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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
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SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
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MARINEMAX, INC.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
February 28, 2007
An Annual Meeting of Stockholders of MarineMax, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, will be held at 8:00 a.m., local time, on
Wednesday, February 28, 2007, at 2375 East Camelback
Road, Suite 700, Phoenix, Arizona, for the following
purposes:
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To elect three directors, each to serve for a three-year term
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To approve our 2007 Incentive Stock Plan. |
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To transact such other business as may properly come before the
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The foregoing items of business are more fully described in the
proxy statement accompanying this notice.
Only stockholders of record at the close of business on
December 28, 2006 are entitled to notice of and to vote at
the meeting.
All stockholders are cordially invited to attend the meeting and
vote in person. To assure your representation at the meeting,
however, you are urged to mark, sign, date, and return the
enclosed proxy as promptly as possible in the postage-prepaid
envelope enclosed for that purpose. You may vote in person at
the meeting even if you have previously returned a proxy.
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Michael H. McLamb
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Clearwater, Florida
January 8, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
MARINEMAX, INC.
18167 U.S. Highway 19 North, Suite 300
Clearwater, Florida 33764
PROXY STATEMENT
VOTING AND OTHER MATTERS
General
The enclosed proxy is solicited on behalf of MarineMax, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, by our board of directors for use at our
Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held at 8:00 a.m. on
Wednesday, February 28, 2007, or at any adjournment
thereof, for the purposes set forth in this proxy statement and
in the accompanying notice. The meeting will be held at 2375
East Camelback Road, Suite 700, Phoenix, Arizona.
These proxy solicitation materials were first mailed on or about
January 10, 2007 to all stockholders entitled to vote at
the meeting.
Voting Securities and Voting Rights
Stockholders of record at the close of business on
December 28, 2006 are entitled to notice of and to vote at
the meeting. On the record date, there were issued and
outstanding 18,616,710 shares of our common stock. Each
holder of common stock voting at the meeting, either in person
or by proxy, may cast one vote per share of common stock held on
all matters to be voted on at the meeting.
The presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a
majority of the total number of shares entitled to vote
constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business at the
meeting. Assuming that a quorum is present, a plurality of the
votes properly cast in person or by proxy will be required to
elect directors, and the affirmative vote of a majority of the
shares present in person or by proxy will be required for the
approval of our 2007 Incentive Stock Plan.
Votes cast by proxy or in person at the meeting will be
tabulated by the election inspectors appointed for the meeting
who will determine whether a quorum is present. The election
inspectors will treat abstentions as shares that are present and
entitled to vote for purposes of determining the presence of a
quorum, but as unvoted for purposes of determining the approval
of any matter submitted to the stockholders for a vote. If a
broker indicates on the proxy that it does not have
discretionary authority as to certain shares to vote on a
particular matter, those shares will not be considered as
present and entitled to vote with respect to that matter.
Voting of Proxies
When a proxy is properly executed and returned, the shares it
represents will be voted at the meeting as directed. If no
specification is indicated, the shares will be voted
(1) for the election of nominees set forth in
this proxy statement, and (2) for the approval
of our 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan.
Revocability of Proxies
Any person giving a proxy may revoke the proxy at any time
before its use by delivering to us written notice of revocation
or a duly executed proxy bearing a later date or by attending
the meeting and voting in person.
Solicitation
We will pay for this solicitation. In addition, we may reimburse
brokerage firms and other persons representing beneficial owners
of shares for expenses incurred in forwarding solicitation
materials to such
beneficial owners. Proxies also may be solicited by certain of
our directors and officers, personally or by telephone or
e-mail, without
additional compensation.
Annual Report and Other Matters
Our 2006 Annual Report to Stockholders, which was mailed to
stockholders with or preceding this proxy statement, contains
financial and other information about our company, but is not
incorporated into this proxy statement and is not to be
considered a part of these proxy soliciting materials or subject
to Regulations 14A or 14C or to the liabilities of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. The information contained in the Compensation
Committee Report on Executive Compensation, Report
of the Audit Committee, and Performance Graph
below shall not be deemed filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission or subject to Regulations 14A or 14C or
to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act.
We will provide, without charge, a copy of our annual report
on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended September 30, 2006 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission to each stockholder of record
as of the record date that requests a copy in writing. Any
exhibits listed in the
Form 10-K report
also will be furnished upon request at the actual expense
incurred by us in furnishing such exhibits. Any such requests
should be directed to our companys secretary at our
executive offices set forth in this proxy statement.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Nominees
Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that the
number of directors shall be fixed from time to time by
resolution of our board of directors. Presently, the number of
directors is fixed at eight and that number of directors is
divided into three classes, with one class standing for election
each year for a three-year term. The board of directors has
nominated Hilliard M. Eure III, Joseph A. Watters, and Dean
S. Woodman for election as Class III directors for
three-year terms expiring in 2010 or until their respective
successors have been elected and qualified.
Unless otherwise instructed, the proxy holders will vote the
proxies received by them for each of the nominees named above.
Messrs. Eure, Watters, and Woodman currently are directors
of our company. In the event that any nominee is unable or
declines to serve as a director at the time of the meeting, the
proxies will be voted for any nominee designated by the current
board of directors to fill the vacancy. It is not expected that
any nominee will be unable or will decline to serve as a
director.
The board of directors recommends a vote for
the nominees named herein.
The following table sets forth certain information regarding our
directors.
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William H. McGill Jr.
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Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, and
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Michael H. McLamb
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Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and
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Robert D. Basham
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Hilliard M. Eure III
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John B. Furman
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Robert S. Kant
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Joseph A. Watters
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Dean S. Woodman
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William H. McGill Jr. has served as the Chief Executive
Officer of our company since January 1998 and as the Chairman of
the Board and as a director of our company since March 1998.
Mr. McGill served as President of our company from January
1998 until September 2000 and re-assumed that position in July
2002. Mr. McGill was the principal owner and president of
Gulfwind USA, Inc., one of our operating subsidiaries, now
called MarineMax of Central Florida, LLC, from 1973 until its
merger with our company in March 1998.
Michael H. McLamb has served as Executive Vice President
of our company since October 2002, as Chief Financial Officer
since January 1998, as Secretary since April 1998, and as a
director since November 2003. Mr. McLamb served as Vice
President and Treasurer of our company from January 1998 until
October 2002. Mr. McLamb, a certified public accountant,
was employed by Arthur Andersen LLP from December 1987 to
December 1997, serving most recently as a senior manager.
Robert D. Basham has served as a director of our company
since January 2002. Mr. Basham, a founder of Outback
Steakhouse, Inc. has been a director of Outback Steakhouse, Inc.
since its inception and has served as Vice Chairman of its Board
of Directors since March 2005. From inception until March 2005,
he served as Chief Operating Officer of Outback Steakhouse,
Inc., and he also served as President from February 1991 to
January 2004. Outback Steakhouse, Inc. operates more than 1,250
restaurants.
Hilliard M. Eure, III has served as a director of
our company since December 2004. Mr. Eure was a member of
the Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Audit Committee,
and Chairman of the Board of Directors of WEDU, a public
broadcasting station in west central Florida, from January 1991
through December 2001. Mr. Eure was the Managing Partner of
the Tampa Bay office of KPMG LLP (formerly Peat, Marwick,
Mitchell & Co.) from July 1977 until June 1993, an
Audit Partner and Southeast Regional Recruiting Coordinator in
the Atlanta office of KPMG from July 1976 until June 1977, and
an Audit Partner in the Greensboro, North Carolina office of
KPMG from July 1968 until June 1976. Mr. Eure has been a
director of WCI Communities, Inc., a New York Stock
Exchange-listed home builder, since 2003.
John B. Furman has served as a director of our company
since February 2003. Mr. Furman is a consultant to public
and private companies, specializing in product
commercialization, business transactions, and financial
restructurings. Mr. Furman served as President and Chief
Executive Officer of GameTech International, Inc., a publicly
traded company involved in interactive electronic bingo systems,
from October 2004 until July 2005. Mr. Furman served as
President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Rural/
Metro Corporation, a publicly held provider of emergency and
fire protection services, from August 1998 until January 2000.
Mr. Furman was a senior member of the law firm of
OConnor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Killingsworth &
Beshears, a professional association, from January 1983 until
August 1998; he was Associate General Counsel of Waste
Management, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange-listed provider of
waste management services, from May 1977 until December 1983;
and he was Vice President, Secretary, and General Counsel of the
Warner Company, a New York Stock Exchange-listed company
involved in industrial mineral extractions and processing, real
estate development, and solid and chemical waste management,
from November 1973 until April 1977. Mr. Furman is a
director of Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation, the
worlds largest manufacturer of handguns, whose stock is
listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
Robert S. Kant has served as a director of our company
since August 1998. Mr. Kant has been a principal
shareholder of the law firm of Greenberg Traurig since September
1999. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Mr. Kant was a
senior member of the law firm of OConnor, Cavanagh,
Anderson, Killingsworth & Beshears, a professional
association, for more than 18 years.
Joseph A. Watters has served as a director of our company
since October 2005. Mr. Watters has served as the Chairman
of Oceania Cruises, the worlds newest cruise line, since
January 2003. Mr. Watters served as President and Chief
Operating Officer of Crystal Cruises from 1994 to 2001. While at
Crystal Cruises, Mr. Watters was a member of the
International Council of Cruise Lines executive committee
from 1999 to 2001 and board of directors from 1994 to 2001. He
was also a member of the Cruise Line International
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Associations executive committee from 1995 to 1996 and
management committee from 1994 to 2001. Prior to Crystal
Cruises, Mr. Watters served as President and Owner of The
Watters Group, President of Royal Viking Line from 1985 to 1989,
and President of Princess Cruises from 1981 to 1985.
Mr. Watters began his cruise line career with Princess
Cruises in 1977.
Dean S. Woodman has served as a director of our company
since September 1999. Since July 1999, Mr. Woodman has
served as a consultant to public and private companies
specializing in financial assignments, private equity and debt
placements, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Woodman was a
Managing Director of ING Barings LLC (and its predecessor Furman
Selz), an international investment banking firm, from July 1989
to June 1999 and a Managing Director in the investment banking
group of Hambrecht & Quist from October 1984 to March
1988. Mr. Woodman was a founding partner of Robertson
Colman Stephens & Woodman in 1978 and of Woodman
Kirkpatrick & Gilbreath in 1982. Previously,
Mr. Woodman worked in the investment banking division of
Merrill Lynch for 23 years, where he spent 16 years as
director of West Coast corporate financing until 1978.
Mr. Woodman serves as a director of Medallion Bank, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Medallion Financial Corp., a publicly
traded commercial finance company; SciClone Pharmaceuticals,
Inc., a publicly traded biotechnology company; and Plan Express,
Inc., a privately held provider of Web enabled reprographic and
distribution services to the design and construction industry.
Classification of our Board of Directors
Our board of directors is divided into three classes, with one
class standing for election each year for a three-year term. At
each annual meeting of stockholders, directors of a particular
class will be elected for three-year terms to succeed the
directors of that class whose terms are expiring.
Messrs. Eure, Watters, and Woodman are Class III
directors whose terms will expire at the meeting, and
Messrs. Eure, Watters, and Woodman have been nominated by
our board for re-election for three-year terms expiring in 2010.
Messrs. Basham and McLamb are Class I directors whose
terms will expire in 2008. Messrs. McGill, Furman, and Kant
are Class II directors whose terms will expire in 2009.
There are no family relationships among any of our directors or
officers.
Information Relating to Corporate Governance and the Board of
Directors
Our board of directors has an Audit Committee, a Compensation
Committee, and a Nominating/ Corporate Governance Committee,
each consisting entirely of independent directors, as well as a
1998 Incentive Stock Plan Committee, and an Employee Stock
Purchase Plan Committee.
Our board of directors has determined, after considering all the
relevant facts and circumstances, that Messrs. Basham,
Eure, Furman, Watters, and Woodman are independent directors, as
independence is defined by the listing standards of
the New York Stock Exchange, because they have no material
relationship with us (either directly or as a partner,
stockholder, or officer of an organization that has a
relationship with us). Messrs. McGill and McLamb are
employee directors, and Mr. Kant is a non-employee director.
Our board of directors has adopted charters for the Audit,
Compensation, and Nominating/ Corporate Governance Committees
describing the authority and responsibilities delegated to each
committee by the board. Our board of directors has also adopted
Corporate Governance Guidelines, a Code of Business Conduct and
Ethics, and a Code of Ethics for the CEO and Senior Financial
Officers. We post on our website at www.MarineMax.com,
the charters of our Audit, Compensation, and Nominating/
Corporate Governance Committees; our Corporate Governance
Guidelines, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, and Code of
Ethics for the CEO and Senior Financial Officers, and any
amendments or waivers thereto; and any other corporate
governance materials contemplated by SEC or New York Stock
Exchange regulations. These documents are also available in
print to any stockholder requesting a copy in writing from our
corporate secretary at our executive offices set forth in this
proxy statement.
We regularly schedule executive sessions in which non-management
directors, meet without the presence or participation of
management, with at least one of such sessions including only
independent directors. The
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presiding director of such executive session rotates among the
Chairs of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and the
Nominating/ Corporate Governance Committee.
Interested parties may communicate with our board of directors
or specific members of our board of directors, including our
independent directors and the members of our various board
committees, by submitting a letter addressed to the Board of
Directors of MarineMax, Inc. c/o any specified individual
director or directors at the address listed herein. Any such
letters are sent to the indicated directors.
The purpose of the Audit Committee is to assist the oversight of
our board of directors of the integrity of the financial
statements of our company, our companys compliance with
legal and regulatory matters, the independent auditors
qualifications and independence, and the performance of our
companys independent auditor and internal audit function.
The primary responsibilities of the Audit Committee are set
forth in its charter and include various matters with respect to
the oversight of our companys accounting and financial
reporting process and audits of the financial statements of our
company. The Audit Committee also selects the independent
auditor to conduct the annual audit of the financial statements
of our company; reviews the proposed scope of such audit;
reviews accounting and financial controls of our company with
the independent auditor and our financial accounting staff; and
reviews and approves transactions between us and our directors,
officers, and their affiliates.
The Audit Committee currently consists of Messrs. Eure,
Furman, and Woodman, each an independent director of our company
under the New York Stock Exchange rules as well as under rules
adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The board of directors has
determined that Messrs. Eure, Furman, and Woodman (whose
backgrounds are detailed above) each qualify as an audit
committee financial expert in accordance with applicable
rules and regulations of the SEC.
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The Compensation Committee |
The purpose and responsibilities of the Compensation Committee
include reviewing and approving corporate goals and objectives
relevant to the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer,
evaluating the performance of our Chief Executive Officer in
light of those goals and objectives, and, either as a committee
or together with the other independent directors (as directed by
the Board of Directors), determining and approving the
compensation level of our Chief Executive Officer based on this
evaluation. The Compensation Committee also recommends to the
board of directors with respect to, or, as directed by the board
of directors, determines and approves compensation of our other
executive officers, and considers the grant of stock options or
shares of restricted common stock to our executive officers
under our 1998 Incentive Stock Plan. The Compensation Committee
currently consists of Messrs. Basham, Furman, Watters, and
Woodman.
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The Nominating/ Corporate Governance Committee |
The purpose and responsibilities of the Nominating/ Corporate
Governance Committee include the identification of individuals
qualified to become board members, the selection or
recommendation to the board of directors of nominees to stand
for election as directors at each election of directors, the
development and recommendation to the board of directors of a
set of corporate governance principles applicable to our
company, the oversight of the selection and composition of
committees of the board of directors, and the oversight of the
evaluations of the board of directors and management. The
Nominating/ Corporate Governance Committee currently consists of
Messrs. Basham, Eure, Watters, and Woodman. The Nominating/
Corporate Governance committee will consider persons recommended
by stockholders for inclusion as nominees for election to our
board of directors if the names, biographical data, and
qualifications of such persons are submitted in writing in a
timely manner addressed and delivered to our companys
secretary at the address listed herein. The Nominating/
Corporate Governance Committee identifies and evaluates nominees
for our board of directors, including nominees recommended by
stockholders, based on numerous factors it considers
appropriate, some of which may include strength of character,
mature judgment, career specialization, relevant technical
skills, diversity, and the extent to which the nominee would
fill a present need on our
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board of directors. As discussed above, the members of the
Nominating/ Corporate Governance Committee are independent, as
that term is defined by the listing standards of the New York
Stock Exchange.
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The 1998 Incentive Stock Plan Committee and Employee Stock
Purchase Plan Committee |
The responsibilities of the 1998 Incentive Stock Plan Committee
include administering the 1998 Incentive Stock Plan, including
selecting the non-executive officer employees to whom options
and awards will be granted; and the responsibilities of the
Employee Stock Purchase Plan Committee include the
administration of the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Board and Committee Meetings
Our board of directors held a total of seven meetings during the
fiscal year ended September 30, 2006. No director attended
fewer than 75% of the aggregate of (i) the total number of
meetings of the board of directors; and (ii) the total
number of meetings held by all committees of the board of
directors on which such director was a member. We encourage each
of our directors to attend each annual meeting of stockholders.
To that end, and to the extent reasonably practicable, we
regularly schedule a meeting of the board of directors on the
same day as our annual meeting of stockholders. All members of
our board of directors attended the 2006 annual meeting of
stockholders.
During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2006, the Audit
Committee held eight meetings; the Compensation Committee held
five meetings; the Nominating/ Corporate Governance Committee
held four meetings; and each of the 1998 Incentive Stock Plan
Committee and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan Committee held
one meeting.
Director Compensation and Other Information
Employees of our company do not receive compensation for serving
as members of our board of directors. Directors who are
employees of our company are eligible to receive stock options
pursuant to our 1998 Incentive Stock Plan. Each non-employee
director receives a quarterly directors fee of $10,000,
which is paid in cash, shares of common stock, or a combination
of cash and shares of common stock at the election of the
director. Under our 1998 Incentive Stock Plan, non-employee
directors each receive an automatic grant of options to acquire
5,000 shares of our common stock on the date they are first
elected as directors of our company. Non-employee directors also
receive an automatic grant of options to
purchase 1,000 shares of common stock on the last day
of each fiscal quarter, and receive additional options for
committee service as follows on the last day of each fiscal
quarter: options to purchase an additional 1,000 shares of
common stock to each member of the Audit Committee, and options
to purchase an additional 500 shares of common stock to
each member of the Compensation Committee and Nominating/
Corporate Governance Committee. Non-employee directors also are
eligible to receive grants of stock options or awards pursuant
to the discretionary program of the 1998 Incentive Stock Plan.
We reimburse our directors for
out-of-pocket expenses
incurred in attending meetings of the board of directors or
committees. We also encourage our directors and their spouses,
when applicable, to attend, at our cost, special corporate
events with our employees, suppliers, and others when possible.
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Summary of Cash and Other Compensation
The following table sets forth the total compensation received
for services rendered in all capacities to our company for the
fiscal years ended September 30, 2006, 2005, and 2004 by
our Chief Executive Officer and our four other most highly
compensated executive officers whose total annual salary and
incentive compensation exceeded $100,000 during fiscal 2006.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
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William H. McGill Jr.
