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SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
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CRESTAR FINANCIAL CORPORATION
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CRESTAR FINANCIAL CORPORATION
919 East Main Street
P. O. Box 26665
Richmond, Virginia 23261-6665
(Crestar logo)
Dear Crestar Shareholder:
You are cordially invited to attend Crestar's 1995 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders, which will be held on Friday, April 28, at 10:00 a.m., in the
fourth floor Auditorium at Crestar Center in Richmond. Please indicate on the
accompanying proxy card if you plan to attend the meeting in person. Parking
will be provided in the Crestar parking deck at 9th and Cary Streets (entrance
on Cary Street).
The business of this year's meeting will be to elect five Class II directors for
a term of three years, and to ratify the Board's appointment of KPMG Peat
Marwick LLP as Crestar's independent auditors for 1995. As in past years, the
meeting will include a report on the state of the Corporation, and there will be
an opportunity for comments and questions from shareholders.
Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting in person, it is important that
your Crestar shares be represented and voted. Accordingly, after reviewing the
enclosed proxy material, we ask that you complete, sign and date the proxy card,
and return it as soon as possible in the postage-paid envelope provided. You are
free to revoke or change your proxy later, or vote in person at the meeting.
1994 was another year of record earnings for Crestar, and we hope that you are
pleased with the Corporation's performance. We are working hard to ensure the
Corporation's continued success and thank you for your investment and confidence
in Crestar.
Sincerely,
(signature)
Richard G. Tilghman
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
March 16, 1995
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
APRIL 28, 1995
To the Shareholders of Crestar Financial Corporation:
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Crestar Financial Corporation (the
"Corporation") will be held on Friday, April 28, 1995, at 10:00 a.m. in the
fourth floor Auditorium at Crestar Center, 919 East Main Street, Richmond,
Virginia, for the following purposes:
1. To elect five Class II directors for a three-year term;
2. To ratify the appointment of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP as the Corporation's
independent auditors for 1995.
3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
Your attention is directed to the accompanying Proxy Statement for further
information with respect to the matters to be acted upon at the meeting.
The record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote
at, the Annual Meeting has been fixed by the Board of Directors as the close of
business on March 3, 1995.
This notice, the accompanying Proxy Statement and the enclosed proxy card are
sent to you by order of the Board of Directors.
John C. Clark, III
Corporate Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
March 16, 1995
It is important that your shares be represented at the meeting. Whether or not
you plan to attend the meeting, PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. You may still vote in person if you attend the meeting.
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PROXY STATEMENT
Crestar Financial Corporation
919 East Main Street
P. 0. Box 26665
Richmond, Virginia 23261-6665
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
APRIL 28, 1995
GENERAL INFORMATION
The following information is being furnished in connection with the Annual
Meeting of Shareholders of Crestar Financial Corporation (the "Corporation") to
be held on Friday, April 28, 1995, at 10:00 a.m. in the fourth floor Auditorium
at Crestar Center, 919 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia. It is contemplated
that this Proxy Statement and the enclosed form of proxy will be first sent to
shareholders on March 16, 1995.
Only holders of Common Stock of record at the close of business on March 3,
1995 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting or any adjournment
thereof. On such date, there were 37,835,699 shares outstanding. Each share is
entitled to one vote on all matters to come before the meeting. The presence at
the meeting, either in person or by proxy, of a majority of the shares
outstanding will constitute a quorum.
The enclosed proxy for the Annual Meeting is being solicited by the Board of
Directors of the Corporation and is revocable at any time before it is
exercised. All properly executed proxies delivered pursuant to this solicitation
will be voted at the meeting in accordance with directions given in the proxies.
The cost of this solicitation will be borne by the Corporation. In addition to
the use of the mail, employees may solicit proxies by telephone, by fax, or in
person. Banks, brokerage houses and other institutions, nominees and fiduciaries
will be requested to forward the soliciting material to beneficial owners and to
obtain authorization for the execution of proxies. The Corporation will, upon
request, reimburse such parties for their reasonable expenses in forwarding
proxy material to beneficial owners. The Corporation has engaged D. F. King &
Co., Inc. to assist in proxy solicitation for a fee of $12,000, plus
out-of-pocket expenses.
The Corporation is not aware of any person who, as of the record date for the
Annual Meeting of Shareholders, was the beneficial owner of 5% or more of the
Corporation's outstanding Common Stock except that Crestar Bank as Trustee for
the Crestar Employees' Thrift and Profit-Sharing Plan, 919 East Main Street,
Richmond, Virginia 23219, held 3,570,208 shares, or 9.4% of the shares
outstanding. The shares are held on behalf of Plan participants, and Crestar
Bank has no voting rights nor any investment or dispositive power with respect
to the shares other than as directed by Plan participants.
Virginia law prohibits Crestar Bank from voting shares as to which it has sole
voting power, but shares as to which it has shared voting power can be voted by
the person with whom it shares such power. Pursuant to Virginia law, a
co-fiduciary has been appointed for all of the shares held by Crestar Bank with
sole power to vote, in order that such shares may be voted at the Annual
Meeting.
STOCK OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT
The table below sets forth the beneficial ownership of Common Stock by all
directors (including nominees), the Chief Executive Officer and the four next
most highly compensated executive officers, and all directors and executive
officers of the Corporation as a group. Unless otherwise indicated, all persons
listed below have sole voting and investment power over all shares beneficially
owned. Share ownership has been computed in accordance with Securities and
Exchange Commission rules and does not necessarily indicate beneficial ownership
for any other purpose. In determining beneficial ownership, shares owned by a
spouse and minor children with respect to which an individual has disclaimed
beneficial ownership have been excluded. As of the record date for the Annual
Meeting, no director or executive officer owned as much as 1% of the
Corporation's Common Stock, the only voting security outstanding, and all of the
Corporation's directors and executive officers as a group beneficially owned
2.6% of the Corporation's Common Stock, inclusive of currently exercisable
options.
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NAME OF BENEFICIAL OWNER NO. OF SHARES NO. OF SHARES
AND NO. OF WITH SOLE WITH SHARED
PERSONS VOTING & VOTING OR TOTAL NO.
