SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) February 2, 2007
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction
Of Incorporation)
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1-815
(Commission
File Number)
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51-0014090
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
1007 Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19898
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (302) 774-1000
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy
the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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| Item 5.02 |
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
Arrangements of Certain Officers |
On February 2, 2007, the Board of Directors approved a two percent increase in Mr. Holliday’s
annual salary from $1.293 million to $1.320 million. The Board also approved a variable
compensation payment for 2006 of $2.103 million under the Company’s Variable Compensation Plan,
reflecting corporate results for 2006 and consistent with the variable compensation guidelines
applicable to all employees eligible to receive awards under the Company’s Variable Compensation
Plan. The Board approved a grant of 228,000 stock options, 42,500 performance-based restricted
stock units and 42,500 time-vested restricted stock units effective February 7, 2007 under the
Company’s Stock Performance Plan and subject to the terms and conditions previously filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission with the exception noted below with respect to the
performance-based restricted stock units.
On February 6, 2007, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors approved a 2006
variable compensation award under the Company’s Variable Compensation Plan and, effective February
7, 2007, a grant of stock options, time-vested and performance-based restricted stock units (RSUs)
under the Company’s Stock Performance Plan to the following named executive officers:
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Variable |
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Stock |
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Performance- |
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Compensation |
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Options |
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Time-vested RSUs |
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based RSUs |
T. M. Connelly, Jr.
Executive Vice
President & Chief
Innovation Officer
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596,000 |
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70,400 |
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13,600 |
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12,900 |
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R. R. Goodmanson
Executive Vice
President & Chief
Operating Officer
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850,000 |
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94,300 |
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18,100 |
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19,000 |
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J. L. Keefer
Executive Vice
President & Chief
Financial Officer
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459,000 |
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52,200 |
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10,000 |
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10,000 |
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S. J. Mobley
Senior Vice
President, Chief
Administrative
Officer & General
Counsel
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542,000 |
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63,700 |
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12,300 |
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12,900 |
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G. M. Pfeiffer
Retired Senior Vice
President & Chief
Financial Officer
(served as
executive officer
through 6/16/06)
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506,000 |
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The Compensation Committee approved variable compensation payments to the named executive officers
which reflect corporate results for 2006 consistent with the variable compensation guidelines
applicable to all employees eligible to receive awards under the Company’s Variable Compensation
Plan. The Variable Compensation Plan is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission as
Exhibit 10.9 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.
The Company’s Stock Performance Plan is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission as
Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005. The
Performance Period for performance-based restricted stock units is 2007-2009. Otherwise, these
grants are subject to the terms and conditions under the Company’s Stock Performance Plan on file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibits 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8 to the Company’s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2006, except that for the
performance-based restricted stock units subject to the 2007-2009 Performance Period, Return on
Invested Capital will be measured on an absolute rather than on a relative basis.
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