ALAMO GROUP INC
For the period ended Dec 31, 2023. Filed Mar 13, 2024.
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Dec 31, 2023 · Filed Mar 13, 2024
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DEF 14A 1 a2024proxybody.htm DEF 14A
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )
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ALAMO GROUP INC.
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Alamo Group Inc.
1627 East Walnut Street
Seguin, Texas 78155
DEAR FELLOW STOCKHOLDERS:
You are cordially invited to attend the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Alamo Group Inc. The Annual Meeting will be held in a virtual-only format on Thursday, May 2, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time.
HOW TO ATTEND THE 2024 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
To attend the Annual Meeting you will need to visitwww.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ALG2024, and you will be required to enter the control number found on your proxy notice or proxy card you previously received. In accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), instead of mailing a printed copy of our proxy materials to each stockholder of record, we are furnishing proxy materials to our stockholders on the internet. You will not receive a printed copy of the proxy materials, unless you specifically request such a copy. Instead, on or about March 13, 2024, we will mail to our stockholders a Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials containing instructions on how to access our proxy materials and annual report on the internet. We believe the furnishing of these materials electronically is more efficient, reducing costs and environmental impacts. The Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials will instruct you as to how you may access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials and how to request paper copies of materials if you wish. The Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials will also instruct you as to how you may submit your proxy vote on the internet. Our Proxy Statement and 2023 Annual Report to stockholders are available at the website referenced in the Notice Regarding Internet Availability of Proxy Materials and on our website at https://www.alamo-group.com/investor-relations/ at the link to 2024 Annual Meeting Information as well as under the Financial Reports link.
If you have difficulty accessing the Annual Meeting through the Annual Meeting Website, please call technical support at the telephone number on the login page for the Annual Meeting and a representative will be available to assist you. A list of stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be available during the entire time of the Annual Meeting at the Annual Meeting Website. You may vote during the Annual Meeting by following the instructions available on the meeting website during the meeting.
Stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 8, 2024, the record date for the Annual Meeting, will be afforded the same rights and opportunities to vote, ask questions, and participate as they would at an in-person meeting. Once you have entered the virtual Annual Meeting platform, you will be able to type and submit your questions by using the applicable field provided in the web portal before the polls close. You or your proxy holder may participate, vote, and ask questions at the virtual Annual Meeting subject to our Annual Meeting rules and procedures. We will post the Rules for Conduct for the Annual Meeting to our Investor Relations website at https://www.alamo-group.com/investor-relations/ at the link to 2024 Annual Meeting Information no later than one week prior to the Annual Meeting date, and will also make them available during the Annual Meeting through the virtual meeting platform. During the Annual Meeting, the Company will receive questions that are pertinent to the Company and the official business of the Annual Meeting subject to time constraints. Only stockholders with a valid control number will be allowed to ask questions.
Stockholders are encouraged to login to the virtual Annual Meeting several minutes prior to the start time in order to leave enough time to confirm the connection is sufficient to access the virtual meeting site and to allow sufficient time to get familiar with the virtual meeting features. Technical support will also be available during the Annual Meeting. If any stockholder experiences technical difficulty, please call technical support at the telephone number available on the Annual Meeting Website and a representative will be available to assist.
Your vote is very important. Whether or not you expect to attend the virtual Annual Meeting and regardless of the number of shares you own, please promptly vote by telephone or over the internet or by completing, signing, dating and returning your proxy card, if you have requested that a paper copy of proxy materials be mailed to you. Even if you vote in advance, you are still entitled to attend the virtual Annual Meeting and vote at the meeting. If you vote at the meeting, that vote will have the effect of revoking any prior vote.
Thank you for your support.
Roderick R. Baty
Independent Chair of the Board of Directors
March 8, 2024
Alamo Group Inc.1627 East Walnut StreetSeguin, Texas 78155
Notice of Annual
Meeting of Stockholders
| TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF ALAMO GROUP INC.:NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Alamo Group Inc. (the “Company”) will be held in a virtual-only format on Thursday, May 2, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time, for the following purposes: | ||||
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| VOTING MATTERS | ||||
| WHEN May 2, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time | 1 | To elect the eight (8) directors named in the proxy materials to the Board of Directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualified; | ||
| 2 | To approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers ("NEOs") on an advisory basis (the "say-on-pay proposal"); | |||
| WHERE Virtual-only format | ||||
| 3 | To ratify the Audit Committee’s appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024; and | |||
| 4 | To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. | |||
| In accordance with the Bylaws of the Company, the Board of Directors fixed the record date for the meeting as March 8, 2024. Only stockholders of record at the close of business on that date will be entitled to vote at the meeting or any adjournment thereof.Stockholders who do not expect to attend the virtual Annual Meeting are urged to vote by telephone or over the internet or by completing, signing, dating and returning the proxy card enclosed in the proxy materials, if you have requested that paper proxy materials be mailed to you. | ||||
A complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder, shall be open to examination by any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten business days prior to the meeting, commencing April 17, 2024, at the Company's office at 1627 East Walnut Street, Seguin, Texas 78155.By Order of the Board of Directors,Edward T. RizzutiSecretaryDated: March 8, 2024
Table of Contents
| PROXY SUMMARY | 1 |
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| GENERAL INFORMATION | 5 |
| Voting and Proxies | 5 |
| Votes Required to Approve a Proposal | 6 |
| Beneficial Ownership of Our Common Stock | 7 |
| PROPOSAL 1 - ELECTION OF DIRECTORS | 9 |
| Nominees for Election to the Board of Directors | 10 |
| Information Concerning Directors | 16 |
| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | 18 |
| Board Committees, Meetings and Charters | 18 |
| Board Leadership Structure | 19 |
| The Board's Role in Strategic and Risk Oversight | 20 |
| Board Oversight of ESG Matters | 21 |
| Code of Business Conduct and Ethics | 21 |
| Stock Ownership Guidelines | 21 |
| Prohibition on Hedging and Pledging | 22 |
| Sustainability and Environmental and Social Governance | 23 |
| Other Corporate Governance Information | 24 |
| Certain Relationships and Related Transactions | 24 |
| Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation | 25 |
| Report of the Audit Committee | 26 |
| EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION | 27 |
| Compensation Discussion and Analysis | 27 |
| Introduction | 27 |
| 2023 Company Performance Highlights | 27 |
| Executive Compensation Philosophy and Objectives | 29 |
| Compensation and Governance Practices | 30 |
| Compensation Committee Responsibilities and Consultant Independence | 30 |
| Market Alignment of Executive Compensation | 31 |
| Role of the CEO and the Compensation Committee in Compensation Decisions | 31 |
| Components of Executive Compensation | 32 |
| Other Compensation Elements | 38 |
| Compensation Committee Report | 40 |
| 2023 Summary Compensation Table | 41 |
| Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control | 45 |
| CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure | 48 |
| Pay Versus Performance | 49 |
| Director Compensation During 2023 | 53 |
| PROPOSAL 2 - ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION | 54 |
| PROPOSAL 3 - RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS | 56 |
| APPENDIX I | 60 |
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