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2006 |
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500,000 |
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1,824,311 |
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1,922,900 |
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5,500 |
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Chairman of the Board, President,
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2005 |
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500,000 |
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1,441,943 |
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881,700 |
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3,231 |
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and Chief Executive Officer
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2004 |
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400,000 |
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1,128,478 |
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80,000 |
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5,000 |
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Michael H. McLamb
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2006 |
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225,000 |
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631,266 |
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824,100 |
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5,500 |
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Executive Vice President, Chief
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2005 |
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225,000 |
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512,593 |
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587,800 |
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5,000 |
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2004 |
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225,000 |
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413,180 |
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Edward A. Russell
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$ |
200,000 |
|
|
$ |
598,684 |
|
|
$ |
549,400 |
(2) |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
5,500 |
|
|
Vice President Operations |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
$ |
150,000 |
|
|
$ |
550,117 |
|
|
$ |
499,630 |
(3) |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
4,467 |
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
|
|
$ |
150,000 |
|
|
$ |
494,866 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
20,000 |
|
|
$ |
4,229 |
|
Michael J. Aiello
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
$ |
150,000 |
|
|
$ |
344,908 |
|
|
$ |
329,640 |
(2) |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
1,671 |
|
|
Vice President; Northeast
|
|
|
2005 |
|
|
$ |
150,000 |
|
|
$ |
196,075 |
|
|
$ |
352,680 |
(3) |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
2,380 |
|
|
Regional President
|
|
|
2004 |
|
|
$ |
150,000 |
|
|
$ |
385,372 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
20,000 |
|
|
$ |
5,000 |
|
Anthony M. Aisquith
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
$ |
150,000 |
|
|
$ |
315,596 |
|
|
$ |
357,110 |
(2) |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
5,500 |
|
|
Vice President; Central |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
$ |
150,000 |
|
|
$ |
447,605 |
|
|
$ |
352,680 |
(3) |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
5,000 |
|
|
Regional President |
|
|
2004 |
|
|
$ |
150,000 |
|
|
$ |
371,901 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
22,500 |
(6) |
|
$ |
5,000 |
|
|
|
(1) |
The officers listed received certain perquisites, none of which
exceeded 10% of the total salary and bonus for the respective
officer. |
|
(2) |
Represents grants of shares of restricted common stock to the
listed officer as of November 2, 2005. Fair market value at
November 2, 2005 is based on the closing price of our
common stock of $27.47 per share. Such shares of restricted
stock will vest one-third on each of the third, fourth, and
fifth anniversaries of the date of grant. At September 30,
2006, the number of shares held and fair market value of such
shares held were as follows: Mr. McGill
70,000 shares ($1,781,500); Mr. McLamb
30,000 shares ($763,500); Mr. Russell
20,000 shares ($509,000); Mr. Aiello
12,000 shares ($305,400); and Mr. Aisquith
13,000 shares ($330,850). |
|
(3) |
Represents grants of shares of restricted common stock to the
listed officer as of December 2, 2004. Fair market value at
December 2, 2004 is based on the closing price of our
common stock of $29.39 per share. Such shares of restricted
stock will vest on December 2, 2008. At September 30,
2006, the number of shares held and fair market value of such
shares held were as follows: Mr. McGill
30,000 shares ($763,500)), Mr. McLamb
20,000 shares ($509,000)), Mr. Russell
17,000 shares ($432,650)), Mr. Aiello
12,000 shares ($305,400)), and
Mr. Aisquith 12,000 shares ($305,400)). |
|
(4) |
The exercise price of all options granted were equal to or
greater than the fair market value of our common stock on the
date of grant. |
|
(5) |
Amounts represent our matching portion of 401(k) or profit
sharing plan contributions. |
|
(6) |
Includes options to purchase 2,500 shares of common
stock held by Shannon H. Aisquith, the wife of
Mr. Aisquith, who is also employed by our company. |
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Option Grants
During fiscal 2006, we did not grant any stock options to any of
the executive officers listed in the Summary Compensation Table
above.
Fiscal 2006 Option Exercises and Year-End Option Values
The following table sets forth certain information on options
exercised in fiscal 2006 by the officers listed and the value of
each such officers unexercised options as of
September 30, 2006.
AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR AND
FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION VALUES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of Securities | |
|
Value of Unexercised | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Underlying Unexercised | |
|
In-the-Money Options | |
|
|
Shares | |
|
|
|
Options at Fiscal Year-End | |
|
At Fiscal Year-End(1) | |
|
|
Acquired | |
|
Value | |
|
| |
|
| |
Name |
|
On Exercise | |
|
Realized | |
|
Exercisable | |
|
Unexercisable | |
|
Exercisable | |
|
Unexercisable | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
William H. McGill Jr.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
219,640 |
|
|
|
109,000 |
|
|
$ |
3,189,698 |
|
|
$ |
1,252,834 |
|
Michael H. McLamb
|
|
|
10,388 |
|
|
$ |
205,935 |
|
|
|
216,041 |
|
|
|
68,000 |
|
|
$ |
3,212,816 |
|
|
$ |
853,223 |
|
Edward A. Russell
|
|
|
24,204 |
|
|
$ |
430,268 |
|
|
|
37,365 |
|
|
|
34,000 |
|
|
$ |
500,992 |
|
|
$ |
425,880 |
|
Michael J. Aiello
|
|
|
7,810 |
|
|
$ |
146,462 |
|
|
|
11,500 |
|
|
|
28,500 |
|
|
$ |
156,040 |
|
|
$ |
334,155 |
|
Anthony M. Aisquith
|
|
|
6,395 |
(2) |
|
$ |
91,020 |
(2) |
|
|
8,668 |
(3) |
|
|
26,614 |
(3) |
|
$ |
103,870 |
(3) |
|
$ |
284,453 |
(3) |
|
|
(1) |
Calculated based on $25.45, which was the closing price of our
common stock as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange on
September 30, 2006, multiplied by the number of applicable
shares in-the-money
less the total exercise price. |
|
(2) |
Includes 395 shares acquired upon exercise of stock options
held by Shannon H. Aisquith, the wife of Mr. Aisquith, who
is also employed by our company. Mrs. Aisquith realized
value of $5,543 in connection with such exercise. |
|
(3) |
Includes 668 exercisable and 2,114 unexercisable options
representing an exercisable and unexercisable value of $6,452
and $17,318, respectively, belonging to Shannon H. Aisquith, the
wife of Mr. Aisquith, who is also employed by our company. |
1998 Incentive Stock Plan
On April 5, 1998 and April 30, 1998, respectively, the
board of directors adopted and the stockholders approved the
MarineMax, Inc. 1998 Incentive Stock Plan. The 1998 Incentive
Stock Plan was amended by the board of directors during May 1998
and November 2000 and our stockholders approved the November
2000 amendment during February 2001. Our board of directors
further amended the 1998 Incentive Stock Plan during December
2004. The plan provides for the grant of incentive and
nonqualified stock options to acquire our common stock, the
direct grant of common stock, the grant of stock appreciation
rights, or SARs, and the grant of other cash awards to key
personnel, directors, consultants, independent contractors, and
others providing valuable services to our company and our
subsidiaries. We believe that the plan represents an important
factor in attracting and retaining executive officers and other
key employees, directors, and consultants and constitutes a
significant part of our compensation program. The plan provides
such individuals with an opportunity to acquire a proprietary
interest in our company and thereby align their interests with
the interests of our other stockholders and give them an
additional incentive to use their best efforts for the long-term
success of our company.
The plan currently authorizes the issuance of a maximum amount
of shares of common stock equal to the lesser of
4,000,000 shares or the sum of (1) 20% of the
then-outstanding shares of common stock of our company, plus
(2) the number of shares exercised with respect to any
awards granted under the plan.
The maximum number of shares of stock with respect to which
options or other awards may be granted to any employee
(including officers) during the term of the plan may not exceed
50% of the shares of common
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stock covered by the plan. As of the record date, options to
purchase approximately 2,781,412 shares of common stock
were outstanding. Of these options, approximately 1,028,468 are
vested and the remainder vest over periods ranging from one to
five years.
The power to administer the plan with respect to our executive
officers and directors and all persons who own 10% or more of
our issued and outstanding stock rests exclusively with the
board of directors or a committee consisting of two or more
non-employee directors who are appointed by the board of
directors. The power to administer the plan with respect to
other persons rests with the board of directors or a committee
designated by the board.
The plan will terminate in April 2008, and options may be
granted at any time during the life of the plan. Options become
exercisable at such time as may be determined by the board of
directors or the plan administrator. The exercise prices of
options will be determined by the board of directors or the plan
administrator, but if an option is intended to be an incentive
stock option, the exercise price may not be less than 100% (110%
if the option is granted to a stockholder who at the time of the
grant of the option owns stock possessing more than 10% of the
total combined voting power of all of our classes of stock) of
the fair market value of the common stock at the time of the
grant.
The plan also includes an automatic grant program providing for
the automatic grant of options to our non-employee directors.
Under the automatic grant program, each non-employee whose
election to the board of directors was proposed as of
June 3, 1998 received an automatic option to acquire
10,000 shares of common stock on that date. Each subsequent
newly elected non-employee member of the board of directors will
receive as an initial grant an automatic option to acquire
5,000 shares of common stock on the date of his or her
first appointment or election to the board of directors. In
addition, each non-employee director will receive an option to
purchase 1,000 shares of common stock on the last day
of each fiscal quarter, and receive additional options for
committee service as follows: options to purchase an additional
1,000 shares of common stock to each member of the Audit
Committee, and options to purchase an additional 500 shares
of common stock to each member of the Compensation Committee and
Nominating/ Corporate Governance Committee. Each initial grant
will vest and become exercisable in a series of three equal and
successive installments with the first installment vested on the
date of grant (or the date of election to the board of
directors, if later) and the next two installments
12 months and 24 months after the date of grant. Each
annual grant will vest and become exercisable 12 months
after the date of grant. Each automatic option will vest and
become exercisable only if the optionholder has not ceased
serving as a director as of such vesting date.
The exercise price per share of common stock subject to
automatic options will be equal to 100% of the fair market value
of our common stock on the date such option is granted. Each
automatic option will expire on the tenth anniversary of the
date on which such automatic option was granted. In the event a
non-employee director ceases to serve as a member of the board
of directors or dies while serving as a director, the
optionholder or the optionholders estate or successor by
bequest or inheritance may exercise any automatic options that
have vested by the time of cessation of service until the
earlier of (a) 90 days after the cessation of service
or (b) the expiration of the term of the automatic option.
The board of directors believes that the grant of automatic
options to non-employee directors is necessary to attract,
retain, and motivate non-employee directors.
The plan is not intended to be the exclusive means by which we
may issue options or warrants to acquire our common stock, stock
awards, or any other type of award. To the extent permitted by
applicable law and New York Stock Exchange requirements, we may
issue any other options, warrants, or awards other than pursuant
to the plan with or without stockholder approval.
Our board of directors has approved a proposal to adopt a new
incentive compensation plan, the 2007 Incentive Compensation
Plan, or the 2007 plan, subject to stockholder approval at the
meeting. The 2007 plan will replace our 1998 Incentive Stock
Plan, or the 1998 Plan, which is running out of shares and which
will expire in accordance with its terms in 2008. See
Proposal to Approve the 207 Incentive Compensation
Plan.
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EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION
The following table sets forth information with respect to our
common stock that may be issued upon the exercise of stock
options under our 1998 Incentive Stock Plan and the purchase of
shares under our 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan as of
September 30, 2006.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(c) | |
|
|
(a) | |
|
(b) | |
|
Number of Securities | |
|
|
Number of Securities | |
|
Weighted Average | |
|
Remaining Available for | |
|
|
to be Issued Upon | |
|
Exercise Price of | |
|
Future Issuance Under | |
|
|
Exercise of | |
|
Outstanding | |
|
Equity Compensation Plans | |
|
|
Outstanding Options, | |
|
Options, Warrants, | |
|
(Excluding Securities | |
Plan Category |
|
Warrants, and Rights | |
|
and Rights | |
|
Reflected in Column (a)) | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Equity Compensation Plans Approved by Stockholders(1)
|
|
|
2,364,538 |
|
|
$ |
15.04 |
|
|
|
595,626 |
(2) |
Equity Compensation Plans Not Approved by Stockholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
2,364,538 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
595,626 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Does not include potential increases in shares of common stock
that may be issued as a result of awards under the proposed 2007
Incentive Compensation Plan that is subject to stockholder
approval at the meeting. |
|
(2) |
Includes 292,310 shares that may be issued as a result of
awards under our 1998 Incentive Stock Plan. |
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
On April 5, 1998 and April 30, 1998, respectively, the
board of directors adopted and the stockholders approved the
MarineMax, Inc. 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, which is
designed to qualify for favorable income tax treatment under
Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code and is intended to
offer financial incentives for employees to purchase our common
stock. Our board of directors further amended the 1998 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan during December 2004. The stock purchase
plan is administered by a committee of the board of directors.
The stock purchase plan provides for the issuance of up to
750,000 shares of common stock. The stock purchase plan is
available to all regular, full-time employees of our company
(other than any employees who own more than 5% of our
outstanding common stock) who have completed at least one year
of continuous service.
The stock purchase plan provides for implementation of up to 10
annual offerings beginning on the first day of October in the
years 1998 through 2007, with each offering terminating on
September 30 of the following year. Each annual offering
may be divided into two six-month offerings. For each offering,
the purchase price per share will be the lower of (i) 85%
of the closing price of the common stock on the first day of the
offering period, or (ii) 85% of the closing price of the
common stock on the last day of the offering period. The
purchase price is paid through periodic payroll deductions not
to exceed 10% of the participants earnings during each
offering period. However, no participant may purchase more than
$25,000 worth of common stock annually.
Employment Agreements
On June 7, 2006, we entered into an employment agreement
with each of William H. McGill Jr., Michael H. McLamb, and
Edward A. Russell. The employment agreements provide for a base
salary of $500,000 for Mr. McGill, $225,000 for
Mr. McLamb, and $200,000 for Mr. Russell. Each
employment agreement provides for a bonus or other incentive
compensation based upon the performance of our company and the
executive and such other factors as determined to be relevant by
our board of directors or compensation committee. In connection
with their employment, each of the executives may also receive
options to purchase common stock or other stock-based
compensation. Each employment agreement also
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provides vacation benefits, reimbursement for business expenses,
and the right to participate in company-wide benefits, including
insurance, pension, retirement, and other plans and programs as
are available to our executive officers. Each employment
agreement contains a covenant not to compete with our company or
solicit our employees or customers for a period equal to the
greater of two years immediately following termination of
employment or the period during which severance payments are
being made, subject to certain exceptions.
We and the executive may each terminate the executives
employment at any time. If we terminate any of the executives
without good cause or any of them terminates his
employment with good reason or upon a change
in control of our company that is not approved by at least
two-thirds of our directors or does not provide the executive
with the same position he had with us immediately prior to the
change of control, as such terms are defined in the respective
agreements, the terminated executive will receive an amount
equal to the average of his base salary and bonus in the two
fiscal years prior to termination (in a lump sum in the event of
a change in control), for a period of three years after the
effective date of termination in the case of Mr. McGill and
18 months after the effective date of termination in the
case of Mr. McLamb and Mr. Russell; their stock
options will vest and be exercisable for up to their full term
(or for such shorter period of time that would not cause the
executive any adverse tax consequences) and other stock-based
compensation will not be subject to forfeiture or repurchase,
subject in each case to certain exceptions; and the benefits and
insurance coverage will continue for three years after
termination in the case of Mr. McGill.
In the event of his death, the agreement with Mr. McGill
provides for a payment of $1.5 million to his estate, for a
six-month continuation of health, hospitalization, and similar
benefits to Mr. McGills dependent family members, and
for all stock options to vest and be exercisable for their full
term and for other stock-based compensation to vest and not be
subject to forfeiture or repurchase, subject to certain
exceptions. In the event of the death of Mr. McLamb or
Mr. Russell, the agreement provides for a payment of
$550,000 to the estate of Mr. McLamb and $500,000 to the
estate of Mr. Russell and for all stock options to vest and
be exercisable for up to their full term (or for such shorter
period of time that would not cause the executive any adverse
tax consequences) and for other stock-based compensation to vest
and not be subject to forfeiture or repurchase, subject to
certain exceptions.
In the event of disability, the employment agreement of each
executive provides for the payment in a lump sum of the average
of his base salary and bonus in the two fiscal years prior to
disability for one year and for all stock options to vest and be
exercisable for up to full term (or for such shorter period of
time that would not cause the executive any adverse tax
consequences) and for other stock-based compensation to vest and
not be subject to forfeiture or repurchase, subject to certain
exceptions. Mr. McGills employment agreement provides
for retirement benefits if Mr. McGill retires upon his
decision or our request upon reaching the age of 68 consisting
of the payment to Mr. McGill for two years of an amount
equal to 50% of the average of the base salary and bonus paid to
him for the two fiscal years prior to retirement, medicare
supplemental medical coverage for life, the continuation of life
insurance benefits for a period of three years after retirement,
the vesting and continuation of stock options for up to their
full term (or for such shorter period of time that would not
cause the executive any adverse tax consequences) and the
vesting and termination of any forfeiture or repurchase
provisions of other stock-based compensation. In addition, the
employment agreements with Mr. McGill and Mr. McLamb
provide for a gross up for any excise taxes for which they are
liable under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, in connection with a change of control.
Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code may limit the
deductibility for federal income tax purposes of payments made
following a change in control. If these payments are not
deductible and if we have income at least equal to such
payments, an amount of income equal to the amount of such
payments could not be offset. As a result, the income that was
not offset would be phantom income (i.e. income
without cash) to our company. A change in control
would include a merger or consolidation of our company, a sale
of all or substantially all of our assets, under certain
circumstances changes in the identity of a majority of the
members of the board of directors of our company, or
acquisitions of more than 20% of our common stock, subject to
certain limitations.
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Limitation of Directors Liability; Indemnification of
Directors, Officers, Employees, and Agents
Our certificate of incorporation provides that no director of
our company will be personally liable to us or our stockholders
for monetary damages for breach of a fiduciary duty as a
director, except to the extent such exemption or limitation of
liability is not permitted under the Delaware General
Corporation Law. The effect of this provision in the certificate
of incorporation is to eliminate the rights of our company and
our stockholders, either directly or through stockholders
derivative suits brought on behalf of our company, to recover
monetary damages from a director for breach of the fiduciary
duty of care as a director except in those instances described
under Delaware law.
In addition, we have adopted provisions in our bylaws and
entered into indemnification agreements that require us to
indemnify our directors, officers, and certain other
representatives of our company against expenses and certain
other liabilities arising out of their conduct on behalf of our
company to the maximum extent and under all circumstances
permitted by law. Indemnification may not apply in certain
circumstances to actions arising under the federal securities
laws. We have not indemnified our directors and officers for
actions prior to March 1, 1998, the date we acquired all of
the issued and outstanding capital stock of six recreational
boat dealers in separate merger transactions.
12
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS
Policy Relating to Certain Transactions
We have a policy that we will not enter into any material
transaction in which a director or officer has a direct or
indirect financial interest unless the transaction is determined
by our board of directors to be fair to us or is approved by a
majority of our disinterested directors or by our stockholders,
as provided for under Delaware law.
Leases of Real Property from Affiliates
We lease two retail locations in Somers Point and Egg Harbor,
New Jersey from MDJB Associates, LLC, a limited liability
corporation of which Mr. Aiello is a 20% member. During
fiscal 2006, we made lease payments under the leases in the
aggregate amount of approximately $385,000.
Business Relationships
Robert S. Kant, a director of our company since August, 1998, is
a principal shareholder of the law firm of Greenberg Traurig,
which serves as our primary legal counsel. We paid legal fees of
approximately $423,000 to that firm during fiscal 2006.
