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LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS
Fiscal 2008 was a successful year for ADP. ADP reported strong revenue and earnings growth. Revenues rose 12.5% to $8.78 billion, assisted 2% by favorable foreign exchange rates due to the weakened U.S. dollar. Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations grew a very strong 20% from a year ago to $2.20; excluding one-time gains reported in both the current and prior fiscal years, diluted earnings per share grew 21% to $2.18.
Fiscal 2008s strong performance is a direct result of ADPs execution against its five-point strategic growth program which consists of:
1. | Strengthening the core business; | ||
2. | Growing our differentiated HR BPO offerings; | ||
3. | Focusing on international expansion; | ||
4. | Entering adjacent markets that leverage the core; and | ||
5. | Expanding pretax margins. |
But What about the Economy?
We have all been witness to the U.S. economy bumping along slightly above the recession level. Headline inflation has risen, but hasnt had a material impact to ADP. Rising oil prices dampened the economy in general, which is not a good thing for ADP, or most other companies for that matter. The employment market is tough, although it is better in small business than it is in large business and it is better in the service industries where ADPs client base is strong. Weve been able to mitigate the impact of declines in interest rates on our client funds portfolio with our extended investment strategy. The credit markets have been chaotic and a damper on the markets and the economy like nothing Ive seen in my business career. When all of these things happen concurrently, the tendency is for business executives to constrain capital investments, and defer making business investment decisions.
So what does it all mean? As I noted at the beginning of this letter, ADP posted excellent results in fiscal 2008 despite all the things just mentioned. The weak U.S. dollar lifted revenue growth by 2% as we have a sizeable presence in Europe. Fiscal 2008 was also our third consecutive year of over 20% earnings per share growth. Concerns about the economic environment resulted in a slowdown in Employer Services sales growth after a strong first half of fiscal 2008. I am, however, very pleased with the overall execution by the salesforce as we finished with 8% growth in new business sales in Employer Services and PEO Services. Client retention for Employer Services reached record levels, exceeding 90%, up 0.2 percentage points in fiscal 2008. Despite the tough economy, we continue to invest in World Class Service and increasing the penetration rate of ADPs beyond payroll solutions with our client base, both important factors in improving long-term client retention levels. We saw some contraction in the number of pays per client versus last year, but slower and less severe than the last economic downturn. Pays at our small and large clients in fiscal 2008, which normally shrink first in an economic downturn, actually shrunk less than at our medium-size clients. Overall, we anticipated no growth in pays per client looking ahead to fiscal 2009.
Despite the consolidation of dealerships and declining new car sales in the U.S., Dealer Services had an excellent year with strong revenue growth, an increased win-loss rate against the competition resulting in increased market share, and considerably strong growth in new business sales in both our North American and International businesses.
All in, we anticipate another good year in fiscal 2009 amidst continued choppy economic water ahead.
Fiscal 2008 Key Strategies & Accomplishments
Client Funds Investment Strategy
ADP moved over $1.3 trillion of client funds, resulting in holding nearly $16 billion in average client funds per day. I am especially pleased with the performance of the investment portfolio and the investment choices made during the year. ADP remains one of six U.S. industrial companies rated triple-A by both Standard & Poors and Moodys. This has been extremely important to ADPs extended investment strategy where ADP borrows in the overnight commercial paper market on about 200 days a year to satisfy short-term client liabilities, which enables
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us to extend the maturities of our investments. This strategy ladders the maturities of our investments, helping to minimize the impact of changes in market interest rates. During fiscal 2008, the Fed Funds rate declined 325 basis points, yet the net impact to ADP compared with a year ago was an increase of 10 basis points in the overall yield to 4.4%.
Employer Services
Growth in new business sales of our core solutions across all market segments, along with strong sales of our HR BPO offerings, contributed to Employer Services 9% revenue growth.
We launched the RUN Powered by ADPsm platform, our web-based payroll service for small businesses and their accountants early results and client receptivity have been terrific. And were really focused on the large opportunities for our Retirement Services and Workers Compensation Pay-by-Pay® solutions as extensions of our core offering for small businesses.
Our Administrative Services Offering, also called ADP Resource®, is our HR BPO offering for the small and mid-markets and is an excellent option for prospects that dont fit the co-employment PEO model. Sales of ADP Resource below fifty pays continue to fuel our small business growth. Additionally, sales of ADP Resource have been quite strong in the 50 to 100 pay-size market, and weve got a terrific opportunity with prospects above the 100 pay-size with the launch of an offering based on our Pay eXpert® and HR/Benefits solutions.
Our new core offering, a bigger, comprehensive bundled solution of our payroll, HR/Benefits, and Time & Labor Management offerings has been driving growth in the mid-market, bringing in new payroll clients with three times the revenue opportunity of a traditional payroll client.
Comprehensive Outsourcing Services (COS) fueled growth at the high end of the market above 1,000 pays, as did GlobalView® for large multinational companies. COS achieved profitability as we generated $140 million in revenues in fiscal 2008 and significantly reduced the time it takes to get a new client up and running. More than 50 clients with over 550,000 employees in the U.S. are currently using our COS solution. In addition, GlobalView generated nearly $40 million in revenues in fiscal 2008, exiting the year with 65 clients, representing over 375,000 employees in 33 countries. Including clients already running on GlobalView, we have signed 78 clients representing nearly one million employees in 46 countries. We currently expect GlobalView to become profitable in fiscal 2010 and to approach $500 million in annual live and signed revenue by fiscal 2013.
Surrounding these great ADP solutions are significantly increased investments in service and implementation which are making for an even better client experience.
Employer Services pretax margin expanded 90 basis points for the year. This improvement is a result of continued operating leverage from the significant scale in our business, as well as our margin expansion initiatives. We now have over 300 telesales associates supporting our direct salesforce by selling beyond payroll solutions, such as workers compensation insurance to our small and mid-sized clients. With a substantially lower cost of sales compared to traditional feet-on-the-street, telesales sold over $80 million of the nearly $1.15 billion of total new business sales in fiscal 2008. We anticipate that will grow over the next few years to eventually contribute about one-third of total new business sales.
We also completed the consolidation of our data centers in the last quarter of fiscal 2008 and anticipate realizing the first full-year benefit from that initiative in fiscal 2009. We continue to leverage both off-shore and smart-shore locations. We are expanding our presence in India where we have nearly 3,000 associates, and our smart-shore locations in El Paso, Texas; Augusta, Georgia; and Jackson, Mississippi, where collectively we have over 1,500 associates. Through growth in the business and margin expansion initiatives, we are committed to driving pretax margin expansion of at least 50 basis points each year while we continue to invest in new products, salesforce expansion, and implementation and client services resources to drive our five-point strategic growth program.
PEO Services
The PEO had another great year, growing revenues 20% to cross the billion dollar revenue mark. Growth in the PEO was fueled by strong growth in California, and we expanded deeper into existing geographies as well as opened a number of new markets. Nearly all of our regions had double-digit growth, expanding the average number of paid
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worksite employees 18% to 176,000, and ending the year with approximately 188,000 paid worksite employees. While the challenging economy is anticipated to result in slower new business sales growth in fiscal 2009, the PEO benefits from about half of its sales coming from up-selling our PEO solution to our existing payroll clients. We are able to create substantial lead flow by leveraging the Small Business Services salesforce in addition to the direct PEO sales organization.
Dealer Services
Dealer Services had a terrific fiscal 2008, growing revenues 8.5%. I am very pleased with the strong North American sales growth where sales of solutions beyond the core Dealer Management Systems (DMS), such as Voice Over IP Telephony and BZ Results, a web-based, on-line Digital Marketing and Advertising solution, offset slower sales in the core DMS. As a result of slower new car sales in the U.S., there was a small decline in growth rates relating to transaction-based activities, Computerized Vehicle Registration (CVR) and credit checks. This is anticipated to continue into fiscal 2009, however, these transaction-based revenues account for only about 10% of Dealer Services revenues. I am also quite pleased with sales of our Autoline product which drove Dealer Services strong international sales growth, and we have a healthy implementation backlog of new business. Dealer Services continues to gain market share with excellent client retention and win/loss rates that continued to improve from strong levels a year ago.
Dealer Services pretax margin expanded 75 basis points, benefiting as well from the off-shore and smart-shore initiatives mentioned earlier for Employer Services. Additionally, we expect the international business to continue to increase margin as it grows.
Shareholder-friendly Actions
ADP remains keenly focused on increasing shareholder value. ADP has returned excess cash to its shareholders through significant share repurchases and higher dividends.
Over the last three fiscal years ADP has returned nearly $5 billion in the form of share repurchases, buying back nearly 18% of the companys outstanding shares, or just over 100 million shares, since the beginning of fiscal 2006. Our board of directors recently authorized an additional 50 million shares for repurchase, bringing total remaining share repurchase authorizations to about 60 million shares. We exited fiscal 2008 with $1.7 billion in cash and marketable securities on our balance sheet and generated $1.8 billion in operating cash flow. We continue to remain optimistic about ADPs long-term opportunities for growth, and it is our intent, depending on market conditions, to continue to repurchase shares in fiscal 2009.
We have also increased the dividend over 80% since the beginning of fiscal 2006, raising both the dividend payout ratio and yield well above historical levels, to about 50% and over 2.5%, respectively.
Return on equity from continuing operations increased over four percentage points to a very healthy 22.7% in fiscal 2008, and we anticipate continued improvement in fiscal 2009.
Management and Board of Directors
We promoted Mark Benjamin, Mike Capone, Bob Karp, and Anish Rajparia to the position of corporate vice president in recognition of their contributions to ADPs success.
Four new members were elected to ADPs board of directors during fiscal 2008. Eric C. Fast, Charles H. Noski, Sharon T. Rowlands, and Gregory L. Summe joined the board with many years of collective business experience.
Outlook
In July, we provided ADPs outlook for a solid fiscal 2009 with 7% to 8% revenue growth and 10% to 14% earnings per share growth compared to $2.18, excluding a one-time gain, in fiscal 2008. As we look ahead, we expect the economic headwinds from fiscal 2008 to continue. ADP, however, is fortunate to be able to look at the challenges of a tightening economy in a different way than most companies:
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Also, even during challenging times like these, we continue to invest in product, sales, and service. Growing the business for the future despite tough economic challenges is important for ADPs long-term success. More importantly, as companies search for ways to become more efficient, in many cases they are looking for the solutions ADP provides. Clients win by using our solutions even in tight times. Were more effective, compliant, and cost efficient. Its a win-win to have solutions provided by ADP.
We are much better positioned to meet our long-term revenue, pretax margin, and earnings per share goals as ADP is not the same company it was during the last economic downturn in 2002 and 2003. The differences bear repeating here:
So despite the challenging economic environment, I remain highly optimistic regarding ADPs ability to deliver continued strong results in fiscal 2009 and for many years to come.
GARY C. BUTLER |
President & Chief Executive Officer |
September 26, 2008
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This Letter to Shareholders and other written or oral statements made from time to time by ADP may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not historical in nature and which may be identified by the use of words like expects, assumes, projects, anticipates, estimates, we believe, could be and other words of similar meaning, are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on managements expectations and assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements include: ADPs success in obtaining, retaining and selling additional services to clients; the pricing of products and services; changes in laws regulating payroll taxes, professional employer organizations and employee benefits; overall market and economic conditions, including interest rate and foreign currency trends; competitive conditions; auto sales and related industry changes; employment and wage levels; changes in technology; availability of skilled technical associates and the impact of new acquisitions and divestitures. ADP disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. These risks and uncertainties, along with the risk factors discussed under Item 1A. - Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008, should be considered in evaluating any forward-looking statements contained herein.
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AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC.
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The 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at our corporate headquarters, One ADP Boulevard, Roseland, New Jersey, for the following purposes:
1. | to elect a board of directors; |
2. | to approve the 2008 Omnibus Award Plan; |
3. | to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, to serve as our independent certified public accountants for the fiscal year 2009; and |
4. | to transact any other business that may properly come prior to the meeting or any adjournment(s) thereof. |
Stockholders of record at the close of business on September 12, 2008 are entitled to vote at the meeting. Each stockholder is entitled to one vote for each share of common stock held at that time.
The presence in person and/or the representation by proxy of the holders of record of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting constitutes a quorum. If you do not expect to be present at the meeting, you may vote your shares of stock by phone, via the Internet or by executing and promptly returning the accompanying proxy in the enclosed envelope, which requires no postage if mailed in the United States.
Admission to the meeting is restricted to stockholders and/or their designated representatives. If your shares are registered in your name and you plan to attend the meeting, your admission ticket will be the top portion of the proxy card. If your shares are in the name of your broker or bank or you received your proxy materials electronically, you will need to bring evidence of your stock ownership, such as your most recent brokerage account statement. All stockholders will be required to show valid picture identification. If you do not have valid picture identification and either an admission ticket or proof of your stock ownership, you will not be admitted to the meeting. For security purposes packages and bags will be inspected and you may be required to check these items. Please arrive early enough to allow yourself adequate time to clear security.
By order of the Board of Directors
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Roseland, New
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INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS
Under rules recently adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, we are furnishing proxy materials to our stockholders primarily via the Internet, instead of mailing printed copies of those materials to each stockholder. On September 26, 2008, we commenced the mailing to our stockholders (other than those who previously requested electronic or paper delivery) of a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials containing instructions on how to access our proxy materials, including our proxy statement and our annual report on Form 10-K. The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials also instructs you on how to access your proxy card to vote through the Internet or by telephone.
This new process is designed to expedite stockholders receipt of proxy materials, lower the cost of the annual meeting, and help conserve natural resources. However, if you would prefer to receive printed proxy materials, please follow the instructions included in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials. If you have previously elected to receive our proxy materials electronically, you will continue to receive these materials via e-mail unless you elect otherwise.
PROXY
STATEMENT AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING,
INC. TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 11, 2008 SOLICITATION AND REVOCATION OF PROXY |
The board of directors of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. is soliciting proxies for the forthcoming Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Each stockholder has the power to revoke a proxy at any time prior to voting at the meeting by notifying in writing the companys secretary. The company will bear all expenses in connection with this solicitation. We made this Proxy Statement and the accompanying proxy available to stockholders on or about September 26, 2008.
The only outstanding class of securities entitled to vote at the meeting is our common stock, par value $.10 per share. At the close of business on September 12, 2008, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting, we had 509,610,473 issued and outstanding shares of common stock (excluding 129,092,196 treasury shares not entitled to vote). Each outstanding share of common stock is entitled to one vote with respect to each matter to be voted on at the meeting.
The representation in person or by proxy of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting constitutes a quorum. Under our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws and under Delaware law, abstentions and non-votes are counted as present in determining whether the quorum requirement is satisfied. A non-vote occurs when a nominee holding shares for a beneficial owner does not vote on a particular proposal because the nominee does not have discretionary voting power for that particular item and has not received instructions from the beneficial owner.
The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon is required to elect a director, provided that if the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected (a situation that the company does not anticipate), the directors shall be elected by the vote of a plurality of the shares represented in person or by proxy. Votes may be cast in favor of all nominees, withheld from all nominees or withheld from specifically identified nominees. Votes that are withheld will have the effect of a negative vote, provided that if the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected, withheld votes will be excluded entirely and will have no effect on the vote.
The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon is required to (i) approve the 2008 Omnibus Award Plan and (ii) ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as the companys independent certified public accountants. Votes may be cast in favor of or against either proposal, or a stockholder may abstain from voting on either proposal. Abstentions will have the effect of a negative vote. Brokers who do not receive voting instructions from their stockholders are entitled to vote on the election of directors and ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP, but not on the proposal to approve the 2008 Omnibus Award Plan. Under applicable Delaware law, a broker non-vote will have no effect on the outcome of any of the matters referred to in this proxy statement because the non-votes are not considered in determining the number of votes necessary for approval.
Our board of directors has adopted a policy whereby stockholders proxies are received by our independent tabulators and the vote is certified by independent inspectors of election. Proxies and ballots identifying the vote of individual stockholders will be kept confidential from our management and directors, except as necessary to meet legal requirements in cases where stockholders request disclosure or in a contested election.
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ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Our Directors
Properly executed proxies will be voted as marked. Unmarked proxies will be voted in favor of electing the persons named below (each of whom is now a director) as directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. If any nominee is no longer a candidate at the time of the meeting (a situation that we do not anticipate), proxies will be voted in favor of remaining nominees and may be voted for substitute nominees designated by the board of directors.
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Name | Age | Since | Principal Occupation | ||||
Gregory D. Brenneman | 46 | 2001 | Chairman of CCMP Capital, a private equity firm, and Executive Chairman of Quiznos, a national quick-service restaurant chain(1) | ||||
Leslie A. Brun | 56 | 2003 | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sarr Group, LLC, a private equity firm(2) | ||||
Gary C. Butler | 61 | 1996 | President and Chief Executive Officer of Automatic Data Processing, Inc.(3) | ||||
Leon G. Cooperman | 65 | 1991 | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Omega Advisors, Inc., an investment partnership(4) | ||||
Eric C. Fast | 59 | 2007 | President and Chief Executive Officer of Crane Co.(5) | ||||
R. Glenn Hubbard | 50 | 2004 | Dean of Columbia Universitys Graduate School of Business(6) | ||||
John P. Jones | 57 | 2005 | Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.(7) | ||||
Frederic V. Malek | 71 | 1978 | Chairman of Thayer Capital Partners, a merchant banking firm(8) | ||||
Charles H. Noski | 56 | 2008 | Retired Vice Chairman of the Board of AT&T Corporation(9) | ||||
Sharon T. Rowlands | 50 | 2008 | Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Thomson Financial(10) | ||||
Gregory L. Summe | 51 | 2007 | Executive Chairman of PerkinElmer, Inc.(11) | ||||
Henry Taub | 81 | 1961 | Honorary Chairman(12) |
(1) | Mr. Brenneman has been chairman of CCMP Capital and executive chairman of Quiznos since August 2008. He served as president and chief executive officer of Quiznos from January 2007 until August 2008. He has been chairman and chief executive officer of TurnWorks, Inc., a private equity firm, since April 2006, from October 2002 to July 2004 and also from May 2001 to June 2002. He was chief executive officer of Burger King Corporation from July 2004 to April 2006. Mr. Brenneman is also a director of The Home Depot, Inc. |
(2) | Mr. Brun is chairman and chief executive officer of Sarr Group, LLC. He is the founder and chairman emeritus of Hamilton Lane. From 1991 until 2005 he was the chairman of Hamilton Lane. He is a trustee of Episcopal Academy in Merion, PA and the University of Buffalo Foundation, Inc. Mr. Brun is also a director of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., Fortune Management, Inc. and Merck & Co., Inc. |
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(3) | Mr. Butler became president and chief executive officer of the company on August 31, 2006. He was president and chief operating officer of the company from April 1998 to August 31, 2006. He is also a director of CIT Group Inc. and Liberty Mutual Holding Company, Inc. |
(4) | Mr. Cooperman has been chairman and chief executive officer of Omega Advisors, Inc. since 1991. |
(5) | Mr. Fast has been president and chief executive officer of Crane Co. since April 2001 and a director of Crane Co. since 1999. |
(6) | Mr. Hubbard was named the dean of Columbia Universitys Graduate School of Business in 2004 and has been the Russell L. Carson professor of finance and economics since 1994. Mr. Hubbard is a member of the Panel of Economic Advisers for the Congressional Budget Office. From February 2001 until March 2003 he was chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisors. He is also a director of BlackRock Closed-End Funds, Capmark Financial Group, Inc., Duke Realty Corporation, Information Services Group, Inc., KKR Financial Holdings, LLC and MetLife, Inc. |
(7) | Mr. Jones was chairman of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. between December 2000 and March 2008. Between December 2000 and October 2007 he served as chief executive officer of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. He is also a director of Sunoco, Inc. |
(8) | Mr. Malek has been chairman of Thayer Capital Partners since 1992. He is also a director of CB Richard Ellis Services, Inc. and DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. |
(9) | Mr. Noski was corporate vice president and chief financial officer (December 2003 to March 2005) and director (November 2002 to May 2005) of Northrop Grumman Corporation. He served as vice chairman (July 2002 to November 2002), vice chairman and chief financial officer (February 2002 to July 2002) and senior executive vice president and chief financial officer (December 1999 to February 2002) of AT&T Corp. He is a director of Microsoft Corporation, Morgan Stanley, and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. |
(10) | Ms. Rowlands was president (from 2000) and chief executive officer and president (from 2004) of Thomson Financial until April 2008. |
(11) | Mr. Summe has been executive chairman of PerkinElmer, Inc. since February 2008. Between 1999 and February 2008 he served as chairman and chief executive officer of PerkinElmer, Inc. In 2008, Mr. Summe began serving as a senior advisor to Goldman Sachs Capital Partners. Mr. Summe is a director of State Street Corporation. |
(12) | Mr. Taub has been honorary chairman of our board of directors since 1986. |
Stockholder Approval Required
At the 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, directors shall be elected by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, provided that if the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected (a situation we do not anticipate), the directors shall be elected by the vote of a plurality of the shares represented in person or by proxy.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT THE STOCKHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE NOMINEES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Corporate Governance
We have a policy that requires our directors to attend the Annual Meetings of Stockholders. All of the current members of the board of directors who were elected at last years meeting attended our 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
During fiscal year 2008, our board of directors held six meetings. Except for Mr. Summe, all directors attended at least 75%, in the aggregate, of the meetings of the board of directors and the committees of which they were members. Mr. Summe became a director and a member of the nominating/corporate governance committee on September 10, 2007. The board and committee meeting schedule for fiscal year 2008 had already been set, and he was unable to attend two meetings due to previously scheduled commitments.
The board of directors categorical standards of director independence are consistent with applicable listing standards and are available online at www.adp.com/about_governance.asp. Directors meeting these standards are considered to be independent. Ms. Rowlands and Messrs. Brenneman, Brun, Cooperman, Fast, Hubbard, Jones, Malek, Noski and Summe
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meet these standards and are, therefore, considered to be independent directors. Messrs. Butler and Taub do not meet these standards and are, therefore, not considered to be independent directors. Based on the foregoing categorical standards, all current members of the audit, compensation and nominating/corporate governance committees are independent. Mr. Brun, our independent non-executive chairman of the board, is not a member of any of the board committees.
The table below provides membership and meeting information for each of the committees of the board of directors.
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Gregory D. Brenneman | X (financial expert) | X (chairman) | |||||
Leon G. Cooperman | X (chairman, financial expert) | ||||||
Eric C. Fast | X (financial expert) | ||||||
R. Glenn Hubbard | X (financial expert) | X | |||||
John P. Jones | X | X (chairman) | |||||
Frederic V. Malek | X | ||||||
Charles H. Noski(*) | X | ||||||
Sharon T. Rowlands(*) | X | ||||||
Gregory L. Summe | X | ||||||
Meetings held in fiscal 2008 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
* Became a committee member on August 15, 2008.
