pbhproxystatement2008.htm
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PRESTIGE
BRANDS HOLDINGS, INC.
90
North Broadway
Irvington,
New York 10533
Telephone:
(914) 524-6810
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June 27,
2008
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You are
cordially invited to attend our 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will
be held on Tuesday, August 5, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time), at Tappan
Hill, 81 Highland Avenue, Tarrytown, New York 10591. With this
letter, we have enclosed a copy of our Annual Report for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2008; Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders; Proxy Statement;
and Proxy Card. These materials provide further information
concerning the Annual Meeting. If you would like another copy of the
Annual Report, please send your request to Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc., 90
North Broadway, Irvington, New York 10533, Attention: Secretary, and one will be
mailed to you.
At this
year’s Annual Meeting, the agenda includes the election of directors and a
proposal to ratify the appointment of our independent registered public
accounting firm. The Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR
election of all of the nominees for directors and FOR ratification of the
appointment of the independent registered public accounting
firm. Members of the Board of Directors, our executive officers and
representatives from our independent registered public accounting firm will be
present to answer any questions you may have.
It is
important that your shares be represented and voted at the Annual Meeting,
regardless of the size of your holdings. Accordingly, please
complete, sign and date the enclosed Proxy Card and return it promptly in the
enclosed envelope to ensure that your shares will be represented. If
you do attend the Annual Meeting, you may, of course, withdraw your Proxy should
you wish to vote in person.
We look
forward to seeing you at the Annual Meeting.
Sincerely,
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/s/ Mark
Pettie |
Mark
Pettie |
Chairman of the
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Chief Executive Officer |
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Prestige
Brands Holdings, Inc.
90
North Broadway
Irvington,
New York 10533
Telephone:
(914) 524-6810
NOTICE
OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
August 5,
2008
10:00
a.m. Eastern Time
The 2008
Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. will be held on
Tuesday, August 5, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time), at Tappan Hill, 81
Highland Avenue, Tarrytown, New York 10591. The Annual Meeting is
being held for the following purposes:
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elect directors to serve until the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or
until their earlier removal or
resignation;
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To
ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent
registered public accounting firm of Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. for
the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009;
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To
conduct other business as may properly be brought before the Annual
Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, including proposals to
adjourn or postpone the meeting.
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Only
stockholders of record at the close of business on June 9, 2008 will be entitled
to vote at the Annual Meeting.
Accompanying
this Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders is a Proxy Statement, related
Proxy Card with a return envelope and our Annual Report for our fiscal year
ended March 31, 2008. The Annual Report contains financial and
other information that is not incorporated into the Proxy Statement and is not
deemed to be a part of the Proxy soliciting material.
By
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/s/ Charles N.
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June 27,
2008
EVEN IF YOU EXPECT
TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, PLEASE PROMPTLY COMPLETE, SIGN, DATE AND
MAIL THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD. A SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE IS ENCLOSED
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE. NO POSTAGE IS REQUIRED IF MAILED IN THE
UNITED STATES. YOU MAY REVOKE YOUR PROXY AND VOTE IN PERSON BY FOLLOWING THE
INSTRUCTIONS ON PAGE 3 OF THE PROXY
STATEMENT.
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Prestige
Brands Holdings, Inc.
90
North Broadway
Irvington,
New York 10533
Telephone:
(914) 524-6810
PROXY
STATEMENT FOR 2008 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TABLE
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GENERAL
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VOTING
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PROPOSAL NO. 1 - ELECTION OF
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GOVERNANCE OF THE
COMPANY |
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PROPOSAL NO. 2 -
RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM |
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN
BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT |
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SECURITIES AUTHORIZED FOR
ISSUANCE UNDER EQUITY COMPENSATION PLANS |
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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND
ANALYSIS |
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COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
REPORT |
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND
OTHER MATTERS |
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COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION |
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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND
RELATED TRANSACTIONS |
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SECTION 16(A) BENEFICIAL
OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE |
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REPORT OF THE AUDIT
COMMITTEE |
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SUBMISSION OF STOCKHOLDER
PROPOSALS AND NOMINATION OF DIRECTOR AND ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION |
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FORM 10-K |
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GENERAL
INFORMATION
What
is this document?
This document is the Proxy Statement of
Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held
at 10:00 a.m., EST, on Tuesday, August 5, 2008. A form of Proxy Card
is included. This Proxy Statement and the form of Proxy Card are
first being mailed or given to stockholders on or about June 27,
2008. This Proxy Statement is available free of charge on the SEC’s
website, http://www.sec.gov.
We have tried to make this document
simple and easy to understand. The Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”) encourages companies to use “plain English” and we will always try to
communicate with you clearly and effectively. We refer to our company
throughout this document as “we” or “us” or the “Company”. In
addition, throughout this document, “2009” refers to our fiscal year ending
March 31, 2009, “2008” refers to our fiscal year ended March 31, 2008, and
“2007” refers to our fiscal year ended March 31, 2007.
Why
am I receiving this document?
You are receiving this document because
you were one of our stockholders on June 9, 2008, the record date for our 2008
Annual Meeting. We are furnishing this Proxy Statement and the form
of Proxy Card to you to solicit your Proxy (i.e., your permission) to
vote your stock in connection with certain matters at the Annual
Meeting.
What
is a Proxy?
It is your legal designation of another
person, called a “Proxy,” to vote the stock you own. The document
that designates someone as your Proxy is also called a Proxy or a Proxy
Card.
Who
is paying the costs to prepare this document and solicit my Proxy?
We will pay all expenses associated
with soliciting your Proxy, including the cost of preparing and mailing this
Proxy Statement and the form of a Proxy Card.
Who
is soliciting my Proxy and will anyone be compensated to solicit my
Proxy?
Our Board of Directors is making this
solicitation of Proxies. In addition to solicitation by use of the
mails, our officers and employees may solicit Proxies in person or by telephone,
telegram, electronic mail, facsimile transmission or other means of
communication. Our officers and employees will not receive additional
compensation for their proxy solicitation efforts, but may be reimbursed for
out-of-pocket expenses in connection with any solicitation. We also may
reimburse custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for their expenses in sending
Proxies and Proxy material to beneficial owners. We may also employ a
Proxy solicitation agent in connection with this Proxy solicitation and we will
pay all costs of that solicitor.
Who
may attend the Annual Meeting?
Only stockholders, their Proxy holders
and our invited guests may attend the meeting. If your shares are
held in “street name” by a broker, bank or other nominee, please bring a copy of
the account statement reflecting your ownership as of June 9, 2008 so that we
may verify your stockholder status and have you check in at the registration
desk at the meeting. For security reasons, we also may require photo
identification for admission.
What
if I have a disability?
If you are disabled and would like to
participate in the Annual Meeting, we can provide reasonable
assistance. Please send any request for assistance to Prestige Brands
Holdings, Inc., 90 North Broadway, Irvington, New York 10533, Attention:
Secretary, at least two weeks before the meeting.
What
is Prestige Brands Holdings and where is it located?
We sell well-recognized, brand name
over-the-counter healthcare, household cleaning and personal care
products. Our leading brands in each of these segments, respectively,
are Clear eyes®, Chloraseptic® and Compound W®,
Comet® and Spic and Span®, and Cutex®. Our
principal executive offices are located at 90 North Broadway, Irvington, New
York 10533. Our telephone number is (914)
524-6810.
Where
is our common stock traded?
Our
common stock is traded and quoted on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under
the symbol “PBH”.
VOTING
MATTERS
What
am I voting on?
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election of 10 directors; and
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the
ratification of the appointment of our independent registered public
accounting firm for 2009.
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Who
is entitled to vote?
You may vote if you owned shares of our
common stock at the close of business on June 9, 2008. Each share of
common stock is entitled to one vote. As of June 9, 2008, there were
49,959,454 shares of our common stock outstanding. A list of our
stockholders will be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose
relevant to the meeting, at our headquarters for a period of 10 days prior to
the Annual Meeting.
May
other matters be raised at the Annual Meeting; how will the meeting be
conducted?
We currently are not aware of any
business to be acted upon at the Annual Meeting other than the two matters
described above. Under federal securities laws, Delaware law and our
governing documents, no other business aside from procedural matters may be
raised at the Annual Meeting unless proper notice has been given to the Company
by the stockholders. If other business is properly raised, your Proxies
have authority to vote as they think best, including to adjourn the
meeting.
The Chairman has broad authority to
conduct the Annual Meeting so that the business of the meeting is carried out in
an orderly and timely manner. In doing so, he has broad discretion to
establish reasonable rules for discussion, comments and questions during the
meeting. The Chairman is also entitled to rely upon applicable law
regarding disruptions or disorderly conduct to ensure that the Annual Meeting
proceeds in a manner that is fair to all participants.
How
do I vote?
Proxies may be voted by returning the
printed Proxy Card. For more information about how to vote your
Proxy, please see the instructions on your Proxy Card.
In addition to voting by Proxy, you may
vote in person at the Annual Meeting. However, in order to assist us
in tabulating votes at the Annual Meeting, we encourage you to vote by Proxy
even if you plan to be present at the Annual Meeting.
What
materials are available on the Internet?
This
Proxy Statement, our Annual Report on Form 10-K, our Annual Report to
Stockholders and other financial documents are available free of charge on the
SEC’s website, www.sec.gov, and at the Investor Relations tab on our corporate
web site at www.prestigebrandsinc.com.
How
will my Proxy be voted?
The individuals named on the Proxy Card
will vote your Proxy in the manner you indicate on the Proxy Card. If your
Proxy Card is signed but does not contain specific instructions, your Proxy will
be voted “FOR” all of the directors nominated and “FOR” ratification of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm
for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009.
Can
I change my mind and revoke my Proxy?
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Yes.
To revoke a Proxy given pursuant to this solicitation, you
must:
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another Proxy with a later date and return it to our Secretary at or
before the Annual Meeting; or
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provide
our Secretary with a written notice of revocation dated later than the
date of the Proxy at or before the Annual Meeting; or
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attend
the Annual Meeting and vote in person. Note that attendance at the
Annual Meeting will not revoke a Proxy if you do not actually vote at the
Annual Meeting.
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What
if I receive more than one copy of these Proxy materials?
The receipt of multiple copies of these
Proxy materials means that you have more than one account with brokers or our
transfer agent. Please vote all of your shares. We also recommend
that you contact your broker and/or our transfer agent to consolidate as many
accounts as possible under the same name and address. Our transfer agent
is Computershare, Ltd., 250 Royall Street, Canton,
Massachusetts 02021, and it may be reached at (781)
575-3400.
How
will abstentions and broker non-votes be treated?
Abstentions and broker non-votes will
be treated as shares that are present and entitled to vote for purposes of
determining whether a quorum is present, but will not be counted as votes cast
either in favor of or against a particular proposal.
What
are broker non-votes?
If you own shares through a broker in
street name, you may instruct your broker how to vote your shares. If you
do not give instructions to your broker, your broker may exercise discretionary
voting power to vote your shares with respect to routine matters, but the broker
may not exercise discretionary voting power to vote your shares with respect to
“non-routine” items. All of the matters identified in this document
to be voted upon at the meeting presently are considered to be “routine”
items. In the case of non-routine items, the shares that cannot be
voted by your broker would be treated as “broker non-votes.”
How
many votes must be present to hold the Annual Meeting?
A quorum must be present at the Annual
Meeting for any business to be conducted. A quorum exists when the holders
of a majority of the 49,959,454 shares of our common stock outstanding on June
9, 2008 are present in person or by Proxy at the meeting.
How
many votes are needed to elect directors and approve other matters?
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are elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the stockholders entitled
to vote at the Annual Meeting. This means that the director
nominee with the most affirmative votes for a particular slot is elected
for that slot. You may vote in favor of all nominees, withhold
your vote as to all nominees or withhold your vote as to specific
nominees.
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Ratify
Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Our Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
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The
ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our
independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending
March 31, 2009 will be approved if the proposal receives the affirmative
vote of a majority of the shares present and entitled to vote at the
Annual Meeting.
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How
many votes do I have and can I cumulate my votes?
You have one vote for every share of
our common stock that you own. Cumulative voting is not
allowed.
Will
my vote be confidential?
Yes. We will continue our
practice of keeping the votes of all stockholders confidential.
Stockholder votes will not be disclosed to our directors, officers, employees or
agents, except:
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the case of a contested Proxy solicitation, if the other party soliciting
Proxies does not agree to comply with the confidential voting policy;
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a stockholder makes a written comment on the Proxy Card or otherwise
communicates the vote to
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PROPOSAL
NO. 1 - ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
What
is the structure of our Board of Directors?
The
number of directors on our Board of Directors is fixed from time to time by
resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of
directors then in office. Currently, our Board of Directors is
comprised of 10 directors. All current members of the Board of
Directors are standing for reelection, to hold office until the next Annual
Meeting of Stockholders.
Who
are the nominees this year?
The
nominees for the Board of Directors consist of 10 current directors who were
elected at our 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. If elected, each
nominee would hold office until the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and
until his respective successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier
death, resignation or removal. These nominees, their ages at the date
of this Proxy Statement and the year in which they first became a director are
set forth in the table below. The Board of Directors has
affirmatively determined that each of these nominees, other than Mark Pettie,
David A. Donnini, Vincent J. Hemmer and Peter C. Mann, is independent from the
Company and its management.
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Mark
Pettie
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January
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Dick Buell
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November
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John
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January
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Gary
E. Costley
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November
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David
A. Donnini
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June
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Ronald
Gordon
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Vincent
J. Hemmer
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June
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Patrick
Lonergan
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Peter
C. Mann
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June
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Raymond
P. Silcock
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What
are the backgrounds of this year’s nominees?
Mark
Pettie, Chairman of the
Board and Chief Executive Officer, has served as Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer since January 2007. Mr. Pettie served as the President,
Dairy Foods Group for Conagra Foods from 2005 to 2006 where he was directly
responsible for marketing and indirectly responsible for finance, sales,
operations, research and development and human resources. From 1981
to 2004, Mr. Pettie held various positions of increasing responsibility at Kraft
Foods and was appointed Executive Vice President/General Manager of Kraft Foods’
Coffee Division in 2002. As the Executive Vice President/General
Manager of Kraft Foods’ Coffee Division, Mr. Pettie was directly responsible for
marketing, strategy, finance and green coffee procurement and indirectly
responsible for sales, operations and human resources. Mr. Pettie
received a B.S. from the State University of New York at Binghamton and a M.B.A.
from Cornell University.
L. Dick
Buell, Director, has served as a
director since November 2004. Mr. Buell is currently Chief Executive
Officer and director of Catalina Marketing Corporation, which he joined in
March 2004. From January 2002 to January 2004,
Mr. Buell was Chief Executive Officer of WS Brands, a portfolio company of
Willis Stein & Partners. From February 2000 to December 2001,
Mr. Buell was President and Chief Operating Officer of Foodbrands
America, Inc., a unit of Tyson Foods. Prior to that time,
Mr. Buell spent 10 years at Griffith Laboratories, Inc. and served as
Chief Executive Officer from 1992 to 1999. From 1983 to 1990, Mr.
Buell served as Vice President of Marketing for Kraft Grocery Products and from
1979 to 1983 as a consultant at McKinsey &
Company. Mr. Buell earned his B.S. in Engineering from Purdue
University and his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
John E.
Byom, Director, was appointed as
director in January 2006. Mr. Byom is currently Chief Executive
Officer of Classic Provisions Inc. which he joined in October
2007. Mr. Byom was previously the Chief Financial Officer of
International Multifoods Corporation. He left International
Multifoods Corporation in March 2005 after 26 years, including four years as
Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer, from March 2000 to
June
2004. Most recently, after the sale of International Multifoods
Corporation to The J.M. Smucker Company in June 2004, Mr. Byom was President of
Multifoods Foodservice and Bakery Products. Prior to his time as
Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Byom was President US Manufacturing from July 1999
to March 2000, and Vice President Finance and IT for the North American Foods
Division from 1993 to 1999. Prior to 1993 he held various positions
in finance and was an internal auditor for International Multifoods Corporation
from 1979 to 1981. Mr. Byom earned his B.A. in Accounting from Luther
College. Mr. Byom is currently a director of MGP Ingredients
Inc.
Gary E. Costley
Ph.D., Director, has served as a
director since November 2004. Dr. Costley is currently a managing
partner at C&G Capital and Management, a private investment company, which
he joined in July 2004. He previously served from 2001 to June 2004 as
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Multifoods Corporation and
from 1997 to 2001 as its Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer. From 1995 to 1996, Dr. Costley served as Dean of the
Graduate School of Marketing at Wake Forest University. Prior to that
time, Dr. Costley spent 24 years with the Kellogg Company where he held
various positions of increasing responsibility, including his most recent role
as President of Kellogg North America. Dr. Costley earned a B.S.
in Animal Science and both an M.S. and Ph.D. in Nutrition from Oregon State
University. Dr. Costley is currently a director of Principal
Financial Group Inc., Tiffany & Co. and Covance Inc.
David A.
Donnini, Director, has served as a
director since the Company’s incorporation in June
2004. Mr. Donnini is currently a Principal of GTCR Golder
Rauner, LLC, which he joined in 1991. He previously worked as an
associate consultant with Bain & Company. Mr. Donnini
earned a B.A. in Economics summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa with distinction,
from Yale University and a M.B.A. from Stanford University where he was the
Robichek Finance Award recipient and an Arjay Miller
Scholar. Mr. Donnini is a director of various companies,
including Cardinal Logistics Management, Fairmount Food Group, LLC, Golden Gate
Logistics, LLC, Syniverse Holdings Inc., Triad Holdings, LLC, Wallace Theater
Corporation and Wilton Products, Inc.
Ronald
Gordon, Director, was appointed as
director in May 2005. Mr. Gordon was most recently President and
Chief Operating Officer of Nice-Pak Products, Inc. from 2002 until his
retirement in 2005. Prior to serving at Nice-Pak, Mr. Gordon was
Chief Executive Officer for the North American operations of Beiersdorf, Inc.
from 1997 through 2001. He also founded Gordon Investment Group in
1994 to finance and oversee a variety of start-up businesses. Earlier
in his career, Mr. Gordon was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Goody
Products Inc. and held senior positions at Playtex Family Products Corporation
and Procter & Gamble. Mr. Gordon earned a B.S. in Finance at The
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a M.B.A. from Columbia
University.
Vincent J.
Hemmer, Director, has served as a
director since its incorporation in June 2004. Mr. Hemmer is
currently a Principal with GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC and has been with GTCR since
1996. Mr. Hemmer previously worked as a consultant with the
Monitor Company and an investment banker with Credit Suisse First
Boston. He earned a B.S. in Economics, magna cum laude, and was a
Benjamin Franklin Scholar at The Wharton School of the University of
Pennsylvania. Mr. Hemmer received his M.B.A. from Harvard
University. Mr. Hemmer is currently a director of Fairmount Food
Group, LLC, Wilton Products, Inc. and Aspire Brands, Inc.
