EX-99.(D)(3) 8 a2211520zex-99_d3.htm EXHIBIT (D)(3)

Exhibit (d)(3)

 

CELESTICA INC.

 

DIRECTORS’ SHARE COMPENSATION PLAN (2008)

 

1.                        Each director of Celestica Inc. (the “Corporation”) who is not an employee of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or of Onex Corporation (an “Eligible Director”) shall be entitled to make an annual election (a “DSU Election”), on or before the last business day of the calendar year preceding the calendar year that includes the date of the annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation (the “Annual Meeting”), to be paid either 50% or 100% (the “DSU Election Percentage”) of the aggregate of the annual retainer fees (“Annual Retainer Fees”) and meeting fees (“Meeting Fees”) (collectively the “Annual Compensation”) payable to such Eligible Director for services rendered in respect of the period commencing on the date of the Annual Meeting and ending on the date of the subsequent Annual Meeting (the “Compensation Period”) in deferred share units (each a “DSU”), each entitling such Eligible Director to receive, in accordance with either paragraph 9 or paragraph 11, a subordinate voting share of the Corporation (a “Share”) or a cash payment equal to the value of a Share  following the date on which the Eligible Director is no longer any of a director of the Corporation or an employee of the Corporation, or a director or employee of any affiliate of the Corporation (the “Retirement Date”).

 

2.                        An individual who becomes an Eligible Director during a Compensation Period shall be entitled to make a DSU Election and select a DSU Election Percentage to apply in respect of Annual Compensation payable in fiscal quarters of the Compensation Period that commence after the date such DSU Election is made.  A DSU Election made under this paragraph 2 shall not be effective in respect of the Eligible Director’s Annual Compensation for the Compensation Period in which the individual becomes an Eligible Director if (i) such election is not made within 30 days after the individual becomes an Eligible Director or (ii) to the extent required by Section 409A of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the individual previously participated in this Plan or any other plan that is required to be aggregated with this Plan for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.

 

3.                        If an Eligible Director does not make a DSU Election in accordance with paragraph 1 or 2, as applicable, his or her DSU Election Percentage for the Compensation Period or portion thereof, as applicable, shall be deemed to be 100%.

 

4.                        In addition, each Eligible Director, upon becoming an Eligible Director, shall be granted 10,000 DSUs.  As well, the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) shall, from time to time, determine an amount, expressed in dollars, that shall be allocated to an Eligible Director for each fiscal quarter of the Corporation for purposes of calculating the number of DSUs to be provided to such Eligible Director under paragraph 7 (the “Quarterly Equity Award”).  Quarterly Equity Awards shall be granted to each Eligible Director on the last day of each fiscal quarter on which the Eligible Director continues as a director of the Corporation and is not an employee of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or of Onex Corporation in connection with the services provided by the Eligible Director to the Corporation as a member of the Board. In the event that an Eligible Director ceases to be an Eligible Director during a fiscal quarter, the Eligible Director shall receive a pro rated portion of the Quarterly

 



 

Equity Award that reflects the Eligible Director’s actual period of service as an Eligible Director from the commencement of the applicable fiscal quarter to the date the Eligible Director ceases to be an Eligible Director (the “Termination Date”).

 

5.                        Annual Retainer Fees are paid to Eligible Directors quarterly, in arrears.  The number of DSUs that an Eligible Director shall be entitled to receive in lieu of each instalment of the Annual Retainer Fee payable to such Eligible Director shall be equal to the product of (i) the total amount of such instalment, or, in the event that an Eligible Director’s Termination Date occurs during a fiscal quarter, a pro rated amount of such instalment that reflects the Eligible Director’s actual period of service as an Eligible Director from the commencement of the applicable fiscal quarter to the Eligible Director’s Termination Date, multiplied by (ii) the DSU Election Percentage, divided by (iii) the closing price of Shares on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) on the last trading day of the fiscal quarter in respect of which the instalment is to be paid.  Such DSUs shall be credited to the Eligible Director’s Account on the last day of the applicable fiscal quarter.  If a quarterly instalment of Annual Retainer Fees includes a portion of the Annual Retainer Fee payable in respect of two Compensation Periods and the proportion of the Annual Compensation elected by an Eligible Director to be paid in DSUs differs between the Compensation Periods, then the amount of cash and number of DSUs to be paid to such Eligible Director shall be determined separately for each of the part Compensation Periods included in such fiscal quarter, otherwise in accordance with this paragraph.

