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2244 Walnut Grove Avenue
Rosemead, California 91770
March 16, 2018
Dear Shareholder:
We are pleased to invite you to attend the Edison International and Southern California Edison Company Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday, April 26, 2018, at 9:00 a.m., Pacific Time, at the Hilton Los Angeles/San Gabriel Hotel, 225 West Valley Blvd., San Gabriel, California 91776.
The Proxy Statement contains details of the business to be conducted at the Annual Meeting and provides information about the Board of Directors’ role in our corporate governance and executive compensation program.
Our Mission
Our mission is to safely provide reliable, affordable and clean energy to our customers. As part of this commitment, we have been working tirelessly to restore the communities affected by the recent wildfires and mudslides in our service territory, prevent and fight future wildfires, and address the impact of climate change on our communities. The Board’s role in our response to wildfires and climate change is discussed in the Proxy Statement.
Board Composition and Diversity
At the Annual Meeting, shareholders will vote on whether to re-elect each of our directors. We value the diversity of skills, backgrounds, gender and ethnicity on the Board, as six of our director nominees are either female or ethnically diverse. In 2017, we welcomed Michael Camuñez and Timothy O’Toole to the Board. Mr. Camuñez, who joined in June, is president and chief executive officer of Monarch Global Strategies LLC, which provides strategic advice and advocacy to companies doing business in emerging economies. Mr. O’Toole, who joined in August, is the chief executive officer of First Group plc, a transportation company that provides rail and bus services in the United Kingdom and North America. They join a Board comprised of accomplished leaders with diverse perspectives on the Company’s business and strategy.
Strategy Oversight
One of the Board’s key responsibilities is oversight of the Company’s strategy. The electric power industry is in the midst of a profound transformation toward a low-carbon future as a response to climate change. The Board is regularly engaged in providing management with strategic direction to help position the Company to lead this transformation, focusing on opportunities in clean energy, efficient electrification, strengthening and modernizing the electric grid, and customer choice. We encourage you to learn more about our strategy in the Proxy Statement and on our website.
Executive Compensation
At the Annual Meeting, shareholders will also provide an advisory vote on whether to approve our executive compensation. As discussed in the Proxy Statement, our executive compensation program is designed to strongly link pay with performance, providing for a mix of base salary and annual and long-term incentive compensation. The Board believes our executive compensation program serves our shareholders well.
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Your Vote is Important
Whether or not you attend the Annual Meeting, it is important that your shares be represented and voted at the meeting. We urge you to promptly vote your proxy via the Internet, by telephone, or by signing, dating and returning the Proxy Card if you received materials by mail.
If you receive more than one copy of the Notice of Internet Availability of proxy materials or more than one Proxy Card, it means your shares are held in more than one account. You should vote the shares in all of your accounts. Please note that to vote your shares by Internet or telephone you will need the control number on your Notice or Proxy Card.
Your vote is very important to us and to our business. If you vote by Internet or telephone, please cast your vote by the April 25 deadline (April 24 for shares held in the Edison 401(k) Savings Plan).
On behalf of the Board of Directors, thank you for your continued investment in the Company.
Sincerely,
William P. Sullivan | Pedro J. Pizarro | |
Independent Chair | President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Meeting Information |
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Time 9:00 a.m., Pacific Time |
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Location |
Items to Be Voted On | By Edison International (“EIX”) Shareholders |
By Southern California Edison Company (“SCE”) Shareholders |
Board Recommendation | ||||
1 | Election of Directors | 10 Nominees | 11 Nominees | ||||
Michael C. Camuñez | For | ||||||
Vanessa C.L. Chang | For | ||||||
James T. Morris | For | ||||||
Timothy T. O’Toole | For | ||||||
Kevin M. Payne | — | For | |||||
Pedro J. Pizarro | For | ||||||
Linda G. Stuntz | For | ||||||
William P. Sullivan | For | ||||||
Ellen O. Tauscher | For | ||||||
Peter J. Taylor | For | ||||||
Brett White | For | ||||||
2 | Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
For | |||||
3 | Advisory Vote to Approve the Company’s Executive Compensation |
For | |||||
4 | Shareholder Proposal Regarding Enhanced Shareholder Proxy Access |
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EIX and SCE shareholders may also vote on any other matters properly brought before the meeting.
Record Date
Only shareholders at the close of business on March 1, 2018 are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting.
Solicitation of Proxies
The EIX and SCE Boards of Directors are soliciting proxies from you for use at the Annual Meeting, or at any adjournment or postponement of the meeting. Proxies allow designated individuals to vote on your behalf at the Annual Meeting.
Dated: March 16, 2018
For the Boards of Directors,
Barbara E. Mathews
Vice President, Associate General Counsel,
Chief Governance Officer and Corporate Secretary
Edison International
Southern California Edison Company
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting to Be Held on April 26, 2018: The Proxy Statement and Annual Report are available at www.edison.com/annualmeeting. Directions to the Annual Meeting and information on how to vote your proxy are included in the Proxy Statement. |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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PROXY SUMMARY |
The information below is presented to assist shareholders in reviewing the proposals to be voted on at the Annual Meeting. For more complete information about these topics, please review the Company’s complete Proxy Statement and Annual Report. |
Our Business and Clean Energy Strategy
EIX’s core business is conducted by its subsidiary SCE, a rate-regulated electric utility that supplies electric energy to approximately 15 million people in a 50,000 square-mile area of southern California. We are building a modern electricity company that allows customers to take control of their energy consumption by providing safe, smart, flexible, reliable, and affordable services. We are focused on four strategic priorities:
● | Cleaning the power system through continued leadership in procurement of renewable power; |
● | Helping customers make cleaner energy choices, including renewable distributed energy resources such as roof top solar, electric transportation, and energy efficiency programs; |
● | Strengthening and modernizing the electric grid; and |
● | Achieving operational and service excellence and doing so safely. |
This strategy, reviewed and overseen by the Board, is intended to provide a foundation for long-term sustainable growth and shareholder value.
We are also focused on supporting California’s goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 and ultimately to reduce emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. We believe in a clean energy future, and are developing smart solutions to society’s climate and energy challenges.
More information on our strategy is included in our Annual Report.
Shareholder Engagement on Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Issues
We regularly seek and value input from our shareholders. Each year we reach out to our major institutional shareholders to discuss the Company’s corporate governance, executive compensation, and business strategy. In 2017, we engaged with shareholders holding approximately 34% of EIX Common Stock to discuss, among other issues, our Board oversight and Company disclosure related to ESG issues. We received feedback on information used by shareholders to evaluate ESG practices and their desired disclosure. This feedback was shared with the Governance Committee.
After receiving feedback from shareholders and other stakeholders, we enhanced our voluntary ESG disclosure by participating in a pilot reporting template developed by Edison Electric Institute, the electric utility industry’s trade association, in collaboration with investors and member companies. The goal of the pilot is to provide investors and other stakeholders with relevant, comparable and easily accessible ESG data for electric utilities. Our template is available on our website at www.edison.com/corporateresponsibility.
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Recent Developments
In December 2017, multiple wind-driven wildfires caused substantial damage to both residential and business properties in SCE’s service territory and service outages for SCE customers. The largest of these fires, known as the Thomas Fire, also resulted in two fatalities. The causes of the wildfires are being investigated by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, other fire agencies and the California Public Utilities Commission (“CPUC”). We believe the investigations include the possible role of SCE's facilities. These investigations may take a considerable amount of time to complete.
In January 2018, torrential rains in areas affected by the Thomas Fire produced mudslides and flooding in Montecito, California and surrounding areas that damaged or destroyed hundreds of structures and resulted in at least 21 fatalities. However, it has not been determined whether the Montecito mudslides were caused by the Thomas Fire. For more information, see the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 (“10-K”).
On January 30, 2018, SCE entered into a settlement agreement with consumer parties regarding issues and costs associated with the closure of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (“SONGS”). If approved by the CPUC, the agreement would resolve all issues under consideration in the CPUC’s SONGS proceeding by revising the prior settlement it approved in 2014. For more information, see the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 31, 2018.
Financial Results
Significant financial results for EIX include:
● | The annual dividend rate grew from $1.30 to $2.17 per share from 2012 to 2017, and the Board approved an increase of an additional 12% in 2018 to $2.42 per share; |
● | 2017 consolidated core earnings of $4.50 per share exceeded our goal of $4.14 per share; |
● | EIX’s stock price declined approximately 13% in 2017. This reflects an increase of approximately 12% from January through November and a decline of approximately 20% in December after the wildfires began; |
● | One-year (2017) total shareholder return (“TSR”) of -9.5% was below the Philadelphia Utility Index TSR of 13.0%; |
● | Three-year (2015-2017) TSR of 5.2% was below the Philadelphia Utility Index TSR of 27.9%; and |
● | Five-year (2013-2017) TSR of 60.9% was below the Philadelphia Utility Index TSR of 84.7%. |
The decline in our stock price in December 2017 negatively impacted our TSR for each period.
See the Compensation Discussion and Analysis below for information on how our executive compensation program aligns our executives’ earning opportunity with shareholder value creation.
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Director Nominees
Our director nominees reflect the diversity of ethnicity, gender, skills, backgrounds and qualifications valued by our Board. The range of tenure on our Board brings a variety of perspectives to strategic, financial and operational deliberations.
Name | Age | Director Since |
Industry Experience |
Diversity | Independent | Committees Memberships |
Other Public Co. Boards |
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Michael C. Camuñez | 49 | 2017 | Law/ Government |
Hispanic/ Male/LGBT |
0 | 2042 | ||||||||||||||||
Vanessa C.L. Chang | 65 | 2007 | Accounting/ Real Estate |
Asian/ Female |
3 | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
James T. Morris | 58 | 2016 | Insurance | White/ Male |
1 | 2032 | ||||||||||||||||
Timothy T. O’Toole | 62 | 2017 | Transportation | White/ Male |
1 | 2028 | ||||||||||||||||
Kevin M. Payne (SCE Nominee Only) |
57 | 2016 | Electric Utilities |
White/ Male |
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Pedro J. Pizarro | 52 | 2014 | Electric Utilities |
Hispanic/ Male |
— | 0 | — | |||||||||||||||
Linda G. Stuntz | 63 | 2014 | Law/Utility Regulation |
White/ Female |
1 | 2027 | ||||||||||||||||
William P. Sullivan (EIX Chair) |
68 | 2015 | Information Technology/ Biotechnology |
White/ Male |
1 | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
Ellen O. Tauscher | 66 | 2013 | Government/ Finance |
White/ Female |
1 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
Peter J. Taylor | 59 | 2011 | Finance | African American/ Male |
0 | 2031 | ||||||||||||||||
Brett White | 58 | 2007 | Commercial Real Estate |
White/ Male |
0 | 2032 |
AC = Audit Committee | = Member | ||
CC = Compensation and Executive Personnel Committee | = Chair | ||
FOSO = Finance, Operations and Safety Oversight Committee | = Financial Expert | ||
NGC = Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee |
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Corporate Governance and Compensation Highlights
Board Characteristics and Diversity | ||
90% | of EIX Directors are Independent |
40% | of EIX Directors are from Diverse Ethnic Backgrounds |
30% | of EIX Directors are Female |
60 Years | 4.5 Years | |||
Average Age of EIX Directors | Average Tenure of EIX Directors | |||
Board Oversight | ||
✓Independent Chair of the EIX Board
✓Independent Directors Meet Regularly Without Management Present
✓Key Board Committees Composed Solely of Independent Directors
✓Board Oversight of Key Enterprise Risks, Including Cybersecurity
✓Board Oversight of Political Contributions
✓Annual Board and Committee Evaluations |
Executive Compensation | ||
✓Majority of Executive Compensation “At Risk” and Aligned with Shareholder Interests
✓Quantitative Targets for Most Annual Incentive Plan Goals
✓Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy
✓Anti-Hedging and Anti-Pledging Policies
✓Stock Ownership Guidelines for Directors and Officers
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Shareholder Rights | ||
✓Annual Election of Directors
✓Majority Voting for Directors in Uncontested Elections
✓10% Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meetings
✓Shareholder Ability to Act By Written Consent
✓Annual Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation
✓Proxy Access for Director Elections |
2017 Meetings | ||
✓10 Board Meetings
✓6 Independent Director Executive Sessions
✓100% EIX Director Nominees Attended at least 95% of Board and Committee Meetings
✓100% of EIX Director Nominees Attended the Annual Meeting
✓94% of EIX Shareholder Votes Cast in Favor of Executive Compensation
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ITEM 1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS |
Ten directors have been nominated for election to the EIX Board and 11 directors have been nominated for election to the SCE Board, each to hold office until the next Annual Meeting. The director nominees of EIX and SCE are the same, except that Mr. Payne is a nominee for the SCE Board only.
A biography of each nominee describing his or her age as of this Proxy Statement, current Board committee service, business experience during the past five years and other relevant business experience is presented below. The biography includes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that led the Board to conclude that the nominee should serve as a director. While each nominee’s entire range of experience and skills is important, particular experience that contributes to the diversity and effectiveness of the Board is identified below.
Age 49
Director Since 2017 Board Committees
●Audit
●Governance
Other Public
Company Boards ●None
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Michael C. Camuñez
Biographical Information Mr. Camuñez has been the president and chief executive officer of Monarch Global Strategies (previously ManattJones Global Strategies), a strategic advisory firm to companies doing business in emerging economies, since 2013. He was also a partner of the law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP from 2013 to 2016. From 2010 to 2013, Mr. Camuñez served as assistant secretary of commerce for market access and compliance at the U.S. Department of Commerce, and from 2011 to 2013 also served as a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Before his Department of Commerce service, Mr. Camuñez was special counsel to the President in the Office of the White House Counsel and special assistant to the President, where he helped manage senior appointments to the President’s cabinet. He previously served as a senior policy advisor in the Clinton administration and a partner of O’Melveny & Myers LLP. Mr. Camuñez is a director of the Association of Mexican Entrepreneurs, the Pacific Council on International Policy, and the Center for Law and Social Policy. He is a graduate of Harvard University and received his law degree from Stanford Law School. Specific Qualifications and Experience Relevant to the Company Mr. Camuñez brings to the Board government, public policy and legal experience relevant to the Company’s business and strategy. He also brings knowledge of the diverse perspectives of the community served by SCE as a resident and business owner in Southern California. |
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Age 65
Director Since 2007 Board Committees
●Audit
●Compensation
Other Public
Company Boards ●American Funds Family
●Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated
●Transocean Ltd. |
Vanessa C.L. Chang
Biographical Information Ms. Chang has been a director of EL & EL Investments, a private real estate investment business, since 1999. She previously served as chief executive officer and president of ResolveItNow.com, an online dispute resolution service, senior vice president of Secured Capital Corporation, a real estate investment bank, and a partner of the accounting firm KPMG Peat Marwick LLP. Ms. Chang is a director of Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated and Transocean Ltd., and a director or trustee of 17 funds advised by the Capital Group and its subsidiaries, of which seven are members of the American Funds family and ten are members of Capital Groups Private Client Services. She is a graduate of the University of British Columbia and a Certified Public Accountant (inactive). Specific Qualifications and Experience Relevant to the Company Ms. Chang brings to the Board experience in accounting and financial reporting and governance matters. This experience is valuable in her role as a financial expert on the Audit Committee. Ms. Chang spent most of her career in the Southern California area and brings knowledge of the community served by SCE. She also brings experience as a director of public, private, and non-profit organizations, and securities regulation and corporate governance knowledge. |
Age 58
Director Since 2016 Board Committees
●Audit
●Compensation
Other Public
Company Boards ●Pacific Mutual Fund Complex |
James T. Morris
Biographical Information Mr. Morris is the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Pacific Life Insurance Company, and its parent companies Pacific Mutual Holding Company and Pacific LifeCorp. He has served as chief executive officer since 2007 and chairman since 2008, and served as president from 2007 to 2012 and again beginning in 2016. Mr. Morris has served in a variety of management positions since joining Pacific Life in 1982, including chief operating officer from 2006 to 2007, executive vice president and chief insurance officer, life insurance and annuities and mutual funds divisions, from 2005 to 2006, executive vice president, life insurance division, from 2002 to 2005, and senior vice president, individual insurance, from 1996 to 2002. In addition, he has been chairman of the board and trustee of the Pacific Select Fund and the Pacific Funds Series Trust, members of the same mutual fund complex, since 2007. Mr. Morris serves as a director of the American Council of Life Insurers, where he previously served as its chairman from 2012 to 2013. He is a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles and serves as a member of the Board of Advisors of the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Specific Qualifications and Experience Relevant to the Company Mr. Morris brings to the Board business and chief executive leadership experience in an industry which, like the electric utility industry, is highly regulated. He also brings strategic perspective, product development, marketing and financial analysis experience to the Board. |
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Item 1. Election of Directors
Age 62
Director Since 2017 Board Committees
●Compensation
●FOSO
Other Public
Company Boards ●FirstGroup plc |
Timothy T. OToole
Biographical Information Mr. OToole has been the chief executive officer of First Group plc, a transportation company that provides rail and bus services in the United Kingdom and North America, since 2010. He also serves as a director of First Group plc, which is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange. Mr. OToole is a director of the National Safety Council and previously served as a director of CSX Corporation. He previously served as managing director of the London Underground from 2003 through 2009. Prior to that, Mr. OToole served in various senior management roles during his 20 years of service at Consolidated Rail Corporation, including president and chief executive officer from 1998 to 2001. He is a graduate of La Salle University and received his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh. Specific Qualifications and Experience Relevant to the Company Mr. OToole brings to the Board public company chief executive leadership experience in a regulated, capital intensive industry. His operational experience in safety, risk and crisis management is particularly relevant to the oversight of our business and strategy. |
Age 57
SCE Director Since 2016 Other Public
Company Boards ●None |
Kevin M. Payne
Biographical Information Mr. Payne has been the CEO of SCE since June 2016. Prior to his current role, he served as senior vice president of Customer Service for SCE from 2014 to June 2016. Mr. Payne has held various leadership positions, including Vice President of Engineering and Technical Services from 2011 to 2014, Vice President of Client Services Planning and Controls from 2010 to 2011, Vice President of Information Technology and Business Integration from 2009 to 2010, and Vice President of Enterprise Resource Planning from 2008 to 2009. Prior to that he was a Director in the Renewable and Alternative Power and Major Customer Technical Support departments. Mr. Payne began his career with SCE in 1986 in the Engineering and Construction department managing power plant retrofit and other engineering projects. He has a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a registered professional engineer. Specific Qualifications and Experience Relevant to the Company Mr. Payne brings to the SCE Board in-depth knowledge of the Companys business, experienced leadership, and an engineering background. He also brings senior executive, operations and strategic planning experience developed during his 31 years of service with SCE. |
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Item 1. Election of Directors
Age 52
EIX Director Since 2016 SCE Director Since 2014 Other Public
Company Boards ●None |
Pedro J. Pizarro