IN GROUP INVESTMENT POWER INVESTMENT POWER OF SHARES
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Richard M. Bagley 1,502 -- 1,502
J. Carter Fox 3,602 -- 3,602
Patrick D. Giblin 129,800(1) -- 129,800
William C. Harris 86,685(2) 800 87,485
Bonnie Guiton Hill 200 162 362
Gene A. James 1,382 -- 1,382
H. Gordon Leggett, Jr. 2,063 -- 2,063
Charles R. Longsworth 1,299 -- 1,299
Patrick J. Maher 502 2,985 3,487
Frank E. McCarthy 1,610 2,375 3,985
G. Gilmer Minor III 2,934 -- 2,934
O. H. Parrish, Jr. 64,443(3) -- 64,443
Gordon F. Rainey, Jr. 8,000 4,800 12,800
Frank S. Royal 1,803 -- 1,803
Richard G. Tilghman 219,981(4) 1,128 221,109
Eugene P. Trani 518 -- 518
William F. Vosbeck 7,302 -- 7,302
L. Dudley Walker 25,289 -- 25,289
Karen Hastie Williams 575 -- 575
James M. Wells III 119,906(5) -- 119,906
All directors and executive
officers (28 including the
above) 974,813(6) 12,250 987,063
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(1)Includes currently exercisable options for 43,543 shares
(2)Includes currently exercisable options for 50,000 shares
(3)Includes currently exercisable options for 40,421 shares
(4)Includes currently exercisable options for 154,000 shares
(5)Includes currently exercisable options for 94,300 shares
(6)Includes currently exercisable options for 537,355 shares
1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
DIRECTOR NOMINEES
The Board of Directors is divided into three classes (Class I, Class II and
Class III), with each class elected at successive Annual Meetings. The term of
office for Class II directors will expire at the Annual Meeting. Five persons,
all of whom are presently on the Board and were previously elected by the
shareholders, have been nominated to serve as Class II directors. If elected,
the five nominees will serve for a term of three years. (William F. Vosbeck, a
Class II director, is not standing for reelection because he has reached age 70,
the mandatory age of retirement. Mr. Vosbeck has served as a director of the
Corporation since 1973. Patrick D. Giblin, a Class I director, is also retiring
as a director as of the Annual Meeting because he is retiring on May 1 as Vice
Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation. Mr. Giblin has been a
director since 1985 and has served in the Corporation's employ since 1973. The
Corporation gratefully acknowledges the dedicated service and many contributions
of these individuals.)
It is the intention of the persons named as proxies in the accompanying form
of proxy to vote for the election of each of the five named nominees unless
authorization is withheld. Each nominee has agreed to serve if elected. In the
event any nominee shall unexpectedly be unable to serve, the Board may reduce
its size or nominate an alternative candidate for whom the proxies will be
voted. The election of each nominee requires the affirmative vote of the holders
of a plurality of the shares of Common Stock cast in the election of directors.
Votes that are withheld and shares held in street name that are not voted in the
election of directors ("broker non-votes") will not be included in determining
the number of votes cast, although such shares will be counted for purposes of
determining a quorum.
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The name, age, principal occupation and recent business experience of each
nominee and director are set forth below. Also indicated are the length of
service as a director of the Corporation, service on committees of the Board,
and any other public company directorships. All directors also serve as
directors of Crestar Bank, the Corporation's principal banking subsidiary.
NOMINEES -- CLASS II DIRECTORS
(Term Expiring in 1998)
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(photo) BONNIE GUITON HILL, 53, Dean of the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of
Virginia, a position held since July, 1992. From April, 1991 to June, 1992, Ms. Hill was
Secretary of the State and Consumer Services Agency for the State of California, and from
September, 1990, to March, 1991, Ms. Hill was President and Chief Executive Officer of
the Earth Conservation Corps, a privately funded not-for-profit corporation committed to
youth conservation work. From 1989 to 1991, Ms. Hill was a Special Adviser to President
George Bush for Consumer Affairs and Director of the U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs. Ms.
Hill is also a director of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, Louisiana-Pacific, Inc.,
Hershey Foods Corporation and AK Steel Holding Corporation. Ms. Hill is a member of the
Corporation's Audit Committee and was elected a director in April, 1994.
(photo) FRANK E. MCCARTHY, 60, is Executive Vice President of the National Automobile Dealers
Association, McLean, Virginia. Mr. McCarthy has been a director of the Corporation since
1987 and is a member of the Executive Committee.
(photo) G. GILMER MINOR III, 54, is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Owens &
Minor, Inc. (hospital and medical supply distributor), Richmond, Virginia. Mr. Minor
assumed the post of Chairman in May, 1994 and is a director of Owens & Minor, Inc. and
Richfood Holdings, Inc. He has been a director of the Corporation since 1987 and serves
on the Human Resources and Compensation Committee.
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(photo) EUGENE P. TRANI, 55, President of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.
Dr. Trani has served in that position since July, 1990. Previously, Dr. Trani was Vice
President for Academic Affairs for the University of Wisconsin System, as well as
Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Trani was elected a
director of the Corporation in 1993 and also serves as a director of Lawyers Title
Corporation. Dr. Trani is a member of the Corporation's Audit Committee.
(photo) JAMES M. WELLS III, 48, is President of the Corporation and Crestar Bank. Mr. Wells was
elected a director of the Corporation in December, 1988. In October, 1988, he was elected
President of the Corporation, as well as President and a director of Crestar Bank. Prior
to becoming President, Mr. Wells served as Executive Vice President of the Corporation
and Crestar Bank. Mr. Wells is a director of Brenco, Inc. and VISA U.S.A., Inc. and is
also a director of Crestar Bank N.A., Crestar Mortgage Corporation and Capitoline
Investment Services Incorporated, wholly owned affiliates of the Corporation. Mr. Wells
serves on the Corporation's Executive Committee.
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CLASS I DIRECTORS
(Term Expiring in 1997)
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(photo) J. CARTER FOX, 55, is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Chesapeake Corporation
(paper, packaging and forest products manufacturer), Richmond, Virginia. Mr. Fox is a
director of Chesapeake Corporation and assumed the post of Chairman in April, 1994; Mr.
Fox was also President of Chesapeake Corporation until February, 1995. Mr. Fox was
elected a director of the Corporation in 1985 and serves on the Executive Committee.
(photo) GENE A. JAMES, 63, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern States
Cooperative, Inc. (farm supply cooperative), Richmond, Virginia. Mr. James became a
director of the Corporation in 1987 and serves on the Human Resources and Compensation
Committee.
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(photo) H. GORDON LEGGETT, JR., 62, is Executive Vice President and Secretary of Leggett Stores
(department store chain), Lynchburg, Virginia. From 1986 to 1990, Mr. Leggett served as
Vice President-Human Resources Division of Leggett Stores, and for a three-year period
ending in 1986, he also served as President, a position that is rotated among the
company's senior officers. A director of the Corporation since 1984, Mr. Leggett serves
on the Human Resources and Compensation Committee.