 

6.                        The number of DSUs that an Eligible Director shall be entitled to receive in lieu of Meeting Fees payable to such Eligible Director for each meeting during such Compensation Period shall be equal to the product of (i) the total amount of such Meeting Fees, multiplied by (ii) the DSU Election Percentage, divided by (iii) the closing price of the Shares on the NYSE on the last trading day of the fiscal quarter that includes the date of such meeting in respect of which the Meeting Fees are payable.  Such DSUs shall be credited to the Eligible Director’s Account as of the last trading day of the fiscal quarter that includes the date of such meeting in respect of which the Meeting Fees are payable, provided the Eligible Director remains an Eligible Director on the applicable meeting date.

 

7.                        Quarterly Equity Awards are to be paid in the form of DSUs. The number of DSUs that an Eligible Director shall be entitled to receive in respect of a Quarterly Equity Award shall be equal to the product of (i) the total dollar amount allocated to the Eligible Director under paragraph 4 for the relevant quarter, or, in the event that an Eligible Director’s Termination Date occurs during a fiscal quarter, a pro rated amount of such allocation that reflects the Eligible Director’s actual period of service as an Eligible Director from the commencement of the applicable fiscal quarter to the Eligible Director’s Termination Date, divided by (ii) the closing price of Shares on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) on the last trading day of the fiscal quarter in respect of which the allocation is to be made.

 

8.                        The Corporation shall keep or cause to be kept records for each Eligible Director, including an account (the “Account”) showing the number of DSUs, determined in accordance with paragraphs 4, 5 6 and 7, and in each case rounded to two decimal places, that the Eligible Director has been granted.

 

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9.                        Subject to paragraphs 10 and 11, on the date that is forty-five (45) days following the Eligible Director’s Retirement Date or the following business day if such forty-fifth (45th) day is not a business day (the “Valuation Date”), or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Corporation, through its Share Plan Administrator, shall arrange to acquire through the NYSE or the Toronto Stock Exchange the number of Shares that equals the number of DSUs in the Eligible Director’s Account on the Valuation Date, less such number of Shares the value of which is sufficient to satisfy withholding taxes and source deductions.  The Administrator shall, in accordance with the instructions of the Eligible Director or the Eligible Director’s Beneficiary, as applicable, deliver to the Eligible Director or the Eligible Director’s Beneficiary, as applicable, a certificate representing such Shares, or credit such Shares to an account with a broker in the name of the Eligible Director or the Eligible Director’s Beneficiary, as applicable, as soon as practicable thereafter.

 

10.                      If any Eligible Director ceases to be a director of the Corporation, and has not been a director of the Corporation for a period of 12 months prior to his or her Retirement Date, the 10,000 DSUs granted to such Eligible Director pursuant to paragraph 4 shall be forfeited and cancelled as of such Eligible Director’s Retirement Date and the Eligible Director shall receive no payment in respect thereof.

 

11.                      The Corporation shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to pay all or a portion of the value of an Eligible Director’s DSUs to the Eligible Director or the Eligible Director’s Beneficiary, as applicable, in a lump sum cash payment in an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the number of DSUs in the Eligible Director’s Account on the Valuation Date by the closing price of the Shares on the NYSE (or, if the Shares are not listed on any stock exchange, then on the over the counter market) on the Valuation Date, less applicable withholding taxes and source deductions, and shall do so if there is no public market for the Shares.

 

12.                      Each Eligible Director that receives Shares under this Plan shall comply with all applicable securities regulations and policies of the Corporation relating to the purchase and sale of Shares.

 

13.                      In the event of a (i) capital reorganization, (ii) merger, (iii) amalgamation, (iv) offer for shares of the Corporation which if successful would entitle the offeror to acquire all of the shares of the Corporation or all of one or more particular class(es) of shares of the Corporation to which the offer relates, (v) sale of a material portion of the assets of the Corporation, (vi) arrangement or other scheme of reorganization (a “Reorganization”) or proposed Reorganization, or (vii) an increase or decrease in the outstanding Shares as a result of a stock split, consolidation, subdivision, reclassification or recapitalization but, for greater certainty, not as a result of the issuance of Shares for additional consideration, by way of a stock dividend or other distribution in the ordinary course or as a result of a rights offering, the Corporation may adjust the Account of each Eligible Director in such matter as the Corporation determines, in its discretion, is equitable to reflect such event.  Any adjustment so made by the Corporation shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes of this Plan, and Eligible Directors (and any person claiming through an Eligible Director) shall have no other rights as a result of any change in the Shares or of any other event.

 

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14.                      The Corporation may amend or terminate the Plan as it deems necessary or appropriate, but no such amendment or termination shall, without the consent of the Eligible Director or unless required by law, adversely affect the rights of an Eligible Director with respect to DSUs to which the Eligible Director is then entitled under the Plan.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment of the Plan shall be such that the Plan continuously meets the requirements of paragraph 6801(d) of the regulations under the Income Tax Act (Canada) or any successor to such provision.

 

Effective January 1, 2008

 

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