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[KAC Logo]
April 26, 1995
To Our Stockholders:
You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting of Stockholders
(the "Annual Meeting") of Kaiser Aluminum Corporation (the "Company") to be
held at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 17, 1995, at the Westchase Hilton
Hotel, 9999 Westheimer Road, Houston, Texas.
At the Annual Meeting, the holders of the Company's Common Stock, par
value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), $.65 Depositary Shares (the
"Depositary Shares") and 8.255% PRIDES[symbol for "Service Mark" appears
here], Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.05 per share (the "PRIDES")
(all such holders being collectively referred to as the "Stockholders")
will consider and vote, as a single class, (i) in the election of
directors, (ii) upon a proposal to approve the Kaiser 1995 Executive
Incentive Compensation Program, and (iii) upon such other business as may
properly be presented to the Annual Meeting or any adjournments or
postponements thereof.
Each Depositary Share represents one-tenth of a share of the Company's
Series A Mandatory Conversion Premium Dividend Preferred Stock, par value
$.05 per share (the "Series A Shares"). The Series A Shares have been
deposited with The First National Bank of Boston, as Depositary (the
"Depositary"). As the registered holder of the Series A Shares, the
Depositary will vote the Series A Shares represented by the Depositary
Shares at the Annual Meeting pursuant to instructions given to the
Depositary by the holders of such Depositary Shares. Holders of Depositary
Shares will therefore exercise their vote by instructing the Depositary
pursuant to the instruction card enclosed with the proxy statement.
Holders of shares of PRIDES have 4/5 vote for each share held of
record and are entitled to vote together with the holders of Common Stock.
Each Stockholder of record at the close of business on March 31, 1995
is entitled to receive notice of and vote at the Annual Meeting and is
urged to attend the Annual Meeting. Whether or not you intend to be
present at the Annual Meeting, we urge you to complete, date, sign and
promptly return the enclosed proxy card or instruction card, as the case
may be.
We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at the Annual
Meeting.
/s/ George T. Haymaker, Jr.
GEORGE T. HAYMAKER, JR.
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
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KAISER ALUMINUM CORPORATION
5847 SAN FELIPE, SUITE 2600
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77057
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD MAY 17, 1995
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") of
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation (the "Company") will be held at the Westchase
Hilton Hotel, 9999 Westheimer Road, Houston, Texas, on Wednesday, May 17,
1995, at 9:00 a.m., Houston time, for the following purposes:
1. To elect six (6) directors to hold office until
the Company's 1996 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
or until their respective successors are elected
and qualified;
2. To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve
the Kaiser 1995 Executive Incentive Compensation
Program; and
3. To consider and transact such other business as
may properly be presented to the Annual Meeting or
any adjournments or postponements thereof.
Holders of record of the Company's common stock, par value $.01
per share (the "Common Stock"), $.65 Depositary Shares (the "Depositary
Shares") and 8.255% PRIDES[symbol for "Service Mark" appears here],
Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.05 per share (the "PRIDES") (all
such holders being collectively referred to as the "Stockholders") as of
the close of business on March 31, 1995 are entitled to notice of and to
vote at the Annual Meeting. All Stockholders will vote as a single class
at the Annual Meeting. Stockholders' lists will be available commencing
May 5, 1995, and may be inspected for purposes germane to the Annual
Meeting during normal business hours prior to the Annual Meeting at the
offices of the Company, 5847 San Felipe, Suite 2600, Houston, Texas.
By Order of the Board of Directors
/s/ Byron L. Wade
BYRON L. WADE
Secretary
April 26, 1995
IMPORTANT
PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE AND SIGN THE ENCLOSED PROXY OR INSTRUCTION
CARD, AS THE CASE MAY BE, AND RETURN IT PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE
PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE AND WHICH REQUIRES NO POSTAGE IF MAILED IN
THE UNITED STATES. ANY HOLDER OF COMMON STOCK OR PRIDES ENTITLED TO VOTE
AND WHO ATTENDS THE ANNUAL MEETING MAY VOTE PERSONALLY ON ALL MATTERS
BROUGHT BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING AND, IN THAT EVENT, HIS OR HER PROXY WILL
NOT BE USED. HOLDERS OF DEPOSITARY SHARES MAY ONLY VOTE BY COMPLETING THE
ENCLOSED INSTRUCTION CARD AND RETURNING THE CARD TO THE DEPOSITARY. THE
DEPOSITARY WILL VOTE THE SERIES A MANDATORY CONVERSION PREMIUM DIVIDEND
PREFERRED STOCK (THE "SERIES A SHARES") REPRESENTED BY THE DEPOSITARY
SHARES IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH INSTRUCTIONS. IN THE ABSENCE OF SPECIFIC
INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE HOLDERS OF DEPOSITARY SHARES, THE DEPOSITARY WILL
ABSTAIN FROM VOTING WITH RESPECT TO THE SERIES A SHARES UNDERLYING THE
DEPOSITARY SHARES.
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KAISER ALUMINUM CORPORATION
5847 SAN FELIPE, SUITE 2600
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77057
PROXY STATEMENT
FOR
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD MAY 17, 1995
This proxy statement is furnished to Stockholders (as defined
below) in connection with the solicitation of proxies on behalf of the
Board of Directors of Kaiser Aluminum Corporation (the "Company"), a
Delaware corporation, to be voted at an Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the
"Annual Meeting") to be held on May 17, 1995 and any adjournments or
postponements thereof, at the time and place and for the purposes set forth
in the accompanying notice of Annual Meeting. The principal executive
offices of the Company are located at 5847 San Felipe, Suite 2600, Houston,
Texas 77057, telephone (713) 267-3777.
This proxy statement, the accompanying proxy or instruction card,
as the case may be, and the Notice of Annual Meeting are being mailed to
the record holders as of the close of business on March 31, 1995 of the
Company's common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), $.65
Depositary Shares (the "Depositary Shares"), and 8.255% PRIDES ,
Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.05 per share (the "PRIDES") (all
such holders being collectively referred to as the "Stockholders")
commencing on or about April 27, 1995.
We cordially invite you to attend the Annual Meeting. Whether or
not you plan to attend, please complete, date, sign and promptly return in
the enclosed envelope your proxy card, if you are a holder of Common Stock
or PRIDES, or your instruction card, if you are a holder of Depositary
Shares. If you are a holder of Common Stock or PRIDES, you may revoke your
proxy at any time prior to its exercise at the Annual Meeting by giving
notice to the Company's Secretary, by filing a later dated proxy or, if you
attend the Annual Meeting, by voting your shares in person. If you are a
holder of Depositary Shares, you may revoke your instruction to The First
National Bank of Boston, as Depositary (the "Depositary") at any time prior
to the second business day immediately preceding the date of the Annual
Meeting by giving notice to the Depositary or by filing a later dated
instruction card with the Depositary.
Proxies for the Common Stock and the PRIDES will be voted in
accordance with the directions specified thereon or, in the absence of
instructions, "FOR" the election of the directors and "FOR" the approval of
the Kaiser 1995 Executive Incentive Program as set forth in this proxy
statement. Holders of Depositary Shares may only vote by completing the
enclosed instruction card and returning the card to the Depositary. Each
Depositary Share represents one-tenth of a share of the Company's Series A
Mandatory Conversion Premium Dividend Preferred Stock (the "Series A
Shares"). The Depositary will vote the Series A Shares represented by the
Depositary Shares in accordance with such instructions. In the absence of
specific instructions from the holders of Depositary Shares, the Depositary
will abstain from voting with respect to the Series A Shares underlying the
Depositary Shares. The presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of
a majority of the shares of the Company's capital stock entitled to vote at
the Annual Meeting is required to constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business at the Annual Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes are
counted for purposes of determining the presence or absence of a quorum for
the transaction of business. A plurality of the votes present, in person
or by proxy, is necessary for the election of directors. Under applicable
Delaware law, abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as
a vote "AGAINST" the proposal to approve the Kaiser 1995 Executive
Incentive Compensation Program, but will have no effect on the outcome of
the election of directors.
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ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
At the Annual Meeting, six directors will be elected by the
stockholders to serve until the 1996 Annual Meeting or until their
respective successors are duly elected and qualified. The six nominees
receiving the highest number of votes will be elected.
The six persons nominated for election to the Board of Directors
at the Annual Meeting are Robert J. Cruikshank, George T. Haymaker, Jr.,
Charles E. Hurwitz, Ezra G. Levin, Robert Marcus and Robert J. Petris.
Five of such nominees, excluding Mr. Petris, are currently members of the
Board of Directors. See, "Executive Officers, Directors and Nominees for
Director" and "Principal Stockholders" for information concerning each of
the nominees, including the dates on which they first became directors,
their business experience during the past five years and the number of
shares of the Company's capital stock owned beneficially by each of them as
of March 31, 1995. Each of the nominees has consented to serve as a member
of the Board of Directors if elected. Paul D. Rusen is the director on the
Board of Directors whose term will end at the Company's Annual Meeting upon
the election of his successor.
The persons named in the proxies will vote the shares represented
thereby for the election of the foregoing named nominees except where
authority has been withheld as to a particular nominee or as to all such
nominees. Should any nominee decline or be unable to serve as a director
of the Company, which is not anticipated, the persons named in the proxies
will vote for the election in his stead of such other person as the Board
of Directors may recommend.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE ELECTION OF
ALL NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ITS COMMITTEES
The Board of Directors of the Company (sometimes referred to
herein as the "Board") held five meetings and acted by written consent on
three occasions during 1994. In addition, management confers frequently
with its directors on an informal basis to discuss Company affairs. During
1994, no director attended fewer than 75% of the aggregate of the meetings
of the Board and all Committees on which he served.
The Board of Directors of the Company has several standing
committees, including Executive, Audit and Compensation Committees.
The Executive Committee meets on call and has authority to act on
most matters during the intervals between meetings of the entire Board of
Directors. Its current members are Messrs. Haymaker and Hurwitz
(Chairman). The Committee held no meetings and acted by written consent
one time during 1994.
The Audit Committee presently consists of Messrs. Levin, Marcus
(Chairman) and Rusen. The Audit Committee meets with appropriate Company
financial and legal personnel, internal auditors and independent public
accountants and reviews the internal controls of the Company and the
objectivity of its financial reporting. This Committee recommends to the
Board the appointment of the independent public accountants to serve as
auditors in examining the corporate accounts of the Company. The
independent public accountants periodically meet privately with the Audit
Committee and have access to the Committee at any time. The Audit
Committee met on one occasion during 1994.
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The Compensation Committee reviews and advises management, makes
recommendations to the Board, and reviews and approves proposals regarding
the establishment or change of benefit plans, salaries or compensation
afforded the executive officers and other employees of the Company.
Messrs. Cruikshank, Levin (Chairman) and Marcus currently serve as members
of this Committee. The Compensation Committee met on four occasions during
1994.
The Board of Directors of the Company does not have a standing
nominating committee nor does it have any committee performing a similar
function.
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
Directors who were not employees of the Company or its principal
subsidiary, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation ("KACC"), received a
base fee of $30,000 for the 1994 calendar year. Non-employee directors of
the Company who were also directors of MAXXAM Inc. ("MAXXAM"), the
Company's parent, received director or committee fees for serving as a
director of the Company and/or KACC in addition to the fees received from
MAXXAM. In addition to the compensation payable as a director for 1994,
the Chairman of each of the Executive, Audit and Compensation Committees
was paid a fee of $3,000 per year for services as Chairman of such
committee. All members of such committees received a fee of $1,500 per day
per committee meeting held in person on a date other than a Board meeting
date and $500 per formal telephonic committee meeting. During 1994,
Messrs. Marcus and Levin received an aggregate $37,000 each and Mr.
Cruikshank received an aggregate $31,917 in such director and committee
fees from the Company and KACC.
Subject to the approval of the Chairman of the Board, directors
may also be paid additional ad hoc fees for extraordinary services in the
amount of $750 per half day or $1,500 per day for such services. No such
extraordinary services were performed during 1994. Directors are
reimbursed for travel and other disbursements relating to Board and
Committee meetings. Fees to directors who are also employees of the
Company or KACC are deemed to be included in their salary. Directors of
the Company were also directors of KACC and received the foregoing
compensation for acting in both capacities.
In recognition of significant contributions made by Mr. Hurwitz
during 1994 as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Company,
particularly dealing with international matters, and to incentivize him to
continue such efforts, Mr. Hurwitz was granted a 10-year option to purchase
250,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock under the Kaiser 1993 Omnibus
Stock Incentive Plan (the "Omnibus Plan") at an exercise price of $12.75,
which was 20% above the closing price of $10.625 on the date of the grant,
December 21, 1994. The option vests with respect to 25% on the first
anniversary date of the grant and an additional 25% on each anniversary
date thereafter until fully vested.
PROPOSAL TO APPROVE THE KAISER
1995 EXECUTIVE INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM
The Kaiser 1995 Executive Incentive Compensation Program (the
"Executive Program") was recommended by the Compensation Committee on March
23, 1995, adopted by the Board of Directors subject to stockholder
approval, and is hereby submitted to the Stockholders of the Company for
approval. A COPY OF THE EXECUTIVE PROGRAM AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION MAY BE OBTAINED WITHOUT CHARGE BY WRITING TO THE
COMPANY AT 5847 SAN FELIPE, SUITE 2600, P. O. BOX 572887, HOUSTON, TEXAS
77257-2887, ATTENTION: BYRON L. WADE, OR CALLING (713) 267-3670. The
following description of the Executive Program is qualified in its entirety
by reference to the full text of the Executive Program.
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The Executive Program has been proposed so that the Company can
provide performance incentives to participants while securing, to the
extent practicable, a tax deduction by the Company for payments of
additional incentive compensation to each participant. Participants in the
Executive Program will be the Chief Executive Officer ("CEO"), the Chief
Financial Officer ("CFO") and the Chief Administrative Officer ("CAO").
The Executive Program will be administered by the Compensation Committee or
a designated subcommittee thereof, comprised solely of at least two
"outside directors" as such term is defined or interpreted for purposes of
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code").
The Company's Board of Directors and Compensation Committee
believe that executive compensation should be closely related to the
performance of the Company. The underlying philosophy of the Executive
Program is that the stockholders' investment in the Company will increase
if the Company's profitability equals or exceeds its cost of capital on a
consistent basis. The purpose of the Executive Program is to provide
incentive for the CEO, the CFO and the CAO (collectively the
"Participants") to manage the Company so that it achieves such consistent
profitability by establishing a compensation mechanism through which the
Participants share in the increased value.
The Executive Program is structured to achieve its objectives by:
(a) aligning the Executives' compensation with stockholder value; (b)
rewarding the Participants with incentive compensation, on both a short-
term and long-term basis, for managing the Company so that its
profitability equals or exceeds its cost of capital; (c) providing annual
compensation incentives based on yearly performance results, and long-term
compensation incentives based on three-year performance results; and (d)
structuring a major portion of the Participants' total compensation to be
at-risk and performance-based.
