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FORM 10-K/A
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM 10-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000
Commission file number 1-3605
KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 94-0928288
(State of Incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
5847 SAN FELIPE, SUITE 2600, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77057-3010
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 267-3777
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Name of each exchange
Title of each class on which registered
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Cumulative Convertible Preference Stock
(par value $100)
4 1/8% Series None
4 3/4% (1957 Series) None
4 3/4% (1959 Series) None
4 3/4% (1966 Series) None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Title of each class
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Cumulative (1985 Series A) Preference Stock
Cumulative (1985 Series B) Preference Stock
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months, and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements
for the past 90 days. Yes X No
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Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K.
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As of February 28, 2001, there were 46,171,365 shares of the common stock of the
registrant outstanding, all of which were owned by Kaiser Aluminum Corporation,
the parent corporation of the registrant. As of February 28, 2001,
non-affiliates of the registrant held 313,619 shares of Cumulative (1985 Series
A) Preference Stock and 36,532 shares of Cumulative (1985 Series B) Preference
Stock of the registrant (together the "Redeemable Preference Stock"). The
aggregate value of the Redeemable Preference Stock, based upon the redemption
price for such stock, is $17.5 million. During March 2001, the registrant
redeemed all of the Redeemable Preference Stock. See Note 11 of Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information concerning such
redemption.
Documents Incorporated by Reference: None.
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FORM 10-K/A
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART III
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Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant......................... 3
Item 11. Executive Compensation..................................................... 7
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management............. 22
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions............................. 24
Signatures........................................................................... 25
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AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO THE FORM 10-K FILED BY
KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION ON MARCH 30, 2001
The following Items were omitted from the Form 10-K filed by Kaiser Aluminum &
Chemical Corporation (the "Company") on March 30, 2001, and such Form 10-K is
hereby amended to include Part III as hereinafter set forth.
PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
The following table sets forth certain information, as of March 30, 2001, with
respect to the executive officers and directors of the Company. All officers and
directors hold office until their respective successors are elected and
qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal.
NAME POSITIONS AND OFFICES WITH THE COMPANY
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Raymond J. Milchovich President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
John T. La Duc Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Jack A. Hockema Executive Vice President and President of Kaiser Fabricated Products
J. Kent Friedman Senior Vice President and General Counsel
John Barneson Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
Joseph A. Bonn Vice President, Commodities Marketing, Corporate Planning and
Development
James L. Chapman Vice President of Primary Aluminum Operations
Robert E. Cole Vice President, Government Affairs
Edward A. Kaplan Vice President of Taxes
W. Scott Lamb Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
Daniel D. Maddox Vice President and Controller
Ronald L. Reman Vice President, Special Initiatives
Kris S. Vasan Vice President, Strategic Risk Management
Robert W. Warnock Vice President, Performance Measurement and Analysis
John Wm. Niemand II Secretary
Robert J. Cruikshank Director
James T. Hackett Director
George T. Haymaker, Jr. Chairman of the Board and Director
Charles E. Hurwitz Vice Chairman of the Board and Director
Ezra G. Levin Director
James D. Woods Director
Raymond J. Milchovich. Mr. Milchovich, age 51, was elected a director of the
Company in June 1999 and of Kaiser Aluminum Corporation ("Kaiser") in May 1999.
He currently is a member of the Executive Committees of the Boards of Directors
of both the Company and Kaiser. Mr. Milchovich became Chief Executive Officer of
the Company and Kaiser in January 2000 and has served as President of the
Company and Kaiser since July 1997. He also served as Chief Operating Officer of
the Company and of Kaiser from July 1997 through June and May 2000,
respectively. He served as Vice President, President of Kaiser Flat-Rolled
Products, of the Company from June 1995 through July 1997. He became a Vice
President of Kaiser in May 1997 and served in such capacity through July 1997.
From July 1986 to June 1995, Mr. Milchovich served as Divisional Vice President
of the Company's flat-rolled products business unit and Works Manager of the
Company's Trentwood facility in Spokane, Washington.
John T. La Duc. Mr. La Duc, age 58, was elected Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective July 1998, and of Kaiser
effective September 1998. He served as Treasurer of the Company from June 1995
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until February 1996, and served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
the Company from June 1989 and January 1990, respectively. Mr. La Duc also was
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Kaiser from June 1989 and May
1990, respectively, and was Treasurer of Kaiser from August 1995 until February
1996 and from January 1993 until April 1993. Since September 1990, Mr. La Duc
has served as Senior Vice President of MAXXAM Inc. ("MAXXAM"). Mr. La Duc also
serves as a Vice President and a director of MAXXAM Group Holdings Inc., a
wholly owned subsidiary of MAXXAM and parent of MAXXAM's forest products
operations ("MGHI"), as a Vice President and manager on the Board of Managers of
Scotia Pacific Company LLC ("Scopac LLC"), a wholly owned subsidiary of MAXXAM
engaged in forest product operations and successor by merger in July 1998 to
Scotia Pacific Holding Company, and as a director and Vice President of The
Pacific Lumber Company, the parent of Scopac LLC ("Pacific Lumber"). He
previously served as Chief Financial Officer of MAXXAM from September 1990 until
December 1994.
Jack A. Hockema. Mr. Hockema, age 54, was elected to the position of Executive
Vice President, and President of Kaiser Fabricated Products of the Company in
January 2000 and Executive Vice President of Kaiser effective May 2000. He
served as Vice President of Kaiser from May 1997 until May 2000. Mr. Hockema was
Vice President of the Company and President of Kaiser Engineered Products from
March 1997 until January 2000. He served as President of Kaiser Extruded
Products and Engineered Components from September 1996 to March 1997. Mr.
Hockema served as a consultant to the Company and acting President of Kaiser
Engineered Components from September 1995 until September 1996. Mr. Hockema was
an employee of the Company from 1977 to 1982, working at the Company's Trentwood
facility, and serving as plant manager of its former Union City, California, can
plant and as operations manager for Kaiser Extruded Products. Mr. Hockema left
the Company to become Vice President and General Manager of Bohn Extruded
Products, a division of Gulf+Western, and later served as Group Vice President
of American Brass Specialty Products until June 1992. From June 1992 until
September 1996, Mr. Hockema provided consulting and investment advisory services
to individuals and companies in the metals industry.
J. Kent Friedman. Mr. Friedman, age 57, was elected to the position of Senior
Vice President and General Counsel of the Company and Kaiser effective December
1999. He was a partner of Mayor, Day, Caldwell & Keeton, L.L.P., a Houston law
firm, from 1982 until December 1999, and he was Managing Partner of that firm
from 1982 through 1992. Prior to 1982, he was a partner at Butler & Binion, also
a Houston law firm. Mr. Friedman has served as a director and Vice Chairman of
the Board of MAXXAM since May 2000 and as General Counsel of MAXXAM since
December 1999. He served as Acting General Counsel of MAXXAM from March 1998
until his appointment as its General Counsel. He also has served as a director
of Pacific Lumber and a manager on the Board of Managers of Scopac LLC since
September 1999.
John Barneson. Mr. Barneson, age 50, was elected to the position of Vice
President and Chief Administrative Officer of the Company and Kaiser effective
December 1999. He served as Engineered Products Vice President of Business
Development and Planning from September 1997 until December 1999. Mr. Barneson
served as Flat-Rolled Products Vice President of Business Development and
Planning from April 1996 until September 1997. Mr. Barneson has been an employee
of the Company since September 1975 and has held a number of staff and operation
management positions within the flat-rolled and engineered products business
units. Mr. Barneson served on the Board of Directors of MetalSpectrum, LLC from
June 2000 through January 2001.
Joseph A. Bonn. Mr. Bonn, age 57, has been Vice President, Commodities
Marketing, Corporate Planning and Development of the Company since September
1999 and of Kaiser since May 2000. He served as Vice President, Planning and
Development of the Company from March 1997 through September 1999 and as Vice
President of Kaiser from May 1997 through May 2000. He served as Vice President,
Planning and Administration of the Company and Kaiser from July 1989 and
February 1992, respectively, through July 1997 and May 1997, respectively. Mr.
Bonn has served as a Vice President of the Company since April 1987 and served
as Senior Vice President--Administration of MAXXAM from September 1991 through
December 1992. He was also the Company's Director of Strategic Planning from
April 1987 until July 1989. From September 1982 to April 1987, Mr. Bonn served
as General Manager of various aluminum fabricating divisions. Mr. Bonn also
serves as a director of National Refractories Corporation.
James L. Chapman. Mr. Chapman, age 51, was elected to the position of Vice
President of Primary Aluminum Operations of the Company effective July 2000. He
served as special assistant to the Company's and Kaiser's Chief Executive
Officer from March 2000 through July 2000, served as Northwest Operations
Manager from August 1999 through March 2000, and held plant manager positions at
the Mead and Newark plants of the Company from June 1996 through August 1999.
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Robert E. Cole. Mr. Cole, age 54, has been a Vice President of the Company since
March 1981. Since September 1990, Mr. Cole also has served as Vice
President--Federal Government Affairs of MAXXAM. From September 1990 until May
2000, Mr. Cole also served as a Vice President of Pacific Lumber. Mr. Cole is
currently a member of the United States Auto Parts Advisory Committee to the
United States Congress.
Edward A. Kaplan. Mr. Kaplan, age 42, was elected to the position of Vice
President of Taxes of the Company and Kaiser effective March 2001. Mr. Kaplan
previously served as Director of Taxes from October 1999 through February 2001.
From July 1997 to September 1999, he served as Director of Tax Planning of the
Company and Kaiser, and from August 1991 through June 1997, he served as
Associate Director of Tax Planning of the Company and Kaiser. Mr. Kaplan was
with Shell Oil Company from February 1988 through July 1991 and Arthur Andersen
LLP from September 1981 through January 1988.
W. Scott Lamb. Mr. Lamb, age 46, was elected Vice President, Investor Relations
and Corporate Communications of the Company effective July 1998, and of Kaiser
effective September 1998. Mr. Lamb previously served as Director of Investor
Relations and Corporate Communications of the Company and Kaiser from June 1997
through July 1998. From July 1995 through June 1997, he served as Director of
Investor Relations of the Company and Kaiser and from January 1995 through July
1995, he served as Director of Public Relations of the Company and Kaiser.
Daniel D. Maddox. Mr. Maddox, age 41, was elected to the position of Vice
President and Controller of the Company effective July 1998, and of Kaiser
effective September 1998. He served as Controller, Corporate Consolidation and
Reporting of the Company and Kaiser from October 1997 through July 1998 and
September 1998, respectively. Mr. Maddox previously served as Assistant
Corporate Controller of the Company from June 1997 to September 1997 and Kaiser
from May 1997 to September 1997 and Director--External Reporting of the Company
from June 1996 to May 1997. Mr. Maddox was with Arthur Andersen LLP from 1982
until joining the Company in June 1996.
Ronald L. Reman. Mr. Reman, age 43, was elected Vice President, Special
Initiatives of the Company and Kaiser in February 2000. From September 1998
through February 2000, Mr. Reman served as Vice President, Taxes of the Company
and Kaiser. From September 1992 through September 1998, Mr. Reman served as
Assistant Treasurer of the Company and Kaiser. Mr. Reman has served as a Vice
President of MAXXAM since September 1992, including as Vice President--Taxes of
MAXXAM from September 1992 until May 2000. From July 1984 until October 1986,
Mr. Reman was a Senior Manager in the Tax Department of the New York office of
Price Waterhouse after having served seven years with the New York office of
Coopers & Lybrand. Mr. Reman also serves as Vice President--Taxes of MGHI,
Pacific Lumber and Scopac LLC.