Patrick
Lonergan, Director, was appointed as a
director in May 2005. Mr. Lonergan is the co-founder of Numark
Laboratories, Inc. and has served as its President since January
1989. Prior to Numark, Mr. Lonergan was employed from 1959 to 1989 in
various senior capacities by Johnson & Johnson, including Vice President
& General Manager. Mr. Lonergan also served on the Board of
Directors of Johnson & Johnson Products Inc., and was Chairman of
the Health Care Division Management Committee. Mr. Lonergan earned a
B.S. in Business from Northern Illinois University. Mr. Lonergan is
also a director of several private companies.
Peter C.
Mann, Director, has served as
Chairman of the Board of the Company since its incorporation in June 2004
through January 2007, and is currently a member of the Board of
Directors. Mr. Mann is currently an Operating Partner at West Hill
Partners, LLC which he joined in September 2007. From June 2004
through August 2005, Mr. Mann was the Chief Executive Officer and President of
the Company. From August 2005 through March 31, 2006, Mr. Mann served
as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. On June 23, 2006, Mr. Mann
was re-appointed Acting Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company and
resigned from such positions in January 2007. Mr. Mann previously
served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Medtech Holdings, Inc. (our
predecessor company) (“Medtech”) since June 2001. From 1973 to
2001, Mr. Mann was employed by Block Drug Company, Inc. where he served in
positions of increasing responsibility and became President of the Americas
Division. Prior to his joining Block Drug Company, he held senior
management positions for such leading consumer products companies as The
Mennen
Company, Swift & Co. and Chemway, Inc. Mr. Mann is a graduate
of Brown University. Mr. Mann is currently a director of Nutrition 21,
Inc.
Raymond P.
Silcock, Director, was appointed as a
director in January 2006. Mr. Silcock is currently Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of UST Inc. which he joined in August
2007. From October 2006 until July 2007, Mr. Silcock was employed by Swift
& Company as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer. From 1998 to 2005, Mr. Silcock served as Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of Cott Corporation. From 1997
to 1998, Mr. Silcock served as Chief Financial Officer of Delimex Holdings,
Inc. From 1979 to 1997, Mr. Silcock was employed by Campbell Soup
Company where he served in positions of increasing responsibility and became
Vice President – Finance of Campbell Soup Company’s Bakery and Confectionary
Division. Mr. Silcock earned a M.B.A. from the Wharton
School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a Fellow of the Chartered
Institute of Management Accountants (UK).
How
are our directors compensated?
Each of
our directors other than Messrs. Donnini and Hemmer receive the following cash
and equity compensation for his services as a director:
|
•
|
a
one-time grant of our common stock equal to $20,000 awarded on the date of
the first Annual Meeting of Stockholders after appointment (except for Mr.
Mann);
|
|
•
|
an
annual grant of our restricted common stock equal to $50,000 awarded on
the date of each Annual Meeting of Stockholders (such restricted common
stock vests in equal installments over a two year period so long as
membership on the Board of Directors
continues);
|
|
• |
a
$25,000 annual retainer fee paid quarterly;
and |
|
• |
attendance
fees in according with the following
table: |
Meeting |
Fee
|
|
|
Board
of Directors (in person) |
$1,500
|
Committee (in
person) |
$1,000
|
Board
of Directors (by telephone) |
$750
|
Committee
(by telephone) |
$750
|
The
Chairman for each of our standing committees and our Lead Director receive the
fees set forth below in the following table for their services in their
respective capacities:
Position |
Annual
Fee
|
|
|
Chairman
of the Audit Committee |
$7,500
|
Chairman
of the Compensation Committee |
$5,000
|
Chairman
of the Nominating and Governance Committee |
$5,000
|
Chairman
of the Strategic Planning Committee |
$5,000
|
Lead
Director |
$45,000
|
Our
directors are also reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection
with Board of Directors and/or Committee participation.
Are
there any family relationships between our directors and executive
officers?
There are
no family relationships between or among any of our directors and executive
officers.
How
many votes are needed to elect directors?
The
affirmative vote of a plurality of the votes cast in person or by Proxy at the
Annual Meeting of Stockholders is necessary for the election of directors
(assuming a quorum of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock is
present).
What
does the Board of Directors recommend?
THE
BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF
THE NOMINEES FOR DIRECTORS NAMED ABOVE.
GOVERNANCE
OF THE COMPANY
What
is Corporate Governance and how do we implement it?
Corporate
governance is a set of rules established by the Company to ensure that its
directors, executive officers and employees conduct the Company’s business in a
legal, impartial and ethical manner. Our Board of Directors has a
strong commitment to sound and effective corporate governance practices. Our
management and our Board of Directors have reviewed and continue to monitor our
corporate governance practices in light of Delaware corporate law, United States
federal securities laws, the listing requirements of the NYSE and other best
practices.
Have
we made any recent changes to our Corporate Governance practices?
During 2008, the Board of Directors
adopted a Related Persons Transaction Policy and a Stock Ownership Guidelines
for the Board of Directors and senior management of the Company. For
a summary of our Related Persons Transaction Policy, please see Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions contained elsewhere in this Proxy
Statement. The Board of Directors also adopted Stock Ownership Guidelines in
order to align the interests of directors and executive officers of the Company
with its stockholders. Each person subject to the Stock Ownership
Guidelines is expected to be fully compliant on the fifth anniversary of the
event requiring compliance, but not before February 5, 2013, the fifth
anniversary of the date of adoption of the Stock Ownership Guidelines by the
Board of Directors. The Stock Ownership Guidelines, the full text of
which is available at the Investor Relations tab on our web site at
www.prestigebrandsinc.com, is summarized as follows:
Office
|
Value of Stockholdings
Required to be Owned
|
Non-Employee
Director
|
5X
Annual Cash Retainer (exclusive of meeting fees and expense
payments)
|
Chief
Executive Officer
|
4X
Annual Salary (exclusive of annual bonus)
|
Chief
Financial Officer and General Counsel
|
3X
Annual Salary (exclusive of annual bonus)
|
Remaining
senior executive officers
|
2X
Annual Salary (exclusive of annual
bonus)
|
What
documents establish and implement our Corporate Governance
practices?
The Code
of Conduct Policy, Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Employees, the Policy and
Procedures for Complaints Regarding Accounting, Internal Controls and Auditing
Matters, the Corporate Governance Guidelines, the Related Persons Transaction
Policy, the Stock Ownership Guidelines and the Charters of our Audit,
Compensation, Nominating and Governance, and Strategic Planning Committees were
adopted by the Company for the purpose of transparency in our governance
practices, as well as promoting honest and ethical conduct, full, fair,
accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in periodic reports required to
be filed by the Company, and compliance with all applicable rules and
regulations that apply to the Company and its officers and
directors.
Where
can I access the Company’s Corporate Governance documents?
The
documents described in the preceding question may be accessed at the Investor
Relations tab of www.prestigebrandsinc.com, our Internet website. In
addition, you may request, without charge, a copy of the foregoing documents by
submitting a written request for any of such materials to: Prestige Brands
Holdings, Inc., 90 North Broadway, Irvington, New York 10533,
Attention: Secretary.
How
often did the Board of Directors meet in 2008?
The Board
of Directors held seven meetings during 2008. Each director is
expected to attend each meeting of the Board of Directors and those Committees
on which he serves. Each of our incumbent directors attended 75% or
more of the total number of meetings of the Board of Directors and those
Committees on which he served during the last fiscal year. The Board
of Directors has a policy of expecting members of the Board of Directors to
attend the Annual Meetings of Stockholders. All but two members of
our Board of Directors attended the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on July
31, 2007.
Has
the Board of Directors appointed a Lead Director for non-management sessions of
the Board of Directors?
The Board
of Directors has appointed Mr. Gordon as the Lead Director to preside over
non-management and executive sessions of the Board of Directors.
What
Committees have been established by the Board of Directors?
The Board of Directors currently has
four standing committees: the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, the
Nominating and Governance Committee, and the Strategic Planning
Committee. Except for Messrs. Pettie and Hemmer who are members of
the Strategic Planning Committee, all of the other members of our standing
committees are independent directors. The following table sets forth
the current membership of the Company’s standing committees:
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Committee
|
Membership
|
|
|
Audit
Committee
|
John
E. Byom (Chairman)
Ronald
Gordon
Patrick
Lonergan
Raymond
P. Silcock
|
Compensation
Committee
|
Patrick
Lonergan (Chairman)
L.
Dick Buell
John
E. Byom
Gary
E. Costley
|
Nominating
and Governance Committee
|
Ronald
Gordon (Chairman)
L.
Dick Buell
Gary
E. Costley
Raymond
P. Silcock
|
Strategic
Planning Committee
|
Raymond
P. Silcock (Chairman)
Ronald
Gordon
Vincent
J. Hemmer
Patrick
Lonergan
Mark
Pettie
|
Who
are our independent directors?
In
accordance with the NYSE’s listing requirements, the Board of Directors has
evaluated each of its directors’ independence from the Company and its
management. In its review of each director’s independence, the Board
of Directors reviewed whether any transactions or relationships exist currently
or, during the past three years existed, between each director and the Company
and its subsidiaries, affiliates, equity investors or independent auditors and,
in the case of Messrs. Donnini and Hemmer, their advice to the Company that they
did not believe that they met the NYSE’s definition of independence. The Board
of Directors also examined whether there were any transactions or relationships
between each director and members of the senior management of the Company or
their affiliates. Based on the review of the Board of Directors, the NYSE’s
definition of “independence” and the advice of Messrs. Donnini and Hemmer that
they are not independent from the Company, the Board of Directors has determined
that a majority of the Board of Directors is “independent.” The
independent directors are Messrs. Buell, Byom, Costley, Gordon, Lonergan and
Silcock. The Board of Directors has also determined that each of the
members of our Audit Committee is “independent” for purposes of Rule 10A-3 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and that
Mr. Byom is an “audit committee financial expert” as that term is defined by SEC
regulations.
Does
the Board of Directors evaluate itself and its committees?
Yes. Every year the Board of
Directors and its committees complete a self-evaluation of their performance
through written questionnaires and follow-up discussion by the Board of
Directors and the respective Committees. In the event the Board of
Directors or its Committees determine that modifications to their practices are
required, they will promptly institute the required changes to the Company’s
Corporate Governance practices and the documents through which such practices
are effectuated.
How
can you communicate with the Board of Directors?
Stockholders
and other interested parties may send communications to the Board of Directors
or any Committee thereof by writing to the Board of Directors or any such
Committee at Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc., 90 North Broadway, Irvington, New
York 10533, Attention: Secretary. The Secretary will
distribute all stockholder and other interested party communications to the
intended recipients and/or distribute to the entire Board of Directors, as
appropriate.
In
addition, stockholders and other interested parties may also contact the Lead
Director or the non-management directors as a group by writing to the Lead
Director c/o Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc., 90 North Broadway, Irvington, New
York 10533, Attention: Secretary. The Secretary will forward all
stockholder and other interested party communications to the Lead Director who
will review and distribute, if addressed to the non-management directors, all
stockholder and other interested party communications to the non-management
directors as a group.
What
are our Complaint Procedures?
Complaints
and concerns about accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing or
related matters pertaining to the Company may be submitted by writing to the
Chairman of the Audit Committee c/o Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc., 90 North
Broadway, Irvington, New York 10533. Complaints may be submitted on a
confidential and anonymous basis by sending them in a sealed envelope marked
“Confidential.” Alternatively, complaints and concerns about
accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing or related matters
pertaining to the Company may be submitted by our employees confidentially and
anonymously by contacting the Company’s TeleSentry
Hotline. TeleSentry is an independent third party that the Company
has retained to receive anonymous complaints from the Company’s
employees. TeleSentry may be reached by telephone at (888) 883-1499
or P.O. Box 161, Westport, CT 06881. TeleSentry may also
be contacted by e-mail at resp@telesentry.org.
What
are the responsibilities of the Audit Committee?
The Audit
Committee is responsible for, among other things:
(1) the
appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of the work of the
independent registered public accounting firm engaged for the purpose of
preparing and issuing an audit report on our annual financial
statements;
(2)
reviewing the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm
and taking, or recommending that our Board of Directors take, appropriate action
to oversee their independence;
(3)
approving, in advance, all audit and non-audit services to be performed by the
independent registered public accounting firm;
(4)
overseeing our accounting and financial reporting processes and the audits of
our financial statements;
(5)
establishing procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints
received by us regarding accounting, internal control or auditing matters and
the confidential, anonymous submission by our employees of concerns regarding
questionable accounting or auditing matters;
(6)
engaging independent counsel and other advisers as the Audit Committee deems
necessary;
(7)
determining compensation of the independent registered public accounting firm,
compensation of advisors hired by the Audit Committee and ordinary
administrative expenses;
(8)
reviewing and assessing the adequacy of the Audit Committee’s formal written
charter on an annual basis; and
(9)
handling such other matters that are specifically delegated to the Audit
Committee by our Board of Directors from time to time.
Our Board
of Directors adopted a written charter for our Audit Committee, which is
available to our stockholders and other interested parties at the Investor
Relations tab on our web site at www.prestigebrandsinc.com or is also available
in print to any stockholder or other interested party who makes such a request
to the Company’s Secretary. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP currently
serves as our independent registered public accounting firm. The
Audit Committee met six times during 2008.
What
are the responsibilities of the Compensation Committee?
The
Compensation Committee is responsible for, among other things:
(1)
determining, or recommending to our Board of Directors for determination, the
compensation and benefits of all of our executive officers and non-employee
directors;
(2)
reviewing our compensation and benefit plans to ensure that they meet corporate
objectives;
(3)
administering our stock plans and other incentive compensation plans;
and
(4) such
other matters that are specifically delegated to the Compensation Committee by
our Board of Directors from time to time.
Our Board
of Directors adopted a written charter for our Compensation Committee, which is
available to our stockholders and other interested parties at the Investor
Relations tab on our web site at www.prestigebrandsinc.com or is also available
in print to any stockholder or other interested party who makes such a request
to the Company’s Secretary. The Compensation Committee met six times
during 2008.
What
are the responsibilities of the Nominating and Governance
Committee?
The
Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible for, among other
things:
(1)
selecting, or recommending to our Board of Directors for selection, nominees for
election to our Board of Directors;
(2)
making recommendations to our Board of Directors regarding the size and
composition of the Board of Directors and its Committees and retirement
procedures affecting members of the Board of Directors;
(3)
monitoring our performance in meeting our obligations of fairness in internal
and external matters and our principles of corporate governance;
and
(4) such
other matters that are specifically delegated to the Nominating and Governance
Committee by our Board of Directors from time to time.
Our Board
of Directors adopted a written charter for our Nominating and Governance
Committee, which is available to our stockholders and other interested parties
at the Investor Relations tab on our web site at www.prestigebrandsinc.com or is
also available in print to any stockholder or other interested party who makes
such a request to the Company’s Secretary. The Nominating and
Governance Committee met four times during 2008.
The
Nominating and Governance Committee will consider as potential nominees for
director individuals properly recommended by
stockholders. Recommendations concerning individuals proposed for
consideration by the Nominating and Governance Committee should be addressed to
Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc., 90 North Broadway, Irvington, New York 10533,
Attention: Secretary. Each recommendation should include a personal
biography of the suggested nominee, an indication of the background or
experience that qualifies the person for consideration, and a statement that the
person has agreed to serve if nominated and elected. Stockholders who
themselves wish to effectively nominate a person for election to the Board of
Directors, as contrasted with recommending a potential nominee to the Nominating
and Governance Committee for its consideration, are required to comply with the
advance notice and other requirements set forth in the Company’s Amended and
Restated Bylaws, as amended (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”), and any
applicable requirements of the Exchange Act.
The
Nominating and Governance Committee identifies potential candidates for
nomination as directors based on recommendations by our executive officers or
directors. Generally, candidates have significant industry experience
and have been known to one or more of the members of the Board of
Directors. As noted above, the Nominating and Governance Committee
considers properly submitted stockholder recommendations for candidates for the
Board of Directors. In evaluating candidates for nomination, the
Nominating and Governance Committee will consider the factors it believes to be
appropriate, which would generally include the candidate’s personal and
professional integrity, business judgment, relevant experience and skills, and
potential to be an effective director in
conjunction
with the rest of the Board of Directors in collectively serving the interests of
our stockholders. The Nominating and Governance Committee does not
evaluate potential nominees for director differently based on whether they are
recommended to the Nominating and Governance Committee by officers or directors
of the Company or by a stockholder.
What
are the responsibilities of the Strategic Planning Committee?
The Strategic Planning Committee is
responsible for, among other things:
(1)
reviewing acquisition strategies with management and investigating and
recommending acquisition candidates;
(2)
evaluating the execution and integration of acquisitions;
(3)
evaluating potential divestitures and other strategic planning strategies;
and
(4) such
other matters that are specifically delegated to the Strategic Planning
Committee by our Board of Directors from time to time.
Our Board
of Directors adopted a written charter for our Strategic Planning Committee,
which is available to our stockholders and other interested parties at the
Investor Relations tab on our web site at www.prestigebrandsinc.com or is also
available in print to any stockholder or other interested party who makes such a
request to the Company’s Secretary. The Strategic Planning Committee
met one time during 2008.
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PROPOSAL
NO. 2 – RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF THE
INDEPENDENT
REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Who
has the Audit Committee selected as our independent accounting firm for
2009?
The Audit
Committee has reappointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent
registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s financial statements
for 2009. In making the decision to reappoint the independent
registered public accounting firm, the Audit Committee has considered whether
the provision of the non-audit services rendered by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
is incompatible with maintaining that firm’s independence from the
Company.
Is
stockholder approval required for the appointment of an independent accounting
firm for 2009?
Stockholder ratification
of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered
public accounting firm is not required by applicable legal
requirements. However, the Board of Directors is submitting the
selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to the stockholders for ratification as
a matter of good corporate practice. In the event the stockholders do
not ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the appointment will
be reconsidered by the Audit Committee and the Board of
Directors. However, the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors
may, in their discretion, still direct the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP.
Will
representatives of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP attend the Annual
Meeting?
Representatives
of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP are expected to be present at the Annual Meeting
of Stockholders, will have the opportunity to make a statement if they desire to
do so and are expected to be available to respond to appropriate
questions.
Principal
Accountant Fees and Services
What
fees were paid to our independent accounting firm in 2008 and 2007?
For 2008
and 2007, the following fees were billed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to the
Company for the indicated services:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Audit
Fees
|
|
$ |
607,000 |
|
|
$ |
699,000 |
|
Audit-Related
Fees
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Tax
Fees
|
|
|
63,262 |
|
|
|
255,219 |
|
All
Other Fees
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
94,500 |
|
Total
Independent Accountant’s Fees
|
|
|
670,262 |
|
|
|
1,048,719 |
|
Audit Fees. Consisted of fees
billed for professional services rendered for (i) the audit of our consolidated
financial statements and internal control over financial reporting; (ii) the
review of the interim consolidated financial statements included in quarterly
reports; and (iii) the services that are normally provided by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in connection with statutory and regulatory filings
or engagements.
