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NOTICE OF 2008 ANNUAL MEETING
AND
PROXY STATEMENT

 


112 West 34th Street
New York, New York 10120

NOTICE OF 2008 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

 

 

 

 

DATE:

 

May 21, 2008

TIME:

 

9:00 A.M., local time

PLACE:

 

Foot Locker, Inc., 112 West 34th Street, New York, New York 10120

RECORD DATE:

 

Shareholders of record on March 28, 2008 can vote at this meeting.

ITEMS OF BUSINESS:

 

 

Elect two members to the Board of Directors to serve for three-year terms

 

 

 

Ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the 2008 fiscal year

 

 

 

Approve the Foot Locker Annual Incentive Compensation Plan, as Amended and Restated

 

 

 

Transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting and at any adjournment or postponement.

PROXY VOTING:

 

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT TO US. Please vote as soon as possible in one of these ways:

 

 

 

Use the toll-free telephone number shown on the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials for the 2008 Annual Meeting of Foot Locker, Inc. (your “Foot Locker Notice”) or on your proxy card;

 

 

 

Visit the web site shown on your Foot Locker Notice or on your proxy card to vote via the Internet;

 

 

 

If you received a printed copy of the proxy card, please mark, sign and return the enclosed proxy card using the postage-paid envelope provided; or

 

 

 

Follow the instructions on your proxy materials if your shares are held in street name.

 

 

Even if you plan to attend the annual meeting, we encourage you to vote in advance using one of these methods.

 

 

 

 

  GARY M. BAHLER
Secretary

 

April 11, 2008


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Page

General Information

 

 

Questions and Answers about this Annual Meeting

 

 

 

1

 

What is included in these proxy materials?

 

 

 

1

 

May I obtain an additional copy of the Form 10-K?

 

 

 

1

 

What constitutes a quorum for the Annual Meeting?

 

 

 

2

 

What is the record date for this meeting?

 

 

 

2

 

Do I need a ticket to attend the Annual Meeting?

 

 

 

2

 

What are shareholders voting on at this meeting?

 

 

 

2

 

How does the Board of Directors recommend that I vote on the proposals?

 

 

 

2

 

Could other matters be voted on at the meeting?

 

 

 

2

 

Who may vote at the Annual Meeting?

 

 

 

2

 

What are the voting requirements to elect directors and approve the other proposals?

 

 

 

3

 

How will the votes be counted?

 

 

 

3

 

Will my vote be confidential?

 

 

 

3

 

How do I vote my shares?

 

 

 

3

 

Can I change my mind after voting my shares?

 

 

 

4

 

Are shares held in employee plans included on the proxy card?

 

 

 

4

 

Who pays the cost of this proxy solicitation?

 

 

 

4

 

Beneficial Ownership of the Company’s Stock

 

 

 

5

 

Directors and Executive Officers

 

 

 

5

 

Persons Owning More than Five Percent of the Company’s Stock

 

 

 

6

 

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

 

 

 

7

 

Corporate Governance Information

 

 

 

7

 

Corporate Governance Guidelines

 

 

 

7

 

Policy on Voting for Directors

 

 

 

7

 

Stock Ownership Guidelines

 

 

 

7

 

Committee Charters

 

 

 

8

 

Director Independence

 

 

 

8

 

Lead Director

 

 

 

8

 

Executive Sessions of Non-Management Directors

 

 

 

8

 

Board Members’ Attendance at Annual Meetings

 

 

 

8

 

New Director Orientation

 

 

 

8

 

Payment of Directors Fees in Stock

 

 

 

9

 

Director Retirement

 

 

 

9

 

Change in Director’s Principal Employment

 

 

 

9

 

Communications with the Board of Directors

 

 

 

9

 

Retention of Outside Advisors

 

 

 

9

 

Code of Business Conduct

 

 

 

10

 

Board of Directors

 

 

 

10

 

Organization and Powers

 

 

 

10

 

Directors’ Independence

 

 

 

10

 

Committees of the Board of Directors

 

 

 

12

 

Audit Committee

 

 

 

12

 

Compensation and Management Resources Committee

 

 

 

13

 

Executive Committee

 

 

 

14

 

Finance and Strategic Planning Committee

 

 

 

14

 

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

 

 

 

14

 

Retirement Plan Committee

 

 

 

15

 

Related Person Transactions

 

 

 

15

 

Directors’ Compensation and Benefits

 

 

 

15

 

Executive Compensation

 

 

 

18

 

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

 

 

 

18

 

Compensation Committee Report

 

 

 

28

 

Summary Compensation Table

 

 

 

29

 

Grants of Plan-Based Awards

 

 

 

31

 

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End

 

 

 

33

 


 

 

 

 

 

Page

Option Exercises and Stock Vested

 

 

 

35

 

Employment Agreements

 

 

 

36

 

M. Serra

 

 

 

36

 

R. Mina, R. Halls, G. Bahler, R. McHugh

 

 

 

37

 

Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control

 

 

 

39

 

M. Serra

 

 

 

39

 

R. Mina

 

 

 

41

 

R. Halls

 

 

 

43

 

G. Bahler

 

 

 

45

 

R. McHugh

 

 

 

47

 

Retirement Plans

 

 

 

49

 

Pension Benefits

 

 

 

51

 

Equity Compensation Plan Information

 

 

 

52

 

Items to be Voted on by Shareholders

 

 

 

53

 

Proposal 1: Election of Directors

 

 

 

53

 

Nominees for Directors

 

 

 

53

 

Directors Continuing in Office

 

 

 

54

 

Proposal 2: Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Accountants

 

 

 

55

 

Audit and Non-Audit Fees

 

 

 

55

 

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

 

 

 

55

 

Audit Committee Report

 

 

 

56

 

Proposal 3: Approval of the Foot Locker Annual Incentive Compensation Plan, as Amended and Restated

 

 

 

57

 

Deadlines and Procedures for Nominations and Shareholder Proposals

 

 

 

59

 

Location of the 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

 

 

 

60

 

Appendix A

 

 

 

A-1

 


112 West 34th Street
New York, New York 10120


PROXY STATEMENT


GENERAL INFORMATION

We are providing these proxy materials to you for the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors of Foot Locker, Inc. for the 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and for any adjournments or postponements of this meeting. We are holding this annual meeting on May 21, 2008 at 9:00 A.M., local time, at our corporate headquarters located at 112 West 34th Street, New York, New York 10120. In this proxy statement we refer to Foot Locker, Inc. as “Foot Locker,” “the Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us.”

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Shareholder Meeting
To Be Held on May 21, 2008

The Company’s Proxy Statement and 2007 Annual Report/Form 10-K are available at
http://bnymellon.mobular.net/bnymellon/fl and
http://ww3.ics.adp.com/streetlink/FL

We are pleased to be using this year a new procedure approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission that allows companies to furnish their proxy materials to shareholders over the Internet instead of mailing full sets of the printed materials. We believe that this procedure will reduce costs, provide greater flexibility to our shareholders, and lessen the environmental impact of our Annual Meeting. On or about April 11, 2008, we started mailing to most of our shareholders in the United States a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Foot Locker Notice”). The Foot Locker Notice contains instructions on how to access and read our 2008 Proxy Statement and our 2007 Annual Report to Shareholders on the Internet and to vote online. If you received a Foot Locker Notice by mail, you will not receive paper copies of the proxy materials in the mail unless you request them. Instead, the Foot Locker Notice instructs you on how to access and read the Proxy Statement and Annual Report and how you may submit your proxy over the Internet. If you received a Foot Locker Notice by mail and would like to receive a printed copy of the materials, please follow the instructions on the Foot Locker Notice for requesting the materials, and we will promptly mail the materials to you.

We are mailing to shareholders, or making available to shareholders via the Internet, this Proxy Statement, form of proxy card, and our 2007 Annual Report/Form10-K on or about April 11, 2008.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THIS ANNUAL MEETING AND VOTING

What is included in these proxy materials?

The proxy materials include our 2008 Proxy Statement and 2007 Annual Report/Form 10-K. If you received printed copies of these materials by mail, these materials also include the proxy card for this annual meeting.

May I obtain an additional copy of the Form 10-K?

Our Form 10-K for the 2007 fiscal year ended February 2, 2008 is included with the 2007 Annual Report. You may obtain an additional copy of our 2007 Form 10-K without charge by writing to our Investor Relations Department at Foot Locker, Inc., 112 West 34th Street, New York, New York 10120.


It is also available free of charge through our corporate web site at http://www.footlocker-inc.com/ IR_index.htm.

What constitutes a quorum for the Annual Meeting?

We will have a quorum and will be able to conduct the business of the Annual Meeting if the holders of a majority of the shares outstanding are present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy. We will count abstentions and broker non-votes, if any, as present and entitled to vote in determining whether we have a quorum.

What is the record date for this meeting?

The record date for this meeting is March 28, 2008. If you were a Foot Locker shareholder on this date, you are entitled to vote on the items of business described in this proxy statement.

Do I need a ticket to attend the Annual Meeting?

You will need an admission ticket to attend the Annual Meeting. Attendance at the meeting will be limited to shareholders on March 28, 2008 (or their authorized representatives) having an admission ticket or proof of their share ownership, and guests of the Company. If you plan to attend the meeting, please indicate this when you are voting by telephone or Internet or check the box on your proxy card, and we will mail an admission ticket to you.

If your shares are held in the name of a bank, broker, or other holder of record and you plan to attend the meeting, you can obtain an admission ticket in advance by providing proof of your ownership, such as a bank or brokerage account statement, to the Corporate Secretary at Foot Locker, Inc., 112 West 34th Street, New York, New York 10120. If you do not have an admission ticket, you must show proof of your ownership of the Company’s Common Stock at the registration table at the door.

What are shareholders voting on at this meeting?

You are being asked to vote on the following items:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proposal 1:

 

Election of two directors in Class II;

 

Proposal 2:

 

Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accountants for 2008; and

 

Proposal 3:

 

Approval of the Foot Locker Annual Incentive Compensation Plan, as Amended and Restated.

How does the Board of Directors recommend that I vote on the proposals?

The Board recommends that you vote “FOR” each of the three proposals being voted on at the meeting.

Could other matters be voted on at the Annual Meeting?

We do not know of any other business that will be presented at the 2008 annual meeting. If any other matters are properly brought before the meeting for consideration, then the persons named as proxies will have the discretion to vote on those matters for you using their best judgment.

Who may vote at the Annual Meeting?

The only voting securities of Foot Locker are our shares of Common Stock. Only shareholders of record on the books of the Company on March 28, 2008 are entitled to vote at the annual meeting and any adjournments or postponements. Each share is entitled to one vote. There were 154,774,002 shares of Common Stock outstanding on March 28, 2008.

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What are the voting requirements to elect directors and to approve the other proposals?

Directors must be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by shareholders. (Please see our policy described on Page 7 regarding resignations by directors who do not receive more “for” votes than “withheld” votes.) The other proposals being voted on at this meeting require the favorable vote of a majority of the votes cast by shareholders to be approved.

How will the votes be counted?

Votes will be counted and certified by representatives of our transfer agent, BNY Mellon Shareowner Services, as inspectors of election. The inspectors of election are independent and are not employees of Foot Locker.

We do not count abstentions and broker non-votes, if any, in determining the votes cast for any proposal. Votes withheld for the election of one or more of the nominees for director will not be counted as votes cast for them.

Broker non-votes occur when brokers or other entities holding shares for an owner in street name do not receive voting instructions from the owner on non-routine matters and, consequently, have no discretion to vote on those matters. If a proposal is routine under the rules of The New York Stock Exchange, then the brokers or other entities may vote the shares held by them even though they have not received instructions from the owner.

The Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws do not contain any provisions on the effect of abstentions or broker non-votes.

Will my vote be confidential?

We maintain the confidentiality of our shareholders’ votes. All proxy cards, electronic voting, voting instructions, ballots and voting tabulations identifying shareholders are kept confidential from the Company, except:

as necessary to meet any applicable legal requirements,

when a shareholder requests disclosure or writes a comment on a proxy card,

in a contested proxy solicitation, and

to allow independent inspectors of election to tabulate and certify the vote.

How do I vote my shares?

You may vote using any of the following methods:

Telephone

If you are located within the United States or Canada, you can vote your shares by telephone by calling the toll-free telephone number printed on your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (“Notice”), on your proxy card, or in the instructions that accompany your proxy materials, as applicable, and following the recorded instructions. You will need the control number printed on your Notice, on your proxy card, or in the instructions that accompany your proxy materials, as applicable. Telephone voting is available 24 hours a day and will be accessible until 9:00 A.M. on May 21, 2008. The telephone voting system has easy to follow instructions and allows you to confirm that the system has properly recorded your vote. If you vote by telephone, you do NOT need to return a proxy card or voting instruction form. If you are an owner in street name, please follow the instructions that accompany your proxy materials.

Internet

You can also choose to vote your shares by the Internet. You will need the control number printed on your Notice, on your proxy card, or in the instructions that accompany your proxy materials, as applicable. The web site for Internet voting is listed on your Notice, proxy card, or in the instructions that accompany your proxy materials. Internet voting is available 24 hours a day and will be accessible until 9:00 A.M. on May 21, 2008. As with telephone voting, you will be able to confirm that the system

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has properly recorded your vote. If you vote via the Internet, you do NOT need to return a proxy card or voting instruction form.

Mail

If you are a holder of record and received printed copies of the materials by mail, you may choose to vote by mail. Simply mark your proxy card, date and sign it, and return it in the postage-paid envelope that we included with your materials. If you hold your shares through a bank or brokerage account, please complete and mail the voting instruction form in the envelope provided.

Ballot at the Annual Meeting

You may also vote by ballot at the Annual Meeting if you decide to attend in person. If your shares are held in the name of a bank, broker or other holder of record, you must obtain a proxy, executed in your favor, from the holder of record to be able to vote at the meeting.

All shares that have been properly voted and not revoked will be voted at the Annual Meeting. If you sign and return a proxy card but do not give voting instructions, the shares represented by that proxy card will be voted as recommended by the Board of Directors.

Can I change my mind after voting my shares?

You may revoke your proxy at any time before it is used by (i) sending a written notice to the Company at its corporate headquarters, (ii) delivering a valid proxy card with a later date, (iii) providing a later dated vote by telephone or Internet, or (iv) voting by ballot at the Annual Meeting.

Are shares held in employee plans included on the proxy card?

If you hold shares of Foot Locker Common Stock through the Foot Locker 401(k) Plan or the Foot Locker Puerto Rico 1165(e) Plan, you received a proxy card showing the number of shares allocated to your plan account. Your proxy card will serve as a voting instruction card for the trustees of the plans, who will vote the shares. The trustees will vote only those shares for which voting instructions have been given. To allow sufficient time for voting by the trustees of these plans, your voting instructions must be received by May 16, 2008.

Who pays the cost of this proxy solicitation?

We will pay for the cost of the solicitation of proxies, including the preparation, printing and mailing of the proxy materials.

Proxies may be solicited, without additional compensation, by our directors, officers, or employees by mail, telephone, fax, in person, or otherwise. We will request banks, brokers and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries to deliver proxy material to the beneficial owners of Foot Locker’s Common Stock and obtain their voting instructions, and we will reimburse those firms for their expenses under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and The New York Stock Exchange. In addition, we have retained Innisfree M&A Incorporated to assist us in the solicitation of proxies for a fee of $10,000 plus out-of-pocket expenses.

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BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF THE COMPANY’S STOCK

Directors and Executive Officers

The following table shows the number of shares of Common Stock reported to us as beneficially owned by each of our directors and named executive officers as of March 28, 2008. The table also shows beneficial ownership by all directors, named executive officers, and executive officers as a group on that date, including shares of Common Stock that they have a right to acquire within 60 days after March 28, 2008 by the exercise of stock options.

Matthew D. Serra beneficially owned 1.17 percent of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as of March 28, 2008. No other director, named executive officer, or executive officer beneficially owned one percent or more of the total number of outstanding shares as of that date.

Each person has sole voting and investment power for the number of shares shown unless otherwise noted.

Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name

 

Common Stock
Beneficially Owned
Excluding
Stock Options (a)

 

Stock Options
Exercisable Within
60 Days After
3/28/2008

 

RSUs and
Deferred
Stock Units
Beneficially
Owned (b)

 

Total Shares of
Common
Stock
Beneficially
Owned

Gary M. Bahler

 

 

 

126,530

   

 

 

253,334

   

 

 

   

 

 

379,864

 

Nicholas DiPaolo

 

 

 

12,826

(c)

 

 

 

 

16,542

   

 

 

3,704

   

 

 

33,072

 

Alan D. Feldman

 

 

 

11,065

   

 

 

6,314

   

 

 

3,704

   

 

 

21,083

 

Jarobin Gilbert Jr.

 

 

 

9,610

   

 

 

25,520

   

 

 

3,704

   

 

 

38,834

 

Ronald J. Halls

 

 

 

124,551

   

 

 

116,667

   

 

 

   

 

 

241,218

 

Robert W. McHugh

 

 

 

146,472

   

 

 

165,666

   

 

 

   

 

 

312,138

 

Matthew M. McKenna

 

 

 

14,616

   

 

 

4,287

   

 

 

3,704

   

 

 

22,607

 

Richard T. Mina

 

 

 

237,619

(d)

 

 

 

 

407,171

   

 

 

   

 

 

644,790

 

James E. Preston

 

 

 

55,271

   

 

 

25,520

   

 

 

3,704

   

 

 

84,495

 

David Y. Schwartz

 

 

 

12,275

   

 

 

25,520

   

 

 

13,127

   

 

 

50,922

 

Matthew D. Serra

 

 

 

708,989

   

 

 

1,097,832

   

 

 

   

 

 

1,806,821

 

Christopher A. Sinclair

 

 

 

20,223

   

 

 

25,520

   

 

 

3,704

   

 

 

49,447

 

Cheryl Nido Turpin

 

 

 

5,964

   

 

 

20,815

   

 

 

15,176

   

 

 

41,955

 

Dona D. Young

 

 

 

7,356

   

 

 

20,815

   

 

 

22,550

   

 

 

50,721

 

All 20 directors and executive officers as a group, including the named executive officers

 

 

 

1,828,120

   

 

 

2,974,852

   

 

 

73,077

   

 

 

4,876,049

(e)

 

                                         


Notes to Beneficial Ownership Table

 

(a)

 

 

 

This column includes shares held in the Company’s 401(k) Plan and unvested shares of restricted stock.

 

(b)

 

 

 

This column includes (i) the number of deferred stock units credited as of March 28, 2008 to the account of the directors who elected to defer all or part of their annual retainer fee and (ii) directors’ unvested restricted stock units (“RSUs”). The deferred stock units and RSUs do not have current voting or investment power.

 

(c)

 

 

 

Includes 150 shares held by his spouse.

 

(d)

 

 

 

Does not include 30,000 shares of common stock transferred to spouse under marital settlement agreement in which Mr. Mina disclaims beneficial ownership.

 

(e)

 

 

 

This number represents approximately 3.15 percent of the shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on March 28, 2008.

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Persons Owning More Than Five Percent of the Company’s Stock

The following table provides information on shareholders who beneficially own more than five percent of our Common Stock according to reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). To the best of our knowledge, there are no other shareholders who beneficially own more than five percent of a class of the Company’s voting securities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name and Address
of Beneficial Owner

 

Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial Ownership

 

Percent
of Class

Lazard Asset Management LLC

 

 

 

15,579,327(a

)

 

 

 

 

10.08%(a

)

 

30 Rockefeller Plaza

 

 

 

 

New York, NY 10112

 

 

 

 

Mackenzie Financial Corporation

 

 

 

13,739,244(b

)

 

 

 

 

8.90%(b

)

 

150 Bloor Street West, Suite M111

 

 

 

 

Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B5

 

 

 

 

Sasco Capital, Inc.

 

 

 

8,901,342(c

)

 

 

 

 

5.80%(c

)

 

10 Sasco Hill Road

 

 

 

 

Fairfield, CT 06824

 

 

 

 

Harris Associates L.P. and

 

 

 

8,393,500(d

)

 

 

 

 

5.43%(d

)

 

Harris Associates Inc.

 

 

 

 

Two North LaSalle Street, Suite 500

 

 

 

 

Chicago, IL 60602-3790

 

 

 

 

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

 

 

 

8,228,326(e

)

 

 

 

 

5.33%(e

)

 

90 Hudson Street

 

 

 

 

Jersey City, NJ 07302

 

 

 

 

First Pacific Advisors, LLC,

 

 

 

7,787,100(f

)

 

 

 

 

5.00%(f

)

 

Robert L. Rodriguez, and J. Richard Atwood

 

 

 

 

11400 West Olympic Blvd., Suite 1200

 

 

 

 

Los Angeles, CA 90064

 

 

 

 

Notes to Table on Persons Owning More than Five Percent of the Company’s Stock

 

(a)

 

 

 

Reflects shares beneficially owned as of December 31, 2007 according to an amended Schedule 13G filed with the SEC. As reported in this schedule, Lazard Asset Management LLC, an investment adviser, holds sole voting power with respect to 8,993,744 shares and sole dispositive power with respect to 15,579,327 shares.

 

(b)

 

 

 

Reflects shares beneficially owned as of December 31, 2007 according to Schedule 13G filed with the SEC. As reported in this schedule, Mackenzie Financial Corporation, an investment adviser, holds sole voting and dispositive power with respect to 13,739,244 shares.

 

(c)

 

 

 

Reflects shares beneficially owned as of December 31, 2007 according to Schedule 13G filed with the SEC. As reported in this schedule, Sasco Capital, Inc., an investment adviser, holds sole voting power with respect to 4,463,350 shares and sole dispositive power with respect to 8,901,342 shares.

 

(d)

 

 

 

Reflects shares beneficially owned as of December 31, 2007, according to Schedule 13G filed with the SEC by Harris Associates L.P. (“Harris”) and Harris Associates Inc. As reported in this schedule, Harris, an investment adviser, holds shared voting power with respect to 8,393,500 shares, sole dispositive power with respect to 1,293,500 shares, and shared dispositive power with respect to 7,100,000 shares. Harris also serves as investment adviser to the Harris Associates Investment Trust (the “Trust”). The Trust owns 7,100,000 shares, which are included as shares over which Harris has shared voting and dispositive power.

 

(e)

 

 

 

Reflects shares beneficially owned as of December 31, 2007, according to Amendment No. 5 to Schedule 13G filed with the SEC. As reported in this schedule, Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC, an

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investment adviser, holds sole voting power with respect to 7,845,626 shares and sole dispositive power with respect to 8,228,326 shares.

 

(f)

 

 

 

Reflects shares beneficially owned as of December 31, 2007, according to Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on behalf of First Pacific Advisors, LLC (“FPA”), an investment advisor, Robert L. Rodriguez and J. Richard Atwood, Managing Members of FPA. As reported in this schedule, FPA, Mr. Rodriguez and Mr. Atwood hold shared voting power with respect to 2,699,400 shares and shared dispositive power with respect to 7,787,100 shares.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires that our directors and executive officers file with the Securities and Exchange Commission reports of ownership and changes in ownership of Foot Locker’s Common Stock. Based on our records and other information, we believe that during the 2007 fiscal year, the directors and executive officers complied with all applicable SEC filing requirements.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE INFORMATION

Corporate Governance Guidelines

The Board of Directors has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines. The Board periodically reviews the guidelines and may revise them when appropriate. The Corporate Governance Guidelines are available on the corporate governance section of the Company’s corporate web site at http://www.footlocker-inc.com/IR_index.htm. You may also obtain a printed copy of the guidelines by writing to the Corporate Secretary at the Company’s headquarters.

Policy on Voting for Directors

Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that if a nominee for director in an uncontested election receives more votes “withheld” from his or her election than votes “for” election (a “Majority Withheld Vote”), then the director must offer his or her resignation for consideration by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the “Nominating Committee”). The Nominating Committee will evaluate the resignation, weighing the best interests of the Company and its shareholders, and make a recommendation to the Board of Directors on the action to be taken. For example, the Nominating Committee may recommend (i) accepting the resignation, (ii) maintaining the director but addressing what the Nominating Committee believes to be the underlying cause of the withheld votes, (iii) resolving that the director will not be re-nominated in the future for election, or (iv) rejecting the resignation. When making its determination, the Nominating Committee will consider all factors that it deems relevant, including (i) any stated reasons why shareholders withheld votes from the director, (ii) any alternatives for curing the underlying cause of the withheld votes, (iii) the director’s tenure, (iv) the director’s qualifications, (v) the director’s past and expected future contributions to the Board and to the Company, and (vi) the overall composition of the Board, including whether accepting the resignation would cause the Company to fail to meet any applicable Securities and Exchange Commission or New York Stock Exchange requirements. We will promptly disclose the Board’s decision on whether or not to accept the director’s resignation, including, if applicable, the reasons for rejecting the offered resignation.

Stock Ownership Guidelines

The Board of Directors has adopted Stock Ownership Guidelines. These guidelines cover the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, and Other Principal Officers, as follows:

 

 

 

 

Board of Directors. Each non-employee director must beneficially own shares of our Common Stock having a value of at least three times the annual retainer fee paid to the non-employee directors.

 

 

 

 

Chief Executive Officer. The CEO must beneficially own shares of our Common Stock having a value of at least four times his annual base salary.

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Other Principal Officers. Other Principal Officers of the Company must beneficially own shares of our Common Stock having a value of at least two times their individual annual base salaries. The category of Other Principal Officers includes all corporate officers at the senior vice president level or higher and the chief executive officers of our operating divisions.

Shares of restricted stock, restricted stock units, and deferred stock units are counted towards beneficial ownership. Stock options are disregarded in calculating beneficial ownership.

The target date for full compliance with these guidelines is February 2011, which is five years after the effective date of these guidelines. Non-employee directors who are elected to the Board after February 2006, as well as employees who are elected or appointed after this date to positions covered by these guidelines, must be in compliance within five years after their initial election or appointment.

Committee Charters

The Board of Directors has adopted charters for the Audit Committee, the Compensation and Management Resources Committee, the Finance and Strategic Planning Committee, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and the Retirement Plan Committee. Copies of the charters for these committees are available on the corporate governance section of the Company’s corporate web site at http://www.footlocker-inc.com/IR_index.htm. You may also obtain printed copies of these charters by writing to the Corporate Secretary at the Company’s headquarters.

Director Independence

The Board believes that a significant majority of the members of the Board should be independent, as determined by the Board based on the criteria established by The New York Stock Exchange. Each year, the Nominating Committee reviews any relationships between outside directors and the Company that may affect independence. Currently, one of the current 10 members of the Board of Directors serves as an officer of the Company, and the remaining 9 directors are independent under the criteria established by The New York Stock Exchange.

Lead Director

James E. Preston has served as lead director since May 30, 2007. As lead director, Mr. Preston presides at executive sessions of the independent and non-management directors, reviews and provides input on the Board meeting agendas, and may perform other duties and responsibilities as the Board may determine.

Executive Sessions of Non-Management Directors

The Board of Directors holds regularly scheduled executive sessions of non-management directors. James E. Preston, as the lead director, presides at executive sessions of the independent and non- management directors.

Board Members’ Attendance at Annual Meetings

Although we do not have a policy on our Board members’ attendance at annual shareholders’ meetings, we encourage each director to attend these important meetings. The annual meeting is normally scheduled on the same day as a Board of Directors’ meeting. In 2007, 10 out of the 12 directors who were then serving attended the annual shareholders’ meeting.

New Director Orientation

We have an orientation program for new directors that is intended to educate a new director on the Company and the Board’s practices. At the orientation, the newly elected director generally meets with the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the General Counsel and Secretary, as well as with other senior financial officers of the Company, to review the business operations, financial matters, investor relations, corporate governance policies, and the composition of

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the Board and its committees. Additionally, he or she has the opportunity to visit our stores at the Company’s New York headquarters, or elsewhere, with a senior division officer for an introduction to store operations.

Payment of Directors Fees in Stock

The non-employee directors receive one-half of their annual retainer fees, including committee chair and lead director retainer fees, in shares of the Company’s Common Stock, with the balance payable in cash. Directors may elect to receive up to 100 percent of their fees in stock.

Director Retirement

The Board has established a policy in its Corporate Governance Guidelines that directors retire from the Board at the annual meeting of shareholders following the director’s 72nd birthday. As part of the Nominating Committee’s regular evaluation of the Company’s directors and the overall needs of the Board, the Nominating Committee may ask a director to remain on the Board for an additional period of time beyond age 72, or to stand for re-election after reaching age 72. However, a director may not remain on the Board beyond the date of the annual meeting of shareholders following his or her 75th birthday. As described on Page 53, the Board has waived the retirement policy for one director, James E. Preston, who currently serves as the lead director.

Change in a Director’s Principal Employment

The Board has established a policy that any director whose principal employment changes is required to advise the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of this change. If requested, the director will submit a letter of resignation to the Chair of the Committee, and the Committee would then meet to consider whether to accept or reject the letter of resignation.

Communications with the Board of Directors

The Board has established a procedure for shareholders and other interested parties to send communications to the non-management members of the Board of Directors. Shareholders and other interested parties who wish to communicate directly with the non-management directors of the Company should send a letter to:

Board of Directors
c/o Secretary, Foot Locker, Inc.
112 West 34th Street
New York, NY 10120

The Secretary will promptly send a copy of the communication to the lead director, who may direct the Secretary to send a copy of the communication to the other non-management directors and may determine whether a meeting of the non-management directors should be called to review the communication.

A copy of the Procedures for Communications with the Board of Directors is available on the corporate governance section of the Company’s corporate web site at http://www.footlocker-inc.com/ IR_index.htm. You may obtain a printed copy of the procedures by writing to the Corporate Secretary at the Company’s headquarters.

Retention of Outside Advisors

The Board of Directors and all of its committees have authority to retain outside advisors and consultants that they consider necessary or appropriate in carrying out their respective responsibilities. The independent accountants are retained by the Audit Committee and report directly to the Audit Committee. In addition, the internal auditors are selected by the Audit Committee and are ultimately accountable to the Audit Committee. Similarly, consultants retained by the Compensation and Management Resources Committee to assist it in the evaluation of senior executives’ compensation report directly to that committee.

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Code of Business Conduct

The Company has adopted a Code of Business Conduct for directors, officers and employees, including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Accounting Officer. A copy of the Code of Business Conduct is available on the corporate governance section of the Company’s corporate web site at http://www.footlocker-inc.com/IR_index.htm. You may obtain a printed copy of the Code of Business Conduct by writing to the Corporate Secretary at the Company’s headquarters.

Any waivers of the Code of Business Conduct for directors and executive officers must be approved by the Audit Committee. We intend to disclose promptly amendments to the Code of Business Conduct and any waivers of the Code for directors and executive officers on the corporate governance section of the Company’s corporate website at http://www.footlocker-inc.com/IR_index.htm.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Organization and Powers

The Board of Directors has responsibility for establishing broad corporate policies, reviewing significant developments affecting Foot Locker, and monitoring the general performance of the Company. Our By-laws provide for a Board of Directors consisting of between 9 and 17 directors. The exact number of directors is determined from time to time by the entire Board. Our Board currently has 10 members. Christopher A. Sinclair advised the Board that he would not be standing for election as a director at the 2008 Annual Meeting, so his term as a director will end at the 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The Board has fixed the number of directors at 9 effective May 21, 2008 when Mr. Sinclair’s term as a director ends.

The Board of Directors held six meetings during 2007. All of our directors attended at least 75 percent of the meetings of the Board and committees on which they served in 2007.

Directors’ Independence

A director is considered independent under the rules of the The New York Stock Exchange if he or she has no material or immaterial relationship to the Company that would impair his or her independence. In addition to the independence criteria established by The New York Stock Exchange, the Board of Directors has adopted categorical standards to assist it in making its independence determinations regarding individual members of the Board. These categorical standards are contained in the Corporate Governance Guidelines, which are posted on the Company’s corporate web site at http://www.footlocker-inc.com/IR_index.htm.

The Board of Directors has determined that the following categories of relationships are immaterial for purposes of determining whether a director is independent under the listing standards adopted by The New York Stock Exchange.

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Categorical Relationship

 

Description

 

Investment Relationships with the Company

 

A director and any family member may own equities or other securities of the Company.

 

Relationships with Other Business Entities

 

A director and any family member may be a director, employee (other than an executive officer), or beneficial owner of less than 10 percent of the shares of a business entity with which the Company does business, provided that the aggregate amount involved in a fiscal year does not exceed the greater of $1,000,000 or 2 percent of either that entity’s or the Company’s annual consolidated gross revenue.

 

Relationships with Not-for-Profit Entities

 

A director and any family member may be a director or employee (other than an executive officer or the equivalent) of a not-for-profit organization to which the Company (including the Foot Locker Foundation) makes contributions, provided that the aggregate amount of the Company’s contributions in any fiscal year do not exceed the greater of $1,000,000 or 2 percent of the not- for-profit entity’s total annual receipts.

The Board of Directors, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, has determined that the following directors are independent under the rules of The New York Stock Exchange because they have no material or immaterial relationship to the Company that would impair their independence:

 

 

 

 

 

Nicholas DiPaolo

 

David Y. Schwartz

 

 

Alan D. Feldman

 

Christopher A. Sinclair

 

 

Jarobin Gilbert Jr.

 

Cheryl Turpin

 

 

Matthew M. McKenna

 

Dona D. Young

 

 

James E. Preston

 

 

 

 

Purdy Crawford and Philip H. Geier Jr. served as directors of the Company during 2007 until their retirement on May 30, 2007. The Board determined, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, that both Mr. Crawford and Mr. Geier were independent under the rules of The New York Stock Exchange through their retirement because they had no material or immaterial relationship to the Company that would impair their independence.

In making its decisions on independence, the Board of Directors considered the following relationships between the Company and organizations with which the current and retired members of our Board are affiliated:

 

 

 

 

Matthew M. McKenna was an executive officer of PepsiCo, Inc. through December 31, 2007. Our direct-to-customers business had an internet marketing arrangement with a division of PepsiCo and a third party in 2007. We indirectly received from the PepsiCo division approximately $637,500 under this arrangement in 2007. In addition, we paid a division of PepsiCo approximately $80,000 in 2007 for products sold through our catalogs. The Board has determined that this relationship was immaterial and would not impair Mr. McKenna’s independence because the amounts involved are not material to either company and the transactions were conducted in the ordinary course of business.

 

 

 

 

David Y. Schwartz, Cheryl Turpin, and Dona D. Young are non-employee directors of companies with which Foot Locker does business. The Board has determined that Mr.

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Schwartz’s, Ms. Turpin’s, and Mrs. Young’s relationships meet the categorical standard for Relationships with Other Business Entities and are immaterial for determining independence.

 

 

 

 

Purdy Crawford, who retired from the Board in May 2007, is counsel to the Toronto law firm of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (“OH&H”), a firm that has provided legal services to the Company. Mr. Crawford advised the Company that, while OH&H provided him with an office and administrative support, the firm provided him with no remuneration in 2007. The Board has determined that Mr. Crawford was independent because he received no direct compensation from OH&H, he was not an employee, equity partner, or manager of OH&H, and he was not involved in the provision of services to the Company.

 

 

 

 

Philip H. Geier Jr., who retired from the Board in May 2007, is a member of the Board of Trustees of a not-for-profit organization to which the Company and the Foot Locker Foundation made contributions in 2007. The Board has determined that Mr. Geier’s relationship meets the categorical standard for Relationships with Not-for-Profit Entities and is not material for determining independence.

 

 

 

 

The Board of Directors, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, has determined that Matthew D. Serra is not independent because Mr. Serra is an executive officer of the Company.

The Board of Directors has determined that all members of the Audit Committee, the Compensation and Management Resources Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are independent as defined under the listing standards of The New York Stock Exchange and the director independence standards adopted by the Board.

Committees of the Board of Directors

The Board has delegated certain duties to committees, which assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities. There are six standing committees of the Board. Each director serves on at least two committees. The committee memberships, the number of meetings held during 2007, and the functions of the committees are described below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audit
Committee

 

Compensation
and
Management
Resources
Committee

 

Finance and
Strategic
Planning
Committee

 

Nominating
and Corporate
Governance
Committee

 

Retirement
Plan
Committee

 

Executive
Committee

 N. DiPaolo*

 

J. Preston*

 

C. Sinclair*

 

J. Gilbert Jr.*

 

J. Gilbert Jr.*

 

M. Serra***

 J. Gilbert Jr.

 

A. Feldman

 

N. DiPaolo

 

J. Preston

 

N. DiPaolo

 

N. DiPaolo

 M. McKenna

 

C. Sinclair

 

A. Feldman

 

C. Turpin

 

R. McHugh**

 

J. Gilbert Jr.

 D. Schwartz

 

C. Turpin

 

M. McKenna

 

D. Young

 

L. Petrucci**

 

J. Preston

 D. Young

 

 

 

D. Schwartz

 

 

 

M. Serra**

 

C. Sinclair

 

*

 

 

 

Designates Committee Chair

 

**

 

 

 

Designates Executive Officer of the Company

 

***

 

 

 

Designates Committee Chair and Executive Officer of the Company

Audit Committee

The committee held eight meetings in 2007. The Audit Committee has a charter, which is available on the corporate governance section of our corporate web site at http://www.footlocker-inc.com/ IR_index.htm. The report of the Audit Committee appears on Page 56.

This committee appoints the independent accountants and the internal auditors and is responsible for approving the independent accountants’ and internal auditors’ compensation. This committee also assists the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities in the following areas:

 

 

 

 

accounting policies and practices,

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the integrity of the Company’s financial statements,

 

 

 

 

compliance with legal and regulatory requirements,

 

 

 

 

the qualifications, independence, and performance of the independent accountants, and

 

 

 

 

the qualifications and performance of the internal audit function.

The Audit Committee has established procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters.

The Board of Directors has determined that the Company has at least one audit committee financial expert, as defined under the rules of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, serving on the Audit Committee. David Y. Schwartz has been designated as the audit committee financial expert. Mr. Schwartz is independent under the rules of The New York Stock Exchange and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Compensation and Management Resources Committee

The Compensation and Management Resources Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) held four meetings in 2007. The committee has a charter, which is available on the corporate governance section of the Company’s corporate web site at http://www.footlocker-inc.com/IR_index.htm.

The Compensation Committee determines all compensation for the Company’s executive management group, which consists of the executive officers and corporate officers, and determines significant elements of the compensation of the chief executive officers of our operating divisions. Decisions regarding equity compensation for other employees are also the Compensation Committee’s responsibility. Decisions regarding non-equity compensation of the Company’s other associates are made by the Company’s management.

The Compensation Committee also administers Foot Locker’s various compensation plans, including the incentive plans, the equity-based compensation plans, the employees stock purchase plan, and the deferred compensation plan. Committee members are not eligible to participate in any of these plans. This committee also reviews and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors concerning executive development and succession, including for the position of Chief Executive Officer.

The Compensation Committee normally holds two meetings each year to review and approve the executive compensation program, the Chief Executive Officer’s compensation, annual salaries and bonuses for the executive management group and division CEOs, and to grant equity awards. In addition, at another meeting during the year, the committee reviews directors’ compensation and makes recommendations to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee concerning the form and amount of directors’ compensation. Additional meetings of the Compensation Committee may be called during the year as necessary.

The Compensation Committee has retained Mercer as its consultant on executive compensation matters and, with regard to executive and director compensation, Mercer reports directly to the Compensation Committee. Mercer also advises the committee on non-employee director compensation matters, including payment levels and trends. In preparing its material for the committee, Mercer consults with the Company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Senior Vice President–Human Resources, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, and Vice President–Human Resources. Separately, the Company retains Mercer for outsourcing services related to the administration of our U.S. and Canadian pension plans.

Compensation Committee meeting agendas are developed by the committee chair in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer and the Corporate Secretary. Committee members may suggest agenda items by communicating with one of these individuals. Agendas and related materials are circulated to Committee members prior to meetings. The committee chair regularly reports on the committee’s meetings to the full Board. The Company’s CEO, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Senior Vice President–Human Resources, Vice President–Human Resources, and Vice President and Associate General Counsel generally attend all meetings of the committee.

The Compensation Committee has the authority to delegate authority and responsibilities as it considers appropriate. The committee has delegated to the Committee Chair the authority to approve

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stock option grants between meetings of the committee. This authority is limited to executives who are not subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is further limited to individual option awards of 25,000 shares or less.

The Company’s Corporate Human Resources Department and the Corporate Secretary’s staff support the Compensation Committee in performing its duties.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

Purdy Crawford, Alan D. Feldman, Philip H. Geier Jr., James E. Preston, Christopher A. Sinclair and Cheryl Turpin served on the Compensation and Management Resources Committee during 2007. Messrs. Crawford and Geier retired at the 2007 annual shareholders’ meeting. None of the committee members was an officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and there were no interlocks with other companies within the meaning of the SEC’s proxy rules.

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee did not meet in 2007. Except for certain matters reserved to the Board, this committee has all of the powers of the Board in the management of the business of the Company during intervals between Board meetings.

Finance and Strategic Planning Committee

The Finance and Strategic Planning Committee held four meetings in 2007. This committee reviews the overall strategic and financial plans of the Company, including capital expenditure plans, proposed debt or equity issues of the Company, and the Company’s capital structure. The committee also considers and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors concerning dividend payments and share repurchases, and reviews acquisition and divestiture proposals.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee held three meetings in 2007. This committee has responsibility for overseeing corporate governance matters affecting the Company, including developing and recommending criteria and policies relating to service and tenure of directors. The committee is responsible for collecting the names of potential nominees to the Board, reviewing the background and qualifications of potential candidates for Board membership, and making recommendations to the Board for the nomination and election of directors. The committee also reviews membership on the Board committees and makes recommendations on committee members and chairs. In addition, the committee reviews recommendations from the Compensation and Management Resources Committee and makes recommendations to the Board concerning the form and amount of directors’ compensation.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may establish criteria for candidates for Board membership. These criteria may include area of expertise, diversity of experience, independence, commitment to representing the long-term interests of the Company’s stakeholders, and other relevant factors, taking into consideration the needs of the Board and the Company and the mix of expertise and experience among current directors. From time to time the committee may retain the services of a third party search firm to identify potential director candidates.

The committee will consider nominees to the Board of Directors recommended by shareholders that comply with the provisions of the Company’s By-Laws and relevant law, regulation, and stock exchange rules. The procedures for shareholders to follow to propose a potential director candidate are described on Page 59.

After a potential nominee is identified, the Committee Chair will review his or her biographical information and discuss with the other members of the committee whether to request additional information about the individual or to schedule a meeting with the potential candidate. The committee’s screening process for director candidates is the same regardless of the source who identified the potential candidate. The committee’s determination on whether to proceed with a formal

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evaluation of a potential candidate is based on the person’s experience and qualifications, as well as the current composition of the Board and its anticipated future needs.

Retirement Plan Committee

The Retirement Plan Committee held four meetings in 2007. This committee is responsible for supervising the investment of the assets of the Company’s United States retirement plans and appointing, reviewing the performance of and, if appropriate, replacing, the trustee of the Company’s pension trust and the investment manager responsible for managing the funds of the trust. The committee also has certain administrative responsibilities for our United States retirement plans.

RELATED PERSON TRANSACTIONS

Policies and Procedures

We individually inquire of each of our directors and executive officers about any transactions in which Foot Locker and any of these related persons or their immediate family members are participants. We also make inquiries within the Company’s records for information on any of these kinds of transactions. Once we gather the information, we then review all relationships and transactions in which Foot Locker and any of our directors, executive officers or their immediate family members are participants to determine, based on the facts and circumstances, whether the Company or the related persons have a direct or indirect material interest. The General Counsel’s office coordinates the related party review process. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee reviews any reported transactions involving directors and their immediate families in making its recommendation to the Board of Directors on the independence of the directors.

Related Person Transactions

Foot Locker and its subsidiaries have had transactions in the normal course of business with various other organizations, including certain organizations whose directors or officers are also directors of Foot Locker. However, the amounts involved in these transactions have not been material in relation to our business, and it is believed that these amounts have not been material in relation to the businesses of the other organizations. In addition, it is believed that these transactions have been on terms no less favorable to the Company than if they had been entered into with disinterested parties. It is anticipated that transactions with such other organizations will continue in the future. Mr. Serra’s son-in-law is employed as a buyer in the Company’s Foot Locker division, and the Company provided compensation and benefits to him in 2007 of approximately $143,000.

DIRECTORS’ COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Summary

Non-employee directors are paid an annual retainer fee and meeting fees for attendance at each Board and committee meeting. The lead director and the committee chairs are paid an additional retainer fee for service in these capacities. We do not pay additional compensation to any director who is also an employee of the Company for service on the Board or any committee. The following table summarizes the fees paid to the non-employee directors.

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 Annual Retainer

 

$100,000

 

 

The annual retainer is payable 50 percent in cash and 50 percent in shares of our Common Stock. Directors may elect to receive up to 100 percent of their annual retainer, including committee chair retainer, in stock.

 

 

We calculate the number of shares paid to the directors for their annual retainer by dividing their retainer fee by the closing price of a share of our stock on the last business day preceding the July 1 payment date.

 

 Committee Chair Retainers

 

$20,000: Audit Committee

 

 

$10,000: Compensation and Management Resources Committee

 

 

$10,000: Finance and Strategic Planning Committee

 

 

$10,000: Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

 

 

$10,000: Retirement Plan Committee

 

 

N/A:       Executive Committee

 

 

The committee chair retainers are paid in the same form as the annual retainer.

 

 Lead Director

 

$50,000 payable in the same form as the annual retainer.

 

 Meeting Fees

 

$1,500 for attendance at each Board and committee meeting.

Stock Option Grant

In 2007, the directors received a stock option award on the first business day of the fiscal year. The number of options granted was calculated by dividing $50,000 by the average of the high and low prices of a share of the Company’s Common Stock on the date of grant. The per-share exercise price of each stock option granted was equal to the fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the date of grant. The options fully vest one year following the date of grant. Vested options may be exercised for ten years from the date of grant; however, no option may be exercised more than one year following the termination of a person’s service as a director.

In fiscal 2008, the directors received a grant of 3,704 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) instead of a stock option grant. The number of RSUs granted was calculated by dividing $50,000 by the closing price of a share of our stock on the date of grant. The RSUs will vest in February 2009. Each RSU represents the right to receive one share of the Company’s common stock on the vesting date.

Deferral Election

Non-employee directors may elect to receive all or a portion of the cash component of their annual retainer fee, including committee chair retainers, in the form of deferred stock units or to have these amounts placed in an interest account. Directors may also elect to receive all or part of the stock component of their annual retainer fee in the form of deferred stock units. The interest account is a hypothetical investment account bearing interest at the rate of 120 percent of the applicable federal long-term rate, compounded annually, and set as of the first day of each plan year. A stock unit is an accounting equivalent of one share of the Company’s Common Stock.

Miscellaneous

Directors and their immediate families are eligible to receive the same discount on purchases of merchandise from our stores, catalogs and Internet sites that is available to Company employees. The Company reimburses non-employee directors for their reasonable expenses in attending meetings of the Board and committees, including their transportation expenses to and from meetings, hotel accommodations, and meals.

Fiscal 2007 Director Compensation

The amounts paid to each non-employee director for fiscal 2007, including amounts deferred under the Company’s stock plans, and the options granted to each director are reported in the tables below.

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DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

 

(b)

 

(c)

 

(d)

 

(e)

 

(f)

Name

 

Fees Earned
or Paid in Cash
($)

 

Stock
Awards
($)(1)

 

Option
Awards
($)(2)(3)

 

Change in
Pension
Value and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings

 

Total
($)

P. Crawford (4)

 

 

 

7,513

   

 

 

49,987

   

 

 

10,680

   

 

 

   

 

 

68,180

 

N. DiPaolo

 

 

 

92,670

   

 

 

55,830

   

 

 

10,680

   

 

 

   

 

 

159,180

 

A. Feldman

 

 

 

13,503

   

 

 

99,997

   

 

 

10,680

   

 

 

   

 

 

124,180

 

P. Geier Jr. (4)

 

 

 

28,348

   

 

 

20,819

   

 

 

10,680

   

 

 

   

 

 

59,847

 

J. Gilbert Jr.

 

 

 

90,006

   

 

 

59,994

   

 

 

10,680

   

 

 

4,988

   

 

 

165,668

 

M. McKenna

 

 

 

24,003

   

 

 

99,997

   

 

 

10,680

   

 

 

   

 

 

134,680

 

J. Preston

 

 

 

89,686

   

 

 

69,564

   

 

 

10,680

   

 

 

   

 

 

169,930

 

D. Schwartz

 

 

 

77,000

   

 

 

54,331

(5)

 

 

 

 

10,680

   

 

 

   

 

 

142,011

 

C. Sinclair

 

 

 

77,520

   

 

 

54,980

   

 

 

10,680

   

 

 

   

 

 

143,180

 

C. Turpin

 

 

 

18,583

   

 

 

106,938

(6)

 

 

 

 

10,680

   

 

 

   

 

 

136,201

 

D. Young

 

 

 

24,000

   

 

 

108,663

(5)

 

 

 

 

10,680

   

 

 

   

 

 

143,343

 
                                                     

Notes to Director Compensation Table

 

(1)

 

 

 

Column (c) reflects the compensation expense recognized by the Company for the portion of the 2007 annual retainer fees and committee chair retainer fees paid in shares of the Company’s common stock or deferred by the director. In 2007, we made the annual stock payment to each director on July 2. Under the terms of the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, the stock payment was valued at the closing price of a share of the Company’s common stock on June 29, which was $21.80. The 2007 expense is equal to the number of shares received or deferred by the director multiplied by $21.80, the grant date fair value of the payment under FAS 123R. Directors who deferred the stock portion of their annual retainer were credited with deferred stock units on the annual payment date valued at $21.80 per unit.

The amounts in this column also include the fiscal 2007 compensation expense for (i) dividend equivalents credited to three directors during the year on the quarterly dividend payment dates, valued at the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the dividend payment dates and (ii) stock units credited to one director during the year on the cash retainer payment date valued at the fair market value on the payment date. The total number of deferred stock units credited to directors’ accounts in fiscal 2007, as well as the total number of units held at the end of fiscal 2007, is shown in the following table:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Director

 

05/04/07
FMV:
$24.105

 

07/02/07
FMV:
$21.80

 

08/03/07
FMV:
$17.06

 

11/02/07
FMV:
$14.35

 

01/08/08
FMV:
$11.84

 

02/01/08
FMV:
$13.94

 

Total # of
Units
Credited in
2007

 

Total # of
Units
Held at
02/02/08

D. Schwartz

 

 

 

35.5843

   

 

 

2,293.5779

   

 

 

67.345

   

 

 

80.6497

   

 

 

   

 

 

83.7449

   

 

 

2,560.9018

   

 

 

9,422.9817

 

C. Turpin

 

 

 

31.3817

   

 

 

4,587.1559

   

 

 

78.1814

   

 

 

93.627

   

 

 

527.8716

   

 

 

101.9537

   

 

 

5,420.1713

   

 

 

11,471.8275

 

D. Young

 

 

 

71.1686

   

 

 

4,587.1559

   

 

 

134.69

   

 

 

161.2994

   

 

 

   

 

 

167.4899

   

 

 

5,121.8038

   

 

 

18,845.9645

 

 

(2)

 

 

 

Column (d) represents the fiscal 2007 compensation expense recognized for financial statement reporting purposes for the fair value of the stock options granted to the nonemployee directors in 2007. As provided under the SEC’s rules, the amounts shown exclude the impact of estimated forfeitures related to service-based vesting conditions. For additional information on the valuation assumptions, please refer to Note 23 to the Company’s financial statements in our 2007 Form 10-K. The grant date fair value was calculated under FAS 123R.

 

(3)

 

 

 

The following table provides additional information on the stock options granted during 2007 to the directors and the outstanding stock options held by them at the end of the 2007 fiscal year. The grant date fair value of the stock option awards was $4.88 per share. The grant date fair value was calculated under FAS 123R.

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Name

 

Stock Options Granted
on 2/5/2007
(#)

 

Exercise Price ($)

 

Grant Date Fair
Value of Stock
Options Granted in 2007
($)

 

Options
Outstanding
on 2/2/2008
(#)

P. Crawford(4)

 

 

 

2,208

   

 

 

22.635

   

 

 

10,768

   

 

 

23,312

 

N. DiPaolo

 

 

 

2,208

   

 

 

22.635

   

 

 

10,768

   

 

 

16,542

 

A. Feldman

 

 

 

2,208

   

 

 

22.635

   

 

 

10,768

   

 

 

6,314

 

P. Geier Jr.(4)

 

 

 

2,208

   

 

 

22.635

   

 

 

10,768

   

 

 

23,312

 

J. Gilbert Jr.

 

 

 

2,208

   

 

 

22.635

   

 

 

10,768

   

 

 

25,520

 

M. McKenna

 

 

 

2,208

   

 

 

22.635

   

 

 

10,768

   

 

 

4,287

 

J. Preston

 

 

 

2,208

   

 

 

22.635

   

 

 

10,768

   

 

 

25,520

 

D. Schwartz

 

 

 

2,208

   

 

 

22.635

   

 

 

10,768

   

 

 

25,520

 

C. Sinclair

 

 

 

2,208

   

 

 

22.635

   

 

 

10,768

   

 

 

25,520

 

C. Turpin

 

 

 

2,208

   

 

 

22.635

   

 

 

10,768

   

 

 

20,815

 

D. Young

 

 

 

2,208

   

 

 

22.635

   

 

 

10,768

   

 

 

20,815

 

 

(4)

 

 

 

Retired as a director on May 30, 2007. Options granted in 2007 were cancelled as of his retirement date.

 

(5)

 

 

 

Stock payment deferred in the form of stock units issued under Foot Locker’s stock plan.

 

(6)

 

 

 

Stock payment and portion of cash payment for fiscal 2007 services deferred under Foot Locker’s stock plan.

Directors’ Retirement Plan

The Directors’ Retirement Plan was frozen as of December 31, 1995. Consequently, only Jarobin Gilbert Jr. and James E. Preston are entitled to receive a benefit under this plan when their service as directors ends because they had completed at least five years of service as directors on December 31, 1995. Messrs. Gilbert and Preston will receive an annual retirement benefit of $24,000 for a period of 10 years after they leave the Board or until their death, if sooner.

Directors and Officers Indemnification and Insurance

We have purchased directors and officers liability and corporation reimbursement insurance from a group of insurers comprising ACE American Insurance Co., St. Paul Mercury Insurance, RLI Insurance Co., Federal Insurance Co., AIG Cat Excess Liability International, Allied World Assurance Company, Ltd., and XL Bermuda Ltd. These policies insure the Company and all of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries. They also insure all of the directors and officers of the Company and the covered subsidiaries. The policies were written for a term of 13 months, from September 12, 2007 until October 12, 2008. The total annual premium for these policies, including fees, is $1,558,182. Directors and officers of the Company, as well as all other employees with fiduciary responsibilities under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, are insured under policies issued by a group of insurers comprising Arch Insurance Co., St. Paul Mercury Insurance Co., Continental Casualty Co. and RLI Insurance Co., which have a total premium, including fees, of $483,168 for the 13-month period ending October 12, 2008.

The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and officers, as approved by shareholders at the 1987 annual meeting.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

This is a discussion and analysis of our compensation program as it applies to the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table on Page 29.

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Summary

In 2007, we took the following actions with regard to compensation for our named executive officers:

 

 

 

 

We increased the annual base salaries of two of the named executive officers (Mr. Mina and Mr. McHugh) by $25,000 each. The base salaries of the other named executive officers remained unchanged from 2006.

 

 

 

 

As the Company did not achieve the performance targets for 2007 established by the Compensation and Management Resources Committee (“Compensation Committee”) under the Annual Incentive Compensation Plan, we did not pay annual bonuses to any of our named executive officers.

 

 

 

 

As the Company did not achieve the performance targets established by the Compensation Committee in 2005 under the Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan for the 2005-2007 performance period, we did not pay long-term bonuses to any of our named executive officers.

 

 

 

 

For 2007, we increased the target pay-out under the annual bonus plan for all of the named executive officers other than the Chief Executive Officer from 50 percent to 75 percent of base salary. The Chief Executive Officer’s target pay-out remained 125 percent of base salary.

 

 

 

 

We made stock option awards to each of the named executive officers—48,500 shares to the Chief Executive Officer; 30,000 shares to each of the President—U.S.A. and the President—International; and 20,000 shares to each of the two senior vice presidents. These options were priced at fair market value on the date of grant ($23.42 per share) and vest in three equal installments on the first, second, and third anniversary of the grant date.

 

 

 

 

We made restricted stock awards to each of the named executive officers—100,000 shares to the Chief Executive Officer; 40,000 shares to the President—U.S.A. and 20,000 shares to the President—International (who had received a restricted stock grant in late 2006 at the time of his promotion to that position); and 40,000 shares to each of the senior vice presidents. With regard to all of the named executive officers other than Mr. Serra, the restrictions on these shares lapse if the executive continues to be employed by us for three years from the date of grant. The restrictions on Mr. Serra’s shares lapse on January 30, 2010, the final day of the term of his current employment contract, provided he continues to be employed by us on that date.

Objectives of our compensation program

The objectives of our compensation program are to attract, motivate, and retain talented retail industry executives in order to maintain and enhance the Company’s performance and its return to shareholders. The Compensation Committee, currently composed of four independent directors, oversees the compensation program.

What is our compensation program designed to reward and not reward?

We have designed our compensation program to align the financial interests of our executives, including the named executive officers, with those of our shareholders. For that reason, it is designed to reward the overall effort and contribution of our executives as measured by the Company’s performance in relation to targets established by the Compensation Committee, more than individual performance. Key concepts underlying our program are:

 

 

 

 

Executive compensation should be balanced between annual and long-term compensation and between cash and equity-based compensation (stock options and restricted stock).

 

 

 

 

The compensation program should reward both efforts to increase the Company’s share price and the achievement of performance factors that contribute to the Company’s long-term health and growth (even if not immediately translated into increases in share price).

 

 

 

 

A substantial portion of the compensation of our executives, whether paid out currently or on a long-term basis, should be dependent on the Company’s performance or the performance of its stock.

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More-senior executives should have a greater portion of their compensation at risk, whether through performance-based bonus programs or through stock price appreciation.

Elements of compensation

The elements of compensation for the named executive officers are:

 

 

 

 

base salary

 

 

 

 

performance-based annual cash bonus

 

 

 

 

performance-based long-term bonus, payable in cash or stock

 

 

 

 

long-term equity-based compensation consisting of stock options and restricted stock

 

 

 

 

retirement and other benefits

 

 

 

 

perquisites

Why do we pay each element of compensation and how do we determine the amount for each element of compensation, or the formula that determines the amount?

We establish benchmarks for base salary and total compensation for each named executive officer based upon a study conducted by Mercer, a nationally recognized compensation consultant that, for executive compensation purposes, reports directly to our Compensation Committee. These benchmarks are based upon compensation for comparable positions at national retail companies with annual sales of $1 billion to $10 billion. The Compensation Committee, with the advice of Mercer, has determined that these companies are the appropriate peer group for executive compensation purposes based upon the nature of their business, their revenues, and the pool from which they recruit their executives. The 20 companies included in the study that the Compensation Committee reviewed in setting 2007 compensation for the named executive officers were:

 

 

 

Abercrombie & Fitch

 

American Eagle Outfitters Inc.

AnnTaylor Stores Corp.

 

Borders Group Inc.

Brown Shoe Company, Inc.

 

Charming Shoppes

Claires Stores Inc.

 

Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc

Dillards Inc.

 

Dollar General Corp.