Executive sessions
Executive sessions of the non-management directors are held during each board of directors and committee meeting. Until November 2007, the presiding director at each executive session of board of directors meetings would change and rotate consecutively among the independent chairpersons of the audit, compensation and nominating/corporate governance committees. Since Leslie A. Brun became our independent non-executive chairman of the board on November 13, 2007, he has presided at each such executive session of the board of directors.
Director Nomination Process
When the board of directors decides to recruit a new member it seeks strong candidates who, ideally, meet all of its categorical standards of director independence, and who are, preferably, senior executives of large companies who have backgrounds directly related to our technologies, markets and/or clients. Additionally, candidates should possess the following personal characteristics: (i) business community respect for his or her integrity, ethics, principles, insights and analytical ability; and (ii) ability and initiative to frame insightful questions, speak out and challenge questionable assumptions and disagree without being disagreeable. The nominating/corporate governance committee will not consider candidates who lack the foregoing personal characteristics. The nominating/corporate governance committee will also consider director candidates recommended by the stockholders. Stockholders wishing to recommend nominees for a director position should submit their recommendations in writing to the nominating/corporate governance committee in care of the companys secretary at our principal executive offices. Candidates recommended by the stockholders will be considered using the same process and evaluation criteria as set forth above for proposed new members recruited by the board of directors.
Retirement Policy
The mandatory retirement age for directors is 72, except as noted below. The mandatory retirement age requirement does not apply to Mr. Taub, the companys founder. Each director will automatically retire from the board of directors at the companys Annual Meeting of Stockholders following the date he or she turns 72. Management directors who are no longer officers of the company are required to resign from the board of directors. However, the chief executive officer, with the board of directors approval, may continue to serve as a director following the date he or she ceases to be our chief executive officer until the next annual meeting of stockholders and, if re-elected at such meeting, may serve one additional year.
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Audit Committee
The audit committee acts under a written charter, which is available online at http://www.adp.com/about_governance_audit.asp. The members of the audit committee satisfy the independence requirements of applicable listing standards. The audit committees principal functions are to:
Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee
The nominating/corporate governance committee acts under a written charter, which is available online at http://www.adp.com/about_governance_corporate.asp. The members of the nominating/corporate governance committee satisfy the independence requirements of applicable listing standards. The principal functions of the nominating/corporate governance committee are to:
Compensation Committee
The compensation committee acts under a written charter, which is available online at http://www.adp.com/about_ governance_compensation.asp. The members of the compensation committee satisfy the independence requirements of applicable listing standards. In addition, each member of the compensation committee is a Non-Employee Director as defined in Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act and an outside director as defined in the regulations under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. There were seven meetings of the compensation committee in fiscal year 2008, all of which involved executive sessions with no executives of the company present.
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The compensation committee sets and administers our executive compensation program. See Compensation Discussion and Analysis below.
The compensation committee is authorized to engage the services of outside advisors, experts and others to assist the committee. For fiscal year 2008, the committee sought advice from Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc., an independent compensation consulting firm specializing in executive and director compensation.
Communications with all interested parties
All interested parties who wish to communicate with the board of directors, the audit committee or the non-management directors, individually or as a group, may do so by sending a detailed letter to P.O. Box 34, Roseland, New Jersey 07068, leaving a message for a return call at 973-974-5770 or sending an email to adp_audit_committee@adp.com. We will relay any such communication to the non-management director to which such communication is addressed, if applicable, or to the most appropriate committee chairperson, the chairman of the board or the full board of directors, unless, in any case, they are outside the scope of matters considered by the board of directors or duplicative of other communications previously forwarded to the board of directors. Communications to the board of directors, the non-management directors or to any individual director that relate to the companys accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters are referred to the chairperson of the audit committee.
Transactions with Related Persons
We did not engage in any related-party transactions in fiscal year 2008.
In June 2008, we adopted a written Related-Person Transaction Policy pursuant to which any transaction between ADP and a related person in which such related person has a direct or indirect material interest, and where the amount involved exceeds $120,000, must be submitted to our audit committee for review, approval or ratification.
A related person means a director, executive officer or beneficial holder of more than 5% of the outstanding shares, or any immediate family member of the foregoing, as well as any entity at which any such person is employed, is a partner or principal (or holds a similar position), or is a beneficial owner of a 10% or greater direct or indirect equity interest. If any of our directors or executive officers is a related person, he or she must inform our general counsel at the earliest practicable time of any plan to engage in a potential related-person transaction.
This policy requires our audit committee to be provided with full information concerning the proposed transaction, including the benefits to ADP and the related person, any alternative means by which to obtain like benefits, and terms that would prevail in a similar transaction with an unaffiliated third party. In considering whether to approve any such transaction, the audit committee will consider all relevant factors, including the nature of the interest of the related person in the transaction and whether the transaction may involve a conflict of interest.
The policy does not apply to the following:
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Availability of Corporate Governance Documents
Our Corporate Governance Principles and Related-Person Transaction Policy may be viewed online on the companys website at www.adp.com under Governance in the About ADP section. Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and Code of Ethics for Principal Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers may be found at www.adp.com under Ethics in the About ADP section. In addition, these documents are available in print to any stockholder who requests them by writing to Investor Relations at the companys headquarters.
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
Messrs. Brenneman, Hubbard, Jones and Noski are the four independent directors who sit on the compensation committee. No compensation committee member has ever been an officer of the company. During fiscal year 2008 and as of the date of this proxy statement, no compensation committee member has been an employee of the company or eligible to participate in our employee compensation programs or plans, other than the 2000 Stock Option Plan under which the non-employee directors receive option grants. None of the executive officers of the company have served on the compensation committee or on the board of directors of any entity that employed any of the compensation committee members or directors of the company.
Compensation of Non-Employee Directors
Pursuant to our 2003 Director Stock Plan, all non-employee directors who served the entire year, other than Mr. Brun, the chairman of our board of directors, were paid an annual retainer of $105,000. $97,000 of the annual retainer was paid in the form of deferred stock units of our common stock, and $8,000 was paid in cash. Mr. Brun received an annual retainer of $200,000, of which $173,000 was paid in the form of deferred stock units of our common stock, and $27,000 was paid in cash. Ms. Rowlands and Mr. Noski, who were initially elected to the board of directors on April 30, 2008, were paid a retainer of $65,000 entirely in the form of deferred stock units. In addition, all non-employee directors were paid $2,000 in cash for each board of directors meeting attended and $1,500 in cash for each committee meeting attended. Further, the chairperson of the audit committee was paid an additional annual retainer of $10,000 in cash and the chairperson of each of the compensation committee and the nominating/corporate governance committee was paid an additional annual retainer of $5,000 in cash.
During fiscal year 2008, the non-employee directors were entitled to participate in the 2000 Stock Option Plan. Upon initial election to the board of directors, a non-employee director receives a grant of options to purchase 5,000 shares of common stock if such director will attend a regularly scheduled board of directors meeting prior to the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Thereafter, a non-employee director receives an annual grant of options to purchase 5,000 shares of common stock. All options granted under this plan have a term of ten years and were granted at the fair market value of the common stock as determined by the closing price of our common stock on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape on the date of the grant. In November 2007, each non-employee director other than Ms. Rowlands and Mr. Noski was granted options to purchase 5,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $47.16 per share. Upon their initial election to the board of directors on April 30, 2008, each of Ms. Rowlands and Mr. Noski were granted options to purchase 5,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $44.20 per share.
Twenty percent of all options granted prior to April 30, 2008 become exercisable on the first anniversary of the options grant date, and twenty percent become exercisable on each successive anniversary date thereafter until all such options become exercisable. Commencing with the April 30, 2008 grants, the options will be exercisable in four equal installments, with the first twenty-five percent becoming exercisable on the first anniversary of the options grant date, and the remaining three installments becoming exercisable on each successive anniversary date thereafter. The options vest only while a director is serving in such capacity, unless certain specified events occur, such as death or permanent disability, in which case the options immediately vest and become fully exercisable. In addition, non-employee directors who have been non-employee directors for at least ten years will have all of their options vested upon retirement from the board of directors and will have 36 months to exercise their options. Non-employee directors who served as non-employee directors for less than ten years when they retire or otherwise leave the board will not qualify for accelerated vesting, but will have 60 days to exercise their then vested options. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all options will expire no more than ten years from their date of grant.
Non-employee directors elected after August 13, 1997 are not eligible to receive a pension from the company. A non-employee director attaining the age of 70 (who was a director on August 13, 1997) who retires after 20 years of service will receive an annual pension of $25,000 for the remainder of his or her life. If such non-employee director retires after having attained the age of 65 with 15 years of service, he or she will receive an annual pension of $12,500 for the remainder of his or her life.
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The following table shows compensation for our non-employee directors for fiscal year 2008.
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION TABLE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008
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or Paid in | Stock | Option | Compensation | Compensation(16) | |||||||||||||||
Name | Cash(12) ($) | Awards(13) ($) | Awards(14) ($) | Earnings(15) ($) | ($) | Total ($) | |||||||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | |||||||||||||
Gregory D. Brenneman(1) | $ | 43,000 | $ | 97,000 | $ | 72,390 | $0 | $ | 27,306 | $ | 239,696 | ||||||||
Leslie A. Brun(2) | $ | 51,000 | $ | 173,000 | $ | 75,744 | $0 | $ | 8,241 | $ | 307,985 | ||||||||
Leon G. Cooperman(3) | $ | 40,000 | $ | 97,000 | $ | 75,121 | $0 | $ | 27,306 | $ | 239,427 | ||||||||
Eric C. Fast(4) | $ | 20,000 | $ | 97,000 | $ | 15,280 | $0 | $ | 21,192 | $ | 153,472 | ||||||||
R. Glenn Hubbard | $ | 28,500 | $ | 97,000 | $ | 60,935 | $0 | $ | 26,457 | $ | 212,892 | ||||||||
John P. Jones(5) | $ | 40,000 | $ | 97,000 | $ | 54,077 | $0 | $ | 5,179 | $ | 196,255 | ||||||||
Ann Dibble Jordan(6) | $ | 3,500 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $0 | $ | 1,352 | $ | 4,852 | ||||||||
Frederic V. Malek | $ | 31,500 | $ | 97,000 | $ | 72,390 | $0 | $ | 7,306 | $ | 208,196 | ||||||||
Charles H. Noski(7) | $ | 4,000 | $ | 65,000 | $ | 2,091 | $0 | $ | 0 | $ | 71,091 | ||||||||
Sharon T. Rowlands(8) | $ | 4,000 | $ | 65,000 | $ | 2,091 | $0 | $ | 0 | $ | 71,091 | ||||||||
Gregory L. Summe(9) | $ | 15,000 | $ | 97,000 | $ | 15,280 | $0 | $ | 21,192 | $ | 148,472 | ||||||||
Henry Taub(10) | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $0 | $ | 60,750 | (17) | $ | 60,750 | |||||||
Arthur F. Weinbach(11) | $ | 129,306 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $0 | $ | 20,473 | $ | 149,778 |
(1) | Chairman of the compensation committee $5,000 annual retainer included in fees earned. |
(2) | Non-executive chairman of our board of directors since November 13, 2007. |
(3) | Chairman of the audit committee $10,000 annual retainer included in fees earned. |
(4) | Mr. Fast became a director on September 10, 2007. |
(5) | Chairman of the nominating/corporate governance committee $5,000 annual retainer included in fees earned. |
(6) | Ms. Jordan retired on August 9, 2007. |
(7) | Mr. Noski became a director on April 30, 2008. |
(8) | Ms. Rowlands became a director on April 30, 2008. |
(9) | Mr. Summe became a director on September 10, 2007. |
(10) | Honorary chairman of board of directors since 1986. |
(11) | Mr. Weinbach served as non-executive chairman of our board of directors until November 13, 2007 and earned $129,306 in fees for this service. |
(12) | Messrs. Brenneman, Brun, Cooperman, Hubbard, Jones and Malek elected to have all of their board and committee attendance fees deferred under a program that permits the directors to defer up to 100% of annual board and committee fees. Also, Ms. Rowlands and Mr. Noski elected to have their board fees deferred. A director may specify whether, upon separation from the board, he or she would like to receive the amounts in the deferred account in a lump sum payment or in a series of substantially equal annual payments over a period ranging from two to ten years. |
(13) | Represents annual retainer credited in deferred stock units to a directors annual retainer account. See 2003 Director Stock Plan below. Amounts set forth in the Stock Awards column represent the dollar amount recognized for financial statement reporting purposes for fiscal year 2008 as computed in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R). For the methodology of how the SFAS 123R amount is calculated, please see Note 13 to our audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008 included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008. See Director Outstanding Deferred Stock Units table below for the number of outstanding deferred stock units at fiscal year-end and grant date fair value for each director (which information has been adjusted to reflect the spin-off of our former Brokerage Services Group business on March 30, 2007). |
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(14) | Amounts set forth in the Option Awards column represent the dollar amount recognized for financial statement reporting purposes for fiscal year 2008 as computed in accordance with SFAS 123R, disregarding estimates of forfeitures related to service-based vesting conditions. For the methodology of how SFAS 123R amount is calculated, please see Note 13 to our audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008 included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008. See Director Outstanding Options table below for additional information on option awards outstanding at June 30, 2008 (which information has been adjusted to reflect the spin-off of our former Brokerage Services Group business on March 30, 2007). |
(15) | Reflects the aggregate increase in the present value of the pension benefit. Non-employee directors who joined the board after August 13, 1997 are not eligible to receive this benefit. The present value as of June 30, 2007 is determined based on a discount rate of 6.25% and the GATT-2003 mortality table. The present value as of June 30, 2008 is determined based on a discount rate of 6.95% and the RP-2000 white collar mortality table (projected to 2008). The change in the present value of pension benefit for Mr. Cooperman was negative $1,638; Ms. Jordan was negative $18,232; and Mr. Malek was negative $21,911. We reflected $0 for these negative amounts. |
(16) | Reflects payment of dividend equivalents on deferred stock units for each director in the following amounts: Mr. Brenneman, $7,306; Mr. Brun, $8,241; Mr. Cooperman, $7,306; Mr. Fast, $1,192; Mr. Hubbard, $6,457; Mr. Jones, $5,179; Ms. Jordan, $1,352; Mr. Malek, $7,306; Mr. Summe, $1,192 and Mr. Weinbach, $673. Also includes contributions by the ADP Foundation that match the charitable gifts made by our directors in the following amounts: $20,000 each for Messrs. Brenneman, Cooperman, Fast, Hubbard and Summe, and $19,800 for Mr. Weinbach. The ADP Foundation makes matching charitable contributions in an amount not to exceed $20,000 in a calendar year in respect of any given directors charitable contributions for that charitable year. |
(17) | Reflects a $50,000 salary earned as an employee, and use of a car leased by the company with an aggregate incremental cost to the company of $10,750. |
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Director Outstanding Deferred Stock Units
Number of Deferred | Grant Date | |||||||||
Name | Grant Date | Stock Units | Fair Market Value | |||||||
Gregory D. Brenneman | 11/13/2003 | 1,538 | $ | 55,000 | ||||||
11/11/2004 | 1,344 | $ | 55,000 | |||||||
11/10/2005 | 1,534 | $ | 65,000 | |||||||
11/14/2006 | 1,462 | $ | 65,000 | |||||||
11/13/2007 | 2,056 | $ | 97,000 | |||||||
Leslie A. Brun | 11/13/2003 | 1,538 | $ | 55,000 | ||||||
11/11/2004 | 1,344 | $ | 55,000 | |||||||
11/10/2005 | 1,534 | $ | 65,000 | |||||||
11/14/2006 | 1,462 | $ | 65,000 | |||||||
11/13/2007 | 3,668 | $ | 173,000 | |||||||
Leon G. Cooperman | 11/13/2003 | 1,538 | $ | 55,000 | ||||||
11/11/2004 | 1,344 | $ | 55,000 | |||||||
11/10/2005 | 1,534 | $ | 65,000 | |||||||
11/14/2006 | 1,462 | $ | 65,000 | |||||||
11/13/2007 | 2,056 | $ | 97,000 | |||||||
Eric C. Fast | 11/13/2007 | 2,056 | $ | 97,000 | ||||||
R. Glenn Hubbard | 11/13/2003 | 722 | $ | 27,500 | ||||||
11/11/2004 | 1,344 | $ | 55,000 | |||||||
11/10/2005 | 1,534 | $ | 65,000 | |||||||
11/14/2006 | 1,462 | $ | 65,000 | |||||||
11/13/2007 | 2,056 | $ | 97,000 | |||||||
John P. Jones | 11/11/2004 | 837 | $ | 33,000 | ||||||
11/10/2005 | 1,534 | $ | 65,000 | |||||||
11/14/2006 | 1,462 | $ | 65,000 | |||||||
11/13/2007 | 2,056 | $ | 97,000 | |||||||
Frederic V. Malek | 11/13/2003 | 1,538 | $ | 55,000 | ||||||
11/11/2004 | 1,344 | $ | 55,000 | |||||||
11/10/2005 | 1,534 | $ | 65,000 | |||||||
11/14/2006 | 1,462 | $ | 65,000 | |||||||
11/13/2007 | 2,056 | $ | 97,000 | |||||||
Charles H. Noski | 04/30/2008 | 1,470 | $ | 65,000 | ||||||
Sharon T. Rowlands | 04/30/2008 | 1,470 | $ | 65,000 | ||||||
Gregory L. Summe | 11/13/2007 | 2,056 | $ | 97,000 |
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Director Outstanding Options
Expiration | Exercise | Grant Date Fair | Outstanding Stock | ||||||||||||
Name | Grant Date | Date | Price | Market Value | Options | ||||||||||
Gregory D. Brenneman | 8/13/2001 | 8/12/2011 | $ | 44.0566 | $ | 208,239 | 13,718 | ||||||||
8/11/2003 | 8/10/2013 | $ | 34.4525 | $ | 164,890 | 13,718 | |||||||||
8/11/2003 | 8/10/2013 | $ | 34.4525 | $ | 131,920 | 10,975 | |||||||||
11/11/2003 | 11/10/2013 | $ | 35.7419 | $ | 65,625 | 5,487 | |||||||||
11/9/2004 | 11/8/2014 | $ | 40.8901 | $ | 67,929 | 5,487 | |||||||||
11/8/2005 | 11/7/2015 | $ | 42.3390 | $ | 57,284 | 5,487 | |||||||||
11/14/2006 | 11/13/2016 | $ | 44.4119 | $ | 62,826 | 5,487 | |||||||||
11/13/2007 | 11/13/2017 | $ | 47.1600 | $ | 53,100 | 5,000 | |||||||||
Leslie A. Brun | 1/28/2003 | 1/27/2013 | $ | 31.7189 | $ | 144,313 | 13,718 | ||||||||
8/11/2003 | 8/10/2013 | $ | 34.4525 | $ | 164,890 | 13,718 | |||||||||
8/11/2003 | 8/10/2013 | $ | 34.4525 | $ | 131,920 | 10,975 | |||||||||
11/11/2003 | 11/10/2013 | $ | 35.7419 | $ | 65,625 | 5,487 | |||||||||
11/9/2004 | 11/8/2014 | $ | 40.8901 | $ | 67,929 | 5,487 | |||||||||
11/8/2005 | 11/7/2015 | $ | 42.3390 | $ | 57,284 | 5,487 | |||||||||
11/14/2006 | 11/13/2016 | $ | 44.4119 | $ | 62,826 | 5,487 | |||||||||
11/13/2007 | 11/13/2017 | $ | 47.1600 | $ | 53,100 | 5,000 | |||||||||
Leon G. Cooperman | 11/13/2001 | 11/12/2011 | $ | 50.0249 | $ | 202,889 | 13,718 | ||||||||
8/11/2003 | 8/10/2013 | $ | 34.4525 | $ | 164,890 | 13,718 | |||||||||
8/11/2003 | 8/10/2013 | $ | 34.4525 | $ | 131,920 | 10,975 | |||||||||
11/11/2003 | 11/10/2013 | $ | 35.7419 | $ | 65,625 | 5,487 | |||||||||
11/9/2004 | 11/8/2014 | $ | 40.8901 | $ | 67,929 | 5,487 | |||||||||
11/8/2005 | 11/7/2015 | $ | 42.3390 | $ | 57,284 | 5,487 | |||||||||
11/14/2006 | 11/13/2016 | $ | 44.4119 | $ | 62,826 | 5,487 | |||||||||
11/13/2007 | 11/13/2017 | $ | 47.1600 | $ | 53,100 | 5,000 | |||||||||
Eric C. Fast | 11/13/2007 | 11/13/2017 | $ | 47.1600 | $ | 53,100 | 5,000 | ||||||||
R. Glenn Hubbard | 3/17/2004 | 3/16/2014 | $ | 38.0791 | $ | 79,671 | 5,487 | ||||||||
11/9/2004 | 11/8/2014 | $ | 40.8901 | $ | 67,929 | 5,487 | |||||||||
11/8/2005 | 11/7/2015 | $ | 42.3390 | $ | 57,284 | 5,487 | |||||||||
11/14/2006 | 11/13/2016 | $ | 44.4119 | $ | 62,826 | 5,487 | |||||||||
11/13/2007 | 11/13/2017 | $ | 47.1600 | $ | 53,100 | 5,000 | |||||||||
John P. Jones | 1/27/2005 | 1/26/2015 | $ | 39.4003 | $ | 53,827 | 5,487 | ||||||||
11/8/2005 | 11/7/2015 | $ | 42.3390 | $ | 57,284 | 5,487 | |||||||||
11/14/2006 | 11/13/2016 | $ | 44.4119 | $ | 62,826 | 5,487 | |||||||||
11/13/2007 | 11/13/2017 | $ | 47.1600 | $ | 53,100 | 5,000 | |||||||||
Ann Dibble Jordan | 1/5/1998 | 1/4/2008 | $ | 27.4636 | $ | 117,539 | 16,462 | ||||||||
1/16/2003 | 1/15/2013 | $ | 33.1677 | $ | 144,313 | 13,718 | |||||||||
8/11/2003 | 8/10/2013 | $ | 34.4525 | $ | 164,890 | 13,718 | |||||||||
8/11/2003 | 8/10/2013 | $ | 34.4525 | $ | 131,920 | 10,975 | |||||||||
11/11/2003 | 11/10/2013 | $ | 35.7419 | $ | 65,625 | 5,487 | |||||||||
11/9/2004 | 11/8/2014 | $ | 40.8901 | $ | 67,929 | 5,487 | |||||||||
11/8/2005 | 11/7/2015 | $ | 42.3390 | $ | 57,284 | 5,487 | |||||||||
11/14/2006 | 11/13/2016 | $ | 44.4119 | $ | 62,826 | 5,487 | |||||||||
Frederic V. Malek | 11/2/1999 | 11/1/2009 | $ | 43.3390 | $ | 117,621 | 8,231 | ||||||||
8/11/2003 | 8/10/2013 | $ | 34.4525 | $ | 164,890 | 13,718 | |||||||||
8/11/2003 | 8/10/2013 | $ | 34.4525 | $ | 131,920 | 10,975 | |||||||||
11/11/2003 | 11/10/2013 | $ | 35.7419 | $ | 65,625 | 5,487 | |||||||||
11/9/2004 | 11/8/2014 | $ | 40.8901 | $ | 67,929 | 5,487 | |||||||||
11/8/2005 | 11/7/2015 | $ | 42.3390 | $ | 57,284 | 5,487 | |||||||||
11/14/2006 | 11/13/2016 | $ | 44.4119 | $ | 62,826 | 5,487 | |||||||||
11/13/2007 | 11/13/2017 | $ | 47.1600 | $ | 53,100 | 5,000 | |||||||||
Charles H. Noski | 4/30/2008 | 4/30/2018 | $ | 44.2000 | $ | 39,000 | 5,000 | ||||||||
Sharon T. Rowlands | 4/30/2008 | 4/30/2018 | $ | 44.2000 | $ | 39,000 | 5,000 | ||||||||
Gregory L. Summe | 11/13/2007 | 11/13/2017 | $ | 47.1600 | $ | 53,100 | 5,000 | ||||||||
Arthur F. Weinbach | 1/26/2007 | 11/13/2010 | $ | 42.9449 | $ | 11,255 | 1,097 |
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2003 Director Stock Plan
The company adopted share ownership guidelines that are intended to promote ownership in the companys stock by our non-employee directors and to align their financial interests more closely with those of other stockholders of the company. Under the share ownership guidelines, and pursuant to the 2003 Director Stock Plan, each non-employee director will be credited with an annual grant of deferred stock units on the date established by the board for the payment of the annual retainer equal in number to quotient of $65,000 (which, for fiscal year 2008, constituted a portion of the overall annual retainer of $105,000), divided by the average of the high and low sale prices of a share of our common stock on the date this amount is credited. Non-employee directors will receive, at their election, the additional $40,000 portion of the overall annual retainer either as deferred stock units or in cash. The annual retainer is fully vested when credited to a directors annual retainer account. When a dividend is paid on our common stock, each directors account is credited with an amount equal to the cash dividend. When a director ceases to serve on our board, such director will receive a number of shares of common stock equal to the number of deferred stock units in such directors account and a cash payment equal to the dividend payments accrued, plus interest on the dividend equivalents from the date such dividend equivalents were credited. The interest will be paid with respect to each twelve month period beginning on November 1 of such period to the date of payment and will be equal to the rate for five-year U.S. Treasury Notes published in The Wall Street Journal on the first business day of November of each such twelve month period plus 0.50%. Non-employee directors do not have any voting rights with respect to their deferred stock units.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
The following table contains information regarding the beneficial ownership of common stock by (i) each director and nominee for director of the company, (ii) each of our executive officers included in the Summary Compensation Table below (we refer to such executive officers as named executive officers), (iii) all company directors and executive officers as a group (including the named executive officers), and (iv) all stockholders that are known to the company to be the beneficial owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of common stock. Unless otherwise noted in the footnotes following the table, each person listed below has sole voting and investment power over the shares of common stock reflected in the table. Unless otherwise noted in the footnotes following the table, the information in the table is as of August 31, 2008 and the address of each person named is P.O. Box 34, Roseland, New Jersey, 07068.
