UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Dated March 26, 2015
Commission file number 001-15254
ENBRIDGE INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Canada |
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Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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THIS REPORT ON FORM 6-K SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENTS ON FORM S-8 (FILE NO. 333-145236, 333-127265, 333-13456, 333-97305 AND 333-6436), FORM F-3 (FILE NO. 333-185591 AND 33-77022) AND FORM F-10 (FILE NO. 333-198566) OF ENBRIDGE INC. AND TO BE PART THEREOF FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THIS REPORT IS FURNISHED, TO THE EXTENT NOT SUPERSEDED BY DOCUMENTS OR REPORTS SUBSEQUENTLY FILED OR FURNISHED.
The following documents are being submitted herewith:
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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ENBRIDGE INC. (Registrant) |
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Date: March 26, 2015 |
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/s/ TYLER W. ROBINSON |
Enbridge Inc. Notice of 2015 Annual and Special Meeting and Management Information Circular Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders of Enbridge Inc. to be held on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
March 3, 2015 |
Contents
Letter to Shareholders | 1 | ||
Notice of our 2015 annual and special meeting of shareholders | 2 | ||
Management information circular | 3 | ||
1. About the meeting |
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What The Meeting Will Cover | 4 | ||
Who Can Attend The Meeting And Vote | 4 | ||
How To Vote | 5 | ||
Electing Our Directors | 7 | ||
Appointing Our Auditors | 18 | ||
Confirming our Advance Notice By-Law | 19 | ||
Having A "Say On Pay" | 19 | ||
Shareholder Proposals | 19 | ||
Voting Results | 19 | ||
2. Governance |
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Our Governance Practices | 20 | ||
A Culture Of Ethical Conduct | 20 | ||
The Role Of The Board | 22 | ||
Our Expectations Of Our Directors | 24 | ||
Board Evaluation | 26 | ||
Diversity | 27 | ||
Board Committees | 28 | ||
Shareholder Outreach | 36 | ||
3. Compensation |
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Director Compensation | 38 | ||
Executive Compensation | 44 | ||
4. Loans to directors and senior officers |
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5. Directors' and officers' liability insurance |
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Appendix A By-Law No. 2 |
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Letter to Shareholders
March 3, 2015
Dear shareholder
It is our pleasure to invite you to attend the Enbridge Inc. annual and special meeting of shareholders on May 6, 2015 at the Four Seasons Hotel, Aria Ballroom, in Toronto.
This meeting is your opportunity to vote on the items of business, hear about our performance over the past year and learn more about our plans for making sure Enbridge Inc. remains one of your most valued investments.
You will also be able to meet the Board of Directors and senior management and talk to other Enbridge Inc. shareholders.
This document includes a formal notice of the meeting and the management information circular, which explains what the meeting will cover, the voting process, governance and other important information, such as how we make our compensation decisions and why. The package you received also includes either a brief summary about Enbridge Inc. or our full 2014 annual report, if you asked us to send it to you.
It's important to vote. Please take some time to review this document and then vote your common shares, either by proxy or by attending the meeting in person.
Sincerely,
David A. Arledge Chair, Board of Directors |
Al Monaco President & Chief Executive Officer |
2015 Management information circular 1
Notice of our 2015 annual and special meeting of shareholders
You are invited to the Enbridge Inc. 2015 annual and special meeting of shareholders.
When May 6, 2015 1:30 p.m. (eastern daylight time) (EDT) Where Four Seasons Hotel Toronto 60 Yorkville Avenue Toronto, Ontario, Canada Your vote is important If you are a shareholder of record of Enbridge Inc. common shares at the close of business on March 12, 2015 you are entitled to receive notice of, attend and vote your common shares at this meeting or any adjournment of it. Please remember to vote your common shares. The Board of Directors has approved the contents of this circular and has authorized us to send it to you. By order of the Board of Directors, |
Six items of business: 1. receiving the audited consolidated financial statements and the report of the auditors for the year ended December 31, 2014; 2. electing the directors for the ensuing year; 3. appointing the auditors and authorizing the directors to set their remuneration; 4. confirming By-Law No. 2 of Enbridge Inc., which sets advance notice requirements for director nominations; 5. participating in the advisory vote on our approach to executive compensation ("say on pay"); and 6. considering such other matters as may properly be brought before the meeting or any adjournment of the meeting. |
Tyler
W. Robinson
Vice President & Corporate Secretary
Calgary,
Alberta
March 3, 2015
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Management information circular
You have received this management information circular (circular) because you owned Enbridge common shares (Enbridge shares or common shares) at the close of business on March 12, 2015 (record date).
As a holder of Enbridge shares, you have the right to attend our annual and special meeting (meeting) of shareholders on May 6, 2015 and to vote your Enbridge shares. You can vote in person or by proxy, using the enclosed proxy form.
ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT This circular is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by and on behalf of the management of Enbridge for use at the meeting and any adjournment of the meeting. This circular explains what the meeting will cover, the voting process andother important information you need to know, such as: the directors who have been nominated to our Board of Directors (Board or Board of Directors); the auditors; our governance practices; and 2014 compensation for our directors and named executive officers. |
In this document, you and your mean holders of Enbridge shares. We, us, our, company and Enbridge mean Enbridge Inc. All dollar amounts are in Canadian dollars ($ or CA$) unless stated otherwise. US$ means Unites States of America (US) dollars. |
This circular and proxy form will be mailed to shareholders on or close to March 26, 2015. Unless we state otherwise, information in this circular is as of March 3, 2015.
VOTING
It's important to vote your Enbridge shares. To encourage you to vote, Enbridge employees may contact you in person or by phone. We pay for the cost of soliciting your vote and our employees do not receive a commission or any other form of compensation for it.
ACCESSING DOCUMENTS
You will find important disclosure and governance documents on our website (www.enbridge.com), including our quarterly and annual management's discussion and analysis (MD&A) and financial statements and notes, 2014 annual report, annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2014 and this circular. Copies are also available free of charge from our Corporate Secretary by phone, fax or email:
T.
1.403.231.3900
F. 1.403.231.5929
email: corporatesecretary@enbridge.com
You can also find these and other documents on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) at www.sedar.com.
COMMUNICATING WITH THE BOARD
You can write to our Board or to individual directors by contacting our Corporate Secretary:
Tyler W. Robinson, Vice President & Corporate Secretary
Enbridge Inc.
3000, 425 1st Street S.W.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 3L8
email: corporatesecretary@enbridge.com
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WHAT THE MEETING WILL COVER There will be six items of business: Financial statements Our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014 and the report of the auditors thereon will be placed before the meeting. You can download a copy of our 2014 annual report from our website (www.enbridge.com) if you did not receive a copy with this package, or you can request a copy from our Corporate Secretary. Directors You will elect directors to our Board of Directors for a term of one year. See page 7. You can read about the nominated directors, including their backgrounds, experience and the committees of the Board (Board committees or any one, a committee) they sit on, beginning on page 8. |
Live audio webcast We are broadcasting a live audio webcast of our 2015 meeting if you're unable to attend in person. Be sure to check our website closer to the meeting date for details. We will also post a recording of the meeting on our website after we hold it. |
Auditors
You will vote on reappointing our auditors. See page 18. Representatives of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) will be at the meeting to answer any questions. You can read about the services they provided in 2014 and the fees we paid them beginning on page 18.
Advance Notice By-Law
You will be asked to confirm Enbridge's By-Law No. 2, which sets out advance notice requirements for director nominations. See page 19.
Having a "say on pay" (advisory vote)
You may also vote on our approach to executive compensation. This is a non-binding advisory vote. See page 19.
Other business
As of the date of this circular, the Board and management are not aware of any other items of business to be brought before the meeting.
We need a quorum
We need a quorum to hold the meeting and transact business. This means the people attending the meeting must hold or represent by proxy at least 25% of the total number of issued and outstanding Enbridge shares.
Sending of materials
We are not using what is referred to as "notice-and-access" to send this circular and related materials to our shareholders for this meeting, nor are we sending these materials directly to non-objecting beneficial owners.
We are sending these materials directly to our registered shareholders and indirectly to all non-registered shareholders through their intermediaries. We will pay for an intermediary to deliver these materials and a voting instruction form to objecting beneficial owners.
WHO CAN ATTEND THE MEETING AND VOTE
Our authorized share capital consists of an unlimited number of common shares and an unlimited number of preference shares, issuable in series. Preference shares do not have voting rights.
If you held common shares at the close of business on March 12, 2015 you are entitled and encouraged to attend the meeting or any adjournment, and vote your common shares. Each common share you hold represents one vote.
You must be registered to be admitted to the meeting.
Registration will take place outside of the Aria Ballroom at the Four Seasons Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, beginning at 12:30 p.m. EDT, one hour before the meeting begins. Registered shareholders who hold their shares in their own name in the form of a share certificate will be required to register with our registrar and transfer agent, CST
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Trust Company. Beneficial shareholders who hold their shares through a broker, bank, trustee or nominee will be required to register with Broadridge Investor Communications Solutions. All shareholders should be prepared to present valid photo identification, such as a driver's license, passport or other government-issued identification. Cameras and recording devices will not be permitted in the meeting. For the safety and security of all those in attendance, all bags are subject to search and you may be required to check your bag prior to being admitted into the meeting.
Principal owners of common shares
As of March 3, 2015, there are 854,821,352 common shares issued and outstanding. There are also 18 series of preference shares issued and outstanding, none of which will be voting at the meeting.
The Board and management are not aware of any shareholder who directly or indirectly owns or exercises or directs control over more than 10% of our common shares.
HOW TO VOTE
You can attend the meeting and vote your common shares in person or you can vote by proxy.
Voting by proxy
Registered shareholders
You are a registered shareholder if you hold your common shares in your name (in such case, you have a physical share certificate).
Voting by proxy is the easiest way to vote. It means you are giving someone else the authority to attend the meeting and vote on your behalf (called your proxyholder).
Al Monaco (President & Chief Executive Officer) and David A. Arledge (Chair of the Board or Chair) have agreed to act as the Enbridge proxyholders. If you appoint the Enbridge proxyholders but do not indicate on the enclosed proxy form how you want to vote your common shares, they will vote as the Board of Directors recommends:
You can appoint someone else to be your proxyholder. This person does not need to be a shareholder. To do so, do not check the names of the Enbridge proxyholders on your proxy form. Instead, check the second box and print the name of the person you want to act on your behalf. Make sure the person you're appointing knows that you have appointed them as your proxyholder and that he or she needs to attend the meeting. Your proxyholder will need to register with our transfer agent when they arrive at the meeting.
Proxyholders must vote your common shares according to your instructions, including on any ballot that may be called. If there are changes to the items of business or new items properly come before the meeting, a proxyholder can vote as he or she sees fit.
Registrar and transfer agent
The registrar and transfer agent for our common shares is CST Trust Company.
Methods of voting by proxy for registered shareholders
Registered shareholders who choose to vote by proxy can vote by mail, phone, fax or online. Choose the method you prefer and then carefully follow the voting instructions on the enclosed proxy form.
Proxy voting by mail or fax
If you are a registered shareholder, you can appoint a proxyholder by mail or fax by completing the enclosed proxy form, signing and dating it, and then sending it to CST Trust Company:
CST Trust Company
Attn: Proxy department
P.O. Box 721
Agincourt, Ontario, Canada M1S 0A1
Fax: 1.866.781.3111 (toll-free in North America; outside of North America: 1.416.368.2502)
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Proxy voting by telephone
If you are a registered shareholder, you can also appoint a proxyholder by telephone by calling 1.888.489.7352.
Proxy voting on the internet
If you are a registered shareholder, you can also appoint a proxyholder on the internet at www.cstvotemyproxy.com.
CST Trust Company must receive your instructions by 6 p.m. EDT on May 4, 2015 regardless of the voting method you choose. If the meeting is postponed or adjourned, your instructions must be received by 6 p.m. EDT two business days before the meeting is reconvened. Non-registered shareholders You are a non-registered (or beneficial) shareholder if your bank, trust company, securities broker, trustee or other financial institution (your nominee) holds your common shares for you in a nominee account. This means you do not have a physical share certificate but your common shares are recorded on the nominee's electronic system. Only proxies deposited by registered shareholders can be recognized and acted upon at the meeting. If you are a beneficial shareholder, your nominee is considered to be the registered shareholder and you will need to follow the voting instructions provided by your nominee to ensure your Enbridge shares are voted in the manner you wish. |
Hold common shares as both a registered and non-registered shareholder? If some of your common shares are registered in your name and some are held by your nominee, you will need to follow two sets of voting instructions. Please follow the instructions carefully. The voting process is different for registered and non-registered shareholders. |
Each nominee has its own instructions, but you can generally vote by mail, phone, fax or online. Carefully follow the instructions on the voting information form in the package sent to you by your nominee. Your nominee needs enough time to receive your instructions and then send them to our transfer agent, and so it is important to complete the form promptly.
Voting in person
Voting in person gives you the opportunity to meet face to face with management and interact with our Board.
Registered shareholders
If you are a registered shareholder and want to attend the meeting and vote in person, do not complete or return the enclosed proxy form. When you arrive at the meeting, please let our representatives know you are a registered shareholder and they will direct you to the CST Trust Company table to register.
Non-registered shareholders
If you are a beneficial shareholder and you want to attend the meeting and vote in person, your nominee needs to appoint you as proxyholder. We do not have a record of the number of common shares you own or how many votes they represent because your common shares are held in a nominee account and are not registered in your name. Print your name on the voting instruction form you received from your nominee and carefully follow the instructions provided. Do not indicate your voting instructions. When you arrive at the meeting, please let our representatives know you are a beneficial shareholder and they will direct you to the Broadridge Investor Communications Solutions table to register.
Changing your vote
If you vote by proxy, you can revoke or change your voting instructions, but the process and timing is different depending on whether you are a registered or beneficial shareholder.
Registered shareholders
Changing your vote
You can change a vote you made by proxy by:
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regardless of the voting method you choose. If the meeting is postponed or adjourned, CST Trust Company must receive your new instructions by 6 p.m. EDT two business days before the meeting is reconvened.
Revoking your vote
You can revoke your proxy by:
giving your notice to the chair of the meeting before the start of the meeting. If you give the chair of the meeting your notice after the meeting has started, your revocation will apply only to the items of business that haven't already been voted on; or in any other manner permitted by law. If your common shares are owned by a corporation, your notice must be under a corporate seal or issued by an authorized officer of the corporation or its attorney. |
Question? Contact our transfer agent CST Trust Company 1.800.387.0825 www.canstockta.com |
Non-registered shareholders
Contact your nominee to find out how to change or revoke your vote and the timing requirements.
Voting Results
We need a simple majority (at least 50% plus one vote) of all votes cast to elect the nominated directors, appoint the auditors, confirm By-Law No. 2 and approve our approach to executive compensation.
ELECTING OUR DIRECTORS
You will elect 11 directors to the Board at the meeting. Nine directors who were elected at last year's annual meeting of shareholders are standing for re-election to the Board. Marcel R. Coutu, who was appointed to the Board on July 28, 2014, and Rebecca B. Roberts, who was appointed to the Board on February 19, 2015 (effective March 15, 2015), are standing for election to the Board. Charles E. Shultz and J. Lorne Braithwaite are not standing for re-election, having reached the ages of 75 and 73, respectively, and will retire at the end of the meeting. David A. Leslie, who was re-elected at last year's annual meeting of shareholders, retired from the Board on November 6, 2014.
You can vote for all 11 of the nominated directors, vote for some and withhold your vote for others, or withhold your votes for all of them. Unless you instruct otherwise, the Enbridge proxyholders will vote for electing each of the nominated directors.
All of the directors are independent, except for Al Monaco, our President & Chief Executive Officer. There is no family relationship between any of the nominated directors. Shareholders elect directors to the Board for a term of one year, until the end of the next annual meeting.
Our policy on majority voting
If a director receives more withheld votes than for votes, he or she will resign, which resignation will be accepted, subject to extenuating circumstances. Within 90 days of the vote, the Board, on the recommendation of the Governance Committee, will announce its decision in a press release to accept or reject the resignation, and will include reasons for not accepting the resignation, if applicable. The director will not participate in any Board or Board committee deliberations on the matter. If the Board accepts the director's resignation, it can appoint a new director to fill the vacancy.
Board size
Our articles allow us to have up to 15 directors. The Board believes that 11 directors provide the skills and experience we need to make decisions effectively and meets the needs of the standing Board committees. The Board has the ability to appoint additional directors between shareholder meetings and may do so for a number of reasons, including for Board succession planning purposes. In such cases, shareholders will have the right to vote for or withhold their votes from such interim directors at the next annual meeting of shareholders.
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The profiles that follow provide information about the nominated directors, including their backgrounds, experience, current directorships, securities held and the Board committees they sit on. Additional information regarding skills and experience of our directors can be found beginning on page 16.
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Age 70 Naples, Florida, USA Independent Director since January 1, 2002 Chair of the Board since May 2005 Latest date of retirement May 2020 |
From 1983 until 2001, Mr. Arledge was principally employed by Coastal Corporation (energy company) which merged in early 2001 with El Paso Corporation (integrated energy company). He held various executive positions in finance from 1983 to 1993, including Senior Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer, and from 1993 to 2001 held many senior executive and operating positions, retiring in 2001 as Chair, President & Chief Executive Officer. | |||||||||
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Enbridge Board/Board committee memberships | 2014 meeting attendance1 | ||||||||
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Board of Directors | 9 out of 9 | 100% | |||||||
Audit, Finance & Risk2 | 4 out of 4 | 100% | |||||||
Corporate Social Responsibility2 | 4 out of 4 | 100% | |||||||
Governance2 | 4 out of 4 | 100% | |||||||
Human Resource & Compensation2 | 7 out of 7 | 100% | |||||||
Safety & Reliability2 | 4 out of 4 | 100% | |||||||
Total | 32 out of 32 | 100% | |||||||
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2014 Director Voting Results | Yes | ||||||||
Votes in favour: 99.76% | |||||||||
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Enbridge securities held4 | |||||||||
Year | Enbridge shares | DSUs5 | Total market value of Enbridge shares and DSUs6 |
Minimum required7 |
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2015 | 32,600 | 51,700 | $4,882,656 | $705,000 | |||||
2014 | 32,600 | 47,696 | $3,934,504 | $705,000 | |||||
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Other board/board committee memberships8 | |||||||||
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James J. Blanchard | ||
Age 72 Beverly Hills, Michigan, USA Independent Director since January 25, 1999 Latest date of retirement May 2018 |
Governor Blanchard has practiced law with DLA Piper LLP (US) (law firm) in Michigan and Washington, D.C. since 1996 and is the Chair Emeritus and Partner, Government Affairs of that firm. From 1993 to 1996, Governor Blanchard served as the United States Ambassador to Canada. He was Governor of Michigan for eight years and served eight years in the United States Congress. | |||||||||
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Enbridge Board/Board committee memberships | 2014 meeting attendance1 | ||||||||
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Board of Directors | 9 out of 9 | 100% | |||||||
Corporate Social Responsibility (Chair) | 4 out of 4 | 100% | |||||||
Governance | 4 out of 4 | 100% | |||||||
Total | 17 out of 17 | 100% | |||||||
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2014 Director Voting Results | Yes | ||||||||
Votes in favour: 99.74% | |||||||||
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Enbridge securities held4 | |||||||||
Year | Enbridge shares | DSUs5 | Total market value of Enbridge shares and DSUs6 |
Minimum required7 |
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2015 | 14,027 | 103,006 | $6,778,551 | $705,000 | |||||
2014 | 12,533 | 98,822 | $5,456,395 | $705,000 | |||||
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Other board/board committee memberships8,9,10 | |||||||||
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National Archives Foundation (US) | Member, board of directors | ||||||||
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The Canadian-United States Law Institute | U.S. Co-Chair | ||||||||
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Marcel R. Coutu | ||
Age 61 Calgary, Alberta, Canada Independent Director since July 28, 2014 Latest date of retirement May 2029 |
Mr. Coutu was the Chairman of Syncrude Canada Ltd. (integrated oil sands project) from 2003 to 2014 and was the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Oil Sands Limited from 2001 until January, 2014. From 1999 to 2001, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Gulf Canada Resources Limited. Prior to 1999, Mr. Coutu held various executive positions with TransCanada PipeLines Limited and various positions in the areas of corporate finance, investment banking and mining and oil and gas exploration and development. | |||||||||
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Enbridge Board/Board committee memberships | 2014 meeting attendance1 | ||||||||
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Board of Directors | 4 out of 4 | 100% | |||||||
Audit, Finance & Risk | 2 out of 2 | 100% | |||||||
Safety & Reliability | 2 out of 2 | 100% | |||||||
Total | 8 out of 8 | 100% | |||||||
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2014 Director Voting Results | Not applicable | ||||||||
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Enbridge securities held4 | |||||||||
Year | Enbridge shares | DSUs5 | Total market value of Enbridge shares and DSUs6 |
Minimum required7 |
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2015 | 20,000 | 451 | $1,184,522 | $705,000 | |||||
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Brookfield Asset Management Inc. | Director | ||||||||
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resources & compensation committee | |||||||||
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Power Corporation of Canada | Director | ||||||||
(public international management and holding company) | Member, audit committee and compensation | ||||||||
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The Great West Lifeco Inc. | Director | ||||||||
(public international financial services holding company) | Member, compensation committee, executive | ||||||||
committee, governance and nominating | |||||||||
committee and risk committee | |||||||||
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IGM Financial Inc. | Director | ||||||||
(public personal financial services company) | Member, executive committee, investment | ||||||||
committee and compensation committee | |||||||||
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Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Board | Director | ||||||||
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J. Herb England | ||
Age 68 Naples, Florida, USA Independent Director since January 1, 2007 Latest date of retirement May 2022 |
Mr. England has been Chair & Chief Executive Officer of Stahlman England Irrigation Inc. (contracting company) in southwest Florida since 2000. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. England was the Chair, President & Chief Executive Officer of Sweet Ripe Drinks Ltd. (fruit beverage manufacturing company). Prior to 1993, Mr. England held various executive positions with John Labatt Limited (brewing company) and its operating companies, including the position of Chief Executive Officer of Labatt Brewing Company Prairie Region (brewing company), Catelli Inc. (food manufacturing company) and Johanna Dairies Inc. (dairy company). In 1993, Mr. England retired as Senior Vice President, Finance and Corporate Development & Chief Financial Officer of John Labatt Limited. | |||||||||
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Enbridge Board/Board committee memberships | 2014 meeting attendance1 | ||||||||
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Board of Directors | 9 out of 9 | 100% | |||||||
Audit, Finance & Risk (Chair) | 4 out of 4 | 100% | |||||||
Human Resources & Compensation | 7 out of 7 | 100% | |||||||
Total | 20 out of 20 | 100% | |||||||
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2014 Director Voting Results | Yes | ||||||||
Votes in favour: 97.63% | |||||||||
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Enbridge securities held4 | |||||||||
Year | Enbridge shares11 | DSUs5 | Total market value of Enbridge shares and DSUs6 |
Minimum required7 |
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2015 | 2,120 | 51,172 | $3,086,673 | $705,000 | |||||
2014 | 2,120 | 47,262 | $2,419,718 | $705,000 | |||||
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Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. | Director | ||||||||
(public utilities company that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enbridge) | Chair, audit committee | ||||||||
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Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. | Director | ||||||||
(private company that is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Enbridge and general partner of Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P., a public master limited partnership in which Enbridge holds an interest) |
Chair, audit committee | ||||||||
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Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C. | Director | ||||||||
(public management company in which Enbridge holds an interest) | Chair, audit committee | ||||||||
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Midcoast Holdings, LLC | Director | ||||||||
(private company that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P., and the general partner of Midcoast Energy Partners, L.P., a public master limited partnership in which Enbridge holds an interest) |
Chair, audit committee | ||||||||
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FuelCell Energy, Inc. | Director | ||||||||
(public fuel cell company in which Enbridge holds a small interest) | Member, audit & finance committee | ||||||||
Chair, compensation committee | |||||||||
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Stahlman England Irrigation Inc. | Chair, board of directors | ||||||||
(private contracting company) | Chief executive officer | ||||||||
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USA Grading Inc. | Director | ||||||||
(private excavating & grading and underground utilities company) | |||||||||
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Charles W. Fischer | ||
Age 64 Calgary, Alberta, Canada Independent Director since July 28, 2009 Latest date of retirement May 2025 |
Mr. Fischer was the President & Chief Executive Officer of Nexen Inc. (oil and gas company) from 2001 to 2008. Since 1994, Mr. Fischer held various executive positions within Nexen Inc., including the positions of Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer in which he was responsible for all Nexen's conventional oil and gas business in Western Canada, the US Gulf Coast and all international locations, as well as oil sands, marketing and information systems activities worldwide. Prior thereto, Mr. Fischer held positions with Dome Petroleum Ltd. (oil and gas company), Hudson's Bay Oil & Gas Ltd. (oil and gas company), Bow Valley Industries Ltd. (oil and gas company), Sproule Associates Ltd. (petroleum consulting firm) and Encor Energy Ltd. (oil and gas company). | |||||||||
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Enbridge Board/Board committee memberships | 2014 meeting attendance1 | ||||||||
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Board of Directors | 8 out of 9 | 89% | |||||||
Audit, Finance, & Risk | 4 out of 4 | 100% | |||||||
Human Resources & Compensation | 7 out of 7 | 100% | |||||||
Safety & Reliability (Chair) | 4 out of 4 | 100% | |||||||
Total | 23 out of 24 | 96% | |||||||
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2014 Director Voting Results | Yes | ||||||||
Votes in favour: 98.17% | |||||||||
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Enbridge securities held4 | |||||||||
Year | Enbridge shares12 | DSUs5 | Total market value of Enbridge shares and DSUs6 |
Minimum required7 |
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2015 | 11,250 | 18,777 | $1,739,164 | $705,000 | |||||
2014 | 8,000 | 15,924 | $1,172,276 | $705,000 | |||||
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Other board/board committee memberships8 | |||||||||
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Enbridge Commercial Trust | Trustee | ||||||||
(private subsidiary of Enbridge Income Fund) | |||||||||
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Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc. | Director | ||||||||
(public holding company in which Enbridge holds an interest) | |||||||||
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Pure Technologies Ltd. | Director | ||||||||
(public technology company) | Member, audit and compensation committees | ||||||||
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Alberta Innovates Energy and Environmental Solutions | Director | ||||||||
(public agency energy and environmental technology innovation) | Member, human resources & compensation committee | ||||||||
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Climate Change and Emission Management Corporation | Director | ||||||||
(public agency energy and environmental research) | |||||||||
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V. Maureen Kempston Darkes | ||
Age 66 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida, USA Independent Director since November 2, 2010 Latest date of retirement May 2024 |
Ms. Kempston Darkes is the retired Group Vice President and President Latin America, Africa and Middle East, General Motors Corporation (automotive corporation and vehicle manufacturer). From 1994 to 2001, she was the President and General Manager of General Motors of Canada Limited and Vice President of General Motors Corporation. | |||||||||
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Enbridge Board/Board committee memberships | 2014 meeting attendance1 | ||||||||
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Board of Directors | 9 out of 9 | 100% | |||||||
Corporate Social Responsibility | 4 out of 4 | 100% | |||||||
Human Resources & Compensation | 7 out of 7 | 100% | |||||||
Safety & Reliability3 | 3 out of 3 | 100% | |||||||
Total | 23 out of 23 | 100% | |||||||
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2014 Director Voting Results | Yes | ||||||||
Votes in favour: 98.12% | |||||||||
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Enbridge securities held4 | |||||||||
Year | Enbridge shares | DSUs5 | Total market value of Enbridge shares and DSUs6 |
Minimum required7 |
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2015 | 17,765 | 12,705 | $1,764,822 | $705,000 | |||||
2014 | 15,359 | 11,257 | $1,304,184 | $705,000 | |||||
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Other board/board committee memberships8,13 | |||||||||
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Brookfield Asset Management Inc. | Director | ||||||||
(public global asset management company) | Chair, risk management committee | ||||||||
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Canadian National Railway Company | Director | ||||||||
(public railway company) | Chair, environment, safety & security committee Member, corporate governance, finance, human resources & compensation and strategic planning committees |
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Balfour Beatty plc | Director | ||||||||
(infrastructure services company publicly listed in the UK) | Member, nomination committee and remuneration committee Chair, business practices committee |
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Schlumberger Limited | Director | ||||||||
(public supplier of technology, integrated project management and information solutions in oil and gas industry) |
Member, audit committee | ||||||||
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Al Monaco | ||
Age 55 Calgary, Alberta, Canada Not independent Director since February 27, 2012 Latest date of retirement May 2035 |
Mr. Monaco joined Enbridge in 1995 and has held increasingly senior positions. He has been President & Chief Executive Officer of Enbridge since October 1, 2012 and has served as President of Enbridge since February 27, 2012. | |||||||||
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Enbridge Board/Board committee memberships14 | 2014 meeting attendance1 | ||||||||
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Board of Directors | 9 out of 9 | 100% | |||||||
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2014 Director Voting Results | Yes | ||||||||
Votes in favour: 99.81% | |||||||||
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Enbridge securities held4 | |||||||||
Year | Enbridge shares15 | Stock options | Total market value of Enbridge shares (excluding stock options)6 |
Minimum required16 |
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2015 | 192,201 | 2,761,300 | $11,132,282 | | |||||
2014 | 159,616 | 2,403,900 | $7,821,184 | | |||||
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Other board/board committee memberships8 | |||||||||
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Enbridge Pipelines Inc. | Director and Chair | ||||||||
(public pipeline company that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enbridge) | |||||||||
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Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. | Director | ||||||||
(public utilities company that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enbridge) | |||||||||
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University of Calgary | Member, Dean's advisory board, | ||||||||
(Canadian university) | Faculty of Medicine | ||||||||
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American Petroleum Institute | Director | ||||||||
(not-for-profit trade association) | |||||||||
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C.D. Howe Institute | Director | ||||||||
(not-for-profit public policy institute) | |||||||||
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The Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE) | Member | ||||||||
(not-for-profit, non-partisan organization composed of CEO's of Canada's leading enterprises) | |||||||||
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George K. Petty | ||
Age 73 San Luis Obispo, California, USA Independent Director since January 2, 2001 Latest date of retirement May 2017 |
Mr. Petty was President & Chief Executive Officer of Telus Corporation (telecommunications company) from 1994 to 1999. Prior thereto he was Vice President of Global Business Service for AT&T (telecommunications company) and Chair of the Board of directors of World Partners, the Global Telecom Alliance. | |||||||||
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Enbridge Board/Board committee memberships | 2014 meeting attendance1 | ||||||||
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Board of Directors | 9 out of 9 | 100% | |||||||
Audit, Finance & Risk | 4 out of 4 | 100% | |||||||
Corporate Social Responsibility | 4 out of 4 | 100% | |||||||
Total | 17 out of 17 | 100% | |||||||
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2014 Director Voting Results | Yes | ||||||||
Votes in favour: 99.56% | |||||||||
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Enbridge securities held4 | |||||||||
Year | Enbridge shares17 | DSUs5 | Total market value of Enbridge shares & DSUs6 |
Minimum required7 |
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2015 | 1,894 | 63,699 | $3,799,147 | $705,000 | |||||
2014 | 1,894 | 57,054 | $2,888,452 | $705,000 | |||||
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Other board/board committee memberships8 | |||||||||
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None | |||||||||
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2015 Management information circular 11
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Rebecca B. Roberts | ||
Age 62 The Woodlands, Texas, USA Independent Director since March 15, 2015 Latest date of retirement May 2028 |
Ms. Roberts was President of Chevron Pipe Line Company (pipeline company) from 2006-2011 where she was responsible for Chevron's U.S. network of pipelines transporting crude oil, natural gas and petroleum products and for supporting pipeline development projects worldwide. From 2003-2006 she was President of Chevron Global Power Generation which owned and operated assets in the US and Asia and provided technical support globally. She held various management and technical positions with Chevron, its predecessors and subsidiaries from 1974-2003. | |||||||||
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Enbridge Board/Board committee memberships18 | 2014 meeting attendance1 |
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Board of Directors | | | |||||||
Safety & Reliability Committees | | | |||||||
Governance Committee | | | |||||||
Total | | | |||||||
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2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders | Not applicable | ||||||||
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Enbridge securities held4 | |||||||||
Year | Enbridge shares19 | DSUs5 | Total market value of Enbridge shares & DSUs6 |
Minimum required7 |
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2015 | | | | $705,000 | |||||
2014 | | | | | |||||
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Other public and private company board/board committee memberships8 | |||||||||
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Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. | Director | ||||||||
(private company that is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Enbridge and general partner of Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P., a public master limited partnership in which Enbridge holds an interest) |
Member, audit committee | ||||||||
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Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C. | Director | ||||||||
(public management company in which Enbridge holds an interest) | Member, audit committee | ||||||||
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MSA Safety Incorporated | Director | ||||||||
(public development, manufacture and supplier of safety products) | Member, compensation committee | ||||||||
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Black Hills Corporation | Director | ||||||||
(public diversified energy company whose regulated and non-regulated businesses generate wholesale electricity and natural gas, oil and coal) | Member, compensation committee Member, nomination & governance committee |
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Dan C. Tutcher | ||
Age 66 Houston, Texas, USA Independent Director since May 3, 2006 Latest date of retirement May 2024 |
Mr. Tutcher has been President & Chair of the Board of Trustees of Center Coast MLP & Infrastructure Fund since 2013. Since its inception in 2007, Mr. Tutcher has also been a Principal in Center Coast Capital Advisors L.P. (investment adviser). He was the Group Vice President, Transportation South of Enbridge, as well as President of Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. (general partner of Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Enbridge) and Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C. (management company in which Enbridge holds an interest) from May 2001 until retirement on May 1, 2006. From 1992 to May 2001, he was the Chair of the Board of directors, President & Chief Executive Officer of Midcoast Energy Resources, Inc. | |||||||||
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Enbridge Board/Board committee memberships | 2014 meeting attendance1 | ||||||||
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Board of Directors | 9 out of 9 | 100% | |||||||
Corporate Social Responsibility | 4 out of 4 | 100% | |||||||
Governance (Chair) | 4 out of 4 | 100% | |||||||
Total | 17 out of 17 | 100% | |||||||
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2014 Director Voting Results | Yes | ||||||||
Votes in favour: 99.72% | |||||||||
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Enbridge securities held4 | |||||||||
Year | Enbridge shares20 | DSUs5 | Total market value of Enbridge shares & DSUs6 |
Minimum required7 |
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2015 | 659,173 | 63,679 | $41,867,588 | $705,000 | |||||
2014 | 645,069 | 56,827 | $34,392,904 | $705,000 | |||||
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Other board/board committee memberships8 | |||||||||
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Center Coast MLP & Infrastructure Fund (public investment company) |
President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees | ||||||||
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Catherine L. Williams | ||
Age 64 Calgary, Alberta, Canada Independent Director since November 1, 2007 Latest date of retirement May 2026 |
Ms. Williams was the Chief Financial Officer for Shell Canada Limited (oil and gas company) from 2003 to 2007. Prior thereto, she held various positions with Shell Canada Limited, Shell Europe Oil Products, Shell Canada Oil Products and Shell International (oil and gas companies) from 1984 to 2003. | |||||||||
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Enbridge Board/Board committee memberships | 2014 meeting attendance1 |
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Board of Directors | 9 out of 9 | 100% | |||||||
Audit, Finance & Risk | 4 out of 4 | 100% | |||||||
Human Resources & Compensation (Chair) | 7 out of 7 | 100% | |||||||
Safety & Reliability | 4 out of 4 | 100% | |||||||
Total | 24 out of 24 | 100% | |||||||
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2014 Director Voting Results | Yes | ||||||||
Votes in favour: 98.20% | |||||||||
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Enbridge securities held4 | |||||||||
Year | Enbridge shares | DSUs5 | Total market value of Enbridge shares & DSUs6 |
Minimum required7 |
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2015 | 35,428 | 28,658 | $3,711,861 | $705,000 | |||||
2014 | 32,256 | 25,484 | $2,829,260 | $705,000 | |||||
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Other board/board committee memberships8 | |||||||||
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Enbridge Pipelines Inc. (public pipeline company that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enbridge) |
Director | ||||||||
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Vermillion Energy Inc. (public oil and gas company) |
Director | ||||||||
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2015 Management information circular 13
The 2014 director voting results are available on our website at (www.enbridge.com) and are also available on SEDAR (www.sedar.com). The percentage of votes that were in favour of individual directors at last year's annual meeting of shareholders is shown in their profiles on the preceding pages of this circular.
Director independence
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Director nominees | Independent | Non-Independent | Reason for non-independence | ||||
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David A. Arledge | ü | ||||||
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James J. Blanchard | ü | ||||||
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Marcel R. Coutu | ü | ||||||
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J. Herb England | ü | ||||||
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Charles W. Fischer | ü | ||||||
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V. Maureen Kempston Darkes | ü | ||||||
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Al Monaco | ü | President & Chief Executive Officer of the company | |||||
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George K. Petty | ü | ||||||
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Rebecca B. Roberts | ü | ||||||
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Dan C. Tutcher | ü | ||||||
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Catherine L. Williams | ü | ||||||
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Board committee participation
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Director | Audit, Finance & Risk Committee |
Corporate Social Responsibility Committee |
Governance Committee |
Human Resources & Compensation Committee |
Safety & Reliability Committee |
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Management directors not independent | ||||||||||
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Al Monaco | ||||||||||
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Outside directors independent | ||||||||||
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David A. Arledge1 | ||||||||||
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James J. Blanchard | committee chair | ü | ||||||||
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Marcel R. Coutu2 | ü | ü | ||||||||
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J. Herb England2 3 | committee chair | ü | ||||||||
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Charles W. Fischer | ü | ü | committee chair | |||||||
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V. Maureen Kempston Darkes | ü | ü | ü | |||||||
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George K. Petty | ü | ü | ||||||||
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Rebecca B. Roberts4 | ü | ü | ||||||||
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Dan C. Tutcher | ü | committee chair | ||||||||
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Catherine L. Williams2 | ü | committee chair | ü | |||||||
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14 ENBRIDGE INC.
Board and Board committee meetings
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Board/committee | In-camera sessions | Total number of meetings |
Overall attendance | ||||
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Board | 9 | 9 | 99% | ||||
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Audit, Finance & Risk Committee | 4 | 4 | 100% | ||||
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Corporate Social Responsibility Committee | 4 | 4 | 100% | ||||
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Governance Committee | 4 | 4 | 100% | ||||
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Human Resources & Compensation Committee | 7 | 7 | 100% | ||||
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Safety & Reliability Committee | 4 | 4 | 100% | ||||
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Total | 32 | 32 | 99% | ||||
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Director attendance
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Board of Directors meetings (9 meetings) |
Audit, Finance & Risk (4 meetings) |
Corporate Social Responsibility (4 meetings) |
Governance (4 meetings) |
Human Resources & Compensation (7 meetings) |
Safety & Reliability (4 meetings) |
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David A. Arledge1 | 9 | 100 | 4 | 100 | 4 | 100 | 4 | 100 | 7 | 100 | 4 | 100 | |||||||||||||
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James J. Blanchard | 9 | 100 | | | 4 | 100 | 4 | 100 | | | | | |||||||||||||
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Marcel R. Coutu2 | 4 | 100 | 2 | 100 | | | | | | | 2 | 100 | |||||||||||||
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J. Herb England | 9 | 100 | 4 | 100 | | | | | 7 | 100 | | | |||||||||||||
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Charles W. Fischer | 8 | 89 | 4 | 100 | | | | | 7 | 100 | 4 | 100 | |||||||||||||
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V. Maureen Kempston Darkes3 | 9 | 100 | | | 4 | 100 | | | 7 | 100 | 3 | 100 | |||||||||||||
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Al Monaco4 | 9 | 100 | | | | | | | | | | | |||||||||||||
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George K. Petty | 9 | 100 | 4 | 100 | 4 | 100 | | | | | | | |||||||||||||
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Dan C. Tutcher | 9 | 100 | | | 4 | 100 | 4 | 100 | | | | | |||||||||||||
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Catherine L. Williams | 9 | 100 | 4 | 100 | | | | | 7 | 100 | 4 | 100 | |||||||||||||
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2015 Management information circular 15
Mix of skills and experience
We maintain a skills and experience matrix for our directors in areas we think are important for a company like ours. We use this skills matrix to annually assess our board composition and in the recruitment of new directors.
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SKILL | Arledge | Blanchard | Coutu | England | Fischer | Kempston Darkes |
Monaco | Petty | Roberts | Tutcher | Williams | ||||||||||||
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Managing and leading growth | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ||||||||||||
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International | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | |||||||||||||
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Chief Executive Officer/Senior Officer | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ||||||||||||
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Governance/Board | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ||||||||||||
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Operations | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ||||||||||||||||
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Sustainable Development | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ||||||||||||
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Marketing | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ||||||||||||||||||
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Human Resources/ Compensation | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | |||||||||||||||
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Investment Banking/Mergers & Acquisitions | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ||||||||||||||||
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Finance | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ||||||||||||
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Information Technology | ü | ü | ü | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Health, Safety, Environmental Social and Responsibility | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | |||||||||||||
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Government Relations | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | |||||||||||||||
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Emerging Sectors | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | |||||||||||||||
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16 ENBRIDGE INC.
Director tenure
The graph and table below shows our director tenure of the proposed nominee directors. The average tenure is 7.3 years. For further information on our guidelines for director retirement and the latest date of retirement of each director, please refer to Identifying new candidates on page 27 and the Director profiles beginning on page 8 of this circular.
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under 60 | 60-69 | 70-75 | 0-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15+ | |||||||||
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Charles W. Fischer | ü | ü | |||||||||||||
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V. Maureen Kempston Darkes | ü | ü | |||||||||||||
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Al Monaco | ü | ü | |||||||||||||
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George K. Petty | ü | ü | |||||||||||||
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Rebecca B. Roberts | ü | ü | |||||||||||||
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Dan C. Tutcher | ü | ü | |||||||||||||
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Catherine L. Williams | ü | ü | |||||||||||||
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Interlocking relationships
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Directors | Served together on these boards | Served on these committees | |||
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J. Herb England | Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc.1 | Chair of the audit, finance & risk committee | |||
Al Monaco | | ||||
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Al Monaco | Enbridge Pipelines Inc.1 | | |||
Catherine L. Williams | | ||||
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J. Herb England | Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C2 | Chair of the audit committee | |||
Rebecca B. Roberts | Audit committee | ||||
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Marcel R. Coutu | Brookfield Asset Management Inc. | Management, resources & compensation committee | |||
V. Maureen Kempston Darkes | |||||
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2015 Management information circular 17
You will vote on appointing Enbridge's auditors. You may vote for the reappointment of our auditors or withhold your vote. The Board, on the recommendation of the Audit, Finance & Risk Committee, proposes that PwC be reappointed as auditors and that you vote for the reappointment of our auditors.
If PwC is reappointed, they will serve as our auditors until the end of the next annual meeting of shareholders. PwC (formerly Price Waterhouse) has been our auditors since 1992 and auditors for Enbridge Pipelines Inc., our wholly owned subsidiary, since 1949.
PwC is a participating audit firm with the Canadian Public Accountability Board, as required under the Canadian Securities Administrators' National Instrument 52-108 Auditor Oversight.
Auditor Independence
Auditor independence is essential to the integrity of our financial statements and PwC has confirmed its status as independent within the meaning of the Canadian and US securities rules.
We are subject to Canadian securities regulations (NI 52-110 and National Policy 58-201 Corporate Governance Guidelines (NP 58-201)), the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Sarbanes-Oxley) and the accounting and corporate governance rules adopted by the US Securities and Exchange Commission under Sarbanes-Oxley, which specify certain services that external auditors cannot provide.
We comply with these Canadian and US rules. We believe, however, that some non-audit services, like tax compliance, can be delivered more efficiently and economically by our external auditors. To maintain auditor independence, our Audit, Finance & Risk Committee must pre-approve all audit and non-audit services. It is also responsible for overseeing the audit work performed by PwC.
The Audit, Finance & Risk Committee reviews our external auditors' qualifications and independence once per year. Their review includes formal written statements that describe any relationships between the auditors, their affiliates and Enbridge that could affect the auditors' independence and objectivity.
Auditors' fees
The following table sets forth all services rendered by our auditors, PwC, by category, together with the corresponding fees billed by the auditors for each category of service for the financial years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.
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Audit related fees | $ | 823,989 | $ | 1,554,412 | Represents the aggregate fees for assurance and related services by the company's auditors that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the company's financial statements and are not included under "Audit fees". During fiscal 2014 and 2013, the services provided in this category included due diligence related to prospectus offerings and other items. | ||||
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Tax fees | $ | 1,757,558 | $ | 1,907,253 | Represents the aggregate fees for professional services rendered by the company's auditors for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning. | ||||
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All other fees | $ | 887,326 | $ | 933,761 | Represents the aggregate fees for products and services provided by the company's auditors other than those services reported under "Audit fees", "Audit related fees" and "Tax fees". These fees include those related to Canadian Public Accountability Board fees, French translation work and process reviews. | ||||
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Total fees | $ | 16,958,457 | $ | 18,341,993 | |||||
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You can find information about the roles and responsibilities of the Audit, Finance & Risk Committee beginning on page 28 of this circular and details about the committee's pre-approval policies and procedures beginning on page 54 of our annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2014 (available online at www.enbridge.com and www.sedar.com).
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CONFIRMING OUR ADVANCE NOTICE BY-LAW
You will be asked to confirm By-Law No. 2 of Enbridge, which sets out advance notice requirements for director nominations (the Advance Notice By-Law).
The Advance Notice By-Law was adopted by the Board on December 2, 2014, but requires shareholder confirmation. The purpose of the Advance Notice By-Law is to provide shareholders, directors and management of Enbridge with guidance on the nomination of directors. The Advance Notice By-Law is the framework by which Enbridge seeks to fix a deadline by which shareholders of the company must submit director nominations to Enbridge prior to any annual or special meeting of shareholders and sets forth the information that a shareholder must include in the notice to Enbridge for the notice to be in proper written form. The full text of the Advance Notice By-Law is set out in Appendix A.
It is the belief of Enbridge and the Board of Directors that the Advance Notice By-Law is beneficial to shareholders and other stakeholders. The Advance Notice By-Law will be subject to periodic review and, subject to applicable law, will reflect changes as required by securities regulatory agencies or stock exchanges and, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, amendments necessary to meet evolving industry standards. If shareholders do not confirm the Advance Notice By-Law by ordinary resolution, it will cease to be effective.
The Board recommends that shareholders vote for the resolution:
Be it resolved that:
HAVING A "SAY ON PAY"
We have held advisory votes on executive compensation ("say on pay") at the past four annual meetings. At last year's annual meeting of shareholders, shareholders voted 96.02% in favour of our approach to executive compensation. The Board has decided to again hold an advisory vote on executive compensation at this year's meeting. While this vote is non-binding, it gives shareholders an opportunity to provide important input to our Board.
As a shareholder, you will be asked to vote for or against, or you may abstain from voting on, our approach to executive compensation through the following resolution:
Be it resolved, on an advisory basis and not to diminish the role and responsibilities of the Board of Directors, that the shareholders accept the approach to executive compensation disclosed in our management information circular dated March 3, 2015, delivered in advance of the 2015 annual and special meeting of shareholders on May 6, 2015.
The Board will take the results of this vote into account when it considers future compensation policies and issues. We will also examine the level of shareholder interest and the comments we receive and consider the best approach and timing for soliciting feedback from shareholders on our approach to executive compensation in the future.
SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS
We received no shareholder proposals for consideration at the meeting.
Under the Canada Business Corporations Act, which governs Enbridge, we must receive shareholder proposals by December 4, 2015 to consider them for inclusion in the management information circular and proxy for the 2016 annual meeting of shareholders, which is expected to be held on May 11, 2016 in Calgary, Alberta.
VOTING RESULTS
We will post the results of this year's votes and the other items of business on our website (www.enbridge.com) following the meeting.
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OUR GOVERNANCE PRACTICES
Sound governance means sound business. At Enbridge, we believe good governance is important for our shareholders, our employees and our company.
We have a comprehensive system of stewardship and accountability that follows best practices and meets the requirements of all rules, regulations, standards and internal and external policies that apply.
This section discusses our governance philosophy, policies and practices. It also describes the role and functioning of our Board and the five Board committees.
You can find more information about governance in our annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2014. Our articles and by-laws also set out policies and practices that govern our business activities. These are all available on our website (www.enbridge.com) and on SEDAR (www.sedar.com).
Regulations, rules and standards
Enbridge is listed on the TSX and the NYSE and we are subject to a range of governance rules, regulations, standards and policies including:
Canada
US
As a "foreign private issuer" under US securities laws, we are generally permitted to comply with Canadian corporate governance requirements, rather than those that apply to US listed corporations.
The NYSE rules, however, require us to disclose how we comply with US corporate governance standards and where our practices are different. You can find this document on our website (http://www.enbridge.com/ InvestorRelations/ CorporateGovernance/ USCompliance.aspx). We must also comply with the audit committee requirements under Rule 10A-3 of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934. See Audit, Finance & Risk Committee in our annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2014 for a summary of these requirements.
As of the date of this circular, the Board believes we are in full compliance with all Canadian and US corporate governance rules, regulations, standards and policies that apply to us.
A CULTURE OF ETHICAL CONDUCT
A strong culture of ethical conduct is central to Enbridge.
Our Statement on Business Conduct (available on our website at www.enbridge.com) is our formal statement of expectations for all individuals engaged by Enbridge. It applies to everyone at Enbridge and our subsidiaries, including our directors, officers and employees, as well as consultants and contractors retained by Enbridge.
It discusses what we expect in areas like:
complying with the law and applicable rules and policies; interacting with landowners, customers, shareholders, employees and others; protecting health, safety and the environment; |
acquiring, using and maintaining assets; using computers and communication devices; conflicts of interest; and proprietary, confidential and insider information. |
The Board reviews the Statement on Business Conduct policy at least once a year and updates it as necessary. The Board did not make any changes in 2014.
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All new employees at Enbridge and at each of our subsidiaries must, as a condition of employment, sign a certificate of compliance indicating that they have read the Statement on Business Conduct, understand it and agree to comply with it. Every year, all employees have to confirm that they have complied with it. Directors must also certify that they agree with the Statement on Business Conduct and will comply with it, both when they join our Board and every year they serve as a director. All employees were asked, through an electronic training and certification process, to certify their compliance with the Statement on Business Conduct for the year ended December 31, 2014. As of the date of this circular, 99.9% of Enbridge employees had certified compliance. The President & Chief Executive Officer and all members of the Board have certified their compliance with the Statement on Business Conduct for the year ended December 31, 2014. |
Building awareness We use online training to help raise awareness and reinforce our commitment to ethical conduct. To date, we have developed online training programs on fraud awareness, foreign corruption laws and the Statement of Business Conduct. |
Handling conflicts of interest
If a director or officer has a material interest in a transaction or agreement involving Enbridge, or otherwise identifies a potential personal conflict, he or she must: disclose the conflict or potential conflict; not participate in any discussions on the matter; and abstain from voting on the matter at any Board meeting where it is being discussed or considered. This approach is consistent with the requirements of the Canada Business Corporations Act. Insider trading Our insider trading and reporting guidelines, which were most recently revised in March 2013, put restrictions on those in a special relationship with Enbridge (including insiders) when they trade Enbridge shares. The guidelines, which fulfill our obligations to stock exchanges, regulators and investors, include the following measures: |
Material transactions No informed person or nominated director (or any associate or affiliate) has or had a direct or indirect material interest in any Enbridge transaction in 2014 or in any proposed transaction that had or will have a material effect on Enbridge or any of our subsidiaries in the foreseeable future. |
Management is currently in the process of reviewing our insider trading and reporting guidelines to ensure they reflect current best practices and developments since 2013.
Whistleblower procedures
Our whistleblower procedures help uphold our strong values and preserve our culture of ethical business conduct.
We introduced whistleblower procedures a number of years ago to protect the integrity of our accounting, auditing and financial processes. We expanded and updated the system in 2008 and 2012.
Employees can report concerns about financial or accounting irregularities or unethical conduct confidentially to the chair of the Audit, Finance & Risk Committee. All submissions may be made anonymously and any complaints submitted in a sealed envelope marked "private and strictly confidential" will be delivered to the committee chair unopened. Complaints can also be made anonymously using a toll-free number and a reporting system administered by an independent third party provider.
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At least once each quarter, the Chief Compliance Officer reports to the Audit, Finance & Risk Committee about any significant complaints received (sooner if there is an urgent matter). The Audit, Finance & Risk Committee then determines how to handle such complaints. The committee can hire independent advisors (outside legal counsel, independent auditors and others) to help investigate a matter. We pay for these costs.
THE ROLE OF THE BOARD
The Board is ultimately responsible for governance at Enbridge and for stewardship of the company. It has full power to oversee the management of our business and affairs.
It carries out many of its responsibilities through its five standing Board committees:
The Board:
The Board delegates day-to-day management of Enbridge to the President & Chief Executive Officer and senior management, although major capital expenditures, debt and equity financing arrangements and significant acquisitions and divestitures require Board approval.
Duties
The Board is responsible for the oversight of key areas like governance, financial and strategic planning, risk oversight and management, succession planning and corporate disclosure. These duties are described in our terms of reference for the Board and the Board committees. These terms of reference are drafted by management under the guidance of the Governance Committee and approved by the Board, which reviews them once a year and updates them as needed. Copies of the terms of reference for the Board and each of the Board committees are available on our website (www.enbridge.com).
The Board develops position descriptions for the Chair of the Board and each committee chair. These descriptions are part of their terms of reference and are reviewed annually. The Governance Committee defines the division of duties between the Board and the President & Chief Executive Officer.
Strategic planning
The Board is responsible for reviewing our strategic planning process and for reviewing and approving our strategic plan. It oversees the implementation of the plan, monitors our progress and approves any transactions it believes will have a significant impact on the plan or our strategic direction.
The Board devotes two meetings per year to the strategic plan, including one meeting that is held over two days.
Risk oversight and management
Risk oversight and management is an important role for the Board and Board committees. Each year, management prepares a corporate risk assessment report for the Board. The Board is responsible for overseeing the following with respect to the company's risks:
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Our MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2014 contains more information about the risks applicable to Enbridge, and is available on our website (www.enbridge.com) and on SEDAR (www.sedar.com).
Board committees' role in risk management
To better identify, manage and mitigate risk, the corporate risk assessment report is reviewed annually by the four Board committees with enterprise-wide risk management responsibility: the Audit, Finance & Risk Committee, the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, the Human Resources & Compensation Committee (HRC Committee) and the Safety & Reliability Committee. As a result of such review, each committee makes recommendations to the Board in respect of company practices. In addition, the Board committees can authorize the implementation of systems that address risks within the scope of their responsibility and monitor them to ensure they remain effective.
The Audit, Finance & Risk Committee is responsible for overseeing the annual review of Enbridge's principal risks, as well as reviewing the strategies, policies and practices applicable to the assessment, management, prevention and mitigation of risks relating to foreign currency and interest rates, counterparty credit exposure, cash management, credit and financing and the use of derivative instruments and insurance. The Corporate Social Responsibility Committee is responsible for overseeing risks relating to corporate social responsibility matters. The HRC Committee is responsible for overseeing the identification of people-related risk and the associated response planning. The Safety & Reliability Committee is responsible for overseeing risks relating to safety and reliability matters. For further information on each Board committee's role in risk management, please refer to Board Committees, beginning on page 28.
Internal controls
The Board seeks assurance at least annually that our internal control systems and management information systems are operating effectively.
The Board has delegated responsibility for reviewing our quarterly and annual financial statements to the Audit, Finance & Risk Committee, which recommends them to the Board for approval. The committee is also responsible for overseeing our internal audit function and senior management reporting on internal controls.
Corporate communications
The Board reviews and approves all major corporate communications policies, including our corporate disclosure guidelines. It also reviews and approves all corporate disclosure documents, including our:
annual and quarterly reports to shareholders; MD&A; |
annual information form; and management information circular. |
The Board works to ensure we communicate effectively with shareholders, the public and other stakeholders to avoid selective disclosure.
Succession planning
The Board is responsible for:
It delegates responsibility for reviewing our policies and procedures relating to employment, succession planning and compensation (including executive compensation) to the HRC Committee.
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The HRC Committee is also responsible for:
OUR EXPECTATIONS OF OUR DIRECTORS
Our directors are expected to act in the best interests of Enbridge. They have a duty of care to exercise in both decision making and oversight.
Independence
First and foremost, we believe in the importance of an independent board. The Governance Committee is responsible for making sure the Board functions independently of management.
The majority of our directors must be independent, as defined by Canadian securities regulators in NI 52-110, NYSE rules and the rules and regulations of the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
We define a director as independent if he or she does not have a direct or indirect material relationship with Enbridge. The Board believes that a relationship is material if it could reasonably interfere with a director's ability to make independent decisions, regardless of any other association he or she may have. The Board uses a detailed annual questionnaire to assist in determining if a director is independent.
10 of our 11 nominated directors, including the Chair of the Board, are independent. Mr. Monaco is not independent because he is our President & Chief Executive Officer and a member of management.
The Governance Committee has developed guidelines to ensure each director is aware of the expectations placed on him or her as a director. Key expectations include meeting attendance, financial literacy and ethical conduct.
Separate chair and chief executive officer positions
We have an independent, non-executive Chair of the Board who is responsible for leading the Board.
Meeting in-camera
Our terms of reference stipulate that the Board must hold in-camera meetings regularly, without officers or management present. The Chair of the Board provides the President & Chief Executive Officer with a summary of the matters discussed at these in-camera meetings, including any issues that the Board expects management to pursue.
Other directorships
Our directors may serve on the boards of other public companies and together on the boards and committees of other public entities, as long as their outside positions and common memberships do not affect their ability to exercise independent judgment while serving on our Board. See Interlocking relationships on page 17 for information about some of our directors who serve together on other boards.
Directors who serve on our Audit, Finance & Risk Committee cannot sit on the audit committees of more than two other public entities unless the Board determines that such simultaneous service would not impair the ability of such director to effectively serve on our Audit, Finance & Risk Committee. Mr. England currently serves on the audit committee of four publicly traded companies, including Enbridge, and the Board has determined that such simultaneous service does not impair his ability to effectively serve on our Audit, Finance & Risk Committee.
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External consultants and other third parties
To make sure the Board functions independently of management, Board committees have the flexibility to meet with external consultants and Enbridge employees without management whenever they see fit. The terms of reference also allow individual directors, the Board and Board committees to hire independent advisors, as needed, at our cost.
Attendance
We expect directors to attend all Board and Board committee meetings of which they are a member as well as the annual meeting of shareholders. The Governance Committee reviews each director's attendance record every year. If a director has a poor attendance record, the committee chair and Chair of the Board will discuss and recommend how to handle the matter. A director whose attendance record continues to be poor may be asked to leave the Board. In 2014, the overall attendance at Board and committee meetings was 99%. Please see information on attendance in the Director profiles beginning on page 8 and under Director Attendance on page 15.
Financial literacy
The Board defines an individual as financially literate if he or she can read and understand financial statements that are generally comparable to ours in breadth and complexity of issues. The Board has determined that all of the members of the Audit, Finance & Risk Committee are financially literate according to the meaning of NI 52-110 and the rules of the NYSE. It has also determined that Mr. England, Ms. Williams and Mr. Coutu each qualify as "audit committee financial experts" as defined by the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Board bases this determination on each director's education, skills and experience.
Orientation and continuing education
The Board recognizes that proper orientation and continuing education are important for directors to fulfill their duties effectively. It has delegated these responsibilities to the Governance Committee, which has developed a comprehensive program for new directors and for directors who join a committee for the first time.
Orientation
Every new director meets with the Chair of the Board, the President & Chief Executive Officer and senior management to learn about our business and operations and participates in tours of our sites and facilities.
New directors are also given a copy of the Board manual, which contains:
Board guidelines; personal information about each of the directors and senior officers; a list of the members of the Board, the members of the Board committees and all meeting dates; organizational charts (corporate and management); our financial risk management policies and treasury authority limitations; information about statutory liabilities; |
information about the directors' and officers' liability programs; our insider trading and reporting guidelines; indemnification agreements; information about our dividend reinvestment and share purchase plan; our Statement on Business Conduct; and public disclosure documents for Enbridge and certain subsidiaries. |
Directors are notified by email whenever there are updates to these documents. The manual and any updates are also made available electronically.
Continuing education
We offer education sessions for directors on key topics and encourage them to participate in associations and organizations that can broaden their awareness and knowledge of developments related to our business. Directors can also request presentations on a particular topic. Throughout their tenure, directors have discussions with the Chair of the Board, receive quarterly presentations from senior management on strategic issues and participate in tours of our operations. Quarterly briefings include reviews of the competitive environment, our performance relative to our peers
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and any other developments that could materially affect our business. The table below lists the internal seminars and other presentations we offered in 2014 and director participation.
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March 17, 2014 | Tectonic Shifts in Global Energy | Edward L. Morse, Global Head of Commodities, Citi Research | All members of the Board | ||||
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September 16, 2014 | Distribution Risks & Our Response | Enbridge Inc. | All members of the Board other than Mr. Tutcher | ||||
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September 17, 2014 | Board Tour of Keele & Finch Pipeline Relocation (subway construction) in Toronto and Enbridge Technology & Operations Centre in Markham, Ontario (Plastics Lab & Fusion, Streetscape and Measurement & Regulation Lab) | Enbridge Inc. | All members of the Board other than Mr. Tutcher | ||||
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We also pay for continuing education opportunities through third parties and we encourage directors to pursue director education seminars and courses offered externally.
Ms. Williams (chair of the HRC Committee and member of the Audit, Finance & Risk Committee), Ms. Kempston Darkes (member of the HRC Committee, the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee and the Safety & Reliability Committee) and Mr. Coutu (a member of the Audit, Finance & Risk and Safety & Reliability Committees) are members of the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD). Ms. Kempston Darkes and Mr. Shultz were recognized by the ICD in 2011 and 2013, respectively, with a Fellowship Award, which the ICD considers to be the highest distinction for directors in Canada.
