporation or acquiring corporation (together, the Successor Corporation) may either (i) assume
any or all Awards outstanding under the Plan; (ii) continue any or all Awards outstanding under the
Plan; or (iii) substitute similar stock awards for outstanding Awards (it being understood that
similar awards include, but are not limited to, awards to acquire the same consideration paid to
the shareholders or the Company, as the case may be, pursuant to the Corporate Transaction). In
the event that the Successor Corporation does not assume or continue any or all such outstanding
Awards or substitute similar stock awards for such outstanding Awards, then with respect to Awards
that have been not assumed, continued or substituted, such Awards shall terminate if not exercised
(if applicable) at or prior to such effective time (contingent upon the effectiveness of the
Corporate Transaction).
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The Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine whether each Award is assumed,
continued, substituted or terminated. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that
substantially all of the holders of the Companys Voting Stock hold or receive directly or
indirectly ninety percent (90%) or more of the Voting Stock of the resulting entity or a parent
company thereof, in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company
immediately prior to the transaction, the Awards shall be either assumed or substituted by the
successor corporation or its parent or continued by the Company.
The Plan Administrator, in its discretion and without the consent of any Participant, may (but
is not obligated to) either (i) accelerate the vesting of any Awards (determined on an Award by
Award basis), including permitting the lapse of any repurchase rights held by the Company (and, if
applicable, the time at which such Awards may be exercised), in full or as to some percentage of
the Award, to a date prior to the effective time of such Corporate Transaction as the Plan
Administrator shall determine (contingent upon the effectiveness of the Corporate Transaction) or
(ii) provide for a cash payment in exchange for the termination of an Award or any portion thereof
where such cash payment is equal to the Fair Market Value of the Shares that the Participant would
receive if the Award were fully vested and exercised (if applicable) as of such date (less any
applicable exercise price).
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan to the contrary, with respect to Restricted
Stock and any other Award granted under the Plan with respect to which the Company has any
reacquisition or repurchase rights, the reacquisition or repurchase rights for such Awards may be
assigned by the Company to the successor of the Company (or the successors parent company) in
connection with such Corporate Transaction. In the event any such rights are not continued or
assigned to the Successor Corporation, then such rights shall lapse and the Award shall be fully
vested as of the effective time of the Corporate Transaction. In addition, the Plan Administrator,
in its discretion, may (but is not obligated to) provide that any reacquisition or repurchase
rights held by the Company with respect to any such Awards (determined on an Award by Award basis)
shall lapse in whole or in part (contingent upon the effectiveness of the Corporate Transaction).
(c) Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of a dissolution or liquidation of the
Company, then all outstanding Awards shall terminate immediately prior to the completion of such
dissolution or liquidation, and Shares subject to the Companys repurchase option may be
repurchased by the Company notwithstanding the fact that the holder of such stock is still in
Continuous Service.
10. General Provisions.
(a) Compliance With Legal and Other Requirements. The Company may, to the extent
deemed necessary or advisable by the Plan Administrator, postpone the issuance or delivery of
Shares or payment of other benefits under any Award until completion of such registration or
qualification of such Shares or other required action under any federal or state law, rule or
regulation, listing or other required action with respect to any stock exchange or automated
quotation system upon which the Shares or other Company securities are listed or quoted or
compliance with any other obligation of the Company, as the Plan Administrator may consider
appropriate, and may require any Participant to make such representations, furnish such information
and comply with or be subject to such other conditions as it may consider appropriate in connection
with the issuance or delivery of Shares or payment of other benefits in compliance with applicable
laws, rules, and regulations, listing requirements or other obligations. The foregoing
notwithstanding, in connection with a Change in Control, the Company shall take or cause to be
taken no action, and shall undertake or permit to arise no legal or contractual obligation, that
results or would result in any postponement of the issuance or delivery of Shares or payment of
benefits under any Award or the imposition of any other conditions on such issuance, delivery or
payment, to the extent that such postponement or other condition would represent a greater burden
on a Participant than existed on the ninetieth (90th) day preceding the Change in Control.
(b) Limits on Transferability; Beneficiaries.
(i) General. Except as provided in the Award Agreement, a Participant may not assign,
sell, transfer or otherwise encumber or subject to any lien any Award or other right or interest
granted under this Plan, in whole or in part, other than by will or by operation of the laws of
descent and distribution, and such
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Awards or rights that may be exercisable shall be exercised during the lifetime of the Participant
only by the Participant or his or her guardian or legal representative.
