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11-Feb-2009
Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Amendments to Articles of Inc. or Bylaws;
(b) Mr. Michael Winfield, a director of Landauer, Inc., whose current term of service on the Company's Board of Directors is scheduled to expire in 2010, has advised the Company that he intends to retire from the Board of Directors upon his 70th Birthday on February 20, 2009, in accordance with the Company's current director guidelines regarding director retirement.
(e) On February 5, 2009, Landauer, Inc.'s Board of Directors approved certain changes to the Company's U.S. retirement benefit plans. The objective of the changes is to transition from a defined benefit philosophy for retirement benefits to a defined contribution approach. The Company anticipates that the re-design of its retirement plans will result in future cost savings while offering market based retirement benefits to its employees.
The Landauer, Inc. Retirement Plan will be amended effective March 31, 2009, to (a) provide a supplemental accrued retirement benefit for certain participants who (i) had attained specified age and/or service requirements or (ii) had an accrued benefit under a supplemental executive retirement plan maintained by the Company, and (b) cease all benefit accruals thereunder (i.e., to cause it to be a "frozen plan"). Simultaneously, the Landauer, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan for Managers and the Supplemental Key Executive Retirement Plan of Landauer, Inc. were amended to cease all benefit accruals thereunder, other than with respect to the Company's Chief Executive Officer.
The Landauer, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan will be amended effective April 1, 2009 to enhance the Company's matching contribution, along with certain other changes. Effective April 1, 2009, the Company is establishing a nonqualified deferred compensation plan pursuant to which certain employees, including the Company's executive officers, will be entitled to (a) receive an annual Company contribution equal to 7.5% of base pay, and (b) elect to defer up to 80% of base pay and up to 100% of all other earnings. Five participants in the Company's supplemental executive retirement plans will receive an additional annual contribution ranging from approximately 3 to 11% of base salary to compensate them for the loss of expected benefits due to the cessation of benefit accruals described in the preceding paragraph.
(a) Landauer, Inc.'s Board of Directors, at its meeting on February 5, 2009, approved amendments to the Company's bylaws, effective immediately. Significant changes include the following:
1) the update of notice requirements provisions for
stockholder nominations of directors and stockholder
proposed business at annual meetings in Section 1.4 and
Section 1.5, respectively; primarily, stockholder
notices shall be delivered to or mailed and received at
the principal executive offices of the Company not less
than 90 (formerly 50), and not more than 120 (formerly
75), calendar days before the first anniversary of the
preceding year's annual meeting and such notices must
include additional information that will make it possible
for the Company to better evaluate any nominations or
other business placed before the meetings, as well as
additional information as to the ownership interests of
the individuals making the nominations or proposals;
2) the addition of certain provisions clarifying that stockholder meetings may be held via remote communication;
3) the addition of a provision permitting the Board to name a Presiding Director;
4) the elimination of certain provisions related to the formation of the Company that are no longer applicable, primarily related to Founder Directors; and
5) the modification of various references to make them more gender neutral.
This disclosure is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete Amended and Restated Bylaws filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this current report on Form 8-K.
(d) Exhibits
3.1 Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, effective February 5, 2009
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