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SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
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PRELIMINARY COPY
[LOGO OF ANTHONY INDUSTRIES, INC.]
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
OF SHAREHOLDERS
MAY 2, 1996
To the Shareholders:
You are cordially invited to attend our Annual Meeting to be held at the
Company's main office, 4900 South Eastern Avenue, Los Angeles, California on
Thursday, May 2, 1996 at 10:00 a.m. (local time).
The Annual Meeting will be held for the following purposes:
1. To approve an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to change
the name of the Company to K2 Inc.
2. To approve an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to permit
a Board of Directors consisting of from eight to eleven directors.
3. To elect three directors to serve for a term of three years.
4. To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors
for 1996.
5. To transact such other business as may properly come before the
meeting or any adjournments thereof.
Only shareholders of record at the close of business on March 29, 1996 are
entitled to notice of the meeting and to vote at it or any adjournments
thereof.
If it is convenient for you to do so, we hope you will attend the meeting.
If you cannot, and wish your stock to be voted, we urge you to fill out the
enclosed proxy card and return it to us in the envelope provided. No
additional postage is required.
/s/ Richard M. Rodstein
Richard M. Rodstein
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Los Angeles, California
April 1, 1996
PLEASE DATE AND SIGN THE ACCOMPANYING PROXY CARD AND
MAIL IT PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED RETURN ENVELOPE.
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[LOGO OF ANTHONY INDUSTRIES, INC.]
4900 SOUTH EASTERN AVENUE
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90040
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PROXY STATEMENT
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The enclosed proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors of Anthony
Industries, Inc. It may be revoked at any time before it is exercised by
delivering a written notice to the Secretary of the Company stating that the
proxy is revoked, by executing a subsequent proxy and presenting it to the
Secretary of the Company or by attending the annual meeting and voting in
person. Only shareholders of record at the close of business on March 29, 1996
will be entitled to notice of and to vote at the annual meeting. As of that
date, the Company had outstanding [ ] shares of Common Stock, each share
entitled to one vote. It is anticipated that the mailing to shareholders of
this Proxy Statement and the enclosed proxy will commence on or about April 1,
1996.
Proxies will be solicited by mail, telephone or telegram and may be
personally solicited by directors, officers and other employees of the Company
and by Morrow & Co., 909 Third Avenue, New York, New York, which has been
engaged for a fee of $6,500 plus expenses for this purpose. The cost of
soliciting proxies will be borne by the Company.
Both abstentions and broker non-votes are counted for purposes of
determining the presence or absence at the annual meeting of a quorum for the
transaction of business, but shares represented by broker non-votes on a
matter submitted to shareholders are not considered present and entitled to
vote on that matter. Directors will be elected by plurality vote of the shares
present and entitled to vote. The ratification of the selection of independent
auditors will require the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present
and entitled to vote, and adoption of the proposed amendments to the
certificate of incorporation will require the affirmative vote of a majority
of the outstanding shares of Common Stock as of the record date. Consequently,
both abstentions and broker non-votes will have the effect of a vote against
the proposed amendments to the certificate of incorporation, but only
abstentions will have the effect of a vote against the ratification of the
independent auditors.
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PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS
Set forth below is the name, address and number of shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned as of March 29, 1996 by each person known to the Company to
own 5% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SHARES OF PERCENT
SHAREHOLDER COMMON STOCK OF CLASS
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<S> <C> <C>
Trust under Company's Employee Stock Ownership Plan... 2,304,317(a)
4900 South Eastern Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90040
Myron P. Anthony...................................... (b)
4900 South Eastern Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90040
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(a) Includes shares allocated to the accounts of participants in the ESOP, the
voting of which is directed by such participants. Until shares are
allocated to the accounts of participants in the ESOP, the terms of the
Trust require the Trustee to vote those shares in the same proportion as
the allocated shares are voted.
(b) Includes shares allocated to Mr. Anthony's account under the Company's
ESOP and 1,001,249 shares as to which he has sole voting and investment
power. An additional 400,316 shares ( %) are owned by Mr. Anthony's
wife.
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SECURITY HOLDINGS OF MANAGEMENT
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
BENEFICIALLY OWNED ON
NAME MARCH 29, 1996 (A) PERCENT OF CLASS (B)
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<S> <C> <C>
Directors and Nominees for Director
Robert T. Anthony................. 38,161
Bernard I. Forester............... 587,061
Richard L. Goldberg............... 1,118
Jerry E. Goldress................. 1,500
Abraham L. Gray................... 620,158
Hugh V. Hunter.................... 147,045
John H. Offermans................. 832
Richard M. Rodstein............... 250,364
John B. Simon..................... 12,180
Sol S. Weiner..................... 42,799
Executive Officers (c)
John J. Rangel.................... 80,943
Robert E. Doyle................... 74,910
David G. Cook..................... 49,028
All Directors and Executive Offi-
cers as a group (22).............. 2,098,616
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(a) Includes the following shares subject to currently exercisable options:
Robert T. Anthony-200 shares; Richard L. Goldberg-625 shares; Abraham L.
