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ROPER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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April 29, 2021
Dear Fellow Shareholders:
As your Board of Directors, we oversee Roper’s efforts to continually create long-term value for you by efficiently executing our strategy through sound risk management, disciplined capital deployment, sound strategic thinking, operational rigor, performance-driven compensation programs, effective talent and succession planning, adherence to the highest ethical standards and levels of integrity, and continual review and refinement of the Board’s governance practices.
As detailed below, despite the unique challenges 2020 presented all companies, the resilience of our business model enabled us to deliver revenue and earnings growth and significant growth in both operating cash flow and free cash flow. Accordingly, Roper is poised to deliver further growth in 2021, while many companies are merely seeking to return to their pre-COVID-19 levels of performance. Though we are extremely proud of our accomplishments in 2020, we recognize and empathize with those who lost family members and friends since the onset of the pandemic.
Our Strategy for Long-Term and Elite Value Creation for Shareholders
Over the past fifteen years, our shareholders earned a compound annual return of 18.0% and a total shareholder return of 1091.6%, about three and a half times the total return of the S&P 500 of 311.0%. Over the past decade, Roper has delivered an even better 19.6% compound annual return to shareholders and delivered a strong 22.4% return in 2020.
Our long history of superior shareholder returns is the result of Roper’s simple, yet powerful strategy:
| • | Cash Generation Through Operating Excellence: Our enterprise consists of niche, asset-light businesses with leading solutions and technologies that generate significant free cash flow, enabling future investments for sustainable growth. Operating excellence, underpinned by our strategic focus on intellectual capital, product development, go-to-market strategies, and a high degree of customer intimacy drives cash generation which, in 2020, resulted in another year of record performance for adjusted operating cash flow and adjusted free cash flow, which increased 14% and 16%, respectively. |
| • | Disciplined Capital Deployment: We have a unique and disciplined capital deployment model that has guided the successful investment of billions of dollars into new businesses. Unlike many companies that use cash to pay large dividends and buy back shares, Roper deploys most of its available cash to acquire new businesses to fuel compounding cash flow growth and value creation for shareholders, as we did in 2020 with our deployment of $6.0 billion to acquire exceptional vertical software businesses, including the acquisition of Vertafore, Inc. for approximately $5.35 billion. |
The Board’s Role in Roper’s Success
The Board contributes significantly to Roper’s strong performance. As directors, each of us commits to the rigor and extensive time commitment and workload required to serve on Roper’s Board, including participation in at least 15 days of Board meetings each year. We continually monitor the existing portfolio of Roper businesses, review capital deployment opportunities, and carefully examine the different ways Roper can create additional value for shareholders. Between Board meetings, we continue our discussions with management and each other, enabling the Company to draw from our broad experiences and expertise.
Our direct involvement in and deep understanding of the Company allows us to address a multitude of issues, including acquisition selection, capital deployment, and succession planning, while sustaining Roper’s successful culture and business model. The soundness of our strategy is further evidenced by our ability to deliver meaningful earnings and cash flow growth in 2020 despite the challenges of COVID-19 and the secular decline in the energy markets.
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Our Governance Practices and Other Best Practices
Roper remains committed to strong corporate governance as demonstrated by the following practices:
| • | Declassified Board. Our directors are elected annually. |
| • | Majority Voting for Directors. Our By-laws require the resignation of incumbent directors who fail to obtain a majority of votes cast in uncontested elections. |
| • | Proxy Access. Our By-laws permit a shareholder, or a group of up to 20 shareholders, that has owned at least 3% of our outstanding common stock continuously for at least three years to nominate and include in our proxy materials up to the greater of two directors or 20% of the number of our directors then in office. |
| • | Independent Chair of the Board. Wilbur Prezzano currently serves as our Independent Chair. Amy Brinkley is scheduled to become the Independent Chair on June 1. |
| • | Executive Compensation Alignment with Shareholders. Because our shareholder value creation is derived from the Roper executive team’s capital deployment strategy and ability to operate a broad portfolio of businesses, our executives must possess a unique set of skills. We continue to refine our executive compensation practices to maintain close alignment with shareholder interests. |
| • | Pay for Performance. Similar to prior years, in 2020, 95% of our CEO’s compensation was subject to performance risk and tied to long-term results and our stock price, and for our other executive officers, on average, 88% of their compensation was performance-based. |
| • | Significant Reduction in Non-Employee Director Pay for 2020. In 2020, the average total compensation paid to our non-employee directors (other than the Independent Chair) was reduced by 40% compared to 2019. With respect to our Independent Chair, his total compensation was reduced by 38% compared to 2019. |
| • | Diverse Board Membership. 37.5% of directors nominated for election are women and 12.5% are ethnically diverse. |
| • | Clear oversight of ESG and Human Capital Management. The Nominating and Governance Committee has oversight responsibility for matters related to ESG and Human Capital Management. |
| • | Clear Proxy Statement Disclosure. We strive to present the information in our Proxy Statement in a clear and easy-to-read manner. |
| • | Shareholder Outreach Program. Roper’s senior management team regularly engages shareholders for feedback. |
2021 Incentive Plan
Our agenda this year includes a proposal to approve the Roper Technologies, Inc. 2021 Incentive Plan. This new plan would replace our existing incentive plan. Equity compensation is one way we link pay with performance, and it is an important part of our overall compensation program. We urge you to vote FOR the approval of the 2021 Incentive Plan, so that we can continue to use equity as a key component in our compensation programs.
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Open Communications With Our Shareholders
We value your continued support and input. Please continue to share your comments with us on any topic. Communications may be addressed to the directors in care of the Corporate Secretary, Roper Technologies, Inc., 6901 Professional Parkway, Suite 200, Sarasota, Florida 34240.
Sincerely,
The Board of Directors
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NOTICE OF THE 2021 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
2021 ANNUAL MEETING INFORMATION
For additional information about our Annual Meeting, see Annual Meeting and Voting Information on page 58.
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ANNUAL MEETING BUSINESS
Roper’s annual meeting of shareholders will be held June 14, 2021 to:
| ● | elect as directors the eight nominees named in the accompanying proxy statement; |
| ● | approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers; |
| ● | ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2021; |
| ● | approve the Roper Technologies, Inc. 2021 Incentive Plan; and |
| ● | transact any other business that may be properly brought before the annual meeting. |
PROXY MATERIALS
On or about April 29, 2021, we began distributing to each shareholder entitled to vote at the annual meeting either: (i) a Meeting Notice; or (ii) this proxy statement, a proxy card and our 2020 Annual Report to Shareholders and Form 10-K. The Meeting Notice contains instructions to electronically access our proxy statement and our 2020 Annual Report to Shareholders and Form 10-K, how to vote via the internet or by mail and how to receive a paper copy of our proxy materials by mail, if desired.
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VOTING AT THE ANNUAL MEETING
Your vote is important. Shareholders who are owners of record of Roper common shares at the close of business on April 19, 2021, the record date, or their legal proxy holders, are entitled to vote at the annual meeting. Whether or not you expect to attend the annual meeting, we urge you to vote as soon as possible by one of these methods:
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If you are a beneficial owner of shares held through a broker, bank or other holder of record, you must follow the voting instructions you receive from the holder of record to vote your shares. Shareholders may also vote at the annual meeting. For more information on how to vote your shares, please refer to Annual Meeting and Voting Information on page 58. | ||||
John K. Stipancich
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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This summary highlights information about Roper Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) and the upcoming 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2021 Annual Meeting”). It does not contain all of the information you should consider. We recommend reading the complete proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) and our 2020 Annual Report to Shareholders (the “2020 Annual Report”), which includes our Annual Report on Form 10-K, before voting. The Proxy Statement and the enclosed proxy card are being mailed or otherwise made available to shareholders on or about April 29, 2021.
2021 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
| Date and Time: Monday, June 14, 2021 9:30 a.m. local time |
Record Date: April 19, 2021 |
Place: Roper Technologies, Inc. 6901 Professional Parkway Suite 200 Sarasota, Florida 34240 |
VOTING MATTERS AND BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS
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Election of eight directors for a one-year term | FOR EACH NOMINEE | Majority of votes cast | |||
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Advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers | FOR | Majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy | |||
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Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2021 | FOR | Majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy | |||
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Approval of the Roper Technologies, Inc. 2021 Incentive Plan | FOR | Majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy | |||
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PROXY STATEMENT SUMMARY (CONTINUED)
2021 DIRECTOR NOMINEES
Shareholders are electing all eight director nominees who will serve for a one-year term expiring at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2022 Annual Meeting”).
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Independent | AC |
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| Shellye L. Archambeau Former Chief Executive Officer, MetricStream, Inc. |
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| Amy Woods Brinkley Retired Chief Risk Officer, Bank of America Corp. |
65 | 2015 | 🌑 | 🌑 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John F. Fort III Retired Chief Executive Officer, Tyco International Ltd. |
79 | 1995 | 🌑 | 🌑 | 🌑 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L. Neil Hunn President and Chief Executive Officer, Roper Technologies, Inc. |
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| Robert D. Johnson Chairman, Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. |
73 | 2005 | 🌑 | 🌑 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laura G. Thatcher Retired Head of Executive Compensation Practice, Alston & Bird LLP |
65 | 2015 | 🌑 | Chair | 🌑 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard F. Wallman Retired Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Honeywell International Inc. |
70 | 2007 | 🌑 | Chair | 🌑 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Christopher Wright Executive Chairman, Kestrel Partners and Director, Merifin Capital |
63 | 1991 | 🌑 | Chair | 🌑 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AC = Audit Committee CC = Compensation Committee NGC = Nominating and Governance Committee EC = Executive Committee
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
We strive to maintain effective corporate governance practices and policies, including:
Proxy Access: In March 2016, we amended our By-laws to implement proxy access for eligible shareholders. Our proxy access provision permits a shareholder, or a group of up to 20 shareholders, that has owned at least 3% of our outstanding common stock continuously for at least three years to nominate and include in our proxy materials up to the greater of two directors or 20% of the number of our directors then in office, provided that the shareholders and the nominees satisfy the requirements set forth in the By-laws.
Shareholder Outreach: We regularly engage our shareholders for feedback to learn their views on the Company’s strategy and performance as well as any governance matters of concern.
One-Year Terms for Directors: All of our directors serve one-year terms.
Independent Directors: All of our directors except our CEO are independent, as is each member of the Audit, Compensation, Executive, and Nominating and Governance Committees.
Independent Chair of the Board: Our Chair of the Board is independent.
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Majority Voting Standards for Uncontested Director Elections: We require any incumbent director who fails to obtain a majority vote in uncontested elections to tender his or her resignation.
Shareholder Engagement: We highly value feedback from our shareholders. In addition to our traditional Investor Relations engagement efforts, since the beginning of 2020, we have had discussions with numerous shareholders on ESG topics including climate change and diversity and inclusion. These discussions have been extremely helpful in identifying issues of importance to our investors as we develop our ESG program. We also shared feedback received during these discussions with our Nominating and Governance Committee, informing their decision-making.
Anti-Hedging and Anti-Pledging Policy: We have both anti-hedging and anti-pledging policies.
Board Refreshment/Term Limits: Currently, the mandatory retirement age for our Directors is 80. Beginning in 2020, Directors joining our Board will be required to retire upon the earlier of (i) the attainment of age 80, and (ii) the 15-year anniversary of the first annual meeting following the date the director joined the Board.
BOARD SNAPSHOT *
Tenure Age2 Average tenure: 7 years Average age: 62 Independence Women Ethnic Diversity Born Outside of the U.S. 7 independent directors 3 women directors 1 woman committee chairs 1 Woman prospective Board Chair 1 African American director 87.5% 37.5% 12.5%
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PROXY STATEMENT SUMMARY (CONTINUED)
BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS
We achieved another year of strong results in 2020 despite the challenges of COVID-19:
| • | Annual shareholder return of 22.4%, exceeding the return of 18.4% for the S&P 500 |
| • | GAAP revenue increased 3% to $5.53 billion |
| • | GAAP gross margin increased 20 basis points to 64.1% |
| • | Adjusted EBITDA increased 3% to $1.98 billion(1) |
| • | Adjusted operating cash flow increased 14% to $1.72 billion and adjusted free cash flow increased 16% to $1.67 billion(1) |
| • | We deployed $6 billion toward high quality software acquisitions |
| • | Our annual dividend increased by 10%, increasing for the 28th consecutive year |
| (1) | This financial information is presented on an adjusted (non-GAAP) basis. A reconciliation from non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable GAAP measure and other related information is available in “Appendix A—Reconciliations.” |
COMPENSATION HIGHLIGHTS
The creation of shareholder value is the foundation and driver of our executive compensation program. Aspects of our program that closely align the compensation of our executive officers with the long-term interests of our shareholders include the following:
Pay for Performance: Almost all of our executive officer compensation is tied to pre-set, objective performance criteria and long-term shareholder value creation. In 2020, 95% of CEO’s direct compensation was subject to performance risk and tied to long-term results and our stock price. For our other executive officers, on average, 88% of their direct compensation was performance-based.
COVID 19: Despite the adverse impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on our financial performance and operating results, the Compensation Committee elected not to adjust targets or exercise discretion with result to awards made under the 2020 bonus plan or any outstanding long-term incentive programs to our executive officers. We also reduced the base salary of our CEO by 25%, and those of our other executive officers by 20%, for the period of May through September.
Performance-Based Equity: All restricted stock awards to our executive officers are subject to satisfaction of performance criteria (no awards are solely time-based).
Double Trigger Vesting: “Double trigger” vesting of equity awards if a change in control occurs; no excise tax gross-ups for change-in-control payments.
Dollar Value Equity: As a result of the superior performance of Roper’s stock price, and in light of market practice, we transitioned from a practice of granting a fixed number of equity awards to a dollar value-based approach for non-employee directors in 2019 and all executive officers in 2020.
Significant Reduction in Non-Employee Director Pay for 2020: In 2020, the average total compensation paid to our non-employee directors (other than the Independent Chair) was reduced by 40% compared to 2019. With respect to our Independent Chair, his total compensation was reduced by 38% as compared to 2019.
Stock Ownership Guidelines: Substantial share ownership and retention guidelines for our executive officers and non-employee directors.
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Clawback Policy: We have a clawback policy to recoup erroneously paid cash and equity compensation.
Dividends Only on Shares Earned: Dividends on executive officers’ restricted shares are paid only if the shares are earned.
Annual Bonus Caps: We have caps on annual bonuses to avoid an excessive short-term focus and potentially adverse risk-taking.
No Repricing: Repricing of stock options absent shareholder approval is prohibited.
Limited Benefits: No defined pension benefit plan, few perquisites, and limited severance agreements.
2020 ESG HIGHLIGHTS
We are committed to conducting business in an ethically and socially responsible manner. In 2020, we took the following steps to enhance our ESG program:
ESG Oversight: In 2020, the charter of the Nominating and Governance Committee was amended to assign the Committee the responsibility to oversee the Company’s ESG initiatives as well as its key human capital management programs.
Corporate Responsibility Statement: In the fall of 2020, we made available on our website a Corporate Responsibility Statement, which highlights the efforts of many of our businesses in the areas of emissions reduction, water management, public health (including assisting with the fight against COVID-19), food sustainability and safety and security.
OneTen Coalition Founding Member: In December 2020, Roper became a founding member of the OneTen Coalition. OneTen is an organization that plans to combine the power of over 30 committed large, public American companies to upskill, hire and promote one million Black Americans over the next 10 years into family-sustaining jobs with opportunities for advancement.
COVID-19 Vaccination Distribution: In November 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention selected MHA Long Term Care Services, Inc, an affiliate of Managed Health Care Associates, Inc. (“MHA”), as the COVID-19 vaccinations network administrator on behalf of the MHA independent long-term care pharmacy network. MHA, a Roper company, has over 1,600 pharmacy locations nationwide across their portfolio of members and is providing long-term care pharmacies network administration services to support the delivery and administration of vaccinations for both the residents and staff of the long-term care facilities they serve. MHA is providing these services without cost.
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PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Our Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors” or the “Board”) will consist of a number of members to be fixed, from time to time, by the Board of Directors, but not less than the minimum number required under Delaware law. The Board of Directors is currently comprised of nine directors who are elected on an annual basis.
With the exception of Wilbur J. Prezzano, who will retire at the Annual Meeting, our Board unanimously recommended each incumbent director for reelection at the 2021 Annual Meeting. If reelected, the director nominees will serve until the 2022 Annual Meeting and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Certain information about our director nominees is set forth under “Board of Directors.” This information includes the business experience, qualifications, attributes and skills that each individual brings to our Board. Mr. Prezzano, who has served as a director since 1997, is retiring effective at the Annual Meeting consistent with the retirement provisions of our Corporate Governance Guidelines. As a result, our Board size will be reduced from nine to eight members effective at the Annual Meeting.
Although not anticipated, if prior to the meeting a director nominee is unable to serve, the proxy will be voted for a substitute nominee selected by the Board of Directors or the Board may choose to reduce its size.
The Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the election to the Board of Directors of each of the following director nominees:
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| Shellye L. Archambeau |
58 | 2018 | Yes | Former Chief Executive Officer, MetricStream, Inc. | ||||
| Amy Woods Brinkley |
65 | 2015 | Yes | Retired Chief Risk Officer, Bank of America Corp. | ||||
| John F. Fort III |
79 | 1995 | Yes | Retired Chief Executive Officer, Tyco International Ltd. | ||||
| L. Neil Hunn |
49 | 2018 | No | President and Chief Executive Officer, Roper Technologies, Inc. | ||||
| Robert D. Johnson |
73 | 2005 | Yes | Chairman, Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. | ||||
| Laura G. Thatcher |
65 | 2015 | Yes | Retired Head of Executive Compensation Practice, Alston & Bird LLP | ||||
| Richard F. Wallman |
70 | 2007 | Yes | Retired Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Honeywell International Inc. | ||||
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63 | 1991 | Yes | Executive Chairman, Kestrel Partners and | ||||
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Nominee Information
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Shellye L. Archambeau
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Current Public Directorships:
● Okta, Inc. ● Nordstrom Inc. ● Verizon Communications, Inc.
Key Qualifications & Expertise:
● Executive leadership and management experience ● Software, technology and e-commerce ● Cybersecurity experience ● Developing and marketing emerging technology software applications and solutions ● Innovation, digital media and communications ● Building and scaling consumer and B2B businesses in the technology industry ● Entrepreneurial perspective ● Public company board experience | ||||
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Amy Woods Brinkley
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Current Public Directorships:
● Carter’s, Inc. ● TD Bank Group
Key Qualifications & Expertise:
● Executive leadership and management experience ● Risk management, controls, corporate governance ● Financial reporting rules and regulations and audit procedures ● Broad-based knowledge of banking and financial services ● Marketing and e-commerce ● Corporate governance ● Public company board experience
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| her retirement in 2009, after more than 30 years with the company. Prior to 2002, she served as President of the company’s Consumer Products division and was responsible for the credit card, mortgage, consumer finance, telephone, and e-commerce businesses. During her employment at Bank of America Corporation, Ms. Brinkley also held the positions of Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer overseeing the company’s Olympic sponsorship and its national rebranding and name change. Ms. Brinkley has served as director of Carter’s Inc., since 2010, and TD Bank Group, since 2010. Ms. Brinkley also serves as a director of TD Bank Group’s subsidiaries: TD Group US Holdings, LLC, TD Bank US Holding Company, TD Bank, NA, and TD Bank, USA. In addition, she served as a Commissioner for Atrium Health, a non-profit hospital network from 2001 to 2019 and as a Trustee for the Princeton Theological Seminary from 2002 to 2019.
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John F. Fort III
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Key Qualifications & Expertise:
● Executive leadership and management experience ● Finance and accounting expertise ● Mergers and acquisitions ● Diversified industrial company leadership ● Global business, industry and operations experience ● Business strategy expertise ● Risk management ● In-depth knowledge of Company and its history provides valuable perspective | ||||
| Mr. Fort served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tyco International Ltd., a provider of diversified industrial products and services, from
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| He served as Interim CEO of Tyco from June to September 2002 and as an advisor to Tyco’s Board of Directors from March 2003 to March 2004. Mr. Fort has been self-employed since 1993.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS (CONTINUED)
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L. Neil Hunn
President and Chief Executive Officer, Roper Technologies, Inc.
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Key Qualifications & Expertise:
● Executive leadership and management experience ● Deep understanding of organization ● Software and technology expertise ● Strategic focus and planning ● Global industry and operational experience ● Mergers and acquisitions, capital markets ● Healthcare experience ● Provides key leadership and guidance for the Company’s growth ● Management development and understanding of business challenges and opportunities
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Chairman, Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc.
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Current Public Directorships:
● Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. ● Spirit Airlines, Inc.
Key Qualifications & Expertise:
● Executive leadership and management experience ● Manufacturing, supply chain, engineering and production
● Mergers and acquisitions ● Global business, industry, and operations experience ● Extensive business acumen ● Public company board experience, including governance and executive compensation expertise
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● Compensation (Chair) ● Executive
Key Qualifications & Expertise:
● Executive compensation expertise ● Organizational development ● Senior leadership and management experience ● Corporate governance ● Mergers and acquisitions
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retired in December 2013 after 33 years of legal practice at Alston & Bird LLP, where she developed and led the firm’s executive compensation practice for 18 years and served as special executive | ||||
| compensation counsel to many U.S. and international publicly traded companies. Ms. Thatcher co-authored the Compensation Committee Handbook, 3rd edition (John Wiley & Sons, 2008), which serves as a guidebook for executive compensation strategies and practices, addressing a full range of functional issues facing compensation committees of public companies, including organizing, planning, compliance and sound corporate governance.
