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HARRIS CORPORATION
1025 West NASA Boulevard
Melbourne, Florida 32919
September 16, 2005
Dear Fellow Shareholder:
You are cordially invited to attend the 2005 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders of Harris Corporation. The meeting will be held at
the Phillip W. Farmer Customer Briefing Center located at 1025
West NASA Boulevard in Melbourne, Florida, on Friday,
October 28, 2005, starting at 10:00 a.m., local time.
The accompanying notice of the meeting and the proxy statement
describe the matters to be acted on at the meeting, which
include:
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election of four directors for a three-year term expiring in
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approval of the Harris Corporation 2005 Equity Incentive Plan; |
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approval of the Harris Corporation 2005 Annual Incentive Plan; |
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ratification of the appointment of independent auditors for
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the transaction of such other business as may properly come
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Your Board of Directors believes that the election of its
nominees for directors, approval of the Harris Corporation 2005
Equity Incentive Plan, approval of the Harris Corporation 2005
Annual Incentive Plan and the ratification of the appointment of
independent auditors are in the best interests of Harris and its
shareholders. Accordingly, your Board of Directors recommends a
vote FOR the election of the nominees for directors, FOR the
approval of the Harris Corporation 2005 Equity Incentive Plan,
FOR the approval of the Harris Corporation 2005 Annual Incentive
Plan and FOR the ratification of the appointment of Ernst &
Young LLP as Harris independent auditors for fiscal year
2006. These matters are discussed in greater detail in the
accompanying proxy statement.
Following the voting, I will report on our operations and future
plans. There will also be an open discussion period during which
your questions and comments will be welcome.
The attendance of shareholders at our annual meetings has been
helpful in maintaining communication and understanding. We hope
you will be able to join us. Whether or not you plan to attend,
it is important that your shares be represented and voted at the
meeting. You can ensure that your shares are represented at the
meeting by voting over the Internet, by telephone or by using a
traditional proxy card. Instructions for these convenient ways
to vote are set forth on the enclosed voting
instruction card.
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Cordially, |
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Howard L. Lance |
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YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. PLEASE VOTE BY TELEPHONE OR OVER THE
INTERNET OR COMPLETE, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN YOUR PROXY CARD.
HARRIS CORPORATION
1025 West NASA Boulevard
Melbourne, Florida 32919
Notice of 2005
Annual Meeting of Shareholders
to be held October 28, 2005
TO THE HOLDERS OF COMMON STOCK
OF HARRIS CORPORATION:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2005 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders of Harris Corporation will be held at Harris
Corporations Phillip W. Farmer Customer Briefing Center
located at 1025 West NASA Boulevard, Melbourne, Florida, on
Friday, October 28, 2005, at 10:00 a.m., local time,
for the following purposes:
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to elect four directors for a three-year term expiring at the
2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders; |
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to approve the Harris Corporation 2005 Equity Incentive Plan; |
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to approve the Harris Corporation 2005 Annual Incentive Plan; |
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to ratify the appointment by the Audit Committee of Ernst &
Young LLP as Harris independent auditors for fiscal year
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to consider and act upon such other business as may properly
come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournments thereof. |
Only holders of common stock of record at the close of business
on August 31, 2005 are entitled to notice of and to vote at
the Annual Meeting and all adjournments or postponements thereof.
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Scott T. Mikuen |
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Corporate Secretary |
Melbourne, Florida
September 16, 2005
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Your vote is important. If you do not expect to attend the
Annual Meeting of Shareholders or if you plan to attend but wish
to vote by proxy, please vote over the Internet or by telephone
or by completing, dating, signing and promptly mailing the
enclosed proxy card for which a return envelope
is provided.
HARRIS CORPORATION
2005 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
PROXY STATEMENT
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Proxy Statement
2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
to be held October 28, 2005
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEETING
Why am I receiving this
proxy statement?
We are furnishing this proxy statement to you in connection with
the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors of Harris
Corporation (which we refer to as Harris,
we, our or us) for use at
the 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on
October 28, 2005, and at any adjournments or postponements
thereof.
On September 16, 2005, we commenced mailing to our
shareholders: (1) this proxy statement, (2) the
accompanying proxy card and instructions, and (3) a copy of
our 2005 Annual Report to Shareholders, which includes our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
July 1, 2005.
What is a proxy?
A proxy is your legal designation of another person to vote the
shares you own. That other person is called a proxy. If you
designate someone as your proxy, the document in which you make
that designation is also called a proxy.
What is a proxy statement?
This document is a proxy statement. It is a document that we are
required by law to give you when we ask you to name a proxy to
vote your shares. We encourage you to read this proxy statement
carefully.
What is the purpose of the meeting?
The purpose of the 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is to
obtain shareholder action on the matters outlined in the notice
of meeting included with this proxy statement. These matters
include: the election of four directors with a three-year term
expiring at the 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders; approval of
the Harris Corporation 2005 Equity Incentive Plan; approval of
the Harris Corporation 2005 Annual Incentive Plan; and the
ratification of the appointment by our Audit Committee of Ernst
& Young LLP as our independent auditors for fiscal year
2006. This proxy statement provides you with detailed
information about each of these matters.
What is a record date and
what does it mean?
The record date for the shareholders entitled to vote at the
2005 Annual Meeting is August 31, 2005. The record date was
established by the Board as required by Delaware law. Owners of
record of shares of Harris common stock at the close of business
on the record date are entitled to receive notice of the 2005
Annual Meeting and to vote at the 2005 Annual Meeting and at any
adjournments or postponements thereof.
How many shares can be voted and
what is a quorum?
You are entitled to one vote for each share of Harris common
stock that you own as of the close of business on
August 31, 2005. Only our common stock has voting rights.
On the record date, there were 133,476,739 shares
outstanding and approximately 7,440 holders of record.
A quorum is the minimum number of shares that must be
represented in person or by proxy in order for us to conduct the
Annual Meeting. The attendance by proxy or in person of holders
of a majority of the shares of common stock entitled to vote at
the Annual Meeting, or 66,738,371 shares of common stock
based on the record date of August 31, 2005, will
constitute a quorum to hold the Annual Meeting. If you grant
your proxy over the Internet, by phone or by proxy card, your
shares will be considered part of the quorum.
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What different methods can I
use to vote?
You have a choice of voting:
By
telephone;
Over the
Internet;
By mail; or
In person
at the Annual Meeting.
Even if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, you may vote by
telephone, over the Internet or by mail. Please carefully read
the instructions below on how to vote your shares. Because the
instructions vary depending on how you hold your shares and the
method you use to vote, it is important that you follow the
instructions that apply to your particular situation.
If you vote over the Internet or by telephone, you should not
return your proxy card.
What is the difference between
a record owner and an owner
holding shares in street name?
If your shares are registered in your name, you are a record
holder. You will be a record holder if you hold a stock
certificate or if you have an account with our transfer agent,
Mellon Investor Services LLC. If your shares are registered or
held in the name of your broker or bank or other nominee, your
shares are held in street name.
How do I vote if my shares are
held in my name?
Voting by telephone
Voting by telephone is simple and fast. Call the toll-free
telephone number on your proxy card and voting instruction form
and listen for further directions. To respond to the questions,
you must have a touch-tone phone and need to have your proxy
card and voting instruction form in hand. This vote will be
counted immediately, and there is no need to send in your proxy
card.
Voting over the Internet
Voting over the Internet is also easy and fast. Read your proxy
card and voting instruction form and follow the directions. This
vote will be counted immediately, and there is no need to send
in your proxy card.
Voting by mail
If you are a shareholder of record, you can save Harris expense
by voting by telephone or over the Internet. Alternatively, you
can vote by mail by completing, signing, dating and mailing the
enclosed proxy card in the postage-paid envelope provided.
Voting in person at the meeting
If you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, you can vote in
person. To vote in person at the Annual Meeting, you will need
to bring proper personal identification and evidence of your
share ownership with you to the Annual Meeting.
How do I vote if my shares are
held in street name?
Voting by mail or telephone or over the Internet
If your shares are held in the name of your broker, bank or
other nominee, you should vote your shares using the method
directed by your broker, bank or other nominee. A large number
of banks and brokerage firms are participating in online voting
programs. These programs provide eligible street
name shareholders the opportunity to vote over the
Internet or by telephone. Voting forms will provide instructions
for shareholders whose banks or brokerage firms are
participating in such programs.
Voting in person at the meeting
If you plan to attend the Annual Meeting and to vote in person,
you should contact your broker, bank or other nominee to obtain
a brokers proxy and bring it, together with proper
personal identification and your account statement or other
evidence of your share ownership, with you to the Annual Meeting.
Can I revoke my proxy?
As long as your shares are registered in your name, you may
revoke your proxy at any time before the Annual Meeting. There
are several ways you can do this:
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By filing a written notice of revocation with our Corporate
Secretary at Harris Corporation, 1025 West NASA Boulevard,
Melbourne, Florida 32919; |
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By duly signing and delivering a proxy that bears a later date; |
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By subsequently voting by telephone or over the Internet as
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By attending the Annual Meeting and voting in person. |
If your shares are held in street name, you must contact your
broker, bank or other nominee to revoke your proxy.
What are my voting choices and
what is the required vote?
By giving us your proxy, you authorize Harris management
to vote your shares at the 2005 Annual Meeting or at any
adjournments or postponements thereof in the manner you indicate.
Proposal 1: Election of Directors
With respect to the proposal to elect four nominees for
director, you may:
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Vote for the election of all four of the nominees
for director named in this proxy statement; |
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Withhold authority to vote for all four of the
nominees; or |
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Withhold authority to vote for one or more of the
nominees and vote for the remaining nominee or
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The four nominees receiving the greatest number of votes will be
elected to serve as directors. Non-voted shares and shares for
which votes are withheld will not affect the outcome of the
election of directors.
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Approval of the Harris Corporation 2005 Equity Incentive
Plan |
With respect to the proposal to approve the Harris Corporation
2005 Equity Incentive Plan, you may:
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Vote for approval of the plan; |
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Vote against approval of the plan; or |
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Abstain from voting on the proposal. |
The affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented at
the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on this proposal will be
required to approve the Harris Corporation 2005 Equity Incentive
Plan. Abstaining from voting on this matter will have the effect
of a vote against approval of the Harris Corporation 2005 Equity
Incentive Plan.
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Approval of the Harris Corporation 2005 Annual Incentive
Plan |
With respect to the proposal to approve the Harris Corporation
2005 Annual Incentive Plan, you may:
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Vote for approval of the plan; |
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Vote against approval of the plan; or |
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Abstain from voting on the proposal. |
The affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented at
the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on this proposal will be
required to approve the Harris Corporation 2005 Annual Incentive
Plan. Abstaining from voting on this matter will have the effect
of a vote against approval of the Harris Corporation 2005 Annual
Incentive Plan.
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Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Auditors |
With respect to the proposal to ratify the appointment by our
Audit Committee of Ernst & Young LLP as our
independent auditors for fiscal year 2006, you may:
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Vote for ratification; |
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Vote against ratification; or |
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Abstain from voting on the proposal. |
The affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented at
the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on this proposal will be
required to ratify the appointment of independent auditors.
Abstaining from voting on this matter will have the effect of a
vote against ratification of the appointment of the independent
auditors.
How do I vote shares held in
the Harris 401(k) Retirement Plan?
If you are a participant in Harris 401(k) Retirement Plan
(401(k) Plan) and you own shares of Harris common
stock through the 401(k) Plan, the proxy and instruction card
sent to you also will serve as a voting instruction card to the
trustee of the 401(k) Plan for all shares of our
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common stock you own through the 401(k) Plan. If you do not
provide voting instructions for such shares, as directed by the
terms of the 401(k) Plan, those shares will be voted by the
trustee in the same proportion as the shares for which other
participants have timely provided voting instructions.
How do I vote shares held in the Harris Dividend Reinvestment
Plan?
If you are a participant in the Harris Dividend Reinvestment
Plan (DRIP) administered by Mellon Bank, N.A., your
proxy card covers the Harris common stock held in your DRIP
account. Mellon Bank, N.A., as the DRIP administrator, is the
shareholder of record of our common stock owned through the DRIP
and will not vote those shares unless you provide it with
instructions, which you may do over the Internet, by telephone
or by mail using your proxy card.
What happens if I return an
unmarked proxy card?
If you return your proxy card with no votes marked, your shares
will be voted as follows:
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FOR the election of all four of the nominees for director
named in this proxy statement; |
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FOR the approval of the Harris Corporation 2005 Equity
Incentive Plan; |
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FOR the approval of the Harris Corporation 2005 Annual
Incentive Plan; and |
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FOR the ratification of the appointment by our Audit
Committee of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent
auditors for fiscal year 2006. |
With respect to other matters that may properly be brought
before the Annual Meeting, your shares will be voted in the
discretion of the proxy holders.
How are broker non-votes counted?
It is possible for a proxy to indicate that some of the shares
represented are not being voted with respect to certain
proposals. This occurs, for example, when a broker, bank or
other nominee does not have discretion under the New York Stock
Exchange (NYSE) rules to vote on a matter without
instructions from the beneficial owner of the shares and has not
received such instructions. In these cases, non-voted shares
will not be considered present and entitled to vote with respect
to that matter, although they may be considered present and
entitled to vote for other purposes and will be counted in
determining the presence of a quorum. Accordingly, if a quorum
is present at the meeting, non-voted shares concerning a
particular proposal will not affect the outcome of that
proposal. Under the NYSE rules, brokers have discretionary
voting power on routine matters, but not on
non-routine matters. Routine matters include, among
other things, the election of directors and the ratification of
the appointment of auditors. Brokers, banks and other nominees
will not have discretionary authority to vote on the proposal to
approve the Harris Corporation 2005 Equity Incentive Plan or the
proposal to approve the Harris Corporation 2005 Annual Incentive
Plan. Accordingly, a non-vote by a broker, bank or other nominee
will not be counted for voting purposes with respect to these
proposals.
What does it mean if I receive more
than one proxy card?
If you receive more than one proxy card, it means you own shares
in multiple accounts with brokers and/or our transfer agent.
Please vote all of these shares. We recommend that you contact
your broker and/or our transfer agent to consolidate as many
accounts as possible under the same name and address. Our
transfer agent is Mellon Investor Services LLC, which may be
reached by telephone at 1-888-261-6777 or over the Internet at
www.melloninvestor.com.
Who pays for the solicitation of proxies?
We actively solicit proxy participation. We will bear the
cost of soliciting proxies, including the cost of preparation,
assembly, printing and mailing. In addition to this proxy
statement, we request and encourage brokers, custodians,
nominees and others to supply proxy materials to shareholders,
and, upon request, we will reimburse them for their expenses.
Our officers and employees may, by letter, telephone, electronic
mail or in person, make additional requests for the return of
proxies, although we do not reimburse our own employees for
soliciting proxies. We have also
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hired Georgeson Shareholder Communications Inc. for a fee of
$19,000 plus out-of-pocket expenses to help solicit proxies. We
will also reimburse brokers and other custodians, nominees and
fiduciaries for forwarding proxy and solicitation materials to
our shareholders in accordance with the fee schedule approved by
the NYSE.
May I access this years proxy statement and annual
report over the internet?
This proxy statement and our 2005 Annual Report, which includes
our Annual Report on Form 10-K, are available by accessing
the Corporate Governance and Investor Relations sections of our
website, at www.harris.com.
Webcast of the
Annual Meeting of Shareholders
Our Annual Meeting will be webcast live on October 28,
2005. You may visit the Investor Relations section of our
website, the address of which is
www.harris.com/investor-relations.html, to access the
webcast of the Annual Meeting. The webcast will enable you to
listen only. You will not be able to ask questions. An archived
copy of the webcast also will be available on our website
through November 25, 2005. The information contained on our
website is not incorporated by reference into this proxy
statement.
Where can I find the voting results
of the Annual Meeting?
We intend to announce the preliminary voting results at the
Annual Meeting and to publish final results in our quarterly
report on Form 10-Q for the second quarter of fiscal 2006,
which we will file with the SEC and make available on our
website, www.harris.com.
Two-for-One Stock Split
On February 25, 2005, our Board approved a two-for-one
stock split of our common stock. The stock split was effected in
the form of a 100 percent stock dividend distributed on
March 30, 2005 to shareholders of record on March 14,
2005 (the Stock Split). All references to share
amounts, number of options and per share amounts in this proxy
statement have been retroactively restated to reflect the effect
of the Stock Split for all periods.
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS TERM
EXPIRING IN 2008
Our Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that our
Board of Directors shall consist of not less than eight or more
than thirteen directors, the exact number of directors to be
determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. The
authorized number of directors is presently fixed at
eleven. Our Restated Certificate of Incorporation also
classifies our Board of Directors into three classes of
approximately equal size with three-year terms of office ending
in different years.
This year, the terms of Ms. Katen and Messrs. Hay, Kaufman
and Tookes expire at the 2005 Annual Meeting. Based upon the
recommendation of the Corporate Governance Committee,
Ms. Katen and Messrs. Hay, Kaufman and Tookes have each
been nominated by the Board for a new three-year term expiring
at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2008. The terms of our
other directors will expire at subsequent Annual Meetings of
Shareholders. In accordance with our Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, a director holds office until the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders for the year in which that directors term
expires, and until that directors successor is elected and
qualified, subject, however, to his or her prior death,
resignation, retirement, disqualification, or removal from
office. Vacancies may be filled by the remaining directors.
Proxies will be voted in favor of electing Ms. Katen and
Messrs. Hay, Kaufman and Tookes to serve for the three-year term
expiring at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2008, unless
otherwise specified in the proxy card or Internet or telephone
voting instructions. Each of the nominees has consented to stand
for election. If any nominee becomes unavailable for election,
proxies voting for that nominee may be voted for a substitute
nominee selected by the Board or, in lieu thereof, the Board may
reduce the number of directors.
None of the directors, including each of the nominees, is
related to any other director, or to any executive officer of
Harris or its subsidiaries, by blood, marriage or adoption.
Biographical summaries of the nominees and of the continuing
directors appear on subsequent pages, and data with respect to
the number of shares of our common stock beneficially owned by
them as of July 22, 2005 are set forth in the table on
page 20.
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NOMINEES FOR ELECTION TERM EXPIRING IN
2008
Lewis Hay III, 49, is Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer of FPL Group, Inc., a public utility holding
company, and is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Florida
Power and Light Company. He joined FPL Group in 1999 as Vice
President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. From March 2000
until December 2001, he served as President of FPL Groups
non-utility power-generation subsidiary, FPL Energy, LLC. He was
named President and Chief Executive Officer of FPL Group in
June 2001, and he was named Chairman in January 2002.
Mr. Hay has been a member of our Board of Directors since
February 2002 and is Chairperson of the Corporate
Governance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee, the
Business Conduct Committee and the Executive and Finance
Committee.
Mr. Hay is also a director of Capital One Financial
Corporation, a member of the Board of Trustees of the University
of Miami and a member of the Business Board of Advisors of the
Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.
Karen Katen, 56, Vice Chairman, Pfizer Inc. and President
of Pfizer Human Health since March 2005. Ms. Katen held
offices of President, Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals and
Executive Vice President, Pfizer Inc. from 2001 to March 2005.
Ms. Katen joined Pfizer in 1974.
Ms. Katen has been a member of our Board of Directors since
1994 and is Chairperson of the Business Conduct Committee and a
member of the Executive and Finance Committee and the Management
Development and Compensation Committee.
Ms. Katen is also a director of General Motors Corporation.
She is a member of the Healthcare Leadership Council, is the
Chairman of the U.S.-Japan Business Council and was an appointee
to the 2003 U.S.-Japan Private Sector/Government Commission and
the National Infrastructure Advisory Committee. Ms. Katen is a
board member of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers
Association of America, the National Alliance for Hispanic
Health, Catalyst and RAND. Ms. Katen also is on the
national board of trustees for the American Cancer Society
Research Foundation and the board of trustees for the Economic
Club of New York, is a trustee for the University of Chicago and
is a council member of the Graduate School of Business at the
University of Chicago.
Stephen P. Kaufman, 63, is retired Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Arrow Electronics, Inc., a distributor of
semiconductors, peripherals and components. He became President
and Chief Operating Officer of Arrow in 1985, Chief Executive
Officer in 1986, and Chairman in 1994. He retired as Chief
Executive Officer in June 2000 and reassumed that position in
June 2002 on an interim basis until September 2002. In
January 2001 Mr. Kaufman was appointed a senior lecturer at the
Harvard Business School. Prior to joining Arrow, he served in
executive capacities with Midland-Ross Corporation.
Mr. Kaufman has been a member of our Board of Directors
since December 1999 and is Chairperson of the Management
Development and Compensation Committee and a member of the
Business Conduct Committee, the Corporate Governance Committee
and the Executive and Finance Committee.
Mr. Kaufman is also a director of KLA-Tencor Corporation
and Freescale Semiconductor Corporation.
Hansel E. Tookes II, 57, retired from Raytheon Company in
December 2002. He joined Raytheon in September 1999 as President
and Chief Operating Officer of its Raytheon Aircraft Company
subsidiary, a commercial, military and regional aircraft
manufacturing company. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer
of Raytheon Aircraft Company in January 2000 and Chairman in
August 2000. He became President of Raytheon International in
May 2001. Prior to joining Raytheon in 1999, he served United
Technologies Corporation as President of its Pratt & Whitney
Large Military Engines Group since 1996. He joined United
Technologies Corporation in 1980 and held a variety of senior
leadership positions.
Mr. Tookes has been a member of our Board of Directors since
April 2005 and is a member of the Business Conduct Committee.
Mr. Tookes is also a director of Ryder System, Inc., FPL Group,
Inc., and Corning Incorporated, and is a member of the National
Academies Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board.
Recommendation Regarding Proposal 1
The four nominees receiving the greatest number of votes will be
elected to serve as directors. Non-voted shares and shares for
which votes are withheld will not affect the outcome of the
election of directors.
Our Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR each of
the nominees.
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CURRENT DIRECTORS NOT UP FOR ELECTION
Biographical summaries of our current directors whose terms
continue to run until the 2006 or 2007 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders appear below.
Term Expiring in 2006
Terry D. Growcock, 59, is Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of The Manitowoc Company, Inc. a diversified industrial
manufacturer of cranes and foodservice equipment and a provider
of ship building and ship repair services. He joined Manitowoc
in 1994 as Executive Vice President and General Manager of
Manitowoc Ice; became President of Manitowoc Foodservice Group
in 1995 and served in that capacity until his promotion to
President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of
Directors of The Manitowoc Company, Inc. in 1998.
Mr. Growcock has also been Chairman of Manitowoc since
October 2002. Prior to joining Manitowoc, Mr. Growcock
served as Vice President and General Manager of Robertshaw
Automotive, a subsidiary of Siebe plc.
Mr. Growcock has been a member of our Board of Directors
since August 2005 and is a member of the Business Conduct
Committee.
In addition to being on the Manitowoc Board, Mr. Growcock
is also a director of Bemis Manufacturing Company, Vice Chairman
of Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, an advisory member of
the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and a
director of the National Association of Manufacturers.
Leslie F. Kenne, Lieutenant General U.S.A.F. (Ret.), 57,
retired in September 2003 from the U.S. Air Force, where she had
most recently been Deputy Chief of Staff for Warfighting
Integration at Air Force headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Previously, she commanded the Electronic Systems Center at
Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts. She also directed a
number of major procurement programs, including the F-16 and
Joint Strike Fighter programs. Following her retirement from the
U.S. Air Force, Ms. Kenne became President of LK
Associates, a private independent consulting firm.
Ms. Kenne has been a member of our Board of Directors since
April 2004 and is a member of the Business Conduct Committee and
the Corporate Governance Committee.
Ms. Kenne is also a director of EDO Corporation.
David B. Rickard, 58, is Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of CVS
Corporation and CVS Pharmacy, Inc., a retail drugstore chain. He
has held this position since joining CVS in September 1999.
Prior to joining CVS, he was Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of RJR Nabisco Holdings Corporation from
March 1997 to August 1999. Previously, he was
Executive Vice President of International Distillers and
Vintners Americas.
Mr. Rickard has been a member of our Board of Directors
since October 2001 and is Chairperson of the Audit
Committee and a member of the Business Conduct Committee and the
Executive and Finance Committee.
Mr. Rickard is also a director of The May Department Stores
Company.
Gregory T. Swienton, 55, is Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Ryder System, Inc., a logistics and transportation
services company. He joined Ryder in June 1999 as President
and Chief Operating Officer, and was named Chief Executive
Officer in November 2000 and Chairman in May 2002. Prior to
joining Ryder, he was Senior Vice President-Growth Initiatives
of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNSF).
He held senior positions with BNSF and the former Burlington
Northern Railroad from 1994 to 1999, and various executive and
management positions with DHL Worldwide Express from 1982 to
1994.
Mr. Swienton has been a member of our Board of Directors since
February 2000 and is a member of the Audit Committee, the
Business Conduct Committee and the Management Development and
Compensation Committee.
In addition to being on the Ryder board, he is also on the Board
of Trustees of St. Thomas University in Miami, Florida.
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Term Expiring in 2007
Howard L. Lance, 49, is our Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Lance joined
Harris in January 2003 as President and Chief Executive Officer
and was appointed Chairman in June 2003. Mr. Lance was
President of NCR Corporation, an information technology services
provider, and Chief Operating Officer of its Retail and
Financial Group from July 2001 until October 2002. Prior to
joining NCR, he spent 17 years with Emerson Electric
Company, an electronic products and systems company, where he
held increasingly senior management positions with different
divisions of the company. In 1999, Mr. Lance was named
Executive Vice President with operating responsibility for its
Electronics and Telecommunications businesses. Earlier,
Mr. Lance held sales and marketing positions with the
Scott-Fetzer Company and Caterpillar, Inc.
Mr. Lance has been a member of our Board of Directors since
January 2003. He is Chairperson of the Executive and Finance
Committee.
Mr. Lance serves as a member of the Board of Governors of
the Aerospace Industries Association, the Executive Committee of
the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI, Inc., the Florida Council of
100 and the United Way of Brevard County and is a trustee of the
Florida Institute of Technology.
Thomas A. Dattilo, 54, is Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, a company
that specializes in the design, manufacture and sales of tires
and tread rubber and related equipment. He joined Cooper in
January 1999 as President and Chief Operating Officer and became
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in April 2000. Prior to
joining Cooper, he held senior positions with Dana Corporation.
His last position with Dana was President of its sealing
products group.
Mr. Dattilo has been a member of our Board of Directors since
August 2001 and is a member of the Audit Committee, the Business
Conduct Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee.
In addition to being on the Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
board, he is also Chairman of the Rubber Manufacturers
Association and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the
Manufacturers Alliance.
Dr. James C. Stoffel, 59, is a retired Senior Vice
President, Chief Technical Officer, and Director of Research and
Development of Eastman Kodak Company, a film and digital imaging
company. He held this position from 2000 to April 2005. He
joined Kodak in 1997 as Vice President, Director Electronic
Imaging Products Research and Development and became Director of
Research and Engineering in 1998. Prior to joining Kodak, he was
with Xerox Corporation where he began his career in 1972. His
most recent position with Xerox was Vice President, Corporate
Research and Technology.
Dr. Stoffel has been a member of our Board of Directors
since August 2003 and is a member of the Business Conduct
Committee and the Management Development and Compensation
Committee.
Dr. Stoffel is also a trustee of the George Eastman House
museum. He serves on the Advisory Board for Research and
Graduate Studies at the University of Notre Dame and is Vice
Chairman of the Board of the Information Technologies Industries
Association and a member of the advisory board of ASTRI, Hong
Kong.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Our business, property and affairs are managed under the
direction of our Board of Directors. Members of the Board are
kept informed of our business through discussions with the
Chairman and officers, by reviewing materials provided to them
or requested by them, by visiting our offices and plants and by
participating in meetings of the Board and its committees.
Corporate Governance Principles
Our Board of Directors has long been focused on and committed to
responsible and effective corporate governance. Our Board of
Directors has previously adopted Corporate Governance Principles
which trace their history to 1960 and which have evolved and
been revised over time. Our Corporate Governance Committee is
responsible for overseeing the Corporate Governance Principles
and reporting and making recommendations to our Board concerning
corporate governance matters. Our Corporate Governance
Principles address matters including board composition, director
independence, selection of Board nominees, Board membership
criteria, director compensation, mandatory retirement, meetings,
executive sessions of non-management directors, evaluation of
the Chief Executive Officer, committees, succession planning,
director responsibilities, orientation and continuing education,
and self-evaluation of the Board and Board committees. A copy of
our Corporate Governance Principles is attached as
Appendix A to this proxy statement and is also
available on the Corporate Governance section of our website at
www.harris.com/harris/cg/.
Director Independence
The NYSE listing standards and our Corporate Governance
Principles require us to have a board of directors with at least
a majority of independent directors. Our Board of Directors has,
and has had for many years, a substantial majority of
independent directors. Our Board has adopted Director
Independence Standards to assist in the evaluation of the
independence of each of our directors. A copy of the Director
Independence Standards is attached as Appendix B to
this proxy statement and is also available on the Corporate
Governance section of our website at
www.harris.com/harris/cg/. Based upon the NYSE listing
standards and our Director Independence Standards, our Board has
affirmatively determined that all of our directors (including
each nominee for election), with the exception of
Mr. Lance, our Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer, are independent and have no material relationship with
Harris other than as a director. The Board based these
determinations primarily on a review of the responses of the
directors to questions regarding each directors
commercial, industrial, banking, consulting, legal, accounting,
charitable and family relationships, and discussions with the
directors and nominees.
Meetings and Attendance
In fiscal 2005, our Board of Directors held six regular meetings
and one special meeting, and the standing committees of our
Board met a total of nineteen times. Each director attended at
least 75% of the meetings of the Board and of those committees
of which he or she was a member. All of the directors attended
an average of 96% of such meetings of the Board and committees
on which they serve.
Executive Sessions of Outside Directors
The Board and its committees meet throughout the year on a set
schedule and also hold special meetings and act by written
consent from time to time as appropriate. Board agendas for
scheduled meetings also include regularly scheduled executive
sessions of non-management directors. The Board of Directors has
implemented a system to annually rotate the Board member who
chairs these executive sessions of non-management directors
among the chairpersons of each of our standing committees, in
alphabetical order by committee name (Audit, Business Conduct,
etc.).
Committees
Currently our Board has five standing committees to assist in
the discharge of its responsibilities. The principal functions
of each committee are described below.
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Audit Committee
The Audit Committee assists the Board in fulfilling its
responsibilities to oversee, among other things:
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The performance of the independent auditors and our internal
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The purposes and responsibilities of the Audit Committee also
include the following:
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Directly appointing, compensating, retaining, terminating and
overseeing our independent auditors; |
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Pre-approving, or adopting appropriate procedures to
pre-approve, all audit services, internal control-related
services and non-audit services to be provided by the
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Reviewing and discussing with the independent auditors and
management any major issues regarding accounting principles and
financial statement presentations, including any significant
changes in the selection or application of accounting
principles, and major issues concerning the adequacy of our
internal controls and any special audit steps adopted in light
of any material control deficiencies, and the effect of
regulatory and accounting initiatives as well as off-balance
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Reviewing and discussing with the independent auditors and
management significant risks and exposures, if any, and the
steps to monitor and minimize such risks and exposures; |
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Reviewing and discussing our earnings press releases and the
types of financial information and guidance provided, and the
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Reviewing and discussing with the independent auditors and
management quarterly and year-end operating results, reviewing
interim financial statements prior to their inclusion in Form
10-Q filings, and recommending to the Board of Directors the
inclusion of the financial statements in our Annual Report on
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A more detailed discussion of the Audit Committees duties
and responsibilities is contained in the Audit Committee
Charter. A copy of this Charter is available on the Corporate
Governance section of our website at
www.harris.com/harris/cg/. A copy of the Charter is also
available to shareholders free of charge upon written request to
our Corporate Secretary at Harris Corporation, 1025 West NASA
Boulevard, Melbourne, Florida 32919.
Our Board of Directors has determined that each member of the
Audit Committee is independent within the meaning of the NYSE
listing standards, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and related
SEC rules and our Director Independence Standards. Our Board has
also determined that each of the members of the Audit Committee
satisfies the financial literacy requirements of the
NYSE and has accounting or related financial management
expertise and that David B. Rickard satisfies the
audit committee financial expert criteria as that
term is defined by regulation of the SEC and that he is
independent of management of Harris.
