UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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LOGO

255 Fiserv Drive

Brookfield, Wisconsin 53045

April 12, 20135, 2016

You are cordially invited to attend the annual meeting of shareholders of Fiserv, Inc., to be held at the Milwaukee Art Museumour office in Milwaukee, WisconsinAlpharetta, Georgia on Wednesday, May 22, 201318, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. (ET). This is an important day on the Fiserv calendar as it isprovides us with an opportunity to review our financial results and strategic progress in providing our clients, and their customers, innovative technology products and services.

Information about the meeting and the matters on which shareholders will act is set forth in the accompanying Notice of 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement. Following action on these matters, we will present a report on our business activities. You can find financial and other information about Fiserv in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015. We welcome your comments or inquiries about our business that would be of general interest to shareholders during the meeting.

We urge you to be represented at the annual meeting, regardless of the number of shares you own or whether you are able to attend the annual meeting in person, by voting as soon as possible. Shareholders can vote their shares via the Internet, by telephone or telephone using the instructions set forth on the enclosedby mailing a completed and signed proxy card. You also may votecard (or voting instruction form if you hold your shares by marking your votes on the enclosed proxy card, signing and dating it, and mailing it in the enclosed envelope.through a broker).

Sincerely,

 

LOGO     LOGO

Jeffery W. Yabuki

President and Chief Executive Officer

LOGO

2016 Proxy Statement


LOGO     Notice of 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

Time and Date:

TO BE HELD MAY 22, 2013

To the Shareholders of Fiserv, Inc.:

The annual meeting of shareholders of Fiserv, Inc. will be held at the Milwaukee Art Museum at 700 North Art Museum Drive, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, on Wednesday, May 22, 2013,18, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. local time for the following purposes, which are set forth more completely in the accompanying proxy statement:(ET)

Place:

Fiserv, 2900 Westside Parkway, Alpharetta, Georgia 30004

Matters To Be Voted On:

1.To elect fiveElection of eleven directors to serve for a one-year term and until their successors are elected and qualified.

 

2.To approve the Amended and Restated Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan.

3.To approve,Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers.

 

4.3.To ratify the selectionRatification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2013.2016.

 

5.4.To vote onShareholder proposal asking the board of directors to adopt and present for shareholder approval a shareholder proposal relating to executive retention of stock,proxy access by-law, if properly presented at the annual meeting.presented.

 

6.To transact suchAny other business as may properly come before the annual meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.

The boardWho Can Vote:

Holders of directors has fixedFiserv stock at the close of business on March 26, 2013 as21, 2016.

Date of Mailing:

On April 5, 2016, we began mailing the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of Internet availability of proxy materials, or a proxy statement, proxy card and annual report, to vote at, the annual meeting and at any adjournments or postponements thereof.shareholders.

By order of the board of directors,

 

LOGO

Charles W. SpragueLOGO

Lynn S. McCreary

Secretary

April 12, 20135, 2016

Important notice regarding the availability of proxy materials for the shareholder meeting to be held on May 22, 2013:18, 2016: The proxy statement, 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K and annual reportthe means to security holdersvote by Internet are available at http://www.proxyvote.com.

LOGO

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     Proxy Statement Table of Contents

Proxy Statement Summary

1

Proxy and Voting Information

6

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

9

Proposal 1. Election of Directors

11

Our Board of Directors

11

Majority Voting

11

Nominees for Election

12

Corporate Governance

18

Director Compensation

23

Proposal 2. Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation

27

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

29

Compensation Committee Report

41

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

41

Executive Compensation

42

Summary Compensation Table

42

Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2015

44

Outstanding Equity Awards at December 31, 2015

45

Option Exercises and Stock Vested During 2015

47

Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control

48

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

56

Proposal 3. Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

57

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and Fees

58

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy

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Audit Committee Report

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Proposal 4. Shareholder Proposal

59

Fiserv’s Statement in Opposition

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Other Matters

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Shareholder Proposals for the 2017 Annual Meeting

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Proxy Statement and Annual Report Delivery

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Appendix A. Non-GAAP Financial Measures

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Your vote is important. Our     Proxy Statement Summary

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this proxy statement. This summary does not contain all of the information you should consider, and you should read the entire proxy statement is included with this notice. To vote your shares, please mark, sign, date and return your proxy card or vote by Internet or telephone as soon as possible. A return envelope is enclosed for your convenience if you vote by mail.

carefully before voting.


PROXY STATEMENT

Annual Meeting

Time and Date:Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. (ET)
Place:

Fiserv

2900 Westside Parkway

Alpharetta, Georgia 30004

Record Date:March 21, 2016
Voting:Shareholders as of the record date are entitled to vote by Internet at www.proxyvote.com; telephone at 1-800-690-6903; completing and returning their proxy card or voter instruction card; or in person at the annual meeting (shareholders who hold shares through a bank, broker or other nominee must obtain a legal proxy from their bank, broker or other nominee granting the right to vote).

Proxy Statement

This proxy statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation on behalf of the board of directors of Fiserv, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation, with principal executive offices located at 255 Fiserv Drive, Brookfield, Wisconsin 53045, of proxies for use at our 2016 annual meeting of shareholders. This proxy statement is being made available to our shareholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting on or about April 5, 2016.

Purposes of Annual Meeting

Agenda Item

 

  

Board Vote
Recommendation

 

  

Page Reference

for More Detail

 

      
1.  

Election of Directors

The board of directors has nominated eleven individuals for election as directors. All nominees are currently serving as directors and all, except Mr. Yabuki, our President and Chief Executive Officer, are independent. We believe that each nominee for director has the requisite experience, integrity and sound business judgment to serve as a director.

 

  

FOR each

Director Nominee

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2.

  

 

Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation

The board of directors is asking shareholders to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement. Our compensation program for named executive officers is designed to create long-term shareholder value by rewarding performance as described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this proxy statement.

 

  

 

FOR

  

 

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3.

  

 

Ratification of Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

As a matter of good corporate governance, the audit committee of the board of directors is seeking ratification of its appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2016.

  

 

FOR

  

 

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Agenda Item

 

  

Board Vote
Recommendation

 

  

Page Reference

for More Detail

 

 

4.

  

 

Shareholder Proposal on Proxy Access

(if properly presented)

After engaging with shareholders and reviewing current market practices, on February 19, 2016, our board of directors amended our by-laws to implement proxy access.Because we have already implemented proxy access, this proposal is unnecessary and not in the best interests of our shareholders.

 

  

 

AGAINST

  

 

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Executing on Our Strategy

We delivered solid results in 2015 highlighted by internal revenue growth of 4% and adjusted earnings per share of $3.87, a 15% increase over 2014. We made progress in strategic areas that we believe will enhance our future results, and we continued to enhance our level of competitive differentiation which we believe is essential to sustaining future growth. As discussed further in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this proxy statement, our named executive officer compensation for 2015 was paid or awarded in the context of these results.

Internal revenue growth and adjusted earnings per share are non-GAAP financial measures. See Appendix A to this proxy statement for information regarding these measures and a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measures.

Governance Highlights

On February 19, 2016, our board of directors amended our by-laws to implement proxy access in the form that it believes is most appropriate for our company and our shareholders and is consistent with current market practices. Specifically, the by-laws provide that any shareholder or group of up to 20 shareholders that beneficially owns at least 3% of our outstanding common stock continuously for three years and that complies with the procedures set forth in our by-laws may nominate up to the greater of two individuals or 20% of the board of directors for election to the board and require us to include such nominees in our proxy materials. Our board adopted proxy access after considering various potential formulations of proxy access and engaging with a number of our shareholders who provided valuable feedback on the subject of proxy access.

In 2015, we added a new, independent director to our board of directors, representing the fourth independent director who has joined our board since 2012. We also enhanced the evaluation of our annual board, committee and individual director performance to help ensure that our board of directors and committees are comprised of directors with the necessary skills and experience to best represent our company and shareholders.

Compensation Highlights

For 2015, we paid cash incentive awards to named executive officers generally around target because, although we exceeded our target adjusted earnings per share and, if applicable, target consolidated net operating profit performance goals, our internal revenue growth results were below target. The named executive officers received annual equity incentive awards in 2015 at or above target levels. The value of equity compensation we granted to our chief executive officer as a percentage of his total compensation remained comparable with 2014 and was three times the cash compensation paid to him. As a group, 85% of the compensation paid to our named executive officers was in the form of incentive awards, and three-quarters of the total incentive awards were in the form of equity. In addition, more than three-quarters of the aggregate equity awards granted to our named executive officers in 2015 were in the form of stock options,

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which are inherently performance-based and deliver value only to the extent that the price of our stock increases.

In 2015, our executive officers executed amendments to their outstanding equity award agreements to enable our executive officers to retain their equity awards following a qualified retirement, subject to compliance with ongoing non-competition, confidentiality and other obligations, which further align their long-term interests with those of our shareholders as they approach possible retirement. In addition, in early 2016, our compensation committee began granting performance share units to certain executive officers. These performance share units have a three-year performance period, and the number of shares issued at vesting will be based on the company’s achievement of internal revenue growth goals, subject to attaining a threshold level of adjusted income from continuing operations over such three-year period.

In 2016, we entered into amendments to the employment agreement and key executive employment and severance agreement with our chief executive officer. Under the amendments, he will continue to serve as our president and chief executive officer for at least another three-year term followed by automatic one-year renewals, and we eliminated the excise tax gross-up provisions in his agreements.

We encourage you to review the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section of this proxy statement as well as the tabular and narrative disclosure under “Executive Compensation.”

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Compensation Practices

What We Do
LOGO  Our compensation committee strives to provide total compensation at a level comparable to the 50th percentile of our peers with an opportunity for 75th percentile compensation for superior performance. In 2015, the total compensation of our chief executive officer was between the 50th and 60th percentile of our peers, and the total compensation of our other named executive officers was in-line with our compensation philosophy.
LOGO  We provide cash incentive awards based on achievement of annual performance goals and equity compensation that promotes long-term financial and operating performance by delivering incremental value to executive officers to the extent our stock price increases over time. In early 2016, we began granting performance share units to certain executive officers. The number of shares issued at vesting will be determined by the achievement of performance goals over a three-year period.
LOGO  We have a stock ownership policy that requires our executive officers to acquire and maintain a significant amount of Fiserv equity, and in 2015, we amended the terms of the equity awards granted to our executive officers to enable them to retain their awards following a qualified retirement, subject to compliance with ongoing non-competition, confidentiality and other obligations, which further align their long-term interests with those of our shareholders as they approach possible retirement.
LOGO  We have a policy that prohibits our executive officers from hedging or pledging Fiserv stock.
LOGO  We have a compensation recoupment, or “clawback,” policy.

What We Don’t Do
LOGO  In 2016, we amended the employment agreements with our chief executive officer to eliminate the excise tax gross-up provisions in those agreements. We do not have excise tax gross-up arrangements with any of our other executive officers, and we have a policy not to enter into such arrangements in the future.
LOGO  We don’t provide separate pension programs or a supplemental executive retirement plan to our named executive officers.
LOGO  We generally don’t provide personal-benefit perquisites to our named executive officers.

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Board Nominees

The board met five times during 2015 and each of our directors attended 75% or more of the aggregate number of meetings of the board and the committees on which he or she served, in each case while the director was serving on our board of directors during 2015. All candidates were nominated in accordance with the company’s governance guidelines. The following table provides summary information on each director nominee. For more information about each director nominee, please see their full biographies beginning on page 12.

Name

 

    

Age

 

    

Director
Since

 

    

Principal Occupation

 

    

Independent

 

    

Current Committee    
Memberships

 

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

Daniel P. Kearney *

   76   1999   Financial Consultant   LOGO     

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

Alison Davis

   54   2014   Advisor, Fifth Era   LOGO     Audit

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

Christopher M. Flink

   44   2012   Partner, IDEO   LOGO     

Audit

 

Nominating

and Corp.

Governance

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

Dennis F. Lynch

   67   2012   Chairman, Cardtronics, Inc.   LOGO     Compensation

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

Denis J. O’Leary

   59   2008   Investor   LOGO     

Audit

 

Nominating

and Corp.

Governance

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

Glenn M. Renwick +

   60   2001   Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Progressive Corporation   LOGO     Compensation

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

Kim M. Robak +

   60   2003   Partner, Mueller Robak, LLC   LOGO     

Nominating

and Corp.

Governance

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

JD Sherman

   50   2015   President and Chief Operating Officer, HubSpot, Inc.   LOGO     Audit

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

Doyle R. Simons

   52   2007   President and Chief Executive Officer, Weyerhaeuser Company   LOGO     Compensation

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

Thomas C. Wertheimer +

   75   2003   Financial Consultant   LOGO     Audit

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

Jeffery W. Yabuki

   56   2005   President and Chief Executive Officer, Fiserv, Inc.      

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

* Chairman of the Board                + Committee Chair

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     Proxy and Voting Information

The board of directors of Fiserv, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation, is soliciting proxies in connection with our annual meeting of shareholders to be held on Wednesday, May 22, 201318, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. local time,(ET), or at any adjournment or postponement of the meeting. At the meeting, we will vote on the matters described in this proxy statement and in the accompanying notice. The annual meeting will be held at the Milwaukee Art Museum at 700 North Art Museum Drive, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202. If you need directions or have any other questions about attending the meeting, please call (262) 879-5000. We intend to mail this proxy statement and accompanying proxy card onOn or about April 12, 20135, 2016, we mailed the notice of Internet availability of proxy materials, or a proxy statement, proxy card and annual report, to all shareholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting.

Purposes of Annual Meeting

The annual meeting has been called for the purposes of: electing five directors to serve for a one-year term; approving the Amended and Restated Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”); approving, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers; ratifying the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2013; voting on a shareholder proposal relating to executive retention of stock, if properly presented at the annual meeting; and transacting such other business as may properly come before the annual meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.

Solicitation of Proxies

Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials

In accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, we may furnish our proxy statement and annual report to shareholders of record by providing access to those documents via the Internet instead of mailing printed copies. The notice you received regarding the Internet availability of our proxy materials (the “Notice”) provides instructions on how to access our proxy materials and cast your vote over the Internet, by telephone or by mail.

Shareholders’ access to our proxy materials via the Internet allows us to reduce printing and delivery costs and lessen adverse environmental impacts. If you would like to receive a paper or email copy of our proxy materials, you should follow the instructions in the Notice for requesting those materials.

Solicitation of Proxies

We will pay the cost of soliciting proxies on behalf of the board of directors. Our directors, officers and other employees may solicit proxies by mail, personal interview, telephone or electronic communication. None of them will receive any special compensation for these efforts.

We have retained the services of Georgeson Inc. (“Georgeson”) to assist us in soliciting proxies. Georgeson may solicit proxies by personal interview, mail, telephone or electronic communications. We expect to pay Georgeson its customary fee, approximately $10,000, plus reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in the process of soliciting proxies. We also have made arrangements with brokerage firms, banks, nominees and other fiduciaries to forward proxy materials to beneficial owners of shares. We will reimburse such record holders for the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with forwarding proxy materials.

Proxies solicited hereby will be tabulated by an inspector of election, who will be designated by the board of directors and will not be an employee or director of Fiserv, Inc.

Holders Entitled to Vote

The board of directors has fixed the close of business on March 21, 2016 as the record date for determining the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the annual meeting. On the record date, there were 222,991,799 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote, and we had no other classes of securities outstanding.

All of these shares are to be voted as a single class, and you are entitled to cast one vote for each share you held as of the record date on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders.

Voting Your Shares

You may vote:

By Internet

Visit www.proxyvote.com

By telephone

Dial toll-free 1-800-690-6903

By mailing your proxy card

If you requested a printed copy of the proxy materials, mark your vote on the proxy card, sign and date it, and return it in the enclosed envelope.

In person

If you are a shareholder of record you may join us in person at the annual meeting to be held at our Alpharetta, Georgia office. If you plan to attend the annual meeting, please let us know by contacting Investor Relations at (800) 425-FISV or investor.relations@fiserv.com.

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Voting through the Internet or by telephone. You may direct your vote by proxy without attending the annual meeting. You can vote by proxy over the Internet or by telephone until 11:59 p.m. (ET) on May 17, 2016 by following the instructions provided in the Notice. Shareholders voting via the Internet or by telephone will bear any costs associated with electronic or telephone access, such as usage charges from Internet access providers and telephone companies.

Voting by proxy card. If you requested a printed copy of the proxy materials, you may vote by returning a proxy card that is properly signed and completed. The shares represented by that card will be voted as you have specified.

Banks, brokers or other nominees.Shareholders who hold shares through a bank, broker or other nominee may vote by the methods that their bank or broker makes available, in which case the bank or broker will include instructions with the Notice or this proxy statement. If you wish to vote in person at the annual meeting, you must obtain a legal proxy from your bank, broker or other nominee giving you the right to vote the shares at the annual meeting.

401(k) savings plan.An individual who has a beneficial interest in shares of our common stock allocated to his or her account under the Fiserv, Inc. 401(k) savings plan may vote the shares of common stock allocated to his or her account. We will provide instructions to participants regarding how to vote. If no direction is provided by the participant about how to vote his or her shares by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on May 15, 2016, the trustee of the Fiserv, Inc. 401(k) savings plan will vote the shares in the same manner and in the same proportion as the shares for which voting instructions are received from other participants, except that the trustee, in the exercise of its fiduciary duties, may determine that it must vote the shares in some other manner.

Proxies

Daniel P. Kearney, Chairman of the board of directors. In addition to the use of mail, our directors, officersJeffery W. Yabuki, President and other employees may solicit proxies by personal interview, telephone or electronic communication. None of them will receive any special compensation for these efforts. We have retained the services of Georgeson Inc. (“Georgeson”) to assist us in soliciting proxies. Georgeson may solicit proxies by personal interview, mail, telephone or electronic communications. We expect to pay Georgeson its customary fee, approximately $10,000, plus reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in the process of soliciting proxies. We also have made arrangements with brokerage firms, banks, nomineesChief Executive Officer, and other fiduciaries to forward proxy materials to beneficial owners of shares. We will reimburse such record holders for the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with forwarding proxy materials.

Proxies

You should complete and return the accompanying form of proxy regardless of whether you attend the annual meeting in person. You may revoke your proxy at any time before it is exercised by: giving our corporate Secretary written notice of revocation; giving our corporate Secretary a properly executed proxy of a later date; or attending the annual meeting and voting in person; provided that, if your shares are held of record by a broker, bank or other nominee, you must obtain a proxy issued in your name from the record holder. Written notices of revocation and other communications with respect to the revocation of proxies should be addressed to Charles W. Sprague, Executive Vice President, General CounselLynn S. McCreary, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Fiserv, Inc., 255 Fiserv Drive, Brookfield, Wisconsin 53045.

The persons named as proxies in the accompanying proxy card have been selected by the board of directors as proxy holders and will vote shares represented by valid proxies. All shares represented by valid proxies received and not

revoked before they are exercised will be voted in the manner specified in the proxies.

If nothing is specified, the proxies will be voted: to elect each of the board’s nominees for director; to approve the Incentive Plan; to approve the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement; to ratify the selectionappointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm; and against the shareholder proposal relating to executive retention of stock,proxy access, if properly presented at the annual meeting.

Our board of directors is

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unaware of any other matters that may be presented for action at our annual meeting. If other matters do properly come before the annual meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof, it is intended that shares represented by proxies will be voted in the discretion of the proxy holders. Proxies solicited hereby will be returned

You may revoke your proxy at any time before it is exercised by doing any of the following:

entering a new vote using the Internet or by telephone

giving written notice of revocation to the board of directorsLynn S. McCreary, Chief Legal Officer and will be tabulated by an inspector of election, who will not be an employee or director ofSecretary, Fiserv, Inc., designated by the board of directors.255 Fiserv Drive, Brookfield, Wisconsin 53045

Record Date

submitting a subsequently dated and Required Voteproperly completed proxy card

The board of directors has fixed the close of business on March 26, 2013 as the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at,

attending the annual meeting. On the record date, there were 133,048,762meeting and voting in person

However, if your shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote, and we had no other classes of securities outstanding. All of these shares are to be voted as a single class, and each holder is entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters submitted toby a vote of shareholders. bank, broker or other nominee, you must obtain a proxy issued in your name from the record holder.

Quorum

The presence, in person or by proxy, of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote at the annual meeting will constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Holders of shares that abstain from voting or that are subject to a broker non-vote will be counted as present for the purpose of determining the presence or absence of a quorum for the transaction of business. In the event there are not sufficient votes for a quorum or to approve a proposal at the time of the annual meeting, the annual meeting may be adjourned or postponed, in our sole discretion, in order to permit the further solicitation of proxies.

Directors will be elected by a majority of votes cast at the annual meeting. A description of the majority voting provisions in our by-laws appears below under the heading “Election of Directors – Majority Voting.” For each of Proposals 2, 3, 4 and 5 to be approved, the number of votes cast “for” the proposal must exceed the number of votes cast “against” the proposal.

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Required Vote

Proposal

Voting Standard

1.Election of directors

A director will be elected if the number of shares voted “for” that director’s election exceeds the number of votes cast “withheld” with respect to that director’s election.

2.

To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement

3.To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2016

To be approved, the number of votes cast “for” the proposal must exceed the number of votes cast “against” the proposal.

4.

To vote on a shareholder proposal relating to proxy access, if properly presented at the annual meeting

For each of these proposals, abstentions and broker non-votes will be entirely excluded from the vote and will have no effect on its outcome.

Voting

Shareholders can appoint a proxy by: marking their vote on their proxy card, signing and dating it, and returning it promptly in the enclosed envelope, which requires no postage if mailed in the United States; calling a toll-free number in accordance with the instructions on their proxy card; or voting on-line in accordance with the instructions on their proxy card.

Shareholders who hold shares through a bank, broker or other record holder may vote by the methods that their bank or broker makes available, in which case the bank or broker will include instructions with this proxy statement. Shareholders voting via the Internet or by telephone will bear any costs associated with electronic or telephone access, such as usage charges from Internet access providers and telephone companies.

An individual who has a beneficial interest in shares of our common stock allocated to his or her account under the Fiserv, Inc. 401(k) savings plan may vote the shares of common stock allocated to his or her account. We will provide instructions to participants regarding how to vote. If no direction is provided by the participant about how to vote his or her shares, the trustee of the Fiserv, Inc. 401(k) savings plan will vote the shares in the same manner and in the same proportion as the shares for which voting instructions are received from other participants, except that the trustee, in the exercise of its fiduciary duties, may determine that it must vote the shares in some other manner.

Recent Corporate Governance Developments

Our board of directors is committed to corporate governance “best practices” where the board of directors believes that the same are in the best interests of our shareholders. For example, in 2012, our board of directors eliminated the supermajority voting provisions contained in our by-laws. In addition, we filed an amendment to our articles of incorporation to declassify our board of directors. We believe that these changes are consistent with the best practices that have been adopted by leading public companies and our shareholders’ expectations.

 

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT     Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

The following table sets forth information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of March 15, 201310, 2016 by: each current director and director nominee; each executive officer appearing in the Summary Compensation Table; all directors and executive officers as a group; and any person who is known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of the outstanding shares of our common stock based on our review of the reports regarding ownership filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”).Act.

 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1)

  Number of Shares of
Common Stock
Beneficially Owned(2)
   Percent of  Class(3) 

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.(4)

100 E. Pratt Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

   14,479,666     10.9

FMR LLC

Edward C. Johnson 3d(5)

82 Devonshire Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02109

   9,771,115     7.3

The Vanguard Group, Inc.(6)

100 Vanguard Blvd.

Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355

   8,529,325     6.4

BlackRock, Inc.(7)

40 East 52nd Street

New York, New York 10022

   6,971,332     5.2

Jeffery W. Yabuki

   1,349,144     1.0

Thomas J. Hirsch

   231,175     *  

Mark A. Ernst

   47,093     *  

Rahul Gupta

   114,886     *  

James W. Cox

   325,044     *  

Donald F. Dillon

   1,913,584     1.4

Christopher M. Flink

   0     *  

Daniel P. Kearney

   33,911     *  

Dennis F. Lynch

   0     *  

Denis J. O’Leary

   29,243     *  

Glenn M. Renwick

   57,397     *  

Kim M. Robak

   39,165     *  

Doyle R. Simons

   27,228     *  

Thomas C. Wertheimer

   30,533     *  

All directors and executive officers as a group (17 people)

   4,384,405     3.2

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1)

 

    

Number of Shares of
Common Stock
Beneficially Owned(2)

 

    

Percent of Class(3)

 

 

   

 

   

 

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.(4)

100 E. Pratt Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

   31,253,227   14.0%

 

   

 

   

 

The Vanguard Group, Inc.(5)

100 Vanguard Blvd.

Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355

   19,906,233   8.9%

 

   

 

   

 

BlackRock, Inc.(6)

55 East 52nd Street

New York, New York 10055

   14,118,869   6.3%

 

   

 

   

 

Jeffery W. Yabuki

   2,703,532   1.2%

 

   

 

   

 

Thomas J. Hirsch

   116,982   *    

 

   

 

   

 

Mark A. Ernst

   399,910   *    

 

   

 

   

 

Kevin P. Gregoire

   66,615   *    

 

   

 

   

 

Byron C. Vielehr

   56,325   *    

 

   

 

   

 

Alison Davis

   2,054   *    

 

   

 

   

 

Christopher M. Flink

   14,403   *    

 

   

 

   

 

Daniel P. Kearney

   80,255   *    

 

   

 

   

 

Dennis F. Lynch

   17,163   *    

 

   

 

   

 

Denis J. O’Leary

   77,571   *    

 

   

 

   

 

Glenn M. Renwick

   137,259   *    

 

   

 

   

 

Kim M. Robak

   70,843   *    

 

   

 

   

 

JD Sherman

      *    

 

   

 

   

 

Doyle R. Simons

   76,547   *    

 

   

 

   

 

Thomas C. Wertheimer

   56,958   *    

 

   

 

   

 

All directors and executive officers as a group (19 people)

   4,234,010   1.9%

 

   

 

   

 

* Less than 1%.

 

*Less than 1%.

(1)

Unless otherwise indicated, the address for each beneficial owner is care of Fiserv, Inc., 255 Fiserv Drive, Brookfield, Wisconsin 53045.

 

(2)

All information with respect to beneficial ownership is based upon filings made by the respective beneficial owners with the Securities and Exchange Commission or information provided to us by such beneficial owners. Except as indicated in the footnotes to this table, the persons named in the table have

sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown as beneficially owned by them, subject to community property laws.

Includes stock options, which, as of March 10, 2016, were exercisable currently or within 60 days: Mr. Yabuki – 2,299,283; Mr. Hirsch – 85,968; Mr. Ernst – 344,695; Mr. Gregoire – 40,134; Mr. Vielehr – 56,011; Ms. Davis – 1,545; Mr. Flink – 10,900; Mr. Kearney – 44,968;

Includes stock options, which, as of March 15, 2013, were exercisable currently or within 60 days: Mr. Yabuki – 1,231,852; Mr. Hirsch – 215,495; Mr. Ernst – 31,299; Mr. Gupta – 95,923; Mr. Cox –

 

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142,324; Mr. Dillon – 22,830; Mr. Kearney – 18,536; Mr. O’Leary – 14,185; Mr. Renwick – 24,600; Ms. Robak – 25,468; Mr. Simons – 15,028; Mr. Wertheimer – 30,133; and all directors and executive officers as a group – 1,981,847.

Includes shares deferred under vested restricted stock units: Mr. Hirsch – 6,724; Mr. Kearney – 3,920; Mr. O’Leary – 4,251; Mr. Renwick – 4,977; Ms. Robak – 2,419; Mr. Simons – 4,875; and all directors and executive officers as a group – 27,166. Also includes shares eligible for issuance pursuant to the non-employee director deferred compensation plan: Mr. Kearney – 6,724; Mr. O’Leary – 5,673; Mr. Renwick – 7,413; Ms. Robak – 2,474; and Mr. Simons – 6,696; and all directors as a group – 28,980.

Mr. Dillon is a trustee of the Dillon Foundation which holds 133,750 shares of our common stock. Mr. Yabuki is a trustee of the Yabuki Family Foundation which holds 4,800 shares of our common stock. As a trustee, Mr. Dillon or Mr. Yabuki, as applicable, has voting and investment power over the shares held by the foundation. These shares are, accordingly, included in their respective reported beneficial ownership.

Mr. Lynch – 12,974; Mr. O’Leary – 42,402; Mr. Renwick – 51,104; Ms. Robak – 30,446; Mr. Simons – 44,088; Mr. Wertheimer – 44,968; and all directors and executive officers as a group – 3,374,617. Includes 1,138 restricted stock units held by Mr. Gregoire, which, as of March 10, 2016, were due to vest within 60 days.

 

       Includes shares deferred under vested restricted stock units: Mr. Hirsch – 12,640; Ms. Davis – 425; Mr. Kearney – 12,495; Mr. Lynch – 4,189; Mr. O’Leary – 10,805; Mr. Renwick – 14,295; Ms. Robak – 6,873; Mr. Simons – 14,295; and all directors and executive officers as a group – 76,017.

Also includes shares eligible for issuance pursuant to the non-employee director deferred compensation plan: Mr. Kearney – 13,448; Mr. O’Leary – 15,462; Mr. Renwick – 18,722; Ms. Robak – 6,982; Mr. Simons – 16,914; and all directors as a group – 71,528.

Mr. Kearney is a trustee of the Daniel and Gloria Kearney Foundation which holds 3,400 shares of our common stock. Mr. Yabuki is a trustee of the Yabuki Family Foundation which holds 61,714 shares of our common stock. As a trustee, Mr. Kearney or Mr. Yabuki, as applicable, has voting and investment power over the shares held by the foundation. These shares are, accordingly, included in their respective reported beneficial ownership.

(3)On March 15, 2013,10, 2016, there were 133,156,551223,082,350 shares of common stock outstanding. Percentages are calculated pursuant to Rule 13d-3(d) under the Exchange Act. Shares not outstanding that are subject to options exercisable by the holder thereof within 60 days, shares due upon vesting of restricted stock units within 60 days, shares deferred pursuant to vested restricted stock units and shares eligible for issuance pursuant to the non-employee director deferred compensation plan are deemed outstanding for the purposes of calculating the number and percentage owned by such shareholder but not deemed outstanding for the purpose of calculating the percentage of any other person. As of March 15, 2013, 33,124 shares of common stock were subject to a pledge by one of our executive officers.

 

(4)Based on a Schedule 13G filed by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (“Price Associates”) on February 8, 201311, 2016 with the Securities and

Exchange Commission, which indicates that these securities are owned by various individual and institutional investors for which Price Associates serves as investment adviser with power to direct investments and/or sole power to vote the securities. According to the Schedule 13G, Price Associates exercises sole voting power over 3,077,3318,430,443 of the securities and sole dispositive power over 14,479,66631,253,227 of the securities. For purposes of the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, Price Associates is deemed to be a beneficial owner of such securities; however, Price Associates expressly disclaims that it is, in fact, the beneficial owner of such securities.

 

(5)Based on a Schedule 13G filed jointly by FMR LLC (“FMR”) and Edward C. Johnson 3d (“Johnson”) on February 14, 2013 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which indicates that various persons have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, these securities. According to the Schedule 13G, FMR exercises sole voting power over 974,722 of the securities and FMR and Johnson exercise sole dispositive power over 9,771,115 of the securities.

 

(6)(5)   Based on a Schedule 13G filed by The Vanguard Group, Inc. (“Vanguard Group”) on February 12, 201310, 2016 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which indicates that the Vanguard Group exercises sole voting power over 236,501428,679 of the securities, shared voting power over 24,200 of the securities, sole dispositive power over 8,305,02419,446,250 of the securities and shared dispositive power over 224,301459,983 of the securities. According to the Schedule 13G, Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company (“VFTC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vanguard Group, is the beneficial owner of 188,701359,483 of the securities as a result of VFTC serving as investment manager of collective trust accounts, and directing the voting of these securities, and Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd. (“VIA”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vanguard Group, is the beneficial owner of 83,400169,696 of the securities as a result of VIA serving as investment manager of Australian investment offerings.

 

(7)(6)   Based on a Schedule 13G filed by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) on February 8, 201310, 2016 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which indicates that various persons have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, these securities. According to the Schedule 13G, BlackRock exercises sole voting power over 12,057,015 of the securities and sole dispositive power over all14,118,869 of thesethe securities.

 

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MATTERS TO BE VOTED ON AT THE ANNUAL MEETING     Proposal 1. Election of Directors

PROPOSAL 1

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Our Board of Directors

Historically, the terms of service of directors were staggered in three groups, and directors elected at each annual meeting (or such directors’ successors) were elected to hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting held in the third year following the year of their election and until their successors had been elected and qualified. At our 2012 annual meeting of shareholders, our shareholders approved an amendment to our articles of incorporation that will result in the declassification of our board of directors. Consequently, commencing with this annual meeting of shareholders, directors will be elected to hold office for terms as follows: (i) at this annual meeting of shareholders, director nominees will be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified; (ii) at the 2014 annual meeting of shareholders, directors for whom such annual meeting is the annual meeting of shareholders held in the third year following the year of their election and directors elected at this annual meeting of shareholders (or such directors’ successors) will be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified; and (iii) at the 2015 annual meeting of shareholders and each annual meeting of shareholders thereafter, allAll directors will be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified.

All of the nominees for election as director at the annual meeting are incumbent directors. No nominee for director has been nominated pursuant to any agreement or understanding between us and any person, and there are no family relationships among any of our directors or executive officers. These nominees have consented to serve as a director if elected, and management has no reason to believe that any nominee will be unable to serve. Unless otherwise specified, the shares of common stock represented by the proxies solicited hereby will be voted in favor of the nominees proposed by the board of directors. In the event that any director nominee becomes unavailable for re-election as a result of an unexpected occurrence, shares will be voted for the election of such substitute nominee, if any, as the board of directors may propose. The affirmative vote of a majority of votes cast is required for the election of directors. A description of the majority voting provisions in our by-laws appears below under the heading “– Majority Voting.”

Nominees for Election

Each person listed below is nominated for election to serve as a director until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualified.The board of directors recommends that you vote in favor of its nominees for director.

Christopher M. Flink(age 41) has been a director since November 2012. Mr. Flink is a partner at the innovation and design firm IDEO where he leads key client relationships, guiding portfolios of innovation projects in retail, education and consumer products. In his 15 years at IDEO, Mr. Flink has held a variety of roles, from heading the firm’s Consumer Experience Design practice to co-founding its New York office. Mr. Flink also teaches at Stanford University where he is a lecturer at the Graduate School of Business, a consulting associate professor at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school), and a member of the d.school’s leadership team. He was recommended to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee by a third party search firm. The board concluded that Mr. Flink should be a director of the company because of his strong understanding of innovative technologies and his nearly 20 years of experience helping companies of all kinds innovate and grow.Principal Occupation: Partner, IDEO.

Dennis F. Lynch(age 64) has been a director since July 2012. Mr. Lynch is chairman of Cardtronics, Inc., the largest owner and operator of retail ATMs worldwide. He was appointed chairman in 2010 and has served as a

 

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director of Cardtronics since 2008. Mr. Lynch is also a director, and former chairman, of the Secure Remote Payments Council, a cross-industry organization dedicated to accelerating the growth, development and market adoption of more secure ecommerce and mobile payments. He previously served as: chairman and chief executive officer of RightPath Payments, Inc. from 2005 to 2008; a director of Open Solutions Inc. from 2005 to 2007; president and chief executive officer of NYCE Corporation from 1996 to 2004; and chairman of Yankee 24 ATM Network from 1988 to 1990. In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Mr. Lynch has served as a director of Cardtronics, Inc. (current). He was recommended to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee by a third party search firm. The board concluded that Mr. Lynch should be a director of the company because he has over 30 years of experience in the payments industry and is a leader in the introduction and growth of payment solutions.Principal Occupation: Chairman, Cardtronics, Inc.

Kim M. Robak(age 57) has been a director since 2003. Ms. Robak is a partner at Mueller Robak, LLC, a government relations firm. Previously, Ms. Robak was Vice President for External Affairs and Corporation Secretary at the University of Nebraska from 1999 to 2004. Ms. Robak served as the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Nebraska from 1993 to 1999, as Chief of Staff from 1992 to 1993, and as Legal Counsel from 1991 to 1992. Prior to 1991, Ms. Robak was a partner of the law firm Rembolt Ludtke Milligan and Berger. During her tenure in state government, she chaired the Governor’s Information Resources Cabinet and led the Information Technology Commission of Nebraska. In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Ms. Robak served on the board of directors of Ameritas Mutual Holding Company (current), a provider of life insurance, annuities, and mutual funds; Union Bank & Trust Company (current), a financial institution; FBL Financial Group, Inc. (former), a publicly traded life insurance holding company; and First Ameritas Life Insurance Corporation of New York (former), a life insurance company. The board concluded that Ms. Robak should be a director of the company because she is an accomplished business person and community leader who brings a variety of experiences to the board through her work in the fields of law, government and technology.Principal Occupation: Partner at Mueller Robak, LLC.