Ms. Thatcher served on the Board of Directors of Batson-Cook Company, a regional commercial construction and development company, from 1994 to 2007. She also served on the Board of Directors of The Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc., from 2008 to 2014, and was a Past Chair of the Advisory Board of the Certified Equity Professional Institute (CEPI) of Santa Clara University and was on the Board of Review for a special project sponsored by CEPI that provided universally accepted industry guidance regarding areas of risk and appropriate controls in equity compensation.
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Current Public Directorships:
● SmileDirectClub, Inc. ● Extended Stay America, Inc. (Mr. Wallman will be stepping down from his directorship upon Blackstone/Starwood’s acquisition) ● Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.
Key Qualifications & Expertise:
● Executive leadership and management experience ● Finance and accounting expertise ● Multi-industry perspective ● Global business, industry, manufacturing and operations experience
● Mergers and acquisitions ● Risk management and controls ● Management development and understanding of global challenges and opportunities ● Public company board experience
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Mr. Wallman has served as a director of SmileDirectClub, Inc., since 2019, Extended Stay America, Inc., since 2013, and Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., a provider of laboratory services for the pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology industries, since 2011. In the last five years, Mr. Wallman served as a director of Wright Medical Group N.V., a global medical device company, Boart Longyear Ltd., a global mineral exploration company, Convergys Corporation, a provider of customer management and information management products, and ESH Hospitality, Inc., a lodging real estate investment trust.
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Current Public Directorships:
● G.P. Investments Limited (Luxembourg) ● Spice Private Equity A.G. (Zurich)
Key Qualifications & Expertise:
● Executive and management experience ● Global public and private company board experience ● Finance and accounting expertise ● Mergers and acquisitions ● In-depth knowledge of Company ● Broad experience in technology, software and healthcare sectors ● Understanding of global challenges, risk and opportunities
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| of Yimei Capital, a Shanghai based investment firm, and Executive Chairman of Kestrel Partners, a UK based investment management company. Until mid-2003 he served as Chief Executive Officer for Dresdner Kleinwort Capital and was a Group Board Member of Dresdner Kleinwort overseeing the bank’s alternative assets globally. He has acted as Chairman of various investment funds prior to and following the latter’s integration with Allianz S.E., and as Global Head of Private Equity at Standard Bank Limited from 2006 to 2007. Mr. Wright has served as director of G.P. Investments Limited (Luxembourg), since 2017, and of Spice Private Equity A.G. (Zurich), since 2016. He previously served as Chairman of Maxcess International Inc. until 2017, a privately-owned industrial technology company, and was a director of Yatra Ltd. (Euronext) from 2010 to 2018. Mr. Wright is a member of the Endowment Investment Committee of Corpus Christi College, Oxford; and a director of the Sutton Trust, an educational charity.
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Board Committees
The current committee memberships are set forth below.
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Compensation for our non-employee directors is governed by our Director Compensation Plan, which is a sub-plan of our 2016 Incentive Plan. The Director Compensation Plan recognizes the Board’s instrumental contribution to Roper’s long-term success and creation of superior shareholder value. Over the past 15 years, our shareholders have earned a cumulative 1091.6% return – about three and a half times that of the S&P 500’s 311.0% return. Compensation paid to our Directors reflects the significant time commitment and effort associated with serving on our Board, including participation in a minimum of 15 days of Board meetings each year, in addition to numerous Committee meetings throughout the year. Our rapid growth, business transformation into software, and various market developments has made it increasingly challenging to find and assimilate the caliber of independent director capable of adding value to our high-growth, asset-light, diversified enterprise. Despite these challenges, in the past six years, we have added three new independent directors to the Board bringing needed key skills, strengths and capabilities to the Board while significantly increasing its level of gender diversity. Going forward, the Board will continue to insist on the high standards of qualifications that are in place.
Consistent with Roper’s long-standing “pay-for-performance” philosophy, the Director Compensation Plan ties director compensation directly to the Company’s stock performance, closely aligning the financial interests of our directors with those of our shareholders. Directors receive limited cash retainers and no perquisites (such as deferred compensation benefits), and instead receive a higher percentage of their compensation in shares of Company stock.
In April 2020, the Director Compensation Plan was amended to more closely align with market practice. The director plan was modified as follows: (i) reduction of the value of annual equity compensation from $665,000 to $385,000 (a reduction of 42%); and (ii) reduction of the supplemental annual cash retainer for the Independent Chair from $175,000 to $125,000 (a reduction of 29%). There were no changes to the annual cash retainer of $60,000 or the $5,000 committee chair retainers. The amendment to the Director Compensation Plan was approved by shareholders at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The amended Director Compensation Plan is summarized in the table below.
| 2020 Annual Equity Award |
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| Economic value of $385,000 (based on the closing price of the Company’s stock on date of grant)
• Award vests 50% on the six-month anniversary of the grant date and 50% on the day prior to the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders |
$ | 385,000 | ||
| 2020 Annual Cash Retainer |
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| Cash Retainer |
$ | 60,000 | ||
| 2020 Supplemental Annual Cash Retainers |
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| Independent Chair |
$ | 125,000 | ||
| Chair of Audit Committee |
$ | 5,000 | ||
| Chair of Compensation Committee |
$ | 5,000 | ||
| Chair of Nominating and Governance Committee |
$ | 5,000 | ||
We also reimburse our directors for reasonable travel expenses incurred in connection with attendance at Board, Committee and shareholder meetings and other Company business. In addition, the cash retainer and the number of restricted stock units granted are prorated for any new director appointed during the year based on the number of full months such director serves as a non-employee director during the year.
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DIRECTOR COMPENSATION (CONTINUED)
Mr. Hunn is an employee of our Company and did not receive any compensation for his service as a director. His compensation is set forth in the “Executive Compensation” section below.
2020 Director Compensation
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Stock |
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| Shellye L. Archambeau |
60,000 | 385,000 | 445,000 | ||||||||||||
| Amy Woods Brinkley |
60,000 | 385,000 | 445,000 | ||||||||||||
| John F. Fort III |
60,000 | 385,000 | 445,000 | ||||||||||||
| Robert D. Johnson |
60,000 | 385,000 | 445,000 | ||||||||||||
| Robert E. Knowling, Jr.(3) |
60,833 | 385,000 | 445,833 | ||||||||||||
| Wilbur J. Prezzano |
185,000 | 385,000 | 570,000 | ||||||||||||
| Laura G. Thatcher |
64,167 | 385,000 | 449,167 | ||||||||||||
| Richard F. Wallman |
65,000 | 385,000 | 450,000 | ||||||||||||
| Christopher Wright |
65,000 | 385,000 | 450,000 | ||||||||||||
| (1) | The dollar values shown represent the grant date fair values for RSUs granted to these directors during 2020, calculated in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 (“ASC Topic 718”). |
| (2) | As of December 31, 2020, each non-employee director had 940 unvested RSUs outstanding, representing 50% of the 2020 award, which vest on the day prior to the Annual Meeting. |
| (3) | Mr. Knowling retired from the Board of Directors in January 2021. |
Our share ownership and retention guidelines for non-employee directors require each director to own shares of our common stock with a value of at least 10 times the annual cash base retainer, or $600,000 in value, within five years of becoming a director. Until the ownership requirements are met, non-employee directors are required to retain 60% of any shares they receive (on a net after tax basis) under our Director Compensation Plan. All of our directors are in compliance with these guidelines.
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Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with SEC rules. Under the rules, the number of shares beneficially owned by a person and the percentage of ownership held by that person includes shares of common stock that could be acquired upon exercise of an option within sixty days, although such shares are not deemed exercised and outstanding for computing the percentage of ownership held by any other person. Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes below, 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.
The following table shows the beneficial ownership of Roper common stock as of March 31, 2021 by (i) each of our director nominees, (ii) each named executive officer in the “2020 Summary Compensation Table,” (iii) all of our current directors and executive officers as a group, and (iv) all persons who we know are the beneficial owners of five percent or more of Roper common stock. Except as noted below, the address of each person in the table is c/o Roper Technologies, Inc., 6901 Professional Parkway, Suite 200, Sarasota, Florida 34240.
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| T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. 100 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 |
12,785,311 | (3) | 12.1 | % | ||||||
| The Vanguard Group 100 Vanguard Blvd., Malvern, PA 19355 |
8,646,830 | (4) | 8.3 | % | ||||||
| BlackRock, Inc. 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055 |
7,323,918 | (5) | 7.0 | % | ||||||
| Shellye L. Archambeau |
5,608 | * | * | |||||||
| Amy Woods Brinkley |
12,418 | * | * | |||||||
| Jason Conley |
80,825 | * | * | |||||||
| Robert C. Crisci |
111,888 | * | * | |||||||
| John F. Fort III |
14,468 | (6) | * | * | ||||||
| L. Neil Hunn |
401,988 | * | * | |||||||
| Robert D. Johnson |
6,558 | * | * | |||||||
| Wilbur J. Prezzano |
17,358 | * | * | |||||||
| Laura G. Thatcher |
16,358 | * | * | |||||||
| Richard F. Wallman |
56,529 | (7) | * | * | ||||||
| Christopher Wright |
52,261 | (8) | * | * | ||||||
| John K. Stipancich |
65,987 | * | * | |||||||
| All current directors and executive officers as a group (12 individuals) |
842,246 | * | *% | |||||||
| ** | Less than 1%. |
| (1) | Includes the following shares that could be acquired on or before May 30, 2021 upon exercise of stock options issued under Company plans as follows: Mr. Conley (51,150), Mr. Hunn (195,000), Mr. Crisci (69,500), Mr. Stipancich (31,500), and all current directors and executive officers as a group (347,150). Holders do not have voting or investment power over unexercised option shares. |
| (2) | Includes the following shares of unvested restricted stock held by named executives officers over which they have sole voting power but no investment power: Mr. Conley (16,674), Mr. Hunn (111,472), Mr. Crisci (27,937), and Mr. Stipancich (16,640). The total for all current directors and executive officers as a group is (172,723). |
| (3) | Based on information reported on Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 16, 2021, as of December 31, 2020, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. beneficially owned 12,785,311 shares of Roper common stock with sole voting power over 4,572,318 shares and sole dispositive power over all of the shares. |
| (4) | Based on information reported on Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 10, 2021, as of December 31, 2020, The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) beneficially owned 8,646,830 shares of Roper common stock with shared voting power over 168,807 shares, sole dispositive power over 8,195,465 shares, and shared dispositive power over 451,365 shares. |
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| (5) | Based on information reported on Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 1, 2021, as of December 31, 2020, BlackRock, Inc. (and certain of its subsidiaries) beneficially owned 7,323,918 shares of Roper common stock with sole voting power over 6,125,001 shares and sole dispositive power over 7,323,918 shares. |
| (6) | Includes 300 shares held by Mr. Fort’s spouse. |
| (7) | Includes 500 shares held in an IRA account by Mr. Wallman’s spouse. |
| (8) | Includes 14,500 shares held by an LLC of which Mr. Wright is a managing member, and in which he retains a continuing beneficial ownership of 10%. The shares held by the LLC are held in a margin account. In addition, 35,208 shares directly held by Mr. Wright are held in a margin account. |
DELINQUENT SECTION 16(a) REPORTS
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires the Company’s directors, executive officers, and greater than 10% shareholders to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of common stock and other equity securities of the Company. Officers, directors, and greater than 10% shareholders are required by SEC regulation to furnish the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.
To the Company’s knowledge, based solely on a review of the copies of such reports furnished to the Company and written representations that no other reports were required, all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to its officers, directors, and greater than 10% shareholders were complied with in fiscal year 2020, except for the inadvertent late reports relating to two sales by Robert Johnson pursuant to an Exchange Act Rule 10b5-1 plan.
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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
This Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“CD&A”) provides information about our compensation objectives and policies for our CEO and other executive officers included in the Summary Compensation Table and referred to in this CD&A as “named executive officers.” Our named executive officers for 2020 are:
| • | L. Neil Hunn, President and Chief Executive Officer; |
| • | Robert C. Crisci, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; |
| • | John K. Stipancich, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary; and |
| • | Jason Conley, Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. |
With the goal of generating long-term value for our shareholders, we maintain an executive compensation program designed to:
| • | attract and retain executives with the leadership skills, attributes and experience necessary to succeed in an enterprise with Roper’s unique strategic focus, capital deployment strategy and broad portfolio diversity; |
| • | motivate executives to demonstrate exceptional personal performance and perform consistently at or above the levels that we expect, over the long-term and through a range of economic cycles; |
| • | link compensation to the achievement of goals and objectives that we believe best correlate with the creation of long-term shareholder value; and |
| • | compensate executives in a manner consistent with private equity opportunities in light of their dual obligations for (i) supervising the operating performance of our diverse set of approximately 45 companies, and (ii) effectively deploying capital to acquire high-quality companies consistent with our strategic focus. |
To achieve these objectives our compensation program combines annual and long-term components, cash and equity, and fixed and variable elements, with a bias toward long-term equity awards tied closely to driving growth and shareholder returns. Our executive compensation program rewards our executive officers when they help increase long-term shareholder value, achieve annual business goals, effectively deploy capital and successfully execute other strategic objectives.
2020 Financial Performance
In 2020, we demonstrated the resilience of our operating model. Faced with the challenges and uncertainties posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, we adapted and responded with another year of strong results.
| • | Annual shareholder return of 22.4%, exceeding the return of 18.4% for the S&P 500 |
| • | GAAP revenue increased 3% to $5.53 billion |
| • | Adjusted EBITDA increased by 3% to 1.98 billion (1) |
| • | Adjusted operating cash flow increased 14% to $1.72 billion and adjusted free cash flow increased 16% to $1.67 billion(1) |
| • | We deployed $6 billion toward the acquisition of niche software businesses, led by the acquisition of Vertafore in September, continuing our long-term transformation by enhancing the quality and resilience of our portfolio |
| • | Our annual dividend increased by 10%, increasing for the 28th consecutive year |
| (1) | This financial information is presented on an adjusted (non-GAAP) basis. A reconciliation from non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable GAAP measure and other related information is available in “Appendix A—Reconciliations”. |
Compensation Updates
Roper’s Compensation Committee regularly reviews our executive compensation program with a view toward continuous improvement and consideration of investor feedback. In 2020, as a result of the sustained performance of Roper’s stock price, and in light of market practice, we transitioned from a practice of granting a fixed number of equity awards to a dollar value-based approach for all named executive officers.
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With respect to the challenges and uncertainties posed by COVID-19:
| • | We reduced the CEO’s salary by 25% and the other named executive officers’ salaries by 20% from May through September; |
| • | In order to promote alignment with the impact of COVID-19 on our shareholders, we determined to not exercise discretion with respect to the 2020 bonus opportunity or adjust any outstanding long-term incentive program for the named executive officers; and |
| • | In light of the challenges posed by COVID-19 and the deterioration in the energy markets in both 2020 and 2021, solely for 2021 the Compensation Committee adopted an incremental cash opportunity to earn up to 50% of each named executive officer’s target bonus should Roper overdrive growth beyond the maximum payout threshold of 10% adjusted net earnings growth under the 2021 annual cash incentive plan, with the full incremental bonus being paid for adjusted net earnings growth of 15% or more. |
The creation of shareholder value is the foundation and driver of our executive compensation program. The compensation of our named executive officers is closely aligned with the long-term interests of our shareholders.
Superior Returns for Roper Shareholders¹
Roper is proud of its long track record of superior returns for its shareholders. Roper has significantly outperformed the S&P 500 over the past 1, 3, 5, 10 and 15 years.
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22.4% | 18.4% | 22.4% | 18.4% | ||||||||||||
| 3-Years |
19.2% | 14.2% | 69.3% | 48.9% | ||||||||||||
| 5-Years |
18.6% | 15.2% | 134.2% | 103.0% | ||||||||||||
| 10-Years |
19.6% | 13.9% | 498.2% | 267.0% | ||||||||||||
| 15-Years |
18.0% | 9.9% | 1091.6% | 311.0% | ||||||||||||
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As outlined in the graph below, $100 invested in Roper at the end of 2001 would have yielded an investor $1,962 as of December 31, 2020, compared to only $479 for the same investment in the S&P 500.
| ¹ | All periods ending December 31 of the referenced year. |
Focus on Cash Generation
We believe that cash generation is the best measure of our performance, and far superior to other traditional financial metrics. Through a combination of strategic and operational excellence and disciplined capital deployment, Roper has historically delivered meaningful year-over-year increases in free cash flow. After servicing debt obligations and returning capital to our shareholders through dividends, excess cash flow is deployed to acquire high-quality businesses with significant cash generation potential. We then provide these companies with oversight, guidance, and incentive systems to help drive profitable growth in our unique operating structure. This strategy has proven to be successful over the long-term, generating a compound annual shareholder return of 18% over the past 15 years.
Though some peers and other observers choose Economic Value Added (“EVA”) as a measure of performance, we believe that such a metric inappropriately penalizes companies, such as Roper, that emphasize capital deployment as a significant driver of shareholder value. For example, because EVA assigns a weighted average cost of capital to an acquisition, each acquisition that Roper makes is likely to be detrimental to its EVA for several years. However, Roper’s long-term success in driving superior returns for its shareholders while following its disciplined acquisition program demonstrates the challenges of EVA when applied to Roper’s strategic capital deployment business model. We believe that if Roper had directed excess cash flow for EVA-accretive uses, such as share repurchases, rather than compounding cash flow through cash generating acquisitions, the Company’s long-term shareholder returns would have been considerably lower. As such, the Company will continue to adhere to its proven strategy of combining operational excellence with prudent capital deployment in order to deliver superior returns to its shareholders.
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Resilient 2020 Performance for Roper
Against the unprecedented backdrop of COVID-19, Roper experienced another excellent year highlighted by strong operational execution and disciplined capital deployment. Despite the challenges of COVID-19, Roper delivered increases in revenue and EBITDA, as well as record cash flow. Our strategic focus on asset-light, diversified technology businesses and our ability to generate and compound cash flow delivered another year of outperformance.
| (1) | This financial information is presented on an adjusted (non-GAAP) basis. A reconciliation from non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable GAAP measure and other related information is available in “Appendix A—Reconciliations”. |
Simple Strategy Drives Powerful Value Creation
Roper has a simple and successful business model that is unique among vertical software and multi-industry diversified companies. We operate high-margin, high cash-generating, asset-light businesses across a wide range of diverse end-markets. Our high-performing businesses generate excess free cash flow that our executive team deploys to acquire additional high-performing businesses. This creates a “compounding effect” for cash flow that drives long-term value creation. Our adjusted free cash flow increased from $467 million in 2010 to $1.668 billion in 2020, a compound annual growth rate of 14%, driven by our combination of outstanding business performance and value-creating capital deployment.
Note: Free Cash Flow = Cash from Operations less Capital Expenditures less Capitalized Software Expenditures.
*Amounts provided for fiscal year 2020 are adjusted for cash taxes of $192 million related to the sale of Gatan.
| (1) | This financial information is presented on an adjusted (non-GAAP) basis. A reconciliation from non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable GAAP measure and other related information is available in “Appendix A—Reconciliations”. |
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Market Capitalization Growth
Roper’s market capitalization has increased more than $40 billion since January 2010.*
| * | Chart reflects ending period as December 31, 2020. |
Key Metric: Cash Return on Investment
In addition to cash flow, Cash Return on Investment (“CRI”) is the key metric Roper uses to measure the performance and value of its operating businesses and potential acquisitions. CRI measures the quality of a business’s cash flow. Our business leaders, executive leaders, and Board of Directors focus on cash flow growth and disciplined investments targeted to enhance CRI.
| • | CRI is highly correlated to shareholder value creation and we believe our strategy of improving CRI has been a key driver of our long-term performance. |
| • | Our CRI discipline, as applied throughout the organization, allows Roper to focus our investment on areas that will increase shareholder value, drive cash flow growth, and minimize physical and working capital assets. |
| • | Through a combination of internal improvements and disciplined capital deployment, Roper has increased CRI dramatically over the past 20 years, a key driver of our strong shareholder returns over the period. |
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Acquisition-Focused Capital Deployment
We deploy the majority of our free cash flow toward acquisitions to generate long-term growth and create long-term shareholder value. Unlike most other large corporations, we do not have a separate corporate development or merger-and-acquisition team. Instead, our CEO and other top executives are responsible for the disciplined deployment of capital through acquisitions. As such, our executives must be well versed at improving operations and optimizing capital deployment, as both are significant contributors to value creation for our shareholders.
OVERVIEW OF OUR COMPENSATION PROGRAM
Consideration of Say-on-Pay Vote
At the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, 85.4% of the votes cast were in favor of the advisory vote to approve our named executive officer compensation. While the level of support is lower than the prior years’ support of 97% in 2019, 95% in 2018 and 95% in 2017, the Compensation Committee believes the Say-on-Pay vote continues to reflect the solid support of our shareholders for our long-standing pay-for-performance philosophy and approach of integrating executive compensation with our value creation model, as well as for recent changes to our executive compensation program.
