Executive Compensation for 2022
Salary. Base salary is targeted at the median of the comparator group and is determined by individual experience and performance.
Short-term Incentive. Teekay’s annual short-term incentive program for executives is linked to company and team performance. Teekay’s financial corporate performance for 2022 was measured using Teekay Corporation’s consolidated adjusted net income (before non-controlling interest). It includes the results of Teekay’s publicly-listed subsidiary, Teekay Tankers Ltd. Team performance measures the achievement of operational, strategic and safety goals within each of the executives’ teams along with Teekay Group shared goals in digital transformation and leadership. Performance targets for corporate and team performance are based on forecasts and are set annually and approved by the Compensation and Human Resources Committee.
Long-term Incentive. Teekay’s long-term incentive program for executive officers consists of equity compensation awards granted under our 2023 Equity Incentive Plan and, until March 2023, our 2013 Equity Incentive Plan, which was suspended upon the adoption of the 2023 Equity Incentive Plan. For 2022, Teekay’s executive officers received awards of RSUs and stock options under the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan. RSUs and stock options vest and become payable annually over a three-year vesting period.
Teekay’s executive officers who provide services, or provided services, to Teekay Tankers Ltd. during 2022 received a portion of their annual equity compensation award under the equity compensation plan of Teekay Tankers Ltd. (the Teekay Tankers Ltd 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan), depending on their level of contribution to Teekay Tankers Ltd. These awards took the form of RSUs, which vest and become payable with respect to one-third of the shares on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant. For each RSU that vests the executive officer is entitled to receive one share of the relevant class of common stock of Teekay Tankers Ltd.
Pension. Teekay offers a defined contribution pension plan to its executives. This benefit is included in the comparator group study that is targeted to the median. Teekay believes that a pension plan is a standard component of total compensation in order to reward executives competitively and provide for part of the employees’ retirement.
Perquisites. Teekay offers a nominal allowance account to its executives for specific items. Teekay believes that this benefit is part of the total compensation of executives and is needed in order to compensate competitively. The perquisites allowance is set at a flat amount (disclosed in aggregate in the compensation table) and can be used for financial counseling, health and fitness, medical costs, and certain other expenses incurred by the executive.
Benefits. Other miscellaneous benefits are offered to Teekay’s executives for ease of conducting their work and for market competitiveness. An example of these benefits is a parking allowance.
Executive Share Ownership Guidelines
In 2005, Teekay implemented share ownership guidelines for its executives. The guidelines require common share holdings with an aggregate value of three times base salary for the Chief Executive Officer, and two times base salary for Presidents and Executive Vice Presidents. The guidelines were to be achieved by March 2010 or, for executives newly promoted or subsequently joining Teekay, within five years after the guidelines become applicable to them. In 2013 the requirement for the Chief Executive Officer was increased to four times base salary. All executives are in compliance with these guidelines.
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