The Brink’s Company
1801 Bayberry Court
P.O. Box 18100
Richmond, VA 23226-8100
March 21, 2016
To Our Shareholders:
You are cordially invited to attend the annual meeting of shareholders of The Brinks Company to be held at Troutman Sanders LLP, 1001 Haxall Point, 15th floor, Richmond, Virginia, on Friday, May 6, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., local time.
You will be asked to: (i) elect four directors for a term of one year; (ii) cast an advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation; (iii) approve an independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, and (iv) consider one shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting.
Your vote is important. We urge you to complete, sign, date and return the enclosed proxy in the envelope provided.
Brokers may not vote your shares on the election of directors, the advisory vote on named executive officer compensation, or the shareholder proposal, in the absence of your specific instructions as to how to vote. Whether or not you expect to attend the annual meeting in person, please complete, date and sign the enclosed proxy and return it in the enclosed envelope, which requires no additional postage if mailed in the United States.
We appreciate your prompt response and cooperation.
Sincerely,
Thomas C. Schievelbein
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD MAY 6, 2016
The annual meeting of shareholders of THE BRINK’S COMPANY will be held on May 6, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., local time, at Troutman Sanders LLP, 1001 Haxall Point, 15th floor, Richmond, Virginia, for the following purposes:
1. | To elect as directors the four nominees to the Board of Directors named in the accompanying proxy statement, for terms expiring in 2017. |
2. | To approve an advisory resolution on named executive officer compensation. |
3. | To approve the selection of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm to audit the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016. |
4. | To consider a shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the annual meeting. |
5. | To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. |
The close of business on March 2, 2016 has been fixed as the record date for determining the shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the annual meeting. This proxy statement and the accompanying form of proxy and annual report to shareholders are being mailed to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 2, 2016, commencing on or about March 25, 2016.
Please note that brokers may not vote your shares on the election of directors, the advisory vote on named executive officer compensation or the shareholder proposal, if properly presented, in the absence of your specific instructions as to how to vote.
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND MAIL THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING. A RETURN ENVELOPE IS ENCLOSED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE
Lindsay K. Blackwood
Secretary
March 21, 2016
Important notice regarding the availability of proxy materials for the
shareholder meeting to be held on May 6, 2016.
The annual report to shareholders and proxy statement are available at:
http://www.brinks.com/2016annualmeetingmaterials.
The Brink’s Company
PROXY SUMMARY
To help you review The Brinks Companys (Brinks or the Company) 2016 proxy statement, we have summarized several key topics below. The following description is only a summary. For more complete
information about these topics, please review the complete proxy statement and the Companys 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Brinks is a premier provider of secure logistics and security solutions, including cash-in-transit, ATM replenishment and maintenance, secure international transportation of valuables and cash management services, to financial institutions, retailers, government agencies (including central banks), mints, jewelers and other commercial operations around the world. We serve customers in more than 100 countries and have approximately 59,900 employees worldwide. A significant portion of our business is conducted internationally, with approximately 76% of our $3 billion in revenues earned outside the United States.
Brinks reported strong 2015 earnings that reflected execution of cost reduction efforts, growth in Argentina and Asia, significant progress in turnaround efforts, including in Mexico and Chile, lower security costs, lower interest expense, and a lower corporate tax rate, which together more than offset a decline in profits in the U.S. and the unfavorable impact of currency translation.
Following are key financial performance metrics that are monitored by management and the Board, reported to shareholders, and used in determining 2015 compensation for the named executive officers:
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$226 million
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($1.01 in 2014)
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($216 million in 2014)
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Non-GAAP Earnings Per Share
is a key measure of the Company’s profitability and is the performance measure used in the Company’s annual incentive program. |
Non-GAAP Segment
Operating Profit was a key measure of the Company’s profitability until it was replaced by Operating Profit in connection with financial reporting changes in 2014 and is the performance measure used for the Performance Share Units (PSUs) portion of the Company’s 2013-2015 Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program. |
Total Shareholder Return (TSR)
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* | These financial measures are not presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). See pages 37 and 38 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 for a reconciliation of non-GAAP earnings per share from continuing operations to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. See Appendix A for a reconciliation of non-GAAP segment operating profit to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. |
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Our executive compensation program is structured to link compensation to Company and individual performance over the short- and long-term and to align the interests of executives and shareholders. We do this by using shares of the Companys common stock (Brinks Common Stock) and stock-based
awards in our incentive compensation programs and by maintaining robust executive stock ownership guidelines. Elements of compensation for Brinks executives include base salary, annual incentives and long-term incentives.
Performance-Based and Variable Compensation
Annual Incentives
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Annual Cash Bonus
Provides a cash award based on achievement of a pre-established one-year performance goal. |
Long Term Incentives
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Performance Share Units (PSUs)
Paid out in shares of Brink’s Common Stock at the end of the three-year performance period, based on achievement of pre-established three-year performance goal. |
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Market Share Units (MSUs)
Paid out in shares of Brink’s Common Stock at the end of the three-year performance period, based on the stock price of Brink’s Common Stock at the end of the performance period versus the price at the beginning of the performance period. |
In 2015, performance-based compensation (which includes annual incentives, PSUs and MSUs) represented approximately 83% of total target compensation for the Chief Executive Officer and approximately 60% of total target compensation (on
average) for the Company’s other named executive officers as illustrated below. See pages 33-35 for additional information about the long-term incentive awards.
* | Base Earnings includes base salary and, for one named executive officer on international assignment, an expatriate allowance. |
In February 2015, the Compensation and Benefits Committee (the Compensation Committee) approved annual long-term incentive (LTI) awards of PSUs and MSUs to the Companys named executive officers. Payouts of 2015 annual incentives to named executive officers were approved by the Compensation Committee in February 2016 ranging from 100 – 184% of target (depending on the named
executive officer), reflecting corporate performance that exceeded the target level of the non-GAAP earnings per share goal approved by the Compensation Committee and the application of negative discretion by the Compensation Committee. In February 2016, the Compensation Committee also approved payouts for LTI awards granted in 2013. MSUs were paid out in shares of Brink's Common
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PROXY SUMMARY
Stock at 108% of target, reflecting stock price appreciation over the three year period. PSUs were paid out in shares of Brink's Common Stock at 171% of target, reflecting performance that exceeded the target level of the non-GAAP segment operating profit
goal for the period beginning April 1, 2013 and ending December 31, 2015. These compensation decisions are more fully described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, beginning on page 23.
Brinks is committed to good corporate governance and employs a number of practices that the Companys Board of Directors (the Board) has
determined are in the best interest of the Company and our shareholders. Following are examples of those practices.
What We Do and Dont Do:
We strive to employ good governance practices
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Lead Director—The Board annually appoints an independent lead director to ensure the Board operates independently of management and that directors and shareholders have an independent leadership contact.
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Majority Vote Standard—A director must tender his or her resignation if his or her election receives less than a majority vote in an uncontested election.
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Executive Sessions—The independent members of the Board hold an executive session at each regular Board meeting.
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Say on Pay—We provide shareholders with an annual advisory vote on named executive officer compensation.
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Proxy Access—A shareholder, or group of up to 20 shareholders, who have continuously owned at least 3% of our outstanding common stock for 3 years or more may nominate and include in our proxy statement up to the greater of 2 director nominees or 20% of our Board.
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Our compensation program is designed to align with shareholder interests
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Pay for Performance—Our executive compensation program links compensation to Company and individual performance over both the short- and long-term.
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Stock Ownership Guidelines—We maintain robust stock ownership guidelines for the Chief Executive Officer and other executive officers.
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Double Trigger Accelerated Vesting—Equity awards are subject to a double trigger for accelerated vesting in the event of a change in control followed by termination of employment.
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We strive to adhere to good executive compensation practices
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Recoupment Policy—We maintain a recoupment policy for performance-based cash and equity-based incentive payments in the event of a financial restatement.
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Double Trigger Change in Control Agreements—We maintain change in control agreements that provide executives with benefits of up to two times the sum of salary and average annual bonus in the event of a change in control followed by termination of employment.
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Independent Compensation Consultant—The Compensation Committee retains an independent compensation consulting firm that provides no other services to the Company.
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No Tax Gross-ups and No Excessive Perquisites—There are no tax gross-ups and we provide limited perquisites to executive officers.
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No Hedging—Directors and executive officers are prohibited from engaging in hedging transactions with respect to Company securities.
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No Repricing of Underwater Stock Options—The Brink’s Company 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan), approved by shareholders in 2013, prohibits re-pricing of underwater stock options without shareholder approval.
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Board Voting Recommendation |
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Election of directors named in this proxy statement for a one year term |
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Approval of advisory resolution on named executive officer compensation |
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Approval of KPMG as the independent registered public accounting firm for 2016 |
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Approval of the shareholder proposal |
AGAINST |
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Principal Occupation |
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Committee Memberships |
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Paul G. Boynton |
51 | 2010 | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. |
Yes | • | Audit and Ethics |
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Ian D. Clough |
49 | 2016 | Managing Director of International Europe, TNT Express N.V. |
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Peter A. Feld |
37 | 2016 | Managing Member and Head of Research, Starboard Value LP |
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George I. Stoeckert |
67 | 2016 | Retired President of North America and Internet Solutions, Dun & Bradstreet |
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At last years annual meeting of shareholders, over 90% of votes cast approved the say on pay proposal regarding the compensation awarded to named executive officers. The Compensation Committee and the Board take into account the results of the say on pay vote as they consider the design of the executive compensation program and policies. In addition, management continues to engage in outreach to the
Companys shareholders to discuss governance and compensation policies and practices and emerging issues. We believe these meetings have been constructive, with shareholders generally indicating support for Brinks compensation programs and practices. Management reports to the Board on its discussions with shareholders.
Proxy Access
In March 2016, we amended our bylaws to implement proxy access. Any shareholder (or group of up to 20 shareholders) owning 3% or more of Brinks common stock continuously for at least three years may nominate up to two individuals or 20% of the Board
(whichever is greater) for election as directors, and require the Company to include such director nominees in our proxy statement if the shareholders and the nominees satisfy the requirements contained in our bylaws.
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In February 2016, the Compensation Committee approved changes to the administration of the Key Employees Incentive Plan (KEIP) for 2016 and to the 2016 LTI program.
For 2016, the KEIP awards will be paid based on the Companys achievement of a one-year non-GAAP operating margin rate performance goal approved by the Compensation Committee, which represents a financial metric that the Compensation Committee believes is a critical area of focus for the Companys shareholders this year. The Compensation Committee also approved a method for determining the impact of foreign exchange on KEIP payouts for 2016. In 2015 and prior years, the Companys results against the KEIP performance goal have been adjusted to omit the effects of foreign exchange. For 2016, if there is a negative foreign exchange impact that exceeds the amount included in the Company's 2016 business plan, the results will be adjusted to omit 50% of the additional unfavorable foreign exchange impact. If foreign exchange has a positive effect on the
Companys results, the results will be adjusted to eliminate 50% of the favorable foreign exchange impact.
The Compensation Committee adopted changes to the 2016 LTI program to ensure continued focus on key performance metrics and to strengthen the alignment between executives and shareholders. For their 2016 LTI awards, named executive officers will receive awards of:
Internal Metric PSUs
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Paid out in shares of Brink’s Common Stock at the end of a three-year period, based on achievement of a pre-established two-year total non-GAAP operating profit performance goal, and subject to an additional one year vesting requirement. Represents 37.5% of the total LTI award for 2016.
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Paid out in shares of Brink’s Common Stock at the end of a three-year performance period, based on the Company’s TSR relative to that of companies in the S&P SmallCap 600 with foreign revenues equal to or exceeding 50% of total revenues. Represents 37.5% of the total LTI award for 2016.
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Paid out in shares of Brink’s Common Stock and vesting in three equal annual installments. Represents 25% of the total LTI award for 2016.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING
The mailing address of the principal executive office of the Company is 1801 Bayberry Court, P.O. Box 18100, Richmond, VA 23226-8100. Following are questions and answers regarding the annual meeting:
Why am I receiving this proxy statement?
You are receiving this proxy statement in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board to be voted at the 2016 annual meeting of shareholders (and at any adjournment or postponement of the 2016 annual meeting), for the purposes set forth in the
accompanying notice. The annual meeting will be held on May 6, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., local time, at Troutman Sanders LLP, 1001 Haxall Point, 15th floor, Richmond, Virginia.
A proxy is your legal designation of another person to vote the stock you own. If you designate someone as your proxy in a written document, that document is also called a proxy (or proxy card). McAlister C. Marshall, II, Joseph W. Dziedzic and Lindsay K.
Blackwood have been designated as proxies for the annual meeting. A proxy, if duly executed and not revoked, will be voted and, if it contains any specific instructions, will be voted in accordance with those instructions.
You are entitled to notice of the annual meeting and may vote your shares of Brinks Common Stock if you owned them as of the close of business on March 2, 2016, which is the date that the Board has designated as the record date for the 2016 annual meeting of
shareholders. On March 2, 2016, the Company had outstanding 48,974,955 shares of Brinks Common Stock. Each share of Brinks Common Stock is entitled to one vote.