Taking into consideration input from shareholders, the Say-on-Pay vote, external developments, and internal considerations, Roper has undertaken many changes over the past several years to our executive compensation program to ensure it remains closely aligned with the long-term interests of our shareholders:
| • | 100% of restricted shares are performance-based, with all vesting contingent upon meeting multi-year EBITDA and relative operating cash flow margin performance requirements. |
| • | Only stock options, which are inherently performance-based, vest by continued time-based service alone. |
| • | Annual vesting of equity awards (one-third per year over three years) was eliminated. |
| • | CEO equity awards may vest only at the end of a three-year period. |
| • | Equity awards for other named executive officers may vest 50% after the second year and 50% after the third year, with no opportunity at the end of three years to make up for any shortfall in the vesting of the first 50% tranche. |
| • | Dividends on restricted shares are not paid until the shares are earned, and are forfeited if shares are not earned. |
| • | Starting in 2017, the operating cash flow less capital expenditures and capitalized software (measured as a percentage of revenue) was changed from an internal goal to relative performance against an external benchmark with 50th percentile performance required for any portion of the restricted shares to vest and 75th percentile performance required for full vesting. |
| • | Transitioned from the practice of granting a fixed number of equity awards to a dollar value-based approach for both non-employee directors and named executive officers as a result of the superior performance of the Company’s stock price and to align with market practice. |
| • | 95% of our CEO’s compensation is subject to performance risk and tied to financial results and stock price. |
| • | Based on the results of the advisory vote at the 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to approve the frequency of the Say-on-Pay vote, the Say-on-Pay vote will continue to be held every year. |
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Checklist of Compensation Practices
Consistent with shareholder interests and market best practices, positive features of our executive compensation program include the following:
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| What We Do | What We Don’t Do | |
| ✓ Substantially all compensation for named executive officers is tied to performance.
✓ Performance-based vesting requirements apply to 100% of restricted stock awards (no time vesting alone).
✓ CEO special long-term cash bonus based on five-year results to reinforce a long-term planning horizon and sustainable growth.
✓ Cash bonuses are capped and performance-based restricted stock awards limited to 100% of target (risk mitigation features).
✓ Robust share ownership and retention guidelines.
✓ “Clawback” policy to recoup erroneously paid cash and equity compensation.
✓ Risk assessment review as part of risk mitigation process.
✓ Independent compensation consultant retained by the Compensation Committee.
✓ Limited perquisites and other benefits.
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Ò No payment of dividends on performance-based restricted stock awards until earned.
Ò No defined-benefit pension plan or SERPs for named executive officers (only 401(k) plan on the same terms as other eligible employees and voluntary deferral of cash compensation).
Ò No “single trigger” equity vesting upon change-in-control.
Ò Severance pay is very limited, as is the use of employment agreements.
Ò No hedging or pledging of Company stock is permitted (with the exception of the number of shares pledged as of the date of the adoption of the policy in January 2015 for one independent director).
Ò No excise tax gross-ups on change-in-control payments.
Ò No re-pricing of underwater stock options or cash buy-outs without shareholder approval.
Ò No granting of stock options with an exercise price less than fair market value at grant. |
Objectives of our Compensation Program
Our compensation program for our named executive officers reflects our business needs, market requirements, and challenges in creating long-term shareholder value and is designed to:
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Our executive compensation program consists of several elements, each with an objective that fits into our overall program to provide an integrated and competitive total pay package.
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Other Pay Elements
As Roper has largely avoided perquisites, supplemental pensions, and other compensation not tied to performance, the other items summarized below represent only a small portion of our named executive officers’ total compensation.
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Mix of Total Compensation
Compensation for our named executive officers encourages a long-term focus and closely aligns with shareholder interests. For 2020, the total direct compensation at target that was at risk and tied to stock price and performance objectives was 95% for the CEO, and 88% on average for our other named executive officers.
2020 Total Direct Compensation Mix
Compensation Committee Oversight
The Compensation Committee oversees our executive compensation program to appropriately compensate our named executive officers, motivate our named executive officers to achieve our business objectives, and align our named executive officers’ interests with those of our shareholders. The Compensation Committee reviews each element of compensation for each named executive officer and determines any adjustments to compensation structure and levels in light of various considerations, including:
| • | The scope of the named executive officer’s responsibilities, performance and experience as well as competitive compensation levels. |
| • | Our financial results against prior periods. |
| • | The structure of our compensation program relative to sound risk management, as discussed with management. |
| • | The results of the advisory shareholder vote on the compensation of our named executive officers and input from shareholders. |
| • | Competitive pressures from private equity and capital deployment companies, as well as market practices and external developments generally. |
| • | The utilization of a compensation consultant who provides extensive external benchmarking of named executive officer compensation of industry peer group companies for comparison purposes. |
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The Compensation Committee has maintained a simple program that drives long-term performance and superior value creation for shareholders enabling Roper to attract, retain, and motivate an outstanding leadership team.
Compensation Consultant
In September 2019, the Compensation Committee, as part of an effort to bring a fresh perspective to its’ compensation practices, retained the services of Compensia, a national compensation consulting firm, (the “Consultant”) to closely monitor developments and trends in executive compensation and to provide recommendations for appropriate adjustments to the Company’s compensation program, policies, and practices in line with the Company’s business and talent strategies and investor expectations.
| • | The Consultant is independent, reports directly to the Chair of the Compensation Committee and has never performed other work for the Company. The Compensation Committee determined that its engagement of the Consultant did not raise any conflicts of interest. |
| • | The Consultant attends all meetings of the Compensation Committee where evaluations of the effectiveness of our overall executive compensation program is conducted or where compensation for named executive officers is analyzed or approved. |
| • | The Chair of the Compensation Committee meets with the Consultant in advance of committee meetings and confers with the Consultant between meetings. |
| • | The Consultant assists in gathering and analyzing market data on compensation levels and provides expert knowledge of marketplace trends and best practices relating to competitive pay levels as well as developments in regulatory and technical matters. |
Role of Our Named Executive Officers
While the Compensation Committee is ultimately responsible for making all compensation decisions affecting our named executive officers, our CEO participates in the process because of his close day-to-day association with the other named executive officers and his knowledge of the Company’s diverse business operations.
| • | Our CEO discusses with the Compensation Committee the performance of the Company and of each named executive officer, including himself. The CEO also discusses with the committee the performance of key executives reporting to his direct reports. |
| • | The CEO makes recommendations on the components of compensation for the named executive officers, other than himself, but does not participate in the portion of the committee meeting regarding the review of his own performance or the determination of the actual amounts of his compensation. |
Our Chief Financial Officer and Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer also assist the Compensation Committee as an information resource in regard to metrics related to incentive compensation. The General Counsel and Corporate Secretary also provides support to the committee, as needed, with respect to his area of expertise.
Market Benchmarking
Market pay levels and practices, including those of a self-selected peer group, are one of many factors the Compensation Committee considers in making compensation decisions.
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2020 Peer Group
Our self-selected peer group reflects our continued strong growth, sustained value creation, continuing expansion into software and technology-driven businesses, market valuation relative to revenues and gross investment, and intense competition with private equity for talent and investment opportunities. Roper’s decision and subsequent transformation to focus on software has changed the performance of the Company significantly. Today, approximately two-thirds of Roper’s EBITDA is derived from our software businesses. In addition, Roper’s historical growth and exceptional shareholder returns are in part the result of Roper’s capital deployment strategy. All of these facts make it continually difficult to select appropriate peers. The peer companies are listed below along with various size indicators.
| Company |
Market |
Enterprise |
Revenue(2) |
Net |
Global Industry Classification | |||||||||||||||
| TransDigm Group Incorporated |
TDG |
$ |
33,688 |
|
$ |
49,150 |
|
$ |
5,107 |
|
$ |
467 |
|
Aerospace & Defense | ||||||
| Adobe Inc. |
ADBE |
$ |
239,917 |
|
$ |
238,273 |
|
$ |
12,865 |
|
$ |
5,260 |
|
Application Software | ||||||
| salesforce.com, inc. |
CRM |
$ |
203,615 |
|
$ |
200,119 |
|
$ |
20,286 |
|
$ |
3,557 |
|
Application Software | ||||||
| Intuit Inc. |
INTU |
$ |
104,096 |
|
$ |
100,937 |
|
$ |
7,837 |
|
$ |
1,967 |
|
Application Software | ||||||
| Citrix Systems, Inc. |
CTXS |
$ |
16,018 |
|
$ |
17,021 |
|
$ |
3,237 |
|
$ |
599 |
|
Application Software | ||||||
| KKR & Co. Inc. Class A | KKR | $ | 23,046 | $ | 72,159 | $ | 3,559 | $ | 1,015 | Asset Management and Custody Banks | ||||||||||
| Blackstone Group L.P. | BX | $ | 43,682 | $ | 87,402 | $ | 5,555 | $ | 780 | Asset Management and Custody Banks | ||||||||||
| Motorola Solutions, Inc. |
MSI |
$ |
28,829 |
|
$ |
33,250 |
|
$ |
7,414 |
|
$ |
949 |
|
Communications Equipment | ||||||
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
ZBH |
$ |
31,940 |
|
$ |
39,221 |
|
$ |
7,025 |
|
($ |
139 |
) |
Health Care Equipment | ||||||
| Waters Corporation |
WAT |
$ |
15,352 |
|
$ |
16,277 |
|
$ |
2,365 |
|
$ |
522 |
|
Life Sciences Tools & Services | ||||||
| VMware, Inc. Class A |
VMW |
$ |
15,787 |
|
$ |
60,966 |
|
$ |
11,546 |
|
$ |
1,588 |
|
Systems Software | ||||||
| Median |
$ |
31,940 |
|
$ |
60,966 |
|
$ |
7,025 |
|
$ |
949 |
|
||||||||
| Roper |
ROP |
$ |
45,209 |
|
$ |
54,350 |
|
$ |
5,527 |
|
$ |
950 |
|
Industrial Conglomerates | ||||||
Source: FactSet
| (1) | As of 12/31/20 |
| (2) | Last four quarters available as of 12/31/20 |
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Long-Term Measurement Period Needed
Due to Roper’s consistently strong performance, business transformation, and short-term stock price movements, comparing other companies’ performance to that of Roper can generate misleading or distorted results. As a result, we believe a long-term performance period most accurately portrays Roper’s relative performance. Over shorter periods, performance comparisons can be skewed by the easier performance baselines of peer companies that, unlike Roper, have experienced periods of historical underperformance and benefit from a “bounce back” from a lower starting point.
CEO Compensation
The Compensation Committee considers many factors in determining the compensation of Roper’s CEO, and believes the compensation for the position is reasonable, appropriate, and aligned with shareholders’ best interests.
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2020 Annual Cash Incentive Schedule
Adjusted net earnings is net earnings increased or reduced to eliminate the effects of extraordinary items, accounting changes, income-related taxes, discontinued operations, restructuring of debt obligations, asset dispositions, asset write-downs or impairment charges, acquisition-related expenses, acquisition-related intangible amortization, impact of GAAP adjustments to acquired deferred revenue, litigation expenses and settlements, reorganization and restructuring programs, and non-recurring or special items (as discussed in the Company’s quarterly earnings releases).
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CEO 2019-23 Special Long-Term Cash Incentive Schedule
Adjusted EBITDA is earnings before interest, income-related taxes, depreciation and amortization, increased or reduced to eliminate the effects of extraordinary items, discontinued operations, restructuring of debt obligations, asset dispositions, asset write-downs or impairment charges, acquisition-related expenses, litigation expenses and settlements, reorganization and restructuring programs, and non-recurring or special items (as discussed in the Company’s quarterly earnings releases).
Fiscal 2020 Long-Term Equity Awards
| Value of Stock Options |
Value of Performance- Based Restricted Stock* |
Total Target Value of Awards | |||||||||||||
| Mr. Hunn |
$ |
4,250,000 |
$ |
12,750,000 |
$ |
17,000,000 |
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| Mr. Crisci |
$ |
1,400,000 |
$ |
4,000,000 |
$ |
5,400,000 |
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| Mr. Stipancich |
$ |
850,000 |
$ |
2,400,000 |
$ |
3,250,000 |
|||||||||
| Mr. Conley |
$ |
825,000 |
$ |
2,400,000 |
$ |
3,225,000 |
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| * | The value of the award granted is based on the weighted average closing price for the Company’s common stock over the 15 trading days ending on the date of grant. |
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These awards are shown in the 2020 Grants of Plan-Based Awards table.
The CEO’s 2020 stock options vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant. With respect to the other named executive officers, 50% of their stock options vest on the second and the third anniversaries of the date of grant.
| • | The CEO’s 2020 restricted shares vest on the Compensation Committee’s certification of performance against the following performance criteria (with one half of the award assessed against the first criterion and the second half assessed against the second criterion): |
| • | Generation of at least $4.646 billion of adjusted EBITDA (as defined above) for the 36-month period of October 2019 through September 2022. At $4.646 billion, 17.5% of the award shall vest, and at $5.046 billion, 50% of the award shall vest, with pro-rated vesting using straight line interpolation between these two points. No portion of this half of the award will vest if the Company fails to achieve $4.646 billion in adjusted EBITDA. |
| • | For the 36-month period of October 2019 through September 2022, operating cash flow less capital expenditures and capitalized software (as a percentage of net revenue) must be at the 50th percentile of the S&P 500 (excluding finance, real estate, and utilities) (the “Modified S&P 500”). At the 50th percentile, 17.5% of the award shall vest, and at the 75th percentile, 50% of the award shall vest, with pro-rated vesting using straight-line interpolation between these two points. No portion of this half of the award will vest if the Company fails to reach at least the 50th percentile. |
| • | For our other named executive officers, the 2020 restricted shares vest on the Compensation Committee’s certification of performance against the following performance criteria (with quarters of each award assessed against the individual criterion set forth below): |
| • | Generation of at least $3.097 billion of adjusted EBITDA (as defined above) for the 24-month period of October 2019 through September 2021. At $3.097 billion, 8.75% of the award shall vest, and at $3.364 billion, 25% of the award shall vest, with pro-rated vesting using straight line interpolation between these two points. No portion of this quarter of the award will vest if the Company fails to achieve $3.097 billion in adjusted EBITDA. |
| • | For the 24-month period of October 2019 through September 2021, operating cash flow less capital expenditures and capitalized software (as a percentage of net revenue) must be at the 50th percentile of the Modified S&P 500. At the 50th percentile, 8.75% of the award shall vest, and at the 75th percentile, 25% of the award shall vest, with pro-rated vesting using straight-line interpolation between these two points. No portion of this quarter of the award will vest if the Company fails to reach at least the 50th percentile. |
| • | Generation of at least $4.646 billion of adjusted EBITDA (as defined above) for the 36-month period of October 2019 through September 2022. At $4.646 billion, 8.75% of the award shall vest, and at $5.046 billion, 25% of the award shall vest, with pro-rated vesting using straight line interpolation between these two points. No portion of this quarter of the award will vest if the Company fails to achieve $4.646 billion in adjusted EBITDA. |
| • | For the 36-month period of October 2019 through September 2022, operating cash flow less capital expenditures and capitalized software (as a percentage of net revenue) must be at the 50th percentile of the Modified S&P 500. At the 50th percentile, 8.75% of the award shall vest, and at the 75th percentile, 25% of the award shall vest, with pro-rated vesting using straight-line interpolation between these two points. No portion of this quarter of the award will vest if the Company fails to reach at least the 50th percentile. |
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PROGRAM
Other arrangements and considerations important to a shareholder’s understanding of our overall executive compensation program are described below.
Share Ownership and Retention Guidelines
We believe named executive officers should have a significant equity interest in the Company. To promote equity ownership and further align the interests of our named executive officers with shareholders, we adopted share ownership and retention guidelines for our named executive officers. The guidelines are expected to be achieved within five years. Until the ownership requirements are met, a named executive officer must retain 60% of any applicable shares received (on a net after tax basis) under our equity compensation program. At the end of fiscal 2020, all named executive officers were in compliance with our share ownership guidelines.
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COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
During 2020, Ms. Thatcher, Messrs. Johnson and Prezzano and Robert E. Knowling, Jr. served on the Compensation Committee. No member of the Compensation Committee was, during 2020, an officer or employee of the Company, was formerly an officer of the Company, or had any relationship requiring disclosure by the Company as a related party transaction under Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”). During 2020, none of the Company’s executive officers served on either the board of directors or the compensation committee of any other entity, any officers of which served on either the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee of the Company.
We have reviewed and discussed the foregoing Compensation Discussion and Analysis with management. Based on our review and discussion with management, we have recommended to the Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this Proxy Statement.
Submitted by:
Laura G. Thatcher, Chair
Robert D. Johnson
Wilbur J. Prezzano
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The following table sets forth the compensation earned by our named executive officers in the fiscal years noted.
2020 Summary Compensation Table
| Name and Principal Position |
Year | Salary(1) ($) |
Stock Awards(2) ($) |
Option ($) |
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation(1)(3) ($) |
All Other Compensation(4) |
Total Compensation ($) |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| L. Neil Hunn |
|
2020 |
|
|
895,833 |
|
|
13,091,674 |
|
|
4,249,979 |
|
|
584,000 |
|
|
257,466 |
|
|
19,078,951 |
| |||||||
| President and Chief |
|
2019 |
|
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
12,163,500 |
|
|
3,396,474 |
|
|
2,000,000 |
|
|
252,440 |
|
|
18,812,414 |
| |||||||
| Executive Officer |
|
2018 |
|
|
900,000 |
|
|
12,406,050 |
|
|
3,241,404 |
|
|
1,800,000 |
|
|
190,913 |
|
|
18,538,367 |
| |||||||
| Robert C. Crisci |
|
2020 |
|
|
605,000 |
|
|
4,107,170 |
|
|
1,400,003 |
|
|
240,900 |
|
|
138,252 |
|
|
6,491,325 |
| |||||||
| Executive Vice President |
|
2019 |
|
|
635,000 |
|
|
3,784,200 |
|
|
1,415,198 |
|
|
793,750 |
|
|
139,901 |
|
|
6,768,049 |
| |||||||
| and Chief Financial Officer |
|
2018 |
|
|
600,000 |
|
|
3,308,280 |
|
|
1,350,585 |
|
|
750,000 |
|
|
117,843 |
|
|
6,126,708 |
| |||||||
| John K. Stipancich |
|
2020 |
|
|
660,000 |
|
|
2,464,376 |
|
|
850,026 |
|
|
262,800 |
|
|
143,156 |
|
|
4,380,358 |
| |||||||
| Executive Vice President, |
|
2019 |
|
|
695,000 |
|
|
2,229,975 |
|
|
849,119 |
|
|
868,750 |
|
|
132,000 |
|
|
4,774,843 |
| |||||||
| General Counsel and Corporate |
|
2018 |
|
|
680,000 |
|
|
2,067,675 |
|
|
810,351 |
|
|
680,000 |
|
|
122,450 |
|
|
4,360,476 |
| |||||||
| Jason Conley |
|
2020 |
|
|
517,917 |
|
|
2,464,376 |
|
|
825,003 |
|
|
164,980 |
|
|
109,805 |
|
|
4,082,081 |
| |||||||
| Vice President and |
|
2019 |
|
540,000 |
|
|
2,216,460 |
|
|
809,493 |
|
|
540,000 |
|
|
109,597 |
|
|
4,215,550 |
| ||||||||
| (1) | Amounts shown include, as applicable, deferrals to the 401(k) plan and the Non-Qualified Retirement Plan. |
| (2) | The dollar values shown represent the grant date fair values for restricted stock and option awards calculated in accordance with ASC Topic 718. The assumptions used in determining the grant date fair values of these option awards are set forth in Note 11 to our consolidated financial statements for 2020, which are included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 2020 filed with the SEC. There is no assurance that these amounts will be realized. The restricted stock awards are all subject to performance-based vesting criteria. The performance-based criteria for awards granted in 2020 are described in the CD&A under “Analysis of 2020 Compensation—Long-Term Stock Incentives,” and the vesting schedule for awards granted in 2020 is set forth in the notes to the 2020 Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End table below. |
| (3) | The amounts in this column reflect payments made pursuant to our cash incentive program, which is described above in the CD&A under “Analysis of 2020 Compensation—Annual Cash Incentive,” and were based upon base salaries as of the beginning of the year. |
| (4) | Amounts reported in the “All Other Compensation” column for 2020 include the following items. In respect of any of these items that constitute perquisites, the value shown is the Company’s incremental cost. |
| Name | Club Memberships ($) |
Company ($) |
Additional Medical ($) |
Financial ($) |
Contributions ($) |
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| L. Neil Hunn |
10,606 | 24,000 | 3,500 | 2,172 | 217,188 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert C. Crisci |
5,846 | 24,000 | 3,500 | - | 104,906 | |||||||||||||||
| John K. Stipancich |
- | 24,000 | 4,500 | - | 114,656 | |||||||||||||||
| Jason Conley |
7,961 | 19,000 | 3,500 | - | 79,344 | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Reflects contributions to the Non-Qualified Retirement Plan and the 401(k) plan. |
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2020 Grants of Plan-Based Awards
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to grants of plan-based awards to the named executive officers for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.
