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Dollar General Corporation
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Dear Fellow Shareholder:
The 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Dollar General Corporation will be held on Wednesday, May 25, 2016,Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at 9:00 a.m., Central Time, at the Goodlettsville City Hall Auditorium, 105 South Main Street, Goodlettsville, Tennessee. All shareholders of record at the close of business on March 16, 2022, are invited to attend the annual meeting. For security reasons, however, to gain admission to the meeting you will be required to present photo identification and comply with other security measures.
We thank those of you who met with us over the past year and provided valuable feedback on broad-ranging topics such as corporate governance, environmental and social matters, human capital management, Board refreshment and composition, and our executive compensation program structure. In 2021, we invited shareholders representing approximately 60% of shares outstanding to participate in our annual ESG outreach program and ultimately engaged with shareholders comprising over 53% of shares outstanding. As Chairman of both the Board and the Nominating and Governance Committee, I led the engagement with shareholders representing over 31% of shares outstanding. The information we received during this engagement helped to inform decisions regarding the enhanced disclosures in this Proxy Statement and in our Serving Others report to be published in 2022 and provided further support for the Board’s decision to implement a shareholder special meeting right at a 25% ownership threshold. We are committed to continuing our dialogue with our shareholders and appreciate your engagement with us.
Your interest in Dollar General and your vote are very important to us. Whether or not you plan to attend the annual meeting, please vote at your earliest convenience.
On behalf of the Board of Directors, thank you for your continued support of Dollar General.
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Shareholders of record at the close of business on March
17, 2016 are invited to attend the annual meeting. For security reasons, however, to gain admission to the meeting you may be required to present photo identification and comply with other security measures. At this year's meeting, you will have an opportunity to vote on the matters described in our accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement. Our 2015 Annual Report and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 29, 2016 also accompany this letter.
Your interest in Dollar General and your vote are very important to us. We encourage you to read the Proxy Statement and vote your proxy as soon as possible so your vote can be represented at the annual meeting. You may vote your proxy via the Internet or telephone, or if you received a paper copy of the proxy materials by mail, you may vote by mail by completing and returning a proxy card.
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
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| | | Please vote your proxy as soon as possible even if you expect to attend the annual meeting in person. You may vote your proxy via the internet or by phone by following the instructions on the Notice of Internet Availability or proxy card, or if you received a paper copy of these proxy materials by mail, you may vote by mail by completing and returning the enclosed proxy card in the enclosed reply envelope. No postage is necessary if the proxy is mailed within the United States. You may revoke your proxy by following the instructions listed on pages 2 - 3 of the Proxy Statement. | | |
Please vote your proxy as soon as possible even if you expect to attend the annual meeting in person. You may vote your proxy via the Internet or by phone by following the instructions on the notice of internet availability or proxy card, or if you received a paper copy of these proxy materials by mail, you may vote by mail by completing and returning the enclosed proxy card in the enclosed reply envelope. No postage is necessary if the proxy is mailed within the United States. You may revoke your proxy by following the instructions listed on page 3 of the proxy statement.2022
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DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION
Proxy Statement for
2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
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PROXY STATEMENT SUMMARY
This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in the proxy statement or about Dollar General. This summary does not contain all of the information that you should consider, and you should review all of the information contained in the proxy statement before voting.
DOLLAR GENERAL AT-A-GLANCE*
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Data as of February 25, 2022, unless otherwise noted.
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VOTING MATTERS (pp. 1 - 9, 48, 50 and 52 - 53)
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General Information
2022 PROPOSALS | | 1 | Board
Recommendation | |
| Voting MattersProposal 1:
Election of Directors | | 2 | For | |
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Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation | | | For | |
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Ratification of Appointment of Auditors | | | For | |
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Shareholder Proposal Requesting Political Spending Disclosure | | | Against | |
HOW TO VOTE (p. 2)
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS GROUP DIVERSITY (pp. 4 - 9)
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMPOSITION (pp. 4 - 9, 13 - 14 and 18)
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PAY FOR PERFORMANCE (pp. 20 - 30)
The primary elements of our executive compensation program are summarized in the chart below and reflect a significant alignment with our shareholders’ interests.
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and as illustrated to the right, a
significant portion of annualized
total target compensation for
our named executive officers in
2021 was variable/at-risk as a
result of being either
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SHAREHOLDER ENGAGEMENT (pp. 10 - 11)
Our Board of Directors appreciates and proactively seeks the viewpoints of our shareholders. Our focused outreach in the fall of 2021 encompassed a broad base of shareholders and discussion topics and helped inform the decisions to publish our consolidated EEO-1 data, to establish reduction targets for our Scopes 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions and to align certain of our disclosures to the TCFD framework, in each case in 2022, as well as various other disclosure enhancements in this proxy statement and in our Serving Others report to be published in 2022, and provided further support for the Board’s decision to implement a shareholder special meeting right at a 25% ownership threshold.
WHO WE ARE
We are today's neighborhood general store, serving the needs of our customers by providing convenience, value and service—Every day!
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IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING
THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE SHAREHOLDER MEETING TO BE HELD ON MAY 25,
20162022
This Proxy Statement, our 20152021 Annual Report and a form of proxy card are available at www.proxyvote.com. You will need your Notice of Internet Availability or proxy card to access the proxy materials. As permitted by rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"(“SEC”), we are furnishing our proxy materials over the Internet to some of our shareholders. This means that some shareholders will not receive paper copies of these documents. Instead, these shareholdersdocuments but instead will receive only a Notice of Internet Availability containing instructions on how to access the proxy materials over the Internet. The Notice of Internet Availability also contains instructions onand how each of those shareholders canto request a paper copy of our proxy materials, including the Proxy Statement, our 20152021 Annual Report, and a proxy card. Shareholders who do not receive a Notice of Internet Availability will receive a paper copy of the proxy materials by mail, unless they have previously requested delivery of proxy materials electronically. If you received only the Notice of Internet Availability and would like to receive a paper copy of the proxy materials, the notice contains instructions on how you can request copies of these documents.
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PROXY STATEMENT
This document is the Proxy Statementproxy statement of Dollar General Corporation for thethat we use to solicit your proxy to vote upon certain matters at our Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on Wednesday, May 25, 2016.2022. We will begin mailing to shareholders printed copies of this document and the form of proxy or the Notice of Internet Availability to shareholders on or about April 8, 2016. 1, 2022.
We include website addresses throughout this proxy statement for reference only. The information contained in these websites is not incorporated by reference into this proxy statement.
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What is Dollar General Corporation and where is it located?
Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) has been delivering value to shoppers for more than 80 years. Dollar General helps shoppers Save time. Save money. Every day!® by offering products that are
providing this document to solicit your proxy to vote upon certain mattersfrequently used and replenished, such as food, snacks, health and beauty aids, cleaning supplies, basic apparel, housewares and seasonal items at
the annual meeting.everyday low prices in convenient neighborhood locations. Dollar General operated 18,190 stores in 47 states as of February 25, 2022. Our principal executive offices are located at 100 Mission Ridge, Goodlettsville, Tennessee 37072.
We refer to our company as
"we," "us"“we,” “us” or
"Dollar“Dollar General.
"” Unless otherwise noted or required by
the context,
"2016," "2015," "2014," "2013,"“2022,” “2021,” “2020” and
"2012"“2019” refer to our fiscal years ending or ended February 3,
2017,2023, January 28, 2022, January 29,
2016, January 30, 2015,2021, and January 31,
2014, and February 1, 2013,2020, respectively.
What is a proxy
and who is asking for it and
who is paying for the cost to solicit it?
A proxy is your legal designation of another person, called a
"proxy,"“proxy,” to vote your stock. The document
that designatesdesignating someone as
youra proxy is also called a proxy or a proxy card.
Our directors, officers and employees are soliciting your proxy on behalf of our Board of
Directors.Directors and will not be specially paid for doing so. Solicitation of proxies by mail may be supplemented by telephone, email and other electronic means, advertisements, personal solicitation, news releases issued by Dollar General, postings on our website or otherwise. Dollar General will pay all
solicitation expenses. We will not additionally compensate these persons to solicit your proxy but will reimburse them for any out-of-pocket expenses
they incur. We also may reimburse custodians and nominees for their expenses in sending proxy materials to beneficial owners.of this solicitation.
Who may attend the annual meeting?
Only shareholders
as of the Record Date, their proxy holders and our invited guests may attend the
annual meeting.
If your shares areTo be admitted to the meeting, you must present a government-issued photo identification, such as a driver’s license, state-issued ID card or passport, and proof of share ownership as of the Record Date. To prove ownership, shareholders of record will be verified against our list of registered
inshareholders, while street name shareholders must show: an account statement showing the
nameshare ownership as of
the Record Date; a
copy of the voting instruction form provided by, or a valid legal proxy from, the broker,
trust,trustee, bank or
other nominee
you will need to bring a proxy orholding the shares; a letter from
that record holdera broker, trustee, bank or
your most recent brokerage account statement that confirms yournominee holding the shares confirming the beneficial owner’s ownership
of those shares as of
March 17, 2016. For security reasons, we also may require photo identification for admission.the Record Date; or other similar evidence of ownership. We reserve the right to deny admittance to anyone who does not comply with these requirements.
We will decide in our sole discretion whether your documentation meets the admission requirements. If you hold shares in a joint account, both owners can be admitted to the meeting if proof of joint ownership is provided and you both provide identification.
Where can I find directions to the annual meeting?
Directions to Goodlettsville City Hall, where we will hold the annual meeting, are posted on
the "Investor Information" section of our website
located at
www.dollargeneral.com.https://investor.dollargeneral.com.
Will the annual meeting be webcast?
Yes. You are invited to visit the "Conference Calls and Investor Events" sectionA live webcast of the "Investor Information" section of our website located at www.dollargeneral.comannual meeting, including the question and answer session, will be available on https://investor.dollargeneral.com under “News and Events—Events and Presentations” at 9:00 a.m., Central Time, on May 25, 2016 to access2022. Within 24 hours following the live webcast of the annual meeting. An archived copy
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meeting, a recording of the webcast will be available on our website for at least
6030 days. The information on our website, however, is not incorporated by reference into, and does not form a part of, this proxy statement.
What
Who is
Dollar General Corporation and where is it located? Dollar General has been delivering valueentitled to shoppers for over 75 years. Dollar General helps shoppers Save time. Save money. Every day!® by offering products that are frequently used and replenished, such as food, snacks, health and beauty aids, cleaning supplies, clothing forvote at the family, housewares and seasonal items at low everyday prices in convenient neighborhood locations. Dollar General operates 12,575 stores in 43 states asannual meeting?
You may vote if you owned shares of
February 26, 2016. Our principal executive offices are located at 100 Mission Ridge, Goodlettsville, Tennessee 37072. Our telephone number is 615-855-4000.Where is Dollar General common stock traded?
Our stock is tradedat the close of business on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") under the symbol "DG."
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How many votes must be present to hold the annual meeting?
A quorum, consisting of the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority ofthat date, there were 228,784,867 shares of ourDollar General common stock outstanding on March 17, 2016, must exist to conduct any business at the meeting.
What if a quorum is not present at the annual meeting?
If a quorum is not present at the meeting, any officerand entitled to preside at orvote. Each share is entitled to act as Secretary of the meeting shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum is present.
one vote on each matter.
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annual meeting?election of the 8 nominees listed in this proxy statement (Proposal 1);
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the approval on an advisory basis of our named executive officer compensation as disclosed in this proxy statement (Proposal 2);
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the ratification of the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm (the “independent auditor”) for 2022 (Proposal 3); and
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the shareholder proposal as described in this proxy statement (Proposal 4).
We are unaware of other matters to be acted upon at the annual meeting. Under Tennessee law and our governing documents, no other non-procedural business may be raised at the meeting unless proper notice has been given to shareholders. If other
How many votes must be present to hold the annual meeting?
A quorum, consisting of the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of shares of our common stock outstanding on the Record Date, must exist to conduct business
is properly raised, your proxies have authority to vote as they think best, including to adjourn the meeting.Who is entitled to vote at the annual meeting?
You may vote if you owned shares of Dollar General common stockmeeting. If a quorum is not present, the presiding officer at the close of business on March 17, 2016. As of that date, there were 286,669,916 shares of Dollar General common stock outstanding and entitledmeeting may adjourn the meeting from time to vote. Each sharetime until a quorum is entitled to one vote on each matter.
What is the difference between a "shareholder of record" and a "street name" holder?
You are a "shareholder of record" if your shares are registered directly in your name with Wells Fargo Shareowner Services, our transfer agent. You are a "street name" holder if your shares are held in the name of a brokerage firm, bank, trust or other nominee as custodian.
present.
If you are a shareholder of record, you may vote your proxy over the telephone or Internet or, if you received printed proxy materials, by marking, signing, dating and returning the printed proxy card in the enclosed envelope. Please refer to the
instructions on the Notice of Internet Availability or proxy card, as
applicable.applicable, for the telephone number, Internet address and other instructions. Alternatively, you may vote
your shares in person at the
annual meeting.
Even if you plan to attend the meeting, we recommend that you vote in advance so that your vote will be counted if you later decide not to attend the meeting.
If you are a street name holder, your broker, trustee, bank or other nominee will provide materials and instructions for voting your shares. You also may vote in person at the meeting if you obtain and bring to the meeting a legal proxy from your broker, banker, trustee or other nominee giving you the right to vote the shares.
In either case, shareholders wishing to attend the meeting must follow the procedures described above under “Who may attend the annual meeting.”
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Contentsrecord” and a “street name” holder?
You are a “shareholder of record” if your shares are registered directly in your name with EQ Shareowner Services, our transfer agent. You are a “street name” holder if your shares are held in the name of a brokerage firm, bank, trust or other nominee as custodian.
What if I receive more than one Notice of Internet Availability or proxy card?
You will receive multiple Notices of Internet Availability or proxy cards if you hold shares in different ways (e.g., joint tenancy, trusts, custodial accounts, etc.) or in multiple accounts. Street name holders will receive the Notice of Internet Availability or proxy card or other voting information, along with voting instructions, from their brokers. Please vote the shares represented by each Notice of Internet Availability or proxy card you receive to ensure that all your shares are voted.
How will my proxy be voted?
The persons named on the proxy card will vote your proxy as you
direct or, ifdirect. If you return a signed proxy card or complete the Internet or telephone voting procedures but do not specify how you want to vote your
shares: "FOR" all directors nominated and "FOR" ratificationshares, the persons named on the proxy card will vote your shares in accordance with the recommendations of
Ernst & Young LLPour Board of Directors. If business other than that described in this proxy statement is properly raised, your proxies have authority to vote as
our independent auditor for 2016.they think best, including to adjourn the annual meeting.
Can I change my mind and revoke my proxy?
Yes. A shareholder of record may revoke a proxy given pursuant to this solicitation by:
signing a valid, later-dated proxy card and submitting it so that it is received before the annual meeting in accordance with the instructions included in the proxy card;
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at or before the meeting, submitting to our Corporate Secretary a written notice of revocation dated later than the date of the proxy; •
submitting a later-dated vote by telephone or Internet no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on May 24, 2022; or •
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A street name holder may revoke a proxy given pursuant to this solicitation by following the instructions of the bank, broker, trustee or other nominee who holds his or her shares.
How many votes are needed to elect directors?
To be elected at the annual meeting, a nominee must receive the affirmative vote of a majority of votes cast by holders of shares entitled to vote at the meeting. Under our
Amended and Restated Charter, the
"affirmative“affirmative vote of a majority of votes
cast"cast” means that the number of votes cast in favor of a
nominee'snominee’s election exceeds the number of votes cast against his or her election. You may vote in favor of or against the election of each nominee, or you may elect to abstain from voting your shares.
What happens if a director fails to receive the required vote for election?
An incumbent director who does not receive the required vote for election at the annual meeting must promptly tender a resignation as a director for the Board's consideration by our Board of Directors pursuant to our Board-approved director resignation policy outlined in our Corporate Governance Guidelines.policy. Each director standing for re-electionelection at the annual meeting has agreed to resign, effective upon the Board'sBoard’s acceptance of such resignation, if he or she does not receive a majority vote. If the Board rejects the offered resignation, the director will continue to serve until the next annual shareholders'shareholders’ meeting and until his or her successor is duly elected or his or her earlier resignation or removal in accordance with our Amended and Restated Bylaws ("Bylaws").Bylaws. If the Board accepts the offered resignation, the Board, in its sole discretion, may fill the resulting vacancy or decrease the size of the Board.Board’s size.
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How many votes are needed to approve other matters?
The proposal to
Proposal 2 (to approve on an advisory basis our named executive officer compensation), Proposal 3 (to ratify the appointment of our independent auditor for
20162022), and Proposal 4 (a shareholder proposal described in this proxy statement) will be approved if the votes cast in favor of
suchthe applicable proposal exceed the votes cast against it.
The vote on the compensation of our named executive officers is advisory and, therefore, not
binding on Dollar General, our Board of Directors, or its Compensation Committee.
With respect to
this proposal,each of these proposals, and any other matter properly brought before the annual meeting, you may vote in favor of or against the proposal, or you may elect to abstain from voting your shares.
What are broker non-votes?
Although your broker is the record holder of any shares that you hold in street name, it must vote those shares pursuant to your instructions. If you do not provide instructions, your broker may exercise discretionary voting power over your shares for "routine" items but not for "non-routine" items. The election of directors is considered to be a non-routine item, while the ratification of the appointment of our independent auditor is considered to be a routine matter.
"Broker non-votes" occur when shares held of record by a broker are not voted on a matter because the broker has not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner and either lacks or declines to exercise the authority to vote the shares in its discretion.
How will abstentions and broker non-votes be treated?
Abstentions and broker non-votes
if any, will be treated as shares that are present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present but will not be counted as votes cast either in favor of or against a particular proposal and will have no effect on the outcome of
athe particular proposal.
Will my
What are broker non-votes?
Although your broker is the record holder of any shares that you hold in street name, it must vote
those shares pursuant to your instructions. If you do not provide instructions, your broker may exercise discretionary voting power over your shares for “routine” items but not for “non-routine” items. All matters described in this proxy statement, except for the ratification of the appointment of our independent auditor, are considered to be
confidential? Proxynon-routine matters.
“Broker non-votes” occur when shares held of record by a broker are not voted on a matter because the street name holder of the shares has not provided voting instructions ballots and voting tabulationsthe broker either lacks or declines to exercise the authority to vote the shares in its discretion.
How can I ask questions or view the list of shareholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting?
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ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Election of Directors
What is the structure of the Board of Directors?
Our Board of Directors must consist of 1 to 15 directors, with the exact number
currently fixed at 8, set by the Board.
The Board size is currently fixed at 8. All directors are elected annually by our shareholders.
Who are the nominees this year?
The nominees for the Board of Directors consist of the 8 current directors. If elected, each nominee would hold office until the 2017 annual meeting of shareholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualified, subject to any earlier resignation or removal. These nominees, their ages at the date of this proxy statement and the calendar year in which they first became a director are listed in the table below.
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| Name | | Age | | Director Since |
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Warren F. Bryant | | 70 | | 2009 |
Michael M. Calbert | | 53 | | 2007 |
Sandra B. Cochran | | 57 | | 2012 |
Patricia D. Fili-Krushel | | 62 | | 2012 |
Paula A. Price | | 54 | | 2014 |
William C. Rhodes, III | | 50 | | 2009 |
David B. Rickard | | 69 | | 2010 |
Todd J. Vasos | | 54 | | 2015 |
What are the backgrounds of this year's nominees?
Mr. Bryant served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Longs Drug Stores Corporation, a retail drugstore chain on the West Coast and in Hawaii, from 2002 through 2008 and as its Chairman of the Board from 2003 through his retirement in 2008. Prior to joining Longs Drug Stores, he served as a Senior Vice President of The Kroger Co., a retail grocery chain, from 1999 to 2002. Mr. Bryant is a director of Office Depot, Inc. and Loblaw Companies Limited of Canada and served as a director of OfficeMax Incorporated from 2004 to 2013.
Mr. Calbert has served as our Chairman of the Board since January 30, 2016. He joined KKR & Co. L.P. ("KKR") in January 2000 and was directly involved with several KKR portfolio companies until his retirement in January 2014. Mr. Calbert led the Retail industry team within KKR's Private Equity platform prior to his retirement and served as a consultant to KKR from his retirement until June 2015. Mr. Calbert joined Randall's Food Markets beginning in 1994 and served as the Chief Financial Officer from 1997 until it was sold in September 1999. Mr. Calbert also previously worked as a certified public accountant and consultant with Arthur Andersen Worldwide from 1985 to 1994, where his primary focus was the retail and consumer industry. He previously served as our Chairman of the Board from July 2007 until December 2008 and as our lead director from March 2013 until his re-appointment as our Chairman of the Board in January 2016.
Ms. Cochran has served as a director and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. since September 2011. She joined Cracker Barrel in April 2009 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and was named President and Chief Operating Officer in November 2010. She was previously Chief Executive Officer at book retailer Books-A-Million, Inc. from February 2004 to April 2009. She also served as that company's President (August 1999—February 2004), Chief Financial Officer (September 1993—August 1999) and Vice President of Finance (August 1992—September 1993). Ms. Cochran has over 20 years of experience in the retail industry. Ms. Cochran has served as a director of Lowe's Companies, Inc. since January 2016.
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Ms. Fili-Krushel is the former Executive Vice President for NBCUniversal where she served as a strategist and key advisor to the CEO of NBCUniversal from April 2015 to November 2015. She served as Chairman of NBCUniversal News Group, a division of NBCUniversal Media, LLC, composed of NBC News, CNBC, MSNBC and the Weather Channel, from July 2012 until April 2015. She previously served as Executive Vice President of NBCUniversal (January 2011—July 2012) with a broad portfolio of functions reporting to her, including operations and technical services, business strategy, human resources and legal. Prior to NBCUniversal, Ms. Fili-Krushel was Executive Vice President of Administration at Time Warner Inc. (July 2001—December 2010) where her responsibilities included oversight of philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, human resources, worldwide recruitment, employee development and growth, compensation and benefits, and security. Before joining Time Warner in July 2001, Ms. Fili-Krushel had been Chief Executive Officer of WebMD Health Corp. since April 2000. From July 1998 to April 2000, Ms. Fili-Krushel was President of the ABC Television Network, and from 1993 to 1998 she served as President of ABC Daytime. Before joining ABC, she had been with Lifetime Television since 1988. Prior to Lifetime, Ms. Fili-Krushel held several positions with Home Box Office. Before joining HBO, Ms. Fili-Krushel worked for ABC Sports in various positions.
Ms. Price has been Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School in the Accounting and Management Unit since July 2014. She was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ahold USA from May 2009 until January 2014. At Ahold, which operates more than 700 supermarkets under the Stop & Shop, Giant and Martin's names as well as the Peapod online grocery delivery service, Ms. Price was responsible for finance, accounting and shared services, strategic planning, real estate development, store format and construction, and information technology. Before joining Ahold, she was the Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at CVS Health Corporation (formerly CVS Caremark Corporation) from July 2006 until August 2008. Earlier in her career, Ms. Price served as the Chief Financial Officer for the Institutional Trust Services division of JPMorgan Chase (from August 2002 until September 2005), and held several other senior management positions in the U.S. and the U.K. in the financial services and consumer packaged goods industries. A certified public accountant, she began her career at Arthur Andersen & Co. Ms. Price has also served as a director of Accenture plc since May 2014 and Western Digital Corporation since July 2014 and served as a director of Charming Shoppes, Inc. (Lane Bryant, Catherine's, Fashion Bug, Cacique and Figi's brands) from March 2011 until it was sold in June 2012.
Mr. Rhodes was elected Chairman of AutoZone, Inc., a specialty retailer and distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories, in June 2007. He has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director of AutoZone since 2005. Prior to his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Rhodes was Executive Vice President—Store Operations and Commercial. Prior to 2004, he had been Senior Vice President—Supply Chain and Information Technology since 2002, and prior thereto had been Senior Vice President—Supply Chain since 2001. Prior to that time, he served in various capacities with AutoZone since 1994, including Vice President—Stores in 2000, Senior Vice President—Finance and Vice President—Finance in 1999, and Vice President—Operations Analysis and Support from 1997 to 1999. Prior to 1994, Mr. Rhodes was a manager with Ernst & Young LLP.
Mr. Rickard served as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of CVS Health Corporation (formerly CVS Caremark Corporation), a retail pharmacy chain and provider of healthcare services and pharmacy benefits management, from September 1999 until his retirement in December 2009. Prior to joining CVS, Mr. Rickard was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of RJR Nabisco Holdings Corporation from March 1997 to August 1999. Previously, he was Executive Vice President of International Distillers and Vintners Americas. Mr. Rickard is a director of Harris Corporation and Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated.
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Mr. Vasos has served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board since June 3, 2015. He joined Dollar General in December 2008 as Executive Vice President, Division President and Chief Merchandising Officer. He was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in November 2013. Prior to joining Dollar General, Mr. Vasos served in executive positions with Longs Drug Stores Corporation for seven years, including Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (February 2008 through November 2008) and Senior Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer (2001—2008), where he was responsible for all pharmacy and front-end marketing, merchandising, procurement, supply chain, advertising, store development, store layout and space allocation, and the operation of three distribution centers. He also previously served in leadership positions at Phar-Mor Food and Drug Inc. and Eckerd Corporation.
How are directors identified and nominated?
All nominees for election as directors at the annual meeting currently serve on our Board of Directors and were nominated by the Board for election or re-election, as applicable, upon the recommendation of the
The Nominating and Governance Committee (the
"Nominating Committee"“Nominating Committee”)
. The Nominating Committee is responsible for identifying, evaluating and recommending director candidates,
while our Board is responsible for nominatingincluding the
director slate
to be presented to shareholders for election at the annual
meeting.meeting, to our Board of Directors, which makes the ultimate election or nomination determination, as applicable. The Nominating Committee's charter and our Corporate Governance Guidelines require the Nominating Committee to consider candidates submitted by our shareholders in accordance with the notice provisions of our Bylaws (see "Can shareholders nominate directors?" below) and to apply the same criteria to the evaluation of those candidates as it applies to other director candidates. The Nominating Committee also may use a variety of other methods to identify potential director candidates, such as recommendations by our directors, management, shareholders or third-party search firms.
Our employment agreement with Mr. Vasos requiresfirms (see “Can shareholders recommend or nominate directors?” below). The Nominating Committee has retained a third-party search firm to assist in identifying potential Board candidates who meet our qualification and experience requirements and, for any such candidate
identified by such search firm, to compile and evaluate information regarding the candidate’s qualifications and experience and to conduct reference checks. When a third party search firm is used, the Nominating Committee expects the search firm to present a diverse candidate pool pursuant to the Board’s diversity policy discussed below.
Does the Board orconsider diversity when identifying director nominees?
Yes. Our Board of Directors values diversity in its broadest sense (including gender and race) and has adopted a duly authorized committeewritten policy to endeavor to achieve a mix of members that represents a diversity of background and experience in areas that are relevant to our business. Similar to the Board“Rooney Rule,” this policy further provides that the Nominating Committee should seek to nominate him to serveinclude qualified women and individuals from underrepresented groups in the pool from which candidates are selected. The Committee periodically assesses this policy’s effectiveness as a memberpart of its annual self-evaluation. The matrix included below illustrates the diverse experience and composition of our Board each year that he is slated for re-election to the Board. Our failure to do so could give rise to a claim for breach
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How are nominees evaluated; what are the
minimumthreshold qualifications?
Subject to Mr. Vasos's employment agreement discussed above, the
The Nominating Committee is charged with recommending to
theour Board of Directors only those candidates that it believes are qualified to serve as Board members consistent with the
director selection criteria
for selection of new directors adopted from time to timeestablished by the
Board and who have not achieved the age of 76, unless the Board has approved an exception to this limit on a case by case basis. If a waiver is granted, it will be reviewed annually. We have a written policy to endeavor to achieve a mix of Board members that represent a diversity of background and experience in areas that are relevant to our business. To implement this policy, the Committee assesses diversity by evaluating each candidate's individual qualifications in the context of how that candidate would relate to the Board as a whole and also considers more traditional concepts of diversity. The Committee periodically assesses the effectiveness of this policy by considering whether the Board as a whole represents such diverse experience and composition and by recommending to the Board changes to the criteria for selection of new directors as appropriate. The Committee recommends candidates, including those submitted by shareholders, only if it believes the candidate's knowledge, experience and expertise would strengthen the Board and that the candidate is committed to representing the long-term interests of all Dollar General shareholders.
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The Nominating Committee assesses a candidate'scandidate’s independence, background, experience and experience,time commitments, as well as the current Board'sour Board’s skill needs and diversity.needs. With respect to incumbent directors, considered for re-election, the Committee also assesses each director'sthe meeting attendance record and suitability for continued service. In addition, theThe Committee determines that all nominees arewhether each nominee is in a position to devote an adequate amount of time to the effective performance of director duties and possesspossesses the following threshold characteristics: integrity and accountability, informed judgment, financial literacy, a cooperative approach, a record of achievement, loyalty, and the ability to consult with and advise management.
What particular The Committee recommends candidates, including those submitted by shareholders, only if it believes a candidate’s knowledge, experience qualifications, attributes or skills ledand expertise would strengthen the Board and that the candidate is committed to representing our shareholders’ long-term interests.
Who are the nominees this year?
All nominees for election as directors at the annual meeting, consisting of the 8 incumbent directors who were elected at the 2021 annual meeting of shareholders, were nominated by our Board of Directors
to conclude that each nominee should serve as a directorfor election by shareholders at the annual meeting upon the recommendation of
Dollar General?the Nominating Committee. Our Board of Directors believes that each of the nominees can devote an adequate amount of time to the effective performance of director duties, is in compliance with our overboarding policy detailed in our Corporate Governance Guidelines, and possesses all of the minimumthreshold qualifications identified above.
If elected, each nominee would hold office until the 2023 annual meeting of shareholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualified, subject to any earlier resignation or removal.
The
Board has determined thatfollowing lists the nominees,
astheir ages at the date of this proxy statement and the calendar year in which they first became a
whole, complementdirector, along with their biographies and the experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led our Board to conclude that each
other, meet the Board's skill needs, and represent diverse experience at policy-making levels in areas relevant to our business. The Board also considered the following in determining that the nomineesnominee should serve as
directorsa director of Dollar
General:General.
| | WARREN
F. BRYANT Age: 76 Director Since:
2009 | | | Biography: Mr. Bryant served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Longs Drug Stores Corporation from 2002 through 2008 and as its Chairman of the Board from 2003 through his retirement in 2008. Prior to joining Longs Drug Stores, he served as a Senior Vice President of The Kroger Co. from 1999 to 2002. Mr. Bryant has served as a director of Loblaw Companies Limited since May 2013 and served as a director of OfficeMax Incorporated from 2004 to 2013 and Office Depot, Inc. from November 2013 to July 2017. | |
| | Specific Experience, Qualifications, Attributes and Skills: Mr. Bryant has over 40 years of retail experience, including experience in marketing, merchandising, operations and finance. His substantial experience in leadership and policy-making roles at other retail companies, together with his current and former experience as a board member for other retailers, provides him with an extensive understanding of our industry, as well as with valuable executive management skills, global, strategic planning, and risk management experience, and the ability to effectively advise our CEO. | |
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| | MICHAEL
M. CALBERT Age: 59 Director Since:
2007 | | | Biography: Mr. Calbert has served as our Chairman of the Board since January 2016. He joined the private equity firm KKR & Co. L.P. in January 2000 and was directly involved with several KKR portfolio companies until his retirement in January 2014, after which he served as a consultant to KKR until June 2015. Mr. Calbert led KKR’s Retail industry team prior to his retirement. He also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Randall’s Food Markets from 1997 until it was sold in September 1999 and worked as a certified public accountant and consultant with Arthur Andersen Worldwide from 1985 to 1994, where his primary focus was the retail and consumer industry. Mr. Calbert has served as a director of Executive Network Partnering Corporation since September 2020, has been elected to serve as a director of PVH Corp. effective May 2022 and served as a director of AutoZone, Inc. from May 2019 to December 2021. He previously served as our Chairman of the Board from July 2007 until December 2008 and as our lead director from March 2013 until his re-appointment as our Chairman of the Board in January 2016. | |
| | Specific Experience, Qualifications, Attributes and Skills: Mr. Calbert has considerable experience in managing private equity portfolio companies and is experienced with corporate finance and strategic business planning activities. As the former head of KKR’s global retail experience, including experience in marketing, merchandising, operations and finance. His substantial experience in leadership and policy-making roles at other retail companies, together with his current and former experience as a board member for certain other retailers, provides him with an extensive understanding of our industry, as well as with valuable executive management skills and the ability to effectively advise our CEO.Mr. Calbert has considerable experience in managing private equity portfolio companies and is familiar with corporate finance and strategic business planning activities. As the former head of KKR's Retail industry team, Mr. Calbert has a strong background and extensive experience in advising and managing companies in the retail industry, including evaluating business strategies and operations, financial plans and structures, risk, and management teams. His former service on various company boards in the retail industry including evaluating business strategies, financial plans and structures, and management teams. His former service on the board of directors of Academy, Ltd., Pets at Home Group Plc., Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation, Toys "R" Us, Inc. and US Foods, Inc. further strengthens his knowledge and experience within our industry. Mr. Calbert also has a significant financial and accounting background evidenced by his prior experience as the chief financial officer of a retail company and his 10 years of practice as a certified public accountant.
