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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )
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KELLOGG COMPANY
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of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
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of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the
Registrant)
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KELLOGG COMPANY, BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN 49016-3599
Dear Share Owner:
It is my pleasure to invite you to attend the 2006 Annual
Meeting of Share Owners of Kellogg Company. The meeting will be
held at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Friday,
April 21, 2006, at the W. K. Kellogg Auditorium,
60 West Van Buren Street, Battle Creek, Michigan 49016.
The following pages contain the formal Notice of the Annual
Meeting and the Proxy Statement. Please review this material for
information concerning the business to be conducted at the
meeting and the nominees for election as directors. Attendance
at the Annual Meeting will be limited to Share Owners only. If
you plan to attend the meeting, please detach the Admission
Ticket attached to your Proxy card and bring it to the meeting.
If you are a Share Owner whose shares are not registered in your
own name or you will be receiving your materials electronically
and you plan to attend, please request an Admission Ticket by
writing to the following address: Kellogg Company Share Owner
Services, One Kellogg Square, Battle Creek, MI 49016-3599.
Evidence of your stock ownership, which you may obtain from your
bank, stockbroker, etc., must accompany your letter. Share
Owners without tickets will only be admitted to the meeting upon
verification of stock ownership.
Share Owners needing special assistance at the meeting are
requested to contact Share Owner Services at the address listed
above.
Your vote is important. Whether you plan to attend the meeting
or not, I urge you to vote your shares as soon as possible.
Please either sign and return the accompanying card in the
postage-paid envelope or instruct us by telephone or via the
Internet as to how you would like your shares voted. This will
ensure representation of your shares if you are unable to
attend. Instructions on how to vote your shares by telephone or
via the Internet are on the Proxy card or voting instruction
form.
Sincerely,
James M. Jenness
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
March 3, 2006
KELLOGG COMPANY
One Kellogg Square
Battle Creek, Michigan 49016-3599
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHARE OWNERS
TO BE HELD APRIL 21, 2006
TO OUR SHARE OWNERS:
The Annual Meeting of Share Owners of Kellogg Company, a
Delaware corporation, will be held at 1:00 p.m. Eastern
Daylight Time on Friday, April 21, 2006, at the W.
K. Kellogg Auditorium, 60 West Van Buren Street,
Battle Creek, Michigan, for the following purposes:
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To elect four directors for a three-year term to expire at the
2009 Annual Meeting of Share Owners; |
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To ratify the Audit Committees appointment of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for the Companys 2006 fiscal
year; |
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To approve the Kellogg Company Senior Executive Annual Incentive
Plan; |
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To consider and act upon a Share Owner proposal to prepare a
sustainability report, if presented at the meeting; and |
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To take action upon any other matters that may properly come
before the meeting, or any adjournments thereof. |
Only Share Owners of record at the close of business on
March 1, 2006, will receive notice of and be entitled to
vote at the meeting or any adjournments thereof.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
Gary H. Pilnick
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel, Corporate Development and Secretary
March 3, 2006
ELECTRONIC VOTING:
You may now vote your shares by telephone or over the Internet.
Voting electronically is quick, easy, and saves the Company
money.
Just follow the instructions on your proxy card or voting
instruction form.
ELECTRONIC DELIVERY:
Reduce paper mailed to your home and help lower the
Companys printing and postage costs!
The Company is pleased to offer the convenience of viewing Proxy
Statements, Annual Reports to Share Owners, and related
materials on-line. With your consent, we will stop sending paper
copies of these documents unless you notify us otherwise.
To participate, follow the easy directions below.
You will receive notification when the materials are available
for review.
ACT NOW. . . . ITS
FAST AND EASY
Just follow these 2 easy steps:
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
KELLOGG COMPANY
ONE KELLOGG SQUARE
BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN 49016-3599
PROXY STATEMENT
FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHARE OWNERS
TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2006
Solicitation of Proxy
This Proxy Statement and the accompanying Proxy are furnished to
Share Owners of Kellogg Company in connection with the
solicitation of Proxies for use at the Annual Meeting of Share
Owners of the Company to be held at 1:00 p.m. Eastern
Daylight Time at the W. K. Kellogg Auditorium, 60 West Van
Buren Street, in Battle Creek, Michigan, on Friday,
April 21, 2006, or any adjournments thereof. The enclosed
Proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors of the Company.
Mailing Date
The Annual Report of the Company for 2005, including financial
statements, the Notice of Annual Meeting, this Proxy Statement,
and the Proxy, were first mailed to Share Owners on or about
March 8, 2006.
Who Can Vote Record Date
The record date for determining Share Owners entitled to vote at
the Annual Meeting is March 1, 2006. Each of the
approximately 392,526,327 shares of common stock of the
Company issued and outstanding on that date is entitled to one
vote at the Annual Meeting.
How to Vote Proxy Instructions
If you are a holder of record of Kellogg Company common stock,
you may vote your shares either (1) over the telephone by
calling a toll-free number, (2) by using the Internet, or
(3) by mailing in your proxy card. Share Owners who hold
their shares in street name will need to obtain a
voting instruction form from the institution that holds their
shares and must follow the voting instructions given by that
institution.
The telephone and Internet voting procedures have been set up
for your convenience and have been designed to authenticate your
identity, to allow you to give voting instructions, and to
confirm that those instructions have been recorded properly. If
you would like to vote by telephone or by using the Internet,
please refer to the specific instructions on the proxy card. The
deadline for voting by telephone or via the Internet is
11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday,
April 20, 2006. If you wish to vote using the proxy card,
complete, sign, and date your proxy card and return it to us
before the meeting.
Whether you choose to vote by telephone, over the Internet, or
by mail, you may specify whether your shares should be voted for
all, some, or none of the nominees for director
(Proposal 1), whether you approve, disapprove or abstain
from voting on the proposal to ratify the appointment of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor for the
Companys 2006 fiscal year (Proposal 2), whether you
approve, disapprove, or abstain from voting on the Kellogg
Company Senior Executive Annual Incentive Plan
(Proposal 3), and whether you approve, disapprove or
abstain from voting on the Share Owner proposal to prepare a
sustainability report, which may be presented at the meeting
(Proposal 4).
If you do not specify how you want to vote your shares on
your proxy card or voting instruction form, or voting by
telephone or over the Internet, we will vote them
For the election of all nominees for director as set
forth under Election of Directors (Proposal 1)
below, For Proposal 2 and Proposal 3,
Against Proposal 4, and otherwise at the
discretion of the persons named in the proxy card.
When a properly executed Proxy is received, the shares
represented thereby, including shares held under the
Companys Dividend Reinvestment Plan, will be voted by the
persons named as the Proxy according to each Share Owners
directions. Proxies will also be considered to be voting
instructions to the applicable Trustee with respect to shares
held in accounts under the Companys Savings and Investment
Plans.
Revocation of Proxies
If you are a holder of record, you may revoke your Proxy at any
time before it is exercised in any of three ways:
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by submitting written notice of revocation to the Companys
Secretary; |
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by submitting another Proxy by telephone, via the Internet, or
by mail that is later dated and, if by mail, that is properly
signed; or |
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by voting in person at the meeting. |
If your shares are held in street name, you must contact your
broker or nominee to vote your Proxy.
Quorum
A quorum of Share Owners is necessary to hold a valid meeting. A
quorum will exist if the holders representing a majority of the
votes entitled to be cast by the Share Owners at the Annual
Meeting are present, in person or by Proxy. Broker
non-votes and abstentions are counted as present at
the Annual Meeting for purposes of determining whether a quorum
exists. A broker non-vote occurs when a nominee,
such as a bank or broker, holding shares for a beneficial owner,
does not vote on a particular proposal because the nominee does
not have discretionary voting power for that particular item and
has not received instructions from the beneficial owner. Under
current New York Stock Exchange rules, nominees would have
discretionary voting power for the election of directors
(Proposal 1), for ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as independent auditors (Proposal 2), and for approval
of the Kellogg Company Senior Executive Annual Incentive Plan
(Proposal 3), but not for the Share Owner proposal
(Proposal 4).
Required Vote
The nominees for director receiving a plurality of the votes
cast at the Annual Meeting will be elected directors.
Plurality means that the nominees who receive the
largest number of votes cast are elected as directors. For that
reason, any shares not voted for the election of nominees will
not affect the outcome of the election of directors. If any
nominee is unable or declines to serve, Proxies will be voted
for the balance of those named and for such person as shall be
designated by the Board to replace any such nominee. However,
the Board does not anticipate this will occur.
The affirmative vote of the holders representing a majority of
the shares present and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting is
necessary to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as independent auditor (Proposal 2), to approve the
Kellogg Company Senior Executive Annual Incentive Plan
(Proposal 3) and to approve the Share Owner proposal
(Proposal 4). Shares present but not voted because of
abstention will have the effect of a no vote on
Proposals 2, 3 and 4. If you do not provide your broker or
other nominee with instructions on how to vote your street
name shares, your broker or nominee will not be permitted
to vote them on non-routine matters (a broker
non-vote), such as Proposal 4. Shares subject
to a broker non-vote will not be considered as
present with respect to Proposal 4 and will not affect the
outcome on that proposal.
Other Business
The Company does not intend to bring any business before the
meeting other than that set forth in the Notice of Annual
Meeting and described in this Proxy Statement. However, if any
other business should properly come before the meeting, the
persons named in the proxy card intend to vote in accordance
with their best judgment on such business and on any matters
dealing with the conduct of the meeting pursuant to the
discretionary authority granted in the Proxy.
Costs
The Company pays for the preparation and mailing of the Notice
of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement. We have also made
arrangements with brokerage firms and other custodians,
nominees, and fiduciaries for forwarding Proxy-soliciting
materials to the beneficial owners of the common stock of the
Company at our expense.
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP
Five Percent Holders
The following table shows each person who, based upon their most
recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission or
correspondence, beneficially owns more than five percent (5%) of
the Companys common stock.
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W. K. Kellogg Foundation Trust(1)
c/o The Bank of New York Company, Inc.
One Wall Street
New York, NY 10286
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George Gund III
39 Mesa Street
San Francisco, CA 94129
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KeyCorp
127 Public Square
Cleveland, OH 44114-1306
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The trustees of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation Trust
(the Trust) are James M. Jenness,
William C. Richardson, Shirley Bowser, and The Bank of New
York. The W. K. Kellogg Foundation, a Michigan
charitable corporation (the Foundation), is the sole
beneficiary of the Trust. Under the agreement governing the
Trust (the Agreement), at least one trustee of the
Trust must be a member of the Foundations Board and one
member of the Companys Board must be a trustee of the
Trust. The Agreement provides if a majority of the trustees of
the Trust (which majority must include the corporate trustee)
cannot agree on how to vote the stock of the Company, the
Foundation has the power to direct the voting of such stock.
With certain limitations, the Agreement also provides that the
Foundation has the power to approve successor trustees, and to
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The Bank of New York is a trustee of the Trust and shares voting
and investment power with the other three trustees with respect
to the shares owned by the Trust. The Bank of New York and its
subsidiaries hold 110,572,150 shares for various persons in
various fiduciary capacities. The Bank of New York has sole
voting power for 336,119 shares, shared voting power for
110,236,031 shares (including those shares beneficially
owned by the Trust), sole investment power for
737,599 shares, and shared investment power for
109,873,466 shares (including those shares beneficially
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George Gund III has sole voting power for
196,650 shares, shared voting power for
35,494,379 shares, sole investment power for
78,650 shares and shared investment power for
6,384,492 shares. Of the shares over which Mr. Gund
has shared voting and investment power, 2,963,800 shares
are held by a nonprofit foundation of which Mr. Gund is one
of eight trustees and one of twelve members. Mr. Gund
disclaims beneficial ownership as to all of these shares. Gordon
Gund, a director of the Company, is a brother of George
Gund III and may be deemed to share voting or investment
power over the shares shown as beneficially owned by George
Gund III, as to which shares Gordon Gund disclaims
beneficial ownership. |
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KeyCorp, as trustee for certain Gund family trusts included
under (3) above, as well as other trusts, has sole voting power
for 3,582,698 shares, shared voting power for
15,305 shares, sole investment power for
29,321,405 shares, and shared investment power for
77,544 shares. |
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Officer and Director Stock Ownership
The following table shows the number of shares of common stock
of the Company beneficially owned as of January 15, 2006,
by each director and nominee for director, each executive
officer included in the Summary Compensation Table, and all
directors, nominees, and executive officers as a group.
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John A. Bryant
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Benjamin S. Carson, Sr.(3)
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Includes the following number of shares which the named persons
have the right to acquire through exercise of an option, or
otherwise, by March 15, 2006: Mr. Bryant,
434,110 shares; Dr. Carson, 30,000 shares;
Mr. Dillon, 28,750 shares; Mr. Gonzalez,
24,999 shares; Mr. Gund, 22,577 shares;
Mr. Gutierrez, 0 shares; Mr. Harris,
660,015 shares; Mr. Jenness, 304,704 shares;
Ms. Johnson, 24,715 shares; Mr. Jorndt,
14,270 shares; Ms. McLaughlin Korologos,
30,000 shares; Mr. Mackay, 1,007,308 shares;
Mr. Montie, 325,912 shares; Mr. Perez,
24,082 shares; Dr. Richardson, 30,000 shares;
Dr. Zabriskie, 26,800 shares; and all directors,
nominees, and executive officers as a group,
3,956,908 shares. |
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Represents the number of common stock units held under the
Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors as of
January 15, 2006. The units have no voting rights. |
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Includes the following number of shares held in the
Companys Grantor Trust for Non-Employee Directors which
are subject to restrictions on investment: Dr. Carson,
13,327 shares; Mr. Dillon, 10,912 shares;
Mr. Gonzalez, 19,895 shares; Mr. Gund,
19,789 shares; Mr. Jenness, 9,181 shares;
Ms. Johnson, 12,386 shares; Mr. Jorndt,
7,553 shares; Ms. McLaughlin Korologos,
19,564 shares; Mr. Perez, 11,164 shares;
Dr. Richardson, 14,919 shares; Dr. Zabriskie,
16,755 shares; and all directors as a group,
155,444 shares. |
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Includes 250 shares held for the benefit of a minor son,
over which Mr. Dillon disclaims beneficial ownership. |
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Includes 10,000 shares owned by Mr. Gunds wife.
Gordon Gund disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares
beneficially owned by George Gund III disclosed above under
Five Percent Holders. |
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Mr. Gutierrez resigned from his positions with the Company
effective February 7, 2005. |
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Includes 8,825 shares owned by Mr. Harris wife. |
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Does not include shares owned by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Trust, as to which Mr. Jenness and Dr. Richardson, as
trustees of the Trust, share voting and investment power or
shares as to which the Trust or the Foundation have current
beneficial interests. |
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Includes 20,740 shares owned by spouses; 2,925 shares
owned by, or held for the benefit of, children, over which the
applicable director, nominee, or executive officer disclaims
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Companys Savings and Investment Plans, which contain some
restrictions on investment; and 145,129 restricted shares, which
contain some restrictions on investment. |
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Represents approximately 1.3% of the Companys issued and
outstanding common stock. |
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting
Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
requires the Companys directors, executive officers, and
greater-than-10% Share Owners to file reports with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). SEC
regulations require the Company to identify anyone who filed a
required report late during the most recent fiscal year. Based
on our review of these reports and written certifications
provided to the Company, we believe that all of these reporting
persons timely complied with their filing requirements.