Family Relationships
W. Brett McGill, currently Midwest Regional President and
previously Vice President of Information Technology, Service,
and Parts, is the son of William H. McGill Jr., our Chief
Executive Officer. During fiscal 2006, we paid W. Brett McGill a
base salary of $150,000 and a bonus of $252,352. During fiscal
2006, we also granted to W. Brett McGill options to
purchase 12,000 shares of our common stock at an
exercise price of $27.47 per share, which was equal to the
fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant. W.
Brett McGill is not in a reporting position to William H.
McGill, and compensation decisions relating to W. Brett McGill
are performed in the same manner as other employees throughout
our company without input from William H. McGill.
Shannon H. Aisquith, an employee of our company, is the wife of
Anthony M. Aisquith, a Vice President of our company. During
fiscal 2006, we paid Mrs. Aisquith a base salary of $61,190
and a bonus of $43,604. Mrs. Aisquith is not in a reporting position to Mr. Aisquith,
and compensation decisions relating to Mrs. Aisquith are
performed in the same manner as other employees throughout our
company without input from Mr. Aisquith.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Overview and Philosophy
Our board of directors has appointed a Compensation Committee,
consisting of independent members of the board of directors, to
review and approve corporate goals and objectives relevant to
the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer, evaluate the
performance of our Chief Executive Officer in light of those
goals and objectives, and determine and approve the compensation
level of our Chief Executive Officer based on this evaluation.
The Compensation Committee also recommends to the board of
directors with respect to, or, as directed by the board of
directors, determines and approves, compensation of our other
executive officers, and considers the grant of stock-based
awards to our executive officers under our 1998 Incentive Stock
Plan. The Compensation Committee makes every effort to ensure
that the compensation plan is consistent with our values and is
aligned with our business strategy and goals. The Compensation
Committee held five meetings during fiscal 2006.
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Our compensation program for executive officers consists
primarily of base salary, incentive bonuses, annual
discretionary bonuses, and long-term incentives in the form of
stock options or shares of restricted common stock. Executives
also participate in various other benefit plans, including
medical and retirement plans, that generally are available to
all of our employees.
Our philosophy is to pay base salaries to executives at levels
that enable us to attract, motivate, and retain highly qualified
executives, taking into account the possibility of
performance-based bonuses. The bonus program is designed to
reward individuals for performance based on our companys
financial results as well as the achievement of personal and
corporate objectives that contribute to our long-term success in
building stockholder value. Stock option grants are intended to
result in minimal or no rewards if the price of our common stock
does not appreciate, but may provide substantial rewards to
executives as our stockholders in general benefit from stock
price appreciation. Grants of shares of restricted common stock
are intended to align compensation with the price performance of
our common stock.
Each of Messrs. McGill, McLamb and Russell is a party to an
employment agreement with us, which provides for designated base
salaries plus incentive compensation based on the performance of
our company and the employees as determined by our board of
directors.
Base Salary
Messrs. McGill, McLamb, and Russell received base
compensation during fiscal 2006 in accordance with the base
compensation levels in effect under their employment agreement.
Messrs. Aiello and Aisquith received base compensation
during fiscal 2006 in accordance with their fiscal 2006
compensation plans as approved by the Compensation Committee.
Incentive Compensation
As described under Executive Compensation
Employment Agreements, the employment agreements with
certain executive officers provide for incentive compensation
based upon the performance of our company and the employees as
determined by our board of directors in accordance with a
pay-for-performance philosophy. The board of directors approved
an incentive compensation program for fiscal 2006. The program
provided for our officers to receive (a) monthly bonuses
based on our monthly pre-tax profit, and (b) a quarterly or
annual bonus, as applicable, based upon various factors,
including inventory levels, personnel development, succession
planning, and our financial performance. Compensation decisions
also include subjective determinations and a consideration of
various factors with the weight given to a particular factor
varying from time to time and in various individual cases.
Messrs. McGill, McLamb, and Russell received incentive
compensation for fiscal 2006 in accordance with our incentive
compensation program for fiscal 2006. We paid discretionary
bonuses of $65,000 to Mr. Aisquith and $25,000 to
Mr. Aiello for fiscal 2006 above our incentive compensation
program for fiscal 2006.
Grants of Stock Options and Restricted Stock
We strongly believe in utilizing our common stock to tie
executive rewards directly to our long-term success and
increases in stockholder value. Grants of stock options and
restricted common stock to our executive officers will enable
those executives to develop and maintain a significant ownership
position in our common stock. The amount of stock options and
shares of restricted stock granted takes into account stock
options or shares of restricted stock previously granted to an
individual. During fiscal 2006, our board of directors granted
shares of restricted common stock to the following executive
officers: 70,000 shares to Mr. McGill,
30,000 shares to Mr. McLamb, 20,000 shares to
Mr. Russell, 12,000 shares to Mr. Aiello, and
13,000 shares to Mr. Aisquith. The shares of
restricted stock granted to each officer will vest one-third on
each of the third, fourth, and fifth anniversaries of the date
of grant. No stock options were granted during fiscal 2006 to
any of our executive officers. See Executive
Compensation Summary Compensation Table.
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The amount of stock-based compensation granted takes into
account previous grants to an individual stock-based grants are
made at the first meeting of the Compensation Committee and
Board of Directors held after the end of a fiscal year. Grants
to new executives are made at the outset of employment.
Other Benefits
Executive officers are eligible to participate in benefit
programs designed for all of our full-time employees. These
programs include medical insurance, a qualified retirement
program allowed under Section 401(k) of the Internal
Revenue Code, and life insurance coverage.
Chief Executive Officer Compensation
The Compensation Committee approved the payment of bonus and
incentive compensation to Mr. McGill in accordance with his
employment agreement and our 2006 incentive compensation
program, which emphasized team building, successor planning, and
pretax profits.
Compliance with Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m)
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code generally
disallows a tax deduction to public companies for compensation
in excess of $1 million paid to the Chief Executive Officer
or any of a companys four other most highly compensated
executive officers. Qualifying performance-based compensation is
not subject to the deduction limit if certain requirements are
met. None of our executive officers except for Mr. McGill
earned compensation in excess of $1 million during fiscal
2006 and the amounts paid to Mr. McGill in excess of the
$1 million limitation qualified as performance-based
compensation for purposes of Section 162(m).
We currently intend to continue to structure the
performance-based portion of the compensation of our executive
officers in a manner that complies with Section 162(m).
This report has been furnished by the members of the
Compensation Committee of the board of directors of MarineMax,
Inc.
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John B. Furman, Chairman
Robert D. Basham
Joseph A. Watters
Dean S. Woodman |
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER
PARTICIPATION
During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2006, our
Compensation Committee consisted of Robert D. Basham, John B.
Furman, and Dean S. Woodman. None of these committee members had
any contractual or other relationships with our company during
such fiscal year.
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REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
The board of directors has appointed an Audit Committee
consisting of three directors. All of the members of the
committee must be independent of our company and
management, as independence is defined in applicable rules of
the New York Stock Exchange and the Securities and Exchange
Commission listing standards.
The purpose of the Audit Committee is to assist the oversight of
our board of directors in the integrity of the financial
statements of our company, our companys compliance with
legal and regulatory matters, the independent auditors
qualifications and independence, and the performance of our
companys independent auditor and internal audit function.
The primary responsibilities of the committee include overseeing
our companys accounting and financial reporting process
and audits of the financial statements of our company.
Management has the primary responsibility for the financial
statements and the reporting process, including the systems of
internal controls. The independent auditor is responsible for
auditing the financial statements and expressing an opinion on
the conformity of those audited financial statements with
generally accepted accounting principles. Our board of directors
has amended and restated the charter of the Audit Committee to
reflect, among other things, requirements of recently adopted
federal legislation, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
new rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and
amended rules of the New York Stock Exchange.
In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, the committee
reviewed the audited financial statements with management and
the independent auditor. The committee discussed with the
independent auditor the matters required to be discussed by
Statement of Auditing Standards No. 61. This included a
discussion of the independent auditors judgments as to the
quality, not just the acceptability, of our companys
accounting principles and such other matters as are required to
be discussed with the committee under generally accepted
auditing standards. In addition, the committee received from the
independent auditor written disclosures and the letter required
by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1. The
committee also discussed with the independent auditor the
independent auditors independence from management and our
company, including the matters covered by the written
disclosures and letter provided by the independent auditor.
The committee discussed with our independent auditor the overall
scope and plans for its audit. The committee meets with the
independent auditor, with and without management present, to
discuss the results of the independent auditors
examinations, its evaluations of our company, the internal
controls, and the overall quality of the financial reporting.
The committee held eight meetings during fiscal 2006.
Based on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the
committee recommended to the board of directors, and the board
approved, that the audited financial statements be included in
the Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended September 30, 2006 for filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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January 5, 2007
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Hilliard M. Eure III, Chairman |
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John B. Furman |
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Dean S. Woodman |
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COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(a) OF THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our directors,
officers, and persons who own more than 10% of a registered
class of our equity securities to file reports of ownership and
changes in ownership with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. These regulations require the directors, officers,
and greater than 10% stockholders to furnish us with copies of
all Section 16(a) forms they file. Based solely upon our
review of the copies of such forms received by us during the
fiscal year ended September 30, 2006, and written
representations that no other reports were required, we believe
that each person who, at any time during such fiscal year was a
director, officer, or beneficial owner of more than 10% of our
common stock, complied with all Section 16(a) filing
requirements during such fiscal year.
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PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The following line graph compares cumulative total stockholder
returns for (i) our common stock; (ii) the Russell
2000 Index; and (iii) the Nasdaq Retail Trade Index. The
graph assumes an investment of $100 in each of our common stock,
the Russell 2000, and the Nasdaq Retail Trade Index on
September 30, 2001. The graph covers the five-year period
from October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2006.
The calculation of cumulative stockholder return for the Russell
2000 and the Nasdaq Retail Trade Index includes reinvestment of
dividends. The calculation of cumulative stockholder return on
our common stock does not include reinvestment of dividends
because we did not pay dividends during the measurement period.
The performance shown is not necessarily indicative of future
performance.
COMPARISON OF 5 YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN*
AMONG MARINEMAX, INC., THE RUSSELL 2000 INDEX
AND THE NASDAQ RETAIL TRADE INDEX
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$100 invested on 9/30/01 in stock or
index including reinvestment of dividends.
Fiscal year ending September 30. |
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS, DIRECTORS, AND
OFFICERS
The following table sets forth certain information regarding
beneficial ownership of our common stock as of the record date
for (i) all directors, our Chief Executive Officer, and our
other executive officers listed in the Summary Compensation
Table under the section entitled Executive
Compensation, (ii) all directors and executive
officers as a group, and (iii) each person known by us to
beneficially own more than 5% of our outstanding shares of
common stock.
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Shares Beneficially Owned | |
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Name of Beneficial Owner(1) |
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Number(2) | |
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Percent(2) | |
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Directors and Executive Officers:
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William H. McGill Jr.
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1,639,550 |
(3) |
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8.7 |
% |
Michael H. McLamb
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301,997 |
(4) |
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1.6 |
% |
Edward A. Russell
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120,944 |
(5) |
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Michael J. Aiello
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44,075 |
(6) |
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* |
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Anthony M. Aisquith
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60,645 |
(7) |
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* |
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Robert D. Basham
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44,281 |
(8) |
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Hilliard M. Eure III
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15,000 |
(9) |
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John B. Furman
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38,284 |
(10) |
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* |
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Robert S. Kant
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57,197 |
(11) |
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* |
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Joseph A. Watters
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8,030 |
(12) |
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* |
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Dean S. Woodman
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63,197 |
(13) |
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All directors and executive officers as a group (includes 13
current executive officers and directors)
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2,443,087 |
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12.6 |
% |
5% Stockholders:
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T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
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1,915,360 |
(14) |
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10.3 |
% |
FMR Corp.
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1,787,338 |
(15) |
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9.6 |
% |
AXA Financial, Inc.
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1,704,115 |
(16) |
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9.2 |
% |
BAMCO, Inc.
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1,500,000 |
(17) |
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8.1 |
% |
* Less than 1%
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(1) |
Unless otherwise indicated, all persons listed can be reached at
our company offices at 18167 U.S. Highway 19 North,
Suite 300, Clearwater, Florida 33764, and have sole voting
and investment power over their shares unless otherwise
indicated. |
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(2) |
The numbers and percentages shown include shares of common stock
issuable to the identified person pursuant to stock options that
may be exercised and restricted stock that may vest within
60 days after December 28, 2006. In calculating the
percentage of ownership, such shares are deemed to be
outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of
shares of common stock owned by such person, but are not deemed
to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of
shares of common stock owned by any other stockholder. |
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(3) |
Includes (a) 100,000 shares of restricted stock
subject to vesting, and (b) 219,640 shares of common
stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options. Amount
excludes (i) 63,000 shares of common stock issuable
upon vesting of restricted stock units and
(ii) 109,000 shares of common stock issuable upon
exercise of unvested stock options. |
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(4) |
Includes (a) 50,000 shares of restricted stock subject
to vesting, and (b) 216,041 shares of common stock
issuable upon the exercise of stock options. Amount excludes
(i) 27,000 shares of common stock issuable upon
vesting of restricted stock units and
(ii) 68,000 shares of common stock issuable upon
exercise of unvested stock options. |
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(5) |
Includes (a) 37,000 shares of restricted stock subject
to vesting; (b) 9,061 shares held by
Mr. Russells spouse; (c) 1,400 shares held
by Mr. Russells spouse as custodian for their minor
children; and (d) 37,365 shares issuable upon the
exercise of stock options. Amount excludes
(i) 18,000 shares of common stock issuable upon
vesting of restricted stock units and
(ii) 34,000 shares of common stock issuable upon
exercise of unvested stock options. |
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(6) |
Includes (a) 24,000 shares of restricted stock subject
to vesting, and (b) 11,500 shares issuable upon
exercise of stock options. Amount excludes
(i) 10,800 shares of common stock issuable upon
vesting of restricted stock units and
(ii) 28,500 shares of common stock issuable upon
exercise of unvested stock options. |
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(7) |
Includes (a) 25,000 shares of restricted stock subject
to vesting; (b) 4,549 shares of common stock owned by
Mr. Aisquiths spouse; (c) 8,000 shares
issuable upon exercise of stock options held by
Mr. Aisquith; and (d) 668 shares issuable upon
exercise of options held by Mr. Aisquiths spouse.
Amount excludes (i) 10,800 shares of common stock
issuable upon vesting of restricted stock units,
(ii) 24,500 shares of common stock issuable upon
exercise of unvested stock options held by Mr. Aisquith;
and (iii) 2,114 shares of common stock issuable upon
exercise of stock options held by Mr. Aisquiths
spouse. |
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(8) |
Includes (a) 10,000 shares in trust, and
(b) 32,500 shares issuable upon exercise of stock
options. Amount excludes 6,000 shares of common stock
issuable upon exercise of unvested stock options. |
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(9) |
Includes 15,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of stock
options, but excludes 7,500 shares of common stock issuable
upon exercise of unvested stock options. |
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(10) |
Includes 32,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of stock
options, but excludes 7,500 shares of common stock issuable
upon exercise of unvested stock options. |
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(11) |
Includes 21,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of stock
options, but excludes 3,000 shares of common stock issuable
upon exercise of unvested stock options. |
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(12) |
Includes 5,333 shares issuable upon the exercise of stock
options, but excludes 7,667 shares of common stock issuable
upon exercise of unvested stock options. |
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(13) |
Includes 47,500 shares issuable upon the exercise of stock
options, but excludes 9,000 shares of common stock issuable
upon exercise of unvested stock options. |
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(14) |
Represents 1,915,360 shares of common stock beneficially
owned by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. in its capacity as
investment advisor on behalf of its clients. T. Rowe Price
Associates has sole voting power over 461,700 of such shares and
sole dispositive power over all of such shares. The address of
T. Rowe Price Associates is 100 E. Pratt Street,
Baltimore, Maryland 21202. |
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(15) |
Represents 1,787,338 shares of common stock beneficially
owned by FMR Corp. Fidelity Management Trust Company, a wholly
owned subsidiary of FMR Corp., is the beneficial owner of
113,100 of such shares as a result of its serving as investment
manager of institutional accounts. Fidelity
Management & Research Company, a wholly owned
subsidiary of FMR Corp. and a registered investment advisor
beneficially owns 1,674,238 of such shares as a result of acting
as investment advisor to various investment companies. Edward C.
Johnson III and FMR Corp. each have (a) sole power to
dispose of the 1,674,238 shares owned by the Fidelity
Funds; and (b) sole power to vote and dispose of the
113,100 shares owned by the institutional accounts managed
by Fidelity Management Trust Company. Neither FMR Corp., nor
Edward C. Johnson III as Chairman of FMR Corp. has sole
power to vote or direct the voting of the shares owned directly
by the Fidelity Funds, which power resides with the funds
board of trustees. The address of FMR Corp. is 82 Devonshire
Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109. |
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(16) |
Represents 1,704,115 shares of common stock beneficially
owned by AXA Financial, Inc. AXA Assurances I.A.R.D. Mutuelle,
AXA Assurances Vie Mutuelle, AXA Courtage Assurance Mutuelle,
and AXA are all wholly owned subsidiaries of AXA Financial, Inc.
and are beneficial owners of 1,704,115 shares. Alliance
Capital Management LP has sole power to vote or to direct the
vote of 1,408,865 of such shares and the sole power to dispose
or to direct the disposition of 1,525,015 of such shares. AXA
Equitable Life Insurance Company has sole power to vote or
direct the vote and the sole power to dispose or to direct the
disposition of 179,100 of such shares. The address of AXA
Financial, Inc. is 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New
York 10104. |
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(17) |
Represents 1,500,000 shares of common stock beneficially
owned by BAMCO, Inc. in its capacity as investment advisor on
behalf of its clients. BAMCO, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary
of Baron Capital Group, Inc. (BCG). BAMCO, Inc., BCG, Baron
Small Cap Fund, and Ronald Baron (owns a controlling interest in
BCG) have shared voting power over the 1,500,000 shares and
share dispositive power over all such shares. Therefore, none of
the following, BAMCO, Inc., BCG, Baron Small Cap Fund, nor
Ronald Baron has sole power to vote or direct the voting of the
shares owned by BAMCO, Inc. The address of BAMCO, Inc. is 767
Fifth Avenue, 49th Floor, New York, New York 10153. |
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PROPOSAL TO APPROVE THE 2007 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION
PLAN
Our board of directors has approved a proposal to adopt a new
incentive compensation plan, the 2007 Incentive Compensation
Plan, or the 2007 Plan, subject to approval by our stockholders.
A summary of the material terms of the 2007 Plan is included in
Appendix A to this proxy statement, and the full text of
the 2007 Plan is included as Appendix B to this proxy
statement.
If approved by our stockholders, the 2007 Plan will be used to
provide stock-based incentive compensation to our eligible
employees, directors, and independent contractors. Our board of
directors believes that the fundamental objectives of a
long-term incentive compensation program are to align the
interests of management and the stockholders and to create
long-term stockholder value. Our board of directors believes
that the adoption of the 2007 Plan increases our ability to
achieve these objectives by providing us with additional shares
to make grants and allowing for several different forms of
long-term incentive awards, which will help us recruit, reward,
motivate, and retain talented personnel. If approved by our
stockholders, the 2007 Plan will replace our 1998 Incentive
Stock Plan, or the 1998 Plan, which is running out of shares and
which will expire in accordance with its terms in 2008.