Compensation levels will be set as targets ("Target Incentives")
for both the annual and long-term incentives for each of the Participants
at the beginning of each annual or long-term performance period. The
Target Incentives will be based on the mid-point of incentive compensation
for executives with a comparator group of companies engaged in metals,
mining, chemicals and similar industries with whom the Company will likely
compete for managerial talent. For each one-year or three-year period, the
Compensation Committee will approve performance goals for the Company and
for each business unit of the Company. Such goals must be established
before March 31 of each year. The performance goals will be set so that
the Target Incentives can be valued at zero to three times their value,
depending on the level of which profitability of the Company exceeds the
cost of capital, for purposes of determining actual awards to be paid under
the Executive Program. The maximum for both the annual and long-term
incentive will be three times the Target Incentive, based on the applicable
annual or long-term planned and actual return on assets, plus 30% of the
Target Incentive, based on achievement of goals or financial
accomplishments not reflected in the Company's return on assets. The
Compensation Committee cannot increase but may decrease an incentive
payment to be paid under the Executive Program by an amount in the range of
1% to 60% of the Target Incentive. In order for any payment to be made,
the Company must achieve at least a specified minimum return on assets.
Determination of the annual or long-term incentive award will be
based on return on assets employed in the business, plus achievement of
goals or financial accomplishments not reflected in the Company's return on
assets. The return on assets as compared to the Company's cost of capital
will determine the percentage of the Target Incentive that will be paid.
Upon stockholder approval, the annual incentive component of the
Executive Program will be retroactively effective to January 1, 1995. Any
annual incentive payments will be made in cash after the announcement of
the financial results of the Company for the prior fiscal year for which
the performance goals were set. The first long-term performance period
will be retroactively effective to January 1, 1994 and continue through
December 31, 1996. Payments for the long-term incentive component of the
Executive Program will be made 43% in cash and 57% in shares of Common
Stock of the Company. Any stock-
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related awards granted pursuant to the Executive Program will be issued
under the Omnibus Plan. Long-term incentive compensation will be paid in
two installments, one-half during the year following the end of the three-
year period and one-half during the second year following the end of the
three-year period. The 1995 annual Target Incentives for the CEO, CFO and
CAO are $235,900, $80,800 and $74,900, respectively. The 1994 through 1996
long-term Target Incentives for the CEO, CFO and CAO are $680,400, $233,100
and $216,000, respectively.
If the Executive Program had been in place for fiscal year 1994, no annual
incentive payments would have been paid because the specified minimum
return on assets was not achieved; and no long-term incentive payments
would have been paid because any such payments, if earned, will relate to
the initial three-year period of January 1, 1994 through December 31, 1996,
and will not be paid, if at all, until 1997 and 1998. Further, the fact
that the specified minimum return on assets was not met during 1994 has a
negative impact on Target Incentives being met for the initial long-term
performance period.
The Board of Directors may terminate, suspend or amend the
Executive Program, in whole or part, at any time, including the adoption of
amendments deemed necessary or advisable provided stockholder approval is
obtained if required by Section 162(m) of the Code.
The Company's Compensation Committee believes that the Executive
Program is performance-based and that awards thereunder should be tax
deductible under Section 162(m) of the Code. The Committee intends to take
all reasonable steps to maintain the Executive Program based on
performance-based standards. In this regard, the Company is presenting
this Executive Program for stockholder approval.
APPROVAL OF THE EXECUTIVE PROGRAM REQUIRES THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE
OF THE HOLDERS OF A MAJORITY OF THE COMPANY'S CAPITAL STOCK REPRESENTED AT
THE ANNUAL MEETING. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT THE
STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY VOTE "FOR" APPROVING THE EXECUTIVE PROGRAM.
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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR
The following table sets forth certain information, as of the
record date, with respect to the executive officers and directors of the
Company and certain executive officers of KACC. All officers and directors
hold office until their respective successors are elected and qualified or
until earlier resignation or removal.
NAME POSITIONS AND OFFICES WITH THE COMPANY
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George T. Haymaker, Jr. Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
Joseph A. Bonn Vice President, Planning and
Administration
John T. La Duc Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
Anthony R. Pierno Vice President and General Counsel
Byron L. Wade Vice President, Secretary and Deputy
General Counsel
Robert E. Cole Vice President, Government Affairs of
KACC
John E. Daniel Vice President, Primary Aluminum of
KACC
Richard B. Evans Vice President, Flat-Rolled Products
of KACC
Robert W. Irelan Vice President, Public Relations of
KACC
Geoffrey W. Smith Vice President, Alumina of KACC
Lawrence L. Watts Vice President, International
Development of KACC
Charlie Alongi Controller
Kris S. Vasan Treasurer
Robert J. Cruikshank Director
Charles E. Hurwitz Director and Vice Chairman
Ezra G. Levin Director
Robert Marcus Director
Robert J. Petris Nominee for Director
George T. Haymaker, Jr. Mr. Haymaker, age 57, assumed the
positions of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company and KACC effective January 1, 1994. From May 1993 to December
1993, Mr. Haymaker served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the
Company and KACC. Mr. Haymaker was elected a director of the Company at
the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 19, 1993, and was also
elected a director of KACC at KACC's Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on
June 15, 1993. From 1987 to April 1993, Mr. Haymaker had been a partner in
a partnership which acquires, redirects and operates small to medium sized
companies in the metals industry. He served as President from February
1992 to March 30, 1993, and has been a director since July 1987 of
Metalmark Corporation, which is in the business of semi-fabrication of
aluminum specialty foils and extrusions. From May 1986 until February
1993, he also served as President of West Coast Sales Corp., which provides
management and acquisition services. Mr. Haymaker also served as Chief
Executive Officer and a director of Amarlite Architectural Products, Inc.
("Amarlite"), a producer of architectural curtain wall and entrance
products, from August 1990 to April 1992 and from April 1989 to February
1993, respectively. He was a director of American Powdered Metals Company,
which is engaged in the manufacture of powdered metal components, from
August 1988 to March 1993, and Hayken Metals Asia Limited, which represents
manufacturers of aluminum and metal products, from January 1988 to April
10, 1993. From 1984 to 1986, Mr. Haymaker served as Executive Vice
President--Aluminum Operations of Alumax Incorporated, responsible for all
primary aluminum and semifabricating activities. Mr. Haymaker has
extensive experience in the management of businesses engaged in the
production and sale of aluminum and aluminum products, including 25 years
of experience in a variety of executive and managerial positions with
Aluminum Company of America and its subsidiaries.
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Joseph A. Bonn. Mr. Bonn, age 51, has been Vice President,
Planning and Administration of the Company and KACC since February 1992 and
July 1989, respectively. Mr. Bonn has served as a Vice President of KACC
since April 1987 and served as Senior Vice President--Administration of
MAXXAM from September 1991 through December 31, 1992. He was also KACC's
Director of Strategic Planning from April 1987 until July 1989.
John T. La Duc. Mr. La Duc, age 52, has been Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of the Company since June 1989 and May 1990,
respectively. He has been Chief Financial Officer of KACC since January
1990 and a Vice President of KACC since June 1989. From January 1, 1993
until April 5, 1993, Mr. La Duc served as Treasurer of the Company and
KACC, having previously served as Treasurer of the Company from September
1987 to May 1990. Mr. La Duc also previously served as Treasurer of KACC
from September 1987 until January 1990. Since September 1990, Mr. La Duc
has served as Senior Vice President of MAXXAM. Mr. La Duc also serves as a
Vice President and director of MAXXAM Group Inc. ("MGI"), a wholly owned
subsidiary of MAXXAM, The Pacific Lumber Company ("Pacific Lumber"), an
indirect subsidiary of MAXXAM engaged in forest products operations, and
Pacific Lumber's subsidiary, Scotia Pacific Holding Company ("Scotia
Pacific"). He previously served as Chief Financial Officer of MAXXAM and
MGI from September 1990 until December 1994 and February 1995,
respectively, and of Pacific Lumber from October 1990 and Scotia Pacific
from November 1992 until February 1995.
Anthony R. Pierno. Mr. Pierno, age 62, has served as Vice
President and General Counsel of the Company and KACC since January 1992.
He also serves as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of MAXXAM,
positions he has held since February 1989. Mr. Pierno has also served as
Vice President and General Counsel of MGI, Pacific Lumber and Scotia
Pacific and as a director of MGI and Pacific Lumber since November 1993.
Immediately prior to joining MAXXAM, Mr. Pierno served as partner in charge
of the business practice group in the Los Angeles office of the law firm of
Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro. He has served as the Commissioner of
Corporations of the state of California and as chair of several committees
of the State Bar of California. Mr. Pierno is Chairman of the Board of
Trustees of Whittier College, and a former member and Chairman of the Board
of Trustees of Marymount College.
Byron L. Wade. Mr. Wade, age 48, has served as Vice President
and Secretary of the Company and KACC since January 1992, and Deputy
General Counsel of the Company and KACC since May and June 1992,
respectively. Mr. Wade has also served as Vice President and Deputy
General Counsel of MAXXAM since May 1990, and Secretary of MAXXAM since
October 1988. He previously served as Assistant Secretary and Assistant
General Counsel of MAXXAM from November 1987 to October 1988 and May 1990,
respectively. Mr. Wade has served as Vice President, Secretary and Deputy
General Counsel of Pacific Lumber and Scotia Pacific since June 1990 and
November 1992, respectively, and as Vice President, Secretary and Deputy
General Counsel of MGI since July 1990. He had previously served since
1983 as Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of MCO Resources,
Inc., a publicly traded oil and gas company, which was majority owned by
MAXXAM. Since July 1993, Mr. Wade has served as a director, Vice President
and Secretary of SHRP, Inc. ("SHRP"), the sole general partner of Sam
Houston Race Park, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership, which operates a
horse racing facility in Harris County, Texas. Since July 1993, Mr. Wade
has also served as a director, Vice President and Secretary of SHRP Capital
Corp. ("SHRP Capital"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Sam Houston Race Park,
Ltd.
Robert E. Cole. Mr. Cole, age 48, has been a Vice President of
KACC since March 1981. Since September 1990, Mr. Cole also has served as
Vice President--Federal Government Affairs of MAXXAM, MGI and Pacific
Lumber. He also currently serves as Chairman of the Board of National
Environmental Development Association, and as a director, Secretary and
Treasurer of Global Climate Coalition, both of which are nonprofit
organizations.
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John E. Daniel. Mr. Daniel, age 59, has been a Vice President of
KACC since January 1992, and has been the General Manager of KACC's primary
aluminum products business unit since November 1990. From November 1990 to
January 1992, he was Divisional Vice President of the Company's primary
aluminum products business unit. From December 1989 to November 1990, Mr.
Daniel was Reduction Plant Manager of the Company's Tacoma, Washington
plant. From July 1986 to December 1989, he was Reduction Plant Manager of
the Company's formerly owned Ravenswood, West Virginia plant.
Richard B. Evans. Mr. Evans, age 47, has been a Vice President
of KACC since January 1, 1992, and has been responsible for the worldwide
commercial development of KACC's proprietary micromill rolling process for
canstock production since April 1994. He previously served as General
Manager of KACC's flat-rolled products business unit from January 1989 to
April 1994. From July 1986 to January 1992, he was Divisional Vice
President of KACC's flat-rolled products business unit.
Robert W. Irelan. Mr. Irelan, age 58, has served KACC as Vice
President, Public Relations since February 1988. He has also been Vice
President--Public Relations of MGI, Pacific Lumber and MAXXAM since
September 1990. From June 1985 to February 1988, Mr. Irelan served as
Divisional Vice President--Corporate Public Relations of KACC, and from
1968 to June 1985 he served KACC and certain affiliated companies in a
variety of positions.
Geoffrey W. Smith. Mr. Smith, age 48, has been a Vice President
of KACC since January 1992, and has been General Manager of KACC's alumina
business unit since December 1994. Mr. Smith previously served as Co-
General Manager of KACC's alumina business unit from September 1991 through
December 1994. From September 1990 to January 1992, Mr. Smith was
Divisional Vice President of KACC's alumina business unit. From August
1988 to August 1990, Mr. Smith was Director of Business Development for the
alumina business unit, and from 1982 to August 1988, he was
Operations/Technical Manager for the Gramercy Works.
Lawrence L. Watts. Mr. Watts, age 48, has been a Vice President
of KACC since January 1992, and General Manager--International Development
since April 1994. Mr. Watts previously served as Co-General Manager of
KACC's alumina business unit since September 1991 until December 1994.
From June 1989 to January 1992, Mr. Watts was Divisional Vice President,
Governmental Affairs and Human Resources, for the alumina business unit,
and from July 1988 to June 1989, he was Divisional Vice President, Public
Relations and Governmental Relations, for the alumina business unit. From
September 1984 to July 1988, Mr. Watts was Manager, Human Resources for the
alumina business unit.
Charlie Alongi. Mr. Alongi, age 64, has been the Controller of
the Company and KACC since July 1989, and was the Assistant Controller of
KACC from February 1982 until July 1989.
Kris S. Vasan. Mr. Vasan, age 45, became Treasurer of the
Company and KACC in April 1993. Mr. Vasan previously served the Company
and KACC as Corporate Director of Financial Planning and Analysis from June
1990 until April 1993. From October 1987 until June 1990, he served as
Associate Director of Financial Planning and Analysis.
Robert J. Cruikshank. Mr. Cruikshank, age 64, has served as a
director of the Company and KACC since January 1994. In addition, he has
been a director of MAXXAM since May 1993. Mr. Cruikshank was a Senior
Partner in the international public accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche
from December 1989 until his retirement in March 1993. Prior to its merger
with Touche Ross & Co. in December 1989, Mr. Cruikshank served as Managing
Partner of Deloitte Haskins & Sells from June 1974 until the merger, and
served on such firm's board of directors from 1981 to 1985. Mr. Cruikshank
also serves as a director and on the Compensation Committee of Houston
Industries Incorporated, a public utility holding company with
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interests in electric utilities, cable television, coal and transportation
businesses; a director of Texas Biotechnology Incorporated; and as Advisory
Director of Compass Bank--Houston.
Charles E. Hurwitz. Mr. Hurwitz, age 54, was appointed Vice
Chairman of KACC in December 1994 and has served as a director of the
Company and KACC since October and November 1988, respectively. Mr.
Hurwitz has also served as a member of the Board of Directors and the
Executive Committee of MAXXAM since August 1978 and was elected Chairman of
the Board and Chief Executive Officer of MAXXAM in March 1980. Since May
1982, Mr. Hurwitz has been Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of MGI. Since January 1, 1993, Mr. Hurwitz has also served MAXXAM
and MGI as President. Since July 1993, Mr. Hurwitz has also served as a
director and Chairman of the Board of SHRP and director, Chairman of the
Board and President of SHRP Capital. From May 1986 until February 1993,
Mr. Hurwitz served as a director of Pacific Lumber, and from December 31,
1992 until February 1993, he served as Chairman of the Board of Pacific
Lumber. Mr. Hurwitz has been, since January 1974, Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer of Federated Development Company ("Federated"),
a New York business trust primarily engaged in the management of real
estate investments.
Ezra G. Levin. Mr. Levin, age 61, has been a director of the
Company since July 1991. He has been a director of KACC since November
1988, and a director of MAXXAM since May 1978. Mr. Levin also served as a
director of the Company from April 1988 to May 1990, and as a director of
MGI from May 1982 through December 1993. Mr. Levin is a partner in the law
firm of Kramer, Levin, Naftalis, Nessen, Kamin & Frankel. He also serves
as a trustee of Federated and as a director of Pacific Lumber, Scotia
Pacific and United Mizrahi Bank and Trust Company.