BOARD EVALUATION
The Governance Committee is responsible for assessing the performance of the Board and its Chair, the Board committees and individual directors on an ongoing basis.
Assessing the Board and Chair of the Board
All of the directors complete a confidential questionnaire every year so they can evaluate the effectiveness of the Board and suggest ideas for improving performance. The questionnaire is designed to provide constructive input to improve overall Board performance and includes questions on:
Board composition; effectiveness of the Board, Board meetings and Chair of the Board; |
duties and responsibilities; Board orientation and development; and the evaluation process for senior management. |
The evaluation process includes additional questions for directors to evaluate their peers. The directors are asked to consider criteria such as skills and experience, preparation, attendance and availability, communication and interaction with Board members and/or management and business, company and industry knowledge. Directors are encouraged to comment broadly, positively and negatively, on any issue concerning the Board, Board committees and director performance.
Directors submit their completed questionnaires to the chair of the Governance Committee, who presents the feedback to the Chair of the Board. The chair of the Governance Committee then presents the summary to the Board. The Board discusses the results and develops recommendations as appropriate.
From time to time, the Chair of the Board meets informally with each director, to discuss performance of the Board, Board committees and other issues.
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Board committee assessments
Each director also completes a confidential questionnaire for each Board committee of which they are a member. The questionnaire is designed to facilitate candid conversation among the members of each Board committee about the Board committee's overall performance, function, areas of accomplishment and areas for improvement. This session takes place in-camera at the first Board committee meeting after the directors complete their questionnaires.
The questionnaire helps the Board ensure each Board committee is functioning effectively and efficiently and fulfilling its duties and responsibilities as described in its terms of reference. It includes questions about:
the composition of the Board committee; the effectiveness of the Board committee and Board committee meetings; |
committee members, including the chair; and the orientation and development processes for the Board committee. |
Completed questionnaires are submitted to the chair of the Governance Committee, who summarizes them and provides a copy to each Board committee chair and the Chair of the Board.
Director Term Limits
Under our Board guidelines, a director will retire at the next annual meeting of shareholders after he or she reaches the age of 73, or after 15 years of service on the Board, whichever comes first. Members of the Board as at January 1, 2011, who reach 15 years of service before age 73, may remain on the Board to age 73. A director may be asked to remain on the Board for an additional two years after age 73 if the Board unanimously approves the extension. If a director receives an extension, he or she is not eligible to serve as Chair of the Board or chair of any of the Board's five standing Board Committees.
Identifying new candidates
The Governance Committee serves as the nominating committee and is responsible for identifying new candidates for nomination to the Board. The Governance Committee also invites and welcomes suggestions from other directors on our Board and from management. The committee reviews a Board composition plan annually. The plan consists of a skills matrix that includes the name of each director, his or her occupation, residence, gender, age, years on the Board, retirement date, business experience, other board commitments, equity ownership, independence and other relevant information. The committee summarizes the plan to identify the ideal attributes, skills and experience of a new candidate. These include executive management, board and industry experience, areas of expertise, global representation, gender and age, among others. The committee ranks each of these skills and areas of experience as a high, medium or low priority.
The Governance Committee, in collaboration with management and, in some cases, external consultants, then develops a list of potential candidates with the desired skills and experience and reviews and updates the list at least once per year. When a position becomes available, the Board reviews the list of potential candidates, revises it to reflect the skills and experience most needed at the time, adds other recently identified candidates and prepares a short list. The committee also considers the candidate's background and diversity of experience in making its choices and may engage independent consultants to assist in the review and recruitment process.
The chair of the Governance Committee, the Chair of the Board, the President & Chief Executive Officer and sometimes other directors, meet with potential candidates to determine their interest, availability, experience and suitability. The Governance Committee makes a recommendation to the Board for consideration and approval.
DIVERSITY
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our Board over time by actively seeking qualified candidates who meet diversity criteria. Enbridge is one of over 40 founding members of the Canadian Board Diversity Council.
In February, 2015, the Board formally adopted a written diversity policy to highlight our approach to diversity and the importance we place on differences in skills, experience, gender, age, ethnicity and geographic background. The diversity policy sets out key criteria for the composition of the Board, including a target in which each gender comprises at least one-third of the independent directors. Of the 11 directors standing for re-election, female directors represent 27% of the Board. The policy further sets out criteria for management to aspire to have at least one-third of
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Senior Management roles at Enbridge and its major subsidiaries occupied by women. Of the 69 senior management positions at Enbridge and its major subsidiaries, 11 of those senior management positions are currently held by women, for a total of 16%.
It is the responsibility of the Governance Committee to identify and recommend to the Board potential nominees to the Board with the appropriate competencies, skills and characteristics required of Board members to promote the continued growth and success of Enbridge. In this process, the Governance Committee will take into account professional experience, educational background, skills and knowledge, as well as diversity considerations such as gender, age and ethnicity.
Similarly, in identifying candidates for Senior Management roles, professional experience, educational background, skills and knowledge, as well as diversity considerations such as gender, age and ethnicity, will be taken into account.
The Governance Committee will review the diversity policy and its targeted objectives annually to assess its effectiveness and will report to the Board and recommend any revisions that may be necessary.
BOARD COMMITTEES
Our Board has five standing Board committees to help it carry out its duties and responsibilities:
Audit, Finance & Risk Governance Safety & Reliability |
Corporate Social Responsibility Human Resources & Compensation |
The Board has delegated certain responsibilities to each Board committee, including overseeing risk management systems that are within the scope of the responsibilities of each Board committee. Each Board committee is made up entirely of independent directors. Mr. Monaco, our President & Chief Executive Officer, is not a member of any Board committee, nor is the Chair of the Board. The Governance Committee annually reviews Board Committee memberships and recommends Committee membership changes and assignments to the Board.
Board committee meetings generally take place before each regularly scheduled Board meeting. Each Board committee also meets in-camera, independent of management, following the regular Board committee meeting. They also meet with external consultants and/or Enbridge staff, without management present, whenever they see fit.
Each Board committee reports regularly to the Board and makes recommendations on certain matters as appropriate. The Governance Committee is responsible for recommending the role of each Board committee to the Board.
Audit, Finance & Risk Committee
Chair: | J. Herb England | |
Members: | Marcel R. Coutu, Charles W. Fischer, George K. Petty, Charles E. Shultz and Catherine L. Williams |
Responsibilities
The Audit, Finance & Risk Committee assists the Board in overseeing:
The Audit, Finance & Risk Committee is responsible for ensuring the committee, our external auditors, our internal auditors and management of Enbridge maintain open communications.
The Audit, Finance & Risk Committee is responsible for:
Financial reporting
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Internal controls
External auditors
The external auditors report directly to the Audit, Finance & Risk Committee. They meet regularly with the committee, in-camera, without any members of management present. The chair of the committee also meets with the external auditors from time to time, to discuss significant issues.
Finance
Risk management
Together with the Board, the committee also reviews with senior management, internal counsel and others as necessary:
2014 highlights
The Audit, Finance & Risk Committee carried out the following activities during 2014:
Audits and financial reporting
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Internal controls
External auditors
Finance
Risk management
Governance
In November 2014, the Audit, Finance & Risk Committee reviewed its terms of reference. No changes were adopted. The committee reviewed the qualifications of its members, and recommended to the Board members who it believes can be properly considered audit committee financial experts. The committee also reviewed its performance in 2014 and determined that it had fulfilled all of its responsibilities under its terms of reference.
The Audit, Finance & Risk Committee met four times in 2014. It held in-camera meetings without management present at each of its regularly scheduled meetings with the senior member of the Internal Audit group as well as with the external auditors and then it met on its own in-camera. From time to time the committee also met in-camera with the Chief Financial Officer. Before each meeting, the chair of the committee met with the Chief Financial Officer to discuss the agenda items for the meeting and any significant issues. The chair also met with the senior partner of the external auditors assigned to Enbridge's audit before each meeting. You can find more information about the committee as required under NI 52-110 under Audit, Finance & Risk Committee in our annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2014. Copies are available on our website (www.enbridge.com) and on SEDAR (www.sedar.com). You can also request a copy from the Corporate Secretary.
Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Chair: | James J. Blanchard | |
Members: | V. Maureen Kempston Darkes, George K. Petty and Dan C. Tutcher |
Responsibilities
The Corporate Social Responsibility Committee is generally responsible for assessing our guidelines, policies, procedures and performance related to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and reviewing our reporting in this area.
The Corporate Social Responsibility Committee is responsible for reviewing, approving or recommending to the Board the risk guidelines, policies, procedures and practices relating to CSR matters which include:
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The Corporate Social Responsibility Committee is also responsible for reviewing and approving both our CSR metrics and benchmarks, as well as our methods of communicating CSR and related policies. It monitors our performance and reporting on CSR matters and receives regular compliance reports from management. It may, depending on the nature of the matter, review the results of investigations into significant incidents to the extent they fall within its mandate; otherwise, this function may be undertaken by another committee such as the Safety & Reliability Committee.
The Corporate Social Responsibility Committee has approved the use of the Global Reporting Initiative reporting guidelines for monitoring and reporting our sustainability performance.
2014 highlights
The Corporate Social Responsibility Committee carried out the following activities as part of its 2014 work plan.
Assessing CSR guidelines, policies and procedures
Reviewing our work with stakeholders and regulators
Monitoring and reporting CSR performance
Awards and recognition
The Corporate Social Responsibility Committee supports our continuing commitment to CSR initiatives, which has resulted in Enbridge receiving significant positive recognition in recent years, including the following awards in 2014:
Sustainability
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Community Investment
Financial Reporting
Aborginal Relations
Governance
In November 2014, the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee reviewed its terms of reference and determined its mandate was appropriate and that it had fulfilled all of its responsibilities under its terms of reference.
The Corporate Social Responsibility Committee met four times in 2014 and held in-camera meetings without management present at the end of each meeting.
Governance Committee
Chair: | Dan C. Tutcher | |
Members: | James J. Blanchard and J. Lorne Braithwaite |
Responsibilities
The Governance Committee focuses on ensuring we have a comprehensive system of stewardship and accountability for directors, management and employees that is in the best interests of Enbridge.
The Governance Committee is responsible for developing our approach to governance, including the division of duties between the Chair of the Board, directors, the President & Chief Executive Officer and management.
It is responsible for:
The Governance Committee works closely with the Corporate Secretary and other members of management to keep abreast of governance trends and implement board governance best practices.
Board composition, education and evaluation
The Governance Committee is responsible for:
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One of the Governance Committee's objectives is to nominate a balanced mix of members to the Board who have the necessary experience and expertise to make a meaningful contribution in carrying out duties on behalf of the Board. It sets guidelines for recruiting new talent with criteria for relevant expertise, senior management experience or other qualifications. See Diversity beginning on page 27 for more information.
The Governance Committee manages the annual performance review of the Board. See Board Evaluation beginning on page 26 for more information.
Compensation
The Governance Committee is responsible for reviewing and setting directors' compensation. There was no increase in directors' compensation in 2014. See Director compensation Compensation discussion and analysis beginning on page 38 for more information.
2014 highlights
The Governance Committee carried out the following activities as part of its 2014 work plan:
Governance
The Governance Committee reviewed its performance in 2014 and determined that its mandate was appropriate and that the committee had fulfilled all of its responsibilities under its terms of reference.
The Governance Committee met four times in 2014 and held in-camera meetings without management present at each meeting.
Human Resources & Compensation Committee
Chair: | Catherine L. Williams | |
Members: | J. Lorne Braithwaite, J. Herb England, Charles W. Fischer, V. Maureen Kempston Darkes and Charles E. Shultz |
The HRC Committee assists the Board by providing oversight and direction on human resources strategy, policies and programs for the named executives (as defined on page 44 of this circular), senior management and our broader employee base. This includes compensation, pension and benefits as well as talent management, succession planning, workforce recruitment and retention. The HRC Committee oversees the identification of people-related risk and the associated response planning as part of the corporate risk assessment process. In addition, the HRC Committee is responsible for overseeing the company's compensation programs from a risk perspective to ensure they do not encourage individuals to take inappropriate or excessive risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse impact on the company.
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Succession planning
The HRC Committee reviews the succession plan for the position of Chief Executive Officer and other key senior officers, and long-range planning for executive development and succession to ensure leadership sustainability and continuity throughout the organization.
Every year the HRC Committee conducts a thorough review of the current succession plan and the status of development and retention plans for individual candidates who have been identified for senior executive positions, including the position of Chief Executive Officer.
The HRC Committee met with the President & Chief Executive Officer to discuss his views on the executive leadership team and potential succession scenarios that included both planned transitions as well as emergency situations related to illness, disability or other unplanned absences. The HRC Committee also met in-camera, without Mr. Monaco, to discuss the candidates he had identified as his possible successors.
Given the retirement activity that was anticipated within the Executive Leadership Team for 2014, executive succession, candidate development and talent retention continued to be an area of significant focus for the HRC Committee and the Board throughout the year. This oversight culminated with successful transitions of both the President, Liquids Pipelines role in March and the Chief Financial Officer role in October. Both were chosen in accordance with the identified and approved succession and critical talent plans.
Succession plans were reviewed in detail for the entire Executive Leadership Team and in-depth discussions were held regarding the range of possible external candidates and development of internal candidates, including the enactment of planned moves at the executive level to new or modified roles for developmental purposes.
The HRC Committee also reviewed the bench strength and succession depth several layers below the Executive Leadership Team to ensure there are no significant gaps and that succession plans remain robust.
The HRC Committee oversaw the development and implementation of a comprehensive multi-year, enterprise-wide, leadership development program that was introduced in 2014 and also continued to encourage and support an increased number of opportunities for interaction of high potential candidates with Board members.
The HRC Committee believes executive development and succession continues to be an area of high importance and has requested formal updates of development plan progress at each committee meeting. This was done throughout 2014 and will continue for the foreseeable future.
2014 highlights
The HRC Committee:
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The HRC Committee also reviewed the strategies and programs designed to attract, develop and retain employees, recognizing our plans for significant growth and increasing levels of retirement eligibility.
Awards and recognition
Enbridge was recognized in 2014 as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers (MediaCorp Canada), one of Alberta's Top Employers (MediaCorp Canada) and as one of the Financial Post's 10 Best Companies to Work For. Enbridge was also named one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers (MediaCorp) and received both a Diversity Leadership Award of Distinction and an Employer of Persons with Disabilities Award (Alberta Chamber of Commerce). Enbridge was also recognized as one of Houston's Healthiest Employers (Houston Business Journal).
Governance
In November 2014, the HRC Committee reviewed its mandate, as set out in the terms of reference, and assessed its performance. The committee approved an amendment to its terms of reference to add the evaluation of broader human resources risk as part of the corporate risk assessment process. The members of the committee are satisfied that the mandate is appropriate and that it met all of its responsibilities in 2014.
The HRC Committee met seven times in 2014 and held an in-camera meeting without any members of management present at each meeting.
Safety & Reliability Committee
Chair: | Charles W. Fischer | |
Members: | Marcel R. Coutu, V. Maureen Kempston Darkes, Charles E. Shultz and Catherine L. Williams |
Responsibilities
The Safety & Reliability Committee is responsible for reviewing, approving or recommending to the Board the risk guidelines, policies, procedures and practices relating to safety and reliability matters which include:
The committee is responsible for the oversight of operational matters to ensure that the company meets the safety and reliability objectives established by the Board. The committee's responsibilities include:
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In addition, the committee may retain independent advisors, request other reports, meet with management or employees and furnish recommendations to the Board.
2014 highlights
The committee received updates on enterprise safety and operational reliability matters. It received the operational risk and annual safety & environment report from the Gas Distribution, Gas Pipelines & Processing, Liquids Pipelines, Major Projects and Green Power and Transmission business units and received operational risk management updates from management including results of external verifications and safety perception surveys.
The committee received updates from management regarding incidents that occurred in 2014 during the committee's quarterly meetings along with progress reports on related action plans and corrective action measures undertaken. The committee reviewed the operational risks included in the corporate risk assessment report and received updates on the implementation of frameworks for enterprise risk and safety management systems that have been developed by management. The committee also received updates on Enterprise security, including cyber security, as well as in respect of regulatory and compliance matters.
Governance
The committee reviewed its terms of reference. The members of the committee are satisfied that its mandate is appropriate and that it met all of its responsibilities in 2014.
The Safety & Reliability Committee met four times in 2014 and held an in-camera meeting without any members of management present, at each meeting.
SHAREHOLDER OUTREACH
Enbridge engages our shareholders on an ongoing basis and in a variety of ways, tailored to the specific needs of each shareholder group. Our main shareholder events are our annual investor days in Toronto and New York, which provide an opportunity for shareholders to obtain an update on the company outside of our quarterly earnings presentations. These events, along with our annual general meeting and quarterly earnings presentations, are webcast so that they are accessible to a broad audience of investors and are available on our website for a period of 12 months. Our executive team also meets with shareholders throughout the year by way of investor roadshows in a variety of cities. To further our investor outreach, we also participate in several investor conferences. Enbridge is also committed to communicating with shareholders through our website (www.enbridge.com), where current and potential investors are invited to contact the Investor Relations team by letter, phone or email.
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This next section discusses director and executive compensation at Enbridge, including our decision making process, pay for performance, share ownership requirements and 2014 pay decisions.
Director compensation | 38 | |||
Compensation discussion and analysis | 38 | |||
Philosophy and approach | 38 | |||
Share ownership | 38 | |||
Compensation components | 38 | |||
2014 results | 40 | |||
Summary compensation table | 40 | |||
Incentive plan awards | 40 | |||
Share-based compensation | 41 | |||
Change in equity ownership | 42 | |||
Executive compensation | 44 | |||
Compensation discussion and analysis | 44 | |||
Named executive officers | 44 | |||
Executive summary | 44 | |||
Compensation philosophy | 47 | |||
Compensation governance | 49 | |||
Annual decision making process | 51 | |||
Executive compensation design and 2014 decisions | 57 | |||
Base salary | 58 | |||
Short-term incentive | 58 | |||
Medium- and long-term incentives | 61 | |||
Retirement benefits | 67 | |||
Other benefits | 69 | |||
Compensation changes in 2015 | 70 | |||
Total direct compensation for named executives | 70 | |||
Executive compensation and shareholder return | 77 | |||
Summary compensation table | 78 | |||
Incentive plan awards | 80 | |||
Additional stock option information | 81 | |||
Termination of employment and change of control arrangements | 83 |
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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
Philosophy and approach
The Board is responsible for developing and implementing the directors' compensation plan and has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for director compensation to the Governance Committee.
Our directors' compensation plan is designed with four key objectives in mind:
While our executive compensation program is designed around pay for performance, director compensation is based on annual retainers. This is to meet the compensation objectives and to help ensure our directors are unbiased when making decisions and carrying out their duties while serving on our Board.
The Governance Committee uses a peer group of companies to set the annual retainers for our Board and targets director compensation at about the 50th percentile. It uses the same peer group to determine executive compensation. See page 52 for more information about our peer group and how we benchmark executive compensation.
The Governance Committee reviews the directors' compensation plan every year, with assistance from management. Every second year a formal review by an external consultant is undertaken. The next formal review by an external consultant is scheduled for the summer of 2015. Each year, as part of this review, the committee considers the time commitment and experience required of members of our Board and the director compensation paid by a group of comparable public companies when it sets the compensation. The committee also reviews the compensation plan to make sure the overall program is still appropriate and reports its findings to the Board.
Share ownership We expect directors to own Enbridge shares so they have an ongoing stake in the company and are aligned with the interests of shareholders. The share ownership guideline is three times the annual Board retainer. The annual Board retainer is $235,000. Directors must now hold at least three times their annual Board retainer, or $705,000, in DSUs or Enbridge shares and meet that requirement within five years of becoming a director on our Board. DSUs are paid out when a director retires from the Board. They are redeemed for cash, based on the weighted average of the closing price of common shares on the TSX for the last five trading days before the redemption date, multiplied by the number of DSUs the director holds. Directors may not engage in equity monetization transactions or hedges involving securities of Enbridge (see Hedging policy on page 55 of this circular). If a decrease in the market value of our common shares results in a director no longer meeting the share ownership requirements, we expect him or her to buy additional common shares in order to satisfy the minimum threshold. |
About DSUs A deferred share unit (DSU) is a notional share that has the same value as one Enbridge common share. Its value fluctuates with variations in the market price of Enbridge shares. DSUs do not have voting rights but they accrue dividends as additional DSUs, at the same rate as dividends paid on our common shares. |
Compensation components
Our Directors' compensation plan has four components:
We do not have meeting attendance fees.
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Our directors' compensation plan has been in effect since 2004 and was revised in 2010 and 2013. The table below shows the fee schedule for directors in 2014. Directors are paid quarterly. If their principal residence is in the US, they receive the same face amounts in US dollars. Mr. Monaco does not receive any director compensation because he is our President & Chief Executive Officer and is compensated in that role.
Directors who also serve as a director or trustee of one of our subsidiaries or affiliates also receive an annual retainer and meeting and travel fees for attending those meetings.
Directors can receive their retainer in a combination of cash, Enbridge shares and DSUs, but they must receive a minimum amount in DSUs, as shown in the table below. Travel fees are always paid in cash.
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Human Resources & Compensation | 20,000 | ||||||||||||||
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The table below shows the breakdown of each director's annual retainer for the year ended December 31, 2014.
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James J. Blanchard | 50 | 25 | 25 | ||||
J. Lorne Braithwaite | 75 | | 25 | ||||
Marcel R. Coutu | 75 | | 25 | ||||
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Charles W. Fischer | 50 | | 50 | ||||
V. Maureen Kempston Darkes | 25 | 50 | 25 | ||||
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George K. Petty | | | 100 | ||||
Charles E. Shultz | 75 | | 25 | ||||
Dan C. Tutcher | | | 100 | ||||
Catherine L. Williams | | 50 | 50 | ||||
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2014 RESULTS
Summary compensation table
The table below shows the total compensation paid to or accrued by our directors for the year ended December 31, 2014. All Enbridge shares and DSUs vested at the time of the grant.
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David A. Arledge7 | 371,250 | | | 2,592 | 123,750 | | 10,500 | 27 | 1,281 | 506,781 | |||||||||||
James J. Blanchard7 | 117,622 | 1,333 | 63,627 | 1,336 | 63,750 | | 7,500 | 14 | 660 | 253,159 | |||||||||||
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J. Lorne Braithwaite | 176,250 | | | 1,106 | 58,750 | 22,000 | 10,500 | 12 | 609 | 268,109 | |||||||||||
Marcel R. Coutu | 75,536 | | | 447 | 25,179 | | 1,500 | 1 | 66 | 102,281 | |||||||||||
J. Herb England7 | 120,104 | | | 2,514 | 120,104 | 215,681 | 19,500 | 26 | 1,217 | 476,606 | |||||||||||
Charles W. Fischer | 125,000 | | | 2,354 | 125,000 | 81,250 | 3,000 | 24 | 1,296 | 335,546 | |||||||||||
V. Maureen Kempston Darkes | 58,854 | 2,211 | 117,395 | 1,106 | 58,750 | | 10,500 | 12 | 609 | 246,108 | |||||||||||
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David A. Leslie9 | 123,021 | | | 1,878 | 97,500 | 21,938 | 7,500 | 26 | 1,348 | 251,307 | |||||||||||
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George K. Petty7 | | | | 4,923 | 235,000 | | 10,500 | 52 | 2,433 | 247,933 | |||||||||||
Charles E. Shultz | 176,250 | | | 1,106 | 58,750 | 6,000 | 10,500 | 11 | 548 | 252,048 | |||||||||||
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Catherine L. Williams | 121 | 2,399 | 127,379 | 2,401 | 127,500 | 6,000 | 3,000 | 25 | 1,322 | 265,322 | |||||||||||
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We have not granted stock options (stock options or options) to directors since 2002. None of our non-employee directors hold any share-based awards that have not vested.
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Share-based compensation
The table below shows the breakdown in share-based compensation each director received each quarter in 2014.
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$14,688 (300 |
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Q3 | September 12, 2014 | September 1, 2014 | 53.41 | 55.61 | |||||
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Change in equity ownership
The table below shows the change in each director's equity ownership from March 4, 2014 to March 3, 2015 and his or her status in meeting the share ownership requirements.
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2015 | 32,600 | | 51,700 | 84,300 | 4,882,656 | 705,000 | 20.78 | |||||||
2014 | 32,600 | | 47,696 | 80,296 | 3,934,504 | 705,000 | 16.74 | |||||||
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2015 | 14,027 | | 103,006 | 117,033 | 6,778,551 | 705,000 | 28.84 | |||||||
2014 | 12,533 | | 98,822 | 111,355 | 5,456,395 | 705,000 | 23.22 | |||||||
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2014 | 87,353 | | 38,701 | 126,054 | 6,176,646 | 705,000 | 26.28 | |||||||
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2014 | 2,120 | | 47,262 | 49,382 | 2,419,718 | 705,000 | 10.30 | |||||||
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2015 | 11,250 | | 18,777 | 30,027 | 1,739,164 | 705,000 | 7.40 | |||||||
2014 | 8,000 | | 15,924 | 23,924 | 1,172,276 | 705,000 | 4.99 | |||||||
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2015 | 17,765 | | 12,705 | 30,470 | 1,764,822 | 705,000 | 7.51 | |||||||
2014 | 15,359 | | 11,257 | 26,616 | 1,304,184 | 705,000 | 5.55 | |||||||
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2015 | 659,173 | | 63,679 | 722,852 | 41,867,588 | 705,000 | 178.16 | |||||||
2014 | 645,069 | | 56,827 | 701,896 | 34,392,904 | 705,000 | 146.35 | |||||||
Change | 14,104 | | 6,852 | 20,956 | 7,474,684 | |||||||||
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2015 | 35,428 | | 28,658 | 64,086 | 3,711,861 | 705,000 | 15.80 | |||||||
2014 | 32,256 | | 25,484 | 57,740 | 2,829,260 | 705,000 | 12.04 | |||||||
Change | 3,172 | | 3,174 | 6,346 | 882,601 | |||||||||
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2015 | 1,093,044 | 2,761,300 | 476,898 | 1,569,942 | 90,931,041 | |||||||||
2014 | 1,031,613 | 2,403,900 | 438,879 | 1,470,492 | 72,054,108 | |||||||||
Change | 61,431 | 357,400 | 38,019 | 99,450 | 18,876,933 | |||||||||
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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
Named executive officers
For 2014, the Enbridge named executives are the following individuals:
Mr. Jarvis was appointed President, Liquids Pipelines effective March 1, 2014, succeeding Mr. Steve Wuori who assumed the role of Strategic Advisor, Office of the President & CEO as of the same date. Prior thereto, Mr. Jarvis served as the Chief Commercial Officer of Enbridge Pipelines Inc.
Mr. Whelen was appointed Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer effective October 15, 2014, succeeding Mr. Bird who assumed the role of Executive Vice President as of the same date. Prior thereto, Mr. Whelen served as Senior Vice President, Finance. Mr. Bird is scheduled to retire from Enbridge in 2015, but will be retained on contract to temporarily support Enbridge's sponsored investments businesses as Management's representative on the boards of directors of those entities.
Mr. Harper was hired January 30, 2014 as President, Gas Pipelines & Processing of Enbridge Inc. Effective February 28, 2014 he was appointed Principal Executive Officer of Midcoast Holdings, L.L.C. and effective April 30, 2014 was appointed Principal Executive Officer of Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. and Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C.
Executive summary
Company philosophy
Enbridge's vision is to be the leading energy delivery company in North America. Central to achieving that vision is a relentless focus on safety, operational reliability and protection of the environment.
Everything Enbridge does must be achieved through the lens of its company values Integrity, Safety and Respect.
Enbridge strives to create exceptional shareholder value through strong corporate performance and investing capital in ways that minimize risk and maximize return, while always supporting its core business of delivering energy safely and reliably.
Strategic Focus
In 2014, Enbridge continued to focus on the four key priorities within its strategic plan:
Compensation philosophy
Performance is foundational to the executive compensation programs and payouts are strongly aligned to the achievement of Enbridge's strategic priorities. Compensation is typically targeted at median within the markets where Enbridge competes, with performance driving "at risk" incentive payouts up or down accordingly. The vast majority of executive compensation is considered "at risk" because its value is based on specific performance criteria and payout is not guaranteed.
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Operational and financial performance metrics are used for the short-, medium- and long-term incentive plans. These programs are designed to motivate management to safely and efficiently operate the business with a focus on the longer term, while providing the superior returns that shareholders expect.
Commitment to governance
Enbridge is committed to upholding the highest standards of corporate governance. It believes good governance is important for its shareholders, employees and the company. Enbridge has a comprehensive system of stewardship and accountability that follows best practices and meets the requirements of all applicable laws, regulations and policies.
Enbridge conducts a thorough assessment annually to identify where people-related risks occur that may impact the achievement of the strategic plan. In addition, Enbridge specifically reviews its compensation practices and policies from a risk perspective to ensure they do not encourage inappropriate or excessive risk taking that is likely to have a material adverse effect on the business. The HRC Committee provides oversight and reviews the results of these risk assessments and recommends acceptance of the human resources component of the broader corporate risk assessment report to the Board of Directors.
The HRC Committee reviews the performance, business environment and peer group comparisons in formulating its pay recommendations for the President & Chief Executive Officer, and in approving the President & Chief Executive Officer's recommendations for the remaining named executives.
In making decisions on performance based compensation in 2014, the HRC Committee considered the financial growth the company achieved and the notable operational successes across the business units. In addition, the HRC Committee considered Enbridge's performance in relation to its competitors on other key performance indicators such as dividend per share growth, reward to risk ratio and total shareholder return.
Performance highlights for 2014
Over the past 10 years Enbridge's total shareholder return has exceeded the S&P/TSX Composite Index by an average of 11% per year:
Enbridge performance relative to S&P/TSX Composite Index As at December 31, 2014 |
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The following summarizes some of the key accomplishments in 2014:
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Key compensation decisions in 2014
The Board and the HRC Committee are responsible for overseeing the compensation principles and programs at Enbridge and approving compensation programs and payouts, with assistance from independent outside advisers.
In 2014, taking into account company performance during the year, the following key compensation decisions were made for the named executives:
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Compensation philosophy
Approach to executive compensation
Enbridge's approach to executive compensation is set by the HRC Committee and approved by the Board. These programs are designed to accomplish three objectives:
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Use a pay for performance philosophy whereby the majority of compensation provided to Enbridge executives is "at risk" and dependent on pre-defined performance variables that reflect operational and financial priorities defined in the Strategic Plan | Pay out incentive programs when unwarranted by performance | ||||
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Have a compensation structure that reflects a blend of short-, medium- and long-term incentive awards, and that is linked to Enbridge's business plans for the respective timeframes in order to directly tie results to rewards | Allow stock option grants below 100% fair market value | ||||
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Incorporate risk management principles into all decision making processes and ensure compensation programs do not encourage inappropriate or excessive risk taking by executives | Count performance stock units or unexercised stock options towards stock ownership requirements | ||||
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Regularly review its executive compensation programs through third party consultants to ensure such programs continue to support shareholder interests and regulatory compliance, and are aligned with sound principles of risk management and governance | Re-price underwater stock options | ||||
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Use both proactive/preventative and incident-based safety and operational metrics that are directly linked to the short-term incentive of every employee to reinforce the absolute criticality of safety, system reliability, and environmental performance | Implement single trigger voluntary termination rights in favor of executives in new employment agreements | ||||
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Have meaningful stock ownership requirements that align the interests of Enbridge executive officers with those of Enbridge shareholders | Permit hedging of Enbridge securities | ||||
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Benchmark executive compensation programs against a group of similar companies in Canada and the US to ensure that Enbridge executives are rewarded at a competitive level | Grant, renew or extend any loans to its directors or senior executives of the company | ||||
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Linkage with company strategy
Enbridge's vision is to be the leading energy delivery company in North America.
Central to achieving that vision is a relentless focus on safety, operational reliability and protection of the environment to ensure that the needs of all stakeholders are met, and that Enbridge continues to be a good citizen within the communities where it operates. |
Driving safety and operational reliability is Enbridge's number one priority. |
The following are Enbridge's top four priorities:
Enbridge's executive compensation programs are aligned to the achievement of these strategic priorities and are designed to link payouts to those outcomes. They are designed to motivate management to deliver exceptional value to
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shareholders through strong corporate performance and investing capital in ways that minimize risk and maximize return, while always supporting the core business goal of delivering energy safely and reliably.
Management is committed to delivering steady, visible and predictable results, and to operate assets in an ethical and responsible manner.
Pay for performance
Performance is the cornerstone of Enbridge's executive compensation programs. The Board reviews Enbridge's business plans over the short-, medium- and long-term and the HRC Committee ensures the compensation programs are linked to these timeframes. This ensures that management is focused on delivering value to Enbridge shareholders not only in the short-term, but also continued performance in the long-term.
Relevant corporate and business unit performance measures are established for the short-term compensation plan that focus on the critical safety, system reliability, environmental and financial aspects of the business. The performance measures for the medium- and long-term plans focus on overall corporate performance aligned with shareholder expectations for earnings growth and total shareholder return. When assessing performance, the HRC Committee considers both the objective pre-defined performance metrics as well as qualitative factors not captured in the formal metrics. For example, a decision to complete a certain acquisition may have longer-term strategic benefits to the company that may not be reflected in the short-term performance metrics. Also playing a role are a number of market based and earnings based key performance indicators that compare Enbridge's results to a peer group and to the broader market over a one to 10 year time horizon. Therefore, the assessment of overall performance is based on a combination of the pre-defined performance metrics, the key performance indicators, as well as the qualitative aspects of management's responsibilities. |
Performance is foundational to Enbridge's executive compensation programs, and operational and financial performance conditions are utilized through short-, medium- and long-term incentive plans. |
Awards under the medium- and long-term incentive plans provide the opportunity to realize a greater or lesser payout (relative to the grant value) depending on how Enbridge performs in the future. In addition to time-vesting provisions, the performance stock units have adjusted earnings per share (EPS) and price-to-earnings (P/E) performance conditions and the performance stock options have three share price hurdles that must be met within a specified time period for the options to vest. Incentive stock options round out the long-term incentive plans and are an additional way to increase executives' equity stake in the company and align executives' interests with those of shareholders. See pages 61 to 67 for details of the medium- and long-term incentive plans.
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At risk compensation
The chart below shows the target compensation mix for the President & Chief Executive Officer and the average for the other named executives. The short-, medium- and long-term incentives are considered to be "at risk" because their value is based on specific performance criteria and payout is not guaranteed. In 2014, 81% of the target total direct compensation for the President & CEO, and an average of 74% for the remaining named executive officers, was at risk, directly aligning corporate, business unit and individual performance with the interests of Enbridge shareholders. For details on targets for the incentive programs, see pages 59 and 62. |
The vast majority of compensation for Enbridge's President & Chief Executive Officer and other named executives is considered "at risk". |
Operational performance
Operational performance is central to assessing the overall performance of an organization. At Enbridge, delivering on a commitment to drive safety and operational reliability means:
To reinforce this, the short-term incentive awards for all employees at Enbridge (including all the named executives) are directly linked to operational performance, whether they are in a corporate or business unit role.
Compensation governance
Enbridge's compensation governance structure consists of the Board and the HRC Committee, with Mercer (Canada) Limited (Mercer) providing independent advisory support. The governance structure is reviewed annually against best practices and regulatory guidance.
Board and HRC Committee
The Board is responsible for the oversight of the compensation principles and programs at Enbridge. The HRC Committee approves major compensation programs and payouts, including reviewing and recommending the compensation for the President & Chief Executive Officer to the Board. The HRC Committee also approves the compensation for the other named executives.
The HRC Committee assists the Board in carrying out its responsibilities with respect to compensation matters by providing oversight and direction on human resources strategy, policies and programs for the named executives, senior management and the broader employee base, including compensation, equity incentive plans, pension and benefits as well as talent management, succession planning, workforce recruitment and retention. The HRC Committee provides oversight regarding the management of broader people-related risk and specifically reviews the compensation programs from a risk perspective.
All members of the HRC Committee are independent under the independence standard discussed on page 24 of this circular.
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The members of the HRC Committee are Catherine L. Williams (chair), J. Lorne Braithwaite, J. Herb England, Charles W. Fischer, V. Maureen Kempston Darkes and Charles E. Shultz. For information on their Board committee participation, please refer to page 14 of this circular.
Independent advice
The Enbridge Board of Directors has voluntarily chosen to comply with the revised listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange that were approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in January, 2013 regarding compensation committees, including as to compensation advisors and compensation committee independence. As such, the HRC Committee is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of any compensation consultants, outside legal counsel or other advisors (each, an Advisor) it retains. The HRC Committee may select or receive advice from an Advisor only after taking into consideration all factors relevant to the Advisor's independence from management including:
Although the HRC Committee is required to consider these factors, it is free to select or receive advice from an Advisor that is not independent.
Since 2002, Mercer, an independent Advisor, has provided guidance to the HRC Committee on compensation matters to ensure Enbridge's programs are appropriate, market competitive and continue to meet its intended goals. Advisory services include reviewing:
While the HRC Committee considers the information and recommendations Mercer provides, it has full responsibility for its own decisions, which may reflect other factors and considerations.
The HRC Committee chair reviews and approves the terms of engagement with Mercer every year. The terms specify the work to be done in the year, Mercer's responsibilities and its fees. Management can also retain Mercer on compensation matters from time to time or for prescribed compensation services. The chair of the HRC Committee must, however, approve all services that are not standard in nature, taking into account whether or not the work would compromise Mercer's independence.
Management and the HRC Committee engaged Mercer in 2014 to provide analysis and advice on various compensation matters. The following table provides a breakdown of services provided and fees paid to Mercer and its affiliates by Enbridge and its affiliates in 2014 and 2013:
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Executive Compensation Related Fees1 | 318,648 | 285,046 | |||
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All other Fees2 | 3,900,098 | 3,787,137 | |||
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Total | 4,218,746 | 4,072,183 | |||
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Compensation services received by Enbridge from Advisors are not sole sourced from one provider; each situation and need is assessed independently, and other providers are used depending on the nature of the service required, and the qualifications of the provider. In 2014, Enbridge did not engage the services of other compensation consultants.
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Annual decision making process
The HRC Committee reviews and approves the compensation plans and pay levels for all the named executives except the President & Chief Executive Officer. The HRC Committee reviews and recommends the compensation plans and pay level for the President & Chief Executive Officer to the Board.
The table below shows the process by which compensation decisions are made.
Benchmarking to peers
As the responsibilities of Enbridge's named executive officers are North American in scope, equally-weighted Canadian and US peer groups are determined and used for executive compensation benchmarking.
Peer group determination
The peer group for 2014 remains unchanged from 2013. Enbridge's peer group is reviewed annually, and was last revised in 2012. Enbridge's peer group was developed based on an initial selection of companies of similar size (between 50% and 200% of enterprise value), with additions or deletions to best reflect the organizations with which Enbridge competes for customers, capital (including risk profile) and executive talent.
The Canadian peer companies identified include a broader range of industries than the US peers, including large pipeline, energy, utility and railway companies that are similar to Enbridge in size, based on enterprise value and revenues, and in risk profile. Together, they reflect the Canadian business environment in which Enbridge operates.
Since the US energy sector is much larger and has more depth than Canada's, the US peer companies identified are from a narrower range of industries, more similar to Enbridge, and include mainly oil and gas pipelines and utilities.
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2014 peer group
While enterprise value is used as a primary peer group selection criteria with respect to company size (as a proxy for business complexity), other size metrics are also important. The 2014 peer group, and how Enbridge compares in terms of size, as of December 31, 2014 (unless otherwise noted), is as follows:
Canadian Peer Group
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Enbridge Inc. | 95,776 | 37,396 | 72,857 | 9,098 | 50,898 | ||||||
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Canadian National Railway Company | 72,662 | 12,134 | 32,177 | 23,721 | 64,768 | ||||||
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TransCanada Corporation | 71,789 | 10,234 | 58,947 | 5,551 | 40,465 | ||||||
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Suncor Energy Inc. | 61,122 | 39,862 | 79,671 | 13,946 | 53,288 | ||||||
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Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. | 52,866 | 18,426 | 2 | 59,016 | 2 | 6,621 | 39,218 | ||||
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Imperial Oil Ltd. | 49,313 | 35,404 | 40,830 | 5,300 | 42,422 | ||||||
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Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. | 42,732 | 6,620 | 16,954 | 14,977 | 37,165 | ||||||
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Husky Energy Inc. | 31,612 | 24,166 | 38,848 | 5,479 | 27,053 | ||||||
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Cenovus Energy Inc. | 22,245 | 19,642 | 24,828 | 3,544 | 18,148 | ||||||
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Talisman Energy Inc. | 14,054 | 5,139 | 20,072 | 2,809 | 9,391 | ||||||
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Encana Corporation | 13,119 | 8,209 | 2 | 23,842 | 2 | 3,303 | 11,984 | ||||
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Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 153,435 | 18,767 | 96,518 | 11,075 | 104,310 | ||||||
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Duke Energy Corporation | 115,528 | 27,755 | 140,035 | 27,948 | 68,519 | ||||||
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Enterprise Products Partners L.P. | 100,600 | 55,628 | 49,775 | 6,685 | 78,787 | ||||||
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Enbridge Inc. | 95,776 | 37,396 | 72,857 | 9,098 | 50,898 | ||||||
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Nextera Energy, Inc. | 85,485 | 19,746 | 86,925 | 13,900 | 53,762 | ||||||
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Dominion Resources, Inc. | 82,676 | 14,427 | 63,025 | 14,500 | 52,100 | ||||||
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The Southern Company | 79,833 | 21,461 | 78,485 | 26,300 | 51,788 | ||||||
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The Williams Companies, Inc. | 77,048 | 8,860 | 58,658 | 4,909 | 38,945 | ||||||
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Exelon Corporation | 60,624 | 30,345 | 100,713 | 25,829 | 36,994 | ||||||
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Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. | 53,467 | 59,348 | 55,941 | 12,450 | 26,606 | ||||||
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PPL Corporation | 49,385 | 13,340 | 56,687 | 4,016 | 28,013 | ||||||
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Sempra Energy | 48,575 | 12,802 | 46,093 | 17,000 | 31,780 | ||||||
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PG&E Corporation | 47,445 | 19,826 | 71,784 | 21,166 | 29,394 | ||||||
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Spectra Energy Corp. | 43,370 | 6,848 | 39,490 | 5,800 | 28,257 | ||||||
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Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 36,689 | 14,954 | 51,402 | 14,648 | 22,428 | ||||||
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Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. | 32,082 | 50,423 | 25,819 | 4,900 | 22,116 | ||||||
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Setting compensation targets
For each of the named executives, total direct compensation targets are benchmarked against comparator companies in North America.
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Enbridge generally targets overall total direct compensation at the median (including the CEO position), considering the skill, competency and experience of each senior executive. Executives who demonstrate superior performance and consistently achieve significant results have their total direct compensation aligned at a higher percentile. Some senior executive roles that have smaller scale or scope are benchmarked below median.
Compensation risk management
The HRC Committee oversees Enbridge's compensation programs from the perspective of whether such programs encourage individuals to take inappropriate or excessive risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse impact on Enbridge.
In 2014, Enbridge implemented a new comprehensive risk assessment process to assist the HRC Committee in evaluating compensation risk. The assessment covers program design, governance (oversight and decision-making), policy alignment and best practice incorporation. Mercer provided input into the design of the assessment tool, reviewed management's conclusions and provided their opinion to the HRC Committee in support of the conclusions reached by management.
Compensation risk mitigation practices
The company uses the following compensation practices to mitigate risk:
The HRC Committee has considered the concept of risk as it relates to the compensation programs and has concluded that the programs do not encourage excessive or inappropriate risk taking, and that these programs are aligned with the long-term interests of shareholders.
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Operational risk management
The following chart outlines the key principles of Enbridge's Operational Risk Management (ORM) Plan, designed to address technical risk mitigation opportunities and position Enbridge as an industry leader with respect to safety and operational reliability.
The various facets of the ORM Plan are tied directly to the short-term incentive awards of every employee at Enbridge through the use of safety, system reliability/integrity, and environmental performance metrics that are applied to business unit scorecard results. See page 60 for examples of these metrics. In 2014, every employee was required to have safety objectives incorporated into their individual performance goals, with a minimum weighting of 10%. |
Every Enbridge employee is required to have safety objectives incorporated into the individual performance goals tied to their short-term incentive. |
All executives are expected to support the safety culture by conducting site visits at both field and office locations to discuss the importance of safety, make safety observations and solicit any safety concerns from employees and contractors. The Board of Directors firmly supports this activity and participates in site visits where directors have an opportunity to speak to employees directly to discuss safety processes and procedures and get their perspective on safety at Enbridge. There were over 135 executive/director site visits conducted in 2014.
Share ownership
Target share ownership is a multiple of base salary, depending on position level, and executives are required to meet and maintain the target within four years of being appointed to the position. Executives can acquire Enbridge common shares by participating in the employee savings plan, exercising stock options or by making personal investments in Enbridge common shares. Personal holdings, and Enbridge common shares held in the name of a spouse, dependent child or trust, all count toward meeting the guidelines. Performance stock units, restricted stock units and unexercised stock options do not count towards meeting the guidelines.
Target and actual share ownership as of December 31, 2014
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J. Richard Bird | 2x base salary | 22x base salary | Yes | ||||
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D. Guy Jarvis | 2x base salary | 5x base salary | Yes | ||||
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Hedging policy
The insider trading and reporting guidelines, among other things, prohibit directors, officers and employees from purchasing financial instruments that are designed to hedge or offset a decrease in market value of equity securities granted as compensation or held by the named executive officer, as such positions delink the intended alignment of employee and shareholder interests. The following activities are specifically prohibited:
Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy
The Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy allows Enbridge to recover, from current and former executives, certain incentive compensation amounts awarded or paid to such individuals if such individuals engaged in fraud or willful misconduct that led to inaccurate financial results reporting, regardless of whether such misconduct resulted in a restatement of all or a part of Enbridge's financial statements.
Assessing 2014 performance
Enbridge common shares closed at $59.74 on the TSX on December 31, 2014, resulting in a total shareholder return that outperformed the S&P/TSX Composite Index by over 20% in 2014. Over the past 10 years the total shareholder return has exceeded the S&P/TSX Composite Index by an average of 11% per year. Since Enbridge's inception as a publicly traded entity over 62 years ago, it has delivered an average annual total shareholder return of more than 15%, outperforming the TSX Composite Index by more than 6% over a similar timeframe.
Enbridge performance relative to S&P/TSX Composite Index As at December 31, 2014 |
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Enbridge had a very successful year in 2014, continuing to build the company on a very solid foundation.
Critical areas of safety and operational reliability performance were advanced through the ORM Plan, which involves the ongoing maintenance and enhancement of pipelines and facilities. Enbridge's safety culture was strengthened with the publication of the Enbridge Safety Management System Framework, establishing a rigorous and shared standard common across all operations and businesses to effectively manage and mitigate the hazards associated with transporting, distributing and generating the energy society counts on.
Enbridge continued to build on its track record of good performance with adjusted EPS increasing by 6.7% in 2014 to $1.90 per common share.
In December 2014, Enbridge announced:
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Enbridge continued to grow across all of its businesses and exited 2014 with a $44 billion capital investment growth program, including $34 billion in commercially secured projects through to 2018 and $10 billion in additional potential capital projects.
Growth projects include the completion in 2014 of the Seaway Crude Pipeline System Twinning and the Flanagan South Pipeline two major components of the $5.4 billion Western Gulf Coast Access initiative. Taken together, the Western Gulf Coast Access initiative, Eastern Access program and Light Oil Market Access initiative are linking growing producing regions to markets and providing refineries in Canada and the U.S. with reliable North American crude oil. By the end of 2014, these initiatives had added 1.3 million barrels per day (bpd) of incremental market access capacity and are expected to add another 400,000 bpd by the end of 2015. These programs effectively respond to the needs of customers, as do the secured capital projects to expand the Alberta regional infrastructure and the Bakken infrastructure in North Dakota.
Major announcements for Enbridge's Liquids Pipeline business in 2014 include:
Enbridge's other businesses had notable successes in 2014 as well:
Enbridge also continued the execution of its sponsored vehicle strategy, with the transfer of a package of assets and interests to Enbridge Income Fund for proceeds of approximately $1.8 billion and a drop down of assets to Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. for aggregate consideration of US$1 billion. These transactions create value for Enbridge by providing sources of low-cost funding for the enterprise-wide growth program and by maximizing the value of strong cash generating assets.
In 2014, Enbridge successfully onboarded more than 2,900 employees and contractors in Canada and the U.S. to support current and future growth. The enterprise-wide employee engagement score from the biannual 2014 Employee Perspectives Survey was 74%, exceeding the North American average (63%) and the North American energy sector average (61%). Enbridge also received recognition for corporate and social responsibility and sustainability practices, including being named one of the Global 100 Most Sustainable Large Corporations in the World and one of Canada's Top 100 Employers in 2014.
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Short-term incentive performance multiplier
The calculation of short-term incentive awards is derived from three factors, one of which is corporate performance. The other two (business unit and individual performance) are described on pages 59 and 61.
For short-term incentive purposes, Enbridge's 2014 corporate performance was measured by adjusted EPS. This is a metric that focuses on the return to shareholders and is aligned with how investors and securities analysts assess Enbridge's performance on an annual basis. Adjusted EPS is reported regularly to the investor community and is also a metric that is understandable from an employee perspective.
The annual Board-approved budget establishes the target (1.0 multiplier) for this metric. The minimum (0.0) and maximum (2.0) multipliers were set using the bottom and top of the external guidance range that was publicly disclosed prior to the beginning of 2014. The adjusted EPS metric represents 25 60% of the named executives' short-term incentive awards.
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Consistent with Enbridge's financial reporting and public disclosure of results, adjusted earnings excludes the impact of non-recurring and non-operating items. Approximately $420 million of net adjustments were made to arrive at adjusted earnings of $1,574 million, including adjustments for non-cash mark-to-market gains/(losses) on derivatives to hedge exposure to market price risks (foreign exchange, interest rates and commodity prices), and tax on intercompany gains and sales. For incentive compensation purposes, adjusted earnings also exclude the impact of certain long-term financing activities on earnings, bringing adjusted EPS to $1.91.
Before approving the 2014 corporate performance multiplier, the HRC Committee also considered Enbridge's performance compared to other companies in its performance peer group and companies in the TSX Composite index, as measured by dividend per share growth, total shareholder return and reward to risk over the past one, three, five and ten year periods. Enbridge's 2014 performance on all of the key performance indicators remained at or near the top quartile. After thoroughly reviewing corporate, business unit and individual performance, the HRC Committee was comfortable that the recommended short-term incentive awards appropriately reflected the results achieved and did not exercise its discretion to adjust the awards from what was presented for approval.
Based on the 2014 adjusted EPS measure of $1.91 for incentive compensation purposes, the resulting corporate short-term incentive performance multiplier is 0.70.
Use of discretion
The President & Chief Executive Officer can recommend an adjustment up or down to the calculated short-term incentive award for his direct reports when he feels it is appropriate, to reflect extraordinary events and other factors not contemplated in the original measures or targets. The HRC Committee must consider and, if appropriate, approve the President & Chief Executive Officer's recommendations.
The HRC Committee can adjust the calculated short-term incentive award for the President & Chief Executive Officer up or down at its discretion. It can also change or waive the eligibility criteria, performance measures and scorecards, and the target and maximum award levels when it believes it is reasonable to do so, considering matters such as key performance indicators and the business environment in which the performance was achieved. The Board must approve the HRC Committee's recommendations.
Executive compensation design & 2014 decisions
Enbridge's executive compensation program is made up of six components.
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Base salary
On April 1, 2014, Messrs. Bird and Whelen received base salary increases of 3.8% to maintain their competitive position within the market. A larger increase was awarded to Messrs. Monaco and Robottom (10% and 6%, respectively) to better align their positioning relative to the competitive market.
Mr. Whelen received an additional base salary increase of 8% effective July 1, 2014 upon his appointment to Senior Vice President, Finance and a further increase of 22.5% effective October 15, 2014 upon his appointment to Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Jarvis received a base salary increase of 25% on March 1, 2014 when he was promoted to President, Liquids Pipelines.
Upon hire, Mr. Harper's initial salary was US$400,000; this was increased by 3.5% to US$414,000 effective April 1, 2014 to maintain his position relative to the competitive market.
Base Salary (as of December 31)
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John K. Whelen | 500,000 | 37.4% | 364,000 | ||||
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J. Richard Bird | 782,700 | 3.8% | 754,000 | ||||
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D. Guy Jarvis | 530,000 | 25.0% | 424,000 | ||||
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David T. Robottom | 522,700 | 6.0% | 493,100 | ||||
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Short-term incentive
Each executive's target award and payout range reflect the level of responsibility associated with their role, as well as competitive practice, and is established as a percentage of base salary.
It is critically important to ensure all Enbridge executives are incented to achieve not only financial results but also operational results in the areas of safety and environmental performance, as well as customer, employee and other stakeholder based measures. For this reason, the short-term incentive awards are paid based on performance against a combination of corporate, business unit and individual goals that are set at the beginning of the year. For those executives who have primary responsibility for overall corporate performance, the corporate performance metrics are given more weight. Business unit performance metrics are given the most weight for executives with primary responsibility within an operating business unit.
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Short-term incentive targets (as of December 31, 2014)
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The awards are calculated using an actual performance multiplier that ranges anywhere between 0.0 and 2.0, depending on whether the combination of goals has been met.
2014 short-term incentive results
In early 2015, the HRC Committee determined awards for the named executives under the short-term incentive plan of $3,345,987 including $1,228,660 to the President & Chief Executive Officer.
Corporate performance
Enbridge's 2014 corporate performance was measured using adjusted EPS. This component represents between 25-60% of the named executives' short-term incentive award. See page 57 for a summary of corporate performance and results.
The 2014 performance multiplier for the corporate component was 0.70 out of 2.00.
Business unit performance
Business unit performance is assessed relative to a scorecard of metrics and targets established by each business leader and their senior management teams at the start of the year. Scorecard targets are approved and results are reviewed by an evaluation committee, comprised of members of the Executive Leadership Team and other executives representing specific functional disciplines. The President & Chief Executive Officer reviews all business unit results, which are then recommended to the HRC Committee for approval.
The makeup of scorecards will vary by business unit, but will include a range of metrics including:
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The following table provides examples of the types of metrics that are used in the scorecards of the various business units.
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Integrity & | number of action items closed resulting from process safety management audits | ||||
Environmental | governance, compliance and ethics initiatives | ||||
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cost containment | |||||
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Al Monaco | Composite measure non-financial operating measures for the combined enterprise |
1.37 | |||
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John K. Whelen | Corporate Office non-financial operating measures for the combined enterprise financial (corporate costs) corporate office safety performance safety measures for the combined enterprise employee retention |
1.68 | |||
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J. Richard Bird | Corporate Office (80%) non-financial operating measures for the combined enterprise financial (corporate costs) corporate office safety performance safety measures for the combined enterprise employee retention |
1.68 | |||
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Green Energy, International and Energy Marketing (20%) financial and operating measures for the Green Energy, International and Energy Marketing business units |
1.33 | ||||
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D. Guy Jarvis | Liquids Pipelines financial, commercial and operating measures for the Liquids Pipelines business unit |
1.51 | |||
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David T. Robottom | Corporate Office non-financial operating measures for the combined enterprise financial (corporate costs) corporate office safety performance safety measures for the combined enterprise employee retention |
1.68 | |||
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C. Gregory Harper | Gas Pipelines & Processing (50%) financial, operating and commercial measures for the Gas Pipelines & Processing business unit |
1.61 | |||
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Midcoast Energy Partners (50%) financial, operating, commercial and safety measures for the Midcoast Operating business unit employee engagement |
0.86 | ||||
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Individual performance
In consultation with Mr. David A. Arledge, Chair, Board of Directors, and Ms. Catherine L. Williams, Chair, HRC Committee, the President & Chief Executive Officer established his individual 2014 objectives at the start of the year, taking into consideration the company's financial and strategic priorities. The President & Chief Executive Officer's objectives were provided to all of the Board members.
The President & Chief Executive Officer established individual objectives with the other members of the Executive Leadership Team for 2014 at the start of the year, basing them on strategic and operational priorities related to their portfolios and other factors.
The discussion of each named executive's individual and business unit performances starts on page 71.
2014 short-term incentive calculations
The table below details each named executive's overall performance multiplier for 2014:
Short-term incentive performance multipliers
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Al Monaco | 60% | 0.70 | 0.42 | 20% | 1.37 | 0.27 | 20% | 1.90 | 0.38 | 1.07 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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John K. Whelen | 60% | 0.70 | 0.42 | 20% | 1.68 | 0.34 | 20% | 1.60 | 0.32 | 1.08 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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J. Richard Bird | 60% | 0.70 | 0.42 | 20% | 1.61 | 0.32 | 20% | 1.85 | 0.37 | 1.11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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D. Guy Jarvis | 25% | 0.70 | 0.18 | 50% | 1.51 | 0.76 | 25% | 1.75 | 0.44 | 1.37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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David T. Robottom | 60% | 0.70 | 0.42 | 20% | 1.68 | 0.34 | 20% | 1.65 | 0.33 | 1.09 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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C. Gregory Harper | 25% | 0.70 | 0.18 | 50% | 1.24 | 0.62 | 25% | 1.60 | 0.40 | 1.19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Each named executive officer's calculated short-term incentive award, as well as the actual award, is as follows:
Short-term incentive award calculations
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Al Monaco | 1,144,000 | 100% | 1.07 | 1,224,080 | 1,228,660 | ||||||||||||
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John K. Whelen2 | 500,000 | 65% | 1.08 | 351,000 | 243,943 | ||||||||||||
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J. Richard Bird3 | 782,700 | 65% | 1.11 | 564,718 | 765,736 | ||||||||||||
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D. Guy Jarvis4 | 530,000 | 65% | 1.37 | 471,965 | 465,248 | ||||||||||||
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David T. Robottom | 522,700 | 60% | 1.09 | 341,846 | 340,591 | ||||||||||||
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C. Gregory Harper2 | 480,281 | 60% | 1.19 | 342,921 | 301,809 | ||||||||||||
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Medium- and long-term incentives
Enbridge's medium- and long-term incentives for executives include three plans: the performance stock unit plan, the performance stock option plan and the incentive stock option plan. With the exception of performance stock options which are granted infrequently (usually every five years in August), medium-and long-term incentives are granted annually early in the year.
2015 Management information circular 61
The three plans that apply to executives all have different terms, vesting conditions and performance criteria. This mitigates the risk that executives produce only short-term results for individual profit. This approach also benefits shareholders and helps to maximize the ongoing retention value of the medium-and long-term incentives granted to executives.
The table below outlines the three medium- and long-term plans.
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Term | Three years | Eight years | Ten years | ||||
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Description | Phantom Enbridge common shares with performance conditions that affect payout | Options to acquire Enbridge common shares (once performance conditions met) | Options to acquire Enbridge common shares | ||||
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Frequency | Granted every year | Granted approximately every five years | Granted every year | ||||
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Performance Conditions | Enbridge EPS relative to a target set at the start of the term (50%) Enbridge P/E performance relative to peers (50%) |
Three share price hurdles that must be met within a defined time period Performance vesting weighted at 40%/40%/20% |
n/a | ||||
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Vesting | Units mature in full after three years | Options vest 20% per year over five years, starting on the first anniversary of the grant date. Both time and performance conditions must be met for vesting to occur | Options vest at 25% per year over four years, starting on the first anniversary of the grant date | ||||
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Payout | Paid out in cash at the end of three years based on: the market value of an Enbridge common share at the end of three years and the performance conditions |
Participant acquires Enbridge common shares at the exercise price defined at the time of grant (fair market value) | Participant acquires Enbridge common shares at the exercise price defined at the time of grant (fair market value) | ||||
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The table below shows the target medium- and long-term incentive awards for each named executive, as well as the amount each plan contributes to that total, in each case as a percentage of base salary.
Medium- & long-term incentive targets (as of December 31, 2014)
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Incentive stock options |
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Al Monaco | 330% | 115.0% | 100.0% | 115.0% | |||||
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John K. Whelen2 | 225% | 78.8% | 67.5% | 78.8% | |||||
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J. Richard Bird | 250% | 87.5% | 75.0% | 87.5% | |||||
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D. Guy Jarvis2 | 225% | 78.8% | 67.5% | 78.8% | |||||
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David T. Robottom | 200% | 70.0% | 60.0% | 70.0% | |||||
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C. Gregory Harper | 200% | 70.0% | 60.0% | 70.0% | |||||
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Medium- and long-term incentive grants are determined as follows:
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Performance stock units
Performance stock units give executives the opportunity to earn up to two times the value of their units when such units mature after three years, by achieving certain performance measures. Performance stock units are granted annually, near the beginning of the year.
Two performance measures are currently used, each weighted at 50%:
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Ameren Corporation | OGE Energy Corp. | ||
Canadian Utilities Limited | ONEOK, Inc. | ||
Centerpoint Energy, Inc. | PG&E Corporation | ||
Emera Incorporated | Sempra Energy | ||
Fortis Inc. | Spectra Energy Corp. | ||
National Fuel Gas Company | TransAlta Corporation | ||
NiSource Inc. | TransCanada Corporation | ||
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Payout is determined at the end of the three year term using an actual performance multiplier that ranges anywhere from 0.0 to 2.0 depending on whether the performance conditions are met. The final Enbridge share price at the end of the term is the weighted average trading price of an Enbridge common share on the TSX or NYSE for the last 20 days before the end of the term.
2014 performance stock unit grant
Effective January 1, 2014, the following performance stock units were granted to the named executives.
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Al Monaco | 28,200 | 1,249,260 | 1,040,000 | 120% | |||||
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John K. Whelen | 5,750 | 254,725 | 364,000 | 70% | |||||
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J. Richard Bird | 15,000 | 664,500 | 754,000 | 88% | |||||
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D. Guy Jarvis2 | 11,050 | 489,515 | 424,000 | 115% | |||||
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2014 restricted stock unit grant
In addition to the above, Mr. Harper was granted US$ denominated non-performance-based restricted stock units upon his hire in January 2014 to partially replace the value of incentives forfeited at another company when he joined Enbridge.