Gray-625 shares; Hugh V. Hunter-625 shares; John H. Offermans-625 shares;
Richard M. Rodstein-99,488 shares; John B. Simon-625 shares; Sol S.
Weiner-625 shares; John J. Rangel-19,600 shares; Robert E. Doyle-7,533
shares; David G. Cook-7,008 shares; and all directors and officers as a
group-188,961 shares. With the exception of the shares referred to in the
preceding sentence and the shares allocated to the accounts of Mr.
Forester ( shares), Mr. Rodstein ( shares), Mr. Rangel (
shares), Mr. Doyle ( shares), Mr. Cook ( shares), and all
directors and officers as a group ( shares), under the Company's
ESOP, each of the named persons has sole voting and investment power with
respect to the shares beneficially owned by him.
(b) The shares subject to options described in note (a) for each individual
were deemed to be outstanding for purposes of calculating the percentage
owned by such individual.
(c) Executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table below (other
than Mr. Forester and Mr. Rodstein, whose securities holdings are listed
above).
* Less than .1%.
Based on its review of Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any amendments thereto furnished
to the Company pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
all of such Forms were filed on a timely basis by reporting persons, with the
exception of one Form 4 filed by Mr. Rodstein reporting an exempt transaction
which was filed two months late.
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PROPOSED CHANGE OF CORPORATE NAME
The Board of Directors has proposed that the name of the Company be changed
to better reflect the Company's emphasis on its recreational products,
particularly in light of the Company's recently completed sale of its Anthony
Pools division. The Company believes that its K2 brand is one of its strongest
brands and the one with which it is most closely identified in the minds of
the public. The name change to K2 INC. should enhance the Company's
recognition in the minds of both the investment community and the sporting
goods industry.
If a favorable vote of the majority of the outstanding shares is received at
the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company will be amended to change the corporate name to K2 INC.
Set forth as Exhibit A is the text of Article I as it will read if the
Amendment is adopted.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE AMENDMENT.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO PERMIT A BOARD OF
DIRECTORS CONSISTING OF FROM EIGHT TO ELEVEN DIRECTORS
Article XIII of the Company's amended and restated certificate of
incorporation (the "Certificate of Incorporation") provides for a Board of
Directors consisting of from six to nine directors. The Board of Directors has
proposed that the Certificate of Incorporation be amended to provide for a
Board of from eight to eleven directors, with the actual number of directors
being set from time to time by action of the Board. As noted below, if the
proposed amendment is adopted, the Board would continue the number of
directors at nine. See "Election of Directors".
The proposed amendment (the "Amendment") to Article XIII would continue the
current division of the Board into three classes and would provide that the
number of directors in each class would be set from time to time by action of
the Board.
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The Amendment is being proposed in order to give the Board the flexibility
to increase the number of directors in order to add well-qualified new
individuals who may become available from time to time or to vary within the
eight to eleven range the number of directors in response to resignations or
other changes in the composition of the Board, in each case without the
necessity of a shareholder vote for each such change.
Under Delaware law, the Board would have the authority to fill any vacancies
arising from an increase in the size of the Board, and any individual
appointed by the Board would serve until the class to which he or she is
appointed comes up for re-election.
Set forth as Exhibit B is the text of Article XIII as it will read if the
Amendment is adopted.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE AMENDMENT.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Under the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, the Board of
Directors is divided into three classes, with the term of office of one of the
classes expiring each year. Unless such authority is withheld by an indication
thereon, it is intended that the proxy will be voted for election to the Board
of Directors of the nominees named below, to serve until the 1999 annual
meeting of shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified.
While the Board of Directors has no reason to believe that any of those named
will not be available as a candidate, should such a situation arise the proxy
may be voted for the election of other nominees as directors in the discretion
of the persons acting pursuant to the proxy. Directors will be elected by
plurality vote.
Certain information concerning the nominees and each director whose term of
office will continue after the 1996 annual meeting is set forth below:
NOMINEES FOR ELECTION AT THE ANNUAL MEETING
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FOR TERM SERVED AS
PRINCIPAL OF OFFICE DIRECTOR
NOMINEE OCCUPATION AGE EXPIRING SINCE
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Jerry E. Goldress (a) Chairman and Chief Executive 65 1999 --
Grisanti, Galef and Goldress, Inc.
Corporate Turnaround Management
John H. Offermans Real Estate Consultant 67 1999 1987
John B. Simon (b) Private Investor 71 1999 1986
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INCUMBENT DIRECTORS WHOSE TERMS OF OFFICE CONTINUE AFTER THE ANNUAL MEETING
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<CAPTION>
TERM
OF SERVED AS
PRINCIPAL OFFICE DIRECTOR
NAME OCCUPATION AGE EXPIRES SINCE
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Abraham L. Gray Chairman 72 1998 1984
Gray Capital Corp.
