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EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. )
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BROADWAY STORES, INC.
3880 NORTH MISSION ROAD
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90031
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD AT HOTEL INTER-CONTINENTAL
251 SOUTH OLIVE STREET
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90012
To the Stockholders:
NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual
Meeting") of Broadway Stores, Inc. (the "Company") will be held in the
Watercourt Ballroom of the Hotel Inter-Continental on Friday, June 16, 1995,
at 9:30 a.m. local time, for the following purposes:
1. To elect ten directors to serve for a term of one year until the next
Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors
have been duly elected and qualified;
2. To ratify the appointment of Price Waterhouse LLP as the Company's
independent accountants for the Company's 1995 fiscal year; and
3. To consider and transact such other business as may properly come
before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
Holders of the Company's common stock, par value $.01 per share, and series
A exchangeable preferred stock, par value $.01 per share, at the close of
business on April 25, 1995, the record date fixed by the Board of Directors,
are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting. The Company's
Board of Directors urges that all stockholders of record exercise their right
to vote at the meeting personally or by proxy. Accordingly, we are sending you
the following Proxy Statement and the enclosed proxy card.
WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, PLEASE SPECIFY YOUR
VOTE ON THE ACCOMPANYING PROXY AND SIGN, DATE AND RETURN IT AS PROMPTLY AS
POSSIBLE IN THE ENCLOSED SELF-ADDRESSED, POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE.
Your prompt response will be appreciated.
By Order of the Board of Directors
Marc E. Bercoon
Secretary
Los Angeles, California
May 10, 1995
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BROADWAY STORES, INC.
3880 NORTH MISSION ROAD
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90031
PROXY STATEMENT
The accompanying proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors (the "Board")
of Broadway Stores, Inc. (the "Company") to be used at the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders on Friday, June 16, 1995, (the "Annual Meeting") to be held at
9:30 a.m. local time in the Watercourt Ballroom of the Hotel Inter-Continental,
Los Angeles, California. This Proxy Statement, the enclosed form of proxy and
the Annual Report to Stockholders are being sent to stockholders on or about
May 10, 1995.
At the Annual Meeting, stockholders will be asked to consider and vote upon
the following items:
ITEM I: The election of ten directors to serve until the 1996
Annual Meeting of Stockholders; and
ITEM II: A proposal to ratify the appointment of Price Waterhouse
LLP as the Company's independent public accountants for
its 1995 fiscal year.
Any stockholder giving a proxy may revoke it at any time prior to its
exercise at the Annual Meeting by giving notice of such revocation either
personally or in writing to the Secretary of the Company at the Company's
executive offices, by subsequently executing and delivering another proxy or by
voting in person at the Annual Meeting.
The Annual Report to Stockholders that accompanies this Proxy Statement is
not to be regarded as proxy soliciting material.
The Board of the Company believes that election of its director nominees
and approval of Item II are in the best interests of the Company and its
stockholders and recommends to the stockholders the approval of each of the
nominees and of Item II.
VOTING
Shares represented by duly executed and unrevoked proxies in the enclosed
form received by the Board will be voted at the Annual Meeting in accordance
with the specifications made therein by the stockholders, unless authority to
do so is withheld. If no specification is made, shares represented by duly
executed and unrevoked proxies in the enclosed form will be voted FOR the
election as directors of the nominees listed herein, FOR Item II, and, with
respect to any other matter that may properly come before the meeting, in the
discretion of the persons voting the respective proxies.
The cost of preparing, assembling and mailing the proxy materials will be
borne by the Company. The Company has retained Chemical Bank to solicit proxies
at an estimated cost of $9,000.
Only holders of record at the close of business on April 25, 1995 (the
"Record Date") of the Company's common stock, $.01 par value (the "Common
Stock"), which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") under the
symbol "BWY," and the Company's series A exchangeable preferred stock, $.01 par
value (the "Preferred Stock"), which has not been admitted or listed for
trading on any national securities exchange or on any national automated dealer
quotation system, will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, voting
together as a single class. On the Record Date, there were 45,975,974 shares
of Common Stock and 766,489 shares of Preferred Stock outstanding. Each share
of Common Stock and each share of Preferred Stock is entitled to one vote on
all matters presented at the Annual Meeting.
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VOTE REQUIRED
The election of the director nominees requires a plurality of the votes
cast in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting. Under Delaware law, the
Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Company's
By-laws, shares as to which a stockholder abstains or withholds from voting on
the election of directors and shares as to which a broker indicates that it
does not have discretionary authority to vote ("Broker Non-Votes") on the
election of directors will not be counted as voting thereon and therefore will
not affect the election of the nominees receiving a plurality of the votes
cast.
The stockholders of the Company have no dissenters' or appraisal rights in
connection with either of Items I or II.
The Company has been informed that a holder of more than 50% of the shares
entitled to vote, Zell/Chilmark Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
("Zell/Chilmark"), intends to vote FOR the election of the directors nominated
by the Board and FOR Item II. If Zell/Chilmark does in fact so vote its
shares, the election of such directors and the approval of Item II, are
assured, irrespective of the votes of other stockholders. See "Principal
Stockholders and Management Ownership -- Principal Stockholders."
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PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS AND MANAGEMENT OWNERSHIP
PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS
The following table sets forth certain information as to those persons
known to the Company to be beneficial owners (as determined in accordance with
Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act")) of more than 5% of the outstanding Common Stock and
Preferred Stock as of the Record Date. The percentage ownership figures set
forth in the table are calculated on the basis of the number of shares of
Common Stock and Preferred Stock outstanding as of the Record Date.
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AMOUNT AND
NATURE
OF
TITLE NAME AND ADDRESS BENEFICIAL PERCENT
OF CLASS OF BENEFICIAL OWNER OWNERSHIP OF CLASS
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Common Stock Zell/Chilmark Fund, L.P. 24,800,866(1) 53.9%
Two North Riverside Plaza, Suite 1500
Chicago, IL 60606
Common Stock American Express Financial 2,627,200(2) 5.7%
Advisors Inc.
(formerly IDS Financial Corporation)
IDS Tower 10
Minneapolis, MN 55440
American Express Company
American Express Tower
World Financial Center
New York, NY 10285
Common Stock Mellon Bank, N.A., as 2,500,000(3) 5.4%
Trustee for
First Plaza Group Trust
One Mellon Center
Pittsburgh, PA 15258
Preferred Stock Bankers Trust Company 460,276(4) 60.0%
One Bankers Trust Plaza
New York, NY 10006
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(1) The sole general partner of Zell/Chilmark is ZC Limited Partnership, an
Illinois limited partnership ("ZC Limited"). The sole general partner of ZC
Limited is ZC Partnership, a Delaware general partnership ("ZC"). The
general partners of ZC are ZC, Inc., an Illinois corporation ("ZCI"), and
CZ, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("CZI"). The Samuel Zell Revocable Trust
dated January 17, 1990 (the "SZ Trust") is the sole stockholder of ZCI.
