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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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255 Fiserv Drive

Brookfield, Wisconsin 53045

April 5, 2016

You are cordially invited to attend the annual meeting of shareholders of Fiserv, Inc. to be held at our office in Alpharetta, Georgia on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. (ET). This important day on the Fiserv calendar provides us with an opportunity to review our financial results and strategic progress in providing our clients, and their customers, innovative technology products and services.

Information about the meeting and the matters on which shareholders will act is set forth in the accompanying Notice of 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement. Following action on these matters, we will present a report on our business activities. You can find financial and other information about Fiserv in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015. We welcome your comments or inquiries about our business that would be of general interest to shareholders during the meeting.

We urge you to be represented at the annual meeting, regardless of the number of shares you own or whether you are able to attend the annual meeting in person, by voting as soon as possible. Shareholders can vote their shares via the Internet, by telephone or by mailing a completed and signed proxy card (or voting instruction form if you hold your shares through a broker).

Sincerely,

 

      LOGO

Jeffery W. Yabuki

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

LOGO

 

 
 
 

 

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     Notice of 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

 

 
 

Time and Date:

Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. (ET)

Place:

Fiserv, 2900 Westside Parkway, Alpharetta, Georgia 30004

Matters To Be Voted On:

1. Election of eleven directors to serve for a one-year term and until their successors are elected and qualified.

 

2. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers.

 

3. Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2016.

 

4. Shareholder proposal asking the board of directors to adopt and present for shareholder approval a proxy access by-law, if properly presented.

 

     Any other business as may properly come before the annual meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.

Who Can Vote:

Holders of Fiserv stock at the close of business on March 21, 2016.

Date of Mailing:

On April 5, 2016, we began mailing the notice of Internet availability of proxy materials, or a proxy statement, proxy card and annual report, to shareholders.

By order of the board of directors,

 

 

LOGO

Lynn S. McCreary

Secretary

April 5, 2016

Important notice regarding the availability of proxy materials for the shareholder meeting to be held on May 18, 2016: The proxy statement, 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K and the means to vote by Internet are available at http://www.proxyvote.com.

 

 

LOGO

 

 
 
 

 

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Proxy Statement Summary

    1   

Proxy and Voting Information

    6   

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

    9   

Proposal 1. Election of Directors

    11   

Our Board of Directors

    11   

Majority Voting

    11   

Nominees for Election

    12   

Corporate Governance

    18   

Director Compensation

    23   

Proposal 2. Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation

    27   

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

    29   

Compensation Committee Report

    41   

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

    41   

Executive Compensation

    42   

Summary Compensation Table

    42   

Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2015

    44   

Outstanding Equity Awards at December 31, 2015

    45   

Option Exercises and Stock Vested During 2015

    47   

Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control

    48   

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

    56   

Proposal 3. Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    57   

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and Fees

    58   

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy

    58   

Audit Committee Report

    58   

Proposal 4. Shareholder Proposal

    59   

Fiserv’s Statement in Opposition

    60   

Other Matters

    61   

Shareholder Proposals for the 2017 Annual Meeting

    61   

Proxy Statement and Annual Report Delivery

    61   

Appendix A. Non-GAAP Financial Measures

    62   

 

 
 
 

 

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     Proxy Statement Summary

 

 
 

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this proxy statement. This summary does not contain all of the information you should consider, and you should read the entire proxy statement carefully before voting.

 

 

Annual Meeting

 

Time and Date:    Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. (ET)
Place:   

Fiserv

2900 Westside Parkway

Alpharetta, Georgia 30004

Record Date:    March 21, 2016
Voting:    Shareholders as of the record date are entitled to vote by Internet at www.proxyvote.com; telephone at 1-800-690-6903; completing and returning their proxy card or voter instruction card; or in person at the annual meeting (shareholders who hold shares through a bank, broker or other nominee must obtain a legal proxy from their bank, broker or other nominee granting the right to vote).

Proxy Statement

This proxy statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation on behalf of the board of directors of Fiserv, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation, of proxies for use at our 2016 annual meeting of shareholders. This proxy statement is being made available to our shareholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting on or about April 5, 2016.

Purposes of Annual Meeting

 

Agenda Item

 

  

Board Vote
Recommendation

 

  

Page Reference

for More Detail

 

        
1.   

Election of Directors

The board of directors has nominated eleven individuals for election as directors. All nominees are currently serving as directors and all, except Mr. Yabuki, our President and Chief Executive Officer, are independent. We believe that each nominee for director has the requisite experience, integrity and sound business judgment to serve as a director.

 

  

FOR each

Director Nominee

   11
                

 

2.

  

 

Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation

The board of directors is asking shareholders to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement. Our compensation program for named executive officers is designed to create long-term shareholder value by rewarding performance as described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this proxy statement.

 

  

 

FOR

  

 

27

                

 

3.

  

 

Ratification of Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

As a matter of good corporate governance, the audit committee of the board of directors is seeking ratification of its appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2016.

  

 

FOR

  

 

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Agenda Item

 

  

Board Vote
Recommendation

 

  

Page Reference

for More Detail

 

 

4.

  

 

Shareholder Proposal on Proxy Access

(if properly presented)

After engaging with shareholders and reviewing current market practices, on February 19, 2016, our board of directors amended our by-laws to implement proxy access. Because we have already implemented proxy access, this proposal is unnecessary and not in the best interests of our shareholders.

 

  

 

AGAINST

  

 

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Executing on Our Strategy

We delivered solid results in 2015 highlighted by internal revenue growth of 4% and adjusted earnings per share of $3.87, a 15% increase over 2014. We made progress in strategic areas that we believe will enhance our future results, and we continued to enhance our level of competitive differentiation which we believe is essential to sustaining future growth. As discussed further in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this proxy statement, our named executive officer compensation for 2015 was paid or awarded in the context of these results.

Internal revenue growth and adjusted earnings per share are non-GAAP financial measures. See Appendix A to this proxy statement for information regarding these measures and a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measures.

Governance Highlights

On February 19, 2016, our board of directors amended our by-laws to implement proxy access in the form that it believes is most appropriate for our company and our shareholders and is consistent with current market practices. Specifically, the by-laws provide that any shareholder or group of up to 20 shareholders that beneficially owns at least 3% of our outstanding common stock continuously for three years and that complies with the procedures set forth in our by-laws may nominate up to the greater of two individuals or 20% of the board of directors for election to the board and require us to include such nominees in our proxy materials. Our board adopted proxy access after considering various potential formulations of proxy access and engaging with a number of our shareholders who provided valuable feedback on the subject of proxy access.

In 2015, we added a new, independent director to our board of directors, representing the fourth independent director who has joined our board since 2012. We also enhanced the evaluation of our annual board, committee and individual director performance to help ensure that our board of directors and committees are comprised of directors with the necessary skills and experience to best represent our company and shareholders.

Compensation Highlights

For 2015, we paid cash incentive awards to named executive officers generally around target because, although we exceeded our target adjusted earnings per share and, if applicable, target consolidated net operating profit performance goals, our internal revenue growth results were below target. The named executive officers received annual equity incentive awards in 2015 at or above target levels. The value of equity compensation we granted to our chief executive officer as a percentage of his total compensation remained comparable with 2014 and was three times the cash compensation paid to him. As a group, 85% of the compensation paid to our named executive officers was in the form of incentive awards, and three-quarters of the total incentive awards were in the form of equity. In addition, more than three-quarters of the aggregate equity awards granted to our named executive officers in 2015 were in the form of stock options,

 

 
 
 

 

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which are inherently performance-based and deliver value only to the extent that the price of our stock increases.

In 2015, our executive officers executed amendments to their outstanding equity award agreements to enable our executive officers to retain their equity awards following a qualified retirement, subject to compliance with ongoing non-competition, confidentiality and other obligations, which further align their long-term interests with those of our shareholders as they approach possible retirement. In addition, in early 2016, our compensation committee began granting performance share units to certain executive officers. These performance share units have a three-year performance period, and the number of shares issued at vesting will be based on the company’s achievement of internal revenue growth goals, subject to attaining a threshold level of adjusted income from continuing operations over such three-year period.

In 2016, we entered into amendments to the employment agreement and key executive employment and severance agreement with our chief executive officer. Under the amendments, he will continue to serve as our president and chief executive officer for at least another three-year term followed by automatic one-year renewals, and we eliminated the excise tax gross-up provisions in his agreements.

We encourage you to review the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section of this proxy statement as well as the tabular and narrative disclosure under “Executive Compensation.”

 

 
 
 

 

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Compensation Practices

 

What We Do
LOGO      Our compensation committee strives to provide total compensation at a level comparable to the 50th percentile of our peers with an opportunity for 75th percentile compensation for superior performance. In 2015, the total compensation of our chief executive officer was between the 50th and 60th percentile of our peers, and the total compensation of our other named executive officers was in-line with our compensation philosophy.
LOGO      We provide cash incentive awards based on achievement of annual performance goals and equity compensation that promotes long-term financial and operating performance by delivering incremental value to executive officers to the extent our stock price increases over time. In early 2016, we began granting performance share units to certain executive officers. The number of shares issued at vesting will be determined by the achievement of performance goals over a three-year period.
LOGO      We have a stock ownership policy that requires our executive officers to acquire and maintain a significant amount of Fiserv equity, and in 2015, we amended the terms of the equity awards granted to our executive officers to enable them to retain their awards following a qualified retirement, subject to compliance with ongoing non-competition, confidentiality and other obligations, which further align their long-term interests with those of our shareholders as they approach possible retirement.
LOGO      We have a policy that prohibits our executive officers from hedging or pledging Fiserv stock.
LOGO      We have a compensation recoupment, or “clawback,” policy.

 

 
 
   

 

 

What We Don’t Do
LOGO      In 2016, we amended the employment agreements with our chief executive officer to eliminate the excise tax gross-up provisions in those agreements. We do not have excise tax gross-up arrangements with any of our other executive officers, and we have a policy not to enter into such arrangements in the future.
LOGO      We don’t provide separate pension programs or a supplemental executive retirement plan to our named executive officers.
LOGO      We generally don’t provide personal-benefit perquisites to our named executive officers.

 

 
 
 

 

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Board Nominees

The board met five times during 2015 and each of our directors attended 75% or more of the aggregate number of meetings of the board and the committees on which he or she served, in each case while the director was serving on our board of directors during 2015. All candidates were nominated in accordance with the company’s governance guidelines. The following table provides summary information on each director nominee. For more information about each director nominee, please see their full biographies beginning on page 12.

 

 

 

Name

 

      

Age

 

      

Director
Since

 

      

Principal Occupation

 

      

Independent

 

      

Current Committee    
Memberships

 

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

Daniel P. Kearney *

     76      1999      Financial Consultant      LOGO       

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

Alison Davis

     54      2014      Advisor, Fifth Era      LOGO        Audit

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

Christopher M. Flink

     44      2012      Partner, IDEO      LOGO       

Audit

 

Nominating

and Corp.

Governance

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

Dennis F. Lynch

     67      2012      Chairman, Cardtronics, Inc.      LOGO        Compensation

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

Denis J. O’Leary

     59      2008      Investor      LOGO       

Audit

 

Nominating

and Corp.

Governance

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

Glenn M. Renwick +

     60      2001      Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Progressive Corporation      LOGO        Compensation

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

Kim M. Robak +

     60      2003      Partner, Mueller Robak, LLC      LOGO       

Nominating

and Corp.

Governance

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

JD Sherman

     50      2015      President and Chief Operating Officer, HubSpot, Inc.      LOGO        Audit

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

Doyle R. Simons

     52      2007      President and Chief Executive Officer, Weyerhaeuser Company      LOGO        Compensation

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

Thomas C. Wertheimer +

     75      2003      Financial Consultant      LOGO        Audit

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

Jeffery W. Yabuki

     56      2005      President and Chief Executive Officer, Fiserv, Inc.          

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

* Chairman of the Board                + Committee Chair

 

 
 
 

 

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     Proxy and Voting Information

 

 
 

The board of directors of Fiserv, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation, is soliciting proxies in connection with our annual meeting of shareholders to be held on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. (ET), or at any adjournment or postponement of the meeting. On or about April 5, 2016, we mailed the notice of Internet availability of proxy materials, or a proxy statement, proxy card and annual report, to all shareholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting.

 

 

 

Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials

 

In accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, we may furnish our proxy statement and annual report to shareholders of record by providing access to those documents via the Internet instead of mailing printed copies. The notice you received regarding the Internet availability of our proxy materials (the “Notice”) provides instructions on how to access our proxy materials and cast your vote over the Internet, by telephone or by mail.

 

Shareholders’ access to our proxy materials via the Internet allows us to reduce printing and delivery costs and lessen adverse environmental impacts. If you would like to receive a paper or email copy of our proxy materials, you should follow the instructions in the Notice for requesting those materials.

 

Solicitation of Proxies

 

We will pay the cost of soliciting proxies on behalf of the board of directors. Our directors, officers and other employees may solicit proxies by mail, personal interview, telephone or electronic communication. None of them will receive any special compensation for these efforts.

 

We have retained the services of Georgeson Inc. (“Georgeson”) to assist us in soliciting proxies. Georgeson may solicit proxies by personal interview, mail, telephone or electronic communications. We expect to pay Georgeson its customary fee, approximately $10,000, plus reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in the process of soliciting proxies. We also have made arrangements with brokerage firms, banks, nominees and other fiduciaries to forward proxy materials to beneficial owners of shares. We will reimburse such record holders for the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with forwarding proxy materials.

         

Proxies solicited hereby will be tabulated by an inspector of election, who will be designated by the board of directors and will not be an employee or director of Fiserv, Inc.

 

Holders Entitled to Vote

 

The board of directors has fixed the close of business on March 21, 2016 as the record date for determining the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the annual meeting. On the record date, there were 222,991,799 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote, and we had no other classes of securities outstanding.

 

All of these shares are to be voted as a single class, and you are entitled to cast one vote for each share you held as of the record date on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders.

 

Voting Your Shares

 

You may vote:

 

By Internet

Visit www.proxyvote.com

 

By telephone

Dial toll-free 1-800-690-6903

 

By mailing your proxy card

If you requested a printed copy of the proxy materials, mark your vote on the proxy card, sign and date it, and return it in the enclosed envelope.

 

In person

If you are a shareholder of record you may join us in person at the annual meeting to be held at our Alpharetta, Georgia office. If you plan to attend the annual meeting, please let us know by contacting Investor Relations at (800) 425-FISV or investor.relations@fiserv.com.

 

 

 
 
 

 

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Voting through the Internet or by telephone. You may direct your vote by proxy without attending the annual meeting. You can vote by proxy over the Internet or by telephone until 11:59 p.m. (ET) on May 17, 2016 by following the instructions provided in the Notice. Shareholders voting via the Internet or by telephone will bear any costs associated with electronic or telephone access, such as usage charges from Internet access providers and telephone companies.

Voting by proxy card. If you requested a printed copy of the proxy materials, you may vote by returning a proxy card that is properly signed and completed. The shares represented by that card will be voted as you have specified.

Banks, brokers or other nominees. Shareholders who hold shares through a bank, broker or other nominee may vote by the methods that their bank or broker makes available, in which case the bank or broker will include instructions with the Notice or this proxy statement. If you wish to vote in person at the annual meeting, you must obtain a legal proxy from your bank, broker or other nominee giving you the right to vote the shares at the annual meeting.

401(k) savings plan. An individual who has a beneficial interest in shares of our common stock allocated to his or her account under the Fiserv, Inc. 401(k) savings plan may vote the shares of common stock allocated to his or her account. We will provide instructions to participants regarding how to vote. If no direction is provided by the participant about how to vote his or her shares by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on May 15, 2016, the trustee of the Fiserv, Inc. 401(k) savings plan will vote the shares in the same manner and in the same proportion as the shares for which voting instructions are received from other participants, except that the trustee, in the exercise of its fiduciary duties, may determine that it must vote the shares in some other manner.