(photo) PATRICK J. MAHER, 58, is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Washington Gas Light
Company (natural gas distributor), Washington, D.C. Mr. Maher was President of the
Company from October, 1987 until November, 1992. He has been Chief Executive Officer
since February, 1992, and Chairman since November, 1992. Mr. Maher was elected a director
of the Corporation in 1991 and serves on the Audit Committee. He is also a director of
Washington Gas Light Company.
(photo) GORDON F. RAINEY, JR., 54, is a partner in the law firm of Hunton & Williams, Richmond,
Virginia. Mr. Rainey is also Chairman of the Executive Committee of Hunton & Williams, a
position that he assumed in April, 1994. Mr. Rainey was elected a director of the
Corporation in 1991 and is a member of the Audit Committee.
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CLASS III DIRECTORS
(Term Expiring in 1996)
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(photo) RICHARD M. BAGLEY, 67, is President of Bagley Investment Company (real estate
investments), Hampton, Virginia. Mr. Bagley served as a director of the Corporation from
1978 until he resigned in January, 1986 to accept the position of Secretary of Commerce
and Resources for the Commonwealth of Virginia. In July, 1986, Mr. Bagley became
Secretary of Economic Development for Virginia, a position that he held until July, 1988.
Mr. Bagley was re-elected to the Board as of August, 1988 and serves on the Audit
Committee.
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(photo) CHARLES R. LONGSWORTH, 65, is Chairman Emeritus of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
(educational museum, hotels, restaurants), Williamsburg, Virginia. Mr. Longsworth was
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation until November, 1992, and assumed
the post of Chairman in November, 1991. He served as Chairman until November, 1994, when
he was named Chairman Emeritus. Mr. Longsworth is a director of Houghton Mifflin, Inc.,
Flight Safety International, Inc., Roadway Services, Inc. and Saul Centers, Inc. Elected
a director of the Corporation in 1986, Mr. Longsworth is Chairman of the Human Resources
and Compensation Committee and serves on the Executive Committee.
(photo) FRANK S. ROYAL, 55, is President and Member of Frank S. Royal, M.D., P.C. (family
medicine). He has been a practicing physician in Richmond, Virginia since 1969. Dr. Royal
is a director of Chesapeake Corporation, Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation, CSX
Corporation and Dominion Resources, Inc. He has been a director of the Corporation since
1979. Dr. Royal is a member of the Executive Committee.
(photo) RICHARD G. TILGHMAN, 54, is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and
Crestar Bank. He has been Chairman since April, 1986 and Chief Executive Officer since
September, 1985. Mr. Tilghman was also President of the Corporation and Crestar Bank from
September, 1985 until October, 1988. He is a director of Chesapeake Corporation. Mr.
Tilghman has been a director of the Corporation since 1984 and serves as Chairman of the
Executive Committee.
(photo) L. DUDLEY WALKER, 64, is Chairman of Bassett-Walker, Inc. (textile and apparel
manufacturer), Martinsville, Virginia. Prior to July, 1987, Mr. Walker was also President
and Chief Executive Officer of Bassett-Walker, Inc. Mr. Walker is a director of VF
Corporation. A director of the Corporation since 1982, he serves on the Audit Committee.
(photo) KAREN HASTIE WILLIAMS, 50, is a partner in the Crowell & Moring law firm, Washington,
D.C. Ms. Williams is a director of Federal National Mortgage Association, Washington Gas
Light Company, Continental Airlines, Inc., and SunAmerica, Inc. Elected a director of the
Corporation in 1987, she serves on the Human Resources and Compensation Committee.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEES
During 1994 the Board of Directors held nine meetings. The Board has three
standing committees to perform assigned functions: Executive, Audit, and Human
Resources and Compensation. During the past year, these committees met 12, five
and six times, respectively. All directors attended at least 75% of all meetings
of the Board and committees on which they served.
The Executive Committee exercises all of the powers of the Board of Directors
between Board meetings, except for certain matters reserved to the Board by law,
and reviews management's business plan and financial goals. The Committee also
serves as the Board's steering committee on financial matters and credit issues,
as well as the Board's advisor on mergers and acquisitions and corporate
structure issues. In addition, the Committee functions as a nominating committee
by recommending nominees for election as directors of the Corporation. The
Committee will consider nominees recommended by shareholders, as provided in the
last section of this Proxy Statement. Committee members are Messrs. Tilghman
(Chairman), Fox, Longsworth, McCarthy, Royal, Vosbeck and Wells.
The Audit Committee, composed of directors who are not officers of the
Corporation, recommends the selection of independent auditors to be appointed by
the Board and ratified by the shareholders; approves the internal audit plan and
reviews reports of examination by the independent auditors and by regulatory
agencies having jurisdiction over the Corporation and its subsidiaries; reviews
compliance with the Corporation's Standards of Conduct; assists the Board in
fulfilling its responsibilities for financial reporting to the public; serves as
the Board's Community Reinvestment Act committee; and reviews the basis for
management's report required by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Improvement Act of 1991. Committee members are Messrs. Vosbeck (Chairman),
Bagley, Maher, Rainey, Trani, Walker, and Ms. Hill.
The Human Resources and Compensation Committee, composed of directors who are
not officers of the Corporation, reviews and approves major compensation
policies and recommends to the Board the salaries to be paid
to the five most highly paid officers of the Corporation. The Committee also
approves performance targets for the Corporation's benefit plans, and determines
Management Incentive awards, stock option and other grants to eligible officers.
The Committee further reviews and recommends for Board approval new qualified
and non-qualified benefit plans, as well as significant changes to existing
plans, and recommends for Board approval appropriate changes in director
compensation. Members of the Committee are Messrs. Longsworth (Chairman), James,
Leggett, Minor and Ms. Williams.
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
Directors who are not officers of the Corporation or its subsidiaries are paid
$1,000 for attendance at each meeting of the Board or Board committees. In
addition, directors receive an annual retainer of $18,000 a year, $6,000 of
which is paid in the form of Corporation stock under the terms of the Directors'
Stock Compensation Plan, approved by shareholders at the 1993 Annual Meeting.
