S-8 POS

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 2019

Registration No. 333-197284

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

CBIZ, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   22-2769024

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

6050 Oak Tree Boulevard, South, Suite 500

Cleveland, Ohio 44131

(216) 447-9000

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

 

2019 CBIZ, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan

CBIZ, Inc. 2014 Stock Incentive Plan

CBIZ, Inc. 2002 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

 

 

Michael W. Gleespen

Secretary and General Counsel

6050 Oak Tree Boulevard, South, Suite 500

Cleveland, Ohio 44131

(216) 447-9000

(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copy to:

Anthony J. Renzi, Jr.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

2001 K Street N.W.

Washington, DC 20006

(202) 887-4000

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer     Accelerated filer  
Non-accelerated filer     Smaller reporting company  
    Emerging Growth Company  

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Securities

to be Registered (1)

 

Amount

to be
Registered (2)

  Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share (3)
  Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price (3)
  Amount of
Registration Fee (3)

Common Stock, par value $0.01

  3,062,788   N/A   N/A   N/A

 

 

(1)

As described in the “Explanatory Note” below, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 (this “Post-Effective Amendment”) is being filed to provide that up to 3,062,788 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”), originally registered upon the filing of the Form S-8 (Commission File No. 333-197284) on July 7, 2014 (the “Prior Registration Statement”) for issuance under the CBIZ, Inc. 2014 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”) may be issued under the 2019 CBIZ, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan” and, together with the 2014 Plan, the “Plans”) once they are no longer issuable pursuant to the 2014 Plan.

(2)

Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, includes an indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to awards or the exercise of options to be granted under the Plans to prevent dilution that may result from any future stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions affecting the Common Stock.

(3)

The filing fee for the registration of the offer of shares under the CBIZ, Inc. 2002 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (the “2002 Plan”) and the 2014 Plan were paid in full upon the filing of the Prior Registration Statement. Pursuant to SEC Securities Act Forms Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 126.43, no filing fee is required for this Post-Effective Amendment.

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

CBIZ, Inc. (the “Company” or the “Registrant”) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission its Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Commission File No. 333-197284) on July 7, 2014 (the “Prior Registration Statement”) to register the offer of 16,015,540 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) pursuant to the CBIZ, Inc. 2002 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (the “2002 Plan”) and the CBIZ, Inc. 2014 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”).

On May 9, 2019 (the “Approval Date”), the Company’s stockholders approved the 2019 CBIZ, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”) and, in connection therewith, no future awards will be made under the 2014 Plan and any shares of Common Stock that were available to be awarded under the 2014 Plan and any shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding awards under the 2014 Plan as of the Approval Date that expire, are forfeited, canceled or otherwise terminated after the Approval Date will be available for issuance under the 2019 Plan (the “Rollover Shares”).

The Company is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 (this “Post-Effective Amendment”) pursuant to SEC Securities Act Forms Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 126.43 to amend the Prior Registration Statement to also cover the offer and sale of up to 3,062,788 Rollover Shares under the 2019 Plan (to the extent such shares are, or become no longer issuable under the 2014 Plan and instead are, or become, issuable under the 2019 Plan). For avoidance of doubt, this Post-Effective Amendment will not cause this Registration Statement to cover the offer and sale of any additional shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock that may be offered and sold under the 2019 Plan that were not previously issuable under the 2014 Plan.

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this Post-Effective Amendment will be sent or given to the employees of the Registrant, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Also, upon written or oral request, any of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Post-Effective Amendment (which documents are incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus), other documents required to be delivered to eligible employees pursuant to Rule 428(b) of the Securities Act or additional information about the plans are available without charge to participants of the plans by contacting the Corporate Secretary, CBIZ, Inc., 6050 Oak Tree Boulevard, South, Suite 500, Cleveland, Ohio 44131 ((216) 447-9000).

Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) either as part of this Post-Effective Amendment or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Post-Effective Amendment pursuant to Item 3 of Form S-8 (Part II hereof), taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3.

Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission (other than those furnished pursuant to Items 2.02 and 7.01 of Form 8-K) are incorporated by reference in this Post-Effective Amendment:

 

   

the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 filed pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), on February 28, 2019 with the Commission;

 

   

the information specifically incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 from its Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on April 5, 2019;

 

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the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2019 filed pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act on May 6, 2019 with the Commission;

 

   

the description of the Registrant’s Common Stock contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as filed with the Commission on July 26, 2006, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description; and

 

   

the Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 12, 2019 and May 10, 2019.

In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to items 2.02 or 7.01 of such form), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Post-Effective Amendment and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents with the Commission. Statements contained in this Post-Effective Amendment or in a document incorporated by reference may be modified or superseded by later statements in this Post-Effective Amendment or by statements in subsequent documents incorporated by reference, in which case you should refer to the later statement.

 

Item 4.

Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

 

Item 5.

Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

 

Item 6.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) provides, in general, for the indemnification of any director or officer who was, is, or is threatened to be made a party in any action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the Registrant). In general, each director and officer is indemnified against losses by reason of his or her being an officer or director of the Registrant provided that he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

The Registrant’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Restated Certificate of Incorporation”), entitles its board of directors to provide for indemnification of directors and officers to the fullest extent provided by law. As permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, Article Eleven of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that no director of the Registrant shall be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that this indemnification shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director for:

 

   

any breach of a director’s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders;

 

   

acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;

 

   

unlawful payments of dividends;

 

   

unlawful stock purchases or redemptions; or

 

   

any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

Article 7 of the Registrant’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended (the “Bylaws”), provides that to the fullest extent and in the manner permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware and specifically as is permitted under Section 145 of the DGCL, the Registrant shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the Registrant, by reason of the fact that such person

 

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is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in and not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, such person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Determination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not, of itself, create a presumption that a person did not act in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in and not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe his conduct was lawful.

Additionally, Article 7 of the Bylaws provides that the Registrant shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Registrant to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the Registrant unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.

Article 7 of the Bylaws also provides that any decision as to indemnification shall be made:

 

   

by the board of directors of the Registrant by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding; or

 

   

if such a quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or

 

   

by the stockholders.

In addition, the board of directors of the Registrant has authorized indemnification of expenses incurred by an officer or director in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding. Indemnification pursuant to these provisions is not exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer. The Registrant may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant.

Further, Article 7 of the Bylaws provides that the indemnity provided will be extended to the directors, officers, employees and agents of any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger that, if its separate existence had continued, would have had the power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of the Bylaws with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have had with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

The Registrant currently maintains an insurance policy relating to its directors and officers, under which policy such directors and officers are insured, within the limits and subject to the limitations of the policy, against certain expenses in connection with the defense of certain claims, actions, suits or proceedings, and certain liabilities which might be imposed as a result of such claims, actions, suits or proceedings, which may be brought against them by reason of being or having been such directors or officers.

 

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Item 7.

Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not Applicable.

 

Item 8.

Exhibits.

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description of Exhibit

  3.1*    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, effective as of August 7, 2000.
  3.2    Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, effective August  1, 2005 (filed as Exhibit 3.5 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, File No. 000-25890, dated March  16, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference).
  3.3*    Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, effective as of July 31, 2000.
  3.4    Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company dated November  1, 2007 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, File No. 001-32961, dated November 1, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference).
  4.1    Form of Stock Certificate of Common Stock of the Company (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Annual Report Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998, File No. 000-25890, dated March 4, 1999, and incorporated herein by reference).
  4.2*    2019 CBIZ, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan.
  4.3    CBIZ, Inc. 2014 Stock Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement No. 333-197284 and incorporated herein by reference).
  4.4    CBIZ, Inc. 2002 Amended and Restated Sock Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 10-Q, File No. 001-32961, dated August 9, 2011, and incorporated herein by reference).
  5.1*    Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.
23.1*    Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2*    Consent of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 of this Post-Effective Amendment).
24.1*    Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Post-Effective Amendment).

 

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Filed herewith.

 

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Item 9.

Undertakings.

 

  (a)

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

 

  (1)

To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

 

  (i)

to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

 

  (ii)

to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement; and

 

  (iii)

to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement.

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

 

  (2)

That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

  (3)

To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

  (b)

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

  (c)

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cleveland, State of Ohio on this 24th day of May, 2019.

 

CBIZ, INC.
By:   /s/ Jerome P. Grisko, Jr.
  Jerome P. Grisko, Jr.
  Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears in this Post-Effective Amendment in any capacity hereby constitutes and appoints Jerome P. Grisko, Jr., Ware H. Grove, and Michael W. Gleespen, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Post-Effective Amendment and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or desirable.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment has been signed on the 24th day of May, 2019 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:

 

NAME

  

TITLE

/s/ Jerome P. Grisko, Jr.

Jerome P. Grisko, Jr.

  

President & Chief Executive Officer, Director (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Ware H. Grove

Ware H. Grove

  

Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ Steven L. Gerard

Steven L. Gerard

  

Chairman

/s/ Rick L. Burdick

Rick L. Burdick

  

Lead Director

/s/ Michael H. DeGroote

Michael H. DeGroote

  

Director

/s/ Joseph S. DiMartino

Joseph S. DiMartino

  

Director

/s/ Gina D. France

Gina D. France

  

Director

/s/ Sherrill W. Hudson

Sherrill W. Hudson

  

Director

/s/ Todd J. Slotkin

Todd J. Slotkin

  

Director

/s/ Donald V. Weir

Donald V. Weir

  

Director

/s/ Benaree Pratt Wiley

Benaree Pratt Wiley

  

Director

 

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EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

CENTURY BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.

Century Business Services, Inc. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware,

DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

FIRST: That the present name of the Corporation is Century Business Services, Inc. The Corporation was originally incorporated under the name “Stout Associates. Inc.” and its original certificate of incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 16, 1987.

SECOND: That at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corporation held on July 31, 2000, resolutions were duly adopted setting forth a proposed amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Corporation (the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”).

THIRD: That this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation restates and integrates and further amends the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as the same heretofore has been amended, supplemented, and/or restated (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), and has been duly adopted in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation law.

FOURTH: That the text of the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby restated and integrated to read in its entirety as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

The name of the Corporation is:

Century Business Services, Inc.

ARTICLE TWO

The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.


ARTICLE THREE

The nature of the businesses (or purposes to be conducted or promoted is:

To conduct any lawful business, to exercise any lawful purpose and power, and to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the Act, and in general, to possess and exercise all the powers and privileges granted by the Act or by any other law of Delaware or by this Certificate of Incorporation together with any powers incidental thereto, so far as such powers and privileges are necessary or convenient to the conduct, promotion or attainment of the businesses or purposes of the Corporation.

ARTICLE FOUR

The total number of shares of all classes of stock which this Corporation shall have authority to issue is 250,000,000 shares, consisting of 250,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $ 0.01 per share. The aggregate par value of all the shares of all classes of stock which this Corporation has authority to issue is $2,500,000.00.

The shares of Common Stock shall have no preemptive or preferential rights of subscription concerning further issuance or authorization of any securities of the Corporation. Each share of Common Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote, in person or by proxy. The holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive dividends if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors. The Common Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series and shall have such other relative, participant, optional or special rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof as shall be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of such Common Stock from time to time adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to authority so to adopt which is hereby vested in the Board of Directors.

At any time and from time to time when authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors and without any action by its shareholders, the Corporation may issue or sell any shares of its stock of any class or series, whether out of the unissued shares thereof authorized by the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or out of shares of its stock acquired by it after the issue thereof, and whether or not the shares thereof so issued or sold shall confer upon the holders thereof the right to exchange or convert such shares for or into other shares of stock of the Corporation of any class or classes or any series thereof. When similarly authorized, but without any action by its shareholders, the Corporation may issue or grant rights, warrants or options, in bearer or registered or such other form as the Board of Directors may determine, for the purchase of shares of the stock of any class or series of the Corporation within such period of time, or without limit as to time, of such aggregate number of shares, and at such price per share, as

 

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the Board of Directors may determine. Such rights, warrants or options may be issued or granted separately or in connection with the issue of any bonds, debentures, notes, obligations or other evidences of indebtedness or shares of the stock of any class or series of the Corporation and for such consideration and on such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, may determine. In each case, the consideration to be received by the Corporation for any such shares so issued or sold shall be such as shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE FIVE

Except as may otherwise be provided in this Certificate or in the Bylaws of the Corporation, as the same may be amended from time to time, the Board of Directors shall have all powers and authority which may be granted to a board of directors of a corporation under the Act, including but not limited to the following:

 

  (a)

to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation;

 

  (b)

to authorize and cause to be executed mortgages and liens upon the real and personal property of the Corporation:

 

  (c)

to set apart out of any of the funds of the Corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and to abolish any such reserve In the manner in which it was created;

 

  (d)

to designate one or more committees;

 

  (e)

to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation, including its good will and its corporate franchises, upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration, which may consist in whole or in part of money or property including shares of stock in, and/or other securities of, any other corporation or corporations, as the Board of Directors shall deem expedient and for the best interest of the Corporation, when and as authorized by the shareholders entitled to vote thereon;

 

  (f)

to provide indemnification for directors, officers, employees, and/or agents of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law, subject however, to the rules against limitation on liability of directors as set forth in Section 102 of the Act, as amended from time to time; and

 

  (g)

to determine from time to time whether and to what extent,

 

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  and at what times and places and under what conditions and regulations, the accounts and books of the corporation or any of them, shall be opened to the inspection of the shareholders, and no shareholder shall have any right to inspect any account or book or document of the Corporation, except as conferred by the Act or authorized by the Board of Directors, or by a resolution of the shareholders.