Audit-Related Fees. Consist
of fees billed for services that are reasonably related to the performance of
the audit or review of our consolidated financial statements and are not
reported under “Audit Fees.” These services would include employee benefit plan
audits and attest services that were not required by statute or
regulation.
Tax Fees. Consisted of fees
billed for professional services for tax compliance, tax advice and tax
planning. These services included assistance regarding federal, state and
international tax compliance, customs and duties and tax planning.
All Other Fees. Consisted of
fees for products and services other than the services reported
above. In 2007, these services included due diligence services in
connection with an abandoned acquisition.
Has
the Audit Committee determined PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s independence from
the Company?
The Audit Committee has considered the
non-audit services provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and determined that
the provision of such services had no effect on PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s
independence from the Company.
How
does the Audit Committee pre-approve services provided by the independent
accounting firm?
The Audit Committee’s policy is to
pre-approve all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by the
independent registered public accounting firm. These services may include audit
services, audit-related services, tax services and other services. Pre-approval
is generally provided for up to one year and any pre-approval is detailed as to
the particular service or category of services and is generally subject to a
specific budget. The independent registered public accounting firm and
management are required to periodically report to the Audit Committee regarding
the extent of services provided by the independent registered public accounting
firm in accordance with this pre-approval, and the fees for the services
performed to date. The Audit Committee may also pre-approve particular services
on a case-by-case basis. During 2008, all audit and non-audit
services were approved in accordance with the Audit Committee’s pre-approval
policy.
How
many votes are needed to ratify the appointment of our independent accounting
firm for 2009?
Approval
of the proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP requires
the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present and entitled to vote at
the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (assuming a quorum of a majority of the
outstanding shares of common stock is present).
What
does the Board of Directors recommend?
THE
BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE RATIFICATION
OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS THE COMPANY’S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR 2009.
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SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The
following table sets forth certain information with respect to the beneficial
ownership of our common stock as of June 9, 2008 by: (1) each of the
executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table on page 31; (2) each
of our directors; (3) all directors and executive officers as a group; and (4)
each person or entity known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than five
percent of our outstanding shares of common stock. Except as
otherwise noted below, all information with respect to beneficial ownership of a
director and executive officer named in the Summary Compensation Table has been
furnished to us by the respective director and executive officer. All
information with respect to beneficial ownership of a five percent beneficial
owner of our common stock was obtained from such beneficial owner’s Schedule 13G
filed with the SEC. Unless otherwise indicated, (i) each person or
entity named below has sole voting and investment power with respect to the
number of shares set forth opposite his, her or its name; and (ii) the address
of each person named in the table below is c/o Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.,
90 North Broadway, Irvington, New York 10533.
|
|
Shares
Beneficially
Owned
|
|
Name of Beneficial
Owner
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5%
Stockholders:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GTCR
Funds (3)
|
|
|
14,973,785 |
|
|
|
30.0 |
% |
FMR
LLC (4)
|
|
|
2,645,474 |
|
|
|
5.3 |
% |
Wells
Fargo & Company (5)
|
|
|
4,659,838 |
|
|
|
9.3 |
% |
First
Manhattan Co. (6)
|
|
|
3,097,333 |
|
|
|
6.2 |
% |
Directors
and Named Executive Officers:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mark
Pettie
|
|
|
20,000 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Peter
J. Anderson (7)
|
|
|
347,311 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Jean
A. Boyko (8)
|
|
|
9,466 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Charles
N. Jolly (9)
|
|
|
12,909 |
|
|
|
* |
|
James
E. Kelly (10)
|
|
|
11,067 |
|
|
|
* |
|
L.
Dick Buell (11)
|
|
|
10,870 |
|
|
|
* |
|
John
E. Byom (11)
|
|
|
6,767 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Gary
E. Costley (11)
|
|
|
10,870 |
|
|
|
* |
|
David
A. Donnini (12)
|
|
|
14,973,785 |
|
|
|
30.0 |
% |
Ronald
Gordon (11)
|
|
|
20,870 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Vincent
J. Hemmer (12)
|
|
|
14,973,785 |
|
|
|
30.0 |
% |
Patrick
Lonergan (11)
|
|
|
12,070 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Peter
C. Mann (11)
|
|
|
633,556 |
|
|
|
1.3 |
% |
Raymond
P. Silcock (11)
|
|
|
6,767 |
|
|
|
* |
|
All
directors and executive officers as a group (14 persons)
|
|
|
16,076,308 |
|
|
|
32.1 |
% |
____________
* Denotes
less than one percent.
(1)
|
As
used in this table, a beneficial owner of a security includes any person
who, directly or indirectly, through contract, arrangement, understanding,
relationship or otherwise has or shares (a) the power to vote, or direct
the voting of, such security; or (b) investment power which includes the
power to dispose, or to direct the disposition of, such
security. In addition, a person is deemed to be the beneficial
owner of a security if that person has the right to acquire beneficial
ownership of such security within 60 days of June 9, 2008. Any
security not within the foregoing classifications have been excluded from
this table.
|
(2)
|
Percent
is based on 49,959,454 shares of our common stock outstanding as of June
9, 2008.
|
(3)
|
Amounts shown
reflect the aggregate interests held by GTCR Fund VIII, L.P. (‘‘Fund
VIII’’), GTCR Fund VIII/B, L.P. (‘‘Fund
VIII/B’’), GTCR Co-Invest II, L.P. (‘‘Co-Invest II’’) and GTCR
Capital Partners, L.P. (‘‘Capital Partners’’) (collectively, the
‘‘GTCR Funds’’). The address of each entity comprising the GTCR Funds is
c/o GTCR Golder Rauner, L.L.C., 6100 Sears Tower, Chicago,
Illinois 60606. The shares of common stock reported
herein may be deemed to be beneficially owned indirectly by certain
affiliates of the GTCR Funds. Each affiliate that may be deemed
to beneficially own indirectly shares of
common
|
|
stock disclaims
beneficial ownership of any such shares in which it does not have a
pecuniary interest. The information disclosed herein was
obtained from the Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC by the GTCR Funds and
certain other affiliates on February 13,
2008.
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(4)
|
The
address for FMR LLC is 82 Devonshire Street, Boston,
Massachusetts 02109. The information disclosed
herein was obtained from Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13G filed with the
SEC by FMR LLC on February 14,
2008.
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(5)
|
The
address for Wells Fargo & Company is 420 Montgomery Street, San
Francisco, California 94163. The information
disclosed herein was obtained from the Schedule 13G filed with the SEC by
Wells Fargo & Company on January 29,
2008.
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(6)
|
The
address for First Manhattan Co. is 437 Madison Avenue, New York, New
York 10022. The information disclosed herein was
obtained from the Schedule 13G filed with the SEC by First Manhattan Co.
on February 13, 2008.
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(7)
|
Includes
(i) 8,457 shares of founder shares that vest during the period from June
9, 2008 through August 8, 2008; and (ii) 13,200 shares of the Company’s
common stock underlying a stock option that partially vested and became
exercisable on May 25, 2008.
|
(8)
|
Includes
7,466 shares of the Company’s common stock underlying a stock option that
partially vested and became exercisable on May 25,
2008.
|
(9)
|
Includes
10,209 shares of the Company’s common stock underlying a stock option that
partially vested and became exercisable on May 25,
2008.
|
(10)
|
Includes
11,067 shares of the Company’s common stock underlying a stock option that
partially vested and became exercisable on May 25,
2008
|
(11)
|
Includes
1,999 shares of our restricted common stock that vest on July 31,
2008.
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(12)
|
Represents
shares held by the GTCR Funds as described in note (3)
above. Messrs. Donnini and Hemmer are each principals and/or
members of GTCR Golder Rauner, L.L.C. (‘‘GTCR’’) and GTCR Golder Rauner
II, L.L.C. (‘‘GTCR II’’). GTCR is the general partner of GTCR Partners VI,
L.P., the general partner of GTCR Mezzanine Partners, L.P., the general
partner of Capital Partners. GTCR II is the general partner of
GTCR Partners VIII, L.P. (‘‘Partners VIII’’) and Co-Invest II. Partners
VIII is the general partner of Fund VIII and Fund
VIII/B. Accordingly Messrs. Donnini and Hemmer may be deemed to
beneficially own the shares owned by the GTCR Funds. Each of
Messrs. Donnini and Hemmer disclaims beneficial ownership of any such
shares in which he does not have a pecuniary interest. The address of each
of Messrs. Donnini and Hemmer is c/o GTCR Golder Rauner, L.L.C., 6100
Sears Tower, Chicago,
Illinois 60606.
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SECURITIES
AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE
UNDER
EQUITY COMPENSATION PLANS
Equity
Compensation Plan Information
The
following table sets forth certain information regarding our 2005 Long-Term
Equity Incentive Plan (the “2005 Incentive Plan”) as of March 31,
2008.
Plan
Category
|
|
Number
of
securities
to be
issued
upon
exercise
of
outstanding
options,
warrants
and
rights
(a)
|
|
Weighted-
average
exercise
price of
outstanding
options,
warrants
and
rights
(b)
|
|
Number
of securities remaining
available
for future issuance
under
equity compensation plans
(excluding
securities reflected in
column
(a))
(c)
|
Equity
compensation plans approved by security holders
|
|
269,580
(1)
|
|
$12.69
|
|
4,685,400
(2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity
compensation plans not approved by security holders
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
Total
|
|
269,580
|
|
$12.69
|
|
4,685,400
|
(1)
|
Consists
of non-vested stock appreciation rights and stock
options.
|
(2)
|
Also
outstanding were grants of 484,674 shares of non-vested restricted common
stock. The average grant date price of the non-vested
restricted common stock is $11.78 per
share.
|
As we
have recently made additional grants of restricted common stock and stock
options under the 2005 Incentive Plan, we have supplemented the table above with
more recent information. The following table sets forth certain
information regarding our 2005 Incentive Plan as of June 9, 2008.
Plan
Category |
|
Number
of
securities
to be
issued
upon
exercise
of
outstanding
options,
warrants
and
rights
(a)
|
|
Weighted-
average
exercise
price
of
outstanding
options,
warrants
and
rights
(b)
|
|
Number
of securities remaining
available
for future issuance
under
equity compensation plans
(excluding
securities reflected in
column
(a))
(c)
|
Equity
compensation plans approved by security holders
|
|
682,830
(1)
|
|
$11.61
|
|
4,272,150
(2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity
compensation plans not approved by security holders
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
Total
|
|
682,830
|
|
$11.61
|
|
4,272,150
|
(1)
|
Consists
of shares of non-vested stock appreciation rights and stock
options.
|
(2)
|
Also
outstanding were awards of 269,712 shares of restricted common stock
granted on May 30, 2008 at a price of $10.91 per share. At June
9, 2008, there were 754,386 shares of non-vested restricted common stock
outstanding. The average grant date price of the non-vested
restricted common stock is $11.47.
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COMPENSATION
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
What
is the purpose of Compensation Discussion and Analysis?
This
Compensation Discussion and Analysis has been prepared in order to provide a
summary of the policies and procedures established by the Company in reviewing
and determining compensation for its executive officers. Specifically, the
following discussion will outline, among other things, the objectives of
executive compensation, the elements of executive compensation, how
determinations are made as to specific elements of and total executive
compensation, severance and change-in-control payments, and executive officer
involvement in setting executive compensation.
It is the
intent of the Company, through the efforts of the Compensation Committee,
to:
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Establish
executive compensation that is competitive with the compensation offered
by similarly-situated
companies.
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● |
Motivate
and incentivize management.
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● |
Align
management’s interests with those of the Company’s
stockholders.
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What
are the overall objectives of our executive compensation programs?
The
Compensation Committee is responsible for setting and administering the policies
which govern executive compensation. The general philosophy of our
executive compensation program is to attract, motivate and retain talented
management while ensuring that our executive officers are compensated in a way
that advances the interests of the Company and its stockholders. The
Company uses the following types of cash and equity compensation to compensate
and reward its executive officers for their performance: base salary, a
cash-based annual incentive plan and long-term equity awards comprised of
restricted stock, stock appreciation rights and stock options. The
Compensation Committee believes that the elements of compensation that it
selected creates a flexible compensation package that focuses and rewards
executives for short and long-term performance while aligning the interests of
our executive officers with the interests of the Company’s
stockholders.
Each
element of executive compensation described above is determined based
on:
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The
executive’s level of responsibility and function within the
Company.
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The
executive’s performance within the
Company.
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● |
The
overall performance and profitability of the
Company.
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|
● |
Executive
compensation offered to similarly-situated executives at peer
companies.
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Through a
combination of salary and performance-based awards, the Compensation Committee
desires to provide attractive and competitive compensation to the executive
officers, a substantial portion of which is contingent upon the Company’s
performance.
How
are our executive compensation programs structured in order to address our
objectives?
Performance. Our executive
compensation includes a substantial amount of performance-based, or at-risk,
compensation. The Compensation Committee believes that the use of
performance-based compensation allows the Company to tailor the compensation
paid to the executive officers to the Company’s performance and maintain a
compensation system that significantly affects executive compensation in the
event the Company does not meet the pre-determined performance
goals. Furthermore, by utilizing threshold targets as a part of
executive compensation, in the event the Company does not meet these targets,
incentive compensation is entirely at-risk and is not paid to the executive
officers; however, the Compensation Committee and Board of Directors generally
retain and are entitled to exercise their discretion to increase or decrease the
size of an award to an employee based on the employee’s individual performance
or to pay awards that were not earned when the circumstances warrant – i.e., for
employee morale and retention purposes.
Alignment. By
motivating and incentivizing the executive officers with regard to the Company’s
short and long-term goals, the Compensation Committee believes that the interest
of the executive officers and the Company’s stockholders are properly
aligned.
Does
the Compensation Committee use the services of an independent
consultant?
Yes. During
2007 and 2008, the Compensation Committee retained Mercer Human Resource
Consulting (“Mercer”), an independent compensation consultant, in connection
with its annual review and determination of executive
compensation. Specifically, the Compensation Committee requested that
Mercer develop a peer group of companies for the Company and assist the
Compensation Committee in determining the levels of salary, non-equity incentive
compensation and equity incentive compensation for 2008. The
Company’s Chief Executive Officer, along with certain other members of
management, provided recommendations to, and participated in meetings of, the
Compensation Committee.
During
2008 and 2009, the Compensation Committee utilized Mercer to conduct an analysis
of Mr. Pettie’s total compensation package as compared to the compensation
packages being paid to the Chief Executive Officers of the companies in the
Company’s peer group. As part of its analysis, Mercer compared Mr.
Pettie’s salary, non-equity incentive compensation and equity incentive
compensation with the comparable elements and total amount of compensation paid
to the Chief Executive Officers of the companies in the Company’s peer
group. Based on its review, Mercer advised the Compensation Committee
that Mr. Pettie’s total compensation for 2008 was consistent with the
compensation plan adopted by the Company in 2007 and 2008 to compensate its
executive officers at approximately the 50th
percentile of its peer group. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer,
along with certain other members of management, provided recommendations to, and
participated in meetings of, the Compensation Committee in order to assist it
with the determination of compensation for the Company’s employees (including
the Named Executive Officers other than Mr. Pettie).
Does
the Compensation Committee benchmark using a peer group of
companies?
Yes. The
group of peer companies identified by Mercer, and approved by the Compensation
Committee, is comprised of the following publicly-traded
companies:
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Alpharma
Inc. |
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Inter
Parfums, Inc. |
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Chattem
Inc. |
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Lifetime
Brands, Inc. |
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Elizabeth
Arden, Inc. |
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Maidenform
Brands, Inc. |
● |
Hain
Celestial Group, Inc. |
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WD-40
Company |
● |
Helen
of Troy Limited. |
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What
are the elements of our executive compensation program and why do we pay
them?
The following table provides additional
information regarding the various elements of executive
compensation.
Pay
Element
|
What
the Pay Element Is
Intended
to Reward
|
Purpose of the Pay
Element
|
Base
Salary
|
Skills,
experience, competence, performance, responsibility, leadership and
contribution to the Company
|
Provide
fixed compensation for daily responsibilities
|
Annual
Cash Incentive Plan
|
Efforts
to achieve annual target revenue growth and profitability
|
Focuses
attention on meeting annual performance targets and short-term success of
the Company
Provides
additional cash compensation and incentives based on the Company’s annual
performance
|
Long-Term
Incentives |
Restricted
Stock |
|
|
Efforts
to achieve long-term revenue growth |
Focuses
attention on meeting long-term |
|
and
profitability over the three-year vesting |
performance
targets and long-term success |
|
period |
of
the Company |
|
|
|
|
Continued
employment with the Company |
Management
retention in a competitive |
|
during
the vesting period |
marketplace |
|
|
|
|
Stock
Appreciation Rights |
|
|
Ability
to increase and maintain stock price |
Focus
efforts on long-term stock price |
|
|
performance |
|
|
|
|
Continued
employment with the Company |
Management
retention in a competitive |
|
during
the three-year vesting period |
marketplace |
|
|
|
|
Stock
Options |
|
|
Ability
to increase and maintain |
Focus
efforts on long-term stock price |
|
stock
price |
performance |
|
|
|
|
Continued
employment with the Company |
Management
retention in a competitive |
|
during
the three-year vesting period |
marketplace |
How
do we determine the types and amounts of executive
compensation?
In
structuring executive compensation, the Compensation Committee has offered
compensation packages targeted at the fiftieth percentile (50%) of total
executive compensation offered to similarly-situated executive officers at the
Company’s peer group. In establishing the specific components of
executive compensation for 2008,
the
Compensation Committee has based such decisions on the market data and
recommendations based on such data provided to it by Mercer Human Resource
Consulting as well as the strategic planning by the Compensation Committee and
the Board of Directors.
Base
Salary. Base salary for our executive officers is determined
based on the scope of work, skills, experience, responsibilities, performance
and seniority of the executive, peer group salaries for similarly-situated
positions and the recommendation of the Chief Executive Officer (except in the
case of his own compensation which is determined by the Compensation Committee
and the Board of Directors). Base salary increases for our executive
officers who received increases for 2008 and 2009 averaged 4.9% and 5.5%,
respectively, from the executive base salaries in effect during the prior fiscal
year. Since Mr. Pettie joined the Company in January 2007, he did not
receive a salary increase for 2008. Based on Mercer Human Resource Consulting’s
recommendation, the Compensation Committee increased Mr. Pettie’s salary for
2009 by $50,000 to $475,000 which represents a 11.8% increase over his 2008 base
salary. Except where an existing agreement establishes an executive’s salary,
the Compensation Committee reviews executive officers’ salaries annually at the
end of the fiscal year and establishes the base salaries for the upcoming fiscal
year. The Company views base salary as a fixed component of executive
compensation that compensates the executive officer for the daily
responsibilities assumed in keeping the Company operating throughout the
year. The following table sets forth the base salaries paid to our
Named Executive Officers (as hereinafter defined):
Name
|
2007
Salary
|
2008
Salary
|
2009
Salary
|
Mr.