Doyle R. Simons(age 49) has been a director since 2007. Mr. Simons served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Temple-Inland, Inc. from 2007 to early 2012. Prior to that, he served in a variety of other roles for Temple-Inland: from 2005 to 2007, he was Executive Vice President of Temple-Inland, Inc.; from 2003 to 2005, he served as its Chief Administrative Officer; from 2000 to 2003, he was Vice President – Administration; and from 1994 to 2000, he served as Director of Investor Relations. In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Mr. Simons served on the board of directors of Temple-Inland, Inc. (former), a formerly publicly traded manufacturing company focused on corrugated packaging and building products which was acquired in 2012, and Weyerhaeuser Company (current), a publicly traded company focused on timberlands, forest products and homebuilding. The board concluded that Mr. Simons should be a director of the company because he is an accomplished business person with diverse experiences in senior management and financial and legal matters.Principal Occupation: Private Investor.

Thomas C. Wertheimer(age 72) has been a director since 2003. Mr. Wertheimer is a Certified Public Accountant and a retired Senior Audit Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”). He served as lead audit partner for a number of key multinational and national clients of PwC, including publicly held automotive manufacturing, financial services and retail companies. He also held technical accounting and audit quality positions including Director of Accounting, Auditing and SEC for the Midwest Region of Coopers & Lybrand. Mr. Wertheimer served on the Board of Partners at Coopers & Lybrand from 1995 until its merger with Price Waterhouse in 1998. From 2003 to 2007, he was a consultant to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, assisting in designing and executing its program of inspection of registered accounting firms. In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Mr. Wertheimer served on the board of directors of Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (current), a publicly traded electronic component manufacturer, and Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd. (current), a residential real estate developer in China. The board concluded that Mr. Wertheimer should be a director of the company because of his extensive knowledge of and experience in accounting, auditing and financial reporting matters.Principal Occupation: Financial Consultant.

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Continuing Directors

Continuing terms expiring in 2014

Donald F. Dillon (age 73) has been Chairman of the board of directors since 2000. Mr. Dillon served as Vice Chairman of the board of directors from 1995 to 2000. In 1976, Mr. Dillon and an associate founded Information Technology, Inc. (“ITI”), a provider of banking software and services. ITI was acquired by Fiserv in 1995. From 1966 to 1976, Mr. Dillon was with the National Bank of Commerce, Lincoln, Nebraska and served as Senior Vice President – Information Management Division. In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Mr. Dillon served as: a member of the Board of Trustees for the University of Nebraska (current); a member of the University of Nebraska’s Directors Club (current); and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Doane College (former). The board concluded that Mr. Dillon should serve as the company’s Chairman of the Board of Directors because, as the founder of ITI, he brings more than 40 years of experience in the financial and data processing industries.Principal Occupation: Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fiserv, Inc.

Denis J. O’Leary(age 56) has been a director since 2008. In 2009, Mr. O’Leary became managing partner of Encore Financial Partners, Inc., a company focused on the acquisition and management of banking organizations in the United States. From 2006 to 2009, he was a senior advisor to The Boston Consulting Group with respect to the enterprise technology, financial services, and consumer payments industries. Through early 2003, he spent 25 years at J.P. Morgan Chase & Company and its predecessors in various capacities, including Director of Finance, Chief Information Officer, Head of Retail Branch Banking, Managing Executive of Lab Morgan, and, from 1994 to 2003, Executive Vice President. In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Mr. O’Leary has served on the board of directors of McAfee, Inc. (former), a formerly publicly traded supplier of computer security solutions, Crowdstrike, Inc. (current), a privately held computer security software company, and Hamilton State Bancshares, Inc. (current), a privately held bank holding company. The board concluded that Mr. O’Leary should be a director of the company because of his extensive knowledge of and experience in both the banking and information technology industries.Principal Occupation: Managing Partner, Encore Financial Partners, Inc.

Glenn M. Renwick(age 57) has been a director since 2001. Mr. Renwick is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Progressive Corporation. Before being named Chief Executive Officer in 2001, Mr. Renwick served as Chief Executive Officer – Insurance Operations and Business Technology Process Leader from 1998 through 2000. Prior to that, he led Progressive’s consumer marketing group and served as president of various divisions within Progressive. Mr. Renwick joined Progressive in 1986 as Auto Product Manager for Florida. In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Mr. Renwick served on the board of directors of The Progressive Corporation (current), a publicly traded property and casualty insurance company, and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (current), a publicly traded provider of health insurance. The board concluded that Mr. Renwick should be a director of the company because he is an accomplished business leader with significant information technology experience.Principal Occupation: President and Chief Executive Officer of The Progressive Corporation.

Continuing terms expiring in 2015

Daniel P. Kearney(age 73) has been a director since 1999. Mr. Kearney is a financial consultant and served as Chief Investment Officer of Aetna, Inc. from 1991 to 1998. In 1995, he assumed the additional responsibility of President of Aetna’s annuity, pension and life insurance division, retiring in 1998. Prior to joining Aetna, Mr. Kearney was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Resolution Trust Corporation Oversight Board. Before that, he was a principal at Aldrich, Eastman and Waltch, Inc., a Boston-based pension fund advisor. From 1977 to 1988, Mr. Kearney was with Salomon Brothers, Inc. as Managing Director of its Real Estate Financing Department and a founder of its Mortgage Securities Department, and from 1976 to 1977 he was Associate Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget. He served as President of the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) from 1974 to 1976, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development from 1973 to 1974, and as Executive Director of the Illinois Housing Development Authority from 1969 to 1973. Previously, he was in private law practice in Chicago, Illinois. In the

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past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Mr. Kearney served as a director of MGIC Investment Corporation (current), a publicly traded mortgage insurance company, and non-executive Chairman of MBIA, Inc. (current), a publicly traded financial guarantor. The board concluded that Mr. Kearney should be a director of the company because of his over 40 years of experience in the banking, insurance and legal industries.Principal Occupation: Financial Consultant.

Jeffery W. Yabuki(age 53) has been a director and our President and Chief Executive Officer since 2005. Before joining Fiserv, Mr. Yabuki served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for H&R Block, Inc., a financial services firm, from 2002 to 2005. From 2001 to 2002, he served as Executive Vice President of H&R Block and from 1999 to 2001, he served as the President of H&R Block International. From 1987 to 1999, Mr. Yabuki held various executive positions with American Express Company, a financial services firm, including President and Chief Executive Officer of American Express Tax and Business Services, Inc. In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Mr. Yabuki served on the board of directors of MBIA, Inc. (former), a publicly traded financial guarantor. The board concluded that Mr. Yabuki should be a director of the company because he has extensive senior management experience at a number of large corporations and serves as the chief executive officer of the company.Principal Occupation: President and Chief Executive Officer of Fiserv, Inc.

Majority Voting

Our by-laws provide that each director will be elected by the majority of the votes cast with respect to that director’s election at any meeting of shareholders for the election of directors, other than a contested election. A majority of the votes cast means that the number of votes cast “for” a director’s election exceeds the number of votes cast “withheld” with respect to that director’s election. In a contested election, each director will be elected by a plurality of the votes cast with respect to that director’s election. Once our chairman of the board determines that a contested election exists in accordance with our by-laws, the plurality vote standard will apply at a meeting at which a quorum is present regardless of whether a contested election continues to exist as of the date of such meeting.

Our by-laws further provide that, in an uncontested election of directors, any nominee for director who is already serving as a director and receives a greater number of votes “withheld” from his or her election than votes “for” his or her election (a “Majority Against Vote”) will promptly tender his or her resignation. The nominating and corporate governance committee of the board of directors will then promptly consider the tendered resignation, submitted by a director receiving a Majority Against Vote, and the committee will recommend to the board whether to accept the tendered resignation or reject it.

The board of directors will act on the committee’s recommendation no later than 90 days following the date of the meeting during which the Majority Against Vote occurred. In evaluating the committee’s recommendation, the board will review the factors considered by the committee and such additional information and factors the board believes are relevant. Following the board’s decision, we will promptly file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission that sets forth the board’s decision whether to accept the resignation as tendered, including a full explanation of the process by which the decision was reached and, if applicable, the reasons for rejecting the tendered resignation. Any director who tenders a resignation pursuant to this provision will not participate in the committee recommendation or the board consideration regarding whether to accept the tendered resignation. Our by-laws set forth the procedure for acting if a majority of the members of the committee receive Majority Against Votes at the same election.

 

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PROPOSAL 2

APPROVAL OF AMENDED AND RESTATED FISERV, INC. 2007 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

Summary of Proposal

Our board of directors is seeking shareholder approval of the Amended and Restated Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”). A copy of the Incentive Plan is attached to this proxy statement as Annex A. The Incentive Plan reflects two primary changes to the original Incentive Plan:

 

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An increase in the number of shares of our common stock authorized for issuance under the plan by 10,000,000 in order to continue to meet our compensation goals; and


 

A modification of the definition of “change of control” so that the vesting of equity awards granted under the Incentive Plan will not be accelerated unless a change in control actually occurs.

As described in the section titled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” beginning on page 33, the cash and equity incentive awards that we grant under the Incentive Plan are key components of our compensation program. The compensation committee of the board of directors designs annual cash incentives to motivate our executive officers to attain specific short-term performance objectives that, in turn, further our achievement of long-term objectives, and seeks to offer cash awards in large enough proportion to base salary to ensure that a significant portion of each executive officer’s cash compensationNominees for Election

Each person listed below is “at risk” and payable only upon the achievement of defined objectives. We provide long-term incentive compensation to our executive officers in the form of time-vesting stock options and restricted stock units granted under the Incentive Plan to support our objective of aligning our executive officers’ interest with those of our shareholders, andnominated for election to serve as performance incentives and reward and retention devices.

Througha director until the approvalnext annual meeting of the Incentive Plan, the board of directors seeks to continue to provide a direct link between shareholder value and compensation awards by authorizing awards under the Incentive Plan relating to additional shares of our common stock. The Incentive Plan will continue to authorize monetary payments based on the value of our common stock and other incentive compensation awards that are based on our financial performance. The board of directors also seeks to enhance the link between shareholder value and awards under the Incentive Plan by modifying the definition of change of control under the Incentive Plan so that the vesting of equity awards granted under the Incentive Plan will not be accelerated unless an actual change in control occurs. See“– Change of Control”below for a description of the definition of change of control under the Incentive Plan.

If the amended and restated incentive plan is not approved, the current incentive plan will remain in effect in accordance with its terms.

Background

The Incentive Plan was initially approved by our shareholders and became effective on May 23, 2007. The material terms of the performance goals under the Incentive Plan were re-approved by shareholders on May 23, 2012 so that the compensation expense resulting from future awards, the vestinguntil his or payment of whichher successor is conditioned on achievement of performance goals, would not be subject to the limitation on income tax deductibility under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).

On February 20, 2013, the board of directors approved the Incentive Plan, subject to the approval of our shareholders at the annual meeting, to increase the total number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the Incentive Plan by 10,000,000 shares, to modify the definition of change of controlelected and to make certain other changes described below. Based upon our historical issuance of equity awards, the board of directors believes this increase in the total number of shares available for issuance under the Incentive Plan is sufficient to

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enable us to make grants of equity awards under the Incentive Plan for approximately an additional five years. Our three-year average burn rate is approximately 1.08% when calculated by dividing the total number of equity awards granted in any given year by the number of shares of common stock outstanding. The number of equity awards used in the burn rate calculation is not discounted by cancelled or forfeited options or shares acquired or retained by us.

Authorized Shares and Stock Price

Our restated articles of incorporation authorize the issuance of 450,000,000 shares of common stock. There were 133,048,762 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding as of March 26, 2013, and the market value of a share of our common stock as of that date was $86.52.

Summary of the Terms of the Incentive Plan

The following is a summary of the material provisions of the Incentive Plan. This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full and complete text of the Incentive Plan. Any inconsistencies between this summary and the text of the Incentive Plan will be governed by the text of the Incentive Plan.

qualified.Administration and Eligibility

The Incentive Plan is administered by the compensation committee or the board of directors with respect to employee participants and the board of directors with respect to director participants (we refer to such committee or board, as the case may be, as the “administrator”), which have the authority to interpret the provisions of the Incentive Plan; make, change and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Incentive Plan; and change or reconcile any inconsistency in any award or agreement covering an award. The administrator may designate any of the following as a participant under the Incentive Plan to the extent consistent with its authority: any of our or our affiliates’ officers or other employees or individuals engaged to become such an officer or employee, consultants who provide services to us or our affiliates and our non-employee directors. The selection of participants will be based upon the administrator’s opinion that the participant is in a position to contribute materially to our continued growth and development and to our long-term financial success. We currently have nine non-employee directors and approximately 525 employees who are eligible to participate in the Incentive Plan.

The board may delegate some or all of its authority under the Incentive Plan to a committee of the board, and the compensation committee may delegate some or all of its authority under the Incentive Plan to a sub-committee or one or more of our officers. Delegation is not permitted, however, with respect to stock-based awards made to individuals subject to Section 16b-3 of the Exchange Act unless the delegation is to a committee of the board that consists only of outside directors.

Shares Reserved under the Incentive Plan

The Incentive Plan prior to its amendment and restatement provided that 10,000,000 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance under the plan. The Incentive Plan provides that a total of 20,000,000 shares of common stock will be reserved for issuance under the plan. As of March 15, 2013, 1,470,394 shares remain to be granted under the Incentive Plan, before giving effect to any increase in the number of available shares. The Incentive Plan increases the number of shares of common stock that we may issue pursuant to Full Value Awards (as defined below) by 8,500,000, to a total of 12,500,000, and adds dividend equivalent units to the category of awards classified as Full Value Awards. These share limits are subject to adjustment as described below under“– Adjustments.” Prior to its amendment and restatement, the Incentive Plan provided that we may issue an aggregate of only 2,500,000 shares of common stock upon the exercise of incentive stock options and 4,000,000 shares of common stock pursuant to awards of restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares, performance units valued in a relation to a share of common stock and any other similar award under which the value of the award is measured as the full value of a share of common stock, rather than the increase in the value

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of a share (a “Full Value Award”). In general, if an award granted under the Incentive Plan expires, is canceled or terminates without the issuance of shares, if shares are forfeited under an award, or if shares are issued under any award and we reacquire them pursuant to rights we reserved upon the issuance of the shares, then such shares will again be available for issuance under the Incentive Plan.

Types of Awards

Awards under the Incentive Plan may consist of stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance shares, performance units, restricted stock, restricted stock units, dividend equivalent units, incentive cash awards or other equity-based awards. The administrator may grant any type of award to any participant it selects, but only our and our subsidiaries’ employees may receive grants of incentive stock options. Awards may be granted alone or in addition to, in tandem with, or in substitution for any other award (or any other award granted under another plan of ours or of any of our affiliates). The administrator has the authority to grant awards and to determine the terms and conditions of each award, subject to the terms of the Incentive Plan.

Options

The administrator has the authority to grant stock options. Stock options will be granted to participants at such time as the administrator may determine. The administrator will also determine the number of options granted and whether an option is to be an incentive stock option or non-qualified stock option. The administrator will fix the option price per share of common stock, which may not be less than the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant. Fair market value is defined as the last sales price of a share of our common stock for the date in question, or if no sales of our common stock occur on such date, on the last preceding date on which there was such a sale. The administrator will determine the expiration date of each option, but the expiration date will not be later than 10 years after the grant date. Options will be exercisable at such times and be subject to such restrictions and conditions as the administrator deems necessary or advisable. The stock option exercise price will be payable in full upon exercise in cash or its equivalent, by tendering shares of previously acquired common stock having a fair market value at the time of exercise equal to the exercise price, or by a combination of the two.

Stock Appreciation Rights

The administrator has the authority to grant stock appreciation rights. A stock appreciation right is the right of a participant to receive cash, common stock, or both cash and stock, with a fair market value equal to the appreciation of the fair market value of a share of common stock during a specified period of time. The Incentive Plan provides that the administrator will determine all terms and conditions of each stock appreciation right, including: whether the stock appreciation right is granted independently of a stock option or relates to a stock option; the number of shares of common stock to which the stock appreciation right relates; a grant price that is not less than the fair market value of the common stock subject to the stock appreciation right on the date of grant; the terms and conditions of exercise or maturity; a term that must be no later than 10 years after the date of grant; and whether the stock appreciation right will settle in cash, common stock or a combination of the two.

Performance and Stock Awards

The administrator has the authority to grant awards of restricted stock units, restricted stock, performance shares or performance units. Restricted stock unit means the right to receive a payment equal to the fair market value of one share of common stock. Restricted stock means shares of common stock that are subject to a risk of forfeiture, restrictions on transfer or both a risk of forfeiture and restrictions on transfer. Performance shares means the right to receive shares of common stock to the extent performance goals are achieved. Performance unit means the right to receive a payment valued in relation to a unit that has a designated dollar value or the value of which is equal to the fair market value of one or more shares of common stock, to the extent performance goals are achieved.

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The administrator will determine all terms and conditions of the awards, including: the number of shares of common stock and/or units to which such award relates; whether performance goals need to be achieved for the participant to realize any portion of the benefit provided under the award; whether the restrictions imposed on restricted stock or restricted stock units will lapse, and any portion of the performance goals subject to an award will be deemed achieved, upon a participant’s death, disability or retirement; with respect to performance units, whether to measure the value of each unit in relation to a designated dollar value or the fair market value of one or more shares of common stock; and, with respect to performance units, whether the awards will settle in cash, in shares of common stock, or in a combination of the two.

Incentive Awards

The administrator has the authority to grant annual and long-term incentive awards. An incentive award is the right to receive a cash payment to the extent that one or more performance goals are achieved. The administrator will determine all terms and conditions of an annual or long-term incentive award, including the performance goals, performance period, the potential amount payable and the timing of payment. The administrator must require that payment of all or any portion of the amount subject to the incentive award is contingent on the achievement of one or more performance goals during the period the administrator specifies. The administrator may deem that performance goals subject to an award are achieved upon a participant’s death, disability or retirement, or such other circumstances as the administrator may specify. The performance period for an annual incentive award must relate to a period of one fiscal year, and the performance period for a long-term incentive award must relate to a period of more than one fiscal year, except that, in each case, if the award is made in the year the Incentive Plan becomes effective, at the time of commencement of employment with us or on the occasion of a promotion, then the award may relate to a shorter period.

Dividend Equivalent Units

The administrator has the authority to grant dividend equivalent units. A dividend equivalent unit is the right to receive a payment, in cash or shares of common stock, equal to the cash dividends or other distributions that we pay with respect to a share of common stock. The administrator will determine all terms and conditions of a dividend equivalent unit award, including whether: the award will be granted in tandem with another award; payment of the award be made currently or credited to an account for the participant which provides for the deferral of such amounts until a stated time; and the award will be settled in cash or shares of common stock.

Other Awards

The administrator has the authority to grant other types of awards, which may be denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, shares of common stock, either alone or in addition to or in conjunction with other awards, and payable in shares of common stock or cash. Such awards may include shares of unrestricted common stock, which may be awarded, without limitation, as a bonus, in payment of director fees, in lieu of cash compensation, in exchange for cancellation of a compensation right, or upon the attainment of performance goals or otherwise, or rights to acquire shares of our common stock from us. The administrator will determine all terms and conditions of the award, including the time or times at which such award will be made and the number of shares of common stock to be granted pursuant to such award or to which such award will relate. Any award that provides for purchase rights must be priced at 100% of the fair market value of our common stock on the date of the award.

Performance Goals

For purposes of the Incentive Plan, performance goals mean any goals the administrator establishes that relate to one or more of the following with respect to us or any one or more of our subsidiaries, affiliates or other business units: net sales; cost of sales; revenues; gross income; net income; operating income; income from continuing operations; earnings (including before interest and/or taxes and/or depreciation and amortization); earnings per

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share (including diluted earnings per share); cash flow; net cash provided by operating activities; net cash provided by operating activities less net cash used in investing activities; net operating profit; ratio of debt to debt plus equity; return on shareholder equity; return on capital; return on assets; operating working capital; average accounts receivable; economic value added; customer satisfaction; operating margin; profit margin; sales performance; sales quota attainment; new sales; cross/integrated sales; client engagement; client acquisition; net promoter score; internal revenue growth; and client retention. In the case of awards that the administrator determines will not be considered “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, the administrator may establish other performance goals not listed in the Incentive Plan.

Award Limits

In order to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, we are required to establish limits on the number of awards that we may grant to a particular participant. The award limits in the Incentive Plan were established in order to provide us with maximum flexibility and are not necessarily indicative of the size of award that we expect to make to any particular participant. Under the Incentive Plan, no participant may be granted awards that could result in such participant: receiving options for, or stock appreciation rights with respect to, more than 500,000 shares of common stock during any fiscal year; receiving awards of restricted stock or restricted stock units relating to more than 120,000 shares of common stock during any fiscal year; receiving awards of performance shares or awards of performance units, the value of which is based on the fair market value of common stock, for more than 120,000 shares of common stock during any fiscal year; receiving awards of performance units, the value of which is not based on the fair market value of shares of common stock, of more than $3,000,000 in any fiscal year; receiving other stock-based awards not described above and that are intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to more than 120,000 shares of common stock during any fiscal year; receiving an annual cash incentive award of more than $3,000,000 in any single fiscal year; or receiving a long-term cash incentive award of more than $6,000,000 in any fiscal year. Each of these limitations is subject to adjustment as described above.

Transferability

Awards are not transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, unless the administrator allows a participant to designate in writing a beneficiary to exercise the award or receive payment under an award after the participant’s death or to transfer an award for no consideration.

Adjustments

If: (A) we are involved in a merger or other transaction in which our common stock is changed or exchanged; we subdivide or combine our common stock or we declare a dividend payable in our common stock, other securities (other than stock purchase rights issued pursuant to a shareholder rights agreement) or other property; we effect a cash dividend, the amount of which, on a per share basis, exceeds 10% of the fair market value of a share of common stock at the time the dividend is declared, or we effect any other dividend or other distribution on our common stock in the form of cash, or a repurchase of shares of common stock, that the board of directors determines is special or extraordinary in nature or that is in connection with a transaction that we characterize publicly as a recapitalization or reorganization involving our common stock; or any other event occurs, which, in the judgment of the board of directors or compensation committee necessitates an adjustment to prevent an increase or decrease in the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Incentive Plan; then (B) the administrator will, in a manner it deems equitable to prevent an increase or decrease in the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Incentive Plan and subject to certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, adjust the number and type of shares of common stock subject to the Incentive Plan and which may, after the event, be made the subject of awards; the number and type of shares of common stock subject to outstanding awards; the grant, purchase or exercise price with respect to any award; and performance goals of an award.

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In any such case, the administrator may also provide for a cash payment to the holder of an outstanding award in exchange for the cancellation of all or a portion of the award. However, if the transaction or event constitutes a change of control, as defined in the Incentive Plan, then the payment must be at least as favorable to the holder as the greatest amount the holder could have received for such award under the change of control provisions of the Incentive Plan. The administrator may, in connection with any merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, or reorganization, and without affecting the number of shares of common stock otherwise reserved or available under the Incentive Plan, authorize the issuance or assumption of awards upon terms it deems appropriate.

Change of Control

Unless otherwise provided in an applicable employment, retention, change of control, severance, award or similar agreement, in the event of a change of control, the successor or purchaser in the change of control transaction may assume an award or provide a substitute award with similar terms and conditions and preserving the same benefits as the award it is replacing. If the awards are not so assumed or replaced, then unless otherwise determined by the board of directors prior to the date of the change of control, immediately prior to the date of the change of control:

each stock option or stock appreciation right that is then held by a participant who is employed by or in the service of us or one of our affiliates will become fully vested, and all stock options and stock appreciation rights will be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment equal to the excess of the change of control price (as determined by the administrator) of the shares of common stock covered by the stock option or stock appreciation right over the purchase or grant price of such shares of common stock under the award;

restricted stock and restricted stock units that are not vested will vest;

each holder of a performance share and/or performance unit that has been earned but not yet paid will receive cash equal to the value of the performance share and/or performance unit, and each performance share and/or performance unit for which the performance period has not expired will be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment equal to the value of the performance share and/or performance unit multiplied by a percentage based on the portion of the performance period that has elapsed as of the date of the change of control;

all incentive awards that are earned but not yet paid will be paid, and all incentive awards that are not yet earned will be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment equal to the amount that would have been due if the performance goals (measured at the time of the change of control) continued to be achieved through the end of the performance period multiplied by a percentage based on the portion of the performance period that has elapsed as of the date of the change of control;

all dividend equivalent units that are not vested will vest and be paid in cash; and

all other awards that are not vested will vest, and if an amount is payable under such vested award, then such amount will be paid in cash based on the value of the award.

The Incentive Plan prior to its amendment and restatement defined a “change of control” as the occurrence of any of the following events:

any person becoming the beneficial owner of our securities representing 20% of our then-outstanding common stock or our then-outstanding voting securities (excluding persons specified in the Incentive Plan who are affiliates, underwriters or, in some cases, persons who acquired stock in the ordinary course of business for investment purposes and without the purpose or effect of changing or influencing the control of Fiserv, Inc.);

certain changes in the majority of our directors that are not the result of director appointments or elections approved by a vote at least 2/3 of the incumbent board members;

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approval by our shareholders of a merger, consolidation or share exchange of Fiserv, Inc. with any other corporation or approval of the issuance of voting securities of Fiserv, Inc. in connection with a merger, consolidation or share exchange pursuant to applicable stock exchange requirements, other than certain transactions in which a majority of our ownership does not change and certain recapitalizations in which no person becomes a beneficial owner of 20% or more of our then-outstanding common stock or our then-outstanding voting securities (a “Change of Control Merger”); or

approval by our shareholders of a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of Fiserv, Inc. or an agreement for the sale or disposition by us of all or substantially all of our assets (in one transaction or a series of related transactions within any period of 24 consecutive months), other than a sale or disposition by us of all or substantially all of our assets to an entity at least 75% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by persons in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of Fiserv, Inc. immediately prior to such sale (a “Change of Control Asset Sale”).

Under the Incentive Plan, the definition of change of control is modified to provide that shareholder approval of a Change of Control Merger or Change of Control Asset Sale will not constitute a change of control. Instead, a change of control under the Incentive Plan will occur in connection with a Change of Control Merger or Change of Control Asset Sale only if:

in the case of a Change of Control Merger, the transaction is actually consummated, or voting securities are actually issued in connection with, the Change of Control Merger; or

in the case of a Change of Control Asset Sale, the plan of complete liquidation or dissolution is effected, or the sale or disposition of assets actually occurs.

A change of control does not include any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which our shareholders immediately prior to such transaction or series continue to own in the same proportions as their ownership in Fiserv, Inc. an entity that owns all or substantially all of our assets or voting securities immediately following such transaction or series.

If an award under the Incentive Plan is considered deferred compensation subject to the provisions of Code Section 409A, and if a payment under such Award is triggered upon a “Change of Control,” then the foregoing definition shall be deemed amended as necessary to comply with Code Section 409A, and the Administrator may include such amended definition in the Award agreement issued with respect to such Award.

Term of Incentive Plan

Unless earlier terminated by our board of directors, the Incentive Plan will remain in effect until all common stock reserved for issuance under the Incentive Plan has been issued. If the term of the Incentive Plan extends beyond 10 years, no incentive stock options may be granted after such time unless our shareholders approve an extension of the Incentive Plan.

Termination and Amendment

The board of directors or the compensation committee may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or terminate the Incentive Plan at any time, except:

the board of directors must approve any amendment to the Incentive Plan if we determine such approval is required by action of the board, applicable corporate law or any other applicable law;

shareholders must approve any amendment to the Incentive Plan if we determine that such approval is required by Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the listing requirements of any principal securities exchange or market on which our common stock is then traded, or any other applicable law; and

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shareholders must approve any amendment to the Incentive Plan that materially increases the number of shares of common stock reserved under the Incentive Plan or the per participant award limitations set forth in the Incentive Plan or that diminishes the provisions on repricing or backdating stock options and stock appreciation rights.

The administrator may modify, amend or cancel any award or waive any restrictions or conditions applicable to any award or the exercise of the award. Any modification or amendment that materially diminishes the rights of the participant or any other person that may have an interest in the award will be effective only if agreed to by that participant or other person. The administrator does not need to obtain participant or other interested party consent, however, for the adjustment or cancellation of an award pursuant to the adjustment provisions of the Incentive Plan or the modification of an award to the extent deemed necessary to comply with any applicable law, the listing requirements of any principal securities exchange or market on which our common stock is then traded, or to preserve favorable accounting or tax treatment of any award for us. The authority of the administrator to terminate or modify the Incentive Plan or awards will extend beyond the termination date of the Incentive Plan. In addition, termination of the Incentive Plan will not affect the rights of participants with respect to awards previously granted to them, and all unexpired awards will continue in force after termination of the Incentive Plan except as they may lapse or be terminated by their own terms and conditions.

Repricing and Backdating Prohibited

Neither the administrator nor any other person may decrease the exercise price for any outstanding stock option or stock appreciation right after the date of grant nor allow a participant to surrender an outstanding stock option or stock appreciation right to us as consideration for the grant of a new stock option or stock appreciation right with a lower exercise price. The administrator may not grant a stock option or stock appreciation right with a grant date that is effective prior to the date the administrator takes action to approve such award.

Foreign Participation

To assure the viability of awards granted to participants employed or residing in foreign countries, the administrator may provide for such special terms as it may consider necessary or appropriate to accommodate differences in local law, tax policy or custom. Moreover, the administrator may approve such supplements to, or amendments, restatements or alternative versions of, the Incentive Plan as it determines is necessary or appropriate for such purposes. Any such amendment, restatement or alternative versions that the administrator approves for purposes of using the Incentive Plan in a foreign country will not affect the terms of the Incentive Plan for any other country.

Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences

The following summarizes certain federal income tax consequences relating to the Incentive Plan. The summary is based upon the laws and regulations in effect as of the date of this proxy statement and does not purport to be a complete statement of the law in this area. Furthermore, the discussion below does not address the tax consequences of the receipt or exercise of awards under foreign, state or local tax laws, and such tax laws may not correspond to the federal income tax treatment described herein. The exact federal income tax treatment of transactions under the Incentive Plan will vary depending upon the specific facts and circumstances involved, and participants are advised to consult their personal tax advisors with regard to all consequences arising from the grant or exercise of awards and the disposition of any acquired shares.

Stock Options

The grant of a stock option under the Incentive Plan will create no income tax consequences to us or to the recipient. A participant who is granted a non-qualified stock option will generally recognize ordinary compensation income at the time of exercise in an amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of the common stock at such time over the exercise price. We will generally be entitled to a deduction in the same

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amount and at the same time as the participant recognizes ordinary income. Upon the participant’s subsequent disposition of the shares of common stock received with respect to such stock option, the participant will recognize a capital gain or loss (long-term or short-term, depending on the holding period) to the extent the amount realized from the sale differs from the tax basis (i.e., the fair market value of the common stock on the exercise date).

In general, a participant will recognize no income or gain as a result of the exercise of an incentive stock option, except that the alternative minimum tax may apply. Except as described below, the participant will recognize a long-term capital gain or loss on the disposition of the common stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of an incentive stock option and we will not be allowed a deduction. If the participant fails to hold the shares of common stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of an incentive stock option for at least two years from the grant date of the incentive stock option and one year from the exercise date, then the participant will recognize ordinary compensation income at the time of the disposition equal to the lesser of the gain realized on the disposition and the excess of the fair market value of the shares of common stock on the exercise date over the exercise price. We will generally be entitled to a deduction in the same amount and at the same time as the participant recognizes ordinary income. Any additional gain realized by the participant over the fair market value at the time of exercise will be treated as a capital gain.

Stock Appreciation Rights

The grant of a stock appreciation right under the Incentive Plan will create no income tax consequences to us or to the recipient. A participant who is granted a stock appreciation right will generally recognize ordinary compensation income at the time of exercise in an amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of the common stock at such time over the grant price. We will generally be entitled to a deduction in the same amount and at the same time as the participant recognizes ordinary income. If the stock appreciation right is settled in shares of our common stock, upon the participant’s subsequent disposition of such shares, the participant will recognize a capital gain or loss (long-term or short-term, depending on the holding period) to the extent the amount realized from the sale differs from the tax basis (i.e., the fair market value of the common stock on the exercise date).

Restricted Stock

Generally, a participant will not recognize income, and we will not be entitled to a deduction, at the time an award of restricted stock is made under the Incentive Plan, unless the participant makes the election described below. A participant who has not made such an election will recognize ordinary income at the time the restrictions on the stock lapse in an amount equal to the fair market value of the restricted stock at such time. We will generally be entitled to a corresponding deduction in the same amount and at the same time as the participant recognizes income. Any otherwise taxable disposition of the restricted stock after the time the restrictions lapse will result in a capital gain or loss to the extent the amount realized from the sale differs from the tax basis (i.e., the fair market value of the common stock on the date the restrictions lapse). Dividends paid in cash and received by a participant prior to the time the restrictions lapse will constitute ordinary income to the participant in the year paid, and we will generally be entitled to a corresponding deduction for such dividends. Any dividends paid in stock will be treated as an award of additional restricted stock subject to the tax treatment described herein.

A participant may, within 30 days after the date of the award of restricted stock, elect to recognize ordinary income as of the date of the award in an amount equal to the fair market value of such restricted stock on the date of the award (less the amount, if any, the participant paid for such restricted stock). If the participant makes such an election, then we will generally be entitled to a corresponding deduction in the same amount and at the same time as the participant recognizes income. If the participant makes the election, then any cash dividends the participant receives with respect to the restricted stock will be treated as dividend income to the participant in the year of payment and will not be deductible by us. Any otherwise taxable disposition of the restricted stock (other than by forfeiture) will result in a capital gain or loss. If the participant who has made an election subsequently

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forfeits the restricted stock, then the participant will not be entitled to claim a credit for the tax previously paid. In addition, we would then be required to include as ordinary income the amount of any deduction we originally claimed with respect to such shares.

Restricted Stock Units

A participant will not recognize income, and we will not be entitled to a deduction, at the time an award of a restricted stock unit is made under the Incentive Plan. Upon the participant’s receipt of shares (or cash) at the end of the restriction period, the participant will recognize ordinary income equal to the amount of cash and/or the fair market value of the shares received, and we will be entitled to a corresponding deduction in the same amount and at the same time. If the restricted stock units are settled in whole or in part in shares, upon the participant’s subsequent disposition of the shares the participant will recognize a capital gain or loss (long-term or short-term, depending on the holding period) to the extent the amount realized upon disposition differs from the shares’ tax basis (i.e., the fair market value of the shares on the date the participant received the shares).

Performance Shares

The grant of performance shares will create no income tax consequences for us or the participant. Upon the participant’s receipt of shares at the end of the applicable performance period, the participant will recognize ordinary income equal to the fair market value of the shares received, except that if the participant receives shares of restricted stock in payment of performance shares, recognition of income may be deferred in accordance with the rules applicable to restricted stock as described above. In addition, the participant will recognize ordinary compensation income equal to the dividend equivalents paid on performance shares prior to or at the end of the performance period. We will generally be entitled to a deduction in the same amount and at the same time as the participant recognizes income. Upon the participant’s subsequent disposition of the shares, the participant will recognize a capital gain or loss (long-term or short-term depending on the holding period) to the extent the amount realized from the disposition differs from the shares’ tax basis (i.e., the fair market value of the shares on the date the participant received the shares).

Performance Units

The grant of a performance unit will create no income tax consequences to us or the participant. Upon the participant’s receipt of cash and/or shares at the end of the applicable performance period, the participant will recognize ordinary income equal to the amount of cash and/or the fair market value of the shares received, and we will be entitled to a corresponding deduction in the same amount and at the same time. If performance units are settled in whole or in part in shares, upon the participant’s subsequent disposition of the shares the participant will recognize a capital gain or loss (long-term or short-term, depending on the holding period) to the extent the amount realized upon disposition differs from the shares’ tax basis (i.e., the fair market value of the shares on the date the participant received the shares).

Incentive Awards

A participant who is paid an incentive award will recognize ordinary income equal to the amount of cash paid, and we will be entitled to a corresponding income tax deduction.

Dividend Equivalent Units

A participant who is paid a dividend equivalent with respect to an award will recognize ordinary income equal to the value of cash or common stock paid, and we will be entitled to a corresponding deduction in the same amount and at the same time.