ARTICLE SIX

The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall consist of one or more members. The number of directors shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided in the Bylaws. The directors shall be classified into three classes, with each class as nearly equal in number as possible, in the manner specified in the Bylaws. At the first annual meeting of shareholders, members of the first class shall be elected for a one-year term, members of the second class shall be elected for a two-year term, and members of the third class shall be elected for a three-year term. At each annual meeting of shareholders after the first annual meeting, the successors to the class of directors whose terms expire at that meeting shall be elected for a three-year term.

ARTICLE SEVEN

Whenever a compromise or arrangement is proposed between this Corporation and its creditors or any class of them and/or between this Corporation and its shareholders or any class of them, any court of equitable jurisdiction within the State of Delaware may, on the application in a summary way of this Corporation or of any creditor or shareholder thereof, or on the application of any receiver or receivers appointed for this Corporation under the provisions of Section 291 of the Act or on the application of trustees in dissolution or of any receiver or receivers appointed for this Corporation under the provisions of Section 279 of the Act, order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the shareholders or class of shareholders of this Corporation, as the case may be, to be summoned in such manner as the court directs. If a majority in number representing three-fourths (3/4) in value of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the shareholders or class of shareholders of this Corporation, as the case may be, agree to any compromise or arrangement and to any reorganization of this corporation as a consequence of such compromise or arrangement, the compromise or arrangement and the reorganization shall, if sanctioned by the court to which the application has been made, be binding on all the creditors or class of creditors and/or on all the shareholders or class of shareholders of this Corporation, as the case may be, and also on this Corporation.

 

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ARTICLE EIGHT

To the extent permitted by law, no contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association, or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the board or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his or their votes are counted for such purposes, if:

 

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the material facts as to his relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board of Directors or committee authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

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the material facts as to his relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the shareholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved by vote of the shareholders; or

 

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the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified, by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof, or the shareholders.

Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.

ARTICLE NINE

The Corporation reserves the right to amend or repeal any provision contained herein, add any additional provisions hereto, increase or decrease the number of authorized shares of stock, or restate this Certificate of Incorporation in its entirety in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by the Act.

ARTICLE TEN

Except as otherwise required by law or as otherwise provided in this Certificate of Incorporation or in the Bylaws of the Corporation, any matter properly submitted to a vote of the shareholders at a meeting of shareholders duly convened at which there is a quorum present shall be deemed approved

 

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upon an affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock present at the meeting, in person or by proxy. No holders of any class of stock other than Common Stock shall be entitled to vote upon any matter, except as may be required by law, this Certificate of Incorporation, or the Bylaws of the Corporation. Written ballots shall not be required for the election of directors.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

In addition to any other indemnification granted to directors of the Corporation contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws of the Corporation, or adopted by resolution of the shareholders or directors of the Corporation, no director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided however, that this indemnification shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its shareholders, for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, or payment of any unlawful dividend or for any unlawful stock purchase or redemption, or for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed and acknowledged this 7th day of August, 2000.

 

/s/ Jerome P. Grisko, Jr.

Name: Jerome P. Grisko, Jr.

Title:   President

 

ATTEST:
/s/ Barbara A. Rutigliano

Name: Barbara A. Rutigliano

Title:   Corporate Secretary

 

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EX-3.3

Exhibit 3.3

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

CENTURY BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.

ARTICLE 1

Offices

Section 1.1 Registered Office. The registered office of Century Business Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”) shall be located at Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.

Section 1.2 Offices. The Corporation may establish or discontinue, from time to time, such other offices and places of business within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors deems proper for the conduct of the Corporation’s business.

ARTICLE 2

Meetings of Shareholders

Section 2.1 Annual Meeting. An annual meeting of shareholders for the purpose of electing directors and transacting such other business as may come before it shall be held at such place, within or without the State of Delaware, on such date and at such time as shall be designated by the Board of Directors or the President.

Section 2.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by the Board of Directors or by the President. Business transacted at any special meeting of the shareholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice, but if no purposes are stated, then any business may be transacted which lawfully comes before the meeting.

Section 2.3 Notice of Meetings. Written notice of each meeting of shareholders shall be given to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at the shareholder’s address as it appears on the stock books of the Corporation. The notice shall state the time and the place of the meeting and shall be delivered or mailed not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the day of the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the shareholder at his address as it appears on the stock books of the Corporation. In the case of a special meeting, the notice may but need not state the purpose of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is being called. Whenever notice is required to be given hereunder, a written waiver of notice signed by the


shareholder entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated in the notice, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except when a person attends for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

Section 2.4 Quorum and Adjournment. The presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the shares of stock entitled to vote on every matter that is to be voted on, without regard to class or series, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders. In the absence of a quorum, the holders of a majority of such shares of stock present in person or by proxy may adjourn such meeting, from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall attend. At any meeting reconvened after such adjournment at which a quorum may be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called, but only those shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting as originally called shall be entitled to vote at any reconvened meeting.

Section 2.5 Officers at Shareholders’ Meetings. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside at all meetings of shareholders. In his absence, the chairman shall be elected as the first order of business by the holders of a majority of the shares of stock in attendance and entitled to vote at the meeting.

Section 2.6 List of Shareholders Entitled to Vote. At least ten (10) days before every meeting of shareholders, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each shareholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each shareholder, shall be prepared by or for the Secretary and shall be open to the examination of any shareholder for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. Such list shall be available for inspection at the meeting.

Section 2.7 Fixing Date for Shareholders of Record. In order that the Corporation may identify the shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice of the meeting is given, or if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. The record date for determining shareholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no

 

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prior action by the Board of Directors is necessary, shall be the day on which the first written consent is given. The record date for determining shareholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto, A determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

Section 2.8 Voting and Proxies. Subject to the provisions for fixing the date for shareholders of record:

(a)    Each shareholder shall at every meeting of the shareholders be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by that shareholder having voting rights as to the matter being voted upon except as otherwise specified in the Certificate of Incorporation.

(b)    Each shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for that shareholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy expressly provides for a longer period.

(c)    Each matter properly presented to any meeting shall be decided by a majority of the votes present and entitled to vote on the matter.

Section 2.9 Voting Procedures. When any matter is submitted to a vote of the shareholders, the chairman of the meeting shall decide upon the qualifications of voters, have the votes counted and declare the results. The chairman shall decide whether voting is to be conducted by written ballot, a show of hands, or voice vote.

Section 2.10 Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting. Any action that may be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting, without a prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by the shareholders having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of such action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to each shareholder who did not consent thereto in writing. Any such notice shall have been given promptly if such notice is delivered or mailed within ten (10) days of the taking of such action to each such shareholder in the manner provided in Section 2.3.

 

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ARTICLE 3

Directors

Section 3.1 Number and Term of Office. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors. The number of directors that shall constitute the whole Board shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the shareholders or the Board of Directors and shall consist of not more than twelve (12) members. The directors shall be classified into three (3) classes, with each class as nearly equal in number as possible. At the first annual meeting of shareholders, members of the first class shall be elected for a one-year term, members of the second class shall be elected for a two-year term, and members of the third class shall be elected for a three-year term. At each annual meeting of shareholders after the first annual meeting, the successors to the class of directors whose terms expire at that meeting shall be elected for a three-year term. Directors may be designated as “advisory directors” rather than regular voting directors by the shareholders at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders. In addition, the Board of Directors may change the status of a director from an advisory director to a voting director or from a voting director to an advisory director. The Board of Directors may from time to time establish minimum qualifications for eligibility to become a director. Those qualifications may include, but shall not be limited to, a prerequisite stock ownership in the Corporation.

Section 3.2 Place of Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any place, within or without the State of Delaware, from time to time as designated by the Chairman of the Board or by the body or person calling such meeting.

Section 3.3 Annual Meetings. As soon as practicable after each annual meeting of shareholders and without further notice, the directors elected at such meeting shall hold the annual meeting of the Board of Directors at the place at which such meeting of shareholders took place, provided a majority of the whole Board of Directors is present. If such a majority is not present, such meeting may be held at any other time or place which may be specified in a notice given in the manner provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors or in a waiver of notice thereof.

Section 3.4 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such times as may be determined by the Board of Directors. No notice shall be required for any regular meeting.

Section 3.5 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. Notice of any special meeting shall be mailed to each director at that director’s residence or usual place of business not later than three (3) days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, or shall be given to that director by telegraph, by overnight express mail service, personally, or by telephone, not later than twenty-four (24) hours before the time of such meeting. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors need not be given to any director if that signs a written waiver thereof either before or after the time stated

 

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therein. Attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the director attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

Section 3.6 Action Without Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or of such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of the Board of Directors or of such committee.

Section 3.7 Presiding Officer and Secretary at Meetings. Each meeting of the Board of Directors shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or in his or her absence, by the Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, in that order, and if none is present, then by such member of the Board of Directors as shall be chosen at the meeting.

Section 3.8 Quorum. A majority of the total number of directors (other than advisory directors) shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of those present (or if only one be present, then that one) may adjourn the meeting, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until such time as a quorum is present. The vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

Section 3.9 Meeting by Telephone. Members of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or of such committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Such participation shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 3.10 Compensation. Directors shall receive such compensation and expense reimbursements for their services as directors or as members of committees as set by the Board of Directors. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent or otherwise, and receiving compensation therefor.

Section 3.11 Resignations. Any director, member of a committee or other officer may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Chairman of the Board or the President. Such resignation shall be effective at the time of its receipt, unless a date certain is specified for it to take effect. Acceptance of any resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

Section 3.12 Removal of Directors. Except as otherwise required by law, any director may be removed for cause by vote of two thirds of the other directors or by a majority of the shareholders. No director may be removed without cause before the expiration of his or her term of office except by vote of the shareholders at a meeting called for such a purpose.

 

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Section 3.13 Filling of Vacancies. In case of a vacancy created by an increase in the number of directors or any vacancy created by death, removal, or resignation, the vacancy or vacancies may be filled either (a) by the Board of Directors, or (b) by the shareholders. In the case of a director appointed to fill a vacancy created by an increase in the number of directors, the director so appointed shall hold office for the term to which his predecessor was elected or until his successor is elected. In the case of a director appointed to fill a vacancy created by the death, removal or resignation of a director, the newly appointed director shall hold office for the term to which his predecessor was elected or until his successor is elected.

Section 3.14 Lead Director. In an effort to enhance efficiency, independence and informed decision-making, the Board of Directors may designate an independent director as Lead Director who shall perform a number of tasks, including without limitation: assisting the Corporation in recruiting and hiring the Chief Executive Officer(s); serving as the Corporation’s primary liaison with the investment community; assisting the Corporation in developing and implementing marketing strategies; chairing meetings of the independent directors; facilitating communication between the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer(s); coordinating and communicating performance evaluations of the Chief Executive Officer(s); and otherwise assisting the Corporation and its subsidiaries to promote the growth of the Corporation and enhance stockholder value. The Lead Director shall also have such other duties and authority as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE 4

Committees

The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, each such committee to consist of one or more directors of the Corporation. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in such resolution or resolutions, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have such power or authority in reference to amending the Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the shareholders the sale, lease, or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s property and assets, recommending to the shareholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or

 

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amending the Bylaws; and, unless the resolution expressly so provides, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock or to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger.

ARTICLE 5

The Officers

Section 5.1 Designation. The Corporation shall have such officers with such titles and duties as set forth in these Bylaws or in a resolution of the Board of Directors adopted on or after the effective date of these Bylaws.

Section 5.2 Election and Qualification. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors and may consist of a Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer(s), President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, and such other officers and agents as the Board of Directors may deem advisable. None of the officers of the Corporation need be directors.

Section 5.3 Term of Office. Officers shall be chosen in such manner and shall hold their offices for such term as determined by the Board of Directors. Each officer shall hold office from the time of his or her election and qualification to the time at which his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier resignation, removal or death.

Section 5.4 Resignation. Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice of such resignation to the Chairman of the Board of Directors or to the President. Any such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if no time be specified, upon receipt thereof by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President. The acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

Section 5.5 Removal. Any officer may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the Board of Directors.