Robert Marcus. Mr. Marcus, age 70, has been a director of the
Company and KACC since September 1991. From 1987 to January 1992, Mr.
Marcus was a partner in American Industrial Partners, a San Francisco and
New York based firm specializing in private equity investments in
industrial companies. From 1983 to 1991, Mr. Marcus was a director of
Domtar Inc., a Canadian resource-based multi-business corporation. From
1982 to 1987, Mr. Marcus served as President and Chief Executive Officer of
Alumax Inc., an integrated aluminum company.
Robert J. Petris. Mr. Petris, age 69, has been nominated by the
United Steelworkers of America ("USWA") to serve on the Board of Directors
of KACC. As a result of such nomination, the Board of Directors of both
KACC and the Company have nominated Mr. Petris to stand for election as a
director of both KACC and the Company. Since 1977, Mr. Petris has been a
member of the International Union Executive Board and Director of District
38, where he has been exposed to a wide range of issues and problems in the
aluminum, steel, container and non-ferrous metals industries. Mr. Petris
plans to retire from USWA this year.
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PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS
The following table sets forth, as of March 31, 1995, the
undiluted beneficial ownership of each class of the Company's capital stock
by (i) those persons known by the Company to own beneficially more than 5%
of the shares of each applicable class of capital stock then outstanding,
(ii) each of the directors, the nominee for director and the named
executive officers, and (iii) all directors and executive officers of the
Company as a group.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Name of
Beneficial Owner Title of Class # of Shares(1) % of Class
------------------------ ---------------------- ------------------ -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
MAXXAM Inc.(2) Common Stock 50,000,000 85.9
Preferred Stock(3) 698,000 2.5
FMR Corp.(4) Common Stock 1,587,219(5) 2.7
Preferred Stock 4,750,700(6) 16.8
Joseph A. Bonn Common Stock 151,763 *
Robert J. Cruikshank -- -0- --
George T. Haymaker, Jr. Common Stock 40,000(7) *
Charles E. Hurwitz Common Stock -0-(8) --
John T. La Duc Common Stock 161,763 *
Ezra G. Levin -- -0- --
Robert Marcus Common Stock 3,500 *
Robert J. Petris -- -0- --
Anthony R. Pierno Common Stock 500 *
Byron L. Wade Common Stock 500 *
All directors and
executive officers of
the Company as a group
(18 persons) Common Stock 663,956(9) 1.1<PAGE>
<FN>
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* Less than 1%.
(1) Except as may otherwise be indicated, the beneficial owners have sole
voting and investment power with respect to the shares listed in the
table.
(2) The address of MAXXAM is 5847 San Felipe, Suite 2600, Houston, Texas
77057.
(3) Represents shares of Depository Shares.
(4) Information is based solely on the Schedule 13G filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") dated February 13, 1995
(the "FMR 13G"). The FMR 13G was filed by FMR Corp., its wholly owned
subsidiary Fidelity Management & Research Company ("Fidelity"), and
Edward C. Johnson 3d, the Chairman and 24.9% owner of the common stock
of FMR Corp. Fidelity is a registered investment advisor. The
address of FMR Corp. is 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts
02109.
(5) Represents 385,100 shares of Common Stock held directly and 1,202,119
shares of Common Stock immediately acquirable upon conversion of
1,442,600 shares of PRIDES at conversion rate of .8333 per share of
PRIDES.
(6) Represents 3,308,100 Depositary Shares and 1,442,600 shares of PRIDES.
(7) Represents option exercisable on, or within sixty days of, March 31,
1995 to acquire such shares.
(8) Mr. Hurwitz may be deemed to hold beneficial ownership in the Company
as a result of his beneficial ownership in MAXXAM.
(9) Includes options exercisable on, or within sixty days of, March 31,
1995 to acquire 77,920 shares of Common Stock.
</TABLE>
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OWNERSHIP OF PARENT OF THE COMPANY
As of March 31, 1995, MAXXAM owned approximately 60% of the
issued and outstanding capital stock in the Company on a fully diluted
basis. The following table sets forth, as of March 31, 1995, the
beneficial ownership of the Common Stock and Class A $.05 Non-Cumulative
Participating Convertible Preferred Stock ("Class A Preferred Stock") of
MAXXAM by the directors and nominees for director of the Company, and by
the Company's directors and executive officers as a group:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
% of
Combined
Name of % Voting
Beneficial Owner Title of Class # of Shares(1) of Class Power (2)
---------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ------------ -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Charles E. Hurwitz Common Stock 2,736,042(3)(4) 31.2 60.2
Class A Preferred 657,917(3)(4) 98.3
Stock
Ezra G. Levin Common Stock 1,500(3)(5) * *
All directors and Common Stock 2,772,442 31.3
executive officers of 60.2
the Company as a group Class A Preferred 657,917 98.3
(18 persons) Stock
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* Less than 1%.
(1) Except as may otherwise be indicated, beneficial owners have sole
voting and investment power with respect to the shares listed in the
table.
(2) MAXXAM's Class A preferred stock is generally entitled to ten votes
per share on matters presented to a vote of that company's
stockholders.
(3) Messrs. Hurwitz and Levin serve as trustees of Federated, and Mr.
Hurwitz, together with members of his immediate family and trusts for
the benefit thereof, owns all of the shares of beneficial interest in
Federated, and his positions include Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer of MAXXAM and Federated, and membership on MAXXAM's
Executive Committee. In addition, Federated, Messrs. Hurwitz and
Levin, and Mr. James H. Paulin, Jr., Secretary and Treasurer of
Federated, may be deemed a "group" (the "Stockholder Group") within
the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended. As of March 31, 1995, in the aggregate, the Stockholder
Group beneficially owned 2,737,394 shares of MAXXAM's common stock and
658,050 shares of MAXXAM's Class A preferred stock, aggregating
approximately 60.2% of the total voting power of MAXXAM. By reason of
the foregoing and their relationship with the members of the
Stockholder Group, Messrs. Hurwitz and Levin may be deemed to possess
shared voting and investment power with respect to the shares held by
the Stockholder Group.
(4) Includes as of March 31, 1995 (a) 1,669,451 shares of MAXXAM's common
stock owned by Federated as to which Mr. Hurwitz possesses voting and
investment power, (b) 8,012 shares of MAXXAM's common stock separately
owned by Mr. Hurwitz's spouse and as to which Mr. Hurwitz disclaims
beneficial ownership, (c) 46,500 shares of MAXXAM's common stock owned
by a limited partnership controlled by Mr. Hurwitz and his spouse,
23,250 of which shares were separately owned by Mr. Hurwitz's spouse
prior to their transfer to such limited partnership and as to which
Mr. Hurwitz disclaims beneficial ownership, (d) 145,592 shares of
MAXXAM's common stock owned by the 1992 Hurwitz Investment
Partnership, L.P., of which 72,796 shares are owned by Mr. Hurwitz's
spouse as separate property and as to which Mr. Hurwitz disclaims
beneficial ownership, (e) 795,312 shares of MAXXAM common stock held
directly, and (f) 71,175 shares of MAXXAM's common stock that
Federated may acquire in exchange for 7% Cumulative Exchangeable
Preferred Stock of MCO Properties Inc.
(5) Does not include shares owned by other members of the Stockholder
Group.
</TABLE>
At March 31, 1995, 28,000,000 shares of the Company's Common
Stock owned by MAXXAM were pledged as security for two MGI debt issues
consisting of $100.0 million aggregate principal amount of 11-1/4% Senior
Secured Notes due 2003 and $126.7 million aggregate principal amount of
12-1/4% Senior Secured Discount Notes due 2003.
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
The following table sets forth compensation information, cash and
non-cash, for each of the Company's last three completed fiscal years with
respect to the Chief Executive Officer and the four most highly compensated
executive officers of the Company (collectively referred to as the "named
executive officers") for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Long-Term Compensation
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Annual Compensation Awards Payouts
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(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i)
Other Restricted
Annual Stock Options/ LTIP All Other
Name and Salary Bonus Compensation Award(s) SARs Payouts Compensation
Principal Position Year ($) ($) ($)(1) ($) (#) ($) ($)
- ----------------------- ------ ---------- ------------ ------------- ------------- ------------ ------------- ---------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
George T. Haymaker, 1994 450,000 100,000 -- -0- 26,700 -0- 2,079(2)
Jr., Chairman and Chief 1993 291,072 -0- -- -0- 100,000 -0- 40,443(2)
Executive Officer 1992 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Anthony R. Pierno,(3) 1994 331,511 263,633(4) -- -0- -0- -0- 55,514(5)
Vice President and 1993 321,232 290,000(4) -- -0- -0- -0- 57,179(5)
General Counsel 1992 302,275 265,000(4) -- -0- -0- -0- 50,123(5)
John T. La Duc, Vice 1994 240,000 103,000(6) -- -0-(7) 9,200 -0- 4,800(11)
President and Chief 1993 240,000 100,000(6) -- -0- -0- -0- 4,872(11)
Financial Officer 1992 225,000 45,000 -- 1,428,967(8) 10,000(9) 192,698(10) 8,469(2)(11)
Joseph A. Bonn, Vice 1994 216,300 27,000 -- -0-(7) 8,500 -0- 4,326(11)
President, Planning and 1993 216,300 -0- -- -0- -0- -0- 4,326(11)
Administration 1992 210,000 57,364(12) -- 1,428,967(8) -0- 195,697(10) 80,884(2)(11)
Byron L. Wade,(3) Vice 1994 171,140 128,355 -- -0- -0- -0- 31,671(5)
President, Secretary 1993 165,833 124,412 -- -0- -0- -0- 30,955(5)
and Deputy General 1992 156,054 95,000 -- -0- 15,000(9) -0- 28,854(5)
Counsel
<FN>
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(1) Excludes perquisites and other personal benefits because the aggregate
amount of such compensation is the lesser of either $50,000 or 10% of
the total of annual salary and bonus reported for the named executive
officer.
(2) Includes moving related items of $2,079 and $40,443 for Mr. Haymaker
in 1994 and 1993, respectively, and $3,969 and $76,684 in 1992 for
Messrs. La Duc and Bonn, respectively.
(3) Messrs. Pierno and Wade receive their compensation from MAXXAM;
however the Company reimburses MAXXAM for certain allocable costs
associated with the performance of services for the Company by such
executive officers. The table reflects such officers' total compensation,
rather than any allocated part of such compensation.
(4) Pursuant to Mr. Pierno's employment agreement, his personal loans from
MAXXAM outstanding on the date of such agreement were forgiven at the
rate of $15,000 per year. This amount is included as part of his
bonus compensation. See, "Certain Transactions" for discussion on
such personal loans.
(5) Represent matching contributions by MAXXAM during 1994, 1993 and 1992,
respectively, under the MAXXAM 401(k) savings plan of $5,787, $8,994
and $4,782 and $6,000, $6,080 and $5,446 for Messrs. Pierno and Wade,
respectively; and $49,727, $48,185 and $45,341 and $25,671, $24,875
and $23,408 for Messrs. Pierno and Wade, respectively, accrued during
1994, 1993 and 1992, respectively, in respect of MAXXAM's revised
capital accumulation plan pursuant to which, in general, benefits
vesting 10% annually are payable upon termination of employment with
MAXXAM.
(6) Includes $75,000 (to be paid over a three-year period) and $100,000
(to be paid over a four-year period), awarded for 1994 and 1993,
respectively, for which KACC will be reimbursed by MAXXAM.
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(7) As of December 31, 1994, Messrs. Bonn and La Duc each owned 94,873
shares of restricted Common Stock of the Company valued at
approximately $1,031,744 for each, based on the closing price of
$10.875 per share. Restrictions on such shares will be lifted on
47,436 shares on December 2, 1995 and on 47,437 shares on December 2,
1996 for each of Messrs. Bonn and La Duc. No dividends will be paid
on these shares to Messrs. Bonn and La Duc during the periods of
restriction. No other named executive officer held restricted stock
of the Company at fiscal year end 1994.
(8) Includes payout during 1993 of $5,934 of shares of the Company's
Common Stock issued in April 1993 as 5% of 1992 distribution, $699 in
cash paid in April 1993 for fractional shares and balance of 1992 LTIP
account pursuant to December 1992 election as described in footnote
(10) below, and $332,918 of shares of the Company's Common Stock
issued in November and December 1993 as to which restrictions were
lifted.
(9) Represents stock appreciation rights ("SARs") received from MAXXAM
with respect to MAXXAM's common stock.
(10) In December 1992, in connection with the subsequent stockholder
approval of the Omnibus Plan, participants in the Company's and KACC's
long-term incentive plan, as amended (the "LTIP") elected to receive
payment of their LTIP account balances as of December 31, 1992 as
follows: (i) Amounts earned and vested were paid half in cash and half
in restricted shares of the Company's Common Stock. The portion
payable in restricted shares of the Company's Common Stock was divided
by the average of the December 1992 closing prices of $8.539 per share
(December 1 through 28, 1992) to determine the number of shares
granted. The portion payable in cash was reduced by 1992 bonuses paid to
recipients and by appropriate tax withholdings. (ii) Amounts
earned and unvested were paid in options or shares of restricted stock
under the Omnibus Plan during 1993. Restrictions will be removed or
options will vest at the rate of 25% each December for four (4) years,
which began December 1993. (iii) Amounts unearned and unvested were
paid in options or shares of restricted stock under the Omnibus Plan
during 1993. Restrictions will be removed or options will vest as to
50% thereof in each of December 1995 and December 1996. The payments
made in accordance with item (i) above were separate and apart from
the Omnibus Plan and are reflected in column (h) of the Summary
Compensation Table for 1992. The grants made in accordance with items
(ii) and (iii) are reflected in column (f) for 1992. Without such
elections and subject to certain reductions and limitations,
participants were generally entitled to receive the vested portion of
their LTIP account balances on the earlier to occur of (a) termination
of their employment, (b) termination of the LTIP if prior to December
31, 1996, or (c) April 10, 1997.
(11) Includes contributions by KACC of $4,800, $4,800 and $4,500, and
$4,326, $4,326 and $4,200 under the Kaiser Savings Plan (as defined
below) for 1994, 1993 and 1992, respectively, to Messrs. La Duc and
Bonn, respectively.
(12) Includes $15,364 loan forgiveness granted to Mr. Bonn in March 1992.
</TABLE>
OPTION/SAR GRANTS TABLE
The following table sets forth certain information concerning
options to purchase Common Stock granted in fiscal year 1994 to any of the
named executive officers:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Grant
Individual Grants Date Value
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f)
% of Total
Options/
# of Securities SARS Grant
Underlying Granted to Exercise or Date
Options/SARs Employees in Base Price Expiration Present
Name Grants (#) 1994(1) ($/Share) Date Value ($) (1)
- ----------------------------- ------------------- ------------------- -------------------------------------- -------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
George T. Haymaker, Jr. 26,700 5.4 12.75 12/21/2004 182,815
Joseph A. Bonn 8,500 1.7 12.75 12/21/2004 58,200
John T. La Duc 9,200 1.9 12.75 12/21/2004 62,992
<FN>
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(1) Valuation utilizing Black-Scholes Option Price Model using the
following assumptions: 2-year daily volatility, 7.9% risk-free rate
(10-year Government Bond), no dividend yield and 10-year exercise or
expiration date. No adjustments were made for non-transferability or
risk of forfeiture.
</TABLE>
The options set forth in the table above were granted on December
21, 1994 under the Omnibus Plan at 20% above the closing price of $10.625
per share of Common Stock on the date of grant. The options to purchase
shares of the Company's Common Stock vest 25% on the first anniversary date
of the grant and an additional 25% on each anniversary date thereafter
until fully vested.
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OPTION/SAR EXERCISES AND FISCAL YEAR END VALUE TABLE
The table below provides information on an aggregated basis
concerning each exercise of stock options (or tandem SARs) and freestanding
SARs during the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994 by each of the named
executive officers, and the 1994 fiscal year-end value of unexercised
options and SARs.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Number of Unexercised Value of Unexercised
Options/SARs in-the-Money Options/SARs
at Year End (#) at Fiscal Year-End ($)
-------------------------------- ---------------------------------
Shares Acquired on Value
Name Exercise (#) (1) Realized ($) Exercisable Unexercisable Exercisable Unexercisable
- -------------------------- ------------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
George T. Haymaker, Jr. -- -- 20,000 106,700 72,500(2) 290,000(2)
Joseph A. Bonn -- -- -0- 8,500 -- -0-(2)
John T. La Duc -- -- 4,000 6,000 11,500(3) 17,250(3)
-0- 9,200 -- -0-(2)
Anthony R. Pierno 6,000 82,500(4) 22,000 5,000 5,750(3) -0-(3)
Byron L. Wade -- -- 25,000 9,000 353,875(3) 25,875(3)
<FN>
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(1) If no shares received, the number reflected, if any, represents the
number of securities with respect to which options/SARs were
exercised.
(2) Valued at $10.875, the closing price of the Company's Common Stock on
December 30, 1994, less exercise price.
(3) Valued at $30.875, the closing price of MAXXAM's common stock on
December 30, 1994, less exercise price.
(4) Valued at the closing price of MAXXAM's common stock on the date of
exercise, less exercise price.
</TABLE>
The SARs relating to MAXXAM common stock set forth in the above
table for Messrs. La Duc, Pierno and Wade were granted under MAXXAM's 1984
Phantom Share Plan. Certain of such SARs are exercisable for cash only and
certain are exercisable for cash, MAXXAM common stock or a combination
thereof at the discretion of MAXXAM's Board of Directors. All such SARs
vest with respect to 20% on the first anniversary date of the grant and an
additional 20% on each anniversary date thereafter until fully vested.
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DEFINED BENEFIT PLANS
Kaiser Retirement Plan
KACC maintains a qualified, defined-benefit Retirement Plan (the
"Kaiser Retirement Plan") for salaried employees of KACC and co-sponsoring
subsidiaries who meet certain eligibility requirements. The table below
shows estimated annual retirement benefits payable under the terms of the
Kaiser Retirement Plan to participants with the indicated years of credited
service. These benefits are reflected without reduction for the
limitations imposed by the Code on qualified plans and before adjustment
for the Social Security offset, thereby reflecting aggregate benefits to be
received, subject to Social Security offsets, under the Kaiser Retirement
Plan and the Kaiser Supplemental Benefits Plan (as defined below).
Years of Service
Annual -----------------------------------------------------------
Remuneration 15 20 25 30 35
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$ 125,000 $ 28,125 $ 37,500 $ 46,875 $ 56,250 $ 65,625
150,000 33,750 45,000 56,250 67,500 78,750
175,000 39,375 52,500 65,625 78,750 91,875
200,000 45,000 60,000 75,000 90,000 105,000
225,000 50,625 67,500 84,375 101,250 118,125
250,000 56,250 75,000 93,750 112,500 131,250
300,000 67,500 90,000 112,500 135,000 157,500
400,000 90,000 120,000 150,000 180,000 210,000
450,000 101,250 135,000 168,750 202,500 236,250
500,000 112,500 150,000 187,500 225,000 262,500
The estimated annual retirement benefits shown are based upon the
assumptions that current Kaiser Retirement Plan provisions remain in
effect, that the participant retires at age 65, and that the retiree
receives payments based on a straight life annuity for his lifetime.
Messrs. Haymaker, La Duc and Bonn had 1.7, 25.3 and 27.5 years of credited
service, respectively, on December 31, 1994. Monthly retirement benefits,
except for certain minimum benefits, are determined by multiplying years of
credited service (not in excess of 40) by the difference between 1.50% of
average monthly compensation for the highest base period (of 36, 48 or 60
consecutive months, depending upon compensation level) in the last 10 years
of employment and 1.25% of monthly primary Social Security benefits.
The compensation covered by the Kaiser Retirement Plan includes
base salary and bonus payments. No named executive officer of the Company
had compensation covered by the Kaiser Retirement Plan in 1994 which
differed by more than 10% from that set forth in the Summary Compensation
Table (column (c) plus column (d) thereof).
Participants are entitled to retire and receive pension benefits,
unreduced for age, upon reaching age 62 or after 30 years of credited
service. Full early pension benefits (without adjustment for Social
Security offset prior to age 62) are payable to participants who are at
least 55 years of age and have completed 10 or more years of pension
service (or whose age and years of pension service total 70) and who have
been terminated by KACC or an affiliate for reasons of job elimination or
partial disability. Participants electing to retire prior to age 62 who
are at least 55 years of age and have completed 10 or more years of pension
service (or whose age and years of pension service total at least 70) may
receive pension benefits, unreduced for age, payable at age 62 or reduced
benefits payable earlier. Participants who terminate their employment
after five years or more of pension service, or after age 55 but prior to
age 62, are entitled to pension benefits, unreduced for age, commencing at
age 62 or, if they have completed 10 or more years of pension service,
actuarially reduced benefits payable earlier. For participants with five
or more years of pension service or who have reached age 55 and who die,
the Kaiser Retirement Plan provides a pension to their eligible surviving
spouses. Upon retirement, participants may elect among several payment
alternatives including, for most types of retirement, a lump-sum payment.
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MAXXAM Pension Plan
All executive officers who are also employees and other regular
employees of MAXXAM who work at least 1,000 hours in the plan year
automatically participate in the MAXXAM Pension Plan (the "Pension Plan"),
a qualified, noncontributory plan. Benefits equal the sum of an employee's
"past service benefit" and "future service benefit" as set forth in the
following two paragraphs. Benefits are based on an employee's base salary
or wages, plus overtime (excluding bonuses, commissions, incentive
compensation and all other extra compensation), the age of such employee at
retirement and years of service.
Under the Pension Plan, the annual past service benefit is the
greatest of:
(i) benefits accrued under the plan through December 31, 1986,
(ii) the product of (a) the sum of 0.8% of the participant's Past
Service Compensation Base (as defined), plus 0.8% of the
participant's Past Service Compensation Base in excess of
$15,000 multiplied by (b) the participant's credited years
of service prior to January 1, 1987, or
(iii) the product of 1.2% of the participant's Past Service
Compensation Base multiplied by his credited years of
service prior to January 1, 1987.
For 1987 and 1988, the annual future service benefit equaled 1.6%
of an employee's compensation up to two-thirds of the Social Security wage
base, plus 2.4% of any remaining compensation. Effective January 1, 1989,
the annual future service benefit equaled 1.75% of an employee's
compensation for each year of participation, plus 0.6% of the employee's
compensation in excess of $10,000. Effective January 1, 1995, the annual
future service benefit equals 2.35% of an employee's compensation for each
year of participation.
The amount of an employee's aggregate compensation that may be
included in benefit computations under the Pension Plan is limited to
$150,000 for 1994. Benefits are generally payable as a lifetime annuity
or, with respect to married employees, as a 50% joint and survivor annuity,
or, if the employee elects (with spousal consent), in certain alternative
annuity forms. Benefits under the Pension Plan are not subject to any
deductions for Social Security or other offsets. The covered compensation
for 1994 and credited years of service as of December 31, 1994 for the
Pension Plan and estimated annual benefits payable upon retirement at
normal retirement age for the named executive officers (other than those
compensated by KACC who do not participate in the Pension Plan) were as
follows: Mr. Pierno: $150,000--5 years--$36,020; and Mr. Wade: $150,000-
- -14 years--$93,081.
The projected benefits shown above were computed as lifetime
annuity amounts, payable beginning at age 65. The benefit amounts reflect
a covered compensation limit of $150,000 for 1995 and subsequent years
under Section 401(a)(17) of the Code. In addition, the amounts reflect a
maximum benefit limit of $120,000 for 1995 and subsequent years (with early
retirement reductions where applicable) that is placed upon annual benefits
that may be paid to a participant in the Pension Plan at retirement under
Section 415 of the Code. Combined plan limits applicable to employees
participating in both defined contribution and defined benefit plans have
not been reflected.
Kaiser Supplemental Benefits Plan
KACC maintains an unfunded, non-qualified Supplemental Benefits
Plan (the "Kaiser Supplemental Benefits Plan"), the purpose of which is to
restore benefits which would otherwise be paid from the Kaiser Retirement
Plan or the Supplemental Savings and Retirement Plan, a qualified Section
401(k) plan (the "Kaiser Savings Plan"), were it not for the Section
401(a)(17) and Section 415 limitations imposed by the Code. Participation
in the Kaiser Supplemental Benefits Plan includes all employees of KACC and
its subsidiaries whose benefits under the Kaiser Retirement Plan and Kaiser
Savings Plan are likely to be
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affected by such limitations imposed by the Code. Eligible participants
are entitled to receive the equivalent of the Kaiser Retirement Plan and
Kaiser Savings Plan benefits which they may be prevented from receiving
under those plans because of such Code limitations.
MAXXAM Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
Effective March 8, 1991, MAXXAM adopted an unfunded non-qualified
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the "SERP"). The SERP provides
that participants are entitled to receive benefits which would have been
payable to such participants under the Pension Plan except for the
limitations imposed by the Code. Participants in such plan are selected by
MAXXAM's Board of Directors or are entitled to participate by virtue of
provisions in their employment agreements. Two executive officers of the
Company, Messrs. Pierno and Wade, were entitled to participate in the SERP
during 1994.
The following projections for Messrs. Pierno and Wade are based
on the same assumptions as utilized in connection with the Pension Plan
projections above. The 1994 qualified plan pay limit ($150,000) and
benefit limit ($120,000) are reflected for all years in the future. In
addition, no future increases in the participants' covered compensation
amounts from the 1994 levels are assumed.
Pierno Wade
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COVERED COMPENSATION FOR 1994:
Qualified Plan $ 150,000 $ 150,000
Nonqualified Plan 181,511 21,140
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Total $ 318,747 $ 171,140
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CREDITED YEARS OF SERVICE AS OF 5 14
DECEMBER 31, 1994 ========== ==========
PROJECTED NORMAL RETIREMENT
BENEFIT:
Qualified Plan $ 36,020 $ 93,081
Nonqualified Plan 19,503 8,942
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Total $ 55,523 $ 102,023
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Kaiser Termination Payment Policy
Most full-time salaried employees of KACC are eligible for
benefits under an unfunded termination policy if their employment is
involuntarily terminated, subject to a number of exclusions. The policy
provides for lump sum payments after termination ranging from one-half
month's salary for less than one year of service graduating to eight
months' salary for 30 or more years of service. The amounts payable to
Messrs. La Duc and Bonn under the policy if they had been involuntarily
terminated on December 31, 1994 would have been $120,000 and $126,175,
respectively.
MAXXAM Severance or Termination Policy
Severance or termination pay is generally granted to regular
full-time employees who are involuntarily terminated, subject to a number
of exclusions, pursuant to an unfunded policy. After such termination, the
policy provides for payment in an amount ranging from two weeks salary for
at least one year of service graduating to a maximum of 104 weeks salary.
The amounts payable to Mr. Wade under the policy if he had been
involuntarily terminated on December 31, 1994 would have been $315,950.
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND CHANGE-IN-CONTROL
ARRANGEMENTS
On April 1, 1993, the Company and KACC entered into a five-year
employment agreement with Mr. George T. Haymaker, Jr., pursuant to which
Mr. Haymaker currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
the Company and KACC. Mr. Haymaker's agreement provides for a base salary
of
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$450,000 per annum and a bonus target of 50% of his salary which began
fiscal year 1994. Mr. Haymaker's base salary is subject to review and
possible change on an annual basis but cannot be reduced below $450,000
without his consent. Any bonus actually awarded could be less or greater
than the target level, depending upon corporate performance as compared to
corporate plan objectives, as well as individual performance. Pursuant to
Mr. Haymaker's agreement, he received an initial award under the Plan upon
its approval by stockholders of options to purchase up to 100,000 shares of
Common Stock at its fair market value on the date of the award. Such
options vest 20% per year for a period of five (5) years and are reflected
in the Summary Compensation Table for 1993.
In the event of a change of control of the Company or KACC which
within one year thereafter adversely affects Mr. Haymaker's title,
position, duties, responsibilities or compensation, Mr. Haymaker's
employment agreement provides that he may elect to be deemed terminated
without cause, and therefore, entitled to a severance payment in an amount
equal to two times his base annual salary reduced by any payment made as
discussed under "Defined Benefit Plans--Kaiser Termination Payment Policy"
above. Additionally, in the event of such termination, Mr. Haymaker's
options for 100,000 shares of Common Stock shall fully vest.
Mr. Haymaker's employment agreement further provides that he
vests 20% per year in an unfunded non-qualified supplemental benefit,
payable at retirement after age 62, equal to a benefit determined as if his
Kaiser Retirement Plan pension were based on his aggregate service with
KACC and a prior employer (25 years), less his pension from that prior
employer and any retirement benefits from KACC.
Mr. Pierno's five-year employment agreement with MAXXAM expired
on March 8, 1995. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Mr. Pierno was
entitled during 1994 to a base salary of $331,511. The agreement provided
for a bonus for the year 1992 in an amount not less than 75% and not more
than 125% of Mr. Pierno's then base salary. Although the agreement
specified no bonus percentage for the years 1993 and 1994, a bonus as
reflected in the Summary Compensation Table was paid during 1993 and 1994.
Mr. Bonn's three-year employment agreement with KACC and MAXXAM
expired June 30, 1994. The agreement provided for an initial base salary
of $210,000, which increased at the discretion of KACC and MAXXAM. Subject
to limitations pursuant to the LTIP, an annual bonus was paid under the
terms of the KACC bonus plan.
Mr. Wade's five-year employment agreement with MAXXAM expired on
March 8, 1995. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Mr. Wade was
entitled during 1994 to a base salary of $171,140. The agreement provided
for a bonus for the year 1992 in an amount not less than 50% and not more
than 100% of Mr. Wade's then base salary. Although the agreement specified
no bonus percentage for the years 1993 and 1994, a bonus as reflected in
the Summary Compensation Table was paid during 1993 and 1994.
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COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT
ON
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
During 1994, the members who served on the Company's Compensation
Committee also served on the Compensation Committee (both Committees
hereinafter referred to as the "Committee") of the Company's principal
subsidiary, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation ("KACC"). Although
certain plans or programs in which executive officers of the Company
participate are jointly sponsored by the Company and KACC, executive
officers of the Company are directly employed and compensated by KACC.
References to the "Company" made in the remainder of this report of the
Committee are deemed to include KACC as well as the Company.
EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION
Policies and Objectives
The Company's compensation philosophy consists of three key
priorities:
Cash flow and profit enhancement - Compensation
programs are designed to support the primary corporate objective
of long-term cash flow and profit generation. Both annual and
longer term variable compensation programs are utilized and
designed to emphasize performance measures that contribute to
long-term cash flow and corporate profits generation.
Business unit orientation - Sensitivity to various of
the Company's decentralized business units requires a development
of operational objectives at major business component units.
Incentive emphasis - Strong emphasis is placed on
incentives, so that compensation can, to the degree possible,
reward an individual's efforts to achieve the short- and long-term
objectives of the unit or function for which he or she has
responsibilities.
The Company's general compensation objectives for executives are:
(i) to pay base salaries in approximately the 45th to 50th percentile of
its competitive market, (ii) to utilize bonus awards as incentives (iii) to
allow extra compensation for above average performance and effort, (iv) to
provide long-term incentives which will result in opportunities for
executives and key managers to realize personal rewards from good long-term
performance, (v) to pay other benefits generally in the 50th percentile of
its comparative market, and (vi) to provide executive perquisites which are
at or slightly below its competitive market level.
Methodology
The Company's compensation of its executive officers is
administered in an overall program which includes the managers and other
key employees of its six operating divisions. Generally, this includes
approximately 75-85 individual employees. Under the direction of the
Committee, management prepares recommendations for the Committee generally
based on the following methodology:
Comparator Companies - Using a data base, a select
group of approximately 20 companies is used as a primary
comparator group. The group indexes a mix of major customers,
suppliers, competitors and regionally equivalent comparable
companies. Two of the three companies that make up the S&P 500
Aluminum Industry Index are included in this group. These
companies usually range in size from $1 billion to about $13
billion in assets. They typically average $4 billion in annual
revenues. The data are size-adjusted to allow comparisons to the
Company based on revenues.
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Position Matching - The Company develops a description
of various key positions and their major responsibilities. These
include the scope of the job as indicated by unit sales levels,
number of employees, production levels, reporting level and other
relevant factors. These positions are matched to data base
descriptions to insure an accurate match to reasonably comparable
positions at comparative companies.
Base Salaries
During mid-1994, the Chief Executive Officer recommended and the
Committee approved increase in the base salaries of two executive officers
not named in the Summary Compensation. The increases brought such officers
into approximately the 45th percentile base compensation level, based on
the comparative analysis done by an outside consulting group. The
Committee recognized that such salary increases were extraordinary in light
of the Company's recent performance but also recognized that such increases
were recommended because of the broadening of one executive's leadership
role and the shifting of certain responsibilities for a business unit to
the other. The increases were granted on the condition that such
executives would not receive any additional base salary increase for twelve
to eighteen months.
For fiscal year 1994, due to the downturn in the aluminum
business cycle experienced in the early 1990s, employees of the Company
were asked to support cost reduction efforts by picking up additional
workload due to a corporate force reduction and by not receiving any annual
pay increase, except for the two executive officers discussed in the
preceding paragraph. In recognition of the upturn in the aluminum business
cycle which began in the latter half of 1994, the Committee deemed it
appropriate to reward such employees, including executive officers except
for the two discussed in the above paragraph, who assisted the Company in
reducing costs. Accordingly, the Committee determined that, in general,
1995 base salaries for executive officers, other than the Chief Executive
Officer and the two executives discussed above, should be raised
approximately 4% contingent upon and commencing the first day of the first
month of any consecutive three-month period in 1995 during which the
Company attains and maintains profitability.
Annual Bonus Incentives
The Company maintains a bonus plan for officers, including
executive officers, and managers which was first approved by stockholders
in 1967. It was last materially amended in 1989. Early in each year, a
target bonus award, based on the Company's target financial and operating
plan for the year, is established. In establishing the target, target
bonus levels at comparator companies are reviewed, and the target (as a
percent of base compensation) is established at approximately the median of
the target bonus levels of comparator companies. Performance above
expected levels can result in above average bonus payments. Performance is
viewed not only in terms of earnings, but also within the context of
industry trends, possible longer term impacts of objectives achieved,
progress toward multi-year, general corporate objectives, leadership, and
performance of both regularly assigned duties and extraordinary
contributions. The Committee, pursuant to the bonus plan, identifies
officers and management personnel of the Company who, by their services,
ability, diligence and ingenuity make direct and important contributions to
the Company's profits, performance, growth and continued success and
authorizes bonus awards payable in cash to such persons.
In determining recommendations to the Committee for bonus
payments to be paid, the Company's management considers certain performance
weighing factors. For example, bonus recommendations for executive
officers are based 50% on corporate objectives and performance and 50% on
individual performance. Elements of corporate performance considered
include a comparison of production and financial results for a certain
period with both the planned production and financial results for the
period and the production and financial results of competitors within the
aluminum industry for the period. Elements of individual performance
considered include a comparison of an individual's planned objectives in
areas such as safety, quality, on-time performance, budget, development and
implementation of strategic plans, and other projects. Consideration of
such factors, and giving the relative weight to such factors described
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above, forms the basis for the determination of whether bonuses will be
paid for a period and of the amount of any such bonuses. Even though the
Company incurred losses in 1994, the results were better than had been
planned due in part to strengthening aluminum prices and also to the effort
put forth by the executive officers and key employees of the Company.
Because of such effort, the elimination of bonus compensation for 1993, and
based on the upturn in the aluminum business cycle in 1994, it was
determined that the Company would pay bonuses in the aggregate of $300,000
for executive officers (excluding the CEO) for their services during 1994,
which represents 4% of their total compensation target. Additionally, two
executive officers who are principally compensated by the Company were
awarded bonuses by MAXXAM, the Company's parent corporation, for their
services to MAXXAM. Mr. La Duc and one executive officer not named in the
Summary Compensation Table, were awarded cash bonuses in the amount of
$75,000 and $15,000, respectively, such bonuses to be paid in three equal
installments over the next three years provided such officers continue in
active employment with the Company and MAXXAM. These bonuses will be paid
by the Company but reimbursed to the Company by MAXXAM.
Additional Incentive Awards
The Omnibus Plan is utilized to provide those persons who have
substantial responsibility for management and growth of the Company with an
opportunity to increase their ownership of Common Stock, stock options or
related types of benefits. Grants were made under the Omnibus Plan in
December 1994 to the executive officers compensated principally by the
Company in order to provide long-term retention and performance incentives
to the recipients of the grants. The size of the grants was determined
based upon recommendations presented by management to the Committee. The
Committee reviewed such recommendations mindful of the awards previously
granted under the Omnibus Plan which are vesting and the limited number of
shares of Common Stock remaining for grants under the Omnibus Plan. The
Committee determined to grant awards but reduced the size of the option
award recommendations presented by management by approximately 75%.
Employment Agreements
From time to time and for various reasons, management and the
Board of Directors has deemed it appropriate to enter into specific
employment agreements with certain executive officers. Such agreements may
relate, for example, to the further retention of the officer or a
commitment by the officer to relocate to another location. Where such
agreements are made, they are negotiated by the Company's General Counsel,
or his designee under the supervision of the Committee and reviewed and
approved by the Board of Directors or the Committee. In making its
compensation decisions, and in supervising the negotiations and approving
such employment agreements, the Committee is mindful of the Company's
overall corporate objectives and its compensation objectives described
above as well as the circumstances making the employment agreement an
appropriate compensation mechanism. Such employment agreements generally
range in term from one to five years. During 1994, Messrs. Haymaker,
Pierno, Wade and, for half of the year, Bonn were employed under employment
agreements as discussed under the heading "Employment Contracts,
Termination of Employment and Change-in-Control Arrangements."
Compensation of the Chief Executive Officer for the Last
Completed Fiscal Year
George T. Haymaker, Jr. served as the Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of the Company for all of 1994. Mr.
Haymaker is employed pursuant to a written employment agreement which is
described below under "Employment Contracts, Termination of Employment and
Change-in-Control Arrangements." His five-year employment agreement
provides for a base salary of $450,000 per annum and for such salary to be
reviewed and possibly changed on an annual basis, provided however, that
such base compensation cannot be reduced to less than $450,000 without Mr.
Haymaker's consent. Mr. Haymaker's base salary was established at the time
of his employment agreement with the Company pursuant to the base salary
program and bonus plan for executives and managers for the Company
generally and, in part, on a level of compensation in recognition of his
previous compensation history, his leadership qualities and industry
experience and expertise.
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In December 1994, the Committee awarded Mr. Haymaker a bonus of
$100,000 and a stock option under the Omnibus Plan for 26,700 shares of
Common Stock of the Company. Mr. Haymaker's employment agreement also sets
the criteria and target ranges for bonus awards to Mr. Haymaker. Such
criteria is discussed in connection with the earlier referenced description
of his employment agreement. Such bonus awards for 1994 represent, in the
aggregate, approximately 63% of his base salary.
COMPENSATION BY MAXXAM
Certain of the Company's executive officers were compensated
during 1994 principally by MAXXAM, the Company's parent corporation, which
establishes salaries and other elements of compensation for such executive
officers. Where an executive officer of both the Company and MAXXAM is
compensated by the Company (such as Mr. La Duc), or where an executive
officer of both the Company and MAXXAM is compensated by MAXXAM (such as
Messrs. Pierno and Wade), the respective corporations make intercompany
allocations of the costs of employment of the executive officer based on
allocation of that executive officer's time as expended among the Company
or MAXXAM and respective subsidiaries. Such allocations are described
under "Certain Transactions" below.
COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 162(M)
Section 162(m) of the Code, enacted in 1993, generally disallows
a tax deduction to public companies for compensation over $1 million paid
to the Chief Executive Officer and four other most highly compensated
executive officers of such corporations. Qualifying performance-based
compensation will not be subject to the deduction limit if certain
requirements are met.
On March 23, 1995, the Committee recommended to the Board of
Directors that the Executive Program be adopted and submitted to the
Stockholders of the Company for approval at the 1995 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders. The Executive Program is designed to enable compliance with
Section 162(m) of the Code and the proposed regulations thereunder. The
three executive officers who will be eligible to participate in the
Executive Program are the only executive officers of the Company to which
the deduction limitation is likely to apply.
Compensation Committee
of the Board of Directors
Robert J. Cruikshank
Ezra G. Levin, Chairman
Robert Marcus
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
No member of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors
of the Company was, during the 1994 fiscal year, an officer or employee of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or was formerly an officer of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or, other than Mr. Levin, had any
relationships requiring disclosure by the Company under Item 404 of
Regulation S-K. Mr. Levin served on the Company's Compensation Committee
and Board of Directors during 1994. Mr. Levin is also a partner in the law
firm of Kramer, Levin, Naftalis, Nessen, Kamin & Frankel, which provided
legal services for the Company and its subsidiaries during 1994.
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During the Company's 1994 fiscal year, no executive officer of
the Company served as (i) a member of the compensation committee (or other
board committee performing equivalent functions) of another entity, one of
whose executive officers served on the Compensation Committee of the Board
of Directors, (ii) a director of another entity, one of whose executive
officers served on the Compensation Committee of the Company, or (iii) a
member of the compensation committee (or other board committee performing
equivalent functions) of another entity, one of whose executive officers
served as a director of the Company.
PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The following performance graph compares, on a quarterly basis
since July 11, 1991, the cumulative total stockholder return on the
Company's Common Stock with the cumulative total returns of the S&P 500
Stock Index and a peer group which consists of companies included by S&P in
its published index for the Aluminum Industry. The graph assumes that the
value of the investment in the Company's Common Stock and each index was
$100 at July 31, 1991 and that all dividends were reinvested. The data
points are calculated as of the last trading day for the month indicated.
The measurement period for the following graph is less than 5 years because
the Company only became publicly traded on July 11, 1991, the date of the
commencement of the Company's initial public offering.
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<CAPTION>
Company/Index Name Jul. Sep. Dec. Mar. Jun. Sep. Dec. Mar. Jun. Sep. Dec.
1991 1991 1991 1992 1992 1992 1992 1993 1993 1993 1993
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Kaiser Aluminum 100 93.71 80.85 105.01 83.40 60.76 66.92 58.19 61.10 55.28 69.84
Corporation
S&P 500 Index 100 100.82 109.27 106.50 108.53 111.95 117.58 122.72 123.32 126.50 129.43
Aluminum 100 92.57 93.32 97.17 105.18 90.65 95.54 92.17 96.36 90.85 97.83
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Company/Index Name Mar. Jun. Sep. Dec.
1994 1994 1994 1994
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Kaiser Aluminum 70.81 74.68 81.47 84.38
Corporation
S&P 500 Index 124.52 125.05 131.16 131.14
Aluminum 101.96 105.57 123.31 119.96
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CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
For periods through June 30, 1993, the Company and its
subsidiaries (including KACC) were members of an affiliated group of
corporations (an "Affiliated Group") within the meaning of Section 1504 of
the Code, of which MAXXAM is the common parent corporation (the "MAXXAM Tax
Group"). Effective July 1, 1993, the Company and its subsidiaries are no
longer members of the MAXXAM Tax Group (the "Deconsolidation") but are
members of a new Affiliated Group of which the Company is the common parent
corporation (the "New Kaiser Tax Group"). The taxable income and loss and
tax credits for the Company and its subsidiaries for the period January 1,
1993 through June 30, 1993, was included in the 1993 MAXXAM Tax Group
consolidated Federal income tax return (the "MAXXAM 1993 Tax Return"). For
periods beginning on or after July 1, 1993 (the "Post Deconsolidation
Periods"), the taxable income and loss and tax credits for the Company and
its subsidiaries was and will be included in the consolidated Federal
income tax returns to be filed for the New Kaiser Tax Group.
As a consequence of the Deconsolidation, the KACC Tax Allocation
Agreement (as defined below) and the Kaiser Tax Allocation agreement (as
defined below) (collectively, the "Tax Allocation Agreements") terminated
pursuant to their terms, effective with respect to Post Deconsolidation
Periods. The provisions of the Tax Allocation Agreements will continue to
govern taxable periods ending before the date of the Deconsolidation (the
"Pre Deconsolidation Periods"). Therefore, payments or refunds may still
be required by or payable to the Company or KACC under the Tax Allocation
Agreements for Pre Deconsolidation Periods due to the final resolution of
audits, amended returns and related matters with respect to such Pre
Deconsolidation Periods. However, the Company's and KACC's credit
agreement dated as of February 15, 1994, as amended (the "Credit
Agreement"), prohibits any cash payments by KACC to MAXXAM pursuant to the
KACC Tax Allocation Agreement after February 15, 1994, however, MAXXAM may
offset amounts owing to it under the KACC Tax Allocation Agreement against
amounts owed by it under the KACC Tax Allocation Agreement, and KACC may
make certain cash payments to MAXXAM that are required as a result of
audits of MAXXAM's tax returns and only to the extent of any amounts paid
after February 15, 1994 by MAXXAM to KACC under the KACC Tax Allocation
Agreement. To the extent the New Kaiser Tax Group generates unused tax
losses or tax credits in Post Deconsolidation Periods, such amounts will
not be available to obtain refunds of amounts paid by the Company or KACC
to MAXXAM for Pre Deconsolidation Periods pursuant to the Tax Allocation
Agreements. It is anticipated that such losses and credits will be carried
forward to offset future Federal income taxes payable by the New Kaiser Tax
Group.
Unused tax attribute carryforwards existing as of the date of the
Deconsolidation under the terms of the Tax Allocation Agreements were
eliminated and are not available to offset Federal income tax liabilities
of the New Kaiser Tax Group for Post Deconsolidation Periods. Upon the
filing of the MAXXAM 1993 Tax Return, the tax attribute carryforwards of
the MAXXAM Tax Group as of December 31, 1993 were apportioned in part to
the New Kaiser Tax Group, based upon the provisions of the relevant
consolidated return regulations. The benefit of such tax attribute
carryforwards apportioned to the New Kaiser Tax Group approximate the
benefit of tax attribute carryforwards eliminated under the Tax Allocation
Agreements. The amounts of tax attribute carryforwards apportioned to the
New Kaiser Tax Group are available, subject to certain limitations, to
reduce Federal income taxes payable by the New Kaiser Tax Group for Post
Deconsolidation Periods.
In 1989, KACC and MAXXAM entered into a tax allocation agreement
(the "KACC Tax Allocation Agreement"). Pursuant to the terms of the KACC
Tax Allocation Agreement, MAXXAM pays any consolidated Federal income tax
liability for the MAXXAM Tax Group. KACC is liable to MAXXAM for the
Federal income tax liability of KACC and its subsidiaries (collectively,
the "KACC Subgroup") computed as if the KACC Subgroup were a separate
Affiliated Group which was never affiliated with the MAXXAM Tax Group
(taking into account all limitations under the Code and regulations
applicable to the KACC Subgroup), except that the KACC Subgroup excludes
interest income received or accrued on an
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intercompany note issued by the Company in connection with a financing
consummated in December 1989 (the "KACC Subgroup's Separate Income Tax
Liability"). To the extent such calculation results in a net operating
loss or a net capital loss or credit which the KACC Subgroup could have
carried back to a prior taxable period under the principles of Sections 172
and 1502 of the Code, MAXXAM pays to KACC an amount equal to the tax refund
to which KACC would have been entitled (but not in excess of the aggregate
amount previously paid by KACC to MAXXAM for the current year and the three
prior taxable years). If such separately calculated net operating loss or
net capital loss or credit of the KACC Subgroup cannot be carried back to a
prior taxable year of the KACC Subgroup for which the KACC Subgroup paid
its separate tax liability to MAXXAM, the net operating loss or net capital
loss or credit becomes a loss or credit carryover of the KACC Subgroup to
be used in computing the KACC Subgroup's Separate Income Tax Liability for
future taxable years. The same principles are applied to any consolidated
or combined state or local income tax returns filed by the MAXXAM Tax Group
with respect to KACC and its subsidiaries. Although, under Treasury
regulations, all members of the MAXXAM Tax Group, including the members of
the KACC Subgroup, are severally liable for the MAXXAM Tax Group's Federal
income tax liability for all of 1993 and applicable prior periods, under
the KACC Tax Allocation Agreement, MAXXAM indemnifies each KACC Subgroup
member for all Federal income tax liabilities relating to taxable years
during which such KACC Subgroup member was a member of the MAXXAM Tax
Group, except for payments required under the KACC Tax Allocation
Agreement.
In 1991, MAXXAM also entered into a tax allocation agreement with
the Company (the "Kaiser Tax Allocation Agreement"). Pursuant to the terms
of the Kaiser Tax Allocation Agreement, the Federal income tax liability of
the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Kaiser Subgroup") is
computed using the same principles used in the KACC Tax Allocation
Agreement to determine the KACC Subgroup's income tax liability. To the
extent such tax liability ("Kaiser's Separate Income Tax Liability") for
any applicable period exceeds the KACC Subgroup's Separate Income Tax
Liability for such period, the Company is obligated to pay the amount of
such difference to MAXXAM. To the extent that Kaiser's Separate Income Tax
Liability for any applicable period is less than the KACC Subgroup's
Separate Income Tax Liability for such period, MAXXAM is obligated to pay
the amount of such difference to the Company (but not in excess of the
aggregate net amount previously paid by the Company and KACC to MAXXAM for
the current year and the three prior years). The foregoing principles also
are applied to any consolidated or combined state or local income tax
returns filed by the MAXXAM Tax Group with respect to the Company. While
the Company is severally liable for the MAXXAM Tax Group's Federal income
tax liability for all of 1993 and applicable prior periods, pursuant to the
Kaiser Tax Allocation Agreement, MAXXAM indemnifies the Company according
to the same principles as those applied to KACC Subgroup members under the
KACC Tax Allocation Agreement.
Under the existing consolidated return regulations, the
Deconsolidation caused certain tax basis adjustments and the recognition of
certain types of taxable income (including amounts that were previously
deferred), none of which were material.
On June 30, 1993, the Company and KACC entered into a tax
allocation agreement (the "New Tax Allocation Agreement") effective for
Post Deconsolidation periods. The terms of the New Tax Allocation
Agreement are identical in all material respects to those of the KACC Tax
Allocation Agreement except that KACC is liable to the Company.
KACC and MAXXAM have an arrangement pursuant to which they
reimburse each other for certain allocable costs associated with the
performance of services by their respective employees, and KACC also pays
to MAXXAM amounts in respect of directors' fees for directors of KACC who
are not employees of KACC and who are directors of MAXXAM. During 1994,
KACC paid a total of approximately $2.5
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million to MAXXAM pursuant to such arrangements and MAXXAM paid
approximately $0.7 million to KACC pursuant to such arrangements.
Generally, KACC and MAXXAM endeavor to minimize the need for reimbursement
by ensuring that employees are employed by the entity to which the majority
of their services are rendered.
On December 15, 1992, KACC issued a note (the "PIK Note") to a
subsidiary of MAXXAM in the principal amount of $2.5 million, representing
the entire amount of a dividend received by such subsidiary in respect of
the shares of the Company's Common Stock which it owned. The PIK Note
bears interest, compounded semiannually, at a rate equal to 12% per annum,
and is due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon, on June 30,
1995. KACC is not required to make any payment of principal of or interest
on the PIK Note prior to June 30, 1995. However, to the extent not
prohibited by the Credit Agreement, KACC may be required to prepay the PIK
Note upon demand. The Credit Agreement currently prohibits the payment of
principal and interest on the PIK Note except at the maturity thereof.
In January 1994, MAXXAM entered into a commercial guaranty of
payment (the "Guaranty") of a promissory note dated January 28, 1994, in
the original principal amount of $150,000 from Mr. Pierno to Charter
National Bank--Houston. The Guaranty is subject to an agreement between
MAXXAM and Mr. Pierno that any payment by MAXXAM under the Guaranty shall
be offset in like amount plus interest at 12% per annum from the date of
payment on the Guaranty to the date of payment to MAXXAM by Mr. Pierno.
Such offset may be made from any payments due Mr. Pierno from MAXXAM which
lawfully may be the subject of such offset, including any payment under any
compensation arrangement or employee benefit plan. The Guaranty was
entered into by MAXXAM for the convenience of Mr. Pierno and replaces a
previous guaranty with substantially the same terms entered into in
February 1993 in respect of a promissory note dated January 28, 1993.
Pursuant to the terms of Mr. Pierno's employment agreement with
MAXXAM, his personal loans outstanding on the date of the agreement were
forgiven at the rate of $15,000 per year beginning March 8, 1991 through
March 8, 1995. Upon expiration of Mr. Pierno's employment agreement on
March 8, 1995, Mr. Pierno's principal balance on such loans was $75,000.
As of February 28, 1995, MAXXAM entered into an amendment of Mr. Pierno's
promissory note evidencing such loans. The amendment provides that
installments of $18,750 be paid by Mr. Pierno on each of December 31, 1995,
1996 and 1997, with any remaining principal balance, together with accrued
interest, to be paid in full on December 31, 1998. The amendment also
provides that the loans be secured by any amounts to which Mr. Pierno may
be entitled pursuant to the MAXXAM's Revised Capital Accumulation Plan.
Mr. Pierno's employment agreement also provided for up to an additional
$200,000 in loans to Mr. Pierno bearing interest at 6% per annum, with
interest being payable monthly and principal being due December 15, 1994
(with prepayments due upon the exercise by Mr. Pierno of any SARs granted
pursuant to the agreement or employee benefit plan). All of such amount
has been borrowed by Mr. Pierno. Such promissory note was also amended,
extending the due date to December 15, 1998 and securing such loan with any
amounts to which Mr. Pierno may be entitled pursuant to MAXXAM's Revised
Capital Accumulation Plan.
In July 1993, MAXXAM advanced Mr. Wade $50,000 which was repaid
within approximately ten days with a cash payment of $50,000, and loaned
Mr. Wade $50,000 evidenced by an unsecured promissory note, interest on
which is payable monthly at an annual rate of 6%. Currently the
outstanding principal balance of the note is $20,000. The note is payable
upon the earliest to occur of July 20, 1998 or Mr. Wade's termination of
employment with MAXXAM.
Mr. Levin, a director of the Company, is a partner in the law
firm of Kramer, Levin, Naftalis, Nessen, Kamin & Frankel, which provides
legal services for the Company and its subsidiaries.
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On April 17, 1995, Sam Houston Race Park, Ltd. (the
"Partnership"), SHRP Acquisition, Inc. and SHRP Capital filed a voluntary
corporate petition under Chapter 11, Title 11, of the United States Code in
the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Since
July 1993, Mr. Wade has served as a director, Vice President and Secretary
of SHRP, the Partnership's sole general partner, and of SHRP Capital. Also
since July 1993, Mr. Hurwitz has served as director and Chairman of the
Board of SHRP and director, Chairman of the Board and President of SHRP
Capital.
In October 1990, Amarlite Architectural Products, Inc.
("Amarlite") filed a voluntary corporate petition under Chapter 11, Title
11, of the United States Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
Northern District of Georgia. In December 1991, Amarlite obtained approval
of its reorganization plan, which was funded and substantially consummated
on January 14, 1992. Mr. Haymaker was Chief Executive Officer and a
director of Amarlite during such period.
COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT
Based solely upon a review of the copies of the Forms 3, 4 and 5
and amendments thereto furnished to the Company with respect to its most
recent fiscal year, and written representations from reporting persons that
no Forms 5 were required, the Company believes that all filing requirements
were complied with which were applicable to its officers, directors and
greater than ten percent beneficial owners.
OTHER MATTERS
INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
The Company has appointed Arthur Andersen LLP as its independent
public accountants through the conclusion of the audit with respect to the
Company's 1994 fiscal year. Representatives of Arthur Andersen LLP plan to
attend the Annual Meeting of Stockholders and will be available to answer
appropriate questions. Such representatives will also have an opportunity
to make a statement at the meeting, if they so desire.
STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR THE 1996 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
Stockholder proposals intended to be presented at the 1996 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders must be received at the Company's executive offices
at 5847 San Felipe, Suite 2600, Houston, Texas 77057 by December 29, 1995
in order to be included in the Company's proxy statement and form of proxy
relating to that meeting.
OTHER MATTERS
The cost of soliciting proxies in connection with the Annual
Meeting will be borne by the Company. The Company will, if requested,
reimburse banks, brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and
certain fiduciaries for their reasonable expenses incurred in mailing proxy
material to their principals. Proxies may be solicited by directors,
officers and employees of the Company without special remuneration. The
Company has retained Corporate Investor Communications, Inc. to assist in
the distribution and solicitation of proxies at an estimated cost of
approximately $4,800 (including expenses). In addition to the use of
mails, proxies may be solicited by personal interviews, facsimile,
telephone or telegraph.
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The persons designated to vote shares covered by management
proxies intend to exercise their judgment in voting such shares on other
matters that may properly come before the meeting. Management knows of no
matters which will be presented for action at the meeting other than as
referred to in this proxy statement.
By Order of the Board of
Directors
/s/ Byron L. Wade
BYRON L. WADE
Secretary
April 26, 1995
Houston, Texas
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Notice of Annual Meeting of
Stockholders
Proxy Statement
Election of Directors 2
The Board of Directors
and its Committees 2
Proposal to Approve the
Kaiser
1995 Executive Incentive
Compensation Program 3
Executive Officers and
Directors 6
Principal Stockholders 10
Executive Compensation 12
Compensation Committee
Report on Executive
Compensation 19
Performance Graph 23
Certain Transactions 24
Compliance with Section
16(a)of the Exchange
Act 27
Other Matters 27
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NOTICE OF 1995 ANNUAL MEETING
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PROXY STATEMENT
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IMPORTANT
PLEASE SIGN AND DATE YOUR
PROXY OR INSTRUCTION CARD
AND PROMPTLY RETURN IT IN THE
ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
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PROXY FOR COMMON STOCK
KAISER ALUMINUM CORPORATION
Solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors for the
Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held May 17, 1995
The undersigned hereby appoints GEORGE T. HAYMAKER, JR., CHARLES E.
HURWITZ and JOHN T. LA DUC as proxies (each with power to act alone and with
power of substitution) to vote, as designated on the reverse side, all shares
of Common Stock the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders to be held on May 17, 1995, and at any and all adjournments or
postponements thereof.
PLEASE COMPLETE, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN
PROMPTLY IN ENCLOSED ENVELOPE
/SEE REVERSE SIDE/
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/X/ Please mark votes as in this example.
WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DESIGNATED BY THE
UNDERSIGNED. IF NO CHOICE IS SPECIFIED. THE PROXY WILL BE VOTED "FOR" THE
ELECTION OF NOMINEES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS SET FORTH IN THE PROXY
STATEMENT.
1. Election of Directors
Nominees: Robert J. Cruikshank, George T. Haymaker, Jr., Charles E. Hurwitz,
Ezra G. Levin, Robert Marcus and Robert J. Petris
FOR ALL
NOMINEES
(except as
marked / / / / WITHHOLD
to the FROM ALL
contrary) NOMINEES
/ / ----------------------
To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s) while voting for
the remainder, mark box and write the name of the nominee(s) for which
authority is withheld in the space above.
2. Approval of the Kaiser 1995 Executive Incentive Compensation Program
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
/ / / / / /
3. In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other
matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournments or
postponements thereof, hereby revoking any proxy or proxies heretofore
given by the undersigned.
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
/ / / / / /
Please sign name(s) exactly as printed hereon. If stock is held in the name
of more than one person. EACH person should sign. Executors,
administrators, trustees, etc., should give full title as such. If a
corporation, please sign full corporate name by duly authorized officer. If
a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.
Dated: 1995
Title:
Signature:
Signature:
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INSTRUCTION CARD FOR DEPOSITARY SHARES
KAISER ALUMINUM CORPORATION
Solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors for the
Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held May 17, 1995
The undersigned, a registered holder of $.65 Depositary Shares, each
representing one-tenth of a share of the Company's Series A Mandatory
Conversion Premium Dividend Preferred Stock ("Series A Shares"), hereby
authorizes the Depositary, through its nominee(s), to vote or to execute
proxies to vote as designated on the reverse side, all Series A Shares
underlying the Depositary Shares the undersigned is entitled to vote at the
Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 17, 1995, and at any and all
adjournments or postponements thereof.
IMPORTANT: IN ORDER FOR THE DEPOSITARY TO VOTE, THIS INSTRUCTION CARD
MUST BE SIGNED, DATED AND RETURNED TO THE DEPOSITARY (DIRECTLY OR THROUGH
YOUR BROKER) IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE ON OR BEFORE MAY 16, 1995.
/SEE REVERSE SIDE/
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/X/ Please mark votes as in this example.
DEPOSITARY SHARES WILL BE VOTED BY THE DEPOSITARY AS DIRECTED BY THE
UNDERSIGNED. IF NO CHOICE IS SPECIFIED, THE DEPOSITARY WILL ABSTAIN FROM
VOTING WITH RESPECT TO THE SERIES A SHARES UNDERLYING THE DEPOSITARY SHARES
FOR WHICH NO INSTRUCTIONS HAVE BEEN GIVEN.
1. Election of Directors
Nominees: Robert J. Cruikshank, George T. Haymaker, Jr., Charles E. Hurwitz,
Ezra G. Levin, and Robert J. Petris
FOR ALL
NOMINEES
(except as
marked / / / / WITHHOLD
to the FROM ALL
contrary) NOMINEES
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To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s) while voting for
the remainder, mark box and write the name of the nominee(s) for which
authority is withheld in the space above.
2. Approval of the Kaiser 1995 Executive Incentive Compensation Program
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
/ / / / / /
3. In its discretion, the Depositary is authorized to vote upon such other
matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournments or
postponements thereof, hereby revoking any instruction(s) heretofore
given by the undersigned.
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
/ / / / / /
Please sign name(s) exactly as printed hereon. If stock is held in the name
of more than one person. EACH person should sign. Executors,
administrators, trustees, etc., should give full title as such. If a
corporation, please sign full corporate name by duly authorized officer. If
a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.
Dated: 1995
Title:
Signature:
Signature:
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PROXY FOR 8.255% PRIDES, CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
KAISER ALUMINUM CORPORATION
Solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors for the
Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held May 25, 1994
The undersigned hereby appoints GEORGE T. HAYMAKER, JR., CHARLES E.
HURWITZ and JOHN T. LA DUC as proxies (each with power to act alone and with
power of substitution) to vote, as designated on the reverse side, all shares
of 8.255% PRIDES, Convertible Preferred Stock (the undersigned is entitled to
vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 25, 1994, and at
any and all adjournments or postponements thereof.
PLEASE COMPLETE, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN ENCLOSED ENVELOPE
/SEE REVERSE SIDE/
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/X/ Please mark votes as in this example.
WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DESIGNATED BY THE
UNDERSIGNED. IF NO CHOICE IS SPECIFIED. THE PROXY WILL BE VOTED "FOR" THE
ELECTION OF NOMINEES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS SET FORTH IN THE PROXY
STATEMENT.
1. Election of Directors
Nominees: Robert J. Cruikshank, George T. Haymaker, Jr., Charles E. Hurwitz,
Ezra G. Levin, Robert Marcus and Robert J. Petris
FOR ALL
NOMINEES
(except as
marked / / / / WITHHOLD
to the FROM ALL
contrary) NOMINEES
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To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s) while voting for
the remainder, mark box and write the name of the nominee(s) for which
authority is withheld in the space above.
2. Approval of the Kaiser 1995 Executive Incentive Compensation Program
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
/ / / / / /
3. In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other
matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournments or
postponements thereof, hereby revoking any proxy or proxies heretofore
given by the undersigned.
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
/ / / / / /
Please sign name(s) exactly as printed hereon. If stock is held in the name
of more than one person. EACH person should sign. Executors,
administrators, trustees, etc., should give full title as such. If a
corporation, please sign full corporate name by duly authorized officer. If
a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.
Date: 1995
Title:
Signature:
Signature:
Form of
Kaiser 1995 Executive Incentive Compensation Program
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1. Purpose of Program and Its Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2 Part of the Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Section 2. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Section 3. Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.1 Eligibility for Long-Term Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.2 Eligibility for Annual Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.3 No Right to Participate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 4. Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.1 Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 5. Stock Subject to Program; Type and Nature of Awards . . . . . 9
5.1 Stock Subject to the Long-Term Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.2 Type and Nature of Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 6. Effective Date and Long-Term Component Life . . . . . . . . 10
6.1 Effective Date and Long-Term Component Life. . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 7. Determination and Payment of Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7.1 General Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7.2 Determining Target Incentives and Granting Performance Units . . . 10
7.3 Performance Goals and Valuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
7.4 Payment of Actual Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7.5 Form and Timing of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7.6 Termination of Employment Due to Death, Disability, or Retirement 12
7.7 Termination of Employment for Other Reasons . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7.8 Nontransferability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section 8. Beneficiary Designation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
8.1 Beneficiary Designation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section 9. Rights of Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
9.1 Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section 10. Amendment, Modification, and Termination of Program. . . . 13
10.1 Amendment, Modification, and Termination of Program . . . . . . . 13
Section 11. Tax Withholding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
11.1 Tax Withholding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 12. Indemnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
12.1 Indemnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 13. Requirements of Law; Consents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
13.1 Requirements of Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
13.2 Consents to Program Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
13.3 Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Appendix A
Section 1. Purpose of Program and Its Parts
1.1 Purpose. The Kaiser 1995 Executive Incentive Compensation
Program (the "Program") is intended to increase the value of the
shareholder's investment in Kaiser Aluminum Corporation by providing the
Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief
Administrative Officer (collectively, the "Participants") with incentives
to achieve positive Economic Value Added, as defined in Section 2 below,
with emphasis in those areas of the business that Participants can
influence.
The Program is designed to provide the opportunity to earn levels of
total annual compensation that, at levels of profitability equal to the
cost of capital, are competitive with the compensation provided by other
employers with whom the Company competes for management, at similar
profitability levels, and to allow the Participants to earn higher total
compensation if economic value (profit above that required to return the
cost of capital) is added. These opportunities are provided through a
combination of Annual and Long-Term (as both terms are defined in Section 2
below) incentives.
1.2 Part of the Plan. The long-term incentive compensation part of
the Program (the "Long-Term Component") is consequently intended to further
the purposes of the Kaiser 1993 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan")
by supplementing and implementing the provisions of Section 9 of the Plan
and is made a part of the Plan effective as of January 1, 1994. It
includes provisions for the payment of incentives in part in Kaiser
Aluminum Corporation ("KAC") common stock and is included in the Program
along with Annual incentives so as to coordinate the payment of base salary
with annual and long- term incentive compensation. The provisions of the
Long-Term Component as they relate to KAC common stock grants and awards
are subject to and limited by those of the Plan, and they shall be
interpreted and administered so that they are consistent with the
provisions of the Plan.
The description of provisions for determination and payment of Annual
incentives are included in this Program for information and disclosure, but
these provisions are not subject to the provisions of the Plan. Thus, this
Program repeats or summarizes various Plan definitions and other provisions
insofar as they are applicable to the Long-Term Component. In the event of
any conflict or ambiguity, the definitions and rules of the Plan are
overriding and controlling when interpreting provisions of the Long-Term
Component. Because the Long-Term Component supplements and implements a
portion of the Plan without changing any basic rules of the Plan, the
Program does not constitute an amendment of the Plan.
Section 2. Definitions
2.1 Definitions. Subject to Section 1, any capitalized term that is
defined in this document shall have the meaning set forth in the
appropriate definition in this Section or elsewhere herein when such term
is used in connection with the Program. Moreover, any term that describes
an accounting measure shall be determined for each Long-Term Performance
Period in accordance with the definition of such term, applied on a
consistent basis, using the amounts recorded in the Company's books of
accounts and generally accepted accounting principles as in effect at the
beginning of the applicable Performance Period, with such modifications and
such computational methodology as the Committee may deem appropriate and
approve in order to carry out the purpose of the Program. Definitions
relating to the Annual incentive part of the Program shall also be
determined in accordance with the rules and terminology of this Section 2.1
except as they may be modified as the Committee may deem appropriate in
order to carry out the purpose of the Program.
(a) "Actual Award" means the amount, if any, of a Participant's
Target Incentive that, assuming continued participation for the full
Performance Period for which the Target Incentive was granted, has been
earned and will become payable at the times and in the manner determined
under the Program, provided payment shall be contingent upon meeting or
exceeding the threshold level of performance (minimum Company-wide EVA of 5
percent). Pursuant to Section 7.3(l), 7.6, or 10.1, a Participant's Actual
Award may be prorated in the case of participation for less than the full
Performance Period.
(b) "Annual" means of or pertaining to the short-term part of the
Program, which provides for the possibility of Awards which may be made
each year and for results to be measured for the one-year Performance
Period for which the Award was made.
(c) "Award" means
(1) with respect to the Long-Term Component, the Performance
Units granted to a Participant at the beginning of the Long-Term
Performance Period, and
(2) with respect to the Annual incentive part of the Program,
the total cash incentive under the Annual incentive part of the Program,
where (1) and (2) collectively constitute the Participant's total Target
Incentive under the Program when granted and either (1) or (2) or both may
result in payment of an Actual Award after the end of the applicable
Performance Period.
(d) "Board" unless otherwise specified means the Board of Directors
of KACC. The term "Boards" shall refer collectively to the Boards of
Directors of KAC and KACC.
(e) "Business Plan" for any fiscal year beginning on or after January
1, 1995, means the Business Units and KACC consolidated business plan for
such fiscal year, as approved by the Board. For 1994, the second quarter,
updated business plan will be used.
(f) "Capital Employed" means the net assets of the Company or
Business Unit, as applicable. Net assets are determined as total assets
minus liabilities adjusted for the following exclusions. Total assets
shall exclude deferred financing recorded in the other assets category, and
total liabilities shall exclude debt, accrued and deferred income taxes,
and accrued interest, all net of minority interests in these items.
(g) "Capital Spending" means KAC's or the Business Unit's share of
expenditures constituting capital spending as defined by Policy 160 in the
KAC Controller's Policy Manual, including 100 percent of such spending for
consolidated entities and KAC's proportionate share of such spending for
non-consolidated entities whose results are reflected in KAC's financial
reporting.
(h) "CAO" or "Chief Administrative Officer" means the chief
administrative officer, by title or function, of the Company.
(i) "CEO" or "Chief Executive Officer" means the chief executive
officer, by title or function, of the Company.
(j) "CFO" or "Chief Financial Officer" means the chief financial
officer, by title or function, of the Company.
(k) "Committee" means the Compensation Committees of the Boards,
acting jointly, as provided in Section 2.1(d) of the Plan.
(l) "Company" means KAC and KACC collectively.
(m) "Cost of Capital" means for the Company on a consolidated basis,
15 percent, which is deemed to be the actual cost for the Company based on
a 50 percent debt and 50 percent equity ratio and assuming that the cost of
debt is 10 percent and the cost of equity is 20 percent.
(n) "Disability" means disability as defined in the Kaiser Aluminum
Self-Insured Welfare Plan for Employees.
(o) "EBDIT" or "Earnings Before Depreciation, Interest, and Taxes"
means EBIT plus depreciation, where depreciation includes purchase
accounting investment amortization and depreciation recorded in the cost of
goods sold, and does not include depreciation in minority interest.
(p) "EBIT" or "Earnings Before Interest and Taxes" means net income
plus interest expense (including interest recorded in the cost of goods
sold), amortization of deferred financing, capital charges, income taxes,
and extraordinary items.
(q) "EVA" or "Economic Value Added" means the return on Company or
Business Unit assets, expressed as a percent and determined for the
applicable Performance Period with respect to either Annual EVA or
Long-Term EVA, as described below.
(1) Annual EVA is determined for the Annual Performance Period
as the EBIT divided by the average Capital Employed. For purposes of the
foregoing, the average Capital Employed shall be the simple average of
quarterly or monthly figures, as available.
(2) Long-Term EVA is determined as follows: First, for each
year in the Long-Term Performance Period, determine (c) as the EBDIT minus
the Capital Spending, and (d) as the average Capital Employed. Second,
divide (c) by (d). Third, determine the EVA for the Long-Term Performance
Period as the simple average of the three annual percentages determined in
the second step above. For purposes of the foregoing, the average
Capital Employed shall be the simple average of quarterly or monthly
figures, as available.
(r) "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended and in effect from time to time.
(s) "KAC" means Kaiser Aluminum Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
(t) "KACC" means Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.
(u) "Long-Term" means of or pertaining to the Long-Term Component,
which provides for Awards to be made each year near the beginning of a new
three-year Performance Period and for results to be measured for such
three-year Performance Period.
(v) "Long-Term Component" means the long-term incentive compensation
part of the Program described in this document that is part of the Program
and is governed by the Plan, as described in Section 1 hereof.
(w) "Participant" means each of the CEO, CFO and CAO.
(x) "Performance Goal" means, as applicable,
(1) the Annual EVA planned for achievement on average over the
Annual Performance Period, or
(2) the Long-Term EVA planned for achievement on average over
the Long-Term Performance Period.
(y) "Performance Period" means a period commencing on the date that
this Program is first effective or on any subsequent anniversary of such
date for which an Award has been made and will be measured in accordance
with the rules of the Program as follows:
(1) with respect to the Annual part of the Program, the period
shall be the calendar year, and each calendar year shall constitute a
Performance Period, and
(2) with respect to the Long-Term Component, the period shall
consist of three consecutive calendar years, and a new Long-Term
Performance Period shall begin each year and shall partially overlap the
two immediately preceding Long-Term Performance Periods, if any.
(z) "Performance Unit" means a unit with an initial value of $1.00
that is granted to a Participant as part of a Target Incentive and applies
only to the Long-Term Component.
(aa) "Plan" means the Kaiser 1993 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as
amended and in effect from time to time.
(bb) "Program" means the Kaiser 1995 Executive Incentive Compensation
Program that includes Annual incentive, and Long-Term incentive amounts
which, when combined with base salary, comprise the total compensation for
a Participant.
(cc) "Retirement" means termination of employment on or after
attaining eligibility for a full early or normal retirement benefit under
the Kaiser Aluminum Salaried Employees Retirement Plan.
(dd) "Section 16 Reporting Persons" means each of the Participants
who are KAC officers, directors, or 10 percent beneficial owners for
purposes of required reporting and potential liability under Section 16 of
the Exchange Act, as to whom the Committee shall have sole discretion in
making determinations hereunder.
(ee) "Stock" means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of
KAC.
(ff) "Stock Closing Price" means the average of the closing prices of
Stock on trading dates in the final month of the Performance Period, as
listed in the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions of the Wall
Street Journal or such other generally available, published listing as may
be designated by the Committee for this purpose.
(gg) "Target Incentive" means
(1) with respect to the Long-Term Component, the sum of
Performance Units awarded to a Participant for the Long-Term Performance
Period, and
(2) with respect to the Annual incentive part of the Program,
the initial targeted cash amount for the Actual Award.
The Target Incentives in both (1) and (2) plus the Participant's base
salary at the beginning of the Performance Period are designed to provide
the desired total compensation target for the Participant.
(hh) "Tentative Award" means the amount of the Actual Award before
any adjustment to reflect other accomplishments and before any other
adjustments permitted on a discretionary basis under rules set forth in
Section 7 below.
Section 3. Eligibility
3.1 Eligibility for Long-Term Awards. The CEO , the CFO and the CAO
are the only persons eligible to participate in the Program.
For a new hire or a promoted Participant who was not eligible to
participate at the beginning of an applicable Long-Term Performance Period,
or in other appropriate circumstances, the Committee may approve the
selection of a Participant to commence participation as of an appropriate
date during the Long-Term Performance Period, subject to the rules in
Section 7.3(l) regarding the proration of any resulting Actual Award to
reflect the shortened period of participation during the remainder of such
Performance Period.
3.2 Eligibility for Annual Awards. Eligibility for Annual Awards
under the Program shall follow analogous rules to those in Section 3.1
above.
3.3 No Right to Participate. As provided in Section 3.2 of the Plan,
no Participant, regardless of position or responsibility, shall have any
entitlement or right to cause any Award to be made under the Long-Term
Component without the approval of the Committee. Except as otherwise
required by the Plan or determined by the Committee pursuant to the Plan,
the making of a Long-Term Award shall not entitle a Participant to any
subsequent or additional Award.
Section 4. Administration
4.1 Administration. Consistent with Section 4 of the Plan, the
Committee shall have broad administrative responsibility for the Program.
As required by Sections 2.1(d) and 4.1 of the Plan, each Committee member
shall be a "disinterested person" for purposes of Rule 16b-3 under the
Exchange Act with respect to the right to acquire Stock or any other
interest in equity securities of KAC pursuant to the Long-Term Component.
In administering the Program, the Committee shall have all the powers and
responsibilities assigned to it in Section 4 and other provisions of the
Plan that are applicable to the Long-Term Component and the type of Awards
it describes, including, without limitation, the power to interpret the
Program, to prescribe, amend, and rescind rules and regulations relating to
it, to provide for conditions and assurances deemed necessary or advisable
to protect the interests of the Company, and to make all other
determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of the
Program, but only to the extent not contrary to express provisions of the
Plan except that the Committee may correct any defect, supply any omission
and reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan). Committee actions with
respect to the Long-Term Component shall be taken in accordance with
procedures described in Section 4 of the Plan, and the Committee shall have
the authority to make non-uniform determinations and to issue Stock with
respect to the Long-Term Component, as provided in Sections 4.2 and 4.3 of
the Plan. The Committee shall retain final approval authority for all such
determinations as well as any other determinations that it has the
responsibility and authority to make with respect to the Program hereunder
and the Plan.
Section 5. Stock Subject to Program; Type and Nature of Awards
5.1 Stock Subject to the Long-Term Component. Stock that is issued to
Participants in payment of Actual Awards under the Long-Term Component is
provided from the authorized shares of Stock described in Section 5 of the
Plan and is subject to all applicable rules of the Plan relating to the
issuance of Stock with respect to such Awards, including the rules in
Sections 5 and 9 of the Plan.
5.2 Type and Nature of Awards.
(a) Annual Awards that become payable shall be paid entirely in cash as
provided herein.
(b) Long-Term Awards under the Program shall consist of Performance
Units that may become payable in Stock and cash as permitted in Sections
5.5 and 9 of the Plan and as described more specifically herein. Each
Long-Term Award shall be evidenced in writing in the form of an appropriate
agreement or Notice of Award approved by the Committee in accordance with
Section 5.6 of the Plan and the provisions of the Long-Term Component.
Section 6. Effective Date and Long-Term Component Life
6.1 Effective Date and Long-Term Component Life. As provided in
Section 1.1 herein, the Long-Term Component is effective as of January 1,
1994. Thereafter, subject to the rules set forth in this Program and in
the Plan, including the rules of Section 6.2 of the Plan and the continuing
availability of Stock under Section 5 of the Plan, the Long-Term Component
as may be amended from time to time shall continue during such time as the
Plan remains in effect.
Section 7. Determination and Payment of Awards
7.1 General Principles. All of the following principles in this
Section 7 are applicable to Participants in the Long-Term Component.
7.2 Determining Target Incentives and Granting Performance Units.
Subject to Sections 3, 4, and 5 of the Plan and this Program, Performance
Units for the Long-Term Component may be granted to Participants at any
time and from time to time as shall be determined by the Committee. In
practice, except as otherwise determined by the Committee, consideration
shall be given to the following general principles in granting Performance
Units for the Long-Term Component. Performance Units shall be granted as
of the beginning of each Long-Term Performance Period in amounts that the
Committee deems necessary to provide the desired Long-Term Target Incentive
for the Participants. In determining a Participant's Target Incentive, the
Committee shall focus on a total compensation concept with the following
elements:
(a) Using an agreed list of comparator companies approved by the
Committee and such supplemental third-party compensation surveys as deemed
appropriate, the position of a Participant will be matched with similar
positions in the comparator group and the supplemental survey data (taking
into account differences in the KAC structure of responsibilities from the
comparator group and differences in the performance of the comparator group
in comparator periods) to determine the total market value of the position
and the market breakdown of such value into base salary and incentive
compensation.
(b) Then, considering the objective of setting base salary at the 45th
percentile level and incentive compensation (the sum of both Annual and
Long-Term incentives) at the 55th percentile level, the Committee shall
determine an appropriate target level for the Participants' Target
Incentive in light of these factors and individual circumstances.
(c) Of the total amount of targeted incentive compensation, the
Long-Term Target Incentive as a general rule shall represent 75 percent.
The Annual Target Incentive shall represent the remainder of the targeted
incentive compensation that is not provided as a Long-Term Target
Incentive. When deemed appropriate, there may be some variation from these
ratios.
7.3 Performance Goals and Valuation. For each Performance Period the
Committee shall approve Performance Goals that, depending on the actual
results achieved, will allow Annual and Long-Term Target Incentives to be
valued at from zero to three times their initial value for purposes of
determining and paying Actual Awards. To accomplish this, a planned EVA
shall be determined for the Company for the applicable Performance Period.
This step shall be part of a normal process of developing the Business Plan
at the time the determination is made, and it shall be completed before
March 31 of the beginning of each year. This process shall also be subject
to the final review and approval of the Committee. After the completion of
this planning step and as soon as practicable after the end of the
Performance Period, the actual EVA results for the Company shall be
determined and compared to the planned results for the purpose of
calculating Actual Awards. Except as otherwise determined by the
Committee, Performance Goals shall be determined and used to value Target
Incentives as follows:
(a) A matrix with multipliers from zero to three shall be established
for the entire Company to measure the effect of achieving different levels
of actual Company EVA results relative to different planned Company EVA
levels. The Company-wide matrix, as approved by the Committee, shall be
identified as Appendix A and attached hereto so that it can be recognized
as part of this document. The initial version of Appendix A shall set the
1.00 multiplier level at the point where both planned and actual EVA equal
15 percent, which is deemed to be the Company's cost of capital. The
initial version of Appendix A shall be effective at the same time as this
document and shall continue in effect indefinitely unless it is superseded
by a revised Appendix A. Any revised Appendix A that may be approved by
the Committee shall indicate the Performance Periods for which it is
effective.
(b) At the end of the Performance Period, the actual EVA shall be
determined for the Company, and these EVA results shall be used to
determine Actual Awards as described in the steps below.
(c) The Tentative Award in a Performance Period for the Participants
shall be determined solely on the basis of Company-wide results by applying
the applicable multiplier in Appendix A to each Participant's Target
Incentive.
(d) In computing the Actual Award amount, the Tentative Award for the
Participants is increased by 30% of the Target Incentive for achievement of
goals or financial accomplishments not reflected in the Company-wide EVA.
The Committee, in its sole discretion, may decrease the Actual Award (but
not below zero) by an amount equal to 1 percent to 60 percent of the
Participant's Target Incentive. This subtraction will be based on such
factors as failure to achieve agreed objectives or other accomplishments
which are not reflected in the results of the Business Plan but are
important to the longer term success of the business.
(e) In the event of a major change during the Performance Period, such
as the sale of a Business Unit or some other significant, unforeseen or
extraordinary transaction or circumstance that, in the judgment of the
Committee, would make it inappropriate to measure actual financial results
against the performance criteria on which Target Incentives were based or
use them to determine Actual Awards, the Committee shall approve
appropriate adjustments for the purpose of making determinations for the
Performance Period as uniform and as near as possible to what they would
have been, absent such transaction or circumstance.
(f) If a Participant commences participation in the Long-Term Program
as of a date after the beginning of a Performance Period, such
Participant's Actual Award, if any, for the Performance Period shall be
prorated by multiplying it by a fraction equal to (i) the number of months
in the Performance Period in which the Participant was eligible, divided by
(ii) the total number of months in the Performance Period.
7.4 Payment of Actual Awards. After the Performance Period has ended,
if a Participant's Actual Award has been determined to be greater than
zero, payment of the amount earned shall be made in accordance with and
subject to the rules and limitations in Sections 7.5 through 7.8 below. No
payment shall be made in the case of any amount that is forfeited due to a
termination of employment during the Performance Period that results in a
failure to earn all or part of the Actual Award amount pursuant to Section
7.6 or 7.7 below.
7.5 Form and Timing of Payment. The amount, if any, of the Annual
Actual Award determined under Section 7.3 above that is not forfeited
pursuant to Section 7.6 or 7.7 below (determined after applying the
proration rule of such Section 7.6, if applicable) shall be paid in full in
cash during the first calendar quarter immediately following the end of the
Annual Performance Period to which such Actual Award relates.
The amount, if any, of the Long-Term Actual Award determined under
Section 7.3 above that is not forfeited pursuant to Section 7.6 or 7.7
below (determined after applying the proration rule of such Section 7.6, if
applicable) shall be divided into two equal installments. The first
installment shall be paid during the first calendar quarter immediately
following the end of the Long-Term Performance Period. The second
installment shall be paid during the first calendar quarter of the next
year following the first installment.
Each installment payment that is due shall automatically consist of the
number of whole shares of Stock that most nearly equals, without exceeding,
57 percent (or such other percentage as may be specified by the Committee
in the future due to changing tax rates) of the total value of the
installment payment. For this purpose, the Stock Closing Price shall be
used to determine the number of shares of Stock and their total value. The
remaining portion of the installment payment, determined after subtracting
such Stock value, shall be paid in cash. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
however, if the Stock is not publicly traded at the time any payment is
due, the payment will be made entirely in cash.
7.6 Termination of Employment Due to Death, Disability, or Retirement.
Except to the extent otherwise determined by the Committee, in the event
that a Participant terminates employment with the Company during a
Performance Period due to death, Disability, or Retirement, the Participant
(or the Participant's beneficiary) shall receive pro rata payment of the
Participant's Actual Award, if any, for such Performance Period, and any
remaining amount of the Actual Award shall be forfeited. The portion of the
Actual Award to be paid in this case is the amount of the Participant's
Actual Award, if any, for the Performance Period that results from
multiplying the total Actual Award by a fraction equal to (i) the number of
months in the Performance Period in which the individual was a Participant,
divided by (ii) the total number of months in the Performance Period.
Payment shall be made at the times and in the manner prescribed by Section
7.5 above for Participants who did not terminate their employment during
the Performance Period.
7.7 Termination of Employment for Other Reasons. Except to the extent
otherwise determined by the Committee, in the event that a Participant
voluntarily terminates employment with the Company during the Performance
Period for any reason other than death, Disability, or Retirement, all
rights of the Participant with respect to Performance Units granted to
him/her for the Performance Period shall be forfeited, and no amount of the
Participant's Actual Award, if any, for such Performance Period shall be
paid. In the event that the termination is by mutual agreement, there may
be a partial payment in accordance with Section 7.6 above .
7.8 Nontransferability. As provided in Plan Section 9.7 of the Plan,
no Performance Units granted may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned,
or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws
of descent and distribution until the termination of the applicable
Performance Period. All rights with respect to Performance Units granted
to a Participant shall be exercisable during his/her lifetime only by such
Participant. These rules apply to Target Incentives and Actual Awards that
have become vested and are in the process of being paid in accordance with
the terms hereof.
Section 8. Beneficiary Designation
8.1 Beneficiary Designation. As provided in Section 13 of the Plan,
each Participant may designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive
any payments that may be due under the Program (for either the Annual
incentive or the Long-Term Component thereof) in the event of his/her
death. Each designation will revoke all prior designations by the same
Participant, shall be in a form prescribed by the Committee or its
designated administrator, and will be effective only when filed by the
Participant in writing with the Committee or its designated administrator
during his/her lifetime. In the absence of any such designation, benefits
remaining unpaid at the Participant's death shall be paid to his/her
estate.
Section 9. Rights of Participants
9.1 Employment. Nothing in the Program shall interfere with or limit
in any way the right of the Company to terminate any Participant's
employment at any time, nor confer upon any Participant any right to
continue in the employ of the Company.
Section 10. Amendment, Modification, and Termination of Program
10.1 Amendment, Modification, and Termination of Program. The
continuation of the Program as set forth herein is subject to any
amendment, modification, suspension, or termination of the that Plan may
occur pursuant to Section 15 of the Plan, and is further subject to any
similar action that may be taken by the Committee, consistent with Sections
4, 9, and 15 of the Plan and the provisions herein, with respect to the
Long-Term Component. If the Long-Term Component is terminated during any
Performance Period for which Awards have been made, the Actual Awards will
be determined as usual at the end of the Performance Period and will then
be prorated by multiplying them by a fraction equal to (i) the number of
months in the Performance Period prior to the termination, divided by (ii)
the total number of months in a full Performance Period. As provided in
Section 15 of the Plan, no amendment, revision, modification, suspension,
discontinuance or termination of the Plan shall in any manner adversely
affect any Award theretofore granted without the consent of the Grantee.
Similar rules shall apply to the Annual incentive part of the Program,
subject to the appropriate approval level.
Section 11. Tax Withholding
11.1 Tax Withholding. The Company shall have the power to withhold, or
require a Participant to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient to
satisfy Federal, state, and local withholding tax requirements on or with
respect to any Award under the Program.
Section 12. Indemnification
12.1 Indemnification. The Long-Term Component is subject to Section
18.1 of the Plan, which provides that each person who is or shall have been
a member of the Committee or of the Boards shall be indemnified and held
harmless by KACC against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense
that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by him/her in connection
with or resulting from any claim, action, suit, or proceeding to which
he/she may be a party or in which he/she may be involved by reason of any
action taken or failure to act under the Plan and against and from any and
all amounts paid by him/her in settlement thereof, with KACC's approval, or
paid by him/her in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit,
or proceeding against him/her, provided he/she shall give the Company an
opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before
he/she undertakes to handle and defend it on his/her own behalf. The
foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other
rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled under the
Company's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, as a matter of law, or
otherwise, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold
them harmless.
Section 13. Requirements of Law; Consents
13.1 Requirements of Law. The granting of Awards and the issuance of
Stock under the Long-Term Component shall be subject to all applicable
laws, rules, regulations, and such approvals by any governmental agencies
or national securities exchanges as may be required.
13.2 Consents to Program Actions. As determined by the Committee in
accordance with Sections 19.2 and 19.3 of the Plan, no action under the
Long-Term Component shall be taken unless and until any "Consent" deemed
necessary or desirable in connection therewith shall have been effected or
obtained to the full satisfaction of the Committee. For this purpose,
"Consent" is defined in Section 19.3 of the Plan and includes any listings,
registrations or qualifications in respect of the Plan upon any securities
exchange or under any Federal, state or local law, rule or regulation, and
any written agreements and representations by a Participant with respect to
the disposition of shares of Stock or any other matter which the Committee
shall deem necessary or desirable to comply with the terms of any such
listing, registration or qualification or to obtain an exemption therefrom.
13.3 Governing Law. As provided in Section 19.4 of the Plan, the
Long-Term Component, and all agreements hereunder, shall be construed in
accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Texas.