Amount and Nature of | |||||||
Name of Beneficial Owner | Beneficial Ownership(1) | Percent | |||||
James B. Benson(2) | 217,086 | * | |||||
Gregory D. Brenneman | 53,475 | * | |||||
Leslie A. Brun | 56,537 | * | |||||
Gary C. Butler | 1,407,539 | * | |||||
Leon G. Cooperman(3) | 123,576 | * | |||||
Eric C. Fast | 2,056 | * | |||||
R. Glenn Hubbard | 20,187 | * | |||||
John P. Jones | 12,471 | * | |||||
Frederic V. Malek(4) | 58,732 | * | |||||
S. Michael Martone | 326,555 | * | |||||
Charles H. Noski | 1,470 | * | |||||
Christopher R. Reidy | 36,788 | * | |||||
Sharon T. Rowlands | 1,470 | * | |||||
George I. Stoeckert(5) | 322,843 | * | |||||
Gregory L. Summe | 2,056 | * | |||||
Henry Taub(6) | 4,669,028 | * | |||||
Capital Research Global Investors(7) | 41,187,843 | 8.1 | % | ||||
Directors and executive officers as a group (26 persons, | |||||||
including those directors and executive officers named above)(8) | 8,354,975 | 1.6 | % |
* Indicates less than one percent.
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(1) | Includes shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of options granted by the company that are exercisable on or prior to October 30, 2008. The shares beneficially owned include: (i) the following shares subject to such options granted to the following directors and executive officers: 161,466 (Mr. Benson), 45,541 (Mr. Brenneman), 44,991 (Mr. Brun), 1,073,733 (Mr. Butler), 47,187 (Mr. Cooperman), 12,069 (Mr. Hubbard), 6,582 (Mr. Jones), 42,798 (Mr. Malek), 213,606 (Mr. Martone), and 193,760 (Mr. Stoeckert); and (ii) 2,597,486 shares subject to such options granted to the directors and executive officers as a group. |
(2) | Excludes an aggregate of 1,316 shares of common stock owned outright by members of Mr. Bensons immediate family or by trusts of which members of Mr. Bensons immediate family were potential beneficiaries. Mr. Benson disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares. |
(3) | Includes 33,455 shares, representing the gain from exercising an option to purchase 38,000 shares of common stock on October 15, 2001. Mr. Cooperman deferred receipt of the shares representing such gain. |
(4) | Excludes an aggregate of 3,200 shares of common stock owned outright by members of Mr. Maleks immediate family or by trusts of which members of Mr. Maleks immediate family were potential beneficiaries. Mr. Malek disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares. |
(5) | The number of shares owned by Mr. Stoeckert is based on information as of August 8, 2008. |
(6) | Excludes an aggregate of 306,149 shares of common stock owned outright by members of Mr. Taubs immediate family or by trusts of which members of Mr. Taubs immediate family were potential beneficiaries. Mr. Taub disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares. |
(7) | On August 14, 2008, Capital Research Global Investors, located at 333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071, filed a statement on Schedule 13F with the Securities and Exchange Commission to report that it beneficially held 41,187,843 shares of common stock as of June 30, 2008. |
(8) | Excludes an aggregate of 1,907 shares of common stock owned by members of the immediate families of our non- director officers. The companys non-director officers disclaim beneficial ownership of such shares. |
Equity Compensation Plan Information
The following table sets forth information as of June 30, 2008 regarding compensation plans under which the companys equity securities are authorized for issuance:
Number of securities | |||||||||||
remaining available for | |||||||||||
Number of securities | Weighted-average | future issuance under | |||||||||
to be issued upon | exercise price of | equity compensation | |||||||||
exercise of outstanding | outstanding | plans (excluding | |||||||||
options, warrants | options, warrants | securities reflected | |||||||||
Plan category | and rights | and rights | in Column (a)) | ||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | |||||||||
Equity compensation plans approved | |||||||||||
by security holders | 52,606,661 | (1) | $40.85 | 31,008,023 | (2) | ||||||
Equity compensation plans not approved | |||||||||||
by security holders(3) | 227,723 | $36.69 | 2,521,116 | (4),(5),(6) | |||||||
Total | 52,834,384 | $40.83 | 33,529,139 |
(1) | Includes 3,479,492 shares of restricted stock issuable under our two-year performance-based restricted stock programs, Accelerated Revenue Program and 2003 Director Stock Plan. The remaining balance consists of outstanding stock option grants. Weighted average exercise price shown in column (b) of this table does not take into account awards under our two-year performance-based restricted stock programs, Accelerated Revenue Program and 2003 Director Stock Plan. |
(2) | Includes 4,578,545 shares of common stock remaining available for future issuance under the Employees Savings- Stock Purchase Plan, which shares and weighted average exercise prices are not reflected in columns (a) and (b) of this table. 4,514,966 shares of common stock are subject to purchase during current purchase periods under the Employees Savings-Stock Purchase Plan. Also includes 3,500,000 shares and 130,478 shares of common stock remaining available for future issuance under the Amended and Restated Executive Incentive Compensation Plan and 2003 Director Stock Plan, respectively. |
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(3) | Represents (i) the 1989 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, (ii) the Key Employees Restricted Stock Plan, and (iii) the Amended and Restated Employees Saving-Stock Option Plan for our employees based in France, none of which have been approved by the companys stockholders. Prior to 2004, the non-employee directors of the company were entitled to participate in the 1989 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan pursuant to which options to purchase 12,500 shares of common stock were automatically granted to persons who become non-employee directors. In addition, each non-employee director was granted an additional option to purchase 12,500 shares on the first business day after each fifth anniversary of the date of the initial grant to each such non-employee director, provided that he or she was then still serving in such capacity. All options granted under the 1989 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan were granted at the fair market value of the common stock, determined on the basis of the closing price of the common stock in consolidated trading on the date of grant, as reported in The Wall Street Journal. Twenty percent of the options granted under the 1989 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan became exercisable on each anniversary of the date such options were granted until all such options were exercisable, provided that options became exercisable only if the director was then still serving in such capacity, unless certain specified events occurred such as the death, disability or retirement of a director, in which case the options immediately vested and became fully exercisable. All options granted under the 1989 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan have a term of ten years. The material terms of the Key Employees Restricted Stock Plan are described under Time-Based Restricted Stock in Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the companys annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008, and the material terms of the Employees Saving-Stock Option Plan for our employees based in France are described in footnote (6) below. |
(4) | Following stockholder approval of the amendment to the 2000 Stock Option Plan at the companys 2003 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the 1989 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan was amended to prohibit any future stock option grants thereunder. |
(5) | Includes 1,592,545 shares of common stock reserved for issuance pursuant to the Key Employees Restricted Stock Plan. |
(6) | Includes 928,571 shares of common stock reserved for issuance pursuant to the Employees Saving-Stock Option Plan for our employees based in France. 192,800 shares of common stock are subject to purchase during current purchase periods under the Employees Saving-Stock Option Plan. The board of directors adopted the plan in January 1996 and amended it most recently in November 2005. The plan is designed to satisfy French tax requirements and is generally similar in operation to our Employees Savings-Stock Purchase Plan. The plan offers our French employees an opportunity to purchase shares of common stock at 85% of the market value for such stock at the date the purchase price for the offering is determined. Employees of the company based in France are granted an option to purchase shares of our common stock under annual offerings that commence on January 1 of each calendar year and continue for 48 months to close on December 31 of the fourth year following its commencement. Each eligible employee may elect to receive stock options in each offering that would generally entitle such employee to purchase a whole number of shares of common stock equivalent in value to up to 10% of his or her base salary, based upon a price per share (in U.S. dollars) determined in advance of such offering by the French Stock Option Committee, subject to adjustment for currency rate changes over the term of the offering. Participating employees pay for the exercise of the stock options through monthly payroll deductions taken during the four-year period of each offering, and have the opportunity upon the close of the offering to exercise their stock options (or any portion thereof) and purchase the associated number of shares of common stock. To the extent a participating employee elects to purchase fewer shares of common stock than would be available under his or her full allotment of stock options, such employee would receive the cash remaining from the aggregate payroll deductions after taking into account his or her purchase of shares of common stock. |
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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
Introduction
The compensation committee of our board of directors determines the compensation for our key executive officers. This section of the proxy statement explains how our executive compensation programs are designed and operate with respect to our named executive officers (the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer, and the three other most highly compensated executive officers in a particular year) by discussing the following fundamental aspects of our compensation program:
Compensation Principles
The compensation committee and our management believe that compensation must be designed to create a direct link between performance and stockholder value. To that end, there are three principles that guide the compensation committee and our management as they make decisions involving our key executives compensation. These principles are that compensation should be:
Our compensation programs are designed to link pay with relative levels of responsibility among our key executives. Overall targeted compensation opportunities are generally similar for key executives who have comparable levels of responsibility. However, actual compensation amounts may differ depending on performance of a business unit and achievement of individual performance goals.
We design our performance-based compensation so that differences in performance will result in significant differences in the compensation our key executives receive. For example, restricted stock awards under our two-year performance-based restricted stock program can range from no restricted stock being awarded if our fully diluted earnings-per-share from continuing operations growth targets are not met, up to a maximum of 125% of the target award if our fully diluted earnings-per-share from continuing operations growth targets are significantly exceeded. We have adopted this compensation design to provide meaningful incentives for our key executives to achieve excellent results.
The elements of compensation for our named executive officers are base salary, annual cash bonus, restricted stock awards, stock option grants, retirement plans, deferred compensation, and other benefits. We assign all executives to pay grades by comparing their position-specific duties and responsibilities with market data and our internal management structure. Each pay grade has a base salary range, a total annual compensation range (which includes the value of restricted stock awards), and corresponding annual stock option grant ranges.
Total Compensation Market Data
We consult different sets of compensation data reflecting the practices of different groups of businesses to determine competitive compensation practices for our chief executive officer, chief operating officer, and all other named executive officers.
In determining the total cash and equity-based compensation of our chief executive officer, the compensation committee, at its April 2007 meeting, considered an internally prepared study of chief executive officer compensation that contained a comparison of 106 publicly traded companies with annual revenues between $4 billion and $11 billion. We obtained the data for this CEO compensation study from Equilar, Inc., a provider of executive compensation proxy data, and Mercer Human Resources Consulting. The CEO compensation study excluded utility companies because of the regulatory environment
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in which those companies operate. We analyzed the CEO compensation study data and compared our pay practices with respect to base salary, bonus and long-term equity incentives to the 106 companies included in the CEO compensation study. A group of our executives that does not include any of our named executive officers made CEO pay recommendations to the compensation committee based on this data. The compensation committees compensation consultant, Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc., has confirmed that our use of this data is reasonable and customary, given our size and operating structure. The names of the CEO compensation studys participant companies are listed at the end of this Compensation Discussion and Analysis under the caption CEO Compensation Study Participant Companies.
In determining the total cash and equity-based compensation of our chief operating officer, the compensation committee, at its August 2007 meeting, considered an internally prepared study of chief operating officer compensation. Our COO compensation study reported pay trends based on the data we obtained from Towers Perrin, Hewitt Associates, and Mercer Human Resources Consulting. The data reflected aggregated results of compensation surveys of 54 publicly traded companies with annual revenues between $5 billion and $10 billion, but did not reveal individual data for participating companies.
With respect to the total cash and equity-based compensation of all other executive officers, we considered third-party data reflecting the pay practices of publicly traded companies of similar revenue size that participate in compensation surveys conducted by Towers Perrin, Hewitt Associates, and Mercer Human Resources Consulting. We have consulted the following surveys that were based on data from a broad range of industries:
The compensation committee targets annual cash compensation (base salary plus target bonus) of our key executives (including the named executive officers) at approximately the 50th percentile of what we determine are competitive compensation practices, and the value of our long-term incentive compensation programs at approximately the 75th percentile of such competitive compensation practices. The compensation committee targets total cash and equity-based compensation (base salary, target bonus, and the value of long-term incentive compensation program awards and grants) at approximately the 60th percentile of competitive compensation practices. The ability to receive compensation at the 60th percentile of competitive compensation practices is tied directly to our stock performance. Underperformance against our goals will cause our total cash and equity-based compensation level to fall short of this 60th percentile target. Conversely, above-target performance will allow our executive officers (including the named executive officers) to exceed this targeted 60th percentile compensation level.
Differences in Compensation of Our Named Executive Officers
In terms of total pay, Mr. Butler and Mr. Martone were paid significantly more in fiscal year 2008 than our other named executive officers. We have carefully designed the pay mixes for Mr. Butler and Mr. Martone to be competitive when measured against the pay packages their counterparts receive as indicated by the CEO and COO compensation studies. A group of our executives that does not include any of our named executive officers recommended to the compensation committee a base salary amount, a bonus amount and an equity grant size taking into account the results of the CEO and COO compensation studies and history of each of Mr. Butlers and Mr. Martones historic pay for the prior five years.
The compensation decisions for Mr. Butler and Mr. Martone are guided primarily by competitive compensation practices. The compensation committee has found that due to a unique set of responsibilities and experience required for these positions, competitive compensation packages to chief executive officers and chief operating officers of public companies of size similar to ours are significantly higher than those provided to other named executive officers. When determining the specific compensation level for each of our named executive officers, the compensation committee reviews each individual compensation element based on both the previous years level, as well as how the proposed level for that individual element would compare to the other executive officers. Then, the compensation committee compares the aggregate level for each named executive officers compensation against the executives previous years totals and against compensation of other executive officers of the company.
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Compensation Consultant
The compensation committee has consulted with Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. on matters related to the compensation of our key executive officers. Specific matters on which Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. provided advice include: the design and mix of executive long-term incentive equity compensation programs; our own efforts to establish CEO pay levels; and the design of the 2008 Omnibus Award Plan. Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. has not provided any services to management.
Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. examined the mix of restricted stock and options that management proposed to the compensation committee be granted to our named executive officers. Since the proposed mix and size of equity awards and grants was based on the market data management assembled, Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. confirmed that the proposals for the named executive officers appeared reasonable and customary, given our size and structure. Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. also reviewed our internal CEO compensation study to confirm that the methodology we used was reasonable and customary.
Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. has been extensively involved in the development of our 2008 Omnibus Award Plan, which we are submitting for approval at our stockholders meeting. Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. advised us on the plan design and features that would best meet our needs for having one incentive compensation plan that may be used to make equity awards and grants to our named executive officers, employees and directors, performance-based cash bonuses to our executives, and deferred share unit awards to our directors. They advised on the terms of the plan and the size and structure of the share pool to be used in the 2008 Omnibus Award Plan.
Cash Compensation
Our annual pay review focuses on base salary, annual bonus and long-term equity incentives. Our compensation committee examines summary compensation sheets detailing the amounts of these compensation components for each of our named executive officers and compares such amounts to competitive compensation practices to determine if a specific component should be increased in relation to other components, while retaining the targeted compensation level.
Base Salary
Base salaries represent a fixed amount paid to each executive for performing his or her normal duties and responsibilities. We determine the amount on the basis of the executives overall performance, level of responsibility, pay grade, competitive compensation practices data, and comparison to other company executives.
At its August 2007 meeting, the compensation committee considered the findings of the CEO compensation study when it determined Mr. Butlers compensation for fiscal year 2008. This CEO compensation study indicated that chief executive officers included in the study had an annual median base salary of $987,500, a median annual bonus of $1,391,300, a median long-term incentive compensation value of $3,916,500, and median total cash and equity-based compensation of $6,572,000. The compensation committee set Mr. Butlers base salary at $900,000, which placed Mr. Butler at the 34th percentile of the CEO compensation study. Since Mr. Butlers time in the CEO position was less than others in the study, the committee believes that this is an appropriate positioning for our CEO.
Also at its August 2007 meeting, the compensation committee considered the findings of the COO compensation study when it determined Mr. Martones compensation for fiscal year 2008. This COO compensation study indicated that chief operating officers included in the study had an annual median base salary of $704,200 and median total cash and equity-based compensation of $3,093,100. Effective July 1, 2007, Mr. Martone received a 3.8% merit pay increase as part of his normal annual compensation review based on an assessment of his performance. At its October 26, 2007 meeting, the compensation committee decided to discontinue a practice of reimbursing Mr. Martone for personal use of the company-chartered aircraft and replaced it with a $125,000 annual perquisite allowance and a $75,000 base salary increase. The compensation committee implemented this change to create a consistent perquisite policy for Mr. Butler and Mr. Martone, and to control costs. The foregoing decisions resulted in Mr. Martone receiving in fiscal year 2008 a base salary of $750,000 (63rd percentile of the market as indicated by the COO compensation study) and an annual perquisite allowance of $125,000.
There have been no changes in fiscal year 2008 to base salaries paid to Messrs. Reidy, Benson and Stoeckert, as their merit review date was moved from April 2008 until the beginning of fiscal year 2009 in order for all of our executive officers to have their salary reviewed at one time.
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Annual Cash Bonus
Overview
We paid our named executive officers cash bonuses for fiscal year 2008 based on the attainment of individual, business unit and company-wide business goals established at the beginning of the fiscal year. For each position (including the named executive officers), we establish a target bonus amount, which is initially expressed as a percentage of the projected year-end annual base salary. We also assign a percentage value to each bonus component of each named executive officers annual bonus plan and then determine the target bonus amount linked to each component. We establish these performance ranges to provide our named executive officers with a strong incentive to exceed the targets and a strong disincentive to not achieve them. The maximum bonus payment to our chief executive officer is 200% of his target bonus level. All other named executive officers have a maximum bonus payment of 175% of their respective target bonus levels. There is no minimum payment level.
The compensation committee establishes and approves the annual target bonus objectives and values for each of our executive officers (including each of the named executive officers). Our chief executive officer recommends to the compensation committee the annual target bonus objectives and values for each of our named executive officers, with the following exceptions: our chief executive officer recommends to the compensation committee annual target bonus objectives applicable to him, but not his bonus values, and our chief operating officer recommends to the compensation committee Mr. Stoeckerts bonus objectives. Our named executive officers participate in the discussions surrounding their bonus objectives so that they can provide their input and understand the expectations of each bonus plan component. Each named executive officer receives a final version of his or her individualized bonus plan after it has been approved by the compensation committee. Except in extraordinary circumstances, bonus plan objectives are not modified during the fiscal year.
The compensation committee reviews the performance of each of our executive officers (including each of the named executive officers) relative to their annual fiscal year target bonus plan objectives at its regularly scheduled August meeting, which is the first meeting following the end of our fiscal year. Based on such review, the compensation committee determines and approves the annual cash bonuses for each of our executive officers (including the named executive officers).