Investments
Hugh V. Hunter (c) President 78 1998 1972
Hugh V. Hunter Accountancy Corporation
Certified Public Accountant
Richard M. Rodstein President and Chief Executive Officer 41 1998 1995
Robert T. Anthony Principal 33 1997 1994
Concord Partners
Management Consulting
Bernard I. Forester Chairman of the Board 68 1997 1966
Richard L. Goldberg (d) Partner 60 1997 1976
Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn LLP
Attorneys
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(a) Mr. Goldress has also served as the Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer of Wherehouse Entertainment, Inc., a retail chain
selling and renting recorded music, videos and computer games.
Additionally, he is a partner in Adler & Shayken, an LBO and investment
firm, and serves on the boards of directors of Applied Magnetics
Corporation, a manufacturer of magnetic heads for computers, and Dreco
Energy Services Ltd., a manufacturer of oil rigs and tools.
(b) Mr. Simon is also the Managing Partner of SMC Properties, a commercial
real estate developer.
(c) Mr. Hunter is a director of Frederick's of Hollywood, Inc.
(d) Mr. Goldberg is a director of Comtech Telecommunications Corp.
With the exception of Mr. Anthony, each of the directors and each director
nominee has had the same principal occupation or employment during the past
five years. For several years prior to 1995, Mr. Anthony was an associate of
Sherbrooke Associates, a management consulting firm.
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Mr. Goldberg is a member of a law firm which rendered legal services to the
Company in 1995. Mr. Hunter rendered business and tax consulting services to
the Company in 1995.
The Board of Directors held nine meetings in 1995.
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, currently consisting of Mr.
Gray, Mr. Hunter, and Mr. Offermans, held two meetings in 1995. The functions
of the Committee include recommending to the Board the engagement or discharge
of independent auditors, directing investigations into matters relating to
audit functions, reviewing the plan and results of audit with the auditors,
reviewing the Company's internal accounting controls and approving services to
be performed by the auditors and related fees.
The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, currently consisting
of Mr. Hunter, Mr. Offermans and Mr. Simon, held six meetings in 1995. The
Committee considers and authorizes remuneration arrangements for senior
management, including the granting of options under the Company's stock option
plan.
A Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors, consisting of Mr.
Forester, Mr. Hunter and Mr. Simon, was formed in December 1995 in connection
with the adoption of a comprehensive set of corporate governance guidelines,
and held its first meeting in February 1996. The Committee recruits and
interviews qualified candidates to serve as directors and reports on its
recommendations to the full Board.
Each of the Directors attended 75% or more of the meetings of the Board of
Directors and the Committees of which he is a member during 1995.
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STOCK PRICE PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The graph below compares cumulative total return to shareholders, assuming
quarterly reinvestment of dividends, of the Company, the Russell 2000 Index
and a peer group of companies comprised of Figgie International, Inc., Huffy
Corporation, Johnson Worldwide Associates, Inc., Outboard Marine Corporation
and ProGroup, Inc. The graph assumes investment of $100 on December 31, 1990
in the Company's Common Stock, the Russell 2000 Index and common stock of the
peer group.
COMPARATIVE FIVE-YEAR TOTAL RETURNS
ANTHONY INDUSTRIES, INC., RUSSELL 2000 AND PEER GROUP
PERFORMANCE RESULTS THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1995
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<CAPTION>
Measurement Period ANTHONY RUSSELL WEIGHTED
(Fiscal Year Covered) INDUSTRIES 2000 PEER GROUP
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Measurement Pt- 1990 $100 $100 $100
FYE 1991 $169.2 $146.1 $142.9
FYE 1992 $226.4 $172.9 $140.2
FYE 1993 $307.4 $205.6 $169.9
FYE 1994 $331.7 $202.0 $124.3
FYE 1995 $488.0 $259.4 $119.2
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following table sets forth information concerning annual and long-term
compensation from the Company and its subsidiaries for 1995 for the Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer and the four most highly compensated executive
officers of the Company (together, the "named executive officers"):
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
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<CAPTION>
LONG-TERM
ANNUAL COMPENSATION COMPENSATION
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SECURITIES
UNDERLYING
NAME AND STOCK ALL OTHER
PRINCIPAL POSITION YEAR SALARY ($) BONUS ($) OPTIONS (#) COMPENSATION ($)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
B. I. Forester (a) 1995 $350,000 $431,200 -- (c)
Chairman and 1994 350,000 431,200 38,000 $76,500(c)
Chief Executive Officer 1993 350,000 430,100 36,000 73,300(c)
Richard M. Rodstein (b) 1995 260,000 415,600 -- (d)
President and 1994 235,000 363,500 35,000 $18,700(d)
Chief Operating Officer 1993 235,000 362,600 31,000 20,900(d)
John J. Rangel 1995 175,000 244,200 15,000 (d)
Senior Vice President-- 1994 150,000 192,200 14,000 $11,200(d)
Finance 1993 150,000 191,700 11,000 11,700(d)
Robert E. Doyle 1995 160,000 200,000 8,000 (d)
Senior Vice President & 1994 143,000 130,000 8,000 $23,300(d)
President of Simplex
Products 1993 143,000 105,000 5,000 22,000(d)
David G. Cook 1995 145,000 145,000 8,000 (e)
Vice President and 1994 130,000 125,000 8,000 $ 9,900(e)
President of Stearns 1993 130,000 70,000 4,000 9,600(e)
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(a) Mr. Forester retired as Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective
December 31, 1995. See "B. I. Forester Retirement Agreement." Mr. Forester
continues as Chairman of the Board of the Company.