Biographical Information Mr. Pizarro has been the President and CEO of EIX since October 2016. Prior to that, he served as President of EIX from June 2016 to September 2016 and President of SCE from October 2014 to May 2016. Mr. Pizarro has held a wide range of executive positions at the EIX companies since joining EIX in 1999. From 2011 through March 2014, he served as President of EME, an indirect subsidiary of EIX that filed for bankruptcy in 2012. Prior to that, Mr. Pizarro served as Executive Vice President of SCE from 2008 to 2010, responsible for SCEs transmission and distribution system, procurement of conventional and renewable power, and gas-fired and hydroelectric power production facilities. He also previously served as Vice President and Senior Vice President of Power Procurement, and Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, among other executive roles. Prior to his work at the EIX companies, Mr. Pizarro was a senior engagement manager with McKinsey & Company, providing management consulting services to energy, technology, engineering services, and banking clients. He is a director of the Edison Electric Institute and the Electric Power Research Institute, and is a member of the Board of Governors of Argonne National Laboratory. Mr. Pizarro is a graduate of Harvard University and earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology, where he serves as a member of the Board of Trustees. Specific Qualifications and Experience Relevant to the Company Mr. Pizarro brings to the Board in-depth knowledge of the Companys business, experienced leadership, and operations and strategic planning experience and background. His leadership and experience dealing with difficult challenges during the EME bankruptcy adds value to the Board. He also brings experience as a director of various non-profit organizations. |
Age 63
Director Since 2014 Board Committees
●FOSO
●Governance (Chair)
Other Public
Company Boards ●Royal Dutch Shell plc |
Linda G. Stuntz
Biographical Information Ms. Stuntz has been a partner of the law firm of Stuntz, Davis & Staffier, P.C. since 1995. Her practice includes energy and environmental regulation. Ms. Stuntz previously served as Deputy Secretary of, and held senior policy positions in, the U.S. Department of Energy from 1989 to 1993, and served as associate minority counsel and minority counsel to the Energy and Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 1987. She is a director of Royal Dutch Shell plc, and previously served as a director of Raytheon Company, Schlumberger, Ltd. and American Electric Power Company. Ms. Stuntz also previously served on the U.S. Secretary of Energy Advisory Board during 2015 and 2016. She is a graduate of Wittenberg University and received her law degree from Harvard University. Specific Qualifications and Experience Relevant to the Company Ms. Stuntz brings to the Board utility and environmental law and public policy experience, which is particularly relevant to the Companys business. Her experience as a director of other public companies, including in the energy and electric utilities industries, also brings value to the Board. |
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Age 68
Director Since 2015 Chair of the EIX Board Board Committees
●FOSO
●Governance
Other Public
Company Boards ●Maxim Integrated |
William P. Sullivan
Biographical Information Mr. Sullivan served as chief executive officer of Agilent Technologies, a global provider of scientific instruments, software, services and consumables in life sciences, diagnostics and applied chemical markets, from 2005 to 2015. In addition, he was Agilents president from 2005 to 2012 and 2013 to 2014. Prior to that, Mr. Sullivan was executive vice president and chief operating officer of Agilent from 2002 to 2005. He had been senior vice president and general manager of Agilents Semiconductor Products Group from 1999 to 2002. Before 1999, Mr. Sullivan served in various management roles, including in manufacturing and product development, at Hewlett-Packard Company. He serves as a director of Maxim Integrated and previously served as a director of Agilent Technologies, Avnet, Inc. and URS Corporation. Mr. Sullivan is a graduate of the University of California, Davis. Specific Qualifications and Experience Relevant to the Company Mr. Sullivan brings to the Board experience as president and chief executive officer of a large public company. He also brings significant operational experience, including leadership of successful company transformation. This experience, particularly in the technology sector and in product and business development, is very valuable to the Board in the changing electric industry. |
Age 66
Director Since 2013 Board Committees
●FOSO (Chair)
●Governance
Other Public
Company Boards ●eHealth Inc. |
Ellen O. Tauscher
Biographical Information Ms. Tauscher serves on the University of California Board of Regents and is Chair of the Boards of Governors of Los Alamos National Security, LLC and Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. She has been a strategic advisor with the law firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC since 2012. Ms. Tauscher served as Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security from 2009 to 2012. Prior to joining the State Department, she served from 1997 to 2009 as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Californias 10th Congressional District. While a member of Congress, Ms. Tauscher served on the House Armed Services Committee, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and as Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces. Prior to serving in Congress, she worked in investment banking and the financial industry in various roles for Bache Halsey Stuart Shields, Bear Stearns & Co., and Drexel Burnham Lambert, and as an officer of the American Stock Exchange. Ms. Tauscher is a director of eHealth, Inc. and previously served as a director of Invacare Corporation and Sea World Entertainment, Inc. She also previously served on the U.S. Secretary of Energy Advisory Board. Ms. Tauscher is a graduate of Seton Hall University. Specific Qualifications and Experience Relevant to the Company Ms. Tauscher brings to the Board extensive government affairs and public policy experience, which is particularly relevant to the Companys business and valuable in assessing the Companys strategy. She also brings business and financial acumen. Her experience in national security and in the State Department and in Congress is particularly valuable in the oversight of cybersecurity risk and her role as the Boards liaison to the Companys cybersecurity oversight group (see page 15). |
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Item 1. Election of Directors
Age 59
Director Since 2011 Board Committees
●Audit (Chair)
●Compensation
Other Public
Company Boards ●None |
Peter J. Taylor
Biographical Information Mr. Taylor has been the president of ECMC Foundation, a nonprofit corporation dedicated to educational attainment for low-income students, since May 2014. Prior to that he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of the University of California from 2009 to 2014 and managing director of public finance at Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital from 2002 to 2009. Mr. Taylor is a director of Pacific Mutual Holding Company and the Kaiser Family Foundation, and a member of the Board of Trustees of California State University. Previously, he was chair of the UCLA African American Admissions Task Force and a commissioner on the California Performance Review Commission. Mr. Taylor is a graduate of the University of California Los Angeles and holds a Masters degree in public policy analysis from Claremont Graduate University. Specific Qualifications and Experience Relevant to the Company Mr. Taylor brings to the Board finance and public policy experience, which is particularly relevant to the Companys infrastructure investment strategy and highly regulated business. He also brings experience in risk management, accounting and financial reporting, which is valuable in his role as a financial expert and Chair of the Audit Committee. |
Age 58
Director Since 2007 Board Committees
●Compensation (Chair)
●Governance
Other Public
Company Boards ●None
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Brett White
Biographical Information Mr. White has been chairman and chief executive officer of Cushman & Wakefield (formerly DTZ), a commercial real estate services company, since September 2015. He served as executive chairman of DTZ from March 2015 to September 2015. Mr. White previously served as a senior advisor to TPG Capital, a private equity firm, from July 2014 to December 2014 and as a managing partner at Blum Capital, a private equity firm, from January 2013 to December 2013. Prior to that, he served as chief executive officer of CBRE Group, Inc., a commercial real estate services firm, from 2005 to 2012, president of CBRE Group from 2001 to 2010 and, prior to that, as chairman of the Americas of CB Richard Ellis Services, Inc. Mr. White previously served as a director of Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation, CBRE Group, Inc. and Realogy Holdings Corporation. He is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara. Specific Qualifications and Experience Relevant to the Company Mr. White brings to the Board the experience, strategic perspective, critical judgment and analytical skills of a chief executive officer of a global company. His real estate services industry experience is particularly relevant to the Companys infrastructure investment strategy. He also brings the perspective of a business headquartered and doing business in the local markets served by SCE developed from his years of service at CBRE Group. This experience is valuable in Mr. Whites role as the Companys Compensation Committee Chair. |
The Board recommends you vote “FOR” the EIX and SCE director nominees, as applicable. |
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Item 1. Election of Directors
Our Corporate Governance |
How are potential director nominees identified and selected by the Board to become nominees?
The Governance Committee, comprised solely of independent directors under New York Stock Exchange LLC (“NYSE”) rules and our Corporate Governance Guidelines, recommends director candidates to the Board.
The Committee will consider candidates recommended by shareholders if they are submitted in writing to the Corporate Secretary and include all of the information required by Article II, Section 4 of our Bylaws plus a written description with any supporting materials of:
● | Any direct or indirect business relationships or transactions within the last three years between EIX and its subsidiaries and senior management, on the one hand, and the candidate and his or her affiliates and immediate family members, on the other hand; and |
● | The qualifications, qualities, and skills of the candidate that the shareholder deems appropriate to submit to the Committee to assist in its consideration of the candidate. |
The Committee also considers candidates recommended by our directors, senior management, and director search firms retained by the Committee. Messrs. Camuñez, and O’Toole, who are first-time nominees for election by the shareholders at the Annual Meeting, were recommended by the Committee’s director search firm. The search firm supports the process of identifying director candidates, coordinating the interview process and conducting reference checks. There are no differences in the manner in which the Committee evaluates a candidate based on the source of the recommendation.
If, based on an evaluation of the candidate’s qualifications, qualities and skills, the Committee determines to continue its consideration of a candidate, Committee members interview the candidate. The Committee conducts any further research on the candidate it deems appropriate. The Committee then determines whether to recommend that the candidate be nominated as a director. The Board considers the recommendation and determines whether to nominate the candidate for election.
What information does the Governance Committee consider when recommending a director nominee?
For the Committee to recommend a director nominee, the candidate must at a minimum possess the qualifications, qualities and skills in our Corporate Governance Guidelines, including:
● | A reputation for integrity, honesty and adherence to high ethical standards; |
● | Experience in a generally recognized position of leadership; and |
● | The demonstrated business acumen, experience and ability to exercise sound judgment in matters that relate to the current and long-term objectives of the Company. |
The Committee also considers other factors and information, including the Board’s current need for additional members, the candidate’s potential for increasing the Board’s range of experience, skills and diversity, the candidate’s independence, and skills and experience relevant to our business strategy.
In nominating candidates for re-election to the Board, the Committee also considers the nature and time invested in a director’s service on other boards, the director’s Board, Board committee and annual meeting attendance, and the vote received at the prior annual meeting. The Corporate Governance Guidelines limit a director’s service on other boards to three other public company boards.
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How does the Governance Committee consider diversity in identifying director candidates?
Our Corporate Governance Guidelines state the Board’s policy that the value of diversity on the Board should be considered. The Committee considers ethnic and gender diversity, and diversity of skills, backgrounds and qualifications represented on the Board, in recommending nominees for election. The Committee has instructed its director search firm to identify candidates reflecting ethnic and gender diversity.
The Committee evaluates its effectiveness in achieving diversity on the Board through its annual review of Board composition, which identifies ethnicity, gender and industry experience prior to recommending nominees for election.
How does the Board determine which directors are independent?
Our Corporate Governance Guidelines require that the Board be comprised of at least a majority of independent directors and that the Audit, Compensation, and Governance Committees be comprised entirely of independent directors. The Company uses the NYSE listing standards to determine independence.
Directors serving on the Audit and the Compensation Committees must meet additional independence criteria prescribed by the NYSE listing standards and the charters of those Committees. Director Chang serves on the audit committees of the American Funds family, Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated and Transocean Ltd. The Board has determined Ms. Chang’s simultaneous service on the audit committees of three other public companies does not impair her ability to effectively serve on our Audit Committee.
The Board has determined that the relationships described in Section B of Exhibit A-1 to our Corporate Governance Guidelines, which are on our website at www.edison.com/corpgov, are not material for purposes of determining directors’ independence to serve on the Board. The Board does not consider such relationships in making independence determinations.
For relationships not prohibited by NYSE rules and not covered under the categories of immaterial relationships in our Guidelines, the determination of whether a relationship is material or not, and therefore whether a director is independent or not, is made in good faith by the directors. The director whose relationship is under consideration abstains from the vote regarding his or her independence.
Which directors has the Board determined are independent?
The Board has determined that all directors other than Messrs. Pizarro and Payne are independent. The Board also determined that Louis Hernandez, Jr., who resigned from the Board on February 27, 2018, was independent.
The Board reviews the independence of our directors at least annually, and periodically as needed. On a monthly basis, the Company also monitors director relationships and transactions that might disqualify them as independent. In February 2018, prior to recommending director nominees for election, the Board confirmed that the independent directors had no relationships or transactions that disqualified them as independent.
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Who is the Chair of the Board and what are the Chair’s duties and responsibilities?
Mr. Sullivan has served as the independent Chair of the EIX Board since October 2016.
As independent Chair, Mr. Sullivan’s duties include:
●Chair the Board meetings and Annual Meetings;
●With the CEO, create the agenda for the Board meetings;
●With the Governance Committee, oversee the annual evaluations of the Board;
●Be the principal liaison in synthesizing and communicating to the CEO key issues from the executive sessions of the independent directors;
●With the Compensation Committee Chair, conduct the annual CEO performance review after review with the independent directors; and
●May attend Committee meetings. |
The SCE Bylaws provide that the CEO of SCE has the duties of the Chair unless a separate Chair of the SCE Board is appointed. Since June 2016, Mr. Payne has served as SCE CEO and has had the duties of the Chair of the SCE Board.
Why does the Board believe its Board leadership structure is appropriate?
The EIX Board believes separating the Chair and CEO positions is the most appropriate leadership structure for EIX at this time, by allowing Mr. Pizarro to focus on the day-to-day management of the business and on executing our strategic priorities, while allowing Mr. Sullivan to focus on leading the Board, providing advice and counsel to Mr. Pizarro, and facilitating the Board’s independent oversight of management.
The SCE Board has determined that the current leadership structure is appropriate for SCE as a subsidiary of EIX. All directors of SCE are independent, except for Messrs. Payne and Pizarro, and the key Board committees are composed entirely of independent directors.
What is the Board’s role in CEO succession planning?
The Board believes CEO succession planning is one of its most important responsibilities. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that the Board will annually review and evaluate succession planning and management development for the Company’s senior officers, including the CEO.
At least annually, the Board meets in executive session with the EIX CEO to discuss talent and succession planning. The discussion includes CEO succession in the ordinary course, CEO succession if an emergency occurs, and succession for other key senior management positions. The frequency of the Board’s CEO succession planning discussions depends in part on the period of time until the CEO’s expected retirement.
In the succession planning process, internal CEO succession candidates are identified and evaluated based on criteria considered predictive of success at the CEO level, considering the Company’s business strategy. The Board uses a common talent assessment format for each individual. The assessment includes a development plan for each individual.
Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that the Board will have opportunities to become acquainted with the senior officers of the Company and others who may have the potential to handle significant management positions. This is carried out through opportunities for officers to make presentations to the Board and Board committees, director education sessions, other business interactions, and social events intended for this purpose.
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What is the Board’s role in strategy oversight?
The Board is regularly engaged in providing management with strategic direction, including but not limited to opportunities in clean energy, efficient electrification, strengthening and modernizing the electric grid, and customer choice. The Board’s oversight and review of Company strategy occurs through annual in-depth strategy meetings, annual education sessions on strategic topics with external experts, regular updates at Board meetings, and discussion of emerging issues affecting strategy. Directors with particular expertise in a strategic area also advise management on strategy outside of Board meetings. In 2017, the Board education sessions on strategic topics focused on technology drivers for an integrated energy network and SCE’s pathway for clean power and electrification.
What is the Board’s role in risk oversight?
Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that one of the Board’s primary functions is to review the Company’s enterprise risk management process and monitor strategic and emerging risks. The Board monitors key risks through reports and discussions regarding key risk areas at Board meetings. The Board also focuses on specific strategic and emerging risks in periodic strategy reviews. The Board annually reviews corporate goals and approves capital budgets. Board committees have responsibility for risk oversight in specific areas as follows:
Audit Committee | ||
Responsible for oversight of (i) risk assessment and risk management policies, (ii) major financial risk exposures, and (iii) the steps management has taken to monitor and control these exposures. The Committee reviews the Company’s risk management processes and key enterprise risks, reviews the EIX risk management committee charter, receives regular reports on litigation, internal audits and compliance, receives “deep dive” reports on specific risk topics at meetings, and receives semi-annual reports of the Company’s political contributions. The Committee also annually reviews and approves the internal audit plan. The EIX Vice President of Enterprise Risk Management regularly attends Committee meetings and reports on risk issues. |
Compensation Committee | ||
Assesses and monitors risks in the Company’s compensation program. The Committee’s risk assessment process and factors considered in assessing risk are discussed under “How We Make Compensation Decisions - Risk Considerations” in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis below.
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Governance Committee | ||
Advises the Board regarding Board size and composition, Board committee composition and responsibilities, selection of the independent Chair of the EIX Board, the Board and Committee self-evaluation process, and other corporate governance practices that help position the Board to effectively carry out its risk oversight responsibility. |
FOSO Committee | ||
Responsible for oversight of risks in the Company’s operations and capital investments, allocation and spending. The Committee regularly monitors the level of capital spending relative to approved capital budgets and must approve significant capital spending variances and projects not included in approved capital budgets. The Committee also monitors safety and operational performance metrics, significant developments related to safety, physical and cyber security, reliability and affordability, and the availability of resources in these areas. The Committee receives “deep dive” reports on key topics related to its responsibilities. |
The Board believes its leadership structure supports the Board’s risk oversight function. Independent directors chair the Board committees responsible for risk oversight, the Company has an independent Chair of the EIX Board who facilitates communication between management and directors.
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What is the Board’s role in cybersecurity oversight?
The Company has identified cybersecurity as a key enterprise risk. Cyber risks are included in the key risk reports to the Audit Committee discussed above. In addition, the Board has assigned primary responsibility for cybersecurity oversight to the FOSO Committee, which receives cybersecurity updates with each meeting that focus on the Company’s most critical assets, cybersecurity drills, exercises, mitigation of cyber risks, and assessments by third-party experts. In 2017, the Board also received a report with a similar focus on reducing the Company’s cybersecurity risks.
The Company has established a cybersecurity oversight group comprised of a multidisciplinary senior management team to provide governance and strategic direction for the identification, protection and detection of cybersecurity risks to the Company. Director Tauscher serves as the Board liaison to the oversight group and regularly attends meetings. Other Board members attend at least one meeting annually.
What is the Board’s role in oversight of ESG issues?
The Board oversees climate change and other ESG risks and opportunities as an integrated part of its strategy oversight responsibility, which includes annual in-depth strategy meetings and regular updates at Board meetings.
Board committees comprised entirely of independent directors have responsibility for risk and operational oversight of specific ESG-related issues as outlined below.