Key terms of the 2007 Plan include the following:
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We will increase the shares available for grant under all of our
equity compensation plans by a net amount of
1,000,000 shares of our common stock. We also will transfer
any available share reserves under the 1998 Plan, as of the date
of shareholder approval of the 2007 Plan, to the 2007 Plan, so
that they may be available for future grants under the 2007 Plan. |
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We will no longer make grants under 1998 Plan. |
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The 2007 Plan explicitly prohibits repricing of options without
stockholder approval. |
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The 2007 Plan will permit the qualification of awards under the
plan (payable in either stock or cash) as
performance-based compensation within the meaning of
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (the
Code.) See Federal Income Tax
Information in Appendix A for a more detailed
discussion of the application of Section 162(m). |
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All options and stock appreciation rights must be granted with
an exercise price equal to fair market value on the grant date. |
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All full value awards (such as restricted stock or stock units)
have a minimum three year vesting schedule for awards that vest
over time and a one-year performance period for awards that vest
based on the achievement of performance goals. |
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Any shares not issued in connection with awards outstanding
under the 1998 Plan will become available for issuance under the
2007 Plan. |
As shown in the table on page 10 under the caption
Equity Compensation Plan Information, as of
September 30, 2006, an aggregate of 2,364,538 shares
of our common stock are issuable upon exercise of outstanding
options; 278,000 shares of our common stock are subject to
unvested restricted stock awards; and 292,310 shares are
available for issuance under our 1998 Plan. Our board of
directors has approved the 2007 Plan, subject to approval by our
stockholders at the annual meeting. If the 2007 Plan is approved
by our stockholders, no further grants will be made under our
1998 Plan, and any shares available for grants under those plans
will become available for grant under the 2007 Plan.
Our board of directors recommends a vote FOR the
proposal to approve the 2007 Plan.
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Additional Consideration with Respect to the 2007 Plan
We have an unusual and innovative approach to equity
compensation. The stock options and restricted stock awards that
we historically granted had prolonged vesting periods, often
vesting over a seven-year period. This is several years longer
than most companies. (Typical vesting schedules are between
three and five years, with shorter vesting schedules being the
current trend in order to lower the expense of stock options.)
We believed the longer vesting schedule helped to retain our
employees and provide them with a longer term view of the
business than awards with a shorter vesting schedule. Our
burn rate (the number of stock awards we grant each
year), is within the normal standards for our industry. This
leads to a net result that our equity compensation provides an
incentive and retention tool for a longer period of time than
what most companies receive.
Our historically longer vesting schedule combined with a general
tendency of our employees to hold onto their stock options
(rather than exercise them and sell the underlying stock)
because of their belief in the future of our company has led to
a high overhang (the amount of outstanding options
and unvested restricted stock awards in comparison to the total
number of shares outstanding) for our industry. This high
overhang causes us to fail the equity compensation analysis of
Institutional Investor Services, an influential proxy advisory
service, and results in Institutional Investor Services
recommending against the approval of our 2007 Plan. We believe
this is a perverse result because our annual grant practices are
within the Institutional Investor Services guidelines for our
industry, as our high overhang is not due to more generous grant
policies but rather the longer vesting schedule and tendency of
our employees to hold onto their options because of their belief
in the company. In addition, the Institutional Investor Services
guidelines are encouraging us to shorten our vesting schedule
and encourage our employees to exercise their options on a
regular basis, which seems to us to be against the best
interests of our company and poor corporate governance practice.
The 1,000,000 shares we are requesting for issuance under
the 2007 Plan equals approximately 5.4% of our outstanding
shares. The 1,000,000 shares plus the remaining shares
under the 1998 Plan is forecasted to provide us with enough
shares to make grants under our normal practices through the end
of 2009. As noted above, this burn rate is within
the general range for our industry and combined with our longer
vesting schedules, provides a very good retention tool and
incentive to our employees.
Consequences of a Failure to Approve the 2007 Plan
If our stockholders do not approve the 2007 Plan at our annual
meeting, the 1998 Plan will remain in effect. In the absence of
approval, we will not have the ability to grant equity
compensation to existing employees commencing in the second
quarter of fiscal 2007. As a result, we may be required to pay
significantly greater cash compensation to attract, motivate,
retain, and reward executives, employees, officers, directors,
and independent contractors or risk the loss of such individuals.
Description of the 2007 Plan
The material features of the 2007 Plan are outlined in
Appendix A. This summary is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the complete text of the 2007 Plan. Stockholders
are urged to read the actual text of the 2007 Plan in its
entirety, which is set forth as Appendix B to this proxy
statement.
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New Plan Benefits
Benefits obtained by our employees under our 2007 Plan are made
on a discretionary basis. Accordingly, it is not possible to
determine the benefits that will be received by our executive
officers and our other employees under the 2007 Plan in 2007.
The table below shows, as to our Named Executive Officers and
the other individuals and groups indicated, the number of shares
of our common stock subject to option grants, together with the
weighted average option exercise price payable per share, made
under the 1998 Plan and the number of shares of restricted stock
awarded under the 1998 Plan during fiscal 2006.
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William H. McGill Jr.
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$ |
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70,000 |
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Chairman of the Board, President,
and Chief Executive Officer |
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Michael H. McLamb
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$ |
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30,000 |
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Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer, and Secretary |
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Edward A. Russell
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$ |
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20,000 |
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Vice President Operations |
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Michael J. Aiello
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$ |
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12,000 |
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Vice President;
Northeast Regional President |
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Anthony M. Aisquith
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$ |
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13,000 |
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Vice President;
Central Regional President |
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All current executive officers as a group (7 persons)
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$ |
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165,000 |
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All current non-employee directors as a group (6 persons)
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57,000 |
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$ |
28.88 |
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All employees, including all current officers who are not
executive officers, as a group (179 persons)
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416,400 |
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$ |
29.19 |
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The firm of Ernst & Young LLP, an independent
registered certified public accounting firm, has audited the
financial statements of our company for the fiscal years ended
September 30, 2004, 2005 and 2006. We have appointed
Ernst & Young LLP to audit our consolidated financial
statements for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007.
The board of directors anticipates that representatives of
Ernst & Young LLP will be present at the meeting, will
have the opportunity to make a statement if they desire, and
will be available to respond to appropriate questions.
Aggregate fees billed to our company for the fiscal years ended
September 30, 2005 and 2006 by Ernst & Young LLP,
are as follows:
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2005 | |
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2006 | |
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Audit Fees
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$ |
930,169 |
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$ |
770,636 |
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Audit-Related Fees
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$ |
21,013 |
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$ |
21,830 |
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Tax Fees
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$ |
6,500 |
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$ |
7,500 |
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All Other Fees
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$ |
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$ |
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Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies
The charter of our Audit Committee provides that the duties and
responsibilities of our Audit Committee include the pre-approval
of all audit, audit related, tax, and other services permitted
by law or applicable SEC regulations (including fee and cost
ranges) to be performed by our independent auditor. Any
pre-approved services that will involve fees or costs exceeding
pre-approved levels will also require specific pre-approval by
the Audit Committee. Unless otherwise specified by the Audit
Committee in pre-approving a service, the pre-approval will be
effective for the
12-month period
following pre-approval. The Audit Committee will not approve any
non-audit services prohibited by applicable SEC regulations or
any services in connection with a transaction initially
recommended by the independent auditor, the purpose of which may
be tax avoidance and the tax treatment of which may not be
supported by the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations.
To the extent deemed appropriate, the Audit Committee may
delegate pre-approval authority to the Chairman of the Board or
any one or more other members of the Audit Committee provided
that any member of the Audit Committee who has exercised any
such delegation must report any such pre-approval decision to
the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. The Audit
Committee will not delegate to management the pre-approval of
services to be performed by the independent auditor.
Our Audit Committee requires that our independent auditor, in
conjunction with our Chief Financial Officer, be responsible for
seeking pre-approval for providing services to us and that any
request for pre-approval must inform the Audit Committee about
each service to be provided and must provide detail as to the
particular service to be provided.
All of the services provided by Ernst & Young LLP
described above under the captions Audit-Related
Fees and Tax Fees were approved by our Audit
Committee pursuant to our Audit Committees pre-approval
policies.
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DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS
Stockholder proposals that are intended to be presented by
stockholders at the annual meeting of stockholders for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2007 must be received by
us within the time periods described below in order to be
included in the proxy statement and form of proxy relating to
such meeting. Under our bylaws, stockholders must follow certain
procedures to nominate persons for election as a director or to
introduce an item of business at an annual meeting of
stockholders. To be timely under these procedures, notice of
such nomination or business related to our 2008 Annual Meeting
of Stockholders must comply with the requirements in our bylaws
and must be received by us (a) no earlier than
October 12, 2007 and no later than November 10, 2007
if our 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is held on a day that
is between January 10, 2008 and April 20, 2008; or
(b) if the annual meeting is to be held on another date, no
earlier than 120 days in advance of such annual meeting and
no later than the close of business on the later of
(i) 90 days in advance of such annual meeting or
(ii) the 10th day following the date on which public
announcement of the date of such meeting is first made.
Pursuant to
Rule 14a-4 under
the Exchange Act, we intend to retain discretionary authority to
vote proxies with respect to stockholder proposals for which the
proponent does not seek inclusion of the proposed matter in our
proxy statement for the annual meeting to be held during
calendar 2008, except in circumstances where (i) we receive
notice of the proposed matter no later than November 22,
2007, and (ii) the proponent complies with the other
requirements set forth in
Rule 14a-4.
OTHER MATTERS
We know of no other matters to be submitted at the meeting. If
any other matters properly come before the meeting, it is the
intention of the persons named in the enclosed proxy card to
vote the shares they represent as the board of directors may
recommend.
Dated: January 8, 2007
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APPENDIX A
Material Features of 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan
Purpose
Our 2007 Incentive Stock Plan, the 2007 Plan, is designed to
attract, motivate, retain, and reward our executives, employees,
officers, directors, and independent contractors by providing
such persons with annual and long-term performance incentives to
expend their maximum efforts in the creation of stockholder
value.
Awards
The terms of the 2007 Plan provide for the grant of stock
options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, stock
units, bonus stock, dividend equivalents, other stock related
awards, and performance awards that may be settled in cash,
stock, or other property.
Shares available for awards
The total number of shares of our common stock that may be
subject to awards under the 2007 Plan is equal to
1,000,000 shares, plus (i) any shares available for
issuance and not subject to an award under the 1998 Plan,
(ii) the number of shares with respect to which awards
granted under the 2007 Plan and the 1998 Plan terminate without
the issuance of the shares or where the shares are forfeited or
repurchased; (iii) with respect to awards granted under the
2007 Plan and the 1998 Plan, the number of shares which are not
issued as a result of the award being settled for cash or
otherwise not issued in connection with the exercise or payment
of the award; and (iv) the number of shares that are
surrendered or withheld in payment of the exercise price of any
award or any tax withholding requirements in connection with any
award granted under the 2007 Plan and the 1998 Plan.
Limitations on awards
The 2007 Plan imposes individual limitations on certain awards,
in part to comply with Section 162(m) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986. Under these limitations, no more than 50%
of the total number of shares of our common stock reserved for
issuance under the 2007 Plan may be granted to an individual
during any fiscal year pursuant to awards granted under the 2007
Plan. The maximum amount that may be payable to any one
participant as a performance award (payable in cash) is
$5,000,000 per calendar year.
No outstanding options may be repriced without stockholder
approval (that is, we cannot amend an outstanding option to
lower the exercise price or exchange an outstanding option for a
new option with a lower exercise price). In addition, the 2007
Plan prohibits us from exchanging an outstanding option with an
exercise above the then current fair market value of our common
stock for cash, other awards, or other property.
Capitalization adjustments
In the event that a stock dividend, forward or reverse split,
merger, consolidation, combination, or other similar corporate
transaction or event affects our common stock, then the plan
administrator will substitute, exchange, or adjust any or all of
the following in a manner that precludes the enlargement or
dilution of rights and benefits: (1) the kind and number of
shares available under the 2007 Plan, (2) the kind and
number of shares subject to limitations on awards described in
the preceding paragraph, (3) the kind and number of shares
subject to all outstanding awards, (4) the exercise price,
grant price, or purchase price relating to any award, and
(5) any other affected terms of awards.
In the event that a dividend or other distribution (whether in
cash or other property, but excluding a stock dividend),
recapitalization, reorganization, spin-off, repurchase, share
exchange, liquidation, dissolution, or other similar corporate
transaction or event affects our common stock or our other
securities or the securities of any other issuer, so that an
adjustment, substitution, or exchange is determined to be
appropriate by the plan administrator, then the plan
administrator is authorized to adjust any or all of the
following as the plan
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administrator deems appropriate: (1) the kind and number of
shares available under the 2007 Plan, (2) the kind and
number of shares subject to limitations on awards described in
the preceding paragraph, (3) the kind and number of shares
subject to all outstanding awards, (4) the exercise price,
grant price, or purchase price relating to any award, and
(5) any other affected terms of awards.
Eligibility
The persons eligible to receive awards under the 2007 Plan
consist of officers, directors, employees, and independent
contractors. However, incentive stock options may be granted
under the 2007 Plan only to our employees, including our
officers who are employees.
Administration
Our board of directors will administer the 2007 Plan unless it
delegates administration of the 2007 Plan to one or more
committees of our board of directors. Together, our board of
directors and any committee(s) delegated to administer the 2007
Plan are referred to as the plan administrator. If a committee
is delegated to administer the 2007 Plan, then the committee
members may be non-employee directors as defined by
Rule 16b-3 of the
Securities Exchange Act, outside directors for
purposes of Section 162(m), and independent as defined by
the New York Stock Exchange or any other national securities
exchange on which any of our securities may be listed for
trading in the future. Subject to the terms of the 2007 Plan,
the plan administrator is authorized to select eligible persons
to receive awards, determine the type and number of awards to be
granted and the number of shares of our common stock to which
awards will relate, specify times at which awards will be
exercisable or may be settled (including performance conditions
that may be required as a condition thereof), set other terms
and conditions of awards, prescribe forms of award agreements,
interpret and specify rules and regulations relating to the 2007
Plan, and make all other determinations that may be necessary or
advisable for the administration of the 2007 Plan. The plan
administrator may amend the terms of outstanding awards, in its
discretion. Any amendment that adversely affects the rights of
the award recipient, however, must receive the approval of such
recipient.
Stock options and stock appreciation rights
The plan administrator is authorized to grant stock options,
including both incentive stock options and non-qualified stock
options. In addition, the plan administrator is authorized to
grant stock appreciation rights, which entitle the participant
to receive the appreciation of our common stock between the
grant date and the exercise date of the stock appreciation
right. The plan administrator determines the exercise price per
share subject to an option and the grant price of a stock
appreciation right; however, the per share exercise price of an
option or stock appreciation right must not be less than the
fair market value of a share of common stock on the grant date.
The plan administrator generally will fix the maximum term of
each option or stock appreciation right, the times at which each
stock option or stock appreciation right will be exercisable,
and provisions requiring forfeiture of unexercised stock options
or stock appreciation rights at or following termination of
employment or service, except that no incentive stock option may
have a term exceeding ten years. Stock options may be exercised
by payment of the exercise price in any form of legal
consideration specified by the plan administrator, including
cash, shares (including cancellation of a portion of the shares
subject to the award), outstanding awards, or other property
having a fair market value equal to the exercise price. Options
may also be exercisable in connection with a broker-assisted
sales transaction (a cashless exercise) as
determined by the plan administrator. The plan administrator
determines methods of exercise and settlement and other terms of
the stock appreciation rights.
Restricted Stock and Stock Units
The plan administrator is authorized to grant restricted stock
and stock units. Restricted stock is a grant of shares of common
stock, which may not be sold or disposed of and which may be
forfeited in the event of certain terminations of employment or
service prior to the end of a restricted period specified by the
plan administrator. A participant granted restricted stock
generally has all of the rights of one of our stockholders,
unless otherwise determined by the plan administrator. An award
of a stock unit confers upon a participant the
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right to receive shares of common stock at the end of a
specified period and may be subject to possible forfeiture of
the award in the event of certain terminations of employment
prior to the end of a specified period. Prior to settlement, an
award of a stock unit carries no voting or dividend rights or
other rights associated with share ownership, although dividend
equivalents may be granted, as discussed below. The plan
administrator determines all of the terms of the restricted
stock and stock units awards subject to the terms of the 2007
Plan.
Dividend Equivalents
The plan administrator is authorized to grant dividend
equivalents conferring on participants the right to receive,
currently or on a deferred basis, cash, shares of common stock,
other awards, or other property equal in value to dividends paid
on a specific number of shares of common stock or other periodic
payments. Dividend equivalents may be granted alone or in
connection with another award, may be paid currently or on a
deferred basis and, if deferred, may be deemed to have been
reinvested in additional shares of common stock, awards or
otherwise as specified by the plan administrator. Currently,
there are no outstanding dividend equivalent awards, either with
other outstanding awards under any of our incentive compensation
plans or as stand alone awards. The plan administrator
determines all of the terms of the dividend equivalent awards
subject to the terms of the 2007 Plan.
Bonus Stock and Awards in Lieu of Cash Obligations
The plan administrator is authorized to grant shares of common
stock as a bonus free of restrictions for services performed for
us or to grant shares of common stock or other awards in lieu of
our obligations to pay cash under the 2007 Plan or other plans
or compensatory arrangements, subject to such terms as the plan
administrator may specify.
Other Stock Based Awards
The plan administrator is authorized to grant awards under the
2007 Plan that are denominated or payable in, valued by
reference to, or otherwise based on or related to shares of
common stock. Such awards might include convertible or
exchangeable debt securities, other rights convertible or
exchangeable into shares of common stock, purchase rights for
shares of common stock, awards with value and payment contingent
upon our performance or any other factors designated by the plan
administrator, and awards valued by reference to the book value
of shares of our common stock or the value of securities of or
the performance of specified subsidiaries or business units. The
plan administrator determines the terms and conditions of such
awards.
Performance Awards
The right of a participant to exercise or receive a grant or
settlement of an award, and the timing thereof, may be subject
to such performance conditions, including subjective individual
goals, as may be specified by the plan administrator. In
addition, the 2007 Plan authorizes specific performance awards,
which represent a conditional right to receive cash, shares of
our common stock, or other awards upon achievement of certain
pre-established performance goals and subjective individual
goals during a specified fiscal year. Performance awards granted
to persons whom the plan administrator expects will, for the
year in which a deduction arises, be covered
employees (as defined below) may, if and to the extent
intended by the plan administrator, be subject to provisions
that should qualify such awards as performance based
compensation not subject to the limitation on the tax
deductibility by us under Section 162(m). For purposes of
Section 162(m), the term covered employee means
our chief executive officer and our four highest compensated
officers as of the end of a taxable year pursuant to federal
securities laws. If and to the extent required under
Section 162(m), any power or authority relating to a
performance award intended to qualify under Section 162(m)
is to be exercised by a committee which will qualify under
Section 162(m), rather than our board of directors.