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| | PATRICIA
D. FILI-KRUSHEL Age: 68 Director Since:
2012 | | | Biography: Ms. Fili-Krushel has served as Chairperson of the Board of Coqual, a non-profit think tank that focuses on global talent strategies, since February 2021. Prior thereto, she served as Coqual’s Chief Executive Officer from September 2018 until January 2021. She previously was Executive Vice President (April 2015 to November 2015) of NBCUniversal, serving as a strategist and key advisor to the CEO; Chairman of NBCUniversal News Group (July 2012 to April 2015); and Executive Vice President of NBCUniversal (January 2011 to July 2012) overseeing the operations and technical services, business strategy, human resources and legal functions. She was Executive Vice President of Administration at Time Warner Inc. (July 2001 to December 2010) overseeing philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, human resources, worldwide recruitment, employee development and growth, compensation and benefits, and security; Chief Executive Officer of WebMD Health Corp. (April 2000 to July 2001); and President of ABC Television Network (July 1998 to April 2000). Ms. Fili-Krushel has served as a director of Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. since March 2019 and I2PO since July 2021. | |
| | Specific Experience, Qualifications, Attributes and Skills: Ms. Fili-Krushel’s background increases the breadth of experience of our Board as a result of her extensive executive experience overseeing the business strategy, philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, human resources, recruitment, employee growth and development, compensation and benefits, and legal functions, along with associated risks, at large public companies in the media industry. She also brings valuable oversight experience in diversity-related workplace matters from her positions at Coqual, as well as digital and e-commerce experience gained while serving as CEO of WebMD Health Corp. In addition, her understanding of consumer behavior based on her knowledge of viewership patterns and preferences provides a different perspective to our Board in understanding our customer base, and her other public company board experience brings additional perspective to our Board. | |
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| | TIMOTHY
I. MCGUIRE Age: 61 Director Since:
2018 | | | Biography: Mr. McGuire has served as Chief Executive Officer of Mobile Service Center Canada, Ltd. (d/b/a Mobile Klinik and, since July 2020, a business division of TELUS Corporation), a chain of professional smartphone repair stores, since October 2018 and as its Chairman of the Board (June 2017 to October 2018) and director (March 2017 to July 2020). He retired from McKinsey & Company, a worldwide management consulting firm, in August 2017 after serving as a leader of its global retail and consumer practice for almost 28 years, including leading the Americas retail practice for five years. While at McKinsey, Mr. McGuire led consulting efforts with major retail, telecommunications, consumer service, and marketing organizations in Canada, the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Australia. He also co-founded McKinsey Analytics, a global group of consultants bringing advanced analytics capabilities to clients to help make better business decisions. Mr. McGuire also held various positions with Procter & Gamble (1983 to 1989), including Marketing Director for the Canadian Food & Beverage division. | |
| | Specific Experience, Qualifications, Attributes and Skills: Mr. McGuire brings over 30 years of valuable retail experience to our company, recently as Chief Executive Officer of Mobile Klinik and having served as a leader of McKinsey’s global retail and consumer practice for almost 28 years. He has expertise in strategy, new store/concept development, marketing and sales, operations, international expansion, big data and advanced analytics, as well as risk management experience. In addition, Mr. McGuire’s focus while at McKinsey on use of advanced analytics in retail, developing and implementing growth strategies for consumer services, food, general-merchandise and multi-channel retailers, developing new retail formats, the application of lean operations techniques, the redesign of merchandise flows, supply-chain optimization efforts, and the redesign of purchasing and supplier-management approaches, brings extensive relevant perspectives to our Board as it seeks to consult and advise our CEO and to shape our corporate strategy. | |
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| | WILLIAM
C. RHODES, III Age: 56 Director Since:
2009 | | | Biography: Mr. Rhodes was named Chairman of AutoZone, Inc., a specialty retailer and distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories, in June 2007 and has served as its President and Chief Executive Officer and a director since 2005. He also previously held various other key management positions with AutoZone since joining the company in 1994. Prior to 1994, Mr. Rhodes was a manager with Ernst & Young LLP. | |
| | Specific Experience, Qualifications, Attributes and Skills: Mr. Rhodes has over 25 years of experience in the retail industry, including extensive experience in operations, supply chain, and finance, among other areas, and a strong financial background. This background serves as a strong foundation for offering invaluable perspective and expertise to our CEO and our Board. In addition, his experience as a board chairman and chief executive officer of a public retail company provides leadership, consensus-building, strategic planning and budgeting skills, as well as international experience and an extensive understanding of both short- and long-term issues confronting the retail industry. | |
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| | DEBRA
A. SANDLER Age: 62 Director Since:
2020 | | | Biography: Ms. Sandler has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of La Grenade Group, LLC, a marketing consultancy that serves packaged goods companies operating in the health and wellness space, since September 2015. She also has served as Chief Executive Officer of Mavis Foods, LLC, a startup she founded that makes and sells Caribbean sauces and marinades, since April 2018. Ms. Sandler previously served seven years with Mars, Inc., including Chief Health and Wellbeing Officer (July 2014 to July 2015); President, Chocolate North America (April 2012 to July 2014); and Chief Consumer Officer, Chocolate (November 2009 to March 2012). She also held senior leadership positions with Johnson & Johnson from 1999 to 2009, where her last position was Worldwide President for McNeil Nutritionals LLC, a fully integrated business unit within the Johnson & Johnson Consumer Group of Companies. She began her career in 1985 with PepsiCo, Inc., where she served for 13 years in a variety of marketing positions of increasing responsibility. Ms. Sandler has served as a director of Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. since March 2021, Archer Daniels Midland Company since May 2016 and Gannett Co., Inc. since June 2015. | |
| | Specific Experience, Qualifications, Attributes and Skills: Ms. Sandler has strong marketing and operating experience and a proven record of creating, building, enhancing and leading well-known consumer brands as a result of the leadership positions she has held with Mars, Johnson & Johnson and PepsiCo. These positions have required an extensive understanding of consumer behavior and the evolving retail environment. In addition, her launch of Mavis Foods has provided her with valuable e-commerce, strategic planning and financial experience, and her other public company board experience brings additional perspective to our Board. | |
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| | RALPH
E. SANTANA Age: 54 Director Since:
2018 | | | Biography: Mr. Santana has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Harman International Industries, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., since April 2013, with responsibility for Harman’s worldwide marketing strategy and global design group. Mr. Santana previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Samsung Electronics North America (June 2010 to September 2012), where he was responsible for launching Samsung’s U.S. e-commerce business. He also served 16 years at PepsiCo, Inc. (June 1994 to May 2010) in multiple international and domestic leadership roles in marketing, including Vice President of Marketing, North American Beverages, Pepsi-Cola, and held positions with its Frito-Lay’s international and North America operations. Mr. Santana began his career at Beverage Marketing Corporation (July 1989 to June 1992) where he served as a beverage industry consultant designing market entry and expansion strategies. | |
| | Specific Experience, Qualifications, Attributes and Skills: Mr. Santana has almost 30 years of marketing experience spanning multiple technology and food and beverage consumer packaged goods categories. His deep understanding of digital marketing and retail shopper marketing, particularly in the area of consumer packaged goods, and his extensive experience in shaping multi-cultural strategy, executing marketing programs and making brands culturally relevant further enhances our Board’s ability to provide oversight and thoughtful counsel to management in these important and evolving areas of our business. His executive position also provides risk management experience. | |
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| | TODD
J. VASOS Age: 60 Director Since:
2015 | | | Biography: Mr. Vasos has served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board since June 2015. He joined Dollar General in December 2008 as Executive Vice President, Division President and Chief Merchandising Officer and was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in November 2013. Prior to joining Dollar General, Mr. Vasos served in executive positions with Longs Drug Stores Corporation for seven years, including Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (February 2008 to November 2008) and Senior Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer (2001 to 2008), where he was responsible for all pharmacy and front-end marketing, merchandising, procurement, supply chain, advertising, store development, store layout and space allocation, and the operation of three distribution centers. He also previously served in leadership positions at Phar-Mor Food and Drug Inc. and Eckerd Corporation. Mr. Vasos has served as a director of KeyCorp since July 2020. | |
| | Specific Experience, Qualifications, Attributes and Skills: Mr. Vasos has extensive retail experience, including over 10 years with Dollar General. He has a thorough understanding of all key areas of our business, which is further bolstered by his former experience overseeing the merchandising, operations, marketing, advertising, global procurement, supply chain, store development, store layout and space allocation functions of other retail companies. In addition, Mr. Vasos’s service in leadership and policy-making positions in the retail business has provided him with the necessary leadership skills to effectively guide and oversee the direction of Dollar General and with the consensus-building skills required to lead our management team, and his other public company board experience brings additional perspective to his leadership of Dollar General. | |
Can shareholders recommend or nominate directors?
Yes. Shareholders may recommend candidates to our Nominating Committee by providing the same information within the
retail industry. Mr. Calbert also has a significant financial and accounting background evidenced by his prior experience assame deadlines required for nominating candidates pursuant to the
chief financial officer of a retail company and his 10 years of practice as a certified public accountant.Ms. Cochran brings over 20 years of retail experienceadvance notice provisions in our Bylaws. Pursuant to Dollar General as a result of her current and former roles at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and her former roles at Books-A-Million. This experience allows her to provide additional support and perspective toits Charter, our CEO and our Board. In addition, Ms. Cochran's industry and executive experience provides leadership, consensus-building, strategic planning, risk management and budgeting skills. Ms. Cochran also has significant financial experience, having served as the chief financial officer of two public companies and as vice president, corporate finance of SunTrust Securities, Inc., and our Board has determined that she qualifies as an audit committee financial expert.
Ms. Fili-Krushel's background increases the breadth of experience of our Board as a result of her extensive executive experience overseeing the business strategy, philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, human resources, recruitment, employee growth and development, compensation and benefits, and legal functions at large public companies in the media industry. In addition, her understanding of consumer behavior based on her knowledge of viewership patterns and preferences provides additional perspective to our Board in understanding our customer base.
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Ms. Price brings broad experience across finance, general management and strategy gained from her service in senior executive and management positions at major corporations across several industries, including as Chief Financial Officer of Ahold USA before her retirement in 2014. Ms. Price's numerous years of experience as a certified public accountant, former chief financial officer and former chief accounting officer provide our Board with valuable experience and insight into accounting and finance matters, and consequently, our Board has determined that Ms. PriceNominating Committee is an audit committee financial expert. She also brings to our Board a valuable perspective as a member of the faculty at Harvard Business School and from her service as a board member of several public companies.
Mr. Rhodes has over 20 years of experience in the retail industry, including extensive experience in operations, supply chain and finance, among other areas. This background serves as a strong foundation for offering invaluable perspective and expertise to our CEO and our Board. In addition, his experience as a board chairman and chief executive officer of a public retail company provides leadership, consensus-building, strategic planning and budgeting skills, as well as extensive understanding of both short- and long-term issues confronting the retail industry. Mr. Rhodes also has a strong financial background.
Mr. Rickard held senior management and executive positions for much of his 38 years in the corporate world. He has significant retail experience and a diverse retail industry background, including previous experience serving on the board of another retail company. He also has an extensive financial and accounting background, having served as the chief financial officer of two public companies, including a large retailer. As a result, our Board has determined that Mr. Rickard is an audit committee financial expert and has elected him to serve as the Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr. Rickard's financial experience within the retail industry also brings expertise and perspective to our Board's discussions regarding strategic planning and budgeting.
Mr. Vasos has extensive retail experience, including over seven years with Dollar General. His experience overseeing the merchandising, operations, marketing, advertising, procurement, supply chain, store development, store layout and space allocation functions of other retail companies bolsters Mr. Vasos's thorough understanding of all key areas of our business. In addition, Mr. Vasos's service in leadership and policy-making positions of other retail companies has provided him with the necessary leadership skills to effectively guide and oversee the direction of Dollar General and with the consensus-building skills required to lead our management team.
Acting uponconsider such candidates and to apply the Nominating Committee's recommendation,same evaluation criteria to them as it applies to other director candidates. Shareholders also can go a step further and after concluding that these nominees possess the appropriate experience, qualifications, attributes and skills, our Board has unanimously nominated these individuals to be electednominate directors for election by our shareholders at ouran annual meeting.
Can shareholders nominate directors?
Yes. Shareholders can nominate directorsmeeting by following the advance notice procedures outlined in our Bylaws. In short, the shareholder
Whether recommending a candidate for our Nominating Committee’s consideration or nominating a director for election by shareholders at an annual meeting, you must
deliversubmit a written notice
tofor receipt by our Corporate Secretary at
100 Mission Ridge, Goodlettsville, TN 37072the address and within the deadlines disclosed under “Shareholder Proposals for
receipt no earlier than the close of business on the 120th day and not later than the close of business on the 90th day prior to the first anniversary of the prior year's annual meeting. However, if the meeting is held more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, the notice must be received no earlier than the close of business on the 120th day and not later than the close of business on the 90th day prior to the date of such annual meeting. If the first public announcement of the annual meeting date is less than 100 days prior to the date of such annual meeting, the notice must be received by the 10th day following the public announcement date.
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2023 Annual Meeting.” The notice must contain all information required by our Bylaws about the shareholder proposing the nominee and about the nominee,nominee.
We also have a “proxy access” provision in our Bylaws which
generally includes:•the nominee's name, age, businessallows eligible shareholders to nominate candidates for election to our Board and residence addresses,include such candidates in our proxy statement and principal occupation or employment;
•the class and number of shares of Dollar General common stock beneficially owned by the nominee and by the shareholder proposing the nominee;
•any other information relatingballot subject to the nomineeterms, conditions, procedures and deadlines set
forth in Article I, Section 12 of our Bylaws. Our proxy access bylaw provides that is requiredholders of at least 3% of our outstanding shares, held by up to be disclosed in proxy solicitations with respect20 shareholders, holding the shares continuously for at least 3 years, can nominate up to nominees20% of our Board for election as directors pursuant to Regulation 14Aat an annual shareholders’ meeting.
For more specific information regarding these deadlines in respect of the
Securities Exchange Act2023 annual meeting of
1934 (including the nominee's written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director, if elected);
•the name and address of the shareholder proposing the nominee as they appear on our record books, and the name and address of the beneficial holder (if applicable);
•any other interests of the proposing shareholder or the proposing shareholder's immediate family in the securities of Dollar General, including interests the value of which is based on increases or decreases in the value of securities of Dollar General or the payment of dividends by Dollar General;
•a description of all compensatory arrangements or understandings between the proposing shareholder and each nominee; and
•a description of all arrangements or understandings between the proposing shareholder and each nominee and any other person pursuant to which the nomination is to be made by the shareholder.shareholders, see “Shareholder Proposals for 2023 Annual Meeting” below. You should consult our Bylaws, posted on the "Investor Information—Corporate Governance"“Corporate Governance” section of our website located at www.dollargeneral.com,https://investor.dollargeneral.com, for more detailed information regarding the process by which shareholders may nominate directors, as the information above is a summary only.processes summarized above. No shareholder nominees have been proposedsubmitted for this year'syear’s annual meeting.
What if a nominee is unwilling or unable to serve?
That is not expected to occur. If it does, the persons designated as proxies on the proxy card are authorized to vote your proxy for a substitute designated by our Board of
Directors.Directors or the Board of Directors may reduce the size of the Board.
Are there any
familialfamily relationships between any of the
directors, executive officers or nominees?
There are no
familialfamily relationships between any of
the nomineesour directors, executive officers or
between any of the nominees and any of our executive officers.nominees.
| | | | | The Board of Directors unanimously recommends that shareholders vote FOR the election of each of the 8 nominees named in this proposal. | |
2022 What does the Board of Directors recommend? Our Board unanimously recommends that you voteProxy StatementFOR9 the election of each of the director nominees.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Does the
What governance practices are in place to promote effective independent Board
of Directors have standing Audit, Compensation and Nominating Committees? Yes. leadership?
Our Board of Directors has adopted a number of governance practices to promote effective independent Board leadership, such as:
| | | | | Independent Board Chairman Mr. Calbert, an independent director, serves as our Chairman of the Board. In this role, Mr. Calbert serves as a liaison between the Board and our CEO, approves Board meeting agendas, facilitates communication of annual evaluation feedback to the Board and to individual directors as further discussed below, and participates with the Compensation Committee in the annual CEO performance evaluation. This decision allows our CEO to focus his time and energy on managing our business, while our Chairman devotes his time and attention to matters of Board oversight and governance. The Board, however, recognizes that no single leadership model is right for all companies and at all times, and the Board will review its leadership structure as appropriate to ensure it continues to be in the best interests of Dollar General and our shareholders. | |
| | | | | Annual Evaluations and Board Succession Planning Our Board of Directors, each standing committee, and each individual non-employee director are evaluated annually using written questionnaires and a process approved by the Nominating Committee. Mr. Calbert, as Chairman of both the Board and the Nominating Committee, discusses the results of the individual evaluations, as well as succession considerations, with each director and the results of his own individual evaluation with the Chairperson of the Compensation Committee. The Board and each committee review and discuss the results of the Board and applicable committee evaluations, all with the goal of enhancing effective Board leadership, effectiveness and oversight. These evaluations and discussions also help inform director re-nomination decisions. | |
| | | | | Annual CEO Performance Evaluations The CEO is annually evaluated under the leadership of the Compensation Committee and the Chairman of the Board. All independent directors are invited to provide input into this discussion. | |
| | | | | Regularly Scheduled Independent Director Sessions Opportunity is available at each quarterly Board meeting for executive sessions of the non-management directors (all of whom are currently independent). Mr. Calbert, as Chairman, presides over all executive sessions of the non-management and the independent directors. | |
| | | | | Shareholder Engagement To build and maintain relationships with shareholders and to ensure their perspectives are understood and considered by our Board of Directors, we conduct year-round outreach through our senior management, investor relations and legal teams. In 2021, we also continued to engage in focused shareholder engagement efforts regarding environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) matters, inviting shareholders representing approximately 60% of our outstanding shares to discuss their perspectives on these matters. We ultimately held conversations with shareholders comprising over 53% of shares outstanding. As Chairman of both the Board and the Nominating Committee, Mr. Calbert led the engagement with shareholders representing over 31% of shares outstanding. For more information on our ESG-focused shareholder outreach efforts, please see “How does shareholder feedback affect decision-making, including decisions about the shareholder special meeting right approved at last year’s annual meeting” below. | |
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How does shareholder feedback affect decision-making, including decisions about the shareholder special meeting right approved at last year’s annual meeting?
Topics discussed during the ESG-focused shareholder outreach meetings held in the fall of 2021 generally centered on recent enhancements surrounding our corporate governance, including the implementation of the shareholder special meeting right following our 2021 annual shareholders’ meeting (our “2021 annual meeting”) which received the support of over 98% of votes cast as discussed further below; our disclosures and efforts around environmental and social matters and human capital management; the refreshment and composition of our Board of Directors; and our executive compensation program structure. Feedback from these meetings was shared with our Board members to inform future decisions pertaining to these matters and helped inform the decisions to publish our consolidated EEO-1 data, to establish reduction targets for our Scopes 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions and to align certain of our climate disclosures to the TCFD framework, in each case in 2022, as well as various other disclosure enhancements in this proxy statement and in our annual Serving Others report to be published in 2022.
In response to both the shareholder feedback received during our outreach meetings held in the fall of 2020 prior to our 2021 annual meeting and the voting results pertaining to the shareholder special meeting right at our 2021 annual meeting, we amended our Charter in May 2021 to provide shareholders holding 25% or more of our shares with the right to request that our Board call a special meeting of shareholders upon satisfaction of the terms and conditions detailed in our Charter and Bylaws. As discussed below, the Nominating Committee and our Board believe this right is consistent with the views of a substantial majority of our shareholders and is in the best interests of Dollar General and our shareholders.
•
Shareholder outreach: During our shareholder outreach meetings held in the fall of 2020 prior to our 2021 annual meeting, we held conversations with shareholders comprising 52% of shares outstanding regarding various ESG matters. During these conversations, we specifically solicited feedback regarding adoption of a special meeting right. Our shareholders overwhelmingly supported a shareholder special meeting right generally and, although they had divergent views regarding the threshold of outstanding shares required to exercise the right, we found broad support across our shareholder base for a 25% ownership threshold. Accordingly, the Board proposed a Charter amendment to implement a shareholder special meeting right at a 25% ownership threshold and
opposed a shareholder proposal to implement such a right at a 10% ownership threshold.
•
Voting results: The Nominating Committee and our Board believe that the voting results at our 2021 annual meeting support the feedback we received during our 2020 investor outreach. An overwhelming majority of our shareholders—98.8% of the votes cast and 76.2% of our outstanding shares—voted in favor of the Board-supported proposal to adopt a special meeting right with a 25% threshold. In contrast, the shareholder proposal that contemplated a 10% threshold received substantially lower support—53.2% of votes cast and 43.8% of our outstanding shares.
The Nominating Committee and our Board continue to believe that a 25% special meeting threshold is in the best interests of Dollar General and our shareholders. In reaching that conclusion, the Nominating Committee and our Board considered:
•
the results of our 2020 investor outreach efforts detailed above.
•
that a significantly higher percentage of our shareholders voted for the Board-supported special meeting right proposal rather than the shareholder proposal at our 2021 annual meeting.
•
that the adoption of a special meeting right, or a change to lower the ownership threshold of our special meeting right, requires a Charter amendment that is approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of our outstanding shares. The 10% ownership threshold, which was approved by a minority of our outstanding shares entitled to vote on the shareholder proposal, did not receive support from the requisite number of shares that would be required to implement the right in our Charter.
•
the results of our 2021 shareholder outreach efforts, which continue to support a 25% threshold. Following the 2021 annual meeting, we again solicited views on this matter as part of our annual shareholder outreach conducted in the fall of 2021 and, based on the feedback we heard from shareholders, significant majority support remains for retaining the right at the 25% threshold.
Furthermore, the Nominating Committee and our Board continue to believe that a 25% threshold adds to our strong corporate governance practices, appropriately balancing shareholder rights in the event of an important, time-sensitive issue with the protection of the long-term interests of Dollar General and our shareholders against abuse of the right that could cause our company to unduly incur substantial costs and distraction.
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What is the Board’s role in risk oversight?
Our Board of Directors and its three standing committees, the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating Committee, have an important role in our risk oversight process. The entire Board is regularly informed about risks through the committee reporting process, as well as through special reports and updates from management and advisors. This enables the Board and its committees to coordinate the risk oversight role, particularly with respect to risk interrelationships. The Board believes this division of risk management responsibilities effectively addresses the material risks facing Dollar General. The Board further believes that our leadership structure, described above, supports the risk oversight function of the Board as it allows our independent directors, through independent Board committees and executive sessions of independent directors, to exercise effective oversight of management’s actions in identifying risks and implementing effective risk management policies and controls.
Strategic Planning Risk Oversight. Our company’s strategy is firmly rooted in our long-standing mission of Serving Others, as we consistently strive to improve our performance while retaining our customer-centric focus. The Board actively oversees our corporate strategy and related risks through both annual strategic planning meetings and discussions and reports on the status of and risks to our strategic initiatives at quarterly meetings.
Enterprise Risk Oversight. We identify and manage our key risks using our enterprise risk management program. This framework evaluates significant internal and external business, financial, legal, reputational, ESG and other risks, identifies mitigation strategies, and assesses any residual risk. The program employs interviews with various levels of management and our Board and reviews of strategic initiatives, recent or potential legislative or regulatory changes, certain internal metrics and other information. The Audit Committee oversees our enterprise risk management program, discussing with management the process by which risk assessment and risk management is undertaken and our major financial and other risk exposures, including without limitation those relating to information systems, information security, data privacy and business continuity, and the steps management has taken to monitor and control such exposures. The Audit Committee reviews enterprise risk evaluation results at least annually and high residual risk categories, along with their mitigation strategies, quarterly. In addition, as part of its regular review of progress versus the strategic plan, our Board reviews related material risks as appropriate. Our General Counsel also periodically provides information to the Board regarding our insurance coverage and programs as well as litigation and other legal risks.
Cybersecurity Risk Oversight. In addition to consideration as part of the enterprise risk management program, cybersecurity risk is further evaluated through various internal and external audits and assessments designed to validate the effectiveness of our controls for managing the security of our information assets. Management develops action plans to address select identified opportunities for improvement, and the Audit Committee quarterly reviews reports and metrics, including a dashboard, pertaining to cybersecurity risks and mitigation efforts with our Chief Information Officer and our Chief Information Security Officer to help the Audit Committee understand and evaluate current risks, monitor trends, and track our progress against specific metrics. The Audit Committee also has the responsibility to review with management and the outside auditor any unauthorized access to information technology systems that could have an effect on the Company’s financial statements.
Human Capital Management/Diversity and Inclusion Oversight. Our Board of Directors has delegated oversight of significant matters pertaining to our human capital management strategy to the Compensation Committee, including diversity and inclusion; recruitment, retention and engagement of employees; our executive compensation program; and the overall compensation philosophy and principles for the general employee population. As part of this oversight, each quarter the Compensation Committee reviews our diversity and inclusion efforts and results with the Chief People Officer. However, our Board retains direct oversight of certain human capital management areas, including annual discussions of management succession planning with the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief People Officer, review of significant employee-related litigation and legal matters at least quarterly with our General Counsel, and discussions of various human capital matters with the Chief Executive Officer. Our Board also has regularly reviewed our COVID-19 response with our Chief Executive Officer since March 2020.
Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Risk Oversight. In addition to consideration of ESG as part of the enterprise risk management program, our Board of Directors has delegated oversight of corporate governance issues, including management’s efforts on significant corporate social responsibility and sustainability matters (to the extent the matter is not overseen by the full Board or other committee), to the Nominating Committee. Such matters may include significant issues relating to the environment, human rights, labor, health and safety, supply chain, community and governmental relations, charitable contributions, political contributions (if any), and similar matters. As part of this oversight, the Nominating Committee: reviews our sustainability disclosures and practices, including
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climate-related disclosures, practices, strategy and goals/targets; oversees our ESG-related shareholder outreach program and shareholder proposals; receives regular reports on ESG engagements with and viewpoints provided by shareholders; and reviews detailed information regarding corporate governance trends and practices, all of which informs recommendations to the Board. Some recent examples
of changes recommended by the Nominating Committee as a result of the governance practices reviews include: the implementation of the right of shareholders holding in the aggregate at least 25% of our common stock to request special meetings in 2021; the removal of the supermajority voting provisions from our Charter and Bylaws in 2020; and the implementation of proxy access in 2017.
What other functions are performed by the Board’s Committees?
The Board has adopted afunctions of the Board’s three standing committees are described in applicable Board-adopted written charter for each of these committees, which arecharters available on the "Investor Information—Corporate Governance"“Corporate Governance” section of our website located at www.dollargeneral.com. Current information regardinghttps://investor.dollargeneral.com and are summarized below along with each of these committees is set forth below.committee’s current membership. In addition to the functions outlined
below, each committee performs an annual self-evaluation, periodically reviews and reassesses its charter, evaluates and makes recommendations concerning shareholder proposals that are within the committee’s expertise, and performs the risk oversight roles outlined above.
| | | |
Name of
Committee & Members
| | | | | | Committee Functions
|
|---|
| |
| Mr. Rickard, ChairmanRhodes, Chairperson
Mr. Bryant
Ms. Cochran
Ms. PriceSandler | | | | Selects the independent auditor •
Discusses with management and periodically considers the advisability of audit firm rotation
•
Annually evaluates the independent auditor’s qualifications, performance and experience ofindependence, as well as the lead audit partner, candidate(s) (the committee's Chairman also interviewsand reviews the lead director candidate(s))•
Pre-approvesannual report on the independent auditor's audit engagement fees and terms and all permitted non-audit services and fees
•
Reviews an annual report describing the independent auditor'sauditor’s internal quality control procedures and any material issues raised by its most recent review of internal quality controls
• Annually evaluates the independent auditor's qualifications, performance
Pre-approves audit engagement fees and independence, annually evaluates the lead audit partner,terms and periodically considers whether there should be a regular rotation of such firm•
Discussesall permitted non-audit services and fees, and discusses the audit scope and any audit problems or difficulties
Sets policies regarding the hiring of current and former employees of the independent auditor Discusses the annual audited and quarterly unaudited financial statements with management and the independent auditor Reviews CEO/CFO disclosures regarding any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, and establishes procedures for receipt, retention and treatment of complaints regarding accounting or internal controls •
Discusses the types of information to be disclosed in earnings press releases and provided to analysts and rating agencies • Discusses policies governing the process by which risk assessment and
Oversees our enterprise risk management areprogram, including reports and metrics pertaining to be undertakencybersecurity risks • Reviews CEO/CFO disclosures regarding any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting
•
Reviews internal audit activities, projects and budget • Establishes procedures for receipt, retention
Review and treatmentoversees reportable related party transactions (unless a particular transaction is within the purview of complaints we receive regarding accounting or internal controlsanother committee) to ensure they are not inconsistent with the interests of the Company and our shareholders Discusses with our general counsel legal matters having an impact on financial statements • Performs an annual self-evaluation
•
Furnishes the committee report required in our proxy statement •
Evaluates and makes recommendations concerning shareholder proposals relating to matters within the committee's expertise
•
Periodically reviews and reassesses the committee's charter
| |
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Name of
Committee & Members
| | Committee Functions
|
|---|
|
COMPENSATION:
Mr. Bryant, Chairman
Ms. Fili-Krushel
Mr. Rhodes
| | | | Committee Functions | |
| | COMPENSATION: Ms. Fili-Krushel, Chairperson
Mr. Bryant
Mr. McGuire | | | | Oversees significant matters pertaining to human capital management strategy, including diversity and inclusion and recruitment, retention and engagement of employees •
Reviews and approves corporate goals and objectives relevant to theCEO compensation of our CEO Determines theexecutive officer compensation of our executive officers (subject, in the case of the CEO's compensation, to ratification by(with an opportunity for the independent directors)directors to ratify CEO compensation) and recommends theBoard compensation of our directors to thefor Board for approval • Recommends, when appropriate, changes to our
Oversees overall compensation philosophy and principles for the general employee population Establishes our short-term incentive compensation program for senior officers•
Establishes ourand long-term incentive compensation programprograms for senior officers and approves equity-basedall equity awards under such program
Oversees the share ownership guidelines and holding requirements for Board members and senior officers Oversees the performance evaluation process for evaluating our senior officers Reviews and discusses with management, prior to the filing of the proxy statement, the disclosure regarding executive compensation, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and compensation tables (in addition to preparing athe report on executive compensation for theour proxy statement) Selects and determines the fees and scope of work of its compensation consultant Oversees and evaluates the independence of its compensation consultant and other advisors •
Performs an annual self-evaluation
•
Evaluates and makes recommendations concerning shareholder proposals relating to matters within the committee's expertise
•
Periodically reviews and reassesses the committee's charter
| |
| NOMINATING AND GOVERNANCE: Mr. Calbert, Chairperson
Ms. Fili-Krushel
Ms. Sandler
Mr. Santana | | | | Develops and recommends criteria for selecting new directors |
GOVERNANCE:
| | Screens and recommends to our Board individuals qualified to become
|
Mr. Rhodes, Chairman
Ms. Cochran
Ms. Fili-Krushel
| | members ofserve on our Board
Recommends theBoard committee structure and membership of Board committees Recommends persons to fill Board and committee vacancies Develops and recommends Corporate Governance Guidelines and corporate governance practices and oversees corporate governance issues, including the ESG-related shareholder engagement program Oversees the process governing annual Board, committee and director evaluations •
Oversees management’s efforts pertaining to significant corporate social responsibility and sustainability matters, which may include issues relating to the annual evaluationenvironment, human rights, labor, health and safety, supply chain, community and governmental relations, charitable and political contributions, and similar matters •
Evaluates ESG-related shareholder proposals unless within the subject matter jurisdiction or expertise of another independent Board committee •
Evaluates the appropriateness of a director’s continued Board and its individual memberscommittee membership in light of any changed circumstances that could affect the director’s independence, qualifications or availability • Performs an annual self-evaluation
•
Evaluates
Considers requests by directors and makes recommendations concerning shareholder proposals relatingexecutive officers to matters withinserve on the committee's expertise•
Periodically reviews and reassessesboard of directors of a for-profit company, taking into account among other factors the committee's charter
overboarding policy set forth in our Corporate Governance Guidelines | |
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Does
Dollar General have an audit committee financial expert
servingserve on
itsthe Audit Committee?
Yes. Our Board
of Directors has
designated each ofdetermined that Mr.
Rickard, Ms. CochranRhodes, Mr. Bryant and Ms.
Price as anSandler are audit committee financial
expert and has determined that each isexperts who are independent as defined in
NYSENew York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) listing standards and in our Corporate Governance Guidelines.
Such experts have the same responsibilities as the other Audit Committee members. They are not our auditors or accountants, do not perform "field work" and are not employees. The SEC has determined that designation as an audit committee financial expert will not cause a person to be deemed to be an "expert" for any purpose.How often did the Board and its committees meet in
2015?2021?
During
2015,2021, our Board
of Directors, Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating Committee met
10, 5,
4, 6 and 4 times, respectively. Each incumbent director attended at least 75% of the total of all meetings of the Board and
all committees on which he or she served which were held during the period for which he or she was a director and a member of each applicable committee.
What is Dollar
General'sGeneral’s policy regarding Board member attendance at the annual meeting?
Our Board of Directors has adopted a policy that all directors should attend annual
shareholders'shareholders’ meetings unless attendance is not feasible due to unavoidable circumstances.
The 2021 annual shareholders’ meeting was held virtually as a result of precautions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. All persons serving as Board members at the time
of the 2021 annual shareholders’ meeting attended the
2015 annual shareholders' meeting.Does Dollar General combine the positions of Chairman and CEO?
No. As part of the transition of the CEO role from Mr. Richard W. Dreiling to Mr. Vasos in June 2015, the Board separated the positions of Chairman and CEO, and Mr. Dreiling continued to serve in the Chairman position until January 2016. Following Mr. Dreiling's tenure as Chairman, and to afford Mr. Vasos the opportunity to focus his time and energy on managing our business, the Board determined to continue to separate the positions of Chairman and CEO and appointed Mr. Calbert, an independent director and the lead director at the time, to the Chairman role effective January 30, 2016. This decision further allows our Chairman to devote his time and attention to matters of Board oversight and governance. The Board recognizes that no single leadership model is right for all companies and at all times, and the Board will review its leadership structure as appropriate to ensure it continues to be in the best interests of Dollar General and our shareholders.
To further promote effective independent Board leadership, the Board has adopted a number of additional governance practices, including:
•Ensuring opportunity after each regularly scheduled Board meeting for executive sessions of the independent directors and, if not all non-management directors are independent, of the non-management directors. Mr. Calbert, as Chairman and formerly as lead director, presides over such executive sessions.
•Conducting annual performance evaluations of the CEO.
•Conducting annual Board and committee performance self-evaluations by the Board and each standing committee.
Does the Board of Directors evaluate the performance of Board members?
Yes. The Nominating Committee is responsible for overseeing the evaluation of the Board of Directors. As part of this responsibility, in addition to approving an evaluation process to be followed for the Board and each standing committee, the Nominating Committee encourages our directors to provide candid feedback on any member of the Board to the Chairman of the Nominating Committee or the Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Nominating Committee and the Chairman of the
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Board meet at least annually to review all such feedback and any other information related to the performance of our Board members and to discuss what, if any, response or other follow-up action is appropriate and in Dollar General's best interests.
What is the Board of Director's role in risk oversight?
Our Board of Directors and its committees have an important role in our risk oversight process. Our Board regularly reviews with management our financial and business strategies, including relevant material risks as appropriate. Our General Counsel also periodically provides information to the Board regarding our insurance coverage and programs as well as litigation risks.
The Audit Committee discusses our policies with respect to risk assessment and risk management, primarily through oversight of our enterprise risk management program. Our Internal Audit department coordinates that program, which entails review and documentation of our comprehensive risk management practices. The program evaluates internal and external risks, identifies mitigation strategies, and assesses the remaining residual risk. The program is updated through interviews with senior management and our Board, review of strategic initiatives, evaluation of the fiscal budget, review of upcoming legislative or regulatory changes, review of certain internal metrics and review of other outside information concerning business, financial, legal, reputational, and other risks. The results are presented to the Audit Committee at least annually. Quarterly, the categories with high residual risk, along with their mitigation strategies, are reviewed individually. Our Audit Committee also quarterly reviews metrics and information pertaining to information security risks and mitigation.
Our Compensation Committee is responsible for overseeing the management of risks relating to our executive compensation program. As discussed under "Executive Compensation—Compensation Risk Considerations" below, the Compensation Committee also participates in periodic assessments of the risks relating to our overall compensation programs.