Family Dollar Stores

 

Finish Line Inc.

Genesco Inc.

 

Limited Brands Inc.

PayLess ShoeSource Inc.

 

RadioShack Corp.

Ross Stores Inc.

 

Saks Inc.

Talbots Inc.

 

Timberland Co.

Two companies that were included in the peer group in 2006—Reebok International Limited and Sports Authority Inc.—ceased to be publicly traded companies and were not included in the peer group in 2007. No companies were added to the peer group. The name of PayLess ShoeSource, Inc. has subsequently been changed to Collective Brands, Inc.

The goal of the Compensation Committee is for the total compensation of each named executive officer to approximate the 75th percentile of comparable peer group compensation if the Company achieves its performance targets, with an opportunity to exceed that for outstanding performance, and with compensation falling closer to the median if the Company does not achieve its performance targets. The Compensation Committee established this goal based upon the Company’s size in relation to the other companies in the peer group and the relative complexity of our business, which includes multiple retail divisions, a direct-to-customer business, and a significant international business with operations in 21 countries.

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Base Salaries

We pay base salaries to provide our named executive officers with current, regular compensation that is appropriate to their position, experience, and responsibilities. We benchmark base salaries for each named executive officer, other than the Chief Executive Officer, at approximately the 75th percentile of the peer companies included in the annual Mercer study, and the base salaries of the named executive officers, other than the Chief Executive Officer, approximate this benchmark. The Compensation Committee has benchmarked the Chief Executive Officer’s base salary at the 90th percentile of the peer companies in light of his experience, length of service, and other opportunities that are available to him in the retail sector. We pay higher base salaries to those named executive officers with greater overall responsibility.

Performance-Based Annual Cash Bonus

We pay performance-based annual cash bonuses to our named executive officers under the Annual Incentive Compensation Plan (“Annual Bonus Plan”) in order to provide incentive for them to work toward the Company’s achievement of annual performance goals established by the Compensation Committee.

Target payments under the Annual Bonus Plan for named executive officers were set for 2007 as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

   

Target

 

Annual Bonus Range

Chief Executive Officer

 

125% of Base Salary

 

31.25 % to 200% of Base Salary

Other Named Executive Officers

 

75% of Base Salary

 

18.75% to 131.25% of Base Salary



If the Company does not achieve threshold performance, as was the case in 2007, then no annual bonus is paid. Executives who do not receive a “meets expectations” rating or higher in their annual performance review are normally ineligible to receive an annual bonus payment for that year.

In 2007, the Compensation Committee increased the target payment under the Annual Bonus Plan for the named executive officers other than the Chief Executive Officer to 75 percent of base salary from 50 percent after having reviewed the likely status of pay-outs under the Company’s incentive plans, including the Long-Term Plan, for 2007 and considering the need to provide appropriate financial incentive to the Company’s senior executive group. This also resulted in an increase in both threshold and maximum payment levels for this group. The Chief Executive Officer’s payment levels were unchanged from the prior year. The Compensation Committee expects to review the appropriate target payment under the Annual Bonus Plan each year.

Our Annual Bonus Plan allows the Compensation Committee, in establishing performance targets under the plan, to choose one or more performance measures from a list of nine factors that have been approved by our shareholders. For 2007, for the named executive officers other than Mr. Halls, the Compensation Committee established a performance target under the Annual Bonus Plan based upon the Company’s achievement of prescribed levels of pre-tax income and return-on-invested-capital. Seventy percent of a participant’s award is based upon the pre-tax income target and 30 percent on the return-on-invested-capital target. All bonus targets and calculations are based on pre-tax income from continuing operations. The Annual Bonus Plan targets for 2007 were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Threshold

 

Target

 

Maximum

Pre-tax income

 

$359.1 million

 

$399 million

 

$478.8 million

Return-on-invested-capital

 

7.8%

 

8.4%

 

9.6%


Thus, if the Company had achieved pre-tax income of $399 million and return-on-invested-capital of 8.4 percent in 2007, the Chief Executive Officer would have received an annual bonus of 125 percent of his base salary and the other named executive officers (other than Mr. Halls) would have received annual bonuses of 75 percent of base salary. Bonus pay-outs are calculated on the basis of straight-line interpolation between the threshold, target, and maximum points. As the Company achieved neither the threshold level of pre-tax income nor the threshold level of return-on-invested-capital in 2007, we did not pay bonuses to corporate participants in the Annual Bonus Plan for 2007.

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Mr. Halls’s target under the Annual Bonus Plan for 2007 was based upon the achievement by the operating divisions for which he has responsibility of a prescribed level of division profit. Division profit is a non-GAAP financial measure. It reflects income from continuing operations before income taxes, corporate expense, non-operating income, and net interest expense. A reconciliation of division profit to income from continuing operations is contained in the segment information footnote to our financial statements.

One of the performance measures we use in determining annual bonuses, return-on-invested-capital (ROIC), is also a non-GAAP financial measure. For purposes of calculating the annual bonus, we define ROIC as follows:


 

ROIC     =      Operating Profit after Taxes

                           Average Invested Capital


 

 

 

Operating Profit after Taxes (Numerator)=

 

Average Invested Capital (Denominator)=

 

Pre-tax income

 

Average total assets

 

+/- interest expense/income

 

- average cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments

 

+ implied interest portion of operating lease payments

 

- average year-end inventory

 

+/- Unusual/non-recurring items

 

+ 13-month average inventory

 

= Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT)

 

+ average estimated asset base of capitalized operating leases

 

- Estimated income tax expense

 

= Average Invested Capital

 

= Operating Profit after Taxes

 

 


Certain items used in the calculation of ROIC, such as the implied interest portion of operating lease payments, certain unusual or non-recurring items, average estimated asset base of capitalized operating leases, and 13-month average inventory, while calculated from the financial records of the Company, cannot be calculated from our audited financial statements. Prior to the Compensation Committee determining whether bonus targets have been achieved, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, at the request, and for the restricted use, of the Compensation Committee, reviews the bonus calculations.

The performance targets established by the Compensation Committee are based upon the business plan and budget reviewed and approved each year by the Finance and Strategic Planning Committee and the Board of Directors. We believe that these targets are reasonably demanding as evidenced by our pay-out history over the past five years. During that time, we have paid an annual bonus to corporate officers between threshold and target once, between target and maximum twice, and we have paid no annual bonus twice.

Performance-Based Long-Term Bonus

We pay performance-based long-term bonuses to our named executive officers under our Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (“Long-Term Plan”) in order to provide incentive for them to work toward the Company’s achievement of performance goals established by the Compensation Committee for each three-year performance period. While bonuses under the Long-Term Plan may be paid in either cash or stock, in recent years, we have made these payments in cash.

For many years, target payments under the Long-Term Plan for senior corporate officers have been at the following levels:

 

 

 

Target

 

Range of Payments

90% of Initial Base Salary

 

22.5% to 180% of Initial Base Salary

     

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If the Company does not achieve threshold performance, as was the case for the 2005-2007 performance period, then no long-term bonus is paid.

Pay-out levels are based on an executive’s rate of base salary payable in the first year of the three-year performance period. For example, if an executive’s base salary is set at $500,000 at the time executive salaries are reviewed in the first year of the performance period, that executive’s target pay-out under the Long-Term Plan would be $450,000.

Our Long-Term Plan allows the Compensation Committee, in establishing performance targets under the plan, to choose one or both of consolidated net income or return-on-invested-capital, factors approved by our shareholders. In 2007, the Committee established a performance target for the 2007-2009 performance period under the long-term plan based upon return-on-invested capital. Off of the planned invested capital base, the Company must achieve 80 percent of target after-tax income before a threshold-level bonus is paid, and the maximum pay-out level is reached if after-tax income reaches 120 percent of target. It should be noted that the actual invested capital base will also fluctuate, and the final pay-out for the performance period will also depend upon the invested capital base achieved during the period. Return-on-invested-capital is calculated using the same methodology as is used for the Annual Bonus Plan, as described on Page 22, except that, in addition, long-term bonus expense is excluded from the operating profit calculation.

These performance targets are based upon the business plan and budget for the three-year period reviewed and approved by the Finance and Strategic Planning Committee and the Board of Directors. We believe that these targets are reasonably demanding as evidenced by our pay-out history over the last five years. During that time, we have paid long-term bonuses between threshold and target once, between target and maximum three times, and there has been no pay-out once.

In 2005, the Compensation Committee established the following return-on-invested-capital target for the 2005-2007 performance period under the Long-Term Plan:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Threshold

 

Target

 

Maximum

Three-year average return-on-invested-capital

 

 

 

9.2

%

 

 

 

 

10.9

%

 

 

 

 

12.5

%

 

As the Company did not achieve the threshold level of return-on-invested capital for the performance period, we did not pay long-term bonuses to the participants in the Long-Term Plan, including the named executive officers, for the 2005-2007 performance period.

We do not have a formal policy with regard to the adjustment or recovery of bonus payments if it is determined, at a future date, that the relevant performance measures upon which the payments are based are restated or adjusted. We have not had this situation arise, and if it were to arise, we would expect to make an evaluation at that time based upon the circumstances and the role of each individual executive in the events that gave rise to the restatement or adjustment.

Under normal circumstances, the Compensation Committee has no discretion to increase annual or long-term bonus payments, which are formula-driven based upon company performance, and our program for the named executive officers does not provide for discretionary adjustments based upon individual performance. The Compensation Committee has not adjusted, either upward or downward, any of the annual or long-term bonus payments to the named executive officers shown in the summary compensation table from pay-outs calculated based upon the applicable formula. The Committee has limited authority when determining bonus payments, consistent with Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, to disregard certain events that it determines to be unusual or non-recurring. When establishing the targets, the Committee normally specifies certain items that it considers to be unusual or non-recurring, and these events, if they occur, are automatically excluded when calculating payments. For example, in recent years targets have excluded the effect of acquisitions or dispositions, any non-cash impairment charges under Financial Accounting Standard No. 144, and changes in accounting and tax rules.

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Long-Term Equity-Based Awards

A. Stock Options

We make stock option awards to our named executive officers in order to strengthen the tie between an officer’s compensation opportunity and the shareholders’ interest in increasing the value of our common stock. Until the organizational meeting of the Board of Directors following the 2007 Annual Meeting, equity-based awards, including stock option awards, were the responsibility of the Compensation Committee’s Stock Option Plan Subcommittee, which was composed entirely of independent directors. Since then, equity-based awards have been the responsibility of the Compensation Committee, which is also composed entirely of independent directors. The annual stock option and restricted stock awards for 2007 were made in March 2007 and were made by the Stock Option Plan Subcommittee. For ease of understanding, in the discussion that follows, we will refer to the Compensation Committee having certain responsibilities or taking certain actions with regard to equity-based awards. Prior to May 30, 2007, however, those responsibilities were vested in, and actions taken by, the Subcommittee.

Stock option awards of the same size are normally made each year to executives holding comparable positions. The Compensation Committee awards stock options with exercise prices equal to the fair market value of our stock on the date of grant. Since the approval of the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan by shareholders at the 2007 Annual Meeting, all future stock awards will be made under that plan. Under the 2007 Plan, fair market value is defined as the closing price on the grant date. Awards made prior to the date of the 2007 Annual Meeting, including the annual stock option awards for 2007, were made under prior plans, which defined fair market value of the shares as the average of the high and low prices of our stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the grant date. The Compensation Committee has not granted options with an exercise price of less than the fair market value on the grant date, as defined in the relevant plans. Options normally vest at the rate of one-third of the total grant per year over the first three years of the ten-year option term, subject to accelerated vesting in certain circumstances. The Compensation Committee does not normally consider an executive’s gains from prior stock awards in making new awards.

B. Restricted Stock Awards

We make restricted stock awards to our named executive officers in order to strengthen the tie between an officer’s compensation opportunity and the shareholders’ interest in increasing the value of our common stock, to provide our executives with an opportunity to increase their equity ownership, and to ensure the retention of key executives.

In recent years, the Compensation Committee has made annual grants of restricted stock to the Company’s three most-senior executives—the Chief Executive Officer, the President-U.S.A., and the President-International. With regard to other executives, including the other named executive officers, it has made grants from time to time to individually selected executives in order to recognize outstanding past performance, to recognize an executive’s expected ability to contribute to the Company’s performance in the future, or for retention. When making restricted stock awards for retention purposes, the Compensation Committee considers an executive’s prior awards and their vesting schedule. The restrictions on restricted stock normally lapse a specified period following the grant date (normally three years). The holders of restricted stock receive dividends on their restricted shares at the time the dividends are paid.

In 2007, after reviewing the vesting schedule of prior awards held by the named executive officers, the Subcommittee made grants of restricted stock to all of the named executive officers.

C. Stock Ownership Guidelines

We have adopted stock ownership guidelines for our directors and senior executives, including the named executive officers. These guidelines require that the Chief Executive Officer own shares having a value at least equal to four times his base salary and that the other named executive officers own shares having a value at least equal to two times base salary. In determining whether an executive meets the guidelines, we consider owned shares and restricted stock, but we do not consider stock options. As of

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the end of 2007, all of the named executive officers met these stock ownership guidelines. We do not permit our executive officers to take short or long positions in our shares; however, we do not otherwise have a formal policy with regard to executive officers hedging their economic interest in company stock or options. To our knowledge, none of the named executive officers hedged their position in our shares or options during 2007, although some of the named executive officers may hold their shares in accounts that permit margin loans to the executive.

Retirement and Other Benefits

A. Retirement Plan and Excess Cash Balance Plan

All United States-based associates of the Company who meet the eligibility requirements are participants in the Foot Locker Retirement Plan. The Retirement Plan and the method of calculating benefits payable under it are described on Page 49. All of the named executive officers are participants in the Retirement Plan. The Internal Revenue Code limits the amount of compensation that may be taken into consideration in determining an individual’s retirement benefits. Therefore, those participants in the Retirement Plan, including the named executive officers, whose compensation exceeds the Internal Revenue Service limits are also participants in the Excess Cash Balance Plan, described on Page 49, which pays the difference between the amount a participant receives from the Retirement Plan and the amount the participant would have received were it not for the Internal Revenue Service limits.

B. 401(k) Plan

The Company maintains a 401(k) Plan for its eligible U.S. associates, and all of the named executive officers participate in it. The Plan permits participants to contribute the lesser of 40 percent of eligible compensation or the limit prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service to the 401(k) Plan on a before-tax basis. The Company will match 25 percent of the first 4 percent of pay that is contributed to the 401(k) Plan, and the Summary Compensation Table on Page 29 includes, in All Other Compensation, the amount of the company-match for each of the named executive officers. The company match is made in shares of Company stock, valued on the last trading day of the plan year.

C. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan

The Company maintains a Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, described on Page 50, for certain senior officers of the Company and other key employees, including the named executive officers. The Supplemental Plan is an unfunded plan administered by the Compensation Committee, which sets an annual targeted incentive award for each participant consisting of a percentage of salary and annual bonus based on the company’s performance against target. Contributions may range from 4 percent to 12 percent of salary and annual bonus, depending on the company’s performance against the established target, with an 8 percent contribution being made for target performance. The target established by the Compensation Committee under the Supplemental Plan is normally the same as the target performance under the annual bonus plan. Participant accounts accrue simple interest at the rate of 6 percent annually. The Supplemental Plan also provides for the continuation of medical insurance benefits to vested participants following their retirement.

Based upon the Company’s performance in 2007, a credit of 4 percent of 2007 base salary was made to the Supplemental Plan for each of the named executive officers. As of the end of 2007, the account balances of the named executive officers ranged from $50,341 for Mr. McHugh to $2,256,933 for Mr. Serra. Under the terms of the Supplemental Plan, executives are vested in their account balances based upon a combination of age and service, and of the named executive officers, Messrs. Serra, Mina, and Bahler are currently vested.

The Retirement Plan takes into account only base salary and annual bonus in determining pension benefits. Credits to our Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan are based only on base salary and annual bonus. Therefore, stock awards have no effect on the calculation of pension payments.

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Perquisites

We provide the named executive officers with certain perquisites, which the Compensation Committee believes are reasonable and consistent with its overall objective of attracting and retaining talented retail industry executives. The Company provides the named executive officers with an automobile allowance, financial planning, medical expense reimbursement, annual physical, supplemental long-term disability insurance, and life insurance. In addition, the Company provides Mr. Serra with a driver and reimburses Mr. Halls for a limited amount of travel expenses of his spouse when she accompanies him on business trips. Given Mr. Halls’s responsibility for our international businesses and the amount of time he spends traveling outside the United States on company business, we consider this to be a reasonable perquisite uniquely applicable to his situation and responsibilities.

How does each element of compensation fit into our overall compensation objectives? How does each element affect our decisions regarding other elements?

As stated at the beginning of this discussion and analysis, the objectives of our compensation program are to attract, motivate, and retain talented retail industry executives in order to maintain and enhance the Company’s performance and its return to shareholders.

 

 

 

 

Base salaries fit into these compensation objectives by attracting and retaining talented retail company executives by paying them base salaries commensurate with their position, experience and responsibilities.

 

 

 

 

The performance-based annual and long-term cash bonus plans are designed to reward executives for enhancing the company’s performance through the achievement of performance targets.

 

 

 

 

Long-term equity-based awards (stock options and restricted stock) are designed to reward executives for increasing our return to our shareholders through increases in our stock price, and restricted stock awards may, in addition, serve to help retain key executives.

Base salaries of named executive officers rarely change materially from year-to-year unless there has been a change in responsibility or other special factors apply. As discussed above, the Compensation Committee increased the annual bonus target payment for the named executive officers other than Mr. Serra for 2007. Long-term bonus target payments, as a percentage of base salary, have been consistent based upon position during the prior three-year period. Mr. Serra’s target bonus payments were the subject of negotiation between him and the company and are specified in his employment agreement. In determining total compensation, stock options are valued by the Committee’s outside compensation consultant using the Black-Scholes model. Restricted stock awards are valued based upon the share price at the time of grant.

Compensation Committee Procedure

The Compensation Committee held two scheduled meetings in 2007 for the purpose of considering executive compensation. At the first meeting, held in February, the Committee reviewed a report from its outside compensation consultant on the company’s executive compensation program, general executive compensation trends, trends in the retail industry, and specific background information on each senior management position.

Based upon the material reviewed and the discussion of the Committee at this meeting, our Sr. Vice President—Human Resources working with our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer then prepared compensation recommendations to the Committee, covering all elements of compensation, for all corporate officers and heads of our operating divisions, other than the Chief Executive Officer himself. The Sr. Vice President—Human Resources and the Sr. Vice President and General Counsel then met with the Chair of the Compensation Committee to review these recommendations. The Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer participated in a portion of this meeting. Based upon input from the Chair of the Compensation Committee, the Human Resources Department then finalized these recommendations, including a recommendation for compensation for the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, and prepared material for review by the Compensation Committee.

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The Compensation Committee and the Stock Option Plan Subcommittee then held a second regularly scheduled meeting in late March to consider these recommendations and set compensation for the company’s executives. At this meeting, the Committee reviewed a tally sheet that set out all elements of proposed compensation for each of the company’s senior executives, including the named executive officers, in order to assist in its evaluation of the compensation proposals for 2007. At this meeting, the Compensation Committee also reviewed separate tally sheets for a representative sample of senior executives, including two of the named executive officers, that summarized payments that the executives would receive if their employment with the Company were terminated under various circumstances in order to confirm the Committee’s understanding of the Company’s severance arrangements with its senior executives.

Except in the case of promotions or other unusual circumstances, the Compensation Committee considers stock awards only at this meeting, which is normally held within a few weeks following the issuance of the Company’s full-year earnings release for the prior year. It is also at this meeting that the Compensation Committee determined whether performance targets under the Annual Bonus Plan for the prior year and under the Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan that ended in the prior year had been achieved; determined the amount of annual and long-term bonus pay-outs; adjusted base salaries for the upcoming year, and established targets under the Annual and Long-Term Plans for the upcoming year and three-year performance period.

In 2007, the Subcommittee made all stock option and restricted stock awards to the named executive officers at its regularly scheduled meeting in March 2007. The Compensation Committee has delegated authority to its Chair to approve stock option awards of up to 25,000 shares to any single individual other than a corporate officer. The Chair generally uses this authority to approve stock option grants made during the course of the year in connection with promotions or new hires. In 2007, the Chair used this authority to approve grants of options to four executives, none of whom was a named executive officer, to purchase a total of 68,000 shares. Those options are priced at fair market value on the date the Chair signs the approval. Neither the Compensation Committee nor its Chair has delegated authority to management to make stock option or restricted stock awards.

The Compensation Committee directly retains Mercer as its consultant on executive compensation matters. In addition to advising the Committee, other consultants and employees within Mercer provide U.S. and Canadian pension administration services to the company, and in 2007 fees paid to Mercer for advising the Committee represented approximately 9 percent of total fees paid to Mercer. In preparing its material for the Compensation Committee, Mercer consults with the Company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Sr. Vice President—Human Resources, Sr. Vice President and General Counsel, and Vice President—Human Resources.

Executive Employment Agreements

As more fully described on Pages 36 to 38, we have employment agreements with each of our named executive officers. In this discussion and analysis, as well as elsewhere in this proxy statement, we refer to employment agreements we had in place with our named executive officers during 2007, which continue to be in place on the date of this proxy statement. During the course of 2008, we expect to enter into new or amended agreements with our named executive officers in order to make changes required to comply with Internal Revenue Code Sections 409A and Section 162(m), to make certain provisions consistent in our executive employment agreements, and to make other changes.

Our employment agreements with the named executive officers provide for severance payments to the executive if we terminate the executive’s employment without cause or if we give the executive good reason to terminate employment. These payments to the named executive officers, calculated as if termination of employment occurred at the end of our last fiscal year, are set out in the tables on Pages 39 to 48.

The named executive officers other than Mr. Serra, whose arrangements are discussed in the next paragraph, receive an enhanced severance payment if the executive’s employment is terminated without cause or if the executive terminates employment for good reason within two years following a change in control. For an executive to receive the enhanced severance payment, two events must occur: first, employment must be terminated for one of the specified reasons, and second, this termination must

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occur within two years following a change-in-control. We believe that these provisions, which we have had in place for a number of years, provide appropriate protection to our executives, comparable to that available at peer companies, and, with regard to the enhanced severance following a change-in-control, protect us from losing key executives during a period when a change-in-control may be threatened or pending.

Mr. Serra’s employment agreement also provides for an enhanced severance payment if his employment is terminated without cause or if he terminates his employment for good reason within two years following a change in control. In addition, his agreement provides that, following a change-in-control, there is a 30-day period during which Mr. Serra may elect to terminate his employment and receive this enhanced severance payment. We believe that this payment mechanism, which has been in Mr. Serra’s employment agreement since he became our Chief Executive Officer, is comparable to that provided to many chief executive officers of public companies and benefits us, if a potential change-in-control were to arise, by allowing him to focus fully on the best interests of our Company and shareholders while a change-in-control is pending without being distracted by concerns about his personal situation.

Mr. Serra, Mr. Halls, and Mr. Mina have agreed in their employment contracts not to compete with the Company for two years following the termination of employment and not to hire company employees during that same period. Mr. Bahler and Mr. McHugh have agreed to the same restriction for a one-year period. This restriction does not apply following a change-in-control.

Accounting and Tax Considerations

While we review both the accounting and tax effects of various components of compensation, these effects are not a significant factor in the Compensation Committee’s allocation of compensation among the different components. In general, it is our position that compensation paid to executive officers should be fully deductible for U.S. tax purposes, and we have structured our bonus and option programs so that payments made under them are deductible. In certain instances, however, we believe that it is in the company’s best interests, and that of its shareholders, to have the flexibility to pay compensation that is not deductible under the limitations of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code in order to provide a compensation package consistent with our program and objectives. The portion of Mr. Serra’s base salary that exceeds $1,000,000, the value of restricted stock awards made to him, and potentially a portion of the value of restricted stock awards made to the other named executive officers, are not expected to be deductible.

Compensation Committee Report

The Compensation and Management Resources Committee of the Board of Directors has reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis required by Item 402(b) of Regulation S-K with management and, based on that review and discussion, has recommended to the Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this proxy statement.

James E. Preston, Chair
Alan D. Feldman
Christopher A. Sinclair
Cheryl Nido Turpin

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SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

 

(b)

 

(c)

 

(d)

 

(e)

 

(f)

 

(g)

 

(h)

 

(i)

 

(j)

 

 

Name and Principal Position(1)

 

Year

 

Salary
($)

 

Bonus
($)(2)

 

Stock
Awards
($)(3)

 

Option
Awards
($)(4)

 

Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation($)

 

Change
in Pension
Value and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings($)(5)

 

All Other
Compensation($)(6)

 

Total
($)

 

 

Matthew Serra

 

 

 

2007

   

 

 

1,500,000

   

 

 

   

 

 

1,613,477

   

 

 

444,589

   

 

 

   

 

 

227,515

   

 

 

75,717

   

 

 

3,861,298

   

 

Chairman, President

 

 

 

2006

   

 

 

1,500,000

   

 

 

   

 

 

1,637,369

   

 

 

679,752

   

 

 

1,547,582

   

 

 

225,627

   

 

 

82,573

   

 

 

5,672,903

   

 

and CEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert McHugh

 

 

 

2007

   

 

 

518,750

   

 

 

   

 

 

517,331

   

 

 

116,289

   

 

 

   

 

 

34,348

   

 

 

20,211

   

 

 

1,206,929

   

 

Senior VP and CFO

 

 

 

2006

   

 

 

500,000

   

 

 

   

 

 

480,033

   

 

 

146,012

   

 

 

272,839

   

 

 

34,550

   

 

 

23,447

   

 

 

1,456,881

   

 

Richard Mina

 

 

 

2007

   

 

 

868,750

   

 

 

   

 

 

1,140,060

   

 

 

251,060

   

 

 

   

 

 

137,457

   

 

 

49,370

   

 

 

2,446,697

   

 

President and CEO–

 

 

 

2006

   

 

 

837,500

   

 

 

   

 

 

1,342,247

   

 

 

365,167

   

 

 

609,418

   

 

 

127,945

   

 

 

49,453

   

 

 

3,331,730

   

 

Foot Locker, Inc.–

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ronald Halls

 

 

 

2007

   

 

 

650,000

   

 

 

   

 

 

537,128

   

 

 

278,443

   

 

 

   

 

 

50,217

   

 

 

292,142

   

 

 

1,807,930

   

 

President and CEO–

 

 

 

2006

   

 

 

528,409

   

 

 

250,000

   

 

 

215,406

   

 

 

226,254

   

 

 

141,252

   

 

 

47,111

   

 

 

29,119

   

 

 

1,437,551

   

 

Foot Locker, Inc.–

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

International

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gary Bahler

 

 

 

2007

   

 

 

524,975

   

 

 

   

 

 

302,531

   

 

 

138,485

   

 

 

   

 

 

92,659

   

 

 

36,080

   

 

 

1,094,730

   

 

Senior VP, General

 

 

 

2006

   

 

 

517,400

   

 

 

   

 

 

270,925

   

 

 

177,051

   

 

 

380,724

   

 

 

86,081

   

 

 

32,604

   

 

 

1,464,785

   

 

Counsel and Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Summary Compensation Table

 

(1)

 

 

 

Ronald Halls has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Foot Locker, Inc.—International since October 9, 2006. Previously, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s Champs Sports division.

 

(2)

 

 

 

Guaranteed retention bonus paid to executive for 2006.

 

(3)

 

 

 

The amounts in this column represent the compensation expense recognized for financial statement reporting purposes for the designated fiscal years for the restricted stock awards granted in those years, as well as in prior years, in accordance with FAS 123R. As provided under the SEC’s rules, the amounts shown exclude the impact of estimated forfeitures related to service-based vesting conditions and include expected dividend payments at the same rate as paid on our shares of Common Stock. For more information on the valuation of the restricted stock awards, please refer to Notes 23 and 22, respectively, of the Company’s financial statements in our Forms 10-K filed with the SEC for 2007 and 2006. The amounts shown in the table reflect the Company’s accounting expense for these awards and do not necessarily reflect the actual value that may be recognized by the named executives.

 

(4)

 

 

 

The amounts in this column represent the compensation expense recognized for financial statement reporting purposes for the designated fiscal years for the stock options granted to each of the named executives in those fiscal years, as well as in prior fiscal years, in accordance with FAS 123R. As provided under the SEC’s rules, the amounts shown exclude the impact of estimated forfeitures related to service-based vesting conditions. For additional information on the valuation assumptions with respect to the grants covered in this table, please refer to Notes 23 and 22, respectively, of the Company’s financial statements in our Forms 10-K filed with the SEC for 2007 and 2006. Please also refer to the Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table on Page 31 for information on the options granted in 2007. The amounts shown in the table reflect the Company’s accounting expense for these awards and do not necessarily reflect the actual value that may be recognized by the named executives.

 

(5)

 

 

 

Amounts shown in column (h) represent the annual change in pension value during each of our last two fiscal years for each of the executives. Please see Page 51 for more information on 2007 pension benefits.

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(6)

 

 

 

This column includes perquisites, and the amounts attributable to the executives for 2007 are shown in the table below. We valued these perquisites at the incremental cost to the Company of providing the personal benefits to the executives, which represents the actual cost attributable to providing these personal benefits. The amount shown in the table for Mr. Serra’s auto allowance includes the incremental cost to the Company of providing him with the personal use of a driver, who is a full time employee of the Company and who also performs other regular duties for the Company. The amounts shown in the table under the 401(k) Match column represent the dollar value of the Company’s matching contribution under the Foot Locker 401(k) Plan made to the named executive’s account in shares of Common Stock. The shares of stock for the 2007 matching contribution were valued at $13.66 per share.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name

 

Auto
Allowance

 

Financial
Planning

 

Medical
Expense
Reimbursement

 

Supp. LTD
Insurance
Premiums

 

Relocation
Expense
Reimbursement

 

Spousal
Travel
Reimbursement

 

Tax
Gross-Ups
on
Relocation
Expense
and
Spousal
Travel
Exp.

 

Universal
Life
Insurance
Premium

 

Executive
Physical

 

401(k)
Match

 

Total

M. Serra

 

 

 

55,126

   

 

 

5,000

   

 

 

13,341

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

2,250

   

 

 

75,717

 

R. McHugh

 

 

 

8,750

   

 

 

5,033

   

 

 

3,708

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

470

   

 

 

2,250

   

 

 

20,211

 

R. Mina

 

 

 

30,000

   

 

 

5,000

   

 

 

5,000

   

 

 

2,641

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

3,624

   

 

 

855

   

 

 

2,250

   

 

 

49,370

 

R. Halls

 

 

 

28,878

   

 

 

   

 

 

3,288

   

 

 

   

 

 

58,800

   

 

 

91,499

   

 

 

107,676

   

 

 

   

 

 

918

   

 

 

1,083

   

 

 

292,142

 

G. Bahler

 

 

 

13,353

   

 

 

7,500

   

 

 

4,984

   

 

 

5,565

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

2,428

   

 

 

   

 

 

2,250

   

 

 

36,080

 

The following Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table shows the awards made to the named executive officers in 2007 under the Annual Bonus Plan and the Long-Term Bonus Plan, as well as the restricted stock and stock option awards under the Company’s stock option and award plans.

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GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

 

(b)

 

Estimated Future Payouts
Under Non-Equity Incentive
Plan Awards

 

Estimated Future Payouts
Under Equity Incentive
Plan Awards

 

(i)

 

(j)

 

(k)

 

(l)

 

(m)

 

(c)

 

(d)

 

(e)

 

(f)

 

(g)

 

(h)

Name

 

Grant
Date

 

Threshold
($)

 

Target
($)

 

Maximum
($)

 

Threshold
(#)

 

Target
(#)

 

Maximum
(#)

 

All
Other
Stock
Awards:
Number of
Shares
of Stock
or Units
(#)

 

All
Other
Option
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Under-
lying
Options
(#)

 

Exercise
or Base
Price of
Option
Awards
($/Sh)(5)

 

Closing
Market
Price
on Date
of Grant
($/Sh)(5)

 

Grant
Date
Fair
Value of
Stock
and
Option
Awards(6)

M. Serra

 

03/28/07(1)

 

 

 

468,750

   

 

 

1,875,000

   

 

 

3,000,000

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03/28/07(2)

 

 

 

337,500

   

 

 

1,350,000

   

 

 

2,700,000

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03/28/07(3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,342,000

 

 

 

03/28/07(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

48,500

   

 

 

23.42

   

 

 

23.40

   

 

 

272,153

 

 

R. McHugh

 

03/28/07(1)

 

 

 

98,438

   

 

 

393,750

   

 

 

689,063

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03/28/07(2)

 

 

 

118,125

   

 

 

472,500

   

 

 

945,000

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03/28/07(3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

936,800

 

 

 

03/28/07(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

23.42

   

 

 

23.40

   

 

 

112,228

 

 

R. Mina

 

03/28/07(1)

 

 

 

164,063

   

 

 

656,250

   

 

 

1,148,438

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03/28/07(2)

 

 

 

196,875

   

 

 

787,500

   

 

 

1,575,000

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03/28/07(3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

936,800

 

 

 

03/28/07(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30,000

   

 

 

23.42

   

 

 

23.40

   

 

 

168,342

 

 

R. Halls

 

03/28/07(1)

 

 

 

121,875

   

 

 

487,500

   

 

 

853,125

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03/28/07(2)

 

 

 

146,250

   

 

 

585,000

   

 

 

1,170,000

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03/28/07(3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

468,400

 

 

 

03/28/07(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30,000

   

 

 

23.42

   

 

 

23.40

   

 

 

168,342

 

 

G. Bahler

 

03/28/07(1)

 

 

 

98,438

   

 

 

393,750

   

 

 

689,063

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03/28/07(2)

 

 

 

118,125

   

 

 

472,500

   

 

 

945,000

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03/28/07(3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

936,800

 

 

 

03/28/07(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

23.42

   

 

 

23.40

   

 

 

112,228

 

Notes to Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table

 

(1)

 

 

 

Annual Bonus Awards

Amounts shown reflect the payment levels at threshold, target, and maximum performance for the 2007 fiscal year under the Company’s Annual Bonus Plan and reflect the potential amounts that would be paid at the end of the period if the applicable performance goals were achieved. The estimated bonus payouts under the Annual Bonus Plan are based on a percentage of the executive’s base salary. For Mr. Serra, the threshold, target, and maximum amounts represent 31.25 percent, 125 percent, and 200 percent, respectively, of his annual base salary. For Messrs. McHugh, Mina, Halls, and Bahler, the threshold, target, and maximum amounts represent 18.75 percent, 75 percent, and 131.25 percent, respectively, of each executive’s annual base salary. No payments were made to the executives under the Annual Bonus Plan for 2007 because the performance goals were not achieved.

 

(2)

 

 

 

Long-Term Bonus Awards

Amounts shown reflect the estimated payment levels at threshold, target, and maximum performance for the three-year performance period of 2007-2009 under the Company’s Long-Term Bonus Plan and reflect the potential amounts that would be paid at the end of the performance period if the applicable performance goals are achieved. For each executive, the amounts shown under threshold, target, and maximum represent 22.5 percent, 90 percent, and 180 percent, respectively, of each executive’s annual base salary as of May 1 in the first year of the performance period. No amounts are paid to the executives under the Long-Term Bonus Plan unless the performance goals for the three-year performance period are achieved.

 

(3)

 

 

 

Restricted Stock Awards

Amounts shown in the table under column (i) represent the number of shares of restricted stock awarded to the executive on the grant date. Mr. Serra’s restricted stock was granted under the 2003 Stock Option and Award Plan, and the restricted stock awards for the other executives were granted under the 1998 Stock Option and Award Plan. The shares of restricted stock granted to Mr.

31


 

 

 

 

Serra in 2007 will vest on January 30, 2010 and the shares awarded on this date to the other executives will vest on March 15, 2010, provided that the executives remain employed by the Company from the date of grant through the applicable vesting dates of the awards. The executives have the right to receive all regular cash dividends payable after the date of grant to all record holders of our Common Stock. The grant date fair value of the restricted stock awards shown in column (m) includes expected dividend payments on the shares.

 

(4)

 

 

 

Stock Option Grants

The amounts in column (j) reflect the number of stock options granted in 2007 under the Company’s stock option and award plans. Mr. Serra’s stock option award was granted under the 2003 Stock Option and Award Plan, and the stock options for the other executives were granted under the 1998 Stock Option and Award Plan. The exercise price reflected in column (k) is equal to the fair market value of a share of the Company’s Common Stock on the grant date. The exercise price was calculated under the terms of the applicable option and award plans by averaging the high and low prices of a share of our Common Stock on the grant date. In general, no portion of any stock option may be exercised until the first anniversary of its date of grant. The options granted in 2007 become exercisable in three installments, beginning on the first annual anniversary of the date of grant.

Vested options may be exercised for ten years following the date of grant, unless the option is cancelled or exercised sooner than this. If the executive retires, becomes disabled, or dies while employed by the Company or one of its subsidiaries, all unexercised options that are then exercisable, plus those options that would have become exercisable on the next anniversary of the grant date, will remain (or become) exercisable as of that date. Moreover, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, all outstanding options will become immediately exercisable as of that date. In general, options may remain exercisable for up to three years following a participant’s retirement or termination due to disability, and for up to one year for any other termination of employment for reasons other than cause.

 

(5)

 

 

 

As stated in Note 4 above, the exercise price reflected in column (k) is equal to the fair market value of a share of the Company’s Common Stock on the grant date, and was calculated under the terms of the applicable option and award plans by averaging the high and low prices of a share of our Common Stock on the grant date. The price stated in column (l) is the closing price of a share of the Company’s stock on the date of grant.

 

(6)

 

 

 

Grant Date Fair Value

The amounts shown in column (m) reflect the grant date fair value of the full restricted stock and stock option awards granted in 2007, calculated in accordance with FAS 123R. As provided under the SEC’s rules, the amounts shown exclude the impact of estimated forfeitures related to service-based vesting conditions and include expected dividend payments on shares of restricted stock at the same rate as paid on our shares of Common Stock. For option awards, that number is calculated by multiplying the Black-Scholes value by the number of options granted. The Black-Scholes value for the options granted in 2007 to the named executives was $5.61. For information on the valuation assumptions with respect to the 2007 grants, please refer to Note 23 of the Company’s financial statements in our Form 10-K for the 2007 fiscal year as filed with the SEC.

For restricted stock awards, the fair value is calculated by multiplying the average of the high and low prices of our Common Stock on The New York Stock Exchange on the award date by the number of shares granted. The average of the high and low prices of our Common Stock on the date of grant was $23.42.

Salary. The annual base salaries paid to our named executives in 2007 are set forth in the Summary Compensation Table. For 2007, their salaries represented the following percentages of their total compensation: Mr. Serra (38.8%), Mr. McHugh (43.0%,) Mr. Mina (35.5%), Mr. Halls (36.0%), and Mr. Bahler (48.0%). Information on the named executives’ employment agreements appears beginning on Page 36.

The following table, Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End shows the number of outstanding stock options, both vested and unvested, and the number of unvested shares of restricted stock held by the named executives at the end of the 2007 fiscal year.

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OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR-END

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

 

Option Awards

 

Stock Awards

 

(b)

 

(c)

 

(d)

 

(e)

 

(f)

 

(g)

 

(h)

 

(i)

 

(j)

Name

 

Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Exercisable(1)

 

Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Unexercisable (1)

 

Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Unearned
Options
(#)

 

Option
Exercise
Price
($)

 

Option
Expiration
Date

 

Number
of Shares
or Units
of Stock
That Have
Not
Vested
(#)(2)

 

Market
Value of
Shares or
Units of
Stock
That Have
Not
Vested
($)(3)

 

Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number of
Unearned
Shares,
Units or
Other
Rights
That Have
Not
Vested
(#)

 

Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Market or
Payout
Value of
Unearned
Shares,
Units or
Other
Rights
That Have
Not
Vested
($)

M. Serra

 

 

 

500,000

   

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

11.905

   

 

 

02/12/2011

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

200,000

   

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

16.02

   

 

 

04/18/2012

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

100,000

   

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

16.19

   

 

 

09/11/2013

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100,000

   

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

25.365

   

 

 

02/18/2014

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

115,000

   

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

27.01

   

 

 

02/09/2015

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33,333

   

 

 

66,667

   

 

 

   

 

 

23.92

   

 

 

03/22/2016

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

   

 

 

48,500

   

 

 

   

 

 

23.42

   

 

 

03/28/2017

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

18,833

   

 

 

262,532

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

18,834

   

 

 

262,546

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

100,000

   

 

 

1,394,000

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

R. McHugh

 

 

 

10,000

   

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

25.2813

   

 

 

04/08/2008

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,000

   

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

4.5313

   

 

 

02/10/2009

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,000

   

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

7.1875

   

 

 

01/03/2010

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

11.3125

   

 

 

04/12/2010

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

12.985

   

 

 

04/11/2011

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

16.02

   

 

 

04/18/2012

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

10.245

   

 

 

04/16/2013

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

25.385

   

 

 

04/01/2014

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,333

   

 

 

6,667

   

 

 

   

 

 

28.155

   

 

 

03/23/2015

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

10,000

   

 

 

   

 

 

21.48

   

 

 

11/21/2015

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

   

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

   

 

 

23.42

   

 

 

03/28/2017

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

30,000

   

 

 

418,200

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

40,000

   

 

 

557,600

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R. Mina

 

 

 

12,000

   

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

25.2813

   

 

 

04/08/2008

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,838(4

)

 

 

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

11.3125

   

 

 

04/12/2010

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

50,000(4

)

 

 

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

12.985

   

 

 

04/11/2011

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50,000(4

)

 

 

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

16.02

   

 

 

04/18/2012

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

100,000(4

)

 

 

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

10.065

   

 

 

02/02/2013

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

80,000

   

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

25.385

   

 

 

04/01/2014

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

33,333

   

 

 

16,667

   

 

 

   

 

 

28.155

   

 

 

03/23/2015

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,666

   

 

 

33,334

   

 

 

   

 

 

23.92

   

 

 

03/22/2016

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

   

 

 

30,000

   

 

 

   

 

 

23.42

   

 

 

03/28/2017

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

40,000

   

 

 

557,600

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

50,000

   

 

 

697,000

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

40,000

   

 

 

557,600

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

R. Halls

 

 

 

10,000

   

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

16.02

   

 

 

04/18/2012

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,667

   

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

10.065

   

 

 

02/02/2013

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

25.385

   

 

 

04/01/2014

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

10,000

   

 

 

   

 

 

28.155

   

 

 

03/23/2015

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,000

   

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

   

 

 

23.92

   

 

 

03/22/2016

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,000

   

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

   

 

 

24.755

   

 

 

10/12/2016

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

   

 

 

30,000

   

 

 

   

 

 

23.42

   

 

 

03/28/2017

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

278,800

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

30,000

   

 

 

418,200

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

278,800

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

G. Bahler

 

 

 

25,000

   

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

25.2813

   

 

 

04/08/2008

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,002

   

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

11.3125

   

 

 

04/12/2010

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

47,500

   

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

12.985

   

 

 

04/11/2011

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

47,500

   

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

16.02

   

 

 

04/18/2012

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

33,000

   

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

10.245

   

 

 

04/16/2013

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32,000

   

 

 

0

   

 

 

   

 

 

25.385

   

 

 

04/01/2014

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,666

   

 

 

8,334

   

 

 

   

 

 

28.155

   

 

 

03/23/2015

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,333

   

 

 

16,667

   

 

 

   

 

 

23.92

   

 

 

03/22/2016

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

   

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

   

 

 

23.42

   

 

 

03/28/2017

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

40,000

   

 

 

557,600

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

33


Notes to Table on Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End

 

(1)

 

 

 

The Vesting Schedules for the options shown in columns (b) and (c) are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name

 

Total Number of
Securities Underlying
Unexercised Options

 

Date of Grant

 

Vesting Date for 1/3
of Total Grant

 

Vesting Date for 1/3
of Total Grant

 

Vesting Date for 1/3
of Total Grant

M. Serra

 

 

 

500,000

   

 

 

02/12/2001

   

 

 

02/12/2002

   

 

 

02/12/2003

   

 

 

02/12/2004

 

 

 

 

 

200,000

   

 

 

04/18/2002

   

 

 

04/18/2003

   

 

 

04/18/2004

   

 

 

04/18/2005

 

 

 

 

100,000

   

 

 

09/11/2003

   

 

 

09/11/2004

   

 

 

09/11/2005

   

 

 

09/11/2006

 

 

 

 

 

100,000

   

 

 

02/18/2004

   

 

 

02/18/2005

   

 

 

02/18/2006

   

 

 

02/18/2007

 

 

 

 

115,000

   

 

 

02/09/2005

   

 

 

02/09/2006

   

 

 

02/09/2007

   

 

 

02/01/2008

 

 

 

 

 

100,000

   

 

 

03/22/2006

   

 

 

03/22/2007

   

 

 

03/22/2008

   

 

 

03/22/2009

 

 

 

 

48,500

   

 

 

03/28/2007

   

 

 

03/28/2008

   

 

 

03/28/2009

   

 

 

01/30/2010

 

R. McHugh

 

 

 

10,000

   

 

 

04/08/1998

   

 

 

04/08/1999

   

 

 

04/08/2000

   

 

 

04/08/2001

 

 

 

 

5,000

   

 

 

02/10/1999

   

 

 

02/10/2000

   

 

 

02/10/2001

   

 

 

02/10/2002

 

 

 

 

 

4,000

   

 

 

01/03/2000

   

 

 

01/03/2001

   

 

 

01/03/2002

   

 

 

01/03/2003

 

 

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

04/12/2000

   

 

 

04/12/2001

   

 

 

04/12/2002

   

 

 

04/12/2003

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

04/11/2001

   

 

 

04/11/2002

   

 

 

04/11/2003

   

 

 

04/11/2004

 

 

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

04/18/2002

   

 

 

04/18/2003

   

 

 

04/18/2004

   

 

 

04/18/2005

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

04/16/2003

   

 

 

04/16/2004

   

 

 

04/16/2005

   

 

 

04/16/2006

 

 

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

04/01/2004

   

 

 

04/01/2005

   

 

 

04/01/2006

   

 

 

04/01/2007

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

03/23/2005

   

 

 

03/23/2006

   

 

 

03/23/2007

   

 

 

03/23/2008

 

 

 

 

30,000

   

 

 

11/21/2005

   

 

 

11/21/2006

   

 

 

11/21/2007

   

 

 

11/21/2008

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

03/28/2007

   

 

 

03/28/2008

   

 

 

03/28/2009

   

 

 

03/28/2010

 

R. Mina

 

 

 

12,000

   

 

 

04/08/1998

   

 

 

04/08/1999

   

 

 

04/08/2000

   

 

 

04/08/2001

 

 

 

 

 

21,838

   

 

 

04/12/2000

   

 

 

04/12/2001

   

 

 

04/12/2002

   

 

 

04/12/2003

 

 

 

 

50,000

   

 

 

04/11/2001

   

 

 

04/11/2002

   

 

 

04/11/2003

   

 

 

04/11/2004

 

 

 

 

 

50,000

   

 

 

04/18/2002

   

 

 

04/18/2003

   

 

 

04/18/2004

   

 

 

04/18/2005

 

 

 

 

100,000

   

 

 

02/02/2003

   

 

 

02/02/2004

   

 

 

02/02/2005

   

 

 

02/02/2006

 

 

 

 

 

80,000

   

 

 

04/01/2004

   

 

 

04/01/2005

   

 

 

04/01/2006

   

 

 

04/01/2007

 

 

 

 

50,000

   

 

 

03/23/2005

   

 

 

03/23/2006

   

 

 

03/23/2007

   

 

 

03/23/2008

 

 

 

 

 

50,000

   

 

 

03/22/2006

   

 

 

03/22/2007

   

 

 

03/22/2008

   

 

 

03/22/2009

 

 

 

 

30,000

   

 

 

03/28/2007

   

 

 

03/28/2008

   

 

 

03/28/2009

   

 

 

03/28/2010

 

R. Halls

 

 

 

10,000

   

 

 

04/18/2002

   

 

 

04/18/2003

   

 

 

04/18/2004

   

 

 

04/18/2005

 

 

 

 

16,667

   

 

 

02/02/2003

   

 

 

02/02/2004

   

 

 

02/02/2005

   

 

 

02/02/2006

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

04/01/2004

   

 

 

04/01/2005

   

 

 

04/01/2006

   

 

 

04/01/2007

 

 

 

 

30,000

   

 

 

03/23/2005

   

 

 

03/23/2006

   

 

 

03/23/2007

   

 

 

03/23/2008

 

 

 

 

 

30,000

   

 

 

03/22/2006

   

 

 

03/22/2007

   

 

 

03/22/2008

   

 

 

03/22/2009

 

 

 

 

30,000

   

 

 

10/12/2006

   

 

 

10/12/2007

   

 

 

10/12/2008

   

 

 

10/12/2009

 

 

 

 

 

30,000

   

 

 

03/28/2007

   

 

 

03/28/2008

   

 

 

03/28/2009

   

 

 

03/28/2010

 

G. Bahler

 

 

 

25,000

   

 

 

04/08/1998

   

 

 

04/08/1999

   

 

 

04/08/2000

   

 

 

04/08/2001

 

 

 

 

 

20,002

   

 

 

04/12/2000

   

 

 

04/12/2001

   

 

 

04/12/2002

   

 

 

04/12/2003

 

 

 

 

47,500

   

 

 

04/11/2001

   

 

 

04/11/2002

   

 

 

04/11/2003

   

 

 

04/11/2004

 

 

 

 

 

47,500

   

 

 

04/18/2002

   

 

 

04/18/2003

   

 

 

04/18/2004

   

 

 

04/18/2005

 

 

 

 

33,000

   

 

 

04/16/2003

   

 

 

04/16/2004

   

 

 

04/16/2005

   

 

 

04/16/2006

 

 

 

 

 

32,000

   

 

 

04/01/2004

   

 

 

04/01/2005

   

 

 

04/01/2006

   

 

 

04/01/2007

 

 

 

 

25,000

   

 

 

03/23/2005

   

 

 

03/23/2006

   

 

 

03/23/2007

   

 

 

03/23/2008

 

 

 

 

 

25,000

   

 

 

03/22/2006

   

 

 

03/22/2007

   

 

 

03/22/2008

   

 

 

03/22/2009

 

 

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

03/28/2007

   

 

 

03/28/2008

   

 

 

03/28/2009

   

 

 

03/28/2010

 
                                                   

 

(2)

 

 

 

The vesting dates for the restricted stock awards shown in column (g) are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name

 

Date of Grant

 

Number of Shares

 

Vesting Date

M. Serra

 

 

 

03/22/2006

   

 

 

18,833

   

 

 

03/15/2008

 

 

 

 

 

03/22/2006

   

 

 

18,834

   

 

 

03/15/2009

 

 

 

 

03/28/2007

   

 

 

100,000

   

 

 

01/30/2010

 

R. McHugh

 

 

 

11/21/2005

   

 

 

30,000

   

 

 

11/30/2008

 

 

 

 

03/28/2007

   

 

 

40,000

   

 

 

03/15/2010

 

R. Mina

 

 

 

03/23/2005

   

 

 

40,000

   

 

 

03/15/2008

 

 

 

 

03/22/2006

   

 

 

50,000

   

 

 

03/15/2009

 

 

 

 

 

03/28/2007

   

 

 

40,000

   

 

 

03/15/2010

 

R. Halls

 

 

 

03/22/2006

   

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

03/15/2009

 

 

 

 

 

10/12/2006

   

 

 

30,000

   

 

 

10/12/2009

 

 

 

 

03/28/2007

   

 

 

20,000

   

 

 

03/15/2010

 

G. Bahler

 

 

 

03/28/2007

   

 

 

40,000

   

 

 

03/15/2010

 
                               

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(3)

 

 

 

Value calculated by multiplying the number of unvested shares by the closing price of $13.94 on February 1, 2008, which was the last business day of the 2007 fiscal year.

 

(4)

 

 

 

Executive has agreed to transfer the economic benefit of 50 percent of this stock option to his spouse under a matrimonial settlement agreement.

The following table, Option Exercises and Stock Vested, provides information on the stock options exercised by the named executives during 2007 and shares of restricted stock that vested during the year.

OPTION EXERCISES AND STOCK VESTED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

 

Option Awards

 

Stock Awards

 

(b)

 

(c)

 

(d)

 

(e)

Name

 

Number of Shares
Acquired on Exercise (#)

 

Value Realized
on Exercise ($)

 

Number of Shares
Acquired on Vesting (#)

 

Value Realized
on Vesting ($)

M. Serra

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

88,833

   

 

 

1,668,806

 

R. McHugh

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

30,000

   

 

 

661,800

 

R. Mina

 

 

 

12,000

   

 

 

24,289

   

 

 

75,000

   

 

 

1,654,500

 

R. Halls

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

G. Bahler

 

 

 

25,000

   

 

 

7,434

   

 

 

30,000

   

 

 

661,800

 

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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS

We have employment agreements with each of the named executive officers, and we describe the material terms of each of these agreements below. Information on potential payments and benefits on termination of the agreements is described under the section “Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control” beginning on Page 39.

Matthew D. Serra

 

 

 

 

Position. We have an agreement with Mr. Serra in his position as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer.

 

 

 

 

Term. The term of this agreement began on October 1, 2006 and ends on January 30, 2010.

 

 

 

 

Base Salary and Bonus. We pay Mr. Serra an annual base salary of not less than $1.5 million during the term of the agreement. Mr. Serra’s annual bonus at target is 125 percent of his base salary, and his bonus at target under the long-term bonus plan for any three-year performance period is 90 percent of his base salary at the beginning of the performance period. If Mr. Serra remains employed by Foot Locker through the end of his contract term, he will be eligible for a pro-rata payout under the Long-Term Bonus Plan for the 2008-2010 and 2009-2011 performance periods, provided the performance goals are met.

 

 

 

 

Benefit Plans and Perquisites. Mr. Serra is entitled to participate in all bonus, incentive, and equity plans offered to senior executives. He is also eligible to participate in all pension, welfare, and fringe benefit plans and perquisites offered to senior executives. The benefits and perquisites available to Mr. Serra include:

 

 

 

 

Company-paid life insurance in the amount of his annual base salary;

 

Long-term disability insurance coverage of $25,000 per month;

 

Annual out-of-pocket medical expense reimbursement of up to $20,000;

 

Financial planning expenses of up to $7,500 annually;

 

Reimbursement of dues and membership fees of one private club of up to $20,000 annually;

 

Automobile expense allowance of up to $40,000 annually and the services of a driver;

Although Mr. Serra is eligible for these perquisites under his agreement, he chose not to receive some of these benefits in 2007.

 

 

 

 

Non-Compete Provision. Mr. Serra’s agreement provides that he may not compete with Foot Locker or solicit our employees for two years following the termination of his employment agreement.

 

 

 

 

Certain Defined Terms in the Agreement:

Cause” means Mr. Serra:

 

 

 

 

willfully and continuously fails to perform his duties;

 

willfully takes part in misconduct that significantly harms the Company;

 

willfully breaches his employment agreement and does not correct the breach; or

 

is convicted of a felony (other than a traffic violation).

Change in Control” means any of the following:

 

 

 

 

a person or group makes a tender offer to purchase at least 20 percent of the Company’s outstanding stock;

 

the Company merges with another company or sells all (or substantially all) of its assets. This event would exclude, for example, mergers (or similar transactions) in which no one becomes the beneficial owner of more than 20 percent of the stock outstanding;

 

the acquisition of 20 percent or more of the outstanding stock. (The Board may, however, increase this threshold up to 40 percent);

 

shareholder approval of a plan of liquidation, dissolution, or sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company; or

 

 

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during any period of two consecutive years, the directors at the start of the period, plus any new director whose election or nomination for election was approved by at least two-thirds of the directors then remaining on the Board who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination was approved in this manner, do not comprise at least a majority of the Board.

Disability” means:

 

 

 

 

Mr. Serra is incapacitated due to physical or mental illness and, as a result, has not performed his duties on a full-time basis for six months and does not return to perform his duties after the Company gives him notice.

Good Reason” means, following a Change in Control,

 

 

 

 

a material demotion or reduction in Mr. Serra’s authority or responsibility (except temporarily because of illness or other absence);

 

a decrease in his base salary rate;

 

a reduction in his annual bonus classification level;

 

failure to continue the benefit plans and programs that apply to him, or the reduction of his benefits, without providing substitute comparable plans, programs and benefits;

 

failure by a successor company to confirm in writing that it will assume the Company’s obligations under the agreement; or

 

the Company breaches a material provision of the agreement and does not correct the breach.

Richard Mina, Ronald J. Halls, Gary M. Bahler, Robert W. McHugh

 

 

 

 

Position/Term/Base Salary. We have employment agreements with these executives in their current positions, as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name

 

Position

 

Term of Agreement

 

2007 Base Salary Rate

 

R. Mina

 

President and CEO,
Foot Locker, Inc.–U.S.A.

 

May 1, 2009

 

$875,000

 

R. Halls

 

President and CEO,
Foot Locker, Inc.–
International

 

May 1, 2009

 

$650,000

 

G. Bahler

 

Senior VP, General Counsel
and Secretary

 

December 31, 2008

 

$525,000

 

R. McHugh

 

Senior VP and CFO

 

December 31, 2008

 

$525,000

 

 

 

 

Term. The terms of the agreements will automatically be extended for another year unless notice of non-renewal is given prior to the expiration date.

 

 

 

 

Base Salary. We pay these executives annual base salaries at rates not less than their salaries at the start of their agreements. The executives base salaries for 2007 are shown in the table.

 

 

 

 

Benefit Plans and Perquisites. These executives are entitled to participate in all benefit plans and arrangements in effect at the start of the agreement, including retirement plans, annual and long-term bonus plans, medical, dental, and disability plans, and any other plans subsequently offered to our senior executives.

 

 

 

 

Spousal Travel. Mr. Halls’s agreement provides that his wife may accompany him on up to eight business trips each fiscal year at the Company’s expense. We gross up Mr. Halls’ salary for a percentage of this spousal travel expense.

 

 

 

 

Non-Compete Provision. The executives’ agreements provide that they may not compete with Foot Locker or solicit our employees for a period of time following the termination of their employment agreements. Richard Mina and Ronald Halls have two-year non-compete agreements; Gary Bahler and Robert McHugh have one-year non-compete agreements.

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Certain Defined Terms in the Agreement:

Cause” means the executive’s:

 

 

 

 

refusal or willful failure to substantially perform his duties;

 

dishonesty, willful misconduct, or fraud with regard to the Company’s business or assets;

 

willful breach of his employment agreement and he does not correct the breach; or

 

conviction of a felony (other than a traffic violation) or any crime involving moral turpitude.

Change in Control” means any of the following:

 

 

 

 

a person or group makes a tender offer to purchase at least 20 percent of the Company’s outstanding stock;

 

the Company merges with another company or sells all (or substantially all) of its assets. This event excludes, for example, mergers (or similar transactions) in which no one becomes the beneficial owner of more than 20 percent of the stock outstanding;

 

the acquisition of 20 percent or more of the outstanding stock. (The Board may, however, increase this threshold up to 40 percent);

 

shareholder approval of a plan of liquidation, dissolution, or sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company; or

 

during any period of two consecutive years, the directors at the start of the period, plus any new director whose election or nomination for election was approved by at least two-thirds of the directors then remaining on the Board who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination was approved in this manner, do not comprise at least a majority of the Board.

Disability” means:

 

 

 

 

The executive is incapacitated due to physical or mental illness and, as a result, has not performed his duties on a full-time basis for six months, and does not return to perform his duties after the Company gives him notice.