(b) Mr. Rodstein was elected Chief Executive Officer effective January 1,
1996.
(c) Dollar value of allocation to Mr. Forester's account in the Company's
Employee Stock Ownership Plan ($ in 1995, $62,000 in 1994 and $60,200
in 1993) and dollar value to Mr. Forester of premiums paid by the Company
for a split-dollar life insurance policy on Mr. Forester's life ($15,800
in 1995, $14,500 in 1994 and $13,100 in 1993). Pursuant to the terms
(Footnotes continued on following page)
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of an insurance agreement, among other things, the Company pays all
required premiums, and the policy's death benefit will, in substance, be
applied first to the repayment of any outstanding loans to Mr. Forester
from the insurance company, which may not exceed $350,000 (which amount is
presently outstanding), next to the repayment to the Company of all
premiums plus interest, and finally to the Company and Mr. Forester's
beneficiaries in varying proportions depending upon the year of death.
(d) Dollar value of allocations to the accounts of the named individuals in
the Company's Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
(e) Dollar value of allocation to Mr. Cook's account in the Company's Employee
Stock Ownership Plan ($ in 1995, $7,200 in 1994 and $6,900 in 1993)
and the Company's matching contribution to the Stearns 401(k) Payroll
Savings and Profit Sharing Plan ($ in 1995, $2,700 in 1994 and $2,700
in 1993).
The following table summarizes the number of shares and the terms and
conditions of stock options granted to the named executive officers in 1995.
OPTION GRANTS IN 1995
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POTENTIAL
REALIZABLE VALUE
AT ASSUMED ANNUAL
% OF TOTAL RATES OF STOCK
NUMBER OF OPTIONS PRICE
SECURITIES GRANTED TO APPRECIATION FOR
UNDERLYING EMPLOYEES EXERCISE OPTION TERM (D)
OPTIONS DURING PRICE PER EXPIRATION -----------------
NAME GRANTED (A) 1995 SHARE (B) DATE (C) 5% 10%
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
B. I. Forester... -- -- -- -- -- --
R. M. Rodstein... -- -- -- -- -- --
J. J. Rangel..... 15,000 8.4% $22.875 12/21/05 $216,200 $545,600
R. E. Doyle...... 8,000 4.5% $22.875 12/21/05 $115,300 $291,000
D. G. Cook....... 8,000 4.5% $22.875 12/21/05 $115,300 $291,000
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(a) All options granted to the named individuals in 1995 are exercisable as to
20% after one year from date of grant, an additional 30% after two years
and an additional 50% after three years. The option agreements contain a
provision under which the optionee may borrow money from the Company in
connection with the exercise of the options. The loans would be
collateralized by the shares acquired on exercise of the option and bear
interest, payable quarterly, at a fixed rate equal to the Applicable
Federal Rate, as published by the Internal Revenue Service, for the period
during which they are outstanding.
(b) The exercise price is the closing price of the Company's common stock on
December 21, 1995, the date of grant.
(Footnotes continued on following page)
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(c) All options granted to the named individuals in 1995 expire on the tenth
anniversary of the date of grant, subject to earlier expiration in the
event of the officer's termination of employment with the Company.
(d) In order for the named individuals to realize these potential values, the
closing price of the Company's Common Stock on December 21, 2005 would
have to be $37.29 and $59.25 per share, respectively.
The following table summarizes exercises of stock options in 1995 which were
previously granted to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and the other
named executive officers, as well as the number of all unexercised options
held by them at the end of 1995, and their value at that date if they were in-
the-money.
AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN 1995 AND YEAR-END OPTION VALUES
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ON DATE OF EXERCISE
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VALUE OF UNEXERCISED IN-THE-
NUMBER OF SECURITIES MONEY OPTIONS AT 12/31/95
UNDERLYING UNEXERCISED -------------------------------
OPTIONS AT 12/31/95 EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE
SHARES REALIZABLE ------------------------- --------------- ---------------
NAME ACQUIRED (A) VALUE EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE SHARES TOTAL $ SHARES TOTAL $
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
B. I. Forester(b)....... 61,066 $514,000 0 0 0 $ 0 0 $ 0
R. M. Rodstein.......... 25,526 $172,200 73,962 44,275 73,962 $842,600 44,275 $299,000
J. J. Rangel............ 10,925 $120,000 19,600 31,975 19,600 $196,100 31,975 $115,200
R. E. Doyle............. 2,431 $ 41,900 7,533 17,025 7,533 $ 70,800 17,025 $ 60,100
D. G. Cook.............. 4,548 $ 47,000 7,008 16,500 7,008 $ 66,300 16,500 $ 55,600
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(a) Optionees, in the discretion of the Compensation Committee, may be granted
the right to borrow money from the Company in connection with the exercise
of options under both the 1994 Incentive Stock Option Plan and the 1988
Incentive Stock Option Plan. At December 31, 1995 the aggregate loans
outstanding to executive officers in connection with the exercise of stock
options, including the exercises shown above, and the weighted average
Applicable Federal Rate at which they bear interest were: Mr. Forester
($2,312,100, 6.32%); Mr. Rodstein ($563,000, 5.82%); Mr. Rangel ($299,800,
6.94%); and Mr. Doyle ($151,300, 6.66%).
