GRACO INC.
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
BONUS PLAN
1.
Definitions. When the following terms are used herein with
initial capital letters, they shall have the following
meanings:
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1.1 Base Salary – the annual
fixed salary paid to a Participant because of the position he/she
holds.
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1.2 Bonus Award – the incentive
structure established for each Participant by the Compensation
Committee for each Performance Period pursuant to Section 3.1
hereof.
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1.2 Bonus Payment – means an
amount payable to a Participant pursuant to Section 3.2
hereof.
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1.3 Compensation Committee — the
Management Organization and Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors of Graco Inc.
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1.4 Code — the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as it may be amended from time to time, and any
proposed, temporary or final Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder.
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1.5 Company - Graco Inc., a Minnesota
corporation, and any of its affiliates that
adopt the
Plan.
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1.6 Eligible Employee — any
executive officer of the Company designated by the Compensation
Committee.
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1.7 Participant — an Eligible
Employee designated by the Compensation Committee as subject to the
Plan.
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1.8 Performance Period - the Company's
fiscal year.
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1.9 Plan - this Executive Officer
Bonus Plan.
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1.10 Performance Target(s) — the financial and
other target(s) established by the Compensation Committee for a
Performance Period and reflected in a document adopted by the
Compensation Committee in accordance with the terms of this Plan.
The Financial Performance Target(s) shall be tied to one or more of
the following financial measures: consolidated net sales,
consolidated net earnings, divisional net sales, regional net
sales, divisional earnings, regional earnings, consolidated pre-tax
earnings, consolidated operating earnings, earnings before interest
and taxes, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and
amortization, operating cash flow, return on equity, return on
assets, or earnings per share [hereinafter “Financial
Measure(s)"] for the applicable Performance Period, all as computed
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as in
effect from time to time and as applied by the Company in the
preparation of its financial statements, and subject to other
special rules and conditions as the Compensation Committee may
establish. Any Financial Measure may be stated in absolute terms or
as compared to any other company or companies. Where the
Compensation Committee deems it appropriate, it may select one or
more non-financial measures [hereinafter “Non-Financial
Measures”] to evaluate the performance of a Participant in
addition to one or more Financial Measures. All Non-Financial
Measures shall be applied in a manner consistent with usual Company
practice and such rules and conditions as the Compensation
Committee may establish.
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2. Administration.
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2.1 Authority of Compensation
Committee . The Compensation Committee shall have the authority
to select applicable Financial and Non-Financial Measures, identify
the weights thereof, establish Performance Targets, determine the
relationship between Performance Targets and Bonus Payments and
otherwise administer the Plan. Such authority shall include making
adjustments in Bonus Payments based on unusual or unique
circumstances, and determining the impact of acquisitions,
divestitures or other major unusual events on the achievement of
Performance Targets . The Compensation Committee’s
interpretation of the Plan and of any Bonus Payments made or to be
made under the Plan shall be final and binding on all persons with
an interest therein. The Compensation Committee shall have the
power to establish regulations to administer the Plan and to change
such regulations.
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3.
Bonus for each Performance Period .
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3.1 Bonus Award — Each
Performance Period, the Compensation Committee shall designate the
Participants in the Plan for that Performance Period; select
applicable Financial and Non-Financial Measures; identify the
weights thereof; establish Performance Targets; and determine the
relationship between Performance Targets and Bonus Payments. Such
determinations shall be memorialized in written documents adopted
by the Compensation Committee.
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3.2 Bonus Payment – Following
the close of each Performance Period and prior to the making of any
Bonus Payment, the Compensation Committee shall determine whether
and to what extent Performance Target(s) and all other factors upon
which the Bonus
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