Board Level ESG Oversight | ||
Specific areas of oversight include:
●Environmental legislation and regulation related to renewable energy, distributed generation, transportation electrification, energy efficiency, and climate change;
●Implications of regulatory proceedings and decisions for Edison International’s climate change strategy and objectives;
●Risks arising from climate-related events, including wildfires, that impact our business;
●Engagement with stakeholders on climate change and other ESG concerns;
●Board approval of capital budgets, incorporating capital allocation decisions for grid modernization, transportation electrification, and energy storage; and
●Board approval of corporate goals related to safety, reliability, grid modernization, capital spending, and diversity, each of which advance the Company’s strategy. |
Audit Committee | ||
●Key risks related to wildfires and climate change
●Key risks related to reliability, safety and public policy
●Political and charitable contributions
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FOSO Committee | ||
●Capital spending
●Workforce and public safety
●Electric system reliability
●Cybersecurity
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Compensation Committee | ||
●Incentive compensation plans and goals
●Executive diversity
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Governance Committee | ||
●Board composition and diversity
●ESG corporate governance trends
●Shareholder outreach efforts on ESG issues
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As discussed above, in 2017, we engaged with shareholders holding approximately 34% of EIX Common Stock to discuss our Board oversight and Company disclosure related to ESG issues. We received feedback on information used by shareholders to evaluate ESG practices and their desired disclosure, and shared this feedback with the Governance Committee.
How do the Board and Board committees evaluate their performance?
In 2017, the Board and Board committees completed an annual self-evaluation questionnaire and discussed the results of their evaluation in executive session during the applicable Board or committee meeting. Directors had the opportunity to provide feedback on the performance of other directors during this process. The Governance Committee oversees the annual evaluation of the Board and Board committees and periodically reviews the effectiveness of the process.
The Governance Committee has decided to retain a facilitator to assist in the 2018 Board and committee evaluations. The facilitator plans to interview each director. The results of the evaluation and any recommendations for improvement will be discussed with the Governance Committee and the Board. |
How many times did the Board meet in 2017?
The Board met ten times in 2017. Each director attended at least 95% of all Board and Board committee meetings he or she was eligible to attend. The Board held six executive sessions of the independent directors.
Does the Company have a policy on attendance of Director nominees at Annual Meetings?
Director nominees are expected to attend Annual Meetings. All EIX and SCE director nominees attended the 2017 Annual Meeting.
Are directors required to hold EIX Common Stock?
Within five years from their initial election to the Board, directors must own an aggregate number of shares of EIX Common Stock or derivative securities convertible into EIX Common Stock, excluding stock options, having a value equivalent to five times the annual Board retainer. All deferred stock units held by a director count toward this ownership requirement. All directors comply with this stock ownership requirement.
Has EIX adopted proxy access for director elections?
In 2015, the EIX Board adopted proxy access for director elections at annual meetings. The EIX Bylaws provide that the Company will include in its Proxy Statement up to two nominees (or nominees for up to 20% of the EIX Board, whichever is greater) submitted by a shareholder or group of up to 20 shareholders owning at least 3% of EIX common stock continuously for at least three years, if the shareholder group and nominee satisfy the requirements in Article II, Section 13 of the EIX Bylaws, which are available at www.edison.com/corpgov. The EIX Board made this decision after careful consideration of feedback received from our engagement with shareholders regarding proxy access.
Key Proxy Access Terms | ||||
3% ownership required continuously for 3 years |
Up to 20 shareholders may aggregate their shares to reach the 3% ownership requirement |
Up to 2 nominees or 20% of the Board, whichever is greater. |
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Does EIX have a policy on shareholder rights plans?
The EIX Board has a policy to seek prior shareholder approval of the adoption of any shareholder rights plan unless, due to time constraints or other reasons consistent with the EIX Board’s fiduciary duties, a committee consisting solely of independent directors determines that it would be in the best interests of EIX shareholders to adopt the plan prior to shareholder approval. Any rights plan adopted by the EIX Board without prior shareholder approval will automatically terminate one year after adoption of the plan unless the plan is approved by EIX shareholders prior to such termination.
Is SCE subject to the same corporate governance stock exchange rules as EIX?
EIX is subject to NYSE rules and SCE is subject to NYSE MKT LLC rules, which exempt SCE from designated corporate governance rules for Board and Board committee composition, including director independence, the director nominations process, and the process to determine executive compensation.
SCE is exempt from these rules because (i) it is a “controlled company” with over 50% of the voting power held by its parent company, EIX, and (ii) it has listed only preferred stock on the exchange. However, SCE closely follows the EIX corporate governance practices required under the NYSE rules.
How may I communicate with the Board?
Shareholders and other interested parties may communicate with the Board by following the procedures on our website at www.edison.com/corpgov.
Where can I find the Company’s corporate governance documents?
The EIX Bylaws, Corporate Governance Guidelines, and Board committee charters, the Ethics and Compliance Code for Directors applicable to all directors of EIX and SCE, and the Employee Code of Conduct applicable to all EIX and SCE officers and employees, are on our website at www.edison.com/corpgov.
The SCE Bylaws, Corporate Governance Guidelines and Board committee charters are on our website at www.sce.com/corpgov.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions |
The Governance Committee reviews at least annually, and periodically as needed, any transaction in the prior calendar year or any proposed transaction between the EIX companies and a related person in which the amount involved exceeds $120,000 and the related person has a material interest. A related person is a director, a director nominee, an executive officer, or a greater than 5% beneficial owner of any class of voting securities of EIX or SCE, and their immediate family members. This policy is stated in writing in the Committee’s charter.
The Committee’s regular procedure is to obtain from management annually, and periodically as needed, a list of the transactions with related persons described above, and to review these transactions at a meeting held before recommending director nominations to the Board. The list is based on information from questionnaires completed by our directors, director nominees, and executive officers, together with information obtained from our accounts payable and receivable records, and is reviewed by legal counsel. The Committee’s procedure is evidenced in the minutes and records for the Committee meeting at which the review occurred.
Director Linda Stuntz is an equity partner at the law firm of Stuntz, Davis & Staffier, P.C. (“SD&S”), which paid the Company approximately $209,848 in 2017 to sublease office space in Washington, D.C. The Company’s sublease of office space to SD&S began before Ms. Stuntz joined the Board.
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Board Committees |
The current membership and key responsibilities of our Audit, Compensation, Governance, and FOSO Committees are below. The duties and powers of each Committee are further described in its charter. The Board occasionally creates special Board committees to focus on certain topics.
Audit Committee
Key Responsibilities: ●Appoint, compensate and oversee the Company’s independent
registered public accounting firm (the “Independent Auditor”), including:
●the qualifications, performance and independence of the Independent
Auditor;
●the scope and plans for the annual audit; and
●the scope and extent of all audit and non-audit services to be
performed by the Independent Auditor.
●Review the Company’s financial statements and financial
reporting processes, including internal controls over financial reporting.
●Oversee the Company’s internal audit function, including the
General Auditor’s performance, the internal audit plan, budget, resources and staffing.
●Oversee the Company’s ethics and compliance program, including
the Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer’s performance, helpline calls and investigations, and the employee code of conduct.
●Discuss the Company’s policies and guidelines with respect to
major financial and key enterprise risk exposures, risk assessment and management, and the steps taken to monitor and control these risks.
●Establish and maintain procedures for the receipt, retention and
treatment of complaints regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters.
●Review the Company’s political contribution policies and
expenditures and approve contributions that exceed $1 million. | ||
Peter J. Taylor* Chair Other Members: | ||
Meetings in 2017: 7 *Audit Committee |
Compensation and Executive Personnel Committee
Key Responsibilities: ●Review the performance and set the compensation of designated elected
officers, including the executive officers.
●Review director compensation for consideration and action by the
Board.
●Approve the design of executive compensation programs, plans and
arrangements.
●Approve stock ownership guidelines for officers and recommend director
stock ownership guidelines to the Board.
●Review and assess whether any risks arising from compensation policies
and practices are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company. | ||
Brett White Chair Other Members: | ||
Meetings in 2017: 3 |
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Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee
Key Responsibilities: ●Identify and recommend director candidates.
●Periodically review Board size and composition.
●Make recommendations to the Board regarding Board committee and
committee chair assignments and the EIX independent Board Chair appointment.
●Review related party transactions.
●Periodically review and recommend updates to the Corporate Governance
Guidelines and Board committee charters.
●Advise the Board with respect to corporate governance
matters.
●Oversee the annual evaluation of the Board and Board
committees.
●Review the orientation program for new directors and continuing
education activities for all directors. | ||
Linda G. Stuntz Chair Other Members: | ||
Meetings in 2017: 7 |
Finance, Operations and Safety Oversight Committee
Key Responsibilities: ●Review and monitor capital spending and investments in subsidiaries
compared to the annual budget approved by the Board, and receive post-completion reports from management on major capital projects.
●Monitor operational and service excellence performance
metrics.
●Monitor significant developments relating to safety, reliability and
affordability, specifically including cybersecurity, business resiliency and emergency response, and the availability of appropriate resources to achieve objectives in these areas.
●Annually review the sources and uses of funds and the trust
investments of the Company.
●Authorize financing, redemption and repurchase
transactions. | ||
Ellen O. Tauscher Chair Other Members: | ||
Meetings in 2017: 5 |
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Director Compensation |
The following table presents information regarding the compensation paid for 2017 to our non-employee directors. The compensation paid to any director who is also an employee of EIX or SCE is presented in the EIX and SCE Summary Compensation Tables and the related explanatory tables.
Director Compensation Table – Fiscal Year 2017
Name | Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($) |
Stock Awards(1)(2) ($) |
Option Awards(3) ($) |
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($) |
Change in Pension Value and Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Earnings(4) ($) |
All Other Compensation(5) ($) |
Total ($) | |||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | |||||||
Jagjeet S. Bindra(6) | $68,500 | — | — | — | — | $10,000 | $78,500 | |||||||
Michael C. Camuñez | $85,750 | $101,327 | — | — | — | — | $187,077 | |||||||
Vanessa C.L. Chang | $113,250 | $135,068 | — | — | $38,370 | $10,000 | $296,688 | |||||||
Louis Hernandez, Jr.(6) | $113,250 | $135,068 | — | — | $3,258 | — | $251,576 | |||||||
James T. Morris | $115,250 | $135,068 | — | — | $4,064 | — | $254,382 | |||||||
Timothy T. O’Toole | $58,250 | $67,521 | — | — | $427 | — | $126,198 | |||||||
Richard T. Schlosberg, III(6) | $62,500 | — | — | — | $27,705 | — | $90,205 | |||||||
Linda G. Stuntz | $126,500 | $135,068 | — | — | $4,676 | $7,500 | $273,744 | |||||||
William P. Sullivan | $179,750 | $197,500 | — | — | — | — | $377,250 | |||||||
Ellen O. Tauscher | $128,500 | $135,068 | — | — | $1,068 | $10,000 | $274,636 | |||||||
Peter J. Taylor | $135,250 | $135,068 | — | — | — | $5,000 | $275,318 | |||||||
Brett White | $130,750 | $135,068 | — | — | $36,361 | — | $302,179 |
(1) |
The amounts reported for stock awards reflect the aggregate grant date fair value of those awards computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. For a discussion of the assumptions and methodologies used to calculate the amounts reported, see Note 8 (Compensation and Benefit Plans) to the Consolidated Financial Statements included as part of the Company’s 2017 Annual Report. |
(2) |
Each non-employee director, other than Messrs. Bindra, Camuñez, O’Toole, Schlosberg, and Sullivan was granted a total of 1,681 shares of EIX Common Stock or fully-vested deferred stock units on April 27, 2017, and each share or unit had a value of $80.35 on the grant date. Messrs. Bindra and Schlosberg were not eligible for a grant because of their retirement from the Board. Mr. Sullivan was granted 1,681 shares of EIX Common Stock in connection with his re-election to the Board and 777 shares in connection with his re-appointment as Chair of the EIX Board, for a total grant of 2,458 shares on April 27, 2017. Each share granted to Mr. Sullivan had a value of $80.35 on the grant date. Mr. Camuñez was granted 1,236 fully-vested deferred stock units on June 15, 2017 in connection with his initial election to the Board, and each unit had a value of $81.98 on the grant date. Mr. O’Toole was granted 856 fully-vested deferred stock units on August 1, 2017 in connection with his initial election to the Board, and each unit had a value of $78.88 on the grant date. None of the non-employee directors had unvested deferred stock units as of December 31, 2017. |
(3) |
We have not granted stock options to our non-employee directors since 2009. The number of outstanding EIX stock options from grants in prior years held by each non-employee director as of December 31, 2017 was as follows: Ms. Chang and Mr. White 5,000 each. The other non-employee directors do not have any EIX stock options outstanding. |
(4) |
Amounts reported consist of interest on deferred compensation account balances considered under SEC rules to be at above-market rates. |
(5) |
EIX has a matching gift program that provides assistance to qualified public and private schools by matching dollar-for-dollar gifts of at least $25 up to a prescribed maximum amount per calendar year for the Company’s employees and EIX and SCE directors. The amounts in this column reflect matching gifts made by EIX pursuant to this program in 2018. EIX matches aggregate director contributions of up to $10,000 per calendar year to qualified schools. Under the Director Matching Gift Program, matching amounts for non-cash gifts are determined based on the value of the gift on the date given by the director. For purposes of determining the date on which a gift of publicly-traded stock is given, the date is based on the date stock ownership transfers to the qualified school. |
(6) |
Messrs. Bindra and Schlosberg retired from the Board on April 27, 2017. Mr. Hernandez resigned from the Board on February 27, 2018. |
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Annual Retainer and Meeting Fees
Compensation for non-employee directors during 2017 included an annual retainer, fees for attending certain meetings, and an annual equity award. Directors were offered the opportunity to receive all of their compensation on a deferred basis under the EIX Director Deferred Compensation Plan. The following table sets forth the cash retainers and meeting fees paid to directors in 2017:
Type of Fee | Jan. to Sept. 2017 |
Oct. to Dec. 2017 | |||
Board Retainer Per Quarter | $27,500 | $28,750 | |||
Additional Board Retainer Per Quarter to: | |||||
● | Audit Committee Chair | $5,000 | $5,000 | ||
● | Compensation Committee Chair | $4,375 | $4,375 | ||
● | Other Committee Chairs | $3,750 | $3,750 | ||
● | Chair of the EIX Board | $15,625 | $15,625 | ||
Fee Per Meeting:(1) | |||||
● | Shareholder/Board/Committee | N/A | N/A | ||
● | Other Business Meeting | $2,000 | $2,000 |
(1) |
Directors are not paid meeting fees for attending shareholder, Board or Board committee meetings. They are paid a $2,000 fee for attending any other business meeting on behalf of the Company as a director, such as cybersecurity oversight group meetings (see page 15), if attended at the request or invitation of either the Chair of the EIX Board or the EIX CEO. No director received more than $6,000 in meeting fees in 2017. Directors only receive one meeting fee for any concurrent meetings attended by the director. |
All directors are also reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses for serving as directors and are eligible to participate in the Director Matching Gift Program described in footnote (5) to the Director Compensation Table above.
Annual Equity Awards
Upon initial election or re-election to the Board in 2017, non-employee directors were granted an annual equity award of EIX Common Stock or deferred stock units with an aggregate grant date value of $135,000 or a prorated portion thereof (as explained below). Non-employee directors who are elected or re-elected to the Board in 2018 are scheduled to receive an annual equity award with an aggregate grant date value of $140,000 or a prorated portion thereof. Upon initial appointment or re-appointment of a non-employee director as Chair of the EIX Board, the director is granted an additional annual equity award of EIX Common Stock or deferred stock units with an aggregate grant date value of $62,500. If the grant date of an award for an initial election to the Board or initial appointment as Chair of the EIX Board occurs after the date of EIX’s Annual Meeting for that year, then the grant date value of the award is prorated by multiplying it by the following percentage: 75% if the grant date is in the second quarter of the year; 50% if the grant date is in the third quarter of the year; 25% if the grant date is in the fourth quarter of the year.
The number of shares or units granted is determined by dividing the grant date value of the equity award by the closing price of EIX Common Stock on the grant date and rounding up to the next whole share. Each award is fully vested when granted.
The annual equity award for an initial election to the Board is made in the form of deferred stock units. For re-election awards and the additional equity award for appointment or re-appointment as Chair of the EIX Board, directors have the opportunity to elect in advance to receive such awards entirely in EIX Common Stock, entirely in deferred stock units, or in any combination of the two. A deferred stock unit is a contractual right to receive one share of EIX Common Stock. Deferred stock units are credited to the director’s account under the EIX Director Deferred Compensation Plan described below. Deferred stock units cannot be voted or sold. They accrue dividend equivalents on the ex-dividend date, if and when dividends are declared on EIX Common Stock. The accrued dividend equivalents are converted to additional deferred stock units.
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Each director’s equity award in 2017 was granted under the EIX 2007 Performance Incentive Plan. Directors serving on both Company Boards receive only one award per year for election to the Boards.
EIX Director Deferred Compensation Plan
The EIX Director Deferred Compensation Plan is separated into two plan documents. The grandfathered plan document applies to deferrals earned prior to January 1, 2005, while the 2008 plan document applies to deferrals earned on or after January 1, 2005. Mr. Schlosberg was the only director in 2017 to have an account balance subject to the grandfathered plan document.
Non-employee directors are eligible to defer up to 100% of their retainers and meeting fees. Any portion of a director’s annual equity award that he or she elects to receive as deferred stock units is automatically deferred. Amounts deferred (other than deferred stock units) accrue interest until paid to the director at a rate equal to the average monthly Moody’s Corporate Bond Yield for Baa Public Utility Bonds over a 60-month period ending September 1 of the prior year.
Payment of Grandfathered Plan Benefits
Amounts deferred under the grandfathered plan document (other than deferred stock units) may be deferred until a specified date, retirement, death or discontinuance of service as a director. At the director’s election, any such compensation deferred until retirement or death may be paid as a lump sum, in monthly installments over 60, 120, or 180 months, or in a combination of a partial lump sum and installments. Any such deferred compensation is paid as a single lump sum or in three annual installments upon any other discontinuance of service as a director. Directors may elect at the time of deferral to receive payment on a fixed date. Deferred amounts may also be paid in connection with a change in control of EIX or SCE in certain circumstances.
Deferred stock units may be deferred until retirement, death or discontinuance of service as a director, and when payable will be distributed in EIX Common Stock. Payment will be made in a lump sum upon the director’s retirement, unless a request to receive distribution in annual installments over 5, 10, or 15 years was previously approved. Discontinuance of service as a director prior to retirement will result in a lump sum payout of deferred stock units. Upon the director’s death, any remaining deferred stock unit balance will be paid to the director’s beneficiary in a lump sum.
Deferred stock units may also be paid in connection with a change in control of EIX or SCE in certain circumstances.
