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Notice of
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Annual Meeting of
Shareholders
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Proxy Statement
THE TIMKEN COMPANY
Canton, Ohio U.S.A.
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Ward J.
Timken, Jr.
Chairman Board of Directors
March 25, 2010
Dear Shareholder:
The 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of The Timken Company will be held on
Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at ten oclock in the morning at the corporate offices of
the Company in Canton, Ohio.
This year, you are being asked to act upon five matters. Details of these
matters are contained in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of
Shareholders and Proxy Statement.
Please read the enclosed information carefully before voting your shares.
Voting your shares as soon as possible will ensure your representation at the
meeting, whether or not you plan to attend.
I appreciate the strong support of our shareholders over the years and look
forward to a similar vote of support at the 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
Sincerely,
Ward J. Timken, Jr.
Enclosure
The Timken Company
1835 Dueber Avneue, S.W.
P.O. Box 6927
Canton, OH 44706-0927 U.S.A.
Telephone: 330-438-3000
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THE TIMKEN COMPANY
Canton, Ohio
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of The Timken Company will be held on Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at
10:00 a.m., at 1835 Dueber Avenue, S.W., Canton, Ohio, for the following purposes:
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To elect four Directors to serve in Class I for a term of three years. |
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To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent auditor for the
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To approve The Timken Company Senior Executive Management Performance Plan, as
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To consider amending the Companys Amended Regulations to declassify the Board of
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To consider amending the Companys Amended Regulations to authorize the Board of Directors
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Holders of Common Stock of record at the close of business on February 22, 2010, are the
shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting.
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS,
PLEASE SIGN AND DATE THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD AND RETURN IT IN THE POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE PROVIDED OR
VOTE YOUR SHARES ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH THE INTERNET OR BY TELEPHONE. VOTING INSTRUCTIONS ARE
PROVIDED ON THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD.
Effect of Not Casting Your Vote. If you hold your shares in street name it is critical that you
cast your vote if you want it to count in the election of Directors (Item 1 of this Proxy
Statement). In the past, if you held your shares in street name and you did not indicate how you
wanted your shares voted in the election of Directors, your bank or broker was allowed to vote
those shares on your behalf in the election of Directors as they felt appropriate. Recent changes
in regulation were made to take away the ability of your bank or broker to vote your uninstructed
shares in the election of Directors on a discretionary basis. Thus, if you hold your shares in
street name and you do not instruct your bank or broker how to vote in the election of Directors,
no votes will be cast on your behalf. Your bank or broker will, however, continue to have
discretion to vote any uninstructed shares on the ratification of the appointment of the Companys
independent auditor (Item 2 of this Proxy Statement). They will not have discretion to vote
uninstructed shares on management proposals (Items 3, 4 and 5 of this Proxy Statement). If you are
a shareholder of record and you do not cast your vote, no votes will be cast on your behalf on any
of the items of business at the Annual Meeting.
SCOTT A. SCHERFF
Corporate Secretary and
Vice President Ethics and Compliance
March 25, 2010
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. PLEASE RETURN YOUR
PROXY CARD OR VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.
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THE TIMKEN COMPANY
PROXY STATEMENT
The enclosed proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors of The Timken Company (the
Company) in connection with the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 11, 2010, at
10:00 a.m. local time at the Companys corporate offices, and at any adjournments and postponements
thereof, for the purpose of considering and acting upon the matters specified in the foregoing
Notice. The mailing address of the corporate offices of the Company is 1835 Dueber Avenue, S.W.,
Canton, Ohio 44706-2798. The approximate date on which this Proxy Statement and form of proxy will
be first sent or given to shareholders is March 26, 2010.
The Board of Directors is not aware that matters other than those specified in the foregoing
Notice will be brought before the meeting for action. However, if any such matters should be
brought before the meeting, the persons appointed as proxies may vote or act upon such matters
according to their judgment.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The Company presently has twelve Directors who, pursuant to the Companys Amended
Regulations, are divided into three classes with four Directors in Class I, four Directors in Class
II and four Directors in Class III. From the 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders until November
10, 2009, there were eleven Directors, with four Directors in Class I, three Directors in Class II
and four Directors in Class III. At the Board of Directors meeting held on November 10, 2009, the
Board passed a resolution increasing the size of the Board from eleven to twelve Directors,
effective November 10, 2009, and electing John M. Ballbach to fill the vacancy apportioned to Class
II. At the 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, four Directors will be elected to serve in Class I
for a three-year term to expire at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Candidates for
Director receiving the greatest number of votes will be elected. Abstentions and broker
non-votes (where a broker, other record holder, or nominee indicates on a proxy card that it does
not have authority to vote certain shares on a particular matter) will not be counted in the
election of Directors and will not have any effect on the result of the vote.
Pursuant to the Majority Voting Policy of the Board of Directors, any Director who fails to
receive a majority of the votes cast in his or her election will submit his or her resignation to
the Board of Directors promptly after the certification of the election results. The Board of
Directors and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will then consider the resignation
in light of any factors they consider appropriate, including the Directors qualifications and
service record, as well as any reasons given by shareholders as to why they voted against (or
withheld votes from) the Director. The Board of Directors is required to determine whether to
accept or reject the tendered resignation within 90 days following the election and to disclose its
decision on a Form 8-K, as well as the reasons for rejecting any tendered resignation, if
applicable.
If any nominee becomes unable, for any reason, to serve as a Director, or should a vacancy
occur before the election (which events are not anticipated), the Directors then in office may
substitute another person as a nominee or may reduce the number of nominees as they deem advisable.
If the shareholders approve the proposal to declassify the Board of Directors, found on page 41,
future Director elections will be conducted according to the revised Amended Regulations.
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ITEM NO. 1
ELECTION OF CLASS I DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors, by resolution at its February 9, 2010 meeting, based on the
recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, nominated the
four individuals set forth below to be elected Directors in Class I at the 2010 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders to serve for a term of three years expiring at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in
2013 (or until their respective successors are elected and qualified). All of the nominees have
been previously elected as a Director by the shareholders. Each of the nominees listed below has
consented to serve as a Director if elected.
Unless otherwise indicated on any proxy, the persons named as proxies on the enclosed proxy
form intend to vote the shares covered by such proxy form in favor of the nominees named below.
The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the election of the nominees named below.
NOMINEES
The following information obtained in part from the respective nominees and in part
from the records of the Company, sets forth information regarding each nominee as of January 8,
2010.
James W. Griffith, 56, has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Timken
Company since 2002. Mr. Griffith joined the Company in 1984, and has held positions as plant
manager, Vice President of Manufacturing in North America and Managing Director of the Companys
business in Australia. From 1996 to 1999, he led the Companys automotive business in North
America and the Companys bearing business activities in Asia and Latin America. He was elected
President and Chief Operating Officer in 1999. Since that time, Mr. Griffith has led a
transformation of the Company focused on creating ever-increasing levels of value for customers and
shareholders. With Mr. Griffiths broad experience and deep understanding of the Company, and as
Chief Executive Officer, he is a key director for the Company. He has served on the Board of
Directors since 1999. He also has been a director of Goodrich Corporation since 2002.
John A. Luke, Jr., 61, is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MeadWestvaco
Corporation, a leading global producer of packaging, coated and specialty papers, consumer and
office products and specialty chemicals. He has held that position since 2003. Mr. Luke worked in
a number of areas of Westvaco Corporation earlier in his career, including treasury, marketing and
international sales, before joining its executive ranks in 1990. He led the process of merging the
Westvaco Corporation with the Mead Corporation in 2002 to create MeadWestvaco Corporation, a large
transformative transaction. As Chief Executive Officer of a company that was founded by his
ancestors in 1888, Mr. Luke brings an understanding of the evolution of a family business into a
global corporation. Mr. Lukes leadership of a large, public global company and his experience in
dealing with the issues facing such a company, make him well-positioned for his role as a Director.
He has served on the Board of Directors since 1999. Mr. Luke also has served as a director of The
Bank of New York Mellon Corporation since 2007, MeadWestvaco Corporation since 2002 and The Bank of
New York from 1996-2007.
Frank C. Sullivan, 49, has held the position of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of RPM
International Inc., a world leader in specialty coatings, since 2008. He was appointed RPMs Chief
Executive Officer in 2002, prior to which he held positions in sales and corporate development
before becoming Chief Financial Officer in 1993. He held various positions in the areas of
commercial lending and corporate finance in the banking industry before joining RPM in 1987. With
Mr. Sullivans extensive financial background, he serves as the financial expert for the Companys
Audit Committee. As Chief Executive Officer of a major public company, Mr. Sullivan possesses
invaluable experience to deal with the wide range of issues facing the Company, and he is
particularly knowledgeable in the area of acquisitions due to the substantial level of activity by
RPM in that area. Grandson of the founder of RPM, Mr. Sullivan also brings to the Board knowledge
and understanding of the evolution of a family business into a large public company. He has served
on the Board of Directors since 2003, and he has been a director of RPM International, Inc. since
1995.
Ward J. Timken, 67, currently serves as President of The Timken Foundation of Canton, a
private charitable foundation to promote civic betterment through capital funds grants. He has
held that position since 2004. The Timken Foundation is not affiliated with The Timken Company.
During his thirty-six year career with the Company before retiring in 2003, Mr. Timken worked in
steel operations, corporate development and human resources. For many years he was responsible for
community relations and was
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regarded as the face of the company in plant locations globally. He traveled extensively during
his career, becoming extremely familiar with the Companys global manufacturing operations, and he
brings a wealth of knowledge regarding the Companys history and capabilities to his position as a
member of the Board of Directors. He has served on the Board since 1971. Mr. Timken is also a
substantial long-term shareholder of the Company.
Ward J. Timken is the father of Ward J. Timken, Jr. and the cousin of John M. Timken, Jr.
CONTINUING DIRECTORS
The remaining eight Directors, named below, will continue to serve in their respective
classes until their respective terms expire. The following information obtained in part from the
respective Directors and in part from the records of the Company, sets forth information regarding
each Director as of January 8, 2010.
John M. Ballbach, 49, has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of VWR International
LLC, a leading global laboratory supply company, since 2005, and was appointed Chairman of the
Board of that company in 2007. Mr. Ballbach joined the Valspar Corporation in 1990 and progressed
through a series of management positions to become its President and Chief Operating Officer from
2002 until 2004. Mr. Ballbachs global perspective and experience in supply chain management are
particularly helpful to the Board as the Company continues to sharpen its focus on growth
opportunities in diverse industrial markets with strong aftermarket potential. He has served on
the Board of Directors since 2009. Mr. Ballbach served as a director of Celanese AG in 2005-2006.
Mr. Ballbachs term expires in 2011.
Phillip R. Cox, 62, has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Cox Financial
Corporation, a financial services company that he founded, for over 35 years. In addition to his
service on the Companys Board of Directors since 2004, Mr. Cox is currently non-executive Chairman
of Cincinnati Bell, and he has served as a director there since 1993. He also has served as a
director of Touchstone Mutual Funds since 1994 and Diebold, Incorporated since 2005. Mr. Cox
formerly served as a director of Duke Energy Corporation from 2006 2008, and prior to its merger
with Duke Energy, Cinergy Corp. from 1994-2005. With his life-long background of dealing with
financial matters, Mr. Cox brings significant acumen to the Board. Mr. Coxs term expires in 2011.
Jerry J. Jasinowski, 71, retired in 2004 from the position of President of the National
Association of Manufacturers (NAM), the nations largest industrial trade association. He held
that position for fourteen years. He also served as the President of The Manufacturing Institute,
the education and research arm of the NAM during 2005 and 2006. With the increasing federal
regulatory complexities facing the Company, Mr. Jasinowskis extensive experience in Washington,
including service as assistant secretary for policy at the U.S. Department of Commerce, brings a
valuable perspective to the Board. In addition to his experience leading a complex business
organization, Mr. Jasinowski brings expertise in economics and a deep understanding of the issues
facing global manufacturing companies to his role as a director. Mr. Jasinowski has served on the
Board of Directors since 2004, and was a director of Harsco Corporation from 1999-2009 and
webMethods, Inc. from 2001- 2008. He also has served as a director of The Phoenix Companies, Inc.
since 2000. Mr. Jasinowskis term expires in 2011.
Joseph W. Ralston, 66, has served as Vice Chairman of The Cohen Group, an organization that
provides clients with comprehensive tools for understanding and shaping their business, political,
legal, regulatory and media environments, since 2003. General Ralston completed a distinguished
37-year Air Force career as Commander, U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe,
NATO in 2003. Previously, General Ralston served as Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
the nations second highest-ranking military officer. In his current role, General Ralston is in a
position to keep the Companys Board of Directors advised on the rapidly changing global political
environment, as well as developments in the aerospace industry. As someone who was previously
responsible for thousands of troops, General Ralston is familiar with complex human resource
issues. Additionally, with the increased regulatory oversight of corporate governance, General
Ralstons continuing understanding of the political environment in Washington provides the Board
with a valuable perspective on current legislative developments. He has served on the Board of
Directors since 2003, and he also has served on the boards of Lockheed Martin Corporation and URS
Corporation since 2003. Mr. Ralstons term expires in 2012.
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John P. Reilly, 66, retired as the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Figgie
International, an international diversified operating company, in 1998. In that role, he presided
over the successful sale of the companys thirty divisions and led the orderly dissolution of that
company under very challenging circumstances. Prior to 1998, Mr. Reilly served in a number of
senior management roles with large companies, primarily in the automotive industry. His hands-on
experience in the automotive industry provides the Companys Board with a key resource in a
significant sector in which the Company competes. He also brings his knowledge of financial and
human resource issues gained through his forty years of successful executive leadership to his role
on the Board. He has served on the Board of Directors since 2006. Mr. Reilly also serves as a
director and non-executive chairman of both Exide Technologies and Material Sciences Corporation,
and he has been a director of each of those companies since 2004. Mr. Reillys term expires in
2012.
John M. Timken, Jr., 58, is a private investor who has been a successful entrepreneur for many
years. He has served on the Board of Directors since 1986. A sample of Mr. Timkens ventures
includes involvement in the cable television business and establishing one of the largest
commercial mushroom farms in North America. He has also been associated with, and an investor in,
among others, a trucking concern, a plastic injection molding business and a chain of ophthalmic
laboratories. He is currently a director of a flexible packaging business of which he was one of
the founders. Mr. Timken uses his substantial financial acumen and varied business background to
bring a candid and challenging approach to interaction with the Companys management and
independent auditors. Mr. Timken is also a substantial long-term shareholder of the Company. Mr.
Timkens term expires in 2012.
Ward J. Timken, Jr., 42, is Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Timken Company. He has
held that position since 2005. In his previous position as President of the Companys Steel
Business, he led the business in 2004-2005 to record levels of profitability at the time, and
positioned it for even better subsequent performance. He also served as Corporate Vice President
in 2000-2003 and was responsible for strategy development. He played a pivotal role in the
acquisition and integration of The Torrington Company in 2003, the largest acquisition in the
Companys history. His other positions at the Company included key postings in Europe and Latin
America in the 1990s. Before joining the Company in 1992, he opened and managed the Washington,
D.C. office of McGough & Associates, a Columbus, Ohio based government affairs consulting firm.
Mr. Timkens broad-based experience has given him an excellent understanding of the Companys
business that positions him to provide outstanding leadership as the Chairman of the Board. He has
served on the Board of Directors since 2002. Mr. Timken is also a substantial long-term
shareholder of the Company. Mr. Timkens term expires in 2011.
Jacqueline F. Woods, 62, retired as the President of Ameritech Ohio (subsequently
renamed at&t Ohio), a telecommunications company, in 2000. Prior to serving as President, she held
positions in finance, operations, marketing, sales and government affairs in that company. Mrs.
Woods was inducted into the Ohio Womens Hall of Fame in 1998. She brings an extensive,
broad-based business background as the leader of a large company to her role on the Board and her
experience at a primarily consumer-oriented company provides a valuable perspective on customer
service. She has served on the Board of Directors since 2000, and she has served as a director of
School Specialty, Inc. since 2006 and The Andersons, Inc. since 1999. Mrs. Woods term expires in
2012.
Independence Determinations
The Board of Directors has adopted the independence standards of the New York Stock Exchange
listing requirements for determining the independence of Directors. The Board has determined that
the following continuing Directors and Director nominees have no material relationship with the
Company and meet those independence standards: John M. Ballbach, Phillip R. Cox, Jerry J.
Jasinowski, John A. Luke, Jr., Joseph W. Ralston, John P. Reilly, Frank C. Sullivan, John M.
Timken, Jr., and Jacqueline F. Woods. In addition, Joseph F. Toot, Jr. and Robert W. Mahoney met
the independence standards when they served as Directors in 2009. With respect to John M. Timken,
Jr., the Board determined that his family relationship to Ward J. Timken and Ward J. Timken, Jr.
does not impair his independence.
Related Party Transactions Approval Policy
The Companys Directors and executive officers are subject to the Companys Standards of
Business Ethics Policy, which requires that any potential conflicts of interest, such as
significant transactions with related parties, be reported to the Companys General Counsel. The
Companys Directors and executive officers are also subject to the Companys Policy Against
Conflicts of Interest, which requires that an
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employee or Director avoid placing himself or herself in a position in which his or her personal
interests could interfere in any way with the interests of the Company. While not every situation
can be identified in a written policy, the Policy Against Conflicts of Interest does specifically
prohibit the following situations:
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holding a significant financial interest in a company doing business with or competing
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accepting gifts, gratuities or entertainment from any customer, competitor or supplier
of goods or services to the Company except to the extent they are customary and reasonable
in amount and not in consideration for an improper action by the recipient; |
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using for personal gain any business opportunities that are identified through a
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using Company property, information or position for personal gain; |
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using Company property other than in connection with Company business; |
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maintaining other employment or a business that adversely affects a persons job
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doing business on behalf of the Company with a relative or another company employing a
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In the event of any potential conflict of interest, pursuant to the charter of the Nominating
and Corporate Governance Committee and the provisions of the Standards of Business Ethics Policy
and the Policy Against Conflicts of Interest, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
would review and, considering such factors as it deems appropriate under the circumstances, make a
determination as to whether to grant a waiver to the policies for any such situation. Any waiver
would be promptly disclosed to shareholders.
