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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
On May 8, 2006, the Registrant expanded its board of
directors to nine (9) members and elected Paul J. Kern,
Gen. U.S. Army (ret.), as a class I director. Accordingly,
the Registrant is hereby supplementing its Definitive Proxy
Statement filed April 28, 2006 to reflect the election
Mr. Kern as a class I director of the Registrant and
to revise Proposal 1 Election of Directors to
include Mr. Kern as a nominee for election as a
class I director for a three-year term. The supplements to
the Registrants Definitive Proxy Statement are
incorporated into the printed version of the Definitive Proxy
Statement that is being mailed to the Registrants
stockholders.
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Dear Stockholder: |
June 1, 2006 |
You are cordially invited to attend the annual meeting of
stockholders of iRobot Corporation to be held on Wednesday,
July 19, 2006, at 2:00 p.m., local time, at the
offices of iRobot Corporation located at 63 South Avenue,
Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.
At this annual meeting, you will be asked to elect three
class I directors for three-year terms, to ratify our 2005
Stock Option and Incentive Plan, and to ratify our independent
registered public accountants. The board of directors
unanimously recommends that you vote FOR election of the
director nominees, FOR ratification of our 2005 Stock Option and
Incentive Plan and FOR ratification of appointment of the
independent registered public accountants.
Details regarding the matters to be acted upon at this annual
meeting appear in the accompanying proxy statement. Please give
this material your careful attention.
Whether or not you plan to attend the annual meeting, we urge
you to sign and return the enclosed proxy so that your shares
will be represented at the annual meeting. If you attend the
annual meeting, you may vote in person even if you have
previously returned your proxy card. Your prompt cooperation
will be greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours,
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COLIN ANGLE
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HELEN GREINER |
Chief Executive Officer
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
iROBOT CORPORATION
63 South Avenue
Burlington, Massachusetts 01803
(781) 345-0200
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
To Be Held On July 19, 2006
To the Stockholders of iRobot Corporation:
The annual meeting of stockholders of iRobot Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the Company), will be held on
Wednesday, July 19, 2006, at 2:00 p.m., local time, at
the offices of the Company located at 63 South Avenue,
Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, for the following purposes:
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1. To elect three (3) class I members to the
board of directors as directors, each to serve for a three-year
term and until his successor has been duly elected and qualified
or until his earlier resignation or removal; |
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2. To ratify the Companys 2005 Stock Option and
Incentive Plan; |
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3. To ratify the appointment of the accounting firm of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Companys independent
registered public accountants for the current fiscal
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4. To transact such other business as may properly come
before the annual meeting and any adjournments or postponements
thereof. |
Only stockholders of record at the close of business on
May 30, 2006, are entitled to notice of and to vote at the
annual meeting and at any adjournment or postponement thereof.
All stockholders are cordially invited to attend the annual
meeting in person. However, to assure your representation at the
annual meeting, we urge you, whether or not you plan to attend
the annual meeting, to sign and return the enclosed proxy so
that your shares will be represented at the annual meeting. If
you attend the annual meeting, you may vote in person even if
you have previously returned your proxy card.
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By Order of the Board of Directors, |
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GLEN D. WEINSTEIN |
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Burlington, Massachusetts
June 1, 2006
WHETHER
OR NOT YOU EXPECT TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, PLEASE COMPLETE,
DATE AND SIGN THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD AND MAIL IT PROMPTLY IN
THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE IN ORDER TO ASSURE REPRESENTATION OF YOUR
SHARES. NO POSTAGE NEED BE AFFIXED IF THE PROXY CARD IS MAILED
IN THE UNITED STATES.
IN
ACCORDANCE WITH OUR SECURITY PROCEDURES, ALL PERSONS ATTENDING
THE ANNUAL MEETING WILL BE REQUIRED TO PRESENT PICTURE
IDENTIFICATION.
iROBOT CORPORATION
63 South Avenue
Burlington, Massachusetts 01803
PROXY STATEMENT
For the Annual Meeting of Stockholders
To Be Held On July 19, 2006
June 1, 2006
This proxy statement is furnished in connection with the
solicitation of proxies by the board of directors of iRobot
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company),
for use at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held on
Wednesday, July 19, 2006, at 2:00 p.m., local time, at
the offices of the Company located at 63 South Avenue,
Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, and any adjournments or
postponements thereof. An annual report to stockholders,
containing financial statements for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2005, is being mailed together with this proxy
statement to all stockholders entitled to vote at the annual
meeting. This proxy statement and the form of proxy are expected
to be first mailed to stockholders on or about June 12,
2006.
The purposes of the annual meeting are to elect three
class I directors for three-year terms, to ratify the
Companys 2005 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, and to
ratify the appointment of the Companys independent
registered public accountants. Only stockholders of record at
the close of business on May 30, 2006 will be entitled to
receive notice of and to vote at the annual meeting. As of
April 1, 2006, 23,437,159 shares of common stock,
$.01 par value per share, of the Company were issued and
outstanding. The holders of common stock are entitled to one
vote per share on any proposal presented at the annual meeting.
Stockholders may vote in person or by proxy. If you attend the
annual meeting, you may vote in person even if you have
previously returned your proxy card. Any proxy given pursuant to
this solicitation may be revoked by the person giving it at any
time before it is voted. Proxies may be revoked by
(i) filing with the Secretary of the Company, before the
taking of the vote at the annual meeting, a written notice of
revocation bearing a later date than the proxy, (ii) duly
completing a later-dated proxy relating to the same shares and
delivering it to the Secretary of the Company before the taking
of the vote at the annual meeting, or (iii) attending the
annual meeting and voting in person (although attendance at the
annual meeting will not in and of itself constitute a revocation
of a proxy). Any written notice of revocation or subsequent
proxy should be sent so as to be delivered to iRobot
Corporation, 63 South Avenue, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803,
Attention: Secretary, before the taking of the vote at the
annual meeting.
The representation in person or by proxy of at least a majority
of the outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote at
the annual meeting is necessary to constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business. Votes withheld from any nominee,
abstentions and broker non-votes are counted as
present or represented for purposes of determining the presence
or absence of a quorum for the annual meeting. A
non-vote occurs when a nominee holding shares for a
beneficial owner votes on one proposal but does not vote on
another proposal because, with respect to such other proposal,
the nominee does not have discretionary voting power and has not
received instructions from the beneficial owner.
For Proposal 1, the election of class I directors, the
nominees receiving the highest number of affirmative votes of
the shares present or represented and entitled to vote at the
annual meeting shall be elected as directors. For each of
Proposal 2, the ratification of the Companys 2005
Stock Option and Incentive Plan, and Proposal 3, the
ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as
the Companys independent registered public accountants for
the current fiscal year, an affirmative vote of a majority of
the shares present, in person or represented by proxy, and
voting on each such matter is required for approval. Abstentions
are included in the number of shares present or represented and
voting on each matter. Broker non-votes are not
considered voted for the particular matter and have the effect
of reducing the number of affirmative votes required to achieve
a majority for such matter by reducing the total number of
shares from which the majority is calculated.
The persons named as
attorneys-in-fact in
the proxies, Geoffrey P. Clear and Helen Greiner, were selected
by the board of directors and are officers of the Company. All
properly executed proxies returned in time to be counted at the
annual meeting will be voted by such persons at the annual
meeting. Where a choice has been specified on the proxy with
respect to the foregoing matters, the shares represented by the
proxy will be voted in accordance with the specifications. If no
such specifications are indicated, such proxies will be voted
FOR election of the director nominees, FOR ratification of the
Companys 2005 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, and FOR
ratification of the appointment of the independent registered
public accountants.
Aside from the election of directors, ratification of the
Companys 2005 Stock Option and Incentive Plan and
ratification of the appointment of the independent registered
public accountants, the board of directors knows of no other
matters to be presented at the annual meeting. If any other
matter should be presented at the annual meeting upon which a
vote properly may be taken, shares represented by all proxies
received by the board of directors will be voted with respect
thereto in accordance with the judgment of the persons named as
attorneys-in-fact in
the proxies.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND
MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth certain information regarding
beneficial ownership of the Companys common stock as of
April 1, 2006: (i) by each person who is known by the
Company to beneficially own more than 5% of the outstanding
shares of common stock; (ii) by each director or nominee of
the Company; (iii) by each named executive officer of the
Company; and (iv) by all directors and executive officers
of the Company as a group. Unless otherwise noted below, the
address of each person listed on the table is c/o iRobot
Corporation, 63 South Avenue, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.
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Acer Technology Ventures(3)
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2,397,636 |
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5201 Great America Parkway
Suite 270
Santa Clara, CA 95054 |
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Trident Capital(4)
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2,020,988 |
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325 Riverside Avenue
Westport, CT 06880 |
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Grinnell More(5)
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1,411,332 |
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c/o Truehand, Inc.
109 Anawan Avenue
Boston, MA 02132 |
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Fenway Partners(6)
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1,233,876 |
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152 West
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59th Floor
New York, NY 10019 |
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Helen Greiner
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1,565,107 |
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Colin Angle(7)
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2,094,139 |
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Rodney Brooks, Ph.D.(8)
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2,216,721 |
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Geoffrey P. Clear(9)
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160,070 |
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Joseph W. Dyer(10)
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188,892 |
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Gregory F. White(11)
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465,993 |
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Ronald Chwang(12)
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2,405,636 |
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Jacques S. Gansler(13)
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18,067 |
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Andrea Geisser(14)
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1,243,876 |
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George McNamee(15)
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194,901 |
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Peter Meekin(16)
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2,029,988 |
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Paul J. Kern, Gen. U.S. Army (ret.)(17)
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Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules
of the Securities and Exchange Commission and includes voting
and investment power with respect to shares. Unless otherwise
indicated below, to the knowledge of the Company, all persons
listed below have sole voting and investment power with respect
to their shares of common stock, except to the extent authority
is shared by spouses under applicable law. Pursuant to the rules
of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the number of shares
of common stock deemed outstanding includes shares issuable
pursuant to options held by the respective person or group that
are currently exercisable or may be exercised within
60 days of April 1, 2006. |
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Applicable percentage of ownership as of April 1, 2006 is
based upon 23,437,159 shares of common stock outstanding. |
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Consists of 1,658,136 shares held by Acer Technology
Venture Fund L.P., 691,500 shares held by IP
Fund One, L.P. and 48,000 shares held by iD6 Fund,
L.P, in each case, as of December 31, 2005. This
information has been obtained from a Schedule 13G filed by
Acer Technology Ventures with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on February 13, 2006. |
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Consists of 1,810,475 shares held by Trident Capital
Fund-V, L.P., 10,523 shares held by Trident Capital Fund-V
Affiliates Fund, L.P., 10,041 shares held by Trident
Capital Fund-V Affiliates Fund (Q), L.P., 52,401 shared
held by Trident Capital Fund-V Principals Fund, L.P. and
137,548 shares held by Trident Capital Parallel Fund-V,
C.V., in each case, as of December 31, 2005. This
information has been obtained from a Schedule 13G filed by
Trident Capital with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
February 13, 2006. |
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Includes 1,027,738 shares held by Real World Interface,
Inc. Trust. Mr. More is a trustee of the Real World
Interface, Inc. Trust and may be deemed to share voting and
investment power with respect to such shares. Mr. More
disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the
extent of his pecuniary interest, if any. This information has
been obtained from a Schedule 13G filed by Mr. More
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17,
2006. |
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Consists of 4,653 shares held by FPIP Trust, LLC,
3,375 shares held by FPIP, LLC and 1,225,848 shares
held by Fenway Partners Capital Fund II, L.P., in each
case, as of December 31, 2005. This information has been
obtained from a Schedule 13G filed by Fenway Partners with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2006. |
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Includes 347,710 shares issuable to Mr. Angle upon
exercise of stock options. Also includes 200,000 shares
held in a trust for the benefit of certain of his family members. |
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Includes 232,055 shares held in a trust for the benefit of
certain of his family members. Also includes 204,090 shares
held by Robotic Ventures Fund I, L.P., of which
Dr. Brooks is a general partner. Dr. Brooks disclaims
beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his
pecuniary interest, if any. |
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Includes 117,625 shares held by Geoffrey P. Clear and
Marjorie P. Clear (JTWROS), over which Mr. Clear and
Mrs. Clear share voting power and investment power. Also
includes 32,720 shares issuable to Mr. Clear upon
exercise of stock options. |
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Includes 148,249 shares issuable to Mr. Dyer upon
exercise of stock options. |
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Includes 29,977 shares issuable to Mr. White upon
exercise of stock options. Includes 86,539 shares held by
Gregory F. White and Dana B. White (JTWROS), over which
Mr. White and Mrs. White share voting and investment
power and also includes 199,720 shares held by Vision 2005
Investment Partners L.P., of which Mr. White and
Mrs. White are general partners. |
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Includes shares held by Acer Technology Venture Fund L.P.,
IP Fund One, L.P. and iD6 Fund, L.P. set forth in
Note 3 above. Dr. Chwang is a general partner of the
management company for each of Acer Technology Venture Fund
L.P., IP Fund One, L.P. and iD6 Fund, L.P., and may be
deemed to share voting and investment power with respect to all
shares held by those entities. |
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Dr. Chwang disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares
except to the extent of his pecuniary interest, if any. |
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Includes 16,667 shares issuable to Dr. Gansler upon
exercise of stock options. |
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Includes shares held by FPIP Trust, FPIP, LLC and Fenway
Partners Capital Fund II, L.P. set forth in Note 6
above. Mr. Geisser is a managing director of Fenway
Partners, Inc., the managing member of FPIP Trust, LLC and FPIP,
LLC. Mr. Geisser is also a managing director of Fenway
Partners II, LLC, the sole general partner of Fenway Partners
Capital Fund II, L.P., and may be deemed to share voting
and investment power with respect to all shares held by those
entities. Mr. Geisser disclaims beneficial ownership of
such shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest, if
any. |
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Includes 94,658 shares held by FA Technology Ventures, L.P.
and 3,495 shares held by FA Technology Managers, LLC.
Mr. McNamee is a partner of the general partner of FA
Technology Ventures, L.P. and may be deemed to share voting and
investment power with respect to all shares held thereby.
Mr. McNamee is a Manager of FA Technology Managers, LLC and
may be deemed to share voting and investment power with respect
to all shares held thereby. Mr. McNamee disclaims
beneficial ownership of the shares held by FA Technology
Ventures, L.P. and FA Technology Managers, LLC except to the
extent of his pecuniary interest, if any. |
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Includes shares held by Trident Capital Fund-V, L.P., Trident
Capital Fund-V Affiliates Fund, L.P., Trident Capital Fund-V
Affiliates Fund (Q), L.P., Trident Capital Fund-V Principals
Fund, L.P. and Trident Capital Parallel Fund-V, C.V. set forth
in Note 4 above. Mr. Meekin is one of six Managing
Directors of Trident Capital Management-V, L.L.C., the sole
general partner of Trident Capital Fund-V, L.P., Trident Capital
Fund-V Affiliates Fund, L.P., Trident Capital Fund-V Affiliates
Fund (Q), L.P., and Trident Capital Fund-V Principals Fund, L.P.
and the sole investment general partner of Trident Capital
Parallel Fund-V, C.V., and may be deemed to share voting and
investment power with respect to all shares held by those
entities. Mr. Meekin disclaims beneficial ownership of such
shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest, if any. |
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On May 8, 2006, Mr. Kern was elected as a class I
director of iRobot Corporation and as of April 1, 2006
beneficially owned no shares of the Companys common stock. |
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Includes an aggregate of 650,323 shares issuable upon
exercise of stock options held by seven (7) executive
officers and directors. |
PROPOSAL 1
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Nominees
The Companys board of directors currently consists of nine
members. The Companys amended and restated certificate of
incorporation divides the board of directors into three classes.
One class is elected each year for a term of three years. The
board of directors, upon the recommendation of the nominating
and corporate governance committee, has nominated Colin Angle,
Ronald Chwang and Paul J. Kern, Gen. U.S. Army (ret.), and
recommended that each be elected to the board of directors as a
class I director, each to hold office until the annual
meeting of stockholders to be held in the year 2009 and until
his successor has been duly elected and qualified or until his
earlier death, resignation or removal. Mr. Angle,
Dr. Chwang and Mr. Kern are class I directors
whose terms expire at this annual meeting. The board of
directors is also composed of (i) three class II
directors (Helen Greiner, George McNamee and Peter Meekin),
whose terms expire upon the election and qualification of
directors at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in
2007 and (ii) three class III Directors (Rodney
Brooks, Andrea Geisser and Jacques S. Gansler), whose terms
expire upon the election and qualification of directors at the
annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2008.
Ms. Greiner serves as the chairman of the board of
directors.