Restricted stock units are similar to performance stock units except they do not contain a performance multiplier and vest after 35 months instead of 36 months.
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2012 performance stock unit payout
The performance stock units granted in 2012 matured on December 31, 2014 and both performance targets were exceeded. The performance multiplier of 1.88 was calculated based on:
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Lower threshold | $1.62 | Below 50th percentile | |||||
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Upper threshold | $1.97 | Above 75th percentile | |||||
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Al Monaco | 21,200 | 1,855.09 | 23,055.09 | 1.88 | 56.71 | 2,458,014 | ||||||||||||||||
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John K. Whelen | 5,500 | 481.27 | 5,981.27 | 1.88 | 56.71 | 637,692 | ||||||||||||||||
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J. Richard Bird | 16,100 | 1,408.82 | 17,508.82 | 1.88 | 56.71 | 1,866,700 | ||||||||||||||||
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D. Guy Jarvis | 5,700 | 498.78 | 6,198.78 | 1.88 | 56.71 | 660,881 | ||||||||||||||||
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David T. Robottom | 8,600 | 752.54 | 9,352.54 | 1.88 | 56.71 | 997,119 | ||||||||||||||||
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Performance stock options are granted approximately once every five years and provide executives the opportunity to buy Enbridge common shares at the exercise price specified at the time of the grant, as long as share price hurdles are met by a certain date. Hurdles are set before the performance stock options are granted, and are based on growth rates that represent exceptional (top quartile) performance and historical P/E ratio information for the industry.
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2012 performance stock option grant
In August 2012, the named executives received performance stock options intended to cover the period of 2012 2016, summarized in the table below.
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The 2012 performance stock options had a grant price of $39.34. The vesting of performance stock options is contingent on both time and performance vesting provisions. Performance stock options vest in equal annual installments over five years, subject to share price hurdles ($48, $53 and $58 for the 2012 grant) being achieved. The weighted average trading price over a period of 20 consecutive trading days must exceed the share price hurdles in order for the performance condition to be met.
For clarity, the following table further describes the vesting provisions and performance criteria of the 2012 performance stock option grant. The percentage exercisable is the Percentage Performance Vested multiplied by the Percentage Time Vested:
Performance stock option vesting percentages
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2014 performance stock option grant
Mr. Harper was granted an initial award of performance stock options in February 2014 in conjunction with his employment with Enbridge. This is part of his regular long-term incentive compensation. This grant was intended to cover the period from 2014 2016, and was denominated in CA$.
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Consistent with the 2012 performance stock option grant, Mr. Harper's 2014 performance stock options are contingent on both time and performance vesting provisions. However, Mr. Harper's options vest in equal annual installments over four years (instead of five), and are subject to share price hurdles of $53 and $58 (instead of $48, $53 and $58) being achieved. The performance stock option had a grant price of $48.81.
For clarity, the following table further describes the vesting provisions and performance criteria of Mr. Harper's 2014 performance stock option grant. The percentage exercisable is the Percentage Performance Vested multiplied by the Percentage Time Vested:
Performance stock option vesting percentages
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33% of grant value |
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0% of grant value |
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The $53 share price hurdle from Mr. Harper's 2014 grant was met in 2014, but since the first time vesting requirement had not yet been met, none of the grant was vested or exercisable as of December 31, 2014.
There were no other performance stock option grants in 2014 as the 2012 grant is intended to provide annual value over the period from 2012 2016. Mr. Whelen also became eligible for performance stock options on October 15, 2014 but by that time, only one performance hurdle remained to be met. Mr. Whelen will instead receive additional consideration for his 2015 performance stock units and incentive stock option grants.
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Incentive stock options
Incentive stock options provide executives the option to buy Enbridge common shares at some point in the future at the exercise price defined at the time of grant.
Incentive stock options are typically granted in February of each year to both Canadian and US members of senior management who are eligible to participate in the incentive stock option plan. Options granted to US employees can either be qualified or non-qualified, as defined by the US Internal Revenue Code.
Incentive stock options vest in equal installments over a four-year period. The maximum term of a stock option is ten years, but the term can be reduced if the executive leaves Enbridge. Please see page 83 for further details.
The exercise price of an incentive stock option is the weighted average trading price of an Enbridge common share on the listed exchange for the last five trading days before the grant date. If the grant date is during a trading blackout period, the grant date will be adjusted to no earlier than the sixth trading day after the trading blackout period ends. Stock options are never backdated or re-priced.
Incentive stock options may be granted to executives when they join Enbridge, normally effective on the executive's date of hire. If the hire date falls within a blackout period, the grant is delayed until after the end of the blackout period.
2014 incentive stock option grant
The table below shows the incentive stock options granted to each of the named executives in March 2014.
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John K. Whelen2 | 92,700 | 558,981 | 364,000 | 154% | |||||
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J. Richard Bird | 140,000 | 844,200 | 754,000 | 112% | |||||
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D. Guy Jarvis3 | 78,350 | 472,451 | 424,000 | 111% | |||||
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David T. Robottom | 55,050 | 331,952 | 493,100 | 67% | |||||
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Retirement benefits
As of January 1, 2000 (or the time of hire or promotion to a senior management position if after that date) the named executives joined the senior management pension plan, which is a non-contributory defined benefit plan that provides a market-competitive retirement income to all senior management employees. Before becoming members of this plan, certain named executives participated in a non-contributory defined benefit or defined contribution pension plan.
2015 Management information circular 67
The following graphic shows how the retirement benefit payable under the defined benefit pension plan applicable to the named executives is calculated:
Some key terms of the defined benefit plan:
2014 summary of defined benefits
The following table outlines estimated annual retirement benefits, accrued pension obligations and compensatory and non-compensatory changes for the named executives under the defined benefit pension plans. All information is based on the assumptions and methods used for the purposes of reporting the company's financial statements and which are described in the company's financial statements.
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Age 65 ($) |
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Al Monaco3 | 16.08 | 494,000 | 923,000 | 8,097,000 | 1,028,000 | 2,334,000 | 11,459,000 | ||||||||
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John K. Whelen | 17.16 | 159,000 | 336,000 | 2,092,000 | 1,208,000 | 721,000 | 4,021,000 | ||||||||
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J. Richard Bird4 | 19.92 | 549,000 | 549,000 | 8,215,000 | 348,000 | 924,000 | 9,487,000 | ||||||||
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D. Guy Jarvis | 14.50 | 163,000 | 397,000 | 2,251,000 | 749,000 | 904,000 | 3,904,000 | ||||||||
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David T. Robottom5 | 8.58 | 235,000 | 339,000 | 3,223,000 | 505,000 | 615,000 | 4,343,000 | ||||||||
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C. Gregory Harper6 | 0.92 | 9,000 | 181,000 | | 160,000 | 48,000 | 208,000 | ||||||||
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Defined contribution plan
The defined contribution pension plan is a non-contributory pension plan. The level of contribution varies, depending on age and years of service.
None of the named executives are currently participating in the defined contribution pension plan.
2014 contributions
Mr. Monaco and Mr. Whelen participated in the defined contribution plan from 1997 to 1999 inclusive. The values shown below reflect the 2014 year end market value of assets for Mr. Monaco's and Mr. Whelen's prior participation in the defined contribution plan.
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John K. Whelen | 53,438 | | 57,944 | ||||
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Other retirement terms
Other Benefits
Enbridge's savings plan, perquisites and benefits plans are key elements of the total compensation package for its named executives.
Savings Plan
The savings plan encourages share ownership by matching employee Enbridge common share purchases of up to 2.5% of base salary (5% in the US). In Canada matching contributions are provided as flex credits which may be used to purchase additional benefits or taken as after tax cash; in the US, matching contributions are invested in the savings plan. The named executives participate in this plan along with all other employees.
Perquisites
The named executives receive an annual perquisite allowance to offset expenses related to their positions. This includes the cost of owning and operating a vehicle, parking and business clubs. These allowance levels are reviewed regularly for competitiveness. The named executives are also reimbursed for a portion of costs for personal financial planning.
2014 Perquisites
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Al Monaco | $49,500 | 50%, up to $10,000 | |||
John K. Whelen1 | $23,205 | 50%, up to $5,000 | |||
J. Richard Bird | $35,000 | 50%, up to $5,000 | |||
D. Guy Jarvis | $35,000 | 50%, up to $5,000 | |||
David T. Robottom | $35,000 | 50%, up to $5,000 | |||
C. Gregory Harper2 | $35,586 | 50%, up to $5,000 | |||
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Life and Health Benefits
Medical, dental, life insurance and disability insurance benefits are available to meet the specific needs of individuals and their families. The named executives participate in the same plan as all other employees. The plans are structured to provide minimum basic coverage with the option of enhanced coverage at a level that is competitive and affordable.
The HRC Committee reviews the retirement and other benefits regularly. These benefits are a key element of a total compensation package and are designed to be competitive and reasonably meet the needs of executives in their current roles.
Compensation changes in 2015
The HRC Committee reviews Enbridge's compensation philosophy and practices every year with assistance from Mercer to ensure they are appropriate, competitive and continuing to meet the intended goals. Based on the annual compensation benchmarking review for senior executive positions conducted by Mercer in the fall of 2014, there are no planned changes to compensation targets for 2015.
However, Enbridge will be introducing a new medium-term incentive plan tied to the equity of Midcoast Energy Partners, L.P., an indirect subsidiary that owns Enbridge's gas gathering and processing assets in the US. Mr. Harper is the only named executive who is a part of this subsidiary (as President) and who will participate in the new plan. He will continue to receive the majority of medium- and long-term incentives tied to the equity of Enbridge Inc. Mr. Harper's annualized long-term incentive target will remain at 200% of base salary, allocated as follows:
Further, the payout curve for the short-term incentive plan (applicable to all employees) was reviewed and revised for 2015 to reflect a 0.5 multiplier for threshold performance on the corporate (EPS) metric. This is in recognition that Enbridge's EPS range is narrower than its peers and will also better align to typical market practice.
As part of its ongoing assessment, Enbridge will continue to review compensation programs during the course of 2015. Any changes will be brought forward to the HRC Committee and the Board, as applicable, for decision. Any approved changes would come into effect in 2016 at the earliest.
Total direct compensation for named executives
The following profiles for each named executive provide:
The values provided in the named executives' profiles are taken from the Summary Compensation Table. Information on these values is provided in the notes to the Summary Compensation Table starting on page 78.
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In 2014, Mr. Monaco:
Short-term incentive performance details
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Corporate performance1 | Adjusted EPS | 60% | 0.70 | ||||
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Business unit performance2 | Non-financial operating measures for the combined enterprise | 20% | 1.37 | ||||
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Individual performance | Individual objectives set by the Board of Directors | 20% | 1.90 | ||||
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Overall performance | Combined weighted performance average | 100% | 1.07 | ||||
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In 2014, Mr. Whelen:
Short-term incentive performance details
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employee retention | 20% | 1.68 | |||||
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Individual performance | Individual objectives set with the President & CEO | 20% | 1.60 | ||||
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Overall performance | Combined weighted performance average | 100% | 1.08 | ||||
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In 2014, Mr. Bird provided executive leadership to the following activities:
Short-term incentive performance details
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employee retention | 16% | 1.68 | |||||
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financial and operating measures for the Green Energy, International and Energy Marketing business units | 4% | 1.33 | |||||
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Individual performance | Individual objectives set with the President & CEO | 20% | 1.85 | ||||
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Overall performance | Combined weighted performance average | 100% | 1.11 | ||||
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In 2014, Mr. Jarvis:
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Corporate performance1 | Adjusted EPS | 25% | 0.70 | ||||
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financial, commercial, and operating measures for the Liquids Pipelines business unit | 50% | 1.51 | |||||
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Individual performance | Individual objectives set with the President & CEO | 25% | 1.75 | ||||
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Overall performance | Combined weighted performance average | 100% | 1.37 | ||||
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In 2014, Mr. Robottom provided executive oversight for:
Short-term incentive performance details
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employee retention | 20% | 1.68 | |||||
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Individual performance | Individual objectives set with the President & CEO | 20% | 1.65 | ||||
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Overall performance | Combined weighted performance average | 100% | 1.09 | ||||
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2015 Management information circular 75
In 2014, Mr. Harper:
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financial and operating measures for the Gas Pipelines & Processing business unit | 25% | 1.61 | |||||
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employee engagement | 25% | 0.86 | |||||
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Executive compensation and shareholder return
The chart below shows what $100 invested in common shares on December 31, 2009 would have been worth at the end of each of the last five years (assuming reinvestment of dividends) and compares that to the performance of the S&P/TSX Composite Index. It also shows the growth in average total compensation reported for the named executives each year (aggregate compensation taken from the Summary Compensation Table divided by the number of named executives), including short-, mid- and long-term incentive programs, all of which are at risk compensation.
Total return vs. growth in total compensation
based on a notional $100 investment at year-end 2009
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Total compensation of named executives (CA$ millions)1 | $18.1 | $16.3 | $40.5 | $15.5 | $20.3 | ||||||
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Annualized total compensation of named executives (CA$ millions)2 | $20.8 | $19.0 | $30.9 | $18.2 | $22.2 | ||||||
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The total return on Enbridge Inc. common shares has been positive in each of the prior five years, while aggregate compensation paid to the named executives has largely remained flat (on a normalized basis) over the same period. The spike in total compensation in 2012 was a result of disclosing compensation in respect of six named executives (rather than five in the preceding and following years) and the five-year performance stock option grant in that year which is intended to reward executives for performance over a five-year period, despite being granted in a single year.
2015 Management information circular 77
The table below shows the total amounts that Enbridge and its subsidiaries paid and granted to the named executives for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012.
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Share- based awards1 ($) |
Option- based awards2,3 ($) |
Non-equity (annual incentive plan)4 ($) |
Pension value5 ($) |
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Al Monaco | 2014 | 1,118,000 | 1,249,260 | 1,199,970 | 1,228,660 | 1,028,000 | 104,242 | 5,928,132 | |||||||||
President & CEO | 2013 | 1,030,000 | 1,200,672 | 1,248,050 | 1,222,860 | 652,000 | 87,913 | 5,441,495 | |||||||||
2012 | 804,167 | 771,256 | 5,237,400 | 1,033,550 | 4,251,000 | 69,099 | 12,166,472 | ||||||||||
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John K. Whelen | 2014 | 408,880 | 254,725 | 558,981 | 243,943 | 1,208,000 | 56,546 | 2,731,075 | |||||||||
Executive Vice President | 2013 | 360,998 | 206,366 | 428,098 | 232,000 | 154,000 | 44,221 | 1,425,683 | |||||||||
& CFO | 2012 | 348,605 | 200,090 | 385,250 | 221,750 | 149,000 | 39,573 | 1,344,268 | |||||||||
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J. Richard Bird | 2014 | 775,525 | 664,500 | 844,200 | 765,736 | 348,000 | 93,501 | 3,491,462 | |||||||||
Executive Vice President | 2013 | 746,750 | 633,688 | 658,633 | 550,000 | 313,000 | 73,135 | 2,975,206 | |||||||||
2012 | 700,300 | 585,718 | 3,287,810 | 622,830 | 1,596,000 | 68,535 | 6,861,193 | ||||||||||
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D. Guy Jarvis | 2014 | 512,333 | 489,515 | 472,451 | 465,248 | 749,000 | 96,998 | 2,785,545 | |||||||||
President, Liquids Pipelines | 2013 | 418,000 | 310,591 | 328,908 | 266,720 | 321,000 | 114,894 | 1,760,113 | |||||||||
2012 | 375,500 | 207,366 | 1,177,950 | 239,010 | 305,000 | 31,818 | 2,336,644 | ||||||||||
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David T. Robottom | 2014 | 515,300 | 345,540 | 331,952 | 340,591 | 505,000 | 54,735 | 2,093,118 | |||||||||
Executive Vice President | 2013 | 485,033 | 323,098 | 334,903 | 365,000 | 602,000 | 53,772 | 2,163,806 | |||||||||
& Chief Legal Officer | 2012 | 456,398 | 312,868 | 1,679,525 | 309,220 | 434,000 | 44,453 | 3,236,464 | |||||||||
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C. Gregory Harper | 2014 | 417,808 | 845,871 | 1,052,649 | 301,809 | 160,000 | 464,104 | 3,242,241 | |||||||||
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2013 | $41.69 | $42.27 | |||
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The unit value is the volume weighted average of an Enbridge share on the TSX or the NYSE for the last 20 trading days before the grant date. For compensation reporting, the grant date fair value is used. See page 85 for the applicable exchange rates.
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Expected option term in years | 6.5 | 8 | |||
Expected volatility | 15.00% | 16.10% | |||
Expected dividend yield | 2.80% | 2.80% | |||
Risk free interest rate | 1.70% | 1.60% | |||
Exercise price | $48.81 | $39.34 | |||
Performance discount | 8.5% | 11.4% | |||
Performance option value | $5.77 | $4.25 | |||
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The value of the performance stock options appearing in the summary compensation table above are determined by multiplying the number of performance options granted by the performance option value.
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Expected option term in years | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | |||||
Expected volatility | 17.07% | 20.07% | 16.78% | 19.00% | |||||
Expected dividend yield | 2.87% | 2.87% | 2.77% | 2.95% | |||||
Risk free interest rate | 1.76% | 1.90% | 1.34% | 1.45% | |||||
Exercise price | $48.81 | $44.09 | $44.83 | $38.34 | |||||
Option value | $6.03 | $6.68 | $5.45 | $5.00 | |||||
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2015 Management information circular 79
Incentive plan awards
Outstanding option-based and share-based awards as of December 31, 2014
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Al Monaco | 199,000 | 48.81 | 13-Mar-24 | | 2,175,070 | 28,976 | 31-Dec-16 | 1,731,053 | |||||||||||
229,000 | 44.83 | 27-Feb-23 | 853,598 | 2,560,793 | 30,439 | 31-Dec-15 | 1,818,411 | ||||||||||||
147,500 | 38.34 | 2-Mar-22 | 1,578,250 | 1,578,250 | | 31-Dec-14 | | 2,458,014 | |||||||||||
100,000 | 28.78 | 14-Feb-21 | 2,322,375 | 774,125 | |||||||||||||||
1,058,800 | 39.34 | 15-Aug-20 | 6,911,846 | 14,687,674 | |||||||||||||||
80,000 | 23.30 | 16-Feb-20 | 2,915,600 | | |||||||||||||||
100,000 | 19.81 | 25-Feb-19 | 3,993,500 | | |||||||||||||||
90,000 | 20.21 | 19-Feb-18 | 3,557,700 | | |||||||||||||||
28,400 | 19.13 | 9-Feb-17 | 1,153,324 | | |||||||||||||||
32,600 | 18.24 | 13-Feb-16 | 1,353,063 | | |||||||||||||||
500,000 | 20.21 | 15-Aug-15 | 19,765,000 | | |||||||||||||||
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John K. Whelen | 92,700 | 48.81 | 13-Mar-24 | | 1,013,211 | 5,908 | 31-Dec-16 | 352,963 | |||||||||||
78,550 | 44.83 | 27-Feb-23 | 292,803 | 878,378 | 5,232 | 31-Dec-15 | 312,539 | ||||||||||||
77,050 | 38.34 | 2-Mar-22 | 824,435 | 824,435 | | 31-Dec-14 | | 637,692 | |||||||||||
84,000 | 28.78 | 14-Feb-21 | 1,950,795 | 650,265 | |||||||||||||||
55,000 | 23.30 | 16-Feb-20 | 2,004,475 | | |||||||||||||||
90,000 | 19.81 | 25-Feb-19 | 3,594,150 | | |||||||||||||||
100,600 | 20.21 | 19-Feb-18 | 3,976,718 | | |||||||||||||||
28,000 | 19.13 | 9-Feb-17 | 1,137,080 | | |||||||||||||||
21,800 | 18.24 | 13-Feb-16 | 904,809 | | |||||||||||||||
18,800 | 15.84 | 3-Feb-15 | 825,320 | | |||||||||||||||
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J. Richard Bird | 140,000 | 48.81 | 13-Mar-24 | | 1,530,200 | 15,413 | 31-Dec-16 | 920,773 | |||||||||||
120,850 | 44.83 | 27-Feb-23 | 450,476 | 1,351,398 | 16,065 | 31-Dec-15 | 959,717 | ||||||||||||
43,000 | 38.32 | 28-Sep-22 | 460,530 | 460,530 | | 31-Dec-14 | | 1,866,700 | |||||||||||
112,300 | 38.34 | 2-Mar-22 | 1,201,610 | 1,201,610 | |||||||||||||||
100,000 | 28.78 | 14-Feb-21 | 2,322,375 | 774,125 | |||||||||||||||
80,000 | 23.30 | 16-Feb-20 | 2,915,600 | | |||||||||||||||
591,200 | 39.34 | 15-Aug-20 | 3,859,354 | 8,201,126 | |||||||||||||||
120,000 | 19.81 | 25-Feb-19 | 4,792,200 | | |||||||||||||||
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D. Guy Jarvis | 78,350 | 48.81 | 13-Mar-24 | | 856,366 | 11,354 | 31-Dec-16 | 678,303 | |||||||||||
60,350 | 44.83 | 27-Feb-23 | 224,962 | 674,856 | 7,874 | 31-Dec-15 | 470,388 | ||||||||||||
45,800 | 38.34 | 2-Mar-22 | | 980,120 | | 31-Dec-14 | | 660,881 | |||||||||||
25,300 | 28.78 | 14-Feb-21 | | 783,415 | |||||||||||||||
169,400 | 39.34 | 15-Aug-20 | 1,105,843 | 2,349,917 | |||||||||||||||
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David T. Robottom | 55,050 | 48.81 | 13-Mar-24 | | 601,697 | 8,015 | 31-Dec-16 | 478,802 | |||||||||||
61,450 | 44.83 | 27-Feb-23 | 229,062 | 687,157 | 8,191 | 31-Dec-15 | 489,329 | ||||||||||||
59,400 | 38.34 | 2-Mar-22 | 635,580 | 635,580 | | 31-Dec-14 | | 997,119 | |||||||||||
75,800 | 28.78 | 14-Feb-21 | 1,760,360 | 586,787 | |||||||||||||||
325,300 | 39.34 | 15-Aug-20 | 2,123,558 | 4,512,562 | |||||||||||||||
57,000 | 23.30 | 16-Feb-20 | 2,077,365 | | |||||||||||||||
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C. Gregory Harper | 34,650 | 44.09 | 13-Mar-24 | | 294,245 | 6,885 | 31-Dec-16 | 410,612 | |||||||||||
138,080 | 48.81 | 15-Aug-20 | | 1,509,214 | 12,742 | 1-Dec-16 | 759,938 | ||||||||||||
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Value Vested or Earned in 2014
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Named executive officer | Option-based awards value vested during the year1 ($) |
Share-based awards value vested during the year2 ($) |
Non-equity incentive plan compensation value earned during the year3 ($) |
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Al Monaco | 5,942,954 | 2,458,014 | 1,228,660 | ||||
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John K. Whelen | 942,735 | 637,692 | 243,943 | ||||
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J. Richard Bird | 3,971,607 | 1,866,700 | 765,736 | ||||
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D. Guy Jarvis | 1,789,087 | 660,881 | 465,248 | ||||
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David T. Robottom | 2,264,239 | 997,119 | 340,591 | ||||
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C. Gregory Harper4 | | | 301,809 | ||||
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The values of the option-based awards listed above are based on the following:
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16-Feb-2010 | $23.295 | 16-Feb-2014 | $47.82 | ||||
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14-Feb-2011 | $28.775 | 14-Feb-2014 | $47.82 | ||||
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02-Mar-2012 | $38.340 | 02-Mar-2014 | $46.80 | ||||
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15-Aug-20121 | $39.340 | 18-Mar-2014 | $49.87 | ||||
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15-Aug-20122 | $39.340 | 08-Aug-2014 | $53.47 | ||||
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15-Aug-20123 | $39.340 | 15-Aug-2014 | $53.81 | ||||
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28-Sep-2012 | $38.320 | 28-Sep-2014 | $53.84 | ||||
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27-Feb-2013 | $44.830 | 27-Feb-2014 | $47.00 | ||||
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Additional Stock Option Information
Enbridge Common Shares Used for Purposes of Equity Compensation
Options are granted to employees of Enbridge under the current stock options plans, which were approved by Enbridge shareholders in 2007, as follows:
Before these plans were approved, stock options and performance stocks options were issued under the legacy incentive stock option plan (2002). While options are no longer granted under the legacy 2002 stock option plan, there are still some options outstanding.