Board and Committee Meetings
The Board of Directors has an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee, and a Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee. During 2009, there were nine meetings of the Board of Directors,
nine meetings of its Audit Committee, five meetings of its Compensation Committee, and three
meetings of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. All nominees for Director and all
continuing Directors attended 75 percent or more of the meetings of the Board and its committees on
which they served. It is the policy of the Company that all members of the Board of Directors
attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and in 2009, all members attended the meeting. At each
regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors, the Nonemployee Directors and the
independent Directors also meet separately in executive sessions. The Chairpersons of the standing
committees preside over those sessions on a rotating basis. The Finance Committee of the Board of
Directors, which was initiated in 2007, held one meeting in February 2009, after which that
committee was dissolved and a portion of its duties were transitioned to the Audit Committee.
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
Cash Compensation
Each Nonemployee Director who served in 2009 was paid at the annual rate of $60,000 for
services as a Director. The Nonemployee Directors voluntarily reduced their base compensation by
ten percent for the last five months of 2009 in light of the difficult business environment. In
addition to base compensation, the following fees are paid for serving on a committee of the Board.
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Stock Compensation
Each Nonemployee Director serving at the time of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 12,
2009, received a grant of 2,500 shares of Common Stock under The Timken Company Long-Term Incentive
Plan, as Amended and Restated (the Long-Term Incentive Plan), following the meeting. The stock
grant to each Nonemployee Director serving at the time of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May
11, 2010 will be 4,000 shares of Common Stock. The shares received are required to be held by each
Nonemployee Director until his or her departure from the Board of Directors. Upon a Directors
initial election to the Board, each new Nonemployee Director receives a grant of 2,000 restricted
shares of Common Stock under the Long-Term Incentive Plan, which vest one-fifth annually over a
five-year period. John M. Ballbach received such a grant upon his election on November 10, 2009.
The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors has adopted share ownership guidelines
that require Directors to own Common Stock equal to at least three times the value of the annual
rate of base cash compensation for Directors. Directors are expected to achieve this ownership
level within five years of the time they join the Board. As of December 31, 2009, all Directors
who have served five or more years on the Board are meeting their ownership requirements.
Compensation Deferral
Any Director may elect to defer the receipt of all or a specified portion of his or her cash
and/or stock compensation in accordance with the provisions of The Director Deferred Compensation
Plan. Pursuant to the plan, cash fees can be deferred and paid at a future date requested by the
Director. The amount will be adjusted based on investment crediting options, which include
interest earned quarterly at a rate based on the prime rate plus one percent or the total
shareholder return of the Companys Common Stock, with amounts paid either in a lump sum or in
installments in cash. Stock compensation can be deferred to a future date and paid either in a
lump sum or installments and is payable in shares plus a cash amount representing dividend
equivalents during the deferral period.
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION TABLE
The following table provides details of Director compensation in 2009:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name |
|
Fees Earned or |
|
Stock Awards |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
Paid in Cash |
|
(2) |
|
Compensation |
|
Total |
John M. Ballbach |
|
$ |
11,385 |
|
|
$ |
50,260 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
61,645 |
|
Phillip R. Cox |
|
$ |
74,735 |
|
|
$ |
42,900 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
117,635 |
|
Jerry Jasinowski |
|
$ |
72,500 |
|
|
$ |
42,900 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
115,400 |
|
John A. Luke, Jr. |
|
$ |
80,000 |
|
|
$ |
42,900 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
122,900 |
|
Robert W. Mahoney |
|
$ |
30,938 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
30,938 |
|
Joseph W. Ralston |
|
$ |
80,000 |
|
|
$ |
42,900 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
122,900 |
|
John P. Reilly |
|
$ |
80,000 |
|
|
$ |
42,900 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
122,900 |
|
Frank C. Sullivan |
|
$ |
93,126 |
|
|
$ |
42,900 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
136,026 |
|
John M. Timken, Jr. |
|
$ |
73,438 |
|
|
$ |
42,900 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
116,338 |
|
Ward J. Timken |
|
$ |
57,500 |
|
|
$ |
42,900 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
100,400 |
|
Joseph F. Toot, Jr. |
|
$ |
26,251 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
38,721 |
(3) |
|
$ |
64,972 |
|
Jaqueline F. Woods |
|
$ |
72,500 |
|
|
$ |
42,900 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
115,400 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
Ward J. Timken, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Directors and James W. Griffith,
President and Chief Executive Officer, are not included in this table as they are employees
of the Company and receive no compensation for their services as Directors. Effective May
11, 2009, Robert W. Mahoney and Joseph F. Toot Jr. retired from the Board of Directors. |
|
(2) |
|
The amount shown for each Director, other than Mr. Ballbach, is the grant date fair
value of the annual award of 2,500 shares of Common Stock made on May 12, 2009, which vested
upon grant. Mr. Mahoney and Mr. Toot retired from the Board of Directors before the date of
the grant. The amount shown for Mr. Ballbach, who was not a Director on May 12, 2009, is
the grant date fair |
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|
|
|
|
|
value of the 2,000 restricted shares of Common Stock granted upon his
election to the Board on November 10, 2009. |
|
|
|
As of December 31, 2009, the following individuals have the following number of outstanding
options and unvested restricted shares: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name |
|
Outstanding Options |
|
Unvested Restricted Shares |
John M. Ballbach |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
2,000 |
|
Phillip R. Cox |
|
|
3,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Jerry Jasinowski |
|
|
6,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
John A. Luke, Jr. |
|
|
18,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Robert W. Mahoney |
|
|
18,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Joseph W. Ralston |
|
|
6,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
John P. Reilly |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
800 |
|
Frank C. Sullivan |
|
|
6,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
John M. Timken, Jr. |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Ward J. Timken |
|
|
11,000 |
(a) |
|
|
0 |
|
Joseph F. Toot, Jr. |
|
|
9,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Jacqueline F. Woods |
|
|
9,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
Outstanding options for Ward J. Timken include grants awarded when he was
an employee of the Company. |
|
(3) |
|
As a former Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Mr. Toot was provided an office
until June 10, 2009, administrative support until August 1, 2009 and home security system
monitoring. These items are valued at the Companys cost, and the office and administrative
support constitute approximately 99% of the total value. |
BOARD LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE
The Companys senior leadership is shared between two executive positions the
President and Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the Board. Both leaders are actively
engaged on significant matters affecting the Company, such as long-term strategy. The President
and Chief Executive Officer focuses on all aspects of the operation of the Company, while the
Chairman of the Board has a greater focus on governance of the Company, including oversight of the
Board of Directors. The positions of President and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the
Board have been separate for the last 80 years, with limited exceptions. We believe this balance
of shared leadership between the two positions is a strength for the Company. It also provides the
opportunity for consistent leadership as either person could assume the duties of the other should
the need arise on an emergency basis.
The Board has chosen not to appoint a lead director, but instead uses a presiding director
status that rotates among the chairs of the standing Board committees. The presiding director
chairs the executive session of the independent directors that occurs in conjunction with each
meeting of the full Board, and reports the results of that session and discusses issues as required
with the Chairman and the President and Chief Executive Officer. We believe that shared leadership
responsibility among the independent committee chairs, as opposed to a single lead director,
results in increased engagement of the Board as a whole, and that having a strong, independent
group of directors fully engaged is important for good governance.
RISK OVERSIGHT
The Board of Directors primarily relies on its Audit Committee for oversight of the
Companys risk management. The Audit Committee regularly reviews issues that present particular
risks to the Company, including those involving competition, customer demands, economic conditions,
planning, strategy, finance, sales and marketing, products, information technology, facilities and
operations, supply chain, legal and environmental. The full Board also reviews these issues as
appropriate. The Board believes that this approach, supported by the bifurcation of the Companys
senior leadership, provides appropriate checks and balances against undue risk taking.
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AUDIT COMMITTEE
The Company has a standing Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. The Audit
Committee has oversight responsibility with respect to the Companys independent auditors and the
integrity of the
Companys financial statements. The Audit Committee is composed of Frank C. Sullivan (Chairman),
John M. Ballbach, Phillip R. Cox, John P. Reilly, and John M. Timken, Jr. All members of the Audit
Committee are independent as defined in the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange. The
Board of Directors of the Company has determined that the Company has at least one audit committee
financial expert serving on the Audit Committee and has designated Frank C. Sullivan as that
expert.
The Audit Committees charter is available on the Companys website at www.timken.com.
AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT
The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed with management and the Companys
independent auditors the audited financial statements contained in the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. The Audit Committee has also discussed with the
Companys independent auditors the matters required to be discussed pursuant to Statement on
Auditing Standards No. 61, as amended (AICPA, Professional Standards, Vol. 1. AU section 380), as
adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in Rule 3200T.
The Audit Committee has received and reviewed the written disclosure and the letter from the
Companys independent auditors required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board regarding the independent accountants communications with the audit committee
concerning independence, has discussed with the Companys independent auditors such independent
auditors independence, and has considered the compatibility of non-audit services with the
auditors independence.
Based on the review and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the
Board of Directors that the audited financial statements be included in the Companys Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Frank C. Sullivan, (Chairman)
John M. Ballbach
Phillip R. Cox
John P. Reilly
John M. Timken, Jr.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
The Company has a standing Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee
establishes and administers the Companys policies, programs and procedures for compensating its
senior management and Board of Directors. Members of the Compensation Committee are John A. Luke,
Jr. (Chairman), Jerry J. Jasinowski, Joseph W. Ralston, John P. Reilly, and Jacqueline F. Woods.
All members of the Compensation Committee are independent as defined in the listing standards of
the New York Stock Exchange.
With the guidance and approval of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, the
Company has developed compensation programs for executive officers, including the Chief Executive
Officer and the other executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table, that are intended
to enable the Company to attract, retain and motivate superior quality executive management; reward
executive management for financial performance and the achievement of strategic objectives; and
align the financial interests of executive management with those of shareholders. The Compensation
Committee determines specific compensation elements for the Chief Executive Officer and considers
and acts upon recommendations made by the Chief Executive Officer regarding the other executive
officers.
The agenda for meetings of the Compensation Committee is determined by its Chairman with the
assistance of the Senior Vice President Human Resources and Organizational Advancement. The
meetings are regularly attended by the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Executive
Vice President Finance and Administration, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Senior Vice
President Human Resources and Organizational Advancement and Director Total Rewards. At
each meeting, the Compensation Committee meets in executive session. The Chairman of the
Compensation Committee reports the Committees actions regarding compensation of executive officers
to the full Board of
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Directors. The Companys Human Resources and Organizational Advancement
department supports the Compensation Committee in its duties and may be delegated certain
administrative duties in connection with the Companys compensation programs. The Committee has
the sole authority to retain and terminate compensation consultants to assist in the evaluation of
Director or executive officer compensation and the
sole authority to approve the fees and other retention terms of any compensation consultants. The
Compensation Committee has engaged Towers Perrin, a global professional services firm, to conduct
annual reviews of its total compensation programs for executive officers and, from time-to-time, to
review the total compensation of Directors. Towers Perrin also provides information to the
Compensation Committee on trends in executive compensation and other market data.
With respect to Director compensation, as stated above, the Compensation Committee
periodically engages Towers Perrin to conduct reviews of total Director compensation, and the
Committee then recommends to the full Board of Directors changes in Director compensation that will
enhance the Companys ability to attract and retain qualified Directors.
The Compensation Committee also plays an active role in the Companys executive succession
planning process. The Committee meets regularly with senior management to ensure that an effective
succession process is in place and to discuss potential successors for executive officers. As part
of this process, executive position profiles are updated to highlight the key skills required to
meet future demands, and potential successors are evaluated and development plans are reviewed. At
the end of each year, the Committee reviews the performance of the executive officers and potential
successors. The Committees succession planning activities are discussed with the full Board in
executive session.
The Compensation Committees charter is available on the Companys website at www.timken.com.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT
The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and
Analysis (the CD&A) for the year ended December 31, 2009 with management. In reliance on the
review and discussion referred to above, the Compensation Committee recommended to the Board of
Directors, and the Board has approved, that the CD&A be included in this Proxy Statement for filing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
John A. Luke, Jr. (Chairman)
Jerry J. Jasinowski
John P. Reilly
Joseph W. Ralston
Jacqueline F. Woods
NOMINATING AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
The Company has a standing Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for, among other things, evaluating
new Director candidates and incumbent Directors and recommending Directors to serve as members of
the Board committees. Members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are Joseph W.
Ralston (Chairman), Jerry J. Jasinowski, John A. Luke, Jr., Frank C. Sullivan and Jacqueline F.
Woods. All members of the Committee are independent as defined in the listing standards of the New
York Stock Exchange.
Director candidates recommended by shareholders will be considered in accordance with the
Companys Amended Regulations. In order for a shareholder to submit a recommendation, the
shareholder must deliver a communication by registered mail or in person to the Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee, c/o The Timken Company, 1835 Dueber Avenue, S.W., P.O. Box 6932,
Canton, Ohio 44706-0932. Such communication should include the proposed candidates
qualifications, any relationship between the shareholder and the proposed candidate and any other
information that the shareholder would consider useful for the Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee to consider in evaluating such candidate.
The Board of Directors General Policies and Procedures provide that the general criteria for
Director candidates include, but are not limited to, the highest integrity and ethical standards,
the ability to provide wise and informed guidance to management, a willingness to pursue
thoughtful, objective inquiry on important issues before the Company, and a range of experience and
knowledge commensurate with
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Companys needs as well as the expectations of knowledgeable investors.
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee utilizes a variety of sources to identify
possible Director candidates, including professional associations and Board member recommendations.
In evaluating candidates to recommend to the Board of Directors, the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee considers factors consistent
with those set forth in the Board of Directors General Policies and Procedures, including whether
the candidate enhances the diversity of the Board. Such diversity includes professional background
and capabilities, knowledge of specific industries and geographic experience, as well as the more
traditional diversity concepts of race, gender and national origin. The attributes of the current
Directors and the needs of the Board and the Company are evaluated whenever a Board vacancy occurs,
and the effectiveness of the nomination process, including whether that process enhances the
Boards diversity, is evaluated each time a candidate is considered. The Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee is also responsible for reviewing the qualifications of, and making
recommendations to the Board of Directors for, Director nominations submitted by shareholders. All
Director nominees are evaluated in the same manner by the Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee, without regard to the source of the nominee recommendation.
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee also plans for director succession. The
Committee regularly reviews the appropriate size of the Board and whether any vacancies are
expected due to retirement or otherwise. In the event that vacancies are anticipated, or otherwise
arise, the Committee considers potential candidates for director. As part of this process, the
Committee assesses the skills and attributes of the Board as a whole and of each individual
director and evaluates whether prospective candidates possess complementary skills and attributes
that would strengthen the Board.
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees charter is available on the Companys
website at www.timken.com.
The Companys code of business conduct and ethics, called the Standards of Business Ethics
Policy, and its corporate governance guidelines, called the Board of Directors General Policies
and Procedures, are reviewed annually by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and are
available on the Companys website at www.timken.com.
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BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF COMMON STOCK
The following table shows, as of January 8, 2010, the beneficial ownership of
Common Stock of the Company by each continuing Director, nominee for Director and executive
officer named in the Summary Compensation Table on page 26 of this Proxy Statement, and by all
continuing Directors, nominees for Director and executive officers as a group. Beneficial
ownership of Common Stock has been determined for this purpose in accordance with Rule 13d-3
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is based on the sole or shared power to vote or
direct the voting or to dispose or direct the disposition of Common Stock. Beneficial
ownership as determined in this manner does not necessarily bear on the economic incidents of
ownership of Common Stock.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock |
|
|
Sole Voting |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Or |
|
Shared Voting |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment |
|
or Investment |
|
Aggregate |
|
Percent of |
Name |
|
Power(1) |
|
Power |
|
Amount(1) |
|
Class |
Michael C. Arnold |
|
|
229,877 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
229,877 |
|
|
|
* |
|
John M. Ballbach |
|
|
2,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
2,000 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Phillip R. Cox |
|
|
16,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
16,000 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Glenn A. Eisenberg |
|
|
135,697 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
135,697 |
|
|
|
* |
|
James W. Griffith |
|
|
791,877 |
|
|
|
179,666 |
|
|
|
971,543 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Jerry J. Jasinowski |
|
|
20,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
20,000 |
|
|
|
* |
|
John A. Luke, Jr. |
|
|
36,053 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
36,053 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Salvatore J. Miraglia, Jr. |
|
|
149,795 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
149,795 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Joseph W. Ralston |
|
|
26,105 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
26,105 |
|
|
|
* |
|
John P. Reilly |
|
|
20,035 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
20,035 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Frank C. Sullivan |
|
|
22,500 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
22,500 |
|
|
|
* |
|
John M. Timken, Jr. |
|
|
578,240 |
(2) |
|
|
940,560 |
(3) |
|
|
1, 518,800 |
(2)(3) |
|
|
1.5 |
% |
Ward J. Timken |
|
|
482,571 |
|
|
|
6,487,002 |
(3) |
|
|
6,969,573 |
(3) |
|
|
7.2 |
% |
Ward J. Timken, Jr. |
|
|
616,098 |
|
|
|
5,309,754 |
(3) |
|
|
5,925,852 |
(3) |
|
|
6.1 |
% |
Jacqueline F. Woods |
|
|
24,946 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
24,946 |
|
|
|
* |
|
All Directors, nominees
for Director and
executive officers as a
Group (4) |
|
|
3,271,343 |
|
|
|
7,116,038 |
|
|
|
10,387,381 |
|
|
|
10.6 |
% |
|
|
|
* |
|
Percent of class is less than 1%. |
|
(1) |
|
The following table provides additional details regarding beneficial
ownership of Common Stock: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vested Deferred |
|
Deferred |
|
|
Outstanding |
|
Restricted |
|
Common |
Name |
|
Options (a) |
|
Shares (b) |
|
Shares (b) |
John M. Ballbach |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Michael C. Arnold |
|
|
145,625 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Phillip R. Cox |
|
|
3,000 |
|
|
|
2,000 |
|
|
|
3,500 |
|
Glenn A. Eisenberg |
|
|
78,125 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
James W. Griffith |
|
|
685,175 |
|
|
|
20,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Jerry J. Jasinowski |
|
|
6,000 |
|
|
|
2,000 |
|
|
|
11,000 |
|
John A. Luke, Jr. |
|
|
18,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Salvatore J. Miraglia, Jr. |
|
|
64,075 |
|
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Joseph W. Ralston |
|
|
6,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
12,000 |
|
John P. Reilly |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Frank C. Sullivan |
|
|
6,000 |
|
|
|
2,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
John M. Timken, Jr. |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Ward J. Timken |
|
|
11,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Ward J. Timken, Jr. |
|
|
410,150 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Jacqueline F. Woods |
|
|
9,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
10,000 |
|
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|
|
|
(a) |
|
Includes the shares which the individual named in the table has the right to acquire on
or before March 9, 2010 through the exercise of stock options pursuant to the Long-Term Incentive
Plan. Including those listed, all Directors, nominees for Directors, and executive officers as a
group have the right to acquire 1,502,375 shares on or before March 9, 2010, through the exercise
of stock options pursuant to the Long-Term Incentive Plan. These shares have been treated as
outstanding for the purpose of calculating the percentage of the class beneficially owned by such
individual or group, but not for the purpose of calculating the percentage of the class owned by
any other person. |
|
(b) |
|
Awarded as annual grants under the Long-Term Incentive Plan, which will not be issued
until a later date under The Director Deferred Compensation Plan. The Vested Deferred Restricted
Shares held by James W. Griffith and Salvatore J. Miraglia, Jr. are deferred under the 1996
Deferred Compensation Plan. |
|
(2) |
|
Includes 197,886 shares for which John M. Timken, Jr. has sole voting and investment power
as trustee of three trusts created as the result of distributions from the estate of Susan H.