The board of directors knows of no reason why any of the
nominees would be unable or unwilling to serve, but if any
nominee should for any reason be unable or unwilling to serve,
the proxies will be voted
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for the election of such other person for the office of director
as the board of directors may recommend in the place of such
nominee. Unless otherwise instructed, the proxy holders will
vote the proxies received by them for the nominees named below.
Recommendation of the Board
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS
THAT YOU VOTE FOR THE NOMINEES LISTED
BELOW.
The following table sets forth the nominees to be elected at the
annual meeting and continuing directors, the year each such
nominee or director was first elected a director, the positions
with the Company currently held by each nominee and director,
the year each nominees or directors current term
will expire and each nominees and directors current
class:
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Nominees for Class I Directors:
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Colin Angle
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Chief Executive Officer and Director |
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2006 |
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1992
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Ronald Chwang
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Director |
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Paul J. Kern, Gen. U.S. Army (ret.)
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Continuing Directors:
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Helen Greiner
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Chairman of the Board |
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2007 |
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1994
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George McNamee
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2007 |
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1999
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Peter Meekin
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2007 |
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2003
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Rodney Brooks, Ph.D.
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Chief Technology Officer and Director |
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2008 |
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III |
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1990
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Andrea Geisser
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Director |
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Jacques S. Gansler
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Director |
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DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following table sets forth the director nominees to be
elected at the annual meeting, the directors and the executive
officers of the Company, their ages, and the positions currently
held by each such person with the Company immediately prior to
the annual meeting.
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Helen Greiner
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Chairman of the Board |
Colin Angle
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Chief Executive Officer and Director |
Rodney Brooks, Ph.D.
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Chief Technology Officer and Director |
Geoffrey P. Clear
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Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
Joseph W. Dyer
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Executive Vice President and General Manager |
Gregory F. White
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Executive Vice President and General Manager |
Glen D. Weinstein
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
Gerald C. Kent, Jr.
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Vice President and Controller |
Ronald Chwang(1)
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Jacques S. Gansler(2)
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Andrea Geisser(3)
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George McNamee(1)(2)(3)
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Peter Meekin(1)(2)(3)
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Paul J. Kern, Gen. U.S. Army (ret.)
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Helen Greiner, a co-founder of iRobot, was named the
Companys president in June 1997 and as a director since
July 1994. Since February 2004, Ms. Greiner has been the
chairman of the board of directors. Prior to joining iRobot,
Ms. Greiner founded California Cybernetics, a company
commercializing Jet Propulsion Laboratory technology. She has
been honored by Technology Review Magazine as an Innovator
for the Next Century. Ms. Greiner holds a B.S. in
Mechanical Engineering and an M.S. in Computer Science, both
from MIT.
Colin Angle, a co-founder of iRobot, has served as the
Companys chief executive officer since June 1997 and,
prior to that, as the Companys president since November
1992. Mr. Angle has also served as a director since October
1992. Mr. Angle also worked at the National Aeronautical
and Space Administrations Jet Propulsion Laboratory where
he participated in the design of the behavior-controlled rovers
that led to Sojourner exploring Mars in 1997. Mr. Angle
holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Computer
Science, both from MIT.
Rodney Brooks, Ph.D., a co-founder of iRobot, has
held various positions at iRobot since its inception.
Dr. Brooks has served as the Companys chief
technology officer since June 1997, and prior to that has served
as the Companys treasurer and president. Dr. Brooks
has served as a director since the Companys inception in
August 1990, and from inception until February 2004, as the
chairman of the board of directors. Dr. Brooks is the
Panasonic Professor of Robotics at MIT. Since July 2003,
Dr. Brooks has been the director of the MIT Computer
Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab. From August 1997 until
June 2003, he was the director of the MIT Artificial
Intelligence Laboratory. Dr. Brooks is a member of the
National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Brooks holds a degree
in pure mathematics from the Flinders University of South
Australia and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford
University.
Geoffrey P. Clear has served as the Companys chief
financial officer since May 2002. Since February 2005,
Mr. Clear has served as a senior vice president and, since
March 2004, he has also served as the Companys treasurer.
Mr. Clear was the site manager for 3M Touch Systems, a
subsidiary of 3M Corporation, from February 2001 until April
2002. From February 1992 until January 2001, he was the vice
president, finance & administration and chief financial
officer of MicroTouch Systems, Inc. Mr. Clear holds a B.A.
in Economics and an M.B.A., both from Dartmouth College.
Joseph W. Dyer has served as the executive vice president
and general manager of the Companys government and
industrial robots division since September 2003. Prior to
joining iRobot, Mr. Dyer served for 32 years in the
U.S. Navy. From July 2000 until July 2003, he served as
Vice Admiral commanding the Naval Air Systems Command at which
he was responsible for research and development, procurement and
in-service support for naval aircraft, weapons and sensors. He
is an elected fellow in the Society of Experimental Test Pilots
and the National Academy of Public Administration. He also
chairs NASAs Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel.
Mr. Dyer holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from North
Carolina State University and an M.S. in Finance from the Naval
Postgraduate School, Monterey, California.
Gregory F. White has served as the executive vice
president and general manager of the Companys consumer
robots division since March 2003. Prior to joining iRobot,
Mr. White was an executive vice president of The Holmes
Group, Inc., a diversified consumer portable electric appliance
company, from 1995 until March 2003, and a vice president of The
Holmes Group, Inc. from 1993 to 1995. Mr. White holds a
B.A. in English from Amherst College and an M.B.A. from the
Harvard Business School.
Glen D. Weinstein has served as the Companys
general counsel since July 2000. Since February 2005,
Mr. Weinstein has also served as a senior vice president,
and served as a vice president from February 2002 to January
2005. Since March 2004, he has also served as the Companys
secretary. Prior to joining iRobot, Mr. Weinstein was with
Covington & Burling, a law firm in Washington, D.C.
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Mr. Weinstein holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from
MIT and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.
Gerald C. Kent, Jr. has served as the Companys
vice president and controller since July 2005. Prior to joining
iRobot, Mr. Kent held positions of increasing
responsibility, including chief accounting officer and
controller, at ScanSoft, Inc., a software company, from April
2000 until July 2005. Prior to that Mr. Kent was an audit
manager in the high technology practice at
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from November 1998 until April 2000.
Mr. Kent holds a B.S. in Business Administration from
Merrimack College.
Ronald Chwang, Ph.D., has served as a director since
November 1998. Dr. Chwang is the chairman and president of
iD Ventures America, LLC (formerly known as Acer Technology
Ventures) under the iD SoftCapital Group, a venture
investment and management consulting service group formed in
January 2005. From August 1998 until December 2004,
Dr. Chwang was the chairman and president of Acer
Technology Ventures, LLC, managing high-tech venture investment
activities in North America. Dr. Chwang serves on the board
of directors of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. and ATI
Technologies, Inc. Dr. Chwang holds a B.Eng. (with honors)
in Electrical Engineering from McGill University and a Ph.D. in
Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern
California.
Jacques S. Gansler, Ph.D., has served as a director
since July 2004. Dr. Gansler has been a professor at the
University of Maryland, where he leads the schools Center
for Public Policy and Private Enterprise, since January 2001.
From November 1997 until January 2001, Dr. Gansler served
as the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology
and Logistics for the U.S. federal government.
Dr. Gansler holds a B.E. in electrical engineering from
Yale University, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from
Northeastern University, an M.A. in Political Economy from New
School for Social Research, and a Ph.D. in Economics from
American University.
Andrea Geisser has served as a director since March 2004.
Mr. Geisser is currently a senior advisor to Fenway
Partners, a private equity firm. From 1995 to 2005,
Mr. Geisser was a managing director of Fenway Partners.
Prior to founding Fenway Partners, Mr. Geisser was a
managing director of Butler Capital Corporation. Prior to that,
he was a managing director of Onex Investment Corporation, a
Canadian management buyout company. From 1974 to 1986, he was a
senior officer of Exor America. Mr. Geisser has been a
board member and audit committee member of several private
companies. Mr. Geisser holds a bachelors degree from
Bocconi University in Milan, Italy and a P.M.D. from Harvard
Business School.
George McNamee has served as a director since August
1999. Mr. McNamee has served as chairman of First Albany
Companies Inc., a specialty investment banking firm, since 1984,
and is a managing partner of FA Technology Ventures, an
information and energy technology venture capital firm.
Mr. McNamee serves as chairman of the board of directors of
Plug Power Inc. and on the board of directors of the New York
Conservation Education Fund. Mr. McNamee holds a B.A. from
Yale University.
Peter Meekin has served as a director since February
2003. Mr. Meekin has been a managing director of Trident
Capital, a venture capital firm, since 1998. Prior to joining
Trident Capital, he was vice president of venture development at
Enterprise Associates, LLC, the venture capital division of IMS
Health. Mr. Meekin holds a B.S. in Mathematics from the
State University of New York at New Paltz.
Paul J. Kern, Gen. U.S. Army (ret.) has served as a
director since May 2006. Mr. Kern has served as a senior
counselor to The Cohen Group, an international strategic
business consulting firm, since January 2005. From 1963 to 2004,
Mr. Kern served in the U.S. Army and, from October 2001 to
November 2004, as Commanding General of the U.S. Army Materiel
Command. Prior to his command at the U.S. Army Materiel Command,
he served as the military deputy to the Assistant Secretary of
the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology.
Mr. Kern serves on the board of directors of Anteon
International Corporation and EDO Corporation. He holds a B.S.
from the United States Military Academy at West Point, an M.S.
in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan and an M.S.
in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan.
Executive officers of the Company are elected by the board of
directors on an annual basis and serve until their successors
have been duly elected and qualified.
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND BOARD MATTERS
Independence of Members of the Board of Directors
The board of directors has determined that Drs. Chwang and
Gansler and Messrs. Geisser, McNamee and Meekin are
independent within the meaning of the director independence
standards of The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ)
and the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
Rule 10A-3(b)(1)
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
Exchange Act). Furthermore, the board of directors
has determined that each member of each of the committees of the
board of directors is independent within the meaning of the
director independence standards of NASDAQ and the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
Executive Sessions of Independent Directors
Executive sessions of the independent directors are held prior
to each regularly scheduled in-person meeting of the board of
directors. Executive sessions do not include any of our
non-independent directors and are chaired by a lead independent
director who is appointed annually by the board of directors
from our independent directors. Mr. McNamee currently
serves as the lead independent director. In this role,
Mr. McNamee serves as chairperson of the independent
director sessions and assists the board in assuring effective
corporate governance. The independent directors of the board of
directors met in executive session three (3) times in 2005.
Policies Governing Director Nominations
The nominating and corporate governance committee of the board
of directors is responsible for reviewing with the board of
directors from time to time the appropriate qualities, skills
and characteristics desired of members of the board of directors
in the context of the needs of the business and current
make-up of the board of
directors. This assessment includes consideration of the
following minimum qualifications that the nominating and
corporate governance committee believes must be met by all
directors:
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nominees must have experience at a strategic or policy making
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nominees must be highly accomplished in his or her respective
field, with superior credentials and recognition; |
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nominees must be well regarded in the community and shall have a
long-term reputation for the highest ethical and moral standards; |
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nominees must have sufficient time and availability to devote to
the affairs of the Company, particularly in light of the number
of boards on which the nominee may serve; |
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nominees must be free of conflicts of interest and potential
conflicts of interest, in particular with relationships with
other boards; and |
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nominees must, to the extent such nominee serves or has
previously served on other boards, demonstrate a history of
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The board of directors seeks members from diverse professional
backgrounds who combine a broad spectrum of relevant industry
and strategic experience and expertise that, in concert, offer
us and our stockholders diversity of opinion and insight in the
areas most important to the Company and its corporate mission.
In addition, nominees for director are selected to have
complementary, rather than overlapping, skill sets. All
candidates for director nominee must have time available to
devote to the activities of the board of directors. The
nominating and corporate governance committee also considers the
independence of candidates for director nominee, including the
appearance of any conflict in serving as a director.
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Candidates for director nominee who do not meet all of these
criteria may still be considered for nomination to the board of
directors, if the nominating and corporate governance committee
believes that the candidate will make an exceptional
contribution to us and our stockholders.
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Process for Identifying and Evaluating Director
Nominees |
The board of directors is responsible for selecting its own
members. The board of directors delegates the selection and
nomination process to the nominating and corporate governance
committee, with the expectation that other members of the board
of directors, and of management, will be requested to take part
in the process as appropriate.
Generally, the nominating and corporate governance committee
identifies candidates for director nominee in consultation with
management, through the use of search firms or other advisors,
through the recommendations submitted by stockholders or through
such other methods as the nominating and corporate governance
committee deems to be helpful to identify candidates. Once
candidates have been identified, the nominating and corporate
governance committee confirms that the candidates meet all of
the minimum qualifications for director nominees established by
the nominating and corporate governance committee. The
nominating and corporate governance committee may gather
information about the candidates through interviews, detailed
questionnaires, comprehensive background checks or any other
means that the nominating and corporate governance committee
deems to be helpful in the evaluation process. The nominating
and corporate governance committee then meets as a group to
discuss and evaluate the qualities and skills of each candidate,
both on an individual basis and taking into account the overall
composition and needs of the board of directors. Based on the
results of the evaluation process, the nominating and corporate
governance committee recommends candidates for the board of
directors approval as director nominees for election to
the board of directors. The nominating and corporate governance
committee also recommends candidates to the board of directors
for appointment to the committees of the board of directors.
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Procedures for Recommendation of Director Nominees by
Stockholders |
The nominating and corporate governance committee will consider
director nominee candidates who are recommended by stockholders
of the Company. Stockholders, in submitting recommendations to
the nominating and corporate governance committee for director
nominee candidates, shall follow the following procedures:
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The nominating and corporate governance committee must receive
any such recommendation for nomination not later than the close
of business on the 120th day nor earlier than the close of
business on the 150th day prior to the first anniversary of
the date of the proxy statement delivered to stockholders in
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All recommendations for nomination must be in writing and
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Name and address of the stockholder making the recommendation,
as they appear on the Companys books and records, and of
such record holders beneficial owner; |
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Number of shares of capital stock of the Company that are owned
beneficially and held of record by such stockholder and such
beneficial owner; |
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Name, age, business and residential address, educational
background, current principal occupation or employment, and
principal occupation or employment for the proceeding five full
fiscal years of the individual recommended for consideration as
a director nominee; |
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All other information relating to the recommended candidate that
would be required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies
for the election of directors or is otherwise required, in each
case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act,
including the recommended candidates written consent to
being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving
as a director if approved by the board of directors and
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A written statement from the stockholder making the
recommendation stating why such recommended candidate meets the
Companys criteria and would be able to fulfill the duties
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Nominations must be sent to the attention of the secretary of
the Company by U.S. mail (including courier or expedited
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The secretary of the Company will promptly forward any such
nominations to the nominating and corporate governance
committee. Once the nominating and corporate governance
committee receives the nomination of a candidate and the
candidate has complied with the minimum procedural requirements
above, such candidacy will be evaluated and a recommendation
with respect to such candidate will be delivered to the board of
directors.
Policy Governing Security Holder Communications with the
Board of Directors
The board of directors provides to every security holder the
ability to communicate with the board of directors as a whole
and with individual directors on the board of directors through
an established process for security holder communication as
follows:
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For communications directed to the board of directors as a
whole, security holders may send such communications to the
attention of the chairman of the board of directors by
U.S. mail (including courier or expedited delivery service)
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For security holder communications directed to an individual
director in his or her capacity as a member of the board of
directors, security holders may send such communications to the
attention of the individual director by U.S. mail
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The Company will forward any such security holder communication
to the chairman of the board of directors, as a representative
of the board of directors, or to the director to whom the
communication is addressed, on a periodic basis. The Company
will forward such communications by certified U.S. mail to
an address specified by each director and the chairman of the
board of directors for such purposes or by secure electronic
transmission.
Policy Governing Director Attendance at Annual Meetings of
Stockholders
Our policy is to schedule a regular meeting of the board of
directors on the same date as the Companys annual meeting
of stockholders and, accordingly, directors are encouraged to be
present at our stockholder meetings. We did not hold a
stockholders meeting in 2005.
Board of Directors Evaluation Program
The board of directors performs annual self-evaluations of its
composition and performance, including evaluations of its
standing committees and individual evaluations for each
director. In addition, each of the
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standing committees of the board of directors conducts it own
self-evaluation, which is reported to the board of directors.
The board of directors retains the authority to engage its own
advisors and consultants.
For more corporate governance information, you are invited to
access the Corporate Governance section of our website available
at http://www.irobot.com.