Payment of 2008 Plan Benefits
Any amounts deferred under the 2008 plan document (including deferred stock units) may be deferred until a specified date no later than the date the director turns age 75, retirement, death, disability or other separation from service. Directors have sub-accounts for each annual deferral for which the following forms of payment may be elected:
● | Single lump-sum; |
● | Two to fifteen annual installments; |
● | Monthly installments for 60 to 180 months; or |
● | Any combination of the above. |
Payments triggered by retirement, death, disability or other separation from service may begin upon the applicable triggering event or a specified number of months and/or years following the applicable triggering event. However, payments may not begin later than the director’s 75th birthday unless the director is still on the Board. Payments are subject to certain administrative earliest payment date rules, and may be delayed or accelerated under the 2008 plan document if permitted or required under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. All amounts payable are treated as obligations of EIX.
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Item 1. Election of Directors
Determination of Director Compensation
The Board makes all decisions regarding director compensation. These decisions are normally made after receiving recommendations from the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee makes its recommendations after receiving input from its independent compensation consultant and management. The Compensation Committee retained Pay Governance LLC (“Pay Governance”) to evaluate and make recommendations regarding director compensation for 2017. Pay Governance’s assistance included helping the Compensation Committee identify industry trends and norms for director compensation, reviewing and identifying peer group companies, and evaluating director compensation data for these companies. The changes made to director compensation in 2017 were based on analysis and recommendations provided by Pay Governance. Management’s input focuses on legal, compliance, and administrative issues.
Our Stock Ownership |
Directors, Director Nominees and Executive Officers
The following table shows the number of shares of EIX Common Stock beneficially owned as of March 1, 2018, except as otherwise indicated, by each of our directors, director nominees, officers and former officers named in the EIX and SCE Summary Compensation Tables (“NEOs”), and our current directors and executive officers as a group. None of the persons in the table beneficially owns any other equity securities of the Company or its subsidiaries. The table includes shares that the individual has a right to acquire through April 30, 2018.
Name of Beneficial Owner | Category | Deferred Stock Units(1) |
Stock Options |
Common Stock Shares(2) | Total Shares Beneficially Owned(3) |
Percent of Class(4) | ||||||
Michael C. Camuñez | Director/Nominee | 1,265 | — | — | 1,265 | * | ||||||
Vanessa C.L. Chang | Director/Nominee | 5,919 | 5,000 | 113 | 11,032 | * | ||||||
James T. Morris | Director/Nominee | 405 | — | 1,681 | 2,086 | * | ||||||
Timothy T. O’Toole | Director/Nominee | 870 | — | 5,000 | 5,870 | * | ||||||
Kevin M. Payne | SCE Director/Nominee EIX/SCE NEO |
— | 72,796 | 7,445 | 80,241 | * | ||||||
Pedro J. Pizarro | Director/Nominee EIX NEO |
— | 308,383 | 43,121 | 351,504 | * | ||||||
Linda G. Stuntz | Director/Nominee | 824 | — | 1,000 | 1,824 | * | ||||||
William P. Sullivan | Director/Nominee | — | — | 6,672 | 6,672 | * | ||||||
Ellen O. Tauscher | Director/Nominee | 2,813 | — | 1,483 | 4,296 | * | ||||||
Peter J. Taylor | Director/Nominee | — | — | 3,686 | 3,686 | * | ||||||
Brett White | Director/Nominee | 29,580 | 5,000 | — | 34,580 | * | ||||||
Maria Rigatti | EIX NEO | — | 72,511 | 15,683 | 88,194 | * | ||||||
Adam S. Umanoff | EIX NEO | — | 113,855 | 4,847 | 118,702 | * | ||||||
J. Andrew Murphy | EIX NEO | 37,677 | 800 | 38,467 | * | |||||||
Ronald L. Litzinger(5) | EIX NEO | — | 250,970 | 65,615 | 316,585 | * | ||||||
William M. Petmecky, III | SCE NEO | — | 21,536 | 2,172 | 23,708 | * | ||||||
Ronald O. Nichols | SCE NEO | — | 38,206 | 4,494 | 42,700 | * | ||||||
Russell C. Swartz | SCE NEO | — | 192,612 | 25,488 | 218,100 | * | ||||||
Stuart R. Hemphill | SCE NEO | — | 19,138 | 14,697 | 33,835 | * | ||||||
EIX Directors and Executive Officers as a Group (18 individuals) |
41,676 | 1,066,177 | 180,010 | 1,287,863 | * | |||||||
SCE Directors and Executive Officers as a Group (17 individuals) |
41,676 | 746,023 | 121,806 | 909,505 | * |
(1) |
In accordance with SEC rules, the reported number consists only of deferred stock units that could be settled in shares of EIX Common Stock within 60 days at the director’s discretion under the payment elections previously made by the director under the EIX Director Deferred Compensation Plan (for example, a director who elected settlement of deferred stock |
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units upon retirement could retire). However, all deferred stock units held by a director count toward the stock ownership requirement for directors. In addition to the deferred stock units reported in this table, Messrs. Taylor and Morris hold 12,872 and 1,620 fully-vested deferred stock units, and Mses. Chang, Stuntz and Tauscher hold 23,675, 7,412, and 3,466 fully-vested deferred stock units, respectively. These additional deferred stock units will also be settled in shares of EIX Common Stock, but in accordance with SEC rules are not included in the table because they cannot be settled in shares of EIX Common Stock within 60 days at the director’s discretion. | |
(2) |
Except as follows, each individual has sole voting and investment power: |
Shared voting and sole investment power: Mr. Payne 3,287; Ms. Rigatti 5,553; Mr. Umanoff 1,591; Mr. Nichols 2,395; Mr. Hemphill 4,724; all EIX directors and executive officers as a group 15,088; and all SCE directors and executive officers as a group 10,406. | |
Shared voting and shared investment power: Ms. Chang 113; Mr. Litzinger 65,615; Mr. Nichols 295; all EIX directors and executive officers as a group 67,234; and all SCE directors and executive officers as a group 408. | |
(3) |
Includes shares listed in the three columns to the left. |
(4) |
Each individual beneficially owns less than 1% of the shares of EIX Common Stock. |
(5) |
Mr. Litzinger was President of Edison Energy Group through December 29, 2017. His EIX Common Stock shares are reported as of that date. |
Other Shareholders
The following are the only shareholders known to beneficially own more than 5% of any class of EIX or SCE voting securities as of December 31, 2017, except as otherwise indicated:
Title of Class of Stock | Name and Address of Beneficial Owner |
Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership |
Percent of Class | |||
EIX Common Stock | The Vanguard Group 100 Vanguard Blvd. Malvern, PA 19355 |
27,449,966(1) | 8.4% | |||
EIX Common Stock | BlackRock Inc. 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 |
26,746,136(2) | 8.2% | |||
EIX Common Stock | State Street Corporation One Lincoln Street Boston, MA 02111 |
25,052,614(3) | 7.7% | |||
SCE Common Stock | Edison International 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue Rosemead, CA 91770 |
434,888,104(4) | 100% |
(1) |
This information is based on a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 9, 2018. The Vanguard Group reports it has sole voting power over 511,116 shares, shared voting power over 151,674 shares, sole investment power over 26,853,030 shares, and shared investment power over 596,936 shares. |
(2) |
This information is based on a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on January 29, 2018. BlackRock Inc. reports it has sole voting power over 23,480,790 shares and sole investment power over all shares. |
(3) |
This information is based on a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 14, 2018. Acting in various fiduciary capacities, State Street reports it has shared voting and investment power over all shares. This includes approximately 8,625,717 shares, or 2.7% of the class, held by State Street as the 401(k) Plan Trustee. 401(k) Plan shares are voted in accordance with instructions given by participants, whether vested or not. 401(k) Plan shares for which instructions are not received will be voted by the 401(k) Plan trustee in the same proportion to the 401(k) Plan shares voted by other 401(k) Plan Shareholders, unless contrary to ERISA. |
(4) |
EIX became the holder of all issued and outstanding shares of SCE Common Stock on July 1, 1988, when it became the holding company of SCE. EIX continues to have sole voting and investment power over these shares. |
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ITEM 2: RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT |
OF THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM |
The Audit Committee is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of the Independent Auditor retained to audit the Company’s financial statements. The Audit Committee has selected PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the Company’s Independent Auditor for calendar year 2018. The Company is asking shareholders to ratify this appointment.
PwC is an international accounting firm which provides leadership in public utility accounting matters. Representatives of PwC are expected to attend the Annual Meeting to respond to appropriate questions and to make a statement if they wish.
PwC has been retained as the Company’s Independent Auditor continuously since 2002. The Audit Committee has adopted restrictions on hiring certain persons formerly associated with PwC into an accounting or financial reporting oversight role to help ensure PwC’s continuing independence.
The Audit Committee meets annually in executive session without PwC present to evaluate the quality of PwC’s audit services and their performance, including PwC’s industry knowledge from an accounting and tax perspective, PwC’s continued independence and professional skepticism, the Committee’s discussions with management about PwC’s performance, and information available from Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) inspection reports.
The Audit Committee annually considers whether the Independent Auditor firm should be reappointed for another year. The lead engagement partner is required to rotate off the Company’s audit every five years. The Audit Committee is involved in the selection of the lead engagement partner. In 2015, in connection with the mandated rotation of PwC’s lead engagement partner effective beginning with PwC’s audit of the Company’s 2016 financial statements, the Company interviewed candidates who met professional, industry and personal criteria, and selected finalists. The Audit Committee Chair participated in interviews with the finalists and selected the lead engagement partner, in consultation with the Audit Committee.
The Audit Committee considered several factors when determining whether to reappoint PwC as the Company’s Independent Auditor, including:
●The length of time PwC has been engaged;
●PwC’s knowledge of the Company and its personnel, processes, accounting systems and risk profile;
●The quality of the Audit Committee’s ongoing discussions with PwC, their independence and professional skepticism;
●An assessment of the professional qualifications, utility industry experience and past performance of PwC, its lead engagement partner, and other members of the core engagement team; and
●Other accounting firms with comparable professional qualifications and utility industry expertise. |
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Item 2: Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Audit Committee and the Board believe that the continued retention of PwC to serve as the Company’s Independent Auditor is in the best interests of the Company and its investors.
The Company is not required to submit this appointment to a shareholder vote. Ratification would be advisory only. However, if the shareholders of either EIX or SCE do not ratify the appointment, the Audit Committee will investigate the reasons for rejection by the shareholders and will reconsider the appointment.
The Board recommends you vote “FOR” Item 2. |
Independent Auditor Fees |
The following table sets forth the aggregate fees billed by PwC to EIX (consolidated total including EIX and its subsidiaries) and SCE, respectively, for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
EIX and Subsidiaries ($000) | SCE ($000) | |||||||
Type of Fee | 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||
Audit Fees(1) | $6,226 | $6,511 | $5,171 | $5,632 | ||||
Audit-Related Fees(2) | 225 | 60 | 218 | 60 | ||||
Tax Fees(3) | 604 | 693 | 443 | 389 | ||||
All Other Fees(4) | 144 | 96 | 144 | 96 | ||||
TOTAL | $7,199 | $7,360 | $5,976 | $6,177 |
(1) |
These represent fees for professional services provided in connection with the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements and internal controls over financial reporting, and reviews of the Company’s quarterly financial statements. |
(2) |
These represent fees for assurance and related services related to the performance of the audit or review of the financial statements and not reported under “Audit Fees” above. |
(3) |
These represent fees for tax-related compliance and other tax-related services to support compliance with federal and state tax reporting and payment requirements, including tax return review and review of tax laws, regulations or cases. |
(4) |
These represent fees for miscellaneous services. |
The Audit Committee annually approves all proposed audit fees in executive session without PwC present, considering several factors, including a breakdown of the services to be provided, proposed staffing and hourly rates, and changes in the Company and industry from the prior year. The audit fees are the culmination of a process which included a comparison of the prior year’s proposed fees to actual fees incurred and fee proposals for known and anticipated 2017 services in the audit, audit-related, tax and other categories. The Audit Committee’s deliberations consider balancing the design of an audit scope that will achieve a high quality audit with driving efficiencies from both the Company and PwC while compensating PwC fairly.
The Audit Committee is required to pre-approve all audit and permitted non-audit services performed by PwC to ensure these services will not impair the firm’s independence.
The Audit Committee has delegated to the Committee Chair the authority to pre-approve services between Committee meetings, provided that any pre-approval decisions are presented to the Committee at its next meeting. PwC must assure that all audit and non-audit services provided to the Company have been approved by the Audit Committee.
During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, all services performed by PwC were pre-approved by the Audit Committee, irrespective of whether the services required pre-approval under the Exchange Act.
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Item 2: Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Audit Committee Report |
The Audit Committee is composed of five independent directors and operates under a charter adopted by the Board, which is posted on our website at www.edison.com/corpgov. The Audit Committee complied with the requirements of its charter in 2017.
The Board has determined that each Audit Committee member is independent and financially literate, and that at least one member has accounting or other related financial management expertise, as such qualifications are defined by NYSE rules, our Corporate Governance Guidelines, and/or the Committee charter. The Board has also determined that directors Chang, Morris and Taylor each qualify as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by SEC rules.
The Audit Committee’s key responsibilities are described above under “Board Committees – Audit Committee.” The Audit Committee’s role in risk oversight is described above under “Our Corporate Governance – What is the Board’s role in risk oversight?”
Audit Committee meeting agendas are developed based on input from Committee members, the Independent Auditor, the General Auditor, and management. In 2017, the Committee requested and received presentations on significant risk issues and a variety of topics, such as:
●Wildfire insurance;
●New accounting standards related to revenue recognition;
●The Company’s information technology systems;
●Critical business records; and
●Capital budgets and financing plans. |
Management is responsible for the Company’s internal controls and the financial reporting process, including the integrity and objectivity of the financial statements. The Independent Auditor performs an independent audit of the Company’s financial statements under the standards of the PCAOB and issues a report on the financial statements. The Audit Committee monitors and oversees these processes. The Committee members are not accountants or auditors by profession and therefore have relied on certain representations from management and the Independent Auditor in carrying out their responsibilities.
In discharging our oversight responsibilities in connection with the December 31, 2017 financial statements, the Audit Committee:
●Reviewed
and discussed the audited financial statements with the Company’s management and the Independent Auditor;
●Discussed
various matters with the Independent Auditor, including matters required by the PCAOB’s standard “Communications
with Audit Committees;” and
●Received the written disclosures and PwC’s letter confirming its independence from the Company,and discussed such independence with PwC. |
Based upon these reviews and discussions, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board that the audited financial statements be included in the Company’s 2017 Annual Report to be filed with the SEC.
Peter J. Taylor (Chair)
Michael C. Camuñez
Vanessa C.L. Chang
James T. Morris
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COMPANY’S EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION |
The advisory vote to approve the Company’s executive compensation, commonly known as “Say-on-Pay,” gives shareholders the opportunity to endorse or not endorse our executive compensation. This advisory vote is required by SEC rules to be provided at least once every three years. However, our shareholders have voted in favor of holding the advisory vote every year, and the Board determined that it would be held annually. The Company’s Say-on-Pay proposal received support from at least 91% of the votes cast in each of the last seven years.
Our executive compensation program is described under “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” below. We encourage you to read it carefully. Our executive compensation program is reviewed and approved by the Compensation Committee. The Board believes our executive compensation structure is competitive, aligns compensation with shareholder value and serves shareholders well. |
EIX and SCE request shareholder approval of the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in this Proxy Statement under the SEC’s compensation disclosure rules, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables and the narrative discussion that accompanies the compensation tables.
The Company values constructive dialogue with shareholders on compensation and other important governance matters. Because your vote is advisory, it will not be binding on the Board or the Company and will not be construed as overruling a decision by the Board or the Company. However, the Compensation Committee will consider the outcome of the vote and any constructive feedback from shareholders when making future executive compensation decisions. See “Compensation Summary – Shareholder Communication and Compensation Program for 2018.”
It is expected that the next Say-on-Pay vote will occur at the 2019 Annual Meeting.
The Board recommends you vote “FOR” Item 3. |
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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS |
This Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“CD&A”) describes the principles of our executive compensation program, how we applied those principles in compensating our named executive officers (“NEOs”) for 2017, and how we use our compensation program to drive performance. We also discuss the roles and responsibilities of our Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) in determining executive compensation. The CD&A is organized as follows:
Compensation Summary | |
What We Pay and Why: Elements of Total Direct Compensation | |
How We Make Compensation Decisions | |
Post-Employment and Other Benefits | |
Other Compensation Policies and Guidelines |
The CD&A contains information relevant to your decision regarding the advisory vote to approve our executive compensation (Item 3 on your Proxy Card). When voting on Item 3, EIX shareholders will vote on EIX executive compensation, while SCE shareholders will vote on SCE executive compensation.
Compensation Summary |
Certain key information about our executive compensation program is highlighted in this Compensation Summary.
Executive Compensation Practices
Our executive compensation program is designed with the objective of strongly linking pay with performance. The table below highlights our current compensation practices for NEOs, including practices we believe drive performance and are aligned with good governance principles, and practices we have not implemented because we do not believe they would serve our shareholders’ long-term interests.
What We Do | |
We tie pay to performance by making the majority of compensation “at risk” and linking it to shareholders’ interests | |
We target a competitive range around the market median for base salary and annual and long-term incentives | |
We compare executive compensation to a peer group defined by a recognized market index | |
We balance multiple metrics for annual and long-term incentives | |
We have double-trigger change in control provisions for equity award vesting | |
We seek shareholder feedback on our executive compensation program and share the feedback with the Board and the Committee | |
We have stock ownership guidelines and an incentive compensation clawback policy | |
Our Committee’s compensation consultant is independent and does not provide any other services to the Company |
What We Don’t Do | |
We do not have any employment contracts | |
We do not provide excise tax gross-ups on change in control payments | |
We do not have individually negotiated change in control agreements | |
We do not provide perquisites | |
We do not provide personal use of any corporate aircraft | |
We do not reprice or allow the cash buyout of stock options with exercise prices below the current market value of EIX Common Stock | |
We do not permit pledging of Company securities by directors or executive officers | |
We do not permit hedging of Company securities by directors or employees |
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Compensation Discussion and Analysis
EIX NEOs for 2017
EIX NEOs are identified below. EIX shareholders will vote on EIX executive compensation.
EIX NEOs | Title | |
Pedro J. Pizarro | EIX President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) | |
Maria Rigatti | EIX Executive Vice President (“EVP”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) | |
Adam S. Umanoff | EIX EVP and General Counsel | |
J. Andrew Murphy | EIX Senior Vice President (“SVP”) | |
Kevin M. Payne | SCE CEO | |
Ronald L. Litzinger | Edison Energy Group President through 12/29/2017 |
SCE NEOs for 2017
SCE NEOs are identified below. SCE shareholders will vote on SCE executive compensation.