The proposals scheduled to be voted on are:
(1) | Election of directors named in this proxy statement for a one-year term; |
(2) | Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation; |
(3) | Selection of KPMG as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2016; and |
(4) | A shareholder proposal |
The Board recommends a vote FOR:
• | The election of directors named in this proxy statement for a one-year term; |
• | The advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation; and |
• | The selection of KPMG as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2016. |
The Board recommends a vote AGAINST the shareholder proposal.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING
A majority of the outstanding shares of Brinks Common Stock as of the record date must be present in person or represented by proxy at the annual meeting. This is referred to as a quorum. Abstentions, withheld votes and shares held in street name (Brokers Shares) voted by brokers are included in
determining the number of votes present. Brokers Shares that are not voted on any matter will not be included in determining whether a quorum is present. In the event that a quorum is not present at the annual meeting, it is expected that the annual meeting will be adjourned or postponed to solicit additional proxies.
Under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, a broker may vote Brokers Shares in its discretion on routine matters, but a broker may not vote on proposals that are not considered routine. When a
proposal is a non-routine matter and the broker has not received voting instructions with respect to that proposal, the broker cannot vote on that proposal. This is commonly called a broker non-vote.
The following table summarizes the vote required to approve each proposal and the effects of abstentions, broker non-votes, and signed, but unmarked proxy cards, on the tabulation of votes for each proposal. For
any other business that may properly come before the annual meeting, proxies will be voted in accordance with the judgment of the person voting the proxies.
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Votes cast in favor must exceed the votes cast opposing the election of each director*
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Votes cast in favor must exceed the votes cast opposing the action
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Approval of the selection of KPMG as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2016
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Votes cast in favor must exceed the votes cast opposing the action
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The Companys bylaws provide that the Chairman of the annual meeting will determine the order of business and the voting and other procedures to be observed at the annual meeting. The Chairman is authorized to declare whether any business is properly brought before the annual meeting, and business not properly brought before the annual meeting will not be transacted. We are not aware of any matters that are
to come before the annual meeting other than those described in this proxy statement. If other matters do properly come before the annual meeting, however, it is the intention of the persons named in the enclosed proxy card to exercise the discretionary authority conferred by the proxy to vote such proxy in accordance with their best judgment.
The enclosed proxy is revocable at any time prior to its being voted by filing an instrument of revocation or a duly executed proxy bearing a later time. A proxy may also be revoked by attendance at the annual meeting and voting in person. See Questions and Answers
About the Annual Meeting—How do I attend the annual meeting? What should I bring? Attendance at the annual meeting will not by itself constitute a revocation.
The cost of this solicitation of proxies will be borne by the Company. In addition to soliciting proxies by mail, directors, officers and employees of the Company, without receiving additional compensation therefor, may solicit proxies by telephone, facsimile, electronic mail, in person or by other means. Arrangements also will be made with brokerage firms and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries to forward proxy solicitation material to the beneficial owners of Brinks
Common Stock and the Company will reimburse such brokerage firms, custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with their solicitation efforts. The Company has retained Innisfree M&A Incorporated to perform proxy advisory and solicitation services. The fee of Innisfree M&A Incorporated in connection with the 2016 annual meeting is estimated to be approximately $15,000, plus reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses.
Shareholders who wish to attend the annual meeting and vote in person and who need directions to the annual meeting may contact the Corporate Secretary at (804) 289-9600. Shareholders of record who wish to vote in person at the annual meeting will be able to request a ballot at the annual meeting. Shareholders
who hold their shares through a broker in street name and who wish to vote in person at the annual meeting will not be able to vote their shares at the annual meeting without a legal proxy from the street name holder of record. Those shareholders should contact their brokers for further information.
Shareholder votes at the annual meeting will be tabulated by the Companys transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
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The Brink’s Company
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Role of the Board of Directors
The Board is responsible for advancing the interests of the shareholders by providing advice and oversight of the strategic and operational direction of the Company; overseeing the governance of the Company and the Companys executive management, including the Chief Executive Officer; and reviewing the Company's business initiatives, capital projects and budget matters. To do this effectively, the Company has established clear and specific Governance Guidelines for the Board (referred to as our Governance Policies) that, along with Board committee charters and our Code of Ethics, provides the framework for the governance of the Company.
Board Leadership Structure
The Board does not have a policy on whether the roles of the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman should be separate. The Board regularly evaluates relevant factors to determine the best leadership structure for the Company’s operating and governance environment at the time. In January 2016, Brink’s entered into an agreement (the Starboard Agreement) with Starboard Value LP and its affiliates (Starboard) (see page 16 for more information), and announced that the Chief Executive Officer, Thomas C. Schievelbein, would step down no later than the 2016 annual meeting of shareholders and that the Company’s independent lead director had retired from the Board. In connection with these leadership changes and the Starboard Agreement, the Board appointed Michael J. Herling as the Board’s independent lead director and also committed to electing a non-executive Chairman of the Board from among the independent members of the Board of Directors. Currently, the leadership structure includes a combined Chairman and Executive Officer and an independent lead director. This structure allows the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer to draw on his knowledge and expertise related to the Company’s daily operations, industry and competitive developments to set the agenda for the Board and present a unified message externally. To ensure that the Board operates independently of management
and that directors have an independent leadership contact, the Board has appointed an independent lead director. The independent lead director has the following responsibilities:
• | presides over meetings of the non-management and independent Board members and, as appropriate, provides feedback to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; |
• | together with the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and with input from the non-management and independent Board members, prepares and drives the Board’s agenda; |
• | serves as the liaison between non-management and independent Board members and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; |
• | calls executive sessions of the Board or of the non-management and independent Board members; |
• | serves as a sounding board to the Chief Executive Officer; |
• | takes the lead in assuring that the Board carries out its responsibilities in circumstances where the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer is incapacitated or otherwise unable to act; and |
• | consults with the Chair of the Compensation Committee to provide performance feedback and compensation information to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. |
Meetings of the Board and Director Attendance
The Board met eight times in 2015. During 2015, all incumbent directors attended at least 75% of the total number of meetings of the Board and of the committees of the Board on which they served.
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Executive Sessions of the Board
The non-management members of the Board meet regularly without management present. The independent lead director presides over each meeting of the non-management and independent Board members.
Director Attendance at Annual Meeting
The Company has no formal policy with regard to Board members attendance at annual meetings. All of the directors then in office, with the exception of Mrs. Alewine, attended the 2015 annual meeting of shareholders.
For a director to be deemed independent, the Board must affirmatively determine, in accordance with the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange, that the director has no material relationship with the Company, either directly or as a partner, shareholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship with the Company. In making this determination, the Board has adopted the following categorical standards as part of its Governance Policies:
1. | A director who is, or has been within the last three years, an employee of the Company, or whose immediate family member is, or has been within the last three years, an executive officer of the Company, is not independent. Employment as an interim Chairman, Chief Executive Officer or other executive officer will not disqualify a director from being considered independent following such employment. |
2. | A director who has received or who has an immediate family member serving as an executive officer who has received, during any twelve-month period within the last three years, more than $120,000 in direct compensation from the Company (excluding director and committee fees and pensions or other forms of deferred compensation for prior service, provided such compensation is not contingent in any way on continued service), is not independent. Compensation received by a director for former service as an interim Chairman, Chief Executive Officer or other executive officer will not count toward the $120,000 limitation. |
3. | (A) A director who is a current partner or employee of a firm that is the Company’s internal or external auditor; (B) a director who has an immediate family member who is a current partner of such a firm; (C) a director who has an immediate family member who is a current employee of such a firm and personally works on the Company’s audit; or (D) a director who was or whose immediate |
family member was within the last three years a partner or employee of such a firm and personally worked on the Companys audit within that time, in any such instance ((A)-(D)) is not independent.
4. | A director who is or has been within the last three years, or whose immediate family member is, or has been within the last three years, employed as an executive officer of another company where any of the Company’s present executive officers at the same time serves or served on that company’s compensation committee, is not independent. |
5. | A director who is a current employee, or whose immediate family member is a current executive officer, of a company that has made payments to, or received payments from, the Company for property or services in an amount which, in any of the last three fiscal years, exceeds the greater of $1 million, or 2% of such other company’s consolidated gross revenues, is not independent. |
The Board has affirmatively determined that Mrs. Alewine, Ms. Docherty and Messrs. Boynton, Clough, Feld, Hedgebeth, Herling, and Stoeckert are independent under the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange and the categorical standards described above. Messrs. Martin and Turner, who retired in January 2016, were determined by the Board to be independent in May 2015. The Board has determined that the members of the Audit and Ethics Committee (the Audit Committee) and the Compensation Committee meet the heightened independence requirements for service on the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee set forth in the respective committees charters. In addition, the Board has determined that the members of the Compensation Committee are non-employee directors (within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)) and outside directors (within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code)).
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
In January 2016, the Board eliminated the Executive Committee. As a result, the Board now has four standing committees: the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee (the Corporate Governance Committee) and Finance and Strategy Committee (the Finance Committee). Each
committee has a separate chairperson and each of the committees is composed solely of independent directors. The charters for each of the committees describe the specific authority and responsibilities of each committee and are available on our website at www.brinks.com.
Committee Membership as of January 11, 2016*
* | Mr. Murray Martin and Mr. Ronald Turner retired from the Board effective January 3, 2016. Throughout 2015 and until his retirement, Mr. Martin served on the Corporate Governance and Finance Committees (and served on the Audit Committee through May 8, 2015 and as the Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee through September 11, 2015). Throughout 2015 and until his retirement, Mr. Turner served on the Corporate Governance and Compensation Committees (and served as the Compensation Committee Chair until September 11, 2015). |
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee oversees managements conduct of the Companys financial reporting process and the integrity of its financial statements, including the Companys accounting, internal controls and internal audit function. The Audit Committee also evaluates the qualifications and performance of the Companys independent auditors, assesses the independence of the Companys independent auditors and oversees the annual independent audit of the Companys financial statements and the Companys legal and regulatory compliance, as well as ethics programs.
The Board has identified each of Messrs. Boynton, Clough and Stoeckert as an audit committee financial
expert as that term is defined in the rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). The Board has also determined that each of the members of the Audit Committee is financially literate under New York Stock Exchange standards.
Compensation Committee
The Compensation Committee is responsible for overseeing the policies and programs relating to the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer, and other senior executives, including policies governing salaries, incentive compensation and terms and conditions of employment. For a further discussion of the Compensation Committee, see Compensation Discussion and Analysis.
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Corporate Governance Committee
The Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for identifying individuals qualified to become Board members consistent with criteria approved by the Board and recommending to the Board director nominees. The Corporate Governance Committee also oversees the corporate governance of the Company, including recommending to the Board the Governance Policies, and the annual evaluation of the Boards performance. In addition, the Corporate Governance Committee recommends to the Board any changes in non-employee director compensation.
Finance Committee
The Finance Committee monitors the Companys strategic direction, recommends to the Board dividend and other actions and policies regarding the financial affairs of the Company, and is responsible for oversight of the Companys 401(k) Plan and frozen Pension-Retirement Plan, and any similar plans that may be maintained from time to time by the Company. The Finance Committee has authority to adopt amendments to the Companys 401(k) Plan and its frozen Pension-Retirement and Pension Equalization Plans.
The Corporate Governance Committee regularly engages in succession planning for the Board. In accordance with the Governance Policies and the Corporate Governance Committee charter, the Corporate Governance Committee periodically assesses whether any vacancies on the Board are expected due to retirement or other factors and considers possible director candidates. The Corporate Governance Committee has used professional search firms to identify candidates based upon the director membership criteria described in the Governance Policies.
The Corporate Governance Committee’s charter provides that the Corporate Governance Committee will consider director candidate recommendations by shareholders. Shareholders should submit any such recommendations to the Corporate Governance Committee through the method described below under Communications with Non-Management Members of the Board of Directors. In accordance with the Company’s bylaws, any shareholder of record entitled to vote for the election of directors at a meeting of shareholders may nominate persons for election to the Board, if the shareholder complies with the notice procedures set forth in the bylaws and summarized in the section of this proxy statement entitled Other Information—Shareholder Proposals and Director Nominations on page 78.
The Corporate Governance Committee evaluates all director candidates in accordance with the director membership criteria described in the Governance Policies. The Corporate Governance Committee evaluates any candidates qualifications to serve as a member of the Board based on the skills and characteristics of individual Board members as well as the composition of the Board as a whole, the balance of management and independent directors, and the
need for particular expertise. In addition, while there is not specific weight given to any one factor, the Corporate Governance Committee will evaluate a candidates business experience, diversity, international background, the number of other directorships held, leadership capabilities, and any other skills or experience that would contribute to the overall effectiveness of the Board of Directors.
When considering a director standing for re-election as a nominee, in addition to the attributes described above, the Corporate Governance Committee considers that individuals past contribution and future commitment to the Company. The Corporate Governance Committee evaluates the totality of the merits of each prospective nominee that it considers and does not restrict itself by establishing minimum qualifications or attributes.
After evaluating any potential director nominees, the Corporate Governance Committee makes a recommendation to the full Board, and the Board determines the nominees. The evaluation process of prospective director nominees is the same for all nominees, regardless of the source from which the nominee was first identified.