Timken. |
|
(3) |
|
Includes shares for which another individual named in the table is also deemed to be the
beneficial owner, as follows: John M. Timken, Jr. 500,000; Ward J. Timken 5,800,944;
Ward J. Timken, Jr. 5,300,944. |
|
(4) |
|
The number of shares beneficially owned by all Directors, nominees for Directors and
executive officers as a group has been calculated to eliminate duplication of beneficial
ownership. This group consists of 17 individuals. |
The following table gives information known to the Company about each beneficial owner of more
than 5% of Common Stock of the Company as of January 20, 2010, unless otherwise indicated below.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beneficial Owner |
|
Amount |
|
Percent of Class |
Timken family (1) |
|
10,801,691 shares |
|
|
11.1 |
% |
BlackRock, Inc. (2) |
|
7,449,977 shares |
|
|
7.7 |
% |
Participants in The Timken Company
Savings and Investment Pension
Plan (3) |
|
7,055,487 shares |
|
|
7.3 |
% |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
Members of the Timken family, including John M. Timken,
Jr.; Ward J. Timken; and Ward J. Timken, Jr., have in the aggregate sole
or shared voting power with respect to an aggregate of 10,801,691 (11.1%) shares
of Common Stock, which amount includes 527,150 shares that members of the Timken family
have the right to acquire on or before March 9, 2010. The Timken Foundation of Canton, 200 Market
Avenue, North, Suite 210, Canton, Ohio 44702, holds 5,247,944 of these shares, representing (5.4%) of
the outstanding Common Stock. Ward J. Timken; Joy A. Timken; Ward J. Timken, Jr.; and Nancy S. Knudsen are
trustees of the Foundation and share the voting and investment power with respect to such shares. |
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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
Overview
The Companys success depends largely on the contributions of motivated, focused and energized
people all working to achieve our strategic objectives. This understanding shapes the Companys
approach to providing a competitive total compensation package for its executive officers,
including the Chief Executive Officer (the CEO) and the other executive officers named in the
Summary Compensation Table (the named executive officers). With the guidance and approval of the
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, the Company has developed compensation programs
for the named executive officers that:
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The Company uses a balance of current and long-term as well as cash and non-cash compensation
to meet these objectives. The elements of executive compensation consist of base salary and annual
performance award, long-term incentives including performance units, stock options and restricted
shares, retirement income programs and other benefits. Each element of compensation meets one or
more of the objectives described above.
The Compensation Committee believes that executive compensation for 2009, which was
significantly lower than for 2008, was consistent with these objectives. The decline in executive
compensation reflected lower sales and earnings performance as the Company felt the impact of the
global recession. Despite the difficult business environment, however, the Company generated
record levels of cash from operations, driven by effective working capital management and reduced
spending, and maintained considerable liquidity and a strong balance sheet. The Company also took
actions to advance its strategic objectives, including the sale of its needle bearings business.
The Company took the following actions on the key elements of executive compensation in 2009:
Salary: None of the named executive officers received an increase in base salary in 2009, with
the exception of Mr. Arnold, who received a 5.1% increase in April in connection with an expansion
of his responsibilities. In addition, the Company reduced base salaries for the named executive
officers by 5% for the last five months of 2009 to reduce costs in light of the difficult business
environment. The CEO and the Chairman voluntarily reduced their base salaries by 10% for the last
five months of 2009. See Base Salary below.
Annual Performance Award: The named executive officers received no payout under the Senior
Executive Management Performance Plan. The named executive officers other than the CEO and the
Chairman received one-time payments of approximately 15% of base salary in recognition of
performance delivered in 2009 in an extremely difficult business environment. The CEO and the
Chairman declined to receive any bonus payment for 2009. See Annual Performance Award below.
Long-Term Incentives: Sales growth was below the threshold level for performance units
covering the 2007-2009 period and the named executive officers received no payouts for that period.
See Long-Term IncentivesPerformance Units below. The named executive officers received grants
of stock options and restricted stock in February 2009, but the Company did not meet the
performance objective for the restricted stock and the restricted stock grants were cancelled. See
Long-Term IncentivesRestricted Shares below.
The differences in total compensation between 2009 and 2008 reflect changes in the Companys
performance relative to goals and several other factors:
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sales growth performance was below threshold level, while awards for the period ending
in 2008 reflected stronger performance against the plans performance objectives;
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These outcomes are consistent with the objectives of the Companys executive compensation
programs.
Executive Compensation Program Design
The Company designs its executive compensation programs to ensure they are aligned with
competitive market practices, the Companys emphasis on meeting its performance aspirations and the
creation of long-term shareholder value.
In order to gauge the competitiveness of its compensation programs, the Company periodically
reviews survey data from nationally recognized consulting firms. Collectively, these databases
reflect the pay practices of hundreds of companies from a range of industries. In 2008, the
Company used information regarding the pay practices of approximately 340 companies in these
databases with annual revenues between $2.5 and $10 billion. The Company believes that revenues
are an appropriate indicator of the size and complexity of an organization, which should be
reflected in determining compensation levels. Furthermore, the Company views general industrial
companies of comparable size as the relevant market for the Companys senior executive talent. The
Company attempts to position itself to attract and retain qualified senior executives in the face
of competitive pressures in its relevant general labor markets. The Company did not conduct a new
market study in 2009 because of the dramatic changes occurring in the global economy. Accordingly,
the Compensation Committee elected not to make significant changes in the Companys executive
compensation programs in 2009.
Guidelines for salaries, annual incentives and long-term incentive grants are based on the
50th percentile of the general industry data for each position. The Company may provide target
compensation above or below the 50th percentile for a particular position based on internal factors
such as the executives operating responsibilities, experience level, retention risk and tenure and
performance in the position. The Company believes that targeting pay at the median in aggregate
and adjusting pay above or below median for individual positions provides the proper balance
between establishing fair and reasonable pay levels needed to attract and retain qualified
executives and requiring that performance exceed expectations in order to deliver pay that is
higher than that provided by the majority of companies in the comparison group.
The Company does not have a prescribed mix between short-term and long-term or cash and
non-cash compensation. Instead, it establishes target compensation levels that are consistent with
market practices relative to base salaries, annual incentive awards and long-term incentive values,
along with the Compensation Committees assessment of the appropriate mix for the position.
Current compensation is structured to provide needed personal liquidity, focus executives on
short-term priorities and dampen the impact of a volatile stock market. Providing a significant
portion of executive compensation in the form of long-term compensation strengthens the alignment
of executives to the long-term performance of the Company and provides a balance against short-term
decision making.
The Companys incentive compensation programs for executives are designed to link compensation
performance with the full spectrum of our business goals, some of which are short-term, while
others take several years or more to achieve:
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The mix between current and long-term or cash and non-cash compensation varies by
management level. For example, the CEO and the Chairman receive more of their total target
compensation in the form of long-term compensation relative to the other named executive officers.
For each position, target compensation consists of approximately 40% in current compensation and
60% in long-term compensation, made up of approximately:
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Target compensation for the other named executive officers is approximately 50% in current
compensation and 50% in long-term compensation, with approximately 65% to 70% in cash and 30% to
35% in non-cash compensation. Positions lower in the organization have a greater emphasis on
current pay. This reflects the Companys view that more senior executives should have a more
significant incentive to focus on and drive long-term performance, while priorities for executives
lower in the organization are more heavily focused on shorter-term operational results.
Cash is used for both current and long-term compensation, while non-cash compensation (i.e.,
share-based awards) is generally used only for long-term compensation. Cash compensation includes
base salary, annual incentive awards and performance units, which are cash-based awards payable at
the end of three years subject to attainment of certain corporate performance targets. Non-cash
compensation includes stock option grants and restricted share grants. Compensation tied to equity
is intended to align the recipients interests with shareholders, as changes in stock price have a
meaningful impact on the recipients personal wealth.
Pay-Setting Process
The CEO and the Senior Vice President Human Resources and Organizational Advancement prepare
compensation recommendations for the named executive officers (other than the CEO and the Chairman)
and present these recommendations to the Compensation Committee. The compensation packages for the
CEO and the Chairman are determined by the Compensation Committee and approved by the independent
members of the Board of Directors during executive session.
The Company compares each element of compensation provided to its executive officers to market
data and considers the total compensation package in relation to the target established for the
position, taking into account the scope of responsibilities of the particular position. Total
compensation (base salary, annual incentives and long-term incentive grants) is evaluated in
relation to the total compensation of comparable positions derived from the general market data.
For example, the amount of Mr. Griffiths compensation is higher than the other named executives
because it reflects the competitive market for CEO services, and not because of compensation
policies different from those applied to the other named executive officers.
Following completion of this analysis and development of proposed total compensation packages,
an external compensation consultant reviews the information and discusses the findings with the
Compensation Committee. As part of this process, the Compensation Committee reviews all the
components of compensation for the named executive officers and determines that each individuals
total compensation is reasonable and consistent with the Companys compensation philosophy. The
Compensation Committee may also consider additional factors that may cause it to adjust a
particular element of an executives compensation, such as the executives operating
responsibilities, experience level, retention risk and tenure and performance in the position. The
Compensation Committee then approves, with any modifications it deems appropriate, base salary
ranges, target annual performance award opportunities and long-term incentive grants for the
Companys executive officers. The amount of past compensation realized or potentially realizable
does not directly impact the level at which current and long-term pay opportunities are set.
The Company analyzes the overall expense arising from aggregate executive compensation, as
well as the accounting and tax treatment of such programs. The Company has addressed the impact of
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code by obtaining shareholder approval of the Senior
Executive Management Performance Plan and the Long-Term Incentive Plan and by allowing certain
grants under the Long-Term Incentive Plan to qualify as performance-based compensation. All named
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participated in the Senior Executive Management Performance plan for 2009. The Compensation
Committee considers the deductibility of compensation and benefits for Federal income tax purposes,
along with other relevant factors, when determining executive compensation practices.
As described above, the Compensation Committee engages an external compensation consultant in
connection with its oversight of the design, development and implementation of the Companys
executive pay programs. During 2009, the Compensation Committee established a multi-year agreement
with Towers Perrin to provide this service. In 2009, Towers Perrins primary areas of assistance
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The Compensation Committee has authorized Towers Perrin to interact with the Companys
management, as needed, on behalf of the Compensation Committee.
Base Salary
Base salaries for the named executive officers are intended to reflect the scope of their
responsibilities, the length of their experience performing those responsibilities and their
performance. The Compensation Committee determines base salary ranges for executive officers using
external surveys of salary practices for positions with similar levels of responsibility. The
Compensation Committee also reviews base salaries for the named executive officers annually in
light of each officers experience, leadership, current salary and position in the salary range.
Following this review process in 2009, the Compensation Committee decided to maintain salary
levels with no increase for the named executive officers, with the exception of Mr. Arnold. The
Compensation Committee approved a base salary increase of 5.1% in April 2009 for Mr. Arnold in
connection with an expansion of his responsibilities as Executive Vice President and
President Bearings and Power Transmission.
The Company temporarily reduced base salaries for the named executive officers by 5% for the
last five months of 2009 to reduce costs in light of the difficult business environment. The CEO
and the Chairman voluntarily reduced their base salaries by 10% for the last five months of 2009.
Both the freeze in base salaries and the temporary salary reductions were consistent with broad
programs implemented throughout the Company.
Annual Performance Award
The Companys Senior Executive Management Performance Plan provides the named executive
officers with the opportunity to earn annual incentive compensation based on the achievement of
corporate performance goals established by the Compensation Committee and approved by the Board of
Directors. It is intended to focus the named executive officers on specific performance goals in
the current year.
The Senior Executive Management Performance Plan is structured to comply with Section 162(m)
of the Internal Revenue Code. In order to qualify the amounts earned under the plan as
performance-based, the Compensation Committee can exercise discretion only to reduce an award.
As a result, target levels are set with the expectation that the plan will be funded above the
level of the Companys other annual incentive plans. This provides the Compensation Committee with
the flexibility to determine actual awards under the Senior Executive Management Performance Plan
for the named executive officers that are consistent with the awards made to other annual incentive
plan participants, which has been the historical practice.
For 2009, the Senior Executive Management Performance Plan provided both the CEO and the
Chairman a target award opportunity of 100% of base salary. The Plan provided the other named
executive officers a target award opportunity of 70% to 75% of base salary. Target award
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officers were determined by the Compensation Committee based on external surveys of practices
for positions with similar levels of responsibility. The actual awards could be higher or lower
than the target opportunity based on the results for each performance measure and the extent to
which the Compensation Committee uses discretion to reduce the awards.
The Company used two performance measures for funding this plan for 2009: (1) earnings before
interest and taxes as a percentage of beginning invested capital, excluding the effects of
restructuring and impairment charges and accounting change charges, in each case as defined by
generally accepted accounting principles (EBIT/BIC); and (2) working capital as a percentage of
sales. EBIT/BIC constituted 80% of the total award calculation and working capital as a percentage
of sales constituted 20%. The Compensation Committee established EBIT/BIC as the primary
performance measure because is it closely correlated with the creation of shareholder value.
Working capital as a percentage of sales was used to focus the named executives on managing working
capital.
Target performance levels for each measure are established each year. The Compensation
Committee reviews the prior years target performance levels in light of performance expectations
for the current year to determine whether any increases or decreases in the targets are warranted.
For 2009, the target performance level for funding was 13.0% for the EBIT/BIC measure and 28.4% for
the working capital measure. Performance at the target level would have resulted in the plan being
funded at 140% of target level. The Compensation Committee also established a threshold level of
performance for each measure, below which there would be no funding for annual performance awards.
For 2009, this threshold funding level was 4.0% for the EBIT/BIC measure and 30.4% for the working
capital measure. Similarly, the Compensation Committee established maximum performance levels for
each measure, above which no additional funding would be provided. For 2009, the maximum
performance level was 17.0% for the EBIT/BIC measure and 26.4% for the working capital measure.
Performance at the threshold levels would have resulted in the plan being funded at 74% of the
target level, and performance at the maximum level would have resulted in the plan being funded at
200% of the target level, in each case prior to the exercise of discretion by the Compensation
Committee to reduce the awards.
For 2009, Company performance under the Senior Executive Management Performance Plan equaled
1.8% for the EBIT/BIC measure and 35.1% for the working capital measure. Because actual
performance on both measures was below threshold, the Senior Executive Management Performance Plan
was not funded for 2009 and no payouts were made.
The Compensation Committee determined at its February 2010 meeting to pay a one-time bonus to
salaried employees, including the named executive officers, in recognition of performance delivered
in 2009 in an extremely difficult business environment. Achievements in 2009 included: delivering
record cash flow from operations, largely driven by working capital management and reduced
spending; maintaining significant liquidity and a strong balance sheet; refinancing the Companys
debt at attractive interest rates; delivering strong customer service performance; right-sizing the
Company to reflect reduced revenues and position the Company for the future; and advancing the
Companys strategic objectives, including the sale of the needle bearings business. The named
executive officers other than the CEO and the Chairman each received one-time payments of
approximately 15% of base salary. The CEO and the Chairman declined to receive any bonus payment
for 2009.
At its February 2010 meeting, the Compensation Committee set goals for the annual performance
award plans for 2010. The performance measures for the Senior Executive Management Performance
Plan for 2010 are: (1) corporate EBIT/BIC; and (2) working capital as a percentage of sales.
Corporate EBIT/BIC will constitute 80% of the total award calculation and working capital as a
percentage of sales will constitute 20%. The target EBIT/BIC performance level for the Senior
Executive Management Performance Plan is significantly higher than the Companys business plan for
2010 in what is expected to continue to be a challenging business environment. Achievement of the
working capital targets will require a significant reduction in working capital as a percentage of
sales compared to 2009.
The target award opportunity for 2010 is 100% of base salary for the CEO and the Chairman and
70% to 75% of base salary for the other named executive officers. The actual awards could be
higher or lower than the target percentages based on the actual results for each performance
measure compared to the established targets as well as the extent to which the Compensation
Committee chooses to reduce the awards.
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Long-Term Incentives
The Compensation Committee administers the Long-Term Incentive Plan, which is approved by
shareholders. Awards under the Long-Term Incentive Plan can be made in the form of non-qualified
stock options, incentive stock options, appreciation rights, performance shares, performance units,
restricted shares and deferred shares. In 2009, the Company utilized three different types of
long-term incentive grants for the named executive officers:
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the year granted in order to have the shares vest over time (typically four years) and are
intended to foster stock ownership among executives and focus executives on total shareholder
return (including dividends). (The performance objective for shares granted in 2009 was
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In total, the Company believes that these three programs provide a balanced focus on
shareholder value creation and retention of key managers over the course of a full business cycle.
