Otis Worldwide Corp
For the period ended May 16, 2024. Filed Apr 5, 2024.
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May 16, 2024 · Filed Apr 5, 2024
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Pay structure
Our non-employee director compensation program is designed to enable ongoing attraction and retention of highly qualified directors and to address the time, effort, expertise and accountability required of active Board membership. This program is described in further detail below.
Annual retainer for non-employee directors
Under the Board of Directors Deferred Stock Unit Plan (the “Board DSU Plan”), non-employee Board members are compensated for their service as directors in the form of an annual retainer. The Lead Director, the chairs of each committee and the members of the Audit Committee receive an additional annual retainer to recognize the additional time and responsibility associated with their roles.
| | | DIRECTOR RETAINERS HAVE SIGNIFICANT EQUITY COMPONENT 40% of the annual retainer is payable in cash, and the remaining 60% is payable in deferred stock units (“DSUs”), although a director may elect instead to receive 100% of the retainer in DSUs. The significant equity component aligns directors’ interests with those of our shareholders. DSUs are vested when granted. |
| Role | | | Cash (40%) ($) | | | Deferred Stock Units (60%) ($) | | | Total ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Directors (Base Retainer) | | | 124,000 | | | 186,000 | | | 310,000 |
| Incremental amounts above Base Retainer:(1) | | | | | | | |||
| Lead Director | | | 14,000 | | | 21,000 | | | 35,000 |
| Audit Committee Chair | | | 10,000 | | | 15,000 | | | 25,000 |
| Audit Committee Member | | | 6,000 | | | 9,000 | | | 15,000 |
| Compensation Committee Chair | | | 8,000 | | | 12,000 | | | 20,000 |
| Nominations and Governance Committee Chair | | | 8,000 | | | 12,000 | | | 20,000 |
| (1) | Directors in multiple leadership roles receive incremental compensation for each role. |
Annual retainers are paid each year following the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. New directors joining the Board between an Annual Meeting of Shareholders and the end of September will receive 100% of the annual retainer. New directors joining the Board between October and the next Annual Meeting will receive 50% of the annual retainer for the year they joined the Board. Mr. Bartlett and Ms. Brannon received 50% of the annual retainer for 2023 because they joined the Board on October 27, 2023.
Deferred stock units
After non-employee directors leave the Board, their DSUs are converted into shares of our common stock, payable either in a lump sum or in 10- or 15-year installments in accordance with the director’s prior election. When we pay a dividend on our common stock, each non-employee director holding DSUs is credited with additional DSUs equal in value to the dividend paid on the corresponding number of our shares.
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Director stock ownership requirements
Each non-employee director is required to own Otis common stock to align their interests with those of our shareholders and promote sound corporate governance.
| Role | | | Stock ownership requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Executive Chairman (if applicable) | | | 5X annual base salary |
| Non-employee director | | | 5X annual base cash retainer |
Directors must achieve the required stock ownership level within five years of joining the Board. If a director does not meet the ownership requirement within this five-year period, then the director is not permitted to sell shares of Otis until they achieve the required ownership level. For purposes of determining stock ownership, we count common stock directly or indirectly owned by our non-employee directors or their family members residing in the same household, restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and DSUs. Stock ownership guidelines for our executives are described on page 59.
Former UTC Directors
Messrs. Kearney and McGraw were UTC directors prior to the Separation, and they each held vested UTC DSUs and vested UTC deferred RSUs. These awards were converted into vested DSUs and vested deferred RSUs in all three of the post-Separation companies, and the obligation to pay these awards was assumed by Otis under our Board DSU Plan. In addition, Mr. Kearney also held unvested deferred UTC RSUs immediately prior to Separation. These awards were converted into unvested deferred Otis RSUs that also were assumed under our Board DSU Plan as part of the Separation. These unvested deferred RSUs, when granted by UTC, provided for 20% of the underlying RSUs, and any dividend equivalents credited as additional RSUs, to vest in five annual installments. The final installment vested on April 30, 2023. Upon separation from service, Otis DSUs and vested deferred Otis RSUs will be distributed in shares of our common stock, while DSUs and RSUs in the other two companies will be distributed in cash.
2023 non-employee director compensation
The following table provides information on the compensation paid to our non-employee Board members in 2023. Ms. Marks, who is also an employee, receives no additional compensation for her service as a director. Mr. McGraw retired from the Board on December 7, 2023, and Mr. Bartlett and Ms. Brannon joined the Board on October 27, 2023.
| Name | | | Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($)(1) | | | Stock Awards ($)(2) | | | All Other Compensation ($)(3) | | | Total ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas A. Bartlett | | | 65,000 | | | 97,500 | | | 25,000 | | | 187,500 |
| Jeffrey H. Black | | | 134,000 | | | 201,000 | | | – | | | 335,000 |
| Jill C. Brannon | | | – | | | 162,500 | | | – | | | 162,500 |
| Nelda J. Connors | | | 130,000 | | | 195,000 | | | 25,000 | | | 350,000 |
| Kathy Hopinkah Hannan | | | 130,000 | | | 195,000 | | | – | | | 325,000 |
| Shailesh G. Jejurikar | | | – | | | 345,000 | | | 25,000 | | | 370,000 |
| Christopher J. Kearney | | | – | | | 310,000 | | | 25,000 | | | 335,000 |
| Harold W. McGraw III | | | 124,000 | | | 186,000 | | | – | | | 310,000 |
| Margaret M. V. Preston | | | 132,000 | | | 198,000 | | | 25,500 | | | 355,500 |
| Shelley Stewart, Jr. | | | 130,000 | | | 195,000 | | | 25,000 | | | 350,000 |
| John H. Walker | | | – | | | 345,000 | | | 22,500 | | | 367,500 |
| (1) | Ms. Brannon and Messrs. Jejurikar, Kearney and Walker elected to receive additional DSUs in lieu of the cash portion of the annual retainer. |
| (2) | Stock Awards consist of the grant date fair value of DSU awards credited to the director’s account, including any portion of the annual cash retainer that the director elected to receive as DSUs. The value of DSU awards has been calculated in accordance with the Compensation – Stock Compensation Topic of the FASB ASC 718, using assumptions described in Note 12: Employee Benefit Plans to the Consolidated Financial Statements to our 2023 Form 10-K. The number of DSUs credited to each director (other than Mr. Bartlett and Ms. Brannon) for their annual retainer(s) was calculated by dividing the value of the award by $84.50, the closing price of our common stock on May 18, 2023, which was the date of our 2023 Annual Meeting and the date of grant. For Mr. Bartlett and Ms. Brannon, the number of DSUs credited for the annual retainer was calculated by dividing the value of the applicable award by $76.14, the closing price of our common stock on October 27, 2023, the date they joined the Board and the date of grant. DSU awards vest on the grant date but are not distributed until the director leaves the Board. The aggregate number of awards outstanding for each director other than for Mr. McGraw can be found in the table on page 88. The number of DSUs and RSUs held by Mr. McGraw as of December 31, 2023, were 35,741 and 1,447, respectively. |
| (3) | Amounts in this column represent matching contributions to eligible nonprofit organizations under our matching gift program that covers non-employee directors as well as Otis colleagues. Under this program, we make matching contributions of up to $25,000 per year. Due to an administrative error on the part of the company, we exceeded the $25,000 annual limit for Ms. Preston by $500. Ms. Preston’s matching contributions will be limited to $24,500 for 2024. |
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