Subject to the requirements of the 2007 Plan, the plan
administrator will determine performance award terms, including
the required levels of performance with respect to specified
business criteria, the correspond-
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ing amounts payable upon achievement of such levels of
performance, termination and forfeiture provisions, and the form
of settlement. One or more of the following business criteria
based on our consolidated financial statements, and/or those of
its affiliates, or for its business units (except with respect
to the total shareholder return and earnings per share
criteria), will be used by the plan administrator in
establishing performance goals for performance awards designed
to comply with the performance-based compensation exception to
Section 162(m): (1) earnings per share;
(2) revenues or gross margins; (3) cash flow;
(4) operating margin; (5) return on net assets,
investment, capital, or equity; (6) economic value added;
(7) direct contribution; (8) net income; pretax
earnings; earnings before interest and taxes; earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization; earnings after
interest expense and before extraordinary or special items;
operating income; income before interest income or expense,
unusual items and income taxes, local, state or federal and
excluding budgeted and actual bonuses which might be paid under
any of our ongoing bonus plans; (9) working capital;
(10) management of fixed costs or variable costs;
(11) identification or consummation of investment
opportunities or completion of specified projects in accordance
with corporate business plans, including strategic mergers,
acquisitions or divestitures; (12) total stockholder
return; and (13) debt reduction. For covered employees, the
performance goals and the determination of their achievement
shall be made in accordance with Section 162(m). The plan
administrator is authorized to adjust performance conditions and
other terms of awards in response to unusual or nonrecurring
events, or in response to changes in applicable laws,
regulations, or accounting principles.
Other Terms of Awards
Awards may be settled in the form of cash, shares of our common
stock, other awards, or other property in the discretion of the
plan administrator. Awards under the 2007 Plan are generally
granted without a requirement that the participant pay
consideration in the form of cash or property for the grant (as
distinguished from the exercise), except to the extent required
by law. The plan administrator may require or permit
participants to defer the settlement of all or part of an award
in accordance with such terms and conditions as the plan
administrator may establish, including payment or crediting of
interest or dividend equivalents on deferred amounts, and the
crediting of earnings, gains, and losses based on deemed
investment of deferred amounts in specified investment vehicles.
The plan administrator is authorized to place cash, shares of
our common stock, or other property in trusts or make other
arrangements to provide for payment of our obligations under the
2007 Plan. The plan administrator may condition any payment
relating to an award on the withholding of taxes and may provide
that a portion of any shares of our common stock or other
property to be distributed will be withheld (or previously
acquired shares of our common stock or other property be
surrendered by the participant) to satisfy withholding and other
tax obligations. Awards granted under the 2007 Plan generally
may not be pledged or otherwise encumbered and are not
transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and
distribution, or to a designated beneficiary upon the
participants death, except that the plan administrator
may, in its discretion, permit transfers of awards subject to
any applicable legal restrictions.
Acceleration of Vesting; Change in Control
The plan administrator, in its discretion, may accelerate the
vesting, exercisability, lapsing of restrictions, or expiration
of deferral of any award, including if we undergo a change
in control, as defined in the 2007 Plan and all awards
shall become fully vested, exercisable and all restrictions
shall lapse upon a change in control that is not approved by our
board of directors. In addition, the plan administrator may
provide that the performance goals relating to any
performance-based award will be deemed to have been met upon the
occurrence of any change in control. The award agreement may
provide for the vesting of an award upon a change of control,
including vesting if a participant is terminated by us or our
successor without cause or terminates for good
reason as defined in the 2007 Plan.
To the extent we undergo a corporate transaction (as defined in
the 2007 Plan), the 2007 Plan provides that outstanding awards
may be assumed, substituted for, or continued in accordance with
their terms. If the awards are not assumed, substituted for, or
continued, to the extent applicable, such awards will terminate
immediately prior to the close of the corporate transaction. The
plan administrator may, in its discretion,
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either cancel the outstanding awards in exchange for a cash
payment or vest all or part of the awards contingent on the
corporate transaction. With respect to a corporate transaction
which is not a change in control, awards under the 2007 Plan
must be assumed, continued, or substituted for.
Amendment and Termination
Our board of directors may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue,
or terminate the 2007 Plan or the plan administrators
authority to grant awards without further stockholder approval,
except stockholder approval will be obtained for any amendment
or alteration if such approval is deemed necessary and advisable
by our board of directors or any amendment for which stockholder
approval is required by law or the primary stock exchange on
which our common stock trades. Unless earlier terminated by our
board of directors, the 2007 Plan will terminate on the earlier
of (1) ten years after the later of (a) the adoption
by our board of directors of the 2007 Plan and (b) the
approval of an increase in the number of shares reserved under
the 2007 Plan by our board of directors (contingent upon such
increase being approved by our stockholders) and (2) such
time as no shares of our common stock remain available for
issuance under the 2007 Plan and no further rights or
obligations with respect to outstanding awards are outstanding
under the 2007 Plan. Amendments to the 2007 Plan or any award
require the consent of the affected participant if the amendment
has a material adverse effect on the participant.
Federal Income Tax Consequences of Awards
The information set forth below is a summary only and does not
purport to be complete. The information is based upon current
federal income tax rules and therefore is subject to change when
those rules change. Moreover, because the tax consequences to
any recipient may depend on his or her particular situation,
each recipient should consult the recipients tax adviser
regarding the federal, state, local, and other tax consequences
of the grant or exercise of an award or the disposition of stock
acquired as a result of an award. The 2007 Plan is not qualified
under the provisions of Section 401(a) of the Code and is
not subject to any of the provisions of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974.
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Nonqualified Stock Options |
Generally, there is no taxation upon the grant of a nonqualified
stock option if the option is granted with an exercise price per
share equal to the fair market value of the underlying stock on
the grant date. On exercise (including upon a broker-assisted or
cashless exercise), an optionee will recognize
ordinary income equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market
value on the date of exercise of the stock received over the
exercise price paid. If the optionee is our employee or an
employee of one of our affiliates, that income will be subject
to employment taxes and withholding tax. The optionees tax
basis in those shares will be equal to their fair market value
on the date of exercise of the option, and the optionees
capital gain holding period for those shares will begin on that
date.
Subject to the requirement of reasonableness, the provisions of
Section 162(m) and the satisfaction of a tax reporting
obligation, we will generally be entitled to a tax deduction
equal to the taxable ordinary income realized by the optionee.
The 2007 Plan provides for the grant of stock options that
qualify as incentive stock options, (which are
referred to as ISOs), as defined in Section 422 of the
Code. Under the Code, an optionee generally is not subject to
ordinary income tax upon the grant or exercise of an ISO. In
addition, if the optionee holds a share received on exercise of
an ISO for at least two years from the date the option was
granted and at least one year from the date the option was
exercised, (which is referred to as the Required Holding
Period), the difference, if any, between the amount realized on
a sale or other taxable disposition of that share and the
holders tax basis in that share will be long-term capital
gain or loss.
If, however, an optionee disposes of a share acquired on
exercise of an ISO before the end of the Required Holding Period
(which is referred to as a Disqualifying Disposition), the
optionee generally will
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recognize ordinary income in the year of the Disqualifying
Disposition equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market
value of the share on the date the ISO was exercised over the
exercise price. However, if the sales proceeds are less than the
fair market value of the share on the date of exercise of the
option, the amount of ordinary income recognized by the optionee
will not exceed the gain, if any, realized on the sale. If the
amount realized on a Disqualifying Disposition exceeds the fair
market value of the share on the date of exercise of the option,
that excess will be short-term or long-term capital gain,
depending on whether the holding period for the share exceeds
one year.
For purposes of the alternative minimum tax, the amount by which
the fair market value of a share of stock acquired on exercise
of an ISO exceeds the exercise price of that option generally
will be an adjustment included in the optionees
alternative minimum taxable income for the year in which the
option is exercised. If, however, there is a Disqualifying
Disposition of the share in the year in which the option is
exercised, there will be no adjustment for alternative minimum
tax purposes with respect to that share. If there is a
Disqualifying Disposition in a later year, no income with
respect to the Disqualifying Disposition is included in the
optionees alternative minimum taxable income for that
year. In computing alternative minimum taxable income, the tax
basis of a share acquired on exercise of an ISO is increased by
the amount of the adjustment taken into account with respect to
that share for alternative minimum tax purposes in the year the
option is exercised.
We are not allowed an income tax deduction with respect to the
grant or exercise of an incentive stock option or the
disposition of a share acquired on exercise of an incentive
stock option after the Required Holding Period. If there is a
Disqualifying Disposition of a share, however, we are allowed a
deduction in an amount equal to the ordinary income includible
in income by the optionee, subject to Section 162(m) and
provided that amount is reasonable, and either the employee
includes that amount in income or we timely satisfy our
reporting requirements with respect to that amount.
Generally, the recipient of a stock award will recognize
ordinary compensation income at the time the stock is received
equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the
stock received over any amount paid by the recipient in exchange
for the stock. Where no amount is paid for the stock, then the
full fair market value of the stock received is ordinary
compensation income to the recipient. If, however, the stock is
not vested when it is received (for example, if the employee is
required to work for a period of time in order to have the right
to sell the stock), the recipient generally will not recognize
income until the stock becomes vested, at which time the
recipient will recognize ordinary compensation income equal to
the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the stock on the
date it becomes vested over any amount paid by the recipient in
exchange for the stock. A recipient may, however, file an
election with the Internal Revenue Service, within 30 days
of his or her receipt of the stock award, to recognize ordinary
compensation income, as of the date the recipient receives the
award, equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of
the stock on the date the award is granted over any amount paid
by the recipient in exchange for the stock. If the recipient
makes an election to be taxed at grant and the value of the
stock at sale is less than the value of the stock at grant,
there is no recovery or deduction for the taxes paid at grant.
If the recipient is our employee or an employee of one of our
affiliates, any income recognized will be subject to employment
taxes and withholding tax.
The recipients basis for the determination of gain or loss
upon the subsequent disposition of shares acquired from stock
awards will be the amount paid for such shares plus any ordinary
income recognized either when the stock is received or when the
stock becomes vested.
Subject to the requirement of reasonableness, the provisions of
Section 162(m) and the satisfaction of a tax reporting
obligation, we will generally be entitled to a tax deduction
equal to the taxable ordinary income realized by the recipient
of the stock award.
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Stock Appreciation Rights |
We may grant stock appreciation rights separate from any other
award, (which is referred to as stand-alone stock appreciation
rights), or in tandem with options, (which is referred to as
tandem stock appreciation rights), under the 2007 Plan.
With respect to stand-alone stock appreciation rights, where the
rights are granted with a strike price equal to the fair market
value of the underlying stock on the grant date and where the
recipient may only receive the appreciation inherent in the
stock appreciation rights in shares of our common stock, the
recipient will recognize ordinary compensation income equal to
the fair market value of the stock on the day the right is
exercised and the shares of our common stock are delivered. If
the recipient may receive the appreciation inherent in the stock
appreciation rights in cash and the stock appreciation right has
been structured to conform to the requirements of
Section 409A of the Code, the cash will be taxable as
ordinary compensation income to the recipient at the time that
the cash is received.
We have not granted and do not plan to grant any tandem stock
appreciation rights, due to the adverse tax consequences of such
awards under Section 409A of the Code.
Subject to the requirement of reasonableness, the provisions of
Section 162(m), and the satisfaction of a tax reporting
obligation, we will generally be entitled to a tax deduction
equal to the taxable ordinary income realized by the recipient
of the stock appreciation right.
Generally, the recipient of a stock unit structured to conform
to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code or an
exception to Section 409A of the Code will not recognize
any income at grant and will recognize ordinary compensation
income at the time the stock is delivered equal to the excess,
if any, of the fair market value of the shares of our common
stock received over any amount paid by the recipient in exchange
for the shares of our common stock. To conform to the
requirements of Section 409A of the Code, the shares of our
common stock subject to a stock unit award may only be delivered
upon one of the following events: a fixed calendar date,
separation from service, death, disability, or a change of
control. If delivery occurs on another date, unless the stock
units qualify for an exception to the requirements of
Section 409A of the Code, in addition to the tax treatment
described above, there will be an additional twenty percent
excise tax and interest on any taxes owed.
The recipients basis for the determination of gain or loss
upon the subsequent disposition of shares acquired from stock
units will be the amount paid for such shares plus any ordinary
income recognized when the stock is delivered.
Subject to the requirement of reasonableness, the provisions of
Section 162(m) and the satisfaction of a tax reporting
obligation, we will generally be entitled to a tax deduction
equal to the taxable ordinary income realized by the recipient
of the stock award.
Generally, the recipient of a dividend equivalent award will
recognize ordinary compensation income at the time the dividend
equivalent award is received equal to the fair market value of
any payments received under the dividend equivalent award.
Subject to the requirement of reasonableness, the provisions of
Section 162(m) and the satisfaction of a tax reporting
obligation, we will generally be entitled to a tax deduction
equal to the taxable ordinary income realized by the recipient
of the dividend equivalent.
Section 162(m) denies a deduction to any publicly held
corporation for compensation paid to certain covered
employees in a taxable year to the extent that
compensation to such covered employee exceeds $1 million.
It is possible that compensation attributable to stock awards,
when combined with all other types of compensation received by a
covered employee from us, may cause this limitation to be
exceeded in any
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particular year. For purposes of Section 162(m), the term
covered employee means our chief executive officer
and our four highest compensated officers as of the end of a
taxable year as disclosed in our SEC filings.
Certain kinds of compensation, including qualified
performance-based compensation, are disregarded for
purposes of the Section 162(m) deduction limitation. In
accordance with Treasury regulations issued under
Section 162(m), compensation attributable to certain stock
awards will qualify as performance-based compensation if the
award is granted by a committee of our board of directors
consisting solely of outside directors and the stock
award is granted (or exercisable) only upon the achievement (as
certified in writing by the committee) of an objective
performance goal established in writing by the committee while
the outcome is substantially uncertain, and the material terms
of the 2007 Plan under which the award is granted is approved by
stockholders. A stock option or stock appreciation right may be
considered performance-based compensation as
described in the previous sentence or by meeting the following
requirements: the incentive compensation plan contains a
per-employee limitation on the number of shares for which stock
options and stock appreciation rights may be granted during a
specified period, the material terms of the plan are approved by
the shareholders, and the exercise price of the option or right
is no less than the fair market value of the stock on the date
of grant.
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APPENDIX B
MarineMax, Inc.
2007 Incentive Compensation Plan
1. Purpose. The purpose of
this Plan is to assist the Company and its Related Entities in
attracting, motivating, retaining and rewarding high-quality
Employees, officers, Directors, and Consultants by enabling such
persons to acquire or increase a proprietary interest in the
Company in order to strengthen the mutuality of interests
between such persons and the Companys stockholders and
providing such persons with annual and long-term performance
incentives to expend their maximum efforts in the creation of
stockholder value. The Plan is intended to qualify certain
compensation awarded under the Plan for tax deductibility under
Section 162(m) of the Code (as hereafter defined) to the
extent deemed appropriate by the Plan Administrator.
2. Definitions. For purposes
of the Plan, the following terms shall be defined as set forth
below.
(a) 1998 Plan Award means a stock award
granted under the 1998 Incentive Stock Plan.
(b) Applicable Laws means the
requirements relating to the administration of equity
compensation plans under U.S. state corporate laws,
U.S. federal and state securities laws, the Code, the rules
and regulations of any stock exchange upon which the Common
Stock is listed, and the applicable laws of any foreign country
or jurisdiction where Awards are granted under the Plan.
(c) Award means any award granted
pursuant to the terms of this Plan, including an Option, Stock
Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Stock Unit, Stock granted
as a bonus or in lieu of another award, Dividend Equivalent, and
Other Stock-Based Award or Performance Award, together with any
other right or interest, granted to a Participant under the Plan.
(d) Award Agreement means the written
agreement evidencing an Award granted under the Plan.
(e) Beneficiary means the person,
persons, trust, or trusts that have been designated by a
Participant in his or her most recent written beneficiary
designation filed with the Plan Administrator to receive the
benefits specified under the Plan upon such Participants
death or to which Awards or other rights are transferred if and
to the extent permitted under Section 10(b) hereof. If,
upon a Participants death, there is no designated
Beneficiary or surviving designated Beneficiary, then the term
Beneficiary means the person, persons, trust, or trusts entitled
by will or the laws of descent and distribution to receive such
benefits.
(f) Beneficial Owner, Beneficially
Owning, and Beneficial Ownership
shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in
Rule 13d-3 under
the Exchange Act and any successor to such Rule.
(g) Board means the Companys Board
of Directors.
(h) Cause shall, with respect to any
Participant, have the meaning specified in the Award Agreement.
In the absence of any definition in the Award Agreement,
Cause shall have the equivalent meaning or the same
meaning as cause or for cause set forth
in any employment, consulting, change in control, or other
agreement for the performance of services between the
Participant and the Company or a Related Entity or, in the
absence of any such definition in such agreement, such term
shall mean (i) the failure by the Participant to perform
his or her duties as assigned by the Company (or a Related
Entity) in a reasonable manner, (ii) any violation or
breach by the Participant of his or her employment, consulting,
or other similar agreement with the Company (or a Related
Entity), if any, (iii) any violation or breach by the
Participant of his or her confidential information and invention
assignment, non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disclosure,
and/or other similar agreement with the Company or a Related
Entity, if any, (iv) any act by the Participant of
dishonesty or bad faith with respect to the Company (or a
Related Entity), (v) any material violation or breach by
the Participant of the Companys or a Related Entitys
policy for employee conduct, if any, (vi) use of alcohol,
drugs, or other similar substances in a manner that adversely
affects the Participants work performance, or
(vii) the commission by the Participant of any act,
misdemeanor, or crime reflecting unfavorably upon the
Participant or the Company or any Related Entity. The good faith
determination by the
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Plan Administrator of whether the Participants Continuous
Service was terminated by the Company for Cause
shall be final and binding for all purposes hereunder.
(i) Change in Control means and shall be
deemed to have occurred on the earliest of the following dates:
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(i) the date on which any person (as such term
is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act),
obtains beneficial ownership (as defined in
Rule 13d-3 of the
Exchange Act) or a pecuniary interest in fifty percent (50%) or
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(ii) the consummation of a merger, consolidation,
reorganization, or similar transaction other than a transaction
(1) (a) in which substantially all of the holders of
Companys Voting Stock hold or receive directly or
indirectly fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting stock of
the resulting entity or a parent company thereof, in
substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the
Company immediately prior to the transaction; or (2) in
which the holders of Companys capital stock immediately
before such transaction will, immediately after such
transaction, hold as a group on a fully diluted basis the
ability to elect at least a majority of the directors of the
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(iii) there is consummated a sale, lease, exclusive
license, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, other
than a sale, lease, license, or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and
its Subsidiaries to an entity, fifty percent (50%) or more of
the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are
owned by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the
same proportions as their ownership of the Company immediately
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(iv) individuals who, on the date this Plan is adopted by
the Board, are Directors (the Incumbent Board) cease
for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the
Directors; provided, however, that if the appointment or
election (or nomination for election) of any new Director was
approved or recommended by a majority vote of the members of the
Incumbent Board then still in office, such new member shall, for
purposes of this Plan, be considered as a member of the
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For purposes of determining whether a Change in Control has
occurred, a transaction includes all transactions in a series of
related transactions, and terms used in this definition but not
defined are used as defined in the Plan. The term Change in
Control shall not include a sale of assets, merger, or other
transaction effected exclusively for the purpose of changing the
domicile of the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this
Plan, the definition of Change in Control (or any analogous
term) in an individual written agreement between the Company and
the Participant shall supersede the foregoing definition with
respect to Awards subject to such agreement (it being
understood, however, that if no definition of Change in Control
or any analogous term is set forth in such an individual written
agreement, the foregoing definition shall apply).