On January 3, 2016, Brinks and Starboard entered into the Starboard Agreement regarding, among other things, the membership and composition of the Board. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Board agreed to appoint Messrs. Clough, Feld and Stoeckert as members of the Board and to nominate each of them as a director at the Companys 2016 annual meeting of shareholders. The Agreement also provided that Mr. Feld would be the Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee and that each of the Boards
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Committees would include one of the newly appointed directors. Additional Information about the Starboard Agreement appears on page 16.
The Company did not receive any notice of a director candidate recommended by a shareholder or group of shareholders owning more than five percent of the
Companys voting common stock for at least one year as of the date of recommendation on or prior to November 28, 2015, the date that is 120 days before the anniversary date of the release of the prior years proxy statement to shareholders.
The Board annually assesses the effectiveness of the full Board and the performance of its committees. The Corporate Governance Committee is charged with overseeing this process. Beginning in 2016, the Board
will include individual director assessments in the annual evaluation process and will implement periodic evaluation by a third party.
The Board is responsible for the Companys overall risk oversight and receives regular reports from management on the Companys risk management program (described below) and from the Boards Audit, Compensation, Corporate Governance, and Finance Committees, each of which is responsible for risk oversight within its area of responsibility. In addition, the Board conducts a targeted review of its risk oversight philosophy and assesses its risk oversight responsibilities on an annual basis.
Management is responsible for the Companys risk management. Through the Companys enterprise risk management (ERM) program, management identifies and addresses significant risks facing the Company. Under the ERM program, a team of senior executives identifies and prioritizes risks, and assigns an executive to address each major identified risk area, including by managing relevant mitigation plans and processes.
The Audit Committee is responsible for discussing with management the Companys major financial risk exposures and the steps management has taken to monitor and control such exposures, including the Companys risk assessment and risk management policies. As part of its responsibilities, the Audit Committee oversees the Companys financial policies,
including financial risk management. Management holds regular meetings that identify, discuss and assess financial risk from current macro-economic, industry and company-specific perspectives. As part of its regular reporting process, management reports and reviews with the Audit Committee the Companys material financial risks, proposed risk factors and other public disclosures, mitigation strategies, and the Companys internal controls over financial reporting. The Audit Committee also engages in periodic discussions with the Chief Financial Officer and other members of management regarding risks.
Each of the other committees of the Board considers risks within its respective areas of responsibility and regularly reports to the Board on issues related to the Companys risk profile. The Compensation Committee considers any risks related to the Companys executive compensation programs and has oversight responsibility for the Companys review of all compensation policies and procedures to determine whether they present a significant risk. The Corporate Governance Committee considers risks relating to governance and management succession planning. The Finance Committee oversees risks related to the Companys credit facilities, rating agency interactions, and pension and savings plans.
As part of its oversight of the Companys executive compensation program, the Compensation Committee reviews and considers any potential risk implications created by its compensation awards. The Compensation Committee believes that the executive compensation program is designed with the
appropriate balance of risk and reward in relation to the Companys overall business strategy and that the balance of compensation elements does not encourage excessive risk taking. The Compensation Committee will continue to consider compensation risk implications, as appropriate, in designing any new
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executive compensation components. In connection with its continual risk assessment, the Compensation Committee notes the following attributes of the executive compensation program:
• | the balance between fixed and variable compensation, short- and long-term compensation, and cash and equity payouts; |
• | the alignment of LTI with selected performance measures reflective of the Company’s business plan, and its financial and operational goals; |
• | the use of relative shareholder return as a performance metric for LTI awards; |
• | the Compensation Committee’s authority to reduce proposed incentive plan cash payouts (taking into account Section 162(m) of the Code) if the Compensation Committee believes that such payouts do not appropriately reflect performance of a particular executive, the Company or a business unit; |
• | the placement of a significant portion of executive pay at risk and dependent upon the achievement of specific corporate performance goals with verifiable results, with pre-established threshold, target and maximum payment levels; |
• | the Company’s compensation recoupment policy, which applies to performance-based cash and equity-based incentive compensation paid to named executive officers and other recipients; |
• | the Company’s executive stock ownership guidelines, which align the interests of the executive officers with those of the Company’s shareholders; and |
• | regular review of the executive compensation program by an independent compensation consultant. |
The Compensation Committee also has oversight over the Companys responsibility to review all Company compensation policies and procedures, including the incentives that they create, to determine whether they present a significant risk. At the Compensation Committees direction, the Companys Human Resources Department in partnership with the Internal Audit Department, conducted a risk assessment of the Companys compensation programs during 2015. Based on its assessment, management concluded that the compensation policies and practices of the Company and its subsidiaries for employees do not create risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company, and management presented the results of its assessment to the Compensation Committee.
The Company has adopted a policy in the Audit Committees charter regarding the review and approval of related person transactions. In the event that the Company proposes to enter into such a transaction, it must be referred to the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee is required to review and approve each related person transaction and any disclosures required by Item 404 of Regulation S-K. The Audit Committee reviews any related person transactions on a case-by-case basis.
For purposes of this policy, a related person transaction has the same meaning as in Item 404 of Regulation S-K: a transaction, arrangement or relationship (or any series of related transactions, arrangements or relationships) in which the Company
is, was or will be a participant and the amount involved exceeds $120,000 and in which any related person has, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.
For purposes of this policy, a related person has the same meaning as in Item 404 of Regulation S-K: any person who was a director, a nominee for director or an executive officer of the Company during the preceding fiscal year (or an immediate family member of such a director, nominee for director or executive officer) or a beneficial owner of more than five percent of the outstanding Brinks Common Stock (or an immediate family member of such owner).
During 2015, there were no related person transactions under the relevant standards.
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The Companys Governance Policies set forth a process by which shareholders and other interested third parties can send communications to the non-management members of the Board. When interested third parties have concerns, they may make them known to the non-management directors by
communicating via written correspondence sent by U.S. mail to Lead Director at the Companys Richmond, Virginia address. All such correspondence is provided to the independent lead director at, or prior to, the next executive session held at a regular Board meeting.
The Board regularly engages in succession planning for the Chief Executive Officer role. Members of the Board (with oversight from the Corporate Governance Committee) annually review and discuss an evaluation of potential Chief Executive Officer successors and review development plans for potential successor candidates. The Board ensures that meeting agendas for the Board and its committees provide directors with exposure to and opportunities to assess potential successors. The Board annually reviews the emergency succession plan for the Chief Executive Officer. In connection with the Starboard Agreement
(which is more fully described on page 16), the Company announced in January 2016 that Mr. Schievelbein would step down from the role of Chief Executive Officer no later than the 2016 annual meeting of shareholders. In accordance with its charter and pursuant to the Starboard Agreement, the Corporate Governance Committee is overseeing the Chief Executive Officer search process, which includes, among other things, engagement of relevant advisors, development of candidate specifications, and evaluation of internal and external candidates.
In general, it is not the Companys practice to make financial or in-kind political contributions with corporate assets, even when permitted by applicable law. The Company complies with all applicable state and federal laws related to the disclosure of lobbying activities.
The Company administers, under federal and state election laws, The Brinks Company Political Action
Committee, which is a non-partisan political action committee comprised of the Companys managerial and professional U.S. employees who voluntarily pool their financial resources to support the Companys efforts to promote the business interests of the Company through the legislative process.
Under the Companys Governance Policies, a director who retires or whose job responsibilities change materially from those in effect at the time the director was last elected to the Board should submit his or her resignation to the Board. The Corporate Governance Committee will then review and consider the directors resignation and make a recommendation to the Board whether to accept or decline the resignation. In addition, the Board maintains a policy that a director may not stand for election to the Board for any term during which his or her 72nd birthday would fall more than six months prior to the expiration of that term.
The Companys Governance Policies also provide that any nominee for director in an uncontested election who receives a greater number of shareholder votes against his or her election than votes for his or her election must promptly tender his or her resignation to the Board. The Corporate Governance Committee will then evaluate the best interests of the Company and will recommend to the Board whether to accept or reject the tendered resignation. Following the Boards determination, the Company will disclose the Boards decision of whether or not to accept the resignation and an explanation of how the decision was reached.
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PROPOSAL NO. 1—ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
In accordance with the Companys Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and bylaws, directors are nominated for election (or re-election) to one year terms, beginning with the directors whose terms expire in 2016. Directors elected at any previous annual meetings continue to serve the remaining portion of the three-year terms to which they were elected and will be considered for nomination to one-year terms at the annual meetings at which their terms expire.
The Corporate Governance Committee has recommended, and the Board has approved Messrs. Boynton, Clough, Feld and Stoeckert each as nominees for election to a one-year term expiring in 2017. Proxies cannot be voted for a greater number of persons than the number of nominees named in this proxy statement. Unless otherwise specified, all proxies will be voted in favor of Messrs. Boynton, Clough, Feld and Stoeckert for election as directors of the Company.
The Board has no reason to believe that any of the nominees is not available or will not serve if elected. If any of them should become unavailable to serve as a director, full discretion is reserved to the persons named as proxies to vote for such other persons as may be properly nominated.
On January 3, 2016, we entered into the Starboard Agreement, pursuant to which we agreed to, among other things:
• | increase the size of the Board to nine directors; |
• | appoint Ian D. Clough, Peter A. Feld and George I. Stoeckert to fill the vacancies on the Board created by the increase in size of the Board and the resignations of Murray D. Martin and Ronald L. Turner; |
• | nominate each of Mr. Clough, Mr. Feld and Mr. Stoeckert for election to the Board at the 2016 annual meeting of shareholders; |
• | appoint Mr. Feld and one of the other new directors to the Corporate Governance Committee, which would then be composed of four directors, with Mr. Feld serving as chair; |
• | appoint Mr. Feld to the Compensation Committee and the Finance Committee; |
• | include at least one of the new directors on each committee of the Board at all times during the Standstill Period (as defined below); |
• | eliminate the Executive Committee; |
• | cause a Non-Executive Chairman to be elected by the Board; and |
• | delegate the responsibility to oversee the search for a new Chief Executive Officer to the Corporate Governance Committee. |
Pursuant to the Starboard Agreement, if any of Messrs. Clough, Feld or Stoeckert resigns or is unable to serve as a director prior to the end of the Standstill Period (defined below), and Starboard then beneficially owns at least the lesser of 3% of our then outstanding common stock or 1,466,572 shares of our common stock (subject to certain adjustments), Starboard will have the right to recommend a successor director, whose appointment will be subject to the recommendation of the Corporate Governance Committee for approval by the Board.
Starboard has agreed that, until the earlier of (1) fifteen business days prior to the deadline for the submission of stockholder nominations for the 2017 annual meeting of shareholders and (2) 130 days prior to the first anniversary of the 2016 annual meeting of shareholders (the Standstill Period), Starboard will not take certain actions with respect to the Company, including the solicitation of proxies or the submission of proposals for consideration by the Companys shareholders. Starboard has agreed to vote all of the shares of Common Stock which it beneficially owns in favor of each of the four nominees for election to the Board, and in accordance with the Boards recommendations on other proposals, subject to certain exceptions.
In connection with the Starboard Agreement, the Board authorized the reimbursement of Starboards reasonable, documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including legal expenses) incurred in connection with the matters related to the 2016 annual
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meeting and the negotiation and execution of the Starboard Agreement, provided that such reimbursement shall not exceed $125,000 in the aggregate.
Set forth below is information concerning the age, principal occupation, employment, directorships during the past five years, and other positions with the Company of each nominee and director, the year in
which he first became a director of the Company and his term of office as a director. Also set forth below is a brief discussion of the specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led to the conclusion that each nominee and director should serve as a director, in light of the Companys business and structure.
NOMINEES FOR ELECTION AS DIRECTORS FOR A ONE-YEAR TERM EXPIRING IN 2017
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PAUL G. BOYNTON Age: 51 Director since: 2010 Audit Committee Compensation Committee Finance Committee (Chair) |
Mr. Boynton has served as the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. (a global producer of high-value cellulose fibers for the chemical industry) since June 2014. Mr. Boynton previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Rayonier Inc. from January 2012 through June 2014, and Chairman from May 2012 through June 2014, President and Chief Operating Officer from 2010 to 2011, Executive Vice President, Forest Resources and Real Estate from 2009 to 2010, and Senior Vice President, Performance Fibers and Wood Products from 2008 to 2009. He currently serves as a director of Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. Mr. Boynton is also a member of the Board of Governors and its Executive Committee of the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement and a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Manufacturers. During the past five years, Mr. Boynton has also served as a director of Rayonier Inc. Mr. Boynton brings to the Board executive-level experience in the areas of international business operations, strategic business development and planning and finance, developed through his roles at Rayonier Inc. and Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. He also contributes his significant expertise in risk management, sales and marketing, consumer sales and service and customer relations. His current term as a director of the Company expires in May 2016.
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IAN D. CLOUGH Age: 49 Director Since: January 2016 Audit Committee Compensation Committee |
Mr. Clough has been Managing Director of International Europe at TNT Express N.V. (a Netherlands-based international courier delivery services company) since April 2014 and serves as a Member of the company’s Management Board. Previously, Mr. Clough served as Chief Executive Officer of DHL Express (USA), part of the Deutsche Post DHL Group from 2009 to 2014. Mr. Clough has experience in general management as well as in leading business turnarounds. He also brings to the Board deep transportation and logistics industry insight and knowledge as well as experience in leading international business. His current term as a director of the Company expires in May 2016.