Named Executive Officers Fiscal Year 2008 Target Bonus Objectives
The compensation committee established 20% earnings-per-share growth as a common target bonus objective for each of our named executive officers. Mr. Butlers target bonus objectives limited the payout to two times the target, but did not otherwise specify the payout for achieving earnings-per-share growth higher than 20%. The following table shows the percentage of points allocated to the earnings-per-share growth target objective we will award to our named executive officers other than Mr. Butler based on our actual rate of earnings-per-share growth:
Earnings-Per-Share Growth Percentage | Corresponding Point Percentage | |||||
18 | % | = | 50 | % | ||
19 | = | 75 | ||||
20 | = | 100 | (target) | |||
21 | = | 120 | ||||
22 | = | 140 | ||||
23 | = | 160 | ||||
24 | = | 180 | ||||
25 | = | 200 |
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The compensation committee established 12% revenue growth, excluding acquisitions, as a common target bonus objective for Messrs. Martone, Reidy and Benson. For Mr. Butler, the target revenue growth, excluding acquisitions, was set at 12.5%. Mr. Stoeckert did not have the company-wide target revenue growth as one of his bonus objectives. The following table shows the percentage of points allocated to the revenue growth target objective we will award to Messrs. Martone, Reidy and Benson based on our actual revenue growth:
Revenue Growth Percentage | Corresponding Point Percentage | |||||
10.5 | % | = | 25 | % | ||
11.0 | = | 50 | ||||
11.5 | = | 75 | ||||
12.0 | = | 100 | (target) | |||
12.5 | = | 125 | ||||
13.0 | = | 150 | ||||
14.0 | = | 200 |
The target bonus objectives for our named executive officers are set forth in detail below.
Mr. Butler
The compensation committee set Mr. Butlers fiscal year 2008 target bonus at $1,500,000, or 167% of his year-end base salary of $900,000. This positioned Mr. Butlers target total cash compensation at approximately the 53rd percentile of market median based on the CEO compensation study. The increase of 6.7% in Mr. Butlers target cash compensation for fiscal year 2008 over his fiscal year 2007 targeted total cash compensation is consistent with the 6.8% year-over-year increase for the companies included in the CEO compensation study with respect to chief executive officers who were in the same position the prior year.
When Mr. Butlers base salary and target bonus are combined with the recommended target equity-based awards and grants (as discussed later), his total cash and equity-based compensation is approximately 2% below the median of the CEO compensation study and places Mr. Butler at approximately the 49th percentile of market median based on the CEO compensation study.
Mr. Butlers target bonus objectives and bonus formula for fiscal year 2008 are based on an allocation of up to 1,500 points to ten different target elements. Each point achieved would yield $1,000 of bonus for him. His target bonus is thus $1,500,000. Mr. Butler may achieve up to two times the target point objective for each target element, and thus is eligible for a maximum bonus of $3,000,000. Mr. Butlers bonus depends on the achievement of targets and target point allocations set forth below.
Earnings-Per-Share Growth: 300 points if we achieve target earnings-per-share growth.
Revenue Growth: 250 points if we achieve target revenue growth.
Return on Equity: 100 points if we achieve 24% return on equity from continuing operations. Maximum allocation of 200 points is based on 25.7% return on equity.
Acquisitions: 100 points if we achieve 1.5% to 2.5% of plan revenue through strategic acquisitions.
Corporate Strategy: 100 points if we hire a new vice president of strategy and develop a new core of strategies to maintain our sales and revenue growth rates for fiscal years 2010 through 2012.
Market Share: 100 points if we improve our market share gains from the 2007 fiscal year, with a particular focus on growing our core payroll and tax business and Administrative Services Only business, and maintenance of our client base.
Margin improvement: 100 points if action is taken in fiscal year 2008 that would result in 50 to 100 basis points in margin improvement for fiscal year 2009, with a focus on consolidation of facilities, expansion of the business outside the United States and cost-effective locations in the United States, and achievement of $15 million to $20 million of additional annual synergies by consolidating certain functions among various Employer Services business units and the corporate structure.
Strategic Review Initiative: 100 points if we complete a strategic review of our balance sheet, share repurchase levels, dividend policy and develop other methods designed to return excess cash to stockholders.
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Succession and Executive Development Objectives: 200 points for the achievement of the following five key milestones in our succession planning and executive development initiatives:
Service Profit Chain: 150 points if we improve our service profit chain by enhancing service quality, increasing client satisfaction and retention levels, and improving associate turnover levels.
Mr. Martone
Upon Mr. Butlers recommendation, the compensation committee in August 2007 approved Mr. Martones fiscal year 2008 target bonus at $675,000, or 100% of his then projected year-end base salary. This positioned Mr. Martones target cash compensation at the 48th percentile of the market data based on the COO compensation study. Subsequently, when Mr. Martones base salary was increased to $750,000, his target bonus became 100% of that amount. This new target total cash compensation positioned Mr. Martone at the 58th percentile of the COO compensation study.
When Mr. Martones base salary and target bonus are combined with his recommended target equity-based awards and grants, his total cash and equity-based compensation is at the 58th percentile, just below our targeted 60th percentile.
Mr. Martones target bonus objectives and bonus formula for fiscal year 2008 are based on an allocation of up to 1,000 points among six different target elements. Each point achieved would yield $750 of bonus payment. Mr. Martone may achieve up to 1.75 times the target point objective at maximum performance for each element, and thus is eligible for a maximum bonus of $1,312,500.
Earnings-Per-Share Growth: We will award 200 points if we achieve target earnings-per-share growth.
Revenue Growth: We will award 200 points if we achieve target revenue growth.
Sales Growth and Retention: We have set the following target point allocations for sales growth and retention measures:
Market Share: We will award 200 points if target levels are achieved, and 350 points at maximum, in the following five areas:
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Succession and Executive Development Objectives: We will award 100 points if target levels are achieved, and 175 points at maximum, for the achievement of the following four key milestones in our succession planning and executive development initiatives:
2009 Operating Plan: We will award up to 200 points for developing an operating plan for fiscal year 2009 that would target a double-digit revenue growth.
Mr. Reidy
The compensation committee approved Mr. Reidys fiscal year 2008 target bonus at $408,000, or 80% of his projected year-end base salary of $510,000. The target bonus as a percentage of Mr. Reidys base salary is the same as in fiscal year 2007.
Mr. Reidys target bonus objectives and formula for fiscal year 2008 are based on an allocation of up to 1,125 points among 12 different target elements. Each point achieved would yield approximately $363 of bonus payment. Mr. Reidy may achieve up to 1.75 times the target point objective at maximum performance for each element, and thus is eligible for a maximum bonus of $714,000.
Earnings-Per-Share Growth: We will award 200 points if we achieve target earnings-per-share growth.
Revenue Growth: We will award 200 points if we achieve target revenue growth.
Return on equity: We will award 100 points if target levels are achieved, and 200 points at maximum, if we achieve a 24% return on equity from continuing operations. Maximum allocation of 200 points is based on 25.7% return on equity from continuing operations.
Margin improvement: We will award 100 points if target levels are achieved, and 200 points at maximum, if action is taken in fiscal year 2008 that would result in 50 to 100 basis points in margin improvement for fiscal year 2009, with a focus on consolidation of facilities, expansion of the business outside the United States and cost-effective locations in the United States, and achievement of $20 million to $30 million of additional synergies by consolidating certain functions among various Employer Services business units and the corporate structure.
Strategic Review Initiative: We will award 75 points if target levels are achieved, and 130 points at maximum, if we complete a strategic review of our balance sheet, share repurchase levels, dividend policy and other methods to return excess cash to our stockholders.
Acquisitions: We will award 75 points if target levels are achieved, and 130 points at maximum, if we achieve a 1.5% to 2.5% of plan revenue through strategic acquisitions.
Tax: We will award 75 points if target levels are achieved, and 130 points at maximum, if we reduce our effective tax rate by an additional 150 basis points for fiscal years 2008 and 2009, with a minimum of 30 basis points in fiscal year 2008. A particular focus in this measurement will be our international tax profile and methods for effectively and efficiently returning offshore cash to the United States.
2009 Operating Plan: We will award up to 130 points for developing an operating plan for fiscal year 2009 that would target double-digit revenue growth.
Market Share: We will award 50 points if target levels are achieved, and 85 points at maximum, if we achieve improvements to our market share gains from the 2007 fiscal year, with a particular focus on growing our core payroll and tax business and Administrative Services Offering business, and maintenance of our client base.
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Investor Relations: We will award 50 points if target levels are achieved, and 85 points at maximum, if we achieve improvements in investor relations, measured largely by Mr. Reidys personal involvement, his use of effective approaches to large investor conference meetings and his increased involvement with the international investment community.
Executive Development: We will award 50 points if target levels are achieved, and 85 points at maximum, for fostering the success of our corporate controller, the continued review of the organizational structure of our finance department, and personal involvement in margin improvement efforts across our corporate information technology, data centers and Employer Services group.
Leadership: We will award 75 points if target levels are achieved, and 130 at maximum, for quality of leadership accomplishments, including executive committee involvement.
Mr. Benson
The compensation committee approved Mr. Bensons fiscal year 2008 target bonus at $315,000, or 70% of his projected year-end salary of $450,100. The target bonus as a percentage of Mr. Bensons base salary is the same as in fiscal year 2007.
Mr. Bensons target bonus objectives and formula for fiscal year 2008 are based on an allocation of up to 1,000 points among eight different target elements. Each point achieved would yield $315 of bonus payment. Mr. Benson may achieve up to 1.75 times the target point objective at maximum performance for each element, and thus is eligible for a maximum bonus of $551,300.
Earnings-Per-Share Growth: We will award 125 points if we achieve target earnings-per-share growth.
Revenue Growth: We will award 125 points if we achieve target revenue growth.
Margin Improvement: We will award 100 points if target levels are achieved, and 200 at maximum, if action is taken in fiscal year 2008 that would result in 50 to 100 basis points in margin improvement for fiscal year 2009, with a focus on consolidation of facilities, expansion of the business outside the United States and cost-effective locations in the United States, and achievement of $20 million to $30 million of additional synergies by consolidating certain functions among various Employer Services business units and the corporate structure.
Legal Operations Management: We will award 200 points if target levels are achieved, and 350 at maximum, based on Mr. Bensons management of our legal operations in the following areas:
Security Initiative: We will award 150 points if target levels are achieved, and 265 at maximum, based on Mr. Bensons role in the implementation of a company-wide initiative to enhance security protocols.
2009 Operating Plan: We will award up to 200 points for developing an operating plan for fiscal year 2009 that would target a double-digit revenue growth.
Executive Development: We will award 100 points if target levels are achieved, and 175 at maximum, for development of a potential group of successors to Mr. Benson, and for fostering the success of our vice president of Human Resources and our vice president of Corporate Development.
Leadership: We will award 100 points if target levels are achieved, and 175 at maximum, based on Mr. Bensons measured leadership achievements, including Mr. Bensons role in our improvement of market gains, the nature of the legal and business advice he provides to senior executives, his role in corporate governance matters and his continued collaboration with our chief executive officer and the board.
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Mr. Stoeckert
The compensation committee approved Mr. Stoeckerts fiscal year 2008 target bonus at $306,750, or 75% of his projected year-end base salary of $409,000. The target bonus as a percentage of Mr. Stoeckerts base salary is the same as in fiscal year 2007.
Mr. Stoeckerts target bonus objectives and formula for fiscal year 2008 are based on an allocation of up to 100 points among seven different target elements. Each point achieved would yield approximately $3,068 of bonus payment. Mr. Stoeckert may achieve up to 1.75 times the target point objective at maximum performance for each element, and thus is eligible for a maximum bonus of $536,813.
Earnings-Per-Share Growth: We will award 5 points if we achieve target earnings-per-share growth.
Employer Services Financial Performance: We will award 10 points if target levels are achieved, and 20 points at maximum, for successful achievement by our entire Employer Services division of low-to-mid double-digit revenue, net operating income and sales growth over fiscal year 2007 results.
Employer Services International Performance: We will award 40 points if target levels are achieved, and 80 points at maximum, for successful achievement by our Employer Services International division of revenue, net operating income and sales growth over the divisions fiscal year 2007 results. Mr. Stoeckerts bonus also includes a metric on his divisions client retention results as compared to fiscal year 2007.
Employer Services International Operational Initiatives: We will award 25 points if target levels are achieved, and 43.7 points at maximum, for successful achievement of specific operational objectives in several foreign markets.
Acquisitions: We will award 5 points if target levels are achieved, and 8.8 points at maximum, if we achieve a 1.5% to 2.5% of plan revenue through strategic acquisitions.
Executive Development: We will award 5 points if target levels are achieved, and 8.8 points at maximum, for strengthening the succession planning process, developing of next generation of leaders, and increasing workforce diversity.
Leadership: We will award 10 points if target levels are achieved, and 17.5 at maximum, for quality of leadership accomplishments.
Named Executive Officers Actual Fiscal Year 2008 Bonuses
The compensation committee approved Messrs. Reidys and Bensons bonus plans and targeted bonus amounts upon Mr. Butlers recommendation. Both Mr. Martone and Mr. Butler recommended to the compensation committee Mr. Stoeckerts 2008 bonus plan and targeted bonus amount.
At its August 2008 meeting, the compensation committee considered the bonus targets set forth above and the performance of the company, the business units and the individual named executive officers for the 2008 fiscal year. With respect to performance by each named executive officer, the compensation committee assessed which of the individual bonus targets were met, exceeded or not fully achieved and then determined that, in the aggregate, each of our named executive officers exceeded his bonus target objectives. In determining the payout for the achievement of the earnings-per-share growth objective, the compensation committee considered the unfavorable general economic conditions in the United States during most of the 2008 fiscal year, and concluded that the 21% earnings-per-share growth achieved by the company during an economic downturn warranted special recognition. As a result, the compensation committee elected to score each named executive officer at 150% of the target for the earnings-per-share growth target matrix. With respect to Messrs. Martone, Reidy, Benson and Stoeckert, the 150% payout was higher than the 120% payout contemplated by their earnings-per-share growth target matrix. Accordingly, the compensation committee approved the cash bonuses as follows:
Actual Bonus | Bonus Amount as | ||||||
Named Executive Officer | Amount | Percentage of Target | |||||
Gary C. Butler | $ | 2,025,000 | 135.0 | % | |||
S. Michael Martone | $ | 938,250 | 125.1 | % | |||
Christopher R. Reidy | $ | 546,300 | 133.9 | % | |||
James B. Benson | $ | 431,000 | 136.8 | % | |||
George I. Stoeckert | $ | 368,100 | 120.0 | % |
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Each objective for our named executive officers was satisfied as follows:
Mr. Butler | ||||||
Points Earned | Payout as % of Target | Target Element | ||||
450 | points | 150 | % | Earnings-Per-Share Growth | ||
225 | 90 | Revenue Growth | ||||
200 | 200 | Return on Equity | ||||
50 | 50 | Acquisitions | ||||
100 | 100 | Corporate Strategy | ||||
120 | 120 | Market Share | ||||
180 | 180 | Margin Improvement | ||||
150 | 150 | Strategic Review Initiative | ||||
350 | 175 | Succession & Development | ||||
200 | 133 | Service Profit Chain | ||||
2,025 | points | 135.0 | % | Total | ||
Mr. Martone | ||||||
Points Earned | Payout as % of Target | Target Element | ||||
200 | points | 100 | % | Revenue Growth | ||
300 | 150 | Earnings-Per-Share Growth | ||||
Sales Growth & Retention | ||||||
90 | 70 | Employer Services Growth | ||||
60 | 140 | Dealer Services Growth | ||||
74 | 90 | Employer Services Retention | ||||
252 | 126 | Market Share | ||||
175 | 175 | Succession & Development | ||||
100 | 100 | 2009 Operating Plan | ||||
1,251 | points | 125.1 | % | Total | ||
Mr. Reidy | ||||||
Points Earned | Payout as % of Target | Target Element | ||||
200 | points | 100 | % | Revenue Growth | ||
300 | 150 | Earnings-Per-Share Growth | ||||
200 | 200 | Return on Equity | ||||
180 | 180 | Margin Improvement | ||||
112 | 150 | Strategic Review Initiative | ||||
38 | 50 | Acquisitions | ||||
130 | 173 | Tax | ||||
75 | 100 | 2009 Operating Plan | ||||
60 | 120 | Market Share | ||||
75 | 150 | Investor Relations | ||||
60 | 120 | Executive Development | ||||
75 | 100 | Leadership | ||||
1,505 | points | 133.9 | % | Total |
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Mr. Benson | ||||||
Points Earned | Payout as % of Target | Target Element | ||||
125 | points | 100 | % | Revenue Growth | ||
188 | 150 | Earnings-Per-Share Growth | ||||
180 | 180 | Margin Improvement | ||||
300 | 150 | Legal Operations Management | ||||
225 | 150 | Security Initiative | ||||
100 | 100 | 2009 Operating Plan | ||||
120 | 120 | Executive Development | ||||
130 | 130 | Leadership | ||||
1,368 | points | 136.8 | % | Total | ||
Mr. Stoeckert | ||||||
Points Earned | Payout as % of Target | Target Element | ||||
7.5 | points | 150 | % | Earnings-Per-Share Growth | ||
10.0 | 100 | ES Financial Performance | ||||
40.0 | 100 | ES Intl Performance | ||||
37.5 | 150 | ES Intl Operational Initiatives | ||||
2.5 | 50 | Acquisitions | ||||
7.5 | 150 | Executive Development | ||||
15.0 | 150 | Leadership | ||||
120 | points | 120.0 | % | Total |
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Programs
We believe that long-term incentive compensation is a significant factor in attracting and retaining key executives (including the named executive officers) and in aligning their interests directly to the interests of our stockholders. Long-term incentives are awarded in the form of restricted stock awards and stock option grants.
Since fiscal year 2007, approximately 60% of the total long-term incentive target compensation has been targeted to come from performance-based restricted stock awards; the remaining 40% has been targeted to come from stock option grants. We believe this mix provides us with a strong executive attraction and retention program.
We use a fixed share grant methodology for devising each award and grant to our named executive officers. Management recommends awards and grants of specific share amounts for each officer. As with base salary and bonus, management provides the compensation committee with a history of its equity grant practices for the preceding five years, plus an analysis of what grant size would keep each grant at the target percentile for that named executive officer when compared to competitive compensation practices management has taken into account. At the request of the compensation committee, Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. reviewed the design of our executive long-term incentive compensation program and concluded in its March 2008 written report to the compensation committee that our current approach is a best practice design that supports the Companys human resources and financial objectives.
The compensation committee targets the value of our long-term incentive compensation programs at approximately the 75th percentile of competitive compensation practices. Prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, we analyze the two-year performance-based restricted stock and stock option targeted award and grant levels to confirm that our desired targeted long-term incentive compensation values are appropriate in the context of the compensation studies referred to under Total Compensation Market Data above. When comparing our desired values to these compensation studies, we look at both equity elements in total.
At its August 2007 meeting, the compensation committee approved the following targeted awards of two-year performance-based restricted stock for the program spanning fiscal years 2008 and 2009: Mr. Butler, 35,000 shares; Mr. Martone, 25,000 shares; Mr. Reidy, 13,000 shares; Mr. Benson, 12,000 shares; and Mr. Stoeckert, 10,400 shares.
Also at its August 2007 meeting, the compensation committee approved stock option grants of 200,000 for Mr. Butler and 55,000 for Mr. Martone. At its January 2008 meeting, the compensation committee approved the following stock option grants: Mr. Reidy, 20,000 options; Mr. Benson, 17,000 options; and Mr. Stoeckert, 20,000 options.
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The compensation committee approves the performance-based restricted stock target award ranges, stock option grant ranges, and all of the individual equity-based compensation awards and grants to each of our executive officers (including the named executive officers). A group of our executives that does not include any of our named executive officers assists the compensation committee by presenting it with summary compensation sheets when the compensation committee considers the performance-based targeted restricted stock awards recommended to our named executive officers and the stock option grants recommended to our chief executive officer and chief operating officer each August. The summary compensation sheets show up to six years of compensation history for these executive officers, including year-over-year increases, for base salary, target bonus, actual bonus, target total cash, the value of annual restricted stock awards, target total cash and annual restricted stock awards combined (total cash compensation). The summary compensation sheets also show a comparison of each executive officers total cash compensation as a percentage of the total cash compensation for our chief executive officer and chief operating officer. The compensation committee does not have a total pay target for any named executive officer. The compensation committee uses the summary compensation sheets to monitor total pay trends for each named executive officer, but the size of each pay element is considered separately.
We have employment agreements that impact long-term incentive compensation of Messrs. Butler and Reidy.
Mr. Butlers employment agreement provides that if the performance goals established by the compensation committee under the applicable two-year performance-based restricted stock program have been achieved at the 100% target level, the company will issue Mr. Butler at least 32,000 shares of restricted stock. Mr. Butlers employment agreement also stipulates that he will be granted stock options for a minimum of 200,000 shares of common stock each fiscal year during the term of the employment agreement. Pursuant to the employment agreement, and in connection with becoming our President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Butler received a one-time stock option grant for 150,000 shares of common stock on July 1, 2006. We agreed to all these amounts through an arms-length negotiation between us and Mr. Butler, which was informed by our review of competitive equity compensation practices and restricted stock and option arrangements we had with Mr. Butlers predecessor.
Mr. Reidys employment agreement provides that if the performance goals established by the compensation committee under the applicable two-year performance-based restricted stock program have been achieved at the 100% target level, the company will issue Mr. Reidy 13,000 shares of restricted stock. Mr. Reidys employment agreement also stipulates that, commencing January 1, 2008, he will be granted stock options for a minimum of 20,000 shares of common stock each fiscal year during the term of the employment agreement. We agreed to these amounts through an arms-length negotiation between us and Mr. Reidy. In determining the grant sizes, we took into account restricted stock and option arrangements Mr. Reidy had with his prior employer, our review of competitive equity compensation practices, and compensation arrangements we had with our prior chief financial officer.
Messrs. Butlers and Reidys employment agreements are summarized in more detail below under Mr. Butler Employment Agreement and Mr. Reidy Employment Agreement, respectively.
Performance-Based Restricted Stock
In fiscal year 2007, the compensation committee largely eliminated our time-based restricted stock program and replaced it with a two-year performance-based restricted stock program to better align the compensation of our key executives (including the named executive officers) with the companys results. The target value of the two-year performance-based restricted stock award for the program spanning fiscal years 2007 and 2008 was designed to equal the number of shares of annual time-based restricted stock that had previously been awarded to each of our executive officers (including the named executive officers). In September 2006, we communicated that under our two-year performance-based restricted stock program an average two-year diluted earnings-per-share from continuing operations growth in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 of more than 13% would be required to receive the awards at the target level and that the awards would be adjusted upward or downward at the end of the performance period as follows:
Restricted Stock Grant as | ||||
Average Earnings-Per-Share Growth | Percentage of Target | |||
9% or under | 0 | % | ||
more than 9% to 11% | 75 | % | ||
more than 11% to 13% | 90 | % | ||
more than 13% to 18% | 100 | % | ||
more than 18% to 20% | 115 | % | ||
over 20% | 125 | % |
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Our actual average two-year diluted annual earnings-per share growth rate from continuing operations for fiscal years 2007 and 2008 was 22.6%, resulting in awards of restricted stock at the 125% of target level. These shares of restricted stock will vest fully in March 2009. However, the program provides that if an executive officer (including any named executive officer) terminates his or her employment with the company prior to the March 2009 vesting date, such unvested restricted stock will be forfeited back to us. However, pursuant to our separation agreement with Mr. Stoeckert, he will be permitted to vest in these shares. Please see Separation Agreement with Mr. Stoeckert below.