While the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee oversee the risk areas identified above, the entire Board is regularly informed about risks through the committee reporting process. This enables the Board and its committees to coordinate the risk oversight role, particularly with respect to risk interrelationships. Our Board believes this division of risk management responsibilities effectively addresses the material risks facing Dollar General. Accordingly, the risk oversight role of our Board and its committees has not had any effect on our Board's leadership structure.
Does Dollar General have a management succession plan?
Yes. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines require our Board of Directors to coordinate with our CEO to ensureensures that a formalized process governs long-term management development and succession. Our Board formally reviews our management succession plan at least annually. Our comprehensive program encompasses not only our CEO and other executive officers but all employees through the front-line supervisory level. The program focuses on key succession elements, including identification of potential successors for positions where it has been determined that internal succession is appropriate, assessment of each potential successor'ssuccessor’s level of readiness, diversity considerations, and preparation of individual growth and development plans. With respect to CEO succession planning, ourOur long-term business strategy is also considered.considered with respect to CEO succession planning.
Our Board formally reviews our succession plan for officers, as well as other notable talent, at least annually. In addition, we maintain at all times, and review with the Board periodically a confidential procedure for the timely and efficient transfer of the CEO'sCEO’s responsibilities in the event of an emergency or his sudden incapacitation or departure.
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Are there share ownership guidelines and holding requirements for Board members and senior officers?
Yes. Details of our share ownership guidelines and holding requirements for Board members and senior officers are included in our Corporate Governance Guidelines. See
"Compensation“Compensation Discussion and
Analysis"Analysis—Share Ownership Guidelines and
"Director Compensation"Holding Requirements” and “Director Compensation” for more information on
such ownershipthese guidelines and holding
requirements for senior officers and Board members, respectively.requirements. The Compensation Committee establishes the related administrative details.
How can I communicate with the Board of Directors?
Our
We describe our Board-approved process for security holders and other interested parties to contact the
entire Board,
of Directors, a particular director, or the non-management directors or
the independent directors as a group
is described on
www.dollargeneral.com under "Investor Information—Corporate Governance."the “Corporate Governance” section of our website located at https://investor.dollargeneral.com.
Where can I find more information about Dollar
General's corporateGeneral’s governance practices?
Our governance-related information is posted on www.dollargeneral.comhttps://investor.dollargeneral.com under "Investor Information—Corporate“Corporate Governance,"” including our Corporate Governance Guidelines, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, the charter of each of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating Committee, and the name(s) of the personsperson(s) chosen to lead the executive sessions of the non-management directors and, if different, of the independent directors. This information is available in print to any shareholder who sends a written request to: Investor Relations, Dollar General Corporation, 100 Mission Ridge, Goodlettsville, TNTennessee 37072.
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Our director compensation program is designed to fairly pay directors for their time and efforts and to align their interests with the long-term interests of our shareholders. At least once every two years, the Compensation Committee reviews the form and amount of director compensation in light of these goals and makes related recommendations to the Board of Directors. The Committee considers peer group market data as the primary market reference point, survey data of general industry companies with revenues greater than $10 billion for a general understanding of compensation practices in the broader market context, and directional recommendations, all as presented by its independent compensation consultant, Pearl Meyer. More information about our peer group and the Pearl Meyer engagement can be found under “Use of Market Data” and “Use of Outside Advisors,” respectively, in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis.” The Committee has the authority to delegate any of its responsibilities to one or more subcommittees as the Committee may deem appropriate to the extent allowed by applicable law and the NYSE.
Management serves in an administrative and support role for the Compensation Committee and Pearl Meyer, conducting research, compiling data, providing necessary Company-specific information, or otherwise assisting as requested. The Committee also may seek management’s viewpoint on Pearl Meyer’s analysis and recommendations.
The following table and text summarize the compensation earned by or paid to each
person who served as a non-employee member of our
non-employee Board
members for 2015. Messrs. Dreiling andof Directors during all or part of 2021. Mr. Vasos,
were not separately compensated for their service on the Board; theirwhose executive compensation is discussed under
"Executive Compensation" below.“Executive Compensation” below, was not separately compensated for his service on the Board. We have omitted the columns pertaining to
non-equity incentive plan compensation“Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation” and
change“Change in
pension valuePension Value and
nonqualified deferred compensation earningsNonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings” because they are inapplicable.
Fiscal 20152021 Director Compensation
| | Name | | | Fees Earned or
Paid in Cash
($)(1) | | | Stock
Awards
($)(2) | | | Option
Awards
($)(3) | | | All Other
Compensation
($)(4) | | | Total
($) | |
| | Warren F. Bryant | | | | | 95,000 | | | | | | 154,323 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,381 | | | | | | 250,704 | | |
| | Michael M. Calbert | | | | | 112,500 | | | | | | 336,279 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,972 | | | | | | 451,751 | | |
| | Patricia D. Fili-Krushel | | | | | 115,000 | | | | | | 154,323 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,381 | | | | | | 270,704 | | |
| | Timothy I. McGuire | | | | | 95,000 | | | | | | 154,323 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,381 | | | | | | 250,704 | | |
| | William C. Rhodes, III | | | | | 120,000 | | | | | | 154,323 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,381 | | | | | | 275,704 | | |
| | Debra A. Sandler | | | | | 95,000 | | | | | | 154,323 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,381 | | | | | | 250,704 | | |
| | Ralph E. Santana | | | | | 95,000 | | | | | | 154,323 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,381 | | | | | | 250,704 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Name | | Fees
Earned
or Paid
in Cash
($)(1) | | Stock
Awards
($)(2) | | Option
Awards
($)(3) | | All Other
Compensation
($)(4) | | Total
($) | |
|---|
Warren F. Bryant | | | 111,000 | | | 121,591 | | | — | | | | 2,961 | | | 235,552 | |
Michael M. Calbert | | | 110,000 | | | 121,591 | | | — | | | | 3,625 | | | 235,216 | |
Sandra B. Cochran | | | 88,000 | | | 121,591 | | | — | | | | 2,371 | | | 211,962 | |
Patricia D. Fili-Krushel | | | 91,000 | | | 121,591 | | | — | | | | 2,277 | | | 214,868 | |
Paula A. Price | | | 85,000 | | | 121,591 | | | — | | | | 1,753 | | | 208,344 | |
William C. Rhodes, III | | | 103,000 | | | 121,591 | | | — | | | | 2,127 | | | 226,718 | |
David B. Rickard | | | 107,500 | | | 121,591 | | | — | | | | 4,116 | | | 233,207 | |
In addition to the annual Board retainer, the following directors were paid for the following number of excess meetings: Mr. Bryant (4); Ms. Cochran (2);Messrs. Calbert and Rhodes and Ms. Fili-Krushel (4); and Mr. Rhodes (2). Messrs. Bryant, Rhodes and Rickard also received anearned annual retainerretainers for service as the Chairman of the Compensation Committee, the Nominating Committee and the Audit Committee, respectively, and Mr. Calbert received an annual retainer for service as the Lead Director. Mr. Calbert deferred all of hiscommittee chairpersons during fiscal 2015 fees under the Non-Employee Director Deferred Compensation Plan discussed below.2021.
(2)
(2)Represents the grant date fair value of restricted stock units ("RSUs"(“RSUs”) awarded to Mr. Calbert on February 1, 2021 ($181,956) for his annual Chairman of the Board retainer, as well as to each director (including Mr. Calbert) on May 27, 2015,25, 2021 ($154,323), in each case computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. Information regarding assumptions made in the valuation of these awards is included in Note 109 of the annual consolidated financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 29, 2016,28, 2022, filed with the SEC on March 22, 201618, 2022 (our "2015“2021 Form 10-K"10-K”). As of January 29, 2016,28, 2022, each of the persons listed in the table above had the following total unvested RSUs outstanding (including additional unvested RSUs credited as a result of dividend equivalents earned with respect to thesuch RSUs): each of Messrs. Bryant, Calbert,McGuire, Rhodes and RickardSantana and Ms.Mss. Fili-Krushel (2,609); Ms. Cochran (2,977)and Sandler (781); and Ms. Price (2,277)Mr. Calbert (1,732).
(3)
(3)There were no stock options awarded to any director listed inThe Board eliminated the table above during fiscal 2015, as the Board chose to eliminateuse of stock option awards as part of director compensation beginning in fiscal 2015. As of January 29, 2016,28, 2022, each of the persons listed in the table above had the following total unexercised stock options outstanding (whether or not then exercisable): each of Messrs. Bryant and Calbert and Rhodes (21,756); Ms. Cochran (13,120); Ms. Fili-Krushel (12,892); Ms. Price (4,795)(8,833); and Mr. Rickard (21,513)each of Messrs. McGuire, Rhodes and Santana and Ms. Sandler (0).
(4)
(4)Represents the dollar value of dividendsdividend equivalents paid, accumulated or credited on unvested RSUs. Perquisites and personal benefits, if any, totaled less than $10,000 per director and therefore are not included in the table.
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Table of ContentsDIRECTOR COMPENSATION We do not compensate for Board service any director who also serves as our employee. We will reimburse directors for certain fees and expenses incurred in connection with continuing education seminars and for travel and related expenses related to Dollar General business.
Each non-employee director will receivereceives payment (prorated as applicable) for a fiscal year in quarterly installments of the following cash compensation, as applicable, along with an annual award of RSUs, payable in shares of our common stock, having the estimated value listed below:
| | Fiscal
Year | | | Board
Retainer
($) | | | Audit
Committee
Chairperson
Retainer
($) | | | Compensation
Committee
Chairperson
Retainer
($) | | | Nominating
Committee
Chairperson
Retainer
($) | | | Estimated
Value of
Equity
Award
($) | |
| | 2021 | | | | | 95,000 | | | | | | 25,000 | | | | | | 20,000 | | | | | | 17,500 | | | | | | 165,000(1) | | |
(1)
For annual equity awards granted in fiscal 2022, the estimated value of the equity award has been increased to $175,000 as a result of the Committee’s review of market data and the recommendations of the Committee’s compensation consultant.
The RSUs are awarded annually to each non-employee director who is elected or re-elected at the annual shareholders’ meeting and to any new director appointed thereafter but before February 1 of a given year. The RSUs are scheduled to vest on the first anniversary of the grant date subject to certain accelerated vesting conditions. Directors generally may defer receipt of shares underlying the RSUs. Prior to fiscal 2022, the RSUs were awarded under our Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive
Plan havingPlan. For grants made beginning in fiscal 2022, the
following estimated value: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Fiscal
Year | | Board
Retainer
($) | | Lead
Director
Retainer
($) | | Audit
Committee
Chairman
Retainer
($) | | Compensation
Committee
Chairman
Retainer
($) | | Nominating
Committee
Chairman
Retainer
($) | | Per Meeting
Fee for
Meetings
Attended in
Excess of 16
During FY
($) | | Estimated
Value of
Equity
Award
($) | |
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2015 | | | 85,000 | | | | 25,000 | | | | 22,500 | | | | 20,000 | | | | 15,000 | | | | 1,500 | | | | 125,000 | | |
2016 | | | 85,000 | | | | N/A | (1) | | | 22,500 | | | | 20,000 | | | | 15,000 | | | | 1,500 | | | | 135,000 | | |
RSUs are awarded under our 2021 Stock Incentive Plan.(1)BecauseIn addition to the fees outlined above, the Chairman of the Board isreceives an independent director, we do not intend to re-appoint a lead director in fiscal 2016. In lieu of an additional cash retainer for this service, the Chairman of the Board will receive an annual Chairman retainer delivered in the form of RSUs, payable in shares of our common stock under our Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan and scheduled to vest on the first anniversary of the grant date, subject to certain accelerated vesting conditions, having an estimated value of $200,000.
The Prior to fiscal 2022, the RSUs were awarded under our Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. For grants made beginning in fiscal 2002, the RSUs are awarded annually to those non-employee directors who are elected or re-elected at the shareholders' meetingunder our 2021 Stock Incentive Plan.
The forms and
to any new director appointed after the annual shareholders' meeting but before February 1amounts of
a given year. Beginning with the 2015 award, the RSUs are scheduled to vest on the first anniversary of the grant date subject to full acceleration of vesting upon death, disability (as defined in the applicable award agreement) or voluntary departure from the Board. Directors may elect to defer receipt of shares underlying the RSUs. These fees and equity award values and the mix of equity, including the changes in director compensation identified below,as outlined above were recommended each year by the Compensation Committee and approved by the Board after taking into account market benchmarking data, Meridian's recommendations the input of the CEO and the Chief People Officer (with respect to 2015 and prior years)Committee’s compensation consultant, Pearl Meyer, and, for the additional equity award to the Chairman in 2016,of the amount of time anticipated to be devotedBoard, his further responsibilities to the mentoring of a new CEO. Although the Committee may solicit and consider the input of our CEO and our Chief People Officer, it and the Board retain and exercise ultimate decision-making authority regarding director compensation.
As a result of such considerations, (1) as previously disclosed, the equity mix was changed beginning in 2015 to deliver all of the equity value in RSUs as opposed to the 2014 equity mix which consisted of 60% stock options and 40% RSUs; and (2) the estimated value of the equity award was increased beginning in fiscal 2016.
Company.
Up to 100% of cash fees earned for Board services in a fiscal year generally may be deferred under the Non-Employee Director Deferred Compensation Plan.
Benefits are payable upon separation from service in the form, as elected by the director at the time of deferral, of a lump sum distribution or monthly payments for 5, 10 or 15 years. Participating directors can direct the hypothetical investment of deferred fees into funds identical to those offered in our 401(k) Plan and will be credited with the deemed investment gains and losses. The
amounts deferred, along with deemed investment gains and losses, are credited to a liability account. The amount of the benefit will vary depending on the fees the director has deferred and the deemed investment gains and losses. Benefits upon death are payable to the
director'sdirector’s named
beneficiary.beneficiary in a lump sum. In the event of a
director'sdirector’s disability (as defined in the Non-Employee
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Director Deferred Compensation Plan), the unpaid benefit will be paid in a lump sum. Participant deferrals are not contributed to a trust, and all benefits are paid from Dollar General'sGeneral’s general assets.
Our non-employee directors are subject to share ownership guidelines, expressed as a multiple of the annual cash retainer payable for service on our Board (exclusive of additional amounts paid to each Committee chairperson), and holding requirements. The current ownership guideline is 5 times (increased from a multiple of 4 times in December 2015). At least 1 times such annual cash retainer should be acquired prior to or as soon as practicable after joining the Board, and the remainder should be acquired within 5 years of election to the Board. When the ownership guideline is increased, incumbent non-employee directors are allowed an additional year to acquire the incremental multiple. Each non-employeenon- employee director is required to retain ownership of 50%100% of all net after-tax shares granted by Dollar General until he or she reachesreaching the share ownership target. Please seeAs of January 28, 2022, each of our Corporate Governance Guidelines for additional information. Administrative details pertaining to these matters are established byBoard members was in compliance with our share ownership and holding requirement policy either because he or she met the Compensation Committee.guideline or was within the allotted grace period.
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Is Dollar General subject to the NYSE governance rules regarding director independence?
Yes. A majority of our directors must
be independent in accordance withsatisfy the independence requirements set forth in the NYSE listing standards.
In addition,All members of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating Committee
also must be
composed solely of independent
directors to comply with
suchNYSE listing standards and, in the case of the Audit Committee, with SEC rules. The NYSE listing standards define specific relationships that disqualify directors from being independent and further require that
for a director to qualify as "independent," the Board
mustof Directors affirmatively determine that
thea director has no material relationship with Dollar
General.General in order to be considered “independent.” The
SEC'sSEC’s rules and
the NYSE listing standards contain separate definitions of independence for members of audit committees and compensation committees, respectively.
How does the Board of Directors determine director independence?
The
Our Board of Directors
affirmatively determines the independence of each director and director nominee
in accordance withusing guidelines it has adopted, which include all elements of independence
set forth in the NYSE listing standards and SEC rules as well as certain Board-adopted categorical independence standards. These guidelines are
contained indetailed within our Corporate Governance Guidelines
which are posted on the
"Investor Information—Corporate Governance"“Corporate Governance” section of our website located at
www.dollargeneral.com.https://investor.dollargeneral.com.
The Board first considers whether any director or nominee has a relationship covered by the NYSE listing standards that would prohibit an independence finding for Board or committee purposes. The Board then analyzes any relationship of the remaining eligible directors and nominees with Dollar General or our management that falls outside the parameters of the Board'sBoard’s separately adopted categorical independence standards to determine whether or notif that relationship is material. The Board may determine that a director or nomineeperson who has a relationship outside such parameters is nonetheless independent because the relationship is not considered to be material. Any director who has a material
relationship with Dollar General or its management is not considered to be independent. Absent special circumstances, the Board does not consider or analyze any relationship that
management has determined falls within the parameters of the
Board'sBoard’s separately adopted categorical independence standards.
Are all of the directors and nominees independent?
No.
Our CEO, Todd J. Vasos, is the only non-independent director. Our Board of Directors
consists of Warren F. Bryant, Michael M. Calbert, Sandra B. Cochran, Patricia D. Fili-Krushel, Paula A. Price, William C. Rhodes, David B. Rickard and Todd J. Vasos. Messrs. Rickard and Bryant and Mss. Cochran and Price serve on our Audit Committee, Messrs. Bryant and Rhodes and Ms. Fili-Krushel serve on our Compensation Committee, and Mr. Rhodes and Mss. Cochran and Fili-Krushel serve on our Nominating Committee. Richard W. Dreiling served on our Board and as its Chairman through January 29, 2016. Our Board has affirmatively determined that each of Messrs. Bryant, Calbert, McGuire, Rhodes and RickardSantana and Mss. Cochran, Fili-Krushel and Price, but not Messrs. Dreiling and Vasos, areSandler is independent from our management under both the NYSE listing standards and our additional independence standards. Except as described below, anyAny relationship between an independent director and Dollar General or our management fell within the Board-adopted categorical standards and, accordingly, was not reviewed or considered by our Board. Thethe Board has also determined that the current members ofin making independence decisions. There is no person currently serving or who served in 2021 on the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee andor the Nominating Committee that does or did not meet, as applicable, the NYSE independence requirements for membership on those committees, set forth in the NYSE listing standards, our additional standards and, as to the Audit Committee, SEC rules.
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In reaching the determination that Ms. Cochran is independent, the Board considered that Ms. Cochran's brother, Stephen Brophy, had served as a non-executive vice president of Dollar General from 2009 until October 2015 and as a non-officer level employee since October 2015. For 2015, Mr. Brophy earned from Dollar General total cash compensation (comprised of his base salary and bonus compensation) of less than $325,000 and received an annual equity award consisting of 3,583 non-qualified stock options, a target award of 433 performance share units, or "PSUs" (452 PSUs were ultimately earned as a result of our adjusted EBITDA and adjusted ROIC performance), and 433 RSUs. In March 2016, Mr. Brophy received an annual equity award consisting of 1,958 non-qualified stock options, a target award of 224 PSUs, and 224 RSUs. All equity awards were granted on terms consistent with the annual equity awards received by all Dollar General employees at the same job grade level as Mr. Brophy and on terms substantially similar to the forms of award agreements on file with the SEC. We expect Mr. Brophy's total cash compensation for 2016 to not exceed $270,000.
Mr. Brophy also is eligible to participate in employee benefits plans and programs available to our other full-time employees. Ms. Cochran does not participate in any decision-making related to Mr. Brophy's compensation or performance evaluations. Mr. Brophy's cash compensation and equity awards were approved by the Compensation Committee pursuant to our related-party transactions approval policy.
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TRANSACTIONS WITH MANAGEMENT AND OTHERS
Does the Board of Directors have a
related-partyrelated- party transactions approval policy?
Yes. Our Board of Directors has adopted a written policy for the review, approval or ratification of
"related party"“related party transactions.
A "related party" for” For purposes of this
purposepolicy, a “related party” includes our directors, director nominees, executive officers and greater than 5% shareholders, and any of their immediate family members, and a
"transaction"“transaction” includes one
or a series of similar financial or other transactions, arrangements or relationships in which (1)
Dollar General or one of our subsidiaries is a participant; (2) a related party has a direct or indirect material interest; and (3) the total amount may exceed $120,000
(2) Dollar Generaland is
a participant, and (3) a related party will have a direct or indirect material interest (other thanrequired to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
a director or a less than 10% owner of another entity, or both).amended (the “Exchange Act”), as determined by our Law Department.
The policy requires
priorthat a designated Board
approval for all knowncommittee review in advance and oversee related party transactions
subject to certain exceptions identified below. In addition, at least annually after receiving a listfor potential conflicts of
immediate family members frominterest and prohibit the transaction if it determines the transaction is inconsistent with the interests of Dollar General and our
directors and executive officers, relevant internal departments determine whether any transactions were unknowingly entered into with ashareholders. The Audit Committee is the designated committee for related party
transactions except for compensatory transactions, which the Compensation Committee will review and
oversee, and charitable donations or payments to an industry group, which the
Board is presented with a list of such transactions, subject to certain exceptions identified below, for review.Nominating Committee will oversee. The related party may not participate in
any discussionthe review or approval of the
transaction and must provide to the Board all material information concerning therelated party transaction.
Each of our Chairman and our CEO is authorized to approve
In determining whether a related party transaction inshould be approved or prohibited, the policy directs the designated committee to consider all relevant facts and circumstances, which he is not involvedmay include among other factors whether:
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the terms of the transaction are fair to Dollar General and on the same basis as if the total anticipated amounttransaction had occurred on an arm’s-length basis;
•
there are any compelling business reasons for Dollar General to enter into the transaction, and the nature of alternative transactions, if any; and
•
the transaction would present an improper conflict of interest for any of our Board members or executive officers.
If approved, the designated committee will review each ongoing related party transaction at least annually to determine whether it should be allowed to continue.
If a related party transaction is less than $1 millioninadvertently entered into without the required prior approval, including without limitation if a related party’s interest arises only after the commencement of an ongoing transaction, the designated committee will review the transaction as soon as is reasonably practicable and he informsdetermine whether to ratify or prohibit the Boardtransaction, taking into consideration all relevant facts and circumstances, which may include among other factors those outlined above, the reason the policy was not followed and whether subsequent ratification would be detrimental to Dollar General.
In determining whether a transaction meets the definition of
a related party transaction under the
transaction. In addition,policy, the
policy directs the Law Department to evaluate all relevant facts and circumstances, but provides that a related party’s interest in the following transactions
belowgenerally would not be considered material, although the transaction amounts listed are
deemed pre-approved without Board review or approval:- not intended to imply that transaction amounts in excess of such amounts are presumed to be material:
•
Transactions
transactions involving a total amount that does not exceed the greater of $1 million or 2% of the entity'san entity’s annual consolidated revenues (total consolidated assets in the case of a lender) if no related party who is an individual participates in providing the actual provision of services or goods to, or negotiations with, us on the entity'sother entity’s behalf or receives special compensation or benefit as a result.result; or
•
•Charitable contributionspayments to a charitable organization, foundation or university if the total amount does not exceed 2% of the
recipient'srecipient’s total annual receipts and no related party who is an individual participates in the
grantpayment decision or receives any special compensation or benefit as a result.
•Transactions where the interest arises solely from share ownership in Dollar General and all of our shareholders receive the same benefit on a pro rata basis.
•Transactions where the rates or charges are determined by competitive bid.
•Transactions for services as a common or contract carrier or public utility at rates or charges fixed in conformity with law or governmental authority.
•Transactions involving services as a bank depositary of funds, transfer agent, registrar, trustee under a trust indenture, or similar services.
•Compensatory transactions available on a nondiscriminatory basis to all salaried employees generally, ordinary course business travel expenses and reimbursements, or compensatory arrangements to directors, director nominees or officers that have been approved by the Board or an authorized committee.
What
related-partyrelated party transactions existed in
20152021 or are planned for
2016? Other than compensation paid or to be paid during 2015 and 2016 to one of our non-executive employees who is a family member of Ms. Cochran, as discussed further under "Director Independence" above, there2022?
There are no transactions that have occurred since the beginning of 2015,2021, or any currently proposed transactions, that involve Dollar General and exceed $120,000 and in which a related party had or has a direct or indirect material interest.
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This section provides details of
thefiscal 2021 compensation
for fiscal 2015 for our named executive officers: Todd
J. Vasos, Chief Executive Officer;
Richard Dreiling, former Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Senior Advisor; John
W. Garratt, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer;
David Tehle, former Executive Vice President andJeffery C. Owen, Chief
FinancialOperating Officer;
John Flanigan, Executive Vice President, Global Supply Chain; Robert Ravener, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer; Rhonda
M. Taylor, Executive Vice President and General Counsel; and
Gregory Sparks, formerCarman R. Wenkoff, Executive Vice President
Store Operations.
and Chief Information Officer.
Compensation Discussion and Analysis
Our executive compensation program is designed to serve the long-term interests of our shareholders. To deliver superior shareholder returns, we believe it is critical to offer a competitive compensation package that will attract, retain, and motivate experienced executives with the requisite expertise. Our program is designed to balance the short-term and long-term components and thus incent achievement of our annual and long-term business strategies, to pay for performance, and to maintain our competitive position in the market in which we compete for executive talent.
Compensation Best Practices.Practices
We strive to align our
executives'executives’ interests with those of our shareholders and to follow sound corporate governance practices.
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| Compensation Practice | | |
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| | Pay for Performanceperformance | | ü | | A significant portion of targeted direct compensation, is linked to the financial performance of key metrics. All ofincluding our annual Teamshare cash bonus compensationincentive and a significant majority of our equity incentive compensation, are performance based. See "Pay for Performance."is either performance-based, linked to changes in our stock price, or both. | |
| Robust share ownership guidelines and holding requirements |
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| Our share ownership guidelines and holding requirements create further alignment with shareholders'shareholders’ long-term interests. See "Share“Share Ownership Guidelines and Holding Requirements."” | |
No hedging | Clawback policy | | | | Our annual performance share unit (“PSU”) equity awards and the annual Teamshare cash bonus program allow for the clawback of performance-based incentive compensation paid or pledging Dollar General securitiesawarded to a named executive officer in the case of a material financial restatement resulting from fraud or holding Dollar General securities in margin accountsintentional misconduct on the part of the executive officer. |
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üHedging, pledging and margin prohibitions |
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| | Our policy prohibits executive officers and Board members (and certain of their family members, entities and trusts) from hedging their ownershipagainst any decrease in the market value of Dollar General equity securities awarded by our stock,company and held by them, and from pledging our securities as collateral andor holding our securities in a margin account.account any securities issued by Dollar General. See "Policy Against Hedging“Hedging and Pledging Transactions."Policies.” | |
| No excise tax gross-ups and minimal income tax gross-ups |
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ü |
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| We do not provide tax gross-up payments to named executive officers other than on relocation-related items. | |
| Double-trigger provisions | | | | All equity awards granted to named executive officers include a “double-trigger” vesting provision upon a change in control. | |
| | No repricing or cash buyout of underwater stock options without shareholder approval |
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ü |
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| Our equity incentive plan prohibitsplans prohibit repricing underwater stock options, reducing the exercise price of stock options or replacing awards with cash or another award type, without shareholder approval. | |
| Annual compensation risk assessment |
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ü |
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| At least annually, our Compensation Committee assesses the risk of our compensation program. |
Independent compensation consultant |
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Our Compensation Committee retains an independent consultant to provide advice on executive and non-employee director compensation matters. |
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Pay for Performance.Performance
Consistent with our philosophy, and as illustrated
below,to the right, a significant portion of annualized
target total
directtarget compensation for our named executive officers in
20152021 was
performance based and exposed to fluctuations in our stock price. | | |
CEO | | Other NEOs
(Average) |
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"CEO" reflects compensation for Mr. Vasos and not Mr. Dreiling; "Other NEOs" reflects compensation only for the other named executive officers who remained employed after the end of fiscal 2015 (i.e., Messrs. Garratt, Flanigan and Ravener and Ms. Taylor).
STI—Short-Term Cash Incentive (Teamshare bonus program)
LTI—Long-Term Equity Incentive
The following payouts were earnedvariable/at-risk as a result of strongbeing either performance-based, linked to changes in our stock price, or both.
In addition, the following financial performance
versus the financial targets used forwas achieved in accordance with our
2015 performance-based compensation:- short-term and long-term incentive plans:
•
Teamshare Bonus Program:Program Participants earned a payout under our annual Teamshare bonus program of 109.2% of the target payout level based on achieving
We achieved 2021 adjusted EBIT (as defined and calculated for purposes of the 2021 Teamshare bonus program) of $1.957$3.468 billion, or 100.92%118.7% of the adjusted EBIT target, which resulted in a 2021 Teamshare payout to each named executive officer of 224.4% of his or her target Teamshare bonus percentage opportunity (see "Short-Term“Short-Term Cash Incentive Plan"Plan”).
•
•Performance Share Units:Units
The portion of the awards granted in March 2015 were2021 subject to 2021 adjusted EBITDA performance was earned at 104.5%196.1% of target, based on achieving adjusted EBITDA of $2.347$4.103 billion, or 100%114.4% of the adjusted EBITDA target, and Adjustedthe portion of the awards granted in March 2019 subject to 2019-2021 adjusted ROIC performance was earned at the maximum of 300.0% of target based on achieving adjusted ROIC of 19.14%24.72%, or 100.5%119.5% of the adjusted ROIC three-year 2019-2021 target (which is greater than the maximum achievement level of 104.8%), in each case as defined and calculated in the PSU award agreements (see "Long-Term“Long-Term Equity Incentive Program"Program”). Significant Compensation-Related Actions. The most significant recent compensation-related actions pertaining to our named executive officers include:
•In March 2015, the Compensation Committee approved an employment transition agreement and related compensation to ensure Mr. Dreiling's smooth transition from Chief Executive Officer through his January 29, 2016 retirement date. See "CEO Employment Transition Agreement."
•In June 2015, Mr. Vasos was promoted from Chief Operating Officer to Chief Executive Officer ("CEO"), and the Compensation Committee approved his revised compensation package as discussed in more detail below.
•In December 2015, Mr. Garratt was promoted to Chief Financial Officer to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Tehle's retirement in July 2015, and the Compensation Committee approved a new compensation package for Mr. Garratt as discussed in more detail below.
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•The equity awards granted in March 2016 include a "double-trigger" provision which requires a termination event within a certain period of time following a change in control in order for vesting to accelerate in connection with the change in control.
Shareholder Response.Response
The most recent shareholder advisory vote on our named executive officer compensation was held in 2014, based on the three-year frequency approved by our shareholders in 2011.May 26, 2021. Excluding abstentions and broker non-votes, 96.0%90.1% of total votes were cast in support of the program. Because we viewedview this outcome as overwhelminglyvery supportive of our compensation policies and practices, we diddo not believe the vote requiredrequires consideration of changes to the program. The nextNonetheless, because market practices and our business needs continue to evolve, we continually evaluate our program, including shareholder feedback, and make changes when warranted.
At our annual meeting of shareholders held on May 31, 2017, our shareholders expressed a preference that advisory votes on executive compensation occur every year. Consistent with this preference, our Board of Directors implemented an annual advisory vote on
our named executive
officer compensation
until the next advisory vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on executive compensation, which will
be heldoccur at our
20172023 annual meeting of shareholders.
Philosophy and Objectives
We strive to attract, retain, and motivate persons with superior ability, to reward outstanding performance, and to align the long-term interests of our named executive officers with those of our shareholders. The material compensation principles applicable to the compensation of our named executive officers are outlined below:
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In determining total compensation, we consider thea reasonable range of the median of total compensation of comparable positions at companies within our peer group, while accounting for distinct circumstances not reflected in the market comparator group, but we make adjustments based on circumstances,data such as unique job descriptions and responsibilities as well as our particular niche in the retail sector and the impact that are not reflected in the market data.a particular officer may have on our ability to meet business objectives. For competitive or other reasons, our levels of total compensation or any component of compensation may exceed or be below the median range of our market comparatorpeer group.
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•We set base salaries to reflect the responsibilities, experience, performance, and contributions of the named executive officers and the salaries for comparable benchmarked positions, while maintaining an appropriate balance between base salary and incentive compensation.
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•We reward named executive officers who enhance our performance by linking cash and equity incentives to the achievement of our financial goals.
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•We promote share ownership to align the interests of our named executive officers with those of our shareholders.
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•In approving compensation arrangements, we
may consider recent compensation history, including special or unusual compensation payments.
We have employment agreements with the named executive officers to promote executive continuity, aid in retention and secure valuable protections for Dollar General, such as non-compete, non-solicitation and confidentiality obligations.
Oversight and Process
Oversight.
Oversight
The Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors,
or a subcommittee thereof if required for tax or other reasons, in each case consisting entirely of independent directors, determines and approves the compensation of our named executive officers.
Beginning in 2016, such determinationThroughout this “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” the use of the term Compensation Committee (or Committee) means either the entire committee or a subcommittee thereof if required for tax or other reasons, as applicable. The independent members of our Board are provided the opportunity to ratify the Committee’s determinations pertaining to the level of CEO
compensation will be subject to ratification by the independent members of the Board.compensation.
Use of Outside Advisors.Advisors
The Compensation Committee has selected
Meridian Compensation Partners ("Meridian")Pearl Meyer to serve as its compensation consultant and has determined that
MeridianPearl Meyer is independent and that its work has not raised any conflicts of interest.
Meridian (or its predecessor) has served as the Committee's consultant since 2007 and was re-selected in 2014 afterWhen requested by the Committee,
conducted an extensive review and request for proposal process. A Meridiana Pearl Meyer representative attends
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Committee meetings and participates in private sessions ifwith the Committee, requests, and Committee members are free to consult directly with MeridianPearl Meyer as desired.
The Committee (or its Chairman)Chairperson) determines the scope of Meridian'sPearl Meyer’s services and has approved a written agreement that details the terms under which MeridianPearl Meyer will provide independent advice to the Committee. The approved scope of Pearl Meyer’s work generally includes availability for Committee meeting attendancethe performance of analyses and associated preparation work; assistance with risk assessment and with decision making regardingprovision of independent advice related to our executive and non-employee director compensation matters; advising on our Boardprograms and executive payrelated matters in support of the Committee’s decisions, and more specifically, includes performing preparation work associated with Committee meetings, providing advice in areas such as compensation philosophy, compensation market comparatorrisk
assessment, peer group, incentive plan design,
target versus realizable pay, executive compensation disclosure, excise tax calculations upon change in control, emerging best practices and changes in the regulatory
environment;environment, and providing competitive market studies.
Meridian,Pearl Meyer, along with management, also prepares
benchmarkingmarket data for consideration by the Committee in making decisions on items such as base salary, the Teamshare bonus program, and the long-term incentive program.