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PETER A. FELD Age: 37 Director Since: January 2016 Compensation Committee Corporate Governance Committee (Chair) Finance Committee |
Mr. Feld has been a Managing Member and the Head of Research of Starboard Value LP (an investment fund) since 2011. Prior to joining Starboard, Mr. Feld served as a Managing Director of Ramius LLC and a Portfolio Manager of Ramius Value and Opportunity Master Fund Ltd. from November 2008 to April 2011. He currently serves as a director of Insperity, Inc. (a provider of human resources and business performance solutions) and during the past five years served as a director of Darden Restaurants, Inc., Tessera Technologies, Inc., Integrated Device Technology, Inc., Unwired Planet, Inc. and Sea Change International, Inc. Mr. Feld brings to the Board his knowledge of the capital markets as well as diverse governance experience as a result of his investment and private equity background and service on the boards of directors of several publicly-traded companies. His current term as a director of the Company expires in May 2016.
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GEORGE I. STOECKERT Age: 67 Director Since: January 2016 Audit Committee Corporate Governance Committee Finance Committee |
Mr. Stoeckert has been a private investor and advisor since 2011 and previously served as President of North America and Internet Solutions at Dun & Bradstreet from 2009 to 2011. Prior to that, he held various senior leadership positions at Automatic Data Processing, Inc., including President of Employer Services International and President of the Major Accounts Services Division. Before joining ADP, Mr. Stoeckert served as President of the Insurance Management Services Division at Ryder System, Inc. Mr. Stoeckert currently serves on the Board of Directors of Onvia, Inc. (a public data company serving state, local and educational markets) and Theragenics, Inc. (a medical device company). Mr. Stoeckert has a broad domestic and international business background, including strategic planning, finance, technology and operational expertise, and brings to the Board significant related-industry experience from his leadership roles at ADP and Ryder System, Inc. His current term as a director of the Company expires in May 2016.
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BETTY C. ALEWINE Age: 67 Director since: 2000 Audit Committee (Chair) Corporate Governance Committee |
Mrs. Alewine is the retired President and Chief Executive Officer of COMSAT Corporation (a provider of global satellite services and digital networking services and technology). Mrs. Alewine currently serves as a director of New York Life Insurance Company and Rockwell Automation, Inc. Mrs. Alewine brings to the Board chief executive officer experience through her leadership of COMSAT Corporation, and executive-level experience in international business operations, strategic planning, technology, sales and marketing, and regulatory matters. She also contributes significant experience and knowledge in the areas of finance, audit, risk oversight, strategic business development, director recruiting and corporate governance matters, developed through her service on the boards of directors of various companies, including Brink’s. Her current term as a director of the Company expires in May 2018.
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SUSAN E. DOCHERTY Age: 53 Director since: 2015 Audit Committee Compensation Committee Finance Committee |
Ms. Docherty has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Canyon Ranch, a company that promotes healthy living and provides luxury spa vacations on land and at sea, since May 2015. Previously, Ms. Docherty was the former GM Vice President with profit and loss and operating responsibility as President and Managing Director for Chevrolet and Cadillac Europe, General Motors Company (an automobile manufacturing company), having served in this position from December 2011 through September 2013. Ms. Docherty previously served as General Motors Company’s Vice President of International Operations Sales, Marketing and Aftersales from 2010 to 2011, Vice President U.S. Sales, Service and Marketing from 2009 to 2010, Vice President, U.S. Sales in 2009, and General Manager and Vice President, Buick-Pontiac-GMC from 2008 to 2009. In these roles, Ms. Docherty developed executive-level experience in international business operations, technology, strategic planning, business transformation, regulatory matters and talent management, as well as significant experience in consumer sales and marketing, which benefit the Brink’s Board. Her current term as a director of the Company expires in May 2017.
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REGINALD D. HEDGEBETH Age: 48 Director since: 2011 Audit Committee Compensation Committee Corporate Governance Committee |
Mr. Hedgebeth has served as the General Counsel and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer of Spectra Energy Corp (a natural gas, liquids and crude oil infrastructure company with gathering and processing, transmission, storage and distribution operations throughout North America) since 2009. Mr. Hedgebeth has also served as General Counsel for Spectra Energy Partners, LP (a Delaware Master Limited Partnership formed by Spectra Energy Corp to own and operate natural gas, liquids and oil transportation and storage assets) since 2014. From 2005 to 2009, he served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Circuit City Stores, Inc. which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2008 and was subsequently liquidated in 2009. Mr. Hedgebeth brings to the Board his extensive experience in legal and compliance matters, including securities, corporate governance, ethics, business development and financing, intellectual property and government regulatory matters. He also contributes executive-level experience in government relations and advocacy, internal controls, strategy, supply chain and procurement, risk management and corporate restructuring developed through his work for Spectra Energy Corp and Circuit City Stores, Inc. His current term as a director of the Company expires in May 2017.
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MICHAEL J. HERLING Age: 58 Director since: 2009 Audit Committee Compensation Committee (Chair) Finance Committee |
Mr. Herling is a founding partner of Finn Dixon & Herling LLP (a law firm that provides corporate, transactional, securities, investment management, lending, tax, executive compensation and benefits and litigation counsel). He has held that position since 1987. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Board of Trustees of Colgate University. During the past five years, he has served as a director of DynaVox Inc. The Board benefits from Mr. Herling’s entrepreneurial experience as a founding partner of Finn Dixon & Herling and his extensive legal experience representing corporate and institutional clients and their boards of directors with a focus on strategic initiatives and complex transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings and financings. Through his varied Board experience, Mr. Herling has gained experience and knowledge in corporate governance and compliance, risk oversight, audit, succession planning and executive compensation matters. His current term as a director of the company expires in May 2018.
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT
THE SHAREHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE FOUR
NOMINEES NAMED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT
FOR ELECTION AS DIRECTORS.
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PROPOSAL NO. 2—ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION
The Company is seeking shareholder approval of an advisory resolution to approve the compensation of the Companys named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement.
The Company maintains a pay for performance compensation philosophy and an executive compensation program that is designed to:
• | incent and reward executives who contribute to the achievement of the Company’s business objectives and the creation of shareholder value, without encouraging unnecessary and excessive risks; |
• | attract, retain and motivate talented executives to perform at the highest level and contribute significantly to the Company’s success; |
• | align the interests of the named executive officers with those of shareholders through equity-based LTI awards and robust stock ownership guidelines; and |
• | provide an appropriate and balanced mix of short-term and long-term compensation elements. |
In deciding how to vote on this proposal, the Board asks that you consider the following key points with respect to our executive compensation program:
• | We pay for performance. The 2015 compensation awarded to the named executive officers reflects the compensation principles listed above as well as the Company’s results for the year. Annual incentive awards were paid according to the Company’s achievement of non-GAAP earnings per share results. LTI awards consisted of both PSU and MSU awards to ensure continued alignment between executive officer compensation and long-term shareholder value. |
• | The Compensation Committee regularly reviews the Company’s executive compensation program. The Compensation Committee reviews the Company’s executive compensation program to ensure |
that it is aligned with the competitive market and reflects the compensation principles listed above.
• | The executive compensation program is designed to align the interests of executives and shareholders. The LTI program is designed to ensure strong alignment with shareholder value through payment in shares of Brink’s Common Stock. The Compensation Committee uses a focused peer group that includes companies in similar industries, with similar characteristics to Brink’s as its reference point for assessing executive officer compensation against the market. |
• | There are no tax gross-ups upon a change in control for executive officers and no excessive perquisites. None of the Company’s executive officers is subject to any agreement or policy that provides excise tax gross-ups upon a change in control. We provide limited perquisites to our executive officers. |
• | The Compensation Committee uses an independent compensation consultant. The Compensation Committee’s consultant reports directly to the Committee and does not perform any work for management. In performing its services, the consultant works closely with management at the Committee’s direction. |
• | We engage with our shareholders. The Company maintains a shareholder outreach program to connect with shareholders throughout the year to gain insight into shareholders’ perspectives on key governance and compensation issues. |
• | The Company may take advantage of tax deductibility for compensation of executives. The Board and shareholders approved amendments to the annual and LTI programs that are intended to permit the Company, if appropriate, to take tax deductions for these payments under Section 162(m) of the Code. |
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You are encouraged to review the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables and the accompanying narrative on pages 23 through 40 of this proxy statement, which provide a comprehensive review of the Company’s executive compensation program and its elements, objectives and rationale.
In accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act rules, shareholders are asked to approve the following non-binding resolution:
RESOLVED, that the Companys shareholders approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Companys named executive officers, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement for the 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the 2015 Summary Compensation Table, the other related tables and the accompanying narrative.
The shareholder vote on this proposal will be non-binding on the Company and the Board and will not be construed as overruling a decision by the Company or the Board. However, the Board and the Compensation Committee value the opinions that shareholders express in their votes and will consider the outcome of the vote when making future executive compensation decisions as they deem appropriate.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT
SHAREHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE
NON-BINDING RESOLUTION ON NAMED
EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION.
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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
This Compensation Discussion and Analysis (CD&A) and the executive compensation tables that follow describe the compensation of the Companys named executive officers:
• | Thomas C. Schievelbein, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
• | Michael F. Beech, Executive Vice President and President, Strategy and Focus Markets |
• | Joseph W. Dziedzic, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
• | McAlister C. Marshall, II, Vice President and General Counsel |
• | Amit Zukerman, Executive Vice President and President, Global Operations and Brink’s Global Services |
2015 Performance
Brinks reported very strong 2015 earnings that reflected execution of cost reduction efforts, growth in Argentina and Asia, significant progress in turnaround efforts, including in Mexico and Chile, lower security costs, lower interest expense, and a lower corporate tax rate, which together more than offset a decline in profits in the U.S. and the unfavorable impact of currency translation.
Following are key financial performance metrics that are monitored by management and the Board, reported to shareholders, and used in determining compensation amounts for the named executive officers.
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Non-GAAP Segment
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TSR measures how well Brink’s
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Say on Pay Results and Shareholder Engagement
At the 2015 annual meeting, over 90% of votes cast on the say on pay proposal approved the compensation awarded to named executive officers.
The Compensation Committee and the Board take into account the results of the say on pay vote as they consider the design of the executive compensation program and policies. In addition, management continues to engage in outreach to the
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Companys shareholders to discuss governance and compensation policies and practices and emerging issues. We believe these meetings have been constructive, with shareholders indicating support for Brinks governance and compensation programs and practices. Management reports to the Board on its discussions with shareholders.
Compensation Practices
The Companys executive compensation program is designed around the following key objectives:
• | Pay for Performance: Link compensation to Company and individual performance over both the short- and long-term. |
• | Competitive Positioning: Attract and retain the executive talent required to execute the Company’s business strategy and deliver sustained high performance through market-competitive compensation. |
• | Shareholder Alignment: Align the interests of executives and shareholders through the use of (i) Company stock in incentive compensation, (ii) incentive compensation goals designed to increase long-term shareholder value, and (iii) guidelines for executive officer ownership of Brink’s Common Stock. |
2015 Annual and Long-Term Incentive Payouts
Compensation decisions in 2015 for the named executive officers reflect the Companys performance against specific financial goals. The named executive officers received 2015 annual incentive payouts under the KEIP at a range of 100 – 184% of their respective targets. These payouts reflect the Companys
achievement of above target levels of performance against the $1.70 non-GAAP earnings per share performance goal (taking into account pre-approved adjustments) and the application of negative discretion by the Compensation Committee. See page 31 for a description of 2015 KEIP payouts.
Payouts for MSUs for the 2013 – 2015 performance period reflect stock price appreciation resulting in payment of 108% of the target MSUs awarded in 2013. Payouts for PSUs for the 2013 – 2015 performance period reflect above target performance against the non-GAAP segment operating profit goal established by the Compensation Committee and resulted in payment to each named executive officer of 171% of his or her target PSUs awarded in 2013. See pages 35-36 for a description of the Company’s LTI payouts.
2015 Chief Executive Officer Compensation
The primary components of compensation for the Chief Executive Officer consist of base salary, annual incentive, and long-term incentive. For 2015, the Compensation Committee did not change the annual base salary for Mr. Schievelbein. The Compensation Committee established an annual incentive target of $920,000, a 15% increase from the previous year in order to bring his compensation closer to the median for the Peer Group. Mr. Schievelbein received an annual incentive payout of $1.6 million in March 2016, which represented approximately 174% of the target in light of Brinks strong performance against the 2015 performance goal and the application of negative discretion by the Compensation Committee. In February 2015, the Compensation Committee approved an LTI award in the amount of $3 million for Mr. Schievelbein, which was unchanged from the amount of the prior years award.
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Executive Compensation Program Components for 2015
Primary Components
Named executive officer compensation awarded in 2015 consisted of the following primary components.