Section 5.6. Compensation. The compensation of each officer shall be determined by the Board of Directors.

Section 5.7 The Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall, subject to the direction and oversight of the Board, establish the business plans and policies of the Corporation, and shall share with the Chief Executive Officer(s) responsibility for the implementation of those business plans and policies. The Chairman shall report to the Board, shall preside at meetings of the Board of Directors and of its Executive Committee, and shall have general authority to execute bonds, deeds and contracts in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation.

 

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Section 5.8 Chief Executive Officer(s). Each Chief Executive Officer shall, subject to the direction of the Board, and in conjunction with the Chairman of the Board, establish and implement the business plans, policies and procedures of the Corporation. The Chief Executive Officers shall report to the Board, shall preside over meetings of the Board in the absence of the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board, and shall have general authority to execute bonds, deeds and contracts in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation and in general to exercise all the powers generally appertaining to the Chief Executive Officer of a corporation.

Section 5.9 President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. The President, the Chief Operating Officer and the Chief Financial Officer shall have such duties as shall be assigned to each from time to time by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officers and by the Board. During the absence of the Chairman of the Board or during his inability to act, the President shall exercise the powers and shall perform the duties of the Chairman of the Board, subject to the direction of the Board of Directors.

Section 5.10 Vice President. Each Vice President shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.

Section 5.11 Secretary. The Secretary shall attend meetings of the Board of Directors and shareholders and record votes and minutes of such proceedings, subject to the direction of the Chairman; assist in issuing calls for meetings of shareholders and directors; keep the seal of the Corporation and affix it to such instruments as may be required from time to time; keep the stock transfer books and other books and records of the Corporation; act as stock transfer agent for the Corporation; attest the Corporation’s execution of instruments when requested and appropriate; make such reports to the Board of Directors as are properly requested; and perform such other duties incident to the office of Secretary and those that may be otherwise assigned to the Secretary from time to time by the President or the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Section 5.12 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have custody of all corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation. The Treasurer shall deposit or disburse all moneys and other property in the name and to the credit of the Corporation as may be designated by the President or the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall render to the President and the Board of Directors at the regular meetings of the Board of Directors, or whenever they may request it, an account of all his or her transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall perform such other duties incident to the office of Treasurer as the President or the Board of Directors shall from time to time designate.

 

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Section 5.13 Other Officers. Each other officer of the Corporation shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE 6

Certificates of Stock.

Transfers of Stock and

Registered Shareholders

Section 6.1 Stock Certificates. The interest of each holder of stock of the Corporation shall be evidenced by a certificate or certificates signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation certifying the number of shares owned by the holder thereof in the Corporation. Any of or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. If any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, the certificate may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he/she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issuance.

Section 6.2 Classes/Series of Stock. The Corporation may issue one or more classes of stock or one or more series of stock within any class thereof, as stated and expressed in the Certificate of Incorporation or of any amendment thereto, any or all of which classes may be stock with par value or stock without par value. The powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate which the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, provided that, in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate which the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each shareholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.

Section 6.3 Transfer of Stock. Subject to the transfer restrictions permitted by Section 202 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and to stop transfer orders directed in good faith by the Corporation to any transfer agent to prevent possible violations of federal or state securities laws, rules or regulations, the shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferable upon its books by the holders thereof in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives, and upon such transfer the old certificates shall be surrendered to the Corporation by the delivery thereof to the person

 

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in charge of the stock and transfer books and ledgers, or to such other persons as the directors may designate, by whom they shall be cancelled, and new certificates shall be issued. A record shall be made of each transfer and whenever a transfer shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, it shall be so expressed in the entry of the transfer.

Section 6.4 Holders of Record. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Corporation may treat the holder of record of a share of its stock as the complete owner thereof exclusively entitled to vote, to receive notifications and otherwise entitled to all the rights and powers of a complete owner thereof, notwithstanding notice of the contrary.

Section 6.5 Lost Stolen, Destroyed, or Mutilated Certificates. A new certificate or stock may be issued to replace a certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation, alleged to have been lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated, and the Board of Directors or the President may require the owner of the lost or destroyed certificate or his or her legal representatives, to give such sum as they may direct to indemnify the Corporation against any expense or loss it may incur on account of the alleged loss of any such certificate.

Section 6.6 Dividends. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law, the directors may, out of funds legally available therefor at any annual, regular, or special meeting, declare dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation as and when they deem expedient. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of stock of the Corporation. Before declaring any dividends there may be set apart out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time in their discretion deem proper working capital to serve as a reserve fund to meet contingencies or as equalizing dividends or for such other purposes as the directors shall deem in the best interest of the Corporation.

ARTICLE 7

Indemnification of Officers,

Directors, Employees and Agents

Section 7.1 Indemnification Other Than in Action by or in Right of Corporation. To the fullest extent and in the manner permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware and specifically as is permitted under Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or its successor or any other law which may hereafter be enacted granting to a corporation the powers of indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,

 

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employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in and not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Determination of any action, suit, or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in and not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that this conduct was lawful.

Section 7.2 Indemnification in Action by or in Right of Corporation. The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.

Section 7.3 Further Indemnity. To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding refereed to in Section 7.1 or 7.2 above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.

Section 7.4 Limitations on Indemnity. Any indemnification under the provisions of Section 7.1 or 7.2 above, unless ordered by a court, shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 7.1 or 7.2, as applicable. Such determination shall be made:

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(b)    if such a quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or

(c)    by the shareholders.

Section 7.5 Advance of Indemnification Expenses. Expenses incurred by an officer or director in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the Board of Directors in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount, unless it shall ultimately be determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized by the provisions of this section. Such expenses incurred by other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board of Directors deems appropriate.

Section 7.6 Other Indemnification. The indemnification herein provided shall not limit the Corporation from providing any other indemnification permitted by law nor shall it be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

Section 7.7 Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under these provisions.

Section 7.8 Other Entities. For the purposes of this section, references to “the Corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he/she would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

 

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ARTICLE 8

Miscellaneous

Section 8.1 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section 8.2 Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall be in such form as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe and the same may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

Section 8.3 Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof.

ARTICLE 9

Amendment of Bylaws

These Bylaws may be made, altered, or repealed, or new bylaws may be adopted by the shareholders or the Board of Directors.

Approval of Directors

The foregoing Amended and Restated Bylaws were adopted by the Directors of Century Business Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, on the 31st day of July, 2000.

 

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EX-4.2

Exhibit 4.2

CBIZ, Inc.

2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan

Effective May 9, 2019


Contents

 

Article 1. Establishment, Purpose

   A-1

Article 2. Definitions

   A-1

Article 3. Administration

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Article 4. Shares Subject to The Plan, Maximum Awards and Minimum Vesting Standards

   A-8

Article 5. Eligibility and Participation

   A-10

Article 6. Stock Options

   A-10

Article 7. Stock Appreciation Rights

   A-12

Article 8. Restricted Stock

   A-13

Article 9. Restricted Stock Units

   A-14

Article 10. Performance Share Units

   A-14

Article 11. Performance Units

   A-15

Article 12. Other Stock-Based Awards and Cash-Based Awards

   A-15

Article 13. Forfeiture and Recoupment of Awards

   A-16

Article 14. Transferability of Awards and Shares

   A-18

Article 15. Nonemployee Director Awards

   A-19

Article 16. Effect of a Change in Control

   A-19

Article 17. Dividends and Dividend Equivalents

   A-21

Article 18. Beneficiary Designation

   A-22

Article 19. Rights of Participants

   A-22

Article 20. Amendment and Termination

   A-22

Article 21. General Provisions

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CBIZ, Inc.

2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan

Article 1. Establishment, Purpose and Duration

1.1 Establishment. CBIZ, Inc., a Delaware corporation, establishes an incentive compensation plan to be known as CBIZ, Inc. 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as set forth in this document. The Plan permits the grant of various forms of equity- and cash-based awards. The Plan shall become effective upon shareholder approval (the “Effective Date”) and shall remain in effect as provided in Section 1.3. The Plan and each Award granted hereunder are conditioned on and shall be of no force or effect until the Plan is approved by the shareholders of the Company.

1.2 Purpose of the Plan. The purpose of the Plan is to foster and promote the long-term financial success of the Company by (a) motivating superior performance by means of performance-related incentives, (b) encouraging and providing for the acquisition of an ownership interest in the Company by Participants, and (c) enabling the Company to attract and retain qualified and competent persons as employees of the Company and to serve as members of the Board whose judgment, interest and performance are required for the successful operations of the Company.

1.3 Duration of the Plan. Unless sooner terminated as provided herein, the Plan shall terminate ten (10) years from the Effective Date. After the Plan is terminated, no Awards may be granted but Awards previously granted shall remain outstanding in accordance with their applicable terms and conditions and the Plan’s terms and conditions.

Article 2. Definitions

Whenever used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below, and when the meaning is intended, the initial letter of the word shall be capitalized.

2.1Affiliate” means any entity that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company.

2.2 “Award” means a grant under the Plan of Nonqualified Stock Options, Incentive Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Share Units, Performance Units, Cash-Based Awards or Other Stock-Based Awards, in each case subject to the terms of the Plan.

2.3 “Award Agreement” means a written or electronic agreement entered into by the Company and a Participant, or a written or electronic statement issued by the Company to a Participant, which in either case contains (either expressly or by reference to this Plan or any subplan created hereunder) the terms and provisions applicable to an Award granted under the Plan, including any amendment or modification thereof. The Committee may provide for the use of electronic, Internet or other non-paper Award Agreements, and the use of electronic, Internet or other non-paper means for the acceptance thereof and actions thereunder by a Participant.

2.4 “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act and the terms “Beneficial Ownership” and “Beneficially Own” shall have the corresponding meanings.

2.5 “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

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2.6 “Cash-Based Award” means an Award, denominated in cash, granted to a Participant as described in Article 12.

2.7 “Cause” means, except as may otherwise be provided in a then-effective written agreement (including an Award Agreement) between a Participant and the Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate or in any Company severance policy to which a Participant is subject, in the sole judgment of the Committee:

(a) Material misconduct of the Participant,

(b) Continued failure of the Participant to perform essential job functions,

(c) Continued failure of the Participant to achieve significant goals and objectives clearly communicated by the Participant’s supervisor and reasonably expected of a person in the Participant’s position,

(d) The conviction of the Participant by a court of competent jurisdiction of a felony or entering the plea of nolo contendere to a felony by the Participant, or

(e) The commission by the Participant of an act of theft, fraud or dishonesty against the Company, any Affiliate or any Subsidiary.

2.8 “Change in Control” means, except as may otherwise be provided in an Award Agreement, the occurrence of any one of the following events:

(a) An acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) (a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 40% or more of either (1) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (2) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); excluding, however, the following: (1) any acquisition directly from the Company, other than an acquisition by virtue of the exercise of a conversion privilege unless the security being so converted was itself acquired directly from the Company, (2) any acquisition by the Company, (3) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any entity controlled by the Company, or (4) any acquisition pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (1), (2) and (3) of subsection (c) of this Section 2.8; or

(b) A change in the composition of the Board such that the individuals who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the Board (such Board being hereinafter referred to as the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, for purposes of this Section 9(a), that any individual who becomes a member of the Board subsequent to the Effective Date, whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of those individuals who are members of the Board and who were also members of the Incumbent Board (or deemed to be such pursuant to this provision) shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board; but, provided further, that any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of either an actual or threatened election contest (as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board shall not be so considered as a member of the Incumbent Board; or

 

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(c) Consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (“Corporate Transaction”); excluding, however, such a Corporate Transaction pursuant to which (1) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who are the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction will beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of, respectively, the outstanding shares of common stock, and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (2) no Person (other than the Company, any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction) will beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 40% or more of, respectively, the outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction or the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Corporate Transaction, and (3) individuals who were members of the Incumbent Board will constitute at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction; or (d) A complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, however, in any circumstance or transaction in which compensation resulting from or in respect of an Award would result in the imposition of an additional tax under Code Section 409A if the foregoing definition of “Change in Control” were to apply, but would not result in the imposition of any additional tax if the term “Change in Control” were defined herein to mean a “change in control event” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5), then “Change in Control” shall mean a “change in control event” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5), but only to the extent necessary to prevent such compensation from becoming subject to an additional tax under Code Section 409A.

2.9 “Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. For purposes of the Plan, references to sections of the Code shall be deemed to include references to any applicable regulations thereunder and any successor or similar provision.

2.10 “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

2.11Committee” means the Compensation and Human Capital Committee of the Board or a subcommittee thereof or any other committee designated by the Board to administer the Plan. The members of the Committee shall be appointed from time to time by and shall serve at the discretion of the Board. If the Committee does not exist or cannot function for any reason, the Board may take any action under the Plan that would otherwise be the responsibility of the Committee. Each member of the Committee shall be (i) an independent director within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the NYSE (or such other national securities exchange which is the principal market on which the Shares are then traded) and (ii) a non-employee director within the meaning of Exchange Act Rule 16b-3.

