
March 10, 2008
Dear Shareholders:
You are cordially invited to
attend First Horizon National Corporation’s 2008 annual meeting of shareholders.
We will hold the meeting on April 15, 2008, in the Auditorium, First Tennessee
Building, 165 Madison Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, at 10:00 a.m. local time. We
have attached the formal notice of the annual meeting, our 2008 proxy statement,
and a form of proxy.
At the meeting, we will ask
you to elect four Class III directors and one Class II director, to approve
amendments to our Amended and Restated Charter to provide for declassification
of our Board of Directors, to approve amendments to our Amended and Restated
Charter and Amended and Restated Bylaws to eliminate the requirement of a
supermajority vote for certain amendments to the Amended and Restated Charter
and Amended and Restated Bylaws, and to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as
our independent auditors for 2008. The attached proxy statement contains
information about these matters.
Our annual report to
shareholders, which contains detailed financial information relating to our
activities and operating performance during 2007, is being delivered to you with
our proxy statement but is not deemed to be “soliciting material” under SEC
Regulation 14A.
Our registered shareholders
that have access to the Internet have the opportunity to receive proxy
statements electronically. If you have not already done so for this year, we
encourage you to elect this method of receiving the proxy statement next year.
Not only will you have access to the document as soon as it is available, but
you will be helping us to save expense dollars. If you vote electronically, you
will have the opportunity to give your consent at the conclusion of the voting
process.
Your vote is important. You
may vote by telephone or over the Internet or by mail, or if you attend the
meeting and want to vote your shares, then prior to the balloting you should
request that your form of proxy be withheld from voting. We request that you
vote by telephone or over the Internet or return your proxy card in the
postage-paid envelope as soon as possible.
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Sincerely
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MICHAEL D. ROSE |
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Chairman of the
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FIRST HORIZON NATIONAL
CORPORATION
165 Madison
Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee 38103
NOTICE OF ANNUAL
SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING
April 15,
2008
The annual meeting of
shareholders of First Horizon National Corporation will be held on April 15,
2008, at 10:00 a.m. local time in the Auditorium, First Tennessee Building, 165
Madison Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee.
The items of business
are:
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Election of
four Class III directors to serve until the 2011 annual meeting of
shareholders and one Class II director to serve until the 2010 annual
meeting of shareholders or, in both cases, until their successors are duly
elected and qualified. |
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Approval of amendments
to our Amended and Restated Charter to provide for declassification of our
Board of Directors. |
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Approval of amendments
to our Amended and Restated Charter and Amended and Restated Bylaws to
eliminate the requirement of a supermajority vote for certain amendments
to the Amended and Restated Charter and Amended and Restated
Bylaws. |
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Ratification of the
appointment of auditors.
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These items are described more
fully in the following pages, which are made a part of this notice. The close of
business on February 22, 2008 is the record date for the meeting. All
shareholders of record at that time are entitled to vote at the
meeting.
Management requests that you
vote by telephone or over the Internet (following the instructions on the
enclosed form of proxy) or that you sign and return the form of proxy promptly,
so that if you are unable to attend the meeting your shares can nevertheless be
voted. You may revoke a proxy at any time before it is exercised at the annual
meeting in the manner described on page 1 of the proxy statement.
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CLYDE A. BILLINGS, JR. |
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Senior Vice
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Assistant
General Counsel |
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and Corporate
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Memphis, Tennessee
March
10, 2008
IMPORTANT
NOTICE
PLEASE (1) VOTE BY
TELEPHONE OR (2) VOTE OVER THE INTERNET OR (3) MARK, DATE, SIGN AND PROMPTLY
MAIL THE ENCLOSED FORM OF PROXY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE SO THAT YOUR SHARES
WILL BE REPRESENTED AT THE MEETING.
PROXY
STATEMENT
FIRST HORIZON NATIONAL
CORPORATION
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
PROXY
STATEMENT
FIRST HORIZON NATIONAL
CORPORATION
165 Madison
Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee 38103
GENERAL
MATTERS
The following proxy statement
is being mailed to shareholders beginning on or about March 10, 2008. The Board
of Directors is soliciting proxies to be used at our annual meeting of
shareholders to be held on April 15, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. local time in the
Auditorium, First Tennessee Building, 165 Madison Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee,
and at any adjournment or adjournments thereof. In this proxy statement, First
Horizon National Corporation will be referred to by the use of “we,” “us” or
similar pronouns, or simply as “First Horizon,” and First Horizon and its
consolidated subsidiaries will be referred to collectively as “the
Corporation.”
The accompanying form of proxy
is for use at the meeting if you will be unable to attend in person. To obtain
directions to be able to attend the meeting and vote in person, contact our
Community Relations office at 866-365-4313. You may revoke your proxy at any
time before it is exercised by writing to the Corporate Secretary, by timely
delivering a properly executed, later-dated proxy (including a telephone or
Internet vote) or by voting by ballot at the meeting. All shares represented by
valid proxies received pursuant to this solicitation, and not revoked before
they are exercised, will be voted in the manner specified therein. If no
specification is made, the proxies will be voted in favor of items 1, 2, 3 and 4
below:
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Election of
four Class III directors to serve until the 2011 annual meeting of
shareholders and one Class II director to serve until the 2010 annual
meeting of shareholders, or in both cases until their successors are duly
elected and qualified. |
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Approval of amendments
to our Amended and Restated Charter (“Charter”) to provide for
declassification of our Board of Directors. |
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Approval of amendments
to our Charter and Amended and Restated Bylaws (“Bylaws”) to eliminate the
requirement of a supermajority vote for certain amendments to the Charter
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Ratification of the
appointment of auditors.
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First Horizon recommends that
you vote in favor of each of the items listed above. We will bear the entire
cost of soliciting the proxies. In following up the original solicitation of the
proxies by mail, we may request brokers and others to send proxies and proxy
material to the beneficial owners of the shares and may reimburse them for their
expenses in so doing. If necessary, we may also use several of our regular
employees to solicit proxies from the shareholders, either personally or by
telephone or by special letter, for which they will receive no compensation in
addition to their normal compensation. We have hired Morrow & Co., LLC to
aid us in the solicitation of proxies for a fee of $10,000 plus out-of-pocket
expenses. An additional charge of $5.00 per holder will be incurred should we
choose to have Morrow & Co. solicit individual holders of record.
Our common stock is the only
class of voting securities. There were 126,403,948 shares of common stock
outstanding and entitled to vote as of February 22, 2008, the record date for
the annual shareholders’ meeting. Each share is entitled to one vote. A quorum
of the shares must be represented at the meeting to take action on any matter at
the meeting. A majority of the votes entitled to be cast constitutes a quorum
for purposes of the annual meeting. A plurality of the votes cast is required to
elect the nominees as directors; however, see the section entitled “Corporate
Governance and Board Matters—Introduction” beginning on page 3 for information
on the consequences of receiving a majority withheld vote in an uncontested
election under our director resignation policy. A vote of at least eighty
percent of the voting power of all outstanding voting stock is required to
approve the amendments to our Charter and Bylaws. A majority of the votes cast
is required to ratify the appointment of auditors. Both “abstentions” and broker
“non-votes” will be considered present for quorum purposes, but will not
otherwise have any effect on any of the vote items.
Some of our shareholders own
their shares using multiple accounts registered in variations of the same name.
If you have multiple accounts, we encourage you to consolidate your accounts by
having all your shares registered in exactly the same name and address. You may
do this by contacting our Stock Transfer Agent, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., by phone
toll-free at 1-877-536-3558, or by mail to Shareowner Services, P.O. Box 64854,
St. Paul,
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MN 55164-0854. Also,
in some cases multiple members of the same family living in the same household
have shares registered in their names. In that case, prior to 2006 each family
member received multiple copies of the annual report, proxy statement, and other
mailings. Duplicate mailings in most cases are an unnecessary expenditure for us
and inconvenient for you. We have taken steps to reduce them, and we encourage
you to eliminate them whenever you can.
Currently, family members
living in the same household generally receive only one copy per household of
the annual report, proxy statement, and most other mailings. The only item which
is separately mailed for each registered shareholder or account is a proxy card.
If your household receives only one copy and if you wish to start receiving
separate copies in your name, apart from others in your household, you must
request that action by contacting our Stock Transfer Agent, Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A., by phone toll-free at 1-877-602-7615 or by writing to it at Shareowner
Services, Attn: Householding, P.O. Box 64854, St. Paul, MN 55164-0854. That
request must be made by each person in the household who desires a separate
copy. Within 30 days after your request is received we will start sending you
separate mailings. If for any reason you and members of your household are
receiving multiple copies and you want to eliminate the duplications, please
request that action by contacting our Stock Transfer Agent using the contact
information given in this paragraph above. In either case, in your
communications, please refer to your account number and our company number
(998). Please be aware that if you hold shares both in your own name and as a
beneficial owner through a broker, bank or other nominee, it is not possible to
eliminate duplications as between these two types of ownership.
If you and other members of
your household are beneficial owners of shares, meaning that you own shares
indirectly through a broker, bank, or other nominee, you may eliminate a
duplication of mailings by contacting your broker, bank, or other nominee. If
you have eliminated duplicate mailings but for any reason would like to resume
them, you must contact your broker, bank, or other nominee.
If your household receives
only a single copy of this proxy statement and our 2007 annual report and if you
desire your own separate copies for the 2008 annual meeting, you may pick up
copies in person at the meeting in April or download them from our website using
the website address listed in the box below. If you would like additional copies
mailed, we will mail them promptly if you request them from our Investor
Relations department at our website, by phone toll-free at 1-800-410-4577, or by
mail to Investor Relations, P.O. Box 84, Memphis, TN 38101. However, we cannot
guarantee you will receive mailed copies before the 2008 annual
meeting.
Important Notice Regarding
the Availability of Proxy Materials
for the Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on
April 15, 2008.
This proxy statement is
available at http://ir.fhnc.com/annuals.cfm.
The following additional
materials will also be available at the website listed above:
Annual Report to
Shareholders
Proxy Card
2
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND BOARD MATTERS
Introduction
First Horizon is dedicated to
operating in accordance with sound corporate governance principles. We believe
that these principles not only form the basis for our reputation of integrity in
the marketplace but also are essential to our efficiency and continued overall
success. Many of these principles have been committed to writing. Our Corporate
Governance Guidelines, which were adopted by our Board of Directors in January
2004 but which incorporate long-standing corporate policies and practices,
provide our directors with guidance as to their legal accountabilities, promote
the functioning of the Board and its committees, and set forth a common set of
expectations as to how the Board should perform its functions. Our Corporate
Governance Guidelines (as revised to date) are attached to this proxy statement
at Appendix C and are also available on our website at www.fhnc.com under the
“Corporate Governance” heading in the “Investor Relations” area. Paper copies
are also available to shareholders upon request to the Corporate
Secretary.
We have also adopted a Code of
Business Conduct and Ethics, which incorporates many of our long-standing
policies and practices and sets forth the overarching principles that guide the
conduct of every aspect of our business, and a Code of Ethics for Senior
Financial Officers, which promotes honest and ethical conduct, proper disclosure
of financial information and compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules
and regulations by our senior financial officers and other employees who have
financial responsibilities. These Codes are available on our website at
www.fhnc.com under the “Corporate Governance” heading in the “Investor
Relations” area. Paper copies are also available to shareholders upon request to
the Corporate Secretary. Any waiver of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
for an executive officer or director will be promptly disclosed to shareholders
in any manner that is acceptable under the NYSE listing standards, including but
not limited to distribution of a press release, disclosure on our website, or
disclosure on Form 8-K. The Corporation intends to satisfy its disclosure
obligations under Item 5.05 of Form 8-K related to amendments or waivers of the
Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers by posting such information on the
Corporation’s website. We have also adopted a policy on First Horizon’s
Compliance and Ethics Program that highlights our commitment to having an
effective compliance and ethics program by exercising due diligence to prevent
and detect criminal conduct and otherwise by promoting an organizational culture
that encourages ethical conduct and a commitment to compliance with the
law.
The Board of Directors made
several enhancements to First Horizon’s corporate governance policies and
practices during 2007 and early 2008. The Board formalized the role of the
Chairperson of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee as the
Company’s lead director and added a new section to the Corporate Governance
Guidelines describing in detail the duties of the lead director, some of which
are additions or modifications to duties previously held by the Chairperson
under that committee’s charter. The Board also adopted an incentive compensation
recoupment policy under which, in all appropriate cases, the Company will seek
reimbursement of a portion of any incentive compensation paid or awarded to any
executive officer for performance periods beginning on or after January 1, 2008
where: a) the payment or award was predicated upon the achievement of certain
financial results that were subsequently the subject of a material restatement,
b) the Board or an appropriate committee thereof concludes in good faith that
the executive officer engaged in fraud or intentional misconduct that was a
material cause of the need for the restatement, and c) a lower payment or award
would have been made to the executive officer based upon the restated financial
results. The recoupment policy is now included in the Corporate Governance
Guidelines. The Guidelines were also revised to decrease the number of other
public company boards upon which our directors may serve from five to four. In
addition, as part of its overall Board-approved director education program,
First Horizon conducted a series of on-site programs for directors on various
topics. The Board revised the process it uses for the conduct of the annual
Board and committee self-evaluations to include one-on-one interviews by the
lead director with each director. Finally, as described in vote items 2 and 3
below, we are now proposing for shareholder approval amendments to our Charter
to provide for declassification of our Board and annual election of directors,
and to our Charter and Bylaws to eliminate the requirement of a supermajority
vote for certain amendments to the Charter and Bylaws.
Under our Bylaws, First
Horizon is managed under the direction of and all corporate powers are exercised
by or under the authority of our Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors
currently has twelve members. All of our directors are also directors of First
Tennessee Bank National Association (the “Bank” or “FTB”). The Bank is our
principal operating subsidiary. The Board has four standing committees: the
Credit Policy & Executive Committee, the Audit Committee, the Compensation
Committee and the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee, which are
described in more detail beginning on page 6.
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Independence and Categorical
Standards
Independence. Our
common stock is listed on the NYSE. The NYSE listing standards require a
majority of our directors and all of the members of the Compensation Committee,
the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee and the Audit Committee of
the Board of Directors to be “independent.” Under these standards, our Board of
Directors is required to affirmatively determine that a director has no material
relationship with the Corporation for that director to qualify as independent.
In order to assist in making independence determinations, the Board, as
permitted by the NYSE standards and upon the recommendation of the Nominating
& Corporate Governance Committee, has adopted the categorical standards set
forth below. In making its independence determinations, each of the Board and
the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee considered the relationships
between each director and the Corporation, including those that fall within the
categorical standards.
Based on its review and the
application of the categorical standards, the Board, upon the recommendation of
the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee, determined that nine out of
ten of the current non-employee directors (Dr. Blattberg and Messrs. Carter,
Cooper, Haslam, Martin, Reed, and Yancy and Mesdames Palmer and Sammons) are
independent under the NYSE listing standards. Upon the recommendation of the
Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee, the Board determined that one
current non-employee director, William B. Sansom, is not independent under the
NYSE listing standards because interest and fees paid during 2005 in connection
with loans made to a family limited partnership that he controls exceeded the $1
million/2% threshold set forth in the NYSE listing standards. These loans were
made in the ordinary course of business on non-preferential terms and in
compliance with all applicable banking laws and were approved by a unanimous
vote of the Board in which Mr. Sansom did not participate. The categorical
standards established by the Board (as revised to date) are set forth below, are
attached to this proxy statement at Appendix D and are also available on our
website at www.fhnc.com under the “Corporate Governance” heading in the
“Investor Relations” area.
With respect to each director
who is identified above as independent under the NYSE listing standards, the
Board considered the following types or categories of transactions,
relationships or arrangements in determining the director’s independence under
the NYSE standards and our categorical standards.
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Provision by
the Corporation or its subsidiaries, in the ordinary course of business
and on substantially the same terms and conditions as those prevailing at
the time for comparable transactions with non-affiliated persons, of the
following banking and financial services and services incidental thereto
to directors, their immediate family members and/or to entities with which
directors or their immediate family members are affiliated: deposit
accounts; cash management services; loans (including mortgage loans),
letters of credit, credit cards and other lines of credit; interest rate
swaps; investment management; broker/dealer services; trust services;
insurance brokerage; safe deposit boxes; provision of surety bonds; pay
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Provision by an entity
affiliated with a director or his or her immediate family member, in the
ordinary course of business and on substantially the same terms and
conditions as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions
with non-affiliated persons, of the following products and services to the
Corporation or its subsidiaries: package delivery services; food service;
beverages; fuel for business travel by employees of the Corporation; hotel
lodging for business travel by employees of the Corporation; venues for
holding seminars and corporate functions; and sponsorship of seminars
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Charitable contributions
by the Corporation, its subsidiaries or the First Horizon Foundation to
charitable organizations with which a director or immediate family member
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Employment by the
Corporation in a non-executive position of an immediate family member of a
director.
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Categorical Standards.
Each of the following relationships between the Corporation and its
subsidiaries, on the one hand, and a director, an immediate family member of a
director, or a company or other entity as to which the director or an immediate
family member is a director, executive officer, employee or shareholder (or
holds a similar position), on the other hand, will be deemed to be immaterial
and therefore will not preclude a determination by the Board of Directors that
the director is independent for purposes of the NYSE listing
standards:
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Depository and
other banking and financial services relationships (excluding extensions
of credit which are covered in paragraph 2), including transfer agent,
registrar, indenture trustee, other trust and fiduciary services, personal
banking, capital markets, investment banking, equity research, asset
management, investment management, custodian, securities brokerage,
financial planning, cash management, insurance brokerage, broker/dealer,
express processing, merchant processing, bill payment processing, check
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clearing,
credit card and other similar services, provided that the relationship is
in the ordinary course of business and on substantially the same terms and
conditions as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions
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An extension of credit,
provided that, at the time of the initial approval of the extension of
credit as to (1), (2) and (3), (1) such extension of credit was
in the ordinary course of business, (2) such extension of credit was
made in compliance with applicable law, including Regulation O of the
Federal Reserve, Section 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act and
Section 13(k) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
(3) such extension of credit was on substantially the same terms as
those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with
non-affiliated persons, (4) a determination is made annually that if
the extension of credit was not made or was terminated in the ordinary
course of business, in accordance with its terms, such action would not
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial
condition, income statement or business of the borrower, and (5) no
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Contributions (other
than mandatory matching contributions) made by the Corporation or any of
its subsidiaries or First Horizon Foundation to a charitable organization
as to which the director is an executive officer, director, or trustee or
holds a similar position or as to which an immediate family member of the
director is an executive officer; provided that the amount of the
contributions to the charitable organization in a fiscal year does not
exceed the greater of $500,000 or 2% of the charitable organization’s
consolidated gross revenue (based on the charitable organization’s latest
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Vendor or other business
relationships (excluding banking and financial services relationships and
extensions of credit covered by paragraph 1 or 2 above), provided that the
relationship is in the ordinary course of business and on substantially
the same terms and conditions as those prevailing at the time for
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All compensation and
benefits provided to non-employee directors for service as a
director. |
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All compensation and
benefits provided in the ordinary course of business to an immediate
family member of a director for services to the Corporation or any of its
subsidiaries as long as such immediate family member is compensated
comparably to similarly situated employees and is not an executive officer
of the Corporation or based on salary and bonus within the top 1,000 most
highly compensated employees of the Corporation.
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Excluded from relationships
considered by the Board is any relationship (except contributions included in
category 3) between the Corporation and its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and a
company or other entity as to which the director or an immediate family member
is a director or, in the case of an immediate family member, an employee (but
not an executive officer or significant shareholder), on the other
hand.
The fact that a particular
relationship or transaction is not addressed by these standards or exceeds the
thresholds in these standards does not create a presumption that the director is
or is not independent.
The following definitions
apply to the categorical standards listed above:
“Corporation” means First
Horizon National Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries.
“Executive Officer” means an
entity’s president, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer
(or, if there is no such accounting officer, the controller), any vice president
of the entity in charge of a principal business unit, division or function, any
other officer who performs a policy-making function, or any other person who
performs similar policy-making functions for the entity.
“Immediate family members” of
a director means the director’s spouse, parents, children, siblings,
mothers-in-law, fathers-in-law, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, brothers-in-law,
sisters-in-law and anyone (other than domestic employees) who shares the
director’s home.
“Significant shareholder”
means a passive investor [meaning a person who is not in control of the entity]
who beneficially owns more than 10% of the outstanding equity, partnership or
membership interests of an entity. “Beneficial ownership” will be determined in
accordance with Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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Composition of Board
Committees
The Audit Committee, the
Compensation Committee and the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee
are each composed of directors who are independent, as defined in the previous
section. The membership of each of the Board’s standing committees, currently
and during 2007, is set forth in the table below.
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Gerald L.
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Robert C.
Blattberg |
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Robert B.
Carter***** |
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Simon F.
Cooper |
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J. Kenneth
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James A. Haslam,
III |
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R. Brad
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Vicki R.
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Colin V.
Reed |
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Michael D.
Rose |
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Mary F.
Sammons |
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(1-16-07) |
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William B.
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Jonathan P.
Ward*** |
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(1-16-07) |
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Luke Yancy
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X = Committee member.
C = Committee
chairperson.
(C) = Served as the committee
chairperson during 2007 but is no longer serving as chairperson or as a member
of such committee. Date in parentheses indicates when service as chairperson and
a member of such committee ended.
(X) = Served as a committee member
during 2007 but is no longer serving on such committee. Date in parentheses
indicates when service on such committee ended.
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January 29, 2007. |
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Retired as a director on
April 17, 2007.
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The Credit Policy & Executive
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The Credit Policy &
Executive Committee was established by our Board of Directors and operates under
a written charter. As a credit policy committee, the Committee monitors the
quality, liquidity, and concentrations of credit extended by First Horizon and
by its affiliates (with direct oversight responsibility with respect to the
validation of credit quality as described below) and approves upon the
recommendation of management such credit policy and controls as may be deemed
necessary for the preservation of a sound loan portfolio consistent with overall
corporate objectives, provided that any changes to credit policy made by the
Committee must be reported to the Board of Directors. However, the Committee is
not authorized to act in place of the Board with respect to matters specifically
required by credit policy to be acted upon by the Board. The Committee’s charter
was amended in January and April 2007 to strengthen the independence of the loan
review function by providing that the Committee is to have direct oversight of
this function, specifically including
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appointing and
removing the Corporation’s Loan Review Executive and approving salary and
annual bonus of the Loan Review Executive;
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As an executive committee, the
Committee is authorized and empowered to exercise during the intervals between
meetings of the Board all authority of the Board of Directors, except as
prohibited by applicable law and provided that it may not approve acquisitions,
divestitures or the entry into definitive agreements (not in the ordinary course
of business) where the purchase or sale price or transaction amount exceeds $100
million. Also, no authority has been delegated to the Committee in its charter
to approve any acquisition involving the issuance of our stock. The charter is
currently available on our website at www.fhnc.com under the “Corporate
Governance” heading in the “Investor Relations” area. Paper copies are available
to shareholders upon request to the Corporate Secretary.
The Audit Committee
In
General. The Audit Committee was established by our Board of Directors
and operates under a written charter, which is attached to this proxy statement
at pages E-1 through E-4 of Appendix E and which was last amended and restated
in 2004. The charter is also available on our website at www.fhnc.com under the
“Corporate Governance” heading in the “Investor Relations” area. Paper copies
are available to shareholders upon request to the Corporate
Secretary.
Subject to the limitations and
provisions of its charter, the Committee assists our Board in its oversight of
our accounting and financial reporting principles and policies, internal audit
controls and procedures, the integrity of our financial statements, our
compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, the independent auditor’s
qualifications and independence, and the performance of the independent auditor
and our internal audit function. The Committee is directly responsible for the
appointment (subject, if applicable, to shareholder ratification), retention,
compensation and termination of the independent auditor as well as for
overseeing the work of and evaluating the independent auditor and its
independence. The members of the Committee are themselves independent, as that
term is defined in the NYSE listing standards (described above), and meet the
additional independence requirements prescribed by Section 10A(m)(3) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules of the SEC
promulgated thereunder. In addition, the Board of Directors has determined that
all the members of the Committee are financially literate as required by the
NYSE listing standards. The Audit Committee’s Report is included
below.
Audit
Committee Financial Expert. The Board of Directors has determined that
Vicki R. Palmer (chairperson of the Audit Committee) is an audit committee
financial expert, as that term is defined in Item 401(h) of SEC Regulation S-K.
After receiving her B.A. in economics and business administration from Rhodes
College and her M.B.A. in finance from The University of Memphis, Ms. Palmer was
employed as a commercial loan officer with the Bank, where she was trained in
and worked daily in evaluating financial statements of corporate customers in
connection with their credit applications. In 1978, she joined Federal Express
Corporation as Manager of Corporate Finance, and her major areas of
responsibility included debt financing, cash management and pension asset
management. Ms. Palmer joined The Coca-Cola Company in 1983 as Manager of
Pension Investments, thus becoming responsible for the company’s worldwide
pension assets. Upon moving to Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. (“CCE”) in 1986, she
was involved at the inception of the company with the evaluation of company-wide
financial results and the establishment of internal controls. Until January
2004, Ms. Palmer served as Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Special
Assistant to the CEO. In this position, she was responsible for management of
CCE’s $12 billion multi-currency debt portfolio; its $2.5 billion pension plan
and 401(k) plan investments; currency management; global cash management; and
commercial and investment banking relationships. Effective in January 2004, she
became Executive Vice President, Financial Services and Administration, and is
now responsible for overseeing treasury, pension and retirement benefits, asset
management, internal audit and risk management. Ms. Palmer also served for over
ten years on CCE’s Financial Reporting Committee, which reviews the company’s
financial statements and deals periodically with accounting issues, and she
currently supervises the treasurer who serves on this committee. She is a member
of CCE’s Risk Committee, which is charged with establishing policy
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and internal controls
for hedging and financial and non-financial derivatives. In addition, she serves
on CCE’s Senior Executive Committee and has oversight responsibility for CCE’s
enterprise-wide risk assessment process. She was a member of our Audit Committee
from January 1995 to April 1999 and chaired the Committee from April 1996 to
April 1999, and she returned to that Committee as chairperson in April 2003. She
is also a member of the audit committee of another public company, Haverty
Furniture Companies Inc.
The Board of Directors has
also determined that Colin V. Reed, a member of the Audit Committee, is an audit
committee financial expert, as that term is defined in Item 401(h) of SEC
Regulation S-K. Mr. Reed spent several years early in his career as assistant
chief accountant and chief accountant, respectively, at a life insurance and
investment banking company and a large hotel in England. He went on to spend
eight years with Holiday Inns, initially as U.K. financial controller and
ultimately as CFO for the company’s European, Middle East and African
operations. He moved to the U.S. in the 1980s to assist with the leveraged
recapitalization of that company that ended in the sale of Holiday Inns, the
formation of Promus Companies and the subsequent split of Promus from Harrah’s
Entertainment, Inc. Mr. Reed then became CFO and a member of the three person
executive committee of Harrah’s. He currently serves as CEO of Gaylord
Entertainment Company. Mr. Reed is a fellow of the British Association of Hotel
Accountants.
Both Ms. Palmer and Mr. Reed
meet in all respects the independence requirements of the NYSE and Section
10A(m)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules of
the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary set forth in any of our previous filings under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that
might incorporate future filings by reference, including this proxy statement,
in whole or in part, the following Audit Committee Report, the Audit Committee
Charter attached at pages E-1 through E-4 of Appendix E hereto, and the
statements regarding members of the Committee who are not independent (if any)
shall not be incorporated by reference into any such filings.
Audit
Committee Report. The role of the Audit Committee (“Committee”) is (1)
to assist First Horizon’s Board of Directors in its oversight of (a) the
Corporation’s accounting and financial reporting principles and policies and
internal audit controls and procedures, (b) the integrity of its financial
statements, (c) its compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, (d) the
independent auditor’s qualifications and independence, and (e) the performance
of the independent auditor and internal audit function; and (2) to prepare this
report to be included in First Horizon’s annual proxy statement pursuant to the
proxy rules of the SEC. The Committee operates pursuant to a charter that was
last amended and restated by the Board in 2004. As set forth in the Committee’s
charter, management of First Horizon is responsible for preparation,
presentation and integrity of the Corporation’s financial statements and for
maintaining appropriate accounting and financial reporting principles and
policies and internal controls and procedures to provide for compliance with
accounting standards and applicable laws and regulations, and the internal
auditor is responsible for testing such internal controls and procedures. The
independent auditor is responsible for planning and carrying out a proper audit
of the Corporation’s annual financial statements, reviews of the Corporation’s
quarterly financial statements prior to the filing of each quarterly report on
Form 10-Q, and other procedures, including an attestation report on internal
control over financial reporting.
In the performance of its
oversight function, the Committee has considered and discussed the audited
financial statements with management and the independent auditors. The Committee
has also discussed with the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
their respective certifications that are to be included in First Horizon’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. The Committee
has also discussed with the independent auditors the matters required to be
discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, Communication with Audit
Committees, as currently in effect. [Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61 has
been replaced by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 114, Communications with
Those Charged with Governance.] Finally, the Committee has received the written
disclosures and the letter from the independent auditors required by
Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1, Independence Discussions with Audit
Committees, as currently in effect, has adopted an audit and non-audit services
pre-approval policy and considered whether the provision of non-audit services
by the independent auditors to First Horizon is compatible with maintaining the
auditor’s independence and has discussed with the auditors the auditors’
independence.
While the Board of Directors
has determined that each member of the Audit Committee has the broad level of
general financial experience required to serve on the Committee and that Ms.
Palmer and Mr. Reed are audit committee financial experts as that term is
defined in Item 401(h) of Regulation S-K, none of the members of the Committee
currently devotes specific attention to the narrower fields of auditing or
accounting or is professionally
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engaged in the
practice of auditing or accounting, nor are they performing the functions of
auditors or accountants, nor are they experts in respect of auditor
independence. Members of the Committee rely without independent verification on
the information provided to them and on the representations made by management
and the independent auditors. Accordingly, the Committee’s oversight does not
provide an independent basis to determine that management has maintained
appropriate accounting and financial reporting principles or appropriate
internal controls and procedures designed to assure compliance with accounting
standards and applicable laws and regulations. Furthermore, the Committee’s
considerations and discussions referred to above do not assure that the audit of
First Horizon’s financial statements has been carried out in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards, that the financial statements are
presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or that
First Horizon’s auditors are in fact “independent.”
Based upon the reports and
discussions described in this report, and subject to the limitations on the role
and responsibilities of the Committee referred to above and in the Committee’s
charter, the Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the audited
financial statements be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2007, to be filed with the SEC.
Submitted by the Audit
Committee of our Board of Directors.
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The Nominating & Corporate Governance
Committee
In
General. The Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee operates
under a written charter that is attached to this proxy statement as Appendix F.
The charter is also available on our website at www.fhnc.com under the
“Corporate Governance” heading in the “Investor Relations” area. Paper copies
are available to shareholders upon request to the Corporate Secretary. The
charter was amended in April 2007 to transfer the Committee’s duties with
respect to director compensation to the Compensation Committee. The purposes of
the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee are (1) to identify and
recommend to the Board individuals for nomination as members of the Board and
its committees, (2) to develop and recommend to the Board a set of
corporate governance principles applicable to the Corporation, and (3) to
oversee the evaluation of the Board and management.
Nominations of Directors. With respect to the
nominating process, the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee
discusses and evaluates possible candidates in detail and suggests individuals
to explore in more depth. The Committee recommends new nominees for the position
of independent director based on the following criteria:
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individual’s skills and personality with those of other directors and
potential directors in building a Board that is effective and responsive
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Governance Committee does not set specific, minimum qualifications that nominees
must meet in order for the Committee to recommend them to the Board of
Directors, but rather believes
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should be evaluated based on his or her individual merits, taking into account
the needs of the Corporation and the composition of the Board of
Directors.
Once a candidate is identified
whom the Committee wants seriously to consider and move toward nomination, the
Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer and/or other directors as the
Committee determines will enter into a discussion with that nominee.
Shareholder Recommendations of Director Nominees. The
Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee will consider individuals
recommended by shareholders as director nominees, and any such individual is
given appropriate consideration in the same manner as individuals recommended by
the Committee. Shareholders who wish to submit individuals for consideration by
the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee as director nominees may do
so by submitting in writing such individuals’ names in compliance with the
procedures and along with the other information required by our Bylaws (as
described below), to the chairperson of the Nominating & Corporate
Governance Committee, in care of the Corporate Secretary. Our Bylaws require
that to be timely, a shareholder’s nomination must be delivered to or mailed and
received at our principal executive offices not less than 90 days nor more than
120 days prior to the date of the meeting. However, if fewer than 100 days’
notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to
shareholders, a nomination by a shareholder to be timely must be so delivered or
received not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the
earlier of (i) the day on which such notice of the date of such meeting was
mailed or (ii) the day on which such public disclosure was made. A shareholder’s
nomination must state:
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shares of our stock which are beneficially owned by such shareholder on
the date of shareholder’s nomination and by any other shareholders known
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Processes and Procedures Regarding Director
Compensation. Until April 2007, the charter of the Nominating &
Corporate Governance Committee gave the Committee the authority to make
recommendations to the Board concerning compensation for directors. The charter
was amended in April to transfer the Committee’s duties with respect to director
compensation to the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee’s
processes and procedures regarding director compensation are described in the
next section below.
The Compensation Committee
In
General. The Compensation Committee operates under a written charter
that is attached to this proxy statement as Appendix G. The charter is also
available on our website at www.fhnc.com under the “Corporate Governance”
heading in the “Investor Relations” area. Paper copies are available to
shareholders upon request to the Corporate Secretary. The charter was last
amended and restated by the Board of Directors in April 2007 to incorporate
certain duties with respect to director compensation that were formerly carried
out by the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee and to delegate to
the Corporation’s CEO and chief human resources officer certain duties with
respect to the appointment of and assignment of duties to certain officers of
the Corporation.
The purposes of the
Compensation Committee are (1) to discharge the Board’s responsibilities
relating to the compensation of our executive officers, (2) to produce an annual
report on executive compensation for inclusion in our proxy statement, in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC [the current report is set
forth below], (3) to identify and recommend to the Board individuals for
appointment as officers, (4) to evaluate our management, and (5) to carry out
certain other duties as set forth in the Committee’s charter.
Most of our executive
compensation plans specify that they will be administered by a committee. The
Committee’s charter provides that the Committee will administer plan-committee
functions under our various executive-level compensation plans. Under the
charter, at least two members of the Committee must be “outside directors” for
purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and
at least two members of the Committee must be “non-employee directors” for
purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Many of our plans
have similar provisions concerning their respective plan committees. The charter
stipulates that if a Committee member is disqualified under one or the other of
those tests, then that
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member must recuse
him- or herself from participating in decisions impacted by the relevant test.