Proxies

Daniel P. Kearney, Chairman of the board of directors, Jeffery W. Yabuki, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Lynn S. McCreary, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, have been selected by the board of directors as proxy holders and will vote shares represented by valid proxies. All shares represented by valid proxies received and not

 

 
 
   

revoked before they are exercised will be voted in the manner specified in the proxies.

If nothing is specified, the proxies will be voted: to elect each of the board’s nominees for director; to approve the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement; to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm; and against the shareholder proposal relating to proxy access, if properly presented at the annual meeting.

Our board of directors is unaware of any other matters that may be presented for action at our annual meeting. If other matters do properly come before the annual meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof, it is intended that shares represented by proxies will be voted in the discretion of the proxy holders.

You may revoke your proxy at any time before it is exercised by doing any of the following:

 

  entering a new vote using the Internet or by telephone

 

  giving written notice of revocation to Lynn S. McCreary, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Fiserv, Inc., 255 Fiserv Drive, Brookfield, Wisconsin 53045

 

  submitting a subsequently dated and properly completed proxy card

 

  attending the annual meeting and voting in person

However, if your shares are held of record by a bank, broker or other nominee, you must obtain a proxy issued in your name from the record holder.

Quorum

The presence, in person or by proxy, of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote at the annual meeting will constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Holders of shares that abstain from voting or that are subject to a broker non-vote will be counted as present for the purpose of determining the presence or absence of a quorum for the transaction of business. In the event there are not sufficient votes for a quorum or to approve a proposal at the time of the annual meeting, the annual meeting may be adjourned or postponed, in our sole discretion, in order to permit the further solicitation of proxies.

 

 
 
 

 

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Required Vote

 

 

Proposal

 

        

Voting Standard

 

1.    Election of directors         

A director will be elected if the number of shares voted “for” that director’s election exceeds the number of votes cast “withheld” with respect to that director’s election.

 

2.   

To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement

 

      
3.    To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2016       

To be approved, the number of votes cast “for” the proposal must exceed the number of votes cast “against” the proposal.

 

4.   

To vote on a shareholder proposal relating to proxy access, if properly presented at the annual meeting

 

          

For each of these proposals, abstentions and broker non-votes will be entirely excluded from the vote and will have no effect on its outcome.

 

 
 
 

 

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     Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

 

 
 

The following table sets forth information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of March 10, 2016 by: each current director and director nominee; each executive officer appearing in the Summary Compensation Table; all directors and executive officers as a group; and any person who is known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of the outstanding shares of our common stock based on our review of the reports regarding ownership filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Exchange Act.

 

 

 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1)

 

      

Number of Shares of
Common Stock
Beneficially Owned(2)

 

      

Percent of Class(3)

 

 

    

 

    

 

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.(4)

100 E. Pratt Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

     31,253,227      14.0%

 

    

 

    

 

The Vanguard Group, Inc.(5)

100 Vanguard Blvd.

Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355

     19,906,233      8.9%

 

    

 

    

 

BlackRock, Inc.(6)

55 East 52nd Street

New York, New York 10055

     14,118,869      6.3%

 

    

 

    

 

Jeffery W. Yabuki

     2,703,532      1.2%

 

    

 

    

 

Thomas J. Hirsch

     116,982      *    

 

    

 

    

 

Mark A. Ernst

     399,910      *    

 

    

 

    

 

Kevin P. Gregoire

     66,615      *    

 

    

 

    

 

Byron C. Vielehr

     56,325      *    

 

    

 

    

 

Alison Davis

     2,054      *    

 

    

 

    

 

Christopher M. Flink

     14,403      *    

 

    

 

    

 

Daniel P. Kearney

     80,255      *    

 

    

 

    

 

Dennis F. Lynch

     17,163      *    

 

    

 

    

 

Denis J. O’Leary

     77,571      *    

 

    

 

    

 

Glenn M. Renwick

     137,259      *    

 

    

 

    

 

Kim M. Robak

     70,843      *    

 

    

 

    

 

JD Sherman

          *    

 

    

 

    

 

Doyle R. Simons

     76,547      *    

 

    

 

    

 

Thomas C. Wertheimer

     56,958      *    

 

    

 

    

 

All directors and executive officers as a group (19 people)

     4,234,010      1.9%

 

    

 

    

 

* Less than 1%.

 

(1)   Unless otherwise indicated, the address for each beneficial owner is care of Fiserv, Inc., 255 Fiserv Drive, Brookfield, Wisconsin 53045.

 

(2)   All information with respect to beneficial ownership is based upon filings made by the respective beneficial owners with the Securities and Exchange Commission or information provided to us by such beneficial owners. Except as indicated in the footnotes to this table, the persons named in the table have

         

sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown as beneficially owned by them, subject to community property laws.

 

Includes stock options, which, as of March 10, 2016, were exercisable currently or within 60 days: Mr. Yabuki – 2,299,283; Mr. Hirsch – 85,968; Mr. Ernst – 344,695; Mr. Gregoire – 40,134; Mr. Vielehr – 56,011; Ms. Davis – 1,545; Mr. Flink – 10,900; Mr. Kearney – 44,968;

 

 

 
 
 

 

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        Mr. Lynch – 12,974; Mr. O’Leary – 42,402; Mr. Renwick – 51,104; Ms. Robak – 30,446; Mr. Simons – 44,088; Mr. Wertheimer – 44,968; and all directors and executive officers as a group – 3,374,617. Includes 1,138 restricted stock units held by Mr. Gregoire, which, as of March 10, 2016, were due to vest within 60 days.

 

        Includes shares deferred under vested restricted stock units: Mr. Hirsch – 12,640; Ms. Davis – 425; Mr. Kearney – 12,495; Mr. Lynch – 4,189; Mr. O’Leary – 10,805; Mr. Renwick – 14,295; Ms. Robak – 6,873; Mr. Simons – 14,295; and all directors and executive officers as a group – 76,017.

 

        Also includes shares eligible for issuance pursuant to the non-employee director deferred compensation plan: Mr. Kearney – 13,448; Mr. O’Leary – 15,462; Mr. Renwick – 18,722; Ms. Robak – 6,982; Mr. Simons – 16,914; and all directors as a group – 71,528.

 

        Mr. Kearney is a trustee of the Daniel and Gloria Kearney Foundation which holds 3,400 shares of our common stock. Mr. Yabuki is a trustee of the Yabuki Family Foundation which holds 61,714 shares of our common stock. As a trustee, Mr. Kearney or Mr. Yabuki, as applicable, has voting and investment power over the shares held by the foundation. These shares are, accordingly, included in their respective reported beneficial ownership.

 

 

 

(3)    On March 10, 2016, there were 223,082,350 shares of common stock outstanding. Percentages are calculated pursuant to Rule 13d-3(d) under the Exchange Act. Shares not outstanding that are subject to options exercisable by the holder thereof within 60 days, shares due upon vesting of restricted stock units within 60 days, shares deferred pursuant to vested restricted stock units and shares eligible for issuance pursuant to the non-employee director deferred compensation plan are deemed outstanding for the purposes of calculating the number and percentage owned by such shareholder but not deemed outstanding for the purpose of calculating the percentage of any other person.

 

 

 

(4)    Based on a Schedule 13G filed by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (“Price Associates”) on February 11, 2016 with the Securities and

 

 
 
   
  Exchange Commission, which indicates that these securities are owned by various individual and institutional investors for which Price Associates serves as investment adviser with power to direct investments and/or sole power to vote the securities. According to the Schedule 13G, Price Associates exercises sole voting power over 8,430,443 of the securities and sole dispositive power over 31,253,227 of the securities. For purposes of the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, Price Associates is deemed to be a beneficial owner of such securities; however, Price Associates expressly disclaims that it is, in fact, the beneficial owner of such securities.

 

 

 

(5)    Based on a Schedule 13G filed by The Vanguard Group, Inc. (“Vanguard Group”) on February 10, 2016 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which indicates that the Vanguard Group exercises sole voting power over 428,679 of the securities, shared voting power over 24,200 of the securities, sole dispositive power over 19,446,250 of the securities and shared dispositive power over 459,983 of the securities. According to the Schedule 13G, Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company (“VFTC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vanguard Group, is the beneficial owner of 359,483 of the securities as a result of VFTC serving as investment manager of collective trust accounts, and Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd. (“VIA”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vanguard Group, is the beneficial owner of 169,696 of the securities as a result of VIA serving as investment manager of Australian investment offerings.

 

 

 

(6)    Based on a Schedule 13G filed by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) on February 10, 2016 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which indicates that various persons have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, these securities. According to the Schedule 13G, BlackRock exercises sole voting power over 12,057,015 of the securities and sole dispositive power over 14,118,869 of the securities.

 

 
 
 

 

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     Proposal 1. Election of Directors

 

 
 

Our Board of Directors

All directors will be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified.

All of the nominees for election as director at the annual meeting are incumbent directors. No nominee for director has been nominated pursuant to any agreement or understanding between us and any person, and there are no family relationships among any of our directors or executive officers. These nominees have consented to serve as a director if elected, and management has no reason to believe that any nominee will be unable to serve. Unless otherwise specified, the shares of common stock represented by the proxies solicited hereby will be voted in favor of the nominees proposed by the board of directors. In the event that any director nominee becomes unavailable for re-election as a result of an unexpected occurrence, shares will be voted for the election of such substitute nominee, if any, as the board of directors may propose. The affirmative vote of a majority of votes cast is required for the election of directors.

 

 
 
   

Majority Voting

Our by-laws provide that each director will be elected by the majority of the votes cast with respect to that director’s election at any meeting of shareholders for the election of directors, other than a contested election. A majority of the votes cast means that the number of votes cast “for” a director’s election exceeds the number of votes cast “withheld” with respect to that director’s election. In a contested election, each director will be elected by a plurality of the votes cast with respect to that director’s election. Once our chairman of the board determines that a contested election exists in accordance with our by-laws, the plurality vote standard will apply at a meeting at which a quorum is present regardless of whether a contested election continues to exist as of the date of such meeting.

Our by-laws further provide that, in an uncontested election of directors, any nominee for director who is already serving as a director and receives a greater number of votes “withheld” from his or her election than votes “for” his or her election will promptly tender his or her resignation. The nominating and corporate governance committee of the board of directors will then promptly consider the tendered resignation, and the committee will recommend to the board whether to accept or reject it. Following the board’s decision, we will promptly file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission that sets forth the board’s decision whether to accept the resignation as tendered, including a full explanation of the process by which the decision was reached and, if applicable, the reasons for rejecting the tendered resignation. Any director who tenders a resignation pursuant to this provision will not participate in the committee recommendation or the board consideration regarding whether to accept the tendered resignation.

 

 
 
 

 

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Nominees for Election

Each person listed below is nominated for election to serve as a director until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The board of directors recommends that you vote in favor of its nominees for director.

 

 

    

 

Alison Davis, 54

 

•  Director since 2014

 

•  Audit Committee member

 

•  Principal occupation:

   Advisor, Fifth Era

 

•  Experience in global financial

   services, corporate strategy and

   financial management

    

Ms. Davis is an advisor to Fifth Era, a firm that invests in and incubates early stage technology companies, and previously served as its Managing Partner from 2011 to 2015. Prior to Fifth Era, she was the Managing Partner of Belvedere Capital Partners, Inc., a private equity firm serving the financial services sector, from 2004 to 2010. Prior to joining Belvedere, she served as Chief Financial Officer for Barclays Global Investors, an institutional asset manager that is now part of BlackRock, Inc., from 2000 to 2003, a senior partner at A.T. Kearney, Inc., a leading global management consulting firm, from 1993 to 2000, and a consultant at McKinsey & Company, another leading global management consulting firm, from 1984 to 1993.

 

In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Ms. Davis has served as a director at the following publicly traded companies: Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (current), a British bank holding company, Unisys Corporation (current), a global information technology company, Ooma, Inc. (current), a consumer telecommunications company, Diamond Foods, Inc. (former), a packaged food company, LECG Corporation (former), a consulting firm, City National Bank (former), a wholly owned subsidiary of City National Corporation which is a provider of banking, investment and trust services, and Xoom Corporation (former), a digital money transfer provider.

 

The board concluded that Ms. Davis should be a director of the company because of her extensive experience in global financial services, corporate strategy and financial management.

 

 

    

 

Christopher M. Flink, 44

 

•  Director since 2012

 

•  Audit Committee and Nominating

   and Corporate Governance

   Committee member

 

•  Principal occupation:

   Partner, IDEO

 

•  Experience with innovative

   technologies and helping

   companies innovate and grow

    

Mr. Flink is a partner at the innovation and design firm IDEO where he leads key client relationships, guiding portfolios of innovation projects in retail, education and consumer products. In his 18 years at IDEO, Mr. Flink has held a variety of roles, from heading the firm’s Consumer Experience Design practice to co-founding its New York office. Mr. Flink also teaches at Stanford University where he is a lecturer at the Graduate School of Business, a consulting associate professor at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school), and a member of the d.school’s leadership team.

 

In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Mr. Flink has served as a director of E*TRADE Financial Corporation (former), a publicly traded financial services company.

 

The board concluded that Mr. Flink should be a director of the company because of his strong understanding of innovative technologies and his over 20 years of experience helping companies of all kinds innovate and grow.

 

    

 

 

 
 
 

 

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Daniel P. Kearney, 76

 

•  Chairman since 2014

 

•  Director since 1999

 

•  Principal occupation:

   Financial Consultant

 

•  Experience in the banking,

   insurance and legal industries for

   over 40 years

    

Mr. Kearney is a financial consultant and served as Chief Investment Officer of Aetna, Inc. from 1991 to 1998. In 1995, he assumed the additional responsibility of President of Aetna’s annuity, pension and life insurance division, retiring in 1998. Prior to joining Aetna, Mr. Kearney was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Resolution Trust Corporation Oversight Board. Before that, he was a principal at Aldrich, Eastman and Waltch, Inc., a Boston-based pension fund advisor. From 1977 to 1988, Mr. Kearney was a Managing Director of Salomon Brothers, Inc. in its Real Estate Financing Department and a founder of its Mortgage Securities Department, and from 1976 to 1977 he was Associate Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget. He served as President of the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) from 1974 to 1976, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development from 1973 to 1974, and as Executive Director of the Illinois Housing Development Authority from 1969 to 1973. He was also in private law practice in Chicago, Illinois.

 

In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Mr. Kearney has served as a director at the following publicly traded companies: non-executive Chairman of MBIA, Inc. (former), a financial guarantor, and MGIC Investment Corporation (former), a mortgage insurance company.

 

The board concluded that Mr. Kearney should be a director of the company because of his over 40 years of experience in the banking, insurance and legal industries.

 

 

    

 

Dennis F. Lynch, 67

 

•  Director since 2012

 

•  Compensation Committee member

 

•  Principal occupation:

   Chairman, Cardtronics, Inc.

 

•  Experience in the payments

   industry for over 30 years

    

Mr. Lynch is Chairman of Cardtronics, Inc., a publicly traded company and the largest owner and operator of retail ATMs worldwide. He was appointed Chairman in 2010 and has served as a director of Cardtronics since 2008. Mr. Lynch was also the founding Chairman and, from 2009 to 2015, a board member of the Secure Remote Payments Council, a cross-industry organization dedicated to accelerating the growth, development and market adoption of more secure e-commerce and mobile payments. He previously served as: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of RightPath Payments, Inc. from 2005 to 2008; a director of Open Solutions, Inc. from 2005 to 2007; President and Chief Executive Officer of NYCE Corporation from 1996 to 2004; and Chairman of Yankee 24 ATM Network from 1988 to 1990.

 

In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Mr. Lynch has served as a director of Cardtronics, Inc. (current).

 

The board concluded that Mr. Lynch should be a director of the company because he has over 30 years of experience in the payments industry and is a leader in the introduction and growth of payment solutions.