2.12 “Company” means CBIZ, Inc. and any successor thereto as provided in Section 21.20.

2.13 “Director” means any individual who is a member of the Board.

 

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2.14 “Disability” means, unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, “permanent and total disability” within the meaning of Code Section 22(e)(3).

2.15 “Dividend Equivalent” has the meaning set forth in Section 17.2.

2.16 “Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.

2.17 “Employee” means any individual performing services for the Company, an Affiliate or a Subsidiary and designated as an employee of the Company, an Affiliate or the Subsidiary on its payroll records. An individual shall not cease to be an Employee in the case of (i) any leave of absence approved by the Company or (ii) transfers between locations of the Company or among the Company, or any Affiliate or any Subsidiary. For purposes of Incentive Stock Options, no such leave may exceed 90 days, unless reemployment upon expiration of such leave is guaranteed by statute or contract. If reemployment upon expiration of a leave of absence approved by the Company is not so guaranteed, then three months following the 91st day of such leave, any Incentive Stock Option held by a Participant shall cease to be treated as an Incentive Stock Option and shall be treated for tax purposes as a Nonqualified Stock Option. Neither service as a Director nor payment of a director’s fee by the Company shall be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Director who is an Employee experiences a Termination of Service in his or her capacity as an Employee, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may continue to treat such Director as an Employee hereunder for a period of three years following his Termination of Service as an Employee for the purpose of continuing the vesting schedule pursuant to an Award Agreement entered into between the Company and the Director Employee prior to his Termination of Service as an Employee, provided that he remains a Director for that three year period.

2.18Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

2.19 “Exercise Price” means the price at which a Share may be purchased by a Participant pursuant to an Option.

2.20 “Fair Market Value” means, as applied to a specific date and unless otherwise specified in an Award Agreement, the price of a Share that is equal to the closing price of a Share on the New York Stock Exchange (or, on such other national securities exchange that is the primary trading market for the Shares, if Shares are not then listed on the NYSE) on the day preceding the date of determination, or if no sales of Shares shall have occurred on such exchange on the day preceding the applicable date of determination, the closing price of the Shares on such exchange on the next preceding date on which there were such sales. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Shares are not traded on any established stock securities exchange or under such other circumstances as determined reasonable by the Committee at the time of Award for the purpose of calculating the number of Award(s) to a Participant, the Fair Market Value means the price of a Share as established by the Committee acting in good faith based on a reasonable valuation method that is consistent with the requirements of Code Section 409A and the regulations thereunder.

2.21 “Grant Date” means the date an Award to a Participant pursuant to the Plan is approved by the Committee (or such later date as specified in such approval by the Committee).

2.22 “Grant Price” means the per Share price established at the time of grant of a SAR pursuant to Article 7.

 

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2.23 “Incentive Stock Option” or “ISO” means an Award granted pursuant to Article 6 that is designated as an Incentive Stock Option and that is intended to meet the requirements of Code Section 422 or any successor provision.

2.24 “Nonemployee Director” means a Director who is not an Employee.

2.25 “Nonqualified Stock Option” means an Award that is not intended to meet the requirements of Code Section 422, or that otherwise does not meet such requirements.

2.26Option” means an Award granted pursuant to Article 6, which Award may be an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option.

2.27 “Other Stock-Based Award” means an equity-based or equity-related Award not otherwise described by the terms of the Plan that is granted pursuant to Article 12.

2.28Normal Retirement” means, except as may otherwise be provided in a then-effective written agreement (including an Award Agreement) between a Participant and the Company, a Participant’s voluntary Termination of Service on or after the date the Participant has (i) attained at least age sixty (60) and (ii) completed at least five (5) years of continuous service as an Employee; provided however, the Participant provides to the Company at least six (6) months advance written notice of the date on which the Participant intends to terminate his or her employment and the Participant agrees to maintain compliance with the terms of the restrictive covenants contained in the Participant’s Award Agreements.

2.29 “Participant” means any eligible individual as set forth in Article 5 to whom an Award is granted.

2.30 “Performance Period” means the period of time during which pre-established performance goals must be met in order to determine the degree of payout and/or vesting with respect to an Award.

2.31 “Performance Share Unit” means an Award granted pursuant to Article 10.

2.32 “Performance Unit” means an Award granted pursuant to Article 11.

2.33 “Period of Restriction” means the period when Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units are subject to a vesting requirement (based on the continued service, the achievement of performance goals or upon the occurrence of other events as determined by the Committee, in its discretion) as provided in Articles 8 and 9.

2.34 “Plan” means the CBIZ, Inc. 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as the same may be amended from time to time.

2.35 “Prior Plan” means the CBIZ, Inc. 2014 Stock Incentive Plan. Upon shareholder approval of this Plan, no further grants of awards shall be made under the Prior Plan.

2.36 “Restricted Stock” means an Award granted pursuant to Article 8.

2.37 “Restricted Stock Unit” means an award granted under Article 9.

2.38 “Share” means a share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

 

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2.39 “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means an Award granted under Article 7.

2.40 “Subsidiary” means any corporation or other entity, whether domestic or foreign, in which the Company has or obtains, directly or indirectly, ownership of more than 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock.

2.41 “Substitute Award” means an Award granted upon the assumption of, or in substitution or exchange for, outstanding awards granted by a company or other entity acquired by the Company, Subsidiary or any Affiliate or with which the Company, Subsidiary or any Affiliate combines.

2.42 “Termination of Service” means the following:

(a) for an Employee, the date on which the Employee is no longer an Employee;

(b) for a Non-Employee Director, the date on which the Non-Employee Director is no longer a member of the Board; and

(c) for a Third-Party Service Provider, the date on which such individual no longer provides substantial services on a regular basis to the Company.

With respect to any payment of an Award subject to Code Section 409A, a Termination of Service shall mean a “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A.

2.43 “Third-Party Service Provider” means any consultant, agent, advisor or independent contractor who renders bona fide services to the Company or Subsidiary or any Affiliate that (a) are not in connection with the offer and sale of the Company’s securities in a capital raising transaction, (b) do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company’s securities, and (c) are provided by a natural person who has contracted directly with the Company, its Affiliates or its Subsidiaries to render such services

Article 3. Administration

3.1 General. The Committee shall be responsible for administering the Plan, subject to this Article 3 and the other provisions of the Plan. The Committee may employ attorneys, consultants, accountants, agents and other individuals, any of whom may be an Employee, and the Committee, the Company, and its officers and Directors shall be entitled to rely upon the advice, opinions or valuations of any such individuals. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Committee shall be final and binding upon the Participants, the Company, Subsidiaries, Affiliates, and all other parties. Any action of the Committee shall be valid and effective even if the members of the Committee at the time of such action are later determined not to have satisfied all of the criteria for membership in clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 2.11.

3.2 Authority of the Committee. Subject to any express limitations set forth in the Plan, the Committee shall have full and exclusive discretionary power and authority to take such actions as it deems necessary and advisable with respect to the administration of the Plan including, but not limited to, the following:

(a) To determine from time to time which of the persons eligible under the Plan shall be granted Awards, when and how each Award shall be granted, what type or combination of types of Awards shall be granted, the provisions of each Award granted (which need not be identical), including the time or times when a person shall be permitted to receive Shares pursuant to an Award and the number of Shares subject to an Award or the value of an Award;

 

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(b) To construe and interpret the Plan and Awards granted under it, and to establish, amend, and revoke rules and regulations for its administration;

(c) To correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in an Award Agreement, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan fully effective;

(d) To approve forms of Award Agreements for use under the Plan;

(e) To determine Fair Market Value of a Share;

(f) To amend any Award Agreement as permitted under the Plan;

(g) To adopt sub-plans and/or special provisions applicable to stock awards regulated by the laws of a jurisdiction other than and outside of the United States, to Cash-Based Awards, or to awards to Directors (as contemplated by Article 15). Such sub-plans and/or special provisions shall be subject to and consistent with the terms of the Plan, except to the extent the Committee determines that different terms and conditions are necessary or desirable to comply with the laws of a jurisdiction other than and outside of the United States;

(h) To authorize any person to execute on behalf of the Company any instrument required to affect the grant of an Award;

(i) To determine whether Awards shall be settled in Shares, cash or in any combination thereof;

(j) To determine whether Awards shall provide for Dividend Equivalents;

(k) To establish a program whereby Participants designated by the Committee may reduce compensation otherwise payable in cash in exchange for Awards under the Plan;

(l) To authorize a program permitting eligible Participants to surrender outstanding Awards in exchange for newly granted Awards subject to any applicable shareholder approval requirements set forth in Section 20.1 of the Plan;

(m) To impose such restrictions, conditions or limitations as it determines appropriate as to the timing and manner of any resales by a Participant or other subsequent transfers by a Participant of any Shares, including, without limitation, restrictions under an insider trading policy and restrictions as to the use of a specified brokerage firm for such resales or other transfers;

(n) To waive any restrictions, conditions or limitations imposed on an Award at the time the Award is granted or at any time thereafter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, in situations involving Termination of Service by reason of Normal Retirement or Involuntary Termination of Service without Cause, the Committee may, at its sole discretion, accelerate vesting or remove restrictions to vesting of an Award or Awards following a determination, in the sole discretion of the Committee, that such accelerated vesting or removal of restrictions to vesting of an Award or Awards is warranted, taking into consideration factors including, but not limited to, the personal contributions of a Participant to the Company’s financial or non-financial goals, and the personal and professional conduct

 

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of the Participant. The Committee may also consider, in its sole discretion, based on facts and information reasonably available to the Committee at the time of its decision, if such acceleration or removal of vesting restrictions is not reasonably expected to cause the Company to fail to meet its publicly stated financial performance guidance for the year in which the Participant’s Retirement or Involuntary Termination of Service without Cause occurs;

(o) To permit Participants to elect to defer payments of Awards; provided that any such deferrals shall comply with applicable requirements of the Code, including Code Section 409A; and

(p) To extend the timing of the settlement or payment of an Award to the extent permitted under Code Section 409A and other applicable law and rules of the exchange that is the primary trading market of the Shares.

3.3 Delegation. To the extent permitted by law, the Committee may delegate to one or more of its members or to one or more officers of the Company or any Subsidiary or to one or more agents or advisors such administrative duties or powers as it may deem advisable, and the Committee or any individuals to whom it has delegated duties or powers as aforesaid may employ one or more individuals to render advice with respect to any responsibility the Committee or such individuals may have under the Plan. To the extent permitted by law, the Committee may delegate to one or more of its members or more officers of the Company the authority, subject to the terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine, to (a) designate employees to be recipients of Awards under the Plan and (b) determine the size of any Awards; provided that (x) the Committee shall not delegate such responsibilities for Awards granted to an employee who was an officer, Director, or 10% beneficial owner of any class of the Company’s equity securities that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, as determined by the Board in accordance with Section 16 of the Exchange Act; (y) the resolution providing for such authorization sets forth the total number of Shares such officer(s) may grant; and (z) the officer(s) shall report periodically to the Committee regarding the nature and scope of the Awards granted pursuant to the authority delegated.

Article 4. Shares Subject to The Plan and Minimum Vesting Standards

4.1 Number of Shares Authorized and Available for Awards. Subject to adjustment as provided under Section 4.3, the total number of Shares that may be the subject of Awards and issued under the Plan shall be 3,062,788. Such Shares may be authorized and unissued Shares or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, issued shares that have been reacquired by the Company. Any of the authorized Shares may be used for any type of Award under the Plan, and any or all of the Shares may be allocated to Incentive Stock Options. Solely for the purpose of determining the number of Shares available for Awards under this Section 4.1, the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan shall be reduced by one (1.00) Share for every one (1.00) Share granted in respect of an Award, provided however that in the case of an Award that provides for a range of potential Share payouts the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan shall be reduced by the maximum number of Shares that may be paid under such an Award.

4.2 Share Usage. In determining the number of Shares available for grant under the Plan at any time, the following rules shall apply:

(a) Any Shares subject to an Award granted under the Plan or Prior Plan that on or after the Effective Date terminates by expiration, forfeiture, cancellation or otherwise without the issuance of the Shares (or with the forfeiture of Shares in connection with a Restricted Stock Award), is settled in cash in lieu of Shares, or is exchanged with the Committee’s permission, prior to the issuance of Shares, for an Award not involving Shares shall become available again for grant under the Plan.

 

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(b) Any Shares that are withheld by the Company or tendered by a Participant (by either actual delivery or attestation) on or after the Effective Date (i) to pay the Exercise Price of an Option granted under the Plan or (ii) to satisfy tax withholding obligations associated with an Award granted under the Plan, shall not become available again for grant under the Plan.