| Estimated
Future Payouts Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards(1) |
Estimated Future Payouts Under Equity Incentive Plan Awards(2) |
All Other Option Awards:# of Securities Underlying Options |
Exercise / Base Price of Option Awards ($/Sh) |
Grant Date Fair Value(4) ($) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name | Grant Date |
Threshold ($) |
Target ($) |
Maximum ($) |
Threshold (#) |
Target (#) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L. Neil Hunn |
|
01/14/2020 |
|
|
6,148 |
|
|
35,136 |
|
|
13,091,674 |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
01/14/2020 |
|
|
57,068 |
(3) |
|
372.60 |
|
|
4,249,979 |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
01/14/2020 |
|
|
400,000 |
|
|
2,000,000 |
|
|
2,000,000 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert C. Crisci |
|
01/14/2020 |
|
|
1,929 |
|
|
11,023 |
|
|
4,107,170 |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
01/14/2020 |
|
|
18,799 |
(3) |
|
372.60 |
|
|
1,400,003 |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
01/14/2020 |
|
|
165,000 |
|
|
825,000 |
|
|
825,000 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John K. Stipancich |
|
01/14/2020 |
|
|
1,157 |
|
|
6,614 |
|
|
2,464,376 |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
01/14/2020 |
|
|
11,414 |
(3) |
|
372.60 |
|
|
850,026 |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
01/14/2020 |
|
|
180,000 |
|
|
900,000 |
|
|
900,000 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jason Conley |
|
01/14/2020 |
|
|
1,157 |
|
|
6,614 |
|
|
2,464,376 |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
01/14/2020 |
|
|
11,078 |
(3) |
|
372.60 |
|
|
825,003 |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
01/14/2020 |
|
|
113,000 |
|
|
565,000 |
|
|
565,000 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1) | For an explanation of the material terms, refer to the CD&A section above captioned “Analysis of 2020 Compensation—Annual Cash Incentive.” Amounts paid under this program for 2020 are set forth in the 2020 Summary Compensation Table. |
| (2) | The performance restricted shares awarded to Mr. Hunn vest in November 2022. The performance restricted shares awarded to Messrs. Crisci, Stipancich and Conley vest in two equal tranches in November 2021 and November 2022. All awards are subject to the performance criteria described in the CD&A under “Analysis of 2020 Compensation—Long-Term Stock Incentives.” The threshold payout applicable to Mr. Hunn represents the number of shares that would vest upon the satisfaction of the threshold level of performance for one of the two performance criteria. The threshold payout applicable to the other named executive officers represents the total number of shares that would vest upon the satisfaction of the threshold level of performance for one of the two performance criteria for each tranche of the award. No maximum payout is provided as there is no incremental payout in the event the target level of performance is exceeded. Dividends on restricted shares will be paid only if the shares are earned by performance. |
| (3) | The stock options awarded to Mr. Hunn vest in January 2023. The stock options awarded to Messrs. Crisci, Stipancich and Conley vest in two equal installments in January 2022 and 2023. All stock options expire on the tenth anniversary of the grant. The exercise price of the stock options is 100% of the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant. |
| (4) | The dollar values reflect the grant date fair value of the awards as calculated in accordance with ASC Topic 718. |
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2020 Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to outstanding equity awards at December 31, 2020 for the named executive officers.
| Name | Option Awards | Stock Awards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Exercisable |
# of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Unexercisable |
Option Exercise Price ($) |
Option Expiration Date |
# of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not |
Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested ($) |
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: # of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested |
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights that Have Not Vested ($)(1) |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L. Neil Hunn |
|
5,000 |
|
|
115.22 |
|
|
01/17/2023 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
30,000 |
|
|
125.68 |
|
|
11/19/2023 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
30,000 |
|
|
156.40 |
|
|
11/17/2024 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
30,000 |
|
|
185.75 |
|
|
11/17/2025 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
40,000 |
|
|
185.42 |
|
|
01/19/2027 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000 |
(2) |
|
275.69 |
|
|
01/19/2028 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
60,000 |
(3) |
|
270.30 |
|
|
01/15/2029 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
57,068 |
(4) |
|
372.60 |
|
|
01/14/2030 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
80,136 |
(7)(11) |
|
34,545,828 |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert C. Crisci |
|
2,000 |
|
|
145.75 |
|
|
01/16/2025 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
8,000 |
|
|
170.61 |
|
|
03/09/2026 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
12,000 |
|
|
185.42 |
|
|
01/19/2027 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
228.84 |
|
|
06/09/2027 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
12,500 |
|
|
12,500 |
(2) |
|
275.69 |
|
|
01/19/2028 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
25,000 |
(5) |
|
270.30 |
|
|
01/15/2029 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
18,799 |
(6) |
|
372.60 |
|
|
01/14/2030 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
18,023 |
(8)(11) |
|
7,769,535 |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John K. Stipancich |
|
9,000 |
|
|
228.84 |
|
|
06/09/2027 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
7,500 |
|
|
7,500 |
(2) |
|
275.69 |
|
|
01/19/2028 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
15,000 |
(5) |
|
270.30 |
|
|
01/15/2029 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
11,414 |
(6) |
|
372.60 |
|
|
01/14/2030 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
10,739 |
(9)(11) |
|
4,629,476 |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jason Conley |
|
5,000 |
|
|
115.22 |
|
|
01/17/2023 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
5,000 |
|
|
134.23 |
|
|
03/11/2024 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
6,000 |
|
|
165.97 |
|
|
03/11/2025 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
6,000 |
|
|
170.61 |
|
|
03/09/2026 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
185.42 |
|
|
01/19/2027 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
6,000 |
|
|
6,000 |
(2) |
|
275.69 |
|
|
01/19/2028 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
14,300 |
(5) |
|
270.30 |
|
|
01/15/2029 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
11,078 |
(6) |
|
372.60 |
|
|
01/14/2030 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
10,714 |
(10)(11) |
|
4,618,698 |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1) | Calculated by multiplying $431.09, the closing market price of our common stock on December 31, 2020, by the number of restricted shares that have not vested. |
| (2) | These stock options were granted on January 19, 2018 with unexercisable shares vesting in January 2021. |
| (3) | These stock options were granted on January 15, 2019 with unexercisable shares vesting in January 2022. |
| (4) | These stock options were granted on January 14, 2020 with unexercisable shares vesting in January 2023. |
| (5) | These stock options were granted on January 15, 2019 with unexercisable shares vesting in two equal installments in January 2021 and 2022. |
| (6) | These stock options were granted on January 14, 2020 with unexercisable shares vesting in two equal installments in January 2022 and 2023. |
|
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| (7) | This represents multiple restricted stock awards with the remaining shares of each grant vesting, subject to certification that applicable Company performance conditions have been met, as follows: |
| (I) | 45,000 shares granted on January 15, 2019 and vesting in November 2021; and |
| (II) | 35,136 shares granted on January 14, 2020 and vesting in November 2022. |
| (8) | This represents multiple restricted stock awards with the remaining shares of each grant vesting, subject to certification that applicable Company performance conditions have been met, as follows: |
| (I) | 7,000 shares remaining from 14,000 shares granted on January 15, 2019 and vesting in November 2021; and |
| (II) | 11,023 shares remaining from 11,023 shares granted on January 14, 2020 and vesting in two equal installments in November 2021 and November 2022. |
| (9) | This represents multiple restricted stock awards with the remaining shares of each grant vesting, subject to certification that applicable Company performance conditions have been met, as follows: |
| (I) | 4,125 shares remaining from 8,250 shares granted on January 15, 2019 and vesting in November 2021; and |
| (II) | 6,614 shares remaining from 6,614 shares granted on January 14, 2020 and vesting in two equal installments in November 2021 and November 2022. |
| (10) | This represents multiple restricted stock awards with the remaining shares of each grant vesting, subject to certification that applicable Company performance conditions have been met, as follows: |
| (I) | 4,100 shares remaining from 8,200 shares granted on January 15, 2019 and vesting in November 2021; and |
| (II) | 6,614 shares remaining from 6,614 shares granted on January 14, 2020 and vesting in two equal installments in November 2021 and November 2022. |
| (11) | For all restricted stock awards granted, the vesting only occurs if the Compensation Committee certifies our Company’s attainment of related performance goals. |
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2020 Option Exercises and Stock Vested
| Name | Option Awards | Stock Awards | ||||||||||||||
| # of Shares Acquired on Exercise |
Value Realized Upon Exercise ($) |
# of Shares Acquired on Vesting |
Value Realized on Vesting ($) |
|||||||||||||
| L. Neil Hunn |
|
20,000 |
|
|
6,495,600 |
|
|
67,500 |
|
|
27,082,800 |
| ||||
| Robert C. Crisci |
|
16,000 |
|
|
5,052,899 |
|
|
20,000 |
|
|
8,026,040 |
| ||||
| John K. Stipancich |
|
7,000 |
|
|
1,444,764 |
|
|
13,875 |
|
|
5,569,118 |
| ||||
| Jason Conley |
|
7,500 |
|
|
2,276,451 |
|
|
7,600 |
|
|
3,026,208 |
| ||||
No Pension Benefits
None of our named executive officers participates in a Company-sponsored defined-benefit pension plan.
2020 Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation
Pursuant to our Company’s Non-Qualified Retirement Plan, named executive officers may defer base salary and payments earned under the cash incentive program. Deferral elections are made by eligible executives before the beginning of each year for amounts to be earned in the following year. The executive may invest such amounts in funds that are substantially similar to those available under the 401(k) plan.
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the Non-Qualified Retirement Plan for our named executive officers during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.
| Name | Executive Contributions in Last FY(1) ($) |
Registrant Contributions in Last FY(2) ($) |
Aggregate Earnings in Last FY(3) ($) |
Aggregate Withdrawals/ Distributions ($) |
Aggregate Balance at Last FYE ($) |
|||||||||||||||
| L. Neil Hunn |
|
362,708 |
|
|
195,813 |
|
|
124,757 |
|
|
(571,341 |
) |
|
824,218 |
| |||||
| Robert C. Crisci |
|
139,875 |
|
|
83,531 |
|
|
191,682 |
|
|
1,104,671 |
| ||||||||
| John K. Stipancich |
|
91,725 |
|
|
93,281 |
|
|
83,216 |
|
|
759,918 |
| ||||||||
| Jason Conley |
|
425,375 |
|
|
57,969 |
|
|
252,485 |
|
|
(83,404 |
) |
|
1,833,009 |
| |||||
| (1) | Amounts reflect participant deferrals under the Non-Qualified Retirement Plan during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 and all of these amounts are included in the Summary Compensation Table above in the “Salary” or “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation” column as applicable. |
| (2) | The amounts are included in the Summary Compensation Table in the “All Other Compensation” column. |
| (3) | No portion of these earnings was included in the Summary Compensation Table because the Non-Qualified Retirement Plan does not provide for “above-market” or preferential earnings as defined in applicable SEC rules. |
Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control
The offer letters with Messrs. Hunn and Stipancich provide for certain benefits in the event of the termination of the officer’s employment under certain conditions. The amount of the benefits varies depending on the reason for termination, as explained below. In no event will excise tax gross-ups be paid in regard to a termination of employment related to a change in control.
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION (CONTINUED)
Offer Letters to Messrs. Hunn and Stipancich, and Special Long-Term Cash Incentive Arrangement with Mr. Hunn
Mr. Hunn. Pursuant to an offer letter dated August 18, 2011, if Mr. Hunn’s employment were to be terminated without cause, he would be entitled to receive one year of medical benefit coverage and a severance payment equal to his then-current annual base salary. In addition, Mr. Hunn is party to a long-term cash incentive arrangement, the material terms of which may be found in the CD&A section above captioned “Analysis of 2020 Compensation—CEO Special Long-Term Cash Incentive”.
Mr. Stipancich. Pursuant to an offer letter dated June 17, 2016, if Mr. Stipancich’s employment were to be terminated without cause, he would be entitled to receive one year of medical benefit coverage and a severance payment equal to his then-current annual base salary, plus a pro-rated bonus based upon Company performance.
Summary of Termination Payments and Benefits
The following tables summarize the value of the termination payments and benefits that each of our named executive officers would receive if he had terminated employment on December 31, 2020 under the circumstances shown. Scenarios for termination for cause, voluntary resignation, and retirement have not been included because, in those circumstances, no severance or other additional payments would be made to named executive officers. Other than with respect to Mr. Hunn’s Special Long-Term Cash Incentive Award, scenarios for termination due to death or disability have not been included because they do not discriminate in scope, terms or operation in favor of named executive officers compared to the benefits offered to all salaried employees.
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION (CONTINUED)
L. NEIL HUNN
| Termination Scenario | ||||||||||||
| Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control | By Employee For Good Reason |
By Company Without Cause |
Change in Control(1) |
|||||||||
| Cash payments |
$ |
|
|
$ |
1,000,000 |
|
$ |
1,000,000 |
| |||
| Payments related to Long-Term Cash Incentive Award(2) |
|
7,442,000 |
|
|
7,442,000 |
|
|
7,442,000 |
| |||
| Accelerated Equity Awards(3)(4) |
||||||||||||
| 2018 Stock Option Grant |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
4,662,000 |
| |||
| 2019 Stock Option Grant |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
9,647,400 |
| |||
| 2020 Stock Option Grant |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
3,337,907 |
| |||
| 2019 Restricted Stock Grant |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
19,399,050 |
| |||
| 2020 Restricted Stock Grant |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
15,146,778 |
| |||
| Continued Medical Benefits |
|
- |
|
|
21,073 |
|
|
21,073 |
| |||
| Total |
$ |
7,442,000 |
|
$ |
8,463,073 |
|
$ |
60,656,208 |
| |||
ROBERT C. CRISCI
| Termination Scenario | ||||||||||||
| Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control | By Employee For Good Reason |
By Company Without Cause |
Change in Control(1) |
|||||||||
| Cash payments |
|
$ - |
|
|
$ - |
|
$ |
- |
| |||
| Accelerated Equity Awards(3)(4) |
||||||||||||
| 2018 Stock Option Grant |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
1,942,500 |
| |||
| 2019 Stock Option Grant |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
4,019,750 |
| |||
| 2020 Stock Option Grant |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
1,099,553 |
| |||
| 2019 Restricted Stock Grant |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
3,017,630 |
| |||
| 2020 Restricted Stock Grant |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
4,751,905 |
| |||
| Continued Medical Benefits |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
| |||
| Total |
|
$ - |
|
|
$ - |
|
$ |
14,831,338 |
| |||
JOHN K. STIPANCICH
| Termination Scenario | ||||||||||||
| Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control | By Employee For Good Reason |
By Company Without Cause |
Change in Control(1) |
|||||||||
| Cash payments |
|
$ - |
|
$ |
1,620,000 |
|
$ |
1,620,000 |
| |||
| Accelerated Equity Awards(3)(4) |
||||||||||||
| 2018 Stock Option Grant |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
1,165,500 |
| |||
| 2019 Stock Option Grant |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
2,411,850 |
| |||
| 2020 Stock Option Grant |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
667,605 |
| |||
| 2019 Restricted Stock Grant |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
1,778,246 |
| |||
| 2020 Restricted Stock Grant |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
2,851,229 |
| |||
| Continued Medical Benefits |
|
- |
|
|
21,073 |
|
|
21,073 |
| |||
| Total |
|
$ - |
|
$ |
1,641,073 |
|
$ |
10,515,503 |
| |||
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION (CONTINUED)
JASON CONLEY
| Termination Scenario | ||||||||||||
| Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control | By Employee For Good Reason |
By Company Without Cause |
Change in Control(1) |
|||||||||
| Cash payments |
|
$ - |
|
|
$ - |
|
$ |
- |
| |||
| Accelerated Equity Awards(3)(4) |
||||||||||||
| 2018 Stock Option Grant |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
932,400 |
| |||
| 2019 Stock Option Grant |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
2,299,297 |
| |||
| 2020 Stock Option Grant |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
647,952 |
| |||
| 2019 Restricted Stock Grant |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
1,767,469 |
| |||
| 2020 Restricted Stock Grant |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
2,851,229 |
| |||
| Continued Medical Benefits |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
| |||
| Total |
|
$ - |
|
|
$ - |
|
$ |
8,498,347 |
| |||
| (1) | Assumes employment is terminated involuntarily without cause. |
| (2) | The amounts in this row represent the maximum amounts to be paid pursuant to the terms of Mr. Hunn’s Special Long-Term Cash Incentive Award under the above scenarios. The maximum amount to be paid under the Special Long-Term Cash Incentive Award is $18,605,000. To the extent Mr. Hunn elects not to defer payment of the incentive amount or is unable to defer such amount, the incentive amount that is not deferred shall be increased by 7.5%. In general, under each scenario, Mr. Hunn is entitled to a pro-rated portion of the five-year award, which at December 31, 2020, is 40% of the award. In the event of Mr. Hunn’s death or disability, the award remains outstanding, and upon the certification of the performance criteria by the Compensation Committee at the conclusion of the performance period, the amount earned would be paid to Mr. Hunn’s estate. |
| (3) | Based on closing market price of our common stock on December 31, 2020 of $431.09 per share. |
| (4) | Under the terms of our 2016 Incentive Plan, if within two years after a change in control, employment is terminated by the employee for good reason or by the acquirer without cause, or if the acquirer does not assume the awards upon a change in control, (i) outstanding stock options become fully exercisable, (ii) time-based vesting restrictions on outstanding restricted stock awards lapse, and (iii) the target payout opportunities on outstanding performance-based restricted stock awards shall be deemed to have been fully earned (subject to the conditions provided in the 2016 Incentive Plan). |
CEO Pay Ratio
As required by SEC rules, we compared the total compensation of our CEO in 2020 to that of our median employee for the same period. Through our core human capital management system with supplementation from manual inputs, we collected information for our global workforce of 16,559 employees, including our full-time, part-time and temporary workers, and excluded our employees in Germany (268) and France (167) under the de minimis exemption. As permitted by SEC rules, our analysis also excludes approximately 1,900 employees that became Roper employees in connection with our acquisition of Vertafore in September 2020.
We identified our median employee as of December 31, 2020 by applying a consistent compensation measure for the period from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 across our global employee population—annual salary or hourly pay, bonus and commissions (excluding equity compensation because inclusion of such would have had no impact on the determination of the median employee). We annualized the compensation for our full-time and part-time employees who were newly-hired in 2020. Our median employee’s total 2020 compensation was $96,212 and our CEO’s was $19,103,765 ($24,814 more than as reported in the Summary Compensation Table above due to the inclusion of certain employee benefits). Accordingly, our 2020 CEO to Median Employee Pay Ratio was 199:1.
SEC rules for identifying the median employee permit companies to adopt a variety of methodologies, to apply certain exclusions, and to make reasonable estimates and assumptions that reflect their employee populations and compensation practices. Consequently, the pay ratios reported by other companies may not be comparable to the pay ratio reported by Roper.
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PROPOSAL 2: ADVISORY VOTE ON THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY’S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
We are seeking your advisory vote approving the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in this Proxy Statement. We believe that our executive compensation program is structured in the best manner possible to support our business objectives, evidenced by the superior returns we continue to deliver to our shareholders. In 2020, our total shareholder return was 22.4% versus S&P 500’s return of 18.4%. Over the past 10 years, our compound annual return to shareholders was 19.6%, compared to the S&P 500’s return of 13.9%.
Our executive compensation program is designed to provide competitive total compensation that is tied to the achievement of Company performance objectives and to attract, motivate and retain individuals who will build long-term value for our shareholders. See the “Proxy Statement Summary” and “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” above for key characteristics of our executive compensation program.
We are seeking shareholder approval of the following resolution:
RESOLVED, that the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the SEC, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables and the related material disclosed in this Proxy Statement is hereby APPROVED.
The vote on this proposal is advisory and non-binding; however, the Compensation Committee and our Board will review the results of the vote and consider them when making future determinations regarding our executive compensation program.
The Board recommends a vote “FOR” the resolution providing an advisory approval of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
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The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors is comprised of three non-employee directors, each of whom has been determined by the Board of Directors to be independent under the NYSE and SEC rules. The Audit Committee’s responsibilities are set forth in its charter.
The Audit Committee oversees and reviews with the full Board of Directors any issues with respect to the Company’s financial statements, the structure of the Company’s legal and regulatory compliance, the performance and independence of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and the performance of the Company’s internal audit function. The committee retains the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to undertake appropriate reviews and audits of the Company’s financial statements, determines the compensation of the independent registered public accounting firm, and pre-approves all of their services. The committee also periodically reviews the work performed by other public accounting firms retained by the Company to provide various financial and information technology services. The Company’s management is primarily responsible for the Company’s financial reporting process and for the preparation of the Company’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP. The Audit Committee maintains oversight of the independent registered public accounting firm by discussing the overall scope and specific plans for their audits, the results of their examinations, their evaluations of the Company’s internal accounting controls and the overall quality of the Company’s financial reporting. The Audit Committee may delegate its duties and responsibilities to a subcommittee of the Audit Committee.
The Audit Committee maintains oversight of the Company’s internal audit function by evaluating the appointment and performance of the Company’s director of internal audit and periodically meeting with this individual to receive and review reports of the work of the Company’s internal audit department. The Audit Committee meets with management on a regular basis to discuss any significant matters, internal audit recommendations, policy or procedural changes and risks or exposures, if any, that may have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
The Audit Committee: (i) appointed and retained PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020; (ii) reviewed and discussed with the Company’s management the Company’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020; (iii) discussed with PwC the matters required to be discussed by the Auditing Standard No. 1301, “Communication with Audit Committees,” issued by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”); (iv) received the written disclosures and the letter from PwC required by PCAOB Ethics and Independence Rule 3526, “Communication with Audit Committees Concerning Independence,” and has discussed with PwC its independence from the Company and its management; (v) discussed matters with PwC outside the presence of management; (vi) reviewed internal audit recommendations; (vii) discussed with PwC the quality of the Company’s financial reporting; and (viii) reviewed and discussed with PwC the results of the audit of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”).
In reliance on the reviews, reports and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors, and the Board of Directors has approved, that the audited financial statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, for filing with the SEC.
AUDIT COMMITTEE
Christopher Wright, Chair
Amy Woods Brinkley
John F. Fort III
The foregoing report and other information provided above regarding the Audit Committee should not be deemed incorporated by reference by any general statement incorporating by reference this Proxy Statement into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that Roper specifically incorporates this information by reference, and shall not otherwise be deemed filed under either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
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INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS FEES
Set forth below are the professional fees billed by PwC for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019. It is the Audit Committee’s policy that all services performed by and all fees paid to the independent registered public accounting firm require the Audit Committee’s prior approval. As such, all audit, audit-related tax and other fees were pre-approved by the Audit Committee.