Kris S. Vasan. Mr. Vasan, age 51, has been Vice President, Strategic Risk
Management of the Company since June 2000 and of Kaiser since August 2000. He
previously served as Vice President, Financial Risk Management of the Company
from June 1995 through June 2000. Mr. Vasan previously served as Treasurer of
the Company from April 1993 until June 1995 and as Treasurer of Kaiser from
April 1993 until August 1995. Prior to that, Mr. Vasan served the Company and
Kaiser as Corporate Director of Financial Planning and Analysis from June 1990
until April 1993. From October 1987 until June 1990, he served as Associate
Director of Financial Planning and Analysis.
Robert W. Warnock. Mr. Warnock, age 54, was elected to the position of Vice
President, Performance Measurement and Analysis of the Company and Kaiser
effective September 1999. He previously served as Controller, Corporate
Operations from October 1997, and served as Controller of the Company's
flat-rolled products business unit from 1993 to 1997. Mr. Warnock has been an
employee of the Company since May 1969 and has held numerous positions in the
financial organization.
John Wm. Niemand II. Mr. Niemand, age 56, became Secretary of the Company in
June 1997 and Secretary of Kaiser in May 1997. He served as an Assistant
Secretary of the Company and Kaiser from July 1988 until June 1997 and May 1997,
respectively. Mr. Niemand has served as Senior Assistant General Counsel of the
Company and Kaiser since February 2000. He previously served as Senior Corporate
Counsel of the Company and Kaiser from May 1992 through December 1995, and as
Assistant General Counsel of the Company and Kaiser from January 1996 through
January 2000.
Robert J. Cruikshank. Mr. Cruikshank, age 70, has served as a director of the
Company and Kaiser since January 1994. In addition, he has been a director of
MAXXAM since May 1993. He currently is Chairman of the Audit Committees of the
Boards of Directors of both the Company and Kaiser. Mr. Cruikshank was a Senior
Partner in the international public accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche from
December 1989 until his retirement in March 1993. Mr. Cruikshank
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served on the board of directors of Deloitte Haskins & Sells from 1981 to 1985
and as Managing Partner of the Houston office from June 1974 until its merger
with Touche Ross & Co. in December 1989. Mr. Cruikshank also serves as a
director of Reliant Energy Incorporated (formerly Houston Industries
Incorporated), a public utility holding company with interests in electric and
natural gas utilities, coal and transportation businesses; a director of Texas
Biotechnology Incorporated; a trust manager of Weingarten Realty Investors; and
as advisory director of Compass Bank--Houston.
James T. Hackett. Mr. Hackett, age 47, has been a director of the Company since
June 2000 and of Kaiser since May 2000. He currently is a member of the Audit,
Compensation Policy and Section 162(m) Compensation Committees of the Boards of
Directors of both the Company and Kaiser. Since January 2000, Mr. Hackett has
been Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ocean Energy, Inc., a
company engaged in oil and natural gas exploration and production worldwide.
From 1990 through 1995, Mr. Hackett worked for NGC Corporation, now known as
Dynegy, Inc., serving as Senior Vice President and President of the Trident
Division in 1995. From January 1996 until June 1997, Mr. Hackett served as
Executive Vice President of PanEnergy Corporation and was responsible for
integrated international energy development, domestic power operations, and
various corporate staff functions. PanEnergy Corporation merged with Duke Energy
Corporation in June 1997. From June 1997 until September 1998, Mr. Hackett
served as President-Energy Services Group of Duke Energy Corporation, and was
responsible for the non-regulated operations of Duke Energy, including energy
trading, risk management, and international midstream energy infrastructure
development and engineering services. From September 1998 through December 1998,
Mr. Hackett was Chief Executive Officer of Seagull Energy Corporation, a company
that was listed on the New York Stock Exchange, which was engaged primarily in
exploration and production of oil and natural gas. From January 1999 through
March 1999, Mr. Hackett assumed the additional title of Chairman of Seagull
Energy Corporation, and when Seagull Energy Corporation merged with Ocean
Energy, Inc. in March 1999, he was appointed President and Chief Executive
Officer of Ocean Energy, Inc. Mr. Hackett also serves as a director of Temple
Inland Inc. and New Jersey Resources Corporation.
George T. Haymaker, Jr. Mr. Haymaker, age 63, has served as Chairman of the
Board of the Company and Kaiser since January 1994 (non-executive Chairman since
January 1, 2000). He currently is a member of the Executive Committees of the
Boards of Directors of both the Company and Kaiser. Mr. Haymaker served as Chief
Executive Officer of the Company and Kaiser from January 1994 through December
1999, and served as President of the Company and Kaiser from June 1996 and May
1996, respectively, through July 1997. From May 1993 to December 1993, Mr.
Haymaker served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company and
Kaiser. Mr. Haymaker became a director of the Company in June 1993, and a
director of Kaiser in May 1993. From 1987 to April 1993, Mr. Haymaker was a
partner in a partnership that acquired, redirected and operated small to medium
sized companies in the metals industry. Since July 1987, Mr. Haymaker has been a
director, and from February 1992 through March 1993 was President, of Midamerica
Holdings (formerly Metalmark Corporation), which is in the business of
semi-fabrication of aluminum extrusions. Mr. Haymaker also served as Chief
Executive Officer and a director of Amarlite Architectural Products, Inc., a
producer of architectural curtain wall and entrance products, from August 1990
to April 1992 and from April 1989 to February 1993, respectively. He was a
director of American Powdered Metals Company, which was engaged in the
manufacture of powdered metal components, from August 1988 to March 1993, and
Hayken Metals Asia Limited, which represented manufacturers of aluminum and
metal products, from January 1988 to April 1993. From 1984 to 1986, Mr. Haymaker
served as Executive Vice President--Aluminum Operations of Alumax Inc.,
responsible for all primary aluminum and semifabricating activities. From 1982
through 1984, he was Group Vice President, International Operations for Alcoa,
Inc., and held other executive and management positions with that company from
1959 to 1982. Mr. Haymaker is also a director of Flowserve Corporation, a
provider of valves, pumps and seals; a director of CII Carbon, LLC., a producer
of calcined coke; and non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of
Safeline Glass Corp., a provider of automotive replacement glass.
Charles E. Hurwitz. Mr. Hurwitz, age 60, was appointed Vice Chairman of the
Company in December 1994 and has served as a director of the Company and Kaiser
since November and October 1988, respectively. He currently is Chairman of the
Executive Committees of the Boards of Directors of both the Company and Kaiser.
Mr. Hurwitz has also served as a member of the Board of Directors and the
Executive Committee of MAXXAM since August 1978 and was elected Chairman of the
Board and Chief Executive Officer of MAXXAM in March 1980. From January 1993 to
January 1998, he also served MAXXAM as President. Mr. Hurwitz also has been,
since its formation in November 1996, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
Executive Officer of MGHI. He has been, since January 1974, Chairman of the
Board and Chief Executive Officer of Federated Development Company
("Federated"), a Texas corporation primarily engaged in the management of real
estate investments and principal stockholder of MAXXAM.
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Ezra G. Levin. Mr. Levin, age 67, has been a director of the Company since
November 1988. He has been a director of Kaiser since July 1991, and a director
of MAXXAM since May 1978. He currently is a member of the Audit Committee and
Chairman of the Compensation Policy Committee of the Boards of Directors of both
the Company and Kaiser. Mr. Levin also served as a director of Kaiser from April
1988 to May 1990. Mr. Levin has served as a director of Pacific Lumber since
February 1993, and as a manager on the Board of Managers of Scopac LLC since
June 1998. From January 1974 through December 1995, he served as a trustee of
Federated. Mr. Levin is a member of the law firm of Kramer Levin Naftalis &
Frankel LLP. He has held leadership roles in various legal and philanthropic
capacities and also has served as visiting professor at the University of
Wisconsin Law School and Columbia College.
James D. Woods. Mr. Woods, age 69, has been a director of the Company since June
1999 and Kaiser since May 1999. He currently is a member of the Audit and
Compensation Policy Committees and Chairman of the Section 162(m) Compensation
Committee of the Boards of Directors of both the Company and Kaiser. Mr. Woods
has served as Chairman Emeritus and Consultant for Baker Hughes Incorporated
from 1997 to the present, and he was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of Baker Hughes Incorporated from 1986 to 1996. Mr. Woods is a director
of The Kroger Co.; Varco International, Inc.; and OMI Corporation.
SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Based solely upon a review of the copies of the Forms 3, 4 and 5 and amendments
thereto furnished to the Company with respect to its most recent fiscal year,
and written representations from reporting persons that no other Form 5s were
required, the Company believes that all filing requirements were complied with
which were applicable to its officers, directors and greater than 10% beneficial
owners.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
Although certain plans or programs in which executive officers of the
Company participate are jointly sponsored by the Company and Kaiser, executive
officers of the Company generally are directly employed and compensated by the
Company. The following table sets forth compensation information, cash and
non-cash, for each of the Company's last three completed fiscal years with
respect to the Chief Executive Officer and the four most highly compensated
executive officers of the Company (collectively referred to as the "Named
Executive Officers") for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000:
LONG-TERM COMPENSATION
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ANNUAL COMPENSATION AWARDS PAYOUTS
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(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i)
OTHER RESTRICTED
ANNUAL STOCK OPTIONS/ LTIP ALL OTHER
NAME AND SALARY BONUS COMPENSATION AWARD(S) SARS PAYOUTS COMPENSATION
PRINCIPAL POSITION YEAR ($) ($) ($)(1) ($) # ($)(2) ($)
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Raymond J. Milchovich 2000 630,000 987,336 -- 117,525(3) 385,000 75,254 31,500(4)
President and Chief Executive
Officer 1999 518,502 174,144 -- -0- 500,000 134,515 389,520(4)(5)
(Chief Executive Officer
beginning January 2000) 1998 419,583 250,000 -- -0- 500,000 102,211 20,979(4)
John T. La Duc 2000 372,493 435,000 -- -0- -0- 59,065 18,625(4)
Executive Vice President and 1999 358,167 171,928(6) -- -0- -0- 120,990 17,908(4)
Chief Financial Officer 1998 320,000 220,000(6) -- -0- 468,750 124,356 16,000(4)
Jack A. Hockema 2000 315,000 250,000 -- -0- 28,184 235,600 15,750(4)
Executive Vice President and 1999 265,000 212,085 -- -0- -0- 165,270 13,250(4)
President of Kaiser Fabricated
Products 1998 225,000 70,830 -- -0- -0- 292,950 11,250(4)
J. Kent Friedman 2000 450,000 360,000 98,053 -0- 18,800(8) -0- 14,777(9)
Senior Vice President and 1999 37,500 -0- -- -0- 184,500(10) -0- 47(9)
General Counsel(7) 1998 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Joseph A. Bonn 2000 296,250 290,716 -- -0- -0- 44,747 164,813(4)(5)
Vice President, Commodities 1999 259,585 78,721 -- -0- 163,190 79,760 12,979(4)
Marketing, Corporate
Planning and Development 1998 235,300 89,560 -- -0- -0- 82,898 11,765(4)
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(1) Excludes perquisites and other personal benefits which in the aggregate
amount do not exceed the lesser of either $50,000 or 10% of the total
of annual salary and bonus reported for the Named Executive Officer.