In fiscal year 2008, we started a second offering of our two-year performance-based restricted stock program. The compensation committee determined that, with the exception of Mr. Butler, the size of each named executive officers target performance-based restricted stock award for the program spanning fiscal years 2008 and 2009 will be equal in size to the original number of target awards (i.e., disregarding subsequent adjustment necessitated by the tax-free spin-off of our former Brokerage Services Group business) for the completed performance period spanning fiscal years 2007 and 2008. Because the total value of Mr. Butlers long-term incentive compensation was below the median in our internally prepared CEO compensation study, the compensation committee increased Mr. Butlers target award of restricted stock by 3,000 shares to the total of 35,000 shares.
In September 2007, we communicated that under our two-year performance-based restricted stock program for fiscal years 2008 and 2009, an average two-year diluted earnings-per-share from continuing operations growth of more than 16% will be required to receive the awards at the target level. We will adjust these awards upward or downward at the end of the performance period as follows:
Stock Grant as | ||||
Average Earnings-Per-Share Growth | Percentage of Target | |||
12% or under | 0 | % | ||
more than 12% to 14% | 75 | % | ||
more than 14% to 16% | 90 | % | ||
more than 16% to 18% | 100 | % | ||
more than 18% to 20% | 115 | % | ||
over 20% | 125 | % |
We believe it is reasonable to expect our named executive officers to help us achieve 16% to 18% average two-year diluted earnings-per-share from continuing operations growth of our stock. Therefore, we have narrowed the range of target performance compared to the 2007-2008 performance period and have raised the threshold for minimum performance by 33% (to a 12% average two-year diluted annual earnings-per-share from continuing operations growth rate) to assure that these performance-based restricted stock programs reward only exceptional results. Should we not achieve a 12% average two-year diluted annual earnings-per-share from continuing operations growth rate, we believe that we would have materially underperformed our goal, and thus, our named executive officers would not earn a restricted stock award under this program. Likewise, average two-year diluted earnings-per-share growth above 18% can only be achieved through consistently high performance and thus should be rewarded with above-target awards. Based on our actual fiscal year 2008 diluted earnings-per-share from continuing operations growth of 21.1%, we must achieve a diluted earnings-per-share growth of 10.9% in fiscal year 2009 to satisfy our two-year target under the program spanning fiscal years 2008 and 2009. The compensation committee has the right to grant discretionary awards if the targets are not met, but to date has not exercised this authority.
All executive officers (including the named executive officers) employed with the company on or before September 2007 were recommended to receive a target restricted stock award if we meet our annual average earnings-per-share goal over the July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009 two-year performance period. If we meet this goal, we will issue shares of restricted stock to our named executive officers in September 2009. These shares will vest fully in March 2010. However, the program provides that if an executive officer (including any named executive officer) terminates his or her employment with the company prior to the March 2010 vesting date, such unvested restricted stock will be forfeited back to us.
Time-Based Restricted Stock
The compensation committee has the right to grant discretionary awards of time-based restricted stock to our executive officers (including the named executive officers). The compensation committee may make these discretionary grants to assist us in the recruitment, promotion or retention of executive officers. After being advised that the current value of Mr. Reidys total outstanding equity in the company as a percentage of his base salary and annual bonus stood at 134%, the compensation committee determined that this percentage was too low and approved our chief executive officers recommendation for a
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special time-based restricted stock award to Mr. Reidy of 6,000 shares of our common stock. This award was designed to aid in the retention of our chief financial officer and will vest in two equal installments on April 30, 2012 and 2013. Our chief executive officer also considered whether to recommend Messrs. Martone and Benson for time-based restricted stock awards, but determined that the value of their unvested equity in the company through previous stock option grants and restricted stock awards provided an adequate level of retention incentive. Our chief executive officer determined not to recommend Mr. Stoeckert for time-based restricted stock award due to Mr. Stoeckerts then pending departure from the company. The compensation committee did not consider Mr. Butler for a grant because it deemed the value of his unvested equity in the company as providing an appropriate level of retention incentive.
Stock Options
The compensation committee approved stock option grants to each of our executive officers during fiscal year 2008 under our 2000 Stock Option Plan. We grant stock options to our named executive officers based upon their pay grades. The grant level for each grade is determined based on our annual review of our long-term incentive compensation program. Our chief executive officer recommends to the compensation committee the number of stock option grants for our executive officers other than the chief executive officer and the chief operating officer. The grant levels for our chief executive officer and chief operating officer are recommended by a group of our executives that does not include any named executive officers, and approved by the compensation committee. The grant levels approved by the compensation committee for fiscal year 2008 were consistent with the grant levels the compensation committee approved for fiscal year 2007. The compensation committee may make additional stock option grants to assist us in the recruitment, promotion or retention of executive officers. We do not reprice or cancel stock options if the price at which our common stock trades is below the stock options exercise prices. We do not back-date stock options.
The compensation committee typically determines and approves stock option grants for our chief executive officer and our chief operating officer in August as part of a review of their entire compensation packages. While the compensation committee can consider a stock option grant at any time for our executive officers (including the named executive officers), it makes most stock option grants at its January meeting. This date does not coincide with any regularly scheduled announcement or corporate event.
The options granted to our named executive officers vest during periods of up to six years after the date of the grant. This means that option holders nearing the normal retirement age of 65 will experience a decline in their overall annual compensation since a portion of their annual option grants will not vest prior to retirement. In order to mitigate the decline in the value of the option grants, the compensation committee may allow the unvested options of an executive officer who retires from active service upon reaching the age of 65 to vest on his or her date of retirement. An executive officer who turns 60 years of age within the calendar year of the option grant would typically begin to be considered for this acceleration feature. Upon the discretionary recommendation of our chief executive officer, the compensation committee decided at its January 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 meetings that options granted to Mr. Benson at such meetings will vest upon his retirement, provided he retires after reaching age 65. Mr. Benson is currently 63 years of age.
At its April 2008 meeting, our compensation committee determined that all future stock option grants should vest over four years. The compensation committee also determined that future retirees over age 55 with at least 10 years of service will continue to vest the stock options that were granted more than 12 months before their retirement date for 36 months after retirement and extended the exercise period for such vested options from 36 to 37 months after retirement. Options owned by holders who become permanently disabled or die after age 55 with at least 10 years of service can now be exercised within 36 months. The compensation committee made these changes by taking into account the advice of Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc., which indicated that a four-year vesting period as well as the vesting and exercise enhancements were more consistent with the prevailing market practice among other public companies of our size. With respect to the post-retirement vesting, the newly adopted rules implement the compensations committee desire to have a uniform set of rules that would apply to all option holders, rather then making vesting decisions on a case-by-case basis.
Growth Incentive Program
In fiscal year 2006, the compensation committee approved the Growth Incentive Program, an aggressive long-term cash bonus program for select key executives, including all named executive officers other than Mr. Reidy, who was not our employee for the first 15 months of the performance period. This program terminated after the three-year performance period ended on June 30, 2008.
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The programs primary goals were to encourage prudent risk-taking by our key executive officers, increase strategic acquisitions, and accelerate long-term revenue growth while delivering multi-year double-digit diluted earnings-per-share growth. Consequently, for our named executive officers with corporate-wide responsibilities, the compensation committee selected revenue and diluted earnings-per-share from continuing operations growth as the measurements of success. For our named executive officers operating within our business units, the compensation committee assigned revenue and net operating income as performance measures that were best suited to measure the success of the program at a divisional level. The three-year performance targets set by the compensation committee exceeded our internal strategic targets on both a company-wide and business-unit specific basis, assuring that only truly exceptional performance would be rewarded under the program.
The compensation committee assigned three-year average performance targets for the period of July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2008 as follows:
Mr. Butler, overall revenue growth of 12% and diluted earnings-per-share growth from continuing operations of 22%;
Mr. Martone, overall revenue growth of 12% and diluted earnings-per-share growth from continuing operations of 22% for the period April 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008 when Mr. Martone held a position of our Chief Operating Officer; and Employer Services domestic business revenue growth of 13% and net operating income growth of 16% for the period July 1, 2005 through March 31, 2007 when Mr. Martone held a position of Group President of our Employer Services business;
Mr. Benson, overall revenue growth of 12% and diluted earnings-per-share growth from continuing operations of 22%; and
Mr. Stoeckert, Employer Services international business revenue growth of 10.3% and net operating income growth of 16%.
The maximum potential payment under the Growth Incentive Program was 150% of the targeted amount, with a minimum payment of zero. Unless revenue growth exceeds 10%, the payment was capped at 50% of target. We set target payments for each of the named executive officers as a percentage of the base salary at the time we announced the program in 2005 and at levels that the compensation committee believed would encourage our executives to consistently outperform our internal financial targets. Once established, the targeted awards remained fixed for the duration of the three-year period. The target bonus levels under the Growth Incentive Program were as follows:
Mr. Butler, $504,000 (70% of his then base salary);
Mr. Martone, $322,200 (60% of his then base salary);
Mr. Benson, $187,500 (50% of his then base salary); and
Mr. Stoeckert, $190,000 (50% of his then base salary).
Results from this fiscal year 2006-2008 program for our named executive officers were as follows:
overall revenue growth of 11.9% and diluted earnings-per-share growth from continuing operations of 23.3%;
Employer Services domestic business revenue growth of 11.5% and net operating income growth of 13.2%; and
Employer Services international business revenue growth of 7.8% and net operating income growth of 24.6%.
The compensation committee decided, upon recommendation of our chief executive officer, that revenue and diluted earnings-per-share gains experienced solely from changes in foreign currency exchange rates should not be included in the calculation of our overall revenue and diluted earnings-per-share growth since such gains do not reflect core business performance. The exclusion of these foreign currency exchange gains reduced our overall performance level and led to lower payments for Messrs. Butler, Martone, and Benson.
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Since the Employer Services international business revenue growth results were below the threshold performance level of 9.8%, Mr. Stoeckert did not receive any Growth Incentive Program payments. The payments under the Growth Incentive Program for our other named executive officers were as follows:
Mr. Butler, $554,405 (110% of his target);
Mr. Martone, $147,700 (46% of his target); and
Mr. Benson, $206,251 (110% of his target).
Accelerated Revenue Program
In fiscal year 2007, the compensation committee replaced the Growth Incentive Plan with the two-year performance-based Accelerated Revenue Program. The Accelerated Revenue Program was designed to encourage our key executive officers to achieve double-digit revenue growth by awarding them with shares of our restricted stock if we meet or exceed the average two-year revenue growth targets. At its August 2007 meeting, the compensation committee decided to terminate the Accelerated Revenue Program after the two-year performance period spanning the fiscal years 2007 and 2008 ended on June 30, 2008. The compensation committee determined that our two-year performance based restricted stock program provides sufficient financial reward when extraordinary financial results are achieved and that the continuation of the Accelerated Revenue Program was not warranted.
All of our named executive officers, except Mr. Butler, participated in the Accelerated Revenue Program. After initially including Mr. Butler, the compensation committee decided that he should not participate since, as our chief executive officer, he was directly involved in setting the programs performance targets. The compensation committee assigned two-year average revenue growth performance targets that were consistent with internal strategic operating plans for the period of July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2008, as follows:
average two-year revenue growth of our entire company of 13.3%;
average two-year revenue growth of our Employer Services international business of 10%.
In the case of Messrs. Martone, Reidy and Benson, the average two-year revenue growth of our entire company of 13.3% had to be met. In the case of Mr. Stoeckert, the average two-year revenue growth of our Employer Services international business of 10% was applicable. The initial target number of shares of restricted stock for each of Messrs. Martone, Benson and Stoeckert was equal to a percentage (60% for Mr. Martone and 50% for each of Messrs. Benson and Stoeckert) of such named executive officers July 1, 2006 base salary, divided by $46.91 (the closing price of our common stock on September 22, 2006, the date the compensation committee approved the target grant). The initial target number of shares of restricted stock for Mr. Reidy was equal to 60% of his base salary as of October 2, 2006, the date he joined the company, divided by $46.91. The compensation committee subsequently adjusted these target numbers in April 2007 to maintain the value of the target award in light of the tax-free spin-off of our former Brokerage Services Group business. After such adjustment, the target awards were as follows:
Mr. Martone, 7,840 shares of restricted stock;
Mr. Reidy, 7,019 shares of restricted stock;
Mr. Benson, 4,562 shares of restricted stock; and
Mr. Stoeckert, 4,623 shares of restricted stock.
The compensation committee decided, upon recommendation of our chief executive officer, that revenue gains experienced solely from changes in foreign currency exchange rates should not be included in the calculation of our overall revenue growth since such gains do not reflect core business performance. We did not meet the average revenue growth targets for our named executive officers and none of our named executive officers received any awards of restricted stock under the Accelerated Revenue Program.
Other Long-Term Incentive Program Considerations
We consider the accounting and tax implications when we design our equity-based and cash compensation programs and when we make awards or grants. We design our programs to minimize accounting costs. The goal is to make only equity-based awards and grants that we can deduct when determining our taxes. However, the overriding consideration
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when evaluating the pay level or design component of any portion of our executives compensation is the effectiveness of the component and the stockholder value that management and the compensation committee believe the pay component reinforces.
Both management and the compensation committee aim to maximize the tax deductibility of compensation payments to named executive officers. Our stockholders have approved our incentive plans that are designed and administered to provide performance-based compensation that is awarded to our named executive officers, and therefore not subject to the deduction limits of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. The compensation committee may, however, award compensation that is not deductible under Section 162(m) when, in the exercise of the committees judgment, such pay would be in the best interests of the company and its stockholders.
Separation Arrangement with Mr. Stoeckert
Mr. Stoeckert retired from the company on July 31, 2008. Taking into account the years of valuable service Mr. Stoeckert provided to the company, we agreed to provide separation benefits to him that consist in part of cash payments, credit under our Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan, continued vesting of equity awards and continued participation in our stock plans. The compensation committee also decided to grant Mr. Stoeckert a discretionary bonus of $200,000 to specifically reward his years of valuable service to the company and his performance as president of our Employer Services international business and an additional separation payment of $35,000. The arrangement for Mr. Stoeckert is consistent with the separation arrangements we sometimes provide to departing executives whose long-term service deserves special recognition over and above the fixed pay and benefits that have already been earned before the executives departure.
Other Compensation Components and Considerations
In addition to the components discussed above, we offer our executive officers (including the named executive officers) retirement benefits, deferred compensation, perquisites, and change in control protection. The compensation committee believes these additional benefits are fair, competitive, consistent with our overall compensation philosophy, and designed to ensure that we can effectively retain our executive officers (including the named executive officers) as well as effectively compete for executive talent.
Retirement Benefits
All executive officers can participate in the Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan (our 401(k) plan) and are automatically enrolled in the Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Pension Retirement Plan (a tax-qualified defined benefit cash balance pension plan) and the Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan. The Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan provides retirement benefits to our executive officers (including the named executive officers) in excess of those generally available under our qualified cash balance pension plan. The Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan enables us to attract and retain senior and experienced mid to late-career executive talent necessary to achieve growth and provides these executive officers with a retirement benefit targeted to a competitive income replacement ratio at normal retirement age.
Deferred Compensation
All executive officers (including the named executive officers) may defer all or a portion of their annual bonuses into a deferred compensation account. We make this program available to our executive officers to be competitive, to facilitate the recruitment of new executives, and to provide our executive officers with a tax efficient way to save for retirement. Since the deferral accounts are made up of funds already earned by the executive officers, we do not consider the executives deferred account balances, or investment earnings or losses on such balances, when we make compensation decisions.
Perquisites
Messrs. Butler and Martone receive fixed annual perquisite allowances of $125,000 that they allocate based on their personal needs.
We provide each of our named executive officers the use of automobiles leased by the company, the use of car services, and company-paid life insurance. Consistent with our policy towards all attendees, we pay for the spouses of our named executive officers to accompany them to our annual sales Presidents Club events. Finally, the ADP Foundation makes contributions that match the charitable gifts made by our executive officers (including the named executive officers) up to a maximum of $20,000 per calendar year.
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Change in Control and Severance Arrangements
The Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Change in Control Severance Plan for Corporate Officers is designed (i) to retain our executive officers (including the named executive officers) and our staff vice presidents and (ii) to align their interests with our stockholders interests so that they can consider transactions that are in the best interests of our stockholders and maintain their focus without concern regarding how any such transaction might personally affect them. In addition, Mr. Butler, Mr. Martone, and Mr. Reidy have special arrangements described below under Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change of Control.
Our named executive officers have different separation entitlements from one another. We have developed a practice in which our chief executive officer is entitled to severance equal approximately to three times base salary and bonus under some termination scenarios, while our other named executive officers are entitled to severance equal approximately to one and one-half or two times base salary and bonus. We have found that a higher severance multiple for our chief executive officer is needed in order to attract the individual we believe is best suited for the office. Our chief executive officer is the individual the public and our stockholders most closely identify as the face of the company. He has the greatest individual impact on our success, and he faces the greatest personal risks when the company takes risks.
We typically provide the same severance formula to an individual occupying an office that we have provided historically to the previous occupants of that office. The severance formulas we use for named executive officers are each designed to provide the level of replacement income we feel is appropriate for that office, but the compensation our named executive officers may receive after termination of employment or a change in control is not taken into account when current compensation levels are determined.
Compensation Recovery
We have not adopted an executive compensation recovery policy that would require us to seek reimbursement of compensation to a named executive officer if he or she engaged in misconduct that caused the need for restatement of our financial results. Our 2008 Omnibus Award Plan, however, gives the compensation committee the flexibility to grant cash and equity awards which may be recovered if a recipient engaged in misconduct that caused the need for restatement of our financial results.
Share Ownership Guidelines
The compensation committee established share ownership guidelines to encourage equity ownership among our executive officers (including the named executive officers) in order to reinforce the link between their financial interests and those of our stockholders. We set the share ownership guidelines on the basis of each executive officers pay grade, expressed as a multiple of the executive officers base salary on the first day of the fiscal year. Stock ownership (as defined under the guidelines) includes shares owned outright by the executive officer or beneficially through ownership by direct family member (spouse and/or dependent children), or shares owned through our 401(k) plan.
Under our share ownership guidelines, Mr. Butler and Mr. Martone are encouraged to own an amount of our stock equal in value to five times their respective base salaries, while Messrs. Reidy, Stoeckert and Benson are encouraged to own our stock in value equal to three times their respective base salaries. Until an executive officer achieves the ownership minimum, he or she is expected to retain 75% of all restricted stock that has vested and shares received from the exercise of stock options (in each instance, after all taxes have been paid).
The compensation committee determined that as of June 30, 2008, Messrs. Butler, Martone and Benson satisfy the share ownership guidelines. Mr. Reidy, who was hired in fiscal year 2007, did not satisfy the share ownership guidelines as of June 30, 2008. Since Mr. Stoeckert left the company on July 31, 2008, the compensation committee did not consider Mr. Stoeckerts compliance with the share ownership guidelines.
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Clorox Co. | SAIC, Inc. |
Commercial Metals Co. | Saks, Inc. |
Constellation Brands, Inc. | Sanmina-SCI Corp. |
Cooper Industries Ltd. | Seagate Technology |
Darden Restaurants, Inc. | Shaw Group, Inc. |
Dillards, Inc. | Sherwin Williams Co. |
Dollar General Corp. | Smith International, Inc. |
Dover Corp. | Solectron Corp. |
Energy Transfer Partners L.P. | Sonic Automotive, Inc. |
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. | Starbucks Corp. |
Fifth Third Bancorp | State Street Corp. |
Foot Locker, Inc. | Stryker Corp. |
Fortune Brands, Inc. | SunTrust Banks, Inc. |
Frontier Oil Corp. | Synnex Corp. |
Genuine Parts Co. | Teppco Partners LP |
Goodrich Corp. | Toll Brothers, Inc. |
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co, Inc. | V F Corp. |
H&R Block, Inc. | W.W. Grainger, Inc. |
H. J. Heinz Company | Western Digital Corp. |
Harrahs Entertainment, Inc. | Whole Foods Market, Inc. |
Hershey Co. | Winn Dixie Stores, Inc. |
Hormel Foods Corp. | Wrigley Wm Jr Co. |
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. | Xl Capital Ltd |
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COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT
The compensation committee has reviewed and discussed with management the foregoing Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of the companys 2008 proxy statement. Based on its review and discussions with management, the compensation committee recommended to the board of directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in the companys 2008 proxy statement.
Compensation Committee | |
of the Board of Directors | |
Gregory D. Brenneman, Chairman | |
Leslie A. Brun | |
R. Glenn Hubbard | |
John P. Jones | |
Frederic V. Malek |
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COMPENSATION OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following table summarizes the compensation of our named executive officers for fiscal year 2008.