Management's Role. Financial
Management’s Role
Our executive management team prepares and recommends our annual financial plan to our Board of Directors for approval and establishes a 3-year financial plan. The financial performance targets used in our incentive compensation programs
typically are
derived from our annualthe same as those in such financial
plan that is prepared by our executive management team and reviewedplans and approved by our
Board of Directors. Messrs. Dreiling, VasosCompensation Committee. Our CEO and
Ravener andour Chief People Officer, as well as non-executive members of the human resources group, provide assistance to the
Compensation Committee and
MeridianPearl Meyer regarding executive compensation matters, including conducting research, compiling data
andand/or making recommendations regarding
compensation amount,
compensation mix,
andincentive program structure alternatives,
market comparator group compositiontarget versus realizable pay, and compensation-related governance practices, as well as providing information to and coordinating with
MeridianPearl Meyer as
requested, and Ms. Taylorrequested. Additionally, our General Counsel may provide legal advice to the Committee regarding executive compensation
and related governance and legal matters and contractual arrangements from time to time. Although these recommendations may impact each of such
officers'officers’ compensation to the extent they participate in the plans and programs, none of such officers make recommendations
to the Committee regarding their specific compensation. For the role of management in named executive
officers'officers’ performance evaluations, see
"Use“Use of Performance
Evaluations"Evaluations” below. Although the Committee values and solicits
management'smanagement’s input, it retains and exercises sole authority to make decisions regarding named executive officer compensation.
Use of Performance Evaluations.Evaluations
Each member of the Board of Directors is asked to provide feedback to the Chairman of the Board regarding the CEO’s overall performance. The Chairman of the Board shares such information with the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee, together with the Chairman of the Board, assesses the performance of the CEO, and the CEO evaluates and reports to the Committee on the performance of each of the other named executive officers, in each case versus previously established goals. The Committee also has the opportunity to
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provide input into each named executive officer’s performance evaluation. These evaluations are subjective; no objective criteria or relative weighting is assigned to any individual goal or factor.
The Committee historically has used the overall performance rating
Performance ratings serve as an eligibility threshold for
an annual base salary
increaseincreases and
Teamshare bonus payment. Although an unsatisfactory rating generally would preclude an annual base salary increase or a Teamshare bonus payment, performance ratings have not been used to determine the amount of the Teamshare bonus payment for a named executive officer. Rather, such amount has been determined solely based upon the level of achievement of the applicable financial performance measure and the terms of the Teamshare bonus program described below. In addition to functioning as an eligibility threshold, the performance rating may directly impact the amount of a named executive officer's annual base salary increase.such increases. The Committee typically starts with the percentage base salary increase that equals the overall budgeted increase for our U.S.-based employee population and approves differing merit increases to base salary based upon each named executive officer’s individual performance rating. The Committee then considers whether additional adjustments are necessary to reflect performance, responsibilities or qualifications; to bring pay within a reasonable range of the market comparatorpeer group; due to a change in role or duties; to achieve a better balance between base salary and incentive compensation; to more appropriately align relative pay position among internal peers; or for other reasons the Committee believes justify a variance from the overall budgetedmerit increase.
Performance evaluation results have the potential to affect the amount of Teamshare bonus payout because the Committee has the ability to adjust payments upward or downward depending upon the named executive officer’s individual performance or other factors, although the Committee does not always exercise this right each year.
An unsatisfactory performance rating
also would result in a reduction inwill reduce the number
of, or
a total elimination, of RSUs andcompletely eliminate, stock options awarded to the named executive officer in the following year.
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None of thea subjective assessment to determine each named executive officers received an unsatisfactory performance rating for either 2014 or, for those who remained employed in 2016 and therefore underwentofficer’s equity award value within a performance evaluation, in 2015.
previously determined range of values.
Use of Market Benchmarking Data.Data
The Compensation Committee approves, periodically reviews, and utilizes a market comparatorpeer group when making compensation decisions (see "Philosophy“Philosophy and Objectives"Objectives”). The market comparatorpeer group data typically is considered annually for base salary adjustments, target equity award values, Teamshare target bonus opportunities, and total target compensation, and periodically when considering structural changes to our executive compensation program.
Our peer group consists of companies selected according to their similarity to our operations, services, revenues, markets, availability of information, and any other information the Committee deems appropriate. Such companies are likely to have executive positions comparable in breadth, complexity and scope of responsibility to ours.
Our market comparator The peer group used for 2015 2021
compensation decisions,
which was unchanged from the prior year’s peer group, consisted of:
| | | | | | | |
Aramark
AutoZone
Best Buy
CarMax
Dollar Tree
Genuine Parts | | Family Dollar | | Office Depot | | Staples |
J.C. Penney | | The Gap | | Macy's | | Kohl’s
L Brands
Lowe’s
Ross Stores |
TJX Companies | | Kohl's | |
Starbucks | | L Brands |
Dollar Tree | | Rite Aid | | Sysco
Target
TJX Companies
Tractor Supply
Yum! Brands | | |
For each named executive officer position below CEO, the Committee biennially considers market comparatorPearl Meyer provides peer group data
provided by Meridian. In alternating years, the Committee instead uses prior year data after applying an aging factor recommended by Meridian. Meridian annually
provides market data for the CEO, to ensure that the Committee is aware of any significant movement in CEO compensation levels within the
market comparator group. For the 2015peer group, and biennially for each named executive officer
position below CEO. In alternating years, the Committee uses the prior year data for non-CEO compensation decisions
the Committee considered dataafter applying an aging factor recommended by Pearl Meyer. Pearl Meyer provided
by Meridian using Aon Hewitt's database for the 2015 market comparator group. For Messrs. Flanigan, Ravener and Sparks, for whom insufficient market comparatorpeer group data
was available, the Committee used data from a broader group of retailers comprising a subset of companies included within the Aon Hewitt Total Compensation MeasurementTM (TCM) database. A list of such companies is included asAppendix A attached to this proxy statement. In determining the short-term cashfor all 2021 CEO and long-term equity targets for named executive officer positions below Chief Operating Officer, the Committee considers blended market values for comparable positions, rather than values for individual positions, provided in the data above from Meridian.non-CEO compensation decisions.
Elements of Named Executive Officer Compensation
We provide compensation in the form of base salary, short-term cash incentives, long-term equity incentives, benefits, and limited perquisites. We believe each of these elements is a necessary component of the total compensation package and is consistent with compensation programs at companies with whom we compete both for business and talent.
In connection Decisions regarding each named executive officer’s 2021 compensation are discussed below, followed by a description of each element of compensation and the related applicable programs, as well as applicable financial performance results certified with his planned retirement on January 29, 2016, all decisions regarding Mr. Dreiling's 2015 compensation were negotiatedrespect to performance periods that ended in connection with his employment transition agreement. Accordingly, with certain exceptions that are specifically identified, the discussion below of 2015 compensation decisions and related actions excludes those pertaining to Mr. Dreiling, which are instead discussed under "CEO Employment Transition Agreement" below.
In addition, each of Messrs. Vasos and Garratt received compensation adjustments during the year as a result of their promotions. To determine such compensation adjustments, the2021.
2021 Compensation Generally
The Compensation Committee evaluatedconsidered the appropriate levelannual compensation of totaleach named executive officer in March 2021.
(a) 2021 Compensation Decisions for Mr. Vasos
The Compensation Committee considered the base salary, short-term incentive, and long-term incentive components of Mr. Vasos’s compensation, as well as his total target compensation, in each case in comparison to the appropriate level and mixpeer group data (see “Use of compensation elementsMarket Data”). After considering the peer group data, as well as Mr. Vasos’s and the Company’s fiscal 2020 performance (see “Use of Performance Evaluations”), Mr. Vasos’s experience and tenure in the CEO role, and CEO succession planning, the Committee determined to maintain Mr. Vasos’s base salary and short-term incentive bonus percentage at his prior year levels ($1,350,000 and 150% of base salary, respectively) and to increase his 2021 equity award value to
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$10.625 million and structure such award to enhance his performance and retention incentives and, in the event of his early retirement after April 1, 2022, to (a) secure his provision of up to 24 months of post termination transition services to the Company, and (b) further protect shareholders and the Company through an extension of his non-compete and non-solicitation periods from two to three years under his employment agreement. See “Short-Term Cash Incentive Plan” and “Long-Term Equity Incentive Program” for a description of such programs and “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control—Payments Upon Termination Due to Retirement—Early Retirement” and “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control—Payments After a Change in Control—Equity Awards—Other Stock Options and Performance Share Units” for a description of the early retirement provisions of Mr. Vasos’s 2021 equity award agreements.
(b) 2021 Compensation Decisions for Other Named Executive Officers
The Compensation Committee considered the base salary, short-term incentive, and long-term incentive components, as well as total target compensation, of the non-CEO named executive officers, in each case in comparison to the peer group data (see “Use of Market Data”), as well as each such officer’s performance (see “Use of Performance Evaluations”). The Committee made no change to any such officer’s target short-term incentive bonus percentage opportunity (for Mr. Owen, 100% of base salary, and for all other non-CEO officers, 75% of base salary) from the prior year’s level, which the Committee concluded remained reasonably aligned with the peer group data. See “Short-Term Cash Incentive Plan” for a description of the bonus program.
Continuing the practice begun in 2019, the Committee incorporated the use of an equity award value range to determine each non-CEO named executive officer’s equity award value level to achieve better market comparatoralignment at the individual position level while continuing to allow for subjective performance differentiation and sufficiently incenting and retaining such officers. The Committee determined the equity award value range based on the peer group data and then determined each such officer's levelnamed executive officer’s actual award value within the range based on comparisons of his or her total target compensation against the peer group data, as well as a subjective assessment of a variety of factors outlined above under “Use of Performance Evaluations.” Each such officer’s March 2021 equity award value was: Mr. Garratt ($1.7 million), Mr. Owen ($2.2 million), and Ms. Taylor and Mr. Wenkoff ($1.6 million). See “Long-Term Equity Incentive Program” for a description of the equity awards.
In addition, the Committee approved base salary merit increases by reference to the 3.0% overall U.S. merit budget increase for 2021 and adjusted to take into account each such officer’s 2020 performance, resulting in a base salary increase of 2.49% for Mr. Owen and 3.49% for each of Messrs. Garratt and Wenkoff and Ms. Taylor, effective April 1, 2021. After comparing each such officer’s total target compensation for 2021 against the peer group data, the Committee determined that, with the exception of Mr. Wenkoff, each such officer’s total target compensation for 2021 remained within a reasonable range of the peer group median given the responsibilities of the position, the contributions and experience of the individual, and relative pay positions among peers, and thus no additional base salary adjustments were made. However, to more closely align with the peer group median given the responsibilities of his position, contributions and experience, and
qualifications and recent compensation. In addition,relative pay position among his internal peers, the Committee approved an additional 15.7% base salary increase for Mr.
Garratt's short-term and long-term incentive compensation, the Committee considered the target levels applicable to our other executive vice presidents. The resulting promotion-related adjustments are set forth in the discussion below.
TableWenkoff, effective April 1, 2021. See “Use of Contents
Performance Evaluations.”
Base Salary.Salary
Base salary promotes our recruiting and retention objectives by reflecting the salaries for comparable positions in the competitive marketplace,
rewarding strongrecognizing performance, and providing a stable and predictable income source for our executives. Our employment agreements
with the named executive officers set forth minimum base salary levels,
butwhich the Compensation Committee retains sole discretion to increase
these levels from time to time.
(a) Routine Salary Adjustments. Our Compensation The Committee routinely considers annual base salary adjustments in March. In light of the market benchmarking data and each named executive officer's 2014 satisfactory performance rating, all such officers received the 2.95% base salary increase that was budgeted for our U.S. based employee population. Ms. Taylor, who was promoted to Executive Vice President in March 2015, received an additional 13.72% base salary increase (for a total adjustment of 16.67%) in recognition of her role and to maintain her total compensation within a reasonable range of the market median for her new position, and Mr. Garratt, who served as Senior Vice President at the time, received an additional 0.29% base salary increase (for a total adjustment of 3.24%) in further recognition of his 2014 performance (see "Use of Performance Evaluations" and "Use of Market Benchmarking Data"). The Committee chose to forego any adjustments beyond the 2.95% increase to Mr. Vasos's base salary until it was determined whether he would succeed Mr. Dreiling as CEO.
(b) Non-Routine Salary Adjustments. As a result of the evaluations discussed above pertaining to their promotions, Mr. Vasos received a salary increase from $791,042 to $1,000,000 and Mr. Garratt received a salary increase from $309,708 to $500,000, in each case effective upon the applicable promotion date and to reflect his new role and expanded responsibilities and to provide compensation that was more appropriately aligned with the market comparator group data for his new role.
Short-Term Cash Incentive Plan.Plan
Our short-term cash incentive plan, called Teamshare,
is established under our shareholder-approved Amended and Restated Annual Incentive Plan. The Teamshare program provides an opportunity to receive a cash bonus payment equal to a certain percentage of base salary based upon Dollar
General'sGeneral’s level of achievement of one or more pre-established financial performance targets. Accordingly, Teamshare fulfills an important part of our pay for performance philosophy while aligning the interests of our named executive officers and our shareholders.
(a) 2015 2021 Teamshare Structure.Structure
The Compensation Committee uses adjusted EBIT as the Teamshare financial performance measure because it is a comprehensive measure of our corporate performance and so is alignedthat the Committee believes aligns with our shareholders' interests. Forshareholders’ interests and is reasonably consistent with the practices of the peer group. The Committee further believes that focusing Teamshare on operating profit ensures that management is focused on two of our key operating priorities: driving profitable sales
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growth and enhancing our position as a low-cost operator. Additionally, due to the uncertainty of the passage of federal, state or local legislation related to wages and benefits in 2021, which could have had a significant impact on business results, the Committee determined that additional language should be added to the definition of adjusted EBIT for the 2021 Teamshare program to allow the Committee the ability to consider these items in a similar fashion to the historical adjustments allowed for the implementation of unplanned accounting and tax legislative changes. Accordingly, for purposes of the
20152021 Teamshare program, adjusted EBIT is defined as our operating profit as calculated in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, but
excludes:•- excludes the impact of (a) costs, fees and expenses directly related to the consideration, negotiation, preparation, or consummation of any transaction that results in a Change in Control (within the meaning of our Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan) or to any securities offering; (b)
gain or loss recognized as a result of any derivative instrument transactions or hedging activities;disaster-related charges; (c) gains or losses associated with any early retirement of debt; (d) charges resulting from significant natural disasters; and (e) any significant gains or losses associated with our LIFO computation; and
•- (d) unless
disallowed by the Committee (a) non-cash asset impairments; (b)disallows any significantsuch item, (i) any unbudgeted loss which individually exceeds $1 million as a result of an individual litigation, judgmentthe resolution of a legal matter or lawsuit settlement; (c) charges for business restructurings; (d) losses due(ii) any unplanned loss or gain which individually exceeds $1 million related to newthe implementation of accounting or modified tax legislationlegislative changes or accounting changes enacted after the start of fiscal 2015; (e) significant tax settlements; and (f)in federal, state or local wage or benefit mandates, or (iii) any significant unplanned itemsloss or gain of a non-recurring nature which individually exceeds $1 million, provided that the combined amount of (i), (ii) and (iii) equals or extraordinary nature.
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$10 million in the aggregate.
The Committee used our 2015 annual financial planset the 2021 adjusted EBIT performance goal at approximately $2.922 billion, which was the adjusted EBIT target of $1.939 billion as the target for the 2015 Teamshare program and retainedamount in our Board-approved 2021 annual financial plan. For 2021, the threshold (below which no bonus may be earned) and maximum (above which no further bonus may be earned) performance levels at 90%for the adjusted EBIT performance measure were 85% and 120%130% of the target level, respectively. Theserespectively, and the corresponding payout percentages at the threshold and maximum performance levels had been usedlevel were calculated at 25% and 300%, respectively. The Committee believed that these performance and payout slopes, which varied slightly from historical practice, were appropriate to reduce the impact of uncontrollable swings in performance that could contribute to downside risk or upside windfall in light of continuing uncertainties in our business arising from the prior year Teamshare programimpact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting difficulty in goal-setting these uncertainties created while also continuing to more closely reflectacceptably align with the practices of the peer group and our market comparator group.pay for performance philosophy. Payouts for financial performance are based on actual adjusted EBIT results and are interpolated on a straight-line basis between
the threshold and target
levels and between
the target and
maximum.maximum levels.
The bonus payable to each named executive officer
employed with us on the payment date upon achieving the target level of financial performance is equal to the
officer’s applicable percentage of base salary
shown indisclosed under “2021 Compensation Generally,” unless the
table below. The target payout percentageCommittee elects to consider other factors as allowed under the program as described above under “Use of
salary for Mr. Vasos was increased from 80% to 100% and for each of Mr. Garratt and Ms. Taylor from 50% to 65% in connection with their promotions. Except for the promotion-related decisions, these percentages for each named executive officer remained unchanged from those in effect at the end of the prior year based on the Committee's review of the market comparator group data. The promotion-related decisions for Messrs. Vasos and Garratt were determined as a result of the evaluations discussed above. | | |
Name | | Target % of
Base Salary* |
|---|
Mr. Vasos
| | 80/100 |
Mr. Garratt/Ms. Taylor
| | 50/65 |
All other named executive officers
| | 65 |
Performance Evaluations”.*Percentages for Messrs. Vasos and Garratt and Ms. Taylor are those in effect for each position held during 2015. The actual payout for each such officer is pro-rated for time in each position held during 2015. For all named executive officers, payout percentages at the threshold and maximum performance levels would be calculated at 50% and 300%, respectively, of the applicable target percentage of base salary.
(b) 2015 2021 Teamshare Results.Results
The Compensation Committee certified the adjusted EBIT performance result at $1.957$3.468 billion (100.92%(118.7% of the adjusted EBIT target) resultingwhich resulted in 20152021 Teamshare payouts to each named executive officer of Messrs. Vasos, Garratt, Flanigan and Ravener and Ms. Taylor224.4% of 109.2% of theeach such officer’s target percentages set forth in the table above.Teamshare bonus percentage opportunity. Such amounts are reflected in the "Non-Equity“Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation"Compensation” column of the Summary Compensation Table. Messrs. Tehle
(c) Significant 2022 Teamshare Structure Changes
For the 2022 Teamshare program approved by the Committee in March 2022, the threshold and
Sparks were ineligible to receive amaximum performance levels for the adjusted EBIT performance measure are 90% and 120% of the target level, respectively, and the corresponding payout
underpercentages at the
termsthreshold and maximum performance levels will be calculated at 50% and 300%, respectively, which is consistent with the historical structure of the Teamshare
program because they wereprogram. Because uncontrollable swings in performance that could contribute to downside risk or upside windfall in light of uncertainties in our business arising from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic are not
employedanticipated in 2022 to the degree that was expected at the beginning of 2021, the Committee believes that this return to historical practice in the current environment appropriately aligns pay and performance and remains reasonably consistent with
us on the
payment date.practices of the peer group. In addition, the Committee will allow pro-ration of the Teamshare payout, to the extent earned, in the event of death prior to the end of the performance period.
Long-Term Equity Incentive Program.Program
Long-term equity incentives are an important part of our pay for performance philosophy and are designed to motivate named executive officers to focus on long-term success for shareholders while rewarding them for a long-term commitment to us. The Compensation Committee considers annual equity awards each March at its regular quarterly meeting and considers specialadditional equity awards as necessary in connection with one-time events such as a new hire or promotion. Equitypromotion generally at its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings. 2021 equity awards areto our named executive officers
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were made under our shareholder-approved Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.
(a) 2015 2021 Annual Equity Awards. Each year, theAward Structure
The Compensation Committee
determines a targeteddelivers the annual equity
award value for eachawards to named executive
officer derived from benchmarking information and the appropriate mix of vehicles in which to deliver such targeted value (see "Use of Market Benchmarking Data"). In 2015, the targeted value for each named executive officer was unchanged from the prior year based on the Committee's review of the market comparator group data and, for Mr. Vasos, a decision to defer consideration of any increase until it was determined whether he would succeed Mr. Dreiling as CEO. In addition, as in the prior year, the targeted value was deliveredofficers 50% in options
25%and 50% in PSUs,
believing that this mix continues to appropriately align the interests of management with those of shareholders and
25% in RSUs, which the Committee previously determined appropriately
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remains reasonably aligned with the equity mix among our market comparator group and balancedpractices of the incentive and retention goals of these awards.
peer group.
The options are granted with a per share exercise price equal to the fair market value of one share of our common stock on the grant date.
TheWith the exceptions described below in “Special Provisions of Mr. Vasos’s 2021 Annual Equity Award” for Mr. Vasos, the options vest 25% annually on
the April 1 of each of the four
fiscal years following the fiscal year in which the grant is made, subject to the named executive officer's continued employment with us and certain accelerated vesting provisions. The RSUs are payable in shares of our common stock and vest 331/3% over three years on the April 1 of the three fiscal years following the fiscal year in which the grant is made, subject to continued employment with us and certain accelerated vesting
conditions.provisions, and have a ten-year term. The PSUs can be earned if specified
financial performance goals are achieved during the
applicable performance
period (which was fiscal year 2015)periods and if certain additional vesting requirements are
met.met as discussed more specifically below.
For PSUs the Committee selects and sets targets for financial performance measures, then establishes threshold and maximum levels of performance derived from those targets. The number of PSUs earned depends on the level of financial performance achieved versus the goals.such targets. The Committee selected adjusted EBITDA (weighted 50%) and adjusted ROIC (weighted 50%) as the 2015 financial performance measures for the PSUs at target levels equal2021 PSUs. Half of the award is subject to those used in our 2015 financial plan. Theseadjusted EBITDA performance and half of the award is subject to adjusted ROIC performance. The Committee believes that these financial measures and weightings have been usedthe mix between them ensure that management is focused on longer-term investments in our business, as the combination of the two financial targets incentivizes management to invest in profitable initiatives with sound returns, thus aligning our strategic initiatives with financial results.
For the 2021 PSU awards, a one-year performance period corresponding to our 2021 fiscal year was established for the PSUs
since 2013which are subject to
appropriately balance the
emphasis placed upon earningsadjusted EBITDA performance
as well as rigorous capital management over the long-term.measure. The adjusted EBITDA performance goal of approximately $3.586 billion was the target amount set forth in our Board-approved 2021 annual financial plan. Further increasing the focus on multi-year performance as a counterbalance to short-term incentives, the PSUs
which are subject to the adjusted ROIC performance measure are subject to a three-year performance period beginning the first day of our 2021 fiscal year and extending through the last day of our 2023 fiscal year. The adjusted ROIC performance goal of 22.05% is computedthe average of the adjusted ROIC goals for each fiscal year within the performance period as set forth in our three-year financial plan as it existed at the time the PSUs were awarded.
For 2021, the threshold (below which no bonus may be earned) and maximum (above which no further bonus may be earned) performance levels for the adjusted EBITDA performance measure were 85% and 130% of the target level, respectively, and the corresponding payout percentages at the threshold and maximum performance level were calculated at 25% and 300%, respectively. The Committee believed that these performance and payout slopes, which varied slightly from historical practice, were appropriate for the same reasons discussed under “2021 Teamshare Structure” above.
Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as income (loss) from continuing operations before cumulative effect of change in accounting principles plus interest and other financing costs, net, provision for income taxes, and depreciation and amortization, but excludes the impact of all items excluded from the 20152021 Teamshare program adjusted EBIT calculation outlined above, as well as share-based compensation charges. Theunder “2021 Teamshare Structure” above.
Adjusted ROIC
for the three-year performance
targetperiod is calculated as (a) the result of (x) the sum of (i) our operating income, plus (ii) depreciation and amortization, plus (iii)
minimum rentals,single lease cost, minus (y) taxes, divided by (b) the result of (x) the sum of the averages
of the five most recently completed fiscal quarters of: (i) total assets, plus (ii) accumulated depreciation and amortization, minus (y)
the difference of the averages of the five most recently completed fiscal quarters of: (i) cash, minus (ii) goodwill, minus (iii) accounts payable, minus (iv) other payables, minus (v) accrued liabilities,
plus (vi) 8x minimum rentals but excludes the impact of all items excluded from the
20152021 Teamshare program adjusted EBIT calculation outlined
under “2021 Teamshare Structure” above.
The following table shows howtables show the amount (as a percent of target) of such PSUs wouldthat could be earned at each of the threshold, target, and maximum performance levels. levels for each applicable performance period, as well as the 2021 adjusted EBITDA performance result and the resulting number of PSUs earned by each eligible named executive officer as a result of such performance.
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| | | | | Adjusted EBITDA (2021) | |
| | Level* | | | Result v.
Target (%) | | | EBITDA
Result ($)
(in billions) | | | PSUs Earned
(% of Target) | |
| | Below Threshold | | | | | <85 | | | | <3.048 | | | | | 0 | | |
| | Threshold | | | | | 85 | | | | | | 3.048 | | | | | | 25 | | |
| | Target | | | | | 100 | | | | | | 3.586 | | | | | | 100 | | |
| | Maximum | | | | | 130 | | | | | | 4.662 | | | | | | 300 | | |
| | 2021 Results | | | | | 114.4 | | | | | | 4.103 | | | | | | 196.1 | | |
*
PSUs earned for
financial performance between
thesethreshold, target, and maximum levels are interpolated in a manner similar to that used for our
20152021 Teamshare bonus
program, and the number of PSUs earned could vary between 0% and 300% of the target award. The following tables also show the actual results of the 2015 financial performance measures and the actual number of PSUs earned. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Adjusted EBITDA | | ROIC | |
| |
|---|
| Level | | Result
v. Target
(%) | | EBITDA
Result ($)
(in millions) | | Units
Earned
(% of Target) | | Result
v. Target
(%) | | ROIC
Result
(%) | | Units
Earned
(% of Target) | | Total Units
Earned
(% of Target) | |
|---|
Below Threshold | | | <90 | | | | <2,112 | | | | 0 | | | | <94.75 | | | | <18.05 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | |
Threshold | | | 90 | | | | 2,112 | | | | 25 | | | | 94.75 | | | | 18.05 | | | | 25 | | | | 50 | | |
Target | | | 100 | | | | 2,347 | | | | 50 | | | | 100.00 | | | | 19.05 | | | | 50 | | | | 100 | | |
Maximum | | | 120 | | | | 2,817 | | | | 150 | | | | 110.50 | | | | 21.05 | | | | 150 | | | | 300 | | |
2015 Results | | | 100 | | | | 2,347 | | | | 50.0 | | | | 100.5 | | | | 19.14 | | | | 54.5 | | | | 104.5 | | |
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| Name | | 2015 PSUs Earned | |
|---|
Mr. Vasos
| | | 5,6502021 PSUs Earned
(Adjusted EBITDA) | |
| | Mr. Vasos | | | | | 26,240 | | |
| Mr. Tehle*Garratt | | | 0 | | 4,199 | | |
| Mr. GarrattOwen | | | 1,261 | | 5,434 | | |
Mr. Flanigan
| Ms. Taylor | | | 4,143 | | 3,951 | | |
| Mr. RavenerWenkoff | | | 4,143 | | |
Ms. Taylor
| | | 4,143 | | |
Mr. Sparks*
| | | 03,951 | | |
| | | | | Adjusted ROIC (2021-2023) | |
| | Level* | | | Result v.
Target (%) | | | ROIC
Result (%) | | | PSUs Earned
(% of Target) | |
| | Below Threshold | | | | | <95.5 | | | | | | <21.05 | | | | | | 0 | | |
| | Threshold | | | | | 95.5 | | | | | | 21.05 | | | | | | 50 | | |
| | Target | | | | | 100.0 | | | | | | 22.05 | | | | | | 100 | | |
| | Maximum | | | | | 104.5 | | | | | | 23.05 | | | | | | 300 | | |
PSUs earned for performance between threshold, target, and Sparks forfeitedmaximum levels are interpolated in a manner similar to that used for our 2021 Teamshare bonus program.
Except as described below in “Special Provisions of Mr. Vasos’s 2021 Annual Equity Award” for Mr. Vasos, the 2015 PSUs upon leaving Dollar General.
One-third of the earned PSUs vested on the last day of the one-yearby each named executive officer for fiscal 2021 adjusted EBITDA performance period, and the remaining two-thirds will vest equallyin equal one-third installments on each of April 1, 20172022, April 1, 2023, and April 1, 2018,2024, subject to such officer’s continued employment with us and certain accelerated vesting provisions. Subject to certain pro-rata vesting conditions, the PSUs earned, if any, by each named executive officer'sofficer for adjusted ROIC performance during the three-year performance period will vest on April 1, 2024, subject to such officer’s continued employment with us and certain accelerated vesting provisions. All vested PSUs will be settled in shares of our common stock.
(b) Special Provisions of Mr. Vasos’s 2021 Annual Equity Award
For the reasons set forth above under “2021 Compensation Decisions for Mr. Vasos,” Mr. Vasos’s option award agreement related to his 2021 annual equity award includes additional expiration, forfeiture and accelerated vesting conditions, and his PSU award agreement related to his 2021 annual equity award includes additional vesting, forfeiture and termination provisions, in each case, in the event he terminates employment due to an early retirement (as defined in
the award agreements) after April 1, 2022. For a detailed description of these award agreement provisions, see “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control—Payments Upon Termination Due to Retirement—Early Retirement” and “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control—Payments After a Change in Control—Equity Awards—Other Stock Options and Performance Share Units.”
(c) 2019 PSU Awards – Completed 2019-2021 Performance Period
Certain of the PSUs awarded in 2019 were subject to an adjusted ROIC performance measure for a three-year performance period beginning on the first day of our 2019 fiscal year and extending through the last day of our 2021 fiscal year, based on the average adjusted ROIC for each fiscal year within the three-year period. The average adjusted ROIC was derived from our three-year financial plan in place at the time of the award and is calculated as (a) the result of (x) the sum of (i) our operating income, plus (ii) depreciation and amortization, plus (iii) single lease cost, minus (y) taxes, divided by (b) the result of (x) the sum of the averages of: (i) total assets, including any assets associated with the adoption of new lease accounting standards in 2019 not otherwise reflected in our balance sheet, plus (ii) accumulated depreciation and amortization, minus
2022 (b)Proxy Statement 2015 Special Equity Awards.27 In recognition
(y) (i) cash, minus (ii) goodwill, minus (iii) accounts payable, minus (iv) other payables, minus (v) accrued liabilities, but excluding the impact of
their new roles(a) any costs, fees and
increased responsibilities,expenses directly related to the consideration, negotiation, preparation or consummation of any transaction that results in a change in control (within the meaning of our Amended and
considering the market comparator group data in light of their experienceRestated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan) or any security offering; (b) disaster-related charges; (c) any gains or losses associated with our LIFO computation; and
qualifications (see "Use of Market Benchmarking Data"),(d) unless the Compensation Committee
approved special equity awards to each of Messrs. Vasos and Garratt. Upon his promotion to CEO, Mr. Vasos received an award of non-qualified stock options having an approximate value of $5 million to purchase 256,682 shares of our common stock. Subject to certain limited vesting acceleration events,disallows any such options are scheduled to vest ratably in installments of 331/3% on each of the third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the June 3, 2015 grant date, subject to Mr. Vasos' continued employment with us and holding requirements through the fifth anniversary of the grant date. The options will terminate no later than ten years from the grant date.
Upon his promotion to Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Garratt received an award of non-qualified stock options having an approximate value of $124,000 to purchase 7,829 shares of our common stock. Subject to certain limited vesting acceleration events, such options are scheduled to vest ratably in installments of 25% on each of the first four anniversaries of the December 2, 2015 grant date, subject to Mr. Garratt's continued employment with us. The options will terminate no later than ten years from the grant date.
(c) 2012 Performance-Based Restricted Stock Award. In March 2012 the Compensation Committee awarded Mr. Dreiling 326,037 performance-based restricted shares of our common stock which could be earned by achieving certain earnings per share ("EPS") performance targets for fiscal years 2014 and 2015, subject to certain adjustments, derived from our long-term financial plan on the grant date. As previously disclosed, half of the award vested after the end of our 2014 fiscal yearitem, (i) any unbudgeted loss as a result of meeting the financial target. Mr. Dreiling forfeited the remaining half asresolution of a result of his retirement priorlegal matter or (ii) any unplanned loss(es) or gain(s)
related to the 2015implementation of accounting or tax legislative changes or (iii) any unplanned loss(es) or gain(s) of a non-recurring nature, provided that in the case of each of (i), (ii) and (iii) such amount equals or exceeds $1 million for a single loss or net loss or gain, as applicable, and $10 million in the aggregate.
The following tables show the amount (as a percent of target) of such PSUs that could be earned at each of the applicable threshold, target and maximum performance levels, as well as the actual performance result and the number of such PSUs earned by each named executive officer.
| | | | | Adjusted ROIC (2019-2021) | |
| | Level* | | | Result v.
Target (%) | | | ROIC
Result (%) | | | PSUs Earned
(% of Target) | |
| | Below Threshold | | | <95.2 | | | <19.68 | | | | | 0 | | |
| | Threshold | | | | | 95.2 | | | | | | 19.68 | | | | | | 50 | | |
| | Target | | | | | 100.0 | | | | | | 20.68 | | | | | | 100 | | |
| | Maximum | | | | | 104.8 | | | | | | 21.68 | | | | | | 300 | | |
| | 2019-2021 Results | | | | | 119.5 | | | | | | 24.72 | | | | | | 300.0 | | |
*
PSUs earned for performance between threshold, target, and maximum levels are interpolated in a manner similar to that used for our 2021 Teamshare bonus program.
| | Name | | | 2019 – 2021 PSUs Earned (Adjusted ROIC) | |
| | Mr. Vasos | | | | | 51,186 | | |
| | Mr. Garratt | | | | | 8,637 | | |
| | Mr. Owen | | | | | 9,915 | | |
| | Ms. Taylor | | | | | 8,958 | | |
| | Mr. Wenkoff | | | | | 8,316 | | |
(d) Significant 2022 Annual Equity Award Structure Changes
For the 2022 annual equity awards approved by the Committee in March 2022, the threshold and maximum performance levels for the adjusted
EPS certification date.EBITDA performance measure are 90% and 120% of the target level, respectively, and the corresponding payout percentages at the threshold and maximum performance levels will be calculated at 50% and 300%, respectively, which is consistent with historical practice. Because uncontrollable swings in performance that could contribute to downside risk or upside windfall in light of uncertainties in our business arising from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic are not anticipated in 2022 to the degree that was expected at the beginning of 2021, the Committee believes that this return to historical practice in the current environment appropriately aligns pay and performance and remains reasonably consistent with the practices of the peer group.
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(e) Share Ownership Guidelines and Holding Requirements. As shown below, we have adoptedRequirements
Our senior officers are subject to share ownership guidelines and holding
requirements for senior officers.requirements. The share ownership guideline is a multiple of annual base salary as in effect
on April 1, 2013 (or, if later, the hire or promotion date). The ownership levels arefrom time to time and is to be achieved within
5 years of the later of April 1, 2013 or the April 1 next following such person's hire or promotion date.| | | | | | | | | | |
Officer Level | | | | | Multiple of Base Salary | | |
|---|
| | CEO | | | | 5X | 6X | | |
| | COO | | | | | 4X | | |
| | EVP | | | | | 3X | | |
| | SVP | | | | | 2X | | |
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Each senior officer is required to retain ownership of 50% of all net after-tax shares
acquired from Dollar Generalissuable upon vesting or exercise of compensatory awards until
he or she reaches the target ownership
level. Administrative details pertaining to these matters are established by the Compensation Committee. (e) Policy Againstlevel is achieved. As of January 28, 2022, each of our named executive officers was in compliance with our share ownership and holding requirement policy.