(c) Any Shares that were subject to a stock-settled SAR granted under the Plan that were not issued upon the exercise of such SAR on or after the Effective Date shall not become available again for grant under the Plan.

(d) Any Shares that were purchased by the Company on the open market with the proceeds from the exercise of a Stock Option granted under the Plan on or after the Effective Date shall not become available for grant under the Plan.

(e) Shares subject to Substitute Awards shall not be counted against the share reserve specified in Section 4.1.

4.3 Adjustments. All Awards shall be subject to the following provisions:

(a) In the event of any equity restructuring (within the meaning of FASB ASC Topic 718) that causes the per share value of Shares to change, such as a stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split up, spin-off, rights offering or recapitalization through an extraordinary dividend, the Committee, in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of Participants’ rights under the Plan, shall substitute or adjust, as applicable, (i) the number and kind of Shares or other securities that may be issued under the Plan or under particular forms of Award Agreements, (ii) the number and kind of Shares or other securities subject to outstanding Awards, (iii) the Exercise Price or Grant Price applicable to outstanding Awards, and (iv) other value determinations applicable to outstanding Awards. In the event of any other change in corporate capitalization (including, but not limited to, a merger, consolidation, any reorganization (whether or not such reorganization comes within the definition of such term in Section 368 of the Code), or any partial or complete liquidation of the Company to the extent such events do not constitute equity restructurings or business combinations within the meaning of FASB ASC Topic 718, such equitable adjustments described in the foregoing sentence may be made as determined to be appropriate and equitable by the Committee to prevent dilution or enlargement of rights. In either case, any such adjustment shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes of the Plan. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the number of Shares subject to an Award shall always be a whole number.

(b) In addition to the adjustments permitted under paragraph (a) above, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may make such other adjustments or modifications in the terms of any Awards that it deems appropriate to reflect any of the events described in Section 4.3(a), including, but not limited to, (i) modifications of performance goals and changes in the length of Performance Periods, or (ii) the substitution of other property of equivalent value (including, without limitation, cash, other securities and securities of entities other than the Company that agree to such substitution) for the Shares available under the Plan or the Shares covered by outstanding Awards, including arranging for the assumption, or replacement with new awards, of Awards held by Participants and (iii) in connection with any sale of a Subsidiary, arranging for the assumption, or replacement with new awards, of Awards held by Participants employed by the affected Subsidiary by the Subsidiary or an entity that controls the Subsidiary following the sale of such Subsidiary.

(c) The determination of the Committee as to the foregoing adjustments set forth in this Section 4.3, if any, shall be made in accordance with Code Sections 409A or 424, to the extent applicable, and shall conclusive and binding on Participants under the Plan.

 

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4.4 Effect of Plans Operated by Acquired Companies. If a company acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary or any Affiliate or with which the Company or any Subsidiary or any Affiliate combines has shares available under a pre-existing plan approved by shareholders and not adopted in contemplation of such acquisition or combination, the shares available for grant pursuant to the terms of such pre-existing plan (as adjusted, to the extent appropriate, using the exchange ratio or other adjustment or valuation ratio or formula used in such acquisition or combination to determine the consideration payable to the holders of common stock of the entities party to such acquisition or combination) may be used for Awards under the Plan and shall not reduce the Shares authorized for grant under the Plan. Awards using such available shares shall not be made after the date awards or grants could have been made under the terms of the pre-existing plan, absent the acquisition or combination, and shall only be made to individuals who were not Employees or Non-Employee Directors prior to such acquisition or combination.

4.5 Minimum Vesting Standards. Any Award and all portions of an Award granted to Employees under this Plan shall be subject to a minimum vesting period of at least one year. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, (i) the Committee may permit and authorize acceleration of vesting of Awards pursuant to Section 3.2(n) of this Plan, and (ii) the Committee may grant Awards covering up to five percent (5%) of the total number of Shares authorized under this Plan without respect to the minimum vesting standards set forth in this Section 4.5.

Article 5. Eligibility and Participation

5.1 Eligibility to Receive Awards. Individuals eligible to participate in the Plan shall be limited to Employees, Nonemployee Directors and Third-Party Service Providers of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

5.2 Participation in the Plan. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee may, from time to time, select from all individuals eligible to participate in the Plan, those individuals to whom Awards shall be granted and shall determine, in its sole discretion, the nature of any and all terms permissible by law and the amount of each Award.

5.3 Award Agreements. The Committee shall have the exclusive authority to determine the terms of an Award Agreement evidencing an Award granted under the Plan, subject to the provisions herein. The terms of an Award Agreement need not be uniform among all Participants or among similar types of Awards.

Article 6. Stock Options

6.1 Grant of Options. Options may be granted to Participants covering such number of Shares, and upon such terms, and at any time and from time to time as shall be determined by the Committee. Each grant of an Option shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which shall specify whether the Option is in the form of a Nonqualified Stock Option or an Incentive Stock Option.

6.2 Exercise Price. The Exercise Price for each Option shall be determined by the Committee and shall be specified in the Award Agreement evidencing such Option; provided, however, the Exercise Price must be at least equal to 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Share as of the Option’s Grant Date, except in the case of Substitute Awards (to the extent consistent with Code Section 409A and, in the case of Incentive Stock Options, Code Section 424), and subject to adjustment as provided for under Section 4.3.

 

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6.3 Term of Option. The term of an Option granted to a Participant shall be determined by the Committee; provided, however, no Option shall be exercisable later than the tenth anniversary of its Grant Date.

6.4 Exercise of Option. An Option shall be exercisable at such times and be subject to such restrictions and vesting conditions as the Committee shall in each instance approve, which terms and restrictions need not be the same for each grant or for each Participant.

6.5 Payment of Exercise Price. An Option shall be exercised by the delivery of a notice of exercise to the Company or an agent designated by the Company in a form specified or accepted by the Committee, or by complying with any alternative procedures that may be authorized by the Committee, setting forth the number of Shares with respect to which the Option is to be exercised, accompanied by full payment for the Shares. Any Shares issued upon exercise of an Option are subject to Section 14.3. A condition of the issuance of the Shares as to which an Option shall be exercised shall be the payment of the Exercise Price and the payment of applicable withholding taxes. The Exercise Price of any exercised Option shall be payable to the Company in accordance with one of the following methods to the extent permitted under a Participant’s applicable Award Agreement as determined by the Committee in its discretion on the date of grant:

(a) In cash or its equivalent,

(b) By tendering (either by actual delivery or by attestation) previously acquired Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value at the time of exercise equal to the Exercise Price,

(c) By a cashless (broker-assisted) exercise,

(d) By authorizing the Company to withhold Shares otherwise issuable upon the exercise of the Option having an aggregate Fair Market Value at the time of exercise equal to the Exercise Price,

(e) By any combination of (a), (b), (c) or (d), or

(f) By any other method approved or accepted by the Committee.

Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, all payments under all of the methods indicated above shall be paid in United States dollars or Shares, as applicable.

6.6 Special Rules Regarding ISOs. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, an Option granted in the form of an ISO to a Participant shall be subject to the following rules:

(a) An Option shall constitute an Incentive Stock Option only if the Participant receiving the Option is an Employee and only if the Employee is employed by the Company, or a parent corporation or Subsidiary corporation within the meaning of Code Section 424, and only to the extent that (i) it is so designated in the applicable Award Agreement and (ii) the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the Option’s Grant Date) of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options held by the Participant first become exercisable in any calendar year (under the Plan and all other plans of the Company and its Affiliates) does not exceed $100,000. To the extent an Option granted to a Participant exceeds this limit, the Option shall be treated as a Non-Statutory Stock Option.

 

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(b) No Participant may receive an Incentive Stock Option under the Plan if, immediately after the grant of such Award, the Participant would own (after application of the rules contained in Code Section 424(d)) Shares possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or an Affiliate, unless (i) the exercise price for that Incentive Stock Option is at least 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to that Incentive Stock Option on the Grant Date and (ii) that Option shall expire no later than five years after its Grant Date.

(c) For purposes of continued service by a Participant who has been granted an Incentive Stock Option, no approved leave of absence may exceed three months unless reemployment upon expiration of such leave is provided by statute or contract. If reemployment is not so provided, then on the date six months following the first day of such leave, any Incentive Stock Option held by the Participant shall cease to be treated as an Incentive Stock Option and shall be treated for tax purposes as a Non-Statutory Stock Option.

(d) If an Incentive Stock Option is exercised after the expiration of the exercise periods that apply for purposes of Code Section 422, such Option shall thereafter be treated as a Non-Statutory Stock Option.

(e) Each Participant awarded an Incentive Stock Option shall notify the Company in writing immediately after the date he or she makes a disqualifying disposition of any Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of such Incentive Stock Option. A disqualifying disposition is any disposition (including any sale) of such Shares before the later of (i) two years after the Grant Date of the Incentive Stock Option or (ii) one year after the date of exercise of the Incentive Stock Option.

Article 7. Stock Appreciation Rights

7.1 Grant of SARs. SARs may be granted to Participants in such number, and upon such terms, and at any time and from time to time as shall be determined by the Committee. Each grant of SARs shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement.

7.2 Grant Price. The Grant Price for each grant of an SAR shall be determined by the Committee and shall be specified in the Award Agreement evidencing the SAR; provided, however, the Grant Price must be at least equal to 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Share as of the Grant Date, except in the case of Substitute Awards (to the extent consistent with Code Section 409A), and subject to adjustment as provided for under Section 4.3.

7.3 Term of SAR. The term of an SAR granted to a Participant shall be determined by the Committee; provided, however, no SAR shall be exercisable later than the tenth anniversary of its Grant Date.

7.4 Exercise of SAR. An SAR shall be exercisable at such times and be subject to such restrictions and vesting conditions as the Committee shall in each instance approve, which terms and restrictions need not be the same for each grant or for each Participant.

7.5 Notice of Exercise. An SAR shall be exercised by the delivery of a notice of exercise to the Company or an agent designated by the Company in a form specified or accepted by the Committee, or by complying with any alternative procedures that may be authorized by the Committee, setting forth the number of Shares with respect to which the SAR is to be exercised.

7.6 Settlement of SARs. Upon the exercise of an SAR, pursuant to a notice of exercise properly completed and submitted to the Company in accordance with Section 7.5, a Participant shall be entitled to receive payment from the Company in an amount equal to the product of (a) and (b) below:

(a) The excess of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise over the Grant Price.

 

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(b) The number of Shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised.

Payment shall be made in cash, Shares or a combination thereof as provided for under the applicable Award Agreement. Any Shares issued in payment of an SAR shall be subject to Section 14.3.

Article 8. Restricted Stock

8.1 Grant of Restricted Stock. Restricted Stock Awards may be granted to Participants in such number of Shares, and upon such terms, and at any time and from time to time as shall be determined by the Committee. Each grant of Restricted Stock shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement.

8.2 Nature of Restrictions. Each grant of Restricted Stock may be subject to a requirement that a Participant pay a stipulated purchase price for each Share of Restricted Stock, and shall be subject to a Period of Restriction that shall lapse upon the satisfaction of such vesting conditions as are determined by the Committee and set forth in an applicable Award Agreement. Such conditions or restrictions may include, without limitation, one or more of the following:

(a) that the Shares of Restricted Stock may not be transferred in any fashion prior to their applicable vesting date or

(b) that the Shares of Restricted Stock may vest only upon completion of a specified period of continuous employment or other service and/or to the degree that specific performance goals have been achieved.

8.3 Delivery of Shares. Unvested Shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award shall be evidenced by a book-entry in the name of the Participant with the Company’s transfer agent or by one or more stock certificates issued in the name of the Participant. Any such stock certificate shall be deposited with the Company or its designee, together with an assignment separate from the certificate, in blank, signed by the Participant, and bear an appropriate legend referring to the restricted nature of the Restricted Stock evidenced thereby. Any book-entry shall be subject to comparable restrictions and corresponding stop transfer instructions. Upon the vesting of Shares of Restricted Stock, and the Company’s determination that any necessary conditions precedent to the release of vested Shares (such as satisfaction of tax withholding obligations and compliance with applicable legal requirements) have been satisfied, such vested Shares shall be made available to the Participant in such manner as may be prescribed or permitted by the Committee. Such vested Shares shall be subject to Section 14.3.

8.4 Voting Rights. As set forth in a Participant’s applicable Award Agreement, the Committee shall determine the extent to which a Participant holding Shares of Restricted Stock shall be granted the right to exercise full voting rights with respect to those Shares.

8.5 Section 83(b) Election. No election under Section 83(b) of the Code (to include in gross income in the year of transfer the amounts specified in Code Section 83(b)) or under a similar provision of the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States may be made unless expressly permitted by the terms of the Award document or by action of the Committee in writing prior to the making of such election. In any case in which a Participant is permitted to make such an election in connection with an Award, the Participant shall notify the Company of such election within ten days of filing notice of the election with the Internal Revenue Service or other governmental authority, in addition to any filing and notification required pursuant to regulations issued under Code Section 83(b) or other applicable provision.