Compensation Element
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How Payout Determined
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Performance Measures
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Purpose
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Salary
– fixed – paid in cash |
Compensation Committee judgment, informed by evaluation of market data
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N/A
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•
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Provides compensation at a level consistent with competitive practices
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•
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Reflects role, responsibilities, skills, experience and performance
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Annual Incentive
– variable – paid in cash |
Formulaic, with Compensation Committee review of performance against pre-established goals, with discretion to reduce annual incentive payout amounts
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Non-GAAP Earnings per Share
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•
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Motivates and rewards executives for achievement of annual goals
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•
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Aligns management and shareholder interests by linking pay and performance
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Long-Term
Incentive – PSUs – variable – paid in stock |
Formulaic, with Compensation Committee review of performance against pre-established goals
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•
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Non-GAAP Segment Operating Profit
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•
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Motivates and rewards executives for achievement of long-term goals intended to increase shareholder value
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•
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Relative TSR
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•
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Enhances retention of key executives who drive sustained performance
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Long-Term
Incentive – MSUs – variable – paid in stock |
Formulaic, depends on stock price at the end of the performance period versus at the beginning of the performance period
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Stock price change with a minimum threshold performance
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•
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Motivates and rewards executives for achievement of long-term goals intended to increase shareholder value
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•
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Enhances retention of key executives who drive sustained performance
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•
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Aligns management and shareholder interests by facilitating management ownership
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Secondary Components
Named executive officers may also receive compensation in the form of one or more of the following components:
Compensation Element
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Who Receives It
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Components of Compensation
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Purpose
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Benefits
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All Named Executive Officers
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•
• • • • |
Deferred compensation
Company matching contributions on amounts deferred, the value of which is tied directly to the Company’s stock price Frozen defined benefit pension benefits Executive salary continuation and long-term disability plan participation Welfare plans and other arrangements that are available on a broad basis to U.S. employees and Switzerland employees, as applicable |
•
• • |
Provides for current and future
needs of the executives and their families. Aligns management and shareholder interests by encouraging management ownership of Company stock through participation in the deferred compensation program Enhances recruitment and retention |
Perquisites
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All Named Executive Officers
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•
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Limited personal and spousal travel, entertainment and gifts
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•
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Provides for safety and security of executives
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•
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Executive physical examinations
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•
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Enhances recruitment and retention
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•
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Limited personal use of corporate aircraft by the chief executive officer
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•
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Relocation benefits
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Severance Pay Plan
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All Named Executive Officers
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Contingent amounts payable only if employment is terminated without cause, other than by reason of incapacity, or is terminated by the executive with good reason (as defined in the plan).
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Reflects current market practice and enhances retention
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Change in Control Compensation
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All Named Executive Officers
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Contingent amounts payable only if employment is terminated following a change in control
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Encourages the objective evaluation and execution of potential changes to the Company’s strategy and structure
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Expatriate Benefit Allowance
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Named executive officer on international assignment
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Cash payment to offset additional expenses as a result of international assignment
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Enables executives to maintain standard of living when on international assignment where costs may be higher than in their home countries
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Compensation Committee Review Process. The Compensation Committee sets targets for each component of compensation for the Companys named executive officers (with the exception of the annual incentive target for the Chief Executive Officer, which is approved by the independent members of the Board). In November each year, the Compensation Committee reviews competitive market data and information regarding the value of compensation paid to the Companys Chief Executive Officer and other senior executives, including base salary, annual incentive and LTI compensation.
The Compensation Committee reviews the Chief Executive Officers evaluation of the performance of the other named executive officers, as well as his recommendations related to their compensation, when considering named executive officer target and actual compensation determinations. When the Compensation Committee considers base salary adjustments and sets annual and LTI targets, it takes the following factors into account:
Compensation Action
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Factors Considered in Determining Target Awards
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Base Salary Adjustments
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•
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Competitive market information
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•
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Criticality of role
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Annual Incentive Targets
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•
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Competitive market information
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LTI Targets
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•
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Competitive market information
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•
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Executive’s potential future contributions to the Company
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With respect to the Chief Executive Officer, the Compensation Committee reviews an annual performance evaluation conducted by the Board, as well as performance relative to pre-determined annual objectives and competitive market data in order to make base salary and target LTI determinations and to make recommendations to the Board regarding annual incentive payments. The Compensation Committee is supported in its work by the Companys Human Resources Department and executive compensation consultants as described below.
Role of Compensation Consultants. The Compensation Committee receives data, analysis and support from Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. (FW Cook), which serves as the Compensation Committees and the Corporate Governance Committees independent compensation consultant. Towers Watson serves as executive compensation consultant to the Company and also provides information to the Compensation Committee.
Services Provided to the Compensation Committee by FW Cook
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•
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Reviews all materials prepared for the Compensation Committee by management and Towers Watson relative to 2015 compensation for the named executive officers;
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•
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Advises the Compensation Committee on executive compensation trends;
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•
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Reviews and advises the Compensation Committee on the Company’s executive compensation program including program design; and
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•
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Reviews the Company’s proxy statement disclosure, including the CD&A and executive compensation tables.
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Services Provided to the Company
by Towers Watson |
•
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Analyzes competitive levels of each component of compensation for each of the named executive officers; and
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•
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Provides reports and analysis of competitive market data and executive compensation trends.
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Role of Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer annually reviews each named executive officer’s target compensation (other than his own) and recommends changes to elements of a named executive officer's total compensation, as necessary, based on the factors identified under Process for Setting Executive Compensation on page 27. The Chief Executive Officer makes recommendations regarding payouts for annual and long-term incentives in accordance with the terms of the awards. The Compensation Committee considers the Chief Executive Officer’s recommendations in making its own determinations regarding compensation awarded to the named executive
officers. The Chief Executive Officer does not play any role in determining his own compensation.
Compensation Consultant Conflicts of Interest. In retaining FW Cook, the Compensation Committee considered the six factors set forth in Rule 10C-1(b)(4)(i) through (vi) of the Exchange Act. In addition, after review of information provided by each of the members of the Compensation Committee as well as information provided by FW Cook and Towers Watson and members of their teams, the Compensation Committee determined that there are no conflicts of interest raised by either firms work with the Compensation Committee.
In determining target and actual compensation for the named executive officers in 2015, the Compensation Committee considered the following key factors.
Performance. The executive compensation program provides the named executive officers with opportunities to receive actual compensation that is greater or less than targeted compensation, depending upon the Companys financial performance and their individual performance.
Market Competitiveness. For the named executive officers, the Compensation Committee generally aims to set base salary, target annual incentive and target LTI compensation (in the aggregate) at approximately the market median relative to comparable positions within a relevant
comparison group of companies (the Peer Group), developed in consultation with the Compensation Committees independent compensation consultant. Brinks uses the market median as a reference to ensure pay practices are competitive overall and sets named executive officers individual total target compensation between the 25th and 75th percentile of Peer Group compensation, depending on the criticality of the role, individual performance and long-term potential to create value for shareholders.
The companies included in the Peer Group are listed below and include companies of comparable size, companies with similar business characteristics (including revenue and market capitalization) and companies with which Brinks competes for talent and investor capital.
ABM Industries Incorporated
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Diebold, Incorporated
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Paychex, Inc.
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The ADT Corporation
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The GEO Group, Inc.
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Pitney Bowes, Inc.
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Alliance Data Systems Corporation
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Global Payments, Inc.
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Ryder System, Inc.
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Avery Dennison Corporation
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Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.
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Unisys Corporation
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Cash America International, Inc.
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Hub Group, Inc.
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United Rentals, Inc.
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Celestica, Inc.
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Iron Mountain Incorporated
|
UTi Worldwide, Inc.
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Cintas Corporation
|
ManTech International Corporation
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The Western Union Company
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Con-way, Inc.
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Outerwall, Inc.
|
|
The Compensation Committee periodically reviews market information, including Peer Group compensation data and other reports on executive compensation practices. Based on its analysis and the compensation levels subsequently set for the Companys named executive officers in 2015, FW
Cook concluded that the Companys overall current total target direct compensation (including base salary and target annual and LTI compensation) was between the 25th and 75th percentile of the Peer Group for each of the named executive officers.
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Mix of Cash and Stock-Based Compensation and Current, Short-Term and Long-Term Awards. The Compensation Committee considers the competitive market, compensation mix and pay for performance philosophy when setting various components of compensation. The Compensation Committee determined that current and short-term compensation—base salary and annual incentives—should be composed of cash, but that LTI compensation should be composed of stock-based awards that reward the achievement of Company
results and increases in Company value over the long-term, and align named executive officers interests with the economic interests of shareholders.
In 2015, performance-based compensation (which includes annual incentives, PSUs and MSUs) represented approximately 83% of total target compensation for the Chief Executive Officer and approximately 60% of total target compensation (on average) for the Companys other named executive officers as illustrated below.
* | Base Earnings includes base salary and, for one named executive officer on international assignment, an expatriate allowance. |
2015 Compensation Decisions by Component
Base Salary
The Compensation Committees decisions on base salary levels for the named executive officers are primarily influenced by its review of competitive market information for comparable positions. These decisions are also influenced by the Companys talent philosophy, which includes differential investment in talent based on the executives performance of his or her duties, criticality of the executives role to the execution of corporate strategy, and the executives potential to impact future business results. For the
named executive officers other than the Chief Executive Officer, the Compensation Committee also considers the Chief Executive Officers recommended salary adjustments based on position relative to the competitive market information. The Compensation Committee made no adjustments to base salaries of the named executive officers in 2015.
Following are the base salaries for each of the named executive officers as of December 31, 2015 (actual salary amounts for 2015 appear in the Summary Compensation Table on page 42):
Named Executive Officer |
Annual Salary at December 31, 2015 |
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Mr. Schievelbein |
$ | 800,000 | |
Mr. Beech |
480,000 | ||
Mr. Dziedzic |
575,000 | ||
Mr. Marshall |
421,000 | ||
Mr. Zukerman |
550,000 |
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Annual Cash Incentive Awards—KEIP
General
The Companys annual cash incentive plan, the KEIP, provides incentive compensation that is variable, contingent and directly linked to Company and country or business unit performance. The Compensation Committee generally approves participants in the KEIP in November prior to the performance year and sets the KEIP performance metrics and goal(s) in February of the performance year. In doing so, the Compensation Committee selects a metric that it believes is aligned with the Companys financial and strategic goals for the year and selects a target level of performance that the Compensation Committee believes represents a rigorous goal. Performance against the KEIP goal is used to determine the funding pool for all KEIP payments.
The Compensation Committee generally considers and approves actual payments under the KEIP for the prior fiscal year in February. For 2015, performance against the KEIP goal was used to determine named executive officer KEIP payments. The Compensation Committee approves KEIP payments to all participants with the exception of the Chief Executive Officer. The Board approves any KEIP payments to the
Chief Executive Officer, upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee. In determining KEIP payouts, the Compensation Committee and the Board consider Company financial results, the performance of the Chief Executive Officer and the other named executive officers and the recommendations of the Chief Executive Officer for the other named executive officers. The Compensation Committee retains discretion to lower the KEIP payment for any participant, including any named executive officer.
2015 KEIP Goal Setting
The Compensation Committee approved a non-GAAP earnings per share performance goal for the 2015 plan year in order to reinforce the importance of profitable growth. Non-GAAP earnings per share is a key financial measure that is reviewed by the Companys key executives and shareholders, and the Compensation Committee believes that the goal represents a rigorous objective for management and is aligned to shareholder interests. The named executive officers' 2015 KEIP awards are tied to the achievement of the non-GAAP earnings per share goal as set forth below.
Each year, at the time the Compensation Committee approves the KEIP performance goal, it also approves specific adjustments that the Compensation Committee may make at the end of the year to the performance results against the goal. In February 2015, the Compensation Committee determined that when considering performance against the 2015 KEIP performance goal, it would consider whether to exclude from the Non-GAAP earnings per share results the impact of acquisitions and divestitures and the impact of foreign currency not budgeted in the
2015 Business Plan. By providing for adjustments to the results, the KEIP design ensures that participants are neither helped nor hurt by changes in foreign exchange rates during the year or by the impact or timing of acquisitions or divestitures.
The Compensation Committee applies straight-line interpolation for determining award payouts when performance results fall between the goals above. For example, achievement of $1.87 non-GAAP earnings per share would enable a named executive officer to
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receive up to 150% of his or her KEIP target. The Compensation Committee (or the Board, for the Chief Executive Officer) retains the ability to adjust a named executive officers KEIP award downward (but not upward) in its sole discretion and may take into consideration the performance of a named executive officers business unit or function. Incentive payments cannot exceed 200% of each named executive officers base salary.
2015 KEIP Target Award Opportunities
In November 2014, the Compensation Committee established 2015 KEIP targets for the named executive officers (other than the Chief Executive Officer) and in February 2015, the Compensation
Committee set the KEIP target for the Chief Executive Officer. The KEIP target is expressed as a percentage of annual base salary and is designed to be indicative of the incentive payment that each named executive officer would expect to receive on the basis of strong performance by the Company. Annual incentive targets for 2015 were approved for each of the named executive officers by the Compensation Committee as set forth below. The 2015 targets for Messrs. Beech, Dziedzic and Zukerman reflect changes in their respective opportunity levels in order to align with the competitive market for the roles to which they were each appointed in December 2014. The 2015 target for Mr. Schievelbein was increased to align with the market for his role.