Code of Ethics
The Company has adopted a code of ethics, as defined
by regulations promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the Exchange Act, that applies to all of the
Companys directors and employees worldwide, including its
principal executive officer, principal financial officer,
principal accounting officer or controller, or persons
performing similar functions. A current copy of the Code of
Business Conduct and Ethics is available at the Corporate
Governance section of our website at
http://www.irobot.com. A copy of the Code of Business
Conduct and Ethics may also be obtained, free of charge, from
the Company upon a request directed to: iRobot Corporation, 63
South Avenue, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, Attention:
Investor Relations. The Company intends to disclose any
amendment to or waiver of a provision of the Code of Business
Conduct and Ethics that applies to its principal executive
officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting
officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions,
by posting such information on its website available at
http://www.irobot.com and/or in our public filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
For more corporate governance information, you are invited to
access the Corporate Governance section of the Companys
website available at http://www.irobot.com.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ITS COMMITTEES
Board of Directors
The board of directors met eight (8) times during the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, and took action by
unanimous written consent four (4) times. Each of the
directors attended at least 75% of the aggregate of the total
number of meetings of the board of directors and the total
number of meetings of all committees of the board of directors
on which they served during fiscal 2005. The board of directors
has the following standing committees: audit committee;
compensation committee; and nominating and corporate governance
committee, each of which operates pursuant to a separate charter
that has been approved by the board of directors. A current copy
of each charter is available at http://www.irobot.com.
Each committee reviews the appropriateness of its charter at
least annually. Each committee retains the authority to engage
its own advisors and consultants. The composition and
responsibilities of each committee are summarized below.
Audit Committee
The audit committee of the board of directors currently consists
of Messrs. Geisser, McNamee and Meekin, each of which is an
independent director within the meaning of the director
independence standard of NASDAQ and the Securities Exchange
Commission, including Rule 10A-3(b)(1) under the Exchange
Act. Mr. Geisser serves as the chairman of the audit
committee. In addition, the board of directors has determined
that Mr. Geisser is financially literate and that
Mr. Geisser qualifies as an audit committee financial
expert under the rules of the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Stockholders should understand that this designation
is a disclosure requirement of the Securities and Exchange
Commission related to Mr. Geissers experience and
understanding with respect to certain accounting and auditing
matters. The designation does not impose upon Mr. Geisser
any duties, obligations or liability that are greater than are
generally imposed on them as members of the audit committee and
the board of directors, and their designation as audit committee
financial experts pursuant to this SEC requirement does not
affect the duties, obligations or liability of any other member
of the audit committee or the board of directors.
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The audit committee met seven (7) times during the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2005. The audit committee operates
under a written charter adopted by the board of directors, a
current copy of which is included as Appendix I to
this proxy statement and is also available at the Corporate
Governance section of the Companys website at
http://www.irobot.com.
As described more fully in its charter, the audit committee
oversees the Companys accounting and financial reporting
processes, internal controls and audit functions. In fulfilling
its role, the audit committee responsibilities include:
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independence of our independent registered public accounting
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pre-approving auditing and permissible non-audit services, and
the terms of such services, to be provided by our independent
registered public accounting firm; |
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reviewing and discussing with management and the independent
registered public accounting firm our annual and quarterly
financial statements and related disclosures; |
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coordinating the oversight and reviewing the adequacy of our
internal control over financial reporting; |
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establishing policies and procedures for the receipt and
retention of accounting related complaints and concerns; and |
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preparing the audit committee report required by Securities and
Exchange Commission rules to be included in our annual proxy
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Compensation Committee
The compensation committee of the board of directors currently
consists of Messrs. McNamee and Meekin, and
Dr. Chwang, each of which is an independent director within
the meaning of the director independence standards of NASDAQ and
the Securities Exchange Commission, including
Rule 10A-3(b)(1)
under the Exchange Act. Mr. McNamee serves as the chairman
of the compensation committee. The compensation committees
responsibilities include:
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relevant to compensation of our chief executive officer; |
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evaluating the performance of our chief executive officer in
light of such corporate goals and objectives and determining the
compensation of our chief executive officer; |
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The compensation committee met three (3) times and took
action by unanimous written consent two (2) times during
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005. The compensation
committee operates under a written charter adopted by the board
of directors, a current copy of which is available at the
Corporate Governance section of the Companys website at
http://www.irobot.com.
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
The nominating and corporate governance committee of the board
of directors currently consists of Dr. Gansler, and
Messrs. Meekin and McNamee, each of which is an independent
director within the meaning of the director independence
standards of NASDAQ and the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including Rule 10A-3(b)(1) under the Exchange Act.
Dr. Gansler serves as the chairman of
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the nominating and corporate governance committee. The
nominating and corporate governance committees
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recommending to the board the persons to be nominated for
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The nominating and corporate governance committee met two
(2) times during the fiscal year ended December 31,
2005. The nominating and corporate governance committee operates
under a written charter adopted by the board of directors, a
current copy of which is available at the Corporate Governance
section of the Companys website at
http://www.irobot.com.
COMPENSATION AND OTHER INFORMATION
CONCERNING DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider
Participation
During 2005, Messrs. McNamee and Meekin, and
Dr. Chwang served as members of the compensation committee.
No member of the compensation committee was an employee or
former employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or
had any relationship with the Company requiring disclosure
herein.
During the last year, no executive officer of the Company served
as: (i) a member of the compensation committee (or other
committee of the board of directors performing equivalent
functions or, in the absence of any such committee, the entire
board of directors) of another entity, one of whose executive
officers served on the compensation committee of the Company;
(ii) a director of another entity, one of whose executive
officers served on the compensation committee of the Company; or
(iii) a member of the compensation committee (or other
committee of the board of directors performing equivalent
functions or, in the absence of any such committee, the entire
board of directors) of another entity, one of whose executive
officers served as a director of the Company.
Compensation of Directors
Beginning January 1, 2006, each non-employee member of our
board of directors is entitled to receive an annual retainer of
$30,000. In addition, each non-employee director serving on the
audit committee, compensation committee and nominating and
corporate governance committee is entitled to an annual retainer
of $10,000, $7,500 and $5,000, respectively, and the chair of
each such committee is entitled to an additional annual retainer
of $10,000, $7,500 and $5,000, respectively. Each non-employee
director may elect in advance to defer the receipt of these cash
fees. During the deferral period, the cash fees will be deemed
invested in stock units. The deferred compensation will be
settled in shares of our common stock upon the termination of
service of the director or such other time as may have been
previously elected by the director. The shares will be issued
from our 2005 Stock Option and Incentive Plan.
Each newly-elected, non-employee director will also be entitled
to a one-time stock option award to
purchase 40,000 shares of common stock upon such
directors election to the board, which will vest in five
equal annual installments commencing on the anniversary date of
such grant. In addition, each non-employee director will receive
an annual stock option award to purchase 10,000 shares
of common stock
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on the date of each annual meeting of stockholders, which will
vest in three equal annual installments commencing on the
anniversary date of such grant. All such options will be granted
at the fair market value on the date of the award. All of our
directors are reimbursed for reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses
incurred in attending meetings of the board of directors.
Executive Compensation Summary
The following table sets forth summary compensation information
for the Companys chief executive officer and the four
other most highly compensated executive officers:
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
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Colin Angle
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2005 |
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246,154 |
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138,780 |
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6,300 |
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Chief Executive
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234,520 |
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151,914 |
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71,741 |
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6,150 |
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Officer and Director |
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Helen Greiner
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2005 |
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246,154 |
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138,780 |
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6,300 |
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Chairman of the Board
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2004 |
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234,512 |
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135,804 |
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71,741 |
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6,150 |
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Geoffrey P. Clear
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2005 |
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238,617 |
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62,700 |
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15,000 |
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6,300 |
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Senior Vice President,
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2004 |
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240,757 |
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67,237 |
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24,169 |
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6,150 |
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Gregory F. White
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2005 |
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266,922 |
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114,620 |
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6,300 |
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Executive Vice
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260,467 |
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131,705 |
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443,280 |
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6,150 |
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President and General Manager |
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Joseph W. Dyer
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2005 |
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255,385 |
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110,370 |
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6,300 |
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Executive Vice
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2004 |
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239,701 |
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104,547 |
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41,251 |
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420,000 |
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6,150 |
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(1) |
Excludes medical, group life insurance and certain other
benefits received by the named executive officers that are
available generally to all of our salaried employees and certain
prerequisites and other personal benefits received by the named
executive officers which do not exceed the lesser of $50,000 or
10% of any such named executive officers total annual
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Represents 401(k) matching contributions. |
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Option Grants in Last Fiscal Year
The following table sets forth each grant of stock options made
during the year ended December 31, 2005. Grants to each
named executive officer were made pursuant to the Companys
Amended and Restated 1994 Stock Plan, Amended and Restated 2001
Stock Option Plan and Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Option and
Incentive Plan if prior to November 8, 2005 and pursuant to
the Companys 2005 Stock Option and Incentive Plan if after
November 8, 2005. The option grants listed below were made
at exercise prices equal to the fair market value of our common
stock on the date of grant, as determined by our board of
directors. The potential realizable value, if applicable, is
calculated based on the term of the option at its time of grant,
which is ten years. This value is net of exercise prices and
before taxes, and is based on our November 2005 initial public
offering price of $24.00 per share and the assumption that
our common stock appreciates at the annual rate shown,
compounded annually, from the date of grant until its expiration
date. These numbers are calculated based on Securities and
Exchange Commission requirements and do not reflect our
projection or estimate of future stock price growth. Actual
gains, if any, on stock option exercises will depend on the
future performance of the common stock and the date on which the
options are exercised.
In general, options granted to new employees in 2005 vest over
five years, with 20% vesting on each anniversary of the grant
date.
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Helen Greiner
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Gregory F. White
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Joseph W. Dyer
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Aggregate Option Exercises and Year-End Values
The following table sets forth, for each of the named executive
officers, information with respect to the exercise of stock
options during the year ended December 31, 2005, and the
year-end value of unexercised options.
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136,539 |
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86,539 |
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227,598 |
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Amounts disclosed in this column were calculated based on the
difference between the fair market value of the Companys
common stock on the date of exercise and the exercise price of
the options in accordance with regulations promulgated under the
Exchange Act. |
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Value is based on the difference between the option exercise
price and the fair market value at December 30, 2005, the
last trading day before the fiscal year-end ($33.33 per
share), multiplied by the number of shares underlying the option. |
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Report of the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors on Executive Compensation
No portion of this compensation committee report shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, through any general statement
incorporating by reference in its entirety the proxy statement
in which this report appears, except to the extent that the
Company specifically incorporates this report or a portion of it
by reference. In addition, this report shall not be deemed filed
under either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
This report is submitted by the compensation committee of the
board of directors, which administered the Companys
executive compensation program during the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2005. The compensation committee currently
consists of Messrs. McNamee and Meekin, and
Dr. Chwang. The board of directors has determined that each
member of the compensation committee meets the independence
requirements promulgated by NASDAQ and the Securities and
Exchange Commission. The compensation committee reviews and
approves all officer salaries, bonuses and stock option grants.
Overview and Philosophy. The Companys compensation
programs are designed to achieve the following objectives:
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to provide competitive compensation that attracts, motivates and
retains the best talent and the highest caliber executives to
serve the Company and help it to achieve its strategic
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to align managements interest with the success of the
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to connect a significant portion of the total potential cash
compensation paid to executives to the annual financial
performance of the Company or the division, region or segment of
the Companys business for which an executive has
management responsibility by basing cash incentive compensation
to corresponding financial targets; |
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to align managements interest with the interests of
stockholders through long-term equity incentives; and |
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to provide management with performance goals that are directly
linked to the Companys annual plan for growth and profit. |
Compensation Evaluation Processes and Criteria. The
compensation committee reviews the compensation packages for its
executive officers, including an analysis of all elements of
compensation separately and in the aggregate. In establishing
compensation levels for each of the Companys executive
officers, the compensation committee has the authority to engage
the services of outside experts to assist it.
To identify compensation practices among other technology
companies, the compensation committee surveys the executive
compensation practices of the Companys peer group and of
the robotics industry overall.
In determining the amount and mix of compensation elements, the
compensation committee relies upon its judgment about each
individual executive officer and not on rigid
formulas or short-term changes in business performance. In
setting compensation levels for executives in fiscal 2005, the
compensation committee considered many factors, including, but
not limited to:
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responsibilities, |
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future expectations, |
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the performance and experience of each individual; |
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past salary levels of each individual and of the executives as a
group, |
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the amount of base salary in the context of the executive
officers total compensation and other benefits, |
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for each executive officer, other than the chief executive
officer, the evaluations and recommendations of the chief
executive officer, and |
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the competitiveness of the compensation packages relative to the
selected benchmarks as highlighted by the independent
compensation consultants analysis. |
Components of Compensation. Compensation under the
executive compensation program is composed of cash compensation
in the form of base salary and cash incentive bonuses and
long-term incentive awards in the form of stock-based awards
pursuant to the Companys 2005 Stock Option and Incentive
Plan. In addition, the compensation program includes various
benefits, such as medical and insurance plans, the
Companys 401(k) Plan and employee stock purchase plan. The
Company also enters into executive agreements with its executive
officers providing for certain severance benefits which may be
triggered as a result of the termination of such officers
employment under certain circumstances.
Base Salary. Salary levels for each of the
Companys executive officers are generally targeted at the
50th percentile
of salaries that the compensation committee believes are paid to
executive officers with comparable qualifications, experience
and responsibilities at the benchmarked companies and within the
overall robotics industry. Each year the compensation committee
reviews variances between the salary levels for each of the
Companys executive officers and those of the companies
included in the selected benchmarks and determines, in its
discretion, individual salary adjustments after considering the
factors described above, although no relative weights or
rankings are assigned to these factors.
Cash Incentive Compensation. Cash incentives are
generally targeted at the
50th percentile
of similar cash incentives provided to officers in similar
positions at companies included in the selected benchmarks. To
provide cash incentive compensation, the compensation committee
adopted the 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan for the benefit of
the executives covered by the 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan.
Participants in the 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan received
cash incentive bonuses in respect of fiscal 2005 based upon the
achievement of specific financial goals, which included targets
based on reported revenue, pre-tax earnings and product margin.
Long Term Incentives. When establishing stock
option grant levels for executive officers, the compensation
committee considers the existing levels of stock ownership among
such executive officers relative to each other and to the
employees of the Company as a whole, previous grants of stock
options to such executive officers, the Companys stock
option overhang and targeted stock-option burn rates
and vesting schedules of previously granted options in addition
to the factors described above. Options granted in fiscal 2005
to the Companys executives were granted at an exercise
price per share equal to the market value of the common stock on
the date of each grant.
Other Benefits. The Company also has various
broad-based employee benefit plans. Executive officers
participate in these plans on the same terms as eligible,
non-executive employees, subject to any legal limits on the
amounts that may be contributed or paid to executive officers
under these plans. The Company offers a 401(k) plan, which
allows employees to invest in a wide array of funds on a pre-tax
basis. The Company also maintains insurance and other benefit
plans for its employees. Executive officers receive higher life,
accidental death and dismemberment and disability insurance
benefits than other employees. In addition, one executive
officer receives amounts allocable to use of Company apartment.
The Company also enters into executive agreements with its
executive officers providing for certain severance benefits
which may be triggered as a result of the termination of such
officers employment under certain circumstances.
Chief Executive Officer Compensation. The compensation
committee determines compensation for the Companys Chief
Executive Officer using the same factors it uses for other
executives, placing relatively less emphasis on base salary, and
instead, creating greater performance based opportunities
through long term and cash incentive compensation. In assessing
the compensation paid to the Companys
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chief executive officer, the compensation committee relies on
both information from the Companys selected benchmarks and
its judgment with respect to the factors described above.
In addition, the compensation committee uses a formal evaluation
process, which includes meetings held in executive session, to
help assess the performance of the chief executive officer. This
process consists of annual evaluations conducted by each member
of the board of directors of the Company measured against the
personal performance objectives and targets established at the
beginning of the year by the chief executive officer and the
compensation committee. Following the annual evaluation of the
chief executive officers performance, the compensation
committee reviews the chief executive officers total
compensation package, including base salary, cash incentive
compensation and stock-based compensation, as described below.
The board of directors actively participates in the process of
assessing the chief executive officers performance and in
setting his compensation based on those assessments.
Fiscal year 2005 was a year of continued progress and
accomplishments across a number of areas important to
strengthening the foundation for the Companys future
growth and long-term success. Under Colin Angles
leadership, the Company improved its results of operations. In
fiscal year 2005, Mr. Angle received salary compensation of
$246,154. The increase in Mr. Angles annual salary
from $234,520 in 2004 to $246,154 was based on the compensation
committees consideration of the factors described above.
Additionally, the decision to increase Mr. Angles
base salary was based on the compensation committees
assessment that Mr. Angles 2004 salary was below the
market median salary for chief executive officers whose
companies were included in the selected benchmarks and that it
would be appropriate to more closely align Mr. Angles
salary with the
50th percentile
of such benchmarks.
For fiscal 2005, Mr. Angle was awarded a cash bonus of
$138,780, a decrease from his 2004 bonus of $151,914.