 

    

 

 

 
 
 

 

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Denis J. O’Leary, 59

 

•  Director since 2008

 

•  Audit Committee and Nominating

   and Corporate Governance

   Committee member

 

•  Principal occupation:

   Investor

 

•  Experience in the banking and

   information technology industries

    

Mr. O’Leary is a private investor, and from 2009 to 2015, he served as Managing Partner of Encore Financial Partners, Inc., a company focused on the acquisition and management of banking organizations in the United States. From 2006 to 2009, he was a senior advisor to The Boston Consulting Group with respect to the enterprise technology, financial services and consumer payments industries. Through early 2003, he spent 25 years at J.P. Morgan Chase & Company and its predecessors in various capacities, including Director of Finance, Chief Information Officer, Head of Retail Branch Banking, Managing Executive of Lab Morgan, and, from 1994 to 2003, Executive Vice President.

 

In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Mr. O’Leary has served as a director of McAfee, Inc. (former), a formerly publicly traded supplier of computer security solutions. He also currently serves as a director at CrowdStrike, Inc., a privately held computer security software company, Hamilton State Bancshares, Inc., a privately held bank holding company, and The Warranty Group, Inc., a privately held provider of extended warranty programs and related benefits.

 

The board concluded that Mr. O’Leary should be a director of the company because of his extensive knowledge of and experience in both the banking and information technology industries.

 

 

    

 

Glenn M. Renwick, 60

 

•  Director since 2001

 

•  Compensation Committee chair

 

•  Principal occupation:

   Chairman, President and Chief

   Executive Officer, The Progressive

   Corporation

 

•  Experience in business leadership

   and information technology

    

Mr. Renwick is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Progressive Corporation, a publicly traded property and casualty insurance company. Before being named Chief Executive Officer in 2001, Mr. Renwick served as Chief Executive Officer – Insurance Operations and Business Technology Process Leader from 1998 through 2000. Prior to that, he led Progressive’s consumer marketing group and served as president of various divisions within Progressive. Mr. Renwick joined Progressive in 1986 as Auto Product Manager for Florida.

 

In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Mr. Renwick has served as a director at the following publicly traded companies: The Progressive Corporation (current) and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (current), a provider of health insurance.

 

The board concluded that Mr. Renwick should be a director of the company because he is an accomplished business leader with significant information technology experience.

 

    

 

 

 
 
 

 

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Kim M. Robak, 60

 

•  Director since 2003

 

•  Nominating and Corporate

   Governance Committee chair

 

•  Principal occupation:

   Partner at Mueller Robak, LLC

 

•  Experience in the fields of law,

   government and technology

    

Ms. Robak has been a partner at Mueller Robak, LLC, a government relations firm, since 2004. Prior to that, Ms. Robak was Vice President for External Affairs and Corporation Secretary at the University of Nebraska from 1999 to 2004. Ms. Robak served as the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Nebraska from 1993 to 1999, as Chief of Staff from 1992 to 1993, and as Legal Counsel from 1991 to 1992. Prior to 1991, Ms. Robak was a partner at the law firm Rembolt Ludtke Milligan and Berger. During her tenure in state government, she chaired the Governor’s Information Resources Cabinet and led the Information Technology Commission of Nebraska.

 

Ms. Robak also currently serves as a director at Ameritas Mutual Holding Company, a privately held provider of life insurance, annuities, and mutual funds, Ameritas Life Insurance Corporation, a privately held life insurance company, and Union Bank & Trust Company, a privately held financial institution.

 

The board concluded that Ms. Robak should be a director of the company because she is an accomplished businessperson and community leader who brings a variety of experiences to the board through her work in the fields of law, government and technology.

 

 

    

 

JD Sherman, 50

 

•  Director since 2015

 

•  Audit Committee member

 

•  Principal occupation:

   President and Chief Operating

   Officer, HubSpot, Inc.

 

•  Experience in financial management

   and the information technology

   industry

    

Mr. Sherman has served as Chief Operating Officer of HubSpot, Inc., a provider of inbound marketing software, since 2012 and as its President since 2014. Prior to joining HubSpot, Mr. Sherman was Chief Financial Officer of Akamai Technologies, Inc., a provider of content delivery network services, from 2005 to 2012. From 1990 to 2005, Mr. Sherman served in various positions at International Business Machines Corporation, an information technology company, including as Vice President of Financial Planning and Assistant Controller of Corporate Financial Strategy and Budgets.

 

In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Mr. Sherman has served as a director of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (former), a publicly traded provider of programmable technology solutions. He also previously served as a director of 3Com Corporation, a former global enterprise networking solutions provider, and AMIS Holdings, Inc., a former designer and manufacturer of mixed-signal and digital products for the automotive, medical, industrial, military and aerospace sectors.

 

Mr. Sherman was recommended to the nominating and corporate governance committee by a third party search firm. The board concluded that Mr. Sherman should be a director of the company because of his strong financial management experience in the information technology industry.

 

    

 

 

 
 
 

 

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Doyle R. Simons, 52

 

•  Director since 2007

 

•  Compensation Committee member

 

•  Principal occupation:

   President and Chief Executive

   Officer, Weyerhaeuser Company

 

•  Experience in senior management,

   financial and legal matters

    

Mr. Simons is President and Chief Executive Officer of Weyerhaeuser Company, a publicly traded company focused on timberlands and forest products. Prior to joining Weyerhaeuser in 2013, Mr. Simons served in a variety of roles for Temple-Inland, Inc., a formerly publicly traded manufacturing company focused on corrugated packaging and building products which was acquired in 2012. From 2007 to early 2012, he served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; from 2005 to 2007, he was Executive Vice President; from 2003 to 2005, he served as its Chief Administrative Officer; from 2000 to 2003, he was Vice President – Administration; and from 1994 to 2000, he served as Director of Investor Relations.

 

In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Mr. Simons has served as a director at the following publicly traded companies: Weyerhaeuser Company (current) and Temple-Inland, Inc. (former).

 

The board concluded that Mr. Simons should be a director of the company because he is an accomplished businessperson with diverse experiences in senior management and financial and legal matters.

 

 

    

 

Thomas C. Wertheimer, 75

 

•  Director since 2003

 

•  Audit Committee chair

 

•  Principal occupation:

   Financial Consultant

 

•  Experience in accounting, auditing

   and financial reporting matters

    

Mr. Wertheimer is a Certified Public Accountant and a retired Senior Audit Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”). He served as lead audit partner for a number of key multinational and national clients of PwC, including publicly held automotive manufacturing, financial services and retail companies. He also held technical accounting and audit quality positions including Director of Accounting, Auditing and SEC for the Midwest Region of Coopers & Lybrand. Mr. Wertheimer served on the Board of Partners at Coopers & Lybrand from 1995 until its merger with Price Waterhouse in 1998. From 2003 to 2007, he was a consultant to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, assisting in designing and executing its program of inspection of registered accounting firms.

 

In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Mr. Wertheimer has served as a director at the following publicly traded companies: Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (current), an electronic component manufacturer, and Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd. (former), a residential real estate developer in China.

 

The board concluded that Mr. Wertheimer should be a director of the company because of his extensive knowledge of and experience in accounting, auditing and financial reporting matters.

 

    

 

 

 
 
 

 

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Jeffery W. Yabuki, 56

 

•  Director since 2005

 

•  Principal occupation:

   President and Chief Executive

   Officer, Fiserv, Inc.

 

•  Experience in senior management

   positions including as chief

   executive officer of the company

    

Mr. Yabuki has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since 2005. Before joining Fiserv, Mr. Yabuki served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for H&R Block, Inc., a financial services firm, from 2002 to 2005. From 2001 to 2002, he served as Executive Vice President of H&R Block and from 1999 to 2001, he served as the President of H&R Block International. From 1987 to 1999, Mr. Yabuki held various executive positions with American Express Company, a financial services firm, including President and Chief Executive Officer of American Express Tax and Business Services, Inc.

 

Mr. Yabuki also currently serves as a director at Ixonia Bancshares, Inc., a privately held bank holding company.

 

The board concluded that Mr. Yabuki should be a director of the company because he has extensive senior management experience and serves as the chief executive officer of the company.

 

    

 

 

 
 
 

 

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Corporate Governance

At a Glance

 

Name

 

      

Independent                    

 

      

Audit Committee          

 

      

Compensation
Committee                      

 

      

Nominating and
Corporate Governance
Committee

 

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

Daniel P. Kearney

Chairman of the Board

     LOGO                 

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

Alison Davis

     LOGO        LOGO            

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

Christopher M. Flink

     LOGO        LOGO             LOGO  

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

Dennis F. Lynch

     LOGO             LOGO       

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

Denis J. O’Leary

     LOGO        LOGO             LOGO  

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

Glenn M. Renwick

     LOGO             C     

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

Kim M. Robak

     LOGO                  C

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

JD Sherman

     LOGO        LOGO            

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

Doyle R. Simons

     LOGO             LOGO       

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

Thomas C. Wertheimer

     LOGO        C          

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

Jeffery W. Yabuki

                   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

C = Committee Chair

 

Director Independence

 

Our board of directors has determined that Alison Davis, Christopher M. Flink, Daniel P. Kearney, Dennis F. Lynch, Denis J. O’Leary, Glenn M. Renwick, Kim M. Robak, JD Sherman, Doyle R. Simons and Thomas C. Wertheimer are “independent” within the meaning of NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 5605(a)(2). Mr. Yabuki is not independent because he is a current employee of Fiserv.

 

Board Meetings and Attendance

 

During our fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, our board of directors held five meetings. Each director attended at least 75% of the aggregate of the number of meetings of the board of directors and the number of meetings held by all committees of the board on which she or he served, in each case while the director was serving on our board of directors. Our directors meet in executive session without management present at each regular meeting of the board of directors.

 

Directors are expected to attend each annual meeting of shareholders. All of the directors serving

         

on the board at the time of our 2015 annual meeting of shareholders attended the meeting.

 

Board Leadership

 

We separate the roles of chief executive officer and Chairman of the board to allow our leaders to focus on their respective responsibilities. Our chief executive officer is responsible for setting our strategic direction and providing day-to-day leadership. Our Chairman provides guidance to our chief executive officer, sets the agenda for board meetings and presides over meetings of the full board.

 

Our board recognizes the time, effort and energy that our chief executive officer is required to devote to his position in the current business environment, as well as the commitment required to serve as our Chairman. Our board believes that having separate positions provides a clear delineation of responsibilities for each position and enhances the ability of each leader to discharge his duties effectively which, in turn, enhances our prospects for success.

 

 
 
 

 

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Committees of the Board of Directors

Our board of directors has three standing committees: an audit committee; a compensation committee; and a nominating and corporate governance committee. The directors currently serving on these committees satisfy the independence requirements of the NASDAQ Marketplace Rules applicable to such committees, including the enhanced independence requirements for members of the audit committee and compensation committee. Each of these committees has the responsibilities set forth in written charters adopted by the board of directors. We make copies of each of these charters available free of charge on our website at http://investors.fiserv.com/documents.cfm. Other than the text of the charters, we are not including the information contained on or available through our website as a part of, or incorporating such information by reference into, this proxy statement.

 

 

 

Audit Committee

 

    

 

    

 

 

Mr. Wertheimer (Chair)

 

Ms. Davis

 

Mr. Flink

 

Mr. O’Leary

 

Mr. Sherman

Number of Meetings held in 2015:

7

    

Duties:

 

The audit committee’s primary role is to provide independent review and oversight of our financial reporting processes and financial statements, system of internal controls, audit process and results of operations and financial condition. The audit committee is directly and solely responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention, termination and oversight of our independent registered public accounting firm. Each of the members of the audit committee is independent, as defined by applicable NASDAQ and Securities and Exchange Commission rules. The board of directors has determined that Ms. Davis and Messrs. O’Leary, Sherman and Wertheimer are “audit committee financial experts,” as that term is used in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K.

 

Compensation Committee

 

 

    

 

 

Mr. Renwick (Chair)

 

Mr. Lynch

 

Mr. Simons

Number of Meetings held in 2015:

4

    

Duties:

 

The compensation committee of the board of directors is responsible for overseeing executive officer compensation. The compensation committee’s responsibilities include: approval of executive officer compensation and benefits; administration of our equity incentive plans including compliance with executive stock ownership requirements; and approval of severance or similar termination payments to executive officers. Each of the members of the compensation committee is a non-employee director and “independent” as defined by applicable NASDAQ rules. Additional information regarding the compensation committee and our policies and procedures regarding executive compensation, including, among other matters, our use of compensation consultants and their role, and management’s role, in determining compensation, is provided below under the heading “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – Determining and Structuring Compensation – Determining Compensation.”

 

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

 

 

    

 

 

Ms. Robak (Chair)

 

Mr. Flink

 

Mr. O’Leary

Number of Meetings held in 2015:

5

    

Duties:

 

The nominating and corporate governance committee assists the board of directors to identify and evaluate potential director nominees, and recommends qualified nominees to the board of directors for consideration by the shareholders. The nominating and corporate governance committee also oversees our corporate governance policies and practices. Each of the members of the nominating and corporate governance committee is independent as defined by applicable NASDAQ rules.

 

 
 
 

 

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Nominations of Directors

The nominating and corporate governance committee recommends to the full board of directors the nominees to stand for election at our annual meeting of shareholders and to fill vacancies occurring on the board. In this regard, the nominating and corporate governance committee regularly assesses the appropriate size of the board of directors and whether any vacancies on the board of directors are expected due to retirement or otherwise. In the event that vacancies are anticipated or otherwise arise, the committee utilizes a variety of methods to identify and evaluate director candidates. Candidates may come to the attention of the committee through current directors, professional search firms, shareholders or other persons.

The committee evaluates prospective nominees in the context of the then current constitution of the board of directors and considers all factors it believes appropriate, which include those set forth in our governance guidelines. Our governance guidelines provide that a majority of our board of directors should have diverse backgrounds with outstanding business experience, proven ability and significant accomplishments through other enterprises to enable the board of directors to represent a broad set of capabilities and viewpoints. Other than as set forth in our governance guidelines, the committee does not have a formal policy with respect to diversity. The board of directors and the nominating and corporate governance committee believe the following minimum qualifications must be met by a director nominee to be recommended by the committee:

 

  Each director must display the highest personal and professional ethics, integrity and values.

 

  Each director must have the ability to exercise sound business judgment.

 

  Each director must be highly accomplished in his or her respective field.

 

  Each director must have relevant expertise and experience and be able to offer advice and guidance to our chief executive officer based on that expertise and experience.

 

  Each director must be independent of any particular constituency, be able to represent all of our

 

 
 
   
   

shareholders, and be committed to enhancing long-term shareholder value.

 

  Each director must have sufficient time available to devote to activities of the board of directors and to enhance his or her knowledge of our business.

In addition, the nominating and corporate governance committee seeks to have at least one director who is an “audit committee financial expert” under Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), and we must have at least one director (who may also be an “audit committee financial expert”) who, in accordance with the NASDAQ Marketplace Rules, has past employment experience in finance or accounting, requisite professional certification in accounting or any other comparable experience or background which results in the individual’s financial sophistication, including being or having been a chief executive officer, chief financial officer or other senior officer with financial oversight responsibilities.

In making recommendations to the board of directors, the nominating and corporate governance committee examines each director candidate on a case-by-case basis regardless of who recommended the candidate. The committee will consider shareholder-recommended director candidates in accordance with the foregoing and other criteria set forth in our governance guidelines and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter. Recommendations for consideration by the committee must be submitted in writing to the chairman of the board and/or president and the chairman of the nominating and corporate governance committee together with appropriate biographical information concerning each proposed candidate. The committee does not evaluate shareholder-recommended director candidates differently than any other director candidate.

