UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549



FORM 8-K



CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):

December 20, 2004

 

EGL, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Texas

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

000-27288

76-0094895

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 


15350 Vickery Drive, Houston, Texas

77032

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

(281) 618-3100

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.


On December 20, 2004, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of EGL, Inc., a Texas corporation (the “Company”), approved stock option grants to certain employees as well as restricted stock grants to the Company’s executive officers, as described below.  The grants were made under the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Plan.


The following table identifies the name of the award recipient, his position with the Company, and the number of restricted shares granted to each recipient, subject to the achievement of certain performance criteria:


Name

Position

Restricted Shares Granted

  

Below EPS Target 1

EPS Target 1

EPS Target 2

James R. Crane

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

None

7,500

10,000

Elijio V. Serrano

Executive Officer

None

5,000

7,500

Ronald E. Talley

Executive Officer

None

5,000

7,500

E. Joseph Bento

Executive Officer

None

5,000

7,500


The actual number of restricted shares granted to an executive officer will be based on whether the Company achieves certain annual earnings per share (“EPS”) targets for fiscal year 2005, as determined in March 2006 upon completion of the audit by the Company’s independent auditors.  If the Company’s EPS does not meet or exceed the minimum threshold (EPS Target 1), then the executive officers will not receive any restricted shares.  If the Company’s EPS meets or exceeds the minimum threshold, then the executive officers will receive restricted shares based on the level of the Company’s EPS (either EPS Target 1 or 2).  In no event will an executive officer receive more than the maximum number of shares set forth opposite his name in the table above.


If the Company meets or exceeds the minimum EPS threshold, then one-fifth of the restricted shares will vest in March 2006 (upon completion of the 2005 annual audit by the Company’s independent auditors).  The remaining restricted shares will then vest in four equal installments on December 20, 2006, December 20, 2007, December 20, 2008 and finally on December 20, 2009.  Upon vesting, the shares of common stock of the Company awarded as set forth above shall have no further restrictions.


                                                                                                                                                                       





SIGNATURE


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



Date:  December 27, 2004

EGL, INC.




By:

/s/ Elijio V. Serrano


Elijio V. Serrano

Chief Financial Officer