SCE NEOs | Title | |
Kevin M. Payne | SCE CEO | |
William M. Petmecky, III | SCE SVP and CFO | |
Ronald O. Nichols | SCE President | |
Russell C. Swartz | SCE SVP and General Counsel | |
Stuart R. Hemphill | SCE SVP |
Elements and Objectives of Total Direct Compensation
Element | Form | Key Objective | % of EIX CEO 2017 Target Total Direct Compensation* | |||
Base Salary | Fixed Pay: Cash | Establish a pay foundation to attract and retain qualified executives | 15% | |||
Annual Incentive Awards | Variable Pay: Cash | Focus executives’ attention on specific financial, strategic and operating objectives of the Company that we believe will increase shareholder value and benefit customers | 19% | |||
Long-Term Incentive Awards | Variable Pay: Equity | Align executive pay with long-term value provided to shareholders | 67% | |||
●50% stock options |
●Link compensation to stock price increase |
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●25% performance shares |
●Reward relative shareholder return compared to peers and earnings per share compared to pre-established target |
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●25% restricted stock units |
●Encourage retention, with value tied to absolute shareholder return |
* | In this CD&A, the term “target total direct compensation” means the sum of the NEO’s salary, target annual incentive award, and grant date fair value of long-term incentive awards for the particular year. The amounts shown in the “% of EIX CEO Target Total Direct Compensation” column of this table have been rounded to the nearest whole percentage point; see footnote 3 on page 33 for the amounts rounded to the nearest hundredth of a percentage point. |
Comparison of EIX CEO Pay with Peer Group
The following chart shows EIX CEO total direct compensation for the last five years as reported in the EIX Summary Compensation Table, compared to the median total direct compensation for the chief executive officers of the companies that comprise the Philadelphia Utility Index peer group. “Total direct compensation” or “TDC” means the sum of base salary, the actual annual incentive award paid for the year and the grant date fair value of long-term incentive awards (columns (c), (e), (f) and (g) of the Summary Compensation Table) for the NEO for the year.
Theodore F. Craver, Jr. served as EIX CEO for all of 2013, 2014, and 2015, and his TDC is shown in the chart for those years. Mr. Pizarro succeeded Mr. Craver as EIX CEO on September 30, 2016 and his full-year TDC is shown for 2016 and 2017. (The 2017 Peer Median TDC in the chart is the same as the 2016 Peer Median TDC, since peer group data for 2017 was generally unavailable in time to include in this Proxy Statement.)
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Compensation Discussion and Analysis
Mr. Craver’s TDC was somewhat above the peer group median in 2013 and 2014, due primarily to chief executive officer turnover at peer companies and annual incentive awards for Mr. Craver that were significantly above-target, largely as a result of above-target core earnings.1 Mr. Craver’s 2015 TDC was slightly below the peer group median, largely due to higher annual incentive awards at peer companies.
Mr. Pizarro’s full-year 2016 TDC was significantly below the peer group median for chief executive officers. His compensation before the September 30 effective date of his election as EIX CEO was targeted at the market median for his prior positions (SCE President through May 31 and EIX President from June 1 through September 29). In addition, the Committee set his annualized compensation after the effective date of his election as EIX CEO significantly below the peer group median for chief executive officers, with an opportunity for increases in subsequent years as the Committee evaluated his performance as EIX CEO. The Committee increased Mr. Pizarro’s TDC in 2017 as discussed in this CD&A, but not to the level of the peer group median.
EIX CEO vs. Peer Group Median TDC
Alignment of EIX CEO Pay with Performance
The following chart shows the alignment over the past five years between the EIX CEO’s total direct compensation (presented on the same basis as in the EIX CEO vs. Peer Group Median TDC chart above) and our indexed TSR,2 which represents the value of an initial investment of $100 in EIX common stock at the beginning of the five-year period, and assumes that dividends are reinvested on the ex-dividend date.
(1) |
Core earnings is defined on a consolidated basis for EIX as earnings attributable to EIX shareholders less non-core items. Non-core items include income or loss from discontinued operations, income resulting from allocation of losses to tax equity investors under the hypothetical liquidation at book value accounting method and income or loss from significant discrete items that management does not consider representative of ongoing earnings, such as write downs, asset impairments and other gains and losses related to certain tax, regulatory or legal settlements or proceedings, and exit activities, including sale of certain assets and other activities that are no longer continuing. For a reconciliation of core earnings to net income determined under GAAP, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Management Overview – Highlights of Operating Results” included as part of the Company’s 2017 Annual Report. |
(2) |
In this Proxy Statement, for all purposes other than performance share payouts, TSR is calculated using the difference between (i) the closing stock price for the relevant stock on the last NYSE trading day preceding the first day of the relevant period and (ii) the closing stock price for the relevant stock on the last trading day of the relevant period, and assumes all dividends during the period are reinvested on the ex-dividend date. Under this methodology, EIX’s 2015-2017 TSR was at the 15th percentile of the Philadelphia Utility Index. A different methodology is used to determine performance share payouts: TSR is calculated using the difference between (i) the average closing stock price for the stock for the 20 trading days ending with the last NYSE trading day preceding the first day of the performance period and (ii) the average closing stock price for the stock for the 20 trading days ending with the last trading day of the performance period, and assumes all dividends are reinvested on the ex-dividend date (see “Long-Term Incentive Awards” below). Under this methodology, EIX’s TSR for the 2015-2017 performance period was at the 20th percentile of the Philadelphia Utility Index. |
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During the five-year period from 2013 to 2017, EIX’s TSR was approximately 61%. Meanwhile, the EIX CEO’s TDC increased by 7% from 2013 to 2014, but was lower in each subsequent year than in 2014.
EIX CEO Total Direct Compensation (TDC)
vs. Indexed TSR 2013-2017
As the chart above shows, the largest increase in TSR during the five-year period occurred in 2014.
Mr. Craver’s TDC also reached its peak during this period in 2014, largely due to a significantly above-target annual incentive award. TSR decreased slightly in 2015, as did Mr. Craver’s annual incentive award and TDC. TSR then increased significantly in 2016 and decreased in 2017. For the reasons discussed above in “Comparison of EIX CEO Pay with Peer Group,” Mr. Pizarro’s full-year 2016 TDC was the lowest EIX CEO TDC during the five-year period and his 2017 TDC was higher than his 2016 TDC, but still below the peer group median for chief executive officers.
Shareholder Communication and Compensation Program for 2018
As discussed above in the Proxy Summary, we regularly reach out to our major institutional shareholders to discuss the Company’s executive compensation, among other issues. Management shares compensation-related feedback with the Compensation Committee, along with proxy advisory firm developments and trends in executive compensation practices.
Say-on-Pay | ||
EIX’s Say-on-Pay proposal received support from approximately 94% of the votes cast in 2017. After considering the shareholder support reflected in the vote results, trends in executive compensation and the best interests of shareholders, the Committee approved maintaining our executive compensation program with the following changes for 2018: ●Changes to the Executive Retirement Plan and Executive Deferred Compensation Plan approved in previous years went into effect on January 1, 2018. As discussed in “Pension Benefits – Executive Retirement Plan” and “Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation – Executive Deferred Compensation Plan,” these changes decrease the portion of executives’ compensation and benefits package not directly tied to performance and simplify benefits for new executives.
●The Committee decided not to establish a 162(m) Program for 2018 annual incentive awards due to changes in Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. More information is under “What We Pay and Why: Elements of Total Direct Compensation – Annual Incentive Awards – Impact of Other Plans.” |
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What We Pay and Why: Elements of Total Direct Compensation |
We generally target a competitive range of +/-15% around the market median for each element of total direct compensation offered under our program: base salaries, annual cash incentives, and long-term equity-based incentives. The reasons for the Committee’s decision to target the competitive range around the median level include:
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The policy of the applicable regulatory authorities that SCE should provide market level compensation, and the desire for internal compensation equity between EIX and SCE; |
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Above-median compensation usually is not needed, except occasionally for recruitment and retention purposes and to reward exceptional performers; and |
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Below-median compensation would create retention and recruitment difficulties. |
A significant portion of our executives’ total direct compensation is tied to company performance. The following charts show that incentive compensation comprised approximately 85% of EIX CEO 2017 target total direct compensation and approximately 70% of EIX’s and SCE’s other NEOs’ 2017 target total direct compensation.(3)
EIX CEO Pay Mix | Other NEO Pay Mix | |
This pay mix provides an opportunity for NEO compensation to reflect the upside and downside potential of company performance and helps to focus NEOs’ attention on our financial, strategic and operating objectives, and shareholder returns.
Base Salary
For 2017, each NEO’s base salary was evaluated according to his or her position and performance. For each position, a market base salary range was determined. The median of the range was the market median level of base salaries for comparable positions. We do not have employment contracts and our NEOs do not have contractual rights to receive fixed base salaries.
(3) |
The EIX CEO pay mix for 2017, rounded to the nearest hundredth of a percentage point, was: base salary 14.65%; target annual incentives 18.55%; and target long-term incentives 66.79%. The other NEO pay mix for 2017, rounded to the nearest hundredth of a percentage point, was: base salary 30.42%; target annual incentives 20.76%; and target long-term incentives 48.82%. The pie charts reflect the pay mix data rounded to the nearest hundredth of a percentage point, while the amounts included in the section labels and legends have been rounded to the nearest whole percentage point. |
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The Committee increased the annual base salary rates of Messrs. Pizarro, Payne, Swartz, and Hemphill and Ms. Rigatti for 2017 to bring them to, or closer to, the market median base salary for their respective positions.
Annual Incentive Awards
Executive Incentive Compensation Plan
NEOs are eligible for annual incentive awards under the EIX Executive Incentive Compensation Plan for achieving financial, strategic and operational goals that are established at the beginning of each year. The goals are tied to the key elements of our strategy described on page 1 and specific quantitative targets are set for most goals.
The 2017 annual incentive award target value for each NEO was set as a percentage of the NEO’s base salary (the “Annual Incentive Target %”). The Committee increased the Annual Incentive Target % for Messrs. Pizarro, Payne, and Nichols for 2017. The increases brought Mr. Pizarro closer to the market median Annual Incentive Target % for his position and brought Mr. Payne to the market median for his position. The increase for Mr. Nichols brought the sum of his base salary and annual incentive award target value closer to the market median for his position.
The minimum annual incentive award is $0. The maximum award is 200% of target, which the Committee’s independent compensation consultant, Pay Governance, advised is the most prevalent practice among the peer group companies.
The Committee determines annual incentive awards based on corporate and individual performance. The corporate performance factor is based on performance relative to the goals established at the beginning of the year. For each goal category, the Committee assigned a target score and potential score range reflecting the relative weight given that goal category. In February 2018, the Committee determined the score achieved for each goal category, depending on the extent to which the goals were unmet, met or exceeded.
Separate goals were established for EIX and SCE. However, as reflected in the 2017 EIX Corporate Performance Scoring Matrix below, many of EIX’s goals related to SCE’s performance. Annual incentive awards for Messrs. Pizarro, Umanoff, and Murphy and Ms. Rigatti were based on the EIX corporate performance factor. Annual incentive awards for Messrs. Payne, Petmecky, Nichols, Swartz, and Hemphill were based on the SCE corporate performance factor. Mr. Litzinger did not receive an annual incentive award under the EIX Executive Incentive Compensation Plan due to his separation from service before year-end.
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2017 EIX Corporate Performance Scoring Matrix
Goal Category |
Key Goals/Performance Contributing to Actual Score |
Actual Score for Goal(2) |
Target Score for Goal Category |
Potential Score for Goal Category |
Actual Score for Goal Category(2) |
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Goal(1) | Performance(1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Financial Performance |
●Core earnings of $1.349 billion(3) |
●Goal Exceeded: $1.466 billion(3) |
88 | 60 | 0-120 | 88 | ||||||||||||||||
Strategic Initiatives |
●Execute SCE goals for affordable customer rates |
●Goal Exceeded: see SCE matrix below for additional information |
8 | 30 | 0-60 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
●Refresh business and clean energy strategy |
●Goal Exceeded: completed strategic review of EEG (10-K, pg. 16) and SCE (see pg. 1 of Proxy Statement for summary of our strategy) |
6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
●Execute SCE goals for transportation electrification |
●Goal Met: see SCE matrix below for additional information |
3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
●Defend SONGS settlement agreement (10-K, pgs. 6-7) |
●Goal Not Met: see SCE matrix below for additional information |
3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
●Achieve EE revenues >$54 million while incurring core losses ≤$5 million; achieve EE year-end backlog ≥$54 million; contract for 75 MW and complete construction of 100 MW of distributed solar projects |
●Goal Not Met: EE revenues and backlog below target; new solar contracts above target, but completed solar construction below target |
2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
●DART injury rate ≤0.52 |
●Goal Not Met: 0.97 |
0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
●Achieve SCE capital spending targets |
●Goal Not Met: see SCE matrix below for additional information |
0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
People and Culture |
●Diversify leadership pipeline above 2016 levels: ethnic minorities 26.1% of executives and 40.3% of leadership pool; women 26.7% of executives and 28% of leadership pool |
●Goal Met: increased ethnic minorities to 29.5% of executives and 42.9% of leadership pool; increased women to 28.4% of leadership pool; did not increase women as % of executives |
5 | 10 | 0-20 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
●Implement initiatives to increase employee engagement and improve work environment |
●Goal Met: assessed health of four business units and developing improvement plans; progressing on integrated culture projects |
5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Foundational Goals |
●No worker fatalities |
●Goal Met |
0 | 0 | ≤0(4) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
●No serious injuries to public from system failures |
●Goal Not Met: one fatality and one serious injury |
0 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||
●No significant non-compliance events |
●Goal Met |
0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
●No significant disruption, data breach or system failure |
●Goal Met |
0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total: | 100 | 0-200 | 120 |
(1) |
The parenthetical “10-K” page references in the “Goal” and “Performance” columns refer to pages in the combined Form 10-K filed by EIX and SCE for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 (“10-K”). The referenced pages contain additional information about the relevant topics, but do not address annual incentive plan goals or the scoring of the performance for purposes of this matrix. “EE” means Edison Energy, LLC. “SONGS” means San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. “MW” means megawatts. “DART” means Days Away, Restricted, and Transfer. |
(2) |
Score determinations are generally made in the judgment of the Committee after assessing overall performance against goals. |
(3) |
The threshold level of core earnings, below which no incentive would have been paid, was set at $1.079 billion. The level at which the score would be zero and the maximum score level were set at $1.134 billion and $1.563 billion, respectively. Linear interpolation between the target of $1.349 billion and the maximum score level was used to determine the actual score. |
(4) |
The Committee established certain safety, compliance and operational goals that it views as “foundational.” Annual incentive awards for 2017 can be reduced for all or some plan participants if one or more foundational goals are not met, depending upon severity. |
(5) |
The Committee evaluated a fatality and a serious injury that occurred when members of the public came in contact with downed power lines. In order to reinforce the importance of the public safety foundational goal, the Committee decided to apply a 10 percentage point deduction to the individual performance factor for certain EIX and SCE officers, including all of the NEOs. |
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2017 SCE Corporate Performance Scoring Matrix
Goal Category |
Key Goals/Performance Contributing to Actual Score |
Actual Score for Goal(2) |
Target Score for Goal Category |
Potential Score for Goal Category |
Actual Score for Goal Category(2) |
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Goal(1) | Performance(1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Financial Performance |
●Core earnings of $1.43 billion(3) |
●Goal Exceeded: $1.493 billion(3) |
58 | 40 | 0-80 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||
Safety |
●SCE representative on scene within 1 hour of 911 call ≥80% |
●Goal Exceeded: 83.5% |
3 | 10 | 0-20 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
●DART injury rate ≤0.52 |
●Goal Not Met: 0.99 |
0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Operational and Service Excellence |
●Affordable customer rates: O&M cost per customer ≤$396 |
●Goal Exceeded: $383 |
8 | 20 | 0-40 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
●Manage SONGS decommissioning project on-time and on-budget |
●Goal Met: updated decommissioning cost estimate (10-K, pg. 20) ; settled dispute regarding permit for interim nuclear storage |
4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
●Achieve system reliability goals: SAIDI ≤90.8; SAIFI ≤0.856 |
●Goal Not Met: SAIDI–91.8; SAIFI–0.87 |
3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
●Improve J.D. Power Customer Satisfaction Study scores: business customer rank ≤10; residential customer rank ≤18 |
●Goal Not Met: business customer rank of 26; residential customer rank of 19 |
1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
●Achieve capital spending targets: $3.35 billion CPUC-jurisdictional; $0.553 billion FERC-jurisdictional |
●Goal Not Met: $3.23 billion CPUC-jurisdictional; $0.501 billion FERC-jurisdictional |
0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Strategic Initiatives |
●Refresh business and clean energy strategy |
●Goal Exceeded: completed strategic review (see pg. 1 of Proxy Statement for summary of our strategy) |
6 | 20 | 0-40 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
●Achieve progress towards favorable outcome in 2018 GRC (10-K, pg. 9) |
●Goal Met: met deadlines; SCE testimony favorably changed some intervenor positions; positive public hearings |
4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
●Advance transportation electrification: GHG reduction public outreach program; new program proposals; customer commitments for 1,000 charge ports |
●Goal Met: published Clean Power and Electrification Pathway white paper; received proposed approval of 5 pilot projects; commitments for 1,166 charge ports (10-K, pg. 11) |
4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
●Obtain ruling on grid modernization investment guidance that aligns with GRC request |
●Goal Not Met: proposed decision issued on grid modernization, but investment guidance deferred (10-K, pg. 11) |
2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
●Defend SONGS settlement agreement (10-K, pgs. 6-7) |
●Goal Not Met: CPUC proceeding ongoing; did not prevail in international arbitration |
2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
People and Culture |
●Diverse Business Enterprise spend ≥40% |
●Goal Exceeded: 44% |
4 | 10 | 0-20 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
●Diversify leadership pipeline above 2016 levels: ethnic minorities 30% of executives and 42% of leadership pool; women 29.2% of executives and 27.8% of leadership pool |
●Goal Met: increased ethnic minorities to 32.3% of executives and 44.2% of leadership pool; increased women to 28.5% of leadership pool; did not increase women as % of executives |
4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
●Implement 30 employee X-Change ideas and other culture-focused initiatives |
●Goal Met: implemented 36 X-Change ideas and multiple other initiatives |
3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Foundational Goals |
●No worker fatalities |
●Goal Met |
0 | 0 | ≤0(4) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
●No serious injuries to public from system failures |
●Goal Not Met: one fatality and one serious injury |
0 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||
●No significant non-compliance events |
●Goal Met |
0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
●No significant disruption, data breach or system failure |
●Goal Met |
0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total: | 100 | 0-200 | 106 |
(1) |
The referenced 10-K pages contain additional information about the relevant topics, but do not address annual incentive plan goals or the scoring of the performance for purposes of this matrix. “O&M” means operations and maintenance. “SAIDI” means the System Average Interruption Duration Index. “SAIFI” means the System Average Interruption Frequency Index. “CPUC” means the California Public Utilities Commission. “FERC” means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. |
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“GRC” means General Rate Case. “GHG” means greenhouse gas. The Company “X-Change” program empowers front-line employees to identify and implement improvement projects. See footnote (1) to the EIX matrix above for additional defined terms. | |
(2) |
Score determinations are generally made in the judgment of the Committee after assessing overall performance against goals. |
(3) |
The threshold level of core earnings, below which no incentive would have been paid, was set at $1.144 billion. The level at which the score would be zero and the maximum score level were set at $1.287 billion and $1.573 billion, respectively. Linear interpolation between the target of $1.43 billion and the maximum score level was used to determine the actual score. |
(4) |
The Committee established certain safety, compliance and operational goals that it views as “foundational.” Annual incentive awards for 2017 can be reduced for all or some plan participants if one or more foundational goals are not met, depending upon severity. |
(5) |
The Committee evaluated a fatality and a serious injury that occurred when members of the public came in contact with downed power lines. In order to reinforce the importance of the public safety foundational goal, the Committee decided to apply a 10 percentage point deduction to the individual performance factor for certain EIX and SCE officers, including all of the NEOs. |
2017 Annual Incentive Awards
Based on 2017 performance, the corporate performance factors for EIX and SCE were 120% and 106% of target, respectively. These factors were determined by adding the “Actual Scores” in the corporate performance scoring matrices above. The Committee has discretion, however, to increase or decrease the corporate performance factor from the amount determined by application of the scoring matrix (subject to the limitation described below under “Impact of Other Plans”). The Committee exercised discretion to reduce EIX’s corporate performance factor from 120% to 110% to bring it closer to SCE’s corporate performance factor of 106% of target and thereby achieve closer parity in incentive pay between EIX and SCE executives, recognizing that SCE’s financial performance was the predominant contributor to EIX’s financial performance.