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Section 162(m) Limit on Deductibility of Compensation

Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code limits the deduction we can take for compensation we pay to our chief executive officer and our four other highest paid officers (other than our chief financial officer), determined as of the end of each year, to $1,000,000 per year per individual. However, performance-based compensation that meets the requirements of Section 162(m) does not have to be included as part of the $1,000,000 limit. The Incentive Plan is designed so that awards granted to the covered individuals may meet the Section 162(m) requirements for performance-based compensation.

Code Section 409A

Awards under the Incentive Plan may constitute, or provide for, a deferral of compensation under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. If the requirements of Section 409A or an exemption from Section 409A are not met, holders of such awards may be taxed earlier than would otherwise be the case (e.g., at the time of vesting instead of the time of payment) and may be subject to an additional 20% penalty tax and, potentially, interest and penalties. We have sought to structure the Incentive Plan, and we expect to seek to structure awards under the Incentive Plan, to comply with Section 409A and the Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance that may be issued pursuant to Section 409A. To the extent that we determine that any award granted under the Incentive Plan is subject to Section 409A, the award agreement evidencing such award will generally incorporate the terms and conditions required by Section 409A. The Incentive Plan and any applicable awards may be modified to exempt the awards from Section 409A or comply with the requirements of Section 409A.

Other Considerations

Awards that are granted, accelerated or enhanced upon the occurrence of a change of control may give rise, in whole or in part, to excess parachute payments within the meaning of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code to the extent that such payments, when aggregated with other payments subject to Section 280G, exceed the limitations contained in that provision. Such excess parachute payments are not deductible by us and are subject to an excise tax of 20% payable by the participant.

Future Plan Benefits

The compensation committee annually determines the benefits or amounts that will be received by or allocated to key employees and directors under the Incentive Plan. Accordingly, such benefits and amounts in the future are not currently determinable.

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Equity Compensation Plan Information

The table below sets forth information with respect to compensation plans under which equity securities are authorized for issuance as of December 31, 2012.

   (a)  (b)  (c) 
Plan Category Number of shares to
be issued upon exercise of
outstanding options
  

Weighted-average

exercise price of
outstanding options

  Number of shares remaining
available for future issuance
under equity compensation
plans (excluding securities
reflected in column (a))
 

Equity compensation plans approved by our shareholders(1)

  4,767,846(2)  $51.77    2,797,418(3) 

Equity compensation plans not approved by our shareholders

  N/A    N/A    N/A  

Total

  4,767,846   $51.77    2,797,418  

(1)Columns (a) and (c) of the table above do not include 1,059,768 unvested restricted stock units outstanding under the Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan or 1,849,899 shares authorized for issuance under the Fiserv, Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The number of shares remaining available for future issuance under the employee stock purchase plan is subject to an annual increase on the first day of each fiscal year equal to the lesser of (A) 1,000,000 shares, (B) 1% of the shares of our common stock outstanding on such date or (C) a lesser amount determined by our board of directors.

(2)Consists of options outstanding under the Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan and the Fiserv, Inc. Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan.

(3)Reflects the number of shares available for future issuance under the Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan. No additional awards may be granted under the Fiserv, Inc. Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan.

Vote Required and Recommendation of the Board of Directors

To approve the Incentive Plan, the votes cast “for” the proposal must exceed the votes cast “against” the proposal. Unless otherwise specified, the proxies solicited hereby will be voted to approve the Incentive Plan.

The board of directors recommends that you vote in favor of Proposal 2.

its nominees for director.

 

Alison Davis, 54

•  Director since 2014

•  Audit Committee member

•  Principal occupation:

   Advisor, Fifth Era

•  Experience in global financial

   services, corporate strategy and

   financial management

Ms. Davis is an advisor to Fifth Era, a firm that invests in and incubates early stage technology companies, and previously served as its Managing Partner from 2011 to 2015. Prior to Fifth Era, she was the Managing Partner of Belvedere Capital Partners, Inc., a private equity firm serving the financial services sector, from 2004 to 2010. Prior to joining Belvedere, she served as Chief Financial Officer for Barclays Global Investors, an institutional asset manager that is now part of BlackRock, Inc., from 2000 to 2003, a senior partner at A.T. Kearney, Inc., a leading global management consulting firm, from 1993 to 2000, and a consultant at McKinsey & Company, another leading global management consulting firm, from 1984 to 1993.

In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Ms. Davis has served as a director at the following publicly traded companies: Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (current), a British bank holding company, Unisys Corporation (current), a global information technology company, Ooma, Inc. (current), a consumer telecommunications company, Diamond Foods, Inc. (former), a packaged food company, LECG Corporation (former), a consulting firm, City National Bank (former), a wholly owned subsidiary of City National Corporation which is a provider of banking, investment and trust services, and Xoom Corporation (former), a digital money transfer provider.

The board concluded that Ms. Davis should be a director of the company because of her extensive experience in global financial services, corporate strategy and financial management.

Christopher M. Flink, 44

•  Director since 2012

•  Audit Committee and Nominating

   and Corporate Governance

   Committee member

•  Principal occupation:

   Partner, IDEO

•  Experience with innovative

   technologies and helping

   companies innovate and grow

Mr. Flink is a partner at the innovation and design firm IDEO where he leads key client relationships, guiding portfolios of innovation projects in retail, education and consumer products. In his 18 years at IDEO, Mr. Flink has held a variety of roles, from heading the firm’s Consumer Experience Design practice to co-founding its New York office. Mr. Flink also teaches at Stanford University where he is a lecturer at the Graduate School of Business, a consulting associate professor at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school), and a member of the d.school’s leadership team.

In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Mr. Flink has served as a director of E*TRADE Financial Corporation (former), a publicly traded financial services company.

The board concluded that Mr. Flink should be a director of the company because of his strong understanding of innovative technologies and his over 20 years of experience helping companies of all kinds innovate and grow.

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PROPOSAL 3

ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Background

We are conducting a non-binding, advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers, as disclosed in this proxy statement pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act (commonly referred to as “Say-on-Pay”).

Proposed Resolution

We encourage shareholders to review the Compensation Discussion and Analysis beginning on page 33 of this proxy statement as well as the tabular and narrative disclosure under “Compensation of Executive Officers” beginning on page 45. Our compensation program for named executive officers is designed to create shareholder value by rewarding performance and includes the following key factors:

 

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In 2012, we grew adjusted earnings per share by 12% and made strategic progress in areas that we believe will enhance our future financial results, including electronic bill payment, mobile banking and person-to-person payments.


 

We provide compensation in the form of cash incentive awards based on achievement of annual performance goals and long-term equity compensation that promotes sustained financial and operating performance by delivering value to executive officers to the extent our stock price increases over time.

Daniel P. Kearney, 76

•  Chairman since 2014

•  Director since 1999

•  Principal occupation:

   Financial Consultant

•  Experience in the banking,

   insurance and legal industries for

   over 40 years

Mr. Kearney is a financial consultant and served as Chief Investment Officer of Aetna, Inc. from 1991 to 1998. In 1995, he assumed the additional responsibility of President of Aetna’s annuity, pension and life insurance division, retiring in 1998. Prior to joining Aetna, Mr. Kearney was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Resolution Trust Corporation Oversight Board. Before that, he was a principal at Aldrich, Eastman and Waltch, Inc., a Boston-based pension fund advisor. From 1977 to 1988, Mr. Kearney was a Managing Director of Salomon Brothers, Inc. in its Real Estate Financing Department and a founder of its Mortgage Securities Department, and from 1976 to 1977 he was Associate Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget. He served as President of the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) from 1974 to 1976, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development from 1973 to 1974, and as Executive Director of the Illinois Housing Development Authority from 1969 to 1973. He was also in private law practice in Chicago, Illinois.

In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Mr. Kearney has served as a director at the following publicly traded companies: non-executive Chairman of MBIA, Inc. (former), a financial guarantor, and MGIC Investment Corporation (former), a mortgage insurance company.

The board concluded that Mr. Kearney should be a director of the company because of his over 40 years of experience in the banking, insurance and legal industries.

Dennis F. Lynch, 67

•  Director since 2012

•  Compensation Committee member

•  Principal occupation:

   Chairman, Cardtronics, Inc.

•  Experience in the payments

   industry for over 30 years

Mr. Lynch is Chairman of Cardtronics, Inc., a publicly traded company and the largest owner and operator of retail ATMs worldwide. He was appointed Chairman in 2010 and has served as a director of Cardtronics since 2008. Mr. Lynch was also the founding Chairman and, from 2009 to 2015, a board member of the Secure Remote Payments Council, a cross-industry organization dedicated to accelerating the growth, development and market adoption of more secure e-commerce and mobile payments. He previously served as: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of RightPath Payments, Inc. from 2005 to 2008; a director of Open Solutions, Inc. from 2005 to 2007; President and Chief Executive Officer of NYCE Corporation from 1996 to 2004; and Chairman of Yankee 24 ATM Network from 1988 to 1990.

In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Mr. Lynch has served as a director of Cardtronics, Inc. (current).

The board concluded that Mr. Lynch should be a director of the company because he has over 30 years of experience in the payments industry and is a leader in the introduction and growth of payment solutions.

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In 2012, approximately 80% of the compensation that we paid to our named executive officers was in the form of cash incentive and equity incentive awards.

Denis J. O’Leary, 59

•  Director since 2008

•  Audit Committee and Nominating

   and Corporate Governance

   Committee member

•  Principal occupation:

   Investor

•  Experience in the banking and

   information technology industries

Mr. O’Leary is a private investor, and from 2009 to 2015, he served as Managing Partner of Encore Financial Partners, Inc., a company focused on the acquisition and management of banking organizations in the United States. From 2006 to 2009, he was a senior advisor to The Boston Consulting Group with respect to the enterprise technology, financial services and consumer payments industries. Through early 2003, he spent 25 years at J.P. Morgan Chase & Company and its predecessors in various capacities, including Director of Finance, Chief Information Officer, Head of Retail Branch Banking, Managing Executive of Lab Morgan, and, from 1994 to 2003, Executive Vice President.

In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Mr. O’Leary has served as a director of McAfee, Inc. (former), a formerly publicly traded supplier of computer security solutions. He also currently serves as a director at CrowdStrike, Inc., a privately held computer security software company, Hamilton State Bancshares, Inc., a privately held bank holding company, and The Warranty Group, Inc., a privately held provider of extended warranty programs and related benefits.

The board concluded that Mr. O’Leary should be a director of the company because of his extensive knowledge of and experience in both the banking and information technology industries.

Glenn M. Renwick, 60

•  Director since 2001

•  Compensation Committee chair

•  Principal occupation:

   Chairman, President and Chief

   Executive Officer, The Progressive

   Corporation

•  Experience in business leadership

   and information technology

Mr. Renwick is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Progressive Corporation, a publicly traded property and casualty insurance company. Before being named Chief Executive Officer in 2001, Mr. Renwick served as Chief Executive Officer – Insurance Operations and Business Technology Process Leader from 1998 through 2000. Prior to that, he led Progressive’s consumer marketing group and served as president of various divisions within Progressive. Mr. Renwick joined Progressive in 1986 as Auto Product Manager for Florida.

In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Mr. Renwick has served as a director at the following publicly traded companies: The Progressive Corporation (current) and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (current), a provider of health insurance.

The board concluded that Mr. Renwick should be a director of the company because he is an accomplished business leader with significant information technology experience.

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The value of equity incentive awards granted to our named executive officers relative to total compensation paid generally increased in 2012 as compared to 2011.

Kim M. Robak, 60

•  Director since 2003

•  Nominating and Corporate

   Governance Committee chair

•  Principal occupation:

   Partner at Mueller Robak, LLC

•  Experience in the fields of law,

   government and technology

Ms. Robak has been a partner at Mueller Robak, LLC, a government relations firm, since 2004. Prior to that, Ms. Robak was Vice President for External Affairs and Corporation Secretary at the University of Nebraska from 1999 to 2004. Ms. Robak served as the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Nebraska from 1993 to 1999, as Chief of Staff from 1992 to 1993, and as Legal Counsel from 1991 to 1992. Prior to 1991, Ms. Robak was a partner at the law firm Rembolt Ludtke Milligan and Berger. During her tenure in state government, she chaired the Governor’s Information Resources Cabinet and led the Information Technology Commission of Nebraska.

Ms. Robak also currently serves as a director at Ameritas Mutual Holding Company, a privately held provider of life insurance, annuities, and mutual funds, Ameritas Life Insurance Corporation, a privately held life insurance company, and Union Bank & Trust Company, a privately held financial institution.

The board concluded that Ms. Robak should be a director of the company because she is an accomplished businessperson and community leader who brings a variety of experiences to the board through her work in the fields of law, government and technology.

JD Sherman, 50

•  Director since 2015

•  Audit Committee member

•  Principal occupation:

   President and Chief Operating

   Officer, HubSpot, Inc.

•  Experience in financial management

   and the information technology

   industry

Mr. Sherman has served as Chief Operating Officer of HubSpot, Inc., a provider of inbound marketing software, since 2012 and as its President since 2014. Prior to joining HubSpot, Mr. Sherman was Chief Financial Officer of Akamai Technologies, Inc., a provider of content delivery network services, from 2005 to 2012. From 1990 to 2005, Mr. Sherman served in various positions at International Business Machines Corporation, an information technology company, including as Vice President of Financial Planning and Assistant Controller of Corporate Financial Strategy and Budgets.

In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Mr. Sherman has served as a director of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (former), a publicly traded provider of programmable technology solutions. He also previously served as a director of 3Com Corporation, a former global enterprise networking solutions provider, and AMIS Holdings, Inc., a former designer and manufacturer of mixed-signal and digital products for the automotive, medical, industrial, military and aerospace sectors.

Mr. Sherman was recommended to the nominating and corporate governance committee by a third party search firm. The board concluded that Mr. Sherman should be a director of the company because of his strong financial management experience in the information technology industry.

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The value of equity incentive awards granted to our chief executive officer was more than 2.5 times the amount of cash compensation paid to him, and equity incentive awards comprised more than 60% of the compensation paid to the named executive officers

Doyle R. Simons, 52

•  Director since 2007

•  Compensation Committee member

•  Principal occupation:

   President and Chief Executive

   Officer, Weyerhaeuser Company

•  Experience in senior management,

   financial and legal matters

Mr. Simons is President and Chief Executive Officer of Weyerhaeuser Company, a publicly traded company focused on timberlands and forest products. Prior to joining Weyerhaeuser in 2013, Mr. Simons served in a variety of roles for Temple-Inland, Inc., a formerly publicly traded manufacturing company focused on corrugated packaging and building products which was acquired in 2012. From 2007 to early 2012, he served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; from 2005 to 2007, he was Executive Vice President; from 2003 to 2005, he served as its Chief Administrative Officer; from 2000 to 2003, he was Vice President – Administration; and from 1994 to 2000, he served as Director of Investor Relations.

In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Mr. Simons has served as a director at the following publicly traded companies: Weyerhaeuser Company (current) and Temple-Inland, Inc. (former).

The board concluded that Mr. Simons should be a director of the company because he is an accomplished businessperson with diverse experiences in senior management and financial and legal matters.

Thomas C. Wertheimer, 75

•  Director since 2003

•  Audit Committee chair

•  Principal occupation:

   Financial Consultant

•  Experience in accounting, auditing

   and financial reporting matters

Mr. Wertheimer is a Certified Public Accountant and a retired Senior Audit Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”). He served as lead audit partner for a number of key multinational and national clients of PwC, including publicly held automotive manufacturing, financial services and retail companies. He also held technical accounting and audit quality positions including Director of Accounting, Auditing and SEC for the Midwest Region of Coopers & Lybrand. Mr. Wertheimer served on the Board of Partners at Coopers & Lybrand from 1995 until its merger with Price Waterhouse in 1998. From 2003 to 2007, he was a consultant to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, assisting in designing and executing its program of inspection of registered accounting firms.

In the past five years, in addition to Fiserv, Mr. Wertheimer has served as a director at the following publicly traded companies: Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (current), an electronic component manufacturer, and Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd. (former), a residential real estate developer in China.

The board concluded that Mr. Wertheimer should be a director of the company because of his extensive knowledge of and experience in accounting, auditing and financial reporting matters.

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More than half of the equity awards that we granted to the named executive officers were in the form of options, which are inherently performance-based and have value to the extent that the price of our stock increases.

Jeffery W. Yabuki, 56

•  Director since 2005

•  Principal occupation:

   President and Chief Executive

   Officer, Fiserv, Inc.

•  Experience in senior management

   positions including as chief

   executive officer of the company

Mr. Yabuki has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since 2005. Before joining Fiserv, Mr. Yabuki served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for H&R Block, Inc., a financial services firm, from 2002 to 2005. From 2001 to 2002, he served as Executive Vice President of H&R Block and from 1999 to 2001, he served as the President of H&R Block International. From 1987 to 1999, Mr. Yabuki held various executive positions with American Express Company, a financial services firm, including President and Chief Executive Officer of American Express Tax and Business Services, Inc.

Mr. Yabuki also currently serves as a director at Ixonia Bancshares, Inc., a privately held bank holding company.

The board concluded that Mr. Yabuki should be a director of the company because he has extensive senior management experience and serves as the chief executive officer of the company.

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We did not provide perquisites to our named executive officers in 2012.Corporate Governance

At a Glance

Name

Independent                    

Audit Committee          

Compensation
Committee                      

Nominating and
Corporate Governance
Committee

Daniel P. Kearney

Chairman of the Board

LOGO  

Alison Davis

LOGO  LOGO  

Christopher M. Flink

LOGO  LOGO  LOGO  

Dennis F. Lynch

LOGO  LOGO  

Denis J. O’Leary

LOGO  LOGO  LOGO  

Glenn M. Renwick

LOGO  C

Kim M. Robak

LOGO  C

JD Sherman

LOGO  LOGO  

Doyle R. Simons

LOGO  LOGO  

Thomas C. Wertheimer

LOGO  C

Jeffery W. Yabuki

C = Committee Chair

Director Independence

Our board of directors has determined that Alison Davis, Christopher M. Flink, Daniel P. Kearney, Dennis F. Lynch, Denis J. O’Leary, Glenn M. Renwick, Kim M. Robak, JD Sherman, Doyle R. Simons and Thomas C. Wertheimer are “independent” within the meaning of NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 5605(a)(2). Mr. Yabuki is not independent because he is a current employee of Fiserv.

Board Meetings and Attendance

During our fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, our board of directors held five meetings. Each director attended at least 75% of the aggregate of the number of meetings of the board of directors and the number of meetings held by all committees of the board on which she or he served, in each case while the director was serving on our board of directors. Our directors meet in executive session without management present at each regular meeting of the board of directors.

Directors are expected to attend each annual meeting of shareholders. All of the directors serving

on the board at the time of our 2015 annual meeting of shareholders attended the meeting.

Board Leadership

We separate the roles of chief executive officer and Chairman of the board to allow our leaders to focus on their respective responsibilities. Our chief executive officer is responsible for setting our strategic direction and providing day-to-day leadership. Our Chairman provides guidance to our chief executive officer, sets the agenda for board meetings and presides over meetings of the full board.

Our board recognizes the time, effort and energy that our chief executive officer is required to devote to his position in the current business environment, as well as the commitment required to serve as our Chairman. Our board believes that having separate positions provides a clear delineation of responsibilities for each position and enhances the ability of each leader to discharge his duties effectively which, in turn, enhances our prospects for success.

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We have stock ownership guidelines, which require our executive officers to maintain a substantial investment in Fiserv stock; stock disposition requirements that restrict how much Fiserv stock an executive officer can sell in a specified period; and a compensation recoupment, or “clawback,” policy, all of which we believe align the interests of our named executive officers with those of our shareholders.

The board endorses the compensation of our named executive officers and recommends that you vote in favor of the following resolution:

RESOLVED, that the shareholders hereby approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the company’s named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including under “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” and in the tabular and narrative disclosures under “Compensation of Executive Officers.”

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Vote Required, Effect of Vote and Recommendation of the Board of Directors

To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement, the number of votes cast “for” the proposal must exceed the number of votes cast “against” the proposal. Unless otherwise specified, the proxies solicited hereby will be voted in favor of this proposal.

Because the vote is advisory, it will not be binding upon the board or the compensation committee, and neither the board nor the compensation committee will be required to take any action as a result of the outcome of the vote on this proposal. Although the outcome of this vote is advisory, the compensation committee will carefully consider the outcome of the vote when considering future executive compensation decisions to the extent it can determine the cause or causes of any significant negative voting results.

The board of directors recommends that you vote in favor of Proposal 3.

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PROPOSAL 4

RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Background

The audit committee of the board of directors has selected Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013. Deloitte & Touche LLP has served as our independent public accounting firm since 1986. The audit committee, from time to time, evaluates the performance of Deloitte & Touche LLP to determine whether we should continue to retain the firm as our independent registered public accounting firm. To this end, at least annually, Deloitte & Touche LLP makes a presentation to the committee regarding the services it provides, and our chief financial officer provides the committee with his assessment of the firm’s performance. A representative of Deloitte & Touche LLP is expected to be present at the annual meeting, will have an opportunity to make a statement if he or she so desires, and will be available to respond to appropriate questions.

Reasons for the Proposal

Selection of our independent registered public accounting firm is not required to be submitted for shareholder approval, but the audit committee of our board of directors is seeking ratification of its selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as a matter of good corporate practice. If our shareholders do not ratify this selection, the audit committee of the board of directors will consider it a direction to select another independent public accounting firm for 2013. Even if the selection is ratified, the audit committee may, in its discretion, appoint a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time if it determines that such a change would be in our shareholders’ best interests.

Vote Required and Recommendation of the Board of Directors

To ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm, the number of votes cast “for” the proposal must exceed the number of votes cast “against” the proposal. Unless otherwise specified, the proxies solicited hereby will be voted to ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2013.

The board of directors recommends that you vote in favor of Proposal 4.

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PROPOSAL 5

SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL RELATING TO EXECUTIVE RETENTION OF STOCK

The following proposal was submitted by one of our individual shareholders and will be voted on at the annual meeting if it is properly presented.The board of directors recommends you vote AGAINST the proposal, and asks you to read Fiserv’s Statement in Opposition, which follows the proposal.Such shareholder’s name, address, and number of shares of common stock held may be obtained upon written request therefor made to our corporate Secretary. The proposal has been included as we received it in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission rules.

“Proposal 5 – Executives To Retain Significant Stock

Resolved: Shareholders request that our executive pay committee adopt a policy requiring that senior executives retain a significant percentage of shares acquired through equity pay programs until reaching normal retirement age. For the purpose of this policy, normal retirement age shall be defined by the Company’s qualified retirement plan that has the largest number of plan participants. The shareholders recommend that the committee adopt a share retention percentage requirement of 25% of such shares.

The policy should prohibit hedging transactions for shares subject to this policy which are not sales but reduce the risk of loss to the executive. This policy shall supplement any other share ownership requirements that have been established for senior executives, and should be implemented so as not to violate our Company’s existing contractual obligations or the terms of any pay or benefit plan currently in effect.

Requiring senior executives to hold a significant portion of stock obtained through executive pay plans would focus our executives on our company’s long-term success. A Conference Board Task Force report on executive pay stated that hold-to-retirement requirements give executives “an ever-growing incentive to focus on long-term stock price performance.”

This proposal should also be evaluated in the context of our Company’s overall corporate governance as reported in 2012:

GMI/The Corporate Library, an independent investment research firm, expressed concern regarding our directors’ qualifications. Glenn Renwick (executive pay committee chairman), Daniel Kearney (on our audit and nomination committees) and Donald Dillon (our chairman) had 11 to 17 years long-tenure. Mr. Renwick was also a CEO (on an executive pay committee no less) and received our highest negative votes – not a surprise.

Director independence erodes after 10-years. GMI said long-tenured directors could form relationships that may compromise their independence and therefore hinder their ability to provide effective oversight. A more independent perspective would be a priceless asset for our directors.

Long-tenured Daniel Kearney and Donald Dillon were also age 72. Plus Thomas Wertheimer (who was one-third of our audit committee) was age 72. Thus there seems to be a succession planning issue due to long-tenure and increasing age. Meanwhile, the chair of our nomination was a lobbyist from Nebraska, Kim Robak. Plus Ms. Robak was probably involved in the delayed adoption of a declassified board. Our company could have adopted declassification in one annual meeting cycle and instead is delaying it over a 3-year period.

Please vote to protect shareholder value:

Executives To Retain Significant Stock – Proposal 5”

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FISERV’S STATEMENT IN OPPOSITION

We also believe that the ownership of a meaningful amount of our common stock by our executive officers creates a beneficial alignment of the interests of our executive officers with the long-term interests of our shareholders. Accordingly, we (i) mandate significant stock ownership requirements for all of our executive officers, (ii) restrict the number of our shares that an executive officer can sell in any given year, and (iii) maintain other policies that align the interests of our executive officers with the long-term interests of our shareholders. In light of these policies, the strong culture of stock ownership that exists among our executive officers and the potential negative consequences of this proposal that are discussed below, we do not believe that implementation of this proposal is appropriate for our company or in the best interest of our shareholders.The board of directors strongly urges you to vote AGAINST this proposal.

Our stock ownership policy provides a balanced approach to aligning the long-term interests of our executive officers with those of our shareholders.

We maintain a stock ownership policy that requires our executive officers to own equity having a value of at least six times base salary in the case of our chief executive officer and four times base salary in the case of our other named executive officers. All executive officers are expected to satisfy the stock ownership requirements within five years after they become subject to them with minimum attainment levels beginning at the end of the second year. This requirement is monitored by our Compensation Committee and all of our executive officers are currently in compliance, holding significant amounts of our common stock.

We have policies that restrict sales of stock and that provide for compensation recoupment in order to further align the interests of our executives with the long-term interests of our shareholders.

Our stock ownership guidelines are supplemented by the following policies, each of which strengthens the incentive for our executives to focus on the long-term health and success of our business:

We restrict the number of shares of our common stock that any executive officer may sell in a year. The restrictions generally provide that an executive officer may not, in any particular year, dispose of more than 10% of the shares he or she beneficially owns at the beginning of such year.

Under our Compensation Recoupment Policy, in the event that we restate our financial results, we may recover all or a portion of the incentive awards that we paid or granted, or that vested, on the basis of such results. Recovery may be sought, in the discretion of our board of directors, from any person who was serving as an executive officer of the company at the time the original results were published.

Our current equity compensation plans require significant vesting periods for equity awards.

We provide compensation to our named executive officers in the form of time-vesting stock options and restricted stock units, both of which align the interests of our executive officers with our long-term performance. Our stock option grants, which are inherently performance-based, generally vest in equal installments over a three year period, beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date, and have a ten year term. Our restricted stock units serve as a strong reward and retention device, encouraging our executive officers to stay with the company until the restricted stock units vest, which in most cases occurs over a three-year period beginning on the second anniversary of the grant date of the award.

We have a strong culture of stock ownership that has resulted in our executives holding significant equity stakes.

We have long had a strong corporate culture of stock ownership and retention. For example, as of March 1, 2013, including in-the-money options that are fully vested and exercisable, our President and Chief Executive Officer

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was the beneficial owner of 1,354,444 shares of our common stock representing a significant ongoing investment value of over $52.3 million. Our executive officers have voluntarily retained a significant number of the net after-tax shares received under our equity compensation programs throughout their careers.

A requirement to retain at least 25% of shares acquired through equity pay programs is inappropriately high and would create an incentive for successful executive officers to terminate their employment with our company.

Sensible stock ownership requirements balance the importance of aligning executive officer and shareholder interests against the need to allow executives to prudently manage their personal financial affairs. We believe that our stock ownership requirements and disposition restrictions strike that balance effectively. By creating and maintaining this balance, we ensure that our executive officers have a significant investment in the future of our company, while also allowing them to prudently manage their financial affairs through the ability, in common with other investors, to diversify their holdings over an extended period, and through the ability, in common with executive officers at other companies, to realize substantial value from the equity component of their compensation before reaching normal retirement age. We believe that the addition of a policy that would require executives to hold at least 25% of shares acquired through equity pay programs until reaching normal retirement age is inappropriately high because it would upset this balance in a manner that would undermine the effectiveness and competitiveness of our executive compensation program. We believe such a requirement could create an incentive for executives to leave employment with our company to realize the value of their equity compensation. Under this proposal, the most successful executives – those whose leadership contributes to a significant increase in our stock price during their tenure – would have the greatest financial incentive to leave. The long-term commitment of our executive officers has been an important factor in our long-term success, and this proposal would undermine that strength and harm our business.

A requirement to retain at least 25% of shares acquired through equity pay programs would hinder our ability to recruit key executive talent and to promote from within our company.

We believe most public companies do not maintain stock retention requirements beyond stock ownership requirements. As a result, we believe that adoption of this proposal would harm our ability to recruit new executive talent from outside our company. Furthermore, we believe adoption of this proposal could serve to discourage our current employees from accepting promotions that would result in them becoming subject to the proposed retention policy. Our success in recruiting new executives to our company and promoting from within our company has been an important factor in our long-term success, and this proposal would harm our overall competitiveness.

Vote Required and Recommendation of the Board of Directors

To approve the shareholder proposal, the number of votes cast “for” the proposal must exceed the number of votes cast “against” the proposal. Unless otherwise specified, the proxies solicited hereby will be voted against the shareholder proposal.

The board of directors recommends that you vote AGAINST Proposal 5.

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Director Independence

Our board of directors has determined that Donald F. Dillon, Christopher M. Flink, Daniel P. Kearney, Dennis F. Lynch, Denis J. O’Leary, Glenn M. Renwick, Kim M. Robak, Doyle R. Simons and Thomas C. Wertheimer are “independent” within the meaning of NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 5605(a)(2). Mr. Yabuki is not independent because he is a current employee of Fiserv, and Mr. Kight, who retired from the board when his term expired at our 2012 annual meeting of shareholders, was not independent because he has been employed by Fiserv within the past three years.

Meetings and Attendance

During our fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, our board of directors held five meetings. Each director, with the exception of a new director, Christopher Flink, attended at least 75% of the aggregate of the number of meetings of the board of directors and the number of meetings held by all committees of the board on which she or he served, in each case while the director was serving on our board of directors. Mr. Flink was elected to our board of directors on November 28, 2012. In 2012, following his election, our board of directors held two meetings, a regular meeting and a special telephonic meeting, and Mr. Flink attended the regular meeting. He was unable to attend the special telephonic meeting due to a scheduling conflict. Directors are expected to attend each annual meeting of shareholders. All of the directors serving on the board at the time of our 2012 annual meeting of shareholders attended the meeting. Our directors meet in executive session without management present at each regular meeting of the board of directors.

Board Leadership Structure

We separate the roles of chief executive officer and Chairman of the board to allow our leaders to focus on their respective responsibilities. Our chief executive officer is responsible for setting our strategic direction and providing day-to-day leadership. Our Chairman provides guidance to our chief executive officer, sets the agenda for board meetings and presides over meetings of the full board. Our board recognizes the time, effort and energy that our chief executive officer is required to devote to his position in the current business environment, as well as the commitment required to serve as our Chairman. Our board believes that having separate positions provides a clear delineation of responsibilities for each position and enhances the ability of each leader to discharge his duties effectively which, in turn, enhances our prospects for success.

Committees of the Board of Directors

Our board of directors has three standing committees: an audit committee; a compensation committee; and a nominating and corporate governance committee; an audit committee; and a compensation committee. The directors currently serving on these committees satisfy the independence requirements contained inof the NASDAQ Marketplace Rules applicable to such committees, including the enhanced independence requirements for members of the audit committee and compensation committee. Each of these committees has the responsibilities set forth in written charters adopted by the board of directors. We make copies of each of these charters available free of charge on our website at http://investors.fiserv.com/documents.cfm. Other than the text of the charters, we are not including the information contained on or available through our website as a part of, or incorporating such information by reference into, this proxy statement.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Membership and Responsibilities

The nominating and corporate governance committee assists the board of directors to identify and evaluate potential director nominees, and recommends qualified nominees to the board of directors for consideration by the shareholders. The nominating and corporate governance committee also oversees our corporate governance

 

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Audit Committee

Mr. Wertheimer(Chair)

Ms. Davis

Mr. Flink

Mr. O’Leary

Mr. Sherman

Number of Meetings held in 2015:

7

Duties:

The audit committee’s primary role is to provide independent review and oversight of our financial reporting processes and financial statements, system of internal controls, audit process and results of operations and financial condition. The audit committee is directly and solely responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention, termination and oversight of our independent registered public accounting firm. Each of the members of the audit committee is independent, as defined by applicable NASDAQ and Securities and Exchange Commission rules. The board of directors has determined that Ms. Davis and Messrs. O’Leary, Sherman and Wertheimer are “audit committee financial experts,” as that term is used in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K.

Compensation Committee

Mr. Renwick(Chair)

Mr. Lynch

Mr. Simons

Number of Meetings held in 2015:

4

Duties:

The compensation committee of the board of directors is responsible for overseeing executive officer compensation. The compensation committee’s responsibilities include: approval of executive officer compensation and benefits; administration of our equity incentive plans including compliance with executive stock ownership requirements; and approval of severance or similar termination payments to executive officers. Each of the members of the compensation committee is a non-employee director and “independent” as defined by applicable NASDAQ rules. Additional information regarding the compensation committee and our policies and procedures regarding executive compensation, including, among other matters, our use of compensation consultants and their role, and management’s role, in determining compensation, is provided below under the heading “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – Determining and Structuring Compensation – Determining Compensation.”

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Ms. Robak(Chair)

Mr. Flink

Mr. O’Leary

Number of Meetings held in 2015:

5

Duties:

The nominating and corporate governance committee assists the board of directors to identify and evaluate potential director nominees, and recommends qualified nominees to the board of directors for consideration by the shareholders. The nominating and corporate governance committee also oversees our corporate governance policies and practices. Each of the members of the nominating and corporate governance committee is independent as defined by applicable NASDAQ rules.

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procedures and manages the board’s annual evaluation of the chief executive officer. The members of the nominating and corporate governance committee are currently Ms. Robak (Chairperson), Mr. Flink, Mr. Kearney and Mr. O’Leary, each of whom is independent. The nominating and corporate governance committee held five meetings during 2012.

Nominations of Directors

The nominating and corporate governance committee recommends to the full board of directors the nominees to stand for election at our annual meeting of shareholders and to fill vacancies occurring on the board. In this regard, the nominating and corporate governance committee regularly assesses the appropriate size of the board of directors and whether any vacancies on the board of directors are expected due to retirement or otherwise. In the event that vacancies are anticipated or otherwise arise, the committee utilizes a variety of methods to identify and evaluate director candidates. Candidates may come to the attention of the committee through current directors, professional search firms, shareholders or other persons.

The committee evaluates prospective nominees in the context of the then current constitution of the board of directors and considers all factors it considersbelieves appropriate, which include those set forth in our governance guidelines. Our governance guidelines provide that the membersa majority of our board of directors should have diverse backgrounds with outstanding business experience, proven ability and skills. The diversity that the committee seeks includes diversity of education, professional experience as well as diversity of gender, race and national origin, in order thatsignificant accomplishments through other enterprises to enable the board representsof directors to represent a broad set of skillscapabilities and viewpoints. Other than as set forth in our governance guidelines, the committee does not have a formal policy with respect to diversity. The board of directors and the nominating and corporate governance committee believe the following minimum qualifications must be met by a director nominee to be recommended by the committee:

 

Each director must display the highest personal and professional ethics, integrity and values.

 

Each director must have the ability to exercise sound business judgment.

 

Each director must be highly accomplished in his or her respective field, with strong credentials and broad experience.

field.

 

Each director must have relevant expertise and experience and be able to offer advice and guidance to our chief executive officer based on that expertise and experience.

 

Each director must be independent of any particular constituency, be able to represent all of our shareholders, and be committed to enhancing long-term shareholder value.

 

shareholders, and be committed to enhancing long-term shareholder value.

Each director must have sufficient time available to devote to activities of the board of directors and to enhance his or her knowledge of our business.

In addition, the nominating and corporate governance committee seeks to have at least one director who is an “audit committee financial expert” under Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), and we must have at least one director (who may also be an “audit committee financial expert”) who, in accordance with the NASDAQ Marketplace Rules, has past employment experience in finance or accounting, requisite professional certification in accounting or any other comparable experience or background which results in the individual’s financial sophistication, including being or having been a chief executive officer, chief financial officer or other senior officer with financial oversight responsibilities.

In making recommendations to the board of directors, the nominating and corporate governance committee examines each director nomineecandidate on a case-by-case basis regardless of who recommended the nominee.candidate. The committee will consider persons recommended by shareholders to become nominees for election as directorsshareholder-recommended director candidates in

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accordance with the foregoing and other criteria set forth in our governance guidelines and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter. Recommendations for consideration by the committee must be submitted in writing to the chairman of the board and/or president and the chairman of the nominating and corporate governance committee together with appropriate biographical information concerning each proposed candidate. The committee does not evaluate shareholder nomineesshareholder-recommended director candidates differently than any other nominee.director candidate.