Pettie (1)
|
$84,115
|
$425,000
|
$475,000
|
Mr.
Anderson
|
$309,000
|
$331,000
|
$342,000
|
Dr.
Boyko (2)
|
$139,038
|
$234,000
|
$250,000
|
Mr.
Jolly
|
$300,000
|
$320,000
|
$333,000
|
Mr.
Kelly (3)
|
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|
$238,622
|
$300,000
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(1) Mr.
Pettie’s date of hire by the Company was January 19, 2007.
(2) Dr.
Boyko’s date of hire by the Company was August 21, 2006.
(3) Mr.
Kelly’s date of hire by the Company was April 17, 2007.
Annual Cash
Incentive Plan. As part of our executive compensation, we have
established an annual cash incentive plan which provides our executive officers
with the ability to receive additional cash compensation based on a percentage
of base salary and the Company’s performance. In order to be eligible
to receive incentive cash compensation, the executive must be employed with the
Company at the end of the Company’s fiscal year and the Company must meet
certain pre-determined targets for net sales and earnings on an annual
basis.
Under the
annual cash incentive plan, depending on the Company’s performance as measured
against the net sales and earnings targets, an executive officer may receive no
additional cash compensation, a threshold amount, a target amount or the maximum
amount.
Performance Matrix for
2007. The performance matrix established for 2007 had a threshold
payment equal to 60% of target bonus, a target amount equal to 100% of target
bonus and a maximum payment equal to 100% of target bonus. For
information regarding the annual cash incentive plan awards for 2007, please see
the executive compensation tables beginning on page 31 of this Proxy
Statement.
Performance Matrix for
2008. The performance matrix
established for 2008 had a threshold payment equal to 50% of target bonus, a
target amount equal to 100% of target bonus and a maximum payment equal to 200%
of target bonus. Although the Company’s performance for 2008 did not
achieve the level required for threshold payments under the 2008 Management
Bonus Plan, the Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors after
consideration of the business environment and circumstances that they believed
caused targets not to be achieved, made discretionary cash payments equal to 60%
of an employee’s target bonus for employee morale and retention
purposes. For
information regarding the 2008 discretionary bonus payments, please see the
executive compensation tables beginning on page 31 of this Proxy
Statement.
Performance Matrix for
2009. For the
2009 Management Bonus Plan, we have developed a performance matrix where
the threshold payout is 50% of target bonus, the target amount is 100% of the
target bonus and the maximum payout is 200% of target bonus. The 2009
performance grid has been configured so that executives will earn 50% of target
bonus if the Company’s 2009 performance (sales and EBITDA) is the same as that
in 2008. Under the 2009 Management Bonus Plan the Compensation
Committee is entitled to exercise its discretion to increase or decrease the
size of the cash payment by up to 15% based on the executive officer’s
individual performance within the Company. Furthermore, the
performance goals established under the 2009 cash incentive plan are exclusive
of any acquisitions or divestitures that the Company may make during such time
period. As a result, in the event the Company consummates an
acquisition or a divestiture in 2009, the Compensation Committee has the
discretion to modify the performance goals after considering the effect of such
acquisition or divestiture on the expected financial performance of the
Company.
The
Company views the annual cash incentive plan as a performance-based component of
executive compensation that motivates and incentivizes the executive officers
for achieving the short-term goals of the Company and its
stockholders.
Equity
Awards. Executive officers of the Company are
eligible to receive equity awards under our 2005 Incentive
Plan. Awards under the 2005 Incentive Plan help relate a significant
portion of an employee’s long-term compensation directly to stock price
appreciation realized by all of our stockholders and aligns an executive
officer’s interests with that of our stockholders. Under the existing
grants made pursuant to the 2005 Incentive Plan, our executive officers have
received restricted common stock, stock appreciation rights and stock
options.
Restricted
Common Stock Awards
Except
for the grant of restricted common stock awarded to Mr. Pettie in April 2007,
the awards of restricted common stock given to our executive officers vest based
on the Company’s achieving the performance targets for net sales and earnings at
the end of a three-year performance period. As the grants under the
2005 Incentive Plan were made in October 2005 (which vest on September 30,
2008), July 2006 (which vest on March 31, 2009), May 2007 (which vest on May 25,
2010) and May 2008 (which vest on May 30, 2011) and less than three years have
elapsed since such grants, the performance period for such grants have not
elapsed and therefore none of the shares of restricted stock comprising such
grants are eligible for vesting until September 30, 2008 at the
earliest. Under the terms of the awards, depending on the Company’s
performance as measured against the performance goals, our executive officers
may receive no shares of common stock, a threshold amount, a target amount or
the maximum amount. The performance matrixes established for 2006 and
2007 had a threshold payout equal to 50% of the shares granted, a target payout
equal to 100% of the shares granted and a maximum payout equal to 100% of the
shares granted based on a three-year performance period. The
performance matrix established for 2008 had a threshold payment equal to 80% of
the shares granted, a target payout equal to 100% of the shares granted and a
maximum payout equal to 150% of the shares granted. The performance
matrix established for 2009 has a threshold payment equal to 75% of the shares
granted, a target payout equal to 100% of the shares granted and a maximum
payout equal to 150% of the shares granted. With regard to the
restricted common stock grants made in 2008 and 2009, each grant has been
divided into three portions each of which vest based on annual performance
targets for each annual period during the three-year term of the award, subject
to complete forfeiture if the average of the annual performance payout
percentages (as set forth in the applicable annual performance grids) over the
three-year performance period is less than 50%. Due to the Company’s
performance against its pre-determined net sales and earnings per share targets
for 2006, 2007 and 2008, the Company determined that the October 2005, July 2006
and one-third of the May 2007 restricted common stock grants will not vest and
reversed the stock-based compensation expense previously recorded by the Company
under Financial Accounting Standards Board, Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 123(R) Share-Based Payment (“FAS 123(R)”). In an effort
to help offset the reversals of all of the 2006 and 2007 and the one-third
portion of the 2008 restricted common stock grants and to enhance the ability of
the restricted common stock awards to promote employee retention, the 2009
performance grid has been configured so that employees of the Company will earn
75% of the second portion of the May 2007 restricted common stock grant and the
first portion of the May 2008 restricted common stock award if the
Company’s
performance
in 2009 is the same as that in 2008. Due to the change in performance
targets set forth in the 2009 performance grid, the likelihood that the second
portion of the May 2007 restricted common stock grant and the first portion of
the May 2008 restricted common stock will vest at the threshold payout level has
been increased. With regard to Mr. Pettie, 94,380 shares of
restricted common stock awarded to him in April 2007 pursuant to his employment
agreement vest on April 1, 2010 regardless of the Company’s
performance. In May 2008, we also granted to Mr. Pettie 57,688 shares
of restricted common stock that may be earned annually and vest on May 30, 2011,
subject to certain net sales and earnings targets set forth in the performance
matrix for 2009 and the 2010 and 2011 performance matrixes to be established by
the Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors.
The
performance goals established for the grants of equity awards in 2007, 2008 and
2009 under the 2005 Incentive Plan are exclusive of any acquisitions or
divestitures that the Company may make during such time period. As a
result, in the event the Company consummates an acquisition or a divestiture
during the performance periods, the Compensation Committee has the discretion to
modify the performance goals after considering the effect of such acquisition or
divestiture on the expected financial performance of the Company. The
performance goals established for the grants of equity awards in 2006 under the
2005 Incentive Plan are inclusive of any acquisitions that the Company may make
during the performance period. As a result, the Compensation
Committee does not have the discretion to modify the performance goals for the
2006 restricted stock awards and any incremental financial performance from an
acquisition is used to calculate whether such awards will
vest.
Stock
Appreciation Rights Awards
In
addition to the awards of shares of restricted common stock, on July 1, 2006,
certain of our executive officers (including Messrs. Anderson and Jolly) also
received a fixed number of stock appreciation rights. The initial
price for the stock appreciation rights was set at $9.97, the closing price for
the Company’s common stock on the NYSE on June 30, 2006, the day immediately
preceding the grant date for the stock appreciation rights. The term
of the stock appreciation rights is from July 1, 2006 through March 31,
2009. In order to be eligible for the receipt of the appreciation, if
any, on the Company’s shares of common stock, the executive officer must be
employed by the Company on March 31, 2009. Promptly after March 31,
2009, the Company shall calculate the appreciation, if any, on March 31, 2009 of
the stock appreciation rights in excess of the initial price for the stock
appreciation rights and pay the amount of such appreciation to the executive
officer in cash, stock, other Company securities or a combination
thereof.
On May
25, 2007, our executive officers other than Mr. Pettie also received grants of
stock options for a specified number of shares. The stock option
grants have an exercise price equal to $12.86, the closing price of the
Company’s common stock on the NYSE on May 25, 2007, the date of
grant. The stock options vest in three equal annual installments
commencing on May 25, 2008. The term of the stock options is 10 years
from the date of grant.
On May
30, 2008, our executive officers also received grants of stock options for a
specified number of shares. The stock option grants have an exercise
price equal to $10.91, the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the
NYSE on May 30, 2008, the date of grant. The stock options vest in
three equal annual installments commencing on May 30, 2009. The term
of the stock options is 10 years from the date of grant. In
particular, Mr. Pettie received an option to purchase 128,444 shares of our
common stock at an exercise price of $10.91 which vest in three equal annual
installments commencing on May 30, 2009.
Overall
Philosophy and Objectives Regarding Equity Awards
The
Company views the above-mentioned equity awards as performance-based components
of executive compensation that motivates and incentivizes the executive officers
for achieving the long-term performance goals (including stock price
appreciation) of the Company and its stockholders. In addition, under
the 2005 Incentive Plan, the restricted stock, stock appreciation rights and
stock options awarded to the executive officers are subject to acceleration
under certain circumstances. With regard to change-in-control
payments, the Compensation Committee believes that the additional compensation
that an executive officer would be entitled to receive in connection with a
change-in-control
of the Company is in the best interests of the Company as such additional
compensation is necessary to retain executive officers (who would be
instrumental in effectuating such change-in-control transaction) in the
Company’s employ while a change-in-control transaction is being contemplated,
negotiated and consummated. Notwithstanding the terms of the 2005
Incentive Plan, certain of our executive officers have employment agreements or
other arrangements which entitle them to certain benefits in the event of a
change-in-control of the Company. For more information regarding
severance and change-in-control benefits, please see the section titled
“Severance and Change-in-Control Provisions” below.
The
Compensation Committee believes equity-based incentive compensation aligns
executive and stockholder interests because:
|
● |
The
use of a multi-year vesting schedule for equity awards encourages
executive retention and emphasizes the attainment of long-term performance
goals.
|
|
● |
Paying
a significant portion of executive compensation with performance-based, or
at-risk, compensation motivates and incentivizes the executive officers to
meet the long-term performance goals set by the Compensation
Committee.
|
|
● |
The
executive officers will hold significant amounts of equity in the Company
as required by the Company’s Stock Ownership Guidelines and will be
motivated to increase stockholder value over the
long-term.
|
The
Compensation Committee determined executive equity awards based on the market
data provided by Mercer Human Resource Consulting and discussions by the
Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors, with and without the
participation of senior management.
Severance and
Change-in-Control
Provisions. All of the
Company’s executive officers have executed employment agreements with the
Company that provide for severance benefits in the event their employment with
the Company is terminated under specific circumstances. In addition,
the Company’s 2005 Incentive Plan provides certain benefits to the recipients of
equity awards under certain circumstances. The Compensation Committee
has also approved the accelerated vesting of the non-vested portion of founder
shares held by certain executive officers (including Mr. Anderson) in the event
of their death or disability. Furthermore, the non-vested portion of
founder shares held by certain executive officers vest automatically pursuant to
their terms in connection with a change-in-control of the
Company. Any severance and change-in-control benefits accruing to an
executive officer will be paid in accordance with any applicable employment
agreement, the 2005 Incentive Plan, approval of the Compensation Committee and
applicable law. For additional information regarding severance and
change-in-control payments that the Company may be obligated to pay to a Named
Executive Officer in the future due to the termination of his or her employment
under certain circumstances and/or a change-in-control of the Company, please
see the sections titled “Executive Compensation and Other Matters – Potential
Payments Upon Termination or Change-in-Control,” “Executive Compensation and
Other Matters – Employment Agreements” and “Executive Compensation and Other
Matters – Additional Vesting Provisions” contained elsewhere in this Proxy
Statement.
Pursuant to the terms of the employment
agreement between the Company and Mr. Pettie, in the event there is a
change-in-control of the Company, the shares of restricted common stock granted
to Mr. Pettie will vest upon the consummation of a change-in-control of the
Company, even if Mr. Pettie remains employed by the Company after such
change-in-control. Except for the shares of restricted common stock
granted to Mr. Pettie and the stock appreciation rights and founder shares owned
by certain executive officers, none of our executive officers have a single
trigger for change-in-control benefits (including cash compensation) upon the
consummation of a change-in-control of the Company. Under the terms
of the 2005 Incentive Plan, the restricted common stock and stock options
granted to the recipients of such grants vest upon a change-in-control and
subsequent termination of employment by the Company other than for cause within
one year after such change-in-control. The Compensation Committee has
the discretion to make future restricted common stock and stock option grants
under the 2005 Incentive Plan which vest automatically upon a change-in-control
of the Company, even if the grantee remains employed by the Company after such
change-in-control.
With
regard to the stock appreciation rights granted to certain of the Company’s
executive officers, upon the occurrence of a change-in-control of the Company,
under the 2005 Incentive Plan, a grantee shall be paid no less
than the
portion of the stock appreciation rights that such grantee would have been paid
if the performance cycle had terminated as of the date of the
change-in-control.
The
Company has agreed to make change-in-control payments to the executive officers
in order to retain them during any period in which the Company contemplates,
negotiates and is in the process of consummating a change-in-control of the
Company. The participation of the executive officers in a
change-in-control transaction would be critical to quickly and efficiently
consummating a change-in-control transaction and such change-in-control payments
would maintain the executive officers’ focus and attention to the
transaction. Except with regard to the restricted common stock
granted to Mr. Pettie and the stock appreciation rights and founder shares owned
by certain executive officers, each of which vest automatically in connection
with a change-in-control transaction, any other change-in-control payment and/or
benefit to be paid to the executive officers is conditioned on the termination
of such executive officer in connection with a change-in-control
transaction. By requiring termination as a condition to the payment
of a significant amount of compensation in connection with a change-in-control
transaction, the Company has afforded protection to its executive officers while
also potentially maximizing stockholder value in a change-in-control
transaction. The Company agreed to the accelerated vesting of Mr.
Pettie’s equity awards under the 2005 Incentive Plan without requiring
termination as the Company believes such a provision is customarily utilized by
companies similarly-situated to the Company to attract and retain their Chief
Executive Officers.
How
will the payment of executive incentive compensation in 2009 relate to our
performance?
We have
previously publicly announced that we expect our organic sales growth for 2009
to be in the range of 2 to 4%. To the extent we realize net sales growth
for 2009 in the 2 to 4% range and based upon the level of earnings we expect to
achieve in connection with such sales, our employees would receive (i) an
incentive cash payment ranging from 55% (threshold) to 140% (maximum) of their
respective target bonuses; and (ii) 80% (threshold) to 125% (maximum) of the
restricted common stock eligible to be earned during 2009 and paid at the
applicable vesting date, subject to complete forfeiture if the average annual
performance payout percentage (as set forth in the applicable annual performance
grids) over the three-year performance period is less than
50%. Notwithstanding the amount of approximate incentive
compensation for 2009 set forth in the tables that follow, if our 2009 earnings
performance does not achieve a minimum level, no incentive compensation will be
payable to the Named Executive Officers despite the level of our net sales
growth.
The
following table sets forth the approximate amount of cash incentive payments for
2009 that the Named Executive Officers would receive based upon the achievement
of certain levels of performance:
Name
|
Threshold
(based
on
2009 equivalent
to
2008)
|
Bonus
at 2% Net Sales
Growth
|
Bonus
at 4% Net Sales
Growth
|
Maximum
Bonus (irrespective of
amount
of growth)
|
Mr.
Pettie
|
$237,500
|
$285,000
|
$356,250
|
$950,000
|
Mr.
Anderson
|
$102,600
|
$123,000
|
$153,900
|
$411,000
|
Dr.
Boyko
|
$56,250
|
$67,500
|
$84,375
|
$225,000
|
Mr.
Jolly
|
$74,925
|
$89,910
|
$112,388
|
$300,000
|
Mr.
Kelly
|
$67,500
|
$81,000
|
$101,250
|
$270,000
|
The
following table sets forth the approximate number of shares of restricted common
stock that the Named Executive Officers could earn in 2009 based upon certain
levels of performance:
Name
|
Threshold
Award
(based
on 2009
equivalent
to 2008)
|
Award
at 2% Net Sales
Growth
|
Award
at 4% Net Sales
Growth
|
Maximum
Award (irrespective of
amount
of growth)
|
Mr.
Pettie
|
14,278
|
16,181
|
19,037
|
28,556
|
Mr.
Anderson
|
8,887
|
10,072
|
11,849
|
17,774
|
Dr.
Boyko
|
5,120
|
5,802
|
6,826
|
10,239
|
Mr.
Jolly
|
6,900
|
7,820
|
9,200
|
13,800
|
Mr.
Kelly
|
6,788
|
7,693
|
9,051
|
13,577
|
What
policies are there on timing when equity awards are made?
Except
for the initial grant of equity awards under the 2005 Incentive Plan that were
made in October 2005, the Company typically grants equity awards as soon as
practicable after the beginning of a fiscal year. In the past, the
equity awards have been comprised of restricted common stock, stock appreciation
rights and stock options. The equity awards are granted after the
Chief Executive Officer has presented a proposed structure and level of awards
and the Compensation Committee has fully reviewed all aspects of the awards,
including, without limitation, the value of the awards and the vesting period
and payout factors. During 2008, the Board of Directors established a
corporate policy to award and price any awards under the 2005 Incentive Plan on
the last Friday of May of any year, to the extent the Board of Directors has
decided to make any grants under the 2005 Incentive Plan. The Company
does not have any policy of coordinating the timing of equity award grants with
the release of material non-public information.
How
does the Compensation Committee use “tally sheets”?
As part
of the Compensation Committee’s efforts to review and structure executive
compensation for 2008 and 2009, the Compensation Committee reviewed tally sheets
for executive compensation in 2007 and 2008, inclusive of equity
awards. The tally sheets assisted the Compensation Committee in
understanding the levels of executive compensation that have been, and are
being, received by the Company’s executive officers. The Compensation
Committee will continue to review tally sheets for executive officers on an
annual basis.
