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Message from Our CEO
Dear Fellow Shareholders,
On behalf of our Board of Directors, I want to thank you for your continued confidence and investment in TransDigm. TransDigm’s long-standing goal is to create long-term, sustainable shareholder value through our consistent operating strategy, “private-equity like” capital structure, and culture. Our disciplined, well-proven, value-based operating strategy provides stability through all phases of the aerospace cycle. This strategy along with prudent risk management, a focused acquisition strategy, sound corporate governance, and performance-based executive compensation programs drives long-term intrinsic value creation for our shareholders.
Through this approach, we had an excellent fiscal 2023 and have much to celebrate, ranging from our operational and financial performance to continued refinements in our governance, compensation, and board structures.
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Business Highlights
We delivered record results in fiscal 2023, including net sales of $6.6 billion, representing 21% growth over the comparable prior year period, and EBITDA As Defined of $3.4 billion, representing 28% growth from fiscal 2022. TransDigm’s growth in revenue and improvements in EBITDA As Defined were driven by our competitive strengths, execution of our value-driven operating strategy, and continued recovery of the commercial aerospace markets. We remained focused in fiscal 2023 on our value drivers, cost structure, and operational excellence. We also continued with strategic acquisitions in fiscal 2023 with the May 2023 acquisition of Calspan for approximately $725 million.
Additionally, during fiscal 2023, we proactively refinanced approximately $10 billion of our debt representing about 50% of TransDigm’s gross debt balance as part of our continuous focus to optimize our capital structure mix of debt and equity. We had strong cash flow generation throughout fiscal 2023, ending the fiscal year with approximately $3.5 billion of cash on hand.
Strengthening Our Board
We believe it is important that we maintain a diverse, highly engaged, and skilled Board to provide valuable strategic guidance and perspectives to our management team. In the past year, as part of our ongoing Board refreshment and evaluation process, we announced that our Chief Operating Officer (“COO”), Jorge Valladares, would retire and join our Board. We are excited to have someone of his talents, perspective, and deep industry experience join our Board!
Additionally, I am pleased to announce we have selected Robert Small, a current Board member, to serve as TransDigm’s first Lead Independent Director. We expect that the creation of this role, based partly on shareholder feedback, will further strengthen our Board leadership structure in several significant ways and should facilitate a heightened line of communication between shareholders and the Board. We believe the addition of the Lead Independent Director role will enhance the accountability, effectiveness, and independence of the Board.
As we continue to look to the future of our Board, I'd be remiss if I did not also acknowledge the retirement of two of our directors in the past year, Mervin Dunn and John Staer. Mervin and John’s insight and leadership has been instrumental to TransDigm’s tremendous growth and ability to weather an industry-wide downturn event, coming out even stronger on the other side. We appreciate and thank them for their many years of service in supporting TransDigm.



Commitment to Shareholder Engagement and Responsiveness
Direct feedback received from our shareholders through ongoing engagement has always been an essential input to our corporate governance and executive compensation practices. In the past year, we have internally advanced these shareholder engagement efforts, creating a stronger, year-round engagement program to further enhance our investor communications and ensure that we are continually aware of investor sentiment.
Feedback and suggestions gathered from our shareholder engagements helped our Board further assess and significantly refine our governance practices, compensation policies, and proxy disclosures in the past year. In the proxy statement, we enhanced the disclosures in our Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“CD&A”), providing clear descriptions and details of our compensation program. This past year, we reviewed and refreshed our compensation peer group to be used for 2024 executive compensation, with the assistance of a new independent compensation consultant, and we also refreshed our Compensation Committee, including the appointment of a new Compensation Committee Chair.
Additionally of note, we have increased the stock ownership guidelines for our continuing Named Executive Officers (“NEOs”) and incorporated double-trigger change in control provisions in NEO option agreements. Both of these changes align us with market best practices.
In summary, I am very proud of our hard work, discipline, and execution over the past year. I believe these efforts are reflected in our operating results and the value created for our shareholders. I am optimistic that the prevailing, favorable conditions for the commercial aerospace market will continue to evolve throughout 2024, and we anticipate that our consistent strategy will continue to provide the value you have come to expect from TransDigm.
On behalf of the entire leadership team and Board, thank you for your continued support of TransDigm.
Sincerely,
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Kevin M. Stein
President and Chief Executive Officer



Message from the Lead Independent Director
Dear Fellow Shareholders,
In late 2023, I was honored to be selected by my fellow Board members to serve as TransDigm’s first Lead Independent Director (“LID”). We expect that the creation of this role, based in part on shareholder feedback, will further strengthen our Board leadership structure in several significant ways and should provide a further line of communication between shareholders and the Board.
Our Board remains committed to building long-term value in TransDigm, and values input from our shareholders as TransDigm executes on our strategy. We believe that the addition of the LID role will enhance the accountability, effectiveness, and independence of the Board.
There are numerous duties that we have established for this role, which are outlined on page 8. I look forward to fulfilling these commitments and further strengthening the relationship between TransDigm and its shareholders.
On behalf of the Board, thank you for choosing to invest in TransDigm.
Sincerely,
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Robert J. Small
Lead Independent Director


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Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

These proxy materials contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors and actual results may differ materially from any results projected in the statements. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: but are not limited to: the sensitivity of our business to the number of flight hours that our customers’ planes spend aloft and our customers’ profitability, both of which are affected by general economic conditions; supply chain constraints; increases in raw material costs, taxes and labor costs that cannot be recovered in product pricing; failure to complete or successfully integrate acquisitions; our indebtedness; our ability to meet our goals relating to environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) opportunities, improvements and efficiencies; current and future geopolitical or other worldwide events, including, without limitation, wars or conflicts and public health crises; cybersecurity threats; risks related to the transition or physical impacts of climate change and other natural disasters or meeting sustainability-related voluntary goals or regulatory requirements; our reliance on certain customers; the United States (“U.S.”) defense budget and risks associated with being a government supplier including government audits and investigations; failure to maintain government or industry approvals; risks related to changes in laws and regulations, including increases in compliance costs; potential environmental liabilities; liabilities arising in connection with litigation; risks and costs associated with our international sales and operations; and other factors. Further information regarding the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from projected results can be found in TransDigm Group’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K (“2023 Form 10-K”) and other reports that TransDigm Group or its subsidiaries have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Except as required by law, TransDigm Group undertakes no obligation to revise or update the forward-looking statements contained in this proxy statement.



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Notice of the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders to be held March 7, 2024
Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of stockholdersshareholders (“annual meeting”) of TransDigm Group Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, will be held at 1301 East Ninth Street, Suite 3000, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, on Tuesday, July 12, 2022,Thursday, March 7, 2024, at 9:00 a.m., Eastern time, for the following purposes:

1.

1To elect 11 directors, eachten director nominees to serve a one-year term and until a successor has been duly elected and qualified;

our Board of Directors;

2.2

To ratify the selectionappointment of Ernst & Young LLP as TransDigm’sour independent registered public accounting firm for TransDigm’sthe fiscal year ending September 30, 2022;

2024;

3.3

To conductapprove, on an advisory vote (“say on pay”) onbasis, the compensation paid to TransDigm’s named executive officers;of our NEOs; and

4.4

To transact such other business as may properly come before the annual meeting.

Only stockholdersshareholders of record at the close of business on May 18, 2022January 12, 2024 will be entitled to notice of and to vote at the annual meeting or any adjournment of the annual meeting.

Your vote is important. Whether or not you plan to attend the annual meeting, please vote on the Internet,internet, by phone, or by completing and returning the enclosed proxy card.

By order of the Board of Directors,

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Halle Martin

Secretary

June 1, 2022

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE STOCKHOLDERS MEETING TO BE HELD ON JULY 12, 2022.

The Proxy Statement

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Jessica L. Warren
General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Proxy Card are available at

http://www.transdigm.com/investor-relations/annual-proxy

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PROXY STATEMENT

ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

To Be Held July 12, 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS

January 26, 2024

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IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY STATEMENT SUMMARY

MATERIALS FOR THE SHAREHOLDERS MEETING TO BE HELD ON MARCH 7, 2024.
The Proxy Statement and Proxy Card are available at http://www.transdigm.com/investor-relations/annual-proxy




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Table of Contents
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Board Leadership Structure
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Composition of the Board and its Committees

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Audit Committee

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Compensation Committee

7

Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee

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Executive Committee

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Corporate Governance Policies and Practices

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Stockholder Engagement

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Proposal 1 – Election of Directors

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OTHER INFORMATION

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Audit Committee Report

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Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports

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PROXY STATEMENT SUMMARY




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Proxy Summary
2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
This summary highlights the proposals to be acted upon at the annual meeting, as well as selected executive compensation and corporate governance information described in more detail in this Proxy Statement.

2022 proxy statement.

Annual Meeting of Stockholders

                 Meeting site:

                 1301 East Ninth Street, Suite 3000

                 Cleveland, Ohio 44114

            Date and time:

            Tuesday, July 12, 2022

            9:00 a.m., Eastern time

The record date for the annual meeting is May 18, 2022. Only stockholders of record as of the close of business on this date are entitled to vote at the annual meeting.

Details

Proposal

Recommendation of

the Board

1.   Election of directors

FOR each of the nominees          

2.   Ratification of appointment of independent registered public accounting firm

FOR

3.   Advisory vote to approve executive compensation

FOR

You may vote online prior to the meeting by visiting www.proxyvote.com or calling 1-800-690-6903 and, in each case, entering the control number found in your notice of internet availability of proxy materials or, if you requested printed copies of the proxy materials, by phone or by mail. You may also vote in person at the annual meeting. For more detailed information, see the section entitled “Voting Procedures” on page 57.

2021 Business Highlights

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FY 2021 (1)
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FY 2020
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 Revenue

$4.8 billion

- 6%

$5.1 billion

 Net Income from Continuing Operations

$681 million

+4%

$653 million

 GAAP Earnings Per Share

$10.41 per share

Date & Time
Thursday, March 7, 2024
9:00 a.m., Eastern time

$8.14 per share

 EBITDA As Defined (2)

$2.2 billion

-4%

$2.3 billion

 Adjusted Net Income (2)

$708 million

-15%

$829 million

 Adjusted Earnings Per Share (3)

$12.13 per share

Location
1301 East Ninth Street, Suite 3000 Cleveland, Ohio 44114

$14.47 per share

Record Date
January 12, 2024
Only shareholders of record as of the close of business on the record date are entitled to vote at the annual meeting. Proxy materials are first being sent or made available to shareholders on January 26, 2024.
ProposalsRecommendation of the BoardPage #
   
1Election of ten director nominees to our Board of Directors
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FOR each of the nominees
2Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024
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FOR
3Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our NEOs
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FOR
Ways to Vote
For more detailed information, see the section entitled “How Can I Vote My Shares?” on page 72.
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Online
You may vote online prior to the annual meeting by visiting www.proxyvote.com
By Phone
You may vote by calling 1-800-690-6903 and, entering your control number found in your notice of internet availability of proxy materials
By Mail
If you requested printed copies of the proxy materials, you may vote by mail
In Person
You may also vote in person at the annual meeting
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2024 Proxy Statement 1

Proxy Summary
Board Composition
The current composition of the Board and its committees is as follows:
NameAgeIndependentAudit
Committee
Compensation
Committee
Nominating
and Corporate
Governance
Committee
Executive
Committee
David A. Barr60
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Jane M. Cronin56
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Michael Graff72
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Sean P. Hennessy66
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W. Nicholas Howley, Chairman71
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Gary E. McCullough65
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Michele L. Santana53
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Robert J. Small, LID57
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Kevin M. Stein, President and CEO57
Jorge L. Valladares III49

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Refreshed Composition of the Board’s Committees
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Proxy Summary
Fiscal Year 2023 Business Highlights
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Net Sales
in FY 2023
Up 21%
$6,585 Million, Up 21% from FY 2022 ($5,429M)
Net Income from
Continuing Operations
Up 50%
$1,299 Million, Up 50% from FY 2022 ($866M)
GAAP Earnings
Per Share
Up 65%
$22.03 Per Share, Up 65% from FY 2022 ($13.40 per share)
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EBITDA
As Defined (1)
Up 28%
$3,395 Million, Up 28% from FY 2022 ($2,646M)
Adjusted
Net Income (1)
Up 48%
$1,477 Million, Up 48% from FY 2022 ($998M)
Adjusted Earnings
Per Share (1)(2)
Up 51%
$25.84 Per Share, Up 51% from FY 2022 ($17.14 per share)
(1)EBITDA, EBITDA As Defined, EBITDA As Defined Margin, Adjusted Net Income, and Adjusted Earnings Per Share are all non-GAAP financial measures. See Appendix A for reconciliations of income from continuing operations to EBITDA , EBITDA As Defined, and Adjusted Net Income.
(2)Adjusted Earnings Per Share is calculated by taking TransDigm’s Adjusted Net Income and dividing it by the Total Outstanding Shares for Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share. Total Outstanding Shares for Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share are disclosed in Appendix A .

We delivered record results in fiscal 2023. TransDigm’s growth in net sales and improvements in operating performance are driven by our competitive strengths and through execution of our value-driven operating strategy. Management’s consistent application of this approach resulted in the following improvements over fiscal 2022 performance:
21% increase in net sales to $6,585 million
50% increase in net income from continuing operations to $1,299 million
65% increase in earnings per share from continuing operations of $22.03
28% increase in EBITDA As Defined of $3,395 million
Increased EBITDA As Defined Margin to 51.6%, compared to 48.7% in fiscal 2022
61% increase in share price in fiscal 2023
Strong operating cash flow generation of $1.4 billion and ending fiscal 2023 with a cash balance of $3.5 billion
Acquisition and integration of Calspan Corporation, successfully deploying approximately $725 million in capital
Refinanced approximately $10 billion of debt, representing approximately 50% of TransDigm’s 2023 gross debt, extending the maturity dates of our debt to optimize our capital structure mix of debt and equity

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Proxy Summary
30-year Compound Annual Growth Rate (“CAGR”)
18%FY 1993 – 2021 Revenue compound annual growth rate (CAGR) 18%

2023 Net Sales CAGR since TransDigm’s formation in 1993

21%

FY 1993 – 20212023 EBITDA As Defined CAGR 21%

since TransDigm’s formation in 1993

52%

EBITDA as Defined Margin expansion from 20% to almost 50% pre-pandemic

(1)

Results in FY 2021 continued to be negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The commercial aerospace industry became significantly disrupted in 2020 due to the steep decline in worldwide air travel demand resulting from the pandemic. Air travel remained depressed in 2021 compared to pre-pandemic levels of activity. The COVID-19 pandemic first began to cause a significant adverse impact on our financial results in the second half of FY 2020 and continued to adversely affect our full fiscal year 2021 financial results.

(2)

EBITDA As Defined Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Earnings Per Share are all non-GAAP financial measures. See the appendixMargin has improved to the 2021 10-K accompanying this proxy statement for a historical reconciliation of EBITDA As Definedalmost 52% in 2023 compared to Net Income and Adjusted Net Income.

20% in 1993

(3)

Adjusted Earnings Per Share is calculated by taking TransDigm’s Adjusted Net Income and dividing it by the Total Shares for Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share. Total Shares for Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share are disclosed in the 2021 10-K accompanying this Proxy Statement.

Amidst another year of challenging commercial

Commercial aerospace market conditions giventrends remained favorable as the ongoing pandemic during fiscal 2021,industry continued to recover and progress towards normalization throughout 2023. Global air traffic increased in 2023, and demand for air travel remained high. Globally, a return to 2019 (pre-pandemic) air traffic levels, or better, is expected in 2024. We were also encouraged in 2023 by the steadily increasing aircraft production rates and strong airline demand for new aircraft.
During 2023, TransDigm’s management team remainedstayed committed to our proven operating strategy and remained focused on those things that were under our controlvalue drivers, including careful management of our cost structure. This disciplined focus allowed us to continue building value for TransDigm’s investors and all other stakeholders. We were able to achieve an EBITDA As Defined margin of 45.6% for the full year fiscal 2021. The fourth quarter of fiscal 2021 achieved an EBITDA As Defined margin of 49.7%, which is nearing pre-pandemic EBITDA As Defined margin highs. Throughout fiscal 2021, we had strong operating cash flow generation. We closed fiscal 2021 with over $4.7 billion of cash.

Management’s expert execution allowed us to have the financial flexibility to focus on effective capital allocation through the purchase of Cobham Aero Connectivity (“CAC”) for $965 million in January 2021. CAC expands the Company’s platform of unique proprietary content with significant aftermarket exposure for the aerospace and defense industry. Since its acquisition, the CAC integration has progressed well. The Company also had strategic divestitures in fiscal 2021 to continue optimizing our portfolio. The businesses divested did not fit well with the Company’s long-term strategy and included Avista Inc., Racal Acoustics, Technical Airborne Components, ScioTeq and TREALITY Simulation Visual Systems. The acquisition of CAC and the strategic divestures in fiscal 2021 will help us to continue delivering the private equity-like returns our investors have come to expect from investment in our stock.

Executive Compensation Program

Our executive compensation program is designed with policies and practices and clear guiding principles that align the compensation of our named executive officers with our stockholders’ interests. While the overall design of the program has been fairly consistent, we have made a number of changes (highlighted below) in the last year aimed to respond to investor feedback.

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Proxy Summary
Executive Compensation Program Overview
While TransDigm recognizes that our approach to compensation may not meet every shareholder’s expectations, TransDigm has made several meaningful changes to address some areas of concern (see below for detailed description), and we believe that our performance-based executive compensation program drives excellent results like those delivered in 2023. More than 94% of our Chief Executive Officer’s (“CEO”) total compensation is at-risk, performance-based compensation. The compensation of our remaining NEOs is similarly linked to shareholder interests, with more than 90% of their total compensation, on average, constituting at-risk, performance-based compensation. Nearly 85% of our CEO’s compensation is in the form of long-term, performance-based option awards. On average, over 80% of the compensation of the remaining NEOs is in the form of long-term, performance-based option awards. These options are subject to robust vesting conditions. In order for options to fully vest, TransDigm must achieve a 17.5% growth rate of our Annual Operating Performance (“AOP”) metric, as more fully described on page 44.
CEO
Pay Mix Target
Average Other NEO
Pay Mix Target
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Base Salary

Target Annual Cash IncentiveLong-Term Equity Award
Below is an overview of the three primary components of our executive compensation program, including how the programs incentivize performance.
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Base
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Fixed element of annual compensation

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Accounts for 10% or less of NEO total compensation

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Modest increases for existing NEOs. Salary increases for new NEOs were more significant due to annual base salary in 2021

•   In 2021, our Executive Chairman and Vice Chairman (both of whom have since retired) were paid their annual salary in stock options instead of cash

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Target
Annual
Cash 
Incentive

Short-term cash incentive with variable payout opportunities.

•   Payout criteriaopportunities


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Accounts for 2021 was based onless than 10% of NEO compensation

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Robust and equally weighted targets of 49.0% EBITDA As Defined Margin and $3.095B EBITDA As Defined Dollars

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We exceeded maximum goals for both EBITDA As Defined Margin and EBITDA margin

✓ As promised,as Defined Dollars. Payments to NEOs were capped at the maximum bonus percentage


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Upward discretion only utilized for 2022 and beyond, we have eliminated overlappingtwo of the six NEOs to reward exceptional performance metrics between the annual cash incentive and long-term equity incentive

Long-Term
Equity
Awards

Long-term equity incentives in the form of performance-based stock options with multi-year
vesting schedules

•   No change in payout criteria for options granted in fiscal 2017-2019.

•   Payout criteria for options granted in 2020-21


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Long-term equity awards remain 100% at-risk and vesting in 2021 was based on EBITDA and EBITDA margin, in light of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

•   No discretionary vesting in 2021.

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The Compensation Committee has adopted a policy that it will not use discretion in vesting performance-based options in the future.

The Compensation Committee has adopted a policy that it will not make discretionary amendments to any then current-year performance targets in the future.

For 2022 and beyond, all performance vesting has returned to the original annual operating performance (AOP criteria) (including for options granted in 2020-21)

For options granted in 2020-22, a cap on carryforward and carrybacks implemented

Starting in fiscal 2021, alternative market vesting eliminated

Dividend Equivalents

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Dividend equivalents paid on vested options

For future dividends, directors (including the Chief Executive Officer) will receive dividends only by means of adjustment of exercise price of options

•   Dividend equivalents, in cashRequires 17.5% compound annual growth for non-directors and as reduction in exercise price for directors, is permitted by stockholder-approved option plans.

AOP, which aligns performance with top performing private equity funds
Chairman Transition

In 2021 our Executive Chairman transitioned to non-executive Chair.

•   In connection therewith, we terminated his employment agreement and issued a one-time grant of options in lieu thereof in exchange for his service as Chair through 2024.

For a detailed discussion of our executive compensation program, see the section entitled “Executive Compensation” beginning on page 23.

Corporate Governance

Responsible Stewardship

TransDigm’s Board and governance structure is designed to foster principled actions, informed and effective decision-making, and appropriate monitoring of compliance and performance, assuring that the long-term interests of stockholders are being served. Directors are expected to take a proactive approach to their positions to ensure that TransDigm is committed to business success through the maintenance of high standards of responsibility and ethics.

Please see our 2021 Stakeholder Report located at www.transdigm.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/ for more information about our environmental, social and governance practices.

Selected Areas of Board and Committee Oversight in 2021

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Proxy Summary

Audit

Committee

Shareholder Feedback and Responsive Changes
In 2023, we requested meetings with 34 of our top 36 shareholders, representing over 70% of our outstanding common stock. Additionally, throughout 2023, there were six other shareholders, representing approximately one percent of our outstanding common stock, that proactively reached out for an engagement meeting, which TransDigm accepted. We held 37 meetings with 30 of our shareholders to obtain their feedback to our compensation program and governance. In response to this feedback, we have made the following changes.

Compensation

Committee

Nominating &

Corporate

Governance

Committee

Full Board

of

Directors

 Corporate Strategy

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Appointed a Lead
Independent Director
We have appointed a LID to strengthen our governance practices and to align with market best practices.

 Enterprise Risk Management

New Compensation
Committee Chair
We have appointed a new Compensation Committee Chair.

 Cybersecurity

Refreshed Compensation
Committee
We have refreshed the members of the Compensation Committee; 67% of the members are new to the Committee.

 Legal and Regulatory Compliance

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Enhanced Investor
Outreach Program
We have implemented a formal year-round shareholder engagement program, increasing the number of shareholder feedback meetings by almost 250%.

 Environment

Enhanced Shareholder
Feedback Disclosure
In connection with our enhanced investor outreach program, we have also enhanced our disclosure of shareholder feedback.

 Diversity

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Enhanced Compensation
Program Disclosure
We have enhanced our disclosure of our compensation program, including descriptions of the carry-forward and carry-back feature of the long-term incentive plan and overall program design.

 Succession Planning

Enhance Disclosure of
Discretion When Used
Going forward, we will include a more fulsome disclosure if the Compensation Committee exercises discretion.

 COVID Impact

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Increased Stock
Ownership Guidelines for
Named Executive Officers
We have increased our stock ownership guidelines to six times salary for the CEO and three times salary for the remaining continuing NEOs.

 Governance Issues

Refreshed Peer Group
We have hired a new compensation consultant and significantly refreshed our peer group to help ensure it includes representative peers.
Adopted Double-Trigger Change in Control ProvisionWe have incorporated double-trigger change in control provisions in option agreements for NEO option awards starting in fiscal 2024.
For a detailed discussion of our shareholder outreach program, see the section entitled “Shareholder Engagement” beginning on page 15.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

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Proxy Summary
2023 ESG Highlights
In 2023, we also made strides towards our goal of reducing our Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions by 50% by 2031. We committed to this reduction in March 2022 with fiscal 2019 as our base year that we will compare against as we expect to progress towards our emissions reduction goal. Our operating units continue to evaluate ways to reduce energy and water consumption and lower our GHG emissions through energy efficiency measures, the purchase of green power, and other actions.
Our ESG initiatives are a priority, and we are dedicated to continuous improvement as we build on our efforts. Our approach continues to evolve as we look for opportunities to expand our ESG initiatives. We firmly believe that we can continue to be financially successful while operating more sustainably and responsibly.
2023 ESG highlights include:
Increased Board diversity to 40% (includes two females and two diverse males on TransDigm’s Board of ten directors);
Continued to expand the Doug Peacock Scholarship Program that provides educational opportunities to underrepresented students pursuing careers in engineering or business;
Opened the TransDigm Group Learning Center to support educational programming at the Great Lakes Science Center;
Progression towards our GHG reduction goal - total Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions are down compared to our baseline year of fiscal 2019; and
TransDigm operating units worked to evaluate and/or implement actions to lower GHG emissions including:    
Use of renewable energy sources, including solar power, hydropower and wind power;
LED lights or motion sensing lights;
Higher efficiency HVAC units; and
Other energy efficient building upgrades such as tinted windows, skylights, stucco coatings, improved insulation, and programmable thermostats.
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Corporate Governance
This section describes the role and structure of TransDigm’s Board of Directors and our corporate governance framework.

Role of the

Board of Directors

Leadership Structure

TransDigm’s Board consists of a standing Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and Executive Committee. The Chairman, which is separate from the CEO role, oversees the Chief Executive Officer and other senior management in the competent and ethical operation of TransDigm and ensures that the long-term interests of stockholders are being served. To satisfy the Board’s duties, directors are expected to take a proactive approach to their positionsBoard to ensure that TransDigmit is committed to business successfunctioning effectively and high standards of responsibility and ethics.

TransDigm’s key governance documents, including our Corporate Governance Guidelines, are available at www.transdigm.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance. The Board met seven times during 2021. In fiscal 2021, independent directors met in executive session after each regularly scheduled Board meeting. Each member ofserving the Board who served during 2021 attended or participated in 75% or more of the aggregate of the total number of meetings of the Board and each committee of the Board on which such member served during 2021, except that Mr. Dunn attended less than 75% of the meetings. Mr. Dunn missed one Board meeting and two committee meetings as a result of a medical emergency that occurred on the date of the committee meetings and after he had already traveled to Cleveland for the meetings; he was still in the hospital for the Board meeting the following day. In addition, Mr. Dunn missed two telephonic meetings relating to TransDigm’s potential acquisition of Meggitt plc that were called on short notice.

The Board does not hold a meeting on the dateinterests of our annual stockholder meeting and we have not established a policy regarding director attendance at the stockholder meeting. Two directors attended the 2021 annual stockholder meeting.

Composition of the Board and its Committees

shareholders. The Board believes that its current leadership structure, in which the roles of Chairman and CEO are separated, best serves the Board’s ability to carry out its roles and responsibilities on behalf of TransDigm’s stockholders,shareholders, including its oversight of management. The Board also believes that the currentthis structure allows our CEO to focus on managingdrive the performance and strategic vision of TransDigm, while leveraging our Chairman’s experience with respect to capital allocation, acquisitions and the strategic vision and culture of TransDigm andability to drive accountability at the Board level. In 2023, TransDigm also added the role of LID to further foster the role of independent directors on the Board and strengthen the Board’s alignment with its shareholders.

The Board has determined this structure enables the Board and its committees to carry out their roles and responsibilities effectively.
The Board has determined that all Board members, other than Messrs. Stein, Howley, and Howley,Valladares, are independent under applicable rules of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).

The Board also determined that Messrs. Staer and Dunn, who retired from the Board in October 2023, were independent under the applicable rules of the NYSE.

Addition of the Lead Independent Director
The LID functions as an important conduit for communications between the independent directors and TransDigm’s management. The LID role is designed to help ensure that the interests of TransDigm’s shareholders are being served. Since late 2023, Mr. Small has served as the LID. In furtherance of these goals, the LID has the following roles and responsibilities:
Review, advise, and set board meeting agendas and schedules, including to help assure that there is sufficient time allocated for discussion of all agenda items
Suggest to the Chairman agenda items for meetings of the Board and approve the agenda, as well as the substance and timeliness of information sent to the Board
Call and preside over executive sessions
Facilitate communications and act as a liaison between non-independent directors and the Chairman and management
Preside at board meetings in the absence of the Chairman
Consult and communicate with major shareholders as requested
Lead the board and director evaluation process with support of the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Provide input on the design of the Board, including Board and committee composition, size, membership, leadership, structure, and oversight responsibilities, as part of the Board’s and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s periodic review of such matters
Act as a resource for, and counsel to, the Chairman
Refreshed Composition of the Board’s Committees
As part of its annual evaluation of the Board has a standing Audit Committee,and its Committees’ responsibilities, the Board refreshed the membership of its Committees in calendar year 2023 in order to bring fresh perspectives to the Committees’ roles and responsibilities. The Compensation Committee, Nominating &and Corporate Governance Committee, and Executive Committee each have new members. The Compensation Committee has a new Chair, Mr. Barr. In addition, 67% of the Compensation Committee’s members are new to the Committee. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and Executive Committee consist of 50% and 33% new members, respectively.
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The Board has determined that all members of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Nominating &and Corporate Governance Committee are independent under applicable NYSE and Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)SEC rules for committee memberships and that each member of the Audit Committee also meets the additional independence criteria set forth in Rule 10A-3(b)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

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Each committee operates under a written charter adopted by the Board, each of which is available on our website at www.transdigm.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/. The current composition of the Board and its committees is as follows:

Independent

Audit 
Committee

Compensation
Committee

Compensation

Nominating
and Corporate
Governance
Committee

Executive
Committee

Nominating

& Corporate

Governance

Committee

Executive

Committee

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Audit Committee
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The Audit Committee oversees issues regarding accounting and financial reporting processes and audits of TransDigm’s financial statements; assists the Board in monitoring the integrity of TransDigm’s financial statements, compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, independent auditor’s qualifications, and independence and the performance of TransDigm’s internal audit function and independent auditors; is responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention, and oversight of the work of TransDigm’s independent auditors; and provides a forum for consideration of matters relating to audit issues, enterprise risk management, and cybersecurity.
Each Audit Committee member is independent under NYSE listing standards and as such term is defined in Rule 10A-3(b)(1). The Board has also determined that Mr. Hennessy, Ms. Santana, and Ms. Cronin each qualify as an “audit committee financial expert.”
Members
Sean P. Hennessy (Chair)
Jane M. Cronin
Michele L. Santana
Meetings
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Michael Graff

Compensation Committee
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The Compensation Committee discharges the Board’s responsibilities relating to compensation of TransDigm executives and directors; oversees TransDigm’s compensation and employee benefit plans and practices; and has sole discretion concerning administration of TransDigm’s stock option plans, including selection of individuals to receive awards, types of awards, the terms and conditions of the awards, and the time at which awards will be granted, other than awards to directors, which are approved by the full Board. To the extent permitted under NYSE listing standards and applicable law, the Compensation Committee may delegate its power and authority as it deems appropriate to subcommittees of no fewer than two members that it may form from time to time. The Compensation Committee may also delegate certain of its authority pursuant to the terms of TransDigm’s stock option plans to one or more officers or other employees of TransDigm, subject to NYSE listing standards, applicable law, and the terms of such plans. For a description of the Compensation Committee’s processes and procedures, including the roles of its independent compensation consultant and the CEO in support of the Compensation Committee’s decision-making process, see the section entitled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” beginning on page 32.
Each Compensation Committee member is independent under NYSE listing standards, and a “non-employee director” as defined in Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act. In determining independence, the Board affirmatively determined that none of the Compensation Committee members has a relationship with TransDigm that is material to his ability to be independent from management in connection with his duties on the Compensation Committee.
Members
David A. Barr (Chair)*
Gary E. McCullough*
Robert J. Small
*Appointed to the committee in 2023
Meetings
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Sean Hennessy

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Raymond Laubenthal

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
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The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s duties and responsibilities include overseeing and assisting the Board in identifying and recommending nominees for election as directors; recommending to the Board qualifications for committee membership, structure, and operation; recommending to the Board directors to serve on each committee; developing and recommending to the Board corporate governance policies and procedures; providing oversight with respect to corporate governance; leading the Board in its annual performance review of the Board and management; overseeing TransDigm’s succession planning; and overseeing TransDigm’s ESG initiatives.
Each Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee member is independent under NYSE listing standards.
In accordance with its charter and TransDigm’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has evaluated and recommended to the Board each of the nominees named in this proxy statement for election to the Board.
Members
Gary E. McCullough (Chair)
Jane M. Cronin*
Michael Graff*
Michele L. Santana
*Appointed to the committee in 2023
Meetings
4

Gary E. McCullough

Executive Committee
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The Executive Committee possesses the power of the Board during intervals between Board meetings.
Members
W. Nicholas Howley (Chair)
Michael Graff*
Robert J. Small
*Appointed to the committee in 2023
The Executive Committee held no formal meetings during fiscal 2023.

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John Staer

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Kevin Stein, President and CEO

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Audit Committee

The Audit Committee oversees issues regarding accounting and financial reporting processes and audits of TransDigm’s financial statements; assists the Board in monitoring the integrity of TransDigm’s financial statements, compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, independent auditor’s qualifications and independence and the performance of TransDigm’s internal audit function and independent auditors; is responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of the work of TransDigm’s independent auditors; and provides a forum for consideration of matters relating to audit issues, enterprise risk management and cybersecurity. Each Audit Committee member is independent under NYSE listing standards and as such term is defined in Rule 10A-3(b)(1). The Board has also determined that Mr. Hennessy, Ms. Santana and Ms. Cronin each qualify as an “audit committee financial expert”. The Audit Committee met eight times during 2021.

Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee discharges the Board’s responsibilities relating to compensation of TransDigm executives; oversees TransDigm’s compensation and employee benefit plans and practices; and has sole discretion concerning administration of TransDigm’s stock option plans, including selection of individuals to receive awards, types of awards, the terms and conditions of the awards and the time at which awards will be granted, other than awards to directors, which are approved by the full Board. For a description of the Compensation Committee’s processes and procedures, including the roles of its independent compensation consultant and the CEO in support of the Compensation Committee’s decision-making process, see the section entitled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” beginning on page 23. Each Committee member is independent under NYSE listing standards, and a “non-employee director” as defined in Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. In determining independence, the Board affirmatively determined that none of the Compensation Committee members has a relationship with TransDigm that is material to his ability to be independent from management in connection with his duties on the Committee. The Compensation Committee met six times during 2021.

Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee

The Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee’s duties and responsibilities include overseeing and assisting the Board in identifying and recommending nominees for election as directors; recommending to the Board qualifications for committee membership, structure and operation; recommending to the Board directors to serve on each committee; developing and recommending to the Board corporate governance policies and procedures; providing oversight with respect to corporate governance; leading the Board in its annual performance review; overseeing TransDigm’s succession planning; and overseeing TransDigm’s environmental, social and governance initiatives. Each Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee member is independent under NYSE listing standards. The Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee met four times during 2021.

In accordance with its charter and TransDigm’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee has evaluated and recommended to the full Board each of the nominees named in this Proxy Statement for election to the Board.

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee possesses the power of the Board of Directors during intervals between Board meetings. The Executive Committee held no formal meetings during fiscal 2021.

Corporate Governance Policies and Practices

TransDigm’s governance framework is designed to foster principled actions, informed and effective decision-making, and appropriate monitoring of compliance and performance.

Separation of Chairman
and CEO roles
We have a separate Chairman and CEO.

    Annual director elections

Lead Independent Director
We have appointed a LID to further alignment with shareholders and to align with market best practices.

All directors are elected annually for a one-year term

Refreshed CommitteesWe have refreshed the membership of three of our four committees. 67% of the members of the Compensation Committee are new to the Compensation Committee. 50% of the members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are new.
Retirement policyPolicy

Directors are required to retire from the Board when they reach age 75 subject to waiver by the Board upon the recommendation of the Nominating &and Corporate Governance Committee

Committee.
Proxy Access
    Proxy access

Up to 20 stockholdersshareholders owning at least 3% of sharesoutstanding common stock continuously for three years may nominate up tothe greater of two directors

or 20% of the board seats.
Annual Director ElectionsAll directors are elected annually for a one-year term.
    Separation of Chair and CEO roles

We have a separate Chairman and CEO

Prohibitions on hedging, pledging Hedging, Pledging
and short
selling

Short Selling

We prohibit short sales, transactions in derivatives, hedging, and pledging of TransDigm securities by all directors and employees

employees.
Stock Ownership Guidelines
    Stock ownership guidelines

We have robust equity ownership guidelines for our directors, officers, and management employees

employees. We have increased our stock ownership guidelines to six times salary for the CEO and three times salary for the remaining continuing NEOs.
Succession Planning
    Succession planning

Our Board regularly reviews executive succession planning

planning.
Responsible Stewardship & Role of the Board of Directors
TransDigm’s Board and governance structure is designed to foster principled actions, informed and effective decision-making, and appropriate monitoring of compliance and performance, to ensure that the long-term interests of shareholders are being served. Directors are expected to take a proactive approach to ensure that TransDigm is committed to business success through the maintenance of high standards of responsibility and ethics. Our risk management program is designed to identify, assess, and prioritize our risk exposures across various timeframes, from the short term to the long term. Further, the enterprise risk management program and our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to appropriately escalate key risks to the Board as well as analyze potential risks for disclosure.
TransDigm’s Board oversees the CEO and other senior management in the competent and ethical operation of TransDigm and ensures that the long-term interests of shareholders are being served.
TransDigm’s key governance documents, including our Corporate Governance Guidelines, are available at www.transdigm.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance. The Board met four times during fiscal 2023. In fiscal 2023, non-executive and independent directors met in executive session after each regularly scheduled Board meeting. Each member of the Board who served during fiscal 2023 attended or participated in 75% or more of the aggregate of the total number of meetings of the Board and each committee of the Board on which such member served during fiscal 2023.
The Board does not hold a meeting on the date of our annual shareholder meeting and we have not established a policy regarding director attendance at the annual shareholder meeting. One director attended the 2023 Annual Meeting. No non-employee shareholders attended the 2023 Annual Meeting.
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    Annual board and committee self-evaluations

Our Board and committees conduct annual performance evaluations

Corporate Governance

Board Oversight of Risk Management

The Board believes that evaluating the executive team’s management of the risks confronting TransDigm is one of its most important areas of oversight. In carrying out this responsibility, the Board is assisted by each of its committees that considers risks within its areas of responsibility and apprises the full Board of any significant risks and management’s response to those risks. The Board has retained primary oversight of certain areas of risk and management’s response, including corporate strategy. While the Board and its committees exercise oversight of risk management, management is responsible for implementing and supervising day-to-day risk management processes and reporting to the Board and its committees.

Our risk management program is designed to identify, assess, and prioritize our risk exposures across various timeframes, from the short term to the long term. Further, the enterprise risk management program and our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to appropriately escalate key risks to the Board as well as analyze potential risks for disclosure.

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Audit Committee’s Role in Oversight of Risk Management

The Audit Committee is charged with the primary responsibility for overseeing enterprise risk management. In accordance with this responsibility, the Audit Committee reviews and discusses with management its program to identify, assess, monitor, manage, and mitigate TransDigm’s significant business risks, including financial, operational, data security,cybersecurity, business continuity, tax, legal and regulatory compliance, and reputational risks.

Compensation Committee’s Role in Oversight of Risk Management

The Compensation Committee has primary responsibility to oversee risks related to our compensation programs. In establishing and reviewing our compensation programs, the Compensation Committee evaluatedevaluates whether the design and operation of our compensation programs orand policies encourage our executive officers or our other employees to take unnecessary or excessive risks. The Compensation Committee concluded that TransDigm’s compensation programs and policies provide an effective and appropriate mix of incentives to help ensure performance is focused on long-term stockholdershareholder value creation and do not encourage short-term risk taking at the expense of long-term results or create risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on TransDigm.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s Role in Oversight of Risk Management
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has primary oversight responsibility of our initiatives related to diversity and inclusion and ESG, including sustainability. In accordance with this responsibility, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee annually assesses our ESG risks. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee also works with the Board to nominate and evaluate potential successors to the CEO position and provide an annual report to the Board concerning succession planning.
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Annual Board and Committee Self-Evaluations

The Board conducts an annual self-evaluation that is intendeddesigned to determine whetherevaluate the performance of the Board. In particular, the self-evaluation is designed to obtain feedback on topics such as board composition, effectiveness of communication, and accountability to TransDigm’s shareholders. In addition, the assessment seeks feedback on potential opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of the Board, including content to include in Board meetings and continued education. The results of the self-assessment are shared with the Board and its committees are functioning effectively. considered for implementation.
In addition, each of the Audit, Compensation, and Nominating &and Corporate Governance Committees conducts its own annual self-evaluation and reports the results to the Board. Discussion topics include, among others, Board and committee composition and leadership, meeting effectiveness, appropriateness of agenda topics and information, access to management and outside auditors, and succession planning.

Code of Ethics

We are committed to integrity and ethical behavior and have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, a Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers, a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and a Whistleblower Policy. Each of these documents is posted on TransDigm’s website, www.transdigm.com, under “Investor Relations—Corporate Governance” and is available to any stockholdershareholder in writing upon request to TransDigm.

We have a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that reflects TransDigm’s commitment to honesty, integrity, and the ethical behavior of our employees, officers, directors, and directors.agents. The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics governs the actions, interactions, and working relationships of our employees, officers, directors, and directorsagents with customers, fellow employees, competitors, government, and self-regulatory agencies, investors, the public, the media, and anyone else with whom we have contact. The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics sets forth the expectation that employees, officers, directors, and directorsagents will conduct business legally and addresses conflict of interest situations, international trade compliance, protection and use of TransDigm assets, corporate opportunities, fair dealing, confidentiality, human rights, and reporting of illegal or unethical behavior. The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics expressly prohibits paying, offering, accepting, or soliciting bribes in any form, directly or indirectly. Only the Board or the Nominating &and Corporate Governance Committee may waive a provision of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics with respect to an executive officer or director. Any such waiver will be promptly disclosed on our website and as otherwise required by rule or regulation. There were no such waivers in 2021.

2023.

We also have a Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers that includes additional obligations for our senior financial officers (which includes our presidentPresident and chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial officer, chief accounting officer, vice presidentCEO, Co-COOs, CFO, Vice President of finance, treasurer, directorFinance, Treasurer, Director of internal audit, general counsel, operating unit presidentsInternal Audit, General Counsel, Operating Unit Presidents, and operating unit vice presidentsOperating Unit Vice Presidents of finance)Finance).

Only the Audit Committee or the Board may waive a provision of the code with respect to a Senior Financial Officer. Any such waiver, or any amendment to the code, will be promptly disclosed on our website and as otherwise required by rule or regulation. There were no such waivers or amendments in 2021.

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We encourage employees to disclose alleged wrongdoing that may adversely impact TransDigm, its customers, or stockholders,shareholders, fellow employees or the public, without fear of retaliation. Our Code of Ethics and Whistleblower Policy set forth procedures for reporting alleged financial and non-financial wrongdoing on a confidential and anonymous basis, a process for investigating reported acts of alleged wrongdoing, and a policy of non-retaliation. Reports may be made directly to a supervisor, human resources, operating unit management, executive management, the Chief Financial Officer orCFO, the Chief Compliance Officer, the Audit Committee, or Convercent, a third-party service retained on behalf of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee chairChair receives notices of complaints and oversees investigation of complaints of financial wrongdoing.

We continually assess our ethics program, including training opportunities, and modify as appropriate. Our managers and supervisors play an important role in reinforcing our policies and commitment to ethics by setting the example of ethical conduct and providing employees with continuous training, education, and resources that support the policies. Employees are encouraged to communicate concerns and contact the identified ethics resource contacts.

Transactions with Related Persons

The Board of Directors reviewshas the responsibility to review, approve, and must approveratify all related party transactions. Proposed transactions between TransDigm and related persons are submitted to the full Board for consideration.consideration on a case-by-case basis taking into account all relevant factors, including whether the terms and conditions are at least as favorable to us as if negotiated on an arm’s-length basis with unrelated third parties. The relationship of the parties and the terms of the proposed transaction are reviewed and discussed by the Board, and the Board may approve or disapprove TransDigm entering intoreject the transaction. All non-de-minimis related party transactions, whether or not those transactions must be disclosed under applicable regulations, are approved by the Board pursuant to these policies and procedures.
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Although TransDigm’s policies and procedures for related party transactions are not in writing, the policy.

review, approval and ratification of such transactions are documented in the minutes of the Board meetings.

Several of TransDigm’s Board members and executive officers serve as directors or executive officers of other organizations, including organizations with which TransDigm has commercial and charitable relationships. We do not believeThe Board has concluded that anyno director had a direct or indirect material interest in any such relationships during 20212023 and through the date of this Proxy Statement.

Reporting and Transparency

TransDigm publicly discloses substantial information aboutproxy statement.

Shareholder Engagement
We significantly increased our business across ashareholder engagement in 2023, both in terms of the number of shareholder calls and when we solicit feedback from shareholders. We increased the number of shareholder engagement calls by nearly 250% as compared to 2022. We have established a more robust and formalized shareholder engagement program in which we solicit feedback from our shareholders both before and after our 2023 Annual Meeting.
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TransDigm believes that dialogue with shareholders and key stakeholders affords our Board and leadership team valuable insights on the most important topics facing our business. We are committed to building our relationships with our shareholders, and we value their perspectives.
Given the unsatisfactory Say-on-Pay results of approximately 51% approval at our 2023 Annual Meeting, our Board has been particularly focused on engagement so we can better understand and be responsive to our shareholders. The feedback we received this year has led to several important changes, including in our Stakeholder Report which details our commitments, programs, and progress on the environment, diversity, labor and human rights, and ethics. Our Stakeholder Report can be found at www.transdigm.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance.

Stockholder Engagement

We proactivelyhow we plan to continue to engage with stockholders and other stakeholdersshareholders moving forward.

How We Engage
We engage with our shareholders throughout the year on the issues that matter to learnthem and matters that are important to TransDigm. Members of our leadership team meet with investors in a variety of forums, including investor conferences, meetings, calls, and other events. Our executive team and Board regularly review shareholder feedback and evaluate the best ways to be responsive while considering the diverse views of all of our key stakeholders and staying true to our vision and culture.
This year, in response to shareholder feedback and in recognition of the value derived from soliciting feedback from our shareholders, we developed a more formal shareholder engagement program. This enables us to better connect with our shareholders, particularly on issues that are not regularly addressed through traditional investor relations channels, such as governance, compensation, and sustainability issues.

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Identify target list of shareholders for proactive engagement and directly outreach to shareholders
Hold active discussions with shareholders on the issues most important to them
Solicit feedback on program enhancements that TransDigm is considering
Implement selected changes and communicate how changes address shareholder feedback in the proxy statement
Review feedback received during shareholder engagements
Identify priority areas and potential additional enhancements to consider
Enhancement of our Shareholder Engagement Program
Prior to 2023, our shareholder engagement on compensation and governance matters generally consisted of outreach during the period of time between the proxy statement filing and our annual meeting date. Our more formal and enhanced engagement program implemented in 2023, not only includes outreach to shareholders leading up to the annual meeting, but a cycle of outreach mid-year (late summer to fall) to gather feedback subsequent to our annual meeting. Our formalized engagement program is also more robust in our efforts to solicit feedback including persistent follow-up to the shareholders contacted to ensure TransDigm is doing our best to engage with a significant portion of our shareholder base and giving shareholders the opportunity to voice their perspectivesfeedback whether it be positive or constructive.
2023 Engagement
Our leadership team and Board were not satisfied with the outcome of the 2023 Annual Meeting. These results indicated that while we feel that we have strong relationships with our shareholders, we need to invest more time to better understand and address their perspectives.
Following our 2023 Annual Meeting, we reached out to 34 of our top 36 shareholders, which represent over 70% of our outstanding common stock. We conducted engagements with investors representing 62% of our outstanding common stock as result of this outreach. Engagements were led by senior leaders of TransDigm and included participation from the Compensation Committee Chair for select engagements.

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2023 Feedback and Actions
We received valuable feedback in our conversations with shareholders, and many of our conversations focused specifically on significant issues, including company performance and strategy, corporate governance,our executive compensation program. The Compensation Committee, and environmental, social, and governance topics. This engagement helps us better understand stockholder priorities and perspectives, gives us an opportunity to elaborate upon our initiatives and practices, and fosters constructive dialogue. We takethe Board as a whole, has spent a great deal of time evaluating the feedback and insights fromidentifying enhancements to our engagement with stockholderscompensation program and other stakeholders into consideration asoverall governance structure to address the concerns that were voiced. While we reviewrecognize that we have not been responsive to every individual piece of feedback received, we did thoughtfully consider each piece of feedback. We are pleased to say that we have made meaningful improvements that address our shareholders’ key concerns. Below is a summary of the feedback that we received and evolve our practices and disclosures, and further share them with our Board as appropriate.

the improvements we have made in response.

What We HeardWhat We Did
Shareholders would like us to enhance our engagement efforts throughout the year to discuss key compensation and governance issues.We have always appreciated shareholder perspectives and value the dialogue we have had with investors over the years. We recognize that in today's environment, our less formal approach to engagement is not enough. Over the past year, we have formalized our shareholder outreach program to systematically engage with a variety of investors and solicit feedback on key compensation and governance issues. We plan to build on these efforts in the coming years and look forward to the ongoing dialogue.
Shareholders asked us to provide more disclosure in our proxy statement describing our approach to key governance topics.Over the past year we have reviewed and revised many key sections of our proxy statement to help our shareholders better understand our governance policies, practices, and procedures. We have added more detailed disclosure on investor priority topics including executive compensation and board composition and have included more direct communication from our directors. We will continue to review our disclosure practices to ensure we are meeting our shareholders' expectations.
Shareholders expressed their concern over our single trigger change-in-control provision.We have updated our change-in-control provision for NEOs from single trigger to double trigger to align with investor preferences along with market practice. This change will be made on a go forward basis as NEOs receive new stock option grants.
Shareholders voiced concern over the Compensation Committee's use of discretion in the Annual Incentive Plan.For any select discretion utilized for fiscal 2023 annual incentive pay outs, rationale was thoroughly provided within the CD&A. Going forward, the Board will continue to only use discretion in select situations and will provide detailed disclosure regarding their rationale for the decision.

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What We HeardWhat We Did
Shareholders expressed their desire to see enhanced stock ownership guidelines for our CEO and NEOs and would like to see those guidelines expressed as a multiple of salary.We have revised our stock ownership guidelines for our CEO and continuing NEOs. Our guidelines now align with market practice: 6x salary for the CEO and 3x salary for other continuing NEOs, met through a hybrid approach of 50% stock and 50% in-the-money vested stock options.
Shareholders expressed their concern that the same Board members of the Compensation Committee have overseen a compensation plan that has received low Say-on-Pay support for multiple years in a row.
We have refreshed the committee membership of several Board committees (refer to ‘Board Composition’ section on page 2 of the proxy statement), including the Compensation Committee. David Barr, who previously served on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, has assumed the role of Chair of the Compensation Committee. Additionally, Gary E. McCullough, who is also the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, has joined the Compensation Committee. Michael Graff, the long-standing Chair of the Compensation Committee, has rotated off the Compensation Committee to join both the Executive Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mervin Dunn, a long-standing member of the Compensation Committee, retired from the Board in 2023. The Committee changes reflect our recognition of investors' concerns around accountability and ensure new perspectives and leadership.
Several shareholders expressed an interest in better understanding our peer group and the decision process behind the peer group compilation.With the help of external compensation advisors, we reviewed, and significantly revised our peer group. We evaluated companies for inclusion or deletion on several criteria, resulting in an almost 60% turnover in composition. This new peer group is being used starting with our fiscal 2024 compensation plan. We have provided a detailed explanation of our process in the CD&A of this proxy statement.
A few shareholders noted that bringing in new advisors to offer fresh perspectives could be an opportunity for us.Following a several months process, we hired Exequity to serve as our new compensation consultant. They, along with other external governance, and compensation experts, have helped us better understand our shareholders' priorities and identify additional ways to be responsive.
Shareholders asked us to adopt a clawback policy.We adopted a clawback policy in 2023 that satisfies the regulatory requirements put in place by the SEC and NYSE.
Shareholders questioned the use of the carry-forward/carry-back feature in our compensation plan.We recognize that the carry-forward/carry-back feature in our plan is unique to TransDigm. The Compensation Committee believes it is important to retain this feature of our equity awards, and additional disclosure in the CD&A has been included in this proxy statement to better explain how this feature works and its value in being maintained for the equity awards.
Some shareholders expressed concern over perceived misalignment between pay and performance, and a few shared that they would like to see us adopt a relative performance metric in our long-term incentive plan to drive better alignment.Our long-term incentive plan is 100% performance-based stock options, which we believe ultimately drives alignment between the overall amount paid to our CEO and the change in value for our shareholders. Further, more than 90% of NEO total compensation is at-risk and performance-based. We believe our emphasis on performance-based compensation drives results for TransDigm and its shareholders. We have received varying feedback over the years on the exact performance metrics that investors prefer to see in long-term incentive plans. Some investors prefer relative metrics, a common metric referenced being relative TSR, while others believe operational metrics are a more appropriate measure. We have an AOP metric, with a five-year measurement period, that we believe is the best reflection of TransDigm’s performance against our long-term strategy as it is based on actual financial results, not the whims of the market. We will continue to solicit feedback on our approach and evaluate how to best incent our executives to drive our performance for TransDigm.
Many shareholders stated that they would like to see a greater degree of responsiveness given the results of our Say-on-Pay vote in 2023.We believe that the collective changes we have made, articulated in this table and throughout this proxy statement, demonstrate that our Board took their duty to be responsive to shareholder feedback very seriously. Understanding and addressing shareholder priorities is an ongoing process for our Board. We will continue to solicit feedback and address concerns throughout the year, including as part of our formal shareholder engagement program.
In addition to compensation-focused feedback and changes, we also discussed several governance priorities with investors.
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Corporate Governance
What We HeardWhat We Did
Some shareholders suggested that, given our current Board leadership structure, we should consider appointing a Lead Independent Director.
The Board has appointed Mr. Small as the LID. He will work closely with our Chairman, Mr. Howley, to support the Board in guiding TransDigm forward. His responsibilities in this role are further described on page 8 of this proxy statement.
Shareholders expressed a general concern over the tenure of our Board and certain directors.Our Board, led by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, regularly evaluates its "fit-for-purpose." In this process, they seek to identify if the Board as a whole consists of the right skills and expertise to oversee the company today and into the future. This process led to the appointment of Jane M. Cronin in 2021 and Jorge L. Valladares III in 2023. In 2023, Mervin Dunn and John Staer, two long-serving directors, retired from our Board. With these changes, the average tenure of our Board is approximately ten years.
Shareholders voiced their focus on Board diversity and requested greater disclosure on the diversity of our Board.
We appreciate shareholders' focus on diversity; it is one of the criteria that the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee consider when searching for director candidates. Our Board is currently 40% diverse, as described on page 2 of this proxy statement.
Communications with the Board

Any matter intended for the Board, or for any individual member of the Board, should be directed to Investor Relations, TransDigm Group Incorporated, 1301 East Ninth Street, Suite 3000, Cleveland, Ohio 44114 or at ir@transdigm.com, with a request to forward the communication to the intended recipient. In general, any stockholdershareholder communication delivered to TransDigm for forwarding to Board members will be forwarded in accordance with the stockholder’sshareholder’s instructions. However, TransDigm reserves the right not to forward to Board members any abusive, threatening, or otherwise inappropriate materials or any solicitations of merchandise, publications, or services of any kind. Information regarding the submission of complaints relating to our accounting, internal accounting controls, or auditing matters is available under our Whistleblower Policy at www.transdigm.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance.

DIRECTORS

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Proposal One
Election of Ten Director Nominees to our Board of Directors
This section describes the experience and qualifications of our Board members and how they are compensated.

Directors

TransDigm’s

Proposal No. 1 – Election of Ten Director Nominees to our Board consists of Directors
The Board has nominated Mr. Barr, Ms. Cronin, Mr. Graff, Mr. Hennessy, Mr. Howley, Mr. McCullough, Ms. Santana, Mr. Small, Mr. Stein, and Mr. Valladares to be elected to serve on our Board until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
At the annual meeting, proxies cannot be voted for a diverse groupgreater number of highly qualified leadersindividuals than the ten director nominees named in their respective fields. Mostthis proxy statement. Holders of ourproxies solicited by this proxy statement will vote the proxies received by them as directed on the proxy card or, if no direction is made, for the election of the Board’s ten nominees.
Each of the directors have senior leadership experience at major domestic and multinational companies. In these positions, they have gained significant and diverse management experience, including strategic and financial planning, mergers and acquisitions, capital allocation, public company financial reporting, compliance, risk management, and leadership development. They also have experiencenominated by the Board has consented to serving as executive officers,a nominee, being named in this proxy statement, and serving on the Board if elected. Each director elected at the annual meeting will be elected to serve a one-year term. If any nominee is unable to serve or on boards of directors and board committees, and have an understanding of corporate governance practices and trends. In addition, many of our directors have experience serving nonprofit and philanthropic institutions, and bring unique perspectives to the Board.

Each Board member was chosen to beotherwise will not serve as a director at the time of the annual meeting, the proxy holders may vote for any nominee becausedesignated by the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committeepresent Board to fill the vacancy.

For more information on the director nominees, please see “Director Nominees for Election” beginning on page 23.
The ten nominees receiving the greatest number of votes ‘FOR’ election will be elected as directors. If you do not vote for a particular director nominee, or if you indicate ‘WITHHOLD AUTHORITY’ for a particular nominee on your proxy form, your vote will not count either for or against the nominee. If your shares are held in “street name” by a broker or nominee indicating on a proxy that it does not have authority to vote on this or any other proposal, this will result in a “broker non-vote,” which will not count as a vote for or a vote against any of the nominees.
Board Nominees and Board believe that he or she demonstrated leadership experience, specific industry or manufacturing experience and experience with capital market transactions. Every director holds or has held executive positions in organizations that have provided him or her with experience in management and leadership development. Composition
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Proposal One
Director Candidates
The Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee and the Board believe that these skills and qualifications, combined with each director’s diverse background and ability to work in a positive and collegial fashion, benefit TransDigm and its stockholders by creating a strong and effective Board.

The Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee recommends potential director candidates to the Board. The Nominating &and Corporate Governance Committee identifies nominees by first determining whether current Board members are willing to continue in service. If any Board member does not wish to continue to serve, or if the Nominating &and Corporate Governance Committee or Board decides not to nominate a member for re-election, then the Nominating &and Corporate Governance Committee initially identifies the desired skills and experience in light of the criteria outlinedduties and responsibilities required of a member of our Board and the Board’s oversight role described above. The Nominating &and Corporate Governance Committee then establishes potential director candidates from recommendations from the Board, senior management, stockholdersshareholders, and third parties. The Nominating &and Corporate Governance Committee may retain a search consultant to supplement potential Board candidates if it deems it advisable. In making its recommendations, consistent with the Nominating &and Corporate Governance Committee’s charter, the Committee considers each candidate’s independence, character, ability to exercise sound judgment and demonstrated leadership, as well as diversity, age,

strategic and financial skills, and experience, in the context of the needs of the Board as a whole. The Nominating &and Corporate Governance Committee’s charter requires the selection of prospective Board members with personal and professional integrity who have demonstrated appropriate ability and judgmentjudgment. The Nominating and whom theCorporate Governance Committee believesalso evaluates whether Board member nominees will be effective, in conjunction with the other Board members, in collectively serving the long-term interests of TransDigm and its stockholders. There are no other stated criteria for director nominees.shareholders. However, the Nominating &and Corporate Governance Committee’s charter and our Corporate Governance Guidelines set forth the Board’s commitment to seek out qualified women and minorities to include in the pool from which Board nominees are chosen. In 2021, the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee,

We are committed to seeking qualified female and minority candidates for the Board.
4 of the last 5 Board members added to the Board were either a female or a minority.
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Director Skills
Our Board is comprised of members with input from our independent directors, Chairmanvaried experiences and backgrounds, which we believe enables thoughtful decision-making. The skills matrix below provides an overview of the levels of experience that each of our Board members has in areas that impact our business: accounting/audit/financial experience, global business experience, mergers and CEO, identified Jane Cronin as a potential candidateacquisitions, risk management, corporate governance, senior leadership experience, operations and recommended her tobusiness strategy, cybersecurity, and human capital management. The Board assesses the skills of its members and whether additional skills or training would enhance the Board. Ms. Cronin was appointed toAs a result of this process, the Board is considering providing opportunities to deepen its experience in June 2021.

cybersecurity.

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Skills Matrix
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The Nominating &and Corporate Governance Committee will consider stockholdershareholder suggestions concerning qualified candidates for election as directors. To recommend a prospective nominee forto the Nominating &and Corporate Governance Committee’sCommittee for consideration, a stockholdershareholder must submit the candidate’s name and qualifications to TransDigm’s Secretary Halle Martin, at the following address: TransDigm Group Incorporated, 1301 East Ninth Street, Suite 3000, Cleveland, Ohio 44114. The Nominating &and Corporate Governance Committee has not established specific minimum qualifications a candidate must have in order to be recommended to the Board. However, in determining qualifications for new directors, the Nominating &and Corporate Governance Committee will consider potential members’ independence, as well as diversity, age, skill and experience in the context of the Board’s needs as described above. StockholdersShareholders who wish to nominate directors directly for election at an annual meeting should do so in accordance with the procedures in our bylaws.Bylaws. In addition, the bylawsBylaws provide proxy access to eligible stockholders.shareholders. The proxy access bylaw provides that a stockholder,shareholder, or group of up to 20 stockholders,twenty shareholders, owning at least 3% of our outstanding common stock continuously for at least three years may submit director nominees for the greater of two directors or 20% of the Board seats provided that the stockholdershareholder and nominees satisfy the requirements specified in our bylaws.Bylaws. See “STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR 2023 MEETING”“Shareholder Proposals for the 2025 Annual Meeting” for more information about the procedures for direct nominations and proxy access.

Among our 11 nominees for election to the Board, two self-identify as women and one self-identifies as an individual from an underrepresented community.

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Proposal One
Director Nominees for Election

The chart above and the following biographies describe the skills, qualities, attributes, and experience of the nominees that led the Nominating &and Corporate Governance Committee and the Board to determine that it is appropriate to nominate these directors for election to the Board. Mr. Laubenthal is not standing for re-election.

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DAVID BARR

NOMINATING & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

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David A. Barr 58, has been a director since 2017. He also served as a director from 2003 – 2011. Mr. Barr is managing directorManaging Director of Bessemer Investors, a family ownedfamily-owned private capital fund.fund, since 2017. Formerly Mr. Barr served as a Managing Director of Warburg Pincus LLC, a private equity fund, from 2001 to 2017.

Through Mr. Barr also served as a TransDigm director from 2003 to 2011.

Mr. Barr leverages his private equity leadership experience including as former Managing Director of Warburg Pincus LLC, as well as Co-Head of its Industrial and Business Services Team and member of its Executive Management Group, Mr. Barr bringsto bring a private equity philosophy to the Board consistent with TransDigm’s management approach. Mr. Barr also has extensive public company experience.

OTHER CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY DIRECTORSHIPS

None

SELECTED DIRECTORSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Good Shepard Services

President’s Council – Wesleyan University

FORMER PUBLIC COMPANY DIRECTORSHIPS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS

He previously served on the board of Aramark, a food service and facilities services provider, helping guide them through their transition from private to public ownership. Mr. Barr has considerable experience in evaluating and establishing executive compensation at both public and private companies.

Former Public Company Directorships In The Last Five Years
Builders FirstSource, Inc., a NasdaqNYSE listed supplier of building products and services, through December 31, 2020

ARAMARK Holdings Corp., an NYSE listed provider2020.

Selected Directorships And Memberships
Good Shepard Services
Board of food, facilities and uniform services, through February 2016.

Trustees– Wesleyan University
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Age
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JANE CRONIN

AUDIT COMMITTEE*

Director Since
2017
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Jane Cronin, 54, has been a director since June 30, 2021. Ms.M. Cronin is Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller– Enterprise Finance of Sherwin WilliamsThe Sherwin-Williams Company, a manufacturer, developer, distributor, and seller of paint, coatings, and related products. Ms. Cronin has served in her current role since 2016. Prior to that, Ms. Cronin held roles of increasing responsibility at Sherwin Williams,The Sherwin-Williams Company, including Vice President President–Internal Audit and Loss Prevention and Vice President – President–Controller, Diversified Brands division.

Ms. Cronin was deemed to be valuable to the Board because of her statusCronin’s experience with accounting and experience as a current accounting officer offinancial matters at a large public company in the manufacturing industry andenables her experience with acquisition integration. Her serviceto provide valuable insight in her role on the Board also provides increased diversity thatand as a member of the Board deems important.

*Audit Committee. In addition, Ms. Cronin joined the Audit Committee in October 2021

OTHER CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY DIRECTORSHIPS

None

SELECTED DIRECTORSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS

also has experience with acquisitions and integration, including The Sherwin-Williams Company acquisition of Valspar.

Selected Directorships And Memberships
Providence House

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Age
56
Director Since
2021
Committees
Audit
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MERVIN DUNN

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

NOMINATING & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE*

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Michael Graff has been a director since 2009. Mr. Dunn has been an Operating Advisor of Clearlake Capital Group, a private investment firm, since 2013 and President and Chief Executive Officer of Merv Dunn Management & Consulting, LLC, a private management consulting company, since 2013. Formerly Mr. Dunn was Chief Executive Officer (2016 – 2017) and Co-Chairman of the Board (2013 – 2016) of Futuris Group of Companies Ltd, a privately held automotive supplier. Mr. Dunn is the retired Chief Executive Officer of Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed supplier of systems for the commercial vehicle market, a role he held from 1999 – 2013.

Mr. Dunn brings to the Board his extensive acquisition experience and experience with domestic and international management of an engineered product business, as well as his experience being the chief executive officer of a public company, all of which are useful to the Board.

* Mr. Dunn served as Chair of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee until October 2021

OTHER CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY DIRECTORSHIPS

None

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MICHAEL GRAFF

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, CHAIR

Mr. Graff, 70, has been a director since 2003. Mr. Graff is a Senior Advisor at Warburg Pincus LLC, a private equity firm.firm, since 2020. Prior to 2020, he was a Managing Director of Warburg Pincus LLC since 2003. Formerly, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Bombardier Aerospace, an aerospace manufacturer.

Mr. Graff brings to the Board a knowledge of acquisitions and capital market transactions to the Board both from his time at Bombardier Aerospace and significantat Warburg Pincus LLC. Mr. Graff’s extensive background and expertise in the aerospace industry, coupled with his financial management and strategic planning and analysis, provides the Board with valuable insight and industry experience that he has used throughout his tenure on the Board, including guiding TransDigm through its initial public offering, the financial crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr. Graff’s tenure on the Board and prior public company board experience, both acquired through his positionsin aerospace and private equity, add valuable insight and perspective that have helped TransDigm stay focused and disciplined over time as TransDigm strives to provide private equity returns with Warburg Pincus. Additionally, with his aerospace industry experience, and his previousthe liquidity of the public market. Mr. Graff’s management consulting background at McKinsey Mr. Graff’sCompany contributes to his experience as an industry leader and management perspective is valuable to the Board.

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Builders FirstSource, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed manufacturerdemonstrate his strategic planning and distributor, through July 2016

analytical acumen.
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SEAN HENNESSY

AUDIT COMMITTEE, CHAIR

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

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Sean P. Hennessy 64, has served as a director since 2006. He is the retired Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning, Development & Administration of The Sherwin WilliamsSherwin-Williams Company, a manufacturer, developer, distributor, and distributorseller of paint, coatings, and related products, serving in that role from January 2017 to March 2018 in connection with the company’s integration of its Valspar acquisition. Prior to that, Mr. Hennessy served as Chief Financial Officer of The Sherwin WilliamsSherwin-Williams Company from 2001 to 2016. He iswas formerly a certified public accountant.

As a certified public accountant and former chief financial officer of a large manufacturing public company, engaged in manufacturing, Mr. Hennessy’s finance backgroundbrings a significant wealth of financial and accounting experience and expertise to his role on the Board. His insight and experience of navigating various audit complexities related to acquisitions, as well as general audit matters typical of a large public company experience is valuableinvaluable and critical for his service on the Board and as Chair of the Audit Committee.

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His experience of navigating various financial economic cycles has been and continues to be a valuable resource for TransDigm.

Other Current Public Company Directorships
Perimeter Solutions, SA, ana NYSE-listed manufacturer of highly engineered forest fire retardant and suppressant chemicals and equipment and oil additives and operator of forest fighting stations, from November 2021

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2021.

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St. Edward High School

Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland

University Hospitals Miracle Fund

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W. NICHOLAS HOWLEY

BOARD CHAIR

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, CHAIR

Mr.Nicholas Howley 70, was a co-founder ofco-founded TransDigm in 1993 and has been Chairman of the Board since 2003. He was employed as Executive ChairmanChair from 2018 to August 2021 and served as President and/or Chief Executive Officer of TransDigm from 2003 to 2018 and of TransDigm Inc. from 1998 to 2018.

As a TransDigm co-founder, Mr. Howley brings to the Board an extensive understanding of TransDigm’s business. Mr. Howley has played an integral role in TransDigm’s establishment and implementation of its core strategy on an ongoing basis and in its rapid and strategic growth.

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Other Current Public Company Directorships
Perimeter Solutions, SA, an NYSE-listed manufacturer of highly engineered forest fire retardant and suppressant chemicals and equipment and oil additives and operator of forest fire fighting stations, from November 2021

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Cleveland Clinic

Cristo Rey Network

Drexel Fund

Howley Foundation, Chair

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

St. Martin dePorres High School

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2021.

Former Public Company Directorships In The Last Five Years
EverArc Holdings Limited, a cash shell company listed on the London Stock Exchange, through November 2021 when it merged with Perimeter Solutions,

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Cleveland Clinic
Cristo Rey Network
Drexel Education Fund
Howley Foundation, Chair
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Drexel University
St. Joseph Preparatory School
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GARY

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Gary E. MCCULLOUGH

AUDIT COMMITTEE

NOMINATING & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, CHAIR*

Mr. McCullough, 63, has served on the Board since 2017. Mr. McCullough has been an advisor to Abundant Venture Partners, a venture capital company, and to various other early stageearly-stage companies, since 2012. Formerly, Mr. McCullough served as Chief Executive Officer of Advertising Resources, Inc., a private company that provided design and packaging co-manufacturing and logistics for consumer package goods companies from 2014 to 2017. Prior to that, Mr. McCullough served as President & Chief Executive Officer of Career Education Corporation, a publicly traded education services company, as well as serving in management positions with increasing responsibility at Ross Products, Abbott Laboratories, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company and The Procter & Gamble Company.

Mr. McCullough brings to the Board public company leadership and public board experience. Mr. McCullough was previously President and Chief Executive Officer and served on the board of directors of Career Education Corporation, a publicly traded education services company, served on the board of directors of The Sherwin WilliamsSherwin-Williams Company from 2002—2002 to 2011, where he served on the audit committee during his entire tenure and served as the audit committee chair during 2011, and served as a co-chair of the Advisory Council for Legacy Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)(“SPAC”) traded on the New York Stock Exchange,NYSE, until it consummated a business combination in November 2020. His service on the Board also provides increased diversity that the Board deems important.

*  Mr. McCullough became Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee in October 2021

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Other Current Public Company Directorships
Commercial Metals Company, an NYSE-listed manufacturer, recycler, fabricator and provider of steel and metal products and related materials and services since October 2021

SELECTED DIRECTORSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS

2021.

Selected Directorships And Memberships
Rush Oak Park Hospital, Chair

Rush University Medical Center

Wright State University Foundation

Gary E. McCullough
Age
65

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MICHELE SANTANA

AUDIT COMMITTEE

NOMINATING & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

Ms. Santana, 51, has served on the Board since 2018. Ms.

Director Since
2017
Committees
Compensation
Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair)
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Proposal One
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Michele L. Santana has been Chief Financial Officer of Bedrock Manufacturing Company since November 2021. Bedrock Manufacturing Company is an investment firm that focusesfocusing on retail brands, including Shinola (a manufacturer of watches and lifestyle goods) and Filson (a manufacturer of high-end outdoor clothing and accessories), since November 2021. Prior to that, Ms. Santana was Chief Financial Officer of Majestic Steel USA, a privately held steel company (November 2019 to October 2021) and Chief Financial Officer of Signet Jewelers an NYSE-listedLimited, a NYSE listed retail jeweler (2014 to 2019). Prior to that, Ms. Santana was Senior Vice President and Controller of Signet Jewelers Limited and previously had 14 years of public accounting experience.experience at KPMG. Ms. Santana is a certified public accountant.

Ms. Santana brings to the Board diverse financial and business expertise withfrom her prior experience as a chief financial officer of a large public company combinedas well as her current experience with herprivate equity. In addition, she has significant prior experience as a public accountant at KPMG. Her service on the Board also provides increased diversity that the Board deems important.

OTHER CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY DIRECTORSHIPS

None

SELECTED DIRECTORSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Selected Directorships And Memberships
Akron Zoo Chair

(Chair)
International Women’s Forum, Member
Women Corporate Directors, Member
Michele L. Santana
Age
53
Director Since
2018
Committees
Audit
Nominating and Corporate Governance

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ROBERT SMALL

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE*

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Mr. Small, 56, has served on the Board since 2010. Mr.

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Robert J. Small has been a Managing Director of Berkshire Partners LLC, a private equity investment firm, since 2000 and initially joined the firm in 1992. Since its inception in 2007, Mr. Small has been a Managing Director of Stockbridge, the public equity business unit of Berkshire Partners LLC that manages a specialized investment group affiliated with Berkshire focused on marketable securities.

concentrated portfolio seeking attractive long-term investments. The firm’s Stockbridge and Private Equity teams frequently collaborate and leverage their collective industry expertise across sectors.

Mr. Small brings to the Board aan extensive knowledge of acquisitions and capital market, business, and financial transactions, based on more than 30 years of experience in theboth public and private equity, industry, as well as a breadth of board experience. Mr. Small is or has been a director of several of Berkshire’sBerkshire Partners LLC’s portfolio companies, including having previously served as director of Hexcel Corporation, a composite materials producer primarily for aerospace applications, which is publicly tradedlisted on the NYSE.

* Mr. Small also served on the Audit Committee through October 2021

OTHER CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY DIRECTORSHIPS

None

SELECTED DIRECTORSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Selected Directorships And Memberships
Boston Children’s Hospital Trust

Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston

Kingsley Montessori School

Robert J. Small
Lead Independent Director
Age
57

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JOHN STAER

AUDIT COMMITTEE

NOMINATING & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

COMMITTEE

Mr. Staer, 70, has served on the Board since 2012. Mr. Staer retired as Chief

Director Since
2010
Committees
Compensation
Executive Officer of Satair A/S, a subsidiary of Airbus, and a distributor of aerospace products, including parts manufactured by TransDigm subsidiaries, a role he held from 1993 – 2013.

Mr. Staer is valuable to the Board because of his industry experience, international experience (including extensively in Europe and the Pacific Rim), mergers and acquisitions experience, experience as a chief executive officer and chief financial officer, his finance background, and his experience as a public company board member.

OTHER CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY DIRECTORSHIPS

None

FORMER PUBLIC COMPANY DIRECTORSHIPS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS

EverArc Holdings Limited, a cash shell company listed on the London Stock Exchange, through November 2021

Dalhoff Larsen & Horneman A/S, a Danish public company that is supplier of timberand wood products, through April 2017.


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KEVIN STEIN

Mr. Stein, 56, has been on the Board since 2018. Mr.

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Proposal One
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Kevin M. Stein has been Chief Executive Officer of TransDigm since April 2018 and President since January 2017. He also served as Chief Operating Officer from January 2017 to March 2018. Prior to that he was Chief Operating Officer of TransDigm’s Power and Controls SegmentControl segment from October 2014 to December 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Stein was President of the Structurals Division and Executive Vice President of Precision Cast Parts from 2009 to 2014.

Mr. Stein was appointed to the Board in connection with his promotion to Chief Executive Officer.Officer in 2018. Mr. Stein has extensive manufacturing and aerospace experience.

OTHER CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY DIRECTORSHIPS

None

SELECTED DIRECTORSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Cleveland Institute

Other Current Public Company Directorships
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd., a NYSE listed manufacturer specializing in coatings in a wide variety of Music

Gilmour Academy

Greater Cleveland Sports Commission

Playhouse Square Foundation

FORMER PUBLIC COMPANY DIRECTORSHIPS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS

industrial applications, material, and sectors, including automotive paints.

Former Public Company Directorships In The Last Five Years
Perimeter Solutions, SA, an NYSE-listeda NYSE listed manufacturer of highly engineered forest fire retardant and suppressant chemicals and equipment and oil additives and operator of forest fighting stations, from November 2021 to April 2022

2022.
Selected Directorships And Memberships
Cleveland Institute of Music
Gilmour Academy
Greater Cleveland Sports Commission
Kevin M. Stein
Age
57
Director Since
2018
Committees
None


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Jorge L. Valladares III served as the Chief Operating Officer of TransDigm from April 2019 until his retirement in September 2023. Prior to that, Mr. Valladares served as Chief Operating Officer of the Power & Control Segment from June 2018 to March 2019, Executive Vice President from October 2013 to May 2018, as President of AvtechTyee, Inc. (formerly Avtech Corporation), a wholly-owned subsidiary of TransDigm Inc., from 2009 to 2013, and as President of AdelWiggins Group, a division of TransDigm Inc., from 2008 to 2009. Prior to that Mr. Valladares served in a variety of senior leadership, operations, sales and marketing, and engineering roles at AdelWiggins Group, since 1997.
Mr. Valladares was appointed to the Board because of his all-encompassing and deep knowledge of TransDigm’s business. Specifically, Mr. Valladares has extensive knowledge of the operations of TransDigm’s industry at large.
Jorge L. Valladares III
Age
49
Director Since
2023
Committees
None

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Proposal One
Director Compensation

Mr. Stein, the only director who is also a current TransDigm employee, does not receive any director fees.compensation while he serves as an employee. Mr. Valladares was a TransDigm employee during fiscal 2023 when he was appointed to the Board and did not receive any director compensation in fiscal 2023 in connection with his serving on the Board. Mr. Howley also does not receive any director fees,compensation, as he received an option grant in fiscal 2021 in connection with the early termination of his employment agreement and transition to non-executive Chairman.

Compensation for non-employeeindependent directors for 2021fiscal 2023 was as follows:

•    An annual retainer fee of $75,000, with such fee being paid, at the option of each director, either in cash or shares of TransDigm’s common stock, paid semi-annually in arrears (typically in March and September).arrears. No additional Board or committee meeting fees were paid.

•    An additional retainer of $15,000 to the chairmanchair of the Audit Committee, paid semi-annually in arrears.

•    An additional retainer of $5,000 to the chairmenchairs of the Compensation and the Nominating &and Corporate Governance Committees, paid semi-annually in arrears.

Historically, every two years, TransDigm made a

•    An annual grant of stock options to each outside director to cover equity compensation for a two-year period. No option grants were made in fiscal 2021. In 2020, the grant was valued at $400,000 on a Black Scholes basis and covered compensation for fiscal 2020 and 2021, granted on the same terms and conditions as those granted to TransDigm employees, including vesting over five years. The terms of the options are discussed in greater detail beginning on page 30. Commencing in fiscal 2022, outside directors other than Mr. Howley will instead receive a grant of stock options annually valued atapproximately $200,000 on a Black ScholesBlack-Scholes “fair value” basis. This will help avoid investor confusion over the perceived magnitude of director compensation in certain years.

Dividend equivalentsThese options are paid on vested options duesubject to the Company’s unique capital allocation strategy of paying infrequentsame rigorous vesting criteria as our NEOs. Performance metrics and large extraordinary dividends. Dividend equivalentsvesting criteria are discusseddescribed below in greatermore detail on page 35. The Board has recently determined that for any future— see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – 2023 NEO Compensation – 2023 Equity Based Incentives.”

For special dividends commencing in 2022, the Board members (including Messrs. Stein and Howley) willMr. Stein) receive the dividend equivalent by means of a reduction in the exercise price of the option, rather than in cash. This istheir respective options as contemplated by our existing stockholder-approvedshareholder-approved equity plans.

plans in connection with a capital adjustment event. For special dividends declared prior to 2022, directors still receive dividend equivalent payments (“DEPs”) related to such special dividends as the options outstanding at the time of those special dividends vest. Those payments will cease after fiscal 2024.

Non-employee directors other than Mr. Howley must maintain equity in TransDigm (i.e., stock or vested in-the-money options) equal to at least $250,000 (with a grace period$250,000. Mr. Howley must maintain equity in TransDigm of $6,000,000, at least half of which must be maintained in stock. Any employee directors are subject to reach such limit).maintain equity as set forth in their stock option award agreements which are described in more detail in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” below. All of the non-employee directors (other than Ms. Cronin, who is within her grace period) are in compliance with the ownershipequity retention requirements.

Director Ownership Requirements

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Proposal One
Fiscal 2023 Director Compensation
The following table sets forth (in dollars) the compensation paid to TransDigm’s non-employee directors during fiscal 2021.

Name  Fees Earned or
  Paid In Cash (1)  
     Stock Awards(1)       Option Awards    All Other
  Compensation(2)  
         Total       

David Barr

   $562    $74,438   -   $78,250    $153,250 

Jane Cronin(3)

   361    18,389   -   -    18,750 

Merv Dunn

   5,562    74,438   -   78,250    158,250 

Michael Graff

   5,562    74,438   -   78,250    158,250 

Sean Hennessy

   15,562    74,438   -   78,250    168,250 

Raymond Laubenthal

   562    74,438   -   78,250    153,250 

Gary E. McCullough

   562    74,438   -   78,250    153,250 

Michele Santana

   562    74,438   -   55,438    130,438 

Robert Small

   562    74,438   -   78,250    153,250 

John Staer

   75,000    -   -   78,250    153,250 

(1)

Messrs. Barr, Dunn, Graff, Laubenthal, McCullough and Small and Ms. Santana and Ms. Cronin elected to receive all of their semi-annual board retainer fees as stock. Ms. Cronin was appointed to the Board on June 30, 2021 and received one-quarter of the annual retainer. The shares were issued based on a value established on March 15, 2021 and September 15, 2021, on which dates the last closing price of the common stock on the New York Stock Exchange were $617.46 and $612.96, respectively.

(2)

Represents amounts paid under TransDigm’s dividend equivalent plans.

(3)

Ms. Cronin joined the Board on June 30, 2021.

2023.

LOOKING FORWARD…
Name
Fees Earned or
  Paid In Cash 
(2)
($) 
  Stock  Awards(2) 
($)
 Option Awards (3)
($) 
All Other
Compensation
(4)
($)
    Total
($)
      
David A. Barr87074,130 207,624 19,500 302,124 
Jane M. Cronin870 74,130 207,624 — 282,624 
Mervin Dunn (1)
75,000 — 207,624 19,500 302,124 
Michael Graff5,870 74,130 207,624 19,500 307,124 
Sean P. Hennessy90,000 — 207,624 19,500 317,124 
W. Nicholas Howley— — — — — 
Gary E. McCullough80,000 — 207,624 19,500 307,124 
Michele L. Santana870 74,130 207,624 19,500 302,124 
Robert J. Small870 74,130 207,624 19,500 302,124 
John Staer (1)
75,000 — 207,624 19,500 302,124 

(1)    Messrs. Dunn and Staer retired from the Board willeffective October 26, 2023.
(2)    Messrs. Barr, Graff, and Small and Ms. Cronin and Ms. Santana elected to receive all of their semi-annual board retainer fees in shares of TransDigm common stock. No fractional shares were issued, resulting in a portion of fees paid in cash. The shares were issued based on a value established on March 15, 2023 and September 15, 2023, on which dates the last closing price of the common stock on the NYSE was $697.13 and $864.70, respectively.
(3)    As of September 30, 2023, TransDigm’s non-employee directors held the following numbers of vested, unexercised stock options: David A. Barr - 8,334; Jane M. Cronin - 491; Mervin Dunn - 11,504; Michael Graff - 8,898; Sean P. Hennessy - 12,028; W. Nicholas Howley - 877,750; Gary E. McCullough - 7,591; Michele L. Santana - 5,191; Robert J. Small - 15,719; John Staer - 2,891.
(4)    Represents amounts paid under TransDigm’s dividend equivalentsequivalent plans for dividends declared prior to 2022 for stock options vested in fiscal 2023.

Our Compensation Committee engaged an independent executive compensation consultant, Exequity, LLP to evaluate the non-employee director compensation program. The consultant compared the total compensation of each of the independent directors to that of the peer groups used to set compensation in fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2024. These peer groups are discussed more fully on pages 39 - 40. The consultant also compared the retainers of the Committee Chairs to these peer groups. Lastly, the consultant conducted a peer group analysis to recommend a retainer for the LID. The Committee reviewed the consultant’s analysis and recommended the following compensation for fiscal 2024 which was approved by the Board:
•    An annual retainer fee of $75,000, with such fee being paid, at the option of each director, either in cash or shares of TransDigm’s common stock, paid semi-annually in arrears.
•    An additional retainer of $40,000 to the LID, paid semi-annually in arrears.
•    An additional retainer of $20,000 to the chairs of the Audit and Compensation Committees, paid semi-annually in arrears.
•    An additional retainer of $10,000 to the chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, paid semi-annually in arrears.
•    An annual grant of stock options valued at approximately $250,000 on a Black-Scholes “fair value” basis. These options are subject to the same performance-based vesting criteria as those granted to our NEOs.
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Proposal One
Beneficial Ownership of Equity Securities of TransDigm
The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of TransDigm common stock as of January 12, 2024 with respect to each director and NEO, and all directors and NEOs, as a group. Except as indicated in the futurefootnotes to this table and subject to applicable community property laws, the persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock listed as beneficially owned by meansthem. None of the shares held by directors or NEOs are pledged. The address for each individual listed below is c/o TransDigm Group Incorporated, 1301 East Ninth Street, Suite 3000, Cleveland, Ohio 44114.
 
Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership(1)
Beneficial Owner
Shares
(#)
Shares Subject to
Options Currently
Exercisable or
Exercisable within 60
Days
(#)
Total Number of Shares
(#)
    Percentage of Class
(%)
David A. Barr (2)
32,002 8,334 40,336 *
Jane M. Cronin556 491 1,047 *
Michael Graff (3)
18,175 8,898 27,073 *
Sean P. Hennessy33,935 8,378 42,313 *
W. Nicholas Howley (4)
30,000 785,970 815,970 1.45 %
Gary E. McCullough915 7,591 8,506 *
Michele L. Santana607 5,191 5,798 *
Robert J. Small (5)
1,105,129 15,719 1,120,848 2.02 %
Kevin M. Stein (6)
8,158 213,500 221,658 *
Sarah L. Wynne (7)
710 32,810 33,520 *
Jorge L. Valladares III (8)
11,000 179,300 190,300 *
Michael J. Lisman2,309 142,620 144,929 *
Joel B. Reiss3,600 172,350 175,950 *
Jessica L. Warren50 9,630 9,680 *
All directors and executive officers as a group (14 persons) (9)
1,247,145 1,590,782 2,837,927 4.96 %
*    Less than 1%
(1)    Includes shares of which the listed beneficial owner is deemed to have the right to acquire beneficial ownership under Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, within 60 days of January 12, 2024. The number of shares outstanding used in calculating the percentage of beneficial ownership for each person listed includes the shares underlying options held by such persons that are exercisable within 60 days of January 12, 2024, but excludes shares underlying options held by any other person. Percentage of ownership is based on 55,594,246 shares of common stock of TransDigm outstanding as of January 12, 2024.
(2)    Includes 31,281 shares held in trust.
(3)    Includes 4,000 shares held by Mr. Graff as the trustee of certain trusts created for the benefit of his children, 9,096 shares held by a trustee of a reductiontrust created by Mr. Graff’s wife for the benefit of their children and 200 shares held directly by Mr. Graff’s wife.
(4)    Includes 8,262 shares held by Mr. Howley as trustee of a charitable foundation, 21,547.513 shares that are held by Mr. Howley as trustee of a trust for the benefit of his family and options to purchase 785,970 shares that are held by Mr. Howley as trustee of a trust for the benefit of his family and 190 shares that are held by Bratenahl Capital. By virtue of his indirect ownership interest in Bratenahl Capital, Mr. Howley may be deemed to be the exercise pricebeneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under Exchange Act) of the option, rather thanshares that are owned by Bratenahl Capital. Mr. Howley disclaims beneficial ownership of all options owned by Bratenahl Capital and reported herein as beneficially owned except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein.
(5)    Includes 1,023,933 shares held by entities related to Berkshire Partners LLC. Mr. Small disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares owned or controlled by the Berkshire entities except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. Also includes 60,246 shares held by Mr. Small as trustee over which he has voting power but does not have any economic interest.
(6)    All shares held in cash, as contemplatedtrust for the benefit of Mr. Stein’s family.
(7)    Includes 10 shares held by our stockholder-approved equity plans. This will significantly reduce or eliminateMs. Wynne’s husband.
(8)    Includes options to purchase 12,600 shares that are held in trust for the amounts reported as “All benefit of Mr. Valladares’ children.
(9)    See footnotes (1) – (8).
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Other Compensation.”

Named Executive Officers

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

This section describes the experience and qualifications of named executive officers,our NEOs, other than Mr. Howley and Mr. Stein.

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Michael Lisman, 39,

Sarah L. Wynne
Sarah L. Wynne, 50, was appointed Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) in July 2018.May 2023. Prior to that, Ms. Wynne served as Chief Accounting Officer (“CAO”) from November 2018 to May 2023. Ms. Wynne also served as Group Controller from April 2015 to October 2018, as Controller of the Aero Fluid Products division of AeroControlex Group, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of TransDigm Inc., from October 2009 to March 2015, and previously in other accounting roles within TransDigm Group Inc.
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Michael J. Lisman
Michael J. Lisman, 41, was appointed Co-Chief Operating Officer (“Co-COO”) in May 2023. Prior to that, Mr. Lisman served as CFO from July 2018 to May 2023 and Executive Vice President from January 2022 to May 2023. Mr. Lisman also served as Vice President—Mergers and Acquisitions from January 2018 to June 2018, Business Unit Manager for the Air & Fuel Valves business unit at Aero Fluid Products, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TransDigm Inc., from January 2017 to January 2018 and Director of Mergers and Acquisitions of TransDigm from November 2015 to January 2017. Prior to that, Mr. Lisman worked for Warburg Pincus.

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Jorge L. Valladares III, 48, was appointed Chief Operating Officer in April 2019. Prior to that, Mr. Valladares served as Chief Operating Officer — Power & Control from June 2018 to March 2019, Executive Vice President at Warburg Pincus from October 2013 to May 2018, as President of AvtechTyee, Inc. (formerly Avtech Corporation), a wholly-owned subsidiary of TransDigm Inc., from 2009 to 2013, and as President of AdelWiggins Group, a division of TransDigm Inc., from 2008 to 2009.

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Sarah Wynne, 48, was appointed Chief Accounting Officer in November 2018. Prior to that, Ms. Wynne served as Group Controller from April 2015 to October 2018, as Controller of the Aero Fluid Products division of AeroControlex Group, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of TransDigm Inc., from 20092011 to 2015 and previouslyhas previous experience in other accountingboth private equity and investment banking roles with TransDigm.

at The Carlyle Group and Morgan Stanley.

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Robert Henderson, 66, was appointed Vice Chairman in 2017. Prior to that Mr. Henderson served as Chief Operating Officer—Airframe from October 2014 to December 2016. Mr. Henderson also previously served as Executive Vice President from December 2005 to October 2014, and as President of the AdelWiggins Group, a division of TransDigm Inc., from August 1999 to April 2008. Mr. Henderson retired on December 31, 2021.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

This section describes the executive compensation of our named executive officers and includes the required compensation tables.

Compensation Committee Report

The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed with TransDigm management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis set forth below. Based on the review and discussions, the Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this proxy statement for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

        Michael Graff, Chairman                      Mervin Dunn                     Sean  Hennessy                     Robert Small        

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

Introduction

The 2021 compensation of our named executive officers appropriately reflects and rewards their significant contributions to TransDigm’s strong performance in another year that presented unique and unprecedented challenges for our executive team to manage. This Compensation Discussion and Analysis explains the guiding principles and practices upon which our executive compensation program is based and the compensation paid to our named executive officers:

Kevin Stein, President and Chief Executive Officer

Michael Lisman, Chief Financial Officer

Jorge L. Valladares III, Chief Operating Officer

Sarah Wynne, Chief Accounting Officer

Robert Henderson, former Vice Chairman

W. Nicholas Howley, former Executive Chair

Mr. Howley transitioned from Executive Chair to non-executive Chair in August 2021 as described elsewhere in this Compensation Discussion and Analysis; Mr. Howley was no longer an employee after such date. Mr. Henderson retired as Vice Chairman in December 2021.

2021 Business Highlights

Throughout fiscal 2021, TransDigm continued to see a rebound in our commercial aerospace end markets. While there is still a considerable amount of progress that needs to take place before the commercial aerospace industry returns to normalcy and stability, we were encouraged by the progression of the commercial aerospace market recovery in the fiscal year. The widespread roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine, the loosening of travel restrictions and reopening of international borders increased demand for commercial travel across the globe. In fiscal 2021, our commercial end markets recovered from pandemic lows and continued to trend upward as the year progressed.

Even with the encouraging signs of the commercial aerospace recovery, fiscal 2021 was a challenging year due to the ongoing impacts of the pandemic. Air travel remained depressed compared to pre-COVID levels of activity and continued to have an adverse impact on our financial results. However, the recovery of the commercial aerospace industry and our commercial aerospace end markets is expected to continue progressing during 2022 barring any significant disruption to the commercial aerospace industry.

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FY 2021 (1)FY 2020
Joel B. Reiss
Joel B. Reiss, 53, was appointed Co-COO in May 2023. Prior to that, Mr. Reiss served as Executive Vice President from October 2015 to May 2023. Mr. Reiss also served as President of Hartwell Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TransDigm Inc., from July 2012 to October 2015; President of Skurka Aerospace, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TransDigm Inc., from July 2010 to July 2012; and Director of Operations of Adams Rite Aerospace, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TransDigm Inc., from July 2000 to July 2010.

Revenue

$4.8 billion

-6%

$5.1 billion

Net Income from Continuing Operations

$681 million

+4%

$653 million

GAAP Earnings Per Share

$10.41 per share

$8.14 per share

EBITDA As Defined (2)

$2.2 billion

-4%

$2.3 billion

Adjusted Net Income (2)

$708 million

-15%

$829 million

Adjusted Earnings Per Share (3)

$12.13 per share

$14.47 per share

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Jessica L. Warren
Jessica L. Warren, 41, was appointed General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary in February 2023. Prior to that, Ms. Warren served as Associate General Counsel of TransDigm from December 2018 to February 2023. Prior to joining TransDigm as Associate General Counsel, Ms. Warren maintained a private legal practice focusing on providing services to technology-driven businesses, including providing counsel to TransDigm on disputes, environmental matters, intellectual property, and a variety of other matters. Ms. Warren also served as General Counsel of Thogus Products Company from October 2014 to July 2016.

(1)

Results in FY 2021

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Executive Compensation
Compensation Discussion and Analysis
This section describes the material elements of the executive compensation of our NEOs and includes the required compensation tables.
Dear Fellow Shareholders,
Fiscal 2023 was a strong year for TransDigm, as the commercial aerospace market continued to recover from the impacts of the pandemic and our disciplined and consistent operating strategy drove our exceptional results. Despite this success, as a Compensation Committee, we saw room for improvement after in our 2023 annual advisory vote on executive compensation (also known as “Say-on-Pay”).
Each year, the Compensation Committee considers the results of the Say-on-Pay vote, shareholder feedback, our performance, and market practices as it reviews the effectiveness and competitiveness of our executive compensation program. In 2023, our Say-on-Pay vote received support from approximately 51% of votes cast by shareholders – approximately the same level of support as in the prior year. Our Compensation Committee appreciated the need to take action in response to this level of support.
To address this, following the 2023 Annual Meeting, we reached out to top TransDigm shareholders to solicit feedback and input. Many of these engagements included the members of our Board and executive team. We reached out to 34 of our top 36 shareholders, representing over 70% of our shares outstanding. Twenty-five of these shareholders, representing approximately 62% of our shares outstanding, elected to engage with TransDigm. Four shareholders elected to deliver feedback via email correspondence and five shareholders did not respond to our requests for engagement. The primary focus of these conversations with shareholders was executive compensation, but we also appreciated the opportunity to cover additional environmental, social, and governance topics.
We heard clearly from our shareholders that there were opportunities to improve certain aspects of our executive compensation approach. Further details regarding our shareholder outreach process and the feedback received can be negatively impacted byfound on page 15 and in this CD&A section of the COVID-19 pandemic. proxy statement.
In response to shareholder feedback, we made the following changes:
Appointed a LID
Refreshed the Compensation Committee Chair and Members
Enhanced our Shareholder Outreach Program
Increased Stock Ownership Guidelines for NEOs
Enhanced Compensation Program Disclosure
Refreshed our Peer Group for 2024 NEO Compensation
Incorporated a Double-Trigger Change in Control Provision in NEO option agreements starting in fiscal 2024
Enhanced Disclosure of Discretion When Used
The commercial aerospace industry became significantly disruptedCompensation Committee understands that our executive compensation program is unique and may not look the same as other companies, as it reflects TransDigm’s private equity-like business strategy, management style, and targeted returns. However, we firmly believe that our program is designed to motivate and reward performance in 2020 duea straightforward and effective way, with greater than 90% of our NEOs total compensation being at-risk and performance based. The recent changes made, all of which are reflective of the valuable feedback we have received from investors, will further strengthen the alignment of our executive compensation program with TransDigm’s pursuit of long-term, sustainable shareholder value.
The Compensation Committee sincerely appreciates our shareholders’ constructive feedback, and we look forward to continued engagement and dialogue over in future years. As you consider your vote, we encourage you to review the information included in this CD&A. Your feedback is important and valuable to TransDigm and its Board.
Sincerely,
The Compensation Committee
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David A. Barr (Chair) Gary E. McCullough Robert J. Small
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TransDigm Group Incorporated

Executive Compensation
Compensation Committee Report
The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed with TransDigm’s management the CD&A set forth below. Based on the review and discussions, the Compensation Committee recommended to the steep declineBoard that the CD&A be included in worldwide air travel demand resulting from the pandemic. Air travel remained depressed in 2021 compared to pre-pandemic levels of activity. The COVID-19 pandemic first began to cause a significant adverse impact on our financial results in the second half of FY 20202023 Form 10-K and continued to adversely affect our full fiscal year 2021 financial results.

(2)

EBITDA As Defined, Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Earnings Per Share are all non-GAAP financial measures. See the appendix to the 2021 10-K accompanying this proxy statement for a historical reconciliationfiling with the SEC.

Compensation Committee
David A. Barr (Chair), Gary E. McCullough, Robert J. Small
Introduction
Our compensation program closely aligns NEOs compensation with the interests of our shareholders. Over 90% of NEO compensation is at-risk and performance based. TransDigm’s performance-based culture, including its compensation program, drove results for our shareholders. More specifically, we increased our net sales and EBITDA As Defined in 2023 by 21% and 28%, respectively. This performance was reflected in our share price which increased 61% over the course of fiscal 2023.
NamePosition
Kevin M. SteinPresident, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
Sarah L. WynneChief Financial Officer
Jorge L. Valladares IIIFormer Chief Operating Officer and Director
Michael J. LismanCo-Chief Operating Officer
Joel B. ReissCo-Chief Operating Officer
Jessica L. WarrenGeneral Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Secretary
2023 Business Highlights
We delivered record results in 2023. TransDigm’s growth in net sales and improvements in operating performance are driven by our competitive strengths and through execution of our value-driven operating strategy. We delivered these results by following a consistent long-term strategy namely:
1.Owning and operating proprietary aerospace businesses with significant aftermarket content;
2.Utilizing a simple well proven value-based operating methodology;
3.Maintaining a decentralized organizational structure and unique compensation system that is closely aligned with shareholders;
4.Acquiring businesses that fit this strategy and where we see a clear path to “private-equity like” returns; and
5.Leveraging our capital structure and allocations to drive our value creation methodology.
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Executive Compensation
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Net Sales
in FY 2023
Up 21%
$6,585 Million, Up 21% from FY 2022 ($5,429M)
Net Income from
Continuing Operations
Up 50%
$1,299 Million, Up 50% from FY 2022 ($866M)
GAAP Earnings
Per Share
Up 65%
$22.03 Per Share, Up 65% from FY 2022 ($13.40 per share)
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EBITDA
As Defined (1)
Up 28%
$3,395 Million, Up 28% from FY 2022 ($2,646M)
Adjusted
Net Income (1)
Up 48%
$1,477 Million, Up 48% from FY 2022 ($998M)
Adjusted Earnings
Per Share (1)(2)
Up 51%
$25.84 Per Share, Up 51% from FY 2022 ($17.14 per share)
(1)EBITDA, EBITDA As Defined, EBITDA As Defined Margin, Adjusted Net Income, and Adjusted Earnings Per Share are all non-GAAP financial measures. See Appendix A for reconciliations of income from continuing operations to EBITDA , EBITDA As Defined and Adjusted Net Income.
(2)Adjusted Earnings Per Share is calculated by taking TransDigm’s Adjusted Net Income and dividing it by the Total Outstanding Shares for Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share. Total Outstanding Shares for Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share are disclosed in Appendix A.
Commercial aerospace market trends remained favorable as the industry continued to recover and progress towards normalization throughout 2023. Global air traffic continued to rebound and demand for air travel remained high in 2023. These trends have continued, resulting in steadily increasing aircraft production rates and strong airline demand for new aircraft.
Management’s consistent application of this approach resulted in the following improvements over fiscal 2022 performance:
21% increase in net sales to $6,585 million
50% increase in income from continuing operations to $1,299 million
65% increase in earnings per share from continuing operations of $22.03
28% increase in EBITDA As Defined of $3,395 million
Increased EBITDA As Defined Margin to Net Income51.6%, compared to 48.7% in FY 2022
Strong operating cash flow generation of $1.4 billion and Adjusted Net Income.

ending fiscal 2023 with a cash balance of $3.5 billion
Acquisition and integration of Calspan Corporation, successfully deploying approximately $725 million in capital
Refinanced approximately $10 billion of debt, representing approximately 50% of TransDigm’s 2023 gross debt, extending the maturity dates of our debt to optimize our capital structure mix of debt and equity
61%
Increase in share price in fiscal 2023

(3)

Adjusted Earnings Per Share is calculated by taking TransDigm’s Adjusted Net Income and dividing it by the Total Shares for Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share. Total Shares for Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share are disclosed in the 2021 10-K accompanying this

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Amidst another year of challenging commercial aerospace market conditions given


Executive Compensation
30-Year Overview
Over the ongoing pandemic during fiscal 2021, TransDigm’s management team remained committedpast thirty years, TransDigm has delivered robust and consistent results by adhering to its long-term strategy. Since 1993, our operating strategynet sales and focused on those things that were under our control including careful management of our cost structure. This disciplined focus, allowed us to continue building value for TransDigm’s investors and all other stakeholders. We were able to achieve an EBITDA As Defined margin of 45.6% for the full year fiscal 2021. The fourth quarter of fiscal 2021 achieved an EBITDAhave grown by over 137x and 339x, respectively. As Defined margin of 49.7%, whichdiscussed above, a key factor in our continued success is nearing pre-pandemic EBITDA As Defined margin highs. Throughout fiscal 2021, we had strong operating cash flow generation. We closed fiscal 2021 with over $4.7 billion of cash.