The Chairmen of the Audit and Human Resources and Compensation Committees are
also paid $3,500 for service in that capacity; the Chairman of the Executive
Committee is not paid a fee since he is an officer of the Corporation. Directors
may defer all or part of their cash fees. Amounts deferred are credited to
either a variable rate, interest-bearing deferred cash account or, if 65 or
younger, to a deferred income benefit account. Directors choosing the deferred
income benefit receive supplemental retirement or survivors' benefits over a 5-
to 20-year period. Under the deferral plan for directors, accelerated payment of
deferred benefits occurs under certain conditions, including upon a "change in
control." If accelerated payment occurs, the amount paid is calculated according
to a present-value formula that considers the directors' accelerated taxation
and adjusts to provide the same after-tax benefit that each director would have
received if the payments had been made according to the original payment
schedule; that calculation might result in a larger payment by the Corporation
than would have occurred absent acceleration. Assets available to pay deferred
benefits are held in a trust but those assets remain available to the
Corporation's creditors in the event of the Corporation's insolvency.
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INDEBTEDNESS AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS
The Corporation's directors and officers and other corporations, business
organizations, and persons with whom some of the Corporation's directors and
officers are associated, had loan transactions in 1994 with the Corporation's
banks totalling approximately $11 million or about 1% of average shareholders'
equity for the year. All such transactions were made in the ordinary course of
business on substantially the same terms, including interest rates and
collateral, as those prevailing at the time in comparable transactions with
others and did not involve more than the normal risk of collectibility or
present other unfavorable features.
During 1994 the Corporation and its subsidiaries utilized the legal services
of the law firms of Hunton & Williams and Crowell & Moring, of which directors
Gordon F. Rainey, Jr. and Karen Hastie Williams are, respectively, partners. The
amount of fees paid to Hunton & Williams and Crowell & Moring did not exceed 5%
of either firm's gross revenues.
Hunton & Williams leased 15,708 square feet of office space in Crestar Bank's
Norfolk headquarters building for a term of 12 years, commencing December 1,
1991. Over the term of the lease, Crestar Bank expects to realize rental income
of $2,985,000, plus some additional income from tenant parking. Because of the
high vacancy factor for office space in the Norfolk market at the time, and the
intense competition for tenants, Crestar Bank made various "at market"
concessions to induce Hunton & Williams to enter into the lease, but in the
judgment of management, these concessions and other lease terms were similar in
nature and amount to arms-length financial inducements offered to Hunton &
Williams by owners of other Norfolk buildings. The lease is expected to increase
the future sale value of the building, although there is no present plan to sell
the building.
COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(a) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires that the
Corporation's directors and executive officers, and persons who own more than
10% of a registered class of the Corporation's equity securities, file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission initial reports of ownership and reports of
change in ownership of Common Stock and other equity securities of the
Corporation. The same persons are also required by SEC regulation to furnish the
Corporation with copies of all Section 16(a) forms that they file.
To the Corporation's knowledge, based solely on review of the copies of such
reports furnished to the Corporation, and written representations that no other
reports were required, during the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, all
Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to its executive officers,
directors and greater than 10% beneficial owners were complied with, except that
Frank E. McCarthy, a director, did not report until after year-end on a Form 5
filing that an adult child living at home had bought 50 shares of the
Corporation's stock on November 2, 1994. Mr. McCarthy disclaims any beneficial
ownership in the shares.
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COMPENSATION OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following table contains information regarding individual compensation of
the Chief Executive Officer and the four other most highly compensated executive
officers for services in all capacities to the Corporation and its subsidiaries
in 1994, 1993, and 1992.
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SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F)
LONG-TERM
COMPENSATION(2)
AWARDS
SECURITIES
NAME & ANNUAL COMPENSATION(1) UNDERLYING ALL OTHER
PRINCIPAL SALARY BONUS OPTIONS COMPENSATION
POSITION YEAR ($) ($) (#) ($)(3)
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Richard G. Tilghman 1994 570,000 412,000 28,000 83,140
Chairman & Chief 1993 535,000 280,000 20,000 65,067
Executive Officer 1992 500,000 200,000 40,000 41,192
James M. Wells III 1994 376,000 250,000 15,000 56,305
President 1993 353,000 167,000 12,000 38,610
1992 330,000 119,000 24,000 29,138
Patrick D. Giblin 1994 342,000 210,000 12,000 71,158
Vice Chairman & Chief 1993 321,000 135,000 10,000 58,523
Financial Officer 1992 300,000 96,000 20,000 46,598
William C. Harris 1994 308,000 167,000 8,000 50,769
Corporate Executive Vice President & 1993 289,000 107,000 6,000 47,021
President-Greater Washington Banking 1992 270,000 76,000 12,000 32,401
O. H. Parrish, Jr. 1994 260,000 142,000 8,000 34,517
Corporate Executive Vice President 1993 230,000 100,000 6,000 29,640
& President-Virginia Banking 1992 215,000 60,000 12,000 22,856
(1) Salary and bonus are reported in the year in which earned, even if not actually paid until the following
year or deferred at the executive officer's election. None of the named individuals received perquisites or other
personal benefits in excess of the lesser of $50,000 or 10% of the total of his salary and bonus as reported in
columns (c) and (d) of this table.
(2) Awards earned under the Corporation's Performance Equity Plan (see description in the Compensation
Committee Report) are reported in the Summary Compensation Table as "Bonus" in the year of payout. No awards have
been paid out in the last three years.
(3) Column includes corporate contributions made under the Corporation's 401(k) plan and amounts accrued but
not contributed under the Corporation's non-qualified plans which provide benefits that would have been provided
under the 401(k) plan except for certain Internal Revenue Code limits, in the amounts, for 1994, of $53,580
Tilghman; $35,344 Wells; $32,148 Giblin; $28,952 Harris; $24,440 Parrish. Column also includes interest earned on
deferred compensation in excess of 120% of the long term applicable federal rate (AFR) in the amounts, for 1994,
of $4,114 Tilghman; $982 Wells; $8,194 Giblin; $2,003 Harris; and $1,352 Parrish. Column further includes
actuarial equivalent of benefit to executive from Corporation's annual premiums under a split dollar life
insurance program in the amounts, for 1994, of $25,446 Tilghman; $19,979 Wells; $30,816 Giblin; $19,814 Harris;
and $8,725 Parrish.
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The following table shows all grants of options to the named executive
officers of the Corporation during 1994.
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OPTION GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
POTENTIAL
REALIZABLE
VALUE
AT ASSUMED
ANNUAL RATES
OF STOCK
PRICE APPRECIATION
FOR OPTION TERM(3)
INDIVIDUAL GRANTS
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G)
NUMBER OF PERCENT OF
SECURITIES TOTAL
UNDERLYING OPTIONS GRANTED EXERCISE OR
OPTIONS TO EMPLOYEES BASE PRICE EXPIRATION 5% 10%
NAME GRANTED (#)(1) IN FISCAL YEAR ($/SH)(2) DATE ($) ($)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Richard G. Tilghman 28,000 13% 41.625 1/27/04 732,984 1,857,520
James M. Wells III 15,000 7% 41.625 1/27/04 392,670 995,100
Patrick D. Giblin 12,000 6% 41.625 1/27/04 314,136 796,080
William C. Harris 8,000 4% 41.625 1/27/04 209,424 530,720
O. H. Parrish, Jr. 8,000 4% 41.625 1/27/04 209,424 530,720
(1) Options became exercisable on January 27, 1995, 12 months from the date of grant.