Mr. Samuel Zell is trustee and the beneficiary of the SZ Trust. Mr. David
M. Schulte is the sole stockholder of CZI. One of the limited partners of
ZC Limited is COP General Partnership, an Illinois general partnership
("COP"). One of the general partners of COP is COP Seniors General
Partnership, an Illinois general partnership ("COP Seniors"). One of the
general partners of COP Seniors is Mr. Shkolnik. Messrs. Zell, Schulte and
Shkolnik may each be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the shares
referenced, but each disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares.
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(2) According to Schedule 13G filed by American Express Company ("American
Express") and American Express Financial Advisors Inc. (formerly IDS
Financial Corporation), a Delaware Corporation and a registered Investment
Advisor under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940 ("American Express
Financial Advisors"), dated December 31, 1994, American Express and
American Express Financial Advisors share dispositive power for these
shares. American Express Company disclaims beneficial ownership of such
shares.
(3) Mellon Bank, N.A., acts as the trustee (the "Trustee") of First Plaza Group
Trust ("First Plaza"), a trust under and for the benefit of certain
employee benefit plans of General Motors Corporation ("GM") and its
subsidiaries. First Plaza may be deemed to beneficially own the shares
referenced. Additionally, General Motors Investment Management Corporation
("GMIMCo"), a Delaware corporation and a wholly- owned subsidiary of GM,
may be deemed to beneficially own these shares because it serves as
investment manager for First Plaza with respect to such shares and has the
power to direct the Trustee as to voting and disposition of such shares.
The Pension Investment Committee of GM may also be deemed to beneficially
own such shares by virtue of its authority to select the investment manager
of such shares. First Plaza is also a limited partner of Zell/Chilmark,
but disclaims beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock stock owned by
Zell/Chilmark.
(4) Bankers Trust Company holds these shares in its capacity as the trustee of
the Company's 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan (the "401(k) Plan").
Bankers Trust Company disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares.
MANAGEMENT OWNERSHIP
The following table indicates the total number of equity securities of the
Company beneficially owned by each of the Company's directors, the Named
Executive Officers, as defined below, director nominees and all directors and
executive officers as a group as of the Record Date. Beneficial ownership has
been calculated in accordance with Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange
Act. Unless otherwise indicated, all shares are owned directly and the owner
has sole voting and investment power with respect thereto.
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OF CLASS BENEFICIAL OWNER BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP PERCENT OF CLASS
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Common Stock Walter T. Dec 2,510,000(1) 5.4%(1)
Common Stock David L. Dworkin 1,000,000(2) 2.2%(2)
Common Stock Leobardo F. Estrada 10,000(3) *
Common Stock Sidney R. Petersen 10,825(3)(4) *
Common Stock Terry Savage 11,000(3)(5) *
Common Stock David M. Schulte 24,800,866(6) 53.9%(6)
Common Stock Sanford Shkolnik 24,920,866(7) 54.2%(7)
Common Stock Robert M. Solow 10,000(3) *
Common Stock James D. Woods 13,000(3) *
Common Stock Samuel Zell 24,800,906(8) 54.0%(8)
NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS: *
Common Stock Elayne Garofolo 62,332(9) *
Common Stock John C. Haeckel 57,666(10) *
Common Stock Robert J. Lambert 50,000(11) *
Common Stock Robert M. Menar 72,410(12) *
Common Stock Gerald J. Mathews 49,999(13) *
Common Stock Patricia A. Warren 36,666(14) *
All Directors and Executive 28,854,764(1)(6) 62.8%(1)
Officers as a Group (16 persons) (7)(8)(15) (6)(7)(8)(15)
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* Less than 1 percent.
(1) 2,500,000 of the shares listed for Mr. Dec are held of record by
Mellon Bank, N.A., as trustee for First Plaza, a trust under and for
the benefit of certain employee benefit plans of GM and its
subsidiaries. By virtue of his position as head of private market
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investment activities for GMIMCo, First Plaza's investment manager,
Mr. Dec may be deemed to share, with others, voting and dispositive
power with respect to the shares owned by First Plaza. Mr. Dec
disclaims beneficial ownership of all of such shares. See footnote 3
to the table under the heading "Principal Stockholders and Management
Ownership -- Principal Stockholders." The balance of the shares
listed for Mr. Dec represent currently exercisable options to purchase
10,000 shares of Common Stock of which he disclaims all beneficial
ownership as all rights and benefits of Mr. Dec have been pledged to
First Plaza.
(2) In connection with Mr. Dworkin's election to the positions of
President and Chief Executive Officer, on February 18, 1993 the Stock
Option Committee of the Board granted Mr. Dworkin options to purchase
1,000,000 shares of Common Stock. Under the terms of such grant,
options to purchase 333,333 shares of Common Stock became vested on
each of March 24, 1993 and March 24, 1994 and options to purchase
333,334 shares of Common Stock became vested on March 24, 1995. The
1,000,000 options are currently exercisable. For a description of the
agreement in principle between Mr. Dworkin and the Company regarding
Mr. Dworkin's employment with the Company, see "Employment and
Change-in-Control Arrangements and Certain Transactions-Employment
Agreement with Mr. Dworkin."
(3) Includes currently exercisable options to purchase 10,000 shares of
Common Stock.
(4) Includes 405 shares of Common Stock and Warrants to purchase 420
shares of Common Stock, all of which are held by Mr. Petersen and his
wife as trustees for the Petersen Family Trust.
(5) Includes 1,000 shares of Common Stock held by Ms. Savage as trustee
for Terry Savage Productions Limited, Retirement Plan and Trust dated
June 1, 1982.
(6) The shares listed for Mr. Schulte are held of record by
Zell/Chilmark. Mr. Schulte may be deemed to share, with others, voting
and dispositive power with respect to the shares owned by
Zell/Chilmark. Mr. Schulte disclaims beneficial ownership of all of
such shares. See footnote 1 to the table under the heading "Principal
Stockholders and Management Ownership -- Principal Stockholders."
(7) Includes currently exercisable options to purchase 110,000 shares of
Common Stock plus 10,000 shares of Common Stock owned directly.
24,800,866 of the shares listed for Mr. Shkolnik are held of record by
Zell/Chilmark. The sole general partner of Zell/Chilmark is ZC
Limited. One of the limited partners of ZC Limited is COP. One of
the general partners of COP is COP Seniors. One of the general
partners of COP Seniors is Mr. Shkolnik. Mr. Shkolnik may be deemed
to share, with others, voting and dispositive power with respect to
the shares owned by Zell/Chilmark. Mr. Shkolnik disclaims beneficial
ownership of all shares held by Zell/Chilmark. See footnote 1 to the
table under the heading "Principal Stockholders and Management
Ownership -- Principal Stockholders."
(8) Forty thousand of the shares listed for Mr. Zell represent calls on
warrants held by Equity Group Investments, Inc., the shareholders of
which include certain trusts for the benefit of the family of Mr.
Zell. Mr. Zell may be deemed to be beneficial owner of the warrants.
Mr. Zell disclaims beneficial ownership of all of such calls on
warrants. Each Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of
Common Stock at $17.00 per share. The balance of the shares listed
for Mr. Zell are held of record by Zell/Chilmark. Mr. Zell may be
deemed to share, with others, voting and dispositive power with
respect to the shares owned by Zell/Chilmark. Mr. Zell disclaims
beneficial ownership of all of such shares referenced in this Footnote
8. See footnote 1 to the table under the heading "Principal
Stockholders and Management Ownership -- Principal Stockholders."