The Committee determined the annual incentive award for each NEO by multiplying the annual incentive target percentage for the NEO by the EIX or SCE corporate performance factor and an individual performance factor. The determination of the individual performance factors was a two-step process in which the Committee exercised its discretion (subject to the limitation described below under “Impact of Other Plans”). First the Committee established an initial individual performance factor for each NEO, based on the Committee’s assessment of each NEO’s overall performance and achievements for the year, and relative impact and contribution to corporate performance compared to executives in similar roles. Then the Committee applied a 10 point deduction to the individual performance factor for certain EIX and SCE officers, including all of the NEOs. The Committee made this adjustment based on its determination that despite the many accomplishments of management in 2017, the foundational public safety goal was not met.
The following table shows the annual incentive awards paid to our NEOs as a percentage of salary and as a multiple of target:
NEOs(1) | Annual Incentive Target as % of Salary |
Corporate Performance Factor(2) |
Individual Performance Factor (Initial) |
Individual Performance Factor (Adjusted) |
Annual Incentive Award as % of Salary(3)(4) |
Annual Incentive Award as Multiple of Target(3)(4) | ||||||
Pedro J. Pizarro | 125% | 110% | 100% | 90% | 124% | 0.99x | ||||||
Maria Rigatti | 75% | 110% | 105% | 95% | 78% | 1.05x | ||||||
Adam S. Umanoff | 75% | 110% | 105% | 95% | 78% | 1.05x | ||||||
J. Andrew Murphy | 70% | 110% | 105% | 95% | 73% | 1.05x | ||||||
Kevin M. Payne | 75% | 106% | 100% | 90% | 72% | 0.95x | ||||||
William M. Petmecky, III | 55% | 106% | 100% | 90% | 52% | 0.95x | ||||||
Ronald O. Nichols | 65% | 106% | 100% | 90% | 62% | 0.95x | ||||||
Russell C. Swartz | 55% | 106% | 105% | 95% | 55% | 1.01x | ||||||
Stuart R. Hemphill | 55% | 106% | 105% | 95% | 55% | 1.01x |
(1) |
Target and actual annual incentive awards for all EIX and SCE NEOs are shown in the Grants of Plan-Based Awards tables and the Summary Compensation Tables, respectively. |
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(2) |
The corporate performance factor for all EIX NEOs who received an annual incentive award under the EIX Executive Incentive Compensation Plan (other than Mr. Payne) was 110%. The corporate performance factor for all SCE NEOs (including Mr. Payne) was 106%. |
(3) |
As discussed above, the adjusted individual performance factor for the NEOs reflects a 10 percentage point deduction from each NEO’s initial individual performance factor. Each NEO’s actual annual incentive award was determined by multiplying the NEO’s target annual incentive by the applicable corporate performance factor and by the NEO’s adjusted individual performance factor. |
(4) |
The amounts shown have been rounded to the nearest whole percentage point for purposes of the table. |
Impact of Other Plans
The EIX Committee adopted the EIX 2017 Executive Annual Incentive Program (“162(m) Program”) so that annual incentive awards under the EIX Executive Incentive Compensation Plan could be designed to qualify as deductible performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code Section 162(m)”). Under the 162(m) Program, an overall maximum annual incentive award for 2017 was established for each participating officer as a specified percentage of an annual incentive award pool. The aggregate award pool for the participating officers had a maximum value equal to 1.5% of EIX’s 2017 consolidated earnings from continuing operations (after interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), subject to adjustment for the effects of any special charges to earnings (the “Section 162(m) Pool”). The following percentages of the pool were allocated to the NEOs to determine maximum annual incentive awards for 2017: Mr. Pizarro, 40%; Ms. Rigatti, 12%; Mr. Umanoff, 11%; Mr. Murphy, 8%; Mr. Payne, 11%; Mr. Litzinger, 8%; and Mr. Nichols, 7% (each, an “Individual Section 162(m) Cap”). Neither the Section 162(m) Pool nor the Individual Section 162(m) Caps served as a basis for the Committee’s compensation decisions for NEOs. Instead, these caps served to establish a ceiling on annual incentive awards for purposes of tax deductions. For 2017, the total amount awarded under the 162(m) Program was less than the Section 162(m) Pool and the actual annual incentive awarded to each participating NEO was less than his or her Individual Section 162(m) Cap. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 eliminated the performance-based compensation exception to the $1 million deductibility limit under Code Section 162(m). As a result, the Committee did not establish a 162(m) Program for 2018. See “Tax-deductibility” below for more information about the deductibility of our executive compensation.
Long-Term Incentive Awards
All of our long-term incentives are awarded as equity instruments reflecting, or valued by reference to, EIX Common Stock. They are therefore directly linked to the value provided to EIX shareholders. The equity awards also align executives’ interests with the long-term interests of customers by enhancing executives’ focus on the Company’s long-term goals.
Seventy-five percent (75%) of our long-term equity mix is performance-based: the non-qualified stock options that comprise 50% of each NEO’s long-term incentive award value; and the performance shares that comprise 25% of the award value. We believe stock options are performance-based because NEOs will realize value only if the market value of EIX Common Stock appreciates. Long-term incentive awards are made under the EIX 2007 Performance Incentive Plan.
Long-Term Incentive Value
On February 22, 2017, the Committee approved 2017 long-term incentive award target values for the NEOs. Each target value was set as a percentage of base salary (the “Long-Term Incentive Target %”). The Committee also approved the methodology for converting those values into the number of stock options, performance shares, and restricted stock units granted to each NEO on the March 1, 2017 grant date. The grant date value of each award is listed in the “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” tables below.
For 2017, the Committee increased the Long-Term Incentive Target % for Messrs. Pizarro, Murphy, Payne, and Nichols to bring them closer to the market median for their respective positions.
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Stock Options
Each stock option granted may be exercised to purchase one share of EIX Common Stock at an exercise price equal to the closing price of a share of EIX Common Stock on the grant date. Options vest over a four-year period, subject to continued employment, with one-fourth of each award vesting and becoming exercisable at the beginning of each year.
The number of options granted to each NEO was determined by dividing the option award value approved by the Committee for that NEO by the grant date value of an option using a Black-Scholes Merton valuation model based on the same assumptions and principles used to determine the grant date fair value of options generally for purposes of EIX’s financial reporting.
Performance Shares
Performance shares reward performance over three years against pre-established metrics. Each performance share awarded is a contractual right to receive one share of EIX Common Stock or its cash equivalent if performance and continued service vesting requirements are satisfied. The actual payout can range from zero to 200% of target performance shares, and depends on actual performance against pre-established metrics. The performance share awards provide for reinvested dividend equivalents. For each dividend declared for which the ex-dividend date falls within the performance period and after the date of grant, the NEO will be credited with an additional number of target performance shares having a value equal to the dividend that would have been payable on the target performance shares subject to the award. The performance shares credited as dividend equivalents have the same vesting and other terms and conditions as the original performance shares and are forfeited if the underlying shares are not earned.
A conversion formula is used to determine the number of performance shares awarded to each NEO. For the portion of performance shares subject to the TSR metric discussed below, the award value approved by the Committee is divided by the grant date value of the TSR performance shares using a Standard Monte Carlo simulation model based on the same assumptions and principles used to determine the grant date fair value of performance-based awards generally for purposes of EIX’s financial reporting. For the portion of performance shares subject to the earnings per share metric discussed below, the respective award value is converted into a specific number of earnings per share performance shares by dividing the award value by the closing price of a share of EIX Common Stock on the grant date.
Performance shares granted in or after 2015 are payable solely in cash. Under the Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, NEOs may elect to defer payment of the performance shares payable in cash.
Performance Share Awards: TSR Metric
Two metrics are used to measure performance share payouts, with each metric weighted 50%. The first performance metric is based on the percentile ranking of EIX’s TSR for the three-year performance period beginning January 1 in the year of grant compared to the TSR of each company in the Philadelphia Utility Index at the end of the performance period. The following table provides the percentile ranking and corresponding payout levels:
Payout Levels | TSR Ranking | Payout | ||
Below Threshold | <25th Percentile | 0 | ||
Threshold | 25th Percentile | 25% of Target | ||
Target | 50th Percentile | Target | ||
Maximum | ≥75th Percentile | 200% of Target |
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If EIX achieves a TSR ranking between the 25th percentile and the 50th percentile or between the 50th percentile and the 75th percentile, the number of shares paid will be interpolated on a straight-line basis with discrete intervals at every 5th percentile. To determine performance share payouts, TSR is calculated using the difference between (i) the average closing stock price for the stock for the 20 trading days ending with the last NYSE trading day preceding the first day of the performance period and (ii) the average closing stock price for the stock for the 20 trading days ending with the last trading day of the performance period, and assumes all dividends are reinvested on the ex-dividend date.
EIX’s three-year TSR from 2015-2017 ranked in the 20th percentile of the comparison group under the methodology used to calculate TSR for performance shares. Since this performance was below the threshold for a payout, there was no payout from the TSR performance shares granted in 2015.
Performance Share Awards: EPS Metric
The second performance metric is based on EIX’s three-year average annual core earnings4 per share (“EPS”), measured against target levels. The Committee establishes the EPS target for each calendar year in February of that year.
The performance multiple for a calendar year is based on EIX’s actual EPS performance for that year as a percentage of the EPS target for that year, in accordance with the following table:
Performance Level | Actual EPS as % of Target EPS |
EPS Performance Multiple | ||
Below Threshold | <80% | 0 | ||
Threshold | 80% | 0.25x | ||
Target | 100% | 1.0x | ||
Maximum | ≥120% | 2.0x |
If EIX’s EPS for a year as a percentage of target EPS is between 80% and 100% or between 100% and 120%, the EPS performance multiple is interpolated on a straight-line basis, with discrete intervals at every 4th percentage point. The EPS performance multiples achieved for each calendar year in the three-year performance period are averaged, and the resulting average determines the performance share payout as a multiple of target.
In February 2018, the Committee certified the following EPS performance multiples for the three calendar years in the performance period for the 2015 grant:
Year | Actual EPS |
Target EPS(5) |
Actual EPS as % of Target EPS |
EPS Performance Multiple | ||||||
2015 | $ | 4.10 | $ | 3.92 | 105% | 1.20x | ||||
2016 | $ | 3.97 | $ | 3.91 | 101% | 1.00x | ||||
2017 | $ | 4.50 | $ | 4.14 | 109% | 1.40x | ||||
Average of performance multiples (actual payout): | 1.20x |
Since the average of the EPS performance multiples for 2015, 2016, and 2017 was 1.20x, EPS performance shares granted in 2015 paid out at 120% of target.
(4) |
See footnote 1 on page 31 for information regarding the determination of core earnings. |
(5) |
The Target EPS for 2016 was set below the prior year’s Actual EPS due to lower projected income tax benefits. |
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Restricted Stock Units
Each restricted stock unit awarded is a contractual right to receive one share of EIX Common Stock after the vesting requirement of three years of continued service is satisfied. The restricted stock units for NEOs provide for reinvested dividend equivalents. For each dividend declared for which the ex-dividend date falls within the vesting period, the NEO will be credited with an additional number of restricted stock units having a value equal to the dividend that would have been payable on the number of restricted stock units subject to the award. The restricted stock units credited as dividend equivalents have the same vesting and other terms and conditions as the original restricted stock units and are forfeited if the underlying units do not vest.
The restricted stock units are paid in EIX Common Stock, except EIX converts awards to cash having a value equal to the stock that otherwise would have been delivered to satisfy tax withholding and governmental levies. The EIX Committee may elect to pay any restricted stock units in cash rather than shares of EIX Common Stock if and to the extent that payment in shares would exceed the applicable share limits of the EIX 2007 Performance Incentive Plan.
The number of restricted stock units granted to each NEO was determined by dividing the award value approved by the Committee for that NEO by the closing price of a share of EIX Common Stock on the grant date. At payout, NEOs realize an increase or decrease in value (compared to the grant date value) commensurate with the increase or decrease in value realized by shareholders from changes in the stock price and dividends over the three-year vesting period.
Acceleration of Long-Term Equity
If an NEO terminates employment after reaching age 65, or age 61 with five years of service, (i) stock options will vest and continue to become exercisable as scheduled, (ii) performance shares will be retained with vesting based on the applicable performance metrics, and (iii) restricted stock units will vest and become payable as scheduled; in each instance, as though the NEO’s employment had continued through the vesting period and subject to a pro-rated reduction if the NEO retires within the year of grant. Mr. Swartz would be eligible for these accelerated vesting provisions if he retires. If an NEO dies or becomes disabled while employed, stock options and restricted stock units will immediately vest and become exercisable and payable, respectively, and performance shares will be retained, with vesting based on the applicable performance metrics.
Role of Compensation Committee and Executive Officers
The Committee is responsible for reviewing and determining the compensation paid to executive-level Company officers, including the NEOs. The Committee annually reviews all components of compensation for our CEO and other NEOs, including base salary and annual and long-term incentives. The Committee also reviews significant benefits, including retirement and non-qualified deferred compensation plans.
Each February, the Committee sets the base salary and the target and maximum potential annual and long-term incentive award values for the current year for each officer. At that time, the Committee also determines annual incentive awards for the prior year and performance share payouts for the prior performance period. Base salary changes are generally effective between mid-February and early March of each year.
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For the February Committee meeting, the EIX CEO provides recommendations regarding the compensation of NEOs (other than his own compensation). Other NEOs participate in developing and reviewing executive compensation recommendations, but do not participate in recommendations regarding their own compensation.
The Committee evaluates the EIX CEO’s performance relative to goals and determines his compensation in executive session without the EIX CEO present. The Committee Chair reports to the Board in an independent director executive session regarding the compensation determination.
For officers who are not EIX executive officers, the Committee has authorized the EIX CEO and the EIX Senior Vice President, Human Resources to jointly approve special relocation, recruitment and retention awards within limits pre-approved by the Committee. Mid-year compensation determinations for newly hired and promoted officers that are within guidelines previously approved by the Committee do not require additional Committee approval if the individuals are not EIX executive officers.
Tally Sheets
The Committee periodically reviews tally sheets for EIX NEOs. Tally sheets provide the Committee with information about the following components of compensation, including compensation paid over the preceding three calendar years:
● | Cash compensation (base pay and annual incentives); |
● | Long-term incentive award values (stock options, performance shares and restricted stock units); and |
● | Changes in pension values and non-qualified plan earnings. |
The tally sheets also provide the amounts payable in the event of voluntary or involuntary separation from service, death or disability, or a change in control resulting in termination.
The Committee also reviews additional information regarding long-term incentives, including stock program statistics on share usage, analysis of current exercise values of prior option grants, and a summary of current and past performance share results.
Except as otherwise noted, the Committee’s executive compensation determinations are subjective and the result of the Committee’s business judgment, which is informed by the experiences of the Committee members and input from the Committee’s independent compensation consultant.
Role of the Committee’s Independent Compensation Consultant
The Committee retained Pay Governance to assist in evaluating officer compensation for 2017, including the compensation of NEOs; however, the Committee decides our officers’ compensation. This assistance included helping the Committee identify industry trends and norms for executive compensation; reviewing and identifying appropriate peer group companies and pay surveys; and evaluating executive compensation data for these companies.
During 2017, Pay Governance provided the following services: | |
● | Provided a presentation on executive compensation trends and competitive evaluation of total direct compensation for executives; |
● | Reviewed Committee agendas and supporting materials before each meeting, and raised questions/ issues with management and the Committee Chair, as appropriate; |
● | Reviewed drafts of the CD&A for the Proxy Statement and related compensation tables; and |
● | Provided recommendations on EIX CEO compensation to the Committee at its February meeting, without prior review by the EIX CEO. |
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In addition, a Pay Governance representative attended Committee meetings and communicated directly with the Committee as needed. Pay Governance did not perform any services for the Company in 2017 unrelated to the Committee’s responsibilities for our compensation programs, and all interactions by the consultants with management were related to their work for the Committee and conducted in accordance with the directions of the Committee or its Chair.
The Committee retains sole authority to hire its compensation consultant, approve its compensation, determine the nature and scope of its services, evaluate its performance, and terminate its engagement. Pursuant to SEC rules, the Committee assessed and determined that no conflict of interest exists with respect to the engagement of Pay Governance as the Committee’s compensation consultant.
Use of Competitive Data
The Committee generally targets a competitive range of +/-15% around the market median for comparable positions for each element of total direct compensation. For 2017, the Committee used peer group data and data from pay surveys by Willis Towers Watson to determine the “market median.”
The Committee used the companies in the Philadelphia Utility Index as the peer group for benchmarking performance and comparing NEO compensation for 2017. The Philadelphia Utility Index has been used by the Committee as the basis for the peer group since 2005. Use of an established market index for peer group purposes is consistent with the way investors evaluate performance across companies within an industry.