(2) Exercise Price is the average of the high and low trading prices of Crestar Common Stock on the date of
grant.
(3) In order to realize the potential values set forth in columns (f) and (g), the price per share of Crestar
Common Stock would be approximately $67.75 and $108.00, respectively, at the end of the ten-year option term.
</TABLE>
The following table provides information concerning stock options exercised by
each of the five named executive officers during 1994, and the value of options
held by each on December 31, 1994.
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AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR AND FY-END OPTION VALUES
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
NUMBER OF VALUE OF
SECURITIES UNEXERCISED IN-THE-
UNDERLYING MONEY
UNEXERCISED OPTIONS OPTIONS AT DECEMBER
AT DECEMBER 31, 1994 31, 1994
(#) ($)(1)
SHARES ACQUIRED VALUE EXERCISABLE/ EXERCISABLE/
NAME ON EXERCISE (#) REALIZED ($) UNEXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Richard G. Tilghman 12,000 277,128 136,000/28,000 1,987,250/0
James M. Wells III 8,700 223,525 79,300/15,000 1,111,106/0
Patrick D. Giblin 11,609 206,505 42,036/12,000 588,857/0
William C. Harris 9,300 171,075 42,000/ 8,000 609,750/0
O. H. Parrish, Jr. 7,000 150,125 32,421/ 8,000 421,734/0
(1) The average of the high and low trading prices on December 30, 1994 for Crestar Common Stock was
$37.8125 and is used in calculating the value of unexercised options.
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The following table describes Performance Share grants to the named executive
officers during 1994 under the Value Share Program, which was implemented in
1994 as a component of the 1993 Stock Incentive Plan. Performance Shares will be
earned, contingent on targeted price increases in Crestar Common Stock over the
next two or three years.
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<CAPTION>
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLANS -- AWARDS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR(1)
(A) (B) (C)
PERFORMANCE OR
NUMBER OF SHARES, OTHER PERIOD
UNITS, OR OTHER UNTIL MATURATION
NAME RIGHTS(#) OR PAYOUT
<S> <C> <C>
Richard G. Tilghman 10,000 2-3 years
James M. Wells III 5,300 2-3 years
Patrick D. Giblin 4,200 2-3 years
William C. Harris 2,800 2-3 years
O. H. Parrish, Jr. 2,800 2-3 years
(1) The awards shown in the table are Performance Shares that were granted on 2/24/94 when the
Common Stock price was $43.5625. For the two-year performance cycle, all of the Performance Shares will
be earned if the Common Stock price is at least $61.2022 on 2/24/96, which represents stock price growth
of 18.5%, compounded, over the two-year period; if the Common Stock price is less than $61.2022 on
2/24/96, no Performance Shares are earned and Common Stock price growth is then measured for the
three-year performance cycle. For the three-year performance cycle, all of the Performance Shares will
be earned if the Common Stock price on 2/24/97 is at least $61.2022, which represents stock price growth
of 12% per year, compounded, over the three-year period; one-fourth of the Performance Shares will be
earned if the Common Stock price on 2/24/97 is $51.8836, which represents stock price growth of 6% per
year, compounded, over the three-year period; a pro rata number of Performance Shares will be earned if
the Common Stock price on 2/24/97 is at least $51.8836 but less than $61.2022; and no Performance Shares
will be earned and all Performance Shares will be canceled if the Common Stock price on 2/24/97 is less
than $51.8836. Any Performance Shares earned will be settled one-half in cash and one-half in shares of
Common Stock, and, in addition, the executive will be granted a number of non-qualified stock options at
the prevailing market price on the grant date (2/24/96 or 2/24/97), equal to the number of Performance
Shares earned. On 12/31/94, the Common Stock price was $37.625. For purposes of the Value Share Program,
Common Stock price is the average of the high and low prices on that date.
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The following table shows, for the compensation level and years of credited
service indicated, the estimated annual benefits payable in the form of a
straight life annuity to the five named executive officers under the current
provisions of the Corporation's tax-qualified and non-qualified pension plans.
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PENSION PLAN TABLE(1)
HIGHEST
THREE-YEAR AVERAGE YEARS OF CREDITED SERVICE
COMPENSATION 20 25 30 35 40
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$ 300,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000
400,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000
500,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000
600,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000
700,000 350,000 350,000 350,000 350,000 350,000
800,000 400,000 400,000 400,000 400,000 400,000
900,000 450,000 450,000 450,000 450,000 450,000
1,000,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000
1,200,000 600,000 600,000 600,000 600,000 600,000
(1) Benefit amounts include all amounts that would be payable under the
Corporation's tax-qualified and non-qualified pension plans, including a new
supplemental executive pension plan approved by the Board of Directors in October,
1994, and effective January 1, 1995. Benefit amounts shown are payable upon
retirement at age 60 or later with 20 years of credited service. Reduced benefits
payable at or after age 55 with 20 years of service. Benefit amounts are based on the
executive's highest three-year average compensation and are not subject to Social
Security or other reductions. The covered compensation amounts for purposes of
computing these benefits are based on the salary and bonus columns in the Summary
Compensation Table (excluding any long-term incentive payout which may be included as
bonus). All five named executive officers, Messrs. Tighlman, Wells, Giblin, Harris,
and Parrish, have completed the required 20 years of service.
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EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND CHANGE-IN-CONTROL
ARRANGEMENTS
SEVERANCE AGREEMENTS. The Corporation has entered into severance agreements with
Messrs. Tilghman, Wells, Giblin, Harris, and Parrish. The agreements are
identical and each is subject to the Corporation's Executive Severance Plan.
The agreements and the Plan provide for certain benefits in the event of a
change-in-control of the Corporation followed by termination of employment
without cause, or disproportionate reduction of compensation, or demotion,
within three years of the change-in-control. If a change-in-control occurs and
benefits are paid under the agreements and the Plan, the principal benefits an
employee receives are: (i) continued salary payments for 36 months (an employee
will be paid 125% of his "adjusted monthly compensation" prior to termination;
paying the employee more than 100% of his compensation is intended to compensate
him for loss of continuing benefits during the severance period); (ii) lump sum
payment equal to the Corporation's profit sharing contribution that would have
been allocated to his account for the full calendar year in which his employment
is terminated plus the nonvested portion of his benefits under the Corporation's
qualified pension plan; and (iii) in the event of a tender offer or exchange
offer, consideration for his Crestar Common Stock equivalent to the economic
value paid to the Corporation's public shareholders. The Corporation has
promised to pay all legal fees and expenses, if any, incurred by the employee in
seeking to obtain these benefits.