(9) Includes currently exercisable options to purchase 62,332 shares of
Common Stock.
(10) Includes currently exercisable options to purchase 57,666 shares of
Common Stock.
(11) Includes currently exercisable options to purchase 50,000 shares of
Common Stock.
(12) Includes currently exercisable options to purchase 70,332 shares of
Common Stock, 810 shares of Common Stock owned directly, 480 shares of
Common Stock owned through the Company's 401(k) plan plus warrants to
purchase 840 shares of Common Stock.
(13) Includes currently exercisable options to purchase 49,999 shares of
Common Stock.
(14) Includes currently exercisable options to purchase 36,666 shares of
Common Stock.
(15) Includes currently exercisable options to purchase 1,555,661 shares of
Common Stock, Warrants to purchase 1260 shares of Common Stock and
Warrants to purchase 40,000 shares of Common Stock.
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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
A partnership affiliated with Samuel Zell, the Company's Chairman of the
Board, owns Southland Mall, located in Hayward, California. The Company
operates an Emporium store at Southland Mall pursuant to a long-term lease with
the owner of the mall. The Company's monthly payments under such lease amount
to $50,000. Additionally, the Company must pay the owner of the mall certain
fees to cover common area maintenance expenses and real estate taxes.
NOMINEES FOR ELECTION AS DIRECTORS
The Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws
require that the number of directors on the Board be not less than three nor
more than twenty-five. The Board currently consists of the following ten
persons: Walter T. Dec, David L. Dworkin, Leobardo F. Estrada, Sidney R.
Petersen, Terry Savage, David M. Schulte, Sanford Shkolnik, Robert M. Solow,
James D. Woods and Samuel Zell. At each annual meeting of stockholders, the
term of each director expires and director nominees are elected to the Board
for terms of one year.
At the Annual Meeting ten directors are to be elected to serve until the
1996 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are elected and
qualified. Unless authority to vote for directors is withheld in the proxy
card, it is the intention of the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy to
vote FOR the re-election of Walter T. Dec, David L. Dworkin, Leobardo F.
Estrada, Sidney R. Petersen, Terry Savage, David M. Schulte, Sanford Shkolnik,
Robert M. Solow, James D. Woods and Samuel Zell, as directors. The persons
designated as proxies will have discretion to cast votes for other persons in
the event any nominee for director is unable to serve. At present, it is not
anticipated that any nominee will be unable to serve.
DIRECTOR NOMINEES
Walter T. Dec, 52
For more than the past five years, Mr. Dec has been head of private market
investment activities for GMIMCo, First Plaza's investment manager. In
addition, he is a member of the board of directors of Taubman Centers, Inc., a
real estate investment trust, and is a member of the advisory boards of a
number of private investment partnerships.
David L. Dworkin, 51
Mr. Dworkin has been a director since March 24, 1993. He has been
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since March 1993. Mr.
Dworkin served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of British Home Stores,
a division of Storehouse PLC, a London, England based retailer, from November
1989 until July 1992, and as Group Chief Executive of the Storehouse PLC from
July 1992 until joining the Company in March of 1993. Mr. Dworkin has in
excess of 25 years experience in the retail industry, including service as
President and Chief Executive Officer of Bonwit Teller from 1988 through 1989,
President and Chief Operating Officer of Neiman Marcus from 1984 through 1988,
and Executive Vice President of Marshall Fields, a division of Dayton-Hudson
Corp.
Dr. Leobardo F. Estrada, 49
Dr. Estrada has been a director since 1992. He has been an Associate
Professor at the Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning at the
University of California at Los Angeles for more than the past five years.
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Sidney R. Petersen, 64
Mr. Petersen has been a director since 1989. For more than the past five
years, he has been a private investor and consultant. He is the retired
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer for Getty Oil Company,
positions which he held from 1980 to 1984. He is also a director of Avery
Dennison Corporation, NICOR, Inc., Global Natural Resources, Inc., Union Bank
and Group Technologies, Inc.
Terry Savage, 50
Ms. Savage has been a director since 1992. She is a financial analyst and
author. For the past five years, she has been a syndicated columnist for the
Chicago Sun-Times. Additionally, Ms. Savage was a financial and business
reporter for the CBS-owned television station in Chicago, WBBM-TV, from 1982
through 1991. She is also a director of McDonald's Corporation.
David M. Schulte, 48
Mr. Schulte has been a director since 1992. Since mid-1990, Mr. Schulte
has been one of two individuals (the other being Mr. Zell) who act as general
partners of the general partner of Zell/Chilmark, a limited partnership formed
to invest in and provide capital and management support to companies that are
engaged in or the subject of significant recapitalizations or corporate
restructurings. Prior to 1990 and continuing through the present, Mr. Schulte
has been managing general partner of Chilmark Partners, L.P., a merchant
banking firm, which currently devotes all of its time to the affairs of
Zell/Chilmark. Mr. Schulte is also a director of Jacor Communications, Inc.
(where he also serves as Chairman of the Board), Revco D.S., Inc., Santa Fe
Energy Resources, Inc. and Sealy Corporation.
Sanford Shkolnik, 55
Mr. Shkolnik has been a director since 1992. He served as Vice Chairman of
the Company from October 1992 through March 1993. For more than the past five
years he has been Executive Vice President of Equity Financial and Management
Company, a company chaired by Mr. Zell. He is also Chairman of the Board of
Equity Properties and Development Company, an affiliate of Mr. Zell. Mr.
Shkolnik is an indirect limited partner of ZC Limited, the sole general partner
of Zell/Chilmark.
Dr. Robert M. Solow, 70
Dr. Solow has been a director since 1992. He is Institute Professor at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the 1987 recipient of the Nobel
Memorial Prize in Economic Science. In addition to his professorship at
M.I.T., Dr. Solow serves on the board of directors of Yamaichi Global Funds and
is a member of the Corporate Technology Committee of the Norton Co. He also
serves as a member of the advisory committee of Zell/Chilmark. He is former
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and a former member and Chairman
of General Motors Science Advisory Committee.
James D. Woods, 63
Mr. Woods has been a director since 1992. He has served as the Chairman of
the Board of Baker Hughes Incorporated since January 1989 and as President and
Chief Executive Officer of Baker Hughes Incorporated since April 1987. Mr.
Woods is also a Director of Kroger Co., Varco International, Inc. and Wynn's
International, Inc. Mr. Woods was the former chairman of the Petroleum
Equipment Suppliers Association and the National Ocean Industries Association,
as well as a member of the National Petroleum Council.
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Samuel Zell, 53
Mr. Zell has been a director since 1992 and Chairman of the Board since
March 4, 1993. He is Chairman of the Board of Equity Financial and Management
Company and Equity Group Investments, Inc., two privately-owned affiliated
investment and management companies. Mr. Zell is the trustee and beneficiary
of a trust that is the sole shareholder of one of the two partners of the sole
general partner of ZC Limited, the sole general partner of Zell/Chilmark, which
holds 53.9% of the Company's outstanding Common Stock; Mr. Zell is Chairman of
the Board of Itel Corporation, American Classic Voyages Co. and Great American
Management and Investment, Inc.; Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Equity
Residential Properties Trust; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
of Capsure Holdings Corp.; and Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of Manufactured Home Communities, Inc. Mr. Zell is also a director of
Jacor Communications, Inc., Sealy Corporation and The Vigoro Corporation, and
is Co-Chairman of the Board of Revco D.S., Inc. Prior to October 4, 1991, Mr.
