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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended MARCH 31, 2000
or
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD
from ______ to ______
Commission file number 1-13782
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES
CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 25-1615902
(State or other jurisdiction of (IRS Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
1001 AIR BRAKE AVENUE
WILMERDING, PENNSYLVANIA 15148 (412) 825-1000
(Address of principal executive offices) (Registrant's telephone number)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for at least the past 90 days. Yes _X_ No ___.
As of May 1, 2000, 51,752,591 shares of Common Stock of the registrant
were issued and outstanding, of which 8,303,836 shares were unallocated ESOP
shares.
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WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES
CORPORATION
MARCH 31, 2000 FORM 10-Q
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2000
and December 31, 1999 3
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the
three months ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 4
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the
three months ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 5
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements 6
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Position and
Results of Operations 10
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk 13
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings 13
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K 14
Signatures 15
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WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(UNAUDITED)
MARCH 31 DECEMBER 31
In thousands, except shares and par value 2000 1999
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ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash $ 14,731 $ 7,056
Accounts receivable 179,688 179,734
Inventories 222,700 211,396
Other current assets 38,334 39,062
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Total current assets 455,453 437,248
Property, plant and equipment 400,471 395,687
Accumulated depreciation (179,448) (172,996)
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Property, plant and equipment, net 221,023 222,691
OTHER ASSETS
Contract underbillings 26,406 27,710
Goodwill 232,004 233,760
Other intangibles 42,119 43,287
Other noncurrent assets 31,170 31,980
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Total other assets 331,699 336,737
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Total Assets $1,008,175 $ 996,676
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Current portion of long-term debt $749 $743
Accounts payable 82,414 87,388
Accrued merger and restructuring costs 7,462 8,705
Customer deposits 31,016 31,827
Accrued income taxes 10,225 5,155
Accrued interest 6,391 2,470
Other accrued liabilities 57,599 57,924
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Total current liabilities 195,856 194,212
Long-term debt 562,857 567,844
Reserve for postretirement and pension benefits 20,888 19,918
Other long-term liabilities 33,352 32,824
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Total liabilities 812,953 814,798
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Preferred stock, 1,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued - -
Common stock, $.01 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized: 65,447,867 shares issued and
51,739,642 outstanding at March 31, 2000 and 51,529,331 outstanding at December 31, 1999 654 654
Additional paid-in capital 314,132 318,357
Treasury stock, at cost, 13,708,225 and 13,918,536 shares, respectively (198,448) (201,711)
Unearned ESOP shares, at cost, 8,319,396 and 8,366,076 shares, respectively (124,791) (125,491)
Retained earnings 210,755 194,772
Deferred compensation 6,614 6,595
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (13,694) (11,298)
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Total shareholders' equity 195,222 181,878
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Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity $1,008,175 $ 996,676
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
UNAUDITED
THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31
In thousands, except per share data 2000 1999
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Net sales $ 258,859 $ 298,478
Cost of sales (182,366) (209,410)
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Gross profit 76,493 89,068
Selling, general and administrative expenses (29,481) (33,078)
Merger and restructuring charges (2,348) -
Engineering expenses (8,236) (8,907)
Amortization expense (3,689) (3,381)
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Total operating expenses (43,754) (45,366)
Income from operations 32,739 43,702
Other income and expenses
Interest expense (11,170) (11,290)
Other income (expense), net 4,071 (267)
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Income before income taxes and extraordinary item 25,640 32,145
Income tax expense (9,230) (11,878)
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Income before extraordinary item 16,410 20,267
Extraordinary loss on extinguishment of debt, net of tax - (469)
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Net income $ 16,410 $ 19,798
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EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
Basic
Income before extraordinary item $0.38 $0.47
Extraordinary item - (0.01)
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Net income $0.38 $0.46
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Diluted
Income before extraordinary item $0.38 $0.46
Extraordinary item - (.01)
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Net income $0.38 $0.45
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Weighted average shares outstanding
Basic 43,259 43,182
Diluted 43,350 44,352
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
UNAUDITED
THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31
In thousands 2000 1999
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OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income $ 16,410 $ 19,798
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operations:
Extraordinary loss on extinguishment of debt - 469
Depreciation and amortization 11,203 10,599
Provision for ESOP contribution 700 1,380
Gain on sale of product line (4,375) -
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net
of acquisitions
Accounts receivable (783) 1,294
Inventories (11,795) (4,998)
Contract underbillings 1,304 (93)
Accounts payable (4,583) (13,055)
Accrued income taxes 5,070 4,683
Accrued liabilities and customer deposits 2,084 (3,112)
Other assets and liabilities 3,600 2,119
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Net cash provided by operating activities 18,835 19,084
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchase of property, plant and equipment, net (6,910) (10,302)
Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired - (33,584)
Cash received from disposition of product line 4,500 -
Other - 243
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Net cash used for investing activities (2,410) (43,643)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from (repayments of) credit agreements 12,200 (3,589)
Proceeds from senior notes offering - 75,000
Repayments of other borrowings (17,181) (40,372)
Purchase of treasury stock (4,369) -
Cash dividends (427) (246)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options and other benefit plans 3,338 1,562
Other (911)
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Net cash (used for) provided by financing activities (6,439) 31,444
Effect of changes in currency exchange rates (2,311) (71)
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Increase in cash 7,675 6,814
Cash, beginning of year 7,056 8,983
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Cash, end of period $ 14,731 $ 15,797
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2000 (UNAUDITED)
1. BUSINESS
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (the "Company", "Wabtec") is
North America's largest manufacturer of value-added equipment for locomotives,
railway freight cars and passenger transit vehicles. Our major products are
intended to enhance safety, improve productivity and reduce maintenance costs
for our customers and include electronic controls and monitors, air brakes,
traction motors, cooling equipment, turbochargers, low-horsepower locomotives,
couplers, door controls, draft gears and brake shoes. We aggressively pursue
technological advances with respect to both new product development and product
enhancements.
The Company has two reporting segments: Freight Group and Transit Group.
Although approximately 60% of the Company's sales are to the aftermarket, a
significant portion of the Freight Group's operations and revenue base is
generally dependent on the capital replacement cycles for locomotives and
freight cars of the large North American-based railroad companies. The Transit
Group's operations are dependent on the budgeting and expenditure appropriation
process of federal, state and local governmental units for mass transit needs
established by public policy.
2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
BASIS OF PRESENTATION The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial
statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission and include the accounts of Wabtec and its majority owned
subsidiaries. These condensed interim financial statements do not include all of
the information and footnotes required for complete financial statements. In
management's opinion, these financial statements reflect all adjustments, which
are of a normal, recurring nature, necessary for a fair presentation of the
results for the interim periods presented. Results for these interim periods are
not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full year. Certain
prior period amounts have been reclassified, where necessary, to conform to the
current period presentation.
The Company operates on a four-four-five week accounting quarter, and
accordingly, the quarters end on or about March 31, June 30, September 30 and
December 31.
The notes included herein should be read in conjunction with the audited
consolidated financial statements included in Wabtec's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.
USE OF ESTIMATES The preparation of financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles requires the Company to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at
the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of revenues and
expenses during the reporting period. Actual amounts could differ from the
estimates.
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME Comprehensive income is defined as net income and all
nonowner changes in shareholders' equity. The Company's accumulated other
comprehensive income (loss) consists entirely of foreign currency translation
adjustments. Total comprehensive income for the quarters ended March 31, 2000
and 1999 was $14 million and $20.3 million, respectively.
3. MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
On November 19, 1999, Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) merged with
MotivePower Industries, Inc. to form Wabtec. The Company issued approximately 18
million shares of the Company's Common Stock to former MotivePower shareholders
and reserved approximately 2 million shares for the contingent exercise of stock
options. The transaction was valued at approximately $354 million and was
accounted for by the pooling-of-interests accounting method. Accordingly, the
condensed consolidated financial statements have been restated giving effect to
this transaction as if it had occurred as of the beginning of the earliest
period presented.
The combined results of the Company and separate results of WABCO and
MotivePower for the three months ended March 31, 1999 were as follows:
EXTRAORDINARY NET
In thousands SALES ITEM INCOME
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WABCO $191,204 $469 $11,920
MotivePower 107,274 - 7,878
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Combined $298,478 $469 $19,798
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During 1999, the Company completed the following acquisitions:
i) In January 1999, the Company acquired certain assets of G&G
Locotronics, a privately held designer of high voltage electrical
cabinets and control stands for locomotives, for total consideration of
$17.8 million.
ii) In January 1999, the Company acquired 100% of the Common Stock of
Q-Tron, Ltd., a privately held designer and manufacturer of locomotive
electronics equipment, for total consideration of $14.9 million.
iii) In February 1999, the Company acquired the mass transit electrical
inverter and converter product line of AGC System & Technologies, Inc.
of Canada for approximately $960,000.
The 1999 acquisitions were accounted for under the purchase method. Accordingly,
the results of operations of the applicable acquisition are included in the
Company's financial statements prospectively from the acquisition date.