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| Fees | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | ||||||
| Audit Fees(1) |
$ | 6,093 | $ | 4,539 | ||||
| Audit-Related Fees(2) |
477 | 1,639 | ||||||
| Tax Fees(3) |
150 | 583 | ||||||
| All Other Fees |
134 | - | ||||||
| Total Fees |
$ | 6,854 | $ | 6,761 | ||||
| (1) | Aggregate fees from PwC for audit or review services in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB and fees for services, such as statutory audits and review of documents filed with the SEC. Audit fees also include fees paid in connection with services required for compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. |
| (2) | Aggregate fees from PwC for assurance and related services which primarily include due diligence on acquisition targets. |
| (3) | Tax fees include tax compliance, assistance with tax audits, tax advice and tax planning data. |
| (4) | All other fees include XBRL tagging services and privacy assessments. |
As required by Section 10A(i)(1) of the Exchange Act, all audit and non-audit services to be performed by our independent registered public accounting firm must be approved in advance by the Audit Committee, subject to certain exceptions relating to non-audit services accounting for less than five percent of the total fees paid to our independent registered public accounting firm which are subsequently ratified by the Audit Committee. In addition, pursuant to Section 10A(i)(3) of the Exchange Act, as amended, the Audit Committee has established procedures by which the Chairperson of the Audit Committee may pre-approve such services, provided the Chairperson subsequently reports the details of the services to the full Audit Committee. All audit-related fees, tax fees and all other fees, as described in the table above, were approved by the Audit Committee.
PROPOSAL 3: RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2021
The Audit Committee has appointed PwC as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2021. Our Board of Directors recommends that the shareholders ratify this appointment. PwC has been our Company’s independent registered public accounting firm since May 2002. One or more representatives of PwC are expected to be present at the Annual Meeting and will be given the opportunity to make a statement if they so desire and respond to appropriate questions of shareholders in attendance. If this proposal does not pass, the selection of our independent registered public accounting firm will be reconsidered by the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors. Even if the proposal passes, the Audit Committee may decide to select another firm at any time.
The Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the approval of the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2021.
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PROPOSAL 4: APPROVAL OF THE ROPER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2021 INCENTIVE PLAN
Our Board of Directors adopted the Roper Technologies, Inc. 2021 Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”) in March 2021, subject to approval by our shareholders at this Annual Meeting. If approved by shareholders, the 2021 Plan will become effective on June 14, 2021 (the “Effective Date”) and will replace our 2016 Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Prior Plan”). The 2021 Plan will have 7,078,000 new shares reserved for issuance, plus up to 2,181,479 shares available under the Prior Plan immediately prior to the Effective Date.
Reasons for Shareholders’ Approval of the 2021 Plan
Equity awards allow us to attract and retain our key employees. The Compensation Committee believes that granting equity compensation allows the Company to attract, retain and motivate our key employees and other service providers. The ability to grant equity awards keeps us competitive for talent and is fundamental to the effectiveness of our compensation program.
Equity awards align employees’ and service providers’ interests with shareholders’ long-term interests. Equity awards promote the success and enhance the value of our Company by aligning the personal interests of our directors, consultants, officers and employees with those of our shareholders and by retaining executives through multi-year service requirements for vesting in awards.
Equity awards reflect the Compensation Committee’s pay-for-performance philosophy. The value ultimately received by participants from our equity awards is linked to the value of our common stock.
Key Features of the 2021 Plan
Conservative share counting provisions. We count the full number of shares issued, rather than the net number of shares, where shares are withheld from an award to satisfy tax withholding requirements or delivered or withheld to pay the exercise price of an option. We also count the full number of shares underlying stock appreciation rights.
No repricing of options. The 2021 Plan does not permit the repricing of options or stock appreciation rights, either directly or indirectly through replacement with new awards or cash buyouts, without stockholder approval.
“Double trigger” change in control provisions. If an acquirer assumes our awards in connection with a change in control, accelerated vesting of a participant’s awards occurs only if the participant’s employment is terminated without “cause” or the participant resigns for “good reason” within two years after the change in control.
Independent committee administration. The Plan is administered by our Compensation Committee, which is comprised entirely of independent directors.
Equity Usage Information (Includes Post-Fiscal Year End Data)
Outstanding Awards. As of March 31, 2021, under the Prior Plan as well as the Amended and Restated 2006 Incentive Plan (the “2006 Plan,” which, together with the Prior Plan, are the only plans under which awards remained outstanding), there were (i) 4,408,407 shares of our common stock subject to outstanding awards, of which 3,723,430 shares were subject to stock options outstanding with a weighted average exercise price per share of $277.45 and a weighted average remaining term of 7.11 years; (ii) 684,977 shares were subject to restricted stock awards and restricted stock units outstanding and unvested, and (iii) 2,181,479 shares of our common stock reserved and available for future awards under the Prior Plan. On March 31, 2021, the closing price of Roper common stock on the New York Stock Exchange was $403.34. The number of our shares outstanding as of March 31, 2021, was 105,146,887.
Burn Rate. Over the past three years (2020, 2019 and 2018), our annual burn rates have been 1.41%, 1.51%, and 1.69%, respectively, as calculated using the methodology of a leading proxy advisor. These burn rates were calculated by the number of stock options and full-value awards granted during the applicable year
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(using a 2.5 multiplier for full-value awards) as a percentage of weighted average shares outstanding. Our three-year average annual burn rate calculated using this methodology has been 1.54%, which is below the leading proxy advisor’s benchmark of 2.0% applied to our industry.
Equity Overhang. We define “overhang” as the sum of outstanding equity awards under our Prior Plan and 2006 Plan, plus the number of shares available for future grant, divided by the sum of the foregoing plus the number of shares outstanding. As of March 31, 2021, our overhang was 5.9%.
Dilution. The 7,078,000 million new shares requested under the 2021 Plan represent approximately 6.7% of our shares of common stock outstanding as of March 31, 2021.
Summary of the 2021 Plan
The following is a summary of the provisions of the 2021 Plan. This summary is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the 2021 Plan, attached to this Proxy Statement as Appendix B.
Purpose. The purpose of the 2021 Plan is to promote the Company’s success by linking the personal interests of its employees, officers, directors and consultants to those of its shareholders, and by providing participants with an incentive for outstanding performance.
Administration. The 2021 Plan will be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, which has the authority to designate participants; determine the type or types of awards to be granted to each participant and the number, terms and conditions thereof; establish, adopt or revise any rules and regulations as it may deem advisable to administer the 2021 Plan; and make all other decisions and determinations that may be required under the 2021 Plan.
Shares Available for Awards. The 2021 Plan will have 7,078,000 new shares available for issuance, plus up to 2,181,479 shares remaining available under the Prior Plan immediately prior to the Effective Date. In addition, up to 3,631,647 shares subject to awards previously granted under the Prior Plan that are outstanding as of the Effective Date and thereafter terminate or expire unexercised, or are cancelled, forfeited or lapse for any reason will become available under the 2021 Plan.
Share Counting. Shares underlying options and stock appreciation rights count as one share, while shares underlying all other awards count as three shares, against the number of shares available for issuance under the 2021 Plan. Shares withheld from an award to satisfy tax withholding requirements, shares delivered or withheld to pay the exercise price of an option, and the full number of shares underlying stock appreciation rights, rather than the net number of shares actually issued, are counted against the shares available under the 2021 Plan. The 2021 Plan provides that shares subject to awards that terminate or expire unexercised, or are cancelled, forfeited or lapse for any reason, and shares underlying awards that are ultimately settled in cash, will again be available for future grants of awards under the 2021 Plan.
Eligibility. The 2021 Plan permits the grant of equity awards to employees, officers, directors and consultants of the Company and its affiliates as selected by the Compensation Committee. As of March 31, 2021, the Company had approximately 18,400 employees, 7 non-employee directors and 2 consultants that could be eligible for awards. The number of eligible participants may change over time based upon future growth of the Company and its affiliates.
Awards to Non-Employee Directors. Awards granted to the Company’s non-employee directors will be made only in accordance with the terms, conditions and parameters of the Company’s director compensation plan as in effect from time to time. In no event will the awards that may be granted to any non-employee director during any calendar year, taken together with any cash fees paid by the Company to such non-employee director during such calendar year for service on the Board, exceed a value of $750,000. However, with respect to the first calendar year during which a non-employee director serves on the Board (or, in the event such non-employee director does not receive any awards during such first calendar year, the second calendar year during which such a non-employee director serves on the Board), such maximum total value shall be $1,500,000.
Types of Equity Awards. The 2021 Plan authorizes the following types of awards:
| • | stock options that give the holder the right to purchase shares of our common stock at a price not less than the fair market value at grant; |
| • | stock appreciation rights, which give the holder the right to receive the difference (payable in cash or stock, as specified in the award certificate) between the fair market value per share of our common stock on the date of |
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| exercise over the base price of the award (which cannot be less than the fair market value of a share of our common stock as of the grant date); |
| • | restricted stock, which gives the holder the rights of a holder of common stock, subject to restrictions on transferability and forfeiture on terms set by the Compensation Committee; |
| • | restricted or deferred stock units, which represent the right to receive shares of common stock (or an equivalent value in cash or other property, as specified in the award certificate) at a designated time in the future; |
| • | performance awards, which are awards payable in cash or stock upon the attainment of specified performance goals; |
| • | dividend equivalents, which entitle the participant to payments (or an equivalent value payable in stock or other property) equal to any dividends paid on the shares of stock underlying a full-value award, except that dividends or dividend equivalents will not be paid on performance-based awards unless and until the performance conditions have been met; and |
| • | unrestricted stock awards and other cash and stock-based awards in the discretion of the Compensation Committee. |
Minimum Vesting Restrictions. Awards granted under the 2021 Plan generally may not vest less than one year following the grant date, except with respect to up to 5% of the total number of shares authorized under the 2021 Plan, awards made to non-employee directors, substitute awards or as a result of a participant’s death or disability or upon, or in connection with, a participant’s termination of service following, a change in control.
Limitations on Individual Awards. No eligible participant who isn’t a non-employee director may be granted any award or award denominated in shares, for more than 450,000 shares in the aggregate in any calendar year.
Performance Goals. The Committee may establish performance goals for performance-based awards which may be based on any criteria selected and approved by the Committee, including, but not limited to, (i) GAAP and adjusted-GAAP financial measures, (ii) strategic measures, (iii) sustainability measures, (iv) individual performance measures, and (v) operational measures. The business criteria may be expressed in terms of company-wide objectives or in terms of objectives that relate to the performance of an affiliate or a division, region, department or function within the Company or an affiliate. Additionally, the Committee may provide for the inclusion or exclusion of specified circumstances or events in the evaluation of performance.
Limitations on Transfer. A participant may not assign or transfer an award other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. The Compensation Committee may permit other transfers (other than transfers for value) where it concludes that such transferability does not result in accelerated taxation, does not cause any option intended to be an incentive stock option to fail to qualify as such, and is otherwise appropriate and desirable, taking into account any factors deemed relevant, including without limitation, any state or federal tax or securities laws or regulations applicable to transferable awards. The 2021 Plan prohibits transfers of awards for value.
Acceleration Upon Certain Events. Unless otherwise provided in an award certificate or any special plan document or separate agreement governing an award:
| • | If a participant’s service terminates by reason of death or disability, (i) all of that participant’s outstanding options and stock appreciation rights will become fully exercisable, (ii) all time-based vesting restrictions on such participant’s outstanding awards shall lapse, and (iii) the target payout opportunities attainable under all of that participant’s outstanding performance-based awards shall be deemed to have been fully earned as of the date of termination based upon an assumed achievement of all relevant performance goals at the “target” level. |
| • | In connection with a change in control, with respect to any awards assumed by the surviving entity or otherwise equitably converted or substituted: if within two years after the effective date of the change in control, a participant’s employment is terminated without cause (or if the participant resigns for “good reason” as provided in any employment, severance or similar agreement), then (a) all of that participant’s outstanding service-based awards will become fully vested, and (b) all of that participant’s outstanding performance-based awards will be earned on a pro-rata basis based on actual performance through the end of the performance period. |
| • | In connection with a change in control, if awards are not assumed by the surviving entity or otherwise equitably converted or substituted in connection with the change in control: (a) all outstanding service-based awards will become fully vested and exercisable, as applicable, and (b) all outstanding performance-based awards will become fully vested, with the level of such vested amount to be determined based on an assumed achievement |
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| of performance goals at “target” levels, and there will be a prorate payout to the participants based on the length of time within the performance period that has elapsed prior to the date of the change of control. |
Adjustments. In the event of a transaction between the Company and our shareholders that causes the per-share value of our common stock to change (including, without limitation, any stock dividend, stock split, spin-off, rights offering, or large nonrecurring cash dividend), the share authorization limits under the 2021 Plan will be adjusted proportionately, and the Compensation Committee shall make such adjustments to the 2021 Plan and awards as it deems necessary, in its sole discretion, to prevent dilution or enlargement of rights immediately resulting from such transaction.
Termination and Amendment. Our Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee may, at any time and from time to time, terminate or amend the 2021 Plan, but if an amendment would constitute a material amendment requiring shareholder approval under applicable listing requirements, laws, policies or regulations, then such amendment will be subject to shareholder approval.
Prohibition on Repricing. Outstanding stock options and stock appreciation rights cannot be repriced, directly or indirectly, without the prior consent of our shareholders. The exchange of an “underwater” option (i.e., an option having an exercise price in excess of the current market value of the underlying stock) for another award would be considered an indirect repricing and would, therefore, require the prior consent of our shareholders.
Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Effects
The U.S. federal income tax discussion set forth below is intended for general information only and does not purport to be a complete analysis of all of the potential tax effects of the 2021 Plan. It is based upon laws, regulations, rulings and decisions now in effect, all of which are subject to change. State, local and non-U.S. income tax consequences are not discussed, and may vary from locality to locality.
Nonstatutory Stock Options. There will be no federal income tax consequences to the optionee or to the Company upon the grant of a nonstatutory stock option under the 2021 Plan. When the optionee exercises a nonstatutory option, however, the optionee will recognize ordinary income in an amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of the stock received upon exercise of the option over the exercise price. Any gain that the optionee realizes when the optionee later sells or disposes of the shares received upon exercise of an option will be short-term or long-term capital gain, depending on how long the shares were held.
Incentive Stock Options. There will be no federal income tax consequences to the optionee or to the Company upon the grant or exercise of an incentive stock option. If the optionee holds the shares received upon exercise of the option for the required holding period of at least two years after the date the option was granted and one year after exercise, the difference between the exercise price and the amount realized upon sale or disposition of the shares received upon exercise of the option will be taxed as long-term capital gain or loss. If the optionee disposes of the shares received upon exercise of the option in a sale, exchange, or other disqualifying disposition before the required holding period ends, the optionee will recognize taxable ordinary income in an amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of the option shares at the time of exercise over the exercise price. While the exercise of an incentive stock option does not result in current taxable income, the excess of the fair market value of the shares received upon exercise of the option at the time of exercise over the exercise price will be an item of adjustment for purposes of determining the optionee’s alternative minimum taxable income.
Stock Appreciation Rights. A participant receiving a stock appreciation right under the 2021 Plan will not recognize income, and the Company will not be allowed a tax deduction, at the time the award is granted. When the participant exercises the stock appreciation right, the amount of cash and the fair market value of any shares of stock received will be taxed as ordinary income to the participant.
Restricted Stock. Unless a participant makes an election to accelerate recognition of the income to the date of grant as described below, a participant will not recognize income at the time a restricted stock award is granted, provided that the award is nontransferable or is subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture. When the restrictions lapse, the participant will recognize ordinary income equal to the fair market value of the stock as of that date (less any amount the participant paid for the stock). If the participant files an election under Code Section 83(b) within 30 days after the date of grant of the restricted stock, the participant will recognize ordinary income as of the date of grant equal to the fair market value of the stock as of that date (less any amount paid for the stock). Any future appreciation in the stock will be taxable to the participant at capital gains rates. However, if the stock is later forfeited, the participant will not be able to recover the tax previously paid pursuant to the Code Section 83(b) election.
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Unrestricted Stock. A participant will recognize income at the time an unrestricted stock award is granted equal to the fair market value of the stock on the date of grant.
Restricted or Deferred Stock Units. A participant will not recognize income at the time a stock unit award is granted. Upon receipt of shares of stock (or the equivalent value in cash or other property) in settlement of a stock unit award, a participant will recognize ordinary income equal to the fair market value of the stock or other property as of that date (less any amount the participant paid for the stock or property).
Performance Awards. A participant will not recognize income at the time a performance award is granted (for example, when the performance goals are established). Upon receipt of cash, stock or other property in settlement of a performance award, the participant will recognize ordinary income equal to the cash, stock or other property received.
Tax Withholding. The Company has the right to deduct or withhold, or require a participant to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, and local taxes (including employment taxes) required by law to be withheld with respect to any exercise, lapse of restriction or other taxable event arising as a result of the 2021 Plan.
Tax Deductibility of Compensation Provided Under the 2021 Plan. When a participant recognizes ordinary compensation income as a result of an award granted under the 2021 Plan, the Company may be permitted to claim a federal income tax deduction for such compensation, subject to various limitations that may apply under applicable law. As a result of those limitations, there can be no assurance that any compensation awarded or paid under the 2021 Plan will be deductible, in whole or in part.
For example, Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code generally disallows the deduction of compensation in excess of $1 million per year payable to certain “covered employees”, and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 expanded the scope of Section 162(m) in several respects, including by repealing an exemption from the $1 million deduction limit for “qualified performance-based compensation” and by expanding the class of “covered employees.” As a result, all or a portion of the compensation paid to one of our covered employees pursuant to the 2021 Plan may be non-deductible pursuant to Section 162(m).
Further, to the extent that compensation provided under the Plan may be deemed to be contingent upon a change in control, a portion of such compensation may be non-deductible by the Company under Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code and may be subject to a 20% excise tax imposed on the recipient of the compensation.
Section 409A. Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code imposes certain restrictions upon the payment of nonqualified deferred compensation. We intend that awards granted under the 2021 Plan will be designed and administered in such a manner that they are either exempt from the application of, or comply with, the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. However, the Company does not warrant the tax treatment of any award under Section 409A or otherwise.
This general discussion of U.S. federal income tax consequences is intended for the information of shareholders considering how to vote with respect to this proposal and not as tax guidance to participants in the 2021 Plan. Different tax rules may apply to specific participants and transactions under the 2021 Plan, particularly in jurisdictions outside the United States.
New Plan Benefits
Awards to be made under the 2021 Plan are not determinable because generally they are granted at the sole discretion of the Compensation Committee. Awards granted in 2020 to the named executive officers are set forth above in the section captioned “Executive Compensation.” Awards that will be granted to our non-employee directors are described in the section captioned “Director Compensation.”
Vote Required
The approval of the 2021 Plan requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on this proposal.
The Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the approval of the Roper Technologies, Inc. 2021 Incentive Plan.
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Equity Compensation Plan Information
The following table provides information as of December 31, 2020 regarding our compensation plans under which our equity securities are authorized for issuance. Share amounts are in millions.
| Plan Category | (a) Number of Securities to be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights |
(b) Weighted-Average Exercise Price of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights |
(c) Number of Securities Remaining Available for Future Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans (Excluding Securities Reflected in Column(a)) |
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| Equity Compensation Plans Approved by Shareholders(1) |
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| Stock options |
3.366 | $255.32 | - | |||||||||
| Restricted stock awards(2) |
0.601 | - | ||||||||||
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3.967 | 3.254 | ||||||||||
| Equity Compensation Plans Not Approved by Shareholders |
- | - | - | |||||||||
| Total |
3.967 | 3.254 | ||||||||||
| (1) | Consists of the Amended and Restated 2006 Incentive Plan (no additional equity awards may be granted under this plan) and the 2016 Incentive Plan. |
| (2) | The weighted-average exercise price is not applicable to restricted stock awards. |
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ANNUAL MEETING AND VOTING INFORMATION
Our Company is soliciting the enclosed proxy for use at the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. This Proxy Statement and the enclosed proxy card are being mailed or otherwise made available to shareholders on or about April 29, 2021.
We are concurrently mailing or making available to shareholders a copy of our 2020 Annual Report, which includes our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K and its exhibits are available at www.sec.gov. Our 2020 Annual Report and Annual Report on Form 10-K are not part of these proxy soliciting materials.
This Proxy Statement contains important information for you to consider when deciding how to vote. Please read this information carefully.
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INFORMATION REGARDING THE 2022 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
If you wish to submit a matter to be considered at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, you must comply with the procedures set forth below. Any proposal or nomination to be made to the Company should be sent to:
Roper Technologies, Inc.
6901 Professional Parkway
Suite 200
Sarasota, Florida 34240
Attention: Secretary
| • | Proxy Statement Proposals. If you intend to submit a proposal to be included in the Proxy Statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, we must receive your proposal no later than December 30, 2021. All proposals must comply with the SEC regulations under Rule 14a-8 for including shareholder proposals in a company’s proxy material. |
| • | Director Candidate Nomination. Our By-laws set forth the procedures you must follow if you wish to nominate a director candidate in connection with the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. |
Proxy Access to Include Nominees in our 2022 Proxy Statement. If you are a shareholder, or a group of up to 20 shareholders, owning 3% or more of our outstanding common stock continuously for at least three years and wish to nominate a director candidate and require us to include such nominee in our Proxy Statement and form of proxy, you must submit your request so it is received by the Company between November 30, 2021 and December 30, 2021, in accordance with our By-laws. The number of candidates that may be so nominated is limited to the greater of two or the largest whole number that does not exceed 20% of our Board, provided that the shareholder(s) and nominee(s) satisfy the requirements set forth in our By-laws. All proxy access nominations must be accompanied by information about the nominating shareholders as well as the nominees and meet the requirements specified in our By-laws, including the information specified under “Nominees Not for Inclusion in our 2022 Proxy Statement” below.