(j) Code means the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended from time to time, including regulations
thereunder and successor provisions and regulations thereto.
(k) Committee means a committee
designated by the Board to administer the Plan with respect to
at least a group of Employees, Directors, or Consultants.
(l) Company means MarineMax, Inc., a
Delaware corporation.
(m) Consultant means any person (other
than an Employee or a Director, solely with respect to rendering
services in such persons capacity as a director) who is
engaged by the Company or any Related Entity to render
consulting or advisory services to the Company or such Related
Entity.
(n) Continuous Service means
uninterrupted provision of services to the Company or any
Related Entity in the capacity as either an officer, Employee,
Director, or Consultant. Continuous Service shall not be
considered to be interrupted in the case of (i) any
approved leave of absence, (ii) transfers among the
Company, any Related Entities, or any successor entities, in the
capacity as either an officer, Employee, Director, or Consultant
or (iii) any change in status as long as the individual
remains in the service of the
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Company or a Related Entity in the capacity as either an
officer, Employee, Director, or Consultant (except as otherwise
provided in the Award Agreement). An approved leave of absence
shall include sick leave, military leave, or any other
authorized personal leave.
(o) Corporate Transaction means the
occurrence, in a single transaction or in a series of related
transactions, of any one or more of the following events:
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(i) a sale, lease, exclusive license, or other disposition
of a substantial portion of the consolidated assets of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, as determined by the Plan
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(ii) a sale or other disposition of more than twenty
percent (20%) of the outstanding securities of the
Company; or |
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(iii) a merger, consolidation, reorganization, or similar
transaction, whether or not the Company is the surviving
corporation. |
(p) Covered Employee means an Eligible
Person who is a Covered Employee as specified in
Section 7(d) of the Plan.
(q) Director means a member of the Board
or the board of directors of any Related Entity.
(r) Disability means a permanent and
total disability (within the meaning of Section 22(e) of
the Code), as determined by a medical doctor satisfactory to the
Plan Administrator.
(s) Dividend Equivalent means a right,
granted to a Participant under Section 6(g) hereof, to
receive cash, Shares, other Awards, or other property equal in
value to dividends paid with respect to a specified number of
Shares or other periodic payments.
(t) Effective Date means the effective
date of this Plan, which shall be the date this Plan is adopted
by the Board, subject to the approval of the stockholders of the
Company.
(u) Eligible Person means each officer,
Director, Employee, or Consultant. The foregoing
notwithstanding, only employees of the Company, any Parent, or
any Subsidiary shall be Eligible Persons for purposes of
receiving Incentive Stock Options. An Employee on leave of
absence may be considered as still in the employ of the Company
or a Related Entity for purposes of eligibility for
participation in the Plan.
(v) Employee means any person, including
an officer or Director, who is an employee of the Company or any
Related Entity. The payment of a directors fee by the
Company or a Related Entity shall not be sufficient to
constitute employment by the Company.
(w) Exchange Act means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, including
rules thereunder and successor provisions and rules thereto.
(x) Executive Officer means an executive
officer of the Company as defined under the Exchange Act.
(y) Fair Market Value means the fair
market value of Shares, Awards, or other property as determined
by the Plan Administrator, or under procedures established by
the Plan Administrator. Unless otherwise determined by the Plan
Administrator, the Fair Market Value of Shares as of any given
date, after which the Shares are publicly traded on a stock
exchange or market, shall be the closing sale price per share
reported on a consolidated basis for stock listed on the
principal stock exchange or market on which Shares are traded on
the date as of which such value is being determined or, if there
is no sale on that date, then on the last previous day on which
a sale was reported.
(z) Good Reason shall, with respect to
any Participant, have the meaning specified in the Award
Agreement. In the absence of any definition in the Award
Agreement, Good Reason shall have the equivalent
meaning (or the same meaning as good reason or
for good reason) set forth in any employment,
consulting, change in control, or other agreement for the
performance of services between the Participant and the Company
or a Related Entity or, in the absence of any such definition in
such agreement(s), such term shall mean (i) the assignment
to the Participant of any duties inconsistent in any material
respect with the Participants position (including status,
offices, titles, and reporting requirements),
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authority, duties, or responsibilities as assigned by the
Company (or a Related Entity) or any other action by the Company
(or a Related Entity) that results in a material diminution in
such position, authority, duties, or responsibilities, excluding
for this purpose an isolated, insubstantial, and inadvertent
action not taken in bad faith and which is remedied by the
Company (or a Related Entity) promptly after receipt of notice
thereof given by the Participant; (ii) any failure by the
Company (or a Related Entity) to comply with its obligations to
the Participant as agreed upon, other than an isolated,
insubstantial, or inadvertent failure not occurring in bad faith
and which is remedied by the Company (or a Related Entity)
promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the
Participant; (iii) the Companys (or Related
Entitys) requiring the Participant to be based at any
office or location more than fifty (50) miles from the
location of employment as of the date of Award, except for
travel reasonably required in the performance of the
Participants responsibilities; (iv) any purported
termination by the Company (or a Related Entity) of the
Participants Continuous Service otherwise than for Cause,
as defined in Section 2(h), death, or by reason of the
Participants Disability as defined in Section 2(r);
or (v) any reduction in the Participants base salary
(unless such reduction is part of Company-wide reduction that
affects a majority of the persons of comparable level to the
Participant).
(aa) Incentive Stock Option means any
Option intended to be designated as an incentive stock option
within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code or any
successor provision thereto.
(bb) Non-Employee Director means a
Director of the Company who is not an Employee.
(cc) Non-Qualified Stock Option means
any Option that is not intended to be designated as an
incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of
the Code or any successor provision thereto.
(dd) Option means a right, granted to a
Participant under Section 6(b) hereof, to purchase Shares
or other Awards at a specified price during specified time
periods.
(ee) Other Stock-Based Awards means
Awards granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 6(h)
hereof.
(ff) Parent means any corporation (other
than the Company), whether now or hereafter existing, in an
unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Company, if each
of the corporations in the chain (other than the Company) owns
stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined
voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other
corporations in the chain.
(gg) Participant means a person who has
been granted an Award under the Plan that remains outstanding,
including a person who is no longer an Eligible Person.
(hh) Performance Award means a right,
granted to an Eligible Person under Sections 6(h) hereof,
to receive Awards based upon performance criteria specified by
the Plan Administrator.
(ii) Performance Period means that
period established by the Plan Administrator at the time any
Performance Award is granted or at any time thereafter during
which any performance goals specified by the Plan Administrator
with respect to such Award are to be measured.
(jj) Person has the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and used
in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, and shall include a
group as defined in Section 12(d) thereof.
(kk) Plan means this MarineMax, Inc.
2007 Incentive Compensation Plan.
(ll) Plan Administrator means the Board
or any Committee delegated by the Board to administer the Plan.
There may be different Plan Administrators with respect to
different groups of Eligible Persons.
(mm) Related Entity means any Parent,
Subsidiary, and any business, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, or other entity designated by the Plan
Administrator in which the Company, a Parent, or a Subsidiary,
directly or indirectly, holds a substantial ownership interest.
(nn) Restricted Stock means Stock
granted to a Participant under Section 6(d) hereof, that is
subject to certain restrictions, including a risk of forfeiture.
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(oo) Rule 16b-3
and
Rule 16a-1(c)(3)
means Rule 16b-3
and
Rule 16a-1(c)(3),
as from time to time in effect and applicable to the Plan and
Participants, promulgated by the Securities and Exchange
Commission under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
(pp) Share means a share of the
Companys Common Stock, and the share of such other
securities as may be substituted (or resubstituted) for Stock
pursuant to Section 10(c) hereof.
(qq) Stock means the Companys
Common Stock, and such other securities as may be substituted
(or resubstituted) for the Companys Common Stock pursuant
to Section 10(c) hereof.
(rr) Stock Appreciation Right means a
right granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 6(c)
hereof.
(ss) Stock Unit means a right, granted
to a Participant pursuant to Section 6(e) hereof, to
receive Shares, cash, or a combination thereof at the end of a
specified period of time.
(tt) Subsidiary means any corporation
(other than the Company), whether now or hereafter existing, in
an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company, if
each of the corporations other than the last corporation in the
unbroken chain owns stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more
of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in
one of the other corporations in such chain.
(uu) Voting Stock means the stock of the
Company with a right to vote for the election of Directors.
3. Administration.
(a) Administration by Board. The Board shall
administer the Plan unless and until the Board delegates
administration to a Committee, as provided in Section 3(c).
The Board and/or Committee(s) administering the Plan shall be
the Plan Administrator.
(b) Powers of the Plan Administrator. The Plan
Administrator shall have the following powers, subject to, and
within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan:
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(i) Subject to Section 3(g) below, to determine from
time to time those of the persons eligible under the Plan shall
be granted Awards; when and how each Award shall be granted;
what type or combination of types of Award shall be granted; the
provisions of each Award granted (which need not be identical),
including the time or times when a person shall be permitted to
receive Shares or cash pursuant to an Award; and the number of
Shares or amount of cash with respect to which an Award shall be
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(ii) To construe and interpret the Plan and Awards granted
under it and to establish, amend, and revoke rules and
regulations for its administration. The Plan Administrator, in
the exercise of this power, may correct any one or more defects,
omissions, or inconsistencies in the Plan or in any Award
Agreement, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary
or expedient to make the Plan fully effective. |
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(iii) To amend the Plan or an Award as provided in
Section 10(e). |
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(iv) To terminate or suspend the Plan as provided in
Section 10(e). |
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(v) To adopt such modifications, procedures, and subplans
as may be necessary or desirable to comply with provisions of
the laws of foreign countries in which the Company or Related
Entities may operate to assure the viability of the benefits
from Awards granted to Participants performing services in such
countries and to meet the objectives of the Plan. |
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(vi) Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such
acts as the Plan Administrator deems necessary or appropriate to
promote the best interests of the Company and that are not in
conflict with the provisions of the Plan. |
(c) Delegation to Committee.
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(i) General. The Board may delegate administration
of the Plan to a Committee or Committees of more members of the
Board, and the term Committee shall apply to any
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such authority has been delegated. If administration is
delegated to a Committee, the Committee shall have, in
connection with the administration of the Plan, the powers
theretofore possessed by the Board, to the extent delegated by
the Board, including the power to delegate to a subcommittee any
of the administrative powers the Committee is authorized to
exercise, subject, however, to such resolutions, not
inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be adopted
from time to time by the Board. The Board may abolish the
Committee at any time and revest in the Board the administration
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(ii) Section 162(m) and
Rule 16b-3
Compliance. In the discretion of the Board, the Committee
may consist solely of two or more Outside Directors,
in accordance with Section 162(m) of the Code, and/or
solely of two or more Non-Employee Directors, in
accordance with
Rule 16b-3. In
addition, the Plan Administrator may delegate to a committee of
two or more members of the Board the authority to grant Awards
to Eligible Persons who are either (a) not then Covered
Employees and are not expected to be Covered Employees at the
time of recognition of income resulting from such Award,
(b) not persons with respect to whom the Company wishes to
comply with Section 162(m) of the Code or (c) not then
subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act. |
(d) Effect of Plan Administrators Decision.
All determinations, interpretations, and constructions made by
the Plan Administrator shall be made in good faith and shall not
be subject to review by any person and shall be final, binding
and conclusive on all persons.
(e) Arbitration. Any dispute or claim concerning any
Award granted (or not granted) pursuant to the Plan or any
disputes or claims relating to or arising out of the Plan shall
be fully, finally, and exclusively resolved by binding and
confidential arbitration conducted pursuant to the rules of
Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc.
(JAMS) in the nearest city in which JAMS conducts
business to the city in which the Participant is employed by the
Company. The Company shall pay all arbitration fees. In addition
to any other relief, the arbitrator may award to the prevailing
party recovery of its attorneys fees and costs. By
accepting an Award, the Participant and the Company waive their
respective rights to have any such disputes or claims tried by a
judge or jury.
(f) Limitation of Liability. The Board and any
Committee(s), and each member thereof, who act as the Plan
Administrator, shall be entitled to, in good faith, rely or act
upon any report or other information furnished to him or her by
any officer or Employee, the Companys independent
auditors, Consultants, or any other agents assisting in the
administration of the Plan. Members of the Board and any
Committee(s), and any officer or Employee acting at the
direction or on behalf of the Board and any Committee(s), shall
not be personally liable for any action or determination taken
or made in good faith with respect to the Plan and shall, to the
extent permitted by law, be fully indemnified and protected by
the Company with respect to any such action or determination.
(g) Administration of the Plan For Non-Employee
Directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the grant of all
Awards to the Non-Employee Directors shall be approved by a
majority of the Directors who qualify as independent under the
rules of the principal stock exchange or market on which Shares
are traded or a Committee composed solely of such independent
Directors.
4. Shares Issuable Under the
Plan.
(a) Number of Shares Available for Issuance Under
Plan. Subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 10(c) hereof, the total number of Shares reserved
and available for issuance in connection with Awards shall be
1,000,000 Shares. In addition, any shares available for
issuance under the 1998 Incentive Stock Plan that are not
subject to an outstanding award under the 1998 Incentive Stock
Plan as of the date of stockholder approval of this Plan shall
become available for issuance under this Plan, and shall no
longer be available for issuance under the 1998 Incentive Stock
Plan, as applicable. Any Shares issued under the Plan may
consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued shares
or treasury shares.
(b) Availability of Shares Not Issued pursuant to
Awards.
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(i) If any Shares subject to an Award or to an 1998 Plan
Award are forfeited, expire, or otherwise terminate without
issuance of such Shares, any Award or 1998 Plan Award is settled
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otherwise does not result in the issuance of all or a portion of
the Shares subject to such Award or 1998 Plan Award , the Shares
shall, to the extent of such forfeiture, expiration,
termination, cash settlement, or non-issuance, be available for
Awards under the Plan, subject to Section 4(b)(iv) below. |
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(ii) If any Shares issued pursuant to an Award or 1998 Plan
Award are forfeited back to or repurchased by the Company,
including, but not limited to, any repurchase or forfeiture
caused by the failure to meet a contingency or condition
required for the vesting of such shares, then the Shares
forfeited or repurchased shall revert to and become available
for issuance under the Plan, subject to Section 4(b)(iv)
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(iii) In the event that any Option or other Award granted
hereunder is exercised through the withholding of Shares from
the Award by the Company or withholding tax liabilities arising
from such Option or other Award are satisfied by the withholding
of Shares from the Award by the Company, then only the number of
Shares issued net of the Shares withheld shall be counted as
issued for purposes of determining the maximum number of Shares
available for grant under the Plan, subject to
Section 4(b)(iv) below. In the event that any 1998 Plan
Award is exercised through the withholding of Shares by the
Company from the 1998 Plan Award or withholding tax liabilities
arising from such 1998 Plan Award are satisfied by the
withholding of Shares from the 1998 Plan Award by the Company,
then Shares withheld shall become available for issuance under
the Plan, subject to Section 4(b)(iv) below. |
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(iv) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4(b) to
the contrary, solely for purposes of determining whether Shares
are available for the grant of Incentive Stock Options, the
maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be granted under
this Plan through Incentive Stock Options shall be determined
without regard to any Shares restored pursuant to this
Section 4(b) that, if taken into account, would cause the
Plan, for purposes of the grant of Incentive Stock Options, to
fail the requirement under Code Section 422 that the Plan
designate a maximum aggregate number of shares that may be
issued. |
(c) Application of Limitations. The limitation
contained in this Section 4 shall apply not only to Awards
that are settled by the delivery of Shares but also to Awards
relating to Shares but settled only in cash (such as cash-only
Stock Appreciation Rights). The Plan Administrator may adopt
reasonable counting procedures to ensure appropriate counting,
and avoid double counting (as, for example, in the case of
tandem or substitute awards) and may make adjustments if the
number of Shares actually delivered differs from the number of
shares previously counted in connection with an Award.
5. Eligibility; Per-Person Award
Limitations. Awards may be granted under the Plan only to
Eligible Persons.
In any one calendar year, an Eligible Person may not be granted
Awards under which more than fifty percent (50%) of the total
number of Shares reserved for issuance under the Plan (whether
or not issued) could be received by the Participant, subject to
adjustment as provided in Section 10(c). In addition, the
maximum dollar value payable in cash to any one Participant with
respect to Performance Awards vesting based on the performance
objectives of Section 7 is $5,000,000 per calendar
year.
6. Terms of Awards.
(a) General. Awards may be granted on the terms and
conditions set forth in this Section 6. In addition, the
Plan Administrator may impose on any Award or the exercise
thereof, at the date of grant or thereafter (subject to
Section 10(e)), such additional terms and conditions, not
inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the Plan
Administrator shall determine, including terms requiring
forfeiture of Awards in the event of termination of the
Participants Continuous Service and terms permitting a
Participant to make elections relating to his or her Award. The
Plan Administrator shall retain full power and discretion to
accelerate, waive or modify, at any time, any term or condition
of an Award that is not mandatory under the Plan.