Common Shares Reserved for Equity Compensation as of December 31, 2014
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Plan | Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (#) |
Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights ($) |
Number of securities remaining available for future issue under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (#) |
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Current stock option plans | 34,196,791 | 36.37 | 28,316,375 | |||
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Legacy stock option plan | 1,406,761 | 18.42 | | |||
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Stock Options Granted and Outstanding as of March 3, 2015
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Stock options outstanding | |||
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Current stock option plans (incentive stock options and performance stock options) | 39,766,726 | ||
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Legacy incentive stock option plan (2002) | 1,238,111 | ||
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Total for all stock option plans | 4.8% of total issued and outstanding shares | ||
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Plan restrictions
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Enbridge common shares reserved for issue under all stock option plans |
71,000,000 in total, or 8.3% of Enbridge's total issued and outstanding Enbridge common shares as of March 3, 2015 for an employee no more than 5% of the total Enbridge common shares issued and outstanding for an executive or other insider no more than 10% of the total Enbridge common shares issued and outstanding |
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Enbridge common shares that can be issued in a one-year period | for an insider or his or her associate no more than 5% of the total Enbridge common shares issued and outstanding for insiders as a group no more than 10% of the total Enbridge common shares issued and outstanding |
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The number of Enbridge common shares that can be issued as incentive stock options (within the meaning of the US Internal Revenue Code) to designated employees of Enbridge's US subsidiaries |
Up to 2,000,000 Enbridge common shares can be issued to these employees under each option plan unless, at the time of the grant: the employee owns shares that give him or her more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of shares in his or her employer, or of its parent or subsidiary, unless the grant price is at least 110% of the fair market value of the shares, and the options are to be exercised within five years of the grant date or the employee has options that can be exercised in a single calendar year for shares that have a total fair market value of more than US$100,000 (or the amount set out in the US Internal Revenue Code) |
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Options Enbridge's President & Chief Executive Officer can grant to new executives when they join the company | Up to 2% of the total Enbridge common shares outstanding at the time of the grant (undiluted), or the amount stated in the policies of the HRC Committee (whichever is less) | ||
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Making changes to the stock option plans
The Board or the HRC Committee may make the following adjustments to the options or to the common shares that can be issued under the stock option plans upon the occurrence of certain events, including the payment of a stock dividend or a restructuring of the share capital:
The Board may also change the stock option plans, in whole or in part, as long as securities regulators approve the changes; however, Enbridge shareholders must also approve the following changes:
Shareholders approved a 19,000,000 increase in the Enbridge common shares reserved for issuance under the current stock option plans on May 7, 2014.
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Termination provisions of stock option plans
The termination provisions for the incentive stock options are summarized below.
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Reason for termination | Provision1 | ||
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Resignation | Can exercise vested options up to 30 days from the date of termination or until the option term expires (if sooner). | ||
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Retirement | Incentive stock options continue to vest. Vested options can be exercised up to three years from retirement or until the stock option term expires (if sooner). Conditions for performance stock options are mentioned below. | ||
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Death | All options vest and can be exercised up to 12 months from the date of death or until the option term expires (if sooner). | ||
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Disability | Current stock option plans: Options continue to vest based on the regular provisions of the plan. Legacy stock option plan: Vested options can be exercised up to three years from the date of disability or until the option term expires (if sooner). |
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Termination involuntary, not for cause |
Current stock option plans: Unvested options continue to vest during the notice period, and options that are vested or become vested can be exercised up to 30 days after the notice period
expires or until the option term expires (if sooner). Legacy stock option plan: Vested options can be exercised up to 30 days from the date of termination or until the option term expires (if sooner). |
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involuntary, for cause | Current stock option plans: All options are cancelled on the date of termination. Legacy stock option plan: Vested options can be exercised up to 30 days from the date of termination or until the option term expires (if sooner). |
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change of control or reorganization | Current stock option plans: For a change of control, options vest on a date determined by the HRC Committee before the change of control. For any other kind of reorganization, options are to be
assumed by the successor company. If they are not assumed, they will vest and the value will be paid in cash. Legacy stock option plan: Options will be assumed by the successor company. If they are not assumed, they will vest and the value will be paid in cash. |
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Other transfer or assignment of stock options | The holder of an option may not transfer or assign it other than by will, or as allowed by the laws of descent and distribution. | ||
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Performance stock options have the same termination provisions as the incentive stock options except for the following differences:
Termination of employment and change of control arrangements
Employment agreements
Enbridge has entered into employment agreements with each of the named executives. The terms in the agreements are competitive and part of a comprehensive compensation package that assists in recruiting and retaining top executive talent.
The agreements generally provide benefits for executives in three situations:
2015 Management information circular 83
Mr. Bird is the only executive with an employment agreement which includes a single trigger voluntary termination right following a change of control. Starting in 2007 Enbridge's policy was changed to only include double trigger voluntary termination rights in favor of an executive following a change of control event. The agreements with all other named executives were signed after this policy was introduced.
Other restrictive covenants include:
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Confidentiality provision | Non-competition/solicitation | No recruitment | ||||
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Al Monaco | 2 years after departure | 1 year after departure | 2 years after departure | |||
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John K. Whelen | 2 years after departure | 1 year after departure | 2 years after departure | |||
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J. Richard Bird | 2 years after departure | During employment only | During employment only | |||
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D. Guy Jarvis | 2 years after departure | 1 year after departure | 2 years after departure | |||
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David T. Robottom | 2 years after departure | During employment only | During employment only | |||
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C. Gregory Harper1 | Continues following departure | 1 year after departure | 2 years after departure | |||
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Other termination of employment
Additional compensation that would be paid to the named executives under various termination scenarios is described below.
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The table below shows the additional amounts that would have been paid if the named executive had been terminated on December 31, 2014 whether the termination was involuntary (without cause), constructive dismissal or termination following a change of control.
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Base salary1 ($) |
Short-term incentive ($) |
Longer-term incentives2 ($) |
Pension3 ($) |
Benefits4 ($) |
Total payout ($) |
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Al Monaco | 3,432,000 | 3,384,615 | 27,100,107 | 4,245,000 | 350,002 | 38,511,724 | |||||||
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John K. Whelen | 1,000,000 | 453,750 | 4,364,542 | 1,178,000 | 93,673 | 7,089,965 | |||||||
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J. Richard Bird | 1,565,400 | 1,172,830 | 16,339,724 | 1,277,000 | 165,744 | 20,520,698 | |||||||
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D. Guy Jarvis | 1,060,000 | 505,730 | 7,367,709 | 816,000 | 148,425 | 9,897,863 | |||||||
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David T. Robottom | 1,045,400 | 674,220 | 8,475,979 | 1,431,000 | 136,985 | 11,763,583 | |||||||
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C. Gregory Harper5 | 960,563 | 634,004 | 3,559,284 | 97,000 | 121,979 | 5,372,830 | |||||||
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Exchange Rates
The table below shows the effective exchange rates used to convert US$ denominated compensation to CA$ for Mr. Harper. The table displays the value of 1 US$ in CA$.
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December 31, 2014 | 1.1601 | Daily exchange rate | Salary rate on December 31, 2014; US peer group metrics |
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December 31, 2014 | 1.1045 | Average-to-date | Salary from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014; 2014 short-term incentive payout; 2014 other compensation; and 2014 defined benefit compensatory change |
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March 13, 2014 | 1.1057 | Daily exchange rate | 2014 incentive stock option/performance stock option grant; and signing bonus |
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January 2, 2014 | 1.0633 | Daily exchange rate | 2014 performance stock option/restricted stock option grant | ||||
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4. Loans to directors and senior officers
No current or former directors or officers of Enbridge or any of our subsidiaries, or their associates, had any loans with Enbridge or any of our subsidiaries at any time in 2014, other than routine indebtedness previously outstanding as defined under Canadian securities laws.
This routine indebtedness consists solely of loans for relocating to another business location or incentive loans offered to new hires. We offered these types of loans to some officers in the past.
We have not granted, renewed or extended any loans to our directors and officers since Sarbanes-Oxley was enacted on July 29, 2002.
2015 Management information circular 85
5. Directors' and officers' liability insurance
We have liability insurance for our directors and officers and those of our subsidiaries, to protect them against liabilities they may incur in their capacity as directors and officers. The Canada Business Corporations Act contains provisions regarding directors' and officers' liability coverage. We also review our coverage program on an annual basis, including benchmarking the level of directors' and officers' liability coverage to other energy and peer sized companies.
We maintain a coverage limit of US$250 million, which is subject to a deductible of US$1 million for each claim that we grant indemnification for. The insurance program renews annually on October 30 and the premium we paid for the current coverage year is US$2,202,729 net of applicable premium taxes.
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A BY-LAW RELATING TO ADVANCE NOTICE OF NOMINATIONS OF
DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION
BE IT ENACTED AND IT IS HEREBY ENACTED as a by-law of the Corporation as follows:
1. Introduction. The Corporation is committed to: (i) facilitating an orderly and efficient annual or, where the need arises, special meeting, process; (ii) ensuring that all shareholders receive adequate notice of director nominations and sufficient information with respect to all nominees; (iii) allowing the Corporation and shareholders to evaluate each nominee's qualifications and suitability as a director of the Corporation; and (iv) allowing shareholders to cast an informed vote.
The purpose of this by-law of the Corporation is to provide shareholders, directors and management of the Corporation with guidance on the nomination of directors. This by-law is the framework by which the Corporation seeks to fix a deadline by which shareholders of the Corporation must submit director nominations to the Corporation prior to any annual or special meeting of shareholders and sets forth the information that a shareholder must include in the notice to the Corporation for the notice to be in proper written form.
It is the belief of the Corporation and the board of directors of the Corporation that this by-law is beneficial to shareholders and other stakeholders. This by-law will be subject to periodic review and, subject to the Act (as defined below), will reflect changes as required by securities regulatory agencies or stock exchanges and, at the discretion of the board of directors, amendments necessary to meet evolving industry standards.
In this by-law unless the context otherwise requires, words importing the singular number only shall include the plural, gender shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter genders; words importing persons shall include an individual, partnership, association, body corporate, trustee, executor, administrator, legal representative, and any number or aggregate of persons.
2. Nomination Procedures. Subject only to the Act, Applicable Securities Laws and the articles of the Corporation, only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as directors of the Corporation. Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors may be made at any annual meeting of shareholders, or at any special meeting of shareholders if the election of directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting:
3. Nominations for Election. For the avoidance of doubt, the procedures set forth in this by-law shall be the exclusive means for any person to bring nominations for election to the board of directors before any annual or special meeting of shareholders of the Corporation.
2015 Management information circular 87
4. Timely Notice. In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a Nominating Shareholder, the Nominating Shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the secretary of the Corporation in accordance with this by-law.
5. Manner of Timely Notice. To be timely, a Nominating Shareholder's notice must be given:
6. Proper Form of Notice. To be in proper written form, a Nominating Shareholder's notice must set forth or be accompanied by, as applicable:
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References to "Nominating Shareholder" in this by-law shall be deemed to refer to each shareholder that nominates or seeks to nominate a person for election as director in the case of a nomination proposal where more than one shareholder is involved in making such nomination proposal.
7. Notice to be Updated. To be considered timely and in proper written form, a Nominating Shareholder's notice shall be promptly updated and supplemented, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting.
8. Power of the Chair. The chair of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in the foregoing provisions and, if any proposed nomination is not in compliance with such foregoing provisions, to declare that such defective nomination shall be disregarded.
9. Delivery of Notice. Notwithstanding any other provision of this by-law, notice given to the corporate secretary of the Corporation pursuant to this by-law may only be given by personal delivery or electronic mail, and shall be deemed to have been given and made only at the time it is served by personal delivery or sent by electronic mail of such transmission has been received) to the secretary of the Corporation, at the address of the principal executive offices of the Corporation, or, in the case of electronic mail, to: CorporateSecretary@enbridge.com; provided that if such delivery or electronic communication is made on a day which is not a business day or later than 5:00 p.m. (Calgary time) on a day which is a business day, then such delivery or electronic communication shall be deemed to have been made on the subsequent day that is a business day.
10. Board of Directors Discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the board of directors may, in its sole discretion, waive any requirement in this by-law.
11. Definitions. For purposes of this by-law:
Terms used in this by-law that are defined in the Act shall have the meanings given to those terms in that Act.
12. Effective Date. This By-law No. 2 shall come into force on the date of the resolution of the board of directors enacting this by-law or such other date as provided by the board of directors.
ENACTED by the Board the 2nd day of December, 2014.
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Proxy form | ||
Registered holders of common shares Your common shares give you the right to vote at our 2015 annual and special meeting of shareholders. |
This proxy is solicited by management and our Board of Directors. Throughout this document, we, us, our and Enbridge mean Enbridge Inc. You and your mean the securityholder completing this form. |
You can vote in person at the meeting, or vote by proxy using this form. When Wednesday, May 6, 2015 1:30 p.m. eastern daylight time (EDT) Where Four Seasons Hotel Toronto 60 Yorkville Avenue Toronto, Ontario (Canada) |
Two ways to vote in person or by proxy
You can vote on several items of Enbridge business at our upcoming annual and special meeting of shareholders. If you are voting by phone or on
the internet, you will need
your 13-digit control number, which appears in the lower left corner of this form.
A | Vote in person | |||
If you plan to come to the meeting and vote in person, do not complete or return this form. Simply attend the meeting and register with a representative from CST Trust Company, our transfer agent and registrar for our shares. | ||||
B |
Vote by proxy |
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Voting by proxy means giving someone else the authority to attend the meeting and vote for you (called your proxyholder). | ||||
You can vote by proxy in one of four ways: | ||||
By phone Call 1.888.489.7352 toll-free and follow the instructions By fax Complete, date and sign this form and fax to CST Trust Company at 1.866.781.3111 (in North America) or 1.416.368.2502 (outside North America) Online Go to www.cstvotemyproxy.com and follow the instructions on screen |
By mail Complete, date and sign this form and mail it to: CST Trust Company Attn: Proxy department P.O. Box 721 Agincourt, Ontario Canada M1S 0A1 |
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If you are voting by proxy, CST Trust Company must receive your voting instructions by 6 p.m. EDT on Monday, May 4, 2015 regardless of the voting method. |
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1
Appoint a proxyholder
You can appoint an Enbridge officer to be your proxyholder, or choose someone else to attend and vote on your behalf.
(please print name)
You can also appoint a proxyholder on the internet. Follow the instructions on screen.
2
Give us your voting instructions
Our board of directors recommends that shareholders vote for all of the resolutions below.
The common shares represented by this proxy form will be voted for or against, withheld from voting or abstained from voting according to your instructions, including on any ballot that may be called. If you do not specify how you want to vote your common shares:
If there are amendments or other items of business that properly come before the meeting, your proxyholder has the authority to vote at his or her discretion. If the meeting is adjourned, your proxyholder has the discretion to vote on any amendments or other items of business according to his or her best judgment.
Elect the directors
For | Withhold | For | Withhold | ||||||||||
1. | David A. Arledge | o | o | 7. | Al Monaco | o | o | ||||||
2. | James J. Blanchard | o | o | 8. | George K. Petty | o | o | ||||||
3. | Marcel R. Coutu | o | o | 9. | Rebecca B. Roberts | o | o | ||||||
4. | J. Herb England | o | o | 10. | Dan C. Tutcher | o | o | ||||||
5. | Charles W. Fischer | o | o | 11. | Catherine L. Williams | o | o | ||||||
6. | V. Maureen Kempston Darkes | o | o |
Appoint the auditors |
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Appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors. | For | Withhold | ||||
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Confirm Advance Notice By-Law |
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Confirm By-Law No. 2, which sets out advance notice requirements | For | Against | ||||
for director nominations. | o | o | ||||
Have a "say on pay" |
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Vote on our approach to executive compensation. | For | Against | Abstain | |||
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While this vote is non-binding, it gives shareholders an opportunity to provide important input to our Board. |
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Sign and date
If you are sending us your vote by fax or mail, you must sign here for your vote to be counted.
When you sign here, you are:
If you have an authorized power of attorney, he or she can sign for you. If your common shares are held in more than one name, either person can complete and sign this form.
For common shares registered in the name of a corporation, estate or trust, an authorized officer or attorney must sign this form and state his or her position and attach proof that he or she is authorized to sign.
Your name
(please print exactly as it appears on the front of this form)
Your signature
(you must sign here)
Date
(if you leave this blank, we will consider the date to be the day this
form was mailed to you)
Position and signature
(complete this if you are signing by power of attorney on behalf of
a corporation, estate or trust)
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Send us your voting instructions right away
CST Trust Company must receive your completed form by 6 p.m. EDT on Monday, May 4, 2015.
If the meeting is postponed or adjourned, we must receive it at least two business days before the start of that meeting.
By fax Toll free from anywhere in North America: 1.866.781.3111 From outside North America: 1.416.368.2502 Remember to fax both pages of this form. |
By mail Use the envelope provided or mail to: CST Trust Company Attn: Proxy department P.O. Box 721 Agincourt, Ontario M1S 0A1 |
If you are voting on the internet, you need to complete your voting instructions by 6 p.m. EDT on Monday, May 4, 2015. Go to www.cstvotemyproxy.com and follow the instructions on screen.