(b) Does not include options to purchase 65,764 shares of Common Stock
relinquished by Mr. Forester, and the consideration received therefor, in
connection with Mr. Forester's retirement agreement. See "B. I. Forester
Retirement Agreement."
PENSION PLANS
The Company maintains a defined benefit pension plan for the benefit of all
eligible employees subject to the plan. The plan is a tax-qualified, Company-
funded plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. Contributions to the plan,
which are made exclusively by the Company, are actuarially determined.
Benefits under the plan are based upon years of service and remuneration.
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The table below illustrates approximate annual benefits under the Company's
pension plan based on the indicated assumptions. For 1995, the Internal
Revenue Code (the "Code") limits covered compensation to $150,000.
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<CAPTION>
APPROXIMATE ANNUAL PENSION UPON
RETIREMENT AT AGE 65 (A)
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COVERED 15 YEARS 20 YEARS 25 YEARS
COMPENSATION OF SERVICE OF SERVICE OF SERVICE (B)
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
$125,000............................... $24,700 $32,900 $41,100
150,000............................... 30,300 40,400 50,500
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(a) Mr. Forester's retirement agreement provides for certain supplemental
retirement benefits. See "B. I. Forester Retirement Agreement."
(b) An individual retiring at age 65 reaches his maximum pension (as a
percentage of covered compensation) after 25 years of service.
The Company's pension plan defines remuneration upon which annual benefits
are based as the average of the employee's highest five consecutive years'
earnings. Earnings include salary, wages, overtime pay, commissions, bonuses
and similar forms of incentive compensation actually paid during the year, not
exceeding certain amounts for sales personnel and in 1995 $150,000 for all
personnel.
Compensation for 1995 which would be included in the calculation of covered
compensation and credited years of service at December 31, 1995 for those
individuals named in the Summary Compensation Table who are participants in
the Company's pension plan are shown below.
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<CAPTION>
YEARS OF
NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AMOUNT SERVICE
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<S> <C> <C>
Bernard I. Forester...................................... $150,000 30
Richard M. Rodstein...................................... 150,000 12
John J. Rangel........................................... 150,000 11
Robert E. Doyle.......................................... 150,000 16
</TABLE>
Stearns' pension plan defines remuneration upon which annual benefits are
based as the average of the employee's highest sixty months' compensation.
Compensation includes salary, wages, overtime pay, bonuses and commissions,
subject to the $150,000 Code limit for 1995. The 1995 covered compensation of
Mr. Cook, the only individual named in the Summary Compensation Table who
participates in the Stearns pension plan, was $150,000, and he had sixteen
years of service as of December 31, 1995.
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The table below illustrates approximate annual benefits under the Stearns
pension plan based on the indicated assumptions.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
APPROXIMATE ANNUAL PENSION UPON
RETIREMENT AT AGE 65
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COVERED 15 YEARS 20 YEARS 25 YEARS 30 YEARS OF
COMPENSATION OF SERVICE OF SERVICE OF SERVICE SERVICE(A)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$125,000....................... $26,100 $34,700 $43,400 $52,100
150,000....................... 31,700 42,200 52,800 63,400
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(a) An individual retiring at age 65 reaches his maximum pension (as a
percentage of covered compensation) after 30 years of service.
B.I. FORESTER RETIREMENT AGREEMENT
Until January 1, 1996, Mr. Forester was employed as Chief Executive Officer
of the Company pursuant to an employment agreement dated December 31, 1991 and
expiring December 31, 1997. Pursuant to the employment agreement, Mr. Forester
was entitled to receive annual compensation of not less than $350,000, to
participate in all incentive compensation and other employee benefit plans
maintained by the Company for its executives, and the following retirement and
death benefits: (i) payment of $50,000 per year for ten years following Mr.
Forester's death to his beneficiaries, funded by a life insurance policy, and
(ii) a supplemental retirement and five-year death benefit, determined in
accordance with a formula designed to provide total retirement and five-year
death benefit compensation, after giving effect to payments under the
Company's pension plan, equal to approximately 55% of Mr. Forester's average
highest three years compensation as an employee. For the three years ending
December 31, 1994, Mr. Forester's compensation, including bonuses, totaled
$609,500, $780,100 and $781,200.