The Internal Revenue Code imposes significant penalties if an employee
receives, on account of a change-in-control, payments that exceed a threshold
based on three times the employee's average annual compensation during the five
years prior to the change-in-control. Any or all of an affected employee's
severance benefits will be reduced so that the payments do not exceed the
Internal Revenue Code's threshold if that reduced amount would yield to the
employee a greater after-tax benefit. If an employee's severance benefits
without regard to the statutory
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threshold would result in a greater after-tax benefit to that employee, then his
benefits will not be reduced. The Corporation's independent auditors determine
whether an employee's severance benefits will be reduced under his severance
agreement. No benefits will be payable under the agreements in the event of
certain actual changes-in-control or a disposition of 50% or more of the
Corporation's assets in which assurance exists that benefits at least equal to
the benefits provided such individuals under the agreements will be continued
and benefits are actually continued.
All agreements for the five named executive officers provide for initial terms
of three years, with annual reviews thereafter by the Human Resources and
Compensation Committee to consider extending the term for an additional year. In
1994, the Board removed the mitigation clause that imposed a reduction in the
severance benefit by certain amounts earned from other employment during the
severance period.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS
AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
The Human Resources and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of
Crestar Financial Corporation is comprised of five outside directors: Charles R.
Longsworth (Chairman), Gene A. James, H. Gordon Leggett, Jr., G. Gilmer Minor
III, and Karen Hastie Williams. None of the Committee members is an officer or
employee or former officer or employee of Crestar or any of its subsidiaries and
no one serves on the board of any other Committee member's company or
organization. Similarly, none of the Corporation's executive officers serves on
the board of any Committee member's organization.
HUMAN RESOURCES AND
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT
ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The Human Resources and Compensation Committee, composed of five outside
directors, reviews and approves major compensation and benefits policies of the
Corporation. It also recommends to the Board the salaries to be paid to the five
most highly paid executive officers, approves performance targets for incentive
plans, and determines incentive awards and stock option and other incentive
grants to eligible officers. The Committee utilizes both outside legal counsel
and consultants in fulfilling its responsibilities.
COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY -- Crestar's compensation programs are a key element
in achieving continued financial and operational success. They are designed to
recruit, reward, retain and motivate all executives to work as a team to achieve
the Corporation's goals of: (1) Keeping abreast of the financial services needs
of the communities, businesses and individuals served, and to aggressively
market the products and services that meet those needs; (2) Delivering customer
service that is consistently and clearly superior to that provided by the
Corporation's competitors; (3) Maintaining strong credit quality; (4) Managing
productivity, including controlling costs, as well as working as efficiently as
possible to generate fee income; (5) Maintaining a skilled and highly motivated
workforce; and (6) Expanding and growing within the markets currently served in
Virginia, Washington, D.C. and Maryland. By following these principles, Crestar
has provided value for both its customers and its shareholders.
Compensation programs for executive employees are based on two fundamental
principles: (1) PAY FOR PERFORMANCE: Every executive's long-term and short-term
incentive compensation will be related to performance against specific corporate
and business unit goals; and (2) EXTERNAL COMPETITIVENESS: It is the Committee's
intention that when target performance is achieved, executives' total
compensation will be commensurate, as well as competitive, according to annually
reported regional and national peer group survey data.
The results sought by implementing these principles are: (1) ACCOUNTABILITY -
tying an executive's incentive compensation to the achievement of performance
goals; (2) VARIABILITY - preventing entitlement (a portion of compensation for
every executive is variable and must be re-earned every year); and (3) INTERNAL
EQUITY - assuring compensation equity among jobs of similar content,
responsibility and contribution to total corporate performance.
Executives are compensated for creating shareholder value which maximizes the
Corporation's market value over its invested equity. Compensation programs are
clearly and understandably linked to performance goals which are aligned with
corporate and business unit objectives developed in the annual planning process.
A portion of each executive's compensation is
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linked to shareholder value and corporate performance. This portion is larger
for those executives who have greater responsibility for overall corporate
performance. Where appropriate, some portion is linked to the performance of the
business unit for which the executive has the most direct responsibility. An
executive's total compensation is composed of fixed and variable, at-risk
components. Executives with greater responsibility have a larger share of their
total compensation at risk. The mix of compensation programs is designed to
reward achievement of a proper balance of short-term and long-term performance.
Executives are encouraged to own Crestar Common Stock. This proportion should be
higher for executives with greater responsibility, to reflect their long-term
investment in the future of the Corporation. The compensation programs are
designed to encourage appropriate risk taking by aligning executives' risk
position with that of shareholders. The selection of performance measures is
based primarily on their creation of shareholder value. Performance assessment
considers accomplishments relative to those of an appropriate industry peer
group and changing internal and external conditions. Eligibility varies between
programs and includes key management employees and individual contributors whose
inclusion is appropriate to reflect level of responsibility and industry
practice. Programs are flexible to allow changes in response to legal,
regulatory and/or business requirements.
With respect to the Corporation's policy regarding qualifying compensation
paid to executive officers for deductibility under the $1 million cap of section
162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, the Committee intends to consider changes
to Crestar's compensation programs to allow deductibility to the extent those
changes continue to support the Corporation's ability to achieve the results,
maintain the principles, and achieve the corporate goals outlined above.
The components of Crestar's executive compensation package, with a specific
discussion of the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer, are detailed
below.
BASE SALARY -- Base salary is the foundation of Crestar's executive
compensation program. It reflects the competitive value, both externally and
internally, of positions and provides the base relationship for short-term and
long-term incentive programs. The Committee's goal is to set base salary so
that, when combined with annual incentives, it is competitive within the
industry when Crestar's target performance is achieved. The Committee targets
base salary at the median level of similarly-sized financial services
organizations as published in national executive compensation surveys and
endorsed by the Committee's independent, outside consultant. For 1994, Mr.
Tilghman, Chairman and CEO of the Corporation, received a base salary of
$570,000.