These programs also serve to balance the short-term operating focus of the Company and align the
long-term financial interests of executive management with those of shareholders.
The value of each type of long-term incentive grant is linked directly to the performance of
the Company or the price of Common Stock. For performance units, payouts are entirely contingent
on the attainment of corporate performance targets, based on the Companys strategic plan, over a
three-year performance period. In the case of stock options, the recipient recognizes value only
to the extent that the stock price rises above the market price of the stock at the time the option
is granted. As for restricted shares, receipt of the shares is dependent upon achievement of a
certain level of performance in the year the shares are granted and the value of the shares is
directly related to the stock price and dividends paid by the Company. In each case, an executive
must remain employed by the Company for a minimum of three years (four years for stock options and
restricted shares) to earn the full value of any award, which aids the Company in retaining
executives.
The allocation of grant value among the three long-term incentive programs is based on a
combination of market practice, internal equity considerations and the relative importance of the
objectives behind each of the three programs (i.e., reward attainment of multi-year performance
goals, provide value tied to stock price appreciation and foster stock ownership). On average,
each of the Companys long-term incentive vehicles represents approximately one-third of the target
total long-term incentive value for the named executive officers. For the CEO and the Chairman,
however, greater emphasis is placed on the stock option component, with the long-term incentive mix
for these executives being approximately 30% in cash-based performance units, 40% in stock options
and 30% in restricted shares. This allocation reflects the Companys belief that the CEO and the
Chairman, more than other officers, are directly accountable for long-term shareholder value
creation.
When determining the size of the stock option and restricted share grants in 2009, the
Committee concluded that the stock price at that time did not reflect the longer term value of the
stock. The Compensation Committee used the average price over the six months prior to the grant
date in determining the number of shares granted. The resulting grants reflect reported
compensation that is lower than target levels.
The Compensation Committee typically grants performance units, stock options and restricted
shares at the first regularly scheduled meeting of each year, when the Committee determines all
elements of the officers compensation for the year. Board and Committee meetings are generally
scheduled at least a year in advance. Approval of grants for newly hired or promoted executives
during the course of the year occur at the Compensation Committee meeting immediately following the
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Performance Units
The named executive officers receive awards of performance units at the start of three-year
performance periods, and the awards are designed to focus the officers efforts on the Companys
medium-term performance goals. A new three-year performance cycle starts on January 1 of each
year. Cash payouts for performance units are made by March following the end of each performance
cycle. Performance units act as a strong incentive for the named executive officers to achieve the
Companys medium-term financial and strategic objectives. They also encourage retention, as they
are subject to forfeiture if the officer voluntarily leaves the Company before the end of the
three-year period.
The Compensation Committee establishes a target payout opportunity for the performance units
for each named executive officer, determined as a percentage of the officers base salary in effect
on January 1 in the first year of the period. For the 2007-2009 cycle, the CEO and the Chairman
had a target payout opportunity of 100% and the other named executive officers had target payout
opportunities from 70% to 80% of their January 1, 2007 base salaries. These target percentages
were determined to provide the appropriate allocation of value among the long-term incentives, as
described above.
The Compensation Committee established two performance measures for the 2007-2009 performance
cycle: (1) average return on equity; and (2) compound annual sales growth. The Compensation
Committee selected these goals because it believed they were key components of the Companys
business strategy and important contributors to long-term shareholder value. Each measure was
weighted equally because they were viewed as equally important for this performance cycle.
For the 2007-2009 cycle, the target performance level was 5.2% for the average return on
equity measure and 2.1% for the compound annual sales growth measure. A minimum level of
performance for each measure was also established, and no performance awards are earned for
performance below these minimum levels. For the 2007-2009 cycle, this minimum, or threshold, level
was 2.3% for the average return on equity measure and 0% (compound annual growth rate) for the
sales growth measure. The Compensation Committee has also determined that, because both of these
measures should be taken into account in measuring achievement of the strategic plan, failure to
reach threshold levels of performance on either measure would result in no award being paid.
Maximum performance levels for each measure were also established, above which no additional
payouts would be made. For the 2007-2009 cycle, the maximum performance level was 11.5% for the
average return on equity measure and 5.4% for the compound annual sales growth measure.
The maximum performance levels were derived from the Companys internal, confidential
three-year strategic plan at the time the awards were established. The Compensation Committee
determined that achievement of the strategic plan would result in funding at the maximum level
because compliance with Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code does not allow the Committee to
use discretion to increase awards under any circumstances. For the 2007-2009 performance cycle,
performance at the target level on both measures would have resulted in funding at 100% of the
target levels, performance at the threshold levels would have resulted in funding at 50% of the
target levels and performance at the maximum levels would have resulted in funding at 150% of the
target levels.
For the 2007-2009 cycle, actual sales growth was below the threshold level and the named
executive officers received no performance awards.
In 2009, the Compensation Committee established two performance measures for the performance
units granted for the 2009-2011 performance cycle: (1) average return on invested capital; and (2)
cumulative earnings per share. The Compensation Committee selected these goals because it believed
they were key components of shareholder value creation and highly correlated to achievement of the
Companys business strategy. Each measure is weighted equally. As in the past, the specific
performance targets for each measure are tied to the Companys internal, confidential three-year
strategic plan. As a result, at the time the targets were established, the Compensation Committee
believed that the targets for the 2009-2011 cycle were very challenging, but achievable. Given the
difficult economic environment in 2009, however, the performance targets for the 2009-2011 cycle
are now unlikely to be achieved.
The target award opportunity for the performance units granted in 2009 is 100% of base salary
for the CEO and the Chairman and ranges from 70% to 80% of base salary for the other named
executive officers, although the actual awards could be higher or lower than the target percentages
depending on the attainment of the specific performance targets. For the 2009-2011 performance
cycle, performance at the target level on both measures would result in funding at 100% of the
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threshold levels would result in funding at 50% of the target levels and performance at the
maximum levels would result in funding at 150% of the target levels, in each case subject to the
exercise of discretion by the Compensation Committee to reduce the awards.
Under the accounting rules, performance units result in variable accounting, whereby the
Companys expense equals the value paid to the executives. As such, the ultimate expense is not
determinable until the end of the three-year performance period. When the executives earn and
receive a payout, the Company receives a corresponding tax deduction.
Stock Options
Key Employees (including the named executive officers) receive nonqualified stock options
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The Compensation Committee believes that this structure helps the Company retain executives
and focus attention on longer-term performance. Stock options are an effective motivational tool
because they only have value to the extent the price of Common Stock on the date of exercise
exceeds the exercise price on the grant date. They are an effective element of compensation and
retention, however, only if the stock price grows over the term of the award.
Under accounting rules, the fair value of the stock options on the grant date is expensed over
the vesting period in the year the options are earned. When executives exercise stock options,
they are taxed at ordinary income tax rates (subject to withholding) and the Company receives a
corresponding tax deduction.
Restricted Shares
Key employees (including the named executive officers) receive restricted shares that
typically vest over a four-year period in equal amounts each year. Restricted shares serve to both
reward and retain executives, as the value of the restricted shares is linked to the price of
Common Stock when the restrictions lapse.
Beginning in 2008, restricted shares granted to the named executive officers will not vest
over time unless the Company achieves a specified performance objective in the year granted. The
performance objective for shares granted in 2009 was corporate EBIT/BIC of 4% or better, which was
not achieved. As a result, the grants of restricted shares to the named executive officers in 2009
were cancelled.
Under accounting rules, the grant date fair value is expensed over the service/vesting period
based on the shares that are earned, provided the performance metric is met. The executives are
taxed at ordinary income tax rates (subject to withholding) when the shares vest, and the Company
receives a corresponding tax deduction.
Stock Ownership Guidelines
Stock ownership guidelines have been established for all senior executives and are intended to
align the interests of executive management with those of shareholders by requiring executives to
be subject to the same long-term stock price volatility shareholders experience. These guidelines
establish a specific ownership target of five times base salary for the CEO and the Chairman and
three times base salary for the other named executive officers. The Company considers all shares
owned by the executive, including restricted shares still subject to forfeiture but not including
shares that are subject to unexercised options, in determining whether the executive has met
ownership targets. As of February 1, 2010, the named executive officers, with the exception of Mr.
Eisenberg, all met or exceeded their ownership targets. The Company has a formal policy that
prohibits hedging the economic risk related to such stock ownership.
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Retirement Income Programs
The Companys retirement income programs are an important retention tool. The Company
maintains both qualified and nonqualified retirement income programs. The named executive officers
participate in qualified plans on the same terms and conditions as all other salaried employees and
also participate in the Companys nonqualified retirement income programs. The Company currently
provides nonqualified retirement income through two types of plans:
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A nonqualified defined contribution plan provides for after-tax savings based on each
executives contributions, Company match and core defined contributions in excess of tax
limits. The nonqualified defined contribution plan in which the named executive officers
participate is the Post-Tax Savings Plan. This plan is primarily intended to restore benefits
that would be provided under the qualified retirement plans were it not for limits on benefits
and compensation imposed by the Internal Revenue Code. |
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A nonqualified defined benefit plan provides for a targeted percentage of salary and annual
incentive income that will continue through retirement. The nonqualified defined benefit plan
in which the named executive officers participate is the Supplemental Pension Plan for
Executive Officers (the SERP). The SERP provides for a benefit based on final average
earnings with offsets for benefits provided under the Companys other retirement programs.
The SERP promotes retention of executive officers because it requires ten years of service,
including five years as an officer, for full benefits to be earned. |
Although the policies and procedures underlying the Companys retirement income programs are
the same for all participants, the age and length of service (including service as an officer of
the Company) of each participant can have a significant effect on their benefit calculation because
the programs have changed over time. In addition, because benefits under the Companys retirement
income programs are based on base salary and cash annual incentive compensation for the five
highest non-consecutive years (out of the final ten years), the pension value can increase
significantly as salary and cash annual incentive compensation increases.
The value of the nonqualified retirement income programs is quantified each year and these
programs are periodically reviewed for their competitiveness. To date, the value of these programs
has not had a significant impact on decisions regarding salary, annual incentive awards or
long-term incentive grants.
Termination-Related Payments
In addition to retirement payments, the Company provides termination-related payments in the
event of involuntary termination without cause and involuntary termination without cause following
a change in control.
The Company provides payments in the event of involuntary termination without cause through
Severance Agreements with individual executives. Severance Agreements are provided based on
competitive market practice and the Companys desire to ensure some level of income continuity
should an executives employment be terminated without cause. The Company believes that providing
for such income continuity results in greater management stability and lower unwanted management
turnover.
Severance Agreements also provide for termination payments following involuntary termination
without cause following a change in control. These provisions are based on competitive practice
and are designed to ensure that executives interests remain aligned with shareholders should a
potential change of control occur. They are also intended to provide some level of income
continuity should an executives employment be terminated without cause. The Company believes, as
stated above, that providing for such income continuity results in greater management stability and
lower unwanted management turnover.
The level of severance benefits under the applicable scenario reflects the Companys
perception of competitive market practice for the named executive officers positions, based on an
assessment by Towers Perrin. Severance pay was established as a multiple of base salary and actual
annual incentive compensation, based on competitive market practice. Specific dollar values were
not targeted by the Compensation Committee, although the Compensation Committee did review tally
sheets that showed the estimated cost of such benefits under various scenarios. The amounts of
potential payouts are indicated in the Termination Scenarios table on page 35.
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Deferred Compensation
The Company maintains a Deferred Compensation Plan that allows certain employees, including
the named executive officers, to defer receipt of all or a portion of their salary, employee
contributions and Company match that would otherwise be directed to the Post-Tax Savings Plan
and/or incentive compensation payable in cash or shares of Common Stock until a specified point in
the future. Cash deferrals earn interest quarterly at a rate based on the prime rate plus one
percent. None of the named executive officers earned above-market interest, as defined by the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Deferred Compensation Plan is not funded by the Company, and participants have an
unsecured contractual commitment by the Company to pay the amounts due under the plan. When such
payments are due, they will be distributed from the Companys general assets. In the event of a
change in control in the Company, as defined in the plan, participants are entitled to receive
deferred amounts immediately. The Company believes that providing employees with tax deferral
opportunities aids in the attraction and retention of such employees.
The value of deferred compensation amounts is quantified each year and this program is
periodically reviewed for its competitiveness. To date, the value of deferred compensation has not
had a significant impact on decisions regarding salary, annual incentive awards or long-term
incentive grants.
Perquisite Programs
The Companys executive officers, including all of the named executive officers, are eligible
to participate in a number of broad-based benefit programs, including health, disability and life
insurance programs. The named executive officers may also receive certain perquisites including
term life insurance coverage, financial counseling and tax preparation, access to corporate country
club memberships (although personal expenses are not reimbursed), and home security systems. The
value of these benefits is reflected in the All Other Compensation column in the Summary
Compensation Table on page 26. These benefits are intended to provide executives with a
competitive perquisite program that is reasonable and consistent with the Companys overall
approach to executive compensation. The total cost of these benefits is a small percentage of each
named executive officers total compensation.
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SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
The following table sets forth information concerning compensation for the Companys
principal executive officer, principal financial officer and three other most highly compensated
executive officers for 2009.
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Compensation |
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Name and Principal Position |
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Salary |
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Total |
James W. Griffith |
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2009 |
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$ |
985,581 |
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0 |
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$ |
430,408 |
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$ |
1,024,717 |
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0 |
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$ |
1,419,000 |
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$ |
100,449 |
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3,960,155 |
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President and Chief Executive |
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2008 |
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$ |
1,018,840 |
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0 |
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$ |
690,750 |
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1,592,290 |
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1,778,700 |
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$ |
885,000 |
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$ |
118,300 |
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$ |
6,083,880 |
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2007 |
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$ |
981,683 |
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0 |
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$ |
876,900 |
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1,338,660 |
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1,817,838 |
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$ |
791,000 |
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177,180 |
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5,983,261 |
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Ward J. Timken, Jr. |
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2009 |
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$ |
778,846 |
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0 |
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$ |
340,494 |
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808,186 |
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0 |
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527,000 |
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$ |
145,269 |
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2,599,795 |
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Chairman Board of Directors |
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2008 |
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$ |
805,000 |
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0 |
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546,460 |
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1,256,030 |
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1,404,909 |
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346,000 |
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129,900 |
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4,488,299 |
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2007 |
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775,000 |
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0 |
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789,210 |
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1,138,860 |
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952,235 |
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251,000 |
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174,024 |
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4,080,329 |
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Michael C. Arnold |
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2009 |
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$ |
600,581 |
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$ |
95,000 |
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$ |
131,923 |
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$ |
265,631 |
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0 |
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659,000 |
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$ |
73,851 |
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$ |
1,825,986 |
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Executive Vice President and |
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2008 |
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$ |
590,004 |
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0 |
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211,830 |
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412,413 |
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$ |
761,544 |
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336,000 |
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$ |
67,551 |
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2,379,342 |
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President
Bearings and Power Transmission |
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2007 |
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$ |
526,670 |
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0 |
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350,760 |
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349,650 |
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623,884 |
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$ |
262,000 |
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$ |
85,212 |
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2,198,176 |
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Glenn A. Eisenberg |
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2009 |
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$ |
578,658 |
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90,000 |
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$ |
131,923 |
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265,631 |
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0 |
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489,000 |
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88,942 |
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$ |
1,644,154 |
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2008 |
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$ |
590,004 |
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0 |
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$ |
211,830 |
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412,413 |
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763,120 |
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$ |
298,000 |
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89,215 |
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2,364,582 |
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Finance and Administration |
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2007 |
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$ |
587,503 |
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0 |
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350,760 |
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349,650 |
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737,120 |
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$ |
223,000 |
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$ |
92,513 |
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2,340,546 |
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2009 |
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$ |
421,739 |
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$ |
65,000 |
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$ |
109,076 |
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$ |
232,243 |
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0 |
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$ |
746,000 |
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$ |
50,899 |
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$ |
1,624,957 |
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Salvatore J. Miraglia, Jr. |
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2008 |
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$ |
427,508 |
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0 |
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$ |
174,990 |
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$ |
360,985 |
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$ |
512,288 |
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$ |
484,000 |
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$ |
72,332 |
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$ |
2,032,103 |
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President Steel |
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2007 |
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$ |
410,840 |
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$ |
0 |
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$ |
292,300 |
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$ |
299,700 |
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$ |
460,567 |
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$ |
365,000 |
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$ |
102,135 |
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$ |
1,930,542 |
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The amounts shown in this column represent the one-time bonus awarded by the Compensation
Committee at its February 2010 meeting to salaried employees, including the named executive
officers, in recognition of performance delivered in 2009 in an extremely difficult business
environment. The Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman each declined to receive their
bonus payments for 2009, which would have been $205,000 and $160,000, respectively. |
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The amounts shown in this column for 2009 represent the fair market value on the date of
grant of restricted shares granted in 2009. This grant of restricted shares for each of the
named officers was subsequently cancelled because the Company did not achieve the management
objective established by the Compensation Committee at the time of the grant. |
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On December 16, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved new proxy disclosure
rules for proxy statements issued after February 28, 2010. The revised rules require that the
summary compensation table include the aggregate grant date fair value of all stock and option
awards granted in each year, rather than attributing the cost to a particular year as determined
in accordance with FAS 123(R) (now ACS 718), which was the method of valuing the grants in
previous proxy statements. |
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The amounts shown in this column for 2009 represent the fair market value of nonqualified
stock options at the time they were granted in 2009, using the Black-Scholes model. All stock
options vest at a rate of 25% per year. Assumptions used to determine the value of
nonqualified stock options are listed in the discussion of Stock Compensation Plans in Note 9
of the Companys Consolidated Financial Statements contained in the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. |
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The amounts shown in this column for 2009 represent cash awards under the Senior Executive
Management Performance Plan (annual incentive plan) for 2009 and performance units under the
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Term Incentive Plan covering the 2007-2009 performance cycle. There was no payout under either
plan for any of the named executive officers, as threshold targets were not attained. |
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The amounts shown in this column for 2009 represent the difference between the amounts shown
in the Pension Benefits Table on page 32 as of December 31, 2009 and those amounts calculated
as of December 31, 2008. See the discussion of Pension Benefits on pages 31 and 32 for a
description of how the amounts as of December 31, 2009 were calculated. The amounts as of
December 31, 2008 were calculated using the same assumptions, except that a discount rate of
6.3% was used. For both years, liabilities were determined assuming no probability of
termination, retirement, death, or disability before age 62 (the earliest age unreduced
pension benefits are payable from the plans). None of the named executive officers earned
above-market earnings in a deferred compensation plan. |
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James W. Griffith |
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$ |
11,025 |
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$ |
66,667 |
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6,904 |
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$ |
2,492 |
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1,895 |
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1,096 |
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0 |
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468 |
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4,866 |
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5,036 |
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$ |
19,600 |
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$ |
105,737 |
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5,169 |
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2,503 |
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5,445 |
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54 |
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0 |
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26 |
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5,823 |
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912 |
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$ |
11,025 |
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30,798 |
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11,571 |
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2,261 |
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0 |
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168 |
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3,930 |
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20 |
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12,585 |
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$ |
1,493 |
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Glenn A. Eisenberg |
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$ |
18,375 |
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$ |
48,715 |
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$ |
4,530 |
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1,702 |
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7,500 |
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908 |
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0 |
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111 |
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6,127 |
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974 |
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11,025 |
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15,684 |
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5,310 |
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2,161 |
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7,500 |
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527 |
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3,668 |
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2,879 |
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179 |
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1,966 |
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SIP Plan refers to the Savings and Investment Pension Plan, which is the Companys
qualified defined contribution plan for salaried employees. Core DC Program refers to
the core defined contribution program for all new salaried employees hired on or after
January 1, 2004, as well as for current salaried employees whose age plus years of service
with the Company equaled less than 50 as of December 31, 2003. Mr. Timken and Mr.