We recently amended our by-laws to include a provision pursuant to which a shareholder, or group of up to 20 shareholders, owning continuously for at least three years shares of our stock representing an aggregate of at least 3% of our outstanding shares may nominate and include in our proxy material director nominees constituting up to 20% of our board of directors – so called “proxy access.” Alternatively, a shareholder may

 

 
 
 

 

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nominate director nominees under our by-laws that the shareholder does not intend to have included in our proxy materials. In either case, such shareholders must comply with the procedures set forth in our by-laws, including that the shareholders and nominees satisfy the requirements in our by-laws and our corporate Secretary receives timely written notice, in proper form, of the intent to make a nomination at an annual meeting of shareholders. The detailed requirements for nominations are set forth in our by-laws, which were attached as an exhibit to our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 19, 2016. A copy of our by-laws will be provided upon written request to our corporate Secretary. Additional requirements regarding shareholder proposals and director nominations, including the dates by which notices must be received, are described below under the heading “Other Matters – Shareholder Proposals for the 2017 Annual Meeting.”

Risk Oversight

Our management is responsible for managing risk, and our board of directors is responsible for overseeing management. To discharge this responsibility, the board seeks to be informed about the risks facing the company so that it may evaluate actual and potential risks and understand how management is addressing such risks. To this end, the board, as a whole and at the committee level, regularly receives reports from management about risks faced by the company. For example, the board of directors regularly receives reports directly from our chief executive officer about, among other matters, developments in our industry so that the board may evaluate the competitive and other risks faced by the company. In addition, our chief financial officer, at each meeting of the board, presents information regarding our financial performance and condition in an effort to understand financial risks faced by the company. Furthermore, at each meeting, the board receives a cybersecurity update from our chief executive officer, chief risk officer, chief information officer or chief legal officer, or a combination of the foregoing, in each case depending on the focus of the matters under review.

As discussed above, the positions of chief executive officer and Chairman are held by different individuals. We believe a separate Chairman position enhances the effectiveness of our board’s risk oversight

 

 
 
   

function by providing leadership to the board that is independent from those tasked with managing the risk profile of our company.

The committees of the board also play a critical role in the board’s ability to collect and assess information. The audit committee’s charter charges it with a variety of risk-related oversight duties, including:

 

  coordinating the board’s oversight of our significant internal controls and disclosure controls and procedures;

 

  administering our code of business conduct and ethics;

 

  reviewing legal and regulatory matters that could have a material impact on the financial statements;

 

  considering and approving related party transactions as required by our related party transactions policy; and

 

  establishing procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters.

At each of its quarterly meetings, the audit committee receives reports from our chief audit executive regarding significant audit findings during the quarter and management’s responses thereto. In addition, the committee regularly receives reports from our chief compliance officer and chief risk officer. Our chief risk officer leads our enterprise risk and resilience group which operates Fiserv’s enterprise risk management program. The program encompasses our business continuity planning, incident management, risk assessment, operational regulatory compliance, insurance and information security across all Fiserv businesses and support functions.

Our compensation committee regularly receives reports about our compensation programs and policies to enable it to oversee management’s administration of compensation-related risks.

The nominating and corporate governance committee also works closely with our chief legal officer and the members of the board to seek to manage risks associated with director and executive officer succession, the independence of the directors, conflicts of interest and other corporate governance related matters.

 

 
 
 

 

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Communications with the Board of Directors

Shareholders may communicate with our board of directors or individual directors by submitting communications in writing to us at 255 Fiserv Drive, Brookfield, Wisconsin 53045, Attention: Lynn S. McCreary, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary. Communications will be delivered directly to our board of directors or individual directors, as applicable.

Review, Approval or Ratification of Transactions with Related Persons

Our board of directors has adopted a written policy requiring that all related person transactions be reviewed and approved by our audit committee or, if the audit committee is not able to review the transaction for any reason, a majority of our disinterested directors. A related person transaction under our policy is one that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act. Compensation matters regarding our executive officers or directors are

 

 
 
   

reviewed and approved by our compensation committee. The policy also provides that, at least annually, each ongoing, previously approved related person transaction is to be reviewed by the body that originally approved the transaction: to ensure that it is being pursued in accordance with all of the understandings and commitments made at the time that it was previously approved; to ensure that the commitments being made with respect to such transaction are appropriately reviewed and documented; and to affirm the continuing desirability of and need for the related person arrangement.

All relevant factors with respect to a proposed related person transaction will be considered, and such a transaction will only be approved if it is in our and our shareholders’ best interests or, if an alternate standard of review is imposed by applicable laws, statutes, governing documents or listing standards, if such alternate standard of review is satisfied.

 

 
 
 

 

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Director Compensation

Objectives for Director Compensation

Quality non-employee directors are critical to our success. We believe that the two primary duties of non-employee directors are to effectively represent the long-term interests of our shareholders and to provide guidance to management. As such, our compensation program for non-employee directors is designed to meet several key objectives:

 

  Adequately compensate directors for their responsibilities and time commitments and for the personal liabilities and risks that they face as directors of a public company

 

  Attract the highest caliber non-employee directors by offering a compensation program consistent with those at peer companies

 

  Align the interests of directors with our shareholders by providing a significant portion of compensation in equity and requiring directors to own our stock

 

  Provide compensation that is simple and transparent to shareholders and reflects corporate governance best practices

 

  Where possible, provide flexibility in form and timing of payments

 

 
 
   

Elements of Director Compensation

The compensation committee of the board of directors reviews non-employee director compensation every other year and considers our financial performance, general market conditions and non-employee director compensation at the peer group companies set forth below under “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – Structuring Compensation – Peer Group.” Based on such review, in 2015, we increased the cash retainer amounts and value of equity awards paid to our non-employee directors to recognize the time, effort and responsibilities expected of our directors and better align their compensation with directors at peer companies.

We believe that the following components of our director compensation program support the objectives above:

 

  We provide cash compensation through retainers for board and committee service, as well as separate retainers to the chairpersons of our board committees. Compensation in this manner simplifies the administration of our program and creates greater equality in rewarding service on committees of the board. The committee and committee chair retainers compensate directors for the additional responsibilities and time commitments involved with those positions.

 

  To compensate the Chairman for his involvement in board and committee matters, he receives an annual cash retainer of $145,000 in addition to the standard board retainer. The Chairman receives equity grants in the same manner as the other non-employee directors.

 

  Non-employee directors receive grants of stock options and restricted stock units which vest 100% on the earlier of (i) the first anniversary of the grant date or (ii) immediately prior to the first annual meeting of shareholders following the grant date.

 

  Our stock ownership policy requires non-employee directors to own shares of our common stock having a total value equal to six times the annual board retainer amount.

 

  We maintain a non-employee director deferred compensation plan that provides directors with flexibility in managing their compensation and promotes alignment with the interests of our shareholders. This plan allows directors to defer all or a part of their cash retainers in hypothetical shares of our common stock until their service on the board ends.

 

 
 
 

 

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  Non-employee directors may also defer receipt of the restricted stock units granted to them annually. Restricted stock units are hypothetical shares of our common stock that are settled in shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis upon vesting, subject to any deferral elections. Directors may defer receipt of shares issuable pursuant to the restricted stock units until their service on the board ends.

Non-Employee Director Deferred

Compensation Plan

Under our non-employee director deferred compensation plan, each non-employee director may defer up to 100% of his or her cash fees. Based on his or her deferral election, the director is credited with a number of share units at the time he or she would have otherwise received the portion of the fees being deferred. Share units are equivalent to shares of our common stock except that share units have no voting rights.

Upon cessation of service on the board, the director receives a share of our common stock for each share unit. Shares are received in a lump sum distribution, and any fractional share units are paid in cash. Share units credited to a director’s account are considered awards granted under the Amended and Restated Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”) and count against that plan’s share reserve.

Stock Ownership Requirements

Under our stock ownership policy, non-employee directors are required to accumulate and hold our common stock having a market value equal to at least six times the amount of the annual board retainer.

Non-employee directors have five years after they become subject to the policy to meet the ownership requirements provided that interim ownership milestones are achieved during the five-year period. All non-employee directors are in compliance with our stock ownership policy.

Director Compensation Program

As discussed further above under “ – Elements of Director Compensation,” in 2015, we increased the cash retainer amounts and value of equity awards paid to our non-employee directors. Our 2015 non-

 

 
 
   

employee director compensation program is summarized below on an annualized basis:

 

Element of Compensation

 

      

Through
June 30, 2015

 

        

From
July 1, 2015

 

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Board Retainer

     $     60,000         $     78,000   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Chairman’s
Retainer(1)

       100,000           145,000   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Committee Retainer

         

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Audit

       12,000           15,000   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Compensation

       10,000           15,000   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Nominating and Corporate Governance

       10,000           15,000   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Committee Chair Retainer

         

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Audit

       7,500           10,000   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Compensation

       7,500           10,000   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Nominating and Corporate Governance

       7,500           10,000   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Equity Awards ($)(2)

         

 

    

 

 

      

Stock Options

       86,000        

 

    

 

 

      

Restricted Stock Units

       86,000        

 

    

 

 

      

 

(1)    Through June 30, the Chairman’s retainer included, and was not in addition to, the standard board retainer. Beginning July 1, the Chairman’s retainer is in addition to the standard board retainer.

 

 

 

(2)    Beginning with the equity awards made upon being elected as a director at our annual meeting of shareholders in 2015, each non-employee director receives stock options and restricted stock units each having approximately $86,000 in value.

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

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2015 Director Compensation

 

Name

 

      

Fees Earned or
Paid in Cash ($)(1)

 

        

Stock Awards ($)(2)

 

        

Option Awards ($)(2)

 

        

Total ($)                        

 

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Alison Davis(3)

       82,500           86,058           86,002           254,560   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Christopher M. Flink(4)

       95,000           86,058           86,002           267,060   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Daniel P. Kearney(5)

       161,500           86,058           86,002           333,560   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Dennis F. Lynch(6)

       81,500           86,058           86,002           253,560   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Denis J. O’Leary(7)

       95,000           86,058           86,002           267,060   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Glenn M. Renwick(8)

       90,250           86,058           86,002           262,310   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Kim M. Robak(9)

       90,250           86,058           86,002           262,310   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

JD Sherman(10)

       23,250           43,017           43,016           109,283   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Doyle R. Simons(11)

       81,500           86,058           86,002           253,560   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Thomas C.
Wertheimer(12)

       91,250           86,058           86,002           263,310   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(1)   This column includes the following amounts deferred under our non-employee director deferred compensation plan, a non-qualified defined contribution plan: Mr. O’Leary ($95,000); Mr. Renwick ($90,250); Ms. Robak ($45,125); and Mr. Simons ($81,500).

 

 

(2)   We granted each non-employee director, other than Mr. Sherman, a number of restricted stock units determined by dividing $86,000 by $81.11, the closing price of our common stock on May 20, 2015, the date of the grant, rounded up to the next whole restricted stock unit. Mr. Sherman joined the board on November 18, 2015 and we granted him a pro rata number of restricted stock units based on the number of days between his date of election and the date of our next annual meeting of shareholders and using the closing price of our common stock on November 18, 2015 of $96.02. Accordingly, each non-employee director, other than Mr. Sherman, received 1,061 restricted stock units, and Mr. Sherman received 448 restricted stock units. The restricted stock units vest 100% on the earlier of the first anniversary of the grant date or immediately prior to the first annual meeting of shareholders following the grant date.

 

We granted each non-employee director, other than Mr. Sherman, a number of stock options determined by dividing $86,000 by a binomial valuation of an option of one share of our common stock on May 20, 2015, the grant date, rounded up to the next whole option. We

         

granted Mr. Sherman a pro rata number of stock options based on the number of days between the date of his election and the date of our next annual meeting of shareholders and using the binomial valuation of an option of one share of our common stock on November 18, 2015, the grant date. Accordingly, we granted an option to purchase 3,297 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $81.11 to each non-employee director, other than Mr. Sherman, and an option to purchase 1,393 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $96.02 to Mr. Sherman. The options vest 100% on the earlier of the first anniversary of the grant date or immediately prior to the first annual meeting of shareholders following the grant date.

 

The dollar amount shown in the table is the grant date fair value of the award. Information about the assumptions that we used to determine the fair value of equity awards is set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K in Note 7 to our Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2015.

 

 

(3)   As of December 31, 2015, Ms. Davis held 4,842 options to purchase shares of our common stock, 1,545 of which were vested, and 1,061 restricted stock units.

 

 

(4)   As of December 31, 2015, Mr. Flink held 14,197 options to purchase shares of our common stock, 10,900 of which were vested, and 1,061 restricted stock units.

 

 

 
 
 

 

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(5) As of December 31, 2015, Mr. Kearney held 54,401 options to purchase shares of our common stock, 51,104 of which were vested, 1,061 restricted stock units, and 13,448 shares eligible for issuance pursuant to the non-employee director deferred compensation plan.

 

 

 

(6) As of December 31, 2015, Mr. Lynch held 16,271 options to purchase shares of our common stock, 12,974 of which were vested, and 1,061 restricted stock units.

 

 

 

(7) As of December 31, 2015, Mr. O’Leary held 45,699 options to purchase shares of our common stock, 42,402 of which were vested, 1,061 restricted stock units, and 15,462 shares eligible for issuance pursuant to the non-employee director deferred compensation plan.

 

 

 

(8) As of December 31, 2015, Mr. Renwick held 54,401 options to purchase shares of our common stock, 51,104 of which were vested, 1,061 restricted stock units, and 18,722 shares eligible for issuance pursuant to the non-employee director deferred compensation plan.

 

 

 

 
 
   

 

(9)    As of December 31, 2015, Ms. Robak held 33,743 options to purchase shares of our common stock, 30,446 of which were vested, 1,061 restricted stock units, and 6,982 shares eligible for issuance pursuant to the non-employee director deferred compensation plan.

 

 

 

(10) Mr. Sherman’s cash compensation includes pro rata compensation for service on the board and audit committee during the fourth quarter of 2015. As of December 31, 2015, Mr. Sherman held 1,393 options to purchase shares of our common stock, none of which were vested, and 448 restricted stock units.

 

 

 

(11) As of December 31, 2015, Mr. Simons held 47,385 options to purchase shares of our common stock, 44,088 of which were vested, 1,061 restricted stock units, and 16,914 shares eligible for issuance pursuant to the non-employee director deferred compensation plan.

 

 

 

(12) As of December 31, 2015, Mr. Wertheimer held 48,265 options to purchase shares of our common stock, 44,968 of which were vested, and 1,061 restricted stock units.

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

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     Proposal 2. Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation

 

 
 

Background

We are conducting a non-binding, advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers, as disclosed in this proxy statement pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act (commonly referred to as “Say-on-Pay”). Our shareholders previously expressed a preference that we hold Say-on-Pay votes on an annual basis, and our board of directors accordingly determined to hold Say-on-Pay votes every year until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of future Say-on-Pay votes.

Proposed Resolution

We encourage shareholders to review the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this proxy statement as well as the tabular and narrative disclosure under the heading “Executive Compensation.” Our compensation program for named executive officers is designed to create long-term shareholder value by rewarding performance and includes the following key factors for 2015:

 

•  We delivered solid results in 2015 highlighted by internal revenue growth of 4% and a 15% increase in adjusted earnings per share. We made progress in strategic areas that we believe will enhance our future results, and we continued to enhance our level of competitive differentiation which we believe is essential to sustaining future growth. Internal revenue growth and adjusted earnings per share are non-GAAP financial measures. See Appendix A to this proxy statement for information regarding these measures and a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measures.

 

•  Our compensation committee strives to provide total compensation at a level comparable to the 50th percentile of our peers with an opportunity for 75th percentile compensation for superior performance. The base salaries of our named executive officers were below the 50th percentile of our peers. The total compensation of our chief executive officer was between the 50th and 60th percentile of our peers, and the total compensation of our other named executive officers was in-line with our compensation philosophy.