3. INVENTORIES
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined under
the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method. Inventory costs include material, labor
and overhead. Cores inventory is defined as inventory units designated for unit
exchange programs. The components of inventory, net of reserves, were:
MARCH 31 DECEMBER 31
In thousands 2000 1999
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Cores $29,796 $29,999
Raw materials 97,720 99,948
Work-in-process 50,017 47,319
Finished goods 45,167 34,130
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Total inventory $222,700 $211,396
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4. EARNINGS PER SHARE
The computation of earnings per share is as follows:
THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31
In thousands, except per share 2000 1999
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BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE
Income before extraordinary item
applicable to common
shareholders $16,410 $20,267
Divided by
Weighted average shares
outstanding 43,259 43,182
Basic earnings per share before
extraordinary item $0.38 $0.47
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DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE
Income before extraordinary item
applicable to common
shareholders $16,410 $20,267
Divided by sum of
Weighted average shares
outstanding 43,259 43,182
Conversion of dilutive stock
options 91 1,170
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Diluted shares outstanding 43,350 44,352
Diluted earnings per share
before extraordinary item $0.38 $0.46
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5. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
The Company is subject to a RCRA Part B Closure Permit ("the Permit") issued by
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Idaho Department of Health and
Welfare, Division of Environmental Quality relating to the monitoring and
treatment of groundwater contamination on, and adjacent to, the Boise Locomotive
Company facility. In compliance with the Permit, the Company has drilled wells
onsite to retrieve and treat contaminated groundwater, and onsite and offsite to
monitor the amount of hazardous constituents. The Company has estimated the
expected aggregate discounted liability at March 31, 2000, using a discount rate
of 6% for remediation costs to be approximately $4 million, which has been
accrued. The Company was in compliance with the Permit at March 31, 2000.
On February 12, 1999, GE Harris Railway Electronics, LLC and GE Harris Railway
Electronic Services, LLC (collectively, "GE Harris") brought suit against the
Company for alleged patent infringement and unfair competition related to a
communications system installed in one of the Company's products. GE Harris is
seeking to prohibit the Company from future infringement and is seeking an
unspecified amount of money damages to recover, in part, royalties. As this
lawsuit is in the earliest stages, the Company is unable to estimate the cost,
if any, of resolving litigation and thus, no costs have been provided for this
matter.
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6. SEGMENT INFORMATION
Wabtec has two reportable segments - the Freight Group and the Transit Group.
The key factors used to identify these reportable segments are the organization
and alignment of the Company's internal operations, the nature of the products
and services, and customer type. Financial information for these segments has
been restated in conjunction with the operational realignment of our
organization pursuant to the merger of WABCO and MotivePower. The business
segments are:
FREIGHT GROUP manufactures products and services geared to the production and
operation of freight cars and locomotives, including braking control equipment,
engines, traction motors, on-board electronic systems and train coupler
equipment. Revenues are derived from aftermarket and OEM component sales,
locomotive overhauls and from freight car repairs and services.
TRANSIT GROUP consists of products for passenger transit vehicles (typically
subways, rail and buses) that include braking and monitoring systems, climate
control and door equipment that are engineered to meet individual customer
specifications. Revenues are derived from OEM component sales and aftermarket
sales as well as from repairs and services.
The Company evaluates its business segments' operating results based on income
from operations before merger and restructuring charges. Corporate activities
include general corporate expenses, elimination of intersegment transactions,
interest income and expense and other unallocated charges. Since certain
administrative and other operating expenses and other items have not been
allocated to business segments, the results in the below tables are not
necessarily a measure computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles and may not be comparable to other companies.
Segment financial information for the three months ended March 31, 2000 is as
follows:
FREIGHT TRANSIT CORPORATE MERGER AND
In thousands GROUP GROUP ACTIVITIES RESTRUCTURING TOTAL
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Sales to external customers $194,048 $64,811 - - $258,859
Intersegment sales/(elimination) 2,876 43 $(2,919) - -
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Total sales $196,924 $64,854 $(2,919) - $258,859
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Income from operations $33,222 $6,691 $(4,826) $(2,348) $32,739
Interest expense and other - - (7,099) - (7,099)
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Income before income taxes and extraordinary item $33,222 $6,691 $(11,925) $(2,348) $25,640
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Segment financial information for the three months ended March 31, 1999 is as
follows:
FREIGHT TRANSIT CORPORATE MERGER AND
In thousands GROUP GROUP ACTIVITIES RESTRUCTURING TOTAL
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Sales to external customers $243,616 $54,862 - - $298,478
Intersegment sales/(elimination) 2,255 41 $(2,296) - -
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Total sales $245,871 $54,903 $(2,296) - $298,478
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Income from operations $ 45,492 $4,370 $(6,160) - $43,702
Interest expense and other - - (11,557) - (11,557)
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Income before income taxes and extraordinary item $ 45,492 $4,370 $(17,717) - $32,145
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7. MERGER AND RESTRUCTURING CHARGES
The Company estimates the charges to complete the merger and restructuring plan
will total $70 million pre-tax with approximately $50 million of the charge
previously expensed. The Company incurred additional merger and
restructuring-related charges of approximately $2.3 million in the first quarter
of 2000 and expects to incur an additional $18 million of merger and
restructuring-related expenses later in 2000.
The $2.3 million charge included the following actions:
o Costs associated with the transaction for items such as legal fees and
consulting.
o Marketing and corporate reorganization expenses.
o Employee severance and relocation payments related to closing certain
plants and consolidating others.
As of March 31, 2000, $7.5 million of the $50 million merger and
restructuring-related charge incurred in 1999, remained accrued on the balance
sheet. The table below identifies the significant components of the accrual.
TRANSACTION
COSTS, SEVERANCE
AND TERMINATION LEASE
In thousands BENEFITS IMPAIRMENTS OTHER TOTAL
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Balance at December 31, 1999 $2,119 $5,738 $848 $8,705
Amounts paid (707) (110) (426) (1,243)
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Balance at March 31, 2000 $1,412 $5,628 $422 $7,462
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The transaction, severance and termination benefits accrual is for approximately
173 employees. The remaining employees are expected to be laid-off in the second
and third quarter of 2000 as planned. This accrual represents the calculation of
the severance package based on the employee's salary and tenure with the
Company. The lease impairment charges relate to the relocation of the corporate
headquarters, and the Company's evaluation of certain assets. The other category
represents other related costs that have been incurred and not yet paid as of
March 31, 2000.
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the information in
the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto
included herein and Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation's Financial
Statements and Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations included in its 1999 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
OVERVIEW
Net income for the first quarter of 2000 was $16.4 million, or $0.38 per diluted
share, as compared to $19.8 million, or $0.45 per diluted share in the same
period of 1999. The results for the first quarter of 2000 include a $2.3 million
merger and restructuring charge and a $4.4 million gain on the disposition of a
product line. Net sales decreased 13.3% in the first quarter of 2000 as compared
to the same quarter in 1999. Operating margins in the first quarter of 2000
decreased to 12.6% as compared to 14.6% in the first quarter of 1999. After
excluding the merger and restructuring charges that effect operating income,
operating margins would have been 13.6%.
MERGER AND RESTRUCTURING PLAN
The Company previously announced a merger and restructuring plan pursuant to the
merger of the Company and MotivePower Industries, Inc., which is anticipated to
yield synergies of $15 million pre-tax in 2000 and produce an ongoing annualized
benefit of $25 million pre-tax, by year-end 2000. The Company expects the
benefits to be realized through reduced cost of sales and reduced selling,
general and administrative expenses. The merger and restructuring plan involves
the elimination of duplicate facilities and excess capacity, operational
realignment and related workforce reductions, and the evaluation of certain
assets as to their perceived ongoing benefit to the Company. The Company
estimates the charges to complete the merger and restructuring plan will total
$70 million pre-tax with approximately $52 million of the charge previously
expensed. Of the $18 million charge left to be incurred, the Company expects the
majority of this charge to occur in the second and third quarter of 2000 with
the cash portion being approximately $10 million to $11 million of the charge.
The accrual on the balance sheet is discussed in greater detail in Note 7 to
"Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements" included in this report.
FIRST QUARTER 2000 COMPARED TO
FIRST QUARTER 1999
A number of events have occurred over the comparative period that impacted the
Company's results of operations and financial condition including:
o Expected decreases in component sales due to a slowdown in U.S. freight
car and locomotive deliveries, and a downturn in the locomotive
overhauling market.
o Improved sales and backlog in the transit business due to increased
governmental spending for transit equipment.
The following table sets forth the Company's net sales by business segment:
THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31
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In thousands 2000 1999
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Freight Group $194,048 $243,616
Transit Group 64,811 54,862
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Net sales $258,859 $298,478
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Net sales for the first quarter of 2000 decreased $39.6 million, or 13.3%, to
$258.9 million. This decrease was attributable to decreased OEM freight car and
locomotive volumes and lower locomotive overhauls both within the Freight Group.
Partially offsetting these decreases were higher Transit Group sales. Sales
volumes within the Freight Group reflect a softening OEM market for freight
cars, with 16,867 freight cars delivered in the first quarter of 2000 compared
to 21,560 in the same period of 1999. In 2000, the Company expects the OEM
freight car and locomotive industries to deliver approximately 50,000 and 1,100
new freight cars and locomotives, respectively.
Gross profit decreased to $76.5 million in the first quarter of 2000 compared to
$89.1 million in the same period of 1999. Gross margin, as a percentage of
sales, was 29.6% compared to 29.8% in 1999. Gross margin is dependent on a
number of factors including sales volume and product mix. Favorable sales
volumes in the Transit Group were offset by decreases in volumes within the
Freight Group.
Total operating expenses as a percentage of net sales were 16.9% in the first
quarter of 2000 as compared to 15.2% in the same period a year ago. After
excluding the first quarter 2000 $2.3 million merger and restructuring charge,
operating expenses would have been 16% of net sales. Total operating expenses
decreased $1.6 million, or $4 million without the merger and restructuring
charge, in the quarter-to-quarter comparison. This reduction was primarily due
to continuing cost cutting programs and synergies from the merger.