Zell was President of Madison Management Group, Inc., which company filed for
protection under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code on November
8, 1991. The case has subsequently been converted to a proceeding under
chapter 7 of such code.
INFORMATION REGARDING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
AND ITS COMMITTEES
The Board met 6 times during fiscal 1994. With the exception of James D.
Woods who attended four of six Board meetings, each current director attended
at least 75% of the total number of meetings of the Board and each of the
committees of the Board on which such director served held during the period
for which he or she has been a director. The Board has standing Executive,
Audit, Compensation, Stock Option and Nominating Committees. The current
members of each of the Board's committees are listed below.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The current members of the Executive Committee are David L. Dworkin, David
M. Schulte, Sanford Shkolnik and Samuel Zell. The Executive Committee did not
meet during fiscal 1994.
The Executive Committee has all of the authority of the Board except the
authority to amend by-laws, fix director compensation, authorize special
distributions to stockholders, fill Board vacancies and act with respect to
certain other limited matters.
THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
The current members of the Audit Committee are David M. Schulte, Sidney R.
Petersen and James D. Woods. During the 1994 fiscal year, the Audit Committee
met 3 times.
The Audit Committee, composed solely of outside directors, meets
periodically with the Company's independent accountants, management and
internal auditors to discuss accounting principles, financial and accounting
controls, the scope of the annual audit, internal control and other matters;
advises the Board on matters related to accounting and auditing; and reviews
management's selection of independent accountants. The independent accountants
and the internal auditors have complete access to the committee without
management present, to discuss results of their audit and their opinions on
adequacy of internal controls, quality of financial reporting, and other
accounting and auditing matters.
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THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
The current members of the Compensation Committee are Walter T. Dec, Terry
Savage, David M. Schulte and Dr. Robert M. Solow. The Compensation Committee
met 4 times during fiscal 1994.
The Compensation Committee, composed solely of outside directors, reviews
and takes action regarding terms of compensation, employment contracts and
pension matters that concern officers and key employees of the Company.
THE STOCK OPTION COMMITTEE
The current members of the Stock Option Committee are David M. Schulte and
Samuel Zell. The Stock Option Committee met 11 times during the 1994 fiscal
year.
The Stock Option Committee administers the Company's 1992 Stock Incentive
Plan, as amended (the "Plan"), which task includes, among other things,
granting and setting the terms of stock options and stock appreciation rights.
THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE
The current members of the Nominating Committee are Dr. Leobardo F. Estrada
and Samuel Zell. The Nominating Committee met once in fiscal 1994.
The Nominating Committee recommends to the Board nominees for Board
membership and makes recommendations as to Board policies concerning the
selection, tenure and qualification of directors.
The Nominating Committee reviews the qualifications of, among others, those
persons recommended for nomination to the Board by stockholders. A stockholder
suggesting a nominee to the Board should send the nominee's name, biographical
material, beneficial ownership of the Company's stock and other relevant
information in writing to the Secretary of the Company in a timely manner as
set forth in the Company's By-laws, accompanied by a consent of such nominee to
serve as a director if elected. Nominees must be willing to devote the time
required to serve effectively as a director and as a member of one or more
Board committees. In order to submit a nomination, a stockholder must be a
holder of record on the date of such submission and on the record date for
determining stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting at which the election
will take place.
COMPENSATION OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
SUMMARY OF COMPENSATION
Table I sets forth information concerning the annual and long-term
compensation for services in all capacities to the Company for the fiscal years
1994, 1993 and 1992, of those persons who at any time during fiscal 1994 served
as the chief executive officer, at the end of fiscal 1994 were the four most
highly compensated executive officers of the Company, and two other
highly-compensated executive officers who were not serving as such at the close
of fiscal 1994 (collectively, the "Named Executive Officers").
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TABLE I
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ANNUAL COMPENSATION LONG-TERM COMPENSATION
AWARDS PAYOUTS
NAME AND OTHER RESTRICTED
PRINCIPAL ANNUAL STOCK OPTIONS/ LTIP ALL OTHER
POSITION YEAR SALARY BONUS COMPENSATION AWARD(S) SARS PAYOUTS COMPENSATION
($) ($) ($) ($) (#) ($) ($)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
DAVID L. DWORKIN 1994 1,000,000 400,000(2) 0 0 0 0 30,032.86(1)
President & CEO 1993 56,409 0 0 0 1,000,000 0 1,477,664.00
1992 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ELAYNE M. GAROFOLO 1994 329,267 0 0 0 37,000 0 4,568.14(3)
EVP, Merchandising 1993 206,923 0 0 0 150,000 0 2,784.00
& Marketing 1992 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ROBERT M. MENAR 1994 316,667 0 0 0 21,000 0 61,148.65(5)
EVP, Operations 1993 273,750 3,938(4) 0 0 110,000 0 4,530.96
1992 262,504 0 0 0 40,000 0 11,196.90
JOHN C. HAECKEL 1994 290,545 0 0 0 173,000 0 285,272.15(6)
EVP, Chief 1993 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Financial Officer 1992 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ROBERT J. LAMBERT 1994 282,613 0 0 0 0 0 133,947.13(7)
EVP, Stores & 1993 22,917 0 0 0 150,000 0 100,319.00
Human Resources 1992 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
</TABLE>
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(1) 1994: $23,072.86 - 1993 relocation costs paid in 1994; $6,960.00 -
imputed value of life insurance.
1993: $1,000,000.00- sign-on bonus; $375,000.00 - compensation for loss
of bonus from prior employer; $97,444.00 relocation costs; $5,220.00 -
imputed value of life insurance.
(2) 1993 Annual Incentive Plan award paid in April 1994.
(3) 1994: $392.14 - imputed income on split-dollar life insurance under the
Deferred Compensation Plan; $4,176.00 - value
1993: $2,784.00 - imputed value of life insurance
(4) 1992 Annual Incentive Plan award paid in April 1993.
(5) 1994: $1,763.13 - imputed income on split-dollar life insurance under the
Deferred Compensation Plan; $54,471.76 - relocation costs; $4,913.76 -
imputed value of life insurance. 1992: $6,742.50 - value of new stock
and warrants from 1987 restricted stock grant; $4,454.40 - imputed value
of life insurance.
(6) 1994: $250,000.00 - sign-on bonus; $31,212.15 - relocation costs;
$4,060.00 - imputed value of life insurance.