 

•  We have: (i) a stock ownership policy that requires our executive officers to maintain a substantial investment in Fiserv stock; (ii) a policy that prohibits executive officers from hedging or pledging our stock; and (iii) a compensation recoupment, or “clawback,” policy, all of which we believe align the interests of our named executive officers with those of our shareholders.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

•  We provided compensation in the form of cash incentive awards based on achievement of annual performance goals and long-term equity compensation that promotes sustained financial and operating performance by delivering incremental value to executive officers to the extent our stock price increases over time. Specifically:

 

•  As a group, 85% of the compensation that we paid to our named executive officers was in the form of incentive awards, and three-quarters of the total incentive awards were in the form of equity.

 

•  More than three-quarters of the aggregate equity awards granted to our named executive officers were in the form of stock options, which are inherently performance-based and deliver value only to the extent that the price of our stock increases.

 

•  We generally did not provide perquisites to our named executive officers in 2015.

 

•  In 2016, we amended the employment agreements with our chief executive officer to eliminate the excise tax gross-up provisions in those agreements. We do not have excise tax gross-up arrangements with any of our other executive officers, and we have a policy not to enter into such arrangements in the future.

 

 
 
 

 

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The board endorses the compensation of our named executive officers and recommends that you vote in favor of the following resolution:

RESOLVED, that the shareholders hereby approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the company’s named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including under the heading “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” and in the tabular and narrative disclosures under the heading “Executive Compensation.”

Vote Required, Effect of Vote and Recommendation of the Board of Directors

To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement, the number of votes cast “for”

 

 
 
   

the proposal must exceed the number of votes cast “against” the proposal. Unless otherwise specified, the proxies solicited hereby will be voted in favor of this proposal.

Because the vote is advisory, it will not be binding upon the board or the compensation committee, and neither the board nor the compensation committee will be required to take any action as a result of the outcome of the vote on this proposal. Although the outcome of this vote is advisory, the compensation committee will carefully consider the outcome of the vote when considering future executive compensation decisions to the extent it can determine the cause or causes of any significant negative voting results.

The board of directors recommends that you vote in favor of Proposal 2.

 

 
 
 

 

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Compensation Discussion and Analysis

Executive Summary

 

Named Executive Officer

 

      

Title

 

 

    

 

Jeffery W. Yabuki      President and Chief Executive Officer

 

    

 

Thomas J. Hirsch      Former Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

 

    

 

Mark A. Ernst      Chief Operating Officer

 

    

 

Kevin P. Gregoire      Group President, Financial Institutions Group

 

    

 

Byron C. Vielehr      Group President, Depository Institution Services Group

 

    

 

 

Overview

 

The Compensation Discussion and Analysis portion of this proxy statement is designed to provide you with information regarding our executive compensation philosophy, how we determine and structure executive compensation, including the factors we consider in making compensation decisions, and our executive compensation policies. The Compensation Discussion and Analysis focuses on the compensation of the executive officers identified above (our “named executive officers”). Mr. Hirsch served as our Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary until March 14, 2016.

 

Our Business

 

Our mission is to provide integrated technology and services solutions that enable best-in-class results for our clients. We pursue this goal with strategies focused on innovative product development, service quality, improved cost effectiveness, aggressive solicitation of new clients and disciplined capital deployment, including strategic acquisitions and divestitures. We face intense competition from domestic and international companies that are aggressive and well financed. Our industry is characterized by rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards and frequent new product introductions. In order to implement our strategic plan, we need to assemble and maintain a leadership team with the integrity, skills and dedication to execute our initiatives. We believe that executive officer compensation can be used to help us achieve our objectives by “paying for performance,” thereby aligning the interests of our executive officers with those of our shareholders.

         

2015 Business Highlights

 

We delivered solid results in 2015 highlighted by internal revenue growth of 4% and adjusted earnings per share of $3.87, a 15% increase over 2014. We made progress in strategic areas that we believe will enhance our future results, and we continued to enhance our level of competitive differentiation which we believe is essential to sustaining future growth. Executive officer compensation for 2015 was paid or awarded in the context of these results.

 

Internal revenue growth and adjusted earnings per share are non-GAAP financial measures. See Appendix A to this proxy statement for information regarding these measures and a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measures.

 

Executive Compensation Practices

 

Our compensation program is designed to create long-term value for our shareholders by rewarding performance and sustainable growth. The table below summarizes our current compensation practices as well as those practices we have not implemented because we do not believe they advance the goals of our compensation program:

 

 
 
 

 

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What We Do

LOGO      Our compensation committee strives to provide total compensation at a level comparable to the 50th percentile of our peers with an opportunity for 75th percentile compensation for superior performance. In 2015, the total compensation of our chief executive officer was between the 50th and 60th percentile of our peers, and the total compensation of our other named executive officers was in-line with our compensation philosophy.
LOGO      We provide cash incentive awards based on achievement of annual performance goals and equity compensation that promotes long-term financial and operating performance by delivering incremental value to executive officers to the extent our stock price increases over time. In early 2016, we began granting performance share units to certain executive officers. The number of shares issued at vesting will be determined by the achievement of performance goals over a three-year period.
LOGO      We have a stock ownership policy that requires our executive officers to acquire and maintain a significant amount of Fiserv equity, and in 2015, we amended the terms of the equity awards granted to our executive officers to enable them to retain their awards following a qualified retirement, subject to compliance with ongoing non-competition, confidentiality and other obligations, which further align their long-term interests with those of our shareholders as they approach possible retirement.
LOGO      We have a policy that prohibits our executive officers from hedging or pledging Fiserv stock.
LOGO      We have a compensation recoupment, or “clawback,” policy.

 

 
 
   

What We Don’t Do

LOGO      In 2016, we amended the employment agreements with our chief executive officer to eliminate the excise tax gross-up provisions in those agreements. We do not have excise tax gross-up arrangements with any of our other executive officers, and we have a policy not to enter into such arrangements in the future.
LOGO      We don’t provide separate pension programs or a supplemental executive retirement plan to our named executive officers.
LOGO      We generally don’t provide personal-benefit perquisites to our named executive officers.

 

 
 
 

 

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2015 Compensation Matters

For 2015, we paid cash incentive awards to named executive officers generally around target because although we exceeded our target adjusted earnings per share and, if applicable, target consolidated net operating profit performance goals, our internal revenue growth results were below target. The named executive officers received annual equity incentive awards in 2015 at or above target levels. The value of equity compensation we granted to our chief executive officer as a percentage of his total compensation remained comparable with 2014 and was three times the cash compensation paid to him. As a group, 85% of the compensation that we paid to our named executive officers was in the form of incentive awards, and three-quarters of the total incentive awards were in the form of equity. In addition, more than three-quarters of the aggregate equity awards granted to our named executive officers were in the form of stock options, which are inherently performance-based and deliver value only to the extent that the price of our stock increases.

Recent Developments

In 2015, our executive officers executed amendments to their outstanding equity award agreements to revise the criteria for retirement and post-retirement treatment of such awards. Following a qualified retirement and subject to compliance with ongoing non-competition, confidentiality and other obligations, unvested equity awards held by an executive officer will continue to vest on their original vesting schedule as if the executive officer had not ceased to be an employee, and vested stock options will remain exercisable until the earlier of five years following retirement or the original expiration date of the stock option. Prior to the modifications, all unvested options and a pro rata portion of restricted stock units granted to our executive officers would vest immediately upon retirement. The modifications apply to both previously granted awards and awards to be granted in the future. The compensation committee approved these changes to enable our executive officers to better align their long-term interests with those of our shareholders and to retain the potential value of their awards as they approach possible retirement.

In early 2016, our compensation committee began granting performance share units to certain executive officers. For certain executive officers, the performance share units represent additional compensation; for others they simply change the overall mix of equity incentive awards granted. The

 

 
 
   

performance share units granted in early 2016 have a three-year performance period. The number of shares issued at vesting will be determined by the company’s achievement of internal revenue growth goals, subject to attaining a threshold level of adjusted income from continuing operations over the three-year period, and will range from 0% to 200% of the target award. In addition, in 2016, we entered into amendments to the employment agreement and key executive employment and severance agreement with our chief executive officer. Under the amendments, he will continue to serve as our president and chief executive officer for at least another three-year term followed by automatic one-year renewals, and we eliminated the excise tax gross-up provisions in his agreements.

Determining and Structuring Compensation

Compensation Philosophy and Objectives

Our executive officers are critical to our long-term success; therefore, we need to be competitive with companies that require talent aligned to our product, technology and service roadmaps. We seek to pay our executive officers at levels that are competitive with other employers, both within and outside of our industry, to secure the best talent possible for all our stakeholders. Consistent with Fiserv’s “pay for performance” philosophy, the compensation committee strives to set executive officer compensation at a level that is comparable to the 50th percentile of our peers with an opportunity for 75th percentile compensation for superior performance. We also seek to structure our compensation plans in a manner that is understandable to our shareholders and that is consistent with good corporate governance practices.

The goal of our executive compensation program is the same as our goal for operating our company: to create long-term value for our shareholders and clients. To this end, we design our compensation program to reward our executive officers for sustained financial and operating performance, to align their interests with those of our shareholders, and to encourage them to remain with the company for long and productive careers.

 

 
 
 

 

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Determining Compensation

The Compensation Committee’s Role

The compensation committee of the board of directors is responsible for:

 

  approving executive officer compensation

 

  approving compensation programs and plans in which our executive officers participate

 

  reviewing compensation-related risk

 

  administering our equity incentive plans including compliance with executive stock ownership requirements

 

  approving severance or similar termination payments to executive officers

 

  overseeing regulatory compliance with respect to compensation matters

With respect to executive officers, at the beginning of each year, the compensation committee sets base salaries, approves cash incentive awards for the prior year’s performance, approves equity incentive awards, and establishes the objective performance targets to be achieved for the upcoming year and, beginning in 2016, for the three-year performance period associated with performance share units.

Management’s Role

Our chief executive officer makes recommendations to our compensation committee concerning the compensation of executive officers other than himself, although performance measures included in his recommendations may apply generally to all executive officers. For example, when formulating recommendations to the compensation committee regarding the compensation of a group president, our chief executive officer considers, among other factors, the group’s internal revenue growth, net operating profit, strategic progress, talent development, operational excellence and market data. Our chief executive officer annually completes a self-appraisal of his performance. For 2015, his self-appraisal focused on strategic impact, growth, talent development, risk management and financial results. The appraisal, and the recommendations of the nominating and corporate governance committee, which administers the annual evaluation of the chief executive officer by the board, is considered by the committee in its annual review of our chief executive officer’s performance and compensation. Our chief executive officer does not attend the portion of any compensation committee meeting during which the committee deliberates on matters related specifically to his compensation.

 

 
 
   

Consultant’s Role

During 2015, the compensation committee engaged Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC (“Meridian”) to advise the committee regarding non-employee director compensation and the design elements of a performance-based equity compensation program. In addition, Meridian provided management with market compensation data and assistance with tally sheet calculations. Management also obtained market compensation data from Towers Watson in 2015 pursuant to a standard data subscription. As further described herein, management used this market data to make recommendations to the committee regarding compensation matters. The committee concluded that management’s work with Meridian did not impair Meridian’s ability to provide independent advice regarding executive compensation matters because of the de minimis revenue associated with the services that Meridian provided and Meridian’s policies and procedures ensuring independence.

Tally Sheets

The compensation committee reviews executive officer compensation tally sheets each year. These summaries set forth the dollar amount of all components of each named executive officer’s compensation, including base salary, annual target cash incentive compensation, annual target equity incentive compensation, value of unvested equity, potential severance, and employer contributions to 401(k) savings plans, allowing the committee to see what an executive officer’s total compensation is and how a potential change to an element of our compensation program would affect an executive officer’s overall compensation.

Shareholder Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation

At our 2015 annual meeting, our shareholders approved, by approximately 97% of the votes cast, the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in our 2015 proxy statement. The compensation committee considered the results of the 2015 advisory vote at its meeting in February 2016. Because a substantial majority of our shareholders approved the compensation program described in the proxy statement for the 2015 annual meeting, the compensation committee did not implement changes to our executive compensation program as a result of the shareholder advisory vote. The compensation committee will continue to consider the results of shareholder advisory votes about our named executive officer compensation.

 

 
 
 

 

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Structuring Compensation

Components of Compensation

The elements of compensation that we provided to our named executive officers for 2015 were base salary, annual cash incentive awards and equity incentive awards.

 

Type

 

       

Elements

 

       

Description

 

Short-Term Compensation      Base Salary     

 

Fixed annual amount

Provides a level of income security

Used to determine pay-based incentives

 

    

 

         Annual Cash Incentive         

Annual cash award based on achievement of defined performance metrics

 

Long-Term Compensation        Stock Options and
Restricted Stock Units
        

Equity grants that vest over a period of several years

 

 

Base Salary

 

We provide base salary to compensate an executive officer for his or her regular work. When determining base salaries, the compensation committee considers market data, an executive officer’s scope of responsibilities, the market value of their experience, overall effectiveness, and, except in the case of the base salary of our chief executive officer, the recommendations of our chief executive officer.

 

Cash Incentive Award

 

We believe it is important to provide annual cash incentives to motivate our executive officers to attain specific short-term performance objectives that, in turn, further our achievement of long-term objectives. We seek to offer cash awards in large enough proportion to base salary to ensure that a significant portion of each executive officer’s cash compensation is “at risk” and payable only upon the achievement of defined objectives. Our compensation committee annually determines the performance goals for and potential amounts of our cash incentive awards.

 

Equity Incentive Award

 

In 2015, as in prior years, we provided compensation to our named executive officers in the form of time-vesting stock options and restricted stock units. Stock options are inherently performance-based because they deliver compensation to an executive officer only to the extent our stock price increases over the term of the award. Restricted stock units are settled in shares of common stock upon vesting. We believe restricted stock units serve as a strong reward and retention device, encouraging our executive officers to stay with the company until the restricted stock units vest.

         

We believe that providing grants of stock options and restricted stock units in 2015 effectively balanced our objective of focusing our executive officers on delivering long-term value to our shareholders with our objective of providing value to executive officers. In addition, equity awards support our objective of aligning our executive officers’ interests with those of our shareholders by tying the value of this component of compensation to changes in shareholder value. As described above under “– Recent Developments,” in early 2016, our compensation committee granted performance share units to our named executive officers other than Mr. Hirsch. We believe the introduction of these awards reinforces our pay-for-performance philosophy by emphasizing the relationship between compensation and the achievement of long-term performance objectives.

 

When making equity award decisions, we do not consider existing equity ownership because we do not want to discourage executive officers from holding significant amounts of our common stock. We also do not review realized compensation from prior equity awards when making current compensation decisions. If the value of equity awards granted in prior years increases significantly in future years, we do not believe that this positive development should impact current compensation decisions.

 

 
 
 

 

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Mix of Compensation Components

We believe that the mix of compensation that we pay helps us to achieve our compensation objectives.

 

Components

 

       

Objectives

 

Fixed and variable compensation        We seek to increase the percentage of total pay that is “at risk” as executive officers move to greater levels of responsibility, with direct impact on company results.
Short-term and long-term focus        We seek to create incentives to achieve near-term goals by providing annual cash incentives, which are based on annual performance measures. We seek to create incentives to achieve long-term goals by granting equity awards with multi-year vesting periods, the ultimate value of which depends on our share price. These awards promote retention and further align the interests of our executive officers and shareholders. In 2016, we also began granting equity awards with multi-year performance periods.
Cash and equity compensation        We believe that executive officers in positions that more directly affect corporate performance should have as their main priority profitably growing the company. Accordingly, we generally structure the target compensation of these executive officers so that they receive a significant portion of their compensation in the form of equity. Using equity in this manner further aligns executive officers’ interests with those of our shareholders, encourages retention and rewards our executive officers if we succeed.

Peer Group

To determine peer group compensation for an executive officer, the committee reviewed publicly available proxy and survey data regarding comparable executive officer positions and the compensation paid to our other executive officers in light of their relative functional responsibilities and experience. Notwithstanding the use of benchmarking as a tool to set compensation, comparison data only provides a context for the decisions that the compensation committee makes. The committee may also consider, among other matters, market trends in executive compensation, the percentage that each component of compensation comprises of an executive officer’s total compensation and the executive officer’s tenure in position. The peer group that we used for 2015 and that the committee approved is set forth below:

 

Alliance Data Systems Corporation

 

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

 

Convergys Corporation

 

Discover Financial Services

 

DST Systems, Inc.

 

The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation

 

 

Equifax Inc.

 

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

 

Intuit Inc.

 

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

 

MasterCard Incorporated

 

NCR Corporation

     Paychex, Inc.

 

Total System Services, Inc.

 

Unisys Corporation

 

Visa Inc.

 

The Western Union Company

 

 
 
 

 

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We believe our peer group is comprised of companies comparable to ours based on our industry, company size and competition for managerial talent. In this regard, we include: companies that compete with us for managerial talent; companies that directly compete with us in our primary businesses; companies with similar business models in similar industries because they reflect the complexities inherent in managing an organization with multiple business lines and revenue sources; and other publicly traded business-to-business, service-based companies that are of similar size based primarily on annual revenue and market capitalization.

2015 Named Executive Officer Compensation

Base Salaries

In 2015, we increased the base salaries of Messrs. Ernst and Gregoire to recognize their current scope of responsibilities and to better align their base salary compensation with those holding comparable positions at peer companies. We did not increase the base salaries of our other named executive officers in 2015. We have not increased the base salary of our chief executive officer in the last ten years.

Cash Incentive Awards

Certain Terminology

In this section of the proxy statement, we use a number of financial terms. Adjusted earnings per share, internal revenue growth and consolidated net operating profit are non-GAAP financial measures. See Appendix A to this proxy statement for a definition of these measures.

Messrs. Yabuki and Hirsch

The cash incentive payments to Messrs. Yabuki and Hirsch for 2015 were based on adjusted earnings per share and internal revenue growth. We use adjusted earnings per share as a performance measure because we believe that there is a direct correlation between the increase in adjusted earnings per share and shareholder value. We use internal revenue growth because we believe that the long-term value of our enterprise depends on our ability to grow revenue without regard to acquisitions. For 2015, we set the target adjusted earnings per share performance goal at $3.78, which represented a 12% increase over our 2014 adjusted earnings per share. For 2015, we set the target internal revenue growth performance goal at 4.6% compared to internal revenue growth of 4.3% in 2014. For 2015, the threshold, target, maximum and actual amounts for Messrs. Yabuki and Hirsch were as follows:

 

Performance Measure (weighting)

 

      

Threshold          

 

        

Target                 

 

        

Maximum          

 

        

Actual                

 

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Adjusted Earnings Per Share (60%)

       $3.63           $3.78           $4.01 or more           $3.87   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Internal Revenue Growth (40%)

       2.1%           4.6%           7.1% or more           4.3%   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

    Award as a Percentage of Base Salary

                   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

J. Yabuki

       75%           150%           300%           158%   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

T. Hirsch

       55%           110%           220%           116%   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

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Mr. Ernst

The cash incentive payment to Mr. Ernst for 2015 was based on achievement of adjusted earnings per share, internal revenue growth and consolidated net operating profit. Similar to other named executive officers, these company-wide performance measures are designed to drive internal revenue growth and profitability. In addition, we used consolidated net operating profit because we believe Mr. Ernst has the ability to drive high quality revenue growth and effectively manage our costs through operational effectiveness programs. For 2015, the threshold, target, maximum and actual amounts for Mr. Ernst were as follows:

 

Performance Measure (weighting)

 

      

Threshold         

 

        

Target                

 

        

Maximum         

 

        

Actual                

 

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Adjusted Earnings Per Share (30%)

       $3.63           $3.78           $4.01 or more           $3.87   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Internal Revenue Growth (40%)

       2.1%           4.6%           7.1% or more           4.3%   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Consolidated Net Operating Profit

(in millions) (30%)

       $1,529           $1,579           $1,674           $1,604   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

    Award as a Percentage of Base Salary

       68%           135%           270%           137%   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Messrs. Gregoire and Vielehr

The cash incentive payment to each of Messrs. Gregoire and Vielehr for 2015 was based on the achievement of adjusted earnings per share, internal revenue growth, consolidated net operating profit and group-level results (group net operating profit and group adjusted revenue, equally weighted). Similar to other named executive officers, adjusted earnings per share, internal revenue growth and consolidated net operating profit are designed to drive internal revenue growth and profitability, and Mr. Gregoire and Mr. Vielehr had the ability to significantly impact those results as the president of our Financial Institutions Group and Depository Institution Services Group, respectively. We used the group-level results because we believed they were most relevant to, and could be most directly influenced by Messrs. Gregoire and Vielehr. The adjusted earnings per share, internal revenue growth and consolidated net operating profit threshold, target and maximum goals for Messrs. Gregoire and Vielehr were set at the same levels set forth above for our other named executive officers. With respect to group net operating profit and group adjusted revenue, we set the performance goal levels for each of Mr. Gregoire and Mr. Vielehr such that we believed that it would be unlikely that the top end of the range would be achieved, but it would be reasonably likely that the target could be achieved. For 2015, the threshold, target, maximum and actual results were as follows:

 

Performance Measure (weighting)

 

      

Threshold         

 

        

Target                

 

        

Maximum         

 

        

Actual                

 

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Adjusted Earnings Per Share (10%)

       $3.63           $3.78           $4.01 or more           $3.87   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Internal Revenue Growth (35%)

       2.1%           4.6%           7.1% or more           4.3%   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Consolidated Net Operating Profit

(in millions) (15%)

       $1,529           $1,579           $1,674           $1,604   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Group-Level Results (40%)

                   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

    Award as a Percentage of Base Salary

                   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

K. Gregoire

       50%           100%           200%           113%   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

B. Vielehr

       55%           110%           220%           110%   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

The 2015 award as a percentage of base salary shown in the tables above for all named executive officers includes a reduction of the annual cash incentive payment by the committee, upon the recommendation of management, based on the company’s progress against certain corporate initiatives for 2015.

 

 
 
 

 

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Equity Incentive Awards

The committee established threshold, target and maximum values of total equity awards, expressed as a percentage of base salary, for the named executive officers. On February 18, 2015, we granted equity awards to the named executive officers based on the level of an executive officer’s responsibilities within the company and the committee’s judgment of each executive’s performance with respect to organizational capacity, talent development, strategic impact, financial results, including adjusted earnings per share and internal revenue growth, risk management and, other than with respect to his own awards, the recommendation of our chief executive officer. The mix of options and restricted stock units granted is determined by the committee based on the expressed preference of the executive officer which is considered in the context of the committee’s overall assessment of the executive officer’s compensation. The equity mix awarded by the committee is consistent with our objective of emphasizing performance-based compensation and aligning our executive officers’ economic interests with those of our shareholders.

For 2015, the compensation committee increased the target and maximum equity awards available to Messrs. Hirsch, Ernst and Gregoire to provide them with equity opportunities that are better aligned with the equity compensation available to individuals holding similar positions at our peer companies. Mr. Yabuki’s and Mr. Vielehr’s threshold, target and maximum equity awards were set at levels commensurate with their experience and responsibilities and comparable to the equity compensation available to individuals holding similar positions at our peer companies. The grant date fair value of the annual equity incentive awards, restricted stock units and options combined, as a percentage of base salary were as follows:

 

         Percent of Base Salary (%)  
    

 

 

 

Annual Equity Incentive Awards

 

      

Threshold            

 

        

Target                  

 

        

Maximum            

 

        

Actual Award     

 

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

J. Yabuki

       238%           476%           952%           778%   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

T. Hirsch

       100%           275%           400%           340%   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

M. Ernst

       100%           275%           400%           300%   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

K. Gregoire

       75%           150%           250%           144%   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

B. Vielehr

       100%           200%           300%           277%   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

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Other Elements of Compensation

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

We maintain a tax-qualified employee stock purchase plan that is generally available to all employees, including executive officers, which allows employees to acquire our common stock at a discounted price on an after-tax basis. This plan allows employees to buy our common stock at a 15% discount to the market price with up to 10% of their salary and incentives (up to a maximum of $25,000 in any calendar year), with the objective of allowing employees to benefit when the value of our stock increases over time.

Post-Employment Benefits

We provide severance and change-in-control protections to our named executive officers through key executive employment and severance agreements and, in the case of Messrs. Yabuki, Ernst, Gregoire and Vielehr, employment agreements. We discuss the purposes and terms of the agreements below under the heading “Employment and Other Agreements with Executive Officers.”

Perquisites

In 2015, we did not provide any personal-benefit perquisites to our named executive officers other than relocation-related expenses disclosed in footnote 4 to the Summary Compensation Table below and participation in an executive physical program.

Retirement Savings Plan and Health and Welfare Benefits

We provide subsidized health and welfare benefits which include medical, dental, life insurance, disability insurance and paid time off. Executive officers are entitled to participate in our health, welfare and 401(k) savings plans on generally the same terms and conditions as other employees, subject to limitations under applicable law. We subsidize supplemental long-term disability coverage for executive officers. We do not provide a separate pension program or a supplemental executive retirement plan. Our employees, including executive officers, are immediately

 

 
 
   

eligible for matching contributions under our 401(k) savings plan. Our matching contributions are capped at 3% of annual cash compensation and vest after two years.

Additional Compensation Policies

Securities Trading Policy

We prohibit our executive officers from trading in our common stock during certain periods at the end of each quarter until after we disclose our financial and operating results unless such trading occurs under an approved Rule 10b5-1 plan. We may impose additional restricted trading periods at any time if we believe trading by executive officers would not be appropriate because of developments that are, or could be, material. In addition, we require pre-clearance by our chief legal officer and our chief executive officer of all stock transactions by designated senior members of management and our board of directors, including the establishment of a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

We also prohibit our employees, officers and directors from hedging or engaging in short sales of our stock. Furthermore, directors and executive officers are prohibited from pledging our stock and from entering into transactions in derivative instruments in connection with our stock.

Stock Ownership

We believe that stock ownership by our executive officers is essential for aligning management’s long-term interests with those of our shareholders. To emphasize this principle, we maintain a stock ownership policy that requires our chief executive officer to own equity having a value of at least six times his base salary and our other executive officers to own equity having a value of at least four times their respective base salaries. We believe that these levels are sufficiently high to demonstrate a commitment to value creation, while satisfying our executive officers’ needs for portfolio diversification. All executive officers are expected to satisfy the stock ownership requirements within five years after they become subject to them with minimum attainment levels beginning at the end of the second year. All named executive officers are in compliance with the requirements.

 

 
 
 

 

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Compensation Recoupment Policy

In the event that we restate our financial results, we may recover all or a portion of the incentive awards that we paid or granted, or that vested, on the basis of such results. Recovery may be sought, in the discretion of the board, from any person who was serving as an executive officer of the company at the time the original results were published. Both cash and equity incentive awards are subject to recoupment; there is no time limit on our ability to recover such amounts, other than limits imposed by law; and recoupment is available to us regardless of whether the individuals subject to recoupment are still employed by us when repayment is required. To the extent recoupment is sought, the board of directors may, in its discretion, seek to recover interest on amounts recovered and/or costs of collection and we have the right to offset the repayment amount from any compensation owed by us to any executive officer. The independent members of our board of directors, or a committee thereof comprised solely of independent directors, are responsible for determining whether recoupment is appropriate and the specific amount, if any, to be recouped by us.

Equity Award Grant Practices

The compensation committee generally approves annual equity awards during its regularly-scheduled February meeting, after we issue our financial results for the prior year. In addition, in order to accommodate the need for periodic awards, such as in connection with newly hired employees, promotions or retention awards, the compensation committee delegates its authority to our chief executive officer and chief operating officer to enable such individuals to grant equity awards within certain parameters; provided that all grants to directors and executive officers are specifically made by the compensation committee. Our equity grant policy prescribes the timing of awards or specific grant dates. Under the Incentive Plan, the exercise price of all options to purchase shares of our common stock may not be less than the closing price of our common stock on the NASDAQ stock market on the grant date.

 

 
 
   

Deductibility of Compensation

Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code places a limit of $1,000,000 on the amount of compensation that we may deduct from our taxable income for federal income tax purposes in any one year with respect to our named executive officers (other than our chief financial officer). Certain performance-based compensation is not subject to the deduction limit. It is generally our intention to qualify compensation payments for tax deductibility under Section 162(m). Notwithstanding our intentions, because of ambiguities and uncertainties as to the application and interpretation of Section 162(m) and the regulations issued thereunder, no assurance can be given that compensation intended to satisfy the requirements for deductibility under Section 162(m) will so qualify. Our compensation committee reserves the right to provide compensation that does not qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) to the extent it believes such compensation is necessary to continue to provide competitive arrangements intended to attract and retain, and provide appropriate incentives to, qualified officers and other key employees.

Employment and Other Agreements with Executive Officers

Yabuki Employment Agreement

In 2016, we amended the employment agreement with Mr. Yabuki to provide that Mr. Yabuki will continue to serve as our president and chief executive officer for at least another three-year term and, subject to election by our shareholders, as a director. After the current three-year term ends in 2018, the agreement automatically renews for one-year terms unless either party gives the other 90 days prior written notice of his or its desire to terminate the agreement.

Under his employment agreement, as amended in 2016, Mr. Yabuki is entitled: (i) to receive an annual salary of at least $840,000; (ii) to participate in our executive incentive compensation plan with a target and maximum cash incentive award of not less than 175% and 350% of his base salary, respectively; (iii) to receive grants of options, restricted stock and/or other awards under our long-term incentive compensation program

 

 
 
 

 

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commensurate with his position, provided that the grant date fair value of each year’s awards shall not be less than $8 million; and (iv) to participate in our employee benefit plans, welfare benefit plans, retirement plans and other standard benefits as are generally made available to our executive officers. In addition, the 2016 amendment provides for the elimination of the excise tax gross-up provision in his existing employment agreement and for a one-time grant of performance share units. The performance share units have a grant date fair value of approximately $12 million and vest at the end of a three-year performance period only upon the achievement of specified revenue growth and talent development goals, subject to attaining a threshold level of adjusted income from continuing operations over such three-year period. In the event of a conflict between his employment agreement and the terms of an equity award agreement, his employment agreement will control unless the equity award agreement provides a more favorable benefit. The terms of Mr. Yabuki’s employment agreement and key executive employment and severance agreement, or “KEESA,” resulted from an arm’s-length negotiation, and, as a result, we believe the terms reflect the market terms for the leader of a company of our size in our industry.

Ernst, Gregoire and Vielehr Employment Agreements

We entered into an employment agreement with each of Messrs. Ernst, Gregoire and Vielehr pursuant to which we agreed to employ them until one party provides the other with a notice of termination. Under their employment agreements, Messrs. Ernst and Vielehr are entitled: (i) to receive an annual salary of at least $525,000 and $470,000, respectively; (ii) to participate in our executive incentive compensation plan; (iii) to participate in our executive long-term incentive compensation program with an annual target of at least 200% of base salary; and (iv) in the case of Mr. Vielehr, a one-time cash payment of $200,000 which was paid on March 15, 2014. Under his employment agreement, Mr. Gregoire is entitled: (i) to receive an annual salary of at least $400,000; (ii) to participate in our executive incentive compensation plan; and (iii) to participate in our executive long-term compensation program. In addition, Messrs. Ernst, Gregoire and Vielehr are entitled to participate in our employee benefit plans, welfare benefit plans,

 

 
 
   

retirement plans and other standard benefits as are generally made available to our executive officers. The terms of Mr. Ernst’s, Mr. Gregoire’s and Mr. Vielehr’s employment agreements and KEESAs resulted from arm’s-length negotiations, and, as a result, we believe the terms reflect the market terms for a leader of a company of our size in our industry.