Management’s expert execution allowed us to have the financial flexibility to focus on effective capital allocation through the purchase of Cobham Aero Connectivity (“CAC”) for $965 million in January 2021. CAC expands the Company’s platform of unique proprietary content with significant aftermarket exposure for the aerospace and defense industry. Since its acquisition, the CAC integration has progressed well. The Company also had strategic divestitures in fiscal 2021 to continue optimizing our portfolio. The businesses divested did not fit wellcompensation model. Our compensation program strongly aligns our NEOs with the Company’s long-term strategyinterests of our shareholders. Although we have made some adjustments to our compensation program, our philosophy remains unchanged. As further discussed on page 41, over 94% of our CEO’s compensation is performance-based. The other NEOs are similarly aligned as over 90% of their compensation is performance-based.


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Net Sales CAGR Since TransDigm’s Formation

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EBITDA As Defined CAGR Since TransDigm’s Formation

339x
EBITDA As Defined Growth Since TransDigm’s Formation
EBITDA As Defined Margin has improved to almost 52% in fiscal 2023 compared to 20% in fiscal 1993.
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Executive Transitions
A number of new executive officers, each of whom was an existing TransDigm employee, were appointed in 2023. Mr. Valladares, COO, retired effective September 30, 2023 after more than 25 years of service with TransDigm. Mr. Valladares successfully transitioned his role to Mr. Lisman and included Avista Inc., Racal Acoustics, Technical Airborne Components, ScioTeqMr. Reiss, who became Co-COOs in May 2023. Mr. Lisman, who had served as CFO since 2018, transitioned his role to Ms. Wynne in May 2023. Prior to this, Ms. Wynne served as TransDigm’s CAO since 2018. Lastly, Ms. Warren was appointed as General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and TREALITY Simulation Visual Systems. The acquisition of CAC and the strategic divesturesSecretary in fiscal 2021 will help us to continue delivering the private equity-like returns our investors have come to expectFebruary 2023. Ms. Warren served as Associate General Counsel from investmentDecember 2018 until she assumed her current role.
2023 Compensation Program Modifications
As further discussed in our shareholder outreach section, we obtained feedback regarding our compensation program from 30 investors representing over 70% of our outstanding common stock.

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FY 1993 – 2021 Revenue compound We believe that obtaining this feedback is important, particularly considering our Say-on-Pay performance. In 2023, 51% of our shareholders who voted supported our annual growth rate (CAGR) 18%

FY 1993 – 2021 EBITDA As Defined CAGR 21%

EBITDA as Defined Margin expansion from 20%advisory Say-on-Pay proposal to almost 50% pre-pandemic

To date,approve the pandemic has caused the worst disruption ever experienced in the commercial aerospace industry. At the trough in April 2020, revenue passenger kilometers (“RPKs”), a metric used to measure air traffic demand,compensation of our NEOs. We have made several notable changes, described below, that were down 94% from pre-pandemic numbers as world-wide traffic halted. For comparison, previous disruptions driven by the Gulf War, 9/11 and Great Recession only produced RPK declines of less than 5%. Air traffic has greatly improved from pandemic lows with worldwide RPKs steadily recovering – though traffic is still far lower than pre-pandemic levels. RPKs were down 58% for calendar year 2021 versus pre-pandemic and most recently down 41% in March 2022 (the last reported data point as of the print date of this proxy). Commercial OEM delivery rates from Boeing and Airbus were also significantly impacted by the pandemic and continued to be lower in 2021 than pre-pandemic but are expected to increase over the next several years.

Guiding Principles

Performance Expectations.We establish clear, quantitative, robust financial goals focused on TransDigm’s overall success and impact.

Stockholder Alignment. We establish ownership policies that encourage long-term equity retention and, duedirectly responsive to our shareholders’ feedback. We believe that implementing these enhancements, while maintaining our unique capital allocation philosophy, have dividend equivalent rightsperformance-driven compensation program, will further aligns management’s interests with those of our shareholders.

Refreshed Compensation
Committee Chair
We have appointed a new Compensation Committee Chair.
Refreshed Compensation
Committee
67% of the members of the Compensation Committee are new to the Committee.
Enhanced Investor
Outreach Program
We have implemented a year-round shareholder engagement program, increasing the number of shareholder feedback meetings by almost 250%.
Enhanced Compensation
Program Disclosure
We have enhanced our disclosure of our compensation program including the carry-forward/carry-back feature of the long-term incentive plan and overall program design.
Enhance Disclosure of
Discretion When Used
Going forward, we will include a more fulsome disclosure if the Compensation Committee exercises discretion.
Increased Stock Ownership Guidelines for Named Executive OfficersWe have increased our stock ownership guidelines to six times salary for the CEO and three times salary for the remaining continuing NEOs.
Refreshed Peer GroupWe have hired a new compensation consultant and refreshed our peer group to help ensure it includes representative peers.
Adopted a Double-Trigger Change
in Control Provision
We have incorporated double-trigger change in control provisions in option agreements for NEO option awards starting in fiscal 2024.


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Executive Compensation
Compensation Program Overview
Our compensation program is designed to “make whole” employees who hold vesteddrive exceptional performance and align the interests of management with our shareholders. This goal is accomplished by heavily weighting compensation towards long-term performance-based options.

Focus Initial NEO awards generally vest over a five-year period based on Long-Term Equity Incentives. We have limited fixed cash compensation (i.e., salary and annual incentive) and emphasizeperformance, which incentivizes long-term performance and retention by significantly weightingaids in retention.

More than 94% of the CEO’s compensation is comprised of long-term performance-based options. In excess of 90% of the remaining NEOs’ compensation, on average, is based on long-term performance-based options. These options are subject to stringent vesting criteria, which are more fully described in the “2023 Equity Based Incentives” discussion that starts on page 44. Cash compensation constitutes less  than 20% of our named executive officers toward long-term equity awards.

NEOs’ total compensation.

Base
Salary
Fixed element of annual compensation

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Modest increases for existing NEOs. Salary increases for new NEOs were more significant due to position changes.
Annual
Cash 
Incentive
Short-term cash incentive with variable payout opportunities

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Accounts for less than 10% of NEO compensation

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Robust and equally weighted targets of 49.0% EBITDA As Defined Margin and $3.095B EBITDA As Defined

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We exceeded maximum goals for both EBITDA As Defined Margin and EBITDA As Defined Dollars. Payments to NEOs were capped at the maximum bonus percentage

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Upward discretion only utilized for two of the six NEOs to reward exceptional performance
Long-Term
Equity
Awards
Long-term equity incentives in the form of performance-based stock options with multi-year vesting schedules

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Long-term equity awards remain 100% at-risk and performance-based

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The Compensation Committee has a policy that it will not use discretion in vesting performance-based options

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Requires 17.5% compound annual growth which aligns performance with top performing private equity funds

Summary of Key NEO Compensation Decisions and Actions in 2023
Base
Salary
The salaries of Messrs. Stein, Lisman, and Valladares were increased by 7.8%, 9.7%, and 7.3% respectively. Ms. Wynne’s salary increased by 22.2% due to her promotion to CFO.
Annual Cash 
Incentive
We exceeded our maximum targets for our annual cash incentive payments, so NEO cash incentive payments were capped at 130% subject to the following discretion. In recognition of exceptional performance in 2023, the Compensation Committee utilized discretion in modifying the annual cash incentives paid to Ms. Wynne and Mr. Reiss. The Committee increased Ms. Wynne’s annual cash incentive payout by 15% due to her excellent performance during 2023, including her efforts to successfully refinance over $10B of debt (50% of TransDigm’s outstanding debt), a smooth transition from CAO to CFO, and effective capital management. The Committee also increased Mr. Reiss’ annual cash incentive payout by 15% due to his outstanding performance, including his successful transition to Co-COO and exceptional performance of the businesses for which he is responsible.
Long-Term
Equity Awards
As further described below, Messrs. Stein, Valladares, Lisman, and Reiss and Ms. Wynne received a retention award at the start of fiscal 2023. The Compensation Committee determined that retaining our executives, who have successfully led TransDigm through one of the most challenging times for the aerospace market, was in TransDigm’s best interest. In general, option award values were positively impacted due to higher than historic values of inflation.

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Executive Compensation
Executive Compensation Policies and Practices

We are committed to sound executive compensation policies and practices, as highlighted in the following table.

What
We Do

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Equity compensation limited to
performance-based options

Our stock option plans do not authorize the issuance of any full value awards, such as stock, restricted stock or other stock-based units. Our option program relies on performance-vested options with robust performance criteria; we do not issue time-vested options.

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Prohibition on hedging, pledging and short
sales

We prohibit hedging, pledging, transactions in derivatives, and short sales in TransDigm securities by all employees and directors, including our named executive officers.

continuing NEOs.

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Equity ownership guidelines

We have robust equity ownership guidelines for all of our option holders, including our named executive officers.

NEOs.

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Annual compensation risk assessment
The Compensation Committee conducts an annual risk assessment of our compensation program.
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Independent compensation consultant
The Compensation Committee directly retains an independent compensation consultant.
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Double-trigger change in control
Starting with our fiscal 2024 options grants, we have incorporated double-trigger change in control provisions.
What We
Don’t Do
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No repricing

We do not allow repricing of stock options without stockholdershareholder approval.

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No tax gross-ups

We do not provide for gross-ups of taxes, including in the event of a change in control or under Section 409A.

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No evergreen employment contracts

Executive employment agreements do not contain automatic renewal provisions.

No perquisites

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We do not provide perquisites.

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Annual compensation risk assessment

TheExecutive Compensation Committee conducts an annual risk assessment of our compensation program.

Independent compensation consultant

The Compensation Committee directly retains an independent compensation consultant.

Compensation Committee Judgment and Discretion

The Compensation Committee, consisting entirely of independent directors, reviews and approves the compensation of TransDigm’s named executive officersNEOs and acts as the administrator for TransDigm’s equity compensation plans.

The Compensation Committee’s executive compensation determinations are subjective and the result of the Compensation Committee’s business judgment, which is informed by the experience of its members and input provided by its independent compensation consultant, other directors, our Chief Executive OfficerCEO (other than with respect to his own compensation), other members of management, and investors.

The Compensation Committee regularly evaluates TransDigm’s executive compensation program to determine if changes are appropriate. In so doing, the Compensation Committee may consult with its

independent compensation consultant and management; however, the Compensation Committee makes final decisions regarding the compensation paid to our named executive officersNEOs based on its own judgment. The Compensation Committee may consider factors such as individual performance, companyTransDigm performance, market conditions, financial goals, retention, and stockholdershareholder interests in determining compensation.

The Role of the Compensation Consultant.    ConsultantThe Compensation Committee selectsmay periodically select and retainsretain the services of an independent compensation consultant. The independent compensation consultant is independent in accordance with SEC and NYSE rules. During 2021, the Compensation Committee’s independent compensation consultant, Veritas Executive Compensation Consultants, provided no services to TransDigm other than services forFor fiscal 2023, the Compensation Committee and worked with TransDigm’s management only onengaged Exequity LLP (“Exequity”) as its independent compensation consultant. Among other matters, for whichfiscal 2023, Exequity assisted the Compensation Committee with its review of our compensation peer group, evaluation of executive and board compensation design, comparison of executive and board compensation relative to our peers, and Compensation Committee meeting preparation and attendance. The Compensation Committee has assessed the independence of Exequity, as required under NYSE listing rules. The Compensation Committee has also considered and assessed all relevant factors, including but not limited to those set forth in Rule 10C-1(b)(4)(i) through (vi) under the Exchange Act, that could give rise to a potential conflict of interest with respect to Exequity. Based on this review, the Compensation Committee is responsible.

The Rolenot aware of any conflict of interest that has been raised by the Chief Executive Officer.    At the Compensation Committee’s request, for 2021, Mr. Howley provided input regarding the performance and compensation of Mr. Stein and Mr. Stein provided input regarding the performance and compensation of the other named executive officers. The Compensation Committee considered Mr. Howley’s and Mr. Stein’s evaluation and direct knowledge of each named executive officer’s performance and contributions when making compensation decisions. Mr. Stein is not present during Compensation Committee voting and deliberations regarding his own compensation and, when he was formerly an employee, Mr. Howley was not present during Compensation Committee voting and deliberations regarding his own compensation.

The Role of Investors.    Stockholders are provided the opportunity to cast an annual advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers. Last year investors did not support the compensation of our named executive officers, with only 43% of votes cast on the say-on-pay proposal at the 2021 annual meeting voted in favor of our executive compensation program. Accordingly, in response to input from our investors, we have made a number of changes to our executive compensation program. We have ongoing discussions with many of our investors regarding various corporate governance topics, including environment, social and governance topics and executive compensation. The Compensation Committee considers these discussions while reviewing our executive compensation program.

work performed by Exequity.

The Role of Peer Companies.With Exequity was engaged as an independent compensation consultant after the assistance of Veritas Executive Compensation Consultants, the Compensation Committee identifies companies to serve as market reference points for2023 compensation comparison purposes at least every other year. In May 2021, the Compensation Committee engaged Veritas Executive Compensation Consultants to do a survey of total standardwas set; however, Exequity did evaluate 2023 compensation components for the certain executives, including the named executive officers, other than the chief accounting officer. In doing so we specifically asked that they exclude dividend equivalent payments (“DEPs”) for two reasons—first, because DEPs are merely a mechanism for maintaining value already given and second, because including episodic DEPs in a compensation exercise is not going to be as insightful as the anomalies of DEPs will distort any peer analysis.

Veritas used aagainst TransDigm’s 2023 peer group which is as follows:

2023 Peer Group
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. (X)
Ametek, Inc.
Amphenol Corporation (X)
A.O. Smith Corporation (X)
Ball Corporation (X)
BorgWarner Inc. (X)
Colfax Corporation (1) (X)
Cummins Inc. (X)
Dover Corporation
Emerson Electric
Fastenal Company (X)
Flowserve Corporation (X)
Fortive Corp.
General Dynamics Corporation
HEICO Corporation
Illinois Tool Works
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.
Masco Corporation (X)
Northrup Grumman Corporation
PACCAR Inc. (X)
Parker-Hannifin Corporation
Raytheon Technologies Corporation (X)
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Roper Technologies, Inc.
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (X)
Textron Inc.
The Boeing Company (X)
(1)Colfax Corporation is now known as Enovis Corporation
(X)    Removed in 2024 Peer Group
This group was selected based on revenue,net sales, market capitalization, and enterprise value. We use a size basedsize-based peer group because we manage our business based on EBITDA growth and enterprise value. The Compensation Committee previously rejecteddeemed that a peer group based solely on revenuenet sales as being not comparable with TransDigm because TransDigm’s market capitalization and enterprise value far exceeded those of the potential revenue-basedsales-based peers. TransDigm used as its peer group the following companies:

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

Ametek, Inc.

Amphenol Corporation

AO Smith Corp.

Ball Corporation

BorgWarner Inc.

Colfax Corporation

Cummins Inc.

Dover Corporation

Emerson Electric

Fastenal Company

Flowserve Corporation

Fortive Corp.

General Dynamics Corporation

HEICO Corporation

Illinois Tool Works

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

Masco Corporation

Northrup Grumman Corporation

PACCAR Inc.

Parker-Hannifin Corporation

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

Roper Technologies, Inc.

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

Textron Inc.

The Boeing Company

The survey determined that the named executive officers as a whole were positioned at the low end of the peer group in terms of cash compensation, but in the high end of the peer group in terms of total standard compensation and opportunities, but that the chief operating officer received cash compensation above the median compared to peers.

The Compensation Committee considers the peer group data provided by its independent compensation consultant to inform its decision-making process so it can set total compensation levels that it believes are commensurate with the relative size, scope, and success of TransDigm.

In July 2023, based on Exequity’s reviews and recommendations, the Compensation Committee approved a revised peer group for 2024. When identifying suitable peer companies, the Compensation Committee considered numerous factors, including:
Industry fit and business comparability
Focus on companies serving the Aerospace and Defense industries and/or manufacturers of engineered components.
Comparably-sized companies
Factors considered included net sales, market capitalization, total enterprise value, and EBITDA.
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In establishing the revised peer group, the Compensation Committee sought to position TransDigm within what it believes is a reasonable range of the peer group median net sales, market capitalization, and total enterprise value.
The revised peer group is significantly changed, with almost 60% turnover in composition. This new peer group will be used in connection with setting compensation for 2024 and consists of the following 20 companies:
2024 Peer Group
Ametek, Inc.
Aptiv PLC *
Dover Corporation
Eaton Corporation *
Emerson Electric
Fortive Corp.
General Dynamics
HEICO Corporation
Howmet Aerospace Inc. *
Illinois Tool Works
Ingersoll Rand Inc. *
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.
Motorola Solutions, Inc. *
Northrup Grumman
Parker-Hannifin Corp.
RBC Bearings Inc. *
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Roper Technologies, Inc.
Teledyne Technologies Inc. *
Textron Inc.
*    New to 2024 Peer Group
The following fourteen companies were removed from our peer group: A. O. Smith Corporation, Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc., Amphenol Corporation, Ball Corporation, The Boeing Company, BorgWarner, Inc., Cummins Inc., Enovis Corporation (fka Colfax Corporation), Fastenal Company, Flowserve Corporation, Masco Corporation, Raytheon Technologies Corporation, and Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. This new 2024 Peer Group will be further discussed in our 2025 proxy statement.
Consistent with prior practices, Exequity excluded DEPs from its compensation analysis for two reasons—first, because DEPs are merely a mechanism for maintaining value already awarded, and second, because including DEPs are unpredictable and not considered when making compensation decisions.
The Role of the CEO and Other Members of Management. TransDigm’s management team assists the Compensation Committee with its work in designing, evaluating, and determining final payouts for NEO compensation. At the Compensation Committee’s request, for fiscal 2023, TransDigm’s CEO, Mr. Stein, provided input to the Compensation Committee in early fiscal 2023 regarding the recent performance and compensation of the other NEOs for fiscal 2022. This input was based on Mr. Stein’s assessment of general internal pay equity considerations, his knowledge of the other NEOs’ job responsibilities and importance to TransDigm’s overall business strategy, and Mr. Stein’s knowledge of TransDigm’s compensation philosophy. The Compensation Committee generally targetsconsidered Mr. Stein’s evaluation and direct knowledge of each NEO’s performance and contributions when making compensation opportunity decisions for the NEOs for fiscal 2023. Although Mr. Stein’s input was given significant weight, the Compensation Committee retained full discretion when determining compensation for the NEOs for fiscal 2023. Mr. Stein is not present during Compensation Committee voting and deliberations regarding his own compensation. TransDigm’s CFO also reviews proposed NEO compensation before it is submitted to pay salarythe Compensation Committee to assure that it aligns with TransDigm’s financial goals. For fiscal 2023, this review was conducted by Mr. Lisman in fiscal 2022. As part of the executive compensation setting process, TransDigm’s General Counsel also reviews NEO compensation to help ensure that it complies with the terms of any applicable employment agreements. For fiscal 2023, this evaluation was conducted by Ms. Warren’s predecessor. Ms. Wynne and Ms. Warren provided guidance to the Compensation Committee in its evaluation of fiscal 2023 results and achievements, and in deciding final annual incentive payouts for the NEOs for fiscal 2023.
The Role of Investors. Shareholders are provided the opportunity to most executives belowcast an annual advisory vote on the mediancompensation of our peers.

2021 Named Executive OfficerNEOs. Last year, we received 51% approval from our shareholders for our annual advisory Say-on-Pay proposal to approve the compensation of our NEOs. As described below in “Shareholder Engagement” starting on page 49, we significantly increased our shareholder engagement in 2023, due in large part to our disappointing Say-on-Pay support. The feedback received through these discussions is strongly considered by the Compensation

Committee when reviewing our executive compensation program.

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Executive Compensation
2023 NEO Compensation
Our executive compensation program is designed to motivate and reward performance in a straightforward and effective way, while recognizing TransDigm’s private equity philosophy, management style, and targeted returns. The compensation of our named executive officersNEOs has three primary components: annual base salary, target annual cash incentive, and long-term equity awards in the form of performance-based options. In addition,
Our executive compensation program is designed to align the compensation of our options have attendantNEOs with our shareholders’ interests. The vast majority of compensation earned by NEOs is performance-based.
CEO
Pay Mix Target
Average Other NEO
Pay Mix Target
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Base SalaryTarget Annual Cash IncentiveLong-Term Equity Award
The following primary components of the NEO Compensation program continue to them dividend equivalent rights.

2021drive TransDigm’s performance.

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Base
Salary
Fixed element of annual compensation

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Accounts for 10% or less of NEO total compensation

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Modest increases for existing NEOs. Salary increases for new NEOs were more significant due to position changes.
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Target
Annual
Cash 
Incentive
Short-term cash incentive with variable payout opportunities

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Accounts for less than 10% of NEO compensation

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Robust and equally weighted targets of 49.0% EBITDA As Defined Margin and $3.095B EBITDA As Defined Dollars

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We exceeded maximum goals for both EBITDA As Defined Margin and EBITDA as Defined Dollars. Payments to NEOs were capped at the maximum bonus percentage

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Upward discretion only utilized for two of the six NEOs to reward exceptional performance
Long-Term
Equity
Awards
Long-term equity incentives in the form of performance-based stock options with multi-year
vesting schedules

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Long-term equity awards remain 100% at-risk and performance-based

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The Compensation Committee has a policy that it will not use discretion in vesting performance-based options

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Requires 17.5% compound annual growth for AOP, which aligns performance with top performing private equity funds
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Executive Compensation
2023 Annual Base Salary.    Salary
Base salary is a customary, fixed element of cash compensation intended to attract and retain executives. When setting the annual base salaries of our named executive officers,NEOs, the Compensation Committee considers market data provided by its independent compensation consultant, internal pay equity, and TransDigm’s financial results. The Compensation Committee determined that, effective January 1, 2021,2023, the base salaries of Messrs. Stein, Valladares, Lisman, and ValladaresReiss and Mses. Wynne and Warren should be $1,400,000, $765,000, $735,000, $530,000, $545,000, and $500,000 per year, respectively. After Mr. Reiss and Ms. Wynne shouldwere promoted in May 2023, the Compensation Committee determined that, effective June 1, 2023, their base salaries would be $1,225,000, $600,000, $680,000$675,000 and $450,000$675,000, per year, respectively. As discussed elsewhere in this proxy statement, pursuant to the terms of their respective employment agreements, Mr. Howley and Mr. Henderson did not receive a cash salary for 2021. The only cash compensation each was entitled to was in the amount of $7,000 and $10,000, respectively, and was for health insurance and related taxes. The remaining compensation of each was paid in performance-based stock options. More specifically, in accordance with his employment agreement, the Compensation Committee granted Mr. Henderson options to purchase 4,013 shares in lieu of 2021 salary (482 of which were forfeited upon his retirement in December 2021). Mr. Howley received options to purchase 11,484 shares in lieu of 2021 salary, calculated in accordance with his employment agreement.

20212023 Annual Incentives.Cash Incentives  

Our annual cash incentive program is a variable, performance-based, at-risk component of our named executive officers’NEOs’ compensation that is aligned with TransDigm’s annual financial results. For 2021, our annual incentives were based on EBITDA and EBITDA margin(1). This was a change from prior years that was originally in response to investor concern over overlapping metrics in TransDigm’s annual incentive and stock option plans, although the inability to establish annual operating performance targets for stock options in 2021 did result in overlap of metrics under the two plans for 2021. That will not be the case in 2022 and beyond. The Compensation Committee has eliminated the overlapping metrics in the long-term incentive plan and commits that it will not use overlapping metrics going forward. The Compensation Committee retains the authority to increase or decrease the award by up to 20%, based onon: assessment of individual performance, including without limitation, degree of difficulty of the achievement of metrics andwhen considering intervening events throughout the fiscal year; the individual’s job effectiveness; the effectiveness of executing on TransDigm’s value drivers; a pattern of clear, open, honest, and regular communication with the Board and investors, as applicable; effective succession planning and organizational development; support, maintenance, and regular evaluation of the effectiveness of TransDigm’s long term value focused strategy; or other factors.

Annual cash incentive payouts are determined based on an equal weighting for the EBITDA and EBITDA margin performance measures, as approved by the Compensation Committee, and are linearly interpolated for achievement between threshold, target, and maximum goals. If the threshold performance level is reached, the total payout opportunity is 70% of the target payout, and if the maximum performance level is reached, the payout opportunity is 130% of the target payout. Unless the threshold goal is achieved for a performance measure, there is no payout for that performance measure.

When setting the goals focused on EBITDA As Defined and EBITDA marginAs Defined Margin for 2021,fiscal 2023, the Compensation Committee considered many factors, including the uncertainty caused byuncertain rate of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on worldwide travel and the aerospace industry, andas well as the extent of management’s ability to predict and influence performance. The Compensation Committee considered the likelihood of a range of scenarios for EBITDA As Defined and EBITDA marginAs Defined Margin and factors that were projected to have an impact on 2021fiscal 2023 EBITDA As Defined and EBITDA margin.As Defined Margin. Based on these considerations, in the first quarter of 2021January 2023, the Compensation Committee set annual threshold, target, and maximum cash incentive plan goals at

levels they considered appropriately rigorous for the year and that represented strong financial performance under challenging business conditions. The targets are adjusted on a pro forma basis to account for any acquisitions or divestitures occurring during the fiscal year. The following table indicates the goals set for these two metrics, plus our actual results for fiscal 2023:
Fiscal 2023 Performance Goals and Results(1)
Threshold
Goal
Target
Goal
Maximum
Goal
Payout Level70%100%130.0%
$3,424m
q
Pro Forma EBITDA As Defined Dollars$2,790m$3,095m$3,400m
Pro Forma EBITDA As Defined Margin47.0%49.0%51.0%
p
51.0%
p Indicates actual fiscal 2023 results
(1)

(1)References in this proxy Statementstatement to “EBITDA”“Pro Forma EBITDA As Defined” means EBITDA plus, as applicable for each relevant period, certain adjustments on a pro forma basis, which isfor fiscal 2023 primarily represents management’s estimates of the impact of the May 8, 2023 acquisition of Calspan Corporation had such transaction occurred at the beginning of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023, but otherwise defined in the same manner as the Consolidated EBITDA As Defined used to measure the ratio of our secured indebtedness required under a financial covenant of our senior secured credit facility (or, as usedfacility. References in our financial statements, “EBITDAthis proxy statement to “Pro Forma EBITDA As Defined”). “EBITDA margin”Defined Margin” refers to the percentage calculated by dividing Pro Forma EBITDA As Defined by net sales, on a pro forma basis, which for fiscal 2023, primarily represents the aforementioned estimates by management for the applicable period. Reference reconciliation to pro forma EBITDA and pro forma margin included below and in “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” under Item 2 – Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of our 2021 on 10-K, filed on November 16, 2021, for reconciliation to the relevant US GAAP measures, including the usefulness and inherent limitations over non-GAAP financial measures.

  Fiscal year ended
September 30, 2021
        

Net sales – GAAP basis

  $    4,798      

Pro forma adjustments (a)

  (67)      
 

 

 

    

Pro forma net sales

  $    4,731      
 

 

 

    

EBITDA and margin

  $    2,189      45.6%                                                             

Pro forma adjustments (b)

  (6)      
 

 

 

    

Pro forma EBITDA and margin

  $    2,183      46.1%  
 

 

 

    

(a)

Represents management’s estimates of the impact of the acquisition of Cobham Aero Connectivity and divestitures of AVISTA, Racal Acoustics, Technical Airborne Components, ScioTeq and TREALITY, had such transactions occurred at the beginning of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021.

(b)

Reference “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” under Item 2- Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of our 2021 Form 10-K, filed on November 16, 2021, for the reconciliation to the relevant US GAAP measures.

levels they considered appropriately rigorous for

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Executive Compensation
Annual cash incentive payouts are based on a composite that reflects the year, and that represented strong financial performance under challenging business conditions. If the threshold goal was met, management would receive 70% ofextent to which TransDigm performed in relation to the target incentive;set by the Compensation Committee (the “Performance Level”). The Performance Level is equally weighted between EBITDA As Defined and EBITDA As Defined Margin. Each of EBITDA As Defined and EBITDA As Defined Margin is reviewed separately to evaluate TransDigm’s actual performance against the target. The weighted results are then combined to arrive at the Performance Level. The Performance Level corresponds to payout opportunities of 70% (threshold), 100% (target), and 130% (maximum). Annual cash incentive payments vary linearly in between these goals. No annual cash incentive payment is made if the target goal was met, management would receive 100% ofPerformance Level is below the target incentive; andthreshold. Even if the Performance Level exceeds the maximum goal, was met, management would receivethe NEO annual cash incentive payment is capped at 130% of the target incentive. Amounts in between the threshold and target or target and maximum goals would be determined by linear interpolation.

payment.

For 2021,fiscal 2023, our Pro Forma EBITDA As Defined was $2.183 billion$3,424 million and our Pro Forma EBITDA marginAs Defined Margin was 46.1%51.0%. These results exceeded our targets and resulted in a payout of 106.2%maximum Performance Level, meaning that all NEO’s annual cash incentive payment was capped at 130%.

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Annual Cash Incentive Percentage
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For fiscal 2021,2023, Messrs. Stein, Valladares, Lisman, Valladares and Henderson’sReiss and Ms. Wynne’sMses. Wynne and Warren’s target incentives were set at 125%, 80%, 80%, 80%65%, 65%, and 65%, respectively, of their base salaries. After Mr. Reiss and Ms. Wynne were promoted in May 2023, their target incentives were set at 80% of their base salary. Mr. Reiss and Mses. Wynne and Warren’s target incentives were prorated based on the time in their roles. The Compensation Committee utilized discretion in modifying the annual cash incentives paid to Ms. Wynne and Mr. Reiss. The Committee increased Ms. Wynne’s annual cash incentive by 15% due to her exceptional performance during fiscal 2023, including her efforts to successfully refinance over $10 billion of debt, a smooth transition from CAO to CFO, and effective capital management. The Committee also increased Mr. Reiss’ annual cash incentive by 15% due to his outstanding performance, including his successful transition to Co-COO and exceptional performance of the businesses for which he is responsible. The target incentives, the calculated incentives based on the plan as described above, and the actual amounts awarded are set forth in the table below (in dollars).

    Name  Target Annual
Incentive
     Calculated Annual
Incentive  
   Actual Annual
Incentive Awarded
 

    Kevin Stein

  

$

1,531,250         

 

  

$

1,626,188             

 

  

$

1,800,000           

 

    Michael Lisman

  

 

480,000         

 

  

 

509,760             

 

  

 

611,712           

 

    Jorge L. Valladares III

  

 

544,000         

 

  

 

577,728             

 

  

 

664,387           

 

    Sarah Wynne

  

 

292,500         

 

  

 

310,635             

 

  

 

325,000           

 

    Robert Henderson

  

 

340,000         

 

  

 

361,080             

 

  

 

365,000           

 

Mr. Howley did not receive an annual incentive, asbelow.

    NameTarget Annual
Incentive
($)
Calculated Annual
Incentive
($)
Actual Annual
Incentive Awarded
($)
    
Kevin M. Stein1,750,000 2,275,000 2,275,000 
Sarah L. Wynne416,167 541,017 622,169 
Jorge L. Valladares III612,000 795,600 795,600 
Michael J. Lisman588,000 764,400 764,400 
Joel B. Reiss409,667 532,567 612,452 
Jessica L. Warren255,281 331,875 331,875 
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2023 Equity Based Incentives
At the remainderstart of any compensation owed to him under his employment agreement was forfeitedfiscal 2023, in connection with their annual compensation review, the Compensation Committee awarded Mr. Stein, Mr. Valladares, and Mr. Lisman 57,100, 11,150, and 26,450 options, respectively. As part of its compensation review process, the Compensation Committee reflected on the unprecedented recent period that the aerospace industry went through, the exemplary leadership of our executives to lead TransDigm through that period and deliver strong operational performance, and the continued challenges that lie ahead. Throughout the pandemic our executives stayed focused on controlling the factors within TransDigm’s control, including a diligent focus on our cost structure while also driving operational excellence. This included issuing $1.5 billion of long-term debt in April 2020 out of an abundance of caution due to the unknown impact of the pandemic, maintaining an EBITDA As Defined Margin above 40% throughout the pandemic, and continuing to generate cash and be free cash flow positive each quarter of the pandemic. The Compensation Committee determined that recognizing the senior leadership team’s achievements and properly incentivizing the team to remain in place and motivated to deliver long-term shareholder value was vital to TransDigm’s long-term success. As a result of our leadership’s commitment and performance during this time, the Compensation Committee awarded Messrs. Stein, Valladares, Lisman, and Reiss and Ms. Wynne a one-time option grant he received in connectionof 26,000, 2,400, 12,000, 6,500, and 6,500, respectively. These options were granted with his transition to non-executive Chairman.

LOOKING FORWARD… We will continue to use EBITDAthe same design and EBITDA margin, with threshold, target and maximum goals, for 2022. We have eliminated the overlapping metrics in ourperformance-based vesting requirements as TransDigm’s regular annual incentive, programthereby aligning with our overall pay-for-performance philosophy. All of Mr. Stein’s options vest in fiscal 2027 based on performance conditions. Each of Messrs. Valladares, Lisman, and our long-term equity incentive program.

2021 Equity Based Incentives

In 2021, Mr. SteinReiss and Ms. Wynne’s awards vest equally in fiscal 2026 and 2027 based on performance conditions. Upon her promotion to General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Secretary, Ms. Warren received a grant of 68,00036,000 options that vest equally over five years based on performance conditions in fiscal 2025. Mr. Lisman and Ms. Wynne received grants of 57,700 and 18,000 options, respectively, that vest based on performance conditions equally over five years. Mr. Valladares and Mr. Henderson received grants of 58,300 and 22,125 options, respectively, that vest based on performance conditions equally in fiscal 2024 and fiscal 2025.    80% of Mr. Henderson’s options were forfeited upon his retirement in December 2021.

Mr. Howley received a grant of 71,039 options that vest based on performance conditions in 2022 - 2024, a 2021 salary grant of 21,891 options that vest based on performance conditions in 2022 and

conditions.

2023 and, in August 2021, a grant of 105,000 options in exchange for termination of his employment agreement and transition to non-executive Chairman that vest based on performance conditions in 2022 – 2024. In his role as Chairman of the Board, Mr. Howley will continue to primarily focus his efforts on matters relating to significant mergers and acquisitions, capital allocation and deployment, major strategic initiatives and issues, and leadership of the Board of Directors. The option grant will be the sole compensation for Mr. Howley’s service on the Board through 2024.

LOOKING FORWARD… Although the one-time transition option award to Mr. Howley results in an up-tick in option compensation for 2021, it has the benefit operationally of streamlining our organizational structure and letting our Chief Executive Officer take on further responsibilities and also has the benefit of eliminating on-going “dual CEO” compensation.

Performance-Based Stock Option Program

Overview

The equity component of our management’s compensation emphasizes long-term stockholdershareholder value creation through performance-based options. This is a substantial, at-risk component of our management’s compensation that is tied to performance. We believe that performance-based stock option grants motivate and incentivize management to focus on long-term performance and align the interests of our management with the interests of stockholdersshareholders by reinforcing the long-term goal of increasing stockholder value and yieldingshareholder value. We believe that our compensation structure is a key component of TransDigm’s success, contributing to returns comparable to or higher than well-performingmany private equity funds and promoting the stability and retention of our high-performing executive team over the long-term. Our stock option program coversApproximately 270 people, including management at the corporate level and our operating units, for a total of approximately 270 people.

Generally, executives other than the CEO do not receive annual grants of options. Rather, executivesparticipate in our option program.

Executives and other plan participants typically receive options that vest over five years in connection with hirings,hiring, promotions, and the assumption of increased responsibilities. Thereafter, unless there has been an intervening five-year award because of a promotion, executives and other plan participants usually receive biennial extension awards that vest in the fourth and fifth year following the award. These grants are generally made in the third year of vesting under the initial award so that the employee has four or five years of future option vesting in order to promote maximizing long-term value and retention.

Mr. Stein and Mr. Lisman receive annual grants of options. Mr. Stein’s annual grant vests in the fifth year following the award. Mr. Lisman’s annual grant vests up to 50% in each of the fourth and fifth year following the award.

Performance-based Option Vesting at Rigorous Targets

Option vesting is subject to rigorous performance hurdles. After a hiatus fromhurdles using our historical performance metric, annual operating performance (“AOP”) due to COVID, we have returned to that metric for allan AOP metric. A description of how AOP is calculated can be found later in this section. We do not utilize discretion in determining whether options granted in 2020 – 2022 and intend to continue to use it going forward.vest. The minimum threshold for any option vesting requires a 10% cumulative growth in AOP. ForThe maximum vesting therequires a growth rate required isof 17.5% for each performance period. TransDigm uses this compound annual growth rate range because it will incentincentivizes management to create value for stockholdersshareholders at a rate that outperforms the typical private equity model. The AOP metric focuses management on value to TransDigm’s shareholders, EBITDA As Defined growth, management of capital structure, cash generation, and acquisition performance. Through these performance-based options with five-year performance periods, weWe believe we have optimizedour compensation program optimizes management incentive to drive stockholdershareholder value creation over the long termlong-term and appropriately linkedlinks compensation with financial performance.

Specifically,

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The AOP targets are set at the timemetric is a measure of grant and represent an intrinsic share price. They are set by taking the prior year’s AOP and increasing such amount by 10% and 17.5%, respectively, to establish the minimum and maximum targets. In other words, as demonstrated in the chart below, the intrinsic sharefinancial performance of TransDigm, that is not affected by the whims of the market like a stock price must grow at a compound annual growth rate of 10% for anyvesting to even occur at all; for 100% vesting, the intrinsic share price must grow at a compound annual

growth rate of 17.5%.Targets are thus robust, requiring 17.5% compound annual growthwould be. AOP is calculated by subtracting net debt from the most recently completed year for maximum vesting in an effort to achieve growth at or above the long-term returnsproduct of top performing private equity funds. This is consistent with our objective of providing stockholders with returns at or above those of well-performing private equity funds.

Targets are calculated based on a ratio of (a) the excess of (i)Pro Forma EBITDA multiplied byAs Defined and an acquisition-weighted market multiple, over (ii) net debt to (b) the Company’swhich is then divided by TransDigm’s number of diluted shares based on the treasury stock method of accounting. The targets areAOP metric is adjusted for special dividends and share repurchases.To simplify, option targets and vesting are basically

How do we calculate AOP?
(Pro Forma EBITDA As Defined x Acquisition-Weighted Market Multiple) - Net Debt(1)
Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding

(1) “Net Debt” is calculated as follows:

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TransDigm’s year-end consolidated total indebtedness minus cash and cash equivalents on TransDigm’s balance sheet.

TransDigm uses this calculation to determine AOP for any given year. When setting vesting targets, the prior year’s actual AOP is increased by 10% and 17.5% to set the minimum and maximum AOP target, respectively. These growth percentages, which reflect an intrinsic Internal Rate of Return (IRR), are robust goals that are on par with high performing private equity firms. No options will vest unless the minimum AOP target is met. If the minimum AOP target is met, options vest at 25%. In order to vest fully, the maximum AOP target must be achieved. Vesting percentages vary linearly in between the minimum and maximum AOP targets.
When do options vest?
VestingScale_R4.jpg
No vesting without reaching minimum target
AOP, as reflected above, takes into consideration the following:

•    growth in EBITDA;

EBITDA As Defined;

•    management of capital structure;

•    cash generation;

•    acquisition performance, including the acquisition price paid; and

•    the impact of option dilution on common shares outstanding.

We use AOP growth (i.e., growth in intrinsic equity value)

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Further, the Compensation Committee has adopted a policy that it will not make discretionary amendments to any performance targets, except as the performance-based metriccontemplated for many reasons:

It focuses management on the fundamentals of stockholder value creation— i.e., EBITDA, cash generation, capital structure management and return of capital,events pursuant to TransDigm’s stock option plans such as appropriate.

This is the basic private equity formula for value that management has focused on achieving since its inception in 1993.

Over the long term, we believe that market value of our stock will generally follow intrinsic value.

Targets are adjusted forspecial dividends paid to stockholdersshareholders and share repurchases. We believe the adjustments are appropriate and necessary to account for the early return of value to stockholdersshareholders because if a portion of the investment is returned early via special dividend or return of capital, the subsequent years’ targets must be adjusted to reflect the revised capital structure and maintain the same IRR-based performance requirements. Adjustment of the targets does not make the targets any easier to achieve but rather maintains the IRR targets.

As previously disclosed, for 2021 (limited solely to options granted in 2020 and 2021 with vesting in 2021), we determined we were unable to establish AOP targets due to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the aviation industry. 10-17.5% AOP growth from 2020 was unattainable for 2021 because of the record performance in the first half of fiscal 2020 and the pandemic’s continuing impact. The Compensation Committee considered using the latter half of the year as a baseline but ultimately concluded that it had no visibility into whether those targets would be too easy or unreasonably unattainable. The Compensation Committee strongly believed that in order to provide appropriate incentive the performance goals needed to be based on matters within management’s control. Therefore, the Compensation Committee determined to measure 2021 performance against the primary metric to which management had been managing – EBITDA margin percentage – and also, as incentive to maintain earnings, and EBITDA. These metrics were temporarily used for certain grants under the Company’s option program – those being options granted in 2020 with vesting in 2021 (predominantly those are for promotion and new hire grants) and options granted in 2021 with vesting in 2021 (again, predominantly those are for promotion and new hire grants).

LOOKING FORWARD… The performance criteria for vesting in 2022 and beyond (including in previously granted options) has reverted back to the AOP metric and requires cumulative growth of 10-17.5%.

LOOKING FORWARD…The Compensation Committee has adopted a policy that it will not use discretion in vesting performance-based options in the future. Further, the Compensation Committee has adopted a policy that it will not make discretionary amendments to any then current-year performance targets in the future, except as contemplated for capital events pursuant to the Company’s stock option plans.

Other Option Terms

Because we view our performance on a long-term basis, our option program also has a feature that motivates our NEOs to remain focused on long-term performance. This feature seeks to avoid the potential conflict associated with any short-term decisions targeted towards vesting in any particular year. If TransDigm exceeds the AOP maximum target in a given year, the excess achievement may be used to make up for any shortfalls in the two years both before and after the given year. Options granted after 2020 may not carry-forward or carry-back more than $100 per year. Although this component of our compensation program is used infrequently, we believe it is important to maintain as it allows our NEOs to remain focused on long-term performance. This feature can also mitigate the punitive effect of significant market disruptions that occur after the AOP targets are set to achieve long-term compound annualfor a given year. For instance, a management team could perform exceptionally well in an economic downturn and cumulative growth, if the annual performance per share exceedsfall short of the maximum AOP target in an applicablefor a given year, such excess may be treated as having been achieved in the following two fiscal years and/or the prior two fiscal years (without duplication) if less than the full amount of options would otherwise have vested for such years. This allows management to focus on long-term value without having to make short-term decisions to maximize vesting in a particular year. We believethat target was set at time when market conditions more favorable. Without this feature, acts similarlythe management team would be less likely to long-term incentive plansfully vest in that take into accountyear, despite exceptional performance over a multi-year period. We alsoin that year. For these reasons, we believe that it is important to retain this plan feature mitigates compensation risk, because if performance were measured in only one-year “snap-shot” increments, management could be incentivizedthat encourages our executive team to sacrifice longer term goals to achieve vesting inremain focused on the shortlong term.

LOOKING FORWARD… for options granted in 2020, 2021, and 2022, AOP carryforwards and carrybacks are limited to a cap of $100 because the Compensation Committee did not want a potential pandemic market recovery to result in growth targets that were too easy to achieve.

In addition to vesting based on operational targets, in the event of a change in control, unvested options that were granted prior to fiscal 2024 will become fully vested.vested and exercisable. As mentioned above, we adopted double-trigger change in control provisions option agreements for NEO option awards starting in fiscal 2024. Beginning with options granted to NEOs in fiscal 2024, in the event of a change in control, any unvested options will become fully vested and exercisable only if either a replacement award is not provided in connection with such change in control, or in connection with such a replacement award the grantee’s employment is terminated for “good reason” by the grantee or without “cause” by TransDigm or its successors (as defined in the applicable employment agreement or option grant agreement) within two years following such change in control. We do not provide for any gross up to any payments that would be deemed to be “excess parachute payments” under Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code.

Treatment of Options for Executives Upon Termination

Option agreements for certain officers, including all of the named executive officers,NEOs, provide that if the officer’s employment terminates by reason of death, disability, without cause, for good reason or retirement (after at least age 65 with 1060 plus at least 15 years of service or after at least age 60 and 1565 plus at least ten years of service), vesting of the options will continue after termination generally as follows:

Termination Date

Percent of Remaining Options  Vesting(1)

During the first fiscal year after date of grant

— 

%

0%                  

During the second fiscal year after date of grant

20 

%

  20%                  

During the third fiscal year after date of grant

40 

%

  40%                  

During the fourth fiscal year after date of grant

60 

%

  60%                  

During the fifth fiscal year after date of grant

80 

%

  80%                  

After the fifth fiscal year end after date of grant

100 

%

                      100%                   

(1)    Options will continue to vest in accordance with their terms if, and only if, the performance criteria are met. Remaining unvested options would vest ratably over the remaining performance vesting schedule.
Upon his retirement, Mr. Valladares did not qualify for this treatment despite having over 25 years of service at TransDigm. In recognition of Mr. Valladares’ substantial contributions to the business, the Compensation Committee modified Mr. Valladares’ outstanding 2019 and 2020 stock options to provide for continued vesting as if Mr. Valladares had otherwise met the retirement age threshold as of his retirement date. For more information on these award modifications, see the “Fiscal 2023 Summary Compensation Table” and “Fiscal 2023 Grants of Plan Based Awards” tables and “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control as of September 30, 2023” below.
(1)

Options will continue to vest in accordance with their terms if, and only if, the performance criteria are met. Remaining unvested options would vest ratably over the remaining performance vesting schedule.

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Executive Compensation
2023 Grants

Options are generally granted generally at regularly scheduled boardCompensation Committee meetings during November through April. Because all options vest based on performance criteria and vesting occurs at the end of each fiscal year, grants for any new hire or promoted employee who would otherwise receive a grant after April in any year are deferred until November. Mr. Howley’s grant in connection with the termination of his employment agreement and transition to chairman was made in August 2021, but no vesting will occur thereunder until the end of fiscal 2022 and performance targets were set using fiscal 2022 criteria.

Options to purchase 811,308598,910 shares of common stock were granted under the program in fiscal 2021.2023. The number of shares subject to the 2014 Stock Option Plan is 5,000,000, of which 626,29490,281 shares remained available for granting under the plan as of September 30, 2021.2023. The number of shares subject to the 2019 Stock Option Plan is 4,000,000, of which all3,776,055 shares remainremained available for granting under the plan as of September 30, 2021.

2023.

Dividends and Dividend Equivalents

Dividends

Dividend decisions, like at other companies, are a capital structure decision made by the Board. We do not have a policy of paying regular dividends. Instead, the Board regularly evaluates our capital allocation optionalitystrategy and will declare a special dividend based on an assessment of availability of cash or borrowing capacity, outlook for acquisitions and other operating needs, favorable capital market conditions, and the availability of surplus under applicable law as well as certain operating performance covenants under our credit facilities.

Our preference for capital allocation is to invest in existing businesses or make accretive acquisitions. But, when internal business needs are met and acquisitions are not available, we elect to allocate capital to return to stockholdersshareholders through dividends or stock repurchases. Because of the constantly dynamic state of acquisition opportunities, as well as other external forces such as the health of credit markets, geo-political activity, competitive industry opportunities and pressures, these special dividends are unpredictable, episodic, and, unlike other companies, have historically been very large. Most recently, weFor instance, TransDigm paid a dividend of $30.00 per share$18.50 in fiscal 2019 and2022. We did not pay a $32.50 dividend in fiscal 2020. We2023.
Compensation impact is not a consideration when making dividend decisions. As discussed above in “Compensation Committee Judgment and Discretion,” dividends are also paid two dividends, totaling $46.00 per share, in fiscal 2017. However, we paid no dividends in fiscal 2015, 2016, 2018 or 2021.

Dividend decisions are made exclusive of compensatory impact. Andexcluded from compensation decisions are made without regard to the possibility of dividend equivalent payments. However, due to the unique structure of our executive compensation program, which targets significantly less cash compensation relative to peers in the short term but provides extraordinary upside in the long term, the Compensation Committee believes our use of DEPs are critical to the understanding of what motivates our executive team and assures alignment between management and investors on capital allocation decisions.

Dividend Equivalent Payments (DEPs)

DEPs pay option holders the same dividend that shareholders receive upon vesting of those options. Options are an important part of our compensation program because our compensation is heavily weighted towards long-term option compensation. After a dividend is declared, the stock price typically falls by the amount of the dividend at the ex-dividend date. Consequently, without the DEP our option holders would lose value equal to roughly the amount of the dividend. Therefore, DEPs keep option holders whole and ensure management interests remain aligned with those of our shareholders.
Absent DEPs, option holders would be at a clear disadvantage to shareholders and would be incentivized to exercise and sell their vested options sooner in order to maintain the value provided from the dividend. We believe that failure to align management and shareholders could create incentives for management to deploy cash flow and utilize borrowing capacity in a manner other than the return of capital in the form of special dividends, which might not be in the best interests of shareholders. Further, without DEPs, management may be incentivized to seek short-term market gains rather than focusing on long-term equity value and shareholder returns.
Option Holders Would Lose Value After a Dividend If They Did Not Receive DEPs
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Our stockholdershareholder approved stock option plans allow for payments to option holders or adjustments to the options in the event of a capital event such as an extraordinary dividend. More explicitly, weWe also have dividend equivalent plans that provide option holders the right to receive dividend equivalent payments (DEPs)DEPs if the Board declares a dividend on our common stock. We pay these dividend equivalents in order to closely align management and stockholder interests in all aspects of our operations and capital structure. Maintaining an even playing field between constituencies is important to and consistent with our private equity compensation philosophy. As such, the Compensation Committee strongly believes that absent the DEPs, the optionOption holders, would be at a clear disadvantage to stockholders, which would incentivize the exercise and sale (e.g., to satisfy tax obligations) of vested options and could undermine the alignment of their interests with those of stockholders. We believe that failure to align management and stockholders could create incentives for management to deploy cash flow and utilize borrowing capacity in a manner other than the return of capital in the form of extraordinary dividends, which might not be in the best interests of stockholders. Further, management may be incentivized to seek short-term market gains rather than focusing on long-term equity value and stockholder returns. Dividend equivalents align management with the stockholders to permit the best allocation of capital resources and incentivize long-term share value growth withoutTransDigm’s CEO who is also a hyper focus on short term stock price fluctuations.

Employeesdirector, receive DEPsa cash DEP on options (i) that have vested based on rigorous performance criteria and (ii) that the option holder has chosen not to exercise even though vested. Option holders who hold vested stock options at the time a dividend is paid will receive a cash DEP equal to the amount that he or she would otherwise have been entitled to receive had his or her vested stock option been exercised immediately prior to payment of the dividend. Option holders who hold unvested stock options will receive a cash DEP equal to the amount he or she would otherwise have been entitled to receive had his or her unvested stock option been vested and exercised immediately prior to payment of the dividend, but only if and when such stock option vests pursuant to its terms. We believe that we have structured DEPs under the Company’sTransDigm’s dividend equivalent plans such that they are not subject to any excise tax under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. Certain investors and proxy advisory firms have raised the issue as to whether the CompanyTransDigm should pay dividend equivalents only upon an exercise of the options; however, we believe that tying payment of the dividend equivalents to the exercise of an option would result in excise taxes under Section 409A.

LOOKING FORWARD… the Board, including Messrs. Stein and Howley, will receive dividend equivalentsRetention Bonus Plan

Prior to Ms. Warren’s promotion to her current role, she was selected to participate in a Retention Bonus Plan for dividends declaredfiscal years 2022 through 2024 that was designed to assist in the future by meansretention of certain key employees. None of TransDigm’s other NEOs participate in this program. Under the program, Ms. Warren is eligible (subject generally to continued employment) to earn up to 20%, then up to 30%, and then up to 50% of a reductiontotal, three-year cash award opportunity at the end of each of fiscal 2022, fiscal 2023, and fiscal 2024, respectively, based on TransDigm’s degree of achievement of an annually-established adjusted AOP goal. AOP is calculated consistent with the methodology set forth above in “2023 Equity Based Incentives – Performance-based Option Vesting at Rigorous Targets.”
For fiscal 2023, Ms. Warren was eligible to earn the exercise pricefull 30% payment (or $101,400) for adjusted AOP achievement of at least $202.48, but adjusted AOP achievement of less than $175.69 would have resulted in Ms. Warren earning no portion of the option, rather thanaward for the year. Adjusted AOP achievement between these two levels would result in cash, as is commonMs. Warren earning a proportion of the total award. As a result of TransDigm’s performance during fiscal 2023, our adjusted AOP achievement for companies that declare an extraordinary dividend.

this program was determined to be $415.01, and Ms. Warren earned a payout of $101,400 (or 30% of her full three-year award).

Other Compensation Policies and Considerations

Tax Deductibility of Compensation Expense. Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code generally places a $1 million limit on the amount of compensation a publicly held company can deduct in any tax year on compensation paid to “covered employees.” Prior to the passage of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, performance-based compensation paid to our “covered employees,” such as annual cash

incentives and performance-based stock options, was generally excluded from this $1 million deduction limit. As a result of changes in the tax law, this previously-available exclusion for performance-based compensation is generally no longer available. The Compensation Committee does not consider tax deductibility in determining executive compensation and will award compensation that it determines to be consistent with the goals of our executive compensation program even if such compensation is not tax deductible by TransDigm.

Prohibition on Hedging, Pledging and Short Sales. No director, officer, or employee is permitted to pledge TransDigm stock or engage in short sales or other transactions that hedge or offset, or are designed to hedge or offset, any decrease in the market value of the TransDigm’s stock. We allow for certain portfolio diversification transactions, such as investments in exchange funds. All of the directors and executive officers are in compliance with this policy.

Equity Ownership Guidelines.We require management to maintain a significant personal investment in TransDigm. We increased our equity ownership guidelines in November 2023 in response to shareholder feedback. Mr. Stein is required to retain six times his salary in equity ownership, half of which must be retained in stock and the Company. Allremainder of which can be in the Company’s existing option holdersform of in-the-money vested options. The remaining continuing NEOs are required to maintainretain three times their salary in equity ownership, half of a minimum valuewhich must be retained in stock and the remainder of stock orwhich can be in the form of in-the-money vested options. Elected officers must retain half ofAll continuing NEOs have five years to meet these requirements. NEOs cannot exercise any options unless they have met the ownership requirements. All continuing NEOs were in compliance with their prior retention limitand are currently in stock. Mr. Howley and Mr. Stein are each required to retain $6 million in aggregate value and the other named executive officers are required to hold $1.5 - $2.5 million in aggregate value of stock or vested options. Each executive officer currently holds shares in excess ofcompliance with these guidelines.updated ownership requirements. Shares may be owned directly by the individual, owned jointly with or separately by the individual’s spouse, or held in trust for the benefit of the individual, the individual’s spouse, or the individual’s children.

Results All of Say-On-Pay (“SOP”) Vote

OverviewTransDigm’s other existing option holders are also required to maintain ownership of Say-On-Pay Vote History & Advisory Firm Recommendation Effect

a minimum value of stock or vested options.





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Executive Compensation
CEO and NEO Ownership Requirements
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Shareholder Engagement Summary
Our leadership team and Board and management recognize that solicitation and stockholder feedback is important to creating stockholder value. As a result, we regularly engage with our stockholders.

Preceding our annual meetings in 2018 and 2019, we engaged with stockholders representing approximately 75% of our shares. Most of the stockholders were not satisfied with the overall designoutcome of the 2023 Annual Meeting. These results indicated that while we feel that we have strong relationships with our program. Of the stockholders that voted against Say-on-Pay, there was no consistent reason cited.

Outreach priorshareholders, we need to invest more time to better understand and address their perspectives.

Following our 2020 annual meeting had the following results:

We2023 Annual Meeting, we reached out to 34 of our top 31 stockholders representing 73%36 shareholders, which represent over 70% of our shares outstanding to discuss compensation matters. Eight of those stockholders elected to have a discussion while the others declined because they were satisfiedcommon stock. We conducted engagements with the designinvestors representing 62% of our plan and/oroutstanding common stock as result of this outreach. Engagements were led by senior leaders of TransDigm and included participation from the Compensation Committee Chair for select engagements.

Shareholder Outreach Efforts
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2023 Feedback and Actions
We received valuable feedback in our conversations with shareholders, and many of our conversations focused specifically on our executive compensation program. The Compensation Committee, and the Board as a whole, has spent a great deal of time evaluating the feedback and identifying enhancements to our compensation program and overall governance structure to address the concerns that were voiced. While we recognize that we have had prior discussions and they had no questions.

not been responsive to every individual piece of feedback received, we did thoughtfully consider each piece of feedback. We continuedare pleased to findsay that most actively managed funds generally liked the design ofwe have made meaningful improvements that address our compensation plan. The few who had objections continued to not cite a consistent reason. However, we heard several issues from more than one firm. The followingshareholders’ key concerns. Below is a summary of those issuesthe feedback that we received, and our response:

the improvements we have made in response.

Issues RaisedTransDigm Group Incorporated

Response

Overlapping metric—AOP used in both the Company’s stock option plan and used, in part, in the Company’s short-term incentive plan.

   The Committee has eliminated the overlapping metric commencing in fiscal 2022.

Alternate vesting—referring to the following market vesting provision: The closing price of the Company’s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange exceeds two times the Exercise Price of the Options less the amount of any dividends per share paid after the date hereof on any 60 trading days during any consecutive 12-month period.

   This feature was eliminated for all options commencing in fiscal 2021.

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Issues Raised

Response

Carryforward / carryback—ifExecutive Compensation
What We HeardWhat We Did
Shareholders would like us to enhance our engagement efforts throughout the year to discuss key compensation and governance issues.We have always appreciated shareholder perspectives and value the dialogue we have had with investors over the years. We recognize that in today's environment, our less formal approach to engagement is not enough. Over the past year, we have formalized our shareholder outreach program to systematically engage with a variety of investors and solicit feedback on key compensation and governance issues. We plan to build on these efforts in the coming years and look forward to the ongoing dialogue.
Shareholders asked us to provide more disclosure in our proxy statement describing our approach to key governance topics.Over the past year we have reviewed and revised many key sections of our proxy statement to help our shareholders better understand our governance policies, practices, and procedures. We have added more detailed disclosure on investor priority topics including executive compensation and board composition and have included more direct communication from our directors. We will continue to review our disclosure practices to ensure we are meeting our shareholders' expectations.
Shareholders expressed their concern over our single trigger change-in-control provision.We have updated our change-in-control provision for NEOs from single trigger to double trigger to align with investor preferences along with market practice. This change will be made on a go forward basis as NEOs receive new stock option grants.
Shareholders voiced concern over the Compensation Committee's use of discretion in the Annual Incentive Plan.For any select discretion utilized for fiscal 2023 annual performance per share exceedsincentive pay outs, rationale was thoroughly provided within the maximum targetCD&A. Going forward, the Board will continue to only use discretion in select situations, and will provide detailed disclosure regarding their rationale for the decision.
Shareholders expressed their desire to see enhanced stock ownership guidelines for our CEO and NEOs, and would like to see those guidelines expressed as a multiple of salary.We have revised our stock ownership guidelines for our CEO and continuing NEOs. Our guidelines now align with market practice: 6x salary for the CEO and 3x salary for other continuing NEOs, met through a hybrid approach of 50% stock and 50% in-the-money vested stock options.
Shareholders expressed their concern that the same Board members of the Compensation Committee have overseen a compensation plan that has received low Say-on-Pay support for multiple years in a row.
We have refreshed the committee membership of several Board committees (refer to ‘Board Composition’ section on page 2 of the proxy statement), including the Compensation Committee. David Barr, who previously served on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, has assumed the role of Chair of the Compensation Committee. Additionally, Gary E. McCullough, who is also the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, has joined the Compensation Committee. Michael Graff, the long-standing Chair of the Compensation Committee, has rotated off the Compensation Committee to join both the Executive Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mervin Dunn, a long-standing member of the Compensation Committee, retired from the Board in 2023. The Committee changes reflect our recognition of investors' concerns around accountability and ensure new perspectives and leadership.
Several shareholders expressed an interest in better understanding our peer group and the decision process behind the peer group compilation.With the help of external compensation advisors, we reviewed, and significantly revised our peer group. We evaluated companies for inclusion or deletion on several criteria, resulting in an applicable year, such excess may be treated as having been achievedalmost 60% turnover in composition. This new peer group is being used starting with our fiscal 2024 compensation plan. We have provided a detailed explanation of our process in the following two fiscal years and/orCD&A of this proxy statement.
A few shareholders noted that bringing in new advisors to offer fresh perspectives could be an opportunity for us.Following a several months process, we hired Exequity to serve as our new compensation consultant. They, along with other external governance, and compensation experts, have helped us better understand our shareholders' priorities and identify additional ways to be responsive.
Shareholders asked us to adopt a clawback policy.We adopted a clawback policy in 2023 that satisfies the prior two fiscal years (without duplication) if less thanregulatory requirements put in place by the full amountSEC and NYSE.
Shareholders questioned the use of options would otherwise have vested for such years.the carry-forward/carry-back feature in our compensation plan.

We recognize that the carry-forward/carry-back feature in our plan is unique to TransDigm. The Compensation Committee evaluates performance on a long-term basis and the targets are set to achieve long-term compound annual growth. The Committee does not want to entirely remove this feature because it believes it is important to allow management to focus on long-term value without being incentivized to make short-term decisions to maximize vesting in a particular year. Thisretain this feature acts similarly to long- term incentive plans that take into account performance over a multi-year period. This feature mitigates compensation risk, because if performance were measured in only one-year “snap-shot” increments, management could be incentivized to sacrifice longer term goals to achieve vestingof our equity awards, and additional disclosure in the short term.

Despite that view,CD&A has been included in orderthis proxy statement to ensure rigorous targets, performance for options granted in fiscal 2022, the carryforward and carryback was limited to $100 in the aggregate over the life of the option.

Board discretion in bonus.

The Committee reviewed but chose to maintainbetter explain how this feature at this time. The Committee felt it was important to haveworks and its value in being maintained for the flexibility to reward exemplary individual performance or to decrement substandard individual performance and believes that the 20% limitation on discretion is a sufficient limit on its authority.

Lack of response to previous low SOP votes.equity awards.

The Committee listened to this concern and considered the various issues raised and determined to make changes to the overlapping metric and alternate vesting.

Outreach for the 2021 annual meeting had the following results:

We reached out to 47 of our top 50 stockholders representing 77% of our shares outstanding to discuss compensation matters for our 2021 annual meeting. Twelve of those stockholders elected to have a discussion while many of the others declined because they were satisfied with the design of our plan and/or we have had prior discussions and they had no questions.

While stockholders were encouraged by the responsive compensation plan changes that were implemented since the 2020 annual meeting, two additional concerns, which arose primarily due the COVID-19 pandemic, were mentioned several times:

Issues Raised

Response

Vesting

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What We HeardWhat We Did
Some shareholders expressed concern over perceived misalignment between pay and performance, and a few shared that they would like to see us adopt a relative performance metric in our long-term incentive plan to drive better alignment.Our long-term incentive plan is 100% performance-based stock options, which we believe ultimately drives alignment between the overall amount paid to our CEO and the change in value for our shareholders. Further, more than 90% of 2020 OptionsNEO total compensation is at-risk and Changeperformance-based. We believe our emphasis on performance-based compensation drives results for TransDigm and its shareholders. We have received varying feedback over the years on the exact performance metrics that investors prefer to see in Approachlong-term incentive plans. Some investors prefer relative metrics, a common metric referenced being relative TSR, while others believe operational metrics are a more appropriate measure. We have an Annual Operating Performance metric, with a five year measurement period, that we believe is the best reflection of TransDigm's performance against our long-term strategy as it is based on actual financial results, not the whims of the market. We will continue to PerformanceCriteria—Duesolicit feedback on our approach and evaluate how to best incent our executives to drive our performance for TransDigm.
Many shareholders stated that they would like to see a greater degree of responsiveness given the unprecedented disruption to the aviation industry by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Committee decided to vest options that were grantedresults of our Say-on-Pay vote in 2020 and scheduled to vest in 2020 notwithstanding2023.We believe that the AOP targets were not met. In addition, the Committee modified the performance criteria for options grantedcollective changes we have made, both in 20202023 and in 2021prior years, articulated in this table and throughout this proxy statement, demonstrate that our Board took their duty to be responsive to shareholder feedback very seriously. Understanding and addressing shareholder priorities is an ongoing process for vesting in 2021; while they were still based on performance, they were based on EBITDA marginour Board. We will continue to solicit feedback and EBITDA.

address concerns throughout the year, including as part of our formal shareholder engagement program.

   The Committee listened to stockholder concerns and reverted to using traditional AOP performance targets for stock options vesting in fiscal 2022 and beyond. For options granted in 2022, the carryforward and carryback was limited to $100 to ensure rigorous performance targets.

Short-term incentive plan metrics will also be performance based going forward. Overlapping metrics will not be used.

The Committee further has adopted a policy prohibiting its use of discretion in vesting performance based options and a policy prohibiting it from making discretionary changes (i.e., not related to a capital adjustment event) in performance-based targets for in a then current fiscal year.

Magnitude of Executive Compensation Despite Performance.

  Our Board, including Messrs. Howley and Mr. Stein, has agreed that with respect to any dividends paid after the date of this Proxy Statement they will not receive any cash dividend equivalent payments. Rather, the strike price of outstanding options will be reduced. This will reduce any future perception of outsized compensation.

Vote Results

Clawback Policy
During fiscal 2024, in light of new rules promulgated by NYSE and SEC requirements, we adopted a new Compensation Clawback Policy, effective October 2, 2023 (the “Clawback Policy”), which complies with the required standards. The Say-On-Pay vote resultClawback Policy provides for the 2021 annual meeting was 42.98%,prompt recovery (or clawback) of certain excess incentive-based compensation received during an applicable three-year recovery period by current or former executive officers in favorthe event we are required to prepare an accounting restatement due to material noncompliance with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws. Triggering events include accounting restatements to correct an error in previously issued financial statements that is material to such previously issued financial statements, or that would result in a material misstatement if the error were corrected in the current period or left uncorrected in the current period. Excess incentive-based compensation for these purposes generally means the amount of SOP.incentive-based compensation received (on or after October 2, 2023) by such executive officer that exceeds the amount of incentive-based compensation that would have been received by such executive officer had it been determined based on the restated amounts, without regard to any taxes paid. Incentive-based compensation potentially subject to recovery under the Clawback Policy is in general limited to any compensation granted, earned, or vested based wholly or in part on the attainment of one or more financial reporting measures.
In general, we may utilize a broad range of recoupment methods under the Clawback Policy. The vote reflected stockholder dissent withClawback Policy does not condition clawback on the vestingfault of 2020 optionsthe executive officer, but we are not required to clawback amounts in limited circumstances where the Compensation Committee has made a determination that recovery would be impracticable and change(1) we have already attempted to recover such amounts but the direct expenses paid to a third party in approachan effort to performance criteria. The Committee addressed bothenforce the Clawback Policy would exceed the amount to be recovered, (2) the recovery of these concerns by adoptingamounts would violate applicable home country law, or (3) the changesrecovery would cause the non-compliance of a tax-qualified retirement plan under the Internal Revenue Code and applicable regulations. Operation of the Clawback Policy is subject to our compensation program described herein.

a brief phase-in process during the first few years after its effectiveness. We may not indemnify any such executive officer against the loss of such recovered compensation.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

Messrs. Graff, Dunn, HennessyBarr, McCullough, and Small comprise the Compensation Committee. There are no Compensation Committee interlocks.

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Fiscal 2023 Summary Compensation Table

The following information is set forth with respect to our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial OfficerPresident and threeCEO, CFO, and four of TransDigm’s other most highly compensated executive officers serving as an executive officer at September 30, 2021, as well as Mr. Howley who was not serving as an executive officer at September 30, 2021 (the “named executive officers”), in dollars.

Name and Principal

Position

 Fiscal   
Year  
  Salary(1)        Bonus(2)        

Option     

Awards(3)     

  Non-equity
Incentive
Compensation(2)
  All Other
Compensation(4)
  Total 

Kevin Stein,

President and Chief Executive Officer

  2021  $1,200,000  $173,812  $12,798,804  $1,626,188   $5,685,700  $21,484,504 
  2020   991,563   --   7,460,000   --   13,608,900   22,060,463 
  2019   1,045,000   65,925   --   1,684,075   10,340,200   13,135,200 

Michael Lisman,

Chief Financial

Officer

  2021   583,750   101,952   10,860,161   509,760   1,650,775   13,706,398 
  2020   496,458   2,580   --   327,420   2,653,957   3,480,415 
  2019   467,500   22,104   12,411,600   477,896   937,673   14,316,773 

Jorge L. Valladares III,

Chief Operating

Officer

  2021   672,500   86,659   10,973,092   577,728   3,147,950   15,457,929 
  2020   614,917   2,200   5,296,498   397,800   7,430,025   13,741,440 
  2019   613,500   11,618   7,451,630   628,382   4,626,100   13,331,230 

Sarah Wynne,

Chief Accounting

Officer

  2021   437,500   14,365   3,387,919   310,635   269,400   4,419,819 
  2020   365,000   1,700   1,491,971   168,300   265,683   2,292,654 
  2019   260,000   54,167   605,066   95,833   133,640   1,148,706 

Robert Henderson,

Vice Chairman

  2021   10,000   3,920   4,919,634   361,080   3,747,933   9,042,567 
  2020   10,000   --   1,695,486   --   11,916,135   13,621,621 
  2019   10,000   --   15,229,768   --   9,187,020   24,426,788 

W. Nicholas Howley,

Former Executive Chairman

  2021   6,306   --   38,084,417   --   2,168,388   40,259,111 
  2020   7,000   --   11,880,431   --   56,235,370   68,122,801 
  2019   7,000   --   13,577,620   --   47,058,288   60,642,908 

(1)

Mr. Howley received all but $6,306 of his fiscal 2021 salary in options. The grant of options in lieu of salary for calendar 2021 made during fiscal 2021 is included in the Option Awards column and represents $2,161,492 of the total. Mr. Henderson received all but $10,000 of his calendar 2021 salary in options. The grant of options in lieu of salary for calendar 2021 made during fiscal 2021 is included in the Option Awards column and represents $755,318 of the total. Upon his retirement, Mr. Henderson forfeited options received in lieu of salary valued at $90,721 (based on date of grant Black Scholes value).

(2)

2023.

Name and Principal
Position
Fiscal
Year
Salary(1)
($)
Bonus(2)
($)
Option Awards(3)
($)
Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation(4)
($)
All Other
Compensation(5)
($)
Total
($)
        
Kevin M. Stein,
President, Chief Executive
Officer, and Director
20231,372,500 — 20,179,574 2,275,000 18,300 23,845,374 
20221,273,750 376,375 12,486,796 1,886,625 2,686,450 18,709,996 
20211,200,000 173,812 12,798,804 1,626,188 5,685,700 21,484,504 
Sarah L. Wynne,
Chief Financial Officer
2023570,208 81,152 1,578,426 541,017 332,675 3,103,479 
2022466,875 5,664 3,453,795 359,336 692,510 4,978,180 
2021437,500 14,365 3,387,919 310,535 269,400 4,419,719 
Jorge L. Valladares III,
Former Chief Operating Officer
2023750,000 — 8,909,789 795,600 1,506,525 11,961,914 
2022698,750 15,120 — 659,880 7,568,100 8,941,850 
2021672,500 86,659 10,973,092 577,728 3,147,950 15,457,929 
Michael J. Lisman,
Co-Chief Operating Officer
2023720,000 — 9,336,999 764,400 2,176,190 12,997,589 
2022656,250 18,200 — 631,800 4,085,155 5,391,405 
2021583,750 101,952 10,860,161 509,760 1,650,775 13,706,398 
Joel B. Reiss,
Co-Chief Operating Officer
2023568,333 79,885 1,578,426 532,567 837,350 3,596,562 
Jessica L. Warren,
General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Secretary
2023447,519 — 10,106,640 433,275 52,507 11,039,940 
(1)    Amounts reported for fiscal 2023 represent base salaries paid for service during fiscal 2023, and include any base salary deferred into TransDigm’s qualified 401(k) plan by the NEOs for fiscal 2023. For more information about fiscal 2023 base salaries for the NEOs, see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – 2023 NEO Compensation – 2023 Annual Base Salary” above.
(2)    TransDigm has a performance-based annual incentive plan, with Compensation Committee discretion to adjust awards by up to 20%. The calculated amount is disclosed in the Nonequity Incentive Compensation column and any additional amount is disclosed in the Bonus column.

(3)

The amount reported represents the grant date fair value of stock options awarded during the applicable fiscal year under TransDigm’s stock option plans. See Note 18 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in TransDigm’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2021 for information on the grant date fair value of awards and a description of the assumptions used in that computation. The actual value of the stock options will depend on whether the options vest, the trading price of the stock at the time of exercise and at the time the underlying stock is ultimately sold. Upon his retirement on December 31, 2021, Mr. Henderson forfeited options received in 2021 valued at $3,422,174 (based on date of grant Black Scholes value) (inclusive of the $90,721 salary options noted in footnote 1).

(4)

Represents amounts paid pursuant to TransDigm’s 401(k) plan equal to $17,200, $15,150, $17,200, $17,200, $400 and $280 for Mr. Stein, Mr. Lisman, Mr. Valladares, Ms. Wynne, Mr. Henderson and Mr. Howley, respectively, and dividend equivalents from prior year dividends paid on vested options equal to $5,668,500, $1,635,625, $3,130,750, $252,200, $3,747,533 and $2,168,108 for Mr. Stein, Mr. Lisman, Mr. Valladares, Ms. Wynne, Mr. Henderson and Mr. Howley, respectively.

LOOKING FORWARD… the Board (including Messrs. Howley and Stein) will receive dividend equivalents for dividends declared in the future by means of a reductionNon-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation column and any additional discretionary amount is disclosed in the exerciseBonus column. For more information about the operation of the fiscal 2023 annual cash incentive program, see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – 2023 NEO Compensation – 2023 Annual Cash Incentives” above.

(3)    Amounts reported for fiscal 2023 represent the grant date fair values of performance-based stock options awarded during fiscal 2023 under TransDigm’s applicable stock option plan. See Note 18 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in TransDigm’s 2023 Form 10-K for information on the grant date fair value of such awards and a description of the assumptions used in that computation. The actual value of such stock options will depend on whether the options vest and the trading price of the stock at both the time of exercise and the time the underlying stock is ultimately sold. For more information about the operation of the fiscal 2023 stock option rather thangrants, see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – 2023 NEO Compensation – 2023 Equity Based Incentives” above. In addition, for Mr. Valladares for fiscal 2023, this amount includes $5,619,377 in incremental fair value, calculated in accordance with SEC disclosure rules, related to the Board’s modification of Mr. Valladares’ outstanding 2019 and 2020 stock options in connection with his retirement to provide for continued vesting, and does not reflect a new equity grant. For more information on these award modifications, see “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control as of September 30, 2023” below.
(4)    TransDigm has a performance-based annual cash incentive plan, which permits the Compensation Committee to apply discretion to adjust awards by up to 20%. Except as contemplated by our stockholder-approved equity plans. This will significantly reduce or eliminatenoted below, the total amounts reported for fiscal 2023 represent calculated payouts under the performance-based annual incentive plan for predetermined performance measures and goals for fiscal 2023, as “All Other Compensation.”

LOOKING FORWARD… “Dual CEO” compensation has been eliminated throughdescribed above. Any additional discretionary amount paid for FY 2023 pursuant to the early termination Committee’s discretion under the plan is disclosed in the Bonus column for fiscal 2023. For Ms. Warren, $331,875 of the amount reported in this column for fiscal 2023 was earned pursuant to such performance-based annual cash incentive plan. The remaining amount reported in this column for fiscal 2023 for Ms. Warren reflects a performance-based cash amount earned for fiscal 2023 performance under a TransDigm Retention Bonus Plan, as described above. For more information about the awards reported in this column for fiscal 2023, see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – 2023 NEO Compensation – 2023 Equity Based Incentives” and “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – 2023 NEO Compensation – Retention Bonus Plan” above.

(5)    Amounts reported for fiscal 2023include: (1) the annual TransDigm contribution and matching contribution under the 401(k) plan for the named executive officers as follows: Mr. Howley’s employment contractStein, $18,300; Ms. Wynne, $18,800; Mr. Valladares, $18,525; Mr. Lisman, $18,700; Mr. Reiss, $18,800; and one-timeMs. Warren, $19,952; and (2) DEPs on vested but unexercised stock option grant.awards under TransDigm’s dividend equivalents plans relating to dividends declared and paid on TransDigm’s common stock as follows: Ms. Wynne, $313,875; Mr. Howley will receive no compensation for his service onValladares, $1,488,000; Mr. Lisman, $2,157,490; Mr. Reiss, $818,550; and Ms. Warren, $32,555. For more information about the Board through 2024.

operation of the DEPs program in fiscal 2023, see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – 2023 NEO Compensation – 2023 Equity Based Incentives – Dividends and Dividend Equivalents” above.     

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Executive Compensation
Fiscal 2023 Grants of Plan Based Awards in Last Fiscal Year

The following table sets forth information concerning options granted and short termshort-term cash incentive award targets set in fiscal 20212023 to the named executive officersNEOs (in dollars, except for estimated future payouts under equity plans).

Name

 

 

Award Type

 

 

Grant
Date

 

  

Estimated
Payouts

Under Non-

Equity
Incentive Plan
Awards
Target(1)

 

  Estimated Future Payouts Under Equity
Incentive Plan Awards

 

  

Exercise Price
of Option
Awards (per
share)

 

  

Grant Date
Fair Value of
Option
Awards

 

 
 

Threshold(2)

 

  

Target(3)

 

  

Maximum

 

 

Kevin Stein

 Annual Incentive  11/11/20  $1,531,250      
 

 

Performance-based
Option(4)

 

 

 

 

11/11/20

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

68,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

68,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

$560.81

 

 

 

 

$

 

12,798,804

 

 

Michael Lisman

 Annual Incentive  11/11/20   480,000      
 

 

Performance-based
Option(5)

 

 

 

 

11/11/20

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,425

 

 

 

 

 

 

57,700

 

 

 

 

 

 

57,700

 

 

 

 

 

 

560.81

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,860,161

 

 

Jorge L.

Valladares III

 Annual Incentive  11/11/20   544,000      
 

 

Performance-based
Option(6)

 

 

 

 

11/11/20

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,575

 

 

 

 

 

 

58,300

 

 

 

 

 

 

58,300

 

 

 

 

 

 

560.81

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,973,092

 

 

Sarah Wynne

 Annual Incentive  11/11/20   292,500      
 

 

Performance-based
Option(5)

 

 

 

 

11/11/20

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

560.81

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,387,919

 

 

Robert

Henderson

 Annual Incentive  11/11/20   340,000      
 

 

Performance-based
Option(6), (7)

 

 

 

 

11/11/20

 

 

  

 

 

 

5,531

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,125

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,125

 

 

 

 

 

 

560.81

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,164,317

 

 

 

 

Performance-based
Option in lieu of
2020 incentive and
2021 salary(8)

 

 

 

 

11/11/20

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,794

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,718

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,718

 

 

 

 

 

 

560.81

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,640,862

 

 

W. Nicholas

Howley

 Annual Incentive  11/11/20   1,923,699      
 

 

Performance-based
Option(9)

 

 

 

 

11/11/20

 

 

  

 

 

 

17,760

 

 

 

 

 

 

71,039

 

 

 

 

 

 

71,039

 

 

 

 

 

 

560.81

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,370,797

 

 

 

 

Performance-based
Option in lieu of
2020 incentive and
2021 salary(10)

 

 

 

 

11/11/20

 

 

  

 

 

 

5,473

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,891

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,891

 

 

 

 

 

 

560.81

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,120,274

 

 

 

 

Performance-based
Option in
connection with
transition to
non-executive
Chair(11)

 

 

 

 

08/06/21

 

 

     

 

 

 

26,250

 

 

 

 

 

 

105,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

105,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

629.11

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,762,859

 

 

NameAward TypeGrant DateEstimated Possible Payouts Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards
Estimated Future Payouts 
Under Equity
Incentive Plan Awards
Exercise
Price of Option Awards
(per share)
($)
Grant Date
Fair Value of
Option Awards
($)
Threshold ($)Target ($)Maximum ($)
Threshold(1)
(#)
Target(2)
(#)
Maximum
(#)
Kevin M. SteinAnnual Incentive11/9/20221,225,000 1,750,000 2,275,000 — — — — — 
Performance-based Option (3)
11/9/2022— — — 20,775 83,100 83,100 582.80 20,179,574 
Sarah L. WynneAnnual Incentive11/9/2022291,317 416,167 541,017 — — — — — -
Performance-based Option (4)
11/9/2022— — — 1,625 6,500 6,500 582.80 1,578,426 
Jorge L. Valladares IIIAnnual Incentive11/9/2022428,400 612,000 795,600 — — — — — 
Performance-based Option (4)
11/9/2022— — — 3,388 13,550 13,550 582.80 3,290,412 
Performance-based Option Modification (5)
7/26/2023— — — 
*(5)
*(5)
*(5)
*(5)
5,619,377 
Michael J. LismanAnnual Incentive11/9/2022411,600 588,000 764,400 — — — — — 
Performance-based Option (4)
11/9/2022— — — 9,613 38,450 38,450 582.80 9,336,999 
Joel B. ReissAnnual Incentive11/9/2022286,767 409,667 532,567 — — — — — 
Performance-based Option (4)
11/9/2022— — — 1,625 6,500 6,500 582.80 1,578,426 
Jessica L. WarrenAnnual Incentive1/25/2023178,697 255,281 331,875 — — — — — 
Performance-based Option (6)
1/25/2023— — — 9,000 36,000 36,000 700.50 10,106,640 
(1)    Calculated to represent the amount that would vest if the minimum performance criteria were met in the applicable years. If the minimum performance criteria is between the amount required to vest the minimum annual amount and the amount required to vest the maximum annual amount, the percent of options that vest will be determined by linear interpolation. Any options that do not vest in because of a shortfall of AOP (as defined in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – 2023 NEO Compensation – 2023 Equity Based Incentives”) may vest in the following two years if there is an excess of AOP in such years. In addition, any excess in AOP in a year may be carried forward in the following two years to make up deficiencies in AOP in such year. In no event may more than $100 of AOP be carried forward or carried back and any amounts used in calculating current year, prior year or future year AOP may not be used more than once.
(2)    Target amounts are not established under the grant but are disclosed at the maximum amount. Actual amounts could be lower if annual or cumulative performance requirements are not met.
(3)    Options vest in 2027 as follows: 25% if AOP is at least $402.36 per diluted share in 2027 and 100% if AOP is at least $559.56 per diluted share in 2027.
(4)    Options vest equally in 2026 - 2027 as follows: 12.5% if the AOP is at least $365.79 and 50% if the AOP is at least $476.22 per diluted share in 2026 and 12.5% if the AOP is at least $402.36 and 50% if the AOP is at least $559.56 per diluted share in 2027.
(5)    This amount represents the incremental fair value related to the Board’s modification of Mr. Valladares’ outstanding 2019 and 2020 stock options in connection with his retirement to provide for continued vesting, and does not not reflect a new equity grant. For more information on these award modifications, see “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control as of September 30, 2023” below.
(6)    Options vest equally in 2023 - 2027 as follows: 5% if the AOP is at least $274.82 and 20% if the AOP is at least $293.56 per diluted share in 2023 (the AOP was $415.01 in 2023 so 20% of the options vested), 5% if the AOP is at least $302.30 and 20% if the AOP is at least $344.93 per diluted share in 2024, 5% if the AOP is at least $332.53 and 20% if the AOP is at least $405.29 per diluted share in 2025, 5% if the AOP is at least $365.79 and 20% if the AOP is at least $476.22 per diluted share in 2026 and 5% if the AOP is at least $402.36 and 20% if the AOP is at least $559.56 per diluted share in 2027.
Grants made in fiscal 2023 are described more fully in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this proxy statement. More information concerning the terms of the NEO’s employment agreements is provided under the section titled “Employment Agreements” of this proxy statement. More information concerning the amount of salary and incentive compensation in proportion to total compensation for the CEO and the other NEOs is provided under the section of this proxy statement entitled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – 2023 NEO Compensation.” For more information about the Board’s modification of Mr. Valladares’ outstanding 2019 and 2020 stock options in connection with his retirement to provide for continued vesting, see “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control as of September 30, 2023” below.
(1)

Represents target amount of annual cash incentive.

(2)TransDigm Group Incorporated

Calculated to represent the amount that would vest if the minimum performance criteria were met in the applicable years. If the minimum performance criteria is between the amount required to vest the minimum annual amount and the amount required to vest the maximum annual amount, the percent of options that vest will be determined by linear interpolation. Any options that do not vest in because of a shortfall of AOP (as defined in note 4) may vest in the following two years if there is an excess of AOP in such years. In addition, any excess in AOP in a year may be carried forward in the following two years to make up deficiencies in AOP in such year. In no event may more than $100 of AOP be carried forward or carried back and any amounts used in calculating current year, prior year or future year AOP be used more than once.

(3)

Target amounts are not established under the grant but are disclosed at the maximum amount. Actual amounts could be lower if annual or cumulative performance requirements are not met.

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(4)

Options vest in 2025 as follows: 25% if annual operating performance (AOP) is $260.04 in 2025 and 100% if AOP is $338.55 in 2025. “AOP” is EBITDA times 11.58 (as adjusted by the weighted EBITDA acquisition multiple of future acquisitions) minus net debt divided by diluted shares.

(5)Executive Compensation

Options vest equally in 2021-2025 as follows: 2.5% if EBITDA margin is at least 40.5% and 10% if EBITDA margin is at least 44.5%, plus 2.5% if EBITDA is at least $1,873 million and 10% if EBITDA is at least $2,177 million in 2021 (in 2021, EBITDA margin was 46.1% and EBITDA was $2,183 million so 20% of the options vested), 5% if the AOP is at least $195.37 and 20% if the AOP is at least $208.69 per diluted share in 2022, 5% if the AOP is at least $214.91 and 20% if the AOP is at least $245.21 per diluted share in 2023, 5% if the AOP is at least $236.40 and 20% if the AOP is at least $288.12 per diluted share in 2024 and 5% if the AOP is at least $260.04 and 20% if the AOP is at least $338.55 per diluted share in 2025.

(6)

Options vest equally in 2024-2025 as follows: 12.5% if the AOP is at least $236.40 and 50% if the AOP is at least $288.12 per diluted share in 2024 and 12.5% if the AOP is at least $260.04 and 50% if the AOP is at least $338.55 per diluted share in 2025.

(7)

Upon his retirement on December 31, 2021, Mr. Henderson forfeited 80% of these options.

(8)

Options vest in 2021-2022 as follows: 40% vested on the date of grant, 5% if EBITDA margin is at least 40.5% and 20% if EBITDA margin is at least 44.5%, plus 5% if EBITDA is at least $1,873 million and 20% if EBITDA is at least $2,177 million in 2021 (in 2021, EBITDA margin was 46.1% and EBITDA was $2,183 million so 40% of the options vested), and 5% if the AOP is at least $195.37 and 20% if the AOP is at least $208.69 per diluted share in 2022. Upon his retirement on December 31, 2021, Mr, Henderson forfeited 1,394 of these options.

(9)

Options vest in 2021-2023 as follows: 5% if EBITDA margin is at least 40.5% and 20% if EBITDA margin is at least 44.5%, plus 5% if EBITDA is at least $1,873 million and 20% if EBITDA is at least $2,177 million in 2021 (in 2021, EBITDA margin was 46.1% and EBITDA was $2,183 million so 40% of the options vested), 10% if the AOP is at least $195.37 and 40% if the AOP is at least $208.69 per diluted share in 2022, and 5% if the AOP is at least $214.91 and 20% if the AOP is at least $245.21 per diluted share in 2023.

(10)

Options vest in 2021 as follows: 12.5% if EBITDA margin is at least 40.5% and 50% if EBITDA margin is at least 44.5%, plus 12.5% if EBITDA is at least $1,873 million and 50% if EBITDA is at least $2,177 million in 2021 (in 2021, EBITDA margin was 46.1% and EBITDA was $2,183 million so all of the options vested).

(11)

Options vest equally in 2022-2024 as follows: 10% if the AOP is at least $195.37 and 40% if the AOP is at least $208.69 per diluted share in 2022, 10% if the AOP is at least $214.91 and 40% if the AOP is at least $245.21 per diluted share in 2023, and 5% if the AOP is at least $236.40 and 20% if the AOP is at least $288.12 per diluted share in 2024.

Outstanding Equity Awards at 2023 Fiscal Year End

Year-End

The following table sets forth information concerning unexercised options as of September 30, 20212023 with respect to the named executive officers.

  Name  Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options that are
Exercisable
   Number of Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Unearned Options
       Option
Exercise
Price
(per share)
   Option
Expiration
Date
 

  Kevin Stein

   78,800    --     $191.79    11/13/2024 
   71,000    --      269.42    11/10/2026 
   170,800    42,700   (1)    324.38    04/25/2028 
   --    50,000   (2)    559.78    11/15/2029 
   --    68,000   (3)    560.81    11/11/2030 

  Michael Lisman

   3,200    --      217.70    01/20/2026 
   550    550   (4)    284.97    11/08/2027 
   6,480    1,620   (1)    303.90    01/24/2028 
   72,000    48,000   (5)    347.17    11/05/2028 
   11,540    46,160   (6)    560.81    11/11/2030 

  Jorge L. Valladares III

   52,000    --      148.45    11/15/2023 
   45,000    --   (7)    226.34    11/06/2025 
   32,500    32,500   (8)    284.97    11/08/2027 
   36,600    24,400   (5)    347.17    11/05/2028 
   5,100    3,400   (5)    476.81    04/25/2029 
   14,200    21,300   (9)    559.78    11/15/2029 
   --    58,300   (10)    560.81    11/11/2030 

  Sarah Wynne

   

2,250

5,700

2,700

3,510

 

 

 

 

   

--

--

--

2,340

 

 

 

 

  (5)    

148.45

221.81

269.42

347.14

 

 

 

 

   

11/15/2023

04/22/2025

11/10/2026

11/05/2028

 

 

 

 

   4,000    6,000   (9)    559.78    11/15/2029 
   3,600    14,400   (6)    560.81    11/11/2030 

  Robert Henderson(11)

   92,000    --      191.79    11/13/2024 
   44,000    --      269.42    11/10/2026 
   8,500    --      250.79    12/14/2026 
   8,500    8,500   (8)     284.97    11/08/2027 
   13,854    --      284.97    11/08/2027 
   710    --      273.81    12/27/2027 
   --    60,000   (12)    347.17    11/05/2028 
   21,162    --      347.17    11/05/2028 
   50,000    --      476.81    04/25/2029 
   16,787    --      559.78    11/15/2029 
   --    22,125   (10)    560.81    11/11/2030 
   5,092    1,274   (13)    560.81    11/11/2030 

  W. Nicholas Howley(14)

   149,500    --      130.09    11/19/2022 
   156,190    --      191.79    11/13/2024 
   133,517    --      226.34    11/06/2025 
   45,912    --      230.72    12/10/2025 
   41,888    --      269.42    11/10/2026 
   116,786    --      269.42    11/10/2026 
   119,884    --      284.97    11/08/2027 
   42,571    --      284.97    11/08/2027 
   93,864    --      347.17    11/05/2028 
   33,484    --      347.17    11/05/2028 
   51,794    12,949   (13)    559.78    11/15/2029 
   23,573    --      559.78    11/15/2029 
   28,416    42,623   (15)    560.81    11/11/2030 
   16,489    --      560.81    11/11/2030 
   --    105,000   (16)    629.11    08/06/2031 

NEOs.
  NameNumber of Securities
Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Exercisable
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Securities Underlying
Unexercised Unearned Options
(#)
Option Exercise
Price (per share)
(14)
($)
Option
  Expiration
Date
      
Kevin M. Stein213,500 — 305.88 4/25/2028
— 50,000 (1)541.28 11/15/2029
— 68,000 (2)542.31 11/11/2030
— 49,350 (3)624.50 11/12/2031
— 83,100 (4)582.80 11/9/2032
Sarah L. Wynne2,700 — 269.42 11/10/2026
5,850 — 347.17 11/5/2028
8,000 2,000 (5)559.78 11/15/2029
10,800 7,200 (6)560.81 11/11/2030
5,460 8,190 (7)643.00 11/12/2031
— 6,500 (8)582.80 11/9/2032
Jorge L. Valladares III32,400 — (9)226.34 11/6/2025
65,000 — 284.97 11/8/2027
61,000 — 347.17 11/5/2028
8,500 — 476.81 4/25/2029
28,400 7,100 (5)559.78 11/15/2029
— 58,300 (6)560.81 11/11/2030
— 13,550 (8)582.80 11/9/2032
Michael J. Lisman120,000 — 347.17 11/5/2028
34,620 23,080 (6)560.81 11/11/2030
— 38,450 (8)582.80 11/9/2032
Joel B. Reiss57,300 — 226.34 11/6/2025
65,000 — 284.97 11/8/2027
43,000 — 476.81 4/25/2029
16,050 16,050 (10)559.78 11/15/2029
— 28,600 (11)643.00 11/12/2031
— 6,500 (8)582.80 11/9/2032
Jessica L. Warren1,450 — 347.42 1/23/2029
— 550 (12)560.81 11/11/2030
980 1,470 (7)643.00 11/12/2031
7,200 28,800 (13)700.50 1/25/2033
(1)    Options generally vest as follows: 25% if AOP is at least $193.26 and 100% if AOP is at least $237.91 in 2024. The AOP calculation is explained in detail above in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – 2023 NEO Compensation – 2023 Equity Based Incentives.”
(2)    Options generally vest as follows 25% if AOP is at least $212.59 and 100% if AOP is at least $279.54 in 2025.
(3)    Options generally vest as follows: 25% if AOP is at least $233.85 and 100% if AOP is at least $328.46 in 2026.
(4)    Options generally vest as follows: 25% if AOP is at least $402.36 and 100% if AOP is at least $559.56 in 2027.
(5)    Remaining unvested options generally vest as follows: 5% of the total award if the AOP is at least $193.26 and 20% of the total award if the AOP is at least $237.91 per diluted share in 2024. Upon Mr. Valladares’ retirement, he forfeited 1,420 stock options, leaving 5,680 stock options eligible to vest.
(6)    Remaining unvested options generally vest as follows: 5% of the total award if the AOP is at least $193.26 and 20% of the total award if the AOP is at least $237.91 per diluted share in 2024; and 5% of the total award if the AOP is at least $212.59 and 20% of the total award if the AOP is at least $279.54 per diluted share in 2025. Upon Mr. Valladares’ retirement, he forfeited 23,320 stock options, leaving 38,980 stock options eligible to vest.
(7)    Remaining unvested options generally vest as follows: 5% of the total award if the AOP is at least $193.26 and 20% of the total award if the AOP is at least $237.91 per diluted share in 2024; 5% of the total award if the AOP is at least $212.59 and 20% of the total award if the AOP is at least $279.54 in 2025; and 5% of the total award if AOP is at least $233.85 and 20% of the total award if the AOP is at least $328.46 in 2026.
(8)    Options generally vest as follows: 12.5% if the AOP is at least $365.79 and 50% if the AOP is at least $476.22 in 2026; and 12.5% if the AOP is at least $402.36 and 50% if the AOP is at least $559.56 in 2027.
(9)    12,600 options are held in trust for the benefit of Mr. Valladares’ children.
(10)    Remaining unvested options generally vest as follows: 12.5% of the total award if the AOP is at least $193.26 and 50% of the total award if the AOP is at least $237.91 per diluted share in 2024.
(11)    Options generally vest as follows: 12.5% if the AOP is at least $212.59 and 50% if the AOP is at least $279.54 in 2025 and 12.5% if the AOP is at least $233.85 and 50% if the AOP is at least $328.46 in 2026.
(12)    Options generally vest as follows: 12.5% if the AOP is at least $193.26 and 50% if the AOP is at least $237.91 in 2024 and 12.5% if the AOP is at least $212.59 and 50% if the AOP is at least $279.54 in 2025.
(13)    Options generally vest as follows: 5% of the total award if the AOP is at least $320.30 and 20% of the total award if the AOP is at least $344.93 in 2024; 5% of the total award if the AOP is at least $332.53 and 20% of the total award if the AOP is at least $405.29 in 2025; 5% of the total award if the AOP is at least $365.79 and 20% of the total award if the AOP is at least $476.22 in 2026; and 5% of the total award if the AOP is at least $402.36 and 20% of the total award if the AOP is at least $559.56 in 2027.
(14)    Exercise prices for Mr. Stein have been reduced by the amount of dividends declared in 2022 ($18.50) in lieu of receiving dividend equivalent payments in cash.
(1)

Remaining unvested options vest as follows: 5% of the total award if the AOP is at least $127.06 and 20% of the total award if the AOP is at least $192.10 per diluted share in fiscal 2022. “AOP” is EBITDA times an acquisition-weighted EBITDA multiple minus net debt divided by diluted shares.

(2)
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Options vest as follows: 25% if AOP is at least $236.40 in 2024 and 100% if AOP is at least $288.12 in 2024.

(3)

Options vest as follows 25% if AOP is at least $260.04 in 2025 and 100% if AOP is at least $338.55 in 2025.

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(4)

Remaining unvested options vest as follows: 12.5% of the total award if the AOP is at least $127.06 and 20% of the total award if the AOP is at least $192.10 per diluted share in 2022.

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(5)

Remaining unvested options vest as follows: 5% of the total award if the AOP is at least $195.37and 20% of the total award if the AOP is at least $208.69 per diluted share in 2022 and 5% of the total award if the AOP is at least $214.91 and 20% of the total award if the AOP is at least $245.21 per diluted share in 2023.

(6)

Remaining unvested options vest as follows: 5% of the total award if the AOP is at least $195.37 and 20% of the total award if the AOP is at least $208.69 per diluted share in 2022, 5% of the total award if the AOP is at least $214.91 and 20% of the total award if the AOP is at least $245.21 per diluted share in 2023, 5% of the total award if the AOP is at least $236.40 and 20% of the total award if the AOP is at least $288.12 per diluted share in 2024 and 5% of the total award if the AOP is at least $260.04 and 20% of the total award if the AOP is at least $338.55 per diluted share in 2025.

(7)

12,600 options are held in trust for the benefit of Mr. Valladares’ children.

(8)

Remaining unvested options vest as follows: 12.5% of the total award if the AOP is at least $195.37 and 50% of the total award if the AOP is at least $208.69 in 2022. Upon Mr. Henderson’s retirement on December 31, 2021, he forfeited 1,700 of the 8,500 options reported as unvested.

(9)

Remaining unvested options vest as follows: 5% of the total award if the AOP is at least $195.37 and 20% of the total award if the AOP is at least $208.69 in 2022, 5% of the total award if the AOP is at least $214.91 and 20% of the total award if the AOP is at least $245.21 in 2023 and 5% of the total award if the AOP is at least $236.40 and 20% of the total award if the AOP is at least $288.12 in 2024.

(10)

Options vest as follows: 12.5% if the AOP is at least $236.40 and 50% if the AOP is at least $288.12 per diluted share in 2024 and 12.5% if the AOP is at least $260.04 and 50% if the AOP is at least $338.55 per diluted share in 2025. Upon Mr. Henderson’s retirement on December 31, 2021, he forfeited 17,700 of the 22,125 options reported as unvested.

(11)

All options held in trust for the benefit of Mr. Henderson’s family.

(12)

Options vest as follows: 12.5% if the AOP is at least $195.37 and 50% if the AOP is at least $208.69 per diluted share in 2022 and 12.5% if the AOP is at least $214.91 and 50% if the AOP is at least $245.21 per diluted share in 2023. Upon Mr. Henderson’s retirement on December 31, 2021, he forfeited 12,000 of the 60,000 unvested options.

(13)

Remaining unvested options vest as follows: 5% of the total award if the AOP is at least $195.37 and 20% of the total award if the AOP is at least $208.69 per diluted share in 2022. Upon Mr. Henderson’s retirement on December 31, 2021, he forfeited 764 of the 1,274 options reported as unvested.

(14)

Held in trust for the benefit of Mr. Howley’s family.

(15)

Remaining options vest as follows: 10% if the AOP is at least $195.37 and 40% if the AOP is at least $208.69 per diluted share in 2022, and 5% if the AOP is at least $214.91 and 20% if the AOP is at least $245.21 per diluted share in 2023.

(16)

Options vest as follows: 10% if the AOP is at least $195.37 and 40% if the AOP is at least $208.69 per diluted share in 2022, 10% if the AOP is at least $214.91 and 40% if the AOP is at least $245.21 per diluted share in 2023, and 5% if the AOP is at least $236.40 and 20% if the AOP is at least $288.12 per diluted share in 2024.

Option Exercises and Stock Vested in Last Fiscal Year

2023

The following table sets forth information with respect to the number of shares acquired by the named executive officersNEOs upon exercise of options and the value realized through such exercise during fiscal 2021.

  Name Option Awards 
 Number of Shares
Acquired on Exercise (#)
   Value Realized on
Exercise ($)
 

  Kevin Stein

 

 

79,600

 

  

 

33,663,764

 

  Michael Lisman

 

 

--

 

  

 

--

 

  Jorge L. Valladares III

 

 

10,000

 

  

 

4,665,506

 

  Sarah Wynne

 

 

--

 

  

 

--

 

  Robert Henderson(1)

 

 

57,500

 

  

 

26,356,725

 

  W. Nicholas Howley(2)

 

 

209,694

 

  

 

100,745,391

 

(1)

All options exercised were held by a trust for the benefit of Mr. Henderson’s family.

(2)

All options exercised were held by a trust for the benefit of Mr. Howley’s family.

2023.

Option Awards
NameNumber of Shares
Acquired on Exercise
(#)
Value Realized on 
Exercise
($)
   
Kevin M. Stein74,300 43,752,299
Sarah L. Wynne5,700 3,722,435 
Jorge L. Valladares III52,000 29,813,828
Michael J. Lisman12,400 5,825,947 
Joel B. Reiss22,000 13,161,876
Jessica L. Warren— — 
Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control

as of September 30, 2023

All of the named executive officersNEOs have severance benefits governed by their employment agreements.

Pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement, if Mr. Stein is terminated for cause (as defined in his employment agreement), he will receive only any unpaid but accrued base salary and benefits. Upon termination for cause, any vested options terminate within the shorter of 30 days (tolled for any black-out period) and 10 years after the grant date. As of September 30, 2021,2023, Mr. Stein had no unpaid but accrued salary and benefits. If Mr. Stein is

terminated for death or disability or without cause by TransDigm or voluntarily resigns for good reason (each as defined in the agreement and described under “Employment Agreements” below), he will receive (a) two times his annual salary, (b) two times the greater of (i) all bonuses paid or payable for the fiscal year immediately prior to the date of termination or (ii) bonuses for the fiscal year in which the date of termination occurs, determined in accordance with TransDigm’s annual incentive program, if any, and (C) 18 times the monthly cost of the difference between his employee co-premiums for health insurance at the time of termination and the COBRA cost for such coverage, and in each case the paymentscoverage. The amount will be payable in equal monthly installments over the two-year period following his termination.

Pursuant to the terms of their respective employment agreements, if Ms. Wynne, Mr. Valladares, Mr. Lisman, Mr. ValladaresReiss, or Ms. WynneWarren is terminated for cause (as defined in the applicable employment agreement), he or she will receive only any unpaid but accrued base salary and benefits. As of September 30, 2021,2023, none of Mr. Valladares, Mr. Lisman, Mr. ValladaresReiss, Ms. Wynne, or Ms. WynneWarren had unpaid but accrued base salary or benefits. If Ms. Wynne, Mr. Valladares, Mr. Lisman, Mr. ValladaresReiss, or Ms. WynneWarren is terminated by reason of death or disability or without cause by the CompanyTransDigm or voluntarily resigns for good reason (each as defined in his or her agreement and described under “Employment Agreements” below), he or she will receive (a) 1.25 times his or her annual salary, (b) 1.25 times the greater of (i) all bonuses paid or payable to him or her for the fiscal year immediately prior to the date of termination or (ii) the target bonus for the fiscal year in which the date of termination occurs, determined in accordance with the Company’sTransDigm’s bonus program, if any, and (c) 18 times the monthly cost of the difference between his or her employee co-premiums for health insurance at the time of termination and the COBRA cost for such coverage, and incoverage. In each case, the paymentsamount will be payable in equal monthly installments over the two-year12-month period following his or her termination. As of September 30, 2021, the severance provisions for Mr. Lisman and Ms. Wynne were slightly different and they would have received 15 times the amount described in clause (c) of the previous sentence, rather than 18 times. As of September 30, 2021, the severance provisions for Mr. Valladares were different and were the same as those described in the following paragraph with respect to Mr. Henderson.

Mr. Henderson retired on December 31, 2021. However, his prior employment agreement provided that if he were terminated for cause, he would have received only any unpaid but accrued base salary and benefits. As of September 30, 2021, Mr. Henderson had no unpaid but accrued base salary or benefits. If Mr. Henderson had been terminated by reason of death or disability or without cause by the Company or voluntarily resigned for good reason, he would have received, after 90 days’ notice in the case of termination without cause, (a) one times his annual salary, (b) one times the greater of (i) all bonuses paid or payable to the executive for the fiscal year immediately prior to the date of termination or (ii) bonuses for the fiscal year in which the date of termination occurs, determined in accordance with the Company’s bonus program, if any, and (c) 18 times the monthly cost of the difference between his employee co-premiums for health insurance at the time of termination and the COBRA cost for such coverage, and in each case the payments will be payable in equal monthly installments over the two-year period following his termination.

Mr. Howley was not an employee on September 30, 2021.

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Executive Compensation
In addition, certain option grants for Mr. Stein, Mr. Valladares, Mr. Lisman, Mr. Valladares,Reiss, Ms. Wynne, and Mr. Hendersonor Ms. Warren have post-employment vesting provisions. If any of them had died, become disabled, been terminated by TransDigm without cause or resigned his or her employment for good reason on September 30, 2021,2023, he or she would have had options be permitted to vest in accordance with their terms as set forth in the table below. Mr. Howley has similar provisions in his option agreement that would apply if he were no longer on the Board or serving as Chairman.

  Name  Number of Unvested Options               Option Expiration Date       

    Number of Options Permitted to    

Continue to Vest upon
Termination (9/30/21)

 

  Kevin Stein

   42,700    04/25/2028      25,620   
   50,000    11/15/2029      10,000   
   68,000    11/11/2030      --   

  Michael Lisman

   550    11/08/2027      --   
   1,620    01/24/2028      --   
   48,000    11/05/2028      19,200   
   46,160    11/11/2030      --   

  Jorge L. Valladares III

   32,500    11/08/2027      19,500   
   24,400    11/05/2028      9,760   
   3,400    04/25/2029      1,360   
   21,300    11/15/2029      4,260   
   58,300    11/11/2030      --   

  Sarah Wynne

   2,340    11/05/2028      936   
   6,000    11/15/2029      1,200   
   14,400    11/11/2030      --   

  Robert Henderson

   8,500    11/08/2027      5,100   
   60,000    11/05/2028      24,000   
   22,125    11/11/2030      --   
   1,274    11/11/2030      --   

  W. Nicholas Howley

   12,949    11/15/2029      10,359   
   42,623    11/11/2030      --   
   105,000    08/06/2031      --   

NameNumber of
Unvested Options
(#)
Option Expiration Date
Number of Options Permitted to
Continue to Vest upon
Termination (9/30/23)
(#)
Kevin M. Stein50,00011/15/202930,000
68,00011/11/203027,200
49,35011/12/20319,870
83,10011/9/2032
Sarah L. Wynne2,00011/15/20291,200
7,20011/11/20302,880
8,19011/12/20311,638
6,50011/9/2032
Jorge L. Valladares III7,10011/15/20294,260
58,30011/11/203023,320
13,55011/9/203213,550
Michael J. Lisman23,08011/11/20309,232
38,45011/9/2032
Joel B. Reiss16,05011/15/20299,630
28,60011/12/20315,720
6,50011/9/2032
Jessica L. Warren55011/11/2030
1,47011/12/2031
28,8001/25/2033
TransDigm’s equity plans or awards have provisions for accelerated vesting in certain circumstances on a change in control. For options granted prior to fiscal 2024, in the event of a change in control, unvested options will become fully vested and exercisable. Beginning with options granted in fiscal 2024, in the event of a change in control, any unvested options will become fully vested and exercisable only if either a replacement award is not provided in connection with such change in control, or in connection with such a replacement award the grantee’s employment is terminated for “good reason” by the grantee or without “cause” by TransDigm or its successors (as defined in the applicable employment agreement or stock option agreement) within two years following such change in control. If a change in control had occurredoccurred on September 30, 2021,2023, Mr. Stein, Ms. Wynne, Mr. Valladares, Mr. Lisman, Mr. Valladares,Reiss, and Ms. Wynne, Mr. Henderson and Mr. HowleyWarren would have had 160,700, 96,330, 139,900, 22,700, 91,899250,450, 23,890, 78,950, 61,530, 51,150, and 160,57230,820 options, respectively, vest, with a realized value of $20,383,293, $16,964,627, $23,405,179, $1,956,000, $21,022,520$67,971,074, $5,930,614, $21,998,513, $16,525,634, $11,963,631 and $3,556,608,$4,557,211, respectively (assuming the change in control price was $624.57,$843.13, the closing price of our stock on the NYSE on September 30, 2021)29, 2023).

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Executive Compensation
In sum, had a change in control or termination for the various reasons set forth below occurred on September 30, 2021,2023, the named executive officersNEOs would have been entitled to receive the following aggregate amounts:

  Name  Change in
Control ($)(1)
   Termination for
Cause ($)
   Termination
without Cause
($)
   

Termination for
Death/

Disability ($)

   Voluntary
Termination for
Good Reason ($)
  Voluntary
Termination
    Without Good    
Reason ($)
 

  Kevin Stein

  

 

20,383,923

 

  

 

--

 

  

 

6,083,501

 

  

 

6,083,501

 

  

 

6,083,501

 

 

 

--  

 

  Michael Lisman

  

 

16,964,627

 

  

 

--

 

  

 

1,521,775

 

  

 

1,521,775

 

  

 

1,521,775

 

 

 

--  

 

  Jorge L. Valladares III

  

 

23,405,179

 

  

 

--

 

  

 

1,384,168

 

  

 

1,384,168

 

  

 

1,384,168

 

 

 

--  

 

  Sarah Wynne

  

 

1,956,000

 

  

 

--

 

  

 

984,987

 

  

 

984,987

 

  

 

984,987

 

 

 

--  

 

  Robert Henderson

  

 

21,022,520

 

  

 

--

 

  

 

873,384

 

  

 

873,384

 

  

 

873,384

 

 

 

--  

 

  W. Nicholas Howley

  

 

3,556,608

 

  

 

--

 

  

 

--

 

  

 

--

 

  

 

--

 

 

 

--  

 

(1)

Amounts assume that the named executive officer was not terminated in connection with the change in control. If the named executive was terminated without Cause in connection with a change in control, his compensation would also include amounts listed in the column for Termination Without Cause.

Employment Agreements

On commencement
Name
Change in
Control
($)(1)
Termination
 for Cause
($)
Termination
without Cause
($)
Termination
for Death/
Disability
($)
Voluntary
Termination for
Good Reason
($)
Voluntary
Termination
    Without Good
Reason
($)
       
Kevin M. Stein67,971,074 — 7,357,454 7,357,454 7,357,454 — 
Sarah L. Wynne5,930,614 — 1,385,884 1,385,884 1,385,884 — 
Jorge L. Valladares III21,998,513 — 1,831,454 1,831,454 1,831,454 — 
Michael J. Lisman16,525,634 — 1,739,949 1,739,949 1,739,949 — 
Joel B. Reiss11,963,631 — 1,387,287 1,387,287 1,387,287 — 
Jessica L. Warren4,557,211 — 975,568 975,568 975,568 — 

(1)    Amounts assume that the NEO was not terminated in connection with the change in control. If the named executive was terminated without cause in connection with a change in control, his compensation would also include amounts listed in the column for ‘Termination without Cause’.
Mr. Valladares retired effective on September 30, 2023, and his employment agreement expired immediately thereafter (October 1, 2023). As described above in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – 2023 NEO Compensation – 2023 Equity Based Incentives – Treatment of Options for Executives Upon Termination,” Mr. Valladares’ option agreements contain post-retirement vesting for a certain proportion of the option award in the event of his employmentretirement after at least age 60 plus at least 15 years of service or after at least age 65 plus at least ten years of service. In recognition of more than 25 years of service to TransDigm and his substantial contribution over his career, the Compensation Committee permitted the awarded options to vest (subject to meeting any performance metrics set forth in October 2014, such award agreements) as if Mr. Valladares had reached the required retirement age. The estimated intrinsic value of such awards is approximately $11,484,982 (assuming that all awards vest and are exercised at the closing price of our stock on the NYSE on September 29, 2023).
Employment Agreements
Mr. Stein entered into an amended and restated employment agreement with TransDigm to serve as Chief Operating Officer. The agreement, pursuant to which Mr. Stein currently serves as Chief Executive Officer, was most recently amendedCEO in April 2018. Unless earlier terminated by TransDigm or Mr. Stein, the current term of Mr. Stein’s employment expires October 1, 2024. The agreement does not have a provision for automatic renewal.

Mr. Lisman

Ms. Wynne entered into an amended and restated employment agreement with TransDigm in July 20182023 in connection with her promotion to CFO. Unless earlier terminated by TransDigm or Ms. Wynne, the term of her agreement extends until September 30, 2028 with no automatic right of renewal.
Mr. Valladares retired effective on September 30, 2023 and is no longer an employee.
Mr. Lisman entered into an amended and restated employment agreement with TransDigm in July 2023 in connection with his promotion to Chief Financial Officer. The agreement was amended in November 2021 to modify the severance provisions to include 18 times the monthly cost of the difference between his employee co-premiums for health insurance at the time of termination and the COBRA cost for such coverage, instead of 15 times such amount.Co-COO. Unless earlier terminated by TransDigm or Mr. Lisman, the term of his agreement extends until December 31, 2023,September 30, 2028, with no automatic right of renewal.

Mr. ValladaresReiss entered into an amended and restated employment agreement with TransDigm in July 2023 in connection with his promotion to Co-COO. Unless earlier terminated by TransDigm or Mr. Reiss, the term of his agreement extends until September 30, 2028, with no automatic right of renewal.
Ms. Warren entered into an employment agreement with TransDigm in October 2013, which has been amended most recently in November 2021. The most recent amendment: (1) removed the requirement for 90-day notice of termination, (2) modified the severance provisions from one times severance and bonus to 1.25 severance and bonus, (3) eliminated Mr. Valladares’ opportunity to cure a default in the event of a termination for cause, and (4) added a requirement for Mr. Valladares to sign a release in order to receive severance. Mr. Valladares currently serves as Chief Operating Officer. Unless earlier terminated by TransDigm or Mr. Valladares the term of his agreement extends until October 1, 2023, with no automatic right of renewal.

Ms. Wynne entered into an employment agreement with TransDigm in November 2018. The agreement was amended in November 2021 to modify the severance provisions to include 18 times the month cost of the difference between her employee co-premiums for health insurance at the time of termination and the COBRA cost for such coverage, instead of 15 times such amount.February 2023. Unless earlier terminated by TransDigm or Ms. Wynne,Warren, the term of her agreement extends until October 1, 2023December 31, 2027 with no automatic right of renewal.

Mr. Henderson and Mr. Howley are no longer employees. Mr. Henderson retired on December 31, 2021. Mr. Howley transitioned from an employee to a non-employee Chairman in August 2021. Mr. Howley’s employment agreement was terminated, other than the non-competition and non-solicitation covenants that were contained therein which will continue until September 20, 2023 and the non-disclosure obligations which will continue indefinitely.

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Executive Compensation
The employment agreements provide that if a named executive officerNEO is terminated for any reason, he or she will be entitled to payment of any accrued but unpaid base salary through the termination date, any unreimbursed expenses, an amount for accrued but unused sick and vacation days, and benefits owing to him under the benefit plans and programs sponsored by TransDigm. In addition, if his or her employment is terminated:

without cause (as defined in his or her employment agreement)

by the named executive officerNEO for certain enumerated good reasons, which include: a material diminution in his or her title, duties or responsibilities, without his or her prior written consent; a reduction of his or her aggregate cash compensation (including bonus opportunities), benefits or perquisites, without his or her prior written consent; or any material breach of this Agreement by TransDigm; or, solely in the case of Mr. Stein, TransDigm requires him, or her, without his or her prior written consent, to be based at any location that requires a relocation greater than 30 miles from hisCleveland, Ohio; or her current office; or any material breach of this Agreement by TransDigm; or, solely in the case of Mr. Stein, TransDigm’s refusal to amend the agreement to extend the term or any renewal thereof at

least one year or enter into a new agreement on substantially similar terms without providing him with comparable severance; or

least one year or enter into a new agreement on substantially similar terms without providing him with comparable severance; or

due to his or her death or disability (as defined in his or her employment agreement),

then TransDigm will pay the severance described elsewhere in this proxy statement.

During the term of each executive officer’s employment and following any termination of his employment, for a period of (a) 24 months in the case of Mr. Stein and (b) 12 months in the case of a termination without cause or for enumerated good reasons or 24 months in the event of voluntary termination without enumerated good reasons or termination for cause in the case of the other named executive officers,NEOs, the executive officer will be prohibited from engaging in any business that competes with any business of TransDigm or its subsidiaries. In addition, during the term of employment and for the two-year period following the termination of each executive officer’s employment for any reason, he or she will be prohibited from soliciting or inducing any person who is or was employed by, or providing consulting services to, TransDigm during the 12-month period prior to the date of the termination of his or her employment, to terminate their employment or consulting relationship with TransDigm. Under the terms of his or her employment agreement, each executive officer is also subject to certain confidentiality and non-disclosure obligations, and TransDigm has agreed, so long as the executive officer is not in breach of certain of his or her obligations under his or her employment agreement, to, among other things, indemnify him to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law against all costs, charges and expenses incurred or sustained by him or her in connection with any action, suit or proceeding to which he may be made a party by reason of being or having been a director, officer or employee of TransDigm or serving or having served any other enterprise as a director, officer or employee at TransDigm’s request.

2021

CEO Pay Ratio

The SEC requires us to disclose the annual total compensation of each of Mr. Stein (our Chief Executive Officer)CEO) and our median employee, as well as the ratio of their respective annual total compensation to each other (in each case, with annual total compensation calculated in accordance with SEC rules applicable to the Fiscal 2023 Summary Compensation Table). In fiscal 2021,2023, Mr. Stein’s annual total compensation was $21,484,504.$23,845,374. Our median employee’s annual total compensation was $58,837.$58,034. The ratio of Mr. Stein’s annual total compensation to our median employee’s annual total compensation was 365:411:1.

As permitted by SEC rules, we used the same

In determining our median employee, that we had identified in 2020, since there had been no change inchose September 30, 2023, the date of our employee population or employee compensation arrangements that we reasonably believed would result in a significant change to the pay ratio disclosure. Last year, weprior complete fiscal year. We identified the median employee by calculating total cash compensation (base salary, including overtime, and cash incentive compensation, where applicable) of all persons employed by us as of our fiscal year-end 2020. 2023. In determining our median employee, we did not use any of the exemptions permitted under SEC rules. Similarly we did not rely on any material assumptions, adjustments (e.g., cost of living adjustments) or estimates (e.g. statistical sampling) to identify our median employee or determine annual total compensation or any elements of annual total compensation for our median employee or Mr. Stein. Once we identified our median employee, we re-calculated such employee’s annual total compensation consistent with the summary compensation tableFiscal 2023 Summary Compensation Table for purpose of determining the ratio of Mr. Stein’s annual total compensation to such employee’s total compensation.

PROPOSALS

Proposal No. 1 – Election

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Executive Compensation
Pay Versus Performance
The SEC requires us to disclose the following pay versus performance information. The table below provides information concerning the relationship between compensation actually paid to certain years’ NEOs, calculated in accordance with SEC rules, and certain elements of Directors

The Board has nominated Mr. Barr, Ms. Cronin, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Graff, Mr. Hennessy, Mr.TransDigm performance for fiscal years 2023, 2022, and 2021.

(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)
Average Summary Comp. Table Total for Non-PEO Named Executive Officers
($)
(1)
Average
Comp. Actually Paid to Non-PEO Named Executive Officers
($)(1)(3)
Value of Initial Fixed $100 Investment Based On:
Fiscal
Year
Summary Comp. Table Total for PEO
($)(1)
Comp. Actually
Paid to
PEO
($)(1)(2)
Total Shareholder Return
($)
Peer Group Total Shareholder Return
($)(4)
Net Income
 ($ Millions)
EBITDA As Defined
($ Millions)(5)
       
202323,845,374 80,979,736 8,539,897 20,541,600 183.71 129.19 1,299 3,395 
202218,709,996 2,210,189 6,683,966 (442,736)114.35 105.57 867 2,646 
202121,484,504 44,523,404 16,577,165 28,844,554 131.46 137.33 681 2,189 
(1)Kevin M. Stein served as our principal executive officer (“PEO”) for 2021, 2022 and 2023. Our non-PEO named executive officers (“NEOs”) included W. Nicholas Howley, Mr. McCullough, Ms. Santana, Mr. Small, Mr. Staer,Robert S. Henderson, Jorge L. Valladares III, Michael J. Lisman and Mr. SteinSarah L. Wynne for 2021, Jorge L. Valladares III, Michael J. Lisman, Sarah L. Wynne and Halle F. Martin for 2022, and Sarah L. Wynne, Jorge L. Valladares III, Michael J. Lisman, Joel B. Reiss and Jessica L. Warren for 2023.
(2)Compensation Actually Paid to our PEO reflects the following adjustments from ‘Total Compensation’ reported in the Fiscal 2023 Summary Compensation Table (in dollars):
PEO202320222021
    
Summary Compensation Table (“SCT”) Total for PEO (Column (b))23,845,374 18,709,996 21,484,504 
Less: Stock Award values reported in SCT— — — 
Less: Option Award values reported in SCT(20,179,574)(12,486,796)(12,798,804)
Plus (Less): Year-over-year change in fair value of equity awards granted in prior years that are outstanding and unvested as of the covered year-end from prior year-end40,155,771 (8,499,360)10,079,307 
Plus: Year-end fair value of equity awards granted in the covered year that were outstanding and unvested as of the covered year-end37,158,165 8,142,750 16,249,280 
Plus: Vesting date fair value of equity awards granted and vested in the covered year— — — 
Plus (Less): Year-over-year change in fair value of equity awards granted in prior years that vested in the covered year (from prior year-end to vesting date)— (3,656,401)9,509,117 
Less: Fair value as of prior year-end of equity awards granted in prior years that failed to vest in the covered year— — — 
Plus: Dollar value of dividends paid on equity awards in the covered year— — — 
Less: Aggregate change in actuarial present value of pension benefits— — — 
Plus: Service cost of pension benefits— — — 
Plus: Prior service cost of pension benefits— — — 
Compensation Actually Paid to PEO (Column (c))80,979,736 2,210,189 44,523,404 
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(3)Average Compensation Actually Paid to our non-PEO NEOs reflects the following adjustments from ‘Total Compensation’ reported in the Fiscal 2023 Summary Compensation Table (in dollars):
NEO202320222021
    
Average SCT Total for Non-PEOs (Column (d))8,539,897 6,683,966 16,577,165 
Less: Stock Award values reported in SCT— — — 
Less: Option Award values reported in SCT(6,302,056)(2,122,249)(13,645,045)
Plus (Less): Year-over-year change in fair value of equity awards granted in prior years that are outstanding and unvested as of the covered year-end from prior year-end5,229,834 (3,420,547)5,163,170 
Plus: Year-end fair value of equity awards granted in the covered year that were outstanding and unvested as of the covered year-end8,151,452 562,573 13,541,351 
Plus: Vesting date fair value of equity awards granted and vested in the covered year584,626 267,645 3,113,027 
Plus (Less): Year-over-year change in fair value of equity awards granted in prior years that vested in the covered year (from prior year-end to vesting date)4,337,847 (2,414,124)4,094,886 
Less: Fair value as of prior year-end of equity awards granted in prior years that failed to vest in the covered year— — — 
Plus: Dollar value of dividends paid on equity awards in the covered year— — — 
Less: Aggregate change in actuarial present value of pension benefits— — — 
Plus: Service cost of pension benefits— — — 
Plus: Prior service cost of pension benefits— — — 
Compensation Actually Paid to Non-PEOs (Column (e))20,541,600 (442,736)28,844,554 
(4)Represents the cumulative total shareholder return of the S&P Aerospace & Defense Select Index, which we consider to be elected to serveour peer group for purposes of the performance graph included in our Annual Reports on our Board untilForm 10-K.
(5)For information regarding the next annual meetingcalculation of stockholdersEBITDA As Defined, see the “Compensation Discussion and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

At the annual meeting, proxies cannot be voted for a greater numberAnalysis” section of individuals than the 11 nominees named in this Proxy Statement. Holders of proxies solicited by this proxy statement, will voteplus Appendix A for a reconciliation of income from continuing operations to EBITDA As Defined.


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Executive Compensation
Certain Relationships between Pay and Performance
The following graphical comparisons describe the proxies received by them as directed onrelationships between certain figures included in the proxy card or, if no direction is made,Pay Versus Performance table for each of 2023, 2022, and 2021, including (a) a comparison between our cumulative total shareholder return and the electiontotal shareholder return of the Board’s 11 nominees.

Eachpeer group; and (b) comparisons between (i) the compensation actually paid to the PEO and the average compensation actually paid to our non-PEOs and (2) each of the directors nominated byperformance measures set forth in columns (f), (h) and (i) of the Board has consentedPay Versus Performance table.

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Tabular List of Financial Performance Measures
The following represent the most important financial performance measures used to serving as a nominee, being named inlink compensation actually paid for fiscal 2023 to TransDigm’s performance. Refer to the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section within this proxy statement and serving on the Board if elected. Each director elected at the annual meeting will be elected to serve a one-year term. If any nominee is unable to serve or otherwise will not serve as a director at the timefor further details about these financial performance measures.
AOP
EBITDA As Defined
EBITDA As Defined Margin


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Audit Committee Report
In accordance with its written charter adopted by the Board, the Audit Committee assists the Board in fulfilling its responsibility for oversight of the quality and integrity of TransDigm’s accounting, auditing, and financial reporting practices. Management has the responsibility for the preparation of TransDigm’s financial statements, and the independent registered public accounting firm has the responsibility for the examination of those statements. The Audit Committee meets at least quarterly to review quarterly or annual financial information prior to its release and inclusion in SEC filings. As part of each meeting, the Audit Committee has the opportunity to meet independently with management and TransDigm’s independent registered public accounting firm.
The Audit Committee has received the written disclosures and the letter from the independent registered public accounting firm required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) regarding the independent registered public accounting firm’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm its independence.
The Audit Committee reviewed and discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the PCAOB and the SEC.
The Audit Committee reviewed and discussed TransDigm’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023 with management.
Based on the above-described review and discussions with management and the independent registered public accounting firm, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board that TransDigm’s audited financial statements be included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023 for filing with the SEC.
The Audit Committee
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Sean P. Hennessy, Chair Jane M. Cronin Michele L. Santana
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Proposal Two
Ratification of the annual meeting, the proxy holders may vote for any nominee designated by the present Board to fill the vacancy.

For more information on the director nominees, please see the biographiesAppointment of the director nominees beginning on page 13.

The 11 nominees receiving the greatest number of votes ‘FOR’ election will be electedErnst & Young LLP as directors. If you do not vote for a particular director nominee, or if you indicate ‘WITHHOLD AUTHORITY’ for a particular nominee on your proxy form, your vote will not count either for or against the nominee. If your shares are held in “street name” by a broker or nominee indicating on a proxy that it does not have authority to vote on this or any other proposal, this will result in a “broker non-vote,” which will not count as a vote for or a vote against any of the nominees.

The Board of Directors recommends that the stockholders vote FOR the nominees for election set forth above.

Proposal No. 2 – Ratification of Appointment ofOur Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2024

The Audit Committee has re-appointed Ernst & Young LLP as TransDigm’s independent registered public accounting firm and as the auditors of TransDigm’s consolidated financial statements for 2022.fiscal 2024. The Audit Committee reviews the performance of the independent registered public accounting firm annually. In making the determination to re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP for 2022,fiscal 2024, the Audit Committee considered, among other factors, the independence and performance of Ernst & Young LLP, and the quality and candor of Ernst & Young’sYoung LLP’s communications with the Audit Committee and management. Ernst & Young LLP has served as TransDigm’s independent registered public accounting firm since 2004.

At the Annual Meeting,annual meeting, our stockholdersshareholders are being asked to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as TransDigm’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2022.fiscal 2024. Although ratification of the Audit Committee’s appointment of Ernst & Young LLP is not required, we believe that stockholdershareholder ratification of the appointment is a good corporate governance practice. In the event of a negative vote on this proposal, the Audit Committee will reconsider its selection. In such event, the Audit Committee may retain Ernst & Young LLP notwithstanding the fact that the stockholders did not ratify the selection, or select another nationally recognized accounting firm without re-submitting the matter to the stockholders.

Even if this appointment is ratified, the Audit Committee may, in its discretion, appoint a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if the Audit Committee determines that such a change would be in the best interests of TransDigm and its stockholders.shareholders. A representative of Ernst & Young LLP is expected to be present at the Annual Meeting,annual meeting, will have an opportunity to make a statement if desired, and willis expected to be available to respond to appropriate questions.

Fees Paid to Auditors

the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The following table shows the fees billed by TransDigm’s independent registered public accounting firm for the years ended September 30, 20212023 and September 30, 2020 (in dollars).

    FY 2021     FY 2020 

Audit Fees(1)

   7,519,000      7,013,000     

Audit-Related Fees(2)

   238,000      65,000     

Tax Fees(3)

   1,218,000      1,000,000     

All Other Fees(4)

   8,000      15,000     

2022.
FY 2023
($)
FY 2022
($)
   
Audit Fees(1)
8,056,000 7,652,000 
Audit-Related Fees(2)
46,000 60,000 
Tax Fees(3)
581,000 1,175,000 
All Other Fees(4)
10,000 5,000 
(1)Audit fees are fees for professional services rendered in connection with the audit of our annual consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting, certain statutory audits required for our international subsidiaries and reviews of our quarterly consolidated financial statements.
(2)Audit-related fees include employee benefit plans and other agreed-upon procedures and attestation engagements.
(3)Tax fees include professional services rendered for tax compliance and tax advisory services. These services include the review of certain tax returns and tax audit assistance.
(4)All other fees include publications and online subscriptions/content.
(1)

Audit fees are fees for professional services rendered in connection with the audit of our annual consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting, certain statutory audits required for our international subsidiaries and reviews of our quarterly consolidated financial statements.

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(2)

Audit related fees include M&A due diligence, employee benefit plans and other agreed-upon procedures and attestation engagements.

Proposal Two
(3)

Tax fees include professional services rendered for tax compliance and tax advisory services. These services include the review of certain tax returns, tax audit assistance and advising on legal entity restructuring.

(4)

All other fees include publications and online subscriptions/content.

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy

The Audit Committee must pre-approve any audit or permissible non-audit services. The Audit Committee pre-approves all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by the independent auditors. These services may include audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services. Pre-approval is detailed as to the particular service or category of services and is generally subject to a specific budget. The independent auditors and management are required to periodically report to the Audit Committee regarding the extent of services provided by the independent auditors in accordance with this pre-approval, and the fees for the services performed to date. All non-audit services were preapproved by the Audit Committee.

Although the Audit Committee may select our independent accountantsauditors without stockholder approval, the Audit Committee will consider the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote on the proposal to be a ratification by the stockholders of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as TransDigm’s independent accountants.auditors. Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote against the proposal. Ratification of the Audit Committee’s selection of the Company’sTransDigm’s independent accountantsauditors is a “routine” matter so there should be no broker non-votes.

The Board of Directors unanimously recommends that stockholders vote

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Proposal No. 3 –Three
Approval, on an Advisory Vote on ExecutiveBasis, of the Compensation

of Our NEOs

Our executive compensation program is designed to motivate and reward exceptional performance. We believe that the compensation of our named executive officersNEOs appropriately reflects and rewards their significant contributions to TransDigm’s strong performance over the long-long-term and short-term. In the past year or so, we have made several changes to our compensation in response to stockholdershareholder feedback, including:

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New Compensation
Committee Chair
We have appointed a new Compensation Committee Chair.
Refreshed Compensation
Committee
We have refreshed the members of the Compensation Committee; 67% of the members are new to the Committee.
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Enhanced Investor
Outreach Program
We have implemented a formal year-round shareholder engagement program, increasing the number of shareholder feedback meetings by almost 250%.
Enhanced Shareholder
Feedback Disclosure
In connection with our enhanced investor outreach program, we have also enhanced our disclosure of shareholder feedback.
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Enhanced Compensation
Program Disclosure
We have enhanced our disclosure of our compensation program, including descriptions of the carry-forward and carry-back feature of the long-term incentive plan and overall program design.
Enhance Disclosure of
Discretion When Used
Going forward, we will include a more fulsome disclosure if the Compensation Committee exercises discretion.
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Increased Stock
Ownership Guidelines for
Named Executive Officers
We have increased our stock ownership guidelines to six times salary for the CEO and three times salary for the remaining continuing NEOs.
Refreshed Peer GroupWe have hired a new compensation consultant and significantly refreshed our peer group to help ensure it includes representative peers.
Adopted Double-Trigger
Change in Control Provision
We have incorporated double-trigger change in control provisions in option agreements for NEO option awards starting in fiscal 2024.

The changes above are in addition to those we made in previous years, including, but not limited to:
•    Eliminating overlapping metrics in our long-term and short-term incentive plans

•    Adopting a policy that we will not use discretion in vesting performance-based options in the future

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Proposal Three
•    Adopting a policy that we will not make discretionary amendments to any then current-year performance targets in the future

•    Re-implementing annual operating performance criteria for option vesting for fiscal year 2022 and beyond (including for options granted in 2020-21)

•    Eliminating alternate market vesting in options starting last year, in fiscal 2021

•    Eliminating cash dividend equivalents for directors (including our CEO) for future dividends, such that directors will only receive adjustment of the exercise price of the options as contemplated by our stock option plan

•    Terminating the executive chair employment agreement early to eliminate dual CEO compensation starting in fiscal 2022

The

As required pursuant to Section 14A of the Exchange Act, the following proposal provides stockholdersshareholders the opportunity to cast an advisory vote onto approve the compensation of our compensation for named executive officersNEOs (a “say-on-pay“Say-on-Pay vote”) by voting for or against the following resolution. As an advisory vote, this proposal is non-binding. Although the vote is non-binding, the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee willexpect to consider the results of the vote when making future compensation decisions for TransDigm’s named executive officers.

NEOs.

“RESOLVED, that the stockholdersshareholders approve the compensation of TransDigm’s named executive officers,NEOs, as disclosed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables, and the related disclosure contained in the proxy statement set forth under the caption “EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION” in this proxy statement.”

The approval of executiveNEO compensation is an advisory vote; however, the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee will consider the affirmative vote of a majority of shares present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote on the proposal as approval of the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers.TransDigm’s NEOs. Say-on-Pay voting is conducted annually, and we expect to hold our next Say-on-Pay at our 2025 Annual Meeting of shareholders (the “2025 Annual Meeting”). Broker non-votes will not have a positive or negative effect on the outcome of the proposal. Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote against the proposal.

The Board of Directors unanimously recommends that you vote

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Other Matters

TransDigm knows of no other matters to be submitted to stockholdersshareholders at the Annual Meeting,annual meeting, other than the proposals identified in this Proxy Statement.proxy statement. If any other matters properly come before stockholdersshareholders at the Annual Meeting,annual meeting, it is the intention of the persons named on the proxy to vote the shares represented thereby on such matters in accordance with their best judgment.

OTHER INFORMATION

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Other Information
This section includes the Audit Committee Report, information about stock ownership and other general information.

Audit Committee Report

In accordance with its written charter adopted by the Board of Directors, the Audit Committee assists the Board of Directors in fulfilling its responsibility for oversight of the quality and integrity of TransDigm’s accounting, auditing and financial reporting practices. The Audit Committee meets at least quarterly to review quarterly or annual financial information prior to its release and inclusion in SEC filings. As part of each meeting, the Audit Committee has the opportunity to meet independently with management and TransDigm’s independent registered public accounting firm.

In discharging its oversight responsibility as to the audit process, the Audit Committee obtained a formal written statement from the independent registered public accounting firm describing all relationships between the independent registered public accounting firm and TransDigm that might bear on the independent registered public accounting firm’s independence consistent with Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1, “Independence Discussions with Audit Committees,” discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm any relationships that may impact its objectivity and independence, and satisfied itself as to the independent registered public accounting firm’s independence.

The Audit Committee reviewed and discussed with the independent registered accounting firm all matters required to be discussed pursuant to auditing standards adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

The Audit Committee reviewed and discussed TransDigm’s audited financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2021 with management and the independent registered public accounting firm. Management has the responsibility for the preparation of TransDigm’s financial statements, and the independent registered public accounting firm has the responsibility for the examination of those statements.

Based on the above-described review and discussions with management and the independent registered public accounting firm, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that TransDigm’s audited financial statements be included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2021 for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Audit Committee

Sean P. Hennessy, Chairman

Jane Cronin

Gary E. McCullough

Michele Santana

John Staer

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Holders and Management

Owners

The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of TransDigm common stock as of May 18, 2022the record date, January 12, 2024, with respect to each person known to TransDigm to be a beneficial owner of more than five percent of the outstanding common stock.

Name and Address of Beneficial Holder  Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership
     Percentage  
of Class (4)  
 

Capital International Investors(1)

  

 

6,557,837

 

    

 

12.01%

 

333 South Hope Street, 55th Floor

      

Los Angeles, CA 90071

            

The Vanguard Group, Inc.(2)

  

 

5,602,332

 

    

 

10.26    

 

100 Vanguard Blvd.

      

Malvern, PA 19355

            

Principal Global Investors, LLC (3)

  

 

3,084,248

 

    

 

5.65    

 

801 Grand Avenue

      

Des Moines, IA 50392

            

(1)

Information obtained from a Schedule 13G/A filed by Capital International Investors on February 11, 2022 and a Form 13F-HR filed May 19, 2022

Name and Address of Beneficial Owners
Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership
(#)
Percentage
of Class (5)  
(%)
   
Capital International Investors(1)
333 South Hope Street, 55th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
6,569,059 11.8 %
The Vanguard Group, Inc.(2)
100 Vanguard Blvd.
Malvern, PA 19355
5,903,014 10.6 %
Capital World Investors (3)
333 South Hope Street, 55th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
2,973,299 5.3 %
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (4)
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
2,941,465 5.3 %
(1)    Information obtained from a Schedule 13G/A filed by Capital International Investors on February 13, 2023 and a Form 13F filed November 13, 2023 reporting holdings as of March 31, 2022. Capital International Investors has sole voting power over 6,555,428 shares.

(2)

Information obtained from a Schedule 13G/A filed by The Vanguard Group on March 9, 2022 and a Form 13F-HR filed May 13, 2022 by Vanguard Inc. reporting holdings as of March 31, 2022. Vanguard Group, Inc. has shared voting power over 74,333 shares.

(3)

Information obtained from a Schedule 13G filed by Principal Global Investors on February 15, 2022 and Form 13F-HR filed May 9, 2022 by Principal Financial Group Inc. reporting holdings as of March 31, 2022.

(4)

Percentage of ownership is based on 54,605,594 shares of common stock of TransDigm outstanding as of May 18, 2022.

The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of TransDigm common stock as of May 18, 2022 with respect to each director and named executive officer and all directors and executive officers as a group. Except as indicated in the footnotes to this table and subject to applicable community property laws, the persons named in the table haveSeptember 30, 2023. Capital International Investors has sole voting power over 6,566,089 shares.

(2)    Information obtained from a Schedule 13G/A filed by The Vanguard Group, Inc. on February 9, 2023 and investmenta Form 13F/A filed December 18, 2023 by The Vanguard Group Inc. reporting holdings as of September 30, 2023. The Vanguard Group, Inc. has shared voting power with respect toover 71,497 shares.
(3)    Information obtained from a Form 13F filed by Capital World Investors on November 13, 2023. Capital World Investors has sole voting power over all shares.
(4)    Information obtained from a Schedule 13G/A filed by BlackRock, Inc. on January 30, 2023 and a Form 13F filed November 13, 2023. Black Rock, Inc. has sole voting power over 2,826,925 shares.
(5)    Percentage of ownership is based on 55,594,246 shares of common stock listedof TransDigm outstanding as beneficially owned by them. None of the shares held by directors or executive officers are pledged. The address for each individual listed below is c/o TransDigm Group Incorporated, 1301 East Ninth Street, Suite 3000, Cleveland, Ohio 44114.

     Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership(1)

Beneficial Owner

    Shares     Shares Subject to
Options Currently
Exercisable or
Exercisable within 60
Days
     Total Number of Shares       Percentage of Class    

David Barr

    

 

31,843

 

    

 

4,960

 

    

 

36,803

 

  

*

Jane Cronin

    

 

388

 

    

 

0

 

    

 

388

 

  

*

Mervin Dunn

    

 

1,762

 

    

 

13,088

 

    

 

14,850

 

  

*

Michael Graff(2)

    

 

23,016

 

    

 

5,480

 

    

 

28,496

 

  

*

Sean Hennessy

    

 

33,935

 

    

 

11,888

 

    

 

45,823

 

  

*

W. Nicholas Howley(3)

    

 

29,809.513

 

    

 

961,868

 

    

 

991,677.513

 

  

1.82

Raymond Laubenthal(4)

    

 

205,492

 

    

 

4,960

 

    

 

210,452

 

  

*

Gary E. McCullough

    

 

852

 

    

 

4,960

 

    

 

5,812

 

  

*

Michele Santana

    

 

461

 

    

 

2,925

 

    

 

3,386

 

  

*

Robert Small(5)

    

 

2,677,471

 

    

 

13,088

 

    

 

2,690,559

 

  

4.93

John Staer(6)

    

 

117

 

    

 

8,610

 

    

 

8,727

 

  

*

Kevin Stein(7)

    

 

8,158

 

    

 

280,600

 

    

 

288,758

 

  

*

Michael Lisman

    

 

2,309

 

    

 

93,770

 

    

 

96,079

 

  

*

Jorge L. Valladares III(8)

    

 

11,000

 

    

 

185,400

 

    

 

196,400

 

  

*

Sarah Wynne(9)

    

 

610

 

    

 

24,760

 

    

 

25,370

 

  

*

Robert Henderson(10)

    

 

10,000

 

    

 

208,605

 

    

 

218,605

 

  

*

All directors and officers as a group (16 persons)(11)

    

 

3,028,116.513

 

    

 

1,854,192

 

    

 

4,892,298.513

 

  

8.96

*

Less than 1%

(1)

Includes shares of which the listed beneficial owner is deemed to have the right to acquire beneficial ownership under Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), within 60 days of May 1, 2022. The number of shares outstanding used in calculating the percentage of beneficial ownership for each person listed below includes the shares underlying options held by such persons that are exercisable within 60 days of May 18, 2022, but excludes shares underlying options held by any other person. Percentage of ownership is based on 54,605,594 shares of common stock of TransDigm outstanding as of May 18, 2022.

(2)

Includes 4,000 shares held by Mr. Graff as the trustee of certain trusts created for the benefit of his children, 13,096 shares held by a trustee of a trust created by Mr. Graff’s wife for the benefit of their children and 1,200 shares held directly by Mr. Graff’s wife.

(3)

Includes 8,262 shares held by Mr. Howley as trustee of a charitable foundation, 21,547.513 shares that are held by Mr. Howley as trustee of a trust for the benefit of his family and options to purchase 961,868 shares that are held by Mr. Howley as trustee of a trust for the benefit of his family.

(4)

Includes 48,897 shares held in trust for the benefit of Mr. Laubenthal’s children. Mr. Laubenthal does not have any direct voting or dispositive power over the trust or economic interest therein and therefore, disclaims beneficial ownership.

(5)

Includes 2,575,967 shares held by entities related to Berkshire Partners LLC. Mr. Small disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares owned or controlled by the Berkshire entities except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. Also includes 60,044 shares held by Mr. Small as trustee over which he has voting power but does not have any economic interest.

(6)

Includes 26 shares held by Mr. Staer’s wife.

(7)

Includes 1,347 shares held in trust for the benefit of Mr. Stein’s family.

(8)

Includes options to purchase 12,600 shares that are held in trust for the benefit of Mr. Valladares’ children.

(9)

Includes 10 shares held by Ms. Wynne’s husband.

(10)

Mr. Henderson retired on December 31, 2021. Stock ownership based on last known information as of January 10, 2022.

(11)

Includes shares subject to options exercisable within 60 days of May 18, 2022. Includes (i) 4,000 shares held by Mr. Graff as trustee, 13,096 held by a trustee of a trust created by Mr. Graff’s wife and 1,200 shares held by Mr. Graff’s wife (see footnote (2)), (ii) 8,262 shares held by Mr. Howley as trustee

record date, January 12, 2024.

of a charitable foundation, 21,547.513 shares held by Mr. Howley as trustee of a trust for the benefit of Mr. Howley’s family and options to purchase 961,868 shares held by Mr. Howley as trustee (see footnote (3)), (iii) 48,897 shares held in trust for the benefit of Mr. Laubenthal’s children (see footnote (4)), (iv) 2,575,967 shares held by entities related to Berkshire Partners LLC and 60,044 shares held by Mr. Small as trustee (see footnote (5)), (v) 26 shares held by Mr. Staer’s wife (see footnote (6)), (v) 1,347 shares held in trust for the benefit of Mr. Stein’s family (see footnote (7)), (vi) options to purchase 12,600 shares held in trust for the benefit of Mr. Valladares’ children (see footnote (8)), (vii) 10 shares held by Ms.Wynne’s husband (see footnote (9), and (viii) 4 shares held by Halle Martin as custodian for her children and one share held by her husband.

Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires the Company’s directors and executive officers, and owners of more than 10% of a registered class of the Company’s equity securities, to file with the SEC and the New York Stock Exchange initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of common shares and other equity securities of the Company. Executive officers, directors and owners of more than 10% of the common shares are required by SEC regulations to furnish the Company with copies of all forms they file pursuant to Section 16(a). To the Company’s knowledge, based solely on review of the copies of such reports furnished to the Company and representations from executive officers and directors that no other reports were required, in addition to late filings previously disclosed, during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021, the Company is aware that (i) Mr. Henderson exercised 10,000 options and sold the shares received on such exercise on February 24, 2021; because of inadvertence on the part of a Company employee, the exercise and sale was not reported until December 9, 2021 when the transactions were uncovered during year-end reviews and (ii) Mr. Laubenthal made gifts between March 2020 and March 2021 and sold 10,000 in three transactions during May and June 2021, all of which were not reported until January 12, 2022; the transactions were not reported to the Company for filing by Mr. Laubenthal’s financial advisors as Mr. Laubenthal and the Company had reason to expect and were discovered by the Company in preparation of the beneficial ownership table.

General Information Regarding the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

Location, Date and Time and Record Date

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General Information Regarding the 2024 Annual Meeting
of Shareholders
Date & Time, Location, and Record Date
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Date & Time
Thursday, March 7, 2024
9:00 a.m., Eastern time
Location
1301 E.East Ninth St.,Street, Suite 3000 Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Date:    Tuesday, July
Record Date
January 12,
Time:    9:00 am Eastern Time 2024

The record date for the annual meeting is May 18, 2022.January 12, 2024. Only stockholdersshareholders of record as of the close of business on this date are entitled to vote at the annual meeting.

You are invited to vote on the proposals described in this proxy statement becauseif you were a TransDigm stockholdershareholder on the record date.

TransDigm is soliciting proxies for use at the annual meeting, including any postponements or adjournments. In the interest of saving time and money, TransDigm has opted to provide
How do I Attend the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2021 in lieu of producing a glossyMeeting?
The annual report.

Attending the Annual Meeting

The meeting will be held at the TransDigm’s principal executive offices, 1301 EEast Ninth Street, Suite 3000, Cleveland, Ohio 44114 on Tuesday, July 12, 2022,Thursday, March 7, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time. For directions to the annual meeting, callcontact our Investor Relations department at 216-706-2945.

Only stockholdersshareholders as of the record date, or their duly appointed proxies, may attend the annual meeting. If you hold your shares in “street name” (that is, through(through a broker or other nominee), your name does not

appear in the Company’s records, so you will need to bring a copy of your brokerage statement reflecting your ownership of shares of common stock as of the record date.

Even if you plan on attending the annual meeting, please vote in advance on the internet, by phone or by completing and returning your proxy card to ensure that your vote will be represented at the annual meeting.

In the unlikely event that we determine that holding an in-person meeting is inadvisable or in conflict with federal, state or local executive orders, the Company may decide to instead hold a virtual annual meeting. If we decide to use this format, we will make a public announcement as soon as practicable prior to the meeting. In such event, to attend and participate in the virtual annual meeting, stockholders will need to access the live audio webcast of the meeting. To do so, stockholders of record will need to visit www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TDG2022 and use their 16-digit control number provided with this proxy statement to login and beneficial owners will need to follow the instructions provided by the broker, bank or oter nominee that holds their shares. Further instructions on how to attend, participate in and vote at the virtual annua meeting will be available at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TDG2022. Please note you will only be able to participate in the meeting using this website if we decide to use a virtual annual meeting instead of holding an in-person meeting in Cleveland, Ohio.

How are Proxy Materials

Delivered?

These proxy materials were first sent or made available to stockholdersshareholders on June 1, 2022,January 26, 2024, and include:

•    The Notice of 20222024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

Shareholders

•    This Proxy Statementproxy statement for the Annual Meeting

annual meeting

•    TransDigm’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2021

2023

If you received printed versions by mail, these printed proxy materials also include the proxy card or voting instruction form for the annual meeting.

TransDigm uses the internet as the primary means of furnishing proxy materials to stockholders.shareholders. We are sending a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials to our stockholdersshareholders with instructions on how to access the proxy materials online or request a printed copy of the materials.

Stockholders

Shareholders may follow the instructions in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials to elect to receive future proxy materials in print by mail or electronically by email. We encourage stockholdersshareholders to take advantage of the availability of the proxy materials online to help reduce the environmental impact of our annual meetings and reduce our printing and mailing costs.

Our proxy materials are also available atwww.transdigm.com/investor-relations.

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Eliminating Duplicate Mailings

We have adopted a procedure called “householding” whereby we may deliver a single copy of the noticeNotice of internet availabilityInternet Availability and, if you requested printed versions by mail, this proxy statement and the annual report to multiple stockholdersshareholders who share the same address, unless we have received contrary instructions from one or more of the stockholders.shareholders. This procedure reduces the environmental impact of our annual meetings, reduces the volume of duplicate information stockholdersshareholders receive and reduces printing and mailing costs. StockholdersShareholders who participate in householding will continue to receive

separate proxy cards. Upon request, TransDigm will deliver promptly a separate copy of the noticeNotice of internet availabilityInternet Availability and, if you requested printed versions by mail, this proxy statement and the annual report to any stockholdershareholder that elects not to participate in householding. To receive, free of charge, a separate copy of the notice of internet availability and, if you requested printed versions by mail, this proxy statement or the annual report, or separate copies of any future notice, proxy statement, or annual report, you may write or call:

TransDigm Investor Relations

1301 E.East Ninth Street, Suite 3000

Cleveland, OHOhio 44114

Phone: (216) 706-2945

Email: ir@transdigm.com

If you are receiving more than one copy of the proxy materials at a single address and would like to participate in householding, please contact the bank, broker, or other organization that holds your shares to request information about eliminating duplicate mailings.

Quorum for

How Many Votes Must be Present in Order to Hold the Annual Meeting

Meeting?

Holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at the annual meeting must be present at the annual meeting or represented by proxy for the transaction of business. This is called a quorum. Your shares will be counted for purposes of determining if there is a quorum if you have properly voted by proxy prior to the annual meeting or you are entitled to vote and present at the annual meeting. Broker non-votes and abstentions are counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present. If a quorum is not present, we may propose to adjourn the annual meeting and reconvene at a later date.

Who Pays for This Proxy Solicitation Costs

Solicitation?

TransDigm is paying the costs of the solicitation of proxies. We have retained Alliance AdvisorsOkapi Partners LLC to assist in the distribution of proxy materials and the solicitation of proxies from brokerage firms, fiduciaries, custodians, and other similar organizations representing beneficial owners of shares for the annual meeting. We have agreed to pay Alliance AdvisorsOkapi Partners LLC a fee of approximately $22,000$26,000 plus out-of-pocket expenses. In addition to solicitations by mail, the proxy solicitor and directors, officers, and employees of TransDigm and its subsidiaries, without additional compensation, may solicit proxies on TransDigm’s behalf in person, by phone, or by electronic communication.

Voting

Who is Entitled to Vote at the Annual Meeting?
Each share of TransDigm common stock hasis entitled to one vote on each matter.proposal. Only “stockholders“shareholders of record” as of the close of business on the record date are entitled to vote at the annual meeting. As of the record date, there were 54,605,59455,594,246 shares of TransDigm common stock issued and outstanding. In addition to stockholdersshareholders of record of TransDigm common stock, “beneficial owners of shares held in street name” as of the record date can vote using the methods described below.

Stockholders

Shareholders of Record. If your shares are registered directly in your name with TransDigm’s transfer agent, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., you are the stockholdershareholder of record with respect to those shares.

Beneficial Owners of Shares Held in Street Name.Name. If your shares are held in an account at a bank, broker, or other organization, then you are the “beneficial owner of shares held in street name.” As a beneficial owner, you have the right to instruct the person or organization holding your shares how to vote your shares. Most individual stockholdersshareholders are beneficial owners of shares held in street name.

Voting Procedures

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How Can I Vote My Shares?
There are three ways to vote:

Online Prior to the Annual Meeting. If you are a stockholder of record, you may vote by proxy by visiting www.proxyvote.com and entering the control number found in your notice of internet availability or proxy card. If you are a beneficial owner of shares held in street name, the availability of online voting may depend on the voting procedures of the organization that holds your shares. Your internet vote must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, July 11, 2022.

Phone. •    Online Prior to the Annual Meeting.If you are a stockholdershareholder of record, you may vote by proxy by visiting www.proxyvote.com and entering the control number found in your notice of internet availability or proxy card. If you are a beneficial owner of shares held in street name, the availability of online voting may depend on the voting procedures of the organization that holds your shares. Your internet vote must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, March 6, 2024.

•    Phone.If you are a shareholder of record, you may vote by proxy by calling 1-800-690-6903. You will need the control number found in your notice of internet availability or proxy card. If you are a beneficial owner of shares held in street name, the availability of telephone voting may depend on the voting procedures of the organization that holds your shares. Your telephone vote must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, July 11, 2022.

Wednesday, March 6, 2024.

•    Mail. If you request printed copies of the proxy materials by mail, you will receive a proxy card or voting instruction form and you may vote by proxy by filling out the card or form and returning it in the envelope provided. If you are a beneficial owner of shares held in street name, you should complete the voting instruction card provided to you by your broker or nominee.

All shares represented by valid proxies received prior to the taking of the vote at the annual meeting will be voted and, where a stockholdershareholder specifies by means of the proxy a choice with respect to any matter to be acted upon, the shares will be voted in accordance with the stockholder’sshareholder’s instructions. Even if you plan on attending the annual meeting, we encourage you to vote your shares in advance online, by phone, or by mail to ensure that your vote will be represented at the meeting.

Revoking of Proxy

What Can I do if I Change My Mind After I Vote?
If you give a proxy, you may revoke it at any time by giving written notice to TransDigm at its principal address, by submitting a later dated proxy or by giving notice at the annual meeting. Your presence at the annual meeting, without any further action, will not revoke your previously granted proxy.

Uninstructed Shares

Stockholders

What Happens if I Return my Proxy but Fail to Vote on Each Proposal?
Shareholders of Record.Record. If you are a stockholdershareholder of record and you indicate when voting online or by phone that you wish to vote as recommended by the Board or you sign and return a proxy statement without giving specific voting instructions then the persons named as proxy holders, Michael LismanSarah L. Wynne and Kevin M. Stein, will vote your shares in the manner recommended by the Board on all matters presented in this proxy statement and as they may determine in their best judgment with respect to any other matters properly presented for a vote at the annual meeting.

Beneficial Owners of Shares Held in Street Name.Name. If you are a beneficial owner of shares held in street name and do not provide the broker that holds your shares with specific voting instructions, then such broker may generally vote your shares in their discretion on “routine” matters, but cannot vote on “non-routine” matters. Proposal No. 2 (the ratification(ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as TransDigm’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2022)the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024) is a routine matter. A broker or other nominee may generally vote in their discretion on routine matters and therefore no broker

non-votes are expected in connection with Proposal No. 2. Proposal No. 1 (the election of directors)ten director nominees to our Board of Directors) and Proposal No. 3 (advisory vote to approve executive compensation)(approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our NEOs) are non-routine matters. If the organization that holds your shares does not receive instructions from you on how to vote your shares on a non-routine matter, that organization will inform the inspector of election that it does not have the authority to vote on the matter with respect to your shares. This is generally referred to as a “broker non-vote.” Therefore, broker non-votes may exist in connection with Proposals No. 1 and No. 3.

STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR 2023 ANNUAL MEETING

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Shareholder Proposals
for the 2025 Annual Meeting
Shareholder Proposal for Inclusion in the Proxy Statement.Statement
If a stockholdershareholder wants to submit, in accordance with SEC Rule 14a-8, a proposal for inclusion in our Proxy Statementproxy statement and form of proxy for presentation at the Company’s 2023TransDigm’s 2025 Annual Meeting, of Stockholders, the proposal must be provided in the manner set forth in SEC Rule 14a-8 and received by the CompanyTransDigm at our principal executive offices at the address below by October 8, 2022. September 28, 2024.
Shareholder Proposal Not Included in the Proxy Statement
If a stockholdershareholder wants to propose any matter for consideration of the stockholdersshareholders at the 20232025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders other than a matter brought pursuant to SEC Rule 14a-8, our Bylaws require the stockholdershareholder to notify our Secretary in writing at the Company’sTransDigm’s principal executive offices (address listed below) within a prescribed time period; that period is currently calculatedbetween December 7, 2024 to be April 13, 2023 to May 13, 2023, however the Company intends to hold its annual meeting earlier in 2023 and intends to announce revised dates for submission once the meeting date and mailing date have been set.

Stockholder Proposal Not Included in Proxy Statement.January 6, 2025. If a stockholdershareholder submits such a proposal after January 6, 2025, the specified period set forth above,presiding officer at the 2025 Annual Meeting may refuse to acknowledge the proposal. However, if the presiding officer allows the consideration of a proposal submitted after January 6, 2025, the proxies designated by the Board may exercise their discretionary voting authority with respect to any such proposal, without our discussing the proposal in our proxy materials.

Director Nomination for Inclusion in the Proxy Statement. The Company’s bylawsStatement
TransDigm’s Bylaws provide proxy access to eligible stockholders.shareholders. The proxy access bylaw provides that a stockholder,shareholder, or group of up to 20 stockholders,shareholders, that owns 3% or more of the Company’sTransDigm’s outstanding common stock continuously for at least three years may submit director nominees for up to the greater of two directors or 20% of the Board seats provided that the stockholdershareholder and nominees satisfy the requirements specified in Article III, Section 4 of our bylawsBylaws (a “proxy access director nomination”). A stockholder’sshareholder’s notice of a proxy access director nomination must be delivered to the CompanyTransDigm at its principal executive offices within a prescribed time period; that period is currently calculatedbetween August 29, 2024 to be January 2, 2023 to February 1, 2023, however the Company intends to hold its annual meeting earlier in 2023 and intends to announce revised dates for submission once the meeting date and mailing date have been set.

September 28, 2024.

Director Nominations Not Included in Proxy Statement.Statement
If a stockholdershareholder does not meet the requirements for a proxy access director nomination, the stockholdershareholder may still nominate a director if the stockholdershareholder complies with certain procedures set forth in the Company’sTransDigm’s Bylaws. These procedures provide that nominations for director must be submitted in writing to the Secretary of the CompanyTransDigm at its principal executive offices. The CompanyTransDigm must receive the notice of a stockholder’sshareholder’s intention to introduce a nomination at the Company’s 2023TransDigm’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders within a prescribed timed period; that period is currently calculatedbetween November 7, 2024 to be March 14, 2023 to April 13, 2023, however the Company intends to hold its annual meeting earlier in 2023 and intends to announce revised dates for submission once the meeting date and mailing date have been set.December 7, 2024. If a stockholdershareholder makes a director nomination that meets the requirements of the Bylaws but is not a proxy access director nomination, that nomination will not be discussed in our proxy materials.

The specific requirements and procedures for shareownershareholder proposals, director nominations, and proxy access director nominations are set forth in our bylaws. The CompanyBylaws. TransDigm reserves the right to reject, rule out of order, or to take other appropriate action with respect to any proposal or nomination that does not comply with these and other applicable requirements.

In addition to satisfying the requirements under TransDigm’s Bylaws, to comply with the universal proxy rules, shareholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than TransDigm’s nominees must provide notice that sets forth any additional information required by SEC Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act (including a statement that such shareholder intends to solicit the holders of common stock representing at least 67% of the voting power of the Company’s shares entitled to vote on the election of directors in support of director nominees other than the Company’s nominees) no later than January 6, 2025.

Notices of intention to present proposals, or nominate directors, or solicit proxies at the 20232025 Annual Meeting, and all supporting materials required by our bylaws,Bylaws, must be submitted to: TransDigm Group Incorporated,to our principal executive offices c/o Secretary, 1301 East 9th St., Suite 3000, Cleveland, OH 44114.

Secretary.

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VOTE BY INTERNET - www.proxyvote.com or scan the QR Barcode above

Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information. Vote by 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on July 11, 2022. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.

ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF FUTURE PROXY MATERIALS

If you would like to reduce the costs incurred by our company in mailing proxy materials, you can consent to receiving all future proxy statements, proxy cards and annual reports electronically via e-mail or the Internet. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the instructions above to vote using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access proxy materials electronically in future years.

VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903

Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions. Vote by 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on July 11, 2022. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions.

VOTE BY MAIL

Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.

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Appendix A
Non-GAAP Supplemental Information
EBITDA, EBITDA As Defined, EBITDA As Defined Margin, Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Earnings Per Share are non-GAAP financial measures presented in this proxy statement as supplemental disclosures to income from continuing operations and reported results. TransDigm Group defines “EBITDA” as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and defines “EBITDA As Defined” as EBITDA plus certain non-operating items recorded as corporate expenses, including non-cash compensation charges incurred in connection with TransDigm Group's stock incentive or deferred compensation plans, foreign currency gains and losses, acquisition-integration costs, acquisition and divestiture transaction-related expenses, and refinancing costs. Acquisition and divestiture-related costs represent accounting adjustments to inventory associated with acquisitions of businesses and product lines that were charged to cost of sales when the inventory was sold; costs incurred to integrate acquired businesses and product lines into the Company’s operations, facility relocation costs and other acquisition-related costs; transaction-related costs for both acquisitions and divestitures comprising deal fees; legal, financial and tax diligence expenses and valuation costs that are required to be expensed as incurred and other acquisition accounting adjustments. TransDigm Group defines “Adjusted Net Income” as income from continuing operations plus purchase accounting backlog amortization expense, effects from the sale on businesses, non-cash compensation charges incurred in connection with TransDigm Group's stock incentive or deferred compensation plans, foreign currency gains and losses, acquisition-integration costs, acquisition and divestiture transaction-related expenses, and refinancing costs. “EBITDA As Defined Margin” represents EBITDA As Defined as a percentage of net sales. TransDigm Group defines “Adjusted Earnings Per Share” as Adjusted Net Income divided by the total outstanding shares for basic and diluted earnings per share. For more information regarding the computation of EBITDA, EBITDA As Defined, EBITDA As Defined Margin, Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Earnings Per Share, please see the attached “Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Measures to Most Directly Comparable U.S. GAAP Measures.”
TransDigm Group presents these non-GAAP financial measures because it believes that they are useful indicators of its operating performance. TransDigm Group believes that EBITDA is useful to investors because it is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties to measure operating performance among companies with different capital structures, effective tax rates and tax attributes, capitalized asset values and employee compensation structures, all of which can vary substantially from company to company. In addition, analysts, rating agencies and others use EBITDA to evaluate a company’s ability to incur and service debt. EBITDA As Defined is used to measure TransDigm Inc.’s compliance with the financial covenant contained in its credit facility. TransDigm Group’s management also uses EBITDA As Defined to review and assess its operating performance, to prepare its annual budget and financial projections and to review and evaluate its management team in connection with employee incentive programs. Moreover, TransDigm Group’s management uses EBITDA As Defined to evaluate acquisitions and as a liquidity measure. In addition, TransDigm Group’s management uses Adjusted Net Income as a measure of comparable operating performance between time periods and among companies as it is reflective of changes in pricing decisions, cost controls and other factors that affect operating performance.
None of EBITDA, EBITDA As Defined, EBITDA As Defined Margin, Adjusted Net Income or Adjusted Earnings Per Share is a measurement of financial performance under U.S. GAAP and such financial measures should not be considered as an alternative to income from continuing operations, income from operations, earnings per share, cash flows from operating activities or other measures of performance determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP. In addition, TransDigm Group’s calculation of these non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to the calculation of similarly titled measures reported by other companies.
Although we use EBITDA and EBITDA As Defined as measures to assess the performance of our business and for the other purposes set forth above, the use of these non-GAAP financial measures as analytical tools has limitations, and you should not consider any of them in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our results of operations as reported in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Some of these limitations are:
1.neither EBITDA nor EBITDA As Defined reflects the significant interest expense, or the cash requirements, necessary to service interest payments on our indebtedness;
2.although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and neither EBITDA nor EBITDA As Defined reflects any cash requirements for such replacements;
3.the omission of the substantial amortization expense associated with our intangible assets further limits the usefulness of EBITDA and EBITDA As Defined;
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Nominees
2024 Proxy Statement A-1

 01) David Barr 02) Jane M. Cronin 03) Mervin Dunn 04) Michael Graff 05) Sean Hennessy 
 06) W. Nicholas Howley 07) Gary E. McCullough 08) Michele Santana 09) Robert Small 10) John Staer 
 11) Kevin Stein         



4.neither EBITDA nor EBITDA As Defined includes the payment of taxes, which is a necessary element of our operations; and
5.EBITDA As Defined excludes the cash expense we have incurred to integrate acquired businesses into our operations, which is a necessary element of certain of our acquisitions.
Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Measures to Most Directly Comparable U.S. GAAP Measures
RECONCILIATION OF INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS TO EBITDA AND EBITDA AS DEFINED
19941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007
($) (in millions)
 Net sales$52 $57 $63 $78 $111 $131 $151 $201 $249 $293 $301 $374 $435 $593 
Income (loss) from continuing operations$(5)$— $$$14 $(17)$11 $14 $31 $(76)$14 $35 $25 $89 
Depreciation and amortization expense13 10 18 17 16 24 
Interest expense, net23 28 32 37 43 75 80 77 92 
Income tax provision (benefit)(2)— 13 (2)17 (45)23 16 53 
Warrant put value adjustment— — — — — — — — — 
Extraordinary item— — — — — — — — — — — — — 
EBITDA13 17 24 44 10 54 64 98 (68)113 155 134 258 
Merger expense— — — — — 40 — — — 176 — — — — 
Refinancing costs— — — — — — — — — — — — 49 — 
Acquisition and divestiture transaction-related costs— — — — — 15 20 
Non-cash compensation and deferred compensation costs— — — — — — — — — 
One-time special bonus— — — — — — — — — — — — — 
COVID-19 pandemic restructuring costs— — — — — — — — — — — — — — 
Gain on sale of businesses— — — — — — — — — — — — — — 
Other— — — — — — — — — — — — — — 
Public offering costs— — — — — — — — — — — — 
EBITDA As Defined$10 $13 $17 $25 $44 $51 $54 $72 $98 $124 $139 $164 $194 $275 
EBITDA As Defined Margin19.2 %22.8 %27.0 %32.1 %39.6 %38.9 %35.8 %35.8 %39.4 %42.3 %46.2 %43.9 %44.6 %46.4 %







The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2 and 3.

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2.

To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent accountants for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022.

3.

To approve (in an advisory vote) compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers.

NOTE: In their discretion, to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting, or any adjournment thereof.

A-2 2024 Proxy Statement

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TransDigm Group Incorporated



Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Measures to Most Directly Comparable U.S. GAAP Measures (Cont.)
RECONCILIATION OF INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS TO EBITDA AND EBITDA AS DEFINED
2008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
($) (in millions)
 Net sales$714 $762 $828 $1,206 $1,700 $1,924 $2,373 $2,707 $3,171 $3,504 $3,811 $5,223 $5,103 $4,798 $5,429 $6,585 
Income (loss) from continuing operations$133 $163 $163 $152 $325 $303 $307 $447 $586 $629 $962 $841 $653 $681 $866 $1,299 
Depreciation and amortization expense25 28 30 61 68 73 96 94 122 141 129 226 283 253 253 268 
Interest expense, net93 84 112 185 212 271 348 419 484 602 663 859 1,029 1,059 1,076 1,164 
Income tax provision (benefit)74 88 88 77 163 146 142 189 182 209 24 222 87 34 261 417 
Warrant put value adjustment— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 
Extraordinary item— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 
EBITDA325 363 393 475 768 793 893 1,149 1,374 1,581 1,778 2,148 2,052 2,027 2,456 3,148 
Merger expense— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 
Refinancing costs— — — 72 — 30 132 18 16 40 28 37 56 
Acquisition and divestiture transaction-related costs12 30 19 26 21 37 57 31 29 169 31 35 18 18 
Non-cash compensation and deferred compensation costs13 22 49 26 32 48 46 59 93 93 130 184 157 
One-time special bonus— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 
COVID-19 pandemic restructuring costs— — — — — — — — — — — — 54 40 — — 
Gain on sale of businesses— — — — — — — — — — — — — (69)(7)— 
Other— — — — — (2)— 13 20 (11)(6)16 
Public offering costs— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 
EBITDA As Defined$333 $375 $412 $590 $809 $900 $1,073 $1,234 $1,495 $1,711 $1,877 $2,419 $2,278 $2,189 $2,646 $3,395 
EBITDA As Defined Margin46.6 %49.2 %49.8 %48.9 %47.6 %46.8 %45.2 %45.6 %47.1 %48.8 %49.3 %46.3 %44.6 %45.6 %48.7 %51.6 %
RECONCILIATION OF INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS TO ADJUSTED NET INCOME AND ADJUSTED EARNINGS PER SHARE
20192020202120222023
($) (in millions)
Income from continuing operations$841 $653 $681 $866 $1,299 
Gross adjustments from EBITDA to EBITDA As Defined271 226 162 190 247 
Purchase accounting backlog amortization38 53 11 
Tax adjustment(122)(103)(146)(65)(73)
Adjusted Net Income$1,028 $829 $708 $998 $1,477 
Weighted-average shares outstanding under the two-class method56.3 57.3 58.4 58.2 57.2 
Adjusted Earnings Per Share$18.27 $14.47 $12.13 $17.14 $25.84 
TransDigm Group Incorporated
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TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED

Annual Meeting of Stockholders

July 12, 2022 9:00 AM EDT

This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors

The undersigned hereby appoints Kevin Stein and Michael Lisman, and each of them, the attorneys and proxies of the undersigned with full power of substitution to vote, as indicated herein, all shares of common stock of TransDigm Group Incorporated held of record by the undersigned on May 18, 2022 at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held at 1301 East Ninth Street, 30th Floor, Cleveland, Ohio, 44114 on July 12, 2022, or any adjournment thereof, with all the powers the undersigned would possess if then and there personally present. Receipt of Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and the related Proxy Statement dated June 1, 2022 is hereby acknowledged.

If no instructions are given, the proxies will vote to elect the director nominees listed in “Election of Directors”, will vote “FOR” Proposal 2 (ratification of the selection of the independent accountants) and Proposal 3 (approval of executive compensation).

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Election of Directors
Nominees:

01)  David Barr

02)  Jane M. Cronin

03)  Mervin Dunn

04)  Michael Graff

05)  Sean Hennessy

06)  W. Nicholas Howley

07)  Gary E. McCullough

08)  Michele Santana

09)  Robert Small

10)  John Staer

11)  Kevin Stein

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To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent accountants for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022.LOGOFor

3.

To approve (in an advisory vote) compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers.LOGOFor

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