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Operating income totaled $32.7 million in the first quarter of 2000 compared
with $43.7 million in the same period of 1999. After excluding the merger and
restructuring charges that effect operating income, operating income would have
been $35.1 million. Lower operating income resulted from decreased sales
volumes. (See Note 6 - "Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements"
regarding segment-specific information, included elsewhere in this report).
In February 2000, the Company disposed a product line for $4.5 million in
cash and $1 million to be received upon the completion of other conditions and
recognized a gain of $4.4 million, which is reported as other income.
In the first quarter of 2000, the effective tax rate improved to an annual rate
of 36% from 37% a year ago, primarily from additional benefits through our
Foreign Sales Corporation.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Liquidity is provided primarily by operating cash flow and borrowings under the
Company's credit facilities with a consortium of commercial banks ("credit
agreement"). The following is a summary of selected cash flow information and
other relevant data.
THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31
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In thousands 2000 1999
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Cash provided (used) by:
Operating activities $18,835 $19,084
Investing activities-business
acquisitions - (33,584)
Investing activities-sale of
product line 4,500 -
Investing activities-other (6,910) (10,059)
Financing activities (6,439) 31,444
Earnings before interest, taxes,
depreciation and amortization
(EBITDA) 43,942 54,301
Adjusted EBITDA (before merger and
restructuring charges) $46,290 $54,301
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Operating cash flow in the first quarter of 2000 was $18.8 compared to $19.1
million in the same period a year ago. Working capital increased 7% since
December 31, 1999, primarily due to an increase in inventories. During the first
quarter of 2000, cash outlays for merger and restructuring activities were
approximately $3.3 million and are reported as a reduction to cash provided by
operating activities. Excluding these cash outlays, cash provided by operating
activities would have been approximately $22.2 million. Adjusted EBITDA,
excluding the merger and restructuring charge, was $46.3 million in the first
quarter of 2000 as compared to $54.3 million in the same period in 1999.
Cash used for investing activities declined in the first quarter of 2000 to $2.4
million from $43.6 million a year ago. In the first quarter of 2000, cash
received from the sale of a product line was $4.5 million. In the first quarter
of 1999, $33.6 million was used for certain business acquisitions. Capital
expenditures were $6.9 million and $10.3 million in the first quarter of 2000
and 1999, respectively. The majority of capital expenditures for these periods
relates to upgrades to existing equipment, replacement of existing equipment and
purchases of new equipment due to expansion of Wabtec's operations, where the
Company believes overall cost savings can be achieved through increasing
efficiencies. The Company expects 2000 capital expenditures for equipment
purchased for similar purposes to approximate $40 million to $45 million.
Cash used for financing activities was $6.4 million in the first quarter of 2000
versus cash provided by financing activities of $31.4 million in the same period
a year ago. In the first quarter of 2000, the Company reduced long-term debt by
approximately $5 million. The Company issued $75 million of senior notes in the
first quarter of 1999 to repay amounts outstanding on certain unsecured bank
term debt and repaid a portion of the Company's previous revolving credit
facility. Historically, the Company has financed the purchase of significant
businesses utilizing the amounts available under its credit facilities.
The Company estimates the charges to complete the merger and restructuring plan
will total $70 million pre-tax with approximately $52 million of the charge
expensed to date. Of the $18 million charge yet to be incurred, the Company
expects the majority of this charge to occur in the second and third quarter of
2000 with the cash portion being approximately $10 million to $11 million of the
charge.
Based on anticipated cash flow provided by operations, forecasted results and
credit available under the credit agreement, the Company believes it will be
able to make planned capital expenditures and required debt payments over the
next twelve months.
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The following table sets forth the Company's outstanding indebtedness and
average interest rates at March 31, 2000. The revolving credit note and other
term loan interest rates are variable and dependent on market conditions.
MARCH 31 DECEMBER 31
In thousands 2000 1999
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Revolving credit, 7.3% $380,200 $368,000
9 3/8% Senior notes 175,000 175,000
Pulse note, 9.5% - 16,990
5.5% Industrial revenue bond
due 2008 6,607 6,749
Other 1,799 1,848
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Total 563,606 568,587
Less-current portion 749 743
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Long-term portion $562,857 $567,844
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Credit Agreement
In November 1999, in connection with the merger, WABCO terminated its then
existing credit agreement and refinanced the then existing MotivePower credit
agreement with a consortium of commercial banks. The credit agreement provides
for a $275 million five-year revolving credit facility and a 364-day $275
million convertible revolving credit facility. At March 31, 2000, the Company
had available borrowing capacity, net of letters of credit, of approximately
$145 million.
9 3/8% Senior Notes Due June 2005
In June 1995, the Company issued $100 million of 9 3/8% Senior Notes due in 2005
(the "1995 Notes"). In January 1999, the Company issued an additional $75
million of 9 3/8% Senior Notes which are due in 2005 (the "1999 Notes"; the 1995
Notes and the 1999 Notes are collectively, the "Notes"). The 1999 Notes were
issued at a premium resulting in an effective rate of 8.5%. The terms of the
1995 Notes and the 1999 Notes are substantially the same, and the 1995 Notes and
the 1999 Notes were issued pursuant to indentures that are substantially the
same. The issuance of the 1999 Notes improved the Company's financial liquidity
by i) using a portion of the proceeds to repay $30 million of debt associated
with the Rockwell acquisition that bore interest at 9.56%; ii) using a portion
of the proceeds to repay variable-rate revolving credit borrowings thereby
increasing amounts available under the revolving credit facility; and iii)
repaying the remaining unpaid principal of $10.2 million from the Comet
acquisition. As result of this issuance, the Company wrote off previously
capitalized debt issuance costs of $469,000, net of tax, or approximately $.01
per diluted share, in the first quarter of 1999.
Pulse Note
As partial payment for the Pulse acquisition, the Company issued a $17 million
note due January 31, 2004, with interest at 9.5%. In January 2000, this note was
repaid with our revolving credit facility.
Principal repayments of outstanding loan balances are due at various intervals
until maturity.
Management believes, based upon current levels of operations and forecasted
earnings, that cash flow from operations, together with borrowings under the
credit agreement, will be adequate to make payments of principal and interest on
debt, including the Notes, to permit anticipated capital expenditures, and to
fund working capital requirements and other cash needs for the foreseeable
future, including 2001. The increase in financial liquidity was primarily the
result of changing the base available for borrowing under the November 1999
refinanced credit agreement. The issuance of the 1999 Notes also increased the
Company's liquidity by reducing its outstanding revolving credit borrowings and
thereby increasing its available borrowing capacity.
Nevertheless, the Company will remain leveraged to a significant extent and its
debt service obligations will continue to be substantial. The debt of the
Company requires the dedication of a substantial portion of future cash flows to
the payment of principal and interest on indebtedness, thereby reducing funds
available for capital expenditures and future business opportunities that the
Company believes are available. The Company believes cash flow and liquidity
will be sufficient to meet its debt service requirements. If the Company's
sources of funds were to fail to satisfy the Company's cash requirements, the
Company may need to refinance its existing debt or obtain additional financing.
There is no assurance that such new financing alternatives would be available,
and, in any case, such new financing, if available, would be expected to be more
costly and burdensome than the debt agreements currently in place.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
We believe that all statements other than statements of historical facts
included in this report, including certain statements under "Business" and
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations," may constitute forward-looking statements. We have based these
forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about
future events. Although we believe that our assumptions made in connection with
the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that our
assumptions and expectations are correct.
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These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties and
assumptions about us, including, among other things:
Economic and Industry Conditions
- materially adverse changes in economic or industry conditions generally
or in the markets served by us, including North America, South America,
Europe, Australia and Asia;
- demand for services in the freight and passenger rail industry;
- consolidations in the rail industry;
- demand for our products and services;
- continued outsourcing by our customers;
- demand for freight cars, locomotives, passenger transit cars and buses;
- industry demand for faster and more efficient braking equipment;
- fluctuations in interest rates.
Operating Factors
- supply disruptions;
- technical difficulties;
- changes in operating conditions and costs;
- successful introduction of new products;
- labor relations;
- completion and integration of additional acquisitions;
- the development and use of new technology.
Competitive Factors
- the actions of competitors.
Political/Governmental Factors
- political stability in relevant areas of the world;
- future regulation/deregulation of our customers and/or the rail
industry;
- governmental funding for some of our customers;
- political developments and laws and regulations, such as forced
divestiture of assets, restrictions on production, imports or exports,
price controls, tax increases and retroactive tax claims, expropriation
of property, cancellation of contract rights, and environmental
regulations.
Transaction or Commercial Factors
- the outcome of negotiations with partners, governments, suppliers,
customers or others; and
- our ability to complete the integration of the Westinghouse Air Brake
and MotivePower businesses so to achieve the stated synergies.
The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.
EFFECTS OF YEAR 2000
The Company has not experienced any significant events attributable to Year 2000
issues.
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
INTEREST RATE RISK In the ordinary course of business, Wabtec is exposed to
risks that increases in interest rates may adversely affect funding costs
associated with $332 million of variable-rate debt (considering the effects of
existing interest rate swaps), which represents 59% of total long-term debt at
March 31, 2000. At March 31, 2000, an instantaneous 100 basis point increase in
interest rates would reduce the Company's net income annually by approximately
$2.1 million, net of tax, assuming no additional intervention strategies by
management.
FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RISK The Company periodically enters into several
types of financial instruments for the purpose of managing its exposure to
foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations in countries in which the Company
has significant operations. As of March 31, 2000, the Company had no such
instruments outstanding.