PursuantWe recently amended our by-laws to include a provision pursuant to which a shareholder, or group of up to 20 shareholders, owning continuously for at least three years shares of our stock representing an aggregate of at least 3% of our outstanding shares may nominate and include in our proxy material director nominees constituting up to 20% of our board of directors – so called “proxy access.” Alternatively, a shareholder may

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nominate director nominees under our by-laws that the shareholder does not intend to have included in our proxy materials. In either case, such shareholders must comply with the procedures set forth in our by-laws, including that the shareholders and nominees satisfy the requirements in our nominatingby-laws and corporate governance committee will consider shareholder nominations for directors if our corporate Secretary receives timely written notice, in proper form, of the intent to make a nomination at aan annual meeting of shareholders. To be in proper form, the notice must, among other matters: list the name and residence address of the person or persons to be nominated; include each nominee’s written consent to be named in our proxy statement and to serve as a director if elected; describe all arrangements or understandings between the nominating shareholder and each nominee, including any understanding with any person as to how such nominee, if elected, will act or vote on any issue or question and all direct and indirect compensation and any other material monetary arrangements during the past three years between the nominating shareholder and its affiliates and each nominee and his or her affiliates; describe information about the nominating shareholder and each nominee; and contain such other information regarding each nominee proposed by such shareholder and any such beneficial owner as would be required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for a contested election of directors, or would be otherwise required to be disclosed, in each case pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act. To be timely, the notice must be received by the applicable deadline set forth in our by-laws. The detailed requirements for nominations are set forth in our by-laws, which were attached as an exhibit to our CurrentAnnual Report on Form 8-K10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 2012.February 19, 2016. A copy of our by-laws will be provided upon written request to our corporate Secretary. Additional requirements regarding shareholder proposals includingand director nominations, including the dates by which notices must be received, are described below under the heading “Other Matters – Shareholder Proposals for the 20142017 Annual Meeting.Meeting.

Audit Committee

Membership and Responsibilities

The audit committee’s primary role is to provide independent review and oversight of our financial reporting processes and financial statements, system of internal controls, audit process and results of operations and financial condition. In doing so, it is the responsibility of the audit committee to provide an open avenue of communication between the board of directors, management, our internal audit function and our independent auditor. The audit committee is directly and solely responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention, termination and oversight of our independent auditor. The members of the audit committee are Mr. Wertheimer (Chairman), Mr. Kearney and Mr. O’Leary, each of whom is independent as defined by applicable NASDAQ and Securities and Exchange Commission rules. The board of directors has determined that all three of the members of the audit committee are “audit committee financial experts,” as that term is used in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K. The audit committee held seven meetings during 2012.

Audit Committee Report

In accordance with its written charter, the audit committee provides independent review and oversight of the accounting and financial reporting processes and financial statements of Fiserv, Inc., the system of internal controls that management and the board of directors have established, the audit process and the results of operations of Fiserv, Inc. and its financial condition. Management has the responsibility for preparing the company’s financial statements, and Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”), the company’s independent registered public accounting firm, has the responsibility for examining those statements.

The audit committee has reviewed and discussed with management and Deloitte the audited financial statements of Fiserv, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. The audit committee has also discussed with Deloitte the matters required to be discussed under Public Company Accounting Oversight Board standards. The audit committee has received the written disclosures and letter from Deloitte required by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent registered public accounting firm’s communications with the audit committee concerning independence, and has discussed with Deloitte its independence.

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The audit committee also discussed with management, the internal auditors and Deloitte the quality and adequacy of the internal controls and internal audit organization, responsibilities, budget and staffing of Fiserv, Inc. The audit committee reviewed with both Deloitte and the internal auditors their respective audit plans, audit scope and identification of audit risks. Based on the above-mentioned reviews and discussions, the audit committee recommended to the board of directors that the audited financial statements of Fiserv, Inc. be included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2012, for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Thomas C. Wertheimer, Chairman

Daniel P. Kearney

Denis J. O’Leary

Compensation Committee

The compensation committee of the board of directors is responsible for overseeing executive officer compensation. The members of the compensation committee are currently Mr. Renwick (Chairman), Mr. Lynch, Ms. Robak and Mr. Simons, each of whom is a non-employee director and “independent” as defined by applicable NASDAQ Marketplace Rules. The compensation committee operates under a written charter that identifies its responsibilities which include: approval of executive officer compensation; approval of compensation policies and employee benefit plans; review of compensation-related risk; administration of our equity incentive plans including compliance with executive share ownership requirements; review of shareholder proposals related to compensation matters; review of our severance policies; and consultation with management regarding employee compensation generally. The compensation committee held five meetings during 2012. Additional information regarding the compensation committee and our policies and procedures regarding executive compensation, including, among other matters, our use of compensation consultants and management’s role in determining compensation, is provided below under the heading “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – Determining Compensation.”

Risk Oversight

Our management is responsible for managing risks,risk, and our board of directors is responsible for overseeing management. To discharge this responsibility, the board seeks to be informed about the risks facing the company so that it may evaluate actual and potential risks and understand how management is managingaddressing such risks. To this end, the board, as a whole and at the committee level, regularly receives reports from management about risks faced by the company. For example, the board of directors regularly receives reports directly from our chief executive officer about, among other matters, developments in our industry so that the board may evaluate the competitive and other risks faced by the company. In addition, our chief financial officer, at each meeting of the board, presents information regarding our financial performance as well as information regarding our capital allocation decisions, creditworthiness and liquidity, allcondition in an effort to understand financial risks faced by the company. Furthermore, at each meeting, the board receives a cybersecurity update from our chief executive officer, chief risk officer, chief information officer or chief legal officer, or a combination of the foregoing, in each case depending on the focus of the matters under review.

As discussed above, the positions of chief executive officer and Chairman are held by different individuals. We believe a separate Chairman position enhances the effectiveness of our board’s risk oversight

function by providing leadership to the board that is independent from those tasked with managing the risk profile of our company.

The committees of the board also play a critical role in the board’s ability to collect and assess information. The audit committee’s charter charges it with a variety of risk-related oversight duties, including: (i) inquiring of relevant personnel regarding risks or exposures generally, including risks associated with derivatives, currency exposure, interest rate hedging and other investment strategies; (ii) 

coordinating the board’s oversight of our significant internal controls and disclosure controls and procedures; (iii) 

administering our code of business conduct and ethics; (iv) 

reviewing legal and regulatory matters that could have a material impact on the financial statements; (v) 

considering and approving related party transactions;transactions as required by our related party transactions policy; and (vi) 

establishing procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters.

At each of its quarterly meetings, the audit committee receives reports from our chief audit executive regarding significant audit findings during the quarter and management’s responses thereto. In addition, the

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committee regularly receives reports from our chief compliance officer and chief risk officer. Our chief risk officer leads our enterprise risk and resilience group which is responsible foroperates Fiserv’s enterprise risk management program. The program that encompasses our business continuity planning, incident management, risk assessment, operational regulatory compliance, insurance and information security across all Fiserv businesses and support functions.

In addition, ourOur compensation committee regularly receives reports from our human resources department and our senior management about our compensation programs and policies to enable it to oversee management’s administration of compensation-related risks.

The nominating and corporate governance committee also works closely with our general counselchief legal officer and the members of the board to seek to manage risks associated with director and executive officer succession, the independence of the directors, conflicts of interest and other corporate governance related matters.

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Communications with the Board of Directors

Shareholders may communicate with our board of directors or individual directors by submitting communications in writing to us at 255 Fiserv Drive, Brookfield, Wisconsin 53045, Attention: Charles W. Sprague, Executive Vice President, General CounselLynn S. McCreary, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary. Communications will be delivered directly to our board of directors or individual directors, as applicable.

Review, Approval or Ratification of Transactions with Related Persons

Our board of directors has adopted a written policy requiring that requires all related person transactions be reviewed and approved by: theby our audit committee of the board of directors; or, if the audit committee is not able to review the transaction for any reason, (e.g., if a majority of its membersour disinterested directors. A related person transaction under our policy is one that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act. Compensation matters regarding our executive officers or directors are interested in a transaction), a majority of the disinterested members of the board; or, if the transaction involves the

reviewed and approved by our compensation of an executive officer or director, the compensation committee of the board of directors.committee. The policy also provides that, at least annually, each ongoing, previously approved related person transaction is to be reviewed by the body that originally approved the transaction: to ensure that it is being pursued in accordance with all of the understandings and commitments made at the time that it was previously approved; to ensure that the commitments being made with respect to such transaction are appropriately reviewed and documented; and to affirm the continuing desirability of and need for the related person arrangement.

A related person transaction is a transaction in which we are proposed to be a participant and in which a related person may have a direct or indirect material interest. Our policy adopts the definition of a related person contained in Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K and applies to our directors and executive officers, immediate family members of our directors and executive officers, security holders who beneficially own five percent or more of any class of our outstanding voting securities, an immediate family member of any significant shareholder, and any entity that is owned or controlled by any of the foregoing.

The audit committee (or, as applicable, the board of directors or the compensation committee) will consider allAll relevant factors with respect to a proposed related person transaction and will only approvebe considered, and such a transaction will only be approved if the audit committee determines that the transactionit is in our and our shareholders’ best interests or, if an alternate standard of review is imposed by applicable laws, statutes, governing documents or listing standards, if such alternate standard of review is satisfied.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16

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Director Compensation

Objectives for Director Compensation

Quality non-employee directors are critical to our success. We believe that the two primary duties of non-employee directors are to effectively represent the long-term interests of our shareholders and to provide guidance to management. As such, our compensation program for non-employee directors is designed to meet several key objectives:

Adequately compensate directors for their responsibilities and time commitments and for the personal liabilities and risks that they face as directors of a public company

Attract the highest caliber non-employee directors by offering a compensation program consistent with those at peer companies

Align the interests of directors with our shareholders by providing a significant portion of compensation in equity and requiring directors to own our stock

Provide compensation that is simple and transparent to shareholders and reflects corporate governance best practices

Where possible, provide flexibility in form and timing of payments

Elements of Director Compensation

The compensation committee of the Exchange Act requiresboard of directors reviews non-employee director compensation every other year and considers our financial performance, general market conditions and non-employee director compensation at the peer group companies set forth below under “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – Structuring Compensation – Peer Group.” Based on such review, in 2015, we increased the cash retainer amounts and value of equity awards paid to our non-employee directors to recognize the time, effort and responsibilities expected of our directors and executive officers and persons who own more than ten percent of a registered classbetter align their compensation with directors at peer companies.

We believe that the following components of our director compensation program support the objectives above:

We provide cash compensation through retainers for board and committee service, as well as separate retainers to the chairpersons of our board committees. Compensation in this manner simplifies the administration of our program and creates greater equality in rewarding service on committees of the board. The committee and committee chair retainers compensate directors for the additional responsibilities and time commitments involved with those positions.

To compensate the Chairman for his involvement in board and committee matters, he receives an annual cash retainer of $145,000 in addition to the standard board retainer. The Chairman receives equity securitiesgrants in the same manner as the other non-employee directors.

Non-employee directors receive grants of stock options and restricted stock units which vest 100% on the earlier of (i) the first anniversary of the grant date or (ii) immediately prior to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission initial reportsfirst annual meeting of shareholders following the grant date.

Our stock ownership and reports of changes in ownershippolicy requires non-employee directors to own shares of our common stock having a total value equal to six times the annual board retainer amount.

We maintain a non-employee director deferred compensation plan that provides directors with flexibility in managing their compensation and other equity securities. These Section 16 reporting personspromotes alignment with the interests of our shareholders. This plan allows directors to defer all or a part of their cash retainers in hypothetical shares of our common stock until their service on the board ends.

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Non-employee directors may also defer receipt of the restricted stock units granted to them annually. Restricted stock units are hypothetical shares of our common stock that are settled in shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis upon vesting, subject to any deferral elections. Directors may defer receipt of shares issuable pursuant to the restricted stock units until their service on the board ends.

Non-Employee Director Deferred

Compensation Plan

Under our non-employee director deferred compensation plan, each non-employee director may defer up to 100% of his or her cash fees. Based on his or her deferral election, the director is credited with a number of share units at the time he or she would have otherwise received the portion of the fees being deferred. Share units are equivalent to shares of our common stock except that share units have no voting rights.

Upon cessation of service on the board, the director receives a share of our common stock for each share unit. Shares are received in a lump sum distribution, and any fractional share units are paid in cash. Share units credited to a director’s account are considered awards granted under the Amended and Restated Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”) and count against that plan’s share reserve.

Stock Ownership Requirements

Under our stock ownership policy, non-employee directors are required by Securitiesto accumulate and Exchange Commission regulationshold our common stock having a market value equal to furnish us with copies of all Section 16 forms they file. To our knowledge, based solely on a reviewat least six times the amount of the copiesannual board retainer.

Non-employee directors have five years after they become subject to the policy to meet the ownership requirements provided that interim ownership milestones are achieved during the five-year period. All non-employee directors are in compliance with our stock ownership policy.

Director Compensation Program

As discussed further above under “ – Elements of such reports furnishedDirector Compensation,” in 2015, we increased the cash retainer amounts and value of equity awards paid to us and written representations from Section 16 reporting persons, we believe that, during our fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, all Section 16 reporting persons complied with all applicable filing requirements.non-employee directors. Our 2015 non-

employee director compensation program is summarized below on an annualized basis:

Element of Compensation

 

    

Through
June 30, 2015

 

     

From
July 1, 2015

 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Board Retainer

   $    60,000     $    78,000  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Chairman’s
Retainer(1)

    100,000      145,000  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Committee Retainer

      

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Audit

    12,000      15,000  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Compensation

    10,000      15,000  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Nominating and Corporate Governance

    10,000      15,000  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Committee Chair Retainer

      

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Audit

    7,500      10,000  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Compensation

    7,500      10,000  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Nominating and Corporate Governance

    7,500      10,000  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Equity Awards ($)(2)

      

 

   

 

 

    

Stock Options

    86,000     

 

   

 

 

    

Restricted Stock Units

    86,000     

 

   

 

 

    

(1)   Through June 30, the Chairman’s retainer included, and was not in addition to, the standard board retainer. Beginning July 1, the Chairman’s retainer is in addition to the standard board retainer.

 

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AUDIT FEES

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and Fees

The following table presents the aggregate fees billed by Deloitte & Touche LLP and related entities for services provided during 2011 and 2012. The audit committee has concluded that Deloitte & Touche LLP’s provision of the audit and permitted non-audit services described below is compatible with Deloitte & Touche LLP maintaining its independence.

(2)   Beginning with the equity awards made upon being elected as a director at our annual meeting of shareholders in 2015, each non-employee director receives stock options and restricted stock units each having approximately $86,000 in value.

 

   2011   2012 

Audit Fees

  $1,913,000    $2,035,000  

Audit-Related Fees

   2,838,000     2,906,000  

Tax Fees

   708,000     566,000  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $5,459,000    $5,507,000  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Audit Fees. Audit fees are for professional services rendered by Deloitte & Touche LLP in connection with the audit of our annual financial statements, the review of financial statements included in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, our preparation of registration statements and foreign statutory audits.

Audit-Related Fees. Audit-related fees are for professional services rendered by Deloitte & Touche LLP for service auditor reports.

Tax Fees. Tax fees are for tax consultations and tax return preparation.

Pre-Approval Policy

In 2012, the audit committee pre-approved all services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm. The audit committee has established pre-approval policies and procedures with respect to audit and permitted non-audit services to be provided by its independent registered public accounting firm. Pursuant to these policies and procedures, the audit committee may form, and delegate authority to, a subcommittee consisting of one or more members to approve the provision of audit and permitted non-audit services. In such case, if the subcommittee approves any services, it is required to provide the full audit committee with a report regarding the services that it approved at the audit committee’s next scheduled meeting. In addition, the audit committee pre-approves particular services, subject to certain monetary limits, after the audit committee is presented with a schedule describing the services to be approved. The audit committee’s pre-approval policies do not permit the delegation of the audit committee’s responsibilities to management.

 

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2015 Director Compensation

Name

 

    

Fees Earned or
Paid in Cash ($)(1)

 

     

Stock Awards ($)(2)

 

     

Option Awards ($)(2)

 

     

Total ($)                        

 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Alison Davis(3)

    82,500      86,058      86,002      254,560  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Christopher M. Flink(4)

    95,000      86,058      86,002      267,060  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Daniel P. Kearney(5)

    161,500      86,058      86,002      333,560  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Dennis F. Lynch(6)

    81,500      86,058      86,002      253,560  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Denis J. O’Leary(7)

    95,000      86,058      86,002      267,060  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Glenn M. Renwick(8)

    90,250      86,058      86,002      262,310  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Kim M. Robak(9)

    90,250      86,058      86,002      262,310  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

JD Sherman(10)

    23,250      43,017      43,016      109,283  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Doyle R. Simons(11)

    81,500      86,058      86,002      253,560  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Thomas C.
Wertheimer(12)

    91,250      86,058      86,002      263,310  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(1)   This column includes the following amounts deferred under our non-employee director deferred compensation plan, a non-qualified defined contribution plan: Mr. O’Leary ($95,000); Mr. Renwick ($90,250); Ms. Robak ($45,125); and Mr. Simons ($81,500).

(2)   We granted each non-employee director, other than Mr. Sherman, a number of restricted stock units determined by dividing $86,000 by $81.11, the closing price of our common stock on May 20, 2015, the date of the grant, rounded up to the next whole restricted stock unit. Mr. Sherman joined the board on November 18, 2015 and we granted him a pro rata number of restricted stock units based on the number of days between his date of election and the date of our next annual meeting of shareholders and using the closing price of our common stock on November 18, 2015 of $96.02. Accordingly, each non-employee director, other than Mr. Sherman, received 1,061 restricted stock units, and Mr. Sherman received 448 restricted stock units. The restricted stock units vest 100% on the earlier of the first anniversary of the grant date or immediately prior to the first annual meeting of shareholders following the grant date.

We granted each non-employee director, other than Mr. Sherman, a number of stock options determined by dividing $86,000 by a binomial valuation of an option of one share of our common stock on May 20, 2015, the grant date, rounded up to the next whole option. We

granted Mr. Sherman a pro rata number of stock options based on the number of days between the date of his election and the date of our next annual meeting of shareholders and using the binomial valuation of an option of one share of our common stock on November 18, 2015, the grant date. Accordingly, we granted an option to purchase 3,297 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $81.11 to each non-employee director, other than Mr. Sherman, and an option to purchase 1,393 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $96.02 to Mr. Sherman. The options vest 100% on the earlier of the first anniversary of the grant date or immediately prior to the first annual meeting of shareholders following the grant date.

The dollar amount shown in the table is the grant date fair value of the award. Information about the assumptions that we used to determine the fair value of equity awards is set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K in Note 7 to our Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2015.

(3)   As of December 31, 2015, Ms. Davis held 4,842 options to purchase shares of our common stock, 1,545 of which were vested, and 1,061 restricted stock units.

(4)   As of December 31, 2015, Mr. Flink held 14,197 options to purchase shares of our common stock, 10,900 of which were vested, and 1,061 restricted stock units.

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(5)As of December 31, 2015, Mr. Kearney held 54,401 options to purchase shares of our common stock, 51,104 of which were vested, 1,061 restricted stock units, and 13,448 shares eligible for issuance pursuant to the non-employee director deferred compensation plan.

(6)As of December 31, 2015, Mr. Lynch held 16,271 options to purchase shares of our common stock, 12,974 of which were vested, and 1,061 restricted stock units.

(7)As of December 31, 2015, Mr. O’Leary held 45,699 options to purchase shares of our common stock, 42,402 of which were vested, 1,061 restricted stock units, and 15,462 shares eligible for issuance pursuant to the non-employee director deferred compensation plan.

(8)As of December 31, 2015, Mr. Renwick held 54,401 options to purchase shares of our common stock, 51,104 of which were vested, 1,061 restricted stock units, and 18,722 shares eligible for issuance pursuant to the non-employee director deferred compensation plan.

(9)   As of December 31, 2015, Ms. Robak held 33,743 options to purchase shares of our common stock, 30,446 of which were vested, 1,061 restricted stock units, and 6,982 shares eligible for issuance pursuant to the non-employee director deferred compensation plan.

(10)Mr. Sherman’s cash compensation includes pro rata compensation for service on the board and audit committee during the fourth quarter of 2015. As of December 31, 2015, Mr. Sherman held 1,393 options to purchase shares of our common stock, none of which were vested, and 448 restricted stock units.

(11)As of December 31, 2015, Mr. Simons held 47,385 options to purchase shares of our common stock, 44,088 of which were vested, 1,061 restricted stock units, and 16,914 shares eligible for issuance pursuant to the non-employee director deferred compensation plan.

(12)As of December 31, 2015, Mr. Wertheimer held 48,265 options to purchase shares of our common stock, 44,968 of which were vested, and 1,061 restricted stock units.

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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS     Proposal 2. Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation

Overview

Background

The Compensation Discussion and Analysis portion of this proxy statement is designedWe are conducting a non-binding, advisory vote to provide you with detailed information regarding our executive compensation philosophy, how we determine and structure executive compensation, including the factors we consider in making compensation decisions, and our executive compensation policies. The Compensation Discussion and Analysis focuses onapprove the compensation of our named executive officers, as disclosed in this proxy statement pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act (commonly referred to as “Say-on-Pay”). Our shareholders previously expressed a preference that we hold Say-on-Pay votes on an annual basis, and our board of directors accordingly determined to hold Say-on-Pay votes every year until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of future Say-on-Pay votes.

Proposed Resolution

We encourage shareholders to review the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this proxy statement as well as the tabular and narrative disclosure under the heading “Executive Compensation.” Our compensation program for 2012, who were:named executive officers is designed to create long-term shareholder value by rewarding performance and includes the following key factors for 2015:

 

Named Executive Officer

Title

Jeffery W. Yabuki

President and Chief Executive Officer

Thomas J. Hirsch

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

Mark A. Ernst

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

James W. Cox

Executive Vice President, Corporate Development

Rahul Gupta

Executive Vice President and Group President, Digital Payments

Executive Summary

Our Business

Our mission is to provide integrated technology and services solutions to enable best-in-class results for our clients. We pursue this goal with a strategy focused on innovative product and service development, improved cost effectiveness of services, aggressive solicitation of new clients and disciplined capital deployment, including strategic acquisitions and divestitures. We face intense competition from domestic and international companies that are aggressive and well financed. Our industry is characterized by rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards and frequent new product introductions. In order to implement our strategic plan, we need to assemble and maintain a leadership team with the integrity, skills and dedication to execute our initiatives. We believe that executive officer compensation can be used to help us meet these challenges by “paying for performance,” thereby aligning the interests of our executive officers with those of our shareholders.

Executive Compensation Practices

Our compensation program is designed to create value for our shareholders by rewarding performance and sustainable growth. The table below summarizes our current compensation practices as well as those practices we have not implemented because we do not believe they advance the goals of our compensation program.

What We Do

•  We delivered solid results in 2015 highlighted by internal revenue growth of 4% and a 15% increase in adjusted earnings per share. We made progress in strategic areas that we believe will enhance our future results, and we continued to enhance our level of competitive differentiation which we believe is essential to sustaining future growth. Internal revenue growth and adjusted earnings per share are non-GAAP financial measures. See Appendix A to this proxy statement for information regarding these measures and a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measures.

•  Our compensation committee strives to provide total compensation at a level comparable to the 50th percentile of our peers with an opportunity for 75th percentile compensation for superior performance. The base salaries of our named executive officers were below the 50th percentile of our peers. The total compensation of our chief executive officer was between the 50th and 60th percentile of our peers, and the total compensation of our other named executive officers was in-line with our compensation philosophy.

•  We have: (i) a stock ownership policy that requires our executive officers to maintain a substantial investment in Fiserv stock; (ii) a policy that prohibits executive officers from hedging or pledging our stock; and (iii) a compensation recoupment, or “clawback,” policy, all of which we believe align the interests of our named executive officers with those of our shareholders.

•  We provided compensation in the form of cash incentive awards based on achievement of annual performance goals and long-term equity compensation that promotes sustained financial and operating performance by delivering incremental value to executive officers to the extent our stock price increases over time. In 2012, approximately 80%Specifically:

•  As a group, 85% of the compensation that we paid to our named executive officers was in the form of cash incentive awards, and three-quarters of the total incentive awards were in the form of equity.

•  More than three-quarters of the aggregate equity incentive awards.awards granted to our named executive officers were in the form of stock options, which are inherently performance-based and deliver value only to the extent that the price of our stock increases.

 

•  We have stock ownership requirements.generally did not provide perquisites to our named executive officers in 2015.

 

•  In 2016, we amended the employment agreements with our chief executive officer to eliminate the excise tax gross-up provisions in those agreements. We impose restrictionsdo not have excise tax gross-up arrangements with any of our other executive officers, and we have a policy not to enter into such arrangements in the future.

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The board endorses the compensation of our named executive officers and recommends that you vote in favor of the following resolution:

RESOLVED, that the shareholders hereby approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the company’s named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including under the heading “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” and in the tabular and narrative disclosures under the heading “Executive Compensation.”

Vote Required, Effect of Vote and Recommendation of the Board of Directors

To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement, the number of votes cast “for”

the proposal must exceed the number of votes cast “against” the proposal. Unless otherwise specified, the proxies solicited hereby will be voted in favor of this proposal.

Because the vote is advisory, it will not be binding upon the board or the compensation committee, and neither the board nor the compensation committee will be required to take any action as a result of the outcome of the vote on this proposal. Although the outcome of this vote is advisory, the compensation committee will carefully consider the outcome of the vote when considering future executive compensation decisions to the extent it can determine the cause or causes of any significant negative voting results.

The board of directors recommends that you vote in favor of Proposal 2.

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Compensation Discussion and Analysis

Executive Summary

Named Executive Officer

Title

Jeffery W. YabukiPresident and Chief Executive Officer

Thomas J. HirschFormer Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

Mark A. ErnstChief Operating Officer

Kevin P. GregoireGroup President, Financial Institutions Group

Byron C. VielehrGroup President, Depository Institution Services Group

Overview

The Compensation Discussion and Analysis portion of this proxy statement is designed to provide you with information regarding our executive compensation philosophy, how we determine and structure executive compensation, including the factors we consider in making compensation decisions, and our executive compensation policies. The Compensation Discussion and Analysis focuses on the compensation of the executive officers identified above (our “named executive officers”). Mr. Hirsch served as our Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary until March 14, 2016.

Our Business

Our mission is to provide integrated technology and services solutions that enable best-in-class results for our clients. We pursue this goal with strategies focused on innovative product development, service quality, improved cost effectiveness, aggressive solicitation of new clients and disciplined capital deployment, including strategic acquisitions and divestitures. We face intense competition from domestic and international companies that are aggressive and well financed. Our industry is characterized by rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards and frequent new product introductions. In order to implement our strategic plan, we need to assemble and maintain a leadership team with the integrity, skills and dedication to execute our initiatives. We believe that executive officer compensation can be used to help us achieve our objectives by “paying for performance,” thereby aligning the interests of our executive officers with those of our shareholders.

2015 Business Highlights

We delivered solid results in 2015 highlighted by internal revenue growth of 4% and adjusted earnings per share of $3.87, a 15% increase over 2014. We made progress in strategic areas that we believe will enhance our future results, and we continued to enhance our level of competitive differentiation which we believe is essential to sustaining future growth. Executive officer compensation for 2015 was paid or awarded in the context of these results.

Internal revenue growth and adjusted earnings per share are non-GAAP financial measures. See Appendix A to this proxy statement for information regarding these measures and a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measures.

Executive Compensation Practices

Our compensation program is designed to create long-term value for our shareholders by rewarding performance and sustainable growth. The table below summarizes our current compensation practices as well as those practices we have not implemented because we do not believe they advance the goals of our compensation program:

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What We Do

LOGO  Our compensation committee strives to provide total compensation at a level comparable to the 50th percentile of our peers with an opportunity for 75th percentile compensation for superior performance. In 2015, the total compensation of our chief executive officer was between the 50th and 60th percentile of our peers, and the total compensation of our other named executive officers was in-line with our compensation philosophy.
LOGO  We provide cash incentive awards based on achievement of annual performance goals and equity compensation that promotes long-term financial and operating performance by delivering incremental value to executive officers to the extent our stock price increases over time. In early 2016, we began granting performance share units to certain executive officers. The number of shares issued at vesting will be determined by the achievement of performance goals over a three-year period.
LOGO  We have a stock ownership policy that requires our executive officers to acquire and maintain a namedsignificant amount of Fiserv equity, and in 2015, we amended the terms of the equity awards granted to our executive officer may sell.

•    officers to enable them to retain their awards following a qualified retirement, subject to compliance with ongoing non-competition, confidentiality and other obligations, which further align their long-term interests with those of our shareholders as they approach possible retirement.

LOGO  We have a policy that prohibits our executive officers from hedging or pledging Fiserv stock.
LOGO  We have a compensation recoupment, or “claw back,“clawback,” policy.

 

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What We Don’t Do

•    

What We Don’t Do

LOGO  In 2016, we amended the employment agreements with our chief executive officer to eliminate the excise tax gross-up provisions in those agreements. We do not have excise tax gross-up arrangements with any of our other executive officers, and we have a policy not to enter into such arrangements in the future.
LOGO  We don’t provide separate pension programs or a supplemental executive retirement plan or other post-retirement payments to our named executive officers.

•    

LOGO  We generally don’t provide personal-benefit perquisites to our named executive officers as these do not directly contribute to enhancing shareholder value.

officers.

How Pay is Tied to Performance

2012 Business Highlights

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2015 Compensation Matters

In 2012, we grew adjusted earnings per share by 12% and made strategic progress in areas that we believe will enhance our future financial results, including electronic bill payment, mobile banking and person-to-person payments. We also continued to enhance our level of competitive differentiation through innovation and integration. As discussed further in this Compensation Discussion and Analysis, executive officer compensation for 2012 was paid or awarded in the context of our performance results.

2012 Compensation Highlights

We did not increase the base salary of our chief executive officer. He received a cash incentive award equal to 91% of his target award as the target adjusted earnings per share performance goal was exceeded, but the target adjusted internal revenue growth performance goal was not met. In 2012, the value of equity compensation granted to our chief executive officer increased as a percentage of his total compensation and was 2.5 times the amount of cash compensation paid to him.

Similar to our chief executive officer,For 2015, we paid cash incentive awards to the other named executive officers belowgenerally around target levels, with the exception of Mr. Cox, as thebecause although we exceeded our target adjusted earnings per share and, if applicable, target consolidated net operating profit performance goals, our internal revenue growth we generated wasresults were below target in 2012.target. The other named executive officers received annual equity incentive awards in 2012 generally above target levels reflecting the committee’s belief that their performance will continue to positively impact our future operating results2015 at or above expectedtarget levels. Overall,The value of equity incentive awards comprised more than 60%compensation we granted to our chief executive officer as a percentage of his total compensation remained comparable with 2014 and was three times the cash compensation paid to the named executive officers in 2012.

him. As a group, approximately 80%85% of the compensation that we paid to our named executive officers was in the form of cash incentive awards, and equitythree-quarters of the total incentive awards.awards were in the form of equity. In addition, more than halfthree-quarters of the aggregate equity awards that we granted to our named executive officers were in the form of stock options, which are inherently performance-based and havedeliver value only to the extent that the price of our stock increases.

Compensation Philosophy and ObjectivesRecent Developments

The goal of our executive compensation program is the same as our goal for operating our company: to create value for our clients and shareholders. To this end, we design our compensation program to rewardIn 2015, our executive officers executed amendments to their outstanding equity award agreements to revise the criteria for sustained financialretirement and operating performancepost-retirement treatment of such awards. Following a qualified retirement and leadership excellencesubject to compliance with ongoing non-competition, confidentiality and other obligations, unvested equity awards held by an executive officer will continue to vest on their original vesting schedule as if the executive officer had not ceased to be an employee, and vested stock options will remain exercisable until the earlier of five years following retirement or the original expiration date of the stock option. Prior to the modifications, all unvested options and a pro rata portion of restricted stock units granted to our executive officers would vest immediately upon retirement. The modifications apply to both previously granted awards and awards to be granted in the future. The compensation committee approved these changes to enable our executive officers to better align their long-term interests with those of our shareholders. This design is balancedshareholders and to retain the potential value of their awards as they approach possible retirement.

In early 2016, our compensation committee began granting performance share units to certain executive officers. For certain executive officers, the performance share units represent additional compensation; for others they simply change the overall mix of equity incentive awards granted. The

performance share units granted in early 2016 have a three-year performance period. The number of shares issued at vesting will be determined by below median market compensation when company performance does not meetthe company’s achievement of internal revenue growth goals, subject to attaining a threshold level of adjusted income from continuing operations over the three-year period, and will range from 0% to 200% of the target award. In addition, in 2016, we entered into amendments to the employment agreement and key executive employment and severance agreement with our goals.chief executive officer. Under the amendments, he will continue to serve as our president and chief executive officer for at least another three-year term followed by automatic one-year renewals, and we eliminated the excise tax gross-up provisions in his agreements.

Determining and Structuring Compensation

Compensation Philosophy and Objectives

Our executive officers are critical to our long-term success; therefore, we need to be competitive not only inwith companies that require talent aligned to our productsproduct, technology and services but also in the quality of our executive officers. Accordingly, weservice roadmaps. We seek to pay our executive officers at levels that are competitive with other employers, who compete with us for talent, both within and outside of our industry, to encouragesecure the best talent possible for all our stakeholders. Consistent with Fiserv’s “pay for performance” philosophy, the compensation committee strives to set executive officersofficer compensation at a level that is comparable to remain with the company for long and productive careers. We compensate our executive officers in a manner that seeks to achieve one or more50th percentile of our performance, alignment or retention objectives.peers with an opportunity for 75th percentile compensation for superior performance. We also seek to structure our compensation plans in a manner that is understandable to our shareholders and that is consistent with good corporate governance practices.

The goal of our executive compensation program is the same as our goal for operating our company: to create long-term value for our shareholders and clients. To this end, we design our compensation program to reward our executive officers for sustained financial and operating performance, to align their interests with those of our shareholders, and to encourage them to remain with the company for long and productive careers.

 

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Determining Compensation

The Compensation Committee’s Role

The compensation committee of the board of directors is responsible for overseeingfor:

approving executive officer compensation. Among other things, it approvescompensation

approving compensation policiesprograms and employee benefit plans; approvesplans in which our executive officer compensation; reviewsofficers participate

reviewing compensation-related risk; administersrisk

administering our equity incentive plans including compliance with executive sharestock ownership requirements; reviews shareholder proposals relatedrequirements

approving severance or similar termination payments to executive officers

overseeing regulatory compliance with respect to compensation matters; reviews our severance policies; and consults with management regarding employee compensation generally. matters

With respect to executive officers, at the beginning of each year, the compensation committee sets base salaries, approves cash incentive awards for the cash andprior year’s performance, approves equity incentive awards, and establishes the objective performance targets to be achieved for the year.upcoming year and, beginning in 2016, for the three-year performance period associated with performance share units.

Consultants’ Role

The committee did not engage or meet with a compensation consultant in 2012. Management obtained data regarding comparable executive officer compensation pursuant to a standard data subscription with Towers Watson at the end of 2011. As further described herein, management used this data, among other things, to make recommendations to the committee regarding compensation matters.

Management’s Role

Our chief executive officer makes recommendations to our compensation committee concerning the compensation of ourexecutive officers other named executive officers. Our chief executive officer’s recommendations relate only to the compensation of our other named executive officers,than himself, although performance measures included in his recommendations may apply generally to all executive officers. For example, when formulating recommendations to the compensation committee regarding the compensation of a group president, our chief executive officer considers, among other factors, the group’s internal revenue growth, net operating profit, strategic progress, talent development, operational excellence and market data. Our chief executive officer annually completes a self-appraisal of his performance. For 2015, his self-appraisal focused on strategic impact, growth, talent development, risk management and financial results. The appraisal, and the recommendations of the nominating and corporate governance committee, which administers the annual evaluation of the chief executive officer by the board, is considered by the committee in its annual review of our namedchief executive officers.officer’s performance and compensation. Our chief executive officer does not attend the portion of any compensation committee meeting during which the committee discussesdeliberates on matters related specifically to his compensation. When formulating

Consultant’s Role

During 2015, the compensation committee engaged Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC (“Meridian”) to advise the committee regarding non-employee director compensation and the design elements of a performance-based equity compensation program. In addition, Meridian provided management with market compensation data and assistance with tally sheet calculations. Management also obtained market compensation data from Towers Watson in 2015 pursuant to a standard data subscription. As further described herein, management used this market data to make recommendations to the compensation committee regarding compensation matters. The committee concluded that management’s work with Meridian did not impair Meridian’s ability to provide independent advice regarding executive compensation matters because of the compensation of a group president, for example, our chief executive officer considers, among other matters,de minimis revenue associated with the group’s revenue growthservices that Meridian provided and net operating profit as well as marketMeridian’s policies and other available data. Our chief executive officer annually completes a self-appraisal of his performance. For 2012, his self-appraisal focused on strategy, growth, leadership development and risk. The appraisal is considered by the committee in its annual review of our chief executive officer’s performance and compensation.procedures ensuring independence.