(2) Amounts reflect the value of the actual payment received during the
year indicated in connection with awards made under the Company's
long-term incentive program for the rolling three-year performance
periods 1995-1997, 1996-1998 and 1997-1999. The awards generally were
paid in two equal installments: the first during the year following the
end of the three-year performance period and the second during the
following year. Pursuant to the terms of Mr. Hockema's employment
agreement, the full amount of his award for the 1997-1999 performance
period was paid in cash during 2000. Total awards for the 1995- 1997,
1996-1998 and 1997-1999 periods were $161,500, $150,000 and $33,925 for
Mr. Milchovich; $164,900, $120,000 and $22,081 for Mr. La Duc;
$292,950, $165,270 and $235,600 for Mr. Hockema; and $90,965, $92,580
and $13,395 for Mr. Bonn, respectively.
For the performance periods 1995-1997 and 1996-1998, the awards
generally were made 57% in shares of Kaiser common stock and 43% in
cash. The aggregate number of shares distributed was based on the
average closing price of Kaiser's common stock during the last December
of each such performance period. For the 1997-1999 performance period,
awards generally were made entirely in shares of Kaiser common stock.
One-half of the aggregate number of shares distributed was based on the
average closing price of Kaiser's common stock during the last December
of such performance period; the other half was based on a target price
of $15.00 per share.
During the first quarter of 2001, Messrs. Hockema and Bonn were awarded
long-term incentive compensation for the performance period 1998-2000
in the amount of $286,400 and $146,019, respectively. Mr. Hockema also
was awarded a special "growing the business bonus" for the 1999-2000
period in the amount of $601,200. As these amounts were paid in 2001,
they are not reflected in the above table. Additional information with
respect to the long-term component of the Company's incentive
compensation program is set forth below in the "Long-Term Incentive
Plan Awards Table" and in the "Report of the Compensation Committees on
Executive Compensation."
(3) On August 15, 2000, Mr. Milchovich was granted 26,116 shares of
restricted Kaiser common stock. The value of such shares included in
the above table was determined by multiplying the number of shares by
the closing market price of a share of Kaiser's common stock on the New
York Stock Exchange on the grant date. The restrictions on the shares
generally will lapse and the shares will vest on March 28, 2002,
provided that Mr. Milchovich is then an employee. However, if prior to
March 28, 2002 a share of Kaiser's common stock trades at $9.00 or more
for 20 consecutive days, then one half of the shares will vest on the
day that such condition has been met and the other half of the shares
will vest on the later of that day or March 28, 2001. Vesting also may
be accelerated under certain other circumstances. Any dividends paid on
the shares prior to the lapse of the restrictions will be placed in
escrow and will be paid out at such time, if any, that the restrictions
lapse. As of the end of 2000, the above shares were valued at $96,303,
based on the closing price of Kaiser common stock on the New York Stock
Exchange on December 29, 2000. The restricted shares granted to Mr.
Milchovich in August 2000 were the only restricted shares held by him
at the end of 2000.
(4) Includes accruals by the Company of $31,500, $25,925, and $20,979 for
Mr. Milchovich; $18,625, $17,908, and $16,000 for Mr. La Duc; $15,750,
$13,250, and $11,250 for Mr. Hockema; and $14,813, $12,979, and $11,765
for Mr. Bonn under its Supplemental Savings and Retirement Plan and
Supplemental Benefits Plan for 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively.
(5) Includes moving-related items of $363,595 for Mr. Milchovich for 1999
and $150,000 for Mr. Bonn for 2000.
(6) Includes $75,000 (to be paid over a three-year period) for 1999, and
$50,000 (paid over a two-year period) for 1998, which is being
reimbursed by MAXXAM.
(7) Mr. Friedman became an executive officer of the Company in December
1999. He receives his compensation from MAXXAM and the Company
reimburses MAXXAM for certain allocable costs associated with his
performance of services for the Company. The table reflects Mr.
Friedman's total compensation. For the year 2000, 50% of the amounts in
columns (c) and (d) and approximately 50% of the amounts in columns (e)
and (i) with respect to Mr. Friedman were allocated to the Company.
(8) Represents options with tandem SARs for shares of MAXXAM common stock.
(9) Represents matching contributions by MAXXAM during 2000 under its
401(k) savings plan of $6,800; and $7,977 and $47 accrued by MAXXAM for
2000 and 1999, respectively, in respect of MAXXAM's Revised Capital
Accumulation Plan of 1988 pursuant to which, in general, benefits vest
10% annually and are payable upon termination of employment from
MAXXAM.
(10) Represents options for 167,000 shares of Kaiser common stock and
options (with tandem SARs) for 17,500 shares of MAXXAM common stock.
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OPTION/SAR GRANTS
The following table sets forth certain information concerning stock options or
SARs granted in fiscal year 2000 to any of the Named Executive Officers:
INDIVIDUAL GRANTS
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(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f)
# OF % OF TOTAL
SECURITIES OPTIONS/SARS
UNDERLYING GRANTED TO EXERCISE OR GRANT DATE
OPTIONS/SARS EMPLOYEES IN BASE PRICE EXPIRATION PRESENT VALUE
NAME GRANTS 2000 ($/SHARE) DATE ($)
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Raymond J. Milchovich 135,000(1)(2) 23.3 9.4063 07/02/03 670,000(3)
Raymond J. Milchovich 50,000(1)(4) 8.6 9.5000 06/01/09 227,885(5)
Raymond J. Milchovich 100,000(1)(4) 17.3 12.3500 06/01/09 455,765(5)
Raymond J. Milchovich 100,000(1)(4) 17.3 14.2500 06/01/09 455,765(5)
Jack A. Hockema 28,184(1)(6) 4.9 6.0938 02/03/10 135,000(7)
J. Kent Friedman 18,800(8)(9) 9.41(10) 16.3750 12/18/10 144,755(11)
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(1) Represents shares of Kaiser common stock underlying stock options.
(2) The options generally vest at the rate of 8,000 on December 31, 2001
and 127,000 on December 31, 2002. Vesting may be accelerated in certain
circumstances.
(3) Valuation utilizing the Black-Scholes option pricing method with the
following assumptions: 3-year monthly volatility for Kaiser common
stock, 5.80% risk-free rate (based on U.S. Treasury strip rate on the
date of grant with a term equal to that of the option), no dividend
yield and 5-year exercise date. No adjustments were made for
non-transferability or risk of forfeiture.
(4) The options generally vest at the rate of 40% on January 1, 2004 and
60% on January 1, 2005. Vesting may be accelerated in certain
circumstances.
(5) Valuation based on a targeted gain at achievement of a stock price goal
of $16.20 for a share of Kaiser common stock, with a ten-year exercise
period. No adjustments were made for non-transferability or risk of
forfeiture.
(6) The options generally vest at the rate of 331/3% per year, beginning on
February 3, 2001, with an additional 331/3% vesting each February 3
thereafter until fully vested, provided that if as of any such vesting
date Kaiser's common stock has not traded at $10.00 or more per share
for at least 20 consecutive trading days during the option period, the
vesting date will be the date such condition has been met or February
3, 2009, whichever is earlier. Vesting may be accelerated in certain
circumstances.
(7) Valuation utilizing the Black-Scholes option pricing method with the
following assumptions: 3-year weekly volatility for Kaiser common
stock, 6.84% risk-free rate (based on U.S. Treasury strip rate on the
date of grant with a term equal to that of the option), no dividend
yield and 10-year exercise date. No adjustments were made for
non-transferability or risk of forfeiture.
(8) Represents shares of MAXXAM common stock underlying stock options with
tandem SARs.
(9) The options generally vest at the rate of 20% per year, beginning on
December 18, 2001, with an additional 20% vesting each December 18
thereafter until fully vested.
(10) Represents the percentage of total options/SARs granted to employees of
MAXXAM.
(11) Valuation utilizing Black-Scholes option pricing method with the
following assumptions: 5-year daily volatility for MAXXAM common stock,
5.18% risk-free rate (10-year Government Bond as of the grant date), no
dividend yield and 6.59-year exercise date. No adjustments were made
for non-transferability or risk of forfeiture.
The stock options with respect to Kaiser's common stock set forth in the above
table were granted under the Kaiser 1997 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (the "1997
Omnibus Plan") and are exercisable for cash, Kaiser common stock or a
combination thereof. The stock options with respect to the MAXXAM common stock
set forth in the above table were granted under the MAXXAM 1994 Omnibus Employee
Incentive Plan (the "MAXXAM Omnibus Plan") and are exercisable for cash, MAXXAM
common stock or a combination thereof, at MAXXAM's discretion.
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OPTION/SAR EXERCISES AND FISCAL YEAR END VALUE TABLE
The table below provides information on an aggregated basis concerning each
exercise of stock options (or tandem SARs) and freestanding SARs during the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2000, by each of the Company's Named Executive
Officers, and the 2000 fiscal year-end value of unexercised options and SARs,
including SARs exercisable for cash only.
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
VALUE OF UNEXERCISED
NUMBER OF UNEXERCISED IN-THE-MONEY
OPTIONS/SARS OPTIONS/SARS
SHARES AT YEAR END (#) AT FISCAL YEAR-END ($)
ACQUIRED ON VALUE ---------------------------- ----------------------------
NAME EXERCISE (#) REALIZED ($) EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE EXERCISABLE SUNEXERCISABLE
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Raymond J. Milchovich -0- -0- 388,200(1) 1,004,000(1) --(2) --(2)
John T. La Duc -0- -0- 290,450(1) 187,500(1) --(2) --(2)
-0- -0- 4,000(3) -0- --(4) -0-
Jack A. Hockema -0- -0- -0- 28,184(1) -0- --(2)
J. Kent Friedman -0- -0- 33,400(1) 133,600(1) --(2) --(2)
-0- -0- 3,500(5) 32,800(5) --(4) --(4)
Joseph A. Bonn -0- -0- 117,293(1) 54,397(1) --(2) --(2)
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(1) Represents stock options for shares of Kaiser common stock.
(2) Valued at $3.688, the closing price of Kaiser's common stock on
December 29, 2000, less the exercise price. No value is shown because
the exercise price is higher than such closing price.
(3) Represents SARs relating to MAXXAM common stock. The SARs relating to
MAXXAM common stock set forth in the above table for Mr. La Duc were
granted under MAXXAM's 1984 Phantom Share Plan (the "MAXXAM Phantom
Plan"). All of Mr. La Duc's SARs under the MAXXAM Phantom Plan are
exercisable for cash only.
(4) Valued at $15.188 per share, the closing price of MAXXAM common stock
on December 29, 2000, less the exercise price. No value is shown
because the exercise price is higher than such closing price.
(5) Represents stock options (with tandem SARs) for MAXXAM common stock.
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN AWARDS TABLE
Each of the Company's Named Executive Officers listed below received a
distribution in 2000 under the long-term component of the Company's incentive
compensation program for the 1996-1998 and 1997-1999 three-year, long-term
performance periods. The following table and accompanying footnotes describe the
distributions received by each of such Named Executive Officers in 2000.