(ii) Permitted Transfer of Option. The Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion,
may permit the transfer of an Option (but not an Incentive Stock Option or any other right to
purchase Shares other than an Option) as follows: (A) by gift to a member of the Participants
Immediate Family or (B) by transfer by instrument to a trust providing that the Option is to be
passed to beneficiaries upon death of the Participant. For purposes of this Section 10(b)(ii),
Immediate Family shall mean the Participants spouse (including a former spouse subject to terms
of a domestic relations order); child, stepchild, grandchild, child-in-law; parent, stepparent,
grandparent, parent-in-law; sibling and sibling-in-law, and shall include adoptive relationships.
If a determination is made by counsel for the Company that the restrictions contained in this
Section 10(b)(ii) are not required by applicable federal or state securities laws under the
circumstances, then the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, may permit the transfer of
Awards (other than Incentive Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights in tandem therewith) to
one or more Beneficiaries or other transferees during the lifetime of the Participant, which may be
exercised by such transferees in accordance with the terms of such Award, but only if and to the
extent permitted by the Plan Administrator pursuant to the express terms of an Award Agreement
(subject to any terms and conditions which the Plan Administrator may impose thereon, and further
subject to any prohibitions and restrictions on such transfers pursuant to Rule 16b 3). A
Beneficiary, transferee or other person claiming any rights under the Plan from or through any
Participant shall be subject to all terms and conditions of the Plan and any Award Agreement
applicable to such Participant, except as otherwise determined by the Plan Administrator, and to
any additional terms and conditions deemed necessary or appropriate by the Plan Administrator.
(c) Adjustments.
(i) Adjustments to Awards. In the event that any dividend or other distribution
(whether in the form of cash, Shares or other property), recapitalization, forward or reverse
split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination, repurchase, share exchange,
liquidation, dissolution or other similar corporate transaction or event affects the Shares and/or
such other securities of the Company or any other issuer such that a substitution, exchange or
adjustment is determined by the Plan Administrator to be appropriate, then the Plan Administrator
shall, in such manner as it may deem equitable, substitute, exchange or adjust any or all of (A)
the number and kind of Shares which may be delivered in connection with Awards granted thereafter,
(B) the number and kind of Shares by which annual per-person Award limitations are measured under
Section 5 hereof, (C) the number and kind of Shares subject to or deliverable in respect of
outstanding Awards, (D) the exercise price, grant price or purchase price relating to any Award
and/or make provision for payment of cash or other property in respect of any outstanding Award,
and (E) any other aspect of any Award that the Plan Administrator determines to be appropriate.
(ii) Other Adjustments. The Plan Administrator (which shall be a Committee to the
extent such authority is required to be exercised by a Committee to comply with Code Section
162(m)) is authorized to make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included
in, Awards (including Awards subject to performance goals) in recognition of unusual or
nonrecurring events (including, without limitation, acquisitions and dispositions of businesses and
assets) affecting the Company, any Related Entity or any business unit, or the financial statements
of the Company or any Related Entity, or in response to changes in applicable laws, regulations,
accounting principles, tax rates and regulations or business conditions or in view of the Plan
Administrators assessment of the business strategy of the Company, any Related Entity or business
unit thereof, performance of comparable organizations, economic and business conditions, personal
performance of a Participant, and any other circumstances deemed relevant; provided that no such
adjustment shall be authorized or made if and to the extent that such authority or the making of
such adjustment would cause Options, Stock Appreciation Rights or Performance Awards granted to
Participants designated by the Plan Administrator as Covered Employees and intended to qualify as
performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m) and the regulations thereunder to
otherwise fail to qualify as performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m) and
regulations thereunder.
(d) Taxes. The Company and any Related Entity are authorized to withhold from any
Award granted, any payment relating to an Award under the Plan, including from a distribution of
Shares or any payroll or other payment to a Participant, amounts of withholding and other taxes due
or potentially payable in connection with
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any transaction involving an Award, and to take such other action as the Plan Administrator may
deem advisable to enable the Company and Participants to satisfy obligations for the payment of
withholding taxes and other tax obligations relating to any Award. This authority shall include
authority to withhold or receive Shares or other property and to make cash payments in respect
thereof in satisfaction of a Participants tax obligations, either on a mandatory or elective basis
in the discretion of the Plan Administrator.