Mr. Angles 2005 bonus was determined and awarded in
accordance with the criteria outlined in the 2005 Incentive
Compensation Plan.
Tax Deductibility of Executive Compensation. In general,
under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the Code), the Company cannot deduct,
for federal income tax purposes, compensation in excess of
$1,000,000 paid to certain executive officers. This deduction
limitation does not apply, however, to compensation that
constitutes qualified performance-based compensation
within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and the
regulations promulgated thereunder. The Company has considered
the limitations on deductions imposed by Section 162(m) of
the Code and it is the Companys present intention, for so
long as it is consistent with its overall compensation
objective, to structure executive compensation to minimize
application of the deduction limitations of Section 162(m)
of the Code.
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Respectfully submitted by the Compensation Committee, |
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George McNamee (chairman) |
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Peter Meekin |
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Ronald Chwang |
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Report of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors
No portion of this audit committee report shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference into any filing under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, through any general statement
incorporating by reference in its entirety the proxy statement
in which this report appears, except to the extent that the
Company specifically incorporates this report or a portion of it
by reference. In addition, this report shall not be deemed filed
under either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
This report is submitted by the audit committee of the board of
directors. The audit committee currently consists of
Messrs. Geisser (chairman), McNamee and Meekin. None of the
members of the audit committee is an officer or employee of the
Company, and the board of directors has determined that each
member of the audit committee meets the independence
requirements promulgated by NASDAQ and the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including Rule 10A-3(b)(1) under the
Exchange Act. Mr. Geisser is an audit committee
financial expert as is currently defined under SEC rules.
The audit committee operates under a written charter adopted by
the board of directors.
The audit committee oversees the Companys accounting and
financial reporting processes on behalf of the board of
directors. The Companys management has the primary
responsibility for the financial statements, for maintaining
effective internal control over financial reporting, and for
assessing the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting. In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, the
audit committee has reviewed and discussed with management the
Companys consolidated financial statements for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2005, including a discussion of,
among other things, the quality of the Companys accounting
principles, the reasonableness of significant estimates and
judgments, and the clarity of disclosures in the Companys
financial statements.
The audit committee also reviewed with PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, the Companys independent registered public accounting
firm, the results of their audit and discussed matters required
to be discussed by the Statement on Auditing Standards
No. 61 (Communications with Audit and Finance
Committees), as currently in effect, other standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, rules of the
Securities and Exchange Commission and other applicable
regulations. The audit committee has reviewed permitted services
under rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission as
currently in effect and discussed with PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP their independence from management and the Company,
including the matters in the written disclosures and the letter
from the independent registered public accounting firm required
by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1
(Independence Discussions with Audit and Finance
Committees), as currently in effect, and has considered and
discussed the compatibility of non-audit services provided by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP with that firms independence.
The audit committee meets with the independent registered public
accounting firm, with and without management present, to discuss
the results of their examinations; their evaluations of the
Companys internal control, including internal control over
financial reporting; and the overall quality of the
Companys financial reporting.
Based on its review of the financial statements and the
aforementioned discussions, the audit committee concluded that
it would be reasonable to recommend, and on that basis did
recommend, to the board of directors that the audited financial
statements be included in the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2005.
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The audit committee has also evaluated the performance of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, including, among other things, the
amount of fees paid to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for audit and
non-audit services in 2005. Information about
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPs fees for 2005 is discussed
below in this proxy statement under
Proposal III Ratification of
Appointment of Independent Registered Public
Accountants. Based on its evaluation, the audit
committee has recommended that the Company retain
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the Companys
independent registered public accounting firm for the 2006
fiscal year.
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Respectfully submitted by the Audit Committee, |
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Andrea Geisser (chairman) |
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George McNamee |
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Peter Meekin |
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Certain Business Relationships and Related Transactions
Other than compensation agreements and other arrangements which
are described in Compensation and Other Information
Concerning Directors and Officers and the transactions
described below, in 2005, there has not been, and there is not
currently proposed, any transaction or series of similar
transactions to which we were or will be a party in which the
amount involved exceeded or will exceed $60,000 and in which any
director, executive officer, holder of five percent or more of
any class of our capital stock or any member of their immediate
family had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.
Transactions with our Executive Officers and Directors
In March 2006, the Company entered into executive agreements
with each of its executive officers. The executive agreements
provide for severance payments equal to 50% of such
officers annual base salary, as well as certain continued
health benefits, in the event that the Company terminates his or
her employment other than for cause. In addition, these
executive agreements provide that if the Company experiences a
change in control and the employment of such officer is
terminated without cause, or if such officer terminates his or
her employment for certain reasons including a substantial
reduction in salary or bonus or geographic movement during the
one-year period following the change in control, then all
unvested stock options held by such officer become fully-vested
and immediately exercisable and such officer is entitled to
severance payments equal to 100% of his or her annual base
salary and 50% of such officers annual bonus, as well as
certain continued health benefits. The agreements also provide
that all options granted to each officer under the
Companys Amended and Restated 1994 Stock Plan, Amended and
Restated 2001 Special Stock Option Plan, Amended and Restated
2004 Stock Option and Incentive Plan and 2005 Stock Option and
Incentive Plan, as applicable, will have their vesting
accelerated by 25% upon a change in control.
In January 1997, the Company entered into employment agreements
with each of Mr. Angle and Ms. Greiner that provide
for certain salary, bonus and severance compensation. In
February 2004, the Company entered into an employment agreement
with Mr. Dyer that provides for certain salary, bonus and
severance compensation. Each of these employment agreements was
terminated upon the execution of executive agreements by
Ms. Greiner and Messrs. Angle and Dyer.
From time to time, the Companys executive officers enter
into stock restriction agreements upon the exercise of their
option grants.
The Company entered into indemnification agreements with each of
its executive officers and directors, providing for
indemnification against expenses and liabilities reasonably
incurred in connection with their service for us on our behalf.
On December 30, 2002, the Company entered into an
independent contractor agreement with Dr. Rodney Brooks,
which shall continue until terminated by either party upon
60 days written notice. Pursuant and subject to the
agreement, Dr. Brooks has received an annual bonus of
$66,600 for 2005. If the Company terminates the agreement,
Dr. Brooks will be entitled to twelve months severance.
The Company employed Timothy E. Angle, one of
Mr. Angles siblings, as a web designer and media
specialist and paid Mr. Angle $62,828.62 in 2005.
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Stock Performance Graph
The following graph sets forth the total cumulative stockholder
return on our common stock since our common stock began trading
on the NASDAQ National Market on November 9, 2005 as
compared to the NASDAQ and the NASDAQ Computer & Data
Processing Stock Index. This graph assumes a $100 investment in
the Companys common stock at our initial public offering
closing price of $26.70 per share. Historical stock
performance is not necessarily indicative of future price
performance.
COMPARISON OF CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN*
AMONG IROBOT CORPORATION, THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET (U.S.)
INDEX
AND THE NASDAQ COMPUTER & DATA PROCESSING INDEX
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$100 invested on 11/9/05 in stock or on 10/31/05 in
index-including reinvestment of dividends. Fiscal year ending
December 31. |
The stock price performance shown on the graph above is not
necessarily indicative of future price performance. Information
used in the graph was obtained from Research Data Group, Inc. a
source believed to be reliable, but the Company is not
responsible for any errors or omissions in such information. No
portions of this graph shall be deemed incorporated by reference
into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, through any
general statement incorporating by reference in its entirety the
Proxy Statement in which this graph appears, except to the
extent that the Company specifically incorporates this graph or
a portion of it by reference. In addition, this graph shall not
be deemed filed under either the Securities Act or the Exchange
Act.
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PROPOSAL 2
RATIFICATION OF THE 2005 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
2005 Stock Option and Incentive Plan
Prior to our initial public offering, the board of directors and
the Companys stockholders approved the 2005 Stock Option
and Incentive Plan (the 2005 Option Plan). Under
pertinent IRS regulations, grants made to Covered
Employees (as defined in Section 162(m) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
Code)) under the 2005 Option Plan prior to the
earlier of (i) the material modification of the 2005 Option
Plan or (ii) our 2009 annual stockholders meeting
(the Reliance Period) are not subject to the cap on
the Companys tax deduction imposed by Section 162(m)
of the Code of 1986 with respect to compensation in excess of
$1,000,000 per Covered Employee in any year. The board of
directors seeks stockholders ratification of the 2005
Option Plan so that certain grants made to Covered Employees
under the 2005 Option Plan, including stock options, stock
appreciation rights, and restricted stock and deferred stock
subject to performance-based vesting, will continue to qualify
as performance-based compensation under
Section 162(m) of the Code beyond the Reliance Period and
therefore be exempt from the cap on the Companys tax
deduction imposed by Section 162(m) of the Code. If the
stockholders do not ratify the 2005 Option Plan, the Company
will either not make grants to Covered Employees under the 2005
Option Plan after the Reliance Period or seek stockholder
approval of a new stock plan before the end of the Reliance
Period.
The material features of the 2005 Option Plan are:
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In connection with the 2005 Option Plan, 1,583,682 shares
of the Companys common stock have been initially reserved
for the issuance of awards under the 2005 Option Plan. The 2005
Option Plan provides that the number of shares reserved and
available for issuance thereunder will automatically increase
each January 1, beginning in 2007, by 4.5% of the
outstanding number of shares of the Companys common stock
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The shares issued by the Company under the 2005 Option Plan will
be authorized but unissued shares. The shares underlying any
awards that are forfeited, canceled, expire or are terminated
(other than by exercise) under the Amended and Restated 1994
Stock Plan, the Amended and Restated 2001 Special Stock Option
Plan and the Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Option and
Incentive Plan (the Old Plans) and the 2005 Option
Plan are added back to the shares available for issuance under
the 2005 Option Plan. Shares tendered or held back upon exercise
of an option or settlement of an award granted under the 2005
Option Plan to cover the exercise price or tax withholding are
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The award of stock options (both incentive and non-qualified
options), stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, and
deferred stock is permitted; |
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Any material amendment (other than an amendment that curtails
the scope of the 2005 Option Plan) is subject to approval by the
Companys stockholders; and |
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The 2005 Option Plan is administered by the compensation
committee of the board of directors. The compensation committee
has full power and authority to select the participants to whom
awards will be granted, to make any combination of awards to
participants, to accelerate the exercisability or vesting of any
award and to determine the specific terms and conditions of each
award, subject to the provisions of the 2005 Option Plan. |
Based solely on the closing price of the Companys common
stock as reported on the NASDAQ National Market on
March 31, 2006 and the maximum number of shares that would
have been available for awards as of such date (and assuming
that no outstanding awards under the Old Plans and the 2005
Option Plan are forfeited, cancelled or terminated as of such
date), the maximum aggregate market value of the shares that
could potentially be issued under the 2005 Option Plan is
$31,641,237.
To ensure that certain awards granted under the 2005 Option
Plan, including awards of restricted stock and deferred stock,
to a Covered Employee qualify as performance-based
compensation under
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Section 162(m) of the Code, the 2005 Option Plan provides
that the compensation committee may require that the vesting of
such awards be conditioned on the satisfaction of performance
criteria related to objectives of the Company or of a
subsidiary, division, operating unit or business segment of the
Company or subsidiary in which the relevant participant is
employed, such as: (i) the Companys return on equity,
assets, capital or investment; (ii) pre-tax or after-tax
profit levels of the Company or any subsidiary, a division, an
operating unit or a business segment of the Company, or any
combination of the foregoing; (iii) cash flow, funds from
operations or similar measure; (iv) total stockholder
return; (v) changes in the market price of the
Companys common stock; (vi) sales or market share; or
(viii) earnings per share. The compensation committee will
select the particular performance criteria within 90 days
following the commencement of a performance cycle. Subject to
adjustments for stock splits and similar events, no more than
2,500,000 shares may be granted to any one individual
during any one fiscal year.
The board of directors believes that it is important to maintain
the Companys flexibility to make awards to Covered
Employees beyond the Reliance Period and to preserve the
Companys tax deduction for such awards that qualify as
performance-based compensation under
Section 162(m) of the Code.
Recommendation of the Board
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE
FOR
THE RATIFICATION OF THE 2005 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE
PLAN.
Summary of the 2005 Option Plan
The following description of certain features of the 2005 Option
Plan is intended to be a summary only. The summary is qualified
in its entirety by the full text of the 2005 Option Plan that is
attached hereto as Appendix II.
Plan Administration. The compensation committee
has full power and authority to select the participants to whom
awards will be granted, to make any combination of awards to
participants, to accelerate the exercisability or vesting of any
award and to determine the specific terms and conditions of each
award, subject to the provisions of the 2005 Option Plan. The
compensation committee may delegate to any executive officer of
the Company all or part of the compensation committees
authority and duties with respect to the granting of awards to
employees who are not subject to the reporting and other
provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or Covered
Employees.
Eligibility and Limitations on Grants. Persons
eligible to participate in the 2005 Option Plan will be those
officers, employees, directors and other key persons (including
consultants and prospective employees) of the Company and its
subsidiaries as selected from time to time by the compensation
committee. Approximately 311 individuals are currently eligible
to participate in the 2005 Option Plan.
No individual may be granted an award to purchase more than
2,500,000 shares in any one fiscal year.
Stock Options. The 2005 Option Plan permits the
granting of (1) stock options intended to qualify as
incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Code and
(2) stock options that do not so qualify. Options granted
under the 2005 Option Plan will be non-qualified options if they
fail to qualify as incentive options or exceed the annual limit
on incentive stock options. Non-qualified options may be granted
to any persons eligible to receive incentive options and to
non-employee directors and key persons. The option exercise
price of each option will be determined by the compensation
committee but may not be less than 100% of the fair market value
of the Companys common stock on the date of grant. The
maximum number of shares that can be granted in the form of
incentive stock options cannot exceed 10,000,000 shares.
The term of each option will be fixed by the compensation
committee and may not exceed ten years from the date of grant.
The compensation committee will determine at what time or times
each option may be exercised. Options may be made exercisable in
installments and the exercisability of options may
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be accelerated by the compensation committee. Options may be
exercised in whole or in part with written notice to the Company.
Upon exercise of options, the option exercise price must be paid
in full either in cash, by certified or bank check or other
instrument acceptable to the compensation committee, or by
delivery (or attestation to the ownership) of shares that are
beneficially owned by the optionee. Subject to applicable law,
the exercise price may also be delivered to the Company by a
cashless exercise through a broker pursuant to
irrevocable instructions to the broker from the optionee.
To qualify as incentive options, options must meet additional
federal tax requirements, including a $100,000 limit on the
value of shares subject to incentive options that first become
exercisable by a participant in any one fiscal year.
Stock Appreciation Rights. The compensation
committee may award a stock appreciation right either as a
freestanding award or in tandem with a stock option. The
compensation committee may award stock appreciation rights
subject to such conditions and restrictions as the compensation
committee may determine, provided that (1) upon exercise of
a stock appreciation right granted in tandem with an option, the
applicable portion of any related option shall be surrendered
and (2) stock appreciation rights granted in tandem with
options are exercisable at such time or times and to the extent
that the related stock options are exercisable.
Restricted Stock. The compensation committee may
award shares to participants subject to such conditions and
restrictions as the compensation committee may determine. These
conditions and restrictions may include the achievement of
certain performance goals (as summarized above) and/or continued
employment with the Company through a specified restricted
period.
Deferred Stock. The compensation committee may
award deferred stock units to participants. Deferred stock units
are ultimately payable in the form of shares and may be subject
to such conditions and restrictions as the compensation
committee may determine. These conditions and restrictions may
include the achievement of certain performance goals (as
summarized above) and/or continued employment with the Company
through a specified vesting period. In the compensation
committees sole discretion and subject to the
participants compliance with the procedures established by
the compensation committee and requirements of Section 409A
of the Code, it may permit a participant to make an advance
election to receive a portion of his or her future cash
compensation otherwise due in the form of a deferred stock unit
award.
Tax Withholding. Participants in the 2005 Option
Plan are responsible for the payment of any Federal, state or
local taxes that the Company is required by law to withhold upon
any option exercise or vesting of other awards. Participants may
elect to have the minimum tax withholding obligations satisfied
either by authorizing the Company to withhold shares to be
issued pursuant to an option exercise or other award, making a
cash payment to the Company or subject to approval by the
compensation committee, by transferring to the Company shares
having a value equal to the amount of such taxes.
Change in Control Provisions. The 2005 Option Plan
provides that in the event of a sale of the Company by merger in
which the stockholders of the Company in their capacity as such
no longer own a majority of the outstanding equity securities of
the Company (or its successor), or any sale of all or
substantially all of the assets or capital stock of the Company
(other than in a spin-off or similar transaction), or any other
acquisition of the business of the Company, as determined by the
board of directors, our board of directors or the board of
directors of the surviving or acquiring entity will, as to
outstanding awards, make appropriate provision for the
continuation of such awards by the Company or the assumption of
such awards by the surviving or acquiring entity and by
substituting on an equitable basis for the shares then subject
to such awards.