Named Executive Officer |
Annualized 2014 KEIP Target |
Annualized 2015 KEIP Target |
% Change |
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Mr. Schievelbein |
$ | 800,000 | $ | 920,000 | 15.0 | % |
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Mr. Beech |
232,250 | 312,000 | 34.3 | % |
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Mr. Dziedzic |
427,333 | 460,000 | 7.6 | % |
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Mr. Marshall |
273,650 | 273,650 | 0.0 | % |
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Mr. Zukerman |
304,792 | 357,500 | 17.3 | % |
In February 2016, the Compensation Committee (and the independent members of the Board for Mr. Schievelbein) approved 2015 KEIP payouts for all of the named executive officers. To determine the actual payments under the KEIP for the named executive officers, the Compensation Committee (and the Board) considered the Companys non-GAAP earnings per share results against the goal set by the
Compensation Committee in February 2015. For Mr. Beech and Mr. Zukerman, the Compensation Committee also considered the performance of the operating companies within each executives scope of responsibility (for Mr. Beech, the Companys largest five markets and for Mr. Zukerman, all other geographies and Brinks Global Services), which is referred to as Combined Operating Performance.
KEIP Payout Calculation for Mr. Beech and Mr. Zukerman
KEIP Payout Calculation for all other named executive officers
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The Company Performance Factor was determined by the Compensation Committee to be 194%, which reflects the Companys adjusted non-GAAP earnings per share results of $2.02 versus the 2015 KEIP performance goal of $1.70. In approving the non-GAAP earnings per share results used to determine KEIP funding and the Company Performance Factor, the Compensation Committee adjusted the non-GAAP earnings per share reported in the Companys 2015 Form 10-K to reflect the impact of foreign currency that was not included in the Companys business plan (in accordance with the adjustments under the KEIP approved by the Compensation Committee at the time it approved the 2015 performance goal, which were designed to neither help nor hurt participants by changes in foreign exchange rates during the year). When this adjustment
was applied to the Company’s reported 2015 Non-GAAP earnings per share result of $1.69, the adjusted result was a non-GAAP earnings per share of $2.02, which resulted in a Company Performance Factor of 194%. Non-GAAP earnings per share is reconciled to the most directly comparable GAAP measure on pages 37 and 38 of the Company’s 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Although the Companys adjusted non-GAAP EPS results yielded a 194% Company Performance Factor, the Compensation Committee applied negative discretion to reduce the Company Performance Factor to 175%. This result represents a stronger alignment with the weighted average of all business unit performance factors used in the calculation of KEIP payouts on a global basis.
For Mr. Beech and Mr. Zukerman, the Company also considered the performance of the operating companies within their respective scope of responsibility. Mr. Beechs KEIP payout reflects below target Combined Operating Performance in light of the 2015 results for the Companys Largest 5 Markets. Mr. Zukermans KEIP payout reflects above target Combined Operating Performance, in light of the 2015 results for the Global Markets Operations and Brinks Global Services business.
The following table sets forth the actual payments for 2015 under the KEIP. Because the terms of the KEIP limit payments to 200% of base salary, Mr. Schievelbein's payout as a percentage of target was reduced from 175% to 173.9%. KEIP payments are also shown in the Summary Compensation Table on page 42.
Name |
2015 Actual KEIP Payment |
2015 Target KEIP Payment |
2015 Actual KEIP Payment as a Percentage of 2015 Target KEIP Payment |
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Mr. Schievelbein |
$ | 1,600,000 | $ | 920,000 | 173.9 | % |
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Mr. Beech |
312,000 | 312,000 | 100.0 | % |
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Mr. Dziedzic |
805,000 | 460,000 | 175.0 | % |
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Mr. Marshall |
478,888 | 273,650 | 175.0 | % |
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Mr. Zukerman |
657,800 | 357,500 | 184.0 | % |
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Long-Term Incentive Compensation
General
The Company provides LTI compensation to ensure that a significant portion of named executive officer compensation is tied to the Companys long-term results and increases in shareholder value. In 2015, the Compensation Committee approved LTI awards to named executive officers that included PSUs and MSUs.
PSUs. The performance period for PSUs is generally three years, beginning on January 1 of the first year of the performance period and ending on December 31
of the third year of the performance period. Named executive officers benefit from PSUs only to the extent Brinks achieves performance goals determined by the Compensation Committee at the beginning of the performance period. After the conclusion of the performance period, PSU payouts will be in shares of Brinks Common Stock and will range from 0 to 200% of the target award, subject to any modifier for relative total shareholder return. The number of shares ultimately paid will depend on performance against the goals established by the Compensation Committee as shown below.
* | There is no TSR modifier for TSR between the 25th and 75th percentile. |
MSUs. The performance period for MSUs is generally three years, beginning on January 1 of the first year of the performance period and ending on December 31 of the third year of the performance period. MSUs provide for an increase in value to the extent that the market price for Brinks Common Stock increases during the performance period. MSUs decline in value to the extent that the price of Brinks Common Stock decreases, unless the price of Brinks Common Stock at the end of the performance period is less than 50% of the initial price, in which case the MSU value is zero and there is no payout.
After the conclusion of the performance period, MSU payouts will be in shares of Brinks Common Stock and will range from 0% to 150% of the target award. The number of MSUs earned, if any, will be calculated by multiplying the target award by the ratio of the price of Brinks Common Stock at the end of the performance period divided by the price of Brinks Common Stock at the beginning of the performance period. The stock price used in the calculation of the ratio is the average closing price for the twenty trading days preceding each date.
2015 Long-Term Incentive Target Award Opportunities
The Compensation Committee approved annual LTI awards in February 2015. For each of the named executive officers 2015 LTI awards included equity awards under the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan composed of PSUs (50% of the award) and MSUs (50% of the award). In establishing LTI compensation
targets for each named executive officer for 2015, the Compensation Committee primarily considered competitive market information, in the context of the overall LTI compensation philosophy, which takes into account the executives skills and experience and potential future contributions to the Company. The Compensation Committee applies a value-based approach by making LTI awards based on a target dollar value that is used to determine the number of
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PSUs and MSUs awarded because it believes that approach allows for better alignment with the market-based LTI value for each position on a consistent basis.
The following table sets forth the aggregate amount of LTI award opportunities approved by the Compensation Committee for 2015, for each of the
named executive officers. The equity awards appear in the Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table on page 45. The 2015 targets for Messrs. Beech, Dziedzic and Zukerman represent increases in their respective LTI opportunity levels in light of their role changes in December 2014.
Name |
Total 2015 Long-Term Incentive Compensation(1) |
Total 2014 Long-Term Incentive Compensation |
% Change |
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Mr. Schievelbein |
$ | 3,000,000 | $ | 3,000,000 | 0.0 | % |
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Mr. Beech |
550,000 | 250,000 | 120.0 | % |
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Mr. Dziedzic |
1,100,000 | 965,000 | 14.0 | % |
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Mr. Marshall |
558,000 | 558,000 | 0.0 | % |
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Mr. Zukerman |
400,000 | 280,000 | 42.9 | % |
(1) | The value of equity awards included in total LTI compensation is calculated using assumptions for financial reporting purposes. See Note 16 to the Company’s financial statements in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. See also footnote 2 to the Summary Compensation Table on page 42. |
Equity Awards under the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan
PSU Awards. In 2015, PSUs represented 50% of each named executive officers LTI award. In February 2015, the Compensation Committee established non-GAAP operating profit as the performance metric for the PSUs awarded in 2015 to ensure continued focus on profitability by participants in the LTI program. The Compensation Committee also established a TSR performance metric to better align payout of LTI awards with the Companys stock price performance relative to the greater market. The PSUs awarded in 2015 are subject to a three-year performance period that began on January 1, 2015 and will end on December 31, 2017.
The Compensation Committee established threshold, target and maximum levels of non-GAAP operating
profit performance for the PSUs, which correspond to payouts in shares of Brinks Common Stock at a rate of 0% to 200% of target as noted below, which are then subject to a +/- 25% multiplier that will be applied to the payout based on Brinks TSR relative to companies in the Russell 2000 index. TSR at or above the 75th percentile will result in the application of a +25% multiplier to PSU payouts while TSR at or below the 25th percentile will result in the application of a -25% multiplier to PSU payouts. There is no multiplier applied to PSU payouts if TSR performance is between the 25th and 75th percentile. The stock price used for the TSR calculation will be the average closing price for the twenty trading days preceding the first and last day of the performance period.
Non-GAAP Operating Profit Performance Levels |
Performance Shares Earned as a Percent of Target |
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Threshold Performance |
50 | % |
|
Target Performance |
100 | % |
|
Maximum Performance |
200 | % |
At the time the Compensation Committee established the target levels of performance, it believed that achievement of the threshold performance level was attainable, but not certain, that target performance would be difficult to achieve, and that the maximum level of performance was possible, but not likely to be achieved.
MSU Awards. In 2015, MSUs represented 50% of each named executive officers LTI award. The MSUs awarded in 2015 are subject to a three-year performance period that began on January 1, 2015 and will end on December 31, 2017.
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2015 Long Term Incentive Payouts
In 2016, the Compensation Committee certified the level of payouts for the first MSUs and PSUs, which were awarded in 2013. Together, MSUs and PSUs represented 100% of the 2013 long-term incentive awards to the Chief Executive Officer and 75% of the 2013 long-term incentive awards to the other named executive officers. The remaining 25% of the 2013 long-term incentive for the other named executive officers was awarded in RSUs, which vested ratably over a three year period. The MSU payouts were determined by Brink’s common stock price performance over the three year period, resulting in a payout at a level of 108%, which reflected stock price appreciation from $27.59 at the beginning of the performance period compared to $29.79 at the end of the performance period. Individual payouts to each of the named executive officers appear in the Realized Pay Table on page 44.
The PSU payouts for the 2013 – 2015 performance period (which was from April 1, 2013 to December 31, 2015) were determined by the Companys performance against threshold, target and maximum levels of non-GAAP segment operating profit set by the Compensation Committee in May 2013, prior to the Companys replacement of non-GAAP segment operating profit with non-GAAP operating profit in 2014 as our key measure of profitability. In July 2014, the Compensation Committee also approved an additional set of threshold, target and maximum levels of non-GAAP Segment Operating Profit performance for the 2013 – 2015 PSUs. These additional goals were set solely to reflect the change in exchange rate for the Companys Venezuela operations. The Compensation Committee determined that following the end of the performance period, it would measure the Companys result against both the original performance goals and the additional goals and that PSU payouts, if any, would be based on performance against the goal that provided the lower of the two results. In February 2016, the Compensation
Committee considered the Companys performance against both the original and additional goals. Under the original goal of $800 million non-GAAP segment operating profit, the Compensation Committee considered performance of $885 million, which would result in a payout of 185% of target shares. Under the additional goal of $760 million in non-GAAP segment operating profit (which reflected the devaluation of the Venezuelan bolivar in March 2014), the Compensation Committee considered performance of $831 million, which would result in a payout of 171% of target shares. In each case, the cumulative non-GAAP segment operating profit performance results reflect adjustments (in accordance with the terms of the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan) for the impact of foreign exchange, acquisitions and divestitures, and the removal of Venezuela operations from the Companys non-GAAP results beginning in 2015, due to the inability to repatriate cash, hyperinflation, fixed exchange rate policy, continued currency devaluations and the difficulty raising prices and controlling costs (as described in the Companys annual report on Form 10-K). These adjustments were designed to ensure that participants are neither helped nor hurt by changes in foreign exchange rates, the impact or timing of acquisitions or divestitures, or the removal of certain operations from non-GAAP results. With respect to Venezuela operations, the results were adjusted to reflect 2015 Venezuela results at the amount originally included in the Companys segment operating profit target, approved by the Compensation Committee in 2013. The adjustment for Venezuela results yielded a lower PSU payout rate than if the Venezuela results had been included at the actual performance level. The Compensation Committee also considered the Companys TSR over the performance period, as compared to the S&P 500 index. Brinks TSR rank was in the 30th percentile, which did not result in any modification to the payout of PSU awards.
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Original Non-GAAP
Segment Operating Profit Goal Set in February 2013 |
Modified Non-GAAP
Segment Operating Profit Goal Set in July 2014 |
Target level of Non-GAAP Segment Operating Profit for 2013 - 2015
|
$800 million
|
$760 million
|
Actual Results
|
$885 million
|
$831 million
|
Projected Payout as a Percentage of PSUs Awarded in 2013
|
185%
|
171%
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The Compensation Committee approved 2013-2015 PSU payouts at a level of 171%, which was the lower of the two projected payouts above. The following table shows the Companys strong performance against the performance goal, resulting in the 171% payout.
Individual payouts to each of the named executive officers appear in the Realized Pay Table on page 44.
Under Section 162(m) of the Code, compensation in excess of $1,000,000 paid in any one year to a publicly-held corporations covered employees who are employed by the corporation at year-end will not be deductible for federal income tax purposes unless the compensation is considered qualified performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code (or another exemption is met). Covered employees include the Chief Executive Officer and the three other most highly compensated executive officers as of the last day of the taxable year other than the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer.