Report of the Audit Committee
The Audit Committee oversees the Companys financial
reporting process on behalf of the Board of Directors. The
Committee is composed of four independent (as defined by the New
York Stock Exchange Listing Standards) directors, met six times
in 2005, and operates under a written charter last amended by
the Board of Directors in February 2006, which is posted on the
Companys website at
http://investor.kelloggs.com/governance.cfm and is attached as
Annex I. As provided in the Charter, the Committees
oversight responsibilities include monitoring the integrity of
the Companys financial statements (including reviewing
financial information, the systems of internal controls, the
audit process and the independence and performance of the
Companys internal and independent registered public
accountants) and the Companys compliance with legal and
regulatory requirements. However, management has the primary
responsibility for the financial statements and the reporting
process, including the Companys systems of internal
controls. In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, the
Committee reviewed and discussed the audited financial
statements to be included in the 2005 Annual Report on
Form 10-K with
management, including a discussion of the quality and the
acceptability of the Companys financial reporting and
controls.
The Committee reviewed with the independent registered public
accountants, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who are responsible for
expressing an opinion on the conformity of those audited
financial statements with generally accepted accounting
principles, their judgments as to the quality and acceptability
of the Companys financial reporting, internal control and
such other matters as are required to be discussed with the
Committee under generally accepted auditing standards. In
addition, the Committee has discussed with the independent
registered public accountants the matters required to be
discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61,
Communications With Audit Committees,
No. 89, Audit Adjustments and
No. 90 Audit Committee Communications.
The Committee has discussed with the independent registered
public accountants their independence from the Company and its
management, including matters in the written disclosures and the
letter from the independent registered public accountants
required by Independent Standards Board Standard No. 1,
Independence Discussions With Audit
Committees. The Committee also has considered whether
the provision by the independent registered public accountants
of non-audit professional services is compatible with
maintaining their independence.
The Committee also discussed with the Companys internal
auditors and independent registered public accountants the
overall scope and plans for their respective audits. The
Committee meets periodically with the internal auditors and
independent registered public accountants, with and without
management present, to discuss the results of their
examinations, their evaluations of the Companys internal
controls, and the overall quality of the Companys
financial reporting. The Committee also meets privately with the
independent registered public accountants, General Counsel,
Corporate Controller, and Vice President of Internal Audit at
each in-person meeting.
In reliance on the reviews and the discussions referred to
above, the Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that
the audited financial statements be included in the Annual
Report on
Form 10-K for the
fiscal year
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ended December 31, 2005, for filing with the SEC. The
Committee also reappointed the Companys independent
registered public accountants for the Companys 2006 fiscal
year.
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John T. Dillon, Chairman |
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William D. Perez |
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John L. Zabriskie |
Audit Fees
The aggregate amount of fees billed to the Company by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for professional services rendered
for the audit of the Companys consolidated financial
statements and for reviews of the Companys financial
statements included in the Companys Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q was
approximately $5.7 million in 2005 and $5.2 million in
2004.
Audit-Related Fees
The aggregate amount of fees billed to the Company by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for assistance and related services
reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the
Companys consolidated financial statements and for reviews
of the Companys financial statements included in the
Companys Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q which
were not included in Audit Fees above was
approximately $0.6 million in 2005 and $0.6 million in
2004. This assistance and related services generally consisted
of consultation on the accounting or disclosure treatment of
transactions or events and employee benefit plan audits.
Tax Fees
The aggregate amount of fees billed to the Company by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for professional services rendered
for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning was
approximately $2.7 million in 2005 and $3.1 million in
2004. These tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning
services generally consisted of U.S., federal, state, local, and
international tax planning, compliance and advice, and
expatriate and executive tax services, with over
$0.6 million being spent for tax compliance in 2005 and
over $1.5 million being for tax compliance in 2004.
All Other Fees
The aggregate amount of all other fees billed to the Company by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for services which were rendered to
the Company, and which were not included in Audit
Fees, Audit-Related Fees, or Tax
Fees above, was $0 in both 2005 and 2004.
Preapproval Policies and Procedures
The Charter of the Audit Committee and policies and procedures
adopted by the Audit Committee provide that the Audit Committee
shall pre-approve all audit, internal control-related and all
permitted non-audit engagements and services (including the fees
and terms thereof) by the independent registered public
accountants (and their affiliates), and shall disclose such
services in the Companys SEC filings to the extent
required. Under the policies and procedures adopted by the Audit
Committee, the Audit Committee pre-approves detailed and
specifically described categories of services which are expected
to be conducted over the subsequent twelve months, or a longer
specified period, except for the services and engagements which
the Chairman has been authorized to pre-approve or approve. The
Chairman of the Audit Committee has been delegated the authority
to pre-approve or approve up to $500,000 of such engagements and
services, but shall report such approvals at the next full Audit
Committee meeting. Such policies and procedures do not include
delegation of the Audit Committees responsibilities to
Company management.
All of the services described above for 2005 and 2004 were
pre-approved by the Audit Committee and/or the Committee
Chairman before PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was engaged to render
the services.
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Proposal 1.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The Amended Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws
of the Company provide that the Board of Directors shall be
comprised of not less than seven and no more than fifteen
directors divided into three classes as nearly equal in number
as possible, and that each director shall be elected for a term
of three years with the term of one class expiring each year.
Four directors are to be reelected at the 2006 Annual Meeting to
serve for a term ending at the 2009 Annual Meeting of Share
Owners, and the Proxies cannot be voted for a greater number of
persons than the number of nominees named. There are currently
twelve members of the Board.
The Board of Directors recommends that the Share Owners vote
FOR the following nominees: John T. Dillon,
James M. Jenness, L. Daniel Jorndt, and William D. Perez. Each
nominee was proposed for reelection by the Nominating and
Governance Committee for consideration by the Board and proposal
to the Share Owners.
Nominees for Election for a three-year term expiring at the
2009 Annual Meeting
JOHN T. DILLON. Mr. Dillon, age 67, has served
as a director of the Company since 2000. He is Vice Chairman of
Evercore Capital Partners and a Senior Managing Director of that
firms investment activities and private equity business.
He retired in October 2003 as Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer of International Paper Company, a position he
held since 1996, and retired as Chairman of the Business
Roundtable in June 2003. He is also a director of Caterpillar
Inc., E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Vertis, Inc. and
Specialty Products & Insulation Co.
JAMES M. JENNESS. Mr. Jenness, age 59, has been
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since
February 2005 and has served as a director of the Company since
2000. He was Chief Executive Officer of Integrated Merchandising
Systems, LLC, a leader in outsource management of retail
promotion and branded merchandising from 1997 to December 2004.
Before joining Integrated Merchandising Systems,
Mr. Jenness served as Vice Chairman and Chief Operating
Officer of the Leo Burnett Company from 1996 to 1997 and, before
that, as Global Vice Chairman North America and Latin America
from 1993 to 1996. He has also been a trustee of the W. K.
Kellogg Foundation Trust since 2005.
L. DANIEL JORNDT. Mr. Jorndt, age 64, has
served as a director of the Company since 2002. Mr. Jorndt
retired in January 2003 as a director of Walgreen Co. and from
his position as Chairman of the Board of Walgreen Co. He had
been Chairman of the Board since 1999, was Chief Executive
Officer from 1998 to 2002 and was Chief Operating Officer and
President from 1990 to 1999.
WILLIAM D. PEREZ. Mr. Perez, age 58, has served
as a director of the Company since 2000. He is the former
President and Chief Executive Officer of NIKE, Inc. and
previously was President and Chief Executive Officer of S. C.
Johnson & Son, Inc.
Continuing Directors to serve until the 2007 Annual
Meeting
BENJAMIN S. CARSON, SR. Dr. Carson, age 54, has
served as a director of the Company since 1997. He is Professor
and Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins
Medical Institutions, a position he has held since 1984, as well
as Professor of Oncology, Plastic Surgery, Pediatrics and
Neurosurgery at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.
Dr. Carson is also a director of Costco Wholesale
Corporation.
GORDON GUND. Mr. Gund, age 66, has served as a
director of the Company since 1986. He is Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Gund Investment Corporation, which manages
diversified investment activities. He is also a director of
Corning Incorporated.
DOROTHY A. JOHNSON. Ms. Johnson, age 65, has
served as a director of the Company since 1998. Ms. Johnson
is President of the Ahlburg Company, a philanthropic consulting
agency, a position she has held since February 2000, and
President Emeritus of the Council of Michigan Foundations, which
she led as President and Chief Executive
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Officer from 1975 to 2000, and is on the Board of Directors of
the Corporation for National and Community Service and AAA
Michigan. She has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the
W. K. Kellogg Foundation since 1980.
ANN MCLAUGHLIN KOROLOGOS. Ms. McLaughlin Korologos,
age 64, has served as a director of the Company since 1989.
She is currently Chairman, RAND Board of Trustees; Chairman
Emeritus of The Aspen Institute, a nonprofit organization; and
is a former U.S. Secretary of Labor. She is also a director
of Microsoft Corporation; AMR Corporation (and its subsidiary,
American Airlines); Host Marriott Corporation; Fannie Mae; and
Harman International Industries, Inc.
Continuing Directors to serve until the 2008 Annual
Meeting
CLAUDIO X. GONZALEZ. Mr. Gonzalez, age 71, has
served as a director of the Company since 1990. He has been
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of
Kimberly-Clark de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., a producer of consumer
disposable tissue products and writing and other papers, since
1973. He is also a director of Kimberly-Clark Corporation;
General Electric Company; The Home Depot; Investment Co. of
America; Grupo ALFA; Grupo Mexico; Grupo Carso; Grupo Televisa;
America Movil; and The Mexico Fund.
A. D. DAVID MACKAY. Mr. Mackay, age 50,
has served as a director of the Company since February 2005. He
is President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company.
Mr. Mackay joined Kellogg Australia in 1985 and held
several positions with Kellogg USA, Kellogg Australia and
Kellogg New Zealand before leaving the Company in 1992. He
rejoined Kellogg Australia in 1998 as managing director and was
appointed managing director of Kellogg United Kingdom and
Republic of Ireland later in 1998. He was named Senior Vice
President and President, Kellogg USA in July 2000, Executive
Vice President in November 2000, and President and Chief
Operating Officer in September 2003. He is also a director of
Fortune Brands, Inc.
WILLIAM C. RICHARDSON. Dr. Richardson, age 65,
has served as a director of the Company since 1996. He is
President Emeritus, former President and Chief Executive Officer
and a member of the Board of Trustees of the W. K. Kellogg
Foundation. He is also a trustee of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Trust. He is also a director of CSX Corporation, The Bank of New
York Company, Inc. and the Exelon Corporation.
JOHN L. ZABRISKIE. Dr. Zabriskie, age 66, has
served as a director of the Company since 1995. He is also
co-founder and Director of PureTech Ventures, LLC, a firm that
co-founds life science companies. In 2001, he became Chairman of
the Board of Directors of MacroChem Corporation. In 1999, he
retired as Chief Executive Officer of NEN Life Science Products,
Inc., a position he had held since 1997. From November 1995 to
January 1997, Dr. Zabriskie served as President and Chief
Executive Officer of Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc.
Dr. Zabriskie is also a director of the following public
companies: Array Biopharma, Inc; and MacroChem Corporation; and
the following privately-held companies: Protein Forest, Inc.;
Puretech Ventures, L.L.C., ARCA Discovery and Cellicon
Biotechnologies.
ABOUT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors has the following standing committees:
Executive Committee, Audit Committee, Compensation Committee,
Nominating and Governance Committee, Finance Committee, Consumer
Marketing Committee, and Social Responsibility Committee.
The Executive Committee is generally empowered to act on behalf
of the Board between meetings of the Board, with some
exceptions. The Executive Committee did not meet in 2005. The
members of the Executive Committee currently are
Mr. Jenness, Chair, Dr. Carson, Mr. Dillon,
Mr. Gund, Mr. Perez, Dr. Richardson, and
Dr. Zabriskie.
The Audit Committee assists the Board in monitoring the
integrity of the Companys financial statements, the
independence and performance of the Companys independent
registered public accountants, the performance of the
Companys internal audit function and independent
registered public accountants, and the compliance by the Company
with legal and regulatory requirements. The Audit Committee, or
its Chairman, also pre-approves all audit, internal
control-related and permitted non-audit engagements and services
by the independent registered public accountants and their
affiliates. It also discusses and/or reviews specified matters
with, and receives specified information or assurances from,
Company management and the independent registered public
accountants. The Committee also has the sole authority to
appoint or replace the independent registered public
accountants, which directly report into the Audit Committee, and
is directly responsible for the compensation and oversight of
the independent registered public accountants. It met six times
in 2005.
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The members of the Audit Committee currently are
Mr. Dillon, Chair, Mr. Jorndt, Mr. Perez, and
Dr. Zabriskie. Each member of the Audit Committee has been
determined by the Board of Directors to be an audit
committee financial expert (as that term is defined in
paragraph (h) of Item 401 of SEC
Regulation S-K).
Each member had experience actively supervising a principal
financial officer and/or principal accounting officer. Each of
the Committee members meets the independence requirements of the
New York Stock Exchange.
The Compensation Committee, among other responsibilities,
reviews and makes recommendations for the compensation of senior
management personnel and monitors overall compensation for
senior executives; reviews and recommends, subject to approval
by the independent members of the Board, the corporate goals and
objectives and compensation of the Chief Executive Officer; has
sole authority to retain or terminate any compensation
consultant used to evaluate senior executive compensation;
oversees and administers employee benefit plans to the extent
provided in those plans; and reviews trends in management
compensation. It met four times in 2005. The members of the
Compensation Committee currently are Dr. Zabriskie, Chair,
Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Gund, Mr. Jorndt,
Ms. McLaughlin Korologos, and Dr. Richardson. Each of
the Committee members meets the independence requirements of the
New York Stock Exchange.
The Nominating and Governance Committee, among other
responsibilities, assists the Board by identifying and reviewing
the qualifications of candidates for Directors and in
determining the criteria for new Directors; recommends nominees
for Director to the Board; recommends committee chairs and
members and changes in the Corporate Governance Guidelines to
the Board; monitors the performance of Directors and conducts
performance evaluations of each Director before being
re-nominated to the Board; administers the annual evaluation of
the Board; provides annually an evaluation of CEO performance
used by the independent members of the Board in their annual
review of CEO performance; considers and, if appropriate,
approves waivers to Codes of Conduct and Ethics for directors
and senior officers, respectively, and the Corporate Governance
Guidelines makes a report on succession planning at least
annually; provides an annual review of the independence of
Directors to the Board; and reviews Director compensation
annually and recommends any changes to the Board. The Chairman
of this Committee, as Lead Director, also presides at executive
sessions of the Board. It met four times in 2005. The members of
the Nominating and Governance Committee are Mr. Gund,
Chair, Dr. Carson, Mr. Gonzalez, Ms. McLaughlin
Korologos, and Dr. Zabriskie. Each of the Committee members
meets the independence requirements of the New York Stock
Exchange.
The Finance Committee reviews matters regarding the financial
and capital structure of the Company, borrowing commitments, and
other significant financial matters. It met three times in 2005.
The members of the Finance Committee are Dr. Richardson,
Chair, Mr. Dillon, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Gund, and
Ms. Johnson.
The Social Responsibility Committee reviews the manner in which
the Company discharges its social responsibilities and
recommends to the Board policies, programs, and practices it
deems appropriate to enable the Company to carry out and
discharge fully its social responsibilities. It met two times in
2005. The members of the Social Responsibility Committee are
Dr. Carson, Chair, Ms. Johnson, Ms. McLaughlin
Korologos, and Dr. Richardson.
The Consumer Marketing Committee reviews matters regarding the
Companys marketing activities, including strategies,
programs, spending, and execution quality. It met two times in
2005. The members of the Consumer Marketing Committee are
Mr. Perez, Chair, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Gund,
Ms. Johnson, Mr. Jorndt, Ms. McLaughlin
Korologos, and Dr. Richardson.
The Board held eleven meetings in 2005. All of the incumbent
directors attended at least 75% of the total number of meetings
of the Board and of all Board committees of which the directors
were members during 2005.
Under Corporate Governance Guidelines adopted by the Board:
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a majority of the directors, and all of the members of the
Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Governance Committees,
are required to meet the independence requirements of the New
York Stock Exchange; |
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one of the directors (usually the Chair of the Nominating and
Governance Committee, unless otherwise determined by the Board)
is to be designated a Lead Director, who shall approve proposed
meeting agendas and schedules, may call executive sessions of
the non-management Directors and shall establish a method for
Share Owners and other interested parties to use in
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the Board and each Board committee have the power to hire
independent legal, financial or other advisors as they may deem
necessary, without consulting the Company in advance; |
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non-management directors will meet in executive sessions at
least three times annually; |
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the Board and Board committees will conduct annual
self-evaluations; |
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the independent members of the Board will conduct an annual
review of the CEOs performance in executive session and
determine the CEOs compensation; |
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any officer of the Company who is a director shall resign from
the Board when such individual ceases to be employed by the
Company; |
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other directors who change their principal responsibility or
occupation from that held when they were elected shall volunteer
to resign from the Board for its consideration, although these
directors would not necessarily leave the Board in every
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directors shall have free access to officers and employees of
the Company; |
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all new directors shall participate in the Companys
orientation program; |
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no director may be nominated for a new term if he or she would
be seventy-two or older at the time of election; |
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no director shall serve as a director, officer, or employee of a
competitor; and |
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all directors are expected to comply with stock ownership
guidelines for directors, under which they are generally
expected to hold at least five times their annual retainer in
stock and stock equivalents, subject to a phase-in period. |
The Board has determined that all current directors (other than
Messrs. Jenness and Mackay) are independent based on the
following standards: (a) no entity (other than a charitable
entity) of which a Director is an employee in any position or
any immediate family member (as defined) is an executive
officer, made payments to, or received payments from, the
Company and its subsidiaries in any of the 2005, 2004, or 2003
fiscal years in excess of the greater of
(i) $1 million or (ii) two percent of that
entitys annual consolidated gross revenues; (b) no
Director, or any immediate family member employed as an
executive officer of the Company or its subsidiaries, received
in any twelve month period within the last three years more than
$100,000 per year in direct compensation from the Company
or its subsidiaries, other than director and committee fees and
pension or other forms of deferred compensation for prior
service not contingent in any way on continued service;
(c) the Company did not employ a Director in any position,
or any immediate family member as an executive officer, during
the past three years; (d) no Director was currently
employed by the present or former independent or internal
auditor of the Company (Auditor), no immediate
family member of a Director was a current partner of the
Auditor, no Director or immediate family member was an employee
of the Auditor who personally worked on the Companys audit
during the past three years and no immediate family member of a
Director was a current employee of the Auditor and participated
in the Auditors audit, assurance or tax compliance
practice; (e) no Director or immediate family member served
as an executive officer of another company during the past three
years at the same time as a current executive officer served on
the compensation committee of such company; and (f) no
other material relationship exists between any Director and the
Company or its subsidiaries.
In connection with its independence determinations, the Board
noted that the Company entered into two agreements with the W.K.
Kellogg Foundation Trust (the Trust), one dated as
of November 8, 2005 (the 2005 Agreement) and
one dated as of February 16, 2006 (the 2006
Agreement and together with the 2005 Agreement, the
Agreements) under which the Company would repurchase a
total of 22,156,318 shares of the Companys common
stock from the Trust for an aggregate cash purchase price of
$950 million (collectively, the
Trust Transactions). The Company also agreed in
the 2005 Agreement to provide the Trust with certain
registration rights with respect to additional shares of common
stock owned by the Trust, subject to a right to repurchase those
shares granted by the Trust to the Company; the 2006 Agreement
extinguished those rights. William C. Richardson, a director of
the Company, is a trustee of the Trust and the President
Emeritus of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (the
Foundation), a charitable foundation that is the
sole beneficiary of the Trust, and until January, 2006, was the
president and chief executive officer of the Trust. Under the
Trusts governing instrument, at least one member of the
Companys Board must be a trustee of the Trust.
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In connection with, and following the Companys execution
of the Agreements, the Board determined that Dr. Richardson
continued to qualify as independent under the NYSE listing
standards, and that the Agreements and the
Trust Transactions were not material for these purposes. In
reaching this conclusion, the Board took into account: that the
Agreements and the Trust Transactions contemplated thereby
were each negotiated on an
arms-length basis
and, on behalf of the Company, by either a special committee of
the Board comprised of two independent directors unaffiliated
with the Trust and the Foundation (in the case of the 2005
Agreement) or the full Board (with directors who are affiliated
with the Trust or Foundation not participating in the
deliberations or approval) (in the case of the 2006 Agreement);
that Dr. Richardson did not participate in any of the Board
or special committee deliberations regarding either Agreement or
the Trust Transactions; that the price of the shares sold
in the Trust Transactions was based on a discount to
market; that the Trust Transactions were with respect to a
total of approximately 5% of the Companys outstanding
shares and that completion of the Trust Transactions would
result in the Trusts ownership of the Companys
outstanding common stock being reduced from approximately 29% to
approximately 25%; that Dr. Richardson is not a beneficiary
of the Trust or of the Foundation; that
Dr. Richardsons compensation in respect of his
service to the Trust and the Foundation has not been and is in
no way related to the Trust Transactions; and that
Dr. Richardson did not and will not receive, directly or
indirectly, any of the proceeds of, or other interest in, the
Trust Transactions.
Non-Employee Director Compensation and Benefits
Each non-employee director currently receives: (1) an
annual retainer fee of $70,000; (2) $10,000 if he or she
served as Chairman of the Audit or Compensation Committee;
(3) $5,000 if he or she served as Chairman of another
committee; (4) $2,000 for each Audit Committee meeting
attended; (5) $1,500 for each other committee meeting
attended (other than executive committee meetings held on the
same day as a regular Board meeting); and (6) reimbursement
for all expenses incurred in attending such meetings.
Non-employee directors receive no separate fees for attending
Board meetings, and directors who are employees receive no fees
for attending Board or Board committee meetings.
Under the Non-Employee Director Stock Plan approved by Share
Owners, each eligible non-employee director annually is granted
options to purchase 5,000 shares of common stock,
which are for ten-year terms and generally become exercisable
six months after grant. Each eligible non-employee director is
also annually awarded 1,700 shares of common stock, which
are placed in the Kellogg Company Grantor Trust for Non-Employee
Directors (the Grantor Trust). Under the terms of
the Grantor Trust, shares are available to a director only upon
termination of service on the Board.
Under the Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors,
non-employee directors may each year irrevocably elect to defer
all or a portion of their cash compensation payable for the
following year. The amount deferred is credited to an account in
the form of units equivalent to the fair market value of the
Companys common stock. If the Board declares dividends, a
fractional unit representing the dividend is credited to the
account of each participating director. A participants
account balance is paid in cash or shares of the Companys
common stock upon termination of service as a director, over a
period from one to ten years at the election of the director
and, if paid in cash, the unpaid account balance accrues
interest annually at the prime rate in effect when the
termination of service occurred.
The Company maintains Director and Officer Liability Insurance,
individually insuring the directors and officers of the Company
against losses that they become legally obligated to pay
resulting from their actions while performing duties on behalf
of the Company. The Company also maintains travel accident
insurance for each director.
Prior to December 1995, the Company had a Directors
Charitable Awards Program in which each director could name up
to four organizations to which the Company would contribute an
aggregate of $1 million upon the death of the director. In
1995, the Board voted to discontinue this program for directors
first elected after December 1995.
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Summary Compensation Table
The following table provides information for the last three
years concerning the compensation of the Companys current
and previous Chief Executive Officer and its four other most
highly compensated executive officers.
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James M. Jenness
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Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer(6) |
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Carlos M. Gutierrez
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260,421 |
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1,048,969 |
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2,433,000 |
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2005 |
|
|
|
593,160 |
|
|
|
897,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
317,055 |
|
|
|
314,500 |
|
|
|
67,829 |
|
|
|
Executive Vice
|
|
|
2004 |
|
|
|
573,581 |
|
|
|
741,800 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
271,682 |
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
|
|
68,879 |
|
|
|
President
|
|
|
2003 |
|
|
|
554,981 |
|
|
|
840,800 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
335,650 |
|
|
|
195,662 |
|
|
|
914,400 |
|
|
|
50,104 |
|
|
Jeffrey W. Montie
|
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
555,942 |
|
|
|
848,200 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,079,049 |
|
|
|
222,340 |
|
|
|
185,000 |
|
|
|
96,899 |
|
|
|
Executive Vice
|
|
|
2004 |
|
|
|
504,616 |
|
|
|
706,300 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
162,479 |
|
|
|
469,600 |
|
|
|
64,141 |
|
|
|
President
|
|
|
2003 |
|
|
|
443,272 |
|
|
|
572,900 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
671,300 |
|
|
|
63,637 |
|
|
|
568,600 |
|
|
|
44,655 |
|
|
John A. Bryant
|
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
531,995 |
|
|
|
742,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
980,172 |
|
|
|
215,093 |
|
|
|
277,500 |
|
|
|
98,785 |
|
|
|
Executive Vice
|
|
|
2004 |
|
|
|
486,477 |
|
|
|
692,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
179,359 |
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
|
|
68,925 |
|
|
|
President
|
|
|
2003 |
|
|
|
399,462 |
|
|
|
587,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
839,125 |
|
|
|
134,992 |
|
|
|
713,400 |
|
|
|
39,399 |
|
|
|
(1) |
Consists of $80,000 of incremental costs for the personal use of
Company aircraft by the former Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer during 2004, with the majority of those
flights (and costs) being related to his appointment in 2005 as
the U.S. Secretary of Commerce. Pursuant to a policy
previously adopted by the Board, the Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer is generally required, when practical,
to use Company aircraft for personal and business travel for
security and convenience reasons and to pay tax on the imputed
costs of a first class ticket (without any tax
gross-up being provided
by the Company) when used for personal travel. Other than
Mr. Gutierrez in 2004, the Other Annual Compensation for
all the named individuals was less than $50,000 in 2005, 2004
and 2003. |
|
(2) |
Mr. Jenness received a grant of 22,429 shares of
restricted stock in February, 2005 pursuant to the agreement
with the Company described in Employment and Change in
Control Agreements below, when he first was employed by
the Company. This award is valued at approximately $969,382
based on the $43.22 closing price of the Kellogg Company common
stock on December 30, 2005. Messrs. Montie and Bryant
received grants of 25,100 and 22,800 shares of restricted
stock, respectively, in March, 2005. These awards are valued at
approximately $1,084,822 and $985,416, respectively, based on
the $43.22 closing price of the Kellogg Company common stock on
December 30, 2005. In addition, Messrs. Harris, Montie
and Bryant were awarded 10,000, 20,000, and 25,000 shares,
respectively, of restricted stock in September 2003 under the
Companys 2001 Long-Term Incentive Plan. These awards are
valued at approximately $432,200, $864,400, and $1,080,000,
respectively, based on the $43.22 closing price of Kellogg
Company common stock on December 30, 2005. Dividends are
paid on awards of restricted stock. |
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|
|
(3) |
All the options granted before 2004 contained an accelerated
ownership option feature (AOF), including the AOF
options described below. Under the terms of the original option
grant, an AOF option is generally received when Company stock is
used to pay the exercise price of a stock option and related
taxes. The holder of the option receives an AOF option for the
number of shares so used. For AOF options, the expiration date
is the same as the original option, and the option price is the
fair market value of the Companys stock on the date the
AOF option is granted. During 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively,
Messrs. Jenness, Gutierrez, Mackay, Harris, Montie, and
Bryant received the following amounts of AOF options included in
the Summary Compensation Table from their surrender of Kellogg
Company stock to exercise an option: Mr; Jenness, 36,900, 0
and 0; Mr. Gutierrez, 0, 606,600 and 384,782;
Mr. Mackay, 273,742, 171,884 and 60,698; Mr. Harris,
260,155, 161,682, and 99,462; Mr. Montie, 116,340, 52,479
and 7,537; and Mr. Bryant, 120,093, 53,859 and 19,992. |
|
(4) |
The Long-Term Incentive Payments for 2005 were payments under a
three-year 2003-2005 Executive Performance Plan. Under the Plan,
the Committee approved three levels of performance for the
achievement of multi-year gross margin improvement targets (with
interpolation if the results were between those levels). No
awards were to be paid for performance below threshold.
Participants were to receive 100% of their targeted award for
performance at budget and 200% of their targeted award for
performance at maximum. Payments for 2005 equal 74% of
participants targeted awards under the Plan. |
|
(5) |
The amounts represent Company-paid life insurance premiums (in
the amount of $6,961 for Mr. Jenness, $489 for
Mr. Gutierrez, $3,077 for Mr. Mackay, $2,318 for
Mr. Harris, $898 for Mr. Bryant and $941 for
Mr. Montie), dividends on unvested restricted stock (in the
amount of $23,775 for Mr. Jenness, $10,600 for
Mr. Harris, $44,491 for Mr. Bryant and $41,468 for
Mr. Montie), Company-matching contributions to the Kellogg
Company Salaried and Supplemental Savings and Investment Plans
(in the amount of $0 for Mr. Jenness, $107,716 for
Mr. Gutierrez, $89,871 for Mr. Mackay, $53,398 for
Mr. Harris, $48,975 for Mr. Bryant and $50,489 for
Mr. Montie) and financial planning reimbursement (in the
amount of $7,500 for Mr. Jenness, $4,000 for
Mr. Mackay, $1,513 for Mr. Harris, and $4,000 for each
of Mr. Montie and Mr. Bryant). In addition, subsequent
to leaving the Company on February 7, 2005,
Mr. Gutierrez received his account balance of $1,287,736.04
from the Kellogg Company Supplemental Savings and Investment
Plan, as required by the terms of the Plan. |
|
(6) |
Mr. Jenness became the Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer of the Company on February 7, 2005. 5,000
of the options shown were automatically granted to him at the
end of January, 2005, under the Non-Employee Director Stock
Plan, before he became an officer of the Company. |
|
(7) |
Mr. Gutierrez ceased serving as Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer and Director on February 7, 2005. |
Employment and Change in Control Agreements
The named executive officers have agreements with the Company,
which become operative only if a change of control
(as defined therein) of the Company occurs. The agreements
provide that, during the three-year period after a change of
control, the officers are entitled to receive a monthly base
salary at least equal to the highest monthly salary earned
during the twelve months before the agreements became operative,
as well as annual bonuses at least equal to the highest annual
bonus received during the three years before the agreements
became operative. The agreements also provide for their
continued participation in benefit plans during the three-year
period, with those plans to generally be no less favorable, in
the aggregate, than those in effect during the one hundred
twenty day period before the agreements became operative.
In addition, if during the three-year period, any of such
executive officers terminates his or her employment for
good reason (as defined), or if the Company
terminates his or her employment for reasons other than
cause or disability, he or she will
generally be entitled to receive, within thirty days after
termination: (a) any unpaid salary through the date of
termination, as well as a pro-rata bonus for the year of
termination at target or, if higher, the bonus amount described
below (the Bonus Amount); (b) three times the
sum of his or her annual base salary and the Bonus Amount; and
(c) the actuarial equivalent of the benefit that he or she
would have received for three years of additional participation
under the Companys retirement plans (Actuarial
Equivalent). The bonus amounts used to determine the
amounts described in clauses (a) and (b) above are
both equal to the higher of (1) the highest annual bonus
earned for the three most recent years ended before the
agreement became operative and (2) the most recent bonus
(if any) earned for a year ended after the agreement became
operative. A terminated executive officer would also continue to
participate in the Companys welfare benefit plans for
three years after termination, would be
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eligible for continued vesting of his or her equity awards
during this three-year period, and would receive outplacement
benefits.
In addition, under these agreements, the Company would be
obligated to pay each such executive officer a gross
up payment to make him or her whole for any federal excise
taxes on excess parachute payments owed on such
severance payments and benefits or any other payments and
benefits from the Company.
Under the Kellogg Company Severance Benefit Plan, which was
adopted in 2002, regular non-union U.S. employees (with
some exceptions) may be eligible to receive designated severance
pay benefits, which vary by pay grades and years of service
(subject to minimums and maximums), if their employment is
terminated for specified reasons, so long as specified
conditions are met. The named executive officers (except for the
Chief Executive Officer) would generally be entitled to receive
two years of base pay and target bonus under this Plan, unless
an agreement provides for a different amount. Specified medical,
dental, and insurance benefits would also be provided (subject
to plan provisions, including the payment of premiums) during
this payment period. The amount to be provided to the Chief
Executive Officer would be determined by the Board of Directors.
Mr. Jenness has an agreement with the Company which
provided that his starting base salary in 2005 would be
$1,050,000 per year (the
50th
percentile of the peer group) and that he would participate in
the Kellogg Company Senior Executive Annual Incentive Plan (the
AIP) and the Companys long-term incentive
program (the LTIP), with his target award for 2005
under the AIP being 115% of base salary, and his 2005 LTIP
target award to be established by the Compensation Committee at
between $5,000,000 $6,000,000 (the
50th
percentile of the peer group), with 70% of that value to be
reflected in a stock option award, and the remaining 30% to
represent the target amount of his Executive Performance Plan
(the EPP) award for the period 2005-2007. It also
provided that he received a restricted stock grant on the first
day of his employment as CEO, having an aggregate value of
$1,000,000, which would vest on the third anniversary of the
grant date, if he is then still employed, and would vest on a
pro-rata basis if his employment is previously terminated by the
Company without cause or by him for good reason. It also
provided that he would receive other benefits provided by the
Company to its executives and employees generally, and would be
reimbursed in some instances for any loss that he may suffer
upon the sale of the residence purchased in the Battle Creek
area following his departure from the Company. Under the
agreement, Mr. Jenness will also receive a pension under
the Kellogg Company Key Executive Benefits Plan to the extent
necessary to ensure that if his employment with the Company
terminates before he has completed five years of service and
attained age 62, either (1) after he has completed
three years of service or (2) by him for good reason, he
will receive an aggregate pension benefit equal to the benefit
he would have received under the Companys pension plans if
he had attained age 62 with 5 years of service
(although the amount of the accrued pension benefit will be
determined based on his actual years of service and his actual
compensation during employment) and that he will receive retiree
medical benefits for himself and his eligible dependents in
accordance with the Companys plans, or the cash equivalent
thereof, as reasonably determined by the Company. Finally, if
Mr. Jennesss employment is terminated by the Company
without cause or by him for good reason, other than under
circumstances covered by the Change of Control Policy, the
agreement provides he will be entitled to receive severance in
an amount determined by the Board, but in no event less than two
times the amount of his then-current base salary and target
bonus, conditioned upon his signing and not revoking a form of
separation agreement furnished by the Company, which would
include an agreement not to compete and a release of claims.
In order for Mr. Jenness to have been available to serve as
the CEO if and when Mr. Gutierrez was sworn in as Secretary
of Commerce, Mr. Jenness agreed to resign from his
employment as Chief Executive Officer of Integrated
Merchandising Systems, LLC (IMS) and forfeit
significant financial and other benefits well before
Mr. Gutierrezs confirmation hearings had occurred. In
recognition of that, as well as the significant preparatory work
he undertook, the Company paid Mr. Jenness $2,215,000 in
late December, 2004, as compensation.
In addition to the benefits described above, on July 27,
2000, Mr. Jenness, as a director, received a non-qualified
stock option which allowed him to
purchase 100,000 shares of the Companys common
stock at $27 per share, the fair market price of the stock
on July 27, 2000. This option contains the AOF provisions
described in footnote (3) of the Summary Compensation Table.
Mr. Mackay has an agreement with the Company which provides
that he will be granted an additional six years of service
credit and vesting service so that he will be eligible to retire
under certain of the Companys benefit plans, and would be
entitled to receive benefits under the Kellogg Company Severance
Benefit Plan described above. The agreement also provides that,
if his employment were terminated by the Company for any reason
(except for cause, as defined) prior to
December 31, 2008, he would be entitled to be relocation
back to Australia, including
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reimbursement for the loss on the sale of a residence. The
agreement also contains a release and two-year non-compete and
non-solicitation provisions.
Mr. Harris has an agreement with the Company, which, as
amended, provides for an annual base salary of $560,500 per
year (subject to standard periodic reviews) and participation in
employee benefit plans that are generally made available to
employees of Mr. Harris level. It also provides that
he will be granted an additional three-and-one-half years of
pension service credit and vesting service so that he would be
eligible to retire under certain of the Companys benefit
plans, and would be entitled to receive benefits under the
Kellogg Company Severance Benefit Plan described above if his
employment is terminated for any reason other than
cause (as defined). The agreement also contains a
release and two-year non-compete and non-solicitation provisions.
Finally, in late December 2004, the Company entered into a
Separation Agreement with Carlos M. Gutierrez, the former
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company. Under the terms of that Separation Agreement,
Mr. Gutierrez will receive pension benefits under the
Companys Salaried Pension Plan and Supplemental Retirement
Plan (collectively, the Company Pension Plans) and
the Separation Agreement. Under the Company Pension Plans,
Mr. Gutierrezs annual pension benefits will be based
on his average annual compensation (salary and bonus) for the
three consecutive years during his last ten years of employment
which produces the greatest average of the specified
compensation, as reduced by Social Security benefits. Under the
Company Pension Plan, these benefits would have been discounted
because at the time of his departure, he worked for the Company
for more than 29 but less than 30 years, and because he had
not yet reached age 55. Under the Separation Agreement,
however, Mr. Gutierrez will receive additional payments in
amounts sufficient to bring his pension benefit to the amount
that would be payable if this discounting did not apply, but
assuming he retired from the Company at age 55 after having
served with the Company for 30 years.
Also under the terms of the Separation Agreement,
Mr. Gutierrez received, in February, 2005, in cash, amounts
payable under the 2004 annual incentive plan and the three-year
2002-2004 Executive Performance Plan in accordance with the
terms of those plans as applicable to Mr. Gutierrez and the
other participants therein, based on actual performance during
the relevant performance periods. Finally, the Separation
Agreement waived the forfeiture of options on
606,250 shares that were scheduled to vest approximately
two weeks after ceasing to be employed by the Company and
allowed him to exercise those options for up to 90 days
following his termination of employment.
The Company provides coverage under its Executive Survivor
Income Plan (ESIP) to employees above certain pay
levels, including the named executive officers. The beneficiary
of a covered employee who dies while employed by the Company
will receive two or three times the employees annual base
salary and bonus (compensation) under the ESIP. In
addition, the beneficiary of some current covered employees who
die after they retire from the Company will receive under the
ESIP one times the employees compensation. The
beneficiaries of the named executive officers will receive three
times the executive officers compensation if they die
while employed by the Company. The beneficiaries of
Mr. Mackay and Mr. Harris will receive one times their
compensation if they die after they retire from the Company. The
actuarial cost of providing the ESIP benefit during 2005 for the
named executive officers was: Mr. Jenness, $27,942;
Mr. Mackay, $81,772; Mr. Harris, $54,616;
Mr. Montie, $7,852 and Mr. Bryant, $4,652.
Mr. Gutierrez resigned from the Company in 2005 and was not
eligible to receive a benefit under the ESIP.
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Option Grants in Last Fiscal Year
The following table provides information regarding stock options
granted during 2005 to the persons named in the Summary
Compensation Table.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Individual Grants | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of | |
|
% of Total | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Securities | |
|
Options | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Underlying | |
|
Granted to | |
|
|
|
|
|
Grant Date | |
|
|
Options | |
|
Employees In | |
|
Exercise | |
|
|
|
Present | |
|
|
Granted | |
|
Fiscal | |
|
Price | |
|
Expiration | |
|
Value | |
Name |
|
(#)(1) | |
|
Year (%) | |
|
($/Share) | |
|
Date | |
|
($)(4) | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
J. M. Jenness
|
|
|
383,100 |
|
|
|
8.0 |
% |
|
$ |
44.040 |
|
|
|
2/18/15 |
|
|
$ |
2,815,800 |
|
|
|
|
5,000 |
(3) |
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
44.980 |
|
|
|
1/31/15 |
|
|
|
36,800 |
|
|
|
|
15,521 |
(2) |
|
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
44.280 |
|
|
|
7/27/10 |
|
|
|
114,100 |
|
|
|
|
21,379 |
(2) |
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
45.030 |
|
|
|
7/27/10 |
|
|
|
157,100 |
|
C. M. Gutierrez
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A. D. D. Mackay
|
|
|
151,000 |
|
|
|
3.2 |
|
|
|
44.040 |
|
|
|
2/8/15 |
|
|
|
1,109,900 |
|
|
|
|
55,644 |
(2) |
|
|
1.2 |
|
|
|
45.230 |
|
|
|
3/26/11 |
|
|
|
409,000 |
|
|
|
|
63,361 |
(2) |
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
|
45.230 |
|
|
|
2/16/11 |
|
|
|
465,700 |
|
|
|
|
25,192 |
(2) |
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
44.230 |
|
|
|
2/16/11 |
|
|
|
185,200 |
|
|
|
|
94,286 |
(2) |
|
|
2.0 |
|
|
|
44.230 |
|
|
|
2/21/13 |
|
|
|
693,000 |
|
|
|
|
18,996 |
(2) |
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
44.230 |
|
|
|
8/1/10 |
|
|
|
139,600 |
|
|
|
|
16,263 |
(2) |
|
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
44.230 |
|
|
|
8/1/10 |
|
|
|
119,500 |
|
A. F. Harris
|
|
|
56,900 |
|
|
|
1.2 |
|
|
|
44.040 |
|
|
|
2/18/15 |
|
|
|
418,200 |
|
|
|
|
37,201 |
(2) |
|
|
0.8 |
|
|
|
45.330 |
|
|
|
1/4/09 |
|
|
|
273,400 |
|
|
|
|
38,592 |
(2) |
|
|
0.8 |
|
|
|
45.330 |
|
|
|
2/21/13 |
|
|
|
283,700 |
|
|
|
|
40,854 |
(2) |
|
|
0.9 |
|
|
|
45.330 |
|
|
|
2/22/12 |
|
|
|
300,300 |
|
|
|
|
67,290 |
(2) |
|
|
1.4 |
|
|
|
44.475 |
|
|
|
2/22/12 |
|
|
|
494,600 |
|
|
|
|
2,074 |
(2) |
|
|
0.0 |
|
|
|
44.475 |
|
|
|
3/14/07 |
|
|
|
15,200 |
|
|
|
|
44,610 |
(2) |
|
|
0.9 |
|
|
|
44.475 |
|
|
|
2/16/11 |
|
|
|
327,900 |
|
|
|
|
2,920 |
(2) |
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
44.475 |
|
|
|
1/31/10 |
|
|
|
21,500 |
|
|
|
|
19,188 |
(2) |
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
44.475 |
|
|
|
3/14/07 |
|
|
|
141,000 |
|
|
|
|
7,426 |
(2) |
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
44.475 |
|
|
|
3/14/07 |
|
|
|
54,600 |
|
J. W. Montie
|
|
|
106,000 |
|
|
|
2.2 |
|
|
|
44.040 |
|
|
|
2/18/15 |
|
|
|
779,100 |
|
|
|
|
8,409 |
(2) |
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
44.390 |
|
|
|
2/22/12 |
|
|
|
61,800 |
|
|
|
|
4,255 |
(2) |
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
44.390 |
|
|
|
3/15/06 |
|
|
|
31,300 |
|
|
|
|
11,919 |
(2) |
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
44.390 |
|
|
|
1/4/09 |
|
|
|
87,600 |
|
|
|
|
2,854 |
(2) |
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
44.390 |
|
|
|
1/31/10 |
|
|
|
21,000 |
|
|
|
|
22,740 |
(2) |
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
44.390 |
|
|
|
2/21/13 |
|
|
|
167,100 |
|
|
|
|
1,565 |
(2) |
|
|
0.0 |
|
|
|
45.620 |
|
|
|
1/31/10 |
|
|
|
11,500 |
|
|
|
|
1,076 |
(2) |
|
|
0.0 |
|
|
|
45.620 |
|
|
|
1/31/10 |
|
|
|
7,900 |
|
|
|
|
170 |
(2) |
|
|
0.0 |
|
|
|
45.620 |
|
|
|
3/14/07 |
|
|
|
1,200 |
|
|
|
|
11,009 |
(2) |
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
45.620 |
|
|
|
1/31/10 |
|
|
|
80,900 |
|
|
|
|
52,343 |
(2) |
|
|
1.1 |
|
|
|
45.620 |
|
|
|
2/22/12 |
|
|
|
384,700 |
|
J. A. Bryant
|
|
|
95,000 |
|
|
|
2.0 |
|
|
|
44.040 |
|
|
|
2/18/05 |
|
|
|
698,300 |
|
|
|
|
50,317 |
(2) |
|
|
1.1 |
|
|
|
45.480 |
|
|
|
2/21/13 |
|
|
|
369,800 |
|
|
|
|
5,422 |
(2) |
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
44.520 |
|
|
|
2/21/13 |
|
|
|
39,900 |
|
|
|
|
4,043 |
(2) |
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
44.520 |
|
|
|
1/31/10 |
|
|
|
29,700 |
|
|
|
|
2,618 |
(2) |
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
44.520 |
|
|
|
1/31/10 |
|
|
|
19,200 |
|
|
|
|
3,952 |
(2) |
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
44.520 |
|
|
|
2/16/11 |
|
|
|
29,000 |
|
|
|
|
10,597 |
(2) |
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
44.520 |
|
|
|
2/16/11 |
|
|
|
77,900 |
|
|
|
|
8,686 |
(2) |
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
44.520 |
|
|
|
1/4/09 |
|
|
|
63,800 |
|
|
|
|
34,458 |
(2) |
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
|
44.520 |
|
|
|
2/22/12 |
|
|
|
253,300 |
|
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|
|
(1) |
These stock options were granted under the Kellogg Company 2003
Long-Term Incentive Plan. The options have an exercise price
equal to the fair market value of the common stock on the date
of grant, generally expire ten years and one day after grant (if
non-qualified options), and generally include (a) the right
to pay the exercise price in cash or, subject to approval, with
shares of stock previously acquired by the optionee; and
(b) the right to have shares of stock withheld by the
Company to pay tax withholding obligations due in connection
with the exercise. The options generally vest as follows: 50% of
the options granted vest one year after the date of grant and
50% vest two years after the date of grant. |
|
(2) |
These are AOF options, which are described in footnote
(3) of the Summary Compensation Table. |
|
(3) |
Mr. Jenness received this option under the Non-Employee
Director Stock Plan in January, 2005, before he became an
employee of the Company. |
|
(4) |
Grant date present value is determined using a binomial model.
The model makes assumptions about future variables, so the
actual value of the options may be greater or less than the
values stated in the table. For options granted in 2005, the
calculations are based on a weighted average that assumes a
dividend yield of 2.40%, volatility of 22.0%, a risk-free rate
of return of 3.81%, and an average expected term of
3.42 years. Optionees may decide to exercise their options
either earlier or later than this assumed period, resulting in
different values from those shown in the table. No downward
adjustments were made to the resulting grant date option value
to account for potential forfeiture of these options. |
Aggregated Option Exercises in Last Fiscal Year and Fiscal
Year-End Option Values
The following table provides information regarding the pretax
value realized from the exercise of stock options during 2005
and the value of
in-the-money options
held at December 30, 2005, by the persons named in the
Summary Compensation Table.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of Shares Underlying | |
|
Value of Unexercised, | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unexercised Options at | |
|
In-the-Money Options at | |
|
|
Shares | |
|
|
|
Fiscal Year-End (#) | |
|
Fiscal Year-End($)(1) | |
|
|
Acquired on | |
|
Value | |
|
| |
|
| |
Name |
|
Exercise(#) | |
|
Realized($) | |
|
Exercisable | |
|
Unexercisable | |
|
Exercisable | |
|
Unexercisable | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
J. M. Jenness
|
|
|
48,026 |
|
|
$ |
850,899 |
|
|
|
113,154 |
|
|
|
383,100 |
|
|
$ |
935,715 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
C. M. Gutierrez(2)
|
|
|
2,228,552 |
|
|
|
16,978,843 |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
A. D. D. Mackay
|
|
|
346,568 |
|
|
|
5,509,723 |
|
|
|
800,808 |
|
|
|
282,000 |
|
|
|
2,481,482 |
|
|
|
562,645 |
|
A. F. Harris
|
|
|
301,124 |
|
|
|
3,113,224 |
|
|
|
576,565 |
|
|
|
111,900 |
|
|
|
492,230 |
|
|
|
236,225 |
|
J. W. Montie
|
|
|
135,300 |
|
|
|
1,444,044 |
|
|
|
217,912 |
|
|
|
161,000 |
|
|
|
280,748 |
|
|
|
236,225 |
|
J. A. Bryant
|
|
|
144,300 |
|
|
|
1,822,562 |
|
|
|
323,860 |
|
|
|
157,750 |
|
|
|
999,452 |
|
|
|
269,511 |
|
|
|
(1) |
Based on the $43.22 per share closing price of Kellogg
Company common stock on December 30, 2005, the last
business day in the Companys fiscal year. |
|
(2) |
Under the Separation Agreement with Mr. Gutierrez described
above under Employment and Change in Control
Agreements, one-half of an option grant in 2004 could be
exercised for up to ninety days after Mr. Gutierrez ceased
being an employee of the Company. All other options held by
Mr. Gutierrez were required to be exercised before
Mr. Gutierrez ceased being an employee of the Company. |
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Long-Term Incentive Plans-Awards in Last Fiscal Year
The following table provides information regarding performance
units granted during 2005 to the persons named in the Summary
Compensation Table.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Estimated Future Payouts | |
|
|
|
|
Performance or | |
|
Under Non-Stock Price-Based Plans | |
|
|
Number of Shares, | |
|
Other Period | |
|
| |
|
|
Units or Maximum | |
|
Until Maturation | |
|
Threshold | |
|
Target | |
|
Maximum | |
Name |
|
Other Rights(#)(1) | |
|
or Payout($)(2) | |
|
($)(3) | |
|
($) | |
|
($) | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
J. M. Jenness
|
|
|
50,400 |
|
|
|
3 years |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
$ |
2,185,344 |
|
|
$ |
4,370,688 |
|
C. M. Gutierrez
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A. D. D. Mackay
|
|
|
19,900 |
|
|
|
3 years |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
862,864 |
|
|
|
1,725,728 |
|
A. F. Harris
|
|
|
7,500 |
|
|
|
3 years |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
325,200 |
|
|
|
650,400 |
|
J. W. Montie
|
|
|
13,800 |
|
|
|
3 years |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
598,368 |
|
|
|
1,196,736 |
|
J. A. Bryant
|
|
|
12,400 |
|
|
|
3 years |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
537,664 |
|
|
|
1,075,328 |
|
|
|
(1) |
Awards were made in February 2005 under the 2005-2007 Executive
Performance Plan adopted under the 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan
of the Company for the achievement of net sales growth targets
for a three-year period ending on December 31, 2007. The
award represents the right to receive a number of shares of the
Companys common stock, before withholding taxes, on the
vesting date if the performance objectives are achieved. Awards
are generally paid in shares, except for amounts withheld by the
Company for minimum statutory withholding requirements. |
|
(2) |
The awards will be earned and vest in February 2008 according to
the terms of the Plan and relevant documents. The 2003 Long-Term
Incentive Plan contains a change of control
provision. |
|
(3) |
No awards are earned unless the minimum threshold is attained. |
Kellogg Company Retirement Plans
Retirement benefits under the Kellogg Company Salaried Pension
Plan (the Pension Plan), a defined benefit plan
qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code
(the Code), are payable to salaried and certain
hourly and union employees who have vested upon retirement at
age 65 or in reduced amounts upon earlier retirement prior
to age 65 in accordance with the Pension Plan. Benefits are
based upon years of credited service and average annual
compensation (salary and bonus). With respect to certain
grandfathered participants (which includes
Messrs. Gutierrez, Mackay, Harris and Montie in the Summary
Compensation Table), average annual compensation is the three
consecutive years during the last ten years of employment
producing the greatest annual average. For non-grandfathered
participants (which includes Mr. Jenness and
Mr. Bryant), average annual compensation is the five
consecutive years during the last ten years of employment
producing the greatest annual average. Benefits for certain
hourly and union participants are calculated based on years of
credited service and a dollar multiplier. Benefits are reduced
by a portion of the retirees Social Security-covered
compensation and by certain amounts accrued pursuant to a
previous profit-sharing plan. The Company also maintains a
Supplemental Retirement Plan and an Excess Benefit Retirement
Plan that provide for payment of an additional benefit to all
participants in the Pension Plan equal to the benefits that
would have been payable under the Pension Plan but for certain
limitations imposed by the Code. Estimated annual benefits
payable upon retirement to persons of the specified compensation
and years of credited service classifications, as reduced by
Social Security benefits (assuming their present levels), are as
shown in the following table. Such amounts assume payments in
the form of a straight life annuity which begin at full
retirement and include the payment of benefits under the
Companys Supplemental Retirement Plan and Excess Benefit
Retirement Plan.
At January 1, 2006, the credited years of service under the
Pension Plan, Supplemental Retirement Plan and Excess Benefit
Retirement Plan for the executive officers named in the Summary
Compensation Table, including credited years of services for
which the Company is now obligated under the Employment
and Change of Control Agreements provided above, were as
follows: Mr. Gutierrez, 30 years; Mr. Jenness,
1 year; Mr. Mackay, 20 years;
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Mr. Harris, 25 years; Mr. Montie, 18 years;
and Mr. Bryant, 8 years. The compensation covered by
the Pension Plan is equal to the amounts shown in the Summary
Compensation Table as Salary and Bonus.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Years of Service | |
|
|
| |
Remuneration |
|
10 | |
|
15 | |
|
25 | |
|
35 | |
|
45 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
$ 300,000
|
|
$ |
43,615 |
|
|
$ |
65,423 |
|
|
$ |
109,038 |
|
|
$ |
152,653 |
|
|
$ |
197,653 |
|
$ 500,000
|
|
$ |
73,615 |
|
|
$ |
110,423 |
|
|
$ |
184,038 |
|
|
$ |
257,653 |
|
|
$ |
332,653 |
|
$ 750,000
|
|
$ |
111,115 |
|
|
$ |
166,673 |
|
|
$ |
277,788 |
|
|
$ |
388,903 |
|
|
$ |
501,403 |
|
$1,000,000
|
|
$ |
148,615 |
|
|
$ |
222,293 |
|
|
$ |
371,538 |
|
|
$ |
520,153 |
|
|
$ |
670,153 |
|
$1,500,000
|
|
$ |
223,615 |
|
|
$ |
335,423 |
|
|
$ |
559,038 |
|
|
$ |
782,653 |
|
|
$ |
1,007,653 |
|
$2,000,000
|
|
$ |
298,615 |
|
|
$ |
447,923 |
|
|
$ |
746,538 |
|
|
$ |
1,045,153 |
|
|
$ |
1,345,153 |
|
$3,000,000
|
|
$ |
448,542 |
|
|
$ |
672,813 |
|
|
$ |
1,121,335 |
|
|
$ |
1,569,897 |
|
|
$ |
2,019,897 |
|
$4,000,000
|
|
$ |
598,542 |
|
|
$ |
897,813 |
|
|
$ |
1,496,355 |
|
|
$ |
2,094,897 |
|
|
$ |
2,694,897 |
|
REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE ON EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION
The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors is composed
of non-employee directors, all of whom meet the independence
requirements of the New York Stock Exchange. The Committee is
responsible for establishing and overseeing executive
compensation policies. The Companys executive compensation
program is significantly linked to Share Owner return. The
emphasis is on pay for performance with individual, business
unit, and corporate performance rewarded on an annual and
long-term basis.
The Companys objective is to attract, retain, and motivate
high-caliber executives who will deliver superior performance
that enhances Share Owner value. To support this objective, the
Company has developed performance-based executive compensation
plans with compensation opportunities targeted at the
50th percentile of the Companys peer group of
companies. Awards will vary above or below the
50th percentile of the peer group based on performance.
The Committee reviews and approves with other independent
members of the Board financial goals and objectives for the
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and other executive
officers at least annually and evaluates performance against
those goals and objectives at the conclusion of each performance
period. The Committee recommends to the independent members of
the Board of Directors the compensation for the CEO and the
other executive officers. To assist in discharging its
responsibilities, the Committee has retained an independent
consultant to advise the Committee on matters that come before
it. The consultant is engaged by, and reports directly to, the
Committee.
Review of All Components of CEO and NEO Compensation
The Compensation Committee has reviewed all components of the
CEOs and Named Executive Officers (NEOs)
compensation, including salary, bonus, equity and long-term
incentive compensation, accumulated realized and unrealized
stock option and restricted stock gains, the dollar value to the
executive and cost to the Company of all perquisites and other
personal benefits, the earnings and accumulated payout
obligations under all the Companys qualified and
non-qualified deferred compensation programs, the actual
projected payout obligations under the Companys qualified
and non-qualified executive retirement plans and under several
potential severance and
change-in-control
scenarios. Tally sheets setting forth all of the above
components were prepared and reviewed, affixing dollar amounts
under the various payout scenarios.
The Committees Conclusion
Based on this review, the Committee finds the CEOs and
NEOs total compensation (and, in the case of the severance
and change-in-control
scenarios, the potential payouts) in the aggregate to be
reasonable and not excessive.
Compensation Principles
To achieve the Companys objectives, the Committees
review of executive compensation incorporates the following
compensation principles:
|
|
|
|
|
Compensation should encourage behavior that exemplifies the
values that the Company believes are essential in building
long-term growth in sales and profit, enhancing its worldwide
leadership position, and providing |
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|
|
|
|
|
increased value for Share Owners. These shared values are being
passionate about our business, brands, and food; having the
humility and hunger to learn; striving for simplicity; acting
with integrity and respect; being accountable; and loving
success. |
|
|
|
Compensation should be competitive with comparable organizations
and should reward performance and contribution to the
Companys objectives. |
|
|
|
As employees assume greater responsibilities, a larger
proportion of their total compensation will be
at-risk incentive compensation (both annual and
long-term), subject to individual, business unit, and corporate
performance measures. |
|
|
|
Consistent performance is expected against defined targets and
measures. |
|
|
|
Equity-based incentives are an effective method of aligning the
interests of employees and Share Owners and encouraging
employees to think and act like owners. |
The Committee believes that a compensation program guided by
these basic principles works to ensure present and future
leadership performance that will result in optimal returns to
the Companys Share Owners over time.
Total Compensation
An executives total compensation is composed of salary,
annual bonus, long-term incentives, and benefits. The target for
total compensation for executives is the 50th percentile of
a select group of seventeen companies (the peer
group). These companies were chosen as a benchmark for
establishing executive pay levels because of their superior
reputation and their relevance to Kellogg Company. Most of the
companies that comprise the S&P Packaged Foods Index are
included in this group.
Salaries
Executive salaries are established through a survey of the peer
group conducted by an independent compensation consultant.
Executive salaries are targeted at the 50th percentile of
this group of companies
The Companys Executive Compensation Deferral Plan is
intended to ensure that compensation is deductible under
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. Pursuant to
this plan, which the Company was not legally required to adopt,
the portion of any executives salary that is over $950,000
is automatically deferred. The deferred amount is credited to an
account in the form of units that are equivalent to the fair
market value of the Companys common stock. The units are
payable in cash upon termination of employment in a lump sum or
installments, as elected by the executive.
Annual Bonuses
Bonuses are a percentage of the executives base salary and
are targeted at the 50th percentile of the peer group. The
target bonus is adjusted for appropriate corporate, business
unit, and individual performance factors, given the functions of
the particular executive. Corporate performance was determined
based on growth in net sales, cash flow, and operating profit.
In 2005, bonuses could range from 0% to 200% of target. Bonuses
paid for 2005 reflect Company performance that was among the
best in the peer group.
The Company has a Senior Executive Annual Incentive Plan (the
Incentive Plan) that is a performance-based plan
intended to meet the deductibility requirements of IRC
Section 162(m). The Compensation Committee administers the
Incentive Plan. Awards are based on the achievement of
pre-established performance factors, including long-term
financial and non-financial objectives. With respect to the CEO,
the factors are the same as those utilized by the Committee in
its annual determination of his performance. The total of all
bonuses granted under the Incentive Plan shall not exceed 1% of
the annual net income (as defined in the Incentive Plan) of the
Company. The Company is asking the Share Owners to approve a new
Senior Executive Annual Incentive Plan at this meeting, which
will replace the existing Senior Executive Annual Incentive
Plan, which is expiring at the end of this year.
Long-Term Incentives
In order to strengthen the mutuality of interest between key
employees and the Share Owners of the Company, the
Companys long-term incentive program permits grants of
options to purchase shares of the Companys common stock,
stock appreciation rights, restricted shares, and performance
units under the 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan. The 2003
Long-Term Incentive Plan is designed to attract, retain, and
reward key employees of the Company. Long-
20
term incentives are targeted at the 50th percentile of the
peer group. In 2005, the Company awarded stock options and
performance shares as its long-term incentive vehicles for the
CEO, executive officers, and key employees. Restricted stock
awards are made from time to time to key employees
The Company believes that option grants under the 2003 Long-Term
Incentive Plan meet the requirements for deductible compensation
under Section 162(m). The Committee reserves the
flexibility to award compensation outside of any plan qualifying
under Section 162(m) should circumstances arise under which
payment of such additional compensation would be in the best
interests of the Company and its Share Owners.
As permitted under Long-Term Incentive Plans approved by Share
Owners, the Committee has approved a program under which certain
executives of the Company receive a portion of their long-term
incentives in performance units (the Executive Performance
Plan). This program is intended to focus senior management
on critical multi-year operational goals, including cash flow,
sales growth, and gross margin expansion. The number of units
earned is based on the Companys cumulative performance
over a three-year period compared against one or more key
performance measures and is generally settled in shares of the
Companys common stock.
Under the 2003-2005 Executive Performance Plan, the Company
achieved 74% of its goal for three-year gross margin
improvement. As a result, payouts for the CEO, executive
officers, and other executives included in this Plan were 74% of
target. For the 2005-07 performance period, the Committee
approved a plan focused on increasing sales revenue.
Chief Executive Officer Compensation
For 2005, the Committee determined the salary, bonus, and
long-term incentive awards of the CEO substantially in
conformance with the policies described above for all executives
of the Company.
The Committee evaluated the performance of the CEO based on the
Companys achievement of its long-term financial and
non-financial objectives. The Committee, together with the other
independent members of the Board, has determined that the
accountabilities for the CEO are business performance,
strengthening the organization, and creating the future. The
accountability for business performance includes stock price
performance, operating profit growth, earnings per share growth,
sales growth, and cash flow. The accountability for
strengthening the organization includes developing the strongest
possible senior management team, the strongest possible talent
in core jobs within the organization, continuous upgrade of
talent, and diversity in the workforce. Creating the future
includes developing, monitoring, updating, and implementing
long-term business strategies.
In terms of business performance, the Companys total Share
Owner return (share price appreciation plus dividends) was
better than the S&P Packaged Food Index for the fifth
consecutive year. The Companys total Share Owner return in
2005 also exceeded the average return for large packaged food
companies. The Company achieved these results despite
double-digit brand-building investment and significant up-front
investments relating to cost-reduction initiatives, both of
which help the Company deliver sustainable results. This
performance exceeded the Companys long term goal of high
single-digit EPS growth.
Internal net sales growth (which excludes the impact of foreign
currency translation, differences in the number of shipping
days, acquisitions and divestitures) exceeded the average of
large packaged food companies. Operating profit growth ranked in
the second quartile of a select group of leading food companies
despite significant brand-building, increased benefit costs, and
considerable fuel and energy cost inflation. The Companys
cash flow exceeded expectations for the fifth consecutive year,
enabling it to further increase its dividend and share
repurchase program in 2005.
Mr. Jenness assumed the role of CEO at the beginning of
2005. Under his leadership, the Company has continued to
strengthen talent in key jobs within the organization and to
execute successfully its long-term business strategies.
Corporate sponsorship of development opportunities across all
levels of management received increased attention in 2005, as
did the Companys commitments to its corporate values.
Mr. Jenness has also reinforced the Companys
commitment to its long-term business strategy, the key operating
principles of volume to value and manage for
cash that underlie that strategy, and the Companys
continued emphasis on innovation and reinvestment in its brands
as the keys to sustainable future performance.
The Committee does not assign relative weights or rankings to
the foregoing factors, but instead makes a subjective
determination based upon a consideration of all such factors.
The Committee, together with the other
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independent members of the Board, believes that
Mr. Jennesss total compensation for 2005
appropriately reflects the Companys performance as
measured against all factors described in the preceding
paragraphs.
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider
Participation
Pages 10 and 11 of this Proxy Statement include a
description of the Trust Transaction and the relationship
of William C. Richardson to both the Company and the Trust.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
John L. Zabriskie (Chairman)
Claudio X. Gonzalez
Gordon Gund
L. Daniel Jorndt
Ann McLaughlin Korologos
William C. Richardson
February 16, 2006
Executive and Board of Director Stock Ownership Guidelines
Consistent with the Companys efforts to link compensation
to Share Owner return, in 1998 the Company established Stock
Ownership Guidelines requiring ownership of shares of the
Companys common stock. The current guidelines are as
follows:
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Chief Executive Officer
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5X Salary |
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3X Salary |
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Executives and directors have five years from the date they
first become subject to the guidelines to meet them.
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Stock Performance Graph
The following graph compares the yearly change in the
Companys cumulative, five-year total Share Owner return
with the Standard & Poors 500 Stock Index (the
S&P 500) and the Standard &
Poors Packaged Foods Index (the
S&P Foods). The graph assumes that $100 was
invested on December 31, 2000, in each of the
Companys common stock, the S&P 500, and the S&P
Foods, and assumes that all dividends were reinvested.
COMPARISON OF FIVE-YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN
AMONG KELLOGG COMPANY, THE S&P 500 INDEX
AND THE S&P PACKAGED FOODS & MEATS INDEX
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KELLOGG COMPANY
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118.77 |
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139.86 |
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158.33 |
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191.59 |
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189.82 |
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S & P 500
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88.12 |
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68.64 |
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88.33 |
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102.75 |
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S & P PACKAGED FOODS & MEATS
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100.00 |
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102.01 |
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104.92 |
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113.49 |
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136.56 |
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124.54 |
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Proposal 2.
RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS FOR 2006
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has been appointed by the Audit
Committee, which is composed entirely of independent directors,
to be the independent registered public accountant for the
Company for fiscal year 2006. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was the
Companys independent registered public accountant for
fiscal year 2005. A representative of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
is expected to be present at the Annual Meeting and to have an
opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so. The
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP representative is also expected to be
available to respond to appropriate questions at the meeting.
If the Share Owners fail to ratify the appointment of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the Audit Committee would reconsider
its appointment.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR RATIFICATION OF
APPOINTMENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS INDEPENDENT
AUDITORS.
Proposal 3.
APPROVAL OF THE KELLOGG COMPANY SENIOR EXECUTIVE ANNUAL
INCENTIVE PLAN
Pursuant to a recommendation of the Compensation Committee (the
Committee) of the Board of Directors, the Board
adopted the Kellogg Company Senior Executive Annual Incentive
Plan (the Plan), subject to Share Owner approval.
The Plan is substantially the same as, and is to replace, the
Companys current Senior Executive Annual Incentive Plan,
which is expiring at the end of this year. The Share Owners are
requested to approve the adoption of the Plan. The summary of
the Plan which follows is qualified in its entirety by reference
to the full text of the Plan as set forth in Annex II to
this Proxy Statement, and Share Owners are urged to read the
Plan in its entirety.
The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of all shares
present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled
to vote is required to approve the Plan.
The purposes of the Plan are to specifically motivate the
Companys selected senior executive officers toward
achievement of performance goals; to encourage teamwork; and to
reward performance with cash bonuses that vary in relation to
the achievement of the pre-established performance goals.
The Plan will be administered by the Committee, whose members
qualify as outside directors as that term is defined
under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code
(Section 162(m)). Under the Plan, the Committee
has the authority to select participants from senior executive
officers holding the following titles: (i) Chairman, Vice
Chairman, Kellogg Company Chief Executive Officer, or Kellogg
Company President; (ii) Kellogg Company Executive Vice
President; or (iii) Kellogg Company Senior Vice President.
There currently are fourteen officers who hold one or more of
these titles. The Committee also has the authority to determine
the financial and other performance criteria (Performance
Goals), and other terms and conditions, applicable to each
participants bonus under the Plan (Award)
which the participant may receive for services during the
Measurement Period. The Measurement Period is one fiscal year,
unless otherwise established by the Committee at the time the
Performance Goals are established. With respect to each
participant, the Committee will establish ranges of Performance
Goals which correspond to various levels of Award amounts
(Award Opportunities) for the Measurement Period.
Once established, Performance Goals and Award Opportunities may
be adjusted only to mitigate the unbudgeted impact of gains and
losses, accounting changes, or other events not foreseen at the
time of establishment of such Performance Goals and Award
Opportunities.
The Performance Goals may be based on any one or more of the
following measures (or the relevant change for any such
measure): the Companys earnings per share, return on
equity, return on assets, return on invested capital, growth in
sales and earnings, net sales, cash flow, discounted cash flow,
cumulative cash flow, operating profits, pre-tax profits,
after-tax profits, consolidated net income, unit sales volume,
economic value added, costs, production, unit production volume,
improvements in financial ratings, regulatory compliance,
achievement of balance sheet or income statement objectives,
market share and total return to Share Owners (including both
the market value of the Companys stock and dividends
thereon), and the extent to which strategic and business goals
are met. Awards will be based on the achievement of such
Performance Goals. The Committee has the authority to review and
certify the
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achievement of the Performance Goals; interpret the Plan; and
establish, amend, or rescind guidelines, rules, and regulations
for the Plans administration. Negative discretion may be
used by the Committee to reduce an Award. In no event, however,
will an exercise of negative discretion to reduce the Award of a
participant have the effect of increasing the amount of an Award
otherwise payable to any other participant. There is no
obligation to treat participants uniformly under the Plan.
The total of all Awards payable to all participants for any
Measurement Period shall not under any circumstances exceed one
percent of the income from continuing operations of the Company
and its subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis, and
adjusted to exclude restructuring and disposition-related
charges or credits, net of tax effects, and incremental and
non-recurring integration costs and other financial impacts, net
of tax, related to the business operations of an entity acquired
by the Company (the Maximum Bonus Awards Pool). No
participant can receive an Award for any Measurement Period
greater than $3,000,000. In the event that the total of all
Awards payable to participants should exceed the Maximum Bonus
Awards Pool, the Award of each participant will be
proportionately reduced such that the total of all such Awards
paid is equal to the Maximum Bonus Awards Pool.
In general, participants must remain employed by the Company
through the last day of a fiscal period to be eligible to
receive an Award payment. However, if a participant dies,
becomes disabled, or retires, that participants Award will
be based on the portion of the fiscal period during which the
participant is employed. The Committee also may, in its
discretion, pay a pro-rated Award to other participants who
leave the employment of the Company or its subsidiaries for
other reasons during a fiscal period. If a participants
employment terminates after completion of the fiscal period, but
before payment of the Award, the terms of the grant will provide
whether the Award shall be paid to a participant or forfeited.
The Plan, if approved by Share Owners, will replace the
Companys current Senior Executive Annual Incentive Plan,
and will terminate on December 31, 2011. The Board and the
Committee may generally amend or terminate the Plan at any time,
although no amendment or termination may impair the rights of a
participant under an outstanding award without that
participants consent.
Because the Awards under the Plan are not granted automatically
and because any Awards that are granted are based on performance
during the Measurement Period, the Awards payable under the Plan
for services to be rendered in 2006 are not determinable. Had
the Plan been in effect in 2005, the Awards that would have been
paid would equal the 2005 bonuses shown in the Summary
Compensation Table on page 12 of this Proxy Statement.
If the required Share Owner approval is not obtained, the
Committee would then consider alternative incentive compensation
arrangements which may or may not qualify under
Section 162(m) as performance-based compensation.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE TO APPROVE THE
SENIOR EXECUTIVE ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN.
Proposal 4.
SHARE OWNER PROPOSAL
The Office of the Comptroller of New York City, 1 Centre
Street, New York, New York
10007-2341, which is
the custodian and trustee of the New York City Employees
Retirement System, the New York City Teachers Retirement
System, the New York City Police Pension Fund, and the New York
City Fire Department Pension Fund, and custodian of the New York
City Board of Education Retirement System, and beneficially owns
approximately 912,000 shares of Kellogg Company common
stock, has notified the Company that it intends to present the
following proposal at the Annual Meeting of Share Owners.
Adoption of the proposal will require the affirmative vote of
holders of a majority of the shares of common stock represented
in person or by Proxy at the meeting. SEC rules require that we
reprint the proposal as it was submitted to us. The proposal, as
submitted, is as follows:
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SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
Whereas:
Investors increasingly seek disclosure of companies social
and environmental practices in the belief they impact
shareholder value. Many investors believe companies that are
good employers, environmental stewards, and corporate citizens
are more likely to be accepted in their communities and to
prosper long-term.
Sustainability refers to development that meets present needs
without impairing the ability of future generations to meet
their own needs. It includes encouraging long lasting
social well being in communities where [companies] operate,
interacting with different shareholders (e.g. clients,
suppliers, employees, government, local communities, and
non-governmental organizations) and responding to their specific
and evolving needs, thereby securing a long-term license
to operate, superior customer and employee loyalty, and
ultimately superior financial returns. (Dow Jones
Sustainability Group)
Globally, approximately 1,500 companies produce reports on
sustainability issues (Association of Chartered Certified
Accountants, www.corporateregister.com), including more
than half of the global Fortune 500 (KPMG International
Survey of Corporate Responsibility Reporting 2005).
Ford Motor Company states, sustainability issues are
neither incidental nor avoidable they are at the
heart of our business. American Electric Power has stated,
management and the Board have a fiduciary duty to
carefully assess and disclose to shareholders appropriate
information on the companys environmental risk
exposure.
Global expectations regarding sustainability reporting are
changing rapidly. The European Commission recommends corporate
sustainability reporting, and listed companies in Australia,
South Africa and France must now provide investors with
information on their social and environmental performance.
RESOLVED: Shareholders request that the Board of
Directors issue a sustainability report to shareholders, at
reasonable cost, and omitting proprietary information, by
September 1, 2006.
Supporting Statement
The report should include the companys definition of
sustainability, as well as a company-wide review of company
policies and practices related to long-term social and
environmental sustainability.
We recommend that the company use the Global Reporting
Initiatives Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (The
Guidelines) to prepare the report. The Global Reporting
Initiative (www.globalreporting.org) is an international
organization with representatives from the business,
environmental, human rights, and labor communities. The
Guidelines provide guidance on report content, including
performance in six categories (direct economic impacts,
environmental, labor practices and decent work conditions, human
rights, society, and product responsibility). The Guidelines
provide a flexible reporting system that permits the omission of
content that is not relevant to company operations. Over
700 companies use or consult the Guidelines for
sustainability reporting.
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STATEMENT IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSAL
The Board of Directors has considered the above proposal and
recommends that the Share Owners vote against the proposal for
the following reasons:
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The Company believes that its current social and environmental
policies and practices already more than adequately address the
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The Companys long-standing environmental policy is to
promote and maintain environmentally responsible practices for
the benefit of its customers, consumers, employees and the
communities in which it operates. The Companys
environmental policy requires that the Company conduct and grow
its business in a manner that protects the environment and
demonstrates good stewardship of the worlds natural
resources. In fact, since 1906, the Company has been promoting
environment-friendly manufacturing practices, with the first
boxes of cereal that rolled off of the Companys production
line being packaged in recycled paperboard cartons. Today,
almost all of the Companys cereal cartons are made of 100%
recycled fiber, with at least 35% post-consumer material. |
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The Companys concern for the environment is particularly
evident in its manufacturing practices. Many of the
Companys plants use heat recovery systems; convert waste
food to animal feed; practice water conservation and reuse, with
a number of plants having wastewater treatment facilities
designed to minimize effluent discharges; and participate in
packaging recycling programs In fact, over 80% of the waste
generated at the Companys manufacturing facilities is
recycled. Over the years, these types of conservation efforts
have drawn international recognition for the Company on a
variety of occasions, with plants in Mexico, England, Canada,
Japan, Korea and the United States receiving awards. Additional
information on the Companys environmental policy and its
programs around the world can be found at www.kelloggcompany.com. |
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The Company is also very proud of the social responsibility
programs it supports. This area is such a high priority for the
Company that a distinct Board committee the Social
Responsibility Committee was established in 1979 to
oversee these efforts The Companys efforts under those
programs are focused in three major areas: helping children and
youth reach their full potential, improving opportunities for
minorities and women, and building stronger communities.. In
connection with the Companys efforts, the Company partners
with groups such as Action for Healthy Kids, Americas
Second Harvest, and the NAACP. The Company also encourages its
employees to volunteer in the communities where they live and
work. In 2005, the Company held United Way campaigns in
22 communities in which it operates, with more than
$3.6 million of contributions being made companywide. The
Companys annual United Way campaigns include Days of
Caring, where hundreds of employees are actively involved
in important initiatives in local communities such as feeding
people at soup kitchens or, through Habitat for Humanity,
building homes for families in need. A Kellogg Care$ program was
also started in early 2005 to further encourage and recognize
the volunteer efforts of the Companys employees and
retirees with monetary grants to eligible non-profit entities.
Further information on these programs and the Companys
social responsibility principles can be found at
www.kelloggcompany.com. |
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The Company and Kelloggs Corporate Citizenship Fund have
historically supported various humanitarian efforts around the
world. In 2005, contributions in excess of $25 million were
provided to various charities and relief efforts, including
donations of products and funds in connection with the tsunami
in Southeast Asia and Africa and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in
the United States. The Citizenship Fund matched worldwide
employee charitable donations to non-profit agencies supporting
relief efforts for those disasters. The Citizenship Fund also
assisted with flood, disaster and hunger relief efforts in
India, Guatemala, Pakistan, El Salvador and Niger. |
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These types of activities have become part of the fabric of the
Company, and have been codified in the Companys Global
Code of Ethics, which has been in place for many years. The Code
covers, among other topics, environmental and product
responsibility matters, as well as the human rights of its
employees and labor and employment practices. The Code describes
the Companys commitments to providing a safe and healthy
work environment and to the fair and equitable treatment of all
employees and applicants, and prohibits its employees from
engaging in illegal or unethical conduct. It also provides that
Company employees will act with integrity by acting honestly, by
obeying the law and by treating those with whom they work with
fairness and respect. The Code also provides that the Company
will not knowingly use suppliers who operate in violation of
applicable laws and regulations, including local environmental,
employment or safety laws or who employ forced labor, or use
corporal punishment to discipline employees, whether or not
permitted by applicable law. A copy of the Code can be found
under Corporate Governance Global
Code of Ethics at www.kelloggcompany.com. |
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In summary, the Company has been and will continue to be a
positive force in the communities in which it operates. The
Company does not believe that preparing a sustainability report
would be a good use of its resources, as the Companys
policies, practices and disclosures already cover many of the
items that would be covered by a sustainability report and
because the time and effort needed to prepare a comprehensive
report is expected to be significant. |
For the above reasons, the Board recommends that the
shareholders vote AGAINST this proposal.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE AGAINST
THE PROPOSAL.
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation
Plans
(Millions, except per share data)
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Price of Outstanding | |
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Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
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28.8 |
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$ |
38 |
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22.3 |
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Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
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0.6 |
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Total
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28.9 |
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38 |
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22.9 |
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Five plans (including one individual compensation arrangement)
are included in Equity compensation plans not approved by
security holders: the Kellogg Share Incentive Plan, which
was adopted in 2002 and is available to most U.K. employees
of specified Kellogg Company subsidiaries; a somewhat similar
plan which is available to employees in the Republic of Ireland;
the Kellogg Company Executive Stock Purchase Plan, which was
adopted in 2002 and is available to selected senior level
employees of the Company; the Deferred Compensation Plan for
Non-Employee Directors, which was adopted in 1986 and amended in
1993 and 2002 and a non-qualified stock option granted in 2000
to James Jenness, the Companys Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer (who had then just been appointed as a
Company director).
Under the Kellogg Share Incentive Plan, eligible U.K. employees
may contribute up to 1,500 Pounds Sterling annually to the
Plan through payroll deductions. The trustees of the Plan use
those contributions to buy shares of the Companys common
stock at fair market value on the open market, with the Company
matching those contributions on a 1:1 basis. Shares must be
withdrawn from the Plan when employees cease employment. Under
current law, eligible employees generally receive specified
income and other tax benefits if those shares are held in the
Plan for five years. A somewhat similar plan is also available
to employees in the Republic of Ireland. As these Plans are open
market plans with no set overall maximum, no amounts for these
Plans are included in the above table. However, approximately
80,000 shares were purchased by eligible employees under
the Kellogg Share Incentive Plan, the somewhat similar plan in
the Republic of Ireland and somewhat similar predecessor plans
during 2005, with approximately an additional 80,000 shares
being provided as matched shares.
Under the Kellogg Company Executive Stock Purchase Plan,
selected senior level employees may elect to use all or part of
their annual bonus, on an after-tax basis, to purchase shares of
the Companys common stock at fair market value (as
determined over a thirty-day trading period). No more than
500,000 treasury shares are authorized for use under the Plan.
Under the Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors,
non-employee directors may elect to defer all or part of their
compensation (other than expense reimbursement) into units which
are credited to their accounts. The units have a value equal to
the fair market value of a share of the Companys common
stock on the appropriate date, with dividend equivalents being
earned on the whole units in non-employee directors
accounts. Units may be paid in either cash or shares of the
Companys common stock, either in a lump sum or in up to
ten annual installments, with the payments to begin as soon as
practicable after the non-employee directors service as a
director terminates. No more than 150,000 shares are
authorized for use under the Plan, none of which had been issued
or allocated for issuance as of December 31, 2005. Based on
deferrals at December 31, 2005, approximately
140,000 shares were contingently issuable to participating
Directors. Because Directors may elect, and are likely to
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elect, a distribution of cash rather than shares, the
contingently issuable shares are not included in column
(a) of the table above.
When James Jenness joined the Company as a director in 2000, he
was granted a non-qualified stock option to
purchase 300,000 shares of the Companys common
stock. In connection with this option, which was to vest over
three annual installments, he agreed to devote fifty percent of
his working time to consulting with the Company, with further
vesting to immediately stop if he was no longer willing to
devote such amount of time to consulting with the Company or if
the Company decided that it no longer wishes to receive such
services. During 2001, the Company and Mr. Jenness agreed
to terminate the consulting relationship, which immediately
terminated the unvested 200,000 shares. This option
contains the AOF feature described in the Summary Compensation
Table.
Share Owner Recommendations for Director Nominees
The Nominating and Governance Committee will consider Share
Owner nominations for membership on the Board of Directors. For
the 2007 Annual Meeting of Share Owners, nominations may be
submitted to the Office of the Secretary, Kellogg Company, One
Kellogg Square, Battle Creek, Michigan 49017, which will forward
them to the Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee.
Recommendations must be in writing and must be received by the
Company not earlier than the 120th day prior to the 2007
meeting and not later than January 23, 2007.
Recommendations must also include certain other requirements
specified in the Companys Bylaws.
The Nominating and Governance Committee believes that all
nominees must, at a minimum, meet the criteria set forth in the
Board of Directors Code of Conduct and the Corporate Governance
Guidelines, which specify, among other things, that the
Nominating and Governance Committee will consider criteria such
as independence, diversity, age, skills, and experience in the
context of the needs of the Board. The Nominating and Governance
Committee also will consider a combination of factors for each
nominee, including (a) the nominees ability to
represent all Share Owners without a conflict of interest;
(b) the nominees ability to work in and promote a
productive environment; (c) whether the nominee has
sufficient time and willingness to fulfill the substantial
duties and responsibilities of a director; (d) whether the
nominee has demonstrated the high level of character and
integrity expected by the Company; (e) whether the nominee
possesses the broad professional and leadership experience and
skills necessary to effectively respond to the complex issues
encountered by a multi-national, publicly-traded company; and
(f) the nominees ability to apply sound and
independent business judgment.
When filling a vacancy on the Board, the Nominating and
Governance Committee identifies the desired skills and
experience of a new director in light of the criteria described
above and the skills and experience of the then-current
directors. Directors are generally asked to recommend candidates
for the position, and the Nominating and Governance Committee
may, as it has done in the past, engage third parties to assist
in the search and provide recommendations. The candidates would
be evaluated based on the process outlined in the Corporate
Governance Guidelines and the Nominating and Governance
Committee charter, and the same process would be used for all
candidates, including candidates recommended by Share Owners.
Directors are expected to attend the Annual Meeting of Share
Owners, and all of the twelve Directors attended last
years Annual Meeting of Share Owners.
Share Owner Proposals for the 2007 Annual Meeting
Share Owner proposals submitted for inclusion in the
Companys Proxy Statement for the 2007 Annual Meeting of
Share Owners must be received by the Company no later than
November 8, 2006. Other Share Owner proposals to be
submitted from the floor must be received by the Company not
earlier than the 120th day prior to the 2007 meeting and
not later than January 23, 2007, and must meet certain
other requirements specified in the Companys Bylaws.
Communications with Board of Directors
Mr. Gund, the Chairman of the Nominating and Governance
Committee and the Lead Director, usually presides at executive
sessions of the Board of Directors. Mr. Gund may be
contacted at gordon.gund@kellogg.com. Any communications which
Share Owners may wish to send to the Board of Directors may also
be directly sent to Mr. Gund at this
e-mail address.
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Householding of Proxy Materials
The Securities and Exchange Commission permits companies and
intermediaries (e.g. brokers) to satisfy the delivery
requirements for Proxy Statements (and related documents) with
respect to two or more Share Owners sharing the same address by
delivering a single Proxy Statement (and related documents)
addressed to those Share Owners. This process, which is commonly
referred to as householding, potentially means extra
convenience for Share Owners and cost savings for companies.
A number of brokers with account holders who are Share Owners
will be householding our Proxy materials. As
indicated in the notice previously provided by these brokers to
Share Owners, a single Proxy Statement (and related documents)
will be delivered to multiple stockholders sharing an address
unless contrary instructions have been received from an affected
Share Owner or Share Owners. Once you have received notice from
your broker or the Company that they will be
householding communications to your address,
householding will continue until you are notified
otherwise or until the Company or the Companys transfer
agent receives contrary instructions from an affected Share
Owner or Share Owners.
Share Owners who currently receive multiple copies of the Proxy
Statement (and related documents) at their address and would
like to request householding of their communications
should contact their broker or, if a Share Owner is a direct
holder of shares of common stock, he or she should submit a
written request to Wells Fargo Shareowner Services, the
Companys transfer agent, at 161 North Concord
Exchange, South St. Paul, MN 55075; phone number:
(877) 910-5385.
Share Owners who are now householding their
communications, but who wish to receive separate Proxy
Statements (and related documents) in the future may also notify
Wells Fargo Shareowner Services. The Company will promptly
deliver, upon written or oral request, a separate copy of the
Proxy Statement (and related documents) at a shared address to
which a single copy was delivered.
Annual Report on
Form 10-K; No
Incorporation by Reference
Upon written request, the Company will provide any Share Owner,
without charge, a copy of the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K for 2005
filed with the SEC, including the financial statements and
schedules, but without exhibits. Direct requests to Kellogg
Company, P.O. Box CAMB, Battle Creek, Michigan
49016-1986
(phone: (800) 961-1413),
to Ellen Leithold of the Investor Relations Department at that
same address (phone:
(269) 961-2800),
or to investor.relations@kellogg.com. You may also obtain this
document and certain other of the Companys SEC filings
through the Internet at www.sec.gov or under Investor
Relations at www.kelloggcompany.com, the Kellogg Company
website. Copies of the Corporate Governance Guidelines, the
Charters of the Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and
Governance Committees of the Board of Directors, the Code of
Conduct for Kellogg Company directors, and Global Code of Ethics
for Kellogg Company employees (including the chief executive
officer, chief financial officer, and corporate controller) can
also be found on the Kellogg Company website under
Corporate Governance and will be provided to Share
Owners upon request. Amendments or waivers to the Global Code of
Ethics applicable to the chief executive officer, chief
financial officer, and corporate controller can also be found on
the Kellogg Company website.
Notwithstanding any general language that may be to the contrary
in any document filed with the SEC, the information in this
Proxy Statement under the captions REPORT OF THE AUDIT
COMMITTEE, and REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION (including the Stock Performance
Graph) shall not be incorporated by reference into any
document filed with the SEC.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
Gary H. Pilnick
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel, Corporate Development and Secretary
March 3, 2006
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ANNEX I
KELLOGG COMPANY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
AUDIT COMMITTEE
CHARTER
February 17, 2006
Purpose
The Audit Committee shall assist the Board in monitoring
(1) the integrity of the financial statements of the
Company, (2) the independent auditors qualifications
and independence, (3) the performance of the Companys
internal audit function and independent auditors, and
(4) the compliance by the Company with legal and regulatory
requirements.
While the Audit Committee has the responsibilities and powers
set forth in this Charter, it is not the duty of the Audit
Committee to plan or conduct audits or to determine that the
Companys financial statements and disclosures are complete
and accurate and are in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles and applicable rules and regulations.
These are the responsibilities of management and the independent
auditor.
Committee Membership and Function
The Audit Committee shall consist of no fewer than three
members. The members of the Audit Committee shall meet the
independence, financial literacy and experience requirements of
the New York Stock Exchange, with the Board to affirmatively
determine that the members are independent, and disclose that
determination, to the extent required.
At least one member of the Audit Committee shall possess
accounting or related financial management experience or
education sufficient in the judgment of the Board to qualify as
an audit committee financial expert under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Audit Committee
members shall not simultaneously serve on this Committee and the
audit committees of more than two other public companies without
receiving the prior approval of the Board of Directors. Members
of the Audit Committee may only receive director fees and other
benefits permitted under the requirements of the New York Stock
Exchange and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules and regulations thereunder.
The Audit Committee will meet as often as it determines
appropriate, but would be expected to meet not less frequently
than quarterly.
Committee Authority and Responsibilities
The Audit Committee shall have the sole authority to appoint or
replace the independent auditor. The Audit Committee shall be
directly responsible for the compensation and oversight of the
work of the independent auditor (including resolution of
disagreements between management and the independent auditor
regarding financial reporting) for the purpose of preparing or
issuing an audit report or related work. The independent auditor
shall directly report to the Audit Committee.
The Audit Committee shall, except as indicated below,
pre-approve all audit, internal control-related and all
permitted non-audit services (including the fees and terms
thereof) by the independent auditors (and their affiliates), and
shall disclose such services in the Companys SEC filings
to the extent required. The Chairman of the Audit Committee is
also delegated the authority to pre-approve such services and
pre-approve or approve up to $500,000 for such services. The
Chairman shall present such approvals at the next full Audit
Committee meeting. The Audit Committee shall consult with
management but shall not otherwise delegate these
responsibilities.
The Audit Committee shall have the authority, to the extent it
deems necessary or appropriate, to retain, determine the fees
and other retention terms and terminate independent legal,
accounting or other advisors, with the Company to provide
appropriate funding, as determined by the Audit Committee, for
payment of compensation to the independent auditor for purposes
of rendering or issuing an audit report and to any advisors
retained by the Audit Committee.
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The Audit Committee may request any officer or employee of the
Company or the Companys outside counsel or independent
auditor to attend a meeting of the Committee or to meet with any
members of, or advisors to, the Committee. The Audit Committee
shall periodically meet with management, the internal auditors
and the independent auditor in separate executive sessions. The
Audit Committee may also, to the extent it deems necessary or
appropriate, meet with the Companys investment bankers or
financial analysts who follow the Company.
The Audit Committee shall review and reassess the adequacy of
this Charter annually and recommend any proposed changes to the
Board for approval.
The Audit Committee, to the extent it deems necessary or
appropriate, shall:
Financial Statement and Disclosure Matters
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Review and discuss with management and the independent auditor
the annual audited financial statements, including disclosures
made in managements discussion and analysis, and recommend
to the Board whether the audited financial statements should be
included in the Companys
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Review and discuss with management and the independent auditor
the Companys quarterly financial statements prior to the
filing of its
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Discuss with management and the independent auditor significant
financial reporting issues and judgments made in connection with
the preparation of the Companys financial statements,
including any significant changes in the Companys
selection or application of accounting principles, any major
issues as to the adequacy of the Companys internal
controls and any special steps adopted in light of material
control deficiencies, and any accounting adjustments that were
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Review and discuss quarterly reports from the independent
auditor on (a) all critical accounting policies and
practices to be used; (b) all alternative treatments of
financial information within generally accepted accounting
principles that have been discussed with management, the
ramifications of the use of such alternative disclosures and
treatments (as well as the treatment preferred by the
independent auditor) and all material correcting adjustments
identified by the independent auditor; (c) other material
written communications between the independent auditor and
management, such as any management letter (and the
Companys response) or schedule of unadjusted differences;
and (d) any problems, difficulties or differences
encountered in the course of the audit work, including any
disagreements with management or restrictions on the scope of
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Discuss with management the Companys earnings press
releases, including the use of pro forma or
adjusted non-GAAP information, as well as financial
information and earnings guidance provided to analysts and
rating agencies. Such discussion may be done generally
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Review and discuss with management (including the head of
Internal Audit) and the independent auditor, the Companys
internal controls report and the independent auditors
attestation of the report prior to the filing of the
Companys Form 10-K.
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Discuss with management the Companys major financial risk
exposures and the steps management has taken to monitor and
control such exposures, including the Companys risk
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Discuss with the independent auditor the matters required to be
discussed by Statements on Auditing Standards No. 61, 89
and 90 relating to the conduct of the audit, including
difficulties encountered in the course of the audit work,
including any restrictions on the scope of activities or access
to requested information, the auditors assessment of the
overall quality of financial reporting, unadjusted differences,
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Review disclosures made to the Audit Committee by the
Companys CEO and CFO during the certification process for
the SEC Form 10-K
and Form 10-Q
about any significant deficiencies in the design or operation of
internal controls or material weaknesses therein and any fraud
involving management or other employees who have a significant
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Prepare the report required by the rules of the Securities and
Exchange Commission to be included in the Companys annual
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Independent Auditor
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Obtain and review a report from the independent auditor at least
annually regarding (a) the independent auditors
internal quality-control procedures, (b) any material
issues raised by the most recent internal quality-control
review, or peer review, of the firm, or by any inquiry or
investigation by governmental or professional authorities within
the preceding five years respecting one or more independent
audits carried out by the firm, (c) any steps taken to deal
with any such issues, and (d) all relationships between the
independent auditor and the Company. Evaluate the
qualifications, performance and independence of the independent
auditor, including considering whether the auditors
quality controls are adequate and the provision of permitted
non-audit services is compatible with maintaining the
auditors independence, and taking into account the
opinions of management and the internal auditor. The Audit
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Ensure the rotation of the lead (or coordinating) audit partner
having primary responsibility for the audit and the audit
partner responsible for reviewing the audit as required by law.
Consider whether, in order to assure continuing auditor
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Establish clear policies for the Companys hiring of
employees or former employees of the independent auditor who
participated in any capacity in the audit of the Company, which
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Discuss with the national office of the independent auditor
issues on which they were consulted by the Companys audit
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Review with the independent auditors, the Companys
internal auditor, and financial and accounting personnel, the
adequacy and effectiveness of the accounting and financial
controls of the Company, and elicit any recommendations for the
improvement of such internal control procedures or particular
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Review and separately discuss with management and the
independent auditor the internal audit function of the Company
including the independence and authority of its reporting
obligations, the proposed audit plans for the coming year, the
budget and qualifications of internal auditors and the
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Receive a summary of completed internal audits and audit
results, and a progress report on the proposed internal audit
plan, with explanations for any deviations from the original
plan and any other significant reports to management and
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Review internal audit personnel and succession planning within
the Company, including the appointment and replacement of senior
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complaints received by the Company regarding accounting,
internal controls or auditing matters, and the confidential,
anonymous submission by employees of concerns regarding
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Review with the Companys General Counsel legal matters
that may have a material impact on the financial statements, the
Companys compliance policies and any material reports or
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Review with management and the independent auditors any
correspondence with regulators or governmental agencies and any
published reports which raise material issues regarding the
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Review with management and advise the Board with respect to the
Companys policies and procedures regarding compliance with
applicable laws and regulations and with the Companys
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Administrative Matters
The members of this Committee shall be appointed by the Board of
Directors on the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance
Committee and may be removed or replaced by the Board. The
Chairperson of this Committee shall also be appointed by the
Board of Directors on the recommendation of the Nominating and
Governance Committee.
A majority of the members of this Committee shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of the
majority of Committee members present at a meeting where a
quorum is present shall be the act of this Committee, unless a
different vote is required by express provision of law, the
Bylaws or the Certificate of Incorporation. Unless otherwise
provided by the Bylaws or the Certificate of Incorporation:
(i) any action required or permitted to be taken at any
meeting of this Committee may be taken without a meeting if all
of the members consent thereto (a) in writing or
(b) by electronic transmission and such writings or
transmissions are filed with the minutes, of this Committee; and
(ii) members of this Committee may participate in a meeting
by means of a conference telephone or other communications
equipment by means of which all persons participating in the
meeting can hear each other, and such participation shall
constitute presence at such a meeting.
This Committee may form and delegate authority to subcommittees
or members as provided in this Charter or when otherwise
appropriate. Except as expressly provided in this Charter, the
Bylaws or the Certificate of Incorporation, this Committee may
fix its own rules of procedure.
This Committee will report to the Board at the next regularly
scheduled Board meeting after one or more Committee meetings,
will otherwise regularly report to the Board and will annually
conduct a performance review of its activities.
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ANNEX II
KELLOGG COMPANY SENIOR EXECUTIVE ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN
SECTION 1
Establishment and Purpose
Kellogg Company (the Company) hereby establishes the
Kellogg Company Senior Executive Annual Incentive
Plan (the Plan). The Plan will be submitted to
the stockholders of the Company for approval at the 2006 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders of the Company scheduled to be held on
April 21, 2006 (the Effective Date). The
purposes of the Plan are to motivate selected senior executives
toward achievement of performance goals; encourage teamwork in
various segments of the Company; and reward performance with
cash bonuses that vary in relation to the achievement of the
pre-established performance goals. The Plan is to replace the
Kellogg Company Senior Executive Annual Incentive Plan, which
will expire at the end of 2006.
SECTION 2
Eligibility
The individuals who are assigned one or more of the following
titles by the Company are eligible to participate in the Plan,
as determined and selected by the Committee (as defined in
Section 3 hereof): (i) Chairman, Vice Chairman,
Kellogg Company Chief Executive Officer, or Kellogg Company
President; (ii) Kellogg Company Executive Vice President;
or (iii) Kellogg Company Senior Vice President. Each
individual selected for participation will be known as a
Participant.
SECTION 3
Administration
The Plan will be administered by the Compensation Committee of
the Companys Board of Directors (the Board),
or such other committee as the Board may from time to time
select (the Committee). The Committee will at all
times be composed of two or more members of the Board, each of
whom qualifies as an outside director within the
meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (Section 162(m)).
Except as limited by law or the Companys Amended and/or
Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, and subject to
the provisions herein, the Committee will have full power and
authority, to the fullest extent required to comply with
Section 162(m), to select Participants (as defined in
Section 2 hereof); determine the size of bonus awards;
determine the terms, conditions, restrictions and other
provisions of bonus awards, including the establishment of the
Performance Goals (as defined in Section 4 hereof);
interpret the Plan; establish, amend or rescind guidelines,
rules and regulations for the Plans administration; review
and certify the achievement of Performance Goals; and, subject
to Section 9 hereof and the restrictions under
Section 162(m), amend the terms and conditions of the Plan,
including outstanding Award Opportunities (as defined in
Section 4 hereof). Further, the Committee will make all
other determinations which may be necessary or advisable for the
administration and operation of the Plan. Except as to the
extent prohibited by applicable law, the Committee may delegate
all or any portion of its responsibilities and powers granted
under the Plan to such other person or entity it deems
appropriate, including, but not limited to, senior management of
the Company. Any such delegation may be revoked by the Committee
at any time. All determinations and decisions of the Committee
arising under the Plan will be final, binding and conclusive
upon all parties. By accepting any benefits under the Plan, each
Participant, and each person claiming under or through such
Participant, will be conclusively deemed to have indicated
acceptance and ratification of, and consent to, all provisions
of the Plan and any determination or decision under the Plan by
the Company, the Board or the Committee.
SECTION 4
Participation and Performance Goals
The Committee will have the authority to select Participants (as
defined in Section 2 hereof) for cash bonus awards under
the Plan for each Measurement Period and the financial and other
performance criteria (Performance Goals) upon which
such awards will be based. For purposes of the Plan, the term
Measurement Period means the period of one fiscal
year, unless an alternate period (such as a portion of a fiscal
year or multiple fiscal years) is otherwise selected and
established in writing by the Committee at the time the
Performance Goal is established. No later than the earlier of
ninety (90) days after the commencement of the applicable
Measurement Period or the
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completion of 25% of such Measurement Period, the Committee
will, in its discretion, determine the Participants for such
Measurement Period and establish the Performance Goals
applicable to each Participants award.
Performance Goals need not be the same for all Participants. The
Performance Goals may be based on any one or more of the
following measures (or the relative change for any such
measure): the Companys earnings per share, return on
equity, return on assets, return on invested capital, growth in
sales and earnings, net sales, cash flow, discounted cash flow,
cumulative cash flow, operating profits, pre-tax profits,
after-tax profits, consolidated net income, unit sales volume,
economic value added, costs, production, unit production volume,
improvements in financial ratings, regulatory compliance,
achievement of balance sheet or income statement objectives,
market share and total return to stockholders (including both
the market value of the Companys stock and dividends
thereon) and the extent to which strategic and business plan
goals are met.
With respect to each Participant, the Committee will establish
ranges of Performance Goals which correspond to various levels
of cash bonus amounts (Award Opportunities) for the
Measurement Period. Each range of Performance Goals will include
a level of performance at which one hundred percent (100%) of
the targeted bonus award (Target Bonus Award) may be
earned. In addition, each range of Performance Goals will
include levels of performance above and below the one hundred
percent (100%) performance level. The Committee may establish
minimum levels of Performance Goal achievement, below which no
bonus payment will be made to the Participant. Once established,
Performance Goals and Award Opportunities may be adjusted during
the Measurement Period only to mitigate the unbudgeted impact of
gains and losses, accounting changes or other events not
foreseen at the time such Performance Goals and Award
Opportunities were established.
SECTION 5
Final Bonus Award Determination
Awards are based on the achievement of the preestablished
Performance Goals. After the Performance Goals are established
as described in Section 4 hereof, the Committee will align
the achievement of the Performance Goals with Award
Opportunities, such that the level of achievement of the
Performance Goals at the end of the Measurement Period will
determine the Participants actual annual bonus award
(Final Bonus Award). Final Bonus Awards may vary
above or below the Target Bonus Award, based on the level of
achievement of the pre-established Performance Goals.
Negative discretion may be used by the Committee to reduce the
Final Bonus Award. In no event, however, will an exercise of
negative discretion to reduce the Final Bonus Award of a
Participant have the effect of increasing the amount of a Final
Bonus Award otherwise payable to any other Participant.
SECTION 6
Final Bonus Award Limit
The total of all Final Bonus Awards payable to Participants for
performance in any Measurement Period will not under any
circumstances exceed one percent (1%) of the Net Income of the
Company (the Maximum Bonus Awards Pool) for such
period. For purposes of the Plan, the term Net
Income means the income from continuing operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries, as determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, adjusted to exclude the following: (i) all
restructuring and disposition-related charges or credits for the
fiscal year, net of related tax effect; and
(ii) incremental and non-recurring integration costs and
other financial impacts, net of tax, related to the business
operations of an entity acquired by the Company.
The maximum Final Bonus Award any Participant can receive for
performance in any Measurement Period is three million dollars
($3,000,000). In the event that the total of all Final Bonus
Awards payable to Participants should exceed the Maximum Bonus
Awards Pool as specified above, the Final Bonus Award of each
Participant will be proportionately reduced such that the total
of all such Final Bonus Awards paid is equal to the Maximum
Bonus Awards Pool.
SECTION 7
Payment of Awards
If the Performance Goals established by the Committee are
satisfied and upon written certification by the Committee that
the Performance Goals have been satisfied, payment will be made
in cash as soon as practicable in
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accordance with the terms of the award, unless the Committee
determines in its sole discretion to reduce or eliminate Final
Bonus Award determinations for any or all Participants, based
upon any objective or subjective criteria it deems appropriate.
There is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of
Participants under the Plan.
SECTION 8
Termination of Employment
Each Participant must remain employed with the Company or a
subsidiary through the last day of the Measurement Period to be
considered for a Final Bonus Award; provided, however, in the
event of a Participants death, disability or retirement
(as defined in the Kellogg Company Salaried Pension Plan or any
other retirement plan of the Company or a subsidiary in which
the individual participates) during the Measurement Period, the
Participants bonus award will be based on the portion of
the Measurement Period in which the Participant was employed,
computed as determined by the Committee. In the event that a
Participants employment is terminated for any reason other
than death, disability or retirement, the Participants
rights to a Final Bonus Award will be forfeited; provided,
however, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, pay a
prorated bonus award to the Participant for the portion of the
Measurement Period in which the Participant was employed,
computed as determined by the Committee. In the event that a
Participants employment with the Company or a subsidiary
terminates for any reason after the completion of the
Measurement Period but prior to the actual payment of the cash
bonus, the balance of any bonus which remains unpaid at the time
of such termination will be payable to the Participant, or
forfeited by the Participant, in accordance with the terms of
the award granted by the Committee.
SECTION 9
Amendment and Termination
The Board and the Committee each has the right to amend or
terminate the Plan at any time and in any respect, except that,
unless otherwise determined by the Board or the Committee, no
amendment may be made without stockholder approval if, and to
the extent that, such approval would be required to comply with
any applicable provisions of Section 162(m). Similarly, no
amendment or termination of the Plan may alter or impair the
rights of any Participant pursuant to an outstanding award
without the consent of the Participant.
This Plan will expire on December 31, 2011, unless
terminated earlier by the Board or the Committee. Upon approval
by the stockholders, this Plan will supersede the Kellogg
Company Senior Executive Annual Incentive Plan which was
effective January 1, 2002. No further awards will be made
under the Plan after termination, but termination will not
affect the rights of any Participant under any award made prior
to termination.
SECTION 10
Miscellaneous
Bonus payments will be made from the general funds of the
Company and no special or separate fund will be established or
other segregation of assets made to assure payment. No
Participant or other person will have under any circumstances
any interest in any particular property or assets of the
Company. The Plan will be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without
regard to its principles of conflict of laws.
Neither the establishment of this Plan nor the payment of any
award hereunder nor any action of the Company, the Board or the
Committee with respect to this Plan will be held or construed to
confer upon any Participant any legal right to be continued in
the employ of the Company or to receive any particular rate of
cash compensation other than pursuant to the terms of this Plan
and the determination of the Committee, and the Company
expressly reserves the right to discharge any Participant
whenever the interest of the Company may so permit or require
without liability to the Company, the Board or the Committee,
except as to any rights which may be expressly conferred upon a
Participant under this Plan.
The adoption of this Plan will not affect any other compensation
plans in effect for the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate
of the Company, nor will the Plan preclude the Company or any
subsidiary or affiliate thereof from establishing any other
forms of incentive or other compensation for the Participants.
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KELLOGG COMPANY, BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN 49016-3599
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KELLOGG
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POST OFFICE BOX 3599
ONE KELLOGG COMPANY
BATTLE CREEK, MI
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The Board of Directors recommends a vote
AGAINST the following stockholder proposal.
If you
sign and return this card without marking a
vote, this proxy card will be treated as
being AGAINST
such proposal.
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NOTE: Please sign exactly as name(s) appear hereon. When signing as attorney, executor,
administrator, trustee, or guardian, please give full name as such.
Signature (PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX) Date
Signature (Joint Owners) Date
KELLOGG
COMPANY
ADMISSION TICKET
You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting of Share Owners of Kellogg Company to be
held on Friday, April 21, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. at the W. K. Kellogg Auditorium, 60 West Van Buren
Street, Battle Creek, Michigan.
You should present this admission ticket in order to gain admittance to the meeting. This ticket
admits only the share owner(s) listed on the reverse side and is not transferable. If your shares
are held in the name of a broker,
trust, bank or other nominee, you should bring a proxy or letter from the broker, trustee, bank or
nominee confirming your beneficial ownership of the shares.
KELLOGG COMPANY
PROXY FOR ANNUAL MEETING OF SHARE OWNERS APRIL 21, 2006
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
The undersigned appoints J. M. Jenness, and W. C. Richardson, or each one of them as shall be
in attendance at the meeting, as proxy or proxies, with full power of substitution, to represent
the undersigned at the Annual Meeting of Share Owners of Kellogg Company to be held on April 21,
2006 and at any adjournments of the meeting, and to vote as specified on this Proxy the number of
shares of common stock of Kellogg Company as the undersigned would be entitled to vote if
personally present, upon the matters referred to on the reverse side hereof, and, in their
discretion, upon any other business as may properly come before the meeting.
IMPORTANT This Proxy is continued and must be signed and dated on the reverse side.
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