Alternatively, with respect to outstanding options and stock
appreciation rights, our board of directors may, upon written
notice, provide that one or more options and stock appreciation
rights then outstanding must be exercised, in whole or in part,
within a specified number of days of the date of such notice, at
the end of which period such options and stock appreciation
rights will terminate, or provide that one or more
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options and stock appreciation rights then outstanding, in whole
or in part, will be terminated in exchange for a cash payment
equal to the excess of the fair market value (as determined by
the board of directors in its sole discretion) for the shares
subject to such options and stock appreciation rights over the
exercise price thereof. Prior to terminating any portion of an
option or stock appreciation right that is not vested or
exercisable, the board of directors will provide for full
vesting.
Amendments and Termination. The board of directors
may at any time amend or discontinue the 2005 Option Plan and
the compensation committee may at any time amend or cancel any
outstanding award for the purpose of satisfying changes in the
law or for any other lawful purpose. However, no such action may
adversely affect any rights under any outstanding award without
the holders consent. Any amendments that materially change
the terms of the 2005 Option Plan, including any amendments that
increase the number of shares reserved for issuance under the
2005 Option Plan, expand the types of awards available,
materially expand the eligibility to participate in, or
materially extend the term of, the 2005 Option Plan, or
materially change the method of determining the fair market
value of the Companys common stock, will be subject to
approval by stockholders. Amendments shall also be subject to
approval by the Companys stockholders if and to the extent
determined by the compensation committee to be required by the
Code to preserve the qualified status of incentive options or to
ensure that compensation earned under the 2005 Option Plan
qualifies as performance-based compensation under
Section 162(m) of the Code. In addition, except in
connection with a reorganization or other similar change in the
capital stock of the Company or a merger or other transaction,
the compensation committee may not reduce the exercise price of
an outstanding stock option or stock appreciation right or
effect repricing of an outstanding stock option or stock
appreciation right through cancellation or regrants.
Duration of 2005 Option Plan
The Board adopted the 2005 Option Plan on September 28,
2005, and the 2005 Option Plan became effective on
October 1, 2005, the date it was approved by stockholders.
Awards of incentive options may be granted under the 2005 Option
Plan until 10 years from the date the 2005 Option Plan was
approved by the board of directors. No other awards may be
granted under the 2005 Option Plan after the date that is
10 years from the date of stockholder approval.
Vote Required
The vote required for the ratification of the 2005 Option Plan
is the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares cast (in
person or by proxy) and entitled to vote on the proposal. An
abstention from voting on the proposal will have the effect of a
no vote.
2005 Option Plan Benefits
The number of shares that may be granted to the Companys
chief executive officer, executive officers, non-employee
directors and non-executive officers under the 2005 Option Plan
is not determinable at this time, as such grants are subject to
the discretion of the compensation committee. The following
table provides information with respect to the number of shares
granted under the 2005 Option Plan for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2005.
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Ronald Chwang, Director
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960,000 |
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40,000 |
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$ |
24.00 |
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Andrea Geisser, Director
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$ |
960,000 |
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40,000 |
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$ |
24.00 |
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George McNamee, Director
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$ |
960,000 |
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40,000 |
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24.00 |
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Peter Meekin, Director
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960,000 |
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40,000 |
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24.00 |
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Equity Compensation Plan Information
The Company maintains the following four equity compensation
plans under which our equity securities are authorized for
issuance to our employees and/or directors: Amended and Restated
1994 Stock Plan; Amended and Restated 2001 Special Stock Option
Plan; Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Option and Incentive plan;
and 2005 Stock Option and Incentive Plan. Each of the foregoing
compensation plans was approved by our stockholder. The
following table presents information about these plans as of
December 31, 2005.
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Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
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3,271,484 |
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5.002 |
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3,271,484 |
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5.002 |
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No further grants are being made under the Amended and Restated
1994 Stock Plan, the Amended and Restated 2001 Special Stock
Option Plan and the Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Option and
Incentive plan.
Tax Aspects Under the Code
The following is a summary of the principal federal income tax
consequences of certain transactions under the 2005 Option Plan.
It does not describe all federal tax consequences under the 2005
Option Plan, nor does it describe state or local tax
consequences.
Incentive Options. No taxable income is generally
realized by the optionee upon the grant or exercise of an
incentive option. If shares issued to an optionee pursuant to
the exercise of an incentive option are sold or transferred
after two years from the date of grant and after one year from
the date of exercise, then (1) upon sale of such shares,
any amount realized in excess of the option price (the amount
paid for the shares) will be taxed to the optionee as a
long-term capital gain, and any loss sustained will be a
long-term capital loss, and (2) there will be no deduction
for the Company for federal income tax purposes. The exercise of
an incentive option will give rise to an item of tax preference
that may result in alternative minimum tax liability for the
optionee.
If shares acquired upon the exercise of an incentive option are
disposed of prior to the expiration of the two-year and one-year
holding periods described above (a disqualifying
disposition), generally (a) the optionee will realize
ordinary income in the year of disposition in an amount equal to
the excess (if any) of the fair market value of the shares at
exercise (or, if less, the amount realized on a sale of such
shares ) over the option price thereof, and (b) the Company
will be entitled to deduct such amount. Special rules will apply
where all or a portion of the exercise price of the incentive
option is paid by tendering shares.
If an incentive option is exercised at a time when it no longer
qualifies for the tax treatment described above (e.g., if the
holding periods described above are not satisfied), the option
is treated as a non-qualified option. In addition, an incentive
option will not be eligible for the tax treatment described
above if it is exercised more than three months following
termination of employment (or one year in the case of
termination of employment by reason of disability). In the case
of termination of employment by reason of death, the three-month
rule does not apply.
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Non-Qualified Options. No income is realized by
the optionee at the time the option is granted. Generally
(i) at exercise, ordinary income is realized by the
optionee in an amount equal to the difference between the option
price and the fair market value of the shares on the date of
exercise, and the Company receives a tax deduction for the same
amount, and (ii) at disposition, appreciation or
depreciation after the date of exercise is treated as either
short-term or long-term capital gain or loss depending on how
long the shares have been held. Special rules will apply where
all or a portion of the exercise price of the non-qualified
option is paid by tendering shares. Upon exercise, the optionee
will also be subject to Social Security taxes on the excess of
the fair market value over the exercise price of the option.
Parachute Payments
The vesting of any portion of an option or other award that is
accelerated due to the occurrence of a change in control may
cause a portion of the payments with respect to such accelerated
awards to be treated as parachute payments as
defined in the Code. Any such parachute payments may be
non-deductible to the Company, in whole or in part, and may
subject the recipient to a non-deductible 20% federal excise tax
on all or a portion of such payment (in addition to other taxes
ordinarily payable).
Limitation on the Companys Deductions
As a result of Section 162(m) of the Code, the
Companys deduction for certain awards under the 2005
Option Plan may be limited to the extent that the Chief
Executive Officer or other executive officer whose compensation
is required to be reported in the summary compensation table
receives compensation in excess of $1,000,000 a year (other than
performance-based compensation that otherwise meets the
requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code). Grants under
the 2005 Option Plan through the Reliance Period is exempt from
the cap imposed by Section 162(m) of the Code. If
stockholders approve Proposal 2, certain grants under the
2005 Option Plan, including stock options, stock appreciation
rights, and restricted stock and deferred stock units subject to
performance vesting, will qualify as performance-based
compensation after the Reliance Period.
PROPOSAL 3
RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
The audit committee of the board of directors has retained the
firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered
public accountants, to serve as independent registered public
accountants for its 2006 fiscal year. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
has served as the Companys independent registered public
accounting firm since 1999. The audit committee reviewed and
discussed its selection of, and the performance of,
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for its 2006 fiscal year. As a matter
of good corporate governance, the audit committee has determined
to submit its selection to stockholders for ratification. If the
selection of registered public accountants is ratified, the
audit committee in its discretion may select a different
independent registered public accounting firm at any time during
the year if it determines that such a change would be in the
best interests of the Company and its stockholders.
The audit committee of the board of directors has implemented
procedures under the Companys audit committee pre-approval
policy for audit and non-audit services (the Pre-Approval
Policy) to ensure that all audit and permitted non-audit
services to be provided to the Company have been pre-approved by
the audit committee. Specifically, the audit committee
pre-approves the use of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for specific
audit and non-audit services, within approved monetary limits.
If a proposed service has not been pre-approved pursuant to the
Pre-Approval Policy, then it must be specifically pre-approved
by the audit committee before it may be provided by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Any pre-approved services
exceeding the pre-approved monetary limits require specific
approval by the audit committee. For additional information
concerning the audit committee and its activities with
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, see The board of directors and
its Committees and Report of the Audit Committee of
the Board of Directors.
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Representatives of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP attended six
(6) out of the seven (7) in-person meetings of the
audit committee in 2005. We expect that a representative of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP will attend the annual meeting, and
the representative will have an opportunity to make a statement
if he or she so desires. The representative will also be
available to respond to appropriate questions from stockholders.
Fees Billed by PwC
The following table shows the aggregate fees for professional
services rendered by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to the Company
during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2005 and
December 31, 2004.
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Audit Fees
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733,180 |
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131,937 |
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Audit-Related Fees
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8,500 |
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Tax Fees
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26,130 |
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All Other Fees
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3,000 |
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Total
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770,810 |
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131,937 |
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includes $527,221 of fees for professional services rendered by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in connection with the Companys
initial public offering. |
Audit Fees for both years consist of fees for professional
services associated with the annual consolidated financial
statements audit, statutory filings, consents and assistance
with and review of documents filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. These fees include $527,221 related to work
performed in connection with our initial public offering.
Consists of fees for accounting consultations and other services
that were reasonably related to the performance of audits or
reviews of our financial statements and were not reported above
under Audit Fees.
Tax Fees consist of fees for professional services rendered for
assistance with federal, state, local and international tax
compliance. The audit committee has determined that the
provision of these services to us by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
is compatible with maintaining their independence.
Recommendation of the Board
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU
VOTE FOR THE RATIFICATION OF
PRICEWATERHOURSECOOPERS LLP AS
iROBOTS INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS FOR
2006.
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OTHER MATTERS
The board of directors knows of no other matters to be brought
before the annual meeting. If any other matters are properly
brought before the annual meeting, the persons appointed in the
accompanying proxy intend to vote the shares represented thereby
in accordance with their best judgment on such matters, under
applicable laws.
STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS
Proposals of stockholders intended for inclusion in the proxy
statement to be furnished to all stockholders entitled to vote
at the 2007 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company,
pursuant to
Rule 14a-8
promulgated under the Exchange Act by the Securities and
Exchange Commission, must be received at the Companys
principal executive offices not later than February 12,
2007. Stockholders who wish to make a proposal at the 2007
annual meeting other than one that will be included
in the Companys proxy statement must notify
the Company between March 21, 2007 and April 20, 2007.
If a stockholder who wishes to present a proposal fails to
notify the Company by February 12, 2007 and such proposal
is brought before the 2007 annual meeting, then under the
Securities and Exchange Commissions proxy rules, the
proxies solicited by management with respect to the 2007 annual
meeting will confer discretionary voting authority with respect
to the stockholders proposal on the persons selected by
management to vote the proxies. If a stockholder makes a timely
notification, the proxies may still exercise discretionary
voting authority under circumstances consistent with the
Securities and Exchange Commissions proxy rules. In order
to curtail controversy as to the date on which a proposal was
received by the Company, it is suggested that proponents submit
their proposals by Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, to
iRobot Corporation, 63 South Avenue, Burlington, Massachusetts
01803, Attention: Secretary.
SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING
COMPLIANCE
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our directors,
executive officers and persons who own more than ten percent of
a registered class of our equity securities to file reports of
ownership and changes in ownership with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Such persons are required by regulations of
the Securities and Exchange Commission to furnish us with copies
of all such filings. Based solely on our review of copies of
such filings we believe that all such persons complied on a
timely basis with all Section 16(a) filing requirements
during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.
EXPENSES AND SOLICITATION
The cost of solicitation of proxies will be borne by the Company
and, in addition to soliciting stockholders by mail through its
regular employees, the Company may request banks, brokers and
other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries to solicit their
customers who have stock of the Company registered in the names
of a nominee and, if so, will reimburse such banks, brokers and
other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for their reasonable
out-of-pocket costs.
Solicitation by officers and employees of the Company may also
be made of some stockholders in person or by mail, telephone,
e-mail or telegraph
following the original solicitation. We may also retain an
independent proxy solicitation firm to assist in the
solicitation of proxies.
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HOUSEHOLDING OF PROXY MATERIALS
Our 2005 Annual Report, including audited financial statements
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, is being
mailed to you along with this proxy statement. In order to
reduce printing and postage costs, ADP Investor Communication
Services has undertaken an effort to deliver only one Annual
Report and one proxy statement to multiple shareholders sharing
an address. This delivery method, called
householding, is not being used, however, if ADP has
received contrary instructions from one or more of the
stockholders sharing an address. If your household has received
only one Annual Report and one proxy statement, the Company will
deliver promptly a separate copy of the Annual Report and the
proxy statement to any shareholder who sends a written request
to iRobot Corporation, 63 South Avenue, Burlington,
Massachusetts 01803, Attention: Secretary, Office of the General
Counsel. If your household is receiving multiple copies of the
Companys Annual Report or proxy statement and you wish to
request delivery of a single copy, you may send a written
request to iRobot Corporation, 63 South Avenue, Burlington,
Massachusetts 01803, Attention: Secretary, Office of the General
Counsel.
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Appendix I
iRobot Corporation
Audit Committee Charter
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General Statement of Purpose |
The purposes of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors
(the Audit Committee) of iRobot Corporation
(the Company) are to:
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oversee the accounting and financial reporting processes of the
Company and the audits of the Companys financial
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take, or recommend that the Board of Directors of the Company
(the Board) take, appropriate action to
oversee the qualifications, independence and performance of the
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prepare the report required by the rules of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the SEC) to be included
in the Companys annual proxy statement. |
The Audit Committee shall consist of at least three
(3) members of the Board, each of whom must (1) be
independent as defined in Rule 4200(a)(15)
under the Marketplace Rules of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD);
(2) meet the criteria for independence set forth in
Rule 10A-3(b)(1) promulgated under Section 10A(m)(3)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
Exchange Act), subject to the exemptions
provided in Rule 10A-3(c) under the Exchange Act; and
(3) not have participated in the preparation of the
financial statements of the Company or a current subsidiary of
the Company at any time during the past three years.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, one director who (1) is not
independent as defined in Rule 4200 under the
Marketplace Rules of the NASD; (2) satisfies the criteria
for independence set forth in Section 10A(m)(3) of the
Exchange Act and the rules thereunder; and (3) is not a
current officer or employee or a Family Member of such officer
or employee, may be appointed to the Audit Committee, if the
Board, under exceptional and limited circumstances, determines
that membership on the Audit Committee by the individual is
required by the best interests of the Company and its
stockholders, and the Board makes provisions to disclose, in the
next annual proxy statement subsequent to such determination
(or, if the Company does not file a proxy statement, in its
Form 10-K), the
nature of the relationship and the reasons for that
determination. A member appointed under this exception may not
serve on the Audit Committee for more than two years and may not
chair the Audit Committee.
Each member of the Audit Committee must be able to read and
understand fundamental financial statements, including the
Companys balance sheet, statement of operations, and cash
flow statement. At least one member of the Audit Committee shall
have past employment experience in finance or accounting,
requisite professional certification in accounting, or any other
comparable experience or background which results in the
individuals financial sophistication, including being or
having been a chief executive officer, chief financial officer
or other senior officer with financial oversight
responsibilities. One or more members of the Audit Committee
shall qualify as an audit committee financial expert
under the rules promulgated by the SEC or, if not, the Company
shall disclose its lack of an audit committee financial
expert and the reasons why in its annual report.
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall
recommend to the Board nominees for appointment to the Audit
Committee annually and as vacancies or newly created positions
occur. The members of the Audit Committee shall be appointed
annually by the Board and may be replaced or removed by the
Board with or without cause. Resignation or removal of a
director from the Board, for whatever reason, shall
automatically and without any further action constitute
resignation or removal, as
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applicable, from the Audit Committee. Any vacancy on the Audit
Committee, occurring for whatever reason, may be filled only by
the Board. The Board shall designate one member of the Audit
Committee to be Chairman of the committee.
A member of the Audit Committee may not, other than in his or
her capacity as a member of the Audit Committee, the Board or
any other committee established by the Board, receive directly
or indirectly from the Company any consulting, advisory or other
compensatory fee.