Eisenberg participate in the Core DC Program. |
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The Post-Tax Savings Plan is the Companys tax-qualified restoration plan for
salaried employees whose contributions and benefits in qualified retirement plans are
limited by Section 415 of the IRC. |
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The amounts shown for personal use of country club memberships reflect pro-rated
amounts of company-paid annual membership dues in 2009 that were used for personal use by
the named executive officers. There are no incremental costs to the Company for personal
use, as all such costs are borne by the officer. |
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The amounts shown represent imputed income for the cost of pre-tax term life insurance
(which is provided by the Company for all associates equal to one times their annual
salary) for the portion that exceeds the IRS pre-tax limit of $50,000. |
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GRANTS
OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS
The
following table sets forth information concerning certain grants made
to the named executive officers during 2009.
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Estimated |
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Future |
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Payouts |
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All Other |
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Under Equity |
|
All Other |
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Option |
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Grant Date |
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Incentive Plan |
|
Stock |
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Awards: |
|
Exercise or |
|
Fair Value of |
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Awards |
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Awards: |
|
Number of |
|
Base Price |
|
Stock and |
|
|
|
|
Estimated Future Payouts Under |
|
(Number of |
|
Number of |
|
Securities |
|
of Option |
|
Option |
|
|
|
|
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards |
|
Shares) |
|
Shares of |
|
Underlying |
|
Awards |
|
Awards |
Name |
|
Grant Date |
|
Threshold |
|
Target |
|
Maximum |
|
Target |
|
Stock |
|
Options |
|
($/share) |
|
(5) |
James W. Griffith |
|
2/2/2009 Perf Units (1) |
|
$ |
512,500 |
|
|
$ |
1,025,000 |
|
|
$ |
1,537,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2/2/2009 SEMPP (2) |
|
$ |
410,002 |
|
|
$ |
1,230,005 |
|
|
$ |
2,050,008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2/2/2009 Restr Shrs (3) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,200 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
430,408 |
|
|
|
2/2/2009 NQSOs (4) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
208,700 |
|
|
$ |
14.74 |
|
|
$ |
1,024,717 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
Ward J. Timken, Jr. |
|
2/2/2009 Perf Units (1) |
|
$ |
405,000 |
|
|
$ |
810,000 |
|
|
$ |
1,215,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2/2/2009 SEMPP (2) |
|
$ |
324,000 |
|
|
$ |
972,000 |
|
|
$ |
1,620,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2/2/2009 Restr Shrs (3) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23,100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
340,494 |
|
|
|
2/2/2009 NQSOs (4) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
164,600 |
|
|
$ |
14.74 |
|
|
$ |
808,186 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Michael C. Arnold |
|
2/2/2009 Perf Units (1) |
|
$ |
236,000 |
|
|
$ |
472,000 |
|
|
$ |
708,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2/2/2009 SEMPP (2) |
|
$ |
183,751 |
|
|
$ |
551,254 |
|
|
$ |
918,756 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2/2/2009 Restr Shrs (3) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,950 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
131,923 |
|
|
|
2/2/2009 NQSOs (4) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
54,100 |
|
|
$ |
14.74 |
|
|
$ |
265,631 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Glenn A. Eisenberg |
|
2/2/2009 Perf Units (1) |
|
$ |
236,000 |
|
|
$ |
472,000 |
|
|
$ |
708,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2/2/2009 SEMPP (2) |
|
$ |
165,201 |
|
|
$ |
495,603 |
|
|
$ |
826,006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2/2/2009 Restr Shrs (3) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,950 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
131,923 |
|
|
|
2/2/2009 NQSOs (4) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
54,100 |
|
|
$ |
14.74 |
|
|
$ |
265,631 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Salvatore J. Miraglia, Jr. |
|
2/2/2009 Perf Units (1) |
|
$ |
150,500 |
|
|
$ |
301,000 |
|
|
$ |
451,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2/2/2009 SEMPP (2) |
|
$ |
120,402 |
|
|
$ |
361,207 |
|
|
$ |
602,011 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2/2/2009 Restr Shrs (3) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
109,076 |
|
|
|
2/2/2009 NQSOs (4) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
47,300 |
|
|
$ |
14.74 |
|
|
$ |
232,243 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
The Perf Units amounts shown indicate threshold, target and maximum awards for
performance units covering the 2009-2011 performance cycle granted to each named executive
officer in 2009 under the Long-Term Incentive Plan. Payment of awards is subject to the
attainment of return on invested capital and cumulative earnings per share targets over the
2009-2011 performance cycle. Each measure is weighted equally. For any payment to be earned,
the actual performance during the performance cycle must exceed the threshold performance
levels for both return on invested capital and cumulative earnings per share. If the
threshold performance level for either measure is not attained, then no payment will occur.
If an award is payable, the minimum award is 50% of target and the maximum award is 150% of
target. Payments may be made in cash or shares of Common Stock, as determined by the
Compensation Committee. |
|
(2) |
|
The SEMPP amounts shown indicate threshold, target and maximum awards under the Senior
Executive Management Performance Plan for 2009. The Senior Executive Management Plan is a
shareholder-approved plan in which all the named executive officers participated in 2009. The
performance metrics for 2009 were corporate EBIT/BIC and working capital as a percentage of
sales. A minimum level of performance is established each year, below which no annual
performance awards are earned. The minimum performance level for 2009 was the achievement of
EBIT/BIC of 4% and this was not attained, therefore there was no payout under the plan for any
of the named executive officers. Awards paid to individual executives are based on the actual
financial results in relation to the target goals under the plan. In addition, the
Compensation Committee retains the discretion to adjust downward any awards determined by the
formula as the Compensation Committee deems appropriate. Actual awards granted under the
Senior Executive Management Performance Plan for 2009 are reflected in the Summary
Compensation Table. |
|
(3) |
|
The Restr Shrs amounts shown reflect restricted shares granted in 2009, which required that
the Company achieve a management objective established by the Compensation Committee at the
time of |
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|
|
the grant, or the grant is cancelled. There are no threshold or maximum amounts. The
management objective for 2009 was the achievement of EBIT/BIC of 4% and this was not achieved.
Because the management objective was not achieved in 2009, the performance-based restricted
shares were
cancelled. Dividends are paid on all restricted shares at the same rate as shares of Common
Stock generally. |
|
(4) |
|
The NQSOs amounts shown reflect nonqualified stock options granted in 2009. All options
granted to the named executive officers during 2009 were granted on February 2. All options
were granted pursuant to the Long-Term Incentive Plan with an exercise price equal to the fair
market value (as defined in the plan) on the date of grant, have a ten year term and will
become exercisable over four years in 25% increments on the anniversary date of the grant.
The agreements pertaining to these options provide that such options will become exercisable
in full and will vest in the event of normal retirement, early retirement with the Companys
consent, death or disability of the option holder or a change in control of the Company, in
each case as defined in such agreements. |
|
(5) |
|
The amounts shown reflect the fair market value on the date of grant of restricted shares and
options granted in 2009 in accordance with FAS 123(R) (now ACS 718). The fair market value of
restricted shares is the opening price of Common Stock on the date of grant multiplied by the
number of full shares granted. The fair market value of options is determined using the
Black-Scholes model. |
-29-
OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR- END
The following table sets forth information concerning unexercised options, stock that has
not vested and equity incentive plan awards outstanding for each named executive officer as of
December 31, 2009.
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|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Option Awards (1) |
|
Stock Awards (2) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Incentive |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Plan Awards: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of |
|
Number of |
|
Number of |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Securities |
|
Securities |
|
Securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares or |
|
Market Value |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Underlying |
|
Underlying |
|
Underlying |
|
Option |
|
|
|
|
|
Units of |
|
of Shares or |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unexercised |
|
Unexercised |
|
Unexercised |
|
Exercise |
|
Option |
|
Stock that |
|
Units of Stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options |
|
Options |
|
Unearned |
|
Price |
|
Expiration |
|
Have Not |
|
that Have Not |
Name |
|
Grant Date |
|
Exercisable |
|
Unexercisable |
|
Options |
|
($/share) |
|
Date |
|
Vested |
|
Vested |
James W. Griffith |
|
|
04/16/2002 |
|
|
|
50,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
25.40 |
|
|
|
04/16/2012 |
|
|
|
41,893 |
|
|
$ |
993,283 |
|
|
|
|
04/20/2004 |
|
|
|
134,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
24.14 |
|
|
|
04/20/2014 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/31/2005 |
|
|
|
134,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
25.21 |
|
|
|
01/31/2015 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/06/2006 |
|
|
|
100,500 |
|
|
|
33,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
30.93 |
|
|
|
02/06/2016 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/05/2007 |
|
|
|
67,000 |
|
|
|
67,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
29.23 |
|
|
|
02/05/2017 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/04/2008 |
|
|
|
40,250 |
|
|
|
120,750 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
30.70 |
|
|
|
02/04/2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/02/2009 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
208,700 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
14.74 |
|
|
|
02/02/2019 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ward J. Timken, Jr. |
|
|
04/17/2001 |
|
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
15.02 |
|
|
|
04/17/2011 |
|
|
|
35,879 |
|
|
$ |
850,691 |
|
|
|
|
04/16/2002 |
|
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
25.40 |
|
|
|
04/16/2012 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/15/2003 |
|
|
|
35,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
17.56 |
|
|
|
04/15/2013 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/20/2004 |
|
|
|
24,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
24.14 |
|
|
|
04/20/2014 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/31/2005 |
|
|
|
27,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
25.21 |
|
|
|
01/31/2015 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/06/2006 |
|
|
|
85,500 |
|
|
|
28,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
30.93 |
|
|
|
02/06/2016 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/05/2007 |
|
|
|
57,000 |
|
|
|
57,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
29.23 |
|
|
|
02/05/2017 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/04/2008 |
|
|
|
31,750 |
|
|
|
95,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
30.70 |
|
|
|
02/04/2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/02/2009 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
164,600 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
14.74 |
|
|
|
02/02/2019 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Michael C. Arnold |
|
|
04/15/2003 |
|
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
17.56 |
|
|
|
04/15/2013 |
|
|
|
39,699 |
|
|
$ |
941,263 |
|
|
|
|
04/20/2004 |
|
|
|
15,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
24.14 |
|
|
|
04/20/2014 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/31/2005 |
|
|
|
30,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
25.21 |
|
|
|
01/31/2015 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/06/2006 |
|
|
|
22,500 |
|
|
|
7,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
30.93 |
|
|
|
02/06/2016 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/05/2007 |
|
|
|
17,500 |
|
|
|
17,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
29.23 |
|
|
|
02/05/2017 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/04/2008 |
|
|
|
10,425 |
|
|
|
31,275 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
30.70 |
|
|
|
02/04/2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/02/2009 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
54,100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
14.74 |
|
|
|
02/02/2019 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Glenn A. Eisenberg |
|
|
01/31/2005 |
|
|
|
8,750 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
25.21 |
|
|
|
01/31/2015 |
|
|
|
14,199 |
|
|
$ |
336,658 |
|
|
|
|
02/06/2006 |
|
|
|
8,750 |
|
|
|
8,750 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
30.93 |
|
|
|
02/06/2016 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/05/2007 |
|
|
|
8,750 |
|
|
|
17,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
29.23 |
|
|
|
02/05/2017 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/04/2008 |
|
|
|
10,425 |
|
|
|
31,275 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
30.70 |
|
|
|
02/04/2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/02/2009 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
54,100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
14.74 |
|
|
|
02/02/2019 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Salvatore J. Miraglia, Jr. |
|
|
01/31/2005 |
|
|
|
4,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
25.21 |
|
|
|
01/31/2015 |
|
|
|
12,728 |
|
|
$ |
301,781 |
|
|
|
|
02/06/2006 |
|
|
|
7,500 |
|
|
|
7,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
30.93 |
|
|
|
02/06/2016 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/05/2007 |
|
|
|
7,500 |
|
|
|
15,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
29.23 |
|
|
|
02/05/2017 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/04/2008 |
|
|
|
9,125 |
|
|
|
27,375 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
30.70 |
|
|
|
02/04/2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/02/2009 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
47,300 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
14.74 |
|
|
|
02/02/2019 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
All option awards shown are nonqualified stock options that vest 25% per year over the
four year period from the date of grant. |
|
(2) |
|
Aggregate stock awards shown include restricted shares and deferred dividend equivalents that
have time-based vesting. Restricted shares granted in 2009 were subject to a performance
objective in order to vest over time. Because the objective was not met in 2009 these
restricted shares were cancelled. Restricted shares vest 25% per year over the four year
period from the date of grant, unless cancelled, with the exception of 25,000 deferred shares
granted in 2006 to Mr. Arnold that will vest in full on the fourth anniversary of the date of
grant. Deferred dividend equivalents are subject to forfeiture until four |
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|
|
years after the
date they are earned. The market value of all shares shown in this column was determined
based upon the closing price of Common Stock on December 31, 2009 ($23.71). |
OPTION EXERCISES AND STOCK VESTED
The following table sets forth information with respect to the exercise of stock
options and vesting of stock-based awards during 2009 by the named executive officers.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Option Awards |
|
Stock Awards |
|
|
Number of |
|
Value |
|
Number of |
|
Value |
|
|
Shares |
|
Realized on |
|
Shares |
|
Realized on |
|
|
Acquired on |
|
Exercise |
|
Acquired on |
|
Vesting |
Name |
|
Exercise |
|
(1) |
|
Vesting |
|
(2) |
James W. Griffith |
|
|
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
28,125 |
|
|
$ |
416,925 |
|
Ward J. Timken, Jr. |
|
|
9,000 |
|
|
$ |
48,323 |
|
|
|
20,200 |
|
|
$ |
298,895 |
|
Michael C. Arnold |
|
|
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
9,725 |
|
|
$ |
144,056 |
|
Glenn A. Eisenberg |
|
|
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
10,725 |
|
|
$ |
159,021 |
|
Salvatore J. Miraglia, Jr. |
|
|
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
7,675 |
|
|
$ |
113,639 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
The value realized on the exercise of options is the difference between the exercise price
and the fair market value of Common Stock on the date of exercise. Fair market value is
determined by a real-time trading quote from the New York Stock Exchange at the time of
exercise. |
|
(2) |
|
The value shown in the table for stock awards is the number of shares multiplied by the fair
market value of Common Stock on the date of vesting. Fair market value is determined by the
average of the high and low price of a share of Common Stock on the date of vesting. |
PENSION BENEFITS
Qualified Plan
During 2003, the Company moved from a defined benefit retirement program (the Qualified
Plan) to a core defined contribution retirement income program for all new salaried employees
hired on or after January 1, 2004, as well as for current salaried employees whose age plus years
of service with the Company equaled less than 50 as of December 31, 2003. Salaried employees whose
age plus years of service equaled or exceeded 50 as of December 31, 2003 participate in a defined
benefit plan with a formula of 0.75% per year of service times average earnings, including base
salary and cash annual incentive compensation, for the highest five non-consecutive years of the
ten years preceding retirement (Final Average Earnings). For all employees in a defined benefit
plan as of December 31, 2003, the formula in effect at the time of service, using Final Average
Earnings at retirement, would be applied to such service.
The benefit is generally payable beginning at age 65 for the lifetime of the employee, with
alternative forms of payment available with actuarial adjustments. Participants may retire early
from the Qualified Plan if they meet any of the following eligibility requirements:
|
|
|
Age 62 and 15 years of service; |
|
|
|
|
Age 60 and 25 years of service; or |
|
|
|
|
Any age and 30 years of service |
In addition, participants age 55 with at least 15 years of service may retire and receive the
portion of their Qualified Plan benefit attributable to service earned after 2003. As of December
31, 2009, Messrs Griffith, Arnold and Miraglia were the only named executive officers who were
eligible for early retirement.
Benefits for service after December 31, 1991 are reduced for early commencement at a rate of
three percent per year before age 60 for the portion of the benefit attributable to service earned
between 1992 and 2003, and four percent per year before age 62 for the portion of the benefit
attributable to service earned after 2003.
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Supplemental Pension Plan
Consistent with the retirement income program changes the Company implemented for its salaried
employees generally, the Company also reviewed and modified its Supplemental Executive Retirement
Program for Executive Officers (SERP), effective January 1, 2004. Supplemental retirement income
benefits under the SERP will be calculated using a target benefit of 60% of Final Average Earnings,
offset by any defined benefit plan payments provided by the Company and the aggregate earnings
opportunity provided by any Company contributions under the core defined contribution program, the
SIP Plan and the Post-Tax Savings Plan. To receive 100% of the supplemental benefit, the officer
must have at least 10 years of Company service. Benefits will be prorated for Company service of
less than 10 years. The supplemental benefit will vest after five years of service as an officer
of the Company, with normal retirement being considered as of age 62. Early retirement at age 55
with at least 15 years of Company service will be available, but if benefits are commenced early,
they will be reduced by four percent per year for each year of early commencement prior to age 62.