Nominees Not for Inclusion in our 2022 Proxy Statement. If you wish to nominate a director candidate in connection with the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and are not requiring that the nominee be included in our Proxy Statement, you must submit the nomination so it is received by the Company between February 14, 2022 and March 16, 2022, in accordance with our By-laws. The notice to nominate a person for election as a Company director must include a written statement setting forth (i) the name of the person to be nominated; (ii) the number and class of all shares of each class of Company stock owned of record and beneficially by such person, as reported by such person to you; (iii) such other information regarding each nominee proposed by you as would have been required to be included in a Proxy Statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the SEC if the nominee had been nominated by the Board of Directors; (iv) such person’s signed consent to serve as a director of our Company if elected; (v) your name and address; (vi) the number and class of all shares of each class of Company stock owned of record and beneficially by such shareholder (and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made); and (vii) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, warrants, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding that has been made, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, you (and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the proposal is made) with respect to Roper’s securities.
| • | Matters for Annual Meeting Agenda. If you wish to have other business (not the nomination of a director candidate) brought before the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, you must submit the proposal between February 14, 2022 and March 16, 2022, in accordance with our By-laws. If you intend to present the matter directly at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the notice must include (a) the text of the proposal; (b) a brief statement of the reasons why you favor the proposal; (c) your name and address; (d) the number and class of all shares of each class of Company stock owned of record and beneficially by you (and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the proposal is made); (e) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, warrants, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into by or on |
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With respect to matters not included in the Proxy Statement but properly presented at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, management generally will be able to vote proxies in its discretion if it receives notice of the proposal during the period specified above and advises shareholders in the Proxy Statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders about the nature of the matter and how management intends to vote on the matter, unless the proponent of the shareholder proposal (a) provides us with a timely written statement that the proponent intends to deliver a Proxy Statement to at least the percentage of our voting shares required to carry the proposal; (b) includes the same statement in the proponent’s own proxy materials; and (c) provides us with a statement from a solicitor confirming that the necessary steps have been taken to deliver the Proxy Statement to at least the percentage of our voting shares required to carry the proposal.
As of the date of this Proxy Statement, the Board of Directors knows of no other business which will be or is intended to be presented at the Annual Meeting.
By the Order of the Board of Directors
Wilbur J. Prezzano
Chair of the Board of Directors
Dated: April 29, 2021
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Table 1: EBITDA and EBITDA Margin Reconciliation
(in millions, except percentages)
| 2019 | 2020 | |||||||
| GAAP Revenue |
$ | 5,367 | $ | 5,527 | ||||
| Purchase accounting adjustment to acquired deferred revenue |
11 | 12 | ||||||
| Adjusted Revenue (A) |
$ | 5,377 | $ | 5,539 | ||||
| GAAP Net Earnings |
1,768 | 950 | ||||||
| Taxes |
460 | 260 | ||||||
| Interest Expense |
187 | 219 | ||||||
| Depreciation |
49 | 53 | ||||||
| Amortization |
367 | 467 | ||||||
| Purchase accounting adjustment to acquired deferred revenue |
10 | 10 | ||||||
| Restructuring charge |
- | 14 | ||||||
| Transaction-related expenses for completed acquisitions and divestitures |
6 | 9 | ||||||
| Gain on sale of divested business |
(921 | ) | - | |||||
| Adjusted EBITDA (B) |
$ | 1,925 | $ | 1,981 | ||||
| Adjusted EBITDA Margin (B) / (A) |
35.8 | % | 35.8 | % | ||||
Table 2: Cash Flow Reconciliation
(in millions)
| Adjusted Cash Flow Reconciliation ($M) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | 2015 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||||||||||
| Operating Cash Flow |
$ | 500 | $ | 929 | $ | 1,462 | $ | 1,525 | ||||||||
| Add: Cash taxes paid on sale of divested businesses |
- | - | 39 | 192 | ||||||||||||
| Adjusted Operating Cash Flow |
$ | 500 | $ | 929 | $ | 1,501 | $ | 1,717 | ||||||||
| Capital Expenditures |
(29 | ) | (36 | ) | (53 | ) | (31 | ) | ||||||||
| Capitalized Software Expenditures |
(4 | ) | (2 | ) | (10 | ) | (18 | ) | ||||||||
| Adjusted Free Cash Flow |
$ | 467 | $ | 890 | $ | 1,438 | $ | 1,668 | ||||||||
Note: Numbers may not foot due to rounding.
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ARTICLE 1
PURPOSE
1.1 GENERAL. The purpose of the Roper Technologies, Inc. 2021 Incentive Plan (as may be amended from time to time, the “Plan”) is to promote the success, and enhance the value, of Roper Technologies, Inc. (together with any successor, the “Company”), by linking the personal interests of employees, officers, directors and consultants of the Company or any Affiliate (as defined below) to those of Company shareholders and by providing such persons with an incentive for outstanding performance. The Plan is further intended to provide flexibility to the Company in its ability to motivate, attract, and retain the services of employees, officers, directors and consultants upon whose judgment, interest, and special effort the successful conduct of the Company’s operation is largely dependent. Accordingly, the Plan permits the grant of incentive awards from time to time to selected employees, officers, directors and consultants of the Company and its Affiliates.
ARTICLE 2
DEFINITIONS
2.1 DEFINITIONS. When a word or phrase appears in this Plan with the initial letter capitalized, and the word or phrase does not commence a sentence, the word or phrase shall generally be given the meaning ascribed to it in this Section or in Section 1.1 unless a clearly different meaning is required by the context. The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Affiliate” means (i) any Subsidiary or Parent, or (ii) an entity that directly or through one or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Company, as determined by the Committee.
(b) “Award” means any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Unrestricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Deferred Stock Unit, Performance Award, Dividend Equivalent, Other Stock-Based Award, Cash-Based Award, Substitute Award, or any other right or interest relating to Stock or cash, granted to a Participant under the Plan.
(c) “Award Certificate” means a written document, in such form as the Committee prescribes from time to time, setting forth the terms and conditions of an Award. Award Certificates may be in the form of individual award agreements or certificates or a program document describing the terms and provisions of an Awards or series of Awards under the Plan.
(d) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(e) “Cash-Based Award” means an Award, granted to a Participant under Article 12, that relates to, or is valued by reference to, or is payable in cash.
(f) “Cause” as a reason for a Participant’s termination of employment shall have the meaning assigned such term in the employment, severance or similar agreement, if any, between such Participant and the Company or an Affiliate, provided, however that if there is no such employment, severance or similar agreement in which such term is defined, and unless otherwise defined in the applicable Award Certificate, “Cause” shall mean any of the following acts by the Participant, as determined by the Board: gross neglect of duty, prolonged absence from duty without the consent of the Company, intentionally engaging in any activity that is in conflict with or adverse to the business or other interests of the Company, or willful misconduct, misfeasance or malfeasance of duty which is reasonably determined to be detrimental to the Company. With respect to a Participant’s termination of directorship, “Cause” means an act or failure to act that constitutes cause for removal of a director under applicable Delaware law. The determination of the Committee as to the existence of “Cause” shall be conclusive on the Participant and the Company.
(g) “Change in Control” means and includes the occurrence of any one of the following events:
(1) The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the 1934 Act) (a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act) of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the combined voting power of the then
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outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection (1), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control: (i) any acquisition by a Person who is on the Effective Date the beneficial owner of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities, (ii) any acquisition directly from the Company, (iii) any acquisition by the Company, (iv) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Affiliate, or (v) any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of subsection (3) of this definition; or
(2) Individuals who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of directorship occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board; or
(3) Consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a “Business Combination”), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination, (i) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities, and (ii) no Person (excluding any corporation or entity resulting from such Business Combination or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation or entity resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination, and (iii) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation or entity resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination.
(4) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) if any payment or benefit pursuant to an Award is “nonqualified deferred compensation” under Code Section 409A to which an exception to Code Section 409A does not apply, and the payment or benefit of such Award is triggered by a Change in Control, the events described above shall not constitute a Change in Control with respect to such nonqualified deferred compensation Award unless they constitute a change in ownership or effective control of the Company, or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company, as described under Code Section 409A; and (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to have occurred as a result of a sale or other disposition of any Subsidiary by which a Participant may be employed.
(h) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and includes a reference to any applicable regulations thereunder and any successor or similar provision.
(i) “Committee” means the committee of the Board described in Article 4.
(j) “Continuous Status as a Participant” means the absence of any interruption or termination of service as an employee, officer, consultant or director of the Company or any Affiliate, as applicable, as determined by the Committee; provided, however, that for purposes of an Incentive Stock Option “Continuous Status as a
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Participant” means the absence of any interruption or termination of service as an employee of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, as applicable, pursuant to applicable tax regulations. Continuous Status as a Participant shall not be considered interrupted in any of the following cases: (i) a Participant transfers employment between the Company and an Affiliate or between Affiliates, (ii) in the discretion of the Committee as specified at or prior to such occurrence, in the case of a spin-off, sale or disposition of the Participant’s employer from the Company or any Affiliate, (iii) unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of any such change, a Participant’s change in status among employee, director or consultant of the Company or an Affiliate, (iv) a Participant’s short-term disability, (v) a Participant’s furlough by the Company or an Affiliate pursuant to, and during, which the Company or an Affiliate has not terminated the employment or service of the Participant, (vi) a temporary leave or other service cessation resulting from the impact of COVID-19 or other pandemic on the Company’s business for the period of time the Participant’s position remains open for his or her return, or (vii) a Participant’s leave of absence authorized in writing by the Company prior to its commencement; provided, however, that for purposes of Incentive Stock Options, if any such leave exceeds ninety (90) days, and the Participant’s reemployment upon expiration of such leave is not guaranteed by statute or contract, then on the ninety-first (91st) day of such leave any Incentive Stock Option held by the Participant shall cease to be treated as an Incentive Stock Option and shall be treated for tax purposes as a Nonstatutory Stock Option. Whether military, government or other service or other leave of absence shall constitute a termination of Continuous Status as a Participant shall be determined in each case by the Committee at its discretion, and any determination by the Committee shall be final and conclusive; provided, however, that for purposes of any Award that is subject to Code Section 409A, the determination of a leave of absence must comply with the requirements of a “bona fide leave of absence” as provided in Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(h).
(k) “Deferred Stock Unit” means a right granted to a Participant under Article 10 to receive Shares (or the equivalent value in cash or other property if the Committee so provides) at a future time as determined by the Committee, or as determined by the Participant within guidelines established by the Committee in the case of voluntary deferral elections.
(l) “Disability” of a Participant means that the Participant (i) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, or (ii) is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three (3) months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Participant’s employer. If the determination of Disability relates to an Incentive Stock Option, Disability means that condition described in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code. In the event of a dispute, the determination of whether a Participant is Disabled will be made by the Committee and may be supported by the advice of a physician competent in the area to which such Disability relates.
(m) “Dividend Equivalent” means a right granted to a Participant under Article 11.
(n) “Effective Date” has the meaning assigned such term in Section 3.1.
(o) “Eligible Participant” means an employee, officer, consultant or director of the Company or any Affiliate.
(p) “Exchange” means the New York Stock Exchange or any national securities exchange on which the Stock may from time to time be listed or traded.
(q) “Fair Market Value” means, on any date, (i) if the Stock is listed on an Exchange, the closing sales price on the principal such Exchange on such date or, in the absence of reported sales on such date, the closing price on the immediately preceding date on which sales were reported, (ii) if the Stock is not listed on an Exchange, the mean between the bid and offered prices of the Stock as quoted by the applicable interdealer quotation system for such date, or (iii) fair market value as determined by such other method as the Committee determines in good faith to be reasonable.
(r) “Full-Value Award” means any Award other than an Option or SAR, and which is settled by the issuance of Stock (or at the discretion of the Committee, settled in cash valued by reference to Stock value).
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(s) “GAAP” means Generally Accepted Accounting Principles applicable to public companies in the United States for financial reporting purposes.
(t) “Good Reason” has the meaning assigned such term in an employment, severance or similar agreement, if any, between a Participant and the Company or an Affiliate; provided, however, that if there is no such employment, severance or similar agreement in which such term is defined, “Good Reason” shall have the meaning, if any, given such term in the applicable Award Certificate. If not defined in any such document, the term “Good Reason” as used herein shall not apply to a particular Award.
(u) “Grant Date” of an Award means the first date on which all necessary corporate action has been taken to approve the grant of the Award as provided in the Plan, or such later date as is determined and specified as part of that authorization process. Notice of the Award grant shall be provided to the Participant within a reasonable time after the Grant Date.
(v) “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option that is intended to be an incentive stock option and meets the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision thereto, and which is designated as an Incentive Stock Option in the applicable Award Certificate.
(w) “Independent Directors” means those members of the Board who qualify at any given time as an “independent director” under the applicable rules of each Exchange on which the Stock is listed.
(x) “Non-Employee Director” means a director of the Company who is not a common law employee of the Company or an Affiliate.
(y) “Non-Exempt Deferred Compensation” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.4(b).
(z) “Nonstatutory Stock Option” means an Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.
(aa) “Option” means a right granted to a Participant under Article 7 to purchase Stock at a specified price during specified time periods. An Option may be either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option.
(bb) “Stock-Based Award” means a right, granted to a Participant under Article 12, that relates to or is valued by reference to Stock or other Awards relating to Stock.
(cc) “Parent” means a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity which owns or beneficially owns a majority of the outstanding voting stock or voting power of the Company. Notwithstanding the above, with respect to an Incentive Stock Option, Parent shall have the meaning set forth in Section 424(e) of the Code.
(dd) “Participant” means an Eligible Participant who has been granted an Award under the Plan; provided that in the case of the death of a Participant, the term “Participant” refers to a beneficiary designated pursuant to Section 13.4 or the legal guardian or other legal representative acting in a fiduciary capacity on behalf of the Participant under applicable state law and court supervision.
(ee) “Performance Award” means an Award granted pursuant to Article 9.
(ff) “Performance Goals” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2.
(gg) “Person” means any individual, entity or group, within the meaning of Section 3(a)(9) of the 1934 Act and as used in Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the 1934 Act.
(hh) “Prior Plan” means the Roper Technologies, Inc. 2016 Incentive Plan.
(ii) “Required Delay Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.4(d).
(jj) “Restricted Stock” means an Award of Stock granted to a Participant under Article 10 that is subject to certain restrictions and to risk of forfeiture.
(kk) “Restricted Stock Unit” means the right granted in an Award to a Participant under Article 10 to receive shares of Stock (or the equivalent value in cash or other property if the Committee so provides) in the future, which right is subject to certain restrictions that lapse at the end of a specified period or periods.
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(ll) “Retirement” means a Participant’s voluntary termination of employment with the Company or an Affiliate after attaining any normal or early retirement age specified in any pension, profit sharing or deferred compensation plan, in which the Participant participates at the time of such termination of employment, sponsored by the Company, or, in the event of the inapplicability thereof with respect to the Participant in question and except as otherwise determined by the Committee, after attaining age sixty-two (62) with at least eight (8) years of service with the Company or its Affiliates.
(mm) “Shares” means shares of Stock. If there has been an adjustment or substitution with respect to the Shares (whether or not pursuant to Article 14), the term “Shares” shall also include any shares of stock or other securities that are substituted for Shares or into which Shares are adjusted.
(nn) “Specified Employee” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.4(d).
(oo) “Stock” means the $0.01 par value Common Stock of the Company and such other securities of the Company as may be substituted for Stock pursuant to Article 14.
(pp) “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means a right granted to a Participant under Article 8 to receive a payment (in cash or Stock) equal to the difference between the Fair Market Value of a Share as of the date of exercise of the SAR over the base price of the SAR, all as determined pursuant to Article 8.
(qq) “Subsidiary” means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity of which a majority of the outstanding voting stock or voting power is beneficially owned directly or indirectly by the Company. Notwithstanding the above, with respect to an Incentive Stock Option, Subsidiary shall have the meaning set forth in Section 424(f) of the Code.
(rr) “Substitute Award” is an Award granted pursuant to Section 13.9.
(ss) “Ten Percent Shareholder” means an individual who owns more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of outstanding stock of the Company, its Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, within the meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code. In determining stock ownership, the attribution rules of Section 424(d) of the Code shall be applied.
(tt) “Unrestricted Stock” means an Award of Stock to a Participant under Article 10 that is free of any restrictions relating to service and/or performance.
(uu) “1933 Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
(vv) “1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
ARTICLE 3
EFFECTIVE TERM OF PLAN
3.1 EFFECTIVE DATE. The Plan first became effective on June 14, 2021, the date that it was approved by the shareholders of the Company (the “Effective Date”).
3.2 TERMINATION OF PLAN. The Plan shall terminate on the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Effective Date unless earlier terminated as provided herein. The termination of the Plan shall not affect the validity of any Award outstanding on the date of termination.
ARTICLE 4
ADMINISTRATION
4.1 COMMITTEE. The Plan shall be administered by a committee appointed by the Board (“Committee”) consisting of two or more Independent Directors or, at the discretion of the Board from time to time, the Plan may be administered by the Board. The members of the Committee shall be appointed by, and may be changed at any time and from time to time in the discretion of, the Board. Unless and until changed by the Board, the Compensation Committee of the Board is designated as the Committee to administer the Plan. The Board may reserve to itself any or all of the authority and responsibility of the Committee under the Plan or may act as
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administrator of the Plan for any and all purposes. To the extent the Board has reserved any authority and responsibility or during any time that the Board is acting as administrator of the Plan, it shall have all the powers and protections of the Committee hereunder, and any reference herein to the Committee (other than in this Section 4.1) shall include the Board. To the extent any action of the Board under the Plan conflicts with actions taken by the Committee, the actions of the Board shall control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, grants of Awards to Non-Employee Directors under the Plan shall be made only in accordance with the terms, conditions and parameters of a plan, program or policy for the compensation of Non-Employee Directors as in effect from time to time that is approved and administered by a committee of the Board consisting solely of Independent Directors and is in accordance with Section 5.4(b) hereof.
4.2 ACTION AND INTERPRETATIONS BY THE COMMITTEE. For purposes of administering the Plan, the Committee may from time to time adopt rules, regulations, guidelines and procedures for carrying out the provisions and purposes of the Plan and make such other determinations, not inconsistent with the Plan, as the Committee may deem appropriate. The Committee’s interpretation of the Plan, any Awards granted under the Plan, any Award Certificate and all decisions and determinations by the Committee with respect to the Plan are final, binding, and conclusive on all parties and shall be given the maximum deference permitted by applicable law. Each member of the Committee is entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any report or other information furnished to that member by any officer or other employee of the Company or any Affiliate, the Company’s or an Affiliate’s independent certified public accountants, Company counsel or any executive compensation consultant or other professional retained by the Company or the Committee to assist in the administration of the Plan. No member of the Committee will be liable for any good faith determination, act or omission in connection with the Plan or any Award.
4.3 AUTHORITY OF COMMITTEE. Except as provided herein, the Committee has the exclusive power, authority and discretion to:
(a) Grant Awards;
(b) Designate Participants;
(c) Determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to each Participant;
(d) Determine the number of Awards to be granted and the number of Shares or dollar amount to which an Award will relate;
(e) Determine the terms and conditions of any Award granted under the Plan;
(f) Prescribe the form of each Award Certificate, which need not be identical for each Participant;
(g) Decide all other matters that must be determined in connection with an Award;
(h) Establish, adopt or revise any rules, regulations, guidelines or procedures as it may deem necessary or advisable to administer the Plan;
(i) Make all other decisions and determinations that may be required under the Plan or as the Committee deems necessary or advisable to administer the Plan;
(j) Amend the Plan or any Award Certificate as provided herein;
(k) Correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any Award in the manner and to the extent it deems necessary to carry out the intent of the Plan; and
(l) Consistent with the provisions of Section 16.17, adopt such modifications, procedures, and sub-plans as may be necessary or desirable to comply with provisions of the laws of non-U.S. jurisdictions in which the Company or any Affiliate may operate, in order to assure the viability of the benefits of Awards granted to Participants located in such other jurisdictions and to meet the objectives of the Plan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(1) The Board or the Committee may, by resolution, expressly delegate to a special committee, consisting of one or more directors who may but need not be officers of the Company (a “Special
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Committee”), the authority, within specified parameters, to (i) designate officers, employees and/or consultants of the Company or any of its Affiliates to be recipients of Awards under the Plan, and (ii) to determine the number of such Awards to be received by any such Participants; provided, however, that such delegation of duties and responsibilities to a Special Committee may not be made with respect to the grant of Awards to Eligible Participants (a) who are subject to Section 16(a) of the 1934 Act at the Grant Date, or (b) who are members of the Special Committee to whom authority to grant Awards has been delegated hereunder; provided further, that any such delegation shall only be permitted to the extent it is permissible under applicable securities laws or the rules of any Exchange on which the Shares are listed, quoted or traded. The acts of such Special Committee shall be treated hereunder as acts of the Board and such Special Committee shall report regularly to the Board and the Committee regarding the delegated duties and responsibilities and any Awards so granted.