The Audit Committee shall meet as often as it determines is
appropriate to carry out its responsibilities under this
charter, but not less frequently than quarterly. A majority of
the members of the Audit Committee shall constitute a quorum for
purposes of holding a meeting and the Audit Committee may act by
a vote of a majority of the members present at such meeting. In
lieu of a meeting, the Audit Committee may act by unanimous
written consent. Minutes of all Audit Committee meetings shall
be taken and maintained in the Companys records by the
Company Secretary or other such person as approved by the
Chairman of the Audit Committee.
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Responsibilities and Authority |
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The Audit Committee shall review and assess the adequacy of this
Charter annually and recommend to the Board any amendments or
modifications to the Charter that the Audit Committee deems
appropriate. |
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Annual Performance Evaluation of the Audit
Committee |
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At least annually, the Audit Committee shall evaluate its own
performance and report the results of such evaluation to the
Board. |
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C. Matters
Relating to Selection, Performance and Independence of
Independent Auditor |
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The Audit Committee shall be directly responsible for the
appointment, retention and termination, and for determining the
compensation of the Companys independent and external
auditor engaged for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit
report or performing other audit, review or attest services for
the Company. The Audit Committee may consult with management in
fulfilling these duties. |
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The Audit Committee shall be directly responsible for oversight
of the work of the independent auditor (including resolution of
disagreements between management and the independent auditor
regarding financial reporting) engaged for the purpose of
preparing or issuing an audit report or performing other audit,
review or attest services for the Company. |
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The Audit Committee shall instruct the independent auditor that
the independent auditor shall report directly to the Audit
Committee. |
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The Audit Committee shall pre-approve all auditing services and
the terms thereof and non-audit services to be provided to the
Company by the independent auditor; provided,
however, the pre-approval requirement is waived with
respect to the provision of non-audit services for the Company
if the de minimus provisions of
Section 10A(i)(1)(B) of the Exchange Act are satisfied.
This authority to pre-approve non-audit services may be
delegated to one or more members of the Audit Committee, who
shall present all decisions to pre-approve an activity to the
full Audit Committee at its first meeting following such
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The Audit Committee may review and approve the scope and
staffing of the independent auditors annual audit plan(s). |
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The Audit Committee shall (1) request that the independent
auditor provide the Audit Committee with the written disclosures
and the letter required by Independence Standards Board Standard
No. 1, as modified or supplemented, (2) require that
the independent auditor submit to the Audit Committee on a
periodic basis a formal written statement delineating all
relationships between the independent auditor and the Company,
(3) discuss with the independent auditor any disclosed
relationships or services that may impact the objectivity and
independence of the independent auditor, and (4) based on
such disclosures, statement and discussion (and such other
matters as the Audit Committee deems relevant), take or
recommend that the Board take appropriate action in response to
the independent auditors report to satisfy itself of the
independent auditors independence. |
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The Audit Committee shall evaluate the independent
auditors qualifications, performance and independence, and
shall present its conclusions with respect to the independent
auditors to the full Board. As part of such evaluation, at least
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(i) obtain and review a report or reports from the
independent auditor describing (1) the auditors
internal quality-control procedures, (2) any material
issues raised by the most recent internal quality-control review
or peer review of the auditors or by any inquiry or
investigation by government or professional authorities, within
the preceding five years, regarding one or more independent
audits carried out by the auditors, and any steps taken to
address any such issues, and (3) in order to assess the
auditors independence, all relationships between the
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(ii) review and evaluate the performance of the independent
auditor and the lead partner (and the Audit Committee may review
and evaluate the performance of other members of the independent
auditors audit staff); and |
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(iii) assure the regular rotation of the audit partners
(including, without limitation, the lead and concurring
partners) as required under the Exchange Act and
Regulation S-X. |
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In this regard, the Audit Committee shall also (1) seek the
opinion of management and the internal auditors, if any, of the
independent auditors performance and (2) consider
whether, in order to assure continuing auditor independence,
there should be regular rotation of the audit firm. |
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The Audit Committee may recommend to the Board policies with
respect to the potential hiring of current or former employees
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Audited Financial Statements and Annual Audit |
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The Audit Committee shall review the overall audit plan (both
internal and external) with the independent auditor and the
members of management who are responsible for preparing the
Companys financial statements, including the
Companys Chief Financial Officer and/or principal
accounting officer or principal financial officer (the Chief
Financial Officer and such other officer or officers are
referred to herein collectively as the Senior
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The Audit Committee shall review and discuss with management
(including the Companys Senior Accounting Executive) and
with the independent auditor the Companys annual audited
financial statements, including (1) all critical accounting
policies and practices used or to be used by the Company,
(2) the Companys disclosures under
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Conditions and Results of Operations prior to the filing
of the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K, and
(3) any significant financial reporting issues that have
arisen in connection with the preparation of such audited
financial statements, including any significant, non- routine
transactions or judgments. |
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(i) any analyses prepared by management, the internal
auditors and/or the independent auditors setting forth
significant financial reporting issues and judgments made in
connection with the preparation of the financial statements,
including analyses of the effects of alternative GAAP methods on
the financial statements. The Audit Committee may consider the
ramifications of the use of such alternative disclosures and
treatments on the financial statements, and the treatment
preferred by the independent auditor. The Audit Committee may
also consider other material written communications between the
registered public accounting firm and management, such as any
management letter or schedule of unadjusted differences; |
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(ii) major issues as to the adequacy of the Companys
internal controls and any special audit steps adopted in light
of any material control deficiencies; |
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(iii) major issues regarding accounting principles and
procedures and financial statement presentations, including any
significant changes in the Companys selection or
application of accounting principles; and |
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(iv) the effects of regulatory and accounting initiatives,
as well as off-balance sheet transactions and structures, on the
financial statements of the Company. |
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The Audit Committee shall review and discuss with the
independent auditor (outside of the presence of management) how
the independent auditor plans to handle its responsibilities
under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and
request assurance from the auditor that Section 10A of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 has not been
implicated. |
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The Audit Committee shall review and discuss with the
independent auditor any audit problems or difficulties and
managements response thereto. This review shall include
(1) any difficulties encountered by the auditor in the
course of performing its audit work, including any restrictions
on the scope of its activities or its access to information,
(2) any significant disagreements with management and
(3) a discussion of the responsibilities, budget and
staffing of the Companys internal audit function. |
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The Audit Committee shall discuss with the independent auditors
those matters brought to the attention of the Audit Committee by
the auditors pursuant to Statement on Auditing Standards
No. 61, as amended (SAS 61). |
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The Audit Committee shall also review and discuss with the
independent auditors the report required to be delivered by such
auditors pursuant to Section 10A(k) of the Exchange Act. |
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If brought to the attention of the Audit Committee, the Audit
Committee shall discuss with the Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer of the Company (1) all significant
deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the Companys ability
to record, process, summarize and report financial information
required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it
files or submits under the Exchange Act, within the time periods
specified in the SECs rules and forms, and (2) any
fraud involving management or other employees who have a
significant role in the Companys internal control over
financial reporting. |
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Based on the Audit Committees review and discussions (1)
with management of the audited financial statements,
(2) with the independent auditor of the matters required to
be discussed by SAS 61, and (3) with the independent
auditor concerning the independent auditors independence,
the Audit Committee shall make a recommendation to the Board as
to whether the Companys audited financial statements
should be included in the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the
last fiscal year. |
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The Audit Committee shall prepare the Audit Committee report
required by Item 306 of
Regulation S-K of
the Exchange Act (or any successor provision) to be included in
the Companys annual proxy statement. |
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Unaudited Quarterly Financial Statements |
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The Audit Committee shall discuss with management and the
independent auditor, prior to the filing of the Companys
Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q,
(1) the Companys quarterly financial statements and
the Companys related disclosures under
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations, (2) such issues
as may be brought to the Audit Committees attention by the
independent auditor pursuant to Statement on Auditing Standards
No. 100, and (3) any significant financial reporting
issues that have arisen in connection with the preparation of
such financial statements. |
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Earnings Press Releases |
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The Audit Committee shall discuss the Companys earnings
press releases, as well as financial information and earnings
guidance provided to analysts and rating agencies, including, in
general, the types of information to be disclosed and the types
of presentation to be made (paying particular attention to the
use of pro forma or adjusted non-GAAP
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Risk Assessment and Management |
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The Audit Committee shall discuss the guidelines and policies
that govern the process by which the Companys exposure to
risk is assessed and managed by management. |
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In connection with the Audit Committees discussion of the
Companys risk assessment and management guidelines, the
Audit Committee may discuss or consider the Companys major
financial risk exposures and the steps that the Companys
management has taken to monitor and control such exposures. |
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Procedures for Addressing Complaints and Concerns |
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The Audit Committee shall establish procedures for (1) the
receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by the
Company regarding accounting, internal accounting controls, or
auditing matters and (2) the confidential, anonymous
submission by employees of the Company of concerns regarding
questionable accounting or auditing matters. |
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The Audit Committee may review and reassess the adequacy of
these procedures periodically and adopt any changes to such
procedures that the Audit Committee deems necessary or
appropriate. |
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Regular Reports to the Board |
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The Audit Committee shall regularly report to and review with
the Board any issues that arise with respect to the quality or
integrity of the Companys financial statements, the
Companys compliance with legal or regulatory requirements,
the performance and independence of the independent auditors,
the performance of the internal audit function and any other
matters that the Audit Committee deems appropriate or is
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The Audit Committee is authorized, on behalf of the Board, to do
any of the following as it deems necessary or appropriate:
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Engagement of Advisors |
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The Audit Committee may engage independent counsel and such
other advisors it deems necessary or advisable to carry out its
responsibilities and powers, and, if such counsel or other
advisors are engaged, shall determine the compensation or fees
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Legal and Regulatory Compliance |
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The Audit Committee may discuss with management and the
independent auditor, and review with the Board, the legal and
regulatory requirements applicable to the Company and its
subsidiaries and the Companys compliance with such
requirements. After these discussions, the Audit Committee may,
if it determines it to be appropriate, make recommendations to
the Board with respect to the Companys policies and
procedures regarding compliance with applicable laws and
regulations. |
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The Audit Committee may discuss with management legal matters
(including pending or threatened litigation) that may have a
material effect on the Companys financial statements or
its compliance policies and procedures. |
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The Audit Committee may form and delegate authority to
subcommittees consisting of one or more of its members as the
Audit Committee deems appropriate to carry out its
responsibilities and exercise its powers. |
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The Audit Committee may perform such other oversight functions
outside of its stated purpose as may be requested by the Board
from time to time. |
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In performing its oversight function, the Audit Committee shall
be entitled to rely upon advice and information that it receives
in its discussions and communications with management, the
independent auditor and such experts, advisors and professionals
as may be consulted with by the Audit Committee. |
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The Audit Committee is authorized to request that any officer or
employee of the Company, the Companys outside legal
counsel, the Companys independent auditor or any other
professional retained by the Company to render advice to the
Company attend a meeting of the Audit Committee or meet with any
members of or advisors to the Audit Committee. |
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The Audit Committee is authorized to incur such expenses as are
necessary or appropriate in carrying out its duties. |
Notwithstanding the responsibilities and powers of the Audit
Committee set forth in this Charter, the Audit Committee does
not have the responsibility of planning or conducting audits of
the Companys financial statements or determining whether
the Companys financial statements are complete, accurate
and in accordance with GAAP. Such responsibilities are the duty
of management and, to the extent of the independent
auditors audit responsibilities, the independent auditor.
In addition, it is not the duty of the Audit Committee to
conduct investigations or to ensure compliance with laws and
regulations.
ADOPTED: August 24, 2005
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Appendix II
iROBOT CORPORATION
2005 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
Section
1. GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE
PLAN; DEFINITIONS
The name of the plan is the iRobot Corporation 2005 Stock Option
and Incentive Plan (the Plan). The purpose of the
Plan is to encourage and enable the officers, employees,
Non-Employee Directors and other key persons (including
consultants and prospective employees) of iRobot Corporation
(the Company) and its Subsidiaries upon whose
judgment, initiative and efforts the Company largely depends for
the successful conduct of its business to acquire a proprietary
interest in the Company. It is anticipated that providing such
persons with a direct stake in the Companys welfare will
assure a closer identification of their interests with those of
the Company and its stockholders, thereby stimulating their
efforts on the Companys behalf and strengthening their
desire to remain with the Company.
The following terms shall be defined as set forth below:
Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
Administrator is defined in Section 2(a).
Award or Awards, except
where referring to a particular category of grant under the
Plan, shall include Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock
Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Deferred Stock Awards and
Restricted Stock Awards.
Board means the Board of Directors of the
Company.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended, and any successor Code, and related rules,
regulations and interpretations.
Committee means the compensation committee of
the Board or a similar committee performing the functions of the
compensation committee and which is comprised of not less than
two Non-Employee Directors who are independent.
Covered Employee means an employee who is a
Covered Employee within the meaning of
Section 162(m) of the Code.
Deferred Stock Award means Awards granted
pursuant to Section 8.
Effective Date means the date on which the
Plan is approved by stockholders as set forth in Section 17.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
Fair Market Value of the Stock on any given
date means the fair market value of the Stock determined in good
faith by the Administrator; provided, however, that if the Stock
is admitted to quotation on the National Association of
Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System
(NASDAQ), NASDAQ National System or a national
securities exchange, the determination shall be made by
reference to market quotations. If there are no market
quotations for such date, the determination shall be made by
reference to the last date preceding such date for which there
are market quotations; provided further, however, that if the
date for which Fair Market Value is determined is the first day
when trading prices for the Stock are reported on NASDAQ or on a
national securities exchange, the Fair Market Value shall be the
Price to the Public (or equivalent) set forth on the
cover page for the final prospectus relating to the
Companys Initial Public Offering.
Incentive Stock Option means any Stock Option
designated and qualified as an incentive stock
option as defined in Section 422 of the Code.
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Initial Public Offering means the
consummation of the first fully underwritten, firm commitment
public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Act covering the offer and sale by the Company of its
equity securities, or such other event as a result of or
following which the Stock shall be publicly held.
Non-Employee Director means a member of the
Board who is not also an employee of the Company or any
Subsidiary.
Non-Qualified Stock Option means any Stock
Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.
Option or Stock Option
means any option to purchase shares of Stock granted
pursuant to Section 5.
Performance Cycle means one or more periods
of time, which may be of varying and overlapping durations, as
the Administrator may select, over which the attainment of one
or more performance criteria will be measured for the purpose of
determining a grantees right to and the payment of a
Restricted Stock Award or Deferred Stock Award.
Restricted Stock Award means Awards granted
pursuant to Section 7.
Section 409A means Section 409A of
the Code and the regulations and other guidance promulgated
thereunder.
Stock means the Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share, of the Company, subject to adjustments
pursuant to Section 3.
Stock Appreciation Right means any Award
granted pursuant to Section 6.
Subsidiary means any corporation or other
entity (other than the Company) in which the Company has a
controlling interest, either directly or indirectly.
Ten Percent Owner means an employee who owns
or is deemed to own (by reason of the attribution rules of
Section 424(d) of the Code) more than 10 percent of
the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company
or any parent or subsidiary corporation.
Section
2. ADMINISTRATION OF PLAN;
ADMINISTRATOR AUTHORITY TO SELECT GRANTEES AND DETERMINE
AWARDS
(a) Committee. The Plan shall be administered
by either the Board or the Committee (the
Administrator).
(b) Powers of Administrator. The
Administrator shall have the power and authority to grant Awards
consistent with the terms of the Plan, including the power and
authority:
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(ii) to determine the time or times of grant, and the
extent, if any, of Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock
Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Awards and
Deferred Stock Awards, or any combination of the foregoing,
granted to any one or more grantees; |
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(iii) to determine the number of shares of Stock to be
covered by any Award; |
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(iv) to determine and modify from time to time the terms
and conditions, including restrictions, not inconsistent with
the terms of the Plan, of any Award, which terms and conditions
may differ among individual Awards and grantees, and to approve
the form of written instruments evidencing the Awards; |
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(v) to accelerate at any time the exercisability or vesting
of all or any portion of any Award; |
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(vi) subject to the provisions of Section 5(a)(ii), to
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(vii) at any time to adopt, alter and repeal such rules,
guidelines and practices for administration of the Plan and for
its own acts and proceedings as it shall deem advisable; to
interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and any Award
(including related written instruments); to make all
determinations it deems advisable for the administration of the
Plan; to decide all disputes arising in connection with the
Plan; and to otherwise supervise the administration of the Plan. |
All decisions and interpretations of the Administrator shall be
binding on all persons, including the Company and Plan grantees.
(c) Delegation of Authority to Grant Awards.