ESTIMATED FUTURE PAYOUTS
UNDER NON-STOCK PRICE BASED PLANS (4)
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(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f)
PERFORMANCE OR
OTHER PERIODS UNTIL
NUMBER OF MATURATION
NAME SHARES OR PAYOUT THRESHOLD TARGET MAXIMUM
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Raymond J. Milchovich 7,858(1) -- -- -- --
1,811(2) --(3) -- -- --
John T. La Duc 6,286(1) -- -- -- --
1,179(2) --(3) -- -- --
Joseph A. Bonn 4,850(1) -- -- -- --
715(2) --(3) -- -- --
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(1) Represents the stock portion of the second installment of long-term
incentive award distributed in March 2000 in connection with the
1996-1998 three-year, long-term performance period. The average closing
price of Kaiser's common stock during December 1998 was $5.44 per
share. The total awards for the 1996-1998 long-term performance period
for Messrs. Milchovich, La Duc, and Bonn were $150,000, $120,000, and
$92,580, respectively.
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(2) Represents the stock portion of the first installment of long-term
incentive award distributed in April 2000 in connection with the
1997-1999 three-year, long-term performance period. The average closing
price of Kaiser's common stock during December 1999 was $6.809 per
share. The total awards for the 1997-1999 long-term performance period
for Messrs. Milchovich, La Duc, and Bonn were $33,925, $22,081, and
$13,395, respectively.
(3) Payment of the second installment for the 1997-1999 long-term
performance period was conditioned on continued employment. The second
installment was distributed in February 2001.
(4) All payments in connection with the 1996-1998 and 1997-1999 three-year,
long-term performance periods have been made.
The amount of the awards earned for a performance period for which awards are
included in the above table were dependent upon the level of satisfaction of
performance criteria established for that period. During the 1996-1998
performance periods, target incentives were based on the return on assets
employed in the business. During the 1997- 1999 performance period, target
incentives were based upon earnings per share targets established in 1997.
DEFINED BENEFIT PLANS
Company Retirement Plan
The Company maintains a qualified, defined-benefit retirement plan (the
"Retirement Plan") for salaried employees of the Company and co-sponsoring
subsidiaries who meet certain eligibility requirements. The table below shows
estimated annual retirement benefits payable under the terms of the Retirement
Plan to participants with the indicated years of credited service. These
benefits are reflected without reduction for the limitations imposed by the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") on qualified plans and
before adjustment for the Social Security offset, thereby reflecting aggregate
benefits to be received, subject to Social Security offsets, under the
Retirement Plan and the Supplemental Benefits Plan (as defined below).
YEARS OF SERVICE
AVERAGE ANNUAL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
REMUNERATION 15 20 25 30 35
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$ 250,000 $ 56,250 $ 75,000 $ 93,750 $ 112,500 $ 131,250
350,000 78,750 105,000 131,250 157,500 183,750
450,000 101,250 135,000 168,750 202,500 236,250
550,000 123,750 165,000 206,250 247,500 288,750
650,000 146,250 195,000 243,750 292,500 341,250
750,000 168,750 225,000 281,250 337,500 393,750
850,000 191,250 255,000 318,750 382,500 446,250
950,000 213,750 285,000 356,250 427,500 498,750
1,050,000 236,250 315,000 393,750 472,500 551,250
The estimated annual retirement benefits shown are based upon the assumptions
that current Retirement Plan and Supplemental Benefits Plan provisions remain in
effect, that the participant retires at age 65, and that the retiree receives
payments based on a straight-life annuity for his lifetime. Messrs. Milchovich,
La Duc, Hockema and Bonn had 20.6, 31.3, 8.9, and 33.5 years of credited
service, respectively, on December 31, 2000. Monthly retirement benefits, except
for certain minimum benefits, are determined by multiplying years of credited
service (not in excess of 40) by the difference between 1.50% of average monthly
compensation for the highest base period (of 36, 48 or 60 consecutive months,
depending upon compensation level) in the last 10 years of employment and 1.25%
of monthly primary Social Security benefits. Pension compensation covered by the
Retirement Plan and the Supplemental Benefits Plan consists of salary and bonus
amounts set forth in the Summary Compensation Table (column (c) plus column (d)
thereof).
Participants are entitled to retire and receive pension benefits, unreduced for
age, upon reaching age 62 or after 30 years of credited service. Full early
pension benefits (without adjustment for Social Security offset prior to age 62)
are payable to participants who are at least 55 years of age and have completed
10 or more years of pension service (or whose age and years of pension service
total 70) and who have been terminated by the Company or an affiliate for
reasons of job elimination or partial disability. Participants electing to
retire prior to age 62 who are at least 55 years of age and who have completed
10 or more years of pension service (or whose age and years of pension service
total at least 70) may receive pension benefits, unreduced for age, payable at
age 62 or reduced benefits payable earlier. Participants who terminate their
employment after five years or more of pension service, or after age 55 but
prior to age 62, are entitled to pension benefits, unreduced for age, commencing
at age 62 or, if they have completed 10 or more years of pension service,
actuarially reduced benefits payable earlier. For participants with five or more
years of pension service or who have reached age 55 and who die, the Retirement
Plan provides a pension to their eligible surviving spouses. Upon
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retirement, participants may elect among several payment alternatives including,
for most types of retirement, a lump-sum payment.
MAXXAM Pension Plan
All officers who are also employees and other regular employees of MAXXAM
automatically participate in MAXXAM's Pension Plan (the "MAXXAM Pension Plan"),
a noncontributory, defined benefit plan. Benefits equal the sum of an employee's
"past service benefit" and "future service benefit." Benefits are based on (i)
an employee's base salary, including overtime, but excluding bonuses,
commissions and incentive compensation and (ii) an employee's age and the number
of years of service with MAXXAM.
Under the MAXXAM Pension Plan, the annual past service benefit is the greatest
of:
(i) benefits accrued under the plan through December 31, 1986;
(ii) the product of (a) the sum of 0.8% of the participant's Past
Service Compensation Base (as defined), plus 0.8% of the
participant's Past Service Compensation Base in excess of
$15,000 and (b) the participant's credited years of service
prior to January 1, 1987; or
(iii) the product of 1.2% of the participant's Past Service
Compensation Base and the participant's credited years of
service prior to January 1, 1987.
For 1987 and 1988, the annual future service benefit equaled 1.6% of an
employee's compensation up to two-thirds of the Social Security wage base, plus
2.4% of any remaining compensation. Effective January 1, 1989, the annual future
service benefit equaled 1.75% of an employee's compensation for each year of
participation, plus 0.6% of the employee's compensation in excess of $10,000.
Effective January 1, 1995, the annual future service benefit equals 2.35% of an
employee's compensation for each year of participation.
The amount of an employee's aggregate plan compensation that may be included in
benefit computations under the MAXXAM Pension Plan is limited to $170,000 for
2000. Benefits are generally payable as a lifetime annuity or, with respect to
married employees, as a 50% joint and survivor annuity, or, if the employee
elects (with spousal consent), in certain alternative annuity forms. Benefits
under the MAXXAM Pension Plan are not subject to any deductions for Social
Security or other offsets. The covered compensation for 2000 and credited years
of service as of December 31, 2000 for the MAXXAM Pension Plan and estimated
annual benefit payable upon retirement at normal retirement age for Mr. Friedman
was $170,000--1 year--$37,172.
The projected benefit shown above was computed as a lifetime annuity amount,
payable beginning at age 65. The benefit amount reflects a covered compensation
limit of $170,000 for 2001 and subsequent years under Section 401(a)(17) of the
Code. In addition, the amounts reflects a maximum benefit limit of $140,000 for
2001 and subsequent years (with early retirement reductions where applicable)
that is placed upon annual benefits that may be paid to a participant in the
MAXXAM Pension Plan at retirement under Section 415 of the Code. Combined plan
limits applicable to employees participating in both defined contribution and
defined benefit plans have not been reflected.
Company Supplemental Benefits Plan
The Company maintains an unfunded, non-qualified Supplemental Benefits Plan (the
"Supplemental Benefits Plan"), the purpose of which is to restore benefits which
would otherwise be paid from the Retirement Plan or the Supplemental Savings and
Retirement Plan, a qualified Section 401(k) plan (the "Savings Plan"), were it
not for the Section 401(a)(17) and Section 415 limitations imposed by the Code.
Participation in the Supplemental Benefits Plan includes all employees of the
Company and its subsidiaries whose benefits under the Retirement Plan and
Savings Plan are likely to be affected by such limitations imposed by the Code.
Eligible participants are entitled to receive the equivalent of the Retirement
Plan and Savings Plan benefits which they may be prevented from receiving under
those plans because of such Code limitations.
MAXXAM Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
Effective March 8, 1991, MAXXAM adopted an unfunded non-qualified Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan (the "MAXXAM SERP"). The MAXXAM SERP provides that
eligible participants are entitled to receive benefits which would have been
payable to such participants under the MAXXAM Pension Plan except for the
limitations imposed by
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the Code. Participants in the MAXXAM SERP are selected by MAXXAM's Board of
Directors. Mr. Friedman was entitled to receive benefits under the MAXXAM SERP
during 2000.
The following projections for Mr. Friedman are based on the same assumptions as
utilized in connection with the MAXXAM Pension Plan projections above. The 2000
qualified plan pay limit ($170,000) and benefit limit ($140,000) are reflected
for all years in the future. In addition, no future increases in Mr. Friedman's
covered compensation amounts from the 2000 levels are assumed.
COVERED COMPENSATION FOR 2000:
Qualified Plan $ 170,000
Nonqualified Plan 280,000
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Total $ 450,000
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CREDITED YEARS OF SERVICE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2000 1
PROJECTED NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT:
Qualified Plan $ 37,172
Nonqualified Plan 59,220
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Total $ 96,392
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Company Termination Payment Policy
Most full-time salaried employees of the Company are eligible for benefits under
an unfunded termination policy if their employment is involuntarily terminated,
subject to a number of exclusions. The policy provides for lump-sum payments
after termination ranging from one-half month's salary for less than one year of
service graduating to eight months' salary for 30 or more years of service. The
amounts payable to Messrs. Milchovich, La Duc, Hockema, and Bonn under the
policy if they had been involuntarily terminated on December 31, 2000, would
have been $315,000, $248,328, $65,625, and $197,504, respectively.
MAXXAM Severance or Termination Policy
Severance or termination pay is generally granted to regular full-time employees
of MAXXAM who are involuntarily terminated, subject to certain conditions and a
number of exclusions, pursuant to an unfunded policy. After such termination,
the policy provides for payment in an amount ranging from two weeks' salary for
at least one year of service graduating to a maximum of 104 weeks' salary. The
amount payable under the policy to Mr. Friedman if he had been involuntarily
terminated on December 31, 2000 would have been $17,308.
MAXXAM Deferred Compensation Program
Certain executive officers of MAXXAM, including Mr. Friedman, are eligible to
participate in a deferred compensation program. An eligible executive officer
may defer up to 30% of gross salary and up to 30% of any bonus otherwise payable
to such executive officer for any calendar year. The designated percentage of
deferred compensation is credited to a book account as of the date such
compensation would have been paid and is deemed "invested" in an account bearing
interest calculated using one-twelfth of the sum of the prime rate plus 2% on
the first day of each month. Deferred compensation, including all earnings
credited to the book account, will be paid in cash to the executive or
beneficiary as soon as practicable following the date the executive ceases for
any reason to be an employee of MAXXAM, either in a lump sum or in a specified
number of annual installments, not to exceed ten, at the executive's election.