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(b) Options. The Plan Administrator is authorized to
grant Options to any Eligible Person on the following terms and
conditions:
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(i) Stock Option Agreement. Each grant of an Option
shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Such Award Agreement
shall be subject to all applicable terms and conditions of the
Plan and may be subject to any other terms and conditions, which
are not inconsistent with the Plan and which the Plan
Administrator deems appropriate for inclusion in the Award
Agreement. The provisions of the various Award Agreements
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(ii) Number of Shares. The Plan Administrator shall
determine and each Award Agreement shall specify the number of
Shares that are subject to the Option and shall provide for the
adjustment of such number in accordance with Section 10(c)
hereof. The Award Agreement shall also specify whether the Stock
Option is an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock
Option. |
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(A) In General. The Plan Administrator shall
determine and each Award Agreement shall state the price at
which Shares subject to the Option may be purchased (the
Exercise Price), which shall be not less than 100%
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(B) Ten Percent Stockholder. If a Participant owns
or is deemed to own (by reason of the attribution rules
applicable under Section 424(d) of the Code) more than 10%
of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the
Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, any Incentive Stock Option
granted to such Employee must have an exercise price per Share
of at least 110% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date
of grant. |
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(iv) Time and Method of Exercise. The Plan
Administrator shall determine the time or times at which or the
circumstances under which an Option may be exercised in whole or
in part (including based on achievement of performance goals
and/or future service requirements), the time or times at which
Options shall cease to be or become exercisable following
termination of Continuous Service or upon other conditions, the
methods by which the exercise price may be paid or deemed to be
paid (including, in the discretion of the Plan Administrator, a
cashless exercise procedure), the form of such payment,
including, without limitation, cash, Stock, net exercise, other
Awards, or awards granted under other plans of the Company or a
Related Entity, other property (including notes or other
contractual obligations of Participants to make payment on a
deferred basis) or any other form of consideration legally
permissible, and the methods by or forms in which Stock will be
delivered or deemed to be delivered to Participants. |
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(v) Termination of Service. Subject to earlier
termination of the Option as otherwise provided in the Plan and
unless otherwise provided by the Plan Administrator with respect
to an Option and set forth in the Award Agreement, an Option
shall be exercisable after a Participants termination of
Continuous Service only during the applicable time period
determined in accordance with this Section and thereafter shall
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(A) Death or Disability. If the Participants
Continuous Service terminates because of the death or Disability
of the Participant, the Option, to the extent unexercised and
exercisable on the date on which the Participants
Continuous Service terminated, may be exercised by the
Participant (or the Participants legal representative or
estate) at any time prior to the expiration of twelve
(12) months (or such other period of time as determined by
the Plan Administrator, in its discretion) after the date on
which the Participants Continuous Service terminated, but
in any event only with respect to the vested portion of the
Option and no later than the date of expiration of the
Options term as set forth in the Award Agreement
evidencing such Option (the Option Expiration
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(B) Termination for Cause. Notwithstanding any other
provision of the Plan to the contrary, if the Participants
Continuous Service is terminated for Cause, the Option shall
terminate and cease to be exercisable immediately upon such
termination of Continuous Service. |
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(C) Other Termination of Service. If the
Participants Continuous Service terminates for any reason,
except Disability, death, or Cause, the Option, to the extent
unexercised and exercisable by the Participant on the date on
which the Participants Continuous Service terminated, may
be exercised by the Participant at any time prior to the
expiration of three (3) months (or such longer period of
time as determined by the Plan Administrator, in its discretion)
after the date on which the Participants Continuous
Service terminated, but in any event only with respect to the
vested portion of the Option and no later than the Option
Expiration Date. |
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(vi) Incentive Stock Options. The terms of any
Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan shall comply in
all respects with the provisions of Section 422 of the
Code. If and to the extent required to comply with
Section 422 of the Code, Options granted as Incentive Stock
Options shall be subject to the following special terms and
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(1) The Option shall not be exercisable more than ten
(10) years after the date such Incentive Stock Option is
granted; provided, however, that if a Participant owns or is
deemed to own (by reason of the attribution rules of
Section 424(d) of the Code) more than 10% of the combined
voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any
Parent or Subsidiary and the Incentive Stock Option is granted
to such Participant, the Incentive Stock Option shall not be
exercisable (to the extent required by the Code at the time of
the grant) for no more than five (5) years from the date of
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(2) If the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of
the date the Incentive Stock Option is granted) of the Shares
with respect to which Incentive Stock Options granted under the
Plan and all other option plans of the Company, its Parent or
any Subsidiary are exercisable for the first time by a
Participant during any calendar year in excess of $100,000, then
such Participants Incentive Stock Option(s) or portions
thereof that exceed such $100,000 limit shall be treated as
Non-Qualified Stock Options (in the reverse order in which they
were granted, so that the last Incentive Stock Option will be
the first treated as a Non-Qualified Stock Option). This
paragraph shall only apply to the extent such limitation is
applicable under the Code at the time of the grant. |
(c) Stock Appreciation Rights. The Plan
Administrator is authorized to grant Stock Appreciation Rights
to Participants on the following terms and conditions:
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(i) Agreement. Each grant of a Stock Appreciation
Right shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Such Award
Agreement shall be subject to all applicable terms and
conditions of the Plan and may be subject to any other terms and
conditions which are not inconsistent with the Plan and which
the Plan Administrator deems appropriate for inclusion in the
Award Agreement. The provisions of the various Award Agreements
entered into under the Plan need not be identical. |
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(ii) Right to Payment. A Stock Appreciation Right
shall confer on the Participant to whom it is granted a right to
receive, upon exercise thereof, the excess of (A) the Fair
Market Value of one share of stock on the date of exercise over
(B) the grant price of the Stock Appreciation Right as
determined by the Plan Administrator. The per Share grant price
of each Stock Appreciation Right shall not be less than the Fair
Market Value of a Share on the grant date. |
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(iii) Other Terms. The Plan Administrator shall
determine at the date of grant or thereafter, the time or times
at which and the circumstances under which a Stock Appreciation
Right may be exercised in whole or in part (including based on
achievement of performance goals and/or future service
requirements), the time or times at which Stock Appreciation
Rights shall cease to be or become exercisable following
termination of Continuous Service or upon other conditions, the
form of payment upon exercise of Shares, cash, or other
property, the method of exercise, method of settlement, form of
consideration payable in settlement (either cash, Shares or
other property), method by or forms in which Stock will be
delivered or deemed to be delivered to Participants, whether or
not a Stock Appreciation Right shall be in tandem or in
combination with any other Award, and any other terms and
conditions of any Stock Appreciation Right. Stock Appreciation
Rights may be either freestanding or in tandem with other
Awards. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, unless
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tion 409A of the Code or otherwise specifically determined
by the Plan Administrator, each Stock Appreciation Right shall
be structured to avoid the imposition of any excise tax under
Section 409A of the Code. |
(d) Restricted Stock. The Plan Administrator is
authorized to grant Restricted Stock to any Eligible Person on
the following terms and conditions:
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(i) Grant and Restrictions. Restricted Stock shall
be subject to such restrictions on transferability, risk of
forfeiture, and other restrictions, if any, as the Plan
Administrator may impose, or as otherwise provided in this Plan.
The terms of any Restricted Stock granted under the Plan shall
be set forth in a written Award Agreement that shall contain
provisions determined by the Plan Administrator and not
inconsistent with the Plan. The restrictions may lapse
separately or in combination at such times, under such
circumstances (including based on achievement of performance
goals and/or future service requirements), in such installments
or otherwise, as the Plan Administrator may determine at the
date of grant or thereafter. Except to the extent restricted
under the terms of the Plan and any Award Agreement relating to
the Restricted Stock, a Participant granted Restricted Stock
shall have all of the rights of a stockholder, including the
right to vote the Restricted Stock and the right to receive
dividends thereon (subject to any mandatory reinvestment or
other requirement imposed by the Plan Administrator). During the
restricted period applicable to the Restricted Stock, subject to
Section 10(b) below, the Restricted Stock may not be sold,
transferred, pledged, hypothecated, margined, or otherwise
encumbered by the Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
all grants of Restricted Stock shall comply with the vesting
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(ii) Forfeiture. Except as otherwise determined by
the Plan Administrator, upon termination of a Participants
Continuous Service during the applicable restriction period, the
Participants Restricted Stock that is at that time subject
to a risk of forfeiture that has not lapsed or otherwise been
satisfied shall be forfeited to or reacquired by the Company;
provided that the Plan Administrator may provide, by rule or
regulation or in any Award Agreement or may determine in any
individual case, that restrictions or forfeiture conditions
relating to Restricted Stock shall be waived in whole or in part
in the event of terminations resulting from specified causes,
and the Plan Administrator may in other cases waive in whole or
in part the forfeiture of Restricted Stock. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, all grants of Stock Units shall comply with the
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(iii) Certificates for Shares. Restricted Stock
granted under the Plan may be evidenced in such manner as the
Plan Administrator shall determine. If certificates representing
Restricted Stock are registered in the name of the Participant,
the Plan Administrator may require that such certificates bear
an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and
restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock, that the
Company retain physical possession of the certificates, that the
certificates be kept with an escrow agent, and that the
Participant deliver a stock power to the Company, endorsed in
blank, relating to the Restricted Stock. |
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(iv) Dividends and Splits. As a condition to the
grant of an Award of Restricted Stock, the Plan Administrator
may require that any cash dividends paid on a share of
Restricted Stock be automatically reinvested in additional
shares of Restricted Stock or applied to the purchase of
additional Awards under the Plan. Unless otherwise determined by
the Plan Administrator, Shares distributed in connection with a
stock split or stock dividend, and other property distributed as
a dividend, shall be subject to restrictions and a risk of
forfeiture to the same extent as the Restricted Stock with
respect to which such Shares or other property has been
distributed. |
(e) Stock Units. The Plan Administrator is
authorized to grant Stock Units to Participants, which are
rights to receive Shares, cash, or other property, or a
combination thereof at the end of a specified time period,
subject to the following terms and conditions:
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(i) Award and Restrictions. Satisfaction of an Award
of Stock Units shall occur upon expiration of the time period
specified for such Stock Units by the Plan Administrator (or, if
permitted by the Plan Administrator, as elected by the
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restrictions (which may include a risk of forfeiture) as the
Plan Administrator may impose, if any, which restrictions may
lapse at the expiration of the time period or at earlier
specified times (including based on achievement of performance
goals and/or future service requirements), separately or in
combination, in installments or otherwise, as the Plan
Administrator may determine. The terms of an Award of Stock
Units shall be set forth in a written Award Agreement that shall
contain provisions determined by the Plan Administrator and not
inconsistent with the Plan. Stock Units may be satisfied by
delivery of Stock, cash equal to the Fair Market Value of the
specified number of Shares covered by the Stock Units, or a
combination thereof, as determined by the Plan Administrator at
the date of grant or thereafter. Prior to satisfaction of an
Award of Stock Units, an Award of Stock Units carries no voting
or dividend or other rights associated with share ownership.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, all grants of Stock Units shall
comply with the vesting terms of Sections 8(f).
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, unless
otherwise exempt from Section 409A of the Code or otherwise
specifically determined by the Plan Administrator, each Stock
Unit shall be structured to avoid the imposition of any excise
tax under Section 409A of the Code. |
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(ii) Forfeiture. Except as otherwise determined by
the Plan Administrator, upon termination of a Participants
Continuous Service during the applicable time period thereof to
which forfeiture conditions apply (as provided in the Award
Agreement evidencing the Stock Units), the Participants
Stock Units (other than those Stock Units subject to deferral at
the election of the Participant) shall be forfeited; provided
that the Plan Administrator may provide, by rule or regulation
or in any Award Agreement or may determine in any individual
case, that restrictions or forfeiture conditions relating to
Stock Units shall be waived in whole or in part in the event of
terminations resulting from specified causes, and the Plan
Administrator may in other cases waive in whole or in part the
forfeiture of Stock Units. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all
grants of Stock Units shall comply with the vesting acceleration
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(iii) Dividend Equivalents. Unless otherwise
determined by the Plan Administrator at date of grant, any
Dividend Equivalents that are granted with respect to any Award
of Stock Units shall be either (A) paid with respect to
such Stock Units at the dividend payment date in cash or in
Shares of unrestricted Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to
the amount of such dividends or (B) deferred with respect
to such Stock Units and the amount or value thereof
automatically deemed reinvested in additional Stock Units, other
Awards or other investment vehicles, as the Plan Administrator
shall determine or permit the Participant to elect. |
(f) Bonus Stock and Awards in Lieu of Obligations.
The Plan Administrator is authorized to grant Shares as a bonus
or to grant Shares or other Awards in lieu of Company
obligations to pay cash or deliver other property under the Plan
or under other plans or compensatory arrangements, provided
that, in the case of Participants subject to Section 16 of
the Exchange Act, the amount of such grants remains within the
discretion of the Plan Administrator to the extent necessary to
ensure that acquisitions of Shares or other Awards are exempt
from liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.
Shares or Awards granted hereunder shall be subject to such
other terms as shall be determined by the Plan Administrator.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, all grants Shares pursuant to
this Section shall comply with the vesting terms of
Section 8(f) and the vesting acceleration terms of
Section 8(g).
(g) Dividend Equivalents. The Plan Administrator is
authorized to grant Dividend Equivalents to any Eligible Person
entitling the Eligible Person to receive cash, Shares, other
Awards, or other property equal in value to dividends paid with
respect to a specified number of Shares, or other periodic
payments. Dividend Equivalents may be awarded on a free-standing
basis or in connection with another Award. The terms of an Award
of Dividend Equivalents shall be set forth in a written Award
Agreement that shall contain provisions determined by the Plan
Administrator and not inconsistent with the Plan. The Plan
Administrator may provide that Dividend Equivalents shall be
paid or distributed when accrued or shall be deemed to have been
reinvested in additional Stock, Awards, or other investment
vehicles, and subject to such restrictions on transferability
and risks of forfeiture, as the Plan Administrator may specify.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, unless
otherwise exempt from Section 409A of the Code or otherwise
specifically
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determined by the Plan Administrator, each Dividend Equivalent
shall be structured to avoid the imposition of any excise tax
under Section 409A of the Code.
(h) Performance Awards. The Plan Administrator is
authorized to grant Performance Awards to any Eligible Person
payable in cash, Shares, other property, or other Awards, on
terms and conditions established by the Plan Administrator,
including Awards subject to the provisions of Section 7, if
and to the extent that the Plan Administrator shall, in its sole
discretion, determine that an Award shall be subject to those
provisions. The performance criteria to be achieved during any
Performance Period and the length of the Performance Period
shall be determined by the Plan Administrator upon the grant of
each Performance Award. Except as provided in this Plan or as
may be provided in an Award Agreement, Performance Awards will
be distributed only after the end of the relevant Performance
Period. The performance goals to be achieved for each
Performance Period shall be conclusively determined by the Plan
Administrator and may be based upon the criteria set forth in
Section 7(b), or in the case of an Award that the Plan
Administrator determines shall not be subject to Section 7
hereof, any other criteria that the Plan Administrator, in its
sole discretion, shall determine should be used for that
purpose. The amount of the Award to be distributed shall be
conclusively determined by the Plan Administrator. Performance
Awards may be paid in a lump sum or in installments following
the close of the Performance Period or, in accordance with
procedures established by the Plan Administrator, on a deferred
basis. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all grants of Performance
Awards which would qualify as Full Value Awards (as defined in
Section 8(f)) shall comply with the vesting terms of
Section 8(f).
(i) Other Stock-Based Awards. The Plan Administrator
is authorized, subject to limitations under applicable law, to
grant to any Eligible Person such other Awards that may be
denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by
reference to, or otherwise based on, or related to, Shares, as
deemed by the Plan Administrator to be consistent with the
purposes of the Plan, including, without limitation, convertible
or exchangeable debt securities, other rights convertible or
exchangeable into Stock, purchase rights for Stock, Awards with
value and payment contingent upon performance of the Company or
any other factors designated by the Plan Administrator, and
Awards valued by reference to the book value of Stock or the
value of securities of or the performance of specified Related
Entities or business units. The Plan Administrator shall
determine the terms and conditions of such Awards. The terms of
any Award pursuant to this Section shall be set forth in a
written Award Agreement that shall contain provisions determined
by the Plan Administrator and not inconsistent with the Plan.
Stock delivered pursuant to an Award in the nature of a purchase
right granted under this Section 6(h) shall be purchased
for such consideration (including without limitation loans from
the Company or a Related Entity), paid for at such times, by
such methods, and in such forms, including, without limitation,
cash, Stock, other Awards, or other property, as the Plan
Administrator shall determine. Cash awards, as an element of or
supplement to any other Award under the Plan, may also be
granted pursuant to this Section 6(h). Notwithstanding any
other provision of the Plan, unless otherwise exempt from
Section 409A of the Code or otherwise specifically
determined by the Plan Administrator, each such Award shall be
structured to avoid the imposition of any excise tax under
Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
all grants of Other Stock Based Award which would qualify as
Full Value Awards (as defined in Section 8(f)) shall comply
with the vesting terms of Section 8(f) and the vesting
acceleration terms of Section 8(g).
7. Tax Qualified Performance
Awards.
(a) Covered Employees. A Committee, composed in
compliance with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the
Code, in its discretion, may determine at the time an Award is
granted to an Eligible Person who is, or is likely to be, as of
the end of the tax year in which the Company would claim a tax
deduction in connection with such Award, a Covered Employee,
that the provisions of this Section 7 shall be applicable
to such Award.
(b) Performance Criteria. If an Award is subject to
this Section 7, then the lapsing of restrictions thereon
and the distribution of cash, Shares or other property pursuant
thereto, as applicable, shall be contingent upon achievement of
one or more objective performance goals. Performance goals shall
be objective and shall otherwise meet the requirements of
Section 162(m) of the Code and regulations
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thereunder, including the requirement that the level or levels
of performance targeted by the Committee result in the
achievement of performance goals being substantially
uncertain. One or more of the following business criteria
for the Company, on a consolidated basis, and/or for Related
Entities, or for business or geographical units of the Company
and/or a Related Entity (except with respect to the total
stockholder return and earnings per share criteria), shall be
used by the Committee in establishing performance goals for such
Awards: (1) earnings per share; (2) revenues or gross
margins; (3) cash flow; (4) operating margin;
(5) return on net assets, investment, capital, or equity;
(6) economic value added; (7) direct contribution;
(8) net income; pretax earnings; earnings before interest
and taxes; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and
amortization; earnings after interest expense and before
extraordinary or special items; operating income; income before
interest income or expense, unusual items, and income taxes,
local, state, or federal and excluding budgeted and actual
bonuses that might be paid under any ongoing bonus plans of the
Company; (9) working capital; (10) management of fixed
costs or variable costs; (11) identification or
consummation of investment opportunities or completion of
specified projects in accordance with corporate business plans,
including strategic mergers, acquisitions, or divestitures;
(12) total stockholder return; and (13) debt
reduction. Any of the above goals may be determined on an
absolute or relative basis or as compared to the performance of
a published or special index deemed applicable by the Committee,
including, but not limited to, the Standard &
Poors 500 Stock Index or a group of companies that are
comparable to the Company. The Committee shall exclude the
impact of an event or occurrence which the Committee determines
should appropriately be excluded, including without limitation,
(i) restructurings, discontinued operations, extraordinary
items, and other unusual or non-recurring charges, (ii) an
event either not directly related to the operations of the
Company or not within the reasonable control of the
Companys management, or (iii) a change in accounting
standards required by generally accepted accounting principles.
(c) Performance Period; Timing For Establishing
Performance Goals. Achievement of performance goals in
respect of such Performance Awards shall be measured over a
Performance Period, as specified by the Committee. Performance
goals shall be established not later than ninety (90) days
after the beginning of any Performance Period applicable to such
Performance Awards, or at such other date as may be required or
permitted for performance-based compensation under
Section 162(m) of the Code.
(d) Adjustments. The Committee may, in its
discretion, reduce the amount of a settlement otherwise to be
made in connection with Awards subject to this Section 7,
but may not exercise discretion to increase any such amount
payable to a Covered Employee in respect of an Award subject to
this Section 7. The Committee shall specify the
circumstances in which such Awards shall be paid or forfeited in
the event of termination of Continuous Service by the
Participant prior to the end of a Performance Period or
settlement of Awards.
(e) Committee Certification. Within a reasonable
period of time after the performance criteria have been
satisfied (but no later than three (3) months after the
satisfaction of the performance criteria), to the extent
necessary to qualify the payments as performance based
compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, the
Committee shall certify, by resolution or other appropriate
action in writing, that the performance criteria and any other
material terms previously established by the Committee or set
forth in the Plan, have been satisfied.
8. Certain Provisions Applicable
to Awards or Sales.
(a) Stand-Alone, Additional, Tandem and Substitute
Awards. Awards granted under the Plan may, in the discretion
of the Plan Administrator, be granted either alone or in
addition to, in tandem with or in substitution or exchange for,
any other Award or any award granted under another plan of the
Company, any Related Entity or any business entity to be
acquired by the Company or a Related Entity or any other right
of a Participant to receive payment from the Company or any
Related Entity. Such additional, tandem, and substitute or
exchange Awards may be granted at any time. If an Award is
granted in substitution or exchange for another Award or award,
the Plan Administrator shall require the surrender of such other
Award or award in consideration for the grant of the new Award.
In addition, Awards may be granted in lieu of cash compensation,
including in lieu of cash amounts payable under other plans of
the Company or any Related Entity.