Key Executive Employment and Severance Agreements

We have entered into KEESAs, with our executive officers that provide for potential benefits in connection with a change in control. A complete discussion of the terms of the KEESAs, together with an estimate of the amounts potentially payable under each KEESA, appears below under the heading “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control.”

 

 
 
 

 

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Compensation Committee Report

The compensation committee has reviewed and discussed the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” contained in this proxy statement with management. Based on our review and the discussions with management, the compensation committee recommended to the board of directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this proxy statement and incorporated by reference in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

Glenn M. Renwick, Chairman

Dennis F. Lynch

Doyle R. Simons

 

 
 
   

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

During the last fiscal year, there were no compensation committee interlocks between us and other entities involving our executive officers and directors who serve as executive officers or directors of such other entities. During the last completed fiscal year, no member of the compensation committee was a current or former officer or employee.

 

 
 
 

 

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Executive Compensation

Summary Compensation Table

The following table sets forth in summary form the compensation of our chief executive officer, our chief financial officer and our next three highest paid executive officers (collectively, our “named executive officers”) for the year ended December 31, 2015.

 

 

 

Name and

Principal Position

 

      Year

 

        Salary

 

        Bonus

 

        Stock
Awards(1)

 

        Option
Awards(1)(2)

 

        Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation(3)

 

        All Other
Compensation(4)

 

        Total

 

 
Jeffery W. Yabuki       2015        $ 840,000                 $ 1,288,041        $ 6,535,501        $ 1,328,040        $     9,737        $ 10,001,319   
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
President and Chief       2014          840,000                   1,078,613          4,722,371          1,622,880          12,053          8,275,917   
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
Executive Officer       2013          840,000                   916,074          4,400,022          1,359,036          11,965          7,527,097   

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
Thomas J. Hirsch(5)       2015          500,000                   850,025          1,001,972          579,700          11,348          2,943,045   
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
Former Chief Financial       2014          500,000                   650,028          650,004          644,000          12,427          2,456,459   
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
Officer, Treasurer and       2013          475,000                   650,039          650,008          461,102          12,109          2,248,258   
Assistant Secretary                                

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
Mark A. Ernst       2015          600,000                            1,972,804          824,823          11,267          3,408,894   
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
Chief Operating Officer       2014          575,000                            1,400,005          886,291          11,923          2,873,219   
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
      2013          575,000                   350,033          1,050,003          715,515          11,985          2,702,536   

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
Kevin P. Gregoire       2015          450,000                   325,054          328,121          510,300          11,053          1,624,528   
Group President,                                
Financial Institutions Group                                

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
Byron C. Vielehr(6)       2015          470,000                            1,309,042          515,924          24,914          2,319,880   
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
Group President,       2014          470,000        $ 200,000                            645,900          313,257          1,629,157   
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
Depository Institution       2013          39,167                   2,000,290          2,000,186                   13,245          4,052,888   
Services Group                                

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(1)   Reflects the grant date fair value of the awards granted in the respective years under the Incentive Plan. Information about the assumptions that we used to determine the fair value of equity awards is set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K in Note 7 to our Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2015.

 

 

(2)   The amounts shown in this column include the following incremental fair values associated with the execution by our named executive officers in 2015 of amendments to their outstanding stock option award agreements to enable them to retain their equity awards following a qualified retirement, subject to compliance with ongoing obligations: Mr. Yabuki – $1,285,856; Mr. Hirsch – $151,894; Mr. Ernst – $172,637; Mr. Gregoire – $3,094; and Mr. Vielehr – $8,910. We believe this modification further aligns our named executive officers’ long-term interests with those of our shareholders as they approach possible retirement.

 

 

         

(3)   These cash incentive payments were made pursuant to the Incentive Plan. These awards were earned in the year listed and paid in the following year.

 

 

(4)   The amounts shown in this column include company matching under our 401(k) savings plan; company-paid premiums for insurance; and if applicable, company contributions to a health savings account. For 2015, the amount shown for Mr. Vielehr also includes participation in our executive physical program and reimbursement for relocation-related expenses pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement.

 

 

(5)   Mr. Hirsch served as our Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary until March 14, 2016.

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

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(6)    Mr. Vielehr joined Fiserv on December 1, 2013. On March 15, 2014, Mr. Vielehr received a $200,000 cash payment pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement to compensate him for the benefits which he forfeited upon leaving his prior employer. For 2013, Mr. Vielehr’s base salary was paid at an annualized rate of $470,000. The amount shown reflects the actual amount of base salary paid to him during 2013. We granted restricted stock units and options to Mr. Vielehr on December 1, 2013 pursuant to his employment agreement. The grant was intended to immediately and strongly align Mr. Vielehr’s interests with those of our shareholders and, in part, recognize that he was forfeiting significant benefits upon leaving his prior employer. Mr. Vielehr did not receive any equity awards during 2014.

 

 

 

 

 
 
   

The material terms of the company’s agreements with Messrs. Yabuki, Ernst, Gregoire and Vielehr are set forth above under the heading “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – Employment and Other Agreements with Executive Officers.” Mr. Hirsch did not have an employment agreement with the company.

 

 
 
 

 

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Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2015

 

                Estimated Future Payouts Under Non-Equity
Incentive Plan Awards

 

        All Other
Stock
Awards:
Number of
Shares of
Stock or
        All Other
Option
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
        Exercise
or Base
Price of
Option
Awards
        Grant Date Fair
Value of Stock
and Option
 

Name

 

      Grant Date

 

      Threshold ($)    

 

        Target ($)    

 

        Maximum ($)    

 

        Units (#)(1)

 

        Options (#)(1)

 

        ($/Sh)

 

        Awards ($)(2)

 

 

J. Yabuki

          630,000          1,260,000          2,520,000                   
   

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    02/18/2015                   16,294                  1,288,041      
   

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    02/18/2015                       206,496          79.05          5,249,645      
   

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
                                  1,285,856(3)   

 

   

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

T. Hirsch

          275,000          550,000          1,100,000                   
   

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    02/18/2015                   10,753                  850,025      
   

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    02/18/2015                       33,438          79.05          850,078      
   

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
                                  151,894(3)   

 

   

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

M. Ernst

          408,000          810,000          1,620,000                   
   

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    02/18/2015                       70,810          79.05          1,800,167      
   

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
                                  172,637(3)   

 

   

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

K. Gregoire

          225,000          450,000          900,000                   
   

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    02/18/2015                   4,112                  325,054      
   

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    02/18/2015                       12,785          79.05          325,027      
   

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
                                  3,094(3)   

 

   

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

B. Vielehr

          258,500          517,000          1,034,000                   
   

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    02/18/2015                       51,141          79.05          1,300,132      
   

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
                                  8,910(3)   

 

   

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(1)   We granted all of the equity awards reported above pursuant to the Incentive Plan. One-third of the restricted stock units vest on each of the second, third and fourth anniversaries of the grant date, and one-third of the stock options vest on each anniversary of the grant date. The options have an exercise price equal to the closing price of our common stock on the grant date and expire on the 10 year anniversary of the grant date. As discussed under “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – 2015 Named Executive Officer Compensation – Equity Incentive Awards,” the mix of stock options and restricted stock units granted is determined by the compensation committee based on the expressed preference of the executive officer which is considered in the context of the committee’s overall assessment of the executive officer’s compensation.

 

         

(2)   Unless otherwise noted, the amounts in the table represent the grant date fair value of the awards. Information about the assumptions that we used to determine the grant date fair value of the awards is set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K in Note 7 to our Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2015.

 

 

(3)   This amount represents the incremental fair value associated with the modification of the retirement vesting provisions of outstanding stock options as described in footnote 2 to the Summary Compensation Table.

 

 

 
 
 

 

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Outstanding Equity Awards at December 31, 2015

 

         Option Awards(1)

 

       Stock Awards(1)

 

 

Name

 

       Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Exercisable (#)    

 

         Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Unexercisable (#)

 

         Option
Exercise
Price ($)        

 

         Option
Expiration        
Date

 

       Number of
Shares or
Units of
Stock that
Have Not
Vested (#)        

 

         Market Value
of Shares or
Units of Stock
that Have
Not Vested ($)(2)    

 

 

J. Yabuki

                           75,471(3)           6,902,578   
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
                 206,496(4)           79.05         02/18/2025              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       83,856           167,714(5)           56.97         02/19/2024              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       200,446           116,742(6)           40.35         02/20/2023              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       241,350                     32.64         02/22/2022              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       329,190                     30.86         02/23/2021              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       388,826                     23.85         02/24/2020              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       543,984                     16.37         02/26/2019              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       51,652                     27.11         02/27/2018              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       190,548                     27.11         02/27/2018              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       248,784                     27.35         02/23/2017              

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

T. Hirsch

                           39,035(7)           3,570,141   
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
                 33,438(4)           79.05         02/18/2025              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       11,542           23,085(5)           56.97         02/19/2024              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       34,492           17,246(6)           40.35         02/20/2023              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       55,696                     32.64         02/22/2022              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       74,068                     30.86         02/23/2021              

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

M. Ernst

                           9,104(8)           832,652   
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
                 70,810(4)           79.05         02/18/2025              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       24,860           49,721(5)           56.97         02/19/2024              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       55,716           27,860(6)           40.35         02/20/2023              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       90,506                     32.64         02/22/2022              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       97,290                     29.75         01/03/2021              

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

K. Gregoire

                           27,241(9)           2,491,462   
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
                 12,785(4)           79.05         02/18/2025              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       2,663           5,328(5)           56.97         02/19/2024              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       6,632           3,318(6)           40.35         02/20/2023              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       11,604                     32.64         02/22/2022              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       6,584                     30.86         02/23/2021              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       2,408                     23.85         02/24/2020              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       5,202                     27.11         02/27/2018              

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

B. Vielehr

                           36,402(10)           3,329,327   
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
                 51,141(4)           79.05         02/18/2025              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       38,964           77,928(11)           54.95         12/01/2023              

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

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(1) In December 2013, we completed a two-for-one split of our common stock. Accordingly, all amounts are presented on a split-adjusted basis.

 

 

 

(2) The amounts in this column were calculated by multiplying the closing market price of our common stock on December 31, 2015 (the last day that NASDAQ was open for trading during our most recently completed fiscal year), $91.46, by the number of unvested shares or units.

 

 

 

(3) Includes 6,311 restricted stock units that vested on February 19, 2016, 7,568 restricted stock units that vested on February 20, 2016, and 25,106 restricted stock units that vested on February 22, 2016. The remaining restricted stock units will vest as follows: 5,431 on each of February 18, 2017 and 2018; 6,311 on each of February 19, 2017 and 2018; 7,570 on February 20, 2017; and 5,432 on February 18, 2019.

 

 

 

(4) One-third of the options vest on each anniversary of the grant date, February 18, 2015.

 

 

 

(5) One-third of the options vest on each anniversary of the grant date, February 19, 2014.

 

 

 

(6) One-third of the options vest on each anniversary of the grant date, February 20, 2013.

 

 

 

(7) Includes 3,803 restricted stock units that vested on February 19, 2016, 5,370 restricted stock units that vested on February 20, 2016, and 6,130 restricted stock units that vested on February 22, 2016. The remaining restricted stock units will vest as follows: 3,584 on each of February 18, 2017 and 2018; 3,803 on February 19, 2017; 5,372 on February 20, 2017; 3,804 on February 19, 2018; and 3,585 on February 18, 2019.

 

 

 

 

 
 
   
(8) Includes 2,892 restricted stock units that vested on February 20, 2016 and 3,320 restricted stock units that vested on February 22, 2016. The remaining 2,892 restricted stock units will vest on February 20, 2017.

 

 

 

(9) Includes 877 restricted stock units that vested on February 19, 2016, 1,034 restricted stock units that vested on February 20, 2016, 7,436 restricted stock units that vested on February 20, 2016, 1,278 restricted stock units that vested on February 22, 2016 and 1,138 restricted stock units that vested on March 28, 2016. The remaining restricted stock units will vest as follows: 1,370 on February 18, 2017; 878 on each of February 19, 2017 and 2018; 1,034 on February 20, 2017; 7,436 on February 20, 2017; 1,140 on March 28, 2017; and 1,371 on each of February 18, 2018 and 2019.

 

 

 

(10) One-half of these restricted stock units will vest on each of December 1, 2016 and 2017.

 

 

 

(11) One-third of the options vest on the second, third and fourth anniversaries of the grant date, December 1, 2013.

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

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Option Exercises and Stock Vested During 2015

During our fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, the named executive officers exercised options to purchase shares of our common stock and/or had restricted stock units vest as set forth below.

 

 

 

         Option Awards

 

         Stock Awards

 

 

Name

 

       Number of Shares
Acquired on Exercise (#)    

 

         Value Realized
on Exercise ($)(1)        

 

         Number of Shares
Acquired on Vesting (#)    

 

         Value Realized
on Vesting ($)(2)        

 

 

J. Yabuki

       740,000           40,011,800           41,864           3,307,144   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

T. Hirsch

       296,232           21,630,560           14,538           1,148,499   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

M. Ernst

                           6,212           491,059   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

K. Gregoire

                           4,396           369,553   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

B. Vielehr

                                       

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(1)   The“Value Realized on Exercise” was calculated in accordance with SEC rules by multiplying the gross number of shares acquired on exercise times the difference between the closing price of our common stock on the exercise date and the exercise price of the option and, along with the “Number of Shares Acquired on Exercise,” does not take into account shares withheld by the company to satisfy the exercise price and tax liability incident to the exercise of stock options.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

(2)   The “Value Realized on Vesting” was calculated in accordance with SEC rules by multiplying the gross number of shares acquired on vesting times the closing price of our common stock on the vesting date and, along with the “Number of Shares Acquired on Vesting,” does not take into account shares withheld by the company to satisfy the tax liability incident to the vesting of restricted stock units.

 

 

 
 
 

 

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Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control

In the discussion below, we describe potential payments to the named executive officers upon termination of employment or a change in control. The following descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to the relevant agreements. The complete definitions of cause, good reason, disability and change in control are set forth in the named executive officers’ employment agreements, KEESAs and relevant stock option and restricted stock unit award agreements, all of which we have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Terminology

“Cause” under the agreements generally refers to specified types of serious misconduct that may harm our company. In some cases, executive officers have “good reason” to terminate their employment if we change in a negative manner their working conditions or position within our organization or if we breach the terms of the agreements. “Disability” generally means physical or mental illness that causes the executive officer to become disabled to a degree as to be unable to perform substantially all of his duties for a continuous period of six months. The definitions may vary from agreement to agreement. Accordingly, the preceding summary description of the definitions is qualified by reference to the agreements themselves.

Employment Agreements

General

Our employment agreements with Messrs. Yabuki, Ernst, Gregoire and Vielehr provide for potential payments on certain terminations of employment. As described above under “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – Deductibility of Compensation,” these agreements are designed to comply with Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. In addition, these agreements and our KEESAs all provide that post-termination payments and benefits are subject to a six-month delay in the event that the executive officer is considered a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code at the

 

 
 
   

time of a qualifying termination. The employment agreements also contain provisions that require each of the named executive officers to maintain the confidentiality of our confidential information and proprietary data during and following his employment. In addition, each of Messrs. Yabuki, Ernst, Gregoire and Vielehr agrees that during his employment and for 12 months after termination of employment, he will not compete with us or solicit our clients or our employees. Under the employment agreements, we have the ability to recover compensation previously paid to the named executive officer if he breaches these obligations.