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
Each of the directors who is not an employee of the Company, Kaiser, or MAXXAM,
generally receives an annual base fee for services as a director, a portion of
which is paid in the form of an option to purchase shares of Kaiser common
stock, as more fully described below. For the year 2000, the base fee was
$40,000, including $10,000 of value in Kaiser stock options. Beginning in 2000,
such stock options will be granted in May for services rendered during the prior
12 months. Accordingly, the grant made in May 2000 was appropriately prorated to
cover services rendered from January through May 2000. During 2000, in respect
of base compensation, Messrs. Cruikshank, Levin and Woods each received $34,167,
of which $4,167 of value was in the form of Kaiser stock options, and Mr.
Hackett, who was elected to the Board of Directors at the May 2000 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders, received $18,132 in cash. Mr. Haymaker's compensation
for services as a director is covered by a separate agreement with the Company,
which is discussed below.
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For the year 2000, non-employee directors of the Company and Kaiser who were
non-employee directors of MAXXAM, also received director or committee fees from
MAXXAM. In addition, the non-employee Chairman of each of the committees was
paid a fee of $3,000 per year for services as Chairman. All non-employee
committee members also generally received a fee of $1,500 per day per committee
meeting held in person on a date other than a Board meeting date and $500 per
formal telephonic committee meeting. In respect of 2000, Messrs. Cruikshank,
Hackett, Levin, and Woods received an aggregate of $8,250, $1,500, $7,500, and
$4,750, respectively, in such committee fees from the Company and Kaiser in the
form of cash payments.
Non-employee directors are eligible to participate in the 1997 Omnibus Plan. In
2000, non-employee directors participated in a program under the 1997 Omnibus
Plan pursuant to which each non-employee director was entitled to receive as
part of his base fee for the year options valued at $10,000 to purchase Kaiser
common stock at a price equal to the average of the high and low market price of
Kaiser common stock on the day of the grant, with the number of shares covered
by the options determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing method. Prior
to 2000, the annual stock option grant was made in December of each year for
services during the prior twelve months. In 2000, the program was modified so
that the annual grant will be made in May with respect to services rendered
during the preceding twelve months. Accordingly, the amount of the grant made in
May 2000 was appropriately prorated. On May 31, 2000, in respect of services for
the period from January through May 2000, Messrs. Cruikshank, Levin, and Woods
each received options under the program to purchase 1,191 shares of Kaiser
common stock at an exercise price of $4.3438 per share. In general, such stock
options will become exercisable at the earlier of (a) the time when Kaiser
common stock trades at $10 or more per share for 20 consecutive trading days and
at least one year has elapsed since the date of the grant, or (b) nine years
after the date of grant, and such options generally will be exercisable for a
period ending ten years from the date of grant. Because Mr. Hackett did not
become a director of Kaiser until the end of May 2000 or of the Company until
June 2000, he did not receive an option grant under this program during 2000.
Effective 2001, the value of the grant to be made under this program will be
increased to $20,000. The exercise price will be the average of the high and low
market price for Kaiser common stock on the date of the grant. In general, such
stock options will become exercisable one year from the date of the grant, and
will be exercisable for a period of ten years from the date of grant.
In 2000, the Company had a program pursuant to which a one-time grant of an
option to purchase Kaiser common stock was to be made to each new non-employee
director of the Company based on the market price of such stock on the day of
the grant. In each instance the grant was to have a value of $10,000, and the
number of shares covered by the option was to be determined using the
Black-Scholes option pricing method. Each option would become exercisable at the
earlier of (a) the time when Kaiser common stock trades at $10 or more per share
for 20 consecutive trading days and at least one year has elapsed since the date
of the grant, or (b) nine years after the date of grant. On February 29, 2000,
Mr. Woods received an option under such program to purchase 2,358 shares of
Kaiser common stock at an exercise price of $5.5625 per share. On May 31, 2000,
Mr. Hackett also received an option under such program to purchase 2,858 shares
of Kaiser common stock at an exercise price of $4.3438 per share. This program
has been discontinued commencing with the year 2001.
Directors are reimbursed for travel and other disbursements relating to Board
and committee meetings, and non-employee directors are provided travel accident
insurance in respect of Company-related business travel. Subject to the approval
of the Chairman of the Board, directors also may be paid additional ad hoc fees
for extraordinary services in the amount of $750 per one-half day or $1,500 per
day.
Effective 2001, the base fee payable to non-employee directors was increased to
$50,000, of which $20,000 of value will be paid in the form of options to
purchase Kaiser common stock. In addition, each non-employee member of the Board
will receive a fee of $1,500 per day for all Board meetings attended in person
and $500 for each formal telephone meeting of the Board. The existing programs
for reimbursement of travel expenses and payment of additional amounts for
services as Chairman for certain committees of the Board, for attendance at
certain meetings of such committees and for certain special activities, shall
continue unmodified.
The Company and Kaiser have a deferred compensation program in which all
non-employee directors are eligible to participate. By executing a deferred fee
agreement, a non-employee director may defer all or part of the fees from the
Company and Kaiser for services in such capacity for any calendar year. The
deferred fees are credited to a book account and are deemed "invested," in 25%
increments, in two investment choices: in phantom shares of Kaiser common stock
and/or in an account bearing interest calculated using one-twelfth of the sum of
the prime rate plus 2% on the first day of each month. If deferred, fees,
including all earnings credited to the book account, are paid in cash to the
director or beneficiary as soon as practicable following the date the director
ceases for any reason to be a member of the Board,
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either in a lump sum or in a specified number of annual installments not to
exceed ten, at the director's election. With the exception of Mr. Haymaker, who
commenced deferring his fees in 2000, no deferral elections have been made under
this program.
Fees to directors who are also employees of Kaiser or MAXXAM are deemed to be
included in their salary. Directors of the Company were also directors of Kaiser
and received the foregoing compensation for acting in both capacities.
As of January 1, 2000, Mr. Haymaker, the Company and Kaiser entered into an
agreement concerning the terms upon which he would serve as a director and
non-executive Chairman of the Boards of the Company and Kaiser through Kaiser's
2001 Annual Meeting. Under the agreement, Mr. Haymaker provides consulting
services to the Company and Kaiser, in addition to acting as a director. For the
year 2000, Mr. Haymaker's compensation under the agreement was $250,000, of
which $40,000 represented his base Director's fee and any Board committee fees
otherwise payable. For the year 2001, Mr. Haymaker's annual base compensation
will be $250,000, inclusive of his base Director's fee and any Board committee
fees otherwise payable. He also will be eligible for annual incentive
compensation having a target amount of $50,000, payable upon the achievement of
goals established by the Board. Mr. Haymaker's base compensation and any
incentive compensation for 2001 will be prorated for service through the
expiration of the agreement. Compensation under the agreement is payable in
cash. As permitted by the agreement, Mr. Haymaker has elected to defer receipt
of the Director fee portion of the compensation in accordance with the deferred
compensation program discussed above.
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND CHANGE-IN-CONTROL
ARRANGEMENTS
Raymond J. Milchovich
Mr. Milchovich and the Company entered into an employment agreement effective
June 1, 1999. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Mr. Milchovich is entitled
to a base salary of $692,000 for 2001 and not less than $750,000 for 2002. The
amount is reviewed annually by the Section 162(m) Compensation Committee of the
Board to evaluate Mr. Milchovich's performance, and in any event on and after
January 1, 2003, will be adjusted for inflation consistent with the general
program of increases for other executives and management employees.
Mr. Milchovich's agreement establishes a target bonus equal to 80% of base
salary per year, which will be payable based on the attainment by the Company of
the short-term bonus plan objectives under the Company's executive bonus plan
for such year, as such objectives are agreed upon annually consistent with the
Company's business plan for the relevant year.
Under the terms of the agreement, Mr. Milchovich received stock options to
purchase 750,000 shares of Kaiser's common stock under the 1997 Omnibus Plan.
Twenty percent (20%) of the options, or 150,000 shares, were granted with an
exercise price of $9.50 per share, forty percent (40%) of the options, or
300,000 shares, were granted with an exercise price of $12.35 per share, and
forty percent (40%) of the options, or 300,000 shares, were granted with an
exercise price of $14.25 per share. Twenty percent (20%) of the options at each
exercise price vest annually, beginning January 1, 2001, with an additional
twenty percent (20%) vesting each January 1 thereafter until fully vested.
Vesting may be accelerated in certain circumstances. The options expire June 1,
2009. The options are in lieu of any payment of long-term incentive compensation
under the executive bonus plan for the five year period beginning January 1,
2000, although Mr. Milchovich remains eligible for additional option grants at
the discretion of the Section 162(m) Compensation Committee of the Board.
Mr. Milchovich's agreement provides that upon the termination of his employment
for any reason other than termination for cause, his acceptance of any offer of
employment with an affiliate of the Company, or a voluntary termination by Mr.
Milchovich for other than good reason, then Mr. Milchovich would be entitled to
receive the following benefits: (A) an early retirement lump sum payment, equal
to the excess, if any, of the sum of (i) the lump sum benefit from the Kaiser
Retirement Plan that Mr. Milchovich would have been entitled to as of the date
of his actual termination based upon the terms of the Retirement Plan as in
effect June 1, 1999, and as if he qualified for a full early retirement pension,
and (ii) the lump sum benefit from the Supplemental Benefits Plan based upon the
terms of that Plan as in effect June 1, 1999, and as if he qualified for a
Retirement Plan full early retirement pension, over (iii) an amount equal to the
lump sum actuarial equivalent of Mr. Milchovich's actual benefit payable from
the Retirement Plan on account of his actual termination, plus the actual
benefit payable from the Supplemental Benefits Plan on account of his actual
termination; (B) full health benefits as if Mr. Milchovich had qualified for an
early retirement pension; (C) a lump sum equal to Mr. Milchovich's base salary
as of the date of his termination for a period equal to the greater of (x) the
number of months
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remaining in the employment period, or (y) two years, plus an amount equal to
Mr. Milchovich's target annual bonus for the year of termination; and (D) all
unvested stock options held by Mr. Milchovich on the date of such termination
that would have vested during his employment period would immediately vest and
become exercisable in full for the remaining portion of the applicable period.
In the event of a change in control, the terms and conditions of Mr.
Milchovich's agreement would continue in full force and effect during the period
that he would continue to provide services; provided, in the event of a
termination of his employment by the Company other than for cause, or in the
event Mr. Milchovich would terminate his employment for any reason within twelve
(12) months following a change in control, the foregoing benefits would become
due and payable.
John T. La Duc
Mr. La Duc and the Company entered into a five-year employment agreement
effective January 1, 1998. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Mr. La Duc is
entitled to a base salary of $378,560 for 2001. The amount is reviewed annually
to evaluate Mr. La Duc's performance, and in any event will be adjusted for
inflation consistent with the general program of increases for other executives
and management employees. Mr. La Duc's agreement established an annual target
bonus of $200,000 (subject to adjustment for inflation) payable upon the Company
achieving short-term objectives under its executive bonus plan which are to be
agreed upon annually and be otherwise consistent with the Company's business
plan.
Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Mr. La Duc received in 1998 a grant
under the 1997 Omnibus Plan of options to purchase 468,750 shares of Kaiser's
common stock at an exercise price of $9.3125 per share. This grant was intended
to have a value at the date of grant equivalent to a value of five times Mr. La
Duc's annual long-term incentive target of $465,000 and to be in lieu of any
payment of long-term incentive compensation under the Company's executive bonus
plan for the five-year period beginning January 1, 1998, although Mr. La Duc
remains eligible for additional option grants. The options granted pursuant to
the terms of Mr. La Duc's agreement generally vest at the rate of 20% per year,
beginning on December 31, 1998, with an additional 20% vesting each December 31
thereafter until fully vested, although vesting may be accelerated in certain
circumstances.
Mr. La Duc's agreement provides that upon the termination of his employment for
any reason other than termination for cause, his acceptance of any offer of
employment with an affiliate of the Company, or a voluntary termination by Mr.
La Duc for other than good reason, or if Mr. La Duc's employment terminates by
the expiration of the employment period under the agreement without an offer for
continued employment by the Company for a position of responsibility comparable
to that held by Mr. La Duc at the beginning of the employment period and on
substantially the same or improved terms and conditions, then Mr. La Duc would
be entitled to receive the following benefits: (A) an early retirement lump sum
payment, equal to the excess, if any, of the sum of (i) the lump sum benefit
from the Retirement Plan that Mr. La Duc would have been entitled to as of the
date of his actual termination based upon the terms of the Retirement Plan as in
effect January 1, 1998, and as if he qualified for a full early retirement
pension, and (ii) the lump sum benefit from the Supplemental Benefits Plan based
upon the terms of that Plan as in effect January 1, 1998, and as if he qualified
for a Retirement Plan full early retirement pension, over (iii) an amount equal
to the lump sum actuarial equivalent of Mr. La Duc's actual benefit payable from
the Retirement Plan on account of his actual termination, plus the actual
benefit payable from the Supplemental Benefits Plan on account of his actual
termination; (B) full health benefits as if Mr. La Duc had qualified for an
early retirement pension; (C) a lump sum equal to Mr. La Duc's base salary as of
the date of his termination for a period equal to the greater of (x) the number
of months remaining in the employment period, or (y) two years, plus an amount
equal to Mr. La Duc's target annual bonus for the year of termination (but no
less than $200,000); and (D) all unvested stock options held by Mr. La Duc on
the date of such termination that would have vested during his employment period
would immediately vest and become exercisable in full for the remaining portion
of the period of five years from the date of grant. In the event of a change in
control, the terms and conditions of Mr. La Duc's agreement would continue in
full force and effect during the period that he would continue to provide
services; provided, in the event of a termination of his employment by the
Company other than for cause, or in the event Mr. La Duc would terminate his
employment for any reason within twelve (12) months following a change in
control, the foregoing benefits would become due and payable.
Jack A. Hockema
Mr. Hockema and the Company entered into an employment agreement effective
September 1, 1996, which, as amended, expired December 31, 2000. Effective
January 24, 2000, Mr. Hockema was elected Executive Vice President, and
President of Kaiser Fabricated Products of the Company. In connection with that
election, new compensation arrangements for 2000 and 2001 were approved for him
by the Section 162(m) Compensation Committee of the Board.
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Under the 1996 agreement, Mr. Hockema participated in the engineered products
business unit 1997-1999 and 1998- 2000 long-term incentive plans with an
incentive opportunity of $200,000. He also was eligible for, and received in
February 2001, a "growing the business bonus" based upon increasing earnings
before interest and taxes during the period January 1, 1999 through December 31,
2000. In addition, he participated in the Kaiser Severance Protection and Change
of Control Benefits Program.
Under the compensation arrangements approved by the Section 162(m) Compensation
Committee for Mr. Hockema in connection with his January 2000 promotion, Mr.
Hockema's compensation for 2000 and 2001 has three components: base pay,
short-term incentive and long-term incentive. His base pay for 2000 was
$315,000. His short-term incentive for 2000 had two components. The first
component had a target amount of $135,000, with any award under the first
component to be made based on that target amount and on the performance of the
engineered products business unit. The second component had a target amount of
$30,000, with any award to be made based on that target amount and on the
performance of the flat-rolled products business unit as determined by the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company.
Mr. Hockema's long-term incentive for the period 2000-2002 has two components.
The first component has a target amount of $200,000, with any award under the
first component to be made based on that target amount and on the performance of
the engineered products business unit for the period 2000-2002. The second
component has a value of $135,000, which award was made in 2000 in the form of a
grant of a stock option to purchase 28,184 shares of Kaiser's common stock at
$6.0938 per share. The options generally vest at the rate of 331/3% per year,
beginning on February 3, 2001, with an additional 331/3% vesting each February 3
thereafter until fully vested, provided that if as of any such vesting date
Kaiser's common stock has not traded at $10.00 or more per share for at least 20
consecutive trading days during the option period, the vesting date will be the
date such condition has been met or February 3, 2009, whichever is earlier.
Vesting may be accelerated in certain circumstances. Additional information
concerning the terms of the grant are set forth in the "Options Grant Table"
above.
Mr. Hockema will qualify for a cash bonus of $500,000 in the event of the sale
of a specified portion of the business units under his management on or before
July 1, 2002. Payment of such a bonus would be made in three equal annual
installments, with the first payment occurring within 30 days of the closing of
such sale.
Mr. Hockema's base pay for 2001 was set at $375,000. The target amounts of Mr.
Hockema's short-term incentive and long-term incentive for 2001 were established
at $200,000 and $475,000, respectively.
J. Kent Friedman
Mr. Friedman and MAXXAM entered into a five-year employment agreement effective
December 1, 1999. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Mr. Friedman currently
is entitled to a base salary of $450,000 per year. This amount is reviewed in
accordance with MAXXAM's generally applicable practices; however, MAXXAM has no
obligation under such agreement to increase Mr. Friedman's base salary. Mr.
Friedman's employment agreement also provides that he receive an annual bonus of
not less than $150,000 for each calendar year he is employed by MAXXAM. Pursuant
to the terms of the agreement, Mr. Friedman received a grant under the MAXXAM
Omnibus Plan of non-qualified stock options, with such options having tandem
stock appreciation rights, with respect to 17,500 shares of MAXXAM's common
stock, at an exercise price of $45.50 per share, and a grant under the 1997
Omnibus Plan of options to purchase 167,000 shares of Kaiser's common stock at
an exercise price of $9.00 per share. All options granted pursuant to the terms
of Mr. Friedman's agreement generally vest at the rate of 20% per year,
beginning on December 1, 2000, with an additional 20% vesting each December 1
thereafter until fully vested.
Pursuant to the terms of Mr. Friedman's agreement, Mr. Friedman received a
$250,000 interest-free loan from MAXXAM. Further, contingent upon Mr. Friedman's
continued employment with MAXXAM, beginning on December 1, 2000 and continuing
annually thereafter, $50,000 of the principal of the loan shall be forgiven by
MAXXAM until the principal of the loan has been reduced to zero. Pursuant to the
terms of the agreement, Mr. Friedman is also entitled to participate in all
employee benefit plans and programs which are available to MAXXAM's senior
executive employees. Mr. Friedman's agreement provides that upon the termination
of his employment (either voluntarily by Mr. Friedman or for cause), Mr.
Friedman is entitled to (i) pro rata base salary through the date of such
termination and (ii) any compensation and benefits otherwise due to him pursuant
to the terms of MAXXAM's employee benefit plans. In addition, in the event of
Mr. Friedman's termination under the circumstances described above, any
outstanding principal on the loan referred to above becomes repayable by him
upon such termination.
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Company Enhanced Severance Protection and Change in Control Benefits Program
In 2000, the Company implemented the Enhanced Severance Protection and Change in
Control Benefits Program (the "Program") in order to provide selected executive
officers, including Messrs. Milchovich, La Duc, Hockema and Bonn, and key
employees of the Company (collectively, "Participants") with appropriate
protection in the event of job loss in connection with a change in control, and
for certain Participants, significant restructuring or other circumstances. The
Program replaces the Kaiser Severance Protection and Change of Control Benefits
Program, which expired at December 31, 2000.
The Program benefits consist of severance payments and benefits in the event of
termination. Under the Program, the Company has the sole discretion to determine
which persons will participate in the Program and the level of participation.
Participants are eligible for severance benefits in the event the Participant's
employment terminates or constructively terminates due to a change in control
during a period which commences ninety (90) days prior to the change in control
and ends on either the first, second or third anniversary of the change in
control, depending on the Participant's position. These benefits are not
available if (i) the Participant voluntarily resigns or retires, (ii) the
Participant is discharged for cause, (iii) the Participant's employment
terminates as the result of death or disability, or (iv) the Participant
declines to sign, or subsequently revokes, a designated form of release.
Certain Participants, including the above-mentioned Named Executive Officers,
also are eligible for severance benefits in the event that their employment is
terminated outside of the period described above as a result of the sale or
other disposition of one or more business units to which they provide services.
These Participants will not be entitled to severance payments under this
provision if any of (i) through (iv) above apply or if the Company offers them
suitable employment in a substantially similar capacity at their current level
of base pay and short-term incentive, regardless of whether they accept or
reject such offer.
Certain Participants, including the above-mentioned Named Executive Officers,
also are eligible for severance benefits if they are terminated other than at a
time or for a reason described above. No severance payments will be payable to a
Participant under this provision if any of (i) through (iv) above apply or if
the Company offers the Participant suitable employment and the Participant
rejects such offer.
Severance benefits generally payable under the Program consist of a lump sum
cash payment in an amount ranging from one to three times the sum of the
Participant's base pay and most recent short-term incentive target, plus a
pro-rated portion of the Participant's short- and long-term incentive target for
the year of termination. Participants also will be entitled to continued
medical, dental, life and accidental death and dismemberment benefits, and in
the case of certain Participants, perquisites, for designated periods after
termination. In certain circumstances, a Participant also may be entitled to a
payment in an amount sufficient, after the payment of taxes, to pay any excise
tax due by the Participant under Section 4999 of the Code or any similar state
or local tax.
Severance payments payable to a Participant under the Program are in lieu of any
severance or other termination payments provided for under any other agreement
between the Participant and the Company (including the Company Termination
Payment Policy described above), provided that if the terms of a written
employment agreement conflict with the Program, the provisions more favorable to
the Participant will prevail.
Except as otherwise noted, there are no employment contracts between the Company
or any of its subsidiaries and any of the Company's Named Executive Officers.
Similarly, except as otherwise noted, there are not any compensatory plans or
arrangements which include payments from the Company or any of its subsidiaries
to any of the Company's Named Executive Officers in the event of any such
officer's resignation, retirement or any other termination of employment with
the Company and its subsidiaries or from a change in control of the Company or a
change in the Named Executive Officer's responsibilities following a change in
control.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
No member of the Compensation Policy Committee or the Section 162(m)
Compensation Committee of the Board was, during the 2000 fiscal year, an officer
or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or was formerly an
officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or, other than Mr. Levin, had
any relationships requiring disclosure by the Company under Item 404 of
Regulation S-K. Mr. Levin served on the Company's Compensation Policy Committee
and Board of Directors during 2000 and is also a member of the law firm of
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, which
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provided legal services to the Company and its subsidiaries during 2000 (the
revenues from such services accounting for less than 1% of that firm's revenues
in 2000).