Tally Sheets

The compensation committee reviews executive officer compensation tally sheets each year. These summaries set forth the dollar amount of all components of each named executive officer’s compensation, including base salary, annual target cash incentive compensation, annual target equity incentive compensation, value of unvested equity, potential severance, and employer contributions to 401(k) savings plans, allowing the committee to see what an executive officer’s total compensation is and how a potential change to an element of our compensation program would affect an executive officer’s overall compensation.

Shareholder Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation

At our 20122015 annual meeting, our shareholders approved, by approximately 94%97% of the votes cast, the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in our 20122015 proxy statement. The compensation committee considered the results of the 20122015 advisory vote at its meeting in February 2013 as one factor in evaluating our executive compensation program.2016. Because a substantial majority of our shareholders approved the compensation program described in the proxy statement for the 20122015 annual meeting, the compensation committee did not implement changes to our executive compensation program as a result of the shareholder advisory vote. The compensation committee will continue to consider the results of shareholder advisory votes about our named executive officer compensation.

 

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Structuring Compensation

Components of Compensation

The elements of compensation that we provided to our named executive officers for 20122015 were base salary, annual cash incentive awards and equity incentive awards:awards.

 

Type

  

Elements

  

Description

Short-Term Compensation

 Base Salary  

Fixed annual amount

•    Provides a level of income security

•    Used to determine pay-based benefits and target annual incentive awardsincentives

 Annual Cash Incentive  

•    Annual cash award based on achievement of defined performance objectivesmetrics

Long-Term Compensation

Stock Options and
Restricted Stock Units
 

Stock Options and

Restricted Stock Units

•    Equity grants that vest over a period of several years

Base Salary

Base Salary

We provide base salary to compensate an executive officer for his or her regular work. When determining base salaries, the compensation committee considers market data, an executive officer’s scope of responsibilities, the market value of their experience, overall effectiveness, and, except in the case of the base salary of our chief executive officer, the recommendations of our chief executive officer.

Cash Incentive Award

We believe it is important to provide annual cash incentives to motivate our executive officers to attain specific short-term performance objectives that, in turn, further our achievement of long-term objectives. We seek to offer cash awards in large enough proportion to base salary to ensure that a significant portion of each executive officer’s cash compensation is “at risk” and payable only upon the achievement of defined objectives. Our compensation committee annually determines the performance goals for and potential amounts of our cash incentive awards.

Equity Incentive Award

In 2015, as in prior years, we provided compensation to our named executive officers in the form of time-vesting stock options and restricted stock units. Stock options are inherently performance-based because they deliver compensation to an executive officer only to the extent our stock price increases over the term of the award. Restricted stock units are settled in shares of common stock upon vesting. We believe restricted stock units serve as a strong reward and retention device, encouraging our executive officers to stay with the company until the restricted stock units vest.

We believe that providing grants of stock options and restricted stock units in 2015 effectively balanced our objective of focusing our executive officers on delivering long-term value to our shareholders with our objective of providing value to executive officers. In addition, equity awards support our objective of aligning our executive officers’ interests with those of our shareholders by tying the value of this component of compensation to changes in shareholder value. As described above under “– Recent Developments,” in early 2016, our compensation committee granted performance share units to our named executive officers other than Mr. Hirsch. We believe the introduction of these awards reinforces our pay-for-performance philosophy by emphasizing the relationship between compensation and the achievement of long-term performance objectives.

When making equity award decisions, we do not consider existing equity ownership because we do not want to discourage executive officers from holding significant amounts of our common stock. We also do not review realized compensation from prior equity awards when making current compensation decisions. If the value of equity awards granted in prior years increases significantly in future years, we do not believe that this positive development should impact current compensation decisions.

We provide base salary to compensate an executive officer for his or her regular work. When determining base salaries, the compensation committee considers: market data; company, business unit and individual performance; experience; internal pay equity; promotions; and, except in the case of the base salary of our chief executive officer, the recommendations of our chief executive officer. The committee may vary the amount of base salary for a number of reasons, including an executive officer’s position and responsibilities, our business needs, the tenure of an executive officer, individual performance, and an executive officer’s future potential.

Cash Incentive Award

We believe it is important to provide annual cash incentives to motivate our executive officers to attain specific short-term performance objectives that, in turn, further our achievement of long-term objectives. We seek to offer cash awards in large enough proportion to base salary to ensure that a significant portion of each executive officer’s cash compensation is “at risk” and payable only upon the achievement of defined objectives. Our compensation committee annually determines the performance goals for and potential amounts of our cash incentive awards.

Equity Incentive Award

We provide compensation to our named executive officers in the form of time-vesting stock options and restricted stock units. Stock options are inherently performance-based because they deliver compensation to an executive officer to the extent our stock price increases over the term of the award. Restricted stock units are units that are settled in shares of common stock upon vesting. We believe restricted stock units serve as a strong reward and retention device, encouraging our executive officers to stay with the company until the restricted stock units vest.

We believe that providing combined grants of stock options and restricted stock units effectively balances our objective of focusing our executive officers on delivering long-term value to our shareholders with our objective of providing value to executive officers. The compensation committee determines the mix of options and restricted stock units each year that it believes achieves this balance best. In addition, equity awards support our objective of aligning our executive officers’ interest with those of our shareholders by tying the value of this component of compensation to changes in shareholder value. When making equity award decisions, we do not consider existing stock ownership levels because we do not want to discourage executive officers from holding

 

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significant amounts of our common stock. We also do not review “wealth accumulation” analyses from prior equity awards when making current compensation decisions. If the value of equity awards granted in prior years increases significantly in future years, we do not believe that this positive development should impact current compensation decisions.

Mix of Compensation Components

We believe that the mix of compensation that we pay helps us to achieve our compensation objectives.

 

Components

Objectives

Fixed and variable compensation

 We seek to increase the percentage of total pay that is “at risk” as executive officers move to greater levels of responsibility, with direct impact on company results.

Short-term and long-term focus

 We seek to create incentives to achieve near-term goals by providing annual cash incentives, which are based on annual performance measures. We seek to create incentives to achieve long-term goals by granting equity awards with multi-year vesting periods, the ultimate value of which depends on our share price. These awards promote retention and further align the interests of our executive officers and shareholders. In 2016, we also began granting equity awards with multi-year performance periods.

Cash and equity compensation

 We believe that executive officers in positions that more directly affect corporate performance should have as their main priority profitably growing the company. Accordingly, we generally structure the target compensation of these executive officers so that they receive a significant portion of their compensation in the form of equity. Using equity in this manner further aligns executive officers’ interests with those of our shareholders, encourages retention and rewards our executive officers if we succeed.

Peer Group

Consistent with Fiserv’s “pay for performance” philosophy, the compensation committee strives to set executive officer base salaries at a level that is comparable to the 50th percentile of our peers and provides for total compensation at a level comparable to the 50th percentile of our peers for median performance with an opportunity for 75th percentile compensation for superior performance. To determine peer group compensation for an executive officer, the committee reviewed publicly available proxy and survey data regarding comparable executive officer positions and the compensation paid to our other executive officers in light of their relative functional responsibilities and experience. Notwithstanding the use of benchmarking as a tool to set compensation, comparison data only provides a context for the decisions that the compensation committee makes. The committee may also considers,consider, among other matters, market trends in executive compensation, and the percentage that each component of compensation comprises of an executive officer’s total compensation.compensation and the executive officer’s tenure in position. The peer group that we used for 20122015 and that the committee approved is set forth below:

 

Alliance Data Systems Corporation

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

Convergys Corporation

Discover Financial Services

DST Systems, Inc.

The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation

 

Equifax Inc.

Paychex, Inc.

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

Total System Services, Inc.

Convergys Corporation

Intuit Inc.

Unisys Corporation

Discover Financial Services

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

Visa Inc.

DST Systems, Inc.MasterCard Incorporated

NCR Corporation

    Paychex, Inc.

MasterCard Incorporated

Total System Services, Inc.

Unisys Corporation

Visa Inc.

The Western Union Company

The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation

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We believe our peer group is comprised of companies comparable to ours based on our industry, company size and competition for managerial talent. In this regard, we include: companies that compete with us for managerial talent; companies that directly compete with us in our primary businesses; companies with similar business models in similar industries because they reflect the

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complexities inherent in managing an organization with multiple business lines and revenue sources; and other publicly traded business-to-business, service-based companies that are of similar size based primarily on annual revenue and market capitalization;capitalization.

2015 Named Executive Officer Compensation

Base Salaries

In 2015, we increased the base salaries of Messrs. Ernst and companies that competeGregoire to recognize their current scope of responsibilities and to better align their base salary compensation with us for managerial talent. Based on our analysis, for 2012,those holding comparable positions at peer companies. We did not increase the base salaries of our other named executive officers other than Mr. Cox, were below the 50th percentile of our peers, and total compensation of our named executive officers was generally at or slightly above the 50th percentile of our peers with the exceptions of Messrs. Ernst and Gupta whose total compensation was below the 50th percentile of our peers.

2012 Named Executive Officer Compensation

Base Salaries

in 2015. We have not increased the base salary of our chief executive officer in the last seven years, and we did not increase the base salaries of Messrs. Cox and Gupta in 2012. We increased the base salaries of two of our named executive officers in 2012, Messrs. Ernst and Hirsch, in order to more closely align their compensation with our peers.ten years.

Cash Incentive Awards

Certain Terminology

In this section of the proxy statement, we use a number of financial terms. Set forth below is a description of these terms:

Adjusted earnings per share, is calculated as earnings per share from continuing operations in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles excluding merger and integration-related costs, severance costs, amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, losses on early debt extinguishment and certain other non-operating gains and losses.

Adjusted internal revenue growth is measured as the increase in adjusted revenue, excluding all acquired revenue, for the current year divided by adjusted revenue from the prior year. Adjusted revenue is calculated as total revenue in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles excluding output solutions postage reimbursements. Adjusted business unit or group internal revenue growth is calculated in the same manner using business unit or group adjusted revenue as applicable.

Adjustedand consolidated net operating profit is calculated as total revenue minus total operating expenses, excluding capitalization and amortizationare non-GAAP financial measures. See Appendix A to this proxy statement for a definition of internally developed software and share-based compensation, and is adjusted for the items described in the calculation of adjusted earnings per share. Adjusted business unit or group net operating profit is calculated in the same manner using business unit or group revenue, expenses and adjustments as applicable.

these measures.

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Messrs. Yabuki and Hirsch

The cash incentive payments to Messrs. Yabuki and Hirsch for 20122015 were based on adjusted earnings per share and adjusted internal revenue growth. We use adjusted earnings per share as a performance measure because we believe that there is a direct correlation between the increase in adjusted earnings per share and shareholder value. For 2012, we set the target adjusted earnings per share performance goal at $5.10, which represented an 11% increase over our 2011 adjusted earnings per share. We use adjusted internal revenue growth because we believe that the long-term value of our enterprise depends on our ability to grow revenue without regard forto acquisitions. For 2012,2015, we set the target adjusted earnings per share performance goal at $3.78, which represented a 12% increase over our 2014 adjusted earnings per share. For 2015, we set the target internal revenue growth performance goal at 3.5%4.6% compared to adjusted internal revenue growth of 3%4.3% in 2011.2014. For 2012,2015, the threshold, target, maximum and actual amounts for Messrs. Yabuki and Hirsch were as follows:

 

Performance Measure (weighting) Threshold Target Maximum Actual   

Threshold          

 

    

Target                 

 

    

Maximum          

 

    

Actual                

 

 

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Adjusted Earnings Per Share (60%)

 $4.85  $5.10  $5.40 or more  $5.13    $3.63     $3.78     $4.01 or more     $3.87  

Adjusted Internal Revenue Growth (40%)

 1.0%  3.5%  7.5% or more  2.0% 

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Internal Revenue Growth (40%)

   2.1%     4.6%     7.1% or more     4.3%  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Award as a Percentage of Base Salary

                    

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

J. Yabuki

 75%  150%  300%  137%    75%     150%     300%     158%  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

T. Hirsch

 45%  90%  180%  82%    55%     110%     220%     116%  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

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Mr. Ernst

The cash incentive payment to Mr. Ernst for 20122015 was based on achievement of adjusted earnings per share, adjusted internal revenue growth and adjusted consolidated net operating profit. Similar to other named executive officers, these company-wide performance measures for Mr. Ernst focused on driving greaterare designed to drive internal revenue growth and overall profitability. In addition, we use adjustedused consolidated net operating profit because we believe it is a key metric in measuring operating performance in his role asMr. Ernst has the ability to drive high quality revenue growth and effectively manage our Chief Operating Officer. We increased Mr. Ernst’s target bonus percentage to 125% of base salary, which also increased his maximum bonus opportunity to 250%. This was done to align Mr. Ernst’s compensation with the compensation of chief operating officers at companies similar to ours.costs through operational effectiveness programs. For 2012,2015, the threshold, target, maximum and actual amounts for Mr. Ernst were as follows:

 

Performance Measure (weighting) Threshold Target Maximum Actual

Adjusted Earnings Per Share (30%)

 $4.85  $5.10  $5.40 or more  $5.13 

Adjusted Internal Revenue Growth (40%)

 1.0%  3.5%  7.5% or more  2.0% 

Adjusted Consolidated Net Operating Profit (in millions)(30%)

 $1,263  $1,310  $1,388  $1,287 

Award as a Percentage of Base Salary

 63%  125%  250%  103% 

Performance Measure(weighting)

 

    

Threshold         

 

     

Target                

 

     

Maximum         

 

     

Actual                

 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Adjusted Earnings Per Share (30%)

    $3.63      $3.78      $4.01 or more      $3.87  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Internal Revenue Growth (40%)

    2.1%      4.6%      7.1% or more      4.3%  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Consolidated Net Operating Profit

(in millions) (30%)

    $1,529      $1,579      $1,674      $1,604  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

    Award as a Percentage of Base Salary

    68%      135%      270%      137%  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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Mr. CoxMessrs. Gregoire and Vielehr

The cash incentive payment to Mr. Coxeach of Messrs. Gregoire and Vielehr for 2012 was based on achievement of adjusted earnings per share, adjusted internal revenue growth and functional performance in the corporate development function. The committee considered company-wide performance measures because Mr. Cox could significantly impact those results as the leader of our corporate development function. The committee increased Mr. Cox’s target bonus opportunity from 75% to 80% of base salary and his actual incentive compensation payment in 2012 in recognition of his performance in relation to our StoneRiver joint venture and his efforts with several of our significant clients. For 2012, the threshold, target, maximum and actual amounts for Mr. Cox were as follows:

Performance Measure (weighting) Threshold Target Maximum Actual

Adjusted Earnings Per Share (30%)

 $4.85  $5.10  $5.40 or more  $5.13 

Adjusted Internal Revenue Growth (40%)

 1.0%  3.5%  7.5% or more  2.0% 

Functional (30%)

       90% 

Award as a Percentage of Base Salary

 40%  80%  160%  92% 

Mr. Gupta

The cash incentive payment to Mr. Gupta for 20122015 was based on the achievement of adjusted earnings per share, adjusted internal revenue growth, and adjusted consolidated net operating profit and group-level results (group net operating profit (20%) and group adjusted revenue, (20%))equally weighted). The committee consideredSimilar to other named executive officers, adjusted earnings per share, adjusted internal revenue growth and adjusted consolidated net operating profit because we are focused on profitably growing companydesigned to drive internal revenue growth and profitability, and Mr. GuptaGregoire and Mr. Vielehr had the ability to significantly impact those results as the president of our Digital Payments group. The committee consideredFinancial Institutions Group and Depository Institution Services Group, respectively. We used the group-level results because itwe believed they were most relevant to, and could be most directly influenced by Mr. Gupta.Messrs. Gregoire and Vielehr. The adjusted earnings per share, adjusted internal revenue growth and adjusted consolidated net operating profit threshold, target and maximum goals for Mr. GuptaMessrs. Gregoire and Vielehr were set at the same levels set forth above for our other named executive officers. With respect to group net operating profit and group adjusted revenue, we set the performance goal levels for each of Mr. GuptaGregoire and Mr. Vielehr such that we believed that it would be unlikely that the top end of the range would be achieved, but it would be reasonably likely that the target could be achieved. We adjusted Mr. Gupta’s target bonus opportunity from 100% to 110% of base salary and his maximum opportunity from 200% to 220% of base salary. These actions were taken to reflect the additional focus on certain business opportunities and to supply more equity compensation to group leaders. For 2012,2015, the threshold, target, maximum and actual results were as follows:

 

Performance Measure (weighting) Threshold Target Maximum Actual

Adjusted Earnings Per Share (10%)

 $4.85  $5.10  $5.40 or more  $5.13 

Adjusted Internal Revenue Growth (35%)

 1.0%  3.5%  7.5% or more  2.0% 

Adjusted Consolidated Net Operating Profit (in millions) (15%)

 $1,263  $1,310  $1,388  $1,287 

Group–Level Results (40%)

        

Award as a Percentage of Base Salary

 55%  110%  220%  88% 

Performance Measure(weighting)

 

    

Threshold         

 

     

Target                

 

     

Maximum         

 

     

Actual                

 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Adjusted Earnings Per Share (10%)

    $3.63      $3.78      $4.01 or more      $3.87  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Internal Revenue Growth (35%)

    2.1%      4.6%      7.1% or more      4.3%  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Consolidated Net Operating Profit

(in millions) (15%)

    $1,529      $1,579      $1,674      $1,604  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Group-Level Results (40%)

            

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

    Award as a Percentage of Base Salary

            

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

K. Gregoire

    50%      100%      200%      113%  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

B. Vielehr

    55%      110%      220%      110%  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The 2015 award as a percentage of base salary shown in the tables above for all named executive officers includes a reduction of the annual cash incentive payment by the committee, upon the recommendation of management, based on the company’s progress against certain corporate initiatives for 2015.

 

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Equity Incentive Awards

The committee established threshold, target and maximum values of total equity awards, comprised of stock options and restricted stock units, expressed as a percentage of base salary, which Messrs. Yabuki, Hirsch, Ernst, Cox and Gupta could receive. The targetfor the named executive officers. On February 18, 2015, we granted equity awards generally reflectto the committee’s assessment ofnamed executive officers based on the level of an executive officer’s responsibilities within the company. On February 22, 2012, we granted equity awards to Messrs. Yabuki, Hirsch, Ernst, Coxcompany and Gupta based on the committee’s judgment of each executive’s prospective performance including with respect to leadership,organizational capacity, talent development, strategic impact, financial results, including adjusted earnings per share and internal revenue growth, risk management and, other than with respect to his own awards, the recommendation of our chief executive officer. The mix of options and restricted stock units granted is determined by the committee based on the expressed preference of the executive officer which is considered in the context of the committee’s overall performanceassessment of the executive officer’s compensation. The equity mix awarded by the committee is consistent with our objective of emphasizing performance-based compensation and strategic alignmentaligning our executive officers’ economic interests with those of our shareholders.

For 2015, the compensation committee increased the target and maximum equity grantsawards available to executives serving in comparableMessrs. Hirsch, Ernst and Gregoire to provide them with equity opportunities that are better aligned with the equity compensation available to individuals holding similar positions at our peer companies. Mr. Yabuki’s and Mr. Vielehr’s threshold, target and maximum equity awards were set at levels commensurate with their experience and responsibilities and comparable to the equity compensation available to individuals holding similar positions at our peer companies. The grant date fair value of the annual equity incentive awards, restricted stock units and options combined, as a percentage of base salary were as follows:

 

 Percent of Base Salary (%)    Percent of Base Salary (%) 
Equity Incentive Award Threshold  Target  Maximum  Actual Award 
   

 

 

 

Annual Equity Incentive Awards

   

Threshold            

 

    

Target                  

 

    

Maximum            

 

    

Actual Award     

 

 

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

J. Yabuki

  327    476    625    602     238%     476%     952%     778%  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

T. Hirsch

  100    200    300    253     100%     275%     400%     340%  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

M. Ernst

  100    200    300    226     100%     275%     400%     300%  

J. Cox

  75    100    175    111  

R. Gupta

  75    125    200    131  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

K. Gregoire

   75%     150%     250%     144%  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

B. Vielehr

   100%     200%     300%     277%  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

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Other Elements of Compensation

Perquisites

In 2012, we did not provide any personal-benefit perquisites to our named executive officers.

Retirement Savings Plan and Health and Welfare Benefits

We provide subsidized health and welfare benefits which include medical, dental, life and accidental death or dismemberment insurance, disability insurance and paid time off. Executive officers are entitled to participate in our health, welfare and 401(k) savings plans on generally the same terms and conditions as other employees, subject to limitations under applicable law. We maintain supplemental long-term disability coverage for executive officers and other employees with cash compensation of $200,000 or more. We do not provide a separate pension program, supplemental executive retirement plan or other post-retirement payments to executive officers. Fiserv associates, including executive officers, are immediately eligible for matching contributions under our 401(k) savings plan. Our matching contributions are capped at 3% of annual cash compensation and vest after the first two calendar years in which the employee is credited with 1,000 hours of service.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

We maintain a tax-qualified employee stock purchase plan that is generally available to all employees, including executive officers, which allows employees to acquire our common stock at a discounted price on an after-tax basis. This plan allows employees to buy our common stock at a 15% discount to the market price with up to 10% of their salary and incentives (subject(up to IRS limits)a maximum of $25,000 in any calendar year), with the objective of allowing employees to benefit when the value of our stock increases over time. Under applicable tax law, no plan participant may purchase more than $25,000 in market value of our stock under this plan in any calendar year.

Post-Employment Benefits

We provide severance and change-in-control protections to our named executive officers through key executive employment and severance agreements or “KEESAs,” and, in the case of Messrs. Yabuki, Ernst, Gregoire and Gupta

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Vielehr, employment agreements. We discuss the purposes and terms of the KEESAs and other arrangements with our named executive officersagreements below under the heading “Employment and Other Agreements with Executive Officers.”

Perquisites

In 2015, we did not provide any personal-benefit perquisites to our named executive officers other than relocation-related expenses disclosed in footnote 4 to the Summary Compensation Table below and participation in an executive physical program.

Retirement Savings Plan and Health and Welfare Benefits

We provide subsidized health and welfare benefits which include medical, dental, life insurance, disability insurance and paid time off. Executive officers are entitled to participate in our health, welfare and 401(k) savings plans on generally the same terms and conditions as other employees, subject to limitations under applicable law. We subsidize supplemental long-term disability coverage for executive officers. We do not provide a separate pension program or a supplemental executive retirement plan. Our employees, including executive officers, are immediately

eligible for matching contributions under our 401(k) savings plan. Our matching contributions are capped at 3% of annual cash compensation and vest after two years.

Additional Compensation Policies

Securities Trading Policy

We prohibit our executive officers from trading in our common stock during certain periods at the end of each quarter until after we disclose our financial and operating results.results unless such trading occurs under an approved Rule 10b5-1 plan. We may impose additional restricted trading periods at any time if we believe trading by executive officers would not be appropriate because of developments that are, or could be, material. In addition, we require pre-clearance by our general counselchief legal officer and our chief executive officer of all stock transactions by designated senior members of management and our board of directors.directors, including the establishment of a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

We also prohibit our employees, officers and directors from hedging or engaging in short sales of our stock. Furthermore, directors and executive officers are prohibited from pledging our stock and from entering into transactions in derivative instruments in connection with our stock.

Stock Ownership and Disposition Requirements

We believe that stock ownership by our executive officers is essential for aligning management’s long-term interests with those of our shareholders. To emphasize this principle, we maintain a stock ownership policy that requires our chief executive officersofficer to own directly or indirectly, equity having a value of at least six times his base salary in the caseand our other executive officers to own equity having a value of our chief executive officer andat least four times their respective base salary in the case of our other named executive officers.salaries. We believe that these levels are sufficiently high to demonstrate a commitment to value creation, while satisfying our executive officers’ needs for portfolio diversification. All executive officers are expected to satisfy the stock ownership requirements within five years after they become subject to them with minimum attainment levels beginning at the end of the second year. All named executive officers are currently in compliance with the requirements.

We have also adopted restrictions regarding the number of shares that any director or executive officer may sell in a given year. The restrictions generally provide that an executive officer or director may not, in any particular year, dispose of more than 10% of the shares he or she beneficially owns at the beginning of such year. Shares of our stock that are sold or withheld to pay the applicable option exercise prices or taxes associated with such exercises are not included when determining whether the relevant limitations are satisfied.

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Compensation Recoupment Policy

In the event that we restate our financial results, we may recover all or a portion of the incentive awards that we paid or granted, or that vested, on the basis of such results. Recovery may be sought, in the discretion of the board, from any person who was serving as an executive officer of the company at the time the original results were published. Both cash and equity incentive awards are subject to recoupment. With respect to equity awards: (i) unvested awards may be immediately cancelled; (ii) vested but unexercised options or similar awards may be immediately cancelled; (iii) shares issued upon vesting or exercise of awards may be rescinded; and (iv) if the shares subject to any such award have been sold at the time of a restatement, an amount in cash equal to the value of the shares may be recovered. Thererecoupment; there is no time limit on our ability to recover such amounts, other than limits imposed by law,law; and recoupment is available to us regardless of whether the individuals subject to recoupment are still employed by us when repayment is required. To the extent recoupment is sought, the board of directors may, in its discretion, seek to recover interest on amounts recovered and/or costs of collection and we have the right to offset the repayment amount from any compensation owed by us to any executive officer. The independent members of our board of directors, or a committee thereof comprised solely of independent directors, are responsible for determining whether recoupment is appropriate and the specific amount, if any, to be recouped by us.

Equity Award Grant Practices

The compensation committee generally approves annual equity awards during its regularly-scheduled February meeting, after we issue our financial results for the prior year. In addition, in order to accommodate the need for periodic awards, such as in connection with newly hired employees, promotions or retention awards, the

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compensation committee delegates its authority to our chief executive officer and chief operating officer to enable such individuals to grant equity awards within certain parameters; provided that all grants to directors and executive officers are specifically made by the compensation committee. Our approval process for making equity awards does not allow for discretion in selectinggrant policy prescribes the timing of awards or specific grant dates. To this end:

equity awards to executive officers determined atUnder the February compensation committee meeting are granted immediately following the board meeting following the committee meeting;

annual equity awards to non-employee directors are granted immediately following the annual meeting of shareholders;

equity awards to new employees or directors are granted on the date of commencement of service; and

equity awards that are not tied to a specific date (e.g., awards for retention or special recognition) are granted on the last calendar day of the month in which our chief executive officer or chief operating officer approves the grant or on the date determined by the compensation committee.

Unless the compensation committee determines otherwise,Incentive Plan, the exercise price of all options to purchase shares of our common stock is equal tomay not be less than the closing price of our common stock on the NASDAQ stock market on the grant date.

Deductibility of Compensation

Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code places a limit of $1,000,000 on the amount of compensation that we may deduct from our taxable income for federal income tax purposes in any one year with respect to our named executive officers (other than our chief executive officer and each of the next four highest compensated executive officers.financial officer). Certain performance-based compensation is not subject to the deduction limit. We seekIt is generally our intention to make cash and equity-based awards under our plans in a manner that is not subject to the limit imposed by Section 162(m). For example, our incentivequalify compensation is paid pursuant to the Incentive Plan, which has been approved by our shareholders, one of the requirementspayments for tax deductibility under Section 162(m). In addition,Notwithstanding our employment agreements with named executive officers are designedintentions, because of ambiguities and uncertainties as to comply withthe application and interpretation of Section 162(m). and the regulations issued thereunder, no assurance can be given that compensation intended to satisfy the requirements for deductibility under Section 162(m) will so qualify. Our compensation committee reserves the right to provide compensation that does not qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) to the extent it believes that we should use our best effortssuch compensation is necessary to cause any compensation paidcontinue to executiveprovide competitive arrangements intended to attract and retain, and provide appropriate incentives to, qualified officers to be deductible. However, in order to maintain flexibility in compensating our executive officers, it is not a policy of the committee that all executive compensation must be tax deductible.and other key employees.

Employment and Other Agreements with Executive Officers

Yabuki Employment Agreement

In 2005,2016, we entered into anamended the employment agreement with Mr. Yabuki to provide that provides that, during the term of his employment, Mr. Yabuki will continue to serve as a director and our president and chief executive officer. officer for at least another three-year term and, subject to election by our shareholders, as a director. After the current three-year term ends in 2018, the agreement automatically renews for one-year terms unless either party gives the other 90 days prior written notice of his or its desire to terminate the agreement.

Under his employment agreement, as amended in 2016, Mr. Yabuki is entitled: (i) to receive an annual salary of at least $840,000; (ii) to participate in our executive incentive compensation plan with a target and maximum cash incentive award of not less than 125%175% and 350% of his base salary;salary, respectively; (iii) to receive grants of options, restricted stock and/or other awards under our long-term incentive compensation program

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commensurate with his position;position, provided that the grant date fair value of each year’s awards shall not be less than $8 million; and (iv) to receive up to four weeks of vacation; and (v) to participate in our employee benefit plans, welfare benefit plans, retirement plans and other standard benefits as are generally made available to our executive officers. In addition, the 2016 amendment provides for the elimination of the excise tax gross-up provision in his existing employment agreement and for a one-time grant of performance share units. The agreement automatically renews for one year terms unless either party givesperformance share units have a grant date fair value of approximately $12 million and vest at the other 90 days prior written noticeend of his or its desirea three-year performance period only upon the achievement of specified revenue growth and talent development goals, subject to terminate the agreement.attaining a threshold level of adjusted income from continuing operations over such three-year period. In the event of a conflict between his employment agreement and the terms of an equity award agreement, his employment agreement will control unless the equity award agreement provides a more favorable benefit. We selected Mr. Yabuki to succeed our former chief executive officer after conducting a thorough search process. The terms of Mr. Yabuki’s employment agreement and KEESAkey executive employment and severance agreement, or “KEESA,” resulted from an arm’s-length negotiation, and, as a result, we believe the terms reflect the market terms for the leader of a company of our size in our industry.

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Ernst, Gregoire and GuptaVielehr Employment Agreements

We entered into an employment agreement with each of Messrs. Ernst, Gregoire and Gupta in 2011 and 2006, respectively,Vielehr pursuant to which we agreed to employ each of them until one party provides the other with a notice of termination. Under histheir employment agreement, Mr.agreements, Messrs. Ernst isand Vielehr are entitled: (i) to receive an annual salary of at least $525,000;$525,000 and $470,000, respectively; (ii) to participate in our executive incentive compensation plan; and (iii) to participate in our executive long-term incentive compensation program with an annual target of at least 200% of base salary.salary; and (iv) in the case of Mr. Vielehr, a one-time cash payment of $200,000 which was paid on March 15, 2014. Under his employment agreement, as amended and restated in 2008, Mr. GuptaGregoire is entitled: (i) to receive an annual salary of at least $400,000; (ii) to participate in our executive incentive compensation plan; and (iii) to participate in our executive long-term compensation program; and (iv) to receive a minimum of four weeks paid vacation.program. In addition, Messrs. Ernst, Gregoire and GuptaVielehr are entitled to participate in our employee benefit plans, welfare benefit plans,

retirement plans and other standard benefits as are generally made available to our executive officers. The terms of Mr. Ernst’s, Mr. Gregoire’s and Mr. Gupta’sVielehr’s employment agreements and KEESAs resulted from arm’s-length negotiations, and, as a result, we believe the terms reflect the market terms for a leader of a company of our size in our industry.

Key Executive Employment and Severance Agreements

We have entered into Key Executive Employment and Severance Agreements, or “KEESAs,”KEESAs, with our executive officers that provide for potential benefits in connection with a change in control. A complete discussion of the terms of the KEESAs, together with an estimate of the amounts potentially payable under each KEESA, appears below under the heading Potential“Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control.Control.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

There are no compensation committee interlocks between us and other entities involving our executive officers and directors who serve as executive officers or directors of such other entities. During the last completed fiscal year, no member of the compensation committee was a current or former officer or employee.

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Compensation Committee Report

The compensation committee has reviewed and discussed the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” contained in this proxy statement with management. Based on our review and the discussions with management, the compensation committee recommended to the board of directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this proxy statement and incorporated by reference in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.2015.

Glenn M. Renwick, Chairman

Dennis F. Lynch

Kim M. Robak

Doyle R. Simons

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

During the last fiscal year, there were no compensation committee interlocks between us and other entities involving our executive officers and directors who serve as executive officers or directors of such other entities. During the last completed fiscal year, no member of the compensation committee was a current or former officer or employee.

 

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COMPENSATION OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSExecutive Compensation

Summary Compensation Table

The following table sets forth in summary form the compensation of our chief executive officer, our chief financial officer and our next three highest paid executive officers (collectively, our “named executive officers”) for the year ended December 31, 2012.

SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE2015.

 

Name and

Principal Position

 Year  Salary  Stock
Awards(1)
  Option
Awards(1)
  Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation(2)
  All Other
Compensation(3)
  Total 

Jeffery W. Yabuki

  2012   $840,000   $2,458,003   $2,600,546   $1,154,160   $12,155   $7,064,864  

President and Chief

  2011    840,000    850,672    3,749,474    1,262,100    13,980    6,716,226  

Executive Officer

  2010    840,000    693,794    3,489,713    849,450    13,951    5,886,908  

Thomas J. Hirsch

  2012    475,000    600,027    600,124    391,590    11,867    2,078,608  

Chief Financial Officer

  2011    400,000    281,274    843,635    432,720    14,123    1,971,752  

and Treasurer

  2010    400,000    250,039    747,797    258,880    13,545    1,670,261  

Mark A. Ernst

  2012    575,000    325,045    975,202    589,807    14,275    2,479,329  

Chief Operating Officer

  2011    525,000    —      1,000,141    432,768    98,068    2,055,977  

James W. Cox

  2012    450,000    125,057    375,078    412,480    11,862    1,374,477  

Executive Vice President,

  2011    450,000    106,265    318,715    380,363    13,887    1,269,230  

Corporate Development

  2010    450,000    106,253    317,823    219,240    13,540    1,106,856  

Rahul Gupta

  2012    420,000    275,048    275,064    368,076    12,834    1,351,022  

Group President, Digital Payments

  2011    403,333    475,088    174,996    325,160    14,658    1,393,235  

Name and

Principal Position

 

   Year

 

    Salary

 

    Bonus

 

    Stock
Awards(1)

 

    Option
Awards(1)(2)

 

    Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation(3)

 

    All Other
Compensation(4)

 

    Total

 

 
Jeffery W. Yabuki   2015    $840,000         $1,288,041    $6,535,501    $1,328,040    $    9,737    $10,001,319  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
President and Chief   2014     840,000          1,078,613     4,722,371     1,622,880     12,053     8,275,917  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Executive Officer   2013     840,000          916,074     4,400,022     1,359,036     11,965     7,527,097  

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Thomas J. Hirsch(5)   2015     500,000          850,025     1,001,972     579,700     11,348     2,943,045  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Former Chief Financial   2014     500,000          650,028     650,004     644,000     12,427     2,456,459  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Officer, Treasurer and   2013     475,000          650,039     650,008     461,102     12,109     2,248,258  
Assistant Secretary                

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Mark A. Ernst   2015     600,000               1,972,804     824,823     11,267     3,408,894  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Chief Operating Officer   2014     575,000               1,400,005     886,291     11,923     2,873,219  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   2013     575,000          350,033     1,050,003     715,515     11,985     2,702,536  

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Kevin P. Gregoire   2015     450,000          325,054     328,121     510,300     11,053     1,624,528  
Group President,                
Financial Institutions Group                

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Byron C. Vielehr(6)   2015     470,000               1,309,042     515,924     24,914     2,319,880  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Group President,   2014     470,000    $200,000               645,900     313,257     1,629,157  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Depository Institution   2013     39,167          2,000,290     2,000,186          13,245     4,052,888  
Services Group                

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

(1)   Reflects the grant date fair value of the awards granted in the respective years under the Incentive Plan. Information about the assumptions that we used to determine the fair value of equity awards is set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K in Note 7 to our Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2012.

2015.

 

(2)   The amounts shown in this column include the following incremental fair values associated with the execution by our named executive officers in 2015 of amendments to their outstanding stock option award agreements to enable them to retain their equity awards following a qualified retirement, subject to compliance with ongoing obligations: Mr. Yabuki – $1,285,856; Mr. Hirsch – $151,894; Mr. Ernst – $172,637; Mr. Gregoire – $3,094; and Mr. Vielehr – $8,910. We believe this modification further aligns our named executive officers’ long-term interests with those of our shareholders as they approach possible retirement.