Good Reason” means:

Prior to a Change in Control,

 

 

 

 

a reduction in base salary, other than an across-the-board reduction in senior executive salaries over a three-year period and the reduction is less than 20% of the executive’s salary from the beginning of the three-year period;

 

material change in the executive’s authority or responsibilities, except temporarily as a result of illness or other absence;

Following a Change in Control,

 

 

 

 

any reduction in base salary;

 

failure to continue the benefit plans and programs that apply to the executive, or the reduction of his benefits, without providing substitute comparable plans and benefits;

 

a material demotion or reduction in executive’s authority or responsibility (except temporarily because of illness or other absence);

At any time,

 

 

 

 

a reduction in the executive’s annual bonus classification level, other than in connection with a redesign that affects all other employees in the executive’s bonus level;

 

failure by a successor to the Company to confirm in writing that it will assume the Company’s obligations under the agreement.

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POTENTIAL PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION OR CHANGE IN CONTROL

The executives’ employment agreements and certain of the plans and programs that executives participate in require the Company to pay compensation to the executives if their employment terminates in certain circumstances. The estimated amount of compensation that would be payable to the named executives following termination of their employment for various reasons is stated in the tables below. The information in the tables assumes a termination date of February 2, 2008.

MATTHEW D. SERRA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reason for
Termination

 

Severance
Payment

 

Accelerated
Vesting of
Restricted
Stock and
Options

 

SERP
Benefit

 

Benefit under Excess Cash Balance Plan

 

Continuation of Health Benefits

 

Outplacement
Services

 

Tax Gross-Up
Payment

 

Total

 

By Company
Without
Cause

 

Severance:
$3,000,000

 

Restricted
Stock
:
$1,919,078

 

$2,256,933

 

$383,799

 

$7,500

 

$25,000

 

 

$7,592,310 

                                 

Or

 

 

 

Stock Options:
No acceleration
of vesting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Executive
if Company
Breaches
Employment
Agreement

 

(1)

 

(2)

 

(3)

 

(4)

 

(5)

 

(6)

 

 

 

 

 

Executive
Resigns
Before End
of Term

 

 

 

$2,256,933

 

$383,799

 

$7,500

 

 

 

$2,648,232 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3)

 

(4)

 

(5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Termination
following
Change in
Control

 

Severance:
$5,062,500

 

Restricted
Stock:

$1,919,078

 

$2,256,933

 

$383,799

 

$7,500

 

$25,000

 

 

$9,654,810 

 

 

 

 

Stock Options:
Accelerated
vesting of
115,167 shares:
$0 value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7)

 

(8)

 

(2)(9)

 

(3)

 

(4)

 

(5)

 

(6)

 

(10)

 

 

 

Disability

 

 

Restricted
Stock:

$1,919,078

 

$2,256,933

 

$383,799

 

$7,500

 

 

 

$4,567,310 

 

 

 

 

Stock Options:
Accelerated
vesting of
49,499 shares:
$0 value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(11)(9)

 

(12)

 

(4)

 

(5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Death

 

 

Restricted
Stock:

$1,919,078

 

$2,256,933

 

$383,799

 

 

 

 

$4,559,810 

 

 

 

 

Stock Options:
Accelerated
vesting of
49,499 shares:
$0 value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(11)(9)

 

(12)

 

(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cause

 

 

 

 

$383,799

 

 

 

 

$383,799 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Table on Matthew D. Serra

 

(1)

 

 

 

The severance amount equals the total remaining monthly salary payments through the end of the employment contract term on January 30, 2010. Payment of the first six months of salary continuation would be made six months following termination, and the remaining payments would then be made on a monthly basis. Since the performance goals for the 2007 fiscal year were not met, no bonus would be payable.

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(2)

 

 

 

This amount is the value of 137,667 shares of restricted stock that would vest on termination. The shares were valued at $13.94.

 

(3)

 

 

 

This amount is the total benefit payable under the Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”). The payments would be made quarterly over a three-year period. The first two quarterly payments would be made six months following the executive’s termination date, with the remaining payments made quarterly during the remainder of the three-year period.

 

(4)

 

 

 

Benefit payable as of February 2, 2008 in a lump sum under the Foot Locker Excess Cash Balance Plan. No information is provided with respect to the benefit under the Foot Locker Retirement Plan because that plan is available generally to all salaried employees and does not discriminate in terms of scope, terms, or operation in favor of the executive officers.

 

(5)

 

 

 

Mr. Serra would be entitled under the SERP to the continuation of medical and dental insurance benefits following termination. The benefits would be substantially the same as those benefits to which senior executives are entitled under Foot Locker’s medical and dental plans for active employees. Mr. Serra would be required to pay the insurance premium applicable to actively employed senior executives, including any subsequent increases in the premiums. The continuation of benefits would terminate if Mr. Serra engages in competition during the one-year period following termination or becomes a participant in a new employer’s health plan. The amount shown in the table represents the estimated annual cost of the Company’s portion of the premiums for an individual policy covering the executive.

 

(6)

 

 

 

This amount reflects the approximate cost of one year of outplacement services.

 

(7)

 

 

 

This covers (i) termination by the Executive within the 30-day period occurring three months after a Change in Control and (ii) by the Company without Cause or by Executive for Good Reason during the two-year period following a Change in Control.

 

(8)

 

 

 

This amount equals 1.5 times Executive’s annual base salary plus annual bonus at target, which is the minimum amount payable to him for termination following a Change-in-Control.

 

(9)

 

 

 

The fair market value of a share of the Company’s stock on February 2, 2008 was less than the exercise price of each of the unvested options that would be accelerated, so the intrinsic value of the option on that date was $0.

 

(10)

 

 

 

If Mr. Serra receives payments or benefits following a Change in Control that are subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code, we would pay him a gross-up payment to put him in the same after-tax position he would have been in had no excise tax been imposed. Based on current estimates, no excise tax would be payable by executive; therefore, there would be no tax gross-up payment.

 

(11)

 

 

 

The Compensation and Management Resources Committee may, but is not obligated to, accelerate the vesting of some or all of executive’s restricted stock. The number shown in the table assumes approval of the accelerated vesting of 137,667 shares of restricted stock, valued at $13.94.

 

(12)

 

 

 

SERP benefit payable in a lump sum following the determination of disability or the date of death.

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RICHARD MINA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reason for Termination

 

Severance
Payment

 

Accelerated Vesting of Restricted Stock and Options

 

SERP
Benefit

 

Benefit under Excess Cash Balance Plan

 

Continuation of Health Benefits

 

Outplacement
Services

 

Tax Gross-Up
Payment

 

Total

 

By Company
Without Cause

 

Severance:
$1,649,042

 

Restricted
Stock
:
No acceleration
of vesting

 

$914,620

 

$427,030

 

$15,000

 

 

 

$3,005,692 

 

 

 

 

Stock Options:
No acceleration
of vesting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

 

 

 

(2)

 

(3)

 

(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Executive
for Good
Reason

 

Severance:
$1,649,042

 

Restricted
Stock:

No acceleration
of vesting

 

$914,620

 

$427,030

 

$15,000

 

 

 

$3,005,692 

 

 

 

 

Stock Options:
Accelerated
vesting of
43,334 shares:
$0 value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

 

(5)

 

(2)

 

(3)

 

(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Executive
Resigns
Before End
of Term

 

 

 

$914,620

 

$427,030

 

$15,000

 

 

 

$1,356,650 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2)

 

(3)

 

(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Termination
following
Change in
Control

 

Severance:
$3,062,500

 

Restricted
Stock:

$1,812,200

 

$914,620

 

$427,030

 

$15,000

 

 

 

$6,231,350 

 

 

 

 

Stock Options:
Accelerated
vesting of
80,001 shares:
$0 value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6)

 

(7)(5)

 

(2)

 

(3)

 

(4)

 

 

 

(8)

 

 

 

Disability

 

 

Restricted
Stock:

$1,812,200

 

$914,620

 

$427,030

 

$15,000

 

 

 

$3,168,850 

 

 

 

 

Stock Options:
Accelerated
vesting of
43,334 shares:
$0 value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(9)(5)

 

(10)

 

(3)

 

(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Death

 

 

Restricted
Stock:

$1,812,200

 

$914,620

 

$427,030

 

 

 

 

$3,153,850 

 

 

 

 

Stock Options:
Accelerated
vesting of
43,334 shares:
$0 value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(9)(5)

 

(10)

 

(3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cause

 

 

 

 

$427,030

 

 

 

 

$427,030 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Table on Richard Mina

 

(1)

 

 

 

The severance amount equals two weeks’ salary plus portion of annual bonus at target multiplied by executive’s 28 years of service.

 

(2)

 

 

 

This amount is the total benefit payable under the Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”). The payments would be made quarterly over a three-year period. The first two quarterly payments would be made six months following the executive’s termination date, with the remaining payments made quarterly during the remainder of the three-year period.

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(3)

 

 

 

Benefit payable as of February 2, 2008 in a lump sum under the Foot Locker Excess Cash Balance Plan. No information is provided with respect to the benefit under the Foot Locker Retirement Plan because that plan is available generally to all salaried employees and does not discriminate in terms of scope, terms, or operation in favor of the executive officers.

 

(4)

 

 

 

Mr. Mina would be entitled under the SERP to the continuation of medical and dental insurance benefits following termination. The benefits would be substantially the same as those benefits to which senior executives are entitled under Foot Locker’s medical and dental plans for active employees. Mr. Mina would be required to pay the insurance premium applicable to actively employed senior executives, including any subsequent increases in the premiums. The continuation of benefits would terminate if Mr. Mina engages in competition during the one-year period following termination or becomes a participant in a new employer’s health plan. The amount shown in the table represents the estimated annual cost of the Company’s portion of the premiums for an individual policy covering the executive and his covered dependent.

 

(5)

 

 

 

The fair market value of a share of the Company’s stock on February 2, 2008 was less than the exercise price of each of the unvested options that would be accelerated, so the intrinsic value of the option on that date was $0.

 

(6)

 

 

 

The severance amount equals 104 weeks’ salary plus two times annual bonus at target.

 

(7)

 

 

 

This amount represents the value of 130,000 shares of restricted stock that would vest on termination. The shares were valued at $13.94.

 

(8)

 

 

 

If the payments or benefits received by the executive following a Change in Control are subject to the excise tax under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code, then the Company would automatically reduce Mr. Mina’s payments and benefits to an amount equal to $1 less than the amount that would subject him to the excise tax, as long as the reduced amount would result in a greater benefit to him compared to the unreduced amount on a net after-tax basis.

 

(9)

 

 

 

The Compensation and Management Resources Committee may, but is not obligated to, accelerate the vesting of some or all of executive’s restricted stock. The number shown in the table assumes approval of the accelerated vesting of 130,000 shares of restricted stock, valued at $13.94.

 

(10)

 

 

 

SERP benefit payable in a lump sum following the determination of disability or the date of death.

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RONALD J. HALLS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reason for
Termination

 

Severance
Payment

 

Accelerated
Vesting of
Restricted
Stock and
Options

 

SERP
Benefit

 

Benefit under
Excess Cash
Balance Plan

 

Continuation
of Health
Benefits

 

Outplacement
Services

 

Tax Gross-Up
Payment

 

Total

 

By Company
Without
Cause

 

Severance:
$650,000

 

Restricted
Stock:

No acceleration
of vesting

 

 

$70,959

 

$7,800

 

 

 

$728,759 

 

 

 

 

Stock Options:
No acceleration
of vesting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

(2)

 

(3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Executive
for Good
Reason

 

Severance:
$650,000

 

Restricted
Stock:

No acceleration
of vesting

 

 

$70,959

 

$7,800

 

 

 

$728,759 

 

 

 

 

Stock Options:
Accelerated
vesting of
40,000 shares:
$0 value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

 

(4)

 

 

 

(2)

 

(3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Executive
Resigns
Before End
of Term

 

 

 

 

$70,959

 

 

 

 

$70,959 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Termination
following
Change in
Control

 

Severance:
$2,275,000

 

Restricted
Stock:

$975,800

 

 

$70,959

 

$7,800

 

 

 

$3,329,559 

 

 

 

 

Stock Options:
Accelerated
vesting of
80,000 shares:
$0 value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5)

 

(6)(4)

 

 

 

(2)

 

(3)

 

 

 

(7)

 

 

 

Disability

 

 

Restricted
Stock:

$975,800

 

$244,000

 

$70,959

 

 

 

 

$1,290,759 

 

 

 

 

Stock Options:
Accelerated
vesting of
40,000 shares:
$0 value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(8)(4)

 

(9)

 

(2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Death

 

 

Restricted
Stock:

$975,800

 

$244,000

 

$70,959

 

 

 

 

$1,290,759 

 

 

 

 

Stock Options:
Accelerated
vesting of
40,000 shares:
$0 value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(8)(4)

 

(9)

 

(2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cause

 

 

 

 

$70,959

 

 

 

 

$70,959 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Table on Ronald J. Halls

 

(1)

 

 

 

The severance amount equals 52 weeks’ salary.

 

(2)

 

 

 

Benefit payable as of February 2, 2008 in a lump sum under the Foot Locker Excess Cash Balance Plan. No information is provided with respect to the benefit under the Foot Locker Retirement Plan because that plan is available generally to all salaried employees and does not discriminate in terms of scope, terms, or operation in favor of the executive officers.

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(3)

 

 

 

This amount reflects the estimated cost to the Company of payments to Mr. Halls to reimburse him for the difference between the cost of the COBRA continuation coverage premium and the amount he would have paid for medical and dental coverage as an active associate for 18 months following his termination.

 

(4)

 

 

 

The fair market value of a share of the Company’s stock on February 2, 2008 was less than the exercise price of each of the unvested options that would be accelerated, so the intrinsic value of the option on that date was $0.

 

(5)

 

 

 

The severance amount equals 104 weeks’ salary plus two times annual bonus at target.

 

(6)

 

 

 

This amount represents the value of 70,000 shares of restricted stock that would vest on termination. The shares were valued at $13.94.

 

(7)

 

 

 

If the payments or benefits received by the executive following a Change in Control are subject to the excise tax under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code, then the Company would automatically reduce Mr. Halls’ payments and benefits to an amount equal to $1 less than the amount that would subject him to the excise tax, as long as the reduced amount would result in a greater benefit to him compared to the unreduced amount on a net after-tax basis.

 

(8)

 

 

 

The Compensation and Management Resources Committee may, but is not obligated to, accelerate the vesting of some or all of executive’s restricted stock. The number shown in the table assumes approval of the accelerated vesting of 70,000 shares of restricted stock, valued at $13.94.

 

(9)

 

 

 

SERP benefit payable in a lump sum following determination of disability or the date of death.

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GARY M. BAHLER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reason for
Termination

 

Severance
Payment

 

Accelerated
Vesting of
Restricted
Stock and
Options

 

SERP
Benefit

 

Benefit under
Excess Cash
Balance Plan

 

Continuation
of Health
Benefits

 

Outplacement
Services

 

Tax Gross-Up
Payment

 

Total

 

By Company
Without
Cause

 

Severance:
$954,072

 

Restricted
Stock:

No acceleration
of vesting

 

$587,555

 

$250,203

 

$15,000

 

 

 

$1,806,830 

 

 

 

 

Stock Options:
No acceleration
of vesting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

 

 

 

(2)

 

(3)

 

(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Executive
for Good
Reason

 

Severance:
$954,072

 

Restricted
Stock:

No acceleration
of vesting

 

$587,555

 

$250,203

 

$15,000

 

 

 

$1,806,830 

 

 

 

 

Stock Options:
Accelerated
vesting of
23,334 shares:
$0 value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

 

(5)

 

(2)

 

(3)

 

(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Executive
Resigns
Before End
of Term

 

 

 

$587,555

 

$250,203

 

$15,000

 

 

 

$852,758 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2)

 

(3)

 

(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Termination
following
Change in
Control

 

Severance:
$1,837,500

 

Restricted
Stock:

$557,600

 

$587,555

 

$250,203

 

$15,000

 

 

 

$3,247,858 

 

 

 

 

Stock Options:
Accelerated
vesting of
45,001 shares:
$0 value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6)

 

(7)(5)

 

(2)

 

(3)

 

(4)

 

 

 

(8)

 

 

 

Disability

 

 

Restricted
Stock:

$557,600

 

$587,555

 

$250,203

 

$15,000

 

 

 

$1,410,358 

 

 

 

 

Stock Options:
Accelerated
vesting of
23,334 shares:
$0 value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(9)(5)

 

(10)

 

(3)

 

(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Death

 

 

Restricted
Stock:

$557,600

 

$587,555

 

$250,203

 

 

 

 

$1,395,358 

 

 

 

 

Stock Options:
Accelerated
vesting of
23,334 shares:
$0 value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(9)(5)

 

(10)

 

(3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cause

 

 

 

 

$250,203

 

 

 

 

$250,203 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Table on Gary M. Bahler

 

(1)

 

 

 

The severance amount equals two weeks’ salary plus portion of annual bonus at target multiplied by executive’s 27 years of service.

 

(2)

 

 

 

This amount is the total benefit payable under the Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”). The payments would be made quarterly over a three-year period. The first two quarterly payments would be made six months following the executive’s termination date, with the remaining payments made quarterly during the remainder of the three-year period.

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(3)

 

 

 

Benefit payable as of February 2, 2008 in a lump sum under the Foot Locker Excess Cash Balance Plan. No information is provided with respect to the benefit under the Foot Locker Retirement Plan because that plan is available generally to all salaried employees and does not discriminate in terms of scope, terms, or operation in favor of the executive officers.

 

(4)

 

 

 

Mr. Bahler would be entitled under the SERP to the continuation of medical and dental insurance benefits following termination. The benefits would be substantially the same as those benefits to which senior executives are entitled under Foot Locker’s medical and dental plans for active employees. Mr. Bahler would be required to pay the insurance premium applicable to actively employed senior executives, including any subsequent increases in the premiums. The amount shown in the table represents the estimated annual cost of the Company’s portion of the premiums for an individual policy covering the executive and his covered dependent.

 

(5)

 

 

 

The fair market value of a share of the Company’s stock on February 2, 2008 was less than the exercise price of each of the unvested options that would be accelerated, so the intrinsic value of the option on that date was $0.

 

(6)

 

 

 

The severance amount equals 104 weeks’ salary plus two times annual bonus at target.

 

(7)

 

 

 

This amount represents the value of 40,000 shares of restricted stock that would vest on termination. The shares were valued at $13.94.

 

(8)

 

 

 

If the payments or benefits received by the executive following a Change in Control are subject to the excise tax under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue, then the Company would automatically reduce Mr. Bahler’s payments and benefits to an amount equal to $1 less than the amount that would subject him to the excise tax, as long as the reduced amount would result in a greater benefit to him compared to the unreduced amount on a net after-tax basis.

 

(9)

 

 

 

The Compensation and Management Resources Committee may, but is not obligated to, accelerate the vesting of some or all of executive’s restricted stock. The number shown in the table assumes approval of the accelerated vesting of 40,000 shares of restricted stock, valued at $13.94.

 

(10)

 

 

 

SERP benefit payable in a lump sum following the determination of disability or the date of death.