(2) The Board may from time to time reserve to the Independent Directors (or any subset thereof), as a group, any or all of the authority and responsibility of the Committee under the Plan. To the extent and during such time as the Board has so reserved any authority and responsibility, the Independent Directors shall have all the powers of the Committee hereunder, and any reference herein to the Committee (other than in this Section 4.3) shall include the Independent Directors. To the extent any action of the Independent Directors under the Plan made within such authority conflicts with actions taken by the Committee, the actions of the Independent Directors shall control.
ARTICLE 5
SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
5.1 NUMBER OF SHARES. Subject to adjustment as provided in Sections 5.2 and 14.1, the aggregate number of Shares reserved and available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan from the Effective Date shall be (i) 7,078,000, (ii) plus the number of Shares (not to exceed 2,181,479) remaining available for issuance under the Prior Plan but not subject to outstanding awards as of the Effective Date, plus (iii) the number of additional Shares underlying awards outstanding under the Prior Plan as of the Effective Date (not to exceed 3,631,647) that thereafter terminate or expire unexercised, or are cancelled, forfeited or lapse for any reason after the Effective Date. The maximum number of Shares that may be issued upon exercise of Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan shall be the sum of the number of Shares in (i), (ii) and (iii) of the foregoing sentence. From and after the Effective Date, no further awards shall be granted under the Prior Plan.
5.2 SHARE COUNTING.
(a) Awards of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights shall count against the number of Shares remaining available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan as 1.0 Share for each Share covered by such Awards, and Full-Value Awards shall count against the number of Shares remaining available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan as 3.0 Shares for each Share covered by such Awards.
(b) The full number of Shares subject to an Option shall count against the number of Shares remaining available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan, even if the exercise price of the Option is satisfied through net-settlement or by delivering Shares to the Company (by either actual delivery or attestation).
(c) Upon exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights that are settled in Shares, the full number of Stock Appreciation Rights (rather than any lesser number based on the net number of Shares actually delivered upon exercise) shall count against the number of Shares remaining available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan.
(d) Shares withheld from an Award to satisfy tax withholding requirements shall count against the number of Shares remaining available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan, and Shares delivered by a Participant to satisfy tax withholding requirements shall not be added to the Plan share reserve.
(e) To the extent that an Award is canceled, terminates, expires, is forfeited or lapses for any reason, any unissued or forfeited Shares subject to the Award (based on the number set forth in clause (a)) will again be available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan.
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(f) Shares subject to Awards settled in cash will again be available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan.
(g) Substitute Awards granted pursuant to Section 13.9 of the Plan shall not count against the Shares otherwise available for issuance under the Plan under Section 5.1.
(h) Subject to applicable Exchange requirements, shares available under a shareholder-approved plan of a company acquired by the Company (as appropriately adjusted to Shares to reflect the transaction) may be issued under the Plan pursuant to Awards granted to individuals who were not employees of the Company or its Affiliates immediately before such transaction and will not count against the maximum share limitation specified in Section 5.1.
5.3 SOURCES OF STOCK DISTRIBUTED. Any Stock distributed pursuant to an Award may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued Stock, treasury Stock or Stock purchased on the open market.
5.4 LIMITATION ON INDIVIDUAL AWARDS.
(a) Awards to Eligible Participants Other Than Non-Employee Directors. No Eligible Participant (other than Non-Employee Directors, who are subject to separate limitations in Section 5.4(b)) may be granted any Award or Awards denominated in Shares, for more than 450,000 Shares (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 14.1) in the aggregate in any calendar year.
(b) Non-Employee Director Awards. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, the maximum aggregate value of Stock-Based and Cash-Based Awards granted under the Plan to any one Non-Employee Director during any calendar year, taken together with any cash fees paid by the Company to such Non-Employee Director during such calendar year for service on the Board, shall not exceed $750,000 in value (calculating the value of any such Awards based on the grant date fair value of such Awards for financial reporting purposes); provided, however, that with respect to the first calendar year during which such a Non-Employee Director serves on the Board (or, in the event such Non-Employee Director does not receive any Awards during such first calendar year, the second calendar year during which such a Non-Employee Director serves on the Board), such maximum total value shall instead be $1,500,000.
5.5 MINIMUM VESTING REQUIREMENTS FOR AWARDS. Except in the case of Substitute Awards granted pursuant to Section 13.9 and subject to the following sentence, any Awards granted under the Plan to an Eligible Participant shall not vest less than one (1) year following the Grant Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Committee may permit and authorize acceleration of vesting of Awards in the event of the Participant’s death or Disability or upon, or in connection with Participant’s termination of service following a Change in Control; (ii) the Committee may grant Awards to Non-Employee Directors that are not subject to such one (1) year vesting requirement; and (iii) the Committee may grant Awards without respect to the above-described minimum vesting requirements, or may permit and authorize acceleration of vesting of Awards otherwise subject to the above-described minimum vesting requirements, with respect to Awards covering five percent (5%) or fewer of the total number of Shares authorized under Section 5.1.
ARTICLE 6
ELIGIBILITY
6.1 GENERAL. Awards may be granted only to Eligible Participants; except that Incentive Stock Options may be granted to only to Eligible Participants who are employees of the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary as defined in Section 424(e) and (f) of the Code. Eligible Participants who are service providers to an Affiliate may be granted Options or SARs under this Plan only if the Affiliate qualifies as an “eligible issuer of service recipient stock” within the meaning of §1.409A-1(b)(5)(iii)(E) of the final regulations under Code Section 409A. By accepting an Award, a Participant agrees that the Award is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and the Award Certificate.
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ARTICLE 7
STOCK OPTIONS
7.1 GENERAL. The Committee is authorized to grant Options to Participants on the following terms and conditions:
(a) Exercise Price. The exercise price per Share under an Option shall be determined by the Committee, provided that the exercise price for any Option (other than an Option issued as a Substitute Award pursuant to Section 13.9) shall not be less than the Fair Market Value as of the Grant Date.
(b) Time and Conditions of Exercise. The Committee shall determine the time or times at which an Option may be exercised in whole or in part. The Committee shall also determine the performance or other conditions, if any, that must be satisfied before all or part of an Option may be exercised or vested.
(c) Exercise Term. In no event may any Option be exercisable for more than ten (10) years from the Grant Date.
(d) Method of Payment. The Committee shall determine the methods by which the exercise price of an Option may be paid, the form of payment, and the methods by which Shares shall be delivered or deemed to be delivered to Participants. As determined by the Committee at or after the Grant Date, payment of the exercise price of an Option may be made, in whole or in part, in the form of (i) cash or cash equivalents, (ii) delivery (by either actual delivery or attestation) of previously-acquired Shares based on the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date the Option is exercised, (iii) withholding of Shares from the Option based on the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date the Option is exercised, (iv) broker-assisted market sales, or (v) any other “cashless exercise” arrangement.
(e) Prohibition on Repricing and Reloads. Except as otherwise required pursuant to Section 14.1, without the prior approval of the shareholders of the Company: (i) the exercise price of an Option may not be reduced, directly or indirectly, (ii) an Option may not be cancelled in exchange for an Option, SAR or other Award with an exercise, base or purchase price that is less than the exercise price of the original Option or for a Full-Value Award, (iii) the Company may not repurchase an Option for value (in cash or otherwise) from a Participant if the then-current Fair Market Value of the Shares underlying the Option is lower than the exercise price per share of the Option, and (iv) Options shall not contain any provision entitling a Participant to the automatic grant of additional Options in connection with the exercise of the original Option.
(f) No Obligation to Exercise Options; No Right to Notice of Expiration Date. An Award of an Option imposes no obligation upon the Participant to exercise the Option. The Company, its Affiliates and the Committee have no obligation to inform a Participant of the date on which an Option is no longer exercisable except in the Award Certificate.
7.2 INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS. The terms of any Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan must comply with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code, including the following (and if all of the requirements of Section 422 of the Code are not met, the Option shall automatically become a Nonstatutory Stock Option):
(a) in the event that a Participant is a Ten Percent Shareholder, the exercise price of an Option granted to such Participant that is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option shall be not less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date.
(b) in the event that the Participant is a Ten Percent Shareholder, an Option granted to such Participant that is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option shall not be exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years from its Grant Date.
(c) any Award of an Incentive Stock Option must be made prior to the ten (10) year anniversary of the Effective Date.
(d) the aggregate Fair Market Value of Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year under the Plan and any other stock option plan of the Company or Parent or a Subsidiary shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
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ARTICLE 8
STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
8.1 GRANT OF STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS. The Committee is authorized to grant Stock Appreciation Rights to Participants on the following terms and conditions:
(a) Base Price. The base price per Share under a Stock Appreciation Right shall be determined by the Committee, provided that the base price for any Stock Appreciation Right (other than a Stock Appreciation Right issued as a Substitute Award pursuant to Section 13.9) shall not be less than the Fair Market Value as of the Grant Date.
(b) Time and Conditions of Exercise. The Committee shall determine the time or times at which a Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised in whole or in part.
(c) Exercise Term. In no event may any Stock Appreciation Right be exercisable for more than ten (10) years from the Grant Date.
(d) Other Terms. All Stock Appreciation Rights shall be evidenced by an Award Certificate. Subject to the limitations of this Article 8, the terms, methods of exercise, methods of settlement, form of consideration payable in settlement, and any other terms and conditions of any Stock Appreciation Right shall be determined by the Committee at the time of the grant of the Award and shall be reflected in the Award Certificate.
(e) Prohibition on Repricing. Except as otherwise required pursuant to Section 14.1, without the prior approval of the shareholders of the Company: (i) the base price of a Stock Appreciation Right may not be reduced, directly or indirectly (ii) a Stock Appreciation Right may not be cancelled in exchange for an Option, SAR or other Award with an exercise, base or purchase price that is less than the base price of the original Stock Appreciation Right or for a Full-Value Award, and (iii) the Company may not repurchase a Stock Appreciation Right for value (in cash or otherwise) from a Participant if the then-current Fair Market Value of the Shares underlying the Stock Appreciation Right is lower than the base price per share of the Stock Appreciation Right.
(f) No Obligation to Exercise; No Right to Notice of Expiration Date. An Award of a Stock Appreciation Right imposes no obligation upon the Participant to exercise the Stock Appreciation Right. The Company, its Affiliates and the Committee have no obligation to inform a Participant of the date on which a Stock Appreciation Right is no longer exercisable except in the Award Certificate.
ARTICLE 9
PERFORMANCE AWARDS
9.1 GRANT OF PERFORMANCE AWARDS. The Committee is authorized to grant any Award under this Plan, including Cash-Based Awards, with performance-based vesting criteria, on such terms and conditions as may be selected by the Committee. Any such Awards with performance-based vesting criteria are referred to herein as “Performance Awards.” The Committee shall have the complete discretion to determine the number of Performance Awards granted to each Participant, subject to Section 5.4, and to designate the provisions of such Performance Awards as provided in Section 4.3. All Performance Awards shall be evidenced by an Award Certificate or a written program established by the Committee, pursuant to which Performance Awards are awarded under the Plan under uniform terms, conditions and restrictions set forth in such written program.
9.2 PERFORMANCE GOALS. The Committee may establish performance goals for Performance Awards which may be based on any criteria selected and approved by the Committee (“Performance Goals”) which may include, but are not limited to, (i) GAAP and adjusted-GAAP financial measures, (ii) strategic measures, (iii) sustainability measures, (iv) individual performance measures, and (v) operational measures, and which are measures over a Committee-approved performance period. Such Performance Goals may be described in terms of Company-wide objectives or in terms of objectives that relate to the performance of the Participant, an Affiliate or a division, region, department or function within the Company or an Affiliate. If the Committee determines that a change in the business, operations, corporate structure or capital structure of the Company or the manner in
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which the Company or an Affiliate conducts its business, or other events or circumstances render Performance Goals to be unsuitable, the Committee may modify such Performance Goals in whole or in part, as the Committee deems appropriate. If a Participant is promoted, demoted or transferred to a different business unit or function during a performance period, the Committee may determine that the Performance Goals or performance period are no longer appropriate and may (i) adjust, change or eliminate the Performance Goals or the applicable performance period as it deems appropriate to make such goals and period comparable to the initial Performance Goals and performance period, or (ii) make a cash payment to the Participant in an amount determined by the Committee.
ARTICLE 10
RESTRICTED STOCK, UNRESTRICTED STOCK, RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS AND DEFERRED STOCK UNITS
10.1 GRANT OF RESTRICTED STOCK, UNRESTRICTED STOCK, RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS AND DEFERRED STOCK UNITS. The Committee is authorized to make Awards of Restricted Stock, Unrestricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Deferred Stock Units to Participants in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as may be selected by the Committee. An Award of Restricted Stock, Unrestricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Deferred Stock Units shall be evidenced by an Award Certificate setting forth the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to the Award.
10.2 ISSUANCE AND RESTRICTIONS. Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Deferred Stock Units shall be subject to such restrictions on transferability and other restrictions as the Committee may impose (including, without limitation, limitations on the right to vote Restricted Stock or the right to receive dividends on the Restricted Stock). These restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such times, under such circumstances, in such installments, upon the satisfaction of performance goals or otherwise, as the Committee determines at the time of the grant of the Award or thereafter. Except as otherwise provided herein or in an Award Certificate or any special Plan document governing an Award, the Participant shall have all of the rights of a shareholder with respect to the Restricted Stock, and the Participant shall have none of the rights of a shareholder with respect to Restricted Stock Units or Deferred Stock Units until such time as Shares of Stock are paid in settlement of the Restricted Stock Units or Deferred Stock Units. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Certificate, Awards of Restricted Stock will be entitled to full dividend rights and any dividends paid thereon will be paid or distributed to the holder no later than the end of the calendar year in which the dividends are paid to shareholders or, if later, the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) month following the date the dividends are paid to shareholders. In no event shall dividends with respect to an Award of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units that is subject to performance-based conditions be paid or distributed unless and until the performance-based conditions are met.
10.3 FORFEITURE. Subject to the terms of the Award Certificate and except as otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of the grant of the Award or thereafter, upon termination of Continuous Status as a Participant during the applicable restriction period or upon failure to satisfy a performance goal during the applicable restriction period, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units that are at that time subject to restrictions shall be forfeited.
10.4 DELIVERY OF RESTRICTED STOCK AND UNRESTRICTED STOCK. Shares of Restricted Stock and Unrestricted Stock shall be delivered to the Participant either by book-entry registration or by delivering to the Participant, or a custodian or escrow agent (including, without limitation, the Company or one or more of its employees) designated by the Committee, a stock certificate or certificates registered in the name of the Participant. If physical certificates representing shares of Restricted Stock and Unrestricted Stock are registered in the name of the Participant, such certificates must bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock and Unrestricted Stock.
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ARTICLE 11
DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS
11.1 GRANT OF DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS. The Committee is authorized to grant Dividend Equivalents with respect to Full-Value Awards granted hereunder, subject to such terms and conditions as may be selected by the Committee. Dividend Equivalents shall entitle the Participant to receive payments equal to ordinary cash dividends or distributions with respect to all or a portion of the number of Shares subject to a Full-Value Award, as determined by the Committee. The Committee may provide that Dividend Equivalents (i) will be deemed to have been reinvested in additional Shares or otherwise reinvested, which shall be subject to the same vesting provisions as provided for the host Award; (ii) will be credited by the Company to an account for the Participant and accumulated without interest until the date upon which the host Award becomes vested, and any Dividend Equivalents accrued with respect to forfeited Awards will be reconveyed to the Company without further consideration or any act or action by the Participant; or (iii) except in the case of Performance Awards, will be paid or distributed to the Participant as accrued (in which case, such Dividend Equivalents must be paid or distributed no later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) month following the later of (A) the calendar year in which the corresponding dividends were paid to Company shareholders, or (B) the first (1st) calendar year in which the Participant’s right to such Dividends Equivalents is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture). In no event shall Dividend Equivalents with respect to a Performance Award be paid or distributed until the performance-based conditions of the Performance Award are met.
ARTICLE 12
OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS; CASH-BASED AWARDS
12.1 OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS. The Committee is authorized, subject to limitations under applicable law, to grant to Participants such other Awards that are payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to Shares, as deemed by the Committee to be consistent with the purposes of the Plans, including without limitation convertible or exchangeable debt securities, other rights convertible or exchangeable into Shares, and Awards valued by reference to book value of Shares or the value of securities of or the performance of specified Parents or Subsidiaries. The Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of such Awards which shall be subject to the terms of the Plan.
12.2 CASH-BASED AWARDS. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Committee is authorized to grant to Participants Cash-Based Awards in such amounts and upon such other terms and conditions as shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion; provided, however, that Cash-Based Awards shall only be settled in cash. Each Cash-Based Award shall be evidenced by an Award Certificate that shall specify the payment amount or payment range, the time and form of payment, and the other terms and conditions, as applicable, of such Award which may include, without limitation, Performance Goals and that the Cash-Based Award is a Performance Award, under Article 9.
ARTICLE 13
PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO AWARDS
13.1 AWARD CERTIFICATES. Each Award shall be evidenced by an Award Certificate. Each Award Certificate shall include such provisions, not inconsistent with the Plan, as may be specified by the Committee. The Committee may provide for the use of electronic, internet or other non-paper Award Certificates, and the use of electronic, internet or other non-paper means for the acceptance thereof and actions thereunder by a Participant.
13.2 FORM OF PAYMENT FOR AWARDS. Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable law or Award Certificate, payments or transfers to be made by the Company or an Affiliate on the grant or exercise of an Award may be made in such form as the Committee determines at or after the Grant Date, including without limitation, cash, Stock, other Awards, or other property, or any combination, and may be made in a single payment or transfer, in installments, or on a deferred basis, in each case determined in accordance with rules adopted by, and at the discretion of, the Committee.
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13.3 LIMITS ON TRANSFER. No right or interest of a Participant in any unexercised or restricted Award may be pledged, encumbered, or hypothecated to or in favor of any party other than the Company or an Affiliate, or shall be subject to any lien, obligation, or liability of such Participant to any other party other than the Company or an Affiliate. No unexercised or restricted Award shall be assignable or transferable by a Participant other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution; provided, however, that the Committee may (but need not) permit other transfers (other than transfers for value) where the Committee concludes that such transferability (i) does not result in accelerated taxation, (ii) does not cause any Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option to fail to be described in Code Section 422(b), and (iii) is otherwise appropriate and desirable, taking into account any factors deemed relevant by the Committee, including without limitation, state or federal tax or securities laws applicable to transferable Awards.
13.4 BENEFICIARIES. Notwithstanding Section 13.3, a Participant may, in the manner determined by the Committee, designate a beneficiary to exercise the rights of the Participant and to receive any distribution with respect to any Award upon the Participant’s death by filing a beneficiary designation form, in such form as determined or accepted by the Committee, with the Company. A beneficiary, legal guardian, legal representative, or other person claiming any rights under the Plan is subject to all terms and conditions of the Plan and any Award Certificate applicable to the Participant, except to the extent the Plan and Award Certificate otherwise provide, and to any additional restrictions deemed necessary or appropriate by the Committee. If no beneficiary has been designated or survives the Participant, payment of an Award shall be made in accordance with applicable law. Subject to the foregoing, a beneficiary designation may be changed or revoked by a Participant at any time prior to the Participant’s death provided the change or revocation is filed with the Company.
13.5 STOCK TRADING RESTRICTIONS. All Stock issuable under the Plan is subject to any stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee deems necessary or advisable to comply with federal or state securities laws, rules and regulations and the rules of any Exchange or automated quotation system on which the Stock is listed, quoted, or traded. The Committee may place legends on any Stock certificate or issue instructions to the transfer agent to reference restrictions applicable to the Stock.
13.6 ACCELERATION UPON DEATH OR DISABILITY. Except as otherwise provided in the Award Certificate or any special Plan document governing an Award, upon the termination of a person’s Continuous Status as a Participant by reason of death or Disability, (i) all of such Participant’s outstanding Options, SARs, and other Awards in the nature of rights that may be exercised shall become fully exercisable, (ii) all time-based vesting restrictions on the Participant’s outstanding Awards shall lapse, and (iii) the target payout opportunities attainable under all of such Participant’s outstanding Performance Awards shall be deemed to have been fully earned as of the date of termination based upon an assumed achievement of all relevant performance goals at the “target” level and there shall be a pro rata payout to the Participant or his or her estate within thirty (30) days following the date of termination (unless a later date is required by Section 16.4 hereof) based upon the length of time within the performance period that has elapsed prior to the date of termination. Any Awards shall thereafter continue or lapse in accordance with the other provisions of the Plan and the Award Certificate. To the extent that this provision causes Incentive Stock Options to exceed the dollar limitation set forth in Code Section 422(d), the excess Options shall be deemed to be Nonstatutory Stock Options.
13.7 EFFECT OF A CHANGE IN CONTROL. The provisions of this Section 13.7 shall apply in the case of a Change in Control, unless otherwise provided in the Award Certificate or any special Plan document or separate agreement with a Participant governing an Award.
(a) Awards not Assumed or Substituted by Surviving Entity. Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, and except with respect to any Awards assumed by the surviving entity or otherwise equitably converted or substituted in connection with the Change in Control in a manner approved by the Committee or the Board: (i) outstanding Options, SARs, and other Awards in the nature of rights that may be exercised shall become fully exercisable, (ii) time-based vesting restrictions on outstanding Awards shall lapse, and (iii) the target payout opportunities attainable under all outstanding Performance Awards shall be deemed to have been fully earned as of the date of the Change in Control based upon an assumed achievement of all relevant Performance Goals at the “target” level as provided in the applicable Award Agreement and, subject to Section 16.4, there shall be a pro rata payout to Participants within thirty (30) days following the date of the Change in Control (unless a later date is required by Section 16.4 hereof) based upon the length of time
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within the performance period that has elapsed prior to the date of the Change in Control. Any Awards shall thereafter continue or lapse in accordance with the other provisions of the Plan and the Award Certificate. To the extent that this provision causes Incentive Stock Options to exceed the dollar limitation set forth in Code Section 422(d), the excess Options shall be deemed to be Nonstatutory Stock Options.