Wabtec is also subject to certain risks associated with changes in foreign
currency exchange rates to the extent its operations are conducted in currencies
other than the U.S. dollar. For the first quarter of 2000, approximately 73% of
net sales are in the United States, 11% in Canada, 6% in Mexico and 10% in other
international locations, primarily Europe. At March 31, 2000, the Company does
not believe changes in foreign currency exchanges rates represent a material
risk to results of operations, financial position or liquidity.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AND COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
There were no significant changes to report regarding the Company's legal
proceedings and commitments and contingencies.
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EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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10.32 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation 2000 Stock
Incentive Plan as amended through March 22, 2000
27 Financial Data Schedule as of and for the Three Months ended
March 31, 2000
There were no Current Reports on Form 8-K filed during the quarter ended March
31, 2000.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES
CORPORATION
By: /s/ ROBERT J. BROOKS
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Robert J. Brooks
Chief Financial Officer
Date: May 10, 2000
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EXHIBIT 10.32
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(AS AMENDED THROUGH MARCH 22, 2000)
The purposes of the 2000 Stock Incentive Plan as amended (the
"Plan"), are to encourage eligible employees of Westinghouse Air Brake
Technologies Corporation (the "Corporation") and its Subsidiaries to increase
their efforts to make the Corporation and each Subsidiary more successful, to
provide an additional inducement for such employees to remain with the
Corporation or a Subsidiary, to reward such employees by providing an
opportunity to acquire shares of the Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of
the Corporation (the "Common Stock") on favorable terms and to provide a means
through which the Corporation may attract able persons to enter the employ of
the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries. For the purposes of the Plan, the
term "Subsidiary" means any corporation in an unbroken chain of corporations
beginning with the Corporation, if each of the corporations other than the last
corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing at least fifty percent
(50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one
of the other corporations in the chain.
SECTION 1
ADMINISTRATION
The Plan shall be administered by a Committee (the
"Committee") appointed by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the
"Board") and consisting of not less than two members of the Board, each of whom
at the time of appointment to the Committee and at all times during service as a
member of the Committee shall be (i) "Non-Employee Directors" as then defined
under Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"1934 Act"), or any successor Rule and (ii) if so determined by the Board, an
"outside director" under Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (the "Code"), or any successor provision.
The Committee shall interpret the Plan and prescribe such
rules, regulations and procedures in connection with the operation of the Plan
as it shall deem to be necessary and advisable for the administration of the
Plan consistent with the purposes of the Plan. All questions of interpretation
and application of the Plan, or as to grants or awards under the Plan, shall be
subject to the determination of the Committee which shall be final and binding.
The Committee shall keep records of action taken. A majority
of the Committee shall constitute a quorum at any meeting, and the acts of a
majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present, or
acts approved in writing by all the members of the Committee, shall be the acts
of the Committee.
SECTION 2
ELIGIBILITY
Those key employees of the Corporation or any Subsidiary
(including, but not limited to, covered employees as defined in Section
162(m)(3) of the Code, or any successor provision) who share responsibility for
the management, growth or protection of the business of the Corporation or any
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Subsidiary shall be eligible to be granted stock options (with or without cash
payment rights) and to receive awards of restricted shares and performance units
as described herein.
Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall
have full and final authority, in its discretion, to grant stock options (with
or without cash payment rights) and to award restricted shares and performance
units as described herein and to determine the employees to whom any such grant
or award shall be made and the number of shares to be covered thereby. In
determining the eligibility of any employee, as well as in determining the
number of shares or units covered by each grant or award and whether cash
payment rights shall be granted in conjunction with a stock option, the
Committee shall consider the position and the responsibilities of the employee
being considered, the nature and value to the Corporation or a Subsidiary of his
or her services, his or her present and/or potential contribution to the success
of the Corporation or a Subsidiary and such other factors as the Committee may
deem relevant.
SECTION 3
SHARES AVAILABLE UNDER THE PLAN
For fiscal year 2000 and annually for each of the four fiscal
years thereafter, the maximum aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock for
which grants or awards may be made under the Plan is 1,100,000 shares, increased
by 1.5% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Common Stock (not including
treasury shares and shares held by the Westinghouse Air Brake Company Employee
Stock Ownership Plan (the "ESOP") or a related trust, but including outstanding
restricted shares) as of December 31 of the preceding fiscal year. In any such
annual period, the maximum aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock for
which grants or awards may be made under the Plan may also be increased, in the
discretion of the Committee, by an additional 1% of the issued and outstanding
shares of the Common Stock (not including treasury shares and shares held by the
ESOP or a related trust, but including outstanding restricted shares ) as of
December 31 of the preceding fiscal year. In the event of the exercise of such
discretion by the Committee, the number of shares related to such 1% increase
shall be deducted from any increase in the maximum aggregate number of shares of
Common Stock to be made in the next annual period. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the maximum aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock for which
grants or awards may be made under the Plan on any given date shall not exceed
15% of the then aggregate issued and outstanding shares of the Common Stock (not
including treasury shares and shares held by the ESOP or a related trust, but
including outstanding restricted shares), less the aggregate number of (i) all
outstanding stock options granted at any time under the Corporation's plans
since their initial date of adoption, which remain unexercised and outstanding
(and which have not expired) as of such date (ii) all restricted shares granted
at any time under the Corporation's plans which have not yet vested or been
forfeited to the Corporation pursuant to their terms as of such date and (iii)
all performance units granted at any time under the Corporation's plans that are
payable in performance shares, for which performance targets have not yet been
satisfied as of such date, or which have not yet been forfeited, subject to
adjustment and substitution as set forth in Section 7. If any option is canceled
by mutual consent or terminates or expires for any reason without having been
exercised in full, the number of shares subject thereto shall again be available
for purposes of the Plan. If restricted shares are forfeited to the Corporation
pursuant to the restrictions applicable to any award, the restricted shares so
forfeited shall again be available for purposes of the Plan. To the extent that
any award of performance units is not earned or is paid in cash rather than
performance shares, the number of shares covered thereby shall again be
available for purposes of the Plan.
Notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, the
maximum aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock which may be issued in
connection with grants of incentive stock options made under the Plan is
1,752,500 shares, subject to adjustment and substitution as set forth in Section
7. If any such incentive stock option granted under the Plan and counted against
such sub-limit
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is cancelled by mutual consent or terminates or expires for any reason without
having been exercised, the number of shares subject thereto shall again be
available for purposes of granting incentive stock options under the Plan.
The shares which may be issued or delivered under the Plan may
be either authorized but unissued shares or treasury shares or partly each, as
shall be determined from time to time by the Board.
SECTION 4
GRANT OF STOCK OPTIONS
AND CASH PAYMENT RIGHTS AND AWARD OF
RESTRICTED SHARES AND PERFORMANCE UNITS
The Committee shall have authority, in its discretion, (i) to
grant "incentive stock options" pursuant to Section 422 of the Code, to grant
"nonstatutory stock options" (i.e., stock options which do not qualify under
Sections 422 or 423 of the Code) or to grant both types of stock options (but
not in tandem), (ii) to award restricted shares and (iii) to award performance
units, all as provided herein. The Committee also shall have the authority, in
its discretion, to grant cash payment rights in conjunction with nonstatutory
stock options with the effect provided in Section 5(D). Cash payment rights may
not be granted in conjunction with incentive stock options. Cash payment rights
granted in conjunction with a nonstatutory stock option may be granted either at
the time the stock option is granted or at any time thereafter during the term
of the stock option.
During the duration of the Plan, the maximum number of shares
as to which stock options may be granted and as to which shares may be awarded
under the Plan to any one employee in any one calendar year is 300,000 shares
plus the cumulative difference between that maximum number and the number
actually granted to such employee for all prior completed calendar years since
the effective date of the Plan, subject to adjustment and substitution as set
forth in Section 7, and subject to the overall limit of the number of shares
available under the Plan. For the purposes of this limitation, any adjustment or
substitution made pursuant to Section 7 with respect to the maximum number of
shares set forth in the preceding sentence shall also be made with respect to
any shares subject to stock options or share awards previously granted under the
Plan to such employee in the same calendar year. The limitation in this
paragraph shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with Section
162(m) of the Code.
Notwithstanding any other provision contained in the Plan or
in any agreement referred to in Section 5(H), but subject to the possible
exercise of the Committee's discretion contemplated in the last sentence of this
paragraph, the aggregate fair market value, determined as provided in Section
5(I) on the date of grant, of the shares with respect to which incentive stock
options are exercisable for the first time by an employee during any calendar
year under all plans of the corporation employing such employee, any parent or
subsidiary corporation of such corporation and any predecessor corporation of
any such corporation shall not exceed $100,000. If the date on which one or more
of such incentive stock options could first be exercised would be accelerated
pursuant to any provision of the Plan or any stock option agreement, and the
acceleration of such exercise date would result in a violation of the limitation
set forth in the preceding sentence, then, notwithstanding any such provision,
but subject to the provisions of the next succeeding sentence, the exercise
dates of such incentive stock options shall be accelerated only to the date or
dates, if any, that do not result in a violation of such limitation and, in such
event, the exercise dates of the incentive stock options with the lowest option
prices shall be accelerated to the earliest such dates. The Committee may, in
its discretion, authorize the acceleration of the exercise date of one or more
incentive stock options even if such acceleration would violate the $100,000
limitation set forth in the first sentence of this paragraph and even if such
incentive stock options are thereby converted in whole or in part to
nonstatutory stock options.