 

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Article 9. Restricted Stock Units

9.1 Grant of Restricted Stock Units. Restricted Stock Units may be granted to Participants in such number, and upon such terms, and at any time and from time to time as shall be determined by the Committee. A grant of Restricted Stock Units shall not represent the grant of Shares but shall represent a promise to deliver a corresponding number of Shares or the value of such number of Shares based upon the completion of service, performance conditions, or such other terms and conditions as specified in the applicable Award Agreement over the Period of Restriction. Each grant of Restricted Stock Units shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement.

9.2 Nature of Restrictions. Each grant of Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to a Period of Restriction that shall lapse upon the satisfaction of such vesting conditions as are determined by the Committee and set forth in an applicable Award Agreement. Such conditions or restrictions may include, without limitation, one or more of the following:

(a) that the Restricted Stock Units may not be transferred in any fashion, subject to Section 14.1, or

(b) that the Restricted Stock Units may vest only upon completion of a specified period of continuous employment or other service and/or to the degree that specific performance goals have been achieved.

9.3 Voting Rights. A Participant shall have no voting rights with respect to any Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder or the Shares subject to any Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder prior to the issuance of the Shares.

9.4 Settlement and Payment of Restricted Stock Units. Unless otherwise elected by the Participant as permitted under the Award Agreement, or otherwise provided for in the Award Agreement, Restricted Stock Units shall be settled upon the date such Restricted Stock Units vest. Such settlement shall be made in Shares, cash or a combination thereof as provided for under the applicable Award Agreement. Any Shares issued in settlement of Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to Section 14.3.

Article 10. Performance Share Units

10.1 Grant of Performance Share Units. Performance Share Units may be granted to Participants in such number, and upon such terms and at any time and from time to time as shall be determined by the Committee. Each grant of Performance Share Units shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement.

10.2 Value of Performance Share Units. Each Performance Share Unit shall have a value equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date. The Committee shall set performance goals that, depending on the extent to which they are met over the specified Performance Period and the satisfaction of applicable service-based vesting conditions, shall determine the number of Performance Share Units that shall vest, which may be greater than the target number of Performance Share Units granted, and be paid to a Participant.

 

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10.3 Earning of Performance Share Units. After the applicable Performance Period has ended, the number of Performance Share Units earned by the Participant over the Performance Period shall be determined as a function of the extent to which the applicable corresponding performance goals have been achieved. This determination shall be made by the Committee.

10.4 Form and Timing of Payment of Performance Share Units. The Company shall pay at the close of the applicable Performance Period, or as soon as practicable thereafter, any earned Performance Share Units in the form of Shares, cash or a combination thereof as provided for under the applicable Award Agreement. Any Shares issued in settlement of Performance Share Units are subject to Section 14.3.

Article 11. Performance Units

11.1 Grant of Performance Units. Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, Performance Units may be granted to a Participant in such number, and upon such terms and at any time and from time to time as shall be determined by the Committee. Each grant of Performance Units shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement.

11.2 Value of Performance Units. Each Performance Unit shall have an initial notional value equal to a dollar amount determined by the Committee. The Committee shall set performance goals in its discretion that, depending on the extent to which they are met over the specified Performance Period and the satisfaction of applicable service-based vesting conditions, shall determine the number of Performance Units that shall vest, the settlement value of each Performance Unit (if variable), and the settlement amount to be paid to the Participant.

11.3 Earning of Performance Units. After the applicable Performance Period has ended, the number of Performance Units earned by the Participant over the Performance Period shall be determined as a function of the extent to which the applicable corresponding performance goals have been achieved. This determination shall be made by the Committee.

11.4 Form and Timing of Payment of Performance Units. The Company shall pay at the close of the applicable Performance Period, or as soon as practicable thereafter, any earned Performance Units in the form of cash, Shares or a combination thereof, as provided for under the applicable Award Agreement. Any Shares issued in settlement of Performance Units are subject to Section 14.3.

Article 12. Other Stock-Based Awards and Cash-Based Awards

12.1 Grant of Other Stock-Based Awards and Cash-Based Awards.

(a) The Committee may grant Other Stock-Based Awards not otherwise described by the terms of the Plan to a Participant in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions, as the Committee shall determine. Such Awards may involve the transfer of actual Shares to Participants, or payment in cash or otherwise of amounts based on the value of Shares.

(b) The Committee may grant Cash-Based Awards not otherwise described by the terms of the Plan to a Participant in such amounts and upon such terms as the Committee shall determine.

(c) Each grant of Other Stock-Based Awards and Cash-Based Awards shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement and/or subject to a subplan or special provisions approved by the Committee.

 

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12.2 Value of Other Stock-Based Awards and Cash-Based Awards.

(a) Each Other Stock-Based Award shall be expressed in terms of Shares or units based on Shares, as determined by the Committee.

(b) Each Cash-Based Award shall specify a payment amount or payment range as determined by the Committee. If the Committee exercises its discretion to establish performance goals, the value of Cash-Based Awards that shall be paid to the Participant will depend on the extent to which such performance goals are met and any service-based payment conditions are satisfied.

12.3 Payment of Other Stock-Based Awards and Cash-Based Awards. Payment, if any, with respect to Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards shall be made in accordance with the terms of the applicable Award Agreement in the form of cash, Shares or other forms of Awards under the Plan or a combination of cash, Shares and other forms of Awards. The determination of the form in which Awards subject to this Article 12 will be paid shall be made by the Committee, unless the Committee chooses to provide in an applicable Award Agreement that a Participant may elect, in accordance with such procedures and limitations as the Committee may specify, the form in which such an Award will be paid. To the extent any Award subject to this Article 12 is to be paid in other forms of Awards under the Plan, such Awards issued in payment shall be valued for purposes of such payment at their grant date fair value. If the Committee permits a Participant to elect to receive some or all of an amount that would otherwise be payable in cash under an Award subject to this Article 12 in Shares or other forms of Awards, the Committee may also provide in the applicable Award Agreement that the Fair Market Value of the Shares or the grant date fair value of the other forms of Awards may exceed the amount of cash that otherwise would have been payable.

Article 13. Forfeiture and Recoupment of Awards

13.1 General Rule on Forfeitures. Unless otherwise provided in a then-effective written agreement (including an Award Agreement) between a Participant and the Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate, Sections 13.3, 13.4 and 13.5 below set forth the effect of a Participant’s Termination of Service on any Award then held by a Participant:

13.2 Termination for Cause. If a Participant Termination of Service is due to Cause, then the Participant shall forfeit, as of the date immediately preceding such Termination of Service, the Participant’s (i) outstanding and unexercised Options and SARs, and (ii) outstanding and not yet settled Restricted Stock, RSUs, Performance Share Units, Performance Units, Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards granted to the Participant.

13.3 Options and SARs. Subject to Section 13.1, upon a Participant’s Termination of Service, any then held Options and/or SARs shall be subject to the following rules:

(a) Termination of Service due to death. If a Participant incurs a Termination of Service by reason of death, any nonvested Option and/or SAR held by the Participant shall become fully vested and exercisable for a period of one (1) year from the date of such Termination of Employment or until the expiration of the stated term of the Option, whichever period is the shorter.

(b) Termination of Service due to Disability. If a Participant incurs a Termination of Service by reason of Disability, any nonvested Option and/or SAR then held by the Participant shall become fully vested and exercisable for a period of one (1) year from the date of such Termination of Service or until the expiration of the stated term of the Option, whichever period is the shorter; provided, however, that if the Participant dies during such one (1) year period, any unexercised Options held by the Participant shall continue to be exercisable for a period of one (1) year from the date of the Participant’s death or until the expiration of the stated term of the Option, whichever period is the shorter.

 

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(c) Termination of Service by reason of Normal Retirement or Involuntary Termination of Service without Cause. If a Participant incurs a Termination of Service by reason of Normal Retirement or Involuntary Termination of Service without Cause, and in the case of Normal Retirement has provided the required notice to the Company under Section 2.28, then following a determination by the Committee that a waiver of restrictions, conditions or limitations imposed on a Participant’s Award or Awards is appropriate pursuant to Section 3.2(n), any nonvested Option and/or SAR then held by the Participant may become fully vested and exercisable for a period of two years from the date of such Termination of Service or until the expiration of the stated term of the Option, whichever period is the shorter; provided, however, that if the Participant dies within such two-year (2) period any unexercised Option held by the Participant shall continue to be exercisable for a period of one year from the date of such death or until the expiration of the stated term of the Option, whichever period is the shorter.

(d) Other Termination of Service. If a Participant incurs a Termination of Service for any reason other than death, Disability, Normal Retirement, or Involuntary Termination of Service without Cause, any nonvested Option and or SAR then held by the Participant, to the extent it was then exercisable at such Termination of Service, or on such accelerated basis as the Committee may determine, may be exercised for the period of the earlier of three (3) months from the date of such Termination of Service or the expiration of the stated term of the Option; provided, however, that if the Participant dies within such three-month (3) period, any unexercised Option held by such Participant shall, notwithstanding the expiration of such three-month period, continue to be exercisable to the extent to which it was exercisable at the time of death for a period of one (1) year from the date of the Participant’s death or until the expiration of the stated term of the Option, whichever period is the shorter.

13.4 Time-based Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units. Subject to Section 13.1, upon a Participant’s Termination of Service, any then held nonvested Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Units, the vesting of which is solely conditioned upon the completion of a service period, shall be subject to the following rules:

(a) Termination of Service due to death or Disability. If a Participant incurs a Termination of Service by reason of death or Disability, any nonvested Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Units then held by the Participant shall become fully vested and, in the case of Restricted Stock Units, shall be settled within sixty (60) days from the date of such Termination of Service.

(b) Termination of Service due to Normal Retirement or Involuntary Termination of Service without Cause. If a Participant incurs a Termination of Service by reason of Normal Retirement or Involuntary Termination of Service without Cause, and in the case of Normal Retirement has provided the required notice to the Company under Section 2.28, then following a determination by the Committee that a waiver of restrictions, conditions or limitations imposed on a Participant’s Award or Awards is appropriate pursuant to Section 3.2(n), any nonvested Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Units then held by the Participant shall become fully vested and, in the case of Restricted Stock Units, shall be settled within sixty (60) days from the date of such Termination.

(c) Other Termination of Service. If a Participant incurs a Termination of Service for any reason other than death, Disability, Normal Retirement, or Involuntary Termination of Service without Cause, any nonvested Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Units then held by the Participant shall be forfeited.

 

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13.5 Performance-Based Awards. Subject to Section 13.1, upon a Participant’s Termination of Service prior to the end of the applicable Performance Period, any then held Award, the vesting of which is subject to the satisfaction of one or more performance conditions (“Performance-Based Awards”), shall be subject to the following rules:

(a) Termination of Service due to death or Disability. If a Participant incurs a Termination of Service by reason of death or Disability, any Performance-Based Awards then held by the Participant shall become fully vested and all performance conditions shall be deemed satisfied as if target performance was achieved, and shall be settled in cash, Shares or a combination thereof, as provided for in the applicable Award Agreement, within sixty (60) days of such Termination of Service.

(b) Termination of Service by reason of Normal Retirement. If a Participant incurs a Termination of Service by reason of Normal Retirement and has provided the required notice to the Company under Section 2.28, then following a determination by the Committee that a waiver of restrictions, conditions or limitations imposed on a Participant’s Award or Awards is appropriate pursuant to Section 3.2(n), any Performance-Based Awards then held by the Participant shall become fully vested based on actual performance achieved through the end of the applicable performance period, and shall be shall be settled in cash, Shares or a combination thereof, as provided for in the applicable Award Agreement, within sixty (60) days following the end of such performance period.

(c) Involuntary Termination of Service without Cause. If a Participant incurs an Involuntary Termination without Cause, any Performance-Based Awards then held by the Participant shall be subject to the following rules:

(i) If a Participant has completed less than five (5) years of continuous service as an Employee through the date of such termination, then following a determination by the Committee that a waiver of restrictions, conditions or limitations imposed on a Participant’s Award or Awards is appropriate pursuant to Section 3.2(n), any Performance-Based Awards then held by the Participant shall become fully vested based on actual performance achieved through the end of the applicable performance period and prorated based on the number of full calendar months that the Participant was an Employee through the date of such termination, and shall be settled in cash, Shares or a combination thereof, as provided for in the applicable Award Agreement, within sixty (60) days following the end of such performance period.

(ii) If a Participant has completed five (5) or more years of continuous service as an Employee through the date of such termination, then following a determination by the Committee that a waiver of restrictions, conditions or limitations imposed on a Participant’s Award or Awards is appropriate pursuant to Section 3.2(n), any Performance-Based Awards then held by the Participant shall become fully vested based on actual performance achieved through the end of the applicable performance period and shall be settled in cash, Shares or a combination thereof, as provided for in the applicable Award Agreement, within sixty (60) days following the end of such performance period.