(7) 1994: $76,665.46 - gross-up of interest and debt forgiveness of
interest-free loan; $53,308.67 - relocation costs; $3,973.00
-imputed value of life insurance. 1993: $100,000.00 - sign-on
bonus; $319.00 - imputed value of life insurance.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
TERMINATED EXECUTIVES
ANNUAL COMPENSATION LONG-TERM COMPENSATION
AWARDS PAYOUTS
NAME AND OTHER RESTRICTED
PRINCIPAL ANNUAL STOCK OPTIONS/ LTIP ALL OTHER
POSITION YEAR SALARY BONUS COMPENSATION AWARD(S) SARS PAYOUTS COMPENSATION
($) ($) ($) ($) (#) ($) ($)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
GERALD J. MATHEWS 1994 $325,000 $0 $0 $0 28,000 $0 $4,524.00(1)
EVP, Stores 1993 $243,748 $0 $0 $0 150,000 $0 $157,280.00
1992 $0 $0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0
PATRICIA A. WARREN 1994 $315,667 $0 $0 $0 37,000 $0 $4,524.00(2)
EVP, Merchandising 1993 $224,166 $0 $0 $0 150,000 $0 $186,373.00
1992 $0 $0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0
</TABLE>
(1) 1994: $4,524.00 - imputed value of life insurance.
1993: $38,301.00 - sign-on bonus; $115,963.00 - relocation costs;
$3,016.00 - imputed value of life insurance.
(2) 1994: $4,524.00 - imputed value of life insurance.
1993: $104,044.00 - sign-on bonus; $$79,313.00 - relocation costs;
$3,016.00 - imputed value of life insurance.
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OPTION GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
Table II presents information regarding stock option grants made during
fiscal 1994 to each of the Named Executive Officers pursuant to the Plan. No
Stock Appreciation Rights ("SARs") were granted to any Named Executive Officer
in fiscal 1994.
TABLE II
OPTION/SAR GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
POTENTIAL REALIZABLE
VALUE AT ASSUMED ANNUAL
RATE OF STOCK PRICE
INDIVIDUAL GRANTS APPRECIATION FOR
OPTION TERM
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G)
% OF TOTAL
OPTIONS/ OPTIONS/
SARS SARS GRANTED EXERCISE OR
GRANTED TO EMPLOYEES BASE PRICE EXPIRATION 5% 10%
NAME (#) IN FISCAL YEAR ($/SHARE) DATE ($) ($)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
D.L. Dworkin 0 0.000% ----- ----- ----- -----
E.M. Garofolo 37,000 3.401% 9.375 02/15/04 218,152 552,817
R.M. Menar 21,000 1.930% 9.375 02/15/04 123,816 313,761
J.C. Haeckel 173,000 15.901% 12.250 04/04/04 1,332,792 3,377,479
R.J. Lambert 0 0.000% ----- ----- ----- -----
</TABLE>
OPTION EXERCISES AND YEAR-END VALUES
Table III sets forth information regarding unexercised stock options held
by each of the Named Executive Officers. The only Named Executive Officers to
have exercised any stock options during fiscal 1994 were Messrs. Holman and
Petersen, as set forth below.
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TABLE III
AGGREGATED OPTION/SAR EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
AND FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION/SAR VALUES
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
SHARES VALUE OF UNEXERCISED
ACQUIRED VALUE NUMBER OF UNEXERCISED IN-THE-MONEY
ON EXERCISE REALIZED OPTIONS AT FISCAL YEAR-END OPTIONS AT FISCAL YEAR-END
NAME (#) ($) EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
D.L. Dworkin 0 0 666,666 333,334 0 0
E.M. Garofolo 0 0 49,999 137,001 0 0
R.M. Menar 0 0 63,332 107,668 0 0
J.C. Haeckel 0 0 0 173,000 0 0
R.J. Lambert 0 0 50,000 100,000 0 0
</TABLE>
PENSION AND SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLANS
Employees who complete 1000 hours of service per year, other than employees
covered by pension plans of applicable labor unions, are generally eligible to
participate in the Company's pension plan (the "Pension Plan"). As of the
Record Date, approximately 13,200 employees were eligible to participate. The
Company makes contributions to the Pension Plan based upon the funding
requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended. Such contributions are held by Bankers Trust Company, which acts as
trustee of the Pension Plan.
Benefits under the Pension Plan are based on a percentage of each
participant's yearly total of salary and bonus (collectively, "earnings"). In
general, every year, each participant earns a "Benefit" that equals 1% of such
participant's total earnings plus an additional 1/2% of such participant's
earnings that exceed the social security wage base. Benefits are added yearly
and become fully vested after five years of service. In general, upon a
participant's retirement at or after age 65, such participant shall be entitled
to receive monthly payments under the Pension Plan. Such monthly payments are
calculated on a straight life annuity basis and shall equal 1/12th of the
aggregate of all Benefits earned during employment. Participants who retire
after attaining age 55 but before attaining age 65 and after having accumulated
15 years of service with the Company shall be entitled to reduced payments
under the Pension Plan if they elect to receive such payments before age 65.
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Table IV sets forth total Benefits payable to executive employees,
including the Named Executive Officers, who participate in the Company's
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the "SERP"). Amounts shown represent
the aggregate amounts to which such employees are entitled under both the
Pension Plan and the SERP, but do not reflect the deduction of 50% of social
security benefits that such employees will receive on retirement. Benefits are
reduced if payments begin prior to age 62.
TABLE IV
PENSION PLAN TABLE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEARS OF SERVICE
AVERAGE 15 20 25 30
ANNUAL COMPENSATION*
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$ 100,000................................................... $ 22,500 $ 30,000 $ 37,500 $ 45,000
$ 200,000................................................... $ 45,000 $ 60,000 $ 75,000 $ 90,000
$ 300,000................................................... $ 67,500 $ 90,000 $112,500 $135,000
$ 400,000................................................... $ 90,000 $120,000 $150,000 $180,000
$ 500,000................................................... $112,500 $150,000 $187,500 $225,000
$ 600,000................................................... $135,000 $180,000 $225,000 $270,000
$ 700,000................................................... $157,500 $210,000 $262,500 $315,000
$ 800,000................................................... $180,000 $240,000 $300,000 $360,000
$ 900,000................................................... $202,500 $270,000 $337,500 $405,000
$1,000,000................................................... $225,000 $300,000 $375,000 $450,000
$1,100,000................................................... $247,500 $330,000 $412,500 $495,000
$1,200,000................................................... $270,000 $360,000 $450,000 $540,000
</TABLE>
* Annual compensation consists of all amounts received under the
categories salary and bonus as shown in Table I.
Employees whose annual base salary is $109,200 or more, or certain
employees who had achieved SERP eligibility prior to the Company's
reorganization, may also participate in the SERP. The threshold annual base
salary rate is indexed and adjusted annually to the rate of increase in the
social security wage base. The SERP presently covers approximately 85
executive employees. SERP benefits are based on a percentage of average
earnings for the five highest of the final ten years' employment, less 50% of
age 65 social security benefits and less Benefits paid under the Pension Plan
and certain supplemental amounts which may be payable under certain individual
employment contracts. Benefits generally are computed on a straight life
annuity basis. However, certain executives have individual employment
contracts that provide for supplemental payments, the Benefits of which are
computed on a life annuity basis with a two-thirds benefit to a surviving
spouse. Except in the case of certain executives with special provisions in
their employment agreements, participants are entitled to receive SERP benefits
only upon (i) attaining age 55 and having accumulated 15 years of service with
the Company or (ii) attaining age 65 and having accumulated five years of
service with the Company.