2017 Peer Group Companies - Philadelphia Utility Index | |
AES Corporation | Entergy |
Ameren | Eversource Energy |
American Electric Power | Exelon |
American Water Works | FirstEnergy |
CenterPoint Energy | NextEra Energy |
Consolidated Edison | PG&E Corporation |
Dominion Energy | Public Service Enterprise Group |
DTE Energy | Southern Company |
Duke Energy | Xcel Energy |
El Paso Electric |
EIX is near the peer group median in revenues and market capitalization. For the four quarters ending September 30, 2017, EIX had revenues of $12.0 billion compared to the peer group median of $12.1 billion (ranking 11th out of the 20 companies in the peer group), based on reported revenues. As of December 29, 2017, EIX’s market capitalization was $20.6 billion compared to the peer group median of $21.8 billion (ranking 11th out of 20).
As part of the process of setting 2017 target total direct compensation for NEOs, Pay Governance provided the Committee with benchmarking data from peer group proxy statements. In addition, the Committee received base salary, target annual incentive, and target long-term incentive grant value data from the Willis Towers Watson 2016 Energy Services and the Willis Towers Watson 2016 General Industry pay surveys. The pay survey data included compensation information from utilities, other energy companies, and companies in other industries with comparable revenues, in order to reflect the range of the Company’s competitors for executive talent and provide a robust set of information to make compensation decisions. The pay survey data was presented to the Committee in aggregated form. The Committee does not consider the identities of the individual companies in the survey data to be material for its decision-making process, and the individual companies were not provided to the Committee.
The components of the market data and the relative weighting used to calculate a market median varied for each NEO position, based on the availability of sufficient comparative data for the position, and were reviewed by Pay Governance. Market median levels for 2017 were projected from available data with input from Pay Governance.
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The Committee exercises its judgment in setting each executive’s compensation levels within the competitive range described above, and may time to time vary from the competitive range, after taking into account the executive’s experience, time in position, individual performance, internal equity, retention concerns, or other factors it considers relevant under the circumstances.
Risk Considerations
Our executive compensation policy directs that our total compensation structure should not encourage inappropriate or excessive risk-taking. The Committee takes risk into consideration when reviewing and approving executive compensation.
As specified in its charter, and with the assistance of Pay Governance and Company management, the Committee reviewed the Company’s compensation programs for executives and for employees generally and has concluded these programs do not create risks reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company.
In concluding that the current executive compensation program does not encourage inappropriate or excessive risk-taking, the Committee noted the following characteristics that limit risk:
● | Annual incentives are balanced with long-term incentives to lessen the risk that short-term objectives might be pursued to the detriment of long-term value creation; |
● | Goals for annual incentive programs are varied (not focused on just one metric), include safety and compliance goals, and are subject to Committee review and discretion as to the ultimate award payment for executives; |
● | Long-term incentive awards are subject to a multi-year vesting schedule; |
● | The ultimate value of equity grants is not solely dependent on stock price due to the use of relative TSR and EPS for performance shares; |
● | Stock ownership guidelines require Vice Presidents and more senior officers to own Company stock worth one to six times their base salary; |
● | Executives are prohibited from hedging Company securities; |
● | Executive officers are prohibited from pledging Company securities, as are Vice Presidents and more senior officers who report directly to the EIX or SCE CFO; |
● | The Company has an incentive compensation clawback policy that allows the Committee or the Board to recoup incentive compensation overpayments in the event of a restatement of Company financial statements; and |
● | Executive retirement and deferred compensation benefits are unfunded and thus depend in part on the continued solvency of the Company. |
Post-Employment Benefits
The NEOs receive retirement benefits under qualified and non-qualified defined-benefit and defined-contribution retirement plans. The SCE Retirement Plan and the 401(k) Plan are both qualified retirement plans in which the NEOs participate on substantially the same terms as other participating employees.
Due to limitations imposed by ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code, the benefits payable to the NEOs under the SCE Retirement Plan and the 401(k) Plan are limited. The Executive Retirement Plan and the Executive Deferred Compensation Plan provide for our NEOs to receive some of the benefits that would be paid under the qualified plans but for such limitations, and certain additional benefits. The Committee believes these programs help us to attract and retain qualified executives.
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For descriptions of the tax-qualified and non-qualified defined benefit pension plans and the Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, see the narrative to the “Pension Benefits” and “Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation” tables, respectively.
The Company also sponsors a disability benefit plan in which the NEOs were eligible to participate in 2017.
Severance and Change in Control Benefits
Our policy regarding severance protection for NEOs stems from its importance in retaining and recruiting executives. Executives have attractive opportunities with other companies or are recruited from well-compensated positions in other companies. We believe offering one year’s worth of compensation and benefits if any officer is involuntarily severed without cause provides financial security to offset the risk of leaving another company or foregoing an opportunity with another company. Severance benefits are not offered for resignation for “good reason,” except if a change in control occurs.
The current executive compensation plans offer additional benefits if a change in control of EIX occurs. We believe the occurrence, or expected occurrence, of a change-in-control transaction would create uncertainty regarding continued employment for NEOs. This uncertainty would result from the fact that many change-in-control transactions result in significant organizational changes, particularly at the senior executive level.
To encourage the NEOs to remain employed with the Company during a time when their prospects for continued employment following the change in control would be uncertain, and to permit them to remain focused on the Company’s interests, NEOs are provided with enhanced severance benefits if their employment is actually or constructively terminated without cause within a defined period of time around a change in control of EIX. Constructive termination (or a resignation for “good reason”) would include occurrences such as a material diminution in duties or salary, or a substantial relocation.
Given that none of the NEOs has an employment agreement that provides for fixed positions or duties, or for a fixed base salary or annual incentive award, we believe a constructive termination severance trigger is needed to prevent an acquirer from having an incentive to constructively terminate an NEO’s employment to avoid paying any severance benefits. We do not provide excise tax gross-ups on change-in-control severance benefits for any of our executives. We do not believe NEOs should be entitled to receive their cash severance benefits merely because a change-in-control transaction occurs. Therefore, the payment of cash severance benefits is subject to a double-trigger where an actual or constructive termination of employment must also occur before payment.
However, if a change in control occurs where EIX is not the surviving corporation, and following the transaction, outstanding equity awards would not be continued or assumed, then NEOs and other holders of awards under our equity incentive plan would receive immediate vesting of their outstanding equity awards as described under “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control.”
We believe it is appropriate to fully vest equity awards in change-in-control situations where EIX is not the surviving corporation and the equity awards are not assumed, whether or not employment is terminated, because such a transaction ends the NEOs’ ability to realize any further value with respect to the equity awards.
For detailed information on the estimated potential payments and benefits payable to NEOs if they terminate employment, including following a change in control of the Company, see “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control.”
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Perquisites
In general, we provide no perquisites for our NEOs. If a Company-oriented security concern exists, the Company may pay for reasonable security costs. Given the nature of these concerns and costs, the Company does not consider the security services to be a perquisite. However, under SEC rules, the Company’s incremental cost to provide personal security services to an NEO in such circumstances is included as All Other Compensation for the NEO for the corresponding year in the Summary Compensation Table below.
Tax-Deductibility
Federal income tax law generally prohibits a publicly-held company from deducting compensation paid to a current or former NEO that exceeds $1 million during the tax year. Certain awards granted under the EIX 2007 Performance Incentive Plan before November 2, 2017 that were based upon attaining pre-established performance measures set by the Committee, as well as amounts payable to former executives pursuant to a written binding contract that was in effect on November 2, 2017, may qualify for an exception to the $1 million deductibility limit. There can be no assurance that any compensation the Committee intended to be deductible will in fact be deductible.
Although the potential deductibility of compensation is one of the factors the Committee generally considers when designing the Company’s executive compensation program, the Committee has the flexibility to take any compensation-related actions it determines are in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders, including awarding compensation that will not be deductible for tax purposes.
Stock Ownership Guidelines
To underscore the importance of linking executive and shareholder interests, the Company has stock ownership guidelines that require Vice Presidents and more senior officers to own EIX Common Stock or equivalents in an amount ranging from one to six times their annual base salary. The stock ownership guidelines for NEOs who were executive officers on December 31, 2017 are as follows:
● | Mr. Pizarro – six times salary |
● | Ms. Rigatti and Messrs. Umanoff and Payne – three times salary |
● | Messrs. Murphy, Petmecky, Nichols, Swartz, and Hemphill – two times salary |
The NEOs are expected to achieve their ownership targets within five years from the date they became subject to the guidelines. EIX Common Stock owned outright, shares held in the 401(k) Plan, and vested and unvested restricted stock units which do not depend on performance measures are included in determining compliance with the guidelines. Shares that NEOs may acquire through the exercise or payout of stock options and performance shares are not included in determining compliance until the options or performance shares are exercised, or paid, as the case may be, and the shares are acquired. Based on ownership as of March 1, 2018, all of the NEOs are in compliance with these guidelines.
The guidelines were amended effective February 22, 2017 to provide that an officer subject to the guidelines may not sell EIX Common Stock acquired pursuant to an EIX long-term incentive award (“Acquired Stock”) if the officer does not meet his or her ownership requirement under the guidelines. An officer whose ownership satisfies the guidelines may not sell Acquired Stock to the extent the sale would cause his or her ownership to fall below the applicable guideline level. These transfer limitations do not apply to transfers to satisfy the exercise price of an EIX stock option or to satisfy tax obligations with respect to an EIX long-term incentive award. Exceptions to the guidelines may be approved on a case-by-case basis.
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Hedging and Pledging Policy
Under the Company’s Insider Trading Policy, hedging related to Company securities, including EIX shares, is prohibited for all directors and employees, including NEOs. In addition, directors, executive officers, and Vice Presidents and more senior officers who report directly to the EIX or SCE CFO may not pledge Company securities as collateral for loans.
Clawback Policy
The Company maintains an incentive compensation clawback policy that allows the Board or the Committee to recoup incentive compensation if the Company restates its financial statements. The policy applies to cash or equity-based incentive compensation to current and former EIX and SCE NEOs and other executive officers that is paid, granted, vested or accrued in any fiscal year within the three-year period preceding the filing of the restatement. The policy allows recoupment of the difference between the incentive compensation paid, granted, vested or accrued under the original results and the incentive compensation that would have been paid, granted, vested or accrued under the restated results. The policy can be enforced by reducing or cancelling outstanding and future incentive compensation, and by a claim for repayment.
The SEC and NYSE have been expected to provide rules requiring public companies to adopt clawback policies to recover incentive compensation overpayments from executive officers under certain conditions involving accounting restatements. If and when this guidance is received, the Committee or the Board will review the existing clawback policy and determine whether changes are needed.
Compensation Committee Report |
The Committee has reviewed and discussed with management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this Proxy Statement. Based upon this review and the discussions, the Committee recommended to the Board that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section be included in the Company’s 2017 Annual Report and this Proxy Statement.
Brett White (Chair)
Vanessa C.L. Chang
James T. Morris
Timothy T. O’Toole
Peter J. Taylor
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation |
Mr. O’Toole became a Committee member when he was appointed to the Board on August 1, 2017. The other Committee members whose names appear on the Compensation Committee Report above were Committee members during all of 2017. Under applicable SEC rules, there were no interlocks or insider participation on the Committee.
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Summary Compensation Tables |
The following tables present information regarding compensation of the EIX and SCE NEOs for service during 2017, and for 2016 and/or 2015 for individuals who were also NEOs in those years. The tables were prepared in accordance with SEC requirements. The total compensation presented below does not necessarily reflect the actual total compensation received by our NEOs. The amounts under “Stock Awards” and “Option Awards” do not represent the actual amounts paid to or realized by our NEOs for these awards during 2015-2017, but represent the aggregate grant date fair value of awards granted in those years for financial reporting purposes. Likewise, the amounts under “Change in Pension Value and Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Earnings” do not reflect amounts paid to or realized by our NEOs during 2015-2017.
EIX Summary Compensation Table – Fiscal Years 2015, 2016 and 2017
Name and Principal Position |
Year | Salary ($) |
Bonus ($) |
Stock Awards(1) ($) |
Option Awards(2) ($) |
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($) |
Change in Pension Value and Non- Qualified Deferred Compensation Earnings(3) ($) |
All Other Compensation(4) ($) |
Total ($) | |||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | (j) | |||||||||
Pedro J. Pizarro EIX CEO effective 9/30/16; EIX President effective 6/1/16; SCE President through 5/31/16 |
2017 | 1,172,356 | — | 2,672,004 | 2,671,880 | 1,469,531 | 1,654,633 | 114,516 | 9,754,920 | |||||||||
2016 | 836,782 | — | 1,553,399 | 1,553,133 | 678,402 | 914,498 | 75,382 | 5,611,596 | ||||||||||
2015 | 662,931 | — | 843,867 | 843,756 | 520,931 | 6,052 | 45,653 | 2,923,190 | ||||||||||
Maria Rigatti EIX EVP and CFO effective 9/30/16; SCE SVP and CFO through 9/30/16 |
2017 | 591,346 | — | 643,586 | 643,506 | 470,250 | 454,620 | 42,773 | 2,846,081 | |||||||||
2016 | 392,891 | — | 362,080 | 361,687 | 244,994 | 364,218 | 29,596 | 1,755,466 | ||||||||||
2015 | 315,000 | — | 170,178 | 170,100 | 209,199 | 14,867 | 47,935 | 927,279 | ||||||||||
Adam S. Umanoff EIX EVP and General Counsel |
2017 | 550,000 | — | 563,161 | 563,064 | 431,063 | 227,315 | 44,255 | 2,378,858 | |||||||||
2016 | 548,391 | — | 589,961 | 589,876 | 375,169 | 241,541 | 46,535 | 2,391,473 | ||||||||||
2015 | 537,931 | — | 631,860 | 631,804 | 454,686 | 110,007 | 32,400 | 2,398,688 | ||||||||||
J. Andrew Murphy EIX SVP |
2017 | 450,000 | — | 270,119 | 270,008 | 329,175 | 149,938 | 35,273 | 1,504,513 | |||||||||
Kevin M. Payne SCE CEO effective 6/1/16; SCE SVP through 5/31/16 |
2017 | 541,346 | — | 536,368 | 536,253 | 393,525 | 718,055 | 44,737 | 2,770,284 | |||||||||
2016 | 421,171 | — | 323,185 | 322,942 | 243,790 | 470,168 | 23,028 | 1,804,284 | ||||||||||
2015 | 294,097 | — | 122,534 | 122,434 | 163,611 | 105,588 | 18,299 | 826,563 | ||||||||||
Ronald L. Litzinger EEG President through 12/29/2017; also EIX EVP through 3/28/16 |
2017 | 600,000 | — | 630,190 | 630,004 | — | 144,184 | 1,748,529 | 3,752,907 | |||||||||
2016 | 600,000 | — | 630,031 | 630,003 | 267,750 | 804,297 | 50,490 | 2,982,571 | ||||||||||
2015 | 600,000 | — | 630,049 | 630,005 | 483,000 | 932,224 | 61,325 | 3,336,603 |
(1) |
Stock awards consist of performance shares and restricted stock units granted under the 2007 Performance Incentive Plan in the year indicated. The performance share and restricted stock unit amounts shown in the EIX Summary Compensation Table reflect the aggregate grant date fair value of these awards computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. For performance shares, the value is reported as of the grant date based on the probable outcome of performance conditions, consistent with the estimate of aggregate compensation cost to be recognized over the service period determined as of the grant date under FASB ASC Topic 718, excluding the effect of estimated forfeitures. For a discussion of the assumptions and methodologies used to calculate these amounts, see the discussion contained in (i) Note 8 (Compensation and Benefit Plans) to EIX’s Consolidated Financial Statements, included as part of the Company’s 2017 Annual Report and (ii) similar |
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footnotes to EIX’s Consolidated Financial Statements for prior years when the awards were granted. In accordance with the terms and conditions of the 2017 awards, 13/36 of the awards granted in 2017 to Mr. Litzinger terminated for no value in connection with his separation. The amount shown in the Summary Compensation Table is presented before taking this forfeiture into account.
The table below shows the maximum value of performance share awards included in the EIX Summary Compensation Table at the grant date assuming that the highest level of performance conditions will be achieved. For the grant date fair value of each award based on the probable outcome of the applicable performance conditions, see the “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” table below. The performance period for the 2015 performance share awards ended on December 31, 2017. EIX’s TSR relative to the comparison group was below the threshold required for payout of the TSR performance shares granted in 2015; see the “Option Exercises and Stock Vested” table below for the value realized when the EPS performance shares granted in 2015 vested as of December 31, 2017. The performance periods for the 2016 and 2017 performance shares have not ended.
