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The Compensation Committee
(the Committee) of the Board of Directors (the Board) of Ennis, Inc.
(the Company) shall be charged with assisting the Board in (i) assessing
whether the various compensation programs of the Company are designed
to attract, motivate and retain the senior management necessary for
the Company to deliver consistently superior results and are performance
based, market driven and shareholder aligned, (ii) its oversight
of specific incentive compensation plans adopted by the Company,
with the approval of this Committee, included stock, plans, supplemental
executive retirement plans and short term and long term incentive
compensation plans for members of senior management of the company,
(iii) assessing the effectiveness of succession planning relative
to senior management of the Company, (iv) its approval, review and
oversight of benefit plans of the company, and (v) its oversight
of the performance and compensation of the Chief Executive Officer
of the company (“CEO:) and the other members of the Senior
Management Team of the Company.
Furthermore, the Committee will direct the production of all reports that
Securities and Exchange Commission rules require be included in the company's
annual proxy statement.
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The Committee shall consist
of at least three persons, all of whom are members of the Board.
Each member of the Committee shall satisfy the independence requirements
set forth in the corporate governance and other listing standards
of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE Standards”).
In addition, each member of the Committee shall be a “non-employee
director”as defined by Rule 16b-3(b)(3) under the Exchange
Act.
The Board shall elect the members of the Committee at the Board Meeting
(Annual Board Meeting) that is held immediately after the annual meeting
of the stockholders, and each Committee member shall serve until the date
of the next Annual Board Meeting unless he or she resigns, is removed or
replaced or otherwise ceases to be a director or member of the Committee
prior to such date, in which event the Board shall appoint another director
to fill the resulting vacancy for his or her unexpired term. Further, if
for any reason the Board does not elect the members to the Committee at
an Annual Board Meeting, the directors who then comprise the committee
will continue to serve as members of the Committee until the Board takes
action to elect new members of the Committee. The Board may remove or replace
a member of the Committee at any time.
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The Board (or the Committee)
shall elect one of the members of the Committee to act as chairperson
of the Committee (the "Chairperson"). Such member shall
act as Chairperson until the next Annual Meeting unless prior thereto
he or she (x) resigns as Chairperson, (y) is removed or replaced
by the Board or (z) ceases to be a director, in which event the Board
shall appoint another member of the Committee to serve as Chairperson
for the unexpired term. The Chairperson shall preside over all meetings
of the committee. In addition, the Chairperson shall periodically
report the Committee’s findings and conclusions to the Board.
The majority of the members of the Committee
shall constitute a quorum.
The Committee shall meet as often as is appropriate
but not less than two times annually. The Committee
shall maintain minutes of its meetings and
written records of its actions.
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To fulfill its
purpose as described above, the Committee shall have the following
duties and responsibilities:
The Committee will review and approve
for the CEO, for the other members of the Senior Management team
of the Company, Annual base salary levels, annual incentive opportunity
levels and long-term incentive opportunity levels for each fiscal
year. In this regard, the Committee will review and approve corporate
goals and objectives related to compensation. In addition, the
Committee will take into account whether the compensation is reasonably
related to personal and corporate performance and whether the goals
of each compensation program are compatible with external peer
businesses.
The Committee will review Senior Management
compensation programs on a periodic basis to
determine whether they are properly coordinated
and achieving their intended purposes. In addition,
The Committee will consider from time to time
whether to adopt compensation or benefit plans
for Senior Management which address matters
relating to severance or retirement provided
that the benefits to be derived from those
programs are appropriately related to the overall
benefit of the Company are reasonable in amount
and duration.
The Committee will review on a periodic basis all benefit plans sponsored
by the Company to determine whether they are properly coordinated and achieving
their intended purposes. In addition, the Committee will consider, from
time to time, amendments to existing benefit plans and proposals for new
benefit plans, and if appropriate, recommend the same for approval to the
Board.
The Committee will review and assess on a periodic basis succession planning
with respect to senior management of the Company.
The committee will review and assess the adequacy of this charter annually
and recommend any proposed changes to the Board for approval.
The Committee will make periodic reports to the Board on the work of the
Committee.
The Committee will produce a compensation committee
report on executive compensation as required
by the SEC and NYSE to be included in the Company’s
annual proxy statement or annual report on
Form 10-K as filed with the SEC.
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| The Board will conduct an
annual performance evaluation of the Committee. The Board will conduct
this evaluation in one or more separate sessions at which members
of the Committee shall not be in attendance. After completing its
annual performance evaluation of the Committee, the Board or a representative
thereof shall review such evaluation or a summary thereof with the
members of the Committee. |
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