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SECTION 5
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
STOCK OPTIONS AND CASH PAYMENT RIGHTS
Stock options and cash payment rights granted under the Plan
shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:
(A) The purchase price at which each stock option may be
exercised (the "option price") shall be such price as the Committee, in its
discretion, shall determine, but shall not be less than one hundred percent
(100%) of the fair market value per share of the Common Stock covered by the
stock option on the date of grant, except that in the case of an incentive stock
option granted to an employee who, immediately prior to such grant, owns stock
possessing more than (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of
stock of the Corporation or any Subsidiary (a "Ten Percent Employee"), the
option price shall be one hundred ten percent (110%) of such fair market value
on the date of grant; provided, however, that with respect to employees who
become employees of the Corporation or any Subsidiary as a result of the
acquisition by the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the stock or assets of
another entity or business (an "Acquisition"), and who are not deemed to be
reporting persons of the Corporation or any Subsidiary for purposes of Section
16(b) of the 1934 Act, the option price with respect to nonstatutory stock
options granted to such persons within 12 months of such Acquisition shall be
such price as the Committee, in its discretion, shall determine, which may be
less than the fair market value per share of the Common Stock on the date of
grant. For purposes of this Section 5(A), the fair market value of the Common
Stock shall be determined as provided in Section 5(I). For purposes of this
Section 5(A), an individual (i) shall be considered as owning not only shares of
stock owned individually but also all shares of stock that are at the time
owned, directly or indirectly, by or for the spouse, ancestors, lineal
descendants and brothers and sisters (whether by the whole or half blood) of
such individual and (ii) shall be considered as owning proportionately any
shares owned, directly or indirectly, by or for any corporation, partnership,
estate or trust in which such individual is a stockholder, partner or
beneficiary.
(B) The option price for each stock option shall be payable in
cash in United States dollars (including check, bank draft or money order);
provided, however, that in lieu of cash the person exercising the stock option
may (if authorized by the Committee at the time of grant in the case of an
incentive stock option, or at any time in the case of a nonstatutory stock
option) pay the option price in whole or in part by delivering to the
Corporation shares of the Common Stock having a fair market value on the date of
exercise of the stock option, determined as provided in Section 5(I), equal to
the option price for the shares being purchased, except that (i) any portion of
the option price representing a fraction of a share shall in any event be paid
in cash and (ii) no shares of the Common Stock which have been held for less
than six months may be delivered in payment of the option price of a stock
option. Delivery of shares, if authorized, may also be accomplished through the
effective transfer to the Corporation of shares held by a broker or other agent.
The Corporation will also cooperate with any person exercising a stock option
who participates in a cashless exercise program of a broker or other agent under
which all or part of the shares received upon exercise of the stock option are
sold through the broker or other agent or under which the broker or other agent
makes a loan to such person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the
Committee, in its discretion, shall otherwise determine at the time of grant in
the case of an incentive stock option, or at any time in the case of a
nonstatutory stock option, the exercise of the stock option shall not be deemed
to occur and no shares of Common Stock will be issued or delivered by the
Corporation upon exercise of the stock option until the Corporation has received
payment of the option price in full. The date of exercise of a stock option
shall be determined under procedures established by the Committee, and as of the
date of exercise the person exercising the stock option shall be considered for
all purposes to be the owner of the shares with respect to which the stock
option has been exercised. Payment of the option price with shares shall not
increase the number of shares of the Common Stock which may be issued or
delivered under the Plan as provided in Section 3.
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(C) Unless the Committee, in its discretion, shall otherwise
determine, stock options shall be exercisable by a grantee during employment
commencing on the date of grant. No stock option shall be exercisable after the
expiration of ten years (five years in the case of an incentive stock option
granted to a Ten Percent Employee) from the date of grant. Unless the Committee,
in its discretion, shall otherwise determine, a stock option to the extent
exercisable at any time may be exercised in whole or in part.
(D) Cash payment rights granted in conjunction with a
nonstatutory stock option shall entitle the person who is entitled to exercise
the stock option, upon exercise of the stock option or any portion thereof, to
receive cash from the Corporation (in addition to the shares to be received upon
exercise of the stock option) equal to such percentage as the Committee, in its
discretion, shall determine not greater than one hundred percent (100%) of the
excess of the fair market value of a share of the Common Stock on the date of
exercise of the stock option over the option price per share of the stock option
times the number of shares covered by the stock option, or portion thereof,
which is exercised. Payment of the cash provided for in this Section 5(D) shall
be made by the Corporation as soon as practicable after the time the amount
payable is determined. For purposes of this Section 5(D), the fair market value
of the Common Stock shall be determined as provided in Section 5(I).
(E) No incentive stock option and, except to the extent
otherwise determined by the Committee and reflected in the stock option
agreement or an amendment thereto, no nonstatutory stock option shall be
transferable by the grantee otherwise than by will, or if the grantee dies
intestate, by the laws of descent and distribution of the state of domicile of
the grantee at the time of death. All incentive stock options and, except to the
extent otherwise determined by the Committee and reflected in the stock option
agreement or an amendment thereto, all nonstatutory stock options shall be
exercisable during the lifetime of the grantee only by the grantee.
(F) Subject to the provisions of Section 4 in the case of
incentive stock options, unless the Committee, in its discretion, shall
otherwise determine:
(i) If the employment of a grantee who is not
disabled within the meaning of Section 422(c)(6) of the Code
(a "Disabled Grantee") is voluntarily terminated with the
consent of the Corporation or a Subsidiary or a grantee
retires under any retirement plan of the Corporation or a
Subsidiary, any then outstanding incentive stock option held
by such grantee shall be exercisable by the grantee (but only
to the extent exercisable by the grantee immediately prior to
the termination of employment) at any time prior to the
expiration date of such incentive stock option or within three
months after the date of termination of employment, whichever
is the shorter period;
(ii) If the employment of a grantee who is not a
Disabled Grantee is voluntarily terminated with the consent of
the Corporation or a Subsidiary or a grantee retires under any
retirement plan of the Corporation or a Subsidiary any then
outstanding nonstatutory stock option held by such grantee
shall be exercisable by the grantee (but only to the extent
exercisable by the grantee immediately prior to termination of
employment) at any time prior to the expiration date of such
nonstatutory stock option or within one year after the date of
termination of employment, whichever is the shorter period;
(iii) If the employment of a grantee who is a
Disabled Grantee is voluntarily terminated with the consent of
the Corporation or a Subsidiary, any then outstanding stock
option held by such grantee shall be exercisable by the
grantee in full (whether or not so exercisable by the grantee
immediately prior to the termination of employment) by the
grantee at any time prior to the expiration date of such stock
option or within one year after the date of termination of
employment, whichever is the shorter period;
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(iv) Following the death of a grantee during
employment, any outstanding stock option held by the grantee
at the time of death shall be exercisable in full (whether or
not so exercisable by the grantee immediately prior to the
death of the grantee) by the person entitled to do so under
the Will of the grantee, or, if the grantee shall fail to make
testamentary disposition of the stock option or shall die
intestate, by the legal representative of the grantee at any
time prior to the expiration date of such stock option or
within one year after the date of death of the grantee,
whichever is the shorter period;
(v) Following the death of a grantee after
termination of employment during a period when a stock option
is exercisable, the stock option shall be exercisable by such
person entitled to do so under the Will of the grantee or by
such legal representative (but only to the extent the stock
option was exercisable by the grantee immediately prior to the
death of the grantee) at any time prior to the expiration date
of such stock option or within one year after the date of
death, whichever is the shorter period;
(vi) Unless the exercise period of a stock option
following termination of employment has been extended as
provided in Section 8(C), if the employment of a grantee
terminates for any reason other than voluntary termination
with the consent of the Corporation or a Subsidiary,
retirement under any retirement plan of the Corporation or a
Subsidiary or death, all outstanding stock options held by the
grantee at the time of such termination of employment shall
automatically terminate.
Whether termination of employment is a voluntary termination with the consent of
the Corporation or a Subsidiary shall be determined, in its discretion, by the
Committee and any such determination by the Committee shall be final and
binding.
(G) If a grantee of a stock option (i) engages in the
operation or management of a business (whether as owner, partner, officer,
director, employee or otherwise and whether during or after termination of
employment) which is in competition with the Corporation or any of its
Subsidiaries (provided, however, that this clause shall not apply if Section
8(C) applies following termination of employment), (ii) induces or attempts to
induce any customer, supplier, licensee or other individual, corporation or
other business organization having a business relationship with the Corporation
or any of its Subsidiaries to cease doing business with the Corporation or any
of its Subsidiaries or in any way interferes with the relationship between any
such customer, supplier, licensee or other person and the Corporation or any of
its Subsidiaries or (iii) solicits any employee of the Corporation or any of its
Subsidiaries to leave the employment thereof or in any way interferes with the
relationship of such employee with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries,
the Committee, in its discretion, may immediately terminate all outstanding
stock options held by the grantee. Whether a grantee has engaged in any of the
activities referred to in the preceding sentence which would cause the
outstanding stock options to be terminated shall be determined, in its
discretion, by the Committee, and any such determination by the Committee shall
be final and binding.
(H) All stock options and cash payment rights shall be
confirmed by an agreement which shall be executed on behalf of the Corporation
by the Chief Executive Officer (if other than the President), the President or
any Vice President and by the grantee. The agreement confirming a stock option
shall specify whether the stock option is an incentive stock option or a
nonstatutory stock option. The provisions of such agreements need not be
identical.