The Committee believes that the companies included in the survey data used for
setting base salary and other compensation levels are more representative of the
Corporation's most direct competitors for executive talent than the companies
used in the index for shareholder return comparisons, which are regional
competitors of varying asset size that compete with Crestar for investors. Thus,
while there is some overlap in the companies contained in national survey data
used in establishing executive compensation and the index used in the graph
comparing five-year cumulative shareholder return, the groups are not identical.
ANNUAL INCENTIVE -- Crestar's annual incentive program is designed to motivate
executives by recognizing and rewarding performance against pre-determined
annual financial objectives. A minimum corporate performance threshold must be
achieved before any incentive may be earned. The objectives include corporate
and individual components which are weighted according to the executive's sphere
of responsibility. These range from 75% corporate weighting for senior
executives, including the five named executive officers, to a 25% corporate
weighting for less senior management participants. Approximately 225 officers,
or 3% of the total employee population, participate in the annual management
incentive program. Each participant has a competitive target award expressed as
a percent of salary, which varies according to level of responsibility. Target
awards are set periodically, based on the same competitive standards used to
establish base salary levels.
Crestar uses the annual incentive program to compensate executives based on
the Corporation's return on equity (ROE) and achievement of individual
performance goals. The individual element of each participant's award may be
adjusted up to 150% or down to zero at the Committee's discretion, based on
individual achievement. The Committee establishes an ROE payout schedule
annually during April based on the earnings environment and the Corporation's
annual financial objectives. For 1994, incentive targets were set based on the
achievement of a
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15% ROE, with a range for maximum awards to be paid out at a 17.5% ROE and no
awards to be paid out for an ROE less than 12%. In 1993, these thresholds were
14%, 16.5% and 10%, respectively.
For 1994, the Corporation achieved an ROE of 15.4%, and based on the
Committee's pre-established ROE schedule, this provided for an incentive payout
of 108% of targets for eligible participants, adjusted for individual
performance factors. Mr. Tilghman received a 1994 annual incentive award of
$412,000, or 77% of his 1994 base salary. The Committee, exercising its
discretion as provided in the annual incentive plan, chose to adjust Mr.
Tilghman's target achievement of 64.8% of salary upward to the 77% level to
reflect his leadership and contributions to the Corporation's continued earnings
momentum, and increased emphasis on providing customers with superior value, as
well as the integration of several acquisitions during the year, despite
earnings pressure resulting from rising interest rates.
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PROGRAMS -- Crestar's long-term compensation programs are
designed to reward the creation of shareholder value. The 1993 Stock Incentive
Plan is the primary vehicle for providing long-term compensation. Under the
Plan, the Committee may grant stock options (both incentive and non-qualified),
financial performance-related stock awards, and outright awards of stock. This
plan allows the Committee the needed flexibility to respond to changing
business, financial and regulatory conditions.
Stock options permit the Committee to link executive rewards directly to
shareholder return. The option exercise price may not be less than the fair
market value of the shares on the date the options are granted. Options may be
granted to key management employees or individual contributors who have a
significant effect on the long-term strategic success of the Corporation. Grants
are made to top management to provide incentive for future performance, rather
than to reward for prior performance and, therefore, prior grants and the number
of outstanding options are not factored into the grant formula. The number of
shares underlying each executive's annual stock option grant is determined by
taking a percentage of salary, competitively determined, and dividing that
amount by the fair market value on the date of grant. The competitive percent of
salary is determined through use of the same national survey data as used in
setting executive base salary and potential incentive levels, combined with the
advice of the Committee's independent, outside consultant.
For 1994, Mr. Tilghman received a total grant of 28,000 incentive and
non-qualified stock options with an exercise price of $41.625 (the average of
the high and low trading prices on grant date) for a total market value of
$1,165,500. The grant value, or cost to purchase the shares underlying these
options, represented 204% of Mr. Tilghman's 1994 salary, a level based on a
competitive median range of 175% to 205% of base salary for similarly sized
financial institutions in the national survey data.
In 1994, the Corporation's Board of Directors approved a new long-term
incentive compensation arrangement - the Value Share Program - under the 1993
Stock Incentive Plan. This new program, designed to provide 22 senior managers
with a stock and cash award for long-term stock price appreciation, replaces
future grants under the 1987 Performance Equity Plan. The program awards
performance shares -- payable half in Crestar Common Stock and half in
cash -- plus non-qualified stock options equal to the number of performance
shares that are earned under the award, if a stock price appreciation target is
reached over the performance period. Once the performance shares are earned, or
forfeited, the Committee intends to establish new grants based on new stock
price appreciation goals for the prospective three-year period.
Performance shares were granted on 2/24/94 and are fully payable if the
Corporation's stock price grows, compounded, 12% per year from the date of grant
to 2/24/97. The price of Crestar Common Stock was $43.5625 at date of grant, and
the target price for a full payout of the performance shares is $61.2022.
One-fourth of the award will be earned if the stock price is $51.8836, a 6%
growth per year, compounded, during the same three-year period; if the growth is
between 6% and 12%, a pro rata amount of performance shares is earned. If
performance shares are earned, an executive also receives a number of
non-qualified stock options equal to the number of performance shares earned.
Awards can be earned in two years, versus the normal three, if the targeted
price of $61.2022 is achieved at 2/24/96. As of 12/30/94, Crestar Common Stock
was $37.625 - below the grant price in February 1994.
As a participant in the Value Share Program, Mr. Tilghman received 10,000
performance shares in 1994. To determine the amount of this award, the Committee
reviewed Mr. Tilghman's
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total compensation package with a special focus on his compensation net of base
salary, bonus, and share value, and considered the competitive median of
national and regional survey data presented by the Committee's independent,
outside consultant. The national surveys were the same used for setting base
pay; the regional surveys included mid-Atlantic financial institutions of
similar size. Based on the compensation numbers and survey data, the Committee
agreed to award Mr. Tilghman 10,000 performance shares, which is approximately
35% of the prior year's option grant and in the median range of survey data
reviewed. If Crestar Common Stock is at $61.2022 or higher on either 2/24/96 or
2/24/97, he will receive a full payout of his 10,000 performance shares plus
10,000 non-qualified options. If the price at 2/24/97 is at least $51.8836 but
less than $61.2022, he will receive a pro rata payout; and if the price is less
than $51.8836 at 2/24/97, no payout will be made and his performance shares will
be canceled.