In that situation, the remaining members would constitute the Committee for that
action. On occasion, in connection with a specific action, a Committee member
may feel that his or her qualification under one of those tests may be in doubt
for some reason; in that case, the member may elect recusal to avoid any risk of
possible disqualification.
Processes and Procedures Regarding Executive and Director
Compensation. The charter of the Compensation Committee provides that
the Committee has the authority to review and approve corporate goals and
objectives relevant to the compensation of the CEO, evaluate the performance of
the CEO in light of those goals and objectives, and set the CEO’s compensation
level based on this evaluation and to fix the compensation, including bonus and
other compensation and any severance or similar termination payments, of
executive officers. The Committee also has the authority, pursuant to its
charter, to make recommendations to the Board concerning the adoption or
amendment of employee benefit plans, management compensation plans, incentive
compensation plans and equity-based plans, including plans applicable to
executive officers, and to make recommendations to the Board concerning director
compensation. The Committee may not delegate any of the authority described in
this paragraph to any other persons.
The Committee generally
conducts a review of the Corporation’s director compensation program once every
three years. The last comprehensive review took place during 2006 and was
carried out by the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee, which at
that time had responsibility for making recommendations on director
compensation. Director compensation is reviewed and considered by management and
recommended to the Committee, either as a short list of alternatives or as
single-item recommendations. In general, management uses a consultant in
formulating many of its recommendations, both for advice in designing director
compensation and as a source of peer-company data. (Additional information on
the use of consultants in compensation matters is provided below.) Management
also prepares various presentations, analyses, and other tools for the Committee
to use in considering director compensation decisions.
The Committee generally
determines the CEO’s salary on an annual basis in executive session independent
of management. That determination is based on a review of the CEO’s personal
plan results for the prior year, along with peer CEO salary data provided by
management’s compensation consultant and a summary of the impact that each
alternative salary action would cause. The CEO is not involved in the
determination of his own salary.
Our CEO recommends to the
Committee salary levels for the executive officers other than himself and, if
the Chairman of the Board and CEO positions are not held by the same individual,
the Chairman of the Board. If the Chairman of the Board and CEO positions are
not held by the same individual, the Board, acting through the Compensation
Committee, evaluates the performance and approves the compensation of the
Chairman of the Board. Other compensation matters (bonus, equity awards, etc.)
involving executives are considered and reviewed by management, including the
CEO, and recommended to the Committee, either as a short list of alternatives or
as single-item recommendations. Management uses a consultant in formulating many
of its recommendations, both for advice and as a source of peer-company data.
(Additional information on the use of consultants in compensation matters is
provided below.) Management also prepares various presentations, analyses,
forecasts, and other tools for the Committee to use in considering compensation
decisions during the year.
Management monitors and
considers new or modified benefit programs used by other companies, or needed
within our company, to attract and retain key employees. Recommendations are
presented by management to the Committee for review and discussion. The CEO
ultimately oversees these management processes. New benefit plans, or
significant amendments to existing plans, typically are approved by the full
Board based on recommendations from the Committee; however, modifications to our
change in control program are generally approved by the full Board based on
recommendations from the Committee acting jointly with the Nominating &
Corporate Governance Committee. Enrollment and other administrative actions
associated with the benefit plans are handled mainly through third party vendors
in accordance with the terms in the Board-approved plans. If executive-level
exceptions are required for administration of the plans, such as approval of an
early retirement, management generally reviews the facts of the situation and
provides a recommendation to the Committee for approval.
Management uses national
compensation consulting firms to provide advice with respect to executive and
director compensation matters. Management also uses a number of other specialist
firms to provide data relevant to specific needs such as funding for
nonqualified deferred compensation and any special compensation arrangements
that are unique to specific business units such as the capital markets and the
mortgage industries. In other cases, nationally-recognized law firms are engaged
to provide advice on compliance with new laws,
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administration of
stock plans, and design of severance agreements. The consultants provide
competitive data/trends, keep management informed of best practices and work
with management to develop programs that permit the Corporation to attract and
retain the talent needed. Management continued its engagement of Mercer Human
Resource Consulting in 2007 as its primary advisor for executive and director
compensation matters. Among other things, management directed Mercer to provide
objective advice to management, the Committee and the Board on executive and
director compensation, to provide expertise in executive and director
compensation design, market practices in our industry and data to support
recommendations, and to ensure timely reports to management and the Committee on
all critical accounting, tax, securities law and market trends relating to
executive and director compensation.
In 2007, the Compensation
Committee re-engaged Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. to provide it with
independent analysis and advice on all compensation-related matters. Among other
things, the independent consultant from that firm assists the Committee in its
reviews of compensation program actions recommended by management, reviewing the
chosen peer group and survey data for competitive comparisons and advising the
Committee on best practices and ideas for board governance of executive
compensation. The Cook firm was specifically directed to undertake no work on
behalf of management except at the request of the Committee chairperson on
behalf of the Committee, and the firm has no other relationships with the
Corporation or management.
Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary set forth in any of our previous filings under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that
might incorporate future filings by reference, including this proxy statement,
in whole or in part, the following Compensation Committee Report shall not be
incorporated by reference into any such filings.
Compensation Committee Report. The Compensation
Committee of our Board of Directors has reviewed and discussed with management,
among other things, the section of this proxy statement captioned “Compensation
Discussion and Analysis” beginning on page 22. Based on that review and
discussion, the Compensation Committee has recommended to our Board that the
“Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section be included in this proxy
statement.
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Interlocks and Insider Participation
Dr. Blattberg, Messrs. Haslam,
Martin, and Ward and Ms. Sammons, all non-employee directors, served as members
of the Board of Director’s Compensation Committee during 2007. Refer to the
table in “Corporate Governance and Board Matters—Composition of Board
Committees” above for additional committee information. No interlocking
relationships existed with respect to any of the members of the
Committee.
Board and Committee Meeting
Attendance
During 2007, the Board of
Directors held eight meetings and took action by written consent once. The
Compensation Committee held six meetings. The Nominating & Corporate
Governance Committee held six meetings, the Audit Committee held eight meetings
and the Credit Policy & Executive Committee held eight meetings. The average
attendance at Board and committee meetings exceeded 95 percent. No director
currently on our Board attended fewer than 75 percent of the meetings of the
Board and the committees of the Board on which he or she served. As set forth in
our Corporate Governance Guidelines, our directors are expected to make every
effort to attend every meeting of First Horizon’s shareholders. For the last 10
years, all of our directors have been in attendance at every annual meeting of
shareholders, except for one director in 2004 and one director in
1999.
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Executive
Sessions
To ensure free and open
discussion and communication among the non-management directors of the Board and
its committees, our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that the
non-management directors will meet in regularly scheduled executive sessions and
as often as the Board shall request, with no members of management present.
During 2007, the non-management directors met five times in executive session of
the Board. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines also provide that if any
non-management directors are not independent under NYSE listing standards, the
independent, non- management directors will meet in executive session at least
once a year. During 2007, our independent, non-management directors met in
executive session three times. The lead director, currently Dr. Blattberg,
presides at the executive sessions of the Board.
Communication with the
Board of Directors
A shareholder who desires to
communicate with the Board of Directors on matters other than director
nominations should submit his or her communication in writing to the lead
director, c/o Corporate Secretary, First Horizon National Corporation, 165
Madison Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38103, and identify himself or herself as a
shareholder. The Corporate Secretary will forward all communications to the lead
director for a determination as to how to proceed. Other interested parties
desiring to communicate with the Board of Directors should submit their
communications in the same manner.
Procedures for the
Approval, Monitoring, and Ratification of Related Party
Transactions
The Audit Committee of the
Board has adopted procedures for the approval, monitoring, and ratification of
transactions between First Horizon, on the one hand, and our directors,
executive officers or 5% shareholders, their immediate family members, their
affiliated entities and their immediate family members’ affiliated entities, on
the other hand. A copy of our procedures is available on our website at
www.fhnc.com under the “Corporate Governance” heading in the “Investor
Relations” area. Our procedures require management to submit any proposed
“related party transaction” (defined as a transaction that is required to be
disclosed in our proxy statement pursuant to the requirements of Item 404(a) of
Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC) or amendment to an existing related party
transaction to the Audit Committee for approval or ratification. In some cases,
the matter may be determined by the chairperson of the Audit Committee. In
considering whether to approve a given transaction, the Audit Committee (or
chairperson) must consider:
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terms of the related party transaction are fair to First Horizon and on
terms at least as favorable as would apply if the other party was not or
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currently engaged in other related party transactions with the related
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whether the related
party transaction would present an improper conflict of interest for any
director or executive officer of First Horizon, taking into account the
size of the transaction, the overall financial position of the director or
executive officer, the direct or indirect nature of the interest of the
director or executive officer in the transaction, the ongoing nature of
any proposed relationship, and any other factors the Audit Committee deems
relevant.
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Transactions with
Related Persons
The Bank and its subsidiaries
have entered into lending transactions in the ordinary course of business with
our executive officers, directors, nominees, and their associates, and they
expect to have such transactions in the future. Such transactions have been on
substantially the same terms, including interest rates and collateral on loans,
as those prevailing at the same time for comparable transactions with others and
have not involved more than the normal risk of collectibility or presented other
unfavorable features. From time to time, the Bank and its broker-dealer
subsidiaries (either as agent or as principal) may engage in securities
transactions with, and the Bank and its subsidiaries have other banking
transactions (including but not limited to deposit accounts and loan-
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related interest rate
swaps) with, our executive officers and directors and their associates in the
ordinary course of business on terms substantially similar to those available to
members of the general public. Our executive officers and directors do not
derive any special benefits from such transactions.
During 2007, the Bank made
lease payments on one of its branches to Lacey Mosby & Sons, Inc., a
business in which an equity investment is owned by Marlin L. Mosby, Jr., the
father of Marlin L. Mosby, III, who was designated as an executive officer of
First Horizon in October 2002. The lease, which was an arm’s length transaction
at market rates, was entered into in 1997, has a 30 year term, provides for
monthly payments of $3,000, increasing in increments to $7,000 per month in
2018, and has renewal options. The Bank has leased this location or an adjacent
property from this business for over 30 years. Mr. Mosby ceased to be an
executive officer of First Horizon in May 2007.
During 2007, First Horizon
cancelled its split-dollar life insurance policies for officers, received the
cash surrender value on the policies from the carrier, and replaced them with
term insurance. In lieu of canceling the policy on Elbert L. Thomas and
receiving the cash surrender value from the carrier, First Horizon sold the
policy to Mr. Thomas. Mr. Thomas paid First Horizon approximately $127,000 for
the policy, which is the same amount that First Horizon would have received from
the carrier as the cash surrender value on the policy. Mr. Thomas ceased to be
an executive officer of First Horizon in January 2007. This transaction was
approved in advance by the Audit Committee under its related party transaction
procedures.
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STOCK
OWNERSHIP INFORMATION
As of December 31, 2007, there
were 7,410 shareholders of record of our common stock. To our knowledge, there
were two persons who owned beneficially, as that term is defined by Rule 13d-3
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, more than five percent (5%) of our
common stock as of December 31, 2007. Certain information concerning beneficial
ownership of our common stock by those persons as of December 31, 2007 is set
forth in the following table:
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Name and Address
of Beneficial Owner |
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Amount and
Nature of Beneficial Ownership |
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Percent of
Class |
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Barclays
Global |
|
|
|
8,456,918 |
|
|
|
|
6.69 |
% |
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|
T. Rowe Price
Associates, Inc. |
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12,631,400 |
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|
|
|
9.9 |
% |
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The information in the table
above with respect to Barclays Global is based on information set forth in
Schedule 13G, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 5,
2008, 2008 jointly by Barclays Global Investors, NA (“BGINA”), 45 Fremont
Street, San Francisco, California 94105, Barclays Global Fund Advisors (“BGFA”),
45 Fremont Street, San Francisco, California 94105, Barclays Global Investors,
LTD (“BGLTD”), 1 Royal Mint Court, London, EC3N 4HH, Barclays Global Investors
Japan Trust and Banking Company Limited (“BGIJTBC”), Ebisu Prime Square Tower
8th Floor, 1-1-39 Hiroo Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo 150-0012 Japan, Barclays Global
Investors Japan Limited (“BGIJL”), Ebisu Prime Square Tower 8th Floor, 1-1-39
Hiroo Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo 150-8402 Japan, Barclays Global Investors Canada Limited
(“BGICL”), Brookfield Place, 161 Bay Street, Suite 2500, P.O. Box 614, Toronto,
Canada, Ontario M5J 2S1, Barclays Global Investors Australia Limited (“BGIAL”),
Level 43, Grosvenor Place, 225 George Street, P.O. Box N43, Sydney, Australia
NSW 1220, and Barclays Global Investors (Deutschland) AG (“BGIDAG”),
Apianstrasse 6, D-85774, Unterfohring, Germany.
According to this Schedule
13G, BGINA has sole voting power with respect to 2,128,470 shares and sole
dispositive power with respect to 2,680,787 shares; BGFA has sole voting power
and sole dispositive power with respect to 5,113,603 shares; BGILTD has sole
voting power with respect to 469,087 shares and sole dispositive power with
respect to 502,928 shares; BGIJL has sole voting power and sole dispositive
power with respect to 115,157 shares; and BGICL has sole voting power and sole
dispositive power with respect to 44,443 shares.
The information in the table
above with respect to T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (“TRP”) is based on
information set forth in Schedule 13G, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on February 13, 2008 by TRP, 100 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland
21202. According to this Schedule 13G, TRP has sole voting power with respect to
2,308,784 shares and sole dispositive power with respect to 12,631,400
shares.
The following table sets forth
certain information as of December 31, 2007, concerning beneficial ownership of
our common stock by each director and nominee, each executive officer named in
the Summary Compensation Table, and directors and executive officers as a
group:
Stock
Ownership Table
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Name of Beneficial
Owner |
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Shares
Beneficially Owned(1) |
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Stock Units
in Deferral Accounts(2) |
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Total and
Percent Of Class(3) |
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Gerald L.
Baker |
|
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145,685(5 |
) |
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|
|
|
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145,685 |
|
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Robert C.
Blattberg |
|
|
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45,272(4 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
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45,272 |
|
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Charles G.
Burkett |
|
|
|
182,231(5 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
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182,231 |
|
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Robert B.
Carter |
|
|
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930(4 |
) |
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|
|
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|
930 |
|
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Simon F.
Cooper |
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|
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8,137(4 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
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8,137 |
|
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J. Kenneth
Glass(6) |
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|
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1,320,078(5 |
) |
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|
|
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12,860 |
|
|
|
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1,332,938 |
|
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James A. Haslam,
III |
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66,766(4 |
) |
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66,766 |
|
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D. Bryan
Jordan |
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|
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50,000(5 |
) |
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|
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50,000 |
|
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R. Brad
Martin(7) |
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|
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474,083(4 |
) |
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|
|
|
|
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474,083 |
|
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Mark A.
Medford |
|
|
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27,852(5 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
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27,852 |
|
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Sarah L.
Meyerrose |
|
|
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152,459(5 |
) |
|
|
|
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3,926 |
|
|
|
|
156,385 |
|
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Marlin L. Mosby,
III(6) |
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|
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40,631(5 |
) |
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|
|
|
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40,631 |
|
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John P.
O’Connor |
|
|
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417,877(5 |
) |
|
|
|
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25,336 |
|
|
|
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443,213 |
|
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Vicki R.
Palmer |
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|
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84,450(4 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
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84,450 |
|
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Colin V.
Reed |
|
|
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54,622(4 |
) |
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|
|
|
|
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54,622 |
|
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Michael D.
Rose |
|
|
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210,651(5 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
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210,651 |
|
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Mary F.
Sammons |
|
|
|
10,526(4 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
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10,526 |
|
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William B.
Sansom |
|
|
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108,494(4 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
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108,494 |
|
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Elbert L. Thomas, Jr.
|
|
|
|
243,829(5 |
) |
|
|
|
|
27,083 |
|
|
|
|
270,912 |
|
|
Luke Yancy
III |
|
|
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20,193(4 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
20,193 |
|
|
Directors and Executive
Officers as a Group (26 persons) |
|
|
|
4,128,443(5 |
) |
|
|
|
|
74,985 |
|
|
|
|
4,203,428 |
|
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(1) |
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The respective
directors, nominees and officers have sole voting and investment powers
with respect to all of such shares except as specified in notes (4) and
(5). Amounts in the second column do not include stock units in the third
column. The shares listed for Mr. Glass and Mr. O’Connor include 188,305
and 79,309 shares, respectively, held in margin loan accounts, whether or
not there are loans outstanding. The shares listed for Mr. Rose include
4,263 shares pledged as collateral on a line of credit. |
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(2) |
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Prior to January 2005,
our stock option program and our restricted stock incentive plan permitted
participants to defer receipt of shares upon the exercise of options and
receipt of shares prior to the lapsing of restrictions imposed on
restricted stock awards, respectively. Amounts in the third column reflect
the number of shares deferred under these two programs that a participant
has the right to receive on a future date. These shares are not currently
issued and are not considered to be beneficially owned for purposes of
Rule 13d-3, but are reflected in a deferral account on our books as
phantom stock units or restricted stock units. |
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|
|
(3) |
|
|
|
No current individual
director, nominee or executive officer beneficially owns more than one
(1%) percent of our common stock that is outstanding. Mr. Glass owns 1.04%
of our outstanding common stock. The percentage of common stock
outstanding owned by the director and executive officer group (3.27%)
includes stock units. The percentage would be 3.22% with stock units
excluded. |
|
|
|
(4) |
|
|
|
Includes the following
shares of restricted stock with respect to which the non-employee director
possesses sole voting power, but no investment power: Dr. Blattberg—2,400;
Mr. Carter—0; Mr. Cooper—6,400; Mr. Haslam—1,200; Mr. Martin—4,800;
Ms. Palmer—4,800; Mr. Reed—7,200; Ms. Sammons—4,800;
Mr. Sansom—1,600; and Mr. Yancy—3,600. Includes the following shares
as to which the named non-employee directors have the right to acquire
beneficial ownership through the exercise of stock options granted under
our director plans, all of which are 100% vested or will have vested
within 60 days of December 31, 2007: Dr. Blattberg—34,512; Mr. Carter—0;
Mr. Cooper—0; Mr. Haslam—47,253; Mr. Martin—39,220;
Ms. Palmer—73,542; Mr. Reed—0; Ms. Sammons—2,493; Mr. Sansom—88,409;
and Mr. Yancy—10,634. |
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|
|
(5) |
|
|
|
Includes the following
shares of restricted stock with respect to which the named person or group
has sole voting power but no investment power: Mr. Baker—36,797; Mr.
Burkett—37,831; Mr. Glass—0; Mr. Jordan—25,000; Mr. Medford—2,152; Ms.
Meyerrose—25,659; Mr. Mosby—18,982; Mr. O’Connor—23,349; Mr. Rose—0; Mr.
Thomas—28,285; and the director and executive officer group—308,045.
Includes the following shares as to which the named person or group has
the right to acquire beneficial ownership through the exercise of stock
options granted under our stock option plans, all of which are 100% vested
or will have vested within 60 days of December 31, 2007: Mr. Baker—77,735;
Mr. Burkett—77,653; Mr. Glass—833,175; Mr. Jordan—0; Mr. Medford—24,837;
Ms. Meyerrose—68,722; Mr. Mosby—16,171; Mr. O’Connor—175,590; Mr.
Rose—82,699; Mr. Thomas—176,097; and the director and executive officer
group—2,038,523. Also includes shares held at December 31, 2007 in 401(k)
Savings Plan accounts. Director and executive officer group totals do not
include an aggregate of less than 75,000 shares (including stock options
and restricted stock) for two individuals who became executive officers
after December 31, 2007 and do include shares held by Messrs. Glass,
Mosby, O’Connor and Thomas, who were executive officers during 2007 but
ceased to be executive officers prior to December 31,
2007. |
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|
|
(6) |
|
|
|
Mr. Glass ceased to be
an executive officer as of January 29, 2007 and a director as of April 17,
2007. Mr. Mosby ceased to be an executive officer May 1,
2007. |
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|
|
(7) |
|
|
|
The number of shares for
Mr. Martin includes 40,000 shares held by the R. Brad Martin Family
Foundation.
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VOTE ITEM NO.
1—ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors is
divided into three classes. The term of office of each class expires in
successive years. The term of the Class III directors expires at this annual
meeting. The terms of the Class I and Class II directors expire at the 2009 and
2010 annual meetings, respectively. The Board of Directors proposes the election
of four Class III directors and one Class II director, each of whom is an
incumbent. The Class II director, Mr. Carter, was elected by the Board of
Directors in July 2007, and his term, under Tennessee law, expires at the next
annual meeting of shareholders following his election by the Board. Mr. Carter
was recommended as a nominee for a position on our Board by a non-management
director. Each Class III director elected at the meeting will hold office until
the 2011 annual meeting of shareholders or until his or her successor is elected
and qualified, and upon election Mr. Carter will hold office until the 2010
annual meeting of shareholders or until his successor is elected and
qualified.
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If any nominee proposed by the
Board of Directors is unable to accept election, which the Board of Directors
has no reason to anticipate, the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy
will vote for the election of such other persons as directed by the Board,
unless the Board decides to reduce the number of directors pursuant to the
Bylaws.
We have provided below certain
information about the nominees and directors (including age, current principal
occupation, which has continued for at least five years unless otherwise
indicated, name and principal business of the organization in which his or her
occupation is carried on, directorships in other reporting companies, and year
first elected to our Board). All of our directors are also directors of the
Bank. Director committee appointments are disclosed in a table on page 6 of the
“Corporate Governance and Board Matters—Composition of Board Committees” section
of this proxy statement above.
NOMINEES FOR
DIRECTOR
Class III
Term Expiring at 2011 Annual Meeting
SIMON F. COOPER (62)
has been President and Chief Operating Officer of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Company, L.L.C. and an executive officer of its parent company, Marriott
International, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, a worldwide operator and franchisor of
hotels and related lodging facilities, since February 2001. Mr. Cooper has been
a director of First Horizon since 2005.
JAMES A. HASLAM, III
(54) is Chief Executive Officer of Pilot Travel Centers, LLC, Knoxville,
Tennessee, a national operator of travel centers, and he is CEO of Pilot
Corporation. Mr. Haslam is a director of one other public company, Ruby Tuesday,
Inc. Mr. Haslam has been a director since 1996.
COLIN V. REED (60) is
the Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Gaylord
Entertainment Company, Nashville, Tennessee, a diversified hospitality and
entertainment company. Mr. Reed was elected Chairman of the Board in May 2005
and Chief Executive Officer in May 2001. Mr. Reed is a director of one other
public company, Gaylord Entertainment Company. He has been a director since
April 2006.
MARY F. SAMMONS (61)
has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Rite Aid Corporation (“Rite
Aid”), Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, a retail drug store chain, since June 2003, and
she has been a member of the Rite Aid Board of Directors since December 1999 and
its chairman since June 2007. She served as President and Chief Operating
Officer of Rite Aid from December 1999 to June 2003. Ms. Sammons is a director
of one other public company, Rite Aid. She has been a director since
2003.
Class II
For the Remainder
of a Three-Year Term Expiring at the 2010 Annual Meeting
ROBERT B. CARTER (47)
is Executive Vice President—FedEx Information Services and Chief Information
Officer of FedEx Corporation (“FedEx”), a provider of transportation, e-commerce
and business services. He was Executive Vice President and Chief Information
Officer of FedEx from June 2000 to January 2007. Mr. Carter serves as a director
of one other public company, Saks Incorporated. He was elected as a director of
First Horizon in July 2007.
CONTINUING
DIRECTORS
Class I
Term Expiring at the 2009 Annual Meeting
GERALD L. BAKER (65)
was elected the President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of First
Horizon and the Bank by the Board on January 29, 2007. From November 2005 to
January 29, 2007, Mr. Baker was Chief Operating Officer of First Horizon and the
Bank. Prior to November 2005, Mr. Baker was Executive Vice President of First
Horizon and the Bank and President—First Horizon Financial Services, and prior
to January 2006, Mr. Baker was President—Mortgage Banking and President and
Chief Executive Officer of First Horizon Home Loan Corporation.
R. BRAD MARTIN (56) is
the Chairman of RBM Venture Company, Memphis, Tennessee, a family office. He
retired as Chairman of the Board of Saks Incorporated, Birmingham, Alabama, a
retail merchandising company, in May 2007. Prior to January 2007, Mr. Martin was
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Saks
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Incorporated. Mr.
Martin is a director of two other public companies, Gaylord Entertainment
Company and lululemon athletica inc. He has been a director since
1994.
VICKI R. PALMER (54) is
Executive Vice President, Financial Services and Administration, Coca-Cola
Enterprises Inc. (“CCE”), Atlanta, Georgia, a bottler of soft drink products.
Prior to February 2004, Ms. Palmer served as Corporate Senior Vice President,
Treasurer, and Special Assistant to the CEO of CCE. Ms. Palmer is a director of
one other public company, Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. She has been a
director since 1993.
WILLIAM B. SANSOM (66)
is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of The H. T. Hackney Co.,
Knoxville, Tennessee, a wholesale food distribution firm serving the Southeast
and Midwest. He is a director of three other public companies, Astec Industries,
Inc., Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. and the Tennessee Valley
Authority. Mr. Sansom has been a director since 1984.
Class II
Term Expiring at
2010 Annual Meeting
ROBERT C. BLATTBERG
(65) is the Timothy W. McGuire Distinguished Service Professor of Marketing and
Executive Director of the Center for Marketing Technology and Information at the
Tepper School of Management, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. Prior to January 1, 2008, he was the Polk Brothers Distinguished
Professor of Retailing, J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management,
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. He is a director of one other
public company, Mannatech, Inc. Dr. Blattberg has been a director since
1984.
MICHAEL D. ROSE (66)
was elected the Chairman of the Board of First Horizon and the Bank by the Board
on January 29, 2007. He served as Chairman of Gaylord Entertainment Company from
April 2001 to May 2005. Mr. Rose is a director of three other public companies,
Gaylord Entertainment Company, Darden Restaurants, Inc., and General Mills, Inc.
Mr. Rose has been a director since 1984.
LUKE YANCY III (58) is
President and Chief Executive Officer of Mid-South Minority Business Council,
Memphis, Tennessee, a nonprofit organization that promotes minority and women
business enterprises. Prior to June 2000, Mr. Yancy was President, West Region,
of AmSouth Bank and, prior to its acquisition by AmSouth in 1999, First American
Bank. Mr. Yancy has been a director since 2001.
The Board of Directors
unanimously recommends that the shareholders vote for Item No. 1.
VOTE ITEM NO.
2—APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS TO OUR CHARTER TO PROVIDE FOR DECLASSIFICATION OF OUR
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ANNUAL ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Our Board of Directors has
approved, and recommends your approval of, amendments to our Charter that would
provide for the phased-in elimination of the classification of the Board and the
annual election of directors, beginning with the class of directors whose terms
expire at the 2009 annual meeting of shareholders.
Our Board of Directors is
currently divided into three classes, and members of each class are elected to
serve for staggered three-year terms. If the amendments are adopted, the
directors elected at the 2009 annual meeting and thereafter would be elected to
one-year terms, but the amendments would not shorten the existing term of any
director elected prior to the 2009 annual meeting. Class III directors elected
at the 2008 annual meeting will be elected to three-year terms, expiring at the
2011 annual meeting. The terms of the Class I directors will continue to expire
at the 2009 annual meeting, and the terms of the Class II directors, including
the Class II director elected at the 2008 annual meeting, will continue to
expire at the 2010 annual meeting.
The proposed amendments are
the result of the Board’s ongoing review of our corporate governance policies.
In making its recommendation, the Board and the Nominating & Corporate
Governance Committee considered carefully the advantages of both classified and
declassified board structures. A classified board of directors can promote
continuity and enhance the stability of the board, encourage a long-term
perspective on the part of directors and reduce a company’s vulnerability to
coercive takeover tactics. The Board recognized these advantages but concluded
that they were outweighed by the advantages of the shareholders’ ability to
evaluate all directors annually and of the Corporation’s adoption of a structure
that is considered by many investors and others to be a “best practice” in
corporate governance. Consequently, the Board of Directors concluded that
amendments of our Charter to declassify the Board are in the best interests of
the Corporation and its shareholders.
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Declassification of our Board
will require amendment to subsections (a), (b) and (e) of Article 12 of our
Charter. Subsection (b) currently provides that directors elected to fill a
newly created directorship or other vacancy shall hold office for the remainder
of the full term of the class of directors in which the new directorship was
created or the vacancy occurred and until such director’s successor has been
duly elected and qualified. In addition to referring to the classified Board,
subsection (b) of Article 12 is contrary to Tennessee law, which requires
directors elected by the Board to stand for re-election at the annual meeting of
shareholders next following their election by the Board (rather than at the end
of the full term of the class to which they were elected). The elimination of
this provision thus brings our Charter into compliance with Tennessee law and
our practice. A copy of Article 12, marked to show the proposed amendments, is
attached to this proxy statement as Appendix A.
If approved by the
shareholders, the amendments will be effective upon the filing of articles of
amendment to our Charter or a restated Charter with the Secretary of State of
Tennessee. First Horizon would make this filing promptly after approval of the
proposal at the annual meeting. In addition, the Board has made conforming
changes to the Bylaws to eliminate references to the classification of the
Board, contingent upon and effective immediately following the approval of the
Charter amendments by the shareholders. If the proposed amendments are not
approved, the Board of Directors will remain classified.
The Board of Directors
unanimously recommends that the shareholders vote for Item No. 2.
VOTE ITEM NO.
3—APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS TO OUR CHARTER AND BYLAWS TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT
OF A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE FOR CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER AND
BYLAWS
Our Board of Directors has
approved, and recommends your approval of, amendments to our Charter and Bylaws
that would eliminate the requirement of a supermajority vote for certain
amendments to the Charter and Bylaws. Our Charter currently requires the vote of
80% of the voting power of all outstanding shares to amend Article 12 of the
Charter. Article 12 currently
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provides for
the classification of the Board and a three-year term of office for
directors, |
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• |
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requires that the number
of directors be fixed in the Bylaws, |
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• |
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provides for the filling
of newly created directorships or vacancies on the Board only by the
directors (except in the case of removal), |
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authorizes the removal
of directors by the shareholders only for cause, and |
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requires the vote of 80%
of the voting power of all outstanding shares to amend the Bylaws and to
amend any provision of the Charter inconsistent with the
Bylaws.
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In addition, Section 10.5 of
the Bylaws currently requires the vote of 80% of the voting power of all
outstanding shares to amend the Bylaws. The proposed amendments would provide
that the amendments to the Charter and Bylaws described above, which currently
require an 80% supermajority for approval, would be approved by the vote of a
majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares.
The Board has proposed these
amendments to our Charter and Bylaws as part of its ongoing review of our
corporate governance policies. The amendments, if adopted, would make it easier
for our shareholders to make changes to our Bylaws and to important provisions
of our Charter. The Board has carefully considered the advantages of the
supermajority requirements, which serve to protect the classified Board and the
other provisions of the Charter described above and which, as noted above,
thereby support the continuity and stability of the Board, encourage a long-term
perspective on the part of directors and reduce the Corporation’s vulnerability
to coercive takeover tactics. The Board has concluded, however, that these
advantages are outweighed by the advantages of facilitating the shareholders’
ability to amend the Bylaws and the relevant provisions of the Charter. In
addition, like the declassification of the Board, the elimination of the
supermajority voting requirements is seen by many investors and others as a
“best practice” for corporate governance. Consequently, the Board of Directors
concluded that the proposed amendments of our Charter and Bylaws to eliminate
the supermajority voting requirements are in the best interests of the
Corporation and its shareholders.
Elimination of the
supermajority voting requirements will require amendments to subsections (c) and
(d) of Article 12 of our Charter and Section 10.5 of our Bylaws. Copies of
Article 12 the Charter and of Section 10.5 of the Bylaws, both marked to show
the proposed amendments, are attached to this proxy statement as Appendix A and
Appendix B, respectively. If the proposed amendments are not approved, the
provisions requiring supermajority approval of amendments to the Bylaws and to
certain provisions of the Charter will remain in place.
The Board of Directors
unanimously recommends that the shareholders vote for Item No. 3.
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VOTE ITEM
NO. 4—RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS
Appointment of Auditors for
2008
KPMG LLP audited our annual
financial statements for the year 2007. The Audit Committee has appointed KPMG
LLP to be our auditors for the year 2008. Although not required by law,
regulation or the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, the Board has
determined, as a matter of good corporate governance and consistent with past
practice, to submit to the shareholders as Vote Item No. 4 the ratification of
KPMG LLP’s appointment as our auditors for the year 2008, with the
recommendation that the shareholders vote for Item No. 4. Representatives of
KPMG LLP are expected to be present at the annual meeting of shareholders with
the opportunity to make a statement and to respond to appropriate questions. The
2007 engagement letter with KPMG LLP is subject to alternative dispute
resolution procedures and an exclusion of punitive damages. If the shareholders
do not vote to ratify KPMG LLP’s appointment as our auditors for the year 2008,
the Board of Directors will consider what course of action would be
appropriate.
Fees Billed to Us by Auditors During 2006 and
2007
The table below and the
paragraphs following it provide information regarding the fees billed to us by
KPMG LLP during 2006 and 2007 for services rendered in the categories of audit
fees, audit- related fees, tax fees and all other fees.
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2006 |
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2007 |
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Audit Fees |
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$ |
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1,901,000 |
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$ |
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1,957,000 |
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Audit-Related
Fees |
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537,000 |
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649,000 |
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Tax Fees |
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15,000 |
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15,000 |
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All Other
Fees |
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128,000 |
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0 |
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Total |
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$ |
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2,581,000 |
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$ |
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2,621,000 |
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Audit Fees. For the
years 2006 and 2007, the aggregate fees billed to us by KPMG LLP for
professional services rendered for the audit of our financial statements,
including the audit of internal controls over financial reporting, and review of
the financial statements in our Form 10-Q’s or for services that are normally
provided by KPMG LLP in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or
engagements were $1,901,000 and $1,957,000, respectively.
Audit-Related Fees. For
the years 2006 and 2007, the aggregate fees billed to us by KPMG LLP for
assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of
the audit or review of our financial statements and are not reported under
“Audit Fees” above were $537,000 and $649,000, respectively. The amount for both
years consists of fees for ERISA audits, audits of subsidiaries, compliance
attestation and other procedures and reports on controls placed in operation and
tests of operating effectiveness.
Tax Fees. For the years
2006 and 2007, the aggregate fees billed to us by KPMG LLP for professional
services for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning were $15,000 and
$15,000, respectively. The amount for both years consists primarily of tax
compliance fees.
All Other Fees. For the
years 2006 and 2007, the aggregate fees billed to us by KPMG LLP for products
and services other than those reported under the three preceding paragraphs were
$128,000 and $0, respectively. The amount for 2006 consists of fees for due
diligence procedures pertaining to potential business acquisitions.