What
factors are considered in decisions to materially modify
compensation?
From time to time and at least annually
in connection with our fiscal year end, the Compensation Committee will review
market data, individual performance and retention needs in making decisions to
adjust compensation materially. We do not have any set formula for
determining the amount of each compensation element as a percentage in our
executive officers’ compensation packages. We consider the
competitive landscape for talent in our industry and geography and base our
compensation decisions on how we want to position ourselves in the marketplace
for talent.
Do
you have a policy about recovery or adjustment of performance-based awards if an
executive is guilty of misconduct?
If the Compensation Committee and the
Board of Directors determines that an executive officer has engaged in
fraudulent or intentional misconduct with regard to the reporting of the
Company’s performance, the Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors
will immediately take corrective action with regard to such misconduct,
including without limitation, disciplinary procedures culminating in termination
should the Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors so
determine. In addition, regardless of whether the financial
statements
need to be restated by the Company, the Compensation Committee and the Board of
Directors will pursue disgorgement of the incentive compensation that was not
actually earned by the executive officer if actual performance was used to
calculate the compensation earned.
What
is the effect of accounting and tax treatments on compensation?
The
accounting and tax treatment of executive compensation generally has not been a
factor in the Compensation Committee’s decisions regarding the amounts of
compensation paid to the Company’s executive officers. In addition, due to
the adoption of FAS 123(R), we do not expect accounting treatment of differing
forms of equity awards to vary significantly and, therefore, accounting
treatment is not expected to have a material effect on the Compensation
Committee’s future selection of differing types of equity
awards.
Section 162(m)
and Deductibility of Compensation. Section 162(m) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “IRC”) imposes a $1
million limit on the amount a public company may deduct for compensation paid to
its Chief Executive Officer or any of the company’s four other most highly
compensated executive officers who are employed by the company as of the end of
the fiscal year. However, Section 162(m) does not apply to
compensation that satisfies the requirements of Section 162(m) for “qualifying
performance-based” compensation awarded by “outside directors”. The
Compensation Committee desires to maximize deductibility of compensation under
Section 162(m) of the IRC to the extent practicable while maintaining a
competitive, performance-based compensation program. However, the Compensation
Committee also believes that it must reserve the right to award compensation
which it deems to be in our best interest and the best interest of our
stockholders, but which may not be tax deductible under Section 162(m) of the
IRC. Each member of the Compensation Committee is an “outside
director” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the IRC.
What
are the respective roles of the Compensation Committee, its consultant and our
executive officers in determining executive compensation?
Executive Officer
Compensation.
Mr. Pettie,
our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer,
with the assistance of certain members of senior management, participates in
discussions with, and makes recommendations to, the Compensation Committee
regarding the setting of base salaries and cash and equity incentive plan
targets and payouts for the other executive officers. For executive
compensation awarded in 2008, Mr. Pettie was assisted by certain members of
senior management and Mercer Human Resource Consulting in reviewing the
competitive landscape for executive talent and structuring the types and levels
of executive compensation for review by the Compensation
Committee.
Chief Executive
Officer Compensation. The Compensation Committee and the Board
of Directors are responsible for establishing Mr. Pettie’s compensation
package. The Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors
consulted with Mercer Human Resource Consulting in determining the compensation
to be awarded to Mr. Pettie in 2008 and 2009. As Mr. Pettie joined
the Company near the end of 2007, Mr. Pettie’s base salary and equity award for
2008 was set forth in his employment agreement. Mr. Pettie’s base
salary did not increase with the commencement of 2008, but he did receive a
restricted common stock grant in the amount of $1.125 million that vests
entirely on April 1, 2010. Mr. Pettie’s bonus for his service in 2007
was $62,877 and was paid in May 2007 concurrently with the payments under the
annual cash incentive plan paid to the eligible employees of the Company under
the 2007 Management Bonus Plan. Under the terms of Mr. Pettie’s
employment agreement, Mr. Pettie also received a retention payment on each of
April 1, 2007 and 2008 in the amount of $75,000 since he remained in the employ
of the Company on such dates. In addition, the Company reimbursed Mr.
Pettie in the amount of $15,000 for his legal fees incurred in connection with
the negotiation and execution of his employment agreement with the
Company. With regard to 2008, Mr. Pettie also received, at the
discretion of the Compensation Committee, a cash incentive payment under the
Company’s 2008 Management Bonus Plan in the amount of
$105,000. Furthermore, on May 30, 2008, we also granted to Mr.
Pettie (i) 57,688 shares of restricted common stock that vest subject to certain
annual net sales and earnings targets; and (ii) an option to purchase 128,444
shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $10.91 (the fair market value
of our common stock on the date of grant) which vest in three equal annual
installments commencing on May 30, 2009.
COMPENSATION
COMMITTEE REPORT
This
Compensation Committee report shall not be deemed incorporated by reference by
any general statement incorporating by reference this Proxy Statement into any
filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act"), or
the Exchange Act, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate this
information by reference, and shall not otherwise be deemed filed under such
Acts.
The
Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion
and Analysis with management. Based on its review and discussions of
the Compensation Discussion and Analysis with management, the Compensation
Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion
and Analysis be included in this Proxy Statement and incorporated by reference
into our Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2008.
MEMBERS OF THE
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE |
|
Patrick
Lonergan (Chairman) |
L.
Dick Buell |
John E.
Byom |
Gary E.
Costley |
EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION AND OTHER MATTERS
|
Who
are our Executive Officers?
Our executive officers are as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mark
Pettie
|
51
|
Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
|
Peter
J. Anderson
|
53
|
Chief
Financial Officer
|
Jean
A. Boyko, Ph.D.
|
52
|
Senior
Vice President, Science and Technology
|
Charles
N. Jolly
|
65
|
General
Counsel and Secretary
|
James
E. Kelly
|
50
|
Chief
Marketing Officer, OTC and Personal Care
|
John
Parkinson
|
55
|
Senior
Vice President – International
|
Charles
Schrank
|
58
|
Chief
Marketing Officer, Household
|
What
are the backgrounds of our executive officers?
Biographical information for Mr. Pettie
is set forth above under “Proposal No. 1 – Election of Directors.”
Peter J.
Anderson, Chief Financial Officer, has
served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company since its incorporation in June
2004 and previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Medtech since joining
in April 2001. Prior to joining Medtech, Mr. Anderson served as the
Chief Financial Officer for Block Drug Company, Inc. from April 1999 to
March 2001. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Anderson served as the Chief
Financial Officer of the Coach and Aris/Isotoner Divisions of the Sara Lee
Corporation. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Anderson served as the Chief
Financial Officer of Lancaster Group USA, a division of
Benckiser. Other prior positions include Vice President of Finance of
the International Division at Sterling Winthrop Inc. and Vice President of
Finance at Sterling Health-USA. Mr. Anderson received his B.A.
and M.B.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University and is a certified public
accountant.
Jean A. Boyko,
Ph.D., Senior Vice President – Science and
Technology, has served as Senior Vice President – Science and Technology
of the Company since May 2007 and previously served as Senior Vice President -
Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs of the Company since August
2006. From 2001 to 2005, Dr.
Boyko was
employed by Purdue Pharma as an Executive Director for Manufacturing Quality
from 2003 to 2005 and Research QA from 2001 to 2003. From 1980 to
2001, Dr. Boyko was employed by Block Drug Company, Inc. where she held
positions of increasing responsibility through Vice President, Quality
Services. Dr. Boyko was also previously employed by Schering Plough
Research Institute and Hoechst Roussel Pharmaceutical Inc. Dr. Boyko
received a B.A., M.S. and Ph.D. from Rutgers University.
Charles N.
Jolly, General Counsel and Secretary,
has served as General Counsel and Secretary since August
2005. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Jolly was Of Counsel in the
law firm Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell and Berkowitz, PC from January 1998
to August 2005. Mr. Jolly also served as Vice President and General
Counsel of Chattem, Inc. from January 1977 to January 1994. Mr. Jolly
has also served in the legal departments of Miles Laboratories, Inc. and Swift
& Company. Mr. Jolly received a B.A. from Holy Cross College and
a J.D. from George Washington University. Mr. Jolly is licensed to
practice law in the District of Columbia and Tennessee.
James E.
Kelly, Chief Marketing Officer, OTC and
Personal Care, has served Chief Marketing Officer, OTC and Personal Care
since April 2008 and previously served as Senior Vice President – Marketing
since April 2007. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Kelly had been
actively providing consulting services to various consumer products companies
since 2006. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Kelly served as Senior Vice
President, Marketing and Sales, North America for Combe, Incorporated where his
responsibility included, among other things, strategy for North American product
management, market research, media planning and buying, and sales and
advertising. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Kelly was a principal of Business
Development Resources Consulting, Inc. through which he provided marketing/new
business development consulting services to the consumer packaged goods
industry. From 1995 to 1998, Mr. Kelly served as Vice President and
Group Marketing Director, Men’s Hair Care, U.S. Operation, for Combe
Incorporated. From 1982 to 1995, Mr. Kelly held positions of
increasing responsibility at Warner Lambert Company where he was Vice
President/Business Director, OTC Products, from 1992 to 1995. Mr.
Kelly received a B.A. from Rutgers University and a M.B.A. from Rutgers Graduate
School of Management.
John
Parkinson, Senior Vice President –
International, has served as Senior Vice President – International of the
Company since March 2005. From September 1999 to February 2005, Mr.
Parkinson was employed by ConAgra Foods where he was the Business Director, Asia
Pacific, from February 2002 to February 2005 and Business Director, Asia
Pacific, Grocery Division, from September 1999 to February 2002. From
January 1998 to September 1999, Mr. Parkinson served as a consultant to the Tait
Group where he assisted senior management with new business development
projects. From November 1984 to January 1998, Mr. Parkinson held
positions of increasing responsibility at the Tait Group where he was a Managing
Director for Tait Asia Ltd. from January 1993 to January 1998 and a General
Manager for Tait Taiwan from November 1984 to January 1993. Mr. Parkinson was
also previously employed by Harrisons + Smurthwaite Ltd., Boyd Briggs + Co. Ltd.
and Monsanto Ltd. Mr. Parkinson received a B.A. from the University
of Leeds in the United Kingdom.
Charles Schrank, Chief Marketing Officer,
Household, has served as Chief Marketing Officer, Household since April
2008 and previously served as Senior Vice President – Marketing of the Company
since its incorporation in June 2004. Prior to the incorporation of
the Company, Mr. Schrank served as a Senior Vice President – Marketing of
Medtech since joining Medtech in January 2001. Prior to joining
Medtech, Mr. Schrank served as Vice President of Marketing for Block Drug
Company, Inc. from August 1994 to January 2001. Prior to that time,
Mr. Schrank held various marketing positions of increasing responsibility
after joining Block Drug Company in 1978.
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SUMMARY
COMPENSATION TABLE
The
following table includes information regarding the compensation paid or awarded
to the individuals listed below (each a “Named Executive Officer,” and
collectively, the “Named Executive Officers”) during 2008. We have no
pension or deferred compensation plans and, therefore, have omitted the column
regarding compensation under such plans.
Name
and Principal
Position
|
Fiscal
Year
|
Salary
|
Bonus
(1)
|
Stock
Awards
(2)
|
Option
Awards
(3)
|
Non-
Equity
Incentive
Plan
Compen-
sation
(4)
|
All
Other
Compensation
|
Total
|
(a)
|
(b)
|
($)
(c)
|
($)
(d)
|
($)
(e)
|
($)
(f)
|
($)
(g)
|
($)
(i)
|
($)
(j)
|
Mark
Pettie
Chairman
and Chief
Executive
Officer (5)
|
2008
2007
|
$425,000
$84,115
|
$180,000
(6)
$62,877
(8)
|
$375,000
-
|
-
-
|
-
-
|
$8,824
(7)
-
|
$988,824
$162,015
|
Peter
J. Anderson
Chief
Financial Officer
|
2008
2007
|
$331,000
$309,000
|
$119,200
(9)
-
|
$21,468
$20,394
|
$112,574
$2,291
(11)
|
-
$176,200
|
$19,398
(10)
$40,172
(12)
|
$603,640
$548,057
|
Jean
A. Boyko, Ph.D.
Senior
Vice President,
Science
and
Technology
(13)
|
2008
2007
|
$234,000
$139,038
|
$67,000
(9)
-
|
$13,514
$10,161
|
$61,940
(14)
-
|
-
$59,500
|
$8,824
(15)
-
|
$385,278
$208,699
|
Charles
N. Jolly
General
Counsel and
Secretary
|
2008
2007
|
$320,000
$300,000
|
$86,400
(9)
$75,000 (18)
|
-
(16)
$193,333
|
$93,687
6,737
|
-
$128,300
|
$8,824
(17)
$6,600
(17)
|
$508,911
$709,970
|
James
E. Kelly
Chief
Marketing
Officer,
OTC and
Personal
Care (19)
|
2008
2007
|
$238,622
-
|
$105,800
(20)
|
$35,096
-
|
$91,817
(14)
-
|
-
-
|
$4,913
(21)
-
|
$476,248
-
|
(1)
|
Except
as otherwise noted, bonus payments are payments made to a Named Executive
Officer pursuant to his respective employment
agreement.
|
(2)
|
The
fair value of non-vested restricted common stock is determined as the
closing price of the Company’s common stock on the day preceding the grant
date. Such amounts are amortized on a straight-line basis over
the vesting period and recorded as compensation costs in the statement of
operations. Due to the Company’s performance against its pre-determined
net sales and earnings per share targets for 2006, 2007 and 2008, the
Company determined that the October 2005, July 2006 and one-third of the
May 2007 restricted common stock grants will not vest due based upon the
Company’s performance against the applicable performance targets and
reversed the stock-based compensation expense previously recorded by the
Company under FAS 123(R).
|
(3)
|
Except
as otherwise noted, includes stock options and stock appreciation rights
granted by the Company. The fair value of each stock option and
stock appreciation right award was estimated on the date of
grant using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model (“Black-Scholes
Model”). The Black-Scholes Model uses certain assumptions about
expected volatility of the Company’s common stock, the expected term of
the stock appreciation rights and stock options and risk-free interest
rates. For additional information regarding the assumptions
used in the Black-Scholes Model, please see Note 13 to the financial
statements contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2008, which is
included in the Annual Report to Stockholders accompanying this Proxy
Statement.
|
(4)
|
Non-equity
incentive plan awards are accrued for the fiscal year in which earned but
are paid promptly after the completion of the audit of the Company’s
financial statements for such fiscal
year.
|
(5)
|
Mr.
Pettie’s employment with the Company commenced on January 19,
2007.
|
(6)
|
Consists
of (i) $75,000 paid to Mr. Pettie pursuant to his employment agreement
with the Company; and (ii) $105,000 discretionary payment by the Company
for employee morale and retention
purposes.
|
(7)
|
Represents
a matching contribution by the Company on Mr. Pettie’s behalf to the
Company’s 401(k) plan.
|
(8)
|
Represents
the amount paid to Mr. Pettie pursuant to his employment agreement with
the Company.
|
(9)
|
Represents
a discretionary payment by the Company for employee morale and retention
purposes.
|
(10)
|
Consists
of: (i) a $8,824 matching contribution by the Company on Mr.
Anderson’s behalf to the Company’s 401(k) plan; and (ii) the payment by
the Company of $10,574 to Mr. Anderson’s legal counsel in connection with
certain litigation pending against the Company, Mr. Anderson and certain
other defendants.
|
(11)
|
Consists
solely of stock appreciation
rights.
|
(12)
|
Consists
of: (i) a $6,600 matching contribution by the Company on Mr.
Anderson’s behalf to the Company’s 401(k) plan; and (ii) the payment by
the Company of $33,572 to Mr. Anderson’s legal counsel in connection with
certain litigation pending against the Company, Mr. Anderson and certain
other defendants.
|
(13)
|
Dr.
Boyko’s employment with the Company commenced on August 21,
2006.
|
(14)
|
Consists
solely of stock options.
|
(15)
|
Represents
a matching contribution by the Company on Dr. Boyko’s behalf to the
Company’s 401(k) plan.
|
(16)
|
Due
to the reversal of certain stock-based compensation expenses relating to
grants of restricted common stock on October 1, 2005, July 1, 2006 and
one-third of the May 25, 2007 restricted common stock grant for financial
reporting purposes in accordance with FAS 123(R), Mr. Jolly’s net FAS
123(R) compensation is negative. Therefore, no FAS 123(R)
stock-based compensation has been attributed to Mr. Jolly in
2008.
|
(17)
|
Represents
a matching contribution by the Company on Mr. Jolly’s behalf to the
Company’s 401(k) plan.
|
(18)
|
Represents
a discretionary bonus paid to Mr. Jolly by the Company in 2007 for his
services in 2006.
|
(19)
|
Mr.
Kelly’s date of hire by the Company was April 17,
2007.
|
(20)
|
Consists
of (i) $37,500 paid to Mr. Kelly pursuant to his employment agreement with
the Company; and (ii) $68,300 discretionary payment by the Company for
employee morale and retention
purposes.
|
(21)
|
Represents
a matching contribution by the Company on Mr. Kelly’s behalf to the
Company’s 401(k) plan.
|
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GRANTS OF
PLAN-BASED AWARDS IN FISCAL 2008
The following Grants of Plan-based
Awards table provides additional information regarding non-equity and equity
incentive plan awards granted to the Named Executive Officers during
2008. The non-equity incentive plan awards were granted pursuant to
the 2008 Management Bonus Plan and the equity incentive plan awards were granted
pursuant to the 2005 Incentive Plan. The equity incentive plan awards
are comprised of restricted common stock and stock options. The
columns regarding All Other Stock Awards and Stock Options have been omitted
since there were no equity awards granted by the Company to the Named Executive
Officers in 2008 that were not incentive plan awards.
Name
|
Grant
Date
|
Board
Approval
Date
|
Estimated
Future Payouts
Under
Non-Equity Incentive
Plan
Awards
|
Estimated
Future Payouts
Under
Equity Incentive
Plan
Awards
|
Exercise
or
Base
Price
of Option Awards
|
Grant
Date
Fair
Value
of
Stock
And
Option
Awards
|
Threshold
|
Target
|
Maximum
|
Threshold
|
Target
|
Maximum
|
(a)
|
(b)
|
(b-1)
|
($)
(c)
|
($)
(d)
|
($)
(e)
|
(#)
(f)
|
(#)
(g)
|
(#)
(h)
|
($/Sh)
(k)
|
($)
(l)
|
Mr.
Pettie
|
4/2/07
(1)
6/15/07
|
1/12/07
5/24/07
|
212,500
|
425,000
|
850,000
|
|
94,380
|
|
|
1,125,000
|
Mr.
Anderson
|
5/25/07
(2)
5/25/07
(3)
6/15/07
|
5/24/07
5/24/07
5/24/07
|
99,300
|
198,600
|
397,200
|
13,052
|
16,315
39,600
|
24,473
|
12.86
|
209,811
209,880
|
Dr.