The Administrator, in its discretion, may delegate to any
executive officer of the Company all or part of the
Administrators authority and duties with respect to the
granting of Awards to employees who are not subject to the
reporting and other provisions of Section 16 of the
Exchange Act or Covered Employees. Any such delegation by the
Administrator shall include a limitation as to the amount of
Awards that may be granted during the period of the delegation
and shall contain guidelines as to the determination of the
exercise price of any Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right,
the conversion ratio or price of other Awards and the vesting
criteria. The Administrator may revoke or amend the terms of a
delegation at any time but such action shall not invalidate any
prior actions of the Administrators delegate or delegates
that were consistent with the terms of the Plan.
(d) Indemnification. Neither the Board nor
the Committee, nor any member of either or any delegate thereof,
shall be liable for any act, omission, interpretation,
construction or determination made in good faith in connection
with the Plan, and the members of the Board and the Committee
(and any delegate thereof) shall be entitled in all cases to
indemnification and reimbursement by the Company in respect of
any claim, loss, damage or expense (including, without
limitation, reasonable attorneys fees) arising or
resulting therefrom to the fullest extent permitted by law
and/or under any directors and officers liability
insurance coverage which may be in effect from time to time
and/or any indemnification agreement between such individual and
the Company.
Section
3. STOCK ISSUABLE UNDER THE
PLAN; MERGERS; SUBSTITUTION
(a) Stock Issuable. The maximum number of
shares of Stock reserved and available for issuance under the
Plan shall be the sum of (i) 1,583,682 shares,
(ii) such number of shares as equals that number of stock
options or awards returned to (A) the Companys
Amended and Restated 1994 Stock Plan, as amended, after the
Effective Date, (B) the Companys Amended and Restated
2001 Special Stock Option Plan, after the Effective Date, and
(C) the Companys Amended and Restated 2004 Stock
Option and Incentive Plan, after the Effective Date, in each
case as a result of the expiration, cancellation or termination
of such stock options or awards and (iii) as of
January 1, 2007 and each January 1, thereafter, a
number of shares equal to four and one-half percent (4.5%) of
the Companys outstanding Stock on such date, subject to
adjustment as provided in Section 3(c). For purposes of
this limitation, the shares of Stock underlying any Awards that
are forfeited, canceled, held back upon exercise of an Option or
settlement of an Award to cover the exercise price or tax
withholding, reacquired by the Company prior to vesting,
satisfied without the issuance of Stock or otherwise terminated
(other than by exercise) shall be added back to the shares of
Stock available for issuance under the Plan. In no event may
shares of Stock granted in the form of Incentive Stock Options
exceed 10,000,000 shares. The shares available for issuance
under the Plan may be authorized but unissued shares of Stock or
shares of Stock reacquired by the Company.
(b) Per-Participant Limit. Subject to
adjustment under Section 3(c), no grantee may be granted
Awards during any one fiscal year to purchase more than
2,500,000 shares of Stock.
(c) Changes in Stock. Subject to
Section 3(d) hereof, if, as a result of any reorganization,
recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split,
reverse stock split or other similar change in the
Companys capital stock, the outstanding shares of Stock
are increased or decreased or are exchanged for a different
number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company, or
additional shares or new or different shares or other securities
of the Company or other non-cash assets are distributed with
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such shares of Stock or other securities, or, if, as a result of
any merger or consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company, the outstanding shares of Stock are
converted into or exchanged for a different number or kind of
securities of the Company or any successor entity (or a parent
or subsidiary thereof), the Administrator shall make an
appropriate or proportionate adjustment in (i) the maximum
number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan and the
maximum number of shares of Stock that may be granted in the
form of Incentive Stock Options, (ii) the number of Awards
that can be granted to any one individual grantee during any one
fiscal year, (iii) the number and kind of shares or other
securities subject to any then outstanding Awards under the
Plan, (iv) the repurchase price, if any, per share subject
to each outstanding Restricted Stock Award, and (v) the
price for each share subject to any then outstanding Stock
Options and Stock Appreciation Rights under the Plan, without
changing the aggregate exercise price (i.e., the exercise price
multiplied by the number of Stock Options and Stock Appreciation
Rights) as to which such Stock Options and Stock Appreciation
Rights remain exercisable. The adjustment by the Administrator
shall be final, binding and conclusive. No fractional shares of
Stock shall be issued under the Plan resulting from any such
adjustment, but the Administrator in its discretion may make a
cash payment in lieu of fractional shares.
The Administrator may also adjust the number of shares subject
to outstanding Awards and the exercise price and the terms of
outstanding Awards to take into consideration material changes
in accounting practices or principles, extraordinary dividends,
acquisitions or dispositions of stock or property or any other
event if it is determined by the Administrator that such
adjustment is appropriate to avoid distortion in the operation
of the Plan, provided that no such adjustment shall be made in
the case of a Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right, without
the consent of the grantee, if it would constitute a
modification, extension or renewal of the Option within the
meaning of Section 424(h) of the Code.
(d) Acquisition of the Company
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(i) Consequences of an Acquisition. Upon the
consummation of an Acquisition, the Board or the board of
directors of the surviving or acquiring entity (as used in this
Section 3(d), also the Board), shall, as to
outstanding Awards (on the same basis or on different bases as
the Board shall specify), make appropriate provision for the
continuation of such Awards by the Company or the assumption of
such Awards by the surviving or acquiring entity and by
substituting on an equitable basis for the shares then subject
to such Awards either (a) the consideration payable with
respect to the outstanding shares of Stock in connection with
the Acquisition, (b) shares of stock of the surviving or
acquiring corporation or (c) such other securities or other
consideration as the Board deems appropriate, the fair market
value of which (as determined by the Board in its sole
discretion) shall not materially differ from the fair market
value of the shares of Stock subject to such Awards immediately
preceding the Acquisition. In addition to or in lieu of the
foregoing, with respect to outstanding Options and Stock
Appreciation Rights, the Board may, on the same basis or on
different bases as the Board shall specify, upon written notice
to the affected optionees, provide that one or more Options and
Stock Appreciation Rights then outstanding must be exercised, in
whole or in part, within a specified number of days of the date
of such notice, at the end of which period such Options and
Stock Appreciation Rights shall terminate, or provide that one
or more Options and Stock Appreciation Rights then outstanding,
in whole or in part, shall be terminated in exchange for a cash
payment equal to the excess of the fair market value (as
determined by the Board in its sole discretion) for the shares
subject to such Options and Stock Appreciation Rights over the
exercise price thereof; provided, however, that before
terminating any portion of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right
that is not vested or exercisable (other than in exchange for a
cash payment), the Board must first accelerate in full the
exercisability of the portion that is to be terminated. Unless
otherwise determined by the Board (on the same basis or on
different bases as the Board shall specify), any repurchase
rights or other rights of the Company that relate to an Option,
Stock Appreciation Right or other Award shall continue to apply
to consideration, including cash, that has been substituted,
assumed or amended for an Option, Stock Appreciation Right or
other Award pursuant to this paragraph. The Company may hold in
escrow all or any portion of any such consideration in order to
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(ii) Acquisition Defined. An
Acquisition shall mean: (x) the sale of the
Company by merger in which the stockholders of the Company in
their capacity as such no longer own a majority of the
outstanding equity securities of the Company (or its successor),
or (y) any sale of all or substantially all of the assets
or capital stock of the Company (other than in a spin-off or
similar transaction), or (z) any other acquisition of the
business of the Company, as determined by the Board. |
(e) Substitute Awards. The Administrator may
grant Awards under the Plan in substitution for stock and stock
based awards held by employees, directors or other key persons
of another corporation in connection with the merger or
consolidation of the employing corporation with the Company or a
Subsidiary or the acquisition by the Company or a Subsidiary of
property or stock of the employing corporation. The
Administrator may direct that the substitute awards be granted
on such terms and conditions as the Administrator considers
appropriate in the circumstances. Any substitute Awards granted
under the Plan shall not count against the share limitation set
forth in Section 3(a).
Section
4. ELIGIBILITY
Grantees under the Plan will be such full or part-time officers
and other employees, directors and key persons (including
consultants and prospective employees) of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as are selected from time to time by the
Administrator in its sole discretion.
Section
5. STOCK OPTIONS
Any Stock Option granted under the Plan shall be in such form as
the Administrator may from time to time approve.
Stock Options granted under the Plan may be either Incentive
Stock Options or Non-Qualified Stock Options. Incentive Stock
Options may be granted only to employees of the Company or any
Subsidiary that is a subsidiary corporation within
the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code. To the extent
that any Option does not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option,
it shall be deemed a Non-Qualified Stock Option.
(a) Grants of Stock Options. Stock Options
granted pursuant to this Section 5(a) shall be subject to
the following terms and conditions and shall contain such
additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms
of the Plan, as the Administrator shall deem desirable.
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(i) Exercise Price. The exercise price per
share for the Stock covered by a Stock Option granted pursuant
to this Section 5(a) shall be determined by the
Administrator at the time of grant but shall not be less than
one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value on the date
of grant. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option that is
granted to a Ten Percent Owner, the option price of such
Incentive Stock Option shall be not less than one hundred ten
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(ii) Option Term. The term of each Stock
Option shall be fixed by the Administrator, but no Stock Option
shall be exercisable more than ten years after the date the
Stock Option is granted. In the case of an Incentive Stock
Option that is granted to a Ten Percent Owner, the term of such
Stock Option shall be no more than five years from the date of
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(iii) Exercisability; Rights of a
Stockholder. Stock Options shall become exercisable at
such time or times, whether or not in installments, as shall be
determined by the Administrator at or after the grant date. The
Administrator may at any time accelerate the exercisability of
all or any portion of any Stock Option. An optionee shall have
the rights of a stockholder only as to shares acquired upon the
exercise of a Stock Option and not as to unexercised Stock
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(B) Through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership)
of shares of Stock that have been purchased by the optionee on
the open market or that are beneficially owned by the optionee
and are not then subject to restrictions under any Company plan.
Such surrendered shares shall be valued at Fair Market Value on
the exercise date. To the extent required to avoid variable
accounting treatment under FAS 123R or other applicable
accounting rules, such surrendered shares shall have been owned
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(C) By the optionee delivering to the Company a properly
executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions
to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check
payable and acceptable to the Company for the purchase price;
provided that in the event the optionee chooses to pay the
purchase price as so provided, the optionee and the broker shall
comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of
indemnity and other agreements as the Administrator shall
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Payment instruments will be received subject to collection. The
transfer to the optionee on the records of the Company or of the
transfer agent of the shares of Stock to be purchased pursuant
to the exercise of a Stock Option will be contingent upon
receipt from the optionee (or a purchaser acting in his stead in
accordance with the provisions of the Stock Option) by the
Company of the full purchase price for such shares and the
fulfillment of any other requirements contained in the Option
Award agreement or applicable provisions of laws (including the
satisfaction of any withholding taxes that the Company is
obligated to withhold with respect to the optionee). In the
event an optionee chooses to pay the purchase price by
previously-owned shares of Stock through the attestation method,
the number of shares of Stock transferred to the optionee upon
the exercise of the Stock Option shall be net of the number of
shares attested to.
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(v) Annual Limit on Incentive Stock Options.
To the extent required for incentive stock option
treatment under Section 422 of the Code, the aggregate Fair
Market Value (determined as of the time of grant) of the shares
of Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options granted
under this Plan and any other plan of the Company or its parent
and subsidiary corporations become exercisable for the first
time by an optionee during any calendar year shall not exceed
$100,000. To the extent that any Stock Option exceeds this
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Section
6. STOCK APPRECIATION
RIGHTS
(a) Nature of Stock Appreciation Rights. A
Stock Appreciation Right is an Award entitling the recipient to
receive shares of Stock having a value equal to the excess of
the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the date of exercise over
the exercise price of the Stock Appreciation Right, which price
shall not be less than 100 percent of the Fair Market Value
of the Stock on the date of grant (or more than the option
exercise price per share, if the Stock Appreciation Right was
granted in tandem with a Stock Option) multiplied by the number
of shares of Stock with respect to which the Stock Appreciation
Right shall have been exercised.
(b) Grant and Exercise of Stock Appreciation
Rights. Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted by the
Administrator in tandem with, or independently of, any Stock
Option granted pursuant to Section 5 of the Plan. In the
case of a Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with a
Non-Qualified Stock Option, such Stock Appreciation Right may be
granted either at or after the time of the grant of such Option.
In the case of a Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with
an Incentive Stock Option, such Stock Appreciation Right may be
granted only at the time of the grant of the Option.
A Stock Appreciation Right or applicable portion thereof granted
in tandem with a Stock Option shall terminate and no longer be
exercisable upon the termination or exercise of the related
Option.
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(c) Terms and Conditions of Stock Appreciation
Rights. Stock Appreciation Rights shall be subject to
such terms and conditions as shall be determined from time to
time by the Administrator, subject to the following:
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(i) Stock Appreciation Rights granted in tandem with
Options shall be exercisable at such time or times and to the
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Section
7. RESTRICTED STOCK
AWARDS
(a) Nature of Restricted Stock Awards. A
Restricted Stock Award is an Award entitling the recipient to
acquire, at such purchase price (which may be zero) as
determined by the Administrator, shares of Stock subject to such
restrictions and conditions as the Administrator may determine
at the time of grant (Restricted Stock). Conditions
may be based on continuing employment (or other service
relationship) and/or achievement of pre-established performance
goals and objectives. The grant of a Restricted Stock Award is
contingent on the grantee executing the Restricted Stock Award
agreement. The terms and conditions of each such agreement shall
be determined by the Administrator, and such terms and
conditions may differ among individual Awards and grantees.
(b) Rights as a Stockholder. Upon execution
of a written instrument setting forth the Restricted Stock Award
and payment of any applicable purchase price, a grantee shall
have the rights of a stockholder with respect to the voting of
the Restricted Stock, subject to such conditions contained in
the written instrument evidencing the Restricted Stock Award.
Unless the Administrator shall otherwise determine,
(i) uncertificated Restricted Stock shall be accompanied by
a notation on the records of the Company or the transfer agent
to the effect that they are subject to forfeiture until such
Restricted Stock are vested as provided in Section 7(d)
below, and (ii) certificated Restricted Stock shall remain
in the possession of the Company until such Restricted Stock is
vested as provided in Section 7(d) below, and the grantee
shall be required, as a condition of the grant, to deliver to
the Company such instruments of transfer as the Administrator
may prescribe.
(c) Restrictions. Restricted Stock may not be
sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or
disposed of except as specifically provided herein or in the
Restricted Stock Award agreement. Except as may otherwise be
provided by the Administrator either in the Award agreement or,
subject to Section 14 below, in writing after the Award
agreement is issued, if any, if a grantees employment (or
other service relationship) with the Company and its
Subsidiaries terminates for any reason, any Restricted Stock
that has not vested at the time of termination shall
automatically and without any requirement of notice to such
grantee from or other action by or on behalf of, the Company be
deemed to have been reacquired by the Company at its original
purchase price from such grantee or such grantees legal
representative simultaneously with such termination of
employment (or other service relationship), and thereafter shall
cease to represent any ownership of the Company by the grantee
or rights of the grantee as a stockholder. Following such deemed
reacquisition of unvested Restricted Stock that are represented
by physical certificates, a grantee shall surrender such
certificates to the Company upon request without consideration.
(d) Vesting of Restricted Stock. The
Administrator at the time of grant shall specify the date or
dates and/or the attainment of pre-established performance
goals, objectives and other conditions on which the
non-transferability of the Restricted Stock and the
Companys right of repurchase or forfeiture shall lapse.
Subsequent to such date or dates and/or the attainment of such
pre-established performance goals, objectives and other
conditions, the shares on which all restrictions have lapsed
shall no longer be Restricted Stock and shall be deemed
vested. Except as may otherwise be provided by the
Administrator either in the Award agreement or, subject to
Section 14 below, in writing after the Award agreement is
issued, a grantees rights in any shares of Restricted
Stock that have not vested shall automatically terminate upon
the grantees termination of employment (or other service
relationship) with the Company and its Subsidiaries and such
shares shall be subject to the provisions of Section 7(c)
above.
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Section
8. DEFERRED STOCK
AWARDS
(a) Nature of Deferred Stock Awards. A
Deferred Stock Award is an Award of phantom stock units to a
grantee, subject to restrictions and conditions as the
Administrator may determine at the time of grant. Conditions may
be based on continuing employment (or other service
relationship) and/or achievement of pre-established performance
goals and objectives. The grant of a Deferred Stock Award is
contingent on the grantee executing the Deferred Stock Award
agreement. The terms and conditions of each such agreement shall
be determined by the Administrator, and such terms and
conditions may differ among individual Awards and grantees. At
the end of the deferral period, the Deferred Stock Award, to the
extent vested, shall be paid to the grantee in the form of
shares of Stock.