(I) Fair market value of the Common Stock shall be the mean
between the following prices, as applicable, for the date as of which fair
market value is to be determined as quoted in The Wall Street Journal (or in
such other reliable publication as the Committee, in its discretion, may
determine to rely upon): (i) if the Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock
Exchange, the highest and lowest sales prices per share of the Common Stock as
quoted in the NYSE-Composite Transactions listing for such date, (ii) if the
Common Stock is not listed on such exchange the highest
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and lowest sales prices per share of Common Stock for such date on (or on any
composite index including) the principal United States securities exchange
registered under the 1934 Act on which the Common Stock is listed or (iii) if
the Common Stock is not listed on any such exchange, the highest and lowest
sales prices per share of the Common Stock for such date on the National
Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations System or any successor
system then in use ("NASDAQ"). If there are no such sale price quotations for
the date as of which fair market value is to be determined but there are such
sale price quotations within a reasonable period both before and after such
date, then fair market value shall be determined by taking a weighted average of
the means between the highest and lowest sales prices per share of the Common
Stock as so quoted on the nearest date before and the nearest date after the
date as of which fair market value is to be determined. The average should be
weighted inversely by the respective numbers of trading days between the selling
dates and the date as of which fair market value is to be determined. If there
are no such sale price quotations on or within a reasonable period both before
and after the date as of which fair market value is to be determined, then fair
market value of the Common Stock shall be the mean between the bona fide bid and
asked prices per share of Common Stock as so quoted for such date on NASDAQ, or
if none, the weighted average of the means between such bona fide bid and asked
prices on the nearest trading date before and the nearest trading date after the
date as of which fair market value is to be determined, if both such dates are
within a reasonable period. The average is to be determined in the manner
described above in this Section 5(I). If the fair market value of the Common
Stock cannot be determined on any basis previously set forth in this Section
5(I) for the date as of which fair market value is to be determined, the
Committee shall in good faith determine the fair market value of the Common
Stock on such date. Fair market value shall be determined without regard to any
restriction other than a restriction which, by its terms, will never lapse.
(J) The obligation of the Corporation to issue or deliver
shares of the Common Stock under the Plan shall be subject to (i) the
effectiveness of a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, with respect to such shares, if deemed necessary or appropriate by
counsel for the Corporation, (ii) the condition that the shares shall have been
listed (or authorized for listing upon official notice of issuance) upon each
stock exchange, if any, on which the Common Stock may then be listed and (iii)
all other applicable laws, regulations, rules and orders which may then be in
effect.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 5 and the
other provisions of the Plan, stock options and cash payment rights granted
under the Plan shall be subject to such restrictions and other terms and
conditions, if any, as shall be determined, in its discretion, by the Committee
and set forth in the agreement referred to in Section 5(H), or an amendment
thereto.
SECTION 6
RESTRICTED SHARES AND PERFORMANCE UNITS
(A) RESTRICTED SHARES
Awards of restricted shares shall be confirmed by a written
agreement in the form prescribed by the Committee in its discretion, which shall
set forth the number of shares of the Common Stock awarded, restrictions imposed
thereon (including, without limitation, restrictions on the right of the grantee
to sell, assign, transfer or encumber such shares (except as provided below)
while such shares are subject to other restrictions imposed under this Section
6(A)), the duration of such restrictions, events (which may, in the discretion
of the Committee, include termination of employment and/or performance-based
events) the occurrence of which would cause a forfeiture of the restricted
shares and such other terms and conditions as shall be determined, in its
discretion, by the Committee. The agreement shall be executed on behalf of the
Corporation by the Chief Executive Officer (if other than the President), the
President or any Vice President and by the grantee. The provisions of such
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agreements need not be identical. Awards of restricted shares shall be effective
on the date determined, in its discretion, by the Committee.
Following the award of restricted shares and prior to the
lapse or termination of the applicable restrictions, share certificates for the
restricted shares shall be issued or delivered in the name of the grantee and
deposited with the Corporation in escrow together with related stock powers
signed by the grantee. Except as provided in Section 7, the Committee, in its
discretion, may determine that dividends and other distributions on the shares
held in escrow shall not be paid to the grantee until the lapse or termination
of the applicable restrictions. Unless otherwise provided, in its discretion, by
the Committee, any such dividends or other distributions shall not bear
interest. Upon the lapse or termination of the applicable restrictions (and not
before such time), the grantee shall receive the share certificates for the
restricted shares (subject to the provisions of Section 10) and unpaid
dividends, if any. From the date the award of restricted shares is effective,
the grantee shall be a stockholder with respect to all the shares represented by
the share certificates and shall have all the rights of a stockholder with
respect to all the restricted shares, including the right to vote such shares
and to receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to such
shares, subject only to the preceding provisions of this paragraph and the other
restrictions imposed by the Committee. If a grantee of restricted shares (i)
engages in the operation or management of a business (whether as owner, partner,
officer, director, employee or otherwise and whether during or after termination
of employment) which is in competition with the Corporation or any of its
Subsidiaries (provided, however, that this clause shall not apply if Section
8(D) applies), (ii) induces or attempts to induce any customer, supplier,
licensee or other individual, corporation or other business organization having
a business relationship with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries to cease
doing business with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or in any way
interferes with the relationship between any such customer, supplier, licensee
or other person and the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) solicits
any employee of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries to leave the
employment thereof or in any way interferes with the relationship of such
employee with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, the Committee may
immediately declare forfeited all restricted shares held by the grantee as to
which the restrictions have not yet lapsed. Whether a grantee has engaged in any
of the activities referred to in the preceding sentence which would cause the
restricted shares to be forfeited shall be determined, in its discretion, by the
Committee, and any such determination by the Committee shall be final and
binding.
Neither this Section 6(A) nor any other provision of the Plan
shall preclude a grantee from transferring or assigning restricted shares to (i)
the trustee of a trust that is revocable by such grantee alone, both at the time
of the transfer or assignment and at all times thereafter prior to such
grantee's death or (ii) the trustee of any other trust to the extent approved in
advance by the Committee in writing. A transfer or assignment of restricted
shares from such trustee to any person other than such grantee shall be
permitted only to the extent approved in advance by the Committee in writing,
and restricted shares held by such trustee shall be subject to all of the
conditions and restrictions set forth in the Plan and in the applicable
agreement as if such trustee were a party to such agreement.
(B) PERFORMANCE UNITS
The Committee may award performance units which shall be
earned by an awardee based on the level of performance over a specified period
of time by the Corporation, a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, any branch, department
or other portion thereof or the awardee individually, as determined by the
Committee. For the purposes of the grant of performance units, the following
definitions shall apply:
(i) "Performance unit" shall mean an award, expressed in
dollars or shares of Common Stock, granted to an awardee with respect
to a Performance Period. Awards expressed in dollars may be established
as fixed dollar amounts, as a percentage of salary, as a percentage of
a pool based on earnings of the Corporation, a Subsidiary or
Subsidiaries or any branch,
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department or other portion thereof or in any other manner determined
by the Committee in its discretion, provided that the amount thereof
shall be capable of being determined as a fixed dollar amount as of the
close of the Performance Period.
(ii) "Performance Period" shall mean an accounting period of
the Corporation or a Subsidiary of not less than one year, as
determined by the Committee in its discretion.
(iii) "Performance Target" shall mean that level of
performance established by the Committee which must be met in order for
the performance unit to be fully earned. The Performance Target may be
expressed in terms of earnings per share, return on assets, asset
growth, ratio of capital to assets or such other level or levels of
accomplishment by the Corporation, a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, any
division, branch, department or other portion thereof or the awardee
individually as may be established or revised from time to time by the
Committee.
(iv) "Minimum Target" shall mean a minimal level of
performance established by the Committee which must be met before any
part of the performance unit is earned. The Minimum Target may be the
same as or less than the Performance Target in the discretion of the
Committee.
(v) "Performance shares" shall mean shares of Common Stock
issued or delivered in payment of earned performance units.
An awardee shall earn the performance unit in full by meeting
the Performance Target for the Performance Period. If the Minimum Target has not
been attained at the end of the Performance Period, no part of the performance
unit shall have been earned by the awardee. If the Minimum Target is attained
but the Performance Target is not attained, the portion of the performance unit
earned by the awardee shall be determined on the basis of a formula established
by the Committee.
At any time prior to the end of a Performance Period, the
Committee may adjust downward (but not upward) the Performance Target and/or
Minimum Target as a result of major events unforeseen at the time of the award,
such as changes in the economy, in the industry or laws affecting the operations
of the Corporation or a Subsidiary, or any division, branch, department or other
portion thereof, or any other event the Committee determines would have a
significant impact upon the probability of attaining the previously established
Performance Target.
Payment of earned performance units shall be made to awardees
following the close of the Performance Period as soon as practicable after the
time the amount payable is determined by the Committee. Payment in respect of
earned performance units, whether expressed in dollars or shares, may be made in
cash, in shares of Common Stock, or partly in cash and partly in shares of
Common Stock, as determined by the Committee at the time of payment. For this
purpose, performance units expressed in dollars shall be converted to shares,
and performance units expressed in shares shall be converted to dollars, based
on the fair market value of the Common Stock, determined as provided in Section
5(I), as of the date the amount payable is determined by the Committee. The
Committee, in its discretion, may determine that awardees shall also be entitled
to any dividends or other distributions that would have been paid on earned
performance shares had the shares been outstanding during the period from the
award to the payment of the performance shares. Unless otherwise provided, in
its discretion, by the Committee, any such dividends or other distributions
shall not bear interest.
Unless otherwise provided in the agreement confirming the
award of the performance units, if prior to the close of a Performance Period,
the employment of an awardee of performance units is voluntarily terminated with
the consent of the Corporation or a Subsidiary, the grantee retires under any
retirement plan of the Corporation or a Subsidiary or the grantee dies during
employment, the Committee in its discretion may determine to pay to the grantee
all or part of the performance unit
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based upon the extent to which the Committee determines the Performance Target
or Minimum Target has been achieved as of the date of termination of employment,
retirement or death, the period of time remaining until the end of the
Performance Period and/or such other factors as the Committee may deem relevant.