Boyko
|
5/25/07
(2)
5/25/07
(3)
6/15/07
|
5/24/07
5/24/07
5/24/07
|
52,650
|
105,300
|
210,600
|
7,382
|
9,227
22,396
|
13,840
|
12.86
|
118,659
118,699
|
Mr.
Jolly
|
5/25/07
(2)
5/25/07
(3)
6/15/07
|
5/24/07
5/24/07
5/24/07
|
72,000
|
144,000
|
288,000
|
10,094
|
12,618
30,627
|
18,927
|
12.86
|
162,267
162,323
|
Mr.
Kelly
|
5/25/07
(2)
5/25/07
(3)
6/15/07
|
5/24/07
5/24/07
5/24/07
|
56,250
|
112,500
|
225,000
|
10,942
|
13,678
33,199
|
20,517
|
12.86
|
175,899
175,955
|
(1)
|
Represents
the date on which the Company granted restricted common stock to Mr.
Pettie pursuant to his employment agreement. The restricted
common stock vests in its entirety on April 1,
2010.
|
(2)
|
Represents
the date on which restricted common stock was granted to the Named
Executive Officer. The restricted common stock may vest on May
25, 2010, subject to the Company’s meeting certain net sales and earnings
targets.
|
(3)
|
Represents
the date on which stock options were granted to the Named Executive
Officer. The exercise price for the stock options was set at
$12.86, the closing price for the Company’s common stock on the NYSE on
May 25, 2007. The stock options vest in three equal annual
installments commencing on May 25,
2008.
|
Narrative
Disclosure for the Summary Compensation Table and Grants of Plan-based Awards
Table
What
was the effect of employment agreements on executive compensation?
Certain elements of the executive
compensation presented in the tables above were expressly included in the
executive’s employment agreement with the Company and therefore not subject to
the discretion of the Compensation Committee. For example, the bonus
paid to Mr. Pettie for 2007 and 2008, the payment by the Company of Mr. Pettie’s
legal fees incurred in connection with the negotiation of his employment
agreement, and the grant of restricted common stock on April 2, 2007 were
governed by express provisions in his employment agreement with the
Company. In addition, during 2007 and 2008, the Company paid the
legal fees incurred by Mr. Anderson in connection with the securities class
action law suit pursuant to the Company’s obligation to indemnify him in his
capacity as an executive officer of the Company. The Company also
paid $37,500 to Mr. Kelly during 2008 pursuant to the terms of his employment
agreement with the Company.
What
part of executive compensation was comprised of non-equity incentive plan
awards?
Pursuant
to the terms of the non-equity incentive plan awards, based on the Company’s
financial performance, the Named Executive Officers may receive no cash payment
or a cash payment ranging from a threshold amount to a maximum amount based on
the Company’s performance and a performance grid approved by the Compensation
Committee. For 2007, the employees of the Company received 95% of
their target bonus payment under the 2007 Management Bonus
Plan. Although the Company’s performance for 2008 did not achieve the
level required for threshold payments under the 2008 Management Bonus Plan, the
Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors after consideration of the
totality of the business environment and circumstances decided to exercise their
discretion to make a cash payment in an amount equal to 60% of an employee’s
target bonus for employee morale and retention
purposes.
What
part of executive compensation was comprised of equity incentive plan
awards?
Restricted Common
Stock. The equity incentive plan awards granted to certain of
the Named Executive Officers during 2007 and 2008 included restricted
common stock. The restricted common stock vests at the end of a
three-year period if certain net sales and earnings targets are attained by the
Company. With regard to the restricted common stock grant made in
2008, the grant has been divided into three portions each of which are earned
based on annual performance targets for each annual period during the three-year
term of the award, subject to complete forfeiture if the average of the
annual performance payout percentages (as set forth in the applicable annual
performance grids) over the three-year performance period is less than
50%. Under the terms of the restricted common stock awards, none of
the shares of restricted common stock may vest or a number of shares of the
restricted common stock may vest ranging from a threshold amount to a maximum
amount based on the Company’s performance and a performance grid approved by the
Compensation Committee.
The
Company has prepared a budget and forecast for 2009. The restricted common
stock granted in 2009 has been divided into three portions each of
which are earned based on annual performance targets for each annual period
during the three-year term of the award, subject to complete forfeiture if the
average of the annual performance payout percentages (as set forth in the
applicable annual performance grids) over the three-year performance period is
less than 50%. The performance grid governing the annual vesting of
the second portion of the 2008 restricted common stock grant and the first
portion of the 2009 restricted common stock grant has been established in such a
manner that increases the likelihood of vesting for such restricted common stock
grants. According to the performance grid for 2009, the performance
required for vesting at the threshold level has been set to equal the Company’s
2008 actual performance metrics. Therefore, if our net sales and
earnings growth for 2009 are flat as compared to 2008, according to the 2009
performance matrix adopted by the Compensation Committee, 75% (the threshold
amount) of the second portion of the 2008 restricted common stock grant and 75%
of the first portion of the 2009 restricted common stock will be earned during
2009 but will not vest until the end of the applicable three-year term of the
restricted common stock award. Assuming a target or maximum payout,
as applicable, is earned under the performance grid for 2009, 100% or 150%, as
applicable, of the second portion of the 2008 restricted common stock grant and
the first portion of the 2009 restricted common stock will be earned during 2009
but will not actually vest until the end of the applicable three-year term of
the restricted common stock award, subject to complete forfeiture if the average
of the annual performance payout percentages (as set forth in the applicable
annual performance grids) over the three-year performance period is less than
50%.
Due to
the Company’s performance against its pre-determined net sales and earnings per
share targets for 2006, 2007 and 2008, the Company determined that the October
2005, July 2006 and one-third of the May 2007 restricted common stock grants
will not vest based upon the Company’s performance and reversed the stock-based
compensation expense previously recorded by the Company under FAS
123(R).
Stock
Appreciation Rights. In addition to the grant of restricted
common stock, on July 1, 2006 certain of the Named Executive Officers received
stock appreciation rights which have a performance period ending on March 31,
2009. The grantees of the stock appreciation rights are entitled to
the appreciation, if any, on March 31, 2009 in excess of the initial price of
the stock appreciation rights. The stock appreciation rights were
priced at $9.97 per share on June 30, 2006, the day immediately preceding the
grant date for the stock appreciation rights.
Stock
Options. On May 25, 2007, stock options were granted to the
employees of the Company (including certain of the Named Executive Officers)
which vest in three equal annual installments commencing on May 25,
2008. The stock options have an exercise price equal to $12.86 which
equals the closing price of our common stock on the NYSE on May 25,
2007. The stock options have a term of ten years and expire on May
24, 2017.
On May
30, 2008, stock options were also granted to the employees of the Company
(including the Named Executive Officers) which vest in three equal annual
installments commencing on May 30, 2009. The stock options have an
exercise price equal to $10.91 which equals the closing price of our common
stock on the NYSE on May 30, 2008. The stock options have a term of
ten years and expire on May 29, 2018.
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OUTSTANDING
EQUITY AWARDS AT 2008 FISCAL YEAR-END
The following table summarizes the
equity awards made to the Named Executive Officers that were outstanding as
of March 31, 2008.
|
Option
Awards
|
Stock
Awards
|
Name
|
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Exercisable
|
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Unexercisable
|
Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Unearned
Options
(#)
|
Option
Exercise
Price
($)
|
Option
Expiration
Date
|
Number
of
Shares
or
Units
of
Stock
That
Have
Not
Vested
(#)
|
Market
Value
of
Shares
or
Units
of
Stock
That
Have
Not
Vested
($)
|
Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number
of
Unearned
Shares,
Units
or
Other
Rights
That
Have
Not
Vested
(1)
(#)
|
Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Market
or
Payout
Value
of
Unearned
Shares,
Units
or
Other
Rights
That
Have
Not
Vested
(2)
($)
|
(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
(d)
|
(e)
|
(f)
|
(g)
|
(h)
|
(i)
|
(j)
|
Mr.
Pettie
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
94,380
(3)
|
$772,028
|
Mr.
Anderson
|
13,200
(7)
|
|
2,046 (4)
26,400
(8)
|
$9.97
$12.86
|
3/31/09
5/24/17
|
|
|
17,143
(5)
|
$71,182 (6)
|
Dr.
Boyko
|
7,466 (7)
|
|
14,930
(8)
|
$12.86
|
5/24/17
|
|
|
9,768 (9)
|
$40,262 (10)
|
Mr.
Jolly
|
10,209
(7)
|
|
6,018 (4)
20,418
(8)
|
$9.97
$12.86
|
3/31/09
5/24/17
|
|
|
38,365
(11)
|
$55,051 (12)
|
Mr.
Kelly
|
11,067
(7)
|
|
22,132
(8)
|
$12.86
|
5/24/17
|
|
|
10,943
(13)
|
$59,681 (14)
|
(1)
|
Represents
the number of shares of restricted common stock that have not vested as of
March 31, 2008, assuming threshold performance by the Company for each
grant of restricted common stock. However, due to the Company’s
performance against certain net sales and earnings per share growth
targets, the entire October 1, 2005 and July 1, 2006 grants of restricted
common stock and one-third of the May 25, 2007 restricted common stock
grant have been reversed in the financial statements for the fiscal year
ended March 31, 2008 in accordance with FAS
123(R).
|
(2)
|
Represents
the value of non-vested shares of restricted common stock on March 31,
2008 which was calculated using $8.18 per share, the closing price of the
Company’s common stock on the NYSE on March 31,
2008.
|
(3)
|
The
restricted common stock vests in its entirety on April 1,
2010.
|
(4)
|
Represents
stock appreciation rights granted by the Company on July 1, 2006 to the
Named Executive Officer. The stock appreciation rights entitle
the recipient to the appreciation, if any, on March 31, 2009 of the common
stock in excess of the initial price for the stock appreciation
rights. Promptly after March 31, 2009, the Compensation
Committee will determine the appreciation, if any, in excess of the
initial price for the stock appreciation
rights.
|
(5)
|
Consists
of (i) 4,091 shares of restricted common stock granted on July 1, 2006
that may vest on March 31, 2009, subject to the achievement of certain net
sales and earnings per share targets; and (ii) 13,052 shares of restricted
common stock granted on May 25, 2007 that may vest on May 25, 2010,
subject to the achievement of certain net sales and earnings
targets. Due to the performance of the Company against
pre-determined net sales and earnings targets, the entire July 1, 2006
grant of restricted common stock and one-third of the May 25, 2007
restricted common stock grant have been reversed for financial reporting
purposes.
|
(6)
|
Due
to the determination that, based on the Company’s performance against
performance targets, certain restricted common stock grants will not vest,
the dollar value was calculated by multiplying 8,702 shares of restricted
common stock, the number of shares to be issued assuming threshold
performance, by $8.18, the closing price of the Company’s common stock on
March 31, 2008.
|
(7)
|
Represents
the vested portion of stock options granted to the Named Executive Officer
on May 25, 2007 which vested on May 25,
2008.
|
(8)
|
Represents
the non-vested portion of the stock options granted to the Named Executive
Officer on May 25, 2007 which shall vest in two equal annual installments
commencing on May 25, 2009.
|
(9)
|
Consists
of (i) 2,386 shares of restricted common stock granted on August 21, 2006
that may vest on August 21, 2009, subject to the achievement of certain
net sales and earnings targets; and (ii) 7,382 shares of restricted common
stock granted on May 25, 2007 that may vest on May 25, 2010, subject to
the achievement of certain net sales and earnings targets. Due
to the performance of the Company against pre-determined net sales and
earnings per share targets, the entire August 21, 2006 restricted common
stock grant and one-third of the May 25, 2007 restricted common stock
grant have been reversed for financial reporting
purposes.
|
(10)
|
Due
to the determination that, based on the Company’s performance against
performance targets, certain restricted common stock grants will not vest,
the dollar value was calculated by multiplying 4,922 shares of restricted
common stock, the number of shares to be issued assuming threshold
performance, by $8.18, the closing price of the Company’s common stock on
March 31, 2008.
|
(11)
|
Consists
of (i) 16,234 shares of restricted common stock granted on October 1, 2005
that may vest on September 30, 2008, subject to the achievement of certain
net sales and earnings per share targets; (ii) 12,036 shares of restricted
common stock granted on July 1, 2006 that may vest on March 31, 2009,
subject to the achievement of certain net sales and earnings per share
targets; and (iii) 10,094 shares of restricted common stock granted on May
25, 2007 that may vest on May 25, 2010, subject to the achievement of
certain net sales and earnings targets. Due to the performance of the
Company against pre-determined net sales and earnings per share targets,
the entire October 1, 2005 and July 1, 2006 grants of restricted common
stock and one-third of the May 25, 2007 restricted common stock grant have
been reversed for financial reporting
purposes.
|
(12)
|
Due
to the determination that, based on the Company’s performance against
performance targets, certain restricted common stock grants will not vest,
the dollar value was calculated by multiplying 6,730 shares of restricted
common stock, the number of shares to be issued assuming threshold
performance, by $8.18, the closing price of the Company’s common stock on
March 31, 2008.
|
(13)
|
Represents
a grant of restricted common stock on May 25, 2007 that may vest on May
25, 2010, subject to the achievement of certain net sales and earnings
targets. Due to the performance of the Company against
pre-determined net sales and earnings per share targets, one-third of the
May 25, 2007 restricted common stock grant has been reversed for financial
reporting purposes.
|
(14)
|
Due
to the determination that, based on the Company’s performance against
performance targets, certain restricted common stock grants will not vest,
the dollar value was calculated by multiplying 7,296 shares of restricted
common stock, the number of shares to be issued assuming threshold
performance, by $8.18, the closing price of the Company’s common stock on
March 31, 2008.
|
OPTION
EXERCISES AND STOCK VESTED
During 2008, none of our Named
Executive Officers exercised any stock options (none of the previously granted
stock options were vested and exercisable in 2008) and none of the
restricted common stock and stock appreciation rights granted under the 2005
Incentive Plan to our Named Executive Officers vested. Daily vesting
of the founders’ shares previously awarded to Mr. Anderson continued during
2008.
The following table summarizes the
year-end value of Mr. Anderson’s founder shares that vested during
2008. As no stock options were exercised during 2008 and none of the
stock appreciation rights vested during 2008, the columns regarding Option
Awards have been omitted from the table.
OPTION
EXERCISES AND STOCK VESTED
|
Stock
Awards
|
Name
|
Number
of
Shares
Acquired
on
Vesting
|
Value
Realized
on
Vesting
|
(a) |
(#)
(d)
|
($)
(e)
|
Mr.
Pettie
|
-
|
-
|
Mr.
Anderson
|
51,586
(1)
|
$421,974
(2)
|
Dr.
Boyko
|
-
|
-
|
Mr.
Jolly
|
-
|
-
|
Mr.
Kelly
|
-
|
-
|
(1)
Represents the number of founders shares acquired by Mr. Anderson which vested
on a daily basis during 2008.
(2) The
value of the vested founder shares was calculated by multiplying the number of
vested shares by $8.18, the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the
NYSE on March 31, 2008.
POTENTIAL
PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION OR CHANGE-IN-CONTROL
Our Named Executive Officers are
entitled to certain benefits in the event their employment is terminated under
specified circumstances. Circumstances which would trigger payments
and/or other benefits to certain of our Named Executive Officers include death,
disability, termination of employment by the Company without cause, termination
by the Named Executive Officer for good reason or a change-in-control of the
Company.
In order
for a Named Executive Officer to receive the payment and/or benefits to which he
is entitled pursuant to any applicable employment agreement, he must execute and
deliver to the Company a release in a form satisfactory to the
Company. So long as any Named Executive Officer who is receiving
payments and/or benefits from the Company has not breached any applicable
restrictive covenants (including, without limitation, non-compete,
non-solicitation, non-disparagement and/or confidentiality agreements), the
Company will continue to make any required payments. In the event a
Named Executive Officer breaches any applicable restrictive covenant, the
Company will cease making any future payments and providing any other benefits
to the Named Executive Officer, and will also consider pursuing all legal and
equitable remedies available to the Company under any applicable employment
agreement and applicable law.
The following table sets forth payments
and benefits that may be received by our Named Executive Officers under any
existing employment agreements, equity grant agreements, plans or arrangements,
whether written or unwritten, in the event of termination for specified reasons
and/or a change-in-control of the Company. Only payments and benefits
that a Named Executive Officer may receive that are not also available to other
executive
officers and salaried employees are disclosed in the table below. The
following information has been prepared based on the assumption that the Named
Executive Officer’s employment was terminated, or a change-in-control
of the Company occurred, on March 31, 2008. The closing price for our
common stock on March 31, 2008 was $8.18.
|
Termination
By
Company
Without
Cause
|
Termination
By
Named
Executive
Officer
With
Good
Reason
|
Death
|
Disability
|
Change-in-
Control
|
Name
|
($)
|
($)
|
($)
|
($)
|
($)
|
Mr.
Pettie
|
$1,366,572
(1)
|
$1,366,572
(1)
|
$772,028
(2)
|
$772,028
(2)
|
$1,623,914 (3)
|
Mr.
Anderson
|
$549,733 (4)
|
$549,733 (4)
|
$284,958
(5)
|
$284,958
(5)
|
$1,035,076
(6)(7)
|
Dr.
Boyko
|
$330,224 (4)
|
$330,224 (4)
|
-
|
-
|
$445,145 (6)(8)
|
Mr.
Jolly
|
$439,689 (4)
|
$439,689 (4)
|
-
|
-
|
$1,005,401
(6)(8)
|
Mr.
Kelly
|
$454,993 (4)
|
$454,993 (4)
|
-
|
-
|
$566,879 (6)(8)
|
(1)
|
The
amount shown consists of (i) installment payments over 12 months (or a
lump sum payment with the consent of Mr. Pettie) in an amount equal to
base salary and applicable annual bonus; (ii) a lump sum payment equal to
two-thirds of the value of the unvested portion of the restricted common
stock granted to Mr. Pettie on April 2, 2007 under the 2005 Incentive
Plan; and (iii) certain installment payments made on behalf of
Mr. Pettie by the Company for twelve months of life, medical and
disability insurance.
|
(2) |
The
amount shown consists of an amount equal to the value of the accelerated
vesting of the restricted common
stock granted to Mr. Pettie on April 2, 2007. |
|
|
(3)
|
The
amount shown consists of (i) installment payments over 12 months (or a
lump sum payment with the consent of Mr. Pettie) in an amount equal to
base salary and applicable annual bonus; (ii) an amount equal to the value
of the accelerated vesting of the restricted common stock granted to Mr.