(f) Hedging and Pledging Transactions.Policies
Our policy prohibits Board members,
and executive officers,
and their Controlled Persons from (1) pledging Dollar General securities as collateral, (2) holding Dollar General securities in a margin account, and (3) hedging
their ownershipagainst any decrease in the market value of
equity securities awarded by Dollar General
stock,and held by them, such as entering into or trading prepaid variable forward contracts, equity swaps, collars, puts, calls, options,
(other than those granted by us)exchange funds (also known as swap funds) or other derivative instruments related to Dollar General
stock.equity securities. All other employees, as well as their Controlled Persons, are strongly discouraged from entering into these types of transactions. Controlled Persons include the Board member’s, executive officer’s or employee’s respective spouses, immediate family members sharing their home or that are economically dependent on them, entities that they control, and trusts in which they serve as a trustee or are a beneficiary.
Benefits and Perquisites.Perquisites
Our named executive officers participate in certain benefits on the same terms that are offered to all of our salaried employees. We also provide them with limited additional benefits and perquisites for retention and recruiting purposes, to replace benefit opportunities lost due to regulatory limits, and to enhance their ability to focus on our business. We do not provide tax gross-up payments
for named executive officers on any benefits and perquisites other than relocation-related items. The primary additional benefits and perquisites include the following:
•
We provide a Compensation Deferral Plancompensation deferral plan (the "CDP"“CDP”) and, for named executive officers hired or promoted prior to May 28, 2008, a defined contribution
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the "SERP,"“SERP,” and together with the CDP, the "CDP/“CDP/SERP Plan"Plan”) as discussed in more detail under “Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Fiscal 2021”.
•
•We pay the premiums for a life insurance benefit equal to 2.5 times base salary up to a maximum of $3$4 million.
•
•We pay administrative fees for short-term disability coverage, whichprovide a salary continuation program that provides income replacement offor up to 26 weeks at 100% of base salary for the first three weeks and 70% of monthly base salary inthereafter. In addition to the case of a short-term disability.income replacement benefit, we paid administrative fees associated with the program through March 31, 2021. We also pay the premiums under a group long-term disability plan whichthat provides 60% of base salary up to a maximum monthly benefit of $400,000.$20,000.
•
•We provide a relocation assistance program under a policy applicable to officer-level employees.
•
•We
provideoffer personal financial and estate planning and tax preparation services through a third party.
CEO Employment Transition Agreement. As previously disclosed, Mr. Dreiling retired on January 29, 2016 (the "Retirement Date").
In
lightaddition, as a result of the terms of his
announced retirement plans, the Compensation Committee did not undertake performance reviews for Mr. Dreiling for 2014 or 2015, but rather deemed his performance to be satisfactory and determined his 2015 compensation as part of our negotiated employment
transition agreement with
him, effective March 10, 2015. The terms of the employment transition agreement were negotiated to secure Mr. Dreiling's services through the Retirement Date and ensure a smooth transition to his successor, and we believe the employment transition agreement successfully achieved those goals. Mr. Dreiling served as our CEO until we appointedus, Mr. Vasos
as his successor. Thereafter, Mr. Dreiling served as Senior Advisor and as a member and Chairman of the Board through the Retirement Date. Mr. Dreiling remains subject to the business protections contained in the employment transition agreement, including non-competition and non-solicitation provisions, for two years following the Retirement Date. Pursuant to the employment transition agreement:
•Mr. Dreiling received the same 2.95% base salary increase in 2015 that was budgeted for our entire U.S.-based employee population.
•Mr. Dreiling participated in the 2015 Teamshare program at the same threshold (50% of target), target (130%) and maximum (300% of target) base salary percentage levels as the prior year, and we waived the requirement to be employed on the payment date. As
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Employment Agreements and
his spouse's travel between Nashville, Tennessee, and Livermore, California, while he continued to serve as CEO, limited to no more than 100 hours total and 16 hours per month.
•Mr. Dreiling's outstanding equity awards will continue to vest, if at all, in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreements. The Transition RSU Award is a time-based award that vested in full as of the Retirement Date. Fifty percent of the award was paid on the first anniversary of the grant date and the remaining 50% will be paid on the second anniversary of the grant date, subject to accelerated payment in the event of death or disability or a change in control prior to a payment date, in each case as defined in the award agreement. The Transition RSU Award is payable in an equal number of shares of Dollar General common stock, subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment, in whole or in part, upon various events specified in the award agreement, including but not limited to the breach of the business protection provisions set forth in the employment transition agreement.
Severance Arrangements
As noted above,
In 2021, we have anentered into new employment agreementagreements with each of our named executive officers, each of which has a three-year term and an employment transition agreement with Mr. Dreiling that, amongis subject to certain automatic extensions. These agreements promote executive continuity, aid in retention, facilitate implementation of our clawback policy, and, in return for granting such executives certain severance and other things, provide for such executive's rights upon a termination of employment, in exchangesecure valuable protections for valuable business protection provisions for us. Dollar General, such as non-compete, non-solicitation, and confidentiality obligations.
We believe that reasonable severance benefits are appropriate to protect the named executive officer against circumstances over which he or she does not have control and as consideration for the promises of
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non-disclosure, non-competition, non-solicitation, and non-interference,
as well as the clawback rights that we require in our employment agreements. A change in control, by itself
("(“single
trigger"trigger”), does not trigger any severance provision applicable to our named executive officers
except forunder the
provisions related to outstanding long-term equity awards granted prior to 2016. The 2016 annual equity awards do not provide for single trigger vesting acceleration but rather require a termination event within a certain period of time following a change in control to accelerate vesting of such equity awards. As discussed elsewhere in this proxy statement, Messrs. Dreiling, Tehle and Sparks left Dollar General in fiscal 2015. Payments and other benefits to each such former officer in connection with these employment separations are itemized under "Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control as of January 29, 2016" below.
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Considerations Associated with Regulatory Requirements
Under Section 162(m)
The Compensation Committee views the tax deductibility of
the Internal Revenue Code, we generally may not take a tax deduction for individualexecutive compensation
over $1 million paid in any taxable year to each of the persons who were, at the end of the fiscal year, our CEO oras one of
many factors to be considered in the
other named executive officers (other than our Chief Financial Officer). As a result, we may not deduct any salary, signing bonus or other annualcontext of its overall compensation
paid or imputed to such covered officers that causes non-performance-based compensation to exceedphilosophy and therefore reserves the
$1 million limit. Certain performance-based compensation is exempt from the deduction limit. We believe that our Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan and our Amended and Restated Annual Incentive Plan currently satisfy the requirements of Section 162(m). As a result, we may deduct compensation expense realized in connection with any (1) payments made under our Teamshare program, (2) stock options and stock appreciation rights, and (3) performance-based restricted stock and RSU awards. However, restricted stock or RSUs that solely vest over time are not "performance-based compensation" under Section 162(m), and we will be unable to deduct compensation expense realized in connection with those time-vested awards to persons covered by Section 162(m) to the extent their non-performance-based compensation exceeds $1 million. Our policies do not restrict the Compensation Committee from exercising discretionright to approve compensation packages that may resultnot be deductible in certain non-deductible compensation expenses but that the Committee nonetheless determines to be in our shareholders' best interests.
The Committee administers our executive compensation program with the good faith intention of complying with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, which relates to the taxation of nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements.
situations it deems appropriate.
Compensation Committee Report
The Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors reviewed and discussed with management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis required by
Item 402(b) of Regulation S-K and, based on such review and discussions, the Compensation Committee recommended to the Board that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this document.
This report has been furnished by the members of the Compensation Committee:
•
Patricia D. Fili-Krushel, Chairperson
•
Warren F. Bryant Chairman
••Patricia D. Fili-Krushel
•William C. Rhodes, III
Timothy I. McGuire
The above Compensation Committee Report does not constitute soliciting material and should not be deemed filed or incorporated by reference into any other Dollar General filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent Dollar General specifically incorporates this report by reference therein.
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Summary Compensation Table
The following table summarizes compensation paid to or earned by our named executive officers in each of the 2015, 20142021, 2020 and 20132019 fiscal years. We have omitted from this table the columns for Bonus“Bonus” and Change“Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation EarningsEarnings” because they are inapplicable.
| | Name and Principal Position(1) | | | Year | | | Salary
($)(2) | | | Stock
Awards
($)(3) | | | Option
Awards
($)(4) | | | Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)(5) | | | All Other
Compensation
($)(6) | | | Total
($) | |
| | Todd J. Vasos,
Chief Executive Officer | | | | | 2021 | | | | | | 1,350,052 | | | | | | 5,179,592 | | | | | | 5,239,005 | | | | | | 4,544,529 | | | | | | 305,695 | | | | | | 16,618,873 | | |
| | | | 2020 | | | | | | 1,341,718 | | | | | | 4,403,178 | | | | | | 4,544,937 | | | | | | 6,075,000 | | | | | | 87,990 | | | | | | 16,452,823 | | |
| | | | 2019 | | | | | | 1,283,383 | | | | | | 3,996,944 | | | | | | 3,927,168 | | | | | | 2,708,936 | | | | | | 91,628 | | | | | | 12,008,059 | | |
| | John W. Garratt,
Executive Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer | | | | | 2021 | | | | | | 794,061 | | | | | | 828,781 | | | | | | 838,227 | | | | | | 1,344,028 | | | | | | 67,261 | | | | | | 3,872,358 | | |
| | | | 2020 | | | | | | 767,284 | | | | | | 782,849 | | | | | | 807,990 | | | | | | 1,736,125 | | | | | | 63,620 | | | | | | 4,157,868 | | |
| | | | 2019 | | | | | | 742,091 | | | | | | 674,435 | | | | | | 662,705 | | | | | | 776,709 | | | | | | 66,524 | | | | | | 2,922,464 | | |
| | Jeffery C. Owen,
Chief Operating Officer | | | | | 2021 | | | | | | 845,241 | | | | | | 1,072,461 | | | | | | 1,084,805 | | | | | | 1,904,528 | | | | | | 68,659 | | | | | | 4,975,694 | | |
| | | | 2020 | | | | | | 823,405 | | | | | | 1,076,301 | | | | | | 1,110,990 | | | | | | 2,484,144 | | | | | | 64,017 | | | | | | 5,558,857 | | |
| | | | 2019 | | | | | | 725,972 | | | | | | 774,346 | | | | | | 1,058,485 | | | | | | 880,443 | | | | | | 65,770 | | | | | | 3,505,016 | | |
| | Rhonda M. Taylor,
Executive Vice President &
General Counsel | | | | | 2021 | | | | | | 626,130 | | | | | | 780,007 | | | | | | 788,937 | | | | | | 1,059,788 | | | | | | 182,113 | | | | | | 3,436,975 | | |
| | | | 2020 | | | | | | 605,015 | | | | | | 733,863 | | | | | | 757,484 | | | | | | 1,368,961 | | | | | | 122,695 | | | | | | 3,588,018 | | |
| | | | 2019 | | | | | | 585,150 | | | | | | 699,500 | | | | | | 687,265 | | | | | | 612,447 | | | | | | 104,940 | | | | | | 2,689,302 | | |
| | Carman R. Wenkoff,
Executive Vice President &
Chief Information Officer | | | | | 2021 | | | | | | 608,273 | | | | | | 780,007 | | | | | | 788,937 | | | | | | 1,051,974 | | | | | | 52,169 | | | | | | 3,281,360 | | |
| | | | 2020 | | | | | | 521,559 | | | | | | 733,863 | | | | | | 757,484 | | | | | | 1,180,125 | | | | | | 45,394 | | | | | | 3,238,425 | | |
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| Name and Principal Position(1) | | Year | | Salary
($)(2) | | Stock
Awards
($)(3) | | Option
Awards
($)(4) | | Non-Equity
Incentive
Plan
Compensation
($)(5) | | All Other
Compensation
($) | | Total
($) | |
|---|
Todd J. Vasos, | | 2015 | | 926,605 | | 808,022 | | 5,932,285 | | | 956,548 | | | | 99,541 | (6) | | 8,723,001 | |
Chief Executive Officer | | 2014 | | 765,342 | | 821,048 | | 653,913 | | | 521,486 | | | | 67,422 | | | 2,829,211 | |
| | 2013 | | 699,549 | | 625,574 | | 422,846 | | | — | | | | 72,464 | | | 1,820,433 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Richard W. Dreiling, | | 2015 | | 1,361,760 | | 4,309,102 | | — | | | 1,942,422 | | | | 604,587 | (7) | | 8,217,871 | |
Former Chairman, | | 2014 | | 1,323,789 | | 3,503,208 | | 2,790,016 | | | 1,465,747 | | | | 681,392 | | | 9,764,152 | |
Chief Executive Officer & | | 2013 | | 1,291,515 | | 3,440,634 | | 2,059,459 | | | — | | | | 855,567 | | | 7,647,175 | |
Senior Advisor | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
John W. Garratt, | | 2015 | | 339,405 | | 180,374 | | 303,694 | | | 199,223 | | | | 66,150 | (8) | | 1,088,846 | |
Executive Vice President & | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Chief Financial Officer | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
David M. Tehle, | | 2015 | | 309,572 | | 592,530 | | 599,657 | | | — | | | | 32,819 | (9) | | 1,534,578 | |
Former Executive Vice President & | | 2014 | | 727,140 | | 602,090 | | 479,529 | | | 402,558 | | | | 136,438 | | | 2,347,755 | |
Chief Financial Officer | | 2013 | | 709,413 | | 625,574 | | 374,452 | | | — | | | | 172,598 | | | 1,882,037 | |
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John W. Flanigan, | | 2015 | | 477,339 | | 592,530 | | 599,657 | | | 340,439 | | | | 101,901 | (10) | | 2,111,866 | |
Executive Vice President, | | 2014 | | 464,029 | | 602,090 | | 479,529 | | | 256,895 | | | | 86,989 | | | 1,889,532 | |
Global Supply Chain | | 2013 | | 452,716 | | 625,574 | | 374,452 | | | — | | | | 105,319 | | | 1,558,061 | |
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Robert D. Ravener, | | 2015 | | 521,999 | | 592,530 | | 599,657 | | | 372,291 | | | | 50,700 | (11) | | 2,137,177 | |
Executive Vice President & | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Chief People Officer | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Rhonda M. Taylor, | | 2015 | | 515,645 | | 592,530 | | 599,657 | | | 362,026 | | | | 66,702 | (12) | | 2,136,560 | |
Executive Vice President & | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
General Counsel | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Gregory A. Sparks, | | 2015 | | 233,567 | | 592,530 | | 599,657 | | | — | | | | 823,980 | (13) | | 2,249,734 | |
Former Executive Vice President, | | 2014 | | 635,676 | | 602,090 | | 479,529 | | | 351,922 | | | | 56,960 | | | 2,126,177 | |
Store Operations | | 2013 | | 620,178 | | 625,574 | | 374,452 | | | — | | | | 300,228 | | | 1,920,432 | |
Mr. Vasos served as Executive Vice President, Division President and Chief Merchandising Officer until November 2013 when he was promoted to Chief Operating Officer, then served in that position until his promotion to CEO in June 2015. Mr. Dreiling served as Chairman and CEO until June 2015 and then as Chairman and Senior Advisor until his retirement on January 29, 2016. Mr. Garratt joined Dollar General in October 2014 and served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Strategy, until July 2015 when he assumed the role of interim Chief Financial Officer. He was promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in December 2015. He was not a named executive officer for 2014. Mr. Tehle served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer until his departure on June 30, 2015. Mr. Ravener and Ms. Taylor joined Dollar General in August 2008 and March 2000, respectively, but were not named executive officers for 2014 or 2013. Mr. SparksOwen served as Executive Vice President, Store Operations, from June 2015 until his departure on June 9, 2015.promotion to Chief Operating Officer in August 2019. Mr. Wenkoff joined Dollar General in July 2017 but was not a named executive officer until 2020.
(2)
(2)Each named executive officer deferred under the CDP and contributed to our 401(k) Plan a portion of salary earned in each of the fiscal years for which salaries are reported above for the applicable named executive officer. The amounts of the fiscal 20152021 salary deferrals under the CDP are included in the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Table.
(3)
(3)The amounts reported represent the respective aggregate grant date fair value of PSUs and RSUs awarded in each fiscal year for which compensation is required to be reported in the table for each named executive officer, in each case computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. The PSUs are subject to performance conditions, and the reported value at the grant date is based upon the probable outcome of such conditions on such date. The values of the PSUs at the
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grant date assuming that the highest level of performance conditions will be achieved are as follows for each fiscal year required to be reported for each applicable named executive officer:
| | Fiscal
Year | | | Mr. Vasos
($) | | | Mr. Garratt
($) | | | Mr. Owen
($) | | | Ms. Taylor
($) | | | Mr. Wenkoff
($) | |
| | | | 2021 | | | | | | 15,538,775 | | | | | | 2,486,343 | | | | | | 3,217,382 | | | | | | 2,340,020 | | | | | | 2,340,020 | | |
| | | | 2020 | | | | | | 13,209,533 | | | | | | 2,348,547 | | | | | | 3,228,904 | | | | | | 2,201,589 | | | | | | 2,201,589 | | |
| | | | 2019 | | | | | | 11,990,832 | | | | | | 2,023,304 | | | | | | 2,323,039 | | | | | | 2,098,501 | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Fiscal
Year | | Mr. Vasos
($) | | Mr. Dreiling
($) | | Mr. Garratt
($) | | Mr. Tehle
($) | | Mr. Flanigan
($) | | Mr. Ravener
($) | | Ms. Taylor
($) | | Mr. Sparks
($) | |
|---|
2015 | | | 1,212,033 | | | | N/A | | | | 270,561 | | | | 888,794 | | | | 888,794 | | | | 888,794 | | | | 888,794 | | | | 888,794 | | |
2014 | | | 1,234,699 | | | | 5,268,189 | | | | N/A | | | | 905,481 | | | | 905,481 | | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | 905,481 | | |
2013 | | | 623,987 | | | | 3,431,879 | | | | N/A | | | | 623,987 | | | | 623,987 | | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | 623,987 | | |
Information regarding the assumptions made in the valuation of these awards is set forth in Note 109 of the annual consolidated financial statements in our 20152021 Form 10-K.
(4)
The amounts reported represent the respective aggregate grant date fair value of stock options awarded in each fiscal year for which compensation is required to be reported in the applicabletable for each named executive officer, in the fiscal year indicated,each case computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. Information regarding assumptions made in the valuation of these awards is set forth in Note 109 of the annual consolidated financial statements in our 20152021 Form 10-K.
(5)
(5)Represents amounts earned pursuant to our Teamshare bonus program for each fiscal year reported. See the discussion of the "Short-Term“Short-Term Cash Incentive Plan" and "CEO Employment Transition Agreement"Plan” in "Compensation“Compensation Discussion and Analysis"Analysis” above. Messrs. Vasos and Wenkoff deferred under the CDP 10% and 11%, respectively, of his fiscal 2021 Teamshare bonus payment reported above. Messrs. Vasos, Garratt and Wenkoff and Ms. Taylor deferred under the CDP 10%, 5%, 10% and 50%, respectively, of his or her fiscal 2020 Teamshare bonus payment reported above. Messrs. Vasos and Garratt and Ms. Taylor deferred under the CDP 5%, 5% and 25%, respectively, of his or her fiscal 2019 Teamshare bonus payment reported above.
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(6)
Includes the following amounts for each named executive officer:
| | Name | | | Company Match
Contributions –
401(k)
($) | | | Company Match
Contributions –
CDP
($) | | | Company
Contributions –
SERP
($) | | | Premiums
for
Life Insurance
Program
($) | | | Aggregate Incremental
Cost of Providing
Perquisites/Personal
Benefits(a)
($) | |
| | Mr. Vasos | | | | | 14,500 | | | | | | 53,003 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,827 | | | | | | 235,365 | | |
| | Mr. Garratt | | | | | 14,607 | | | | | | 25,091 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,664 | | | | | | 25,899 | | |
| | Mr. Owen | | | | | 14,582 | | | | | | 27,676 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,770 | | | | | | 24,631 | | |
| | Ms. Taylor | | | | | 14,584 | | | | | | 16,718 | | | | | | 149,499 | | | | | | 1,312 | | | | | | — | | |
| | Mr. Wenkoff | | | | | 14,851 | | | | | | 15,495 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,274 | | | | | | 20,549 | | |
(a)
Perquisites and personal benefits for Ms. Taylor totaled less than $10,000 and accordingly the incremental cost is not included in the table or detailed in this footnote. None of the named executive officers deferredreceived any portion of the Teamshare bonus payments reported above under the CDP.
(6)Includes $32,115 and $14,167, respectively,perquisite or personal benefit for our match contributions to the CDP and the 401(k) Plan; $1,306 for premiums paid under our life insurance program; and $51,953 which represents the aggregate incremental cost of providing certain perquisites, including $21,470 for personal security services for a limited duration, $19,514 for financial and estate planning services, $5,000 for the reimbursement of legal expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation of his employment agreement and other amounts for perquisites which individually did not equalequaled or exceedexceeded the greater of $25,000 or 10% of total perquisites except for Mr. Vasos for whom the aggregate incremental cost of personal airplane usage as allowed under his employment agreement totaled $215,859 and was calculated using costs we would not have incurred but for the personal usage (including costs incurred as a result of “deadhead” legs of personal flights), including fuel costs, variable maintenance costs, crew expenses, landing, parking and other associated fees, supplies and catering costs, as well as charter costs when charter usage was necessary because our plane was unavailable. The aggregate incremental cost of providing perquisites and personal benefits to Messrs. Vasos (in addition to the aggregate incremental cost of providing the personal plane usage detailed above), Garratt, Owen and Wenkoff related to: (1) for each such named executive officer, financial and estate planning services, miscellaneous gifts and limited entertainment costs, premiums paid under our group long-term disability program costs associated with attendance by him and his guests at sporting events, miscellaneous gifts, nominal incremental costs incurred for a guest to accompany him on businessour accidental death and dismemberment policy, and an administrative fee for coverage under our short-term disability program, as well asprogram; (2) for Mr. Garratt, an executive physical medical examination; and (3) for Messrs. Garratt and Owen, one or more directed charitable donations. We also provided each named executive officer with certain perquisites and personal benefits at no aggregate incremental cost to Dollar General, including access to participation in a group umbrella liability insurance program offered at no incremental cost to Dollar General through a third party vendor at a group rate paid by the executive and coverage under our business travel accident insurance for which Dollar General incurs no incremental cost for participation by the named executive officers in addition to certain other employees.
(7)Includes $268,303 for our contribution to the SERP and $54,675 and $13,690, respectively, for our match contributions to the CDP and the 401(k) Plan; $1,692 for premiums paid under our life insurance program; $143,456 for cash dividends accumulated on shares of unvested restricted stock that were ultimately forfeited with the shares of unvested restricted stock upon Mr. Dreiling's retirement; and $122,771 which represents the aggregate incremental cost of providing certain perquisites, including $79,539 for costs associated with personal airplane usage, $19,437 for costs associated with financial and estate planning services, $12,118 forpays a retirement gift, $8,417 for premiums paid under a personal portable long-term disability policy, and other amounts for perquisites which individually did not equal or exceed the greater of $25,000 or 10% of total perquisites, including premiums paid under our group long-term disability program, costs associated with attendance by him and his guests at sporting events, miscellaneous gifts and an administrativeflat fee for coverage under our short-term disability program, as well as participation in a group umbrella liability insurance program which is offered at no incremental cost to Dollar General through a third party vendor at a group rate paid by the executive and coverage under our business travel accident insurance for which Dollar General incurs no incremental cost for participation by the named executive officers in addition to certain other employees. The aggregate incremental cost related to the personal airplane usage was calculated using costs we would not have incurred but for the personal usage (including costs incurred as a result of "deadhead" legs of personal flights), including fuel costs, variable maintenance costs, crew expenses, landing, parking and other associated fees, supplies and catering costs.
(8)Includes $1,979 for our match contributions to the 401(k) Plan; $7,080 for tax gross-ups related to relocation; $478 for premiums paid under our life insurance program; and $56,613 which represents the aggregate incremental cost of providing certain perquisites, including $53,672 for costs associated with relocation and other amounts for perquisites which individually did not equal or exceed the greater of $25,000 or 10% of total perquisites, including premiums paid under our group long-term disability program, costs associated with attendance by him and his guests at sporting events, miscellaneous gifts and an administrative fee for coverage under our short-term disability program, as well as coverage under our business travel accident insurance for which Dollar General incurs no incremental cost for participation by the named executive officers in addition to certain other employees. The aggregate incremental cost related to relocation included expenses associated with physical movement of his household goods and costs incurred in connection with the sale of his former home (such as appraisals, inspections, pre-title expenses, title and deed costs, broker's commission, document preparation fees, recording fees and legal fees) and the purchase of his new home (including a one percent origination fee).eligible employee population.
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(9)Includes $5,270 and $10,289, respectively, for our match contributions to the CDP and the 401(k) Plan; $437 for premiums paid under our life insurance program; and $16,823 which represents the aggregate incremental cost of providing certain perquisites, including $8,115 for financial and estate planning services, $8,200 for a retirement gift and other amounts for perquisites which individually did not equal or exceed the greater of $25,000 or 10% of total perquisites, including premiums paid under our group long-term disability program, miscellaneous gifts and an administrative fee for coverage under our short-term disability program, as well as participation in a group umbrella liability insurance program offered at no incremental cost to Dollar General through a third party vendor at a group rate paid by the executive and coverage under our business travel accident insurance for which Dollar General incurs no incremental cost for participation by the named executive officers in addition to certain other employees.
(10)Includes $54,982 for our contribution to the SERP and $10,560 and $13,404, respectively, for our match contributions to the CDP and the 401(k) Plan; $673 for premiums paid under our life insurance program; and $22,282 which represents the aggregate incremental cost of providing certain perquisites, including $19,514 for financial and estate planning services and other amounts for perquisites which individually did not equal or exceed the greater of $25,000 or 10% of total perquisites, including premiums paid under our group long-term disability program, a directed donation to charity, costs associated with attendance by him and his guests at sporting events, miscellaneous gifts and an administrative fee for coverage under our short-term disability program, as well as participation in a group umbrella liability insurance program offered at no incremental cost to Dollar General through a third party vendor at a group rate paid by the executive and coverage under our business travel accident insurance for which Dollar General incurs no incremental cost for participation by the named executive officers in addition to certain other employees.
(11)Includes $12,787 and $13,309, respectively, for our match contributions to the CDP and the 401(k) Plan; $737 for premiums paid under our life insurance program; and $23,867 which represents the aggregate incremental cost of providing certain perquisites, including $19,514 for financial and estate planning services and other amounts for perquisites which individually did not equal or exceed the greater of $25,000 or 10% of total perquisites, including premiums paid under our group long-term disability program, an executive physical, costs associated with attendance by him and his guests at sporting events, miscellaneous gifts, nominal incremental costs incurred for his spouse to accompany him on business and an administrative fee for coverage under our short-term disability program, as well as participation in a group umbrella liability insurance program offered at no incremental cost to Dollar General through a third party vendor at a group rate paid by the executive and coverage under our business travel accident insurance for which Dollar General incurs no incremental cost for participation by the named executive officers in addition to certain other employees.
(12)Includes $52,521 for our contribution to the SERP and $13,453 for our match contributions to the 401(k) Plan; and $728 for premiums paid under our life insurance program. Perquisites and personal benefits totaled less than $10,000 and accordingly are not included in the table.
(13)Includes $1,088 and $10,724, respectively, for our match contributions to the CDP and the 401(k) Plan; $305 for premiums paid under our life insurance program; $811,863 earned or paid for fiscal 2015 in connection with his departure from Dollar General equal to the sum of: (i) $420,326 representing the earned portion of the salary continuation payments, (ii) $362,303 representing two times the average percentage of his target bonus paid or to be paid to employees at the same job grade level under the annual bonus program for officers for the two fiscal years immediately preceding fiscal 2015, (iii) $19,234 representing two times our annual contribution for his participation in our pharmacy, medical, dental and vision benefits programs and (iv) $10,000 for outplacement services. See "Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control" below. Perquisites and personal benefits totaled less than $10,000 and accordingly are not included in the table.
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Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal
20152021
The table below shows each named executive
officer's fiscal 2015officer’s 2021 Teamshare bonus opportunity under
"Estimated“Estimated Possible Payouts Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards.
"” Actual
bonus amounts earned
by such officers under the
fiscal 20152021 Teamshare program are shown in the Summary Compensation Table and
for those who received such payments, represent
prorated payment
on a graduated scale for financial performance between the target and maximum performance levels. See
"Short-Term“Short-Term Cash Incentive
Plan"Plan” in
"Compensation“Compensation Discussion and
Analysis"Analysis” for discussion of
suchthe Teamshare program.
The table below also shows information regarding equity awards made to our named executive officers for fiscal 2015,2021, all of which were granted pursuant to our Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. The awards listed under "Estimated Possible“Estimated Future Payouts Under Equity Incentive Plan Awards"Awards” include the threshold, target and maximum number of PSUs which could be earned by each applicable named executive officer based upon the level of achievement of fiscal 2015the applicable financial performance measures. The awards listed under "All Other Stock Awards" represent RSUs payable in shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis that vest over time, and the awards listed under "All“All Other Option Awards"Awards” include non-qualifiednonqualified stock options that vest over time in each case based upon the applicable named executive officer'sofficer’s continued employment by Dollar General. See "Long-Term“Long-Term Equity Incentive Program" and "CEO Employment Transition Agreement"Program” in "Compensation“Compensation Discussion and Analysis" aboveAnalysis” for further discussion of these awards. We have omitted from this table the column for “All Other Stock Awards” because it is inapplicable.
| | Name | | | | | | | | | Estimated Possible Payouts
Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan
Awards | | | Estimated Future Payouts
Under Equity Incentive Plan
Awards | | | All Other
Option
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Options
(#) | | | Exercise
or Base
Price of
Option
Awards
($/Sh)(1) | | | Grant
Date Fair
Value of
Stock
and
Option
Awards
($)(2) | |
| | Grant
Date | | | Threshold
($) | | | Target
($) | | | Maximum
($) | | | Threshold
(#) | | | Target
(#) | | | Maximum
(#) | |
| | Mr. Vasos | | | | | — | | | | | | 506,250 | | | | | | 2,025,000 | | | | | | 6,075,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | 03/16/21 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 122,977 | | | | | | 193.55 | | | | | | 5,239,005 | | |
| | | | 03/16/21 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10,035 | | | | | | 26,761 | | | | | | 80,283 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5,179,592 | | |
| | Mr. Garratt | | | | | — | | | | | | 149,722 | | | | | | 598,886 | | | | | | 1,796,659 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/16/21 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 19,676 | | | | | | 193.55 | | | | | | 838,227 | | |
| | | | | | | 03/16/21 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,606 | | | | | | 4,282 | | | | | | 12,846 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 828,781 | | |
| | Mr. Owen | | | | | — | | | | | | 212,160 | | | | | | 848,640 | | | | | | 2,545,920 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | 03/16/21 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 25,464 | | | | | | 193.55 | | | | | | 1,084,805 | | |
| | | | 03/16/21 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,078 | | | | | | 5,541 | | | | | | 16,623 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,072,461 | | |
| | Ms. Taylor | | | | | — | | | | | | 118,058 | | | | | | 472,232 | | | | | | 1,416,695 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | 03/16/21 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 18,519 | | | | | | 193.55 | | | | | | 788,937 | | |
| | | | 03/16/21 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,512 | | | | | | 4,030 | | | | | | 12,090 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 780,007 | | |
| | Mr. Wenkoff | | | | | — | | | | | | 117,188 | | | | | | 468,750 | | | | | | 1,406,250 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | 03/16/21 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 18,519 | | | | | | 193.55 | | | | | | 788,937 | | |
| | | | 03/16/21 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,512 | | | | | | 4,030 | | | | | | 12,090 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 780,007 | | |
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Estimated Possible Payouts Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards | |
Estimated Possible Payouts Under Equity Incentive Plan Awards | |
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| | 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
($/Sh)(1) | | Grant
Date Fair
Value of
Stock and
Option
Awards
($)(2) | |
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| Name | | Grant
Date | | Date of
Committee Action | | Threshold
($) | | Target
($) | | Maximum
($) | | Threshold
(#) | | Target
(#) | | Maximum
(#) | |
|---|
Mr. Vasos | | — | | | — | | | | 437,965 | | | 875,930 | | 2,627,790 | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | — | |
| | 3/17/15 | | | 3/17/15 | | | | — | | | — | | — | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 44,786 | | | | 74.72 | | | 817,716 | |
| | 3/17/15 | | | 3/17/15 | | | | — | | | — | | — | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 5,407 | | | | — | | | | — | | | 404,011 | |
| | 3/17/15 | | | 3/17/15 | | | | — | | | — | | — | | | 2,704 | | | | 5,407 | | | | 16,221 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | 404,011 | |
| | 6/3/15 | | | 5/27/15 | | | | — | | | — | | — | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 256,682 | | | | 76.00 | | | 5,114,569 | |
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Mr. Dreiling | | — | | | — | | | | 889,357 | | | 1,778,715 | | 5,336,144 | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | — | |
| | 3/17/15 | | | 3/17/15 | | | | — | | | — | | — | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 57,670 | | | | — | | | | — | | | 4,309,102 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Mr. Garratt | | — | | | — | | | | 91,216 | | | 182,433 | | 547,298 | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | — | |
| | 3/17/15 | | | 3/17/15 | | | | — | | | — | | — | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 10,002 | | | | 74.72 | | | 182,620 | |
| | 3/17/15 | | | 3/17/15 | | | | — | | | — | | — | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,207 | | | | — | | | | — | | | 90,187 | |
| | 3/17/15 | | | 3/17/15 | | | | — | | | — | | — | | | 604 | | | | 1,207 | | | | 3,621 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | 90,187 | |
| | 12/2/15 | | | 12/1/15 | | | | — | | | — | | — | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 7,829 | | | | 65.35 | | | 121,075 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Mr. Tehle | | — | | | — | | | | 244,256 | | | 488,513 | | 1,465,538 | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | — | |
| | 3/17/15 | | | 3/17/15 | | | | — | | | — | | — | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 32,843 | | | | 74.72 | | | 599,657 | |
| | 3/17/15 | | | 3/17/15 | | | | — | | | — | | — | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 3,965 | | | | — | | | | — | | | 296,265 | |
| | 3/17/15 | | | 3/17/15 | | | | — | | | — | | — | | | 1,983 | | | | 3,965 | | | | 11,895 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | 296,265 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Mr. Flanigan | | — | | | — | | | | 155,874 | | | 311,747 | | 935,241 | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | — | |
| | 3/17/15 | | | 3/17/15 | | | | — | | | — | | — | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 32,843 | | | | 74.72 | | | 599,657 | |
| | 3/17/15 | | | 3/17/15 | | | | — | | | — | | — | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 3,965 | | | | — | | | | — | | | 296,265 | |
| | 3/17/15 | | | 3/17/15 | | | | — | | | — | | — | | | 1,983 | | | | 3,965 | | | | 11,895 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | 296,265 | |
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Mr. Ravener | | — | | | — | | | | 170,457 | | | 340,915 | | 1,022,744 | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | — | |
| | 3/17/15 | | | 3/17/15 | | | | — | | | — | | — | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 32,843 | | | | 74.72 | | | 599,657 | |
| | 3/17/15 | | | 3/17/15 | | | | — | | | — | | — | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 3,965 | | | | — | | | | — | | | 296,265 | |
| | 3/17/15 | | | 3/17/15 | | | | — | | | — | | — | | | 1,983 | | | | 3,965 | | | | 11,895 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | 296,265 | |
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Ms. Taylor | | — | | | — | | | | 165,757 | | | 331,514 | | 994,543 | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | — | |
| | 3/17/15 | | | 3/17/15 | | | | — | | | — | | — | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 32,843 | | | | 74.72 | | | 599,657 | |
| | 3/17/15 | | | 3/17/15 | | | | — | | | — | | — | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 3,965 | | | | — | | | | — | | | 296,265 | |
| | 3/17/15 | | | 3/17/15 | | | | — | | | — | | — | | | 1,983 | | | | 3,965 | | | | 11,895 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | 296,265 | |
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Mr. Sparks | | — | | | — | | | | 213,532 | | | 427,064 | | 1,281,193 | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | — | |
| | 3/17/15 | | | 3/17/15 | | | | — | | | — | | — | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 32,843 | | | | 74.72 | | | 599,657 | |
| | 3/17/15 | | | 3/17/15 | | | | — | | | — | | — | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 3,965 | | | | — | | | | — | | | 296,265 | |
| | 3/17/15 | | | 3/17/15 | | | | — | | | — | | — | | | 1,983 | | | | 3,965 | | | | 11,895 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | 296,265 | |
The per share exercise price was calculated based on the closing market price of one share of our common stock on the date of grant as reported by the NYSE.