Summary Compensation Table For Fiscal Year 2008
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Name and | Stock Awards | Option | Compensation | Earnings | Compensation | |||||||||||||||||
Principal Position | Year | Salary ($) | Bonus ($) | ($)(5) | Awards ($)(6) | ($)(7) | ($)(8) | ($)(9) | Total ($) | |||||||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | (j) | |||||||||||||
Gary C. Butler | 2008 | $ | 900,000 | $ | 0 | $2,168,340 | $2,631,808 | $2,579,405 | $1,095,792 | $218,628 | $ | 9,593,973 | ||||||||||
President and Chief | 2007 | $ | 850,005 | $ | 0 | $2,240,346 | $2,912,136 | $2,330,000 | $ 928,838 | $246,132 | $ | 9,507,457 | ||||||||||
Executive Officer | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Christopher R. Reidy | 2008 | $ | 510,000 | $ | 21,780 | (2) | $ 944,519 | $ 283,461 | $ 524,520 | $ 99,853 | $ 36,623 | $ | 2,420,756 | |||||||||
Chief Financial | 2007 | $ | 377,500 | $ | 0 | $1,010,121 | $ 199,098 | $ 648,100 | $ 58,981 | $ 19,719 | $ | 2,313,519 | ||||||||||
Officer | ||||||||||||||||||||||
S. Michael Martone | 2008 | $ | 750,000 | $ | 45,000 | (2) | $1,354,615 | $ 595,832 | $1,040,950 | $ 707,431 | $253,893 | $ | 4,747,721 | |||||||||
Chief Operating | 2007 | $ | 581,365 | $ | 0 | $1,387,966 | $ 464,794 | $ 874,000 | $ 580,566 | $451,199 | $ | 4,339,890 | ||||||||||
Officer | ||||||||||||||||||||||
James B. Benson | 2008 | $ | 450,063 | $ | 11,970 | (2) | $ 633,922 | $ 246,606 | $ 625,281 | $ 400,203 | $ 52,572 | $ | 2,420,617 | |||||||||
General Counsel and | 2007 | $ | 405,017 | $ | 150,000 | (3) | $ 685,953 | $ 254,113 | $ 488,200 | $ 295,800 | $ 71,229 | $ | 2,350,312 | |||||||||
Secretary | ||||||||||||||||||||||
George I. Stoeckert(1) | 2008 | $ | 409,034 | $ | 204,600 | (4) | $ 578,014 | $ 654,557 | $ 363,500 | $ 281,358 | $126,519 | $ | 2,617,582 | |||||||||
President, Employer | 2007 | $ | 398,660 | $ | 0 | $ 638,092 | $ 285,931 | $ 461,400 | $ 276,469 | $ 64,605 | $ | 2,125,157 | ||||||||||
Services-International |
(1) |
Mr. Stoeckert ceased to be an executive officer on June 30, 2008 and retired from the company on July 31, 2008. | |
(2) |
The compensation committee elected to score each named executive officer at 150% of the target for the earnings-per-share growth target matrix, and not at the 120% as contemplated by the bonus target objectives applicable to Messrs. Reidy, Martone, Benson and Stoeckert. The amount paid over and above the 120% contemplated by the bonus target objectives is reported in this column. | |
(3) |
Discretionary bonus recognizing Mr. Bensons efforts related to the spin-off of our former Brokerage Services Group business completed on March 30, 2007. | |
(4) |
The amount reported in this column reflects (i) a discretionary bonus of $200,000 in recognition of Mr. Stoeckerts years of service and performance as President, Employer ServicesInternational and (ii) the amount paid with respect to the earnings-per-share growth target matrix that is over and above the 120% contemplated by the applicable bonus target objective. | |
(5) |
Amounts set forth in the Stock Awards column represent the dollar amount recognized for financial statement reporting purposes for fiscal years 2008 and 2007 as computed in accordance with SFAS 123R, disregarding estimates of forfeitures related to service-based vesting conditions. For additional information about the assumptions used in these calculations, see Note 13 to our audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008 included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008, and Note 14 to our audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007. | |
(6) |
Amounts set forth in the Option Awards column represent the dollar amount recognized for financial statement reporting purposes for fiscal years 2008 and 2007 as computed in accordance with SFAS 123R, disregarding estimates of forfeitures related to service-based vesting conditions. For additional information about the assumptions used in | |
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these calculations, see Note 13 to our audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008 included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008, and Note 14 to our audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007. | ||
(7) |
Performance-based bonuses, including payments under the Growth Incentive Program, are shown in this column. The 2008 payments under the annual cash bonus program and the Growth Incentive Program, respectively, were as follows: Mr. Butler, $2,025,000 and $554,405; Mr. Martone, $893,250 and $147,700; and Mr. Benson, $419,030 and $206,251. Mr. Reidy received an annual cash bonus of $524,520 and Mr. Stoeckert received an annual cash bonus of $363,500. Mr. Reidy did not participate in the Growth Incentive Program. Mr. Stoeckert did not receive any payments under the Growth Incentive Program because the Employer Services international business revenue growth results were below the threshold performance level. | |
(8) |
Amounts shown reflect the aggregate increase during the last fiscal year in the present value of the executives benefit under our tax-qualified cash balance pension plan, the Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Pension Retirement Plan, and our non-qualified supplemental retirement plan, the Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan. The Pension Retirement Plan and the Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan provide benefits in the form of a lump sum and/or an annuity. We calculated a present value of the executives benefit using an interest crediting rate, a discount rate and a mortality assumption. We calculated the present value as of June 30, 2006 using the RP-2000 white collar mortality table, a 4.75% interest crediting rate for the pension plan, and a 6.25% discount rate; we calculated the present value as of June 30, 2007 using the RP-2000 white collar mortality rate (projected to 2007), a 4.75% interest crediting rate for the pension plan, and a 6.25% discount rate; and we calculated the present value as of June 30, 2008 using the RP-2000 white collar mortality rate (projected to 2008), a 4.50% interest crediting rate for the pension plan, and a 6.95% discount rate. The change in 2008 in the present value of the Pension Retirement Plan was negative $31,173 for Mr. Butler, negative $65,721 for Mr. Martone, and negative $73,360 for Mr. Stoeckert; we reflected $0 for these amounts. | |
(9) |
Please refer to the All Other Compensation table below for further information. |
ALL OTHER COMPENSATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008
Matching | |||||||||||||
Other | Tax | Perquisite | Aircraft | Charitable | |||||||||
Name | Benefits | Payments | Allowance | Use | Contributions | ||||||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||||||||
Gary C. Butler | $ | 63,989 | $17,639 | $ | 125,000 | $0 | $12,000 | ||||||
Christopher R. Reidy | $ | 25,873 | $ 500 | $ | 0 | $0 | $10,250 | ||||||
S. Michael Martone | $ | 79,003 | $43,390 | $ | 125,000 | $0 | $ 6,500 | ||||||
James B. Benson | $ | 32,572 | $ 0 | $ | 0 | $0 | $20,000 | ||||||
George I. Stoeckert | $ | 105,205 | $ 1,314 | $ | 0 | $0 | $20,000 |
(1) | Other Benefits include: | |||
a. |
Actual cost to the company of leasing automobiles (and covering related maintenance, registrations and insurance fees) used for personal travel: Mr. Butler, $10,460; Mr. Reidy, $8,020; Mr. Martone, $12,065; Mr. Benson, $12,065; and Mr. Stoeckert, $15,565. | |||
b. |
Amount paid by the company on behalf of the executives spouses who accompanied such executives on business travel: Mr. Reidy, $1,969; Mr. Martone, $1,313; and Mr. Stoeckert, $3,457. | |||
c. |
Relocation expense: Mr. Martone, $32,221. | |||
d. |
Matching contributions to the companys 401(k) plan: $7,830 each for Messrs. Butler, Martone, Benson and Stoeckert, and $4,860 for Mr. Reidy. | |||
e. |
Dividends paid on restricted stock included in the Stock Awards column of the Summary Compensation Table: Mr. Butler, $44,163; Mr. Reidy, $9,750; Mr. Martone, $24,038; Mr. Benson, $11,504; and Mr. Stoeckert, $10,784. | |||
f. |
Life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment premiums paid by the company: Mr. Butler, $1,116; Mr. Reidy, $854; Mr. Martone, $1,116; Mr. Benson, $753; and Mr. Stoeckert, $685. | |||
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g. |
Allowance for annual physical examination: $420 for each named executive officer. | |||
h. |
Amount paid for accrued and unused vacation: Mr. Stoeckert, $31,464. | |||
i. |
Special separation payment: Mr. Stoeckert, $35,000. | |||
(2) | Tax Payments include: | |||
a. |
Gross-up in respect of taxable travel benefits: $500 each for Messrs. Reidy and Martone, and $1,314 for Mr. Stoeckert. | |||
b. |
Gross-up for relocation expense: Mr. Martone, $27,961. | |||
c. |
Gross-up for taxable benefit of personal use of aircraft chartered by the company: Mr. Butler, $17,639; and Mr. Martone, $14,929. | |||
(3) |
Pursuant to the provisions of his employment agreement, Mr. Butler has an annual perquisite allowance of $125,000. In October 2007, the compensation committee decided to discontinue a practice of reimbursing Mr. Martone for personal use of the company-chartered aircraft and replaced it with a $125,000 annual perquisite allowance and a $75,000 base salary increase. | |||
(4) |
Mr. Butler used a significant portion of his perquisite allowance of $125,000 to fully reimburse the company for his personal use of aircraft chartered by the company and the incremental cost to the company of his personal use of aircraft owned by the company. Mr. Martone used his entire annual perquisite allowance to offset the incremental cost to the company of providing him with personal use of aircraft chartered by the company and reimbursed the company for the incremental cost to the company in excess of $125,000. Personal use of the aircraft benefit is valued at the actual incremental cost to the company of providing the benefit to the executive. With respect to the aircraft chartered by the company, the incremental cost is the contracted per-hour cost, including empty aircraft positioning costs, plus any fuel surcharges, additional catering or landing fees, taxes and segment fees. With respect to the aircraft owned by the company, the incremental cost is calculated by multiplying the personal flight time, including empty aircraft positioning time, by the aircrafts hourly variable operating cost. Variable operating cost includes maintenance, fuel, cleaning, landing fees, flight fees, catering, and crew traveling expenses, including hotels, meals, and transportation. Since the aircraft owned by the company is primarily used for business travel, we do not include the fixed costs that do not change based on usage, such as crew salaries as well as hangar, insurance and management fees. Since Messrs. Butler and Martone have reimbursed the company for their personal use of the aircraft, there are no amounts shown in this column. | |||
(5) |
Reflects matching charitable contributions made by the ADP Foundation in an amount not to exceed $20,000 in a calendar year in respect of any named executive officers charitable contributions for that calendar year. | |||
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GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS TABLE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008
All Other | All Other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock | Option | Grant Date | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Estimated Future Payouts | Awards: | Awards: | Exercise or | Fair | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Plan | Estimated Possible Payouts Under | Under Equity Incentive Plan | Number of | Number of | Base Price | Value of | |||||||||||||||||||||
Date of | Under Which | Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards | Awards | Shares of | Securities | of Option | Stock | ||||||||||||||||||||
Grant | Corporate | Grant Was | Threshold | Target | Maximum | Threshold | Target | Maximum | Stock | Underlying | Awards | and Option | |||||||||||||||
Name | Date | Action | Made | $ | $ | $ | # | # | # | or Units # | Options # | ($/Share) | Awards ($) | ||||||||||||||
(a) | (b) | (bb) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | (j) | (k) | (l) | |||||||||||||||
Gary C. Butler | | Cash bonus | $0 | $1,500,000 | $3,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9/21/2007 | 8/9/2007 | 2-Yr PBRS | 0 | 35,000 | 43,750 | $1,951,688 | |||||||||||||||||||||
8/9/2007 | 8/9/2007 | 2000 SOP | 200,000 | $ 47.55 | $2,268,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Christopher R. Reidy | | Cash bonus | $0 | $ 408,000 | $ 714,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9/21/2007 | 8/9/2007 | 2-Yr PBRS | 0 | 13,000 | 16,250 | $ 724,913 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4/30/2008 | 4/30/2008 | TBRS | 6,000 | $ 265,200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1/31/2008 | 1/31/2008 | 2000 SOP | 20,000 | $ 40.28 | $ 156,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
S. Michael Martone | | Cash bonus | $0 | $ 750,000 | $1,312,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9/21/2007 | 8/9/2007 | 2-Yr PBRS | 0 | 25,000 | 31,250 | $1,394,063 | |||||||||||||||||||||
8/9/2007 | 8/9/2007 | 2000 SOP | 55,000 | $ 47.55 | $ 623,700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
James B. Benson | | Cash bonus | $0 | $ 315,000 | $ 551,300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9/21/2007 | 8/9/2007 | 2-Yr PBRS | 0 | 12,000 | 15,000 | $ 669,150 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1/31/2008 | 1/31/2008 | 2000 SOP | 17,000 | $ 40.28 | $ 132,600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
George I. Stoeckert | | Cash bonus | $0 | $ 306,750 | $ 536,813 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9/21/2007 | 8/9/2007 | 2-Yr PBRS | 0 | 10,400 | 13,000 | $ 579,930 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1/31/2008 | 1/31/2008 | 2000 SOP | 20,000 | $ 40.28 | $ 156,000 |
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In the foregoing Grants of Plan-Based Awards table, we refer to our two-year performance-based restricted stock program as 2-Yr PBRS, to our time-based restricted stock program as TBRS, and to our 2000 Stock Option Plan as 2000 SOP.
The grant dates shown in column (b) of the table were determined pursuant to SFAS 123R. Column (bb) of the table shows the actual dates on which our compensation committee:
With respect to Messrs. Butler and Reidy, the foregoing awards and grants were made pursuant to employment agreements with the company dated June 28, 2006 and August 1, 2006, respectively, which are summarized below.
We computed the grant date fair value of each restricted stock award and option grant shown in column (l) in accordance with SFAS 123R, disregarding estimates of forfeitures related to service-based vesting conditions. For additional information about the assumptions used in these calculations, see Note 13 to our audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008 included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008.
Mr. Butler Employment Agreement
Mr. Butler entered into an employment agreement with the company on June 28, 2006. The agreement provides for successive one-year terms beginning on August 31, 2006 unless terminated by the company or Mr. Butler at least six months before the end of the applicable one-year term.
Mr. Butlers annual base salary is at least $850,000, and his annual target bonus is at least $1,200,000. The actual bonus paid to Mr. Butler is based upon his accomplishment of pre-established performance goals established by the compensation committee. If the performance goals established by the compensation committee under the applicable two-year performance-based restricted stock program have been achieved at the 100% target level, the company will issue Mr. Butler at least 32,000 shares of restricted stock. If the performance goals for any such program are exceeded or are not achieved, the number of shares of restricted stock issued to Mr. Butler will be increased or decreased, as appropriate.
Pursuant to the employment agreement, Mr. Butler received a one-time stock option grant for 150,000 shares of common stock on July 1, 2006. In addition, Mr. Butler will be granted stock options for a minimum of 200,000 shares of common stock each fiscal year during the term of the employment agreement. Subject to the attainment of any pre-established performance goals that may be set by the compensation committee (in its sole discretion), each stock option will vest in five equal annual installments of 20% each, commencing one year after the applicable grant date.
The company will pay Mr. Butler a perquisite allowance of $125,000 each fiscal year. The salary, bonus, stock and other arrangements for Mr. Butler will be reviewed annually by the compensation committee and may be increased in its sole discretion. Mr. Butler is also entitled to participate in all of the companys then current pension, 401(k), medical and health, life, accident, disability and other insurance programs, stock purchase and other plans and arrangements (including all policies relating to the exercise of stock options following a persons retirement from, or cessation of employment with, the company) that are generally available to other senior executives of the company.
Mr. Butlers employment agreement also contains provisions related to the change in control or termination, which are summarized below under Potential Payments to Named Executive Officers Upon Termination or Change In Control.
Mr. Reidy Employment Agreement
Mr. Reidy entered into an employment agreement with the company on August 1, 2006. Mr. Reidys annual base salary is at least $500,000, and his annual target bonus is at least $400,000. The actual bonus paid to Mr. Reidy is based upon his accomplishment of pre-established performance goals established by the compensation committee. If the performance goals established by the compensation committee under the applicable two-year performance-based restricted stock program have been achieved at the 100% target level, the company will issue Mr. Reidy 13,000 shares of restricted stock. If the performance goals for any such program are exceeded or are not achieved, the number of shares of restricted stock issued to Mr. Reidy will be increased or decreased, as appropriate. Commencing in January 2008, Mr. Reidy will be granted stock options for a minimum of 20,000 shares of common stock each fiscal year during the term of the employment agreement.
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Mr. Reidys employment agreement also contains provisions related to his non-voluntary termination from the company, which are summarized below under Potential Payments to Named Executive Officers Upon Termination or Change In Control.
Stock Options
We currently grant stock options under our 2000 Stock Option Plan with an exercise price equal to our closing stock price on the date of grant and with a term of up to ten years. Options granted before January 2007 have an exercise price equal to the average of the high and the low sales prices of our stock on the day of grant. Options vest over a five-year period, beginning on the second anniversary of the grant date (for all key executives of the company, including the named executive officers other than Mr. Butler, whose options start vesting on the first anniversary of the grant date), or the first anniversary of the grant date (for all other optionees). All such options vest only while an executive is employed by the company, unless certain specified events occur, such as death or disability, in which case the options immediately vest and become fully exercisable. Stock options expire no more than ten years from their date of grant.
An optionee has no rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares covered by his or her options until the options are exercised. During the life of the optionee, the option is exercisable only by him or her. No option is exercisable more than 60 days after termination of employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if termination is due to the total and permanent disability of the optionee, vested options remain exercisable for 12 months after termination (unless such person dies during such 12-month period, in which case the period applicable in case of death applies) or, if termination is due to the death of an optionee, vested options remain exercisable until the earlier of six months after the appointment and qualification of an executor or administrator of the deceased optionees estate or 12 months after the death of the optionee. In addition, if the optionee is at least 55 years of age at the time of retirement and has completed at least 10 years of service with the company, then vested options will remain exercisable for a period of 36 months from the date of such persons retirement (unless such person dies during such 36-month period, in which case other periods apply), or, if such retiree has five (but less than 10) years of service with the company, then vested options will remain exercisable for a period of 12 months from the date of such persons retirement (unless such person dies during such 12-month period, in which case the period applicable in the event of death applies).
If our board of directors decides it is in the best interest of the company for Mr. Martone to retire on or after July 1, 2009 and prior to his 65th birthday, all of Mr. Martones unvested stock options will vest as of his designated retirement date.