(d) Other Terminations of Service. If a Participant incurs a Termination of Service for any reason other than death, Disability, Normal Retirement or Involuntary Termination of Service without Cause, any Performance-Based Award then held by the Participant shall be forfeited.

Article 14. Transferability of Awards and Shares

14.1 Transferability of Awards. Except as provided in Section 14.2, Awards shall not be transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution or, subject to the consent of the Committee, pursuant to a domestic relations order entered into by a court of competent jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, ISOs may only be transferred by will or the laws of descent and during

 

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the lifetime of the Participant may only be exercised by the Participant in accordance with Code Section 422 and the applicable regulations thereunder. No Awards shall be subject, in whole or in part, to attachment, execution or levy of any kind; and any purported transfer in violation of this Section 14.1 shall be null and void. The Committee may establish such procedures as it deems appropriate for a Participant to designate a beneficiary to whom any amounts payable or Shares deliverable in the event of, or following, the Participant’s death may be provided.

14.2 Committee Action. The Committee may, in its discretion, approve a Participant’s transfer, by gift, of an Award (except in the case of an ISO which can only be transferred as provided above), on such terms and conditions as the Committee deems appropriate and to the extent permissible and in compliance with Code Sections 409A and 83 and applicable securities laws and exchange rules, (i) to an “Immediate Family Member” (as defined below) of the Participant, (ii) to an inter vivos or testamentary trust in which the Award is to be passed to the Participant’s designated beneficiaries, or (iii) to a charitable institution. Any transferee of the Participant’s rights shall succeed and be subject to all of the terms of the applicable Award Agreement and the Plan, including restrictions on further transferability, compliance with applicable securities laws, and providing required investment representations. “Immediate Family Member” means any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, a trust in which these persons have more than fifty (50%) percent of the beneficial interest, a foundation in which these persons (or the Participant) control the management of assets, and any other entity in which these persons (or the Participant) own more than fifty (50%) percent of the voting interests.

14.3 Restrictions on Share Transferability. The Committee may impose such restrictions on any Shares acquired by a Participant under the Plan as it may deem advisable, including, without limitation, minimum holding period requirements, restrictions under applicable federal securities laws, under the requirements of any stock exchange or market upon which such Shares are then listed or traded or under any blue sky or state securities laws applicable to such Shares, provided no such restriction shall cause the Shares not to be “service recipient stock” within the meaning of Code Section 409A to the extent applicable for Options and SARs.

Article 15. Nonemployee Director Awards

15.1 Awards to Nonemployee Directors. The Committee shall approve all Awards to Nonemployee Directors. The terms and conditions of any grant of any Award to a Nonemployee Director shall be set forth in an Award Agreement.

15.2 Annual Award Limit. The maximum aggregate value of equity and cash based Awards granted to any Nonemployee Director during any calendar year shall not exceed $1,000,000. The value of an equity-based Award shall be based on the Award’s grant date fair value as determined under applicable accounting standards.

Article 16. Effect of a Change in Control

16.1 Default Provisions.

Subject to Section 4.3, upon a Change in Control all then-outstanding Awards shall immediately vest and be settled in accordance with paragraphs (a) and (b) below, except as may otherwise be provided in a then-effective written agreement (including an Award Agreement) between a Participant and the Company. The immediately preceding sentence shall not apply the extent that (i) another award meeting the requirements of Section 16.2 (“Replacement Award”) is provided to the Participant pursuant to Section 4.3 to replace an Award (“Replaced Award”) subject to Sections 16.2(a) and (b), or (ii) upon a Change in Control, the Plan and the Participant’s then-outstanding Awards remain unaltered and are continued in effect.

 

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(a) Outstanding Awards Subject Solely to a Service Condition.

(i) Upon a Change in Control, a Participant’s then-outstanding Awards, other than Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, that are not vested and as to which vesting depends solely on the satisfaction of a service obligation by the Participant to the Company or any Affiliate shall become fully vested and shall be settled in cash, Shares or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee, within sixty (60) days or as soon as administratively practical following such Change in Control (except to the extent that settlement of the Award must be made pursuant to its original schedule in order to comply with Code Section 409A).

(ii) Upon a Change in Control, a Participant’s then-outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights that are not vested and as to which vesting depends solely on the satisfaction of a service obligation by the Participant to the Company or any Affiliate shall immediately become fully vested and exercisable over the exercise period set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding the sentence, the Committee may elect to cancel such outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights and pay the Participant an amount of cash (less normal withholding taxes) equal to the excess of (i) the value, as determined by the Committee, of the consideration (including cash) received by the holder of a Share as a result of the Change in Control (or if the Company shareholders do not receive any consideration as a result of the Change in Control, the Fair Market Value of a Share on the day immediately prior to the Change in Control) over (ii) the exercise price of such Options or the grant price of such Stock Appreciation Rights, multiplied by the number of Shares subject to each such Award in accordance with Code Section 409A to the extent applicable. No payment shall be made to a Participant for any Option or Stock Appreciation Right if the exercise price or grant price for such Option or Stock Appreciation Right, respectively, exceeds the value, as determined by the Committee, of the consideration (including cash) received by the holder of a Share as a result of Change in Control.

(b) Outstanding Awards Subject to a Performance Condition.

(i) Upon a Change in Control, a Participant’s then-outstanding Awards, other than Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, that are not vested and as to which vesting depends upon the satisfaction of one or more performance conditions shall immediately vest and all performance conditions shall be deemed satisfied as if target performance was achieved, and shall be settled in cash, Shares or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee, within sixty (60) days or as soon as administratively practical following such Change in Control (except to the extent that settlement of the Award must be made pursuant to its original schedule in order to comply with Code Section 409A), notwithstanding that the applicable performance period, retention period or other restrictions and conditions have not been completed or satisfied.

(ii) Upon a Change in Control, a Participant’s then-outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights that are not vested and as to which vesting depends upon the satisfaction of one or more performance conditions shall immediately vest and all performance conditions shall be deemed satisfied as if target performance was achieved. Such vested Options and/or Stock Appreciation Rights shall be deemed exercised as of the date of the Change in Control and shall be settled cash within sixty (60) days following such Change in Control (except to the extent that settlement of the Award must be made pursuant to its original schedule in order to comply with Code Section 409A) in an amount equal to the excess of (i) the value, as determined by the Committee, of the consideration (including cash)

 

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received by the holder of a Share as a result of the Change in Control (or if the Company shareholders do not receive any consideration as a result of the Change in Control, the Fair Market Value of a Share on the day immediately prior to the Change in Control) over (ii) the exercise price of such Options or the grant price of such Stock Appreciation Rights, multiplied by the number of Shares subject to each such Award in accordance with Code Section 409A to the extent applicable. No payment shall be made to a Participant for any Option or Stock Appreciation Right if the exercise price or grant price for such Option or Stock Appreciation Right, respectively, exceeds the value, as determined by the Committee, of the consideration (including cash) received by the holder of a Share as a result of Change in Control.

16.2 Definition of Replacement Award.

(a) An Award shall meet the conditions of this Section 16.2(a) (and hence qualify as a Replacement Award) if: (i) it is of the same type as the Replaced Award (or, if it is of a different type as the Replaced Award (such as a deferred cash equivalent award), the Committee, as constituted immediately prior to the Change in Control, finds such type acceptable); (ii) it has a value at least equal to the value of the Replaced Award; (iii) it relates to publicly traded equity securities listed on a U.S. national securities exchange of the Company or its successor in the Change in Control or another entity that is affiliated with the Company or its successor following the Change in Control, except in the case of a Replacement Award granted in the form of a deferred cash equivalent award; (iv) its terms and conditions comply with Section 16.2(b); and (v) its other terms and conditions are not less favorable to the Grantee than the terms and conditions of the Replaced Award (including the provisions that would apply in the event of a subsequent Change in Control). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Replacement Award may take the form of a continuation of the Replaced Award if the requirements of the preceding sentence are satisfied. The determination of whether the conditions of this Section 16.2(a) are satisfied shall be made by the Committee, as constituted immediately before the Change in Control, in its sole discretion. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee may determine the value of Awards and Replacement Awards that are stock options or stock appreciation rights by reference to either their intrinsic value or their fair value.

(b) Upon an Involuntary Termination of Service of a Participant without Cause occurring within two years following the Change in Control, all Replacement Awards held by the Participant shall become fully vested and free of restrictions and, in the case of Replacement Awards in the form of (i) stock options or stock appreciation rights shall be fully exercisable, (ii) performance-based Awards shall be deemed to be satisfied at target performance and paid upon or within 60 days of such Termination of Service, (iii) service-based Awards (other than stock options or stock appreciation rights) shall be paid upon or within 60 days of such Termination of Service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Award that is considered deferred compensation subject to Code Section 409A, settlement of such Award shall be made pursuant to its original schedule if necessary to comply with Code Section 409A.

Article 17. Dividends and Dividend Equivalents

17.1 Payment of Dividends on Restricted Stock. With respect to an Award of Restricted Stock, the Committee may grant or limit the right of a Participant to receive dividends declared on Shares that are subject to such Award to the extent the Award is not yet vested. The terms of any right to dividends shall be as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, including the time and form of payment and whether such dividends shall be credited with interest or deemed to be reinvested in additional shares of Restricted Stock. If the Committee grants the right of a Participant to receive dividends declared on Shares subject to an unvested Award of Restricted Stock, then such dividends shall be subject to the same performance conditions and/or service conditions, as applicable, as the underlying Award.

 

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17.2 Payment of Dividend Equivalents on Awards Other than Options, SARs and Restricted Stock. Except for Options, SARs and Restricted Stock, the Committee may grant Dividend Equivalents on the units or other Share equivalents subject to an Award based on the dividends actually declared and paid on outstanding Shares. The terms of any dividend equivalents shall be as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, including the time and form of payment and whether such dividend equivalents shall be credited with interest or deemed to be reinvested in additional units or Share equivalents. Dividend Equivalents shall be subject to the same performance conditions and service conditions, as applicable, as the underlying Award.

Article 18. Beneficiary Designation

Each Participant under the Plan may, from time to time, name any beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or successively) to whom any benefit under the Plan is to be paid in case of his death before he receives any or all of such benefit. Each such designation shall revoke all prior designations by the same Participant, shall be in a form prescribed by the Committee, and shall be effective only when filed by the Participant in writing with the Company during the Participant’s lifetime. In the absence of any such beneficiary designation, benefits remaining unpaid or rights remaining unexercised at the Participant’s death shall be paid to or exercised by the Participant’s executor, administrator or legal representative.

Article 19. Rights of Participants

19.1 Employment. Nothing in the Plan or an Award Agreement shall (a) interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Subsidiary or any Affiliate to terminate any Participant’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary or any Affiliate at any time or for any reason not prohibited by law or (b) confer upon any Participant any right to continue his employment or service as a Director for any specified period of time. Neither an Award nor any benefits arising under the Plan shall constitute an employment contract with the Company or any Subsidiary or any Affiliate.

19.2 Participation. No individual shall have the right to be selected to receive an Award under the Plan, or, having been so selected, to be selected to receive a future Award.

19.3 Rights as a Shareholder. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Participant shall have none of the rights of a shareholder with respect to Shares covered by any Award until the Participant becomes the record holder of such Shares.

Article 20. Amendment and Termination

20.1 Amendment and Termination of the Plan and Awards.

(a) Subject to subparagraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 20.1 and Section 20.4 of the Plan, the Board may at any time amend, suspend or terminate the Plan, and the Board or Committee may at any time amend, suspend or terminate any outstanding Award Agreement.

(b) Without the prior approval of the Company’s shareholders and except as provided for in Section 4.3, no Option or SAR Award may be (i) amended to reduce the Exercise Price or the Grant Price thereof, as applicable; (ii) cancelled in exchange for the grant of any new Option or SAR with a lower Exercise Price or Grant Price, as applicable; or (iii) cancelled in exchange for cash, other property or the grant of any new Award at a time when the Exercise Price of the Option or the Grant Price of the SAR is greater than the current Fair Market Value of a Share.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment of the Plan shall be made without shareholder approval if shareholder approval is required pursuant to rules promulgated by any stock exchange or quotation system on which Shares are listed or quoted or by applicable U.S. state corporate laws or regulations, or U.S. federal laws or regulations.

20.2 Adjustment of Awards upon the Occurrence of Certain Unusual or Nonrecurring Events.

(a) The Committee may make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events (including, without limitation, the events described in Section 4.3) affecting the Company or the financial statements of the Company or of changes in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles, whenever the Committee determines that such adjustments are appropriate in order to prevent unintended dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan.