The Audit Committee held seven meetings during the past fiscal
year, including meeting regularly with Ernst & Young
LLP and the internal auditors, both privately and with
management present.
Management Development and
Compensation Committee
The purposes and responsibilities of the Management Development
and Compensation Committee include the following:
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development and organizational structure, and recommending to
the Board of Directors for its approval individuals for election
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Overseeing and reviewing our overall compensation philosophy and
establishing the compensation, perquisites and other benefits of
our officers and management; |
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of our Chief Executive Officer, evaluating his performance in
light of those goals, and together with all independent
directors, determining and approving the Chief Executive
Officers annual salary, bonus, stock incentives and other
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Reviewing and approving the use and the terms of employment,
separation, severance and change of control agreements and any
special arrangements in the event of termination of employment,
death or retirement of corporate officers (together, in the case
of our Chief Executive Officer, with all independent directors);
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Our Board of Directors has determined that each member of the
Management Development and Compensation Committee is independent
under the rules of the NYSE and our Director Independence
Standards. The Management Development and Compensation Committee
held five meetings during the past fiscal year. The Management
Development and Compensation Committee has a Charter which is
available on the Corporate Governance section of our website at
www.harris.com/harris/cg/. A copy of the Charter is also
available to shareholders free of charge upon written request to
our Corporate Secretary at Harris Corporation, 1025 West
NASA Boulevard, Melbourne, Florida 32919.
Corporate Governance Committee
The purposes and responsibilities of the Corporate Governance
Committee include the following:
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Identifying individuals believed to be qualified to become Board
members consistent with criteria approved by the Board, and
recommending nominees to stand for election at annual meetings
of shareholders or to fill vacancies; |
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Adopting a policy and procedure for consideration of candidates
recommended by our shareholders; |
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Developing, implementing and overseeing our Corporate Governance
Principles; |
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Developing, reviewing and recommending director compensation,
perquisites and benefit plans; |
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Recommending committees of the Board and committee assignments; |
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Reviewing the functions of committees of the Board of Directors
and recommending changes as deemed appropriate; |
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Setting meeting schedules for the Board of Directors and
recommending meeting schedules for the Boards committees;
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Our Board of Directors has determined that each member of the
Corporate Governance Committee is independent under the rules of
the NYSE and our Director Independence Standards. The Corporate
Governance Committee held three meetings during the
past fiscal year. The Corporate Governance Committee has a
Charter which is available on the Corporate
Governance section of our website at
www.harris.com/harris/cg/. A copy of the Charter is also
available to shareholders free of charge upon written request to
our Corporate Secretary at Harris Corporation, 1025 West NASA
Boulevard, Melbourne, Florida 32919.
Business Conduct Committee
The Business Conduct Committee reviews and oversees our
continuing program relating to standards and controls within
Harris for compliance with our standards of business conduct,
sound ethical business practices and legal requirements in
connection with our business. The Business Conduct Committee
held two meetings during the past fiscal year. The Business
Conduct Committee has a Charter which is available on the
Corporate Governance section of our website at
www.harris.com/harris/cg/. A copy of the Charter is also
available to shareholders free of charge upon written request to
our Corporate Secretary at Harris Corporation, 1025 West NASA
Boulevard, Melbourne, Florida 32919.
Executive and Finance Committee
The Executive and Finance Committee is authorized to
periodically review our financial position, capital structure,
working capital, capital transactions, acquisitions and
divestitures, financial
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and investment aspects of our benefit plans and, during the
intervals between meetings of the Board of Directors, to the
extent permitted by law, to exercise all powers of the Board
(except for certain reserved matters) in the management of our
business. The Executive and Finance Committee also reviews our
dividend policy, capital asset plan and share repurchase policy
and makes recommendations to the Board relating to such plan or
policies. The Executive and Finance Committee held two meetings
during the past fiscal year. The Executive and Finance Committee
has a Charter which is available on the Corporate Governance
section of our website at www.harris.com/harris/cg/. A
copy of the Charter is also available to shareholders free of
charge upon written request to our Corporate Secretary at Harris
Corporation, 1025 West NASA Boulevard, Melbourne, Florida 32919.
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
The current committee members for each of the five standing
committees of our Board of Directors are as follows, with the
chairperson listed first:
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David B. Rickard
Thomas A. Dattilo
Lewis Hay III
Gregory T. Swienton |
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Karen Katen
Thomas A. Dattilo
Terry D. Growcock
Lewis Hay III
Stephen P. Kaufman
Leslie F. Kenne
David B. Rickard
Dr. James C. Stoffel
Gregory T. Swienton
Hansel E. Tookes II |
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Thomas A. Dattilo
Stephen P. Kaufman
Leslie F. Kenne |
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Lewis Hay III
Karen Katen
Stephen P. Kaufman
David B. Rickard |
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Karen Katen
Dr. James C. Stoffel
Gregory T. Swienton |
OTHER CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
INFORMATION
Director Retirement
It is our policy that a director will retire from the Board
effective at the end of the month in which he or she reaches age
72. In the event that a directors 72nd birthday falls
within twelve months of the Annual Meeting at which such
director would stand for re-election, such director shall not
stand for re-election. In accordance with this retirement
policy, Joseph L. Dionne resigned as a member of the Board,
effective June 30, 2005. Mr. Dionne served as one of our
directors since 1989. We would like to thank Mr. Dionne for
his years of dedicated service on our Board and for his
unwavering commitment and counsel to Harris. A director is also
expected to automatically tender his or her resignation in the
event of retirement or other significant change in status from
the employment position held when last elected or appointed to
the Board, and the Board will then determine whether such
directors continued Board membership is in the best
interest of Harris and our shareholders, free from conflict of
interests and is otherwise appropriate.
Communications with Members of the
Board of Directors
General. Shareholders and other interested persons
wishing to communicate directly with the Board may do so by
sending an e-mail message to the Board member then presiding
over the meetings of our non-management directors
referred to as our Presiding Independent
Director at
presiding.director@harris.com. Communications sent by
e-mail will go simultaneously to the Presiding Independent
Director and also to our Corporate Secretary. Shareholders and
others may also write to the Presiding Independent Director, c/o
Corporate Secretary, Harris Corporation, 1025 West NASA
Boulevard, Melbourne, Florida 32919. Our Corporate Secretary
will review any such written communications and if they are
related to the duties and responsibilities of the Board and its
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committees, they will be forwarded to the Presiding Independent
Director. Our Corporate Secretary will periodically provide the
Board a summary of all written communications received that were
not forwarded because they were unduly hostile, threatening,
illegal or similarly inappropriate and will make them available
to the Board upon request. The Presiding Independent Director
will determine whether communications should be sent to the full
Board or a committee.
Accounting, Internal Control or Auditing Matters. Our
Audit Committee has established procedures for the receipt,
retention and treatment of complaints regarding questionable
accounting, internal control or auditing matters. Any of our
employees may communicate concerns about any of these matters to
such employees supervisor, manager or business standards
advisor, or to the Director of Internal Audit or the Director of
Business Conduct or others, or on a confidential and anonymous
basis by way of our toll-free hotline number listed on our
website or in our Standards of Business Conduct. Other persons
with concerns or complaints may contact our Director of Internal
Audit or Director of Business Conduct at 1025 West NASA
Boulevard, Melbourne, Florida, 32919. Upon receipt of a
complaint or concern, a determination will be made whether it
pertains to accounting, internal control or auditing matters and
if it does, it will be handled in accordance with the procedures
established by the Audit Committee.
Attendance at Annual Meetings of Shareholders. We
typically schedule a Board meeting in conjunction with our
Annual Meeting of Shareholders. In the absence of unavoidable
conflict, all Board members are expected to attend the Annual
Meeting of Shareholders. All members of the Board of Directors,
then in office, attended the 2004 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
Standards of Business Conduct
All Harris directors and employees, including the Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, principal accounting
officer and other senior financial officers, are required to
abide by Harris Standards of Business Conduct, originally
adopted in 1987, to help ensure that our business is conducted
in a consistently ethical and legal manner. Our Directors
Standards of Business Conduct and our Standards of Business
Conduct, applicable to all employees, form the foundation of a
comprehensive business conduct program that includes compliance
with all laws, corporate policies and procedures, an open
relationship among employees that contributes to good business
conduct, and an abiding belief that we should conduct all
business dealings with integrity, honesty and responsibility.
Our business conduct policies cover many topics, including
employment issues, confidentiality, environmental, health and
safety, insider trading, corporate opportunities, antitrust,
export control, boycotts, government contracts, international
business practices, entertainment and gifts, and use of company
assets. Employees are required to report any conduct they
believe in good faith to be a violation of any of our business
policies.
Our Standards of Business Conduct and our Directors
Standards of Business Conduct are posted on our website at
www.harris.com/business-conduct and are also available
free of charge by written request to our Director of Business
Conduct, Harris Corporation, 1025 West NASA Boulevard,
Melbourne, Florida 32919. Any amendment to, or waiver from, our
Standards of Business Conduct will be posted on our website
within four business days following such amendment or
waiver.
Director Nomination Process
Our Board is responsible for approving nominees to stand for
election as directors. The Corporate Governance Committee
assists the Board in this process and identifies individuals it
believes to be qualified to become Board members and recommends
nominees.
It is a long-standing policy of the Board to consider director
nominees submitted by shareholders. A shareholder who wishes to
recommend a nominee for the Corporate Governance
Committees consideration must include at least the
following information about the proposed nominee: the proposed
nominees name, age, business or residence address,
principal occupation or employment, and the written consent of
the nominee to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee
and to serving as a director if elected. The required
information should be sent to our Corporate Secretary at 1025
West NASA Boulevard, Melbourne, Florida 32919. The Corporate
Secretary will forward properly submitted shareholder-proposed
nominations to the Chairperson of the Corporate Governance
Committee for consideration at a future Corporate Governance
Committee meeting. Individuals proposed by shareholders in
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accordance with these procedures will be evaluated and
considered by the Corporate Governance Committee in the same
manner as it evaluates other proposed nominees.
In addition to proposing nominees for consideration to the
Corporate Governance Committee, shareholders may also directly
propose nominees for consideration at an Annual Meeting or
special meeting of shareholders. The requirements and procedures
to be followed by shareholders for directly nominating directors
are discussed below under Shareholder Proposals for the
2006 Annual Meeting. The Corporate Governance Committee
also has a process for considering, reviewing and evaluating
incumbent directors up for re-election. Pursuant to this
process, within six months of the annual meeting of shareholders
at which an individual directors term will expire, such
director meets with the Chairman and also with the Chairperson
of the Corporate Governance Committee to discuss participation
on the Board and its committees and other relevant matters. In
addition, the Corporate Governance Committee reviews such
directors attendance records, any changes in employment
status and other information it deems helpful in considering and
evaluating the director for a nomination.
Our Corporate Governance Principles contain Board membership
criteria that apply to nominees for a position on our Board. The
Board, based upon the recommendation of the Corporate Governance
Committee (which recommendation will be based on the criteria
set forth below, regardless of whether the nominee is identified
by the Corporate Governance Committee, by shareholders or
otherwise), will select new nominees considering the following
criteria:
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Demonstrated ability and sound judgment that usually will be
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Personal qualities and characteristics, accomplishments and
reputation in the business community, professional integrity,
educational background, business experience and related
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Giving due consideration to potential conflicts of interest,
current knowledge and contacts in the communities in which we do
business and in our industry or other industries relevant to our
businesses; |
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Ability and willingness to commit adequate time to Board and
committee matters, including attendance at Board, committee and
annual shareholder meetings; |
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Fit of the individuals skills and personality with those
of other directors and potential directors in building a Board
that is effective, collegial and responsive to the needs of
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In fiscal 2005, our Corporate Governance Committee retained a
third-party search firm to assist in identifying and evaluating
potential nominees. Once the Board determined to add directors,
the Corporate Governance Committee considered the specific
qualifications and skills a candidate should possess. Guided by
these considerations, the search firm conducted research to
identify viable candidates. It prepared and provided a list for
the Corporate Governance Committee that included a brief
biography of each potential candidate. The search firm then
conducted further research on the candidates in whom the
Corporate Governance Committee had the most interest and
facilitated interviews with the Chairperson and other members of
the Corporate Governance Committee, our Chief Executive Officer
and other members of our management. The results were then
reported to the full Corporate Governance Committee
by the Chairperson.
Hansel E. Tookes II and Terry D. Growcock were
appointed to our Board in April 2005 and August 2005,
respectively. The search firm initially identified
Messrs. Tookes and Growcock to the Chairperson of the
Corporate Governance Committee as potential director candidates,
and the Chairperson forwarded their names to the full Corporate
Governance Committee for its consideration.
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
The form and amount of director compensation is determined from
time to time by the Corporate Governance Committee and then
recommended to the Board for action. Director compensation may
take the form of cash, equity and other benefits ordinarily
available to directors.
In December 2004, on the recommendation of the Corporate
Governance Committee, the
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Board approved several changes to the compensation payable to
directors as part of its ongoing, periodic review of director
compensation and benefits programs. Effective January 1,
2005, directors who are not employees of Harris receive the
following fees, as applicable, for their services on the Harris
Board:
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$55,000 basic annual cash retainer, payable on a quarterly
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$10,000 annual cash retainer, payable on a quarterly basis, for
service as Chairperson of the Audit Committee (no change); |
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$5,000 annual cash retainer, payable on a quarterly basis, for
service as the Chairperson of each standing committee of the
Board other than the Audit Committee (no change); |
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$2,000 attendance fee for each meeting or telephonic meeting of
the Board, increased from $1,200; and |
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$2,000 attendance fee for each meeting or telephonic meeting of
each standing committee of the Board and for attendance at any
other event for or on behalf of Harris, increased from $1,500. |
We reimburse each non-employee director for travel and
out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attendance at
Board and committee meetings and other meetings on behalf of
Harris and for the costs and expenses of attending director
education programs. In addition, we provide each non-employee
director with accident, death and disability insurance in the
amount of up to $200,000 and business travel insurance of up to
an additional $200,000 in the event that he or she is involved
in an accident while traveling on business relating to our
affairs.
Non-employee directors may participate in our gift matching
program available to all employees, where we match contributions
to eligible educational institutions and charitable
organizations up to an annual maximum of $10,000 per director.
Employee directors are not compensated for service as a director.
Stock Options
In December 2004, upon the recommendation of the Corporate
Governance Committee, the Board adopted an amendment to the
Harris Corporation 2000 Stock Incentive Plan (the 2000
Stock Incentive Plan) to eliminate the automatic grant of
options to purchase shares of Harris common stock upon a
non-employee directors initial election or appointment to
the Board and to eliminate the automatic annual grant of options
to non-employee directors on the date of each of our annual
meetings of shareholders. The options previously granted to
non-employee directors under the 2000 Stock Incentive Plan and
its predecessor plan, the Harris Corporation Stock Incentive
Plan (the 1990 Stock Incentive Plan), are
non-qualified options for tax purposes, were priced at fair
market value on the date of grant and become exercisable as
follows:
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50% of the option becomes exercisable on the first anniversary
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25% of the option becomes exercisable on each of the next two
succeeding anniversary dates. |
Notwithstanding the above, in the event of a change in control
of Harris, any non-employee directors options outstanding
for more than one year at that time immediately become
exercisable in full. In the case of options granted to directors
under the 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, such options continue to
vest and may be exercised following retirement. In addition,
such options fully vest upon a non-employee directors
death and are exercisable by his or her representative only
within the twelve-month period following the date of death. In
any event, all options granted to non-employee directors expire
no more than ten years after the date of grant.
Deferred Compensation
Under the 1997 Directors Deferred Compensation and Annual
Stock Unit Award Plan (the 1997 Directors
Plan), on January 1 of each year each non-employee
director was credited with Harris stock equivalent units. In
addition, under the 1997 Directors Plan, each non-employee
director could make an irrevocable election prior to the start
of a calendar year to defer all or a portion of his or her fees
for the subsequent year or years. Once deferred, amounts are
invested in investment alternatives similar to those available
under our 401(k) Plan or in stock units, pursuant to which a
non-employee directors account is credited with a number
of units of Harris stock equivalents. Once amounts are credited
in Harris stock equivalents, they cannot
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be reallocated into any other investment alternatives and are
payable only following the non-employee directors
resignation, retirement or death. Each such stock unit is
credited with dividend equivalents, which are deemed reinvested
in additional Harris stock units on the dividend payment date. A
non-employee director may elect to receive amounts deferred
under the 1997 Directors Plan, including amounts deferred
in the form of Harris stock units, either in a lump sum cash
payment on a date within five years of his or her resignation or
retirement or in annual cash payments over a designated number
of years, provided that all amounts are fully paid within ten
years of resignation or retirement. Within 90 days
following a change of control, each non-employee director (or
former non-employee director) will receive a lump sum cash
payment equal to the then remaining balance in his or her
account under the 1997 Directors Plan.
In December 2004, upon the recommendation of the Corporate
Governance Committee, the Board adopted an amendment to the 1997
Directors Plan to provide, effective December 31,
2004, that no further deferrals of director compensation shall
be permitted and no further annual awards of Harris stock
equivalent units shall be granted under the 1997 Directors
Plan. At the same time, the Board adopted the Harris Corporation
2005 Directors Deferred Compensation Plan (the 2005
Directors Plan). Under the terms of the 2005
Directors Plan, on January 1, April 1,
July 1, and October 1 of each year, commencing
April 1, 2005, Harris shall credit each non-employee
directors account with a number of Harris stock equivalent
units having a fair market value equal to $24,000 (for an
initial annual rate of $96,000), which amount may be changed
from time to time by the Board. In addition, under the 2005
Directors Plan, prior to the commencement of a calendar
year, each non-employee director may make an irrevocable
election to defer all or a portion of his or her cash
compensation for the subsequent year or years. Amounts deferred
at the election of a non-employee director may be invested in
investment alternatives similar to those available under the
401(k) Plan or in Harris stock equivalent units based upon the
fair market value of Harris common stock on the date of
deferral. A non-employee director may not transfer or reallocate
amounts deferred into other investments into Harris stock
equivalent units. In addition, once amounts are credited in
Harris stock equivalent units, they may not be reallocated into
any other investment alternatives and are payable in cash
following the non-employee directors resignation,
retirement or death. Each Harris stock equivalent unit is
credited with dividend equivalents, which are deemed reinvested
in additional Harris stock equivalent units.
A non-employee director may elect to receive amounts deferred
under the 2005 Directors Plan, including amounts
mandatorily deferred in the form of Harris stock equivalent
units, either in a cash lump sum on a date certain within five
years after his or her resignation or retirement or in annual
substantially equal cash installments over a designated number
of years beginning on a date certain within five years after a
directors resignation or retirement, provided that all
amounts are fully paid within ten years after resignation or
retirement.
Within 90 days of a change of control (as defined in the
2005 Directors Plan), and to the extent permitted by the
regulations adopted under the American Jobs Creation Act of
2004, each non-employee director (or former non-employee
director) will receive a lump sum cash payment equal to the
then-remaining balance in his or her account.
Stock Ownership Guidelines for Non-Management Directors
To further align the interests of members of the Board and
shareholders, the Board has previously approved stock ownership
guidelines for our non-management directors. Such directors are
expected to own, within five years after election or appointment
to the Board, Harris stock or stock equivalents having a minimum
value of four times such directors annual retainer.
Indemnification
We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our
directors and executive officers, including those executive
officers named in the summary compensation table on
page 26. These agreements require us to indemnify these
directors and officers with respect to their activities as a
director, officer or employee of Harris, or when serving at our
request as a
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director, officer or trustee of another corporation, trust or
other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys
fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement) actually
and reasonably incurred by them in any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative to which they are, or are
threatened to be made, parties as a result of their service to
us. We will indemnify each such director or officer for any one
or a combination of the following, whichever is most
advantageous to such director or officer:
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The benefits provided by our Restated Certificate of
Incorporation and By-Laws in effect on the date of the
indemnification agreement or at the time expenses are incurred
by the director or officer; |
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The benefits allowable under Delaware law in effect on the date
of the indemnification agreement; |
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The benefits allowable under the law of the jurisdiction under
which we exist at the time expenses are incurred by the director
or officer; |
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The benefits available under liability insurance obtained by us;
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Such other benefits as may otherwise be available to the
director or officer under our existing practices. |
Under the indemnification agreements, each director or officer
will continue to be indemnified even after ceasing to occupy a
position as an officer, director, employee or agent of Harris
with respect to suits or proceedings arising from his or her
service with us.
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OUR LARGEST SHAREHOLDERS
The rules of the SEC require disclosure regarding any persons
known to us to be a beneficial owner of more than five percent
of our common stock. The following table sets forth as of
July 22, 2005 the beneficial ownership of our common stock
by each person who has reported to the SEC beneficially owning
more than five percent of our common stock, based on the reports
filed by these persons, as adjusted to give effect to the Stock
Split.
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Barclays Global Investors, NA
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12,015,526 |
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8.99% |
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45 Fremont Street, 17th Floor
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San Francisco, California 94105
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FMR Corp.
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11,297,962 |
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8.45% |
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82 Devonshire Street
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Boston, Massachusetts 02109
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T. Rowe Price Associates Inc.
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7,063,400 |
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5.20% |
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Baltimore, Maryland 21202
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This information is based on a Schedule 13G with respect to
our common stock filed by Barclays Global Investors, NA
(Barclays) with the SEC on February 14, 2005,
in which Barclays states that as of December 31, 2004,
Barclays beneficially owned 12,015,526 shares, as to which
it possessed sole voting power over 8,262,810 shares and
sole dispositive power over 9,396,288 shares. Further,
Barclays Schedule 13G indicates that certain of its
subsidiaries and affiliates are considered beneficial owners of
such shares as follows: Barclays Global Fund Advisors
beneficially owned 1,036,394 shares, as to which it
possessed sole voting power over 946,002 shares and sole
dispositive power over 1,036,394 shares; Barclays Global
Investors, Ltd. beneficially owned 1,545,044 shares, as to
which it possessed sole voting power over 1,532,244 shares
and sole dispositive power over 1,545,044 shares; Barclays
Life Assurance Company Limited beneficially owned and possessed
sole voting and dispositive power over 20,200 shares;
Barclays Capital Securities Limited beneficially owned and
possessed sole voting and dispositive power over
7,800 shares; and Palomino Limited beneficially owned and
possessed sole voting and dispositive power over
9,800 shares. |
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This information is based on Amendment No. 3 to
Schedule 13G with respect to our common stock filed by FMR
Corp. with the SEC on February 14, 2005, in which FMR Corp.
states that as of December 31, 2004, Edward C. Johnson 3d
and FMR Corp. had sole dispositive power over
11,297,360 shares. Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR Corp. each
had sole voting and dispositive power over 103,360 shares.
Further, FMR Corp.s Amendment No. 3 to
Schedule 13G indicates that certain subsidiaries and
affiliates of FMR Corp. are considered beneficial owners of
certain shares beneficially owned by FMR Corp., as follows:
Fidelity Management & Research Company, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of FMR Corp., beneficially owned
11,194,000 shares as a result of its acting as investment
advisor to various investment companies; Fidelity Management
Trust Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR Corp.,
beneficially owned 103,360 shares as a result of its
serving as investment manager of institutional accounts; and
Strategic Advisors, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR
Corp., which provides investment advisory services to
individuals, beneficially owned 602 shares. |
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This information is based on Amendment No. 1 to
Schedule 13G with respect to our common stock filed by
T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. with the SEC on
February 14, 2005, in which T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
states that as of December 31, 2004, it was the beneficial
owner of 7,063,400 shares as a result of its serving as
investment manager of institutional accounts, as to which it
possessed sole voting power over 1,105,800 shares and sole
dispositive power over 7,063,400 shares. T. Rowe Price
Associates, Inc. by separate instruction requested that it be
disclosed that T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Price
Associates) serves as investment adviser with power to direct
investments and/or sole power to vote the securities. For
purposes of the reporting requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, Price Associates is deemed to be a
beneficial owner of such securities; however, Price Associates
expressly disclaims that it is, in fact, the beneficial owner of
such securities. |
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SHARES HELD BY OUR DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of
shares and equivalent units of our common stock, as of
July 22, 2005, by (a) each director, including the
nominees for election at the 2005 Annual Meeting, (b) our
Chief Executive Officer and each other executive officer named
in the summary compensation table on page 26, and (c) all
our directors and executive officers as a group. Except as
otherwise noted, the named individual had sole voting and
investment power with respect to the securities. As of
July 22, 2005, no individual director, nominee for
director, or Named Executive Officer (as defined below under
Summary Compensation Table) beneficially owned 1% or
more of our common stock. As of July 22, 2005, our
directors and executive officers, as a group, beneficially owned
1.92% of our common stock.
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DIRECTORS:
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Thomas A. Dattilo
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13,000 |
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13,000 |
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18,002 |
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Terry D. Growcock*
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Lewis Hay III
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9,000 |
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9,000 |
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15,764 |
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Karen Katen
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10,000 |
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35,040 |
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45,040 |
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41,223 |
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Stephen P. Kaufman
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4,000 |
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13,000 |
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17,000 |
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10,760 |
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Leslie F. Kenne
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2,000 |
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2,000 |
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1,495 |
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Howard L. Lance(5)**
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277,403 |
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372,588 |
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649,991 |
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2,909 |
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David B. Rickard
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9,000 |
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9,000 |
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12,295 |
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James C. Stoffel
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5,000 |
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5,000 |
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3,520 |
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Gregory T. Swienton
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13,000 |
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13,000 |
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Hansel E. Tookes II
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1,000 |
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1,000 |
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NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS:
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Nick E. Heldreth(5)
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66,674 |
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185,402 |
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252,076 |
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4,324 |
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Robert K. Henry(5)
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139,043 |
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232,766 |
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371,809 |
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4,348 |
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Chester A. Massari(5)
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85,721 |
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71,148 |
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156,869 |
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Bryan R. Roub(5)(6)
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237,662 |
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303,460 |
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541,122 |
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9,781 |
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1,021,933 |
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1,525,968 |
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2,547,901 |
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160,565 |
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Terry D. Growcock was appointed to our Board of Directors on
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Includes shares over which the person or members of his or her
immediate family hold or share voting and/or investment power
and excludes shares listed under the columns Shares Under
Exercisable Options and Deferred Stock Units. |
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Includes shares underlying options granted under our 1990 Stock
Incentive Plan and 2000 Stock Incentive Plan which are
exercisable as of July 22, 2005, and shares underlying
options which become exercisable within 60 days thereafter. |
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Represents the total of shares listed under the columns
Shares Owned and Shares Under Exercisable
Options. |
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For the non-employee directors, this column includes stock
equivalent units credited under our 1997 Directors Plan
and our 2005 Directors Plan discussed above under
Director Compensation and Benefits. For the Named
Executive Officers, this column includes amounts deferred in the
form of stock equivalent units under our Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan, which are settled in cash following, or under
certain circumstances prior to, retirement. These stock
equivalent units may not be voted or transferred. |
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The shares reported as beneficially owned include performance or
restricted shares awarded under our 2000 Stock Incentive Plan
for which the performance or vesting period had not expired and
as to which the named individuals have sole voting power but no
investment power, as follows: Mr. Lance 70,000
performance shares and 66,666 restricted shares;
Mr. Heldreth 20,000 performance shares;
Mr. Henry 43,000 performance shares and
50,000 restricted shares; Mr. Massari
28,000 performance shares; and Mr. Roub 37,000
performance shares. |
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The shares reported as beneficially owned do not include
800 shares owned by family members of Mr. Roub.
Mr. Roub disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares. |
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The shares reported as beneficially owned by all directors and
executive officers, as a group, include 442,666 performance
shares and restricted shares awarded to the executive officers
under our 2000 Stock Incentive Plan as to which the executive
officers have sole voting power but no investment power. The
shares reported do not include 800 shares owned by family
members, for which the directors and executive officers disclaim
beneficial ownership. |
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REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
The following Report of the Audit Committee does not
constitute soliciting material and the Report should not be
deemed filed or incorporated by reference into any other
previous or future filings by Harris under the Securities Act of
1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the
extent Harris specifically incorporates this Report by reference
therein.
The role of the Audit Committee is, among other things, to
assist the Board of Directors in its oversight of:
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The integrity of the financial statements of Harris; |
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Harris compliance with applicable legal and regulatory
requirements; |
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The independence and qualifications of Harris independent
auditors; and |
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The performance of Harris independent auditors and
internal audit function. |
The Board of Directors, in its business judgment, has determined
that all members of the Audit Committee are independent, within
the meaning of the listing standards of the NYSE, the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and related rules of the SEC and our
Director Independence Standards.
Management of Harris is responsible for the preparation,
presentation and integrity of Harris financial statements
and the effectiveness of Harris system of internal control
over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures.
Management and the internal auditing department are responsible
for maintaining and evaluating appropriate accounting and
financial reporting principles and internal controls and
procedures designed to assure compliance with accounting
standards and applicable laws and regulations. The independent
auditors, Ernst & Young LLP, are responsible for auditing
the consolidated financial statements and expressing an opinion
as to whether such financial statements are presented fairly, in
all material respects, in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States. The independent
auditors are also responsible for auditing managements
assessment and the effectiveness of Harris internal
control over financial reporting. The Audit Committee has met
and held discussions with management, the Director of Internal
Audit and the independent auditors. The Audit Committee
discussed with the internal and independent auditors the overall
scope of and plans for their respective audits. The Audit
Committee also met with the independent auditors, the Director
of Internal Audit and the Chief Financial Officer, with and
without management present, to discuss the results of their
examinations, the reasonableness of significant judgments, the
evaluations of Harris internal control over financial
reporting and the overall quality of Harris financial
reporting. Management has represented to the Audit Committee
that Harris consolidated financial statements were
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles.
In the performance of its oversight function, the Audit
Committee has:
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Reviewed and discussed with management and the independent
auditors Harris internal control over financial reporting,
including a review of managements and the independent
auditors assessments of reports on the effectiveness of
Harris internal control over financial reporting and any
significant deficiencies or material weaknesses; |
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Considered, reviewed and discussed the audited financial
statements with management and the independent auditors,
including a discussion of the quality of the accounting
principles, the reasonableness thereof, significant adjustments,
if any, and the clarity of disclosures in the financial
statements, as well as critical accounting policies; |
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Discussed with Ernst & Young LLP the matters required to be
discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, as
amended by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 90,
Communication with Audit Committees, and No. 71,
Interim Financial Information, as currently
in effect; |
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Received the written disclosures and the letter from Ernst &
Young LLP required by Independence Standards Board Standard
No. 1, Independence Discussions with Audit
Committees, as currently in effect, and discussed the
independence of Ernst & Young LLP with them; |
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Reviewed the services provided by the independent auditors other
than their audit services and considered whether the provision
of such other services by the independent auditors is compatible
with maintaining their independence, discussed with the auditors
the auditors independence, and concluded that the
independent auditors are independent from Harris and its
management; and |
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Reviewed the contents of SEC-required certification statements
from the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and
also discussed and reviewed the process and internal controls
for providing reasonable assurances that the financial
statements included in the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 1, 2005 are
true in all important respects, and that the report contains all
appropriate material information of which they are aware. |
In reliance upon the reports, reviews and discussions described
in this report, the Audit Committee has recommended to the Board
of Directors, and the Board has approved, that the audited
financial statements be included in Harris Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 1, 2005,
for filing with the SEC. The Audit Committee also has appointed,
and has requested shareholder ratification of the appointment
of, Ernst & Young LLP as Harris independent
auditors for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006.
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Submitted on August 26, 2005 by the Audit Committee of
the Board of Directors |
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David B. Rickard, Chairperson
Thomas A. Dattilo
Lewis Hay III
Gregory T. Swienton |
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND RELATED INFORMATION
REPORT OF THE MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT AND COMPENSATION
COMMITTEE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following Report of the Management Development and
Compensation Committee does not constitute soliciting material
and the Report should not be deemed filed or incorporated by
reference into any other previous or future filings by Harris
under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, except to the extent that Harris specifically
incorporates this Report by reference therein.
The Management Development and Compensation Committee, which
consists solely of independent, non-employee directors, annually
approves our compensation philosophy and the compensation,
perquisites and other benefits for our executive officers under
salary, incentive and other plans authorized by our Board of
Directors and/or shareholders. In addition, the Management
Development and Compensation Committee annually approves,
together with all independent directors, the compensation for
our Chief Executive Officer.