During 1995, Mr. Forester, who is 68 years old, had discussions with various
of the directors concerning his retirement as Chief Executive Officer prior to
the expiration of his employment agreement, in order that an orderly and
timely management succession could be achieved. To avert a deadlock on the
Board, without the necessity of Mr. Forester voting on his own retirement
agreement, a retirement agreement between the Company and Mr. Forester was
approved by the Executive Committee, with Mr. Forester abstaining. The two
members of the Executive Committee, in addition to Mr. Forester, are Messrs.
Hunter and Simon. In addition, the Executive Committee also voted to elect Mr.
Rodstein as Chief Executive Officer, effective upon Mr. Forester's retirement
as of January 1, 1996. At a meeting of the full Board of Directors held the
same day, the full Board, including Mr. Forester, voted to approve the actions
of the Executive Committee, by vote of five to four. Those in favor were
Messrs. Forester, Hunter, Offermans, Rodstein and Simon. Those opposed were
Messrs. Anthony, Goldberg, Gray and Weiner.
As approved, Mr. Forester's retirement agreement provides that he will act
as a consultant to the Company and will receive annual compensation therefor
in the amount of $200,000. In lieu of a bonus for 1995 under the Company's
Executive Officers' Incentive Compensation Plan, the agreement provides for a
payment at the same level as for the prior year, or $431,200 (subject to
reduction in the
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event the Company failed to achieve certain profitability levels). Mr.
Forester agreed to relinquish stock options held by him for the purchase of
65,764 shares of Common Stock at an average price of $15.09 per share, which
were not exercisable until 1996 and 1997. In recognition of the value of the
options that were relinquished, the expiration date of Mr. Forester's
consulting arrangement was set at yearend 1998, one year beyond the expiration
date of his existing employment agreement, and the Company agreed to make
payment to Mr. Forester of an amount equal to the aggregate spread between the
average exercise price of such options and the market price of the underlying
common stock on the date of the agreement, less the compensation to be paid to
Mr. Forester for the third year of his Agreement. Mr. Forester agreed that the
supplemental retirement benefit (approximately $319,300 per year) to which he
would otherwise have been entitled upon retirement would be relinquished for
the first year following his retirement. The death and retirement benefits
provided in Mr. Forester's employment agreement are, in all other respects,
continued without change. To fund Mr. Forester's supplemental retirement
benefit, the Company made a payment equal to the actuarially computed present
value of the benefit, or $2,792,000, in trust to Wells Fargo Bank, as trustee.
On December 5, 1995, two of the Directors who had voted against Mr.
Forester's retirement agreement, Messrs. Anthony and Gray, and Mr. Anthony's
mother, acting as stockholders of the Company, filed a complaint in the
California Superior Court for Los Angeles County (No. BC 140251) entitled
Marilyn Anthony, Robert T. Anthony and Abraham L. Gray vs. John B. Simon, Hugh
V. Hunter, Anthony Industries, Inc. and Does 1 through 100. The complaint
purports to be a derivative complaint brought on behalf of the Company, and
seeks recovery of damages of not less than $10 million allegedly suffered by
the Company as the result of the Executive Committee's approval of the
Forester retirement agreement. The complaint alleges that the agreement is
unfair to the Company and that the defendants breached their duties of
loyalty; acted in bad faith; engaged in intentional misconduct; and engaged in
a knowing violation of law in approving the agreement. In the opinion of the
Company the allegations of the complaint are completely without merit.
On January 22, 1996, the defendants filed a demurrer to the complaint,
seeking its dismissal on the ground that a shareholder is precluded from
bringing a derivative lawsuit on behalf of the corporation unless a pre-suit
demand is first made on the corporation to take appropriate action. A hearing
on the demurrer is scheduled for March 15, 1996.
DIRECTORS' COMPENSATION
In 1995 directors who were not salaried officers of the Company were paid
$1,500 per calendar quarter for their services as directors, $1,000 per
calendar quarter for each committee position held by them and $1,000 per
meeting day for each meeting of the Board of Directors and of any committee
which they attended. They were also reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses.
Directors may elect to defer the receipt of fees. Interest on deferred fees is
accrued quarterly based on the average interest rate earned by the Company in
the preceding quarter on its short-term commercial paper. Under the
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Company's Directors' Medical Expense Reimbursement Plan, non-employee
directors are reimbursed at the rate of 185% for up to $10,000 of medical and
dental expenses not covered under other health insurance plans. For 1995 an
aggregate of $111,500 was paid under such plan.
Under the 1994 Incentive Stock Option Plan, Eligible Directors receive an
initial grant of 1,000 Nonqualified Stock Options (NQOs) on the first Grant
Date after their election and annual grants thereafter of 500 NQOs. All grants
to Eligible Directors are at fair market value on date of grant and are
exercisable as to 20% after one year from date of grant, an additional 30%
after two years and an additional 50% after three years, all exercisable
amounts being cumulative. In 1995 an initial grant of 1,000 NQOs was made to
Robert T. Anthony and grants of 500 NQOs each were made to Richard L.
Goldberg, Abraham L. Gray, Hugh V. Hunter, John H. Offermans, John B. Simon
and Sol S. Weiner. Each grant was at a grant price of $16.38 per share, the
closing price on the January 2, 1995 grant date, and each was for a ten-year
term.
The Company maintains a Non-Employee Directors' Benefit Plan, payable out of
the general funds of the Company, under which a non-employee director who is
vested (at least ten years of service as a director) is entitled to receive,
in general, an annual retirement benefit during the period commencing upon the
later of age 55 and the date the director retires from the Board of Directors
(the "Commencement Date") and ending upon the earlier of the director's death
or the number of years equal to the director's years of service as a non-
employee director. Under the Plan, the annual retirement benefit is the
product of (i) the director's average annual fees (based on the three-year
period immediately preceding retirement from the Board of Directors) and (ii)
the sum of .55 plus an additional .05 for each full year of service in excess
of 11 years of service and up to 20 years. A director may make an irrevocable
election so that, in lieu of the retirement benefit described above, the
director's beneficiary would instead receive, on the director's postretirement
death, the discounted value of such benefit. In the event of a change in
control, as defined in the Plan, a vested director would receive on retirement
an actuarially reduced lump sum payment in lieu of instalment payments. Under
the terms of Mr. Forester's Retirement Agreement, Mr. Forester has waived any
right to a retirement benefit under this Plan.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT
COMPENSATION OBJECTIVES AND PRACTICES
The Company's executive compensation program is designed to help the Company
attract, motivate and retain the management talent required to initiate and
effectively implement the strategies needed to maximize shareholder value.
The key elements of the program consist of base salary, annual performance-
based cash awards and long-term stock incentives. Base salaries are initially
established by evaluating the responsibilities of the position, the experience
of the individual and the salaries for comparable positions in the competitive
marketplace, and are increased from time to time, as appropriate, to reflect
increased
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responsibilities of the executive consistent with the overall financial
performance of the Company and to keep pace with competitive practices. Annual
performance-based cash awards are designed to reflect superior financial
performance of the Company, the executives' responsibilities in connection
with the achievement of that performance, unusual contributions that create
significant value for the Company and to provide awards that will bring the
level of total annual cash compensation (base salary plus annual incentive
award) above the average for comparable positions at similar-sized companies
when targeted superior performance levels are achieved. Long-term stock
incentives are provided to align management's interests with those of
shareholders, and sharpen management's focus on maximizing shareholder value,
by providing appropriate ownership in the Company.
COMPENSATION FOR THE NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Base Salary. After virtually no salary adjustments for the year 1994, the
Committee provided effective January 1, 1995, consistent with the overall
financial performance of the Company and to keep pace with competitive market
levels, increases averaging 11% as a group for all division heads, the
corporate chief operating officer and the senior vice president-finance. The
salary of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, who retired effective
January 1, 1996, was unchanged for the year 1995.
Annual Cash Incentive. As a result of the retirement agreement between the
Company and the Chief Executive Officer, executed on November 20, 1995 and
which became effective on January 1, 1996, the Compensation Committee did not
act with respect to incentive compensation for the Chief Executive Officer for
the year 1995. See "B. I. Forester Retirement Agreement."
As to the other named executives, the chief operating officer and the senior
vice president-finance were participants under the Company's Executive
Officers Incentive Compensation Plan. Pursuant to the Plan, the Committee
adopted the same three-step formula as in 1994, which provided for an
incentive compensation bonus pool based on a percentage of incentive
compensation income in excess of required returns on average shareholders'
equity at each of three levels. Average shareholders' equity for the year
increased as a result of the Company's equity offering in June 1995. This
increase had the result of requiring a substantial increase in incentive
compensation income in order to produce the same bonus pool as in 1994.
Performance criteria were also adopted for the Plan participants to assist the
Committee in determining the allocation of the bonus pool.
In 1995 the Company achieved a number of significant objectives which should
enhance its future performance. The accomplishments include completion of a
successful equity offering, acquisition and integration of several businesses
and a continuation of the successful introduction of new and innovative
products. Increasing the focus on its core businesses, the Company also
disposed of its swimming pools business. The Company achieved record earnings
and a total return to shareholders of 46.5%, considerably exceeding the
Company's peer group and Russell 2000 performances (see Stock Price
Performance Graph on page 8).
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The resulting bonus pool permitted awards to the chief operating officer and
senior vice president-finance totaling $659,800, a 19.7% increase over 1994.
In 1995 the Committee also significantly increased incentive compensation
granted to the remaining two named executives who were not participants in the
Plan because of their contributions to the achievement of the Company's 1995
business plan objectives as well as other achievements.
Long-Term Stock Incentive. For 1995 the Committee again awarded long-term
incentives to key employees in the form of stock options having an exercise
price equal to the market price of the Company's stock on the date of grant
and vesting over three years. By utilizing such pricing and vesting, the
Committee intended that the full benefit will be realized only if stock price
appreciation occurs and if the key employee does not leave the Company during
that period.
In determining the number of options awarded to executive officers, the
Committee considered information from a survey presented by the Company's
independent compensation consultants, which included, among other things, a
summary of annual stock option grants as a percentage of shares outstanding.