(2)
(2)Represents the aggregate grant date fair value of each equity award, computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. For equity awards that are subject to performance conditions, the value at the grant date is based upon the probable outcome of such conditions. For information regarding the assumptions made in the valuation of these awards, see Note 10 of the annual consolidated financial statements included in our 2015 Form 10-K.
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Outstanding Equity Awards at
20152021 Fiscal Year-End
The table below sets forth information regarding awards granted under our Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan and held by our named executive officers as of the end of fiscal
2015. The $7.9975 exercise price in the table below reflects an adjustment made in connection with a special dividend paid to our shareholders in September 2009 to reflect the effects of such dividend on such options, as required by the terms of such options. In October 2009, we completed a reverse split of 1 share for each 1.75 shares of common stock outstanding. The exercise prices of, and number of shares outstanding under, our equity awards existing at the time of the reverse stock split were retroactively adjusted to reflect the reverse split and are reflected below.2021. We have omitted from this table
all columnsthe column for
"Equity“Equity Incentive Plan
Awards"Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Unearned Options” because
it is inapplicable. All awards included in the table, to the extent they
have not vested, are
inapplicable. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Option Awards | | Stock Awards | |
|---|
| Name | | Number of
Securities Underlying
Unexercised Options
(#)
Exercisable | | Number of
Securities Underlying
Unexercised Options
(#)
Unexercisable | | Option
Exercise
Price
($) | | Option
Expiration
Date | | Number of Shares
or Units of
Stock That Have
Not Vested
(#) | | Market Value of
Shares or Units
of Stock That
Have Not Vested
($) | |
|---|
Mr. Vasos | | | 28,080 | (1) | | | 9,360 | (1) | | | 45.25 | | | | 03/20/2022 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | 13,746 | (2) | | | 13,746 | (2) | | | 48.11 | | | | 03/18/2023 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | 1,440 | (3) | | | 1,440 | (3) | | | 56.48 | | | | 12/03/2023 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | 9,483 | (4) | | | 28,443 | (4) | | | 57.91 | | | | 03/18/2024 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | — | | | | 44,786 | (5) | | | 74.72 | | | | 03/17/2025 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | — | | | | 256,682 | (6) | | | 76.00 | | | | 06/03/2025 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 854 | (7) | | | 64,101 | (7) | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 4,506 | (8) | | | 338,220 | (8) | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 3,766 | (9) | | | 282,676 | (9) | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 2,172 | (10) | | | 163,030 | (10) | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 4,714 | (11) | | | 353,833 | (11) | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 5,407 | (12) | | | 405,849 | (12) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Mr. Dreiling | | | — | | | | 57,056 | (1) | | | 45.25 | | | | 03/20/2022 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | — | | | | 37,801 | (2) | | | 48.11 | | | | 03/18/2023 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | — | | | | 40,454 | (4) | | | 57.91 | | | | 03/18/2024 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Mr. Garratt | | | 1,260 | (13) | | | 3,771 | (13) | | | 66.69 | | | | 12/03/2024 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | — | | | | 10,002 | (5) | | | 74.72 | | | | 03/17/2025 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | — | | | | 7,829 | (14) | | | 65.35 | | | | 12/02/2025 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 840 | (9) | | | 63,050 | (9) | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,207 | (12) | | | 90,597 | (12) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Mr. Tehle | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Mr. Flanigan | | | 28,080 | (1) | | | 9,360 | (1) | | | 45.25 | | | | 03/20/2022 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | 13,746 | (2) | | | 13,746 | (2) | | | 48.11 | | | | 03/18/2023 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | 6,953 | (4) | | | 20,859 | (4) | | | 57.91 | | | | 03/18/2024 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | — | | | | 32,843 | (5) | | | 74.72 | | | | 03/17/2025 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 854 | (7) | | | 64,101 | (7) | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 3,304 | (8) | | | 247,998 | (8) | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 2,762 | (9) | | | 207,316 | (9) | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 2,172 | (10) | | | 163,030 | (10) | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 3,456 | (11) | | | 259,407 | (11) | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 3,965 | (12) | | | 297,613 | (12) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Mr. Ravener | | | 3,094 | (15) | | | — | | | | 7.9975 | | | | 08/28/2018 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | 18,094 | (16) | | | — | | | | 7.9975 | | | | 12/19/2018 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | 49,019 | (17) | | | — | | | | 25.25 | | | | 03/24/2020 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | 28,080 | (1) | | | 9,360 | (1) | | | 45.25 | | | | 03/20/2022 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | 13,746 | (2) | | | 13,746 | (2) | | | 48.11 | | | | 03/18/2023 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | 6,953 | (4) | | | 20,859 | (4) | | | 57.91 | | | | 03/18/2024 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | — | | | | 32,843 | (5) | | | 74.72 | | | | 03/17/2025 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 854 | (7) | | | 64,101 | (7) | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 3,304 | (8) | | | 247,998 | (8) | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 2,762 | (9) | | | 207,316 | (9) | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 2,172 | (10) | | | 163,030 | (10) | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 3,456 | (11) | | | 259,407 | (11) | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 3,965 | (12) | | | 297,613 | (12) | |
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Table of Contents
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Option Awards | | Stock Awards | |
|---|
| Name | | Number of
Securities Underlying
Unexercised Options
(#)
Exercisable | | Number of
Securities Underlying
Unexercised Options
(#)
Unexercisable | | Option
Exercise
Price
($) | | Option
Expiration
Date | | Number of Shares
or Units of
Stock That Have
Not Vested
(#) | | Market Value of
Shares or Units
of Stock That
Have Not Vested
($) | |
|---|
Ms. Taylor | | | 10,284 | (18) | | | — | | | | 25.25 | | | | 03/24/2020 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | 3,547 | (1) | | | 1,182 | (1) | | | 45.25 | | | | 03/20/2022 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | 1,501 | (2) | | | 1,498 | (2) | | | 48.11 | | | | 03/18/2023 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | 3,454 | (19) | | | 3,454 | (19) | | | 54.48 | | | | 05/28/2023 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | 2,119 | (4) | | | 6,351 | (4) | | | 57.91 | | | | 03/18/2024 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | — | | | | 32,843 | (5) | | | 74.72 | | | | 03/17/2025 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 93 | (7) | | | 6,981 | (7) | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,006 | (8) | | | 75,510 | (8) | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 2,762 | (9) | | | 207,316 | (9) | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 237 | (10) | | | 17,789 | (10) | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,052 | (11) | | | 78,963 | (11) | |
| | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 3,965 | (12) | | | 297,613 | (12) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Mr. Sparks | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | |
(1)These options are part of a grant of time-based options with a vesting schedule of 25% per year on each of the first four anniversaries of March 20, 2012, subject to certain accelerated vesting provisions as described in "Potential“Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control" below.
(2)These optionsControl.” PSUs reported in the table are part of a grant of time-based options with a vesting schedule of 25% per year on each of the first four anniversaries of March 18, 2013, subject to certain accelerated vesting provisions as describedpayable in "Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control" below.
(3)These options are part of a grant of time-based options with a vesting schedule of 25% per year on each of the first four anniversaries of December 3, 2013, subject to certain accelerated vesting provisions as described in "Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control" below.
(4)These options are part of a grant of time-based options with a vesting schedule of 25% per year on each of the first four anniversaries of March 18, 2014, subject to certain accelerated vesting provisions as described in "Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control" below.
(5)These options are part of a grant of time-based options with a vesting schedule of 25% per year on April 1 of 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, subject to certain accelerated vesting provisions as described in "Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control" below.
(6)These options are part of a grant of time-based options with a vesting schedule of 331/3% per year on each of the third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of June 3, 2015, subject to certain accelerated vesting provisions as described in "Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control" below.
(7)Represents PSUs, to be paid in an equal number of shares of our common stock earned ason a result of our performance versus certain adjusted EBITDA and ROIC targets for fiscal 2013 and scheduled to vest on March 18, 2016, subject to certain accelerated vesting provisions as described in "Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control" below. The market value was computed by multiplying the number of such units by the closing market price of one share of our common stock on January 29, 2016.one-for-one basis.
| | | | | | | | | | | Option Awards | | | Stock Awards | |
| | Name | | | Grant Date | | | Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Exercisable | | | Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Unexercisable | | | Option
Exercise
Price
($) | | | Option
Expiration
Date | | | Number of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested
(#) | | | Market
Value of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested
($)(1) | | | Equity
Incentive Plan
Awards:
Number of
Unearned
Shares, Units
or Other
Rights That
Have Not
Vested
(#) | | | Equity
Incentive Plan
Awards:
Market or
Payout Value
of Unearned
Shares, Units
or Other
Rights That
Have Not
Vested
($)(1) | |
| | Mr. Vasos | | | | | 03/21/2018 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 39,299(2) | | | | | | 92.98 | | | | | | 03/21/2028 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/20/2019 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 64,198(2) | | | | | | 117.13 | | | | | | 03/20/2029 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/17/2020 | | | | | | 33,433(2) | | | | | | 100,290(2) | | | | | | 154.53 | | | | | | 03/17/2030 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/16/2021 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 122,977(2) | | | | | | 193.55 | | | | | | 03/16/2031 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/20/2019 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 58,221(3) | | | | | | 11,896,297 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/17/2020 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 28,494(4) | | | | | | 5,822,179 | | | | | | 42,741(5) | | | | | | 8,733,269 | | |
| | | | | | | 03/16/2021 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 26,240(6) | | | | | | 5,361,619 | | | | | | 40,140(7) | | | | | | 8,201,806 | | |
| | Mr. Garratt | | | | | 03/21/2018 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 6,877(2) | | | | | | 92.98 | | | | | | 03/21/2028 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/20/2019 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10,832(2) | | | | | | 117.13 | | | | | | 03/20/2029 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/17/2020 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 17,829(2) | | | | | | 154.53 | | | | | | 03/17/2030 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/16/2021 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 19,676(2) | | | | | | 193.55 | | | | | | 03/16/2031 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/20/2019 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9,824(3) | | | | | | 2,007,338 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/17/2020 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5,066(4) | | | | | | 1,035,136 | | | | | | 7,599(5) | | | | | | 1,552,704 | | |
| | | | | | | 03/16/2021 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 4,199(6) | | | | | | 857,982 | | | | | | 6,423(7) | | | | | | 1,312,412 | | |
| | Mr. Owen | | | | | 08/25/2015 | | | | | | 35,703(8) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 73.73 | | | | | | 08/25/2025 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/16/2016 | | | | | | 32,890(2) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 84.67 | | | | | | 03/16/2026 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/22/2017 | | | | | | 37,686(2) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 70.68 | | | | | | 03/22/2027 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/21/2018 | | | | | | 22,107(2) | | | | | | 7,368(2) | | | | | | 92.98 | | | | | | 03/21/2028 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/20/2019 | | | | | | 12,439(2) | | | | | | 12,438(2) | | | | | | 117.13 | | | | | | 03/20/2029 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 08/27/2019 | | | | | | 4,816(8) | | | | | | 4,816(8) | | | | | | 138.75 | | | | | | 08/27/2029 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/17/2020 | | | | | | 8,172(2) | | | | | | 24,516(2) | | | | | | 154.53 | | | | | | 03/17/2030 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/16/2021 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 25,464(2) | | | | | | 193.55 | | | | | | 03/16/2031 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/20/2019 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11,278(3) | | | | | | 2,304,434 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/17/2020 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 6,966(4) | | | | | | 1,423,363 | | | | | | 10,446(5) | | | | | | 2,134,431 | | |
| | | | | | | 03/16/2021 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5,434(6) | | | | | | 1,110,329 | | | | | | 8,310(7) | | | | | | 1,697,982 | | |
| | Ms. Taylor | | | | | 03/21/2018 | | | | | | 20,633(2) | | | | | | 6,877(2) | | | | | | 92.98 | | | | | | 03/21/2028 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/20/2019 | | | | | | 11,236(2) | | | | | | 11,234(2) | | | | | | 117.13 | | | | | | 03/20/2029 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/17/2020 | | | | | | 5,574(2) | | | | | | 16,713(2) | | | | | | 154.53 | | | | | | 03/17/2030 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/16/2021 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 18,519(2) | | | | | | 193.55 | | | | | | 03/16/2031 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/20/2019 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10,189(3) | | | | | | 2,081,918 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/17/2020 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 4,750(4) | | | | | | 970,568 | | | | | | 7,122(5) | | | | | | 1,455,238 | | |
| | | | | | | 03/16/2021 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3,951(6) | | | | | | 807,308 | | | | | | 6,045(7) | | | | | | 1,235,175 | | |
342022 Proxy Statement
| | | | | | | | | | | Option Awards | | | Stock Awards | |
| | Name | | | Grant Date | | | Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Exercisable | | | Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Unexercisable | | | Option
Exercise
Price
($) | | | Option
Expiration
Date | | | Number of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested
(#) | | | Market
Value of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested
($)(1) | | | Equity
Incentive Plan
Awards:
Number of
Unearned
Shares, Units
or Other
Rights That
Have Not
Vested
(#) | | | Equity
Incentive Plan
Awards:
Market or
Payout Value
of Unearned
Shares, Units
or Other
Rights That
Have Not
Vested
($)(1) | |
| | Mr. Wenkoff | | | | | 08/29/2017 | | | | | | 16,412(8) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 76.89 | | | | | | 08/29/2027 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/21/2018 | | | | | | 19,159(2) | | | | | | 6,386(2) | | | | | | 92.98 | | | | | | 03/21/2028 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/20/2019 | | | | | | 10,433(2) | | | | | | 10,432(2) | | | | | | 117.13 | | | | | | 03/20/2029 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | �� | | 03/17/2020 | | | | | | 5,574(2) | | | | | | 16,713(2) | | | | | | 154.53 | | | | | | 03/17/2030 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/16/2021 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 18,519(2) | | | | | | 193.55 | | | | | | 03/16/2031 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/20/2019 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9,459(3) | | | | | | 1,932,757 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | 03/17/2020 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 4,750(4) | | | | | | 970,568 | | | | | | 7,122(5) | | | | | | 1,455,238 | | |
| | | | | | | 03/16/2021 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3,951(6) | | | | | | 807,308 | | | | | | 6,045(7) | | | | | | 1,235,175 | | |
(1)
(8)Represents PSUs, to be paid in an equal number of shares of our common stock, earned as a result of our performance versus certain adjusted EBITDA and ROIC targets for fiscal 2014 and scheduled to vest 50% per year on March 18, 2016 and March 18, 2017, subject to certain accelerated vesting provisions as described in "Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control" below. The market value was computed by multiplying the number of such units by the closing market price of one share of our common stock on January 29, 2016.
(9)Represents PSUs, to be paid in an equal number of shares of our common stock, earned as a result of our performance versus certain adjusted EBITDA and ROIC targets for fiscal 2015 and scheduled to vest 50% per year on April 1, 2017 and April 1, 2018, subject to certain accelerated vesting provisions as described in "Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control" below. The market value was computedComputed by multiplying the number of units by the closing market price of one share of our common stock on January 29, 2016.
(10)Represents RSUs, to be paid in an equal number of shares of our common stock, which are scheduled to vest on March 18, 2016, subject to certain accelerated vesting provisions28, 2022, as described in "Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control" below. The market value was computed by multiplying the number of such unitsreported by the closing market price of one share of our common stock on January 29, 2016.
(11)Represents RSUs, to be paid in an equal number of shares of our common stock, which are scheduled to vest 50% per year on March 18, 2016 and March 18, 2017, subject to certain accelerated vesting provisions as described in "Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control" below. The market value was computed by multiplying the number of such units by the closing market price of one share of our common stock on January 29, 2016.NYSE.
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(12)Represents RSUs, to be paid in an equal number of shares of our common stock, which are scheduled to vest in three equal installments on April 1, 2016, April 1, 2017 and April 1, 2018, subject to certain accelerated vesting provisions as described in "Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control" below. The market value was computed by multiplying the number of such units by the closing market price of one share of our common stock on January 29, 2016.
(13)These options are partPart of a grant of time-based options grant with a vesting schedule of 25% per year on each of the first four anniversaries of December 3, 2014, subject to certain accelerated vesting provisions as described in "Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control" below.the April 1 following the grant date.
(3)
(14)These options are partPart of a PSU grant, 12% of which were earned as a result of our fiscal 2019 adjusted EBITDA performance and 88% of which were earned as a result of our 2019-2021 adjusted ROIC performance, and in each case are scheduled to vest on April 1, 2022.
(4)
Part of a PSU grant that was earned as a result of our fiscal 2020 adjusted EBITDA performance and is scheduled to vest 50% per year on each of April 1, 2022, and April 1, 2023.
(5)
Part of a PSU grant that is scheduled to vest on April 1, 2023, if the adjusted ROIC performance goal is achieved for fiscal years 2020-2022. The number of PSUs reported in this column assumes achievement of the maximum level of adjusted ROIC performance for the performance period. The actual number of PSUs earned, if any, will be determined based on the actual level of adjusted ROIC performance achieved for the performance period.
(6)
Part of a PSU grant that was earned as a result of our fiscal 2021 adjusted EBITDA performance and is scheduled to vest 33 1/3% per year on each of the first three anniversaries of the April 1 following the grant date.
(7)
Part of a PSU grant that is scheduled to vest on April 1, 2024, if the adjusted ROIC performance goal is achieved for fiscal years 2021-2023. The number of PSUs reported in this column assumes achievement of the maximum level of adjusted ROIC performance for the performance period. The actual number of PSUs earned, if any, will be determined based on the actual level of adjusted ROIC performance achieved for the performance period.
(8)
Part of a time-based options grant with a vesting schedule of 25% per year on each of the first four anniversaries of December 2, 2015, subject to certain accelerated vesting provisions as described in "Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control" below.
(15)These options vested on August 25, 2013.
(16)These options vested in increments of 208 shares on April 3, 2013; 1,029 shares on April 22, 2013; 4,680 shares on July 11, 2013; 11,428 shares on August 25, 2013; and 749 shares on December 11, 2013.
(17)These options vested in increments of 6,516 shares on February 1, 2013; 13,422 shares on each of March 24, 2013, January 31, 2014 and March 24, 2014; and 2,237 shares on January 30, 2015.
(18)These options vested in increments of 1,072 shares on January 28, 2011; 1,286 shares on each of March 24, 2011, February 3, 2012 and March 24, 2012; 1,285 shares on each of February 1, 2013, March 24, 2013, January 31, 2014 and March 24, 2014; and 214 shares on January 30, 2015.
(19)These options are part of athe grant of time-based options with a vesting schedule of 25% per year on each of the first four anniversaries of May 28, 2013, subject to certain accelerated vesting provisions as described in "Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control" below.date.
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Option Exercises and Stock Vested During Fiscal 2015
2021
| | | | | Option Awards | | | Stock Awards | |
| | Name | | | Number of
Shares
Acquired on
Exercise
(#)(1) | | | Value Realized
on Exercise
($)(2) | | | Number of
Shares
Acquired on
Vesting
(#)(3) | | | Value Realized
on Vesting
($)(4) | |
| | Mr. Vasos | | | | | 592,650 | | | | | | 75,969,713 | | | | | | 89,359 | | | | | | 18,086,262 | | |
| | Mr. Garratt | | | | | 85,850 | | | | | | 10,001,586 | | | | | | 15,634 | | | | | | 3,164,322 | | |
| | Mr. Owen | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 17,608 | | | | | | 3,563,859 | | |
| | Ms. Taylor | | | | | 42,648 | | | | | | 5,237,927 | | | | | | 15,520 | | | | | | 3,141,248 | | |
| | Mr. Wenkoff | | | | | 9,900 | | | | | | 1,288,692 | | | | | | 14,580 | | | | | | 2,950,992 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Option Awards | | Stock Awards | |
|---|
| Name | | Number of
Shares
Acquired on
Exercise
(#)(1) | | Value Realized
on Exercise
($)(2) | | Number of
Shares
Acquired on
Vesting
(#)(3) | | Value Realized
on Vesting
($)(4) | |
|---|
Mr. Vasos | | | — | | | | — | | | | 9,414 | | | | 709,937 | | |
Mr. Dreiling | | | 398,880 | | | | 13,206,896 | | | | 296,797 | | | | 21,638,854 | | |
Mr. Garratt | | | — | | | | — | | | | 421 | | | | 31,600 | | |
Mr. Tehle | | | 48,779 | | | | 1,399,187 | | | | 6,902 | | | | 521,179 | | |
Mr. Flanigan | | | 28,449 | | | | 1,437,362 | | | | 8,283 | | | | 624,837 | | |
Mr. Ravener | | | — | | | | — | | | | 8,283 | | | | 624,837 | | |
Ms. Taylor | | | — | | | | — | | | | 2,509 | | | | 188,803 | | |
Mr. Sparks | | | 48,779 | | | | 1,426,209 | | | | 6,902 | | | | 521,179 | | |
Represents the gross number of option shares exercised, without deduction for shares that may have been surrendered or withheld to satisfy the exercise price or applicable tax withholding obligations.
(2)
(2)Value realized is calculated by multiplying the gross number of options exercised by the difference between the market price of our common stock onat exercise as reported by the date of exerciseNYSE and the exercise price.
(3)
(3)Represents the gross number of shares acquired upon vesting of PSUs, and RSUs, without deduction for shares that may have been withheld to satisfy applicable tax withholding obligations. For Mr. Dreiling, the reported amounts include shares underlying RSUs that vested on January 29, 2016 but are subject to delayed payment, including 57,670 RSUs scheduled to be paid 50% on March 17, 2016 and 50% on March 17, 2017, and 22,005 RSUs scheduled to be paid on July 30, 2016, in each case subject to certain accelerated payment provisions.
(4)
(4)Value realized is calculated by multiplying the gross number of shares vested by the closing market price of our common stock on the vesting date. As discussed in more detail in footnote 3, for Mr. Dreiling,date as reported by the reported value realized includes the value associated with shares underlying RSUs that vested on January 29, 2016 but are subject to delayed payment.NYSE.
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Pension Benefits
Fiscal
20152021
We have omitted the Pension Benefits table because it is inapplicable.
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation
Fiscal
20152021
Information regarding each named executive officer'sofficer’s participation in our CDP/SERP Plan is included in the following table. The material terms of the CDP/SERP Plan are described after the table. Please also see "Benefits“Benefits and Perquisites"Perquisites” in "Compensation“Compensation Discussion and Analysis"Analysis” above. We have omitted from this table the column pertaining to “Aggregate Withdrawals/Distributions” during the fiscal year because it is inapplicable.
| | Name | | | Executive
Contributions
in Last FY
($)(1) | | | Registrant
Contributions
in Last FY
($)(2) | | | Aggregate
Earnings
in Last FY
($)(3) | | | Aggregate
Balance at
Last FYE
($)(4) | |
| | Mr. Vasos | | | | | 675,003 | | | | | | 53,003 | | | | | | 95,305 | | | | | | 2,692,381 | | |
| | Mr. Garratt | | | | | 126,509 | | | | | | 25,091 | | | | | | 41,298 | | | | | | 627,505 | | |
| | Mr. Owen | | | | | 42,262 | | | | | | 27,676 | | | | | | 42,406 | | | | | | 478,688 | | |
| | Ms. Taylor | | | | | 715,787 | | | | | | 166,217 | | | | | | 63,636 | | | | | | 2,242,143 | | |
| | Mr. Wenkoff | | | | | 179,361 | | | | | | 15,495 | | | | | | 26,262 | | | | | | 505,861 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Name | | Executive
Contributions
in Last FY
($)(1) | | Registrant
Contributions
in Last FY
($)(2) | | Aggregate
Earnings
in Last FY
($)(3) | | Aggregate
Withdrawals/
Distributions
($)(4) | | Aggregate
Balance
at Last FYE
($)(5) | |
|---|
Mr. Vasos | | | 46,330 | | | | 32,115 | | | | (10,963 | ) | | | — | | | | 533,614 | | |
Mr. Dreiling | | | 62,387 | | | | 322,977 | | | | 18,456 | | | | — | | | | 2,880,653 | | |
Mr. Garratt | | | 2,083 | | | | — | | | | 25 | | | | — | | | | 2,108 | | |
Mr. Tehle | | | 15,479 | | | | 5,270 | | | | (135,029 | ) | | | (1,980,227 | ) | | | 0 | | |
Mr. Flanigan | | | 21,869 | | | | 65,541 | | | | (13,666 | ) | | | — | | | | 618,838 | | |
Mr. Ravener | | | 26,100 | | | | 12,787 | | | | (10,107 | ) | | | — | | | | 333,425 | | |
Ms. Taylor | | | 2,188 | | | | 52,521 | | | | (6,662 | ) | | | — | | | | 208,177 | | |
Mr. Sparks | | | 11,678 | | | | 1,088 | | | | 10 | | | | (116,204 | ) | | | 0 | | |
Of the reported amounts, for each named executive officerthe following are reported in the Summary Compensation Table as "Salary"“Salary” for 2015.2021: Mr. Vasos ($67,503); Mr. Garratt ($39,703); Mr. Owen ($42,262); Ms. Taylor ($31,306); and Mr. Wenkoff ($61,348).
(2)
(2)
Reported as "All“All Other Compensation"Compensation” in the Summary Compensation Table.
(3)
(3)The amounts shown are not reported in the Summary Compensation Table because they do not represent above-market or preferential earnings.
(4)
(4)Each distribution was made following Messrs. Tehle's and Sparks's respective service termination pursuant to prior elections made under the CDP/SERP Plan.
(5)Of the amounts reported, the following were previously reported as compensation to the named executive officer for years prior to 20152021 in a Summary Compensation Table: Mr. Vasos ($374,751)2,004,178); Mr. DreilingGarratt ($2,183,084)430,401); Mr. TehleOwen ($1,475,241)275,198); Mr. Flanigan ($149,969); Mr. Ravener ($31,747); each of Mr. Garratt and Ms. Taylor ($0)1,362,036); and Mr. SparksWenkoff ($102,228)167,587).
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Pursuant to the CDP, each named executive officer may annually elect to defer up to 65% of his
or her base salary if his
or her compensation exceeds the limit set forth in Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code, and up to 100% of his
or her bonus pay if his
or her compensation equals or exceeds the highly compensated limit under Section 414(q)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code. We currently match base pay deferrals at a rate of 100%, up to 5% of annual salary, with annual salary offset by the amount of
match-eligiblematch- eligible salary under the 401(k) Plan. All named executive officers are 100% vested in
all compensation and matching deferrals and earnings on those deferrals.
Pursuant to the SERP, we make an annual contribution equal to a certain percentage of a participant'sparticipant’s annual salary and bonus to alleligible participants who are actively employed in an eligible job grade on January 1 and continue to be employed as of December 31 of a given year. Persons hired after May 27, 2008, including Messrs. Vasos, Garratt, Ravener and Sparks, are not eligible to participate in the SERP. The contribution percentage is based on age, years of service, and job grade. Persons hired after May 27, 2008, are not eligible to participate in the SERP. The fiscal 20152021 contribution percentage was 9.5% for Mr. Dreiling and 7.5% for each of Mr. FlaniganMs. Taylor, and Ms. Taylor. Mr. Tehle was not eligible for a fiscal 2015 SERP contribution because he was not employed as of December 31, 2015. All applicable named executive officers areshe is 100% vested in their respectiveher SERP amounts.account. No other named executive officer was eligible to participate in the SERP in 2021.
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The amounts deferred or contributed to the CDP/SERP Plan are credited to a liability account, which is then invested at the participant'sparticipant’s option in an account that mirrors the performance of a fund or funds selected by the Compensation Committee or its delegate. Beginning on August 2, 2008, theseThese funds are identical to the funds offered in our 401(k) Plan.
A
For a participant who ceases employment with at least 10 years of service or after reaching age 50 and whose CDP account balance or SERP account balance exceeds
$25,000 may elect for thatcertain dollar thresholds, the account balance
towill be paid
in cash by (a) lump sum, (b) monthly installments over a 5, 10 or 15-year period or (c) a combination of lump sum and
installments.installments, pursuant to the participant’s election. Otherwise, payment is made in a lump sum. The vested amount will be payable at the time designated by the CDP/SERP Plan upon the
participant'sparticipant’s termination of employment. A
participant'sparticipant’s CDP/SERP
Plan benefit normally is payable in the following February if employment ceases during the first 6 months of a calendar year or is payable in the following August if employment ceases during the last 6 months of a calendar year. However, participants may elect to receive an in-service lump sum distribution of vested amounts credited to the CDP account, provided that the date of distribution is no sooner than 5 years after the end of the year in which the amounts were deferred. In addition, a participant who is actively employed may request an
"unforeseeable“unforeseeable emergency
hardship"hardship” in-service lump sum distribution of vested amounts credited to the
participant'sparticipant’s CDP account. Account balances are payable in cash.
As a result of our change in control which occurred in 2007, the CDP/SERP Plan liabilities through July 6, 2007, were fully funded into an irrevocable rabbi trust. We also funded into the rabbi trust deferrals into the CDP/SERP Plan between July 6, 2007, and October 15, 2007. All CDP/SERP Plan liabilities incurred on or after October 15, 2007, are unfunded.
Potential Payments
uponUpon Termination or Change in Control
Our agreements with our named executive officers and certain plans and programs in which
our named executive officersthey participate, in each case as in effect at the end of
our 2015 fiscal
year,2021, provide for benefits or payments upon certain employment termination or change in control events.
TheseWe discuss these benefits and payments
are discussed below except to the extent
a benefit or payment isthey are available generally to all salaried employees and
doesdo not discriminate in favor of our executive officers or to the extent already discussed under
"Nonqualified“Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Fiscal
2015"2021” above.
BecauseThe discussion of equity awards in each
scenario includes nonqualified stock options outstanding as of
Messrs. Dreiling's, Tehle's and Sparks's employment ended on or before the end of
our 2015 fiscal
year, we discuss2021, as well as PSUs awarded in 2019 (“2019 PSUs”), 2020 (“2020 PSUs”) and 2021 (“2021 PSUs”). In all scenarios discussed below,
onlystock options may not be exercised any later than the
payments each has received or will receive in connection therewith.10Payments to Mr. Dreilingth
Mr. Dreiling retired on January 29, 2016. Pursuant to the terms of his employment transition agreement with us, effective March 10, 2015, Mr. Dreiling was entitled to receive a fiscal 2015 Teamshare bonus payment to the extent earned as a result anniversary of the achievement of the fiscal 2015 financial performance goal and payable at the same time as payments are made to other Teamshare participants as discussed in "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" and reflected in the "Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation" column of the Summary Compensation Table.
Mr. Dreiling's outstanding stock options, 2013 PSUs and 2014 PSUs (defined below), and RSUs (other than the Transition RSU Award) were treated as described below under "Payments Upon Termination Due to Retirement."
The Transition RSU Award fully vested on January 29, 2016 and is scheduled to be paid as to 50% of the award on each of the first two anniversaries of the March 17, 2015 grant date, subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment, in whole or in part, upon various events specified in the award agreement, including the breach of any of the business protection provisions set forth in his employment transition agreement. Such RSUs are subject to accelerated payment in the event of death
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or disability (in which event payment will be made within 90 days following such event) or a change in control (in which event the payment will be made upon the change in control), in each case prior to an originally scheduled payment date. Disability and change in control are defined in the equity award agreement.
Finally, upon his retirement Mr. Dreiling forfeited the unvested portion of the performance-based restricted stock awarded to him in 2012.
Mr. Dreiling is subject to various business protection provisions substantially as described for the other named executive officers below under "Payments Upon Voluntary Termination—Voluntary Termination with Good Reason or After Failure to Renew the Employment Agreement."
Payments to Mr. Tehle
Mr. Tehle's service termination date was June 30, 2015, and his departure was treated as a voluntary termination without good reason under all applicable plans and agreements. His outstanding equity awards were treated as described below under "Payments Upon Voluntary Termination—Voluntary Termination without Good Reason."
Payments to Mr. Sparks
Mr. Sparks' service termination date was June 9, 2015. He received or will receive severance payments and benefits, and his outstanding equity awards were treated, as described under "Payments Upon Involuntary Termination—Involuntary Termination without Cause."
Payments Upon Termination Due to Death or Disability
Pre-2012
Equity
Awards. Mr. Ravener and Ms. Taylor have options outstanding that were granted prior to 2012. All such options are fully vested and generally may be exercised for a period of one year from termination of employment due to death or disability (as defined in the applicable award agreement) unless such options have expired earlier. Post-2011 Equity Awards.Awards
If a named executive
officer'sofficer’s employment with us terminates due to death or disability (as defined in the
applicable awardgoverning agreement):
•
Stock Options. Any outstandingOutstanding unvested stock option shalloptions become immediately vested and exercisable with respect to 100% of the underlying shares subject to the option immediately prior to such event and such vested options may be exercised until the first1st anniversary of the employment termination date.event.