Although no grants were made under the Performance Equity Plan in 1994,
executives may still earn payouts in Crestar Common Stock for grants made in
1991, 1992 and 1993. Specifically, one-fourth of the 1991 grant, one-half of the
1992 grant and three-fourths of the 1993 grant remain payout-viable (in 1995,
1996 and 1997, respectively). The Corporation does not, however, expect to pay
in 1995 any awards for 1994 performance under this Plan. In order for a portion
of these shares to be paid out, Crestar must achieve a minimum return on assets
(ROA) rank at the 50th percentile of the top 100 U.S. bank holding companies,
(ranked by asset size on December 31 and published annually by the AMERICAN
BANKER), at which point 25% of that year's portion is payable. An ROA rank at
the 85th percentile is necessary for a full payout to occur. No shares have been
earned or paid out under the Performance Equity Plan since its inception in
1987.
Crestar's compensation package offers executives rewards commensurate with the
Corporation's performance and seeks to promote a focus on long-term goals and
shareholder return. The Committee affirms its strategy of pay for performance as
evidenced by the following graph relating Crestar's five-year shareholder return
values (as defined in the Performance Graph) to Crestar's CEO cash compensation
(salary plus bonus as reported in the Summary Compensation Table). While
cumulative five-year percentage change in total shareholder return dropped
slightly in 1994, Crestar's full year 1994 net income totaled a record $169.1
million, up 20 percent from a year earlier. 1994 fourth quarter earnings of
$42.4 million were up nine percent year-over-year. Mr. Tilghman's cash
compensation remains appropriately linked in terms of the five-year growth
cycle.
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PERFORMANCE GRAPH
Set forth below is a graph comparing the total returns (assuming reinvestment
of dividends) of Crestar Financial Corporation Common Stock, the S&P 500 Index,
and the Dow Jones Regional Banks Index. The graph assumes $100 invested on
December 31, 1989, in Crestar Financial Corporation Common Stock and each of the
indices. The shareholder return shown on the graph below is not necessarily
indicative of future performance.
[INSERT GRAPH HERE]
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
CRESTAR FINANCIAL 100 51 70 159 176 164
S&P 500 100 97 126 136 150 152
DJ REGIONAL BANKS 100 70 123 163 173 166
[INSERT GRAPH HERE]
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
CEO CASH COMPENSATION 0% -20% -17% 16% 35% 61%
SHAREHOLDER RETURN 0% -49% -30% 59% 76% 64%
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2. RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee, the Board of Directors has
reappointed KPMG Peat Marwick LLP as independent auditors to audit the
consolidated financial statements of the Corporation and its subsidiaries for
1995. This appointment is subject to ratification by the shareholders. KPMG Peat
Marwick LLP has served in such capacity continuously since 1963.
Representatives of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP are expected to be present at the
Annual Meeting, where they will have the opportunity to make a statement, if
they desire to do so, and be available to respond to appropriate questions. A
majority of the votes cast is required for ratification. Abstentions and "broker
non-votes" will not be included in determining the number of votes cast.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT
OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP AS INDEPENDENT AUDITORS FOR 1995.
3. OTHER BUSINESS
The Board of Directors does not know of any matters to be presented for action
at the meeting other than those listed in the Notice of Meeting and referred to
in this Proxy Statement. The enclosed proxy confers discretionary authority,
however, with respect to the transaction of any other matters that may properly
come before the meeting, and it is the intention of the persons named in the
proxy to vote in accordance with their judgment on any such matter.
In accordance with the Corporation's Bylaws, and to permit the meeting to be
conducted in an orderly fashion, shareholders wishing to bring business before
the meeting must give written notice to the Secretary of the Corporation not
less than 15 days prior to the meeting (that is, by April 13, 1995). A
shareholder's notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter a brief
description of the business to be brought before the meeting and the reasons for
conducting such business at the meeting. Any nomination for director made by a
shareholder must also be made in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation not
less than 15 days prior to the meeting of shareholders. A shareholder's
nomination for director shall state the name and business address of the
shareholder's nominee and the fact that the nominee has consented to his name
being placed in nomination.
A shareholder's notice to the Secretary with respect to business to be brought
before the meeting or any nomination for director shall also set forth: (a) the
name and address of the shareholder making the nomination as it appears on the
Corporation's books, (b) the class and number of shares of the Corporation's
stock beneficially owned by the shareholder, and (c) any material interest of
the shareholder in the proposed nomination.
The notice provision in the Corporation's Bylaws is not intended to limit
the right of shareholders to speak at the Corporation's shareholders' meetings
on matters germane to the Corporation's business, subject to any rules
established for the orderly conduct of the meeting.
1996 DIRECTOR NOMINEES
AND SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS
Recommendations for director-nominees and proposals of shareholders intended to
be presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting and included in the Corporation's 1996
Notice of Meeting and Proxy Statement must be received by the Corporation no
later than November 20, 1995. Director-nominees and shareholder proposals should
be directed to the Secretary at the Corporation's principal office in Richmond,
Virginia. Recommendations for director nominees should include information that
will enable the Executive Committee to evaluate the qualifications of the
proposed candidate. Shareholder proposals must comply with SEC proxy rules in
order to be included in the Proxy Statement.
By Order of the Board of Directors
John C. Clark, III
Corporate Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
March 16, 1995
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PROXY
CRESTAR FINANCIAL CORPORATION
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS ON APRIL 28, 1995
The undersigned hereby appoints G. Gilmer Minor, III, Frank S. Royal, and L.
Dudley Walker as Proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and
authorizes them to represent and to vote all shares of Common Stock held of
record by the undersigned on March 3, 1995, at the Annual Meeting of
Shareholders to be held on April 28, 1995, or any adjournment thereof.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSALS 1 AND 2.
1. ELECTION OF FIVE CLASS II DIRECTORS FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS. NOMINEES:
BONNIE GUITON HILL, FRANK E. MCCARTHY, G. GILMER MINOR, III, EUGENE P. TRANI
AND JAMES M. WELLS, III.
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( ) FOR all nominees listed ( ) WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
(except as marked to vote for all nominees
to the contrary) listed
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INSTRUCTION: TO WITHHOLD AUTHORITY TO VOTE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL NOMINEE, WRITE
THAT NOMINEE'S NAME ON THE SPACE PROVIDED BELOW:
2. RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP AS INDEPENDENT
AUDITORS FOR 1995.
( ) FOR ( ) AGAINST ( ) ABSTAIN
3. IN THEIR DISCRETION, THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER
MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.
(CONTINUED ON REVERSE)
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THIS PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED BY
THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER(S). IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE
VOTED AS RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
I plan to attend the meeting.( )
Signature
Signature if held jointly
Dated , 1995
PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME
APPEARS. When shares are held by
joint tenants, both should sign.
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executor, administrator, trustee
or guardian, please give full
title. If a corporation, please
sign with full corporate name by
president or other authorized
officer. If a partnership, please
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