Terms of Employment Agreement with Mr. Yabuki

We have the right to terminate Mr. Yabuki’s employment at any time. Under his employment agreement, as amended in 2016, if we terminate Mr. Yabuki’s employment or fail to renew the term of his employment other than for death, disability or cause, or Mr. Yabuki terminates his employment for good reason, he is entitled to receive: (i) a lump sum payment equal to five and one-half times his current annual base salary, (ii) full vesting of all equity awards, as well as the right to exercise stock options for not less than one year, following the date of termination of his employment, but in no event longer than ten years from the date of grant, or if earlier, the latest date the option could have been exercised had Mr. Yabuki remained employed, (iii) a lump sum payment equal to any cash incentive compensation that has been allocated or awarded, but not paid, to him for any period ending prior to his termination and (iv) reimbursement for COBRA or other health insurance premiums for up to two years following the date of his termination, or until Mr. Yabuki obtains health care coverage through subsequent employment, whichever is earlier.

If Mr. Yabuki’s employment is terminated for death or disability, he or his estate, as applicable, is entitled to receive full vesting of all equity and long-term awards and a lump sum payment equal to any cash incentive compensation that has been allocated or awarded, but not paid, to him for any period ending prior to his termination.

In 2016, we amended Mr. Yabuki’s employment agreement and KEESA to eliminate the excise tax gross-up provisions in his agreements.

 

 
 
 

 

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If the benefits to Mr. Yabuki under his employment agreement are duplicative of benefits provided under his KEESA, his employment agreement provides that he will receive the most favorable benefits (determined on a benefit-by-benefit basis) under his KEESA or his employment agreement.

Terms of Employment Agreements with Messrs. Ernst, Gregoire and Vielehr

We have the right to terminate their employment at any time. If we terminate Mr. Ernst’s employment other than for death, disability or cause, or if he terminates his employment for good reason, he is entitled to receive a lump sum payment equal to 1.8 times his then-current base salary. If we terminate Mr. Gregoire’s employment other than for death, disability or cause, or if he terminates his employment for good reason, he is entitled to receive a lump sum payment equal to two times his then-current base salary. With respect to Mr. Vielehr, if we terminate his employment other than for death, disability or cause, he is entitled to receive: (i) a lump sum payment equal to 12 months of salary and (ii) accelerated vesting of certain equity awards granted to him pursuant to his employment agreement determined by dividing each of the total number of stock options and restricted stock units granted upon employment by two and then subtracting the number of stock options or restricted stock units, as applicable, that have vested prior to termination.

Key Executive Employment and Severance Agreements

General

Our Key Executive Employment and Severance Agreements (“KEESAs”) set forth the amounts and types of benefits that we believe will enable us to keep our executive officers’ interests aligned with those of our shareholders in the event of a change in control by allowing them to concentrate on taking actions that are in the best interests of our shareholders without consideration of whether their actions may ultimately have an effect on the security of their employment. We also intend for the benefits to recognize past contributions by the executive officers if they are asked to leave, and to help to prevent the departure of key managers in connection with an anticipated or actual change in

 

 
 
   

control. The KEESAs fulfill these purposes by generally providing for severance in the event of a qualifying termination following a change in control and vesting of outstanding equity awards upon a change in control.

We believe these agreements provide for an equitable financial transition for an executive officer when an adverse change in his or her employment status is required as a result of certain unexpected corporate events. Because these agreements have been entered into for the specific purposes described above, these arrangements do not affect the decisions we make with respect to annual or long-term compensation.

Benefits

Pursuant to the terms of the KEESAs, upon a change in control, all stock options and restricted stock units granted prior to the change in control will become fully and immediately vested. In addition, if we terminate them other than for death, disability or cause, or they resign for good reason, within three years following a change in control, then our named executive officers will be entitled to receive:

 

  a cash termination payment equal to two times the sum of (i) their annual salary plus (ii)

 

    their highest annual cash incentive award during the three completed fiscal years before the change in control; or

 

    in the case of Mr. Vielehr, because he has not been employed by us for three or more years, the greater of 60% of his annual salary at the time of the change in control or the highest annual cash incentive award during the two completed fiscal years before the change in control;

 

  with respect to each incentive compensation award made to the named executive officer for all uncompleted periods as of the termination date, a cash payment equal to the value of such award prorated through the termination date as if the goals with respect to such award had been achieved (at the target level, if applicable), which we refer to as the “prorated bonus;” and

 

  continuation for up to three years of life, disability, hospitalization, medical and dental insurance coverage at our expense as in effect at the termination, in addition to certain other benefits related to securing other employment.

 

 
 
 

 

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In the event their employment is terminated for death or disability within three years following a change in control, our named executive officers will be entitled to receive the prorated bonus under their KEESAs. If, within three years following a change in control, we terminate the employment of our named executive officers for any reason, or they resign or retire, our named executive officers (or their heirs or estate, as applicable) will also be entitled to receive: any unpaid base salary through the termination date; reimbursement of business expenses incurred through the termination date; any compensation previously deferred by the named executive officer; and the sum of any bonus or incentive compensation allocated or awarded but not yet paid.

The KEESAs also provide that if any portion of the benefits under the KEESAs or any other agreement to which they are a party would constitute an “excess parachute payment” for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code, then they will have the option to receive the total payments and pay the 20% excise tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code, or have the total payments reduced such that they would not be required to pay the excise tax.

Change in Control Defined

A “change in control” under the KEESAs generally will occur if: any person becomes the beneficial owner of securities representing 20% or more of our outstanding shares of common stock or combined voting power; specified changes occur to our incumbent board of directors; our shareholders approve a merger, consolidation or share exchange with any other corporation, or approve the issuance of voting securities in connection with a merger, consolidation or share exchange; or our shareholders approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution or an agreement for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of our assets.

Non-Compete

Each named executive officer with a KEESA agrees that he will not, for a period of six months after the termination date, participate in the management of, be employed by or own any business enterprise at a location within the United States that substantially competes with us or our subsidiaries. In addition, during and following his employment, he will hold

 

 
 
   

in confidence, and not directly or indirectly disclose, use or copy, our confidential information and proprietary data. Finally, he agrees that for a period of two years after the termination date, he will not hire or solicit for employment any person who is or was employed by us during the twelve months preceding his termination.

Equity Awards

Equity award agreements under the Incentive Plan provide that, on a recipient’s death or disability, 100% of any then unexercisable stock options will become exercisable by the recipient until the earlier of one year following the triggering event or the stock option expiration date. In addition, the restricted stock unit agreements generally provide for pro rata vesting in the event of death or disability.

In 2015, our named executive officers executed amendments to their outstanding equity award agreements to revise the criteria for retirement and post-retirement treatment of such awards. Following a qualified retirement and subject to compliance with ongoing non-competition, confidentiality and other obligations, all unvested equity awards held by an executive officer will continue to vest on their original vesting schedule as if the executive officer had not ceased to be an employee, and vested stock options will remain exercisable until the earlier of five years following retirement or the original expiration date of the stock option. Prior to the modifications, all unvested options and a pro rata portion of restricted stock units granted to our executive officers would vest immediately upon retirement. The modifications apply to both previously granted awards and awards to be granted in the future. The compensation committee approved these changes to enable our executive officers to better align their long-term interests with those of our shareholders and to retain the potential value of their awards as they approach possible retirement.

The equity award agreements require our named executive officers to maintain the confidentiality of our confidential information and not to compete with us or solicit our employees or clients while employed by us or during the 12 months following the termination of their employment. In the event the named executive officer breaches these obligations, we are entitled to recover the value of

 

 
 
 

 

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any amounts previously paid or payable or any shares or the value of any shares delivered pursuant to any of our programs, plans or arrangements.

Upon a change in control, the Incentive Plan provides that if a named executive officer has an employment, retention, change in control or similar agreement that addresses the effect of a change in control on his or her awards, then such agreement will control. Otherwise, the Incentive Plan provides that the successor or purchaser may assume the equity awards or provide substitute awards with similar terms and conditions; provided, that, if within 12 months following the change in control the named executive officer is terminated without cause or terminates his employment for good reason, the assumed equity award or such substitute award will become fully vested and exercisable and/or all restrictions on the award will lapse as of the time immediately prior to such termination of employment. In that case, the named executive officer will have 90 days after the termination to exercise an option award unless a longer exercise period is applicable under the agreement, and the confidentiality, non-compete and non-solicit covenants in the equity award agreement will cease to apply. If the successor or purchaser does not assume the equity award or issue a replacement award, then immediately prior to the change in control, each equity award subject to the agreements will become fully vested and exercisable and/or all restrictions on the award will lapse.

Cash Incentive Awards

Our Incentive Plan provides that, upon a change in control, the successor or purchaser may assume the cash incentive awards to our named executive officers or provide substitute awards with similar terms and conditions. If the successor or purchaser in the change in control does not assume the cash incentive award or issue a replacement award, then any award earned but not yet paid will be paid to the named executive officer. If the cash incentive award is not yet earned, then the award will be canceled in exchange for a cash payment equal to the product of the amount that would have been due under the canceled award as if the performance goals measured at the time of the change in control were achieved at the same rate

 

 
 
   

through the end of the performance period and a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of whole months that have elapsed from the beginning of the performance period to the date of the change in control and the denominator of which is the number of whole months in the performance period.

Estimated Potential Payments

In the tables below, we estimate the maximum amount of compensation payable to each of our named executive officers based on their agreements in effect at, and assuming that the triggering event or events indicated occurred on, December 31, 2015. Mr. Hirsch served as our Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary until March 14, 2016 and is expected to retire from our company later this year. Mr. Hirsch does not have an employment agreement with the company and will remain a party to a KEESA until his cessation of service with the company. The amounts shown in the tables below rely on the following assumptions:

 

  The amount shown in the table with respect to stock options is equal to the difference between the exercise price of the unvested options which would experience accelerated vesting and $91.46, the closing price of our common stock on the last trading day of the calendar year.

 

  The amount shown in the table with respect to restricted stock units is equal to the closing price of our common stock on the last trading day of the calendar year times the number of unvested restricted stock units which would experience accelerated vesting.

 

  The prorated bonus amounts reflect the named executive officer’s target cash incentive award for 2015 because we assume that the triggering event or events indicated occurred on December 31, 2015.

 

  The amount shown in the “Retirement (Equity Award Agreements)” column assumes that the named executive officer who was retirement-eligible at December 31, 2015 fulfills all retirement qualifications and complies with all ongoing obligations so that all unvested equity awards held by him as of December 31, 2015 continue to vest on their original vesting schedule as if the executive officer had not ceased to be an employee.

 

  The amount shown for “Post-Employment Benefits” on a termination without cause or resignation for good

 

 
 
 

 

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    reason following a change in control is the value of three years of continued benefits for the named executive officer and his immediate family, including medical, dental and life insurance. The amount shown for “COBRA Reimbursement” in the case of Mr. Yabuki is the value of two years of continued medical and dental coverage for Mr. Yabuki and his immediate family. The value of the benefits is based on a number of assumptions, including the continued availability of these types of coverage at expected rates. Accordingly, the amount shown is only an estimate, and the actual amount payable by us may be greater or less than the amount shown.

 

•   In accordance with the terms of the KEESAs, the amount shown for outplacement services is 10% of the executive officers’ respective base salaries for 2015.

         

•   The executive officers’ KEESAs provide that the named executive officers are entitled to receive reimbursement for certain fees and expenses, up to $15,000, paid to consultants and legal or accounting advisors in connection with the computation of benefits under the KEESAs. Accordingly, $15,000 is shown for advisor fees for each named executive officer.

 

•   In certain circumstances, our named executive officers could elect to have payments reduced to eliminate potential excise taxes; however, for purposes of the tables below, we have assumed that no such election has been made.

Potential Payments on a Change in Control without Termination of Employment; Acceleration of Vesting

 

Name

 

       Number of Option Shares
Vested on Accelerated Basis (#)        

 

         Number of Restricted Stock Units
Vested on Accelerated Basis (#)        

 

         Value Realized ($)            

 

 

J. Yabuki

       490,952           75,471           21,216,333   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

T. Hirsch

       73,769           39,035           5,662,751   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

M. Ernst

       148,391           9,104           4,850,206   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

K. Gregoire

       21,431           27,241           3,003,470   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

B. Vielehr

       129,069           36,402           6,809,138   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

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Potential Payment on a Termination of Employment

Mr. Yabuki

 

Benefits and Payments

 

       Death or Disability
(Employment
Agreement)

 

         Retirement
(Equity Award
Agreements)

 

         Resignation For Good Reason
or Termination Without Cause
(Employment Agreement)

 

         Resignation For Good
Reason or Termination
Without Cause
Following Change in
Control (KEESA)

 

 

Compensation:

                   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Base Salary

                         $ 3,780,000         $ 1,680,000   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Cash Incentive Award

                                     3,325,760   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Prorated Bonus

     $ 1,260,000                     1,260,000           1,260,000   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Stock Options:

                   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

    Unvested

       14,313,755         $ 14,313,755           14,313,755           14,313,755   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Restricted Stock Units:

                   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

    Unvested

       6,902,578           6,902,578           6,902,578           6,902,578   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Benefits:

                   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

COBRA Reimbursement

                           12,417             

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Post-Employment Benefits

                                     99,441   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Outplacement Services

                                     84,000   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Advisor Fees

                                     15,000   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

     $ 22,476,333         $ 21,216,333         $ 26,268,750         $ 27,680,534   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Mr. Hirsch

 

Benefits and Payments

 

       Death or Disability
Prior to Change
in Control
(Equity Award
Agreements)

 

         Retirement
(Equity Award
Agreements)

 

         Death or Disability
Following Change in
Control (KEESA)

 

         Resignation For Good
Reason or Termination
Without Cause
Following Change in
Control (KEESA)

 

 

Compensation:

                   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Base Salary

                                   $ 1,000,000   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Cash Incentive Award

                                     1,288,000   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Prorated Bonus

                         $ 550,000           550,000   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Stock Options:

                   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

    Unvested

     $ 2,092,610         $ 2,092,610           2,092,610           2,092,610   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Restricted Stock Units:

                   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

    Unvested

       646,805           3,570,141           3,570,141           3,570,141   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Benefits:

                   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Post-Employment Benefits

                                     120,182   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Outplacement Services

                                     50,000   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Advisor Fees

                                     15,000   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

     $ 2,739,415         $ 5,662,751         $ 6,212,751         $ 8,685,933   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

53   2016 Proxy Statement


Table of Contents

 

 
 

Potential Payment on a Termination of Employment

Mr. Ernst

 

Benefits and Payments

 

       Death or Disability
Prior to Change
in Control
(Equity Award
Agreements)

 

         Resignation For Good Reason
or Termination Without Cause
(Employment Agreement)

 

         Death or Disability
Following Change in
Control (KEESA)

 

         Resignation For Good
Reason or Termination
Without Cause
Following Change in
Control (KEESA)

 

 

Compensation:

                   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Base Salary

               $ 1,080,000                   $ 1,200,000   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Cash Incentive Award

                                     1,772,582   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Prorated Bonus

                         $ 810,000           810,000   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Stock Options:

                   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

    Unvested

     $ 4,017,554                     4,017,554           4,017,554   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Restricted Stock Units:

                   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

    Unvested

       208,163                     832,652           832,652   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Benefits:

                   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Post-Employment Benefits

                                     105,070   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Outplacement Services

                                     60,000   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Advisor Fees

                                     15,000   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

     $ 4,225,717         $ 1,080,000         $ 5,660,206         $ 8,812,858   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Mr. Gregoire

 

Benefits and Payments

 

       Death or Disability
Prior to Change
in Control
(Equity Award
Agreements)

 

         Resignation for Good Reason
or Termination Without Cause
(Employment Agreement)

 

         Death or Disability
Following Change in
Control (KEESA)

 

         Resignation For Good
Reason or Termination
Without Cause
Following Change in
Control (KEESA)

 

 

Compensation:

                   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Base Salary

               $ 900,000                   $ 900,000   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Cash Incentive Award

                                     996,120   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Prorated Bonus

                         $ 450,000           450,000   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Stock Options:

                   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

    Unvested

     $ 512,008                     512,008           512,008   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Restricted Stock Units:

                   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

    Unvested

       921,117                     2,491,462           2,491,462   

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Benefits: