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424B3 Filing
Gen Digital (GEN) 424B3Prospectus supplement
Filed: 7 Nov 19, 5:22pm
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Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-211513
NortonLifeLock Inc.
60 E. Rio Salado Parkway, Suite 1000
Tempe, Arizona 85281
(650) 527-8000
Prospectus Supplement No. 8
(to Prospectus dated July 26, 2019)
This Prospectus Supplement No. 8 supplements the prospectus, dated July 26, 2019 (the “Prospectus”), which was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 6, 2019, and which forms a part of our Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to our Registration Statement on Form S-3 on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-211513). This Prospectus Supplement No. 8 is being filed to update, amend and supplement the information included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus with the information contained in our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on November 7, 2019 (the “Proxy Statement”). Accordingly, we have attached the Proxy Statement to this Prospectus Supplement No. 8.
The Prospectus and this Prospectus Supplement No. 8 relate to the registration of $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of our 2.500% Convertible Senior Notes due 2021 (the “notes”) and the shares of our common stock, par value $0.01, issuable upon conversion of the notes for resale by the selling securityholders identified in the Prospectus.
This Prospectus Supplement No. 8 should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and is qualified by reference to the Prospectus except to the extent that the information in this Prospectus Supplement No. 8 supersedes the information contained in the Prospectus.
The notes are not listed on any securities exchange. Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and trades under the symbol “NLOK.” On November 7, 2019, the closing sale price of our common stock was $24.34 per share.
Investing in our common stock involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 7 of the Prospectus, as well as those risk factors contained in the accompanying prospectus supplements and the documents included or incorporated by reference herein or therein.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if the Prospectus or this prospectus supplement is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this Prospectus Supplement No. 8 is November 7, 2019.
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(formerly Symantec Corporation)
60 E. Rio Salado Parkway, Suite 1000
Tempe, Arizona 85281
NOTICE OF 2019 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
to be held on:
December 19, 2019
9:00 a.m. Pacific Time
Dear Stockholder:
You are cordially invited to attend our 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"), which will be held at 9:00 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Thursday, December 19, 2019. On November 4, 2019 we changed our name from Symantec Corporation to NortonLifeLock Inc. This year's meeting will again be completely virtual and conducted via live webcast. You will be able to attend the Annual Meeting online and submit your questions prior to or during the meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/NLOK2019. You will also be able to vote your shares electronically at the Annual Meeting.
We are excited to embrace the latest technology to provide expanded access, improved communication and cost savings for our stockholders. Hosting a virtual meeting enables increased stockholder attendance and participation since stockholders can participate from any location around the world. In addition, the online format will allow us to communicate more effectively with you via a pre-meeting forum that you can enter by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/NLOK2019 and submit questions in advance of the Annual Meeting.
For your convenience, we are also pleased to offer a re-playable webcast of the Annual Meeting atinvestor.nortonlifelock.com.
We are holding the Annual Meeting for the following purposes, which are more fully described in the proxy statement:
We are furnishing proxy materials to our stockholders primarily via the Internet to expedite stockholders' receipt of proxy materials, lower the cost of the Annual Meeting and help conserve natural resources. On or about November 7, 2019, we expect to send to our stockholders (other than those who previously requested electronic or paper delivery) a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials containing instructions on how to access our proxy materials, including our proxy statement and our annual report, and how to vote through the Internet or by telephone.
Only stockholders of record as of the close of business on November 1, 2019 are entitled to notice of, and vote at, the Annual Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof. A list of stockholders entitled to vote will be available for inspection at our offices for ten days prior to the Annual Meeting. If you would like to view this stockholder list, please contact Investor Relations at (650) 527-8020.
Your vote is very important. Whether or not you plan to virtually attend the Annual Meeting, please vote at your earliest convenience by following the instructions in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or in the proxy card you received in the mail. You may revoke your proxy at any time before it is voted. Please refer to the "2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders Meeting Information" section of the proxy statement for additional information.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS | ||
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SCOTT C. TAYLOR Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
Tempe, Arizona
November 7, 2019
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE STOCKHOLDER MEETING TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 19, 2019. The proxy statement and NortonLifeLock's Form 10-K for the 2019 fiscal year are available at http://investor.NortonLifeLock.com/About/Investors/financial-information/Annual-Reports/default.aspx.
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PROXY SUMMARY | 1 | |
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | 6 | |
Corporate Governance Guidelines | 6 | |
Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics | 6 | |
Insider Trading, Hedging and Pledging Policies | 6 | |
Stock Ownership Guidelines | 6 | |
Stockholder Engagement | 7 | |
Majority Vote Standard and Director Resignation Policy | 7 | |
Proxy Access | 7 | |
Board Leadership Structure | 7 | |
Board Independence | 8 | |
Change in Director Occupation | 8 | |
Board and Committee Effectiveness | 8 | |
Board's Role in Risk Oversight | 9 | |
Board's Role in Oversight of Company Strategy | 9 | |
Board's Role in Oversight of Human Capital Management | 9 | |
Outside Advisors | 10 | |
Board Structure and Meetings | 10 | |
Executive Sessions | 10 | |
Succession Planning | 11 | |
Attendance of Board Members at Annual Meetings | 11 | |
THE BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES | 12 | |
Audit Committee | 12 | |
Compensation and Leadership Development Committee | 13 | |
Nominating and Governance Committee | 14 | |
DIRECTOR NOMINATIONS AND COMMUNICATION WITH DIRECTORS | 15 | |
Criteria for Nomination to the Board | 15 | |
Process for Identifying and Evaluating Nominees | 15 | |
Stockholder Proposals for Nominees | 16 | |
Contacting the Board of Directors | 16 | |
PROPOSAL NO. 1 ELECTION OF DIRECTORS | 17 | |
Nominees for Director | 17 | |
Summary of Director Qualifications and Experience | 26 | |
Director Compensation | 26 | |
Fiscal 2019 Director Compensation | 27 | |
PROPOSAL NO. 2 RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM | 28 | |
Principal Accountant Fees and Services | 28 | |
Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and Permissible Non-Audit Services of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | 28 | |
PROPOSAL NO. 3 ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION | 29 | |
PROPOSAL NO. 4 STOCKHOLDER PROPOSAL REGARDING INDEPENDENT BOARD CHAIRMAN | 31 | |
OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS | 34 | |
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT | 35 | |
Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports | 36 | |
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND RELATED INFORMATION | 37 | |
COMPENSATION DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS (CD&A) | 37 | |
Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal 2019 | 60 | |
Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal 2019 | 62 | |
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 2019 | 63 | |
Option Exercises and Stock Vested in Fiscal 2019 | 64 | |
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation in Fiscal 2019 | 65 | |
Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-In-Control | 65 |
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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS | 69 | |
Related-Person Transactions Policy and Procedure | 69 | |
Certain Related Person Transactions | 69 | |
REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE | 72 | |
Information About Solicitation and Voting | 73 | |
About the Annual Meeting | 73 | |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION | 76 | |
Stockholder Proposals for the 2020 Annual Meeting | 76 | |
Available Information | 77 | |
"Householding" — Stockholders Sharing the Same Last Name and Address | 77 | |
OTHER MATTERS | 77 |
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This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this proxy statement. This summary does not contain all of the information that you should consider, and you should read the entire proxy statement carefully before voting.
2019 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS INFORMATION
Date and Time: | Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time | |
Location: | Meeting live via the Internet by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/NLOK2019 | |
Record Date: | November 1, 2019 | |
Admission: | To participate in the Annual Meeting, visit www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/NLOK2019. You will need the 16-digit control number included on your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, on your proxy card or on the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials. |
Proposals | Board Recommendation | Page Number for Additional Information | ||||
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1. Election of Directors | FOR | 17 | ||||
2. Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | FOR | 28 | ||||
3. Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation | FOR | 29 | ||||
4. Stockholder Proposal regarding Independent Chairman | AGAINST | 31 |
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Name | Age | Principal Occupation | Independent | AC | CC | NGC | |||||||||||||
Sue Barsamian | 60 | 2019 | Director | Yes | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||
Frank E. Dangeard | 61 | 2007 | Managing Partner, Harcourt | Yes | ![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
Nora M. Denzel | 57 | n/a* | Nominee | Yes | ![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
Peter A. Feld | 40 | 2018 | Managing Member and Head of Research, Starboard Value LP | Yes | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||
Kenneth Y. Hao | 51 | 2016 | Managing Partner and Managing Director, Silver Lake Partners | Yes | 2 | ||||||||||||||
David W. Humphrey | 42 | 2016 | Managing Director, Bain Capital | Yes | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Vincent Pilette | 47 | n/a* | Chief Executive Officer | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||
V. Paul Unruh | 71 | 2005 | Director | Yes | ![]() | 0 |
AC = Audit Committee CC = Compensation and Leadership Development Committee NGC = Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee
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* Reflects our Board and committee composition following the Annual Meeting, assuming Ms. Denzel and Mr. Pilette are elected. Neither Ms. Denzel nor Mr. Pilette currently serve on the Board of Directors or on any committees of the Board. Also gives effect to the appointment of Mr. Pilette as our CEO as of November 8, 2019.
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OVERVIEW OF DIRECTOR NOMINEE QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
SOUND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICES
The overriding principle driving our compensation programs continues to be our belief that it benefits our employees, customers, partners and stockholders to have management's compensation tied to our near-and long-term performance. Our pay programs reward achievement of challenging performance goals that align with our business strategy.
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Drive Business Success | Pay for Performance | |
Our executive compensation program is designed to drive our success as a market leader in cybersecurity. | We believe that executive compensation should be tied to our short and long-term performance. It is important to reward outstanding individual performance, team success, and Company-wide results. | |
Attract and Retain | Balancing and Aligning Interests with Stockholders | |
We focus on corporate and individual performance objectives and aim to attract and retain highly-qualified executive officers while maximizing long-term stockholder value. | We are sensitive to our need to balance and align the interests of our executive officers with those of our stockholders, especially when compensation decisions might increase our cost structure or stockholder dilution. |
Consistent with our pay-for-performance philosophy, our executive officers' compensation is structured so that a large portion of their total direct compensation is paid based on Company performance (modified by individual achievement). The total mix of our NEO compensation, including the portion at risk, is reflected in the graphs below. The major components of target compensation for our NEOs during fiscal 2019 ("FY19") were: (i) base salary, (ii) target annual incentive awards and (iii) grant date fair value of long-term equity incentive awards, with the exception of our CEO who did not receive any equity awards for FY19 (please see "Executive Compensation and Related Information — Compensation Discussion & Analysis (CD&A)" beginning on page 37 for more discussion of executive officer pay mix).
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The following factors demonstrate our continued and heightened commitment to pay-for-performance and to corporate governance best practices:
SOUND COMPENSATION POLICIES AND PRACTICES
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![]() | The majority of pay for our CEO and other NEOs is at risk. | ![]() | We do not pay performance-based cash or equity awards for unsatisfied performance goals. | |||
![]() | We provide that short-term incentive compensation is linked directly to our financial results and also takes into account individual performance. | ![]() | Our compensation plans do not have minimum guaranteed payout levels. | |||
![]() | We reward performance that meets our predetermined goals. | ![]() | We do not provide for automatic salary increases or equity awards grants in offer letters or employment agreements. | |||
![]() | We cap payouts under our plans to discourage excessive or inappropriate risk taking by our NEOs. | ![]() | We generally do not permit short-sales, hedging or pledging of our stock. | |||
![]() | We have a relevant peer group and reevaluate the peer group annually. | ![]() | We do not provide "golden parachute" excise tax gross-ups. | |||
![]() | We have robust stock ownership guidelines for our executive officers and directors. | ![]() | We do not provide excessive severance. | |||
![]() | We have adopted a comprehensive "clawback" policy, applicable to all performance-based compensation granted to our executive officers. | ![]() | We do not provide executive pension plans or SERPs. | |||
![]() | We only provide for double-trigger change in control benefits. | ![]() | We do not provide excessive perquisites. | |||
![]() | We limit any potential cash severance payments to not more than 1x our executive officers' total target cash compensation and 2x our CEO's total base salary. | ![]() | We do not permit the repricing or cash-out of stock options or stock appreciation rights without stockholder approval. | |||
![]() | Our Compensation Committee retains an independent compensation consultant. | ![]() | We do not permit the payment of dividend or dividend equivalents on unvested equity awards. | |||
![]() | We hold an annual advisory vote on executive compensation. | ![]() | We do not provide single-trigger change of control benefits to executive officers. | |||
![]() | We seek feedback on executive compensation through stockholder engagement. | |||||
![]() | We generally require one-year minimum vesting on stock options and stock appreciation rights. |
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EFFECTIVELY ALIGNING PAY FOR PERFORMANCE
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Component | Metric(1) | Achievement (as a percent of target) | Funding | |||||||||||||||||||||
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FY19 Executive Annual | FY19 Non-GAAP operating income | 87.5% | 0% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Incentive Plan ("EAIP") | FY19 Non-GAAP revenue | 97.2% | 71.2% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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FY19 EAIP Total | 35.6% | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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FY19 Executive Compensation | FY19 Performance-based | FY19 earnings per share ("EPS") | 88.3% | 50.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Restricted Stock Units | FY19 free cash flow | 90.7% | 91.2% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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FY18 Performance-based Restricted Stock Units | 2-year total shareholder return ("TSR") relative to Nasdaq 100 | -21.32% | 0% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Fiscal 2017 ('FY17') Performance-based Restricted Stock Units | FY18 Non-GAAP Operating Income | 109.29% | 268.2% (of which 250% vested and settled at the end of FY18, and the remaining 18.2% vested for eligible participants at the end of FY19). | |||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) Please see discussion below in Compensation Discussion and Analysis for more detail regarding how these metrics are calculated. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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We provide information about NortonLifeLock's 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"), voting and additional information starting on page 73.
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NortonLifeLock is strongly committed to good corporate governance practices. These practices provide an important framework within which our Board of Directors (the "Board") and management can pursue our strategic objectives for the benefit of our stockholders.
Corporate Governance Guidelines
Our Corporate Governance Guidelines generally specify the distribution of rights and responsibilities of NortonLifeLock's Board, management and stockholders, and detail the rules and procedures for making decisions on corporate affairs. In general, the stockholders elect the Board and vote on certain extraordinary matters; the Board is responsible for the general governance of our Company, including selection and oversight of key management; and management is responsible for running our day-to-day operations.
Our Corporate Governance Guidelines are available on the Investor Relations section of our website, which is located atinvestor.NortonLifeLock.com, by clicking on "Company Charters," under "Corporate Governance." The Corporate Governance Guidelines are reviewed at least annually by our Nominating and Governance Committee, and changes are recommended to our Board for approval as appropriate. Our Board represents the interests of the stockholders in perpetuating a successful business and optimizing long term stockholder value. The Board is responsible for ensuring that the Company is managed in a manner that is designed to serve those interests.
Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics
We have adopted a code of conduct that applies to all of our Board members, officers and employees. We have also adopted a code of ethics for our Chief Executive Officer and senior financial officers, including our principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. OurCode of Conduct andFinancial Code of Ethics are posted on the Investor Relations section of our website located atinvestor.NortonLifeLock.com, by clicking on "Company Charters," under "Corporate Governance." Any amendments or waivers of ourCode of Conduct andCode of Ethics for Chief Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers pertaining to a member of our Board or one of our executive officers will be disclosed on our website at the above-referenced address.
Insider Trading, Hedging and Pledging Policies
Our Insider Trading Policy prohibits all directors and employees from short-selling NortonLifeLock stock or engaging in transactions involving NortonLifeLock-based derivative securities, including, but not limited to, trading in NortonLifeLock-based option contracts (for example, buying and/or writing puts and calls). It also prohibits pledging NortonLifeLock stock as collateral for a loan. In connection with our settlement with Starboard Value LP in September 2018, we agreed to waive these requirements with respect to certain forward contracts held by Starboard and have since granted Starboard waivers for other forward contracts on a limited basis.
In addition, our Insider Trading Policy prohibits our directors, officers, employees and contractors from purchasing or selling NortonLifeLock securities while in possession of material, non-public information. It also requires that each of our directors, our Chief Executive Officer, our President, and our Chief Financial Officer conduct any open market sales of our securities only through the use of stock trading plans adopted pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. Rule 10b5-1 allows insiders to sell and diversify their holdings in our stock over a designated period by adopting pre-arranged stock trading plans at a time when they are not aware of material nonpublic information about us, and thereafter sell shares of our common stock in accordance with the terms of their stock trading plans without regard to whether or not they are in possession of material nonpublic information about the Company at the time of the sale. All other executives are strongly encouraged to trade using Exchange Act Rule 10b5-1 plans.
Our Board adopted stock ownership guidelines to better align our directors' and officers' interests with those of our stockholders. Details of our directors' stock ownership guidelines are disclosed under "Summary of Director Qualifications and Experience" on page 26, and details of our executive officers' stock ownership guidelines are disclosed under "Stock Ownership Requirements" in the "Compensation Discussion & Analysis" section on page 57. The Compensation Committee determines the stock ownership guidelines and the Nominating and Governance Committee monitors compliance under such guidelines.
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We are committed to ongoing engagement with our stockholders to gain valuable insight into the issues that matter most to them and to enable our Company to address them effectively. During fiscal 2019 we engaged in discussions with stockholders representing approximately 55% of our outstanding shares to discuss among other things, our strategy, and focus on delivering financial results that create significant stockholder value, as well as corporate governance and executive compensation. Our stockholders were generally supportive of the direction of the Company and provided valuable insights and feedback, which was shared with the full Board for review and consideration.
Majority Vote Standard and Director Resignation Policy
Our Bylaws and Corporate Governance Guidelines provide for a majority voting standard for the election of directors. Under the majority vote standard, each nominee must be elected by a majority of the votes cast with respect to such nominee at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present. A "majority of the votes cast" means the votes cast "for" a nominee's election must exceed the votes cast "against" that nominee's election. A plurality voting standard will apply instead of the majority voting standard if: (i) a stockholder has provided us with notice of a nominee for director in accordance with our Bylaws; and (ii) that nomination has not been withdrawn as of 10 days before we first deliver proxy materials to stockholders.
To effectuate this policy with regard to incumbent directors, the Board will not nominate an incumbent director for re-election unless prior to such nomination the director has agreed to promptly tender a resignation if such director fails to receive a sufficient number of votes for re-election at the stockholder meeting with respect to which such nomination is made. Such resignation will be effective upon the earlier of (i) the Board's acceptance of such resignation or (ii) the 90th day after certification of the election results of the meeting; provided, however, that prior to the effectiveness of such resignation, the Board may reject such resignation and permit the director to withdraw such resignation.
If an incumbent director fails to receive the required vote for re-election, the Nominating and Governance Committee shall act on an expedited basis to determine whether to recommend acceptance or rejection of the director's resignation and will submit such recommendation for prompt consideration by the Board. The Board intends to act promptly on the Committee's recommendation and will decide to accept or reject such resignation and publicly disclose its decision within 90 days from the date of certification of the election results. The Nominating and Governance Committee and the Board may consider such factors they deem relevant in deciding whether to accept or reject a resignation tendered in accordance with this policy. The Board expects a director whose resignation is under consideration to abstain from participating in any decision regarding the resignation.
Our Bylaws contain "proxy access" provisions which permit a stockholder, or a group of up to 50 stockholders, owning continuously for at least three years a number of shares of our common stock that constitutes at least 3% of our outstanding shares of common stock, to nominate and include in our proxy materials director nominees constituting up to the greater of two individuals or 20% of the Board, provided that the stockholder(s) and the nominee(s) satisfy the requirements specified in the Bylaws. Our Bylaws specifically allow funds under common management to be treated as a single stockholder, and permit share lending with a five-day recall. They do not contain any post-meeting holding requirements, do not have any limits on resubmission of failed nominees, and do not contain restrictions on third-party compensation.
Our Board does not have a policy on whether the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman should be separate. Instead, it retains the flexibility to determine on a case-by-case basis whether the Chief Executive Officer, or an independent director, should serve as Chairman. During those periods in which the positions of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer are combined, the independent directors appoint an independent director as a Lead Independent Director. Currently, the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman are separate. Daniel Schulman, one of our independent directors not standing for re-election at this meeting, was appointed as non-executive Chairman of the Board in January 2013. Accordingly, the Board expects to appoint one of our current independent directors to serve as our non-executive Chairman of the Board, effective as of the Annual Meeting.
The Board believes that separating the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman is the appropriate leadership structure for our Company at this time because it results in an effective balancing of responsibilities, experience and perspectives that meets the current corporate governance needs and oversight responsibilities of the Board. The Board also believes that this structure allows our Chief Executive Officer to focus on executing our Company's strategic plan and
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managing our Company's operations and performance, while allowing the Chairman of the Board to focus on the effectiveness of the Board and independent oversight of our senior management team.
The duties of the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer are set forth in the table below:
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• | Sets the agenda of Board meetings | • | Sets strategic direction for the Company | |||||||
• | Presides over meetings of the full Board | • | Creates and implements the Company's vision and mission | |||||||
• | Contributes to Board governance and Board processes | • | Leads the affairs of the Company, subject to the overall direction and supervision of the Board and its committees and subject to such powers as reserved by the Board and its committees | |||||||
• | Communicates with all directors on key issues and concerns outside of Board meetings | |||||||||
• | Presides over meetings of stockholders | |||||||||
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It is the policy of the Board and The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC's ("Nasdaq") rules require that listed companies have a board of directors with at least a majority of independent directors, as defined under Nasdaq's Marketplace Rules. Currently, each member of our Board, other than any person serving on our Board who also serves as our CEO, is an independent director, and all standing committees of the Board are composed entirely of independent directors. The Nasdaq independence definition includes a series of objective tests, such as that the director is not an employee of the company and has not engaged in various types of business dealings with the company. In addition, the Board has made a subjective determination as to each independent director that no relationship exists which, in the opinion of the Board, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. In making these determinations, the directors reviewed and discussed information provided by the directors and our Company with regard to each director's business and other activities as they may relate to NortonLifeLock and our management. Based on this review and consistent with our independence criteria, the Board has affirmatively determined that the following current directors and director nominees are independent: Sue Barsamian, Frank E. Dangeard, Nora M. Denzel, Peter A. Feld, Dale L. Fuller, Kenneth Y. Hao, David W. Humphrey, David L. Mahoney, Anita M. Sands, Daniel H. Schulman, V. Paul Unruh and Suzanne M. Vautrinot.
Our Corporate Governance Guidelines include a policy that our Board should consider whether a change in any director's professional responsibilities directly or indirectly impacts that person's ability to fulfill his or her directorship obligations. To facilitate the Board's consideration, all directors shall submit a resignation as a matter of course upon retirement, a change in employer, or other significant change in their professional roles and responsibilities. Such resignation may be accepted or rejected in the discretion of the Board.
Board and Committee Effectiveness
It is important to NortonLifeLock that our Board and its committees are performing effectively and in the best interests of our Company and its stockholders. The Nominating and Governance Committee reviews the size, composition and needs of the Board with established criteria to ensure the Board has the appropriate skills and expertise to effectively carry out its duties and responsibilities. In addition, an evaluation of the Board's and its committees' operations and performance is conducted annually by the Nominating and Governance Committee. Changes are recommended by the Nominating and Governance Committee for approval by the full Board as appropriate.
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Board's Role in Risk Oversight
The Board executes its risk management responsibility directly and through its committees.
The Board is kept abreast of its committees' risk oversight and other activities via reports of the committee chairmen to the full Board during the Board meetings. In addition, the Board participates in regular discussions with our senior management on many core subjects, including strategy, operations and finance, in which risk oversight is an inherent element. The Board believes that its leadership structure, as described above under "Board Leadership Structure," facilitates the Board's oversight of risk management because it allows the Board, with leadership from the independent, non-executive Chairman and each independent committee chair, to participate actively in the oversight of management's actions.
Board's Role in Oversight of Company Strategy
One of the Board's most important responsibilities is collaborating with management to establish the Company's long-term strategy and then overseeing and providing guidance to management in the execution of the articulated strategy. Various elements of our strategy are discussed in depth at every quarterly Board meeting, with management providing the Board with an update on performance with an update on execution against short and longer-term elements of strategy. The Board also meets annually for a multi-day session where long-term strategy is the primary topic. While the full Board, with leadership of the Chairman, has responsibility for overseeing overall Company strategy, each of our key Committees provides input to the full Board on strategic and execution-oriented issues related to their respective areas of focus. The Board receives regular updates from the management team (including those below the executive level) regarding the Company's strategy and performance to inform its perspective on progress and ensure that it is able to effectively perform its oversight responsibilities.
Board's Role in Oversight of Human Capital Management
The Board has long recognized that our employees are one of our most important assets and is engaged with management on ensuring that our Company is an employer of choice for the most talented employees in our industry. While the full Board discusses human capital management with regards to its role in overseeing our overall long-term strategy, our
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Compensation Committee has responsibility for overseeing human capital management. The Compensation Committee, together with our Nominating and Governance Committee, are tasked with overseeing specific initiatives on a regular basis.
Our Compensation Committee is responsible for, among other tasks:
Our Nominating and Governance Committee has regular touchpoints with management on the following topics:
The Board and its committees are free to engage independent outside financial, legal and other advisors as they deem necessary to provide advice and counsel on various topics or issues, at NortonLifeLock's expense, and are provided full access to our officers and employees.
The Board and its committees meet throughout the year on a set schedule, and also hold special meetings and act by written consent from time to time. The Board held a total of 24 meetings during fiscal 2019. During this time, no directors attended fewer than 75% of the aggregate of the total number of meetings held by the Board and the total number of meetings held by all committees of the Board on which such director served (during the period which such director served).
Agendas and topics for board and committee meetings are developed through discussions between management and members of the Board and its committees. Information and data that are important to the issues to be considered are distributed in advance of each meeting. Board meetings and background materials focus on key strategic, operational, financial, governance and compliance matters applicable to us, including the following:
After each regularly scheduled Board meeting, the independent members of our Board hold a separate closed meeting, referred to as an "executive session." These executive sessions are used to discuss such topics as the independent directors deem necessary or appropriate. At least annually, the independent directors hold an executive session to evaluate the Chief Executive Officer's performance and compensation. Executive sessions of the Board are led by the independent, non-executive Chairman.
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Our Board recognizes the importance of effective executive leadership to NortonLifeLock's success, and meets to discuss executive succession planning at least annually. Our Board develops and reviews emergency and long-term succession plans and evaluates succession candidates for the CEO and other senior leadership positions under both. The Board also oversees management's senior executive talent development plans, including ensuring that our succession candidates have regular interactions with the Board.
Attendance of Board Members at Annual Meetings
We encourage our directors to attend our annual meetings of stockholders. All directors who were elected to the Board at our 2018 Annual Meeting attended that meeting.
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There are three primary committees of the Board: the Audit Committee, Compensation and Leadership Development Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee. The Board has delegated various responsibilities and authorities to these different committees, as described below and in the committee charters. The Board committees regularly report on their activities and actions to the full Board. Each member of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee was appointed by the Board. Each of the Board committees has a written charter approved by the Board and available on our website atinvestor.NortonLifeLock.com, by clicking on "Company Charters," under "Corporate Governance."
The following table shows the proposed composition of the Board of Directors and its committees, and other information, following the Annual Meeting. Current committee composition is provided in the text below the table.
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Sue Barsamian | 60 | 2019 | Director | Yes | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||
Frank E. Dangeard | 61 | 2007 | Managing Partner, Harcourt | Yes | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | |||||||||||
Nora M. Denzel | 57 | n/a* | Nominee | Yes | ![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
Peter A. Feld | 40 | 2018 | Managing Member and Head of Research, Starboard Value LP | Yes | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||
Kenneth Y. Hao | 51 | 2016 | Managing Partner and Managing Director, Silver Lake Partners | Yes | 2 | ||||||||||||||
David W. Humphrey | 42 | 2016 | Managing Director, Bain Capital | Yes | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Vincent Pilette | 47 | n/a* | CEO | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||
V. Paul Unruh | 71 | 2005 | Director | Yes | ![]() | 0 |
AC = Audit Committee CC = Compensation and Leadership Development Committee NGC = Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee
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During fiscal 2019, our Board of Directors held 24 meetings, the Audit Committee held 32 meetings, the Compensation Committee held 15 meetings and the Nominating Committee held 4 meetings.
Our Audit Committee is currently comprised of Mr. Unruh, who is the chair of the Audit Committee, Mmes. Sands and Vautrinot, and Messrs. Dangeard and Fuller. Our Audit Committee oversees our Company's accounting and financial reporting processes and the audits of our financial statements, including oversight of our systems of internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures, compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, internal audit function and the appointment, retention and compensation of our independent auditors. Its duties and responsibilities include, among other things:
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Our Board has unanimously determined that all Audit Committee members are independent as defined by current Nasdaq listing standards for Audit Committee membership and financially literate under current Nasdaq listing standards, and at least one member has financial sophistication as required pursuant to the Nasdaq listing standards. In addition, our Board has unanimously determined that Mr. Unruh qualifies as an "audit committee financial expert" under the SEC rules and regulations. Designation as an "audit committee financial expert" is an SEC disclosure requirement and does not impose any additional duties, obligations or liability on any person so designated.
Compensation and Leadership Development Committee
Our Compensation Committee is currently comprised of Mr. Feld, who is the chair of the Compensation Committee, and Ms. Barsamian and Messrs. Dangeard and Mahoney. Our Compensation Committee oversees our compensation policies and practices so that they align with the interests of our stockholders; encourage a focus on our Company's long-term success and performance; and incorporate sound corporate governance principles. It also oversees our programs to attract, retain and develop our executive officers. Its duties and responsibilities include, among other things:
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Each member of the Compensation Committee is a non-employee director, as defined pursuant to Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and an outside director, as defined under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").
Nominating and Governance Committee
Our Nominating and Governance Committee is currently comprised of Mr. Mahoney, who is the chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee, and Messrs. Dangeard, Feld, Fuller and Schulman. Our Nominating and Governance Committee oversees our Company's corporate governance procedures and policies, and ensures that they represent best practices and are in the best interests of our Company and its stockholders, which includes establishing appropriate criteria for nominating qualified candidates to the Board. Its duties and responsibilities include, among other things:
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DIRECTOR NOMINATIONS AND COMMUNICATION WITH DIRECTORS
Criteria for Nomination to the Board
The Nominating and Governance Committee will consider candidates submitted by NortonLifeLock stockholders, as well as candidates recommended by directors and management, for nomination to the Board. The Nominating and Governance Committee has generally identified nominees based upon recommendations by outside directors, management and executive recruiting firms. The goal of the Nominating and Governance Committee is to assemble a Board that offers a diverse portfolio of perspectives, backgrounds, experiences, knowledge and skills derived from high-quality business and professional experience. The Nominating and Governance Committee annually reviews the appropriate skills and characteristics required of directors in the context of the current composition of the Board, our operating requirements and the long-term interests of our stockholders.
The key attributes, experience and skills we consider important for our directors in light of our current business and structure are:
The information provided under "Director Qualifications" below each of the brief biographical descriptions set forth under Proposal No. 1, "Election of Directors — Nominees for Director" below includes the key individual attributes, experience and skills of each of our directors that led to the conclusion that each director should serve as a member of the Board of Directors at this time.
Process for Identifying and Evaluating Nominees
The Nominating and Governance Committee typically considers candidates by first evaluating the current members of the Board who intend to continue in service, balancing the value of continuity of service with that of obtaining new perspectives, skills and experience. If the Nominating and Governance Committee determines that an opening exists, it identifies the desired skills and experience of a new nominee, including the need to satisfy rules of the SEC and Nasdaq.
The Nominating and Governance Committee generally will evaluate each candidate based on the extent to which the candidate contributes to the range of talent, skill and expertise appropriate for the Board generally, as well as the candidate's
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integrity, business acumen, diversity, availability, independence of thought, and overall ability to represent the interests of NortonLifeLock's stockholders. The Nominating and Governance Committee does not assign specific weights to particular criteria, and no particular criterion is necessarily applicable to all prospective nominees. Although the Nominating and Governance Committee uses these and other criteria as appropriate to evaluate potential nominees, it has no stated minimum criteria for nominees. In addition, we do not have a formal written policy with regard to the consideration of diversity in identifying candidates; however, as discussed above, diversity is one of the numerous criteria the Nominating and Governance Committee reviews before recommending a candidate. We have from time to time engaged, for a fee, a third- party independent search firm to identify and assist the Nominating and Governance Committee with identifying, evaluating and screening Board candidates for NortonLifeLock and may do so in the future.
Stockholder Proposals for Nominees
The Nominating and Governance Committee will consider potential nominees properly submitted by stockholders. Stockholders seeking to do so should provide the information set forth in our corporate Bylaws regarding director nominations. The Nominating and Governance Committee will apply the same criteria for candidates proposed by stockholders as it does for candidates proposed by management or other directors.
To be considered for nomination by the Nominating and Governance Committee at next year's annual meeting of stockholders, submissions by stockholders must be submitted by mail and must be received by the Corporate Secretary no later than July 10, 2020 to ensure adequate time for meaningful consideration by the Nominating and Governance Committee. Each submission must include the following information:
Information regarding requirements that must be followed by a stockholder who wishes to make a stockholder nomination for election to the Board for next year's annual meeting is described in this proxy statement under "Additional Information — Stockholder Proposals for the 2020 Annual Meeting."
Pursuant to the proxy access provisions of our Bylaws, an eligible stockholder or group of stockholders may nominate one or more director candidates to be included in our proxy materials. The nomination notice and other materials required by these provisions must be delivered or mailed to and received by our Corporate Secretary in writing between June 10, 2020 and July 10, 2020 (or, if the 2020 annual meeting is called for a date that is not within 30 calendar days of the anniversary of the date of the 2019 Annual Meeting, by the later of the close of business on the date that is 180 days prior to the date of the 2019 annual meeting or within 10 calendar days after our public announcement of the date of the 2020 annual meeting) to the Corporate Secretary at the address listed below. When submitting nominees for inclusion in our proxy materials pursuant to the proxy access provisions of our Bylaws, stockholders must follow the notice procedures and provide the information required therein.
Contacting the Board of Directors
Any stockholder who wishes to contact members of our Board may do so by mailing written communications to:
NortonLifeLock Inc.
60 E. Rio Salado Parkway, Suite 1000
Tempe, Arizona 85281
Attn: Corporate Secretary
The Corporate Secretary will review all such correspondence and provide regular summaries to the Board or to individual directors, as relevant, will retain copies of such correspondence for at least six months, and make copies of such correspondence available to the Board or individual directors upon request. Any correspondence relating to accounting, internal controls or auditing matters will be handled in accordance with our policy regarding accounting complaints and concerns.
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PROPOSAL NO. 1
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
At the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee, the Board has nominated the following eight persons to serve as directors for the term beginning at the Annual Meeting on December 19, 2019: Sue Barsamian, Frank E. Dangeard, Nora M. Denzel, Peter A. Feld, Kenneth Y. Hao, David W. Humphrey, Vincent Pilette and V. Paul Unruh. Each director will be elected on an annual basis.
In September 2018, we entered into an agreement with Starboard Value LP and certain of its affiliates, regarding, among other things, the membership and composition of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") and committees thereof. Pursuant to this agreement, among other things, we appointed Sue Barsamian to the Board in January 2019.
Nora M. Denzel, a director nominee, was recommended by the Nominating and Governance Committee after an extensive and careful search was conducted by a global search firm, and numerous candidates were considered. Vincent Pilette, who has served as our CFO since May 2019 and as our CEO since November 2019, was recommended by the Nominating and Governance Committee in connection with his appointment as our new CEO.
In addition, on November 4, 2019, the Company completed the sale of certain assets of its enterprise security business to Broadcom Inc. (the "Broadcom Sale"). In connection with this sale, the Board determined that it was the proper time to reduce the size of the Board, effective as of the Annual Meeting. Accordingly, Dale L. Fuller, a member of our Board of Directors since 2018, Richard S. Hill, a member of our Board since January 2019, David L. Mahoney, a member of our Board of Directors since 2003, Anita M. Sands, a member of our Board of Directors since 2013, Daniel H. Schulman, a member of our Board of Directors since 2000 and Suzanne M. Vautrinot, a member of our Board of Directors since 2013 are not standing for re-election at the Annual Meeting. The Board thanks Messrs. Fuller, Hill, Mahoney and Schulman and Mmes. Sands and Vautrinot for their leadership and years of service to NortonLifeLock.
Unless proxy cards are otherwise marked, the persons named as proxies will vote all proxiesFOR the election of each nominee named in this section. Proxies submitted to NortonLifeLock cannot be voted at the Annual Meeting for nominees other than those nominees named in this proxy statement. However, if any director nominee is unable or unwilling to serve at the time of the Annual Meeting, the persons named as proxies may vote for a substitute nominee designated by the Board. Alternatively, the Board may reduce the size of the Board. Each nominee has consented to serve as a director if elected, and the Board does not believe that any nominee will be unwilling or unable to serve if elected as a director. Each director will hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.
The names of each nominee for director, their ages as of October 25, 2019, after giving effect to the appointment of Mr. Pilette as our CEO as of November 8, 2019, and other information about each nominee is shown below.
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Peter A. Feld | 40 | Managing Member and Head of Research, Starboard Value LP | 2018 | ||||||
Kenneth Y. Hao | 51 | Managing Partner and Managing Director, Silver Lake Partners | 2016 | ||||||
David W. Humphrey | 42 | Managing Director, Bain Capital | 2016 | ||||||
Vincent Pilette | 47 | CEO | n/a | * | |||||
V. Paul Unruh | 71 | Director | 2005 |
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Director Age:60 Director Since: Proposed Committee Memberships: • Compensation • Nominating & Governance (Chair) Other Current Public Boards: • Box, Inc. | | Ms. Barsamian has served as a member of our Board since January 2019. Ms. Barsamian previously served as Executive Vice President, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of Micro Focus International plc, an infrastructure software company, from September 2017 through April 2018 and as Executive Vice President, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of HPE Software at Hewlett Packard Enterprise from November 2016 until it was acquired by Micro Focus in September 2017. From 2006 to November 2016, Ms. Barsamian served in various executive roles at Hewlett-Packard, including Senior Vice President and General Manager of Enterprise Security Products and Senior Vice President of Worldwide Indirect Sales. Prior to joining Hewlett-Packard, Ms. Barsamian was Vice President, Global Go-to-Market at Mercury Interactive Corporation and held leadership positions at Critical Path, Inc. and Verity, Inc. Ms. Barsamian serves on the board of directors of Box, Inc. Ms. Barsamian served on the Board of the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME), and she served as Chairman of the Board of NACME from 2016 to 2017. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Kansas State University and completed her post-graduate studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Director Qualifications: • Industry and Technology Experience — Executive Vice President, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of Micro Focus International plc and Executive Vice President, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, HPE Software. • Global Experience — Executive Vice President, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of Micro Focus International plc. • Leadership Experience — Executive Vice President, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of Micro Focus International plc and Executive Vice President, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, HPE Software. • Public Company Board Experience — member of the board of directors of Box, Inc. | |||||||
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Managing Partner, Harcourt Age:61 Director Since: Proposed Committee Memberships: • Audit • Compensation • Nominating & Governance Other Current Public Boards: • RBS Group | | Mr. Dangeard has served as a member of our Board since 2007. He has been the Managing Partner of Harcourt, an advisory firm, since 2008. Mr. Dangeard was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thomson, a provider of digital video technologies, solutions and services, from 2004 to 2008. From 2002 to 2004, he was Deputy Chief Executive Officer of France Telecom, a global telecommunications operator. From 1997 to 2002, Mr. Dangeard was Senior Executive Vice President of Thomson and served as its Vice Chairman in 2000. Prior to joining Thomson, he was Managing Director of SG Warburg & Co. Ltd. from 1989 to 1997 in London, Paris and Madrid and Chairman of SG Warburg France from 1995 to 1997. Prior to that, Mr. Dangeard was a lawyer with Sullivan & Cromwell, in New York and London. He serves on the board of directors of Arqiva PLC ("Arqiva"), The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc ("RBS Group") and as chairman of the board of directors of Nat West Markets plc, the investment bank of the RBS Group ("NatWest Markets"), and on a number of advisory boards. Mr. Dangeard has previously served as a director of a variety of companies, including Crédit Agricole CIB, Eutelsat, Home Credit, SonaeCom, Thomson, Electricité de France and Telenor. He graduated from the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, the Paris Institut d'Études Politiques and holds an LLM degree from Harvard Law School. Director Qualifications: • Industry and Technology Experience — former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thomson; former Deputy Chief Executive Officer of France Telecom; former Deputy Chairman of Telenor; and former member of the boards of directors of Eutelsat, SonaeCom and RPX Corporation. • Global Experience — member of the board of directors of RBS Group (UK) and Arqiva (UK) and chairman of NatWest Markets (UK); former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thomson (France); former Deputy Chief Executive Officer of France Telecom (France); former Deputy Chairman of Telenor (Norway); and former member of the boards of directors of Crédit Agricole CIB (France), Eutelsat (France), Home Credit (Czech Republic), Electricité de France (France) and SonaeCom (Portugal). • Leadership Experience — managing partner of Harcourt; former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thomson; former Deputy Chief Executive Officer of France Telecom; former Deputy Chairman of Telenor and former Chairman of SG Warburg France and Managing Director of SG Warburg & Co. Ltd; and chairman of the board of directors of NatWest Markets. • Public Company Board Experience — member of the board of directors of RBS Group; former Deputy Chairman of Telenor; and former member of the boards of directors of Eutelsat, Electricité de France, Thomson, and SonaeCom. • Business Combinations and Partnerships Experience — former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thomson; former Deputy Chief Executive Officer of France Telecom; former Deputy Chairman of Telenor; former Chairman of SG Warburg France; and former lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. • Financial Experience — former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thomson; former Deputy Chief Executive Officer of France Telecom; former Chairman of the Audit Committee of Electricité de France and former Deputy Chairman of Telenor; member of the board of RBS Group; and Chairman of NatWest Markets. | |||||||
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Director Age:57 Director Since: Proposed Committee Memberships: • Audit Other Current Public Boards: • Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. • Ericsson • Talend S.A. *Director nominee. | | Ms. Denzel, a director nominee, previously served as interim Chief Executive Officer of Outerwall Inc, an automated retail solutions provider, from January to August 2015. Prior to Outerwall, Ms. Denzel held various executive management positions from February 2008 through August 2012 at Intuit Inc., a cloud financial management software company, including Senior Vice President of Big Data, Social Design and Marketing and Senior Vice President and General Manager of the QuickBooks Employee Management business unit. From 2000 to 2006, Ms. Denzel held several executive level positions at HP Enterprise (formerly Hewlett-Packard Company), including Senior Vice President and General Manager, Software Global Business Unit from May 2002 to February 2006 and Vice President of Storage Organization from August 2000 to May 2002. Prior to that, Ms. Denzel held executive positions at Legato Systems Inc. and IBM Corporation. Ms. Denzel serves on the board of directors of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Ericsson and Talend S.A. She holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Santa Clara University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the State University of New York. Director Qualifications: • Industry and Technology Experience — Interim Chief Executive Officer of Outerwall Inc., executive positions at Intuit, Inc. and HP Enterprise. • Global Experience — Interim Chief Executive Officer of Outerwall Inc., executive positions at Intuit, Inc. and HP Enterprise; member of the board of directors of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Ericsson and Talend S.A. • Leadership Experience — Interim Chief Executive Officer of Outerwall Inc., executive positions at Intuit, Inc. and HP Enterprise. • Public Company Board Experience — member of the board of directors of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Ericsson and Talend S.A. • Business Combinations and Partnerships Experience — Interim Chief Executive Officer of Outerwall Inc., executive positions at Intuit, Inc. and HP Enterprise; member of the board of directors of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Ericsson and Talend S.A. | |||||||
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Managing Member and Head of Research, Starboard Value LP Age:40 Director Since: Proposed Committee Memberships: • Compensation (Chair) • Nominating & Governance Other Current Public Boards: • Magellan Health, Inc. | | Mr. Feld has served as a member of our Board since September 2018. Mr. Feld has served as a Managing Member and Head of Research of Starboard Value LP since 2011. Mr. Feld has served on the board of directors of Magellan Health, Inc. since April 2019. Mr. Feld previously served on the boards of directors of several companies, including Marvell Technology Group Ltd. from May 2016 to June 2018, The Brink's Company from January 2016 to November 2017, Insperity, Inc. from March 2015 to June 2017, Darden Restaurants, Inc. from October 2014 to September 2015, Xperi Corporation from 2013 to April 2014, Integrated Device Technology, Inc. from 2012 to February 2014 and Unwired Planet, Inc. (n/k/a Great Elm Capital Group, Inc.) from 2011 to March 2014 and as Chairman from 2011 to 2013. Mr. Feld received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Tufts University. Director Qualifications: • Industry and Technology Experience — current or former member of the boards of directors of many public and private technology companies. • Global Expertise — Managing Member and the Head of Research of Starboard Value LP; former member of the boards of directors of Marvell Technology Group, Insperity, Inc., and Darden Restaurants, Inc. • Leadership Experience — Managing Member and the Head of Research of Starboard Value LP. • Public Company Board Experience — member of the board of directors of Magellan Health Inc.; and former member of the boards of directors of Marvell Technology Group, Insperity, Inc., and Darden Restaurants, Inc. • Business Combinations and Partnerships Experience — Managing Member and the Head of Research of Starboard Value LP. • Financial Experience — over 10 years of capital markets and corporate governance experience. | |||||||
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Managing Partner and Managing Director, Silver Lake Partners Age:51 Director Since: Proposed Committee Memberships: • None Other Current Public Boards: • Smart Global Holdings, Inc. • SolarWinds Corporation | | Mr. Hao has served as a member of our Board since 2016. Mr. Hao joined Silver Lake Partners in 2000 and currently serves Silver Lake as a Managing Partner and Managing Director. Mr. Hao also serves on the boards of directors of SMART Global Holdings, Inc. and SolarWinds Corporation, as well as on the boards of directors of a number of private companies in Silver Lake's portfolio. Prior to joining Silver Lake, he was an investment banker with Hambrecht & Quist, where he served as a Managing Director in the Technology Investment Banking group. He also serves on the Executive Council for UCSF Health. Mr. Hao graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor's degree in economics. Director Qualifications: • Industry and Technology Experience — over 25 years of technology investment experience; member of the boards of directors of many public and private technology companies. • Global Experience — extensive experience investing in large global businesses and established Silver Lake's Asia business. • Leadership Experience — Managing Partner and Managing Director of Silver Lake and member of the boards of directors of numerous major technology companies. • Public Company Board Experience — members of the board of directors of SMART Global Holdings, Inc. and SolarWinds Corporation; former board member of Broadcom Inc. and Netscout Systems, Inc. • Business Combinations and Partnerships Experience — Managing Partner and Managing Director of Silver Lake Partners and former investment banker with Hambrecht & Quist. • Financial Experience — over 25 years of investment experience in complex transactions. | |||||||
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Managing Director, Bain Capital Age:42 Director Since: Proposed Committee Memberships: • None Other Current Public Boards: • Genpact Limited | | Mr. Humphrey has served as a member of our Board since August 2016 when he joined in connection with Bain Capital's investment in NortonLifeLock, prior to which he served on Blue Coat's board of directors since May 2015. He is a Managing Director of Bain Capital, a private equity firm, where he co-leads the firm's investing efforts in technology, media and telecom investments and where he has worked since 2001. Prior to joining Bain Capital, Mr. Humphrey was an investment banker in the mergers and acquisitions group at Lehman Brothers from 1999 to 2001. He serves on the board of directors of Genpact Limited and on the board of directors of a number of private companies in Bain Capital's portfolio. Mr. Humphrey previously served on the boards of directors of Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation, Skillsoft PLC and Bloomin' Brands, Inc. He received a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor's degree from Harvard University. Director Qualifications: • Industry and Technology Experience — former member of the board of directors of Blue Coat; Managing Director of Bain Capital; and member of the boards of directors of BMC Software, Inc., Viewpoint Construction Software, Waystar and Genpact Limited. • Global Experience — extensive experience investing in large global businesses. • Leadership Experience — Managing Director of Bain Capital and leader of its technology, media and telecom vertical; and member of the boards of directors of BMC Software, Inc., Viewpoint Construction Software, Waystar and Genpact Limited. • Public Company Board Experience — member of the board of directors of BMC Software and Genpact Limited. and former member of the boards of directors of Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation, Skillsoft PLC and Bloomin' Brands, Inc. • Business Combinations and Partnerships Experience — Managing Director of Bain Capital and former investment banker with Lehman Brothers. • Financial Experience — Managing Director of Bain Capital and former investment banker with Lehman Brothers. | |||||||
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Chief Executive Officer Age:47 Director Since: Proposed Committee Memberships: • None Other Current Public Boards: • None *Director nominee. | | Mr. Pilette has been appointed to serve as our Chief Executive Officer, effective November 8, 2019. From May 2019 to November 2019, he served as our Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining us, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Logitech International S.A. from September 2013 to May 2019 and from January 2011 through August 2013, he was Chief Financial Officer of Electronics for Imaging, Inc. Prior to that, he served in a variety of capacities at Hewlett-Packard Company from 1997 to December 2010, including Vice President of Finance for the Enterprise Server, Storage and Networking and vice president of finance for the HP Software Group. Mr. Pilette received a Master of Business Administration degree from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and Master's degree in engineering and business from Université Catholique de Louvain. Director Qualifications: • Industry and Technology Experience — former Chief Financial Officer of Logitech International S.A.; former Chief Financial Officer of Electronics for Imaging, Inc; served in a variety of capacities at Hewlett-Packard Company, including Vice President of Finance for the Enterprise Server. • Global Experience — former Chief Financial Officer of Logitech International S.A.; former Chief Financial Officer of Electronics for Imaging, Inc; served in a variety of capacities at Hewlett-Packard Company, including Vice President of Finance for the Enterprise Server. • Leadership Experience — former Chief Financial Officer of Logitech International S.A.; former Chief Financial Officer of Electronics for Imaging, Inc; former Vice President of Finance for the Enterprise Server at Hewlett-Packard Company. • Business Combinations and Partnerships Experience — former Chief Financial Officer of Logitech International S.A.; former Chief Financial Officer of Electronics for Imaging, Inc; former Vice President of Finance for the Enterprise Server at Hewlett-Packard Company. • Financial Experience — former Chief Financial Officer of Logitech International S.A.; former Chief Financial Officer of Electronics for Imaging, Inc; former Vice President of Finance for the Enterprise Server at Hewlett-Packard Company. | |||||||
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Director Age:71 Director Since: Proposed Committee Memberships: • Audit (chair) Other Current Public Boards: • None | | Mr. Unruh has served as a member of our Board since 2005 following the acquisition of Veritas, where he had served on the board of directors since 2003. Mr. Unruh retired as Vice Chairman of Bechtel Group, Inc., a global engineering and construction services company, in 2003. During his 25-year tenure at Bechtel Group, he held a number of management positions including Treasurer, Controller and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Unruh also served as President of Bechtel Enterprises, the finance, development and ownership arm from 1997 to 2001. He is a member of the board of directors of Aconex Ltd., which is traded on the Australian Stock Exchange, and a private company. Mr. Unruh is a Certified Public Accountant. Director Qualifications: • Global Experience — former Vice Chairman of and held various executive positions at Bechtel Group, Inc.; former President of Bechtel Enterprises and member of the board of directors of Aconex Ltd. (Australia). • Leadership Experience — former Vice Chairman of and held various executive positions at Bechtel Group, Inc. and former President of Bechtel Enterprises. • Public Company Board Experience — former member of the boards of directors of Heidrick & Struggles International Inc., Move, Inc., URS Corporation and Aconex Ltd. (Australia). • Business Combinations and Partnerships Experience — former member of the board of directors of Veritas Corporation, Move, Inc., and URS Corporation. • Financial Experience —certified public accountant; former Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Controller of Bechtel Group, Inc.; former President of Bechtel Enterprises; served on the Audit Committees of Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. and Move, Inc. | |||||||
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Summary of Director Qualifications and Experience
Our Board is comprised of directors with complementary skills and qualifications needed to effectively oversee our business strategy. The Nominating and Governance Committee annually reviews the skills and characteristics required of members of the Board in the context of the composition of the Board and the stage of the business of the Company.
The policy of the Board is that compensation for independent directors should be a mix of cash and equity-based compensation. NortonLifeLock does not pay employee directors for Board service in addition to their regular employee compensation. Independent directors may not receive consulting, advisory or other compensatory fees from the Company. The Compensation Committee, which consists solely of independent directors, has the primary responsibility to review and consider any revisions to director compensation.
Director Stock Ownership Guidelines: The Compensation Committee adopted the following stock ownership guidelines for our non-employee directors to better align our directors' interests with those of our stockholders:
NortonLifeLock stock ownership information for each of our directors is shown under the heading "Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management" on page 35 of this proxy statement. As of October 25, 2019, our all our directors had either met their stock ownership requirement or had remaining time to do so.
Annual Fees: In accordance with the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, the Board determined the non-employee directors' compensation for fiscal 2019 as follows. In connection with its annual review of non-employee director fees, the Compensation Committee reduced the annual fee for Lead Independent Director/Independent Chairman from $100,000 in fiscal 2019 to $75,000 effective fiscal 2020.
The payment of the annual cash retainer is subject to the terms of the 2000 Director Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, which allows directors to choose to receive common stock in lieu of cash for all or a portion of the retainer payable to each director for serving as a member. We pay the annual retainer fee and any additional annual fees to each director at the beginning of the fiscal year. Directors who join the Company after the beginning of the fiscal year receive a prorated cash payment in respect of their annual retainer fee and fees. These payments are considered earned when paid. Accordingly, we do not require them to be repaid in the event a director ceases serving in the capacity for which he or she was compensated.
Annual Equity Awards. Pursuant to a Non-Employee Director Grant Policy adopted by our Board, each non-employee member of the Board receives an annual award of fully-vested restricted stock units ("RSUs") under the 2013 Plan, having a fair market value on the grant date equal to a pre-determined dollar value, which was $275,000 for fiscal 2019.
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The following table provides information for fiscal year 2019 compensation for all of our current and former non-employee directors:
Fiscal 2019 Director Compensation
Name | Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($)(1)(2) | Stock Awards ($)(3)(4) | Total ($) | |||||||
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Susan P. Barsamian(5) | 3,383 | 73,210 | (6) | 76,593 | ||||||
Frank E. Dangeard | 85,018 | 274,982 | 360,000 | |||||||
Peter A. Feld(7) | 16,071 | 174,108 | (8) | 190,179 | ||||||
Dale L. Fuller(7) | 34,821 | 147,321 | 182,142 | |||||||
Kenneth Y. Hao | 21 | 324,979 | (9) | 325,000 | ||||||
Richard S. Hill(5) | 15,772 | 61,948 | 77,720 | |||||||
David W. Humphrey | 21 | 324,979 | (9) | 325,000 | ||||||
Geraldine B. Laybourne(10) | 80,018 | 274,982 | 355,000 | |||||||
David L. Mahoney | 105,024 | 274,976 | 380,000 | |||||||
Robert S. Miller(10)(11) | 120,639 | 124,635 | 245,274 | |||||||
Anita M. Sands | 70,018 | 274,982 | 345,000 | |||||||
Daniel H. Schulman | 195,018 | 274,982 | 470,000 | |||||||
V. Paul Unruh | 95,018 | 274,982 | 370,000 | |||||||
Suzanne M. Vautrinot | 70,018 | 274,982 | 345,000 |
THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" ELECTION OF
EACH OF THE EIGHT NOMINATED DIRECTORS.
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PROPOSAL NO. 2
RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Audit Committee has appointed KPMG LLP ("KPMG") as our principal independent registered public accounting firm to perform the audit of our consolidated financial statements for fiscal 2020. As a matter of good corporate governance, the Audit Committee has decided to submit its selection of independent audit firm to stockholders for ratification. In the event that this appointment of KPMG is not ratified by a majority of the shares of common stock present or represented at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on the matter, the Audit Committee will review its future selection of KPMG as our independent registered public accounting firm.
The Audit Committee first approved KPMG as our independent auditors in September 2002, and KPMG audited our financial statements for fiscal 2019. Representatives of KPMG are expected to attend the meeting with the opportunity to make a statement and respond to appropriate questions from stockholders present at the meeting with respect to this proposal.
Principal Accountant Fees and Services
We regularly review the services and fees from our independent registered public accounting firm, KPMG. These services and fees are also reviewed with the Audit Committee annually. In accordance with standard policy, KPMG periodically rotates the individuals who are responsible for our audit. Our Audit Committee has determined that the providing of certain non-audit services, as described below, is compatible with maintaining the independence of KPMG.
In addition to performing the audit of our consolidated financial statements, KPMG provided various other services during fiscal years 2019 and 2018. Our Audit Committee has determined that KPMG's provisioning of these services, which are described below, does not impair KPMG's independence from NortonLifeLock. The aggregate fees billed for fiscal years 2019 and 2018 for each of the following categories of services are as follows:
Fees Billed to NortonLifeLock | FY19 | FY18 | |||||
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Audit fees(1) | $ | 12,464,329 | $ | 11,370,525 | |||
Audit related fees(2) | 1,142,383 | 753,689 | |||||
Tax fees(3) | 161,685 | 469,449 | |||||
All other fees(4) | 0 | 311,000 | |||||
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Total fees | $ | 13,768,398 | $ | 12,904,663 | |||
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The categories in the above table have the definitions assigned under Item 9 of Schedule 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act, and these categories include in particular the following components:
An accounting firm other than KPMG performs supplemental internal audit services for NortonLifeLock. Another accounting firm provides the majority of NortonLifeLock's outside tax services.
Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and Permissible Non-Audit Services of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Audit Committee's policy is to pre-approve all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm. 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 registered public accounting firm and management are required to periodically report to the Audit Committee regarding the extent of services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm in accordance with this pre-approval, and the fees for the services performed to date. The Audit Committee may also pre-approve particular services on a case-by-case basis.
All of the services relating to the fees described in the table above were approved by the Audit Committee.
THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE"FOR" APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL NO. 2
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PROPOSAL NO. 3
ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
In accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act, stockholders are entitled to cast an advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers, as disclosed in this proxy statement. Accordingly, you are being asked to vote on the following resolution at the Annual Meeting:
"RESOLVED, that the compensation paid to NortonLifeLock Inc.'s named executive officers, as disclosed in this proxy statement pursuant to the SEC's compensation disclosure rules, including the Compensation Discussion & Analysis, compensation tables and narrative discussion, is hereby approved."
As described more fully in the Compensation Discussion & Analysis section of this proxy statement, our named executive officers are compensated in a manner consistent with our pay-for-performance philosophy and corporate governance best practices. Our executive compensation programs for fiscal 2019 reflect these significant changes to our management team and to our business while promoting our pay-for-performance philosophy and corporate governance best practices. A few highlights, which are discussed further in the Compensation Discussion & Analysis, are:
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FY19 Executive Annual | FY19 Non-GAAP operating income | 87.5% | 0% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Incentive Plan ("EAIP") | FY19 Non-GAAP revenue | 97.2% | 71.2% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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FY19 EAIP Total | 35.6% | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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FY19 Executive Compensation | FY19 Performance-based | FY19 earnings per share ("EPS") | 88.3% | 50.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Restricted Stock Units | FY19 free cash flow | 90.7% | 91.2% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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FY18 Performance-based Restricted Stock Units | 2-year total shareholder return ("TSR") relative to Nasdaq 100 | -21.32% | 0% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Fiscal 2017 ('FY17') Performance-based Restricted Stock Units | FY18 Non-GAAP Operating Income | 109.29% | 268.2% (of which 250% vested and settled at the end of FY18, and the remaining 18.2% vested for eligible participants at the end of FY19). | |||||||||||||||||||||
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We believe that our compensation program balances the interests of all of our constituencies — our stockholders, our executive officers, the remainder of our employee base, our business partners and our community — by, among other things, focusing on achievement of corporate objectives, attracting and retaining highly-qualified executive management and maximizing long-term stockholder value. We encourage you to read the Compensation Discussion & Analysis, compensation tables and narrative discussion related to executive compensation in this proxy statement.
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The vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers is advisory and, therefore, not binding. Although the vote is non-binding, the Compensation Committee and the Board value your opinion and will consider the outcome of the vote in establishing its compensation philosophy and making future compensation decisions. Our current policy is to hold such an advisory vote each year, and we expect to hold another advisory vote with respect to approve to executive compensation at the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders.
THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE"FOR" APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL NO. 3
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PROPOSAL NO. 4
STOCKHOLDER PROPOSAL REGARDING INDEPENDENT BOARD CHAIRMAN
Proposal 4 is a stockholder proposal. If the stockholder proponent, or representative who is qualified under state law, is present at the Annual Meeting and submits the proposal for a vote, then the proposal will be voted upon. The stockholder proposal is included in this proxy statement exactly as submitted by the stockholder proponent. The Board's recommendation on the proposal is presented immediately following the proposal. We will promptly provide you with the name, address and, to NortonLifeLock's knowledge, the number of voting securities held by the proponent of the stockholder proposal, upon receiving a written or oral request directed to: NortonLifeLock Inc., Attn: Scott C. Taylor, Corporate Secretary, 60 E. Rio Salado Parkway, Suite 1000, Tempe, Arizona 85281, telephone: (650) 527-8000.
Proposal 4 — Independent Board Chairman
Shareholders request our Board of Directors to adopt as policy, and amend our governing documents as necessary, to require that the Chairman of the Board be an independent member of the Board whenever possible. Although it would be better to have an immediate transition to an independent Board Chairman, the Board would have the discretion to phase in this policy for the next Chief Executive Officer transition.
If the Board determines that a Chairman who was independent when selected is no longer independent, the Board shall select a new Chairman who satisfies the requirements of the policy within a reasonable amount of time. Compliance with this policy is waived in the unlikely event that no independent director is available and willing to serve as Chairman.
Shareholders can vote in favor of this proposal to send a message that they are not satisfied with NortonLifeLock' s performance.
Shares of NortonLifeLock fell 22% in May 2019, according to a Motley Fool article. NortonLifeLock stock sold off in the wake of disappointing earnings that were combined with the announcement that CEO Greg Clark had stepped down.
Shares traded down 15% on the day of the news, marking NortonLifeLock's worst daily performance in over a year. The company had yet to name a permanent replacement by early July.
Adjusted earnings per share for the fourth quarter were $0.39 down significantly from $0.44 in the prior-year quarter. Adjusted sales were also lower, dropping 2% year over year to $1.195 billion and missing the average analyst estimate for sales.
NortonLifeLock shareholders have had to endure ups and downs tied to the 2018 audit and growth initiatives failing to live up to targets. In addition to this there was the uninspiring quarterly performance combined with the unexpected news of Clark's departure that sent the shares tumbling.
The price of NortonLifeLock stock was also flat for the 5-years leading up to July 2019.
This proposal will cost NortonLifeLock virtually nothing to adopt -yet can create an important incentive for management to improve company performance.
Please vote to enhance the oversight of our CEO:
Independent Board Chairman — Proposal 4
Our Board of Directors' Statement in Opposition to Proposal 4
NortonLifeLock's Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote "AGAINST" the stockholder proposal.
The Board has considered the stockholder proposal and, for the reasons described below, believes that the proposal is not in the best interests of NortonLifeLock and its stockholders.
For nearly seven years, NortonLifeLock has had an independent Chairman of the Board who has provided strong independent oversight during the Company's most transformative events.
Since January 2013, Daniel H. Schulman, one of our independent directors, has served as non-executive Chairman of the Board. Prior to that, he served as Lead Independent Director from July 2012 to December 2012 while our prior non-executive Chairman of the Board was transitioning into the CEO role. Mr. Schulman has demonstrated strong leadership, independent thinking and a deep understanding of our business as a result of his tenure as an independent director since March 2000. Since being appointed as the Chairman of the Board, Mr. Schulman has worked with the rest of the Board to oversee multiple significant strategic and leadership changes at the Company, including the transformative divestiture of
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Veritas and acquisitions of Blue Coat and LifeLock. Although Mr. Schulman is not standing for re-election at the Annual Meeting, our board intends to nominate an independent member of our Board to serve as our non-executive Chairman of the Board effective as of the Annual Meeting.
While our Board's longstanding Board leadership structure reflects separation in the roles of Chairman and CEO, the Board believes that it should ultimately have the flexibility to tailor its Board leadership structure to fit NortonLifeLock's changing needs.
As discussed above under "Board Leadership Structure," our Board retains the flexibility to determine on a case-by-case basis whether the Chief Executive Officer, or an independent director, should serve as Chairman. Our Board believes that it should retain the ability to choose the person best suited for the role at a particular time in accordance with its fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of the Company and stockholders as circumstances warrant. This flexibility has been important to our Board from time to time in the past and has increased importance today, as the Company is conducting a search for a permanent CEO while at the same time undergoing a major transition with the divestiture of its enterprise security business.
Our Board's decisions in connection with the appointment of Mr. Schulman as our Lead Independent Director and subsequent appointment as our Chairman illustrate why our Board should retain flexibility to appoint the best person for the role. He was appointed to the position of non-executive Chairman after our prior non-executive Chairman served as both Chairman and CEO for six months in connection with a prior CEO transition. At that time, our Board believed appointing Mr. Schulman Lead Independent Director while Mr. Schulman's predecessor served as Chairman and CEO was in the best interest of our Company and stockholders since it provided independent Board leadership while providing the benefit of having our CEO chair regular Board meetings as our Board and CEO developed NortonLifeLock's new strategy and addressed the key business and strategic issues at that time. Following the initial phase of CEO transition, NortonLifeLock entered a new phase and the Board determined that Mr. Schulman's extensive management experience and deep knowledge of our company made him best-suited to lead our Board and provide independent oversight of our senior management team while our CEO focused on executing our new strategic plan and managing our operations and performance.
The Board believes that this flexibility benefits NortonLifeLock and our stockholders because the Board is in the best position to determine its leadership structure given its knowledge of NortonLifeLock's leadership team, strategic goals, opportunities and challenges. Additionally, our Board believes limiting the Board's ability to determine the appropriate Board leadership structure could be harmful to NortonLifeLock's long-term prospects as our Board is currently conducting a CEO search and may decide our next CEO should also serve as our Chairman. We cannot rule out the possibility that our next CEO will also serve as Chairman as it does not serve the interests of the Company or its stockholders to limit the pool of CEO candidates based on this factor alone.
Importantly, regardless of what leadership structure the Board may determine to adopt in the future, our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide for appointment of a Lead Independent Director in situations where the Chairman of the Board is not independent. The Board commitment to independent Board oversight at all times does not end there. All the members of the Board of Directors, other than the CEO, are independent. All the committees of the Board of Directors are composed entirely of independent directors. The Board also has been significantly refreshed as five of the six independent directors standing for election at the annual meeting have served since 2016 or later. Our Board believes that eliminating flexibility in the structure of Board leadership as facts and circumstances require, as the proponent requests, is unnecessary given the safeguards on Board independence already in place and could adversely impact our Company's ability to adapt to new challenges and attract suitable CEO candidates.
Our corporate governance policies and practices further promote effective, independent Board oversight.
In addition to having an independent Chairman of the Board, our Board has adopted policies and practices that provide our stockholders with meaningful rights and further promote Board independence and effective oversight of management.
As mentioned above, all members of our Board (other than any person serving on our Board who also serves as our CEO) and its committees are independent and our Board has been substantially refreshed in recent years. Additionally, if our Chairman is not independent in the future, the independent Directors of the Board will appoint a Lead Independent Director who will have well-defined powers and duties. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines require that our key Board committees be composed entirely of independent directors and that the independent directors meet in executive session without the presence of management for a portion of each regularly scheduled meeting of the Board.
To ensure our Board remains robust and engaged, we engage in an annual self-evaluation process to determine whether the Board and its committees are functioning effectively. Our Nominating and Governance Committee also annually evaluates each individual director and recommends to our Board whether each Director should be nominated for election to a
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further one-year term. When nominated, our Directors are elected annually, with a majority voting standard for uncontested elections and a director resignation policy.
Stockholders have meaningful proxy access and special meeting rights. We have no supermajority voting provisions. As evidenced by our discussions with stockholders representing approximately 55% of our outstanding shares in 2019, we are deeply committed to ongoing engagement with our stockholders to gain valuable insight into the issues that matter most to them and to enable our Company to address them effectively. We also enable increased stockholder attendance and participation by utilizing a virtual meeting format for our annual meetings of stockholders.
This Proposal No. 4 is advisory in nature and would constitute a recommendation to our Board if it is approved by stockholders. The affirmative vote of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote is required to approve this Proposal No. 4. Unless you indicate otherwise, your proxy will be voted "AGAINST" this proposal.
For the foregoing reasons, the Board unanimously believes that this proposal is not in the best interests of NortonLifeLock or our stockholders, and recommends that you vote "AGAINST" Proposal 4.
THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE "AGAINST" PROPOSAL NO. 4.
PROXIES RECEIVED BY THE COMPANY WILL BE VOTED "AGAINST"
THIS PROPOSAL UNLESS OTHERWISE INSTRUCTED.
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The names of our current executive officers, their ages as of October 25, 2019 and their positions, after giving effect to the appointment of Mr. Pilette as our CEO, Mr. Kapuria as our President and Mr. Brown as our Interim Chief Financial Officer as of November 8, 2019, are shown below.
Name | Age | Position | |||
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Vincent Pilette | 47 | CEO | |||
Matthew Brown | 39 | Interim Chief Financial Officer | |||
Amy L. Cappellanti-Wolf | 54 | Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer | |||
Samir Kapuria | 46 | President | |||
Scott C. Taylor | 55 | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
The Board chooses executive officers, who then serve at the Board's discretion. There is no family relationship between any of the directors or executive officers and any other director or executive officer of NortonLifeLock.
For information regarding Mr. Pilette, please refer to Proposal No. 1, "Election of Directors" above.
Mr. Brown has been appointed to serve as our Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective November 8, 2019. From January 2019 to November 2019, he served as our Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to that, he served as our Vice President, Finance from August 2016 to January 2019 and as Vice President, Corporate Controller of Blue Coat, Inc. from October 2015 until we acquired that company in August 2016. Previously, he served in various positions at NETGEAR, Inc., a computer networking hardware company, from 2010 to October 2015, most recently as Senior Director, Assistant Controller. Mr. Brown holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the Walter A. Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley.
Ms. Cappellanti-Wolf has served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer since July 2014. Prior to joining us, she served as Chief Human Resources Officer at Silver Spring Networks, Inc., a smart grid products provider, from June 2009 to July 2014. From September 2001 to June 2009, Ms. Cappellanti-Wolf served as Vice President, Human Resources of Cisco Systems, Inc. From 2000 to 2001, she served as a Human Resources Director at Sun Microsystems, Inc. Ms. Cappellanti-Wolf served as Human Resources Director for The Walt Disney Company from 1995 to 2000 and held various roles in human resources with Frito-Lay, Inc., a division of PepsiCo, Inc., from 1988 to 1995. She has a Bachelor's degree in journalism from West Virginia University and a Master's degree in industrial and labor relations from West Virginia University.
Mr. Kapuria has been appointed to serve as our President, effective November 8, 2019. From May 2018 to November 2019, he served as our Executive Vice President, Consumer Business Unit and Cyber Security Services. Prior to that, he served as our Senior Vice President and General Manager, Cyber Security Services from November 2014 to May 2018, as our Vice President, Products and Services from July 2012 to November 2014, and as our Vice President, Business Strategy and Security Intelligence from April 2011 to July 2012. From October 2004 to April 2011, Mr. Kapuria held numerous other director-level management positions with NortonLifeLock. Mr. Kapuria holds a Bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Massachusetts.
Mr. Taylor has served as or Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since August 2008. From February 2007 to August 2008, he served as our Vice President, Legal. Prior to joining NortonLifeLock, Mr. Taylor held various legal and administrative positions at Phoenix Technologies Ltd., a provider of core systems software, from January 2002 to February 2007, including most recently as Chief Administrative Officer, Senior Vice President and General Counsel. From May 2000 to September 2001, he was Vice President and General Counsel at Narus, Inc., a venture-backed private company that designs IP network management software. Mr. Taylor is a director of Piper Jaffray Companies, a national advisory board member of the Stanford University Center for Comparative Studies on Race and Ethnicity and serves on the board of trustees of Menlo School. He holds a Juris Doctorate from George Washington University and a Bachelor's degree from Stanford University.
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth information, as of October 25, 2019 with respect to the beneficial ownership of NortonLifeLock common stock by (i) each stockholder known by NortonLifeLock to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of NortonLifeLock common stock, (ii) each current member of the Board or director nominee, (iii) the named executive officers of NortonLifeLock included in the Summary Compensation Table appearing on page 60 of this Proxy Statement and (iv) all current executive officers and directors of NortonLifeLock as a group.
Beneficial ownership is determined under the rules of the SEC and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities. Unless otherwise indicated below, the persons and entities named in the table have sole voting and sole investment power with respect to all shares beneficially owned, subject to community property laws where applicable. Percentage ownership is based on 622,918,522 shares of NortonLifeLock common stock outstanding as of October 25, 2019. Shares of common stock subject to stock options and restricted stock units vesting on or before December 24, 2019 (within 60 days of October 25, 2019) are deemed to be outstanding and beneficially owned for purposes of computing the percentage ownership of such person but are not treated as outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage ownership of others.
Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each of the individuals and entities named below is c/o NortonLifeLock Inc., 60 E. Rio Salado Parkway, Suite 1000, Tempe, Arizona 85281.
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner | Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership | Percent of Class | |||||
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Vanguard Group Inc.(1) | 66,828,879 | 10.7 | % | ||||
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.(2) | 51,293,114 | 8.2 | % | ||||
Starboard Value LP(3) | 43,600,796 | 7.0 | % | ||||
BlackRock, Inc.(4) | 42,309,498 | 6.8 | % | ||||
Capital World Investors(5) | 41,378,550 | 6.6 | % | ||||
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Total | 245,410,837 | 39.3 | % | ||||
Directors and Named Executive Officers | |||||||
Gregory S. Clark *(6) | 5,964,117 | 1.0 | % | ||||
Nicholas R. Noviello *(7) | 1,347,260 | ** | |||||
Vincent Pilette(8) | 785,906 | ** | |||||
Scott C. Taylor | 408,724 | ** | |||||
Amy L. Cappellanti-Wolf | 218,251 | ** | |||||
David L. Mahoney(9) | 201,423 | ** | |||||
Samir Kapuria(10) | 191,579 | ** | |||||
Daniel H. Schulman | 170,989 | ** | |||||
Frank E. Dangeard | 113,936 | ** | |||||
V. Paul Unruh(11) | 101,711 | ** | |||||
Anita M. Sands | 63,830 | ** | |||||
Kenneth Y. Hao(12) | 60,670 | ** | |||||
David W. Humphrey | 49,882 | ** | |||||
Dale L. Fuller | 35,088 | ** | |||||
Suzanne M. Vautrinot(13) | 32,269 | ** | |||||
Richard S. Hill(14) | 32,072 | ** | |||||
Peter A. Feld(15) | 24,685 | ** | |||||
Susan P. Barsamian(16) | 19,903 | ** | |||||
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Total | 9,822,295 | 1.6 | % | ||||
Current Directors and Executive Officers | |||||||
As a group (18 people)(17) | 2,542,151 | 0.4 | % |
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NortonLifeLock has adopted a policy that executive officers and members of the Board hold an equity stake in the Company. The policy requires each executive officer to hold a minimum number of shares of NortonLifeLock common stock. Newly appointed executive officers are not required to immediately establish their position but are expected to make regular progress to achieve it. The Nominating and Governance Committee reviews the minimum number of shares held by the executive officers and directors from time to time. The purpose of the policy is to more directly align the interests of our executive officers and directors with our stockholders. See "Stock Ownership Requirements" under the Compensation Discussion & Analysis section for a description of the stock ownership requirements applicable to our executive officers.
Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports
Section 16 of the Exchange Act requires NortonLifeLock's directors, executive officers and any persons who own more than 10% of NortonLifeLock's common stock, to file initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership with the SEC. Such persons are required by SEC regulation to furnish NortonLifeLock with copies of all Section 16(a) forms that they file.
Based solely on its review of the copies of such forms furnished to NortonLifeLock and written representations from the directors and executive officers, NortonLifeLock believes that all of its executive officers and directors filed the required reports on a timely basis under Section 16(a), except for (i) Mr. Schulman who did not timely report on a Form 4, the distribution of shares held by DHS 2017 Annuity Trust Agreement II (for which Mr. Schulman exercises voting and dispositive power) to his individual account on April 19, 2019, which transaction was reported on a Form 5 that was filed on May 10, 2019, and (ii) Mr. Brown, who inadvertently omitted ownership of 5,393 shares of common stock on a Form 3 that was filed on February 7, 2019, which was subsequently amended on March 8, 2019 to include the correct number of shares.
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND RELATED INFORMATION
COMPENSATION DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS (CD&A)
This compensation discussion and analysis ("CD&A") summarizes our executive compensation philosophy, our fiscal 2019 ("FY19") executive compensation program and the FY19 compensation decisions made by the Compensation Leadership and Development Committee (the "Compensation Committee") with respect to the following named executive officers ("NEOs"):
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FY19 Financial Results, Compensation and New Leadership
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| | | | (In millions, except for per share amounts) | | | Fiscal 2019 ("FY19") | | | Fiscal 2018 ("FY18") | | | ||||||||
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| | | | Net revenues | | | $4,731 | | | $4,834 | | | ||||||||
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| FY19 Financial Results | | | | Operating income | | | 380 | | | 49 | | | |||||||
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| | | | Net income | | | 31 | | | 1,138 | | | ||||||||
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| | | | Net income per share — diluted | | | 0.05 | | | 1.70 | | | ||||||||
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| | | | Net cash provided by operating activities | | | 1,495 | | | 950 | | | ||||||||
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| FY19 Challenges | | | While we saw improvements in some areas of our business, our overall performance and stock price was negatively impacted by several significant factors: • Revenue and business momentum in our former Enterprise Security segment declined in FY19. • The Company was subject to an internal investigation, which was commenced and completed by the Audit Committee of the Board (the "Audit Committee") in connection with concerns raised by a former employee. • We announced a restructuring plan pursuant to which we targeted reductions of our global workforce of up to approximately 8%. • Our executive leadership team was in transition with announced executive officer departures in November 2018 and January 2019. | | |||
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| Commitment to Pay-For-Performance | | | • Mr. Clark, our former CEO, did not receive a FY19 equity award. • None of our NEOs received an annual base salary increase for FY19, except for those executives who were promoted. • Our former CEO did not receive a payment under his annual cash incentive award. | |
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| | | | FY19 Executive Annual | | | FY19 Non-GAAP operating income | | | 87.5% | | | 0% | | | |||||||||
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| | | | Incentive Plan ("EAIP") | | | FY19 Non-GAAP revenue | | | 97.2% | | | 71.2% | | | |||||||||
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| | | | FY19 EAIP Total | | | | | | | 35.6% | | | |||||||||||
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| FY19 Executive Compensation | | | | FY19 Performance-based | | | FY19 earnings per share ("EPS") | | | 88.3% | | | 50.6% | | | ||||||||
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| | | | Restricted Stock Units | | | FY19 free cash flow | | | 90.7% | | | 91.2% | | | |||||||||
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| | | | FY18 Performance-based Restricted Stock Units | | | 2-year total shareholder return ("TSR") relative to Nasdaq 100 | | | -21.32% | | | 0% | | | |||||||||
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| | | | Fiscal 2017 ("FY17") Performance-based Restricted Stock Units | | | FY18 Non-GAAP Operating Income | | | 109.29% | | | 268.2% (of which 250% vested and settled at the end of FY18, and the remaining 18.2% vested for eligible participants at the end of FY19). | | | |||||||||
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| | | | (1) Please see discussion below for more detail regarding how these metrics are calculated. | | |
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| New Leadership | | | • The composition of our Board changed materially with the appointment of four new independent directors, two of whom replaced long-tenured directors, and with the further changes reflected herein to occur at the Annual Meeting. • In November 2018, Michael Fey resigned as President and COO. • In May 2019, Richard S. "Rick" Hill became our Interim President and CEO, replacing Gregory S. Clark. • In May 2019, Vincent Pilette became our CFO, replacing Nicholas R. Noviello. • In November 2019, Mr. Pilette was named our permanent CEO and Samir Kapuria became our President, replacing our interim President and CEO, Mr. Hill. • In November 2019, Matthew Brown became our interim CFO. | | |||
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Despite the challenges we faced in FY19, we remain confident in our business strategies and our competitive product portfolio. We will continue to execute on multiple initiatives to drive revenue growth. With industry-leading solutions, we believe that we are well positioned to participate in a growing opportunity in the cyber defense market. We have an opportunity to enhance stockholder value by building on the leadership and momentum of our business.
Our Compensation Philosophy and Practices
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Drive Business Success Our executive compensation program is designed to drive our success as a market leader in cybersecurity. | Pay for Performance We believe that executive compensation should be tied to our short and long-term performance. It is important to reward outstanding individual performance, team success, and Company-wide results. | |||||
Attract and Retain We focus on corporate and individual performance objectives and aim to attract and retain highly-qualified executive officers while maximizing long-term stockholder value. | Balancing and Aligning Interests with Stockholders We are sensitive to our need to balance and align the interests of our executive officers with those of our stockholders, especially when compensation decisions might increase our cost structure or stockholder dilution. | |||||
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Compensation Policies and Practices
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![]() | The majority of pay for our CEO and other NEOs is at risk. | ![]() | We do not pay performance-based cash or equity awards for unsatisfied performance goals. | |||
![]() | We provide that short-term incentive compensation is linked directly to our financial results and also takes into account individual performance. | ![]() | Our compensation plans do not have minimum guaranteed payout levels. | |||
![]() | We reward performance that meets our predetermined goals. | ![]() | We do not provide for automatic salary increases or equity awards grants in offer letters or employment agreements. | |||
![]() | We cap payouts under our plans to discourage excessive or inappropriate risk taking by our NEOs. | ![]() | We generally do not permit short-sales, hedging or pledging of our stock. | |||
![]() | We have a relevant peer group and reevaluate the peer group annually. | ![]() | We do not provide "golden parachute" excise tax gross-ups. | |||
![]() | We have robust stock ownership guidelines for our executive officers and directors. | ![]() | We do not provide excessive severance. | |||
![]() | We have adopted a comprehensive "clawback" policy, applicable to all performance-based compensation granted to our executive officers. | ![]() | We do not provide executive pension plans or SERPs. | |||
![]() | We only provide for double-trigger change in control benefits. | ![]() | We do not provide excessive perquisites. | |||
![]() | We limit any potential cash severance payments to not more than 1x our executive officers' total target cash compensation and 2x our CEO's total base salary. | ![]() | We do not permit the repricing or cash-out of stock options or stock appreciation rights without stockholder approval. | |||
![]() | Our Compensation Committee retains an independent compensation consultant. | ![]() | We do not permit the payment of dividend or dividend equivalents on unvested equity awards. | |||
![]() | We hold an annual advisory vote on executive compensation. | ![]() | We do not provide single-trigger change of control benefits to executive officers. | |||
![]() | We seek feedback on executive compensation through stockholder engagement. | |||||
![]() | We generally require one-year minimum vesting on stock options and stock appreciation rights. |
Strong stockholder support on say-on-pay and Stockholder Engagement
At our 2018 annual meeting of stockholders, we requested that our stockholders cast a non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of our NEOs, also known as "say-on-pay" vote. This proposal passed with approximately 90% of the votes cast in favor. In evaluating our compensation practices in FY19, the Compensation Committee was mindful of the support our stockholders expressed for our philosophy of linking compensation to financial objectives and the enhancement of stockholder value. In addition, management met with or spoke to institutional stockholders representing approximately 55% of outstanding shares and listened to any feedback regarding executive compensation program. As a result, the Compensation Committee retained its general approach to executive compensation and continued to apply the same general philosophy and objectives as in the prior fiscal year in determining executive compensation.
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The total mix of our NEO compensation, including the portion at risk, is reflected in the graphs below. The major components of target compensation for our NEOs during FY19 were: (i) base salary, (ii) target annual incentive awards and (iii) grant date fair value of long-term equity incentive awards, with the exception of our CEO who did not receive any equity awards for FY19.
Analysis of Compensation Components
The elements of the FY19 compensation for our NEOs was as follows:
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| Base Salary | | Cash | | | 0 | % | | NA | | |||
| Executive Annual Incentive Plan | | Cash(1) | | | 100 | % | | Performance-Based | | |||
| Equity Incentive Awards — Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") | | RSUs(2) | | | 100 | % | | Time-Based | | |||
| Equity Incentive Awards — Performance-based Restricted Stock Units ("PRUs") | | PRUs(2) | | | 100 | % | | Performance-Based | | |||
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2019 Base Salary | ||||||
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Philosophy | Considerations | |||||
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• Provide fixed compensation to attract and retain key executives. | • Salary reviewed and set annually. • The factors used to determine the amount of salaries include skill set, experience performance contribution levels, the executive officer's role, positioning relative to peer group and market and our overall salary budget. • Recommendations of the CEO for other executive officers based upon his annual review of performance. | |||||
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The following table presents each NEO's base salary for FY19.