Messrs. Dworkin, Lambert, Menar and Haeckel and Ms. Garofolo, respectively,
have 2.1, 1.3, 16.4, 1.0 and 1.9 years of credited service under the Pension
Plan and the SERP.
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Directors who are not employees of the Company receive an annual retainer
of $22,000 plus $750 for each Board or committee meeting attended. Directors
are also eligible to receive stock option grants under the Plan.
Non-employee directors who do not have any vested interest in the SERP or
the Pension Plan may receive benefits under the Company's Retirement Plan for
Non-Employee Directors. Under such plan, upon retirement, each eligible
director shall receive monthly payments equal to 1/12 of the annual retainer in
effect at the time of
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retirement. Such payments shall continue for a period of months equal to the
number of months the director receiving the payments served, but shall cease
upon such director's death. To be eligible for benefits under this plan, a
director must have served for a minimum of 36 months. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if a director retires on or after attainment of age 72, such
director shall receive retirement payments for a minimum period of 60 months or
until death. No director who is terminated for cause shall be entitled to any
benefits under this plan.
EMPLOYMENT AND CHANGE-IN-CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS AND CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
Employment Agreement with Mr. Dworkin. As of March 24, 1993, the
Company entered into an agreement with David L. Dworkin whereby Mr. Dworkin
has agreed to serve as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer for
a term of three years. He received a $1,000,000 sign-on bonus upon commencing
his duties as Chief Executive Officer on March 24, 1993. Under such agreement
Mr. Dworkin receives an annual base salary of $1,000,000 and a guaranteed bonus
of at least $400,000 payable in April 1994 and at least $300,000 payable in
April 1995. Upon commencing his duties as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Dworkin
also received $375,000 as compensation for the loss of his bonus from his prior
employer plus relocation and interim housing expenses associated with his
moving from London to Southern California, which expenses were paid for in such
a manner that Mr. Dworkin was not attributed any taxable income or paid as
taxable income to Mr. Dworkin in a sufficient gross amount such that after
payment of applicable taxes Mr. Dworkin will have been reimbursed for all
appropriate expenses associated with relocation. Mr. Dworkin was also
afforded an opportunity to invest $250,000 in Zell/Chilmark on the same terms
as its general partners at any time on or before August 15, 1993. He did not
make such an investment.
Such agreement also provided for the granting to Mr. Dworkin of options to
purchase 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the Plan. On February 18,
1993, the Stock Option Committee granted Mr. Dworkin nonqualified stock options
to purchase 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock. Options with respect to 333,333
shares of Common Stock became vested on each of March 24, 1993, and March 24,
1994, respectively. The remaining 333,334 options became vested on March 24,
1995. The exercise price of all options granted is $10.22 per share. In
addition to the terms provided in the Plan, in the event that Mr. Dworkin is
involuntarily terminated or there occurs a "change-in-control," as defined
below, all of Mr. Dworkin's options will become immediately exercisable. For
purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, a "change-in-control" occurs if
(i) the nominees or designees of Zell/Chilmark cease to compose a majority of
the Board, (ii) certain changes in the Company's senior management occur, (iii)
Zell/Chilmark ceases to own 36% of the outstanding shares of the Company's
voting stock, or (iv) the Company ceases to own all of the outstanding shares
of Broadway Receivables, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Dworkin will have 90 days to exercise the
options that vest as a result of his involuntary termination or any of the
events described in clauses (i) through (iv) above.
Because Mr. Dworkin has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of
the Company for at least one year, pursuant to his contract, upon retirement he
will be guaranteed benefits under the SERP, as defined below. The amount to
which he will be entitled will be determined based on the number of years that
he serves. If he is involuntarily terminated or if there occurs a
change-in-control as defined in the preceding paragraph, he will receive two
years' salary as a termination benefit. The Company's obligations under Mr.
Dworkin's agreement are guaranteed by Zell/Chilmark.
Employment and Termination Agreements with Named Executive Officers.
Each of the Named Executive Officers has entered into employment agreements
with the Company.
Elayne M. Garofolo and Robert M. Menar have three-year employment
agreements expiring on May 23, 1996, and July 20, 1995, respectively. The
annual base salaries per annum for both executives was $325,000.
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Ms. Garofolo's annual base salary was raised to $400,000 per annum effective
January 7, 1995, which was coincident with her increased responsibilities from
EVP, Marketing to EVP, Merchandising and Marketing.
Robert J. Lambert entered into a three-year employment agreement which
expires on January 1, 1997, for an annual base salary of $275,000 per annum
when he was hired as EVP, Human Resources. Mr. Lambert's annual base salary
was increased to $400,000 per annum effective January 7, 1995, which was
coincident with his increased responsibilities to EVP, Human Resources and
Stores. In addition to the annual salary, Mr. Lambert's original employment
agreement provided for a $100,000 sign-on bonus plus a $100,000 real estate
loan. (See Certain Transactions - below)
John C. Haeckel entered into a three-year employment agreement commencing
June 4, 1994, with an annual base salary of $350,000. He also received a
$250,000 sign-on bonus upon commencing his duties and a guaranteed 1994 bonus
of $100,000 payable in April 1995.
Gerald J. Mathews and Patricia A. Warren are parties to agreements with the
Company providing for three-year terms of employment that commenced on May 3,
1993, and May 24, 1993, respectively. Their annual base salaries are $325,000.
Mr. Mathews and Ms. Warren left the employ of the Company during 1994. The
Company remains liable under each of their respective agreements in an amount
equal to $325,000 less any compensation for services that they derive from
other sources.
Change-in-Control Arrangements. The Plan enables the Company to grant
stock options and SARs to certain key employees, officers, directors and
consultants. Under the Plan, upon the occurrence of a "Change of Control," as
defined therein, all outstanding options shall become immediately exercisable
except as otherwise provided in any option holder's "Award Agreement," as
defined in the Plan, with respect to such holder's options. See "Employment
Agreement with Mr. Dworkin" for a discussion of change-in-control arrangements
between Mr. Dworkin and the Company.
Certain Transactions. In January 1994, the Company extended a three-year
loan in the principal amount of $100,000 to Robert J. Lambert, then Executive
Vice President, Human Resources, to assist Mr. Lambert in the purchase of a
home in the Southern California area. So long as Mr. Lambert remains employed
by the Company, the loan does not bear interest (on a net tax free basis to Mr.
Lambert) and the principal amount of the loan is forgiven based on daily
amortization over its three-year term. In the event Mr. Lambert voluntarily
leaves the Company or is terminated with cause, the remaining principal balance
of the loan will begin to accrue interest at the prime rate as published in the
Wall Street Journal and such remaining principal will become due and payable in
30 days. In the event Mr. Lambert is terminated without cause, the remaining
principal balance of the loan on the date of such termination will be forgiven.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in any of the Company's
filings under the Securities Act of 1933, or the Exchange Act that might
incorporate any of the Company's filings, including this Proxy Statement, in
whole or in part, the report presented below and the Performance Graph
following shall not be incorporated by reference into any such filings.