(3)   These non-equitycash incentive plan compensation payments were made pursuant to the Incentive Plan. These awards were earned in the year listed and paid in the following year.

 

(3)

(4)   The amounts shown in this column for 2012, 2011 and 2010 include company matching and, if applicable, discretionary contributions under our 401(k) savings plan; company-paid premiums for insurance; and if applicable, company contributions to a health savings account. For 2015, the amount shown for Mr. Vielehr also includes participation in our executive physical program and reimbursement for relocation-related expenses pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement.

(5)   Mr. Hirsch served as our Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary until March 14, 2016.

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(6)   Mr. Vielehr joined Fiserv on December 1, 2013. On March 15, 2014, Mr. Vielehr received a $200,000 cash payment pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement to compensate him for the benefits which he forfeited upon leaving his prior employer. For 2013, Mr. Vielehr’s base salary was paid at an annualized rate of $470,000. The amount shown reflects the actual amount of base salary paid to him during 2013. We granted restricted stock units and options to Mr. Vielehr on December 1, 2013 pursuant to his employment agreement. The grant was intended to immediately and strongly align Mr. Vielehr’s interests with those of our shareholders and, in part, recognize that he was forfeiting significant benefits upon leaving his prior employer. Mr. Vielehr did not receive any equity awards during 2014.

The material terms of the company’s agreements with Messrs. Yabuki, Ernst, Gregoire and GuptaVielehr are set forth above under the heading Compensation“Compensation Discussion and Analysis – Employment and Other Agreements with Executive Officers.Officers.Messrs. Cox andMr. Hirsch dodid not have an employment agreements, other than the KEESAs, which, togetheragreement with the estimated possible benefits payable thereunder, is discussed below.

company.

 

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GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS IN 2012

Name

 

Grant
Date

  Estimated Future Payouts Under
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards
  All Other
Stock
Awards:
Number of
Shares of
Stock  or
Units (#)(1)
  All Other
Option
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Options (#)(1)
  Exercise
or Base
Price of
Option
Awards
($/Sh)
  Grant Date Fair
Value of Stock
and Option
Awards ($)(2)
 
  

Threshold

($)

  

Target

($)

  

Maximum

($)

     

J. Yabuki

      630,000    1,260,000    2,520,000                  
   02/22/12                37,659            2,458,003  
   02/22/12                    120,675    65.27    2,600,546  

T. Hirsch

      213,750    427,500    855,000                  
   02/22/12                9,193            600,027  
   02/22/12                    27,848    65.27    600,124  

M. Ernst

      362,250    718,750    1,437,500                  
   02/22/12                4,980            325,045  
   02/22/12                    45,253    65.27    975,202  

J. Cox

      180,000    360,000    720,000                  
   02/22/12                1,916            125,057  
   02/22/12                    17,405    65.27    375,078  

R. Gupta

      231,000    462,000    924,000                  
   02/22/12                4,214            275,048  
   02/22/12                    12,764    65.27    275,064  

 

(1)
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Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2015

        Estimated Future Payouts Under Non-Equity
Incentive Plan Awards

 

    All Other
Stock
Awards:
Number of
Shares of
Stock or
    All Other
Option
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
    Exercise
or Base
Price of
Option
Awards
    Grant Date Fair
Value of Stock
and Option
 

Name

 

   Grant Date

 

   Threshold ($)    

 

    Target ($)    

 

    Maximum ($)    

 

    Units (#)(1)

 

    Options (#)(1)

 

    ($/Sh)

 

    Awards ($)(2)

 

 

J. Yabuki

     630,000     1,260,000     2,520,000          
  

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  02/18/2015         16,294         1,288,041     
  

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  02/18/2015           206,496     79.05     5,249,645     
  

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                 1,285,856(3)  

 

  

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

T. Hirsch

     275,000     550,000     1,100,000          
  

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  02/18/2015         10,753         850,025     
  

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  02/18/2015           33,438     79.05     850,078     
  

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                 151,894(3)  

 

  

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

M. Ernst

     408,000     810,000     1,620,000          
  

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  02/18/2015           70,810     79.05     1,800,167     
  

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                 172,637(3)  

 

  

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

K. Gregoire

     225,000     450,000     900,000          
  

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  02/18/2015         4,112         325,054     
  

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  02/18/2015           12,785     79.05     325,027     
  

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                 3,094(3)  

 

  

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

B. Vielehr

     258,500     517,000     1,034,000          
  

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  02/18/2015           51,141     79.05     1,300,132     
  

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                 8,910(3)  

 

  

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(1)   We granted all of the equity awards reported above pursuant to the Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan. One-third of the restricted stock units vest on each of the second, third and fourth anniversaries of the grant date, and one-third of the stock options vest on each anniversary of the grant date. The options have an exercise price equal to the closing price of our common stock on the grant date and expire on the 10 year anniversary of the grant date.

As discussed under “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – 2015 Named Executive Officer Compensation – Equity Incentive Awards,” the mix of stock options and restricted stock units granted is determined by the compensation committee based on the expressed preference of the executive officer which is considered in the context of the committee’s overall assessment of the executive officer’s compensation.

 

(2)The

(2)   Unless otherwise noted, the amounts in the table represent the grant date fair value of the awards. Information about the assumptions that we used to determine the grant date fair value of the awards is set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K in Note 7 to our Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2012.2015.

(3)   This amount represents the incremental fair value associated with the modification of the retirement vesting provisions of outstanding stock options as described in footnote 2 to the Summary Compensation Table.

 

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OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT DECEMBEROutstanding Equity Awards at December 31, 20122015

 

 Option Awards  Stock Awards    Option Awards(1)

 

   Stock Awards(1)

 

 
Name Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Exercisable (#)
  Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Unexercisable (#)
  Option
Exercise
Price ($)
  Option
Expiration
Date
  Number of
Shares or
Units of
Stock that
Have Not
Vested (#)
  Market Value
of Shares or
Units of Stock
that Have
Not Vested ($)(1)
    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 ($)(2)    

 

 

J. Yabuki

          69,314(2)   5,447,885                  75,471(3)     6,902,578  
   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
          206,496(4)     79.05     02/18/2025          
   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
   83,856      167,714(5)     56.97     02/19/2024          
   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
   200,446      116,742(6)     40.35     02/20/2023          
   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
   241,350           32.64     02/22/2022          
   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
   329,190           30.86     02/23/2021          
   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
   388,826           23.85     02/24/2020          
  —      120,675(3)   65.27    02/22/2022          

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
  54,865    109,730(4)   61.71    02/23/2021          543,984           16.37     02/26/2019          
  129,608    64,805(5)   47.69    02/24/2020          

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
  271,992    —      32.74    02/26/2019          51,652           27.11     02/27/2018          
  95,274    —      54.21    02/27/2018          

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
  25,826    —      54.21    02/27/2018          190,548           27.11     02/27/2018          
  124,392    —      54.69    02/23/2017          

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
  145,000    —      46.09    12/01/2015          248,784           27.35     02/23/2017          
  225,000    —      46.09    12/01/2015          

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 

T. Hirsch

          19,106(6)   1,509,947                  39,035(7)     3,570,141  
  —      27,848(3)   65.27    02/22/2022          

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
  12,344    24,690(4)   61.71    02/23/2021                 33,438(4)     79.05     02/18/2025          
  27,773    13,887(5)   47.69    02/24/2020          

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
  44,124    —      32.74    02/26/2019          11,542      23,085(5)     56.97     02/19/2024          
  24,212    —      54.21    02/27/2018          

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
  19,370    —      54.21    02/27/2018          34,492      17,246(6)     40.35     02/20/2023          
  25,000    —      54.69    02/23/2017          

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
  3,542    —      41.21    02/21/2016          55,696           32.64     02/22/2022          
  20,000    —      44.32    05/01/2016          

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
  3,616    —      38.16    02/16/2015          74,068           30.86     02/23/2021          

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 

M. Ernst

          4,980(7)   393,569                  9,104(8)     832,652  
  —      45,253(3)   65.27    02/22/2022       
  —      48,645(8)   59.50    01/03/2021       

J. Cox

          6,066(9)   479,396  
  —      17,405(3)   65.27    02/22/2022          

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
  4,663    9,328(4)   61.71    02/23/2021                 70,810(4)     79.05     02/18/2025          
  11,804    5,902(5)   47.69    02/24/2020          

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
  22,364    —      32.74    02/26/2019          24,860      49,721(5)     56.97     02/19/2024          
  9,685    —      54.21    02/27/2018          

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
  15,565    —      54.21    02/27/2018          55,716      27,860(6)     40.35     02/20/2023          
  14,000    —      54.69    02/23/2017          

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
  18,000    —      44.32    05/01/2016          90,506           32.64     02/22/2022          
  23,585    —      38.16    02/16/2015          

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
  6,291    —      38.73    02/18/2014          97,290           29.75     01/03/2021          
  4,437    —      30.99    02/11/2013          

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 

R. Gupta

          14,574(10)   1,151,783  

K. Gregoire

                27,241(9)     2,491,462  
  —      12,764(3)   65.27    02/22/2022          

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
  2,560    5,122(4)   61.71    02/23/2021                 12,785(4)     79.05     02/18/2025          
  4,814    2,408(5)   47.69    02/24/2020          

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
  16,924    —      32.74    02/26/2019          2,663      5,328(5)     56.97     02/19/2024          
  13,836    —      54.21    02/27/2018          

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
  16,141    —      54.21    02/27/2018          6,632      3,318(6)     40.35     02/20/2023          
  17,425    —      53.06    03/30/2017          

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
  15,000    —      52.49    12/18/2016          11,604           32.64     02/22/2022          
   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
   6,584           30.86     02/23/2021          
   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
   2,408           23.85     02/24/2020       ��  
   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
   5,202           27.11     02/27/2018          

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 

B. Vielehr

                36,402(10)     3,329,327  
   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
          51,141(4)     79.05     02/18/2025          
   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 
   38,964      77,928(11)     54.95     12/01/2023          

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

 

 

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(1)In December 2013, we completed a two-for-one split of our common stock. Accordingly, all amounts are presented on a split-adjusted basis.

(2)The amounts in this column were calculated by multiplying the closing market price of our common stock on December 31, 20122015 (the last day that NASDAQ was open for trading during our most recently completed fiscal year), $79.03,$91.46, by the number of unvested shares or units.

 

(2)(3)Includes 4,8496,311 restricted stock units that vested on February 24, 2013, 8,17119, 2016, 7,568 restricted stock units that vested on February 26, 201320, 2016, and 4,59525,106 restricted stock units that vested on February 23, 2013.22, 2016. The remaining restricted stock units will vest as follows: 4,850 on February 24, 2014; 4,5955,431 on each of February 23, 201418, 2017 and 2015; and 12,5532018; 6,311 on each of February 22, 2014, 201519, 2017 and 2016.2018; 7,570 on February 20, 2017; and 5,432 on February 18, 2019.

 

(3)One-third of the options vest on each anniversary of the grant date, February 22, 2012.

 

(4)One-third of the options vest on each anniversary of the grant date, February 23, 2011.18, 2015.

 

(5)One-third of the options vest on each anniversary of the grant date, February 24, 2010.19, 2014.

 

(6)One-third of the options vest on each anniversary of the grant date, February 20, 2013.

(7)Includes 1,5193,803 restricted stock units that vested on February 23, 2013, 1,74819, 2016, 5,370 restricted stock units that vested on February 24, 2013,20, 2016, and 1,8596,130 restricted stock units that vested on February 26, 2013.22, 2016. The remaining restricted stock units will vest as follows: 1,519 on February 23, 2014; 1,748 on February 24, 2014; 1,520 on February 23, 2015; 3,0643,584 on each of February 22, 201418, 2017 and 2015; and 3,0652018; 3,803 on February 22, 2016.19, 2017; 5,372 on February 20, 2017; 3,804 on February 19, 2018; and 3,585 on February 18, 2019.

 

(7)Includes 1,660 restricted stock units that will vest on each of February 22, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

(8)One-third of the options vest on each of January 3, 2013, 2014 and 2015.

(9)Includes 574 restricted stock units that vested February 23, 2013, 7432,892 restricted stock units that vested on February 24, 201320, 2016 and 9423,320 restricted stock units that vested on February 26, 2013.22, 2016. The remaining 2,892 restricted stock units will vest as follows; 574 on each of February 23, 2014 and 2015; 743 on February 24, 2014; 638 on February 24, 2014; and 639 on each of February 22, 2015 and 2016.20, 2017.

 

(10)(9)Includes 945877 restricted stock units that vested on February 23, 2013, 909 restricted stock units on February 24, 2013, and 71319, 2016, 1,034 restricted stock units that vested on February 26, 2013.20, 2016, 7,436 restricted stock units that vested on February 20, 2016, 1,278 restricted stock units that vested on February 22, 2016 and 1,138 restricted stock units that vested on March 28, 2016. The remaining restricted stock units will vest as follows: 9451,370 on February 23, 2014; 909 on February 24, 2014; 946 on February 23, 2015; 797 on March 31, 2014; 798 on March 31, 2015; 1,699 on each of October 31, 2014 and 2015; 1,404 on February 22, 2014; and 1,40518, 2017; 878 on each of February 22, 201519, 2017 and 2016.2018; 1,034 on February 20, 2017; 7,436 on February 20, 2017; 1,140 on March 28, 2017; and 1,371 on each of February 18, 2018 and 2019.

All of the agreements that govern equity awards contain provisions that provide for automatic vesting in the event that certain age and/or term of service requirements are achieved at the time of an executive officer’s retirement. If these requirements are met, the options and restricted stock units may vest earlier than indicated in the table above.

 

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(10)One-half of these restricted stock units will vest on each of December 1, 2016 and 2017.

(11)One-third of the options vest on the second, third and fourth anniversaries of the grant date, December 1, 2013.

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OPTION EXERCISES AND STOCK VESTED DURING 2012Option Exercises and Stock Vested During 2015

During our fiscal year ended December 31, 2012,2015, the named executive officers exercised options to purchase shares of our common stock and/or had restrictions with respect to shares of restricted stock and/or restricted stock units held by them lapsevest as set forth below.

 

   Option Awards   Stock Awards 

Name

  Number of Shares
Acquired on Exercise (#)
   Value Realized
on Exercise ($)
   Number of Shares
Acquired on Vesting (#)
   Value Realized on
Vesting ($)(1)
 

J. Yabuki

   —       —       17,255    $1,149,004  

T. Hirsch

   12,992    $384,460     1,858    $123,520  

M. Ernst

   —       —       —       —    

J. Cox

   —       —       2,376    $158,246  

R. Gupta

   —       —       2,236    $149,003  

     Option Awards

 

     Stock Awards

 

 

Name

 

    Number of Shares
Acquired on Exercise (#)    

 

     Value Realized
on Exercise ($)(1)        

 

     Number of Shares
Acquired on Vesting (#)    

 

     Value Realized
on Vesting ($)(2)        

 

 

J. Yabuki

    740,000      40,011,800      41,864      3,307,144  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

T. Hirsch

    296,232      21,630,560      14,538      1,148,499  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

M. Ernst

                6,212      491,059  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

K. Gregoire

                4,396      369,553  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

B. Vielehr

                        

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

(1)   The“Value Realized on Exercise” was calculated in accordance with SEC rules by multiplying the gross number of shares acquired on exercise times the difference between the closing price of our common stock on the exercise date and the exercise price of the option and, along with the “Number of Shares Acquired on Exercise,” does not take into account shares withheld by the company to satisfy the exercise price and tax liability incident to the exercise of stock options.

(2)   The “Value Realized on Vesting” was calculated in accordance with SEC rules by multiplying the gross number of shares acquired on vesting times the market valueclosing price of the sharesour common stock on the vesting date.date and, along with the “Number of Shares Acquired on Vesting,” does not take into account shares withheld by the company to satisfy the tax liability incident to the vesting of restricted stock units.

 

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POTENTIAL PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION OR CHANGE IN CONTROLPotential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control

In the discussion below, we describe potential payments to the named executive officers upon termination of employment or a change in control. The following descriptions of arrangements under which our named executive officers may become entitled to potential payments upon termination or change in control are qualified in their entirety by reference to the relevant agreements. The complete definitions of cause, good reason, disability and change in control are set forth in: Mr. Yabuki’sin the named executive officers’ employment agreementagreements, KEESAs and KEESA which we filed with our Current Report on Form 8-K on December 23, 2008; the KEESAs for Messrs. Hirsch, Ernst, Gupta and Cox, a form of which we filed with our Current Report on Form 8-K on December 23, 2008; Mr. Ernst’s employment agreement, which we filed with our Current Report on Form 8-K on May 27, 2011; Mr. Gupta’s employment agreement, which we filed with our Annual Report on Form 10-K on February 24, 2012; and the relevant stock option restricted stock and restricted stock unit award agreements, formsall of which we have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Terminology

“Cause” under the agreements generally refers to specified types of serious misconduct that may harm our company. In some cases, executive officers have “good reason” to terminate their employment if we change in a negative manner their working conditions or position within our organization if we modify their travel requirements, or if we breach the terms of the agreements. “Disability” under the agreements generally means physical or mental illness that causes the executive officer to become disabled to a degree as to be unable to perform substantially all of his duties for a continuous period of six months. The complete definitions may vary from agreement to agreement. Accordingly, the preceding summary description of the definitions is qualified by reference to the agreements themselves.

Employment Agreements

General.

Our employment agreements with Messrs. Yabuki, Ernst, Gregoire and GuptaVielehr provide for potential payments on certain terminations of employment. As described above under Compensation“Compensation Discussion and Analysis – Deductibility of Compensation,,” these agreements are designed to comply with Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. In addition, these agreements and our KEESAs all provide that post-termination payments and benefits are subject to a six-month delay in the event that the executive officer is considered a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code at the

time of a qualifying termination. The employment agreements also contain provisions that require each of the named executive officers to maintain the confidentiality of our confidential information and proprietary data during and following his employment. In addition, each of Messrs. Yabuki, Ernst, Gregoire and GuptaVielehr agrees that during his employment and for 12 months after termination of employment, he will not compete with us or solicit our clients or our employees. Under the employment agreements, we have the ability to recover certain compensation previously paid to the named executive officer if he breaches these obligations.

Terms of Employment Agreement with Mr. Yabuki.Yabuki

We have the right to terminate Mr. Yabuki’s employment at any time. Under his employment agreement, as amended in 2016, if we terminate Mr. Yabuki’s employment or fail to renew the term of his employment other than for death, disability or cause, or Mr. Yabuki terminates his employment for good reason, he is entitled to receivereceive: (i) a lump sum payment equal to fourfive and one-half times his current annual base salary, (ii) full vesting of all equity awards, as well as the right to exercise the stock options granted to him upon hire for two years, and all other stock options for not less than one year, following the date of termination of his employment, but in no event longer than ten years from the date of grant, or if earlier, the latest date the option could have been exercised had Mr. Yabuki remained employed, (iii) a lump sum payment equal to any cash incentive compensation that has been allocated or awarded, but not paid, to him for any period ending prior to his termination and (iv) reimbursement for COBRA or other health insurance premiums for up to two years following the date of his termination, or until Mr. Yabuki obtains health care coverage through subsequent employment, whichever is earlier.

If Mr. Yabuki’s employment is terminated for death or disability, he or his estate, as applicable,

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is entitled to receive full vesting of all equity and long-term awards and a lump sum payment equal to any cash incentive compensation that has been allocated or awarded, but not paid, to him for any period ending prior to his termination.

Under hisIn 2016, we amended Mr. Yabuki’s employment agreement Mr. Yabuki will also be entitledand KEESA to receive aneliminate the excise tax gross-up payment so that the net amount retained by Mr. Yabuki, after deduction of all applicable taxes and any interest, penalties or additions with respect thereto, equals the total present value of the payments to which Mr. Yabuki is entitled underprovisions in his employment agreement or KEESA at the time such payments are to be made. agreements.

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If the benefits to Mr. Yabuki under his employment agreement are duplicative of benefits provided under his KEESA, his employment agreement provides that he will receive the most favorable benefits (determined on a benefit-by-benefit basis) under his KEESA or his employment agreement.

Terms of Employment AgreementAgreements with Mr. GuptaMessrs. Ernst, Gregoire and Mr. ErnstVielehr.

We have the right to terminate their employment at any time. If we terminate Mr. Gupta’s employment other than for death, disability or cause, or if either of them terminates his employment because we breach his employment agreement, he is entitled to receive: (i) a lump sum payment equal to 12 months of salary; (ii) the benefit of accelerated vesting for all other equity awards as if he had remained employed for an additional 12-month period; and (iii) reimbursement of COBRA premiums for up to 12 months following the date of his termination. With respect to Mr. Ernst, if we terminate hisErnst’s employment other than for death, disability or cause, or if he terminates his employment for good reason, he is entitled to receive a lump sum payment equal to 1.8 times his then-current base salary. If we terminate Mr. Gregoire’s employment other than for death, disability or cause, or if he terminates his employment for good reason, he is entitled to receive a lump sum payment equal to two times his then-current base salary. With respect to Mr. Vielehr, if we terminate his employment other than for death, disability or cause, he is entitled to receive: (i) a lump sum payment equal to 12 months of salary and (ii) accelerated vesting of certain equity awards granted to him pursuant to his employment agreement determined by dividing each of the total number of stock options and restricted stock units granted upon employment by two and then subtracting the number of stock options or restricted stock units, as applicable, that have vested prior to termination.

Key Executive Employment and Severance Agreements

General

Our Key Executive Employment and Severance Agreements (“KEESAs”) set forth the amounts and types of benefits that we believe will enable us to keep our executive officers’ interests aligned with those of our shareholders in the event of a change in control by allowing them to concentrate on taking actions that are in the best interests of our shareholders without consideration of whether their actions may ultimately have an effect on the security of their employment. We also intend for the benefits to recognize past contributions by the executive officers if they are asked to leave, and to help to prevent the departure of key managers in connection with an anticipated or actual change in

control. The KEESAs fulfill these purposes by generally providing for severance in the event of a qualifying termination following a change in control and vesting of outstanding equity awards upon a change in control.

We believe these agreements provide for an equitable financial transition for an executive officer when an adverse change in his or her employment status is required as a result of certain unexpected corporate events. The committee selected the triggering events for benefits under the KEESAs based on its judgment that the change in control events described in the KEESAs are likely to result in the concerns described above. New executive officers have generally entered into KEESAs with the same economic terms as those provided since 2001, which is when we began to enter into KEESAs. Thus, benefits for new executive officers are generally consistent with those for executive officers with existing agreements. We believe that this helps us achieve compensation that is equitable among executive officers. Because these agreements have been entered into for the specific purposes described above, these arrangements do not affect the decisions we make with respect to annual or long-term compensation.

Benefits

Pursuant to the terms of the KEESAs, upon a change in control, all restrictions on restricted stock awards will lapse such that they become fully and immediately vested, and all stock options and restricted stock units granted prior to the change in control will become fully and immediately vested. In addition, if we terminate them other than for death, disability or cause, or they resign for good reason, within three years following a change in control, then our named executive officers will be entitled to receive:

 

a cash termination payment equal to two times the sum of (i) their annual salary plus (ii)

 

their highest annual cash incentive award during the three completed fiscal years before the change in control; or

 

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in the case of Mr. Ernst,Vielehr, because he has not been employed by us for three or more years, the greater of 60% of his annual salary at the time of the change in control or the highest annual cash incentive award during the two completed fiscal years before the change in control;

 

with respect to each incentive compensation award made to the named executive officer for all uncompleted periods as of the termination date, a cash payment equal to the value of such award pro ratedprorated through the termination date as if the goals with respect to such award had been achieved (at the target level, if applicable), which we refer to as the “prorated bonus;” and

 

continuation for up to three years of life, disability, hospitalization, medical and dental insurance coverage at our expense as in effect at the termination, in addition to certain other benefits related to securing other employment.

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In the event their employment is terminated for death or disability within three years following a change in control, our named executive officers will be entitled to receive the prorated bonus under their KEESAs. If, within three years following a change in control, we terminate the employment of our named executive officers for any reason, or they resign or retire, our named executive officers (or their heirs or estate, as applicable) will also be entitled to receive: any unpaid base salary through the termination date; reimbursement of business expenses incurred through the termination date; any compensation previously deferred by the named executive officer; and the sum of any bonus or incentive compensation allocated or awarded but not yet paid.

To comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, the KEESAs require a six-month delay of post-termination payments and benefits (other than payments to cover employment taxes due on such amounts) in the event that the named executive officer is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A at the time of a qualifying termination in connection with a change in control of our company.

The KEESAs other than Mr. Yabuki’s, also provide that if any portion of the benefits under the KEESAs or any other agreement to which they are a party would constitute an “excess parachute payment” for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code, then they will have the option to receive the total payments and pay the 20% excise tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code, or have the total payments reduced such that they would not be required to pay the excise tax. Mr. Yabuki’s employment agreement provides for an excise tax gross-up payment so that the net amount retained by Mr. Yabuki, after deduction of all applicable taxes and any interest, penalties or additions with respect thereto, equals the total present value of the payments to which Mr. Yabuki is entitled under his employment agreement or his KEESA at the time such payments are to be made.

Change in Control Defined

A “change in control” under the KEESAs generally will occur if: any person becomes the beneficial owner of securities representing 20% or more of our outstanding shares of common stock or combined voting power; specified changes occur to our incumbent board of directors; our shareholders approve a merger, consolidation or share exchange with any other corporation, or approve the issuance of voting securities in connection with a merger, consolidation or share exchange; or our shareholders approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution or an agreement for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of our assets.

Non-Compete

Each named executive officer with a KEESA agrees that he will not, for a period of six months after the termination date, participate in the management of, be employed by or own any business enterprise at a location within the United States that substantially competes with us or our subsidiaries. In addition, during and following his employment, he will hold

in confidence, and not directly or indirectly disclose, use or copy, our confidential information and proprietary data. Finally, he agrees that for a period of two years after the termination date, he will not hire or solicit for employment any person who is or was employed by us during the twelve months preceding his termination.

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Equity Awards

Equity award agreements under the Incentive Plan provide that, on a recipient’s death disability or retirement,disability, 100% of any then unexercisable stock options will become exercisable by the recipient until the earlier of one year following the triggering event or the stock option expiration date. In addition, the restricted stock unit agreements generally provide for pro rata vesting in the event of death disability or disability.

In 2015, our named executive officers executed amendments to their outstanding equity award agreements to revise the criteria for retirement and post-retirement treatment of such awards. Following a qualified retirement and subject to compliance with ongoing non-competition, confidentiality and other obligations, all unvested equity awards held by an executive officer will continue to vest on their original vesting schedule as if the executive officer had not ceased to be an employee, and vested stock options will remain exercisable until the earlier of five years following retirement or the original expiration date of the stock option. Prior to the modifications, all unvested options and a pro rata portion of restricted stock units granted to our executive officers would vest immediately upon retirement. The modifications apply to both previously granted awards and awards to be granted in the future. The compensation committee approved these changes to enable our executive officers to better align their long-term interests with those of our shareholders and to retain the potential value of their awards as they approach possible retirement.

The equity award agreements require our named executive officers to maintain the confidentiality of our confidential information and not to compete with us or solicit our employees or clients while employed by us or during the 12 months following the termination of their employment. In the event the named executive officer breaches these obligations, we are entitled to recover the value of

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any amounts previously paid or payable or any shares or the value of any shares delivered pursuant to any of our programs, plans or arrangements.

Upon a change in control, the Incentive Plan provides that if a named executive officer has an employment, retention, change in control or similar agreement that addresses the effect of a change in control on his or her awards, then such agreement will control. Otherwise, the Incentive Plan provides that the successor or purchaser may assume the equity awards or provide substitute awards with similar terms and conditions; provided, that, if within 12 months following the change in control the named executive officer is terminated without cause or terminates his employment for good reason, the assumed equity award or such substitute award will become fully vested and exercisable and/or all restrictions on the award will lapse as of the time immediately prior to such termination of employment. In that case, the named executive officer will have 90 days after the termination to exercise an option award unless a longer exercise period is applicable under the agreement, and the confidentiality, non-compete and non-solicit covenants in the equity award agreement will cease to apply. If the successor or purchaser does not assume the equity award or issue a replacement award, then immediately prior to the change in control, each equity award subject to the agreements will become fully vested and exercisable and/or all restrictions on the award will lapse.

Cash Incentive Awards

Our Incentive Plan provides that, upon a change in control, the successor or purchaser may assume the cash incentive awards to our named executive officers or provide substitute awards with similar terms and conditions. If the successor or purchaser in the change in control does not assume the cash incentive award or issue a replacement award, then any award earned but not yet paid will be paid to the named executive officer. If the cash incentive award is not yet earned, then the award will be canceled in exchange for a cash payment equal to the product of the amount that would have been due under the canceled award as if the performance goals measured at the time of the change in control were achieved at the same rate

through the end of the performance period and a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of whole months that have elapsed from the beginning of the performance period to the date of the change in control and the denominator of which is the number of whole months in the performance period.

Estimated Potential Payments

In the tables below, we estimate the maximum amount of compensation payable to each of our named executive officers based on their agreements in effect at, and assuming that the triggering event or events indicated occurred on, December 31, 2012.2015. Mr. Hirsch served as our Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary until March 14, 2016 and is expected to retire from our company later this year. Mr. Hirsch does not have an employment agreement with the company and will remain a party to a KEESA until his cessation of service with the company. The amounts shown in the tables below rely on the following assumptions:

 

The amount shown in the table with respect to stock options is equal to the difference between the exercise price of the unvested options which would experience accelerated vesting and $79.03,$91.46, the closing price of our common stock on the last trading day of the calendar year.

 

The amount shown in the table with respect to restricted stock units is equal to the closing price of our common stock on the last trading day of the calendar year times the number of unvested restricted stock units which would experience accelerated vesting.

 

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The prorated bonus amounts reflect the named executive officer’s target cash incentive award for 20122015 because we assume that the triggering event or events indicated occurred on December 31, 2012.

2015.

 

The amount shown in the “Retirement (Equity Award Agreements)” column assumes that the named executive officer who was retirement-eligible at December 31, 2015 fulfills all retirement qualifications and complies with all ongoing obligations so that all unvested equity awards held by him as of December 31, 2015 continue to vest on their original vesting schedule as if the executive officer had not ceased to be an employee.

The amount shown for “Post-Employment Benefits” on a termination without cause or resignation for good reason following a change in control is the value of three years of continued benefits for the named executive officer and his immediate family, including medical, dental and life insurance. The amount shown for “COBRA Reimbursement” is, in the case of Mr. Yabuki, the value of two years of continued medical and dental coverage for Mr. Yabuki and his immediate family; and, in the case of Mr. Gupta, the value of one year of such benefits. The value of the benefits is based on a number of assumptions, including the continued availability of these types of coverage at expected rates. Accordingly, the amount shown is only an estimate, and the actual amount payable by us may be greater or less than the amount shown.

 

In accordance with the terms of the KEESAs, the amount shown for outplacement services is 10% of the executive officers’ respective base salaries for 2012.

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The executive officers’ KEESAs provide that the named executive officers are entitled to receive reimbursement for certain fees and expenses, up to $15,000, paid to consultants and legal or accounting advisors in connection with the computation of benefits under the KEESAs. Accordingly, $15,000 is shown for advisor fees for each named executive officer.

 

    reason following a change in control is the value of three years of continued benefits for the named executive officer and his immediate family, including medical, dental and life insurance. The amount shown for “COBRA Reimbursement” in the case of Mr. Yabuki is the value of two years of continued medical and dental coverage for Mr. Yabuki and his immediate family. The value of the benefits is based on a number of assumptions, including the continued availability of these types of coverage at expected rates. Accordingly, the amount shown is only an estimate, and the actual amount payable by us may be greater or less than the amount shown.

•   In accordance with the terms of the KEESAs, the amount shown for outplacement services is 10% of the executive officers’ respective base salaries for 2015.

•   The executive officers’ KEESAs provide that the named executive officers are entitled to receive reimbursement for certain fees and expenses, up to $15,000, paid to consultants and legal or accounting advisors in connection with the computation of benefits under the KEESAs. Accordingly, $15,000 is shown for advisor fees for each named executive officer.

•   In certain circumstances, our named executive officers could elect to have payments reduced to eliminate potential excise taxes; however, for purposes of the tables below, we have assumed that no such election has been made.

In certain circumstances, our named executive officers could elect to have payments reduced to eliminate potential excise taxes; however, for purposes of the tables below, we have assumed that no such election has been made.

Potential Payments on a Change in Control without Termination of Employment; Acceleration of Vesting

 

Name Number of Option Shares
Vested on Accelerated  Basis (#)
  Number of Restricted Units
Vested on  Accelerated Basis (#)
     Value Realized    Number of Option Shares
Vested on Accelerated Basis (#)        

 

    Number of Restricted Stock Units
Vested on Accelerated Basis (#)        

 

    Value Realized ($)            

 

 

J. Yabuki

  295,210    69,314      $11,069,885     490,952     75,471     21,216,333  

   

 

    

 

    

 

 

T. Hirsch

  66,425    19,106      $2,755,985     73,769     39,035     5,662,751  

   

 

    

 

    

 

 

M. Ernst

  93,898    4,980      $1,966,287     148,391     9,104     4,850,206  

J. Cox

  32,635    6,066      $1,065,418  

R. Gupta

  20,294    14,574      $1,491,595  

   

 

    

 

    

 

 

K. Gregoire

   21,431     27,241     3,003,470  

   

 

    

 

    

 

 

B. Vielehr

   129,069     36,402     6,809,138  

   

 

    

 

    

 

 

 

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Potential Payment on a Termination of Employment

Mr. Yabuki

 

Benefits and Payments Death or Disability
(Employment  Agreement)
  Resignation For Good
Reason or Termination
Without Cause
(Employment Agreement)
  

Resignation For Good

Reason or
Termination Without
Cause Following
Change in Control
(KEESA)

    Death or Disability
(Employment
Agreement)

 

    Retirement
(Equity Award
Agreements)

 

    Resignation For Good Reason
or Termination Without Cause
(Employment Agreement)

 

    Resignation For Good
Reason or Termination
Without Cause
Following Change in
Control (KEESA)

 

 

Compensation:

                  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Base Salary

  —     $3,780,000   $1,680,000                 $3,780,000     $1,680,000  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Cash Incentive Award

  —      —      2,524,200                        3,325,760  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Prorated Bonus

 $1,260,000    1,260,000    1,260,000     $1,260,000            1,260,000      1,260,000  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Stock Options:

                  

Unvested and Accelerated

  5,592,000    5,592,000    5,592,000  

Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units:

      

Unvested and Accelerated

  5,477,885    5,477,885    5,477,885  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Unvested

    14,313,755     $14,313,755      14,313,755      14,313,755  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Restricted Stock Units:

            

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Unvested

    6,902,578      6,902,578      6,902,578      6,902,578  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Benefits:

                  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

COBRA Reimbursement

  —      30,033    —                    12,417        

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Post-Employment Benefits

  —      —      105,291                        99,441  

Excise Tax Gross-Up

  —      —      —    

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Outplacement Services

  —      —      84,000                        84,000  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Advisor Fees

  —      —      15,000                        15,000  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Total

 $12,329,885   $16,139,918   $16,738,376     $22,476,333     $21,216,333     $26,268,750     $27,680,534  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Mr. Hirsch

 

Benefits and Payments 

Death or Disability Prior
to Change in Control

(Equity Award Agreements)

  Death or Disability
Following
Change in Control
(KEESA)
  Resignation For Good
Reason or
Termination Without
Cause Following
Change in Control
(KEESA)
    Death or Disability
Prior to Change
in Control
(Equity Award
Agreements)

 

    Retirement
(Equity Award
Agreements)

 

    Death or Disability
Following Change in
Control (KEESA)

 

    Resignation For Good
Reason or Termination
Without Cause
Following Change in
Control (KEESA)

 

 

Compensation:

                  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Base Salary

  —      —     $950,000                       $1,000,000  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Cash Incentive Award

  —      —      865,400                        1,288,000  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Prorated Bonus

  —     $427,500    427,500                 $550,000      550,000  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Stock Options:

                  

Unvested and Accelerated

 $1,246,038    1,246,038    1,246,038  

Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units:

      

Unvested and Accelerated

  195,935    1,509,947    1,509,947  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Unvested

   $2,092,610     $2,092,610      2,092,610      2,092,610  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Restricted Stock Units:

            

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Unvested

    646,805      3,570,141      3,570,141      3,570,141  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Benefits:

                  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Post-Employment Benefits

  —      —      96,757                        120,182  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Outplacement Services

  —      —      47,500                        50,000  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Advisor Fees

  —      —      15,000                        15,000  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

Total

 $1,441,973   $3,183,485   $5,158,142     $2,739,415     $5,662,751     $6,212,751     $8,685,933  

   

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

532016 Proxy Statement


Potential Payment on a Termination of Employment

Mr. Ernst

Benefits and Payments

 

    Death or Disability
Prior to Change
in Control
(Equity Award
Agreements)

 

     Resignation For Good Reason
or Termination Without Cause
(Employment Agreement)

 

     Death or Disability
Following Change in
Control (KEESA)

 

     Resignation For Good
Reason or Termination
Without Cause
Following Change in
Control (KEESA)

 

 

Compensation:

            

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Base Salary

         $1,080,000           $1,200,000  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Cash Incentive Award

                      1,772,582  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Prorated Bonus

               $810,000      810,000  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Stock Options:

            

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

    Unvested

   $4,017,554            4,017,554      4,017,554  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Restricted Stock Units:

            

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

    Unvested

    208,163            832,652      832,652  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Benefits:

            

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Post-Employment Benefits

                      105,070  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Outplacement Services

                      60,000  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Advisor Fees

                      15,000  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $4,225,717     $1,080,000     $5,660,206     $8,812,858  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Mr. Gregoire

Benefits and Payments

 

    Death or Disability
Prior to Change
in Control
(Equity Award
Agreements)

 

     Resignation for Good Reason
or Termination Without Cause
(Employment Agreement)

 

     Death or Disability
Following Change in
Control (KEESA)

 

     Resignation For Good
Reason or Termination
Without Cause
Following Change in
Control (KEESA)

 

 

Compensation:

            

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Base Salary

         $900,000           $900,000  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Cash Incentive Award

                      996,120  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Prorated Bonus

               $450,000      450,000  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Stock Options:

            

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

    Unvested

   $512,008            512,008      512,008  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Restricted Stock Units:

            

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

    Unvested

    921,117            2,491,462      2,491,462  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Benefits:

            

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Post-Employment Benefits

                      91,225  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Outplacement Services

                      45,000  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Advisor Fees

                      15,000  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $1,433,125     $900,000     $3,453,470     $5,500,815  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

542016 Proxy Statement


Potential Payment on a Termination of Employment

Mr. Vielehr

Benefits and Payments

 

    Death or Disability
Prior to Change
in Control
(Equity Award
Agreements)

 

     Termination Without Cause
(Employment Agreement)

 

     Death or Disability
Following Change in
Control (KEESA)

 

     Resignation For Good
Reason or Termination
Without Cause
Following Change in
Control (KEESA)

 

 

Compensation:

            

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Base Salary

         $470,000           $940,000  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Cash Incentive Award

                      1,291,800  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Prorated Bonus

               $517,000      517,000  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Stock Options:

            

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

    Unvested

   $3,479,811      711,288      3,479,811      3,479,811  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Restricted Stock Units:

            

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

    Unvested

    1,664,663      1,664,663      3,329,327      3,329,327  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Benefits:

            

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Post-Employment Benefits

                      133,165  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Outplacement Services

                      47,000  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Advisor Fees

                      15,000  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $5,144,474     $2,845,951     $7,326,138     $9,753,103  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

552016 Proxy Statement


Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16 of the Exchange Act requires our directors and executive officers and persons who own more than ten percent of a registered class of our equity securities to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of our common stock and other equity securities. These Section 16 reporting persons are required by Securities and Exchange Commission regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16 forms they file. To our knowledge, based solely on a review of the copies of such reports furnished to us and written representations from Section 16 reporting persons, we believe that, during our fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, all Section 16 reporting persons complied with all applicable filing requirements.