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(b) Form and Timing of Payment Under Awards;
Deferrals. Subject to the terms of the Plan and any
applicable Award Agreement, payments to be made by the Company
or a Related Entity upon the exercise of an Option or other
Award or settlement of an Award may be made in such forms as the
Plan Administrator shall determine, including, without
limitation, cash, other Awards, or other property, and may be
made in a single payment or transfer, in installments, or on a
deferred basis. The settlement of any Award may be accelerated,
and cash paid in lieu of Shares in connection with such
settlement, in the discretion of the Plan Administrator or upon
occurrence of one or more specified events (in addition to a
Change in Control). Installment or deferred payments may be
required by the Plan Administrator (subject to
Section 10(g) of the Plan) or permitted at the election of
the Participant on terms and conditions established by the Plan
Administrator. Payments may include, without limitation,
provisions for the payment or crediting of a reasonable interest
rate on installment or deferred payments or the grant or
crediting of Dividend Equivalents or other amounts in respect of
installment or deferred payments denominated in Shares.
(c) Exemptions from Section 16(b) Liability. It
is the intent of the Company that this Plan comply in all
respects with applicable provisions of
Rule 16b-3 or
Rule 16a-1(c)(3)
to the extent necessary to ensure that neither the grant of any
Awards to nor other transaction by a Participant who is subject
to Section 16 of the Exchange Act is subject to liability
under Section 16(b) thereof (except for transactions
acknowledged in writing to be non-exempt by such Participant).
Accordingly, if any provision of this Plan or any Award
Agreement does not comply with the requirements of
Rule 16b-3 or
Rule 16a-1(c)(3)
as then applicable to any such transaction, such provision will
be construed or deemed amended to the extent necessary to
conform to the applicable requirements of
Rule 16b-3 or
Rule 16a-1(c)(3)
so that such Participant shall avoid liability under
Section 16(b).
(d) Code Section 409A. If and to the extent
that the Plan Administrator believes that any Awards may
constitute a nonqualified deferred compensation plan
under Section 409A of the Code, the terms and conditions
set forth in the Award Agreement for that Award shall be drafted
in a manner that is intended to comply with, and shall be
interpreted in a manner consistent with, the applicable
requirements of Section 409A of the Code, unless otherwise
agreed to in writing by the Participant and the Company.
(e) No Option Repricing. Other than pursuant to
Section 10(c), without approval of the Companys
stockholders, the Plan Administrator shall not be permitted to
(A) lower the exercise price per Share of an Option after
it is granted, (B) cancel an Option when the exercise price
per Share exceeds the Fair Market Value of the underlying Shares
in exchange for another Award or cash, or (C) take any
other action with respect to an Option that may be treated as a
repricing.
(f) Vesting Restrictions for Full Value Awards. Each
award of Restricted Stock, Stock Units, Bonus Stock, a
Performance Award, or Other Stock Based Award where the
Participant is not required to pay more than the par value of
the Award in cash for the Shares delivered (each a Full
Value Award) shall have a minimum vesting schedule of
(A) with respect to Full Value Awards that vest over time,
a three (3) year vesting schedule with a maximum of
one-third
(1/3rd)
of the Full Value Award vesting in any one (1) year;
(B) with respect to Full Value Awards that vest based upon
the achievement of performance goals, the performance period
shall be a minimum of one (1) year in length; provided,
however, that 5% of the Shares reserved under the Plan may be
granted as Full Value Awards that are not subject to the vesting
requirements of the last sentence.
(g) Vesting Acceleration for Full Value Awards.
Except with respect to extraordinary circumstances,
the Plan Administrator may not waive the forfeiture or
repurchase rights with respect to the unvested portion of any
Full Value Award, where the forfeiture or repurchase would
otherwise occur upon the cessation of the Participants
Continuous Service or the non-attainment of the performance
objectives applicable to the Full Value Award. The Plan
Administrator shall, in its discretion, determine what
constitutes extraordinary circumstances, provided, however that
the following shall be considered extraordinary circumstances: a
Change in Control, a termination of Continuous Service as a
result of the death, Disability, or retirement of the
Participant. Any waiver may be effected upon the occurrence of
the extraordinary circumstances or at any time after the
occurrence of the extraordinary circumstances and may be
conditioned
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upon additional events after the occurrence of the extraordinary
circumstances, such as the Participants cessation of
Continuous Service.
9. Change in Control; Corporate
Transaction.
(a) Change in Control.
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(i) The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion,
accelerate the vesting, exercisability, lapsing of restrictions,
or expiration of deferral of any Award, including upon a Change
in Control. In addition, the Plan Administrator may provide in
an Award Agreement that the performance goals relating to any
Award will be deemed to have been met upon the occurrence of any
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(ii) In the event of a Change in Control that the Board has
not approved prior to the consummation of such Change in
Control, then all outstanding Awards shall become fully vested
and exercisable immediately prior to and contingent on the
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(iii) In addition to the terms of Sections 9(a)(i) and
9(a)(i) above, the effect of a change in control,
may be provided (1) in an employment, compensation, or
severance agreement, if any, between the Company or any Related
Entity and the Participant, relating to the Participants
employment, compensation, or severance with or from the Company
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(b) Corporate Transactions. In the event of a
Corporate Transaction, any surviving entity or acquiring entity
(together, the Successor Entity) may either
(i) assume any or all Awards outstanding under the Plan;
(ii) continue any or all Awards outstanding under the Plan;
or (iii) substitute similar stock awards for outstanding
Awards (it being understood that similar awards include, but are
not limited to, awards to acquire the same consideration paid to
the stockholders or the Company, as the case may be, pursuant to
the Corporate Transaction); provided that if the Corporate
Transaction is not a Change in Control, each outstanding Award
shall be either assumed, continued, or substituted pursuant to
the terms of this Section. In the event that the Successor
Entity does not assume or continue any or all such outstanding
Awards or substitute similar stock awards for such outstanding
Awards, then with respect to Awards that have been not assumed,
continued, or substituted, such Awards shall terminate if not
exercised (if applicable) at or prior to such effective time
(contingent upon the effectiveness of the Corporate Transaction).
The Plan Administrator, in its discretion and without the
consent of any Participant, may (but is not obligated to) either
(i) accelerate the vesting of any Awards (determined on an
Award by Award basis), including permitting the lapse of any
repurchase rights held by the Company (and, if applicable, the
time at which such Awards may be exercised), in full or as to
some percentage of the Award, to a date prior to the effective
time of such Corporate Transaction as the Plan Administrator
shall determine (contingent upon the effectiveness of the
Corporate Transaction) or (ii) provide for a cash payment
in exchange for the termination of an Award or any portion
thereof where such cash payment is equal to the Fair Market
Value of the Shares that the Participant would receive if the
Award were fully vested and exercised (if applicable) as of such
date (less any applicable exercise price).
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan to the
contrary, with respect to Restricted Stock and any other Award
granted under the Plan with respect to which the Company has any
reacquisition or repurchase rights, the reacquisition or
repurchase rights for such Awards may be assigned by the Company
to the successor of the Company (or the successors parent
company) in connection with such Corporate Transaction. In the
event any such rights are not continued or assigned to the
Successor Entity, then such rights shall lapse and the Award
shall be fully vested as of the effective time of the Corporate
Transaction. In addition, the Plan Administrator, in its
discretion, may (but is not obligated to) provide that any
reacquisition or repurchase rights held by the Company with
respect to any such Awards (determined on an Award by Award
basis) shall lapse in whole or in part (contingent upon the
effectiveness of the Corporate Transaction).
(c) Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of a
dissolution or liquidation of the Company, then all outstanding
Awards shall terminate immediately prior to the completion of
such dissolution or liquidation, and
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Shares subject to the Companys repurchase option may be
repurchased by the Company notwithstanding the fact that the
holder of such stock is still in Continuous Service.
10. General Provisions.
(a) Compliance With Legal and Other Requirements.
The Company may, to the extent deemed necessary or advisable by
the Plan Administrator, postpone the issuance or delivery of
Shares or payment of other benefits under any Award until
completion of such registration or qualification of such Shares
or other required action under any federal or state law, rule,
or regulation, listing or other required action with respect to
any stock exchange or automated quotation system upon which the
Shares or other Company securities are listed or quoted or
compliance with any other obligation of the Company, as the Plan
Administrator may consider appropriate, and may require any
Participant to make such representations, furnish such
information and comply with or be subject to such other
conditions as it may consider appropriate in connection with the
issuance or delivery of Shares or payment of other benefits in
compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations, listing
requirements or other obligations.
(b) Limits on Transferability; Beneficiaries.
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(i) General. Except as provided in the Award
Agreement, a Participant may not assign, sell, transfer, or
otherwise encumber or subject to any lien any Award or other
right or interest granted under this Plan, in whole or in part,
other than by will or by operation of the laws of descent and
distribution, and such Awards or rights that may be exercisable
shall be exercised during the lifetime of the Participant only
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(ii) Permitted Transfer of Option. The Plan
Administrator, in its sole discretion, may permit the transfer
of an Option (but not an Incentive Stock Option or any other
right to purchase Shares other than an Option) as follows:
(A) by gift to a member of the Participants Immediate
Family or (B) by transfer by instrument to a trust
providing that the Option is to be passed to beneficiaries upon
death of the Participant. For purposes of this
Section 10(b)(ii), Immediate Family shall mean
the Participants spouse (including a former spouse subject
to terms of a domestic relations order); child, stepchild,
grandchild,
child-in-law; parent,
stepparent, grandparent,
parent-in-law; sibling
and sibling-in-law, and
shall include adoptive relationships. If a determination is made
by counsel for the Company that the restrictions contained in
this Section 10(b)(ii) are not required by applicable
federal or state securities laws under the circumstances, then
the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, may permit the
transfer of Awards (other than Incentive Stock Options and Stock
Appreciation Rights in tandem therewith) to one or more
Beneficiaries or other transferees during the lifetime of the
Participant, which may be exercised by such transferees in
accordance with the terms of such Award, but only if and to the
extent permitted by the Plan Administrator pursuant to the
express terms of an Award Agreement (subject to any terms and
conditions which the Plan Administrator may impose thereon, and
further subject to any prohibitions and restrictions on such
transfers pursuant to
Rule 16b-3). A
Beneficiary, transferee or other person claiming any rights
under the Plan from or through any Participant shall be subject
to all terms and conditions of the Plan and any Award Agreement
applicable to such Participant, except as otherwise determined
by the Plan Administrator, and to any additional terms and
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(c) Adjustments.
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(A) In the event that any dividend paid in Stock, forward
or reverse split, merger, consolidation, combination, or other
similar corporate transaction or event affects the Stock, then
the Plan Administrator shall substitute, exchange, or adjust any
or all of the following in a manner that precludes the
enlargement or dilution of rights and benefits: (A) the
number and kind of Shares reserved for issuance in connection
with Awards granted thereafter, (B) the number and kind of
Shares by which annual per-person Award limitations are measured
under Section 5 hereof, (C) the number and kind of
Shares subject to or deliverable in respect of outstanding
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Award, and (E) any other aspect of any Award that the Plan
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(B) In the event that a dividend or other distribution in
the form of cash or other property (but excluding a dividend
paid in Stock), recapitalization, reorganization, spin-off,
repurchase, share exchange, liquidation, dissolution or other
similar corporate transaction or event affects the Stock and/or
such other securities of the Company or any other issuer such
that a substitution, exchange, or adjustment is determined by
the Plan Administrator to be appropriate, then the Plan
Administrator shall, in such manner as the Plan Administrator
may deem equitable, substitute, exchange, or adjust any or all
of (A) the number and kind of Shares reserved for issuance
in connection with Awards granted thereafter, (B) the
number and kind of Shares by which annual per-person Award
limitations are measured under Section 5 hereof,
(C) the number and kind of Shares subject to or deliverable
in respect of outstanding Awards, (D) the exercise price,
grant price, or purchase price relating to any Award and/or make
provision for payment of cash or other property in respect of
any outstanding Award, and (E) any other aspect of any
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(ii) Other Adjustments. The Plan Administrator
(which shall be a Committee to the extent such authority is
required to be exercised by a Committee to comply with Code
Section 162(m)) is authorized to make adjustments in the
terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards
(including Awards subject to performance goals) in recognition
of unusual or nonrecurring events (including, without
limitation, acquisitions and dispositions of businesses and
assets) affecting the Company, any Related Entity, or any
business unit or the financial statements of the Company or any
Related Entity, or in response to changes in applicable laws,
regulations, accounting principles, tax rates and regulations,
or business conditions or in view of the Plan
Administrators assessment of the business strategy of the
Company, any Related Entity, or business unit thereof,
performance of comparable organizations, economic and business
conditions, personal performance of a Participant, and any other
circumstances deemed relevant; provided that no such adjustment
shall be authorized or made if and to the extent that such
authority or the making of such adjustment would cause Options,
Stock Appreciation Rights, or Performance Awards granted to
Participants designated by the Plan Administrator as Covered
Employees and intended to qualify as performance-based
compensation under Code Section 162(m) and the
regulations thereunder to otherwise fail to qualify as
performance-based compensation under Code
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(d) Taxes. The Company and any Related Entity are
authorized to withhold from any Award granted, any payment
relating to an Award under the Plan, including from a
distribution of Shares or any payroll or other payment to a
Participant, amounts of withholding and other taxes due or
potentially payable in connection with any transaction involving
an Award, and to take such other action as the Plan
Administrator may deem advisable to enable the Company and
Participants to satisfy obligations for the payment of
withholding taxes and other tax obligations relating to any
Award. This authority shall include authority to withhold or
receive Shares or other property and to make cash payments in
respect thereof in satisfaction of a Participants tax
obligations, either on a mandatory or elective basis in the
discretion of the Plan Administrator.
(e) Changes to the Plan and Awards. The Board may
amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan or the
Committees authority to grant Awards under the Plan,
without the consent of stockholders or Participants. Any
amendment or alteration to the Plan shall be subject to the
approval of the Companys stockholders if such stockholder
approval is deemed necessary and advisable by the Board or if
required under the rules or regulations of the stock exchange
that has the highest trading volume for the Shares for the prior
calendar year. However, without the consent of an affected
Participant, no such amendment, alteration, suspension,
discontinuance, or termination of the Plan may materially and
adversely affect the rights of such Participant under any
previously granted and outstanding Award. The Plan Administrator
may waive any conditions or rights under or amend, alter,
suspend, discontinue, or terminate any Award theretofore granted
and any Award Agreement relating thereto, except as otherwise
provided in the Plan; provided that, without
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the consent of an affected Participant, no such action may
materially and adversely affect the rights of such Participant
under such Award.
(f) Limitation on Rights Conferred Under Plan.
Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be
construed as (i) giving any Eligible Person or Participant
the right to continue as an Eligible Person or Participant or in
the employ of the Company or a Related Entity;
(ii) interfering in any way with the right of the Company
or a Related Entity to terminate any Eligible Persons or
Participants Continuous Service at any time,
(iii) giving an Eligible Person or Participant any claim to
be granted any Award under the Plan or to be treated uniformly
with other Participants and Employees, or (iv) conferring
on a Participant any of the rights of a stockholder of the
Company unless and until the Participant is duly issued or
transferred Shares in accordance with the terms of an Award.
(g) Unfunded Status of Awards; Creation of Trusts.
The Plan is intended to constitute an unfunded plan
for incentive and deferred compensation. With respect to any
payments not yet made to a Participant or obligations to deliver
Shares pursuant to an Award, nothing contained in the Plan or
any Award shall give any such Participant any rights that are
greater than those of a general creditor of the Company;
provided that the Plan Administrator may authorize the creation
of trusts and deposit therein cash, Shares, other Awards, or
other property or make other arrangements to meet the
Companys obligations under the Plan. Such trusts or other
arrangements shall be consistent with the unfunded
status of the Plan unless the Plan Administrator otherwise
determines with the consent of each affected Participant. The
trustee of such trusts may be authorized to dispose of trust
assets and reinvest the proceeds in alternative investments,
subject to such terms and conditions as the Plan Administrator
may specify and in accordance with applicable law.
(h) Nonexclusivity of the Plan. Neither the adoption
of the Plan by the Board nor its submission to the stockholders
of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any
limitations on the power of the Plan Administrator to adopt such
other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable including
incentive arrangements and awards which do not qualify under
Code Section 162(m).
(i) Fractional Shares. No fractional Shares shall be
issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award. The Plan
Administrator shall determine whether cash, other Awards, or
other property shall be issued or paid in lieu of such
fractional shares or whether such fractional shares or any
rights thereto shall be forfeited or otherwise eliminated.
(j) Governing Law. The validity, construction, and
effect of the Plan, any rules and regulations under the Plan,
and any Award Agreement shall be determined in accordance with
the laws of the state of Delaware without giving effect to
principles of conflicts of laws, and applicable federal law.
(k) Plan Effective Date and Stockholder Approval;
Termination of Plan. The Plan shall become effective on the
Effective Date, subject to subsequent approval within twelve
(12) months of its adoption by the Board by stockholders of
the Company eligible to vote in the election of directors, by a
vote sufficient to meet the requirements of Code
Sections 162(m) (if applicable) and 422,
Rule 16b-3 under
the Exchange Act (if applicable), applicable requirements of the
principal stock exchange or market on which Shares are traded,
and other laws, regulations, and obligations of the Company
applicable to the Plan. Awards may be granted subject to
stockholder approval, but may not be exercised or otherwise
settled in the event stockholder approval is not obtained. The
Plan shall terminate no later than ten (10) years from the
date of the later of (x) the Effective Date and
(y) the date an increase in the number of shares reserved
for issuance under the Plan is approved by the Board (so long as
such increase is also approved by the stockholders).
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This Proxy is Solicited on Behalf of the Board of Directors
MARINEMAX, INC.
2007 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
The undersigned stockholder of MARINEMAX, INC., a Delaware corporation, hereby acknowledges
receipt of the notice of annual meeting of stockholders and proxy statement, each dated January 8,
2007, and hereby appoints William H. McGill Jr. and Michael H. McLamb and each of them, proxies and
attorneys-in-fact, with full power to each of substitution, on behalf and in the name of the
undersigned, to represent the undersigned at the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of MARINEMAX,
INC., to be held on Wednesday, February 28, 2007, at 8:00 a.m., local time, at 2375 East Camelback
Road, Suite 700, Phoenix, Arizona, and at any adjournment or adjournments thereof, and to vote all
shares of common stock which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if then and there personally
present on the matters set forth on the reverse side of this proxy card.
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS OF
MARINEMAX, INC.
February 28, 2007
Please date, sign and mail your proxy card in the
envelope provided as soon as possible.
â Please detach along perforated line and mail in the envelope provided. â
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FOR EACH OF THE MATTERS SET FORTH BELOW, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE
MATTER SUBMITTED. PLEASE SIGN, DATE, AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. PLEASE MARK
YOUR VOTE IN BLUE INK AS SHOWN HERE x |
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INSTRUCTION: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark FOR ALL EXCEPT
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And upon such other matters that may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or
adjournments thereof.
THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED OR, IF NO CONTRARY DIRECTION IS INDICATED, FOR THE
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS, FOR THE APPROVAL OF OUR 2007 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN, AND AS SAID PROXIES DEEM
ADVISABLE ON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.
A majority of such attorneys or substitutes as shall be present and shall act at said meeting
or any adjournment or adjournments thereof (or if only one shall be present and act, then that one)
shall have and may exercise all of the powers of said attorneys-in-fact hereunder.
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NOTE: Please sign exactly as your name or names appear on this Proxy. When shares are held
jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as executor, administrator, attorney, trustee or
guardian, please give full title as such. If the signer is a corporation, please sign full
corporate name by duly authorized officer, giving full title as such. If signer is a partnership,
please sign in partnership name by authorized person.