If the Committee, in its discretion, determines that all or any part of the
performance unit shall be paid, payment shall be made to the awardee or the
estate of the awardee as promptly as practicable following such determination
and may be made in cash, in shares of Common Stock, or partly in cash and partly
in shares of Common Stock, as determined by the Committee at the time of
payment. For this purpose, performance units expressed in dollars shall be
converted to shares, and performance units expressed in shares shall be
converted to dollars, based on the fair market value of the Common Stock,
determined as provided in Section 5(I), as of the date the amount payable is
determined by the Committee.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 8(E), if the
employment of a grantee of an award of performance units terminates prior to the
close of the Performance Period for any reason other than voluntary termination
with the consent of the Corporation or a Subsidiary, retirement under any
retirement plan of the Corporation or a Subsidiary or death, the unearned
performance units shall be deemed not to have been earned and such unearned
units shall not be paid.
Whether termination of employment is a voluntary termination
with the consent of the Corporation or a Subsidiary shall be determined, in its
discretion, by the Committee and any such determination by the Committee shall
be final and binding.
If an awardee of performance units (i) engages in the
operation or management of a business (whether as owner, partner, officer,
director, employee or otherwise and whether during or after termination of
employment) which is in competition with the Corporation or any of its
Subsidiaries (provided, however, that this clause shall not apply if Section
8(E) applies), (ii) induces or attempts to induce any customer, supplier,
licensee or other individual, corporation or other business organization having
a business relationship with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries to cease
doing business with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or in any way
interferes with the relationship between any such customer, supplier, licensee
or other person and the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) solicits
any employee of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries to leave the
employment thereof or in any way interferes with the relationship of such
employee with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, the Committee may
immediately cancel the award. Whether an awardee has engaged in any of the
activities referred to the preceding sentence which would cause the award of
performance units to be canceled shall be determined, in its discretion, by the
Committee, and any such determination by the Committee shall be final and
binding.
Performance unit awards shall be evidenced by a written
agreement in the form prescribed by the Committee which shall set forth the
amount or manner of determining the amount of the performance unit, the
Performance Period, the Performance Target and any Minimum Target and such other
terms and conditions as the Committee in its discretion deems appropriate.
Performance unit awards shall be effective only upon execution of the applicable
performance unit agreement on behalf of the Corporation by the Chief Executive
Officer (if other than the President), the President or any Vice President, and
by the awardee.
SECTION 7
ADJUSTMENT AND SUBSTITUTION OF SHARES
If a dividend or other distribution shall be declared upon the
Common Stock payable in shares of the Common Stock, (i) the number of shares of
the Common Stock subject to any outstanding stock options or performance unit
awards, (ii) the number of shares of the Common Stock which may be issued or
delivered under the Plan but are not subject to outstanding stock options or
performance unit awards and (iii) the maximum number of shares as to which stock
options may be granted and as to
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which shares may be awarded under the Plan to any employee under Section 4 on
the date fixed for determining the stockholders entitled to receive such stock
dividend or distribution shall be adjusted by adding thereto the number of
shares of the Common Stock which would have been distributable thereon if such
shares had been outstanding on such date. Shares of Common Stock so distributed
with respect to any restricted shares held in escrow shall also be held by the
Corporation in escrow and shall be subject to the same restrictions as are
applicable to the restricted shares on which they were distributed.
If the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be changed
into or exchangeable for a different number or kind of shares of stock or other
securities of the Corporation or another corporation, whether through
reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, stock split-up, combination
of shares, merger or consolidation, then there shall be substituted for each
share of the Common Stock subject to any then outstanding stock option or
performance unit award, for each share of the Common Stock which may be issued
or delivered under the Plan but which is not then subject to any outstanding
stock option or performance unit award and for the maximum number of shares as
to which stock options may be granted and as to which shares may be awarded
under the Plan to any employee under Section 4, the number and kind of shares of
stock or other securities into which each outstanding share of the Common Stock
shall be so changed or for which each such share shall be exchangeable. Unless
otherwise determined by the Committee, in its discretion, any such stock or
securities, as well as any cash or other property, into or for which any
restricted shares held in escrow shall be changed or exchangeable in any such
transaction shall also be held by the Corporation in escrow and shall be subject
to the same restrictions as are applicable to the restricted shares in respect
of which such stock, securities, cash or other property was issued or
distributed.
In case of any adjustment or substitution as provided for in
the first two paragraphs of this Section 7, the aggregate option price for all
shares subject to each then outstanding stock option prior to such adjustment or
substitution shall be the aggregate option price for all shares of stock or
other securities (including any fraction) to which such shares shall have been
adjusted or which shall have been substituted for such shares.
Any new option price per share shall be carried to at least
three decimal places with the last decimal place rounded upwards to the nearest
whole number.
If the outstanding shares of the Common Stock shall be changed
in value by reason of any spin-off, split-off or split-up, or dividend in
partial liquidation, dividend in property other than cash or extraordinary
distribution to holders of the Common Stock, (i) the Committee shall make any
adjustments to any then outstanding stock option which it determines are
equitably required to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of grantees
which would otherwise result from any such transaction, and (ii) unless
otherwise determined by the Committee, in its discretion, any stock, securities,
cash or other property distributed with respect to any restricted shares held in
escrow or for which any restricted shares held in escrow shall be exchanged in
any such transaction shall also be held by the Corporation in escrow and shall
be subject to the same restrictions as are applicable to the restricted shares
in respect of which such stock, securities, cash or other property was
distributed or exchanged.
No adjustment or substitution provided for in this Section 7
shall require the Corporation to issue or sell a fraction of a share or other
security. Accordingly, all fractional shares or other securities which result
from any such adjustment or substitution shall be eliminated and not carried
forward to any subsequent adjustment or substitution. Owners of restricted
shares held in escrow shall be treated in the same manner as owners of Common
Stock not held in escrow with respect to fractional shares created by an
adjustment or substitution of shares, except that, unless otherwise determined
by the Committee, in its discretion, any cash or other property paid in lieu of
a fractional share shall be subject to restrictions similar to those applicable
to the restricted shares exchanged therefor.
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If any adjustment or substitution provided for in this Section
7 requires the approval of stockholders in order to enable the Corporation to
grant incentive stock options or to comply with Section 162(m) of the Code, then
no such adjustment or substitution shall be made without the required
stockholder approval. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of incentive
stock options, if the effect of any such adjustment or substitution would be to
cause the stock option to fail to continue to qualify as an incentive stock
option or to cause a modification, extension or renewal of such stock option
within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code, the Committee may elect that such
adjustment or substitution not be made but rather shall use reasonable efforts
to effect such other adjustment of each then outstanding stock option as the
Committee, in its discretion, shall deem equitable and which will not result in
any disqualification, modification, extension or renewal (within the meaning of
Section 424 of the Code) of the incentive stock option.
Except as provided in this Section 7, a grantee shall have no
rights by reason of any issue or delivery by the Corporation of stock of any
class or securities convertible into stock of any class, any subdivision or
consolidation of shares of stock of any class, the payment of any stock dividend
or any other increase or decrease in the number of shares of stock of any class.
SECTION 8
ADDITIONAL RIGHTS IN CERTAIN EVENTS
(A) DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this Section 8, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
(1) The term "Person" shall be used as that term is used in
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the 1934 Act as in effect on the effective date of
the Plan.
(2) "Beneficial Ownership" shall be determined as provided in
Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act as in effect on the effective date of the Plan.
(3) A specified percentage of "Voting Power" of a company
shall mean such number of the Voting Shares as shall enable the holders thereof
to cast such percentage of all the votes which could be cast in an annual
election of directors (without consideration of the rights of any class of stock
other than the common stock of the company to elect directors by a separate
class vote); and "Voting Shares" shall mean all securities of a company
entitling the holders thereof to vote in an annual election of directors
(without consideration of the rights of any class of stock other than the common
stock of the company to elect directors by a separate class vote).
(4) "Tender Offer" shall mean a tender offer or exchange offer
to acquire securities of the Corporation (other than such an offer made by the
Corporation or any Subsidiary), whether or not such offer is approved or opposed
by the Board.
(5) "Continuing Directors" shall mean a director of the
Corporation who either (a) was a director of the Corporation on the effective
date of the Plan or (b) is an individual whose election, or nomination for
election, as a director of the Corporation was approved by a vote of at least
two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were Continuing Directors
(other than an individual whose initial assumption of office is in connection
with an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election of
directors of the Corporation which would be subject to Rule 14a-11 under the
1934 Act, or any successor Rule).
(6) "Designated Person" shall mean (a) the Westinghouse Air
Brake Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan and the Westinghouse Air Brake
Company Employee Stock
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Ownership Trust (collectively, the "ESOP") and (b)any Person serving on the
Committee administering the ESOP, to the extent that such Person is deemed to
have Beneficial Ownership of shares of Common Stock held by the ESOP.