(b) The Committee shall retain the discretion to decrease the amount payable pursuant to a Cash-Based Award below the amount that would otherwise be payable upon attainment of the applicable performance goal(s) over a Performance Period that does not exceed a term of one (1) year, either on a formula or discretionary basis or any combination, as the Committee or its authorized delegate determines is appropriate.

(c) Any subplan may provide that the Committee shall retain the discretion to decrease the amount payable pursuant to a Cash-Based Award granted under such subplan below the amount that would otherwise be payable upon attainment of the applicable performance goal(s) over a Performance Period that does not exceed a term of one (1) year, either on a formula or discretionary basis or any combination, as the Committee or its authorized delegate determines is appropriate.

(d) The determination of the Committee as to any adjustments made pursuant to subparagraphs (a), (b) and (c) above shall be conclusive and binding on Participants under the Plan. By accepting an Award under the Plan, a Participant agrees to any adjustment to the Award made pursuant to this Section 20.2 without further consideration or action.

20.3 Amendment to Conform to Law. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Board may amend the Plan and the Board or the Committee may amend an Award Agreement, to take effect retroactively or otherwise, as deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of conforming the Plan or an Award Agreement to (i) any law relating to plans of this or similar nature, and to the administrative regulations and rulings promulgated thereunder, (ii) any applicable exchange requirements and (iii) any compensation recoupment policy adopted by the Company. By accepting an Award under the Plan, a Participant agrees to any amendment made pursuant to this Section 20.3 without further consideration or action.

20.4 Awards Previously Granted. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, other than Sections 4.3, 20.2 and 20.3, no termination or amendment of the Plan or an Award Agreement shall adversely affect in any material way any Award previously granted under the Plan, without the written consent of the Participant holding such Award.

20.5 Deferred Compensation. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Award Agreement, it is not intended that any Award under the Plan, in form and/or operation, shall constitute “deferred compensation” within the meaning of Code Section 409A and therefore, it is intended that each Award shall not be subject to the requirements applicable to deferred compensation under section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder. If a Participant is a “specified employee” as defined under

 

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Code Section 409A and the Participant’s Award is to be settled on account of the Participant’s separation from service (for reasons other than death) and such Award constitutes “deferred compensation” as defined under Code Section 409A, then any portion of the Participant’s Award that would otherwise be settled during the six-month period commencing on the Participant’s separation from service shall be settled as soon as practicable following the conclusion of the six-month period (or following the Participant’s death if it occurs during such six-month period). To the extent that any Award constitutes deferred compensation subject to Code Section 409A, such Award shall be interpreted and construed to comply with Code Section 409A including, without limitation, a termination of employment shall mean a “separation of service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A.

Article 21. General Provisions

21.1 Forfeiture and Recoupment Events.

(a) In addition to the forfeiture events specified in paragraph (c) below, the Committee may specify in an Award Agreement that the Participant’s rights, payments and benefits with respect to an Award shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain specified events, in addition to any otherwise applicable treatment of an Award.

(b) Awards and any compensation directly attributable to Awards may be made subject to forfeiture, recovery by the Company or other action pursuant to any compensation recovery policy adopted by the Board or the Committee at any time, including in response to the requirements of Section 10D of the Exchange Act and any implementing rules and regulations thereunder, or as otherwise required by law and any Award Agreement may be unilaterally amended by the Committee to comply with any such compensation recovery policy.

(c) If an Employee incurs an Involuntary Termination of Service on account of Cause, then such Employee shall forfeit, as of the date immediately preceding such Termination of Service, the Employee’s (i) outstanding and unexercised Options and SARs, and (ii) outstanding and not yet settled Restricted Stock, RSUs, Performance Share Units, Performance Units, Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards granted to the Employee.

21.2 Withholding.

(a) Tax Withholding Generally. The Company shall have the power and the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy applicable federal, state and local tax withholding requirements, domestic or foreign, with respect to any taxable event arising as a result of the grant, vesting, exercise or settlement of an Award to the Participant under the Plan.

(b) Share Withholding. Unless otherwise required by the Committee, the Company may withhold, or permit a Participant to elect to have withheld from a “Share Payment” the number of Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the minimum statutory withholding requirements. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, the Company, in its discretion, may withhold Shares or permit a Participant to elect to have withheld from a Share Payment, the number of Shares having a Fair Market Value up to, but not in excess of, the maximum statutory withholding requirements. The term Share Payment shall mean the issuance or delivery of Shares upon the grant, vesting, exercise or settlement of an Award, as the case may be.

 

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21.3 Right of Setoff. The Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, deduct from and set off against any amounts the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate may owe to the Participant from time to time (including amounts payable in connection with any Award), such amounts owed by the Participant to the Company, including amounts owed under Section (a); provided, however, that no such setoff shall be permitted if it would constitute a prohibited “acceleration” or “deferral” of a payment hereunder within the meaning of Code Section 409A. Participant shall remain liable for any part of Participant’s payment obligation not satisfied through such deduction and setoff. By accepting any Award granted hereunder, Participant agrees to any deduction or setoff under this Section 21.3.

21.4 Legend. The certificates for Shares may include any legend that the Committee deems appropriate to reflect any restrictions on transfer of such Shares.

21.5 Gender and Number. Except where otherwise indicated by the context, any masculine term used herein also shall include the feminine, the plural shall include the singular, and the singular shall include the plural.

21.6 Severability. In the event any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.

21.7 Requirements of Law. The granting of Awards and the issuance of Shares under the Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required.

21.8 Delivery of Shares. The Company shall have no obligation to issue or deliver Shares under the Plan prior to:

(a) Obtaining any approvals from governmental agencies that the Company determines are necessary or advisable; and

(b) Completion of any registration or other qualification of the Shares under any applicable national or foreign law or ruling of any governmental body that the Company determines to be necessary or advisable.

21.9 Inability to Obtain Authority. The inability of the Company to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or deliver such Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.

21.10 Investment Representations. The Committee may require any individual receiving Shares pursuant to an Award under the Plan to represent and warrant in writing that the individual is acquiring the Shares for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such Shares.

21.11 Employees Based Outside of the United States. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in order to comply with the laws in other countries in which the Company or any Subsidiaries operate or have Employees or Directors, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the power and authority to:

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(b) Determine which Employees or Directors outside the United States are eligible to participate in the Plan;

(c) Modify the terms and conditions of any Award granted to Employees or Directors outside the United States to comply with applicable foreign laws;

(d) Establish sub-plans and modify exercise procedures and other terms and procedures, to the extent such actions may be necessary or advisable. Any sub-plans and modifications to Plan terms and procedures established under this Section 21.10 by the Committee shall be attached to the Plan document as appendices; and

(e) Take any action, before or after an Award is made, that it deems advisable to obtain approval or comply with any necessary local government regulatory exemptions or approvals.

(f) Notwithstanding the above, the Committee may not take any actions hereunder, and no Awards shall be granted, that would violate applicable law.

21.12 Uncertificated Shares. To the extent that the Plan provides for issuance of certificates to reflect the transfer of Shares, the transfer of such Shares may be effected on a non-certificated basis, to the extent not prohibited by applicable law or the rules of any stock exchange.

21.13 Unfunded Plan. Participants shall have no right, title or interest whatsoever in or to any investments that the Company or any Subsidiaries may make to aid it in meeting its obligations under the Plan. Nothing contained in the Plan, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Participant, beneficiary, legal representative or any other individual. To the extent that any individual acquires a right to receive payments from the Company or any Subsidiary or any Affiliate under the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of the Company or the Subsidiary or the Affiliate, as the case may be. All payments to be made hereunder shall be paid from the general funds of the Company, or the Subsidiary or the Affiliate, as the case may be, and no special or separate fund shall be established, and no segregation of assets shall be made to assure payment of such amounts except as expressly set forth in the Plan.

21.14 No Fractional Shares. No fractional Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award. The Committee shall determine whether cash, Awards or other property shall be issued or paid in lieu of fractional Shares or whether such fractional Shares or any rights thereto shall be forfeited or otherwise eliminated.

21.15 Non-Exclusivity of the Plan. The adoption of the Plan shall not be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board or Committee to adopt such other compensation arrangements as it may deem desirable for any Participant.

21.16 No Constraint on Corporate Action. Nothing in the Plan shall be construed to: (i) limit, impair, or otherwise affect the Company’s or a Subsidiary’s or a Affiliate’s right or power to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations or changes of its capital or business structure, or to merge or consolidate, or dissolve, liquidate, sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets; or, (ii) limit the right or power of the Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate to take any action that such entity deems to be necessary or appropriate.

 

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21.17 Governing Law. The Plan and each Award Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware excluding any conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of the Plan to the substantive law of another jurisdiction and any litigation arising out of this Plan shall be brought in the State of Ohio or the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

21.18 Delivery and Execution of Electronic Documents. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company may (i) deliver by email or other electronic means (including posting on a website maintained by the Company or by a third party under contract with the Company) all documents relating to the Plan or any Award thereunder (including without limitation, prospectuses required by the Commission) and all other documents that the Company is required to deliver to its security holders (including without limitation, annual reports and proxy statements) and (ii) permit Participants to electronically execute applicable Plan documents (including, but not limited to, Award Agreements) in a manner prescribed to the Committee.

21.19 No Representations or Warranties Regarding Tax Effect. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, neither the Company, any Subsidiary, any Affiliate nor any of their employees, the Board, the Committee, any shareholder or any of their agents represent nor warrant the tax treatment under any federal, state, local or foreign laws and regulations thereunder (individually and collectively referred to as the “Tax Laws”) of any Award granted or any amounts paid to any Participant under the Plan including, but not limited to, when and to what extent such Awards or amounts may be subject to tax, penalties and interest under the Tax Laws.

21.20 Indemnification. Subject to requirements of the laws of the State of Delaware, each individual who is or shall have been a member of the Board, or a Committee appointed by the Board, or an officer of the Company or other person to whom authority was delegated in accordance with Article 3, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit or proceeding to which he or she may be a party or in which he or she may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid by him or her in settlement thereof, with the Company’s approval, or paid by him or her in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit, or proceeding against him or her, provided he or she shall give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he or she undertakes to handle and defend it on his/her own behalf, unless such loss, cost, liability or expense is a result of his/her own willful misconduct or except as expressly provided by statute. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such individuals may be entitled under the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, as a matter of law or otherwise, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.

21.21 Successors. All obligations of the Company under the Plan with respect to Awards granted hereunder shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company.

 

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EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

 

LOGO

May 24, 2019

CBIZ, Inc.

6050 Oak Tree Boulevard, South,

Suite 500

Cleveland, Ohio 44131

 

Re:

CBIZ, Inc. Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Commission No. 333-197284)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to CBIZ, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Form S-8 (Commission No. 333-197284) of the Company (the “Registration Statement Amendment”), being filed on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to the proposed issuance of up to 3,062,788 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), which previously were available for issuance under the CBIZ, Inc. 2014 Stock Incentive Plan and which going forward may be issued under the CBIZ, Inc. 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”). This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act.

We have examined originals or certified copies of such corporate records of the Company and other certificates and documents of officials of the Company, public officials and others as we have deemed appropriate for purposes of this letter. We have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all copies submitted to us as conformed, certified or reproduced copies. We have also assumed that (i) the certificates for the Shares will conform to the specimen thereof filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement Amendment and upon issuance will have been duly countersigned by the transfer agent and duly registered by the registrar for the Common Stock or, if uncertificated, valid book-entry notations for the issuance of the Shares in uncertificated form will have been duly made in the share register of the Company, (ii) each award agreement setting forth the terms of each award granted pursuant to the 2019 Plan will be consistent with the 2019 Plan and will have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the parties thereto, (iii) at the time of each issuance of Shares, there will be sufficient shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, that have not otherwise been issued or reserved or committed for issuance, and (iv) the price per share paid for Shares issued pursuant to the 2019 Plan will not be less than the par value of the Shares. As to various questions of fact relevant to this letter, we have relied, without independent investigation, upon certificates of public officials and certificates of officers of the Company, all of which we assume to be true, correct and complete.


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May 24, 2019

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Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, exceptions, qualifications and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that when the Shares have been issued and delivered upon payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the 2019 Plan and applicable award agreements, the Shares will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

The opinions and other matters in this letter are qualified in their entirety and subject to the following:

 

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We express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

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This opinion letter is limited to the matters expressly stated herein and no opinion is to be inferred or implied beyond the opinion expressly set forth herein. We undertake no, and hereby disclaim any, obligation to make any inquiry after the date hereof or to advise you of any changes in any matter set forth herein, whether based on a change in the law, a change in any fact relating to the Company or any other person or any other circumstance.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement Amendment. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP
EX-23.1

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

CBIZ, Inc.:

We consent to the use of our report dated February 28, 2019, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of CBIZ Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years it the three-year period ended December 31, 2018, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements), and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, incorporated herein by reference.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

Cleveland, Ohio

May 22, 2019