During the Company's 2000 fiscal year, no executive officer of the Company
served as (i) a member of the compensation committee (or other board committee
performing equivalent functions) of another entity, one of whose executive
officers served on the Compensation Policy Committee or Section 162(m)
Compensation Committee of the Company, (ii) a director of another entity, one of
whose executive officers served on any of such committees, or (iii) a member of
the compensation committee (or other board committee performing equivalent
functions) of another entity, one of whose executive officers served as a
director of the Company.
REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEES
ON
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Two compensation committees administer the Company's compensation plans, the
Compensation Policy Committee (the "Compensation Committee") and the Section
162(m) Compensation Committee (the "Section 162(m) Committee"). The Compensation
Committee administers and establishes the Company's overall compensation
policies, except to the extent that this authority has been delegated by the
Board to the Section 162(m) Committee. The Section 162(m) Committee administers
and approves amendments to the Company's plans or programs which are intended to
comply with the provisions of Section 162(m), and also establishes the criteria
to be used in determining awards to be made pursuant to those plans or programs.
Each committee reports to the full Board and together they have furnished the
following report on executive compensation for fiscal year 2000.
Although certain plans or programs in which executive officers of the Company
participate are jointly sponsored by the Company and Kaiser, executive officers
of the Company generally are directly employed and compensated by the Company.
During 2000, the members serving on the Compensation Committee and Section
162(m) Committee also served on Kaiser's Compensation Policy Committee and
Section 162(m) Compensation Committee, respectively (these committees are
hereinafter collectively referred to in this report as the "Committees").
References to the "Company" made in the remainder of this Report of the
Compensation Committees on Executive Compensation (the "Compensation Report")
are deemed to include Kaiser as well as the Company.
COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY, METHODOLOGY AND STRUCTURE
Philosophy. The Company's philosophy continues to be that compensation of its
executive officers should be related as closely as possible to the performance
of the Company as a whole, and the area of direct responsibility of each
executive, in creating economic value and optimizing opportunities. To attract,
retain and motivate talented individuals, the Company provides the opportunity
to earn total compensation that is not only competitive with, but, if Company
goals are exceeded, potentially superior to, that available from employers with
whom the Company and its businesses compete.
Methodology. Target compensation and incentives were based on a combination of
market survey data, internal force- ranking and assessment of position
responsibilities. Major national surveys, updated annually, are used to
establish the market. Base salaries, together with short- and long-term
incentive targets, are designed to fall, in the aggregate, near the 50th
percentile (mid-point) of the market.
Structure. Executive compensation for 2000 consisted of a combination of base
salary, short-term incentives based on performance during 2000, long-term
incentives based primarily on Kaiser's stock performance over the 1998-2000
three- year performance period, employee benefits and executive perquisites. The
combination of base pay and incentive compensation provides executive officers
the opportunity to earn less, the same as or more than the total compensation
opportunity offered by competing employers depending on Company performance.
For 2000, the portion of executive compensation allocated to base compensation
ranged from approximately 28% to approximately 49% for Messrs. Milchovich, La
Duc, Hockema, and Bonn, with the portion allocated to incentive compensation in
each case generally increasing with position responsibility. For such executive
officers, the incentive targets for 2000 were allocated between 30% and 33% to
short-term targets and 67% to 70% to long-term targets. These allocations
reflected the Company's compensation philosophy of structuring a major portion
of each executive's total compensation to be at-risk and performance-based.
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COMPONENTS OF EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION FOR 2000
Base Salaries. Adjustments to the base salary of certain executive officers were
made during 2000 as necessary to (i) reflect market related adjustments and
increasing responsibilities assumed either as the result of promotions or
additional assignments during the year, and (ii) increase the likelihood of
retaining such executive officers as the Company pursues its strategy for
creating stockholder value.
Short-Term Incentive. For corporate executive officers, short-term incentive
awards for 2000 were principally based on the Company's adjusted operating
income, as well as individual performance on key corporate objectives and goals.
Both the Committees and management believe that this performance measure focuses
management and the organization on achieving superior performance in generating
the needed earnings and cash to invest in opportunities for value creation
available to the Company, and that the measure provides for the Company's
ability to pay incentives to executive management. Based on the Company
exceeding the adjusted operating income target for 2000 and on consideration of
individual performance, corporate executive officers received an average of
approximately 196% of the short-term incentive target.
For business unit presidents, 2000 short-term incentives were based on business
unit earnings before interest and taxes or on optimization of cash flow. Three
business units, engineered products, flat-rolled products and primary aluminum,
exceeded target levels, resulting in calculated short-term awards of 136% of
target for engineered products, 134% for flat-rolled products and 285% of target
for primary aluminum. In the alumina business unit, earnings before interest and
taxes fell below threshold levels, and that business unit president received no
short-term incentive for 2000.
Long-Term Incentive. For corporate executive officers, the rolling three-year
performance-based programs generally were replaced beginning in 1998 with stock
option grants, in the belief that stock options align the long-term interests of
management with shareholders more effectively than other performance metrics. It
is expected that stock-based grants, either in the form of restricted stock or
stock options, will continue to be the primary form of long-term incentive for
corporate executives. Business unit presidents continued to participate in
performance-based long-term incentive programs based on performance of their
respective business unit, measured generally by earnings before interest and
taxes over a three-year period. However, business unit presidents will begin
receiving stock-based grants as part or all of their long-term incentive over
the next few years.
In the year 2000, two of the business units, primary aluminum and engineered
products, met their three-year earnings targets resulting in calculated
long-term awards for these business unit presidents of 108% of target for
primary aluminum and 143% of target for engineered products. Both flat-rolled
products and alumina did not meet the threshold for their three-year performance
targets resulting in no long-term awards for these business unit presidents. In
addition, Mr. Hockema earned a "one-time" special "growing the business"
long-term award as provided in his employment contract, in the amount of
$601,200, which was paid in full in February 2001.
Additional information with respect to the long-term component of executive
compensation is set forth in the "Summary Compensation Table" and "Long-Term
Incentive Plan Awards Table" under Item 11. "Executive Compensation" in the Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000 in which this Compensation Report is
contained.
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS
From time to time and for various reasons, management and the Board has deemed
it appropriate to enter into specific employment agreements with certain
executive officers. Such agreements may relate, for example, to the further
retention of the officer or a commitment by the officer to relocate to another
location. Where such agreements are made, they are negotiated by the Company's
General Counsel, or his designee under the supervision of the Compensation
Committee and reviewed and approved by the Board or the Compensation Committee
and, if appropriate, the Section 162(m) Committee. In making its compensation
decisions, and in supervising the negotiations and approving such employment
agreements, the Compensation Committee is mindful of the Company's overall
corporate objectives and the compensation objectives described above as well as
the circumstances making the employment agreement an appropriate compensation
mechanism. Such employment agreements generally range in term from one to five
years. During 2000, Messrs. Milchovich, La Duc, Hockema, and Friedman were
employed under the employment agreements discussed under Item 11. "Executive
Compensation--Employment Contracts and Termination of Employment and
Change-in-Control Arrangements" in the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2000 in which this Compensation Report is contained.
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COMPENSATION OF THE CEO FOR THE LAST COMPLETED FISCAL YEAR
Mr. Milchovich served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company
for all of 2000. During 2000, Mr. Milchovich was employed pursuant to a written
employment agreement which is described under Item 11. "Executive
Compensation--Employment Contracts and Termination of Employment and
Change-in-Control Arrangements" in the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2000 in which this Compensation Report is contained. Mr. Milchovich's base
salary was $630,000 in 2000. During 2000, the Company's performance and Mr.
Milchovich's individual performance were above target, resulting in a short-term
incentive award of $987,336, or approximately 196% of his targeted amount of
$504,000. Mr. Milchovich received a grant of restricted Kaiser common stock in
2000 valued at $117,525 as part of his long-term award for the year 1999. As
noted above, Mr. Milchovich's other long-term incentive opportunity is based on
stock option grants.
COMPENSATION BY MAXXAM
Certain of the Company's executive officers were compensated during 2000
principally by MAXXAM, Kaiser's parent corporation. Where an executive officer
of both the Company and MAXXAM is compensated by the Company (such as Mr. La
Duc), or where an executive officer of both the Company and MAXXAM is
compensated by MAXXAM (such as Mr. Friedman), the respective corporations make
intercompany allocations of the costs of employment of the executive officer
based on the allocation of that executive officer's time as expended among the
Company, MAXXAM or their respective subsidiaries.
COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 162(M)
Section 162(m) generally disallows a tax deduction to public companies for
compensation over $1 million paid to their Chief Executive Officers and four
other most highly compensated executive officers. Qualifying performance-based
compensation is not subject to the deduction limit if certain requirements are
met. Compensation earned by or awarded to senior executives whose compensation
is potentially subject to the limitations imposed by Section 162(m) of the Code
generally is intended to comply with the provisions of Section 162(m) of the
Code. The Kaiser 1993 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (the "1993 Omnibus Plan") and
the 1997 Kaiser Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (the "1997 Omnibus Plan"), each of
which has been approved by the stockholders of the Company, are performance
based and designed to enable compliance with Section 162(m) and the regulations
thereunder. In addition, the awards under the 1993 Omnibus Plan and 1997 Omnibus
Plan that are intended to comply with Section 162(m) are administered by the
Section 162(m) Committee. Messrs. Woods (Chairman) and Hackett currently serve
as members of the Section 162(m) Committee and for purposes of Section 162(m)
are qualifying directors. The Section 162(m) Committee believes that awards to
senior executives whose compensation may be subject to Section 162(m) of the
Code should be tax deductible under that rule.
Section 162(m) Compensation Compensation Policy Committee of the Board
Committee of the Board of Directors of Directors
James D. Woods, Chairman Ezra G. Levin, Chairman
James T. Hackett James T. Hackett
James D. Woods
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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
As of March 30, 2001, Kaiser owned 100% of the issued and outstanding common
stock of the Company.
OWNERSHIP OF KAISER
The following table sets forth, as of March 30, 2001, unless otherwise
indicated, the beneficial ownership of Kaiser's common stock by (i) those
persons known by the Company to own beneficially more than 5% of the shares of
Kaiser's common stock then outstanding, (ii) each of the directors of the
Company, (iii) each of the Named Executive Officers, and (iv) all directors and
executive officers of the Company as a group.
NAME OF
BENEFICIAL OWNER TITLE OF CLASS # OF SHARES(1) % OF CLASS
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MAXXAM Inc. Common Stock 50,000,000(2) 62.8
Capital Group International, Inc. and Capital Common Stock 5,197,100(3) 6.5
Guardian Trust Company
Dimensional Fund Advisors Inc. Common Stock 5,482,015(4) 6.9
Wellington Management Company, LLP Common Stock 6,067,134(5) 7.6
Joseph A. Bonn Common Stock 178,447(6)(7) *
Robert J. Cruikshank Common Stock 10,879(8) *
J. Kent Friedman Common Stock 33,400(9) *
James T. Hackett Common Stock -0- *
George T. Haymaker, Jr. Common Stock 598,520(10) *
Jack A. Hockema Common Stock -0- *
Charles E. Hurwitz Common Stock 250,000(9)(11) *
John T. La Duc Common Stock 426,265(6) *
Ezra G. Levin Common Stock 8,879(9) *
Raymond J. Milchovich Common Stock 644,718(6)(12) *
James D. Woods Common Stock 7,667(13) *
All directors and executive officers of the Company Common Stock 2,523,021(7)(12)(14) 3.1
as a group (21 persons)
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* Less than 1%.
(1) Unless otherwise indicated, the beneficial owners have sole voting and
investment power with respect to the shares listed in the table. Also
includes options exercisable within 60 days of March 30, 2001, to
acquire such shares.
(2) Includes 27,938,250 shares beneficially owned by MGHI. As of March 30,
2001, 25,055,775 of such shares were pledged as security for $103.2
million principal amount of 12% Senior Secured Notes due 2003. An
additional 7,915,000 shares of Kaiser's common stock were pledged by
MAXXAM under a separate agreement under which $13.4 million had been
borrowed by MAXXAM as of March 30, 2001. The address of MAXXAM is 5847
San Felipe, Suite 2600, Houston, Texas 77057.
(3) Information is based solely on a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC and
dated February 9, 2001, by Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII"),
a holding company for a group of investment management companies, and
Capital Guardian Trust Company ("CGTC"), a bank, reporting their
respective ownership interests in Kaiser's shares at December 29, 2000.
The Schedule 13G indicates that CGII and CGTC have sole voting power as
to 3,952,100 of such shares and sole dispositive power as to 5,197,100
of such shares. CGII's and CGTC's address is 11100 Santa Monica Blvd.,
Los Angeles, California 90025.
(4) Information is based solely on a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC and
dated February 2, 2001, by Dimensional Fund Advisors Inc. ("DFA"), a
registered investment advisor, reporting its ownership interest in
Kaiser's shares at December 31, 2000. The Schedule 13G indicates that
DFA has sole voting and sole dispositive value as to all of such
shares, that all such shares are owned by advisory clients and that DFA
disclaims beneficial ownership to all such shares. DFA's address is
1299 Ocean Avenue, 11th Floor, Santa Monica, California 90401.
(5) Information is based solely on the Schedules 13G filed with the SEC and
dated February 14, 2001 by Wellington Management Company, LLP
("Wellington"), a registered investment advisor, and Vanguard Windsor
Funds - Windsor Fund ("Vanguard"), a registered investment company,
reporting their respective ownership interests in Kaiser's shares at
December 31, 2000. The Schedule 13G filed by Vanguard indicates that it
has shared dispositive power and sole voting power with respect to
6,048,434 of such shares. The Schedule 13G filed by Wellington
indicates that it has shared dispositive power and no voting power with
respect to all of such 6,048,434 shares reported by Vanguard. In
addition, the Wellington Schedule 13G indicates that it has shared
dispositive power and shared voting power with respect to an additional
18,700 shares held by other clients. The Wellington Schedule 13G also
states that all of the shares reported by it are owned of record by
other persons or entities having the right to receive or the power to
direct the receipt of dividends from, or proceeds from the sale of such
shares. Vanguard's address is P.O. Box 2600, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
19482. Wellington's address is 75 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts
02109.
(6) Includes 538,200, 290,450, and 117,293 options exercisable within 60
days of March 30, 2001, to acquire shares of Kaiser common stock, by
Messrs. Milchovich, La Duc, and Bonn, respectively.
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(7) Includes 60,438 shares of Kaiser common stock held in trust with
respect to which Mr. Bonn possesses shared voting and investment power
with his spouse.
(8) Includes options exercisable within 60 days of March 30, 2001, to
acquire 8,879 shares of Kaiser common stock.
(9) Represents only options exercisable within 60 days of March 30, 2001,
to acquire shares of Kaiser common stock.
(10) Includes options exercisable within 60 days of March 30, 2001 to
acquire 513,945 shares of Kaiser common stock.
(11) Excludes shares owned by MAXXAM. Mr. Hurwitz may be deemed to hold
beneficial ownership in Kaiser as a result of his beneficial ownership
in MAXXAM.
(12) Includes 34,255 shares of Kaiser common stock held in trust with
respect to which Mr. Milchovich possesses shared voting and investment
power with his spouse.
(13) Includes options exercisable within 60 days of March 30, 2001, to
acquire 2,667 shares of Kaiser common stock.
(14) Includes options exercisable within 60 days of March 30, 2001, to
acquire 2,017,276 shares of Kaiser common stock. Also includes 2,539
shares of Kaiser common stock held by a limited partnership with
respect to which an executive officer possesses shared voting and
investment power with his spouse.
OWNERSHIP OF MAXXAM
As of March 30, 2001, MAXXAM owned, directly and indirectly, approximately 62.8%
of the issued and outstanding common stock of Kaiser. The following table sets
forth, as of March 30, 2001, unless otherwise indicated, the beneficial
ownership of the common stock and Class A $.05 Non-Cumulative Participating
Convertible Preferred Stock ("MAXXAM Preferred Stock") of MAXXAM by the
directors of the Company, each of the Named Executive Officers, and by the
directors and the executive officers of the Company as a group:
NAME OF % % OF COMBINED
BENEFICIAL OWNER TITLE OF CLASS # OF SHARES(1) OF CLASS VOTING POWER (2)
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Charles E. Hurwitz Common Stock 2,943,704(3)(4) 43.9 73.2
Preferred Stock 747,941(4)(5) 99.2
Robert J. Cruikshank Common Stock 3,525(7) * *
J. Kent Friedman Common Stock 3,500(8) * *
Ezra G. Levin Common Stock 3,525(7) * *
All directors and executive officers as a Common Stock 2,954,954(4)(9) 44.0 73.2
group (21 persons) Preferred Stock 747,941(5)(6) 99.2
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* Less than 1%.
(1) Unless otherwise indicated, beneficial owners have sole voting and
investment power with respect to the shares listed in the table.
Includes the number of shares such persons would have received on March
30, 2001, if any, for their exercisable stock appreciation rights
("SARs") (excluding SARs payable in cash only) exercisable within 60
days of such date if such rights had been paid solely in shares of
MAXXAM common stock. Also includes the number of shares of MAXXAM
common stock credited to such persons stock fund account under MAXXAM's
401(k) savings plan.
(2) MAXXAM Preferred Stock is generally entitled to ten votes per share on
matters presented to a vote of MAXXAM's stockholders.
(3) Includes 1,669,451 shares of MAXXAM common stock owned by Federated
Development Inc. ("FDI"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Federated, as to
which Mr. Hurwitz indirectly possesses voting and investment power. Mr.
Hurwitz serves as the sole director of Federated, and together with
members of his immediate family and trusts for the benefit thereof,
owns all of the voting shares of Federated. Also includes (a) 42,798
shares of MAXXAM common stock separately owned by Mr. Hurwitz's spouse
and as to which Mr. Hurwitz disclaims beneficial ownership, (b) 46,500
shares of MAXXAM common stock owned by the Hurwitz Investment
Partnership L.P., a limited partnership controlled by Mr. Hurwitz and
his spouse, 23,250 of which shares were separately owned by Mr.
Hurwitz's spouse prior to their transfer to such limited partnership
and as to which Mr. Hurwitz disclaims beneficial ownership, (c) 76,021
shares of MAXXAM common stock owned by the 1992 Hurwitz Investment
Partnership L.P., of which 38,010 shares are owned by Mr. Hurwitz's
spouse as separate property and as to which Mr. Hurwitz disclaims
beneficial ownership, (d) 965,405 shares of MAXXAM common stock held
directly by Mr. Hurwitz, including 256,808 shares of MAXXAM common
stock with respect to which Mr. Hurwitz possesses sole voting power and
which have certain transfer and other restrictions that generally lapse
in December 2014, (e) 60,000 shares of MAXXAM common stock owned by
Federated Development Investments, LLC, which is owned 79% by FDI and
21% by Mr. Hurwitz, and of which FDI is the managing member ("FDILLC"),
(f) options to purchase 21,029 shares of MAXXAM common stock held by
FDI, and (g) options held by Mr. Hurwitz to purchase 62,500 shares of
MAXXAM common stock exercisable within 60 days of March 30, 2001.
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(4) FDI, Federated, FDILLC, the Hurwitz Investment Partnership L.P., the
1992 Hurwitz Investment Partnership L.P. and Mr. Hurwitz may be deemed
a "group" (the "Stockholder Group") within the meaning of Section 13(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. As of March 30,
2001, in the aggregate, the members of the Stockholder Group owned
2,943,704 shares of MAXXAM common stock and 747,941 shares of MAXXAM
Preferred Stock, aggregating approximately 73.2% of the total voting
power of MAXXAM. By reason of his relationship with the members of the
Stockholder Group, Mr. Hurwitz may be deemed to possess shared voting
and investment power with respect to the shares held by the Stockholder
Group.
(5) Includes 661,377 shares of MAXXAM Preferred Stock owned by FDI as to
which Mr. Hurwitz possesses voting and investment power and 1,064
shares of MAXXAM Preferred Stock held directly.
(6) Includes options exercisable within 60 days of March 30, 2001, to
acquire 85,500 shares of MAXXAM Preferred Stock.
(7) Includes options exercisable within 60 days of March 30, 2001, to
acquire 2,525 shares of MAXXAM common stock.
(8) Options exercisable within 60 days of March 30, 2001 to acquire 3,500
shares of MAXXAM common stock.
(9) Includes options exercisable within 60 days of March 30, 2001, to
acquire 92,779 shares of MAXXAM common stock.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
During the period from October 28, 1988 through June 30, 1993, Kaiser and its
domestic subsidiaries, including the Company, were included in the federal
consolidated income tax returns of MAXXAM. The tax allocation agreement with
MAXXAM terminated pursuant to its terms, effective for taxable periods beginning
after June 30, 1993. Payments or refunds for periods prior to July 1, 1993
related to foreign jurisdictions could still be required pursuant to the
Company's tax allocation agreement with MAXXAM. In accordance with the credit
agreement entered into by the Company and Kaiser, any such payments to MAXXAM by
the Company would require lender approval, except in certain circumstances.
While the Company is severally liable for the MAXXAM tax group's federal income
tax liability for all of 1993 and applicable prior periods, pursuant to the tax
allocation agreement, MAXXAM indemnifies the Company to the extent the tax
liability exceeds amounts payable by the Company under such agreement.
The Company and MAXXAM have an arrangement pursuant to which they reimburse each
other for certain allocable costs associated with the performance of services by
their respective employees. The Company paid a total of approximately $3.3
million to MAXXAM pursuant to such arrangements and MAXXAM paid approximately
$2.0 million to the Company pursuant to such arrangements in respect of 2000.
Generally, the Company and MAXXAM endeavor to minimize the need for
reimbursement by ensuring that employees are employed by the entity to which the
majority of their services are rendered.
Mr. Levin, a director of the Company and Kaiser, is a member of the law firm of
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, which provides legal services to Kaiser and
its subsidiaries, including the Company.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: April 27, 2001
KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION
By /s/ JOHN T. LA DUC
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John T. La Duc
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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