(b) Awards Assumed or Substituted by Surviving Entity. With respect to Awards assumed by the surviving entity or otherwise equitably converted or substituted in connection with a Change in Control: if within two (2) years after the effective date of the Change in Control, a Participant’s employment is terminated without Cause or (subject to the following sentence) the Participant resigns for Good Reason, then (i) all of that Participant’s outstanding Options, SARs and other Awards in the nature of rights that may be exercised shall become fully exercisable, (ii) all time-based vesting restrictions on the his or her outstanding Awards shall lapse, and (iii) the payout opportunities attainable under all of such Participant’s outstanding Performance Awards shall be earned based on actual performance through the end of the performance period, and there shall be a pro rata payout to the Participant or his or her estate within thirty (30) days after the amount earned has been determined (unless a later date is required by Section 16.4 hereof) based upon the length of time within the performance period that has elapsed prior to the date of termination. With regard to each Award, a Participant shall not be considered to have resigned for Good Reason unless either (i) the Award Certificate includes such provision or (ii) the Participant is party to an employment, severance or similar agreement with the Company or an Affiliate that includes provisions in which the Participant is permitted to resign for Good Reason. Any Awards shall thereafter continue or lapse in accordance with the other provisions of the Plan and the Award Certificate. To the extent that this provision causes Incentive Stock Options to exceed the dollar limitation set forth in Code Section 422(d), the excess Options shall be deemed to be Nonstatutory Stock Options.
13.8 EFFECT OF ACCELERATION. If an Award is accelerated under Section 13.6 or 13.7, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide (i) that the Award will expire after a designated period of time after such acceleration to the extent not then exercised, (ii) that the Award will be settled in cash rather than Stock, (iii) that the Award will be assumed by another party to a transaction giving rise to the acceleration or otherwise be equitably converted or substituted in connection with such transaction, (iv) that the Award may be settled by payment in cash or cash equivalents equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the underlying Stock, as of a specified date associated with the transaction, over the exercise price of the Award, or (v) any combination of the foregoing. The Committee’s determination need not be uniform and may be different for different Participants whether or not such Participants are similarly situated. To the extent that such acceleration causes Incentive Stock Options to exceed the dollar limitation set forth in Code Section 422(d), the excess Options shall be deemed to be Nonstatutory Stock Options.
13.9 SUBSTITUTE AWARDS. The Committee may grant Awards under the Plan in substitution for stock and stock-based awards held by employees of another entity who become employees of the Company or an Affiliate as a result of a merger or consolidation of the former employing entity with the Company or an Affiliate or the acquisition by the Company or an Affiliate of property or stock of the former employing corporation (“Substitute Awards”). The Committee may direct that the Substitute Awards be granted on such terms and conditions as the Committee considers appropriate in the circumstances.
13.10 FORFEITURE, CLAWBACK, RECOUPMENT EVENTS. Awards under the Plan shall be subject to any compensation forfeiture, clawback or recoupment policy that the Company may adopt from time to time that is applicable by its terms to the Participant. In addition, the Committee may specify in an Award Certificate that the Participant’s rights, payments and benefits with respect to an Award shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture, clawback or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain specified events, in addition to any otherwise applicable vesting or performance conditions of an Award. Such events may include, but shall not be limited to, (i) termination of employment for Cause, (ii) violation of material Company or Affiliate policies, (iii) breach of noncompetition, confidentiality or other restrictive covenants that may apply to the Participant, (iv) other conduct by the Participant that is detrimental to the business or reputation of the Company or any Affiliate, or (v) a later determination that the vesting of, or amount realized from, a Performance Award was based on materially inaccurate financial statements or any other materially inaccurate performance metric criteria, whether or not the Participant caused or contributed to such material inaccuracy.
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ARTICLE 14
CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE
14.1 MANDATORY ADJUSTMENTS. In the event of a nonreciprocal transaction between the Company and its shareholders that causes the per-share value of the Stock to change (including, without limitation, any stock dividend, stock split, spin-off, rights offering, or large nonrecurring cash dividend), the Committee shall make such adjustments to the Plan and Awards as it deems necessary, in its sole discretion, to prevent dilution or enlargement of rights immediately resulting from such transaction. Action by the Committee may include: (i) adjustment of the number and kind of shares that may be delivered under the Plan; (ii) adjustment of the number and kind of shares subject to outstanding Awards; (iii) adjustment of the exercise price of outstanding Awards or the measure to be used to determine the amount of the benefit payable on an Award; and (iv) any other adjustments that the Committee determines to be equitable. Without limiting the foregoing, in the event of a subdivision of the outstanding Stock (stock-split), a declaration of a dividend payable in Shares, or a combination or consolidation of the outstanding Stock into a lesser number of Shares, the authorization limits under Sections 5.1 and 5.4 shall automatically be adjusted proportionately, and the Shares then subject to each Award shall automatically, without the necessity for any additional action by the Committee, be adjusted proportionately without any change in the aggregate purchase price therefor.
14.2 DISCRETIONARY ADJUSTMENTS. Upon the occurrence or in anticipation of any corporate event or transaction involving the Company (including, without limitation, any merger, reorganization, recapitalization, combination or exchange of shares, or any transaction described in Section 14.1), the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide (i) that Awards will be settled in cash rather than Stock, (ii) that Awards will become immediately vested and non-forfeitable and, if applicable, exercisable (in whole or in part) and will expire after a designated period of time to the extent not then exercised (provided that Participants shall be provided with advance written notice of any such exercise period), (iii) that Awards will be assumed by another party to a transaction or otherwise be equitably converted or substituted in connection with such transaction, (iv) that outstanding Awards may be settled by payment in cash or cash equivalents equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the underlying Stock, as of a specified date associated with the transaction (or the per-shares transaction price), over the exercise or base price of the Award, (v) that performance targets and performance periods for Performance Awards will be modified, or (vi) any combination of the foregoing. The Committee’s determination need not be uniform and may be different for different Participants whether or not such Participants are similarly situated.
14.3 GENERAL. Any discretionary adjustments made pursuant to this Article 14 shall be subject to the provisions of Section 15.2. To the extent that any adjustments made pursuant to this Article 14 cause Incentive Stock Options to cease to qualify as Incentive Stock Options, such Options shall be deemed to be Nonstatutory Stock Options.
ARTICLE 15
AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION
15.1 AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION. The Board or the Committee may, at any time and from time to time, amend, modify or terminate the Plan without shareholder approval; provided, however, that any amendment or modification to the Plan shall be subject to shareholder approval if such amendment or modification would (i) increase the number of Shares available under the Plan, (ii) otherwise constitute a material change requiring shareholder approval under applicable laws, policies or regulations or the applicable listing or other requirements of an Exchange, or (iii) be an amendment to permit a direct or indirect repricing prohibited pursuant to Section 7.1 or 8.1; and provided, further, that the Board or Committee may condition any other amendment or modification on the approval of shareholders of the Company for any reason, including by reason of such approval being necessary or deemed advisable (x) to comply with the listing or other requirements of an Exchange, or (y) to satisfy any other tax, securities or other applicable laws, policies or regulations. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or any Award Certificate to the contrary, the Committee may, in its sole discretion and without the consent of any Participant, amend the Plan or any Award Certificate, to take effect retroactively or otherwise, as the Committee deems necessary or advisable in order (aa) to correct errors occurring in connection with the grant or documentation of an Award (including, without limitation, the rescission
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of an Award erroneously granted) or (bb) for the Company, the Plan, an Award or an Award Certificate to satisfy or conform to any applicable present or future law, regulation or rule or to meet the requirements of any accounting standard.
15.2 AWARDS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED. At any time and from time to time, the Committee may amend, modify or terminate any outstanding Award without approval of the Participant; provided, however:
(a) Subject to the terms of the applicable Award Certificate, such amendment, modification or termination shall not, without the Participant’s consent, reduce or diminish the value of such Award determined as if the Award had been exercised, vested, cashed in or otherwise settled on the date of such amendment or termination (with the per-share value of an Option or SAR for this purpose being calculated as the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value as of the date of such amendment or termination over the exercise or base price of such Award);
(b) The original term of an Option or SAR may not be extended without the prior approval of the shareholders of the Company;
(c) All Options and SARs shall be subject to the prohibitions on repricing set forth in Sections 7.1 and 8.1; and
(d) No termination, amendment, or modification of the Plan shall adversely affect any Award previously granted under the Plan, without the written consent of the Participant affected thereby. An outstanding Award shall not be deemed to be “adversely affected” by a Plan amendment if such amendment would not reduce or diminish the value of such Award determined as if the Award had been exercised, vested, cashed in or otherwise settled on the date of such amendment (with the per-share value of an Option or SAR for this purpose being calculated as the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value as of the date of such amendment over the exercise or base price of such Award).
15.3 COMPLIANCE AMENDMENTS. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or in any Award Certificate to the contrary, the Board may amend the Plan or an Award Certificate, to take effect retroactively or otherwise, as deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of conforming the Plan or Award Certificate to any present or future law relating to plans of this or similar nature (including, but not limited to, Section 409A of the Code), and to the administrative regulations and rulings promulgated thereunder. By accepting an Award under this Plan, a Participant agrees to any amendment made pursuant to this Section 15.3 to any Award granted under the Plan without further consideration or action.
ARTICLE 16
GENERAL PROVISIONS
16.1 NO RIGHTS TO AWARDS; NON-UNIFORM DETERMINATIONS. No Participant or any Eligible Participant shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan. Neither the Company, its Affiliates nor the Committee is obligated to treat Participants or Eligible Participants uniformly, and determinations made under the Plan may be made by the Committee selectively among Eligible Participants who receive, or are eligible to receive, Awards (whether or not such Eligible Participants are similarly situated).
16.2 NO SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS. No Award gives a Participant any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company unless and until Shares are in fact issued to such person in connection with such Award.
16.3 WITHHOLDING. The Company or any Affiliate shall have the authority and the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the Company or an applicable Affiliate, an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, and local taxes (including the Participant’s FICA obligation) required by law to be withheld with respect to any exercise, lapse of restriction or other taxable event arising as a result of the Plan or an Award. The obligations of the Company under the Plan will be conditioned on such payment or arrangements and the Company or such Affiliate will, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the Participant. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, at the time the Award is granted or thereafter, any such withholding requirement may be satisfied, in whole or in part, by withholding Shares having a Fair Market Value on the date of withholding equal to the minimum amount required to be withheld for tax
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purposes (or such greater amount up to the maximum individual statutory rate in the applicable jurisdiction as may be permitted under then-current accounting principles to qualify the Award for equity classification), all in accordance with such procedures as the Committee establishes.
16.4 SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATED TO SECTION 409A OF THE CODE.
(a) General. It is intended that the payments and benefits provided under the Plan and any Award shall either be exempt from the application of, or comply with, the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. The Plan and all Award Certificates shall be construed in a manner that effects such intent. Nevertheless, the tax treatment of the benefits provided under the Plan or any Award is not warranted or guaranteed. Neither the Company, its Affiliates nor their respective directors, officers, employees or advisers, nor the Committee, (other than in his or her capacity as a Participant) shall be held liable for any taxes, interest, penalties or other monetary amounts owed by any Participant or other taxpayer as a result of the Plan or any Award.
(b) Definitional Restrictions. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or in any Award Certificate to the contrary, to the extent that any amount or benefit that would constitute non-exempt “deferred compensation” for purposes of Section 409A of the Code (“Non-Exempt Deferred Compensation”) would otherwise be payable or distributable, or a different form of payment (e.g., lump sum or installment) of such Non-Exempt Deferred Compensation would be effected, under the Plan or any Award Certificate by reason the occurrence of a Change in Control or the Participant’s Disability or separation from service, such Non-Exempt Deferred Compensation will not be payable or distributable, and/or such different form of payment will not be effected, to the Participant by reason of such circumstance unless the circumstances giving rise to such Change in Control, Disability or separation from service meet any description or definition of “change in control event,” “disability” or “separation from service,” as the case may be, in Section 409A of the Code and applicable regulations (without giving effect to any elective provisions that may be available under such definition). This provision does not affect the dollar amount or prohibit the vesting of any Award upon a Change in Control, Disability or separation from service, however defined. If this provision prevents the payment or distribution of any amount or benefit, or the application of a different form of payment of any amount or benefit, such payment or distribution shall be made at the time and in the form that would have applied absent the non-Code Section 409A-conforming event.
(c) Allocation among Possible Exemptions. If any one or more Awards granted under the Plan to a Participant could qualify for any separation pay exemption described in Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(b)(9), but such Awards in the aggregate exceed the dollar limit permitted for the separation pay exemptions, the Company (acting through the Committee or the Head of Human Resources) shall determine which Awards or portions thereof will be subject to such exemptions.
(d) Six-Month Delay in Certain Circumstances. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or in any Award Certificate to the contrary, if any amount or benefit that would constitute Non-Exempt Deferred Compensation would otherwise be payable or distributable under this Plan or any Award Certificate by reason of a Participant’s separation from service during a period in which the Participant is a Specified Employee (as defined below), then, subject to any permissible acceleration of payment by the Committee under Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ii) (domestic relations order), (j)(4)(iii) (conflicts of interest), or (j)(4)(vi) (payment of employment taxes): (i) the amount of such Non-Exempt Deferred Compensation that would otherwise be payable during the six- (6-) month period immediately following the Participant’s separation from service will be accumulated through and paid or provided on the first (1st) day of the seventh (7th) month following the Participant’s separation from service (or, if the Participant dies during such period, within thirty (30) days after the Participant’s death) (in either case, the “Required Delay Period”) and (ii) , the normal payment or distribution schedule for any remaining payments or distributions will resume at the end of the Required Delay Period.
For purposes of this Plan, the term “Specified Employee” has the meaning given such term in Code Section 409A and the final regulations thereunder, provided, however, that, as permitted in such final regulations, the Company’s Specified Employees and its application of the six- (6-) month delay rule of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) shall be determined in accordance with rules adopted by the Board or the Committee, which shall be applied consistently with respect to all nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements of the Company, including this Plan.
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(e) Installment Payments. If, pursuant to an Award, a Participant is entitled to a series of installment payments, such Participant’s right to the series of installment payments shall be treated as a right to a series of separate payments and not to a single payment. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “series of installment payments” has the meaning provided in Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii) (or any successor thereto).
(f) Timing of Release of Claims. Whenever an Award conditions a payment or benefit on the Participant’s execution and non-revocation of a release of claims, such release must be executed and all revocation periods shall have expired within sixty (60) days after the date of termination of the Participant’s employment; failing which such payment or benefit shall be forfeited. If such payment or benefit is exempt from Section 409A of the Code, the Company may elect to make or commence payment at any time during such sixty- (60-) day period. If such payment or benefit constitutes Non-Exempt Deferred Compensation, then, subject to subsection (d) above, (i) if such sixty- (60-) day period begins and ends in a single calendar year, the Company may make or commence payment at any time during such period at its discretion, and (ii) if such sixty- (60-) day period begins in one calendar year and ends in the next calendar year, the payment shall be made or commence during the second (2nd) such calendar year (or any later date specified for such payment under the applicable Award), even if such signing and non-revocation of the release occur during the first (1st) such calendar year included within such sixty- (60-) day period. In other words, a Participant is not permitted to influence the calendar year of payment based on the timing of signing the release.
(g) Permitted Acceleration. The Company shall have the sole authority to make any accelerated distribution permissible under Treas. Reg. section 1.409A-3(j)(4) to Participants of deferred amounts, provided that such distribution(s) meets the requirements of Treas. Reg. section 1.409A-3(j)(4).
16.5 NO RIGHT TO CONTINUED SERVICE. Neither an Award nor any benefits arising under this Plan shall constitute an employment contract with the Company or any Affiliate and, accordingly, subject to Article 15, this Plan and the benefits hereunder may be terminated at any time in the sole and exclusive discretion of the Committee without giving rise to any liability on the part of the Company or an of its Affiliates. Nothing in the Plan, any Award Certificate or any other document or statement made with respect to the Plan, shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Affiliate to terminate any Participant’s employment or status as an officer, director or consultant at any time, nor confer upon any Participant any right to continue as an employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Affiliate, whether for the duration of a Participant’s Award or otherwise.
16.6 UNFUNDED STATUS OF AWARDS. The Plan is intended to be an “unfunded” plan for incentive and deferred compensation. With respect to any payments not yet made to a Participant pursuant to an Award, nothing contained in the Plan or any Award Certificate shall give the Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the Company or any Affiliate. This Plan is not intended to be subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
16.7 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER BENEFITS. No payment under the Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, savings, profit sharing, group insurance, welfare or benefit plan of the Company or any Affiliate unless provided otherwise in such other plan.
16.8 EXPENSES. The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company and its Affiliates.
16.9 TITLES AND HEADINGS. The titles and headings of the Plan’s articles and sections are for convenience of reference only, and in the event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than such titles or headings, shall control.
16.10 GENDER AND NUMBER. Except where otherwise indicated by the context, any masculine term used herein also shall include the feminine; the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural.
16.11 FRACTIONAL SHARES. No fractional Shares shall be issued and the Committee shall determine, in its discretion, whether cash shall be given in lieu of fractional Shares or whether such fractional Shares shall be eliminated by rounding up or down.
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16.12 GOVERNMENT AND OTHER REGULATIONS.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, no Participant who acquires Shares pursuant to the Plan may, during any period of time that such Participant is an affiliate of the Company (within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the 1933 Act), sell such Shares, unless such offer and sale is made (i) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act, which is current and includes the Shares to be sold, or (ii) pursuant to an appropriate exemption from the registration requirement of the 1933 Act, such as that set forth in Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, if at any time the Committee shall determine that the registration, listing or qualification of the Shares covered by an Award upon any Exchange or under any foreign, federal, state or local law or practice, or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body, is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the granting of such Award or the purchase or receipt of Shares thereunder, no Shares may be purchased, delivered or received pursuant to such Award unless and until such registration, listing, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any condition not acceptable to the Committee. Any Participant receiving or purchasing Shares pursuant to an Award shall make such representations and agreements and furnish such information as the Committee may request to assure compliance with the foregoing or any other applicable legal requirements. The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificate or certificates for Shares under the Plan prior to the Committee’s determination that all related requirements have been fulfilled. The Company shall in no event be obligated to register any securities pursuant to the 1933 Act or applicable state or foreign law or to take any other action in order to cause the issuance and delivery of such certificates to comply with any such law, regulation or requirement.
16.13 GOVERNING LAW; CHOICE OF FORUM. To the extent not governed by federal law, the Plan and all Award Certificates shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. The Company and each Participant, as a condition to such Participant’s participation in the Plan, hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court of Chancery, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to or concerning the Plan or, to the extent not otherwise specified in any Award Certificate between the Company and Participant, any aspect of the Participant’s Award Certificate. The Company and each Participant, as a condition to such Participant’s participation in the Plan, acknowledge that the forum designated in this Section 16.13 has a reasonable relation to the Plan and to the relationship between such Participant and the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall preclude the Company from bringing any action or proceeding in any other court for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Section 16.13.
16.14 NO LIMITATIONS ON RIGHTS OF COMPANY. The grant of any Award shall not in any way affect the right or power of the Company to make adjustments, reclassification or changes in its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate, sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets. The Plan shall not restrict the authority of the Company, for proper corporate purposes, to draft or assume awards, other than under the Plan, to or with respect to any person. If the Committee so directs, the Company may issue or transfer Shares to an Affiliate, for such lawful consideration as the Committee may specify, upon the condition or understanding that the Affiliate will transfer such Shares to a Participant in accordance with the terms of an Award granted to such Participant and specified by the Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan.
16.15 SEVERABILITY. In the event that any provision of this Plan is found to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable under any applicable law, such invalidity or unenforceability will not be construed as rendering any other provisions contained herein as invalid or unenforceable, and all such other provisions will be given full force and effect to the same extent as though the invalid or unenforceable provision was not contained herein.
16.16 INDEMNIFICATION. Each person who is or shall have been a member of the Committee, or of the Board, or an officer of the Company to whom authority was delegated in accordance with Article 4 shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit, or proceeding to which he or she may be a party or in which he or she may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid by him or her in settlement thereof, with the Company’s approval, or paid by him or her in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action,
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suit, or proceeding against him or her, provided he or she shall give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he or she undertakes to handle and defend it on his or her own behalf, unless such loss, cost, liability, or expense is a result of his or her own willful misconduct or except as expressly provided by statute. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled under the Company’s charter or bylaws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.
16.17 FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS. Awards granted to Participants who are foreign nationals or who are employed by the Company or an Affiliate outside of the United States may have such terms and conditions different from those specified in the Plan and such additional terms and conditions as the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines to be necessary, appropriate or advisable to fairly accommodate for differences in local law, tax policy or custom or to facilitate administration of the Plan. The Committee may approve such sub-plans, appendices or supplements to, or amendments, restatements or alternative versions of, the Plan as it may consider necessary, appropriate or advisable, without thereby affecting the terms of the Plan as in effect for any other purpose. Any such special terms and any appendices, supplements, amendments, restatements or alternative versions, however, shall not include any provisions that are inconsistent with the terms of the Plan as then in effect, unless the Plan could have been amended to eliminate such inconsistency without further approval by the Company’s shareholders.
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