Name | Maximum Performance Share Potential as of Grant Date for 2017 Awards ($) |
Maximum Performance Share Potential as of Grant Date for 2016 Awards ($) |
Maximum Performance Share Potential as of Grant Date for 2015 Awards ($) | |||
Pedro J. Pizarro | 2,672,077 | 1,553,513 | 843,953 | |||
Maria Rigatti | 643,559 | 362,240 | 170,223 | |||
Adam S. Umanoff | 563,199 | 590,040 | 631,872 | |||
J. Andrew Murphy | 270,187 | — | — | |||
Kevin M. Payne | 536,445 | 323,286 | 122,597 | |||
Ronald L. Litzinger | 630,261 | 630,052 | 630,034 |
(2) |
Option awards consist of non-qualified stock options granted under the 2007 Performance Incentive Plan in the year indicated. The option amounts shown in the EIX Summary Compensation Table reflect the aggregate grant date fair value of these awards computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. For a discussion of the assumptions and methodologies used to calculate these amounts, see the discussion of options contained in (i) Note 8 (Compensation and Benefit Plans) to EIX’s Consolidated Financial Statements, included as part of the Company’s 2017 Annual Report and (ii) similar footnotes to EIX’s Consolidated Financial Statements for prior years when the awards were granted. In accordance with the terms and conditions of the 2017 awards, 25/48 of the awards granted in 2017 to Mr. Litzinger terminated for no value in connection with his separation. The amount shown in the Summary Compensation Table is presented before taking this forfeiture into account. |
(3) |
The reported amounts for 2017 include: (i) 2017 interest on deferred compensation account balances considered under SEC rules to be at above-market rates for Mr. Pizarro $28,194; Ms. Rigatti $10,152; Mr. Umanoff $39,256; Mr. Murphy $2,347; Mr. Payne $32,056; and Mr. Litzinger $144,184; and (ii) the 2017 aggregate change in the actuarial present value of the accumulated benefit under the SCE Retirement Plan and the EIX Executive Retirement Plan for Mr. Pizarro $1,626,439; Ms. Rigatti $444,468; Mr. Umanoff $188,059; Mr. Murphy $147,591; Mr. Payne $685,999; and Mr. Litzinger ($48,495). Since Mr. Litzinger’s pension value decreased, in accordance with SEC rules it is not included in the amount reported for him in column (h) of the EIX Summary Compensation Table. |
(4) |
Amounts reported for 2017 represent Company contributions to the 401(k) Plan and the Executive Deferred Compensation Plan for each NEO other than Messrs. Pizarro, Payne, and Litzinger. For Mr. Pizarro, the amount reported for 2017 includes $90,592 for Company contributions to the 401(k) Plan and the Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, $10,000 in charitable matching gifts under the Director Matching Gift Program described in footnote (5) to the Director Compensation Table above, and $13,924 in security services in connection with a Company-oriented security concern. For Mr. Payne, the amount reported for 2017 includes $39,737 for Company contributions to the 401(k) Plan and the Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, and $5,000 in charitable matching gifts under the Director Matching Gift Program described in footnote (5) to the Director Compensation Table above. For Mr. Litzinger, the amount reported for 2017 includes $44,032 of Company contributions to the 401(k) Plan and the Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, $266,106 as payment for accrued and unused vacation, and $1,438,391 of cash severance benefits paid to Mr. Litzinger or accrued in connection with his separation on December 29, 2017. See “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control” below for a discussion of Mr. Litzinger’s severance benefits. |
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SCE Summary Compensation Table – Fiscal Years 2015, 2016 and 2017
Name and Principal Position |
Year | Salary ($) |
Bonus ($) |
Stock Awards(1) ($) |
Option Awards(2) ($) |
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($) |
Change in Pension Value and Non- Qualified Deferred Compensation Earnings(3) ($) |
All Other Compensation(4) ($) |
Total ($) | |||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | (j) | |||||||||
Kevin M. Payne CEO effective 6/1/16; SVP through 5/31/16 |
2017 | 541,346 | — | 536,368 | 536,253 | 393,525 | 718,055 | 44,737 | 2,770,284 | |||||||||
2016 | 421,171 | — | 323,185 | 322,942 | 243,790 | 470,168 | 23,028 | 1,804,284 | ||||||||||
2015 | 294,097 | — | 122,534 | 122,434 | 163,611 | 105,588 | 18,299 | 826,563 | ||||||||||
William M. Petmecky, III SVP and CFO effective 9/30/16; Vice President and Treasurer through 9/30/16 |
2017 | 324,808 | — | 170,902 | 170,783 | 173,151 | 316,908 | 16,200 | 1,172,752 | |||||||||
2016 | 267,797 | — | 122,561 | 122,341 | 110,585 | 216,661 | 15,900 | 855,845 | ||||||||||
Ronald O. Nichols President effective 6/1/16; SVP through 5/31/16 |
2017 | 420,673 | — | 233,958 | 233,758 | 263,543 | 143,500 | 41,730 | 1,337,162 | |||||||||
2016 | 362,759 | — | 175,430 | 175,196 | 184,345 | 119,918 | 41,027 | 1,058,675 | ||||||||||
Russell C. Swartz SVP and General Counsel |
2017 | 376,967 | — | 171,140 | 171,051 | 210,518 | 105,401 | 22,275 | 1,057,352 | |||||||||
2016 | 362,000 | — | 162,993 | 162,906 | 202,485 | 147,204 | 22,485 | 1,060,073 | ||||||||||
2015 | 362,000 | — | 163,013 | 162,903 | 219,508 | 60,518 | 25,517 | 993,459 | ||||||||||
Stuart R. Hemphill SVP |
2017 | 358,272 | — | 162,456 | 162,306 | 199,759 | 209,149 | 26,785 | 1,118,727 | |||||||||
2016 | 345,176 | — | 156,179 | 156,061 | 176,816 | 305,442 | 26,840 | 1,166,514 | ||||||||||
2015 | 336,700 | — | 151,574 | 151,518 | 204,166 | 108,367 | 29,146 | 981,471 |
(1) |
Stock awards consist of performance shares and restricted stock units granted under the 2007 Performance Incentive Plan in the year indicated. The performance share and restricted stock unit amounts shown in the SCE Summary Compensation Table reflect the aggregate grant date fair value of these awards computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. For performance shares, the value is reported as of the grant date based on the probable outcome of performance conditions, consistent with the estimate of aggregate compensation cost to be recognized over the service period determined as of the grant date under FASB ASC Topic 718, excluding the effect of estimated forfeitures. For a discussion of the assumptions and methodologies used to calculate these amounts, see the discussion contained in (i) Note 8 (Compensation and Benefit Plans) to EIX’s Consolidated Financial Statements, included as part of the Company’s 2017 Annual Report and (ii) similar footnotes to EIX’s Consolidated Financial Statements for prior years when the awards were granted. |
The table below shows the maximum value of performance share awards included in the SCE Summary Compensation Table at the grant date assuming that the highest level of performance conditions will be achieved. For the grant date fair value of each award based on the probable outcome of the applicable performance conditions, see the “Grants of Plan- Based Awards” table below. The performance period for the 2015 performance share awards ended on December 31, 2017. EIX’s TSR relative to the comparison group was below the threshold required for payout of the TSR performance shares granted in 2015; see the “Option Exercises and Stock Vested” table below for the value realized when the EPS performance shares granted in 2015 vested as of December 31, 2017. The performance periods for the 2016 and 2017 performance shares have not ended. |
Name | Maximum Performance Share Potential as of Grant Date for 2017 Awards ($) |
Maximum Performance Share Potential as of Grant Date for 2016 Awards ($) |
Maximum Performance Share Potential as of Grant Date for 2015 Awards ($) | |||
Kevin M. Payne | 536,445 | 323,286 | 122,597 | |||
William M. Petmecky, III | 170,979 | 122,581 | — | |||
Ronald O. Nichols | 234,063 | 175,443 | — | |||
Russell C. Swartz | 171,137 | 163,066 | 163,030 | |||
Stuart R. Hemphill | 162,500 | 156,259 | 151,623 |
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(2) |
Option awards consist of non-qualified stock options granted under the 2007 Performance Incentive Plan in the year indicated. The option amounts shown in the SCE Summary Compensation Table reflect the aggregate grant date fair value of these awards computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. For a discussion of the assumptions and methodologies used to calculate these amounts, see the discussion of options contained in (i) Note 8 (Compensation and Benefit Plans) to EIX’s Consolidated Financial Statements, included as part of the Company’s 2017 Annual Report and (ii) similar footnotes to EIX’s Consolidated Financial Statements for prior years when the awards were granted. |
(3) |
The reported amounts for 2017 include: (i) 2017 interest on deferred compensation account balances considered under SEC rules to be at above-market rates for Mr. Payne $32,056; Mr. Nichols $7,285; Mr. Swartz $105,401; and Mr. Hemphill $58,494; and (ii) the 2017 aggregate change in the actuarial present value of the accumulated benefit under the SCE Retirement Plan and the EIX Executive Retirement Plan for Mr. Payne $685,999; Mr. Petmecky $316,908; Mr. Nichols $136,215; Mr. Swartz ($129,771); and Mr. Hemphill $150,655. Since Mr. Swartz’s pension value decreased, in accordance with SEC rules it is not included in the amount reported for him in column (h) of the SCE Summary Compensation Table. |
(4) |
Amounts reported for 2017 represent Company contributions to the 401(k) Plan and the Executive Deferred Compensation Plan for each NEO other than Messrs. Payne and Nichols. For Mr. Payne, the amount reported for 2017 includes $39,737 for Company contributions to the 401(k) Plan and the Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, and $5,000 in charitable matching gifts under the Director Matching Gift Program described in footnote (5) to the Director Compensation Table above. For Mr. Nichols, the amount reported for 2017 includes $21,730 for Company contributions to the 401(k) Plan and the Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, and $20,000 that was paid pursuant to the terms of his 2014 employment offer. |
Grants of Plan-Based Awards |
The following tables present information regarding the incentive plan awards granted to the EIX and SCE NEOs during 2017 under the EIX 2007 Performance Incentive Plan and the potential 2017 target and maximum amount of performance-based annual incentive awards payable under the 162(m) Program or the EIX Executive Incentive Compensation Plan (EICP). See the CD&A above for further information regarding award terms reported in the tables below and for discussions regarding NEO stock ownership guidelines, dividends paid on equity awards, and allocations between short-term and long-term compensation.
EIX Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table – Fiscal Year 2017
Estimated Future Payouts Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards(1) |
Estimated Future Payouts Under Equity Incentive Plan Awards(2) |
All Other Stock Awards: Number of Shares of Stock or Units (#) |
All Other Option Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Options (#) |
Exercise or Base Price of Option Awards ($/Sh) |
Grant Date Fair Value of Stock and Option Awards(3) ($) | |||||||||||||||||||
Name | Grant Date |
Date of Committee Action |
Threshold ($) |
Target ($) |
Maximum ($) |
Threshold Number of Shares of Stock or Units (#) |
Target Number of Shares of Stock or Units (#) |
Maximum Number of Shares of Stock or Units (#) | ||||||||||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | (j) | (k) | (l) | |||||||||||||
Pedro J. Pizarro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock Options | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 249,942 | 79.38 | 2,671,880 | |||||||||||||||||||
TSR Performance Shares | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 1,612 | 6,449 | 12,898 | 668,056 | ||||||||||||||||||
EPS Performance Shares | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 2,104 | 8,415 | 16,830 | 667,983 | ||||||||||||||||||
Restricted Stock Units | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 16,830 | 1,335,965 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Annual Incentive | N/A | 1,484,375 | 2,968,750 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Maria Rigatti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock Options | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 60,197 | 79.38 | 643,506 | |||||||||||||||||||
TSR Performance Shares | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 388 | 1,553 | 3,106 | 160,876 | ||||||||||||||||||
EPS Performance Shares | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 507 | 2,027 | 4,054 | 160,903 | ||||||||||||||||||
Restricted Stock Units | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 4,054 | 321,807 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Annual Incentive | N/A | 450,000 | 900,000 |
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Estimated Future Payouts Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards(1) |
Estimated Future Payouts Under Equity Incentive Plan Awards(2) |
All Other Stock Awards: Number of Shares of Stock or Units (#) |
All Other Option Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Options (#) |
Exercise or Base Price of Option Awards ($/Sh) |
Grant Date Fair Value of Stock and Option Awards(3) ($) | |||||||||||||||||||
Name | Grant Date |
Date of Committee Action |
Threshold ($) |
Target ($) |
Maximum ($) |
Threshold Number of Shares of Stock or Units (#) |
Target Number of Shares of Stock or Units (#) |
Maximum Number of Shares of Stock or Units (#) | ||||||||||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | (j) | (k) | (l) | |||||||||||||
Adam S. Umanoff | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock Options | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 52,672 | 79.38 | 563,064 | |||||||||||||||||||
TSR Performance Shares | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 340 | 1,359 | 2,718 | 140,780 | ||||||||||||||||||
EPS Performance Shares | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 444 | 1,774 | 3,548 | 140,820 | ||||||||||||||||||
Restricted Stock Units | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 3,547 | 281,561 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Annual Incentive | N/A | 412,500 | 825,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
J. Andrew Murphy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock Options | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 25,258 | 79.38 | 270,008 | |||||||||||||||||||
TSR Performance Shares | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 163 | 652 | 1,304 | 67,541 | ||||||||||||||||||
EPS Performance Shares | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 213 | 851 | 1,702 | 67,552 | ||||||||||||||||||
Restricted Stock Units | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 1,701 | 135,025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Annual Incentive | N/A | 315,000 | 630,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Kevin M. Payne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock Options | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 50,164 | 79.38 | 536,253 | |||||||||||||||||||
TSR Performance Shares | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 324 | 1,295 | 2,590 | 134,150 | ||||||||||||||||||
EPS Performance Shares | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 422 | 1,689 | 3,378 | 134,073 | ||||||||||||||||||
Restricted Stock Units | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 3,378 | 268,146 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Annual Incentive | N/A | 412,500 | 825,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Ronald L. Litzinger(4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock Options | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 58,934 | 79.38 | 630,004 | |||||||||||||||||||
TSR Performance Shares | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 380 | 1,521 | 3,042 | 157,561 | ||||||||||||||||||
EPS Performance Shares | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 496 | 1,985 | 3,970 | 157,569 | ||||||||||||||||||
Restricted Stock Units | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 3,969 | 315,059 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Annual Incentive | N/A | 420,000 | 840,000 |
(1) |
Maximum amounts reported reflect 200% of the applicable annual incentive target under the EICP and are lower than the maximum annual incentive award payable under the 162(m) Program to participating NEOs; NEOs who participate in the 162(m) Program receive the applicable award under the EICP if it is less than the applicable maximum under the 162(m) Program. For information regarding the description of performance-based conditions under the 162(m) Program and the EICP, see “Annual Incentive Awards” in the CD&A above. |
(2) |
Half of each NEO’s 2017 performance share award value was granted in performance shares subject to a TSR vesting metric and the other half of the award value was granted in performance shares subject to an EPS vesting metric. The TSR and EPS components of each NEO’s award are subject to different threshold and other vesting requirements. In order to reflect these differences, the table above reports the TSR and EPS components of each NEO’s 2017 performance share award as separate awards. See “Long-Term Incentive Awards” in the CD&A above for information regarding the terms of the awards, the description of performance based vesting conditions, and the criteria for determining the amounts payable. |
(3) |
The amounts shown for options, performance shares, and restricted stock units represent the grant date fair value of the awards in 2017 determined in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. There is no guarantee that, if and when the awards vest, they will have this value. Assumptions used in the calculation of these amounts are referenced in footnotes (1) and (2) to the EIX Summary Compensation Table. |
(4) |
In accordance with the terms and conditions of the awards, 13/36 of the performance shares and restricted stock units and 25/48 of the options awarded in 2017 to Mr. Litzinger terminated for no value in connection with his separation. In addition, he ceased to be eligible for a 2017 annual incentive award payment under the EICP. The amounts shown in the Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table are presented before taking these terminations and change in eligibility into account. |
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Estimated Future Payouts Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards(1) |
Estimated Future Payouts Under Equity Incentive Plan Awards(2) |
All Other Stock Awards: Number of Shares of Stock or Units (#) |
All Other Option Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Options (#) |
Exercise or Base Price of Option Awards ($/Sh) |
Grant Date Fair Value of Stock and Option Awards(3) ($) | |||||||||||||||||||
Name | Grant Date |
Date of Committee Action |
Threshold ($) |
Target ($) |
Maximum ($) |
Threshold Number of Shares of Stock or Units (#) |
Target Number of Shares of Stock or Units (#) |
Maximum Number of Shares of Stock or Units (#) |
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(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | (j) | (k) | (l) | |||||||||||||
Kevin M. Payne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock Options | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 50,164 | 79.38 | 536,253 | |||||||||||||||||||
TSR Performance Shares | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 324 | 1,295 | 2,590 | 134,150 | ||||||||||||||||||
EPS Performance Shares | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 422 | 1,689 | 3,378 | 134,073 | ||||||||||||||||||
Restricted Stock Units | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 3,378 | 268,146 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Annual Incentive | N/A | 412,500 | 825,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
William M. Petmecky, III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock Options | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 15,976 | 79.38 | 170,783 | |||||||||||||||||||
TSR Performance Shares | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 103 | 413 | 826 | 42,783 | ||||||||||||||||||
EPS Performance Shares | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 135 | 538 | 1,076 | 42,706 | ||||||||||||||||||
Restricted Stock Units | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 1,076 | 85,413 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Annual Incentive | N/A | 181,500 | 363,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Ronald O. Nichols | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock Options | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 21,867 | 79.38 | 233,758 | |||||||||||||||||||
TSR Performance Shares | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 141 | 565 | 1,130 | 58,529 | ||||||||||||||||||
EPS Performance Shares | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 184 | 737 | 1,474 | 58,503 | ||||||||||||||||||
Restricted Stock Units | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 1,473 | 116,927 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Annual Incentive | N/A | 276,250 | 552,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Russell C. Swartz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock Options | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 16,001 | 79.38 | 171,051 | |||||||||||||||||||
TSR Performance Shares | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 103 | 413 | 826 | 42,783 | ||||||||||||||||||
EPS Performance Shares | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 135 | 539 | 1,078 | 42,786 | ||||||||||||||||||
Restricted Stock Units | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 1,078 | 85,572 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Annual Incentive | N/A | 209,055 | 418,110 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Stuart R. Hemphill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock Options | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 15,183 | 79.38 | 162,306 | |||||||||||||||||||
TSR Performance Shares | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 98 | 392 | 784 | 40,608 | ||||||||||||||||||
EPS Performance Shares | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 128 | 512 | 1,024 | 40,643 | ||||||||||||||||||
Restricted Stock Units | 3/1/2017 | 2/22/2017 | 1,023 | 81,206 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Annual Incentive | N/A | 198,370 | 396,740 |
(1) |
Maximum amounts reported reflect 200% of the applicable annual incentive target under the EICP and are lower than the maximum annual incentive award payable under the 162(m) Program to participating NEOs; NEOs who participate in the 162(m) Program receive the applicable award under the EICP if it is less than the applicable maximum under the 162(m) Program. For information regarding the description of performance-based conditions under the 162(m) Program and the EICP, see “Annual Incentive Awards” in the CD&A above. |
(2) |
Half of each NEO’s 2017 performance share award value was granted in performance shares subject to a TSR vesting metric and the other half of the award value was granted in performance shares subject to an EPS vesting metric. The TSR and EPS components of each NEO’s award are subject to different threshold and other vesting requirements. In order to reflect these differences, the table above reports the TSR and EPS components of each NEO’s 2017 performance share award as separate awards. See “Long-Term Incentive Awards” in the CD&A above for information regarding the terms of the awards, the description of performance based vesting conditions, and the criteria for determining the amounts payable. |
(3) |
The amounts shown for options, performance shares, and restricted stock units represent the grant date fair value of the awards in 2017 determined in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. There is no guarantee that, if and when the awards vest, they will have this value. Assumptions used in the calculation of these amounts are referenced in footnotes (1) and (2) to the SCE Summary Compensation Table. |
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The following tables present information regarding the outstanding equity awards held by the EIX and SCE NEOs at the end of 2017. Outstanding equity awards consist of non-qualified stock options, performance shares, and restricted stock units. Column (d) “Equity Incentive Plan Awards” has been omitted in accordance with SEC rules because no such awards were outstanding at the end of 2017.
EIX Outstanding Equity Awards Table – Fiscal Year-End 2017
Option Awards | Stock Awards | |||||||||||||||||
Name | Grant Date |
Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Exercisable(1) (#) |
Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Unexercisable(1) (#) |
Option Exercise Price ($) |
Option Expiration Date(1) |
Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested(2) (#) |
Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested(2)(3) ($) |
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested(4) (#) |
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested(3)(4) ($) | |||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) |