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OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR-END 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Securities | Securities | Number | Shares or | Units or | Units or | ||||||||||||||||||
Underlying | Underlying | of Shares | Units of | Other | Other | ||||||||||||||||||
Unexercised | Unexercised | Option | or Units of | Stock That | Rights | Rights That | |||||||||||||||||
Options (#) | Options (#) | Exercise | Option | Stock That | Have Not | That Have | Have Not | ||||||||||||||||
Grant | (Exercis- | (Unexercis- | Price | Expiration | Have Not | Vested | Not Vested | Vested | |||||||||||||||
Name | Date(1) | able)(2) | able)(2) | ($)(2) | Date | Vested (#) | ($)(3) | (#)(4) | ($)(3) | ||||||||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | |||||||||||||||
Gary C. Butler | 7/26/1999 | 109,750 | $ 38.01 | 7/25/09 | |||||||||||||||||||
10/18/1999 | 65,850 | $ 40.06 | 10/17/09 | ||||||||||||||||||||
8/14/2000 | 109,750 | $ 51.11 | 8/14/10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
8/13/2001 | 109,750 | $ 44.06 | 8/13/11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
9/21/2001 | 8,780 | $ 39.64 | 9/20/11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
7/22/2002 | 76,825 | $ 29.38 | 7/21/12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
7/22/2002 | 10,864 | $ 29.38 | 7/21/12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
8/12/2002 | 109,750 | $ 33.58 | 8/11/12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
8/11/2003 | 42,802 | 28,535 | $ 34.45 | 8/10/13 | |||||||||||||||||||
8/11/2003 | 88,898 | 59,264 | $ 34.45 | 8/10/13 | |||||||||||||||||||
8/11/2004 | 39,510 | 59,265 | $ 35.56 | 8/10/14 | |||||||||||||||||||
8/11/2005 | 21,950 | 87,800 | $ 40.51 | 8/10/15 | |||||||||||||||||||
7/1/2006 | 76,825 | 307,300 | $ 41.50 | 6/30/16 | |||||||||||||||||||
8/9/2007 | 200,000 | $ 47.55 | 8/8/17 | ||||||||||||||||||||
9/27/2005 | 3,750 | $ 157,125 | |||||||||||||||||||||
9/22/2006 | 13,334 | $ 558,695 | |||||||||||||||||||||
9/10/2008 | 43,900 | $1,839,410 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 43,750 | $1,833,125 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Christopher R. Reidy | 10/2/2006 | 82,312 | $ 42.98 | 10/1/16 | |||||||||||||||||||
1/31/2008 | 20,000 | $ 40.28 | 1/30/2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4/30/2008 | 6,000 | $ 251,400 | |||||||||||||||||||||
9/10/2008 | 17,833 | $ 747,203 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 16,250 | $ 680,875 | |||||||||||||||||||||
S. Michael Martone | 5/15/2000 | 27,437 | $ 46.90 | 5/15/10 | |||||||||||||||||||
5/15/2001 | 27,437 | $ 48.12 | 5/14/11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
9/21/2001 | 4,801 | $ 39.64 | 9/20/11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
5/14/2002 | 27,437 | $ 48.36 | 5/13/12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
7/22/2002 | 27,437 | $ 29.38 | 7/21/12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
7/22/2002 | 5,991 | $ 29.38 | 7/21/12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
5/13/2003 | 21,949 | 5,488 | $ 31.28 | 5/12/13 | |||||||||||||||||||
8/11/2003 | 17,560 | 4,390 | $ 34.45 | 8/10/13 | |||||||||||||||||||
5/11/2004 | 19,755 | 13,170 | $ 42.30 | 5/10/14 | |||||||||||||||||||
8/11/2004 | 14,706 | 22,060 | $ 35.56 | 8/10/14 | |||||||||||||||||||
1/27/2006 | 7,353 | 29,413 | $ 40.70 | 1/26/16 | |||||||||||||||||||
1/26/2007 | 60,362 | $ 42.94 | 1/25/17 | ||||||||||||||||||||
8/9/2007 | 55,000 | $ 47.55 | 8/8/17 | ||||||||||||||||||||
9/27/2005 | 1,375 | $ 57,613 | |||||||||||||||||||||
9/22/2006 | 2,750 | $ 115,225 | |||||||||||||||||||||
9/10/2008 | 34,296 | $1,437,002 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 31,250 | $1,309,375 |
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Option Awards | Stock Awards | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Incentive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Equity | Plan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Incentive | Awards: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Plan | Market | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards: | or Payout | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of | Value of | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Market | Unearned | Unearned | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of | Number of | Value of | Shares, | Shares, | ||||||||||||||||||||
Securities | Securities | Number | Shares or | Units or | Units or | |||||||||||||||||||
Underlying | Underlying | of Shares | Units of | Other | Other | |||||||||||||||||||
Unexercised | Unexercised | Option | or Units of | Stock That | Rights | Rights That | ||||||||||||||||||
Options (#) | Options (#) | Exercise | Option | Stock That | Have Not | That Have | Have Not | |||||||||||||||||
Grant | (Exercis- | (Unexercis- | Price | Expiration | Have Not | Vested | Not Vested | Vested | ||||||||||||||||
Name | Date(1) | able)(2) | able)(2) | ($)(2) | Date | Vested (#) | ($)(3) | (#)(4) | ($)(3) | |||||||||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | ||||||||||||||||
James B. Benson | 10/18/1999 | 27,437 | $ 40.06 | 10/17/09 | ||||||||||||||||||||
10/17/2000 | 21,950 | $ 54.59 | 10/17/10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
9/21/2001 | 2,880 | $ 39.64 | 9/20/11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
10/22/2001 | 21,950 | $ 44.96 | 10/21/11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7/22/2002 | 21,950 | $ 29.38 | 7/21/12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7/22/2002 | 3,621 | $ 29.38 | 7/21/12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
11/12/2002 | 17,560 | 4,390 | $ 38.65 | 11/11/12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
8/11/2003 | 13,169 | 3,293 | $ 34.45 | 8/10/13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
11/11/2003 | 16,463 | 10,974 | $ 35.74 | 11/10/13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1/27/2005 | 7,462 | 11,195 | $ 39.40 | 1/26/15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1/27/2006 | 3,731 | 14,926 | $ 40.70 | 1/26/16 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1/26/2007 | 18,657 | $ 42.94 | 1/25/17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1/31/2008 | 17,000 | $ 40.28 | 1/30/18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
9/27/2005 | 667 | $ 27,947 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9/22/2006 | 1,334 | $ 55,895 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9/10/2008 | 16,462 | $ 689,758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15,000 | $ 628,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
George I. Stoeckert | 10/29/1998 | 43,900 | $ 34.72 | 10/28/08 | ||||||||||||||||||||
10/18/1999 | 27,437 | $ 40.06 | 10/17/09 | |||||||||||||||||||||
10/17/2000 | 21,950 | $ 54.59 | 10/17/10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
9/21/2001 | 3,594 | $ 39.64 | 9/20/11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
10/22/2001 | 21,950 | $ 44.96 | 10/21/11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7/22/2002 | 21,950 | $ 29.38 | 7/21/12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7/22/2002 | 4,444 | $ 29.38 | 7/21/12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
11/12/2002 | 17,560 | 4,390 | $ 38.65 | 11/11/12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
8/11/2003 | 17,560 | 4,390 | $ 34.45 | 8/10/13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
11/11/2003 | 19,755 | 13,170 | $ 35.74 | 11/10/13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1/27/2005 | 8,780 | 13,170 | $ 39.40 | 1/26/15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1/27/2006 | 4,390 | 17,560 | $ 40.70 | 1/26/16 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1/26/2007 | 21,950 | $ 42.94 | 1/25/17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1/31/2008 | 20,000 | $ 40.28 | 1/30/18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
9/27/2005 | 834 | $ 34,945 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9/22/2006 | 1,667 | $ 69,847 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9/10/2008 | 14,267 | $ 597,787 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13,000 | $ 544,700 |
(1) |
We have included in the table awards under our two-year performance-based restricted stock program spanning fiscal years 2007 and 2008. Such awards were formally made on September 10, 2008. | |
(2) |
The option awards and exercise price of options granted prior to March 30, 2007 have been adjusted to reflect the spin-off of our former Brokerage Services Group business on March 30, 2007. | |
(3) | Market value based on June 30, 2008 closing price of our common stock of $41.90 per share. | |
(4) |
Equity Incentive Plan Awards reflect the 2008-2009 two-year performance-based restricted stock program awards that are subject to achievement of target level performance. Since our performance during the first year of the 2008-2009 performance-based restricted stock program would result in awards at the 125% level, we report the number of shares to be awarded at the conclusion of the program based on achieving the 125% level. |
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OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS VESTING SCHEDULE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008 | ||||||||||
Option Awards | Stock Awards | |||||||||
Grant or | ||||||||||
Grant Date | Vesting from Grant Date | Award Date | Vesting Schedule | |||||||
Gary C. Butler | 7/26/1999 | 20% vested on 7/26/2001; | 9/27/2005 | 33 1/3% vested on 7/1/2006; | ||||||
20% vested on 7/26/2002; | 33 1/3% vested on 7/1/2007; | |||||||||
40% vested on 7/26/2003; | 33 1/3% vested on 7/1/2008 | |||||||||
20% vested on 7/26/2004 | Grant was made after performance period | |||||||||
10/18/1999 | 33% vested on 10/18/2002; | which coincides with vesting date of July 1. | ||||||||
67% vested on 10/18/2003 | 9/22/2006 | 33 1/3% vested on 7/1/2007; | ||||||||
8/14/2000 | 20% vested on 8/14/2001; | 33 1/3% vested on 7/1/2008; | ||||||||
20% vested on 8/14/2002; | 33 1/3% vests on 7/1/2009 | |||||||||
20% vested on 8/14/2003; | Grant was made after performance period | |||||||||
20% vested on 8/14/2004; | which coincides with vesting date of July 1 | |||||||||
20% vested on 8/14/2005 | 9/10/2008 | Stock will vest six months after grant date. | ||||||||
8/13/2001 | 60% vested on 8/13/2004; | 9/21/2009 | If performance targets are achieved, stock | |||||||
20% vested on 8/13/2005; | will be granted on or about 9/21/2009 and | |||||||||
10% vested on 8/13/2006; | will vest fully six months after grant date. | |||||||||
10% vested on 8/13/2007 | ||||||||||
9/21/2001 | 100% vested on 9/1/2002 | |||||||||
7/22/2002 | 20% vested on 7/22/2003; | |||||||||
20% vested on 7/22/2004; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 7/22/2005; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 7/22/2006; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 7/22/2007 | ||||||||||
7/22/2002 | 100% vested on 9/1/2003 | |||||||||
8/12/2002 | 40% vested on 8/12/2004; | |||||||||
20% vested on 8/12/2005; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 8/12/2006; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 8/12/2007 | ||||||||||
8/11/2003 | 20% vested on 8/11/2005; | |||||||||
20% vested on 8/11/2006; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 8/11/2007; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 8/11/2008; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 8/11/2009 | ||||||||||
8/11/2003 | 20% vested on 8/11/2005; | |||||||||
20% vested on 8/11/2006; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 8/11/2007; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 8/11/2008; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 8/11/2009 | ||||||||||
8/11/2004 | 20% vested on 8/11/2006; | |||||||||
20% vested on 8/11/2007; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 8/11/2008; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 8/11/2009; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 8/11/2010 | ||||||||||
8/11/2005 | 20% vested on 8/11/2007; | |||||||||
20% vested on 8/11/2008; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 8/11/2009; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 8/11/2010; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 8/11/2011 | ||||||||||
7/1/2006 | 20% vested on 7/1/2007; | |||||||||
20% vested on 7/1/2008; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 7/1/2009; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 7/1/2010; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 7/1/2011 | ||||||||||
8/9/2007 | 20% vested on 8/9/2008; | |||||||||
20% vests on 8/9/2009; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 8/9/2010; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 8/9/2011; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 8/9/2012 |
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Option Awards | Stock Awards | |||||||||
Grant or | ||||||||||
Grant Date | Vesting from Grant Date | Award Date | Vesting Schedule | |||||||
Christopher R. Reidy | 10/2/2006 | 20% vests on 10/2/2008; | 4/30/2008 | 50% vests on 4/30/12; | ||||||
20% vests on 10/2/2009; | 50% vests on 4/30/13 | |||||||||
20% vests on 10/2/2010; | 9/10/2008 | Stock will vest six months after grant date. | ||||||||
20% vests on 10/2/2011; | 9/21/2009 | If performance targets are achieved, stock | ||||||||
20% vests on 10/2/2012. | will be granted on or about 9/21/2009 and | |||||||||
1/31/2008 | 20% vests on 1/31/2010; | will vest fully six months after grant date. | ||||||||
20% vests on 1/31/2011; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 1/31/2012; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 1/31/2013; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 1/31/2014 | ||||||||||
S. Michael Martone | 5/15/2000 | 40% vested on 5/15/2004; | 9/27/2005 | 33 1/3% vested on 7/1/2006; | ||||||
40% vested on 5/15/2005; | 33 1/3% vested on 7/1/2007; | |||||||||
20% vested on 5/15/2006 | 33 1/3% vested on 7/1/2008 | |||||||||
5/15/2001 | 45% vested on 5/15/2005; | Grant was made after performance period | ||||||||
33% vested on 5/15/2006; | which coincides with vesting date of July 1. | |||||||||
22% vested on 5/15/2007 | 9/22/2006 | 33 1/3% vested on 7/1/2007; | ||||||||
9/21/2001 | 100% vested on 9/1/2002 | 33 1/3% vested on 7/1/2008; | ||||||||
5/14/2002 | 40% vested on 5/14/2005; | 33 1/3% vests on 7/1/2009 | ||||||||
20% vested on 5/14/2006; | Grant was made after performance period | |||||||||
20% vested on 5/14/2007; | which coincides with vesting date of July 1. | |||||||||
20% vested on 5/14/2008 | 9/10/2008 | Stock will vest six months after grant date. | ||||||||
7/22/2002 | 20% vested on 7/22/2003; | 9/21/2009 | If performance targets are achieved, stock | |||||||
20% vested on 7/22/2004; | will be granted on or about 9/21/2009 and | |||||||||
20% vested on 7/22/2005; | will vest fully six months after grant date. | |||||||||
20% vested on 7/22/2006; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 7/22/2007 | ||||||||||
7/22/2002 | 100% vested on 9/1/2003 | |||||||||
5/13/2003 | 20% vested on 5/13/2005; | |||||||||
20% vested on 5/13/2006; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 5/13/2007; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 5/13/2008; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 5/13/2009 | ||||||||||
8/11/2003 | 20% vested on 8/11/2004; | |||||||||
20% vested on 8/11/2005; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 8/11/2006; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 8/11/2007; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 8/11/2008 | ||||||||||
5/11/2004 | 20% vested on 5/11/2006; | |||||||||
20% vested on 5/11/2007; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 5/11/2008; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 5/11/2009; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 5/11/2010 | ||||||||||
8/11/2004 | 20% vested on 8/11/2006; | |||||||||
20% vested on 8/11/2007; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 8/11/2008; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 8/11/2009; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 8/11/2010 | ||||||||||
1/27/2006 | 20% vested on 1/27/2008; | |||||||||
20% vests on 1/27/2009; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 1/27/2010; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 1/27/2011; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 1/27/2012 |
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Option Awards | Stock Awards | |||||||||
Grant or | ||||||||||
Grant Date | Vesting from Grant Date | Award Date | Vesting Schedule | |||||||
1/26/2007 | 20% vests on 1/26/2009; | |||||||||
20% vests on 1/26/2010; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 1/26/2011; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 1/26/2012; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 1/26/2013 | ||||||||||
8/9/2007 | 20% vests on 8/9/2009; | |||||||||
20% vests on 8/9/2010; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 8/9/2011; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 8/9/2012; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 8/9/2013 | ||||||||||
James B. Benson | 10/18/1999 | 20% vested on 10/18/2002; | 9/27/2005 | 33 1/3% vested on 7/1/2006; | ||||||
20% vested on 10/18/2003; | 33 1/3% vested on 7/1/2007; | |||||||||
20% vested on 10/18/2004; | 33 1/3% vested on 7/1/2008 | |||||||||
40% vested on 10/18/2005 | Grant was made after performance period | |||||||||
10/17/2000 | 33 1/3% vested on 10/17/2001; | which coincides with vesting date of July 1. | ||||||||
33 1/3% vested on 10/17/2002; | ||||||||||
33 1/3% vested on 10/17/2003 | 9/22/2006 | 33 1/3% vested on 7/1/2007; | ||||||||
9/21/2001 | 100% vested on 9/1/2002 | 33 1/3% vested on 7/1/2008; | ||||||||
10/22/2001 | 20% vested on 10/22/2002; | 33 1/3% vests on 7/1/2009 | ||||||||
20% vested on 10/22/2003; | Grant was made after performance period | |||||||||
20% vested on 10/22/2004; | which coincides with vesting date of July 1. | |||||||||
20% vested on 10/22/2005; | 9/10/2008 | Stock will vest six months after grant date. | ||||||||
20% vested on 10/22/2006 | 9/21/2009 | If performance targets are achieved, stock | ||||||||
7/22/2002 | 20% vested on 7/22/2003; | will be granted on or about 9/21/2009 and | ||||||||
20% vested on 7/22/2004; | will vest fully six months after grant date. | |||||||||
20% vested on 7/22/2005; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 7/22/2006; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 7/22/2007 | ||||||||||
7/22/2002 | 100% vested on 9/1/2003 | |||||||||
11/12/2002 | 20% vested on 11/12/2004; | |||||||||
20% vested on 11/12/2005; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 11/12/2006; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 11/12/2007; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 11/12/2008 | ||||||||||
8/11/2003 | 20% vested on 8/11/2004; | |||||||||
20% vested on 8/11/2005; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 8/11/2006; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 8/11/2007; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 8/11/2008 | ||||||||||
11/11/2003 | 20% vested on 11/11/2005; | |||||||||
20% vested on 11/11/2006; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 11/11/2007; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 11/11/2008; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 11/11/2009 | ||||||||||
1/27/2005 | 20% vested on 1/27/2007; | |||||||||
20% vested on 1/27/2008; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 1/27/2009; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 1/27/2010; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 1/27/2011 | ||||||||||
1/27/2006 | 20% vested on 1/27/2008; | |||||||||
20% vests on 1/27/2009; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 1/27/2010; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 1/27/2011; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 1/27/2012 |
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Option Awards | Stock Awards | |||||||||
Grant or | ||||||||||
Grant Date | Vesting from Grant Date | Award Date | Vesting Schedule | |||||||
1/26/2007 | 20% vests on 1/26/2009; | |||||||||
20% vests on 1/26/2010; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 1/26/2011; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 1/26/2012; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 1/26/2013 | ||||||||||
1/31/2008 | 20% vests on 1/31/2010; | |||||||||
20% vests on 1/31/2011; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 1/31/2012; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 1/31/2013; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 1/31/2014 | ||||||||||
George I. Stoeckert | 10/29/1998 | 25% vested on 10/28/2001; | 9/27/2005 | 33 1/3% vested on 7/1/2006; | ||||||
25% vested on 10/29/2002; | 33 1/3% vested on 7/1/2007; | |||||||||
25% vested on 10/29/2003; | 33 1/3% vested on 7/1/2008 | |||||||||
25% vested on 10/29/2004 | Grant was made after performance period | |||||||||
10/18/1999 | 20% vested on 10/18/2001; | which coincides with vesting date of July 1. | ||||||||
20% vested on 10/18/2002; | 9/22/2006 | 33 1/3% vested on 7/1/2007; | ||||||||
20% vested on 10/18/2003; | 33 1/3% vested on 7/1/2008; | |||||||||
20% vested on 10/18/2004; | 33 1/3% vests on 7/1/2009 | |||||||||
20% vested on 10/18/2005 | Grant was made after performance period | |||||||||
10/17/2000 | 25% vested on 10/17/2003; | which coincides with vesting date of July 1. | ||||||||
25% vested on 10/17/2004; | 9/10/2008 | Stock will vest six months after grant date. | ||||||||
25% vested on 10/17/2005; | 9/21/2009 | If performance targets are achieved, stock | ||||||||
25% vested on 10/17/2006 | will be granted on or about 9/21/2009 and | |||||||||
9/21/2001 | 100% vested on 9/1/2002 | will vest fully six months after grant date. | ||||||||
10/22/2001 | 20% vested on 10/22/2002; | |||||||||
20% vested on 10/22/2003; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 10/22/2004; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 10/22/2005; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 10/22/2006 | ||||||||||
7/22/2002 | 20% vested on 7/22/2003; | |||||||||
20% vested on 7/22/2004; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 7/22/2005; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 7/22/2006; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 7/22/2007 | ||||||||||
7/22/2002 | 100% vested on 9/1/2003 | |||||||||
11/12/2002 | 20% vested on 11/12/2004; | |||||||||
20% vested on 11/12/2005; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 11/12/2006; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 11/12/2007; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 11/12/2008 | ||||||||||
8/11/2003 | 20% vested on 8/11/2004; | |||||||||
20% vested on 8/11/2005; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 8/11/2006; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 8/11/2007; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 8/11/2008 | ||||||||||
11/11/2003 | 20% vested on 11/11/2005; | |||||||||
20% vested on 11/11/2006; | ||||||||||
20% vested on 11/11/2007; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 11/11/2008; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 11/11/2009 | ||||||||||
1/27/2005 | 20% vested on 1/27/2007; | |||||||||
20% vested on 1/27/2008; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 1/27/2009; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 1/27/2010; | ||||||||||
20% vests on 1/27/2011 |
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Option Awards | Stock Awards | ||||||||
Grant or | |||||||||
Grant Date | Vesting from Grant Date | Award Date | Vesting Schedule | ||||||
1/27/2006 | 20% vested on 1/27/2008; | ||||||||
20% vests on 1/27/2009; | |||||||||
20% vests on 1/27/2010; | |||||||||
20% vests on 1/27/2011; | |||||||||
20% vests on 1/27/2012 | |||||||||
1/26/2007 | 20% vests on 1/26/2009; | ||||||||
20% vests on 1/26/2010; | |||||||||
20% vests on 1/26/2011; | |||||||||
20% vests on 1/26/2012; | |||||||||
20% vests on 1/26/2013 | |||||||||
1/31/2008 | 20% vests on 1/31/2010; | ||||||||
20% vests on 1/31/2011; | |||||||||
20% vests on 1/31/2012; | |||||||||
20% vests on 1/31/2013; | |||||||||
20% vests on 1/31/2014 |
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OPTION EXERCISES AND STOCK VESTED TABLE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008
Option Awards | Stock Awards | ||||||||||
Number | Number | ||||||||||
of Shares | Value | of Shares | Value | ||||||||
Acquired on | Realized on | Acquired on | Realized on | ||||||||
Name | Exercise (#) | Exercise ($) | Vesting (#) | Vesting ($) | |||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | |||||||
Gary C. Butler(1) | 131,700 | $ | 1,861,632 | 42,416 | $ | 1,929,824 | |||||
Christopher R. Reidy(2) | 0 | $ | 0 | 13,000 | $ | 578,890 | |||||
S. Michael Martone(3) | 32,925 | $ | 117,190 | 28,237 | $ | 1,268,229 | |||||
James B. Benson(4) | 43,900 | $ | 639,430 | 13,489 | $ | 605,917 | |||||
George I. Stoeckert(5) | 43,900 | $ | 1,058,697 | 12,066 | $ | 543,863 |
(1) | Mr. Butler exercised options to purchase 131,700 shares on April 3, 2008 with an exercise price of $29.1846 and a market price of $43.32. Mr. Butler acquired 10,416 shares with a market price of $48.47 on July 2, 2007, and 32,000 shares with a market price of $44.53 on January 1, 2008, each upon lapse of restrictions. | |
(2) | Mr. Reidy acquired 13,000 shares with a market price of $44.53 on January 1, 2008 upon lapse of restrictions. | |
(3) | Mr. Martone exercised options to purchase 32,925 shares on April 3, 2008 with an exercise price of $39.8907 and a market price of $43.45. Mr. Martone acquired 2,750 shares with a market price of $48.47 on July 2, 2007 and 25,487 shares with a market price of $44.53 on January 1, 2008, each upon lapse of restrictions. | |
(4) | Mr. Benson exercised options to purchase 43,900 shares on October 31, 2007, with an exercise price of $34.7244 and a market price of $49.29. He acquired 1,333 shares with a market price of $48.47 on July 2, 2007 and 12,156 shares with a market price of $44.53 on January 1, 2008, each upon lapse of restrictions. | |
(5) | Mr. Stoeckert exercised options to purchase 43,900 shares on November 5, 2007, with an exercise price of $24.8839 and a market price of $49.00. He acquired 1,666 shares with a market price of $48.47 on July 2, 2007 and 10,400 shares with a market price of $44.53 on January 1, 2008, each upon lapse of restrictions. |
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PENSION BENEFITS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008
Number of | Present Value | Payments | ||||||||
Years Credited | of Accumulated | During Last | ||||||||
Name | Plan Name | Service(1) | Benefit(2)(3)(4) | Fiscal Year | ||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | ||||||
Gary C. Butler | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 32.50 | $ | 1,842,361 | $0 | |||||
Pension Retirement Plan | $0 | |||||||||
Supplemental Officers | 16.67 | $ | 4,693,153 | $0 | ||||||
Retirement Plan | ||||||||||
Christopher R. Reidy | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 0.50 | $ | 2,663 | $0 | |||||
Pension Retirement Plan | ||||||||||
Supplemental Officers | 1.00 | $ | 156,171 | $0 | ||||||
Retirement Plan | ||||||||||
S. Michael Martone | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 20.50 | $ | 1,773,544 | $0 | |||||
Pension Retirement Plan | ||||||||||
Supplemental Officers | 13.00 | $ | 1,200,005 | $0 | ||||||
Retirement Plan | ||||||||||
James B. Benson | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 30.50 | $ | 2,020,696 | $0 | |||||
Pension Retirement Plan | ||||||||||
Supplemental Officers | 16.67 | $ | 1,004,754 | $0 | ||||||
Retirement Plan | ||||||||||
George I. Stoeckert | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 15.50 | $ | 1,589,323 | $0 | |||||
Pension Retirement Plan | ||||||||||
Supplemental Officers | 16.00 | $ | 422,778 | $0 | ||||||
Retirement Plan |
(1) | Consists of the number of years of service credited as of June 30, 2008 for the purpose of determining benefit service under the applicable pension plan. Credited service is defined in the Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan as full calendar years of continuous employment with the company. Credited service is defined in the Pension Retirement Plan as elapsed time of employment with the company. | |
(2) | The Pension Retirement Plan and the Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan provide benefits in the form of a lump sum and/or an annuity. We calculated a present value of the executives benefit using an interest crediting rate, a discount rate and a mortality assumption. We calculated the actuarial present values of accumulated benefits as of June 30, 2008 under the Pension Retirement Plan and Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan using the RP-2000 white collar mortality table (projected to 2008) and a 6.95% discount rate. For the Pension Retirement Plan only, we also used a 4.50% interest crediting rate. | |
(3) | Cash balances under the Pension Retirement Plan are included in the present values shown for the Pension Retirement Plan in column (d) and, at June 30, 2008, are as follows: Mr. Butler, $296,967; Mr. Reidy, $3,635; Mr. Martone, $195,039; Mr. Benson, $275,977; and Mr. Stoeckert, $149,231. | |
(4) | The present values of accumulated benefits for the Pension Retirement Plan and Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan were determined as of the normal retirement age, i.e., age of 65. |
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Pension Retirement Plan
The Pension Retirement Plan is a tax-qualified defined benefit plan covering substantially all U.S. employees of the company. Under the Pension Retirement Plan, the company credits participants notional accounts with annual contributions, which are determined based upon base salary and years of service. The contributions range from 2.1% to 10% of base salary and the accounts earn interest based upon the ten-year U.S. Treasury constant maturity rates. Compensation used to determine the benefits in any given year is limited to calendar year base salary up to the Internal Revenue Service compensation limit in effect for the plan year. A participant must have three years of service to receive any benefit.
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Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan
The company sponsors a Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan, which is a non-qualified defined benefit plan that pays a lump sum and/or an annuity upon retirement. Eligible participants include the named executive officers and other officers of the company with titles of corporate vice president and above.