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| Gregory S. Clark | 1,000,000 | — | 1,000,000 | |||||||||
| Nicholas R. Noviello | 650,000 | — | 650,000 | |||||||||
| Amy L. Cappellanti-Wolf | 440,000 | — | 440,000 | |||||||||
| Samir Kapuria(1) | 390,000 | (1) | 60,000 | (1) | 450,000 | |||||||
| Scott C. Taylor | 600,000 | — | 600,000 | |||||||||
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As presented in the table above, our named executive officers did not receive an increase in annual base salary other than in connection with a promotion for Mr. Kapuria. Our former CEO determined that none of our other NEOs would receive a base salary increase for FY19. In addition, our Board also determined that Mr. Clark would not receive a salary increase in FY19.
II. Executive Annual Incentive Plan
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FY19 Annual Cash Incentive Awards | ||||||||||
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Philosophy | Target Amount Considerations | Award Design Considerations | Performance Conditions | |||||||
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• Establish appropriate short-term performance measures that the Compensation Committee believes will drive our future growth and profitability. • Reward achievement of short-term performance measures. • Payout tied to Company performance consistent with FY19 financial plan. • Offer market competitive incentive opportunities. | • Factors used to determine target amounts included: (i) relevant market data; (ii) internal pay equity; and (iii) desired market position role of each NEO. | • Non-GAAP Operating Income and Non-GAAP Revenue were the financial metrics selected because we believe: (i) they strongly correlate with stockholder value creation, are transparent to investors and are calculated on the same basis as described in our quarterly earnings releases and supplemental materials, and balance growth and profitability, and (ii) our executive team can have a direct impact on these metrics through skillful management and oversight. • Metrics established based on a range of inputs, including external market economic conditions, growth outlooks for our product portfolio, the competitive environment, our internal budgets and market expectations. | • Non-GAAP Operating Income Metric (50% weighing). Non-GAAP Operating Income is defined as GAAP operating income, adjusted, as applicable, to exclude, among other things, stock-based compensation expense, charges related to the amortization of intangible assets, restructuring, separation, transition and other related expenses and contract liabilities fair value adjustment, calculated under 2019 plan exchange rates • Non-GAAP Revenue Metric (50% weighing). Non-GAAP Revenue is defined as GAAP revenue adjusted to exclude contract liabilities fair value adjustment calculated under 2019 plan exchange rates. | |||||||
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Philosophy | Target Amount Considerations | Award Design Considerations | Performance Conditions | |||||||
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• Performance payout curves set to drive increased revenue and operating income and in accordance with our FY19 financial plan. • Goals established in first 90 days when performance is indeterminable. • Payable in fully vested RSUs for FY19. • CEO performance should be completely tied to Company financial performance. | • Individual performance assessment modifier (0-140%) except for CEO. • Employment through payout date. • See below for more information. | |||||||||
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Executive Annual Incentive Plan Target Opportunities: The following table presents each NEO's target incentive opportunity for FY19 under the FY19 Executive Annual Incentive Plan (the "FY19 EAIP"):
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| | Gregory S. Clark | | | 150 | | | 1,500,000 | | |||
| | Nicholas R. Noviello | | | 100 | | | 650,000 | | |||
| | Amy L. Cappellanti-Wolf | | | 70 | | | 308,000 | | |||
| | Samir Kapuria(1) | | | 100 | | | 450,000 | | |||
| | Scott C. Taylor | | | 100 | | | 600,000 | | |||
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FY19 EAIP Payout Formula: The determination of each NEO's payout amount under the FY19 EAIP is based on the following formula. The Compensation Committee has discretion to adjust individual awards downward as appropriate by up to 25% of the amount of the incentive award that would otherwise be earned.
The payout curves for each of our metrics for FY19 are set forth in the table below. The non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP revenue metrics are funded independently of each other and are weighted equally. Except for our CEO, the actual
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individual payouts could be further modified based on an individual performance factor generally in the range of 0% to 140% based on performance achievement against pre-established individual goals for FY19.
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Threshold | | | | $ | 1,428 | | | | 40 | | | | | $ | 4,760 | | | | 40 | | | | | 35 | | | | 14 | | | ||||||||
Target | | | | $ | 1,630 | | | | 100 | | | | | $ | 4,943 | | | | 100 | | | | | 100 | | | | 100 | | | ||||||||
Maximum | | | | $ | 1,793 | | | | 200 | | | | | $ | 5,141 | | | | 200 | | | | | 140 | | | | 280 | | | ||||||||
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Individual Performance Assessment
Individual performance is evaluated, and taken into account in determining the FY19 EAIP payout for NEOs other than the CEO based on both quantitative and qualitative results in the following key areas:
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• Financial and operational goals for the executive's area of responsibility and the entire Company. • Leadership qualities as well as functional competencies and knowledge for the executive's area of responsibility. | • Development and management of the executive's team of employees. | |||||
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Provided the threshold performance levels for both Company performance metrics are achieved, the CEO evaluates the level of each NEO's individual performance against the pre-determined goals at fiscal year-end and makes a recommendation to the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee makes the final determination with respect to each NEO's actual payout, which it did for our NEOs in FY19.
FY19 EAIP Payout Results:
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| Non-GAAP Operating Income | 1,630 | 1,428 | 1,427 | (1) | 40 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||
| Non-GAAP Revenue | 4,943 | 4,760 | 4,804 | (2) | 40 | 71.2 | ||||||||||||
| FY19 Funding | 35.6 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Gregory S. Clark(1) | 1,000,000 | 150 | n/a | n/a | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Nicholas R. Noviello(2) | 650,000 | 100 | n/a | n/a | 487,500 | |||||||||||||
| Amy L. Cappellanti-Wolf(3) | 440,000 | 70 | 35.6 | 100 | 109,648 | |||||||||||||
| Samir Kapuria(3) | 450,000 | 100 | 35.6 | 100 | 152,172 | |||||||||||||
| Scott C. Taylor(3) | 600,000 | 100 | 35.6 | 100 | 213,600 | |||||||||||||
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III. Equity Incentive Awards
In FY19, we granted our NEOs (other than Mr. Clark who did not receive equity awards in FY19) a mix of RSUs and PRUs ("FY19 RSUs" and "FY19 PRUs", respectively). In FY19, Messrs. Taylor and Noviello, as FY18 NEOs, were granted a mix of PRUs and RSUs at 70% and 30%, respectively. All other executives, other than Mr. Clark, received a mix of PRUs and RSUs at 50% and 50%, respectively.
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Philosophy | Grant Mix | Award Amount Considerations | Award Design Considerations | Vesting Conditions | ||||||||
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• Establish appropriate performance measures that the Compensation Committee believes will drive our future growth and profitability. | • Equity awards are a mix of RSUs and PRUs. | • NEOs' responsibilities and anticipated future contributions. | • Long-term payouts should depend on NEOs' ability to drive financial performance, including share price appreciation. | • RSUs are time-based and vest over three years: (30%/ 30%/ 40%), except for 2019, where they vest 40%/ 30%/ 30% with the exception of FY18 NEOs whose RSUs grant vest 30%/30%/40%. | ||||||||
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Philosophy | Grant Mix | Award Amount Considerations | Award Design Considerations | Vesting Conditions | ||||||||
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• Provide meaningful and appropriate incentives for achieving annual financial goals that the Compensation Committee believes are important for our short- and long-term success. | • For our FY18 NEOs (Taylor and Noviello), the mix was 70% PRUs and 30% RSUs. | • NEOs' past grant amounts and amount of unvested equity held by each NEO. | • Metrics should align with long-term goal of generating cash and operational execution and allow us to evaluate our short- term strategy while taking into account the performance of our peers. | • PRU Metrics: | ||||||||
| • Equity awards should attract and retain talent in a highly competitive market for talent. | • For our other NEOs, the mix was 50% PRUs and 50% RSUs. | • Competitive market assessment, including practices of peers and similarly situated companies. | • Payout amounts should be designed to promote retention for valuable NEOs. | • FY19 Non-GAAP EPS; non-GAAP EPS is non-GAAP net income (consistent with the Board approved plan) divided by 680 million fully diluted shares. | |||||||
| • Reward NEOs for creating stockholder value over long term. | • Mr. Clark did not receive FY19 equity awards. | • Gains recognizable by the NEO from equity awards made in prior years. | • TSR over three years measured against the Nasdaq 100. • See below for more information | ||||||||
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Restricted Stock Units (RSUs): RSUs represent the right to receive one share of NortonLifeLock common stock for each vested RSU upon the settlement date, subject to continued employment through each vesting date.
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| Gregory S. Clark(1) | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Nicholas R. Noviello | 95,416 | 2,106,785 | |||||||
| Amy L. Cappellanti-Wolf | 78,620 | 1,683,254 | |||||||
| Samir Kapuria | 238,243 | 5,100,783 | |||||||
| Scott C. Taylor | 61,339 | 1,354,365 | |||||||
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Performance-based Restricted Stock Units (PRUs): FY19 PRUs granted to our NEOs vest based on the achievement of three metrics: (1) FY19 FCF; (2) FY19 EPS; and (3) three-year relative TSR at the end of fiscal 2021 as measured against the Nasdaq 100 and the completion of a service requirement. The Compensation Committee believed that using independently-measured corporate metrics would motivate our executive team by providing distinct separate opportunities
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to earn awards. The Compensation Committee also believed adding Free Cash Flow as an additional metric to those used in the FY18 PRUs aligned with the Company's priorities for FY19 of generating strong free cash flow growth.
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FY19 PRU Performance Metrics Overview | ||||||||||
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FY19 Free Cash Flow | FY19 | Aligns with our long-term goal of generating cash and operational execution. | Earned portion vests at end of FY20 for FY18 NEOs, and as to 60%/40% at end of FY19/FY20, respectively, for non FY18 NEOs. | |||||||
FY19 Earnings Per Share | FY19 | Provides evaluation of strategy execution. | Earned portion vests at end of FY20 for FY18 NEOs, and as to 60%/40% at end of FY19/FY20, respectively, for non FY18 NEOs. | |||||||
3-Year Total Shareholder Return vs. Nasdaq 100 | FY19 through the end of fiscal 2021 | Provides balance to measure our longer-term performance against comparable companies. | Earned portion vests at end of FY21. | |||||||
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The Compensation Committee certifies the amount of PRUs earned under each of the relevant metrics shortly after the completion of the performance period for each metric.
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| Gregory S. Clark(1) | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||||||
| Nicholas R. Noviello(2)(3) | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||||||
| Amy L. Cappellanti-Wolf(4) | 60% - 3/29/2019; | 60% - 3/29/2019; | 4/2/2021 | ||||||
| 40% - 4/3/2020 | 40% - 4/3/2020 | ||||||||
| Samir Kapuria(4) | 60% - 3/29/2019; | 60% - 3/29/2019; | 4/2/2021 | ||||||
| 40% - 4/3/2020 | 40% - 4/3/2020 | ||||||||
| Scott C. Taylor(3) | 100% - 4/3/2020 | 100% - 4/3/2020 | 4/2/2021 | ||||||
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FY19 Non-GAAP FCF Metric
33% of the shares underlying the FY19 PRUs are eligible to be earned based on our achievement of non-GAAP FCF at the end of FY19. The following table presents threshold, target and maximum performance levels and payouts of the relative FCF metric:
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FY19 FCF Performance Metric | |||||||||
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Below Threshold | Less than $1,100 | 0 | |||||||
Threshold | $1,100 | 40 | |||||||
Target | $1,350 | 100 | |||||||
Maximum | $1,562 or more | 200 | |||||||
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FY19 Non-GAAP EPS Metric
33% of the shares underlying the FY19 PRUs are eligible to be earned based on our achievement of non-GAAP EPS at the end of FY19. The following table presents threshold, target and maximum performance levels and payouts of the relative EPS metric:
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FY19 EPS Performance Metric | |||||||||
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Below Threshold | Less than $1.50 | 0 | |||||||
Threshold | $1.50 | 50 | |||||||
Target | $1.70 | 100 | |||||||
Maximum | $1.93 or more | 200 | |||||||
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3-Year TSR Component
33% of the shares underlying the FY19 PRUs are eligible to be earned based on our TSR performance relative to the TSR performance of companies comprising the Nasdaq 100 index over the three-year performance period ending on the last day of FY21. The following table presents threshold, target and maximum performance levels and payouts of the relative TSR metric:
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Below Threshold | Below 25th percentile | 0 | |||||||
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Threshold | 25th percentile | 50 | |||||||
Target | 50th percentile | 100 | |||||||
Maximum | 75th percentile | 200 | |||||||
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FY19 PRU Award Summary: The following table summarizes the number of FY19 PRUs granted to each NEO, and the amounts earned and vested as of the end of FY19, which are subject to change based on 3-year TSR component of the award and continued service requirements through the end of FY21. For the FY19 FCF metric, we achieved $1,288 million, resulting in funding at 91.2% for this metric. For the FY19 EPS metric, we achieved just over the threshold performance goal of $1.50, resulting in funding at 50.6% for this metric.
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| NEO | Total FY19 | Total FY19 | Total FY19 | Total FY19 | Total | Total FY19 | Total FY19 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Gregory S. Clark(1) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |||||||||||||||||
| Nicholas R. Noviello(2) | 222,636 | 4,825,264 | 40,608 | 22,530 | n/a | 63,138 | 63,138 | |||||||||||||||||
| Amy L. Cappellanti-Wolf | 78,620 | 1,668,841 | 23,899 | 13,258 | — | 37,157 | 22,297 | |||||||||||||||||
| Samir Kapuria | 238,242 | 5,057,084 | 72,424 | 40,182 | — | 112,606 | 67,566 | |||||||||||||||||
| Scott C. Taylor | 143,123 | 3,101,953 | 43,508 | 24,138 | — | 67,646 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
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Previously Granted Long Term Incentive Pay Outcomes
FY17 PRU Achievement
FY2017 PRU Design
The FY17 PRUs were designed with a performance metric that would focus our efforts on producing significantly increased profitability by the end of FY18. The Compensation Committee chose FY18 non-GAAP operating income as the
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appropriate metric for the FY17 PRUs because it provided a powerful incentive to both complete our business transformation goal while also requiring the executive team to deliver increased profitability. Depending on our achievement of this metric, 0% to 300% of the target shares were eligible to be earned at the end of FY18, subject to additional vesting conditions in certain cases as discussed below. To further encourage continued service to us and our stockholders, for any achievement above 250% of target to be earned, generally, the participant must have been employed by us through the end of FY19 when the additional payout in excess of 250% was made.
Below is the summary of FY18 non-GAAP operating income metric achievement for the FY17 PRUs as of the end of FY18.
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| FY17 PRUs | 1,560 | 1,705 | (1) | 109.29 | 268.2 | 250 | 18.2 | ||||||||||||||
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Below is the summary of the FY17 PRUs vested and earned by each NEO.
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| NEO | Total FY17 PRUs | Total FY17 PRUs | Total FY17 PRUs | |||||||||
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| Gregory S. Clark | 2,404,175 | 175,023 | 2,579,198 | |||||||||
| Nicholas R. Noviello | 606,935 | 44,184 | 651,119 | |||||||||
| Amy L. Cappellanti-Wolf | 207,142 | 15,080 | 222,222 | |||||||||
| Samir Kapuria | 148,322 | 10,798 | 159,120 | |||||||||
| Scott C. Taylor | 414,287 | 30,160 | 444,447 | |||||||||
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FY18 PRU Achievement
FY2018 PRU Design
The Compensation Committee chose FY18 EPS and relative 2- and 3-year TSR against the Nasdaq 100 index as the applicable performance metrics for the FY18 PRUs. The Compensation Committee selected non-GAAP EPS because it believed this metric could be used to evaluate the execution of our short-term strategy. The one-year EPS metric is balanced by the 2- and 3-year relative TSR metrics, which require us to match or exceed median market results to achieve a payout at target or greater, and provides alignment with stockholders over a more extended time period.
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Below is the summary of the FY18 non-GAAP EPS metric performance metric achievement for the FY18 PRUs as of the end of FY18.
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| FY18 PRUs | $ | 1.64 per share | $ | 1.56 per share | 95.20 | % | 50.5% of the FY18 EPS shares (25.25% of the total FY18 PRUs) became eligible to be earned at the end of FY20. | |||||||
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Below is the summary of FY18 non-GAAP EPS metric performance metric achievement for the FY18 PRUs as of the end of FY18.
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| 2-Year Relative | 2-Year Relative | Achievement | Eligible Shares as a % of Target | |||||||||
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| FY18 PRUs | 50th Percentile | 8th Percentile | 0 | % | 0 | ||||||||
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IV. Benefits
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FY19 Benefits | ||||||||
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Benefit | Philosophy/Rationale | |||||||
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401(k) plan and matching contributions, health and dental coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, paid time off, and paid holidays. | • | Provide our NEOs with competitive broad-based employee benefits on the same terms as are available to all employees generally. | ||||||
Nonqualified deferred compensation plan. | • | Provide a standard package of benefits necessary to attract and retain executives. two of our named executive officers participated in this plan during FY19. The plan is described further under "Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation in Fiscal 2019," on page 65. | ||||||
Reimbursement for up to $10,000 for financial planning services. | • | Provide financial planning assistance given the complexity of executive officer compensation and financial arrangements to allow executives to concentrate on responsibilities and our future success. | ||||||
Car service for our former CEO. | • | Helps to ensure the security of our CEO, provides a more efficient means of transportation and allows him to concentrate on his responsibilities and our future success. | ||||||
Aircraft lease agreement with our former CEO for Company use of his aircraft. | • | Helps to ensure the security of our CEO, provides a more efficient means of transportation and allows him to concentrate on his responsibilities and our future success. | ||||||
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V. Severance and Change of Control Benefits
The following table provides information regarding the severance arrangements that we have with certain of our NEOs:
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FY19 Severance and Change of Control Protections | ||||||||||||
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Philosophy | Considerations | Terms | ||||||||||
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• Attract and Retain Executives • Align Interests with Stockholders | • The employment of our NEOs is "at will," meaning we can terminate them at any time and they can terminate their employment with us at any time. • Severance arrangements should be designed to: (i) provide reasonable compensation to executive officers who leave our Company under certain circumstances to facilitate their transition to new employment and (ii) require a departing executive officer to sign a separation and release agreement acceptable to us as a condition to receiving post-employment compensation payments or benefits. • "Double-trigger" provisions preserve morale and productivity, and encourage executive retention in the event of a change of control. • Transition or retention arrangements should be designed retain and incentivize executive officers until a successor is found and to ensure a smooth transition. | • Executive Severance Plan • Executive Retention Plan • Nicholas R. Noviello's Transition Services Agreement • Broadcom Sale Severance and Retention Arrangements | ||||||||||
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Details of each individual NEO's severance payments and benefits and Nicholas R. Noviello's Transition Services Agreement, including estimates of amounts payable in specified circumstances in effect as of the end of FY19, are disclosed under "Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-in-Control" below.
Key Compensation and Governance Policies
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Policy | Considerations | Material Features | ||||||
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Stock Ownership Guidelines | • Promote stock ownership in the Company. • More closely align the interests of our NEOs with those of our stockholders. | • 6x base salary for CEO. • CFO and President, 3x base salary. • Executive Vice Presidents, 2x base salary. • 4 years from executive officer designation to comply. • During 4-year transition period, must retain at least 50% of net-settled equity award shares until ownership requirement is met. • Includes shares owned outright, excludes stock options and unvested RSUs and PRUs. • As of October 18, 2019, three NEOs have reached ownership requirements. | ||||||
Anti-Hedging and Anti-Pledging Policies | • Permitting hedging is viewed as a poor pay program practice, as it insulates executives from stock price movement and reduces alignment with stockholders. • Pledging raises potential risks to stockholder value, particularly if the pledge is significant. | • No employee, officer or director may acquire, sell or trade in any interest or position relating to the future price of the Company's securities, such as a put option, a call option or a short sale. • Waiver granted for Mr. Feld to exercise forward contracts that were in existence before he became a board member. • Covered persons are prohibited from holding Company securities in a margin account or pledging Company securities as collateral for a loan. | ||||||
Insider Trading Policy | • Prohibit insiders from taking advantage of material non-public information. | • Prohibits the purchase or sale of securities while in possession of material non-public information. • Directors, CEO, President and CFO must conduct any open market sales of our securities only through use of Rule 10b5-1 stock trading plans. | ||||||
Clawback Policy | • Permit us to recoup performance-based cash and equity awards when such awards were not properly earned or when executives have engaged in inappropriate actions | • Applies to all executive officers. • Allows recoupment of performance-based cash and equity awards if (i) we are required to restate our financial statements due to fraud or intentional misconduct or (ii) an executive officer violates certain Company policies | ||||||
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General Approach to Determining Compensation
Compensation Committee Decision Process
The Compensation Committee oversees the compensation of our NEOs and our executive compensation program and initiatives. The Compensation Committee typically reviews executive officer compensation, including base salary, short-term incentives and long-term incentives, in the first half of each fiscal year, to understand competitive market compensation levels and practices based on the most recently completed year. In connection with this review, the Compensation Committee considers any input it may receive from our CEO in evaluating the performance of each executive officer and sets each executive officer's total target direct compensation for the current year based on this review and the other factors described below.
We have based most, if not all, of our prior compensation determinations, including those made for FY19, on a variety of factors, including:
As discussed under "Role of Compensation Consultant" below, for FY19, the Compensation Committee engaged a compensation consultant and once again conducted a formal benchmarking review. In establishing compensation for executive officers other than our CEO, the Compensation Committee gives weight to the recommendations of our CEO, but final decisions about the compensation of our NEOs are made by our Compensation Committee.
