BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION Form 10-Q for Quarterly Period Ended December 30, 2007 SUMMARY OF CHANGES TO DIRECTOR COMPENSATION SUMMARY OF CHANGES TO DIRECTOR COMPENSATON
Exhibit 10.5
BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION
Form 10-Q for Quarterly Period Ended December 30, 2007
SUMMARY OF CHANGES TO DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
SUMMARY OF CHANGES TO DIRECTOR COMPENSATON
At its quarterly meeting on January 16, 2008, the Board of Directors modified the manner in which nonemployee directors receive company common stock as part of their annual compensation.
Effective immediately, the portion of each directors annual retainer fee that is payable in the companys common stock shall be credited to the directors account in the Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors (the Plan). The shares will vest when the director retires as a director. While the director is serving on the Board, his or her deferred stock will accrue additional shares of stock in lieu of a cash dividend. In addition, the annual stock grants to the chairman of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee and to each member of the Audit Committee will be credited to such directors account in the Plan.
Under the Plan, any nonemployee director may also elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of his or her directors cash compensation until any date but no later than the year in which the director attains the age of 73 years. Participants may elect to have cash deferred amounts (1) credited with interest quarterly at 80% of the prevailing prime rate, or (2) converted into common share units based on the deferral date closing price of Briggs & Strattons common stock. Any balance in the common stock account will be credited with an amount equivalent to any dividend paid on Briggs & Strattons common stock, which will be converted into additional common share units. Common share units may be distributed in cash or stock at the election of the directors.