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REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
AND THE STOCK OPTION COMMITTEE
The Compensation Committee is responsible for setting the terms of and
reviewing the compensation of the Company's officers and key employees. The
Stock Option Committee is responsible for administering the Plan, which plays
an important role in the compensation of the Company's key employees. The
Compensation Committee and the Stock Option Committee are collectively referred
to herein as the "Committees."
COMPENSATION OF MR. DWORKIN
Mr. Dworkin's compensation for 1994 was established in his original
employment agreement ("Dworkin Agreement") which was entered into in February
1993. See "Employment and Change-in-Control Arrangements and Certain
Transactions - Employment Agreement with Mr. Dworkin." The compensation
provisions of the Dworkin Agreement have not been modified from their original
terms. The bonus Mr. Dworkin received for 1994 was a guaranteed minimum bonus
provided for in the Dworkin Agreement. The Dworkin Agreement does not have a
guaranteed minimum bonus provision for 1995 and the Compensation Committee has
not yet determined the 1995 bonus program for Mr. Dworkin. The Compensation
Committee expects to put in place a 1995 bonus plan which is tied directly to
the performance of the Company.
CURRENT COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY
The attraction and retention of highly competent and motivated executives
is an important objective of the Company's compensation practices. The
Committees believe they can achieve this goal by providing top employees with
competitive salaries, offering bonuses to reward the achievement of Company
goals, such as specified earnings levels, and providing long-term incentives
through stock options, which give executives an opportunity to share in the
Company's success as reflected by increases in its stock price.
Base Salary and Bonus. The Compensation Committee plays a significant
role with respect to officers' compensation by setting the bonuses of the
Company's officers. The 1994 target earnings level for bonuses was not
achieved, so no bonuses were paid to executive officers other than the bonuses
provided under employment agreements for Mr. Dworkin and Mr. Haeckel. (See
descriptions for Mr. Dworkin and Mr. Haeckel under "Employment and
Change-in-Control Arrangements and Certain Transactions.") No executive
officer has a guaranteed bonus for the 1995 fiscal year.
In the upcoming year, the Compensation Committee will award bonuses based
upon the Company's success. The specific measures for 1995 bonuses have not
been set, but one such measure will be management's ability to achieve
specified earnings levels. The Compensation Committee has commissioned
Management to make recommendations for an annual incentive plan for 1995.
Management has advised the Compensation Committee that such recommendations
will be presented to the Compensation Committee for review and comment on or
before June 1, 1995.
Throughout the coming year the Compensation Committee will additionally
focus on setting the terms of compensation for any new top level employees. In
determining competitive salaries for such individuals, the Compensation
Committee will compare the salaries offered by the Company to those provided by
other entities competing for similarly-skilled executives. In the past when
setting executive compensation, the Company has looked to the Hay Retail
Industry Senior Executive Total Remuneration Survey, a report that compares
various compensation components for participating retail companies and salary
surveys prepared by Management Compensation Services ("MCS"), a division of
Hewitt Associates, a national compensation and benefits consulting firm. The
Hay and MCS surveys or equivalent surveys are expected to be a continued
reference for the Compensation Committee.
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In light of the fact that the Company emerged from its Bankruptcy
proceeding in October 1992, the Compensation Committee has found it necessary
to deviate from some of its philosophy on compensation in order to attract the
key executives Mr. Dworkin feels are necessary to lead the Company's recovery.
Accordingly, in certain cases, signing bonuses and guaranteed minimum bonuses
were granted to attract executives who would be foregoing bonuses at their
previous job or, in some cases, to compensate the executive for the relatively
high cost of housing in the Los Angeles area.
Incentive Compensation. The Plan provides an incentive for key
employees, directors and consultants of the Company to increase stockholder
value by aligning their own interests with those of the Company's stockholders.
Because the exercise price of stock options granted under the Plan may not be
set at less than market value, participants will not realize value on such
options unless the Company's stock price increases. Under the Plan, the Stock
Option Committee determines who shall be granted options and sets the terms of
option grants. The Stock Option Committee intends to make future grants to
those employees who make or who because of their positions are expected to make
material contributions to the Company's success and demonstrate effective
management skills. Accordingly, future grants to key employees are expected to
be in similar ranges for new hires of similar status.
As noted, Mr. Dworkin's compensation has not deviated from the terms of his
original contract which was entered into in 1993. Mr. Lambert's and Ms.
Garofolo's annual base salaries were increased in January 1995 when each of
them assumed significantly greater responsibilities within the organization.
Both of these raises were to salary levels in the low end of the range for
salaries for comparable positions in the industry based upon the salary surveys
used by the Compensation Committee.
Mr. Haeckel entered into his employment agreement in 1994, which
incorporates compensation terms commensurate with his position as EVP, Chief
Financial Officer and is reflective of the compensation and bonuses he has
foregone from his prior employer.
PHILOSOPHY ON THE DEDUCTIBILITY OF COMPENSATION
The Compensation Committee designs its compensation arrangements to provide
competitive levels of compensation that align compensation with the Company's
annual and long-term performance goals, reward strong performance, recognize
individual achievement and assist the Company in attracting and retaining
qualified executives, and in this way, achieve the best returns for the
Company's stockholders.
Under tax legislation enacted during 1993, beginning in 1994, the amount of
compensation paid to or accrued for the Chief Executive Officer and the four
other most highly compensated Executive Officers which may be deductible by the
Company for federal income tax purposes is limited to $1,000,000 per person per
year, except that compensation which is performance-based will be excluded for
purposes of calculating the amount of deductible compensation. The Internal
Revenue Service has proposed regulations to implement this legislation, but
they have not been finalized.
As stated above, the Compensation Committee designs its compensation
arrangements to achieve various objectives and, to the extent these objectives
can be achieved in a manner which maximizes the deductibility of compensation
paid by the Company, it will seek to do so.
The Compensation Committee will continue to strive to achieve its
compensation objectives in a manner which causes the incentive compensation
paid to the Company's executive officers to be fully deductible and will
consider possible changes to the Company's compensation policies when final
regulations are issued. However,
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the Compensation Committee does not intend to sacrifice the ability to retain
and attract highly competent and motivated executives merely to preserve
the deductibility of compensation.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE STOCK OPTION COMMITTEE
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
------------------------- -------------------------
<S> <C>
David M. Schulte (Chairman) Samuel Zell (Chairman)
Walter T. Dec David M. Schulte
Terry Savage
Robert M. Solow
</TABLE>
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
The Stock Option Committee administers the Plan. The members of the Stock
Option Committee are David Schulte and Samuel Zell.
Mr. Schulte is the sole shareholder of one of two partners of the sole
general partner of ZC Limited, the sole general partner of Zell/Chilmark, which
currently owns 24,800,866 shares of Common Stock, or 53.9% of the shares of
Common Stock outstanding.
Mr. Zell is the trustee and beneficiary of a trust that is the sole
shareholder of one of two partners of the sole general partner of ZC Limited,
the sole general partner of Zell/Chilmark, which currently owns 24,800,866
shares of Common Stock, or 53.9% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding.
STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The graph below compares the cumulative total shareholder return of the
Company, based on share price (the Company did not grant any dividends during
the period shown), with the cumulative total return of the Standard & Poor's
500 Stock Index and the cumulative total return of the Standard & Poor's Retail
Stores Composite Index. Except as set forth in the next sentence, the graph
assumes $100 invested on July 31, 1989 in the Company's Old Common Stock (as
defined below) and each of the other indices. Because of the change in the
Company's capital structure upon emergence from bankruptcy on October 8, 1992,
(the "Effective Date"), for periods subsequent to the Effective Date the graph
assumes $100 invested on the Effective Date in the Company's Common Stock and
each of the other indices. Effective as of the Effective Date and pursuant to
the Reorganization Plan, holders of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.01
per share, outstanding prior to the effectiveness of the Reorganization Plan
(the "Old Common Stock") received .081 shares of Common Stock in exchange for
each share of Old Common Stock. Additionally, certain unsecured creditors of
the Company received .046 shares of Common Stock for each $1.00 of allowed
claims against the Company.
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COMPARISON OF CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN
BROADWAY STORES, INC., S&P 500 INDEX, AND S&P RETAIL STORES COMPOSITE
[GRAPH]
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COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires the Company's directors,
officers and persons who own more than 10% of the Common Stock to file reports
of ownership and changes in ownership of such equity securities with the SEC
and NYSE. Directors, officers and greater than 10% stockholders are required
by SEC regulations to furnish the Company with copies of all Section 16(a)
forms they file. The following information is based solely upon a review of
copies of such Forms 3, 4 and 5 that have been furnished to the Company, or, in
the case of Forms 5, written representations that no Forms 5 were required.
The Company believes that the following current officers of the Company
failed to file a Form 5 with respect to grants of options to purchase Common
Stock: (i) Ms. Elayne M. Garofolo, Executive Vice President, Merchandising and
Marketing failed to file a Form 5 with respect to a grant of options made on
February 15, 1994, to purchase 37,000 shares of Common Stock; (ii) Mr. John C.
Haeckel, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer failed to file a
Form 5 with respect to a grant of options made April 18, 1994, to purchase
173,000 shares of Common Stock; (iii) Mr. Robert M. Menar, Executive Vice
President, Operations failed to file a Form 5 with respect to a grant of
options made February 15, 1994, to purchase 21,000 shares of Common Stock; and
(iv) Mr. Marc E. Bercoon, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
failed to file a Form 5 with respect to a grant of options made February 9,
1994, to purchase 10,000 shares of Common Stock.
Each of the above officers has advised the Company that they plan to make
their respective filings prior to the Annual Meeting.
SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
The Board has selected Price Waterhouse LLP to serve as the Company's
independent accountants to audit the financial statements of the Company for
the 1995 fiscal year. A representative of Price Waterhouse LLP will attend the
Annual Meeting, will be given an opportunity to make a statement and will be
available to answer appropriate questions. The Board recommends, on the advice
of its Audit Committee, that the stockholders vote FOR ratification of the
appointment of Price Waterhouse LLP as the Company's independent auditors for
fiscal 1995.
OTHER MATTERS
The Board is not aware of any other matters to be presented at the meeting.
If any other matters should properly come before the meeting, the persons named
in the proxy will vote the proxies according to their best judgment.
STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS
Stockholder proposals, if any, which may be considered for inclusion in the
Company's proxy materials for the 1996 Annual Meeting must be received by the
Company at its offices at 3880 North Mission Road, Los Angeles, California
90031 not later than December 29, 1995.
ANNUAL REPORT
The Annual Report to Stockholders for fiscal 1994 was mailed to
stockholders on or about May 8, 1995. The Company files an annual report on
Form 10-K with the SEC. Stockholders may obtain a copies of these reports
without charge by writing to the Secretary of the Company.
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BROADWAY STORES INC
THE BROADWAY o EMPORIUM o WEINSTOCKS
PROXY SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING - JUNE 16, 1995
BROADWAY STORES INC
3880 NORTH MISSION ROAD
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90031
The undersigned hereby appoints DAVID L. DWORKIN, JOHN C. HAECKEL and
MARC E. BERCOON, and each of them, proxies, each with full power of
substitution, to vote all stock of the undersigned at the annual meeting of
stockholders of BROADWAY STORES INC (the "Company") to be held June 16, 1995 at
9:30 a.m. in the Watercourt Ballroom of the Hotel InterContinental, Los
Angeles, California, and/or at any adjournment of the annual meeting in the
manner indicated on the reverse side, all in accordance with and as more fully
described in the Notice of Annual Meeting and accompanying Proxy Statement for
the meeting, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged.
(Continued on reverse side)
FOLD AND DETACH HERE
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Please mark
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY SHALL BE VOTED X your votes
AS INDICATED BELOW: like this
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COMMON PREFERRED
1. To elect Walter T. Dec, David L. Dworkin, Dr. Leobardo F. Estrada, Sidney
R. Petersen, Terry Savage, David M. Schulte, Sanford Shkolnik, Dr. Robert M.
Solow, James D. Woods and Samuel Zell as directors to serve for a term of one
year until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective
successors have been duly elected and qualified.
WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
FOR to vote for ALL nominees
Withhold authority to vote for the following nominee(s):
IF YOU DO NOT SPECIFY A CHOICE WITH RESPECT TO ITEM 2, THE SHARES REPRESENTED
BY YOUR PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR ITEM 2.
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2. To ratify the appointment of Price Waterhouse FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
as the Company's independent accountants for the
Company's 1995 Fiscal Year.
3. To vote in their discretion on such other business as may properly come
before the annual meeting or any adjournment thereof.
IF ANY OTHER BUSINESS IS PRESENTED, THIS PROXY SHALL BE VOTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF MANAGEMENT.
Please mark, date and sign as your name appears to the left and return in the
enclosed envelope. If acting as executor, administrator, trustee or guardian,
state your full title and authority when signing. If the signer is a
corporation, please sign the full corporate name, by a duly authorized officer.
If shares are held jointly, each stockholder named should sign.
Date
Signature(s)
Signature(s)
PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY IN THE ENCLOSED POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE.
FOLD AND DETACH HERE
BROADWAY STORES INC
THE BROADWAY O EMPORIUM O WEINSTOCKS
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INSERT TO PAGE 3 OF BROADWAY STORES, INC. PROXY STATEMENT
The principal stockholder listed below and accompanying footnote were
inadvertently omitted from the Principal Stockholders Table set forth on page 3
of the Broadway Stores, Inc. Proxy Statement. Please pardon the inconvenience
this may have caused.
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Common Stock Trimark Investment Management Inc. 3,468,000(5) 7.5%
One First Canadian Place
Suite 5600, P.O. Box 487
Toronto, Ontario M5X 1E5
Canada
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(5) Trimark Investment Management Inc. ("TIMI") is the investment manager for,
and sole trustee of, three mutual funds, Trimark Fund, Trimark Select Growth
Fund and Trimark Select Canadian Growth Fund (collectively, the "Trimark
Funds"), each of which is the record owner of a portion of the referenced
shares. As investment manager and sole trustee for the Trimark Funds, TIMI
has sole voting and dispositive power in respect of such shares and may thus
be deemed to have beneficial ownership of such shares.