The Committee's awards this year addressed management's concern regarding the
need to remain competitive in attracting and retaining executive talent by
granting stock options to a broader group of employees. In order to maintain
the grant of all options as a targeted percentage of shares outstanding, no
options were granted to the chief executive officer or chief operating
officer. The remaining three named executives were granted options ranging
from 15,000 to 8,000 shares.
John B. Simon, Chairman
Hugh V. Hunter
John H. Offermans
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COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
Messrs. Anthony, Goldberg, Hunter, Offermans and Simon served on the
Compensation Committee of the Company for all, or portions, of the year 1995.
Mr. Goldberg is a member of a law firm which rendered legal services to the
Company through October 1995, and Mr. Hunter is the sole shareholder of Hugh
V. Hunter Accountancy Corporation, which provided business and tax consulting
services to the Company through August 1995. For those services in 1995, the
Company and its subsidiaries paid business and tax consulting fees of $39,800
to the Hugh V. Hunter Accountancy Corporation.
EMPLOYMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee, the Board of Directors has
chosen the firm of Ernst & Young LLP, Certified Public Accountants, as
independent auditors to examine the consolidated financial statements of the
Company for the year 1996. A representative of Ernst & Young LLP is expected
to be present at the annual meeting with the opportunity to make a statement,
if he so desires, and to be available to respond to appropriate questions.
SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS
Any proposal by a shareholder intended to be presented at the Company's 1997
annual meeting of shareholders must be received by the Company no later than
December 1, 1996 for inclusion in the proxy statement and form of proxy for
that meeting.
OTHER MATTERS
The Board of Directors knows of no other business to be presented at the
meeting. If other matters do properly come before the meeting, the persons
acting pursuant to the proxy will vote on them in their discretion. A copy of
the 1995 Annual Report to shareholders is being mailed with this Proxy
Statement.
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UPON THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF ANY SHAREHOLDER OF RECORD AS OF MARCH 29, 1996,
A COPY OF THE COMPANY'S ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER
31, 1995 (EXCLUDING EXHIBITS) AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION WILL BE SUPPLIED WITHOUT CHARGE. REQUESTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE
SECRETARY OF ANTHONY INDUSTRIES, INC., 4900 SOUTH EASTERN AVENUE, LOS ANGELES,
CALIFORNIA 90040.
/s/ Richard M. Rodstein
Richard M. Rodstein
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Los Angeles, California
April 1, 1996
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EXHIBIT A
ANTHONY INDUSTRIES, INC.
TEXT OF ARTICLE I OF THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AS PROPOSED TO BE
AMENDED TO CHANGE THE COMPANY'S NAME
FIRST: The name of the corporation is K2 Inc.
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EXHIBIT B
ANTHONY INDUSTRIES, INC.
TEXT OF ARTICLE XIII OF THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AS PROPOSED TO BE
AMENDED TO PERMIT A BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CONSISTING OF FROM EIGHT TO ELEVEN DIRECTORS
THIRTEENTH: The Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes.
Directors in each class shall be elected to hold office until the third annual
meeting of stockholders following their election. The Board of Directors shall
consist of from eight to eleven directors, with the actual number constituting
the whole Board, and the number of directors in each class, being set from
time to time by action of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that no
decrease in the number of directors constituting the whole Board or the number
of directors in any class may shorten the term of any incumbent director.
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PRELIMINARY COPY
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PROXY THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PROXY
RICHARD M. RODSTEIN, BERNARD I. FORESTER and SUSAN E. McCONNELL, and each of
them, with full power of substitution, are hereby authorized to represent and
to vote the stock of the undersigned in ANTHONY INDUSTRIES, INC. at the Annual
Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 2, 1996 and at any adjournment
thereof as set forth below:
1. PROPOSAL TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION to
change the name of the company to K2 Inc.
[_] FOR [_] AGAINST [_] ABSTAIN
2. PROPOSAL TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION to per-
mit a Board of Directors consisting of from eight to eleven directors.
[_] FOR [_] AGAINST [_] ABSTAIN
3. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
FOR all nominees listed at right [_]
(except as JERRY E. GOLDRESS
marked to the JOHN H. OFFERMANS
contrary below) JOHN B. SIMON
(INSTRUCTIONS: TO WITHHOLD AUTHORITY TO VOTE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL NOMINEE, WRITE
THAT NOMINEE'S NAME IN THE SPACE PROVIDED BELOW.)
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WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to vote for ALL nominees listed above [_]
(Continued and to be signed on reverse side.)
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ANTHONY INDUSTRIES, INC.
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4. PROPOSAL TO RATIFY THE SELECTION OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP as independent audi-
tors for 1996.
[_] FOR [_] AGAINST [_] ABSTAIN
5. Upon or in connection with the transaction of such other business as may
properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS SPECIFIED AND, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, THIS
PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS AND FOR PROPOSALS 1, 2 AND 4.
Date __________________, 1996
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Signature
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Signature if held jointly
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appears at left. When shares
are held by joint tenants,
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President or other authorized
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