PENSION BENEFITS TABLE
The following table sets forth the number of years of credited service and actuarial
value of the defined benefit pension plans for the named executive officers as of December 31,
2009. The Present Value of Accumulated Benefit shown below is the present value as of December
31, 2009 of the pension benefits earned as of such date that would be payable under that plan for
the life of the executive, beginning at age 62. Age 62 is the earliest age an unreduced benefit is
payable from the plans. The assumptions used to determine the present value include a 6.0%
discount rate and mortality according to the RP-2000 Mortality Table for males and females.
Benefits were determined assuming no probability of termination, retirement, death, or disability
before age 62. For 2009, the Internal Revenue Code pay limit was $245,000 and the maximum benefit
was $195,000.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Years of |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Credited |
|
Present Value of |
Name |
|
Plan |
|
Service |
|
Accumulated Benefit |
|
|
Supplemental Plan |
|
|
25.5 |
|
|
$ |
6,940,000 |
(1) |
James W. Griffith
|
|
Qualified Plan |
|
|
25.5 |
|
|
$ |
459,000 |
|
|
|
Supplemental Plan |
|
|
17.6 |
|
|
$ |
1,662,000 |
|
Ward J. Timken, Jr.
|
|
Qualified Plan |
|
|
11.6 |
|
|
$ |
94,000 |
(2) |
|
|
Supplemental Plan |
|
|
30.6 |
|
|
$ |
2,333,000 |
|
Michael C. Arnold
|
|
Qualified Plan |
|
|
30.6 |
|
|
$ |
482,000 |
|
|
|
Supplemental Plan |
|
|
8.0 |
|
|
$ |
1,597,000 |
|
Glenn A. Eisenberg
|
|
Qualified Plan |
|
|
2.0 |
|
|
$ |
23,000 |
(2) |
|
|
Supplemental Plan |
|
|
37.5 |
|
|
$ |
3,102,000 |
(1) |
Salvatore J. Miraglia, Jr.
|
|
Qualified Plan |
|
|
37.5 |
|
|
$ |
916,000 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
Due to their length of service as officers of the Company, Mr. Griffith and Mr. Miraglia
were grandfathered in a prior SERP formula for service before 2004. The following formula
applies to each of them: (1) 1.75% of Final Average Earnings, reduced by 1.25% of the Social
Security benefit, times years of service prior to January 1, 2004, the result increased by 5%;
plus (2) the benefit under the formula discussed in the Supplemental Pension Plan section
above, times the ratio of service after December 31, 2003 to total service. |
|
(2) |
|
Because neither Mr. Eisenberg nor Mr. Timken had a combination of age and service with the
Company that equaled or exceeded 50 as of December 31, 2003, they do not accumulate any
service under the Qualified Plan after December 31, 2003. |
-32-
NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION
The table below sets forth information regarding contributions, earnings and withdrawals
during 2009 and the account balances as of December 31, 2009 for the named executive officers who
at any time during the year had any balance under the Deferred Compensation Plan.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aggregate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Executive |
|
Earnings in |
|
Aggregate |
|
Aggregate Balance at |
|
|
Contributions in |
|
2009 |
|
Withdrawals/ |
|
December 31, 2009 |
Name |
|
2009 |
|
(1) |
|
Distributions |
|
(2) |
James W. Griffith |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
98,608 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
676,060 |
|
Ward J. Timken, Jr. |
|
$ |
170,870 |
|
|
$ |
2,320 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
173,190 |
|
Glenn A. Eisenberg |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
1,155 |
|
|
$ |
109,430 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
Salvatore J. Miraglia, Jr. |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
51,158 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
382,985 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
This column includes interest earned from cash deferrals, dividend equivalents earned from
restricted share deferrals, interest earned on those dividend equivalents and appreciation or
depreciation in value for restricted share deferrals. The earnings during this year and
previous years were not above market or preferential, therefore these amounts were not
included in the Summary Compensation Table. |
|
(2) |
|
Amounts included in the aggregate balances that previously were reported as compensation to
the named executive officers in the Companys Summary Compensation Table for previous years
(or would have been had they been identified as named executive officers) are as follows: Mr.
Griffith $524,000; Mr. Timken $170,870; and Mr. Miraglia $267,000. |
The Company maintains a Deferred Compensation Plan that allows certain employees, including
the named executive officers, to defer receipt of all or a portion of their salary, employee
contributions and company match that would otherwise be directed to the Post-Tax Savings Plan
and/or incentive compensation payable in cash or shares of Common Stock until a future time they
have specified. Cash deferrals earn interest quarterly at a rate equal to the prime rate plus one
percent. Restricted share deferrals, which were previously allowed under the plan, earn dividend
equivalents (cash equivalent to the value of dividends that would be paid on restricted shares) and
interest on those dividend equivalents at the aforementioned rate. The Deferred Compensation Plan
is not funded by the Company and participants have an unsecured contractual commitment by the
Company to pay the amounts due under the plan. When such payments are due, they will be
distributed from the Companys general assets. In the event of a change in control in the Company,
as defined in the plan, participants are entitled to receive deferred amounts immediately.
POTENTIAL PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION OR CHANGE-IN-CONTROL
The Company has entered into Severance Agreements with each of the named executive
officers that provide for compensation in the event of termination of employment under certain
circumstances. In addition, the named executive officers are entitled to post-termination payments
or benefits under agreements entered into under the Long-Term Incentive Plan and under the
Companys retirement and benefit plans under certain circumstances. The following circumstances
would trigger post-termination payments to the named executive officers: change in control followed
by certain events described below, involuntary termination without cause, permanent disability and
death. All scenarios are assumed to have a December 31, 2009 effective date.
Change In Control
Under the Severance Agreements with the named executive officers, when certain events occur,
such as a reduction in the officers responsibilities or termination of the officers employment
following a change in control of the Company (as defined in the Severance Agreements), the officer
will be entitled to receive payment in an amount, grossed up for any excise taxes payable by the
individual, equal to a multiple of 3.0 times the officers annual base salary and target annual
incentive compensation, plus a lump sum amount representing the SERP benefit.
The lump sum amount is determined by calculating the benefit under the Qualified Plan and the
SERP assuming the officer continued to earn service for three additional years with annual earnings
during those three years equal to the compensation described above. The lump sum amount is reduced
by the lump sum
-33-
equivalent of the benefit payable from the Qualified Plan. This lump sum is
determined based on mortality table and interest rate promulgated by the IRS under Section
417(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The officer would also receive certain benefits based on contributions that would have been
made to the SIP Plan and the Post-Tax Savings Plan during the three year period. Any unvested
equity-based grants would vest and become nonforfeitable. The officer has five years to exercise
all stock options. In the event of a change in control, the amounts payable under the Severance
Agreements become secured by a trust arrangement.
Voluntary Termination
The Company pays no severance, benefits or perquisites in the case of a voluntary termination.
Involuntary Termination With Cause
The Company provides no severance, benefits, perquisites or vesting of any equity-based grants
in the case where an officer is terminated by the Company with cause. As provided in the Severance
Agreements, termination with cause can occur only in the event that the officer has done any of the
following: an intentional act of fraud, embezzlement or theft in connection with his duties with
the Company; intentional wrongful disclosure of secret processes or confidential information of the
Company or a Company subsidiary; or intentional wrongful engagement in any Competitive Activity (as
defined in the Severance Agreements) which would constitute a material breach of the officers duty
of loyalty to the Company.
If the Company terminates an officers employment for cause, no benefit is payable from any of
the nonqualified pension plans.
Involuntary Termination Without Cause
In the case of an involuntary termination without cause, each named executive officer is
entitled to severance equal to 1.5 times the officers base salary and target annual incentive
compensation, except the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer, who are entitled to severance of
2.0 times base salary and target annual incentive compensation. In consideration for providing
severance benefits, the Company receives confidentiality and non-compete covenants from the named
executive officers, as well as a release of liability for all claims against the Company.
The values shown on the table below for the retirement benefits are payable in the same form
and manner as discussed in the narrative following the Pension Benefits Table. For purposes of
involuntary termination without cause, the benefit is determined and payable as described in the
Pension Benefits discussion on pages 31 and 32, but with two additional years of service credit.
Death or Permanent Disability
Permanent Disability occurs if a named executive officer qualifies for permanent disability
benefits under a disability plan or program of the Company or, in the absence of a disability plan
or program of the Company, under a government-sponsored disability program.
Benefits for officers who die while actively employed are payable to the surviving spouse from
the defined benefit pension plans at the officers normal retirement date (or on a reduced basis at
an early retirement date) if the officer had at least 5 years of service. The benefit is equal to
50% of the benefit payable if the officer had terminated employment on the date of his death,
survived to the payment date (as elected by
spouse), elected the 50% joint and survivor form of payment and died the next day. If the
executive has at least 15 years of service at time of death, the benefit is equal to 50% of the
accrued benefit at time of death payable immediately, but with any applicable early commencement
reduction.
All equity-based LTIP grants immediately vest in the even of death or permanent disability.
In the case of disability, the employee has up to five years to exercise stock options. There is a
one year expiration period in the case of death for the survivor to exercise stock options.
-34-
Termination Scenarios
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mr. Griffith |
|
Mr. Timken |
|
|
|
|
|
|
With |
|
Death & |
|
Without |
|
Change in |
|
|
|
|
|
With |
|
Death & |
|
Without |
|
Change in |
|
|
Voluntary |
|
Cause |
|
Disability |
|
Cause |
|
Control |
|
Voluntary |
|
Cause |
|
Disability |
|
Cause |
|
Control |
Cash Severance (1) |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
4,100,016 |
|
|
$ |
6,150,024 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
3,240,000 |
|
|
$ |
4,860,000 |
|
Cash LTIP Award (2) |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
Equity (3) |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
2,397,312 |
|
|
$ |
1,795,934 |
|
|
$ |
2,397,312 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
1,958,038 |
|
|
$ |
1,483,413 |
|
|
$ |
1,958,038 |
|
Retirement Benefits (4) |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
441,000 |
|
|
$ |
3,170,000 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
1,847,000 |
|
Other Benefits (5) |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
1,600,000 |
|
|
$ |
20,000 |
|
|
$ |
30,000 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
600,000 |
|
|
$ |
20,000 |
|
|
$ |
30,000 |
|
Excise Tax Gross Up (6) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
3,441,842 |
|
Total |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
3,997,312 |
|
|
$ |
6,356,950 |
|
|
$ |
11,747,336 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
2,558,038 |
|
|
$ |
4,743,413 |
|
|
$ |
12,136,880 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mr. Arnold |
|
Mr. Eisenberg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
With |
|
Death & |
|
Without |
|
Change in |
|
|
|
|
|
With |
|
Death & |
|
Without |
|
Change in |
|
|
Voluntary |
|
Cause |
|
Disability |
|
Cause |
|
Control |
|
Voluntary |
|
Cause |
|
Disability |
|
Cause |
|
Control |
Cash Severance (1) |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
1,627,511 |
|
|
$ |
3,255,021 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
1,504,510 |
|
|
$ |
3,009,020 |
|
Cash LTIP Award (2) |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
Equity (3) |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
1,305,221 |
|
|
$ |
550,252 |
|
|
$ |
1,305,221 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
700,616 |
|
|
$ |
538,397 |
|
|
$ |
700,616 |
|
Retirement Benefits (4) |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
1,791,000 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
578,000 |
|
|
$ |
1,895,000 |
|
Other Benefits (5) |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
750,000 |
|
|
$ |
15,000 |
|
|
$ |
30,000 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
1,000,000 |
|
|
$ |
15,000 |
|
|
$ |
30,000 |
|
Excise Tax Gross Up (6) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
2,272,750 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
Total |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
2,055,221 |
|
|
$ |
2,192,763 |
|
|
$ |
8,653,992 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
1,700,616 |
|
|
$ |
2,635,907 |
|
|
$ |
5,634,636 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mr. Miraglia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
With |
|
Death & |
|
Without |
|
Change in |
|
|
Voluntary |
|
Cause |
|
Disability |
|
Cause |
|
Control |
Cash Severance (1) |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
1,096,520 |
|
|
$ |
2,193,041 |
|
Cash LTIP Award (2) |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
Equity (3) |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
619,992 |
|
|
$ |
480,135 |
|
|
$ |
619,992 |
|
Retirement Benefits (4) |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
127,000 |
|
|
$ |
984,000 |
|
Other Benefits (5) |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
680,000 |
|
|
$ |
15,000 |
|
|
$ |
30,000 |
|
Excise Tax Gross Up (6) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
Total |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
1,299,992 |
|
|
$ |
1,718,655 |
|
|
$ |
3,827,032 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
Cash Severance amounts are defined by multiples of annual pay stated in the Severance
Agreements entered into by the Company and each named executive officer. |
|
(2) |
|
Cash LTIP Award includes values granted under Performance Unit Agreements to each named
executive officer. The Severance Agreements require prorated payouts for current cycles. The
current cycles included in the above table are the 20082010 and 20092011 performance
cycles. Because the Company is projecting no payout for these current cycles, these amounts
are shown as $0 for the Death & Disability, Without Cause and Change in Control
scenarios. |
|
(3) |
|
Equity includes restricted shares, deferred shares, and stock option grants. Equity-based
grants immediately vest in the event of a change in control (as defined in the Severance
Agreements) followed by certain events previously described or at the time of death or
permanent disability. Equity-based grants vest through the period of time represented by the
cash severance multiple in the case of an involuntary termination. All full share awards are
valued at the closing price of Common Stock on December 31, 2009 which was $23.71. All stock
options are valued based on the difference between the above closing stock price and the
exercise price (or zero if the difference is negative), times the number of unvested shares
that would accelerate, as defined in the Severance Agreements. |
|
(4) |
|
Retirement Benefits represents the value of benefits payable from the qualified and
supplemental plans. The value shown under the change in control scenario is the lump sum
present value of benefits earned under the qualified and supplemental plans assuming an
additional 3 years of service. |
|
(5) |
|
Other Benefits is continuation of health and welfare benefits through the severance period,
with an estimated value of $10,000 per year. Additionally, the Company entered into Death
Benefit Agreements with the named executive officers who were executive officers in October
2003. The amounts shown under Death and Disability represent the value of the death benefit
payable under these agreements, which was two times the officers base salary in effect as of
December 31, 2003. |
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|
|
|
(6) |
|
Excise Tax Gross Up represents the amount that the Company would pay to cover the excise
tax of 20% above normal withholdings that would be imposed if a payment to an executive is
over a calculated threshold as defined by the Internal Revenue Code. The Severance Agreements
provide for a gross-up payment that ensures that after the executive pays all taxes, his net
benefit includes the money he would have lost as a result of the excise tax. Based on the
hypothetical change in control as of December 31, 2009, no excise tax would be triggered for
Messrs. Griffith, Eisenberg and Miraglia. Based on lower compensation during the earlier
years of the relevant period in which the excise tax threshold is defined, Messrs. Timken and
Arnold would receive change-in-control payments in excess of their respective thresholds and
would therefore receive the tax gross-up benefit, as defined in the Severance Agreements. |
EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION
The table below sets forth information as of December 31, 2009, regarding the Long-Term
Incentive Plan. Under the Long-Term Incentive Plan, the Company has made equity compensation
available to Directors, officers, and other employees of the Company. The Long-Term Incentive Plan
has been approved by shareholders.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
remaining available for |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
future issuance under |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average |
|
equity compensation |
|
|
Number of securities to be issued |
|
exercise price of |
|
plans (excluding |
|
|
upon exercise of outstanding |
|
outstanding options, |
|
securities reflected in |
|
|
options, warrants and rights |
|
warrants and rights |
|
column (a)) |
Plan Category |
|
(a)(1) |
|
(b)(2) |
|
(c)(3) |
Equity compensation plans
approved by security
holders (4) |
|
|
5,348,272 |
|
|
$ |
24.37 |
|
|
|
4,885,508 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity compensation plans
not approved by security
holders |
|
|
0 |
|
|
$ |
0.00 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total: |
|
|
5,348,272 |
|
|
$ |
24.37 |
|
|
|
4,885,508 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
The amount shown in column (a) includes nonqualified stock options, deferred shares, and
deferred dividend equivalents, but does not include restricted shares or performance units. |
|
(2) |
|
The weighted average exercise price in column (b) includes nonqualified stock options only. |
|
(3) |
|
The amount shown in column (c) represents shares of Common Stock remaining available under
the Long-Term Incentive Plan, which authorizes the Compensation Committee to make awards of
option rights, appreciation rights, restricted shares, deferred shares, and performance units.
Awards may be credited with dividend equivalents payable in the form of shares of Common
Stock. In addition, under the Long-Term Incentive Plan, Nonemployee Directors are entitled to
awards of restricted shares, Common Stock and option rights pursuant to a formula set forth in
the Long-Term Incentive Plan. In 2008, the Long-Term Incentive Plan was amended to increase
the number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued to an aggregate of 23,200,000. The
plan previously limited the number of restricted shares and deferred shares that could be
issued to 15% of the total number of shares of Common Stock authorized under the plan. The
Amended Plan removed this limit, but replaced it with a new method of counting the number of
shares of Common Stock available for future grants. Under the new counting method, for any
award that is not an option right or a stock appreciation right, 2.55 shares of Common
Stock are subtracted from the maximum number of shares of Common Stock available under the plan
for every share of Common Stock issued under the award. For awards of option rights and stock
appreciation rights, however, only one share of Common Stock is subtracted from the maximum
number of shares of Common Stock available under the plan for every share of Common Stock
granted. |
|
(4) |
|
The Company also maintains the Director Deferred Compensation Plan and the 1996 Deferred
Compensation Plan pursuant to which Directors and employees, respectively, may defer receipt
of |
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|
|
|
|
|
shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Long-Term Incentive Plan. The
table does not include separate information about these plans because they merely provide for
the deferral, rather than the issuance, of shares of Common Stock. |
ITEM NO. 2
RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors has selected Ernst & Young LLP, an
independent registered public accounting firm, to perform the audit of our financial statements and
our internal control over financial reporting for the 2010 fiscal year. Ernst & Young has acted
as the Companys independent accounting firm for many years.
The selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Companys independent auditors is not required to be
submitted to a vote of our shareholders for ratification. However, the Board of Directors believes
that obtaining shareholder ratification is a sound governance practice. If our shareholders fail
to vote on an advisory basis in favor of the selection of Ernst & Young, the Audit Committee will
reconsider whether to retain Ernst & Young, and may retain that firm or another firm without
re-submitting the matter to our shareholders. Even if the shareholders ratify the appointment, the
Audit Committee may, in its discretion, direct the appointment of a different independent
registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if it determines that such a change
would be in the Companys best interests.
A favorable vote of a majority of the votes cast on this matter is necessary to ratify the
appointment of Ernst & Young LLP. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not be counted for
determining whether this matter is approved.
Representatives of Ernst &Young are expected to be present at the Annual Meeting of
Shareholders. They will have an opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so and will
be available to respond to appropriate questions.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF
ERNST & YOUNG LLP AS THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS FOR THE YEAR 2010.
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AUDITORS
Set forth below are the aggregate fees billed by Ernst & Young for professional services
rendered to the Company in 2009 and 2008.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
Audit fees: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated financial statements |
|
$ |
1,690,600 |
|
|
$ |
1,981,600 |
|
Sarbanes Oxley Section 404 attestation |
|
|
927,700 |
|
|
|
1,150,000 |
|
Statutory audits |
|
|
1,100,700 |
|
|
|
1,276,900 |
|
Regulatory filings (SEC) |
|
|
79,000 |
|
|
|
9,500 |
|
Accounting consultations |
|
|
410,400 |
|
|
|
327,800 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,208,400 |
|
|
|
4,745,800 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Audit-related fees: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employee benefit plan audits |
|
|
206,900 |
|
|
|
258,000 |
|
International statutory filings |
|
|
1,100 |
|
|
|
2,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
208,000 |
|
|
|
260,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax fees: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax compliance |
|
|
135,100 |
|
|
|
211,800 |
|
Tax advisory |
|
|
194,600 |
|
|
|
230,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
329,700 |
|
|
|
441,800 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All other fees: |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
4,746,100 |
|
|
$ |
5,448,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Audit Committee has adopted policies and procedures requiring pre-approval of all audit
and non-audit services provided by the independent auditor. Other than audit and non-audit
services pre-approved in connection with the annual engagement of the independent auditor, all
services to be provided by the independent auditor must be pre-approved by the Audit Committee.
Requests for pre-approval must contain sufficient detail to ensure the Audit Committee knows
precisely what services it is being asked to pre-approve so that it can make a well-reasoned
assessment of the impact of the service on the auditors independence. Additionally, the Audit
Committee has pre-approved the provision of a limited number of specific services that do not
require further action by the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee has delegated its pre-approval
authority to one of its members who must report any pre-approval decisions to the full Audit
Committee at its next scheduled meeting. All of the services described above under Audit-related
fees and Tax fees were approved by the Audit Committee in accordance with its pre-approval
policies and procedures.
ITEM NO. 3
APPROVAL OF THE TIMKEN COMPANY
SENIOR EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE PLAN,
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF FEBRUARY 8, 2010
The Company desires to continue its policy of providing annual cash incentive
compensation to the Companys Chief Executive Officer and other designated executive officers of
the Company under a plan that will meet the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue
Code. Generally, Section 162(m) prevents a company from receiving a federal income tax deduction
for compensation paid to the Chief Executive Officer and certain highly compensated executive
officers in excess of $1 million for any year, unless that compensation be paid pursuant to a plan
the key terms of which have been approved by the companys shareholders at least every five years.
Effective January 1, 2005, the Board of Directors adopted, and the Company shareholders
approved, The Timken Company Senior Executive Management Performance Plan as amended and restated
as of
February 1, 2005 (the Restated Plan). In light of Section 162(m)s five-year shareholder
reapproval requirement, the term of the Restated Plan will expire upon the first shareholders
meeting in 2010. In order to continue to provide annual cash incentive compensation to the
Companys Chief Executive Officer and other designated executive officers under a plan that will
meet the requirements of Section 162(m), the Board of Directors approved amendments to the Restated
Plan by adopting The Timken Company Senior Executive Management Performance Plan, as Amended and
Restated as of February 8, 2010 (the Amended Plan), and has recommended that the Amended Plan be
submitted to the Companys shareholders for approval at the 2010 Annual Meeting.
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The Amended Plan will become effective upon its approval by shareholders. Until such time as
the Amended Plan is voted upon by shareholders, the Company may continue to make awards under the
Restated Plan. Awards made by the Company on February 8, 2010, therefore were made under the
Restated Plan.
The Amended Plan was revised to include an extension of the term of the Amended Plan for an
additional five years. In addition, the list of performance criteria pursuant to which
compensation may be awarded under the Amended Plan has been expanded to include gross profits
and/or comparisons with various stock market indices and provisions for recovery of incentive
bonuses due to financial restatements deemed to be the result of an executive officers personal
misconduct or fraudulent activity.
Under the Restated Plan, the Compensation Committee has designated the Executive Vice
President Finance & Administration, the Senior Vice President & General Counsel, the President
Steel, the Executive Vice President & President Bearings & Power Transmission, and the Chairman
of the Board, in addition to the Chief Executive Officer, as participants in the Restated Plan for
2010 and has established performance goals for 2010 based on earnings before interest and taxes
divided by beginning invested capital (EBIT/BIC) and working capital as a percentage of sales. In
future years, the Committee could continue to use these performance measures under the Amended Plan
or could select another objective or combination of objectives from the list described below.
Summary of Amended Plan. The following is a summary of the Amended Plan and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the complete text of the Amended Plan which is set forth in Appendix A.
|
o |
|
Administration. The Amended Plan will be administered by the Compensation Committee or
another committee (consisting of at least two Directors, each of whom must be an outside
director within the meaning of Section 162(m)) appointed by the Board. In administering
the Amended Plan, the Committee will have full power and authority to interpret the Amended
Plan and establish Management Objectives and the amount of bonuses payable upon achievement
of such objectives. |
Eligible Executives. Participation in the Amended Plan will be limited to Eligible Executives,
which is defined as the Companys Chief Executive Officer and any other designated executive
officer of the Company that in the Compensation Committees judgment could, in the absence of the
Amended Plan, be paid compensation the deductibility of which could be limited by Section 162(m).
Participation in the Amended Plan is limited to the Companys executive officers designated by the
Committee. The Company currently has seven executive officers.
|
o |
|
Management Objectives. A participants right to receive a bonus under the Amended Plan
depends on achievement of certain performance goals, referred to as Management Objectives.
Management Objectives may be described in terms of either Company-wide objectives or
objectives that are related to the performance of the individual participant or subsidiary,
division, department or function within the Company or subsidiary in which the participant
is employed. Management Objectives must be limited to specified levels of, growth in or
relative peer company performance in: cash flow, cost of capital, debt reduction, earnings,
earnings before interest and taxes, earnings per share, economic value added, free cash
flow, working capital, inventory management, net income, productivity improvement, profit
after tax, reduction of fixed costs, return on assets, return on equity, return on invested
capital, sales, customer service, shareholder return, gross profits and/or comparisons with
various stock market indices. Management Objectives may be stated as a combination of the
preceding factors. |
|
o |
|
Establishment of Bonus Amounts. Not later than the 90th day of each fiscal
year of the Company, the Compensation Committee must establish the Management Objectives
for each participant and
the bonus amount payable (or formula for determining such amount) upon full achievement of
the specified Management Objectives. The Committee may further specify in respect of the
specified Management Objectives a minimum acceptable level of achievement below which no
payment will be made and shall set forth a formula for determining the amount of any payment
to be made if performance is at or above the minimum acceptable level but falls short of
full achievement of the specified Management Objectives. The Committee may not modify the
specified Management Objectives, except to the extent that after such modification the bonus
payments would continue to constitute qualified performance-based compensation for
purposes of Section 162(m). The |
-39-
|
|
|
Committee retains the discretion to reduce the amount of
any bonus that would be otherwise payable (including a reduction in such amount to zero).
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Amended Plan to the contrary, in no event shall
the bonus paid to a participant for a year exceed $4,000,000. |
|
|
o |
|
Payment of Incentive Bonuses. Subject to a valid election made by a participant with
respect to the deferral of all or a portion of his or her bonus, bonuses shall be paid
within 30 days after written certification by the Committee that the Management
Objective(s) have been achieved and of the amount of the bonus to be paid, but in no event
later than two and one-half months after the close of the Companys fiscal year. |
|
|
o |
|
Recovery of Incentive Bonuses. If any of the Companys financial statements for any
fiscal year after 2009 are restated due to material noncompliance with any financial
reporting requirement under the U.S. securities laws applicable to such fiscal year and the
Committee determines that a participant is personally responsible for causing the
restatement as a result of personal misconduct or any fraudulent activity on the part of
the participant, then the Committee may cause the Company to recover all or any portion of
the participants bonus paid or payable under the Amended Plan for any fiscal year covered
by the restatement. The amount of any recovered bonus will be limited to the amount by
which the bonus exceeded the amount that would have been paid to the participant had the
financial statement for the restated fiscal year been initially filed as restated, as
reasonably determined by the Committee. The Committee will also determine the form of
repayment of any recovered bonus amounts. |
|
|
o |
|
Effective Date. If the Amended Plan is approved by shareholders, it will continue in
effect until the first shareholders meeting in 2015. The Board, however, may suspend or
terminate the Amended Plan at any time. |
|
|
Plan Benefits. It is not possible to determine the amount of the benefits that will be awarded
or received in the future under the Amended Plan because the grants awarded under the Amended
Plan will be discretionary. |
|
|
Vote Required to Approve the Plan. A favorable vote of a majority of votes cast on the matter
is necessary for approval of the Amended Plan. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not be
counted for determining whether the Amended Plan is approved. |
|
|
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE TIMKEN
COMPANY SENIOR EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE PLAN, AS AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF FEBRUARY 8,
2010. |
ITEM NO. 4 AND 5
APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE AMENDED REGULATIONS
On February 9, 2010, the Board of Directors approved the amendments to the Companys
Amended Regulations (Regulations) described below, recommended the amendments as being in the
best interests of the Company and its shareholders, and recommended that they be submitted to a
vote of shareholders at the 2010 annual meeting of shareholders. The proposed amendments are
separated into two proposals to allow shareholders to focus and vote on each significant change.
Shareholders will vote on each proposal separately, and the approval or rejection of one proposal
will not affect the approval or rejection of the other proposal. The text of our Regulations, as
they would be modified by the proposed amendments, is attached as Appendix B to this proxy
statement.
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ITEM NO. 4
AMENDMENTS TO OUR REGULATIONS TO DECLASSIFY
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Our Regulations currently provide that the members of the Board of Directors are divided
into three classes, with staggered three-year terms of office. Under our Regulations as currently
in effect, one class of directors is elected at each annual meeting, and a directors term of
office generally continues until the third annual meeting of shareholders following his or her
election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified.
At our 2008 annual meeting of shareholders, a shareholder presented a non-binding proposal
that requested that our Board of Directors take the necessary steps to declassify the Board of
Directors and to provide for the annual election of all Directors. The proposal recommended that
the declassification be effected in a manner that would not affect the term of any incumbent
director. The holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company voted in favor of
that non-binding shareholder proposal. After consideration, the Board of Directors determined that
it was not in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to implement the proposal at
that time.
At several meetings over the course of the past two years, the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee and the Board of Directors have continued to consider the merits of both the
classified and declassified board structures. While the Committee and the Board of Directors both
believe that a classified board provides stability and continuity in pursuing our strategies, as
well as protection against abusive and unfair takeover tactics, the Committee and the Board of
Directors have concluded, after taking into account the level of shareholder support of the
proposal at the 2008 annual meeting, the growing sentiment of shareholders in favor of the annual
election of directors and evolving corporate governance practices, that our classified board
structure should be eliminated over a three-year period.
Accordingly, the Board of Directors, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee, has approved an amendment to our Regulations that would eliminate, over a
three-year period, the classified structure of our Board of Directors and provide for the annual
election of all Directors beginning at the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders. If the proposed
amendment is approved by our shareholders, the Directors elected at the 2010 annual meeting will be
elected for a three-year term as provided by our current Regulations; Directors elected at the 2011
annual meeting will be elected to serve for a two-year term; and Directors to be elected at the
2012 annual meeting will be elected for a one-year term. At the 2013 annual meeting and
thereafter, all Directors will stand for election for a one-year term. Directors elected to fill
any vacancy on the board or to fill newly created director positions resulting from an increase in
the number of directors will serve the remainder of the term of that position. The phasing in of
annual elections of directors over a three-year period is designed so that the term of any
incumbent director will not be shortened, and to ensure a smooth transition to a system of annual
elections of all of our Directors.
Approval of the management proposal indicated under this Item No. 4 will require the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company. Shares
represented by properly executed proxies will be voted at the meeting in accordance with the
shareholders instructions. In the absence of specific instructions, the shares will be voted FOR
the management proposal indicated under this Item No. 4. Abstentions and broker non-votes will
have the same effect as votes cast against the proposal.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE PROPOSAL TO AMEND OUR REGULATIONS TO
DECLASSIFY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
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ITEM NO. 5
AMENDMENTS TO OUR REGULATIONS TO ALLOW THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
TO AMEND OUR REGULATIONS
Our Regulations currently require that all amendments be approved by shareholders.
Many jurisdictions, such as Delaware, have historically allowed the board of directors of a
corporation to amend the corporate bylaws (which are the Delaware law counterpart to Ohio
regulations) without shareholder approval. Until 2006, the Ohio Revised Code did not permit
directors of Ohio corporations to amend the corporate regulations. In 2006, however, the Ohio
Revised Code was amended to allow boards of directors of Ohio corporations to make certain
amendments to the corporate regulations without shareholder approval, so long as those amendments
do not divest or limit the shareholders power to adopt, amend or repeal the regulations. The Ohio
Revised Code also imposes certain limitations that prohibit directors from amending corporate
regulations to modify certain substantive rights of shareholders, such as:
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If the management proposal indicated under this Item No. 5 is approved, our
Regulations will be amended to allow the Board of Directors to amend the Regulations to the extent
permitted by Ohio law. Accordingly, the Board of Directors would be able to make ministerial and
other changes to the Regulations without the time-consuming and expensive process of seeking
shareholder approval, which would continue to be required if the proposal is not approved. If the
management proposal indicated under this Item No. 5 is approved, we will be required to promptly
notify shareholders of any amendments that the Board of Directors makes to the Regulations by
sending a notice to shareholders of record as of the date of the adoption of the amendment, or by
filing a report with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Approval of the management proposal indicated under this Item No. 5 will require the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company. Shares
represented by properly executed proxies will be voted at the meeting in accordance with the
shareholders instructions. In the absence of specific instructions, the shares will be voted FOR
the management proposal indicated under this Item No. 5. Abstentions and broker non-votes will
have the same effect as votes cast against the proposal.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE MANAGEMENT PROPOSAL TO AMEND OUR
REGULATIONS TO PERMIT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO AMEND OUR REGULATIONS.
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SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires the Companys Executive
Officers and Directors, and persons who own more than 10% of the Common Stock of the Company, to
file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
the New York Stock Exchange, and to provide the Company with copies of such reports. The Company
is required to disclose any failure by any of the above-mentioned persons to file timely Section 16
reports.
Based solely upon its review of the copies of such reports furnished to the Company, or
written representations that no forms were required to be filed, the Company is not aware of any
instances of noncompliance, or late compliance, with such filings during the year ended December
31, 2009, by its Executive Officers, Directors, or 10% shareholders.
SUBMISSION OF SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS
The Company must receive by November 26, 2010, any proposal of a shareholder intended
to be presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and to be included in the Companys
proxy materials related to the 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such proposals should be submitted by certified mail, return
receipt requested. Proposals of shareholders submitted outside the processes of Rule 14a-8 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in connection with the 2011 Annual Meeting (Non-Rule 14a-8
Proposals) must be received by the Company by February 11, 2011, or such proposals will be
considered untimely under Rule 14a-4(c) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Companys
proxy related to the 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will give discretionary authority to the
proxy holders to vote with respect to all Non-Rule 14a-8 Proposals received by the Company after
February 11, 2011.
SHAREHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS
Shareholders or interested parties may send communications to the Board of Directors,
any standing committee of the Board, or to any Director, in writing c/o The Timken Company, 1835
Dueber Avenue, S.W., P.O. Box 6932, Canton, Ohio 44706-0932. Shareholders or interested parties
may also submit questions, concerns or reports of misconduct through the Timken Helpline at
1-800-846-5363 and may remain anonymous. Communications received may be reviewed by the office of
the General Counsel to ensure appropriate and careful review of the matter.
GENERAL
On the record date of February 22, 2010, there were XX,XXX,XXX outstanding shares of
Common Stock, each entitled to one vote upon all matters presented to the meeting. The presence in
person or by proxy of not less than fifty percent of such shares shall constitute a quorum for
purposes of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
The enclosed proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors, and the entire cost of solicitation
will be paid by the Company. In addition to solicitation by mail, officers and other employees of
the Company, without extra remuneration, may solicit the return of proxies by any means of
communication. Brokerage houses, nominees, fiduciaries and other custodians will be requested to
forward soliciting material to the beneficial owners of shares held of record by them and will be
reimbursed for their expenses. The Company has retained Georgeson Shareholder Communications, Inc.
to assist in the solicitation of proxies for a fee not to exceed $9,500 plus reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses.
Shares represented by properly executed proxies will be voted at the meeting in accordance
with the shareholders instructions. In the absence of specific instructions, the shares will be
voted FOR the election of Directors as indicated under Item No. 1, FOR the management proposals
indicated under Item No. 2, 3, 4 and 5, and, as to any other business as may be properly brought
before the Annual Meeting of Shareholders and any adjournments or postponements thereof, in the
discretion of the proxy holders.