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ROBERT W. MCHUGH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reason for
Termination

 

Severance
Payment

 

Accelerated
Vesting of
Restricted
Stock and
Options

 

SERP
Benefit

 

Benefit under
Excess Cash
Balance Plan

 

Continuation
of Health
Benefits

 

Outplacement
Services

 

Tax Gross-Up
Payment

 

Total

 

By Company
Without
Cause

 

Severance:
$525,000

 

Restricted
Stock:

No acceleration
of vesting

 

 

$59,997

 

$7,800

 

 

 

$592,797 

 

 

 

 

Stock Options:
No acceleration
of vesting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

(2)

 

(3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Executive
for Good
Reason

 

Severance:
$525,000

 

Restricted
Stock:

No acceleration
of vesting

 

 

$59,997

 

$7,800

 

 

 

$592,797 

 

 

 

 

Stock Options:
Accelerated
vesting of
23,333 shares:
$0 value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

 

(4)

 

 

 

(2)

 

(3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Executive
Resigns
Before End
of Term

 

 

 

 

$59,997

 

 

 

 

$59,997 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Termination
following
Change in
Control

 

Severance:
$1,837,500

 

Restricted
Stock:

$975,800

 

 

$59,997

 

$7,800

 

 

 

$2,881,097 

 

 

 

 

Stock Options:
Accelerated
vesting of
36,667 shares:
$0 value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5)

 

(6)(4)

 

 

 

(2)

 

(3)

 

 

 

(7)

 

 

 

Disability

 

 

Restricted
Stock:

$975,800

 

$50,341

 

$59,997

 

 

 

 

$1,086,138 

 

 

 

 

Stock Options:
Accelerated
vesting of
23,333 shares:
$0 value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(8)(4)

 

(9)

 

(2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Death

 

 

Restricted
Stock:

$975,800

 

$50,341

 

$59,997

 

 

 

 

$1,086,138 

 

 

 

 

Stock Options:
Accelerated
vesting of
23,333 shares:
$0 value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(8)(4)

 

(9)

 

(2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cause

 

 

 

 

$59,997

 

 

 

 

$59,997 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Table on Robert W. McHugh

 

(1)

 

 

 

The severance amount equals 52 weeks’ salary.

 

(2)

 

 

 

Benefit payable as of February 2, 2008 in a lump sum under the Foot Locker Excess Cash Balance Plan. No information is provided with respect to the benefit under the Foot Locker Retirement Plan because that plan is available generally to all salaried employees and does not discriminate in terms of scope, terms, or operation in favor of the executive officers.

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(3)

 

 

 

The amount in the table reflects the estimated cost to the Company of payments to Mr. McHugh to reimburse him for the difference between the cost of the COBRA continuation coverage premium and the amount he would have paid for medical and dental coverage as an active associate for 18 months following his termination.

 

(4)

 

 

 

The fair market value of a share of the Company’s stock on February 2, 2008 was less than the exercise price of each of the unvested options that would be accelerated, so the intrinsic value of the option on that date was $0.

 

(5)

 

 

 

The severance amount equals 104 weeks’ salary plus two times annual bonus at target.

 

(6)

 

 

 

This amount represents the value of 70,000 shares of restricted stock that would vest on termination. The shares were valued at $13.94.

 

(7)

 

 

 

If the payments or benefits received by the executive following a Change in Control are subject to the excise tax under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue, then the Company would automatically reduce Mr. McHugh’s payments and benefits to an amount equal to $1 less than the amount that would subject him to the excise tax, as long as the reduced amount would result in a greater benefit to him compared to the unreduced amount on a net after-tax basis.

 

(8)

 

 

 

The Compensation and Management Resources Committee may, but is not obligated to, accelerate the vesting of some or all of executive’s restricted stock. The number shown in the table assumes approval of the accelerated vesting of 70,000 shares of restricted stock, valued at $13.94.

 

(9)

 

 

 

SERP benefit payable in a lump sum following determination of disability or the date of death.

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RETIREMENT PLANS

Foot Locker Retirement Plan

The Foot Locker Retirement Plan (the “Retirement Plan”) is a defined benefit plan with a cash balance formula, which covers eligible employees of the Company and substantially all of our United States subsidiaries. All qualified employees who are at least 21 years old with one year of service are covered by the Retirement Plan. Plan participants become fully vested in their benefits under this plan generally upon completion of five years of service or upon reaching normal retirement age (age 65) while actively employed.

Under the cash balance formula, each participant has an account, for record keeping purposes only, to which credits are allocated annually based upon a percentage of the participant’s W-2 Compensation, as defined in the Retirement Plan. This percentage is determined by the participant’s years of service with the Company as of the beginning of each calendar year. The following table shows the percentage used to determine credits at the years of service indicated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Years of
 Service

 

Percent of All
W-2 Compensation

 

+

 

Percent of W-2
Compensation
Over $22,000

Less than 6

 

 

 

1.10

   

 

 

 

 

0.55

 

6–10

 

 

 

1.50

   

 

 

 

 

0.75

 

11–15

 

 

 

2.00

   

 

 

 

 

1.00

 

16–20

 

 

 

2.70

   

 

 

 

 

1.35

 

21–25

 

 

 

3.70

   

 

 

 

 

1.85

 

26–30

 

 

 

4.90

   

 

 

 

 

2.45

 

31–35

 

 

 

6.60

   

 

 

 

 

3.30

 

More than 35

 

 

 

8.90

   

 

 

 

 

4.45

 

In addition, all balances in the participants’ accounts earn interest at the fixed rate of 6 percent, which is credited annually. At retirement or other termination of employment, an amount equal to the vested balance then credited to the account under the Retirement Plan is payable to the participant in the form of a qualified joint and survivor annuity (if the participant is married) or a life annuity (if the participant is not married). The participant may elect to waive the annuity form of benefit and receive benefits under the plan upon retirement in an optional annuity form or an immediate or deferred lump sum, or, upon other termination of employment, in a lump sum. Additional optional forms of payment are available to participants who were participating in the Retirement Plan as of December 31, 1995.

Foot Locker Excess Cash Balance Plan

The Internal Revenue Code limits annual retirement benefits that may be paid to, and the compensation that may be taken into account in calculating benefits for, any person under a qualified retirement plan such as the Foot Locker Retirement Plan. Accordingly, for any person covered by the Retirement Plan whose annual retirement benefit, calculated in accordance with the terms of the Retirement Plan, exceeds the limitations of the Internal Revenue Code, the Company has adopted the Foot Locker Excess Cash Balance Plan (the “Excess Plan”). The Excess Plan is an unfunded, nonqualified benefit plan, under which the individual is paid the difference between the Internal Revenue Code limitations and the retirement benefit to which he or she would otherwise be entitled under the Retirement Plan.

Early Retirement Eligibility

The Foot Locker Retirement Plan provides for a reduced benefit payment to a participant who retires after reaching early retirement age but prior to normal retirement age. Early retirement age is defined under the Retirement Plan and Excess Plan as age 55 with at least 5 years of vesting service. Mr. Serra and Mr. Bahler are the only named executive officers currently eligible for early retirement under these plans.

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Foot Locker Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan

In addition, the Foot Locker Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the “SERP”), which is an unfunded, nonqualified benefit plan, provides for payment by the Company of supplemental retirement, death and disability benefits to certain executive officers and certain other key employees of the Company and its subsidiaries who participate in this plan. The named executive officers and four other executive officers of the Company currently participate in the SERP. The Compensation and Management Resources Committee sets an annual targeted incentive award under the SERP for each participant consisting of a percentage of salary and bonus based on the Company’s performance against target. Achievement of the target causes an 8 percent credit to a participant’s account for that year. The applicable percentage for the year increases or decreases proportionately to the percentage of the Company’s performance in relation to the target, but may not be less than 4 percent or more than 12 percent in any year. Participants’ accounts accrue simple interest at the rate of 6 percent annually.

A participant is eligible to receive a benefit under the SERP only if his or her age plus years of service at retirement equals at least 65. Currently, Messrs. Serra, Mina, and Bahler have age plus years of service totaling at least 65. If a participant’s employment terminates due to death or disability he (or his estate) would be entitled to payment of his SERP balance. A participant’s SERP benefit is paid in 12 quarterly installments following retirement, with the first two quarters payable six months following retirement. Upon death or disability, a participant’s SERP benefit is paid in a lump sum.

The SERP provides for the continuation of medical and dental insurance benefits if an executive’s age plus years of service total at least 65 when his employment terminates. The benefits would be substantially the same as those benefits to which senior executives are entitled under Foot Locker’s medical and dental plans for active employees. The terminated executive would be required to pay the insurance premium applicable to actively employed senior executives, including any increases in the premiums, and the Company would pay the difference between the actual premium rate and the active employee rate.

Payment of Retirement Benefits

The table below provides the present value of the accumulated benefit payable to each of the named executives and the years of service credited to each of them under the Foot Locker Retirement Plan, the Excess Plan, and the SERP determined using interest rate and mortality rate assumptions consistent with those used in our 2007 financial statements.

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PENSION BENEFITS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

 

(b)

 

(c)

 

(d)

 

(e)

 Name

 

Plan
Name

 

Number of Years
Credited Service
(#)(1)

 

Present Value of
Accumulated Benefit
($)(1)

 

Payments During
Last Fiscal Year
($)

 M. Serra

 

Retirement Plan

 

 

 

8

   

 

 

34,680

   

 

 

0

 

 

 

Excess Plan

 

 

 

8

   

 

 

381,431

 

 

 

 

SERP

 

 

 

10

   

 

 

2,073,543

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,489,654

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 R. McHugh

 

Retirement Plan

 

 

 

9

   

 

 

39,239

   

 

 

0

 

 

 

Excess Plan

 

 

 

9

   

 

 

58,846

 

 

 

 

SERP

 

 

 

3

   

 

 

46,139

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

144,224

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 R. Mina

 

Retirement Plan

 

 

 

26

   

 

 

150,588

   

 

 

0

 

 

 

Excess Plan

 

 

 

26

   

 

 

419,366

 

 

 

 

SERP

 

 

 

9

   

 

 

840,302

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,410,256

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 R. Halls

 

Retirement Plan

 

 

 

6

   

 

 

26,451

   

 

 

0

 

 

 

Excess Plan

 

 

 

6

   

 

 

69,930

 

 

 

 

SERP

 

 

 

5

   

 

 

223,925

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

320,306

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 G. Bahler

 

Retirement Plan

 

 

 

26

   

 

 

203,054

   

 

 

0

 

 

 

Excess Plan

 

 

 

26

   

 

 

246,921

 

 

 

 

SERP

 

 

 

10

   

 

 

539,812

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

989,787

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Pension Benefits Table

 

(1)

 

 

 

In general, the present value of accumulated benefits was determined using the same measurement date (February 2, 2008) and assumptions used for financial reporting purposes. Expected retirement age for the Retirement Plan and the Excess Plan is equal to normal retirement age as defined by the plans. For the SERP, the age at which Participants become eligible for retirement under the plan is used as the expected retirement age. The following are the key assumptions that were used in calculating the values in the table:

 

 

 

 

FAS 87 Discount rate of 6.1 percent.

 

 

 

 

Retirement age is assumed to be 65 for the Retirement Plan and the Excess Plan; for the SERP the retirement age is assumed to be when age plus years of service equal 65.

 

 

 

 

417(e) interest rate of 6 percent.

 

 

 

 

Form of payment for the Retirement Plan and the Excess Plan is a lump sum; the form of payment for the SERP is 12 quarterly installments.

The years of service for the SERP reflect the number of years that the executive has been approved by the Compensation Committee as a participant in that plan. Mr. Serra’s years of service under the Retirement Plan and the Excess Plan are less than the number of years of credited service under the SERP because of the requirement that an employee must complete a year of eligibility service before becoming eligible for participation in these plans.

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Trust Agreement for Certain Benefit Plans

The Company has established a trust for certain benefit plans, arrangements, and agreements, including the Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, the Foot Locker Excess Cash Balance Plan, the executive employment agreements, and other benefit plans, agreements or arrangements that may be covered at a later date (collectively, the “Benefit Obligations”). Under the trust agreement, if there is a Change in Control of the Company (as defined in the Trust agreement), the trustee would pay to the persons entitled to the Benefit Obligations the amounts to which they may become entitled under the Benefit Obligations. Upon the occurrence of a Potential Change in Control of the Company as defined in the trust agreement, the Company is required to fund the trust with an amount sufficient to pay the total amount of the Benefit Obligations. Following the occurrence, and during the pendency, of a Potential Change in Control, the trustee would be required to make payments of Benefit Obligations to the extent these payments are not made by the Company.

EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION

The following table provides information as of February 2, 2008 for compensation plans under which equity securities may be issued.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

 

(b)

 

(c)

 

Plan Category

 

Number of Securities
to be Issued Upon
Exercise of
Outstanding Options,
Warrants and Rights

 

Weighted-Average
Exercise Price of
Outstanding Options,
Warrants and Rights

 

Number of Securities
Remaining Available
For Future Issuance
Under Equity
Compensation Plans
(Excluding Securities
Reflected in
Column(a))

 

Equity Compensation Plans Approved by Security Holders

 

 

 

5,977,311

   

 

$

 

19.5738

   

 

 

8,362,542

(1)(2)

 

Equity Compensation Plans Not Approved by Security Holders

 

 

 

0

   

 

 

0

   

 

 

0

 

Total

 

 

 

5,977,311

   

 

$

 

19.5738

   

 

 

8,362,642

 

Notes to Equity Compensation Plan Table

 

(1)

 

 

  Includes 2,559,075 shares available for future issuance under the 2003 Employees Stock Purchase Plan (the “2003 Purchase Plan”) other than upon the exercise of an option, warrant or right.

Participating employees under the 2003 Purchase Plan may contribute up to 10 percent of their annual compensation to acquire shares of the Company’s Common Stock at 85 percent of the lower market price on one of two specified dates in each plan year.

 

(2)

 

 

 

The 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2007 Plan”) currently is the only plan under which stock awards may be granted to directors, officers and other employees of Foot Locker. The 2007 Plan limits the number of shares that may be awarded to participants in the form of restricted stock or Other Stock-Based Awards to 1.5 million shares out of the total number of shares authorized. As of the end of the 2007 fiscal year, a total of 1,445,000 shares remained available for issuance as restricted stock and Other Stock-Based Awards, and these shares are included in the total number of shares disclosed in column (c).

Payouts under the Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan may be made in cash or shares of Common Stock. If shares are used, they would be issued as Other Stock-Based Awards under the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.

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ITEMS TO BE VOTED ON BY SHAREHOLDERS
PROPOSAL 1:
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Our Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Board of Directors be divided into three classes serving staggered three-year terms. The terms of the three directors constituting Class II expire at the 2008 annual meeting. Christopher A. Sinclair, who is a director in Class II, advised the Company that he would not be standing for election at this meeting, so that his tenure as a director will end at the 2008 annual meeting.

Nicholas DiPaolo and Matthew M. McKenna will be considered for election as directors in Class II, to serve for three-year terms expiring at the annual meeting in 2011. Both of the nominees have been nominated by the Board of Directors for election and have consented to serve. Mr. DiPaolo was elected to his present term at the 2005 annual meeting, and Mr. McKenna was elected to his present term at the 2006 annual meeting. The seven remaining directors will continue in office until the expiration of their terms at the 2009 or 2010 annual meeting. If, prior to the annual meeting, any nominee is not able to serve, then the persons designated as proxies for this meeting (Gary M. Bahler, Robert W. McHugh and Matthew D. Serra) will have full discretion to vote for another person to serve as a director in place of that nominee.

Under the retirement policy for directors, which is described on Page 9, Mr. Preston would be required to retire from the Board following the 2008 Annual Meeting because he will have reached age 75. Last year, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee asked that Mr. Preston stand for election at the 2007 Annual Meeting, and he was elected to a three-year term ending in 2010. Mr. Preston currently serves as the lead director. This year, on the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Board has waived the retirement policy for Mr. Preston so that he may continue to serve on the Board and as lead director. The Board will review this waiver for Mr. Preston prior to the 2009 annual meeting of shareholders. Mr. Preston did not participate in the deliberations or decisions of either the Board or the committee on this matter.

Biographical information follows for the two nominees and for each of the seven other directors of the Company whose terms will continue after the 2008 annual meeting. The ages shown are as of April 11, 2008. There are no family relationships among the directors or executive officers of the Company.

The Board of Directors recommends that shareholders vote FOR the election of the two identified
nominees to the Board of Directors.


Nominees for Director
Terms Expiring in 2011

Nicholas DiPaolo. Age 66. Director since 2002. Vice Chairman of Bernard Chaus, Inc. (apparel designer and manufacturer) from November 1, 2000 to June 23, 2005; Chief Operating Officer of Bernard Chaus from November 1, 2000 to October 18, 2004. Mr. DiPaolo is a director of JPS Industries and R.G. Barry Corporation.

Matthew M. McKenna. Age 57. Director since 2006. President and Chief Executive Officer of Keep America Beautiful, Inc. (non-profit community improvement and educational organization) since January 1, 2008. He was Senior Vice President of Finance of PepsiCo, Inc. (global snack and beverage company) from August 6, 2001 through December 31, 2007. He is a director of PepsiAmericas, Inc. Mr. McKenna is also a member of the Duke University Library Advisory Board and serves on the board of the Manhattan Theater Club. He is also an adjunct professor at Fordham Business School and Fordham Law School in New York.

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Directors Continuing in Office
Terms Expiring in 2009

Alan D. Feldman. Age 56. Director since 2005. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Midas, Inc. (automotive repair and maintenance services) since May 1, 2006. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Midas from January 13, 2003 to April 30, 2006. He was an independent consultant from March 2002 to January 2003. He is a director of Midas, Inc.

Jarobin Gilbert Jr. Age 62. Director since 1981. President and Chief Executive Officer of DBSS Group, Inc. (management, planning and trade consulting services) since 1992. He is a director of PepsiAmericas, Inc. and Midas, Inc. He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company. Mr. Gilbert is also a director of Harlem Partnership, Inc. and a permanent member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

David Y. Schwartz. Age 67. Director since 2000. Independent business adviser and consultant, principally in the retail, distribution and service industries, since July 1997. He was a partner with Arthur Andersen LLP from 1972 until he retired from that public accounting firm in 1997. Mr. Schwartz is a director of Walgreen Co., Stage Stores, Inc., and True Value Company.

Cheryl Nido Turpin. Age 60. Director since 2001. President and Chief Executive Officer of the Limited Stores (retail merchants), a division of Limited Brands, Inc., from June 1994 to August 1997. Ms. Turpin is a director of The Warnaco Group, Inc.

Directors Continuing in Office
Terms Expiring in 2010

James E. Preston. Age 74. Director since 1983. Chairman of the Board of Avon Products, Inc. (manufacture and sale of beauty and related products) from 1989 to May 6, 1999, and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Avon Products, Inc. from 1989 to June 1998.

Matthew D. Serra. Age 63. Director since 2000. The Company’s Chairman of the Board since February 1, 2004, President since April 12, 2000, and Chief Executive Officer since March 4, 2001. He was the Company’s Chief Operating Officer from February 9, 2000 to March 3, 2001.

Dona D. Young. Age 54. Director since 2001. Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Phoenix Companies, Inc. (provider of wealth management products and services to individuals and institutions). Mrs. Young has held the positions of Chairman of the Board since April 1, 2003, President since February 2000, and Chief Executive Officer since January 1, 2003. She served as Chief Operating Officer from February 2001 to December 31, 2002. Mrs. Young is also Chairman of the Board since April 1, 2003 and Chief Executive Officer since January 1, 2003 of Phoenix Life Insurance Company. She previously served as President of Phoenix Life Insurance Company from February 2000 to March 31, 2003 and Chief Operating Officer from February 2001 to December 31, 2002. Mrs. Young joined Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Company in 1980. She is a director of The Phoenix Companies, Inc. and Wachovia Corporation.

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PROPOSAL 2:
RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors has appointed KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accountants for the 2008 fiscal year. We are asking shareholders at this meeting to ratify this appointment of KPMG LLP for 2008.

Representatives of KPMG are expected to be present at the annual meeting and will have an opportunity to make a statement and respond to appropriate questions.

The Board of Directors recommends that shareholders vote FOR Proposal 2.


Audit and Non-Audit Fees

The following table shows the fees we paid to KPMG for the audit of Foot Locker’s annual financial statements for 2007 and 2006, as well as the fees billed for other services KPMG provided during these two fiscal years.

 

 

 

 

 

Category

 

2007

 

2006

Audit Fees (1)

 

 

$

 

2,780,000

   

 

$

 

2,586,000

 

Audit-Related Fees (2)

 

 

 

198,000

   

 

 

131,000

 

Tax Fees (3)

 

 

 

4,000

   

 

 

63,000

 

All Other Fees

 

 

 

0

   

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

$

 

2,982,000

   

 

$

 

2,780,000