 

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562016 Proxy Statement


Mr. Ernst     Proposal 3. Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered

     

Benefits and Payments Death or Disability Prior
to Change in Control
(Equity Award Agreements)
  

Resignation For Good
Reason or Termination
Without Cause

(Employment Agreement)

  

Death or Disability
Following

Change in Control
(KEESA)

  Resignation For Good
Reason or
Termination Without
Cause Following
Change in Control
(KEESA)
 

Compensation:

                

Base Salary

  —     $1,035,000    —     $1,150,000  

Cash Incentive Award

  —      —      —      865,536  

Prorated Bonus

  —      —     $718,750    718,750  

Stock Options:

                

Unvested and Accelerated

 $1,572,718    —      1,572,718    1,572,718  

Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units:

                

Unvested and Accelerated

  —      —      393,569    393,569  

Benefits:

                

Post-Employment Benefits

  —      —      —      108,215  

Outplacement Services

  —      —      —      57,500  

Advisor Fees

  —      —      —      15,000  

Total

 $1,572,718   $1,035,000   $2,685,037   $4,881,288  

Mr. Cox

Benefits and Payments 

Death or Disability Prior
to Change in Control

(Equity Award Agreements)

  Death or Disability
Following
Change in Control
(KEESA)
  Resignation For Good
Reason or
Termination Without
Cause Following
Change in Control
(KEESA)
 

Compensation:

            

Base Salary

  —      —     $900,000  

Cash Incentive Award

  —      —      760,726  

Prorated Bonus

  —     $360,000    360,000  

Stock Options:

            

Unvested and Accelerated

 $586,022    586,022    586,022  

Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units:

            

Unvested and Accelerated

  82,033    479,396    479,396  

Benefits:

            

Post-Employment Benefits

  —      —      81,758  

Outplacement Services

  —      —      45,000  

Advisor Fees

  —      —      15,000  

Total

 $668,055   $1,425,418   $3,227,902  

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Mr. Gupta

Benefits and Payments Death or Disability Prior
to Change in Control
(Equity Award Agreements)
  

Breach of Employment
Agreement or
Termination

Without Cause
(Employment Agreement)

  Death or Disability
Following
Change in  Control
(KEESA)
  Resignation For Good
Reason or
Termination Without
Cause Following
Change in Control
(KEESA)
 

Compensation:

                

Base Salary

  —     $420,000    —     $840,000  

Cash Incentive Award

  —      —      —      650,320  

Prorated Bonus

  —      —     $462,000    462,000  

Stock Options:

                

Unvested and Accelerated

 $339,812    178,358    339,812    339,812  

Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units:

                

Unvested and Accelerated

  204,727    202,870    1,151,783    1,151,783  

Benefits:

                

COBRA Reimbursement

  —      15,017    —      —    

Post-Employment Benefits

  —      —      —      108,540  

Outplacement Services

  —      —      —      42,000  

Advisor Fees

  —      —      —      15,000  

Total

 $544,539   $816,245   $1,953,595   $3,609,455  

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COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS

Objectives for Director Compensation

Quality non-employee directors are critical to our success. We believe that the two primary duties of non-employee directors are to effectively represent the long-term interests of our shareholders and to provide guidance to management. As such, our compensation program for non-employee directors is designed to meet several key objectives:Public Accounting Firm

 

Adequately compensate directors for their responsibilities and time commitments and for the personal liabilities and risks that they face as directors of a public company;

Attract the highest caliber non-employee directors by offering a compensation program consistent with those at companies of similar size, complexity and business character;

Align the interests of directors with our shareholders by providing a significant portion of compensation in equity and requiring directors to own our stock;

Provide compensation that is simple and transparent to shareholders and reflects corporate governance best practices; and

Where possible, provide flexibility in form and timing of payments.

Elements of Director CompensationBackground

The compensationaudit committee of the board of directors reviews non-employee directoris directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, every otherretention and oversight of our independent registered public accounting firm. The audit committee has appointed Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016. Deloitte has served as our independent public accounting firm since 1986. The audit committee, from time to time, evaluates the performance and considersindependence of Deloitte to determine whether we should continue to retain the firm. To this end, at least annually, Deloitte makes a presentation to the committee regarding the services it provides, and our chief financial performance, general market conditionsofficer provides the committee with his assessment of the firm’s performance. The audit committee is responsible for the audit fee negotiations associated with the retention of Deloitte. In addition, in conjunction with the mandated rotation of Deloitte’s lead engagement partner, the audit committee and non-employee director compensation atits chairman actively participate in the peer group companies set forth above under “Compensation Discussionselection of a successor lead engagement partner. The members of the audit committee and Analysis – Structuring Compensation – Peer Group.” Wethe board believe that the following componentscontinued retention of Deloitte to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm is in the best interests of the company and its shareholders.

A representative of Deloitte is expected to be present at the annual meeting, will have an opportunity to make a statement if he or she so desires, and will be available to respond to appropriate questions.

Reason for the Proposal

Appointment of our director compensation program supportindependent registered public accounting firm is not required to be submitted for shareholder approval, but the objectives above:audit committee of our board of directors is seeking ratification of its appointment of Deloitte as a matter of good corporate practice. If our shareholders do not ratify this appointment, the audit committee of the board of directors will consider it a direction to seek to retain another independent public accounting firm. Even if the appointment is ratified, the audit committee may, in its discretion, appoint a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time if it determines that such a change would be in our shareholders’ best interests.

Vote Required and Recommendation of the Board of Directors

To ratify the appointment of Deloitte as our independent registered public accounting firm, the number of votes cast “for” the proposal must exceed the number of votes cast “against” the proposal. Unless otherwise specified, the proxies solicited hereby will be voted to ratify the appointment of Deloitte as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2016.

The board of directors recommends that you vote in favor of Proposal 3.

572016 Proxy Statement


Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and Fees

The following table presents the aggregate fees billed by Deloitte & Touche LLP, the member firms of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, and their respective affiliates (the “Deloitte Entities”) for services provided during 2014 and 2015.

     2014

 

     2015

 

 

Audit Fees

   $2,491,000     $2,818,000  

Audit-Related Fees

    3,352,000      3,413,000  

Tax Fees

    634,000      699,000  

All Other Fees

    75,000      247,000  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

  Total

   $6,552,000     $7,177,000  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Audit Fees. Audit fees are for professional services rendered by the Deloitte Entities in connection with the integrated audit of our annual consolidated financial statements, the review of financial statements included in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, other statutory audits and other regulatory filings.

Audit-Related Fees. Audit-related fees are for professional services rendered by the Deloitte Entities for service auditor reports.

Tax Fees. Tax fees are for tax consultations and tax return preparation and compliance.

All Other Fees. All other fees are for consulting and training services.

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy

The audit committee has established pre-approval policies and procedures that require audit committee approval of all audit and permitted non-audit services to be provided by its independent registered public accounting firm. In some cases, the audit committee pre-approves particular services, subject to certain monetary limits, after the audit committee is presented with a schedule describing the services to be approved. The audit committee’s pre-approval policies do not permit the delegation of the audit committee’s responsibilities to management. In 2015, the audit committee pre-approved all services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm.

Audit Committee Report

In accordance with its written charter, the audit committee provides independent review and oversight of the accounting and financial reporting processes and financial statements of Fiserv, Inc., the system of internal controls that management and the board of directors have established, the audit process and the results of operations of Fiserv, Inc. and its financial condition. Management has the responsibility for preparing the company’s financial statements and Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”), the company’s independent registered public accounting firm, has the responsibility for examining those statements.

The audit committee has reviewed and discussed with management and Deloitte the audited financial statements of Fiserv, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015. The audit committee has also discussed with Deloitte the matters required to be discussed by the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The audit committee has received the written disclosures and letter from Deloitte required by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent registered public accounting firm’s communications with the audit committee concerning independence and has discussed with Deloitte its independence. The audit committee has pre-approved all services provided and fees charged by the independent registered public accounting firm to Fiserv, Inc. and has concluded that such services are compatible with Deloitte’s independence.

The audit committee also discussed with management, the internal auditors and Deloitte the quality and adequacy of the internal controls and internal audit organization, responsibilities, budget and staffing of Fiserv, Inc. The audit committee reviewed with both Deloitte and the internal auditors their respective audit plans, audit scope and identification of audit risks. Based on the above-mentioned reviews and discussions, the audit committee recommended to the board of directors that the audited financial statements of Fiserv, Inc. be included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Thomas C. Wertheimer, Chairman

Alison Davis

Christopher M. Flink

Denis J. O’Leary

JD Sherman

582016 Proxy Statement


     Proposal 4. Shareholder Proposal

 

We provide cash compensation through retainers for boardThe following proposal was submitted by an individual shareholder and committee service, as well as separate retainers towill be voted on at the chairpersons of our board committees. We do not provide board and committee meeting fees. Compensation in this manner simplifies the administration of our program and creates greater equality in rewarding service on committees of the board. The committee and committee chair retainers compensate directors for the additional responsibilities and time commitments involved with those positions.

To compensate the Chairman for his involvement in board and committee matters, he receives an annual cash retainer of $100,000. The Chairman also receives equity grants in the same manner as the other non-employee directors.

Non-employee directors receive grants of stock options and restricted stock units which vest 100% on the earlier of (i) the first anniversary of the grant date or (ii) immediately prior to the first annual meeting if it is properly presented.The board of shareholders followingdirectors recommends you vote AGAINST the grant date.

Our stock ownership guidelines require non-employee directorsproposal because Fiserv has already implemented proxy access and asks you to own sharesread its Statement in Opposition which follows the proposal.The shareholder’s name, address and number of our common stock having a total value equal to six times the annual retainer amount, an increase from five times previously.

In order to provide greater flexibility in managing their compensation, we maintain a non-employee director deferred compensation plan. This plan allows directors to defer all or a part of their cash

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retainers until their service on the board ends. Funds in deferred accounts are invested in hypothetical shares of our common stock. We denominate these deferred payments in shares of our common stock to promote alignment between director compensation and the interest of our shareholders.

Non-employee directors may also defer receipt of the restricted stock units granted to them annually. Restricted stock units are hypothetical shares of our common stock that are settled in shares of common stock held may be obtained upon written request therefor made to our corporate Secretary. The proposal has been included exactly as we received it in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Proposal 4 - Shareholder Proxy Access

RESOLVED: Shareholders ask our board of directors to adopt, and present for shareholder approval, a “proxy access” bylaw as follows:

Require the Company to include in proxy materials prepared for a shareholder meeting at which directors are to be elected the name, Disclosure and Statement (as defined herein) of any person nominated for election to the board by a shareholder or an unrestricted number of shareholders forming a group (the “Nominator”) that meets the criteria established below.

Allow shareholders to vote on such nominee on the Company’s proxy card.

The number of shareholder-nominated candidates appearing in proxy materials should not exceed one quarter of the directors then serving or two, whichever is greater. This bylaw should supplement existing rights under Company bylaws, providing that a Nominator must:

a) have beneficially owned 3% or more of the Company’s outstanding common stock, including recallable loaned stock, continuously for at least three years before submitting the nomination;

b) give the Company, within the time period identified in its bylaws, written notice of the information required by the bylaws and any Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules about (i) the nominee, including consent to being named in proxy materials and to serving as director if elected; and (ii) the Nominator, including proof it owns the required shares (the “Disclosure”); and

c) certify that (i) it will assume liability stemming from any legal or regulatory violation arising out of the Nominator’s communications with the Company shareholders, including the Disclosure and Statement; (ii) it will comply with all applicable laws and regulations if it uses soliciting material other than the Company’s proxy materials; and (iii) to the best of its knowledge, the required shares were acquired in the ordinary course of business, not to change or influence control at the Company.

The Nominator may submit with the Disclosure a statement not exceeding 500 words in support of the nominee (the “Statement”). The Board should adopt procedures for promptly resolving disputes over whether notice of a nomination was timely, whether the Disclosure and Statement satisfy the bylaw and applicable federal regulations, and the priority given to multiple nominations exceeding the one-quarter limit. No additional restrictions that do not apply to other board nominees should be placed on these nominations or re-nominations.

The Security and Exchange Commission’s universal proxy access Rule 14a-11 was unfortunately vacated by 2011 a court decision. Therefore, proxy access rights must be established on a one-for-one basis upon vesting, subjectcompany-by-company basis.

Subsequently,Proxy Access in the United States: Revisiting the Proposed SEC Rule), a cost-benefit analysis by the CFA Institute (Chartered Financial Analyst), found proxy access would “benefit both the markets and corporate boardrooms, with little cost or disruption,” raising US market capitalization by up to any deferral elections. Directors may defer receipt of shares issuable pursuant$140 billion.

Please vote to the restricted stock units until their service on the board ends.enhance shareholder value:

Our non-employee director compensation program is summarized below:Shareholder Proxy Access – Proposal 4

 

Element of Compensation     

Board Retainer

  $60,000  
  

Chairman’s Retainer(1)

   100,000  
  

Committee Retainer

   

Audit

   12,000  

Compensation

   10,000  

Nominating and Corporate Governance

   10,000  
  

Committee Chair Retainer

   

Audit

   7,500  

Compensation

   7,500  

Nominating and Corporate Governance

   7,500  
  

Equity Awards(2)

   

Stock Options

   60,000  

Restricted Stock Units

   60,000  

 

(1)The Chairman’s retainer includes, and is not in addition to, the standard board retainer.
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(2)Upon being elected or continuing as a director at our annual meeting of shareholders, each non-employee director receives stock options and restricted stock units each having approximately $60,000 in value.

2012 Director Compensation

Name

  Fees Earned or
Paid in Cash ($)(1)
   Stock
Awards  ($)(2)
   Option
Awards  ($)(2)
   Total ($) 

Donald F. Dillon(3)

   100,000     60,030     60,027     220,057  

Christopher M. Flink(4)

   6,467     28,951     28,954     64,372  

Daniel P. Kearney(5)

   82,000     60,030     60,027     202,057  

Peter J. Kight(6)

   23,736     —       —       23,736  

Dennis F. Lynch(7)

   33,478     52,330     52,289     138,097  

Denis J. O’Leary(8)

   82,000     60,030     60,027     202,057  

Glenn M. Renwick(9)

   77,500     60,030     60,027     197,557  

Kim M. Robak(10)

   87,500     60,030     60,027     207,557  

Doyle R. Simons(11)

   70,000     60,030     60,027     190,057  

Thomas C. Wertheimer(12)

   79,500     60,030     60,027     199,557  

(1)This column includes the following amounts deferred under our non-employee director deferred compensation plan, a non-qualified defined contribution plan: Mr. O’Leary ($82,000); Mr. Renwick ($77,500); Ms. Robak ($43,750); and Mr. Simons ($70,000).

(2)

We granted each non-employee director, other than Messrs. Flink, Kight and Lynch, a number of restricted stock units determined by dividing $60,000 by $66.70, the closing price of our common stock on May 23,

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2012, the date of the grant. We granted each of Messrs. Flink and Lynch a pro rata number of restricted stock units based on the number of days between the date of election of each of Messrs. Flink and Lynch and the date of our next annual meeting of shareholders. Accordingly, each non-employee director, other than Messrs. Flink, Kight and Lynch, received 900 restricted stock units, Mr. Flink received 383 restricted stock units and Mr. Lynch received 726 restricted stock units. The restricted stock units vest 100% on the earlier of the first anniversary of the grant date or immediately prior to the first annual meeting of shareholders following the grant date.

Fiserv’s Statement in Opposition

The board of directors has carefully considered this proposal and recommends that you vote AGAINST it. As we discuss below, we have already implemented proxy access for director nominations by our shareholders. Accordingly, our board believes no further action is needed and that the form of proxy access that the shareholder proposal seeks is not in the best interests of our company or our shareholders.

On February 19, 2016, our board of directors adopted proxy access for the benefit of all shareholders.

Consistent with the desire of our board of directors to adopt changes to our governance structure when it is in the best interests of our shareholders and the company, our board considered various potential formulations of shareholder proxy access, including the types of provisions that the shareholder proposal advocates. We granted each non-employee director, other than Messrs. Flink, Kight and Lynch,also engaged with a number of stock options determined by dividing $60,000 by a binomial valuationour shareholders on the subject of an optionproxy access and they provided valuable feedback, including regarding what terms they view as appropriate for our company. Accordingly, on February 19, 2016, our board of one sharedirectors amended our by-laws to implement proxy access in the form that it believes is most appropriate for our company and our shareholders and is consistent with current market practices.

Under our proxy access by-law provision:

any shareholder or group of up to 20 shareholders that

beneficially owns at least 3% of our outstanding common stock on May 23, 2012,

continuously for 3 years

may nominate up to the grant date. We granted eachgreater of Messrs. Flinktwo individuals or 20% of the board of directors

for election to the board and Lynch a pro rata numberrequire us to include such nominees in our proxy materials. For purposes of stock options based oncounting the number of days between the dateshareholders in a group, a group of election of each of Messrs. Flinkfunds under common management and Lynch and the date of our next annual meeting of shareholders. Accordingly, we granted an option to purchase 2,726 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $66.70 to each non-employee director, other than Messrs. Flink, Kight and Lynch, an option to purchase 1,160 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $75.59 to Mr. Flink and an option to purchase 2,197 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $72.08 to Mr. Lynch. The options vest 100% on the earlierinvestment control is treated as one shareholder.

A copy of the first anniversary of the grant date or immediately priorby-laws, as amended, was attached as an exhibit to the first annual meeting of shareholders following the grant date.

The dollar amount shown in the table is the grant date fair value of the award. Information about the assumptions that we used to determine the fair value of equity awards is set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 19, 2016.

Our board has a strong record of being responsive to shareholder concerns. We regularly engage with and solicit the views of our shareholders on governance matters and will continue to do so. For these reasons, our board of directors believes that our company’s current shareholder proxy access right is in Note 7the best interests of our shareholders and that the approach in the shareholder proposal is not appropriate for our company.

Vote Required and Recommendation of the Board of Directors

The number of votes cast “for” the proposal must exceed the number of votes cast “against” the proposal for it to our Consolidated Financial Statements forgain approval. Unless otherwise specified, the year ended December 31, 2012.proxies solicited hereby will be voted against the shareholder proposal.

The board of directors recommends that you vote AGAINST Proposal 4.

 

(3)As of December 31, 2012, Mr. Dillon held 25,556 options to purchase shares of our common stock, 22,830 of which were vested, and 900 restricted stock units.
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(4)As of December 31, 2012, Mr. Flink held 1,160 options to purchase shares of our common stock, of which none were vested, and 383 restricted stock units.

(5)As of December 31, 2012, Mr. Kearney held 21,262 options to purchase shares of our common stock, 18,536 of which were vested, 900 restricted stock units, and 6,724 shares eligible or issuance pursuant to the non-employee director deferred compensation plan.

(6)Mr. Kight retired from the board when his term expired at the 2012 annual meeting and, accordingly, we granted no restricted stock units or stock options to Mr. Kight in 2012. All unvested equity awards were cancelled at that time.

(7)As of December 31, 2012, Mr. Lynch held 2,197 options to purchase shares of our common stock, none of which were vested, and 726 restricted stock units.

(8)As of December 31, 2012, Mr. O’Leary held 16,911 options to purchase shares of our common stock, 14,185 of which were vested, 900 restricted stock units, and 5,673 shares eligible for issuance pursuant to the non-employee director deferred compensation plan.

(9)As of December 31, 2012, Mr. Renwick held 27,326 options to purchase shares of our common stock, 24,600 of which were vested, 900 restricted stock units, and 7,413 shares eligible for issuance pursuant to the non-employee director deferred compensation plan.

(10)As of December 31, 2012, Ms. Robak held 35,831 options to purchase shares of our common stock, 33,105 of which were vested, 900 restricted stock units, and 2,474 shares eligible for issuance pursuant to the non-employee director deferred compensation plan.
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(11)
As of December 31, 2012, Mr. Simons held 17,754 options to purchase shares of our common stock, 15,028 of which were vested, 900 restricted stock units, and 6,696 shares eligible for issuance pursuant to the non-employee director deferred compensation plan.

(12)As of December 31, 2012, Mr. Wertheimer held 32,859 options to purchase shares of our common stock, 30,133 of which were vested, and 900 restricted stock units.

Non-Employee Director Deferred Compensation Plan

Under our non-employee director deferred compensation plan, each non-employee director may defer up to 100% of his or her cash fees. Based on his or her deferral election, the director is credited with a number of share units at the time he or she would have otherwise received the portion of the fees being deferred. Share units are equivalent to shares of our common stock except that share units have no voting rights. Upon cessation of service on the board, the director receives a share of our common stock for each share unit. Shares are received in a lump sum distribution, and any fractional share units are paid in cash. Share units credited to a director’s account are considered awards granted under the Incentive Plan and count against that plan’s share reserve.

Share Ownership Requirements

Under our share ownership policy, non-employee directors are required to accumulate and hold our common stock having a market value equal to at least six times the amount of the annual board retainer. Non-employee directors have five years after they become subject to the guidelines to meet the ownership requirements provided that interim ownership milestones are achieved during the five year period.

OTHER MATTERS

Shareholder Proposals for the 2014

2017 Annual Meeting

Any proposal that a shareholder desires to include in our proxy materials for our 20142017 annual meeting of shareholders pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act (“Rule 14a-8”) must be delivered to the following address no later than December 13, 2013:6, 2016 to the following address: 255 Fiserv Drive, Brookfield, Wisconsin 53045, Attention: Charles W. Sprague, Executive Vice President, General CounselLynn S. McCreary, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary.

We recently amended our by-laws to include a proxy access provision. Under our by-laws, shareholders who meet the requirements set forth in our by-laws may under certain circumstances include a specified number of director nominees in our proxy materials. Among other matters, a shareholder must give written notice to our corporate Secretary not less than 120 days and not more than 150 days prior to the first anniversary of the date on which we first made available our proxy materials for the 2016 annual meeting. Because we commenced mailing our proxy statement for the 2016 annual meeting on April 5, 2016, we must receive notice of a shareholder’s director nomination for the 2017 annual meeting pursuant to the proxy access by-law provision no sooner than November 6, 2016 and no later than December 6, 2016. If the notice is received outside of that time frame, then we are not required to include the nominees in our proxy materials for the 2017 annual meeting.

A shareholder who intends to present business, other than a shareholder’sshareholder proposal pursuant to Rule 14a-8, or to nominate a director, other than pursuant to our proxy access by-law provision, at the 20142017 annual meeting must comply with the requirements set forth in our by-laws. Among other matters, a shareholder must give written notice to our corporate Secretary not less than 45 days and not more than 70 days prior to the first anniversary of the date on which we first mailed our proxy materials for the 20132016 annual meeting. Because we anticipatecommenced mailing our proxy statement for the 20132016 annual meeting on April 12, 2013,5, 2016, we must receive notice of a shareholder’s intent to present business, other than pursuant to Rule 14a-8, or to nominate a director, other than pursuant to our proxy access by-law provision, at the 20142017 annual meeting no sooner than February 1, 2014,January 25, 2017, and no

later than February 26, 2014.

19, 2017. If the notice is received after February 26, 2014,outside of that time frame, then we are not required to permit the business or the nomination to be presented at the 20142017 annual meeting of shareholders because the notice will be considered untimely.meeting. Nevertheless, if our board of directors permits a matter of business submitted after February 26, 201419, 2017 to be presented at the 20142017 annual meeting, then the persons named in proxies solicited by the board of directors for the 20142017 annual meeting may exercise discretionary voting power with respect to such proposal.

Proxy Statement and Annual Report Delivery

Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for 20122015 will be made available or mailed to each shareholder on or about April 12, 2013. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2012, which we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,5, 2016. We will be furnishedfurnish such report, without charge, to any person requesting a copy thereof in writing and stating such person is a beneficial holder of shares

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of our common stock on the record date for the 20132016 annual meeting. Requests and inquiries should be sent to our corporate Secretary, Charles W. Sprague,Lynn S. McCreary, at the address below.

Proxy Materials

As permitted by rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, services that deliver our communications to shareholders who hold their stock through a bank, broker or other holder of record may deliver a single copy of our Annual Report to shareholdersNotice, annual report and proxy statement to multiple shareholders sharing the same address. Upon written or oral request, we will promptly deliver a separate copy of our Notice, annual report and/or proxy statement to any shareholder at a shared address to which a single copy of each document was delivered. Shareholders sharing an address who are currently receiving multiple copies of the Notice, annual report to shareholders and/or proxy statement may also request delivery of a single copy. Shareholders may make a request by writing to Charles W. Sprague, Executive Vice President, General CounselLynn S. McCreary, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Fiserv, Inc., 255 Fiserv Drive, Brookfield, Wisconsin 53045 or by calling him at (262) 879-5000.53045.

By Order of the Board of Directors

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Charles W. Sprague,Lynn S. McCreary, Secretary

Brookfield, Wisconsin

April 12, 2013

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Annex     Appendix A

FISERV, INC.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

2007 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

1.Purpose and Effective Date.

(a)Purpose. The Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan has two complementary purposes: (i) to attract and retain outstanding individuals to serve as officers, directors, employees and consultants; and (ii) to increase shareholder value. The Plan will provide participants incentives to increase shareholder value by offering the opportunity to acquire shares of the Company’s common stock, receive monetary payments based on the value of such common stock, or receive other incentive compensation, on the potentially favorable terms that this Plan provides.

(b)Effective Date. This Plan will become effective, and Awards may be granted under this Plan, on and after the date that the Plan is approved by the Company’s shareholders (the “Effective Date”). If the Company’s shareholders approve this Plan, then the Fiserv, Inc. Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan will terminate on the Effective Date and the Fiserv, Inc. Executive Incentive Compensation Plan will terminate on December 31, 2007, and no new awards may be granted under such plans after their respective termination dates; provided that each such plan shall continue to govern awards outstanding as of the date of such plan’s termination and such awards shall continue in force and effect until terminated pursuant to their terms.

2.Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Plan have the following meanings:

(a) “Administrator” means the Committee with respect to employee Participants and the Board with respect to Director Participants.

(b) “Affiliate” and “Associate” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining those individuals to whom an Option or Stock Appreciation Right may be granted, the term “Affiliate” means any entity that, directly or through one or more intermediaries, is controlled by, controls, or is under common control with the Company within the meaning of Code Sections 414(b) or (c); provided that, in applying such provisions, the phrase “at least 20 percent” shall be used in place of “at least 80 percent” each place it appears therein.

(c) “Award” means a grant of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Shares, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Dividend Equivalent Units, an Annual Incentive Award, a Long-Term Incentive Award, or any other type of award permitted under the Plan.

(d) “Beneficial Owner” means a Person who owns any securities

(i) which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, (A) securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase, or (B) securities issuable upon exercise of preferred stock purchase rights issued pursuant to the terms of the Company’s Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated as of February 24, 1998, as amended from time to time, or any successor to such Rights Agreement, or any similar stock purchase rights that the Company may authorize and issue in the future, at any time before the issuance of such securities; or

(ii) which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates, directly or indirectly, has the right to vote or dispose of or has “beneficial ownership” of (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), including pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, any security under this clause (ii) as

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a result of an agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such security if the agreement, arrangement or understanding: (A) arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given to such Person in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, andreports its financial results in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations under the Act and (B) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report); or

(iii) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person with which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has had any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except pursuant to a revocable proxy as described in clause (ii) above) or disposing of any voting securities of the Company.

(e) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

(f) “Cause” means, except as otherwise determined by the Administrator and set forth in an Award agreement: (i) if a Participant is subject to an employment, retention or similar agreement with the Company or an Affiliate that includes a definition of “Cause,” such definition; and (ii) for all other Participants, (A) conviction of a felony or a plea of no contest to a felony, (B) willful misconduct that is materially and demonstrably detrimental to the Company or an Affiliate, (C) willful refusal to perform duties consistent with a Participant’s office, position or status with the Company or an Affiliate (other than as a result of physical or mental disability) after being requested to do so by a person or body with the authority to make such request, or (D) other conduct or inaction that the Administrator determines in its discretion constitutes Cause.

(g) “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(i) any Person (other than (A) the Company or its subsidiaries, (B) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under any employee benefit plan of the Company or its subsidiaries, (C) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, (D) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stockaccounting principles generally accepted in the CompanyUnited States of America (“Excluded Persons”GAAP”) or (E) unless otherwise determined by the Board or the Committee, a Person which has acquired Stock in the ordinary course. We supplement our reporting of business for investment purposes only and not with the purpose or effect of changing or influencing the control of the Company, or in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purpose or effect (“Investment Intent”), as demonstrated by the filing by such Person of a statement on Schedule 13G (including amendments thereto) pursuant to Regulation 13D under the Exchange Act, as long as such Person continues to hold such Stock with an Investment Intent) is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Company or its Affiliates pursuant to express authorization by the Board of Directors that refers to this exception) representing 20% or more of either the then outstanding shares of Stock of the Company or the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities; or

(ii) the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors of the Company then serving: (A) individuals who, on the Effective Date, constituted the Board of Directors; and (B) any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Company) whose appointment or election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors on the Effective Date or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved (collectively the “Continuing Directors”); provided, however, that individuals who are appointed to the Board of Directors pursuant to orinformation determined in accordance with the terms of an agreement relating to a merger, consolidation, or share exchange involving the Company (or any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company) shall not be Continuing Directors for purposes of this Agreement until afterGAAP, such individuals are first nominated for election by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the then Continuing Directorsas revenue and are thereafter

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elected as directors by shareholders of the Company at a meeting of shareholders held following consummation of such merger, consolidation, or share exchange; provided further, that in the event the failure of any such persons appointed to the Board of Directors to be Continuing Directors results in a Change in Control, the subsequent qualification of such persons as Continuing Directors shall not alter the fact that a Change in Control occurred; or

(iii) a merger, consolidation or share exchange of the Company with any other corporation is consummated or voting securities of the Company are issued in connection with a merger, consolidation or share exchange of the Company (or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company) pursuant to applicable stock exchange requirements, other than (A) a merger, consolidation or share exchange which results in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or share exchange continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof) at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation or share exchange, or (B) a merger, consolidation or share exchange effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no Person (other than an Excluded Person) is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Company or its Affiliates after the Effective Date, pursuant to express authorization by the Board of Directors that refers to this exception) representing 20% or more of either the then outstanding shares of Stock or the Company or the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities; or

(iv) a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company is effected or there is a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (in one transaction or a series of related transactions within any period of 24 consecutive months), other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an entity at least 75% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by persons in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no “Change in Control of the Company” shall be deemed to have occurred if there is consummated any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the holders of the Stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to own, directly or indirectly, in the same proportions as their ownership in the Company, an entity that owns all or substantially all of the assets or voting securities of the Company immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.

If an Award is considered deferred compensation subject to the provisions of Code Section 409A, and if a payment under such Award is triggered upon a “Change of Control,” then the foregoing definition shall be deemed amended as necessary to comply with Code Section 409A, and the Administrator may include such amended definition in the Award agreement issued with respect to such Award.

(h) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any reference to a specific provision of the Code includes any successor provision and the regulations promulgated under such provision.

(i) “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board (or a successor committee with the same or similar authority).

(j) “Company” means Fiserv, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation, or any successor thereto.

(k) “Director” means a member of the Board, and “Non-Employee Director” means a Director who is not also an employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries.

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(l) “Disability” has the meaning given in Code Section 22(e)(3), except as otherwise determined by the Administrator and set forth in an Award agreement. The Administrator shall make the determination of Disability and may request such evidence of disability as it reasonably determines.

(m) “Dividend Equivalent Unit” means the right to receive a payment, in cash or Shares, equal to the cash dividends or other distributions paid with respect to a Share.

(n) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Any reference to a specific provision of the Exchange Act includes any successor provision and the regulations and rules promulgated under such provision.

(o) “Fair Market Value” means, per Share on a particular date: (i) the last sales price on such date on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, as reported on www.nasdaq.com, or if no sales of Stock occur on the date in question, on the last preceding date on which there was a sale on such market; (ii) if the Shares are not listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, but are traded on another national securities exchange or in an over-the-counter market, the last sales price (or, if there is no last sales price reported, the average of the closing bid and asked prices) for the Shares on the particular date, or on the last preceding date on which there was a sale of Shares on that exchange or market; or (iii) if the Shares are neither listed on a national securities exchange nor traded in an over-the-counter market, the price determined by the Administrator.

(p) “Incentive Award” means the right to receive a cash payment to the extent Performance Goals are achieved, and shall include “Annual Incentive Awards” as described in Section 10 and “Long-Term Incentive Awards” as described in Section 11.

(q) “Option” means the right to purchase Shares at a stated price for a specified period of time.

(r) “Participant” means an individual selected by the Administrator to receive an Award.