•
•Performance Share Units. Unearned or unvested PSUs were awarded in fiscal 2013 ("2013 PSUs"), fiscal 2014 ("2014 PSUs")are forfeited and cancelled on the termination date or the last day of the performance period, as applicable, except for Mr. Dreiling, fiscal 2015 ("2015 PSUs") to each named executive who was employed by us atthat (1) if the timetermination occurs on or after the end of the applicable award.üIf such termination had occurred before January 29, 2016 for the 2015 PSUs, a pro-rated portion (based on months employed during the one yearone-year or three-year performance period) of one-thirdperiod associated with each of the 20152019 PSUs, earned based on performance during the entire performance period would have become vested and nonforfeitable (unless previously vested or forfeited) as of January 29, 2016 and would have been paid on April 1, 2016. If such termination had occurred on or after January 29, 2016 for the 20152020 PSUs and the 2021 PSUs but before April 1, 2016, the participant would have received the one-third of the 2015 PSUsan applicable vesting date, any earned that are described above, without proration.
üIf such termination occurs after March 18, 2014 for the 2013 PSUs, March 18, 2015 for the 2014 PSUs or April 1, 2016 for the 2015 PSUs, any remaining earned
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but unvested PSUs from such awards shall become vested and nonforfeitable as of the termination date of such event and shallbut be paid within 30 days thereafter. Otherwise, any earned but unvestedat the same time as if no termination had occurred; (2) for the 2021 PSUs, from such awards shall be forfeited and cancelled onif the datetermination occurs before the end of the terminationone-year performance period, a pro-rata portion (based on months employed during
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the performance period) of
employment.•Restricted Stock Units. Any outstanding RSUs willone-third of the 2021 PSUs subject to the one-year Adjusted EBITDA performance goal (the “2021 Adjusted EBITDA PSUs”) earned based on performance during such performance period shall become fully vested and nonforfeitable uponas of the end of such death or disabilityperformance period and will be paid within 30 days (for RSUs granted priorat the same time as if no termination had occurred; and (3) for the 2019 PSUs, 2020 PSUs and 2021 PSUs, if the termination occurs before the end of the applicable three-year performance period, a pro-rata portion (based on months employed during the applicable performance period) of the 2019 PSUs subject to 2015) or 90 days (for RSUs grantedthe three-year Adjusted ROIC performance goal, of the 2020 PSUs subject to the three-year Adjusted ROIC performance goal, and of the 2021 PSUs subject to the three-year Adjusted ROIC performance goal, in 2015) followingeach case earned based on performance during the dateapplicable performance period, shall become vested and nonforfeitable as of death or disability.
the end of such applicable performance period and be paid at the same time as if no termination had occurred.
Other Payments.Payments
In the event of
death, a named executive
officer'sofficer’s death, the beneficiary will receive payments under our group life insurance program in an amount, up to a maximum of
$3$4 million, equal to 2.5 times
such officer'sthe officer’s annual base
salary.salary and, in the event of death on or after the last day of a fiscal year, payment for the officer’s incentive bonus earned for that fiscal year under the terms of our Teamshare program (which otherwise generally requires a participant to remain employed on the payment date to receive the bonus payment). In addition, in the event of disability (as defined in the governing document), a named executive officer
wouldwill receive 60% of covered monthly earnings up to
a $20,000
per monthmonthly benefit under our long-term disability insurance program. In the event of death or disability (as defined in the CDP/SERP Plan), a named executive
officer'sofficer’s CDP/SERP Plan benefit
will become fully vested (to the extent not already vested) and will be payable in a lump sum within 60 days after the end of the calendar quarter in which such termination event occurs, provided that we may delay payment in the event of disability until as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt of the disability determination by the Social Security Administration.
Additionally, inDependent upon the
eventcause of death
on or
after the last day of a fiscal year,loss suffered, a named executive officer
willmay also be eligible to receive payment
for his or her incentive bonus earned for that fiscal yearof up to $50,000 under
the terms of our
Teamshare program (which otherwise generally requires that a participant remain employed on the payment date to be entitled to any incentive bonus earned for that fiscal year).group accidental death and dismemberment program.
Payments Upon Termination Due to Retirement
Except as provided immediately below with respect to stock options, PSUs and RSUs awarded after 2011,equity awards, retirement (as defined in the applicable governing document) is not treated differently from any other voluntary termination without good reason (as defined under the relevant agreements, and as
discussed below under
"Payments“Payments Upon Voluntary
Termination"Termination”) under
any of our plans or agreements for named executive officers.
Normal Retirement
In the event a named executive officer
retires:- retires on or after reaching a minimum age (age 55 for equity awards beginning in 2021; otherwise age 62) and achieving five consecutive years of service with us, provided that the sum of the officer’s age plus years of service equals a specified minimum (at least 65 for equity awards beginning in 2021; otherwise at least 70) and that there is no basis to terminate the officer with cause (as defined in the governing agreement) and, with respect to Mr. Vasos only, the retirement does not meet the requirements for early retirement as set forth in the award agreements governing his 2021 stock option and PSU awards (collectively, “Normal Retirement”):
•
Stock Options. The portion of the outstanding unvested stock options that would have become vested and exercisable within the one yearone-year period following the retirementNormal Retirement date if suchthe officer had remained employed with us shall remain outstanding for a period of one year following the retirementNormal Retirement date and shall become vested and exercisable on the anniversary of the grant date that falls within the one yearone-year period following the retirement date (but only to the extent such portion has not otherwise terminated or become exercisable).Normal Retirement date. However, if during such one yearone-year period a change in control occurs or the officer dies or, for stock options awarded to officers other than Mr. Vasos prior to 2021 and for all stock options awarded to Mr. Vasos, incurs a disability (as defined in the governing agreement), such portion shall instead become immediately vested and exercisable (but onlyupon such death or, for stock options awarded to the extentofficers other than Mr. Vasos prior to 2021 and for all stock options awarded to Mr. Vasos, upon such portion has not otherwise terminated).disability. Otherwise, any option which is unvested and unexercisable on the terminationNormal Retirement date shall immediately expire without payment. The officer may exercise the option to the extent vested and exercisable any time prior tobefore the fifth5th anniversary of the retirement date, but no later than the 10th anniversary of the grantNormal Retirement date.
•
•Performance Share Units.üFor With the 2015 PSUs, if such retirement had occurred before January 29, 2016, or on or after January 29, 2016 and before April 1, 2016,exception outlined below, the vesting and payment of the PSUs fromin a Normal Retirement scenario before the end of the applicable one-year or three-year performance period and on or after the end of such award would have beenperiods is identical to the vesting and payment of PSUs in the death and disability scenarios discussed above for the 2015 PSUs during these respective time periods.
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üIf such retirement had occurred after March 19, 2015the one-year performance period but before March 18, 2016 foran applicable vesting date, the 2014 PSUs or occurs after April 2, 2016 but before April 1, 2017 for the 2015 PSUs, an additional one-third of earnedthe 2019 PSUs from such awardssubject to the Adjusted EBITDA goal (the “2019 Adjusted EBITDA PSUs”), the one-third of the 2020 PSUs subject to the Adjusted EBITDA goal (the “2020
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Adjusted EBITDA PSUs”), and the one-third of the 2021 Adjusted EBITDA PSUs, in each case that would
have become vested on the next vesting date shall become vested and nonforfeitable
and wouldas of the Normal Retirement date but be paid
onat the
same time as if no retirement
date. If such retirement occurs after March 19, 2015 but before March 18, 2016 for the 2013 PSUs, after March 19, 2016 but before March 18, 2017 for the 2014 PSUs, and after April 2, 2017 but before April 1, 2018 for the 2015 PSUs, an additional one-third of earned PSUs from such awards would become vested and nonforfeitable and would be paid on the retirement date.had occurred. Otherwise, any
earned butunearned or unvested PSUs
from such awards shall be forfeited and cancelled on the
retirement date.•Restricted Stock Units. The one-thirdNormal Retirement date or the last day of the performance period, as applicable. See “Payments After a Change in Control” for a discussion of treatment of the PSUs if a named executive officer terminates employment due to Normal Retirement within two years following a change in control.
Early Retirement
Solely with respect to the stock options awarded to Mr. Vasos in March 2020 (the “2020 Options”) and March 2021 (the “2021 Options”) and the 2020 PSUs and 2021 PSUs awarded to Mr. Vasos, in the event Mr. Vasos voluntarily terminates his employment after April 1, 2021 (with respect to the 2020 Options and the 2020 PSUs) or after April 1, 2022 (with respect to the 2021 Options and the 2021 PSUs), provided that: (1) he has provided written notice within a reasonable period of time prior to such date; (2) he has agreed in writing to provide reasonable transition services to our Board of Directors and his successor for up to 12 months (with respect to the 2020 Options and the 2020 PSUs) or up to 24 months (with respect to the 2021 Options and the 2021 PSUs) following his voluntary termination; (3) he agrees in writing to extend the “restricted period” of the Business Protection Provisions (as defined below under “Voluntary Termination with Good Reason or After Failure to Renew the Employment Agreement”) contained in his employment agreement from two years to three years; and (4) there is no basis to terminate him with cause (as defined in the governing agreement) (“Early Retirement”):
•
2020 Options and 2021 Options. Any outstanding RSUsunvested 2020 Options and 2021 Options shall remain outstanding following the Early Retirement date and become vested and exercisable on the scheduled vesting dates as if no such retirement had occurred. However, if: (1) Mr. Vasos violates any of the Business Protection Provisions following Early Retirement, any unvested 2020 Options and 2021 Options shall instead terminate and be forfeited; (2) Mr. Vasos dies or incurs a disability (as defined in the governing document) following Early Retirement, any unvested 2020 Options and 2021 Options shall instead become immediately vested and exercisable upon such death or disability; or (3) a change in control (as defined in the governing document) occurs following Early Retirement, any unvested 2020 Options and 2021 Options shall instead become immediately vested and exercisable upon such change in control. Mr. Vasos may exercise the 2020 Options and the 2021 Options to the extent vested
and exercisable at any time before the 5th anniversary of the Early Retirement date. However, if we become aware of a violation by Mr. Vasos following Early Retirement of any of the Business Protection Provisions, any portion of the 2020 Options and the 2021 Options that would havevested following Early Retirement shall immediately be forfeited and subject to clawback and any unvested portion of the 2020 Options and the 2021 Options shall immediately be forfeited without payment.
•
2020 PSUs and 2021 PSUs. Any unearned or unvested 2020 PSUs and 2021 PSUs awarded to Mr. Vasos shall be forfeited and cancelled on the Early Retirement date except that: (1) if the Early Retirement occurs after the end of the applicable one-year performance period, any earned but unvested 2020 Adjusted EBITDA PSUs and 2021 Adjusted EBITDA PSUs shall remain outstanding and become vested and be paid on the scheduled vesting dates as if no such retirement had occurred; and (2) if the Early Retirement occurs before the vesting date, any 2021 PSUs subject to the three-year Adjusted ROIC performance goal (“2021 Adjusted ROIC PSUs”) shall remain outstanding and become vested (to the extent earned) and be paid on the scheduled vesting date as if no such retirement had occurred. However, (1) with respect to the 2020 Adjusted EBITDA PSUs and the 2021 Adjusted EBITDA PSUs, if, following the Early Retirement and prior to an applicable vesting date, Mr. Vasos dies or becomes disabled (as defined in the governing document) or there is a change in control (as defined in the governing document), then such unvested 2020 Adjusted EBITDA PSUs and 2021 Adjusted EBITDA PSUs instead shall become vested and nonforfeitable (to the extent earned) as of such death, disability or change in control, as applicable, but be paid on the next immediatelyscheduled vesting dates as if no such event had occurred; and (2) with respect to the 2021 Adjusted ROIC PSUs, if, following the Early Retirement and prior to the vesting date if(a) Mr. Vasos dies or becomes disabled, then such officer had remained employed through such date willunvested 2021 Adjusted ROIC PSUs instead shall become vested and nonforfeitable upon(to the extent earned) as of the end of the performance period or, if later, as of the date of such retirement (provided thatdeath or disability, as applicable, but be paid on the scheduled vesting date as if no such event had occurred; or (b) there is a change in control, then such unvested 2021 Adjusted ROIC PSUs instead shall become vested and nonforfeitable (to the extent earned, if the retirementchange in control occurs after the end of the performance period, or at the target level of performance, if the change in control occurs on aor before the end of the performance period) as of such change in control, but be paid on the scheduled vesting date as if no accelerated vesting will occur, but rather the officer shall be entitled only to the portionsuch event had occurred. However, if we become aware of a violation by Mr. Vasos following Early
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Retirement of any of the
RSUsBusiness Protection Provisions, then any of the 2020 PSUs and 2021 PSUs that
were scheduled to vest on such vesting date) and will be paid six months and one dayvested following the
retirement date.Early Retirement shall immediately be forfeited and subject to clawback and any unvested 2020 PSUs and 2021 PSUs shall immediately be forfeited and cancelled. See “Payments After a Change in Control” for a discussion of treatment of the 2020 Adjusted EBITDA PSUs and the 2021 PSUs awarded to Mr. Vasos if he terminates employment due to Early Retirement within two years following a change in control.
Payments Upon Voluntary Termination
The payments to be made
to a named executive officer upon
other voluntary termination
scenarios vary depending upon whether the resignation occurs with or without
"good reason"“good reason” (as defined in the
applicablegoverning agreement) or after our failure to offer to renew, extend or replace the applicable employment agreement under certain circumstances.
Voluntary Termination with Good Reason or After Failure to Renew the Employment Agreement.Agreement
If a named executive officer resigns with good reason,
(as defined in the applicable equity award agreement), he or she will forfeit all then unvested equity awards and generally may exercise any
outstanding vested options up to 90 days following the resignation
date, but in no event later than the 10th anniversary of the grant date.
To the extent Mr. Vasos exercises prior to June 3, 2020 any of the options awarded on June 3, 2015, he will be required to hold any net shares acquired upon the exercise until June 3, 2020. If a named executive officer resigns under the circumstances described in (2) below, his or her equity will be treated as described under
"Voluntary“Voluntary Termination without Good
Reason"Reason” below.
See “Payments After a Change in Control” for a discussion of treatment of equity awards if a named executive officer resigns with good reason within two years following a change in control.
If a named executive officer resigns (1) with good reason (as defined in the applicable employment agreement) after giving 30 days (90 days in the case of Mr. Vasos) written notice within 30 days after the event purported to give rise to the claim for good reason and opportunity for us to cure any such claimed event within 30 days after receiving such notice, or (2) within 60 days (90 days in the case of Mr. Vasos) of our failure to offer to renew, extend or replace his or her employment agreement before, at or within 6 months (one(1 year in the case of Mr. Vasos) after the end of the agreement'sagreement’s term (unless we enter into a mutually acceptable severance arrangement or the resignation is a result of the named executive officer'sofficer’s retirement or termination other than for good reason), then in each case the named executive officer will receive the following benefits generally on or beginning on the 60th day after termination of employment but contingent upon the execution and effectiveness of a release of certain claims against us and our affiliates in the form attached to the employment agreement:
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•Continuation of base salary, generally as in effect immediately before the termination, for 24 months payable in accordance with our normal payroll cycle and procedures. With the exception of Mr. Vasos, the amount of any payment or entitlement to payment of the base salary continuation shall be forfeited or, if paid, subject to recovery if and to the extent any base salary is earned as a result of subsequent employment during the 24 months after the termination date.
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•A lump sum payment ofof: (1) for Mr. Vasos, two times the average percentageamount of the named executive officer's target bonus paid or to be paid to employees at the same job grade level as the named executive officer (if any) under the annual bonus program for officers for the two fiscal years immediately preceding the fiscal year in which the termination date occurs (for Mr. Vasos, such lump sum payment instead will equal two times his annual target bonus under our annual bonus program in respect of the fiscal year in which his termination occurs)occurs; and (2) for each other named executive officer, two times the amount of the average percentage of target bonus paid to such officer under our annual bonus program with respect to our two most recently completed fiscal years (not including a fiscal year for which financial performance has not yet been certified) for which annual bonuses have been paid to executives under such program multiplied by such officer’s (A) target bonus level and (B) base salary (in each case, as applicable as of the date immediately preceding the employment termination or, if the termination is for good reason due to the reduction of the officer’s target bonus level or base salary, then his or her target bonus level and base salary applicable immediately prior to such reduction). If no bonus was paid to such officer with respect to one or both of the applicable fiscal years due to Dollar General’s performance or to individual performance (as opposed to ineligibility due to length of employment), then such bonus amount shall be zero in calculating the average. If the named executive officer was not eligible for a bonus with respect to one of the two applicable fiscal years due to length of employment, then such amount shall be calculated based upon the percentage of target bonus to such officer for the applicable fiscal year for which a bonus was paid. If no bonus was paid to the named executive officer with respect to the applicable fiscal years due to length of employment, then no such amount shall be paid.
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Mr. Vasos also will receive a lump sum payment, payable when annual bonuses are paid to our other senior executives, of a pro-rata portion of the annual bonus, if any, that he would have been entitled to receive for the fiscal year of termination, if such termination had not occurred, based on our performance for the fiscal year in which his employment terminates, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days during which he was employed by us in the fiscal year and the denominator of which is 365.
•
•A lump sum payment of two times our annual contribution that would have been made in respect of the plan year in which such termination occurs for the named executive officer'sofficer’s participation in our pharmacy, medical, dental and vision benefits programs.
•
•Reasonable outplacement services
foruntil the earlier of one year or
if earlier, until subsequent employment.
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Any amounts owed to a named executive officer in the form of salary continuation that would otherwise have been paid during the
60 day60-day period after
employment termination will instead be payable in a single lump sum on the
60th60th day after such termination
date and the remainder will be paid in the form of salary continuation payments over the remaining
24 month24-month period as set forth above.
However, in
In certain cases, some or all of the payments and benefits provided on termination of employment may be delayed for six months following termination to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. Any payment required to be delayed would be paid at the end of the six-month period in a lump sum, and any payments due after the six-month period would be paid at the normal payment date provided for under the applicable employment agreement.
To the extent permitted by law, if we reasonably believe a named executive officer engaged in conduct during employment that would have resulted in termination for cause, any unpaid severance amounts under the applicable employment agreement may be forfeited and we may seek to recover any severance amounts paid under the applicable employment agreement.
The named executive officer will forfeit any unpaid severance amounts, and we retain any other rights we have available under law or equity, upon a material breach of any continuing obligation under the applicable employment agreement or the release, which include the following business protection
provisions:- provisions (the “Business Protection Provisions”):
•
The named executive
Such officer must maintain the confidentiality of, and refrain from disclosing or using, our (a) trade secrets for any period of time as the information remains a trade secret under applicable law and (b) confidential information for a period of two years following the employment termination date.
•
•For
a period of two years after the
employment termination date,
the named executivesuch officer may not accept or work in a
"competitive position" within any“competitive position” in a state
in whichwhere we maintain stores at the
time of his or her termination date or
any state in whichwhere we
have specific plansplan to open stores within six months of that date.
For this purpose, "competitive position" means“Competitive position” includes any employment, consulting, advisory, directorship, agency, promotional or independent contractor arrangement between the named executive officer and any person
or entity engaged wholly or in material part in the business in which we are engaged (including, but
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not limited to, those entities identified in the applicable employment agreement), or any person or entity then planning to enter the discount consumable basics retail business, if the named executivesuch officer is required to perform services which are substantially similar to those he or she provided or directed at any time while employed by us.
•
For a period of two years after the employment termination date, the named executivesuch officer may not actively recruit or induce any of our exempt
employees to
cease employment with us.
•For a period of two years after the employment termination date, the named executive officerleave our employ and may not solicit or communicate with any person or entityanyone who has a business relationship with us and with whom the named executivesuch officer had contact while employed by us if it would likely interfere with our business relationships or result in an unfair competitive advantage over us.
In addition, each named executive officer’s rights, payments and benefits with respect to any incentive compensation (whether cash or equity) shall be subject to any reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment, in whole or in part, upon the occurrence of certain specified events, as may be required by any applicable law, rule or regulation, by any applicable national exchange, or by a separate Dollar General clawback or recoupment policy.
Voluntary Termination without Good Reason.Reason
If a named executive officer
otherwise resigns without good reason, he or she will forfeit all then unvested equity awards and
all vested but unexercised options that were granted prior to 2012. The named executive officer generally may exercise any
outstanding vested options
that were granted after 2011 up to 90 days following the resignation
date, but in any event prior to the 10th anniversary of the grant date.
To the extent Mr. Vasos exercises prior to June 3, 2020 any of the options awarded on June 3, 2015, he will be required to hold any net shares acquired upon the exercise until June 3, 2020.Payments Upon Involuntary Termination
The payments to be made to a named executive officer upon involuntary termination vary depending upon whether termination is with or without
"cause" (as“cause” (as defined in
each named executive officer's employment agreement or equity award agreement, as applicable)the governing document).
Involuntary Termination for Cause.with Cause
Upon an involuntary termination
forwith cause, a named executive officer will forfeit all unvested equity
grantsawards, all vested but unpaid PSUs and all vested but unexercised options.
Involuntary Termination without Cause.Cause
Upon an involuntary termination without cause, a named executive officer:
•
Will forfeit all then unvested equity awards.
•
•Generally may exercise any outstanding vested options up to 90 days following the termination date, but in any event prior to the 10th anniversary of the grant date. To the extent Mr. Vasos exercises prior to June 3, 2020 any of the options awarded on June 3, 2015, he will be required to hold any net shares acquired upon the exercise until June 3, 2020.
•
•Will receive the same severance payments and benefits on the same terms and conditions (except for the notice and cure provisions) as described under
"Voluntary“Voluntary Termination with Good Reason or After Failure to Renew the Employment
Agreement"Agreement” above.
See “Payments After a Change in Control” for a discussion of the treatment of equity awards if the officer is involuntarily terminated without cause within two years following a change in control.
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Payments After a Change in Control
Equity Awards
•
Stock Options Awarded to Mr. Owen Prior to 2016 Upon. Mr. Owen will have one year from his termination date in which to exercise outstanding vested options granted prior to 2016 if he resigns or is involuntarily terminated within two years following a change in control (as defined underin the applicable governing document), regardless under any scenario other than Normal Retirement or involuntary termination with cause, in which respective cases, he instead will have five years from the retirement date to exercise such vested options and will forfeit any vested but unexercised options held at the time of whether the named executive officer's employment terminates:
- a termination with cause.
•
All options will vestOther Stock Options and become immediately exercisable asPerformance Share Units. With respect to
100% of the shares subject to such options immediately prior to the change in control.
•If thePSUs, if a change in control (as defined in the governing document) occurs on or before the completionend of the applicable performance period, and the named executive officer has remained continuously employed until the
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change in control, all unvested PSUs that have not previously been forfeited will immediately be deemed earned at the target level and shall vest, become nonforfeitable and be paid upon the change in control.
•If the change in control occurs after completion of thean applicable performance period, and the named executive officer has remained continuously employed until the change in control, the target number of the applicable unvested PSUs shall be deemed earned but otherwise continue to be subject to the service and payment provisions, including applicable pro-ration requirements, of the applicable award agreement, unless the officer experiences a “qualifying termination” or, solely with respect the 2021 Adjusted ROIC PSUs awarded to Mr. Vasos, a “qualifying early retirement.” A change in control that occurs after the end of an applicable performance period with respect to PSUs, or that occurs at any time with respect to stock options, will have no effect upon any such PSUs or such stock options unless the named executive officer experiences a “qualifying termination” or, solely with respect to the 2020 Adjusted EBITDA PSUs and 2021 PSUs in each case awarded to Mr. Vasos, a “qualifying early retirement.”
Upon a named executive officer’s “qualifying termination,” which includes involuntary termination (including, with respect to the 2021 PSUs, due to a disability termination) without cause or resignation with good reason (unless cause to terminate exists), in each case as defined in the applicable award agreement, as well as voluntary resignation due to Normal Retirement (unless cause to terminate exists) in the case of PSUs, in each case within two years after a change in control (provided that the officer was continuously employed by us until the change in control): (1) all of his or her outstanding unvested options will immediately vest and become exercisable as to 100% of the shares underlying such options on the termination date, and the officer may exercise any outstanding vested options up to three years following the termination date; and (2) all of his or her previously earned, or deemed earned, but unvested PSUs that have not previously been previously
forfeited will immediately vest, become nonforfeitable and be paid uponon the termination date (or the previously scheduled applicable vesting date if earlier) subject to a six-month delay if applicable to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. To qualify as a resignation with good reason for this purpose, the officer must have provided written notice of the existence of the circumstances providing grounds for resignation with good reason within 30 days of the initial existence of such grounds and must have given us at least 30 days from receipt of such notice to cure such condition. In addition, the resignation must have become effective no later than one year after the initial existence of the condition constituting good reason.
In the event of Mr. Vasos’s voluntary termination due to Early Retirement occurring within two years after a change in control as defined in the applicable award agreement (a “qualifying early retirement”), provided that he was continuously employed by us until the change in
control.
•All outstanding RSUs will become vested and nonforfeitable and will be paid uponcontrol, then all of his previously deemed earned but unvested 2021 Adjusted ROIC PSUs (in the event the change in control.
•All CDP/SERP Plan benefitscontrol occurred on or before the end of the applicable performance period) and all of his previously earned by unvested 2020 Adjusted EBITDA PSUs and 2021 PSUs (in the event the change in control occurred after the end of an applicable performance period) that have not been previously forfeited will immediately vest, become fullynonforfeitable and be paid on the date of the qualifying early retirement (or the previously scheduled applicable vesting date if earlier) subject to a six-month delay if applicable to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if we become aware of a violation by Mr. Vasos following the qualifying early retirement of any of the Business Protection Provisions, then any of the 2020 PSUs or 2021 PSUs that vested (tofollowing the extent not already vested). Uponqualifying early retirement shall immediately be forfeited and subject to clawback.
Other Payments
Except as otherwise described above with respect to equity awards, upon an involuntary termination without cause or a resignation
forwith good reason following
thea change in control
(in each case as defined in the governing document), a named executive officer will receive the same severance payments and benefits as described above under
"Voluntary“Voluntary Termination with Good Reason or After Failure to Renew the Employment Agreement.
" However, a named executive officer will have one year from the termination date in which to exercise vested options that were granted after 2011 if he or she resigns or is involuntarily terminated within two years of the change in control under any scenario other than retirement or involuntary termination with cause (in which respective cases, he or she will have five years from the retirement date to exercise vested options and will forfeit any vested but unexercised options held at the time of the termination with cause).”
In the event of a change in control as defined in Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code, each named executive officer'sofficer’s employment agreement provides for capped payments (taking into consideration all payments and benefits covered by
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such Section
280G of the Internal Revenue Code)280G) of $1 less than the amount that would trigger the
"golden parachute"“golden parachute” excise tax under federal income tax rules (the
"excise tax"“excise tax”) unless he or she signs a release and the after-tax benefit would be at least $50,000 more than it would be without
capping the
payments being capped.payments. In such case, such
officer'sofficer’s payments and benefits would not be capped and
such officerhe or she would be responsible for the
payment of the excise
tax.tax payment. We would not pay any additional amount to cover the excise tax.
Except for Messrs. Dreiling and Sparks, for whom a separate The table is provided below reflects the uncapped amounts, subject to reflect actual payments based upon their respective termination scenarios, and Mr. Tehle, who is not includedreduction in the table because he received no such payments as a result of his service termination, thecircumstances described in this paragraph.
The following table reflects potential payments to each named executive officer in various termination and change in control scenarios based on compensation, benefit and equity levels in effect on, and assuming the scenario was effective as of, January 29, 2016.28, 2022. For
stock valuations, we have used the closing price of our stock on the NYSE on January 29, 201628, 2022 ($75.06)204.33). The tablestable below reportreports only amounts that are increased, accelerated or otherwise paid or owed as a result of the applicable scenario and, as a result, exclude earned but unpaid base salary through the employment termination date and equity awards and CDP/SERP Plan benefits that had vested prior to the event. For more information regarding the CDP/SERP Plan benefits, see "Nonqualified“Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Fiscal 2015"2021” above. The tablestable also excludeexcludes any amounts that are available generally to all salaried employees and do not discriminate in favor of our executive officers. Other than with respect to Messrs. Dreiling and Sparks, theThe amounts shown are merely estimates. We cannot determine actual amounts to be paid until a termination or change in control scenario occurs.
Potential Payments to Named Executive Officers Upon Occurrence of
Various Termination Events or Change in Control as of January 29, 2016
28, 2022
| | Name/Item | | | Death
($)(3) | | | Disability
($)(3) | | | Retirement
($)(4) | | | Voluntary
Without Good
Reason
($) | | | Involuntary
Without
Cause or
Voluntary
With Good
Reason
($) | | | Involuntary
With Cause
($) | | | Change in
Control With
Qualifying
Termination
($) | |
| | Mr. Vasos | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Equity Vesting Due to Event(1) | | | | | 47,930,352 | | | | | | 47,930,352 | | | | | | 15,669,466 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 35,253,720 | | |
| | Cash Severance | | | | | 4,544,529 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 11,294,529 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 11,294,529 | | |
| | Health Payment | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 23,834 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 23,834 | | |
| | Outplacement(2) | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 8,500 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 8,500 | | |
| | Life Insurance Proceeds | | | | | 3,375,000 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | |
| | Total | | | | | 55,849,881 | | | | | | 47,930,352 | | | | | | 15,669,466 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 11,326,863 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 46,580,582 | | |
| | Mr. Garratt | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Equity Vesting Due to Event(1) | | | | | 8,183,358 | | | | | | 8,183,358 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 6,025,224 | | |
| | Cash Severance | | | | | 1,344,028 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 4,225,660 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 4,225,660 | | |
| | Health Payment | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 11,647 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 11,647 | | |
| | Outplacement(2) | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 8,500 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 8,500 | | |
| | Life Insurance Proceeds | | | | | 1,997,000 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | |
| | Total | | | | | 11,524,386 | | | | | | 8,183,358 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 4,245,808 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 10,271,032 | | |
| | Mr. Owen | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Equity Vesting Due to Event(1) | | | | | 10,543,326 | | | | | | 10,543,326 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 7,866,603 | | |
| | Cash Severance | | | | | 1,904,528 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 5,422,129 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 5,422,129 | | |
| | Health Payment | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 25,447 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 25,447 | | |
| | Outplacement(2) | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 8,500 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 8,500 | | |
| | Life Insurance Proceeds | | | | | 2,122,000 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | |
| | Total | | | | | 14,569,854 | | | | | | 10,543,326 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 5,456,076 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 13,322,679 | | |
| | Ms. Taylor | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Equity Vesting Due to Event(1) | | | | | 8,018,979 | | | | | | 8,018,979 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 5,877,600 | | |
| | Cash Severance | | | | | 1,059,788 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 3,332,002 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 3,332,002 | | |
| | Health Payment | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 24,474 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 24,474 | | |
| | Outplacement(2) | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 8,500 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 8,500 | | |
| | Life Insurance Proceeds | | | | | 1,575,000 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | |
| | Total | | | | | 10,653,767 | | | | | | 8,018,979 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 3,364,975 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 9,242,575 | | |
| | Mr. Wenkoff | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Equity Vesting Due to Event(1) | | | | | 7,745,211 | | | | | | 7,745,211 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 5,691,285 | | |
| | Cash Severance | | | | | 1,051,974 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 3,307,437 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 3,307,437 | | |
| | Health Payment | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 25,447 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 25,447 | | |
| | Outplacement(2) | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 8,500 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 8,500 | | |
| | Life Insurance Proceeds | | | | | 1,563,000 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | |
| | Total | | | | | 10,360,185 | | | | | | 7,745,211 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 3,341,383 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 9,032,668 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Name/Item | | Death
($) | | Disability
($) | | Retirement
($)(1) | | Voluntary
Without
Good
Reason
($) | | Involuntary
Without
Cause or
Voluntary
With Good
Reason
($) | | Involuntary
With
Cause
($) | | Change in
Control
($) | |
|---|
Mr. Vasos | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Equity Vesting Due to Event | | 2,476,593 | | 2,476,593 | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | 2,910,140 | |
Cash Severance | | 956,548 | | n/a | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | 4,956,548 | | | | n/a | | | 4,956,548 | |
Health Payment | | n/a | | n/a | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | 10,623 | | | | n/a | | | 10,623 | |
Outplacement(2) | | n/a | | n/a | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | 8,500 | | | | n/a | | | 8,500 | |
Life Insurance Proceeds | | 2,500,000 | | n/a | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | n/a | |
Total | | 5,933,141 | | 2,476,593 | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | 4,975,671 | | | | n/a | | | 7,885,811 | |
| |
Mr. Garratt | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Equity Vesting Due to Event | | 233,181 | | 233,181 | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | 292,178 | |
Cash Severance | | 199,223 | | n/a | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | 1,275,716 | | | | n/a | | | 1,275,716 | |
Health Payment | | n/a | | n/a | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | 20,822 | | | | n/a | | | 20,822 | |
Outplacement(2) | | n/a | | n/a | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | 8,500 | | | | n/a | | | 8,500 | |
Life Insurance Proceeds | | 1,250,000 | | n/a | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | n/a | |
Total | | 1,682,404 | | 233,181 | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | 1,305,038 | | | | n/a | | | 1,597,217 | |
| |
Mr. Flanigan | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Equity Vesting Due to Event | | 2,030,184 | | 2,030,184 | | | 1,270,082 | | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | 2,348,138 | |
Cash Severance | | 340,439 | | n/a | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | 1,223,695 | | | | n/a | | | 1,223,695 | |
Health Payment | | n/a | | n/a | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | 10,623 | | | | n/a | | | 10,623 | |
Outplacement(2) | | n/a | | n/a | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | 8,500 | | | | n/a | | | 8,500 | |
Life Insurance Proceeds | | 1,200,000 | | n/a | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | n/a | |
Total | | 3,570,623 | | 2,030,184 | | | 1,270,082 | | | | n/a | | | | 1,242,818 | | | | n/a | | | 3,590,956 | |
| |
Mr. Ravener | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Equity Vesting Due to Event | | 2,030,184 | | 2,030,184 | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | 2,348,138 | |
Cash Severance | | 372,291 | | n/a | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | 1,338,186 | | | | n/a | | | 1,338,186 | |
Health Payment | | n/a | | n/a | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | 20,102 | | | | n/a | | | 20,102 | |
Outplacement(2) | | n/a | | n/a | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | 8,500 | | | | n/a | | | 8,500 | |
Life Insurance Proceeds | | 1,312,000 | | n/a | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | n/a | |
Total | | 3,714,475 | | 2,030,184 | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | 1,366,788 | | | | n/a | | | 3,714,925 | |
| |
Ms. Taylor | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Equity Vesting Due to Event | | 809,535 | | 809,535 | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | 1,041,245 | |
Cash Severance | | 362,026 | | n/a | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | 1,339,502 | | | | n/a | | | 1,339,502 | |
Health Payment | | n/a | | n/a | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | 19,705 | | | | n/a | | | 19,705 | |
Outplacement(2) | | n/a | | n/a | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | 8,500 | | | | n/a | | | 8,500 | |
Life Insurance Proceeds | | 1,313,000 | | n/a | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | n/a | |
Total | | 2,484,561 | | 809,535 | | | n/a | | | | n/a | | | | 1,367,707 | | | | n/a | | | 2,408,953 | |
| |
(1)Mr. Flanigan wasFor the only named executive officer other than Mr. Dreiling who was eligibleportion of the 2020 PSUs and 2021 PSUs that are subject to performance for periods ending after January 28, 2022, the value included in the Death, Disability and Retirement columns assumes a maximum payout of 300%, prorated for a death, disability or retirement termination scenario occurring on January 29, 2016.28, 2022.