In July 2003, the Audit
Committee adopted a policy providing for pre-approval of all audit and non-audit
services to be performed by KPMG LLP, as the registered public accounting firm
that performs the audit of our consolidated financial statements that are filed
with the SEC. A copy of the policy, as amended, is attached to this proxy
statement at pages E-5 through E-7 of Appendix E. None of the services provided
to us by KPMG LLP and described in the paragraphs entitled “Audit-Related Fees,”
“Tax Fees” and “All Other Fees” above were approved pursuant to the de minimis
exception of SEC Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C).
The Board of Directors
unanimously recommends that the shareholders vote for Item No. 4.
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OTHER
MATTERS
The Board of Directors, at the
time of the preparation and printing of this proxy statement, knew of no other
business to be brought before the meeting other than the matters described in
this proxy statement. If any other business properly comes before the meeting,
the persons named in the enclosed proxy will have discretionary authority to
vote all proxies in accordance with their best judgment.
SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL AND NOMINATION
DEADLINES
If you intend to present a
shareholder proposal at the 2009 annual meeting, it must be received by the
Corporate Secretary, First Horizon National Corporation, P. O. Box 84, Memphis,
Tennessee, 38101, not later than November 10, 2008, for inclusion in the
proxy statement and form of proxy relating to that meeting.
In addition, Sections 2.8 and
3.6 of our Bylaws provide that a shareholder who wishes to nominate a person for
election to the Board or submit a proposal at a shareholders’ meeting must
comply with certain procedures whether or not the matter is included in our
proxy statement. These procedures require written notification to us, generally
not less than 90 nor more than 120 days prior to the date of the shareholders’
meeting. If, however, we give fewer than 100 days’ notice or public disclosure
of the shareholders’ meeting date to shareholders, then we must receive the
shareholder notification not later than 10 days after the earlier of the date
notice of the shareholders’ meeting was mailed or publicly disclosed.
Shareholder proposals must be submitted to the Corporate Secretary, and
nominations for election to the Board must be submitted to the chairperson of
the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee, in care of the Corporate
Secretary. The shareholder must disclose certain information about the nominee
or item proposed, the shareholder and any other shareholders known to support
the nominee or proposal. Section 2.4 of our Bylaws provides that the date and
time of the annual meeting will be the third Tuesday in April (or, if that day
is a legal holiday, on the next succeeding business day that is not a legal
holiday) at 10:00 a.m. Memphis time or such other date and/or such other time as
our Board may fix by resolution. The meeting date for 2009, determined according
to the Bylaws, is April 21, 2009. Thus, shareholder proposals and nominations
submitted outside the process that permits them to be included in our proxy
statement must be submitted to the Corporate Secretary between December 21, 2008
and January 21, 2009, or the proposals will be considered untimely. Untimely
proposals may be excluded by the Chairman or our proxies may exercise their
discretion and vote on these matters in a manner they determine to be
appropriate.
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Compensation Discussion and
Analysis
Introduction
We continue to be committed to
pay for results. Large portions of compensation opportunities for our executives
are linked to company performance. In 2007 our performance overall did not meet
threshold requirements, and as a result those opportunities paid nothing for the
year. Specifically, $0 was paid for all executive officer cash bonuses that were
based solely on corporate performance. The long-term incentive program (“LTIP”)
award granted to executives three years ago, covering the performance period
2005-2007, paid $0 for all executive officers. Stock options granted in April,
at prevailing market prices, were substantially underwater by year-end and will
require the stock price to roughly double before they will have any value. Since
2004, actual total pay for the CEO and COO positions has been below the 25th
percentile of the competitive market as a result of this linkage of pay to
company results.
2007 was a tumultuous year for
the financial services industry. The interest rate environment, including the
yield curve shape, continued to be a drag on our performance for much of the
year. Major financial markets on which we and other institutions depend
experienced highly unusual and substantial disruptions in the third and fourth
quarters, with corresponding immediate financial losses in our mortgage
business. Those disruptions created major secondary impacts upon all our
business segments, including lower transaction volume in all segments as well as
lower collateral values and higher rates of non-performance across many of our
loan products. Some of the market conditions and impacts are expected to be
isolated to 2007, while others are likely to persist for some time. At the same
time, in 2007 we undertook a comprehensive cost reduction program and a
top-to-bottom examination, restructuring, and repositioning of our businesses,
products, and distribution channels, resulting in substantial changes to our
business strategies. We incurred most of the costs of these initiatives in 2007,
although the benefits will not be realized until 2008 and later
years.
During 2007 we also
experienced substantial changes in our personnel at all levels of the
Corporation. By the end of 2007, we had reduced our employees overall by over
20% compared with the beginning of the year. During 2007 Jerry Baker became our
President and CEO, Mike Rose became our Chairman of the Board, and Bryan Jordan
became our CFO.
Although compensation tools
and devices inevitably must be adjusted as conditions change, the Compensation
Committee of the Board remains committed to linking pay to performance in
substantial ways at the executive level. A central philosophy of the Committee
is to provide competitive compensation opportunities for executives in
predictable, measurable ways. At the same time the Committee retains the
flexibility to respond to unexpected circumstances.
This section of our proxy
statement will provide an overview of our executive pay components, explain them
in the context of our compensation philosophies and some of the events of this
year, and connect outcomes with objectives.
2007 CEO Compensation
In 2007, the actual
compensation of the CEO was as follows:
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Salary was
increased in February to $800,000 when he was promoted to
CEO. |
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No bonus was
paid. |
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162,500 stock options
were granted with an exercise price of $39.66. |
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32,500 performance stock
units were granted. Achievement of the threshold level of performance for
payment is not expected. |
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Other compensation (401k
match, life insurance, and other perks/benefits) was $52,362.
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In total, the CEO was paid
approximately $850,000 for 2007 as a result of the effects of company
performance on compensation opportunities linked to company
performance.
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Compensation Committee
Administration
The Compensation Committee of
the Board administers all plans and programs connected with compensation of the
named executive officers with joint administration with the Nominating &
Corporate Governance Committee with respect to our change in control program.
Information concerning the Compensation Committee, its current members, and its
charter is provided under the caption “The Compensation Committee” beginning on
page 10 of this proxy statement, and a copy of the charter is contained in
Appendix G.
Compensation Overview for Our Named Executive
Officers
The principal components of
compensation for our named executives are salary, annual cash bonus, and
long-term incentive awards. Salary and bonus are inherently short-term
compensation elements, while equity-based incentives are inherently long-term.
During the later part of 2006 and early 2007, management and the Committee
conducted a comprehensive review of our executive compensation programs
discussed further under the caption “2006-7 Executive Compensation Review” on
page 29 of this proxy statement. One of the outcomes from the review was changes
to the design and mix of long-term incentive awards, which in 2007 were in the
form of stock options and performance stock unit (“PSU”) awards.
Other compensation components
include: retirement benefits; health and miscellaneous benefits; and change in
control benefits. In addition, occasionally we provide special incentives or
benefits related to substantial changes in employment status, including hiring,
major promotion, or early retirement.
The following table outlines
the categories or components of compensation in 2007 for our named executive
officers. Details of each component are provided later in this Compensation
Discussion and Analysis section.
Compensation Components in
2007
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Purpose |
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Key Features
in 2007 |
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Cash
salary |
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Provide
competitive baseline compensation to attract and retain executive
talent |
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Salaries are
determined based on prevailing market levels with adjustments for
individual factors such as performance, experience, skills, and tenure.
Annually management sets a company wide merit pool in which the executives
participate. For 2007 the executive officer merit increases were the same
as the company-wide average of 3.4%. |
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Annual cash
bonus |
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Create a strong
financial incentive for achieving or exceeding one-year company and/or
executive management team goals |
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The annual
bonus is performance-based under our shareholder-approved 2002 Management
Incentive Plan, as amended. The key metrics in 2007 were earnings per
share growth and individual performance for corporate officers and
specific business line earnings targets for business line
officers. |
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Compensation Component |
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Primary
Purpose |
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Key Features
in 2007 |
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Stock
options |
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Create a
financial incentive for achieving long-term stock value growth and thus
align the interests of executives with those of shareholders, and provide
a necessary retention tool. |
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An option is
the right to purchase a fixed amount of our stock at a fixed price over a
seven-year term. Options do not fully vest until four years after grant.
Options will have no value unless the market price of our stock rises
above the option price. |
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Performance
stock units (“PSUs”) |
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Provide a
performance-based incentive to reward achievement of specific long-term
company goals |
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A PSU is the
right to receive an amount of stock (or equivalent value in cash) based on
achievement of pre-determined performance goals during a three-year
performance period. |
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Retirement
and tax-deferral benefits |
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Provide
competitive opportunities for executives to prepare for retirement and to
take advantage of deferral provisions in the tax laws |
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Benefits are
offered through broad-based pension and 401(k) savings plans and through
officer deferred compensation programs. |
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Perquisites
and broad-based benefits |
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Provide
personal benefits to meet competitive pressures for talent |
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Many benefits
(such as health insurance) are provided under broad-based programs. Most
benefits are provided in-kind. Perquisites were limited and capped in
2007. |
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Change in
control benefits |
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Allow us to
compete for executive talent during normal times and, if a change in
control situation were to arise, motivate our executive team to remain
with First Horizon, focused on company objectives, during the pursuit,
closing, and transition periods of the transaction |
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Severance
agreements and awards in 2007 were changed to have a “double trigger”
(i.e., benefits are paid only if employment terminates in connection with
a change in control event). Key benefits are cash payments based on salary
and bonus and accelerated vesting of stock awards. |
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Special
awards: |
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Retention
bonus Mr. Medford Ms. Meyerrose Mr. Mosby Mr.
O’Connor Mr. Thomas |
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Provide a cash
incentive to targeted personnel to remain with the company for a specified
period |
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Bonus is paid
in advance, subject to forfeiture if the officer resigns in less than one
year. |
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Compensation Component |
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Primary
Purpose |
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Key Features
in 2007 |
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Hiring
bonus Mr. Jordan |
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Replace
compensation forfeited as a result of leaving the officer’s former
employer and provide an incentive to remain with First Horizon for a
specified period |
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Cash and equity
paid/awarded at hire, subject to forfeiture if the officer resigns in less
than one year. |
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Early
retirement agreement Mr. Glass Mr. Thomas |
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Recognize their
service to the company and promote an orderly transition within the
company |
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Most
outstanding awards were forfeited. Vested awards were retained based on
their original terms. For Mr. Glass, an old deferred compensation plan and
a long-term stock award that was almost fully vested at the time of
retirement were allowed to continue/vest. No cash severance was
paid. |
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Compensation Philosophies and
Practices
Our executive compensation
plans and programs are designed to provide an incentive for our executives to
attain specific corporate goals by rewarding them for achievement, align the
interests of our executive officers with the interests of our shareholders, and
compensate our executives so as to retain their services over the long term and
allow us to attract new executive talent when needed.
Alignment
A major emphasis in our
programs is the alignment of the interests of our executive officers with the
interests of our shareholders.
Ties between Executive
Compensation and Corporate Performance. Approximately 80% of the CEO’s
annual target compensation is at risk based on corporate earnings per share
growth performance, while a substantial portion of the other executives’ annual
compensation is based on achievement of applicable business unit or corporate
financial objectives. Additional information on performance practices is set
forth under the caption “Relative Sizing and Mix of Major Compensation
Components” beginning on page 29 of this proxy statement.
Stock Ownership Guidelines.
These guidelines require the CEO to maintain beneficial ownership over time
of at least 150,000 shares, and each of the other executive officers is expected
to maintain beneficial ownership over time of 25,000 to 50,000 shares. For this
purpose, fully-owned shares, restricted stock, and shares held in tax-deferred
plans are counted, but stock options are not counted. If sufficient shares are
not owned to satisfy the ownership guideline, 75% of the net after-tax shares
received from our stock option and other plans must be retained until the target
ownership level is achieved. In 2007, four of the executive officers did not own
sufficient shares to meet the required levels. Those four have relatively short
tenure in their current position, and they will be subject to the 75% retention
requirement per the guidelines until they hold sufficient shares to meet the
guidelines.
We intend for the combined
emphasis on corporate performance in setting executive compensation and stock
ownership to strongly link the interests of our executives with those of our
shareholders.
Retention, Attraction, and
Competition
Our compensation plans and
programs are designed to attract and retain excellent employees. Our human
resources are a significant and valuable asset. We recruit from a broad pool of
talent, and our people in turn may be recruited by competitors and others. Our
total compensation package at each level must be competitive. If it is not, then
over the long term we risk losing our best people while hampering our ability to
replace them. Additional information concerning competitive factors is set forth
in “Use of Peer Group Data” beginning on page 27.
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Deductibility of Compensation for Tax
Purposes.
Section 162(m) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Tax Code”), generally disallows a tax
deduction to public companies for compensation exceeding $1 million paid during
the year to the CEO and the three other highest paid executive officers at
year-end (excluding the Chief Financial Officer). Certain performance-based
compensation is not, however, subject to the deduction limit. The Committee’s
practice is to continue to consider ways to maximize the deductibility of
executive compensation while retaining the discretion deemed necessary to
compensate executive officers in a manner commensurate with performance and the
competitive market for executive talent.
Compensation Committee
Meetings
In 2007 the Committee met six
times and took action by written consent one time for the principal purposes of
executing their responsibilities as outlined in the Committee’s charter. Every
meeting was concluded with an executive session during which management was not
present.
Additional information
concerning director attendance at meetings and other related matters is set
forth under the heading “Board and Committee Meeting Attendance” beginning on
page 12.
Role of Management in Compensation
Decisions
Management monitors and
considers new or modified benefit programs used by other companies, or needed
within our company, to attract and retain key employees. Recommendations are
presented by management to the Committee for review and discussion. The CEO and
the Chairman ultimately oversee these management processes. New benefit plans,
or significant amendments to existing plans, typically are approved by the full
Board based on recommendations from the Committee. If executive-level exceptions
are required for administration of the plans, such as approval of an early
retirement, management generally reviews the facts of the situation and provides
a recommendation to the CEO and the Chairman and, ultimately, a recommendation
to the Committee for approval.
In January the full Board
appointed Jerry Baker as CEO and Mike Rose as Chairman following the announced
retirement of Ken Glass. At that time the Board approved Jerry Baker’s salary as
CEO of $800,000 after working directly with the Committee to consider CEO peer
market data and total compensation opportunity.
Our CEO recommended to the
Committee 2007 salary levels and other compensation actions (bonus, equity
awards, etc.) for the executive officers other than himself and the Chairman of
the Board. Management used a consultant, Mercer Human Resource Consulting, in
formulating many of its recommendations, both for advice and as a source of
peer-company data as described below; see “Use of Compensation Consultants” and
“Use of Peer Group Data” immediately following this section for additional
information.
Management, when formulating
the salary level recommendations, reviewed market data relative to average merit
increases in the financial services industry as well as general industry. This
market data, along with the results of the comprehensive review of executive
compensation during late 2006 and early 2007, was used to develop the
company-wide merit pool for 2007 and the recommended merit adjustments for the
executive officers. Decisions around the 2007 annual bonus and equity awards
were determined during the comprehensive review discussed further under the
caption “2006-7 Executive Compensation Review” on page 29 of this proxy
statement.
Use of Compensation
Consultants
Management uses Mercer Human
Resource Consulting (“Mercer”), a national compensation consulting firm, as its
primary advisor for executive compensation matters. In some cases, nationally-
recognized law firms are engaged to provide advice on compliance with new laws,
administration of stock plans, and design of severance agreements.
Mercer was initially engaged
by the EVP, Employee Services over five years ago. The consulting arrangement
was reviewed in 2006 and the engagement was continued by the EVP, Employee
Services who has responsibility for initiating or terminating the contract.
Mercer serves as a consultant to
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management on all
executive compensation matters and is responsible for providing accurate and
unbiased advice to the Compensation Committee, even though the Committee has
engaged its own consultant. Mercer’s services were used extensively during the
2006–2007 comprehensive review of executive compensation. During the review
Mercer interviewed key executives to better understand their business lines and
gain insight into the executives’ perception of the current pay programs. Mercer
analyzed our prior peer group and made recommendations on additions and
deletions to the peer listing for 2007 based on our asset size and business
similarities. The revised peer group was used by Mercer to provide market
analysis on the various alternatives presented for management and Committee
review and approval. In addition, Mercer presented to management emerging best
practices in the area of perquisites, change-in-control programs and mix of pay
components, provided insight as to performance metrics used by the peer groups
and First Horizon’s placement with respect to those metrics and peers and
ultimately recommended a 2007 executive pay package which included changes to
the mix of equity awards used, the performance metrics and target award levels.
In addition, later in 2007 management consulted with Mercer on the annual bonus
program design including the metrics to use for 2008, a key transition year for
the company, the design of the annual bonus program for the business line
leaders and the equity mix and target levels for the management equity
awards.
In 2007, the Compensation
Committee continued to engage a separate, independent consulting firm, Frederic
W. Cook & Co. (“Cook”), to provide analysis and advice on all
compensation-related matters. Among other things, Cook assists the Committee in
its reviews of compensation program actions recommended by management. Cook has
no other relationships with the Corporation or management. Key engagement items
for Cook in 2007 were:
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In advance of
Committee meetings, review and comment upon written meeting
materials. |
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Participate in key
pre-meeting conferences with management and the Committee chairman on
compensation matters. |
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At a Committee meeting,
brief the Committee on specific areas related to executive compensation
practices, including: external compensation trends and developments;
results of compensation-related shareholder proposals at other companies;
and compensation disclosure rules and practices.
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During the year, Cook provided
the Committee and management with updates on emerging trends in the market
through the use of their general client Advisory Letters. In addition, Cook
provided perspective on management’s recommendations related to the mix of
equity vehicles for non-executive management level programs as well as the
executive level program design and performance metrics.
Use of Peer Group Data
Management and the Committee
use peer group market data points as a reference; peer data is not the only
factor considered in making compensation decisions. Other factors include best
practice corporate governance, the economic environment, and the need to
retain/attract/motivate talent required for achieving business
results.
The Committee annually reviews
the compensation practices of certain peer groups to ensure our pay programs
remain competitive and allow for the hiring and retention of key talent. Because
of the diversity of First Horizon’s business units, we must review several peer
groups in order to compare First Horizon’s pay practices with the competitive
market for each line of business. The Total Shareholder Return Performance Graph
(TSR graph) that appears in our annual report to shareholders (on page 125 of
that report) uses the top 30 bank holding companies in the U.S. based on asset
size as of September 30, 2007 as reported in American Banker (Top 30). We
believe that the Top 30 is a good benchmark group with which to compare our
total shareholder return, or TSR, which is stock price performance with
dividends reinvested. We are one of the top 30 bank holding companies in the
U.S. based on asset size as reported in American Banker.
As indicated in the table
below, the Committee considered specific peer group data in setting many of the
compensation components for executives in 2007. The “Peer Banks” used in 2007
are 23 financial services companies selected by the Committee with the advice
of, and using information provided by, Mercer. To construct our “Peer Banks”
group, we started with the Top 30 banks; we eliminated nine of the Top 30 due to
substantial size (Citigroup, Bank of America, JPMorgan, Wells
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Fargo, Wachovia, and
U.S. Bancorp), significantly different business mix (State Street and Bank of
New York), or foreign ownership (Northern Trust); we eliminated three
institutions that had announced they were being bought (AmSouth, North Fork, and
Mercantile); and we added five financial services companies that are immediately
below the Top 30 based on asset size (Colonial Bancgroup, Associated Banc-Corp,
City National, TCF Financial, and Commerce Bancshares). The median asset size of
our Peer Banks was approximately $45 billion; asset sizes ranged from $15
billion to $182 billion. For comparison, our asset size at beginning of 2007 was
approximately $38 billion. The 23 members of our 2007 Peer Banks are:
Peer Banks Used for 2007
Awards
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Suntrust Banks
Inc. |
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Keycorp |
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Mellon
Financial Corp. |
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Associated
Banc-Corp |
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National City
Corp. |
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Comerica
Inc. |
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TD Banknorth
Inc. |
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BOK Financial
Corp. |
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Regions
Financial Corp. |
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M&T Bank
Corp. |
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Huntington
Bancshares |
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Commerce
Bancshares Inc. |
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BB&T
Corp. |
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Marshall &
Ilsley Corp. |
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Compass
Bancshares Inc. |
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Fulton
Financial Corp. |
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Zions
Bancorporation |
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Synovus
Financial Corp. |
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City National
Corp. |
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Fifth Third
Bancorp |
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Commerce
Bancorp (NJ) |
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Colonial
Bancgroup |
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TCF Financial
Corp. |
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We also utilized survey data
from McLagan Partners (McLagan), another non-affiliated consulting firm to
establish competitive pay levels for Mr. Medford. McLagan is an industry leader
in the areas of competitive market analysis for his business unit (capital
markets).
Based on the mix in our
capital markets business unit we utilized the McLagan survey for the Head of
Fixed Income, including all survey participants. McLagan’s entire survey is of
94 firms which include most of the companies in our Peer Banks group plus other
competing firms such as Fidelity Capital Markets, State Street, and Northern
Trust (“Peer Companies”). These surveys were used as the foundation for
management’s recommendations regarding changes to the compensation programs for
Mr. Medford.
The Committee used market data
to help establish the size and terms of many components of compensation for
executives. To ensure that the majority of each executive’s total compensation
opportunity is earned through annual or long-term results, salaries are targeted
to be near the median of the market for each position. Salaries may be higher or
lower than median based on individual factors (performance, experience, skills,
and tenure) or for our retention needs. Annual cash bonuses under our
shareholder-approved 2002 Management Incentive Plan, as amended (“MIP”), and
annual equity-based incentive awards under our shareholder-approved stock plans,
are targeted similarly: target-level compensation is paid for median
performance, and maximum-level compensation is paid for top-quartile
performance, based on projections of market performance. In those cases,
“market” means: the Peer Banks identified above for named executives other than
capital markets business line executives and the Peer Companies identified above
for our capital markets executives, except that the performance criteria for all
PSUs were set using Peer Bank data.
Many of the other components
were established and are maintained so that the combination of benefits we offer
remains generally competitive with other institutions in the financial services
industry based on generally known practices and trends rather than upon
statistical analyses or formal benchmarking to any specific group. Those
components include retirement and tax-deferral programs and benefits,
perquisites, and change in control severance agreements as well as change in
control features in many plans. As an illustration, during 2007 our change in
control agreements and plan features were modified in significant ways based
upon advice from Cook and external legal counsel that industry practices were
shifting. These adjustments are described in more detail under the caption
“2006-7 Executive Compensation Review” on page 29 of this proxy
statement.
For still other compensation
components, including retention and hiring bonuses and early retirement
arrangements, relevant market data was not available, and the Committee used
recommendations from management along with external advice from the Committee’s
consultant to determine the types, amounts, or terms of benefits.
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2007 Special Practices for Mr.
Jordan
Mr. Jordan was hired to be our
Chief Financial Officer under a letter agreement signed April 13, 2007,
effective May 1. The agreement provides for a hiring bonus and that his 2007
annual bonus opportunity and equity awards would be for the full year 2007, with
no reduction for his having started in May. Those concessions were made in view
of significant forfeitures Mr. Jordan was to experience in leaving his former
position with respect to 2007 bonus and equity awards. Additional information
concerning Mr. Jordan’s compensation components appears, as applicable, in those
sections devoted to specific compensation components.
2007 Special Practices for Mr.
Glass
Mr. Glass resigned as our
Chairman and CEO in January 2007 and at that time announced that his retirement
as an employee would occur later in the year. The Committee determined that,
pending his termination of employment, it would be appropriate to continue his
former salary to provide an incentive to work with Mr. Baker and Mr. Rose to
ensure a smooth transition. However, no bonus opportunity for 2007 was awarded
to Mr. Glass and no annual equity awards were granted for 2007. The Committee
approved a special retirement agreement with Mr. Glass, which is described in
more detail under the headings “Special Retirement Agreements” and “Special
Retirement Agreement with Mr. Glass” beginning on pages 42 and 64 of this proxy
statement, respectively.
2007 Special Practices for Mr.
Mosby
Mr. Mosby announced his
intention to move to our FTN Financial division in 2006, and a search was begun
for a new CFO. That search culminated in the hiring of Mr. Jordan in April,
effective May 1, 2007, and Mr. Mosby stepped down as CFO effective May 1. Mr.
Mosby underwent the normal processes for salary review, annual bonus and annual
equity awards as CFO in February and April. Once his move became effective, Mr.
Mosby’s annual bonus opportunity was changed to conform with FTN’s regular bonus
program for FTN officers. FTN’s bonus program is administered by FTN using a
pool generated by FTN earnings.
Components of Compensation
Program
2006-7 Executive Compensation
Review
During the latter part of 2006
and early 2007, management and the Committee conducted a comprehensive review of
our executive compensation programs. The key objectives of the review were to
ensure that all elements of the executive compensation program are aligned with
the Corporation’s strategic objectives and best practice corporate governance
and are consistent with the competitive market.
Management and Mercer worked
in collaboration with the Committee and Cook to ensure that our executive
compensation plans and programs continue to provide competitive benefits based
on current market conditions, meet our key business objectives, and follow best
practice corporate governance. Additional information concerning the use of
compensation consultants and peer groups during this review is provided under
the captions “Use of Compensation Consultants” and “Use of Peer Group Data”
beginning on pages 26 and 27, respectively, of this proxy statement.
Key findings and changes to
our practices in 2007 resulting from that review were discussed in our 2007
proxy. These changes result in payment of all annual and long-term incentives
being dependent on achieving performance goals. The changes also reflect our and
the Committee’s intent to preserve the focus on stock price growth provided by
options and our long-standing commitment to grow earnings over the long term
while modernizing and refining our practices.
Relative Sizing & Mix of Major
Compensation Components
The relative sizing and mix of
the individual components of executive compensation are based on the competitive
market for each position, as described above, experience and individual
performance. The major components are salary, annual cash bonus, and the equity
incentives. For 2007, the major components for the named officers, other than
Mr. Glass (who retired) and Messrs. Burkett, Medford and Mosby (as described
below), were sized as a percentage of salary as shown in the table below.
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Other components
generally were not considered when the size of the major components was
determined. The CEO targets are generally higher than those of the other NEOs to
be competitive and reflect the greater responsibility of the position.
Performance-based incentives, which are the annual cash bonus and PSU awards,
provide for threshold, target, and maximum performance levels and payouts.
Information in the table for performance based incentives relates to the target
levels of compensation based on target-level performance. Salary increases
affect the bonus and long-term targets since targets are a percent of salary.
Certain benefits such as 401k match and pensions are also related to salary
levels. There is no other interdependence among the compensation
elements.
Sizing of Major
Compensation Components as a Percentage of Annual Salary
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Officer |
|
Annual
Bonus |
|
Retention Bonus |
|
Options |
|
PSUs |
| |
Target |
|
Maximum |
|
Target |
|
Maximum |
|
|
|
Mr. Baker |
|
|
|
125 |
% |
|
|
|
|
187.5 |
% |
|
|
|
|
None |
|
|
|
|
162.5 |
% |
|
|
|
|
162.5 |
% |
|
|
|
|
325 |
% |
|
|
Mr. Jordan |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
|
|
150 |
% |
|
|
|
|
None |
|
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
|
|
200 |
% |
|
|
Mr.
Burkett |
|
|
|
NA |
|
|
|
|
NA |
|
|
|
|
None |
|
|
|
|
75 |
% |
|
|
|
|
75 |
% |
|
|
|
|
150 |
% |
|
|
Mr.
Medford |
|
|
|
NA |
|
|
|
|
NA |
|
|
|
|
58 |
% |
|
|
|
|
37.5 |
% |
|
|
|
|
37.5 |
% |
|
|
|
|
75 |
% |
|
|
Ms.
Meyerrose |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
|
|
150 |
% |
|
|
|
|
15 |
% |
|
|
|
|
75 |
% |
|
|
|
|
75 |
% |
|
|
|
|
150 |
% |
|
|
Mr. Mosby |
|
|
|
NA |
|
|
|
|
NA |
|
|
|
|
15 |
% |
|
|
|
|
75 |
% |
|
|
|
|
75 |
% |
|
|
|
|
150 |
% |
|
|
Mr.
O’Connor |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
|
|
15 |
% |
|
|
|
|
62.5 |
% |
|
|
|
|
62.5 |
% |
|
|
|
|
125 |
% |
|
|
Mr. Thomas |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
|
|
15 |
% |
|
|
|
|
75 |
% |
|
|
|
|
75 |
% |
|
|
|
|
150 |
% |
|
|
|
The size of the annual bonus
opportunities of the named business line executives, Messrs. Burkett, Medford,
and Mosby (former CFO, currently in a business line role), is not based on
salary. The size is based instead on achieving a pre-tax income target at the
respective business line. Mr. Medford’s bonus program is not structured in a
manner that provides a true target, and his maximum opportunity is $4 million.
See “Annual Cash Bonus under MIP–Other Named Executives” beginning on page 34
for additional information.
Two types of equity awards
from prior years have three-year performance periods which include the year
2007. One type, consisting of LTIP awards, was granted annually (ending in 2006)
and so was not considered to be part of 2007 compensation. The other type,
consisting of PARSAP shares, was granted every three years and was last granted
in 2005. One-third of the 2005 grant is attributed to 2007 but was not based on
2007 salaries and so is omitted from the table above. Beginning in 2007, the
PARSAP, restricted stock, and LTIP programs were replaced with the PSU program
for executives; see “2006-7 Executive Compensation Review” on page 29 for
additional information about that change.
During the comprehensive
review conducted in 2006 and 2007, management and the Committee reviewed a
market analysis prepared by Mercer using the Peer Banks and Peer Companies
discussed above. Our objective was to provide a competitive pay package under
the newly designed executive compensation program and thus set competitive
target and maximum opportunities under the annual bonus programs and the
long-term incentives. Mercer prepares annually a market analysis of the pay
components using the Peer Banks and Peer Companies discussed above. This
analysis is used by management and the Committee to determine if modifications
to the bonus and long-term incentive targets are needed. A key factor considered
during the setting of targets relates to the appropriate mix of base pay versus
pay at risk for performance, and the mix between short and long-term
compensation. The chart above shows that Mr. Baker’s compensation package is
more heavily weighted in favor of performance-based pay. This is a prevalent
market practice among our Peer Banks and supports our compensation philosophy to
link pay to performance.
During the 2006-7 review we
also reviewed trends within each of the business lines. The table above shows
that Mr. Medford’s compensation is weighted more heavily on short-term
compensation. That weighting shift is due to practices prevalent in the capital
markets industry. Our competitors in that industry rely less on long-term
incentives and more on annual bonus programs to compensate their capital market
heads.
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The retention bonuses were set
at 15% of the recipients’ 2006 salaries. Mr. Medford’s retention bonus was
approximately 15% of his bonus opportunity. Additional information concerning
the retention bonuses paid for 2007 is set forth in “Retention Bonuses” on page
36 of this proxy statement.
Mr. Jordan’s cash hiring bonus
and new hire equity awards of options and restricted stock were not based on
salary, are not part of his ongoing annual compensation, and therefore are not
reflected in the chart above. Additional information concerning those awards is
at “2007 Special Practices for Mr. Jordan” and “Hiring Bonus” on pages 29 and
36, respectively.
In setting the size of the
major compensation components for 2007, the Committee considered the total
compensation opportunity and mix of major components at the target levels. The
mix of the major components, based on estimated target payout levels and assumed
stock valuations, is summarized in the following table. The actual bonuses paid
for 2007 were significantly lower than the target levels, and the final payout
values of the equity awards will not be known for several years but will have
values significantly below target unless our stock price increases significantly
over the remainder of the performance period. See “Summary Compensation Table”
beginning on page 44 for additional information concerning amounts paid or
earned in 2007. Information is omitted for Mr. Glass, who retired early in 2007.
Information for Mr. Mosby’s annual bonus is based on his participation in the
FTN bonus program, which superseded his participation in the corporate MIP when
he joined FTN Financial in May.
2007 Mix of Major
Compensation Components
Using Grant Date Target Levels and Stock
Values
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Officer |
|
Salary |
|
Annual Bonus |
|
Retention Bonus |
|
Options |
|
PSUs |
|
PARSAP |
|
Total |
|
|
|
Mr. Baker |
|
|
|
17 |
% |
|
|
|
|
21 |
% |
|
|
|
|
NA |
|
|
|
|
27 |
% |
|
|
|
|
27 |
% |
|
|
|
|
8 |
% |
|
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
Mr. Jordan |
|
|
|
25 |
% |
|
|
|
|
25 |
% |
|
|
|
|
NA |
|
|
|
|
25 |
% |
|
|
|
|
25 |
% |
|
|
|
|
NA |
|
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
Mr.
Burkett |
|
|
|
27 |
% |
|
|
|
|
20 |
% |
|
|
|
|
NA |
|
|
|
|
20 |
% |
|
|
|
|
20 |
% |
|
|
|
|
13 |
% |
|
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
Mr.
Medford |
|
|
|
11 |
% |
|
|
|
|
73 |
% |
|
|
|
|
7 |
% |
|
|
|
|
4 |
% |
|
|
|
|
4 |
% |
|
|
|
|
NA |
|
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
Ms.
Meyerrose |
|
|
|
24 |
% |
|
|
|
|
24 |
% |
|
|
|
|
4 |
% |
|
|
|
|
18 |
% |
|
|
|
|
18 |
% |
|
|
|
|
12 |
% |
|
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
Mr. Mosby |
|
|
|
31 |
% |
|
|
|
|
17 |
% |
|
|
|
|
4 |
% |
|
|
|
|
18 |
% |
|
|
|
|
18 |
% |
|
|
|
|
12 |
% |
|
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
Mr.
O’Connor |
|
|
|
26 |
% |
|
|
|
|
26 |
% |
|
|
|
|
4 |
% |
|
|
|
|
16 |
% |
|
|
|
|
16 |
% |
|
|
|
|
12 |
% |
|
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
Mr. Thomas |
|
|
|
24 |
% |
|
|
|
|
24 |
% |
|
|
|
|
4 |
% |
|
|
|
|
18 |
% |
|
|
|
|
18 |
% |
|
|
|
|
12 |
% |
|
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
|
The mix table shows that a
major portion of executive compensation in 2007 is tied to corporate
performance. Annual bonus and the PSU awards are directly at risk based on
corporate performance. Options have no value unless our stock price increases
above the grant price. The vesting of PARSAP shares accelerates only if
pre-determined corporate performance is achieved; otherwise, vesting does not
occur until 2015.
Base Salary
Consistent with our practices
and our compensation philosophy, the Committee establishes our CEO’s base salary
annually based on achievement of objectives in his individualized written
personal plan and competitive practices within the industry. The CEO develops a
personal plan each year that contains financial, quality and strategic goals.
The CEO submits that plan to the Committee for review and approval. The Board of
Directors also reviews the plan.
For executive officers other
than our CEO and Chairman of the Board, the Committee approves base salaries
each year taking the CEO’s recommendations into account.
Early in 2007 Mr. Baker was
promoted to President and CEO, and Mr. Jordan was hired in the second quarter.
Additional information concerning Mr. Jordan’s compensation arrangement is
provided under the heading “2007 Special Practices for Mr. Jordan” on page
29.
Salaries of the other named
executives in 2007, including Mr. Mosby but not Mr. Glass, were increased about
3% over 2006 levels, in line with the average increase for other employees for
2007.
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Annual Cash Bonus under
MIP
The final bonus paid to each
executive officer for the year under our MIP is based on a formula that is
approved by the Committee in February of that year. In general, each final MIP
bonus is based on achievement of company, individual or business unit financial
targets. The Committee may determine to exclude certain items such as accounting
changes and certain other non-recurring events. MIP bonuses can be further
reduced based on individual performance, especially failure to perform under the
particular executive’s personal plan for the year; however, the Committee
generally does not take personal plan results into account for the CEO because
his bonus is driven by corporate results.
In addition, the Committee may
approve executive bonuses outside of the MIP. Some non-MIP bonuses were approved
for 2007 for some of the named executive officers; those are discussed under the
headings “Retention Bonuses” and “Hiring Bonus” on page 36.
The target and maximum annual
cash bonus amounts for corporate executives were determined in relation to
salaries, and those of business line heads are driven by business line earnings,
as described in “Relative Sizing and Mix of Major Compensation Components”
beginning on page 29.
Corporate Named
Executives
The annual bonus opportunities
for Messrs. Baker and Jordan and Ms. Meyerrose under the MIP depended first upon
the achievement of pre-determined adjusted earnings per share (EPS) growth
levels for the Corporation and second upon our EPS growth performance relative
to the Peer Banks, all as indicated in the following table. EPS growth was to be
measured against a targeted 6% EPS growth rate over prior-year adjusted EPS of
$2.79, which was expected median performance for the Peer Banks.
Corporate Annual Bonus
Performance Goals & Peer Bank Adjustment Factors
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
STEP ONE:
Calculation of Corporate Rating Bonus Percentage |
|
STEP TWO:
Adjustment to Bonus Percentage Based on EPS Growth and Peer
Ranking |
|
EPS Growth
Goal |
|
“Corporate
Rating” Bonus Percentage (% of Target) |
|
If Actual
EPS Growth Performance is: |
|
And if EPS
Growth Percentile Relative to Peers is: |
| |
>75th |
|
25th–75th |
|
<25th |
| |
Then the
Bonus Percentage is increased or reduced by: |
|
|
|
|
|
10.5% |
|
150%
(max) |
|
10.5% |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
–50% |
|
6% |
|
100% |
|
6% |
|
+25% |
|
0 |
|
–25% |
|
0% |
|
0% |
|
0% |
|
+50% |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
The MIP bonus for Messrs.
Baker and Jordan and Ms. Meyerrose is calculated using the two steps outlined in
the table. The percentages were established with a goal of providing target
bonuses for achieving growth at the median of Peer Bank growth and maximum
payout for achievement at the expected level of top-performing Peer Banks.
Percentages are interpolated on a straight-line basis between the performance
levels shown. The adjustments in the second step are expressed as percentages of
target. Positive adjustments cannot increase the indicated bonus above the
maximum level of 150% of target. Low bonus amounts caused by low EPS growth
outcomes are increased if relative performance is high, and high bonus amounts
caused by high EPS growth outcomes are reduced if relative performance is
low.
All calculated bonus amounts
are subject to discretionary reduction by the Committee. The MIP does not
restrict Committee discretion except that the final bonus may not be higher than
the calculated amount.
The 2007 corporate annual
bonus (“Corporate Rating”) grid, including the Peer Bank adjustment factors, was
developed during the 2006-7 comprehensive review and in collaboration with
management and the Committee’s consultant, Cook. EPS growth was selected as the
primary performance measure for the annual bonus and performance stock unit
awards for two reasons: (1) awards driven by EPS growth generally align the
interests of the executives to those of shareholders; and (2) our market
analysis revealed that EPS measures were prevalent as performance measures among
our Peer Banks.
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Our EPS in 2007, after making
all adjustments, was less than $2.79. Accordingly, the Corporate Rating was 0%
and all annual bonus amounts subject to adjustment based on the Corporate Rating
grid were zero in 2007 with the exception of Mr. Jordan.
Mr. Jordan’s annual bonus in
2007 was his target amount, $650,000, which was the minimum amount guaranteed to
him under his hiring arrangement for his first year with the company. In
February 2008 Mr. Jordan asked the Committee to consider paying a portion of the
bonus in the form of stock options. In response to that request, the Committee
determined to pay a portion of Mr. Jordan’s 2007 bonus in the form of 50,000
stock options having a 7-year term and priced at $25 per share, which
represented a premium of $6.33 per share, or about 34% above the market price on
the grant date. The cash bonus paid to Mr. Jordan was his guaranteed amount
reduced by the Black-Scholes value of those options, or $81,000. The Committee
believes that paying a portion of the bonus in the form of options provides Mr.
Jordan with significant, but appropriate, risks and rewards over the term of the
options.
The MIP bonuses for 2007 paid
to Messrs. Thomas and O’Connor were not based on the Corporate Rating. Their
bonus opportunities were based entirely on personal plan performance, which is
permitted by the MIP for certain officers.
Mr. Thomas’s bonus opportunity
provided for a target of $440,000, driven by the goals shown in the following
table.
2007 Bonus Goals and
Achievement for Mr. Thomas
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goal |
|
Goal Weighting |
|
Goal Achievement |
|
Resulting Bonus
Factor |
|
|
|
Provide leadership and
support for projects assigned by CEO throughout the year |
|
|
|
30 |
% |
|
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
30% |
|
|
|
|
|
Assist development,
monitoring, and execution of liquidity and funding
strategies |
|
|
|
12 |
% |
|
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
12% |
|
|
|
|
|
Meet specific compliance
objectives(1) |
|
|
|
10 |
% |
|
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
10% |
|
|
|
|
|
Achieve eight specific
goals, each equally weighted, relating to risk/return
management(2) |
|
|
|
48 |
% |
|
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
48% |
|
|
|
Total Bonus
Factor |
|
|
|
|
|
100% |
|
|
|
Bonus before Negative
Discretion (target x factor) |
|
|
|
|
|
$440,000 |
|
Final MIP
Bonus |
|
|
|
|
|
$150,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
|
|
Objectives
related to audit findings, training, communication, and unspecified
compliance matters. |
|
|
|
(2) |
|
|
|
The eight goals were:
implement an annual review of interest rate risk models and develop
guidelines for review; develop back testing approaches for business line
and other models; incorporate into model more granularity of certain
commercial banking assets; review current interest rate risk management
practices; review reporting practices related to interest rate risk and
other elements of earnings volatility; review adequacy of risk measurement
systems; improve comparability of certain internal earnings measures
across business lines; and review stress testing and other scenarios used
in risk assessment system.
|
33
Mr. O’Connor’s bonus
opportunity provided for a target of $375,000, driven by the goals shown in the
following table.
2007 Bonus Goals and
Achievement for Mr. O’Connor
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goal |
|
Goal Weighting |
|
Goal Achievement |
|
Resulting Bonus
Factor |
|
|
|
Execute transition plan
for successor |
|
|
|
50 |
% |
|
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
50% |
|
|
|
|
|
Meet specific compliance
objectives(1) |
|
|
|
10 |
% |
|
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
10% |
|
|
|
|
|
Ratio of classified
assets to total loans less than 2% at year-end |
|
|
|
10 |
% |
|
|
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
0% |
|
|
|
|
|
Ratio of non-performing
assets to total loans less than 1% at year-end |
|
|
|
10 |
% |
|
|
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
0% |
|
|
|
|
|
Net charge-offs
maintained at or below forecast |
|
|
|
10 |
% |
|
|
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
0% |
|
|
|
|
|
Favorable watch list
disposition |
|
|
|
5 |
% |
|
|
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
0% |
|
|
|
|
|
Third party review
downgrades will not differ from internal by more than 5% |
|
|
|
5 |
% |
|
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
5% |
|
|
|
Total Bonus
Factor |
|
|
|
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65% |
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$243,750 |
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Objectives
related to audit findings, training, communication, and unspecified
compliance matters.
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The goals for Mr. Thomas and
Mr. O’Connor were tailored for each individual to meet our needs in their
respective areas of responsibility. These officers reported directly to our CEO,
who developed the goals early in the year. For Mr. Thomas, the heavy weighting
for fulfillment of special projects identified during the year reflected a
belief that a major portion of his role with the Corporation in 2007 would be to
provide high-level attention to matters that could not be predicted at the
beginning of the year; the balance of his goals were relatively normal for his
position. For Mr. O’Connor a substantial weighting was given for a successful
transition in anticipation of his retirement, which was a critical task for
2007; the balance of his goals were relatively normal for his position. In both
cases the Committee applied negative discretion to reduce the final bonus to the
amounts shown. The reductions were made due to the financial performance of the
Corporation for the year; individual factors were not used.
Other Named
Executives
The named executives whose
regular annual bonuses were driven by business line results include Messrs.
Burkett, Medford, and Mosby. All such bonuses are covered by the MIP other than
Mr. Mosby, who is an FTN business unit officer but not a business line head and
is no longer an executive officer of the parent company. The 2007 MIP bonus
opportunity for Mr. Burkett was based on business line growth in pre-tax
earnings as shown in the following table; 60% of the bonus was based entirely on
pre-tax earnings growth, and 40% was based on a combination of that growth along
with the Corporate Rating determined in Step One of the grid used for corporate
executives, discussed immediately above. The 2007 annual bonus opportunities for
Messrs. Medford and Mosby were based on the FTN bonus pool program, which is
driven by absolute business line earnings achieved, rather than earnings growth,
and is not affected by the Corporate Rating.
Annual Bonus Opportunity
for Mr. Burkett
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Business Line Earnings Growth Goals |
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Estimate
of Goal Performance against Peers |
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Amount for Bonus Calculation* |
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Bonus Range
Before Discretionary Adjustment** |
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Retail/ Commercial Banking (Mr.
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704,400 |
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1,408,800 |
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524,000 |
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314,400 |
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628,800 |
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* The bonus calculation method
is discussed immediately below.
** Calculated bonus amounts
are subject to reduction at the discretion of the Committee.
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The retail/commercial banking
business line bonus is the sum of two parts: (1) 60% of the applicable Base
Amount; plus (2) 40% of the Base Amount multiplied by the Corporate Rating. This
60/40 split provides for the majority (60%) of the bonus to be paid based on
results of the unit managed by the executive while linking a significant amount
(40%) to overall corporate results. The Corporate Rating is the one determined
for the corporate executive bonuses, and ranges from 0% to 150%. Calculated
annual bonus amounts are interpolated on a straight-line basis between the
performance levels shown. As a result, each banking MIP bonus is 60% based
entirely on business line performance, and 40% based on business line
performance with an adjustment factor for overall corporate performance. If the
Corporate Rating is at its target level (100%), then the bonus (before any
discretionary adjustment) would be the Base Amount.
The retail/commercial banking
business line annual bonus grid was developed to provide a direct incentive for
the head of the business unit to achieve or exceed the pre-tax earnings targets
specified in the table above for his unit, coupled with a significant but not
predominant linkage to overall corporate performance. The grid was designed to
provide median pay (relative to the Peer Companies) for achieving the earnings
targets and 75th percentile pay for significantly exceeding the earnings
targets.
In 2007 business line results
for the banking unit showed negative earnings growth. Accordingly, the annual
MIP cash bonus for Mr. Burkett was zero.
Mr. Medford’s annual bonus is
paid under the MIP, which is administered and controlled by the Committee, but
is linked to the Capital Markets bonus pool for managers (the “Capital Markets
Pool”), as explained below. The Capital Markets Pool each year is 24% of the
capital markets business line net profits plus, to the extent that net profits
exceed a 35% return on expense, an additional 10% of any such excess amount of
net profits. As a result, all capital markets managers have a significant
incentive to increase net profits while holding expenses down. Mr. Medford, as
president of FTN, exercises discretion regarding how the Capital Markets Pool is
to be divided among all eligible managers. The Committee imposes the following
terms and restrictions on Mr. Medford’s annual bonus:
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annual bonus reduces the size of the Capital Markets Pool available for
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The total of Mr.
Medford’s annual bonus plus his salary cannot exceed 15% of the Capital
Markets Pool. |
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As the head of the
capital markets business, Mr. Medford reviews business line results and
the Pool, determines allocations of the Pool among eligible managers in
order to support business line objectives, and makes a recommendation
concerning his own annual bonus. The Committee has determined that his
recommendation concerning his bonus is subject to review by our Chief
Executive Officer, Mr. Baker, and subject to review and approval by the
Committee. Moreover, under the MIP, the Committee can restrict or reduce
Mr. Medford’s annual bonus in its discretion at any point in the
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To the extent that Mr.
Medford’s approved annual bonus from the Pool had exceeded $4 million, the
excess would have been paid in the form of special performance restricted
stock units (PRSUs). Any PRSUs would have been awarded under our 2003
Equity Compensation Plan rather than under our MIP. The Committee
presently expects to make supplemental awards in those years when the
annual bonus exceeds a specified dollar amount.
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The Capital Markets Pool has
been used by FTN Financial for many years and is intended to be competitive with
industry practice. The restrictions upon Mr. Medford’s bonus effectively tie his
bonus to the Pool, providing a direct link between his compensation (both the
bonus and his salary) and the performance of his business unit. For the past two
years, Pool funding has been limited, and Mr. Medford’s bonus cannot exceed the
lesser of 15% of the Pool (less annual salary and certain other deductions) or
what is left in the Pool after taking into account the bonuses paid to key
managers in his business unit. As a result of the bonuses paid to other key
managers, Mr. Medford’s bonus from the Pool was zero in 2005 and 2006. His bonus
for 2007 was $400,000.
Mr. Mosby’s annual bonus is
determined and paid as part of the Capital Markets Pool. Mr. Medford exercises
discretion concerning the Pool as mentioned above.
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Retention Bonuses
The Committee approved the
following retention bonuses to several of the named executives: Mr. Medford,
$379,000; Ms. Meyerrose, $68,000; Mr. Mosby, $51,000; Mr. O’Connor, $54,450; and
Mr. Thomas, $64,000. Retention bonuses were paid in March 2007, but were subject
to forfeiture and repayment if the recipient left our employment within twelve
months following payment of the bonus (other than for death, disability, or
approved retirement).
In early 2007 management
recommended to the Committee that retention bonuses be paid to certain key
executives. With the recent shift in leadership following Mr. Glass’s retirement
and the unique market conditions First Horizon was facing, which contributed to
no funding of regular bonuses under the annual bonus program, Mr. Baker felt it
was imperative to provide an immediate retention mechanism for key members of
the leadership team. The retention bonuses for Ms. Meyerrose and Messrs. Mosby,
O’Connor and Thomas were set at 15% of the recipients’ 2006 salary. The 15%
level reflected the Committee’s judgment regarding what bonus level would be
appropriate to accomplish the purposes outlined above. Management consulted with
Mercer about the 15% level in formulating a recommendation to the Committee, but
no formal statistical analysis or benchmarking was done.
Mr. Medford’s retention bonus
was set at the 15% of the Capital Markets Pool that he would have earned for
2006 if the funds in that Pool had not been used to retain key managers. The
Committee’s purposes in paying Mr. Medford a retention bonus were the same as
those for the other retention bonus recipients mentioned above.
Hiring Bonus
Mr. Jordan’s offer provided
for a hiring bonus consisting of cash and equity. The cash portion of the bonus
was $100,000, and the equity portion was deemed to have a total value of
approximately $2.4 million. (Like all other equity awards, the actual values
realized by Mr. Jordan may prove to be higher or lower than the values used by
the Committee to determine the size of the awards.) Similar to the retention
bonuses, Mr. Jordan’s hiring bonus is subject to forfeiture and repayment if he
voluntarily leaves our employment within twelve months following payment of the
bonus. The hiring bonus is separate from any bonuses payable under the
MIP.
The hiring bonus was provided
to Mr. Jordan to replace equity compensation forfeited as a result of leaving
his former employer and to provide an incentive for him to join First Horizon.
The mix of options, restricted stock, and cash took into account the type of
awards he was forfeiting, their vesting schedule, and the in-the-money value of
stock options. Additional information concerning the hiring bonus is provided in
the “Compensation Components in 2007” table beginning on page 23.
Equity-Based Compensation
Objectives of 2007
Equity-Based Awards
The primary objectives of all
equity-based compensation awarded in 2007 were to:
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important component of management compensation with our stock’s market
value and, therefore, to motivate managers to achieve overall corporate
results that will positively impact that market value and thus our
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managerial talent; |
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the collective results of its efforts.
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In addition, PSU awards
granted during 2007 created specific performance incentives, which were
expressly intended to motivate senior management to achieve those performance
goals, in addition to the more general objectives mentioned above. Details of
those performance objectives are described under the caption “PSU Awards”
beginning at page 37 of this proxy statement.
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Overview of Equity-Based Awards in
2007
In 2007 the long-term
incentive program was simplified, and we granted only two basic types of
equity-based awards to executives: stock options and PSUs.
In addition, stock options and
restricted stock were awarded as the equity part of a hiring bonus paid to Mr.
Jordan.
Timing and Pricing of Regular Annual Equity
Awards
In 2007 the Committee granted
the regular annual equity awards at its regular meeting in April, and the Board
approved certain special hiring awards for Mr. Jordan at a special meeting in
April.
For the regular annual grants,
the Committee first determines the recipients and dollar values of awards as
described under the heading “Relative Sizing and Mix of Major Compensation
Components” beginning on page 29. Our shareholder-approved equity plans are
written so that the effective date of each option grant determines the exercise
price of the option (closing stock price on the grant date or average of the
high and low prices on the grant date, whichever is higher) and its vesting and
expiration dates. Moreover, the number of PSUs granted to each person is
determined by dividing the market value on the grant date into the dollar value
of the grant.
Our regular annual equity
awards for many years, including 2007, have been granted in the early part of
each year. In 2007 the grants were approved by our Compensation Committee at the
April meeting, and were effective three days after that meeting. For many years
the effective date of each grant has been either the date of the Committee
meeting at which the grants were approved, or (as in 2007) a specified date
shortly after the meeting date. In 2007 the effective date was set shortly after
earnings were announced in April, consistent with past practice. A specified
later date typically has been selected by the Committee whenever the Committee
meeting date has occurred shortly before, or on the same day as, a planned
quarterly earnings announcement. The effective date therefore occurs after the
announcement so that the stock market has had an opportunity to take the
announcement into account before the price of the option is set.
PSU Awards
Overview
Consistent with competitive
practice, the Committee annually grants PSU awards with a three-year performance
period. The financial goals are established at the beginning of each performance
period, are company-wide in focus and uniform for all executives. Since the
grants are annual, financial results in any given year can affect up to three
outstanding awards. The PSU program grew out of the 2006- 7 review of executive
compensation and a desire to simplify equity awards.
The PSU program provides an
incentive for executives to achieve certain financial results over a period
longer than the annual bonus program and links a significant portion of each
executive’s pay to overall corporate results irrespective of the business unit
in which they work.
Each PSU represents one share
of stock. The total number of PSUs granted to any person represents the payout
if the target levels of performance are achieved; actual payout may be higher or
lower than target. Each 2007 PSU covers the three-year performance period
2007-2009 and is paid (if at all) shortly after the end of the performance
period. Each PSU is payable in stock or, if the Committee so determines, in cash
based on the value of a share of our stock at the time of payout. The total
value paid therefore depends on (i) the number of PSUs granted, (ii) the
percentage of PSUs earned based on achievement of the performance targets, and
(iii) the value of our stock at the time of payment.
Targets and Performance
Criteria
The targeted number of PSUs is
determined as follows: (a) competitive market data and internal equity are
reviewed to set a total long-term incentive target dollar amount for each
executive position (b) half of the long-term incentive dollar amount is awarded
in stock options and half is awarded in PSUs.
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The 50/50 split is to
balance the use of stock options (with value driven by stock price increases
over a 7-year period) with a performance-based plan which provides value through
achievement of specific financial results over a 3-year period. This combination
of PSUs and stock options provides a program where all of the long-term
opportunity is subject to achieving results which drive shareholder value with
an equal emphasis on company financial performance over the near term (3 years)
and longer term (7 years).
For the 2007 grants, the
Committee approved EPS growth as the key metric because of its correlation with
delivery of shareholder value. In addition, a look-back feature is included at
the end of the performance period to ensure the final payout is consistent with
the total return received by our shareholders (“TSR”) during the 3-year
performance period (i.e., low TSR reduces payout and high TSR increases
payout).
The payout percentage of our
2007 PSU awards will be as indicated in the following table. (See “Use of Peer
Group Data” beginning on page 27 above for information about the Peer Banks.)
EPS growth for 2007 is to be measured against a threshold EPS set at $2.79. EPS
reported in our financial statements must be adjusted in the same manner as the
executive annual bonus program.
PSU Performance Goals &
Peer Bank Adjustment Factors
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The PSU payout percentage is
calculated using the two steps outlined in the table. The percentages were
established with a goal of providing target bonuses for achieving growth at the
median of Peer Bank growth and maximum payout for achievement at the expected
level of top-performing Peer Banks. Percentages are interpolated on a
straight-line basis between the performance levels shown. The adjustments in the
second step are expressed as percentages of target. Positive adjustments cannot
increase the indicated payout percentage above the maximum level of 200% of
target. Low bonus amounts caused by low EPS growth outcomes are increased if
relative performance is high, and high bonus amounts caused by high EPS growth
outcomes are reduced if relative performance is low.
PSUs accumulate dividend
equivalents prior to payout, which are paid in proportion to the shares that
vest. All PSU payout amounts are subject to discretionary reduction by the
Committee.
Other Information Concerning Long-Term
Incentives
We cannot predict the degree
to which the 2007 PSU awards eventually will be earned nor their value if and
when paid. As a result of actual three-year (2005-2007) performance compared
with our performance standards established in 2005, all LTIPs granted in 2005
were forfeited as were all LTIPs granted in 2003 and 2004.
Hiring Bonus Equity Award
Mr. Jordan’s offer letter
specified that he was to receive a hiring bonus package consisting of cash and
equity. See “Hiring Bonus” on page 36 for information concerning both the cash
and the equity portions.
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Special One-Time Equity
Grants
Over the past several years,
special one-time grants of stock options, restricted stock and PSUs have been
made on a very selective basis. In 2007, only one named executive officer, Mr.
Jordan, received such a grant, as discussed above.
Special, supplemental grants
are made on a selective basis in the case of a substantial promotion at the
executive level when the Committee deems it appropriate to provide competitive
compensation at that next level of management and to emphasize equity and
long-term incentives rather than focusing only on a base salary change. These
grants are intended to reinforce the importance of increasing shareholder value
and recognize the impact of the new position on creating long-term value for
First Horizon.
Deferral Plans and
Programs
Objectives, Scope, and
Practices
For many years we have offered
many employees and directors the means to manage their personal tax obligations
associated with their compensation from First Horizon through various
nonqualified deferral plans and programs. Although personal tax management is
our primary objective in providing this benefit, an important secondary
objective is to encourage our senior personnel to save for retirement. We also
provide this benefit in order to remain competitive in retaining talent and
seeking new talent to join us.
During 2007, the plan under
which the named executive officers and directors could elect to defer receipt
and immediate taxation of earned cash compensation was the First Horizon
National Corporation Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan. For executives,
the types of compensation that could be deferred included salary and annual
bonus. Amounts deferred under that plan earn at-market returns indexed to the
performance of certain mutual funds selected by the participant.
Directors’ and Executives’ Deferred
Compensation Plan (“1985 D&E Plan”)
From 1985 to 1995,
non-employee directors and executive officers were able to defer fees, salary,
and bonus under the 1985 D&E Plan. Although new deferrals have ceased,
interest continues to accrue on older accounts. The 1985 D&E Plan in the
past accrued interest at rates ranging from 17-22 percent annually. In 2007 that
rate was reduced to 13 percent except for participants who retired before 2004
with a contractually fixed rate. For those retiring after 2004, tax rules
require that whatever rate is in effect for a person at retirement cannot be
changed after retirement. Certain non-employee directors and two named executive
officers, Ms. Meyerrose and Mr. Glass, have old accounts under the 1985 D&E
Plan and received interest accruals under it in 2007.
The 1985 D&E Plan rates
are considered above-market in 2007 under SEC proxy disclosure rules, and the
above-market portion of earnings under the Plan is so reported in the Summary
Compensation Table beginning on page 44 for Mr. Glass. The 1985 D&E Plan’s
above-market interest motivates participating executives to remain with First
Horizon until normal retirement (or until early retirement with the Committee’s
permission), and to refrain from joining a competitor after retirement, because
each account is subject to retroactive re-calculation of the account balance
using a guaranteed rate based on 10- year Treasury obligations if an executive
terminates service prior to a change in control for a reason other than death,
disability or retirement, or if an executive joins a competitor after leaving
First Horizon. In most cases, any such re-calculation would result in a complete
elimination of the account’s value.
Other Compensation
Broad-Based Plans and Programs (Other than
Retirement)
First Horizon provides a
benefit package in line with competitors as described below. This allows all
employees to receive certain benefits such as healthcare which are not readily
available to individuals except through their employer and allows employees to
receive a certain benefit on a pre-tax basis.
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Other Benefits and
Perquisites
First Horizon provides
benefits in line with those offered to other executives in our industry. We
provide them to remain competitive in retaining talent and seeking new talent to
join us. The following benefits are provided, all of which are available to a
broader group of employees beyond executive-level officers:
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dental, vision, accident—subject to the executive paying the same premiums
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dollars—same benefit percentage (3.2% of salary) available to all
employees and capped at IRS limits |
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disability insurance—same benefits as provided to a broader group of
employees, subject to standard limits |
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Benefit Plan—provides a benefit of 2.5 times base salary if death occurs
during service, reduced to 2 times salary if death occurs following
departure due to disability or early or normal retirement; benefit is
provided to about 1,000 employees, including all named executive officers,
based on salary grade; this plan is provided as an alternative to the plan
available to all employees due to the caps in the insurance coverage
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Executive disability
plan—for the top tier of covered employees, which includes all executive
officers, this plan provides up to 75% of monthly pay (including base
salary, bonus, commissions and incentive compensation) less the $25,000
per month maximum income replacement offered by our regular plan which is
available to all employees; this plan provides a maximum benefit of up to
$30,000 per month due to the caps in the insurance coverage available
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Perquisites—In 2007, we
eliminated the payment of tax gross-ups related to certain perquisites and
created caps for all other perquisites. Our goal is to offer perquisites
that are customary (and therefore necessary to remain competitive) and, in
some cases, that relate to business duties. Details of the perquisites we
provided to our executives in 2007 are discussed beginning on page 47
of this proxy statement in footnote (i) to the Summary Compensation
Table.
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Retirement Benefits
We provide retirement plan
benefits, discussed in this section below, that we believe are customary in our
industry. We provide them to remain competitive in retaining talent and seeking
new talent to join us.
401(k) Savings Plan
We provide all qualifying
full-time employees with the opportunity to participate in our tax-qualified
401(k) savings plan. The plan allows employees to defer receipt of earned
salary, up to tax law limits, on a tax-advantaged basis. Accounts may be
invested in a wide range of mutual funds and in our common stock. Up to tax law
limits, we provide a 50% match for the first 6% of salary each participant with
at least one year of service elects to defer into the plan. In 2007, matched
contributions were initially invested in First Horizon stock, but could be
re-invested in other available mutual funds at the participant’s
election.
Our 401(k) plan was
established many years ago. Beginning in 2008, participants are no longer
required to invest in company stock to receive a match. No other substantial
changes to the match or basic plan structure were made in 2007.
Pension Plan
Our Pension Plan is a
traditional broad-based pension plan that provides for a defined benefit to be
paid to eligible employees upon retirement. The benefit is based upon a
participant’s average base salary for the highest 60 consecutive months of the
last 120 months of service, years of credited service, and social security
benefits (under an offset formula). Benefits are normally payable in monthly
40
installments after
age 65. Tax laws limit the qualifying salary that can be used, and thus the
benefit that can be paid, under the Pension Plan to a dollar amount that is
adjusted each year for inflation. The formula works in a traditional manner so
that longevity with First Horizon is rewarded.
No substantial changes to the
basic plan structure were made in 2007 with respect to existing employees;
however, employees hired after August 31, 2007 are not eligible to
participate.
Pension Restoration Plan
Our Pension Plan is subject to
certain dollar limitations on qualifying compensation and benefits imposed by
the tax laws. Our pension restoration plan provides a restorative benefit to all
of the executive officers, including all of the named executive officers, and
other employees approved by the CEO on a case by case basis so that the combined
pension and restoration benefit is calculated as if those tax limitations did
not exist. The pension and pension restoration plans thus generally operate as a
single plan in terms of defining the pension benefit payable to executives. This
plan is provided due to the IRS caps on qualified pension plan
benefits.
Other Post-Employment
Benefits
Change in Control Benefits
Generally
Over the past 20 years the
financial services industry has experienced an extraordinary period of
consolidation as old legal barriers, which prevented multi-state banking and
which restricted the business lines in which bank holding companies could
engage, have been abruptly relaxed. Although the new legal environment has
created substantial business opportunities for us and for many of our
competitors, it has also created substantial personal uncertainties for officers
and many levels of employees at all but the very largest financial services
organizations. Our change in control (CIC) severance agreements and CIC plan
features were first put in place a number of years ago in response to these
uncertainties.
Our CIC potential costs are
reviewed annually, and our CIC program is reviewed every three years (most
recently in 2006). In that most recent review, the Compensation Committee’s
consultant, Cook, provided information and advice concerning industry practices,
including best practices and emerging trends. Legal counsel was also engaged.
Industry information is not limited to the Peer Banks or Peer Companies used for
bonuses and long-term incentives, since we seek to follow best practices. As a
result of the most recent review, several substantive agreement provisions and
plan features were altered in early 2007 as described below. We adjusted the
change in control (CIC) arrangements in our plans and severance agreements based
on the “emerging best practices” advice of a nationally-recognized law firm and
a review of competitive practices within the banking industry provided by Cook.
We have no right to compel executives who previously entered into old CIC
severance agreement forms to agree to the new terms.
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We moved all
elements to a double-trigger standard, which means that in order for the
applicable CIC benefit to be paid, a CIC event must occur and the
officer must be terminated by us without cause or by the executive due to
a significant reduction in job responsibilities or compensation
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benefit previously was calculated based in part upon target-level bonuses.
As changed, the calculation is now based in part upon recent actual
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gross-up feature was modified, requiring a reduction in the CIC severance
payments if such a reduction would eliminate excise tax liability. The
reduction cannot exceed the greater of 5% or $50,000. If the reduction
cannot eliminate the excise tax, then the tax gross-up feature will
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Non-disparagement,
cooperation, and non-solicitation covenants have been included in the CIC
severance agreements. |
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• |
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In order to encourage
officers to agree to the new terms, a provision was added to our Pension
Restoration Plan, for those persons who sign new CIC severance agreements,
to continue to accrue age and service credit under the Pension Restoration
Plan during the CIC agreement |
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severance
period if the executive is at least 50 years of age and has at least 10
years of service upon termination following a CIC event. |
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CIC changes to equity
plans will be phased in over an extended period as described under the
caption “Change in Control Features Under Other Plans and Programs”
below.
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Change in Control Severance
Agreements
At the end of 2007 we had
change in control severance agreements with all of our named executive officers
except Mr. Medford. Although not employment agreements, the change in control
severance agreements provide significant benefits if employment is terminated in
connection with a change in control event. Additional information about these
contracts is provided under the caption “Change in Control Severance Agreements”
in the “Change in Control” section beginning on page 66 of this proxy
statement.
The primary objectives of our
severance agreements are: to allow us to compete for executive talent during
normal times and, if a change in control situation were to arise, to motivate
our executive team to remain with First Horizon, focused on company objectives,
during the pursuit, closing, and transition periods that accompany nearly every
change in control transaction in our industry.
Change in Control Features Under Other Plans
and Programs
Under many of our plans and
programs, a change in control event will cause benefits to vest, be paid, or be
calculated and paid at target or maximum levels. Details of those change in
control features are discussed under the heading “Change in Control” beginning
on page 66 of this proxy statement.
The main objective of these
features is to allow First Horizon to offer competitive compensation packages so
as to attract and retain top talent in an industry where consolidation continues
at a robust pace. In 2007, after a review of all change in control features in
our plans and programs, we amended our plans to provide a double-trigger
standard, which means that in order for the applicable benefit to be paid a
change in control event must occur and the officer must be terminated or
experience a significant job reduction. The amendments to those plans were put
in place in 2007. However, for plans that provide for awards, the amendments
apply only to new awards granted after the amendment; old awards generally were
not amended due to legal, tax, and accounting concerns.
Special Retirement
Agreements
On occasion in the past the
Compensation Committee has approved entering into special severance arrangements
with some of our retiring executive officers. Those agreements are negotiated
with each individual retiree and have varied considerably. Generally they have
involved officers as to whom First Horizon desires a
non-competition/non-solicitation covenant and other legal restrictions. Those
restrictive covenants typically have had two to three-year terms. In order to
induce a retiring officer to agree to those restrictions, First Horizon
generally offers certain benefits which the retiree normally would not receive.
In the recent past, those benefits have included pro-rata vesting of
conventional and PARSAP restricted stock that otherwise would be forfeited,
partial retention of long-term equity-based incentive awards that normally would
be forfeited, waiver of up to 5 years of the age discount when determining
nonqualified pension benefits, cash payments, and certain perquisites. The
long-term incentive awards typically are prorated based on the years of the
applicable performance period that the retiree worked, but remain subject to
satisfaction of all applicable performance requirements. Cash payments typically
are a specified number of months of salary, a percentage of bonus target or a
retention of bonus opportunity, and/or some other severance-oriented amount. The
only perquisites have been post-retirement office space and administrative
assistance. This perquisite has in the past been provided to certain retired
CEOs and, in one instance, to a retired business line head.
Our executives do not have
employment agreements, and we have no obligation to provide anyone with a
special retirement arrangement. When such an arrangement is provided, the terms
vary with the circumstances. We believe such an arrangement can be a useful tool
in those situations where a non-competition covenant or other legal restriction
is desirable, or in recognition of long and valued service to First Horizon, and
we intend to consider using them in the future in those situations that are
appropriate.
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In 2007 we entered into a
special retirement agreement of the sort discussed above with our former CEO,
Mr. Glass, who retired in 2007. Our primary objective for entering into Mr.
Glass’s agreement was to recognize his service to First Horizon and to promote
an orderly management succession process. In 2008 we entered into a similar
retirement agreement for Mr. Thomas, who retired on February 29, 2008. The
agreement recognized his service to First Horizon and assistance with the
management transition. Additional information concerning Mr. Glass’s and
Mr. Thomas’s agreements is provided under the headings “Special Retirement
Agreement with Mr. Glass” and “Special Retirement Agreement with Mr.
Thomas” beginning on page 64 of this proxy statement.
Special Retirement Agreement with Mr.
Baker
In 2004, we entered into an
agreement with Mr. Baker, who was then the head of our mortgage business,
relating to his years of credited service under our Pension Plan. At the time of
this agreement, Mr. Baker began reporting directly to our Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer and was designated by the Board as an executive officer of
First Horizon.
The agreement provides for an
increase in Mr. Baker’s years of credited service for pension purposes equal to
the six years he served with our mortgage division. Our mortgage division does
not participate in our Pension Plan, and those six years otherwise would not
have been counted.
The supplemental agreement was
intended to provide a transition for Mr. Baker from our mortgage division’s
traditional bonus plan to our management plan used for executive officers. When
Mr. Baker became an executive officer in 2004, his annual cash bonus previously
was determined based on business unit results in a traditional manner consistent
with our understanding of industry practices. The bonus opportunity offered
under the 2002 Management Incentive Plan was significantly less than that
provided under mortgage industry norms. Given Mr. Baker’s tenure with the
Corporation at that point and expected retirement age, the Compensation
Committee and Mr. Baker agreed that this adjustment in his years of service
adequately compensated Mr. Baker for giving up his expectations under our
traditional mortgage division bonus arrangement.
Compensation Committee
Report
The Compensation Committee
Report is located on page 12 of this proxy statement under the caption “The
Compensation Committee.”
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Recent Compensation
Summary Compensation
Table
The Summary Compensation Table
which appears below provides compensation information about the following
persons: Mr. Baker, who served during 2007 as our CEO; Mr. Jordan, our Chief
Financial Officer (“CFO”); and Messrs. Burkett and Medford and Ms. Meyerrose,
who are our three most highly compensated executive officers at year end 2007
other than Mr. Baker and Mr. Jordan. Also included are Mr. Glass, who retired as
our CEO in January 2007, Mr. Mosby, who moved to a position at FTN Financial in
May 2007, and Messrs. O’Connor and Thomas, who were executive officers for a
portion of 2007 and whose compensation exceeded that of the lowest paid of the
three most highly compensated executive officers (other than Mr. Baker and Mr.
Jordan). All of the named officers are or were officers of both First Horizon
and the Bank.
Executive compensation for
2007 continued to be largely based on First Horizon’s financial performance.
Annual bonuses for Messrs. Baker, Burkett, and Glass and Ms. Meyerrose were $0.
Payout from our long-term incentive program (LTIP) was $0 for all executive
officers, as it was in the previous year. In 2007, Mr. Jordan was paid a hiring
bonus to replace compensation forfeited as a result of his leaving his former
employer, and his 2007 bonus was guaranteed at target. Five of the named
executives received retention bonuses in 2007 to ensure leadership continuity
during management restructuring, and three of the named executives were paid
bonuses for 2007 under the Management Incentive Plan. No bonus was paid to our
CEO.
The amounts shown in the table
include all compensation earned in 2007, including amounts deferred by those
persons for all services rendered in all capacities to us and our subsidiaries.
If the 2007 named officers were also named officers in 2006, their 2006 earned
compensation is also included. For named officers, information on 2007
compensation as an officer or employee is provided if the individual served
during any portion of the year as an executive officer. Additional executive
compensation information is provided in tabular form in the following pages. A
discussion and analysis of our compensation objectives and rationale, along with
information on compensation of directors, is located in the “Compensation
Discussion and Analysis” and “Director Compensation” sections of this proxy
statement beginning on pages 22 and 69, respectively. No named officer who
served as a director was compensated as a director of First Horizon or the
Bank.
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Summary Compensation Table |
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(a) |
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(b) |
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(c) |
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(d) |
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(e) |
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(f) |
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(g) |
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(h) |
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(i) |
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(j) |
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Name and Principal
Position |
|
Year |
|
Salary ($) |
|
Bonus ($) |
|
Stock Awards ($) |
|
Option Awards ($) |
|
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($) |
|
Change
in Pension Value
& NonQualified Deferred Compensation Earnings($) |
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All
Other Compensation ($) |
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Total ($) |
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|
G.L.
Baker* |
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2007 |
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|
|
$ |
|
790,731 |
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|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
43,152 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
610,778 |
|
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|
|
— |
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|
|
$ |
|
210,941 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
52,362 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
1,707,964 |
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|
Pres &
CEO |
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
698,173 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
101,321 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
162,231 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
262,097 |
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|
|
$ |
|
72,646 |
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|
|
$ |
|
1,296,468 |
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|
D.B.
Jordan** |
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2007 |
|
|
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$ |
|
422,500 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
750,000 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
131,433 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
257,549 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
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|
|
$ |
|
26,240 |
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|
|
$ |
|
1,587,722 |
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|
EVP &
CFO |
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C.G.
Burkett |
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2007 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
700,231 |
|
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|
|
— |
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|
|
$ |
|
238,410 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
135,036 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
162,453 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
47,805 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
1,283,935 |
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|
Pres–TN |
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|
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2006 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
673,654 |
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|
|
|
— |
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|
|
|
($185,043 |
) |
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|
|
$ |
|
98,368 |
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|
|
$ |
|
564,001 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
428,891 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
47,752 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
1,627,623 |
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& Nat’l
Banking |
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M.A.
Medford |
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2007 |
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$ |
|
617,885 |
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|
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$ |
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379,000 |
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|
|
$ |
|
27,365 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
58,970 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
400,000 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
71,576 |
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|
|
$ |
|
11,315 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
1,566,111 |
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|
Pres–FTN |
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Financial |
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S.L.
Meyerrose |
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2007 |
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|
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$ |
|
467,500 |
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|
|
$ |
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68,000 |
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|
|
$ |
|
148,541 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
83,315 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
64,938 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
44,202 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
876,496 |
|
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President, Emerging National Businesses |
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J.K.
Glass* |
|
|
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2007 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
920,331 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
($1,989,391 |
) |
|
|
|
$ |
|
482,939 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
1,507,920 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
46,214 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
968,013 |
|
|
Former Chr of
Bd, |
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
939,692 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
299,220 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
986,056 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
780,115 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
63,271 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
3,068,354 |
|
|
Pres &
CEO |
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|
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M.L.
Mosby** |
|
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2007 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
441,577 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
51,000 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
121,858 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
63,211 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
236,000 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
23,223 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
936,869 |
|
|
Former |
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
338,461 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
($101,330 |
) |
|
|
|
$ |
|
43,345 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
45,072 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
22,844 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
348,392 |
|
|
EVP &
CFO |
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44
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Summary Compensation Table |
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(a) |
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(b) |
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(c) |
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(d) |
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(e) |
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(f) |
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(g) |
|
(h) |
|
(i) |
|
(j) |
|
Name and Principal
Position |
|
Year |
|
Salary ($) |
|
Bonus ($) |
|
Stock Awards ($) |
|
Option Awards ($) |
|
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($) |
|
Change
in Pension Value
& NonQualified Deferred Compensation Earnings($) |
|
All
Other Compensation ($) |
|
Total ($) |
|
|
|
J.P. O’Connor,
Jr. |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
373,115 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
54,450 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
135,821 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
83,248 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
150,000 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
162,402 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
26,931 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
985,967 |
|
|
Former
EVP Chief Credit Officer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
E.L.
Thomas |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
437,808 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
64,000 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
168,641 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
89,886 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
150,000 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
576,734 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
66,011 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
1,553,080 |
|
|
Former
EVP Interest Rate Risk Management |
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|
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* |
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Mr. Glass
retired as Chairman of the Board, President and CEO on January 29, 2007.
On that date, Mr. Baker, who had been Chief Operating Officer, was
appointed President and CEO. |
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** |
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Mr. Mosby ceased to
serve as CFO effective May 1, 2007, and became an officer of FTN
Financial. Mr. Jordan was appointed CFO effective May 1, 2007. Information
for Mr. Mosby relates to all positions held during the years
indicated.
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Details concerning information
in certain of the columns are presented in the following paragraphs:
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(c) |
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Salary
Deferrals. There were no deferrals of the salary amounts included in
column (c) during 2007. |
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(d) |
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Bonuses.
Regular annual cash bonuses are payable under the 2002 Management
Incentive Plan (FTN Financial Bonus Plan for Mr. Mosby). They constitute
non-equity incentive plan compensation and are therefore reported in
column (g). The amounts reported in column (d) for 2007 include the cash
portion of a hiring bonus and a guaranteed bonus paid to Mr. Jordan and
discretionary retention bonuses paid to Messrs. Medford, Mosby, O’Connor
and Thomas and Ms. Meyerrose. In February 2008, Mr. Jordan’s hiring bonus
was paid in a combination of cash and equity; the full amount is included
in this column. |
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(e)/(f) |
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Accounting
Expense Values. The dollar values associated with awards shown in
columns (e) and (f) reflect the accounting expense during each year shown,
and are only partially related to awards granted during the
year. |
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Those
accounting expenses are based on values determined as of the grant date of
each award using the same assumptions, valuation method, and amortization
method used for accounting purposes in our financial statements. The
accounting valuation method makes several assumptions about the growth and
volatility of our stock value, the expected actual duration in the case of
options, vesting, forfeiture, and other matters. The amortization method
makes further assumptions concerning the expected vesting and duration of
the awards. A discussion of those assumptions and methods appears in
note 21 to our 2007 annual report to shareholders. Actual future
events may be substantially inconsistent with those
assumptions. |
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In most cases
the total value of an award is amortized over more than one year. In those
cases the amount amortized in a single year is only a portion of the total
accounting value of the award, and the amount shown in the Summary
Compensation Table for that award type often represents the sum of several
such portions for several awards granted over several
years. |
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In addition,
events may occur which, under the accounting rules, result in a negative
expense. Forfeiture is one such event. The amounts shown in the Summary
Compensation Table in some cases reflect a netting of positive and
negative expenses. A negative number appears if the negative expenses were
larger than the positive ones. |
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For all those
reasons, the actual values realized by an award holder may, and often
will, differ substantially from the accounting values reflected in columns
(e) and (f). |
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(e) |
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Stock
Awards. Column (e) includes the accounting values of conventional
stock options, restricted stock, PARSAP shares, and performance share
units (PSUs) expensed during the year indicated. Except for a small amount
of dividend earnings, these amounts do not represent amounts paid
or earned; they are simply the values attributed to awards under the
applicable accounting rules, amortized over specific periods as required
by those rules. |
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PARSAP
Shares (Discontinued at the end of 2006). Our practice has been to
grant PARSAP shares every three years. PARSAP shares vest in 10 years,
however vesting can be accelerated if certain performance criteria are
met. The features of the PARSAP awards are discussed in the “Relative
Sizing and Mix of Major Compensation Components” section of this proxy
statement beginning on page 29. Our last two regular PARSAP grants were in
2002 and 2005. |
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PSUs.
For several years our long-term equity-based incentives have taken the
form of PSUs. Prior to 2007, our PSUs were designated as “LTIP” awards.
The terms of 2007 PSUs differ somewhat from LTIP grants and the LTIP
designation has been discontinued. All PSUs are performance-based, meaning
that eventual payout may be higher or lower than the accounting values
used in the table above. The PSU payout may be zero. For example, the LTIP
awards granted in 2003, 2004, and 2005 matured at the end of 2005, 2006,
and 2007, respectively; the performance criteria were not met and the
payout in each case was zero. Previous accruals related to those earlier
LTIP awards were recouped resulting in negative accruals for fiscal years
2006 and 2007. Those negative accruals along with forfeitures due to
retirements are reflected in column (e) as shown in the table below. The
performance and other features of the 2007 PSU awards are discussed in
“PSU Awards” beginning on page 37 of this proxy
statement. |
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Restricted
Stock. A portion of Mr. Jordan’s 2007 hiring bonus was paid in the
form of restricted stock. Our practice of making regular annual restricted
stock awards to executives ceased after 2006. |
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PRSUs.
Mr. Medford received a special grant of performance restricted stock units
(PRSUs) to supplement his 2007 annual bonus opportunity; those PRSUs were
forfeited in 2008 because his calculated cash bonus was less than the MIP
annual limit. A promotional grant of 25,000 PRSUs to Mr. Baker is also
included in column (e) for 2006. Those special PRSUs will vest and pay out
in the same proportion (up to 100%) as Mr. Baker’s average annual bonus
payout relative to his target bonus over the three-year period
2006-2008. |
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Earnings. Column
(e) also includes earnings (dividends) paid or payable during the year on
all restricted and PARSAP shares that have not yet vested, regardless of
when granted. Dividend equivalent amounts accrue on PSUs prior to vesting,
but are paid only to the extent that the underlying PSUs vest and as such
are not included in this column. No dividend equivalents accrue or are
paid in respect of PRSU awards. The earnings amounts included in column
(e) are reflected in the table below. |
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Negative
Accruals and Dividend Earnings Included in Column (e) |
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|
Name |
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Negative
Accruals |
|
Dividend
Earnings |
| |
2006 |
|
2007 |
|
2006 |
|
2007 |
| |
|
|
|
Mr. Baker |
|
|
$ |
|
(570,919 |
) |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
61,592 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
61,592 |
|
|
Mr. Jordan |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Mr.
Burkett |
|
|
$ |
|
(570,919 |
) |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
64,364 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
64,364 |
|
|
Mr.
Medford |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
1,928 |
|
|
Ms.
Meyerrose |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
43,699 |
|
|
Mr. Glass |
|
|
$ |
|
(1,076,154 |
) |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
308,551 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
106.007 |
|
|
Mr. Mosby |
|
|
$ |
|
(311,407 |
) |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
32,665 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
32,665 |
|
|
Mr.
O’Connor |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
40,428 |
|
|
Mr. Thomas |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
48,563 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forfeitures
in 2007. Some awards that affect amounts reported in column (e) were
forfeited during 2007. Additional information concerning forfeitures of
awards in 2007 is presented in “Supplemental Disclosure Concerning Summary
Compensation and Grants of Plan-Based Awards Tables” beginning on page 51
of this proxy statement. |
| (f) |
|
Option
Awards. All column (f) amounts represent the amortized expense used
for accounting purposes in our financial statements during each year shown
associated with stock option grants in that year or prior years. This does
not represent the compensation value to executives. The actual
compensation value for most options will be determined by the degree to
which our stock price exceeds approximately $40 per share. No stock
appreciation rights (SARs) were awarded. Mr. Jordan received two distinct
option awards on the same date at the same price in connection with his
hiring: 180,000 hiring bonus options and 81,250 regular annual options.
All other options shown are regular annual options except for the portion
of his 2007 annual bonus paid in February 2008 in the form of stock
options with immediate vesting and a premium exercise price of
$25. |
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|
|
|
|
|
(g) |
|
Bonuses.
This column represents the annual MIP payout, which is made for each plan
year in February of the following plan year, for all except Mr. Mosby. Mr.
Mosby upon his transition to FTN Financial began participating in the FTN
Financial Bonus Plan. The amount shown in this column for Mr. Mosby
represents a bonus payment following his move to Capital Markets under the
FTN Financial plan. Although our LTIP awards are incentive compensation,
they are reported in column (e) rather than in this column. Of the bonus
amounts included in column (g), no amounts were deferred into any of our
qualified or nonqualified deferred compensation plans. |
|
(h)
|
|
Column (h)
includes changes in pension actuarial values and above-market earnings on
nonqualified deferred compensation accounts. Changes in pension actuarial
values are the aggregate increase during the year in actuarial value of
all pension plans, both qualified and supplemental, for each named
executive. Our Pension Plan and Pension Restoration Plan are designed to
give employees an incentive to stay with First Horizon through their
normal retirement age. As a result, most of the benefits are accrued
during the last few years of their career. This is illustrated in the
numbers shown in the table below. The amounts shown for Mr. Glass and Mr.
Thomas include waivers of the age discount upon their retirement. The
actual expenses of these plans are determined using the projected unit
credit actuarial method which spreads the cost over the entire career of
each employee. The earnings on deferred compensation included in this
column include all above-market interest accrued during the year, whether
or not paid during the year. For this purpose, the Securities and Exchange
Commission requires us to use one or more rates specified in certain
Internal Revenue Service publications as the applicable ‘market’ rate(s)
in each situation. The amounts associated with each category are shown in
the following table. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes in Pension
Actuarial Value and Above-Market Earnings on Deferred Compensation for
2007 |
|
Name |
|
Change
in Pension Value |
|
Above-Market Earnings
on Deferred Compensation |
|
Total Shown
in Column(h) |
|
|
|
Mr. Baker |
|
|
$ |
|
210,941 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
210,941 |
|
|
Mr. Jordan |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Mr.
Burkett |
|
|
$ |
|
162,453 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
162,453 |
|
|
Mr.
Medford |
|
|
$ |
|
71,576 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
71,576 |
|
|
Ms.
Meyerrose |
|
|
$ |
|
62,540 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
2,398 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
64,938 |
|
|
Mr. Glass |
|
|
$ |
|
1,453,089 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
54,831 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
1,507,920 |
|
|
Mr. Mosby |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Mr.
O’Connor |
|
|
$ |
|
162,402 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
162,402 |
|
|
Mr. Thomas |
|
|
$ |
|
576,734 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
576,734 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(i) |
|
Elements of
“All Other Compensation” for 2007 consist of the
following: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All Other
Compensation for 2007 |
|
(a) |
|
(b) |
|
(c) |
|
(d) |
|
(e) |
|
Total
Shown in Column(i) |
|
Name |
|
Perquisites
and Other Personal Benefits |
|
Tax Reimbursements |
|
401(k)
Plan Company Match |
|
Life
Insurance Premiums |
|
|
|
Mr. Baker |
|
|
$ |
|
32,875 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
6,750 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
12,737 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
52,362 |
|
|
Mr. Jordan |
|
|
$ |
|
25,017 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
1,223 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
26,240 |
|
|
Mr.
Burkett |
|
|
$ |
|
36,162 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
6,750 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
4,893 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
47,805 |
|
|
Mr.
Medford |
|
|
$ |
|
9,150 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
2,165 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
11,315 |
|
|
Ms.
Meyerrose |
|
|
$ |
|
34,526 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
367 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
6,750 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
2,559 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
44,202 |
|
|
Mr. Glass |
|
|
$ |
|
35,109 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
6,750 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
4,355 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
46,214 |
|
|
Mr. Mosby |
|
|
$ |
|
16,997 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
5,267 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
959 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
23,223 |
|
|
Mr.
O’Connor |
|
|
$ |
|
13,570 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
6,750 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
6,611 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
26,931 |
|
|
Mr. Thomas |
|
|
$ |
|
54,632 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
6,750 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
4,629 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
66,011 |
|
|
|
47
Details concerning information
in certain of the columns in the All Other Compensation table are presented in
the following paragraphs:
|
|
|
|
|
(b) |
|
“Perquisites
and Other Personal Benefits” includes the following types of benefits:
Flexible Dollars; Financial Counseling; Disability Insurance; Auto
Allowance; Social Club Dues; and Relocation Allowance. Benefits are valued
at the incremental cost to First Horizon. None of those benefit types
individually exceeded $25,000 for any named person except for Mr. Glass
($26,800) and Mr. Thomas ($42,801) for Financial Counseling, both in
preparation for retirement. “Financial Counseling” represents payments for
the preparation of income tax returns and related financial counseling.
“Flexible Dollars” represents First Horizon’s contribution to the Flexible
Benefits Plan, based on salary, service, and wellness (wellness is based
on completion of the annual company Health Risk Assessment). “Disability
Insurance” represents insurance premiums with respect to our disability
plan. “Auto Allowance” represents a cash allowance paid to certain
executives in lieu of providing a company automobile and reimbursement of
certain maintenance expenses. “Social Club Dues” represents annual dues
for membership in a country club or other social organizations. Executives
who use the club membership in part for business purposes may request
reimbursement of 50% of the annual dues associated with club membership.
In 2007 “Relocation Allowance” includes $21,017 in relocation expenses for
Mr. Jordan. |
|
(c) |
|
In the past,
“Tax Reimbursements” represented tax gross-up payments on certain
benefits. In late 2006 our Compensation Committee discontinued the payment
of tax reimbursements on ordinary benefits; however, there was one tax
gross-up payment for Ms. Meyerrose related to a sales incentive trip which
is reflected in this column, as the Corporation continues to provide tax
gross-ups on sales incentive trips. |
|
(d) |
|
“401(k) Match”
represents First Horizon’s 50 percent matching contribution to the 401(k)
Savings Plan, which is based on the amount of voluntary contributions by
the participant to the FHNC stock fund, up to 6 percent of compensation.
To the extent dollars from the Flexible Benefits Plan are contributed to
the 401(k) Plan, they are included in column (b) rather than in column
(d). |
|
(e) |
|
“Life Insurance
Premiums” represents insurance premiums with respect to our supplemental
life insurance plan. Under our Survivor Benefits Plan a benefit of 2 1/2
times final annual base salary is paid upon the participant’s death prior
to retirement (or 2 times final salary upon death after
retirement). |
Grants of
Plan-Based Awards
The following table provides
information about regular annual grants of stock option and PSU awards granted
during 2007 to the officers named in the Summary Compensation Table, as well as
restricted stock awarded to Mr. Jordan as part of his hiring bonus and
performance restricted stock units awarded to Mr. Medford as a supplement to his
annual cash bonus opportunity. No stock appreciation rights (SARs) were granted
to named executives during 2007. Our most recent regular performance-accelerated
(PARSAP) restricted share awards were granted in 2005; no PARSAP awards were
granted in 2007 and the PARSAP program has been discontinued.
For the purposes of the
following table: the regular annual cash bonus opportunities under our
Management Incentive Plan (MIP) (or FTN Financial Bonus Plan for Mr. Mosby) are
considered to be “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards”; PSUs and Mr. Medford’s
supplemental performance restricted stock units are considered to be “Equity
Incentive Plan Awards”; the restricted stock shares granted to Mr. Jordan as
part of his hiring bonus are considered to be “All Other Stock Awards”, and
stock options (including those granted to Mr. Jordan as part of his hiring
bonus) are considered to be “All Other Option Awards.” The information is
organized so that each row represents a separate grant of awards; a column for a
row is blank if it does not apply to the type of award listed in that row. In
2007 Mr. Glass received no awards of the types reported in this table because he
retired prior to the regular grant date for the year. Mr. Jordan’s grant dates
relate to his hiring in May 2007.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grants of Plan-Based
Awards in 2007 |
|
(a) |
|
(b-1) |
|
(b-2) |
|
(c) |
|
(d) |
|
(e) |
|
(f) |
|
(g) |
|
(h) |
|
(i) |
|
(j) |
|
(k) |
|
(l) |
|
Name |
|
Grant Date |
|
Action Date |
|
Estimated
Possible Payouts under Non-Equity Incentive Plan
Awards |
|
Estimated
Future Payouts under Equity Incentive Plan Awards |
|
All
Other Stock Awards: Number of Shares of Stock or
Units (#) |
|
All
Other Option Awards: Number
of Securities Underlying Options (#) |
|
Exercise or
base price of Option Awards ($/sh) |
|
Grant
date Fair Value of Stock and
Option Awards($) |
Threshold ($) |
|
Target ($) |
|
Maximum ($) |
Threshold (#) |
|
Target (#) |
|
Maximum (#) |
|
|
|
Mr. Baker |
|
Opt
4-20 |
|
|
|
4-17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
162,500 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
39.66 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
840,125 |
|
|
|
|
PSU
4-20 |
|
|
|
4-17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
32,500 |
|
|
|
|
65,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
1,288,950 |
|
|
|
|
MIP
2-20 |
|
|
|
2-20 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
1,500,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mr. Jordan |
|
Opt
5-1 |
|
|
|
4-17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
81,250 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
39.43 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
411,938 |
|
|
|
|
PSU
5-1 |
|
|
|
4-17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16,250 |
|
|
|
|
32,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
640,738 |
|
|
|
|
MIP
5-1 |
|
|
|
4-13 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
650,000 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
650,000 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
975,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
HRS
5-1 |
|
|
|
4-13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
985,750 |
|
|
|
|
HOpt
5-1 |
|
|
|
4-13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
180,000 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
39.43 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
912,600 |
|
|
|
|
Mr.
Burkett |
|
Opt
4-20 |
|
|
|
4-17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
66,000 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
39.66 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
341,220 |
|
|
|
|
PSU
4-20 |
|
|
|
4-17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,200 |
|
|
|
|
26,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
523,512 |
|
|
|
|
MIP
2-20 |
|
|
|
2-20 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
524,000 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
4,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mr.
Medford |
|
Opt
4-20 |
|
|
|
4-17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,109 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
39.66 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
150,494 |
|
|
|
|
PSU
4-20 |
|
|
|
4-17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,822 |
|
|
|
|
11,644 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
230,901 |
|
|
|
|
MIP
2-20 |
|
|
|
2-20 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
n/a |
|
|
$ |
|
4,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PRSU
2-20 |
|
|
|
2-20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
n/a |
|
|
|
|
88,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
n/a |
|
|
|
|
Ms.
Meyerrose |
|
Opt
4-20 |
|
|
|
4-17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
44,063 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
39.66 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
227,806 |
|
|
|
|
PSU
4-20 |
|
|
|
4-17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,813 |
|
|
|
|
17,626 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
349,524 |
|
|
|
|
MIP
2-20 |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
470,000 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
705,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mr. Mosby |
|
Opt
4-20 |
|
|
|
4-17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
33,094 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
39.66 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
171,096 |
|
|
|
|
PSU
4-20 |
|
|
|
4-17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,619 |
|
|
|
|
13,238 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
262,510 |
|
|
|
|
FTN
5-1 |
|
|
|
2-20 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mr.
O’Connor |
|
Opt
4-20 |
|
|
|
4-17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,297 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
39.66 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
151,465 |
|
|
|
|
PSU
4-20 |
|
|
|
4-17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,859 |
|
|
|
|
11,718 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
232,368 |
|
|
|
|
MIP
2-20 |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
375,000 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
375,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mr. Thomas |
|
Opt
4-20 |
|
|
|
4-17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
41,250 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
39.66 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
213,263 |
|
|
|
|
PSU
4-20 |
|
|
|
4-17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,250 |
|
|
|
|
16,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
327,195 |
|
|
|
|
MIP
2-20 |
|
|
|
4-17 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
440,000 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
440,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Details concerning information
in certain of the columns are presented in the following paragraphs:
|
|
|
|
|
(b-1) |
|
Column (b-1)
shows the 2007 grant dates of the awards reported in this table. These are
the dates as of which the grants are effective for legal and accounting
purposes, and as of which prices are set or used for those awards that use
grant date stock values. |
|
|
|
The rows in
column (b-1) are designated to indicate the different award types
involved. The designations correspond to the following award types: “Opt”
for regular annual stock options; “PSU” for performance stock unit awards;
“MIP” for annual cash bonus awards under our MIP; “HRS” for restricted
stock granted as a portion of Mr. Jordan’s hiring bonus; “HOpt” for stock
options granted as a portion of Mr. Jordan’s hiring bonus; and “PRSU” for
the performance restricted stock unit grant made to Mr. Medford to
supplement his annual cash bonus opportunity. FTN indicates FTN Financial
Bonus Plan. This is a discretionary plan with no target or
maximum. |
|
(b-2) |
|
Column (b-2) shows the
2007 dates on which the Compensation Committee acted to grant the awards
reported in this table. For those awards in April, these action dates
precede the legally effective grant dates by a few days. Additional
information concerning the Committee’s reasons for delaying the effective
dates of grants in many instances is set forth in the “Compensation
Discussion and Analysis” section of this proxy statement under the
heading “Timing and Pricing of Regular Annual Equity Awards” on
page 37. |
| (c)-(e) |
|
The 2007 cash
bonuses paid to our executives under our MIP were based on performance
criteria established early in 2007 by the Compensation Committee. For the
corporate officers, including Messrs. Baker and Jordan and Ms. Meyerrose,
the target is derived as a percentage of salary with the maximum
representing 150% of target. For Messrs. O’Connor and Thomas, the target
maximum derived as a percentage of salary and awards is earned based on
individual performance. For Mr. Burkett the target is
|
49
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
derived as a
percentage of pre-tax earnings, with the maximum allowed under the MIP of
$4,000,000. Mr. Mosby upon his transition to FTN Financial began
participating in the FTN Financial Bonus Plan, which does not provide for
a threshold, target or maximum and as such is not shown in the table
above. The annual bonus award for Mr. Medford is also under the FTN
Financial Bonus Plan. The FTN Plan provides for a bonus pool arrangement
based upon business line net profits. Mr. Medford’s MIP award was limited
to $4 million, but he received an award of PRSUs designed to supplement
his MIP bonus if the pool amount exceeded the MIP plan limit. Additional
information concerning annual cash bonuses paid to the named executive
officers for 2007 is set forth in column (g) of the Summary Compensation
Table and under the caption “Annual Cash Bonus under MIP” beginning on
pages 44 and 32, respectively, of this proxy statement. |
|
(f) |
|
The threshold
payouts listed in column (f) for PSU awards are based on achieving a
certain pre-set minimum earnings per share (EPS) level and EPS growth
ranking over a 3-year period. The Compensation Committee has the
discretion to determine the payout when the pre-set EPS level is achieved
but the growth ranking is not. Additional information concerning the
performance criteria related to PSU awards is set forth in “PSU Awards”
beginning on page 37. |
|
(g)/(h) |
|
The target and
maximum payouts listed in columns (g) and (h) for PSU awards may differ
from the amounts actually paid because the payouts under this program are
based on the fair market value of our common stock at the end of the
applicable performance period, if the performance criteria are
met. |
|
(i) |
|
Column (i)
shows the number of shares of restricted stock granted in 2007 to the
named executive officers. The only such grant in 2007 was to Mr. Jordan as
part of his hiring bonus. |
|
(j) |
|
Column (j)
shows the number of shares underlying stock options granted in 2007 to the
named executive officers. |
|
(k) |
|
Options were
priced at fair market value determined as the higher of (a) the average of
the high and low prices for our common stock on the grant date, rounded up
to the nearest whole cent, or (b) the closing price of our stock on the
grant date. |
|
(l) |
|
Column (l)
reflects the dollar value of each award shown in columns (g), (i) and (j)
determined as of the grant date of each award using the same assumptions,
valuation method, and amortization schedule used for accounting purposes
in our financial statements. Additional information concerning the
assumptions and valuation method is given in the discussion of columns (e)
and (f) of the Summary Compensation Table beginning on page 44 of this
proxy statement. |
50
Supplemental Disclosure
Concerning Summary Compensation and Grants of Plan-Based Awards
Tables
The proportion of annual cash
salary and cash bonuses to total compensation, as reported in the Summary
Compensation Table, for each of the named officers is: Mr. Baker, 46%; Mr.
Jordan, 68%; Mr. Burkett, 54%; Mr. Medford, 64%; Ms. Meyerrose, 61%; Mr.
Glass, 95%; Mr. Mosby, 53%; Mr. O’Connor, 43%; and Mr. Thomas, 32%. Additional
information concerning how the amounts of those elements of compensation were
established, and how they relate to other forms of compensation, is set forth
under the headings “Compensation Components in 2007,” “Relative Sizing and Mix
of Major Compensation Components,” “Base Salary” and “Annual Cash Bonus under
MIP” beginning on pages 23, 29, 31 and 32, respectively, of this proxy
statement.
Under the terms of all
options, participants are permitted to pay the exercise price of the options
with our stock.
The vesting schedules of
equity-based awards granted in 2007 are as follows:
|
|
|
• |
|
|
|
For all options
and restricted stock, both regular and hiring bonus, vesting occurs 50% on
each of the third and fourth anniversaries of the grant
date. |
|
|
|
• |
|
|
|
For PSU awards vesting
occurs (if at all) when certain three-year performance criteria,
established when the award was granted, are met. Additional information
concerning the performance criteria for PSU awards is set forth under the
“PSU Awards” section beginning on page 37. |
|
|
|
• |
|
|
|
The number of PRSUs
awarded to Mr. Medford to supplement his annual cash bonus opportunity was
determined in February 2008 to be zero based on the performance criteria
established at the time of grant. If a positive number of PRSUs had been
determined, vesting would have occurred one year later.
|
Vesting information related to
all equity awards held by the named executives at year end is provided under the
heading “Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End” beginning on page 53,
especially in the notes to the table in that section. For all awards vesting
will or may be accelerated or pro-rated in the cases of death, disability, and
change in control; for non-performance awards vesting may be accelerated,
generally on a pro-rata basis, in the event of retirement; and for performance
awards vesting may continue following retirement and may be pro-rated at the
discretion of the Compensation Committee. Additional information concerning the
acceleration features of awards is set forth under the caption “Change in
Control Features under Other Plans and Programs” on page 42.
Dividends or dividend
equivalents are paid or accrued with respect to restricted stock and PARSAP
shares and PSUs, but not stock options. After the issue date, dividend
equivalents would have accrued on PRSUs if they had been issued following the
applicable performance period; since no PRSUs were issued, no dividend
equivalents accrued. No such dividends or dividend equivalents are at rates
preferential to dividends paid in respect of ordinary outstanding shares.
Accrued dividends and dividend equivalents are forfeited if the underlying
shares or units are forfeited.
The applicable plans provide
for tax withholding features related to all award types upon approval of the
Compensation Committee. To date, with respect to outstanding restricted stock
and PARSAP awards, the Committee has approved a mandatory tax withholding
feature under which vested shares are automatically withheld in an amount
necessary to cover minimum required withholding taxes.
In many cases the Compensation
Committee has the power to require the deferral of payment of an award upon
vesting if, absent the deferral, First Horizon would be unable to claim a
corresponding deduction for tax purposes. On occasion the Committee has
exercised that power. No such deferral would cause the amount deferred to be
omitted from the Summary Compensation Table.
51
Forfeitures of Equity-Based
Awards in 2007
Some awards that affect
amounts reported in the Summary Compensation Table were forfeited during 2007.
Forfeitures during 2007 involving the named executives are reflected in the
table below.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forfeitures of
Equity-Based Awards During 2007 (Amounts are in
Shares or Share Units) |
|
Name |
|
Performance Options* |
|
Performance Restricted
Stock* |
|
LTIP
PSUs** (Target Level) |
|
Promotion Restricted
Stock |
|
Conventional Options |
|
Conventional
& PARSAP Restricted Stock |
|
Totals |
|
|
|
Mr. Baker |
|
|
|
51,601 |
|
|
|
|
10,318 |
|
|
|
|
31,805 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
93,724 |
|
|
Mr. Jordan |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Mr.
Burkett |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
31,805 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
31,805 |
|
|
Mr.
Medford |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Ms.
Meyerrose |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
19,346 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
19,346 |
|
|
Mr. Glass |
|
|
|
57,084 |
|
|
|
|
11,472 |
|
|
|
|
125,410 |
|
|
|
|
26,250 |
|
|
|
|
23,189 |
|
|
|
|
72,422 |
|
|
|
|
315,827 |
|
|
Mr. Mosby |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
17,349 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
17,349 |
|
|
Mr.
O’Connor |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
18,453 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
18,453 |
|
|
Mr. Thomas |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
21,712 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
21,712 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
Amounts
forfeited were 100% of the original amounts granted. |
|
|
|
** |
|
|
|
Mr. Glass’s forfeiture
includes 100% of LTIP awards having performance periods ending December
31, 2007 and 2008. In February, 2008 the following additional awards were
forfeited: all LTIP awards having a performance period ending December 31,
2007; and Mr. Medford’s entire PRSU opportunity which supplemented his
2007 annual bonus opportunity.
|
52
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal
Year-End
The following table provides
information about stock options, restricted stock, PARSAP shares, and PSU and
LTIP awards held at December 31, 2007 by the officers named in the Summary
Compensation Table. The PARSAP program and the practice of making regular annual
grants of restricted stock were discontinued at the end of 2006. The PSU program
replaced the old LTIP program in 2007. Mr. Medford’s PRSUs are omitted from this
table because the number of PRSUs had not been determined at December 31; that
number was determined in February 2008 to be zero.
Outstanding Equity Awards
at Fiscal Year-End 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
(b) |
|
(c) |
|
(d) |
|
(e) |
|
(f) |
|
(g) |
|
(h) |
|
(i) |
|
(j) |
| |
|
Option
Awards |
|
Stock
Awards |
|
Name |
|
Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options(#) Exercisable |
|
Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options(#) Unexercisable |
|
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number
of Securities Underlying Unearned Options(#) |
|
Option Exercise Price ($/sh) |
|
Option Expiration Date |
|
Number of
Shares or Units of Stock Held that Have
Not Vested(#) |
|
Market Value
of Shares or Units of Stock that Have
Not Vested($) |
|
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number
of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights that Have
Not Vested(#) |
|
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market
or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights
that Have Not Vested($) |
|
|
|
Mr. Baker |
|
|
|
10,194 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
35.14 |
|
|
|
|
2/26/09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,809 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
40.13 |
|
|
|
|
4/20/09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,636 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.63 |
|
|
|
|
10/19/09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,271 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
17.97 |
|
|
|
|
3/1/10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,524 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
38.74 |
|
|
|
|
3/3/10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,858 |
|
|
|
|
7,859 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
45.73 |
|
|
|
|
2/17/11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19,817 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
30.48 |
|
|
|
|
2/23/11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,453 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
40.34 |
|
|
|
|
4/22/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,896 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
40.71 |
|
|
|
|
4/21/13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,186 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
22.87 |
|
|
|
|
2/17/14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
162,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
39.66 |
|
|
|
|
4/20/14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,581 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
19.37 |
|
|
|
|
3/3/23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
36,797 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
665,474 |
|
|
|
|
108,797 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
1,967,594 |
|
|
|
|
Mr. Jordan |
|
|
|
|
|
261,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
39.43 |
|
|
|
|
5/1/14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25,000 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
452,125 |
|
|
|
|
16,250 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
293,881 |
|
|
|
|
Mr.
Burkett |
|
|
|
5,141 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
34.88 |
|
|
|
|
4/21/08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,229 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
35.14 |
|
|
|
|
2/26/09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,647 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
40.13 |
|
|
|
|
4/20/09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,254 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.63 |
|
|
|
|
10/19/09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,681 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
38.74 |
|
|
|
|
3/3/10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,833 |
|
|
|
|
6,834 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
45.73 |
|
|
|
|
2/17/11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,332 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
30.48 |
|
|
|
|
2/23/11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,594 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
35.14 |
|
|
|
|
2/26/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,453 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
40.34 |
|
|
|
|
4/22/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,365 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
40.71 |
|
|
|
|
4/21/13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
66,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
39.66 |
|
|
|
|
4/20/14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,839 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
24.38 |
|
|
|
|
2/23/21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
213 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.19 |
|
|
|
|
7/2/21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
209 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.70 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,686 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.11 |
|
|
|
|
2/26/22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
79 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
19.01 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
82 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
18.28 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37,831 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
684,174 |
|
|
|
|
82,312 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
1,488,613 |
|
|
|
53
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 2007 |
|
|
|
(a) |
|
(b) |
|
(c) |
|
(d) |
|
(e) |
|
(f) |
|
(g) |
|
(h) |
|
(i) |
|
(j) |
| |
|
Option
Awards |
|
Stock
Awards |
|
Name |
|
Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options(#) Exercisable |
|
Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options(#) Unexercisable |
|
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number
of Securities Underlying Unearned Options(#) |
|
Option Exercise Price ($/sh) |
|
Option Expiration Date |
|
Number of
Shares or Units of Stock Held that Have
Not Vested(#) |
|
Market Value
of Shares or Units of Stock that Have
Not Vested($) |
|
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number
of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights that Have
Not Vested(#) |
|
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market
or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights
that Have Not Vested($) |
|
|
|
Mr.
Medford |
|
|
|
7,249 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
35.14 |
|
|
|
|
2/26/09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,773 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
38.74 |
|
|
|
|
3/3/10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,184 |
|
|
|
|
3,185 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
45.73 |
|
|
|
|
2/17/11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,446 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
35.14 |
|
|
|
|
2/26/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
40.34 |
|
|
|
|
4/22/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,405 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
40.71 |
|
|
|
|
4/21/13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,109 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
39.66 |
|
|
|
|
4/20/14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,152 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
38,919 |
|
|
|
|
5,822 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
105,291 |
|
|
|
|
Ms.
Meyerrose |
|
|
|
3,495 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
34.88 |
|
|
|
|
4/21/08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,451 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
40.13 |
|
|
|
|
2/20/09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,541 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
35.14 |
|
|
|
|
2/26/09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,868 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.63 |
|
|
|
|
10/19/09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,209 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
38.74 |
|
|
|
|
3/3/10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,651 |
|
|
|
|
3,651 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
45.73 |
|
|
|
|
2/17/11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,041 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
30.48 |
|
|
|
|
2/23/11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
35.14 |
|
|
|
|
2/26/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,600 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
40.34 |
|
|
|
|
4/22/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,910 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
40.71 |
|
|
|
|
4/21/13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
44,063 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
39.66 |
|
|
|
|
4/20/14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,610 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
45.855 |
|
|
|
|
2/24/17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,638 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
26.41 |
|
|
|
|
2/19/18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,691 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
33.05 |
|
|
|
|
2/23/19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
15.27 |
|
|
|
|
3/1/20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,876 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.11 |
|
|
|
|
2/26/22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25,659 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
464,043 |
|
|
|
|
53,030 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
959,048 |
|
|
|
|
Mr. Glass |
|
|
|
16,169 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
34.88 |
|
|
|
|
4/21/08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,155 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.65 |
|
|
|
|
12/31/08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
109,670 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
35.14 |
|
|
|
|
2/26/09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18,689 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
40.13 |
|
|
|
|
4/20/09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
125,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
36.35 |
|
|
|
|
7/16/09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17,464 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.63 |
|
|
|
|
10/19/09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
110,945 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
17.97 |
|
|
|
|
3/1/10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
173,495 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
38.74 |
|
|
|
|
3/3/10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
81,639 |
|
|
|
|
81,641 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
45.73 |
|
|
|
|
4/17/10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
36,976 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
30.48 |
|
|
|
|
4/17/10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21,565 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
35.14 |
|
|
|
|
2/26/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
58,405 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
40.34 |
|
|
|
|
4/17/10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,106 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
22.60 |
|
|
|
|
4/17/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,156 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
20.46 |
|
|
|
|
4/17/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.16 |
|
|
|
|
4/17/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,984 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
27.41 |
|
|
|
|
4/17/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,758 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
31.99 |
|
|
|
|
4/17/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,172 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
32.96 |
|
|
|
|
4/17/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
54
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 2007 |
|
|
|
(a) |
|
(b) |
|
(c) |
|
(d) |
|
(e) |
|
(f) |
|
(g) |
|
(h) |
|
(i) |
|
(j) |
| |
|
Option
Awards |
|
Stock
Awards |
|
Name |
|
Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options(#) Exercisable |
|
Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options(#) Unexercisable |
|
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number
of Securities Underlying Unearned Options(#) |
|
Option Exercise Price ($/sh) |
|
Option Expiration Date |
|
Number of
Shares or Units of Stock Held that Have
Not Vested(#) |
|
Market Value
of Shares or Units of Stock that Have
Not Vested($) |
|
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number
of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights that Have
Not Vested(#) |
|
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market
or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights
that Have Not Vested($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,140 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
23.72 |
|
|
|
|
4/17/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,441 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
22.53 |
|
|
|
|
4/17/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,546 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.19 |
|
|
|
|
4/17/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,482 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.70 |
|
|
|
|
4/17/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,315 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
19.01 |
|
|
|
|
4/17/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,368 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
18.28 |
|
|
|
|
4/17/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,139 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.94 |
|
|
|
|
4/17/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,142 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.89 |
|
|
|
|
4/17/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mr. Mosby |
|
|
|
3,942 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
35.14 |
|
|
|
|
2/26/09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,685 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
38.74 |
|
|
|
|
3/3/10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,272 |
|
|
|
|
3,272 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
45.73 |
|
|
|
|
2/17/11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,125 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
40.34 |
|
|
|
|
4/22/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,177 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
40.71 |
|
|
|
|
4/21/13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
33,094 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
39.66 |
|
|
|
|
4/20/14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18,982 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
343,290 |
|
|
|
|
42,759 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
773,297 |
|
|
|
|
Mr.
O’Connor |
|
|
|
5,700 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
34.88 |
|
|
|
|
4/21/08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,537 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
35.14 |
|
|
|
|
2/26/09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
40.13 |
|
|
|
|
4/20/09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,013 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
17.97 |
|
|
|
|
3/1/10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,209 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
38.74 |
|
|
|
|
3/3/10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,651 |
|
|
|
|
3,651 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
45.73 |
|
|
|
|
2/17/11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,339 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
30.48 |
|
|
|
|
2/23/11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,883 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
35.14 |
|
|
|
|
2/26/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,388 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
40.34 |
|
|
|
|
4/22/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,447 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
40.71 |
|
|
|
|
4/21/13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,186 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
22.87 |
|
|
|
|
2/17/14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,297 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
39.66 |
|
|
|
|
4/20/14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,412 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
13.07 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,336 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
15.78 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17,048 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
26.41 |
|
|
|
|
2/19/18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,374 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
33.05 |
|
|
|
|
2/23/19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
55,243 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
15.27 |
|
|
|
|
3/1/20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23,349 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
422,267 |
|
|
|
|
44,319 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
801,509 |
|
|
|
|
Mr. Thomas |
|
|
|
6,426 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
34.88 |
|
|
|
|
4/21/08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,561 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
35.14 |
|
|
|
|
2/26/09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,279 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
40.13 |
|
|
|
|
4/20/09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,924 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
38.435 |
|
|
|
|
3/1/10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,077 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
38.74 |
|
|
|
|
3/3/10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,371 |
|
|
|
|
5,371 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
45.73 |
|
|
|
|
2/17/11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,317 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
44.80 |
|
|
|
|
2/23/11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,567 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
40.34 |
|
|
|
|
4/22/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,526 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
40.71 |
|
|
|
|
4/21/13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
41,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
39.66 |
|
|
|
|
4/20/14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
55
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 2007 |
|
|
|
(a) |
|
(b) |
|
(c) |
|
(d) |
|
(e) |
|
(f) |
|
(g) |
|
(h) |
|
(i) |
|
(j) |
| |
|
Option
Awards |
|
Stock
Awards |
|
Name |
|
Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options(#) Exercisable |
|
Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options(#) Unexercisable |
|
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number
of Securities Underlying Unearned Options(#) |
|
Option Exercise Price ($/sh) |
|
Option Expiration Date |
|
Number of
Shares or Units of Stock Held that Have
Not Vested(#) |
|
Market Value
of Shares or Units of Stock that Have
Not Vested($) |
|
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number
of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights that Have
Not Vested(#) |
|
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market
or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights
that Have Not Vested($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,692 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
36.605 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,900 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
38.435 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,539 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
37.795 |
|
|
|
|
2/24/17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,499 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
37.795 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,807 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
44.65 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,260 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
43.23 |
|
|
|
|
2/19/18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,046 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
43.23 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,270 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
44.65 |
|
|
|
|
1/4/19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19,467 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
33.05 |
|
|
|
|
2/23/19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,501 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
44.80 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,231 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
43.23 |
|
|
|
|
1/3/20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16,081 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
35.13 |
|
|
|
|
3/1/20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,478 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
44.65 |
|
|
|
|
2/26/22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28,285 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
511,534 |
|
|
|
|
53,451 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
966,661 |
|
|
|
Details concerning information
in certain of the columns are presented in the following paragraphs:
|
|
|
(c) |
|
|
|
The vesting
dates of unvested options reported in column (c) are:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grant Date |
|
Vesting Date |
|
Mr.
Baker |
|
Mr.
Jordan |
|
Mr.
Burkett |
|
Mr.
Medford |
|
Ms.
Meyerrose |
|
Mr.
Glass |
|
Mr.
Mosby |
|
Mr.
O’Connor |
|
Mr.
Thomas |
|
|
|
|
|
2/17/04 |
|
2/17/08 |
|
|
|
7,859 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
6,834 |
|
|
|
|
3,185 |
|
|
|
|
3,651 |
|
|
|
|
81,641 |
|
|
|
|
3,272 |
|
|
|
|
3,651 |
|
|
|
|
5,371 |
|
|
1/3/05 |
|
1/1/08 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
1,155 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
4/22/05 |
|
4/22/08 |
|
|
|
4,726 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
4,726 |
|
|
|
|
2,700 |
|
|
|
|
2,300 |
|
|
|
|
29,202 |
|
|
|
|
2,062 |
|
|
|
|
2,194 |
|
|
|
|
3,283 |
|
| |
|
4/22/09 |
|
|
|
4,727 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
4,727 |
|
|
|
|
2,700 |
|
|
|
|
2,300 |
|
|
|
|
29,203 |
|
|
|
|
2,063 |
|
|
|
|
2,194 |
|
|
|
|
3,284 |
|
|
4/21/06 |
|
4/21/09 |
|
|
|
6,448 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
5,182 |
|
|
|
|
2,702 |
|
|
|
|
3,455 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
2,088 |
|
|
|
|
2,223 |
|
|
|
|
3,263 |
|
| |
|
4/21/10 |
|
|
|
6,448 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
5,183 |
|
|
|
|
2,703 |
|
|
|
|
3,455 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
2,089 |
|
|
|
|
2,224 |
|
|
|
|
3,263 |
|
|
4/20/07 |
|
4/20/10 |
|
|
|
81,250 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
33,000 |
|
|
|
|
14,554 |
|
|
|
|
22,031 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
16,547 |
|
|
|
|
14,648 |
|
|
|
|
20,625 |
|
| |
|
4/20/11 |
|
|
|
81,250 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
33,000 |
|
|
|
|
14,555 |
|
|
|
|
22,032 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
16,547 |
|
|
|
|
14,649 |
|
|
|
|
20,625 |
|
|
5/1/07 |
|
5/1/10 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
130,625 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
| |
|
5/1/11 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
130,625 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(f) |
|
|
|
Upon
retirement, option terms generally are shortened to three years from
retirement (five years if the option was granted under a now-discontinued
deferral program), except that no option may have its original expiration
date extended. The expiration dates for options held by Mr. Glass (retired
April 17, 2007) reflect that adjustment. |
|
|
|
(g) |
|
|
|
The awards included in
column (g) all are unvested restricted stock shares and PARSAP shares
outstanding as of December 31, 2007. The PARSAP program was discontinued
at the end of 2006 and regular annual restricted stock no longer is
granted to executives, but prior awards remain outstanding. Restricted
stock was granted in 2007 to Mr. Jordan as part of his hiring
bonus.
|
56
The vesting dates of unvested
restricted stock shares reported in column (g) are:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grant Date |
|
Vesting Date |
|
Mr.
Baker |
|
Mr.
Jordan |
|
Mr.
Burkett |
|
Mr.
Medford |
|
Ms.
Meyerrose |
|
Mr.
Glass |
|
Mr.
Mosby |
|
Mr.
O’Connor |
|
Mr.
Thomas |
|
|
|
4/22/05 |
|
4/22/08 |
|
|
|
937 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
937 |
|
|
|
|
535 |
|
|
|
|
456 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
409 |
|
|
|
|
435 |
|
|
|
|
651 |
|
| |
|
4/22/09 |
|
|
|
938 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
938 |
|
|
|
|
536 |
|
|
|
|
456 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
409 |
|
|
|
|
435 |
|
|
|
|
651 |
|
|
4/21/06 |
|
4/21/09 |
|
|
|
1,289 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
1,036 |
|
|
|
|
540 |
|
|
|
|
691 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
417 |
|
|
|
|
444 |
|
|
|
|
652 |
|
| |
|
4/21/10 |
|
|
|
1,290 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
1,037 |
|
|
|
|
541 |
|
|
|
|
691 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
418 |
|
|
|
|
445 |
|
|
|
|
653 |
|
|
5/1/07 |
|
5/1/10 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
12,500 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
| |
|
5/1/11 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
12,500 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
The scheduled vesting dates of
unvested PARSAP shares reported in column (g) are:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grant Date |
|
Vesting Date |
|
Mr.
Baker |
|
Mr.
Jordan |
|
Mr.
Burkett |
|
Mr.
Medford |
|
Ms.
Meyerrose |
|
Mr.
Glass |
|
Mr.
Mosby |
|
Mr.
O’Connor |
|
Mr.
Thomas |
|
|
|
2/26/02 |
|
2/26/12 |
|
|
|
9,843 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
11,383 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
7,541 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
5,056 |
|
|
|
|
8,537 |
|
|
|
|
10,048 |
|
|
4/22/05 |
|
4/22/15 |
|
|
|
22,500 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
22,500 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
13,686 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
12,273 |
|
|
|
|
13,053 |
|
|
|
|
15,630 |
|
|
1/20/98 |
|
6/30/08 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
2,138 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
The foregoing information
reflects scheduled vesting dates. PARSAP shares have an acceleration feature
that allows them to vest early upon achievement of certain performance
goals
|
|
|
(h) |
|
|
|
The values in
column (h) reflect the closing market value at December 31, 2007, of the
unvested restricted shares and PARSAP shares held by the named persons,
with no discount for the risk that the award might be forfeited or for the
time remaining before vesting. The values are not based on financial
accounting assumptions or methods. |
|
|
|
(i) |
|
|
|
The awards included in
column (i) all are unvested PSUs and LTIPs, including a promotional
performance-based restricted stock unit grant to Mr. Baker, that were
outstanding on December 31, 2007. |
|
|
|
(j) |
|
|
|
The values in column (j)
reflect the fair market value at December 31, 2007, of the unvested PSUs
and LTIPs held by the named persons, including a promotional
performance-based restricted stock unit grant to Mr. Baker, with no
discount for the risk that the award might be forfeited based on
performance or for the time remaining before vesting. The values are not
based on financial accounting assumptions or methods. |
|
|
|
(i)/(j) |
|
|
|
At year-end 2007 the
awards reflected in columns (i) and (j) continued to be outstanding and no
performance determinations had yet been made. In early 2008, the
Compensation Committee determined that 100% of the LTIP awards having a
performance period ending in 2007 should be forfeited based on failure to
achieve applicable corporate performance goals.
|
The performance periods
applicable to unvested regular annual PSUs and LTIPs reported in columns (i) and
(j) are shown in the schedule below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grant Date |
|
Performance Period |
|
Mr.
Baker |
|
Mr.
Jordan |
|
Mr.
Burkett |
|
Mr.
Medford |
|
Ms.
Meyerrose |
|
Mr.
Glass |
|
Mr.
Mosby |
|
Mr.
O’Connor |
|
Mr.
Thomas |
|
|
|
4/22/05 |
|
2005–2007 |
|
|
|
31,805 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
31,805 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
19,346 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
17,349 |
|
|
|
|
18,453 |
|
|
|
|
21,712 |
|
|
4/21/06 |
|
2006–2008 |
|
|
|
44,492 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
37,307 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
24,871 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
18,791 |
|
|
|
|
20,007 |
|
|
|
|
23,489 |
|
|
4/20/07 |
|
2007–2009 |
|
|
|
32,500 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
13,200 |
|
|
|
|
5,822 |
|
|
|
|
8,813 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
6,619 |
|
|
|
|
5,859 |
|
|
|
|
8,250 |
|
|
5/1/07 |
|
2007–2009 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
16,250 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
The promotional grant of
performance-based restricted stock units to Mr. Baker of 25,000 is also included
in column (i) and (j) and is scheduled to vest in February 2009, subject to
achieving certain performance criteria.
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Option Exercises and Stock
Vested
The following table provides
information about stock options and similar rights exercised during 2007 by the
officers named in the Summary Compensation Table and restricted shares that
vested during 2007. The named officers do not hold stock appreciation rights. No
LTIPs, PSUs, or other performance-based equity awards vested for any of the
named persons during 2007.
Option Exercises and Stock
Vested During 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
(b) |
|
(c) |
|
(d) |
|
(e) |
| |
|
Option
Awards |
|
Stock
Awards |
|
Name |
|
Number
of Shares Acquired on Exercise(#) |
|
Value
Realized on Exercise($) |
|
Number of
Shares Acquired on Vesting(#) |
|
Value
Realized on Vesting($) |
|
|
|
Mr. Baker |
|
|
|
5,000 |
|
|
|
|
61,450 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Mr. Jordan |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Mr.
Burkett |
|
|
|
4,682 |
|
|
|
|
108,974 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Mr.
Medford |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Ms.
Meyerrose |
|
|
|
5,579 |
|
|
|
|
156,575 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Mr. Glass |
|
|
|
48,458 |
|
|
|
|
1,136,098 |
|
|
|
|
23,750 |
|
|
|
|
945,013 |
|
|
Mr. Mosby |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Mr.
O’Connor |
|
|
|
8,878 |
|
|
|
|
163,311 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Mr. Thomas |
|
|
|
5,431 |
|
|
|
|
27,454 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
Details concerning information
in certain of the columns are presented in the following paragraphs:
|
|
|
(c) |
|
|
|
The values in
column (c) represent the difference between the fair market value of the
shares on the exercise date and the exercise price of the option.
|
|
|
| (e)
|
|
|
|
The
values in column (e) represent the fair market value of the shares on the
vesting date.
|
58
POST-EMPLOYMENT AND DIRECTOR
COMPENSATION
Post-Employment Benefits
Overview
We provide several programs to
our executives and other employees which provide benefits if employment is
terminated. In addition, many of our regular programs have features that
enhance, accelerate, reduce, cancel, or forfeit benefits if employment
terminates in various ways, or, in the case of stock options, that can
accelerate vesting while shortening their remaining lives. Additional
information concerning these programs and features is presented in the sections
following this one.
Certain post-employment terms
are used in this proxy statement with specific meanings. The meanings we use in
this proxy statement are summarized below in order to avoid
confusion.
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|
|
|
|
Discharge |
|
A termination
of employment by action of the corporation (other than in connection with
disability or retirement). |
|
Resignation |
|
A termination
of employment by action of the executive (other than in connection with
disability or retirement). |
|
Disability |
|
A permanent
inability to work as specified in the applicable plan or
program. |
|
Retirement |
|
A termination
of employment after meeting certain age and service requirements specified
in the applicable plan or program or, if none, as specified in our Pension
Plan. Our Pension Plan and some other plans specify both early and normal
retirement requirements, while other plans and programs specify only
normal retirement or make no provision for retirement at
all. |
|
Change in
Control (CIC) |
|
A change in
control of First Horizon National Corporation as defined in the applicable
plan or program. All of our active plans that provide for a change in
control event use a substantially similar definition, discussed in more
detail in “Change in Control–Definition” on page
66. |
Pension Plans
We have two defined benefit
retirement plans in which our executives participate: a tax-qualified Pension
Plan (for a broad group of employees), and a Pension Restoration Plan (for
highly-compensated employees, including the executive officers) which, in
practical effect, extends the benefits of the Pension Plan as if the dollar
limit imposed by the tax code did not exist. The two pension plans ordinarily
have the overall effect, therefore, of a single plan providing a single
benefit.
Our Pension Plan is integrated
with social security under an “offset” formula, applicable to all participants.
Retirement benefits are based upon a participant’s average base salary for the
highest 60 consecutive months of the last 120 months of service (“Covered
Compensation”), length of service, and social security benefits. Normal
retirement benefits typically are payable in monthly installments after age 65,
though many variations are possible as discussed below. For purposes of the
plan, “compensation” is defined as the total cash remuneration reportable on the
employee’s IRS form W-2, plus pre- tax contributions under the Savings Plan and
employee contributions under the Flexible Benefits Plan, excluding bonuses,
commissions, and incentive and contingent compensation.
Our Pension Restoration Plan
is an unfunded plan covering certain employees in the highest salary grades,
including all executive officers, whose benefits under the Pension Plan have
been limited under tax code Section 415 and tax code Section 401(a)(17). The
limitation under Section 415 of the tax code is $180,000 for 2007 or 100% of the
employee’s average income in his or her three highest paid years, whichever is
less. Tax code Section 401(a)(17) limits compensation to $225,000 in 2007 for
purposes of certain benefit calculations. “Compensation” is defined in the same
manner as it is for purposes of the Pension Plan. Under the Pension Restoration
Plan participants receive the difference between the monthly pension payable if
tax code limitations did not apply, and the actual pension payable.
Our Pension Plan offers a
reduced early retirement benefit for participants who are at least age 55 with
15 years of service. The reduction in benefits varies based on age at
retirement. For example, if retiring at age 55, the
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Pension Plan benefit
is reduced to 50%; if retiring at age 60, the reduction is to 66%. The Pension
Restoration Plan also provides early retirement benefits.
The combined pension benefit
is fixed once employment is terminated, since no subsequent changes occur to the
primary factors upon which benefits are based. Prior to retirement, participants
may make (and change) various elections that affect their benefits. Among those
are: the ability to take an early retirement annual benefit in lieu of a normal
retirement benefit, if employment ends after the early retirement age and prior
to normal retirement age; the ability to take a benefit payable only during the
life of the employee or a smaller benefit that would continue if the employee
predeceases his or her spouse; and the ability or requirement to take a lump sum
or other non-annuity payment in lieu of annual benefits under the Pension
Restoration Plan in certain circumstances and within the limitations required by
tax code 409A. The typical form of benefit payment for a married participant is
a qualified joint and survivor annuity with the surviving spouse receiving for
life 50 percent of the monthly amount the participant received. The typical form
of benefit payment for an unmarried participant is an annuity payable for life
and 10 years certain.
Service is granted for each
hour worked at the Corporation including certain hours of non-worked service
such as vacation, holidays and disability. One year of vesting service is
credited for each year in which the employee worked 1,000 or more hours of
service.
The following table provides
information about estimated benefits under our Pension Plan and our Pension
Restoration Plan and, in certain cases, special retirement
agreements.
Pension
Benefits
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
(b) |
|
(c) |
|
(d) |
|
(e) |
|
Name |
|
Plan
Name |
|
Number
of Years of Credited Service(#) |
|
Present
Value of Accumulated Benefit($) |
|
Payments During
Last Fiscal Year($) |
|
|
|
Mr. Baker |
|
Pension |
|
4 |
|
|
|
163,752 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
Restoration |
|
10 |
|
|
|
1,194,249 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
Mr. Jordan |
|
Pension |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
Restoration |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
Mr.
Burkett |
|
Pension |
|
34 |
|
|
|
640,525 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
Restoration |
|
34 |
|
|
|
1,281,103 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
Mr.
Medford |
|
Pension |
|
6 |
|
|
|
75,850 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
Restoration |
|
6 |
|
|
|
66,496 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
Ms.
Meyerrose |
|
Pension |
|
26 |
|
|
|
371,824 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
Restoration |
|
26 |
|
|
|
354,165 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
Mr. Glass |
|
Pension |
|
33 |
|
|
|
886,141 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
Restoration |
|
33 |
|
|
|
2,969,307 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
Special |
|
33 |
|
|
|
1,400,789 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
Mr. Mosby |
|
Pension |
|
19 |
|
|
|
156,398 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
Restoration |
|
19 |
|
|
|
83,562 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
Mr.
O’Connor |
|
Pension |
|
37 |
|
|
|
1,208,658 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
Restoration |
|
37 |
|
|
|
851,996 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
Mr. Thomas |
|
Pension |
|
18 |
|
|
|
497,652 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
Restoration |
|
18 |
|
|
|
510,218 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
Special |
|
18 |
|
|
|
516,595 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
Details concerning information
in certain of the columns are presented in the following paragraphs:
|
|
|
(b) |
|
|
|
Mr. Glass
retired on April 17, 2007, at the age 60 with 33 years of service. Mr.
Thomas retired on February 29, 2008, at the age of 59 with 18 years
service. As part of their special agreements made at the time they
retired, the Compensation Committee approved the treatment of Mr. Glass as
if his age were 65 (normal retirement age) and Mr. Thomas as if his age
were 64 under the Pension Restoration Plan; their years of service were
not adjusted. Mr. Glass’s special agreement also provided for a consulting
arrangement through December 31, 2007. Due to this consulting arrangement,
his separation of service as defined under tax code Section 409A was
December 31, 2007. Mr. Thomas’s separation of service was his retirement
date of February 29, 2008. Both were specified employees under tax code
Section 409A; therefore, their first six monthly
|
60
|
|
|
|
|
payments under
the Pension Restoration Plan (including the special benefits) are delayed
and paid as a lump sum six months after their separation of service.
Additional information concerning these special agreements is under the
headings “Special Retirement Agreement with Mr. Glass” and “Special
Retirement Agreement with Mr. Thomas” beginning on page 64.
Based on Mr. Glass’s
agreement and his actual elections at the time of his retirement, he will
begin receiving annual cash benefits of $356,060 under the Pension
Restoration Plan, $75,465 under the Pension Plan and $115,276 under his
special benefit provided for in his agreement, six months following his
separation of service, as defined under tax code Section 409A.
Based on Mr. Thomas’s
agreement and his actual elections at the time of his retirement, he will
begin receiving annual cash benefits of $43,095 under the Pension
Restoration Plan, $46,394 under the Pension Plan and $41,428 under his
special benefit provided for in his agreement six months following his
separation of service as defined under tax code Section 409A.
Mr. Glass and Mr. Thomas
have agreements with us (described under the caption “Employment
Contracts, Termination of Employment and Change in Control Arrangements,
and Benefits under Them” beginning on page 63 of this proxy statement)
that will provide them with a benefit under the Pension Restoration Plan
in accordance with the plan except that 5 years were added to their
age. |
|
|
|
(c) |
|
|
|
This column shows the
years of credited service as defined in each respective plan, as of fiscal
year-end. Mr. Baker’s years of credited service under the Pension Plan
represent his years of service as an executive officer and for purposes of
the Restoration Plan his years as an officer of our parent corporation
(his six prior years of service while employed at First Horizon Home Loans
will not count as credited years of service under the Pension Plan but
will count under the Restoration Plan). |
|
|
|
(d) |
|
|
|
Column (d) reflects the
actuarial present value of the named executive’s accumulated benefit under
each plan, computed as of the same pension plan measurement date used for
financial statement reporting purposes with respect to our 2007 fiscal
year, except that retirement age is assumed to be the normal retirement
age of 65. Mr. Glass was retired as of 12/31/07; therefore, the amounts
shown in this column represent his actual retirement benefit. The amounts
presented in the above table were calculated by the Pension Plan actuary.
The valuation method chosen to calculate those amounts is the projected
unit credit cost method. This method recognizes cost in an increasing
pattern as a participant approaches retirement. The discount rates are
7.00% for the Pension Plan and 6.70% for the Pension Restoration Plan and
reflect the expected average term until settlement of each of these plans.
The assumptions on which the amounts presented in the above table are
based are discussed in note 20 to our financial
statements. |
|
|
|
(e) |
|
|
|
No amounts were paid
during 2007 under any pension plan to any named executive
officer.
|
Nonqualified Defined Contribution and Other
Deferred Compensation Plans
For many years we have
sponsored plans and programs that allow executives to defer receipt of salary
and bonus compensation. For nearly all such plans, the primary purpose was to
allow participants to reduce current-year taxes. Under those plans, participants
may elect to defer receipt of salary and cash bonus amounts. Many of our
executives have deferred, at different times, amounts under several different
plans. Deferred amounts are credited to accounts and earnings accrue according
to the provisions of each plan. Participants have significant discretion
regarding the length of the deferral period, the investment criteria upon which
earnings are based, and the form of payout (lump sum or a term of regular
payments), although the plans and tax laws mandate lump sum payout in certain
circumstances. A deferral period commonly selected lasts until employment
terminates. Amounts paid under our deferred compensation plans, both deferrals
and earnings, are paid directly by us; these plans are unfunded and
nonqualified.
In all of the deferral plans
except one, each participant’s account is fully vested and non-forfeitable.
Except for the possibility of being paid out at one time rather than another,
accounts in such plans are not affected by a termination of employment, change
in control, or other event.
The deferral plan that differs
from the others is our Directors’ and Executives’ Deferred Compensation Plan
(“1985 D&E Plan”). The 1985 D&E Plan’s purpose was both to provide for a
deferral opportunity for participants and also to provide a strong retention
tool for the company. The 1985 D&E Plan ceased taking new deferral
contributions in 1995 but several executive officers, including two of the named
executives, and several directors continue to have accounts. In furtherance of
the retention purpose, the Plan provides that if an executive
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terminates employment
prior to a change in control for a reason other than death, disability or normal
retirement, or if an executive joins a competitor after leaving First Horizon,
that executive is required to experience the practical forfeiture of his or her
account. In that situation, earnings for the participant’s account are to be
re-calculated, retroactively, using a much lower deemed interest rate than that
used for normal retirement. Because of previous withdrawals mandated by the
Plan, at present in every case involving an active executive or director the
re-calculation would cause the participant’s account to become zero. The
re-calculation is avoided only in a change in control situation or if the
Compensation Committee approves a waiver. Additional information concerning the
1985 D&E Plan is available under the caption “Directors’ and Executives’
Deferred Compensation Plan (1985 D&E Plan)” on page 39. The only executive
officers named in the Summary Compensation Table who have accounts under the
1985 D&E Plan are Mr. Glass and Ms. Meyerrose. As part of Mr. Glass’s
special retirement agreement, the Compensation Committee waived the
re-calculation of his account that would have resulted from his early retirement
in 2007. See “Special Retirement Agreement for Mr. Glass” beginning on
page 64 for additional information.
Information concerning the
activities in the past year, and the year-end account balances, of the officers
named in the Summary Compensation Table with respect to our prior and current
deferred compensation plans and programs is presented in the following
table.
Nonqualified Deferred
Compensation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
(b) |
|
(c) |
|
(d) |
|
(e) |
|
(f) |
|
Name |
|
Executive Contributions in
Last Fiscal Year($) |
|
Company Contributions
in Last Fiscal Year($) |
|
Aggregate Earnings
in Last Fiscal Year($) |
|
Aggregate Withdrawals/ Distributions($) |
|
Aggregate Balance
at Last Fiscal Year End($) |
|
|
|
Mr. Baker |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
520,349 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
6,327,692 |
|
|
Mr. Jordan |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Mr.
Burkett |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Mr.
Medford |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
41,458 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
620,271 |
|
|
Ms.
Meyerrose |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(70,516 |
) |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
356,276 |
|
|
Mr. Glass |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(194,429 |
) |
|
|
|
|
3,444,313 |
|
|
|
|
1,104,003 |
|
|
Mr. Mosby |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Mr.
O’Connor |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(680,451 |
) |
|
|
|
|
11,381 |
|
|
|
|
917,675 |
|
|
Mr. Thomas |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(662,106 |
) |
|
|
|
|
26,010 |
|
|
|
|
1,699,190 |
|
|
|
Details concerning information
in certain of the columns are presented in the following paragraphs:
|
|
|
(b) |
|
|
|
Currently up to
80% of salary and 100% of annual cash bonus may be deferred in our
deferred compensation plan for executives. The amounts included in this
column represent deferral of bonus payments made in 2007 related to the
prior year. |
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First Horizon makes no
matching or other contributions to nonqualified deferred compensation
accounts, other than earnings reported in column (d). |
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Earnings include
interest for those accounts that earn interest. For accounts that are
phantom shares of Company stock or of mutual funds, earnings include
increases and decreases of value from January 1 through December 31 of the
year. The number in the table nets those amounts as applicable to the
individual involved. An above-market portion of all earnings amounts is
also reported in the table captioned “Changes in Pension Actuarial Value
and Above-Market Earnings on Deferred Compensation for 2007” on
page 47. |
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Withdrawals are allowed
under the plans in the case of hardship, in service distributions selected
with the deferral election, and interim distributions provided for under
one of the older plans. |
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Certain plan accounts
are denominated as numbers of shares of First Horizon’s stock or of
certain mutual funds. All such accounts are valued based on the fair
market value of those shares at fiscal year-end.
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The information above excludes
information related to our tax-qualified 401(k) Savings Plan. Additional
information concerning our deferred compensation plans is given under the
caption “Deferral Plans and Programs” beginning on page 39 of this proxy
statement.
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Employment Contracts, Termination of
Employment and Change in Control Arrangements, and Benefits under
Them
As mentioned above, we do not
have employment agreements with our executives. However, many of our plans and
programs contain special provisions regarding termination of employment in
various common situations, including in connection with retirement and a change
in control of First Horizon. We also have certain other arrangements that deal
primarily with retirement and change in control situations. This section
provides information concerning those provisions, and other arrangements related
to those situations, in relation to the officers named in the Summary
Compensation Table.
Termination of Employment
Unrelated to a Change in Control
Annual Cash Bonus &
Retention Bonus
If an executive resigned or
was discharged prior to the bonus payment date (early in 2008), the annual cash
bonus for 2007 normally would not be paid. Similarly, the terms of our 2007
retention bonuses require each executive who received one to repay the bonus if
the executive does not remain employed for the duration of the one-year
retention period.
If an executive officer died,
became disabled, or retired early or normally before payment of the annual cash
bonus for a particular year, the annual cash bonus for that year normally would
be paid in whole or part based on actual achievement of the applicable goals for
that year. The amount of bonus would depend significantly on when (relative to
the performance period) the retirement occurred and on the exercise of
discretion by the Compensation Committee, among other things. Retention bonuses
for 2007 have no special provisions for death, disability, or retirement, and so
would be forfeited if employment terminated during the retention period unless
the Committee exercised discretion to modify that result.
Stock
Incentives
Unvested stock options
terminate at the time of resignation or discharge. Vested stock options
terminate immediately after resignation and three months after discharge. In the
case of death, disability, or normal retirement, unvested stock options continue
vesting for three years (five years in the case of options granted in connection
with a deferral of earned cash compensation) but not beyond their original term,
and vested options remain outstanding for the same three- or five-year period,
as applicable. For options granted prior to 2006 an early retirement is treated
the same as a normal retirement, but for options granted after 2005 an early
retirement is treated as a resignation.
Restricted stock (including
PARSAP) shares that are not vested, and PSU, LTIP, and other performance-based
awards as to which the performance period has not passed, normally are forfeited
at the time of a resignation or discharge. In the case of death or disability:
restricted stock shares generally vest in proportion to the amount of the
vesting period that has passed, and the remainder are forfeited, and PSU, LTIP,
and other performance-based awards generally are forfeited unless the
Compensation Committee chooses to act to retain or vest the awards in whole or
part.
For awards under the 2003
Equity Compensation Plan, the awards would be forfeited upon retirement unless
the Compensation Committee used its discretion to vest shares in whole or part.
In the past, the Committee on occasion has acted to vest restricted stock pro
rata (based on the portion of the vesting period worked) in connection with
normal retirement situations that do not involve any adverse factors, and on
occasion has acted to vest restricted stock in whole or in part when early or
normal retirement has been accompanied by a special severance arrangement
(described under the captions “Special Retirement Agreements” and “Other
Agreements and Arrangements” beginning on pages 42 and 64, respectively). When
Mr. Glass retired in 2007, the Committee took such pro-rata action with respect
to half of one of his stock awards, but the rest of that award and all other
such awards were allowed to forfeit in accordance with their terms.
PSUs, LTIPs, and other
long-term performance-based awards generally are forfeited upon death,
disability, or any early or normal retirement during the performance period
unless the Committee acts to prevent forfeiture in its discretion. In the past,
when the Committee has exercised that discretion, it has not vested awards but
instead has preserved them in proportion to the amount of performance period
that the retiree worked. Awards preserved in that manner remain subject to
satisfaction of all applicable performance requirements for the full performance
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period. When Mr.
Glass retired in 2007, the Committee did not preserve any of his unvested
performance-based awards.
Pension Plan and Pension
Restoration Plan
The Pension and Pension
Restoration Plans generally operate as a single plan in terms of defining the
pension benefit payable to executives. Additional information concerning our
pension plans and benefits payable under them is provided under the captions
“Pension Plan” and “Pension Restoration Plan” beginning on
page 40.
401(k) Savings
Plan
Our 401(k) Savings Plan is a
defined contribution plan to which eligible employees may elect to contribute by
payroll deduction, up to the limits of the Plan and applicable tax rules.
Although we offer a matching contribution, the primary sources of funds for the
Plan are deductions from the participants’ paychecks and earnings on those
funds. Each participant has an account in the Plan which may be invested in a
variety of investment alternatives at the participant’s election, including in
shares of our stock. Each account represents actual financial assets held in
trust by a corporate trustee. Each of our executive officers participates in the
401(k) Plan and his or her account is fully vested. When employment terminates,
payroll additions and any company matching contributions cease. Earnings on
accounts continue to accrue until funds are withdrawn. We do not pay earnings on
account funds except indirectly, through dividends on company stock held in Plan
accounts.
Nonqualified Deferred
Compensation Plans
Our nonqualified deferred
compensation plans generally provide a tax deferral mechanism for our
executives. With the exception of one older plan (the 1985 D&E Plan),
account balances are always fully vested and are neither enhanced nor forfeited
upon a termination of employment for any reason. Additional information
concerning our nonqualified deferred compensation plans is provided under the
caption “Nonqualified Defined Contribution and Other Deferred Compensation
Plans” beginning on page 61.
Other Agreements and
Arrangements
On occasion in the past the
Compensation Committee has approved entering into special arrangements or
agreements relating to the retirement of certain executive officers. Agreements
of that sort are in place with three of the named executive officers, Mr. Baker,
Mr. Glass and Mr. Thomas. Information concerning Mr. Baker’s agreement is
provided under the caption “Special Retirement Agreement with Mr. Baker”
beginning on page 42 of this proxy statement; information concerning Mr. Glass’s
and Mr. Thomas’s agreements is in the section immediately following this
one.
Special Retirement
Agreement with Mr. Glass
Mr. Glass stepped down from
his positions as Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer
in January 2007, and he retired from the Board and from employment with us in
April 2007. Shortly after Mr. Glass announced his retirement we entered into a
special retirement agreement with him. Additional information concerning our
retirement practices for executives is presented under the heading “Special
Retirement Agreements” beginning on page 42 of this proxy statement. Key terms
of Mr. Glass’s agreement are highlighted below.
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Mr. Glass
agreed to provide consulting services to the Corporation from his
retirement until December 31, 2007. We paid him a total of $600,000 for
those consulting services. |
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The terms of Mr. Glass’s
outstanding equity awards were not changed, except for one Special Award
discussed in the next bullet. The failure to change outstanding awards
means that all restricted shares and LTIP awards that were unvested at
retirement and all stock options that were granted in 2006 were forfeited
upon retirement except for a portion of the Special Award. Other option
awards continued to remain outstanding in accordance with their
terms. |
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One award granted to Mr.
Glass in 2003 in connection with a promotion (“Special Award”) was treated
differently from other outstanding equity awards. Mr. Glass’s Special
Award was 50,000 shares of restricted stock. Those shares were scheduled
to vest 50% in 2007 shortly after his retirement, and 50% in 2009. A
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pro-rata
portion of the 2007 tranche vested at retirement, consisting of 23,750
shares, and the remainder of the Special Award was
forfeited. |
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For purposes of the
Corporation’s Pension Restoration Plan, Mr. Glass was treated at
retirement as if he were age 65 rather than his actual age (60). At
retirement Mr. Glass had 33 years of credited service under those plans;
those years were not adjusted. Without the age adjustment, Mr. Glass would
have qualified at retirement for a combined annual pension benefit under
those plans of approximately $319,820. With the age adjustment, Mr.
Glass’s annual benefit increased by approximately $115,275. Pension Plan
benefits commenced after retirement in 2007. To comply with certain tax
regulations, monthly basic and additional benefit payments under the
Restoration Plan will be delayed until July 2008, and delayed benefit
payments will be paid in a lump sum when monthly payments begin. Mr. Glass
retained the right under the respective Plans to make certain lump-sum,
marital, and other payment elections under the Plans that could alter the
timing of payments and the total amounts actually paid; the Agreement did
not affect those Plan provisions. |
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For purposes of the 1985
D&E Plan, Mr. Glass will be treated at retirement as if he were age
65. The 1985 D&E Plan has not accepted new deferrals since 1995, but
Mr. Glass has a balance under the Plan. Under the 1985 D&E Plan, early
retirement (before age 65) would have subjected Mr. Glass to the risk of a
recalculation of his account balance in such a way that the balance could
have been reduced to zero. The special retirement agreement provides that
Mr. Glass’s balance will not be re-calculated as a result of his early
retirement. Mr. Glass’s balance at retirement was $771,177. The 1985
D&E Plan currently pays ordinary interest on balances at 13% per
annum. That interest rate, within the context of the entire Plan, has been
established at a level intended to provide both retention and long-term
non-compete incentives, and is expected to continue to provide a
non-compete incentive for Mr. Glass. Under the Plan, Mr. Glass’s balance
is required to be distributed in monthly installments beginning in January
2012 over a period of 15 years. |
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Mr. Glass agreed to
comply with certain confidentiality and other covenants.
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Special Retirement
Agreement with Mr. Thomas
Mr. Thomas retired from the
Company on February 29, 2008. Shortly before Mr. Thomas’s retirement we entered
into a special retirement agreement with him. Additional information concerning
our retirement practices for executives is presented under the heading “Special
Retirement Agreements” beginning on page 42 of this proxy statement. Key terms
of Mr. Thomas’s agreement are highlighted below.
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The terms of
Mr. Thomas’s outstanding equity awards were not changed, except for his
grants of restricted stock discussed in the next bullet. The failure to
change outstanding awards means that all LTIP awards that were unvested at
retirement, and all stock options that were granted in 2006 and 2007, were
forfeited upon retirement. Other option awards continued to remain
outstanding in accordance with their terms. |
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Mr. Thomas had 25,678
PARSAP shares and 2,607 management restricted shares. A pro-rata portion
of these awards vested at retirement, consisting of 20,668 shares, and the
remainder were forfeited. |
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For purposes of the
Corporation’s Pension Restoration Plan, Mr. Thomas was treated at
retirement as if he were age 64 rather than his actual age (59). At
retirement Mr. Thomas had 18 years of credited service under those plans;
those years were not adjusted. Without the age adjustment, Mr. Thomas
would have qualified at retirement for a combined annual pension benefit
(with his qualified plan benefit) under that plan of approximately
$84,500. With the age adjustment, Mr. Thomas’s annual benefit increased by
approximately $41,500. Pension Plan benefits commenced after retirement in
2008. To comply with certain tax regulations, monthly basic and additional
benefit payments under the Restoration Plan will be delayed until August
2008 and delayed benefit payments will be paid in a lump sum when monthly
payments begin. |
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Mr. Thomas will also
receive deferred compensation, life insurance, medical, and other benefits
in accordance with the company’s standard plans. He will be eligible for
continuation of medical coverage at COBRA rates if the post-retirement
medical plan is discontinued. |
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Mr. Thomas agreed to
comply with certain confidentiality and other covenants.
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Change in
Control
Overview
We have special change in
control severance agreements with all of the named executive officers except Mr.
Medford. In addition, many of our plans and programs have special provisions
that apply if we experience a change in control event. This section provides
information concerning arrangements and benefits that would apply if we
experience a change in control event.
Definition
All of our active plans and
programs that have a change in control provision define a change in control
event in a substantially similar manner. Our change in control severance
agreements have slightly differing terms. The term “change in control” is
defined at significant length in formal legal documents. In general terms,
however, a change of control includes any of the following events (with change
in control severance agreement differences noted):
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A change in a
majority of the Board of Directors, with certain
exceptions. |
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A person or other entity
beneficially owns 20 percent or more of our outstanding voting stock, with
certain exceptions. |
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Our shareholders approve
a merger or other business combination, unless (i) more than 50 percent
(60% in our severance agreements) of the voting power of the corporation
resulting from the business combination is represented by our voting
securities outstanding immediately prior thereto, (ii) no person or other
entity beneficially owns 20 percent or more of the resulting corporation,
and (iii) at least a majority (two-thirds in our severance agreements) of
the members of the board of directors of the resulting corporation were
our directors at the time of board approval of the business
combination. |
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Our shareholders’
approval of a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution or a sale of
substantially all of our assets.
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Summary of Change in
Control Effects
A change in control has the
following effects on certain benefit plans, programs, and arrangements in which
the named executive officers participate:
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Annual cash
bonuses along with PSU and LTIP awards are prorated through the date of
the change in control based on the formula as discussed under the section
“Change in Control Severance Agreements”. |
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Restricted stock,
restricted stock units, phantom stock units and unvested stock options
granted prior to 2007 vest. (If granted in 2007 or later, vesting will not
occur unless the grantee experiences certain terminations following the
change in control.) |
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Under our Pension
Restoration Plan, a lump sum payout is made to participants representing
the present value, using a discount rate of 4.2%, of the participant’s
scheduled projected benefits, assuming periodic distributions of the
participant’s accrued benefit in the normal form under the plan,
actuarially adjusted according to a formula for the participant’s age at
the time of the change in control. |
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For those executives who
entered into change in control severance agreements with us after 2006,
our Pension Restoration Plan provides that such executives will continue
to accrue age and service credit under the Plan during the agreement’s
36-month severance period if the executive is at least 50 years of age and
has at least 10 years of service upon termination following a change in
control event. See “Change in Control Severance Agreements” on page 67 for
additional information concerning those agreements. |
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Excess funding in the
Pension Plan is allocated, according to a formula, to all plan
participants and all retirees. |
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Deferred compensation
under individual deferral agreements that accrue interest based on the
10-year Treasury rate and certain other benefits are paid over to
previously established rabbi trusts. Funds in such trusts will remain
available for the benefit of our general creditors prior to
distribution. |
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Our Survivor Benefits
Plan generally cannot be amended to reduce benefits.
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Under the 1985 D&E
Plan, a lump sum payout is made to participating employees and certain
terminated employees representing the present value, using a discount rate
of 4.2%, of the participant’s scheduled projected distributions, assuming
employment through normal retirement date and continued interest accruals
at above-market rates. Additional information concerning the 1985 D&E
Plan is provided under the captions “Directors’ and Executives’ Deferred
Compensation Plan (1985 D&E Plan)” and “Nonqualified Defined
Contribution and Other Deferred Contribution Plans” beginning on pages 39
and 61 respectively. |
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Our change in control
severance agreements, discussed in the next section, provide certain
benefits to those executives whose employment is terminated in specified
ways following the change in control.
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Change in Control Severance
Agreements
At the end of 2007 we had
change in control severance contracts with all of our named executive officers
except Mr. Medford. Those contracts provide generally for a payment equal to
three times annual base salary plus three times a “bonus amount” if we discharge
the officer other than for disability, retirement, or cause, or if the officer
resigns for good reason (as specified in the contracts), in either case within
36 months after a change in control event. For corporate officers, the “bonus
amount” is the average actual annual cash bonus paid over the preceding five
years, excluding the years with the highest and lowest bonuses, with certain
exceptions for executives who have participated in our executive bonus plan less
than five years. With respect to named executive officers whose annual cash
bonuses are based on a percentage of business unit earnings, the “bonus amount”
cannot exceed 100% of annual base salary. The contracts provide generally for an
excise tax gross-up with respect to any taxes incurred under U.S. tax code
section 4999 following a change in control, except that severance payments are
to be reduced if a small reduction (up to 5% or $50,000) would avoid the excise
tax. The contracts provide for continued healthcare and life insurance benefits
for an 18-month period as allowed by tax laws. Non-disparagement, cooperation,
and non-solicitation covenants are included in the contracts. These contracts
are not employment agreements and do not guarantee employment for any term or
period; they only apply if a change in control occurs. Each contract could be
terminated unilaterally upon three years’ prior notice or by mutual consent at
any time. Mr. O’Connor’s agreement is an older form which defines the “bonus
amount” as the target bonus and does not include the CIC agreement changes
discussed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis under “Other
Post-Employment Benefits” beginning on page 41 of this proxy
statement.
Additional information about
these contracts is provided under the captions “Other Post-Employment
Benefits–Change in Control Severance Agreements” and “Summary of Potential
Payments upon a Change in Control” beginning on pages 42 and 67, respectively.
As part of our recent comprehensive review of executive compensation, the
Committee approved significant changes to the executive change in control
severance agreements early in 2007. Key differences between our current
agreements and their predecessor agreements are outlined under the heading
“Other Post-Employment Benefits” beginning on page 41 of this proxy
statement.
Summary of Potential
Payments Upon a Change in Control
The table below summarizes
information about the potential amounts that would be paid or payable to the
named executives (except Mr. Glass) if following a change in control their
employment with us had terminated on December 31, 2007. The closing stock price
on December 31 ($18.15 per share) is used when valuing stock based award
payments. Also, the actual ages and years of service of each named officer on
that date were used when valuing the Pension and Restoration Plan benefits. For
purposes of the table, we have made these assumptions and adjustments: (1) the
present value of future health and welfare and other non-cash benefits is
calculated by using current costs to the company; (2) the value of non-forfeited
stock options is measured when employment is assumed to have terminated based
solely on our stock value at that time, which assumes that options having no
value on the termination date ultimately will have no value prior to their
expiration dates and (3) the circumstances of the termination are such that the
cash severance benefit is fully payable. Mr. Glass is not presented in the table
below as he would not have received change in control benefits as of December
31, 2007 due to his retirement in 2007. Mr. Medford does not have a CIC
agreement; therefore, the amount shown in the table below represents a severance
benefit of one times salary per the Severance Plan provided to all
employees.
Many of the amounts shown in
the table below primarily accelerate the timing of payment of an amount that
would have been paid eventually, and do not increase the amount paid.
Nevertheless, all amounts are shown on a gross, rather than incremental, basis
for the sake of completeness.
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Potential Value of Payments
Upon An Assumed
Termination of Employment At Year-End 2007 Under a Change in
Control
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Event |
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Cash Severance |
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Pro-rated Bonus |
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Stock- Based Awards |
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Pension
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Non-Qual Deferred Compensation |
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Health and Welfare |
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Tax Gross- ups |
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Total |
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Mr.
Baker |
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4,800,000 |
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800,000 |
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2,433,855 |
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2,171,954 |
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52,090 |
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3,351,559 |
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25,000 |
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13,634,458 |
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Mr.
Jordan |
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3,900,000 |
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650,000 |
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552,063 |
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52,092 |
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1,921,966 |
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25,000 |
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7,101,121 |
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Mr.
Burkett |
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3,683,848 |
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523,949 |
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1,715,309 |
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1,054,160 |
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52,092 |
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2,622,368 |
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25,000 |
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9,676,726 |
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Mr.
Medford |
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621,000 |
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74,281 |
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621,000 |
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Ms.
Meyerrose |
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1,903,673 |
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164,558 |
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1,171,098 |
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794,213 |
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360,274 |
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52,092 |
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1,624,307 |
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25,000 |
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6,095,215 |
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Mr.
Mosby |
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1,311,716 |
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84,239 |
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926,824 |
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159,752 |
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52,092 |
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1,062,125 |
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25,000 |
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3,621,748 |
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Mr.
O’Connor |
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2,250,000 |
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375,000 |
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1,000,793 |
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229,091 |
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52,092 |
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1,377,390 |
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25,000 |
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5,309,366 |
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Mr.
Thomas |
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1,944,559 |
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208,186 |
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1,191,665 |
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620,779 |
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52,092 |
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25,000 |
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4,042,281 |
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Director Compensation
Information concerning the
compensation of our non-employee directors paid or earned during 2007 is
presented in the table below. Mr. Baker, our President and Chief Executive
Officer, serves on our Board but does not receive any compensation under the
plans, programs, and practices described below. Similarly his predecessor, Mr.
Glass, served on the Board but was not paid as a non-employee director. Mr. Rose
has served on our Board as a non-employee director for many years. Mr. Rose was
appointed Chairman of the Board on January 29, 2007, which is an executive
officer position. As an executive, Mr. Rose became ineligible for compensation
as a non-employee director at that time; however, he was paid as a non-employee
director in 2007 prior to that change in status, and previously- granted equity
awards were not affected by that change. The information in the table below
excludes any compensation paid to Mr. Rose in his executive officer
role.
Director Compensation for
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
(b) |
|
(c) |
|
(d) |
|
(e) |
|
(f) |
|
(g) |
|
(h) |
|
Name |
|
Fees earned
or paid in cash ($) |
|
Stock
awards ($) |
|
Option
awards ($) |
|
Non-stock Incentive
Plan Compensation ($) |
|
Change
in Pension
Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings ($) |
|
All
Other Compensation ($) |
|
Total ($) |
|
|
|
Dr.
Blattberg |
|
|
|
90,000 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
33,692 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
43,008 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
166,700
|
|
|
Mr.
Carter* |
|
|
|
35,500 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
24,126 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
59,626
|
|
|
Mr. Cooper |
|
|
|
78,000 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
61,840 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
139,840
|
|
|
Mr. Haslam |
|
|
|
67,500 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
44,344 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
111,844
|
|
|
Mr. Martin |
|
|
|
97,000 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
51,656 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
3,228 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
151,884 |
|
|
Ms. Palmer |
|
|
|
100,500 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
51,656 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
3,575 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
155,731
|
|
|
Mr. Reed |
|
|
|
82,500 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
91,293 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
173,793
|
|
|
Mr. Rose** |
|
|
|
19,750 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
5,575 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
46,411 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
71,736
|
|
|
Ms.
Sammons |
|
|
|
72,500 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
46,509 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
119,009
|
|
|
Mr. Sansom |
|
|
|
71,500 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
26,070 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
46,374 |
|
|
|
|
2,400 |
|
|
|
|
146,344
|
|
|
Mr.
Ward*** |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
|
2,520 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
2,520
|
|
|
Mr. Yancy |
|
|
|
83,000 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
28,276 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
111,276
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
Mr. Carter
first was elected to the Board on July 17, 2007. |
|
|
|
** |
|
|
|
Mr. Rose was a
non-employee director until January 29, 2007. At that time he was elected
as Chairman of the Board, which is an executive office. Although Mr. Rose
has remained on the Board, he ceased to receive compensation as a director
once he became Chairman. Information concerning his compensation in this
section relates only to his service on the Board prior to becoming
Chairman of the Board. |
|
|
|
*** |
|
|
|
Mr. Ward resigned from
the Board effective January 16, 2007.
|
Details concerning information
in the columns are presented in the following paragraphs:
|
|
|
(b) |
|
|
|
Included in
this column are all fees and retainers paid in cash, whether or not
receipt was deferred. |
|
|
|
(c) |
|
|
|
Restricted Stock and
Restricted Stock Units. Through 2006, it was our practice to award all
non-employee directors shares of restricted stock such that each such
director had 800 shares of our restricted stock vesting each year and each
received at all times during his or her tenure as a director dividends or
dividend equivalents on 8,000 shares of our common stock. If the
individual’s directorship terminates for any reason other than death,
disability (defined as total and permanent disability), retirement
(defined as any termination not caused by death or disability after the
attainment of age 65 or 10 years of service as a director), or a change in
control (as defined in the 2003 Equity Compensation Plan), all shares that
at the time remain restricted will be forfeited.
Beginning in 2007, each
April directors receive restricted stock units (RSUs) having a grant-date
value of $45,000. RSUs vest the following year if the director remains in
office for the year and are paid in shares. Dividend equivalents accrue
during the vesting period and are paid in cash at vesting. Grants are
pro-rated for anyone elected to the Board outside of our annual meeting.
Since old unvested restricted shares remain outstanding, the RSU program
is being phased in so that each director will have one of the following
occur each year: 800 restricted shares will vest; or a full grant of RSUs
will vest; or a combination of restricted |
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shares (less
than 800) and RSUs (less than 100%) will vest. Because of the phase-in
requirement, in 2007 Mr. Carter and Mr. Haslam received RSUs.
Accounting
Values. The dollar values shown in column (c) reflect accounting
expenses accrued during the year shown, and are only partially related to
awards granted during the year. Those accounting expenses are based on
values determined as of the grant date of each award using the same
assumptions, valuation method, and amortization method used for accounting
purposes in our financial statements. The accounting valuation method
makes several assumptions about the growth and volatility of our stock
value, vesting, forfeiture, and other matters. The amortization method
makes further assumptions concerning the expected vesting and duration of
the awards. A discussion of those assumptions and methods appears in note
21 to our 2007 annual report to shareholders. Actual future events may be
substantially inconsistent with those assumptions.
Also, in most cases the
total value of an award is amortized over more than one year. In those
cases the amount amortized in a single year is only a portion of the total
accounting value of the award, and the amount shown in the Director
Compensation Table for that award type often represents the sum of several
such portions for several awards granted over several years.
For all those reasons,
the actual values realized by an award holder may, and often will, differ
substantially from the accounting values reflected in column
(c).
Grant Date Fair
Value. In 2007, no director received a grant of restricted stock, and
only Mr. Carter and Mr. Haslam received RSUs. Mr. Carter received 900 RSUs
upon his election to the Board in July with an accounting value measured
on the grant date of $37.53; all of his RSUs vested in February 2008. Mr.
Haslam received 851 RSUs April 2007 with an accounting value measured on
the grant date of $39.66. All of Mr. Haslam’s RSUs vested in February
2008.
Earnings. Column
(c) also includes earnings (dividends) paid or payable during the year on
all restricted shares that had not yet vested by year-end, as well as all
dividend equivalents accrued on RSUs, regardless of when granted. The
earnings amounts included in column (c) were: Dr. Blattberg, $5,040; Mr.
Carter, $0; Mr. Cooper, $11,880; Mr. Haslam, $2,880; Mr. Martin, $9,360;
Ms. Palmer, $9,360; Mr. Reed, $13,680; Mr. Rose, $720; Ms. Sammons,
$10,080; Mr. Sansom, $3,600; Mr. Ward, $2,520; and Mr. Yancy,
$7,740. |
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|
|
(d) |
|
|
|
Options. No stock
options were granted to non-employee directors in 2007. Prior option
grants from now-expired plans remain outstanding. All column (d) amounts
represent the amortized expense used for accounting purposes in our
financial statements during each year shown associated with stock option
grants in prior years. |
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|
|
(c)/(d) |
|
|
|
Outstanding
Restricted Shares, RSUs, and Options. At December 31, 2007, our
non-employee directors held the unvested shares of restricted stock and
unexercised options shown in the following table:
|
Summary of Equity
Awards
Outstanding at Year-End 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name |
|
Shares
of Unvested Restricted Stock (#) |
|
Unvested RSUs (#) |
|
Shares
Covered by Stock Options (#) |
|
|
|
Dr.
Blattberg |
|
|
|
2,400 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
34,512 |
|
|
Mr. Carter |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
900 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Mr. Cooper |
|
|
|
6,400 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Mr. Haslam |
|
|
|
1,200 |
|
|
|
|
851 |
|
|
|
|
47,253 |
|
|
Mr. Martin |
|
|
|
4,800 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
39,220 |
|
|
Ms. Palmer |
|
|
|
4,800 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
73,542 |
|
|
Mr. Reed |
|
|
|
7,200 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Mr. Rose |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
38,150 |
|
|
Ms.
Sammons |
|
|
|
4,800 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
2,493 |
|
|
Mr. Sansom |
|
|
|
1,600 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
88,409 |
|
|
Mr. Ward |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
3,767 |
|
|
Mr. Yancy |
|
|
|
3,600 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
10,634 |
|
|
|
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|
|
| |
|
|
|
Additional
information concerning outstanding restricted stock and stock options
appears under the caption “Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End”
beginning on page 53. |
|
|
|
(e) |
|
|
|
Our non-employee
directors do not receive cash incentive compensation. |
|
|
|
(f) |
|
|
|
Our non-employee
directors do not participate in our Pension or other retirement
plans. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Above-Market Earnings
on Deferred Compensation. Our non-employee directors have historically
had the ability to defer their compensation into deferred compensation
plan accounts. The amounts in column (f) include all above-market interest
accrued during the year on all deferred compensation accounts, whether or
not paid during the year. For this purpose, the Securities and Exchange
Commission requires us to use one or more rates specified in certain
Internal Revenue Service publications as the applicable ‘market’ rate(s)
in each situation. |
|
|
|
(g) |
|
|
|
Other benefits.
Mr. Samson also serves on the Bank’s regional advisory board for the
Knoxville, Tennessee banking markets. Mr. Samson’s advisory board meeting
fees are reflected in this column. In addition, the following other
benefits have been approved by the Board as additional compensation to
non-employee directors for service as a director: a personal account
executive, a no fee personal checking account for the director and his or
her spouse, a FirstCheck debit card, a no fee VISA card, no fee for a safe
deposit box, no fee for traveler’s checks and cashier’s checks, and if the
Board has authorized a stock repurchase program, the repurchase of shares
of our common stock at the day’s volume-weighted average price with no
payment of any fees or commissions if the repurchase of the director’s
shares is otherwise permissible under the repurchase program that has been
authorized. The aggregate incremental cost to First Horizon of those
benefits is less than $10,000 per person and is not included in the
column.
|
The dollar amounts in the
table above are paid under various practices and plans described in the
following paragraphs.
Each non-employee director is
paid a cash retainer quarterly at an annual rate of $45,000 plus a fee of $2,000
for each day of each Board meeting attended. In addition, each such director
receives $1,500 for each day of each committee meeting (other than an Audit
Committee meeting) attended and $2,000 for each day of each Audit Committee
meeting attended. The Audit Committee chairperson is paid $5,000 per Audit
Committee meeting attended (inclusive of committee meeting fees), and the
chairpersons of the other committees are paid $4,000 per committee meeting
attended (inclusive of committee meeting fees). The cash retainer is augmented
by annual grants of RSUs, discussed in the note to column (c) of the Director
Compensation table above, having a grant-date value of $45,000. However, only
two directors received RSUs in 2007 because the RSU program is being phased in
over several years as the predecessor restricted stock program expires. Our
practice is to hold our Board and committee meetings jointly with the Bank’s
Board and committees. Directors are not separately compensated for Bank Board or
Bank committee meetings except for those infrequent meetings that do not occur
jointly.
Under the First Horizon
National Corporation Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan, non-employee
directors have deferred and may currently defer amounts that earn returns
indexed to the performance of certain mutual funds selected by the non-employee
director. These mutual funds merely serve as the measuring device to determine
the director’s rate of return, and the director has no ownership interest in the
mutual funds selected. First Horizon hedges its obligations related to such
mutual fund deferrals.
Our non-employee directors
have historically had the option to defer their compensation under several
different plans. Under the 2000 Non-Employee Directors’ Deferred Compensation
Stock Option Plan, which expired in January 2005, all non-employee directors
could elect to receive stock options in lieu of fees. Deferred compensation
options had an exercise price of 50 percent (80 percent for options granted for
2002, 2001, and 2000 and 85 percent for options granted for years prior to 2000)
of fair market value on the grant date. Each participant was required to forego
the right to receive cash fees which he or she would earn. The amount of the
foregone cash plus the option exercise price was required to equal or exceed
100% of our stock’s fair market value on the issue date of the options. Although
new deferrals have not been permitted under this plan since January 2005,
options granted with respect to compensation earned prior to January 2005 are
still outstanding.
Under the 1985 D&E Plan,
from 1985 to 1995 non-employee directors could elect to defer fees earned and
receive an accrual of interest at rates ranging from 17-22 percent annually,
with a reduction to a guaranteed rate based on 10-year Treasury obligations if a
participant terminates service prior to a change in control for a reason other
than death, disability or retirement. For the 2007 plan year, these interest
rates were reduced for most participants, including all four current
non-employee directors who are participants in the plan, to 13%. Interim
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distributions in an
amount between 85 percent and 100 percent of the amount originally deferred were
made in the eighth through the eleventh years following the year of deferral,
with the amount remaining in a participant’s account and accrued interest
generally paid monthly over the 15 years following retirement at or after age
65. Certain restrictions and limitations apply on payments and distributions.
Although new deferrals have not been permitted under that plan since 1995,
interest continues to accrue on accounts that have not been fully distributed.
The non-employee directors who have accounts under this old plan are Messrs.
Blattberg, Martin, and Sansom and Ms. Palmer. Mr. Rose, who was a non-employee
director prior to being named our Chairman of the Board on January 29,
2007, also has an account under this old plan. In the past, non-employee
directors have also had the option under other deferral agreements to defer
amounts which generally accrue interest at a rate tied to 10-year Treasury
obligations. No new deferrals have been made since 1995 under these agreements,
but interest continues to accrue on certain older accounts. The non-employee
directors who had accounts under this plan during 2007 are Messrs. Blattberg and
Sansom and Ms. Palmer. Mr. Rose also has an account under this plan.
We also reimburse our
directors for their expenses incurred in attending meetings, which is not
considered to be compensation.
Outstanding Equity Awards
at Fiscal Year-End (Non-Employee Directors)
As mentioned previously, we no
longer grant options or restricted stock to non-employee directors, and only two
directors, Mr. Carter and Mr. Haslam, received a grant of RSUs in 2007. However,
stock options previously were available to non-employee directors in connection
with deferral elections, and our long-term restricted stock program for
non-employee directors granted long-term awards from 1992 through 2006. Many of
those old awards are outstanding and, in the case of shares, unvested. The
following table provides information about stock options, restricted stock, and
RSUs held at December 31, 2007 by the non-employee directors as shown above in
the Director Compensation table. All options reported have vested, and only
unvested restricted shares are reported. We have no performance cash or equity
plan or program for non-employee directors.
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Outstanding Equity Awards
at Fiscal Year-End 2007
Held by Non-Employee Directors
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
(b) |
|
(c) |
|
(d) |
|
(e) |
|
(f) |
|
|
|
Stock
Options |
|
Restricted
Stock Awards |
|
Name |
|
Number
of Securities underlying Unexercised Options(#) |
|
Option
Exercise Price($/sh) |
|
Option Expiration
Date |
|
Number of
shares or units of stock held that have
not vested(#) |
|
Market value
of shares or units of stock that have
not vested($) |
|
|
|
Dr.
Blattberg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,400 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
43,404 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,195 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
22.60 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,524 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.65 |
|
|
|
|
1/3/15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,722 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.16 |
|
|
|
|
12/31/17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,708 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
26.72 |
|
|
|
|
6/30/18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,292 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
31.85 |
|
|
|
|
12/31/18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,380 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
32.67 |
|
|
|
|
6/30/19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,819 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
24.49 |
|
|
|
|
12/31/19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,108 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
22.63 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,589 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.19 |
|
|
|
|
7/2/21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,298 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.70 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,908 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
30.42 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,257 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
29.24 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
661 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.94 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,051 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.89 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mr. Carter |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
900 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
16,277 |
|
|
|
|
Mr. Cooper |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
6,400 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
115,744 |
|
|
|
|
Mr. Haslam |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,051 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
37,092 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,062 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
22.60 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,109 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.65 |
|
|
|
|
1/3/15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,608 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
13.02 |
|
|
|
|
6/30/16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,946 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
16.05 |
|
|
|
|
12/31/16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,138 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
20.53 |
|
|
|
|
6/30/17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,018 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.16 |
|
|
|
|
12/31/17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,754 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
26.72 |
|
|
|
|
6/30/18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,025 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
31.85 |
|
|
|
|
12/31/18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,600 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
32.67 |
|
|
|
|
6/30/19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,472 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
24.49 |
|
|
|
|
12/31/19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,775 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
14.22 |
|
|
|
|
7/3/20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,664 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
22.63 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,376 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.19 |
|
|
|
|
7/2/21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,298 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.70 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,303 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
30.42 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,257 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
29.24 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
752 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.94 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,096 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.89 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mr. Martin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,800 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
86,808 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,637 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
22.60 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,432 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.65 |
|
|
|
|
1/3/15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,744 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
20.53 |
|
|
|
|
6/30/17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,124 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.16 |
|
|
|
|
12/31/17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,919 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
26.72 |
|
|
|
|
6/30/18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,292 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
31.85 |
|
|
|
|
12/31/18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,903 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
32.67 |
|
|
|
|
6/30/19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,778 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
24.49 |
|
|
|
|
12/31/19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,487 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
22.63 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/21 |
|
|
|
|
|
73
Outstanding Equity Awards
at Fiscal Year-End 2007
Held by Non-Employee Directors
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
(b) |
|
(c) |
|
(d) |
|
(e) |
|
(f) |
|
|
|
Stock
Options |
|
Restricted
Stock Awards |
|
Name |
|
Number
of Securities underlying Unexercised Options(#) |
|
Option
Exercise Price($/sh) |
|
Option Expiration
Date |
|
Number of
shares or units of stock held that have
not vested(#) |
|
Market value
of shares or units of stock that have
not vested($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,376 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.19 |
|
|
|
|
7/2/21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,507 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.70 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,368 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
30.42 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,599 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
29.24 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
912 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.94 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,142 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.89 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ms. Palmer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,800 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
86,808 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,504 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
22.60 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,570 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.65 |
|
|
|
|
1/3/15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,720 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
9.79 |
|
|
|
|
6/30/15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,632 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
12.82 |
|
|
|
|
12/31/15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,782 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
13.02 |
|
|
|
|
6/30/16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,138 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
16.05 |
|
|
|
|
12/31/16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,468 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
20.53 |
|
|
|
|
6/30/17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,924 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.16 |
|
|
|
|
12/31/17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,496 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
26.72 |
|
|
|
|
6/30/18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,648 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
31.85 |
|
|
|
|
12/31/18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,206 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
32.67 |
|
|
|
|
6/30/19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,819 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
24.49 |
|
|
|
|
12/31/19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,354 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
14.22 |
|
|
|
|
7/3/20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,931 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
22.63 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,589 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.19 |
|
|
|
|
7/2/21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,577 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.70 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,303 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
30.42 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,257 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
29.24 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
934 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.94 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,690 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.89 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mr. Reed |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
7,200 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
130,212 |
|
|
|
|
Mr. Rose* |
|
|
|
1,150 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
22.60 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,155 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.65 |
|
|
|
|
1/3/15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,414 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
20.53 |
|
|
|
|
6/30/17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,220 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.16 |
|
|
|
|
12/31/17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,602 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
26.72 |
|
|
|
|
6/30/18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,847 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
31.85 |
|
|
|
|
12/31/18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,946 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
32.67 |
|
|
|
|
6/30/19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,472 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
24.49 |
|
|
|
|
12/31/19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,664 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
22.63 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,518 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.19 |
|
|
|
|
7/2/21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,716 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.70 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,566 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
30.42 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,804 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
29.24 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
843 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.94 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,233 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.89 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ms.
Sammons |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,800 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
86,808 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
929 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
22.60 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,201 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.65 |
|
|
|
|
1/3/15 |
|
|
|
|
|
74
Outstanding Equity Awards
at Fiscal Year-End 2007
Held by Non-Employee Directors
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
(b) |
|
(c) |
|
(d) |
|
(e) |
|
(f) |
|
|
|
Stock
Options |
|
Restricted
Stock Awards |
|
Name |
|
Number
of Securities underlying Unexercised Options(#) |
|
Option
Exercise Price($/sh) |
|
Option Expiration
Date |
|
Number of
shares or units of stock held that have
not vested(#) |
|
Market value
of shares or units of stock that have
not vested($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
363 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.89 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mr. Sansom |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,600 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
28,936 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,150 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
22.60 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,201 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.65 |
|
|
|
|
1/3/15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,456 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
9.79 |
|
|
|
|
6/30/15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,372 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
12.82 |
|
|
|
|
12/31/15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,956 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
13.02 |
|
|
|
|
6/30/16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,774 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
16.05 |
|
|
|
|
12/31/16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,794 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
20.53 |
|
|
|
|
6/30/17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,426 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.16 |
|
|
|
|
12/31/17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,873 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
26.72 |
|
|
|
|
6/30/18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,093 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
31.85 |
|
|
|
|
12/31/18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,943 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
32.67 |
|
|
|
|
6/30/19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,977 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
24.49 |
|
|
|
|
12/31/19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,478 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
14.22 |
|
|
|
|
7/3/20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,174 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
22.63 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,589 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.19 |
|
|
|
|
7/2/21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,646 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
28.70 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,763 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
30.42 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,736 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
29.24 |
|
|
|
|
1/2//23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
866 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.94 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,142 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.89 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mr. Ward |
|
|
|
1,150 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
22.60 |
|
|
|
|
1/16/08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,293 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.65 |
|
|
|
|
1/16/08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
91 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.94 |
|
|
|
|
1/16/08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,233 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
21.89 |
|
|
|
|
1/16/08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mr. Yancy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,600 |
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|
|
$ |
|
65,106 |
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|
|
|
|
|
1,106 |
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|
|
$ |
|
22.60 |
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|
|
|
7/1/14 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,155 |
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|
|
$ |
|
21.65 |
|
|
|
|
1/3/15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,149 |
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|
|
$ |
|
28.70 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,434 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
30.42 |
|
|
|
|
7/1/22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,668 |
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|
|
$ |
|
29.24 |
|
|
|
|
1/2/23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
843 |
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|
|
$ |
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21.94 |
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|
|
|
7/1/23 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,279 |
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|
|
$ |
|
21.89 |
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|
|
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1/2/24 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* |
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|
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Mr. Rose was
awarded 44,549 stock options shortly after he was named Chairman of the
Board. These options are not reflected in the table above as they do not
relate to his compensation as a non- employee director.
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Details concerning information
in certain of the columns are presented in the following paragraphs:
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| (e)
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The awards
included in column (e) all are unvested restricted stock shares and RSUs
outstanding on December 31, 2007. All of Mr. Ward’s unvested shares were
forfeited when he left the Board in January 2007. |
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(f) |
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The values in column (f)
reflect the fair market value at December 31, 2007 of the unvested
restricted shares held by the named persons, with no discount for the risk
that the award might be forfeited or for the time remaining before
vesting. The values are not based on financial accounting assumptions or
methods.
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The vesting dates of
those shares in column (e) are:
Vesting Dates of
Non-Employee Director Restricted
Stock & RSU Awards Outstanding at
Year-End 2007
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Name |
|
Grant
Date |
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Vesting
Dates |
|
Shares of
Stock Vesting Each Year(#) |
|
Total
Shares Unvested(#) |
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|
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Dr.
Blattberg |
|
4/17/03 |
|
4/30 of each
year 2008-2010 |
|
200 |
|
|
|
600 |
|
|
|
|
5/1/2005 |
|
4/30 of each
year 2008-2010 |
|
600 |
|
|
|
1,800 |
|
|
Mr. Carter |
|
7/20/07 |
|
2/11/08 |
|
900 |
|
|
|
900 |
|
|
Mr. Cooper |
|
1/18/05 |
|
1/31 of each
year 2008-2015 |
|
800 |
|
|
|
6,400 |
|
|
Mr. Haslam |
|
4/17/03 |
|
4/30 of each
year 2008-2013 |
|
200 |
|
|
|
1,200 |
|
|
|
|
4/20/07 |
|
2/11/08 |
|
851 |
|
|
|
851 |
|
|
Mr. Martin |
|
4/17/03 |
|
4/30 of each
year 2008-2013 |
|
200 |
|
|
|
1,200 |
|
|
|
|
5/1/05 |
|
4/30 of each
year 2008-2013 |
|
600 |
|
|
|
3,600 |
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Ms. Palmer |
|
4/17/03 |
|
4/30 of each
year 2008-2013 |
|
200 |
|
|
|
1,200 |
|
|
|
|
5/1/05 |
|
4/30 of each
year 2008-2013 |
|
600 |
|
|
|
3,600 |
|
|
Mr. Reed |
|
4/18/06 |
|
4/30 of each
year 2008-2016 |
|
800 |
|
|
|
7,200 |
|
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Ms.
Sammons |
|
4/17/03 |
|
10/31 of each
year 2008-2013 |
|
800 |
|
|
|
4,800 |
|
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Mr. Sansom |
|
4/17/03 |
|
4/30 of each
year 2008-2009 |
|
200 |
|
|
|
400 |
|
|
|
|
5/1/05 |
|
4/30 of each
year 2008-2009 |
|
600 |
|
|
|
1,200 |
|
|
Mr. Yancy |
|
4/17/03 |
|
4/30 of each
year 2008-2013 |
|
200 |
|
|
|
1,200 |
|
|
|
|
11/1/01 |
|
10/31 of each
year 2008-2011 |
|
600 |
|
|
|
2,400 |
|
|
|
Non-Employee Director
Option Exercises and Stock Vested
The following table provides
information about stock options and similar rights exercised during 2007 by the
non-employee directors named in the Director Compensation table and restricted
shares that vested during 2007. Each director had 800 restricted shares vest
during 2007 except for Mr. Carter, who was first elected to our Board in July
2007 and received a pro-rated annual grant of RSUs (which vested in early 2008)
under our new RSU program that has replaced the old restricted stock program,
and Mr. Ward, who resigned from the Board in January 2007.
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Non-Employee
Director
Option Exercises and Stock Vested During 2007
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(a) |
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(b) |
|
(c) |
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(d) |
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(e) |
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|
|
Option
Awards |
|
Stock
Awards |
|
Name |
|
Number
of Shares Acquired on Exercise(#) |
|
Value
Realized Upon Exercise ($) |
|
Number of
Shares Acquired on Vesting(#) |
|
Value
Realized Upon Vesting ($) |
|
|
|
Dr.
Blattberg |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
800 |
|
|
|
|
31,668 |
|
|
Mr. Carter |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Mr. Cooper |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
800 |
|
|
|
|
34,668 |
|
|
Mr. Haslam |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
800 |
|
|
|
|
31,668 |
|
|
Mr. Martin |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
800 |
|
|
|
|
31,668 |
|
|
Ms. Palmer |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
800 |
|
|
|
|
31,668 |
|
|
Mr. Reed |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
800 |
|
|
|
|
31,668 |
|
|
Mr. Rose |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
800 |
|
|
|
|
31,668 |
|
|
Ms.
Sammons |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
800 |
|
|
|
|
20,864 |
|
|
Mr. Sansom |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
800 |
|
|
|
|
31,668 |
|
|
Mr. Ward |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Mr. Yancy |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
800 |
|
|
|
|
23,565 |
|
|
|
Details concerning information
in certain of the columns are presented in the following paragraphs:
|
|
|
(e) |
|
|
|
Values in
column (e) represent the fair market value of the shares on the respective
vesting dates. Vesting dates (and therefore vesting values) differed among
directors for these reasons: (1) director shares vest on the anniversary
dates of grant, they have been granted initially when a director first
joins the Board, and few directors joined on the same date; (2) second
grants (ten years after initial grants) have varied due to prospective
retirement ages at the time of grant; and (3) many directors were affected
by transitional grants in 2003 which increased the vesting rate from 600
shares each year to 800.
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SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL
OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”) requires our
directors and officers to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and
reports of changes in ownership of our common stock and to furnish us with
copies of all forms filed.
To our knowledge, based solely
on a review of the copies of such reports furnished to us and written
representations that no other reports were required, during the past fiscal year
(and in prior years, as noted below) our officers and directors complied with
all applicable Section 16(a) filing requirements, except as noted
below.
Mr. Baker and Mr. Glass
inadvertently failed timely to file one required Form 4 each with respect to the
forfeiture of performance shares and performance options as to which performance
criteria were not met. Mr. Rose inadvertently failed timely to file one required
Form 4 with respect to the grant of a stock option. The Form 4 filings with
respect to these transactions were made one day after they were due, and none of
these transactions gave rise to liability for any short-swing profit. In
addition, Mr. Rose inadvertently failed timely to file three other required Form
4s, one with respect to a sale of shares in connection with the closing of a
dividend reinvestment account in 2004, one with respect to an acquisition of
shares in 2005, and one with respect to a distribution of shares from a limited
partnership in 2007. A Form 5 has been filed reporting these transactions, and
none gave rise to liability for any short-swing profit.
AVAILABILITY OF ANNUAL
REPORT ON FORM 10-K
A copy of our Annual Report
on Form 10-K, including the financial statements and schedules thereto, which is
filed with the SEC, is available free of charge to each shareholder of record
upon written request to the Treasurer, First Horizon National Corporation, P. O.
Box 84, Memphis, Tennessee, 38101. Each such written request must set forth
a good faith representation that as of the record date specified in the notice
of annual shareholders’ meeting the person making the request was a beneficial
owner of a security entitled to vote at the annual meeting of
shareholders.
The exhibits to the Annual
Report on Form 10-K will also be supplied upon written request to the Treasurer
and payment to us of the cost of furnishing the requested exhibit or exhibits. A
document containing a list of each exhibit to Form 10-K, as well as a brief
description and the cost of furnishing each such exhibit, will accompany the
Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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BY ORDER OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
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CLYDE A. BILLINGS, JR. |
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Senior Vice
President, |
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Assistant
General Counsel and |
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Corporate
Secretary |
March 10, 2008
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Appendix A
ARTICLE 12
OF FIRST HORIZON’S CHARTER
12. NUMBER, ELECTION AND
TERMS OF DIRECTORS.
(a) The number of directors of
the Corporation which shall constitute the entire Board of Directors shall be
fixed from time to time in the Bylaws of the Corporation. Any such determination
shall continue in effect unless and until changed, but no such changes shall
affect the term of any director then in office. At the annual meeting of shareholders that is
held in calendar year 2008, the successors of the directors whose terms expire
at that meeting shall be elected for a term expiring at the annual meeting of
shareholders that is held in calendar year 2011; provided, however, that any
director whose term expires at the 2008 annual meeting solely due to the
operation of Section 48-18-105(d) of the Tennessee Business Corporation Act
shall be elected for the remainder of the term of the class of directors to
which he or she has been assigned. Commencing at the annual meeting of
shareholders that is held in calendar year 2009, directors shall be elected
annually for terms of one year, except that any director in office at the 2009
annual meeting whose term expires at the annual meeting of shareholders held in
calendar year 2010 or 2011 shall continue to hold office until the end of the
term for which such director was elected. In all cases, directors shall hold
office until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.
Upon the adoption of this Article 12, the directors shall be divided
into three classes (I, II and III), as nearly equal in number as possible. The
initial term of office for members of Class I shall expire at the annual meeting
of shareholder in 1988; the initial term of office for members of Class II shall
expire at the annual meeting of shareholders in 1989; and the initial term of
office for members of Class III shall expire at the annual meeting of
shareholders in 1990. At each annual meeting of shareholders following such
initial classification and election, directors elected to succeed those
directors whose terms expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at
the third succeeding annual meeting of shareholders after their election, and
shall continue to hold office until their respective successors are duly elected
and qualified. In the event of any increase in the number of directors of the
Corporation, the additional directors shall be so classified that all classes of
directors have as nearly equal number of directors as may be possible. In the
event of any decrease in the number of directors of the Corporation, all classes
of directors shall be decreased equally as nearly as may be
possible.
(b) Newly created
directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors
or any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation,
retirement, disqualification or any other cause (except removal from office)
shall be filled only by the Board of Directors, provided that a quorum is then
in office and present, or only by a majority of the directors then in office, if
less than a quorum is then in office, or by the sole remaining director. Any
vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from removal from office may be
filled by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the
voting power of all outstanding voting stock or, if the shareholders do not so
fill such a vacancy, by a majority of the directors then in office.
Directors elected to fill a newly created directorship or other vacancy
shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors
in which the new directorship was created or the vacancy occurred and until such
director’s successor has been duly elected and qualified. The directors of any
class of Directors of the
Corporation may be removed by the shareholders only for cause by the affirmative
vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all
outstanding voting stock.
(c) The Bylaws or any Bylaw of
the Corporation may be adopted, amended or repealed only by the affirmative vote
of not less than a majority of the directors then in office at any regular or
special meeting of directors, or by the affirmative vote of the holders of at
least a majority eighty
percent (80%) of the voting power of all outstanding voting stock at
any annual meeting or any special meeting called for that purpose. Any provision
of the Charter which is inconsistent with any provision of the Bylaws of the
Corporation may be adopted only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at
least a majority eighty
percent (80%) of the voting power of all outstanding voting stock at
any annual meeting or any special meeting called for that purpose.
(d) Notwithstanding any other
provisions of this Charter or the Bylaws of the Corporation (and notwithstanding
the fact that a lesser percentage or separate class vote may be specified by
law, this Charter, the Bylaws of the Corporation or otherwise), the affirmative
vote of the holders of at least a
majority eighty percent (80%) of the voting power of all
outstanding voting stock shall be required to adopt any provisions inconsistent
with, or to amend or repeal, this Article 12.
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(e) Notwithstanding the
foregoing, whenever the holders of any one or more classes or series of
preferred stock issued by the Corporation shall have the right, voting
separately by class or by series, to elect directors at an annual or special
meeting of shareholders, the election, term of office, filling of vacancies and
other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of this
Charter applicable thereto ,
and such directors so elected shall not be divided into classes pursuant
to this Article 12 unless expressly provided by such terms.
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Appendix B
SECTION
10.5 OF FIRST HORIZON’S BYLAWS
10.5 Bylaw Amendments. The
Board of Directors shall have power to make, amend and repeal the Bylaws or any
Bylaw of the Corporation by vote of not less than a majority of the directors
then in office, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. The
shareholders may make, amend and repeal the Bylaws or any Bylaw of this
Corporation at any annual meeting or at a special meeting called for that
purpose only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority eighty percent
(80%) of the voting power of all outstanding voting stock, and all
Bylaws made by the directors may be amended or repealed by the shareholders only
by the vote of the holders of at least a
majority eighty percent (80%) of the voting power of all
outstanding voting stock. Without further authorization, at any time the Bylaws
are amended, the Secretary is authorized to restate the Bylaws to reflect such
amendment, and the Bylaws, as so restated, shall be the Bylaws of the
Corporation.
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Appendix C
FIRST
HORIZON NATIONAL CORPORATION
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
GUIDELINES
(Amended and Restated
January 14, 2008)
I.
Introduction
The Board, on the
recommendation of its Human Resources Committee (which was acting as the
Company’s corporate governance committee prior to the establishment by the Board
of a separate Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee in January of
2004), has developed and adopted a set of corporate governance principles to
provide directors with guidance as to their legal accountabilities, to promote
the functioning of the Board and its committees and to set forth a common set of
expectations as to how the Board should perform its functions. The Board’s role
is to oversee management, and it retains the decisive voice on certain major
corporate actions. The following principles include existing policies,
procedures and practices of the Company, many of which have been in place or
evolved over a number of years.
Mission Statement. The Company has
adopted the following mission statement:
The Company’s vision is to be
a premier national financial services company, dedicated to creating the highest
levels of value and producing long-term levels of industry-leading profitability
and growth.
Core Values. The Company has adopted the
following six core values:
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Employees
first — We hire, retain and develop the best people, ensuring that
every employee has the opportunity to demonstrate high performance and
succeed. Also, we’ll nurture our Firstpower culture as our competitive
advantage. |
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Ø |
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Exceptional
teamwork — As one enterprise, we exhibit an uncommon ability to work
together, based on interdependence and trust. |
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Ø |
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Individual
accountability — As owners, we take individual responsibility for our
overall success. |
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Ø |
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Absolute
determination — When we identify a goal, we are committed to getting
it done. We execute with speed and diligence and take pride in going above
and beyond. |
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Ø |
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Knowing our
customers — We create value and build loyalty by understanding and
exceeding the expectations of customers in our target
markets. |
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Doing the
right thing — We have the courage to make decisions and take actions
based on personal and professional
integrity. |
Functions of the Board. Nine functions
have been identified as central to the role and function of the Board or its
committees. These functions are as follows:
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Oversight of
the conduct of the business. |
|
Ø |
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Selection,
evaluation, compensation and succession of Chief Executive Officer and
other executive officers, and the periodic review of personnel
policies. |
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Ø |
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Approval of
major corporate plans and strategies, policies, decisions, contracts
(including certain acquisitions and divestitures) and other actions
legally required of the Board or, in the determination of the Board,
appropriate for its consideration. |
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Ø |
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Selection,
compensation, and tenure of members of the Board and Board meeting
guidelines. |
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Ø |
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Establishment
of Board committees, their duties and membership. |
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Ø |
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Oversight of
financial performance, financial condition and financial reporting,
including appropriate systems of control. |
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Ø |
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Oversight of
corporate legal and ethical conduct. |
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Requirement of
appropriate flow of information from management to the Board for the
purpose of keeping Board informed and providing an appropriate basis for
decision-making. |
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Performance of
such other functions as may be prescribed by law or assigned to the Board
under the Charter, Bylaws or other appropriate
document. |
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It is recognized that
the role and many of the functions of the Board are evolving and may in the
future be altered to reflect changes that occur, such as in the Company’s
culture, management style, size, industry and applicable legal and regulatory
environment.
II. Board
Composition
The composition of the Board
should balance the following goals:
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A majority of
the Board will consist of directors who are “independent” under the
listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. |
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The composition
of the Board should encompass a broad range of skills, expertise, industry
knowledge, diversity and contacts relevant to the Company’s
business. |
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The size of the
Board should facilitate substantive discussions of the whole Board in
which each director can participate
meaningfully. |
III. Selection of Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer; Lead Director
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer. The Board is free to select its Chairman and the Company’s Chief
Executive Officer in the manner it considers in the best interests of the
Company at any given point in time. These positions may be filled by one
individual or by two different individuals. Generally, it has been our practice
to consolidate these positions because the Board believes that this facilitates
the execution of the Company’s strategy.
Lead Director. The Chairperson of the
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will act as Lead Director for the
Board. In this role, he or she will
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as Chairperson
of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, participate in that
committee’s scheduling of Board meetings and support the Chairman of the
Board in developing the agenda for each Board meeting; |
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preside at executive
sessions of the Board; |
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support the Chairman of
the Board in defining the scope, quality, quantity and timeliness of the
flow of information between management and the Board and, as Chairperson
of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, provide a report to
the Board on any issues or enhancements related to this topic that arise
from the annual Board self-evaluation process; |
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approve the retention of
consultants who report directly to the Board, provided that each committee
of the Board shall have the authority to select, retain, terminate and
approve the fees and other retention terms of consultants, as it deems
appropriate, to the extent provided in the committee’s
charter; |
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be available for
consultation with the Chairman of the Board in advising the chairpersons
of the Board committees in fulfilling their designated roles and
responsibilities; |
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• |
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as Chairperson of the
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, participate in that
committee’s process of identifying, evaluating and making recommendations
to the Board on director nominees; |
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as Chairperson of the
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, participate in that
committee’s annual review of the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines
and oversight of the Company’s corporate governance
practices; |
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• |
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conduct interviews with
individual directors as part of the annual Board self-evaluation
process; |
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receive reports from
directors who have concerns about another director’s compliance with the
Statement of Expectations of Directors pursuant to the Company’s process
for individual director performance evaluations; |
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as Chairperson of the
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, participate in that
committee’s oversight of the Board and committee self-evaluations and
individual director performance evaluations; |
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• |
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as Chairperson of the
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, participate in that
committee’s process of making recommendations for committee membership and
chairmanship to the Board; and |
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receive communications
from shareholders pursuant to Company’s process for communications with
the Board.
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IV. Selection of
Directors
Nominations. The Board is responsible for
selecting the nominees for election to the Company’s Board of Directors. The
Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible, with
input from the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer, for
recommending to the Board nominees for the class of directors whose term expires
at the next annual meeting of the shareholders or one or more nominees to fill
vacancies occurring between annual meetings of shareholders. The Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee will discuss and evaluate possible candidates in
detail and suggest individuals to explore in more depth. Once a candidate is
identified whom the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee wants to
seriously consider and move toward nomination, the Chairman of the Board, the
Chief Executive Officer and/or other directors as the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee determines will enter into a discussion with that nominee.
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider nominees
recommended by shareholders, and any such nominee is given appropriate
consideration in the same manner as other nominees. Shareholders who wish to
submit nominees for director for consideration by the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee for election may do so by submitting in writing such
nominees’ names in compliance with the procedures and along with the other
information required by the Company’s Bylaws, to the Chairperson of the
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, in care of the Corporate
Secretary.
Criteria. The Board should, based on the
recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, select new
nominees for the position of independent director considering the following
criteria:
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knowledge and contacts in the communities in which the Company does
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The Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee does not set specific, minimum qualifications that nominees
must meet in order for the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee to
recommend them to the Board of Directors, but rather believes that each nominee
should be evaluated based on his or her individual merits, taking into account
the needs of the Company and the composition of the Board of
Directors.
Invitation. The invitation to join the
Board should be extended by the Board itself via the Chairman of the Board and
the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, together with an independent
director.
Orientation and Continuing Education.
Management, working with the Board, will provide an orientation process for new
directors, including background material on the Company, its business plan and
its risk profile, and meetings with senior management. Periodically, management
should prepare additional materials or educational sessions for the directors on
matters relevant to the Company, its business plan and risk profile.
V. Board
Tenure
The Board does not believe it
should establish term limits, but believes it is important to monitor overall
Board performance. A director who would be age 68 or older at the time of
election shall not stand for re-election; provided, however, that a director
first elected to the Board after attaining age 65 may serve a minimum of two
three-year terms. In addition, to maintain a Board of active business and
professional persons, directors leaving the principal position (other than by
promotion) held at their last election (by retirement or otherwise) will be
expected to tender their resignation for consideration by the Board of Directors
within three months following the Board’s next regularly scheduled meeting. A
resignation will be accepted unless the Board in its judgment determines that
(1) the director has assumed another position in which he or she is actively
engaged in directing, managing or providing professional services through or to
a public, private, non-profit or educational organization or is maintaining
sufficient involvement in other activities that would be important to ensure
effective service as a Board member, including consideration of the sufficiency
of financial, technological, operational, civic, corporate governance-related,
governmental or educational activities and/or service as a director of one or
more other public companies (2) the director is so engaged in a specific project
for the Board as to make the resignation detrimental
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to the Company, or
(3) it is beneficial to the Board and in the best interests of the Company for
the director to continue for such period of time as the Board deems appropriate,
or to continue subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions established
by the Board.
In an uncontested election,
any nominee for director who receives a majority of the votes cast “withheld”
from his or her election (a “Majority Withheld Vote”) shall tender his or her
resignation promptly following certification of the shareholder vote. The
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall promptly consider the
resignation offer and a range of possible responses and make a recommendation to
the Board. In considering the resignation offer, the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee will consider all factors deemed relevant by the members of
the Committee, including but not limited to the stated reasons why shareholders
withheld votes for election from such director, the length of service of the
director, the qualifications of the director, the director’s contributions to
the Company, the importance of a sufficient number of directors to conduct the
Board’s business effectively and the presence of a broad range of experiences
and backgrounds on the Board, the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines and
the Company’s compliance with applicable laws, regulations and the listing
standards of the New York Stock Exchange. The Board will act on the Nominating
and Corporate Governance Committee’s recommendation within 90 days following
certification of the shareholder vote. In considering the recommendation of the
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Board will consider the
factors considered by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and such
additional information and factors that the Board deems relevant. Thereafter,
the Board will promptly disclose its decision regarding whether to accept the
director’s resignation offer, including an explanation of the decision (or the
reason(s) for rejecting the resignation offer, if applicable), in a Form 8-K (or
other appropriate report) filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission. To the extent that one or more resignations are accepted by the
Board, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will recommend to the
Board whether to fill such vacancy or vacancies or to reduce the size of the
Board. If any director’s resignation hereunder is not accepted by the Board,
such director will serve the remainder of the term for which he or she was
elected and until his or her successor has been duly elected and
qualified.
Any director who tenders his
or her resignation pursuant to this provision shall not participate in the
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee recommendation or Board action
regarding whether to accept the resignation offer. However, if a majority of the
members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee received a Majority
Withheld Vote at the same election, then all the directors who are “independent”
under the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange and who did not
receive a Majority Withheld Vote shall appoint a committee amongst themselves to
consider the resignation offers and recommend to the Board whether to accept
them. This committee may, but need not, consist of all of the independent
directors who did not receive a Majority Withheld Vote or who were not standing
for election.
This portion of the Company’s
Corporate Governance Guidelines will be summarized or included in each proxy
statement relating to an election of directors of the Company.
VI. Board and Committee
Meetings
The Board currently plans at
least five meetings each year, with further meetings to occur (or action to be
taken by unanimous written consent) at the discretion of the Board or Chairman
of the Board. The committees have their own meeting schedules appropriate for
the accomplishment of the duties assigned to them, which include meetings held
on the day before or the day of the Board meeting and at such other times as the
committee shall determine.
The agenda for each Board
meeting will be developed by the Chairman of the Board (with support from the
Lead Director) in conjunction with the Office of the Corporate Secretary. In
addition, at each regularly scheduled Board meeting, the Chairman will solicit
agenda items for the upcoming meeting from the directors. Management will seek
to provide to all directors an agenda and appropriate materials in advance of
meetings, although the Board recognizes that this will not always be consistent
with the timing of transactions and the operations of the business and that in
certain cases it may not be possible.
Materials presented to the
Board or its committees should be as concise as possible, while still providing
the desired information needed for the directors to make an informed
judgment.
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VII. Executive
Sessions
To ensure free and open
discussion and communication among the non-management directors of the Board,
the non-management directors will meet in regularly scheduled executive sessions
and as often as the Board shall request, with no members of management present.
In addition, if any non-management directors are not “independent” under NYSE
listing standards, the independent, non-management directors will meet in
executive session at least once a year. The Lead Director will preside at the
executive sessions, and his or her name will be disclosed in the Company’s
annual proxy statement to facilitate communication by employees and shareholders
directly with the non-management directors.
VIII. The Committees of the
Board
The Company shall have a
Credit Policy and Executive Committee and at least the committees required by
the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Currently, these are the Audit
Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee, each of which must have a written charter satisfying the
rules of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
All directors, whether members
of a committee or not, are invited to make suggestions to a committee
chairperson for additions to the agenda of his or her committee or to request
that an item from a committee agenda be considered by the Board. Each committee
chairperson will give a periodic report of committee activities to the
Board.
Each of the Audit Committee,
the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
shall be composed of at least three directors who are not officers or employees
of the Company, who the Board has determined are “independent” under the listing
standards of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. The required qualifications for
the members of each committee shall be set out in the respective committees’
charters. A director may serve on more than one committee for which he or she
qualifies. No director may serve on the Audit Committee if such director serves
on the audit committees of more than two other public companies unless the Board
determines that such simultaneous service would not impair the ability of such
director to serve effectively on the Audit Committee.
IX. Management
Succession
At least annually, the Board
shall review and concur in a succession plan, developed by management,
addressing the policies and principles for selecting a successor to the Chief
Executive Officer, both in an emergency situation and in the ordinary course of
business. The succession plan should include an assessment of the experience,
performance, skills and planned career paths for possible successors to the
Chief Executive Officer.
X. Executive
Compensation
The Board, acting through the
Compensation Committee, evaluates the performance of the Chief Executive Officer
and the Company against Company strategic and annual goals and the provisions of
the incumbent’s annual personal plan, and has the sole authority to determine
the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer, which is based on corporate
performance, achievement of personal plan objectives and competitive practices
within the banking and financial services industry.
The Board, acting through the
Compensation Committee and upon the recommendation of the Chief Executive
Officer, evaluates the performance of all other executive officers (except the
Chairman of the Board, if the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
positions are not held by the same individual) and approves the compensation of
such officers. If the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
positions are not held by the same individual, the Board, acting through the
Compensation Committee, evaluates the performance and approves the compensation
of the Chairman of the Board.
It is the Board’s Policy that
the Company will, in the event of a material restatement of the Company’s
financial statements and to the extent permitted by governing law and any
employment arrangements, in all appropriate cases, seek reimbursement of a
portion of any incentive compensation paid or awarded to any executive officer
for performance periods beginning on or after January 1, 2008 where: a) the
payment or award was predicated upon the achievement of certain financial
results that were subsequently the subject of a material restatement, b) the
Board or an appropriate committee thereof concludes in good faith that the
executive officer engaged in fraud or