There can be no guarantee, therefore, that amounts potentially subject to the Section 162(m) limitations will be treated by the Internal Revenue Service as qualified performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code and/or deductible by the
Company. A number of requirements must be met under Section 162(m) of the Code in order for particular compensation to qualify for the exception and the rules and regulations are subject to change from time to time. There can be no assurance that amounts intended to constitute qualified performance-based compensation, including amounts payable under the KEIP or the Companys LTI program, will be fully deductible under all circumstances. In addition, the Company reserves the flexibility to award non-deductible compensation in circumstances where the Company believes, in its good faith business judgment, that such an award is in its best interest in attracting or retaining capable management.
Equity Grant Practices
The Company does not strategically time LTI awards in coordination with the release of material non-public information and has never had a practice of doing so. It is Company policy not to engage in backdating options. In addition, the Company has never timed and does not plan to time the release of material
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non-public information for the purpose of affecting the value of executive compensation. The accounting for PSU and MSU awards granted by the Company is compliant with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and is disclosed in the Company’s annual and quarterly financial reports filed with the SEC. The pricing of PSUs and MSUs is described on page 46.
Double Trigger Acceleration of Vesting Following Change in Control
The Compensation Committee has approved terms and conditions for the executive officers MSU awards that provide for double trigger vesting of awards upon a change in control—which means that the vesting of these awards will accelerate only upon certain terminations of employment following a change in control. For PSU awards, a change in control within the first twenty-four months of the performance period will result in conversion of the awards to time-based RSUs at target level that vest at the end of the performance period. The RSUs resulting from the conversion of PSUs will be subject to a double trigger for accelerated vesting. If a change in control occurs after the first twenty-four months of the PSU performance period, the Compensation Committee will assess performance against the pre-established goals (adjusted for the reduced duration of the performance period) and the PSUs will be converted to time based RSUs that vest at the end of the performance period for that number of shares of Brinks Common Stock that is equal to the greater of the target number of PSUs or the number of PSUs that would have become payable based on the goals (as adjusted) achieved through the date of the change in control.
2016 Executive Compensation Program Changes
In February 2016, the Compensation Committee approved changes to the administration of the KEIP for 2016 and to the 2016 LTI program.
For 2016, the KEIP awards will be paid based on the Companys achievement of a one-year non-GAAP operating margin rate performance goal approved by the Compensation Committee, which represents a financial metric that the Compensation Committee believes is a critical area of focus for the Companys shareholders this year. The Compensation Committee also approved a method for determining the impact of foreign exchange on KEIP payouts for 2016. In 2015 and prior years, the Companys results against the KEIP performance goal have been adjusted to omit the effects of foreign exchange. For 2016, if there is a negative foreign exchange impact that exceeds the amount included in the 2016 business plan, the results will be adjusted to omit 50% of that additional unfavorable foreign exchange impact. If foreign exchange has a positive effect on the Companys results, the results will be adjusted to eliminate 50% of the favorable foreign exchange impact.
The Compensation Committee adopted changes to the 2016 LTI program to ensure continued focus on key performance metrics and to strengthen the alignment between executives and shareholders. For their 2016 LTI awards, named executive officers will receive awards of:
Internal Metric PSUs
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Paid out in shares of Brink’s Common Stock at the end of a three-year period, based on achievement of a pre-established two-year total non-GAAP operating profit performance goal, and subject to an additional one year vesting requirement. Represents 37.5% of the total LTI award for 2016.
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Total Shareholder Return (TSR) PSUs
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Paid out in shares of Brink’s Common Stock at the end of a three-year performance period, based on the Company’s TSR relative to that of companies in the S&P SmallCap 600 with foreign revenues equal to or exceeding 50% of total revenues. Represents 37.5% of the total LTI award for 2016.
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RSUs
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Paid out in shares of Brink’s Common Stock and vesting in three equal annual installments. Represents 25% of the total LTI opportunity for 2016.
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General. The types and amounts of benefits provided to the named executive officers are established based upon an assessment of competitive market factors and a determination of what is needed to attract and retain talent, as well as providing long-term financial security to the Companys employees and their families. The Companys primary benefits for the named executive officers include participation in the plans and arrangements listed below.
Deferred Compensation. The Company maintains a non-qualified deferred compensation program, the Key Employees Deferred Compensation Program, for certain of its most highly compensated U.S. – based employees, including all of the named executive officers based in the U.S. Under the deferred compensation program, named executive officers may defer a portion of their compensation, which is invested in mutual funds or converted to units that track Brinks Common Stock, per the executives instructions at the time of enrollment. Matching contributions by the Company are made in the form of units of Brinks Common Stock, which are subject to a five-year vesting period. As a result, participation in the deferred compensation program enhances the alignment of the interests of the named executive officers with the Companys shareholders by providing the Companys executive officers with a further opportunity to meet or make progress against their stock ownership guidelines. The Compensation Committee also believes that the deferred compensation program furthers the Companys goal of retaining program participants, including the named executive officers, in part, because any matching contributions by the Company are subject to a five-year vesting period that begins at the time of enrollment in the program. Because he is not based in the U.S., Mr. Zukerman does not participate in this program.
For more information on the Company’s deferred compensation program, see Nonqualified Deferred Compensation beginning on page 52.
Pension Plans. The Company maintains a frozen noncontributory defined benefit pension-retirement plan covering U.S. employees who met plan eligibility requirements and were employed before December 31, 2005. Mr. Marshall is the only named executive officer who participates in the U.S. pension-retirement plan. In addition, the Company maintains a frozen pension equalization plan under which the Company
makes additional payments in excess of those payable under the Code limitations applicable to the pension-retirement plan. The accrual of benefits under both the pension-retirement plan and the equalization plan has been frozen since December 31, 2005. The Company also maintains pension plans in other countries in which it has operations. Mr. Zukerman participates in the Company’s Switzerland Pension Plan which provides benefits to Switzerland-based employees. For more information on the Company’s pension plans, see Pension Benefits beginning on page 49.
Executive Salary Continuation Plan. The U.S.–based named executive officers participate along with other executives in the Companys Executive Salary Continuation Plan, which, in the event a participant dies while in the employment of the Company, provides that the Company will pay a designated beneficiary a death benefit equal to three times the participants annual salary. This benefit is paid out over a 10-year period following the participants death. Because he is not based in the U.S., Mr. Zukerman does not participate in this plan.
Long-Term Disability Plan. U.S.-based named executive officers participate along with other salaried U.S. employees in a long-term disability program. In the event that the executive is totally incapacitated, he or she would receive 50% of current annual base salary plus the average of the last three years KEIP payments, with a maximum annual payment of $300,000. These payments would continue (as long as the executive is totally disabled) until the executive reaches the social security normal retirement age.
Welfare Plans and Other Arrangements. Messrs. Schievelbein, Beech, Dziedzic and Marshall are also eligible to participate in the Companys health, dental and vision plans, and various insurance plans, including basic life insurance, and the Companys matching charitable gifts program on the same basis as any other salaried U.S. employees. Mr. Zukerman participates in accident and illness insurance on the same basis as any other Switzerland-based employee.
Perquisites. For 2015, the Company provided its named executive officers with limited perquisites, including limited personal and spousal travel, entertainment and gifts, executive physical examinations, relocation benefits, and limited use of
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the company aircraft by the Chief Executive Officer. Executives bear all tax consequences and are not grossed up. Additional information is provided on page 43.
Expatriate Allowance. As a global company, Brinks employs executives around the world, some of whom work outside of their home countries. To enable an expatriate to maintain a reasonable standard of living in countries where living expenses may be higher than the employees home country, the Company provides certain allowances and reimbursements to be used for expenses such as housing, cost of living and airfare. In 2015, the Company provided Mr. Zukerman an expatriate allowance in connection with his international assignment.
Severance Pay Plan
In November 2015, the Compensation Committee adopted the Severance Pay Plan to better align the Companys severance practices with those of the members of the Peer Group, which generally have formal severance policies. The Severance Pay Plan provides severance benefits to eligible employees, including the named executive officers, whose employment is terminated by the Company without cause other than by reason of incapacity or terminated by the participant for good reason. A participant would not be entitled to severance benefits under the Severance Plan if the participant were otherwise eligible for more favorable severance benefits under another arrangement (including a Change in Control Agreement, see below) or in connection with a divestiture in which the participant is offered a comparable position. The Severance Pay Plan provides the following benefits to a participant if his or her employment is terminated under the circumstances described above:
• | a lump sum payment equal to the sum of: (a) the executive’s annual base salary through the date of termination, (b) any bonus or incentive compensation approved but not paid, and (c) any accrued vacation pay, in each case to the extent not already paid or credited as of the date of termination; |
• | a lump sum payment equal to the product of (a) one (one and a half (1.5) for the Chief Executive Officer), multiplied by (b) the sum of annual base salary and target annual incentive opportunity; |
• | a prorated bonus for the year of termination, so long as the participant was employed by the company for at least six months of the performance year; |
• | reimbursement payments for continued medical and dental benefit coverage until the earlier of 12 months (18 months for the Chief Executive Officer) following the date of termination and such time as the participant becomes eligible to receive medical and dental benefits under another employer-provided plan; |
• | continued vesting of equity awards granted in connection with the Company’s ordinary LTI award grant cycle until the first anniversary of the participant’s date of termination; and |
• | reasonable outplacement services during the period over which the health care benefits are provided. |
See Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change In Control beginning on page 55 of this proxy statement for additional information about the Severance Pay Plan.
The Company has change in control agreements with each of the named executive officers that are described below under Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control—Change in Control Agreements beginning on page 58. The Compensation Committee believes that the change in control agreements serve the interests of the Company and its shareholders by ensuring that if a change in control is ever under consideration, the named executive officers will be able to advise the Board whether the potential change in control
transaction is in the best interests of shareholders, without being unduly influenced by personal considerations, such as fear of the economic consequences of losing their jobs as a result of a change in control. The change in control agreements are double trigger, which means that benefits become available to named executive officers under the agreements only upon a change in control followed by certain terminations of employment. The Compensation Committee believes that a double trigger appropriately protects the legitimate interests
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of the named executive officers in employment security without unduly burdening the Company or affecting shareholder value in connection with a change in control. The Compensation Committee
reviews the change in control agreements, including the potential payments under these agreements each year.
In the event the Company is required to provide an accounting restatement for any of the prior three fiscal years for which audited financial statements have been completed, due to material noncompliance with any financial reporting requirement under the Federal securities laws, the Company will recoup from the
named executive officers and any recipient of performance-based cash or equity compensation who was directly responsible for the restatement, any performance-based cash or equity-based incentive compensation that they would not have been entitled to receive under the restated results.
The Company maintains stock ownership guidelines for its executive officers in the amounts below:
• | Chief Executive Officer—must hold shares of Brink’s Common Stock with a value equal to five times base salary |
• | All other executive officers—must hold shares of Brink’s Common Stock with a value equal to three times base salary |
Shares of Brinks Common Stock owned outright, deferred compensation stock-based units and vested and unvested RSUs on an after-tax basis (but not unexercised stock options) are all eligible to be included for purposes of satisfying the guidelines.
Unearned PSUs and MSUs do not count towards executive officers guidelines. Until an executive officer meets his or her stock ownership guideline, the executive officer must hold at least 50% of any profit shares from stock option exercises, restricted stock unit vesting, or payout of any PSUs or MSUs.
Executive officers are prohibited from engaging in any hedging transaction that could reduce or limit the officers economic risk relative to his or her holdings, ownership or interest in Company securities. In addition, directors and executive officers are required to obtain approval to pledge Company securities.
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COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS COMMITTEE REPORT
The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis with management and, based on such review and discussions, the Compensation Committee has recommended to the Board that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this proxy statement.