(e) Changes to the Plan and Awards. The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue
or terminate the Plan or the Committees authority to grant Awards under the Plan, without the
consent of shareholders or Participants. Any amendment or alteration to the Plan shall be subject
to the approval of the Companys shareholders if such shareholder approval is deemed necessary and
advisable by the Board. However, without the consent of an affected Participant, no such amendment,
alteration, suspension, discontinuance or termination of the Plan may materially and adversely
affect the rights of such Participant under any previously granted and outstanding Award. The Plan
Administrator may waive any conditions or rights under or amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or
terminate any Award theretofore granted and any Award Agreement relating thereto, except as
otherwise provided in the Plan; provided that, without the consent of an affected Participant, no
such action may materially and adversely affect the rights of such Participant under such Award.
(f) Limitation on Rights Conferred Under Plan. Neither the Plan nor any action taken
hereunder shall be construed as (i) giving any Eligible Person or Participant the right to continue
as an Eligible Person or Participant or in the employ of the Company or a Related Entity; (ii)
interfering in any way with the right of the Company or a Related Entity to terminate any Eligible
Persons or Participants Continuous Service at any time, (iii) giving an Eligible Person or
Participant any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan or to be treated uniformly with other
Participants and Employees or (iv) conferring on a Participant any of the rights of a shareholder
of the Company unless and until the Participant is duly issued or transferred Shares in accordance
with the terms of an Award.
(g) Unfunded Status of Awards; Creation of Trusts. The Plan is intended to constitute
an unfunded plan for incentive and deferred compensation. With respect to any payments not yet
made to a Participant or obligations to deliver Shares pursuant to an Award, nothing contained in
the Plan or any Award shall give any such Participant any rights that are greater than those of a
general creditor of the Company; provided that the Plan Administrator may authorize the creation of
trusts and deposit therein cash, Shares, other Awards or other property or make other arrangements
to meet the Companys obligations under the Plan. Such trusts or other arrangements shall be
consistent with the unfunded status of the Plan unless the Plan Administrator otherwise
determines with the consent of each affected Participant. The trustee of such trusts may be
authorized to dispose of trust assets and reinvest the proceeds in alternative investments, subject
to such terms and conditions as the Plan Administrator may specify and in accordance with
applicable law.
(h) Nonexclusivity of the Plan. Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board nor its
submission to the shareholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any
limitations on the power of the Plan Administrator to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it
may deem desirable including incentive arrangements and awards which do not qualify under Code
Section 162(m).
(i) Fractional Shares. No fractional Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to
the Plan or any Award. The Plan Administrator shall determine whether cash, other Awards or other
property shall be issued or paid in lieu of such fractional shares or whether such fractional
shares or any rights thereto shall be forfeited or otherwise eliminated.
(j) Governing Law. The validity, construction and effect of the Plan, any rules and
regulations under the Plan, and any Award Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the laws
of the State of Delaware without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws, and applicable
federal law.
(k) Plan Effective Date and Shareholder Approval; Termination of Plan. The Plan shall
become effective on the Effective Date, subject to subsequent approval within twelve (12) months of
its adoption by the Board by shareholders of the Company eligible to vote in the election of
directors, by a vote sufficient to meet the requirements of Code Sections 162(m) (if applicable)
and 422, Rule 16b 3 under the Exchange Act (if applicable), applicable Nasdaq requirements, and
other laws, regulations, and obligations of the Company applicable
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to the Plan. Awards may be granted subject to shareholder approval, but may not be exercised or
otherwise settled in the event shareholder approval is not obtained. The Plan shall terminate no
later than ten (10) years from the date of the later of (x) the Effective Date and (y) the date an
increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan is approved by the Board (so
long as such increase is also approved by the shareholders).
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PROXY
TTM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS - JUNE 22, 2006
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY
TTM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS - JUNE 22, 2006
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY
The undersigned hereby appoints Kenton K. Alder and Steven W. Richards, and each of them, with power to act without the other and with power of substitution, as proxies and attorneys-in-fact and hereby authorizes them to represent and vote, as provided on the other side, all shares of TTM Technologies, Inc. Common Stock which the undersigned is entitled to vote, and,
in their discretion, to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the company to be held on June 22, 2006, or at any adjournment or postponement thereof, with all powers which the undersigned would possess if present at such meeting.
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