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From time to time, special business conditions may warrant additional compensation, such as sign-on bonuses, or equity awards in connection with promotions or in recognition of significant accomplishments, to attract, retain or motivate executive officers. In these situations, we consider our business needs and the potential costs and benefits of special rewards.
Role of Compensation Consultant
The Compensation Committee generally retains an independent compensation consultant to help understand competitive compensation levels and incentive designs. The independent compensation consultant is solely hired by, and reports directly to, the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee has sole authority to retain and terminate the independent compensation consultant. At the Compensation Committee's discretion, the independent compensation consultant:
In January 2019, the Compensation Committee replaced Mercer with Compensia as its compensation consultant.
Competitive Market Assessments
Market competitiveness is one factor that the Compensation Committee considers each year in determining a NEO's overall compensation package, including pay mix. The Compensation Committee relies on various data sources to evaluate the market competitiveness of each pay element, including publicly-disclosed data from a peer group of companies and published survey data from both the peer group companies and a broader set of information technology companies that the Compensation Committee believes represent our competition in the broader talent market, based on the advice of Mercer and Compensia, outside consulting firms engaged by the Compensation Committee during FY19. The proxy statements of peer group companies provide detailed pay data for the highest-paid executives. Survey data, which we obtain from the Radford Global Technology Survey, provides compensation information on a broader group of executives, with positions matched based on specific job scope and responsibilities. The Compensation Committee considers data from these sources as a framework for making compensation decisions for each NEO's position.
The Compensation Committee reviews our peer group on an annual basis, with input from its compensation consultants, and the group may be adjusted from time to time based on, among other factors, a comparison of revenues, market capitalization, industry, peer group performance, merger and acquisition activity and stockholder input. The Compensation Committee evaluated our peer group for FY19 and determined to keep the companies otherwise the same as the peer group for FY18. The following criteria were used to select our peer group for evaluating named executive officer pay levels in connection with setting compensation for FY19:
The Compensation Committee selected the following companies as our FY19 peer group:
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FY19 NortonLifeLock Peer Group | ||||||||
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Activision Blizzard, Inc. | eBay Inc. | Red Hat Inc. | ||||||
Adobe Systems Incorporated | Electronic Arts Inc. | Salesforce.com, Inc. | ||||||
Autodesk, Inc. | FireEye, Inc. | Synopsys, Inc. | ||||||
Akamai Technologies Inc. | Intuit Inc. | VMware, Inc. | ||||||
CA, Inc. | Palo Alto Networks Inc. | |||||||
Citrix Systems, Inc. | PayPal Holdings, Inc. | |||||||
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Toward the end of FY19, the Compensation Committee again reviewed our peer group for FY20 and made certain changes based on the following criteria:
The Compensation Committee selected the following companies as our FY20 peer group:
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FY20 NortonLifeLock Peer Group | ||||||||
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Akamai Technologies Inc. | F5 Networks Inc.* | Proofpoint Inc.* | ||||||
Autodesk, Inc. | FireEye, Inc. | Red Hat Inc. | ||||||
CA, Inc. | Fortinet, Inc.* | ServiceNow, Inc.* | ||||||
Cadence Design Systems Inc.* | Intuit Inc. | Splunk Inc.* | ||||||
Citrix Systems, Inc. | Juniper Networks Inc.* | Synopsys, Inc. | ||||||
eBay Inc. | NetApp, Inc.* | VMware, Inc. | ||||||
Electronic Arts Inc. | Palo Alto Networks Inc. | |||||||
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Activision Blizzard, Adobe, PayPal Holdings and salesforce.com were also removed from our FY20 peer group to better align our peer group with the appropriate Company revenue and market cap size.
The Compensation Committee, in consultation with Compensia, has conducted its annual risk analysis of NortonLifeLock's compensation policies and practices, and does not believe that our compensation programs encourage excessive or inappropriate risk taking by our executives or are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on NortonLifeLock.
We believe that the design and objectives of our executive compensation program provide an appropriate balance of incentives for our NEOs, thereby discouraging them from taking inappropriate risks. Among other things, our executive compensation program includes the following design features:
We closely manage how we use our equity to compensate employees. We think of "gross burn rate" as the total number of shares granted under all of our equity incentive plans during a period divided by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during that period and expressed as a percentage. We think of "net burn rate" as the total number of shares granted under all of our equity incentive plans during a period, minus the total number of shares returned to such plans through awards cancelled during that period, divided by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during that period, and expressed as a percentage. "Overhang" we think of as the total number of shares underlying options and awards outstanding plus shares available for issuance under all of our equity incentive plans at the end of a period divided by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during that period and
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expressed as a percentage. The Compensation Committee determines the percentage of equity to be made available for our equity programs with reference to the companies in our market composite. In addition, the Compensation Committee considers the accounting costs that will be reflected in our financial statements when establishing the forms of equity to be granted and the size of the overall pool available. For fiscal 2019, our gross burn rate was 3.08%, our net burn rate was 2.51% and our overhang was 9.97%. In fiscal 2019, our burn rate was significantly higher than prior years primarily due to the lower stock prices used to convert the grant values into numbers of shares and the high number of shares vested and released under the FY17 PRU grants.
Independence of Compensation Consultants
We paid Mercer approximately $358,500 for executive compensation services in FY19 and Compensia approximately $124,920 for executive compensation services in FY19. In addition, management engaged and NortonLifeLock paid Mercer and Compensia and its affiliates for other services, including approximately $3.592 million to Mercer for other unrelated consulting and business services. We also reimbursed Mercer and Compensia and its affiliates for reasonable travel and business expenses. The Compensation Committee did not review or approve the other services provided by Mercer or Compensia and its affiliates to NortonLifeLock, as those services were approved by management in the normal course of business within the scope of the Compensation Committee's pre-authorization for such services. Based in part on policies and procedures implemented by Mercer and Compensia to ensure the objectivity of its executive compensation consultants and the Compensation Committee's assessment of Mercer's independence pursuant to the SEC rules, the Compensation Committee concluded that the consulting advice it receives from Mercer is objective and not influenced by Mercer and its affiliates' other relationships with NortonLifeLock and that no conflict of interest exists that will prevent Mercer from being independent consultants to the Compensation Committee.
The Compensation Committee establishes our compensation philosophy, approves our compensation programs and solicits input and advice from several of our executive officers and Mercer. As mentioned above, our CEO provides the Board and the Compensation Committee with feedback on the performance of our executive officers and makes compensation recommendations (other than with respect to his own compensation) that go to the Compensation Committee for their approval. Our CEO, Chief Human Resources Officer and General Counsel regularly attend the Compensation Committee's meetings to provide their perspectives on competition in the industry, the needs of the business, information regarding NortonLifeLock's performance and other advice specific to their areas of expertise. In addition, at the Compensation Committee's direction, Mercer works with our Chief Human Resources Officer and other members of management to obtain information necessary for Mercer to make their own recommendations as to various matters as well as to evaluate management's recommendations.
The Compensation Committee generally approves grants to the named executive officers at its first meeting of each fiscal year, or shortly thereafter through subsequent action. The grant date for all equity grants made to employees, including the named executive officers, is generally the 10th day of the month following the applicable meeting. If the 10th day is not a business day, the grant is generally made on the previous business day. The Compensation Committee does not coordinate the timing of equity awards with the release of material, nonpublic information. RSUs may be granted from time to time throughout the year, but all RSUs generally vest on either March 1, June 1, September 1 or December 1 for administrative reasons. We expect future PRUs will be granted once a year and, subject to certain exceptions, vesting occurs only after a two- or three-year performance period.
SUPPLEMENTARY POLICIES AND CONSIDERATIONS
We use several additional policies to ensure that the overall compensation structure is responsive to stockholder interests and competitive with the market. Specific policies include:
We believe that in order to align the interests of our executive officers with those of our stockholders, our executive officers should have a financial stake in our Company. We have maintained stock ownership requirements for our executive officers since October 2005. For FY19, our executive officers were required to hold the following minimum number of shares:
Stock options and unvested RSUs and PRUs do not count toward stock ownership requirements.
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The executive officer is required to acquire and thereafter maintain the stock ownership required within four years of becoming an executive officer of NortonLifeLock (or four years following the adoption date of these revised guidelines). During the four-year transitional period, each executive officer must retain at least 50% of all net (after-tax) equity grants until the required stock ownership level has been met.
As of October 25, 2019, Messrs. Kapuria, Pilette and Taylor reached the stated ownership requirements for FY19. Transitioning or former executive officers and non-executive officers are not included in the table below. See the table below for individual ownership levels relative to the executive's ownership requirement.
Executive Officer | Ownership Requirement(1) (# of shares) | Holdings as of October 25, 2019 (# of shares) | |||||
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Samir Kapuria | 39,665 | 186,735 | |||||
Vincent Pilette | 85,941 | 785,906 | |||||
Scott C. Taylor | 52,887 | 408,724 |
Recoupment Policies (Clawback)
In 2017, we adopted a recoupment, or "clawback", policy applicable to all performance-based compensation granted to the Company's officers (even after they leave NortonLifeLock). In August 2018, our Board further expanded this clawback policy to allow for recoupment for certain violations of the Company's policies. This updated policy supplements the contractual clawback rights we have had in all of our executive compensation plans since fiscal 2009 (providing for the return of any excess compensation received by an executive officer if our financial statements are the subject of a restatement due to error or misconduct).
Insider Trading, Hedging and Pledging Policies
Our Insider Trading Policy prohibits all directors and employees from short-selling NortonLifeLock stock or engaging in transactions involving NortonLifeLock-based derivative securities, including, but not limited to, trading in NortonLifeLock-based option contracts (for example, buying and/or writing puts and calls). It also prohibits pledging NortonLifeLock stock as collateral for a loan. In connection with our settlement with Starboard Value LP in September 2018, we agreed to waive these requirements with respect to certain forward contracts held by Starboard and have since granted Starboard waivers for other forward contracts on a limited basis.
In addition, our Insider Trading Policy prohibits our directors, officers, employees and contractors from purchasing or selling NortonLifeLock securities while in possession of material, non-public information. It also requires that each of our directors, our Chief Executive Officer, our President, and our Chief Financial Officer conduct any open market sales of our securities only through use of stock trading plans adopted pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. Rule 10b5-1 allows insiders to sell and diversify their holdings in our stock over a designated period by adopting pre-arranged stock trading plans at a time when they are not aware of material nonpublic information about us, and thereafter sell shares of our common stock in accordance with the terms of their stock trading plans without regard to whether or not they are in possession of material nonpublic information about the Company at the time of the sale. All other executives are strongly encouraged to trade using Exchange Act Rule 10b5-1 plans.
Tax and Accounting Considerations on Compensation
The financial reporting and income tax consequences to the Company of individual compensation elements are important considerations for the Compensation Committee when it reviews compensation practices and makes compensation decisions. While structuring compensation programs that result in more favorable tax and financial reporting treatment is a general principle, the Compensation Committee balances these goals with other business needs that may be inconsistent with obtaining the most favorable tax and accounting treatment for each component of its compensation.
Deductibility by NortonLifeLock. Section 162(m) of the Code generally disallows public companies a tax deduction for federal income tax purposes of remuneration in excess of $1 million paid to certain executive officers. While the Compensation Committee may consider the deductibility of awards as one factor in determining our executive compensation, it also looks at other factors in making its executive compensation decisions and retains the flexibility to grant awards or pay compensation the Compensation Committee determines to be consistent with its goals for NortonLifeLock's executive compensation program, even if the awards may not be deductible by NortonLifeLock for tax purposes.
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Recent changes to Section 162(m) in connection with the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act repealed the exception to the deductibility limit that were previously available for "qualified performance-based compensation" (including stock option grants, performance-based cash and equity awards, such as performance-based restricted stock units) effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017. Compensation paid to certain of our executive officers for taxable years beginning prior to December 31, 2017 remains deductible if such compensation would otherwise be deductible for such taxable year. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act also increased the number of executive officers who are affected by the loss of deductibility effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017. As a result, any compensation paid to certain of our executive officers for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017 in excess of $1 million will be non-deductible unless it qualifies for transition relief afforded by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to compensation payable pursuant to certain binding arrangements in effect on November 2, 2017.
Tax Implications for Officers. Section 409A of the Code imposes additional income taxes on executive officers for certain types of deferred compensation that do not comply with Section 409A. The Company attempts in good faith to structure compensation so that it either conforms with the requirements of or qualifies for an exception under Code Section 409A. Sections 280G and 4999 of the Code imposes an excise tax on payments to executives of severance or change of control compensation that exceed the levels specified in the Section 280G rules. Our named executive officers could receive the amounts shown in the section entitled "Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-in-Control" (beginning on page 65 below) as severance or change of control payments that could implicate this excise tax. As mentioned above, we do not offer our officers as part of their change of control benefits any gross ups related to this excise tax under Code Section 4999.
Accounting Considerations. The Compensation Committee also considers the accounting and cash flow implications of various forms of executive compensation. In its financial statements, the Company records salaries and cash-based performance-based compensation incentives as expenses in the amount paid, or estimated to be paid, to the named executive officers. Accounting rules also require the Company to record an expense in its financial statements for equity awards, even though equity awards are not paid in cash to employees. The accounting expense of equity awards to employees is calculated in accordance with the requirements of FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718. The Compensation Committee believes, however, that the many advantages of equity compensation, as discussed above, more than compensate for the non-cash accounting expense associated with them.
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
The members of the Compensation Committee during FY19 were Sue Barsamian, Frank Dangeard, Peter Feld, Geraldine B. Laybourne, David L. Mahoney, Robert S. Miller and Daniel H. Schulman. None of the members of the Compensation Committee in FY19 were at any time during FY19 or at any other time an officer or employee of NortonLifeLock or any of its subsidiaries, and none had or have any relationships with NortonLifeLock that are required to be disclosed under Item 404 of Regulation S-K. None of NortonLifeLock's executive officers has served as a member of the board of directors, or as a member of the compensation or similar committee, of any entity that has one or more executive officers who served on our Board or Compensation Committee during FY19.
The information contained in the following report is not considered to be "soliciting material," "filed" or incorporated by reference in any past or future filing by NortonLifeLock under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933 unless and only to the extent that NortonLifeLock specifically incorporates it by reference.
The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed with management the CD&A contained in this proxy statement. Based on this review and discussion, the Compensation Committee has recommended to the Board that the CD&A be included in this proxy statement and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 29, 2019.
By: The Compensation and Leadership Development Committee of the Board:
Peter A. Feld (Chair)
Sue Barsamian
Frank E. Dangeard
David Mahoney
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The following table shows for the fiscal year ended March 29, 2019, compensation awarded to or paid to, or earned by our Chief Executive Officer, our Chief Financial Officer and the three most highly compensated executive officers who were serving as executive officers (other than as our Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer) at the end of FY19 (the "named executive officers").
Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal 2019
Name and Principal Position | Fiscal Year | Salary ($) | Bonus ($) | Stock Awards ($)(1)(2)(3) | Option Awards ($) | Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($) | All Other Compensation ($)(4) | Total ($) | |||||||||||||||||
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Gregory S. Clark | 2019 | 1,000,000 | — | — | (5) | — | — | 1,921,039 | 2,921,038 | ||||||||||||||||
Former President and CEO* | 2018 | 1,000,000 | — | 15,982,645 | — | — | 364,936 | 17,347,581 | |||||||||||||||||
2017 | 666,667 | — | 4,269,815 | (6) | — | 743,333 | 379,937 | 6,059,752 | |||||||||||||||||
Nicholas R. Noviello | 2019 | 650,000 | 1,000,000 | 10,706,470 | (7) | — | — | 943,325 | 13,299,795 | ||||||||||||||||
Former Executive Vice President and | 2018 | 650,000 | — | 7,458,549 | — | — | 47,606 | 8,156,155 | |||||||||||||||||
CFO** | 2017 | 433,333 | — | 1,077,917 | (6) | — | 479,673 | 172,740 | 2,163,663 | ||||||||||||||||
Amy L. Cappellanti-Wolf | 2019 | 440,000 | — | 3,462,911 | — | — | 558,163 | 4,461,075 | |||||||||||||||||
Senior Vice President and CHRO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samir Kapuria | 2019 | 443,864 | (8) | — | 10,311,650 | — | — | 220,667 | 10,976,180 | ||||||||||||||||
President (effective November 8, 2019) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scott C. Taylor | 2019 | 600,000 | — | 4,672,177 | — | — | 871,628 | 6,143,804 | |||||||||||||||||
Executive Vice President, General Counsel | 2018 | 600,000 | — | 4,794,772 | — | — | 621,788 | 6,016,560 | |||||||||||||||||
and Secretary | 2017 | 600,000 | 150,000 | 4,831,307 | (6) | — | 568,374 | 363,462 | 6,513,143 |
Name | Maximum Outcome of Performance Conditions Fair Value ($) | Market-Related Component Fair Value ($) | |||||
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Nicholas R. Noviello | 6,554,404 | 1,548,062 | |||||
Amy L. Cappellanti-Wolf | 2,244,367 | 546,657 | |||||
Samir Kapuria | 6,801,015 | 1,656,576 | |||||
Scott C. Taylor | 4,213,571 | 995,168 |
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Name | Dividend Equivalent on Stock Awards ($) | 401(k) Employer Match ($) | Life & Disability Insurance Premiums ($) | Tax Planning Services ($) | Car and Driver ($) | Personal Use of Aircraft ($) | Patent Award ($) | Company- Sponsored Events ($) | Severance ($) | Total ($) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Gregory S. Clark | 1,706,830 | 6,000 | 3,002 | — | 200,446 | 4,761 | — | — | 1,921,039 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicholas R. Noviello | 441,435 | 6,000 | 3,390 | 5,000 | — | — | — | — | 487,500 | 943,325 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Amy L. Cappellanti-Wolf | 533,137 | 6,000 | 3,629 | 15,397 | — | — | — | — | 558,163 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Samir Kapuria | 181,735 | 6,525 | 1,467 | 1,040 | — | — | 2,000 | 27,900 | 220,667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scott C. Taylor | 856,724 | 4,875 | 4,704 | 5,325 | — | — | — | — | 871,628 |
| 2017 PRU Stock Awards | ||||||
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Name | FY17 PRU Modification Charge ($) | FY17 PRU Total (Without Modification Charges) ($) | |||||
Gregory S. Clark | 4,269,815 | — | |||||
Nicholas R. Noviello | 1,077,917 | — | |||||
Scott C. Taylor | 735,775 | 3,602,644 |
Grant Date | Award Type | Modified Stock Units (#) | Modification Date Fair Value per share ($) | Incremental Fair Value on Modification Date ($) | ||||||||
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12/10/2018 | FY19 EPS | 74,212 | 21.02 | 1,559,936 | ||||||||
12/10/2018 | FY19 FCF | 74,212 | 21.02 | 1,559,936 | ||||||||
6/9/2017 | FY18 PRU | 31,139 | 21.02 | 654,548 |
In May 2019, we appointed Richard S. "Rick" Hill as our Interim President and CEO and Vincent Pilette as our Executive Vice President and CFO. In August 2019, we agreed to sell certain assets of our Enterprise Security business to Broadcom Inc. Thereafter, we appointed Mr. Pilette to be our Chief Executive Officer, effective November 8, 2019. Under his employment offer letter, dated April 26, 2019, Mr. Pilette's current annual base salary is $650,000, and he is eligible to participate in our FY20 Executive Annual Incentive Plan and has an annual bonus target of 100% of his annual base salary. We also granted Mr. Pilette 206,211 RSUs, 481,159 PRUs and 155,429 restricted shares. Additionally, in connection with the Broadcom Sale, we agreed to provide Mr. Pilette and other executive officers enhanced severance and retention arrangements. See "— FY20 Severance and Retention Arrangements" below.
During his employment as our Interim President and CEO, Mr. Hill earned base salary of approximately $500,000 through his termination date. Additionally, pursuant to Mr. Hill's September 2019 transition services agreement and conditioned upon his release of claims, we agreed to pay a pro-rated portion of his target bonus for fiscal 2020 (equal to 150% of his base salary) and modify equity awards granted to him in connection with his appointment as our Interim President and CEO. Specifically, we accelerated the vesting of 50,051 RSUs and 650,000 of the shares subject to Mr. Hill's performance-based stock option, and agreed that up to 975,000 shares subject to his performance-based stock option will vest and
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become exercisable if the average closing price of our common stock reaches predetermined levels based 50% on each of (i) a 20 consecutive business day measurement during the period ending on his resignation date and (ii) a 20 consecutive business day measurement during the period from July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020.