On August 14, 2008 our board approved amendments to the Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan. These amendments include changes to the Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan benefits formula and the early retirement factors, in each case, used for any active employee not already earning a benefit by January 1, 2008 or any participant who had not attained age 50 by January 1, 2009 (we refer to such participants as non-grandfathered participants, and to all other participants as grandfathered participants), as well as changes relating to the forms of benefit available for all current and future participants. All participants must have at least five years of service to receive any benefit under the Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan. After ten years of service, a participant will qualify for the full annual benefit (we refer to the percentage of the benefit that has been earned by a participant based on the number of calendar years of continuous plan participation as the vested percentage).
Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan benefits begin on the earliest of (i) the later of attainment of age 60 and the first day of the seventh month following separation from service, (ii) disability or (iii) death. Participants can receive their benefits in the form of a single life annuity, a 25%, 50%, 75% or 100% joint and survivor annuity with a beneficiary, or a ten year certain and life annuity. Subject to rules required under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, participants may generally also elect to have either 25% or 50% of their benefits paid in a single lump sum. A participant who terminates employment by reason of disability is eligible to receive an unreduced benefit payable as of the participants termination. Upon the death of a participant, the participants surviving spouse or other designated beneficiary is eligible to receive a 50% survivor benefit, payable as a life annuity, or if elected, a guaranteed payment for 120 months only. A Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan participant whose employment is involuntarily terminated is eligible to receive service credit for the full year in the year in which the employment terminates. Under certain circumstances, annual benefits are subject to reduction for payments from social security, the Pension Retirement Plan and the 401(k) plan, and any retirement benefits from a former or subsequent employer of the participant.
For grandfathered participants, the amount of the annual benefit is determined by taking the average annual compensation of a participant for the five full consecutive calendar years during which he or she received the highest amount of compensation (we refer to such average annual compensation as final average annual pay), and then multiplying that amount by a factor of 1.5%, the number of years of service and his or her vested percentage. The maximum annual plan benefit which may be paid to grandfathered participants will be limited to 25% of a participants final average annual pay (which we express as a maximum service period of 16.67 years). For grandfathered participants, compensation covered under the Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan includes base salary and bonus amounts (paid or deferred) and compensation from restricted stock vesting during the fiscal year. A grandfathered participant whose benefit payments begin before the first day of the month on or after the participants 65th birthday will receive payments which are reduced at a rate of 5/12 of 1% per month for each full month by which the participants benefit commencement precedes the participants 65th birthday.
For non-grandfathered participants the amount of the annual benefit is determined by taking such participants final average annual pay, and then multiplying that amount by a factor of 2%, the number of years of service (up to 20 years), and his or her vested percentage. For non-grandfathered participants with more than 20 years of service only, added to that first amount will be an amount equal to such participants final average annual pay, multiplied by 1%, up to five additional years of service, and his or her vested percentage. Final average annual pay for non-grandfathered participants will be based on salary, bonuses, and incentive payment awards, excluding restricted stock and other stock-based awards. The maximum annual plan benefit which may be paid to non-grandfathered participants will be limited to 45% of a participants final average annual pay. A non-grandfathered participant whose benefit payments begin before the first day of the month on or after the participants 65th birthday will receive payments which are reduced at a rate of 4/12 of 1% per month for each month (up to 36 months) by which the participants benefit commencement precedes the participants 65th birthday, and, if applicable, further reduced at a rate of 5/12 of 1% for each month by which the benefit commencement precedes the participants 62nd birthday. Non-grandfathered participants cannot receive a benefit less than the benefit they had accrued on December 31, 2008 under the formula applicable to grandfathered participants.
If any participant within 24 months after his or her employment terminates violates the non-competition provisions of any agreement such participant has entered into with the company, such participant will forfeit all of his or her benefits under the Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan.
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NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008
Executive | Registrant | Aggregate | Aggregate | Aggregate | ||||||||||
Contributions in | Contributions in | Earnings in | Withdrawals/ | Balance at | ||||||||||
Name | 2008(1) ($) | 2008 ($) | 2008(2) ($) | Distributions ($) | June 30, 2008(3) | |||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | |||||||||
Gary C. Butler | $ | 2,330,000 | $0 | $ | 118,949 | $0 | $ | 2,448,949 | ||||||
Christopher R. Reidy | $ | 0 | $0 | $ | 0 | $0 | $ | 0 | ||||||
S. Michael Martone | $ | 0 | $0 | $ | 0 | $0 | $ | 581,027 | ||||||
James B. Benson | $ | 488,200 | $0 | $ | 0 | $0 | $ | 2,354,421 | ||||||
George I. Stoeckert | $ | 0 | $0 | $ | 0 | $0 | $ | 0 |
(1) | The amounts listed in column (b) reflect the annual bonus for fiscal year 2007 that was payable in fiscal year 2008, but which was deferred by Messrs. Butler and Benson; these amounts were reported as compensation in the Summary Compensation Table for fiscal year 2007. In addition, the annual bonuses earned for fiscal year 2008 by Mr. Butler ($2,025,000) and Mr. Benson ($431,000) that were paid in August 2008 were also deferred by Messrs. Butler and Benson; these amounts were reported as compensation in the Summary Compensation Table for fiscal year 2008. As the amounts in respect of fiscal year 2008 bonuses were not deferred until after we concluded fiscal year 2008, such amounts are not included in columns (b) and (f). | |
(2) | The aggregate earnings of Messrs. Martone and Benson were negative $57,871 and $81,803, respectively. We reflected $0 for these amounts. The earnings amounts are not reported as compensation in the last fiscal year in the Summary Compensation Table. | |
(3) | The following amounts were previously reported as compensation in the Summary Compensation Table for previous years: Mr. Butler, $ 2,330,000; Mr. Martone $117,058; and Mr. Benson, 488,200. |
Deferred Compensation Program
Under the ADP Executive Deferred Compensation Program, all key executives of the company (including the named executive officers) can defer up to 100% of their annual bonuses into a deferred compensation account. Officers must make annual elections to defer in the first quarter of the fiscal year in which the bonus is earned. They can choose two investment options for their deferrals: a fixed income fund or a fund designed to track the performance of the Standard & Poors index of 500 leading U.S. companies. The fixed fund rate is adjusted each fiscal year. For fiscal year 2008, the fixed fund rate was 5.75%, or 112% of the applicable federal long-term rate. The company does not match deferrals by its named executive officers or otherwise contribute any amounts to the named executive officers deferred compensation accounts.
All deferrals made beginning with fiscal year 2005 are administered in compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. Fund allocations are chosen at the same time the deferral is elected. The program does not allow such allocations to change once the deferral is made to the account. Each participant has the option of making a one-time change affecting when their distributions from the account will occur. The change, which is required to be made twelve months before the first distribution date, and can only be used to delay the timing and change the number of installment payments received. However, in accordance with Section 409A, any changed distribution cannot be earlier than 5 years after the previously scheduled distribution date, with the exception of payments made by the reason of death or permanent disability.
The program requires that on termination of employment, other than due to retirement, death or disability, deferred funds will be distributed to participants in a lump sum payment. This overrides all previously elected distribution schedules. Those funds and the earnings on deferrals made for fiscal year 2005 and later may be distributed to an executive after termination of employment only after a six-month delay. Distributions are subject to federal, state and local income taxes on both the principal amount and investment earnings at the ordinary income rate in the year in which such payments are made.
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POTENTIAL PAYMENTS TO NAMED EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS UPON TERMINATION
OR CHANGE IN CONTROL
Change in Control Severance Plan for Corporate Officers
We have in effect the Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Change in Control Severance Plan for Corporate Officers. The change in control plan provides for the payment of specified benefits to officers selected by the board of directors if their employment terminates after a change in control of the company. All named executive officers of the company participate in the change in control plan. As of June 30, 2008, there were 30 participants in the change in control plan.
The change in control plan provides that:
A participants current total annual compensation equals his or her highest rate of annual salary during the calendar year in which his or her employment terminates or the year immediately prior to the year of such termination, plus his or her average annual bonus compensation earned in respect of the two most recent calendar years immediately preceding the calendar year in which his or her employment terminates.
The change in control payments due to Messrs. Reidy, Benson and Stoeckert are payable solely pursuant to the terms of the change in control plan. However, Messrs. Butler and Martone are both entitled to receive, on an item-by-item basis, the greater of the benefits and payments and more favorable conditions provided under the change in control plan and/or, in the case of Mr. Butler, his employment agreement entered into on June 28, 2006 and, in the case of Mr. Martone, the change of control agreement entered into on November 15, 2006.
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A change in control will have occurred if:
If instructed by a participant, the company will reduce payments under the change in control plan to avoid the application of excise taxes pursuant to Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Employment Agreement with Mr. Butler
Mr. Butler entered into an employment agreement with the company on June 28, 2006. The employment agreement provides that the companys obligation to make payments to Mr. Butler will cease on the date he is terminated for cause, i.e. if he has:
If the company terminates Mr. Butlers employment for any reason other than (i) for cause, as discussed above, (ii) for death or permanent or serious disability, either physical or mental, (iii) on account of a change in control, or (iv) because the compensation committee either deems it to be in the companys best interests for Mr. Butler to retire before his 65th birthday (or if Mr. Butler elects to retire after his 65th birthday) or confers on any other person any authority, duties, responsibilities or powers superior or equal to the authority, duties, responsibilities or powers that Mr. Butler has as the companys chief executive officer on August 31, 2006, Mr. Butler will, for 24 months after such termination date:
If Mr. Butler dies or becomes permanently and seriously disabled, either physically or mentally, so that he is absent from his office due to such disability and otherwise unable substantially to perform his services under the employment agreement, the company may terminate his employment. Under such circumstances, the company will continue to pay Mr. Butlers full compensation up to and including the effective date of his termination for death or disability. For 36 months after such termination date, he will:
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If Mr. Butler elects to voluntarily leave in the absence of a change in control (other than where the compensation committee determines that it is in the companys best interests for Mr. Butler to retire before his 65th birthday or confers on any other person any authority, duties, responsibilities or powers superior or equal to the authority, duties, responsibilities or powers that Mr. Butler had as chief executive officer of the company on August 31, 2006, or if Mr. Butler elects to retire after his 65th birthday), the companys obligation to make any payment to Mr. Butler will cease on the date his employment ends.
If Mr. Butlers employment is terminated other than for cause, or he resigns for good reason, within 24 months following a change in control of the company:
For purposes of the employment agreement, good reason means any action which results in a diminution in any respect in Mr. Butlers current position, authority, duties or responsibilities as the companys chief executive officer, or a reduction in the overall level of his compensation or benefits.
Mr. Butlers employment agreement provides that in the event any payment to him following a change in control results in the imposition of an excise tax under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code, he will receive an additional payment such that after the payment of all such excise taxes and any taxes on the additional payments, he will be in the same after-tax position as if no excise tax had been imposed.
If the compensation committee deems it to be in the companys best interests that Mr. Butler retires prior to reaching his 65th birthday or if he decides to retire at any time after his 65th birthday, then:
If our board of directors confers on any other person (including any other director, officer or associate of the company) any authority, duties, responsibilities or powers superior or equal to the authority, duties, responsibilities or powers Mr. Butler had as our chief executive officer on August 31, 2006, Mr. Butler may deem such action to constitute a request that he immediately retire in the best interests of the company, in which case the arrangements set forth in the foregoing paragraph will apply.
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If Mr. Butlers employment terminates other than for cause, then, for purposes of the Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan, his final average annual pay will be deemed to include the applicable compensation attributable to the periods covered by the termination payments made to Mr. Butler under his employment agreement. If the compensation committee deems it to be in the companys best interests that Mr. Butler retire prior to his 65th birthday, any early retirement benefit payable under the Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan will not be actuarially reduced to reflect the payment of benefits before his normal retirement date.
Change in Control Agreement with Mr. Martone
Mr. Martone entered into a change in control agreement with the company on November 15, 2006. The agreement provides that if Mr. Martone is terminated without cause or if Mr. Martone leaves for good reason during the two-year period following the occurrence of a change in control, Mr. Martone will receive a lump sum payment equal to 200% of his current total annual compensation. This termination payment will be reduced to 150% or 100% of Mr. Martones current total annual compensation if such termination or resignation occurs during the third year, or more than three years, respectively, following the occurrence of a change of control.
In addition, all of Mr. Martones stock options will become fully vested, and all of his restricted stock having restrictions lapsing within three years after the date of such termination or resignation will have such restrictions automatically removed. In the event any payment to Mr. Martone following a change in control results in the imposition of an excise tax under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code, he will receive an additional payment such that after the payment of all such excise taxes and any taxes on the additional payments, he will be in the same after-tax position as if no excise tax had been imposed.
Employment Agreement with Mr. Reidy
Mr. Reidy entered into an employment agreement with the company on August 1, 2006. The agreement provides that if Mr. Reidy is non-voluntarily terminated from the company within the first three years of his employment, he will receive two years of base salary, bonus and restricted stock. After the third year of his employment, Mr. Reidy will be entitled to separation pay equal to one year of base salary, bonus and restricted stock.
Health Coverage
Certain executives, including named executive officers, who terminate employment with the company after they have attained age 55 and been credited with ten years of service are eligible to participate in our executive retiree medical plan.
Termination and Change in Control Tables
The following tables set forth the payments which each of our named executive officers would have received under various termination scenarios on June 30, 2008. With regard to the payments on a change in control, the amounts detailed below presume that each named executive officers employment was terminated by the company without cause or by the executive for good reason within two years following the change in control occurring on June 30, 2008.
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Potential Payments upon Termination
or Change in Control for
Gary C. Butler
Termination | Involuntary | ||||||||||||||||||||
Following Change | Termination | ||||||||||||||||||||
Payment Elements | In Control | Death | Disability | Without Cause | Retirement | ||||||||||||||||
($) | ($) | ($) | ($) | ($) | |||||||||||||||||
Termination Payment | $ | 8,366,250 | (1) | $ | 2,700,000 | (2) | $ | 2,700,000 | (2) | $ | 1,800,000 | (3) | $ | 0 | |||||||
Stock Options(4) | $ | 1,275,264 | $ | 1,275,264 | $ | 1,275,264 | $ | 1,275,264 | $ | 1,275,264 | |||||||||||
Restricted Stock(5) | $ | 3,653,848 | $ | 3,653,848 | $ | 3,653,848 | $ | 3,653,848 | $ | 3,653,848 | |||||||||||
Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan(6) | $ | 6,461,528 | (7) | $ | 2,262,748 | $ | 6,461,528 | (7) | $ | 6,461,528 | (7) | $ | 5,385,683 | (8) | |||||||
Excise Tax Gross Up | $ | 4,482,617 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | |||||||||||
Health Coverage(9) | $ | 57,000 | $ | 0 | $ | 57,000 | $ | 57,000 | $ | 57,000 | |||||||||||
Deferred Compensation(10) | $ | 2,448,949 | $ | 2,448,949 | $ | 2,448,949 | $ | 2,448,949 | $ | 2,448,949 | |||||||||||
Other | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 314,409 | (11) | ||||||||||
Total | $ | 26,745,455 | $ | 12,340,808 | $ | 16,596,588 | $ | 15,696,588 | $ | 13,135,152 |
(1) | Represents payment of three times of each of (i) highest rate of annual salary during the calendar year in which employment terminates or the year immediately prior to the termination ($900,000) and (ii) average annual bonus for the two most recent completed calendar years ($1,888,750). | |
(2) | Represents payment of three times of annual salary of $900,000. | |
(3) | Represents payment of two times of annual salary of $900,000. | |
(4) | Assumes all outstanding options were exercised on June 30, 2008 at $41.90 per share, the closing price of a share of common stock of the company on the New York Stock Exchange on June 30, 2008. | |
(5) | Amounts include $715,820 attributable to one-year performance-based restricted stock, and $2,938,028 attributable to the 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 two-year performance-based restricted stock programs. Amounts assume performance goals of the two-year performance-based restricted stock program spanning fiscal years 2008 and 2009 will be achieved at 100% target rate. | |
(6) | Represents present value of the benefit as of June 30, 2008. We calculated the present value as of June 30, 2008 using the RP-2000 white collar mortality table (projected to 2008) and a 6.95% discount rate. | |
(7) | Mr. Butler is entitled to an unreduced early retirement benefit upon termination following change in control, involuntary termination or disability. Amount represents the present value of an unreduced early retirement benefit. | |
(8) | Present value of accrued benefit as of June 30, 2008 reduced for early retirement by 5% per year for every year Mr. Butlers age precedes 65. | |
(9) | We determined the present value of this health coverage using a discount rate of 6.25% and a medical inflation rate beginning at 9.5% for 2008-2009 and ultimately settling at 5% by 2015. | |
(10) | Represents aggregate value of nonqualified deferred compensation balance at June 30, 2008. The deferred compensation account is funded entirely by Mr. Butlers bonus deferrals. | |
(11) | Value of administrative support, office space and automobile. The amount disclosed assumes Mr. Butler would use these benefits for 3.3 years, which is the period between June 30, 2008 and October 31, 2011, when Mr. Butler will be 65. |
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Potential Payments upon Termination
or Change in Control for
Christopher R. Reidy
Termination | Involuntary | |||||||||||||||||
Following Change | Termination | |||||||||||||||||
Payment Elements | In Control | Death | Disability | Without Cause | Retirement | |||||||||||||
($) | ($) | ($) | ($) | ($) | ||||||||||||||
Termination Payment | $ | 1,455,938 | (1) | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 1,836,000 | (2) | $0 | |||||||
Stock Options(3) | $ | 32,400 | $ | 32,400 | $ | 32,400 | $ | 0 | $0 | |||||||||
Restricted Stock(4) | $ | 1,142,487 | $ | 1,142,487 | $ | 1,142,487 | $ | 1,195,575 | $0 | |||||||||
Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan(5) | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 509,289 | $ | 0 | $0 | |||||||||
Total | $ | 2,882,225 | $ | 1,426,287 | $ | 1,935,576 | $ | 3,031,575 | $0 |
(1) | Represents payment of one and one-half times of each of (i) highest rate of annual salary during the calendar year in which employment terminates or the year immediately prior to the termination ($510,000) and (ii) average annual bonus for the two most recent completed calendar years ($460,625). | |
(2) | Represents payment of two times of each of annual salary of $510,000 and target annual bonus of $408,000. | |
(3) | Assumes all outstanding options were exercised on June 30, 2008 at $41.90 per share, the closing price of a share of common stock of the company on the New York Stock Exchange on June 30, 2008. | |
(4) | Amounts in the columns for Termination Following Change In Control, Death and Disability are attributable to the 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 two-year performance-based restricted stock programs and assume that performance goals of these programs will be achieved at 100% target rate. As per an existing employment agreement the company has with Mr. Reidy, the amount for the Involuntary Termination Without Cause column reflects a payment value of two times the 2007/2008 two-year performance-based restricted stock. | |
(5) | Represents present value of the benefit as of June 30, 2008. We calculated the present value as of June 30, 2008 using the RP-2000 white collar mortality table (projected to 2008) and a 6.95% discount rate. The amount in the Disability column reflects the present value of an unreduced early retirement benefit. |
Potential Payments upon Termination
or Change in Control for
S. Michael Martone
Termination | Involuntary | ||||||||||||||||||||
Following Change | Termination | ||||||||||||||||||||
Payment Elements | In Control | Death | Disability | Without Cause | Retirement | ||||||||||||||||
($) | ($) | ($) | ($) | ($) | |||||||||||||||||
Termination Payment(1) | $ | 3,049,275 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | |||||||||||
Stock Options(2) | $ | 266,164 | $ | 266,164 | $ | 266,164 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | |||||||||||
Restricted Stock(3) | $ | 2,369,948 | $ | 2,369,948 | $ | 2,369,948 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | |||||||||||
Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan(4) | $ | 1,550,309 | $ | 578,918 | $ | 1,852,735 | $ | 1,550,309 | $ | 1,427,532 | (5) | ||||||||||
Health Coverage(6) | $ | 80,000 | $ | 0 | $ | 80,000 | $ | 80,000 | $ | 80,000 | |||||||||||
Deferred Compensation(7) | $ | 581,027 | $ | 581,027 | $ | 581,027 | $ | 581,027 | $ | 581,027 | |||||||||||
Total | $ | 7,896,723 | $ | 3,796,057 | $ | 5,149,874 | $ | 2,211,336 | $ | 2,088,559 |
(1) | Represents payment of two times of each of (i) highest rate of annual salary during the calendar year in which employment terminates or the year immediately prior to the termination ($750,000) and (ii) average annual bonus for the two most recent completed calendar years ($774,638). | |
(2) | Assumes all outstanding options were exercised on June 30, 2008 at $41.90 per share, the closing price of a share of common stock of the company on the New York Stock Exchange on June 30, 2008. | |
(3) | Amounts include $172,838 attributable to one-year performance-based restricted stock, and $2,197,110 attributable to the 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 two-year performance-based restricted stock programs. Amounts assume performance goals of the two-year performance-based restricted stock program spanning fiscal years 2008 and 2009 will be achieved at 100% target rate. |
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(4) | Represents present value of the benefit as of June 30, 2008. We calculated the present value as of June 30, 2008 using the RP-2000 white collar mortality table (projected to 2008) and a 6.95% discount rate. The amount in the Disability column reflects the present value of an unreduced early retirement benefit. | |
(5) | Present value of accrued benefit as of June 30, 2008 reduced for early retirement by 5% per year for every year Mr. Martones age precedes 65. | |
(6) | We determined the present value of this health coverage using a discount rate of 6.25% and a medical inflation rate beginning at 9.5% for 2008-2009 and ultimately settling at 5% by 2015. | |
(7) | Represents aggregate value of nonqualified deferred compensation balance at June 30, 2008. The deferred compensation account is funded entirely by Mr. Martones bonus deferrals. |
Potential Payments upon Termination
or Change in Control for
James B. Benson
Termination | Involuntary | ||||||||||||||||||||
Following Change | Termination | ||||||||||||||||||||
Payment Elements | In Control | Death | Disability | Without Cause | Retirement | ||||||||||||||||
($) | ($) | ($) | ($) | ($) | |||||||||||||||||
Termination Payment(1) | $ | 1,293,994 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | |||||||||||
Stock Options(2) | $ | 179,902 | $ | 179,902 | $ | 179,902 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | |||||||||||
Restricted Stock(3) | $ | 1,138,465 | $ | 1,138,465 | $ | 1,138,465 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | |||||||||||
Supplemental Officers Retirement Plan(4) | $ | 1,081,380 | $ | 483,817 | $ | 1,181,836 | $ | 1,081,380 | $ | 1,081,380 | (5) | ||||||||||
Health Coverage(6) | $ | 43,000 | $ | 0 |