Pettie on April 2, 2007; and (iii) certain installment payments made on
behalf of Mr. Pettie by the Company for twelve months of life, medical and
disability insurance. Except for the restricted common stock
which vests automatically upon a change-in-control, the calculation has
been made assuming that Mr. Pettie’s employment is terminated without
cause in connection with the change-in-control.
|
|
|
(4) |
The
amount shown consists of (i) installment payments over 12 months in an
amount equal to base salary and
applicable annual bonus; and (ii) certain installment payments made on
behalf of the Named Executive Officer
by the Company for twelve months of life, medical and disability
insurance. |
(5)
|
The
amount shown consists of an amount equal to the value of the accelerated
vesting of the non-vested portion of the founder
shares.
|
(6)
|
Assumes
that the Named Executive Officer was terminated without cause in
connection with a change-in-control
of the Company.
|
(7)
|
Includes
an amount equal to the value of the accelerated vesting of the
non-vested portion of the founder shares and restricted common
stock.
|
(8)
|
Includes
an amount equal to the value of the accelerated vesting of the restricted
common stock.
|
For
additional information regarding payments required to be made to a Named
Executive Officer pursuant to his employment agreement or any other arrangement
with the Company in connection with a termination of employment and/or a
change-in-control of the Company, please see the sections titled “Executive
Compensation and Other Matters – Employment Agreements” and “Executive
Compensation and Other Matters – Additional Vesting Provisions” contained
elsewhere in this Proxy Statement.
DIRECTOR
COMPENSATION IN FISCAL 2008
The following table sets forth the cash
and equity compensation paid or awarded to our directors during
2008. The columns regarding option awards and non-equity incentive,
pension and deferred compensation plans have been omitted as the Company does
not provide such elements of compensation to its directors for their
services.
Name
(1)
|
Fees
Earned
or
Paid
in
Cash
($)
|
Stock
Awards
(2)
($)
|
Total
($)
|
(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
(h)
|
Mr.
Buell (3)
|
$40,500
|
$50,000
|
$90,500
|
Mr.
Byom (3)
|
$48,250
|
$41,667
|
$89,917
|
Mr.
Costley (3)
|
$41,000
|
$50,000
|
$91,000
|
Mr.
Donnini
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Mr.
Gordon (3)
|
$89,750
|
$50,000
|
$139,750
|
Mr.
Hemmer
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Mr.
Lonergan (3)
|
$46,000
|
$50,000
|
$96,000
|
Mr.
Mann (4)
|
$35,333
|
$16,667
|
$52,000
|
Mr.
Silcock (3)
|
$47,000
|
$41,667
|
$88,667
|
(1)
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Mr.
Pettie’s compensation is set forth in the Summary Compensation Table on
page 31.
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(2)
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The
FAS 123(R) grant date fair value for the grant of common stock and
restricted common stock is $20,000 and $50,000,
respectively.
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(3)
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As
of March 31, 2008, the director had (i) 2,648 shares of restricted common
stock that vest on August 15, 2008; (ii) 1,999 shares of restricted common
stock that vest on July 31, 2008; and (iii) 1,998 shares of restricted
common stock that vest on July 31,
2009.
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(4)
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As
of March 31, 2008, Mr. Mann had (i) 1,999 shares of restricted common
stock that vest on July 31, 2008; and (ii) 1,998 shares of restricted
common stock that vest on July 31,
2009.
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Narrative
to Director Compensation Table
Except
for Mr. Mann, directors who are not our employees or who are not otherwise
affiliated with us or our significant stockholder, GTCR, each receive a one-time
grant of common stock equal to $20,000 as of the date of the first Annual
Meeting of Stockholders held after such director became a member of the Board of
Directors. In addition, each independent director and Mr. Mann
receive an annual $50,000 grant of restricted common stock with one-half of such
grant vesting on each of the first and second anniversary of the grant
date. The fair value of all common stock awards is determined by
multiplying the number of shares by the closing price of the Company’s common
stock on the grant date. The value of grants of unrestricted common
stock is recorded as compensation costs in the statement of operations while the
value of the grants of restricted common stock is amortized on a straight-line
basis over the vesting period and recorded as compensation costs in the
statement of operations.
On July
31, 2007, each of Messrs. Buell, Byom, Costley, Gordon, Lonergan, Mann and
Silcock received 3,997 shares of restricted common stock, representing $50,000
divided by $12.51. $12.51 was the closing price of our common stock
on the NYSE on July 31, 2007. 1,999 shares of the restricted common
stock grant will vest on July 31, 2008 and 1,998 shares of the restricted common
stock grant will vest on July 31, 2009.
For more information regarding the
compensation arrangements we have with our directors, please see “How are our
directors compensated?” on page 7 of this Proxy Statement.
Employment
Agreements
Do
any Named Executive Officers have employment agreements?
Yes. We have employment
agreements with Mr. Pettie, Mr. Anderson, Dr. Boyko, Mr. Jolly and Mr.
Kelly.
What
are the terms of Mr. Pettie’s employment agreement?
On
January 12, 2007, Mr. Pettie entered into an Employment Agreement with the
Company (the “Pettie Employment Agreement”) effective as of January 19,
2007. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Pettie Employment
Agreement, Mr. Pettie shall serve as the Company’s Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer through March 31, 2008. Pursuant to the terms
of the Pettie Employment Agreement, Mr. Pettie’s base salary shall be $425,000
per annum, subject to periodic review by the Board of Directors of the Company,
which first such review shall take place during or before April
2008.
During
the term of the Pettie Employment Agreement, Mr. Pettie shall be entitled to
participate in all incentive, savings and retirement plans, practices, policies
and programs applicable generally to senior executive officers of the Company,
and on the same basis as such senior executive officers, except as to benefits
that are specifically applicable to Mr. Pettie pursuant to the Pettie Employment
Agreement. With regard to the Company’s annual bonus plan, Mr. Pettie
shall be entitled to an annual bonus (including a guaranteed prorated target
bonus of no less than $62,877 for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007 based
upon days of service from the effective date through March 31, 2007), the amount
of which shall be determined by the Company’s Compensation Committee. During the
term of the Pettie Employment Agreement, Mr. Pettie’s annual target (subject to
such performance and other criteria as may be established by the Company’s
Compensation Committee) bonus shall be no less than 75% of base salary and the
maximum bonus shall be no less than 150% of base salary; provided, that any
bonus payable for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008 shall be reduced by any
amounts paid to Mr. Pettie as a retention bonus in accordance with the terms of
the Pettie Employment Agreement.
Pursuant
to the terms of the Pettie Employment Agreement, Mr. Pettie and his eligible
dependents shall be eligible for participation in, and shall receive all
benefits under, the Company’s welfare benefit plans, practices, policies and
programs. Mr. Pettie shall also be entitled to receive executive
perquisites, fringe and other benefits as are provided to the senior most
executives and their families under any of the Company’s plans and/or programs
and such other benefits as are customarily available to the Company’s senior
executives. In addition, Mr. Pettie shall also receive, to the extent
he continues to be employed by the Company on the relevant dates, a retention
bonus in the amount of $75,000 on each of April 1, 2007 and
2008. Furthermore, beginning April 2007, Mr. Pettie shall participate
to the same extent as other senior executives in awards under the Company’s 2005
Incentive Plan. Mr. Pettie’s 2005 Incentive Plan award shall have at
the time of grant a value of 150% of Mr. Pettie’s total cash compensation during
the fiscal year immediately preceding the date of the 2005 Incentive Plan
award. In April 2007, the Company shall grant a 2005 Incentive Plan
award, consisting of restricted stock, with a value of $1,125,000, subject to
the terms and conditions of the 2005 Incentive Plan. Any future 2005
Incentive Plan awards to Mr. Pettie beginning April 1, 2008 shall be determined
in accordance with the prevailing practice applicable to senior
executives. Upon a change-in-control of the Company, all awards to
Mr. Pettie under the 2005 Incentive Plan vest with no requirement that Mr.
Pettie’s employment with the Company has terminated. In addition to
the foregoing, upon receipt of appropriate written documentation, the Company
will reimburse Mr. Pettie up to $15,000 for reasonable and customary legal fees
and expenses incurred by him with respect to the negotiation and execution of
the Pettie Employment Agreement.
The
Pettie Employment Agreement may be terminated (i) by the Company for cause,
without cause or due to Mr. Pettie’s disability; (ii) by Mr. Pettie for good
reason or no reason; or (iii) upon the death of Mr. Pettie.
In the
event the Company terminates Mr. Pettie’s employment for cause, the Company
shall have no liability to Mr. Pettie other than his accrued base salary through
the date of termination and any other applicable benefits. In the
event the Pettie Employment Agreement is terminated due to Mr. Pettie’s death or
disability, or Mr. Pettie terminates the Pettie Employment Agreement without
good reason, the Company shall have no liability to Mr. Pettie other than the
payment of Accrued Obligations (as defined in the Pettie Employment Agreement)
and any other applicable benefits. With regard to a termination of
the Pettie Employment Agreement due to the death or disability of Mr. Pettie,
any award granted under the 2005 Incentive Plan shall immediately vest upon Mr.
Pettie’s death or disability.
In the
event Mr. Pettie is terminated by the Company without cause, or Mr. Pettie
terminates the Pettie Employment Agreement for good reason, the Company shall
pay to Mr. Pettie (i) cash in an aggregate amount equal to the sum of (a) Mr.
Pettie’s base salary through the date of termination; (b) any accrued expenses
and vacation pay; and (c) any deferred compensation, as applicable; (ii) in
installments ratably over 12 months in accordance with the Company’s normal
payroll practices (or in a lump sum with the consent of Mr. Pettie), the
aggregate amount equal to the sum of (a) Mr. Pettie’s base salary in effect as
of the date of termination; and (b) Mr. Pettie’s applicable annual bonus; and
(iii) cash in the aggregate amount equal to the Prorated Unvested 2005 Incentive
Plan Award Value (as defined below) for each 2005 Incentive Plan award;
provided, that with respect to clause (iii), such termination occurs prior to
March 31, 2010. In addition to the foregoing, Mr. Pettie shall be
entitled to participate in the Company’s life, medical and disability insurance
programs on the same basis as an active employee of the Company for up to 12
months after the date of termination. Thereafter, Mr. Pettie shall be
entitled to continuation of benefits pursuant to the provisions of
COBRA. “Prorated Unvested 2005 Incentive Plan Award Value” shall
equal the product of (i) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number
1 if Mr. Pettie has been employed for 12 months or less from the applicable
grant date of the 2005 Incentive Plan award in question (the “Grant Date”), the
number 2 if Mr. Pettie has been employed for more than 12 months but less than
24 months from the Grant Date, and the number 3 if Mr. Pettie has been employed
for more than 24 months from the Grant Date, and the denominator of which shall
be the number 3; and (ii) the value (based, in the case of restricted stock,
upon the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on the day prior to
the date of termination of employment) of the unvested portion of each 2005
Incentive Plan award.
The
Pettie Employment Agreement also contains certain confidentiality,
non-competition and non-solicitation provisions as well as other provisions that
are customary for an executive employment agreement.
What
are the terms of Mr. Anderson’s employment agreement?
As of
February 4, 2005, Prestige International Holdings, LLC (“Holdings LLC”), the
Company and Prestige Brands, Inc. (together with Holdings LLC and the Company,
the “Employer”) entered into an Amended and Restated Senior Management Agreement
with Mr. Anderson (the “Anderson Senior Management Agreement”) which amended and
restated the Senior Management Agreement, as amended, dated as of February 6,
2004, by and among the Employer and Mr. Anderson. Pursuant to the
Anderson Senior Management Agreement, Mr. Anderson is employed by the Employer
for the period beginning as of February 6, 2004 through and including his
separation from the Employer pursuant to the terms of the Anderson Senior
Management Agreement (the “Anderson Employment Period”). From the
commencement of the Anderson Employment Period through and including termination
of employment pursuant to the Anderson Senior Management Agreement, Mr. Anderson
shall serve as the Chief Financial Officer of the Employer. During
the Anderson Employment Period, the Employer will pay Mr. Anderson a base salary
of $285,000 per annum. In addition, during the Anderson Employment
Period, Mr. Anderson will be entitled to such other benefits approved by the
Board of Directors and made available to the senior management of the Employer
and its subsidiaries, which shall include vacation time and medical, dental,
life and disability insurance. The Board of Directors, on a basis
consistent with past practice, shall review the annual base salary of Mr.
Anderson and may increase the annual base salary by such amount as the Board of
Directors, in its sole discretion, shall deem appropriate.
Pursuant to the terms of the Anderson
Senior Management Agreement, Mr. Anderson’s employment will continue until (i)
his death, disability or resignation from employment with the Employer and its
subsidiaries; or (ii)
the
Employer and its subsidiaries decide to terminate Mr. Anderson’s employment with
or without cause. If (A) Mr. Anderson’s employment is terminated
without cause; or (B) Mr. Anderson resigns from employment with the Employer or
any of its subsidiaries for good reason, then during the period commencing on
the date of termination of employment and ending on the first anniversary date
thereof, the Employer shall pay to Mr. Anderson, in equal installments in
accordance with the Employer’s regular payroll, an aggregate amount equal to (I)
Mr. Anderson’s annual base salary, plus (II) an amount equal to the annual
bonus, if any, paid or payable to Mr. Anderson by the Employer for the last
fiscal year ended prior to the date of termination. In addition, if
Mr. Anderson is entitled on the date of termination to coverage under the
medical and prescription portions of the welfare plans, such coverage shall
continue for Mr. Anderson and his covered dependents for a period ending on the
first anniversary of the date of termination at the active employee cost payable
by Mr. Anderson with respect to those costs paid by Mr. Anderson prior to the
date of termination.
As of the
date of the Anderson Senior Management Agreement, Mr. Anderson owned 456,864
founder shares of common stock that were subject to vesting. Pursuant
to the terms of the Anderson Senior Management Agreement, the founder shares of
common stock subject to vesting shall vest on a straight line pro rata basis
through February 6, 2009. If Mr. Anderson ceases to be employed by
the Employer and its respective subsidiaries, the cumulative percentage of
founder shares of common stock subject to vesting that will vest shall be
determined on a pro rata basis according to the number of days elapsed since the
relevant milestone date. Upon the occurrence of a sale of the
Employer, all founder shares of common stock subject to vesting shall become
vested at the time of the consummation of the sale of the Employer, if, as of
such time, Mr. Anderson has been continuously employed by the Employer or any of
its subsidiaries.
Subject to certain restrictions, the
Employer will have the right to repurchase from Mr. Anderson and his transferees
all or any portion of the founder shares of common stock subject to vesting in
the event Mr. Anderson ceases to be employed by the Employer and its
subsidiaries for any reason. The purchase price to be paid by the
Employer for each founder share of common stock subject to vesting will be the
lesser of (i) Mr. Anderson’s original cost for a common unit in Holdings LLC;
and (ii) the fair market value of such unvested founder share as of the date
upon which the Employer notifies Mr. Anderson or his transferees of its election
to repurchase the unvested founder shares.
The
Anderson Senior Management Agreement also contains certain confidentiality,
non-competition and non-solicitation provisions, securities transfer
restrictions and other provisions that are customary for an executive employment
agreement.
What
are the terms of Dr. Boyko’s employment agreement?
As of
August 21, 2006, the Company entered into an Executive Employment Agreement with
Jean A. Boyko, Ph.D. (the “Boyko Employment Agreement”) pursuant to which Dr.
Boyko shall serve as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Quality Assurance and
Regulatory Affairs (Dr. Boyko’s current title is Senior Vice President, Science
and Technology). During the term of Dr. Boyko’s employment, the Company will pay
to her a base salary of $225,000 per annum. In addition, Dr. Boyko shall be
eligible for and participate in the Company’s Annual Incentive Compensation Plan
under which she shall be eligible for an annual target bonus payment of 45% of
annual base salary. During the term of Dr. Boyko’s employment with the Company,
she will be entitled to such other benefits approved by the Board of Directors
and made available to the senior management of the Company, which shall include
vacation time and medical, dental, life and disability insurance. The Board of
Directors, on a basis consistent with past practice, shall review the annual
base salary of Dr. Boyko and may increase the annual base salary by such amount
as the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, shall deem
appropriate.
Pursuant
to the terms of the Boyko Employment Agreement, Dr. Boyko’s employment will
continue until (i) her death, disability or resignation from employment with the
Company; or (ii) the Company decides to terminate Dr. Boyko’s employment with or
without cause. If (A) Dr. Boyko’s employment is terminated without cause; or (B)
Dr. Boyko resigns from employment with the Company for good reason, then during
the period commencing on the date of termination of employment and ending on the
first anniversary date thereof, the Company shall pay to Dr. Boyko, in equal
installments in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll, an aggregate
amount equal to (I) Dr. Boyko’s annual base salary, plus (II) an amount equal to
the annual bonus, if any, paid or payable to Dr. Boyko by the Company for the
last fiscal year ended prior to the date of termination. In addition, if Dr.
Boyko is entitled on
the date
of termination to coverage under the medical and prescription portions of the
welfare plans, such coverage shall continue for Dr. Boyko and her covered
dependents for a period ending on the first anniversary of the date of
termination at the active employee cost payable by Dr. Boyko with respect to
those costs paid by Dr. Boyko prior to the date of
termination.
Upon
execution of the Boyko Employment Agreement, the Company granted an award of
4,772 shares of restricted common stock to Dr. Boyko that may vest on a
sliding-scale on August 21, 2009 if certain revenue and earnings per share
targets are achieved by the Company.
The Boyko
Employment Agreement also contains certain confidentiality, non-competition and
non-solicitation provisions as well as other provisions that are customary for
an executive employment agreement.
What
are the terms of Mr. Jolly’s employment agreement?
As of
August 1, 2005, the Company entered into an Executive Employment Agreement with
Mr. Jolly (the “Jolly Employment Agreement”) pursuant to which Mr. Jolly shall
serve as the Company’s Secretary and General Counsel. During the term
of Mr. Jolly’s employment, the Company will pay to him a base salary of $300,000
per annum. In addition, Mr. Jolly shall be eligible for and
participate in the Company’s Annual Incentive Compensation Plan under which he
shall be eligible for an annual target bonus payment of not less than
45%. During the term of Mr. Jolly’s employment with the Company, he
will be entitled to such other benefits approved by the Board of Directors and
made available to the senior management of the Company and its subsidiaries,
which shall include vacation time and medical, dental, life and disability
insurance. The Board of Directors, on a basis consistent with past
practice, shall review the annual base salary of Mr. Jolly and may increase the
annual base salary by such amount as the Board of Directors, in its sole
discretion, shall deem appropriate.
Pursuant to the terms of the Jolly
Employment Agreement, Mr. Jolly’s employment will continue until (i) his death,
disability or resignation from employment with the Company and its subsidiaries;
or (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries decide to terminate Mr. Jolly’s
employment with or without cause. If (A) Mr. Jolly’s employment is
terminated without cause; or (B) Mr. Jolly resigns from employment with the
Company or any of its subsidiaries for good reason, then during the period
commencing on the date of termination of employment and ending on the first
anniversary date thereof, the Company shall pay to Mr. Jolly, in equal
installments in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll, an aggregate
amount equal to (I) Mr. Jolly’s annual base salary, plus (II) an amount equal to
the annual bonus, if any, paid or payable to Mr. Jolly by the Company for the
last fiscal year ended prior to the date of termination. In addition,
if Mr. Jolly is entitled on the date of termination to coverage under the
medical and prescription portions of the welfare plans, such coverage shall
continue for Mr. Jolly and his covered dependents for a period ending on the
first anniversary of the date of termination at the active employee cost payable
by Mr. Jolly with respect to those costs paid by Mr. Jolly prior to the date of
termination.