The following table shows for the fiscal year ended March 29, 2019, certain information regarding grants of plan-based awards to our named executive officers from our incentive plans:
Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal 2019
| | | | | | | | | | | Grant Date Fair Value of Stock and Option Awards(2) ($) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| | | | | | | | All Other Stock Awards: Number of Shares of Stock or Units(1) (#) | All Other Option Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Options (#) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | Estimated Future Payouts Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards | Estimated Future Payouts Under Equity Incentive Plan Awards | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | Exercise or Base Price of Option Awards ($/Sh) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name | Grant Date | Threshold ($) | Target ($) | Maximum ($) | Threshold (#) | Target (#) | Maximum (#) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gregory S. Clark | 6/28/18 | (3) | — | — | — | 27,573 | 68,933 | 137,867 | — | — | — | 1,500,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicholas R. Noviello | 6/28/18 | (3) | — | — | — | 4,181 | 29,871 | 83,639 | — | — | — | 650,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
12/10/18 | (4) | — | — | — | 103,897 | 222,636 | 445,272 | 95,416 | — | — | 6,932,047 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1/31/19 | (5) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,774,420 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Amy L. Cappellanti-Wolf | 6/28/18 | (3) | — | — | — | 1,981 | 14,154 | 39,632 | — | — | — | 308,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
7/10/18 | (4) | — | — | — | 36,689 | 78,620 | 157,240 | 78,620 | — | — | 3,352,096 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Samir Kapuria | 6/28/18 | (3) | — | — | — | 2,750 | 19,643 | 55,002 | — | — | — | 427,451 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
7/10/18 | (4) | — | — | — | 111,180 | 238,242 | 476,484 | 238,243 | — | — | 10,157,867 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Scott C. Taylor | 6/28/18 | (3) | — | — | — | 3,860 | 27,573 | 77,205 | — | — | — | 600,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
12/10/18 | (4) | — | — | — | 66,791 | 143,123 | 286,246 | 61,339 | — | — | 4,456,317 |
For a summary of the terms of the FY19 Executive Annual Incentive Plan, see "Compensation Discussion & Analysis (CD&A) — Compensation Components — Executive Annual Incentive Plans" above. For a summary of the circumstances in which the equity awards described above will accelerate, see "Compensation Discussion & Analysis (CD&A) — Health and Welfare Benefits; Perquisites — Change in Control and Severance Arrangements" above and "Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-in-Control" below.
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The following table shows for the fiscal year ended March 29, 2019, certain information regarding outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end for our named executive officers.
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 2019
Option Awards | Stock Awards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Name | Grant Date | Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Exercisable (#) | Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Unexercisable (#) | Option Exercise Price ($) | Option Expiration Date | Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested (#) | Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested ($)(1) | Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights that Have Not Yet Vested (#) | Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights that Have Not Yet Vested ($)(1) | |||||||||||||||||||
Gregory S. Clark | 6/9/17 | 187,670 | (2)(3) | 4,314,526 | 84,919 | (3) | 1,952,276 | |||||||||||||||||||||
(4) | 164,857 | (5) | 3,790,062 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) | 3,665,271 | 6.73 | 9/9/25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicholas R. Noviello | 12/10/18 | 200,649 | (6)(7) | 4,612,912 | 37,106 | (7) | 853,067 | |||||||||||||||||||||
6/9/17 | 87,579 | (3)(8) | 2,013,436 | 39,629 | (3) | 911,059 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) | 41,618 | (5) | 956,798 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) | 775,028 | 8.35 | 1/27/26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amy L. Cappellanti-Wolf | 7/10/18 | 93,485 | (7)(9) | 2,149,209 | 13,103 | (7) | 301,238 | |||||||||||||||||||||
6/9/17 | 43,789 | (3)(10) | 1,006,701 | 19,814 | (3) | 455,524 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6/10/16 | 14,204 | (11) | 326,550 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samir Kapuria | 7/10/18 | 283,286 | (7)(12) | 6,512,746 | 39,707 | (7) | 912,864 | |||||||||||||||||||||
6/9/17 | 13,762 | (3)(13) | 316,383 | 6,227 | (3) | 143,159 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
11/10/16 | 4,844 | (14) | 111,364 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
6/10/16 | 5,326 | (11) | 122,445 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scott C. Taylor | 12/10/18 | 128,989 | (7)(15) | 2,965,456 | 23,854 | (7) | 548,392 | |||||||||||||||||||||
6/9/17 | 56,300 | (3)(16) | 1,294,343 | 25,476 | (3) | 585,682 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6/10/16 | 28,408 | (11) | 653,100 |
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the end of FY19 and the remaining 40% will be settled at the end of FY20 for Ms. Cappellanti-Wolf and Mr. Kapuria and (ii) 100% will be eligible for settlement at the end of FY20 for Mr. Taylor. Depending on our achievement of the TSR metric, 0% to 200% of the target shares are eligible to earned and settled at the end of FY21. The shares which are earned but not vested are reflected in the "Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested" and "Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested" columns. The number of shares and the payout value set forth above in the "Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights that Have Not Yet Vested" and "Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights that Have Not Yet Vested" columns reflect the threshold potential payout which represents 50.00% of the target number of PRUs. The Compensation Committee must certify the number of shares earned under each PRU. The vesting for Mr. Noviello's grants are governed by his Transition Services Agreement.
The following table shows for the fiscal year ended March 29, 2019, certain information regarding option exercises and stock vested during the last fiscal year with respect to our named executive officers:
Option Exercises and Stock Vested in Fiscal 2019
| Option Awards | Stock Awards | |||||||||||
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Name | Number of Shares Acquired on Exercise (#) | Value Realized on Exercise(1) ($) | Number of Shares Acquired on Vesting(2) (#) | Value Realized on Vesting(3) ($) | |||||||||
Gregory S. Clark | — | — | 342,338 | 7,467,791 | |||||||||
Nicholas R. Noviello | 332,155 | 4,699,993 | 111,855 | 2,419,818 | |||||||||
Amy L. Cappellanti-Wolf | — | — | 92,644 | 1,997,239 | |||||||||
Samir Kapuria | — | — | 112,125 | 2,497,640 | |||||||||
Scott C. Taylor | — | — | 103,798 | 2,216,595 |
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Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation in Fiscal 2019
The table below provides information on the non-qualified deferred compensation of the named executive officers for the fiscal year ended March 29, 2019.
| Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation | |||||||||||||||
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Name | Executive Contributions in Last Fiscal Year ($)(1) | Registrant Contributions in Last Fiscal Year ($) | Aggregate Earnings in Last Fiscal Year ($)(2) | Aggregate Withdrawals/ Distributions ($) | Aggregate Balance at Last Fiscal Year-End ($)(3) | |||||||||||
Gregory C. Clark | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Nicholas R. Noviello | 81,250 | — | 5,632 | — | 172,205 | |||||||||||
Amy L. Cappellanti-Wolf | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Samir Kapuria | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Scott C. Taylor | 300,000 | — | 25,782 | — | 588,263 |
In FY19, certain management employees on our U.S. payroll with a base salary of $180,000 or greater, including each of the named executive officers, were eligible to participate in the NortonLifeLock Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan. The plan provides for the opportunity for participants to defer up to 75% of base salary and 100% of variable pay each year and up to 100% of sales commissions as a separate election. Variable pay included annual incentive plan and commission payments. Deferral elections must be made prior to the beginning of a calendar year and cannot be revoked as of the day immediately prior to commencement of that year. Participants have the opportunity to elect each year whether to receive that year's deferrals upon a specified date or upon termination of employment, and the form of payment elected will be honored regardless of a participant's length of service.
The plan is "unfunded" and all deferrals are general assets of NortonLifeLock. Amounts deferred by each participant under the plan are credited to a bookkeeping account maintained on behalf of each participant. The bookkeeping account under the plan will then be adjusted based on the performance of the measurement funds that have been selected by the participant. The measurement funds available under the plan include the investment funds available under our 401(k) plan as well as additional asset classes. Each participant may change their measurement fund selections on a daily basis. The plan requires that benefits accumulated in the bookkeeping accounts for each participant not meeting a 5-year service requirement be distributed to the participant following his or her termination of employment with us for any reason. If a 5-year service requirement is met, accumulated benefits in the participant's account will be distributed according to the participant's designated payment election.
Beginning January 1, 2018, upon first entering the Deferred Compensation Plan, a participant has the option to make a one-time election, which will apply to all future account balances to determine how they will be paid in the event of a change in control. By making the one-time election a participant will receive all remaining account balances in a lump sum in the month following the month of termination, if termination occurs within two (2) years following a change in control. If a participant's employment ended before the change in control, any remaining balances will be distributed in a lump sum within 90 days of the change in control.
Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-In-Control
Set forth below is a description of the plans and agreements (other than the Deferred Compensation Plan) that could result in potential payouts to our named executive officers in the case of their termination of employment and/or a change in control of NortonLifeLock. For information regarding potential payouts upon termination under the Deferred Compensation Plan, in which certain of executive officers participate, see "Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation in Fiscal 2019" above.
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NortonLifeLock Executive Retention Plan
In January 2001, the Board approved the NortonLifeLock Executive Retention Plan, to deal with employment termination resulting from a change in control of the Company. The plan was modified by the Board in July 2002, April 2006, June 2007, April 2012, February 2016 and January 2018. Under the terms of the plan, all equity compensation awards (including, among others, stock options, RSUs and PRUs) granted by the Company to the Company's Section 16(b) officers (including our named executive officers) would become fully vested (at target or to the extent of achievement for PRUs) and, if applicable, exercisable following a change in control of the Company (as defined in the plan) after which the officer's employment is terminated without cause or constructively terminated by the acquirer within 12 months after the change in control.
The plan also provides for the payment of a cash severance benefit for our named executive officers equal to one times such officer's base salary and target payout under the Executive Annual Incentive Plan applicable to such named executive officer in the circumstances described above (i.e., following a change in control of the Company after which the officer's employment is terminated without cause or constructively terminated by the acquirer within 12 months after the change in control.)
NortonLifeLock Executive Severance Plan
In April 2012, the Compensation Committee adopted the NortonLifeLock Executive Severance Plan to provide severance benefits to specified officers of NortonLifeLock, including our named executive officers and Messrs. Pilette and Brown, which was amended in fiscal 2016. The executive officers must meet certain criteria in order to participate in the plan, including, among other criteria, (i) the executive officer was involuntarily terminated from active employment other than for cause (as defined in the plan); (ii) the executive officer was not terminated due to the sale of a business, part of a business, divestiture or spin-off and offered employment upon terms and conditions substantially identical to those in effect immediately prior to such sale, divestiture or spin-off; and (iii) the executive officer is not entitled to severance under any other plan, fund, program, policy, arrangement or individualized written agreement providing for severance benefits that is sponsored or funded by NortonLifeLock.
Under the terms of the plan, the executive officer will receive severance payments equal to one times the sum of his or her base salary in effect at the time of his or her involuntary termination. The executive officer will also receive a one-time bonus of $15,000, minus taxes and other legally required deductions. The executive officer is also entitled to receive six months of outplacement services, including counseling and guidance. The executive officer is solely responsible for all COBRA premiums for his or her continuation coverage. In addition, the executive officer will receive an additional payment equivalent to 75% of the executive officer's prorated target cash incentive award under the Executive Annual Incentive Plan in effect for such fiscal year to the executive officer who was terminated in the second half of such fiscal year and was employed in good standing for a minimum of six (6) months prior to his or her termination date. This payment was added to standardize benefits to all our executive officers and to be competitive with overall market practices.
Payment of severance payments, one-time bonus payment, outplacement services and 75% of the prorated target cash incentive award under the Executive Annual Incentive Plan pursuant to the NortonLifeLock Executive Severance Plan is subject to the applicable executive officer returning a release of claims against NortonLifeLock.
Amy L. Cappellanti-Wolf
The following table summarizes the value of the payouts to Ms. Cappellanti-Wolf pursuant to the NortonLifeLock Executive Retention Plan and the NortonLifeLock Executive Severance Plan, assuming a qualifying termination as of March 29, 2019 (intrinsic values of equity awards are based upon the closing price for a share of our common stock of $22.90 on March 29, 2019 minus the exercise price):
| Severance Pay ($) | Option Vesting ($) | RSU Vesting ($) | PRU Vesting ($) | |||||||||
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Involuntary Termination Because of Market Conditions or Division Performance | 689,836 | — | — | 1,859,826 | |||||||||
Termination Without Cause or Constructive Termination Within 12 Months of a Change of Control | 748,000 | — | 2,680,634 | 1,859,826 | |||||||||
Termination Without Cause | 689,836 | — | 2,680,634 | 1,859,826 | |||||||||
Termination Due to Death or Disability | — | — | — | 1,859,826 |
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Samir Kapuria
The following table summarizes the value of the payouts to Mr. Kapuria pursuant to the NortonLifeLock Executive Retention Plan and the NortonLifeLock Executive Severance Plan, assuming a qualifying termination as of March 29, 2019 (intrinsic values of equity awards are based upon the closing price for a share of our common stock of $22.90 on March 29, 2019 minus the exercise price):
| Severance Pay ($) | Option Vesting ($) | RSU Vesting ($) | PRU Vesting ($) | |||||||||
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Involuntary Termination Because of Market Conditions or Division Performance | 789,906 | — | — | 3,149,028 | |||||||||
Termination Without Cause or Constructive Termination Within 12 Months of a Change of Control | 900,000 | — | 5,882,796 | 3,149,028 | |||||||||
Termination Without Cause | 789,906 | — | 5,882,796 | 3,149,028 | |||||||||
Termination Due to Death or Disability | — | — | — | 3,149,028 |
Scott C. Taylor
The following table summarizes the value of the payouts to Mr. Taylor pursuant to the NortonLifeLock Executive Retention Plan and the NortonLifeLock Executive Severance Plan, assuming a qualifying termination as of March 29, 2019 (intrinsic values of equity awards are based upon the closing price for a share of our common stock of $22.90 on March 29, 2019 minus the exercise price):
| Severance Pay ($) | Option Vesting ($) | RSU Vesting ($) | PRU Vesting ($) | |||||||||
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Involuntary Termination Because of Market Conditions or Division Performance | 1,068,836 | — | — | 3,829,276 | |||||||||
Termination Without Cause or Constructive Termination Within 12 Months of a Change of Control | 1,200,000 | — | 2,766,088 | 3,829,276 | |||||||||
Termination Without Cause | 1,068,836 | — | 2,766,088 | 3,829,276 | |||||||||
Termination Due to Death or Disability | — | — | — | 3,829,276 |
Gregory S. Clark
The following table summarizes the value of the payouts to Mr. Clark pursuant to Mr. Clark's Employment Agreement, assuming a qualifying termination as of March 29, 2019 (intrinsic values of equity awards are based upon the closing price for a share of our common stock of $22.90 on March 29, 2019 minus the exercise price).
| Severance Pay ($) | COBRA Premiums ($) | Option Vesting ($) | RSU Vesting ($) | PRU Vesting ($) | |||||||||||
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Involuntary Termination | 2,000,000 | 20,031 | — | 3,790,062 | — |
Mr. Clark served as our President and CEO through May 9, 2019. In connection with Mr. Clark's departure, he and the Company entered into a separation agreement dated May 9, 2019. Pursuant to the separation agreement, Mr. Clark was not entitled to and did not receive any payouts under his employment agreement, the NortonLifeLock Executive Retention Plan, the NortonLifeLock Executive Severance Plan or any other arrangement.
Nicholas R. Noviello
As discussed above, in connection with the CFO transition process announced in January 2019, we entered into the Transition Services Agreement with Nicholas Noviello, which governed the payments Mr. Noviello would receive through the date of his departure, which was May 24, 2019. Under the Transition Services Agreement, Mr. Noviello was entitled to receive his base salary, continue to participate in the Company's FY19 EAIP without regard to individual performance, continue to participate in Company benefit programs, and continue to vest in his outstanding restricted stock unit awards through the end of his transition period. Mr. Noviello was also entitled to vesting and settlement of his remaining 44,184 shares under his FY17 PRUs and was eligible to receive a portion of his awards under his FY18 PRUs and FY19 PRUs, subject to achievement of applicable performance metrics, upon the completion of the transition period or upon an earlier involuntary termination without cause, a constructive termination or his termination due to his death or disability, as if services ended at the end of the transition period, subject to a release of claims.
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Following the completion of his transition period, or upon an earlier involuntary termination without cause, a constructive termination or termination due to death or disability, and subject to delivery of a release of claims, Mr. Noviello was entitled to receive severance payments and benefits consistent with the Company's Executive Severance Plan, including a one-time lump sum payment of $665,000, six months of outplacement services and a lump sum payment equal to 75% of Mr. Noviello's target cash incentive award under the FY19 EAIP payment, but only if it would be greater than the amount paid in the ordinary course as described above.
The following table summarizes the value of payments to Mr. Noviello in accordance with his Transition Services Agreement. The intrinsic values of equity awards set forth in the table below are based upon the closing price for a share of our common stock of $22.90 on March 29, 2019.
| Severance Pay ($) | Option Vesting ($) | RSU Vesting ($) | PRU Vesting ($) | |||||||||
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Involuntary Termination | 3,152,500 | — | 1,729,087 | 3,426,067 |
FY20 Severance and Retention Arrangements
In August 2019, the Compensation Committee approved enhanced severance and retention arrangements (the "Severance and Retention Arrangements") for certain executives of the Company, including Amy L. Cappellanti-Wolf, Scott C. Taylor and Vincent Pilette in connection with the Broadcom Sale to incentivize them to continue to provide transition services following the closing of the transaction. Pursuant to the Severance and Retention Arrangements, if the applicable executive is employed with the Company through the closing of the transaction and (i) through a transition period (the "Transition Period"), or (ii) is terminated by the Company without cause prior to the end of the Transition Period, such executive will be entitled to receive, effective as of the earlier of the executive's termination date or the end of the Transition Period (a) a cash payment equal to such executive's annual base salary, (b) a cash payment equal to such executive's target bonus (increased pro rata for any additional period of service in the Transition Period), and (c) vesting as to 50% of such executive's unvested equity as of the closing of the Broadcom Sale (the "Unvested Equity").
Such executive will also be entitled to receive between 75% and 150% acceleration of the additional 50% Unvested Equity if the average closing price of the Company's common stock reaches predetermined levels based 50% (y) during the Transition Period and (z) from July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020.
As required by Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, we are providing the ratio of the annual total compensation of Mr. Clark, our former CEO, to the median of the annual total compensation of our employees. We believe that the pay ratio disclosed below is a reasonable estimate calculated in a manner consistent with Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K. SEC rules for identifying the median employee and calculating the pay ratio allow companies to apply various methodologies and apply various assumptions and, as result, the pay ratio reported by us may not be comparable to the pay ratio reported by other companies.
NortonLifeLock is a global cybersecurity company and operates in 47 countries. As of the end of FY19, March 29, 2019, we employed 11,921 employees globally. Of our total workforce, approximately 46% was based in the United States and 54% was based outside of the United States as of the end of FY19. Our compensation programs and reward offerings are designed to reflect local market practices across our global operations.
Pay Ratio:
Identification of the Median Employee:
For purposes of identifying our median employee, we used our global employee population as of March 29, 2019, identified based on our global human resources system of record, inclusive of all regular employees employed by the company as of that date. We used total direct compensation as our consistently applied compensation measure. In this context, total direct compensation is the sum of the value of base salary or wages earned, which has been annualized with respect to permanent employees, the annual incentive target amount or annual commission target amount in effect as of March 29, 2019, and the grant date fair value of all equity awards granted during FY19. Cash compensation figures were converted from local currency to U.S. dollars using the exchange rate the Company used for 2019 internal budgeting purposes. NortonLifeLock did not utilize the de minimis exemption to eliminate countries representing no more than 5% of our global population in the aggregate as allowed by SEC rules.
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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Related-Person Transactions Policy and Procedure
NortonLifeLock has adopted a written related person transactions policy which provides for the Company's policies and procedures regarding the identification, review, consideration and approval or ratification of "related person transactions." The Nominating and Governance Committee reviews transactions that may be "related person transactions," which are transactions between NortonLifeLock and any related persons in which the aggregate amount involved exceeds or may be expected to exceed $120,000, and in which the related person has or will have a direct or indirect material interest. For purposes of the policy, a related person is any NortonLifeLock executive officer, director, nominee for director, or stockholder holding more than 5% of any class of NortonLifeLock's voting securities, in each case, since the beginning of the previous fiscal year, and their immediate family members.
Under the policy, absent any facts or circumstances indicating special or unusual benefits to the related person, the following transactions are deemed not to be "related person transactions" (meaning the related person is deemed to not have a direct or indirect material interest in the transaction):
Under the policy, members of NortonLifeLock's legal department review transactions involving related persons that do not fall into one of the above categories. If they determine that a related person could have a significant interest in a transaction, the transaction is referred to the Nominating and Governance Committee. In addition, transactions may be identified through NortonLifeLock's Code of Conduct or other NortonLifeLock policies and procedures, and reported to the Nominating and Governance Committee. The Nominating and Governance Committee determines whether the related person has a material interest in a transaction and may approve, ratify, rescind or take other action with respect to the transaction.
Certain Related Person Transactions
Investments by Firms Affiliated with our Directors
On February 3, 2016, NortonLifeLock entered into an investment agreement with investment entities affiliated with Silver Lake, a private equity firm, relating to the issuance to Silver Lake of $500 million principal amount of 2.5% convertible unsecured notes, due in 2021. In connection with the investment, Kenneth Y. Hao, a managing partner and managing director of Silver Lake, was appointed to our Board.
On June 12, 2016, NortonLifeLock entered into an investment agreement with investment entities affiliated with Silver Lake and Bain Capital relating to the issuance of $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.0% convertible unsecured notes due in 2021. Pursuant to the investment agreement, Silver Lake has agreed to purchase $500 million aggregate
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principal amount of the notes, and Bain Capital, private equity firm of which David W. Humphrey is a managing director, has agreed to purchase $750 million aggregate principal amount of the notes. The transactions contemplated by this investment agreement closed concurrently with the closing of the Blue Coat acquisition on August 1, 2016. In connection with the investment, Mr. Humphrey was appointed to our Board.
The 2.5% convertible unsecured notes, due in 2021 (the "2.5% Notes"), bear interest at a rate of 2.5% per annum. The 2.0% convertible unsecured notes, due in 2021 (the "2.0% Notes" and, together with the 2.5% Notes, collectively, the "Notes"), bear interest at a rate of 2.0% per annum. Interest is payable semiannually in cash under the Notes. The initial conversion rate for the 2.5% Notes was 59.6341 shares of our common stock, and cash in lieu of fractional shares, per $1,000 principal amount of the 2.5% Notes, which was equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $16.77 per share of common stock. The initial conversion rate for the 2.0% Notes was 48.9860 shares of our common stock, and cash in lieu of fractional shares, per $1,000 principal amount of the 2.0% Notes, which was equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $20.41 per share of common stock. The conversion rates under the Notes are subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments. Holders may surrender their Notes for conversion at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the maturity date for the Notes.
As of March 30, 2018, $1.75 billion in aggregate principal amount of the Notes was outstanding. During FY18, we paid an aggregate of $37.5 million in interest on the Notes.
NortonLifeLock also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to which holders of the Notes have certain registration rights with respect to the Notes and the shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes.
Reinvestment Agreements with our Executive Officers
On June 12, 2016, we entered into reinvestment agreements with our former CEO Mr. Clark and GSC-OZ Investment LLC, an entity controlled by Mr. Clark, pursuant to which the parties agreed to purchase, in the aggregate, 2,329,520 shares our common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $40,300,696. On August 1, 2016, we issued and sold these shares to Mr. Clark and GSC-OZ Investment LLC.
On June 12, 2016, we entered into a reinvestment agreement with each of Mr. Fey, our former President and COO, and Mr. Noviello, our former CFO, pursuant to which each of Mr. Fey and Mr. Noviello agreed not to transfer certain shares of common stock to be issued upon exercise of options held by Mr. Fey and Mr. Noviello. On August 1, 2017 these shares were released from transfer restrictions when our common stock achieved the specified volume weighted average trading price over a defined period as set forth in the agreements.
Transactions with Starboard Value LP
In September 2018, the Company entered into an agreement with Starboard Value LP and certain of its affiliates (collectively, "Starboard") regarding, among other things, the membership and composition of the Board and committees thereof (the "Starboard Agreement"). Under the terms of the Starboard Agreement, the Company appointed Peter A. Feld and Dale L. Fuller to serve on the Board and agreed to nominate them for election to the Board at the Annual Meeting. The Starboard Agreement also provided that Robert S. Miller and Geraldine B. Laybourne would not stand for re-election as directors at the Annual Meeting and that, within 30 days after the Annual Meeting, the Company would appoint Richard S. "Rick" Hill to the Board and an additional director to the Board who would be selected by the then-appointed Board from a list of candidates mutually agreed by the Company and Starboard pursuant to the procedures described in the Starboard Agreement. On January 7, 2019, the Board appointed Mr. Hill and Sue Barsamian to the Board in accordance with this provision.
Pursuant to the Starboard Agreement, if at any time Starboard beneficially owns less than 3.0% of the Company's then-outstanding common stock (the "Minimum Ownership Threshold"), Mr. Feld (or, if Mr. Feld is no longer serving on the Board, the substitute Starboard employee director who replaced Mr. Feld) will immediately resign from the Board. Furthermore, until the earlier of (x) 15 business days prior to the deadline for the submission of stockholder nominations for the 2019 Annual Meeting and (y) 90 days prior to the first anniversary of the Annual Meeting, for so long as Starboard satisfies the Minimum Ownership Threshold, Starboard also has certain additional rights to recommend or select substitute directors as provided in the Starboard Agreement.
Aircraft Lease Agreement
On November 9, 2017, the Company and Mr. Clark, our former CEO, entered into an Aircraft Lease Agreement (the "Aircraft Lease Agreement") for the occasional lease by the Company of an aircraft owned by Mr. Clark. Under the Aircraft Lease Agreement, the Company will reimburse Mr. Clark for business travel on his aircraft at a rate of $2,500 per flight hour
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plus additional operating costs. The Nominating and Governance Committee of our Board of Directors approved the Aircraft Lease Agreement after completing a competitive analysis of comparable chartered aircraft rates, which showed that the reimbursement rate is at or below market rates for the charter of similar aircraft. The Nominating and Governance Committee during FY18 also adopted a Company-wide Aircraft Usage Policy, which governs the approved business usage of corporate aircraft, including Mr. Clark's, and set an annual cap on the amount of expenses to be incurred by the Company under the policy at two million dollars. During FY19, we incurred approximately $2 million in fees for the aircraft owned by Mr. Clark. Please see "Executive Compensation and Related Information — Summary Compensation Table" on page 60 for more information.
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The information contained in the following report of NortonLifeLock's Audit Committee is not considered to be "soliciting material," "filed" or incorporated by reference in any past or future filing by NortonLifeLock under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933 unless and only to the extent that NortonLifeLock specifically incorporates it by reference.
The Audit Committee is comprised solely of independent directors, as defined by current Nasdaq listing standards, and operates under a written charter which was most recently amended by the Board on January 29, 2018. The Audit Committee oversees NortonLifeLock's financial reporting process on behalf of the Board. Management has primary responsibility for the financial statements and the reporting process, including the systems of internal controls. In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, the Audit Committee reviewed the audited financial statements that were included in NortonLifeLock's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 29, 2019 with management, including a discussion of the quality, not just the acceptability, of the accounting principles, the reasonableness of significant judgments, and the clarity of the disclosures in the financial statements.
The Audit Committee reviewed with NortonLifeLock's independent registered public accounting firm, which is responsible for expressing an opinion on the conformity of those audited financial statements with generally accepted accounting principles, its judgments as to the quality, not just the acceptability, of NortonLifeLock's accounting principles and discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the SEC. In addition, the Audit Committee has received and reviewed the written disclosures and the letter from the independent registered public accounting firm required by applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding the registered public accounting firm's communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence from management and NortonLifeLock, and has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the registered public accounting firm's independence from management and NortonLifeLock.
The Audit Committee discussed with NortonLifeLock's internal accountants and independent registered public accounting firm the overall scope and plans for their respective audits. The Audit Committee meets with the internal accountants and independent registered public accounting firm, with and without management present, to discuss the results of their examinations, their evaluations of NortonLifeLock's internal controls, and the overall quality of NortonLifeLock's financial reporting.
The Audit Committee also received the report of management contained in NortonLifeLock's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 29, 2019, as well as KPMG's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm included in NortonLifeLock's Annual Report on Form 10-K related to its audit of (i) the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule and (ii) the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. The Audit Committee continues to oversee NortonLifeLock's efforts related to its internal control over financial reporting and management's preparations for the evaluation in fiscal 2019.
In reliance on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board (and the Board has approved) that the audited financial statements be included in NortonLifeLock's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 29, 2019 for filing with the SEC.
By: The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors:
V. Paul Unruh (Chair)
Frank E. Dangeard
Dale L. Fuller
Anita M. Sands
Suzanne M. Vautrinot
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NORTONLIFELOCK INC.
2019 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING INFORMATION
Information About Solicitation and Voting
This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board for use at the Annual Meeting, which will be conducted via live webcast on December 19, 2019, at 9:00 a.m. (Pacific Time), and any adjournment or postponement thereof. We will provide a re-playable webcast of the Annual Meeting, which will be available on the events section of our investor relations website at investor.NortonLifeLock.com.
What is the purpose of the Annual Meeting?
At our Annual Meeting, stockholders will act upon the proposals described in this proxy statement. In addition, following the meeting, management will report on the performance of NortonLifeLock and respond to questions from stockholders.
What proposals are scheduled to be voted on at the Annual Meeting?
Stockholders will be asked to vote on four proposals. The proposals are:
What is the recommendation of the Board on each of the proposals scheduled to be voted on at the Annual Meeting?
The Board recommends that you voteFOR each of the nominees to the Board (Proposal No. 1),FOR the ratification of the appointment of KPMG as our independent registered public accounting firm for the 2020 fiscal year (Proposal No. 2);FOR the approval of compensation to our named executive officers (Proposal No. 3); andAGAINST the stockholder proposal regarding independent board chairman (Proposal No. 4).
Could other matters be decided at the Annual Meeting?
Our Bylaws require that we receive advance notice of any proposal to be brought before the Annual Meeting by stockholders of NortonLifeLock, and we have not received notice of any such proposals. If any other matter were to come before the Annual Meeting, the proxy holders appointed by the Board will have the discretion to vote on those matters for you.
Who can vote at the Annual Meeting?
Stockholders as of the record date for the Annual Meeting, November 1, 2019, are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the close of business on the record date, there were 623,246,880 shares of NortonLifeLock common stock outstanding and entitled to vote. Each share of common stock is entitled to one vote on each matter properly brought before the meeting.
Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name
If on November 1, 2019 your shares were registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, Computershare Investor Services, then you are considered the stockholder of record with respect to those shares. As a stockholder of record, you may vote at the Annual Meeting or vote by proxy. Whether or not you plan to virtually attend the Annual Meeting, we urge you to vote over the Internet or by telephone, or if you received paper proxy materials by mail, by filling out and returning the proxy card.
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For questions regarding your stock ownership, you may contact our transfer agent, Computershare Investor Services, by email through their website atwww.computershare.com/contactus or by phone at (877) 282-1168 (within the U.S. and Canada) or (781) 575-2879 (outside the U.S. and Canada).
Beneficial Owner: Shares Registered in the Name of a Broker or Nominee
If on November 1, 2019 your shares were held in an account with a brokerage firm, bank or other nominee, then you are the beneficial owner of the shares held in street name. As a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your nominee on how to vote the shares held in your account, and it has enclosed or provided voting instructions for you to use in directing it on how to vote your shares. However, the organization that holds your shares is considered the stockholder of record for purposes of voting at the Annual Meeting. Because you are not the stockholder of record, you may not vote your shares at the Annual Meeting unless you request and obtain a valid proxy from the organization that holds your shares giving you the right to vote the shares at the Annual Meeting.
If you are a stockholder of record, you may:
Votes submitted via the Internet or by telephone must be received by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on December 18, 2019. Submitting your proxy, whether via the Internet, by telephone or by mail if you received a paper proxy card, will not affect your right to vote at the Annual Meeting should you decide to virtually attend the meeting.
If you are not the stockholder of record, please refer to the voting instructions provided by your nominee to direct it how to vote your shares.
Your vote is important. Whether or not you plan to virtually attend the Annual Meeting, we urge you to vote by proxy to ensure that your vote is counted. You may still virtually attend the Annual Meeting if you have already voted by proxy.
What is the quorum requirement for the Annual Meeting?
A majority of our outstanding shares as of the record date must be present at the Annual Meeting in order to hold the meeting and conduct business. This presence is called a quorum. Your shares are counted as present at the Annual Meeting if you virtually attend and vote at the Annual Meeting or if you have properly submitted a proxy.
How are abstentions and broker non-votes treated?
Abstentions (shares present at the meeting and voted "abstain") are counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present, and have no effect on the election of directors. For the purpose of determining whether the stockholders have approved all other matters, abstentions have the same effect as an "against" vote.
Broker non-votes occur when shares held by a broker for a beneficial owner are not voted either because (i) the broker did not receive voting instructions from the beneficial owner, or (ii) the broker lacked discretionary authority to vote the shares. Broker non-votes are counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present, and have no effect on the matters voted upon. If you are a beneficial holder and do not provide specific voting instructions to your broker, the broker that holds your shares will not be authorized to vote your shares on any of the proposals, except for Proposal No. 2, ratification of the appointment of KPMG as our independent public accounting firm for the 2019 fiscal year. Accordingly, we encourage you to provide voting instructions to your broker, whether or not you plan to virtually attend the Annual Meeting.
What is the vote required for each proposal?
The votes required to approve each proposal are as follows:
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What if I return a proxy card but do not make specific choices?
All proxies will be voted in accordance with the instructions specified on the proxy card. If you vote over the internet or by telephone, please follow the instructions included on the Notice of Internet Availability, proxy card or proxy materials on how to vote over the Internet or by telephone. If you sign a physical proxy card and return it without instructions as to how your shares should be voted on a particular proposal at the Annual Meeting, your shares will be voted in accordance with the recommendations of our Board stated above.
If you do not vote and you hold your shares in street name, and your broker does not have discretionary power to vote your shares, your shares may constitute "broker non-votes" (as described above) and will not be counted in determining the number of shares necessary for approval of the proposals. However, shares that constitute broker non-votes will be counted for the purpose of establishing a quorum for the Annual Meeting. Voting results will be tabulated and certified by the inspector of elections appointed for the Annual Meeting.
Who is paying for this proxy solicitation?
NortonLifeLock is paying the costs of the solicitation of proxies. We have retained D.F. King & Co., Inc. to help us solicit proxies from brokers, bank nominees and other institutions for a fee of $10,000, plus reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. We will also reimburse brokerage firms and other persons representing beneficial owners of shares for their expenses in forwarding solicitation materials to such beneficial owners. In addition, our directors, officers, and other employees, without additional compensation, may solicit proxies personally or in writing, by telephone, e-mail, or otherwise. If you choose to access the proxy materials and/or vote over the Internet, you are responsible for any Internet access charges you may incur.
What does it mean if I receive more than one proxy card or Notice of Internet Availability?
If you receive more than one proxy card or Notice of Internet Availability, your shares are registered in more than one name or are registered in different accounts. To make certain all of your shares are voted, please follow the instructions included on your proxy card or Notice of Internet Availability on how to access each proxy card and vote each proxy card over the Internet or by telephone. If you received paper proxy materials by mail, you can also complete, sign and return each proxy card to ensure that all of your shares are voted.
How can I change my vote after submitting my proxy?
You may change your vote or revoke your proxy at any time before your proxy is voted at the Annual Meeting. If you are a stockholder of record, you may change your vote or revoke your proxy by:
Please note, however, that if you are a beneficial owner and you wish to change or revoke your proxy, you may change your vote by submitting new voting instructions to your broker, bank or other nominee or, if you have obtained a legal proxy from your broker, bank or other nominee giving you the right to vote your shares at the Annual Meeting, by virtually attending and voting at the Annual Meeting.
How can I attend the Annual Meeting and submit questions?
To attend the Annual Meeting and submit your questions prior to or during the Annual Meeting, please visit www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/NLOK2019. To participate in the Annual Meeting or to submit questions in advance of the meeting, you will need the 16-digit control number included with your proxy materials, on your proxy card, Notice of Internet Availability or on the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials.
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What if during the check-in time or during the meeting I have technical difficulties or trouble accessing the virtual meeting website?
We will have technicians ready to assist you with any technical difficulties you may have accessing the virtual meeting. If you encounter any difficulties accessing the virtual meeting during the check-in or meeting time, please call:
1-855-449-0991 (U.S. Domestic Toll Free)
1-720-378-5962 (International)
Why are you not holding the Annual Meeting in a physical location?
We are excited to embrace the latest technology to provide expanded access, improved communication and cost savings for our stockholders. Hosting a virtual meeting will enable increased stockholder attendance and participation since stockholders can participate from any location around the world. In addition, the online format will allow us to communicate more effectively with you via a pre-meeting forum that you can enter by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/NLOK2019.
How can I get electronic access to the proxy materials?
The proxy materials will provide you with instructions regarding how to:
Choosing to receive your future proxy materials by email will save us the cost of printing and mailing documents to you and will reduce the impact of our annual meetings of stockholders on the environment. If you choose to receive future proxy materials by email, you will receive an email next year with instructions containing a link to those materials and a link to the proxy voting site. Your election to receive proxy materials by email will remain in effect until you terminate it.
Where can I find the voting results?
The preliminary voting results will be announced at the Annual Meeting and posted on our website atinvestor.NortonLifeLock.com. The final results will be tallied by the inspector of elections and filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in a current report on Form 8-K within four business days of the Annual Meeting.
Stockholder Proposals for the 2020 Annual Meeting
Requirements for Stockholder Proposals to be Brought Before an Annual Meeting. NortonLifeLock's Bylaws provide that, for stockholder nominations to the Board or other proposals to be considered at an annual meeting, the stockholder must give timely notice thereof in writing to the Corporate Secretary at NortonLifeLock Inc., 60 E. Rio Salado Parkway, Suite 1000, Tempe, Arizona 85281, Attn: Corporate Secretary.
To be timely for the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders, a stockholder's notice must be delivered to or mailed and received by our Corporate Secretary at our principal executive offices between August 21, 2020 and September 20, 2020 (or, if the 2020 annual meeting is called for a date that is more than 30 calendar days before or more than 60 calendar days after the anniversary of the date of the 2019 Annual Meeting, then by no later than 10 calendar days after our public announcement of the date of the 2020 annual meeting). A stockholder's notice to the Corporate Secretary must set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting the information required by NortonLifeLock's Bylaws.
Requirements for Stockholder Proposals to be Considered for Inclusion in Our Proxy Materials. Stockholder proposals submitted pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act and intended to be presented at NortonLifeLock's 2020 annual meeting must be received by us not later than July 10, 2020 in order to be considered for inclusion in NortonLifeLock's proxy materials for that meeting.
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NortonLifeLock will mail without charge, upon written request, a copy of NortonLifeLock's Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2019, including the financial statements, schedule and list of exhibits, and any exhibit specifically requested. Requests should be sent to:
NortonLifeLock Inc.
60 E. Rio Salado Parkway, Suite 1000
Tempe, Arizona 85281
Attn: Investor Relations
The Annual Report is also available at investor.NortonLifeLock.com.
"Householding" — Stockholders Sharing the Same Last Name and Address
The SEC has adopted rules that permit companies and intermediaries (such as brokers) to implement a delivery procedure called "householding." Under this procedure, multiple stockholders who reside at the same address may receive a single copy of our annual report and proxy materials, unless the affected stockholder has provided contrary instructions. This procedure reduces printing costs and postage fees, and helps protect the environment as well.
This year, a number of brokers with account holders who are NortonLifeLock stockholders will be "householding" our annual report and proxy materials. A single set of annual report and other proxy materials will be delivered to multiple stockholders sharing an address unless contrary instructions have been received from the affected stockholders. Once you have received notice from your broker that it will be "householding" communications to your address, "householding" will continue until you are notified otherwise or until you revoke your consent. Stockholders may revoke their consent at any time by contacting Broadridge ICS, either by calling toll-free (800) 542-1061, or by writing to Broadridge ICS, Householding Department, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, New York, 11717.
Upon written or oral request, NortonLifeLock will promptly deliver a separate copy of the annual report and other proxy materials to any stockholder at a shared address to which a single copy of any of those documents was delivered. To receive a separate copy of the annual report and other proxy materials, you may write or call NortonLifeLock's Investor Relations department at 60 E. Rio Salado Parkway, Suite 1000, Tempe, Arizona 85281, Attn: Investor Relations, telephone number (650) 527-8020.
Any stockholders who share the same address and currently receive multiple copies of NortonLifeLock's annual report and other proxy materials who wish to receive only one copy in the future can contact their bank, broker or other holder of record to request information about householding or NortonLifeLock's Investor Relations department at the address or telephone number listed above.
The Board does not presently intend to bring any other business before the meeting and, so far as is known to the Board, no matters are to be brought before the meeting except as specified in the notice of the meeting. As to any business that may arise and properly come before the meeting, however, it is intended that proxies, in the form enclosed, will be voted in respect thereof in accordance with the judgment of the persons voting such proxies.
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VOTE BY INTERNET Before The Meeting - Go to www.proxyvote.com Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time the day before the meeting date. 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. NORTONLIFELOCK INC. (FORMERLY SYMANTEC CORPORATION) 60 EAST RIO SALADO PARKWAY SUITE 1000 TEMPE, ARIZONA 85281 During The Meeting - Go to www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/NLOK2019 You may attend the Meeting via the Internet and vote during the Meeting. Have the information that is printed in the box marked by the arrow available and follow the instructions. VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903 Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time the day before the meeting date. 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. TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS: E82515-P28869 KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED. NORTONLIFELOCK INC. The Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the following: 1. Election of Directors Nominees: For Against Abstain ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! The Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR proposals 2 and 3. 1a. Sue Barsamian For Against Abstain 2. Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the 2020 fiscal year. Advisory vote to approve executive compensation. ! ! For ! ! Against ! ! Abstain 1b. Frank E. Dangeard 1c. Nora M. Denzel 3. 1d. Peter A. Feld The Board of Directors recommends you vote AGAINST the following proposal: ! ! ! 1e. Kenneth Y. Hao 4. Stockholder proposal regarding independent board chairman. 1f. David W. Humphrey NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. 1g. Vincent Pilette 1h. V. Paul Unruh Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name by authorized officer. Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX] Date Signature (Joint Owners) Date
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting: The Notice and Proxy Statement and Annual Report are available at www.proxyvote.com. E82516-P28869 This Proxy is Solicited on Behalf of the Board of Directors of NortonLifeLock Inc. 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders The undersigned stockholder(s) appoint(s) Vincent Pilette, Matthew Brown, and Scott C. Taylor (the "Proxies") and each of them, with full power of substitution, as attorneys and proxies for and in the name and place of the undersigned, and hereby authorize(s) each of them to represent and to vote all of the shares of Common Stock of NortonLifeLock Inc. that are held of record by the undersigned as of November 1, 2019, which the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of NortonLifeLock Inc. to be held on December 19, 2019 at 9:00 A.M. (Pacific Time), and at any adjournments or postponements thereof. THIS PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED AND RETURNED IN A TIMELY MANNER, WILL BE VOTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING AND AT ANY ADJOURNMENT OR POSTPONEMENT THEREOF IN THE MANNER DESCRIBED HEREIN. IF NO CONTRARY INDICATION IS MADE, THE PROXY WILL BE VOTED IN FAVOR OF ELECTING THE EIGHT NOMINEES IDENTIFIED HEREIN TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND FOR PROPOSALS 2 AND 3 AND AGAINST PROPOSAL 4. In their discretion, the Proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Continued and to be signed on reverse side