Compensation Philosophy
Our executive compensation philosophy is designed to meet
Harris needs, as well as the needs of our executives and
shareholders. The executive compensation program is intended to:
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Closely link compensation to an individuals performance
and our financial results; |
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Align the interests of our executives and shareholders by
emphasizing both the short-term and long-term performance
objectives and strategic focus of our businesses; |
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Facilitate management stock ownership; and |
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Enable us to attract and retain a world-class management team. |
This philosophy applies to all of our management employees,
including the executive officers named in the summary
compensation table on page 26.
Our executive compensation program has two major components:
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An annual cash component, consisting of a base salary and an
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A long-term equity incentive component, consisting of
(1) stock options, (2) performance shares with payouts
based upon meeting performance targets over a three-year period,
and (3) restricted shares which vest over a period of three to
five years. |
We utilize a structured approach for evaluating executive
performance and determining executive annual cash compensation
by reference to external industry surveys of compensation of
executives in similar positions, individual performance and
experience in the position, and scope of responsibility. Payouts
for annual cash incentive awards are based upon the degree to
which an executive achieves the applicable operating results
established at the start of our fiscal year. Similarly,
long-term compensation in the form of a performance share payout
is based upon the degree to which an executive attains operating
results outlined in the strategic growth plan. For the
three-year performance period ended July 1, 2005, we used
cumulative earnings per share for Harris and annual assessments
of operating income and return on capital for our divisions as
the criteria for payouts of performance shares.
Our executive compensation program is designed to ensure that
executive pay remains competitive with pay for comparable jobs,
responsibilities and performance in leading industrial and
technology companies. For this reason, we periodically retain
outside independent compensation and benefit consultants to
review our executive compensation programs.
Annual Cash Compensation
Annual cash compensation consists of a fixed base salary and an
opportunity for a variable cash performance incentive. Base
salaries and planned cash incentive compensation targets for
senior executives, other than the Chief Executive Officer, are
recommended annually by the Chief Executive Officer and then
reviewed and approved by the Management Development and
Compensation Committee.
The Annual Incentive Plan, which was approved by shareholders at
the 1995 Annual Meeting and reapproved by shareholders at the
2000 Annual Meeting, provides for payment to executives of a
specified cash amount (not to exceed 200% of the target amount)
based upon the percentage achievement of specific financial
objectives, including such measures as earnings per share,
operating income and revenue growth. The financial objectives
and criteria are established at the start of our fiscal year.
For fiscal 2005, annual incentive payments for senior executives
were based upon earnings per share, operating income and/or
revenue targets.
The percentage of an executives annual cash compensation
attributable to the incentive bonus generally increases with his
or her level of management responsibility. For the Named
Executive Officers target cash incentive compensation ranged
from 38% to 50% of total annual cash compensation for fiscal
2005.
As discussed elsewhere in this proxy statement, the Board of
Directors, acting on the recommendation of the Management
Development and Compensation Committee, unanimously approved the
Harris Corporation 2005 Annual Incentive Plan, subject to
shareholder approval. The 2005 Annual Incentive Plan, a copy of
which is attached as Appendix D to this proxy
statement and described under Proposal 3: Approval of
the Harris Corporation 2005 Annual Incentive Plan, will
replace the existing Annual Incentive Plan.
Long-Term Compensation
The stock incentive plans are intended to align executive and
shareholder interests. The plans permit the granting of any or
all of the following types of awards:
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performance criteria; |
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Stock options; |
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Stock appreciation rights, independent of or in tandem with
stock options; and |
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The Management Development and Compensation Committee believes
that, through the use of stock incentives, the interests of our
executives are directly aligned with the objective of enhancing
shareholder value.
With respect to performance share awards, at the beginning of an
award cycle the Management Development and Compensation
Committee determines the applicable performance criteria. The
performance share award and option grants for senior executives,
other than the Chief Executive Officer, are recommended by the
Chief Executive Officer and then reviewed and approved by the
Management Development and Compensation Committee. The
Management Development and Compensation Committee grants each
participant a specified number of performance shares at the
start of the relevant period and establishes a means for
computing the number of performance shares that can be earned
during the period. Payouts for the three-year period ended
July 1, 2005 ranged from 30% to 150% of the performance
share award granted at the start of the period. Performance
shares are subject to forfeiture if the performance goals are
not attained or if a participants employment is terminated
for certain reasons before the performance period has ended.
Stock options are granted at fair market value as of the date of
grant, typically vest over three years, and have a term of not
greater than ten years. Stock options granted during fiscal 2005
generally have a term of seven years. Stock options provide
realizable value only when the price of our common stock is
greater than the option exercise price. In addition to stock
options and performance shares, awards of restricted shares are
made on a selective basis to individual executives as part of
hiring packages or for retention. These restricted shares vest
over or at the end of a restricted period.
As discussed elsewhere in this proxy statement, the Board of
Directors, acting on the recommendation of the Management
Development and Compensation Committee, unanimously approved the
Harris Corporation 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, subject to
shareholder approval. The 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, a copy of
which is attached as Appendix C to this proxy
statement and described under Proposal 2: Approval of
the Harris Corporation 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, will
provide a basis for future option, performance share, restricted
share and other equity-based awards. If the 2005 Equity
Incentive Plan is approved by shareholders, no further grants
will be made under the 2000 Stock Incentive Plan.
Stock Ownership Guidelines for Executives
To further promote ownership of shares by management and to more
closely align management and shareholder interests, the
Management Development and Compensation Committee previously
approved stock ownership guidelines for our executive officers.
Executives are expected to own Harris stock having a minimum
value, denominated as a multiple of their annual base salaries,
as follows: four times for the Chief Executive Officer; two
times for other executive officers; and equal to one years
annual base salary for other designated officers. Unexercised
options and unearned performance shares or restricted shares do
not count for purposes of measuring compliance with the
ownership guidelines. The recommended time period for reaching
the guidelines is three years. Executives within three years of
normal retirement are no longer subject to the guidelines.
Section 162(m) Deductibility
Stock option grants and performance share awards made to
executive officers under stock incentive plans and payments
under the Annual Incentive Plan are intended to comply with the
requirements of Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m)
relating to the tax deductibility of certain compensation
exceeding $1 million for certain executive officers named in the
summary compensation table on page 26. In any year,
however, the Board or the Management Development and
Compensation Committee may determine, in light of all applicable
circumstances, that it would be in our best interests for
compensation to be paid under those plans or otherwise in a
manner that may not qualify as performance-based under
Section 162(m).
Retirement Plans
We maintain the 401(k) Plan, which is a tax-qualified defined
contribution retirement plan available to most of our domestic
employees. Subject to applicable Internal Revenue Code limits,
employees may contribute from 1% to 12%
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of eligible compensation and we will make a matching
contribution of up to 6% of eligible compensation. The 401(k)
Plan also includes a profit sharing component. To
the extent contributions to our 401(k) Plan are limited, certain
of our executives are also eligible to contribute to our
non-qualified, supplemental executive retirement plan. This
supplemental plan has been established for certain employees
whose contributions to the 401(k) Plan are otherwise limited by
the Internal Revenue Code. In addition to employee
contributions, matching and profit sharing components, we may
also grant special awards to participants under our supplemental
executive retirement plan.
Other Benefits
Harris overall compensation program for elected corporate
officers also includes other types of perquisites. Types of
benefits available to elected corporate officers include
reimbursement of the costs of tax preparation and financial
planning services of up to $5,000 (or $10,000, in the case of
Mr. Lance) per year, reimbursement of the costs of estate
planning services of up to $5,000 (or $10,000, in the case of
Mr. Lance) every three years and reimbursement of the costs
of membership in an approved social or country club. In
addition, employees, including executives, are eligible for
other benefits. These benefits include group life and medical
insurance as well as disability benefits.
Chief Executive Officer Compensation
Mr. Lances base salary, incentive compensation,
performance share awards, stock option grants, restricted shares
and other benefits are annually reviewed and approved by the
Management Development and Compensation Committee together with
all independent directors. Following approval by the Board of
Directors on December 3, 2004, Harris and Mr. Lance
entered into a letter agreement providing for
Mr. Lances continued employment. The terms of the
letter agreement are discussed below under Employment and
Change in Control Severance Agreements.
In August 2004, the Management Development and Compensation
Committee and independent directors established Mr. Lances
annual base salary at $850,000, an increase from $775,000, and
an annual cash bonus with a target level for such bonus equal to
100% of his annual base salary. The increase was effective on
September 1, 2004. In recommending Mr. Lances
total annual compensation for fiscal 2005, the Management
Development and Compensation Committee considered
Mr. Lances individual performance by the same
measures previously described for determining executive officer
compensation. Under our Annual Incentive
Plan, Mr. Lance received annual cash incentive
compensation for fiscal 2005 equal to 153.2% of his target bonus
based upon earnings-per-share performance. In August 2004,
the Management Development and Compensation Committee and
independent directors granted Mr. Lance options to purchase
300,000 shares of common stock and 40,000 performance
shares for the three-year period ending June 29, 2007.
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Stephen P. Kaufman, Chairperson |
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Dr. James C. Stoffel |
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Gregory T. Swienton |
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SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
The table below shows the annual and long-term compensation for
the fiscal years ended July 1, 2005, July 2, 2004 and
June 27, 2003, awarded, earned or paid for services in all
capacities of those executives who, at the end of fiscal 2005,
were (1) our Chief Executive Officer, and (2) our
other four most highly-compensated executive officers (together,
the Named Executive Officers). All information
regarding securities underlying options, per-share information,
and related information has been restated, as appropriate, to
give effect to the Stock Split.
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SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE |
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Long-Term Compensation | |
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Howard L. Lance
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2005 |
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$ |
849,039 |
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$ |
1,308,320 |
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$ |
166,889 |
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367,728 |
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$ |
391,943 |
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Chairman, President &
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2004 |
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$ |
750,481 |
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$ |
1,189,625 |
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$ |
101,208 |
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248,960 |
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$ |
175,726 |
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Chief Executive Officer*
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2003 |
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$ |
320,673 |
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$ |
422,083 |
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$ |
396,430 |
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$ |
3,132,000 |
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200,000 |
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$ |
2,495 |
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Bryan R. Roub
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2005 |
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$ |
397,558 |
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$ |
475,984 |
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$ |
8,880 |
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185,926 |
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$ |
380,520 |
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$ |
147,278 |
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Senior Vice President &
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2004 |
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$ |
370,096 |
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$ |
465,444 |
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7,000 |
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265,130 |
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$ |
248,800 |
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$ |
126,112 |
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Chief Financial Officer
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2003 |
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$ |
360,673 |
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$ |
293,934 |
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4,800 |
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68,000 |
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$ |
122,280 |
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83,849 |
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Robert K. Henry
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2005 |
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$ |
396,155 |
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440,849 |
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19,740 |
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68,390 |
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$ |
547,949 |
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$ |
146,780 |
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2004 |
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$ |
365,673 |
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409,180 |
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17,400 |
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58,052 |
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$ |
288,608 |
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$ |
120,833 |
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Government Communications
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2003 |
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$ |
316,721 |
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$ |
255,589 |
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$ |
8,800 |
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749,000 |
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100,000 |
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$ |
136,954 |
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$ |
72,970 |
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Systems Division
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Nick E. Heldreth**
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2005 |
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$ |
313,231 |
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$ |
267,194 |
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4,800 |
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71,494 |
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$ |
228,312 |
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$ |
102,170 |
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Vice President Human
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2004 |
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$ |
275,308 |
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$ |
261,535 |
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4,000 |
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66,544 |
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$ |
149,280 |
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$ |
85,281 |
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Resources & Corporate Relations
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2003 |
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$ |
268,269 |
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164,982 |
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2,880 |
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38,000 |
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$ |
73,368 |
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$ |
59,070 |
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Chester A. Massari
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2005 |
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$ |
258,385 |
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$ |
248,886 |
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6,720 |
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65,632 |
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$ |
456,624 |
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$ |
88,838 |
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President, RF Communications
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2004 |
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$ |
231,251 |
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$ |
253,406 |
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5,200 |
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76,680 |
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$ |
197,050 |
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$ |
82,072 |
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2003 |
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$ |
218,269 |
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$ |
275,965 |
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3,520 |
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26,000 |
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$ |
124,726 |
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66,018 |
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Mr. Lance joined Harris on January 20, 2003 and became
President and Chief Executive Officer on February 1, 2003
and Chairman on June 30, 2003. |
** Mr. Heldreth retired from Harris effective
August 19, 2005.
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(1) |
Except for Mr. Lance, none of the Named Executive Officers
received perquisites or other personal benefits in excess of the
lesser of $50,000 or 10% of annual salary and bonus for fiscal
2005, 2004 or 2003. The amounts reported under Other
Annual Compensation: (i) represent cash dividend
equivalent payments on outstanding performance shares granted
under our 2000 Stock Incentive Plan for which the performance
period had not expired, and (ii) for Mr. Henry, also
include cash dividend equivalent payments on outstanding
restricted shares granted under our 2000 Stock Incentive Plan
for which the vesting period had not expired. The amounts
reported for Mr. Lance for fiscal 2005 include: (a)
$101,089 for the personal use of the Company aircraft,
(b) cash dividend equivalent payments of $40,800 on
outstanding performance shares for which the performance period
had not expired and on outstanding restricted shares for which
the vesting period had not expired, and (c) $25,000 of
other personal fringe benefits. The amounts reported for
Mr. Lance for fiscal 2004 include: (a) $49,456 for the
personal use of the Company aircraft, (b) cash dividend
equivalent payments of $39,333 on outstanding performance shares
for which the performance period had not expired and on
outstanding restricted shares for which the vesting period had
not expired, and (c) $12,419 of other personal fringe benefits.
The amounts reported for Mr. Lance for fiscal 2003 include:
(a) relocation and home sale related expenses of $217,738,
(b) $67,954 for the personal use of the Company aircraft,
(c) payment of fees for legal services of $46,000,
(d) tax reimbursement payments of $39,598, (e) cash
dividend equivalent payments of $16,000 on outstanding
restricted shares for which the vesting period had not expired,
and (f) $9,140 of other personal fringe benefits. |
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The incremental cost to the Company of personal use of Company
aircraft is calculated based on the average variable operating
costs to the Company. Variable operating costs include fuel,
maintenance, weather-monitoring, on-board catering, landing/ramp
fees and other miscellaneous variable costs. The total annual
variable costs are divided by the annual number of miles the
Company aircraft flew to derive an average variable cost per
mile. This average variable cost per mile is then multiplied by
the miles flown for personal use to derive the incremental cost. |
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The methodology excludes fixed costs which do not change based
on usage, such as pilots and other employees
salaries, purchase costs of the aircraft and non-trip related
hangar expenses. The amounts reported reflect a change in
valuation methodology from prior years in which the cost of the
personal use of Company aircraft had been calculated using the
Standard Industrial Fare Level tables found in the tax
regulations. The 2004 and 2003 amounts have been recalculated so
that amounts are reported on a consistent basis. |
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This column shows the dollar value of restricted stock awards
based upon the closing price of our common stock on the date of
grant. On January 20, 2003, Harris granted Mr. Lance an
award of 200,000 restricted shares. The dollar value of
restricted stock awards for Mr. Lance is based upon the
$15.66 closing price of our common stock on January 17,
2003. In general, Mr. Lances award of restricted
shares vests in three equal annual installments beginning
January 20, 2004, provided that Mr. Lance is employed
by Harris on such dates. On February 28, 2003, Harris
granted Mr. Henry an award of 50,000 restricted shares. The
dollar value of restricted stock awards for Mr. Henry is
based upon the $14.98 closing price of our common stock on
February 28, 2003. In general, Mr. Henrys award
of restricted shares will vest on February 28, 2008,
provided that Mr. Henry is employed by Harris on such date.
Dividend equivalents are paid on shares of restricted stock.
Upon death, disability or retirement prior to full vesting, the
restricted stock award will be pro-rated. Upon a change of
control, the restricted stock awards will immediately vest. |
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As of July 1, 2005, the aggregate number and value of
unvested restricted stock awards based upon the $31.71 closing
price of our common stock on July 1, 2005, is as follows:
Mr. Lance 66,666 shares with a value of
$2,113,979; and Mr. Henry 50,000 shares with a
value of $1,585,500. |
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LTIP payouts consist of the value of performance shares earned
for the three-year performance period ended as of the last day
of the applicable fiscal year. These values are based on the
closing price of our common stock of $31.71, $24.88 and $15.285
on July 1, 2005, July 2, 2004 and June 27, 2003,
respectively, and the number of performance shares earned for
the three-year performance period ended as of the last day of
the applicable fiscal year, as follows: |
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12,000 |
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10,000 |
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17,280 |
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11,600 |
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8,960 |
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7,200 |
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6,000 |
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14,400 |
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7,920 |
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8,160 |
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As of July 1, 2005, the aggregate number and value of
performance shares awarded under the 2000 Stock Incentive Plan
for which the performance period had not expired (excluding the
number and value of performance shares with a performance period
ended on July 1, 2005) is as follows:
Mr. Lance 70,000 shares, with a value of
$2,219,700; Mr. Roub 27,000 shares, with a
value of $856,170; Mr. Henry
31,000 shares, with a value of $983,010;
Mr. Heldreth 14,000 shares, with a value
of $443,940; and Mr. Massari
18,000 shares, with a value of $570,780. The value of the
aggregate unearned performance shares is based upon the $31.71
closing price of our common stock on July 1, 2005. |
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All other compensation consists of: |
(i) Contributions to the Harris Corporation Retirement Plan
for:
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27,000 |
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18,954 |
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478 |
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29,210 |
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27,877 |
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23,648 |
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27,000 |
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22,174 |
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17,042 |
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27,000 |
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22,387 |
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16,788 |
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$ |
27,000 |
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22,192 |
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17,521 |
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361,743 |
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154,210 |
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913 |
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118,068 |
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98,235 |
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60,201 |
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$ |
114,851 |
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94,236 |
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52,211 |
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$ |
70,058 |
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$ |
57,956 |
|
|
$ |
37,441 |
|
Mr. Massari
|
|
$ |
57,425 |
|
|
$ |
55,653 |
|
|
$ |
44,712 |
|
(iii) The taxable portion of premiums on life insurance
provided by Harris for:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal 2005 | |
|
Fiscal 2004 | |
|
Fiscal 2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Mr. Lance
|
|
$ |
3,200 |
|
|
$ |
2,562 |
|
|
$ |
1,104 |
|
Mr. Roub
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mr. Henry
|
|
$ |
4,929 |
|
|
$ |
4,423 |
|
|
$ |
3,717 |
|
Mr. Heldreth
|
|
$ |
5,112 |
|
|
$ |
4,938 |
|
|
$ |
4,841 |
|
Mr. Massari
|
|
$ |
4,413 |
|
|
$ |
4,227 |
|
|
$ |
3,785 |
|
|
|
(5) |
Mr. Lances bonus for fiscal 2003 includes a $120,000
one-time cash allowance. |
27
OPTION GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
The table below gives more information on stock options granted
to the Named Executive Officers under our stock incentive plans
during the 2005 fiscal year. We did not grant any stock
appreciation rights to the Named Executive Officers during
fiscal 2005. Amounts shown for potential realizable values are
based upon assumed annualized rates of stock price appreciation
of 5% and 10% over the full term of the options, as required by
the SEC, and are not intended to represent or forecast possible
future appreciation, if any, of our common stock price. No gain
to the optionee is possible unless the stock price increases
over the option term.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Individual Grants | |
|
|
|
|
Number of | |
|
% of Total | |
|
|
|
Potential Realizable Value at | |
|
|
Securities | |
|
Options | |
|
|
|
Assumed Annual Rates of | |
|
|
Underlying | |
|
Granted to | |
|
Exercise or | |
|
|
|
Stock Price Appreciation | |
|
|
Options | |
|
Employees in | |
|
Base Price | |
|
Expiration | |
|
for Option Term | |
Name |
|
Granted (#) | |
|
Fiscal Year(4) | |
|
($/Share) | |
|
Date | |
|
5% ($) | |
|
10% ($) | |
| |
H.L. Lance
|
|
|
300,000 |
(1) |
|
|
14.93% |
|
|
$ |
24.00 |
|
|
|
8/27/2011 |
|
|
$ |
2,931,123 |
|
|
$ |
6,830,763 |
|
|
|
|
55,518 |
(2) |
|
|
2.76% |
|
|
$ |
26.86 |
|
|
|
8/22/2013 |
|
|
$ |
812,430 |
|
|
$ |
1,996,270 |
|
|
|
|
12,210 |
(2) |
|
|
0.61% |
|
|
$ |
26.86 |
|
|
|
1/20/2013 |
|
|
$ |
164,391 |
|
|
$ |
397,356 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
367,728 |
|
|
|
18.30% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
3,907,944 |
|
|
$ |
9,224,389 |
|
|
B.R. Roub
|
|
|
36,000 |
(1) |
|
|
1.79% |
|
|
$ |
24.00 |
|
|
|
8/27/2011 |
|
|
$ |
351,735 |
|
|
$ |
819,692 |
|
|
|
|
12,866 |
(2) |
|
|
0.64% |
|
|
$ |
31.40 |
|
|
|
8/22/2013 |
|
|
$ |
216,115 |
|
|
$ |
529,067 |
|
|
|
|
27,132 |
(2) |
|
|
1.35% |
|
|
$ |
31.40 |
|
|
|
8/23/2012 |
|
|
$ |
393,814 |
|
|
$ |
937,773 |
|
|
|
|
32,464 |
(2) |
|
|
1.62% |
|
|
$ |
31.40 |
|
|
|
8/24/2011 |
|
|
$ |
400,234 |
|
|
$ |
927,404 |
|
|
|
|
24,812 |
(2) |
|
|
1.23% |
|
|
$ |
31.40 |
|
|
|
8/28/2008 |
|
|
$ |
158,804 |
|
|
$ |
340,279 |
|
|
|
|
21,092 |
(2) |
|
|
1.05% |
|
|
$ |
31.40 |
|
|
|
8/27/2009 |
|
|
$ |
174,630 |
|
|
$ |
383,860 |
|
|
|
|
31,560 |
(2) |
|
|
1.57% |
|
|
$ |
31.40 |
|
|
|
8/25/2010 |
|
|
$ |
323,555 |
|
|
$ |
729,991 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
185,926 |
|
|
|
9.25% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
2,018,887 |
|
|
$ |
4,668,066 |
|
|
R.K. Henry
|
|
|
50,000 |
(1) |
|
|
2.49% |
|
|
$ |
24.00 |
|
|
|
8/27/2011 |
|
|
$ |
488,521 |
|
|
$ |
1,138,461 |
|
|
|
|
5,224 |
(2) |
|
|
0.25% |
|
|
$ |
24.98 |
|
|
|
8/27/2009 |
|
|
$ |
35,653 |
|
|
$ |
78,683 |
|
|
|
|
13,166 |
(2) |
|
|
0.66% |
|
|
$ |
24.98 |
|
|
|
8/25/2010 |
|
|
$ |
110,676 |
|
|
$ |
250,721 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
68,390 |
|
|
|
3.40% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
634,850 |
|
|
$ |
1,467,865 |
|
|
N.E. Heldreth
|
|
|
22,000 |
(1) |
|
|
1.09% |
|
|
$ |
24.00 |
|
|
|
8/27/2011 |
|
|
$ |
214,949 |
|
|
$ |
500,923 |
|
|
|
|
22,180 |
(2) |
|
|
1.10% |
|
|
$ |
24.98 |
|
|
|
8/24/2011 |
|
|
$ |
223,371 |
|
|
$ |
519,738 |
|
|
|
|
23,238 |
(2) |
|
|
1.16% |
|
|
$ |
24.98 |
|
|
|
8/25/2010 |
|
|
$ |
195,344 |
|
|
$ |
442,523 |
|
|
|
|
4,076 |
(2) |
|
|
0.20% |
|
|
$ |
24.98 |
|
|
|
8/27/2009 |
|
|
$ |
27,818 |
|
|
$ |
61,392 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
71,494 |
|
|
|
3.55% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
661,482 |
|
|
$ |
1,524,576 |
|
|
C. A. Massari
|
|
|
24,000 |
(1) |
|
|
1.19% |
|
|
$ |
24.00 |
|
|
|
8/27/2011 |
|
|
$ |
234,490 |
|
|
$ |
546,461 |
|
|
|
|
3,240 |
(2) |
|
|
0.16% |
|
|
$ |
26.86 |
|
|
|
8/24/2011 |
|
|
$ |
34,948 |
|
|
$ |
81,269 |
|
|
|
|
4,924 |
(2) |
|
|
0.25% |
|
|
$ |
26.86 |
|
|
|
8/22/2013 |
|
|
$ |
72,056 |
|
|
$ |
177,053 |
|
|
|
|
3,214 |
(2) |
|
|
0.16% |
|
|
$ |
33.58 |
|
|
|
8/22/2013 |
|
|
$ |
57,293 |
|
|
$ |
140,043 |
|
|
|
|
4,936 |
(2) |
|
|
0.25% |
|
|
$ |
33.58 |
|
|
|
8/27/2009 |
|
|
$ |
43,146 |
|
|
$ |
94,706 |
|
|
|
|
8,092 |
(2) |
|
|
0.40% |
|
|
$ |
33.58 |
|
|
|
8/24/2011 |
|
|
$ |
105,680 |
|
|
$ |
244,514 |
|
|
|
|
8,788 |
(2) |
|
|
0.44% |
|
|
$ |
33.58 |
|
|
|
8/25/2010 |
|
|
$ |
95,306 |
|
|
$ |
214,714 |
|
|
|
|
1,586 |
(2) |
|
|
0.08% |
|
|
$ |
33.58 |
|
|
|
8/25/2005 |
|
|
$ |
1,950 |
|
|
$ |
3,875 |
|
|
|
|
3,606 |
(2) |
|
|
0.18% |
|
|
$ |
33.58 |
|
|
|
8/23/2006 |
|
|
$ |
10,673 |
|
|
$ |
21,724 |
|
|
|
|
3,246 |
(2) |
|
|
0.16% |
|
|
$ |
33.58 |
|
|
|
8/23/2012 |
|
|
$ |
49,961 |
|
|
$ |
118,790 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
65,632 |
|
|
|
3.27% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
705,503 |
|
|
$ |
1,643,149 |
|
|
Shareholder Gain (3) |
|
$ |
1,725,408,590 |
|
|
$ |
4,020,161,920 |
|
|
Named Executive Officers Gain as a % of All Shareholder
Gain |
|
|
0.46 |
% |
|
|
0.46 |
% |
|
|
|
(1) |
All stock option grants were made under our 2000 Stock Incentive
Plan. Each stock option generally expires after seven years from
the date of grant and is exercisable in installments of: 50%
after June 30, 2005; 75% after two years from the date of
grant; and 100% after three years from the date of grant. These
options were granted on August 27, 2004. The exercise price
is the closing price of a share of our common stock on the date
of grant and may be paid in cash and/or shares of our common
stock, or an optionholder may use cashless exercise
procedures. In the event of death while employed, options shall
immediately become fully vested and shall be exercisable for up
to twelve months following the date of death. In the event of
retirement after age 62 and ten or more years of service,
options shall continue to vest and be exercisable until the
regularly scheduled expiration date. In the event of retirement
after age 55 and ten or more years of service, options shall
cease vesting and options exercisable at the time of such
retirement will continue to be exercisable until the regularly
scheduled expiration date. In the event of a change in control,
outstanding options immediately vest and become exercisable. |
|
(2) |
During the first half of fiscal 2005, if shares of common stock
were delivered by an employee in payment of the exercise price
of options, we granted a Restoration Stock Option
(RSO) equal to the number of shares used to exercise
such stock option. These listed options are RSOs. The expiration
date of RSOs is the same as the expiration date of the
underlying options. RSO grants are non-qualified and are
exercisable commencing six months after the date of grant at the
fair market value on the grant date. Effective December 31,
2004 Harris discontinued the grant of RSOs. |
|
(3) |
Shareholder gain reflects the hypothetical increase in market
value of our common stock for all shareholders, assuming annual
stock price appreciation of 5% and 10%, respectively, over a
seven-year period. |
|
(4) |
In fiscal 2005, Harris granted stock options covering a total of
2,009,638 shares of common stock to Harris employees and
this number was used in calculating the percentages. |
28
AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
AND FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION VALUES
The table below presents information with respect to the number
of shares acquired upon exercise of stock options and the
aggregate gains realized on exercises during fiscal 2005 for the
Named Executive Officers. The table also sets forth the number
of shares covered by exercisable and unexercisable options held
by those executives on July 1, 2005, and the aggregate
gains that would have been realized had these options been
exercised on July 1, 2005, even though they were not
exercised and the unexercisable options could not have been
exercised on that date. None of the Named Executive
Officers has stock appreciation rights.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Number of Securities | |
|
Value of Unexercised | |
|
|
Underlying Unexercised | |
|
In-the-Money | |
|
|
Shares | |
|
|
|
Options/SARs at Fiscal | |
|
Options/SARS at | |
|
|
Acquired | |
|
Value | |
|
Year-End (#) | |
|
Fiscal Year-End(2)($) | |
|
|
on Exercise | |
|
Realized | |
|
| |
|
| |
Name |
|
(#)(1) | |
|
($) | |
|
Exercisable | |
|
Unexercisable | |
|
Exercisable | |
|
Unexercisable | |
| |
H.L. Lance
|
|
|
115,610 |
|
|
$ |
1,320,778 |
|
|
|
322,588 |
|
|
|
300,000 |
|
|
$ |
2,736,784 |
|
|
$ |
3,502,500 |
|
|
B.R. Roub
|
|
|
246,276 |
|
|
$ |
3,046,323 |
|
|
|
273,960 |
|
|
|
60,000 |
|
|
$ |
1,531,629 |
|
|
$ |
777,700 |
|
|
R.K. Henry
|
|
|
97,574 |
|
|
$ |
1,656,834 |
|
|
|
207,766 |
|
|
|
75,000 |
|
|
$ |
2,706,698 |
|
|
$ |
973,813 |
|
|
N.E. Heldreth
|
|
|
85,578 |
|
|
$ |
904,359 |
|
|
|
168,402 |
|
|
|
35,500 |
|
|
$ |
1,699,066 |
|
|
$ |
457,743 |
|
|
C.A. Massari
|
|
|
70,664 |
|
|
$ |
940,073 |
|
|
|
57,148 |
|
|
|
33,500 |
|
|
$ |
177,847 |
|
|
$ |
420,798 |
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Upon exercise, option holders may surrender shares to pay the
option exercise price and satisfy tax-withholding requirements.
The number of shares acquired on exercise is provided on gross
amounts absent netting for shares surrendered. The number of
shares acquired upon exercise after netting out shares
surrendered to pay the exercise price and satisfy tax
withholding is as follows:
Mr. Lance 30,432 shares;
Mr. Roub 60,272 shares;
Mr. Henry 31,350 shares;
Mr. Heldreth 21,132 shares; and
Mr. Massari 14,404 shares. |
|
(2) |
Market value of shares underlying in-the-money options on
July 1, 2005, less option exercise price. The market value
is based upon the July 1, 2005 closing price of
$31.71 per share of our common stock reported on the New
York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions Tape. |
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLANS AWARDS IN LAST FISCAL
YEAR
The table below sets forth information with respect to awards of
performance shares granted under our 2000 Stock Incentive Plan
during fiscal 2005 to the Named Executive Officers. The
performance period for the awards in the table is the
three-year period ending June 29, 2007.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Estimated Future Payouts Under | |
|
|
Performance or | |
|
Non-Stock Price-Based Plans | |
|
|
Other Period | |
|
| |
|
|
Number of | |
|
Until Maturation | |
|
Threshold | |
|
Target | |
|
Maximum | |
Name |
|
Shares | |
|
or Payout | |
|
Shares (#) | |
|
Shares (#) | |
|
Shares (#) | |
| |
H.L. Lance
|
|
|
40,000 |
|
|
|
6/29/2007 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
40,000 |
|
|
|
60,000 |
|
|
B.R. Roub
|
|
|
12,000 |
|
|
|
6/29/2007 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
12,000 |
|
|
|
18,000 |
|
|
R.K. Henry
|
|
|
16,000 |
|
|
|
6/29/2007 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
16,000 |
|
|
|
24,000 |
|
|
N.E. Heldreth
|
|
|
6,000 |
|
|
|
6/29/2007 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
6,000 |
|
|
|
9,000 |
|
|
C.A. Massari
|
|
|
8,000 |
|
|
|
6/29/2007 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
8,000 |
|
|
|
12,000 |
|
|
|
Grants of performance shares to participants are made at the
beginning of each performance period and are earned based on the
performance of a business unit, Harris or some combination
thereof. The payout is determined by the Management Development
and Compensation Committee and, in the case of the Chief
Executive Officer, the other independent directors, and is based
upon financial performance compared with strategic plan
objectives. Performance criteria include one or a combination of
our cumulative earnings per share, operating income and return
29
on capital during the strategic plan cycle. Share payouts are
made following the determination of the Management Development
and Compensation Committee and, in the case of the Chief
Executive Officer, the other independent directors, and range
from zero to a maximum of 150% of the original shares awarded.
The terms of these awards are intended to comply with Internal
Revenue Code Section 162(m) requirements. Participants
receive cash dividend equivalent payments on the performance
share awards in an amount equal to dividends paid to
shareholders on our common stock.
If an executive ceases to be an employee of Harris prior to the
expiration of the performance period for any reason other than
death, disability or retirement after age 55 with ten or more
years of full-time service, all performance shares shall be
forfeited. In the case of death, disability or retirement after
age 55 with ten or more years of full-time service, the
executive or his or her estate shall be eligible to receive a
pro-rata portion of the award that would otherwise be issued at
the expiration of the performance period.
In the event of a change in control, the performance objectives
applicable to the award are deemed to be attained, and
performance shares are to be paid out at the end of the
performance period, provided that:
|
|
|
|
|
In the event of death, disability, retirement or involuntary
termination other than for cause, the shares are to be paid as
soon as practicable; |
|
|
|
In the event of resignation or termination for cause, the shares
are forfeited; and |
|
|
|
In the event of certain defined changes in our capital
structure, then, at the participants election, the award
is to be paid in shares or cash, as soon as practicable. |
EMPLOYMENT AND CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENTS
Employment Agreement Howard L. Lance
On December 3, 2004, the Board of Directors approved, and
Harris and Mr. Lance entered into, a letter agreement (the
Letter Agreement) providing for
Mr. Lances continued employment as Harris Chief
Executive Officer and President, and his continued service as a
director and Chairman of the Board of Directors. The terms of
Mr. Lances employment by Harris have been governed by
the Letter Agreement since January 20, 2005, following the
expiration on January 19, 2005 of the Executive Employment
Agreement, dated as of January 20, 2003, by and between
Harris and Mr. Lance and all obligations under that
agreement.
The Letter Agreement provides for an indefinite term of
employment commencing on January 20, 2005 and ending on
termination of Mr. Lances employment either by Harris
with or without cause, or upon Mr. Lances
resignation for good reason (as such terms are
defined in the Letter Agreement), death, disability, or other
resignation or retirement.
In the event Mr. Lances employment is terminated by
Harris without cause, which Harris is entitled to do upon thirty
days prior written notice, or by Mr. Lance for good
reason, then Mr. Lance would be entitled to receive from
Harris (i) continuation of his then-current base salary for
a period of two years; (ii) his pro-rated bonus for the
year of termination; (iii) without duplication, his accrued
but unpaid base salary through the date of termination, his
earned but unpaid bonus for the prior fiscal year, reimbursement
of reasonable business expenses incurred prior to the date of
termination, and other or additional compensation benefits in
accordance with the terms of applicable Harris plans or employee
benefit programs for terminated employees; (iv) continued
participation in the medical, dental, hospitalization,
short-term and long-term disability, and group life insurance
coverage plans of Harris in which he was participating on the
date of termination until 24 months following such date of
termination (or, if earlier, until the date or dates on which he
receives comparable coverage and benefits under the plans and
programs of a subsequent employer); (v) during the two-year
period following termination and notwithstanding the terms and
conditions of his stock option and restricted stock agreements,
continued vesting of his unvested restricted stock and/or
options, and as to vested stock options, continued exercisability
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until the date which is three months after the end of such
two-year period; (vi) prorated vesting of his outstanding
performance share awards pursuant to Harris performance
targets and resultant performance; and (vii) outplacement
services at Harris expense for up to one year
following the date of termination in accordance with the
practices of Harris as in effect from time to time for senior
executives.
In the event Mr. Lances employment is terminated by
Harris for cause or upon Mr. Lances resignation other
than for good reason, death, disability, or retirement, then
Mr. Lance (or his estate or legal representative, as
appropriate) shall be entitled to receive from Harris his
accrued but unpaid base salary through the date of termination,
his earned but unpaid bonus for the prior fiscal year,
reimbursement of reasonable business expenses incurred prior to
the date of termination, and other compensation benefits in
accordance with the terms of applicable Harris plans or employee
benefit programs for terminated employees. In the event
Mr. Lances employment is terminated as a result of
his death or disability, he shall also be entitled to other
compensation benefits in accordance with the terms of applicable
Harris plans for employees who die or become disabled, as
appropriate.
In the event of a change in control of Harris (which, as
provided in the Letter Agreement, is defined in the Executive
Severance Agreement, dated as of January 20, 2003, by and
between Harris and Mr. Lance), and if Mr. Lances
employment terminates under the circumstances provided under
such Executive Severance Agreement, then Mr. Lance will be
entitled to the compensation and benefits provided under such
Executive Severance Agreement in lieu of any compensation or
benefits receivable by him under the Letter Agreement.
The Letter Agreement also provides that, for a one-year period
following termination of his employment for any reason (or a
two-year period if he is receiving severance from Harris),
without Harris prior written consent, Mr. Lance may
not associate with an enterprise that competes with Harris or
during his employment with Harris and for a two-year period
following termination of his employment for any reason, solicit
any customer or any employee of Harris to leave Harris.
Executive Change in Control
Severance Agreements
To provide continuity of management and dedication of our
corporate executives in the event of a threatened or actual
change in control of Harris, our Board has approved change in
control severance agreements for our officers and key managers,
including the Named Executive Officers. Under these agreements,
our officers and key managers are provided with severance
benefits in the event the executives employment is
terminated by us without cause, or by the executive for good
reason, within two years following a change in control (all
terms as defined in the severance agreement). Under the change
in control severance agreement, the executive agrees not to
voluntarily terminate his or her employment with us during the
six-month period following a change in control.
If triggered, the lump-sum severance benefit payable under the
change in control severance agreement equals the sum of (a) the
executives unpaid base salary through the date of
termination, a pro-rated annual bonus (as determined under the
severance agreement), any compensation deferred by the executive
other than under a tax-qualified plan and any accrued vacation
pay; and (b) from one to three times (based upon the
executives position) the executives highest annual
rate of base salary during the 12-month period prior to the date
of termination and from one to three times (based upon the
executives position) the greatest of the executives
highest annual bonus in the three years prior to the change
in control, the executives target bonus for the year
during which the change in control occurred or the
executives target bonus for the year in which the
executives employment is terminated. Payment amounts are
three times compensation and bonus for Messrs. Lance, Roub,
Henry and Heldreth and two times compensation and bonus for
Mr. Massari. In addition, for the two years following the
date of termination, the executive receives the same level of
medical, dental, accident, disability, life insurance and any
similar
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benefits as are in effect on the date of termination (or the
highest level of coverage provided to active executives, if more
favorable). The executive also receives reimbursement for any
relocation expense related to the pursuit of other business
opportunities incurred within two years following the date of
termination, for recruitment or placement services of up to
$4,000 and for professional financial or tax planning services
of up to $5,000 per year. The change in control severance
agreement also provides for a tax gross-up payment to the
executive in the event that payment of any severance benefits is
subject to excise taxes imposed under Section 4999 of the
Internal Revenue Code. In addition, pursuant to the change in
control severance agreement we will reimburse the executive for
any legal fees and costs with respect to any dispute
arising under the severance agreement.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Harris currently employs more than 12,600 employees and has
an active recruitment program for soliciting job applications
from qualified candidates. Harris seeks to hire the most
qualified available candidates and does not preclude the hiring
of family members. During fiscal 2005, Paul Roub, son of
Bryan R. Roub, our Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer, was employed by us as a software engineer.
Paul Roubs salary was established in accordance with our
employment and compensation practices applicable to employees
with equivalent qualifications, experience and responsibilities
and he received more than $60,000 in annual compensation.
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HARRIS STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The graph below compares the five-year cumulative total return
of our common stock with the comparable five-year cumulative
total returns of the Standard & Poors 500 Information
Technology Sector Index (S&P 500 Information
Technology) and the Standard & Poors 500
Composite Stock Index (S&P 500). The
figures assume an initial investment of $100 on June 30,
2000 in Harris, the S&P 500 Information Technology and the
S&P 500, and the reinvestment of all dividends.
COMPARISON OF FIVE-YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN
AMONG HARRIS, S&P 500 AND S&P 500 INFORMATION
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SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, requires our directors and executive officers, as well
as persons who own more than ten percent of our outstanding
shares of common stock, to file reports of ownership and changes
in ownership of our securities with the SEC and the NYSE. We
have procedures in place to assist our directors and executive
officers in preparing and filing these reports on a timely basis.
Based solely upon a review of the forms furnished to us, or
written representations from certain persons that no Forms 5
were required, we believe that all required forms have been
timely filed for fiscal 2005.
EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION
The following table provides information as of July 1, 2005
about our common stock that may be issued, whether upon the
exercise of options, warrants and rights or otherwise, under our
existing equity compensation plans. If the 2005 Equity Incentive
Plan is approved by our shareholders, no further options, rights
or awards will be granted or issued from any of these equity
compensation plans.
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Includes outstanding options for 8,564 shares of our common
stock that were assumed in connection with our acquisition of
WavTrace, Inc. in fiscal 2001. No additional awards can be
granted under the plans pursuant to which these options were
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Under the Harris Corporation 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, we may
grant an aggregate of not more than 5,000,000 shares in the
form of performance share awards, restricted stock awards, or
other similar types of share awards. As of July 1, 2005,
there were issued and outstanding 766,776 shares of such
awards under this plan. Because there is no exercise price
associated with performance share awards or restricted share
awards which are granted to employees at no cost, such shares
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As of the August 31, 2005 record date for the Annual
Meeting, the number of shares to be issued upon exercise of
outstanding options, warrants and rights under our equity
compensation plans was 7,497,802 (which does not include the
976,099 performance share and restricted stock awards referenced
below), with a weighted-average exercise price of $21.78 and a
weighted average remaining life of 6.24 years. As of
August 31, 2005 the number of shares remaining available
for future issuances under our equity compensation plan was
9,801,079. As of August 31, 2005 there were issued and
outstanding an aggregate of 976,099 performance share and
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PROPOSAL 2: APPROVAL OF THE HARRIS CORPORATION 2005 EQUITY
INCENTIVE PLAN
At the Annual Meeting, our shareholders will be asked to approve
the Harris Corporation 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the
2005 Equity Plan). Our Board of Directors approved
the 2005 Equity Plan on August 27, 2005, subject to its
approval by shareholders. The 2005 Equity Plan is intended to
replace the Harris Corporation 2000 Stock Incentive Plan (the
Prior Plan) and our 1990 Stock Incentive Plan, which
ceased to be available for awards after effectiveness of the
Prior Plan. The Prior Plan and the 1990 Stock Incentive Plan are
sometimes referred to collectively herein as the
Predecessor Plans. The Predecessor Plans are our
only plans pursuant to which shares may be issued in respect of
equity compensation. If the shareholders approve the 2005 Equity
Plan, it will become effective on the day of the 2005 Annual
Meeting, and no further awards will be granted under the Prior
Plan.
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The Board believes that it is in the Companys best
interest to have an equity incentive program if we are to
successfully attract and retain the best possible candidates.
The 2005 Equity Plan provides us with a range of incentive tools
and sufficient flexibility to permit us to make effective use of
the shares our shareholders authorize for incentive purposes.
The 2005 Equity Plan is also designed to preserve our ability to
deduct in full, for Federal income tax purposes, the
compensation recognized by certain executive officers in
connection with certain awards granted under the 2005 Equity
Plan. Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the Code), generally denies a corporate
tax deduction for annual compensation exceeding $1 million
paid by a publicly held company to its chief executive officer
or to any of its four other most highly compensated officers.
However, compensation that is deemed to be
performance-based under Section 162(m) of the
Code is generally excluded from this limit. To enable
compensation received in connection with awards granted under
the 2005 Equity Plan to qualify as performance-based
within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and in
order to comply with the listing standards of the NYSE, our
shareholders are being asked to approve the terms of the 2005
Equity Plan.
Summary of Certain Terms of the Harris Corporation 2005
Equity Incentive Plan
The following summary of the principal features of the 2005
Equity Plan is subject to the complete terms of the 2005 Equity
Plan, a copy of which is attached to this proxy statement as
Appendix C.
General. The purpose of the 2005 Equity Plan is to
promote our long-term growth and performance and to increase
shareholder value by providing long-term incentive awards to
employees and directors. The 2005 Equity Plan is intended to:
(i) further align the interests of employees and directors
with those of the shareholders by providing incentive
compensation opportunities which may be tied to the performance
of our common stock and by encouraging common stock ownership by
our officers, employees and directors; and (ii) assist in
the attraction, retention and motivation of selected individuals.
Administration. The 2005 Equity Plan will be administered
by a committee of the Board (the Committee)
appointed to administer the 2005 Equity Plan. The Committee will
be composed of not fewer than three non-employee directors, each
of whom will be a Non-Employee Director for purposes
of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and Rule 16b-3
thereunder, an outside director within the meaning
of Section 162(m) and the regulations promulgated under the
Code and an independent director as defined by the listing
standards of the NYSE. Initially, the Board has designated the
Management Development and Compensation Committee to administer
the 2005 Equity Plan. Subject to the provisions of the 2005
Equity Plan, the Committee has the discretion to determine the
terms of each award and the persons to whom awards are granted.
The Committee may delegate to one or more of our officers the
authority to grant awards (other than grants to any director,
executive officer or person subject to Section 162(m) of
the Code) under the 2005 Equity Plan. The Committee will
interpret the 2005 Equity Plan and awards granted thereunder,
and all determinations of the Committee will be final,
conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in the
2005 Equity Plan or any award.
Shares Available For Award. The number of shares with
respect to which awards may be issued or delivered under the
2005 Equity Plan (subject to adjustment as set forth below) is
20,000,000. Subject to adjustment as described below, no more
than 7,000,000 of these shares shall be available for issuance
pursuant to incentive stock options, no more than
1,000,000 shares may be issued or delivered as other
share-based awards and no more than 1,000,000 shares
may be issued or delivered to non-employee directors in respect
of deferred units. Any shares issued or delivered as a result of
full-value awards under the 2005 Equity Plan shall
be counted as 1.60 shares for the purpose of the overall
Plan limit. Full-Value Awards include cash-based
units, deferred units, performance shares, performance units,
restricted stock, restricted units and all other share-based
awards, but does not include options or stock appreciation
rights. Shares issued or delivered under the 2005 Equity Plan
may be authorized but unissued or reacquired shares of our
common stock.
Shares issued by us as substitute awards granted in connection
with the assumption of
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outstanding awards previously granted by a company acquired by
us, or with which we combine, do not reduce the number of shares
available for awards under the 2005 Equity Plan.
Individual Participant Limits. Subject to adjustment as
set forth below, the maximum number of shares with respect to
which options and stock appreciation rights (SARs)
may be granted to any one participant during any fiscal year
will be 1,000,000 shares. The initial target number of
shares subject to awards of performance shares, performance
units or other Full-Value Awards intended to qualify as
performance-based compensation granted to any one participant in
any fiscal year shall not exceed 500,000 shares and in no
event shall the number of shares ultimately issued exceed 200%
of the initial target number of shares. In no event will any
participant in any fiscal year receive awards of cash-based
units having an aggregate maximum value on their respective
grant dates in excess of $6,000,000.
Share Counting and Adjustments. The maximum number of
shares with respect to which awards may be granted under the
2005 Equity Plan will be increased by the number of shares with
respect to which options or other awards were granted under the
Predecessor Plans as of the effective date of the 2005 Equity
Plan, but which terminate, expire or terminate unexercised, or
are forfeited or cancelled without delivery of the shares under
the terms of either Predecessor Plan after the effective date of
the 2005 Equity Plan. Further, to the extent that any award
granted under the 2005 Equity Plan is forfeited or otherwise
terminates without delivery of shares or terminates without
having been exercised, any shares underlying such award will
again be available for grant under the 2005 Equity Plan to the
extent of such forfeiture or termination. Shares will not be
treated as having been issued under the 2005 Equity Plan and
will therefore not reduce the number of shares available for
grant to the extent an award is settled in cash. Shares tendered
to us as full or partial payment of the exercise or purchase
price of any award or withheld by us in satisfaction of a tax
withholding obligation will not again become available under the
2005 Equity Plan. The number of shares available under the 2005
Equity Plan will be reduced upon the exercise of an SAR by the
gross number of shares subject to that SAR.
The number of shares authorized under the 2005 Equity Plan, the
maximum award limitations set forth in the 2005 Equity Plan, the
number of shares subject to outstanding awards and the exercise
price, base price, purchase price or option price and other
relevant provisions of the 2005 Equity Plan and outstanding
awards may be adjusted by the Committee or the Board, in its
discretion, to reflect a change in our capitalization. Such
adjustments may include a substitution for alternative
consideration (including cash) and may be made as a result of a
recapitalization, repurchase, rights offering, reorganization,
merger, consolidation, combination, exchange of shares,
spin-off, spin-out or other distribution of assets to
shareholders or other similar corporate transaction or event.
In the event of a stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock
split, share combination or similar events, the maximum number
of shares authorized under the 2005 Equity Plan, the maximum
award limitations, the number of shares subject to outstanding
awards, the exercise price, base price, purchase or option price
and other relevant provisions of the 2005 Equity Plan and
outstanding awards will be proportionately and automatically
adjusted to reflect such event.
Prohibition of Option and SAR Repricing. Without the
approval of a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of our
shareholders, other than in connection with a change in our
capitalization, options or SARs may not be repriced, replaced,
regranted through cancellation or modified if the effect thereof
would be to reduce the exercise or base price of such options or
SARs.
Eligibility. Awards may be granted to employees or
non-employee directors of Harris or any subsidiary or affiliate
of Harris. As of August 19, 2005, we had approximately
12,600 employees and we had 10 non-employee directors, all
of whom would be eligible to receive awards under the 2005
Equity Plan.
Types of Awards. Awards under the 2005 Equity Plan may be
in the form of performance shares, performance units, cash-based
units, restricted stock, restricted units, options, SARs,
deferred units (which may only be awarded to non-employee
directors), or other share-based awards.
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Performance Share, Performance Unit, and Cash-Based Unit
Awards. The Committee may grant performance share,
performance unit, and cash-based unit awards, subject to such
forfeiture and other conditions and the attainment of such
performance objectives over such periods (not less than one
year) as the Committee may determine. The Committee may
determine performance levels under which the number of
performance shares, performance units, or cash-based units
earned based on actual performance may be less than, equal to,
or greater than, the number stated in the award. To the extent
earned, performance shares will be released to participants
without restriction on transfer and performance unit and
cash-based unit awards will be settled, in the discretion of the
Committee, in cash, shares of common stock or any combination of
these. Payout of performance units in cash and cash-based units
in common stock will be made based upon the fair market value of
the common stock, determined on such date or over such time
period as determined by the Committee.
Performance objectives may be described in terms of Company-wide
objectives or, with respect to participants who are employees,
objectives that are related to the performance of the individual
participant or the subsidiary, division, business unit,
department or function with Harris in which the participant is
employed. Performance objectives may be measured on an absolute
or relative basis. Relative performance may be measured by a
group of peer companies or by a financial market index. Any
performance objectives related to an award or portion of an
award that is intended to satisfy the requirements for
qualified performance-based compensation under
Section 162(m) of the Code will be limited to specified
levels of or increases in return on equity, diluted earnings per
share, total earnings, earnings growth, return on capital,
return on assets, return on sales, earnings before interest and
taxes, revenue, revenue growth, gross margin, return on
investment, increase in the fair market value of shares, share
price (including, but not limited to, growth measures and total
stockholder return), operating profit, net earnings, cash flow
(including, but not limited to, operating cash flow and free
cash flow), inventory turns, financial return ratios, market
share, earnings measures/ratios, economic value added, balance
sheet measurements (such as receivable turnover), internal rate
of return, customer satisfaction surveys or productivity.
Subject to the applicable performance share award agreement and
unless otherwise provided or determined by the Committee, during
the performance period participants may exercise full voting
rights with respect to all performance shares and will be
entitled to receive dividends and other distributions paid with
respect to those shares. Subject to the applicable performance
unit award agreement or cash-based unit award agreement and
unless otherwise provided or determined by the Committee, a
participant will not have any rights as a shareholder with
respect to shares underlying a performance unit or cash-based
unit until such time, if any, as such underlying shares are
actually issued to the participant. The Committee may provide in
a performance unit or cash-based unit award agreement for the
payment of dividend equivalents and distributions to the
participant at such times as paid to shareholders generally or
at the time of vesting or other payout of the performance unit
or cash-based unit, as the case may be.
Restricted Stock and Restricted Unit Awards. Restricted
stock awards are shares of common stock subject to transfer
restrictions as well as forfeiture upon certain terminations of
employment or service prior to the end of a restricted period or
other conditions specified by the Committee in the award
agreement. The Committee may grant restricted stock and
restricted unit awards subject to such restrictions as to
vesting and to such other terms as the Committee may determine.
If the restricted stock or restricted units vest by the passage
of time, such awards will be subject to restriction for at least
three years, as determined by the Committee at the date of
grant. To the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code,
the Committee may, in its sole discretion, at the time of the
grant of the award of restricted stock or restricted units or at
any time thereafter, provide for the early vesting of such award
prior to the expiration of the restriction period. Upon
expiration of the restriction period and satisfaction of any
other terms or conditions, restricted stock will immediately
become nonforfeitable and the shares underlying such restricted
stock will be released to the participant, and restricted units
will become payable to a participant. Payout of a restricted
unit may be made, at the discretion of the
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Committee, in shares or in cash, or in a combination thereof.
Any cash payout of a restricted unit will be made based upon the
fair market value of the common stock, determined on such date
or over such time period as determined by the Committee. Subject
to the applicable award agreement and unless otherwise provided
or determined by the Committee, during the restriction period
participants may exercise full voting rights with respect to
restricted shares and will be entitled to receive dividends and
other distributions paid with respect to those shares but will
not have any rights as a shareholder with respect to shares
underlying a restricted unit until such time, if any, as such
underlying shares are actually issued to the participant. The
Committee may provide for the payment of dividend equivalents
and distributions to the participants holding restricted units
at such times as paid to shareholders generally or at the time
of vesting or other payout of the restricted unit.
Stock Options. A stock option is the right to purchase
shares of our common stock at a fixed exercise price for a fixed
period of time. The Committee may grant incentive stock options
within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code,
non-qualified stock options or any combination of these. The
Committee establishes the exercise price of options, provided
that incentive and non-qualified stock options must have an
exercise price that is not less than the fair market value of a
share of our common stock on the date of grant. The closing sale
price of our common stock, as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange on September 7, 2005, was $41.55 per share. To the
extent the aggregate exercise price of the shares with respect
to which incentive stock options are exercisable for the first
time by a participant during any calendar year exceeds $100,000
(or such other amount as determined under the Code), such
options will be treated as non-qualified stock options.
The 2005 Equity Plan provides that the option exercise price may
be paid in cash or its equivalent, by tender of shares of common
stock owned by the participant having a fair market value not
less than the exercise price or, if permitted by the Committee
and to the extent permitted by applicable law, by means of a
net-exercise procedure or a broker-assisted cashless exercise.
Options will become vested and exercisable at such times and
subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be specified
by the Committee. The maximum term of an option granted under
the 2005 Equity Plan is ten years. A participant may not
exercise an option after its expiration date.
Stock Appreciation Rights. The Committee may grant SARs
either in tandem with a related option or on a freestanding
basis, independent of any option. A tandem SAR is exercisable
only at the time and only to the extent that the related stock
option is exercisable. A freestanding SAR is exercisable at such
times and subject to such terms as specified by the Committee.
The exercise price of a tandem SAR will be the same as the
exercise price of the related option, and the exercise price of
a freestanding SAR may not be less than the fair market value on
the date of grant of the number of shares of our common stock
subject to the freestanding SAR. In no event will any SAR be
exercisable any later than ten years from the date of its grant.
Upon the exercise of any SAR, the participant is entitled to
receive an amount equal to the excess of the fair market value
of the underlying shares of common stock as to which the SAR is
exercised over the aggregate exercise price for such shares.
Upon exercise of a tandem SAR granted as to all or some of the
shares subject to that tandem SAR, the related option will be
automatically canceled to the extent of the number of shares
subject of the exercise of the tandem SAR, and such shares will
no longer be available for grant under the 2005 Equity Plan. If
the related option is exercised as to some or all of the shares
underlying such option, the related tandem SAR will
automatically be canceled to the extent of the number of shares
subject to the exercise of the option, and such shares will no
longer be available for grant under the 2005 Equity Plan. A
participant may not exercise an SAR after its expiration date.
Deferred Units. The Committee may grant deferred unit
awards to participants who are non-employee directors upon such
terms as the Committee may determine. Each deferred unit will be
credited to the applicable non-employee directors deferred
unit account. Awards in the form of deferred units are not
required to be subject to any vesting or other restriction
period.
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Subject to the provisions of the applicable deferred unit award
agreement and unless otherwise provided or determined by the
Committee, a non-employee director will have no rights to
transfer any rights under the deferred units and will not have
any rights as a shareholder with respect to shares underlying a
deferred unit until such time, if any, as such underlying shares
are actually issued to the non-employee director. The Committee
may provide in a deferred unit award agreement for the payment
of dividend equivalents and distributions to the non-employee
director at such times as paid to shareholders generally or at
the time of payout of the deferred unit. The Committee may grant
to a non-employee director holding deferred units the right to
reallocate the deferred units to subaccounts that are invested
in other investment funds.
Other Share-Based Awards. The Committee may grant,
subject to the limits set forth in the 2005 Equity Plan, awards
of shares and other awards that are valued in whole or in part
by reference to, or are otherwise based on, shares (including
bonus stock, shares that are subject to restrictions on
transfer, or similar securities or rights). The Committee may,
in its sole discretion, determine the terms of any such
share-based award. Share-based awards in the form of restricted
shares or units are not required to be subject to any minimum
vesting period.
Change of Control. Unless the Committee determines
otherwise at the time of grant of a particular award, and as set
forth in the applicable award agreement, and subject to certain
limitations imposed by Section 409A of the Code, upon the
occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined
below): (i) any awards outstanding as of the date of such
Change of Control that are subject to vesting requirements and
are not then vested, will become fully vested; (ii) all
then-outstanding options and SARs will be fully vested and
immediately exercisable, except that no option or SAR will be
exercisable beyond its original expiration date; and
(iii) all restrictions regarding the restriction period and
any other conditions prescribed by the Committee with respect to
grants of performance shares, performance units, restricted
stock, restricted units, or other stock-based awards, shall
automatically lapse, expire and terminate and all such awards
will be deemed to be fully earned.
Further, within 90 days after a Change of Control (or such
other number of days as is required under Section 409A of
the Code in connection with the Change of Control), Harris must
pay to each non-employee director, in a lump sum, any deferred
units that have been credited to that non-employee
directors account.
A Change of Control generally is deemed to occur if
(i) any person is or becomes the owner, directly or
indirectly, of at least 20% of Harris voting securities;
(ii) individuals who, on July 1, 2005, constituted the
Board of Directors (the Incumbent Directors) cease
for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board of
Directors (provided that any person who subsequently becomes a
director and is approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the
directors then constituting the Incumbent Directors will be
considered as though such person were an Incumbent Director);
(iii) a merger, consolidation, share exchange or similar
form of corporate reorganization is consummated, unless
immediately after such transaction (a) more than 80% of the
total voting power of the company resulting therefrom is
represented by shares that were Harris voting securities
immediately prior thereto and such voting power is in
substantially the same proportion as the Harris voting
securities immediately prior to such merger, consolidation,
share exchange or similar transaction, (b) no person
becomes the owner of 20% of the voting securities of the
corporation resulting from such transaction, and (c) at
least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the
corporation resulting from such transaction were Incumbent
Directors at the time of the Boards approval of such
transaction; or (iv) the shareholders of Harris approve a
plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of Harris or the
sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of Harris.
Termination or Amendment. The 2005 Equity Plan will
continue in effect until its termination by the Committee,
except that all awards must be granted within 10 years from the
effective date of its adoption upon approval by the
shareholders. Until such time as a Change of Control has
occurred, the Board may, to the extent permitted by
Section 409A of the Code, amend, suspend or terminate the
2005 Equity Plan or any part thereof from time to time, provided
that no change may be made which would
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adversely impair the rights of a participant who has received an
award without the consent of said participant, and provided that
if an amendment to the 2005 Equity Plan (i) would
materially increase the benefits accruing to participants under
the 2005 Equity Plan, (ii) would increase the number of
shares which may be issued under the 2005 Equity Plan,
(iii) would materially modify the requirements for
participation in the 2005 Equity Plan or (iv) must
otherwise be approved by our shareholders in order to comply
with applicable law or the rules of the NYSE or, if the common
stock is not traded on the NYSE, the principal national
securities exchange upon which the common stock is traded or
quoted, then such amendment will be subject to shareholder
approval and will not be effective unless and until such
approval has been obtained. After a Change of Control, the Board
will no longer have the power to amend, suspend or terminate the
2005 Equity Plan or any part thereof.
Limits on Transferability. Except as described in the
following, no award granted under the 2005 Equity Plan may be
sold, encumbered, or otherwise transferred by a participant
except by will or the laws of descent and distribution in the
event of the participants death (to the extent such award,
by its terms, survives the participants death). The
Committee may, in its discretion, expressly authorize transfer
by a participant of options (other than incentive stock options)
or SARs on certain conditions.
Impact of Restatement of Financial Statements upon Previous
Awards. If any of our financial statements are restated as a
result of errors, omissions, or fraud, the Committee may (in its
sole discretion, but acting in good faith) direct that we
recover all or a portion of any such award or payment made to
any, all or any class of participants with respect to any fiscal
year of Harris the financial results of which are negatively
affected by such restatement.
Other Terms of Awards. We will have the authority to
withhold, or to require a participant to remit to us, prior to
issuance or delivery of any shares or cash under the 2005 Equity
Plan, an amount sufficient to satisfy Federal, state and local
tax or withholding requirements associated with any award. In
addition, we may, in our sole discretion, permit or require a
participant to satisfy any tax withholding requirements, in
whole or in part, by (i) delivering to us shares held by
such participant having a fair market value equal to the amount
of the tax or (ii) directing us to retain shares otherwise
issuable to the participant under the 2005 Equity Plan.
Summary of U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences
The following summary is intended only as a general guide to the
U.S. Federal income tax consequences of participation in the
2005 Equity Plan and does not attempt to describe all possible
Federal or other tax consequences of such participation or tax
consequences based on particular circumstances.
Incentive Stock Options. A participant recognizes no
taxable income for regular income tax purposes as a result of
the grant or exercise of an incentive stock option. Participants
who do not dispose of their shares within two years following
the date the option was granted or within one year following the
exercise of the option will normally recognize a capital gain or
loss equal to the difference, if any, between the sale price and
the purchase price of the shares. In such event, we will not be
entitled to any corresponding deduction for Federal income tax
purposes. In the event of the participants disposition of
shares before both of these holding periods have been satisfied
(a disqualifying disposition), the participant will
recognize ordinary income equal to the spread between the option
exercise price and the fair market value of the shares on the
date of exercise, but in most cases not to exceed the gain
realized on the sale, if lower. Any gain in excess of that
amount will be a capital gain. If a loss is recognized, there
will be no ordinary income, and such loss will be a capital
loss. Any ordinary income recognized by the participant upon the
disqualifying disposition of the shares generally should be
deductible by us for Federal income tax purposes, except to the
extent such deduction is limited by applicable provisions of the
Code.
In general, the difference between the option exercise price and
the fair market value of the shares on the date when an
incentive stock option is exercised is treated as an adjustment
in computing income that may be subject to the alternative
minimum tax, which is paid if such tax exceeds the regular tax
for the year. Special rules may apply with respect to certain
subsequent sales
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of the shares in a disqualifying disposition, certain basis
adjustments for purposes of computing the alternative minimum
taxable income on a subsequent sale of the shares and certain
tax credits which may arise with respect to participants subject
to the alternative minimum tax.
Non-qualified Stock Options. Options not designated or
qualifying as incentive stock options are non-qualified stock
options having no special tax status. A participant generally
recognizes no taxable income upon receipt of such an option.
Upon exercising a non-qualified stock option, the participant
normally recognizes ordinary income equal to the difference
between the exercise price paid and the fair market value of the
shares on the date when the option is exercised. If the
participant is an employee, such ordinary income generally is
subject to withholding of income and employment taxes. Upon the
sale of stock acquired by the exercise of a non-qualified stock
option, any gain or loss, based on the difference between the
sale price and the fair market value of the shares on the
exercise date, will be taxed as capital gain or loss. We
generally should be entitled to a tax deduction equal to the
amount of ordinary income recognized by the participant as a
result of the exercise of a non-qualified stock option, except
to the extent such deduction is limited by applicable provisions
of the Code.
Stock Appreciation Rights. A participant recognizes no
taxable income upon the receipt of an SAR. Upon the exercise of
an SAR, the participant generally will recognize ordinary income
in an amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of the
underlying shares of common stock on the exercise date over the
exercise price. If the participant is an employee, such ordinary
income generally is subject to withholding of income and
employment taxes. We generally should be entitled to a deduction
equal to the amount of ordinary income recognized by the
participant in connection with the exercise of the SAR, except
to the extent such deduction is limited by applicable provisions
of the Code.
Restricted Stock and Performance Share Awards. A
participant acquiring restricted stock or performance shares
generally will recognize ordinary income equal to the excess of
the fair market value of the shares on the determination
date over the price paid, if any, for such shares. The
determination date is the date on which the
participant acquires the shares unless, as will normally be the
case, the shares are subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture
and are not transferable, in which case the determination date
is the earlier of (i) the date on which the shares become
transferable or (ii) the date on which the shares are no
longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture. If the
determination date is after the date on which the participant
acquires the shares, the participant may elect, pursuant to
Section 83(b) of the Code, to have the date of acquisition
be the determination date by filing an election with the
Internal Revenue Service no later than 30 days after the date on
which the shares are acquired. If the participant is an
employee, such ordinary income generally is subject to
withholding of income and employment taxes. Upon the sale of
shares acquired pursuant to a restricted stock or performance
share award, any gain or loss, based on the difference between
the sale price and the fair market value on the determination
date, will be taxed as capital gain or loss. We generally should
be entitled to a deduction equal to the amount of ordinary
income recognized by the participant on the determination date,
except to the extent such deduction is limited by applicable
provisions of the Code.
Performance Unit, Restricted Unit, Cash-Based Unit, and
Deferred Unit Awards. A participant generally will recognize
no income upon the grant of a performance unit, restricted unit,
cash-based unit, or deferred unit award. Upon the settlement of
such awards, participants normally will recognize ordinary
income in the year of settlement in an amount equal to the cash
received and the fair market value of any unrestricted shares of
stock received. If the participant is an employee, such ordinary
income generally is subject to withholding of income and
employment taxes. Upon the sale of any shares received, any gain
or loss, based on the difference between the sale price and the
fair market value on the determination date (as defined above
under Summary of U.S. Federal Income Tax
Consequences Restricted Stock and Performance Share
Awards), will be taxed as capital gain or loss. We
generally should be entitled to a deduction equal to the amount
of ordinary income recognized by the participant on the
determination date, except to the extent such
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deduction is limited by applicable provisions
of the Code.
New 2005 Equity Plan Benefits
No awards will be granted under the 2005 Equity Plan prior to
its approval by the shareholders of Harris. All awards under the
2005 Equity Plan will be granted at the discretion of the
Committee, and, accordingly, are not yet determinable.
Vote Required and Related Matters
The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of shares of
common stock of Harris present or represented at the Annual
Meeting and entitled to vote on this proposal is required to
approve the adoption of the Harris Corporation 2005 Equity
Incentive Plan. Abstaining from voting on this proposal will
have the effect of a vote against approval of the 2005 Equity
Plan.
Recommendation Regarding Proposal 2
Our Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR approval
of the Harris Corporation 2005 Equity Incentive Plan.
PROPOSAL 3: APPROVAL OF THE HARRIS CORPORATION 2005 ANNUAL
INCENTIVE PLAN
At the Annual Meeting, our shareholders will be asked to approve
the Harris Corporation 2005 Annual Incentive Plan. Our Board
approved the 2005 Annual Incentive Plan on August 27, 2005,
with an effective date of July 2, 2005, subject to its approval
by shareholders.
The purpose of the 2005 Annual Incentive Plan is to promote our
growth and performance by linking a portion of the total annual
compensation for certain key employees to attainment of those
corporate, subsidiary, division and business unit objectives
that are approved for each fiscal year of Harris. The 2005
Annual Incentive Plan has the further purpose of assisting in
the attraction, retention and motivation of certain key
employees.
The 2005 Annual Incentive Plan is also designed to preserve our
ability to deduct in full, for Federal income tax purposes, the
compensation recognized by certain executive officers in
connection with certain awards granted under the 2005 Annual
Incentive Plan under Section 162(m) of the Code. To enable
compensation received in connection with cash awards granted
under the 2005 Annual Incentive Plan to qualify as
performance-based within the meaning of
Section 162(m) of the Code, Harris shareholders are being
asked to approve the 2005 Annual Incentive Plan.
Summary of the Harris Corporation 2005 Annual Incentive
Plan
The following summary of the principal features of the 2005
Annual Incentive Plan is subject to the complete terms of the
2005 Annual Incentive Plan, a copy of which is attached to this
proxy statement as Appendix D.
Administration. The 2005 Annual Incentive Plan will be
administered by a committee of the Board (the
Committee) appointed to administer the 2005 Annual
Incentive Plan, except that with respect to participation in the
2005 Annual Incentive Plan by our chief executive officer or any
other executive officer who is also a member of the Board, the
2005 Annual Incentive Plan will be administered by the Committee
together with the independent directors of the Board. The
Committee will be composed of not fewer than three non-employee
directors, each of whom will be an independent director.
Initially, the Board has designated the Management Development
and Compensation Committee to administer the 2005 Annual
Incentive Plan. The Committee may delegate to one or more of our
officers the authority to grant awards (other than to an
executive officer or any person subject to 162(m) of the Code)
under the 2005 Annual Incentive Plan. The Committee will
interpret the 2005 Annual Incentive Plan and awards granted
thereunder, and all determinations of the Committee will be
final, conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest
in the 2005 Annual Incentive Plan or any award.
Eligibility. Awards may be granted to salaried employees
of Harris or any subsidiary or affiliate of Harris who are
selected by the Board, the Committee or our Chief Executive
Officer. As of August 27, 2005, we had approximately
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9,300 salaried employees, including 11 executive officers,
who would be eligible to receive awards under the 2005 Annual
Incentive Plan.
Participation by Executive Officers. For any participant
in the 2005 Annual Incentive Plan who is a Harris executive
officer covered by Section 162(m) of the Code:
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that participants annual incentive award payable under the
2005 Annual Incentive Plan for a fiscal year of Harris will be
based solely on achievement of one or more of the performance
objectives established by the Committee and the Committee will
not have the discretion to increase the amount of the award
payable under the 2005 Annual Incentive Plan but the Committee
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no annual incentive award intended to be a qualified
performance-based award for purposes of
Section 162(m) of the Code will be payable to that
participant under the 2005 Annual Incentive Plan unless the
Committee certifies that that participants performance
objectives have been satisfied to a particular extent and that
any other material terms and conditions to payment of an award
to that participant under the 2005 Annual Incentive Plan have
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Further, the maximum award payable under the 2005 Annual
Incentive Plan to any participant who is an executive officer of
Harris for any fiscal year of Harris will be $6,000,000,
provided that if a participant is not a participant for the
entire fiscal year, the maximum amount payable shall be
pro-rated based on the number of days the individual was a
participant.
Awards; Performance Objectives. Participants will have
the payout of their annual incentive awards, if any, determined
on the basis of the degree of achievement of performance
objectives which will be established by the Committee and will
be stated in terms of the attainment of specified levels of or
percentage changes (as compared to a prior measurement period)
in any one or more of the performance objectives. The Committee
will, for each fiscal year, establish the performance objectives
to apply to each participant and a formula or matrix prescribing
the extent to which that participants target
annual incentive award will be earned based upon the degree of
achievement of those performance objectives. In no event,
however, will the maximum payout to that participant exceed 200%
of that target annual incentive award. With respect to awards
intended to be qualified performance-based awards,
the Committee will determine the target annual incentive award,
performance objectives and any related formula or matrix for
each participant not later than 90 calendar days after
the beginning of a fiscal year of Harris. Payouts will, subject
to any deferral required or permitted by the Committee, be made
after the end of the applicable fiscal year.
The provisions of the 2005 Annual Incentive Plan with respect to
the description of the potential business criteria on which the
performance objectives may be based and measurement of, and
limitations on the use of, performance objectives are the same
as those described above under Proposal 2: Approval
of the Harris Corporation 2005 Equity Incentive Plan
Summary of Certain Terms of the Harris Corporation 2005 Equity
Incentive Plan Performance Share, Performance Unit,
and Cash-Based Unit Awards.
Subject to the requirements described above under
Participation by Executive Officers, the Committee
may, in its sole discretion, award or increase the amount of an
annual incentive award payable to a participant even though not
earned in accordance with the performance objectives established
for that participant, or, in the event of any unusual or
nonrecurring events affecting Harris or its financial statements
or changes in applicable laws, regulations or accounting
principles, decrease the amount of an annual incentive award
otherwise payable to a participant even though earned in
accordance with the performance goals established for that
participant.
Termination of Employment. Except to the extent otherwise
provided by the Committee, if a participants employment
with Harris, or any subsidiary or affiliate of Harris, is
terminated for any reason prior to the last day of a fiscal year
of Harris, then, except in the case of death, disability or
normal retirement, or an involuntary termination due to a
reduction in force or except as provided below under
Change of Control, the
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participant will forfeit the award and will not be entitled to a
payment of the annual incentive award. If a participants
employment is terminated during a fiscal year of Harris due to
death, disability, normal retirement or involuntary termination
caused by a reduction in force, the participant will be entitled
to a payment, pro-rated based on the number of days the
individual was a participant in the 2005 Annual Incentive Plan
for such fiscal year, of the annual incentive award that would
have been payable if the participant had been a participant on
the last day of the fiscal year. A leave of absence, approved by
the Committee, will not be deemed to be a termination of
employment for purposes of the 2005 Annual Incentive Plan.
Change of Control. Upon the occurrence of a Change
of Control (as defined above under Proposal 2:
Approval of the Harris Corporation 2005 Equity Incentive
Plan Summary of Certain Terms of the Harris
Corporation 2005 Equity Incentive Plan Change of
Control), we will pay, as promptly as practicable
following the effective date of the Change of Control, any
awards payable to participants. The payment to each participant
will be an amount not less than the target award as originally
approved for the fiscal year of Harris, notwithstanding actual
results or any changes or modifications occurring after any such
Change of Control.
Termination or Amendment. The 2005 Annual Incentive Plan
will continue in effect until its termination by the Committee.
Until such time as a Change of Control has occurred, the Board
may, to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code,
amend, suspend or terminate the 2005 Annual Incentive Plan from
time to time, except that no change may be made which would
alter a participants right to a distribution as previously
earned.
Impact of Restatement of Financial Statements upon Previous
Awards. If any of our financial statements are restated as a
result of errors, omissions, or fraud, the Committee may direct
that we recover all or a portion of any such award or payment
made to any, all or any class of participants with respect to
any fiscal year of Harris the financial results of which are
negatively affected by such restatement.
Summary of U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences
Payments made under the 2005 Annual Incentive Plan will be
taxable to the recipients when paid. As described above, we
intend payments under the 2005 Annual Incentive Plan to qualify
as performance-based compensation under
Section 162(m) of the Code. As a result, we will generally
be entitled to a U.S. Federal income tax deduction
corresponding to the amount of income recognized by the
participant.
New Plan Benefits
Because the 2005 Annual Incentive Plan gives the Committee the
discretion in establishing target bonuses (subject to the dollar
limit for executive officers noted above) and the Committee has
discretion to reduce the amount of benefits that will be payable
under the 2005 Annual Incentive Plan, it is not possible to
determine the amount of the benefits that may become payable
under the 2005 Annual Incentive Plan. For fiscal year 2006, the
target annual bonus amounts for the Named Executive Officers
under the 2005 Annual Incentive Plan, assuming that actual
performance against the performance objectives established by
the Committee results in an annual bonus at 100% of the target
bonus, would be as follows: Howard L. Lance: $925,000;
Bryan R. Roub: $340,000; Robert K. Henry: $350,000;
Chester A. Massari: $180,000; and Jeffrey S. Shuman:
$230,000. Actual bonus amounts could be more or less than the
target bonus amounts described above, depending on the actual
performance against the performance objectives and subject to
the Committees discretion to reduce the amount of the
annual bonus earned under the 2005 Annual Incentive Plan.
Vote Required and Related Matters
The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of shares of
common stock of Harris present or represented at the Annual
Meeting and entitled to vote on this proposal is required to
approve the adoption of the Harris Corporation 2005 Annual
Incentive Plan. If the 2005 Annual Incentive Plan is not so
approved, no bonuses will be paid under the 2005 Annual
Incentive Plan. Abstaining from voting on this proposal will
have the effect of a vote against approval of the 2005 Annual
Incentive Plan.
Recommendation Regarding Proposal 3
Our Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR
approval of the Harris Corporation 2005 Annual Incentive
Plan.
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PROPOSAL 4: RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT
AUDITORS
Fees Paid to Independent Auditors
Ernst & Young LLP served as Harris independent
auditors for the fiscal year ended July 1, 2005. In
addition to the engagement to audit Harris financial
statements and internal control over financial reporting and to
review the financial statements included in Harris
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, Ernst & Young LLP was
also engaged by Harris during fiscal 2005 to perform certain
non-audit services.
The following table presents fees for professional audit
services rendered by Ernst & Young LLP for the audit of our
annual financial statements for the fiscal years ended
July 1, 2005 and July 2, 2004 and fees for other
services rendered by Ernst & Young LLP during those periods.
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Audit Fees. Audit services include fees associated with
the annual audit and the audit of internal control over
financial reporting in fiscal 2005, as well as reviews of
Harris quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, SEC
registration statements, accounting and reporting consultations
and statutory audits required internationally for subsidiaries
of Harris.
Audit-Related Fees. Services included within
audit-related fees include assistance with regulatory requests.
Tax Fees. Tax-related services include preparation and
assistance with tax returns for expatriate employees and various
foreign legal entities of Harris, and tax compliance and advice
regarding income taxes within the United States and various
international locations.
All Other Fees. For the fiscal years ended July 1,
2005 and July 2, 2004, no professional services were
rendered or fees billed for other services not included within
Audit Fees, Audit-Related Fees or Tax Fees.
Ernst & Young LLP did not perform any professional services
related to financial information systems design and
implementation for Harris in fiscal 2005 or fiscal 2004.
The Audit Committee has determined that the provision of
non-audit services described above is compatible with
maintaining Ernst & Young LLPs independence.
Pre-Approval of Audit
and Non-Audit Services
Under the Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy and Procedures, as
adopted by the Audit Committee in 2003, the Audit Committee must
pre-approve all audit and non-audit services provided by the
independent auditors in order to assure that the provision of
such services does not impair the auditors independence.
The policy utilizes both a framework of general pre-approval for
certain specified services and specific pre-approval for all
other services.
At the start of each fiscal year, the Audit Committee is asked
to pre-approve the audit services, audit-related services and
tax services together with specific details regarding such
services anticipated to be required for the following year
including estimated fees. The Audit Committee reviews and, as it
deems appropriate, pre-approves those services. The Audit
Committee reviews, on at least a quarterly basis, the services
provided to-date and actual fees against the estimates, and such
fee amounts may be updated to the extent necessary at the
regularly scheduled meetings of the Audit Committee. Additional
pre-approval is required before actual fees for any service can
exceed the originally pre-approved amount. The Audit Committee
may also revise the list of pre-approved services and related
fees from time to time. All of the services described above
under the captions Audit Fees, Audit-Related
Fees and Tax Fees with respect to fiscal 2005
were pre-approved in accordance with this policy.
If Harris seeks to engage the independent auditors for other
services that are not considered subject to general pre-approval
as described above, then the Audit Committee must approve such
specific engagement as well as the estimated fees. Such
engagement will be presented to the Audit
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Committee for pre-approval at its next regularly scheduled
meeting. If the timing of the project requires an expedited
decision, then Harris may ask the Chairperson of the Audit
Committee to pre-approve such engagement. Any such pre-approval
by the Chairperson is then reported to the full Audit Committee
at the next Audit Committee meeting. In any event, pre-approval
of any engagement by the Audit Committee or the Chairperson of
the Audit Committee is required before the independent auditors
may commence any engagement. Additional pre-approval is required
before any fees can exceed approved fees for any such
specifically-approved services.
Appointment of Independent
Auditors for Fiscal 2006
The Audit Committee has appointed Ernst & Young LLP to audit
our books and accounts for the fiscal year ending June 30,
2006.
Although applicable law does not require shareholder
ratification of the appointment, the Board has decided to
ascertain the position of shareholders on the appointment. If
the shareholders do not ratify the appointment of Ernst &
Young LLP, the Audit Committee will reconsider the appointment.
We expect that a representative of Ernst & Young LLP
will be present at the 2005 Annual Meeting to respond to
appropriate questions of shareholders and to make a statement if
he or she desires to do so.
Recommendation Regarding Proposal 4
The affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented at
the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on this proposal will be
required to ratify the appointment of independent auditors.
Abstentions will have the effect of a vote against ratification
of the independent auditors.
Our Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR
ratification of the Audit Committees appointment of Ernst
& Young LLP as independent auditors for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2006.
SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR THE 2006 ANNUAL MEETING
Pursuant to applicable requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, in order to be considered for inclusion
in our proxy statement and form of proxy for the 2006 Annual
Meeting, we must receive any proposals that shareholders wish to
present no later than May 19, 2006. Such proposals will
need to be in writing and to comply with SEC regulations
regarding the inclusion of shareholder proposals in
Harris-sponsored proxy materials.
In addition, our By-Laws provide that for any shareholder
proposal or director nomination to be properly presented at the
2006 Annual Meeting, we must receive notice of the matter not
less than 90 nor more than 120 days prior to
October 28, 2006. Thus to be timely, the notice of a
proposal for the 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders must be
received by our Corporate Secretary no earlier than
June 30, 2006 and no later than July 30, 2006.
Further, any proxy granted with respect to the 2006 Annual
Meeting will confer discretionary authority to vote with respect
to a shareholder proposal or director nomination if notice of
such proposal or nomination is not received by our Corporate
Secretary on or before August 2, 2006. Each notice of
director nomination must contain the name and address of the
shareholder who intends to make the nomination; the name,
address and written consent of the nominee; and any other
nominee information as would be required to be disclosed in a
proxy solicitation. A copy of our By-Laws is available on the
Corporate Governance section of our website at
www.harris.com/harris/cg/. You may also obtain a copy of the
By-Laws upon written request to our Corporate Secretary at the
address below.
A nomination or proposal that does not supply adequate
information about the nominee or proposal, and the shareholder
making the nomination or proposal, will be disregarded. You
should address all nominations or proposals to:
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DISCRETIONARY VOTING ON OTHER MATTERS
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Except for the matters described in this proxy statement, the
Board of Directors is not aware of any matter that will or may
be properly presented at the 2005 Annual Meeting. If any other
matter is properly brought before the 2005 Annual Meeting, the
persons named in the proxy card and voting instructions intend
to vote the shares for which we have received proxies in
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MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
Annual Report on Form 10-K
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended
July 1, 2005 was mailed to our shareholders with this proxy
statement. Upon request, we will furnish to shareholders
without charge a copy of the Annual Report on
Form 10-K. The Form 10-K has been filed with the
SEC. Shareholders may obtain a copy by:
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Writing to our Corporate Secretary at:
Harris Corporation
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Shareholder List
A list of our shareholders of record as of the record date will
be available for examination for any purpose germane to the 2005
Annual Meeting during normal business hours at 1025 West NASA
Boulevard, Melbourne, Florida, at least ten days prior to the
2005 Annual Meeting and also will be available for examination
at the 2005 Annual Meeting.
By Order of the Board of Directors
Scott T. Mikuen
Corporate Secretary
Melbourne, Florida
September 16, 2005
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Appendix A
HARRIS CORPORATION
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLES
OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
I. INTRODUCTION.
The Board of Directors (the Board) of Harris
Corporation (the Corporation), acting on the
recommendation of its Corporate Governance Committee, has
developed and adopted these principles as a general guide to
assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities and to
promote the effective functioning of the Board and its
committees. The Board, on behalf of the Corporation and its
stockholders, oversees and provides general direction to the
management of the Corporation.
In addition to other Board or committee responsibilities
outlined below, the responsibilities of the Board include:
reviewing the overall operating, financial and strategic plans
and performance of the Corporation; selecting and evaluating the
Corporations Chief Executive Officer
(CEO), either directly or through a committee
overseeing the appointment and evaluation of the
Corporations senior officers; overseeing appropriate
policies of corporate conduct and compliance with laws; and
reviewing the process by which financial and non-financial
information about the Corporation is provided to employees,
management, the Board and the Corporations stockholders.
The Corporations senior officers, under the direction of
the CEO, are responsible for the operations of the Corporation,
implementation of the strategic, financial, and management plans
of the Corporation, preparation of financial statements and
other reports that accurately reflect requisite information
about the Corporation, and timely reports which inform the Board
about the foregoing matters.
These principles are not intended as binding legal obligations
or inflexible requirements, and are not intended to interpret
applicable laws and regulations or modify the Corporations
Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws. These principles are
subject to modification and the Board in the exercise of its
discretion, shall be able to deviate from these principles from
time to time, as the Board may deem appropriate or desirable or
as required by applicable laws and regulations.
II. BOARD COMPOSITION.
(a) Size of the Board; Staggered Board. The Board
will periodically review the appropriate size of the Board given
factors deemed relevant to the Board, including providing for
sufficient diversity among non-employee directors while also
facilitating substantive discussions and input in which each
director can meaningfully participate. The Corporations
Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws currently provide that
the authorized number of directors will be not less than eight
or more than thirteen. The Board is classified with the terms of
office of each of the three classes of directors ending in
successive three-year terms, as provided in the
Corporations Certificate of Incorporation. The Board
believes that this staggered election of directors helps
maintain continuity and stability of the work of the Board and
assists in conducting long-term strategic planning, which is
vital to the Corporations future success.
(b) Majority of Independent Directors. A majority of
the directors serving on the Board will meet the standard of
director independence set forth in the New York Stock Exchange
listing standards as the same may be amended from time to time
(the listing standards), as well as other
factors not inconsistent with the listing standards that the
Board considers appropriate for effective oversight and
decision-making by the Board.
(c) Affirmative Determination of Independence. The
Board will affirmatively determine annually and at other times
required by the listing standards that the directors designated
as independent have no material relationships to the Corporation
(either directly or with an organization in which the director
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partner, stockholder or officer or is financially interested)
that may interfere with the exercise of their independence from
management and the Corporation. If the Board determines that a
director has a relationship which is not material, the
Corporation will disclose the determination in its annual proxy
statement, provided that the Board may adopt and disclose
categorical standards to assist it in making determinations of
independence and disclose if a director meets these standards.
(d) Management Directors. The Board anticipates that
the Corporations CEO will be nominated to serve on the
Board. The Board may also appoint or nominate other members of
the Corporations management whose experience and role at
the Corporation are expected to help the Board fulfill
its responsibilities.
(e) Selection of Chairman and Presiding Independent
Director. The Board will periodically appoint a Chairman of
the Board. The Board believes it is appropriate and efficient
for the Corporations CEO also to serve as Chairman.
However, the Board retains the authority to separate those
functions in the future if it deems such action is appropriate.
The Board has adopted a procedure for the selection of an
individual to act as Chairperson to preside at the sessions of
independent directors. The procedure requires the annual
rotation of the individual to chair the Board sessions of
independent directors among the Chairpersons of each of the
Board committees, in alphabetical order by committee name. The
Corporation will appropriately disclose: (i) the procedure
by which such presiding director is chosen; and (ii) the
method by which interested parties may contact the independent
directors. The Board has considered the concept of a
lead non-employee director and believes that rather
than designating a lead non-employee director, the annual
rotation of an independent director to chair the Board sessions
of independent directors is more effective.
(f) Selection of Board Nominees. The Board has
overall responsibility for the selection of candidates for
nomination or appointment to the Board. The Corporate Governance
Committee will evaluate and recommend director candidates to the
Board for nomination or appointment. The Board will determine
the individuals to be nominated to serve on the
Corporations Board for election by stockholders at each
annual meeting of stockholders, and to be appointed to fill
vacancies on the Board.
(g) Board Membership Criteria. The Boards
policy is to encourage the selection of directors who will
contribute to the Corporations overall corporate goals
including: responsibility to its stockholders, industry
leadership, customer success, positive working environment, and
integrity in financial reporting and business conduct. The
Board, based on the recommendation of the Corporate Governance
Committee, will select new nominees for the position of director
considering the following criteria:
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Demonstrated ability and sound judgment that usually will be
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Personal qualities and characteristics, accomplishments and
reputation in the business community, professional integrity,
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Giving due consideration to potential conflicts of interest,
current knowledge and contacts in the communities in which the
Corporation does business and in the Corporations industry
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committee matters including attendance at Board meetings,
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Fit of the individuals skills and personality with those
of other directors and potential directors in building a Board
that is effective, collegial and responsive to the needs of the
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The Board and the Corporate Governance Committee will, from time
to time, review the experience and characteristics appropriate
for Board members and director candidates in light of the
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composition at the time and the skills and expertise needed for
effective operation of the Board and its committees.
(h) Term Limits; Retirement; Change in Status; Other
Directorships.
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(i) No Term Limits. The Board does not impose term
limits, because of the belief they could unnecessarily interfere
with the continuity, diversity, developed experience and
knowledge, and the long-term outlook of the Board. The Board,
based on recommendations by the Corporate Governance Committee,
will review the prior service of the director who is eligible to
be re-nominated for Board membership, including an assessment of
individual director performance, attendance, length of service,
number of other public and private corporation boards on which
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(ii) Retirement Policy. Directors will retire from
the Board effective at the end of the month in which they reach
age 72. In the event that a directors 72nd birthday falls
within twelve months of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders at
which such director would stand for re-election, such director
shall not stand for re-election. Upon reaching age 72, a
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(iii) Change in Status. Individual directors who
(A) retire, or (B) change the primary job responsibility or
employer they had when last elected or appointed to the Board,
will promptly tender their resignation so that the Corporate
Governance Committee and the Board may determine, on a
case-by-case basis, whether the directors continued Board
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(iv) Other Directorships. The Board recognizes that
individuals should limit the number of boards on which they
serve so they can give proper attention to each board
responsibility. The Corporate Governance Committee shall
consider the number of other boards on which a prospective
nominee is a member. The Board believes that directors should
simultaneously serve on no more than four other public company
boards. Directors are expected to advise the Chairman of the
Board, the Chairperson of the Corporate Governance Committee and
the Corporate Secretary in advance of accepting any other
company directorship. To avoid any potential conflict of
interest, it is expected that Board members will refrain from
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(i) Communications with Independent Directors. The
Board will maintain procedures for interested parties to
communicate with the non-employee directors. These procedures
will be published in the Proxy Statement for each annual meeting
of stockholders and posted on the Corporations internet
site.
III. BOARD COMPENSATION.
The Board, through the Corporate Governance Committee, will
review or request management or outside consultants (retained by
or at the direction of the Corporate Governance Committee) to
review appropriate compensation policies or changes in
compensation policies for the directors serving on the Board and
its committees. This review may consider Board compensation
practices of other comparable public companies, contributions to
the Board functions, time commitments expected for Board and
committee service, and other appropriate factors. The Board
believes that equity-based compensation is an important
component of director compensation as it aligns the
directors interests with those of shareholders. The Board,
upon the recommendation of the Corporate Governance Committee,
may adopt stock ownership guidelines for independent directors.
The Corporate Governance Committee will review director
compensation annually and recommend changes, if any, to the
Board for approval.
IV. BOARD MEETINGS.
(a) Scheduling of Full Board Meetings and Committee
Meetings. The Board meeting schedule and agenda are
developed with direct input from directors. Meeting lengths vary
as business and discussion dictate. Teleconference meetings may
be used between regular meetings to address significant issues.
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During each fiscal year, the Board will generally hold six
regular meetings. In consultation with each Committee
Chairperson, the Chairman recommends a meeting schedule
(including frequency and length of meeting) for the Board and
meeting schedules and suggested agendas for the committees for
the next two years. The schedule and agendas are reviewed by the
Corporate Governance Committee and then presented to the full
Board for approval.
(b) Executive Sessions of Non-Management Directors.
To ensure free and open communication among the
non-management directors of the Board, each fiscal year the
non-management directors will hold six regular executive
sessions without management directors or management present, at
such times and for such purposes as the non-management directors
consider to be appropriate. For the convenience of the
directors, these meetings may, but need not, be scheduled to
coincide with the dates of regular Board meetings. The
independent directors may invite the Corporations
independent auditors, legal counsel, other consultants or
advisors, finance staff and other employees to attend portions
of these meetings. Non-management directors who are not
independent under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange may
participate in these executive sessions, but independent
directors meet separately in executive session at least once per
year.
(c) Agenda. The Board shall be responsible for its
agenda. The Chairman of the Board and the Corporate Secretary
will have primary responsibility for suggesting the specific
agenda for each meeting and arranging for the agenda to be sent
in advance of the meeting to the directors along with
appropriate written information and background materials. Each
Board committee Chairperson and each individual director is
encouraged to suggest specific items for inclusion on the
agenda. The Chairperson and the full Board each separately may
require the Board to meet in executive sessions to discuss
sensitive matters with or without distribution of written
materials.
(d) Access to Management and Information; Meeting
Materials Distributed in Advance. The Corporations
management will afford each Board member full access to the
Corporations management and employees and the outside
auditors, legal counsel and other professional advisors for any
purpose reasonably related to the Boards responsibilities.
Each director is entitled to: (i) inspect the Corporations
books and records and obtain such other data and information as
the director may reasonably request; (ii) inspect
facilities as reasonably appropriate for the performance of
director duties; and (iii) receive notice of all meetings in
which a director is entitled to participate and copies of all
Board and committee meeting minutes. Information and data that
is important to the business and/or that related to items
expected to be discussed or acted upon by the Board at a
meeting, will be distributed to the Board before the Board
meets. The Board intends that this information be
understandable, organized and distributed in a timely manner to
allow for meaningful review.
(e) Independent Inquiries and Advisors. The Board is
authorized to conduct investigations, and to retain, at the
expense of the Corporation, independent legal, accounting,
investment banking, or other professional advisors selected by
the Board, for any matters relating to the purpose or
responsibilities of the Board.
V. BOARD COMMITTEES.
(a) Committees. The committees of the Board are: the
Audit Committee; Business Conduct Committee; Corporate
Governance Committee; Executive and Finance Committee; and
Management Development and Compensation Committee. The Board
may, from time to time, establish additional committees or,
subject to compliance with applicable law and applicable listing
standards, dissolve or otherwise reconfigure existing committees.
(b) Committee Member Selection. After considering
the recommendations of the Corporate Governance Committee, the
Board will designate the members and the Chairperson of each
committee, endeavoring to match the committees function
and needs for expertise with individual skills and experience of
the appointees to the committee. Each member of the Audit,
Business Conduct, Management Development and Compensation, and
Corporate Governance Committees will be independent as defined
in the applicable listing standards, laws and regulations and,
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Committee, who also satisfy the additional eligibility
requirements of the SECs rules and regulations. The
required qualifications for the members of each committee shall
be set out in the respective committees charter.
(c) Committee Functions. Each of the Board
committees will have a written charter approved by the Board in
compliance with applicable listing standards, laws and
regulations. The number and content of committee meetings and
means of carrying out committee responsibilities will be
determined by each committee in light of the committees
charter, the authority delegated by the Board to the committee,
and legal, regulatory, accounting or governance principles
applicable to that committees function. The Chairperson of
each committee, in consultation with the appropriate members of
the committee and management, will develop and approve the
committees agenda. The Corporations management will
afford access to the Corporations employees, professional
advisors, and other resources, if needed, to enable committee
members to carry out their responsibilities.
VI. BOARD MEMBER RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) Director Responsibilities.
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(i) Generally. The business and affairs of the
Corporation shall be managed by or under the supervision and
direction of the Board in accordance with Delaware law. The core
responsibility of the Board of Directors is to exercise its
fiduciary duty to act in the best interest of the Corporation
and its stockholders. A director is expected to discharge his or
her director duties, including duties as a member of a committee
on which the director serves, in good faith and in a manner the
director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the
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(ii) Disclose Relationships. Each independent
director is expected to disclose promptly to the Board any
existing or proposed relationships with the Corporation (other
than service as a Board member or on Board committees) which
could affect the independence of the director under applicable
listing standards or any additional standards as may be
established by the Board from time to time, including direct
relationships between the Corporation and the director and his
or her family members, and indirect relationships between the
Corporation and any business, nonprofit or other organization in
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(iii) Reporting and Compliance Systems. Based on
information available to the director, each director should be
satisfied that Corporation management maintains an effective
system for timely reporting to the Board or appropriate Board
committees on the following: (i) the Corporations
financial and business plans, strategies and objectives;
(ii) the recent financial results and condition of the
Corporation and its business segments; (iii) significant
accounting, regulatory, competitive, litigation and other
external issues affecting the Corporation; and (iv) systems
of control which promote accurate and timely reporting of
financial information to stockholders and compliance with laws
and corporate policies. Based on information furnished by
management or otherwise available to the Board, each director is
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(iv) Attendance and Preparation. Board members are
expected to devote sufficient time and attention to prepare for,
attend and participate in Board meetings and meetings of
committees on which they serve, including advance review of
meeting materials that may be circulated prior to each meeting.
In the absence of unavoidable conflict, all Board members are
also expected to attend the Annual Meeting of Stockholders. SEC
rules require disclosure in the Corporations proxy
statement of any director who fails to attend an aggregate of
75% of all Board and committee meetings and the number of Board
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(v) Reliance on Management and Outside Advisors. In
discharging responsibilities as a director, a director is
entitled to rely in good faith on reports, opinions or other
information provided by Corporation management, independent
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(b) Code of Conduct and Ethics. Each member of the
Board shall at all times exhibit high standards of integrity and
ethical behavior. Each director shall adhere to the applicable
Corporation policies concerning integrity and ethical behavior,
including the Corporations Directors Standards of Business
Conduct. In addition, directors must avoid any conflict between
their own interests and the interests of the Corporation in
dealing with suppliers, customers, and other third parties, and
in the conduct of their personal affairs.
(c) Transactions Affecting Director Independence.
Without the prior approval of a majority of disinterested
members of the full Board, and, if required by the listing
standards, the Audit Committee, the Corporation will not make
significant charitable contributions to organizations in which a
director or a family member of the director is affiliated, enter
into consulting contracts with (or otherwise provide indirect
forms of compensation to) a director, or enter into any
relationships or transactions (other than service as a director
and Board committee member) between the Corporation and the
director (or any business or nonprofit entity or organization in
which the director is a general partner, controlling
stockholder, officer, manager, or trustee, or materially
financially interested). Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the
extent required to comply with SEC rules, no member of the audit
committee will be an affiliated person of the Corporation or
receive any direct or indirect compensation from the Corporation
other than for service as a director and on committees on which
the individual serves.
(d) Orientation and Continuing Education. The Board
is expected periodically to review appropriate policies and
procedures for providing orientation sessions for newly elected
or appointed directors, including background material on the
Corporation, its business plans, legal affairs, and risk
profile, and meetings with senior management, and recommending
on an as-needed basis continuing director education programs for
Board or committee members.
VII. SUCCESSION PLANNING.
(a) CEO Succession Planning. At least annually, the
Board shall review a succession plan addressing the policies and
principles for selecting a successor to the CEO, both in an
emergency situation or retirement and in the ordinary course of
business. The succession plan should include an assessment of
the experience, performance, skills and planned career paths for
possible successors to the CEO.
(b) Management Succession Planning. The CEO will
review with the Board management succession and development
plans for senior officers.
VIII. CEO EVALUATION AND EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.
(a) Evaluating and Approving Compensation for the CEO.
The Board acting through the Management Development and
Compensation Committee, annually reviews and evaluates the
performance of the CEO and the Corporation against the
Corporations goals and objectives and, acting through the
independent directors, upon advice or with the assistance of the
Management Development and Compensation Committee, approves the
compensation and incentives of the CEO.
(b) Evaluating and Approving Compensation of Senior
Officers. The Board, acting through the Management
Development and Compensation Committee, has the responsibility
to approve overall compensation policies applicable to senior
officers.
IX. MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY.
(a) Financial Reporting and Legal Compliance. While
the Board has an oversight function, the Corporations
management has the primary responsibility for (i) preparing
financial statements which accurately and fairly present the
Corporations financial results and condition, and
(ii) maintaining systems, procedures and corporate culture
which comply with legal and regulatory requirements and the
ethical conduct of the Corporations business.
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(b) Corporate Communications. Management has the
primary responsibility to establish policies concerning the
Corporations communications with investors, stockholders,
the press, customers, suppliers and employees. The CEO and
designated management speak for the Corporation. Inquiries from
the press, stockholders, or others are referred to the CEO for
response.
(c) Communication of Corporate Governance Guidelines and
Charters. As required by the listing standards, management
will assure that the Corporations website includes a copy
of these guidelines, copies of the charters of the Audit,
Corporate Governance, and Management Development and
Compensation Committees and, if applicable, other committees of
the Board, and a copy of the Corporations standards of
business conduct. Management will also include in the
Corporations annual report to stockholders statements to
the effect that this information is available on the
Corporations website and in print to any stockholder who
requests it.
(d) Outside Directorships of Chief Executive Officer.
The CEOs first obligation is to the Corporation but it
is recognized that service on outside boards may be beneficial.
The CEO will advise the Board, in advance of his/her desire to
accept a position on another board. The Board, based on
recommendation of the Corporate Governance Committee will decide
if such a directorship is appropriate.
(e) Standards of Business Conduct. The Corporation
maintains standards of business conduct which sets forth the
Corporations commitment to integrity and ethical behavior
in all aspects of its business activity. The standards are
applicable to all of the Corporations directors, officers,
and employees who are required to periodically verify their
awareness of, and compliance with, the standards. The Business
Conduct Committee has oversight responsibility for the standards.
X. EVALUATION OF BOARD PERFORMANCE.
The Board, acting through the Corporate Governance Committee,
should conduct a self-evaluation at least annually to assess
whether it is functioning effectively. The Corporate Governance
Committee will periodically consider the mix of skills and
experience that directors bring to the Board to assess whether
the Board has the requisite experience and qualifications to
perform its oversight function effectively.
Each committee of the Board shall conduct a self-evaluation at
least annually and report the results to the Board. Each
committees evaluation must compare the performance of the
committee with the requirements of its written charter.
HARRIS CORPORATION CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLES
Historical Perspective:
The Responsibilities of Directors evolved through
discussions by the Board of Directors of Harris Corporation at a
series of single-subject seminars, the first of which was held
in 1960. It was formalized as a written document in 1965 and
then updated in certain respects at meetings of the Board of
Directors in 1972, 1977, and 1994.
The Administration of the Board of Directors derived
from the Board of Directors Guidelines which was
first approved by the Board of Directors in 1988 and revised in
1994.
The Responsibilities and Administration of the Board of
Directors is a consolidation of the Administration
of the Board of Directors and the Responsibilities
of Directors guidelines by the Corporate Governance
Committee of the Board of Directors in December 1997 and was
approved by the Committee in February 1998.
The Harris Corporation Corporate Governance
Principles evolved through discussions by the Corporate
Governance Committee of the Board of Directors at the
Committees February 2001, February 2002, and June 2002
meetings and a discussion with the Board of Directors in April
2002. It was presented to the Board of Directors for approval
and adopted by the Board at the June 28, 2002, meeting and
was further amended by the Board of Directors on June 25,
2004.
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Appendix B
HARRIS CORPORATION
DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE STANDARDS
As permitted by the New York Stock Exchange Listing Standards,
the Board of Directors (Board) of Harris
Corporation (Harris) has adopted Director
Independence Standards to assist in its determination of
director independence. To be considered independent
for purposes of these standards, a director must be
affirmatively determined, by resolution of the Board as a whole,
after due deliberation and a review of relevant information, to
have no direct or indirect material relationship with Harris
other than as a director. In each case, the Board will broadly
consider all relevant facts and circumstances and will apply the
following standards:
1. In no event will a director be considered
independent if, within the preceding three years:
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the director, or an immediate family member of the director,
received more than $100,000 per year in direct compensation from
Harris, other than director and committee fees and pension or
other forms of deferred compensation for prior service (provided
that such compensation is not contingent in any way of continued
service with Harris); except that compensation received by an
immediate family member of the director for services as a
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family member of the director was affiliated with or employed in
a professional capacity by, a present or former internal or
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employed as an executive officer of another company where any of
Harris present executives serve on that companys
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the director was an executive officer or employed by another
company (other than a charitable organization), or an immediate
family member of the director was employed as an executive
officer of such company, that makes payments to, or receives
payments from, Harris for property or services in an amount
which, in any single fiscal year, exceeds the greater of
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Commercial Relationship: if a director of Harris is an
executive officer or an employee, or whose immediate family
member is an executive officer, of another company that makes
payments to, or receives payments from, Harris for property or
services in an amount which, in any single fiscal year, does not
exceed the greater of (a) $1,000,000 or (b) 2% of the
consolidated gross annual revenues of the company the director
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Indebtedness Relationship: if a director or an immediate
family member of a director of Harris is an executive officer of
another company which is indebted to, or to which Harris is
indebted, and the total amount of either companys
indebtedness is less than 2% of the consolidated assets of the
company wherein the director or immediate family member serves
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than 5% of the total shareholders equity of the company
where the director serves as an executive officer; |
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Charitable Relationship: if a director of Harris, or the
spouse of a director of Harris, serves as a director, officer,
or trustee of a charitable organization, and within the
preceding three years, Harris discretionary contributions
to the organization in any single fiscal year are less than the
greater of (a) $1,000,000 or (b) 2% of that
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Stock Ownership: the ownership of Harris shares by a
director or a directors immediate family members. |
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Annually, the Board will review all commercial and charitable
relationships of directors to determine whether directors meet
the categorical standards described in Sections 1 and 2
above. |
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For relationships not covered by Section 2 above, or for
relationships that are covered, but as to which the Board
believes a director may nevertheless be independent (and to the
extent that any such relationship would not constitute a bar to
independence under NYSE listing standards), the determination of
whether the relationship is material or not, and therefore
whether the director would be independent, will be made by the
directors who satisfy the independence guidelines set forth in
Sections 1 and 2 above. Harris will disclose in its proxy
statement any Board determination that a relationship was
immaterial in the event that it did not meet the categorical
standards set forth in Section 2 above. |
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Members of Harris Audit Committee must also satisfy the
independence requirements of Section 10A(m)(3) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. |
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For purposes of these standards, (a) an immediate
family member includes a persons spouse, parents,
children, siblings, mothers and fathers-in-law, sons and
daughters-in-law, brothers and sisters-in-law, and anyone (other
than domestic employees) who shares such persons home;
except that when applying the independence tests described
above, Harris need not consider individuals who are no longer
immediate family members as a result of legal separation or
divorce, or those who have died or have become incapacitated,
and (b) Harris includes Harris Corporation and all
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The Board may revise these Director Independence Standards from
time to time, as it deems appropriate, subject to applicable
stock exchange listing requirements.
Adopted June 25, 2004.
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Appendix C
HARRIS CORPORATION
2005 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
1. Purpose of the Plan. The purpose of the
Harris Corporation 2005 Equity Incentive Plan is to promote the
long-term growth and performance of the Company and to increase
shareholder value by providing long-term incentive awards to
employees and directors. The Plan is intended to:
(i) further align the interests of employees and directors
with those of the shareholders by providing incentive
compensation opportunities which may be tied to the performance
of the Common Stock and by encouraging Common Stock ownership by
officers, employees, and directors; and (ii) assist in the
attraction, retention and motivation of selected individuals.
2. Definitions. Wherever the following
capitalized terms are used in the Plan, they shall have the
meanings specified below:
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Affiliate means any entity that is directly
or indirectly controlled by the Company or any entity in which
the Company has a significant ownership interest, as determined
by the Board Committee. |
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Award means a Cash-Based Unit, Deferred Unit,
Option, Performance Share, Performance Unit, Restricted Stock,
Restricted Unit, Stock Appreciation Right, or other Share-Based
Award granted under the Plan. |
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Award Agreement means any written or
electronic agreement or other certificate, instrument, notice or
document setting forth the terms and conditions of an Award
granted to a Participant and includes any Cash-Based Unit Award
Agreement, Deferred Unit Agreement, Option Agreement,
Performance Share Award Agreement, Performance Unit Award
Agreement, Restricted Stock Award Agreement, Restricted Unit
Award Agreement, and Stock Appreciation Right Agreement. The
Board Committee may, but need not, require an Award Agreement to
be signed by a Participant as a precondition to receiving an
Award. |
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Board means the Board of Directors of the
Company. |
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Board Committee means a committee of the
Board designated by the Board to administer the Plan which shall
be comprised solely of three or more Independent Directors. |
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Cash-Based Unit means an award denominated in
units, granted pursuant to Section 5.1, where each
unit is equal in value to $1.00 or such other value as is
determined by the Board Committee. |
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Cash-Based Unit Award Agreement shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 5.1. |
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Change of Control shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 11. |
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Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended. |
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Common Stock means the common stock of the
Company, $1.00 par value per share, or such other class of
shares or securities as to which the Plan may be applicable
pursuant to Section 3.2. |
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Company means Harris Corporation, a Delaware
corporation. |
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Deferred Unit means an award denominated in
units, granted pursuant to Section 10.1, where each
unit is equal in value to one Share. |
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Deferred Units Account means a bookkeeping
account in the name of a Non-Employee Director established
pursuant to Section 10.1 to which Deferred Units are
credited. |
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Deferred Unit Award Agreement shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 10.1. |
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Director means a member of the Board. |
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Employee means an employee of the Company,
any Subsidiary or any Affiliate, including any officers or
Executive Officers (whether or not a Director), who is treated
as an employee in the personnel records of the Company or its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates for the relevant period, but shall
exclude individuals who are classified by the Company, any
Subsidiary or any Affiliate as (i) leased or otherwise
employed by a third party; (ii) independent contractors; or
(iii) intermittent or temporary, in each case even if any
such classification is changed retroactively as a result of an
audit, litigation, or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
for purposes of Awards made pursuant to
Section 12(b), the term Employee shall
also include any person who provides services to the Company,
any Subsidiary or any Affiliate that are equivalent to those
typically provided by an employee. |
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Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended. |
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Executive Officer means any Participant the
Board has designated as an executive officer of the Company for
purposes of reporting under Section 16 of the Exchange Act. |
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Fair Market Value means, as of any particular
date, the fair market value of a Share on such date as
determined by the Board Committee. Unless otherwise determined
by the Board Committee, the fair market value of a Share shall
be the closing price per Share of the Common Stock as reported
on the New York Stock Exchange composite transaction reporting
system on the applicable date or, if no such closing price is
available on such date, on the preceding day upon which such
closing price is available. |
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Full-Value Awards means Awards that result in
the Company transferring the full value of any underlying Share
granted pursuant to an Award. Full-Value Awards will include all
Cash-Based Units, Deferred Units, Performance Shares,
Performance Units, Restricted Stock, Restricted Units, and all
other Share-Based Awards, but will not include Options or SARs. |
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Grant Date means the date on which the grant
of an Award is made by the Board Committee, or such later date
as the Board Committee may specify to be the effective date of
an Award. |
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Incentive Stock Option means an Option
intended to qualify as an incentive stock option
within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code. |
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Independent Director means a Director who is
not an Employee and who qualifies as (i) a
Non-Employee Director under Rule 16b-3(b)(3)
under the Exchange Act, (ii) an outside
director under Section 162(m) of the Code, and
(iii) an Independent Director under the rules
and listing standards adopted by the New York Stock Exchange. |
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Non-Employee Director means a Director who is
not an employee of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries. |
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Non-Qualified Stock Option means an Option
not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option. |
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Option means an option to purchase shares of
Common Stock granted pursuant to Section 7.1.
Options granted under the Plan may be Incentive Stock Options or
Non-Qualified Stock Options. |
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Option Agreement shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 7.1. |
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Option Price means the purchase price of each
Share underlying an Option. |
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Participant means any Employee or
Non-Employee Director holding an outstanding Award. |
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Performance Objectives means the performance
objectives established pursuant to the Plan for Participants who
have received Awards that are subject to the achievement of
performance objectives. Performance Objectives may be described
in terms of Company-wide objectives or objectives that are
related to the performance of the individual Participant or the
Subsidiary, division, business unit, department or function with
the Company in which the Participant is employed. Performance
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by a group of peer companies or by a financial market index. Any
Performance Objectives applicable to a Qualified
Performance-Based Award shall be limited to specified levels of
or increases in return on equity, diluted earnings per share,
total earnings, earnings growth, return on capital, return on
assets, return on sales, earnings before interest and taxes,
revenue, revenue growth, gross margin, return on investment,
increase in the fair market value of shares, share price
(including, but not limited to, growth measures and total
stockholder return), operating profit, net earnings, cash flow
(including, but not limited to, operating cash flow and free
cash flow), inventory turns, financial return ratios, market
share, earnings measures/ratios, economic value added, balance
sheet measurements (such as receivable turnover), internal rate
of return, customer satisfaction surveys or productivity. |
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Performance Period means the period of time
(not less than one year) established by the Board Committee for
achievement of Performance Objectives under
Section 5.1. |
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Performance Share means an award granted
pursuant to Section 5.1 of actual Shares issued to a
Participant, that is evidenced by book-entry registration or a
certificate in the name of the Participant and to be settled in
Shares. |
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Performance Share Award Agreement shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 5.1. |
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Performance Unit means an award, denominated
in units, granted pursuant to Section 5.1, where
each unit is equal in value to one Share. |
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Performance Unit Award Agreement shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 5.1. |
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Permitted Transferees shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 13.5. |
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Plan means this Harris Corporation 2005
Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time. |
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Predecessor Plans shall mean (i) the
Harris Corporation 2000 Stock Incentive Plan (the 2000
Stock Incentive Plan), as in effect on the effective
date of the Plan, and (ii) the Harris Corporation Stock
Incentive Plan, as in effect on the effective date of the 2000
Stock Incentive Plan. |
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Qualified Performance-Based Award means any
Award or portion of an Award that is intended to satisfy the
requirements for qualified performance-based
compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code. |
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Restricted Stock means an award granted
pursuant to Section 6.1 of actual Shares issued to a
Participant that is evidenced by book-entry registration or a
certificate in the name of the Participant and to be settled in
Shares. |
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Restricted Stock Award Agreement shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 6.1. |
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Restricted Unit means an award, denominated
in units, granted pursuant to Section 6.1, where
each unit is equal in value to one Share. |
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Restricted Unit Award Agreement shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 6.1. |
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Restriction Period means the period of time
specified in an Award Agreement during which certain
restrictions as to vesting and as to the sale or other
disposition of Restricted Stock or Restricted Units awarded
under the Plan remain in effect under Section 6.1.
If the Restriction Period lapses by the passage of time, each
such grant or sale of Restricted Stock or Restricted Units will
be subject to a Restriction Period of not less than three years,
as determined by the Board Committee at the Grant Date, but such
Restriction Period may be modified or lapse earlier in the event
of a Change of Control. |
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Share-Based Award means any award granted
under Section 9. |
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Share Change shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 3.2. |
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Shares means shares of Common Stock, subject
to adjustments made under Section 3.2 or by
operation of law. |
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Stock Appreciation Right or
SAR means the right to receive a cash payment
and/or Shares from the Company equal in value to the excess of
the Fair Market Value of a stated number of Shares at the
exercise date over a fixed price for such Shares, which right is
granted pursuant to Section 8.1. |
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Stock Appreciation Right Agreement shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 8.1. |
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Subsidiary means any entity, either directly
or indirectly, of which the Company owns or controls 50% or more
of the outstanding shares of stock normally entitled to vote for
the election of directors or of comparable equity participation
and voting power; provided that in the case of an Incentive
Stock Option, means a subsidiary corporation,
whether now or hereafter existing as defined in
Section 424(f) of the Code. |
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Substitute Awards means Awards granted in
assumption of, or in substitution or exchange for, outstanding
awards previously granted by an entity acquired by the Company
or with which the Company combines. |
3. Shares Subject to Plan.
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3.1 Shares Available for Awards. |
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(a) Maximum Share Limitations. Subject to
adjustment as provided in Section 3.2, the maximum
aggregate number of Shares that may be issued or delivered under
the Plan is Twenty Million (20,000,000) Shares. Any Shares
underlying Full-Value Awards that are issued or delivered under
the Plan shall be counted against the Twenty Million
(20,000,000) Share limit described above as
1.60 Shares for every one Share issued or delivered in
connection with such Award. To the extent that a Share that was
subject to an Award that counted as 1.60 Shares against the
Plan reserve pursuant to the preceding sentence becomes again
available for grant under the Plan as set forth in
Section 3.1(b), the Plan reserve shall be credited
with 1.60 Shares. In no event shall the number of
Cash-Based Units required to be delivered to a Participant in
Shares exceed the dollar value of the maximum number of
Cash-Based Units that could be earned divided by one-half of the
Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date. Subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 3.2, no more than
Seven Million (7,000,000) Shares shall be available for issuance
pursuant to Incentive Stock Options under the Plan. Subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 3.2, no more than One
Million (1,000,000) Shares may be issued or delivered as
Share-Based Awards under Section 9 and no more than
One Million (1,000,000) Shares may be issued or delivered to
Non-Employee Directors under Section 10. Shares to
be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan may be authorized
and unissued Shares, treasury Shares, or any combination thereof. |
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(b) Forfeitures, Terminations and Cash-Outs. In
addition to the Shares authorized in Section 3.1(a),
to the extent any Shares under the Predecessor Plans are
forfeited, or any award under the Predecessor Plans otherwise
terminates without the issuance of some or all of the Shares
underlying the award to a participant or if any option under the
Predecessor Plans terminates without having been exercised in
full, the Shares underlying such award, to the extent of any
such forfeiture or termination, shall be available for future
grant under the Plan and credited toward the Plan limit.
Further, for the avoidance of doubt, to the extent any
Cash-Based Units, Deferred Units, Performance Shares,
Performance Units, Restricted Units, Restricted Stock, or
Share-Based Awards subject to an Award hereunder are forfeited,
or any such Award otherwise terminates without the issuance or
delivery of some or all of the Shares underlying the Award to a
Participant, or if any Option or SAR terminates without having
been exercised in full, the Shares underlying such Award, to the
extent of any such forfeiture or termination, shall again be
available for grant under the Plan. If the benefit provided by
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the Plan is (or can only be) paid in cash, any Shares that were
(or are) covered by that Award shall again be available for
grant under the Plan. |
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(c) Limitations on Reissuance of Shares. Shares
that are tendered, whether by physical delivery or by
attestation, to the Company by a Participant as full or partial
payment of the exercise or purchase price of any Award or in
payment of any applicable withholding for Federal, state, city,
local, or foreign taxes incurred in connection with the exercise
or earning of any Award under the Plan or under the Predecessor
Plans will not become available for future grants under the
Plan. With respect to Stock Appreciation Rights, when a Stock
Appreciation Right is exercised and settled in Shares, the
Shares subject to such Stock Appreciation Right shall be counted
against the Shares available for issuance under the Plan as one
Share for every one Share subject thereto, regardless of the
number of Shares used to settle the SAR upon exercise. |
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(d) Individual Participant Limitations. Subject
to adjustment pursuant to Section 3.2, the maximum
number of Shares with respect to which Options and Stock
Appreciation Rights may be granted to any one Participant during
any fiscal year shall be One Million (1,000,000) Shares in the
aggregate, including grants under the Predecessor Plans. Subject
to adjustment pursuant to Section 3.2, the initial
targeted number of Shares subject to awards of Performance
Shares, Performance Units or other Full-Value Awards (that are
subject to Performance Objectives) granted to any one
Participant during any fiscal year shall not exceed Five Hundred
Thousand (500,000) Shares in the aggregate, including grants
under the Predecessor Plans, and in no event shall the number of
Shares ultimately issued to a Participant pursuant to such
awards of Performance Shares, Performance Units or other
Full-Value Awards (that are subject to Performance Objectives)
exceed 200% of the initial targeted number of Shares. In no
event will any Participant in any fiscal year receive awards of
Cash-Based Units having an aggregate maximum value as of their
respective Grant Dates in excess of $6,000,000. |
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(e) Substitute Awards. Any Common Stock or
Award issued by the Company through the assumption or
substitution of outstanding grants from a corporation or entity
acquired by or combined with the Company shall not reduce the
Shares available for Awards under the Plan. |
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(a) Adjustment to Common Stock. In the event of
a stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, share
combination or similar events, altering the value of a Share, or
the number of Shares outstanding (each, a Share
Change), the maximum aggregate number of Shares that
may be issued and delivered under the Plan, the maximum Award
limitations set forth in the Plan, the number of Shares subject
to outstanding Awards and the exercise price, base price,
purchase price or Option Price and other relevant provisions of
the Plan and outstanding Awards shall be proportionately and
automatically adjusted as necessary to reflect the Share Change
and to preserve the value of the Awards. Such adjustment shall
be made by the Board Committee or the Board, whose determination
in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive. |
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(b) Reorganizations, Mergers, Etc. Subject to
Section 12, the maximum aggregate number of Shares
that may be issued and delivered under the Plan, the maximum
Award limitations set forth in the Plan, the number of Shares
subject to outstanding Awards and the exercise price, base
price, purchase price or Option Price and other relevant
provisions of the Plan and outstanding Awards may be adjusted by
the Board Committee or the Board, in its discretion to reflect a
change in the capitalization of the Company, including but not
limited to, a recapitalization, repurchase, rights offering,
reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination, exchange of
shares, spin-off, spin-out or other distribution of assets to
shareholders or other similar corporate transaction or event. To
the extent deemed equitable and appropriate by the Board,
subject to any required action by shareholders, in any merger,
consolidation or reorganization, liquidation, or dissolution,
any Award shall pertain to the securities or other property
which a holder of the number of Shares covered by the Award
would have been entitled to receive in connection with such
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the Board, in its discretion, may provide in substitution for
any or all outstanding Awards under this Plan such alternative
consideration (including cash), if any, as it, in good faith,
may determine to be equitable in the circumstances and may
require in connection therewith the surrender of all Awards so
replaced. |
4. Administration of Plan; Eligibility.
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(a) Powers of Board Committee; Discretion. The
Plan shall be administered by the Board Committee. Subject to
the terms of the Plan, the Board Committee shall have such
powers and authority as may be necessary or appropriate for the
Board Committee to carry out its functions as described in the
Plan. The Board Committee shall have the authority in its
discretion to determine: (i) which individuals shall
receive Awards, (ii) the types of Awards to be made under
the Plan, (iii) the number of Shares underlying Awards or
amount of cash, in the case of Cash-Based Awards, and
(iv) the other terms and conditions of such Awards,
including the Option Price, exercise, base or purchase price of
an Award (if any), the time or times at which an Award will
become vested, exercisable or payable, the Performance
Objectives and other terms and conditions of an Award.
Determinations by the Board Committee under the Plan, including,
without limitation, determinations of the Participants, the
form, amount, and timing of Awards, the terms and provisions of
Awards and the Award Agreements evidencing Awards, need not be
uniform and may be made selectively among Participants and
individuals who receive or are eligible to receive Awards. The
Board Committee shall have the full power, discretion and
authority to interpret the Plan, to establish, amend, and
rescind any rules and regulations relating to the Plan, to
prescribe the form of any Award Agreement or instrument executed
in connection herewith, and to make all other determinations
that it deems necessary or advisable for the administration of
the Plan. The Board Committee may correct any defect, supply any
omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award
in the manner and to the extent it shall deem desirable to carry
it into effect. All such interpretations, rules, regulations and
determinations shall be final, conclusive and binding on all
persons (including the Company and Participants) and for all
purposes. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary,
the Board Committee designated by the Board to administer the
Plan may be different for purposes of administering Awards made
to Employees and Awards made to Non-Employee Directors. |
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(b) Board Authority. If the Board Committee
does not exist, or for any other reason determined by the Board,
the Board may take any action under the Plan that would
otherwise be the responsibility of the Board Committee. |
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(c) Delegation. The Board Committee shall have
the right, from time to time, to delegate to one or more
officers of the Company the authority of the Board Committee to
grant and determine the terms and conditions of Awards granted
under the Plan, subject to the requirements of
Section 157(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (or
any successor provision) and such other limitations as the Board
Committee shall determine. In no event shall any such delegation
of authority be permitted with respect to Awards to any
Director, Executive Officer or any person subject to
Section 162(m) of the Code. The Board Committee shall also
be permitted to delegate, to any appropriate officer or employee
of the Company, responsibility for performing certain
ministerial functions under the Plan. In the event that the
Board Committees authority is delegated to officers or
employees in accordance with the foregoing, all references in
the Plan relating to the Board Committee shall be interpreted in
a manner consistent with the foregoing by treating any such
reference as a reference to such officer or employee for such
purpose. Any action undertaken in accordance with the Board
Committees delegation of authority hereunder shall have
the same force and effect as if such action was undertaken
directly by the Board Committee and shall be deemed for all
purposes of the Plan to have been taken by the Board Committee. |
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(d) Limitation on Liability. No member of the
Board or Board Committee nor any officer delegated authority by
the Board Committee pursuant to Section 4.1(c),
shall be liable for any action or determination made in good
faith by the Board or Board Committee or such officer with
respect to the Plan or any Award. |
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4.2 Eligibility. All Employees and Non-Employee
Directors are eligible to be designated by the Board Committee
to receive Awards and become Participants under the Plan;
provided, however, that only Non-Employee Directors are eligible
to receive Deferred Units under Section 10 and all
Non-Employee Directors are eligible to receive such Deferred
Units without regard to whether the Board Committee has
designated a Non-Employee Director as eligible to receive
Deferred Units. In selecting Employees and Non-Employee
Directors to be Participants and in determining the type and
amount of Awards to be granted under the Plan, the Board
Committee shall consider any and all factors that it deems
relevant or appropriate. |
5. Performance Share Awards, Performance Unit Awards and
Cash-Based Unit Awards.
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5.1 Awards. Performance Share Awards,
Performance Unit Awards and Cash-Based Unit Awards may be
granted, from time to time, to such Employees and Non-Employee
Directors as may be selected by the Board Committee. Except as
provided in Section 11 or as otherwise provided or
determined by the Board Committee, the release of such
Performance Share Awards or the payment of Cash-Based Unit
Awards, and Performance Unit Awards, as applicable, to the
Participant subject to such awards shall be contingent upon
(i) the degree of attainment of the applicable Performance
Objectives during the Performance Period as shall be determined
by the Board Committee, (ii) the expiration of the
Performance Period, and (iii) such other terms and
conditions as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. Each
award under this Section 5.1 of Performance Shares
shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement (Performance
Share Award Agreement), each award under this
Section 5.1 of Performance Units shall be evidenced
by an Award Agreement (Performance Unit Award
Agreement), and each award under this
Section 5.1 of Cash-Based Unit Awards shall be
evidenced by an Award Agreement (Cash-Based Unit Award
Agreement), which shall specify the applicable
Performance Objectives, the Performance Period, forfeiture
conditions and such other terms and conditions as the Board
Committee shall determine. The Board Committee may determine
performance levels pursuant to which the number of Performance
Shares, Performance Units, or Cash-Based Units earned may be
less than, equal to, or greater than, the number of Performance
Shares, Performance Units, or Cash-Based Units awarded based
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(a) Performance Shares. Performance Shares that
have been earned shall immediately become nonforfeitable and the
Shares underlying such award of Performance Shares shall be
released by the Company to the Participant without restrictions
on transfer. The Shares released by the Company hereunder may,
at the Companys option, be either (i) evidenced by a
certificate registered in the name of the Participant or his or
her designee; or (ii) credited to a book-entry account for
the benefit of the Participant maintained by the Companys
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(b) Performance Units and Cash-Based
Units. Performance Units and Cash-Based Units shall
become payable to a Participant at the time or times determined
by the Board Committee and set forth in the Performance Unit
Award Agreement or the Cash-Based Unit Award Agreement, as the
case may be. Payout of a Performance Unit Award or a Cash-Based
Unit Award may be made, at the discretion of the Board
Committee, in Shares or in cash, or in a combination thereof.
Any cash payout of a Performance Unit Award shall be made based
upon the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock, determined on
such date or over such time period as determined by the Board
Committee. Any payout of a Cash-Based Unit Award in Shares shall
be made based upon the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock,
determined on such date or over such time period as determined
by the Board Committee. |
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(a) Performance Shares. Subject to the
provisions of the applicable Performance Share Award Agreement
and unless otherwise provided or determined by the Board
Committee, during the Performance Period Participants may
exercise full voting rights with respect to all Performance
Shares granted under Section 5.1 hereof and shall be
entitled to receive dividends and other distributions paid with
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(b) Performance Units and Cash-Based
Units. Subject to the provisions of the applicable
Performance Unit Award Agreement or Cash-Based Unit Award
Agreement, and unless otherwise provided or determined by the
Board Committee, Participants shall not have any rights as a
shareholder with respect to Shares underlying a Performance Unit
or Cash-Based Unit until such time, if any, as any underlying
Shares are actually issued to the Participant, which may, at the
option of the Company be either (i) evidenced by delivery
of a certificate registered in the name of the Participant or
his or her designee; or (ii) credited to a book-entry
account for the benefit of the Participant maintained by the
Companys stock transfer agent or its designee. The Board
Committee may provide in a Performance Unit Award Agreement or a
Cash-Based Unit Award Agreement for the payment of dividend
equivalents and distributions to the Participant at such times
as paid to shareholders generally or at the time of vesting or
other payout of the Performance Units or Cash-Based Units, as
the case may be. |
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5.4 Termination of Employment or Service. If a
Participant ceases to be an Employee or a Non-Employee Director,
the number of Performance Shares, Performance Units or
Cash-Based Units subject to the award, if any, to which the
Participant shall be entitled shall be determined in accordance
with the applicable Award Agreement. All remaining Performance
Shares, Performance Units or Cash-Based Units as to which the
Participant may not be entitled shall be forfeited, subject to
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5.5 Transfer of Employment. If a Participant
transfers employment from one business unit of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to another business unit
during a Performance Period, such Participant shall be eligible
to receive such number of Performance Shares, Performance Units
or Cash-Based Units as the Board Committee may determine based
upon such factors as the Board Committee in its sole discretion
may deem appropriate. |
6. Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Unit
Awards.
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6.1 Awards. Restricted Stock Awards and
Restricted Unit Awards, subject to such Restriction Period and
such other restrictions as to vesting and otherwise as the Board
Committee shall determine, may be granted, from time to time, to
such Employees and Non-Employee Directors as may be selected by
the Board Committee. To the extent permitted by
Section 409A of the Code, the Board Committee may, in its
sole discretion at the time of the grant of the award of
Restricted Stock or Restricted Units or at any time thereafter,
provide for the early vesting of such award prior to the
expiration of the Restriction Period. Each award under this
Section 6.1 of Restricted Stock shall be evidenced
by an Award Agreement (Restricted Stock Award
Agreement), and each award under this
Section 6.1 of Restricted Units shall be evidenced
by an Award Agreement (Restricted Unit Award
Agreement), which shall specify the vesting schedule,
any rights of acceleration, any forfeiture conditions, and such
other terms and conditions as the Board Committee shall
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(a) Restricted Stock. Upon expiration of the
Restriction Period and satisfaction of any other terms or
conditions and as set forth in the Restricted Stock Award
Agreement, the Restricted Stock shall immediately become
nonforfeitable and the Shares underlying such award of
Restricted Stock shall be released by the Company to the
Participant without restrictions on transfer. The Shares
released by the Company hereunder may at the Companys
option be either (i) evidenced by a certificate registered
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(ii) credited to a book-entry account for the benefit of
the Participant maintained by the Companys stock transfer
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(b) Restricted Units. Restricted Units shall
become payable to a Participant at the time or times determined
by the Board Committee and set forth in the Restricted Unit
Award Agreement. Payout of a Restricted Unit Award may be made,
at the discretion of the Board Committee, in Shares or in cash,
or in a combination thereof. Any cash payout of a Restricted
Unit shall be made based upon the Fair Market Value of the
Common Stock, determined on such date or over such time period
as determined by the Board Committee. |
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(a) Restricted Stock. Subject to the provisions
of the applicable Restricted Stock Award Agreement and unless
otherwise provided or determined by the Board Committee, during
the Restriction Period Participants may exercise full voting
rights with respect to the Shares of Restricted Stock granted
under Section 6.1 hereof and shall be entitled to
receive dividends and other distributions paid with respect to
those Shares. |
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(b) Restricted Units. Subject to the provisions
of the applicable Restricted Unit Award Agreement and unless
otherwise provided or determined by the Board Committee,
Participants shall not have any rights as a shareholder with
respect to Shares underlying a Restricted Unit until such time,
if any, as the underlying Shares are actually issued to the
Participant, which may, at the option of the Company be either
(i) evidenced by delivery of a certificate registered in
the name of the Participant or his or her designee; or
(ii) credited to a book-entry account for the benefit of
the Participant maintained by the Companys stock transfer
agent or its designee. The Board Committee may provide in a
Restricted Unit Award Agreement for the payment of dividend
equivalents and distributions to the Participant at such times
as paid to shareholders generally or at the time of vesting or
other payout of the Restricted Units. |
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6.4 Termination of Employment or Service. If a
Participant ceases to be an Employee or a Non-Employee Director,
the number of Shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Units
subject to the award, if any, to which the Participant shall be
entitled shall be determined in accordance with the applicable
Award Agreement. All remaining Shares underlying Restricted
Stock or Restricted Units as to which restrictions apply at the
date of termination of employment or service shall be forfeited
subject to such exceptions, if any, authorized by the Board
Committee. |
7. Stock Options.
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7.1 Option Grants. Options may be granted, from
time to time, to such Employees and Non-Employee Directors as
may be selected by the Board Committee. The Option Price shall
be determined by the Board Committee effective on the Grant
Date; provided, however, that except in the case of
Substitute Awards, such price shall not be less than one hundred
percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant
Date. The number of Shares subject to each Option granted to
each Participant, the term of each Option, and any other terms
and conditions of an Option granted hereunder shall be
determined by the Board Committee, in its sole discretion,
effective on the Grant Date; provided, however, that no
Option shall be exercisable any later than ten (10) years
from the Grant Date. Each Option shall be evidenced by an Award
Agreement (Option Agreement), which shall
specify the type of Option granted, the Option Price, the term
of the Option, the number of Shares subject to the Option, the
conditions upon which the Option becomes exercisable and such
other terms and conditions as the Board Committee shall
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7.2 Payment of Option Price; Cashless
Exercise. No Shares shall be issued upon exercise of an
Option until full payment of the aggregate Option Price by the
Participant. Upon exercise, the Option Price may be paid by:
(i) delivery of cash and/or Shares having a Fair Market
Value equal to the aggregate Option Price; or (ii) if
permitted by the Board Committee, by directing the Company to
retain all or a portion of the Shares otherwise issuable to the
Participant under the Plan pursuant to such exercise having a
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permitted by applicable law, if permitted by the Board
Committee, a grant may provide for the deferred payment of the
Option Price from the proceeds of sale through a broker on the
date of exercise of some or all of the Shares to which the
exercise relates. In such case, the Company shall have received
a properly executed exercise notice, together with a copy of
irrevocable instructions to a broker to deliver promptly to the
Company the amount of sale proceeds to pay the aggregate Option
Price, and, if requested, the amount of any Federal, state,
local or foreign withholding taxes. To facilitate the foregoing,
the Company may, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
enter into agreements or coordinated procedures with one or more
brokerage firms. |
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7.3 Rights as Shareholders. Participants shall
not have any rights as a shareholder with respect to any Shares
subject to an Option, unless and until such Shares have been
issued upon the proper exercise of such Option, which issuance
may, at the option of the Company, be either: (i) evidenced
by delivery of a certificate registered in the name of the
Participant or his or her designee; or (ii) credited to a
book-entry account for the benefit of the Participant maintained
by the Companys stock transfer agent or its designee. |
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7.4 Termination of Employment or Service. If a
Participant ceases to be an Employee or a Non-Employee Director,
whether the Options granted hereunder shall be exercisable or
not and the other applicable terms and conditions shall be
determined in accordance with the applicable Option Agreement. |
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7.5 Limits on Incentive Stock
Options. Notwithstanding the designation of an Option
as an Incentive Stock Option, to the extent the aggregate Option
Price of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock
Options are exercisable for the first time by a Participant
during any calendar year exceeds $100,000 (or such other amount
as determined under the Code), such Options shall be treated as
Non-Qualified Stock Options. Incentive Stock Options may only be
granted to Participants who meet the definition of
employees under Section 3401(c) of the Code. |
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7.6 Limits on Option Repricing. Other than in
connection with a Share Change or a change in the Companys
capitalization (as set forth in Section 3.2),
Options may not be repriced, replaced, regranted through
cancellation or modified without shareholder approval, evidenced
by a majority of votes cast, if the effect of such repricing,
replacement or regrant or modification would be to reduce the
Option Price of such Options. |
8. Stock Appreciation Rights.
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8.1 SAR Grants. Stock Appreciation Rights may
be granted, from time to time, to such Employees and
Non-Employee Directors as may be selected by the Board
Committee. SARs may be granted at the discretion of the Board
Committee either: (i) in tandem with an Option; or
(ii) independent of an Option. The price from which
appreciation shall be computed shall be established by the Board
Committee at the Grant Date; provided, however, that
except in the case of Substitute Awards, such price shall not be
less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of
the number of Shares subject to the SAR on the Grant Date. In
the event the SAR is granted in tandem with an Option, the price
from which appreciation shall be computed shall be the Option
Price. Each grant of a SAR shall be evidenced by an Award
Agreement (Stock Appreciation Right
Agreement), which shall specify whether the SAR is
granted in tandem with an Option, the price from which
appreciation shall be computed for the SAR, the term of the SAR,
the number of Shares subject to the SAR, the conditions upon
which the SAR vests and such other terms and conditions as the
Board Committee shall determine. In no event shall a SAR be
exercisable any later than ten (10) years from the Grant
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8.2 Exercise of SARs. SARs may be exercised
upon such terms and conditions as the Board Committee shall
determine; provided, however, that SARs granted in tandem
with Options may be exercised only to the extent the related
Options are then exercisable. Upon exercise of a SAR granted in
tandem with an Option as to all or some of the Shares subject to
such SAR, the related Option shall be automatically canceled to
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SAR, and such Shares shall no longer be available for grant
hereunder. If the related Option is exercised as to some or all
of the Shares underlying such Option, the related SAR shall
automatically be canceled to the extent of the number of Shares
subject to the exercise of the Option, and such Shares shall no
longer be available for grant hereunder. |
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8.3 Payment upon Exercise. Upon exercise of a
SAR, the holder shall be paid, in cash and/or Shares as set
forth in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement, the excess of
the Fair Market Value of the number of Shares subject to the
exercise over the price for such number of Shares, which in the
case of a SAR granted in tandem with an Option shall be the
Option Price for such Shares. |
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8.4 Rights as Shareholders. Participants shall
not have any rights as a shareholder with respect to any Shares
subject to a SAR nor with respect to any Shares subject to an
Option granted in tandem with a SAR unless and until such Shares
have been issued upon the proper exercise of the SAR or the
related Option, which issuance may at the option of the Company
be either: (i) evidenced by delivery of a certificate
registered in the name of the Participant or his or her
designee; or (ii) credited to a book-entry account for the
benefit of the Participant maintained by the Companys
stock transfer agent or its designee. |
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8.5 Termination of Employment or Service. If a
Participant ceases to be an Employee or a Non-Employee Director,
whether SARs granted hereunder shall be exercisable or not and
the other terms and conditions shall be determined in accordance
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8.6 Limits on SAR Repricing. Other than in
connection with a Share Change or a change in the Companys
capitalization (as set forth in Section 3.2), SARs
may not be repriced, replaced, regranted through cancellation or
modified without shareholder approval, evidenced by a majority
of votes cast, if the effect of such repricing, replacement or
regrant or modification would be to reduce the price from which
appreciation shall be computed for such SARs. |
9. Other Share-Based Awards. Subject to the
limits set forth in Section 3.1, but notwithstanding
any other provision in the Plan, awards of Shares and other
awards that are valued in whole or in part by reference to, or
are otherwise based on, Shares (including, but not limited to,
bonus stock, Shares which are subject to restrictions on
transferability, or similar securities or rights)
(Share-Based Awards), may be made, from time
to time, to such Employees and Non-Employee Directors as may be
selected by the Board Committee. Such Share-Based Awards may be
made alone or in addition to or in connection with any other
Award hereunder. The Board Committee may, in its sole
discretion, determine the terms and conditions of any such
Share-Based Award. Each such Share-Based Award shall be
evidenced by an Award Agreement which shall specify the number
of Shares subject to the Share-Based Award, any consideration
therefor, any vesting or performance requirements and such other
terms and conditions as the Board Committee shall determine.
Share-Based Awards in the form of restricted shares or units are
not required to be subject to any minimum vesting period.
10. Non-Employee Director Deferred Units.
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10.1 Awards. This Section 10 shall
not be effective unless and until the Board Committee determines
to establish a program pursuant to this section. The Board
Committee, in its discretion and upon such terms and conditions
as it may determine, subject to the provisions of
Section 13.8(b) with respect to Section 409A of
the Code may establish one or more programs pursuant to this
Section 10. The Board Committee may, after the
effectiveness of this section, from time to time and upon such
terms and conditions as it may determine, authorize the granting
of Deferred Units to Non-Employee Directors. The Deferred Units
will constitute an agreement by the Company to deliver Common
Shares to the Non-Employee Director in the future in
consideration of the performance of services, but subject to the
fulfillment of such conditions as the Board Committee may
specify. The Deferred Units shall be credited to a Deferred
Units Account when granted. Except as may be provided in a
Deferred Unit Award Agreement, the Non-Employee Director granted
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Director granted Deferred Units shall have no rights of
ownership in the Deferred Units and shall have no right to vote
them, but the Board Committee may, at or after the Grant Date,
authorize the payment of dividend equivalents on the Shares
underlying the Deferred Units on either a current or deferred or
contingent basis, either in cash or additional Shares. Each
Award under this Section 10.1 of Deferred Units
shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement (Deferred Unit
Award Agreement), which shall specify the available
forms of payment, the timing of any elections with respect to
payment, the ability to reallocate the Deferred Units to
subaccounts that are invested in other investment funds (other
than a Harris stock fund), and such other terms and conditions
as the Board Committee shall determine. |
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(a) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Plan to the
contrary but subject to Section 10.2(b), within
90 days following a Change of Control, the Company shall
pay to each Director (or former Director), in a lump sum, the
Deferred Units in such Directors Deferred Units Account.
This Paragraph may not be amended, altered or modified following
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(b) To the extent a Director is entitled to a lump sum
payment following a Change of Control under
Section 10.2(a) and such Change of Control does not
constitute a change in the ownership or effective
control or a change in the ownership of a
substantial portion of the assets of the Company within
the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Code, then
notwithstanding Section 10.2(a), payment will be
made, to the extent necessary to comply with the provisions of
Section 409A of the Code, to the Director on the earliest
of (i) the Directors separation from
service with the Company (determined in accordance with
Section 409A); provided, however, that if the
Participant is a specified employee (within the
meaning of Section 409A), the payment date shall be the
date that is six months after the date of the Participants
separation from service with the Company, (ii) the date
payment otherwise would have been made in the absence of
Section 10.2(a)(provided such date is a permissible
distribution date under Section 409A), or (iii) the
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10.3 Termination of Service. If a Non-Employee
Director ceases to be a Director for any reason, the
Directors Deferred Units Account shall be paid to the
Director in accordance with the Deferred Unit Award Agreement. |
11. Change of Control.
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11.1 Definition of Change of Control. For
purposes hereof, a Change of Control shall be
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(i) any person (as such term is defined in
Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and as used in
Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) is or
becomes a beneficial owner (as defined in
Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly,
of securities of the Company representing 20% or more of the
combined voting power of the Companys then outstanding
securities eligible to vote for the election of the Board (the
Company Voting Securities); provided,
however, that the event described in this
paragraph (i) shall not be deemed to be a Change of
Control by virtue of any of the following acquisitions:
(a) by the Company or any Subsidiary, (b) by any
employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the Company or
any Subsidiary, (c) by any underwriter temporarily holding
securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or
(d) pursuant to a Non-Control Transaction (as defined in
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(ii) individuals who, on July 1, 2005, constitute the
Board (the Incumbent Directors) cease for any
reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board,
provided that any person becoming a director subsequent
to July 1, 2005, whose appointment, election or nomination
for election was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of
the Incumbent Directors who remain on the Board (either by a
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which such person is named as a nominee for director, without
objection to such nomination) shall also be deemed to be an
Incumbent Director; provided, however, that no individual
initially elected or nominated as a director of the Company as a
result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect
to directors or any other actual or threatened solicitation of
proxies or consents by or on behalf of any person other than the
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(iii) the consummation of a merger, consolidation, share
exchange or similar form of corporate reorganization of the
Company or any such type of transaction involving the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries that requires the approval of the
Companys shareholders (whether for such transaction or the
issuance of securities in the transaction or otherwise) (a
Business Combination), unless immediately
following such Business Combination: (a) more than 80% of
the total voting power of the corporation resulting from such
Business Combination (including, without limitation, any company
which directly or indirectly has beneficial ownership of 100% of
the Company Voting Securities) eligible to elect directors of
such corporation is represented by shares that were Company
Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination
(either by remaining outstanding or being converted), and such
voting power is in substantially the same proportion as the
voting power of such Company Voting Securities immediately prior
to the Business Combination, (b) no person (other than any
publicly traded holding company resulting from such Business
Combination, any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained
by the Company (or the company resulting from such Business
Combination)) becomes the beneficial owner, directly or
indirectly, of 20% or more of the total voting power of the
outstanding voting securities eligible to elect directors of the
corporation resulting from such Business Combination, and
(c) at least a majority of the members of the board of
directors of the corporation resulting from such Business
Combination were Incumbent Directors at the time of the
Boards approval of the execution of the initial agreement
providing for such Business Combination (any Business
Combination which satisfies the conditions specified in (a),
(b) and (c) shall be deemed to be a
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(iv) the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of
complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or the direct
or indirect sale or other disposition of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries. |
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change of Control of the
Company shall not be deemed to occur solely because any person
acquires beneficial ownership of more than 20% of the Company
Voting Securities as a result of the acquisition of Company
Voting Securities by the Company which reduces the number of
Company Voting Securities outstanding; provided, that if
after such acquisition by the Company such person becomes the
beneficial owner of additional Company Voting Securities that
increases the percentage of outstanding Company Voting
Securities beneficially owned by such person, a Change of
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11.2 Acceleration of Benefits. (a) Except
and unless the Board Committee determines otherwise at the time
of grant of a particular Award or Awards, and as set forth in
the applicable Award Agreement, upon the occurrence of a Change
of Control: (i) any Awards outstanding as of the date of
such Change of Control that are subject to vesting requirements
and that are not then vested, shall become fully vested;
(ii) all then-outstanding Options and SARs shall be fully
vested and immediately exercisable, provided that in no event
shall any Option or SAR be exercisable beyond its original
expiration date; and (iii) all restrictions regarding the
Restriction Period and all other conditions prescribed by the
Board Committee, if any, with respect to grants of Cash-Based
Awards, Performance Shares, Performance Units, Restricted Stock,
Restricted Units, or Stock-Based Awards, shall automatically
lapse, expire and terminate and all such awards shall be deemed
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(b) To the extent an Award shall be deemed to be vested or
restrictions lapse, expire or terminate upon the occurrence of a
Change of Control pursuant to Section 11.2(a) and
such Change of Control does not constitute a change in the
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ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the
Company within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of
the Code, then notwithstanding that the Award shall be deemed to
be vested or restrictions lapse, expire or terminate upon the
occurrence of the Change of Control or any other provision of
this Plan, payment will be made, to the extent necessary to
comply with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, to
the Participant on the earliest of (i) the
Participants separation from service with the
Company (determined in accordance with Section 409A);
provided, however, that if the Participant is a
specified employee (within the meaning of
Section 409A), the payment date shall be the date that is
six months after the date of the Participants separation
from service with the Company, (ii) the date payment
otherwise would have been made in the absence of
Section 11.2(a) (provided such date is a permissible
distribution date under Section 409A), or (iii) the
Participants death. |
12. Amendment or Termination of Plan.
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(a) Amendment or Termination of Plan. Until
such time as a Change of Control shall have occurred, the Board
may, to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code,
amend, suspend or terminate the Plan or any part thereof from
time to time, provided that no change may be made which would
adversely impair the rights of a Participant who has received an
Award without the consent of said Participant; and,
provided, further, that if an amendment to the Plan
(i) would materially increase the benefits accruing to
Participants under the Plan, (ii) would increase the number
of Shares which may be issued under the Plan, (iii) would
materially modify the requirements for participation in the Plan
or (iv) must otherwise be approved by the shareholders of
the Company in order to comply with applicable law or the rules
of the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Stock is not
traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the principal national
securities exchange upon which the Common Stock is traded or
quoted, then, such amendment will be subject to shareholder
approval and will not be effective unless and until such
approval has been obtained. After a Change of Control, the Board
shall no longer have the power to amend, suspend or terminate
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(b) Foreign Jurisdictions. In order to
facilitate the making of any grant or combination of grants
under this Plan, the Board Committee may provide for such
special terms for Awards to Participants who are foreign
nationals, or who are employed by or perform services for the
Company, any Subsidiary or Affiliates outside of the United
States of America, as the Board Committee may consider necessary
or appropriate to accommodate differences in local law, tax
policy or custom. Moreover, the Board Committee may approve such
supplements to, or amendments, restatements or alternative
versions of, this Plan as it may consider necessary or
appropriate for such purposes without thereby affecting the
terms of this Plan as in effect for any other purpose, provided
that no such supplements, amendments, restatements or
alternative versions shall include any provisions that are
inconsistent with the terms of this Plan, as then in effect,
unless this Plan could have been amended to eliminate such
inconsistency without further approval by the shareholders of
the Company. |
13. Miscellaneous.
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13.1 No Right to Continued Employment or
Service. Nothing in the Plan or in the grant of any
Award or in any Award Agreement shall interfere with or limit in
any way the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates to terminate any Participants employment or
service with the Company at any time, nor confer upon any
Participant any right to continued employment or service with
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13.2 Withholding for Taxes. The Company shall
have the authority to withhold, or to require a Participant to
remit to the Company, prior to issuance or delivery of any
Shares or cash hereunder, an amount sufficient to satisfy
Federal, state and local tax or withholding requirements
associated with any Award. In addition, the Company may, in its
sole discretion, permit or require a Participant to satisfy any
tax withholding requirements, in whole or in part, by
(i) delivering to the Company, Shares held by such
Participant having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of
the tax or (ii) directing the Company to retain Shares
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13.3 Other Compensation and Benefit
Plans. Awards hereunder shall not be deemed
compensation for purposes of computing benefits under any
retirement or compensation plan of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates and shall not affect any benefits
under any other benefit plan now or hereafter in effect under
which the availability or amount of benefits is related to the
level of compensation, including, without limitation, under any
pension, retirement or severance benefits plan, except to the
extent specifically provided by the terms of any such plan. The
adoption of the Plan shall not affect any other share incentive
or other compensation plans in effect for the Company or any
Affiliate or Subsidiary, nor shall the Plan preclude the Company
from establishing any other forms of share incentive or other
compensation or benefit program for Employees or Non-Employee
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13.4 Waiver of Restrictions. To the extent
permitted by Section 409A of the Code, the Board Committee
may, in its sole discretion, based on such factors as the Board
Committee may deem appropriate, waive in whole or in part, any
remaining restrictions or vesting requirements in connection
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13.5 Limits on Transferability of Awards,
Etc. Except as permitted by this
Section 13.5, no Award granted under the Plan may be
sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, encumbered,
or otherwise disposed of or transferred by a Participant except
by will or the laws of descent and distribution in the event of
the Participants death (to the extent such Award by its
terms, survives the Participants death). Awards granted
under the Plan shall not be subject to execution, attachment,
change, alienation or similar process. The Board Committee may,
in its discretion, expressly authorize in an Option Agreement or
Stock Appreciation Right Agreement that all or a portion of the
Options or SARs granted to a Participant (other than Incentive
Stock Options) be on terms which permit transfer by such
Participant (i) to immediate family members of the
Participant or to a trust, partnership or limited liability
company for the benefit of such immediate family members,
(ii) pursuant to domestic relations orders referred to in
Rule 16a-12 under the Exchange Act, and (iii) to other
transferees permitted by the Board Committee in its discretion
(such transferees of a Participant are referred to as
Permitted Transferees) provided that
(A) there may be no payment of consideration (other than
release of marital rights) for any such transfer, (B) the
applicable Award Agreement shall specifically provide for
transferability in a manner consistent with this Section, and
(C) subsequent transfers of transferred Options and SARs
shall be prohibited except, without consideration for such
transfer, to the Participant or a Permitted Transferee of the
Participant. The Board Committee may, in its discretion, create
further conditions and requirements for the transfer of Options
and SARs. Following transfer, Options and SARs shall continue to
be subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable
immediately prior to transfer; the Participant shall remain
subject to applicable tax withholding; the events of termination
of employment or service of a Participant shall continue to be
applied with respect to the Permitted Transferee; and all other
terms of the Options and SARs shall remain unchanged. All
Options and SARs granted to a Participant under the Plan shall
be exercisable during the lifetime of such Participant only by
such Participant, his agent, guardian or attorney-in-fact or by
a Permitted Transferee. |
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13.6 Adjustment of Awards. Subject to
Sections 7.6, 8.6 and 12, the Board Committee
shall be authorized to make adjustments in the method of
calculating attainment of Performance Objectives or in the terms
and conditions of Awards in recognition of unusual or
nonrecurring events affecting the Company or its financial
statements or changes in applicable laws, regulations or
accounting principles; provided, however, that no such
adjustment shall adversely impair the rights of any Participant
without his or her consent and that any such adjustments shall
be made in a manner consistent with Section 162(m) of the
Code. The Board Committee may not make any such adjustment with
respect to any Qualified Performance-Based Award if such
adjustment would cause compensation pursuant to such award to
cease to be performance-based compensation under
Section 162(m). In the event the Company shall assume
outstanding employee benefit awards or the right or obligation
to make future such awards in connection with the acquisition of
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or business entity, the Board Committee may, in its discretion,
make such adjustments in the terms of Awards under the Plan as
it shall deem appropriate. |
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13.7 Consideration for Awards. Except as
otherwise required in any applicable Award Agreement or by the
terms of the Plan, Participants under the Plan shall not be
required to make any payment or provide consideration for an
Award other than the rendering of services to the Company, any
Subsidiary or any Affiliate. |
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(a) Section 162(m) Related
Deferral. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to
the contrary, if permitted under Section 409A of the Code,
in the event that any Award shall be ineligible for treatment as
other performance based compensation under
Section 162(m) of the Code, the Board Committee, in its
sole discretion, shall have the right with respect to any
Executive Officer who is, in the year any Award hereunder
becomes deductible by the Company, a covered
employee under Section 162(m) of the Code, to defer,
in whole or in part, such Executive Officers receipt or
exercise of such Award until the Executive Officer is no longer
a covered employee or until such time as shall be
determined by the Board Committee, provided that the Board
Committee may effect such a deferral only in a situation where
the Company would be prohibited a deduction under
Section 162(m) of the Code and such deferral shall be
limited to the portion of the Award that is not deductible. |
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(b) Deferrals. Except with respect to Options
and SARs, the Board Committee may in its discretion permit a
Participant to defer the receipt of payment of cash or delivery
of Shares that would otherwise be due to the Participant by
virtue of the exercise of a right or the satisfaction of vesting
or other conditions with respect to an Award. If any such
deferral is to be permitted by the Board Committee, the Board
Committee shall establish rules and procedures relating to such
deferral in a manner intended to comply with the requirements of
Section 409A of the Code, including, without limitation,
the time when an election to defer may be made, the time period
of the deferral and the events that would result in payment of
the deferred amount, the interest or other earnings attributable
to the deferral and the method of funding, if any, attributable
to the deferred amount. |
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13.9 Securities Laws. No Shares will be issued
or transferred pursuant to an Award unless and until all then
applicable requirements imposed by Federal and state securities
and other laws, rules and regulations and by any regulatory
agencies having jurisdiction, and by any exchanges upon which
the Shares may be listed, have been fully met. As a condition
precedent to the issuance of Shares pursuant to the grant or
exercise of an Award, the Company may require the Participant to
take any reasonable action to meet such requirements. The Board
Committee may impose such conditions on any Shares issuable
under the Plan as it may deem advisable, including, without
limitation, restrictions under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, under the requirements of any exchange upon which such
Shares of the same class are then listed, and under any blue sky
or other securities laws applicable to such Shares. The Board
Committee may also require the Participant to represent and
warrant at the time of issuance or transfer that the Shares are
being acquired only for investment purposes and without any
current intention to sell or distribute such Shares. |
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13.10 Impact of Restatement of Financial Statements upon
Previous Awards. If any of the Companys financial
statements are restated as a result of errors, omissions, or
fraud, the Board Committee may (in its sole discretion, but
acting in good faith) direct that the Company recover all or a
portion of any such Award or payment made to any, all or any
class of Participants with respect to any fiscal year of the
Company the financial results of which are negatively affected
by such restatement. The amount to be recovered from any
Participant shall be the amount by which the affected Award or
payment exceeded the amount that would have been payable to such
Participant had the financial statements been initially filed as
restated, or any greater or lesser amount (including, but not
limited to, the entire Award) that the Board Committee shall
determine. The Board Committee may determine to recover
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of Participants on such basis as it shall deem appropriate. In
no event shall the amount to be recovered by the Company from a
Participant be less than the amount required to be repaid or
recovered as a matter of law. The Board Committee shall
determine whether the Company shall effect any such recovery
(i) by seeking repayment from the Participant, (ii) by
reducing (subject to applicable law and the terms and conditions
of the applicable plan, program or arrangement) the amount that
would otherwise be payable to the Participant under any
compensatory plan, program or arrangement maintained by the
Company, a Subsidiary or any of its Affiliates, (iii) by
withholding payment of future increases in compensation
(including the payment of any discretionary bonus amount) or
grants of compensatory awards that would otherwise have been
made in accordance with the Companys otherwise applicable
compensation practices, or (iv) by any combination of the
foregoing or otherwise. |
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13.11 Compliance with Section 409A of the
Code. To the extent applicable, this Plan is intended
to be administered and interpreted in a manner that is
consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the
Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no particular tax result
for a Participant with respect to any income recognized by the
Participant in connection with the Plan is guaranteed under the
Plan, and the Participant shall be responsible for any taxes
imposed on the Participant in connection with this Plan. |
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13.12 Tax Penalty Avoidance. The provisions of
this Plan are not intended, and should not be construed, to be
legal, business or tax advice. The Company, Participants and any
other party having any interest herein are hereby informed that
the U.S. Federal tax advice contained in this document (if
any) is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used,
for the purpose of (a) avoiding penalties under the Code or
(b) promoting, marketing or recommending to any party any
transaction or matter addressed herein. |
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13.13 Governing Law and Interpretation. The
validity, construction, and effect of the Plan and any rules and
regulations relating to the Plan and any agreement governing an
Award shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the
State of Delaware, without regard to the conflict of law
principles thereof. Unless otherwise indicated, all
Section references are to sections of the Plan.
References to any law, rule or regulation shall include all
statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending,
replacing, supplementing, or interpreting such law, rule or
regulation. |
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13.14 Severability. Notwithstanding any other
provision or Section of the Plan, if any provision of the Plan
or any Award Agreement is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any person
or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award Agreement
under any law deemed applicable by the Board or the Board
Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended
to conform to the applicable laws (but only to such extent
necessary to comply with such laws), or if it cannot be
construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the
Board or the Board Committee, materially altering the intent of
the Plan or Award Agreement, such provision shall be stricken as
to such jurisdiction, person or Award and the remainder of the
Plan and any such Award Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect. |
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13.15 No Trust or Fund Created. Neither
the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a
trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship
between the Company or any Affiliate and a Participant or any
other person. To the extent that any person acquires a right to
receive payments from the Company or any Affiliate pursuant to
an Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of any
unsecured general creditor of the Company or any Affiliate. |
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13.16 Waiver of Claims. Each Participant
recognizes and agrees that prior to being selected by the Board
Committee to receive an Award he or she has no right to any
benefits hereunder. Accordingly, in consideration of the
Participants receipt of any Award hereunder, he or she
expressly waives any right to contest the amount of any Award,
the terms of any Award Agreement, any determination, action or
omission hereunder or under any Award Agreement by the Board
Committee, the Company or the Board, or any amendment to the
Plan or any Award Agreement |
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(other than an amendment to this Plan or an Award Agreement to
which his or her consent is expressly required by the express
terms of the Plan or an Award Agreement). |
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13.17 Effective Date and Term. |
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(a) Effective Date and Term of Plan. The Plan shall
become effective upon approval by the shareholders of the
Company at the 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. All Awards
granted under the Plan must be granted within ten
(10) years from the date of adoption of the Plan. Any
Awards outstanding ten (10) years after the adoption of the
Plan may be exercised within the periods prescribed under or
pursuant to the Plan. |
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(b) Predecessor Plans. Upon the effective date of
this Plan, no further grants or awards are permitted under the
2000 Stock Incentive Plan. All grants and awards under the
Predecessor Plans that remain outstanding shall be administered
and paid in accordance with the provisions of the Predecessor
Plans and the applicable award agreement. |
Approved and adopted by the Board of Directors the 27th day
of August 2005.
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Attested: |
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/s/ Scott T. Mikuen
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Corporate Secretary |
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Appendix D
HARRIS CORPORATION
2005 ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN
(Effective as of July 2, 2005)
1. Purpose of the Plan. The purpose of the
Harris Corporation 2005 Annual Incentive Plan is to promote the
growth and performance of the Company by: (i) linking a
portion of the total annual compensation for certain key
employees to attainment of such corporate, subsidiary, division
and business unit objectives as shall be approved for each Plan
Year; and (ii) assisting in the attraction, retention and
motivation of certain key employees.
2. Definitions. Wherever the following
capitalized terms are used in the Plan, they shall have the
meanings specified below:
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Affiliate means any entity that is directly
or indirectly controlled by the Company or any entity in which
the Company has a significant ownership interest, as determined
by the Committee. |
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Award means a right to receive an annual cash
incentive payment pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
Plan. |
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Board means the Board of Directors of the
Company. |
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Change of Control shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 13(b). |
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Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended. |
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Committee means a committee of the Board
designated by the Board to administer the Plan which shall be
comprised solely of three or more Independent Directors. |
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Company means Harris Corporation, a Delaware
corporation. |
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Director means a member of the Board. |
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Employee means any salaried employee of the
Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate, including any officers
or Executive Officers (whether or not a Director), who is
treated as an employee in the personnel records of the Company
or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates for the relevant period, but
shall exclude individuals who are classified by the Company, any
Subsidiary or any Affiliate as (i) leased or otherwise
employed by a third party; (ii) independent contractors; or
(iii) intermittent or temporary, in each case even if any
such classification is changed retroactively as a result of an
audit, litigation, or otherwise. |
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Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended. |
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Executive Officer means a Participant the
Board has designated as an executive officer of the Company for
purposes of reporting under the Exchange Act. |
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Independent Director means a Director who is
not an Employee and who qualifies as (i) a
non-employee director under Rule 16b-3(b)(3)
under the Exchange Act, (ii) an outside
director under Section 162(m) of the Code, and
(iii) an independent director under the rules
and listing standards adopted by the New York Stock Exchange. |
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Participant means any Employee designated by
the Board, the Committee or the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company to participate in the Plan for a Plan Year or a portion
of a Plan Year. |
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Performance Objectives means the performance
objectives established pursuant to the Plan for Participants.
Performance Objectives may be described in terms of Company-wide
objectives or objectives that are related to the performance of
the individual Participant or the Subsidiary, division, business
unit, department or function with the Company in which the
Participant is employed. |
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Performance Objectives may be measured on an absolute or
relative basis. Relative performance may be measured by a group
of peer companies or by a financial market index. Any
Performance Objectives applicable to a Qualified
Performance-Based Award shall be limited to specified levels of
or increases in return on equity, diluted earnings per share,
total earnings, earnings growth, return on capital, return on
assets, return on sales, earnings before interest and taxes,
revenue, revenue growth, gross margin, return on investment,
increase in the fair market value of shares, share price
(including, but not limited to, growth measures and total
stockholder return), operating profit, net earnings, cash flow
(including, but not limited to, operating cash flow and free
cash flow), inventory turns, financial return ratios, market
share, earnings measures/ratios, economic value added, balance
sheet measurements (such as receivable turnover), internal rate
of return, customer satisfaction
surveys or productivity. |
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Plan means this Harris Corporation 2005
Annual Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time. |
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Plan Year means a fiscal year of the Company. |
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Qualified Performance-Based Award means any
Award or portion of an Award that is intended to satisfy the
requirements for qualified performance-based
compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code. |
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Subsidiary means any entity, either directly
or indirectly, of which the Company owns or controls 50% or more
of the outstanding shares of stock normally entitled to vote for
the election of directors or of comparable equity participation
and voting power. |
3. Administration of Plan.
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(a) Powers of Committee; Discretion. The Plan
shall be administered by the Committee. With respect to
participation in the Plan by the Chief Executive Officer or any
other Executive Officer that is also a Director, the Plan shall
be administered by the Committee with the other Independent
Directors of the Board. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the
Committee shall have such powers and authority as may be
necessary or appropriate for the Committee to carry out its
functions as described in the Plan. The Committee shall have the
authority in its discretion to determine: (i) which
Employees shall receive Awards; (ii) the amount of the
Awards; and (iii) the objectives and the other terms and
conditions of such Awards, including the Performance Objectives,
targets and other terms and conditions of an Award.
Determinations by the Committee under the Plan, including
without limitation, determinations of the Participants, the
amount and timing of Awards, the terms and provisions of Awards,
need not be uniform and may be made selectively among
Participants and Employees who receive or are eligible to
receive Awards. The Committee shall have the full power,
discretion and authority to interpret the Plan, to establish,
amend, suspend and rescind any rules and regulations relating to
the Plan and to make all other determinations that it deems
necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan. The
Committee may correct any defect, supply any omission or
reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award in the
manner and to the extent it shall deem desirable to carry it
into effect. All such determinations shall be final, conclusive
and binding on all persons (including the Company and
Participants) and for all purposes. |
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(b) Board Authority. If the Committee does not
exist, or for any other reason determined by the Board, the
Board may take any action under the Plan that would otherwise be
the responsibility of the Committee. |
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(c) Delegation. Except to the extent prohibited
by applicable law and the listing requirements of the New York
Stock Exchange, the Committee shall have the right, from time to
time, to delegate to one or more officers of the Company the
authority of the Committee to grant and determine the terms and
conditions of Awards granted under the Plan, subject to such
limitations as the Committee shall determine. In no event shall
any such delegation of authority be permitted with respect to
Awards to any Executive Officer or any person subject to
Section 162(m) of the Code. The Committee shall also be
permitted to delegate, to any appropriate officer or employee of
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Company, responsibility for performing certain ministerial
functions under the Plan. In the event that the Committees
authority is delegated to officers or employees in accordance
with the foregoing, all references in the Plan relating to the
Committee shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with the
foregoing by treating any such reference as a reference to such
officer or employee for such purpose. Any action undertaken in
accordance with the Committees delegation of authority
hereunder shall have the same force and effect as if such action
was undertaken directly by the Committee and shall be deemed for
all purposes of the Plan to have been taken by the Committee. |
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(d) Limitation on Liability. No member of the
Board or Committee, nor any officer delegated authority by the
Committee, shall be liable for any action or determination made
in good faith by the Board, Committee or such officer with
respect to the Plan or any Award. |
4. Eligibility; Designation of
Participants. All Employees are eligible to be
designated by the Committee to receive Awards and become
Participants under the Plan. Participants in the Plan shall be
selected by the Committee on an annual basis. In selecting
Employees to be Participants and in determining the amount of an
Award to be granted under the Plan and the terms and conditions
of the Award, the Committee shall consider any and all factors
that it deems relevant or appropriate. Awards need not be
uniform and may be made selectively among Participants and
Employees who receive or are eligible to receive awards.
5. Annual Incentive Awards.
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(a) In General. Each Participant in the Plan
shall be eligible to receive such Award, if any, for each Plan
Year as may be payable pursuant to the Performance Objectives
and criteria applicable for such Participant. Except as provided
in Section 13, the Committee shall, on an annual
basis, establish a target annual incentive award for
a Participant for a Plan Year, and the maximum payout shall not
exceed 200% of such target annual incentive award. |
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(b) Performance Objectives. Participants shall
have the payout of their annual incentive awards, if any,
determined on the basis of the degree of achievement of
Performance Objectives which shall be established by the
Committee in writing and which Performance Objectives shall be
stated in terms of the attainment of specified levels of or
percentage changes (as compared to a prior measurement period)
in any one or more of the Performance Objectives. The Committee
shall, for each Plan Year, establish the Performance Objectives
to apply to each Participant and a formula or matrix prescribing
the extent to which such Participants annual incentive
award shall be earned based upon the degree of achievement of
such Performance Objective or Performance Objectives. The
Committee may determine that the annual incentive award payable
to any Participant shall be based upon the attainment of
Performance Objectives comparable to those specified above but
in whole or in part applied to the results of a Subsidiary,
division or business unit. With respect to Awards intended to be
a Qualified Performance-Based Award, the Committee shall
determine the target annual incentive award, Performance
Objectives and any related formula or matrix for each
Participant not later than 90 calendar days after the beginning
of the Plan Year. |
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(c) Transfer of Employment. A
Participants target annual incentive award or Performance
Objectives may be changed by the Committee during the Plan Year
to reflect a change in responsibilities provided that in the
case of Awards intended to be a Qualified Performance-Based
Award any such change shall be made in a manner consistent with
Section 162(m) of the Code. |
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(d) Committee Adjustment. Except as provided in
Section 6 and Section 14, the Committee
may, in its sole discretion, (i) award or increase the
amount of an annual incentive award payable to a Participant
even though not earned in accordance with the Performance
Objectives established pursuant to this Section 5,
or (ii) in the event of any unusual or nonrecurring events
affecting the Company or its financial statements or changes in
applicable laws, regulations or accounting principles, decrease
the amount of an annual incentive award otherwise payable to a
Participant even though earned in accordance with the
performance goals established pursuant to this
Section 5. |
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6. Participation by Executive Officers.
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(a) Qualified Performance-Based Awards.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan to the
contrary, the following provisions shall be applicable to
participation in the Plan by Executive Officers who are subject
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(i) Each such Participants annual incentive award
payable under this Plan for a Plan Year shall be based solely on
achievement of one or more of the Performance Objectives as
established by the Committee pursuant to Section 5
above and the Committee shall not have the discretion provided
in Section 5(d)to increase the amount of the award
payable under this Plan but it shall in all cases have the
ability to reduce the amount of any such award that would
otherwise be payable (including a reduction in such amount to
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(ii) With respect to each such Participant, no annual
incentive award intended to be a Qualified Performance-Based
Award shall be payable hereunder except upon written
certification by the Committee that the Performance Objectives
have been satisfied to a particular extent and that any other
material terms and conditions precedent to payment of an annual
incentive award pursuant to the Plan have been satisfied. |
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(b) Maximum Award. Notwithstanding any
provisions of the Plan to the contrary, the maximum annual
incentive award payable to any Participant who is an Executive
Officer for any Plan Year shall be $6,000,000; provided,
however, that if such a Participant is not a Participant for the
entire Plan Year, the maximum amount payable shall be pro-rated
based on the number of days the individual was a Participant for
the Plan Year. |
7. Payment of Annual Incentive Award on Termination of
Employment.
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(a) Payments. Payment of any amount to be paid to a
Participant based upon the degree of attainment of the
applicable Performance Objectives shall be made in cash at such
time(s) as the Committee may in its discretion determine.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the payment of
such amounts be made after the later of: (a) the date that
is
21/2
months from the end of the Participants first taxable year
in which the amount is no longer subject to a substantial risk
of forfeiture or (b) the date that is
21/2
months from the end of the Corporations first taxable year
in which the amount is no longer subject to a substantial risk
of forfeiture. |
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(b) Termination of Employment. Except to the
extent otherwise provided by the Committee, if a
Participants employment with the Company, any Subsidiary
or any Affiliate, is terminated for any reason prior to the last
day of a Plan Year, then, except in the case of death,
disability or normal retirement, or an involuntary termination
due to a reduction in force or except as provided in
Section 13, the Participant shall forfeit the Award
and shall not be entitled to a payment of the annual incentive
award. If a Participants employment is terminated during
the Plan Year due to death, disability, normal retirement or
involuntary termination caused by a reduction in force, the
Participant shall be entitled to a pro-rated payment of the
annual incentive award that would have been payable if the
Participant had been a Participant on the last day of the Plan
Year. If a Participant is entitled to a payment of the annual
incentive award pursuant to the preceding sentence, such amount
shall be prorated based on the number of days the individual was
a Participant in the Plan for such Plan Year and shall be paid
at the same time and in the same manner as such payment would
have been made if the Participant had been a Participant on the
last day of the Plan Year. A leave of absence, approved by the
Committee, shall not be deemed to be a termination of employment
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8. Unfunded Plan. A Participants interest
in any Awards hereunder shall at all times be reflected on the
Companys books as a general unsecured and unfunded
obligation of the Company subject to the terms and conditions of
the Plan. The Plan shall not give any person any right or
security interest in any asset of the Company or any fund in
which any deferred payment is deemed invested. Neither the
Company, the Board, nor the Committee shall be responsible for
the adequacy of the general assets of the Company to
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discharge the payment of its obligations hereunder nor shall the
Company be required to reserve or set aside funds therefor.
9. Non-Alienation of Benefits; Beneficiary
Designation. All rights and benefits under the Plan are
personal to the Participant and neither the Plan nor any right
or interest of a Participant or any other person arising under
the Plan is subject to voluntary or involuntary alienation,
sale, transfer, or assignment without the Companys
consent. Subject to the foregoing, the Company shall establish
such procedures as it deems necessary for a Participant to
designate one or more beneficiaries to whom any payment the
Committee determines to make would be payable in the event of
the Participants death. In the event no beneficiary has
been properly designated, the payment shall be made to the
Participants surviving spouse or, if none, the
Participants estate.
10. Withholding for Taxes. Notwithstanding any
other provisions of this Plan, the Company shall have the
authority to withhold from any payment made by it under the Plan
such amount or amounts as may be required for purposes of
complying with any Federal, state and local tax or withholding
requirements.
11. No Right to Continued Employment or to
Participate. Nothing in the Plan or in the grant of any
Award shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to terminate a
Participants employment at any time, nor confer upon any
Participant any right to continued employment with the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates. Neither the adoption
of the Plan nor any action by the Committee shall be deemed to
give any Employee any right to be designated as a Participant
under the Plan.
12. Non-Exclusivity of Plan. This Plan is not
intended to and shall not preclude the Board from adopting,
continuing, amending or terminating such additional compensation
arrangement as it deems desirable for Employees.
13. Change of Control.
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(a) Impact of Change of
Control. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
provided elsewhere herein, in the event of a Change of
Control of the Company, as defined in
Section 13(b), then the Company shall as promptly as
practicable following the effective date of the Change of
Control pay any incentive Awards payable to Participants. The
payment to each Participant shall be an amount not less than the
target annual incentive award as originally approved for the
Plan Year, notwithstanding actual results or any changes or
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(b) Definition. For purposes hereof, a
Change of Control shall be deemed to have
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(i) any person (as such term is defined in
Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and as used in
Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) is or
becomes a beneficial owner (as defined in
Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly,
of securities of the Company representing 20% or more of the
combined voting power of the Companys then outstanding
securities eligible to vote for the election of the Board (the
Company Voting Securities); provided,
however, that the event described in this
paragraph (i) shall not be deemed to be a Change of
Control by virtue of any of the following acquisitions:
(a) by the Company or any Subsidiary, (b) by any
employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the Company or
any Subsidiary, (c) by any underwriter temporarily holding
securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or
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(ii) individuals who, on July 1, 2005, constitute the
Board (the Incumbent Directors) cease for any
reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided
that any person becoming a Director subsequent to July 1,
2005, whose election or nomination for election was approved by
a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors who
remain on the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of
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person is named as a nominee for Director, without objection to
such nomination) shall also be deemed to be an Incumbent
Director; provided, however, that no individual
initially elected or nominated as a Director of the Company as a
result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect
to Directors or any other actual or threatened solicitation of
proxies or consents by or on behalf of any person other than the
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(iii) the consummation of a merger, consolidation, share
exchange or similar form of corporate reorganization of the
Company or any such type of transaction involving the Company or
any of its subsidiaries that requires the approval of the
Companys stockholders (whether for such transaction or the
issuance of securities in the transaction or otherwise) (a
Business Combination), unless immediately
following such Business Combination: (a) more than 80% of
the total voting power of the corporation resulting from such
Business Combination (including, without limitation, any
corporation which directly or indirectly has beneficial
ownership of 100% of the Company Voting Securities) eligible to
elect Directors of such Company is represented by shares that
were Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such
Business Combination (either by remaining outstanding or being
converted), and such voting power is in substantially the same
proportion as the voting power of such Company Voting Securities
immediately prior to the Business Combination, (b) no
person (other than any publicly traded holding company resulting
from such Business Combination, any employee benefit plan
sponsored or maintained by the Company (or the corporation
resulting from such Business Combination)) becomes the
beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 20% or more of the
total voting power of the outstanding voting securities eligible
to elect Directors of the Company resulting from such Business
Combination, and (c) at least a majority of the members of
the Board of Directors of the corporation resulting from such
Business Combination were Incumbent Directors at the time of the
Boards approval of the execution of the initial agreement
providing for such Business Combination (any Business
Combination which satisfies the foregoing conditions specified
in (a), (b) and (c) shall be deemed to be a
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(iv) the Shareholders of the Company approve a plan of
complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or the direct
or indirect sale or other disposition of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change of Control
of the Company shall not be deemed to occur solely because any
person acquires beneficial ownership of more than 20% of the
Company Voting Securities as a result of the acquisition of
Company Voting Securities by the Company which reduces the
number of Company Voting Securities outstanding;
provided, that if after such acquisition by the
Company such person becomes the beneficial owner of additional
Company Voting Securities that increases the percentage of
outstanding Company Voting Securities beneficially owned by such
person, a Change of Control of the Company shall
then occur.
14. Adjustment of Awards. The Committee shall
be authorized to make adjustments in the method of calculating
attainment of Performance Objectives in recognition of unusual
or nonrecurring events affecting the Company or its financial
statements or changes in applicable laws, regulations or
accounting principles; provided, however, that any
such adjustments shall be made in a manner consistent with
Section 162(m) of the Code. The Committee may not make any
such adjustment to any Qualified Performance-Based Award if such
adjustment would cause compensation pursuant to such award to
cease to be performance-based compensation under
Section 162(m) of the Code. In the event the Company shall
assume outstanding employee benefit awards or the right or
obligation to make future such awards in connection with the
acquisition of another corporation or business entity, the
Committee may, in its discretion, make such adjustments in the
terms of Awards under the Plan as it shall deem appropriate.
15. Impact of Restatement of Financial Statements upon
Previous Awards. If any of the Companys financial
statements are restated as a result of errors, omissions, or
fraud, the Committee may (in its sole discretion, but acting in
good faith) direct that the Company recover all or a portion of
any such Award or
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payment made to any, all or any class of Participants with
respect to any Plan Year the financial results of which are
negatively affected by such restatement. The amount to be
recovered from any Participant shall be the amount by which the
affected Award or payment exceeded the amount that would have
been payable to such Participant had the financial statements
been initially filed as restated, or any greater or lesser
amount (including, but not limited to, the entire Award) that
the Committee shall determine. The Committee may determine to
recover different amounts from different Participants or
different classes of Participants on such basis as it shall deem
appropriate. In no event shall the amount to be recovered by the
Company from a Participant be less than the amount required to
be repaid or recovered as a matter of law. The Committee shall
determine whether the Company shall effect any such recovery
(i) by seeking repayment from the Participant, (ii) by
reducing (subject to applicable law and the terms and conditions
of the applicable plan, program or arrangement) the amount that
would otherwise be payable to the Participant under any
compensatory plan, program or arrangement maintained by the
Company, a Subsidiary or any of its Affiliates, (iii) by
withholding payment of future increases in compensation
(including the payment of any discretionary bonus amount) or
grants of compensatory awards that would otherwise have been
made in accordance with the Companys otherwise applicable
compensation practices, or (iv) by any combination of the
foregoing or otherwise.
16. Deferral.
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(a) Section 162(m) Related
Deferral. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to
the contrary, if permitted under Section 409A of the Code,
in the event that all or a portion of an annual incentive award
shall be ineligible for treatment as other
performance-based compensation under Section 162(m)
of the Code, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have
the right, with respect to any Executive Officer who is a
covered employee under Section 162(m) of the
Code, to defer, in whole or in part, such Executive
Officers receipt of payment of his or her annual incentive
award until the Executive Officer is no longer a covered
employee or until such time as shall be determined by the
Committee, provided that the Committee may effect such a
deferral only in a situation where the Company would be
prohibited a deduction under Section 162(m) of the Code and
such deferral shall be limited to the portion of the award that
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(b) Deferrals. The Board Committee may, in its
discretion, permit a Participant to defer the receipt of payment
of cash that would otherwise be due to the Participant. If any
such deferral is to be permitted by the Committee, the Committee
shall establish rules and procedures relating to such deferral
in a manner intended to comply with the requirements of
Section 409A of the Code, including, without limitation,
the time when an election to defer may be made, the time period
of the deferral and the events that would result in payment of
the deferred amount, the interest or other earnings attributable
to the deferral and the method of funding, if any, attributable
to the deferred amount. |
17. Amendment or Termination. Until such time
as a Change of Control shall have occurred, the
Board or the Committee may, in its sole discretion, amend,
suspend or terminate the Plan from time to time, subject to any
requirement for shareholder approval imposed by applicable law,
including Section 162(m) of the Code, and the listing
requirements of the New York Stock Exchange. Except as provided
in Section 5(d) and Section 14, no such
termination or amendment shall alter a Participants right
to receive a distribution as previously earned, as to which this
Plan shall remain in effect following its termination until all
such amounts have been paid, except as the Company may otherwise
determine.
18. Application of Code Section 409A. To
the extent applicable, this Agreement is intended to be
administered and interpreted in a manner that is consistent with
the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no particular tax result with
respect to any income recognized by a Participant in connection
with the Plan is guaranteed and each Participant shall be
responsible for any taxes imposed on him in connection with the
Plan.
19. Tax Penalty Avoidance. The provisions of
this Plan are not intended, and should not be construed, to be
legal, business or tax advice. The Company and any other party
having any interest herein are hereby informed that the
U.S. federal tax advice contained in this document (if any)
is not intended
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or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of
(i) avoiding penalties under the Code or
(ii) promoting, marketing or recommending to any party any
transaction or matter addressed herein.
20. Governing Law and Interpretation. The
validity, construction, and effect of the Plan and any rules and
regulations relating to the Plan shall be determined in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without
regard to the conflict of law principles thereof. Unless
otherwise indicated, all Section references are to
sections of the Plan. References to any law, rule or regulation
shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions
consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing, or
interpreting such law, rule or regulation.
21. Severability. Notwithstanding any other
provision or Section of the Plan, if any provision of the Plan
is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any person or award,
or would disqualify the Plan or any award under any law deemed
applicable by the Board or the Committee, such provision shall
be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable laws
(but only to such extent necessary to comply with such laws), or
if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the
determination of the Board or the Committee, materially altering
the intent of the Plan or award, such provision shall be
stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or award and the
remainder of the Plan and any such award shall remain in full
force and effect.
22. Effective Date. Subject to its approval by
the shareholders, this Plan shall become effective for the 2006
fiscal year and shall remain effective until the first annual
meeting of shareholders in the 2011 fiscal year, subject to any
further shareholder approvals (or reapprovals) mandated for
performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the
Code, and subject to the right of the Board to terminate the
Plan, on a prospective basis only, at any time.
Approved and adopted by the Board of Directors this
27th day of August, 2005.
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/s/ Scott T. Mikuen
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STANDARD SCRIPT FOR REGISTERED SHAREOWNER TELEPHONE
VOTING for MELLON
(Single # w/ company identifier embedded in control #)
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Shareowner Hears This Script |
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Speech 1
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Welcome. Please enter the control number located in the box on the lower right hand
corner of the form. |
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Speech 2
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To vote as the name of the company Board recommends on all proposals Press 1 now. |
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Speech 2A
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You have voted as the Board recommended. If this is correct, press 1. If incorrect, Press 0. |
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Speech 3
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To vote on each proposal separately, press 0 now. |
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Speech 4
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Proposal
1: To vote FOR all nominees, Press I
To WITHHOLD from all nominees, Press 9
To WITHHOLD from an individual nominee, press 0 |
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Speech 5
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Enter the two digit number that appears next to the nominee you DO NOT wish to vote for. |
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Speech 5A
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Press 1 to withhold for another nominee or Press 0 if you have completed voting on
Directors. |
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Speech 6
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Proposal
2: To vote FOR, Press 1; AGAINST, Press 9, ABSTAIN, Press 0
All remaining proposals, same instructions |
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Speech 7
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You
votes have been cast as follows: Proposal 1: For ALL or Withhold All OR For ALL Except...
Proposal 2: For, Against, Abstain
Repeat for All remaining proposals
If this is correct, Press 1; if incorrect, Press 0 |
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Closing A
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Thank you for voting. |
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Closing B
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Your votes have been canceled. If you would like to re-vote your proxy or if you would like
to vote another proxy press 1 now, or press 0 to end this call. |
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Closing C
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Im sorry youre having difficulty. Please try again or mark sign and date the proxy card
and return in the envelope provided. |
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Attend Meeting
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If you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, Press 1 if not, Press 0. |
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Vote Another
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If you have received more than one proxy card you must vote each card separately. If you
would like to vote another proxy press 1 now to end this call press 0 now. |
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PROXY/VOTING INSTRUCTION CARD
HARRIS CORPORATION
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS -- OCTOBER 28, 2005
THIS PROXY/VOTING INSTRUCTION CARD IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF HARRIS CORPORATION AND THE
HARRIS CORPORATION RETIREMENT PLAN TRUSTEE.
You are receiving this proxy/voting instruction card
because you are a participant in the Harris Corporation
Retirement Plan and/or a registered shareholder. If you
are a registered shareholder, by signing this proxy/voting
instruction card you are hereby appointing HOWARD L.
LANCE, BRYAN R. ROUB and SCOTT T. MIKUEN, jointly or
individually, proxies with full power of substitution, to
vote all shares you are entitled to vote at the Harris
Corporation Annual Meeting of Shareholders on October 28,
2005 or any adjournment thereof. Unless otherwise
directed, this proxy will be voted FOR Proposal 1, the
election of four directors; FOR Proposal 2, the approval
of the Harris Corporation 2005 Equity Incentive Plan; FOR
Proposal 3, the approval of the Harris Corporation 2005
Annual Incentive Plan; and FOR Proposal 4, ratification of
the appointment of independent auditors. In their
discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such
other business as may properly come before the meeting.
The proxies are instructed as indicated on the reverse side.
If you are a participant in the Harris Corporation
Retirement Plan, in connection with the Annual Meeting of
Shareholders of Harris Corporation to be held on October
28, 2005, you may provide instructions to the Plan Trustee
on how to vote the shares allocable to your Harris
Corporation Stock Fund Account. If no direction is made,
the Plan Trustee will vote in the same proportion as the
shares for which other participants have timely provided
voting instructions.
This proxy/instruction card revokes all prior
proxies/instructions given by you. Please sign on the
reverse side exactly as your name or names appear there.
If stock is held in the name of joint holders, each should sign. If
you are signing as trustee, executor, etc., please so indicate.
(This Proxy/Voting Instruction Card Is Continued And To Be Signed
On The Reverse Side)
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[HARRIS LOGO]
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT!
YOU CAN GIVE VOTING INSTRUCTIONS IN ONE OF THREE WAYS:
1. Mark, sign and date your proxy/voting instruction card and
return it promptly in the enclosed envelope.
OR
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2. Call TOLL FREE 1-866-540-5760 on a Touch Tone
telephone and follow the instructions on the
reverse side of this card. There is NO CHARGE
to you for this call.
OR
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3. Vote over the Internet: HTTP://WWW.PROXYVOTING.COM/HRS by
following the instructions on the reverse side of this card.
PLEASE VOTE
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" ALL PROPOSALS
PLEASE MARK YOUR
VOTE AS INDICATED X
IN THIS EXAMPLE
FOR WITHHOLD FOR ALL
ALL ALL EXCEPT
The Board recommends a vote "FOR" / / / / / /
Proposal 1 -- Election of the
following nominees as Director for
a three-year term expiring in 2008:
01 Lewis Hay III
02 Karen Katen
03 Stephen P. Kaufman
04 Hansel E. Tookes II
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For all except Nominee(s)
written above
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
The Board recommends a vote "FOR" / / / / / /
Proposal 2 -- Approval of the Harris
Corporation 2005 Equity Incentive Plan
The Board recommends a vote "FOR" / / / / / /
Proposal 3 -- Approval of the Harris
Corporation 2005 Annual Incentive Plan
The Board recommends a vote "FOR" / / / / / /
Proposal 4 -- Ratification of the
appointment of Ernst & Young LLP
as independent auditors
**PLEASE RETURN YOUR PROXY/VOTING INSTRUCTION CARD OR IF YOU WISH TO VOTE
BY TELEPHONE OR INTERNET, PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW**
THIS PROXY/VOTING INSTRUCTION CARD WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE
VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED STOCKHOLDER. IF
NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY/VOTING INSTRUCTION CARD WILL BE VOTED
"FOR" THE ELECTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS' NOMINEES; "FOR" PROPOSAL
2; "FOR" PROPOSAL 3; AND "FOR" PROPOSAL 4, OR, IF YOU ARE A
PARTICIPANT IN THE HARRIS CORPORATION RETIREMENT PLAN, AS MAY
OTHERWISE BE PROVIDED IN THE PLAN.
In their discretion,
the proxies are
authorized to vote upon
such other business as
may properly come
before the meeting.
Signature(s) Date , 2005
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NOTE: Please sign exactly as name appears hereon. Joint owners
should each sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator,
officer, trustee, or guardian, please give full title as such.
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VOTE BY TELEPHONE
CALL TOLL FREE ON A TOUCH-TONE TELEPHONE ANYTIME
1-866-540-5760
THERE IS NO CHARGE TO YOU FOR THIS CALL.
QUICK EASY IMMEDIATE
Your telephone vote authorizes the named proxies to vote your shares in
the same manner as if you marked, signed and returned your proxy/voting
instruction card or, if you are a participant in the Harris Corporation
Retirement Plan, provides an instruction to the Plan Trustee to vote the
Harris shares held in your account in the same manner as if you marked,
signed and returned your proxy/voting instruction card.
You will need to have your proxy card in hand when voting. You cannot
vote by telephone or Internet after 11:59 p.m. (EST) on October 27,
2005.
OPTION #1: To vote as the Board of Directors recommends on ALL
proposals: Press 1.
OPTION #2: If you choose to vote on each proposal separately, press 0.
You will hear these instructions:
Proposal 1: To vote FOR ALL nominees, press 1; to WITHHOLD FOR ALL
nominees, press 9.
To withhold FOR AN INDIVIDUAL nominee, press 0 and listen to
the instructions.
Proposal 2: To vote FOR, press 1; AGAINST, press 9; ABSTAIN, press 0.
Proposal 3: To vote FOR, press 1; AGAINST, press 9; ABSTAIN, press 0.
Proposal 4: To vote FOR, press 1; AGAINST, press 9; ABSTAIN, press 0.
VOTE OVER THE INTERNET
HTTP://WWW.PROXYVOTING.COM/HRS
Your Internet voting instruction authorizes the named proxies or provides
the Plan Trustee with an instruction to vote your shares in the same
manner as if you marked, signed and returned your proxy/voting instruction
card. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the website.
PLEASE DO NOT RETURN THE ABOVE PROXY/VOTING
INSTRUCTION CARD
IF YOU VOTED BY PHONE OR OVER THE INTERNET.