(s) “Performance Goals” means any goals the Administrator establishes that relate to one or more of the following with respect to the Company or any one or more of its Subsidiaries, Affiliates or other business units: net sales; cost of sales; revenue; gross income; net income; operating income; income from continuing operations; earnings (including before taxes, and/or interest and/or depreciation and amortization); earnings per share, (including dilutedwith “adjusted revenue,” “internal revenue growth” and “adjusted earnings per share); priceshare.” Management believes that adjustments for certain non-cash or other items and the exclusion of certain pass-through revenue and expenses enhance our shareholders’ ability to evaluate our core business performance because such items do not reflect how we manage our operations. Therefore, we exclude these items from GAAP revenue and earnings per share;share to calculate these non-GAAP measures. In this proxy statement, we also disclose performance goals related to cash flow; net cash provided by operating activities; net cash provided by operating activities less net cash used in investing activities;incentive awards based on adjusted earnings per share, internal revenue growth and consolidated net operating profit; ratioprofit, which is another non-GAAP financial measure. Set forth below is a description of debt to debt plus equity; return on shareholder equity; return on capital; return on assets; operating working capital; average accounts receivable; economic value added; customer satisfaction; operating margin; profit margin; sales performance; sales quota attainment; new sales; cross/integrated sales; client engagement; client acquisition; net promoter score; internal revenue growth; and client retention. As to each Performance Goal, the relevant measurement of performance shall be computedthese terms:

Adjusted earnings per share is calculated as earnings per share from continuing operations in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, if applicable; provided that,GAAP, excluding incremental costs associated with the Administrator may, at the time of establishing the Performance Goal(s), exclude the effects of (i) extraordinary, unusual and/or non-recurring items of gain or loss, (ii) gains or losses on the disposition of a business, (iii) changes in tax or accounting regulations or laws, or (iv) the effect of a merger or acquisition. In the case of Awards that the Administrator determines will not be considered “performance based compensation” under Code Section 162(m), the Administrator may establish other Performance Goals not listed in this Plan. Where applicable, the Performance Goals may be expressed, without limitation, in terms of attaining a specified levelachievement of the particular criterioncompany’s operational effectiveness objectives, merger and integration-related costs, severance costs, amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, and certain other non-operating gains and losses or the attainment of an increase or decrease (expressed as absolute numbers or a percentage) in the particular criterion or achievement in relation to a peer group or other index. The Performance Goals may include a threshold level of performance below which no payment will be made (or no vesting will occur), levels of performance at which specified payments will be paid (or specified vesting will occur), and a maximum level of performance above which no additional payment will be made (or at which full vesting will occur).

unusual items.

 

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(t) “Performance Shares” means the right to receive Shares to the extent Performance Goals are achieved.

(u) “Performance Unit” means the right to receive a payment valued in relation to a unit that has a designated dollar value or the value of which is equal to the Fair Market Value of one or more Shares, to the extent Performance Goals are achieved.

(v) “Person” has the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof.

(w) “Plan” means this Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as may be amended from time to time.

(x) “Restricted Stock” means a Share that is subject to a risk of forfeiture or restrictions on transfer, or both a risk of forfeiture and restrictions on transfer.

(y) “Restricted Stock Unit” means the right to receive a payment equal to the Fair Market Value of one Share.

(z) “Retirement” means, except as otherwise determined by the Administrator and set forth in an Award agreement, with respect to employee Participants, termination of employment from the Company and its Affiliates (for other than Cause): (i) on or after attainment of age fifty-five (55) and completion of twenty-five (25) years of service with the Company and its Affiliates; (ii) on or after attainment of age sixty-two (62) and completion of ten (10) years of service with the Company and its Affiliates; or (iii) on or after attainment of age sixty-five (65); provided that, with respect to Director Participants, “Retirement” means the Director’s resignation or failure to be re-elected on or after attainment of age sixty-two (62) and completion of six (6) years of service with the Company as a director.

(aa) “Section 16 Participants” means Participants who are subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

(bb) “Share” means a share of Stock.

(cc) “Stock” means the Common Stock of the Company, par value of $0.01 per share.

(dd) “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means the right to receive a payment equal to the appreciation of the Fair Market Value of a Share during a specified period of time.

(ee) “Subsidiary” means any corporation, limited liability company or other limited liability entity in an unbroken chain of entities beginning with the Company if each of the entities (other than the last entities in the chain) owns the stock or equity interest possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock or other equity interests in one of the other entities in the chain.

3.Administration.

(a)Administration. In addition to the authority specifically granted to the Administrator in this Plan, the Administrator has full discretionary authority to administer this Plan, including but not limited to the authority to: (i) interpret the provisions of this Plan, (ii) prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to this Plan, (iii) correct any defect, supply any omission, or reconcile any inconsistency in any Award or agreement covering an Award in the manner and to the extent it deems desirable to carry this Plan into effect, and (iv) make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of this Plan. All Administrator determinations shall be made in the sole discretion of the Administrator and are final and binding on all interested parties.

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(b)Delegation to Other Committees or Officers. To the extent applicable law permits, the Board may delegate to another committee of the Board, or the Committee may delegate to one or more officers of the Company, any or all of their respective authority and responsibility as an Administrator of the Plan; provided that no such delegation is permitted with respect to Stock-based Awards made to Section 16 Participants at the time any such delegated authority or responsibility is exercised unless the delegation is to another committee of the Board consisting entirely of Non-Employee Directors. If the Board or the Committee has made such a delegation, then all references to the Administrator in this Plan include such other committee or one or more officers to the extent of such delegation.

(c)Indemnification. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Board and the Committee, and each officer or member of any other committee to whom a delegation under Section 3(b) has been made, as to any acts or omissions with respect to this Plan or any Award to the maximum extent that the law and the Company’s by-laws permit.

4.Eligibility. The Administrator may designate any of the following as a Participant from time to time, to the extent of the Administrator’s authority: any officer or other employee of the Company or its Affiliates; an individual that the Company or an Affiliate has engaged to become an officer or employee; a consultant who provides services to the Company or its Affiliates; or a Director, including a Non-Employee Director. The Administrator’s granting of an Award to a Participant will not require the Administrator to grant an Award to such individual at any future time. The Administrator’s granting of a particular type of Award to a Participant will not require the Administrator to grant any other type of Award to such individual.

5.Types of Awards. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator may grant any type of Award to any Participant it selects, but only employees of the Company or a Subsidiary may receive grants of incentive stock options within the meaning of Code Section 422. Awards may be granted alone or in addition to, in tandem with, or in substitution for any other Award (or any other award granted under another plan of the Company or any Affiliate).

6.Shares Reserved under this Plan.

(a)Plan Reserve. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 17, an aggregate of 20,000,000 Shares are reserved for issuance under this Plan. The Shares reserved for issuance may be either authorized and unissued Shares or shares reacquired at any time and now or hereafter held as treasury stock.

(b)Aggregate Award Limits. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 17, the Company may issue only an aggregate of 2,500,000 Shares upon the exercise of incentive stock options and may issue only an aggregate of 12,500,000 Shares pursuant to “full-value awards.” For this purpose, a full-value award includes Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units (valued in relation to a Share), Dividend Equivalent Units, and any other similar Award under which the value of the Award

Internal revenue growth is measured as the full valueincrease in adjusted revenue for the current year excluding acquired revenue, divided by adjusted revenue from the prior year excluding revenue attributable to dispositions. Adjusted revenue is calculated as total revenue in accordance with GAAP, excluding the impact of postage reimbursements in our Output Solutions business and including deferred revenue purchase accounting adjustments. Business unit or group adjusted revenue is calculated in the same manner using business unit or group revenue as applicable.

Consolidated net operating profit is calculated as total revenue minus total operating expenses, excluding share-based compensation and the capitalization and amortization of internally developed software, and is adjusted for the items described in the calculation of adjusted earnings per share. Business unit or group net operating profit is calculated in the same manner using business unit or group revenue, expenses and adjustments as applicable.

These non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to, and not as a Share, rather thansubstitute for, revenue, earnings per share or any other amount determined in accordance with GAAP. These non-GAAP measures reflect management’s judgment of particular items and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

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Below is a reconciliation of adjusted earnings per share and internal revenue growth to the most directly comparable measure determined in accordance with GAAP:

 

    2014                                 

 

     2015                                 

 

 

GAAP earnings per share from continuing operations

   $2.99     $2.99  

Adjustments – net of income taxes:

      

Merger, integration and other costs1

    0.03      0.10  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Severance costs

    0.05      0.06  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets

    0.52      0.53  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

StoneRiver transactions2

    (0.20)      (0.07)  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other3

    (0.03)      0.25  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations

   $3.37     $3.87  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings per share is calculated using actual, unrounded amounts.

(1)   Merger, integration and other costs include incremental expenses incurred in conjunction with the achievement of the company’s operational effectiveness objectives, including incremental costs related to data center and real estate consolidation activities such as move expenses, third party fees and non-cash impairment charges; a non-cash expense related to the modification of certain employee equity award agreements; and costs associated with the Open Solutions acquisition.

(2)   Represents the company’s share of net gains associated with capital transactions at StoneRiver Group, L.P. (“StoneRiver”), a joint venture in which the company owns a 49% interest, including sales of subsidiary businesses and related expenses.

(3)   Includes make-whole payments and other refinancing costs related to the early extinguishment of debt in 2015 and the impact of certain discrete income tax benefits in 2014.

(in millions)

    2014                                 

 

     2015                                 

 

 

Revenue

   $5,066     $5,254  

Output Solutions postage reimbursements

    (327)      (313)  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Open Solutions deferred revenue adjustment

    4      4  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Adjusted revenue

   $4,743     $4,945  

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Internal revenue growth is measured as the increase in adjusted revenue for the value of a Share.current year excluding acquired revenue, divided by adjusted revenue from the prior year excluding revenue attributable to dispositions. There was no acquired revenue for the full year 2015, and revenue in the comparable prior year attributable to dispositions was $2 million.

(c)Replenishment of Shares Under this Plan. The aggregate number of Shares reserved under Section 6(a) shall be depleted by the number of Shares with respect to which an Award is granted. If, however, an Award lapses, expires, terminates or is cancelled without the issuance of Shares under the Award, or if Shares are forfeited under an Award, or if Shares are issued under any Award and the Company subsequently reacquires them pursuant to rights reserved upon the issuance of the Shares, then such Shares may again be used for new Awards under this Plan under Section 6(a) and Section 6(b), but such Shares may not be issued pursuant to incentive stock options.

(d)Participant Limitations. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 17, no Participant may be granted Awards that could result in such Participant:

 

(i)receiving Options for, and/or Stock Appreciation Rights with respect to, more than 500,000 Shares during any fiscal year of the Company;
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(ii)receiving Awards of Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Units relating to more than 120,000 Shares during any fiscal year of the Company;

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 (iii)receiving Awards of Performance Shares, and/or Awards of Performance Units the value of which is based on the Fair Market Value of Shares, for more than 120,000 Shares during any fiscal year of the Company;

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(vii)receiving a Long-Term Incentive Award in any single fiscal year of the Company that would pay more than $6,000,000.

In all cases, determinations under this Section 6(d) should be made in a manner that is consistent with the exemption for performance based compensation that Code Section 162(m) provides.

7.Options. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator will determine all terms and conditions of each Option, including but not limited to: (i) whether the Option is an “incentive stock option” which meets the requirements of Code Section 422, or a “nonqualified stock option” which does not meet the requirements of Code Section 422; (ii) the number of Shares subject to the Option; (iii) the exercise price, which may not be less than the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to the Option as determined on the date of grant; (iv) the terms and conditions of exercise; and (v) the term, except that an Option must terminate no later than ten (10) years after the date of grant. In all other respects, the terms of any incentive stock option should comply with the provisions of Code section 422 except to the extent the Administrator determines otherwise. If an Option that is intended to be an incentive stock option fails to meet the requirements thereof, the Option shall automatically be treated as a nonqualified stock option to the extent of such failure.

8.Stock Appreciation Rights. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator will determine all terms and conditions of each SAR, including but not limited to: (a) whether the SAR is granted independently of an Option or relates to an Option; (b) the number of Shares to which the SAR relates; (c) the grant price, provided that the grant price shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to the SAR as determined on the date of grant; (d) the terms and conditions of exercise or maturity; (e) the term, provided that an SAR must terminate no later than ten (10) years after the date of grant; and (f) whether the SAR will be settled in cash, Shares or a combination thereof. If an SAR is granted in relation to an Option, then unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, the SAR shall be exercisable or shall mature at the same time or times, on the same conditions and to the extent and in the proportion, that the related Option is exercisable and may be exercised or mature for all or part of the Shares subject to the related Option. Upon exercise of any number of SAR, the number of Shares subject to the related Option shall be reduced accordingly and such Option may not be exercised with respect to that number of Shares. The exercise of any number of Options that relate to an SAR shall likewise result in an equivalent reduction in the number of Shares covered by the related SAR.

9.Performance and Stock Awards. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator will determine all terms and conditions of each award of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares or Performance Units, including but not limited to: (a) the number of Shares and/or units to which such Award relates;

(b) whether, as a condition for the Participant to realize all or a portion of the benefit provided under the Award, one or more Performance Goals must be achieved during such period as the Administrator specifies; (c) whether

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the restrictions imposed on Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units shall lapse, and all or a portion of the Performance Goals subject to an Award shall be deemed achieved, upon a Participant’s death, Disability or Retirement; (d) with respect to Performance Units, whether to measure the value of each unit in relation to a designated dollar value or the Fair Market Value of one or more Shares; and (e) with respect to Restricted Stock Units and Performance Units, whether to settle such Awards in cash, in Shares, or a combination thereof.

10.Annual Incentive Awards. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator will determine all terms and conditions of an Annual Incentive Award, including but not limited to the Performance Goals, performance period, the potential amount payable, and the timing of payment, subject to the following: (a) the Administrator must require that payment of all or any portion of the amount subject to the Annual Incentive Award is contingent on the achievement of one or more Performance Goals during the period the Administrator specifies, although the Administrator may specify that all or a portion of the Performance Goals subject to an Award are deemed achieved upon a Participant’s death, Disability or Retirement, or such other circumstances as the Administrator may specify; and (b) the performance period must relate to a period of one fiscal year of the Company except that, if the Award is made in the year this Plan becomes effective, at the time of commencement of employment with the Company or on the occasion of a promotion, then the Award may relate to a period shorter than one fiscal year.

11.Long-Term Incentive Awards. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator will determine all terms and conditions of a Long-Term Incentive Award, including but not limited to the Performance Goals, performance period, the potential amount payable, and the timing of payment, subject to the following: (a) the Administrator must require that payment of all or any portion of the amount subject to the Long-Term Incentive Award is contingent on the achievement of one or more Performance Goals during the period the Administrator specifies, although the Administrator may specify that all or a portion of the Performance Goals subject to an Award are deemed achieved upon a Participant’s death, Disability or Retirement, or such other circumstances as the Administrator may specify; and (b) the performance period must relate to a period of more than one fiscal year of the Company.

12.Dividend Equivalent Units. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator will determine all terms and conditions of each award of Dividend Equivalent Units, including but not limited to whether: (a) such Award will be granted in tandem with another Award; (b) payment of the Award be made currently or credited to an account for the Participant which provides for the deferral of such amounts until a stated time; and (c) the Award will be settled in cash or Shares; provided that any Dividend Equivalent Units granted in connection with an Option, Stock Appreciation Right or other “stock right” within the meaning of Code Section 409A shall be set forth in a written arrangement that is separate from such Award, and to the extent the payment of such dividend equivalents is considered deferred compensation, such written arrangement shall comply with the provisions of Code Section 409A.

13.Other Stock-Based Awards. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator may grant to Participants other types of Awards, which may be denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, Shares, either alone or in addition to or in conjunction with other Awards, and payable in Stock or cash. Without limitation, such Award may include the issuance of shares of unrestricted Stock, which may be awarded in payment of director fees, in lieu of cash compensation, in exchange for cancellation of a compensation right, as a bonus, or upon the attainment of Performance Goals or otherwise, or rights to acquire Stock from the Company. The Administrator shall determine all terms and conditions of the Award, including but not limited to, the time or times at which such Awards shall be made, and the number of Shares to be granted pursuant to such Awards or to which such Award shall relate; provided that any Award that provides for purchase rights shall be priced at 100% of Fair Market Value on the date of the Award.

14.Transferability. Awards are not transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, unless and to the extent the Administrator allows a Participant to: (a) designate in writing a beneficiary to exercise the Award or receive payment under an Award after the Participant’s death; or (b) transfer an Award for no consideration.

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15.Termination and Amendment of Plan; Amendment, Modification or Cancellation of Awards.

(a)Term of Plan. Unless the Board earlier terminates this Plan pursuant to Section 15(b), this Plan will terminate when all Shares reserved for issuance have been issued. If the term of this Plan extends beyond ten (10) years from the Effective Date, no incentive stock options may be granted after such time unless the shareholders of the Company have approved an extension of this Plan.

(b)Termination and Amendment. The Board or the Committee may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or terminate this Plan at any time, subject to the following limitations:

(i) the Board must approve any amendment of this Plan to the extent the Company determines such approval is required by: (A) action of the Board, (B) applicable corporate law, or (C) any other applicable law;

(ii) shareholders must approve any amendment of this Plan to the extent the Company determines such approval is required by: (A) Section 16 of the Exchange Act, (B) the Code, (C) the listing requirements of any principal securities exchange or market on which the Shares are then traded, or (D) any other applicable law; and

(iii) shareholders must approve any of the following Plan amendments: (A) an amendment to materially increase any number of Shares specified in Section 6(a) or the limits set forth in Section 6(d) (except as permitted by Section 17), or (B) an amendment that would diminish the protections afforded by Section 15(e).

(c)Amendment, Modification or Cancellation of Awards. Except as provided in Section 15(e) and subject to the requirements of this Plan, the Administrator may modify, amend or cancel any Award, or waive any restrictions or conditions applicable to any Award or the exercise of the Award; provided that any modification or amendment that materially diminishes the rights of the Participant, or the cancellation of the Award, shall be effective only if agreed to by the Participant or any other person(s) as may then have an interest in the Award, but the Administrator need not obtain Participant (or other interested party) consent for the adjustment or cancellation of an Award pursuant to the provisions of Section 17 or the modification of an Award to the extent deemed necessary to comply with any applicable law, the listing requirements of any principal securities exchange or market on which the Shares are then traded, or to preserve favorable accounting or tax treatment of any Award for the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless determined otherwise by the Administrator, any such amendment shall be made in a manner that will enable an Award intended to be exempt from Code Section 409A to continue to be so exempt, or to enable an Award intended to comply with Code Section 409A to continue to so comply.

(d)Survival of Authority and Awards. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the authority of the Board and the Administrator under this Section 15 and to otherwise administer the Plan will extend beyond the date of this Plan’s termination. In addition, termination of this Plan will not affect the rights of Participants with respect to Awards previously granted to them, and all unexpired Awards will continue in force and effect after termination of this Plan except as they may lapse or be terminated by their own terms and conditions.

(e)Repricing and Backdating Prohibited. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, and except for the adjustments provided in Section 17, neither the Administrator nor any other person may decrease the exercise price for any outstanding Option or SAR after the date of grant nor allow a Participant to surrender an outstanding Option or SAR to the Company as consideration for the grant of a new Option or SAR with a lower exercise price. In addition, the Administrator may not make a grant of an Option or SAR with a grant date that is effective prior to the date the Administrator takes action to approve such Award.

(f)Foreign Participation. To assure the viability of Awards granted to Participants employed or residing in foreign countries, the Administrator may provide for such special terms as it may consider necessary or appropriate to accommodate differences in local law, tax policy or custom. Moreover, the Administrator may approve such supplements to, or amendments, restatements or alternative versions of, this Plan as it determines is

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necessary or appropriate for such purposes. Any such amendment, restatement or alternative versions that the Administrator approves for purposes of using this Plan in a foreign country will not affect the terms of this Plan for any other country. In addition, all such supplements, amendments, restatements or alternative versions must comply with the provisions of Section 15(b)(ii).

(g)Code Section 409A. The provisions of Code Section 409A are incorporated herein by reference to the extent necessary for any Award that is subject to Code Section 409A to comply therewith.

16.Taxes.

(a)Withholding. In the event the Company or an Affiliate of the Company is required to withhold any Federal, state or local taxes or other amounts in respect of any income recognized by a Participant as a result of the grant, vesting, payment or settlement of an Award or disposition of any Shares acquired under an Award, the Company may deduct (or require an Affiliate to deduct) from any payments of any kind otherwise due the Participant cash, or with the consent of the Committee, Shares otherwise deliverable or vesting under an Award, to satisfy such tax obligations. Alternatively, the Company may require such Participant to pay to the Company, in cash, promptly on demand, or make other arrangements satisfactory to the Company regarding the payment to the Company of the aggregate amount of any such taxes and other amounts. If Shares are deliverable upon exercise or payment of an Award, the Committee may permit a Participant to satisfy all or a portion of the Federal, state and local withholding tax obligations arising in connection with such Award by electing to (a) have the Company withhold Shares otherwise issuable under the Award, (b) tender back Shares received in connection with such Award, or (c) deliver other previously owned Shares; provided that the amount to be withheld may not exceed the total minimum federal, state and local tax withholding obligations associated with the transaction to the extent needed for the Company to avoid an accounting charge. If an election is provided, the election must be made on or before the date as of which the amount of tax to be withheld is determined and otherwise as the Committee requires. In any case, the Company may defer making payment or delivery under any Award if any such tax may be pending unless and until indemnified to its satisfaction.

(b)No Guarantee of Tax Treatment. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan, the Company does not guarantee to any Participant or any other Person with an interest in an Award that (i) any Award intended to be exempt from Code Section 409A shall be so exempt, (ii) any Award intended to comply with Code Section 409A or Code Section 422 shall so comply, (iii) any Award shall otherwise receive a specific tax treatment under any other applicable tax law, nor in any such case will the Company or any Affiliate indemnify, defend or hold harmless any individual with respect to the tax consequences of any Award.

17.Adjustment Provisions; Change of Control.

(a)Adjustment of Shares. If: (i) the Company shall at any time be involved in a merger or other transaction in which the Shares are changed or exchanged; (ii) the Company shall subdivide or combine the Shares or the Company shall declare a dividend payable in Shares, other securities (other than preferred stock purchase rights issued pursuant to the terms of the Company’s Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated as of February 24, 1998, as amended from time to time, or any successor to such Rights Agreement, or any similar stock purchase rights that the Company may authorize and issue in the future) or other property; (iii) the Company shall effect a cash dividend the amount of which, on a per Share basis, exceeds ten percent (10%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share at the time the dividend is declared, or the Company shall effect any other dividend or other distribution on the Shares in the form of cash, or a repurchase of Shares, that the Board determines by resolution is special or extraordinary in nature or that is in connection with a transaction that the Company characterizes publicly as a recapitalization or reorganization involving the Shares; or (iv) any other event shall occur, which, in the case of this clause (iv), in the judgment of the Board or Committee necessitates an adjustment to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under this Plan, then the Administrator shall, in such manner as it may deem equitable to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under this Plan, adjust as applicable: (A) the number and type

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of Shares subject to this Plan (including the number and type of Shares described in Sections 6(a), (b) and (d)) and which may after the event be made the subject of Awards; (B) the number and type of Shares subject to outstanding Awards; (C) the grant, purchase, or exercise price with respect to any Award; and (D) to the extent such discretion does not cause an Award that is intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m) to lose its status as such, the Performance Goals of an Award. In each case, with respect to Awards of incentive stock options, no such adjustment may be authorized to the extent that such authority would cause this Plan to violate Code Section 422(b). Without limitation, in the event of any reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination or other similar corporate transaction or event, whether or not constituting a Change of Control (other than any such transaction in which the Company is the continuing corporation and in which the outstanding Stock is not being converted into or exchanged for different securities, cash or other property, or any combination thereof), the Administrator may substitute, on an equitable basis as the Administrator determines, for each Share then subject to an Award and the Shares subject to this Plan (if the Plan will continue in effect), the number and kind of shares of stock, other securities, cash or other property to which holders of Stock are or will be entitled in respect of each Share pursuant to the transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a stock dividend (other than a stock dividend declared in lieu of an ordinary cash dividend) or subdivision or combination of the Shares (including a reverse stock split), if no action is taken by the Administrator, adjustments contemplated by this subsection that are proportionate shall nevertheless automatically be made as of the date of such stock dividend or subdivision or combination of the Shares.

(b)Issuance or Assumption. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, and without affecting the number of Shares otherwise reserved or available under this Plan, in connection with any merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, or reorganization, the Administrator may authorize the issuance or assumption of awards under this Plan upon such terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate.

(c)Change of Control. If the Participant has in effect an employment, retention, change of control, severance or similar agreement with the Company or any Affiliate that discusses the effect of a Change of Control on the Participant’s Awards, then such agreement shall control. In all other cases, unless provided otherwise in an Award agreement, in the event of a Change of Control:

(i) The successor or purchaser in the Change of Control transaction may assume an Award or provide a substitute award with similar terms and conditions, and preserving the same benefits, as the Award it is replacing.

(ii) If the successor or purchaser in the Change of Control transaction does not assume the Awards or issue replacement awards as provided in clause (i), then unless otherwise determined by the Board prior to the date of the Change of Control, immediately prior to the date of the Change of Control:

(A) each Option or SAR that is then held by a Participant who is employed by or in the service of the Company or an Affiliate shall become immediately and fully vested, and all Options and SARs shall be cancelled on the date of the Change of Control in exchange for a cash payment equal to the excess of the Change of Control price of the Shares covered by the Option or SAR that is so cancelled over the purchase or grant price of such Shares under the Award;

(B) Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units that are not then vested shall vest;

(C) all Performance Shares and/or Performance Units that are earned but not yet paid shall be paid in cash in an amount equal to the value of the Performance Share and/or Performance Unit, and all Performance Shares and Performance Units for which the performance period has not expired shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment equal to the product of the value of the Performance Share and/or Performance Unit and a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of whole months that have elapsed from the beginning of the performance period to which the Award is subject to the date of the Change of Control and the denominator of which is the number of whole months in the performance period;

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(D) all Annual and Long-Term Incentive Awards that are earned but not yet paid shall be paid, and all Annual and Long-Term Incentive Awards that are not yet earned shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment in an amount determined by taking the product of: (1) the amount that would have been due under such Award(s) if the Performance Goals (as measured at the time of the Change of Control) were to continue to be achieved at the same rate through the end of the performance period; and (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of whole months that have elapsed from the beginning of the performance period to which the Award is subject to the date of the Change of Control and the denominator of which is the number of whole months in the performance period; and

(E) all Dividend Equivalent Units that are not vested shall vest and be paid in cash, and all other Awards that are not vested shall vest and if an amount is payable under such vested Award, such amount shall be paid in cash based on the value of the Award.

If the value of an Award is based on the Fair Market Value of a Share, Fair Market Value shall be deemed to mean the per share Change of Control price. The Administrator shall determine the per share Change of Control price paid or deemed paid in the Change of Control transaction.

Except as otherwise expressly provided in any agreement between a Participant and the Company or an Affiliate, if the receipt of any payment by a Participant under the circumstances described above would result in the payment by the Participant of any excise tax provided for in Section 280G and Section 4999 of the Code, then the amount of such payment shall be reduced to the extent required to prevent the imposition of such excise tax.

18.Miscellaneous.

(a)Other Terms and Conditions. The grant of any Award may also be subject to other provisions (whether or not applicable to the Award granted to any other Participant) as the Administrator determines appropriate, including, without limitation, provisions for:

(i) the payment of the purchase price of Options by delivery of cash or other Shares or other securities of the Company (including by attestation) having a then Fair Market Value equal to the purchase price of such Shares, or by delivery (including by fax) to the Company or its designated agent of an executed irrevocable option exercise form together with irrevocable instructions to a broker dealer to sell or margin a sufficient portion of the Shares and deliver the sale or margin loan proceeds directly to the Company to pay for the exercise price;

(ii) restrictions on resale or other disposition of Shares; and

(iii) compliance with federal or state securities laws and stock exchange requirements.

(b)Employment and Service. The issuance of an Award shall not confer upon a Participant any right with respect to continued employment or service with the Company or any Affiliate, or the right to continue as a Director. Unless determined otherwise by the Administrator, for purposes of the Plan and all Awards, the following rules shall apply:

(i) a Participant who transfers employment between the Company and its Affiliates, or between Affiliates, will not be considered to have terminated employment;

(ii) a Participant who ceases to be a Non-Employee Director because he or she becomes an employee of the Company or an Affiliate shall not be considered to have ceased service as a Director with respect to any Award until such Participant’s termination of employment with the Company and its Affiliates;

(iii) a Participant who ceases to be employed by the Company or an Affiliate and immediately thereafter becomes a Non-Employee Director, a non-employee director of an Affiliate, or a consultant to the

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Company or any Affiliate shall not be considered to have terminated employment until such Participant’s service as a director of, or consultant to, the Company and its Affiliates has ceased; and

(iv) a Participant employed by an Affiliate will be considered to have terminated employment when such entity ceases to be an Affiliate.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of an Award that is subject to Code Section 409A, if a Participant’s termination of employment or service triggers the payment of compensation under such Award, then the Participant will be deemed to have terminated employment or service upon his or her “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A.

(c)No Fractional Shares. No fractional Shares or other securities may be issued or delivered pursuant to this Plan, and the Administrator may determine whether cash, other securities or other property will be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional Shares or other securities, or whether such fractional Shares or other securities or any rights to fractional Shares or other securities will be canceled, terminated or otherwise eliminated.

(d)Unfunded Plan. This Plan is unfunded and does not create, and should not be construed to create, a trust or separate fund with respect to this Plan’s benefits. This Plan does not establish any fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Participant or other person. To the extent any person holds any rights by virtue of an Award granted under this Plan, such rights are no greater than the rights of the Company’s general unsecured creditors.

(e)Requirements of Law and Securities Exchange. The granting of Awards and the issuance of Shares in connection with an Award are subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan or any award agreement, the Company has no liability to deliver any Shares under this Plan or make any payment unless such delivery or payment would comply with all applicable laws and the applicable requirements of any securities exchange or similar entity, and unless and until the Participant has taken all actions required by the Company in connection therewith. The Company may impose such restrictions on any Shares issued under the Plan as the Company determines necessary or desirable to comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations or the requirements of any national securities exchanges.

(f)Governing Law. This Plan, and all agreements under this Plan, will be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Wisconsin, without reference to any conflict of law principles. Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Plan, any Award or any award agreement, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect of this Plan, any Award or any award agreement, may only be heard in a “bench” trial, and any party to such action or proceeding shall agree to waive its right to a jury trial.

(g)Limitations on Actions. Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Plan, any Award or any award agreement, must be brought within one year (365 days) after the day the complaining party first knew or should have known of the events giving rise to the complaint.

(h)Construction. Whenever any words are used herein in the masculine, they shall be construed as though they were used in the feminine in all cases where they would so apply; and wherever any words are used in the singular or plural, they shall be construed as though they were used in the plural or singular, as the case may be, in all cases where they would so apply. Title of sections are for general information only, and this Plan is not to be construed with reference to such titles.

(i)Severability. If any provision of this Plan or any award agreement or any Award (a) is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or as to any person or Award, or (b) would disqualify this Plan, any award agreement or any Award under any law the Administrator deems applicable, then such provision should be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Administrator, materially altering the intent of this Plan, award agreement or Award, then such provision should be stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or Award, and the remainder of this Plan, such award agreement and such Award will remain in full force and effect.

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Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.

FISERV, INC.

255 FISERV DRIVE

BROOKFIELD, WI 53045

VOTE BY PHONE—1-800-690-6903

Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions.

VOTE BY MAIL

Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.

TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS:

E06899-P75602                         KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS

THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED.

DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY

For Withhold For All

To withhold authority to vote for any

All

All

Except

individual nominee(s), mark “For All

Except” and write the number(s) of the

The Board of Directors recommends you vote

nominee(s) on the line below.

FOR the following:

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Election of Directors

Nominees

01

Christopher M. Flink

02 Dennis F. Lynch

03

Kim M. Robak

04 Doyle R. Simons

05

Thomas C. Wertheimer

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2, 3 and 4.

For

Against

Abstain

2.

To approve the Amended and Restated Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan.

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To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers of Fiserv, Inc.

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To ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm of Fiserv, Inc. for 2013.

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The Board of Directors recommends you vote AGAINST proposal 5.

For

Against

Abstain

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To approve a shareholder proposal relating to executive retention of stock.

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NOTE: If other matters do properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, it is intended that shares

represented by proxies will be voted in the discretion of the proxy holders.

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Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary,

please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or

partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name, by authorized officer.

Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX]

Date

Signature (Joint Owners)

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THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED.

 

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FISERV, INC.

ForWithholdFor All  To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark “For All Except” and write the number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line below.
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR all the nominees listed:AllAllExcept  

1.

Election of Directors

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Nominees:
01)   Alison Davis07)    Kim M. Robak
02)   Christopher M. Flink    08)    JD Sherman
03)   Daniel P. Kearney09)    Doyle R. Simons
04)   Dennis F. Lynch10)    Thomas C. Wertheimer
05)   Denis J. O’Leary11)    Jeffery W. Yabuki
06)   Glenn M. Renwick
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2 and 3:ForAgainstAbstain

2.

To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers of Fiserv, Inc.

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3.

To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of Fiserv, Inc. for 2016.

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The Board of Directors recommends you vote AGAINST the following proposal:ForAgainstAbstain

4.

A shareholder proposal asking the board of directors to adopt and present for shareholder approval a proxy access by-law.

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NOTE:If other matters properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, it is intended that shares represented by proxies will be voted in the discretion of the proxy holders.

Yes

No

Please indicate if you plan to attend this meeting.

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Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name by authorized officer.

Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX]

 

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting:

The Notice &of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement and Annual Report for the Year Ended December 31, 2015

Supplement is/are available atwww.proxyvote.com.

FISERV, INC. Annual Meeting of Shareholders May 22, 2013 This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors

The undersigned hereby appoints JEFFERY W. YABUKI, DONALD F. DILLON AND CHARLES W. SPRAGUE as Proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote as set forth herein, all the shares of common stock of Fiserv, Inc. held of record by the undersigned on March 26, 2013 at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 22, 2013 and at any adjournment or postponement thereof, with like effect as if the undersigned were personally present and voting upon the following matters.

This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein by the undersigned shareholder. If no direction is made, this proxy will be voted (1) FOR the election of the indicated nominees as directors, (2) FOR the approval of the Amended and Restated Fiserv, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan, (3) FOR the approval of the compensation of the named executive officers of Fiserv, Inc., (4) FOR the ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the registered independent public accounting firm of Fiserv, Inc. for 2013 and (5) AGAINST the approval of the shareholder proposal relating to executive retention of stock.

This proxy covers all the shares for which the undersigned has the right to give voting instructions to Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company, Trustee of the 401(k) Savings Plan of Fiserv, Inc. and Its Participating Subsidiaries (the “Plan”). This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted as directed. If voting instructions are not received by the proxy tabulator by 11:59 pm ET on May 19, 2013, the Plan’s Trustee will be deemed to have been instructed to vote your shares held in the Plan in the same proportion as the shares for which the Trustee has received timely voting instructions from others.E06900-P75602

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FISERV, INC.

Annual Meeting of Shareholders

May 18, 2016

This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors

The undersigned hereby appoints DANIEL P. KEARNEY, JEFFERY W. YABUKI and LYNN S. MCCREARY as Proxies, each with the power to appoint his or her substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote as set forth herein, all the shares of common stock of Fiserv, Inc. held of record by the undersigned on March 21, 2016 at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 18, 2016 and at any adjournment or postponement thereof, with like effect as if the undersigned were personally present and voting upon the following matters.

This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein by the undersigned shareholder.If no direction is made, this proxy will be voted (1) FOR the election of all listed director nominees, (2) FOR the approval of the compensation of the named executive officers of Fiserv, Inc., (3) FOR the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of Fiserv, Inc. for 2016 and (4) AGAINST the shareholder proposal relating to shareholder proxy access.

This proxy covers all the shares for which the undersigned has the right to give voting instructions to Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company, Trustee of the 401(k) Savings Plan of Fiserv, Inc. and its Participating Subsidiaries (the “Plan”). This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted as directed. If voting instructions are not received by the proxy tabulator by 11:59 pm ET on May 15, 2016, the Plan’s Trustee will be deemed to have been instructed to vote the shares held in the Plan in the same proportion as the shares for which the Trustee has received timely voting instructions from others.

Continued and to be signed on reverse side

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Fiserv Annual Meeting of Shareholders Milwaukee Art Museum 700 North Museum Drive Milwaukee, WI 53202 Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Agenda: 8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast 10:00 a.m. Annual Meeting 11:30 a.m. Museum Tours Complimentary valet parking will be available upon arrival. For driving directions, please visit www.mam.org/visit/directions.php, or call Fiserv Investor Relations at 800-425-3478. First Name Last Name Number of Shareholders Attending – Yes, I will attend the annual meeting. – Yes, I will attend the complimentary tour of the art museum following the meeting. – No, I will not attend the annual meeting. fiserv .


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The 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Fiserv, Inc. will be held on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at the Milwaukee Art Museum located at 700 North Museum Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53202 NO POSTAGE NECESSARY IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES BUSINESS REPLY MAIL FIRST-CLASS MAIL PERMIT NO. 54001 HAZELWOOD, MO POSTAGE WILL BY PAID BY ADDRESSEE FISERV OUTPUT SOLUTIONS 5875 N. LINDBERGH BLVD. HAZEL WOOD MO 63042-9954