(2)
(2)Estimated based on information provided by our outplacement services provider.
(3)
TableIn addition to the amounts reported above, dependent upon the cause of
Contents
Actual Paymentsdeath or the loss suffered, a named executive officer also may be eligible to Messrs. Dreilingreceive payment of up to $50,000 under our group accidental death & dismemberment program.
(4)
Mr. Vasos was eligible for Early Retirement solely with respect to his 2020 equity awards ($10,816,621) and Sparks
for Normal Retirement solely with respect to his 2021 equity awards ($4,852,845) on January 28, 2022. None of the remaining named executive officers were eligible for retirement on January 28, 2022.
| | | | | | |
| Mr. Dreiling(1) | | Payments in
Connection with
Retirement | |
|---|
Equity Vesting Due to Event | | | $ | 10,467,726 | | |
Fiscal 2015 Teamshare Payout | | | $ | 1,942,422 | | |
Cash Severance | | | n/a | | |
Health Continuation | | | n/a | | |
Outplacement | | | n/a | | |
Life Insurance Proceeds | | | n/a | | |
Total | | | $ | 12,410,148 | | |
| | | | | | |
| Mr. Sparks(2) | | Payments in
Connection with
Involuntary
Termination Without
Cause | |
|---|
Equity Vesting Due to Event | | | n/a | | |
Cash Severance | | | $ | 1,676,348 | | |
Health Payment | | | $ | 19,234 | | |
Outplacement | | | $ | 10,000 | | |
Life Insurance Proceeds | | | n/a | | |
Total | | | $ | 1,705,582 | | |
(1)See "Payments to Mr. Dreiling" above.
(2)See "Payments to Mr. Sparks" above.
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
Each
None of
Ms. Fili-Krushel or Messrs. Bryant and
Rhodes and Ms. Fili-KrushelMcGuire, each of whom was a member of our Compensation Committee during
2015. Noneall or a portion of
these persons2021: (1) was at any time during
20152021 an officer or employee,
of Dollar General or
any of our subsidiaries; (2) was at any time prior to
20152021 an officer, of Dollar General or any of our subsidiaries; or
(3)(2) had any relationship requiring disclosure under
the section of this document entitled "Transactions“Transactions with Management and Others.
"” Also, none of our executive officers serves, or in the past fiscal year has served, as a director
of, or
as a member of the compensation committee (or
other board committee performing equivalent
functions)committee) member of any entity that has
one or more of itsan executive
officersofficer serving as a
director of Dollar General
director or
as a member of our Compensation
Committee.
Committee member.
Compensation Risk Considerations
In December 2015,March 2022, our Compensation Committee with input from its compensation consultant and management, reviewed a risk assessment of our compensation policies and practicesprogram for all employees, including executive officers, to assess the risks that may ariseprepared by its compensation consultant with input from our compensation programs.management. The assessment included a review of our compensation programs for certain design features which could potentially encourage excessive risk-taking or otherwise generatecreate risk to Dollar General. As a result of that assessment, the CompensationThe Committee concluded, after considering the degree to which identified risk-aggravating factors were offset by risk-mitigating factors, that the net risks created by our overall compensation program wereare not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on Dollar General.
Pay Ratio Disclosure
As required by Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K, we are providing the following information about the relationship of the annual total compensation of our employees and our Chief Executive Officer (our “CEO”).
This pay ratio is a reasonable estimate calculated in a manner consistent with SEC rules based on our payroll and employment records and the methodology described below.
The Compensation Committee rolled forward2021 annual total compensation of the median compensated employee (a part-time store associate) of our temporary, part-time and full-time employee base who were employed as of the last day of our 2021 fiscal year (January 28, 2022), other than our CEO, was $17,773; our CEO’s 2021 annual total compensation was $16,618,873 and the ratio of these amounts is 1:935.
As of January 28, 2022, our total population, excluding the CEO, consisted of 153,024 compensated employees, of which 123 were located in non-U.S. jurisdictions as follows: Hong Kong (12); China (90); Mexico (20); and Turkey (1). Pursuant to SEC rules, we excluded all such 123 non-U.S. employees. After applying this assessmentexemption, the employee population used to identify the median employee consisted of 152,901 temporary, part-time and full-time employees located solely in March 2016the U.S.
To identify the median compensated employee, we used W-2 Box 5 Medicare wages for the period from January 30, 2021 (the first day of our 2021 fiscal year) through January 28, 2022 (the last day of our 2021 fiscal year), with such amounts annualized for those permanent employees who did not work for the full year.
The SEC rules for identifying the median compensated employee and calculating the pay ratio based on that employee’s annual total compensation allow companies to consider any changesadopt a variety of methodologies, to apply certain exclusions, and to make reasonable estimates and assumptions that reflect their compensation practices. As such, the pay ratio reported by other companies may not be comparable to the pay ratio reported above, as other companies may have different employment and compensation program since December 2015practices and reached the same conclusion as it reachedmay utilize different methodologies, exclusions, estimates and assumptions in December 2015.calculating their own pay ratios.
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The following tables show the amount of our common stock beneficially owned by the listed persons as of March 16, 2022. For purposes of
thesuch tables,
below, a person
is a "beneficial owner" of“beneficially owns” a security
over whichif that person has or shares voting or investment power or
which that person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership within 60 days. Unless otherwise noted, to our knowledge these persons have sole voting and investment power over the shares listed. Percentage computations are based on
286,669,916228,784,867 shares of our common stock outstanding as of March
17, 2016.
16, 2022.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners
The following table shows the amount of our common stock beneficially owned as of March 17, 2016pertains to beneficial ownership by those known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of our common stock.
| | Name and Address of Beneficial Owner | | | Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership | | | Percent of Class | |
| | T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.(1) | | | | | 18,522,760 | | | | | | 8.1% | | |
| | BlackRock, Inc.(2) | | | | | 18,399,415 | | | | | | 8.0% | | |
| | The Vanguard Group(3) | | | | | 18,009,857 | | | | | | 7.9% | | |
| | Capital World Investors(4) | | | | | 15,508,790 | | | | | | 6.8% | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| Name and Address of Beneficial Owner | | Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership | | Percent of Class | |
|---|
BlackRock, Inc.(1) | | | 25,701,473 | | | | 9.0% | | |
GIC Private Limited(2) | | | 22,673,678 | | | | 7.9% | | |
The Vanguard Group(3) | | | 20,122,432 | | | | 7.0% | | |
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. has sole power to vote or direct the vote of 7,501,388 shares and sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of 18,522,760 shares. The address of T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. is 100 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. All information is based solely on Amendment No. 7 to Statement on Schedule 13G filed on February 14, 2022.
(2)
BlackRock, Inc., through various subsidiaries, has sole power to vote or direct the vote of 22,776,17816,221,967 shares and sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of 25,701,47318,399,415 shares. The address of BlackRock, Inc. is 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10055. All information is based solely on Amendment No. 1 to Statement on Schedule 13G filed on January 26, 2016.
(2)GIC Private Limited ("GIC") is a fund manager with two clients—the Government of Singapore ("GoS") and the Monetary Authority of Singapore ("MAS"). Under the investment management agreement with GoS, GIC has been given the sole discretion to exercise the voting rights attached to, and the disposition of, any shares managed on behalf of GoS. As such, GIC has the sole power to vote and dispose of the 17,057,026 securities beneficially owned by it. GIC shares power to vote and dispose of 5,616,152 securities beneficially owned by it with MAS. GIC disclaims membership in a group. The address of GIC is 168, Robinson Road, #37-01, Capital Tower, Singapore 068912. All information is based solely on Amendment No. 17 to Statement on Schedule 13G filed on February 2, 2016.1, 2022.
(3)
(3)The Vanguard Group has sole power to vote or direct the vote over 555,340 shares, shared power to vote or direct the vote over 30,500of 381,996 shares, sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of 19,543,48017,056,079 shares, and shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of 578,952953,778 shares. Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Vanguard Group, Inc., is the beneficial owner of 458,352 shares as a result of its serving as investment manager of collective trust accounts, and Vanguard Investments Australia, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Vanguard Group, Inc., is the beneficial owner of 217,588 shares as a result of its serving as investment manager of Australian investment offerings. The address of The Vanguard Group is 100 Vanguard Blvd,Blvd., Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355. All information is based solely on Amendment No. 28 to Statement on Schedule 13G filed on February 9, 2022.
(4)
Capital World Investors, a division of Capital Research and Management Company and certain of its investment management subsidiaries and affiliates, has sole power to vote or direct the vote and sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of 15,508,790 shares. The address of Capital World Investors is 333 South Hope Street, 55th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90071. All information is based solely on Statement on Schedule 13G filed on February 11, 2016.2022.
462022 Proxy Statement
Security Ownership of Officers and Directors
The following table
shows the amountpertains to beneficial ownership of our
common stock beneficially owned as of March 17, 2016 by our current directors,
nominees and
our named executive officers individually and
byto our current directors and all of our current executive officers as a group.
Unless otherwise noted, theseThese persons may be contacted at our executive offices.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Name of Beneficial Owner | | | | | Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership | | Percent of
Class | |
|---|
Warren F. Bryant(1)(2)
| | | 25,357Percent of Class | |
| | Warren F. Bryant | | | | | 39,473 | | | | | | * | | |
| Michael M. Calbert(1)(2)(3) | | | 69,371 | | 110,582 | | | | | | * | | |
| Patricia D. Fili-KrushelSandra B. Cochran(1)(2)(4) | | | 12,107 | | 27,352 | | | | | | * | | |
Patricia D. Fili-Krushel(1)
| Timothy I. McGuire | | | 10,735 | | 6,819 | | | | | | * | | |
| William C. Rhodes, IIIPaula A. Price(1)(2)(5) | | | 3,446 | | 49,988 | | | | | | * | | |
William C. Rhodes, III(1)(2)(4)
| Debra A. Sandler | | | 41,342 | | 1,259 | | | | | | * | | |
David B. Rickard(1)(2)
| Ralph E. Santana | | | 25,573 | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | Todd J. Vasos | | | | | 424,771 | | | | | | * | | |
Todd J. Vasos(1)
| John W. Garratt | | | 144,601 | | 55,467 | | | | | | * | | |
Richard W. Dreiling(1)
| Jeffery C. Owen | | | 152,049 | | 226,402 | | | | | | * | | |
John W. Garratt(1)
| Rhonda M. Taylor | | | 4,586 | | 98,350 | | | | | | * | | |
David M. Tehle
| | | —Carman R. Wenkoff | | | | — | 97,139 | | |
John W. Flanigan(1)
| | | 53,877 | | | | * | | |
Robert D. Ravener(1)
| | | 168,885All current directors and executive officers
as a group (17 persons)(3)(4)(5) | | | | * | 1,373,628 | | |
Rhonda M. Taylor(1)
| | | 37,853 | | | | * | | |
Gregory A. Sparks
| | | — | | | | — | | |
All current directors and executive officers as a group (15 persons)(1)(2)(3)(4)
| | | 630,172 | | | | * | | |
Denotes less than 1% of class.
(1)
Share totals have been rounded to the nearest whole share.
(2)
(1)Includes the following number of shares (1) underlying RSUs (including additional RSUs credited, where applicable, as a result of dividend equivalents earned with respect to the RSUs) and earned PSUs that are or could be settleable within 60 days of March 17, 201616, 2022, over which the person will not have voting or investment power until the applicable RSUs and PSUs are settled: Mr. Bryant (3,011); Mr. Calbert (4,179); Ms. Cochran (2,050); Ms. Pricesettled, and Mr. Rhodes (1,682); Mr. Rickard (5,190); Mr. Vasos (6,332); Mr. Garratt (403); Messrs. Flanigan and Ravener (5,223); Ms. Taylor (2,086); and all current directors and executive officers as a group (38,651). Also includes the following number of shares(2) subject to options exercisable either currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of March 17, 201616, 2022, over which the person will not have voting or investment power until the options are exercised: each of Messrs.Mr. Bryant (2,831 RSUs; 8,833 options); Mr. Calbert and Rhodes (15,088); Ms. Cochran (6,426)(22,873 RSUs; 8,833 options); Ms. Fili-Krushel (6,255)(781 RSUs; 8,833 options); Mr. McGuire (781 RSUs); Mr. Rhodes (781 RSUs); Ms. Price (1,201); Mr. Rickard (14,845)Sandler (781 RSUs); Mr. Vasos (89,661); Mr. Dreiling (135,311)(81,216 PSUs; 169,006 options); Mr. Garratt (3,762)(13,758 PSUs; 23,155 options); Mr. Flanigan (38,352); Mr. Ravener (150,385)Owen (16,573 PSUs; 181,938 options); Ms. Taylor (30,808)(13,881 PSUs; 60,140 options); Mr. Wenkoff (13,151 PSUs; 73,383 options); and all current directors and executive officers as a group (402,636)(31,182 RSUs; 152,386 PSUs; 715,400 options). Further includes the following number ofSuch shares underlying earned PSUs that are or could be settleable within 60 days of March 17, 2016 over which the person will not have voting or investment power until the PSUs are settled: Mr. Vasos (4,991); Mr. Garratt (421); Mr. Flanigan (6,920); Mr. Ravener (3,887); Ms. Taylor (1,977); and all current directors and executive officers as a group (19,380). The shares described in this note are considered outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of outstanding stock owned by each named person and by the group but not for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.
(2)Share totals Excludes shares underlying RSUs that are vested but deferred at the election of Ms. Sandler and Mr. Santana, but over which such persons will not have been rounded tovoting or investment power until the nearest whole share to simplify reporting.applicable RSUs are settled on a date that is later than 60 days after March 16, 2022.
(3)
(3)Mr. Calbert shares voting and investment power over 38,00065,953 shares with his spouse, Barbara Calbert, as co-trustee of The Michael and Barbara Calbert 2007 Joint Revocable Trust.
(4)
Ms. Fili-Krushel shares voting and investment power over 7,591 shares with her spouse, Kenneth Krushel.
(5)
(4)Mr. Rhodes shares voting and investment power over 23,59716,367 shares with his spouse, Amy Rhodes, as power of attorney of The Amy Plunkett Rhodes Revocable Living Trust, dated July 30, 2014.
Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports
The U.S. securities laws require our executive officers, directors and greater than 10% shareholders to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership on Forms 3, 4 and 5 with the SEC. Based solely upon a review of these reports furnished to us during and with respect to 2021, or written representations that no Form 5 reports were required, we believe that each of those persons filed, on a timely basis, the reports required by Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, except that Mr. Owen filed one Form 4 in 2021 (representing one transaction during 2021) that was not reported on a timely basis. The untimely Form 4 was filed to correct an otherwise timely filed Form 4 which, due to a third party reporting error, underreported the number of shares withheld for the payment of taxes in connection with the vesting and payment of certain PSUs.
2022 Proxy Statement47
PROPOSAL 2: Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation
In accordance with Section 14A of
Contentsthe Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, we provide our shareholders each year with an opportunity to vote on an advisory basis on the compensation paid to our named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K. Accordingly, you may vote on the following resolution at the annual meeting: “RESOLVED, that the shareholders approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Dollar General’s named executive officers as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the accompanying compensation tables, and the related narrative disclosures in this proxy statement.”
As discussed in detail in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section, the Compensation Committee actively oversees our executive compensation program, adopting changes and awarding compensation as appropriate to reflect Dollar General’s circumstances and to promote the main objectives of the program. Our compensation programs are designed to attract, retain and motivate persons with superior ability, to reward outstanding performance, and to align the long-term interests of our named executive officers with those of our shareholders. Under these programs, our named executive officers are rewarded for the achievement of specific annual and long-term goals and the realization of increased shareholder value. We
firmly believe that the information we have provided in this proxy statement demonstrates that our executive compensation program was designed appropriately and is working to ensure alignment of management’s and shareholders’ interests to support long-term value creation. At our 2021 annual meeting of shareholders, over 90% of shareholder votes were cast in support of our executive compensation program.
This vote is not intended to address any specific item of compensation, but rather the overall compensation of our named executive officers. This vote also is not a vote on director compensation, as described under “Director Compensation,” or on our compensation policies as they relate to risk management, as described under “Compensation Risk Considerations” in the “Executive Compensation” section.
Our Board of Directors is asking our shareholders to indicate their support for our named executive officer compensation as described in this proxy statement in accordance with SEC rules by voting for this proposal. Because the vote on this proposal is advisory in nature, it will not affect any compensation already paid or awarded and will not be binding on or overrule any decisions by the Compensation Committee or the Board. Nonetheless, our Board and the Compensation Committee value our shareholders’ views and intend to consider the outcome of the vote, along with other relevant factors, when making future named executive officer compensation decisions.
| | | | | The Board of Directors unanimously recommends that shareholders vote FOR the approval of the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement. | |
482022 Proxy Statement
The Audit Committee of our Board of Directors has:
•
reviewed and discussed with management the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended January 29, 2016,28, 2022,
•
•discussed with Ernst & Young LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, the matters required to be discussed by the Statement on Auditing Standards No. 16,Communication with Audit Committees, as adopted byapplicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the SEC,
•
•received the written disclosures and the letter from Ernst & Young LLP required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent registered public accounting firm'sfirm’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and
•
•discussed with Ernst & Young LLP
theirthe independence
from Dollar General and its management.of Ernst & Young LLP.
Based on these reviews and discussions, the Audit Committee unanimously recommended to the Board of Directors that Dollar General'sGeneral’s audited financial
statements be included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January
29, 201628, 2022, for filing with the SEC.
While the Audit Committee has the responsibilities and powers set forth in its charter, the Audit Committee does not have the duty to plan or conduct audits or to determine that Dollar General's financial statements are complete, accurate, or in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Dollar General's management and independent auditor have this responsibility. The Audit Committee also does not have the duty to assure compliance with laws and regulations or with the policies of the Board of Directors.
This report has been furnished by the members of the Audit Committee:
•
David B. Rickard,
William C. Rhodes, III, Chairman
•
•Warren F. Bryant
•
•Sandra B. Cochran
•Paula
The above Audit Committee Report does not constitute soliciting material and should not be deemed filed or incorporated by reference into any other Dollar General filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent Dollar General specifically incorporates this report by reference therein.
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TablePROPOSAL 3: Ratification of
ContentsPROPOSAL 2:
RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS
Appointment of Auditors
Who is responsible for the selection of the independent auditor?
The Audit Committee is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of the independent
auditor that is retained to audit our financial statements.Wasauditor.
Is the Audit Committee involved in the lead audit partner selection process?
Yes. Prior to the selection of
the currenta lead audit partner, the Chairman of the Audit Committee,
interviewedtypically one additional Audit Committee member, and the
lead audit partner candidates, andChairman of the Board interview the candidates. Following the interviews, the Audit Committee
discussed with management such candidates' qualificationsdiscusses each candidate’s credentials, experience level and
experience.independence prior to making the final selection.
Does the Audit Committee evaluate the independent auditor and the lead audit partner?
Yes. The Audit Committee annually evaluates the lead audit partner, as well as the independent auditor'sauditor’s qualifications, performance and independence. The evaluation, which includes the input of management, entails consideration of a broad range of factors, including the quality of services and sufficiency of resources that have been provided; the skills, knowledge and experience of the firm and the audit team; the effectiveness and sufficiency of communications and interactions; independence
and level of objectivity and professional skepticism; reasonableness of fees; and other factors.
Who has the Audit Committee selected as the independent
registered public accounting firm?auditor?
After conducting the evaluation process discussed above, the Audit Committee selected Ernst & Young LLP as our independent auditor for the
20162022 fiscal year. Ernst & Young LLP has served in that capacity since October 2001. The Audit Committee and the Board of Directors believe that the continued retention of Ernst & Young LLP is in the best interests of Dollar General and our shareholders.
Will representatives of Ernst & Young LLP attend the annual meeting?
Representatives of Ernst & Young LLP have been requested and are expected to attend the annual meeting. These representatives will have the opportunity to make a statement if they so desire and are expected to be available to respond to appropriate questions.
What
doesif shareholders do not ratify the
Board of Directors recommend? Our Board unanimously recommends that you voteFOR the ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent auditor for the 2016 fiscal year. appointment?
The Audit Committee is not bound by a vote either for or against the firm. If the shareholders do not ratify this appointment, our Audit Committee will consider that result in selecting our independent auditor in the future.
| | | | | The Board of Directors unanimously recommends that shareholders vote FOR the ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent auditor for the 2022 fiscal year. | |
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FEES PAID TO AUDITORS
What fees were paid to the independent auditor in 2015 and 2014?
The table below lists the aggregate fees for professional audit services rendered to us by Ernst & Young LLP for the audit of our consolidated financial statements for the past two fiscal years and fees billed for other services rendered by Ernst & Young LLP
during the past two fiscal
years: | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Service | | 2015 Aggregate Fees Billed ($) | | 2014 Aggregate Fees Billed ($) | |
|---|
Audit Fees(1) | | | 2,272,623 | | | | 2,071,205 | | |
Audit-Related Fees(2) | | | 32,000 | | | | 30,000 | | |
Tax Fees(3) | | | 1,910,042 | | | | 1,652,136 | | |
All Other Fees(4) | | | 1,995 | | | | 1,920 | | |
| | Service | | | 2021 Aggregate Fees Billed ($) | | | 2020 Aggregate Fees Billed ($) | |
| | Audit Fees(1) | | | | | 2,680,086 | | | | | | 2,704,793 | | |
| | Audit-Related Fees(2) | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | Tax Fees(3) | | | | | 2,418,017 | | | | | | 2,231,915 | | |
| | All Other Fees(4) | | | | | 5,325 | | | | | | 6,450 | | |
(1)
Represents for each fiscal year the aggregate fees billed for professional services for the audit of our annual financial statements and review of financial statements included in our Forms 10-Q and services that are normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.
(2)
(2)Represents for each fiscal year the aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements. The fees
(3)
Represents for each fiscal year relate to the employee benefit plan audit.
(3)2015aggregate fees billed for professional services for tax compliance, tax advice and 2014tax planning. 2021 and 2020 fees relate primarily to tax compliance services, which represented $1,805,042$2,155,935 and $1,547,136$1,903,870 in 20152021 and 2014,2020, respectively, for work related to work opportunity tax credit assistance, and foreign sourcing offices'offices’ tax compliance.compliance, state tax credit assistance, and other federal job credits. Tax fees for 2021 also included fees for tax advisory services related to start up and initial year services related to Mexico. The remaining tax fees for each such year are for tax advisory services related to inventory.inventory, as well as income tax advisory services.
(4)
(4)2015Represents for each fiscal year the aggregate fees billed for other products and 2014services, which in each year consisted solely of subscription fees are for a subscription fee to an on-line accounting research tool.
How does the Audit Committee pre-approve services provided by the independent auditor?
The Audit Committee pre-approves all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by our independent auditor. Where feasible, the Committee considers and, when appropriate, pre-approves services at regularly scheduled meetings after disclosure by management and the independent auditor of the nature of the proposed services, the estimated fees (when available), and their opinions that
the services will not impair the independence of the independent auditor. The Committee'sCommittee’s Chairman (or any Committee member if the Chairman is unavailable) may pre-approve such services between Committee meetings and must report to the Committee at its next meeting with respect to all services so pre-approved. The Committee pre-approved 100% of the services provided by Ernst & Young LLP during 20152021 and 2014.2020.
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PROPOSAL 4: Shareholder Proposal Requesting Political Spending Disclosure
Introduction and Board of Directors’ Recommendation
John Chevedden (the “Proponent”), located at 2215 Nelson Avenue, No. 205, Redondo Beach, CA 90278, has notified us that he intends to present at the annual meeting the shareholder proposal set forth below. The Proponent has provided us with documentation indicating that he is the beneficial owner of at least 40 shares of our common stock. The shareholder proposal will be voted upon at the annual meeting if the
Proponent or his qualified representative is present at the annual meeting and properly presents the shareholder proposal for a vote.
Dollar General is not responsible for the accuracy or content of the shareholder proposal, which is printed verbatim as received in accordance with SEC rules, and we have not endeavored to correct any erroneous statements or typographical errors it may contain.
| | | | | The Board of Directors unanimously recommends that shareholders vote AGAINST Proposal 4 for the reasons set forth in the Board’s Statement in Opposition, which follows the shareholder proposal. | |
Shareholder Proposal
Proposal 4-
Political Spending Disclosure
Resolved, that the shareholders of Dollar General Corporation (“Dollar General” or “Company”) hereby request that the Company provide a report, updated semiannually, disclosing the Company’s:
1.
TablePolicies and procedures for making, with corporate funds or assets, contributions and expenditures (direct or indirect) to (a) participate or intervene in any campaign on behalf of
ContentsSECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
REPORTING COMPLIANCE
The U.S. securities laws require our executive officers, directors, and greater than 10% shareholders to file reports of ownership and changes(or in ownership on Forms 3, 4 and 5 withopposition to) any candidate for public office, or (b) influence the SEC. Based solely upon a review of these reports furnished to us during andgeneral public, or any segment thereof, with respect to 2015,an election or written representations that no Form 5 reports were required, we believe that each of those persons filed, on a timely basis,referendum.
2.
Monetary and non-monetary contributions and expenditures (direct and indirect) used in the reports required by Section 16(a)manner described in section 1 above, including:
a.
The identity of the Exchange Act, except that (1) Ms. Price filed 1 late Form 4recipient as well as the amount paid to each; and
b.
The title(s) of the person(s) in the Company responsible for decision-making.
The report 1 open market purchaseshall be presented to the board of sharesdirectors or relevant board committee and posted on the Company’s website within 12 months from the date of the annual meeting. This proposal does not encompass lobbying spending.
Supporting Statement
As a long-term shareholders of Dollar General, common stock;I support transparency and (2)accountability in corporate electoral spending. This includes any activity considered intervention in a political campaign under the Internal Revenue Code, such as direct and indirect contributions to political candidates, parties, or organizations, and independent expenditures or electioneering communications on behalf of federal, state, or local candidates.
A company’s reputation, value, and bottom line can be adversely impacted by spending that is conducted blindly. The risk is especially serious when giving to trade associations, Super PACs, 527 committees, and “social welfare” organizations - groups that routinely pass money to or spend on behalf of candidates and political causes that a resultcompany might not otherwise wish to support.
The Conference Board’s 2021 “Under a Microscope” report <https://www.conference-board.org/publications/Under-a-Microscope-ES> details these risks, recommends the process suggested in this proposal, and warns “a new era of an administrative oversight, Mr. Vasos filed 1 late Form 4stakeholder scrutiny, social media, and political polarization has propelled corporate political activity—and the risks that come with it—into the spotlight. Political activity can pose increasingly significant risks for companies, including the perception that political contributions—and other forms of activity—are at odds with core company values.”
This proposal asks Dollar General to correct thedisclose all of its electoral spending, including payments to trade associations and other tax-exempt organizations which may be used for electoral purposes—and are otherwise undisclosed. This would bring our Company in line with a growing number of shares of Dollar General common stock underlying an RSUleading companies, including
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PROPOSAL 4: Shareholder Proposal
Yum! Brands, Kohl’s, and stock option grant andLowe’s, which present this information on their websites.
Without knowing the
number of securities beneficially owned after such transaction, which were previously incorrectly reported on a timely-filed Form 4.SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS
FOR 2017 ANNUAL MEETING
To be considered for inclusion in our proxy materials relating to the 2017 annual meeting of shareholders, eligible shareholders must submit proposals that comply with relevant SEC regulations for our receipt by December 9, 2016. To introduce other new business at the 2017 annual meeting, you must deliver written notice to us no earlier than the close of business on January 25, 2017 and no later than the close of business on February 24, 2017, and comply with the advance notice provisionsrecipients of our Bylaws. If we do not receive a properly submittedcompany’s political dollars shareholders cannot sufficiently assess whether our company’s election-related spending aligns or conflicts with its policies on climate change and sustainability. I ask your support for this critical governance reform.
Political Spending Disclosure—Proposal 4
Board of Directors’ Statement in Opposition to Proposal 4
Our Board of Directors has carefully considered this shareholder proposal by February 24, 2017, thenand while the proxies held by our management may provideBoard generally supports the discretion to vote against such shareholder proposal even thoughproposal’s stated objectives of transparency and accountability, it believes that the proposal is not discussedin the best interests of the Company or our shareholders for the reasons outlined below. Accordingly, the Board unanimously recommends that shareholders vote AGAINST this Proposal 4.
Our political contributions are limited and immaterial.
We do not directly make contributions or expenditures to participate or intervene in any campaign on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate for public office or to influence the general public with respect to the candidate for a specific election at the federal, state or local level. Further, we do not have a Company-sponsored Political Action Committee.
We participate in certain industry trade organizations, primarily Retail Industry Leaders Association, for many important reasons, including business, technical, and industry standard-setting expertise. While we may not support each of the initiatives of every association in which we participate or align with every position of every association to which we belong, we believe it is important to participate in the discussions these organizations have on industry-relevant topics so that important decisions that may affect our business, employees, customers, and shareholders are made with our input.
Our Political Activities Policy is publicly available, and we make any direct or indirect political contributions pursuant to this policy, with appropriate oversight, and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
Our Political Activities Policy, which was adopted by the Nominating and Governance Committee of our Board of Directors this year, codifies our positions on political activities. This policy is publicly available on our website located at https://www.dollargeneral.com/
about-us/corporate-social-responsibility.html and provides for significant oversight of our limited political contributions. Specifically, pre-approval by our Chief Executive Officer is required for any permitted direct Company political contributions, specifically those directly made to influence the general public with respect to a referendum. Further, any Company contributions or expenditures of greater than $10,000 directly made to entities organized under Section 527, 501(c)(4), or 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code, which, because of the nature of these organizations, may be used for political purposes (thus, potentially “indirect political contributions”), must be approved in advance by each of our Vice President of Government Affairs, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, and Chief Executive Officer.
Our Nominating and Governance Committee has significant oversight over our political contributions.
Our Nominating and Governance Committee oversees management’s efforts on significant issues relating to political contributions in accordance with the Nominating and Governance Committee Charter. In connection with this oversight, as mentioned above, the Committee reviewed and approved our Political Activities Policy. Additionally, the Committee will review and approve any future changes to this policy and annually review any Company political contributions requiring public disclosure pursuant to this policy.
Beginning with our completed 2022 fiscal year, we will annually and publicly report on all direct Company political contributions and indirect Company political contributions of greater than $10,000.
We will publicly report on an annual basis, beginning with our 2022 fiscal year, on any direct Company political contributions and any indirect Company political contributions of greater than $10,000 as outlined in our proxy materials sent in connectionPolitical Activities Policy. Given the limited frequency and amount of our political contributions of any kind, we believe that annual reporting is most appropriate, and that producing the report on a semiannual basis as requested by the proposal would be burdensome and an unnecessary use of the Company’s resources without commensurate benefit.
Conclusion
In summary, our Board of Directors opposes this Proposal 4 because the Board believes that the Company already complies, or is committed to complying, with the
2017 annual meetingvast majority of
shareholders. Shareholderthe requests contained within the proposal and that the Company’s Political Activities Policy provides appropriate oversight and reporting of the Company’s political contributions.
| | | | | The Board of Directors unanimously recommends that shareholders vote AGAINST Proposal 4. | |
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SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR 2023 ANNUAL MEETING
All shareholder proposals shouldand notices discussed below must be mailed to Corporate Secretary, Dollar General Corporation, 100 Mission Ridge, Goodlettsville, Tennessee 37072. Shareholder proposals and director nominations that are not included in our proxy materials will not be considered at any annual meeting of shareholders unless such proposals have complied with the requirements of our Bylaws.
Shareholder Proposals
TableTo be considered for inclusion in our proxy materials relating to the 2023 annual meeting of
Contents
Appendix A
Subsetshareholders (the “2023 Annual Meeting”), eligible shareholders must submit proposals that comply with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act and other relevant SEC regulations for our receipt by December 2, 2022.
New Business at 2023 Annual Meeting
To introduce new business outside of
Companies from Aon Hewitt Total Compensation MeasurementTM (TCM)Database Usedthe Rule 14-8 process or to nominate directors (other than a proxy access nomination, which is described below) at the 2023 Annual Meeting, or to recommend a candidate for
Certain Officersour Nominating Committee’s consideration, you must deliver written notice to us no earlier than the close of business on January 25, 2023, and no later than the close of business on February 24, 2023, and comply with the advance notice provisions of our Bylaws. If we do not receive a properly submitted proposal by February 24, 2023, then the proxies held by our management may provide the discretion to vote
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against such proposal even though the proposal is not discussed in our proxy materials sent in connection with the 2023 Annual Meeting.
In addition to satisfying the foregoing requirements under our Bylaws, to comply with the universal proxy rules (once effective), shareholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than the Company’s nominees must provide notice that sets forth the information required by Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act no later than March 27, 2023.
Our Bylaws contain proxy access provisions that permit a shareholder, or a group of up to 20 shareholders, owning 3% or more of our stock continuously for at least three years, to nominate and include in our proxy materials candidates for election as directors. Such shareholder or group may nominate up to 20% of our Board, provided that the shareholder or group and the nominee(s) satisfy the requirements specified in our Bylaws. In order to be properly brought before our 2023 Annual Meeting, an eligible shareholder’s notice of nomination of a director candidate pursuant to the proxy access provisions of our Bylaws must be received by us no earlier than the close of business on November 2, 2022, and no later than the close of business on December 2, 2022, and comply with the other relevant provisions of our Bylaws pertaining to proxy access nominees.
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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting:The Notice and Proxy Statement and Annual Report are available at www.proxyvote.com. E05388-P71631 DOLLARwww.proxyvote.com.D72254-P66673DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION ProxyCORPORATIONProxy solicited by and on behalf of the Board of Directors for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 25, 2016 The2022The undersigned shareholdershareholder(s) of Dollar General Corporation, a Tennessee corporation (the "Company"), hereby acknowledgesacknowledge(s) receipt of the noticeNotice of annual meetingAnnual Meeting of shareholdersShareholders and proxy statementProxy Statement dated April 8, 2016,1, 2022, and hereby appointsappoint(s) Christine L. Connolly and Elizabeth S. Inman, or either of them, proxies, each with full power of substitution, and authorizesauthorize(s) them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this proxy card, all shares of common stock of the Company that the shareholder isshareholder(s) is/are entitled to vote at the annual meetingAnnual Meeting of shareholdersShareholders of the Company to be held May 25, 20162022 at 9:00 A.M. Central Time, in the Goodlettsville City Hall
Auditorium, located at 105 South Main Street, Goodlettsville, Tennessee, and at any adjournment(s)
thereof. Thisthereof.This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein. If no such direction is made, this proxy will be voted FOR each of the nominees for director in Proposal 1, FOR
Proposals 2 and 3, AGAINST Proposal
2,4, and in the discretion of the
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