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You may revoke your proxy at any time before the Annual Meeting of Shareholders by a later
dated proxy received by the Company, or by giving notice to the Company either in writing or at the
meeting.
Corporate Election Services, Inc. (CES) will be responsible for tabulating the results of
shareholder voting. CES will submit a total vote only, keeping all individual votes confidential.
Representatives of CES will serve as inspectors of election for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
Under Ohio law and the Companys Amended Articles of Incorporation and Amended Regulations,
properly executed proxies marked abstain will be counted for purposes of determining whether a
quorum has been achieved at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, but proxies representing shares
held in street name by brokers that are not voted with respect to any proposal will not be
counted for quorum purposes.
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 11, 2010.
This Proxy Statement, along with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2009 and our 2009 Annual Report, are available free of charge on the Investors
section of our website www.timken.com.
After April 1, 2010, the Company will furnish to each shareholder, upon written request and
without charge, a copy of the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2009, including financial statements and schedules thereto, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Requests should be addressed to Scott A. Scherff, Corporate Secretary and
Vice President Ethics and Compliance, The Timken Company, 1835 Dueber Avenue, S.W. GNE-01,
Canton, Ohio 44706-2798.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR APPENDIX A
THE TIMKEN COMPANY SENIOR EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE PLAN
(As Amended and Restated as of February 8, 2010)
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APPENDIX A
THE TIMKEN COMPANY SENIOR EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE PLAN,
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF FEBRUARY 8, 2010
1. Purpose. The purpose of the Senior Executive Management Performance Plan (the Plan)
is to attract and retain key executives for The Timken Company, an Ohio corporation (the
Corporation), and its Subsidiaries and to provide such persons with incentives and rewards for
superior performance. Incentive bonus payments made under the Plan are intended to constitute
qualified performance-based compensation for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, and Section 1.162-27 of the Regulations promulgated there under, and the
Plan shall be construed consistently with such intention.
2. Definitions. As used in this Plan,
Board means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Committee means the Compensation Committee of the Board or any other committee appointed
by the Board to administer the Plan; provided, however, that in any event the Committee
shall be comprised of not less than two directors of the Corporation, each of whom shall
qualify as an outside director for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code and Section
1.162-27(e)(3) of the Regulations.
Eligible Executive means the Corporations Chief Executive Officer and any other
designated executive officer of the Corporation that in the Committees judgment could, in
the absence of the Plan, be paid compensation the deductibility of which, to the
Corporation, could be limited by Section 162(m) of the Code.
Incentive Bonus shall mean, for each Eligible Executive, a bonus opportunity amount
determined by the Committee pursuant to Section 5 below.
Management Objectives means the achievement of a performance objective or objectives
established pursuant to this Plan for Eligible Executives. Management Objectives may be
described in terms of Corporation-wide objectives or objectives that are related to the
performance of the individual Eligible Executive or of the Subsidiary, division, department
or function within the Corporation or Subsidiary in which the Eligible Executive is
employed. The Management Objectives shall be limited to specified levels of, growth in or
relative peer company performance incash flow, cost of capital, debt reduction, earnings,
earnings before interest and taxes, earnings per share, economic value added, free cash
flow, working capital, inventory management, net income, productivity improvement, profit
after tax, reduction of fixed costs, return on assets, return on equity, return on invested
capital, sales, customer service, shareholder return, gross profits and/or comparisons with
various stock market indices. Management objectives may be stated as a combination of the
preceding factors.
Regulations mean the Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code, as amended from time
to time.
Restatement means a restatement of any part of the Corporations financial statements for
any fiscal year or years after 2009 due to material noncompliance with any financial
reporting requirement under the U.S. securities laws applicable to such fiscal year or
years.
Subsidiary means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, unincorporated association or
other entity in which the Corporation has a direct or indirect ownership or other equity
interest.
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3. Administration of the Plan. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which
shall have full power and authority to construe, interpret and administer the Plan and shall have
the exclusive right to establish
Management Objectives and the amount of Incentive Bonus payable to each Eligible Executive
upon the achievement of the specified Management Objectives.
4. Eligibility. Eligibility under this Plan is limited to Eligible Executives designated by
the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion.
5. Awards.
(a) Not later than the 90th day of each fiscal year of the Corporation, the Committee
shall establish the Management Objectives for each Eligible Executive and the amount of
Incentive Bonus payable (or formula for determining such amount) upon full achievement of
the specified Management Objectives. The Committee may further specify in respect of the
specified Management Objectives a minimum acceptable level of achievement below which no
Incentive Bonus payment will be made and shall set forth a formula for determining the
amount of any payment to be made if performance is at or above the minimum acceptable level
but falls short of full achievement of the specified Management Objectives. The Committee
may not modify any terms of awards established pursuant to this section, except to the
extent that after such modification the Incentive Bonus would continue to constitute
qualified performance-based compensation for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.
(b) The Committee retains the discretion to reduce the amount of any Incentive Bonus
that would be otherwise payable to an Eligible Executive (including a reduction in such
amount to zero).
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, in
no event shall the Incentive Bonus paid to an Eligible Executive under the
Plan for a year exceed $4,000,000.
6. Committee Certification. As soon as reasonably practicable after the end of each
fiscal year of the Corporation, the Committee shall determine whether the Management Objective has
been achieved and the amount of the Incentive Bonus to be paid to each Eligible Executive for such
fiscal year and shall certify such determinations in writing.
7. Payment of Incentive Bonuses. Subject to a valid election made by an Eligible Executive
with respect to the deferral of all or a portion of his or her Incentive Bonus, Incentive Bonuses
shall be paid within 30 days after written certification pursuant to Section 6, but in no event
later than two and one-half months after the close of the Companys fiscal year.
8. Recovery of Incentive Bonuses. If a Restatement occurs and the Committee determines that
an Eligible Executive is personally responsible for causing the Restatement as a result of the
Eligible Executives personal misconduct or any fraudulent activity on the part of the Eligible
Executive, then the Committee has discretion to, based on applicable facts and circumstances and
subject to applicable law, cause the Corporation to recover all or any portion (but no more than
100%) of the Incentive Bonus paid or payable to the Eligible Executive for some or all of the years
covered by the Restatement.
The amount of any Incentive Bonus recovered by the Corporation shall be limited to the amount
by which such Incentive Bonus exceeded the amount that would have been paid to or received by the
Eligible Executive had the Corporations financial statements for the applicable restated fiscal
year or years been initially filed as restated, as reasonably determined by the Committee.
The Committee shall also determine whether the Corporation shall effect any recovery under
this Section 8 by: (a) seeking repayment from the Eligible Executive; (b) reducing, except with
respect to any non-qualified deferred compensation under Section 409A of the Code, the amount that
would otherwise be payable to the Eligible Executive under any compensatory plan, program or
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maintained by the Corporation (subject to applicable law and the terms and conditions of
such plan, program or arrangement); (c) by withholding, except with respect to any
non-qualified deferred compensation under Section 409A of the Code, payment of future
increases in compensation (including the payment of any discretionary bonus amount) that
would otherwise have been made to the Eligible Executive in accordance with the
Corporations compensation practices; or (d) by any combination of these alternatives.
9. No Right to Bonus for Continued Employment. Neither the establishment of the Plan, the
provision for or payment of any amounts hereunder nor any action of the Corporation, the Board or
the Committee with respect to the Plan shall be held or construed to confer upon any person (a) any
legal right to receive, or any interest in, an Incentive Bonus or any other benefit under the Plan
or (b) any legal right to continue to serve as an officer or employee of the Corporation or any
Subsidiary of the Corporation.
10. Withholding. The Corporation shall have the right to withhold, or require an Eligible
Executive to remit to the Corporation, an amount sufficient to satisfy any applicable federal,
state, local or foreign withholding tax requirements imposed with respect to the payment of any
Incentive Bonus.
11. Nontransferability. Except as expressly provided by the Committee, the rights and
benefits under the Plan shall not be transferable or assignable other than by will or the laws of
descent and distribution.
12. Effective Date. Subject to its approval by the shareholders, this Plan shall remain
effective until the first shareholders meeting in 2015, subject to any further shareholder
approvals (or reapprovals) mandated for performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the
Code, and subject to the right of the Board to terminate the Plan, on a prospective basis only, at
any time.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR APPENDIX B
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Appendix B
Proposed Amendments to Regulations Relating to Item No. 4
If the management proposal indicated under Item No. 4 is approved, Section 1 and
Section 2 of Article II would be amended as shown below (insertions are indicated by underlining
and bold, and deletions are indicated by strikethrough text).
SECTION 1. Election, Number and Term of Office
Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders, or if not so elected, at a
special meeting of shareholders called for that purpose. Except as otherwise provided in these
Regulations, a Director shall hold office until the next succeeding annual meeting
for the year in which his term expires and until his successor shall
be elected and qualified, or until his earlier resignation, death or removal from office.
At any meeting of shareholders at which Directors are to be elected, only persons may be nominated
as candidates with respect to whom proxies have been solicited from the holders of shares entitled
to be voted at the meeting; provided that if any such candidate is unable, for any reason, to
accept such nomination or to serve as a Director, the Directors then in office or the holders of
two-thirds of the shares entitled to be voted at the meeting may substitute another person as a
nominee, or reduce the number of nominees to such extent as they shall deem advisable.
Until changed in accordance with the provisions of statute, the Articles or the Regulations, the
number of Directors of the Corporation shall be eleven. Without amendment of these Regulations,
the number of Directors may be changed to not less than nine nor more than eighteen by the vote of
the holders of two-thirds of the shares entitled to be voted at a meeting called to elect
Directors. No reduction in the number of Directors shall have the effect of removing any Director
prior to the expiration of his term of office.
Until the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders, the The Directors shall be divided into
three classes, designated as Class I, Class II and Class III, each class consisting of not less
than three Directors nor more than six Directors each. Each class shall consist, as nearly as may
be possible, of one-third of the total number of Directors. Each class or Director of any class
being elected at any election of Directors held prior to the 2013 annual meeting of
shareholders shall be separately elected. Directors of each class shall be
elected to hold office for three years, except as otherwise provided in these Regulations.
At the 1985 annual meeting of shareholders, however, Directors elected for Class I
shall hold office for a term of one year expiring at the next succeeding annual meeting and
thereafter until their successors shall be elected and duly qualified; Directors elected for Class
II shall hold office for a term of two years expiring at the second succeeding annual meeting and
thereafter until their successors shall be elected and duly qualified; and Directors elected for
Class III shall hold office for a term of three years expiring at the third succeeding annual
meeting and thereafter until their successors shall be elected and duly qualified. The three
classes of Directors shall be elected in three separate elections at the 1985 annual meeting of
shareholders. At each election of Directors after the annual meeting of shareholders in 1985, the
successors to the Directors of the class whose term shall expire in that year shall be elected to
hold office for the term of three years from the dates of their election and until the election of
their successors.
At the 2010 annual meeting of shareholders, Directors elected for Class I shall hold office for
a term of three years expiring at the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders and thereafter until
their successors shall be elected and duly qualified. At the 2011 annual meeting of shareholders,
Directors elected for Class II shall hold office for a term of two years expiring at the 2013
annual meeting of shareholders and thereafter until their successors shall be elected and duly
qualified. At the 2012 annual meeting of shareholders, Directors elected for Class III shall hold
office for a term of one year expiring at the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders and thereafter
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their successors shall be elected and duly qualified. At each election of Directors after the
2012 annual meeting of shareholders, each Director shall be elected to hold office until the
next annual meeting of shareholders and thereafter until his successor shall be elected and duly
qualified.
The number of Directors fixed as provided in this Section may be increased or decreased by the
Directors and the number of Directors as so changed shall be the number of Directors until further
changed in accordance with this Section, provided that the Directors shall not increase the number
of Directors to more than eighteen or decrease the number of Directors to fewer than nine. If the
number of Directors is changed prior to the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders, any
increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of
Directors in each class as nearly equal as possible.
Any additional Director of any class elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an
increase in such class shall hold office for a term coinciding with the remaining term of that
class, but in no event will a decrease in the number of Directors shorten the term of any incumbent
Director.
SECTION 2. Vacancies
Any vacancy or vacancies among the Directors may be filled by the Directors then in office. Any
Until the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders, any Director elected to fill a vacancy may
be elected for the term remaining for the Directors of any class, provided that each class shall
continue to consist of not less than three Directors and the number of Directors in each class
shall continue to be as nearly equal as possible. From and after the 2013 annual meeting of
shareholders, any Director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected until the next succeeding
annual meeting of shareholders and thereafter until his successor shall be elected and duly
qualified.
Proposed Amendments to Regulations Relating to Item No. 5
If the management proposal indicated under Item No. 5 is approved by the
shareholders, Section 6 of Article V would be amended by inserting the bold and underlined language
as follows:
SECTION 6. Amendments
These Regulations may be amended (i) to the extent permitted by Chapter 1701 of the Ohio
Revised Code, by the Directors, or (ii) by the affirmative vote of the holders of record
entitled to exercise a majority of the voting power on such proposal, if such proposal has been
recommended by a two-thirds vote of the Directors then in office as being in the best interests of
the Corporation and its shareholders, or by the affirmative vote, at a meeting, of the shareholders
of record entitled to exercise two-thirds of the voting power on such proposal, or by the
affirmative vote or approval of, and in a writing or writings signed by, all the shareholders who
would be entitled to notice of a meeting of the shareholders held for such purpose, which writing
or writings shall be filed with or entered upon the records of the Corporation.
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V O T E B Y T E L E P H O N E c/o Corporate Election Services P. O. Box
3200 Have your proxy card available when you call the Pittsburgh, PA 15230
Toll-Free number 1-888-693-8683 using a touch-tone phone, and follow the simple instructions
to record your vote. V O T E B Y I N T E R N E T Have your proxy card
available when you access the website www.cesvote.com and follow the simple instructions to record
your vote. V O T E B Y M A I L Please mark, sign and date your proxy
card and return it in the postage-paid envelope provided or return it to: Corporate Election
Services, P.O. Box 3200, Pittsburgh, PA 15230. Vote by Telephone Vote by Internet Vote by Mail
Call Toll-Free using a Access the Website and Return your proxy card Touch-Tone phone: Cast your
vote: in the Postage-Paid 1-888-693-8683 www.cesvote.com envelope provided Vote 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week! If you vote by telephone or Internet, please do not send your proxy by mail.
Proxy must be signed and dated below. Please fold and detach card at perforation before
mailing. THE TIMKEN COMPANY PROXY /VOTING INSTRUCTION CARD The undersigned appoints W. J.
Timken, Jr.; James W. Griffith; and Scott A. Scherff; and each of them, as true and lawful proxies,
with full power of substitution, to
vote and act for the undersigned as specified on the reverse hereof at the Annual Meeting of
Shareholders of THE TIMKEN COMPANY to be held at 1835 Dueber Avenue, S.W., Canton, Ohio, on May 11,
2010 at 10:00 a.m., and at any adjournment thereof, as fully as the undersigned could vote and act
if personally present on the matters set forth on the reverse hereof, and, in their discretion on
such other matters as may properly come before the meeting, and/or if the undersigned is a
participant in one or more of the Companys or its subsidiaries associate share ownership plans
and has stock of the Company allocated to his or her account(s), the undersigned directs the
trustee(s) of such plan(s) likewise to appoint the above-named individuals as proxies to vote and
act with respect to all shares of such stock so allocated on the record date for such meeting in
the manner specified on the reverse hereof at such meeting or any adjournment thereof, and in their
discretion on such other matters as may properly come before the meeting. Signature Signature
(if jointly held) Date: Please sign exactly as the name appears hereon. Joint owners should
each sign. When signing as an attorney, executor, administrator, trust or guardian, please give
full title as such. PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE |
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS May 11, 2010 Parking: Shareholders attending the meeting 10:00
a.m. may park in the visitor lot behind the Corporate Corporate Auditorium (C1G) Office building.
The Timken Company 1835 Dueber Avenue, S.W. Note: If your shares are held in street name, Canton,
OH 44706-2798 please bring a letter with you from your broker Telephone: (330) 438-3000 stating as
such to the Annual Meeting. For directions to the Annual Meeting, you may call 330-471-3997.
ELECTRONIC ACCESS TO FUTURE DOCUMENTS NOW AVAILABLE If you are a registered holder of
shares, you have the option to access future shareholder communications (e.g., annual reports,
proxy statements, related proxy materials) over the Internet instead of receiving those documents
in print. Participation is completely voluntary. If you give your consent, in the future, when our
material is available over the Internet, you will receive notification which will contain the
Internet location where the material is available. Our material will be presented in PDF format.
There is no cost to you for this service other than any charges you may incur from your Internet
provider, telephone and/or cable company. Once you give your consent, it will remain in effect
until you inform us otherwise. You may revoke your consent at any time by notifying the Company in
writing. To give your consent, follow the prompts when you vote by telephone or over the Internet
or check the appropriate box located at the bottom of the attached proxy card when you vote by
mail. Please fold and detach card at perforation before mailing.
THE TIMKEN COMPANY PROXY / VOTING INSTRUCTION CARD
The shares represented by this proxy will be voted as recommended by the Board of Directors
unless otherwise specified. The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR proposals 1, 2, 3, 4 and
5. 1. Election of Directors to serve in Class I for a term of three years: Nominees:
(1) James W. Griffith (2) John A. Luke, Jr. (3) Frank C. Sullivan (4) Ward J. Timken FOR all
nominees listed above WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to vote for all nominees listed above To
withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee, strike a line through that nominees name
above. 2. To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent auditor for the
year ending December 31, 2010. FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 3. To approve The Timken Company Senior
Executive Management Performance Plan, as amended and restated as of February 8, 2010. FOR
AGAINST ABSTAIN 4. To consider amending the Companys
Amended Regulations to declassify the Board of Directors. FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 5. To
consider amending the Companys Amended Regulations to authorize the Board of Directors to amend
the Amended Regulations to the extent permitted by Ohio law. FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly
come before the meeting. PLEASE CHECK THIS BOX IF YOU CONSENT TO ACCESS FUTURE ANNUAL REPORTS
AND PROXY MATERIAL VIA THE INTERNET ONLY. CONTINUED AND TO BE SIGNED ON THE REVERSE SIDE. |