Michael J. Herling, Chair
Paul G. Boynton
Ian D. Clough
Susan E. Docherty
Peter A. Feld
Reginald D. Hedgebeth
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION TABLES
The following table presents information with respect to compensation of the named executive officers in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
Name and Principal Position |
Year |
Salary(1) ($) |
Stock Awards(2) ($) |
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation(3) ($) |
Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings(4) ($) |
All Other Compensation(5) ($) |
Total ($) |
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Thomas C. Schievelbein President and Chief Executive Officer |
2015 | 800,000 | 3,000,014 | 1,600,000 | — | 210,152 | 5,610,166 | ||||||||||||||
2014 | 800,000 | 2,325,053 | 896,000 | — | 264,650 | 4,285,703 | |||||||||||||||
2013 | 800,000 | 2,904,694 | 1,560,000 | — | 108,450 | 5,373,144 | |||||||||||||||
Michael F. Beech Executive Vice President |
2015 | 480,000 | 550,012 | 312,000 | — | 108,289 | 1,450,301 | ||||||||||||||
Joseph W. Dziedzic Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
2015 | 575,000 | 1,100,025 | 805,000 | — | 116,426 | 2,596,451 | ||||||||||||||
2014 | 534,667 | 771,333 | 986,042 | — | 146,758 | 2,438,800 | |||||||||||||||
2013 | 531,000 | 921,493 | 1,145,685 | — | 97,483 | 2,695,661 | |||||||||||||||
McAlister C. Marshall, II Vice President and General Counsel |
2015 | 421,000 | 558,019 | 478,888 | — | 86,213 | 1,544,120 | ||||||||||||||
2014 | 421,000 | 446,010 | 610,677 | 34,325 | 107,297 | 1,619,309 | |||||||||||||||
2013 | 421,000 | 532,877 | 711,320 | — | 76,775 | 1,741,972 | |||||||||||||||
Amit Zukerman Executive Vice President |
2015 | 550,000 | 400,026 | 657,800 | 760,922 | 650,000 | 3,018,748 | ||||||||||||||
2014 | 504,167 | 223,818 | 562,154 | 518,012 | 605,724 | 2,413,875 |
(1) | Represents salaries before any employee contributions under the Company’s 401(k) Plan and/or employee deferrals of salary under the Company’s deferred compensation program. For a discussion of the deferred compensation program and amounts deferred by the named executive officers under the deferred compensation program in 2015, including earnings on amounts deferred, see Nonqualified Deferred Compensation beginning on page 52. |
(2) | For MSU and PSU awards, the grant date fair value was computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 based on a Monte Carlo simulation under a lattice model. For RSU awards, the grant date fair value was computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 based on the stock price at the grant date and discounted because units do not receive or accrue dividends during the vesting period. The stock price at the date of grant was based on the closing price per share of Brink’s Common Stock on the respective grant dates, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange. Due to a change in the Company’s Compensation Recoupment Policy in July 2014, the grant dates for accounting purposes for the 2013 and 2014 MSU, PSU and RSU awards were changed from the respective award dates in each of those years, to July 11, 2014, which resulted in a change in the grant date fair value for these awards. The actual value a named executive officer may receive depends on achievement of pre-established program goals and market prices and there can be no assurance that the amounts reflected in the Stock Awards column will actually be realized. The following table sets forth the PSUs at the grant date fair value and at the maximum potential value at the highest level of performance for each named executive officer: |
Name |
Grant Date Fair Value |
Maxiumum Potential Value at Highest Level of Performance(a) |
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Mr. Schievelbein |
$ | 1,500,009 | $ | 3,000,018 | ||
Mr. Beech |
275,012 | 550,024 | ||||
Mr. Dziedzic |
550,024 | 1,100,048 | ||||
Mr. Marshall |
279,010 | 558,020 | ||||
Mr. Zukerman |
200,009 | 400,018 |
(a) | The maximum potential fair value that could be recognized for financial reporting purposes would be based on a maximum payout of 200% for performance at the highest level of achievement of the pre-established program goals that also takes into account the market condition associated with the additional +/- 25% TSR multiplier. Shares distributed following the end of the performance measurement period will range from 0% to 200%, depending on achievement of the pre-established goals, subject to an additional +/- 25% multiplier, depending on the Company’s TSR relative to the S&P 500 index for the 2013 and 2014 awards and the Russell 2000 index for the 2015 awards. |
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(3) | Represents: |
• | amounts paid under the KEIP with respect to 2013, 2014 and 2015 performance before any employee deferrals of KEIP awards under the Companys deferred compensation program; and | |
• | amounts paid under the MPIP after the end of each of 2013 and 2014 fiscal year with respect to the performance during the relevant measurement period. For a discussion of the MPIP, see page 44. |
For a discussion of the deferred compensation program and amounts deferred by the named executive officers in 2015, including earnings on amounts deferred, see Nonqualified Deferred Compensation beginning on page 52.
(4) | Amounts relate only to changes in pension value. The earning of benefits under the U.S. pension plans for all participants was frozen as of December 31, 2005. These amounts represent the change during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014, and 2013 in the actuarial present value of Mr. Marshall’s pension payouts due to a change in the assumptions used to value pension benefits, not any change in the pension benefits earned by Mr. Marshall. For purposes of computing the actuarial present value of the accrued benefit payable to Mr. Marshall in the monthly benefit, the Company assumed: (a) for 2015, a 4.1% discount rate for the pension retirement plan measurement date of December 31, 2014 and a 3.9% discount rate for the equalization plan measurement date of December 31, 2014 and a 4.5% discount rate for the pension retirement plan measurement date of December 31, 2015 and a 4.3% discount rate for the equalization plan measurement date of December 31, 2015, for 2014, a 5.0% discount rate for the pension retirement plan measurement date of December 31, 2013 and a 4.6% discount rate for the equalization plan measurement date of December 31, 2013 and a 4.1% discount rate for the pension retirement plan measurement date of December 31, 2014 and a 3.9% discount rate for the equalization plan measurement date of December 31, 2014, and for 2013 a 4.2% discount rate for the pension retirement measurement date of December 31, 2012 and a 3.7% discount rate for the equalization plan measurement date of December 31, 2012 and a 5.0% discount rate for the pension retirement plan measurement date of December 31, 2013, and a 4.6% discount rate for the equalization plan measurement date of December 31, 2013; (b) service accruals in the pension plans are frozen as of December 31, 2005; and (c) payments will be made on a straight-life monthly annuity basis or pursuant to lump sum elections under the pension equalization plan, which results in a decrease in Mr. Marshall’s pension value in the amount of $7,772. For a full description of the assumptions used by the Company for financial reporting purposes, see Note 3 to the Company’s financial statements, which is included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 and incorporated by reference into this proxy statement. For a discussion of pension benefits, see Pension Benefits beginning on page 49. |
For Mr. Zukerman, the amount represents the change during the year ended December 31, 2015 in the actuarial present value of his pension payouts due to contributions during the year (including a voluntary contribution by Mr. Zukerman in the amount of $328,131) and changes in the assumptions used to value pension benefits. For purposes of computing the actuarial present value of the accrued benefit payable to Mr. Zukerman in the monthly benefit, the Company assumed: (a) a 0.9% discount rate for the Switzerland pension plan measurement date of December 31, 2015 and a 1.1% discount rate for the Switzerland pension plan measurement date of December 31, 2014; and (b) payments will be made on a straight-life monthly annuity basis. The following exchange rules were used to calculate the change in pension value during the year ended December 31, 2015: (i) 1 CHF = 1.1198 USD at December 31, 2014; and (ii) 1 CHF = 1.0004 USD at December 31, 2015.
(5) | For 2015, includes the following items and amounts for each of the named executive officers: |
(a) | Matching contributions on deferrals of compensation made in 2015 as shown in the following table (Mr. Zukerman does not participate in deferred compensation): |
Name |
Matching Contribution for Deferred Salary |
401(k) Plan Matching Contribution |
Matching Contribution for Deferred KEIP |
Supplemental Savings Plan Matching Contribution |
Total |
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Mr. Schievelbein |
$ | 80,000 | $ | 2,650 | $ | 89,600 | $ | 9,667 | $ | 181,917 | |||||
Mr. Beech |
48,000 | 2,450 | 26,012 | 5,800 | 82,262 | ||||||||||
Mr. Dziedzic |
57,500 | 3,644 | 47,906 | — | 109,050 | ||||||||||
Mr. Marshall |
42,100 | 2,650 | 30,649 | 5,087 | 80,486 |
(b) | Premiums paid in 2015 by the Company for the named executive officers’ participation in the Executive Salary Continuation Plan in the amount of $13,283 for Mr. Schievelbein, $11,144 for Mr. Beech, $7,376 for Mr. Dziedzic, and $5,727 for Mr. Marshall. Mr. Zukerman does not participate in this plan. |
(c) | Perquisites and personal benefits in 2015 for Mr. Schievelbein, Mr. Beech and Mr. Zukerman, who were the only named executive officers who received perquisites and personal benefits totaling $10,000 or more as detailed below. |
Name |
Expatriate Allowance |
Executive Physical Examinations |
Relocation Expenses(i) |
Personal and Spousal Travel, Gifts and Entertainment |
Personal Use of Company Aircraft(ii) |
Total |
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Mr. Schievelbein |
$ | — | $ | 3,300 | $ | — | $ | 3,039 | $ | 8,613 | $ | 14,952 | ||||||
Mr. Beech |
— | — | 13,177 | 1,506 | — | 14,683 | ||||||||||||
Mr. Zukerman |
650,000 | — | — | — | — | 650,000 |
(i) | Represents costs related to transportation of household goods in connection with Mr. Beech’s relocation following his appointment in December 2014 as Executive Vice President and President, Strategy and Focus markets. The relocation benefits provided to Mr. Beech were pursuant to the Company’s relocation policy, which is available on similar terms to other executives. |
(ii) | Calculated based on incremental operating costs to the Company of the personal use of the Company aircraft by the executive, which takes into account fuel, engine maintenance reserves, airport fees, passenger trip charges and crew overnight expenses, as applicable. |
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Summary Compensation Table Narrative
Management Performance Improvement Plan
The MPIP provided opportunities for cash awards to participants selected by the Compensation Committee, subject to the satisfaction of specific financial goals over a three-year performance measurement period. MPIP awards were made from 2000 through 2012. The last MPIP performance period expired in 2014 and the final MPIP payouts were made in 2015. Cash awards to named executive officers at the end of the three-year measurement period ranged from 0% to 200% of the target award amount, up to a maximum of $3 million, depending upon the performance against each of the performance goals. MPIP payouts were determined
by actual performance against pre-determined goals. The Compensation Committee had the discretion to reduce (but not increase) any payout to a named executive officer.
Restricted Stock Units
Restricted Stock Units were granted to the named executive officers as part of their annual LTI awards in 2013 and 2014. Each RSU is the economic equivalent of one share of Brinks Common Stock and is settled in shares of Brinks Common Stock. RSUs retain value even if the price of Brinks Common Stock decreases below the price on the date of grant as long as the named executive officer satisfies the vesting requirements.
The table below provides supplemental disclosure representing the total direct compensation realized by each named executive officer for 2015. The Realized Pay Table below includes the salary paid in 2015, KEIP payouts for the 2015 performance period, the value of PSUs and MSUs for the 2013-2015 performance period that vested and were paid in shares of common stock, the value of RSUs that vested in 2015, the gain on stock options exercised in 2015, and expatriate allowance, as applicable. The PSU and MSU payout columns are new this year and reflect the elimination of awards under the cash-based MPIP for which the last payouts for the 2012 – 2014 performance period were reported in the 2015 proxy statement.
The Realized Pay Table differs substantially from the Summary Compensation Table on page 42 and is not a substitute for that table. The primary difference between the Realized Pay Table and the Summary Compensation Table is that the Realized Pay Table
includes the payouts of PSUs and MSUs after a three-year performance period while the SEC's calculation of total compensation, as shown in the Summary Compensation table, includes several items that are driven by accounting assumptions. For example, SEC rules require that the grant date fair value of all equity awards (such as PSUs and MSUs) be reported in the Summary Compensation Table for the year in which they were granted. In some cases, the actual compensation realized by the NEOs may be different than what is reported in the Summary Compensation Table and compensation reported may not be realized for a number of years, if at all. Furthermore, realized compensation for a NEO for any given year may be greater or less than the compensation reported in the Summary Compensation Table for that year depending on fluctuations in stock prices on the grant and vesting dates, differences in equity grant values from year to year and SEC reporting requirements.
Name |
Salary |
KEIP Payout |
Vested RSUs |
PSU Payout |
MSU Payout |
Gain on Exercised Stock Options |
Expatriate Allowance |
Total(1) |
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Mr. Schievelbein |
$ | 800,000 | $ | 1,600,000 | $ | 602,587 | $ | 2,878,070 | $ | 1,803,976 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 7,684,633 | ||||||||
Mr. Beech |
480,000 | 312,000 | 60,659 | 211,089 | 66,136 | — | — | 1,129,883 | ||||||||||||||||
Mr. Dziedzic |
575,000 | 805,000 | 304,176 | 925,759 | 290,140 | — | — | 2,900,075 | ||||||||||||||||
Mr. Marshall |
421,000 | 478,888 | 175,100 | 535,326 | 167,782 | 102,262 | — | 1,880,358 | ||||||||||||||||
Mr. Zukerman |
550,000 | 657,800 | 79,324 | 268,634 | 84,200 | 23,109 | 650,000 | 2,313,067 |
(1) | Due to rounding, number may not add precisely to totals. |
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The following table presents information regarding grants of awards to the named executive officers during the year ended December 31, 2015 under the Key Employees Incentive Plan (KEIP) and 2013 Equity Incentive Plan.
Estimated Future Payouts Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards(2) |
Estimated Future Payouts Under Equity Incentive Plan Awards(3)(4) |
All Other Stock Awards: Number of Shares of Stock or Units (#) |
Grant Date Fair Value of Stock Awards(5) ($) |
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Name |
Award Type |
Grant Date(1) |
Threshold ($) |
Target ($) |
Maximum ($) |
Threshold (#) |
Target (#) |
Maximum (#) |
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Thomas C. Schievelbein |
KEIP | 460,000 | 920,000 | 1,600,000 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
MSU | 2/20/2015 | 24,695 | 49,391 | 74,086 | — | 1,500,005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
PSU | 2/20/2015 | 25,889 | 51,778 | 129,445 | — | 1,500,009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michael F. Beech |
KEIP | 156,000 | 312,000 | 624,000 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
MSU | 2/20/2015 |