UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 22, 2012
ITC HOLDINGS CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Michigan | Commission File Number: 001-32576 | 32-0058047 | ||
(State of Incorporation) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | |||
27175 Energy Way, Novi, Michigan | 48377 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (zip code) | |||
(248) 946-3000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Approval of Executive Salary Adjustments
On May 22, 2012, the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of ITC Holdings Corp. (the “Company”) approved changes to the base salaries of certain of the Company’s “named executive officers,” as defined in the Company’s most recent annual meeting proxy statement, effective immediately. The changes were as follows:
Name | Title | Prior Salary | New Salary | |||||||
Joseph L. Welch | President and Chief Executive Officer | $ | 910,000 | $ | 946,400 | |||||
Linda H. Blair | Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer | $ | 464,000 | $ | 524,000 | |||||
Cameron M. Bready | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | $ | 464,000 | $ | 504,000 | |||||
Daniel J. Oginsky | Senior Vice President and General Counsel | $ | 300,000 | $ | 325,000 | |||||
Approval of New Grants and Revised Form of Grant Agreements
On May 22, 2012, the Committee made option grants and restricted stock grants to the Company’s named executive officers under the Company’s Second Amended and Restated 2006 Long Term Incentive Plan pursuant to revised forms of option and restricted stock agreements as follows:
Name | Title | No. of Options Granted | No. of Restricted | |||||||
Joseph L. Welch | President and Chief Executive Officer | 48,522 | 24,342 | |||||||
Linda H. Blair | Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer | 42,193 | 3,888 | |||||||
Cameron M. Bready | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | 40,583 | 3,739 | |||||||
Jon E. Jipping | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | 37,362 | 3,443 | |||||||
Daniel J. Oginsky | Senior Vice President and General Counsel | 22,431 | 2,067 | |||||||
The new grant agreement forms are substantially similar to the prior forms of agreement described in the Form 8-K filed by the Company on August 19, 2008, except that options will not automatically become exercisable in full and restricted stock grants will not immediately vest upon a change in control of the Company arising out of the transactions contemplated by the previously announced Merger Agreement, dated December 4, 2011, among Entergy Corporation, Mid South TransCo LLC, the Company and Ibis Transaction Subsidiary LLC. The revised forms of grant agreement will be filed with the Company’s next Form 10-Q.
Approval of Bonuses
On May 22, 2012, the Committee approved payment of discretionary cash bonuses to the Company’s named executive officers upon the Hugo to Valliant transmission line project being placed in service. The approximate amounts of the discretionary cash bonuses are set forth in the table below. The final amounts will be determined upon the project being placed in service based on the actual capital investment in the project and will be disclosed in the Company’s proxy statement for its next annual meeting.
Name | Title | Bonus | ||||
Joseph L. Welch | President and Chief Executive Officer | $ | 44,104 | |||
Linda H. Blair | Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer | $ | 17,991 | |||
Cameron M. Bready | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | $ | 17,991 | |||
Jon E. Jipping | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | $ | 17,991 | |||
Daniel J. Oginsky | Senior Vice President and General Counsel | $ | 11,632 | |||
The Committee also approved payment of a discretionary cash bonus to Joseph L. Welch in the amount of $100,000. In approving the discretionary bonus for Mr. Welch, the Committee took into account various qualitative factors, including the continued growth of the Company and the overall advancement of Company initiatives.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders held on May 23, 2012, the shareholders (a) reelected all ten of the directors nominated for election, (b) approved, by a non-binding vote, the compensation of the named executive officers, and (c) ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. The following table sets forth the results of the voting at the meeting.
Nominee | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
Christopher H. Franklin | 41,729,580 | 41,913 | 3,320,613 | |||||||||
Edward G. Jepsen | 41,726,664 | 44,829 | 3,320,613 | |||||||||
Richard D. McLellan | 41,233,838 | 537,655 | 3,320,613 | |||||||||
William J. Museler | 41,236,487 | 535,006 | 3,320,613 | |||||||||
Hazel R. O’Leary | 41,233,528 | 537,965 | 3,320,613 | |||||||||
M. Michael Rounds | 41,726,885 | 44,608 | 3,320,613 | |||||||||
Gordon Bennett Stewart, III | 41,725,607 | 45,886 | 3,320,613 | |||||||||
Lee C. Stewart | 41,695,180 | 76,313 | 3,320,613 | |||||||||
J.C. Watts, Jr. | 41,571,239 | 200,254 | 3,320,613 | |||||||||
Joseph L. Welch | 41,034,740 | 736,753 | 3,320,613 | |||||||||
Proposal | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||
Approval, by non-binding vote, of compensation of named executive officers | 40,362,501 | 1,243,123 | 165,868 | 3,320,613 | ||||||||||||
Proposal | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||
Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP | 44,559,519 | 515,571 | 17,016 | — | ||||||||||||
Item 8.01 Other Events.
Declaration of Dividend
On May 23, 2012, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.3525 per common share, payable on June 15, 2012 to shareholders of record on June 4, 2012.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
May 29, 2012
| ITC HOLDINGS CORP. | ||
| By: | /s/ Daniel J. Oginsky | |
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| Daniel J. Oginsky | ||
| Its: | Senior Vice President and General Counsel | |