(7) "Section 8 Event" shall mean the date upon which any of
the following events occurs:
(a) The Corporation acquires actual knowledge that any Person,
other than the Corporation, a Subsidiary, or any employee benefit
plan(s) sponsored by the Corporation or a Subsidiary, or any Designated
Person, has acquired the Beneficial Ownership, directly or indirectly,
of securities of the Corporation entitling such Person to 30% or more
of the Voting Power of the Corporation;
(b) A Tender Offer is made to acquire securities of the
Corporation entitling the holders thereof to 30% or more of the Voting
Power of the Corporation; or
(c) A solicitation subject to Rule 14a-11 under the 1934 Act
(or any successor Rule) relating to the election or removal of 50% or
more of the members of the Board or any class of the Board shall be
made by any person other than the Corporation or less than 51% of the
members of the Board (excluding vacant seats) shall be Continuing
Directors; or
(d) The stockholders of the Corporation shall approve a
merger, consolidation, share exchange, division or sale or other
disposition of assets of the Corporation as a result of which the
stockholders of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction
shall not hold, directly or indirectly, immediately following such
transaction a majority of the Voting Power of (i) in the case of a
merger or consolidation, the surviving or resulting corporation, (ii)
in the case of a share exchange, the acquiring corporation or (iii) in
the case of a division or a sale or other disposition of assets, each
surviving, resulting or acquiring corporation which, immediately
following the transaction, holds more than 30% of the consolidated
assets of the Corporation immediately prior to the transaction;
provided, however, that (i) if securities beneficially owned by a grantee are
included in determining the Beneficial Ownership of a Person referred to in
paragraph 7(a) above, (ii) a grantee is required to be named pursuant to Item 2
of the Schedule 14D-1 (or any similar successor filing requirement) required to
be filed by the bidder making a Tender Offer referred to in paragraph 7(b) above
or (iii) if a grantee is a "participant" as defined in Instruction 3 to Item 4
of Schedule 14A under the 1934 Act (or any successor Rule) in a solicitation
(other than a solicitation by the Corporation) referred to in paragraph 7(c)
above, then no Section 8 Event with respect to such grantee shall be deemed to
have occurred by reason of such event.
(B) ACCELERATION OF THE EXERCISE DATE OF STOCK OPTIONS
Subject to the provisions of Section 4 in the case of
incentive stock options, unless the agreement referred to in Section 5(H), or an
amendment thereto, shall otherwise provide, notwithstanding any other provision
contained in the Plan, in case any "Section 8 Event" occurs all outstanding
stock options (other than those held by a person referred to in the proviso to
Section 8(A)(7)) shall become immediately and fully exercisable whether or not
otherwise exercisable by their terms.
(C) EXTENSION OF THE EXPIRATION DATE OF STOCK OPTIONS
Subject to the provisions of Section 4 in the case of
incentive stock options, unless the agreement referred to in Section 5(H), or an
amendment thereto, shall otherwise provide,
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notwithstanding any other provision contained in the Plan, all outstanding stock
options held by a grantee (other than a grantee referred to in the proviso to
Section 8(A)(7)) whose employment with the Corporation or a Subsidiary
terminates within one year of any Section 8 Event for any reason other than
voluntary termination with the consent of the Corporation or a Subsidiary,
retirement under any retirement plan of the Corporation or a Subsidiary or death
which are exercisable shall continue to be exercisable for a period of three
years from the date of such termination of employment, but in no event after the
expiration date of the stock option.
(D) LAPSE OF RESTRICTIONS ON RESTRICTED SHARE AWARDS
Unless the agreement referred to in Section 6(A), or an
amendment thereto, shall otherwise provide, notwithstanding any other provision
contained in the Plan, if any "Section 8 Event" occurs prior to the scheduled
lapse of all restrictions applicable to restricted share awards under the Plan
(other than those held by a person referred to in the proviso to Section
8(A)(7)), all such restrictions shall lapse upon the occurrence of any such
"Section 8 Event" regardless of the scheduled lapse of such restrictions.
(E) PAYMENT OF PERFORMANCE UNITS
Unless the agreement referred to in Section 6(B), or an
amendment thereto, shall otherwise provide, notwithstanding any other provision
contained in the Plan, if any "Section 8 Event" occurs prior to the end of any
Performance Period, all performance units (unless the awardee is a person
referred to in the proviso to Section 8(A)(7)) shall be deemed to have been
fully earned as of the date of the Section 8 Event, regardless of the attainment
or nonattainment of any Performance Target or any Minimum Target and shall be
paid to the awardee thereof as promptly as practicable after the Section 8
Event. If the performance unit is not expressed as a fixed amount in dollars or
shares, the Committee may provide in the performance unit agreement for the
amount to be paid in the case of Section 8 Event.
(F) TAX-RELATED CASH PAYMENTS
Unless the agreements referred to in Sections 5(H), 6(A) or
6(B), or an amendment thereto, shall otherwise provide, if the independent
auditors most recently selected by the Board determine that (i) any grant,
payment or transfer to or for the benefit of a grantee or awardee under the Plan
(whether granted, paid or payable or transferred or transferable pursuant to the
Plan or otherwise) (a "Payment") would be deemed to be an "excess parachute
payment" for Federal income tax purposes because of Section 280G of the Code, or
any successor provision ("Section 280G"), and (ii) any grant, payment or
transfer under the Plan to or for the benefit of a grantee or awardee within one
year of or following the occurrence of a Section 8 Event constitutes in whole or
in part a "parachute payment" under Section 280G (without regard to Section
280G(b)(4)) used in calculating such "excess parachute payment," the Payment
will be grossed up through the payment by the Corporation to the grantee or
awardee in cash of the amount of any excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code,
or any successor provision ("Section 4999"), on the "excess parachute payment"
and the amount of any excise tax under Section 4999 and applicable income tax on
the total amount of such gross up payment, so that the grantee or awardee will
receive the full amount of the Payment after the grantee or awardee has paid any
excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code on the "excess parachute payment" and
any excise tax under Section 4999 and applicable income tax on the amount of
such gross up payment. On the later of the date an "excess parachute payment" is
paid to or for the benefit of the grantee or awardee or the date on which it can
be first determined that a Payment would be deemed to be an "excess parachute
payment," the Corporation shall pay or distribute to or for the benefit of the
grantee or awardee the
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gross up payment due to the grantee or awardee under this Section 8(F).
SECTION 9
EFFECT OF THE PLAN ON THE RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYER
Neither the adoption of the Plan nor any action of the Board
or the Committee pursuant to the Plan shall be deemed to give any employee any
right to be granted a stock option (with or without cash payment rights) or to
be awarded restricted shares or performance units under the Plan. Nothing in the
Plan, in any stock option or cash payment rights granted under the Plan or in
any award of restricted shares or performance units under the Plan or in any
agreement providing for any of the foregoing shall confer any right on any
employee to continue in the employ of the Corporation or any Subsidiary or
interfere in any way with the rights of the Corporation or any Subsidiary to
terminate the employment of any employee at any time.
SECTION 10
WITHHOLDING
Income, excise or employment taxes may be required to be
withheld by the Corporation or a Subsidiary in connection with the grant or
exercise of a stock option, upon a "disqualifying disposition" of the shares
acquired upon exercise of an incentive stock option, at the time restricted
shares are granted or vest or performance units are earned or upon the receipt
by the grantee of cash in payment of cash payment rights or dividends on
restricted stock which has not vested. Any taxes required to be withheld by the
Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries upon the receipt by the grantee of cash
in payment of cash payment rights or dividends will be satisfied by the
Corporation by withholding the taxes required to be withheld from the cash the
grantee would otherwise receive. The Corporation will request that the grantee
pay any additional amount required to be withheld directly to the Corporation in
cash. If a grantee does not pay any taxes required to be withheld by the
Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries within ten days after a request for the
payment of such taxes, the Corporation or such Subsidiary may withhold such
taxes from any compensation to which the grantee is entitled.
SECTION 11
AMENDMENT
The right to alter and amend the Plan at any time to time and
the right to revoke or terminate the Plan are hereby specifically reserved to
the Board; provided that no such alteration or amendment of the Plan shall,
without stockholder approval, (i) modify the formulas to increase the number of
shares which may be issued or delivered under the Plan as set forth in Section
3, (ii) increase the maximum aggregate number of shares as to which incentive
stock options may be granted as set forth in Section 3, (iii) change the option
price permitted under Section 5(A) of the Plan, (iv) increase the maximum number
of shares as to which stock options may be granted and as to which shares may be
awarded under the Plan to any one employee as set forth in Section 4, (v) make
any changes in the class of employees eligible to receive options or awards
under the Plan, or (vi) be made if stockholder approval of the amendment is at
the time required for grants or awards under the Plan to qualify for the
exemption from Section 16(b) of the 1934 Act provided by Rule 16b-3 or by the
rules of the New York Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange on which the
Common Stock may then be listed. No alteration, amendment, revocation or
termination of the Plan shall, without the written consent of the holder of an
outstanding grant or award under the Plan, adversely affect the rights of such
holder with respect to such outstanding grant or award.
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SECTION 12
INTEGRATION
The Plan and any written agreements executed by employees and
the Corporation contain all of the understandings and representations between
the parties and supersede any prior understandings and agreements entered into
between them regarding the subject matter within. There are no representations,
agreements, arrangements or understandings, oral or written, between the parties
relating to the subject matter within which are not fully expressed in the Plan
and the agreements.
SECTION 13
EFFECTIVE DATE AND DURATION OF PLAN
The effective date and date of adoption of the Plan shall be
January 24, 2000, the date of adoption of the Plan by the Board, and the
effective date of the amendments to the Plan adopted by the Board on March 22,
2000 shall be March 22, 2000, provided that such amendments are approved by
stockholders at a meeting duly called, convened and held on or prior to March
21, 2001, at which a quorum representing a majority of the outstanding voting
stock of the Corporation is, either in person or by proxy, present and voting on
the Plan. No stock option or cash payment rights may be granted and no
restricted shares or performance units payable in performance shares may be
awarded under the Plan subsequent to January 23, 2010.
16
5
1000
3-MOS
DEC-31-2000
JAN-01-2000
MAR-31-2000
14,731
0
179,688
0
222,700
455,453
400,471
179,448
1,008,175
195,856
562,857
0
0
654
194,568
1,008,175
258,859
258,859
182,366
182,366
43,754
0
11,170
25,640
9,230
16,410
0
0
0
16,410
0.38
0.38