(b) Election to Receive Deferred Stock Awards in Lieu
of Compensation. The Administrator may, in its sole
discretion, permit a grantee to elect to receive a portion of
future cash compensation otherwise due to such grantee in the
form of a Deferred Stock Award. Any such election shall be made
in writing and shall be delivered to the Company no later than
the date specified by the Administrator and in accordance with
Section 409A and such other rules and procedures
established by the Administrator. The Administrator shall have
the sole right to determine whether and under what circumstances
to permit such elections and to impose such limitations and
other terms and conditions thereon as the Administrator deems
appropriate. Any such deferred compensation shall be converted
to a fixed number of phantom stock units based on the Fair
Market Value of Stock on the date the compensation would
otherwise have been paid to the grantee but for the deferral.
(c) Rights as a Stockholder. During the
deferral period, a grantee shall have no rights as a
stockholder; provided, however, that the grantee may be credited
with Dividend Equivalent Rights with respect to the phantom
stock units underlying his Deferred Stock Award, subject to such
terms and conditions as the Administrator may determine.
(d) Termination. Except as may otherwise be
provided by the Administrator either in the Award agreement or,
subject to Section 14 below, in writing after the Award
agreement is issued, a grantees right in all Deferred
Stock Awards that have not vested shall automatically terminate
upon the grantees termination of employment (or cessation
of service relationship) with the Company and its Subsidiaries
for any reason.
Section
9. PERFORMANCE-BASED AWARDS
TO COVERED EMPLOYEES
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if
any Restricted Stock Award or Deferred Stock Award granted to a
Covered Employee is intended to qualify as
Performance-based Compensation under
Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations promulgated
thereunder (a Performance-based Award), such Award
shall comply with the provisions set forth below:
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(a) Performance Criteria. The performance
criteria used in performance goals governing Performance-based
Awards granted to Covered Employees may include any or all of
the following: (i) the Companys return on equity,
assets, capital or investment: (ii) pre-tax or after-tax
profit levels of the Company or any Subsidiary, a division, an
operating unit or a business segment of the Company, or any
combination of the foregoing; (iii) cash flow, funds from
operations or similar measure; (iv) total stockholder
return; (v) changes in the market price of the Stock;
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(b) Grant of Performance-based Awards. With
respect to each Performance-based Award granted to a Covered
Employee, the Committee shall select, within the first
90 days of a Performance Cycle (or, if shorter, within the
maximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the Code)
the performance criteria for such grant, and the achievement
targets with respect to each performance criterion (including a
threshold level of performance below which no amount will become
payable with respect to such Award). Each Performance-based
Award will specify the amount payable, or the formula for
determining the amount payable, upon achievement of the various
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(c) Payment of Performance-based Awards.
Following the completion of a Performance Cycle, the Committee
shall meet to review and certify in writing whether, and to what
extent, the performance criteria for the Performance Cycle have
been achieved and, if so, to also calculate and certify in
writing the amount of the Performance-based Awards earned for
the Performance Cycle. The Committee shall then determine the
actual size of each Covered Employees Performance-based
Award, and, in doing so, may reduce or eliminate the amount of
the Performance-based Award for a Covered Employee if, in its
sole judgment, such reduction or elimination is appropriate. |
Section
10. TRANSFERABILITY OF
AWARDS
(a) Transferability. Except as provided in
Section 10(b) below, during a grantees lifetime, his
or her Awards shall be exercisable only by the grantee, or by
the grantees legal representative or guardian in the event
of the grantees incapacity. No Awards shall be sold,
assigned, transferred or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by
a grantee other than by will or by the laws of descent and
distribution. No Awards shall be subject, in whole or in part,
to attachment, execution, or levy of any kind, and any purported
transfer in violation hereof shall be null and void.
(b) Committee Action. Notwithstanding
Section 10(a), the Administrator, in its discretion, may
provide either in the Award agreement regarding a given Award or
by subsequent written approval that the grantee (who is an
employee or director) may transfer his or her Awards (other than
any Incentive Stock Options) to his or her immediate family
members, to trusts for the benefit of such family members, or to
partnerships in which such family members are the only partners,
provided that the transferee agrees in writing with the Company
to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Plan and
the applicable Award.
(c) Family Member. For purposes of
Section 10(b), family member shall mean a
grantees 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, any person sharing the
grantees household (other than a tenant of the grantee), a
trust in which these persons (or the grantee) have more than
50 percent of the beneficial interest, a foundation in
which these persons (or the grantee) control the management of
assets, and any other entity in which these persons (or the
grantee) own more than 50 percent of the voting interests.
(d) Designation of Beneficiary. Each grantee
to whom an Award has been made under the Plan may designate a
beneficiary or beneficiaries to exercise any Award or receive
any payment under any Award payable on or after the
grantees death. Any such designation shall be on a form
provided for that purpose by the Administrator and shall not be
effective until received by the Administrator. If no beneficiary
has been designated by a deceased grantee, or if the designated
beneficiaries have predeceased the grantee, the beneficiary
shall be the grantees estate.
Section
11. TAX WITHHOLDING
(a) Payment by Grantee. Each grantee shall,
no later than the date as of which the value of an Award or of
any Stock or other amounts received thereunder first becomes
includable in the gross income of the grantee for Federal income
tax purposes, pay to the Company, or make arrangements
satisfactory to the Administrator regarding payment of, any
Federal, state, or local taxes of any kind required by law to be
withheld by the Company with respect to such income. The Company
and its Subsidiaries shall, to the extent permitted by law, have
the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind
otherwise due to the grantee. The Companys obligation to
deliver evidence of book entry (or stock certificates) to any
grantee is subject to and conditioned on tax withholding
obligations being satisfied by the grantee.
(b) Payment in Stock. Subject to approval by
the Administrator, a grantee may elect to have the
Companys minimum required tax withholding obligation
satisfied, in whole or in part, by (i) authorizing the
Company to withhold from shares of Stock to be issued pursuant
to any Award a number of shares
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with an aggregate Fair Market Value (as of the date the
withholding is effected) that would satisfy the withholding
amount due, or (ii) transferring to the Company shares of
Stock owned by the grantee with an aggregate Fair Market Value
(as of the date the withholding is effected) that would satisfy
the withholding amount due.
Section 12. ADDITIONAL
CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION
UNDER SECTION 409A.
In the event any Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right under
the Plan is granted with an exercise price of less than one
hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value on the date of
grant (regardless of whether or not such exercise price is
intentionally or unintentionally priced at less than Fair Market
Value), or such grant is materially modified and deemed a new
grant at a time when the Fair Market Value exceeds the exercise
price, or any other Award is otherwise determined to constitute
nonqualified deferred compensation within the
meaning of Section 409A (a 409A Award), the
following additional conditions shall apply and shall supersede
any contrary provisions of this Plan or the terms of any
agreement relating to such 409A Award.
(a) Exercise and Distribution. Except as
provided in Section 12(b) hereof, no 409A Award shall be
exercisable or distributable earlier than upon one of the
following:
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fixed schedule set forth in the written instrument evidencing
the 409A Award, but not later than after the expiration of ten
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(ii) Separation from Service. Separation from
service (within the meaning of Section 409A) by the 409A
Award grantee; provided, however, that if the 409A Award grantee
is a key employee (as defined in Section 416(i)
of the Code without regard to paragraph (5) thereof)
and any of the Companys Stock is publicly traded on an
established securities market or otherwise, exercise or
distribution under this Section 12(a)(ii) may not be made
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(iii) Death. The date of death of the 409A
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(iv) Disability. The date the 409A Award
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(v) Unforeseeable Emergency. The occurrence
of an unforeseeable emergency (within the meaning of
Section 12(c)(iii) hereof), but only if the net value
(after payment of the exercise price) of the number of shares of
Stock that become issuable does not exceed the amounts necessary
to satisfy such emergency plus amounts necessary to pay taxes
reasonably anticipated as a result of the exercise, after taking
into account the extent to which the emergency is or may be
relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or
otherwise or by liquidation of the grantees other assets
(to the extent such liquidation would not itself cause severe
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(vi) Change in Control Event. The occurrence
of a Change in Control Event (within the meaning of
Section 12(c)(i) hereof), including the Companys
discretionary exercise of the right to accelerate vesting of
such grant upon a Change in Control Event or to terminate the
Plan or any 409A Award granted hereunder within 12 months
of the Change in Control Event. |
(b) No Acceleration. A 409A Award may not be
accelerated or exercised prior to the time specified in
Section 12(a) hereof, except in the case of one of the
following events:
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(i) Domestic Relations Order. The 409A Award
may permit the acceleration of the exercise or distribution time
or schedule to an individual other than the grantee as may be
necessary to comply with the terms of a domestic relations order
(as defined in Section 414(p)(1)(B) of the Code). |
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(ii) Conflicts of Interest. The 409A Award
may permit the acceleration of the exercise or distribution time
or schedule as may be necessary to comply with the terms of a
certificate of divestiture (as defined in
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(iii) Change in Control Event. The
Administrator may exercise the discretionary right to accelerate
the vesting of such 409A Award upon a Change in Control Event or
to terminate the Plan or any 409A Award granted thereunder
within 12 months of the Change in Control Event and cancel
the 409A Award for compensation. |
(c) Definitions. Solely for purposes of this
Section 12 and not for other purposes of the Plan, the
following terms shall be defined as set forth below:
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(i) Change in Control Event means the
occurrence of a change in the ownership of the Company, a change
in effective control of the Company, or a change in the
ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company
(as defined in IRS Notice 2005-1, Q&A-11, Q&A-12,
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(ii) Disabled means a grantee who (i) is
unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason
of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that
can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last
for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, or
(ii) is, by reason of any medically determinable physical
or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or
can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than
12 months, receiving income replacement benefits for a
period of not less than three months under an accident and
health plan covering employees of the Company or its
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(iii) Unforeseeable Emergency means a severe
financial hardship to the grantee resulting from an illness or
accident of the grantee, the grantees spouse, or a
dependent (as defined in Section 152(a) of the Code) of the
grantee, loss of the grantees property due to casualty, or
similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as
a result of events beyond the control of the grantee. |
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13. TRANSFER, LEAVE OF
ABSENCE, ETC.
For purposes of the Plan, the following events shall not be
deemed a termination of employment:
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Subsidiary or from the Company to a Subsidiary, or from one
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(b) an approved leave of absence for military service or
sickness, or for any other purpose approved by the Company, if
the employees right to re-employment is guaranteed either
by a statute or by contract or under the policy pursuant to
which the leave of absence was granted or if the Administrator
otherwise so provides in writing. |
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14. AMENDMENTS AND
TERMINATION
The Board may, at any time, amend or discontinue the Plan and
the Administrator may, at any time, amend or cancel any
outstanding Award for the purpose of satisfying changes in law
or for any other lawful purpose, but no such action shall
adversely affect rights under any outstanding Award without the
holders consent. Except as provided in
SECTION
3(c) or 3(d), in no event may the Administrator exercise
its discretion to reduce the exercise price of outstanding Stock
Options or Stock Appreciation Rights or effect repricing through
cancellation and re-grants. Any material Plan amendments (other
than amendments that curtail the scope of the Plan), including
any Plan amendments that (i) increase the number of shares
reserved for issuance under the Plan, (ii) expand the type
of Awards available under, materially expand the eligibility to
participate in, or materially extend the term of, the Plan, or
(iii) materially change the method of determining Fair
Market Value, shall be subject to approval by the Company
stockholders entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders. In
addition, to the extent determined by the Administrator to be
required by the Code to ensure that Incentive Stock Options
granted under the Plan are qualified under Section 422 of
the Code or to ensure that compensation earned under Awards
qualifies as performance-based compensation under
Section 162(m) of the Code, Plan amendments shall be
subject to approval by the Company stockholders entitled to vote
at a meeting of stockholders. Nothing in this Section 14
shall limit the Administrators authority to take any
action permitted pursuant to Section 3(d).
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15. STATUS OF PLAN
With respect to the portion of any Award that has not been
exercised and any payments in cash, Stock or other consideration
not received by a grantee, a grantee shall have no rights
greater than those of a general creditor of the Company unless
the Administrator shall otherwise expressly determine in
connection with any Award or Awards. In its sole discretion, the
Administrator may authorize the creation of trusts or other
arrangements to meet the Companys obligations to deliver
Stock or make payments with respect to Awards hereunder,
provided that the existence of such trusts or other arrangements
is consistent with the foregoing sentence.
Section
16. GENERAL PROVISIONS
(a) No Distribution; Compliance with Legal
Requirements. The Administrator may require each person
acquiring Stock pursuant to an Award to represent to and agree
with the Company in writing that such person is acquiring the
shares without a view to distribution thereof.
No shares of Stock shall be issued pursuant to an Award until
all applicable securities law and other legal and stock exchange
or similar requirements have been satisfied. The Administrator
may require the placing of such stop-orders and restrictive
legends on certificates for Stock and Awards as it deems
appropriate.
(b) Delivery of Stock Certificates. Stock
certificates to grantees under this Plan shall be deemed
delivered for all purposes when the Company or a stock transfer
agent of the Company shall have mailed such certificates in the
United States mail, addressed to the grantee, at the
grantees last known address on file with the Company.
Uncertificated Stock shall be deemed delivered for all purposes
when the Company or a Stock transfer agent of the Company shall
have given to the grantee by electronic mail (with proof of
receipt) or by United States mail, addressed to the grantee, at
the grantees last known address on file with the Company,
notice of issuance and recorded the issuance in its records
(which may include electronic book entry records).
(c) Other Compensation Arrangements; No Employment
Rights. Nothing contained in this Plan shall prevent the
Board from adopting other or additional compensation
arrangements, including trusts, and such arrangements may be
either generally applicable or applicable only in specific
cases. The adoption of this Plan and the grant of Awards do not
confer upon any employee any right to continued employment with
the Company or any Subsidiary.
(d) Trading Policy Restrictions. Option
exercises and other Awards under the Plan shall be subject to
such Companys insider trading policy and procedures, as in
effect from time to time.
(e) Forfeiture of Awards under Sarbanes-Oxley
Act. If the Company is required to prepare an accounting
restatement due to the material noncompliance of the Company, as
a result of misconduct, with any financial reporting requirement
under the securities laws, then any grantee who is one of the
individuals subject to automatic forfeiture under
Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 shall
reimburse the Company for the amount of any Award received by
such individual under the Plan during the
12-month period
following the first public issuance or filing with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be,
of the financial document embodying such financial reporting
requirement.
Section
17. EFFECTIVE DATE OF
PLAN
This Plan shall become effective upon approval by the holders of
a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders at
which a quorum is present or pursuant to a written consent of
stockholders. No grants of Stock Options and other Awards may be
made hereunder after the tenth (10th) anniversary of the
Effective Date and no grants of Incentive Stock Options may be
made hereunder after the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date
the Plan is approved by the Board.
Section
18. GOVERNING LAW
This Plan and all Awards and actions taken thereunder shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the
State of Delaware, applied without regard to conflict of law
principles.
DATE APPROVED BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS: September 28,
2005
DATE APPROVED BY STOCKHOLDERS: October 10, 2005
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iRobot Corporation
Proxy for Annual Meeting of Stockholders
July 19, 2006
SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned hereby appoints Geoffrey P. Clear and Helen Greiner together, and each of them
singly, proxies, with full power of substitution to vote all shares of stock of iRobot Corporation
(the Company) which the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of
iRobot Corporation to be held on Wednesday, July 19, 2006, at 2:00 p.m. local time, at the offices
of the Company located at 63 South Avenue, Burlington, Massachusetts, and at any adjournments or
postponements thereof, upon matters set forth in the Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and
Proxy Statement dated June 1, 2006, a copy of which has been received by the undersigned.
THIS PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED BY THE UNDERSIGNED
STOCKHOLDER(S). IF NO DIRECTION IS GIVEN, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR ITEMS 1, 2, AND 3, AND IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXIES ON ANY OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE
ANNUAL MEETING.
PLEASE DETACH ALONG PERFORATED LINE AND MAIL IN THE ENVELOPE PROVIDED
x Please mark votes as in this example.
The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR items 1, 2 and 3.
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To elect three members to the board of directors to serve for three-year terms as Class I
Directors, each such director to serve for such term and until his respective successor has
been duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. The
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NOMINEES: Colin Angle, Ronald Chwang, Paul J. Kern, Gen. U.S.
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To ratify the Companys 2005 Stock Option and Incentive Plan. The Board recommends a vote
FOR this proposal number 2. |
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To ratify the selection of the firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors for the fiscal
year ending December 31, 2006. The Board recommends a vote FOR this proposal number 3. |
o FOR o AGAINST o ABSTAIN
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To transact such other business as may properly come before the annual meeting and any
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MARK HERE FOR ADDRESS CHANGE AND NOTE BELOW |
Please sign exactly as name appears below. Joint owners must both sign. Attorney, executor,
administrator, trustee or guardian must give full title as such. A corporation or partnership must
sign its full name by authorized person.
Signature of Stockholder
Date: ______________________________, 2006
Signature if held jointly
PLEASE COMPLETE, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE
I/We will attend the annual meeting. o YES o NO