The Jolly
Employment Agreement also contains certain confidentiality, non-competition and
non-solicitation provisions as well as other provisions that are customary for
an executive employment agreement.
What
are the terms of Mr. Kelly’s employment agreement?
As of
April 12, 2007, the Company entered into an Employment Agreement with Mr. Kelly
(the “Kelly Employment Agreement”) pursuant to which Mr. Kelly shall serve as
the Company’s Senior Vice President, Marketing (Mr. Kelly’s current title is
Chief Marketing Officer, OTC and Personal Care). During the term of
Mr. Kelly’s employment, the Company will pay to him an annual base salary of
$250,000, subject to applicable withholding taxes, payable in accordance with
the Company’s normal payroll practices. In addition, Mr. Kelly is eligible to
participate in the Company’s Management Bonus Plan for the fiscal year ending
March 31, 2008. Subject to the Company’s achieving its budget objectives, Mr.
Kelly’s target bonus amount is 45% of annual base salary. Under the terms of the
Kelly Employment Agreement, Mr. Kelly is also eligible to receive a grant under
the 2005 Incentive Plan in the amount of $346,875 if and when the Company grants
similar awards for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008 to its eligible
employees. Mr. Kelly shall also receive a sign on/retention bonus in the amount
of $75,000 payable in two equal installments of $37,500 on April 30, 2007 and
2008, respectively, so long as Mr. Kelly is an employee in good standing with
the Company on such dates. In the event Mr. Kelly’s employment with the Company
is terminated for reasons other than “cause”, Mr. Kelly shall be entitled to
receive a severance payment
equal to
his annual base salary and target bonus at the time of termination, subject to
applicable withholding taxes, in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll
practices; provided that Mr. Kelly has executed a severance agreement in a form
satisfactory to the Company.
Additional
Vesting Provisions
What
are the additional vesting provisions?
Restricted Common
Stock. Our 2005 Incentive Plan provides that the Compensation
Committee may, at its discretion, decide to vest the non-vested portion of a
restricted stock grant if a grantee’s employment is terminated due to death,
disability or retirement. In addition, any non-vested portion of a
restricted stock grant shall vest in the event of a change-in-control of the
Company and the subsequent termination of the grantee’s employment by the
Company other than for cause within one year after such
change-in-control. The Compensation Committee may, at its
discretion, also grant shares of restricted common stock that vest
automatically upon a change-in-control of the Company, whether or not the
grantee is subsequently terminated.
Stock
Options. Our 2005 Incentive Plan provides that all of a
grantee’s options shall fully vest and be exercisable upon the occurrence of a
change-in-control of the Company and the grantee’s subsequent termination from
employment other than for cause by the Company within one year after such
change-in-control occurs. The vested options shall remain exercisable
for up to one year after the date of the grantee’s termination, except as
otherwise set forth in the 2005 Incentive Plan. In addition, the
Company’s Compensation Committee may, at its discretion, (i) decide to fully
vest any non-vested options in the event that a grantee’s employment with the
Company is terminated due to death, disability or retirement; and (ii) grant
options that vest and become exercisable automatically upon a change-in-control,
whether or not the grantee is subsequently terminated.
Stock
Appreciation Rights. Pursuant to the terms of our 2005
Incentive Plan, except as otherwise determined by the Compensation Committee,
should a grantee’s employment with the Company be terminated due to death,
disability or retirement prior to the end of a performance cycle, the grantee
shall earn a portion of the stock appreciation rights based upon the elapsed
portion of the performance cycle and the Company’s performance over that portion
of such cycle. Furthermore, upon the occurrence of a
change-in-control of the Company, the 2005 Incentive Plan provides that a
grantee shall earn no less than the portion of the stock appreciation rights
that the grantee would have earned if the performance cycle had terminated as of
the date of the change-in-control.
Founder
Shares. The Compensation Committee has also approved
accelerated vesting of the non-vested founder shares owned by Mr. Anderson in
the event of his death or disability.
COMPENSATION
COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
During
2008, no member of the Compensation Committee, served as an officer or employee
of the Company or its subsidiaries, was formerly an officer of the Company or
its subsidiaries, or entered into any transactions with the Company or its
subsidiaries that would require disclosure under applicable SEC regulations.
During 2008, none of our executive officers served as a member of the
Compensation Committee or on the board of directors of another entity, any of
whose executive officers served on our Compensation Committee or on our Board of
Directors.
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CERTAIN
RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Were
there any conflict of interest transactions during 2008?
Except as
disclosed under “Executive Compensation and Other Matters” and “Proposal No. 1 –
Election of Directors,” our executive officers, directors, director nominees and
greater than 5% stockholders did not have significant business relationships
with us in 2008 which would require disclosure under applicable SEC regulations,
and no other transactions which need to be disclosed under SEC regulations are
currently planned for 2009.
Has
the Board adopted a Related Persons Transaction Policy?
During
2008, we adopted a Related Persons Transaction Policy. A summary of
the Related Persons Transaction Policy is set forth below and the full text of
the Policy is available at the Investor Relations tab on our web site at
www.prestigebrandsinc.com.
Transactions Subject to the
Policy
A Related
Person Transaction is a transaction in which the Company (which, for purposes of
this summary of the Related Persons Transactions Policy, shall include the
Company’s subsidiaries) is or will be a Participant (as defined below) and the
amount involved exceeds $120,000, and in which any Related Person (as defined
below) had or will have a direct or indirect material interest. The
term “Participant” is broadly defined to include situations in which the Company
is not technically a party but has influenced another party to enter into a
transaction or provide value to a Related Person. For example,
facilitating the use of a Related Person as a supplier to the Company’s contract
manufacturer would constitute “participation” by the Company and bring such an
arrangement within the scope of the Policy.
The following transactions are exempt
from the Policy:
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Payment
of compensation by the Company to a Related Person for service to the
Company in the capacity or capacities that give rise to the person’s
status as a “Related Person” so long as the compensation is publicly
disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (or proxy or
information statement incorporated by reference into such Annual
Report);
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Transactions
available to all employees or all stockholders of the Company on the same
terms and conditions; and
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Transactions
that, when aggregated with the amount of all other transactions between
the Related Person and the Company, involve less than $120,000 in a fiscal
year.
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Definition of Related
Person
For
purposes of the Policy, a “Related Person” means:
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Any
person who is, or at any time since the beginning of the Company’s most
recently completed fiscal year was, a director or executive officer of the
Company or a nominee to become a director of the
Company;
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Any
person who is known to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of any
class of the Company’s voting
securities;
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Any
Immediate Family Member (as defined in the Policy) of any of the foregoing
persons; and
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Any
Affiliate (as defined in the Policy) of any of the foregoing persons or
Immediate Family Members.
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Notification
Procedures
A
transaction with a Related Person that is identified in advance will be
disclosed to the General Counsel for review. In the event the Company
becomes aware of a transaction with a Related Person that was not disclosed to
the Company, the General Counsel will review the transaction. If the
General Counsel determines that the transaction is a Related Persons Transaction
subject to the Policy, he will submit the transaction to the Audit Committee for
consideration at the next Audit Committee meeting or, if it is not practicable
or desirable to wait until the next Audit Committee meeting, to the Chair of the
Audit Committee for prompt consideration. Any ongoing or completed
Related Person Transaction that is disapproved by the Audit Committee or the
Chair of the Audit Committee shall be subject to corrective action by the Audit
Committee.
During
2008, there were no Related Persons Transactions and none are currently
planned for 2009.
SECTION
16(A) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
The
United States securities laws requires our officers, directors and persons who
beneficially own more than 10% of our common stock to file reports of securities
ownership and changes in such ownership with the SEC, the NYSE and the
Company.
We
believe that our officers, directors, and persons who beneficially owned more
than 10% of our stock timely filed all forms required by Section 16(a) of the
Exchange Act during 2008.
REPORT
OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
This
Audit Committee report shall not be deemed incorporated by reference by any
general statement incorporating by reference this Proxy Statement into any
filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that
we specifically incorporate this information by reference, and shall not
otherwise be deemed filed under such Acts.
What
is the Audit Committee and are its members “independent”?
The Audit
Committee is composed of four directors appointed by the Board of Directors, all
of whom are independent from the Company and its management as defined in the
NYSE listing standards and Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act. The
Audit Committee operates under a written charter adopted by the Board of
Directors in January 2005, which is available to our stockholders and interested
parties at the Investor Relations tab on our web site at
www.prestigebrandsinc.com or is also available in print to any stockholder or
other interested party who makes a written request to the Company’s
Secretary. The Audit Committee recommends to the Board of Directors
the selection of the Company’s independent registered public accounting
firm.
Are
the members of the Audit Committee “financially literate”?
The
members of the Audit Committee are financially literate as that qualification is
interpreted by the Board of Directors and the NYSE. In addition, the
Board has determined that Mr. Byom is an “audit committee financial expert” as
defined by SEC regulations.
What
is the relationship between management and the Audit Committee?
Management
is responsible for the Company’s internal accounting and financial controls, the
financial reporting process and compliance with the Company’s legal and ethics
programs. The Company’s independent registered public accounting firm
is responsible for performing an independent audit of the Company’s consolidated
financial statements and internal control over financial reporting in accordance
with auditing standards generally
accepted
in the United States of America and for issuance of a report
thereon. The Audit Committee’s responsibility is to monitor and
oversee these processes and report its findings to the full Board of
Directors.
What
steps did the Audit Committee take in recommending that our audited financial
statements be included in our annual report?
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The
Audit Committee has met and held discussions regarding the Company’s
audited consolidated financial statements separately and jointly with each
of management and the independent registered public accounting
firm.
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Management
represented to the Audit Committee that the Company’s audited consolidated
financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America, on a
consistent basis, and the Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the
quarterly and annual earnings press releases and consolidated financial
statements with management and the independent registered public
accounting firm. The Audit Committee discussed with the
independent registered public accounting firm matters required to be
discussed by the Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61 (Communication
with Audit Committees), as amended, as adopted by the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board in Rule
3200T.
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The
Company’s independent registered public accounting firm also provided to
the Audit Committee the written disclosures and the letter required by
Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 (Independence Discussions with
Audit Committees), as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board in Rule 3600T, and the Audit Committee discussed with the
independent registered public accounting firm the firm’s independence from
the Company and its management. The Audit Committee also
considered whether the independent registered public accounting firm’s
provision of non-audit services to the Company is compatible with
maintaining the independent registered public accounting firm’s
independence from the Company. The Audit Committee concluded
that the independent registered public accounting firm is independent from
the Company and its management.
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The
Audit Committee discussed with the Company’s internal auditor and
independent registered public accounting firm the overall scope and plans
for their respective audits. The Audit Committee discussed with
the internal auditor and the independent registered public accounting
firm, with and without management present, the results of their
examinations, the evaluations of the Company’s internal controls, and the
overall quality and integrity of the Company’s financial
reporting.
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Based on
the Audit Committee’s discussion with management and the independent registered
public accounting firm, its review of the representations of management, and the
report of the independent registered public accounting firm, the Audit Committee
recommended to the Board of Directors that the Company’s audited consolidated
financial statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
2008.
MEMBERS
OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
John E.
Byom (Chairman)
Ronald
Gordon
Patrick
Lonergan
Raymond
P. Silcock
SUBMISSION
OF STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS AND
NOMINATION
OF DIRECTOR AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
How
do I submit a shareholder proposal for next year’s Annual meeting?
To be
included in our Proxy Statement for our 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, a
proposal must be submitted by an eligible stockholder who complies with the
relevant regulations of the SEC and must be received by us at our principal
executive offices at 90 North Broadway, Irvington, New York 10533 by
February 27, 2009 (or, if the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is called for
a date more than 30 days before or after August 5, 2009, within a reasonable
time before we begin to print and mail our Proxy materials for the 2009
meeting). The proposal should be sent by certified mail, return
receipt requested, to the attention of the Company’s Secretary and must comply
with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
How
do I present a nominee for election to the Board of Directors?
Our
Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that a stockholder wishing to present a
nomination for election of a director or to bring any other matter before an
Annual Meeting of Stockholders must give written notice to the Company’s
Secretary at the Company’s principal executive offices within the time limits
set forth in the Amended and Restated Bylaws and described in the question
below.
Any
written stockholder proposal or nomination for director to be presented at a
meeting of our stockholders must comply with the procedures and such other
requirements as may be imposed by our Amended and Restated Bylaws, Delaware law,
the NYSE, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC and must
include the information necessary for the Board of Directors to determine
whether the candidate (with respect to a nomination for director only) qualifies
as independent under the NYSE’s rules.
When
must I submit a notice to introduce a director nomination or other item of
business for it to be raised at the 2009 Annual Meeting?
Assuming
that our 2009 Annual Meeting is not held more than 30 days prior to or delayed
by more than 60 days after the first anniversary date of this year’s Annual
Meeting of Stockholders, we must receive notice of your intention to introduce a
director nomination or other item of business at that meeting not less than 90
nor more than 120 days prior to August 5, 2009. If the Annual Meeting
is held more than 30 days prior to or delayed by more than 60 days after August
5, 2009 (or a special stockholders meeting is called), we must receive your
notice not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the
earlier of the day on which notice of the date of meeting was mailed or public
disclosure of such meeting was made). If we do not receive notice
within the prescribed dates, or if we meet other requirements of the SEC’s
rules, the persons named as Proxies in the Proxy materials relating to the 2009
Annual Meeting of Stockholders will use their discretion in voting the Proxies
when these matters are raised at the meeting. In addition,
nominations or proposals not made in accordance herewith may be disregarded by
the Chairman of the meeting. Any stockholder interested in making
such a nomination or proposal should request a copy of our Amended and Restated
Bylaws from the Company’s Secretary.
Are
you “householding” for stockholders sharing the same address?
Yes. The SEC’s rules
regarding the delivery of Proxy materials to stockholders permit us to deliver a
single copy of these documents to an address shared by two or more of our
stockholders. This method of delivery is called “householding,” and
can significantly reduce our printing and mailing costs. It also
reduces the volume of mail you receive. This year, we are delivering
only one set of Proxy materials to multiple stockholders sharing an address,
unless we receive instructions to the contrary from one or more
stockholders. We will still be required, however, to send you and
each other stockholder at your address an individual Proxy voting
card. If you would like to receive more than one set of Proxy
materials, we will promptly send you additional copies upon written or verbal
request directed to Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc., 90 North Broadway,
Irvington, New York 10533, Attention: Secretary, (914) 524-6810. The
same address may be used to notify us that you wish to receive a separate set of
Proxy materials in the future, or to request delivery of a single copy of our
Proxy materials if you are receiving multiple copies.
FORM
10-K
We
will furnish without charge to each person whose Proxy is being solicited, upon
written request of any such person, a copy of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008, as filed with the SEC, including the
financial statements and financial statement schedule thereto. Written requests
for copies of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2008 should be directed to Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc., 90 North Broadway,
Irvington, New York 10533, Attention: Secretary. Our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008 can also be downloaded
without charge from the Investor Relations tab of our website at
www.prestigebrandsinc.com.
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By Order of the
Board of Directors |
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/s/ Charles N.
Jolly |
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Charles
N. Jolly |
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Secretary |
June 27,
2008
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Appendix to DEF14A Filing
[PrestigeBrands
Logo] Proxy Card
Using a
black ink pen,
mark your votes with an X as shown in x
this
example. Please do not write outside the designated areas.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Annual
Meeting Proxy Card
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ÚPLEASE
FOLD ALONG THE PERFORATION, DETACH AND RETURN THE BOTTOM PORTION IN THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE. Ú
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A. Proposals--
The Board of Directors recommends a
vote FOR each of the nominees listed and FOR Proposal 2.
1.
To elect directors to serve until the
2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
01-Mark
Pettie |
02-L.
Dick Buell |
03-John E.
Byom |
04-Gary
E. Costley |
05-David
A. Donnini |
06-Ronald
Gordon |
07-Vincent
J, Hemmer |
08-Patrick
Lonergan |
09-Peter C.
Mann |
10-Raymond P.
Silcock |
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Mark
here to vote FOR all
nominees |
o |
Mark here to WITHHOLD vote
from all nominees |
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02 |
03 |
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For All EXCEPT-
To withhold a vote for one or more nominees, mark |
o |
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the box to
the left and the corresponding numbered box(es) to the
right. |
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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2. |
Proposal to ratify the
appointment of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent
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To transact
such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting
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registered public accounting firm of
Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.
for the fiscal year ending March 31,
2009.
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postponement or adjournment
thereof. |
B. Non-Voting
Items
Change
of Address —
Please
print new address below.
C. Authorized
Signatures—
This section must be
completed for your vote to be counted.—
Date and Sign
Below
Please sign as your
name appears hereon. If shares are held jointly, all holders should
sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee or
guardian, please give your full title. If a corporation, please sign
full corporate name by the president or other authorized officer. If
a partnership, please sign in partnership name by an authorized person,
indicating official position or
capacity.
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Date
(mm/dd/yyyy) - Please print date below |
Signature 1 -
Please keep signature within the box |
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Signature 2 -
Please keep signature within the
box. |
ÚPLEASE FOLD ALONG THE
PERFORATION, DETACH AND RETURN THE BOTTOM PORTION IN THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE. Ú
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Proxy -
Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.
90 North
Broadway
Irvington, New York
10533
This
proxy is
solicited
on Behalf of the Board of Directors for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders on
August 5, 2008.
The
undersigned hereby appoints Peter J. Anderson and Thomas W. Haller, and each of
them, lawful agents and proxies with full power of substitution, to represent
and to vote as designated below, all shares of common stock of PRESTIGE
BRANDS HOLDINGS, INC. held
by the undersigned at the close of business on June 9, 2008, at the Annual
Meeting of Stockholders to be held on August 5, 2008 at Tappan Hill, 81 Highland
Avenue, Tarrytown, New York 10591, and at any postponement or adjournment
thereof, on all matters coming before said meeting.
This proxy, when
properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed by the undersigned
stockholder. If no direction is made, this proxy will be voted FOR all nominees
in Item I and FOR Proposal 2. In their discretion, the Proxies are authorized to
vote upon such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or
any postponement or adjournment thereof.
WHETHER OR NOT YOU
PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING, PLEASE VOTE, DATE AND SIGN THIS PROXY CARD ON THE
REVERSE SIDE. PLEASE PROMPTLY RETURN THIS PROXY CARD IN THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE.