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ALUMAX INC.
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON MAY 29, 1997
April 8, 1997
TO THE HOLDERS OF COMMON STOCK:
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Alumax Inc. will be held in the Third
Floor Auditorium of The Chase Manhattan Bank building, 270 Park Avenue, New
York, New York, on Thursday, May 29, 1997, at 10:00 a.m., New York City time,
for the following purposes:
1. To elect three Directors, each for a term of three years;
2. To ratify the selection of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. as auditors for
fiscal year 1997;
3. To amend the Alumax Inc. 1993 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as Amended and
Restated and as Further Amended on October 3, 1996) to increase the
number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance thereunder by
1,250,000;
4. To amend the Alumax Inc. Non-Employee Directors' Stock Compensation Plan
(as Amended on October 3, 1996) to increase the annual award of stock to
non-employee directors; and
5. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting,
or any adjournments thereof.
The holders of Common Stock are entitled to vote on all of the above
proposals.
The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on March 31, 1997 as
the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and
to vote at the Meeting. A list of stockholders entitled to vote will be open to
the examination of any stockholder at the offices of The Chase Manhattan Bank,
450 West 33rd Street, 15th Floor, New York, New York, for ten days prior to May
29, 1997, and will also be available for inspection at the Meeting.
IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING IN PERSON, PLEASE MARK, SIGN AND
DATE THE ENCLOSED PROXY AND RETURN IT IN THE ACCOMPANYING ENVELOPE WHICH
REQUIRES NO POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES.
By order of the Board of Directors
HELEN M. FEENEY
Vice President
and Corporate Secretary
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ALUMAX INC.
5655 PEACHTREE PARKWAY
NORCROSS, GA 30092-2812
TELEPHONE: (770) 246-6600
PROXY STATEMENT
GENERAL
This Proxy Statement, which (along with the enclosed Proxy) is first being
mailed to stockholders on April 8, 1997, is furnished in connection with a
solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors of Alumax Inc. ("Alumax" or
the "Company") to be used at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company
(the "1997 Annual Meeting") to be held at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on
Thursday, May 29, 1997 in the Third Floor Auditorium of The Chase Manhattan Bank
building, 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York, for the purposes set forth in the
accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
VOTING AT THE MEETING
The Record Date for voting at the 1997 Annual Meeting is the close of
business on March 31, 1997. On the Record Date, the Company had outstanding
54,913,013 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common
Stock"). The outstanding Common Stock will be voting on all matters currently
scheduled to be acted upon at the 1997 Annual Meeting, with each share entitled
to one vote.
The presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the
Company's outstanding shares of Common Stock will constitute a quorum at the
1997 Annual Meeting. A plurality of the votes cast is necessary for the election
of Directors. The affirmative vote of a majority of the total votes cast either
for or in opposition to any other proposal described herein (each a "Proposal")
is necessary to approve it. Abstentions will be treated as shares that are
present for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum but as unvoted for
purposes of determining the approval of any matter submitted to a vote of the
stockholders. If a broker indicates on the proxy that he or she does not have
discretionary authority to vote on a particular matter as to certain shares,
those shares will be counted for general quorum purposes but will be considered
as unvoted with respect to that matter.
Votes at the 1997 Annual Meeting will be tabulated by two officers of
ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C. who have been appointed by the
Company's Board of Directors to serve as inspectors of election.
PROXIES AND PROXY SOLICITATION
All shares of Common Stock represented by properly executed proxies will be
voted at the 1997 Annual Meeting in accordance with the directions marked on the
proxies, unless such proxies have previously been revoked. If no directions are
indicated on such proxies, they will be voted for the election of the nominees
named in this Proxy Statement, for the ratification of the selection of Coopers
& Lybrand L.L.P. as the Company's auditors for fiscal year 1997, for the
amendment to increase the number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued
under the Alumax Inc. 1993 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as Amended and Restated and
as Further Amended on October 3, 1996) (the "Long Term Plan") and for the
amendment to the Alumax Inc. Non-Employee Directors' Stock Compensation Plan (as
Amended on October 3, 1996) (the "Stock Compensation Plan") to increase the
annual award of stock to non-employee Directors. If any other matters are
properly presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting for action, which is not presently
anticipated, the proxy holders will vote the proxies (which confer discretionary
authority upon such holders to vote on such matters) in accordance with their
best judgment. Each proxy executed and returned by a stockholder may be revoked
at any time before it is voted by timely submission of written notice of
revocation or by submission of a duly executed proxy bearing a later date (in
either case directed to the Vice President and Corporate Secretary of the
Company) or, if a stockholder is present at the 1997 Annual Meeting, he may
elect to revoke his proxy and vote his shares personally.
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In addition to solicitation by mail, certain Directors, officers and other
employees of the Company, not specifically employed for this purpose, may
solicit proxies, without additional remuneration therefor, by personal
interview, mail, telephone or telegram. The Company intends to reimburse
brokerage firms, banks and others for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses,
including clerical expenses, of forwarding proxy material to the beneficial
owners of Common Stock or otherwise in connection with this solicitation of
proxies. The Company has retained Morrow & Co. to assist in the solicitation at
a cost of $8,500 to the Company, excluding the expenses and disbursements of
that firm.
1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The Company's Board of Directors is divided into three classes and is
currently comprised of nine members. One class is elected each year for a
three-year term. The following are nominees for the class whose term will expire
at the 1997 Annual Meeting, all of whom are currently Directors of the Company:
Harold Brown, Pierre Des Marais II and J. Dennis Bonney. These three nominees,
if elected at the 1997 Annual Meeting, will serve for a term of three years
expiring at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in 2000.
It is not anticipated that any of the foregoing nominees will become
unavailable for any reason, but, if that should occur before the 1997 Annual
Meeting, the persons named on the enclosed proxy card reserve the right to
substitute another of their choice as nominee in his place or to vote for such
lesser number of Directors as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors.
The three nominees receiving the largest number of votes by the holders of
shares of Common Stock present at the 1997 Annual Meeting in person or
represented by proxy will be elected. In accordance with Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC") regulations, the enclosed proxy card provides stockholders
with an opportunity to grant to or withhold from the appointees named thereon
the authority to vote for the election of any individual named above. In no
event may proxies be voted for more than three nominees. Unless authority to do
so has been withheld, shares represented by the enclosed proxy card, when the
proxy has been duly executed and returned, will be voted in favor of the
election of Harold Brown, Pierre Des Marais II and J. Dennis Bonney, each to
serve as a Director for a three-year term expiring at the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders to be held in 2000 or until their respective successors have been
duly elected and qualified.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT THE STOCKHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE
FOREGOING NOMINEES, AND, UNLESS A STOCKHOLDER GIVES INSTRUCTIONS ON THE PROXY
CARD TO THE CONTRARY, THE APPOINTEES NAMED THEREON INTEND SO TO VOTE.
INFORMATION CONCERNING DIRECTORS AND NOMINEES
NOMINEES FOR TERMS EXPIRING IN 2000
HAROLD BROWN Director since 1993
Counselor, Center for Strategic and International Studies Age 69
Partner, Warburg, Pincus & Co.
(A money management firm)
Mr. Brown has been Counselor to the Center for Strategic and International
Studies since July 1992 and a partner of Warburg, Pincus & Co. since May 1990.
For more than five years prior to July 1992, he had been Chairman of the Foreign
Policy Institute at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced
International Studies. Mr. Brown is also a Director of Cummins Engine Company,
Inc., Evergreen Holdings, Inc., International Business Machines Corporation,
Mattel Inc. and Philip Morris Companies Inc.
Chairman of Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and member of
Executive, Finance and Human Resources and Compensation Committees
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PIERRE DES MARAIS II Director since 1993
President and Chief Executive Officer Age 62
Unimedia Inc.
(Editors and publishers)
Mr. Des Marais has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Unimedia Inc.
for more than five years. He is also a Director of Hollinger Inc., Imperial Oil
Limited, Ouimet-Cordon Bleu Inc., Rothman's Inc. and St. Lawrence Cement Inc.
Member of Executive, Finance and Human Resources and Compensation Committees
J. DENNIS BONNEY Director since 1996
Independent Businessman Age 66
Mr. Bonney has been an independent businessman since his retirement from Chevron
Corporation in December 1995. For more than five years prior thereto, he was a
Vice Chairman of Chevron Corporation. He is also a Director of United Meridian
Corporation and Aeromovel USA, Inc.
Member of Audit and Human Resources and Compensation Committees
DIRECTORS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE IN 1998
L. DON BROWN Director since 1994
Senior Vice President, Operations/Technology Age 51
Coors Brewing Company
(A producer of beer and other malt beverages)
Mr. Brown has been Senior Vice President, Operations/Technology of Coors Brewing
Company since August 1996. For more than five years prior thereto, he held
various executive and senior operations positions within the Kraft Foods
organization, most recently serving as Senior Vice President, Manufacturing and
Engineering.
Member of Audit and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committees
JAMES C. HUNTINGTON, JR. Director since 1993
Independent Businessman Age 69
Mr. Huntington has been an independent businessman for more than five years. He
is also a Director of Cyprus Amax Minerals Company, Dravo Corporation and
Westinghouse Air Brake Company.
Chairman of Finance Committee and member of Audit and Corporate Governance and
Nominating Committees
W. LOEBER LANDAU Director since 1993
Partner Age 65
Sullivan & Cromwell
(Attorneys)
Mr. Landau has been a partner of Sullivan & Cromwell for more than five years.
He is also a Director of The United States Life Insurance Company.
Member of Executive, Finance and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committees
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DIRECTORS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE IN 1999
ALLEN BORN Director since 1985
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Age 63
Alumax Inc.
Mr. Born has been a Director of the Company since 1985, Chairman since April
1993 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since November 1993. He was also
Co-Chairman of Cyprus Amax Minerals Company from November 1993 to November 1995
and Vice Chairman of that company from November 1995 to May 1996. For more than
five years prior to November 1993, he had been Chief Executive Officer of AMAX
Inc. ("Amax"), the Company's former parent, and also served as Chairman of that
company from June 1988 to November 1993. Mr. Born is also a Director of Amax
Gold Inc., AK Steel Holding Corporation and Cyprus Amax Minerals Company.
Member of Executive and Finance Committees
PAUL W. MACAVOY Director since 1993
Williams Brothers Professor of Management Studies Age 62
Yale School of Management
Mr. MacAvoy has been Williams Brothers Professor of Management Studies at the
Yale School of Management since January 1991 and served as Dean of such
institution from July 1992 to July 1994. Mr. MacAvoy is also a Director of
Lafarge Corporation.
Chairman of Executive and Human Resources and Compensation Committees and member
of Audit and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committees
ANNE WEXLER Director since 1994
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Age 67
The Wexler Group
(A government relations and public affairs firm)
Ms. Wexler has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Wexler Group for
more than five years. She is also a Director of Comcast Corporation, the Dreyfus
Index Funds, the Dreyfus Mutual Funds, NOVA Corporation, Wilshire Asset
Management and the New England Electric System.
Chairman of Audit Committee and member of Human Resources and Compensation
Committee
DIRECTORS' MEETINGS, COMPENSATION AND COMMITTEES
During 1996 the Board of Directors held ten meetings. Each Director
attended at least 75 percent of the aggregate of (a) all meetings of the Board
and (b) all meetings of the Committees of the Board on which such Director
served.
For their services, non-employee Directors receive an annual retainer of
$20,000 and $1,000 per Board meeting attended. Non-employee Directors serving on
Board Committees are compensated at the rate of $600 per Committee meeting
attended, with Committee Chairmen receiving an additional $1,000 per meeting
attended.
Non-employee Directors are eligible to defer all or a portion of the
foregoing fees through participation in the Alumax Inc. Non-Employee Directors'
Deferred Compensation Plan (the "DCP"). Amounts deferred under the DCP are
credited to a participant's account in the form of shares of Common Stock of the
Company. Additional shares are credited to such account as and to the extent
dividends are paid on the Common Stock. A distribution will be made to a
participant upon termination of his or her directorship or, if he or she so
elects, on any January 1 occurring thereafter in a lump sum or in installments.
The DCP also contains a subplan that allowed certain Directors to roll over to
the DCP certain payments from a retirement plan and a deferred compensation plan
maintained by Amax. The DCP provides for accelerated cash
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distributions in the event of a Change in Control (as defined) of the Company.
The Board of Directors may suspend or discontinue the DCP at any time and may
amend the DCP from time to time.
Under the Stock Compensation Plan, each Director who is not an employee of
the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates is granted an option to acquire
10,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company on the first Thursday in December
following his or her election to the Board. The exercise price of the option is
equal to the fair market value of the shares at the time the option is granted.
All options granted vest at the rate of one-third per year and are exercisable
for a period of ten years following the date of grant. Payment of the option
exercise price may be made in cash, by delivery of shares of Common Stock
already owned by the Director for at least six months or any combination of the
foregoing. Special vesting provisions apply in the case of certain terminations
of service as a non-employee Director. In addition, under current Stock
Compensation Plan provisions, each non-employee Director serving as such on
February 1 of each year is awarded 850 shares of Common Stock. A non-employee
Director is entitled to defer receipt of any such shares. All shares so deferred
are credited to a deferred stock account maintained by the Company for the
benefit of the participating non-employee Director. Account balances will be
distributed as soon as practicable following cessation of Board service or on
January 1 over a stated number of years after cessation of Board service.
Distributions under the Stock Compensation Plan will be made in the form of
whole shares of Common Stock, with a cash payment for any fractional share
interest. The Board of Directors may discontinue the Stock Compensation Plan at
any time or may amend it from time to time. Special vesting and cash-out
provisions apply to options and shares granted under the Stock Compensation Plan
in the event of a Change in Control (as defined) of the Company.
FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE STOCK COMPENSATION
PLAN WHICH WOULD INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK AWARDED ANNUALLY
TO EACH PARTICIPANT FROM 850 SHARES TO 1,250 SHARES, SEE PAGES 24 AND 25 OF THIS
PROXY STATEMENT.
The standing Committees of the Board include, among others, the Audit
Committee, the Human Resources and Compensation Committee and the Corporate
Governance and Nominating Committee.
The Audit Committee is comprised of Ms. Wexler (Chairman) and Messrs.
Bonney, L. Don Brown, Huntington and MacAvoy. The principal functions of this
Committee are to (i) recommend to the Board of Directors the independent public
accounting firm that will conduct the annual audit of the Company's accounts;
(ii) review the nature and scope of the audit; and (iii) review the financial
organization and accounting practices of the Company and the qualifications and
performance of its internal auditors and its independent auditing firm. The
Committee also recommends to the Board of Directors policies concerning
avoidance of employee conflicts of interest and reviews the administration of
such policies. The Audit Committee met three times during 1996.
The Human Resources and Compensation Committee is comprised of Messrs.
MacAvoy (Chairman), Bonney, Harold Brown and Des Marais and Ms. Wexler. The
principal functions of this Committee are to (i) establish, implement and
monitor the Company's program for executive development, succession planning and
compensation of Executive Officers and certain other senior managerial employees
of the Company and (ii) perform various administrative tasks with respect to
certain employee benefit matters. In this regard, the Committee administers the
Long Term Plan, the Alumax Inc. 1993 Annual Incentive Compensation Plan (as
Amended and Restated and as Further Amended on October 3, 1996) (the "Annual
Plan") and the Alumax Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan, as such plans pertain to
Executive Officers and certain other senior managerial employees of the Company.
During 1996, the Human Resources and Compensation Committee met five times.
The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee is comprised of Messrs.
Harold Brown (Chairman), L. Don Brown, Huntington, Landau and MacAvoy. The
principal functions of this Committee include, among other things, (i) screening
and recommending candidates for the Board of Directors of the Company; (ii)
recommending to the Board appointments to and the responsibilities of Board
committees; (iii) establishing procedures for evaluation of the performance of
the Chief Executive Officer by the non-employee Directors; and (iv) considering
matters of corporate and social responsibility and matters related to corporate
public affairs and to the Company's relations with its various stakeholders. The
Committee will also
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consider candidates for Board membership suggested by the stockholders.
Suggestions for candidates, accompanied by biographical material for evaluation,
may be sent to the Vice President and Corporate Secretary of the Company at its
principal executive offices. Individuals suggested as candidates should have
attained a position of leadership in the candidate's field of endeavor and have
demonstrated the ability to exercise sound business judgment. A candidate must
also indicate a willingness to attend scheduled Board and Committee meetings.
The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee met four times in 1996.
The Company's By-Laws provide that if a stockholder intends to nominate a
candidate for election as a director, the stockholder must give written notice
of his or her intention to the Vice President and Corporate Secretary of the
Company. The notice must be delivered or mailed to, and received at, the
principal executive offices of the Company not less than 60 nor more than 90
days before the date of a meeting of stockholders to be considered timely;
provided, however, that in the event that notice to the stockholders or
disclosure to the general public of the date of such meeting is given or made
less than 70 days prior to the meeting, notice by a stockholder to be timely
must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth day
following the day on which such notice or disclosure of the date of the meeting
was first given or made. The notice must set forth the name and address of, and
number and class of shares beneficially owned by, the stockholder and the
nominee for election as a Director, the age of the nominee, the nominee's
business experience during the past five years, any other directorships held by
the nominee, the nominee's involvement in certain legal proceedings during the
past five years and such other information concerning the nominee as would be
required to be included in a proxy statement soliciting proxies for the election
of the nominee. In addition, the notice must include the consent of the nominee
to serve as a Director of the Company if elected.
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
W. Loeber Landau, a Director of the Company, is a Partner in the law firm
of Sullivan & Cromwell which, during 1996, rendered legal services to the
Company and its subsidiaries.
See also "Executive Compensation -- Executive Employment and Separation
Agreements."
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP
PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS
The following table furnishes information as to the only persons known by
the Company to be the beneficial owners of more than five percent of the
Company's Common Stock:
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PERCENT
NAME AND ADDRESS OF NO. OF OF CLASS
BENEFICIAL OWNER SHARES AT 12/31/96
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FMR Corp.(A)(B)............................................ 6,731,726 12.30%
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
Wellington Management Company, LLP(C)...................... 4,659,615 8.52%
75 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc.(D)........................ 4,113,897 7.52%
One State Street Plaza
New York, NY 10004
Norwest Corporation(E)..................................... 2,788,979 5.10%
Norwest Center
Sixth and Marquette
Minneapolis, MN 55479
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(A) According to information filed by FMR Corp. ("FMR") with the SEC, FMR,
through its various subsidiaries, has sole voting power as to 1,041,336
shares of the Company's Common Stock, shared voting power as to 4,400
shares, sole dispositive power as to 6,727,326 shares and shared
dispositive power as to 4,400 shares. Such amounts include certain shares
beneficially owned by Edward C. Johnson 3rd. See Footnote B.
(B) Edward C. Johnson 3rd ("E. Johnson") is Chairman of FMR and Abigail P.
Johnson ("A. Johnson") is a director of such entity. E. Johnson, A.
Johnson, various family members and certain trusts form a controlling group
with respect to FMR. See Footnote A. According to information filed by E.
Johnson and A. Johnson with the SEC, E. Johnson has sole voting power as to
15,600 shares of the Company's Common Stock, shared voting power as to
4,400 shares, sole dispositive power as to 6,727,326 shares and shared
dispositive power as to 4,400 shares. Such amounts included 20,000 shares
that are owned directly by E. Johnson or are held in trusts either for the
benefit of E. Johnson or an E. Johnson family member. A. Johnson has sole
dispositive power with respect to 6,727,326 shares of the Company's Common
Stock.
(C) According to information filed by Wellington Management Company, LLP
("WMC") with the SEC, WMC, through its subsidiary, Wellington Trust
Company, N.A., has shared voting power as to 916,600 shares of the
Company's Common Stock and shared dispositive power as to 4,659,615 shares.
(D) According to information filed by Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc.
("Bernstein") with the SEC, Bernstein has sole voting power as to 2,291,563
shares of the Company's Common Stock, shared voting power as to 445,051
shares and sole dispositive power as to 4,113,897 shares.
(E) According to information filed by Norwest Corporation ("Norwest") with the
SEC, Norwest and certain of its subsidiaries have sole voting power as to
2,489,303 shares of the Company's Common Stock, shared voting power as to
3,265 shares, sole dispositive power as to 2,783,558 shares and shared
dispositive power as to 2,962 shares.
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SECURITIES OWNED BY MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth information concerning the beneficial
ownership of Common Stock held, as of March 14, 1997, by each of the Company's
Directors, each of the Executive Officers named in the Summary Compensation
Table who are not directors and all Directors and Executive Officers as a group.
No Director or Executive Officer owns more than one percent of the outstanding
Common Stock. All Directors and Executive Officers as a group are the beneficial
owners of approximately 2.0 percent of the outstanding Common Stock, including
shares that may be acquired by them through the exercise of stock options that
are, or within 60 days of March 14, 1997 will become, exercisable. Unless
indicated otherwise, all shares are held directly, with each person having sole
voting and dispositive power with respect to the Common Stock owned beneficially
by such person.
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NUMBER OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY SHARES
OWNED AS OF ACQUIRABLE
MARCH 14, 1997(A) WITHIN 60 DAYS(B)
DIRECTORS: ----------------- -----------------
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Allen Born.............................................. 211,480(C) 466,826
J. Dennis Bonney........................................ 1,850(D) 0
Harold Brown............................................ 12,760(C)(D) 10,000
L. Don Brown............................................ 3,486(D) 6,666
Pierre Des Marais II.................................... 8,788(D) 10,000
James C. Huntington, Jr................................. 6,719(D) 10,000
W. Loeber Landau........................................ 22,363(D) 10,000
Paul W. MacAvoy......................................... 22,077(D) 10,000
George P. Stoe.......................................... 11,741(C) 28,600
Anne Wexler............................................. 5,295(D) 6,666
NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS WHO ARE NOT DIRECTORS:
Lawrence B. Frost....................................... 26,322(C) 52,832
Eugene R. Greenberg..................................... 5,705 0
Jay M. Linard........................................... 8,966(C) 0
All Directors and Executive Officers as a group,
including those named above (20 persons).............. 400,539 724,640
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(A) Includes shares allocated to the individual accounts of Executive Officers
under the Alumax Inc. Thrift Plan for Salaried Employees.
(B) Represents shares that could be acquired within 60 days after March 14,
1997 through the exercise of stock options.
(C) Includes the following number of shares held indirectly in trust form:
86,565 for Mr. Born; 106 for Mr. Harold Brown; 3,000 for Mr. Stoe; 6,391
for Mr. Frost; and 3,397 for Mr. Linard.
(D) Includes the following number of shares held under the DCP and/or the Stock
Compensation Plan: none for Mr. Bonney; 12,654 for Mr. Harold Brown; 3,486
for Mr. L. Don Brown; 6,088 for Mr. Des Marais; 5,019 for Mr. Huntington;
21,863 for Mr. Landau; 21,678 for Mr. MacAvoy; and 4,795 for Ms. Wexler.
SECTION 16(A) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires
the Company's Directors and Executive Officers and the beneficial owners of more
than ten percent of the Company's Common Stock to file with the SEC initial
reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of Common Stock and
other equity securities of the Company. Because of the complexity of the
reporting rules, the Company has assumed responsibility for preparing and filing
all reports required to be filed under Section 16(a) by the
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Directors and Executive Officers. The Company believes that during the last
fiscal year all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to its Directors
and Executive Officers were complied with, except that the Form 3 filed on
behalf of Jay M. Linard, a Vice President of the Company, failed to include
certain shares of Common Stock awarded to him under the Long Term Plan. Once the
omission was discovered, an amendment was promptly filed.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following table sets forth certain information concerning compensation
paid during each of the last three years to the Company's Chief Executive
Officer and the four other most highly compensated Executive Officers of the
Company, based on salary and bonus earned in respect of the 1996 fiscal year.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
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ANNUAL COMPENSATION LONG TERM COMPENSATION
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RESTRICTED SECURITIES
OTHER ANNUAL STOCK UNDERLYING ALL OTHER
NAME AND SALARY BONUS COMPENSATION AWARDS OPTIONS COMPENSATION
POSITION YEAR ($) ($) ($)(A) ($)(B) (SHARES)(C) ($)(D)
-------- ---- ------- ------- ------------ ---------- ----------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Allen Born...................... 1996 800,000 797,100 39,602 670,000 687,800 101,693
Chairman and CEO(E) 1995 750,000 504,900 0 563,750 65,000 84,914
1994 750,000 450,000 28,443 494,563 147,200 84,766
George P. Stoe.................. 1996 218,500 181,400 266,865 130,650 34,200 25,715
Executive Vice President(F) 1995 190,000 133,500 0 93,500 17,400 16,012
1994 161,166 127,969 0 76,875 28,600 13,239
Lawrence B. Frost............... 1996 235,900 156,900 7,236 100,500 20,900 43,172
Senior Vice President and 1995 220,500 105,300 0 82,500 13,600 36,333
Chief Financial Officer(G) 1994 199,000 122,400 0 53,813 22,000 31,898
Eugene R. Greenberg(H).......... 1996 190,949 156,500 31,037 87,100 29,375 17,559
Vice President
Jay M. Linard(H)................ 1996 203,317 134,300 0 87,100 14,375 17,978
Vice President
</TABLE>
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(A) "Other Annual Compensation" consists of amounts paid by the Company for
relocation expenses and/or taxes on certain non-cash compensation. The
dollar value of perquisites and other personal benefits for each of the
named Executive Officers was less than established reporting thresholds,
except for Mr. Stoe who, in 1996, received total perquisites of $63,758,
including $53,000 for club initiation fees.
(B) Amounts for 1996, 1995 and 1994 represent the value attributable to
performance-based restricted stock units awarded under the Long Term Plan.
Each such unit is equivalent to one share of Common Stock. The units have
been valued using the closing price of the Common Stock on the New York
Stock Exchange on the date of the award. At December 31, 1996, the number
and value of the units held by the Executive Officers shown in the table
above, using for valuation purposes the closing price of the Common Stock
on the New York Stock Exchange on such date, were as follows: Mr.
Born -- 59,800 units valued at $2,003,300; Mr. Stoe -- 10,300 units valued
at $345,050; Mr. Frost -- 8,100 units valued at $271,350; Mr.
Greenberg -- 2,600 units valued at $87,100; and Mr. Linard -- 2,600 units
valued at $87,100. Holders of restricted stock units have been granted
dividend equivalents which entitle them to receive dividends at the same
time and at the same rate as holders of the Common Stock.
(C) The amounts shown in this column represent the number of non-qualified stock
options granted under the Long Term Plan, including the grant of 687,800
non-qualified stock options to Mr. Born in December 1996 pursuant to his
amended employment agreement. For additional information concerning Mr.
Born's employment agreement, see "Executive Employment and Separation
Agreements."
(D) The amounts shown in this column for 1996 represent (i) Company matching
contributions on behalf of the named Executive Officers to the Alumax Inc.
Thrift Plan for Salaried Employees, as well as amounts credited to the
accounts of such Executive Officers under the Alumax Inc. Excess Benefit
Plan
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(the "Excess Plan") described below, (ii) above market interest earned on
deferred compensation under a terminated plan, (iii) life insurance
premiums paid by the Company on behalf of Messrs. Stoe, Greenberg and
Linard under the Company's group term life insurance program, and split
dollar insurance premiums paid by the Company on behalf of Messrs. Born and
Frost and (iv) disability insurance premiums paid by the Company on behalf
of the named Executive Officers. The table below sets forth this
information in greater detail.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ABOVE MARKET LIFE DISABILITY
THRIFT PLAN INTEREST ON INSURANCE INSURANCE
NAME CONTRIBUTIONS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PREMIUMS PREMIUMS
---- ------------- --------------------- --------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Allen Born........................ $36,000 $ 0 $51,016 $14,677
George P. Stoe.................... 9,833 5,869 4,368 5,645
Lawrence B. Frost................. 10,616 8,402 17,180 6,974
Eugene R. Greenberg............... 8,593 0 3,921 5,045
Jay M. Linard..................... 9,149 0 3,968 4,861
</TABLE>
(E) Mr. Born has an employment agreement with the Company which expires on
December 31, 1999 and which establishes his minimum annual base salary at
$800,000, subject to periodic review. The agreement also provides for
grants of stock options and stock units. For additional information
concerning Mr. Born's employment agreement, see "Executive Employment and
Separation Agreements."
(F) Mr. Stoe resigned on March 5, 1997.
(G) Mr. Frost served as Vice President and Treasurer of the Company from
November 1993 to April 1994 and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer from May 1994 to February 1997. He was elected Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of Alumax in March 1997. For
information concerning certain stock options and stock units granted to Mr.
Frost pursuant to his agreement with Amax and the Company, see "Executive
Employment and Separation Agreements."
(H) Mr. Greenberg and Mr. Linard each joined the Company in 1996, and each was
elected a Vice President of Alumax in December of that year.
EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AND SEPARATION AGREEMENTS.
The Company has an employment agreement with Mr. Born which became
effective November 15, 1993 and which was amended and restated on December 5,
1996, all as described below. The agreement, as so amended and restated,
provides for Mr. Born's employment through December 31, 1999, unless terminated
by either party. Among other things, in consideration of Mr. Born's waiver of a
$5.2 million cash payment for severance and pension credit benefits due under a
prior employment agreement with Amax, the agreement also provides for the grant
to Mr. Born directly, and not pursuant to the Long Term Plan, of options to
purchase 532,712 shares of Common Stock at a per share exercise price of
$23.6115 and stock units to be paid out in the form of 113,673 shares of Common
Stock valued at $23.6115 per share. Such options and units vest over a five-year
period beginning November 15, 1994 at the rate of 20 percent per year, but will
vest earlier in the event of Mr. Born's death or disability (as defined) or his
retirement at age 65 or, with the Company's approval, after age 62; a Change in
Control (as defined) of the Company; or a termination of Mr. Born's employment
by the Company without cause (as defined) or by Mr. Born with good reason (as
defined). Mr. Born will forfeit all such options and units that have not vested
if his employment is terminated by the Company for cause or by Mr. Born without
good reason.
The Company also made similar awards of options and units to Mr. Frost and
to Helen M. Feeney, former Amax executives who were elected Vice President and
Treasurer and Vice President and Corporate Secretary, respectively, of the
Company at the time Alumax became an independent, public corporation and who
agreed to the cancellation without payment of rights which they may have had
under severance policies of Amax. The awards were made on terms substantially
similar to those described in the paragraph above and provide for grants of
options covering 51,388 shares of Common Stock and stock units for 10,962 shares
of
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Common Stock in the case of Mr. Frost and options covering 39,250 shares of
Common Stock and stock units for 8,374 shares of Common Stock in the case of
Mrs. Feeney.
In consideration of Mr. Born's consent to extend his employment to December
31, 1999, his employment agreement, which otherwise would have expired in
December 1996, was amended and restated on December 5, 1996. The agreement, as
so amended and restated, establishes Mr. Born's minimum annual base salary of
$800,000 after January 1, 1997, subject to periodic review, and also provides
for an additional grant of options to purchase 687,800 shares of Common Stock
under the Long Term Plan which are exercisable for a term of six years from date
of grant at the following times and prices: (i) 229,267 shares become
exercisable on November 15, 1997, at a per share exercise price of $32.125 (the
closing price of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on December 5,
1996); (ii) 229,267 shares become exercisable on November 15, 1998, at a per
share exercise price of $36.125; and (iii) the remaining 229,266 shares become
exercisable on November 15, 1999, at a per share exercise price of $40.125. The
additional stock options will vest earlier in the event of Mr. Born's death or
disability (as defined); termination of Mr. Born's employment by the Company
without cause (as defined) or by Mr. Born with good reason (as defined); or a
Change in Control (as defined) of the Company. Mr. Born will forfeit all such
additional stock options that have not vested if he retires before December 31,
1999, unless the Company's Board of Directors, in its sole discretion and
without taking into account any vote of Mr. Born, approves the immediate (or
future) vesting of such additional options upon any such retirement; or
termination of Mr. Born's employment by the Company with cause (as defined) or
by Mr. Born other than with good reason (as defined).
The agreement with Mr. Born also provides for a supplemental pension
benefit under the Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees of Alumax Inc. and its
Subsidiaries (the "Pension Plan") and the Excess Plan equal to the difference
between (a) the actual benefits to be received under such plans and (b) the
benefits he would have received under such plans if the period from September
15, 1981 through May 31, 1985 (when he was not an employee of Amax) were
included in his years of credited service under these plans. To compensate Mr.
Born for deferring his retirement and the reduced benefits resulting from such
deferral, as well as a loss of benefits associated with Mr. Born's mandatory
receipt of benefits under the defined benefit plans sponsored by Amax, the
agreement with Mr. Born was amended to further provide that the Company will pay
Mr. Born the lump sum of $1,175,876 at the time of expiration of the Period of
Employment (as defined) on December 31, 1999, in addition to, and without offset
of, the benefits otherwise payable to him. Such additional pension payment will
be made on a prorated basis in the event of Mr. Born's death or disability (as
defined); termination of Mr. Born's employment by the Company without cause (as
defined) or by Mr. Born with good reason (as defined); or a Change in Control
(as defined) of the Company. Mr. Born will forfeit the additional pension
payment if his employment is terminated by the Company with cause (as defined)
or by Mr. Born without good reason (as defined); or if Mr. Born retires prior to
December 31, 1999, unless the Company's Board of Directors, in its sole
discretion, and not taking into account any vote of Mr. Born, approves such
retirement and prorated payment of the additional pension payment.
The employment agreement with Mr. Born provides that he will be paid
termination compensation if his employment is terminated by the Company without
cause (as defined) or if he terminates employment for good reason (as defined).
Such termination compensation includes (i) a cash payment based upon Mr. Born's
annual salary plus the target award under the Company's Annual Plan; (ii) a pro
rata portion of certain previously granted incentive compensation awards,
determined on the assumption that all applicable targets have been met; (iii)
maintenance of all insurance plans in effect for Mr. Born until December 31,
1999, or until the commencement of equivalent benefits from a new employer; and
(iv) for a period terminating one year after the date of termination of
employment, payment of benefits equivalent on an after-tax basis to the benefits
Mr. Born would have received under all employee benefit and executive
compensation plans (other than stock option and incentive plans) in which he was
participating immediately prior to termination, as if he had received credit for
age and service under such plans during such period following termination. In
the event that any such termination payment or benefits pursuant to the
agreement (together with any payments under any other plans, policies or
arrangements) are subject to excise tax under Federal tax laws, the Company will
increase Mr. Born's termination payment to the extent necessary to restore him
to the same after-tax position as he would have had if the excise tax had not
been imposed.
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The Company has adopted a corporate separation policy applicable to
Executive Officers (other than Mr. Born) and certain other key employees
designated by the Chief Executive Officer that provides for termination
compensation, but at lower amounts and for varying periods than the termination
compensation described in the paragraph above.
PENSION BENEFITS
The Pension Plan is a defined benefit retirement plan with pensions paid in
accordance with a formula based upon final pay and service. Participants become
entitled to accrued benefits under the Pension Plan after they complete five
years of continuous service. Accrued benefits are determined on the basis of a
participant's years of credited service, which includes all continuous service
prior to his or her normal retirement date. The basic benefit formula provides
an annual retirement allowance equal to 1 7/8 percent of the average of the
participant's three highest annual rates of compensation prevailing on January 1
during any of the last ten years of credited service multiplied by the number of
years of credited service up to and including ten years, plus 1 3/4 percent of
such average multiplied by the number of years of credited service over ten
years, less certain adjustments for Social Security benefits, with a minimum
benefit of $21 per month multiplied by the number of years of credited service.
In those cases where the amounts payable under the Pension Plan exceed the
annual pension limitations imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the "Code"), such excess will be paid from the Excess Plan.
The table below shows the estimated annual retirement benefits, before any
applicable offset for Social Security benefits, that would be payable to
participants in the Pension Plan at normal retirement (age 65) on a straight
life annuity basis. Optional forms of benefit payments are available. Benefits
payable under the Pension Plan are also subject to reduction to the extent that
participants receive payments pursuant to certain Company (or Amax) sponsored
pension or retirement plans that have been suspended, discontinued or otherwise
terminated and in certain other circumstances. As noted above, benefits under
the Pension Plan are limited to the extent prescribed by the Code, and any
amounts in excess of such limitations will be paid pursuant to the Excess Plan.
Accordingly, the amounts shown in the table reflect the aggregate of payments
under both the Pension Plan and the Excess Plan.
PENSION PLAN TABLE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
HIGHEST ESTIMATED ANNUAL PENSION FOR
THREE-YEAR REPRESENTATIVE YEARS OF CREDITED SERVICE
AVERAGE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
COMPENSATION 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
------------ - -- -- -- -- -- -- --
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$ 250,000............ $ 23,438 $ 46,875 $ 68,750 $ 90,625 $112,500 $ 134,375 $ 156,250 $ 178,125
500,000........... 46,875 93,750 137,500 181,250 225,000 268,750 312,500 356,250
750,000........... 70,313 140,625 206,250 271,875 337,500 403,123 468,750 534,375
1,000,000........... 93,750 187,500 275,000 362,500 450,000 537,500 625,000 712,500
1,250,000........... 117,188 234,375 343,750 453,125 562,500 671,875 781,250 890,625
1,500,000........... 140,625 281,250 412,500 543,750 675,000 806,250 937,500 1,068,750
1,750,000........... 164,063 328,125 481,250 634,375 787,500 940,625 1,093,750 1,246,875
2,000,000........... 187,500 375,000 550,000 725,000 900,000 1,075,000 1,250,000 1,425,000
</TABLE>
At December 31, 1996, the years of credited service under the Pension Plan
for Messrs. Born, Stoe, Frost, Greenberg and Linard were 30 years, 27 years, 24
years, 1 year and 1 year, respectively. For purposes of determining benefits
under the Pension Plan, covered compensation for each of these individuals
includes the amounts shown in the "Salary" and "Bonus" columns of the Summary
Compensation Table with certain minor adjustments.
The Company entered into agreements with Messrs. Frost and Stoe that
provide for supplemental benefits under the Excess Plan as a result of the
inclusion of certain periods of service with a prior employer, which was
acquired by the Company in 1983, offset by benefits to be received under the
Pension Plan and the
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pension program of such prior employer. The years of credited service under the
Pension Plan for Messrs. Frost and Stoe, as indicated above, include these
periods of service with such prior employer. In addition, the years of credited
service under the Pension Plan shown above for Mr. Born includes the period from
September 15, 1981 through May 31, 1985 (when he was not an employee of Amax) as
required by the terms of his employment agreement, as discussed above.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PLANS
The following tables show the forms and amounts of awards made to certain
persons and groups under the Company's executive compensation plans in respect
of the 1996 fiscal year.
Option Grants in the Last Fiscal Year
The following table sets forth certain information concerning non-qualified
stock options granted by the Company to Mr. Born pursuant to his employment
agreement and to Messrs. Frost, Greenberg, Linard and Stoe under the Long Term
Plan during the 1996 fiscal year. The data in the column shown below relating to
the hypothetical grant date present value of stock options granted in 1996 are
presented pursuant to SEC rules and are calculated under the modified
Black-Scholes Model for pricing options. The Company is not aware of any model
or formula which will determine with reasonable accuracy a present value for
stock options based on future unknown factors. The actual amount, if any,
realized upon the exercise of stock options will depend upon the market price of
the Company's Common Stock relative to the exercise price per share of the
Company's Common Stock of the stock option at the time the stock option is
exercised. There is no assurance that the hypothetical grant date present values
of the stock options reflected in this table actually will be realized.
OPTION GRANTS IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NUMBER OF PERCENT OF
SECURITIES TOTAL
UNDERLYING OPTIONS EXERCISE GRANT DATE
GRANT OPTIONS GRANTED TO ALL PRICE EXPIRATION PRESENT
NAME DATE GRANTED(A) EMPLOYEES(B) ($/SH) DATE(C) VALUE($)(D)
- ---- -------- ---------- -------------- -------- ---------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Allen Born.................... 12/05/96 229,267 17.4% 32.125 12/05/02 1,795,350
12/05/96 229,267 17.4% 36.125 12/05/02 1,428,637
12/05/96 229,266 17.4% 40.125 12/05/02 1,134,524
George P. Stoe................ 12/05/96 34,200 2.6% 32.125 12/05/06 312,232
Lawrence B. Frost............. 12/05/96 20,900 1.6% 32.125 12/05/06 190,808
Eugene R. Greenberg........... 03/07/96 15,000 1.1% 34.250 03/07/06 161,875
12/05/96 14,375 1.1% 32.125 12/05/06 131,238
Jay M. Linard................. 12/05/96 14,375 1.1% 32.125 12/05/06 131,238
</TABLE>
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(A) Options granted in 1996, excluding options granted to Mr. Born, are
exercisable upon vesting two years after the grant date. For information
relating to vesting of Mr. Born's options, see "Executive Employment and
Separation Agreements."
(B) Based on 1,315,350 options granted in total during the 1996 fiscal year.
(C) Except for the options granted to Mr. Born, vested options are exercisable
for ten years after the grant date, subject to earlier termination in
certain events related to termination of employment.
(D) The hypothetical present values on the grant date are calculated under the
modified Black-Scholes Model, which is a mathematical formula used to value
options traded on stock exchanges. This formula considers a number of
factors in hypothesizing an option's present value. Factors used to value
the above options include the Common Stock's expected volatility rate
(30.57 percent with respect to the options granted on December 5, 1996 and
35.89 percent with respect to options granted on March 7, 1996); expected
risk-free rate of return (6.08 percent with respect to the options granted
on December 5, 1996 and 5.99 percent with respect to the options granted on
March 7, 1996); expected dividend yield (3.0
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percent with respect to all options); projected time of exercise (7 years
with respect to options having a ten year term and 4 years with respect to
options having a six year term); and projected risk of forfeiture over the
vesting period (5 percent per year or 10 percent in total with respect to
all options, with the exception of those awarded to Mr. Born, and 4.72
percent, 9.72 percent and 14.72 percent with respect to the options awarded
to Mr. Born which have exercise prices of $32.125, $36.125 and $40.125 and
vest on November 15, 1997, November 15, 1998 and November 15, 1999,
respectively).
Fiscal Year-End Option Values
The following table sets forth certain information concerning the number
and value of exercisable and unexercisable stock options granted under the Long
Term Plan at December 31, 1996 to each of the persons named in the Summary
Compensation Table. Data with respect to Mr. Born also includes options awarded
to him pursuant to his employment agreement and, with respect to Mr. Frost,
options granted to him pursuant to his agreement with Amax and the Company. THE
VALUE OF EXERCISABLE AND UNEXERCISABLE IN-THE-MONEY STOCK OPTIONS AT DECEMBER
31, 1996 SHOWN BELOW IS PRESENTED PURSUANT TO SEC RULES. THE ACTUAL AMOUNT, IF
ANY, REALIZED UPON EXERCISE OF STOCK OPTIONS WILL DEPEND UPON THE MARKET PRICE
OF THE COMPANY'S COMMON STOCK RELATIVE TO THE PER SHARE EXERCISE PRICE OF THE
STOCK OPTION AT THE TIME SUCH OPTION IS EXERCISED. THERE IS NO ASSURANCE THAT
THE VALUES OF EXERCISABLE AND UNEXERCISABLE IN-THE-MONEY STOCK OPTIONS REFLECTED
IN THIS TABLE WILL BE REALIZED.
FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION VALUES
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
VALUE OF EXERCISABLE
NUMBER OF SECURITIES AND UNEXERCISABLE
UNDERLYING EXERCISABLE IN-THE-MONEY
AND UNEXERCISABLE STOCK STOCK OPTIONS AT
OPTIONS AT FISCAL YEAR-END FISCAL YEAR-END($)(A)
--------------------------- ---------------------------
NAME EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE
- ---- ----------- ------------- ----------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Allen Born..................................... 466,826 965,886 4,172,626 2,447,038
George P. Stoe................................. 28,600 51,600 197,625 53,550
Lawrence B. Frost.............................. 52,832 55,056 456,428 237,137
Eugene R. Greenberg............................ 0 29,375 0 19,766
Jay M. Linard.................................. 0 14,375 0 19,766
</TABLE>
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(A)
Based on a price of $33.50, which represents the per share closing price of
the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on December 31, 1996.
Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units Awarded in the Last Fiscal Year
The table below indicates the number and value of performance-based
restricted stock units (with dividend equivalents) awarded in the 1996 fiscal
year under the Long Term Plan to each of the persons named in the Summary
Compensation Table. Each unit is equivalent to one share of Common Stock. Units
ordinarily vest after a ten-year service period. Accelerated vesting and payment
of all or a portion of the units may occur on completion of a three-year
performance period ending December 31, 1998, provided that certain performance
goals established by the Human Resources and Compensation Committee of the Board
of Directors for such period based on corporate cumulative net income are
achieved. To the extent these goals are not met and accelerated vesting does not
occur, the units vest and will be paid out on completion of the ten-year service
period. The value attributable to units awarded in 1996 to each of the persons
named in the Summary Compensation Table is reflected in the "Restricted Stock"
column for 1996 of such Table.
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PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS AWARDED IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NUMBER OF VALUE
RESTRICTED STOCK OF UNITS
NAME UNITS AWARDED AWARDED($)(A)
- ---- ---------------- -------------
<S> <C> <C>
Allen Born(B)............................................... 20,000 670,000
George P. Stoe.............................................. 3,900 130,650
Lawrence B. Frost(C)........................................ 3,000 100,500
Eugene R. Greenberg......................................... 2,600 87,100
Jay M. Linard............................................... 2,600 87,100
</TABLE>
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(A) Based on a price of $33.50, which represents the per share closing price of
the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the date of award.
(B) Does not include data pertaining to stock units awarded to Mr. Born
pursuant to his employment agreement. See "Executive Employment and
Separation Agreements."
(C) Does not include data pertaining to stock units awarded to Mr. Frost
pursuant to his agreement with Amax and the Company. See "Executive
Employment and Separation Agreements."
REPORT OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEE ON EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION
Compensation Policies Applicable to Executive Officers
The Human Resources and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors
(the "Committee"), comprised entirely of outside Directors who are not former or
current officers or employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, is
responsible for establishing, implementing, administrating and monitoring the
Company's strategy, policies and plans for executive development, succession
planning and compensation. The Company's strategy is to (i) attract high-caliber
managerial and technical talent at both the entry and mid-career levels to meet
the organization's human resources needs, (ii) assess and develop such talent to
succeed to key positions throughout the Company and its subsidiaries, (iii)
select and retain top-performing executives at the corporate level and in each
of the subsidiaries, (iv) provide compensation opportunities that are fair and
competitive with those provided by comparable organizations, as well as
cost-effective and tax efficient, and (v) motivate and reward its executives
based on corporate, subsidiary, business unit and individual annual and
long-term business performance, strategic progress and the creation of
stockholder value.
In accordance with its responsibilities, at the beginning of the year, the
Committee reviews the Company's overall corporate mission, strategy and
objectives. These form the basis both for supporting corporate, subsidiary and
business unit annual profit plan goals which are subject to Board and Committee
review and approval at year-start, and for Executive Officer performance
initiatives. Based on this review, the Committee, in its sole discretion,
determines the Company's total compensation structure for the year, including
the elements and level of compensation opportunities and the variable portion of
"at risk" pay for performance and equity participation in light of industry
conditions and marketplace pay levels and practices. At year-end, results
achieved and strategic progress at the corporate, subsidiary, business unit and
individual levels are assessed by the Committee, relative to previously approved
goals, taking into consideration prevailing economic and business conditions and
opportunities, performance by comparable organizations, and stockholder value.
In establishing the Company's executive compensation structure and program,
the Committee also takes into account current market data and compensation
trends for comparable companies, evaluates corporate performance relative to a
selected peer group, and considers the overall effectiveness of the program in
measuring and rewarding desired performance levels.
The Committee has been assisted in its review and evaluation by Pearl Meyer
& Partners, Inc., executive compensation consultants retained by the Committee
to serve as outside experts in the discharge of its responsibilities. The
consultants provide data to the Committee with respect to the compensation paid
to Chief Executive Officers and other Executive Officers of comparable
organizations as well as information on
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current and evolving practices. Compensation levels for Executive Officers are
benchmarked to the outside market utilizing information drawn from a direct
survey conducted by the outside consultants and from proxy materials of the
comparator companies, including (i) the three major aluminum companies that
comprise the Standard & Poor's Aluminum Index appearing in the Common Stock
Performance Graph, (ii) two other major aluminum businesses and (iii) other
organizations of similar size in related industries regarded as the marketplace
for critical management talent at Alumax. Based on this information, the
Committee evaluates the reasonableness, fairness and competitiveness of the
Company's executive compensation program.
Total compensation for target performance is generally positioned in the
mid-range of the comparator group with salaries and variable annual incentives
which are below average and equity-based, long-term incentive opportunities
which are at average. Therefore, actual annual and long-term compensation
levels, which are based on performance relative to aggressive goals, will vary
from year to year below and above those of the comparator group.
The compensation program for the Company's Chief Executive Officer and
other Executive Officers is comprised of three major elements:
1. Base salaries: Ranges are established relative to the competitive
marketplace at the appropriate level. Placement within base salary ranges
reflects the individual performance and contribution of each Executive Officer
to the business, the level of the executive's experience and overall corporate
financial circumstances. Base salaries are generally subject to annual review
for adjustment by the Committee. Recommendations are provided by the Chief
Executive Officer after an annual performance evaluation of each executive. The
salary of the Chief Executive Officer was set pursuant to the terms of an
employment contract which was entered into at the time the Company became an
independent, public corporation in November 1993, was amended in December 1996
and is described under "Executive Employment and Separation Agreements." The
contract provides for a minimum salary that is subject to future review and
possible upward adjustment by the Committee. The Chief Executive Officer's
salary, which had not been adjusted since November 1993, was increased in
December 1995 to an annual rate of $800,000, effective January 1, 1996,
representing a total increase of 6.6 percent over three years.
2. Annual incentive: Executive Officers participate in the Annual Plan
under which annual incentive awards are generally made in cash. Each Executive
Officer is assigned performance goals based on assigned position
responsibilities and an annual incentive range. For the named Executive
Officers, 1996 targeted awards ranged from 40 percent to 60 percent of base
salary, with the latter percentage applicable only to the Chief Executive
Officer. For 1996, performance goals included corporate net income for all
Executive Officers and subsidiary or business unit earnings from operations for
those Executive Officers who also have subsidiary or business unit
responsibilities. Achievements related to individual, subsidiary and/or business
unit performance goals were included in 1996 annual incentive determinations for
Executive Officers other than the Chairman and the Executive Vice President,
whose annual incentives are based 100 percent on corporate net income
performance. Performance weightings for other Executive Officers ranged from 40
percent to 50 percent on corporate net income and 50 percent to 60 percent on
individual, subsidiary and/or business unit performance goals.
The Committee set highly aggressive performance goals for 1996 annual
incentive awards, and Executive Officers, including the CEO, received annual
incentive awards, which on average exceeded target, in recognition of Company
performance well in excess of its financial goals. The Committee believes that
public disclosure of the various performance and financial goals set under the
Annual Plan in respect of the 1996 fiscal year would adversely affect the
Company's competitive posture and, for this reason, such information has been
omitted from this report.
1996 was a good performance year for Alumax despite falling market prices
for aluminum. The Company generated record sales of approximately $3.2 billion
on record aluminum shipments of approximately 1.1 million metric tons. While
operating earnings declined, primarily due to lower aluminum prices and higher
raw material costs, net earnings for 1996 totalled $250.0 million as compared to
net earnings of $237.4 million for 1995. The 1996 and 1995 results represent the
Company's third and fourth most profitable years since its incorporation in
1973. Total stockholders' equity exceeded $1.6 billion at December 31, 1996, up
almost
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50 percent since the Company became an independent, public corporation. Alumax
also reduced its ratio of total debt to invested capital from 38 percent at
year-end 1995 to 30 percent at year-end 1996.
3. Equity participation: Grants in the form of stock options and long-term
performance-based stock awards are designed to strengthen the coincidence of
interest of Executive Officers and the Company's stockholders in the Company's
growth in real value over the long term. Stock options, which were awarded to
Executive Officers under the Long Term Plan, are exercisable, subject to
vesting, for ten years from date of grant and vest 100 percent two years from
date of grant, after which they are exercisable during the remaining eight years
of future service.
Stock option grants are generally made annually to Executive Officers,
including the Chief Executive Officer, at option prices equal to 100 percent of
fair market value at the date of grant. Stock option grants, as well as
long-term performance related stock award opportunities granted to Executive
Officers, are made by the Committee on a discretionary basis within a guideline
range that takes into account the position responsibilities of each individual
Executive Officer and competitive practice. Such grants reflect the relative
value of the individual's position, as well as the current performance,
continuing contribution and prospective impact of the Executive Officer on the
Company's future success and creation of long term stockholder value. The
Committee does not consider stock holdings, prior option grants or the
appreciation thereon when making future option award determinations.
Long-term performance-related stock ownership opportunities, which provide
executives with an immediate "at risk" equity interest in the Company, are
generally granted annually to Executive Officers, including the Chief Executive
Officer, under the Company's Long Term Plan, with such grants in the form of
performance-based restricted stock units with dividend equivalents ("PARS").
All, a portion or none of the PARS may be earned out earlier than their ten year
vesting period in shares of Common Stock upon completion of successive
three-year performance periods to the extent that predetermined objectives have
been attained. The Committee established corporate cumulative net income
objectives for the performance period ending December 31, 1998 in connection
with PARS awards made in March 1996. The Committee believes, however, that
public disclosure of such forecast results would adversely affect the Company's
competitive posture and, for this reason, such information has been omitted from
this report. Such awards may be deferred, accelerated or otherwise adjusted in
the sole discretion of the Committee based on strategic and comparative
performance assessment or other factors deemed relevant by the Committee. As an
incentive for the Executive Officers to remain in the employ of the Company,
earnout of those shares not accelerated by performance, if any, is contingent
upon completion of an additional seven years of future service. Such shares may
be delivered on an accelerated basis or forfeited as determined by the Committee
in the event of certain terminations.
Like stock option grants, PARS awards are made by the Committee within a
guideline range that takes into account the position responsibilities, current
performance and future potential of each individual Executive Officer, including
the Chief Executive Officer, and competitive practice. The Committee does not
consider stock holdings, prior option and PARS grants or the appreciation
thereon when making PARS award determinations.
Tax Considerations
As noted above, the Company's executive compensation strategy is to be
cost-effective and tax efficient. Section 162(m) of the Code limits the tax
deduction to $1 million for compensation paid to the named proxy officers unless
certain requirements are met. One of the requirements is that compensation over
$1 million must be based upon attainment of performance goals approved by
stockholders. The Annual Plan and the Long Term Plan, which were approved by
stockholders at the 1995 Annual Meeting, are designed to meet these
requirements. The Committee's policy is to preserve corporate tax deductions
attributable to the compensation of certain executives while maintaining
flexibility to approve, when appropriate, compensation arrangements which it
deems to be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, but which
may not always qualify for full tax deductibility.
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Basis for the Compensation of the Chief Executive Officer
The Chief Executive Officer participates in the Company's executive
compensation program discussed above on substantially the same basis as other
participants. It should be noted that all the Executive Officers of the Company,
including the Chief Executive Officer, participate in the same program for base
salary, annual incentive and stock option grants as middle and lower-level
management, professional and salaried employees of the Company and its
subsidiaries.
Approximately 66 percent of the Chief Executive Officer's total
compensation at target performance is based on corporate financial performance
as measured by annual and long-term net income and on total return to
stockholders as measured by stock price appreciation.
The Chief Executive Officer was employed by Alumax's predecessor, Amax. He
became employed by Alumax at the time it became an independent, public
corporation under an employment agreement entered into in November 1993 and
amended in December 1996, the terms of which are described separately under
"Executive Employment and Separation Agreements." As noted earlier, the Chief
Executive Officer's salary from Alumax is determined under his employment
contract. That contract permitted him also to serve as Vice Chairman of the
Board of Cyprus Amax Minerals Company until November 1996 and took into account
the compensation received from Cyprus Amax Minerals Company until such date.
Under the Chief Executive Officer's leadership in 1996, Alumax met or
exceeded its objectives and took further steps to position the Company as a
major factor in the aluminum industry. During 1996, significant progress was
made in implementing the Company's strategic plan to strengthen its balance
sheet, enhance stockholder value and position the Company for future growth. In
addition to the acquisition of Cressona Aluminum Company in January 1996, asset
dispositions totalled $495.9 million for the year and generated after-tax gains
of $140.4 million. These transactions, coupled with the acquisition of Cressona,
have served to reduce the Company's exposure to the domestic building and
construction market and increase its presence in the higher growth
transportation and distribution sectors.
As previously indicated, the Chief Executive Officer's salary, which had
not been adjusted since 1993, was increased in December 1995 to an annual rate
of $800,000, effective January 1, 1996. With respect to 1996, he received an
annual incentive award of $797,100 in recognition of the Company's strong
performance. PARS were granted at guideline levels. In addition, the Chief
Executive Officer received a special "Additional Option" grant in consideration
of his agreement to extend his employment to December 31, 1999. The Additional
Option grant of 687,800 shares has a six-year term, vests at the rate of
one-third per annum and is exercisable as to one-third at $32.125 per share (the
closing price of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange at the date of
grant), one-third at a premium of $4.00 per share and one-third at a premium of
$8.00 per share over the closing price at date of grant.
As the Company moves forward in its efforts to create stockholder value in
the years ahead, the Committee will continue to review, monitor and evaluate the
Company's program for executive compensation to assure that it is internally
effective in support of the Company's strategy, is competitive in the
marketplace to attract, retain and motivate the talent needed to succeed, and
appropriately rewards performance on behalf of the Company's stockholders.
Members of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee:
Paul W. MacAvoy, Chairman
J. Dennis Bonney
Harold Brown
Pierre Des Marais II
Anne Wexler
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COMMON STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The following graph compares the cumulative total return on $100 invested
on November 4, 1993 in each of the Common Stock of the Company, the Standard &
Poor's 500 Index and the Standard & Poor's Aluminum Index. The return of the
Standard & Poor's indices is calculated assuming reinvestment of dividends. The
Company has not paid any Common Stock dividends to date. The graph covers a
period commencing November 4, 1993, when the Company's Common Stock began
trading on the New York Stock Exchange on a "when issued" basis. The stock price
performance shown on the graph below is not necessarily indicative of future
price performance.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Standard & Standard &
Measurement Period Poor's 500 Poor's
(Fiscal Year Covered) Alumax Inc. Index Aluminum Index
<S> <C> <C> <C>
11/4/93 100.00 100.00 100.00
12/31/93 116.20 102.20 103.50
12/31/94 153.40 103.50 126.90
12/31/95 165.50 142.40 156.40
12/31/96 181.00 160.00 188.10
</TABLE>
2. RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF AUDITORS
On the recommendation of its Audit Committee, the Board of Directors has
selected the independent accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. ("C&L") to
audit the accounts of the Company for fiscal year 1997. C&L has acted as
auditors for the Company since November 1986, and it is recommended by the Board
of Directors that stockholders ratify its selection. Although not required to do
so, the Board is submitting the selection of this firm for ratification by the
Company's stockholders to ascertain their views. The Board of Directors will
review its selection if this Proposal is not approved by the stockholders.
Neither the firm of C&L nor any of its partners has a direct, or material
indirect, financial interest in the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
Representatives of the firm of C&L will be present at the 1997 Annual Meeting
with the opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so and will be
available to reply to stockholders' inquiries.
The favorable vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Common
Stock represented at the Meeting in person or by proxy is needed to approve this
Proposal 2.
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT THE STOCKHOLDERS VOTE FOR THIS
PROPOSAL, AND, UNLESS A STOCKHOLDER GIVES INSTRUCTIONS ON THE PROXY CARD TO THE
CONTRARY, THE APPOINTEES NAMED THEREON INTEND SO TO VOTE.
3. APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE ALUMAX INC. 1993
LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN (AS AMENDED AND RESTATED
AND AS FURTHER AMENDED ON OCTOBER 3, 1996)
The Long Term Plan is designed to enable the Company to offer salaried
employees of the Company and its designated subsidiaries stock and other equity
incentives to attract, retain and reward such employees and to strengthen the
mutuality of interests between employees and the Company's stockholders. The
total number of shares of Common Stock originally authorized and available for
issuance in connection with awards made under the Long Term Plan was 3.0
million. This reserve was increased by 960,129 shares in December 1996 without
any action by the Board of Directors or the stockholders pursuant to a provision
in the Long Term Plan that allows for increases in such reserve to the extent
there occur certain increases in the number of issued and outstanding shares of
Common Stock. As of March 31, 1997, of the 3,960,129 shares of Common Stock
presently authorized and available for issuance under the Long Term Plan,
234,150 shares have been issued as a result of the exercise of non-qualified
stock options, 48,650 shares have been issued on payment of performance-based
restricted stock units, 2,709,325 shares were the subject of outstanding and
unexercised, non-qualified stock options, 192,130 were the subject of
outstanding performance-based restricted stock unit awards, and 775,874 shares
were available for issuance in connection with future awards.
As noted above, the Long Term Plan is structured to allow the Company broad
discretion in creating equity incentives to assist the Company in attracting,
retaining and motivating salaried employees for the successful conduct of its
business. The Board of Directors believes that the remaining shares of Common
Stock under the Long Term Plan are not sufficient to accomplish these purposes.
Therefore, the Board is proposing, subject to stockholder approval, to authorize
an additional 1,250,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance under the Long Term
Plan. These 1,250,000 shares, along with the 3,677,329 shares already reserved
and subject to the Long Term Plan, would represent an amount equal to
approximately 9.0 percent of the shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding
as of March 31, 1997.
Except for the proposed increase in the number of shares of Common Stock to
be reserved for issuance under the Long Term Plan, all other material features
of the Long Term Plan, as described below, would remain unaffected by the
proposed amendment.
The following summary of the Long Term Plan does not purport to be complete
and is qualified by reference to the full text thereof. A copy of the Long Term
Plan is available upon written request to the attention of the Vice President
and Corporate Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company.
Summary of the Long Term Plan
Salaried employees of the Company and its subsidiaries at certain salary
grade levels (approximately 400 persons) and all current Executive Officers of
the Company (11 persons) are eligible to be granted awards under the Long Term
Plan. The awards may be in different forms, including stock options, stock
appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units and bonus stock or
other awards in lieu of cash obligations. Stock options granted under the Long
Term Plan may be incentive stock options within the meaning of Section 422 of
the Code or non-qualified stock options. The grant or vesting of awards under
the Long Term Plan may be based on the achievement of performance objectives.
Any stock options granted to eligible employees under the Long Term Plan will be
at an exercise price of 100 percent of the fair market value of the shares (or
its equivalent if granted in substitution for other awards under the Long Term
Plan or another compensation plan of the Company) on the date of grant and
generally will vest two years thereafter, unless otherwise determined by the
Committee. Non-qualified stock options and performance-based restricted stock
units represent the only forms of awards made under the Long Term Plan to date.
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The Long Term Plan is administered by the Committee, which designates
participants, including those participants whose total compensation may exceed
$1 million in the taxable year and who are designated by the Committee to be
"covered employees" (as such term is used in Section 162(m) of the Code) (the
"Designated Participants"), and, where appropriate, at the beginning of each
performance period, establishes performance objectives, sets target performance
awards and establishes award pools. Quantitative business performance objectives
that may be established by the Committee under the Long Term Plan for Company,
subsidiary or business unit performance in determining grants and award pools
payable to Designated Participants are operating profits before interest expense
and taxes, pretax profits, net income, earnings per share, return on average
equity, return on invested capital and/or cash flow. As promptly as practicable
following the end of each performance period, the Committee determines whether
and the extent to which applicable performance objectives have been achieved and
the performance awards that correspond to such achievement. Except as provided
below, the Committee may adjust the amount of awards payable up or down based on
its assessment of the Company's business strategy, performance of comparable
businesses, economic and business conditions, and other circumstances. Awards
are paid out after the aforementioned determinations have been made by the
Committee. Participants are allowed to defer the receipt of awards. If a
participant ceases to be employed by the Company or a participating subsidiary
prior to the end of a performance period, the extent to which a performance
award shall be deemed to have been earned shall be determined by the Committee
in its sole discretion. The Board of Directors may amend, alter, suspend,
discontinue or terminate the Long Term Plan or the Committee's authority to
grant awards under the Long Term Plan at any time, except that any such action
shall be subject to stockholder approval if required by law or the rules of any
stock exchange on which the Company's Common Stock may then be listed. In the
event of a Change in Control (as defined) of the Company, all awards granted
under the Long Term Plan become immediately vested and employees become entitled
to surrender their awards in exchange for cash payments generally based on the
value of the Common Stock at the time of the Change in Control.
Other provisions of the Long Term Plan notwithstanding, the Committee may,
in its discretion, reduce the amount of awards payable to a Designated
Participant for a specified performance period; however, the Committee may not
exercise discretion to increase the amount of an award or to modify the
performance objectives or terms and conditions of any award so as to increase
the benefit of such award for a Designated Participant for a specified
performance period.
For purposes of the Long Term Plan, a "Change in Control" is generally
defined to mean (a) a person's or group's being or becoming the beneficial owner
of more than 20 percent of the combined voting power of the Company's voting
securities (subject to limited exceptions); (b) a change in the Board's
membership during any period of two consecutive years such that the members
serving at the beginning of such period, together with members elected or
nominated by vote of two-thirds of the then-serving members who were also
serving at the beginning of such period ("Continuing Directors"), cease to
constitute a majority of the Board; (c) certain mergers, consolidations,
recapitalizations, reorganizations, reverse stock splits, or similar
transactions substantially reducing the percentage of voting power held by
pre-existing stockholders of the Company; (d) a liquidation or dissolution of
the Company or sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Company; or (e) any other event which the Committee (by a majority vote of
the members who are Continuing Directors) determines constitutes a Change in
Control. This definition is subject to certain exceptions, including the right
of the Committee (by a majority vote of the members who are Continuing
Directors) to determine that a Change in Control shall be deemed to have not
occurred.
The total number of shares of Common Stock currently reserved and available
for issuance in connection with awards is 3,677,329, but will be increased under
the terms of this plan by ten percent of the number of shares of Common Stock
issued after the effective date of the Long Term Plan otherwise than pursuant to
this or any other compensation or benefit plan of the Company. During any period
of five consecutive years, an eligible employee shall be subject to a maximum
grant limit of 900,000 shares with respect to each of the following types of
awards that may be granted under the Long Term Plan: options, stock appreciation
rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, bonus stock or other awards in
lieu of cash obligations and any other form of award. In addition, during any
calendar year an eligible employee shall be subject to an aggregate grant limit
of $3 million with respect to bonus stock or other awards in lieu of cash
obligations and any other
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form of award other than options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock or
restricted stock units. Except for the automatic increase that occurred in
December 1996 pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Long Term Plan, the
total number of shares authorized for issuance under the Long Term Plan has not
been increased since the original adoption of the Long Term Plan by Amax, as
sole stockholder of the Company, in 1993.
The tables captioned "Option Grants in the Last Fiscal Year" and
"Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units Awarded in the Last Fiscal Year"
indicate the number of non-qualified stock options and restricted stock units
awarded to certain persons under the Long Term Plan during the 1996 fiscal year.
The table below sets forth the number and value of performance-based restricted
stock units with dividend equivalents (PARS) awarded in March 1997 under the
Long Term Plan to each of the persons named in the Summary Compensation Table,
to all current Executive Officers as a group and to all other key employees.
Because grants of awards under the Long Term Plan are discretionary, it is not
presently possible to determine, if stockholder approval of the amendment to the
Long Term Plan is obtained, whether additional awards will be made during the
remainder of 1997, who might receive such awards or what form or forms such
awards may take.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NUMBER OF VALUE
RESTRICTED STOCK OF UNITS
NAME UNITS AWARDED AWARDED($)(A)
- ---- ---------------- -------------
<S> <C> <C>
Allen Born.................................................. 17,500 660,625
George P. Stoe.............................................. 0 0
Lawrence B. Frost........................................... 5,750 217,063
Eugene R. Greenberg......................................... 2,875 108,531
Jay M. Linard............................................... 2,875 108,531
All Current Executive Officers as a Group (11 persons)...... 45,150 1,704,413
All Other Key Employees (15 persons)........................ 20,200 762,550
</TABLE>
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(A) Based on a price of $37.75, which represents the per share closing
price of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the date of
award.
The above units vest after a ten-year service period. Accelerated vesting
and payment of all or a portion of such units may occur upon completion of a
three-year performance period ending December 31, 1999, provided that certain
performance goals established by the Committee for such period based upon
corporate cumulative net income are achieved. To the extent these goals are not
attained and accelerated vesting does not occur, the units will vest and be paid
out on completion of the ten-year service period. Participants are allowed to
defer receipt of awards. Each restricted stock unit is equivalent to one share
of Common Stock. On March 31, 1997, the reported closing price of the Common
Stock on the New York Stock Exchange was $34.625 per share.
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The following table sets forth certain information regarding the number of
shares earned in February 1997 by each of the persons named in the Summary
Compensation Table, by all current Executive Officers as a group and by all
other key employees on payment of restricted stock units awarded under the Long
Term Plan in connection with, and upon completion of, the three-year performance
period ended December 31, 1996.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
VALUE OF
NUMBER OF SHARES EARNED
NAME SHARES EARNED ($)(A)
- ---- ---------------- -------------
<S> <C> <C>
Allen Born.................................................. 19,300 687,563
George P. Stoe.............................................. 3,000 106,875
Lawrence B. Frost........................................... 2,100 74,813
Eugene R. Greenberg......................................... 0 0
Jay M. Linard............................................... 0 0
All Current Executive Officers as a Group (11 persons)...... 28,400 1,011,750
All Other Key Employees (14 persons)........................ 23,950 853,219
</TABLE>
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(A) Based on a price of $35.625, which represents the per share closing
price of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the date the
above shares were earned.
Under the Code and regulations currently promulgated thereunder, the grant
of an award under the Long Term Plan (other than a grant of cash or of
unrestricted stock) generally is not taxable to the recipient at the time of
grant. An employee may elect, however, to recognize income as of the date of
grant of restricted stock in an amount equal to the excess of (1) the fair
market value of the restricted stock on the date of grant over (2) the price, if
any, paid for the restricted stock. Such employee will not recognize a loss for
tax purposes in the event of a subsequent forfeiture of the shares.
Shares received in settlement of a restricted stock unit award are taxed as
ordinary income to the recipient when received, and are not eligible upon grant
for the election described above with respect to restricted stock. The entire
amount of cash received as a grant or settlement of an award under the Long Term
Plan is taxed as ordinary income to the recipient when received. If a
non-qualified stock option is exercised, the difference between the option price
and the fair market value of the shares on the income recognition date is taxed
as ordinary income to the optionee as of such income recognition date. For these
purposes, the income recognition date is generally the date of exercise or
settlement of the award. An employee who receives stock upon the exercise of or
in settlement of any other award under the Long Term Plan recognizes income in
the amount of the fair market value of such stock on the income recognition date
over the amount, if any, paid with respect to the award.
If an option is granted which is designated as an incentive stock option
("ISO") under Section 422 of the Code, an optionee will not recognize any income
upon the exercise of such option prior to termination of employment or within
specified periods thereafter. However, the option spread on the date of exercise
will constitute an item of tax preference which may cause the optionee to be
subject to the alternative minimum tax. If the optionee does not dispose of the
shares received upon exercise of an ISO within two years after the option grant
and one year after exercise, any gain recognized by the optionee on the sale or
exchange of the shares is treated as a long-term capital gain (rather than
ordinary income).
In most cases, the basis in shares acquired under the Long Term Plan will
be equal to the fair market value of the shares on the employee's income
recognition date, and the holding period for determining gains and losses on a
subsequent disposition of such shares will begin on such date.
As a general rule, the Company or one of its subsidiaries will be entitled
to a deduction for Federal income tax purposes at the same time and in the same
amount that an employee recognizes ordinary income (but not long-term capital
gain) with respect to awards under the Long Term Plan, to the extent such income
is considered reasonable compensation under the Code. However, Section 162(m)
limits to $1 million the annual tax deduction that the Company and its
subsidiaries can take with respect to the compensation of each of certain
Executive Officers unless the compensation qualifies as "performance-based" or
certain other
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exemptions apply. The Long Term Plan is intended to satisfy the exception for
"performance-based" compensation. In addition, neither the Company nor any
subsidiary will be entitled to a deduction with respect to payments to certain
employees which are contingent upon a Change in Control if such payments are
deemed to constitute "excess parachute payments" pursuant to Section 280G of the
Code and do not qualify as reasonable compensation pursuant to that section;
such payments will also subject the recipients to a 20 percent excise tax.
The favorable vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Common
Stock represented at the 1997 Annual Meeting in person or by proxy is needed to
approve this Proposal 3.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT THE STOCKHOLDERS VOTE FOR THIS
PROPOSAL, AND, UNLESS A STOCKHOLDER GIVES INSTRUCTIONS ON THE PROXY CARD TO THE
CONTRARY, THE APPOINTEES NAMED THEREON INTEND SO TO VOTE.
4. APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE ALUMAX INC.
NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS' STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN
(AS AMENDED ON OCTOBER 3, 1996)
On March 6, 1997, the Board of Directors amended the Stock Compensation
Plan, subject to stockholder approval, to increase the annual award of the
Company's Common Stock to each participating non-employee Director from 850
shares to 1,250 shares. The amendment is intended to aid the Company in
attracting, retaining and compensating highly qualified individuals who are not
employees of the Company for service as members of the Board of Directors and to
align further the interests of the Directors with those of stockholders through
increased levels of stock ownership. The amendment also ensures that the
Company's compensation practices with respect to non-employee Directors remain
competitive with those of other public corporations.
The dollar value of future benefits that will be received by non-employee
Directors as a result of the amendment is not determinable at this time since it
is dependent upon the value of the Common Stock on the date the shares are
awarded to the Directors. However, the following table shows the dollar value of
the benefits which would have been received by these persons if the amendment
had been in effect at the time of the last award on February 3, 1997. If the
stockholders approve the proposed amendment to the Stock Compensation Plan, an
additional 400 shares of Common Stock in respect of the February 1997 award will
be issued or credited to each non-employee Director's deferred stock account as
soon as reasonably practicable following the 1997 Annual Meeting.
NEW PLAN BENEFITS
ALUMAX INC. NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS' STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN
(AS AMENDED ON OCTOBER 3, 1996)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
AGGREGATE AGGREGATE
NUMBER OF VALUE OF
GROUP SHARES AWARDED AWARDS($)(A)
- ----- -------------- ------------
<S> <C> <C>
All Non-Employee Directors (8 persons)...................... 10,000 363,750
</TABLE>
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(A) Based on a price of $36.375, which represents the per share closing
price of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the assumed
date of award.
Except for the proposed increase in the annual award of Common Stock, all
other material features and provisions of the Stock Compensation Plan, as
described on page 5, would remain unaffected by the proposed amendment. For a
description of the tax consequences upon the award and exercise of a
non-qualified stock option, see page 23 of this Proxy Statement.
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The favorable vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Common
Stock represented at the Meeting in person or by proxy is needed to approve this
Proposal 4.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT THE STOCKHOLDERS VOTE FOR THIS
PROPOSAL, AND, UNLESS A STOCKHOLDER GIVES INSTRUCTIONS ON THE PROXY CARD TO THE
CONTRARY, THE APPOINTEES NAMED THEREON INTEND SO TO VOTE.
5. OTHER MATTERS
The Board of Directors is not aware of any other matters that may properly
come before the Meeting. Should any such matters arise, however, it is the
intention of the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy to vote said proxy
in accordance with their judgment on such matters.
The Company's By-Laws require advance notice for any business to be brought
before a meeting of stockholders. In general, for business to be properly
brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, written notice of the
stockholder proposal must be received by the Vice President and Corporate
Secretary of the Company not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days prior to
the date of the meeting; provided, however, that in the event that notice to the
stockholders or disclosure to the general public of the date of such meeting is
given or made less than 70 days prior to the meeting, notice by a stockholder to
be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth
day following the day on which such notice or disclosure of the date of the
meeting was first given or made. The stockholder's notice to the Vice President
and Corporate Secretary must contain a brief description of the business to be
brought before the meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the
meeting, as well as certain other information. Additional information concerning
the advance notice requirement and a copy of the Company's By-Laws may be
obtained from the Vice President and Corporate Secretary of the Company at the
address indicated above.
PROPOSALS FOR 1998 ANNUAL MEETING
The date of the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders following the 1997
Annual Meeting is expected to be May 28, 1998. A stockholder who intends to
present a proposal at that Annual Meeting must submit the written text of the
proposal so that it is received by the Company at its principal executive
offices no later than December 10, 1997, in order for the proposal to be
considered for inclusion in the Company's Proxy Statement for that Meeting.
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APPENDIX A
ALUMAX INC.
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1993 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN AS AMENDED AND RESTATED
AS FURTHER AMENDED ON OCTOBER 3, 1996
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ALUMAX INC.
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1993 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN AS AMENDED AND RESTATED
AS FURTHER AMENDED ON OCTOBER 3, 1996
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1. Purpose........................................................ 1
2. Definitions.................................................... 1
3. Administration................................................. 3
a. Authority of the Committee................................ 3
b. Manner of Exercise of Committee Authority................. 3
c. Limitation of Liability................................... 3
d. Performance-Based Awards to "Designated Participants"..... 3
4. Stock Subject to Plan.......................................... 4
5. Eligibility.................................................... 4
6. Specific Terms of Awards....................................... 4
a. General................................................... 4
b. Options................................................... 5
c. Stock Appreciation Rights................................. 5
d. Restricted Stock.......................................... 6
e. Deferred Stock (Restricted Stock Units)................... 7
f. Bonus Stock and Awards in Lieu of Cash Obligations........ 7
g. Dividend Equivalents...................................... 7
h. Other Stock-Based Awards.................................. 8
i. Performance Awards........................................ 8
7. Certain Provisions Applicable to Awards........................ 9
a. Stand-Alone, Additional, Tandem and Substitute Awards..... 9
b. Performance Conditions.................................... 10
c. Term of Awards............................................ 10
d. Form of Payment Under Awards; Deferrals................... 10
e. Rule 16b-3 Compliance..................................... 10
8. Change in Control.............................................. 11
a. Definition of "Change in Control"......................... 11
b. Definition of "Change in Control Stock Value"............. 13
c. Definition of "Change in Control Settlement Value"........ 14
d. Acceleration and Cash-Out Upon a Change in Control........ 14
e. No Non-Exempt Section 16(b) Purchases Triggered........... 15
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ALUMAX INC.
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1993 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN AS AMENDED AND RESTATED
AS FURTHER AMENDED ON OCTOBER 3, 1996
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9. General Provisions............................................. 15
a. Compliance With Legal and Other Requirements............. 15
b. Limits on Transferability; Beneficiaries................. 15
c. Adjustments.............................................. 16
d. Taxes.................................................... 16
e. Changes to the Plan and Awards........................... 16
f. Limitation on Rights Conferred Under Plan................ 17
g. Unfunded Status of Awards; Creation of Trusts............ 17
h. Nonexclusivity of the Plan............................... 17
i. Payments in the Event of Forfeitures; Fractional Shares.. 17
j. Governing Law; Arbitration............................... 17
k. Effective Date; Plan Termination......................... 18
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ALUMAX INC.
1993 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN AS AMENDED AND RESTATED
1. Purpose. The purpose of this 1993 Long Term Incentive Plan as
Amended and Restated (the "Plan") is to assist Alumax Inc. (the "Company") and
its subsidiaries in attracting, retaining, and rewarding high caliber employees,
enabling such employees to acquire or increase a proprietary interest in the
Company in order to strengthen the mutuality of interests between such employees
and the Company's stockholders, and providing such employees with performance
incentives to expend their maximum efforts in the creation of long term
shareholder value.
2. Definitions. The definitions of awards under the Plan, including
Options, SARs (including Limited SARs), Restricted Stock, Deferred Stock, Stock
granted as a bonus or in lieu of other awards, Dividend Equivalents, Other
Stock-Based Awards and Performance Awards, are set forth in Section 6 of the
Plan. Such awards, together with any other right or interest granted to a
Participant under the Plan, are termed "Awards." The definitions of terms
relating to a Change in Control of the Company are set forth in Section 8 of the
Plan.
For purposes of the Plan, the following additional terms shall be
defined as set forth below:
(a) "Board" means the Company's Board of Directors.
(b) "Beneficiary" with respect to members of the Executive
Group means the person, persons, trust or trusts which have been
designated by the Participant in his or her most recent written
beneficiary designation filed with the Company to receive the benefits
specified under this Plan in the event of the Participant's death;
Beneficiary with respect to all other Participants shall mean the
person, persons, trust or trusts which have been designated by the
Participant in his or her most recent beneficiary designation to
receive the benefits specified under the Company's Group Life Insurance
Plan. In either case, if there is no designated Beneficiary or
surviving designated Beneficiary, then Beneficiary shall mean the
person, persons, trust or trusts entitled by will or the laws of
descent and distribution to receive such benefits.
(c) "Cause" with respect to the forfeiture under the terms of
Award agreements in event of termination of employment means (i) the
willful and continued failure by the Employee to perform substantially
his or her duties with the Company (other than any such failure
resulting from the Employee's incapacity due to physical or mental
illness) after a written demand for substantial performance is
delivered to the Employee by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or
the President of the Company which specifically identifies the manner
in which the Employee has not substantially performed his or her
duties, (ii) the willful engagement by the Employee in conduct which is
not authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company or within the
normal course of the Employee's business decisions and is known by the
Employee to be materially detrimental to the best interests of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, or (iii) the willful engagement by
the Employee in illegal conduct or any act of serious dishonesty which
adversely affects, or, in the reasonable estimation of the Board of
Directors of the Company, could in the future adversely affect, the
value, reliability or performance of the Employee to the Company in a
material manner. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given
pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the
Company or based upon the advice of counsel for the Company shall be
conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by the
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Employee in good faith and in the best interests of the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Employee who is a member of the
Executive Group shall not be deemed to have been terminated for Cause
unless and until there shall have been delivered to the Employee a copy
of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than
three-quarters of the entire membership of the Board of Directors after
reasonable notice to the Employee and an opportunity for him or her,
together with his or her counsel, to be heard before the Board of
Directors, finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board of
Directors, the Employee was guilty of the conduct set forth above in
(i), (ii) or (iii) of this sub-paragraph and specifying the particulars
thereof in detail.
(d) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time. References to any provision of the Code shall be
deemed to include successor provisions and regulations thereunder.
(e) "Committee" means the Human Resources and Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, or such other Board
committee as may be designated by the Board to administer the Plan;
provided that the Committee shall at all times be comprised solely of
two or more outside directors satisfying the requirements of Section
162(m)(4)(C)(i) of the Code.
(f) "Company" means Alumax Inc., a Delaware corporation, or
any successor corporation.
(g) "Designated Participant" means any Participant who is
designated as such pursuant to Section 3(d).
(h) "Executive Group" means the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company and other key executives of the Company or its subsidiaries who
have been designated as such by the Chief Executive Officer with
Committee approval.
(i) "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended from time to time. References to any provision of the
Exchange Act shall be deemed to include successor provisions thereto
and regulations thereunder.
(j) "Fair Market Value" means the fair market value of Stock,
Awards, or other property determined by the Committee or under
procedures established by the Committee. Unless otherwise determined by
the Committee, the Fair Market Value of Stock as of any given date
shall mean the closing sale price of Stock reported on the Composite
Tape for securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange in The Wall
Street Journal for such date, or, if no Stock was traded on that date,
on the next preceding day on which there was such a trade.
(k) "ISO" means any Option intended to be and designated as an
incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.
(l) "Participant" means a person who, as an employee of the
Company or a subsidiary, has been granted an Award under the Plan.
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(m) "Plan" means this 1993 Long Term Incentive Plan as Amended
and Restated.
(n) "Stock" means the Company's Common Stock, $.01 par value,
and such other securities as may be substituted (or resubstituted) for
Stock pursuant to Section 4.
3. Administration.
(a) Authority of the Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the
Committee. The Committee shall have full and final authority, in each case
subject to and consistent with the provisions of the Plan, to select
Participants, grant Awards, determine the type, number, and other terms and
conditions of, and all other matters relating to, Awards, prescribe Award
agreements (which need not be identical for each Participant) and rules and
regulations for the administration of the Plan, construe and interpret the Plan
and Award agreements and correct defects, supply omissions, or reconcile
inconsistencies therein, and to make all other decisions and determinations as
the Committee may deem necessary or advisable for the administration of the
Plan.
(b) Manner of Exercise of Committee Authority. The Committee shall
exercise sole and exclusive discretion on any matter relating to a Participant
subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act if and to the extent necessary to
obtain the exemption under Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. Any action of the
Committee shall be final, conclusive, and binding on all persons, including the
Company, its subsidiaries, Participants, persons claiming rights from or through
a Participant, and stockholders. The express grant of any specific power to the
Committee, and the taking of any action by the Committee, shall not be construed
as limiting any power or authority of the Committee. The Committee may delegate
to officers or managers of the Company or any subsidiary, or committees thereof,
the authority, subject to such terms as the Committee shall determine, to
perform administrative functions and, with respect to Participants not subject
to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, to perform such other functions as the
Committee may determine, to the extent permitted under Rule 16b-3 and applicable
law.
(c) Limitation of Liability. The Committee may appoint agents to assist
it in administering the Plan. The Committee and each member thereof shall be
entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any report or other information
furnished to him by any officer or employee of the Company or a subsidiary, the
Company's independent certified public accountants, consultants or any other
agent assisting in the administration of the Plan. Members of the Committee and
any officer or employee of the Company or a subsidiary acting at the direction
or on behalf of the Committee shall not be personally liable for any action or
determination taken or made in good faith with respect to the Plan, and shall,
to the extent permitted by law, be fully indemnified and protected by the
Company with respect to any such action or determination.
(d) Performance-Based Awards to "Designated Participants." Prior to
March 31 of each year, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, designate any
Participant, whom it deems likely to be at the time compensation will be paid
under an Award a "covered employee" under Section 162(m) of the Code and whose
compensation may exceed $1 million in such year and be subject to the limitation
on tax deductibility under Section 162(m) of the Code, as a "Designated
Participant" to be granted an Award under this
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Section 3(d) that will not be subject to such limitation on deductibility under
Section 162(m) of the Code. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the
contrary, the Committee may, in its discretion, reduce but not increase the
amount payable under any such Award to such a Designated Participant. All
determinations by the Committee as to the achievement of Performance Objectives
(as described below in Section 6(i)) applicable to such an Award shall be made
in writing, and the Committee may not exercise discretion to modify the
Performance Objectives or the vesting conditions (other than with respect to the
death or disability of such Designated Participant or in the event of a Change
in Control) with respect to such Award if the exercise of such discretion would
cause such Award to fail to qualify as "performance-based compensation" within
the meaning of Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code.
4. Stock Subject to Plan. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section
9(c), the total number of shares of Stock reserved and available for issuance in
connection with Awards under the Plan shall be 3,000,000, plus 10% of the number
of shares issued after the effective date of the Plan (other than any issuance
under the Plan or any other compensation or benefit plan of the Company), except
any shares added as a result of issuances by the Company shall not be available
for grants of ISOs or Stock Appreciation Rights in tandem with ISOs. When Awards
are granted and while they are outstanding, shares relating to an Award will be
counted against the limitation set forth in this Section 4 in accordance with
Rule 16b-3; the Committee may adopt reasonable counting procedures, consistent
with Rule 16b-3, to ensure appropriate counting, avoid double counting (as, for
example, in the case of tandem or substitute awards), and make adjustments if
the number of shares actually distributed differs from the number of shares
previously counted in connection with an Award. Shares subject to an Award that
is forfeited or settled in cash or otherwise terminated without a distribution
of shares to the Participant, including shares withheld in payment of taxes
relating to Awards and the number of shares equal to the number of shares
surrendered in payment of the exercise price of Options (or any other Awards in
the nature of purchase rights) or taxes relating to Awards, will again be
available for Awards under the Plan, except that, if any such shares could not
again be available under Rule 16b-3 for Awards to a Participant who is subject
to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, such shares shall be available exclusively
for Awards to Participants who are not subject to Section 16. Any shares
delivered under the Plan may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and
unissued shares or treasury shares.
5. Eligibility. All salaried employees of the Company and its
subsidiaries, including any director or officer who is also such an employee,
are eligible to be granted Awards under the Plan. The foregoing notwithstanding,
directors of the Company who are not salaried employees and members of the
Committee shall not be eligible to be granted Awards under the Plan.
6. Specific Terms of Awards.
(a) General. Awards may be granted on the terms and conditions
set forth in this Section 6. In addition, the Committee may impose on
any Award or the exercise thereof, at the date of grant or thereafter
(subject to Section 9(e)), such additional terms and conditions, not
inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall
determine, including terms requiring forfeiture of Awards in the event
of termination of employment by the Participant. The Committee shall
retain full power to accelerate or waive, at any time, any term or
condition of an Award that is not mandatory under the Plan. Except in
cases in which the Committee is specifically authorized to require
other forms of
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consideration by the Plan, or to the extent other forms of
consideration must by paid to satisfy the requirements of the Delaware
General Corporation Law, only services may be required as consideration
for the grant (but not the exercise) of any Award.
(b) Options. The Committee is authorized to grant Options to
Participants on the following terms and conditions:
(i) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of
Stock purchasable under an Option shall be determined by the Committee,
provided that such exercise price shall be not less than the Fair
Market Value of a share on the date of grant of such Option except as
provided under Section 7(a) hereof.
(ii) Time and Method of Exercise. The Committee shall
determine the time or times at which or the circumstances under which
an Option may be exercised in whole or in part, the methods by which
such exercise price may be paid or deemed to be paid, the form of such
payment, including, without limitation, cash, Stock, other Awards or
awards issued under other Company plans, or other property (including
notes or other contractual obligations of Participants to make payment
on a deferred basis, such as through "cashless exercise" arrangements,
to the extent permitted by applicable law), and the methods by which
Stock will be delivered or deemed to be delivered to Participants.
(iii) ISOs. The terms of any ISO granted under the
Plan shall comply in all respects with the provisions of Section 422 of
the Code, including but not limited to the requirements that no ISO
shall be granted more than ten years after the effective date of the
Plan, no ISO shall be exercisable more than ten years after the date of
grant, and ISOs shall not be transferable otherwise than by will or the
laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable, during the
Participant's lifetime, only by the Participant.
(iv) Limitation. During any period of five
consecutive years under the Plan, a Participant may not be granted
Options covering more than 900,000 shares of Stock.
(c) Stock Appreciation Rights. The Committee is authorized to
grant Stock Appreciation Rights ("SARs") to Participants on the
following terms and conditions:
(i) Right to Payment. An SAR shall confer on the
Participant to whom it is granted a right to receive, upon exercise
thereof, the excess of (A) the Fair Market Value of one share of Stock
on the date of exercise (or, if the Committee shall so determine in the
case of any such right other than one related to an ISO, the Fair
Market Value of one share at any time during a specified period before
or after the date of exercise, or, in the case of a "Limited SAR," the
Fair Market Value determined by reference to amounts paid or payable in
connection with a Change in Control of the Company, as specified by the
Committee), over (B) the grant price of the SAR as determined by the
Committee as of the date of grant of the SAR.
(ii) Other Terms. The Committee shall determine the
time or times at which and the circumstances under which an SAR may be
exercised in whole or in part, the method of exercise, method of
settlement, form of consideration payable in settlement, method by
which Stock will be delivered or deemed to be delivered to
Participants, whether
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or not an SAR shall be in tandem or in combination with any other
Award, and any other terms and conditions of any SAR. Limited SARs that
may only be exercised in connection with a Change in Control or other
event as specified by the Committee may be granted on such terms, not
inconsistent with this Section 6(c), as the Committee may determine.
Limited SARs may be either freestanding or in tandem with other Awards.
(iii) Limitation. During any period of five
consecutive years under the Plan, a Participant may not be granted SARs
covering more than 900,000 shares of Stock.
(d) Restricted Stock. The Committee is authorized to grant
Restricted Stock to Participants on the following terms and conditions:
(i) Issuance and Restrictions. Restricted Stock shall
be subject to such restrictions on transferability and other
restrictions, if any, as the Committee may impose, which restrictions
may lapse separately or in combination at such times, under such
circumstances, in such installments, or otherwise, as the Committee may
determine. Except to the extent restricted under the terms of the Plan
and any Award agreement relating to the Restricted Stock, a Participant
granted Restricted Stock shall have all of the rights of a stockholder
including, without limitation, the right to vote Restricted Stock or
the right to receive dividends thereon.
(ii) Forfeiture. Except as otherwise determined by
the Committee, upon termination of employment during the applicable
restriction period, Restricted Stock that is at that time subject to
restrictions shall be forfeited and reacquired by the Company; provided
that the Committee may provide, by rule or regulation or in any Award
agreement, or may determine in any individual case, that restrictions
or forfeiture conditions relating to Restricted Stock will be waived in
whole or in part in the event of terminations resulting from specified
causes, and the Committee may in other cases waive in whole or in part
the forfeiture of Restricted Stock.
(iii) Certificates for Stock. Restricted Stock
granted under the Plan may be evidenced in such manner as the Committee
shall determine. If certificates representing Restricted Stock are
registered in the name of the Participant, the Committee may require
such certificates to bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms,
conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock, the
Company to retain physical possession of the certificates, and/or the
Participant to deliver a stock power to the Company, endorsed in blank,
relating to the Restricted Stock.
(iv) Dividends. Dividends paid on Restricted Stock
shall be either paid at the dividend payment date in cash or in shares
of unrestricted Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of
such dividends, or the payment of such dividends shall be deferred
and/or the amount or value thereof automatically reinvested in
additional Restricted Stock, other Awards, or other investment
vehicles, as the Committee shall determine or permit the Participant to
elect. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, Stock distributed
in connection with a Stock split or Stock dividend, and other property
distributed as a dividend, shall be subject to restrictions and a risk
of forfeiture to the same extent as the Restricted Stock with respect
to which such Stock or other property has been distributed.
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(v) Limitation. During any period of five consecutive
years under the Plan, a Participant may not be granted Restricted Stock
covering more than 900,000 shares of Stock.
(e) Deferred Stock (Restricted Stock Units). The Committee is
authorized to grant Deferred Stock to Participants, subject to the
following terms and conditions:
(i) Award and Restrictions. Delivery of Stock will
occur upon expiration of the deferral period specified for an Award of
Deferred Stock by the Committee (or, if permitted by the Committee, as
elected by the Participant). In addition, Deferred Stock shall be
subject to such restrictions as the Committee may impose, if any, which
restrictions may lapse at the expiration of the deferral period or at
earlier specified times, separately or in combination, in installments,
or otherwise, as the Committee may determine.
(ii) Forfeiture. Except as otherwise determined by
the Committee, upon termination of employment (as determined under
criteria established by the Committee) during the applicable deferral
period or portion thereof to which forfeiture conditions apply (as
provided in the Award agreement evidencing the Deferred Stock), all
Deferred Stock that is at that time subject to deferral (other than a
deferral at the election of the Participant) shall be forfeited;
provided that the Committee may provide, by rule or regulation or in
any Award agreement, or may determine in any individual case, that
restrictions or forfeiture conditions relating to Deferred Stock will
be waived in whole or in part in the event of terminations resulting
from specified causes, and the Committee may in other cases waive in
whole or in part the forfeiture of Deferred Stock.
(iii) Limitation. During any period of five
consecutive years under the Plan, a Participant may not be granted
Deferred Stock covering more than 900,000 shares of Stock.
(f) Bonus Stock and Awards in Lieu of Cash Obligations. The
Committee is authorized to grant Stock as a bonus, or to grant Stock or
other Awards in lieu of Company obligations to pay cash under other
plans or compensatory arrangements, provided that, in the case of
Participants subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, such cash
amounts are determined under such other plans or the Participant's
election to receive an Award in lieu of such Company obligations is
made in a manner that complies with applicable requirements of Rule
16b-3 so that the acquisition of Stock or Awards hereunder shall be
exempt from liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act. Stock or
Awards granted hereunder shall be subject to such other terms as shall
be determined by the Committee. During any period of five consecutive
years under the Plan, a Participant may not be granted more than
900,000 shares of bonus Stock or other Awards in lieu of cash
obligations. In addition, during any calendar year under the Plan, a
Participant may not be granted under the Plan bonus Stock or other
Awards in lieu of cash obligations valued at more than $3,000,000.
(g) Dividend Equivalents. The Committee is authorized to grant
Dividend Equivalents to a Participant, entitling the Participant to
receive cash, Stock, other Awards, or other property equal in value to
dividends paid with respect to a specified number of shares of Stock,
or other periodic payments. Dividend Equivalents may be awarded on a
free-standing basis or in connection with another Award. The Committee
may provide that
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Dividend Equivalents will be paid or distributed when accrued or will
be deemed to have been reinvested in additional Stock, Awards, or other
investment vehicles as the Committee may specify.
(h) Other Stock-Based Awards. The Committee is authorized,
subject to limitations under applicable law, to grant to Participants
such other Awards that may be denominated or payable in, valued in
whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, or related to,
Stock, as deemed by the Committee to be consistent with the purposes of
the Plan, including, without limitation, convertible or exchangeable
debt securities, other rights convertible or exchangeable into Stock,
purchase rights for Stock, Awards with value and payment contingent
upon performance of the Company or any other factors designated by the
Committee, and Awards valued by reference to the book value of Stock or
the value of securities of or the performance of specified
subsidiaries. The Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of
such Awards. Stock delivered pursuant to an Award in the nature of a
purchase right granted under this Section 6(h) shall be purchased for
such consideration, paid for at such times, by such methods, and in
such forms, including, without limitation, cash, Stock, other Awards,
or other property, as the Committee shall determine. Cash awards, as an
element of or supplement to any other Award under the Plan, may also be
authorized pursuant to this Section 6(h). During any period of five
consecutive years under the Plan, a Participant may not be granted
awards under both Sections 6(h) and 6(i) of the Plan covering more than
900,000 shares of Stock. In addition, during any calendar year a
Participant shall not be granted Awards under both Sections 6(h) and
6(i) of the Plan having an aggregate value of more than $3,000,000.
(i) Performance Awards. Subject to the following provisions,
Performance Awards expressed as amounts of cash, Stock, a percentage of
an award pool specified by the Committee or other Awards may be granted
by the Committee in such form and upon such terms and conditions as the
Committee, in its discretion, may from time to time determine. Each
Performance Award shall specify the range and nature of the payment
which may be received by the Participant based upon the range of
performance to be achieved for specified Performance Objectives within
a specified Performance Period, as hereinafter defined.
(i) Performance Period. The Performance Period with
respect to each Performance Award shall be the period of time within
which the Performance Objectives relating to that Award are to be
achieved.
(ii) Performance Objectives, Performance Award Targets
and Award Ranges. Performance Objectives may specify measures or
performance of the Company as a whole, subsidiaries, or business units
within the Company or subsidiaries, measures of individual performance
of the Participant, or such other objectives (and combinations of
objectives), the achievement of which is expected to benefit the
Company and its stockholders. Performance Objectives for a Performance
Period may be established by the Committee with respect to an Award to
a Designated Participant from among the following: consolidated,
subsidiary or business unit operating profits before interest expense
and taxes, consolidated, subsidiary or business unit pre-tax profits,
consolidated, subsidiary or business unit cash flow, net income,
earnings per share, return on average equity, and/or return on invested
capital. The Performance Objectives applicable to any year shall be
established by the Committee on or before March 31 of such year. A
single Performance
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Objective may be specified for different groups of Participants or for
individual Participants. As soon as practicable, the Committee (or the
Chief Executive Officer of the Company, if assigned by the Committee)
shall establish target Performance Awards and, if deemed appropriate,
Performance Award ranges for each Performance Period. Such target
Performance Awards will specify the amount payable to each Participant
upon 100% achievement of the Performance Objectives applicable to such
Participant. In addition, ranges may be established to determine
whether, and the extent to which, a portion of the Performance Award
shall be payable to a Participant if the applicable Performance
Objectives are not fully achieved, and whether, and the extent to
which, payments in addition to the target Performance Award shall be
made if the applicable Performance Objectives are exceeded.
The Committee (or the Chief Executive Officer, if assigned by the
Committee) is authorized at any time during or after a Performance
Period, in its sole and absolute discretion, to adjust, modify, or
specify new Performance Objectives, target Performance Award ranges,
and related terms and conditions, (x) in recognition of extraordinary
or nonrecurring items affecting the financial statements of the Company
or any subsidiary, or in response to changes in applicable laws,
regulations, or accounting principles, (y) with respect to any
Participant whose position or duties with the Company or any subsidiary
changes during a Performance Period, or (z) with respect to any person
who first becomes a Participant after the first date of the Performance
Period.
(iii) Earning of Performance Awards. As promptly as
practicable following the end of each Performance Period, the Committee
(or the Chief Executive Officer, if assigned by the Committee) shall
determine whether and the extent to which Performance Objectives
applicable to Participants were achieved and the Performance Awards
that correspond to such achievement and/or allocations as specified
under the Performance Award ranges for the Performance Period. The
Committee may, in its sole and absolute discretion, in view of the
Committee's assessment of the business strategy of the Company and
subsidiaries, performance of comparable organizations, economic and
business conditions, and any other circumstances deemed relevant,
increase or decrease final Performance Award amounts.
(iv) Termination of Employment. If a Participant's
employment has terminated prior to completion of a Performance Period,
the extent to which a Performance Award shall be deemed to have been
earned and payable shall be determined by the Committee, in its sole
discretion, at or after the time of grant.
(v) Distributions. A Performance Award, to the extent
that it has been earned, may be distributed in cash, Stock or other
Awards, in a lump sum, in installments, or a combination thereof as
determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, at or after the
time of grant.
7. Certain Provisions Applicable to Awards.
(a) Stand-Alone, Additional, Tandem, and Substitute Awards. Awards
granted under the Plan may, in the discretion of the Committee, be granted
either alone or in addition to, in tandem with, or in substitution or exchange
for, any other Award or award granted under any plan of the Company, any
subsidiary, or any business entity to be
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acquired by the Company or a subsidiary, or any other right of a Participant to
receive payment from the Company or any subsidiary. Such additional, tandem, and
substitute or exchange Awards may be granted at any time. If an Award is granted
in substitution or exchange for another Award or award, the Committee shall
require the surrender of such other Award or award in consideration for the
grant of the new Award. In addition, grants of Awards in lieu of cash
compensation, including in lieu of cash amounts payable under other plans of the
Company, in which the value of Stock subject to the Award is equal to the value
of the cash compensation (for example, Deferred Stock or Restricted Stock), or
in which the exercise price, grant price, or purchase price of the Award in the
nature of a right that may be exercised is equal to Fair Market Value of the
underlying Stock minus the value of the cash compensation surrendered (for
example, Options granted with an exercise price "discounted" by the amount of
the cash compensation surrendered), are specifically authorized.
(b) Performance Conditions. The right of a Participant to exercise or
receive a grant or settlement of any Award, and the timing thereof, may be
subject to such performance conditions as may be specified by the Committee. Any
Award subject to such conditions may be denominated "performance shares,"
"performance units," or any other title deemed appropriate by the Committee.
(c) Term of Awards. The term of each Award shall be for such period as
may be determined by the Committee; provided, however, that in no event shall
the term of any ISO or an SAR granted in tandem therewith exceed a period of ten
years (or such shorter term as may be required under Section 422 of the Code).
(d) Form of Payment Under Awards; Deferrals. Subject to the terms of
the Plan and any applicable Award agreement, payments to be made by the Company
or a subsidiary upon the exercise of an Option or other Award or settlement of
an Award may be made in such forms as the Committee shall determine, including,
without limitation, cash, Stock, other Awards, or other property, and may be
made in a single payment or transfer, in installments, or on a deferred basis.
Installment or deferred payments may be required by the Committee (subject to
Section 9(e) of the Plan) or permitted at the election of the Participant.
Payments may include, without limitation, provisions for the payment or
crediting of reasonable interest on installment or deferred payments or the
grant or crediting of Dividend Equivalents in respect of installment or deferred
payments denominated in Stock.
(e) Rule 16b-3 Compliance.
(i) Six-Month Holding Period. Unless a Participant could
otherwise transfer Stock acquired under the Plan without incurring liability
under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, (a) Stock acquired under the Plan other
than upon exercise of a derivative security shall be held for at least six
months from the date of acquisition, and (b) at least six months shall elapse
from the date of acquisition of a derivative security to the date of disposition
of the derivative security (other than upon exercise or conversion) or
disposition of any Stock acquired upon exercise or conversion of such derivative
security.
(ii) Other Rule 16b-3 Compliance Provisions. It is the
intent of the Company that this Plan comply in all respects with applicable
provisions of Rule 16b-3 or
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Rule 16a-1(c)(3) (as in effect prior to August 15, 1996) under the Exchange Act
in connection with any grant of Awards to or other transaction by a Participant
who is subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act (except for transactions
exempted under alternative Exchange Act Rules or acknowledged in writing to be
non-exempt by such Participant). Accordingly, if any provision of this Plan or
any Award agreement does not comply with the requirements of Rule 16b-3 or Rule
16a-1(c)(3) as then applicable to any such transaction, such provision will be
construed or deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to the
applicable requirements of Rule 16b-3 or Rule 16a-1(c)(3) so that such
Participant shall avoid liability under Section 16(b). In addition, the per
share exercise price of any Option, grant price of any SAR, or purchase price
of any other Award conferring a right to purchase Stock shall be not less than
any specified percentage of the Fair Market Value of Stock at the date of grant
of the Award then required in order to comply with Rule 16b-3.
8. Change in Control.
(a) Definition of "Change In Control." For purposes of this Plan, the
term "Change in Control" shall mean the occurrence of any of the following
events after consummation of the spin-off of Stock by AMAX Inc. which resulted
in the registration of the Stock under Section 12 of the Exchange Act:
(i) any person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly
or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20 percent or more of
the combined voting power of the Company's then-outstanding securities (a "20%
Beneficial Owner"); provided, however, that (a) the term "20% Beneficial Owner"
shall not include any Beneficial Owner who has crossed such 20 percent threshold
solely as a result of an acquisition of securities directly from the Company, or
solely as a result of an acquisition by the Company of Company securities, until
such time thereafter as such person acquires additional voting securities other
than directly from the Company and, after giving effect to such acquisition,
such person would constitute a 20% Beneficial Owner; and (b) with respect to any
person eligible to file a Schedule 13G pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b)(1) under the
Exchange Act with respect to Company securities (an "Institutional Investor"),
there shall be excluded from the number of securities deemed to be beneficially
owned by such person a number of securities representing not more than 10
percent of the combined voting power of the Company's then-outstanding
securities;
(ii) during any period of two consecutive years beginning
after the Stock first became registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act,
individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board together
with those individuals who first became Directors during such period (other than
by reason of an agreement with the Company in settlement of a proxy contest for
the election of directors) and whose election or nomination for election to the
Board was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Directors then
still in office who either were Directors at the beginning of the period or
whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved (the
"Continuing Directors"), cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the
Board;
(iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger,
consolidation, recapitalization or reorganization of the Company, or a reverse
stock split of any class of voting securities of the Company, or the
consummation of any such transaction if stockholder approval is not obtained,
other than any such transaction which would result
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in at least 75% of the total voting power represented by the voting securities
of the Company or the surviving entity outstanding immediately after such
transaction being beneficially owned by persons who together owned at least 75%
of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company outstanding
immediately prior to such transaction, with the relative voting power of each
such continuing holder compared to the voting power of each other continuing
holder not substantially altered as a result of the transaction; provided that,
for purposes of this paragraph (iii), such continuity of ownership (and
preservation of relative voting power) shall be deemed to be satisfied if the
failure to meet such 75% threshold (or to preserve such relative voting power)
is due solely to the acquisition of voting securities by an employee benefit
plan of the Company or such surviving entity or any subsidiary of the Company or
such surviving entity;
(iv) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of
complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or an agreement for the sale
or disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Company; or
(v) any other event which a majority of the members
of the Committee who are Continuing Directors determines shall constitute a
Change in Control for purposes of this Plan;
provided, however that a Change in Control shall not be deemed to have occurred
if one of the following exceptions applies:
(1) Unless a majority of the members of the Committee who are Continuing
Directors determines that the exception set forth in this paragraph (1)
shall not apply, none of the foregoing conditions would have been
satisfied but for one or more of the following persons acquiring or
otherwise becoming the Beneficial Owner of securities of the Company:
(A) any person who has entered into a binding agreement with the
Company, which agreement has been approved by two-thirds (2/3) of the
Continuing Directors, limiting the acquisition of additional voting
securities by such person, the solicitation of proxies by such person
or proposals by such person concerning a business combination with the
Company (a "Standstill Agreement"); (B) any employee benefit plan, or
trustee or other fiduciary thereof, maintained by the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company; (C) any subsidiary of the Company; or (D)
the Company.
(2) Unless a majority of the members of the Committee who are Continuing
Directors determines that the exception set forth in this paragraph (2)
shall not apply, none of the foregoing conditions would have been
satisfied but for the acquisition by the Company of another entity
(whether by merger or consolidation, the acquisition of stock or
assets, or otherwise) in exchange, in whole or in part, for securities
of the Company, provided that, immediately following such acquisition,
the Continuing Directors constitute a majority of the Board, or a
majority of the board of directors of any other surviving entity, and,
in either case, no agreement, arrangement or understanding exists at
that time which would cause such Continuing Directors to cease
thereafter to constitute a majority of the Board or of such other board
of directors.
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(3) A majority of the members of the Committee who are Continuing Directors
determines that a Change in Control shall be deemed not to have
occurred.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined by a majority of the
Committee who are Continuing Directors, no Change in Control shall be deemed to
have occurred with respect to a particular Participant if the Change in Control
results from actions or events in which such Participant is a participant in a
capacity other than solely as an officer, employee, or director of the Company.
For purposes of the foregoing definition of Change in Control, the term
"Beneficial Owner," with respect to any securities, shall mean any person who,
directly or indirectly, has or shares the right to vote or dispose of such
securities or otherwise has "beneficial ownership" of such securities (within
the meaning of Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 (as such Rules are in effect on the
effective date of the Plan) under the Exchange Act, including pursuant to any
agreement, arrangement, or understanding (whether or not in writing); provided,
however, that (i) a person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of any
security as a result of any agreement, arrangement, or understanding to vote
such security (A) arising solely from a revocable proxy or consent solicited
pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable provisions of the Exchange
Act and the rules and regulations thereunder or (B) made in connection with, or
otherwise to participate in, a proxy or consent solicitation made, or to be
made, pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable provisions of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, in either case described
in clause (A) or clause (B) above whether or not such agreement, arrangement or
understanding is also then reportable by such person on Schedule 13D under the
Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report), and (ii) a person engaged
in business as an underwriter of securities shall not be deemed to be the
Beneficial Owner of any securities acquired through such person's participation
in good faith in a firm commitment underwriting until the expiration of forty
days after the date of such acquisition.
(b) Definition of "Change in Control Stock Value." "Change in Control
Stock Value" shall mean the value of a share of Stock determined as follows:
(i) if the Change in Control results from an event
described in clause (iii) of the Change in Control definition in Section 8(a),
the highest per share price paid for shares of Stock of the Company in the
transaction resulting in the Change in Control;
(ii) if the Change in Control results from an event
described in clauses (i), (ii) or (v) of the Change in Control definition in
Section 8(a) and no event described in clauses (iii) or (iv) of the Change in
Control definition in Section 8(a) has occurred in connection with such Change
in Control, the highest sale price of a share of Stock of the Company on any
trading day during the sixty (60) consecutive trading days immediately preceding
and following the date of such Change in Control as reported on the New York
Stock Exchange Composite Tape and published in the Wall Street Journal; or
(iii) if the Change in Control results from an event
described in clause (iv) of the Change in Control definition in Section 8(a),
the price per share at which shares of Stock are redeemed or exchanged by their
holders in the transaction described in such clause (iv).
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(c) Definition of "Change in Control Settlement Value." "Change in
Control Settlement Value" shall mean, with respect to a share of Stock, the
excess of the Change in Control Stock Value over the exercise, grant, or base
price of an Award covering such share of Stock, provided that, with respect to
any Option which is an ISO immediately prior to the election to receive the
Change in Control Settlement Value, the Change in Control Settlement Value shall
not exceed the maximum amount permitted for such Option to continue to qualify
as an ISO.
(d) Acceleration and Cash-Out Upon a Change in Control. Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Plan to the contrary (except the provisions of
Section 7(e) hereof), in the event of a Change in Control the following
provisions shall apply:
(i) All outstanding Awards on the date of the Change in Control
in the nature of a right that may be exercised not previously exercisable shall
become fully and immediately exercisable on the date of such Change in Control,
and such Awards shall not be subject to termination upon the termination of
employment of the Participant; and
(ii) Unless waived by a given Participant, the restrictions,
deferral periods and limitations, and forfeiture conditions applicable to any
other Award granted under the Plan shall lapse and such Awards shall be deemed
fully vested, subject only to the restrictions on dispositions of equity
securities set forth in Section 7(e); and
(iii) Section 6(b)(iv) notwithstanding, any optionee who
holds an Option shall be entitled to elect, during the 60-day period immediately
following such Change in Control, in lieu of acquiring the shares of Stock
covered by such Option, to receive, and the Company shall be obligated to pay,
the Change in Control Settlement Value (as defined in Section 8(c) hereof) with
respect to shares of Stock up to the number of shares covered by such Option,
which amount shall be paid in cash; and
(iv) A Participant shall be entitled to elect, during the
60-day period immediately following such Change in Control, to surrender any
other Award and receive, in full settlement thereof, and the Company shall be
obligated to pay, the Change in Control Settlement Value with respect to the
number of shares of Stock covered by an Award in the nature of a right that may
be exercised, or the Change in Control Stock Value with respect to the number of
shares of Stock covered by any other type of Award, which amount shall in either
case be paid in cash; and
(v) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9(a), the
Board shall not, at any time following a Change in Control, impose any
conditions on any outstanding Award that have not been previously imposed as of
the date of such Change in Control, unless, in the written opinion of
independent counsel to the Company, such condition is necessary to comply with
any federal, state, or local securities or other law or regulation, or the rules
of any applicable securities exchange, and, in the good faith opinion of the
Board, compliance with such law, regulation or rule without the imposition of
such condition would be impracticable; and
(vi) In lieu of any other form of settlement authorized
under this Section 8(d), a Participant may elect under terms set by and subject
to approval of the Committee to receive Deferred Stock or Restricted Stock, or,
if authorized by the Committee, other
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deferred forms of payment, in order to defer federal income taxation of the
Participant with respect to amounts payable hereunder; and
(vii) notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9(e) hereof, the
provisions of this Section 8 may not be amended in any respect following a
Change in Control except with the consent of any affected Participant.
(e) No Non-Exempt Section 16(b) Purchases Triggered. No Participant who
is then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act shall have any right to
receive a cash payment under Section 8(d) hereof if the acquisition of such
right would, under the circumstances, constitute a non-exempt purchase for
purposes of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.
9. General Provisions.
(a) Compliance With Legal and Other Requirements. The Plan, the grant,
exercise, and settlement of Awards thereunder, and the other obligations of the
Company under the Plan and any Award agreement shall be subject to all
applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals
by any regulatory or governmental agency as may be required. The Company may, in
its discretion, postpone the issuance or delivery of Stock under any Award until
completion of such registration or qualification of such Stock or other required
action under any federal or state law, rule, or regulation, listing or other
required action with respect to any stock exchange or automated quotation system
upon which the Stock or other Company securities are listed or designated, or
compliance with any other contractual obligation of the Company, as the Company
may consider appropriate, and may require any Participant to make such
representations and furnish such information as it may consider appropriate in
connection with the issuance or delivery of Stock in compliance with applicable
laws, rules, and regulations, listing or designation, or other contractual
obligations.
(b) Limits on Transferability; Beneficiaries. No Award or other right
or interest of a Participant under the Plan, including any Award or right which
constitutes a derivative security as generally defined in Rule 16a-1(c) (as in
effect prior to August 15, 1996) under the Exchange Act, shall be pledged,
hypothecated, or otherwise encumbered or subject to any lien, obligation, or
liability of such Participant to any party (other than the Company or a
subsidiary), or assigned or transferred by such Participant otherwise than by
will or the laws of descent and distribution or to a Beneficiary upon the death
of a Participant, and such Awards or rights that may be exercisable shall be
exercised during the lifetime of the Participant only by the Participant or his
or her guardian or legal representative, except that Awards and other rights
(other than ISOs and SARs in tandem therewith) may be transferred to one or
more Beneficiaries or other transferees during the lifetime of the Participant
in connection with the Participant's estate planning, and may be exercised by
such transferees in accordance with the terms of such Award, but only if and to
the extent such transfers are then permitted under Rule 16b-3, consistent with
the registration of the offer and sale of Stock on Form S-8 or a successor
registration form of the Securities and Exchange Commission or such other form
of registration statement as has in fact been filed in connection with the
Plan, and permitted by the Committee (subject to any terms and conditions which
the Committee may impose thereon). A Beneficiary, transferee, or other person
claiming any rights under the Plan from or through any Participant shall be
subject
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to all terms and conditions of the Plan and any Award agreement applicable to
such Participant, except as otherwise determined by the Committee, and to any
additional terms and conditions deemed necessary or appropriate by the
Committee.
(c) Adjustments. In the event that the Committee shall determine that
any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Stock, or other
property), recapitalization, forward or reverse split, reorganization, merger,
consolidation, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or share exchange, or other
similar corporate transaction or event, affects the Stock such that an
adjustment is appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the
rights of Participants under the Plan, then the Committee shall, in such manner
as it may deem equitable, adjust any or all of (i) the number and kind of shares
of Stock which may thereafter be issued in connection with Awards, (ii) the
number and kind of shares of Stock issued or issuable in respect of outstanding
Awards, and (iii) the exercise price, grant price, or purchase price relating to
any Award or, if deemed appropriate, make provision for payment of cash or other
property with respect to any outstanding Award; provided, in each case, that,
with respect to ISOs, no such adjustment shall be authorized to the extent that
such authority would cause the Plan to violate Section 422 of the Code. In
addition, the Committee is authorized to make adjustments in the terms and
conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards in recognition of unusual or
nonrecurring events (including, without limitation, events described in the
preceding sentence) affecting the Company or any subsidiary or the financial
statements of the Company or any subsidiary, or in response to changes in
applicable laws, regulations, accounting principles, tax rates and regulations
or business conditions.
(d) Taxes. The Company or any subsidiary is authorized to withhold from
any Award granted, any payment relating to an Award under the Plan, including
from a distribution of Stock, or any payroll or other payment to a Participant,
amounts of withholding and other taxes due in connection with any transaction
involving an Award, and to take such other action as the Committee may deem
advisable to enable the Company and Participants to satisfy obligations for the
payment of withholding taxes and other tax obligations relating to any Award.
This authority shall include authority for the Company to withhold or receive
Stock or other property and to make cash payments in respect thereof in
satisfaction of a Participant's tax obligations, either on a mandatory or
elective basis in the discretion of the Committee.
(e) Changes to the Plan and Awards. The Board may amend, alter,
suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan or the Committee's authority to
grant Awards under the Plan without the consent of stockholders or Participants,
except that any such action shall be subject to the approval of the Company's
stockholders at the annual meeting next following such Board action if such
stockholder approval is required by any federal or state law or regulation or
the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Stock
may then be listed or quoted, and the Board may otherwise, in its discretion,
determine to submit other such changes to the Plan to stockholders for approval;
provided that, without the consent of an affected Participant, no such Board
action may materially and adversely affect the rights of such Participant under
any Award theretofore granted to him. The Committee may waive any conditions or
rights under, or amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate, any Award
theretofore granted and any Award agreement relating thereto; provided that,
without the consent of an affected Participant, no such Committee action may
materially and adversely affect the rights of such Participant
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under such Award. The foregoing notwithstanding, any performance condition
specified in connection with an Award shall not be deemed a fixed contractual
term, but shall remain subject to adjustment by the Committee, in its
discretion, at any time in view of the Committee's assessment of the Company's
strategy, performance of comparable companies, and other circumstances.
(f) Limitation on Rights Conferred Under Plan. Neither the Plan nor any
action taken hereunder shall be construed as (i) giving any Participant or
employee the right to be retained in the employ of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, (ii) interfering in any way with the right of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries to terminate any Participant's or employee's employment at
any time, (iii) giving a Participant or employee any claim to be granted any
Award under the Plan or to be treated uniformly with other Participants and
employees, or (iv) conferring on a Participant any of the rights of a
stockholder of the Company unless and until Stock is duly issued or transferred
to the Participant in accordance with the terms of the Award.
(g) Unfunded Status of Awards; Creation of Trusts. The Plan is intended
to constitute an "unfunded" plan for incentive and deferred compensation. With
respect to any payments not yet made to a Participant or obligation to issue
Stock pursuant to an Award, nothing contained in the Plan or any Award shall
give any such Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general
creditor of the Company; provided that the Committee may authorize the creation
of trusts and deposit therein cash, Stock, other Awards, or other property, or
make other arrangements, to meet the Company's obligations under the Plan. Such
trusts or other arrangements shall be consistent with the "unfunded" status of
the Plan unless the Committee otherwise determines with the consent of each
affected Participant. The trustee of the trust may be authorized to dispose of
trust assets and reinvest the proceeds in alternative investments, subject to
such terms and conditions as the Committee may specify and in accordance with
applicable law.
(h) Nonexclusivity of the Plan. Neither the adoption of the Plan by the
Board nor its submission to the stockholders of the Company for approval shall
be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such
other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable.
(i) Payments In the Event of Forfeitures; Fractional Shares. In the
event of a forfeiture of an Award with respect to which a Participant paid cash
or other consideration in order to satisfy requirements of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, the Participant shall be repaid the amount of such cash or
other consideration. No fractional shares of Stock shall be issued or delivered
pursuant to the Plan or any Award. The Committee shall determine whether cash,
other Awards, or other property shall be issued or paid in lieu of such
fractional shares or whether such fractional shares or any rights thereto shall
be forfeited or otherwise eliminated.
(j) Governing Law; Arbitration. The validity, construction, and effect
of the Plan, any rules and regulations relating to the Plan, and any Award
agreement shall be determined in accordance with the Delaware General
Corporation Law, to the extent applicable, other laws (including those governing
contracts) of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to principles of
conflicts of laws, and applicable federal law. If any provision hereof shall be
held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid and
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unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue to be fully effective.
Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Plan shall
be settled exclusively by arbitration in Atlanta, Georgia by three arbitrators
in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association in effect
at the time of submission to arbitration. Judgement may be entered on the
arbitrators' award in any court having jurisdiction. For purposes of settling
any dispute or controversy arising hereunder or for the purpose of entering any
judgement upon an award rendered by the arbitrators, the Company and the
Participant hereby consent to the jurisdiction of any or all of the following
courts: (i) the United States District Court for the Northern District of
Georgia, (ii) any of the courts of the State of Georgia, or (iii) any other
court having jurisdiction. The Company and the Participant hereby waive, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which it may now or
hereafter have to such jurisdiction and any defense of inconvenient forum. The
Company and the Participant hereby agree that a judgement upon an award rendered
by the arbitrators may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the
judgement or in any other manner provided by law.
(k) Effective Date; Plan Termination. The Plan became effective upon
its approval by stockholders of the Company on October 28, 1993. The amendment
and restatement of the Plan shall become effective upon its approval by the
stockholders of the Company at the 1995 Annual Meeting. The Plan shall terminate
at such time as no Stock remains available for issuance pursuant to Section 4
and the Company has no further obligations with respect to any Award granted
under the Plan.
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APPENDIX B
ALUMAX INC.
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NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN
AS AMENDED ON OCTOBER 3, 1996
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ALUMAX INC.
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NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN
AS AMENDED ON OCTOBER 3, 1996
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2. Definitions ............................................ 1
3. Administration ......................................... 4
4. Eligibility ............................................ 4
5. Stock Grants ........................................... 4
6. Deferral of Stock Grants ............................... 4
7. Stock Options .......................................... 6
8. Amendment and Termination .............................. 7
9. Adjustments for Changes in Capitalization .............. 7
10. Regulatory Compliance .................................. 8
11. Miscellaneous .......................................... 8
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NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN
1. Purpose. The purpose of this Non-Employee Directors' Stock
Compensation Plan is to provide certain incentives and compensation to Eligible
Board Members of Alumax Inc. and to encourage the highest level of director
performance by providing such Eligible Board Members with a proprietary interest
in the Company by granting them shares of the Company's Common Stock, $.01 par
value, and options to purchase such stock.
2. Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings specified
below.
(a) "Beneficial Owner", with respect to any securities, shall mean any
person who, directly or indirectly, has or shares the right to vote or dispose
of such securities or otherwise has "beneficial ownership" of such securities
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 (as such Rules are in effect on
the effective date of the Plan) under the Exchange Act, including pursuant to
any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing);
provided, however, that (i) a person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of
any security as a result of any agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote
such security (A) arising solely from a revocable proxy or consent solicited
pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable provisions of the Exchange
Act and the rules and regulations thereunder or (B) made in connection with, or
otherwise to participate in, a proxy or consent solicitation made, or to be
made, pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable provisions of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, in either case described
in clause (A) or clause (B) above whether or not such agreement, arrangement or
understanding is also then reportable by such person on Schedule 13D under the
Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report), and (ii) a person engaged
in business as an underwriter of securities shall not be deemed to be the
Beneficial Owner of any securities acquired through such person's participation
in good faith in a firm commitment underwriting until the expiration of forty
days after the date of such acquisition.
(b) "Beneficiary" shall mean the person or persons (including, without
limitation, any trustee) last designated by a Participant to receive the
benefits specified hereunder in the event of the Participant's death, or if
there is no designated Beneficiary or surviving Beneficiary, the Participant's
estate.
(c) "Board" shall mean the Company's Board of Directors.
(d) "Change in Control" shall mean the occurrence of any of the following
events:
(i) any person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly,
of securities of the Company representing 20 percent or more of the
combined voting power of the Company's then-outstanding securities (a "20%
Beneficial Owner"); provided, however, that (a) the term "20% Beneficial
Owner" shall not include any Beneficial Owner who has crossed such 20
percent threshold solely as a result of an acquisition of securities
directly from the Company, or solely as a result of an acquisition by the
Company of Company securities, until such time thereafter as such person
acquires additional voting securities other than directly from the Company
and, after giving effect to such acquisition, such person would constitute
a 20% Beneficial Owner; and (b) with respect to any person eligible to file
a Schedule 13G pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act with
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Company securities (an "Institutional Investor"), there shall be excluded
from the number of securities deemed to be beneficially owned by such
person a number of securities representing not more than 10 percent of the
combined voting power of the Company's then-outstanding securities;
(ii) during any period of two consecutive years beginning after the Stock
first became registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, individuals
who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board together with
those individuals who first became Directors during such period (other than
by reason of an agreement with the Company in settlement of a proxy contest
for the election of directors) and whose election or nomination for
election to the Board was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3)
of the Directors then still in office who either were Directors at the
beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was
previously so approved (the "Continuing Directors"), cease for any reason
to constitute a majority of the Board;
(iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger, consolidation,
recapitalization or reorganization of the Company, or a reverse stock split
of any class of voting securities of the Company, or the consummation of
any such transaction if stockholder approval is not obtained, other than
any such transaction which would result in at least 75% of the total voting
power represented by the voting securities of the Company or the surviving
entity outstanding immediately after such transaction being beneficially
owned by persons who together owned at least 75% of the combined voting
power of the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior
to such transaction, with the relative voting power of each such continuing
holder compared to the voting power of each other continuing holder not
substantially altered as a result of the transaction; provided that, for
purposes of this paragraph (iii), such continuity of ownership (and
preservation of relative voting power) shall be deemed to be satisfied if
the failure to meet such 75% threshold (or to preserve such relative voting
power) is due solely to the acquisition of voting securities by an employee
benefit plan of the Company or such surviving entity or of any subsidiary
of the Company or such surviving entity; or
(iv) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete
liquidation or dissolution of the Company or an agreement for the sale or
disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Company;
provided, however, that a Change in Control shall not be deemed to have
occurred if one of the following exceptions applies:
(1) None of the foregoing conditions would have been satisfied but for one
or more of the following persons acquiring or otherwise becoming the
Beneficial Owner of securities of the Company: (A) any person who has
entered into a binding agreement with the Company, which agreement has been
approved by two-thirds (2/3) of the Continuing Directors, limiting the
acquisition of additional voting securities by such person, the
solicitation of proxies by such person or proposals by such person
concerning a business combination with the Company (a "Standstill
Agreement"); (B) any employee benefit plan, or trustee or other fiduciary
thereof, maintained by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company; (C)
any subsidiary of the Company; or (D) the Company.
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(2) None of the foregoing conditions would have been satisfied but for the
acquisition by the Company of another entity (whether by merger or
consolidation, the acquisition of stock or assets, or otherwise) in
exchange, in whole or in part, for securities of the Company, provided
that, immediately following such acquisition, the Continuing Directors
constitute a majority of the Board, or a majority of the board of directors
of any other surviving entity, and, in either case, no agreement,
arrangement or understanding exists at that time which would cause such
Continuing Directors to cease thereafter to constitute a majority of the
Board or of such other board of directors.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Change in Control shall be deemed to have
occurred with respect to a particular Participant if the Change in Control
results from actions or events in which such Participant is a participant
in a capacity other than solely as an officer, employee or director of the
Company.
(e) "Change in Control Stock Value" shall mean the value of a share of
Stock determined as follows:
(i) if the Change in Control results from an event described in clause
(iii) of the Change in Control definition, the highest per share price paid
for shares of Stock of the Company in the transaction resulting in the
Change in Control;
(ii) if the Change in Control results from an event described in clauses
(i), (ii) or (v) of the Change in Control definition and no event described
in clauses (iii) or (iv) of the Change in Control definition has occurred
in connection with such Change in Control, the highest sale price of a
share of Stock on any trading day during the sixty (60) consecutive trading
days immediately preceding and following the date of such Change in Control
as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape and published in
the Wall Street Journal; or
(iii) if the Change in Control results from an event described in clause
(iv) of the Change in Control definition, the price per share for which
shares of Stock are redeemed or exchanged by their holders in the
transaction described in such clause (iv).
(f) "Committee" shall mean the Human Resources and Compensation Committee
of the Board of Directors of the Company, or such other Board committee as may
be designated by the Board to administer the Plan.
(g) "Company" shall mean Alumax Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any
successor corporation.
(h) "Deferred Stock Account" shall mean the account maintained by the
Company for each Participant in accordance with Section 6 hereof.
(i) "Eligible Board Member" shall mean a member of the Board who is not
an employee of the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates.
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(j) "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended from time to time. References to any provision of the Exchange Act
shall be deemed to include successor provisions thereto and regulations
thereunder.
(k) "Fair Market Value" shall mean the fair market value of Stock,
awards, or other property determined by the Committee or under procedures
established by the Committee. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee,
the Fair Market Value of Stock as of any given date shall mean the closing sale
price of Stock reported on the Composite Tape for securities listed on the New
York Stock Exchange in the Wall Street Journal for such date, or, if no Stock
was traded on that date, on the next preceding day on which there was such a
trade.
(l) "Participant" shall mean the holder of a Stock Option or a person for
whom a Deferred Stock Account has been established.
(m) "Plan" shall mean this Non-Employee Directors Stock Compensation Plan.
(n) "Retirement" shall mean termination of service on the Board on or
after a Board member's attainment of age [70].
(o) "Stock" shall mean the Company's Common Stock, $.01 par value.
(p) "Stock Option" shall mean an option to purchase Stock granted
pursuant to Section 7 hereof.
3. Administration. The Committee shall have authority to interpret the
Plan; to adopt, amend, and rescind administrative regulations to further the
purposes of the Plan; to maintain or cause to be maintained all necessary
records for administration of the Plan; and to take any other action necessary
for the proper operation of the plan. However, the Committee shall have no
discretion to vary the amount or terms of awards granted under the Plan except
as provided in Section 9.
4. Eligibility. To be eligible to receive an award under the Plan, a
person must be an Eligible Board Member on the date of such award.
5. Stock Grants. Each Eligible Board Member shall be granted 850 shares
of Stock on February 1 of each year. Stock granted under this Section 5 shall
be fully vested and, subject to any restrictions imposed pursuant to Section
10, freely transferable.
6. Deferral of Stock Grants. An Eligible Board Member may elect to defer
the delivery of Stock scheduled to be delivered on any February 1 by filing a
deferral election pursuant to this Section 6.
(a) Deferral Election. To defer a Stock grant for any year, an Eligible
Board Member must file a written deferral election with the Company no later
than the July 31 immediately preceding the February 1 on which the Stock is
otherwise scheduled to be delivered. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a person
who first becomes an Eligible Board Member after July 31 may file a deferral
election within 30 days after the date such person becomes an Eligible Board
Member. The
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deferral election shall state the number of shares of stock that the Eligible
Board Member elects to defer and the time when he or she desires distribution
of his or her Deferred Stock Account. An election to defer delivery of Stock
may be revoked or changed for future years if such revocation or change is made
by the July 31 preceding the date of the applicable Stock grant.
(b) Designation of Beneficiary. Upon forms provided by the Committee,
each Participant shall designate the Beneficiary or Beneficiaries to receive
the amounts distributable in the event of such Participant's death. A
Participant may from time to time change the designated Beneficiary or
Beneficiaries, without the consent of such Beneficiary or Beneficiaries, by
filing a new designation in writing with the Committee. The Company and the
Committee may rely upon the Beneficiary designation last filed in accordance
with the terms of the Plan.
(c) Credits to Account. Shares subject to a Participant's deferral
election shall be credited as deferred shares to a Deferred Stock Account
maintained by the Company for the benefit of the Participant. Whenever
dividends are paid with respect to shares of Stock, each Participant's Deferred
Stock Account shall be credited with additional shares of deferred stock
(including fractions) equal in value to the amount of the dividend paid on a
single share of Stock multiplied by the number of deferred shares (including
fractions) credited to the Participant's Deferred Stock Account as of the
record date for dividend purposes. For purposes of crediting dividends, the
value of Stock shall be determined as of the day dividends are actually paid on
Stock, using the closing market price of the Stock on the Composite Tape of the
New York Stock Exchange for that date. If the Composite Tape is not operating
on such date, or Stock is not traded there on such date, the value shall be
computed using the closing price on the next preceding business day on which
such Stock was traded thereon. The interest of a Participant in amounts
credited to his Deferred Stock Account shall be fully vested and nonforfeitable
at all times.
(d) Time of Distribution. A Participant may elect to have the balance of
his Deferred Stock Account distributed to him (i) as soon as reasonably
possible after the Participant ceases to be a member of the Board, or (ii) on
the January 1 over a specified number of years after the Participant ceases to
be a member of the Board. Such an election shall be made on the deferral
election filed pursuant to Section 6(a) and shall be irrevocable once made.
However, a Participant may elect a different distribution date for Stock
deferred in subsequent years by filing a change of deferral election as
provided in Section 6(a).
(e) Payment Upon Death. Notwithstanding any election under Section 6(d),
if a Participant dies prior to distribution of his Deferred Stock Account, the
balance of the credit of the Participant's Deferred Stock Account as of the
date of death shall be paid, as soon as reasonably possible thereafter, to the
Participant's Beneficiary.
(f) Methods of Payment. All distributions under the Plan shall be in the
form of shares of Stock based on the number of whole shares of deferred stock
credited to the Participant's Deferred Stock Account on the date as of which
the distribution occurs and a cash payment for any fraction of a share.
(g) Change in Control. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the
contrary, in the event of a Change in Control, all shares of deferred stock
credited to a Participant's Deferred Stock Account shall be converted into cash
in an amount equal to the product of (i) the Change in Control
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Stock Value, multiplied by (ii) the number of shares of deferred stock that
have been credited to the Participant's Deferred Stock Account as of the date
of the Change in Control. The amount of cash resulting from the foregoing
conversion of shares of deferred stock in a Participant's Deferred Stock
Account shall, at the election of the Participant made in a manner approved by
the Committee, be credited to a bookkeeping account for such Participant or
paid out in a lump sum no later than fifteen (15) days after the date of the
Change in Control. If cash is credited to an account under the preceding
sentence, income shall be credited thereto from the date of the Change in
Control to the date of distribution at the base rate of Citibank, N.A., as in
effect from time to time during such period.
(h) Annual Reports. The Committee shall furnish each Participant with an
annual report indicating the number of shares of deferred stock credited to his
Deferred Stock Account as of the end of the preceding calendar year.
7. Stock Options. Each Eligible Board Member on December 1, 1993 shall
be granted a Stock Option to purchase 10,000 shares of Stock. Each person who
becomes an Eligible Board Member after such date shall be granted, on the first
Thursday in December after his election as an Eligible Board Member (and
provided he continues to be an Eligible Board Member on such date), a Stock
Option to purchase 10,000 shares of Stock. Stock Options granted under this
Section 7 shall be non-qualified Stock Options and shall have the following
terms and conditions:
(a) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Stock purchasable
under the Stock Option shall be the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the date
the Stock Option is granted.
(b) Option Term. The term of the Stock Option shall be ten years,
subject to earlier termination in the event of the optionee's death or
termination of service as an Eligible Board Member, as set forth below.
(c) Exercisability. Each Stock Option shall become exercisable with
respect to 3333 shares of Stock on the first anniversary of the date of grant,
an additional 3333 shares of Stock on the second anniversary of the date of
grant, and the remainder of the shares subject to the Stock Option on the third
anniversary of the date of grant, provided that the optionee is a member of the
Board on such date. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, in the event of a
Change in Control, each Stock Option shall become fully vested and shall be
exchanged for cash in the amount equal to the excess of the Change in Control
Stock Value over the per share exercise price, multiplied by the number of
shares subject to the Stock Option.
(d) Method of Exercise. Each exercisable Stock Option may be exercised
in whole or in part at any time during the option period by giving written
notice of exercise to the Company specifying the number of shares to be
purchased, accompanied by payment of the purchase price. Payment of the
purchase price shall be made in cash (including cash equivalents), by delivery
of shares of Stock already owned by the optionee for at least six months, or
any combination of the foregoing. Stock delivered upon payment of the exercise
price shall be valued at the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the date of
exercise.
(e) Termination of Service as Board Member. If an optionee's status as a
member of the Board is terminated for any reason other than death, disability or
Retirement, his Stock Option may be exercised for a number of years from the
date of such termination equal to the number of full and partial years served as
an Eligible Board Member or the end of the option term, whichever occurs first,
and only to the extent such Stock Option was exercisable on the date of such
termination.
(f) Death of Board Member. If an optionee's status as member of the
Board is terminated by reason of the optionee's death, his Stock Option shall
become fully vested and may be exercised by his legal representatives only
until the end of the 12-month period following the optionee's death, or the end
of the option term, whichever occurs first.
(g) Disability or Retirement of Board Member. If an optionee's status as
a member of the Board is terminated by reason of the optionee's disability or
Retirement, his Stock Option shall become fully vested and may be exercised
throughout the remainder of the option term; provided, however, in the event of
the optionee's death following termination of his status as a member of
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the Board by reason of the optionee's disability or Retirement, his Stock Option
may be exercised by his legal representatives only until the end of the 12-month
period following the optionee's death, or the end of the option term, whichever
occurs first.
(h) Non-transferability. No Stock Option shall be transferable by the
holder thereof other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.
During the optionee's lifetime, his Stock Option shall be exercisable only by
the optionee.
(i) No Stockholder Rights. An optionee shall have neither rights to
dividends nor other rights of a stockholder with respect to shares subject to a
Stock Option until he has given written notice of exercise and has paid for
such shares.
8. Amendment and Termination. The Board may discontinue the Plan at any
time or amend it from time to time. However, the Plan shall not be amended
more than once every six months, other than to comport with changes in the
Internal Revenue Code or the rules thereunder. Amendments may be made without
shareholder approval except as required to satisfy Rule 16b-3 under the
Exchange Act or other regulatory requirement. No amendment or discontinuance
of the Plan shall adversely affect any Stock Option previously granted without
the holder's written consent. The Company shall in no event have the power to
reduce the amount already credited to a Participant's Deferred Stock Account as
of the effective date of any discontinuance of the Plan nor to discontinue the
crediting of earnings on such amounts subsequent to said date. In the event of
a discontinuance of the Plan, the payment of a Participant's Deferred Stock
Account shall continue to be made in accordance with the provisions of the
Plan.
9. Adjustments for Changes in Capitalization. In the event of any merger,
reorganization, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all assets,
recapitalization, Stock dividend, Stock split, spin-off, split-up, extraordinary
dividend, distribution of assets or other change in corporate structure
affecting the Stock, a substitution or adjustment, as may be determined to be
appropriate by the Committee in its sole discretion, shall be made in the number
of shares subject to outstanding Stock Options, the exercise price per share of
outstanding Stock Options, the number of deferred shares credited to Deferred
Stock Accounts, and the amounts to be paid to or by award holders or the
Company, as the case may be, with respect to outstanding awards; provided,
however, that no such adjustment shall increase the aggregate value of any
outstanding award or affect any outstanding award more favorably than any other
outstanding award.
10. Regulatory Compliance. Each award under the Plan shall be subject to
the requirement that, if at any time the Committee shall determine that (i) the
listing, registration or qualification of the Stock subject or related thereto
upon any securities exchange or under any state or federal law, (ii) the
consent or approval of any government regulatory body or (iii) an agreement by
the recipient of an award with respect to the disposition of Stock is necessary
or desirable (in connection with any requirement or interpretation of any
federal or state securities law, rule or regulation) as a condition of, or in
connection with, the granting of such award or the issuance, purchase or
delivery of Stock thereunder, such award shall not be granted or exercised, in
whole or in part, unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent,
approval or agreement shall have been effected or obtained free of any
conditions not acceptable to the Committee.
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11. Miscellaneous.
(a) No Interest in Assets. No Participant or any other person shall have
any interest in any shares of Stock credited to his Deferred Stock Account or in
any specific asset of the Company by reason of any amount credited to him
hereunder, nor any rights to receive any distribution under the Plan except as
and to the extent expressly provided in the Plan. There shall be no funding of
any benefits which may become payable on account of a deferral election
hereunder. No trust shall be created in connection with or by the execution or
adoption of this Plan. Any benefits which become payable hereunder shall be
paid from the general assets of the Company. Nothing in the Plan shall be
deemed to give any person any right to participate in the Plan, except in
accordance with the provisions of the Plan.
(b) Restriction Against Assignment. The Company shall pay all amounts
payable hereunder only to the person or persons designated by the Plan and not
to any other person or corporation. No part of a Participant's Deferred Stock
Account shall be liable for the debts, contracts, or engagements of any
Participant, his Beneficiaries, or successors in interest, nor shall it be
subject to execution by levy, attachment or garnishment or by any other legal
or equitable proceeding, nor shall any such person have any right to alienate,
anticipate, commute, pledge, encumber, or assign any benefits or payments
hereunder in any manner whatsoever.
(c) Receipt or Release. Any payment to any Participant or his Beneficiary
in accordance with the provisions of the Plan shall, to the extent thereof, be
in full satisfaction of all claims against the Committee and the Company and the
Committee may require such Participant or Beneficiary, as a condition precedent
to such payment, to execute a receipt and release to such effect.
(d) Payment on Behalf of Minor. In the event any amount becomes payable
under the Plan to a minor or a person who, in the sole judgment of the
Committee, is considered by reason of physical or mental condition to be unable
to give a valid receipt therefor, the Committee may direct that such payment be
made to any person found by the Committee, in its sole judgment, to have assumed
the care of such minor or other person. Any payment made pursuant to such
determination shall constitute a full release and discharge of the Committee and
the Company.
(e) Forfeiture. Any payment or distribution to a Participant under the
Plan which is not claimed by the Participant, Beneficiary, or other person
entitled thereto within three years after becoming payable shall be forfeited
and cancelled and shall remain with the Company and no other person shall have
any right thereto or interest therein. The Company shall not have any duty to
give notice that amounts are payable under the Plan to any person other than
the Participant and the designated Beneficiary or Beneficiaries.
(f) Withholding. The Company may deduct from the amount of all
distributions under the Plan any taxes required to be withheld by the Federal
or any State or local government.
(g) Governing Law; Arbitration. This Plan shall be construed,
administered and enforced according to the laws of the State of Delaware,
without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof. Any dispute or
controversy arising under or in connection with this Plan shall be settled
exclusively by arbitration in Atlanta, Georgia by three arbitrators in
accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association in effect at
the time of submission to arbitration. Judgment may be entered on the
arbitrators' award in any court having jurisdiction. For purposes of settling
any dispute or controversy arising hereunder or for the purpose of entering any
judgment upon an
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award rendered by the arbitrators, the Company and each Participant hereby
consent to the jurisdiction of any or all of the following courts: (i) the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, (ii) any of
the courts of the State of Georgia, or (iii) any other court having
jurisdiction. The Company and each Participant hereby waive, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which it may now or hereafter
have to such jurisdiction and any defense of inconvenient forum. The Company and
each Participant hereby agree that a judgment upon an award rendered by the
arbitrators may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in
any other manner provided by law.
(h) Reimbursement of Legal Fees. All reasonable costs and expenses
(including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by a Participant in
seeking to obtain or enforce any payment, benefit or right provided under the
Plan shall be paid by the Company; provided; however, that the Participant
shall be required to repay any such amounts to the Company to the extent that
an arbitrator or a court of competent jurisdiction issues a final, unappealable
order setting forth a determination that the position taken by the Employee was
frivolous or advanced in bad faith.
(i) No Right of Continued Service. No award under this Plan shall confer
upon any member of the Board any right to continued service on the Board.
(j) Nonexclusivity of the Plan. Neither the adoption of the Plan by the
Board nor its submission to shareholders of the Company for approval shall be
construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such
other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable.
(k) Captions. Captions in this Plan are not part of the provisions
hereof and shall have no force or effect.
(l) Gender. The masculine gender as used herein includes the feminine
gender.
(m) Successors and Assigns. This Plan shall inure to the benefit of, and
be binding upon, the parties hereto and their successors and assigns.
(n) Effective Date. The Plan shall be effective upon approval by the
Company's shareholders.
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APPENDIX C
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ALUMAX INC. PROXY
ON BEHALF OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS PLEASE SIGN AND
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY 29, 1997 RETURN PROMPTLY
</TABLE>
The undersigned, a stockholder of Alumax Inc., constitutes and appoints
MICHAEL W. BORKOWSKI, HELEN M. FEENEY and LAWRENCE B. FROST, or any one or more
of them, each with power of substitution, the true and lawful attorneys and
proxies of the undersigned (the exercise of power to be by a majority if more
than two of said attorneys or substitutes are present at the meeting), to vote
all shares of Common Stock of the Company standing in the name of the
undersigned (unless limited hereon) at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the
Company or at any adjournments thereof, as effectually as the undersigned could
do if personally voting, hereby approving, ratifying and confirming all the said
attorneys or their substitutes may lawfully do in place of the undersigned in
the following proposed matters.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSALS 1, 2, 3 AND 4.
1. Election of the following nominees as Directors: Harold Brown, Pierre Des
Marais II and J. Dennis Bonney.
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
FOR all nominees WITHHOLD
(except as marked to AUTHORITY
the contrary on the line to vote for all
provided at the right) ______________________________________ nominees
[ ] [ ]
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
<S> <C> <C> <C>
2. Ratification of the selection of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
as auditors. [ ] [ ] [ ]
</TABLE>
PLEASE MARK, DATE AND SIGN ON THE REVERSE SIDE AND RETURN IN THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE.
CONTINUED FROM OTHER SIDE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
<S> <C> <C> <C>
3. Approval of an amendment to the Long Term Incentive Plan. [ ] [ ] [ ]
4. Approval of an amendment to the Non-Employee Directors'
Stock Compensation Plan. [ ] [ ] [ ]
</TABLE>
5. In their discretion, the appointees are authorized to vote upon any other
matters which may properly
come before the meeting or any adjournments thereof.
If signed and returned, the shares represented by this Proxy will be voted in
accordance with the specifications given. If the Proxy is executed but no
specifications are made as to voting of each item, this Proxy will be voted FOR
Proposals 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Executed on_______________, 1997
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
NOTE: WHEN SIGNING AS ATTORNEY, ADMINISTRATOR, TRUSTEE OR GUARDIAN, PLEASE GIVE
YOUR FULL TITLE AS SUCH.
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Appendix D
ALUMAX INC.
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR USE AT THE
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
MAY 29, 1997
The undersigned, a stockholder of Alumax, Inc., hereby constitutes and
appoints MICHAEL W. BORKOWSKI, HELEN M. FEENEY and LAWRENCE B. FROST, or any
one or more of them, each with power of substitution, the true and lawful
attorneys and proxies of the undersigned (the exercise of power to be by a
majority if more than two of said attorneys or substitutes are present at the
meeting), to vote all shares of Common stock of the Company standing in the
name of the undersigned (unless limited hereon) at the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders of the Company or at any adjournments thereof, as effectually as
the undersigned could do if personally voting, hereby approving, ratifying and
confirming all the said attorneys or their substitutes may lawfully do in place
of the undersigned in the proposed matters appearing on the reverse side.
PLEASE MARK, DATE AND SIGN ON THE REVERSE SIDE AND RETURN PROMPTLY
IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
- FOLD AND DETACH HERE -
IF SIGNED AND RETURNED, THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS GIVEN. IF THE PROXY IS EXECUTED BUT NO
SPECIFICATIONS ARE MADE AS TO VOTING OF EACH ITEM, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR
PROPOSALS 1, 2, 3 AND 4.
Please mark
[X] your votes
this way
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSALS 1, 2, 3 AND 4.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1. Election of the following nominees as Directors:
FOR all WITHHOLD
nominees AUTHORITY to
Harold Brown, Pierre Des Marais II and J. Dennis Bonney. except any vote for all
indicated listed nominees
<S> <C> <C>
[ ] [ ]
</TABLE>
(Instruction: To withhold authority to vote for individual nominees, write the
nominees' names on the line below)
________________________________________________________________________________
<TABLE>
<CAPTION> FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
<S> <C> <C> <C>
2. Ratification of the selection of Coopers &
Lybrand L.L.P. as auditors. [ ] [ ] [ ]
3. Approval of an amendment to the
Long Term Incentive Plan. [ ] [ ] [ ]
4. Approval of an amendment to the
Non-Employee Directors' Stock [ ] [ ] [ ]
Compensation Plan.
</TABLE>
5. In their discretion, the appointees are
authorized to vote upon any other matters
which may properly come before the
meeting or any adjournments thereof.
Signature(s)________________________________________ Date____________________
Please date and sign your name as it appears above and return in the enclosed
envelope. When signing as an attorney, executor, administrator, trustee or
guardian, please give title as such. If the signer is a corporation, please sign
full corporate name by authorized officer and attach corporate seal. For joint
accounts, each joint owner should sign.
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APPENDIX E
PROXY SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ALUMAX INC. THRIFT PLAN FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES
ALUMAX INC. THRIFT PLAN FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES
CONFIDENTIAL VOTING INSTRUCTIONS
(WILL BE SEEN ONLY BY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TRUSTEE)
This Proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors for use at the
Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on Thursday, May 29, 1997 at 10:00
a.m., Eastern Daylight Savings Time, in the Third Floor Auditorium of The Chase
Manhattan Bank Building, 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York.
The Undersigned hereby instructs The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.*, as
Trustee of the Alumax Inc. Thrift Plan for Salaried Employees and the Alumax
Inc. Thrift Plan for Hourly Employees, to vote the shares of Alumax Inc. Common
Stock credited to my account under the Plan(s) at the Annual Meeting and at any
adjournment(s) thereof in accordance with the instructions which I have given
on the reverse side.
PLEASE MARK, DATE AND SIGN ON THE REVERSE SIDE AND RETURN PROMPTLY
IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE
* The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., Trustee, has appointed ChaseMellon
Shareholder Services, L.L.C. as Agent to tally the votes.
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IF SIGNED AND RETURNED, THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS GIVEN. IF THE PROXY IS EXECUTED BUT NO
SPECIFICATIONS ARE MADE AS TO VOTING OF EACH ITEM, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR
PROPOSALS 1, 2, 3 AND 4.
Please mark
[X] your votes
this way
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSALS 1, 2, 3 AND 4.
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1. Election of the following nominees as Directors:
FOR all WITHHOLD
nominees AUTHORITY to
Harold Brown, Pierre Des Marais II and J. Dennis Bonney. except any vote for all
indicated listed nominees
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(Instruction: To withhold authority to vote for individual nominees, write the
nominees' names on the line below)
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<CAPTION> FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
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2. Ratification of the selection of Coopers &
Lybrand L.L.P. as auditors. [ ] [ ] [ ]
3. Approval of an amendment to the
Long Term Incentive Plan. [ ] [ ] [ ]
4. Approval of an amendment to the
Non-Employee Directors' Stock [ ] [ ] [ ]
Compensation Plan.
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5. In their discretion, the appointees are authorized to vote upon any
other matters which may properly come before the meeting or any
adjournments thereof.
TRUSTEE AUTHORIZATION
I hereby authorize The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.*, as Trustee under
the Alumax Inc. Thrift Plan for Salaried Employees and the Alumax Inc.
Thrift Plan for Hourly Employees, to vote the shares of Alumax Inc.
Common Stock held for my account under said Plan(s) at the Annual
Meeting in accordance with the instructions given above.
* The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., Trustee, has appointed ChaseMellon
Shareholder Services, L.L.C. as Agent to tally the votes.
Signature(s)________________________________________ Date____________________
Please date and sign your name as it appears above and return in the enclosed
envelope. When signing as an attorney, executor, administrator, trustee or
guardian, please give title as such.
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